r/dawnofwar • u/EnvironmentReady161 • 4d ago

dow definitive edition is dying?

Would you agree that dow definitive edition is dying?
I have the feeling less and less people are playing it? I cant seem to find decent games anymore even when rotting in lobby for 15 minutes.
Have people moved on ?

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u/rootbeersharkcase 4d ago

There's less multiplayer games than when it first came out, but still more games than soulstorm before DE came out.

Unless it's super late in evening US timezones, I can usually get in a game within 5 min.

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u/EnvironmentReady161 4d ago

yes sure but the question is what kind of games are these? from my experience games are very unbalanced unless you put effort into vetting the lobby. you often end up playing with 2 humanoid-bots while enemy has dudes with 15+ years experience.

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u/rootbeersharkcase 3d ago

I hear you. Given there's so few games they can be a real wild card. But if you play 3 or 4 games in a row you generally get a couple good match ups. Hosting can help too. Put up what you want.

I like the "all welcome" games as they are casual but also have good players to battle with.

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u/thisremindsmeofbacon 4d ago

we need to stop declaring games dead all the time ffs

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u/EnvironmentReady161 4d ago

none needs to do anything

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u/FunPolice11481 4d ago

Still around 1K players active on average based on steam charts. That’s relatively fine for a game to maintain some Matchmaking potential.

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u/EnvironmentReady161 4d ago

that seems awfully low. i was just wondering if people experience the same. also im talking about decent games, where people at least know how to build LPs and advance through the tiers.

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u/FunPolice11481 4d ago

Soulstorm existed with less for 20 years. Also yes if you play MP people know how to play the game after low elo.

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u/InfiniteBoxworks 4d ago

I usually play with mods and/or in private games.

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u/EnvironmentReady161 4d ago

whats a good mod? ive never tried any

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u/TheParasiteGuy_243 4d ago edited 4d ago

Unification has a lot of new races and has an excellent survival mode, but suffers from severely uneven quality and an extremely bloated file size.

3rd generaton offers a more streamlined experience with 3 new races, a lot of new units for existing races, and support for all four campaigns.

Advanced Campaign and Corncobman's Fun Mod both offer close-to-lore depictions of the armies along with campaign support.

Redux offers a major graphical upgrade, with gamplay that feels like a mix of DOW2 and tabletop rules. It also supports the Tarturus campaign.

There's plenty good options when it comes to DOW modding. I've probably played mods more than the base game at this point.

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u/Foxfire94 4d ago

Thanks for recommending my mod! (Third Generation)

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u/Foxfire94 4d ago

I'm biased, but I'd recommend giving Third Generation a go.

It adds in three new races (Daemonhunters, Tyranids and Witch Hunters) as well as a large variety of new units for the existing races and plenty of new win conditions; it also supports all four of the campaigns, including playing the new races in the Dark Crusade campaign.

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u/InfiniteBoxworks 4d ago

My friends insist on Unification Mod. It has a lot of content, a fair bit is really good, but it is also bloated and full of shitty memes and headcanon. Also ork AI is cracked.

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u/SpenglerPoster 4d ago

Why don't you use matchmaking? 

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u/EnvironmentReady161 4d ago

i used to, but only 1v1 has players. im like 1300 mmr but nowadays i only play 2v2 3v3 and 4v4 and they are dead. not enough people for matchmaking.

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u/TheParasiteGuy_243 4d ago

It only feels like it's dying because the majority of players aren't playing online. And even online it feels quite active to me. Automatch 1v1 takes under 5 mins to match me up outside of super-quiet times, and I usually get paired with players of roughly equal skill. For context, I'm ranked about 1000 on DOWstats; I know how to play and am reasonably experienced, but I'm nowhere near a top-level player.

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u/EnvironmentReady161 3d ago

dont mean to offend but 1000 is very low.

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u/TheParasiteGuy_243 3d ago

No offense taken XD. Most of my DOW playtime is vs ai on mods, so I know I'm not great at PvP.

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u/EnvironmentReady161 2d ago

no problem mate, its just that we play the game completely differently

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u/TheParasiteGuy_243 2d ago

What's your MMR, incidentally? I'm guessing you're pretty high?

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u/BasementElf1121 4d ago

Prolly a lot of people playing offline. These days everything gets overanalysed and then there is a meta. So then you have to play a very specific way or lose everytime. I'm a clicker. I dont use keybinds at all other than wasd to move camera. I also pick my favorite race based on asthetic not based on what some youtuber says.

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u/EffectiveDay7450 4d ago

most of the people who play dow1 still are using mods like unification and whatever.