Dawn of War 2

Relic is very communicative about Dawn of War 2, not only do they have an Official DoW II Community Blog, an Official DoW II Twitter Feed and an Official DoW II Facebook Page but they also post on several forums (including this one) to cool down/hype up their fans. This thread humbly tries to give an overview of select developer quotes and search links. Many of their statements are probably not always official and it might be dangerous to take them out of context but they could be indicative of what to expect in the coming months. The developers do post quite a lot of juicy tidbits which you won't always read about in press releases or on the blog. Thanks to everyone who spots new and interesting information.

[ I did a clean sweep of some older posts and links as this first post was getting full again ]

Recently updated on 03/09/2010 (month/day/year):

- [03/09/2010] Very detailed patch notes of the huge update for vanilla DoW II. See more detailed visuals of the free goodies in this blog post.
- [03/08/2010] Another review is online at TotalPCGaming.
- [03/05/2010] First Chaos Rising review has gone up, courtesy of GamesRadar/PC Gamer US.
- [02/26/2010] TASK3R gives us details about the FFA mode, coming to vanilla DoW II and CR.
- [02/23/2010] As promised/predicted Relic will reset the leaderboards for the game and implement ladder decay features: "Many fans have been asking and we’re happy to announce that the Dawn of War II Multiplayer Learderboards will be reset with the release of Chaos Rising on March 11. The reset will affect all Dawn of War II Leaderboard stats including TrueSkill and Faction Rank*
*Faction Rank is not reset for players who play a Ranked Multiplayer game between October 14, 2009 and March 11, 2010."
- [02/23/2010] All the free units for the existing races are showed off in a new trailer narrated by the Lead Designer of CR.
- [02/23/2010] More reveals at the official blog, this time the Chaos Sorceror hero for traditional multiplayer/skirmish is highlighted.
- [02/22/2010] Chaos Rising has gone gold and will release in stores on March 11th (or a bit later if you live in a place other than North America).

Developer posts search links (aka find-the-goodies-yourself):
[ Remember you usually have to be logged in with each forum to view posts and that most forums only allow a search every few minutes/seconds. ]
=> Official DoW II community forum:

• Jager posts - profile
• Thunder posts - profile
• TASK3R (pka CXE) posts - profile
• Haven0 posts - profile
• Noseworm posts - profile
• sasquatch posts - profile
• EgonSpengler - profile
• macbug posts - profile
• Pulse posts - profile
• ocrumsprug posts - profile
• chilean posts - profile
• Tribalbob posts - profile [MIA, sylons and Otto-Matic removed as well]

=> RelicNews forum:

• Jager posts - profile
• TASK3R (pka CXE) posts - profile
• Thunder posts - profile
• Mac_Bug posts - profile
• Noseworm posts - profile
• Tranj (THQ) posts - profile
• darthmuffin posts - profile
• Mokona posts - profile

=> GameReplays DoW II forum:

• TASK3r posts - profile
• EgonSpengler posts - profile
• Jagermaestro posts - profile
• Thunder@Relic posts - profile

=> Penny Arcade forum:

• Croak (aka senior designer John Capozzi) posts - profile
• Dareth Ram posts - profile

=> DoWSanctuary forums:

• Relic_Jonny (aka lead designer Jonny Ebbert) posts - profile
• StefanHaines posts - profile

=> Shacknews:

