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Dawn of War III is 75% off for a limited time during Skulls for the Skull Throne 2 ! We wanted to celebrate this festival of all things Warhammer gaming by releasing a brand new Elite unit skin, the Obsidian Knight Paladin skin, free for all users! The Obsidian Knight is something of a legend in the 40K universe, with the first sighting during the Damocles Gulf Crusade. Fighting alongside the Imperial armies against the Tau Empire, the Obsidian Knight was spotted in a number of massive battles, racking up an astounding number of kills. The Knight’s appearance was cheered by Imperial soldiers until the closing of the campaign, when it vanished into legend, only to appear again centuries later… It will be unlocked automatically the next time you log in.

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Give thanks for endless WAAAGH! with these three new Elite unit skins, available now for free the next time you log in to Dawn of War III. Equip the Deathwatch skin for Gabriel Angelos, Hunter skin for Gorgutz, and classic Farseer skin for Macha, and forge your legend in unrelenting, explosive battle!

Deathwach – Gabriel Skin

Hunter – Gorgutz Skin

Farseer Classic – Macha Skin

Give thanks for endless WAAAGH! with these three new Elite unit skins, available now for free the next time you log in to Dawn of War III. Equip the Deathwatch skin for Gabriel Angelos, Hunter skin for Gorgutz, and classic Farseer skin for Macha, and forge your legend in unrelenting, explosive battle!

Deathwach Gabriel Skin

Hunter Gorgutz Skin

Farseer Classic Macha Skin

We're bringing you the largest update yet for Dawn of War III! See it all in action in our latest trailer or visit DawnofWar.com for more info. Here's what you can expect:

We're bringing you the largest update yet for Dawn of War III! See it all in action in our latest trailer or visit DawnofWar.com for more info. Here's what you can expect:

[quote]This patch will include the content that we’ve been teasing over the last few weeks: new Elites, new multiplayer maps, and some surprise skins! Additionally, there will be a balance update, the details of which are outlined below. This patch will introduce a 30% health increase for non-heavy infantry, making early game time to kill more forgiving. Some T1 units have had their damage tuned to compensate for the overall boost. To ensure that these units don’t over-scale in the late game, health upgrade effectiveness has been tuned in parallel. As a result, these changes make units healthier, and early game fights last longer. Fights over resource points and open-field skirmishes now have a slightly different feel, but the key takeaway is that we’ve shifted towards a greater focus on tactical decision-making.[/quote]

New

• New Elites: Ironclad Dreadnought, Wraithseer Kayduin, and the Lifta-Droppa Battlewagon
• New maps: Shrine of Asuyran (1v1), Serpent Chasm (2v2), and Da Extraktor (3v3)
• Free skins: Primaris Chaplain Diomedes, Salamander Ironclad Dreadnought, Helmeted Kyre, Deathwing Terminators, and Deathwing Assault Terminators

Improved

• New Custom game options: toggle Elites on or off, toggle doctrines on or off, toggle global abilities on or off
• Missions 1 to 3 difficulty tuning

Gameplay

• Health and shields of non-Elite infantry increased by 30%
• Buildable turrets (from doctrines) for all factions have had their damage increased from 7 to 13

Economy

• Elite point generator cost increased from 80 Requisition / 20 Power to 120 Requisition / 45 Power
• Elite point generator cost is no longer affected by the scaling of other generators
• Building an Elite point generator no longer increases the scaling of other generators

Buildings

• Listening Post damage increased from 7 to 9
• Listening Post health increased from 2200 to 2500
• Power Core turret auto attack damage increased from 12.5 to 16.25
• Power Core beam attack increased from 15 to 19

Maps

• Shrine of Asuyran (1v1) has been added into the Custom match and Quick-Match map lists
• Serpent Chasm (2v2) has been added into the Custom match and Quick-Match map lists
• Da Extraktor (3v3) has been added into the Custom match and Quick-Match map lists

Tactical Marines

• Frag Grenade: Damage increased from 15 to 26

Scouts

• Cluster Mines detonation radius decreased from 5 to 2.5
• Cluster Mines area of effect increased from 5 to 6

Scout Snipers

• Damage increased from 25 to 30

Land Speeder

• Ranged damage increased from 7 to 7.25

Chaplain Diomedes

• Health decreased from 3100 to 2900

Jonah Orion

• Health increased from 2250 to 2500
• Emperor's Light allied damage buff duration increased from 5 seconds to 8 seconds while within Stonewall
• Emperor's Light allied damage buff duration increased from 7 seconds to 10 seconds while outside of Stonewall

Assault Terminators

• Health increased from 5400 to 5750

Additional Changes

• Orbital Bombardment: Levitation channel time increased from 4 seconds to 6 seconds
• In-combat reinforcement time for infantry units increased by 60%
• Level 1 health increase reduced from 15% to 12%
• Level 2 health increase reduced from 30% to 12%
• Level 3 health increase reduced from 45% to 12%

Dire Avenger

• Plasma Grenade damage increased from 20 to 26

• Improved Plasma Grenade: Damage increased from 40 to 52

Ranger

• Damage increased from 25 to 34

Wraithguard

• Melee damage increased from 8 to 16

Vyper

• Twin-linked shuriken catapult damage increased from 3 to 3.5
• Twin-linked shuriken catapult shots per second increased from 5 to 8
• Twin-linked shuriken catapult cooldown decreased from 1 second to 0.75 seconds
• Increased targeting width from 5 to 15, meaning it can hit targets for longer before needing to readjust its facing

Fire Prism

• Focused Beam: Damage increased from 60 to 120 and now deals reduced objective damage (to the same value as pre-patch)

Farseer Macha

• Psyker Blast damage reduction decreased from 75% to 60%

Ranger Ronahn

• Health increased from 480 to 576
• Shield increased from 720 to 864
• Damage increased from 250 to 280
• Long Shot damage increased from 275 to 360

Jain Zar

• Health increased from 960 to 1080
• Shield increased from 1440 to 1620

Autarch Kyre

• Fixed a bug where Kyre was not correctly prioritized on the command crd
• Fixed a bug where if Kyre was using a skin, he would change back to his default model when using Skyleap

Wraithlord

• Improved Webways: Now properly reduces the cooldown for Webway Holofield and Webway Shield

Additional Changes

• Eldar will no longer gain full shields when upgrading their shield health; instead, they will gain the difference between their old and new shield values
• Infinity Portal now starts with one charge of Soul Recall
• Level 1 shield increase reduced from 25% to 20%
• Level 2 shield increase reduced from 50% to 20%
• Level 3 shield increase reduced from 75% to 20%

Shoota Boyz

• Stikkbomb damage decreased from 2 to 1.9

Tankbusta

• Damage bonus versus skimmers reduced from 40 to 25

Deffkopta

• Damage increased from 11.1 to 12.8

Stormboyz

• Melee damage reduced from 30 to 25
• Critical Strike damage reduced from 90 to 80

Warboss Gorgutz

• Fixed a bug where Gorgutz would get stuck after casting Grapplin’ Klaw when performing a Critical Strike

Big Mek Wazzmakka

• Orbital Scrap damage increased from 350 to 455
• Orbital Scrap damage against objectives reduced from 350 to 200
• Orbital Scrap outer radius damage increased to 50% of base damage, up from 20%
• Scrap Turret damage increased from 12 to 15

Additional Changes

• In-combat reinforcement time for infantry units increased by 60%
• WAAAGH Tower damage increased from 6 to 7
• Level 1 health increase reduced from 15% to 12%
• Level 2 health increase reduced from 30% to 12%
• Level 3 health increase reduced from 45% to 12%

Gameplay

• Fixed a bug where Deployable Energy Shields could be built on top of one another

User Interface

• Fixed a bug where swapping between the Campaign and Army Painter screens would sometimes cause them to overlap
• Fixed a bug where error message text would appear when targeting a
• Deffkopta while the Slice ‘Em doctrine was equipped
• Fixed a bug where error message text would appear while viewing the Vyper Haste tooltip when the ability was on cooldown

Art

• Fixed a bug where the Space Marine Listening Post’s targeting indicator would vanish when the structure caught on fire

