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[Manipulate On] Dawn of Woe 2 - We have heard the call to war.

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  • randombattlerandombattle Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    No

    There's deathstrike missiles

    Thank the Emperor for the Imperial Guard.
    I thought they were Imperial Guard..

    Traitor Guard.
    Speaking of that I'm surprised they don't have chaos imperial guards yet.

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  • Dareth RamDareth Ram regular
    edited March 2009
    ugh

    K_A desu brigade
    They would win all the wars though since no one would ever want to look at them.

    I wonder if K_A still reads the boards...

    K_A wouldn't be in this thread anyways, because DoW is a western developed game and thus inferior to the Japanese games he does play.
    I loved his "Why Japanese games are always better" thread

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  • MinionOfCthulhuMinionOfCthulhu Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    No

    There's deathstrike missiles

    Thank the Emperor for the Imperial Guard.
    I thought they were Imperial Guard..

    Traitor Guard.
    Speaking of that I'm surprised they don't have chaos imperial guards yet.

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  • Dareth RamDareth Ram regular
    edited March 2009
    chaos guard sounds like it'd be a really fun conversion.

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  • randombattlerandombattle Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Chaos commissars would be so damn awesome.

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  • KinderpartyKinderparty Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Dareth, Croak. I have another discrepancy I would like to speak about over the PMs! Let me know when you're around.

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  • AkiraAkira Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    You can do a decent traitor guard army with the regular guard list, though it fits a "renegade" list much better than a chaos one since you can't take any chaos units obviously. Though you could just represent various upgrades with chaos stuff, like a power weapon being demon claws or whatever.

    The Lost and the Damned codex back in 3rd edition had some rules for traitor guard, it was pretty interesting. You'd have units of traitor guard with a chaos marine as a "sergeant", stuff like that.

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  • rtsrts Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Can anyone remember that one website with the dawn of war statistics? I don't want to go searching through that 100 page thread.

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  • KinderpartyKinderparty Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    cakemikz wrote: »
    Can anyone remember that one website with the dawn of war statistics? I don't want to go searching through that 100 page thread.

    dowcodex.com?

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  • randombattlerandombattle Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    cakemikz wrote: »
    Can anyone remember that one website with the dawn of war statistics? I don't want to go searching through that 100 page thread.
    http://www.dow2db.com/ ?


    Traitor guards might be pretty cool.

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Don't check the OP or anything.

    It certainly wouldn't say anything about it!

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  • rtsrts Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Pancake wrote: »
    Don't check the OP or anything.

    It certainly wouldn't say anything about it!

    Alright...maybe you should put something in there then.

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  • UrianUrian __BANNED USERS regular
    edited March 2009
    add Urian=Fathom216 to that OP would you please pancake

    in the name of the emperor

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Urian wrote: »
    add Urian=Fathom216 to that OP would you please pancake

    in the name of the emperor

    Well, no, I don't think I can now.

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  • UrianUrian __BANNED USERS regular
    edited March 2009
    Heresy...

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  • joshua1joshua1 Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    So, no one has a heads up re: patching for wargear?

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  • rtsrts Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Someone want to play? Sonelan and I need one more for a 3v3 ranked.

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  • randombattlerandombattle Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Well I was gonna play tf2 but hells yeah I'd be up for some 3v3

    gt is randombattle


    and i should really be up on the op

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    heh

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  • LurkLurk Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Remove the melee attack from the Zoey, all it does is screw up its AI.

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  • TraikanTraikan Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Because I never look at the list of GFWL ids, I only just now noticed a horrifying typo in my name that has likely been there forever. It should be Traikan, not Taikan. (4th name on the list)

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  • joshua1joshua1 Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Am i being quietly ignored because patching for the pretty wargear is taboo?

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  • KivutarKivutar Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    joshua1 wrote: »
    Am i being quietly ignored because patching for the pretty wargear is taboo?
    I, too, am curious about this 'patch.'

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  • joshua1joshua1 Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Kivutar wrote: »
    joshua1 wrote: »
    Am i being quietly ignored because patching for the pretty wargear is taboo?
    I, too, am curious about this 'patch.'

    We killed the thread

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  • DeadOnArrivalDeadOnArrival Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Best OP yet. Sorry Puck.

