Dawn of War?
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Gryphon
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yup, thats right - zoom out. But that probably won't happen seeing as the fog masks the godawful draw distance.... Zoom out to max on a biggwer zoom and all you'd see is fog, and a few silouhettes of the bigger buildings and units. =/
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QuantumDelta
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You don't get that on my PC... o.O
I've played orc mob vs orc mob with no resource limit, and therefore = mass numbers crash together...
As soon as we got forces up to full cap, full tech limit, with everything on, we took them at eachother:
Simply to test the game
No fogging here :|
Unless you count fog of war O.o, but if you have units covering the area you can see the whole way around... as far as i noticed...
I've played orc mob vs orc mob with no resource limit, and therefore = mass numbers crash together...
As soon as we got forces up to full cap, full tech limit, with everything on, we took them at eachother:
Simply to test the game
No fogging here :|
Unless you count fog of war O.o, but if you have units covering the area you can see the whole way around... as far as i noticed...
"Then, to hide their frailty, they hurt those who are kind.
I whisper farewell to this ugly world and dance nimbly with brilliant wings of red."
I whisper farewell to this ugly world and dance nimbly with brilliant wings of red."
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Crazee Eight
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Pan the camera down to the unit's viewpoint level. The distance fogs a little, but only from that perspective.
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M.Steiner
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Just ordered it from amazon, as well as Fable for my bro. 
"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
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Futile Resistance
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No... Damn... All you guys are getting the game... My roommate has the game... Don't make me do it! AHH! 
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Gryphon
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The camera is just a pet hate really, anyone up for a game later tonight? If ya are - I'll set one up when I get back from uni, Freshers fayre today - time to see if bolton has a rugby team or not... or even better american football.
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QuantumDelta
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Fixed it :|Gryphon wrote:The camera is just a pet hate really, anyone up for a game later tonight? If ya are - I'll set one up when I get back from uni, Freshers fayre today - time to see if bolton has a rugby team or not... or even worse football.
And catch me if you can I'll be 'around' on IRC, but probably, mostly, in Rome: Total War.
"Then, to hide their frailty, they hurt those who are kind.
I whisper farewell to this ugly world and dance nimbly with brilliant wings of red."
I whisper farewell to this ugly world and dance nimbly with brilliant wings of red."
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Gryphon
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Fixed it =/ my blue arse.
I played for the teesside cougars as a quarterback last year - so I was looking to join either rugby - or (slim chance they have it here!) american football, I'd love to see the look on token's (an ex team mate) face when I hand him his ass on a plate =)
But alas! They had neither - so it's just a stint in the gym every day for meh - ho hum...
I played for the teesside cougars as a quarterback last year - so I was looking to join either rugby - or (slim chance they have it here!) american football, I'd love to see the look on token's (an ex team mate) face when I hand him his ass on a plate =)
But alas! They had neither - so it's just a stint in the gym every day for meh - ho hum...
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Anubis
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I bought it on Sunday after immensly enjoying the beta, its on my machine but i haven't got around to playing it yet. Once i'm done with Call of Duty United Offensive i'll give it a whirl and tell you what i think, i'm sure i'll enjoy it though.
"Perhaps this is what I have always wished for since that day. The loss and destruction of all. That's right, one must destroy before creating. In that case, if my conscience becomes a hindrance to me, then I will simply erase it. I have no other choice but to move forward....therefore!" - Lelouch vi Britannia/Zero, Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch
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Crazee Eight
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Some of us should hook up online for a game or two. I've been playing and losing horribly thus far. Gotta say a DoW Group would be pretty nice.
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M.Steiner
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Yep, you can download the demo from hereKahn wrote:Is there a demo? I'd like to try before I buy, even though this one looks great.
"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
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Anubis
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If we can get enough people a DoW group sounds great. Count me in 
"Perhaps this is what I have always wished for since that day. The loss and destruction of all. That's right, one must destroy before creating. In that case, if my conscience becomes a hindrance to me, then I will simply erase it. I have no other choice but to move forward....therefore!" - Lelouch vi Britannia/Zero, Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch
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Inquisitor
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From this 2 page thread, it almost feels like we have enough.