[quote]This patch will include the content that weve been teasing over the last few weeks: new Elites, new multiplayer maps, and some surprise skins! Additionally, there will be a balance update, the details of which are outlined below. This patch will introduce a 30% health increase for non-heavy infantry, making early game time to kill more forgiving. Some T1 units have had their damage tuned to compensate for the overall boost. To ensure that these units dont over-scale in the late game, health upgrade effectiveness has been tuned in parallel. As a result, these changes make units healthier, and early game fights last longer. Fights over resource points and open-field skirmishes now have a slightly different feel, but the key takeaway is that weve shifted towards a greater focus on tactical decision-making.[/quote]

New

• New Elites: Ironclad Dreadnought, Wraithseer Kayduin, and the Lifta-Droppa Battlewagon
• New maps: Shrine of Asuyran (1v1), Serpent Chasm (2v2), and Da Extraktor (3v3)
• Free skins: Primaris Chaplain Diomedes, Salamander Ironclad Dreadnought, Helmeted Kyre, Deathwing Terminators, and Deathwing Assault Terminators

Improved

• New Custom game options: toggle Elites on or off, toggle doctrines on or off, toggle global abilities on or off
• Missions 1 to 3 difficulty tuning

Gameplay

• Health and shields of non-Elite infantry increased by 30%
• Buildable turrets (from doctrines) for all factions have had their damage increased from 7 to 13

Economy

• Elite point generator cost increased from 80 Requisition / 20 Power to 120 Requisition / 45 Power
• Elite point generator cost is no longer affected by the scaling of other generators
• Building an Elite point generator no longer increases the scaling of other generators

Buildings

• Listening Post damage increased from 7 to 9
• Listening Post health increased from 2200 to 2500
• Power Core turret auto attack damage increased from 12.5 to 16.25
• Power Core beam attack increased from 15 to 19

Maps

• Shrine of Asuyran (1v1) has been added into the Custom match and Quick-Match map lists
• Serpent Chasm (2v2) has been added into the Custom match and Quick-Match map lists
• Da Extraktor (3v3) has been added into the Custom match and Quick-Match map lists

Tactical Marines

• Frag Grenade: Damage increased from 15 to 26

Scouts

• Cluster Mines detonation radius decreased from 5 to 2.5
• Cluster Mines area of effect increased from 5 to 6

Scout Snipers

• Damage increased from 25 to 30

Land Speeder

• Ranged damage increased from 7 to 7.25

Chaplain Diomedes

• Health decreased from 3100 to 2900

Jonah Orion

• Health increased from 2250 to 2500
• Emperor's Light allied damage buff duration increased from 5 seconds to 8 seconds while within Stonewall
• Emperor's Light allied damage buff duration increased from 7 seconds to 10 seconds while outside of Stonewall

Assault Terminators

• Health increased from 5400 to 5750

Additional Changes

• Orbital Bombardment: Levitation channel time increased from 4 seconds to 6 seconds
• In-combat reinforcement time for infantry units increased by 60%
• Level 1 health increase reduced from 15% to 12%
• Level 2 health increase reduced from 30% to 12%
• Level 3 health increase reduced from 45% to 12%

Dire Avenger

• Plasma Grenade damage increased from 20 to 26

• Improved Plasma Grenade: Damage increased from 40 to 52

Ranger

• Damage increased from 25 to 34

Wraithguard

• Melee damage increased from 8 to 16

Vyper

• Twin-linked shuriken catapult damage increased from 3 to 3.5
• Twin-linked shuriken catapult shots per second increased from 5 to 8
• Twin-linked shuriken catapult cooldown decreased from 1 second to 0.75 seconds
• Increased targeting width from 5 to 15, meaning it can hit targets for longer before needing to readjust its facing

Fire Prism

• Focused Beam: Damage increased from 60 to 120 and now deals reduced objective damage (to the same value as pre-patch)

Farseer Macha

• Psyker Blast damage reduction decreased from 75% to 60%

Ranger Ronahn

• Health increased from 480 to 576
• Shield increased from 720 to 864
• Damage increased from 250 to 280
• Long Shot damage increased from 275 to 360

Jain Zar

• Health increased from 960 to 1080
• Shield increased from 1440 to 1620

Autarch Kyre

• Fixed a bug where Kyre was not correctly prioritized on the command crd
• Fixed a bug where if Kyre was using a skin, he would change back to his default model when using Skyleap

Wraithlord

• Improved Webways: Now properly reduces the cooldown for Webway Holofield and Webway Shield

Additional Changes

• Eldar will no longer gain full shields when upgrading their shield health; instead, they will gain the difference between their old and new shield values
• Infinity Portal now starts with one charge of Soul Recall
• Level 1 shield increase reduced from 25% to 20%
• Level 2 shield increase reduced from 50% to 20%
• Level 3 shield increase reduced from 75% to 20%

Shoota Boyz

• Stikkbomb damage decreased from 2 to 1.9

Tankbusta

• Damage bonus versus skimmers reduced from 40 to 25

Deffkopta

• Damage increased from 11.1 to 12.8

Stormboyz

• Melee damage reduced from 30 to 25
• Critical Strike damage reduced from 90 to 80

Warboss Gorgutz

• Fixed a bug where Gorgutz would get stuck after casting Grapplin Klaw when performing a Critical Strike

Big Mek Wazzmakka

• Orbital Scrap damage increased from 350 to 455
• Orbital Scrap damage against objectives reduced from 350 to 200
• Orbital Scrap outer radius damage increased to 50% of base damage, up from 20%
• Scrap Turret damage increased from 12 to 15

Additional Changes

• In-combat reinforcement time for infantry units increased by 60%
• WAAAGH Tower damage increased from 6 to 7
• Level 1 health increase reduced from 15% to 12%
• Level 2 health increase reduced from 30% to 12%
• Level 3 health increase reduced from 45% to 12%

Gameplay

• Fixed a bug where Deployable Energy Shields could be built on top of one another

User Interface

• Fixed a bug where swapping between the Campaign and Army Painter screens would sometimes cause them to overlap
• Fixed a bug where error message text would appear when targeting a
• Deffkopta while the Slice Em doctrine was equipped
• Fixed a bug where error message text would appear while viewing the Vyper Haste tooltip when the ability was on cooldown

Art

• Fixed a bug where the Space Marine Listening Posts targeting indicator would vanish when the structure caught on fire

Da Snagwagon is the latest new Elite to join the ranks of the upcoming October patch!

Background

Abilities

Doctrines

Da Snagwagon is the latest new Elite to join the ranks of the upcoming October patch!

Background

Abilities

Doctrines

Check out the newest Elite - Wraithseer Kayduin - which releases in the October patch!

Background

Abilities

Doctrines

Check out the newest Elite - the Ironclad Dreadnought - which releases in the October patch!

Background

Abilities

Doctrines

[quote]Today’s patch will open up the strategic depth of Dawn of War III to ALL players. After listening to how fans felt about the Skull system, and watching how players interacted with it in-game, we’ve decided to unlock all Elites and doctrines for everyone. We had intended for the Skull system to introduce pacing to the multiplayer experience, but we didn’t want this to come at the cost of barring advanced play styles to those ready to tackle them. You’ll still need to unlock Elite level rewards as well as those gained from campaign progress, but this will be a lot easier with an expanded arsenal of Elites at your command![/quote]

Improved

• We’ve removed in-game currency (Skulls), which means you no longer need to purchase Elites and doctrines. With the exception of Elite level and campaign progression rewards, all content will be automatically unlocked for both new and veteran players.
• We’ve made some slight changes to the front end; it’s now much easier to jump into a custom match versus AI after completing campaign missions.

