Aussi bon soit-il, le RTS souffrait tout de même d'un sérieux handicap : le faible nombre de ses cartes. C'est donc pour corriger ce problème que Relic s'est mis au travail et le résultat devrait être à la hauteur des attentes. Le studio précise effectivement qu'en plus d'un rééquilibrage complet du jeu afin de tenir compte des retours des joueurs et de l'ajustement de nombreux mécanismes, cette mise à jour ajoute pas moins de huit cartes multijoueur ainsi qu'un éditeur pour que la communauté puisse laisser libre cours à son imagination.
Dawn of War II There is Only War Release Notes 1.5.0
World Builder
Observer Feature
Balance Changes
Tyranid Balance Changes
o The Ravener Alpha's Hardened Carapace grants 100 health
o Both Carnifexes cannot be repaired
o Sporemine durability vs. small arms increased from 60 to 150 hp
o Screamer Killer Venom Cannon damage increased to 75 from 55 and removes the Spore Cysts ability
o Tier 2 Carnifex damage increased from 200 to 250
o Zoanthrope damage increased from 70 to 80, energy cost reduction on Focus Blast from 80 to 65
o Termagant damage increase on Toxin Sacs upgrade from 1.2 to 1.35
o Tyranid Warriors' hitpoints increased from 320 to 360, Barbed Strangler damage decreased to 45 from 60
o Hive Tyrant's Venom Cannon damage decreased from 75 to 55
Ork Balance Changes
o Slugga Nob damage reduced to 85, Nob Squad Choppa damage increased to 100
o The Kommando knife no longer refunds energy and resets cooldown after killing a target
o Warboss' big stomp radius UI was changed to 10 m
o Warboss' Kustom Shoota can now fire on the move
o Warboss' Angry Bits health regeneration lowered from 1.5 to 1, cooldown from 15 seconds to 30
o Tankbusta population cost lowered 4 to 3
o Slugga Nob Leader damage lowered (due to accidental buff)
o Warboss Stomp damage lowered 40 to 30
o Kommando Nob Leader's hammer damage increased 100 to 175
o Slugga damage increased to 25
Space Marine Balance Changes
o Scouts can now repair while using a sniper rifle
o Set the Apothecary's Rapid Fire ability to no longer knockback retreating units
o Force Commander with Terminator Armor now has a Cleansing Flame ability on his heavy flamer (costs 50 energy)
o Purification Rights damage decreased from 30 to 15
o Relay Beacon health regeneration rate decreased .4 to .15
o Force Commander's hitpoints increased from 720 to 820
o Tactical Marine bolter damage decreased to 25
o Tactical marine melee damage reduced from 22 to 19
o Purification rites no longer affects retreating units
Eldar Balance Changes
o Spiritual rites radius UI was changed to 15m
o The Fire Prism's explosive shot no longer affects retreating units
o Warpspider squad member hitpoints slightly reduced from 200 to 160, Exarchs from 240 to 200
o Fire Prism's Focus Beam cooldown reduced from 4.5 to 3 seconds
o Debuff removed from Immolator
o Warp Spider Exarch's Improved Targets are moved to tier 1
o Banshee's damage increased to 35 from 33
General Balance Changes
Bug Fixes
Tyranid Bug Fixes
o Fixed a bug where Bioplasma would not fire if targeted units ran out of the line of sight
o Fixed the broken image on the Ravener Alpha's 'exit tunnel' 'cancel construction' ability
Ork Bug Fixes
o Shoota Boyz Aiming? Wotz Dat? tool tip no longer mentions immobility
o Nob squad tool tip mentions Meaner an' Greener instead of Nob Kit
o Kommando squad tool tip no longer mentions Kommando Kit
Space Marine Bug Fixes
o The Dreadnought's auto cannon ability previews its energy cost properly
Eldar Bug Fixes
o The Farseer's Ghosthelm tool tip no longer mentions damage to self, mentions suppression
o The Farseer's Mindwar tool tip mentions suppression
o Warpspider Exarch powerblades tool tip mentions they are effective against infantry
UI Bugs
o Added a missing tooltip for observers in the multiplayer games list
o Fixed a bug causing player loading bars to be cut off in 1280×1024 resolutions
Performance Bugs
o Fixed a bug that disallowed users with high-end machines to set their graphics settings to “Ultra”
o Fixed a fatal scar error involving Anti Armor in the campaign
Gameplay Bugs
o Fixed an exploit where repeatedly setting up and tearing down the Ranger's sniper rifle would increase the unit's firing rate
o Fixed a bug involving melee units targeting retreating units
o Stabilized randomness of units using special attacks
o Fixed an exploit where players could make units at the HQ retreat “towards” a relay beacon in the field
o Fixed a bug where clicking on a hero's portrait would render targetable abilities unusable
Map Fixes
Post-game bugs
Networking Improvements
World Builder
- Added the World Builder how-to guide to the root directory
- Fixed a bug where adding a horizon-mesh would cause World Builder to crash
Observer Feature
- Pressing ESC now gets rid of the observer/replay attention arrow. If a unit is selected and an arrow is present, pressing ESC deselects the units. Pressing it again removes the arrow
- Selecting the HQ displays the player's current tech tier