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Kon
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This game offically pwns all other RTS games ever! Usually I stink horribly at them because I suck at resource gathering and can never get a really big army. DoW is great because the more butt you kick, the more resources you have since you get it from stratigic points.
I also love the reinforce, morale and cover systems. Hiding in a crater or trench will keep you protected if you are out numbered, while wading through a march or standing on a hill will make you much more vunerable. If one of your squadmates dies, your morale goes down a little but if your hero or sargeant dies, you can lose half your morale. If you lose enough your squad breaks up and flees in disorganized chaos. On the Biffy's Peril map i held 3 or 4 stratigic points for the whole game and was right on my enemy's doorstep with just 3 space marine sqauds and won against all odds with my army being 1/4 the size of my enemies.
Goodbye WoW, hello DoW
I also love the reinforce, morale and cover systems. Hiding in a crater or trench will keep you protected if you are out numbered, while wading through a march or standing on a hill will make you much more vunerable. If one of your squadmates dies, your morale goes down a little but if your hero or sargeant dies, you can lose half your morale. If you lose enough your squad breaks up and flees in disorganized chaos. On the Biffy's Peril map i held 3 or 4 stratigic points for the whole game and was right on my enemy's doorstep with just 3 space marine sqauds and won against all odds with my army being 1/4 the size of my enemies.
Goodbye WoW, hello DoW
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M.Steiner
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I started doing the missions today to get a bit more practice at the game and wow!, one of the missions (Mission 4 or 5 i think it was) i came accross an orc unit called a Squiggoth. At the time i was expecting it to die pretty quick if i sent a crap load of marine squads over.... but omfg it wiped out nearly my entire army lol. So i thought, okay i'll send a few whirlwinds over as well. About 2 stomps from that gigantic squiggoth crushed all my whirlwinds lol. Then it started to walk towards my base and i kinda crapped myself, had to replace all those marines as fast as i could to try take it down 
^^... Man that beast was really tough, and took me forever to kill 
Was a fun mission that was
^^... Man that beast was really tough, and took me forever to kill Was a fun mission that was
"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
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NightDreams
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Ok from what i know here is the list of people who would be in the DoW group
Myself
Crazee Eight
Maester Seymour
Kahn
Quiz ?
Anubis
Scikar
Gryphon
Sorry if i have put u're name there and u dont want it to be, just say and i'll delete it.
Anyone else?
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Myself
Crazee Eight
Maester Seymour
Kahn
Quiz ?
Anubis
Scikar
Gryphon
Sorry if i have put u're name there and u dont want it to be, just say and i'll delete it.
Anyone else?
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Kon
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Just incase someone else here hasn't bought the full game yet, I found bargin price for DoW on some website called cheif value. $37 plus $4 for 4 day shiping. Froogle is a handy thing.
http://www.chiefvalue.com/app/productsp ... 32-193-102
http://www.chiefvalue.com/app/productsp ... 32-193-102
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Crazee Eight
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Well I'm a little better at it now (i.e. I can win games online 
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Anubis
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Myself, NightDreams and Maester Seymour have been talking bout starting a Dawn of War group. We've been given clearance to start a group, but before do so i thought we should check how many of us actually play online so that we aren't creating a group where most people play Single Player.
So, who actually plays online or intends to do so in the near future?
So, who actually plays online or intends to do so in the near future?
"Perhaps this is what I have always wished for since that day. The loss and destruction of all. That's right, one must destroy before creating. In that case, if my conscience becomes a hindrance to me, then I will simply erase it. I have no other choice but to move forward....therefore!" - Lelouch vi Britannia/Zero, Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch
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NightDreams
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Well we got the game going and i was doing so well, then i lagged out, not sure why but could of been due to windows update. So im here and they are still playing. DAMN THEM my eldar were going to win.
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