General

• Fixed a crash that sometimes occurred when loading into custom maps
• Fixed an issue where the experience earned from completing campaign missions on easy difficulty was too low

Multiplayer

• Fixed an exploit where two of the same Elite could be deployed through abusing a bug with the Death From Above doctrine
• Fixed a bug where turning on Enhanced Battle Focus would undo the Increased Shield Regeneration upgrade from the Soul Shrine
• Fixed an issue where, on occasion, Jonah’s auto attack projectile wouldn’t disappear if its target was killed before the projectile landed

Units & Abilities

• Fixed a bug where Zappnoggin’s Fist of Gork could bounce back from Gabriel’s Retribution - sometimes without making contact with it
• Fixed a typo in the Weirdboy’s ‘Ere We Go ability tooltip

User Interface

• Added a mute button to each player’s portrait in the custom game lobby
• Fixed an issue where the host can change match settings of a Quick Match lobby while viewing the leaderboards, Elite info, or player profile screens
• Fixed a bug where Manufactorum (3v3) was not being translated
• Fixed a bug where the Vyper’s Vyper Haste icon would appear as if it were on cooldown, even when the skill was available to use
• Fixed a display issue where an invalid text error would appear when trying to attack a Deffkopta while it was performing Buzzsaw Blitz
• Fixed an issue where the tooltip text for the Overwatch doctrine would not display properly
• Fixed some overlapping elements in the custom game screen

Art

• Fixed a bug where the Madd Dread’s Mad Breaka would create a white sphere artifact when cancelled prematurely
• Fixed a bug where Orbital Bombardments used by AI players would use their army’s paint scheme colours
• Fixed a bug where the Big Trakk was missing some audio FX

New

• Modding tools added
• Steam Workshop support added for new mod tools

Improved

• Autosave added to campaign
• Balance update (multiplayer only, balance changes do not apply to the campaign)

Gameplay

• Vehicle health upgrades will now apply to player-made structures Buildable turrets for all factions have had their Power cost decreased from 60 to 50
• Diomedes, Terminators, Mad Dread, and Wraithblades no longer gain Fury while attacking neutral objects
• The slowing effect from Devastators, upgraded Lootas, Terminators, and Dark Reapers are now classed as a new status effect: suppression
• Suppression does not stack with other sources of suppression, but the highest value of suppression will override the other sources

Economy

• Power Generator initial Requisition cost increased from 80 to 100
• Power Generator scaling Requisition cost increased from 16 to 50
• Power rate per generator decreased from 25 to 20
• Power reward from killing enemy Shield Generators decreased from 100
• Power to 50 Power

Escalation Phases

• Phase 2: Power generator bonus increased from 50% to 87.5%
• Phase 3: Power generator bonus increased from 50% to 62.5%
• Phase 4: Power generator bonus increased from 25% to 30%

Tactical Marine

• Reduced damage of Flamer upgrade from 5 to 3.75
• Reduced damage over time of Flamer upgrade from 20 to 8
• Reduced cost of Flamer upgrade from 75 Requisition / 50 Power to 75 Requisition / 40 Power
• Reduced cost of Plasma gun upgrade from 100 Requisition / 50 Power to 75 Requisition / 40 Power

• Frag Grenade: Fixed a bug where Frag Grenades would fail to throw when Tactical Marines with plasma guns were overheating

Scout Sniper

• Hidden: This has been changed to an activated ability, and now grants stealth and increases movement speed by 1.5 for 20 seconds
• Cover Fire: This has been changed to a toggled ability
• Cover Fire: While active, shots apply a slow (that does not stack with other suppression effects) for 2 seconds

Scout

• Cost increased from 200 Requisition to 250 Requisition
• Damage increased from 1.15 to 1.44
• Blind Grenade's stun duration reduced from 3 seconds to 2.5 seconds

Heavy Bolter Devastator

• New upgrade option added to the Armory: Improved Suppression (60 Req, 60 Power)
• When researched, Heavy Bolter Devastator’s slow on-hit is increased to -2 speed

Lascannon Devastator

• Beam inteneity 3 damage reduced from 6.5 to 5.42
• Beam intensity charges at half speed when firing at infantry units
• Time to charge to full beam intensity increased from 8 seconds to 9 seconds

Land Speeder

• Lone Wolf: No longer deactivates when close to allies; it will only deactivate when too close to your own troops
• Lone Wolf: Area of effect decreased by half

Whirlwind

• Inferno Missiles: Initial damage reduced from 45 to 36
• Inferno Missiles: Damage over time reduced from 19.2 damage per second to 12 damage per second (per missile)
• Inferno Missiles: Missile scatter increased from 0 to 15

Chaplain Diomedes

• Fixed a bug where Diomedes could move while casting Liturgies of Battle
• Fixed a bug where Diomedes' buffs would disappear after casting when he is disabled

Additional Changes

• Drop pods no longer cause damage to multiplayer objectives (i.e. Shield Generators, Turrets, Power Cores)
• Blessing of the Omnissiah: Healing per second increased from 6 to 30 and removed the +2 passive health regeneration while in combat
• Improved Deathstorm: For the first 15 seconds after deployment, Deathstorm drop pods project an aura that grants 250 shields to nearby units. The shield will persist for a short duration even if the units leave the aura or the Deathstorm is destroyed. Multiple Deathstorms do not cause this effect to stack, but they will heal existing shields of the same type.

Howling Banshee

• Quick Strike cost reduced from 75 Requisition / 50 Power to 75 Requisition / 40 Power
• Quick Strike damage increased from 30 to 45

• Banshee Rage: Instead of triggering after 6 kills, it now requires 900 damage to be dealt

Dark Reaper

• Teleport Beacon: Beacon no longer expires after a duration
• Teleport Beacon: Reduced cast time on Beacon Deploy from 5 seconds to 3 seconds
• Teleport Beacon: Gain 3 seconds of instant setup and teardown after using Recall; no longer have to teardown if squads are already setup and the beacon is cast within range
• Reaper Focus: No longer increases line of sight while in heavy cover or stealth cover
• Reaper Focus: If Dark Reapers are within range of a Webway Gate, their ranged attacks will slow enemy units by -1

Ranger

• Cost decreased from 330 Requisition / 20 Power to 330 Requisition / 15 Power

• Ranger Focus: Damage increased by 25%

Wraithblade

• Speed increased from 3 to 4
• Increased rate of Fury generation for Vengeance by 50%

• Swift Vengeance: Functionality of this doctrine has been overhauled; Swift Vengeance now causes Wraithblades to move as if they are within range of a Webway Gate when Vengeance is full, although this effect does not stack with Fleet of Foot

Wraithguard

• Enhanced Battle Focus: Energy drain reduced from 60 per shot to 50 per shot and no longer drains 2 energy per second while active

Vyper

• Health increased from 375 to 450
• Shields increased from 125 to 150
• Missile launcher rotation rate increased from 58 to 174

• Temporal Mine: Casting time is now instant
• Temporal Mine: Activation time is now instant
• Temporal Mine: Increased activation radius by 60%
• Temporal Stun: Stun duration decreased from 3 seconds to 2 seconds
• Temporal Stun: The stun now occurs when the bomb first explodes
• Vyper Haste: When attacked, gain 50% movement speed for 5 seconds and reduce damage received by 50%
• Vyper Haste: Can only trigger once every 20 seconds
• Vyper Haste: No longer grants a burst of speed when shields are destroyed

• Fixed a bug where Temporal Mines couldn't be targeted in the fog of war

Falcon

• Falcon Haste: Changed to an activated ability that increases movement speed by 3 for 10 seconds

Ranger Ronahn

• Fire rate reduced from 9 seconds to 7 seconds
• Time to generate a charge outside of stealth cover lowered from 85 seconds to 60 seconds
• Time to generate a charge inside of stealth cover lowered from 57 seconds to 40 seconds

• Fixed a bug where Ronahn had to setup his rifle again after Snapfire had expired

Wraithlord

• Damage increased from 250 to 350
• Glaive Charge damage increased from 200 to 500
• Glaive Charge damage type changed from True to Armour Piercing
• Glaive Charge speed increased from 8 to 10
• Ethereal Wall duration increased from 8 seconds to 12 seconds

Additional Changes

• Shield generation upgrade Power cost reduced from 75 to 60
• Reinforcement now returns 1/X% of the squad's shields, where X is the number of models left in the squad
• Vehicle shield upgrades increased in effectiveness from 25% to 50%
• Deployable Energy Shields: No longer requires Tier 2
• Deployable Energy Shields: Power cost reduced from 50 to 30
• Deployable Energy Shields: Health decreased from 1500 to 1000
• Deployable Energy Shields: Construction time increased from 20 seconds to 30 seconds

Boy

• Thump from Da Sky: Boyz now pick a nearby target position and channel, gaining a charge every 1.25 seconds up to a maximum of 3 seconds. At the end of the ability, if the unit is not killed or disrupted, it will deal 20 damage in a 6m radius and knock back enemies.
• Thump from Da Sky: Channel time reduced from 4.25 seconds to 3.875 ]seconds
• Thump from Da Sky: Reduced knockback distance by 63%
• Thump from Da Sky: Removed global cooldown
• Thump from Da Sky: Can now be interrupted during channeling

