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[tauwarrior23]

welcome to THE DoW chat,here you can chat about any DoW game

so I've been thinking should I buy the DoW which has the necrons on the front cover but I dont know which one's which so is the necron one the latest or is there others.Do you get to choose what side to go on.anyway please reply
Tauwarrior23 or Lachlan

[Wakim]

Um

Dow ~ orks sm eldar csm

DoW: Winter Assault ~ IG

DoW: Dark Crusade ~ Tau Necron

Now, DC is a stand alone game, meaning you don`t need the original to run it and you can play all 7 armies in single player (campaign, skirmish) but only Tau and Necrons in lan or online, to use the other armies online you need DoW for the original 4 and WA for IG.

If you don`t have any of the games, get the premium/platinum/whatever edition that has all 3 games in one bundle It`s cheaper

[Templar Mikeel]

Also, Dawn of War: Soul Storm, will feature the Dark Eldar and (most likely) the Witch Hunters as new races.

[lord marcus]

noooo! why not nids, nids !!!!!

on another note! yay for soul storm coming out! anyone know prices? USD please.

[Templar Mikeel]

Because, the Relic and Ironware (?) game development teams don't think that they can accuretly represent the 'Nids in the game. I wonder what that says about the team, because the Tyranid Mod has already done an amazing job of making Tyranids a playable reace for DC.

DoW:SS will probably be as much as the DoW have been in the past; $20-30. Also, its not getting released until spring '08.

[Wakim]

Hahahahahahahhaa HA

Oh please that was too much


Nids aren`t in DoW because they`ll use them to sell DoW 2 :P

Can`t belive people actually belive corporative speechs

[Steellegioncpt]

I hear that they are never going to do Tyranids because it doesnt cater to the Nid's mutation options very well. But I think that they should do it similar to how Starcraft is set up with their Zerg

[Templar Mikeel]

Oh what, you mean the rip-off Tyranids? You serously need to check out the Tyranid mod. Its almost finished.

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[Torquemada Coteaz]

i don't see why nids doesnt fit into current system.

I mean if a SM Dread is allowed to upgrade using a purple glow and an instant model change,
you can do ANYTHING. nids would be a cinch

[Templar Mikeel]

AFAIK, they are. The 'Nid mod uses research for some of it, and squad upgrades for others. IMO, the mod teams have more skill and inginuity (SP?!) than the relic team. Check out the DoW40k:FoK mod. Or the Inquisition: Daemonhunt mod.

[Wakim]

Ok

I`ll ask you one time.

You actually belive that THQ marketing propaganda?

[Templar Mikeel]

Um, did I ever say I did?

[lord marcus]

what propaganda, and also, how do i install a mod into my game, and will it alter/destroy the existing game ot an extent that i cannot play it anymore as it was before the mod was introduced into my game? as you can see i have never worked with a mod before. cause i like the daemonhunt mod.

[Wakim]

curse the english language!!!

You - plural

@ Marcus ~ They said they`re not giving us `Nids `till DoW2 because they want to milk DoW as much as posible

As for mods, you download, read the instructions and follow them precisely

[lord marcus]

dow 2

i thought dow dark crusade was 3???

[Wakim]

Now, it`s an expansion

There`s a HUGE difference.

Expansions are basicly mods while a new game is a new game

[lord marcus]

please explain, i did not quite get that..

[Wakim]

All game need an 'engine'

It`s a LONG wall of code that gives the game it`s basic capabilities

Expansions are games made on the same engine as the 'original game' while a new game uses a new engine or a modified one

Basicly, no matter how much expansions change a game, you can see notice it`s the same game, usually because it has the same performance limits

[lord marcus]

ahhh, okay!

[Templar Mikeel]

Oh, for the mods, you'll also need the DC patches 1 and 2.

[Torquemada Coteaz]

Think of it this way:
Expansions are really big patches with VISIBLE effects and alterations or additions