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  • ScosglenScosglen Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    joshua1 wrote: »
    Am i being quietly ignored because patching for the pretty wargear is taboo?

    I don't know if other people think it's taboo, but being barred access to ANY content already on the disk just because you didn't preorder the game from a certain store is dumb as hell.

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  • verpakeyesverpakeyes Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Scosglen wrote: »
    joshua1 wrote: »
    Am i being quietly ignored because patching for the pretty wargear is taboo?

    I don't know if other people think it's taboo, but being barred access to ANY content already on the disk just because you didn't preorder the game from a certain store is dumb as hell.

    With all this talk about it I figured it must be insanely hard to find, otherwise why would there be so many posts asking the question, surely someone wouldn't be so lazy as to not just google the damn thing. I was wrong, seriously ten seconds of google will find you what you want.

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  • GoombaGoomba __BANNED USERS regular
    edited March 2009
    Scosglen wrote: »
    joshua1 wrote: »
    Am i being quietly ignored because patching for the pretty wargear is taboo?

    I don't know if other people think it's taboo, but being barred access to ANY content already on the disk just because you didn't preorder the game from a certain store is dumb as hell.
    Yeah, pfft, pre-order bonuses. What a load of shit, guys.

    P.S. it's not on the disk already.

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  • LibrarianThorneLibrarianThorne Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Sorry for the old thread bump, but I'm desperate to find some games. The singleplayer game is fun and all, but the multiplayer is so different that it's really not preparing me for much of anything, so far as I can tell. I guess I'll keep playing single player, but so far it's not as awesome (for me) as Dark Crusade's was.

    Is there a reason searching for games takes forever? I'm probably too used to Street Fighter, where matches occur basically whenever you want them to, but it seems like normal matchmaking takes ten minutes or so. It could be longer, I've yet to play against people online in DOW2. :/

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  • GoombaGoomba __BANNED USERS regular
    edited March 2009
    Are you trying to find team games without a team? Otherwise, maybe it's just the hours? I haven't had any trouble finding games.

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  • LibrarianThorneLibrarianThorne Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Goomba wrote: »
    Are you trying to find team games without a team? Otherwise, maybe it's just the hours? I haven't had any trouble finding games.

    Yeah, I don't have a team. It's just me searching by myself, does that mess things up?

    Also, screw the haters, 40k/Fantasy tabletop is fun times. Sure there's weird dudes, but shit man, nerdery is chock goddamn full of weird motherfuckers. The GW crowd, mad as it may sometimes get, is still a lot of fun to be with.

    I do agree with the earlier poster that the 40k rules are all sorts of naff. The current edition is okayish, but it's comical how much better a game WHFB is. The other poster who said that games like BB, BFG, Mordheim, and Necromunda tended to be better than Warhammer was also correct.

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Goomba wrote: »
    Are you trying to find team games without a team? Otherwise, maybe it's just the hours? I haven't had any trouble finding games.

    Yeah, I don't have a team. It's just me searching by myself, does that mess things up?

    It can make things take longer because it has to find you two other players without a team or at least a pre-made team of only two players along with another team of three. If you're already in a team of three, it only has to find three other players rather than five.
    Also, screw the haters, 40k/Fantasy tabletop is fun times. Sure there's weird dudes, but shit man, nerdery is chock goddamn full of weird motherfuckers. The GW crowd, mad as it may sometimes get, is still a lot of fun to be with.

    No, they're seriously creepy. There's nothing enjoyable about being around them.

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  • AkiraAkira Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    The shiny colours are really awful though, I'm happy most people won't have access to anything but gold and silver.

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  • John HardwayJohn Hardway Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I'm looking for some games. It's past 2:30am, so possibly a couple now before I snooze, but I can stay up if it's going good. I've been playing, and the games I get in are either really lopsided (I am searching by myself) or the lag just makes me pull my hair out. I'm still newish to MP, but I feel like I'm semi-competent.

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  • GalagaGalaxianGalagaGalaxian Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Awww but I like my marines. :( (the duller mettalics are nice)

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  • LibrarianThorneLibrarianThorne Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Pancake wrote: »
    Also, screw the haters, 40k/Fantasy tabletop is fun times. Sure there's weird dudes, but shit man, nerdery is chock goddamn full of weird motherfuckers. The GW crowd, mad as it may sometimes get, is still a lot of fun to be with.

