In the lore, Necrons are suppose to be a slow moving super tough robot army that kill everything it sees. It's very hard to get them right in the game, without losing the feel. Necrons portrayed in DC is quite off, to be honest.

Also, considering the horribly imbalanced game that Necrons bring in DoW1:DC, that took Relic and Iron Lore to sort of balanced it in SS, i hope i dont see them again in multiplayer ever. They are incredibly hard to balance. And their reliance with Power only and pop increase with strategic points make it far worse, and till now, i hate playing with or against them in SS because of that. Not to forget their tiny army list, where what you see in DC, is pretty much what they have, except Pylon which is a giant anti Titan gun which is impossible to be in the game. Nercon is a very shallow race, while incredibly difficult to be in a small scale game like DoW2.

I rather see Tau in the next expansion, and thats it. Maybe a real Inquisition army with the 3 main branch. Even Dark Eldar is a better race, as Slaneshii isnt really shown in the game, other than Noise Marines.

Yes that's what I want to see necrons being portray in the game. Survival mode would-be awesome.

Terminators are hard to kill. Probably need a massive army to take one out.

There are more kinds of assassins like Callidus, Culexus and Eversor.

http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Officio_Assassinorum

Each of them are very deadly.

I'll probably change to IG or Chaos in Retribution, as Nids are incredibly annoying to play.

They won't be a standalone playable race.

Where?

Online?

Hmmm, i dont mind joining if im free that time.

Probably get owned a lot though.

Waiting for Beta too.

There are people who just got their beta keys.

We should be getting on wednesday.

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Added on January 31, 2011, 10:16 pmhttp://www.livestream.com/nemoktv

Live stream up now.

IG is British in SPACE!!!!!

This post has been edited by Cheesenium: Jan 31 2011, 10:16 PM

Nope, i havent yet, as im waiting to buy CE.

Manticore is beautiful. Relic really model it very well.

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Added on January 31, 2011, 11:20 pmhttp://www.livestream.com/n8crawlerlive

New livestream.

Nerf IG.

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Added on January 31, 2011, 11:23 pmActual 1v1 game on live stream now.

Noise Marine, come on.

This post has been edited by Cheesenium: Jan 31 2011, 11:23 PM

Just saw like 3 super units in the field.

They arent that big, to be honest, but still dwarfs other tanks.

Retribution is pretty much Dark Crusade 2.0.

Manticore is awesome.

Don't compare it to blizzard games as both are quite different. I think both are good in different ways. Blizzard games more suitable for competitive games, while dow2 is more fun to play. The 6 races are quite different from each other. Offering different style and game play.

Highly recommended for you to buy this. It's only 30USD for 6 campaigns, 6 unique races, the last stand and a good developer that listens to community a lot.

The wargears are for single player, to be equipped with your heroes.

Just put it this way, Retribution is like Starcraft's units that spawn in a squad. Instead of one marine pop up when you buy one, in DoW2, you get 3 space marines when you buy once.

Then, you can customised the units by giving them flam thrower, missile launcher and so on. Almost every unit can be upgraded in some way.

Doesnt really matter, as it's still fun to play.

Having base building doesnt automatically make a RTS fun.

Dont listen to those elitists.

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Added on February 1, 2011, 8:12 pm@leo, no keys received yet.

This post has been edited by Cheesenium: Feb 1 2011, 08:12 PM

Beta should be up in the morning for those who preordered Retribution or registered at dow2 community site.

THQ site is dead.

Still no key.

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Added on February 2, 2011, 10:35 amGot mine too.

This post has been edited by Cheesenium: Feb 2 2011, 10:35 AM

My first impression after first 2 hours:

- The most important thing, since Retribution dumped GFWL ENTIRELY now. The game is so much smoother now, and playing with other people with 400 to 500 ping is extremely playable, with barely any lag. Im not talking about 1v1, i have been playing a couple of games of 3v3. Well done Relic. One more thing, Relic has released one patch for the Beta in the afternoon to fix exploits, and thats something you cant do with GFWL. +2 to Relic.
- The engine seems more optimised now, despite the engine uses less shader or post processing. Running on High to Ultra now, while only High in CR.
- Played Tyranids a lot, and they seem extremely different from CR. Gaunts dont die that fast, as Guardsman has become the unit that dies the fastest. Swarmlord is amazing, as it reinforce your army and increase their speed. It's freaking powerful too.
- There are a lot of subtle changes from CR, like no sync kills for T1 and 1.5 units to other T1 or 1.5 units, but not really noticeable as you are probably busy playing than looking for sync kills.
- Units are definitely more responsive now, after Relic patched it in CR.
- Saw a Baneblade, and wow, it's huge.
- I hate the new Nids announcer. Sounds like he has severe sore throat.
- Sound wise, the game sounds more bass heavy for explosions. Thats a good thing.
- Manticore is beautiful, especially you see it firing it's missiles.

In short, i have enjoyed playing Retribution Beta for the first 2 hours. Finally i can play a proper game without people dropping off so often and patches for exploits comes almost immediately.

Getting this on Day 1.