@@antikleaper Don't worry, other guards understood the message and deeply motivated by it. It would be nice to watch for your back while fighting with enemies though, *motivation* usually make their aim... rather imprecise, so you might've caught in some unintentionally friendly fire.
I love how you can be in the middle of an intense fire fight, gunfire and explosive sounds everywhere, but the SECOND you select that commissar ability you hear ONE, SINGULAR gunshot ring out in the middle of all that noise and see your morale go up to full.
2:00 for those who don't know. orcs that wear purple are considered "invisible" because after all. Have you seen a purple orc? No. No you did not and never will
@@SIGNOR-G In this RTS sure, but artillary focused on "around the sortof area the enemy is" that constantly hits friendlys is a common Militarum tactic.
@@thediethrower1803Bold of you to assume I don't that tactic in this game as well. It was useful to me in one of the Blood Raven missions because I didn't build enough dreadnoughts.
It was a few years ago, 5+, but I watched a video about 40k. They mentioned how skaven do exist in 40k. They never made it off world before they devolved them into brainless monstrosities. As expected of space skaven.
One of the cool things that the game doesnt tell you (i think) is that you can rightclick the reinforce button for a unit and then it just reinforces one by one automatically so you dont waste your resources in case the unit dies before it is fully reinforced (you spend requisition when clicking the reinforce button, so if you put 6 reinforces in a queue you spend all resources for those). also works with training units in buildings. you can set them to automatically pump out an unlimited amount of a unit and if you rightclick multiple different units i think it alternates between them.
This works for things like getting the advanced weapons. Recently got the dawn of war anniversary edition (it’s 35$ for 4 games would recommend, includes this one and one very similar) and it’s been so useful
When I was playing I liked to do one thing. 10 armies, 5 Imperial Guard vs 5 Imperial Guard in the ruins of a city. It seems like a WWI simulation, a constant war of attrition without end.
I love that I now understand the "invisible" orc joke. I know it is very basic, but given how little I knew about 40k lore just a year ago - progress :)
I mean it's never dead dead and is constantly getting revived but it's just no longer popular... Maybe because the kids these days wants every faster yet ever strategic gameplay... But yeah EA really needs to get C&C of the back burner given all the success it has had lately driven soly by the fans.... Also now that I'm thinking about it what happened to Star craft? Almost like it feel off the face of the Earth or something... Whichb Dawn of war should return in a few years given the success of COH3 despite the hate that is.... And their are all kinda of new and young IP joining the genre every year... LIke RTS and all it's sub genre is hardly the weakest gaming genre right now... LIke platformer mainly 3D ones are far worse off and their the genres I have forgotten or don't know about which given I have showcased thusends of games on this platform and played/know millions it's not looking good for those genres...
My friends and I used to play this at a gaming cafe after school, such nostalgia. Some of the voice lines are permanently burned into the meat of my brain. I FEEL THE WARP OVERTAKING ME. IT IS A GOOD PAIN!
Something else about the Necron Lord in this game, getting the Stealth Upgrade for him gives him AoE stealth. Which can include the Awakened Monolith. Yes. It's as busted as you imagine.
teleports in invisible necron lord and monolith, then teleports army to said monolith all on top of the enemy's face....... After approximately a hot minute, then enemy finally wipes out your army, only to have you res your entire army and turn your lord into the nightbringer.
The executions are amazing. The Bloodthirster tossing his enemy onto his giant axe for the laughs is great. Also, I love how brokenly overpowered the super weak units can become. Guardsmen and Cultists can absolutely MELT higher tier units once they get access to plasma guns. Cultists becoming invisible detectors with a Chaos Sergeant using his ability for more damage or a Commissar executing a guardsman to double the rate of fire of plasma gun wielding guardsmen is just *chefs kiss*. They absolutely obliterate. Also, I will fight and die on the hill that the Imperial Guard theme is one of the best themes in gaming history.
When I played this the best, the absolute BEST execution animation (in my opinion obviously) was the Avatar of Khaine being finished off by the Bloodthirster. All the fancy moves the Avatar just pulls out only to get it's head taken off by an almost casual backhanded swing had me rolling.
Kleaper: Raises difficulty to max. Also Kleaper: Why is this so hard? Probably because it's the max difficulty? AI get insane resource bonuses at that difficulty so they can make way more than you can. Chaos space marine are not actually worse than normal ones to my knowledge and the difficulty doesn't change that. Edit: slight clarification: skirmish difficulty doesn't change that, campaign difficulty absolutely does.