Loota

• Magnetz: Decreased the cooldown from 60 seconds to 40 seconds
• Magnetz: For 10 seconds, Lootas are under the effect of Magnetik Boost - which allows them to instantly setup and teardown

• Fixed a bug where Lootas would often try to run back to their original position after using Magnetik Boost

Tankbusta

• Squigs can now be auto-targeted by enemy units
• Squigs have lower attack priority than other units

Deffkopta

• Health increased from 550 to 650
• Damage increased from 9.25 to 11.1

• Warning Grot: Now deals 300 Armour Piercing damage

Killa Kan

• Decreased the max number of rokkit charges after looting from 6 to 5

• Long Range Rokkits: Now requires a minimum of 3 rokkits to trigger
• Long Range Rokkits: Triggering the ability costs 3 rokkits
• Long Range Rokkits: Recharge time lowered from 30 seconds to 25 seconds
• Long Range Rokkits: Provides vision as they're traveling

• Fixed a bug where Long Range Rokkits would sometimes deal damage to allies

Big Trakk

• Smoke Shells: Grants 35% damage reduction to allied units in the Smoke Shells

Deff Dread

• Bigga Scrap Shield: Increased cooldown from 45 seconds to 60 seconds
• Bigga Scrap Shield: Now heals up to 1000 health over 10 seconds

• Fixed a bug where Bigga Scrap Shield did not always block ranged damage

Weirdboy Zappnoggin

• Scrap Blast cooldown increased from 20 seconds to 30 seconds

Kommando

• Health increased from 2500 to 2800
• Sneaky speed bonus icnreased from 2 to 3

• Fixed a bug where his shotgun would not knock enemies back if he had attacked from stealth, then used Sneaky to re-stealth
• Fixed a bug where Stun Trap would not stun units that jump into its radius

Mad Dread

• Loot (Passive) healing increased from 300 to 475
• Rampage (Passive) healing increased from 1375 to 1575
• Rampage (Passive) shields increased from 1250 to 1750
• New ability added
• Enables the Mad Dread to charge forward in a line, dealing damage and knocking back enemies
• Colliding with a vehicle or super unit immobilizes and damages them for a 10-second period

Additional Changes

• Waaagh Towers Power cost increased from 75 Requisition / 75 Power to 125 Requisition / 85 Power
• Waaagh! buff damage bonus reduced from 50% to 35%
• Waaagh! buff speed bonus decreased from 3 to 2
• Fixed an issue where the Waaagh! granted by Gorgutz' Spinnin' Klaw would stack with the original Waaagh!
• Longa Waaagh! upgrade's Power cost increased from 25 to 75
• Longa Waaagh! upgrade's Requisition cost increased from 0 to 75
• Longa Waaagh! upgrade now increases the damage buff of Waaagh! to 50%
• Longa Waaagh! upgrade's speed buff of Waaagh! increased to 3
• Pile O' Gunz no longer requires 1 Waaagh Tower to construct
• Scrap Sight: Renamed to Scrap Shielda
• Scrap Shielda: Removed old properties and no longer triggers on enemies, allies, or squads
• Scrap Shielda: Now grants 125 shields in a 15m radius around your own destroyed vehicles and structures

Multiplayer

• Fixed instances where splashing water from super units could be seen through the fog of war on Mortis Vale
• Multiplayer AI now builds less addons and Listening Posts and is less likely to build addons when owning a smaller army than their opponent
• Space Marine Standards captured after the healing begins will no longer continue to heal

Campaign

• Fixed an issue that occurred when loading a Mission 9 save file created on a previous game version, which would cause the Destroy Scrap objective to break

Units & Abilities

• Fixed a bug where Assault Marines lost the ability to melee after being caught by Autarch Kyre's Skyleap and Eldritch Winds during a Jump
• Fixed a bug where the Imperial Knight Paladin's Armour Piercing Shot would destroy Fire Prisms in a single hit
• Fixed a bug where the Fire Prism wouldn't damage structures or units with attack-ground
• Keep Trukk'n: Fixed a bug where this ability was working inconsistently, occasionally failing to taunt units

User Interface

• When hovering over equipped doctrines, the description video now appears in the bottom-right corner of the screen
• Fixed some instances where tooltips on some paints appeared as invalid
• Fixed a bug where viewing doctrine videos caused an FPS drop each time this action was repeated, which would persist until restarting the game
• Fixed the display of the Manufactorum minimap icon in the match history screen
• Fixed a bug where switching between a custom skin and a mastery skin prevented the re-selection of the custom skin
• Fixed a display issue that occurred when playing in French where some tutorial text was overlapping

Art

• Fixed an issue with the Wraithlord's Glaive Charge where the artwork would not display properly
• Fixed an issue where the Roks ability was pixelated in places

Hello, everyone!
The next game update will go live on August 29th. Read on to find out what’s included!

CAMPAIGN AUTOSAVE

MODDING TOOLS

BALANCE UPDATE

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III is 25% off for a limited time during the Skulls for the Skull Throne promotion! We wanted to celebrate this festival of all things Warhammer gaming by releasing a brand new Elite unit skin, the Chaplain Venerable Dreadnought skin, free for all users!
The skin will be unlocked automatically when you log in to Dawn of War III, and free for you to use to deck out your Venerable Dreadnought Elite unit!

Hey, everyone! In addition to a new map, we’ve been hard at work on a ton of new skins to provide better customization options for the Elites you bring onto the battlefield. Some of these we announced last week, but there are a couple new skins as well! Four additional Custom skins have been added, as well as the new Chaplain Venerable Dreadnought skin.

New

• New map: Manufactorum (2v2) and (3v3)
• New Custom skins: Gabriel Angelos, Jonah Orion, Chaplain Diomedes,
• Imperial Knight Solaria, Macha, Jain Zar, Ranger Ronahn, Wraithknight Taldeer, Warp Spiders, Striking Scorpions, Warboss Gorgutz, and Beauty da Morkanaut
• New skin: Chaplain Venerable Dreadnought

Improved

• Added campaign completion rewards: Kustom Stormboyz skin and player portrait (Mission 1), Helmeted Jonah Orion skin and player portrait (Mission 4), Codex Macha skin and player portrait (Mission 8), Tartaros Gabriel Angelos skin and player portrait (Mission 17)
• Updated the visuals of the Imperial Knight Paladin mastery skin

Maps

• Manufactorum (2v2) has been added into the Custom match and Quick-Match map lists
• Manufactorum (3v3) has been added into the Custom match and Quick-Match map lists

Campaign

• Various health packs were added in Mission 2 to decrease difficulty
• Amount of scrap generated in Mission 2 increased
• Encounters tuned in Mission 2 for Normal and Hard difficulties
• The maximum population cap in Mission 2 has been decreased from 270 to 160
• Final encounter in Mission 2 tweaked to reduce enemy spawn timers, increase the amount of melee units faced, and lessened the time it takes to progress in this encounter
• Resource rates and starting resources increased in Mission 3 based on difficulty
• Removed some Tankbustas on Easy and Normal difficulty for Mission 3
• In Mission 3, only 4 of the 5 towers need to be destroyed in order to complete an objective

Campaign

• Fixed a bug in Mission 6 where you could no longer progress if the communication array was recaptured by enemy units
• Fixed a bug in Mission 12 where using the Tireless doctrine caused Tactical Marines acquired through mission objectives to move unusually fast

User Interface

• Fixed a bug where changing Image Quality settings would affect Texture Detail as well
• Fixed a bug where changes to Window Settings were not reverted when changes were canceled
• Fixed a bug that occurred when the Use Suggested function increased the Image Quality, causing the Texture Detail boz to become blank and limit the available options
• The Surrender option is now disabled in Tutorial missions
• Fixed a bug where the Surrender button was locked in the Pause menu while playing Campaign
• Fixed a display bug where Skulls are shown in two different places when using an ultra-wide screen
• Fixed a bug where creating a Relic Account for the first time would not complete correctly
• Fixed a bug where Manufactorum (Nocturne’s Anvil?) was missing the minimap icon in the Match History tab
• Fixed a bug where match times in the Match History tab were not displayed correctly
• Fixed a bug where hovering over the player portrait on the Collection tab of the player profile could cause various portraits to pop in and out
• Fixed a bug where using the Stormboyz’ Kamakazee doctrine would cause the location of the Big Trakk’s artillery mode and self-destruct ability icons to switch places

Multiplayer

• Fixed a bug where loading a save that was created after opening the gate on Mortis Vale caused the gate to appear closed
• Fixed a bug where the Wraithknight would start to shoot extremely fast if Jump was canceled in the first second of the ability
• Fixed a bug where Jain Zar’s Dash visual effects would become permanently stuck on enemy heavy cover

Gameplay

• Fixed a bug where on Casual difficulty, the AI was not attacking a second HQ
• Fixed a bug where allied AI was not building resource generators or resource upgrades on resource points captured by the player
• Fixed a bug where the AI was not continuing or rebuilding a structure if the worker was killed mid-construction and the in-progress structure was not destroyed

Hello, everyone! We’ve got a lot of cosmetic content coming up on July 20th. Here’s the lowdown!

