Patch Notes: June 27, 2017

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

Listening Post cost increased from 200 to 300 [quote]Our increase to the base Requisition rate made early game Listening Posts a no-brainer, which we feel are too effective at holding their ground relative to their cost. As a result, we’d like to increase their cost so that the choice of where to bunker down needs to be a more strategic one.[/quote]

Pathing

Skimmers will now prefer to do shorter reverse-pivot moves instead of curve turns over short distances (these were particularly noticeable with move commands issued slightly behind and to the side of the skimmer)

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 ]

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III

Relic Entertainment Developer

SEGA Publisher

2017-04-27 Release

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Step into a brutal battle between three warring factions

In Dawn of War III you will have no choice but to face your foes when a catastrophic weapon is found on the mysterious world of Acheron.

With war raging and the planet under siege by the armies of greedy Ork warlord Gorgutz, ambitious Eldar seer Macha, and mighty Space Marine commander Gabriel Angelos, supremacy must ultimately be suspended for survival.

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Learn what makes each force formidable through alternating missions. You'll soon come to understand the combat advantages of Space Marines, Orks, and Eldar and the rules of a universe with no heroes or villains… only war.

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Your army will wreak havoc online. Join the multiplayer community and forge new alliances - or turn the tables on your new 'friends' as they become foes in explosive, chaotic and competitive maps.

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MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit. SteamOS 2.0
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