Dawn of War 1.4 patch available September 8th

THQ has announced that the 1.4 update to Dawn of War will be available tomorrow (8th September). To download the patch, launch the game and log into the online section of the game. As with all patches to the game, shortly after release the ladder stats will be reset, allowing everyone to compete with the new changes on a level playing field.

As well as a number of balance changes, persistent bodies and decals will become graphics options, and the game’s performance detection tool will be improved. The full list of changes is as follows:

Balance 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.