• DoPEaMiNE posts - profile

Older developer quotes and such:
- [02/19/2010] The livecast (commentated by Relic devs) can now be seen again, it's almost an hour of Chaos Rising footage, don't miss it.
- [02/18/2010] The official blog gives more intel on the Plague Champion hero for Chaos in multiplayer.
- [02/17/2010] As noted by Cheesenium, I forgot to link to a 15 minute long video of multiplayer footage of CR, part 1 and part 2.
- [02/17/2010] Xfire will host a live broadcast of a Chaos Rising multiplayer match tomorrow, Thursday 18th February, at 12:00pm PST (3pm EST, 8pm GMT). A second broadcast is planned on March 4th.
- [02/16/2010] There is a quite handy thread on the Relicnews forum listing all the different stores where you can pre-order the game and which bonus you're gonna get if you do.
- [02/16/2010] The blog now features the expected look at the third unit tier of Chaos: the Chaos Predator and Great Unclean One look impressive.
- [02/16/2010] Steam now allows you to pre-order the digital version of Chaos Rising (and you currently get Saints Row II for free as well), the price isn't the normal 35 € which previous Relic addons would have cost.
- [02/11/2010] Croak says singleplayer missions are tougher, longer, more well-paced and more varied now.
- [02/11/2010] The community blog has info on the Chaos Lord hero for multiplayer/skirmish. He definitely sounds powerful.
- [02/10/2010] After it was offline for a day the community blog now details the entire Tier 2 of the Chaos faction: Chaos Bloodletters, Chaos Dreadnought, Chaos Bloodcrusher and Chaos Plague Marines all sound pretty badass.
- [02/08/2010] Several new CR previews have popped up this weekend: G4TV has a preview, Worthplaying has an interview with Relic's Jeff Lydell and Destructoid previews CR. There is also more video footage from the Asian Taipei game show; Great Unclean One battle footage, extensive 5 minutes Chaos skirmish/multiplayer footage, awesome loading screen as well as new main menu.
- [02/05/2010] TASK3R states there is no different popcap method in FFA games.
- [02/05/2010] EgonSpengler clarifies some assumed imbas and mixups in the Gamespot preview.
- [02/05/2010] GameTrailers has even more CR movies: a multiplayer gameplay flick, a video interview with Relic's producer Jeff Lydell, a video interview with Relic's multiplayer designer Josh Long and singleplayer campaign footage. IGN also has a unit video montage. All must-sees.
- [02/05/2010] A new Chaos Rising trailer is now online, featuring new footage (in-game and prerendered), especially eye-catching is the Great Unclean One.
- [02/04/2010] Gamespot features a very detailed multiplayer preview of Chaos Rising, same counts for IGN. Free-For-All and 2vs2vs2 modes, and the Chaos heroes (Chaos Lord, the Plague Champion and the Chaos Sorcerer) are revealed. The way the Chaos shrines work are also being described.
- [02/02/2010] The entire Tier 1 unit roster for the new Chaos faction is displayed and discussed on the blog now. Chaos Heretics, Chaos Space Marines and Chaos Havocs are mentioned as well as are three Chaos gods (Khorne, Nurgle and Tzeentch) which will give different bonuses to the Chaos Heroes during the game.
- [02/02/2010] TASK3R says only Heretic Champions, and not CSM champions, will be able to detect infiltrated units.
- [01/30/2010] A fan has discovered the entire Chaos tech tree, his source is a French gaming magazine. This list seems to be true if you look at the official revelations so far.
- [01/29/2010] The blog reveals one of two new Last Stand heroes, this is Hive Tyrant (other one yet to be highlighted is the Chaos Sorceror).
- [01/13/2010] TASK3R says all races got smaller balance tweaks so that they wouldn't all play out the same and so that everything fits together once Chaos Rising and the DoW II vanilla mega-patch come out at the same time.
- [01/05/2010 till 01/26/2010] Relic has revealed all new multiplayer units for the existing races: Librarian for the SM, Tyrant Guard and Genestealer Brood for the Tyranids (the Tyrant Guard replaces the Tier 2 version of the Carnifex), Wraithguard for the Eldar and Weirdboy for the Orks. These are all units and not new commanders. Anyone who has DoW II will get these for free through a mega-patch (which will also include the new maps and new game modes) so everyone will still be able to play together. You do miss out on being able to play as Chaos if you don't buy Chaos Rising.
- [12/22/2009] The Great Unclean One is revealed as a Chaos unit in a holidays movies from THQ/Relic.
- [12/21/2009] TASK3R says Relic are looking into the several custom badges requests from everyone.
- [12/20/2009] TASK3R describes some tweaks to the auto-cover system although more definitive solutions are further down the road (after CR's release).
- [12/20/2009] TASK3R gives some hints of new balancing in CR.
- [12/22/2009] The official blog has had several Chaos Rising updates, with write-ups about the campaign, a Worthplaying interview with Relic's Jeff Lydell, the powers of Chaos and the history of Blood Raven vs Chaos conflicts.
- [11/11/2009] A must-see developer diary reveals Genestealers, Space Hulk environments and more.
- [11/11/2009] Thunder has posted the 1.9 Hotfix patch notes, with two additional bug fixes listed in the community post. It's not much but what the patch does fix and rebalances seems to be good.
