I’ve been playing quite a lot of the Beta of Dawn of War II, but there are a lot of people struggling with the bare basics of the game. This game is not Dawn of War. It’s just an entirely new game. To help everybody out, here are some tips to be more successful in DoW2.

Tip 1: Keep your units alive

Running away would be a good idea

The most vital part of DoW2 is to keep your units alive. All squads are small and cost a lot, so you better make sure they’re worth it. If your squad even survives with only one member alive, it’s still cheaper to reinforce it back to full health than to buy a new one. Luckily, Dawn of War 2 has a way to keep your dying squads alive, and use it well! If you press the ‘Fall back’ command (default on X), your squad will automatically run back to base (or the nearest resupply point). While falling back, you cannot control your units but they take less damage, cannot be suppressed by enemy fire and run faster. Very useful!
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Dawn of War 2

The Dawn of War II beta is here! Well, for some people at least. If you own Dawn of War: Soulstorm on Steam, you get access to a special beta. This beta runs from the 21st of january to the 28th. Then, the beta is open for everybody else.

And is it worth to have Soulstorm on Steam? Well yeah, because Dawn of War II is pretty damn awesome. And the best part? Soulstorm is currently on a special offer, with 75% off! That means it’s only $3,75!
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THQ should feel bad. Really bad. They had their act together with Dark Crusade– but Soulstorm just started bad. This coming from a huge fan of Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000– I even made excuses for why Shadow of the Horned Rat is a really good game, and anyone familiar with that intolerable dog turd of a game should know that basically seals my fan boy status.

I’ll preface (can you be a paragraph in and still count it as a preface?) this by saying I am not an RTS guru. Hell, I’m not even much of a fan. I played Starcraft religiously in 1998 along with half the world, but I don’t think that counts. Soulstorm, though not technically an expansion as it is a stand alone game, when combined with the other parts of the Dawn of War franchise do not, as I first suspected, form the giant fighting robot Warhammeron. Instead, it forms an ungainly abomination with eight playable races.

Anyone familiar with the fine tuning of Starcraft should see where I’m going with this.
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