CAMPAIGN REWARDS

NEW SKINS

NEW MAP: MANUFACTORUM

UI IMPROVEMENTS

General

• Fixed a crash that occurred when loading the game while using an Input Method Editor

Hey everyone! We heard you loud and clear. In response to your feedback, we’re releasing a balance patch to address top balance concerns this week.

Gameplay

Increasing vertical traverse speed [quote]If you’ve ever controlled a group of skimmers, you know that occasionally they will perform fantastical wild turns when the distance doesn’t warrant it. Here at Relic, we’re holding a moment of silence for all the skimmers that were needlessly lost while trying to perform acrobatic feats in the midst of battle. This will be of benefit to all skimmer units, though it will have a greater effect on Eldar players due to the number of skimmer units they have available.[/quote]
Overall, the Space Marines versus Ork matchup is very close to dead even, though it varies a bit per skill bracket. Although they’re in a better spot and while we are buffing Eldar, we do still feel there are a few issues that need addressing. We’ve already addressed Tireless in last week’s patch, but we felt that we needed to dig a little deeper, as the Space Marine’s effectiveness doesn’t stem from a single doctrine choice.

Assault Marines

• Reduced passive melee charge range from 30 to 10
• Reduced passive melee charge speed bonus from 4 to 3

[quote]Recent changes to Assault Marines put them in a much better place than intended. One thing we did notice was that their passive charge range was extremely long and slightly faster than comparable melee units. This improved their ability to get on top of and stay on top of units even more pronounced than it should have been. Given that Assault Marines already have a tremendous gap-closing advantage thanks to Jump, their passive charge was brought in-line with other units.[/quote]

Predator Destructor

• Damage decreased from 200 to 150
• Power cost increased from 275 to 300
• Population cost increased from 17 to 19

Predator Annihilator

• Power cost increased from 275 to 300
• Population cost increased from 17 to 19

[quote] Alright, we admit that our last patch pushed the Predator Destructor too far. Our concern was that the role of this unit was muddy compared to its Annihilator counterpart, but as a result we’ve created a unit that is too effective versus all things, including the units that were meant to counter it. The plan is to bring down its damage, which consequently makes the Destructor versus Annihilator choice much more situational.[/quote]

Diomedes

• Elite Point cost reduced from 4 to 3
• Health reduced from 3600 to 3100
• Respawn time reduced from 240 to 200
• Reduced melee attack true damage bonus vs. objectives from 50 to 15
• Reduced critical strike true damage bonus vs. objectives from 100 to 30

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where his True damage bonus wasn’t working correctly

[quote]Diomedes isn’t being fielded as often as we’d like, and we think that reducing his Elite Point cost should greatly improve his viability. The other benefit is that by introducing another 3 point Elite, Space Marines will have more to choose from at that stage of the game.[/quote]
Once win rates settled after launch, it became clear that the Eldar were imbalanced. They had a much higher win rate than both Space Marines and Orks, though they were especially strong versus Space Marines. Dire Avengers were overwhelmingly picked over other early game options and the Wraithlord’s Improved Webways doctrine was nearing a unanimous pick rate in the upper skill brackets. However, the combination of our May 31st Eldar changes and the improvements to not only Tactical Marines - but also to resource generation - have exposed the general weakness of the Eldar early game. Since the trading capability of Dire Avengers was weakened, we’ve consequently seen that win rate flip the other direction.

General

• Eldar infantry unit speed increased by 1 across the board
• Bonesinger increased from 6 to 7
• Dire Avengers increased from 6 to 7
• Howling Banshees increased from 6 to 7
• Shadow Spectres increased from 5.5 to 6.5
• Rangers increased from 6 to 7

Webway Gate

• Requisition cost decreased from 150 to 125
• Power cost decreased from 30 to 25
• Speed bonus for non-elite infantry decreased from 3 to 2
• Speed bonus for Vehicles, Wraith and Elite units remains unaffected

[quote]Webway teleportation changed in a big way. We understand that players liked how it felt to be so mobile all of the time, so we’ll continue to keep an eye on two things: 1) win rates and overall balance concerns, but also 2) does the faction feel appropriately Eldar? We want to recapture some more of the hit-and-run flavour but still make Webway Gates feel worth their value.[/quote]

Dire Avengers

• Dire Avengers range increased from 30 to 35

[quote] Previously Dire Avengers were effective enough to deal with most situations such that there wasn’t much need to use other units until Tier 2. After we reduced their range and reduced the shield doctrine, we noticed their usage swung too far in the other direction. Giving back some of their range will allow them to exploit their speed even outside of webway range. [/quote]

Wraithblades

• Increased Shields from 1725 to 1890
• Increased Health from 1150 to 1260
• Added passive melee charge on Wraithblades which has 10 range, a 10 second cooldown, lasts 5 seconds and grants 4 movement speed
• Increased weapon range from 1 to 2

[quote] These units weren't built very often. We did observe that they often have trouble getting into melee in a timely manner, and these changes should address that.[/quote]

Shadow Spectres

• Power cost reduced from 30 to 15
• Increased formation size

[quote] These units had a very low build rate, which isn’t ideal for a unit that’s supposed to function as anti-vehicle. We think that the combination of the Eldar speed increase, a Power cost reduction and increased formation size should make them less susceptible to area of effect damage. This, in turn, will make them more viable.[/quote]

Autarch Kyre

• Reduced speed of Eldritch Winds projectile from 15 to 12
• After units are pulled to him, they are now knocked back, scattering them over a 15m area and preventing them from clumping on top of one another when landing

[quote] We’re looking to address the counterplay and the way units are clustering so that his combo is a bit harder to land and not quite as devastating without support.[/quote]

Gretchin

• Gretchin population cost reduced from 4 to 1

[quote] Oops, we neglected to change the Gretchins’ population cost when we looked at all the other units.[/quote]

Shoota Boyz

• Stikkbomb damage decreased from 90 to 60

Doctrines

• Tonz ‘o Bombz: Stikkbomb damage decreased from 90 to 60

[quote] Shoota Boyz are a lot more viable now and while Stikkbombs are intended to deal more damage than other grenades, we want to reduce it a bit [/quote]

Nobz

• Taunt radius reduced from 20 to 15

[quote] Nobz are a really useful unit and we don’t want to do anything too drastic, but we do feel that their Taunt range makes it too easy to land on too many units. [/quote]

Stormboyz

• Their upgraded Suicide Bomma from scrap will do less damage versus structures

Kommando

• Booby Trap damage type changed from Armour Piercing to True
• Booby Trap damage is applied to the squad instead of individual entities

Bug Fixes

• Booby Trap FX have been adjusted to accurately show the blast radius

[quote] We agreed with concerns that the Kommando's bomb damage was a bit too powerful, so we're changing this ability to be more consistent but less punishing at the same time. Instead of dealing 600 armor piercing damage to all units in a squad, it now deals 600 true damage to a squad. This means that it performs the same against vehicle targets, better against Normal armored Elites like Gabriel, Macha, and Gorgutz, and better against lower health squads. On the flip side, it won't wipe out entire healthy squads in one shot. While previously the ability did exactly enough damage to kill a full Nob squad, now it will only kill one member. These changes should help make the ability feel more fair.[/quote]

A NOTE ON DOCTRINES

[quote]We’re aware that there are doctrines for each faction that are dominant and others that are not. We’ll be addressing this with slight nerfs, but mostly buffs. This will take longer because we have to consider and test how much these changes can act as a multiplier for overperforming units. This may occur over several patch cycles, but rest assured that we’re keeping a close eye on them![/quote]

General

• Fixed an exploit where users could change a Quick-Match game into an Annihilation game during the countdown

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[ 2017-06-27 18:07:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