    No, they're seriously creepy. There's nothing enjoyable about being around them.


    I mean, I could just be clueless, but are you trolling? Or have you just not experienced nerds outside of these here intertubes?

    I don't want to come off as an expert here, but well, I am. I've been attending gaming conventions of one sort or another for seven years (Games Day 02-03, Origins 04-05, GenCon 06-08, GDC08) and I've been playing tabletop games for almost eleven years.

    Sure, there's a fundamentally different crowd of folks attracted to pen and paper or tabletop games than attracted to PC/console games. Personally, I really dig the social aspect of gaming and being around lots of crazy and (usually) crazy smart people. Are there some weird guys/gals out there? Yeah, yeah there are. I've played Warhammer 40k with middleschoolers, Hell's Angels, lawyers, and furries. I've been in D&D games with electrical engineers and nymphomaniacs. There's just something amazing about sitting across a table from someone and rolling dice, either with them or against them.

    The gaming table is an experience unlike PC/console multiplayer. There's a, for lack of a better term, sense of camaraderie there that just isn't found in most anything else. Also, it's very reassuring to know that if someone's being an asshole they're never really out of arm's reach.

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Pancake wrote: »
    Also, screw the haters, 40k/Fantasy tabletop is fun times. Sure there's weird dudes, but shit man, nerdery is chock goddamn full of weird motherfuckers. The GW crowd, mad as it may sometimes get, is still a lot of fun to be with.

    No, they're seriously creepy. There's nothing enjoyable about being around them.


    I mean, I could just be clueless, but are you trolling? Or have you just not experienced nerds outside of these here intertubes?

    I don't want to come off as an expert here, but well, I am. I've been attending gaming conventions of one sort or another for seven years (Games Day 02-03, Origins 04-05, GenCon 06-08, GDC08) and I've been playing tabletop games for almost eleven years.

    Sure, there's a fundamentally different crowd of folks attracted to pen and paper or tabletop games than attracted to PC/console games. Personally, I really dig the social aspect of gaming and being around lots of crazy and (usually) crazy smart people. Are there some weird guys/gals out there? Yeah, yeah there are. I've played Warhammer 40k with middleschoolers, Hell's Angels, lawyers, and furries. I've been in D&D games with electrical engineers and nymphomaniacs. There's just something amazing about sitting across a table from someone and rolling dice, either with them or against them.

    The gaming table is an experience unlike PC/console multiplayer. There's a, for lack of a better term, sense of camaraderie there that just isn't found in most anything else. Also, it's very reassuring to know that if someone's being an asshole they're never really out of arm's reach.

    Have you ever stopped to think that maybe you're one of them?

    No, I'm not trolling. I've found tabletop gamers extremely uncomfortable to be around. Enough so that I never played more than one game of 40k before giving up the hobby. I think that modeling and painting is pretty much the only fun thing about the game.

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  • LibrarianThorneLibrarianThorne Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Pancake wrote: »
    Pancake wrote: »
    Also, screw the haters, 40k/Fantasy tabletop is fun times. Sure there's weird dudes, but shit man, nerdery is chock goddamn full of weird motherfuckers. The GW crowd, mad as it may sometimes get, is still a lot of fun to be with.

    No, they're seriously creepy. There's nothing enjoyable about being around them.


    I mean, I could just be clueless, but are you trolling? Or have you just not experienced nerds outside of these here intertubes?

    I don't want to come off as an expert here, but well, I am. I've been attending gaming conventions of one sort or another for seven years (Games Day 02-03, Origins 04-05, GenCon 06-08, GDC08) and I've been playing tabletop games for almost eleven years.

    Sure, there's a fundamentally different crowd of folks attracted to pen and paper or tabletop games than attracted to PC/console games. Personally, I really dig the social aspect of gaming and being around lots of crazy and (usually) crazy smart people. Are there some weird guys/gals out there? Yeah, yeah there are. I've played Warhammer 40k with middleschoolers, Hell's Angels, lawyers, and furries. I've been in D&D games with electrical engineers and nymphomaniacs. There's just something amazing about sitting across a table from someone and rolling dice, either with them or against them.

