* Grenade Launcher damage has been reduced versus retreating units
Space Marines
Assault Marines
* Jump energy cost has been increased from 50 to 55
Orks
Kommando Nob Commander
* Speshul Shoota High Explosive Shells damage has been reduced versus retreating units
Weirdboy
* Warp Vomit negative effects no longer apply to vehicles
Nobs
* Reinforce cost has been increased from 62/12 to 75/15
Stikkbommas
* Stikkbomb damage has been reduced versus retreating units
* Stikkbomb cost increased from 8 to 16
Tyranids
Lictor
* Assault leap no longer effects retreating units
* Upkeep increased from 0.0425 to 0.06375
* Energy cost of Flesh Hook increased from 25 to 50
* Energy cost of Assault Leap increased from 20 to 40
Bug Fixes
* Fixed an issue that would prevent the AI from capping points
* Improved performance on White Walls of Calderis
* Fixed an issue that would lower the Kommado Nob’s health every time Extra Equipment was unequipped
* Fixed an issue that was preventing single entity units (Librarian, Weirdboy, Lictor) from properly receiving commander health regen
* Fixed a rare crash that could occur when users were leaving a game
* Fixed an issue that could prevent setup teams from moving to other windows while garrisoned
Dawn of War II: Retribution is being show for the first time to the press this week at Gamescom. Here is the official announcement:
AGOURA HILLS, Calif. August 17, 2010 - THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) today announced that a second stand-alone expansion for its genre redefining real time strategy game, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, is scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2011.
Taking place years after the events in Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising, this title allows players to choose their perspective with the first multiple-race single player campaign in the Dawn of War II series. The first race to be revealed is the savage Orks, but no matter which race is chosen players will be taken on an epic journey through each story arc, revealing the answers to many questions left open in previous Dawn of War titles.
As well as the single player campaign, RetributionTM will feature new multiplayer units, maps and an entire new playable faction when it ships.
Jeff Lydell, Producer of Dawn of War II - Retribution commented: "We all love the Blood Ravens here at Relic Entertainment, but there are also a lot of fans of the other races and armies out there so we decided that Retribution should allow the player the freedom to experience the campaign from the perspective they select."
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution is scheduled to be released for Windows PC in the first quarter of 2011.
About Retribution
It is ten years since the events of Chaos Rising and Sub-Sector Aurelia has been in a constant state of warfare with the Imperium struggling to retain control. The apparent betrayal of the chapter by Gabriel Angelos and his Space Marines has shaken the Blood Ravens and now the Imperial forces are beset on all sides by hostile aliens. Retribution allows the player to select the race of their choosing in a battle to determine the very survival or destruction of the entire sector.