- [11/9/2009] GameReplays have an interview with Relic Developer Jeff Lydell (aka EgonSpengler) about Chaos Rising [ some very interesting infobits here, new multiplayer units for existing races will be added to standard DoW II as well, just like vehicle wrecks and a move/ranged stance, seems like Relic really does want to keep the community together ]
- [10/12/2009] Thunder has posted the 1.8 patch notes, balance changes and bug fixes are all listed. Relic has also revealed more about The Last Stand's heroes: Space Marine Captain, Eldar Farseer and Ork Mekboy. On top of that they have also released more info and screenshots of the two new multiplayer maps we're getting in this update (which will come out on October 14th). A Last Stand contest is being organised as well.
- [9/28/2009] Relic present the first teaser trailer of Chaos Rising, the preview in PCG UK mostly talked about the singleplayer campaign.
- [9/18/2009] PC Gamer UK mentions the title of the first DoW II addon in their podcast (starts at 51:45 minutes, for a minute or so). It's Chaos Rising and the lads can't say much about it so you'll have to read the magazine (cover picture) when Issue 206 comes out in stores on September 24th (or earlier if you're a subscriber). They do say they have a screenshot of "a demon riding a robot dog".
- [9/11/2009] Relicnews got some goodies from Relic/THQ which hint at the inclusion of Chaos in the first expansion for DoW II, coming out in 2010.
- Thunder officially reveals The Last Stand game mode, hands over some media impressions from PAX, he also shares some Last Stand wallpapers and gives a new community scouting report.
- [8/29/2009] TASK3r stating the bloody obvious (as a reply to people who persevere in thinking otherwise all the time) that no balance patches were delayed because of The Last Stand
- [8/28/2009] Gamespy and 1Up preview The Last Stand DLC, Relic has also released a nice CGI trailer.
- TASK3r explains the flame resistance of certain T1 melee units [8/11/2009]
- Thunder highlights a community map pack [8/10/2009]
- Thunder links to "Scripting at Relic" (aka SCAR) documentation which allows modders/mappers to do all kinds of weird stuff with the game in the World Builder [8/5/2009] [a special mod forum has been launched as well]
- Noseworm says that by "making DoW II more casual" he meant almost exclusively the singleplayer campaign, not the PvP experience [7/27/2009]
- ocrumsprug on what the World Builder Guide is meant to be and what other special options there are [7/1/2009]
- ocrumsprug says there are no plans to let the WorldBuilder run with lower settings [7/1/2009] but running it on high should do the trick as well [7/1/2009]
- ocrumsprug says the DoW II map format will unlikely change in the future, the actual work flow of getting a user made map into your game probably will though [7/1/2009]
- TASK3r warns that the World Builder isn't that stable, as with most dev tools, so save often [7/1/2009]
- sasquatch has posted a World Builder Guide [7/1/2009]: ... The 10 page PDF file describes how you can create, publish, and play on a basic map. The document also clarifies how you can correctly place objects, set properties, and view impass maps.
- The full changelog from 1.4 aka There Is Only War posted by sasquatch [6/30/2009] [as expected, humongous update]
- ocrumsprug gives an estimate on map size [6/25/2009]: DOW2 maps clock in between 6MB for a 2v2 and 22MB for the larger ones. Anything made in the community will likely fall into this range.
- TASK3r on the "fundamental relationships between the tier 1 units" of all races [6/24/2009] [interesting large post, a must-read if you want to know what Relic's intentions were for Tier 1 balance]
- sasquatch has a screenshot of a 'World Builder' program showing something new [6/23/2009] [I don't think Relic has implemented a Strategic Zoom à la SupCom but perhaps this is the Map Editor] and Noseworm says nothing has been officially announced yet even though he confirms it is a picture of Relic's Map Editor [6/23/2009] and Croak gives a cryptic hint [6/24/2009]: Oh for fuck's sake. Do I have to draw you a map? Why should I? Make your own damned maps, see if I care. and TASK3R says it's the tool Relic has used to create their maps [6/23/2009]
- TASK3r isn't a big fan of hardcaps nor of spamming units [6/19/2009]
- TASK3R on cropping and enlarging maps for other modes [6/19/2009]
- Croak on his role in the team (singleplayer), managing expectations and developer posting freedom [6/19/2009]
- TASK3r says the DoW II community is still very healthy and that Relic wants to lure inactive players back with future patches/content updates [6/15/2009]
- Noseworm on the concept of DLC and further DLC plans [6/9/2009]
- Mac_Bug on a possible 3vs3 lag bug fix in 1.4 and how to solve other connection problems [5/31/2009]
- Noseworm with some heartwarming words on (paid) DLC [5/29/2009]
- TASK3r says a Concede option will be present in next patch [5/24/2009] and that it will just give you a loss [5/25/2009]
- TASK3R asks for specific, well-researched issues to be put in the balance related e-mails you sent to Relic [5/23/2009] and [5/24/2009]
- Clint "not Steve" TASK3r asks for more specific balance feedback to be sent to the balance team's mail adress [5/22/2009]: If you have an issue with the balance of Dawn of War 2 please send you comment to dow2balance@relic.com and use the following format [read the full post for which format you need to follow, Relic won't read the mails which don't follow this format]
- TASK3R asking for feedback about general pacing [5/21/2009]

