The Imperial Guard Lord General's gnarly bearskin shrug and shotgun, for example, will toughen up his turrets and help him tackle crowds of infantry. Two new items will be released for each of the six Last Stand heroes, intended to be work together and support particular approaches. These items are here to create new and awesome ways for players to slaughter mobs of infantry in the two arenas.' 'One, so that players do not have to buy it to compete for top scores and two, to stay true to the original intent of the mode. I've tried to maintain that design philosophy with these items,' designer Clint Tracker explained in the announcement.
'The design goal for Last Stand has always been that wargear would give you new ways to play, rather than straight-up be better. A dozen new pieces of wargear are coming to Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution's Last Stand mode as paid downloadable content, developer Relic has announced.