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    Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2 Thread!

    Retribution beta should be unlocked for everyone that owns ANY DoW game on their steam list. So download it and join us for some fun MP games. The unofficial shackbattle day is Saturday morning starting 9am EST going right through the day. Join TS to organise a game (see profile for TS details).

    An interesting interview with Relic's Jeff Lydell on why they used GFWL + Steam in the first set of DoW2 games and why they have now dropped GWFL:

    “The biggest reason was making people log in to two different services to play the game was never something we were happy with, but that started with Live. At the time when we were making the decision of which online service to use Steamworks wasn’t announced, and then when they did announce, they didn’t include the type of network components that we needed, and we would have had to build a whole lot more, whereas Live had that out of the box.”

    Rest of the article here: http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/02/09/why-relic-dropped-games-for-windows-live-in-dawn-of-war-2-retribution/
    Feb 10, 2011 8:00am PST
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    • Yay! : Dschinghis Khan
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      If you ever wondered who would win a 1v1 fight between a Great Unclean One vs. an Avatar: http://www.you : Alco23
      • That was cool : Dschinghis Khan
      • you'd think he would just stab the fatty in the heart right away : Hemtroll
    • I want to play more so I can be good at this... I just never have the time =[ : hatchet165
    • saaaaaturdaaaaaaay : Hemtroll
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      I'm not great with MP, hopefully I can get a bit better (RTS MP is intimidating..), but I can't wait to t... : duffman03
      • Most of us aren't great and with 3v3 you can get by with just following one of your more experienced team... : Alco23
      • it's not that bad. Also, the stuff you learn in MP translates right back to the SP campaign, regarding wh... : Arctic Fox
      • that's the good part about playing with shackers, most of us aren't that great and even if you completely... : Hemtroll
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      Like the multiplayer, but wrinkles in the matchmaking need to be ironed out a bit. It still takes me 5+ m... : NullzeroThis person is cool!
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        Oh really? I just gave up after 3 minutes or so :S. Seems pretty retarded, I'm wondering whether to hold ... : Dontdrop
        • Yeah, they're working on patching it. We'll see if it get fixed in 3.7. : NullzeroThis person is cool!
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        And I'm still getting paired up with guys that out rank me by huge gaps. I don't care but I thought the r... : Godhatesfatpeople
        • It's in beta so the pool of players it can choose from is probably small and so harder to find an even ma... : Alco23
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          I think the rank is how much youve played not how good you are : extrahappyturtle
          • It is. : Godhatesfatpeople
          • that's true but generally speaking someone who has rank 60 with a faction should have an initial advantag... : Hemtroll
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      Hey guys, anyone wanna play with me? I'm on the ts.shackbattles for TeamSpeak. : Wikus Van De Merwe
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        I would but I have to work. : Alco23
        • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BhpRK2NEJA : ArcKnight
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        Good games Wikus! : Dontdrop
        • yep, good games! : Wikus Van De Merwe
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      I cannot wait for this to get released. Biggest expansion ever. : Dschinghis Khan
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        I'm more excited for SPACE MARINE There's SO MUCH good stuff coming out this year, it's wonderful. I l... : ArcKnight
        • SPACE MARINE! : Dschinghis Khan
      • Biggest DoW2 expansion you mean. : Cliffzorz
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      hey any Relic shackers: can I come play WH40K with you guys :3 : Majuju
      • You must know the secret handshake : Godhatesfatpeople
    • Hmmm I'll be around on Sunday for some games. : NitriumThis person is cool!
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      A nice read for how Relic tackled the development of the Imperial Guard: http://community.dawnofwar2.com... : Alco23
      • fucking sentinels : Hemtroll
      • fuckload of dudes in the second pic. Ahhh, I wish we got Basilisks in-game (you can see one at the top-le... : Arctic Fox
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      I would absolutely love playing a Battlefield 2-esque game in the 40k universe. Tanks, dreadnaughts, jum... : PenicillinX57This person is cool!
      • Wow, that's not a bad idea... but there should be some sort of way to enforce Squad Coherency. Too many l... : Wikus Van De Merwe
    • I played some singleplayer COOP today with gyrfalcon and it was pretty fun! Like, 500% more fun. The sing... : Wikus Van De Merwe
    • I would like to play with someone. How do I accomplish this without having to install teamspeak due to m... : lolpatrol
    • Beta update 3.7 out! Patch notes: http://community.dawnofwar2.com/blog-post/beta-update-37 : Alco23