I remember a Lan session, me vs 2 friends. I played necrons, I had the monolith, my buildings and army where invisible and i had double the army cap couse of ressurecting. They did not get passed my defenses.
There's so much to learn in the base game. If you start with UA or Unification, you won't know how to play the game and will get overwhelmed. Also, both mods barely have any players, you'd find 2-3 lobbies at max.
Fun fact: Out of all units in Dark Crusade, the kings of dps are... 2 guys with a machinegun. Heavy Weapons Team can outdps a Demon Prince or a Bloodthirster. They also have the biggest range among infantry units, outranging every Tau gun in the game, except Shas'ui. Without exaggeration, 75% of IG power comes from HWT.
Dawn of war is such an amazing game. I especially love the Into the Breach map because there are some hilarious shenanigans you can pull off as necron's if you have a battlesite with a lot of necron corpses.
Oh my God the memories! A mate in my year 11 match class set up his own local network in the classroom and a bunch of us, including the teacher spent our lunch breaks playing against each other. It was glorious
Calling your Orks "INVISIBLE" is actually lore accurate! You painted them purple. Purple is the colour of stealth. Why is purple the colour of stealth you ask? Well have you ever seen a purple Ork? No, of course not. So they must be REALLY stealthy!
A note about the Necrons, their time bonus doesnt just affect construction speed, it also affects research speed for tech, build time for units, and unit movement speed. The meta for Necrons is called Necron Rush where you train your scouts to go can cap as many points as you can as quickly as possible to get as big of a speed boost as you can and overwhelm your opponents with FAST necron warriors.
one thing you can do in the campaign as the Orks is when you max out for population, save the game, then load the save and you can remax your army out over, and over and over again.
I loved the Dark Crusade campaign. The faction leader upgrades were a pretty fun mechanic (even if Chaos got shafted) and Gorgutz is always fun to listen to.
Want a funny Warhammer fact Kleaper? The Baneblade was, in the past, considered a "light recon" tank. Dawn of War 2 is also really good. Its more squad based, and has some gear management you can do too.
Kleaper please, look into Unification Mod for Dawn of War Soulstorm. It adds sooooo much of content, new races (Steel Legion, Farsight Enclave, Death Guard as a whole race, etc.), new game modes (survival wave based defense mode, etc.), and it deserves to be exposed to a new crowd. One of my fav modes of all times.
So, that basilisk artillery piece you had, has an awesome combo. You can use your scan ability with your HQ, combo with an earthshaker round, to massively damage enemy structures from outside any of their defensive ranges.
Let's face it, the only reason guardsmen die at all in DoW is the fact that unit limits are split between vehicles and infantry and because elite squads in later games became limited. Unlike tabletop, in mind of videogame player Imperial guard is heavy mechanized force on brink of becoming fully armored if not for the pesky limitations 😅
@jurajsintaj6644 in lore? Yes. Not so much on tabletop which runs on point system. And videogames prefer "population efficient units" over "cost efficient/trash" units. So the heavier and more advanced, the better for the player. As a result while other factions in Dawn of War play Company of Heroes, Imperial Guard plays a combination of Terran from Starcraft and GDI from Command&Conquer. You start with infantry in bunkers, switch to IFVs and heavy weapons teams that slowly encroah on the enemy together and then finally switch to all armor focus for late game, mostly producing only Leman Russ and Basilisk while converting all infantry limit into heavy infantry with plasma. When Dark Crusade introduced extra unit limits, little changed for the guard. You just don't produce extra Karskin anymore, instead using infantry space for heavy weapons.
It was a game expansion that didnt require the base game... and came as a single cd to play from, with a whole new campaign mode and set up compared to the last one. and the races that were added in the last expansion AND necrons and tau added withthis one. THIS is how game expansions was supposed to work! It was like 15.99 or something when it came out or maybe a bit more, but I spent a lot of my nerdy childhood on this game! DOW DC needs a remaster!!
You really should download the Soul storm Unification mod... This game is so beloved that a bunch kf creators have put literally thousands of hours creating updated models, textures, animations, VA for all of the existing armies along with adding all sorts of new units. It also added tiran scale models and allows for full acale apocalypse battles with titans. They took all or the best modt useful mods and put it all into one pack as well. Its absolutely mind blowing the amount of content and its quality that has been put into this game.
