Really enjoying the multi-player until suddenly i can't play with a friend in custom game. Each time i try to connect to his or he tries to connect to my lobby we get a NAT connection failure. Tried opening ports but nothing seems to do the trick, any help?
Dawn of War II Beta Thread
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The beta comes with all available maps. Extras will be released alongside a zero-day patch.
what he said. to quote the review: "a distinct lack of maps".
I for one really do not like Relics policy on this one. None of the maps are really any special and none of them have that classic point/building to rush to for early game win or leverage, as seen in CoH.
plus no specific 2v2 maps. Anyone who plays CoH online will know the nightmare of trying to get 6 people all into a game with decent pings.
I think that there will be a lot of 2v2 matches hosted on these maps, however it won't work that well imo as they are designed as 3v3 maps.
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78% is not a bad score but not a great one either. I've purchased far worse, but from Relic you kinda hope for more.
I'm still getting it.
Damn the single player was my last hopeGuess I won't be getting this then, what a disappointment
I'm not sure what you were expecting, this is primarily a multiplayer game.
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*Groan!* Really hoped they would have fixed that one for dow2...
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Well the first one wasn't. None of the previews I read said it was a multiplayer game.
Yeah, first one had an excellent campaign, I'd expect something similar from a sequel.
Not really, the first one had an excellent campaign, I played it through twice without ever going near the multiplayer. I'd expect something similar from a sequel.
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DoW2's campaign is more like that of Soulstorm and Dark Crusade. Namely, a world to conquer with a crap load of filler between actual story missions.
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Yeah this is an odd choice, what with ppl either playing it for the story, or playing it for the multiplayer, not playing it to play skirmish after dull skirmish against an AI that despite all improvements will never be that good
The day 0 patch is supposed to add another 1v1 map and another 3v3 map ... with them looking into adding 2v2's in the future if demand is high enough
Wouldn't have expected such a low score though, i used to like pczone (before i realised actually buying magazines is so outdated) although magazines usually concentrate on the single player side of thing (usually what with them having a pre release copy and nobody to play against online so no multiplayer) which if the story is a bit weak could bring the review down i spose....
For me personally it will be all about the multiplayer though, i will play the single player sure, but after playing it once i doubt i will ever play it again, but will hopefully be playing the multiplayer for years to come
As for the NAT errors yeah relic online sux, their online system is very old and doesn't have methods of connecting people that have been in games for years.... As a result it doesn't support routers at all, and if 2 ppl both have routers more often that not it will have a total wobbly and break
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Online is now entirely through GFWL. People with NAT errors should ensure that their GFWL and Steam ports are open, and if they still experience problems post in the dedicated thread on the official DoW2 beta forum.
I hope finding a game is easier when the final game is released. Me and a friend found it nearly impossible last night to find a 3vs3 game. It even got to "Found 6 out of 6 players" a few times and then dropped back down.
Otherwise, I'm really looking forward to the full release. I've been having some very fun games. It's surprising how quickly games can turn.
Otherwise, I'm really looking forward to the full release. I've been having some very fun games. It's surprising how quickly games can turn.
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I hope finding a game is easier when the final game is released. Me and a friend found it nearly impossible last night to find a 3vs3 game. It even got to "Found 6 out of 6 players" a few times and then dropped back down.
Otherwise, I'm really looking forward to the full release. I've been having some very fun games. It's surprising how quickly games can turn.
Go to the custom section and you can select to find a game. Dont let the computer search for you. Do it like you are hosting then you see a list of the games, then you can join which ever you like and then invite your friend.
the single player doesnt matter, you can do the whole lot co op anyway, oh really all bonuses are cosmetic? it just seemed like rank marines wudnt die, one suppressive marine squad, vs my 2 supressive marine squads, hero , scouts who threw a grenade straight at them and they killed all my units, that seems pretty dodgy to me! maybe they ranked up a lot from killing my units but thats still really imbalanced.
You not only tried to take a suppression unit head on but you didn't retreat anything before it killed them?
It is cosmetic, your individual squads only rank up during the matches whether they have fancy new skulls or w/e on their armour or not.