Men of Praetoria mod for Dawn of War

I absolutely love this mod. It's probably my most played mod. A wonderful faction for those of us who prefer defensive infantry and offensive artillery play. However, I have some feedback, after playing with it for a while:
1) Core infantry unit is too weak. They are fewer in numbers, with slower-firing lasguns, yet their damage, even when fully upgraded, is lesser than unupgraded Guardsmen of Imperial Guard. That they require longer time to fire and have to setup to fire, yet have lesser damage output in range or melee- It's just not right. Seems that upgrading the forces with bayonets does not increase their melee damage, it remained the same. Furthermore morale upgrade actually decreased their morale from 350 to 300 instead of increasing it.
2) It would be lovely if Aid stations could also serve as bunkers from which the troops could fire. As they are, the infantry are terribly vulnerable, yet most enemies either engage them as far longer ranges or close in for melee, in either case the infantry is doomed and hiding inside far behind Aid stations or Munitions storages just isn't an option, especilly considering they bring nothing to the fight while inside. It would also be swell if these aid stations/bunkers could be built outside control areas. Most maps are not very generous with space and having to stuff such valuable defensive structures among our base buildings is not very prime.
3) Regimental statues are really not that useful. Call-ins rely on enemies keeping still or staying on a predictable path, which is rarely the case when it matters. The gain from them is same as of any faction's base unupgraded listening post, while completely unable of being upgraded, leaving a lot to be desired.

To put it bluntly, the faction feels severely underpowered. There is nothing to hold the line, really, at least not among infantry. They all break immediately, the enemy's preference of melee forces you to constantly micromanage their positions, making the unable to fire. When they do fire they fire slowly, but with lesser damage output. The most you can do is have heavy weapons teams deployed, assisted by medics all too prone to dying to single shot, trying to keep the line as enemy melee-prone swarms... swarm you, hoping the mortars can keep the enemy dispersed and pinned down enough your infantry kills them, but this is a very population heavy way, so you can't really maintain multiple fronts, that often gets blown up anyway, since frankly the faction is missing some real anti-vehicle weaponry. Compared to damage of other factions' AT weapons, the Praetorian Anti-Armour missile squad barely dents the health of enemy armour units in my experience.

having issues with this mod the file seems corrupted and ive tried redownloading a few times

How's going with the mod?

I thought this mod was long dead glad to hear there may be an update

wait so what exactly is this faction? i dont get it

Cant wait for the new update.

This Mod is alive! I guarantee it. I am solely responsible for its pause. Mainly for "IRL" reasons which forced me to review my priorities. New models have already been made (implemented in the game) and others are corrected and updated. It is "3D", Animations, "OE", "AE" and Arts works, relatively complex because they impact the gameplay. I have to make sure that the teams that have or will work on the gameplay understand the objectives of my models. The "Structures" are at the origin of the design concepts created by "RT2" and "GreenScorpion" which I reworked to accentuate the visual identity of the faction. I modified the models to build the "Background" of the gameplay and be able to obtain a "build_order" more consistent with this "background".
It's a gameplay point of view that involves only me at the moment, I have to sell my "vision" to the rest of the "team". I'm just one of the "tools" that synthesizes the aspirations of members of the "Men of Praetoria" mod development team.
My personal challenge is "Arts Design" and to get a consistent faction in its gameplay and Background. Unfortunate design choices can easily distort this faction. I favor the "old school" vision of the wh40k hobby. (I am not an expert on rules but I like the old-fashioned scent of old codices.) My Inspiration for my work comes from the official background but also that created by the fans.
There is no point asking questions that will remain unanswered for the time being. I really don't have the time "IRL" to promote the Mod. So I leave this “time consuming” task for the rest of the team for the moment. I only focus on a version of the mod that implements the full potential of the models. The main objective being to archive the work already carried out.
They will have a clean and tidy toolbox to finalize the "build order" and do a "brainstorming" on the deeper "global DPS". This will allow us to wait for the rest of my work for the faction, because I still have many models to make for the faction. (Alternatives to the "buil_order" which will no longer impact the "heart" of the gameplay.)
To understand my motivation, I made the "Modding" support of the "Praetorian Faction", which implies that my work is intended to be exported to other types of gameplay ("Dowpro", "Codex" or "UA" for example). Mod "Men of Praetoria" is dedicated to "DoW / SS" gameplay and therefore does not have the obligation to use the full potential of the models. It is something that I accept with serenity, when I have finished the list of my works for the faction I will study the interest of making it myself a mod.

Sorry if the translation is wrong.

Things done in 2018:
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2019 is less impressive on the outside but brings a lot more to the interior mod. I fell behind on my annual report.