General

• Fixed an issue where some instances of translated text would not display properly for clients running in non-English languages

[quote=Kat_RE]Hi everyone! Thanks for sharing all your great feedback with us after our Community Update last week. We appreciate your patience with us. We’re so excited to release our major Annihilation Update today. Get ready to wipe the floor with your foes in our new multiplayer mode!! Headlining this update are two new Annihilation modes, which work in Custom Matches on all existing maps including our new release, Mortis Vale. This new battlefield is available for 2v2 and 3v3 across all multiplayer modes, boasting an open feel with lots of flanking opportunities. We’re also introducing three new doctrines (one per faction) that allow the construction of turrets.These doctrines will be automatically unlocked for all players and can be used in Power Core mode or in the new Annihilation modes. As a final token of our appreciation, we’re adding three Elite skins to your inventories - House Raven Imperial Knight Paladin, Exalted Wraithknight, and the Deathskulls Gorkanaut. We call them our Engines of Annihilation. Just log in, equip them, and bring the pain! There’s plenty more to dig into below. Take a look and hit up the forums if you have any questions. We’ll be at the ready. Thanks again, and enjoy![/quote]

New

• New modes: Annihilation Classic and Annihilation With Defenses
• New doctrines: Tarantula Turret, Big Shoota Turret, and Shuriken Grav Platform
• New map: Mortis Vale (3v3) and (2v2)
• Free skins: House Raven Imperial Knight Paladin, Exalted Wraithknight, and Deathskulls Gorkanaut

Gameplay

• Fixed an issue that makes Elite healing around a player’s HQ and production structures more consistent

Maps

Mortis Vale (3v3) has been added into the Custom match and Quick-Match map lists

Tactical Marine

Doctrines

• Tireless: Speed bonus decreased from 3 to 1.5
• Tireless: Speed bonus will kick in 15 seconds after being out of combat, up from 11 seconds
• Tireless: Speed bonus now begins 15 seconds after spawning a squad of Tactical Marines, instead of instantly
• Tireless: A decorator icon now displays your progress towards the speed bonus

[quote]We did buff the damage on Tactical Marines significantly, which we do feel was warranted. However, the Tireless doctrine acted as a multiplier. It allowed them to cover too much of the map and gave too big of an advantage in early skirmishes. We will continue to monitor this doctrine’s usage rate and cross-reference its impact on games.[/quote]

Terminators

Doctrines

• Focused Shot: Fixed an issue where slowed targets did not display the slow icon

Imperial Knight Paladin

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Ion Shield sometimes failed to block certain shots

Imperial Knight Solaria

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Solaria's weapons were not disabled during the wind down of Gatling Barrage

Ranger

Bug Fixes

• Changed Sensor Beacon to be single-cast when a group is selected, meaning they won’t all use their ability in the same spot when the order is given

Fire Prism

Bug Fixes

• Fire Prisms no longer play their death animation when being levitated (but not killed) by Orbital Bombardment

General

• Fixed an issue where Windows taskbars set to the left or top of the screen would not be hidden
• Fixed issue where skimmer units that were knocked back onto negative space were instantly killed
• Fixed issue where WAAAGH! Towers would sometimes stop producing scrap

Campaign

• Difficulty tuning on several campaign missions (1, 11,12, 13), mostly on Normal difficulty
• Fixed an issue in Mission 2 where loading a saved game could stop Varlock Guard units from moving
• Fixed an issue in Mission 6 where the mission could stall if the enemy recaptured one of the two arrays from the player
• Fixed an issue in Mission 9 where loading a saved game could cause Deffkoptas to fail to enter combat, blocking mission progression
• Fixed an issue in Mission 13 where Elites sometimes wouldn’t gain experience
• Fixed a terrain issue on Mission 17 which could cause an Elite to become stuck

Multiplayer

• Fixed most common instances of an issue where spamming hotkeys allowed multiple resource add-ons to be constructed on a single resource point; additional instances of this bug are still being investigated
• Rotated some heavy cover on Stratum P2-8 near the middle of the map to allow for easier access
• Fixed a spot on Charon’s Rest where an Elite could become trapped

User Interface

• Added support for Exclusive Fullscreen and Windowed display options
• Changed the placement of several front end components to group player name, icon, and Skulls together
• Fixed an issue where quitting after a match loss would cause units to change colours
• Fixed disconnect behavior while on the Elite info screen
• Fixed an issue where the paint scheme list was cut off for players 3, 4, 5, and 6 in an 3v3 lobby
• Fixed a rare issue where Quick-Match players would become stuck in a black screen after the game countdown
• Fixed an issue where the Texture Detail option would not correctly save when applied

Art

• Fixed an overlap issue on the Meganobz mastery skin

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[ 2017-06-20 14:59:49 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey everyone! It’s been a wild ride since the release of Dawn of War III – a game we loved making and are so glad to finally have in your hands. We’re thrilled to put out a new installment after an eight-year hiatus, we’re proud of the innovations we’ve made within the genre, and we think the game is full of potential. But…we’re humans who have the internet. We know there are lots of you who don’t feel the same way. That matters. We make these games for you, and we need you in order to keep making games. So, let’s talk about where we go from here. Dawn of War III was meant to reunite our Dawn of War and Dawn of War II fans with a bombastic, action-RTS packed with incredible heroes, giant space lasers, and whole, new planets made of things that go BOOM. While we’ve checked those boxes, it’s clear that those weren’t the only things that you were looking for. So, what now? It started at launch by keeping our eyes and ears open. We spend a LOT of time on the forums, and just as much looking through the data on what you’re playing, and what you’re not. We’re using that to plot out our next steps and are hoping to share plans with you soon, and get you involved in how we bring them to life. But that takes time. So, what happens in the short term? Great question…

ANNIHILATION MODE

TURRET DOCTRINES

NEW MAP: MORTIS VALE

ENGINES OF ANNIHILATION

SPACE MARINES

• Fixed a bug where Solaria's Fire On Move doctrine did not take into account the recent damage increase for the Tactical Marines

BUG FIXES

• Fixed an issue where some in-game cinematics were playing at double speed in some cases

• Fixed an issue where it was not possible to revert the exclusive_fullscreen Steam launch option when the argument was no longer present

PATCH OVERVIEW

• Leaderboards have been added

• Opponent AI
• The Codex now includes all Elite units
• Map changes
• Balance update (multiplayer only, balance changes do not apply to the campaign)

GENERAL

• Cooldown of all Super Abilities (Orbital Bombardment, Eldritch Storm, and Rokks) increased from 5 minutes to 7.5 minutes
• Base Requisition rate increased from 260 per minute to 340 per minute
• Base Turret damage reduced from 50 to 12.5 with each player in the game increasing that damage by 12.5 (i.e. 1v1 = 25 damage; 2v2 = 37.5 damage; 3v3 = 50 damage)
• Turret primary weapon damage reduced from 40 to 15 with each player in the game increasing that damage by 6.25 (1v1 = 21.25 damage; 2v2 = 27.5 damage; 3v3 = 33.75 damage)

• Phase 1: Increased refund on unit loss from 25% to 35%
• Phase 2: Increased refund on unit loss from 15% to 25%
• Phase 4: Decreased resource rate bonus from 50% to 25%

• A 1v1 variant of Mork's Mire has been added into the Custom match and Quick-Match map lists
• A 3v3 variant of Crucible of Vaul has been added into the Custom match and Quick-Match map lists
• Stratum P2-8: Removed a Power Node from the middle Resource Point at the center of the map
• Stratum P2-8: Added a Requisition add-on to the middle Resource Point near each base

SPACE MARINES

• Fixed an issue where Servitors could see over some sight blockers

• Reinforcement cost of Tactical Marine upgrades reduced from 75% of upgrade cost to 25%
• Ranged damage increased from 2.85 to 4
• Melee damage increased from 4.6 to 5.5
• Flamer upgrade reinforcement cost decreased from 71 Requisition / 7 Power to 63 Requisition / 2 Power
• Plasma Gun upgrade reinforcement cost changed from 75 Requisition / 9 Power to 65 Requisition / 3 Power

• Fixed a bug that doubled the reinforcement cost of Tactical Marines when they were Overcharged
• Fixed a bug that caused Tactical Marines to gain resources when Overcharged
• Fixed a bug that prevented Tactical Marines from being able to melee when Overheated
• Fixed a bug that caused Tactical Marine squads with Tireless to get spread out after being reinforced, or to not benefit from the doctrine when deployed from a Drop Pod
• Fixed an issue where Tactical Marines could get both Plasma and Flamer upgrades if they were triggered simultaneously

