Cheese, do update us frequently with new DOW2 screenshots and video. thx

Thanks for scouting for us... You have all the links and stuffs...

Guardmen that guards the Imperium's vault of knowledge

Edit:

1. Buggo have updated the SS patch status.
2. Buying SS can get you a beta in DOW2

Wot da Frag!!?? should i get SS just for the DoW2 BETA??! ??!?! cant make my mind

What are the strength of the Tyranids in the tabletop games for the Warhammer 40k universe?

They seems like very strong in the Space Hulk games whereby they can easily despatch a Terminator?

Tyranid is currently one of the strongest race/army in TT. The up coming 5th edition may change that but we wont know for sure.

Tyranid army is extremely customizable, compound that with generally low points in costing, large in number and lightning fast attacks in close combat they are terribly effective even in the hands of new players. Being hive minded unless all the large tyranid are dead or not around all tyranids are consider fearless.

The one that take the cheese for tyranid for the moment are their monstrous creatures. Think alien queen like creatures which can fly around and shoot bio plasma that can easily destroyer tanks and is damn bloody hard to kill and you will get the picture, and you can spam them.

You gotta be kidding me, tyranids are universally feared, even in TT; orks until the recently the new codex are cannon fodders.

....and  Hive tyrants, which can grow wings.

hey, should we make a new topic dedicated on DOW 2 only?? hehe....

Keganasan Ork dalam Dawn of War2!!


DoW2 graphic is almost identical to COH. except in DoW2, characters have higher polygon count

in DC PRO u get randomised model.. pls hold ur breath, whatever u saw in this screenshot is not finalised yet...u havent see the uber Ork vehicles

Anybody bought the novel based on Warhammer 40k universe before?
Is it any good?

Is there any comics that I can buy and enjoy the story in Warhammer 40k?

I've heard of an animation movie based on Warhammer 40k long time ago but it didn't do well.

- Drop Pods can now hit enemy troops
- SM are supersoldiers... it compared them holding a point to "300", though for the SM it's more like "30"
- Less focus on resource gathering and buildng (which sounds like buildings are still in, but not as many buildings)
- Bridges are functional instead of just decoration, and can be destroyed with troops on them (though Assault Marines will automatically jump to safety)
- Assault Marines can deal damage with their landing
- Troops can shoot from buildings the enter, but can be screwed if the enemy bombs or flames the building
- Orbital Bombardment leaves a patch of molten earth where it hits
- Wargear can be collected on the battlefield and equipped on different troops
- Campaign missions may have multiple objectives (such as "save the civilians" or "get the wargear"), and you may have to choose between them... your choices can affect later missions

guess I was wrong about the whole direct quotes issue

Points of note, in addition to what was mentioned in the OP:

Technologies making the transition from CoH: Havok physics, destructible scenery, HDR and real-time lighting.

DoW2, at least in the single campaign, will focus on a number of persistent characters, who'll be developed over the course of the game. War gear is found on the battlefield, not awarded between missions Dark Crusade style, though there is a Dark Crusade style character configuration screen.

Speculation: you can swap war gear for different missions?

War gear has to be "identified and equipped" before use - you don't get to use the war gear you find in the same mission, presumably.

A rolling demo:

Space Marines land on an imperial world, take cover on an over pass behind some crates
Orks arrive, charge the marines and are instantly pwnd for trying to charge across open tarrain.
Orks throw a grenade at the marines which destroys the flimsy cover and sends the marines flying.
Scene Change: marines are pinned down by heavy fire, orks send in heavy melee units and start pwning the marines.
Marines call in support, commander unit turns up and starts hacking at the orks with his chainsword.

Another Scene:

- Orks are occupying a building, marines then clean them out with flamer and grenades - the building collapses in a spectacular fashion

A further scene: a fire-fight on a bridge over an abyss. Orks throw grenades which destroy the bridge and wipe out a squad of marines, but the jump-pack equipped assault marines are able to use their jetpacks to leap to safety.

The ork warboss destroys everything he comes into contact with until a marine commander shows up with a thunder-hammer.

Less "static base building". That means, it's present but greatly reduced. Interesting use of the word 'static' - does that mean there's mobile base building?

Gameplay is also less resource gathering driven, but rather about deploying and using "powerful units".

Characters are often as powerful as whole squads.

Relic aren't talking about: what happens when a character dies, how wargear works in multi-player, will it have CoH style territory systems, other races.

Mentions "an undisclosed multiplayer aspect".

One other thing: the very next page is a two page mini-preview of Starcraft 2. Without getting into the whole SC2 vs DoW2 thing... let's just say that Starcraft 2 exactly isn't flattered by the comparison.

Screenshots, all on the same map we've already seen:

a zoomed out view of a squad of marines and burned out predator behind some tank traps firing on a mob of orks while two dreadnaughts assault the orks in close combat

a close in view of a synch-kill with an ork flying across the screen, trailed by a merry arc of blood

some orks being hit by an orbital strike

a large background picture of the ork warboss being charged by the marine commander with a thunderhammer

an overhead view of marine squad fighting orks on an overpass with assault marines flying overheard

small shot of an ork warboss fighting three marines

a background shot of three marines taking cover behind some rubble engaging at least half a dozen orks who're occupying an imperial building

a dreadnaught fighting orks on close combat with sundry marines in the background

a beautiful close up of a furiso dreadnaught synch-killing an ork.

close up of the back of a dreadnaught with an orbital strike in the background

another orbital strike

just like ghazghull....i needed to rebuild my Waaaggghhh......you will never lose me my great general......once a LYNK always a LYNK.......just completed my transaction with the Lord for my copy of SS.....waiting for the package to arrive.....