*Continued in post below*

This post has been edited by Togra: Mar 9 2010, 21:54 PM

Post hijack for the greater good:

- sasquatch with official notes for the 1.3.2 patch, to be released Tuesday 19th May [5/15/2009]
- Croak says balance part of 1.4 patch is pretty hefty already but still in progress [5/15/2009]
- TASK3R asking for balance feedback on Gamereplays forum, and on official community forum, and on Relicnews forum [5/15/2009] [your chance to say what you think about it, try to keep things tight (back up your claims) and mention the parameters Relic is asking for (your Gamertag and TrueSkill]
- Jager states the exploit of huge rank points is a known 1.3.1 issue (to be fixed asap) [5/14/2009] [pic of what's wrong, though certain people (at rank 60 already) say they can't do anything about it themselves]
- EgonSpengler on the Guardians meleeing bug [5/14/2009] and the fix for it in 1.3.2 [5/14/2009]
- Croak saying Relic devs still play the game online [5/14/2009]
- EgonSpengler says full grenade damage on retreat is intentional [5/14/2009]: The grenades damaging retreating units is intentional. I missed it in the patch notes.
- EgonSpengler on Orbital Bombardments adjustments/damage bug [5/14/2009] and [5/14/2009]
- EgonSpengler on hotfix 1.3.2 contents and balance/code patch 1.4 [5/14/2009] and [5/14/2009]
- EgonSpengler on a possible temporary fix for the levelup points bug in the campaign [5/13/2009]
- Jager says (again) the AI is still a work-in-progress [5/13/2009]: Work is still ongoing for the AI and more improvements (including a fix to the capping rather than fighting problem) will be included next patch.
- Jager details the new subselection controls which aren't a pure copy of CoH [5/13/2009]
[ Patch 1.3.1 is live (approximately 280 MB to download), introduced a few new bugs though ]
- TASK3R says Relic is considering several approaches to solve the auto-cover problems [5/11/2009]
- XFire chat session with developers Graham "Thunder" Somers, Dan Molina and Clint "TASK3R" Tasker [5/11/2009] [some nice questions and answers]
- EgonSpengler with more missing 1.3.1 patch notes [5/11/2009]
- Jager on semi-fix for shuffling bug [5/11/2009]
- Jager confirms some undocumented changes in patch 1.3.1 [5/11/2009]
- Jager thinks there's Korean language support now as well [5/11/2009]
- sasquatch gives the full 1.3.1 patch notes [5/11/2009]: Patch 1.3 arrives Tuesday, May 12th at 11 am, Pacific Standard Time! [ this is the big one indeed, plenty of interesting stuff to read here, even a few balance-related notes: 'Put a build time on Ravener Tunnels. Tunnels are also vulnerable during construction.' ]
- Noseworm says the revamped decorators are for multiplayer/skirmish games only [5/9/2009]
- EgonSpengler explains more stuff about decorators and confirms changes to replay system as well as CoH-like TAB selection [5/9/2009]
- CXE explains everyone can see the decorators, enemies included [5/8/2009]: I'm posting at home. And yes the enemy sees the exact same thing you do. Guessing what a unit has equipped was never intended design.
- CXE explains difference between type 1 and type 2 decorators [5/8/2009]
- CXE on new decorators [5/8/2009]
- sasquatch details the big decorator/interface changes of the new patch [5/8/2009] [this picture explains a lot]
- sasquatch with official post on new wargear items for campaign, with screenshots [5/8/2009]
- Jager thinks patch is looking even more likely to be out next week [5/8/2009] and [5/8/2009]
- EgonSpengler giving some tips [5/8/2009]: You can use Control A to select all units on-screen. There is an option to disable the auto hero select screen in the Game Options screen.
