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    Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II

    Game » consists of 6 releases. Released Feb 19, 2009

    The sequel to Relic's critically-acclaimed Dawn of War does away with economizing and base building in favor of a more involved combat system with RPG elements.

    Relic likely teasing new Ork expansion...

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    #1  Edited By ArjanN

    Relic teasing new Ork expansion...   
     
    http://dl.dropbox.com/u/391503/kbluddflagg22.JPG     
     
    They'll most likely reveal it at gamescom this week. (this is the second teaser picture, and the fuse on the bomb is shorter this time.)
     
    I'm guessing they'll add another (new) race as well, like Imperial Guard.
     
    Really looking forward to it, after playing through Starcraft 2, I realized that aside from Blizzard's awesome cutscenes, I actually liked DoW2 better. (mostly Chaos Rising)
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    #2  Edited By CaptainObvious

    Is that a Flash Git?

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    #3  Edited By Bones8677

    Do people even like Orks? I played the table top game and the Orks were always a big joke that people played ironically.

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    #4  Edited By warxsnake

    Fuck Warhammer, more Homeworld FFS 

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    #5  Edited By gamer_152  Moderator

    I saw so many Orks in the original Dawn of War it's hard for me to imagine the Dawn of War games without them.

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    #6  Edited By CaptainObvious
    @Bones8677 said:
    " Do people even like Orks? I played the table top game and the Orks were always a big joke that people played ironically. "
    Everybody loves Orks. People you played with are weird.
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    #7  Edited By august

    Green is best.

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    #8  Edited By Jazz

    Ugh..Orks. 
    Need to spawn more Squats.

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    #9  Edited By VWGTI

    I hope this is true. I would love an Ork-focused Warhammer expansion.

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    @Bones8677 said:
    " Do people even like Orks? I played the table top game and the Orks were always a big joke that people played ironically. "
    Orks are one of the most played armies in 40K tabletop.
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    #11  Edited By Bones8677
    @HeroicDrinkingSong said:
    " @Bones8677 said:
    " Do people even like Orks? I played the table top game and the Orks were always a big joke that people played ironically. "
    Orks are one of the most played armies in 40K tabletop. "
    Really? Why?
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    #12  Edited By Mmmslash
    @Bones8677:  Because they're pretty awesome. They're hilarious AND ruthless, and bring a nice spin on the whole orc thing, which fantasy kind of killed.
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    #13  Edited By Gargantuan
    @Bones8677 said:

    " @HeroicDrinkingSong said:

    " @Bones8677 said:

    " Do people even like Orks? I played the table top game and the Orks were always a big joke that people played ironically. "
    Orks are one of the most played armies in 40K tabletop. "
    Really? Why? "
    Because It's a brutal, fun and very diverse army to play and the miniatures look great! They are also not as GRIMDARK!!! as most of the other races. It's nice to play as a positive and happy race.
     Orkz is never defeated in battle. If we win we win, if we die we die fighting so it don't count. If we runs for it we don't die neither, cos we can come back for annuver go, see!
     
    Yes, I own an army. :P
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    @Gargantuan said:
    " @Bones8677 said:

    " @HeroicDrinkingSong said:

    " @Bones8677 said:

    " Do people even like Orks? I played the table top game and the Orks were always a big joke that people played ironically. "
    Orks are one of the most played armies in 40K tabletop. "
    Really? Why? "
    Because It's a brutal, fun and very diverse army to play and the miniatures look great! They are also not as GRIMDARK!!! as most of the other races. It's nice to play as a positive and happy race. Orkz is never defeated in battle. If we win we win, if we die we die fighting so it don't count. If we runs for it we don't die neither, cos we can come back for annuver go, see!  Yes, I own an army. :P "
    Gargantuan pretty much nailed it.  Their not my personal cup of tea, but a lot of people enjoy the humor inherent in the race.  And from a gameplay perspective "They'se all 'bout smashin tings!" (forgive my orcish) which can be a lot of fun to play.
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    #15  Edited By Vorbis

    Will be nice to have a campaign where you don't play as Blood Ravens. Would of prefered an Eldar campaign, but Orks will do, they're fun enough.
     
