I am still struggling TO distinguish Stormtroopers vs Karskin. Is each unit situational, or is Karskin just better than stormtroopers in general? Are Karskin meant to be able to do it all? where as ST's only for specific counters. When do you build one over the other? Any tip helps, thanks. A few t...

Hi all, looking for input on the Witcher series. I have played a bit of the first game, but don't have 2 or 3. #2 is 85% off and #3 is 50% off for the next few days. If anyone has positive/negative experiences I would appreciate hearing about them. I haven't played a good RPG since Star Wars KOTOR.

Hi all. Since I started playing 3v3 again, I've been making a point of always getting a sentinel as my first purchase when playing IG (I used to go straight for 3xGM, but after being called a noob enough times, I now go for 2xGM and a sentinel). They are great in T1, especially in static firefights ...

Atm, there's no good reason not to go shuri heavy and form your offense around them. The option of upgrading an SCP into Brightlance is not insignificant either. Multiple SCPs used to be a gamble because of vehicles, but that’s not an issue any more. On that subject - have you guys considered makin...

I always wanted to ask this but couldn't think of a good time to do so. I always wondered why Relic decided to give wraithguard weapons that are effectively d-cannons instead of their regular wraithcannons. The fact that they do massive damage, have good aoe, and suppress makes them too easy to use ...

I share your feelings about buildings. Not that I have a perfect solution, but I don't like how close to instant death units in buildings tend to be. The game isn't as bad as Command and Conquer 3, where a unit with a flamethrower just had to look at a garrisoned building and units would come flying...

Having only ever faced dark reapers and never used them, I feel like they are a low threat unit. In theory they should be top-notch, long-range, anti-HI sniper units (In keeping with their lore), but it seems like they just aren't very threatening even to the HI units which should be their natural p...

Well, they have a huge hp pool, 4.6 hp regen/sec per model, and also infantry armour (unlike other astartes models) which means that the dark reapers don't get their 1.25X damage bonus. Plus they have that DOT on their bolters which means they can deal damage while tanking it.

Wow, this is nuts - I knew you were making a new submod, but I assumed you were just dicking around with unit stats and abilities. I'd be happy to be a guinea pig in your experiment, I'd love to try something new.

I don't see why you shouldn't get punished from bad awareness. Just like if you forget a capper squad and it gets rekt, you get punished for not controlling and keeping track of your stuff. When capping points in 1v1 I tend to shift-click a second movement back to some cover or somewhere not out in...

Just wondering; why don't we remove overwatch complitly? If going to next tier manually is a part of the game, why selecting units one by one in the right time is not? Not saying it is a counter post, don't get me wrong but I would like to hear an answer. :D Because it isn't an argument from princi...

Works great with bloodcrushers, works well for letting your Chaos Lord charge into that first engagement faster.

I find TM very middle of the road to fight against. He's got a couple of "OP" tricks, but so does everyone and his feel reasonable to work around. This is pretty much how I feel. I think their are certain maps/matchups in which certain enemy commanders have perfectly valid grievances abou...

Hi all, title says it all. I don't know the full extent of what you can and can't do with modding tools, but if it is possible I would love the ability to overwatch tier upgrades.

Asmon wrote:Spotters are manticores in T1. Sure give them detection. And lightning claws too.

Aguxyz, you might want to add this one to your collection.

I remember suggesting spotters should be detectors a long time ago. Where were you people then???


I also wonder if they could be given the flare ability similar to that of the LC. It could be an upgrade of the smoke.

I like the idea of scaling damage for abilities in general. Haven't people also suggested that the warlock destructor could use some scaling too?

How many shields in the game confer knockback immunity? I had assumed it was unique to the LC.

The bionics armour is pretty amazing TBH. The bonus health and regeneration are almost as good as those provided by the artificer armour (+150/+2.5 compared to +200/+3), and on top of that you get a TM who can shut down a melee unit like banshees, sluggas, horms.. etc easily. I haven't played agains...

All this time I had been enjoying the hell out of Elite Mods sweet new unit portraits without knowing it was just one guy doing it pro bono.

You're a champ. I play IG mostly, and I've loved your new portraits for the GM squad in particular.

Hmm, I never noticed the improved range, that's about a 25% increase. Next time I'm against a fire prism or maybe a carnifex with poor range I'll force myself to buy it.

Hi all, I'm curious to know what people think about the Leman Russ lascannon upgrade. Based on the Codex entry, it has about 2x the DPS output of the standard battle cannon; however, in the few instances where I have used it, the anti-vehicle DPS did not seem to be that significantly improved. It do...

silverseraf wrote:Tyranid Warriors made less than DOW2Retribution. Fewer lives.
Add Health wars Tyranids.

Is this the google translate way of saying you want warriors to have more hit points?

Probably for the same reason Imperial Guard HWT models who aren't carrying the heavy weapon will move forward. They have weapons with shorter range than the main weapon so need to get closer to attack. The game is programmed so that every model tries to get into shooting range. I remember back in va...

Most of the problems may not be a simple matter of re-writing some code. A lot of bugs like that are inherent to the engine and not within the mod teams means to fix.

"You won't be the first commissar I've killed today."
-Catachans

I wouldn't bother with vanilla - the Elite mod team puts a lot of effort into balancing the game and providing somewhat regular patches, compared with vanilla which was mostly abandoned ages ago. Also, there is a newb group that plays regularly. You should consider playing with them to make the lear...

As others have mentioned, check out the newb group that posts on these forums. They are very supportive and a great group with which to develop the core skills. I know you had a bad intro to some high level players, but there are many top-of-the-line players who will give you tips and even coach you...

Yes it is. Use the shortcut provided by elite mod to load the mod, and use the steam shortcut to DOW II retribution to play vanilla.