We all love to speculate about a possible new faction for
Dawn of War 3.
Jelly created a poll to figure out what the community wants. In the poll you could rank each race from #1 to #12. This allowed for more nuanced feedback since many people want more than one. If you did not know the faction, you could also vote indifferent. The factions that made the cut are:
- Adeptus Mechanicus / Skitarii
- Astra Militarum / Militarum Tempestus
- Chaos Daemons
- Chaos Space Marines
- Dark Eldar
- Deathwatch
- Grey Knights
- Harlequins
- Necrons
- Sisters of Battle
- Tau Empire
- Tyranids
Before going to the results it is important to know that the
Chaos Space Marines and
Chaos Demons share a somewhat common background. Therefore the results could be a bit clouded for them.
The Results
A total of 1009 people voted in the poll before creating the following graphs. The poll has been advertised on many websites, so tons of people could share their thoughts on this. We'd like to believe it generates a accurate image of what people hope for to be the next faction in Dawn of War 3.
Conclusions
It is safe to say that most people want to see the
Necrons returned. The Necrons are picked #1 and #2 most and their average result beats the other contestants by far. It is a closer call between
Tau Empire and
Chaos Space Marines. Tau Empire gets picked a bit more and they go away with the #2 here. If you look at the other data, it is interesting to see that the
Militarum have a high #1 pick amount, but people don't pick them as their 2nd or 3rd favorite. Do we spot a group of Milatrum fanatics here? The other oddball in this data is the votes for
Tyranids. Only relatively few people want to see them as their first new faction, although the votes to get them in eventually are pretty high!
The indifferent pie chart is pretty straight forward. The lowest ranked factions have the highest indifferent rating. People either don't know the factions or don't care about them.
As mentioned earlier, Chaos Space marines and Chaos Daemons do step on each other's toes a bit. With so many races to implement, it seems unlikely that the two will appear as separate factions, and will probably be seen in some combined form akin to their appearance in Dawn of War 2.
Do you agree with the results of the poll or are your a bit disappointed?