• Scout Snipers no longer need to wait for a short time before being able to move after having fired their weapons

• Hidden: Now gains a 10-second speed boost after firing

• Power Sword upgrade is now available at Tier 2
• Power Sword upgrade cost changed from 75 Requisition / 75 Power to 125 Requisition / 125 Power
• Jump charge generation time increased from 65 seconds to 90 seconds

• Assault Leap: Damage reduced from 75 to 20

• Added a resource bar to display three tiers of beam intensity
• Beam intensity will no longer decay when switching targets
• Beam intensity will decay slowly when out of combat
• Beam intensity will reset when stunned, knocked back, or placed into stasis
• Beam intensity 1 damage increased from 1.5 to 1.875
• Beam intensity 2 damage increased from 3 to 3.75
• Beam intensity 3 damage increased from 5.5 to 6.5

• Fixed an issue where Whirlwinds using the Thunderhawk Redeployment doctrine would move back to their starting points

• Health increased from 2250 to 2500
• Area of effect increased from 3 to 5
• Visual effects have been updated to match the new area of effect

• Ranged damage increased from 4 to 5
• Melee damage increased from 6 to 8

• Fixed a missing asset spawning when Kill Team Ironmaw was killed during teleport

• Max number of units hit per squad by Fury of the Ancients decreased from unlimited to 5

• Removed knockback from Critical Strike
• Critical Strike (passive) damage increased from 80 to 85

• Added knockback on Teleport arrival
• Decreased the speed it takes to fire a full volley of Cyclone Missile Barrage from 8 seconds to 4 seconds

• Fixed an issue where the Terminator's Devastation doctrine was not applied to units deployed via Drop Pod

• Maximal Charge can no longer be intercepted by enemy units in-between the Venerable Dreadnought and its target
• Ranged damage increased from 240 to 350

• Removed the slow from Gets Hot!
• Attack range increased from 40 to 45
• Gatling Barrage knockback increased from 8 to 12
• Gatling Barrage range increased from 45 to 55

• Increased shields granted by Plant The Standard from 350 to 450
• Drop pod damage versus buildings currently under construction from 1750 to 350
• Tip of the Spear: Units must be out of combat for 20 seconds before being able to reinforce from a Listening Post

• Servitor: Decreased from 2 to 1
• Assault Marines: Increased from 10 to 13
• Scout Snipers: Decreased from 10 to 9
• Heavy Bolter Devastators: Increased from 9 to 11
• Lascannon Devastators: Increased from 9 to 10
• Landspeeders: Increased from 10 to 13
• Dreadnought: Decreased from 18 to 17
• Predator Annihilator: Decreased from 18 to 17
• Predator Destructor: Decreased from 18 to 17
• Whirlwind: Increased from 10 to 12

ELDAR

• Warp now starts on cooldown when the unit is first spawned in
• Warp range decreased from 100 to 70

• Range reduced from 40 to 30

• Avenger Shield: Shields reduced from 20% to 10%

• Quick Strike cost changed from 100 Requisition / 60 Power to 75 Requisition / 50 Power
• Quick Strike damage reduced from 65 to 30

• Hunt: When in stealth, Quick Strike will reveal you in the casting phase
• Hunt: Speed bonus no longer stacks with Fleet of Foot
• Hunt: Damage bonus reduced from 100% to 25%
• Reflective Strike: Instead of being invulnerable, Howling Banshees take half damage

• Cost changed from 330 Requisition / 15 Power to 330 Requisition / 20 Power
• Cost to unlock changed from 100 Requisition to 125 Requisition / 25 Power

• Fixed a bug where additional firing would not reset their stealth revert timer

• Cost changed from 100 Requisition / 375 Power to 100 Requisition / 325 Power
• Ranged damage increased from 275 to 320
• Superheated damage type changed from Normal to True
• Superheated damage increased from 100 to 150
• Superheated activation time reduced from 3 seconds to 2 seconds
• Removed knockback from Superheated

• Fixed an issue where units could not teleport out of a Fire Prism attack

• Health reduced from 1620 to 1350
• Shields reduced from 1080 to 900
• Hunt damage bonus reduced from 100% to 25%
• Speed bonus from Hunt only stacks with Fleet of Foot up to 33%, down from 100%
• Hunt tooltip now displays speed and damage bonuses
• Critical Strike (passive) damage type changed from True to Normal

• Psyker Blast damage decreased from 150 to 125
• Psyker Blast damage mitigation increased from 50% to 75%

• Fixed an issue where Macha's Last Chance doctrine would not affect Elite squad members who spawn through healing

• Silent Death initial damage reduced from 100 to 75
• Silent Death return damage increased from 250 to 275
• Changed the visual effects when Silent Death is on its return path
• Silent Death tooltip now displays the difference in damage when Jain Zar's triskele is returning

• Slow mines activation time decreased from 7 seconds to 3 seconds

• Wraith Recall tooltip now displays the number of squads that will be teleported during its casting phase

• Wraith Recall: Range reduced from global to 100
• Wraith Recall: Can now only teleport up to 10 units, instead of an unlimited amount

• Fixed a bug where the Wraithlord's Ethereal Wall would not always block projectiles

• Edlritch Storm: True damage per tick reduced from 5 to 2.5
• Eldritch Storm: Lightning bolt delay decreased from 0.75 to 0.25 in Conduit form
• Webway Gates health decreased from 700 to 600
• Fixed an issue where destroying a connected Webway while it relocates could prevent any further Webways from being connected
• Improved Webways: No longer allows Webway Gates to relocate in Tier 1
• Improved Webways: Health regeneration can now only occur after 10 seconds of being out of combat
• Improved Webways: Relocation cast time increased from 4 seconds to 10 seconds

• Dire Avengers: Increased from 6 to 8
• Howling Banshees: Increased from 10 to 11
• Dark Reapers: Increased from 8 to 11
• Rangers: Increased from 8 to 9
• Shadow Spectres: Increased from 9 to 12
• Wraithblades: Increased from 12 to 16
• Vyper: Increased from 5 to 9
• Falcon: Increased from 12 to 17
• Fire Prism: Increased from 15 to 19

ORKS

• Find the Goods: Places a single mine on top of the Scrap pile that you teleport to
• Find the Goods: Now stealths for 15 seconds, or until detected

• Get 'Em Boyz: Decreased Shout speed bonus stacking with WAAAGH! from 100% to 50%

• Health increased from 840 to 1000

• Squig Bomb Mine: Now functions like a squig bomb and only becomes a mine if it can't find a target

• Suicide Bomma: Damage reduced from 350 to 200
• Suicide Bomma: Damage versus objectives reduced from 350 to 100
• Suicide Bomma: Max number of units hit per squad decreased from unlimited to 5

• Increased health from 450 to 550

• Long Range Rokkit: The number of rokkits remains visible on the health bar under more cases
• Long Range Rokkits: Rokkits should only travel a certain distance and expire after a duration

• Bigga Scrap Shield: Shields increased from 300 to 500
• Bigga Scrap Shield: Duration increased from 5 to 10 seconds

• Cost changed from 100 Requisition / 350 Power to 100 Requisition / 325 Power
• Salvage cost changed from 50 Requisition / 175 Power to 50 Requisition / 165 Power
• Kill 'Em Far now applies a slow to vehicles, instead of a stun

• Suicide Bomma's damage versus objectives reduced from 350 to 175
• Max number of units hit per squad decreased from unlimited to 5
• When upgraded with scrap, Suicide Bomma's damage versus objectives reduced by 50%
• When upgraded with scrap, Suicide Bomma won't explode unexpectedly over certain types of terrain

• Kamakazee: Changed hotkey from Q to X

• Damage type changed from Normal to True
• Area of effect damage removed from ranged attack
• Scrap Blast shields increased from 200 to 225
• Max number of units hit per squad by Scrap Blast decreased from unlimited to 5
• Ere We Go no longer does damage
• Fist of Gork travel time used to be varied, is now a flat rate of 3.5 seconds

• Health increased from 4250 to 4750
• Tunnel cooldown decreased from 45 seconds to 30 seconds

• Ranged damage increased from 15 to 20
• All Da Dakka damage increased from 80 to 100