Balance Changes
Tyranid Balance Changes
o The Ravener Alpha's Hardened Carapace grants 100 health
o Both Carnifexes cannot be repaired
o Sporemine durability vs. small arms increased from 60 to 150 hp
o Screamer Killer Venom Cannon damage increased to 75 from 55 and removes the Spore Cysts ability
o Tier 2 Carnifex damage increased from 200 to 250
o Zoanthrope damage increased from 70 to 80, energy cost reduction on Focus Blast from 80 to 65
o Termagant damage increase on Toxin Sacs upgrade from 1.2 to 1.35
o Tyranid Warriors' hitpoints increased from 320 to 360, Barbed Strangler damage decreased to 45 from 60
o Hive Tyrant's Venom Cannon damage decreased from 75 to 55
Ork Balance Changes
o Slugga Nob damage reduced to 85, Nob Squad Choppa damage increased to 100
o The Kommando knife no longer refunds energy and resets cooldown after killing a target
o Warboss' big stomp radius UI was changed to 10 m
o Warboss' Kustom Shoota can now fire on the move
o Warboss' Angry Bits health regeneration lowered from 1.5 to 1, cooldown from 15 seconds to 30
o Tankbusta population cost lowered 4 to 3
o Slugga Nob Leader damage lowered (due to accidental buff)
o Warboss Stomp damage lowered 40 to 30
o Kommando Nob Leader's hammer damage increased 100 to 175
o Slugga damage increased to 25
Space Marine Balance Changes
o Scouts can now repair while using a sniper rifle
o Set the Apothecary's Rapid Fire ability to no longer knockback retreating units
o Force Commander with Terminator Armor now has a Cleansing Flame ability on his heavy flamer (costs 50 energy)
o Purification Rights damage decreased from 30 to 15
o Relay Beacon health regeneration rate decreased .4 to .15
o Force Commander's hitpoints increased from 720 to 820
o Tactical Marine bolter damage decreased to 25
o Tactical marine melee damage reduced from 22 to 19
o Purification rites no longer affects retreating units
Eldar Balance Changes
o Spiritual rites radius UI was changed to 15m
o The Fire Prism's explosive shot no longer affects retreating units
o Warpspider squad member hitpoints slightly reduced from 200 to 160, Exarchs from 240 to 200
o Fire Prism's Focus Beam cooldown reduced from 4.5 to 3 seconds
o Debuff removed from Immolator
o Warp Spider Exarch's Improved Targets are moved to tier 1
o Banshee's damage increased to 35 from 33
General Balance Changes
- Zeal/Biomass/Psychic Might/Waaagh! amount from killing/losing units increased by 20%
- Piercing damage modifier vs. Heavy armor decreased to 67%
- Turret damage at long range increased from .15 to .3
- Turrets inflict increased supression, have a minimum range of 2 m, armor type changed to be more vulnerable from small arms fire .01 to .2
- Suppression weapons received the following changes:
- Setup and teardown times reduced by 1 second respectively
- 0.2 to 0.3 at long range
- 1 to 1.25 at medium range
- 2 to 2.75 at short range
- Suppression damage increased from 300 to 400
Bug Fixes
Tyranid Bug Fixes
o Fixed a bug where Bioplasma would not fire if targeted units ran out of the line of sight
o Fixed the broken image on the Ravener Alpha's 'exit tunnel' 'cancel construction' ability
Ork Bug Fixes
o Shoota Boyz Aiming? Wotz Dat? tool tip no longer mentions immobility
o Nob squad tool tip mentions Meaner an' Greener instead of Nob Kit
o Kommando squad tool tip no longer mentions Kommando Kit
Space Marine Bug Fixes
o The Dreadnought's auto cannon ability previews its energy cost properly
Eldar Bug Fixes
o The Farseer's Ghosthelm tool tip no longer mentions damage to self, mentions suppression
o The Farseer's Mindwar tool tip mentions suppression
o Warpspider Exarch powerblades tool tip mentions they are effective against infantry
UI Bugs
o Added a missing tooltip for observers in the multiplayer games list
o Fixed a bug causing player loading bars to be cut off in 1280×1024 resolutions
Performance Bugs
o Fixed a bug that disallowed users with high-end machines to set their graphics settings to “Ultra”
o Fixed a fatal scar error involving Anti Armor in the campaign
Gameplay Bugs
o Fixed an exploit where repeatedly setting up and tearing down the Ranger's sniper rifle would increase the unit's firing rate
o Fixed a bug involving melee units targeting retreating units
o Stabilized randomness of units using special attacks
o Fixed an exploit where players could make units at the HQ retreat “towards” a relay beacon in the field
o Fixed a bug where clicking on a hero's portrait would render targetable abilities unusable
Map Fixes
- Fixed an exploit in (6p) Ruins of Argus where players could build structures and move units in an impassible area
Post-game bugs
- Fixed a bug where incorrect trueskill values were shown after viewing a player's statistics screen in the post-game
- Fixed a crash that occurred when viewing another player's statistics during a game-starting countdown
Networking Improvements
- Fixed a networking bug that caused users to lag and disconnect due to a proxy communication problem