- Croak confirms/denies some of the changes to unit selection and the replay system [5/7/2009] [ he basically confirms 'CoH-like unit selection', 'jump to event via pressing spacebar' and 'minimap in replays'. Replay rewind option isn't technically possible atm ]
- Jager saying there will be balance and related code changes in 1.3.0 [5/7/2009]
- Croak on Mek mine fix [5/7/2009]
- CXE saying Relic is still listening to map feedback all the time [5/6/2009]: We are considering player feedback for both current and future maps. Capital Spire is receiving a change based on player feedback. There will be more 1v1 maps. Not in the next patch but in ones after that.
- sasquatch lists some new singleplayer campaign wargear we're going to see in the 1.3.0 patch [5/6/2009]
- sasquatch presents a blog update about the AI improvements in the upcoming patch [5/6/2009] [sounds like a big makeover]
- Thunder with a new community scouting report [5/5/2009] [links to tournaments and competition leagues and such]
- Noseworm on when to expect the full second code patch changelog [5/5/2009]
- Noseworm on how long certain tileset maps take to make [5/5/2009]
- Croak confirming a Ravener nerf and hinting at patch release next week [5/5/2009]
- TASK3r confirming more maps in future patches for all game modes [5/5/2009]: There will be more maps after this patch for all the game modes.
- CXE on more maps and map tilesets [5/5/2009]
- CXE mentions option to hide UI and decorators [5/5/2009]
- CXE on decorators and info shown during replays [5/5/2009]: Actually the decorators were completely overhauled for the game. But they will also be included in replays along with upgrades on units and the build queue of the HQ.
- CXE on when TrueSkill is actually updated [5/4/2009]
- sasquatch gives an extensive update on the Two-vs-Two game mode with screenshots of the two new maps [5/4/2009] [be sure to read on further for the map descriptions and for the sweet sceenshots]
- EgonSpengler on Lictor issues [5/1/2009]
- DoPEaMiNE confirms again there is a load of bugfixes in the next patch [5/1/2009]
- Tranj thinks the new AI may be a bit too good [5/1/2009]
- chilean highlights some of the content in the upcoming second code patch [5/1/2009]
- TASK3R explains problems with retreating units [4/29/2009] and a funny suggestion [4/29/2009]
- Croak back to posting next week [4/29/2009]
- chilean posts download links for the Official Dawn of War II Soundtrack, remixed and with improved quality compared to the in-game music, just for the fans [4/29/2009] [Download what some would even call the best part of DoW II for free! YouTube streams and Steam download link available + extensive developer comments, an extra remixed track and a cool Tyranid cover.]
- TASK3R on pathfinding of retreating units [4/29/2009]
- TASK3R on Zeal/Waaagh/Biomass global abilities balance [4/27/2009]
- Haven0 asking for more info from players experiencing the "Sign-In Change Has Occurred" issue [4/27/2009] [if you get this bug it's advised to send in the necessary info (see "Sign-In Change Has Occurred" thread/post) if you want to see it fixed since Relic has problems reproducing it themselves]
- Haven0 asking for more info from XP64bit users experiencing the "Players dropping on match start" bug [4/27/2009] [if you get this bug it's advised to send in the necessary info (see "Players dropping on match start" thread/post) if you want to see it fixed since Relic has problems reproducing it themselves]
- CXE explains around which modes the game is balanced [4/27/2009]
- GR interview with Thunder [4/27/2009]: [interesting stuff all around, must-read if you're concerned about balance/future DoW II updates]
- Noseworm saying we have to keep an eye on the official community blog for patch info in the coming weeks [4/24/2009]