• Fixed an issue where All Da Dakka did no damage to Shield Generators
• Fixed an issue with cancelling the Gorkanaut's Rokkit Fist ability
• Fixed a bug where the Gorkanaut's Loot would not always work

• Fixed an issue where Roks could become unresponsive if picked up and dropped

• Boyz: Decreased from 8 to 7
• Shoota Boyz: Increased from 8 to 9
• Nobz: Decreased from 25 to 16
• Deffgun Lootas: Increased from 8 to 9
• Tankbustas: Increased from 6 to 10
• Trukks: Increased from 8 to 9
• Deffkoptas: Increased from 5 to 7
• Killa Kans: Increased from 10 to 11
• Deff Dreads: Increased from 12 to 15
• Big Trakks: Increased from 18 to 19

BUG FIXES

• Fixed assorted issues with achievements not being awarded when completing the campaign

• Fixed several issues with odd audio bursts when restarting missions or progressing to certain post-mission screens
• Fixed incorrect sound effects on Sky Portal death
• Fixed missing sound effects on Ork Shoota Boyz
• Fixed an issue with the level up sound effects playing on repeat
• Fixed an issue where setting Voice volume to zero was not silencing unit barks

• Fixed an issue where mission progress wasn't properly carried over between PCs
• Fixed an issue where Assault Marines could bypass a gate in Mission 1
• Fixed an issue when respawning Gorgutz in an unplayable space in Mission 2
• Fixed an issue with Eldar attackers not assaulting the player's base in Mission 4
• Fixed missing animation on a bridge in Mission 4
• Fixed missing dialogue at the end of Mission 4
• Fixed a rare bug that would block progression when defending your base in Mission 5
• Fixed issues with deck gun effects and sound effects when loading a save in Mission 7 Tuned Diomedes' health in Mission 8
• Fixed an issue where units joining the player could become hostile in Mission 11
• Fixed an issue with Wazmakka's behaviour when attacked from range in Mission 12
• Fixed an issue with debrief imagery in Mission 12
• Fixed an issue with stacking Webway Gates in Mission 13
• Fixed a rare crash when destroying the first Webway Gate in Mission 14
• Fixed an issue with missing health bars on some units in Mission 16
• Fixed an issue with missing objective indicators in Mission 16
• Fixed an issue where Elites would not gain experience at the end of Mission 16
• Fixed issues with damage from Mission 17's boss's swipe attacks
• Fixed issues with boss behaviour in Mission 17

• Fixed an issue where incorrect Elites could appear in some save games
• Fixed an issue where Jonah Orion's Stonewall ability would become invisible when loading into a game saved while the ability was active

• Fixed an exploit where follow camera (') could be used to track enemy stealth units and units hidden in the fog of war
• Fixed an issue where paused AI games were not actually paused

• Fixed a broken interaction between Wazmakka's Traktor Beam and Stormboyz' Suicide Bomma
• Fixed an animation glitch on the Striking Scorpions
• Fixed an issue where players could force units out of a Falcon transport ship over a chasm, instantly killing them
• Fixed an issue where Kyre's Eldritch Winds could move Deathstorm Drop Pods
• Fixed an overly large hit box on the Doctrine Chapel

• Fixed stacking debuff icons caused by Gorgutz' melee attacks
• Fixed inconsistencies with audio and video options and forced restarts Adjusted several incorrect ability and upgrade icons
• Fixed an issue where some tooltips would be missing text for non-deployed Elites
• Fixed incorrect behaviour on several gameplay UI options
• Updated the reticule for the Imperial Knight Paladin's Reaper Chainsword Sweep

• Fixed additional instances of effects seen through the fog of war
• Fixed an issue where Shadow Spectre's beam animation would not pause when the game paused
• Fixed missing effects on Kill Team Ironmaw squad member with the missile launcher
• Fixed missing effects on the Temporal Mine ability
• Fixed missing effects when the Venereable Dreadnought is destroyed
• Fixed timing issues on destruction effects for resource add-ons
• Fixed an issue where the effects and sound effects for Pin did not end
• Fixed an issue with persistent teleport effects when the target building is destroyed

• Fixed assorted crashes and soft locks caused by losing internet connection during various screen transitions

• Improved performance on 4K monitors in various option and info screens
• Improved performance when using the Roks ability

Hey guys! We’re back to offer a closer look at the next game patch scheduled to go live in just a few short weeks. Start looking forward to the introduction of Leaderboards and our first set of balance changes! We’re already busy testing and tuning to get everything ship shape so we can roll it out on May 24th. In the meantime, here’s a little more information on each!

Leaderboards

Balance Update

• Fixed a bug where Improved Webways could be equipped as an Elite Doctrine and as an Army Doctrine, causing an unintended effect on cooldown reduction.
• Enabled Skull and Elite experience rewards for Steam Workshop community maps.

• Fixed a bug where the game would only display resolution options for the secondary monitor in dual-monitor setups with varying screen resolutions

New

• You can now surrender in multiplayer matches

• Ronahn’s Long Shot now shows a line on the minimap when aiming
• Improved presentation in Player Profile screen

• Fixed assorted rare crashes
• Fixed issue where a chat command (/leave) could cause a crash
• Fixed broken link to modding wiki in Steam Workshop page
• Fixed flow issues with quick-matching versus AI when in a party
• Fixed potential progression blocker in Mission 17
• Fixed issue with knockback in water
• Fixed additional instances of ability usage visible through the fog of war
• Fixed extra scrap being generated by drop pods after their wrecks were looted
• Fixed text display issues in Steam Workshop
• Fixed issue with Gorkanaut Rokkit Fist if you issued a move order immediately after using it
• Disabled incorrectly active buttons during quick match countdown
• Fixed issue with melee tie up of ranged units placed in melee stance
• Jain Zar now has visual FX for her scream passive
• Fixed issue where Bonesinger could become invisible if its Warp ability was canceled
• Fixed occasional animation issues with Land Speeder crew
• Eldritch Storm conduit can no longer capture heavy cover
• Fixed shared cooldown on Bomb Squig and Rokkit Barrage abilities on Tankbustas
• Fixed missing decor upgrades on Space Marine Stronghold building when player tiers up
• Fixed missing visual FX on Jonah Orion’s Fury of the Ancients when inside the Stonewall created by Plant the Standard
• Fixed issue where Elites could get trapped behind the colossus gate in Mission 13
• Fixed issue where certain doctrines had no effect on units deployed via drop pod
• Fixed issue where “Hide In-World UI” option applied to some campaign objects, causing progression blockers in Mission 7 and difficulty elsewhere
• Fixed issue with certain missions reporting 0 XP earned
• Fixed issue in which Shield Generator shields could be repaired by builder units
• Fixed issue where Kill Team Ironmaw’s respawn time was not properly increasing when killed in multiplayer games
• Fixed missing tooltips for Elites on post-match screen
• Removed non-functional play button in Steam Workshop
• Fixed issue where Macha’s mastery skin would permanently leave elements in the world after she was killed
• Fixed issue where Campaign Map button on rewards screen had to be pressed twice to access that screen
• Fixed issue where connected Webway Gates would not display FX
• Fixed assorted camera stutters when skipping NISes
• Fixed non-functional secondary highlight in Doctrine Selector in Elites screen
• Fixed issue where Venerable Dreadnought Toss ability was not stunning infantry

Hi everyone! With one week – and millions of bodies – behind us, we want to say a huge thanks to each of you for joining us on the battlefield of Dawn of War III. After years of development behind the scenes, it’s a thrill to see you dive back into the universe, whether you’re ripping humies limb from limb, or are bringing down the hammer upon filthy xenos! So, what happens now? Well, our work doesn’t stop just because the game is out. We’ve been busy poring over all of your feedback and sharing your gameplay videos around the studio. Now that the game is in your hands, we’re excited to let you play a role in how it evolves. Welcome to the team! To that end, we’ve got some upcoming news for you below with more to come next week.

Patch

Servers

Balance

• Fixed a sync error in squad movement that was occurring in some multiplayer games
• Fixed a crash that some players encountered in Mission 3 after destroying the last Waaagh! Tower
• Fixed a crash that some players encountered in the tutorial missions when completing objectives too quickly
• Fixed an uncommon crash that sometimes occurred when AI took over for a disconnected teammate in multiplayer

• Fixed an issue where editing the graphics settings would not successfully apply changes.