Hello! We are the Crucible Mod. What are we and what can we offer? After being one of the parties that worked on the private rebalance that was gifted to Ultimate Apocalypse (DoW Soulstorm) and became UA 1.89, we branched away and decided to carry on development under a new name. Why? To be able to do things under our own reputation and forge new friendships with other people in the DoW mod community. What can we offer? We are working closely with one of the most prolific model creators in the history of DoW. We also have dedicated people for balance, implementing new content, overhauling AI and overhauling the team-colour. Very soon we will also get back to hosting tournaments and regular streams with community players. There are no false promises with us. We don’t spend years promising a mythical new version and teasing stuff that we have no idea how to actually make. We have the people and the skills to actually deliver the Ultimate Experience for large scale DoW battles.
After 5 years+ I've decided to re-install SS+UA thinking what makes me leave at that time (UA was mainly a lag/crash fest) would have been fixed. Nope, it's even worse. Was just about to give up playing DOW again when I saw a lonenly youtube video (in Mr Landshark playlist) of a mod called Crucible just to realize UA is not dead. If you like UA but don't want to deal wit all it's unoptimization, unbalancing and apocalyptic random crashes every 2 games, then do not look further, Crucible mod is the answer and even MOAR with new and well thought new mechanics. Also not a single crash to report, even on 1024 size maps! GG Team
like my old account says is better than ua but why? compare the tau breacher from ua and the tau breacher from crucible you notice that most thing are polish even the campaing. the campaign in ultimate apocalypse is unplayable
As a first time DoW player, and more than 30 years in RTS and strategy games of all type, i see this to change the great basic mechanics in a Starcraft(1 or 2, are the same gameplay) wanna-like be, making units and mouse clicks spamming play is not good at all! also i encouter a game breaking bug in a map during campaing in the first hour.
Good balancing and implementation of new units and buildings. Seems very cohesive.
Every other mod to dawn of war: Tier 3.
The Crucible mod: Tier 5
For beginners, I wish the developers could explain the new system of power generators. That they boost production and income inside a certain range.
Been playing for a long time, modding just as long. Two choices for mods, Uni and Crucible. Both are amazing at what they do.
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Great, feels nicely balanced, bots in skirmish with hardcore addon are fun to play against.
Excellent Mod from the original UA programmers. Far and away my favorite.
Great mod for great game