When it comes to the campaign, the Imperial Guard probably have some of the most OP Honor Guard units, as it gives you access to both an additional squad of Karskin and Ogryn.
I was actually working on a "No Limit Mod" adaptation of a popular mod for Dark Crusade and soulstorm: Ultimate Apocalypse. Basically my adaptation would allow the player (and AI) to make as many of whatever they wanted as they wanted, sadly my PC died and I lost ALL of my files and most of my backups (latest one is from nearly 4 months ago...), I can restart my work but I am REALLY demoralized after losing all my work once before...
TL;DR Yes, I have 1000 hours in this game. No, I do not know what grass is. Ok dawn of war lesson 101. Units are either ranged or melee. If a ranged units is in melee, retreat and kite with it (unless you are the Imperial guard in which case you want to cycle units in melee). If you are melee go after the ranged units, their entire purpose is to deny range units the ability to hold a position. Units/turrets also have a type preference/specialization: Anti infantry or Anti Vehicle/building. Example: Immortals and upgraded gauss turrets are anti vehicles /buildings. If the unit description says Anti-infantry, it's not just a suggestion. Yes the damage value of an immortal is way bigger than Necron warriors. Immortals will still lose any fights against Guardsmen while Necron warriors will not. Do not upgrade all your turrrets. You want a mix. For equipable weapons, they also each have a speciality. However do not mix different weapons within a unit. For example: Guardsmen have plasma gun and grenade launchers. Grenade launchers have much higher ranges than plasma weapons. If you give a unit an attack order, it will move until 1 member of its unit is in range to fire. Meaning if you equip 1 grenade launchers and 4 plasma gun. That unit will most likely have only a single guardsmen firing while the rest will be twiddling their thumbs. As for unrequested campaign advice your first priority if you play any race other than the Eldar is to capture the Demes Northlands province a soon as possible. If you wait until late game, with certain races it becomes almost impossible to take and it is the only province you can attack the Eldar Stronghold from. Meaning you softlocked your campaign. Next up in late game, provinces start with two computer opponent each having their own bases. Let's call them "main" and "secondary" bases (main being the location of the computer already present in early game, secondary being the one added). Go after the "secondary" enemy computer first. It starts with a bigger army and a more advanced base. Also 95% of the time (depending on the map). The secondary base is closer to yours than the main. Finally, warning the AI cheats when it attacks you. It will start the match with a decent army and teched up base. Especially in the late game, the Secondary base as mentionned before having the best one.
This game deserves so much more attention, i'm kind of hoping they make a remake considering the success of space marine 2. They wont, but a man can dream damn it
I highly recommend checking out the Unification mod for Soulstorm. It’s still in production at the moment, but it’s already updated the vanilla factions and adds so many goddamn modded factions. Last I checked there was somewhere around 25 factions at the moment, and some leaked audio implies they may be going up to 60.
The Imperial guard can garrison in their own buildings in order to not only fast travel but also man weapon inside that are objectively better than an guards men, the more units garrisoned inside the HQ the more weapons come online. Pretty useful for defense.
Nearly 20 years later and I still play this over and over. You should seriously consider playing the Titanium Wars mod. Play imperial guard and embrace the indomitable human spirit in its fullest might.
The factions and their playstyle Imperial guard: WW2 Soviet union" THROW BODIES AT THE PROBLEM" Mixed with very strong vehichles ORKS: DAKADAKADAKA ( throw bodies nad guns at issue) Tau: Long range combat with some powerful supporting fire units Spacemarines: Melee units to bog the enemy down and versitile ranged units to chew up enemy Chaos marines: Same as space marines only now have demons and stealth shit eldar: glass cannon Necron: Slow irresistable marks of metallic death across the battlefield
"...One of the things that makes me kinda sad in 40K is that there isn't really a Skaven, but honestly, I think humanity is the Skaven faction." He begins to look-see the true-true! Yes yes!
Priest: I requisitioned a weapon from your armory. There were only a couple of shovels and this chainsaw. Truly a shameful display. Guardsman: I think you actually raided the groundskeeper's toolshed... Priest: Well I like the heft of the chainsaw and the way the whine of its teeth drowns out the enemy's pleas for mercy so I'm keeping it.
You should play Dawn of War Soulstorm with the Crucible mod, it's really awesome and it's an updated version of the Ultimate Apocalypse mod. Basically just bigger and better of everything from the base game with additional factions.
