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--- Quote from: est ---so does the expansion pack upgrade the pop. cap, or are people talking about different approaches in different games?  i know i might be going against the grain here, but i kinda like the low pop cap.  it makes things more tactical, instead of "who can get the largest amount of troops and then throw them at the other side".
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More like the expansion tweaks things a bit. The pop caps remain the same way they always were: you get a low pop cap to start with, and have to expand it with research, with the maximum being 20. The IG get to field a shitload of troops underneath that pop cap, however, because their units are dirt cheap.

The changes include a new unit per race (the SM Chaplain is pretty damned awesome, in fact), and some alterations to the tech tree - rather than having to wait for the armoury, SM scouts can now research sniper training at the HQ, allowing you to give them sniper rifles much sooner after creation. plus, the entire squad of four gets to carry rifles, not just two of them. building the elite vehicles like Predators, Baneblades, Land Raiders, Squiggoths and Leman Russ battle tanks requires an expensive research at the vehicle factory,

Tank rushing still isn't a viable option, however, even with the IG. You can have a 10-sentinel rush that will completely own buildings and vehicles, but will get massacred by the infantry, which is why I prefer a combination of sentinels and hellhounds... both of which are so much more effective in the game than on the desktop.


--- Quote ---ps: you guys are making me want to buy the expansion.
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Good. It improves on the original immeasurably. buy it.

or hope you get it for Christmas.

Rizzo:
Ok folks, I'm looking to buy this game to relive my 10 year old warhammer games.
My specs are as follows:
AMD Athlon 64 processor 3000+, 1024 ram, Windows XP, Geforce 6200 Turbo Cache integrated Ramdac, Realtek Audio AC97.
Could I run it?

I wanna be Chaos again!! Are there Necrons?

McTaggart:
Easily. Your machine should handle it nicely.

Rizzo:
Awesome. Thanks for that. I shall proceed to destroy the imperium under the foaming hoardes of Chaos! Hail Nurgle!

FaultyGluestick:
I just downloaded the demo and played it...WOW.  I wants it!

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