- Haven0 with status on 3vs3 lag issue [4/22/2009]- Haven0 with a suggestion of what to do when you 'can not sign into LIVE due to an error message indicating you have exceeded the maximum allowed number of activations' [4/22/2009]
- Jager on balance concerns [4/22/2009]
- TASK3R explains 'decorators' and how he can't talk about the cool stuff in the next patch [4/23/2009]
- Jager mentions a few second code patch improvements [4/22/2009]
- Haven0 requests more information from the community about 'Players dropping on match start' [4/20/2009]: Details: This is what happens when a user immediately receives a "You won!" screen upon entering ranked gameplay and then is returned to the front end [check thread for how to send in reports and with what information]
- Haven0 requests more information from the community about 'Users kicked from games with "Sign-in Change" error' [4/20/2009]: Details: Users are being disconnected from Live [check thread for how to send in reports and with what information]
- Jager on 2nd code patch notes' length [4/21/2009]
- Jager on second code patch content balance wise and patch ETA [4/20/2009]
- TASK3R making clear Relic doesn't have time for extensive Army Painter improvements (at least not for now) [4/20/2009]
- Haven0 on lagspike issue [4/20/2009]
- Haven0 mentions how you should report a suspected drophack [4/20/2009]
- chilean has word on a mandatory GfWLive update this Tuesday [4/17/2009]
- Noseworm on improving the performance meter for future patch [4/15/2009]
- Jager mentions some bug fixes for the next code patch [4/17/2009]
- Jager on 'unit stuck in building' bug fix [4/17/2009]
- Jager on 'hero becoming unresponsive' bug fix [4/16/2009] and [4/16/2009]
- EgonSpengler on why Relic can't provide the city map shown on the earliest DoW II screens [4/16/2009]
- Mac_Bug expressing his frustrations about the infamous 'unit stuck in building' bug [4/15/2009] and [4/16/2009]
- Thunder brings word of the DoW II singleplayer demo [4/15/2009]
- Thunder posts an interview with Relic programmer Stephen Lyons about the matchmaking improvements in version 1.2.1 [4/14/2009] [ a must-read if you want to know how you get matched with other people. ]
- TASK3R on option of selecting the Army Painter colours of CPU opponents [4/13/2009]
- Jager with a correction on patch ETA [4/13/2009]: 12:00 PST = 20:00 GMT.
[ Patch 1.2.1 was released on time ]
- TASK3R on supposed energy shield role and shield nerf concerns [4/11/2009]
- TASK3R confirming new free maps and a Capital Spire fix in future updates [4/10/2009]
- Thunder with first screenshots of the new Tiber Outpost 3vs3 map in patch 1.2.1 [4/10/2009]
- Thunder with the definite patch notes of version 1.2.1 = first code/balance patch combined (1.1.3 version was just a temporary hotfix) [4/10/2009]
- Croak on Easter holidays which caused patch delay to Monday [4/9/2009]
- Jager on 'exit building = units stuck' bug and 'units not following attack orders' fix ETA [4/9/2009]
- Jager on replay compatibility between different versions of DoW II [4/9/2009]
- Jager on second code patch (aka the big patch) status [4/9/2009]
- Jager on why the delay decision for first code patch was made [4/9/2009]
- Croak on another small delay for the first code patch [4/9/2009] [ ]
- Croak on first code patch release soap opera and more specific patch release estimate [4/9/2009] and [4/9/2009]
- Croak on first code patch ETA and how big the second code patch will be [4/9/2009]
- Jager with the very latest news on first code patch status [4/8/2009] and [4/8/2009]
- Jager on second code patch status [4/7/2009]
- CXE on pits abuse fix ETA [4/6/2009]
- Thunder community scouting report [4/6/2009], linking to an interview with Relic designer Philip Boulle [4/3/2009]