'I think Humanity is the Skaven faction'
This man over here, Commissar. This is the one
That's mean to the Skaven
You might not like it... but he is right...
suspected Hrud
He is right.
I thought orks were skaven because of the wacky shit?
"But sir i-" *flies backwards with a hole in his chest*
"...just wanted to say you're doing a really good job!"
@@antikleaper Don't worry, other guards understood the message and deeply motivated by it. It would be nice to watch for your back while fighting with enemies though, *motivation* usually make their aim... rather imprecise, so you might've caught in some unintentionally friendly fire.
*Lands in a Dreadnought* for your sacrificing Duty!
@@Wx_787since it looks like a las pistol at least his woulds might be cauterized since guardsmen dont get dreadnoughts
@antikleaper there is a warhammer fantasy rts around this time it's on gog?
I love how you can be in the middle of an intense fire fight, gunfire and explosive sounds everywhere, but the SECOND you select that commissar ability you hear ONE, SINGULAR gunshot ring out in the middle of all that noise and see your morale go up to full.
he has a special gun specifically designed to do that
2:00 for those who don't know. orcs that wear purple are considered "invisible" because after all. Have you seen a purple orc? No. No you did not and never will
He’s not wrong
What orcs?
Purple orkz are jut a myth so wen you go lookn for purple orkz, da othr boyz will klep your lootz.
I have seen one. Though that's cuz he was choking on a large piece of Squig.
I love how quickly Kleeper realizes that the imperium isn't the empire of man in space, it's the skaven in space
Nah thats heresy. Not enough weapon malfunction and nukes on your own troops.
@@SIGNOR-G In this RTS sure, but artillary focused on "around the sortof area the enemy is" that constantly hits friendlys is a common Militarum tactic.
@@thediethrower1803Bold of you to assume I don't that tactic in this game as well. It was useful to me in one of the Blood Raven missions because I didn't build enough dreadnoughts.
@@SIGNOR-G
Actually they have a lot of that too. It's kind of one of their things
It was a few years ago, 5+, but I watched a video about 40k. They mentioned how skaven do exist in 40k. They never made it off world before they devolved them into brainless monstrosities.
As expected of space skaven.
The sync kill animations on these games are so good. Remember seeing them when the first game came out and being quite stunned about them.
They're so goood. I love the Avatar vs Bloodthirster ones.
Even for being almost 20 years old the game holds up very well lol.
Ah yes the necrons…
Enemy: “Give up! We have destroyed your whole army!”
Overlord: “Nuh uh”
it's necron lord XD
Necron overlord: "No you" *resurrects whole army and teleports in monolith on enemy's face*
One of the cool things that the game doesnt tell you (i think) is that you can rightclick the reinforce button for a unit and then it just reinforces one by one automatically so you dont waste your resources in case the unit dies before it is fully reinforced (you spend requisition when clicking the reinforce button, so if you put 6 reinforces in a queue you spend all resources for those). also works with training units in buildings. you can set them to automatically pump out an unlimited amount of a unit and if you rightclick multiple different units i think it alternates between them.
This works for things like getting the advanced weapons. Recently got the dawn of war anniversary edition (it’s 35$ for 4 games would recommend, includes this one and one very similar) and it’s been so useful
I did not know this 🫨
@@powerpenguin7546 look up the unification mod and ultimate apocalypse mod and fall into a black hole
somehow despite this/soulstorm being among my favorite games of all time, i never knew you could do that
@@judahsmyth5398 the mods go absolutely insane i have dumped hours into them its adds a ton of races ad some even add primarchs
When I was playing I liked to do one thing. 10 armies, 5 Imperial Guard vs 5 Imperial Guard in the ruins of a city. It seems like a WWI simulation, a constant war of attrition without end.
I love that I now understand the "invisible" orc joke. I know it is very basic, but given how little I knew about 40k lore just a year ago - progress :)
What Orcz? Wasn't he just playing against empty air?
Yeah just like that one other guy
Doesn't red also means Orks can fight better?
