Chaos Rising

The forces of chaos approaches the battlefield.  They are set to hit on the middle of March and another chapter in this Dawn of War begins.  I've gathered a few tidbits of information for this coming war.  First, this is a standalone expansion similar to Opposing Fronts of Company of Heroes.  In multiplayer, the people buying the original Dawn of War 2 gets the new maps, units and game modes except they don't get.  I don't have any info on whether buying the expansion allows you to use the other races except chaos.  I think they would be unlocked though but I haven't confirmed it.  The good thing about this is that I don't have to buy the expansion to play the new modes.  This will also bring in new players so that I won't be fighting people with levels on the 30s.  Second, the new multiplayer game mode is a free for all one.  It's still focuses on capturing points but no one is allied with each other.

I've gone back to start playing the Dawn of War 2 multiplayer but I still don't get decent opponents.  Decent opponent meaning someone my level who won't crush me in 15 minutes.  Well, I guess playing with the best should help me improve but since I don't think I can create a smurf account later on, I'm going to have a really bad record.

I still get crushed by playing against random players.  I bet I would do better if I played maybe during sat or Sunday mornings when most of the US players are going at it.  Hopefully, there will be a couple of new players during that time.  Another big problem with Dawn of War 2 is that there isn't any real build orders or capture orders - it's pretty much a reactionary game.  There isn't much strategy guides as compared to the Company of Heroes guides.  I'll try to make a basic unit guide for the Space Marines once I actually start getting better.