    The gaming table is an experience unlike PC/console multiplayer. There's a, for lack of a better term, sense of camaraderie there that just isn't found in most anything else. Also, it's very reassuring to know that if someone's being an asshole they're never really out of arm's reach.

    Have you ever stopped to think that maybe you're one of them?

    No, I'm not trolling. I've found tabletop gamers extremely uncomfortable to be around. Enough so that I never played more than one game of 40k before giving up the hobby. I think that modeling and painting is pretty much the only fun thing about the game.


    The first thing I'll say is that everyone has fun in different ways, and this is expressed in no better arena than that of the tabletop game.

    It's sad that one game of 40k has affected you so much, but it's very much an area thing. Certain stores will be way more casual about stuff, while others will be a haven of tournament and "competitive" players. The casual groups are the ones I tend to hang out with, but I've been in the Warhammer tourney scene and it's just not a lot of fun. If you experienced shit like rules lawyers ruining the game, then my advice is try and find different players. They are out there, and it's unfair to paint tabletop gamers with the same brush as one bad experience gave you.

    Depending on where you live, I could recommend some stores that it might be worth checking out.

    Just so you know, I stopped playing Warhammer for like four years because of asshole competitive players and insane rules lawyering, so I totally get where you're coming from. It's very much worth it to find other players, thugh, and Warhammer is a very fun hobby to have.

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  • RamiRami Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I know what you guys mean, in WH, TCGs or whatever you can always find this breed of ultra-nerd that even plain old nerds don't like being around. They're basically the nerd stereotype that you never really think actually exist. Unfortunatly the price of entry and the commitment required for something like warhammer means you get a much higher ratio of ultra-nerd to normal nerd.

    For chaos I hope they put all the different gods in, or at least 3 (one hero for each). All you'd really need to do is have a regular chaos army and then change one 'special' unit or so, say Khorne would get bloodletters, Nurgle would get rotters etc.

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  • The_SpaniardThe_Spaniard It's never lupines Irvine, CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Man all that bitching about how hard Carnifex are to take down earlier, just a couple more levels and some new weapons and they go down like that guy I had over earlier. :winky:

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Rami wrote: »
    I know what you guys mean, in WH, TCGs or whatever you can always find this breed of ultra-nerd that even plain old nerds don't like being around. They're basically the nerd stereotype that you never really think actually exist. Unfortunatly the price of entry and the commitment required for something like warhammer means you get a much higher ratio of ultra-nerd to normal nerd.

    This is kind of what I'm talking about. I don't care about competitive players. I don't care about rules lawyers. I'm talking about the creepers.

    You walk into a game store and you cannot see them, you cannot hear them, you cannot smell then, but you know they're there. You can feel their presence in the air. And it feels like social awkwardness. It fills the store, chokes it, makes it unbearable to stay in, and makes you pray that they would just smell. The odor of someone that never bathes or washes the cheeto stains from their fingers is more pleasant than the aura these people emit.

    You compose yourself and carry your suffering psyche over to the WH40k minis and pick up a box of tactical space marines. But they catch sight of you, the lust in their eyes making it known that they've never so much as dreamed of feeling the touch of a woman.

    The counter is not far away, but it feels like several miles with their eyes on you, all encompassing desire the only thing filling their nerd brains. The cashier looks normal. Very normal. He only smiles and asks if you need any help or if you're ready.

    "I'm ready," you mumble, the words barely audible over the talking of lesser nerds painting their minis the best their poor motor skills will allow. But you can feel their eyes boaring into the back of your skull and their lack of social skills continues to fill the air and drain the life from you.

    Finally, the cashier rings you up, smiles again, and tells you to have a nice day. You race out the door. In a walk, of course. You wouldn't want to look like you were running away. The door closes behind you and you can breathe again. They're gone, still back inside. They'd be too afraid to follow you out here.

    But you turn back to look at the door over your shoulder. The prospect of returning to play seems more frightening than anything you've ever experienced. So you walk to your car, the wind chilling your persperation, which is odd, as you didn't realize you were sweating before.

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