@RhysCallinan-e1e red goes faster
I"m so glad that my uncle and dad were into RTS and showed me theae classics this genere deserves better (I am notalgia tripping so hard)
I mean it's never dead dead and is constantly getting revived but it's just no longer popular... Maybe because the kids these days wants every faster yet ever strategic gameplay... But yeah EA really needs to get C&C of the back burner given all the success it has had lately driven soly by the fans.... Also now that I'm thinking about it what happened to Star craft? Almost like it feel off the face of the Earth or something... Whichb Dawn of war should return in a few years given the success of COH3 despite the hate that is.... And their are all kinda of new and young IP joining the genre every year... LIke RTS and all it's sub genre is hardly the weakest gaming genre right now... LIke platformer mainly 3D ones are far worse off and their the genres I have forgotten or don't know about which given I have showcased thusends of games on this platform and played/know millions it's not looking good for those genres...
IT IS BETTER TO DIE FOR THE EMPEROR THEN TO LIVE FOR YOURSELF
than*
My friends and I used to play this at a gaming cafe after school, such nostalgia. Some of the voice lines are permanently burned into the meat of my brain.
I FEEL THE WARP OVERTAKING ME. IT IS A GOOD PAIN!
Something else about the Necron Lord in this game, getting the Stealth Upgrade for him gives him AoE stealth. Which can include the Awakened Monolith. Yes. It's as busted as you imagine.
teleports in invisible necron lord and monolith, then teleports army to said monolith all on top of the enemy's face....... After approximately a hot minute, then enemy finally wipes out your army, only to have you res your entire army and turn your lord into the nightbringer.
"Look! Rhinos! RHINOS! Our enemies hide in METAL BOXES, the cowards! THE FOOLS! We… We should take away their METAL BOXES!" just for old times sake...
METUHL BAWKSEHS
Metal BAWKSES!!
I love these older game videos kleaper is doing
God kleaper is taking over a planet again
The executions are amazing. The Bloodthirster tossing his enemy onto his giant axe for the laughs is great. Also, I love how brokenly overpowered the super weak units can become. Guardsmen and Cultists can absolutely MELT higher tier units once they get access to plasma guns. Cultists becoming invisible detectors with a Chaos Sergeant using his ability for more damage or a Commissar executing a guardsman to double the rate of fire of plasma gun wielding guardsmen is just *chefs kiss*. They absolutely obliterate.
Also, I will fight and die on the hill that the Imperial Guard theme is one of the best themes in gaming history.
When I played this the best, the absolute BEST execution animation (in my opinion obviously) was the Avatar of Khaine being finished off by the Bloodthirster. All the fancy moves the Avatar just pulls out only to get it's head taken off by an almost casual backhanded swing had me rolling.
IG theme is a fucking BANGER!!!! It makes you want to grind the enemy into dust with Earth Shaker rounds.
BUT SIR 0:10 💀
*WHY YOU LITTLE! (BLAM!)*
My childhood is being dug up by a plague doctor enthusiast, I couldn't be happier.
When I saw this video, I was like, awesome a vid when I was a kid. Then realised I was 21 in 2006. Daaaamn
@@speedhorn1 Holy fuck bro you're old (jk)
10:12 Kleaper watches in surprise as Grey Knights kill khorne berserkers in melee combat
I thought my day couldn’t get better but then anti-Kleaper uploads, AND it’s DOW! My life is complete
Kleaper: Raises difficulty to max.
Also Kleaper: Why is this so hard?
Probably because it's the max difficulty? AI get insane resource bonuses at that difficulty so they can make way more than you can. Chaos space marine are not actually worse than normal ones to my knowledge and the difficulty doesn't change that.
Edit: slight clarification: skirmish difficulty doesn't change that, campaign difficulty absolutely does.
I remember a Lan session, me vs 2 friends. I played necrons, I had the monolith, my buildings and army where invisible and i had double the army cap couse of ressurecting. They did not get passed my defenses.
23:39 "Now the weapons it had are relatively good"
Blows up a single dude with a tiny nuclear explosion
General strum: *most of you will probably die, any questions?*
Guardsman: *but sir, i-*
General strum: *_that was a trick question_*
I'm concerned about the fact that this man's favorite faction in this game is also my main faction on the tabletop.
6.34 Camera sweeps over the battle field with 100 of orcs and 10000 of human body's
Keeper: I will not address that
Honestly that's probably a pretty good ratio for guardsmen. Unless they're the Death Korps of Krieg anyways
@@echidnablade
No one, not a single soul:
Death Corps of Krieg: We better bump those numbers up, those are rookie numbers.
Now.... It's time for the ultimate apocalypse mod
Facts, he should’ve started with it tbh
@@jonah.johnson He seems to be struggling with the base game. Anyway let's go straight to the DOW Soulstorm Unification mod.
