No, you're not required to. That is the testing platform for Valve whenever they release new patch for Dota 2. This is to avoid game-breaking bugs in Dota 2 tournaments / games.

Got my dota2 in library as well. Will play it tonight ...
Those who's playing , normally you guys connect to which region ?

wokay, thanks!

Woahhh got ma DOTA 2 also!!!!

SEA for me since the other regions are too laggy for me. You may add in HK & China servers if you want to get games faster within acceptable latency.

nice .. thanks
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Did you guys complete the survey long ago for dota 2? I just did it a minute ago. Is it guarantee i can get the key and just matter of time?

This post has been edited by Mr.Beanster: Mar 20 2012, 05:09 PM

my friend did it at the end of the international (end of august 2012) he just got his recently



then again, another friend did it few days ago and got it recently (playdota)

Hopefully they didnt send out all the keys yet . I just did it just now lul. Should've done the survey earlier..



This post has been edited by Mr.Beanster: Mar 20 2012, 05:26 PM

question,
i saw a sale for DOW 2 on GG and i know its an RTS but what to expect?same gameplay like red alert and starcraft?

Plays a lot like Companies of Heroes minus the base building. The best way to describe it is a close combination of RPG+RTS where your units level up and gain new weapons/items. If you want massive armies you better sticking with DOW1 or other titles.

thanks for the response,so its more a squad based rts is it?no building,where do you get reinforcement?

Space Marines $10.18/8.65 now on gamersgate
steam key

Its purely a small and tight individual/squad based. There are building and reinforcements but they act more like "support powerup" like using your Call Dropship ability to reinforce or damage the targeted area. Most of the campaign plays like capture the flag in RTS form with a bit of tower defense thrown into it.

why why u all got dota 2 invite one.. knnccb i dont have one.. damn u steam

check tomorrow mang, my friend just got his like 10 min ago

Binary Domain is not PS3 exclusive.

There arent much unit controls outside the 4 squads you choose in the first 2 games, DoW2 and Chaos Rising.

However, in Retribution, you can get reinforcements to build your small army if you can control a HQ.

You can reinforce near the beacon, or near HQs in Retribution.

IMO, i think vanilla DoW2 and CR campaign isnt that good for me as it tends to throw you boss fights that are difficult to kill and time consuming to kill it. Still, Chaos Rising tone it down a lot so its more enjoyable. Retribution on the other hand is much better for me as it has a little bit of unit management and has barely any difficult to kill boss fight. Retribution also feature all 6 races in campaign while the first 2 games only feature Space Marine. There is a major weakness in the Retribution campaign where the campaign maps are the same across 6 races with different story.

Storywise, i think each games are good, but again, i think im biased to Retribution, though, Retribution manage to exhibit the uniqueness of each race very well in the campaign. For example, Chaos is pretty much about MORE BLOOD, MORE SKULLS and KILL MORE TO PLEASE THE GODS. Space Marine, is more like saving their recruits world from a demon. I know Eldar's story is very dark as they are a dying race, struggling to survive. Orks on the other hand, i heard their campaign is like a comedy as a lot of people say its funny.

It's up to you, i would say as each game is good.

If you want MP, Retribution is the best as it uses Steamworks and have the most players.

DOWII Vanilla campaign is brutally tedious, if you lack the patient for the lack of missions variety I would suggest you to just skip it. My favorite campaign so far is still Chaos Rising followed by Retribution, the only downside is that the campaign is just too short for its own good.

Another thing to add is that DOWII and Chaos Rising uses GFWL, Chaos Rising uses both Steam and GFWL hybrid DRM while Retribution is purely Steamworks.

retribution is the best, though watching your hero nearly dying 6 times is kinda tough