- Croak on first code patch ETA [4/6/2009] and [4/6/2009]
- Jager on first code/balance patch ETA [4/6/2009] and [4/6/2009]
- TribalBob on the cost of making a new race [4/5/2009]
- CXE on Champion scoreline [4/6/2009]
- TASK3R with a bit more info about the AG Warrior nerf [4/4/2009]
- Haven0 on further Army Painter improvements [4/4/2009]
- Croak on resetting TrueSkill [4/4/2009]
- Croak on Ripper and Zoan nerfs in first balance patch [4/3/2009]
- TASK3R on upcoming Adrenal Glands Warrior damage nerf [4/3/2009]
- Jager on balance and code patch separation [4/3/2009]
- Thunder on patch plans, patch contents (balance + bug fixes) [4/3/2009]
- Croak on how balance priorities were made [4/2/2009]
- Croak on differences in budget/development time between CoH and DoW II [4/2/2009]
- Jager on first code patch ETA [4/2/2009]
- Jager on first code patch content [4/2/2009]
- Croak on Chaplain and Librarian cuts [4/2/2009]
- Croak on replay improvements (in hopefully 2nd code patch) [4/2/2009]
- Croak on first code patch content, next code patch ETA, balance beta program, balance patch etc. [4/1/2009]
- Croak on first code patch ETA [4/1/2009]
- Haven0 commenting (green colour) on bug list [4/1/2009]
- Croak on why bridges, vehicle wrecks, speeders/planes were cut and if we're going to see some of them back [4/1/2009] in reply to uninformed comments about this completely pre-rendered (no engine at work here) early concept video of the game (shown at GDC2009 by Relic's Chris Jurney): [multiple posts] and [4/1/2009]
- Jager on free and paid DLC [3/28/2009] and [3/28/2009]: We definitely will not be releasing paid DLC that gives anyone a competitive advantage over someone that hasn't purchased it.
- Croak on beta balance patch test and first code patch info [3/27/2009]
- No developer post but developers actually playing their own game!: if you ever encounter players with special Relic badges on them you know you're playing against the devs.
- Jager on balance patch ETA and it being a separate thing to code patches [3/26/2009]
- Croak on future patch content [3/27/2009] and [3/27/2009]
- macbug on 3vs3 simultaneous random players crash [3/27/2009]
- Jager on first code patch ETA and second code patch ETA [3/26/2009]
- Haven0 on units not taking orders sometimes [3/25/2009]
- TASK3R on how Relic wants their map feedback: [3/25/2009]
- CXE on how Relic wants their map feedback [3/24/2009] and [3/25/2009]
- Not exactly a developer post but it's still a developer talking! Senior Designer John Capozzi discussing a lot of DoW II related stuff in the 40k Radio podcast, his part starts at the 31st minute and ends at the 64th minute [3/22/2009] [really worth listening to]
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- Jager on first and second code patch contents: [3/26/2009]
- Thunder asking for map feedback [3/24/2009]
- TASK3R on map imbalances [3/24/2009]
- Haven0 on code patch ETA [3/20/2009]
- Croak on how frequently to expect balance changes [3/11/2009]
- Croak on when to expect new stuff [3/20/2009]
- Jager on patch size [3/10/2009]
- Jager on ranked cheating by disconnecting [3/9/2009] and [3/10/2009]
- Jager on replay system improvements [3/3/2009]
- Jager on race-specific user interface skins [3/5/2009]
- Jager on 'units under attack' warnings [3/11/2009]
- Jager on UI responsiveness [2/25/2009]
- Jager on unit control loss [3/11/2009] and [3/11/2009]
- Jager on skirmish AI improvements [3/10/2009] and [3/6/2009]
- TASK3R on skirmish AI being improved upon over several patches [3/13/2009] and [3/3/2009]
- Jager on getting no achievement for finishing the game in sp [3/6/2009] and [3/11/2009] [fixed in first code patch, v1.2.1, just reload your completed campaign save to get the achievement(s)]

