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The thing is, I'm not actually in alpha. Somebody just randomly pm'd me the info. I'm not bound to anything. Please no ban/mute doe.

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It's a Necron Overlord who will be implemented to DoW II's The Last Stand mode, it's not DoW III art.

I can confirm this via Steam achievements for this character in TLS.

However, it is possible he may also make his way into DoW III at a later date.

HYPE.

Alright people ePeens back in draws, we know they're small so don't hang them out like they've won awards or something.

The reason you don't boycott the game is that the publisher can just pull the plug and blame the community. Yes it might fix something but when we're talking Sega, they have bigger franchises to fry. Boycotting the game is no incentive for people to fix something they can't aka dodgy coding, so before you go all nazi on Brad just remember he's the balance man not patching man, so it isn't his fault that quintuple schrek Volks existed.

Actually as a map maker myself I can tell you that whilst the maps are rendered in 3D, they are not designed in a fashion that suits all angles.

The functionality to turn the camera most likely comes because the game relies heavily on shot blockers and thus if you find something getting in the way you can look from a different angle. However, they are not necessarily designed specificially to make all views work as if this were the case maps would be built from the centre going outwards with lanes that appeared like spokes. If you turn maps around in game you discover inconsistencies and missing detail behind large objects as in game you will 99.99999999% of the time miss that area as you aren't expected to shift camera controls around much.

Many maps are built to be observed from one angle and the way a map is oriented heavily influences play. Take this as an example:



From 5:12 onwards ATR revolves the camera so it is facing the opposite direction to normal and continues to cast it like that until the end. There are two main issues with this:

1) Looking at maps from a new angle is like learning them all over again, they looked different despite having the same features since people don't just learn the positions of objects but also the positions in relation to how they see it. This can really be taxing for your perception and thus Relic default the maps to one position always so you can choose how to play and ensure that the information is easy to pick up every time you learn a new. This is why your view doesn't change if you are starting in position 1 compared to position 2 etc, because it's easier to recognise everything from the same POV.

2) The maps are built from a gameplay standpoint so all relevant detail is not obscured. In this cast you will notice that you cannot see the passage that goes behind the church as a bank of trees obscures it. Same with the further entrance to the right base (from video POV) being obscured by the house. This is incredibly important as it shows maps are designed to be looked at one particular way and whilst I'm not going to shoot you for using the game's camera controls, Relic make their maps from a certain perspective for a reason.

But hey, I'm just talking facts here, the way you like to play is subjective so I'm not criticising the way you like to see the map.

Despite what you may want to say, keep this thread for messages of praise only please.