I agree he isn't ready for that, which is why I agree that he should play them both
There's so much to learn in the base game. If you start with UA or Unification, you won't know how to play the game and will get overwhelmed. Also, both mods barely have any players, you'd find 2-3 lobbies at max.
Played this a ton when I was a kid (and later on as well tbh), it's an incredible game, highly recommended for those who havent tried It yet
Fun fact: Out of all units in Dark Crusade, the kings of dps are... 2 guys with a machinegun. Heavy Weapons Team can outdps a Demon Prince or a Bloodthirster. They also have the biggest range among infantry units, outranging every Tau gun in the game, except Shas'ui. Without exaggeration, 75% of IG power comes from HWT.
So long as you have enough screening units.
I’ve had this game for 10 years and I’ve never heard of that.
They have longer weapon range than sight range so they need some scout squads of Guardsmen, and something to detect invisible units.
is this the case for soulstorm too?
Yes, finally I am so glad you're finally doing a Warhammer 40k RTS video
Next step, ULTIMATE APOCALYPSE MOD!!!!!!!
The best warhammer game finally gets recognition
Tnx for getting me into barotrauma now warhammer RTS
OMG the game of my childhood being played by Kleaper! And he's posted a video of it?? What a great day this has just become!
"Astra Mili-What?! Yer in the Guard, son!"
Dawn of war is such an amazing game. I especially love the Into the Breach map because there are some hilarious shenanigans you can pull off as necron's if you have a battlesite with a lot of necron corpses.
I literally downloaded this tonight and had crazy nostalgia 💯❗️
Oh my God the memories!
A mate in my year 11 match class set up his own local network in the classroom and a bunch of us, including the teacher spent our lunch breaks playing against each other.
It was glorious
Calling your Orks "INVISIBLE" is actually lore accurate!
You painted them purple.
Purple is the colour of stealth.
Why is purple the colour of stealth you ask?
Well have you ever seen a purple Ork?
No, of course not.
So they must be REALLY stealthy!
I'll watch this tomorrow, but I agree to your title! Huge fan of the game.
5:35 this is also something you see less in both RTS and FPS games and in general. I love when Ai or units have unique kill moves
A note about the Necrons, their time bonus doesnt just affect construction speed, it also affects research speed for tech, build time for units, and unit movement speed. The meta for Necrons is called Necron Rush where you train your scouts to go can cap as many points as you can as quickly as possible to get as big of a speed boost as you can and overwhelm your opponents with FAST necron warriors.
one thing you can do in the campaign as the Orks is when you max out for population, save the game, then load the save and you can remax your army out over, and over and over again.
Words can't express how happy I am to see this
I'd love it if this was an hour or so long because kleeper's videos are always a blast to relax and listen to.😂😂😂
You know the video is going to be good when it is a rts game
Ah yes, the Baneblade, aka the scout tank... from the DAoT
That was the Leman Russ, actually. DAOT humans used the baneblade as a normal battle tank.
@@LordCrate-du8zm
Yeah calling it a scout tank is kind of stupid since its a really bad scout tank.
This game is phenomenal. One if my first ever PC games (I believe my second, Space Marine 1 was my first).
for anyone wondering, the description says "FOR THE EMPEROR"
I loved the Dark Crusade campaign. The faction leader upgrades were a pretty fun mechanic (even if Chaos got shafted) and Gorgutz is always fun to listen to.
Always wondered if Kleeper would be interested in playing more RTS games like "Supreme Command: FA"
25:52 those who call the laser pistols "flashligth" havent been againts a thousand of them at once
Want a funny Warhammer fact Kleaper? The Baneblade was, in the past, considered a "light recon" tank.
Dawn of War 2 is also really good. Its more squad based, and has some gear management you can do too.
*Sighs, dives deep into my steam library, and loads up a new campaign.*
Kleaper please, look into Unification Mod for Dawn of War Soulstorm. It adds sooooo much of content, new races (Steel Legion, Farsight Enclave, Death Guard as a whole race, etc.), new game modes (survival wave based defense mode, etc.), and it deserves to be exposed to a new crowd. One of my fav modes of all times.
I got an ad about Army supply lines and the national guard as soon as Guilleman’s name as mentioned.