Original post:

This should get stickied, it's really good.

This post has been edited by Grizzzzzzzzzzzzz: Jun 23 2009, 13:05 PM

Great idea to compile dev posts.

Have they made any comments about balance?

good work

Nice!

So they promise us everything we want, let's see when they will deliver .

Thanks , i really like that there adding the space bar to go to units being engaged, i used that a lot in coh

Thanks!

Unfortunately, I can't help but remember that they promised the space bar thing (among others) for the 0 day patch. I wonder how long it'll take to implement all these things...

space bar is working now. it's just that attack warnings aren't included as event queues yet.

Humble bump since I've updated the original post with info coming from the Penny Arcade forum (remembered Relic peeps were posting there too), especially Croak gave some nice info (just today, total coincidence ); seems like the code patch will be out early April (ai , though other devs have said this before apparently) but he'll explain more things about it tomorrow perhaps.

The other devs have gone silent since last week, the fact the patch seems to be at least two weeks off might explain that.

I'd sticky this if someone comitted to keeping it updated, otherwise it'll become irrelevant too quickly

Sure, I'll keep it updated if you want, I just put in some renewed links for the PA posts, old ones didn't work apparently. Though there are a lot of stickied threads already...
If some quoted posts become useless (because of a code patch that does what is promised) then I'll remove the quotes to keep things clean.

This post has been edited by Togra: Mar 21 2009, 07:55 AM

At least they don't claim to be perfect

In all seriousness though a monthly patch is more love than most games get.

- Jager posts :

About computer AI :
http://community.dawnofwar2.com/viewtopic....=a&start=25

About the next patch :
http://community.dawnofwar2.com/viewtopic....=a&start=25
middle of page 2

This post has been edited by netnet: Mar 24 2009, 19:06 PM

Yup but they're basically saying the same (except 'soon' is now 'very soon' ) as before it seems, TASK3R also promised that Relic still has a lot in store for DoW II players.

But I've updated the main post with the map feedback stuff and TASK3R's reply that Relic is aware of map imbalances, those two sound like new subjects at least.

This post has been edited by Togra: Mar 25 2009, 10:02 AM

Oh bugger, they've voted argus desert gate as best map and siccaris alongside capital spire.
Ohwell, we still get more.

Yeah, but they're not only looking at the votes, I've put new comments from the devs in the main post about how they want their feedback.

Also, that new podcast interview with one of the devs delivered some interesting answers, I've listed the most interesting quotes from that in the main post as well.

That sounds nice so we will have a patch in lets say 2 weeks? I wonder what they fixed there.

by jager:



http://community.dawnofwar2.com/viewtopic....=20&t=17098

Nice catch, I've added it to the first post. At this rate I am gonna hit the text limit pretty fast though. Hopefully the patches arrive soon so I can remove some quotes.

This post has been edited by Togra: Mar 26 2009, 18:45 PM