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General discussionAnyone a fan of Warhammer (Fantasy and 40k)(53 posts)(53 posts)
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Posted September 09, 2018
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sherringon456: As someone else said you might be confusing the first with something else. It is a brilliant game and they should have just done it again but bigger but still didn't mind what they actually gave us.
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Elmofongo: Confusing with what?!

In Dawn of War 1 I clearly see that I can only control 8 units at a time.

Like in Starcraft 1 I can only control a total of 12 units at a time.
I do not remember that really.
Posted September 09, 2018
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Elmofongo: In Dawn of War 1 I clearly see that I can only control 8 units at a time.
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vv221: Is it vanilla Dawn of War? Winter Assault? Dark Crusade? Soulstorm?
I haven’t played versions prior to Dark Crusade for quite a long time, so maybe I forgot about such restrictions that would be effective only in older versions. But in Dark Crusade you can select all of your units at a time, there is no limit.
I played as far up to Soulstorm and its still the 8 units at a time limit.

Even modded with the Ultimate Apocalypse its like that.
Posted September 09, 2018
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BlackMageJ: Never played on the tabletop, but I've been on a 40K PC gaming kick since Humble gave away Space Marine (which I'd already played on 360, but it's nice to be able to aim properly this time round), and ended up reinstalling and playing more of Dawn of War I&II, Space Hulk, Regicide etc.

On that note, anyone played Battlefleet Gothic: Armada? Reviews seem to be very inconsitent for it (the professional reviews at launch are almost all very positive, but the Steam reviews are incredibly negative). It looks amazing, and I love the idea of a slow, tactical, positioning-and-angle-matter space RTS, but... it might suck.

It's also currently about £7 on Humble, so I thought I'd try it to see if it's worth getting the imminent sequel (which is set to have a lot more content).
Really only played dawn of war so can't say anything on that game. Would suspect that negative reviews are probably because of a lack of support rather than it being a bad game though.
Posted September 09, 2018
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Elmofongo: I played as far up to Soulstorm and its still the 8 units at a time limit.
Ok, now I understand what might be tricking you: no matter how much units are currently selected, only 8 are shown at the bottom of the screen.
But next to the units icons, there is an arrow that allow to see the other selected units. The 'tab' key is another way to cycle through all selected units.
Posted September 09, 2018
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Elmofongo: I played as far up to Soulstorm and its still the 8 units at a time limit.
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vv221: Ok, now I understand what might be tricking you: no matter how much units are currently selected, only 8 are shown at the bottom of the screen.
But next to the units icons, there is an arrow that allow to see the other selected units. The 'tab' key is another way to cycle through all selected units.
I will try it out, but another problem that prevents me from fully getting into Dawn of War 1 is the abyssmaly dated AI pathfinding. Moving units around in cluttered terrain is a mess.

The only RTS that has great pathfinding is Starcraft 2.
Posted September 09, 2018
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Elmofongo: another problem that prevents me from fully getting into Dawn of War 1 is the abyssmaly dated AI pathfinding. Moving units around in cluttered terrain is a mess.
I fully agree with you on this one, I enjoy Dawn of War despite its pathfinding, but I often get frustrated by it. It gets at its worst when you have mixed armies with big vehicles and a lot of infantry.
Posted September 09, 2018
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Elmofongo: another problem that prevents me from fully getting into Dawn of War 1 is the abyssmaly dated AI pathfinding. Moving units around in cluttered terrain is a mess.
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vv221: I fully agree with you on this one, I enjoy Dawn of War despite its pathfinding, but I often get frustrated by it. It gets at its worst when you have mixed armies with big vehicles and a lot of infantry.
Its partly that reason why I am somewhat tempted to try Dawn of War 3 just to see how it compares.

Dawn of War 1 has bad pathfinding.

Dawn of War 2 is too slow.

What's Dawn of War 3's problem?
Posted September 09, 2018
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Elmofongo: (…)
I’ve never really been interested in Dawn of War 2 & 3, it looks like each game is in a different style:
— Dawn of War 1 is a classic RTS, a kind of game I love;
— Dawn of War 2 is a squad-based tactics game, with no base-building;
— Dawn of War 3 tries to be a MOBA to surf on the popularity of these games.
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