So, that basilisk artillery piece you had, has an awesome combo. You can use your scan ability with your HQ, combo with an earthshaker round, to massively damage enemy structures from outside any of their defensive ranges.
Let's face it, the only reason guardsmen die at all in DoW is the fact that unit limits are split between vehicles and infantry and because elite squads in later games became limited. Unlike tabletop, in mind of videogame player Imperial guard is heavy mechanized force on brink of becoming fully armored if not for the pesky limitations 😅
Doesnt thar depend entirely on the regiment?
@jurajsintaj6644 in lore? Yes. Not so much on tabletop which runs on point system. And videogames prefer "population efficient units" over "cost efficient/trash" units. So the heavier and more advanced, the better for the player. As a result while other factions in Dawn of War play Company of Heroes, Imperial Guard plays a combination of Terran from Starcraft and GDI from Command&Conquer. You start with infantry in bunkers, switch to IFVs and heavy weapons teams that slowly encroah on the enemy together and then finally switch to all armor focus for late game, mostly producing only Leman Russ and Basilisk while converting all infantry limit into heavy infantry with plasma. When Dark Crusade introduced extra unit limits, little changed for the guard. You just don't produce extra Karskin anymore, instead using infantry space for heavy weapons.
When we gettin’ soulstorm, apocalypse, campaign video…😂😊🤗
It was a game expansion that didnt require the base game... and came as a single cd to play from, with a whole new campaign mode and set up compared to the last one. and the races that were added in the last expansion AND necrons and tau added withthis one. THIS is how game expansions was supposed to work! It was like 15.99 or something when it came out or maybe a bit more, but I spent a lot of my nerdy childhood on this game! DOW DC needs a remaster!!
You really should download the Soul storm Unification mod... This game is so beloved that a bunch kf creators have put literally thousands of hours creating updated models, textures, animations, VA for all of the existing armies along with adding all sorts of new units. It also added tiran scale models and allows for full acale apocalypse battles with titans. They took all or the best modt useful mods and put it all into one pack as well. Its absolutely mind blowing the amount of content and its quality that has been put into this game.
When it comes to the campaign, the Imperial Guard probably have some of the most OP Honor Guard units, as it gives you access to both an additional squad of Karskin and Ogryn.
I yearn for the Grim Kleaper Dawn of war ultimate Apocalypse video.
kleaper has decided to take his war crimes to the galactic level
That game came packed with my first PC back in 2008, my entry point into 40k.
Perfect. I hope this brings more eyes on this absolute BOMBSHELL of a game.
love this game, I grew up with this!
8:10 The *BEEEHNBLEEEEDE*
I was actually working on a "No Limit Mod" adaptation of a popular mod for Dark Crusade and soulstorm: Ultimate Apocalypse.
Basically my adaptation would allow the player (and AI) to make as many of whatever they wanted as they wanted, sadly my PC died and I lost ALL of my files and most of my backups (latest one is from nearly 4 months ago...), I can restart my work but I am REALLY demoralized after losing all my work once before...
Ultimate apocalypse is the epitome of broken but fun
@@flopus7 True, if I ever restart my work then it will become even more broken, but also more fun IMO.
ahh modding process lost from pc dying the same has happned to me 3-4 times so i put all my mods onto google drive
@@generalshock4359 TBH I kinda wish I had made more backups...
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The realization of the base principle of the Astra militarum 😂😂😂
TL;DR Yes, I have 1000 hours in this game. No, I do not know what grass is.
Ok dawn of war lesson 101. Units are either ranged or melee. If a ranged units is in melee, retreat and kite with it (unless you are the Imperial guard in which case you want to cycle units in melee). If you are melee go after the ranged units, their entire purpose is to deny range units the ability to hold a position. Units/turrets also have a type preference/specialization: Anti infantry or Anti Vehicle/building. Example: Immortals and upgraded gauss turrets are anti vehicles /buildings. If the unit description says Anti-infantry, it's not just a suggestion. Yes the damage value of an immortal is way bigger than Necron warriors. Immortals will still lose any fights against Guardsmen while Necron warriors will not. Do not upgrade all your turrrets. You want a mix. For equipable weapons, they also each have a speciality. However do not mix different weapons within a unit. For example: Guardsmen have plasma gun and grenade launchers. Grenade launchers have much higher ranges than plasma weapons. If you give a unit an attack order, it will move until 1 member of its unit is in range to fire. Meaning if you equip 1 grenade launchers and 4 plasma gun. That unit will most likely have only a single guardsmen firing while the rest will be twiddling their thumbs.
