Description The latest patch for Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War has been released.
List of changes:
- Increased Defiler cost to 190 requisition 400 power - Increased Defiler build time to 60 seconds - Increased the cost of the Chaos Sorcerer to 200 requisition 100 power - Chaos Sorcerer build time is now 60 seconds (up from 20) - Cost and build time of Chaos Marine Tactical Bolters reduced by 5% - Reduced the cost of the Chaos Temple by 10% - Reinforce time of Chaos Marine Tactical Bolters reduced by 10% - Warp Spider damage against infantry has been reduced by 15% - Guardian damage reduced by 5% - Ork Stormboyz armor changed from Infantry High to Heavy Medium. Ork Stormboyz should now be a much better counter to Warp Spiders. - Reduced the cost of the Space Marine Dreadnought to 170 requisition 350 power - Reduced the train time of the Space Marine Dreadnought to 50 seconds - Cost and build time of Space Marine Tactical Bolters reduced by 5% - Reinforce time of Space Marine Tactical Bolters reduced by 10% - Reduced the cost of the Chapel Barracks by 10% - Scouts were inadvertently given an accuracy penalty while moving in the 1.3 patch. This penalty has been removed. Scouts should now be more effective at dealing damage. - The recharge for Battle Cry was reduced to 96 seconds (down from 120) - The recharge for Orbital Bombardment was reduced to 195 seconds (down from 240) - The recharge for Smite was reduced to 100 seconds (down from 120) - The recharge for Weaken Resolve was reduced to 45 seconds (down from 60) - The build time for the Predator Lascannon upgrade was reduced to 20 seconds (down from 25)
Code & Performance Changes
- Many small optimizations for low-end systems - Full front-end now reloaded after switching mods (games) - 2 new graphics options: Persistent Bodies, Persistent Decals - Improved system performance detection capabilities of GraphicsOptions utility, resulting in more accurate settings. As a result, the GraphicsOptions utility will automatically run next time you start the game, post-patch/update
