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Looks like the Sisters of Battle will be the 2nd race for the Sisters of Battle expansion.

There’s a ton of info in the article over at gamespot, including this bit about achievements.

Finally, Soulstorm will introduce achievements, which will help reward longtime players online, though these are not Games for Windows - Live achievements. Dawn of War is a popular multiplayer game thanks to the fact that it lets you take all those incredibly elaborate, detailed units online to crush other players. Each faction will have its own unique achievements, such as Force Commander, which is rewarded if you win 25 ranked games with the Space Marines. Or there are general achievements, like Hot Streak, which you get if you win 10 online matches in a row. These new achievements should help fuel the competitive fires in terms of multiplayer.

Check it out!.

That’s the third expansion… THIRD! Nine races in multiplayer. Freakin’ NINE! The campaign takes place on 4 planets and 3 moons! I’m actually quite excited for this!

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The patch status thread was updated today. Buggo’s posted that the next patch, 2.103 is almost done development, and 2.104 has been approved and is in planning.

Relic’s community manager Buggo is asking people for input regarding a possible future patch for Dark Crusade. Please note the “possible” part of the last sentence, no official patch has been confirmed and at this point it is unclear if there will be one.

You can suggest stuff in this thread, but please make sure to follow the format outlined in the first post or your contributions will be deleted.

The thread will close on monday.

Maybe not as far along as we would hope, but it looks like Arranged Teams automatches are on their way.

Read Here.

Buggo’s posted an update about the status of Relic Online.

Relic has sent a programmer east to Montreal, the city where Quazal, Relic’s backend provider for Relic Online, is located. They found a problem with a network card in a database server.

Note that the server is going down tomorrow (Tuesday the 16th) for maintenance and testing. Expect connectivity outages then. Have your DVD handy to play with DVD authentication.

The latest CoH:OF patch is out, and offers several fixes and balance changes.

You can download it by signing into Relic Online. Note that Steam and Direct2Drive owners of the game should NOT download the patch when prompted and should wait for their service to provide an update.

Download also available here: 3dgamers