As for unrequested campaign advice your first priority if you play any race other than the Eldar is to capture the Demes Northlands province a soon as possible. If you wait until late game, with certain races it becomes almost impossible to take and it is the only province you can attack the Eldar Stronghold from. Meaning you softlocked your campaign. Next up in late game, provinces start with two computer opponent each having their own bases. Let's call them "main" and "secondary" bases (main being the location of the computer already present in early game, secondary being the one added). Go after the "secondary" enemy computer first. It starts with a bigger army and a more advanced base. Also 95% of the time (depending on the map). The secondary base is closer to yours than the main. Finally, warning the AI cheats when it attacks you. It will start the match with a decent army and teched up base. Especially in the late game, the Secondary base as mentionned before having the best one.
This game deserves so much more attention, i'm kind of hoping they make a remake considering the success of space marine 2.
They wont, but a man can dream damn it
"Every ork building has a turret". Well ya, more dakka is always needed
Kleaper, get the Soulstorm Expansion and get the unification mod!!! Expands the games 100x and adds a bunch of cool stuff!!!
Don’t worry, humanity is (effectively) scaven in 40k
The FOR THE EMPEROR message that was in binary was pretty cool dude.
I highly recommend checking out the Unification mod for Soulstorm. It’s still in production at the moment, but it’s already updated the vanilla factions and adds so many goddamn modded factions. Last I checked there was somewhere around 25 factions at the moment, and some leaked audio implies they may be going up to 60.
The Imperial guard can garrison in their own buildings in order to not only fast travel but also man weapon inside that are objectively better than an guards men, the more units garrisoned inside the HQ the more weapons come online. Pretty useful for defense.
Nearly 20 years later and I still play this over and over.
You should seriously consider playing the Titanium Wars mod. Play imperial guard and embrace the indomitable human spirit in its fullest might.
I had no idea this was your second channel until now, you're telling me I have 95 more videos that I can watch? happy days
The factions and their playstyle
Imperial guard: WW2 Soviet union" THROW BODIES AT THE PROBLEM" Mixed with very strong vehichles
ORKS: DAKADAKADAKA ( throw bodies nad guns at issue)
Tau: Long range combat with some powerful supporting fire units
Spacemarines: Melee units to bog the enemy down and versitile ranged units to chew up enemy
Chaos marines: Same as space marines only now have demons and stealth shit
eldar: glass cannon
Necron: Slow irresistable marks of metallic death across the battlefield
There is no scaven… my brother in the emperor, we are the scaven
Damn I wish there was more 40k rts games
You could probably turn the tabletop game into an rts.
But that would take away Games workshop primary income.
"...One of the things that makes me kinda sad in 40K is that there isn't really a Skaven, but honestly, I think humanity is the Skaven faction."
He begins to look-see the true-true! Yes yes!
Nothing like getting rows of imperial guards with the earth shaker cannons making quick work of anything
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Zog, Kelpa's wrote! if derz Orkz on da skrene, Iz kant seez dem!
Love warhammer , thank you for posting this video good sir 🙏❤️
Javing played Company if Heroes recentky,and having started learning about 40K...this looks really awesome,so I'll buy it too,thx for the video✌️
Priest: I requisitioned a weapon from your armory. There were only a couple of shovels and this chainsaw. Truly a shameful display.
Guardsman: I think you actually raided the groundskeeper's toolshed...
Priest: Well I like the heft of the chainsaw and the way the whine of its teeth drowns out the enemy's pleas for mercy so I'm keeping it.
You should play Dawn of War Soulstorm with the Crucible mod, it's really awesome and it's an updated version of the Ultimate Apocalypse mod. Basically just bigger and better of everything from the base game with additional factions.
Did the 1st match bug?
I couldnt see any of the orks. Did it not render right?
Can’t believe he turn into an average RTS gamer. Ori
You can't just sneak soda Popinsky's theme in there and think I don't hear it
Kleaper klapping horrible monsters again
With horrible ways
YO I LOVE THIS GAME KLEAPER! Make sure to check out the Ultimate Apocalypse mod too! That REALLY gets rid of that geneva conviction or whatever
loving this preview of Total Warhammer 40k (2026)
"so guardsmen are actually not very good" _hears sound of commissar's pistol_
Love this game so much! It's been years since I've finished the game!