Editing Dawn of War III (section)

==Differences and New Things==
The game attempts to blend the best parts of the first two, featuring base building and massive armies alongside summonable elite units who can sway the course of battle. The game also features doctrines similar to those from [[/v/|Company of Heroes 2]]. Like in Company of Heroes 2, you may take up to three Doctrines, with some being connected to specific elite units. The Doctrines either unlock abilities for specific units or upgrade the existing abilities of others (like upgrading the Dreadnoughts to gain charge attacks and shields after executing slam attacks, giving Dire Avengers Holo-Fields, or giving Deffkoptas Buzzsaws). Relic's aim was to make their latest game the most accessible, including features such as a minimalistic UI, icons to represent effects like suppression, and easy-to-read descriptors for most abilities. It is the first Dawn of War game to only feature three factions at launch rather than four, though the included factions do have more units available at launch than they did in previous titles.

Another change is the new cast of voice actors (whom according to the developers comprise of VA's from their previous title [[Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine]]). This has been met with some amount of [[rage]] from fans, most notably those who wished for the return of Paul Dobson as Angelos.

Armies are now divided into standard soldiers (things like [[Tactical Squad|Tactical Marines]], [[Dire Avengers]], and [[Ork Boy|Boyz]] as well as vehicles) and elites (which includes the likes of named characters, [[Terminators]], and Imperial Knights). The former act like standard RTS units, performing most of the legwork as well as adding bulk to your army, while the latter are more powerful units with abilities that can change the tide of battle. <s>In both campaign and multiplayer, players collect said elites by farming skulls (no, we're not kidding. [[RAGE|all three factions are Khornate for some reason]])</s> Not anymore, skulls have been removed. Everyone has access to all Elites and doctrines from the get-go (save for those that are unlocked by leveling up elites). Elite units can level up based on how many enemies they killed during each game, though these level-ups don't improve them in any way, they just unlock exotic paints and new skins. Among them there are really powerful units that are showing up for the first time in the series (such as [[Imperial Knight|Imperial Knights]], [[Wraithknight|Wraithknights]], and [[Gorkanaut|Gorkanauts]]). At the very least, the presence of troop units to back up the elites could mean that the rest of the Blood Ravens 4th Company might actually be getting off their asses and doing something this time around.

As mentioned previously, the campaign switches between [[Blood Ravens]], [[Orks]], and [[Eldar]] every mission. While the attempt to incorporate all three factions is appreciated, and it is marginally better than Retribution's approach, the constant switching between three vastly different playstyles can be very jarring.

Markedly absent is a sequel/expansion of Dawn of War II's [[Last Stand]] mode which, given that Last Stand was popular enough to become its own standalone spinoff product, is likely a deliberate omission. Thus far small fan interest exists in seeing Last Stand return.