    Tau or Imperial Guard for multiplayer and Last Stand.

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    #16  Edited By Jimbo
    @warxsnake said:
    " Fuck Warhammer, more Homeworld FFS  "
    Lol, well put.
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    #17  Edited By ajamafalous

    No Tau?

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    #18  Edited By Bones8677
    @Gargantuan said:
    " @Bones8677 said:

    " @HeroicDrinkingSong said:

    " @Bones8677 said:

    " Do people even like Orks? I played the table top game and the Orks were always a big joke that people played ironically. "
    Orks are one of the most played armies in 40K tabletop. "
    Really? Why? "
    Because It's a brutal, fun and very diverse army to play and the miniatures look great! They are also not as GRIMDARK!!! as most of the other races. It's nice to play as a positive and happy race. Orkz is never defeated in battle. If we win we win, if we die we die fighting so it don't count. If we runs for it we don't die neither, cos we can come back for annuver go, see!  Yes, I own an army. :P "
    Yeah, well my Dark Eldar can kick your Orks collective asses!
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    I'd find it surprising if they did an ork focused campaign because chaos rising ended on a cliffhanger.

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    #20  Edited By IncredibleBulk92

    That';s some pretty cool artwork there.  I wouldn't have thought they'd just make an expansion pack for a race that's already in the game.  Honestly I was expecting an tau expansion if anything.  I think they'd fit into DoW2 quite nicely and a campaign style unlock system for them would work quite well with all the variety in their army.

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    #21  Edited By Vorbis
    @IncredibleBulk92:  The Chaos Rising expansion pack was still a Space Marine campaign, so this could be the same thing. Ork in campaign facing a new race, who that could be is anyones guess.
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    #22  Edited By Jeffsekai
    @warxsnake said:
    " Fuck Warhammer, more Homeworld FFS  "
    Fuck Homeworld, more Warhammer FFS
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    #23  Edited By Aether

    I was hoping for a Imperial Guard playable race. Something with larger unit groups and not like 12 main dudes taking out planets worth of aliens with everyone else being fodder.

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    #24  Edited By ArjanN
    @KowalskiTakePoint said:
    "I'd find it surprising if they did an ork focused campaign because chaos rising ended on a cliffhanger. "


    Well, if it is an expansion there's probably more to it than just a slightly different group of Orks.
     
    The Ork thing might be a new game mode, somthing like The Last Stand.  
     If it's reall a full-on expansion I expect them to add another race. We'll probably find out tomorrow anyway.
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    #25  Edited By Althox

    Oooh looks nice. Though I had hoped for Tau as well as others. Well well, nice anyways. :)

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    @ArjanN said:
    " @KowalskiTakePoint said:
    "I'd find it surprising if they did an ork focused campaign because chaos rising ended on a cliffhanger. "
    Well, if it is an expansion there's probably more to it than just a slightly different group of Orks. The Ork thing might be a new game mode, somthing like The Last Stand.   If it's reall a full-on expansion I expect them to add another race. We'll probably find out tomorrow anyway. "
    I'd think the new game mode idea is more likely than a campaign where you play as Orks.  The way DOW II works, (with small elite units) doesn't really jive with what the Orks are all about.  I do agree that the Tau would work in that format but as others have pointed out Chaos Rising ended on a cliff hanger so I'd expect that this expansion is going to be the conclusion to that story.
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    #27  Edited By IncredibleBulk92
    @Vorbis said:
    " @IncredibleBulk92:  The Chaos Rising expansion pack was still a Space Marine campaign, so this could be the same thing. Ork in campaign facing a new race, who that could be is anyones guess. "
    Oh yea.  Idiot me.  I still think I'd be more excited about a tau campaign than an ork campaign.  The ork strategy bores me.

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