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Gears of War 2 |OT| ...Maria...MARIA!!!
- Thread starter Aladuf
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Map Pack is Realeasing March 31st for $10Tomcat said:
Edit: Region Preference is one of the things I am most excited for...hopefully it helps with the lag situation. I also can't wait to see how well the bots fair. I'm hoping they are more of a distraction than a big help just because that way I am not getting bum rushed by 3 guys.
Edit2: G4 is retarded
Aladuf said:
Yes, annoying, but what's MORE annoying is if you get a solid shot off someone who's roadie running towards you it does nothing most of the time. They can still keep running, 2 piece, and shoot. Remember that time on Blood Drive when the guy was running up the stairs at me. I had an active reload, shot him (from about 5 feet away) and he ran right through it. Shit happens ALL the time.
The problem is, because of lag, they have to punish the person doing the running/two piece because they don't have a solution for the person who is shooting as a defense.
All I want is a shotgun that acts like it is supposed to. I think the Gears 2 shotgun is the most inconsistent weapon in the history of gaming. You can blast someone on the ground after being smoked and 50% of the time it results in a gib and the other 50% of the time the guy gets up no problem. I guess we're lucky that the shotgun works at all. Afterall, this is the game that was released with a shotgun that shoots the ground when fired from the hip :lol
Mr. Enigma
Member
I will never buy the Combustible Map Pack (or Halo 3's Mythic Map Pack for that matter) unless the price was reduced.
Microsoft really needs to address the DLC disparity that happens. Why are a 3-map pack and a 4-map pack for Gears of War 2 priced the same? I didn't buy Halo 3's Legendary Map Pack until it cut to 600MS because I will never pay $10 for a pack of three maps when a $10 point for four maps has largely been the rule.
I'll probably pick up the Snowblind Map Pack if the game proves to be less glitchy and broken.
I'd also buy Combustible if it got cut to anything 600MS or lower, but I will never pay $10 for it.
Microsoft really needs to address the DLC disparity that happens. Why are a 3-map pack and a 4-map pack for Gears of War 2 priced the same? I didn't buy Halo 3's Legendary Map Pack until it cut to 600MS because I will never pay $10 for a pack of three maps when a $10 point for four maps has largely been the rule.
I'll probably pick up the Snowblind Map Pack if the game proves to be less glitchy and broken.
I'd also buy Combustible if it got cut to anything 600MS or lower, but I will never pay $10 for it.
Mr. Enigma
Member
Shins said:You stand up to The Man for that $2.50 bro.
He would be so proud.
I will, because I am not an irresponsible consumer.
Once you start telling them that $10 is okay, then it'll be $12.50. Then it'll be $15.
Once you support higher prices, it becomes a slippery slope.
Sounds really, really good. Very happy with how Epic has addressed the issues plaguing this game. One could argue that the game should have shipped with many of these "fixes" and "features" but who can complain if they ultimately do come our way.
Also, I hate custom matches too. If the party size is too big, the party should split up. 2 groups of 4 or whatever is fine by me. As long as I don't get matched up against Thirdengine , I'm good.
Also, I hate custom matches too. If the party size is too big, the party should split up. 2 groups of 4 or whatever is fine by me. As long as I don't get matched up against Thirdengine , I'm good.
I hope you didn't infer sarcasm from my post. I am genuinely moved by your show of solidarity in the face of these cutthroat suits. These JACKANINNIES.AnEternalEnigma said:
The word "hero" gets bandied about an awful lot these days, but gosh, you're just a testament to all which is right and sound and logical on this Earth. I salute you!
carbonbased
Member
somethng else: roadie running is extremely silent. it lets even the greenest scrub sneak up on someone for the two-piece or chainsaw. with that and infinismokes out of the way, so many cheesy deaths will be prevented.
carbonbased
Member
* Reduces stun duration of smoke grenades. Currently, characters always start to get up after 2 seconds.chriskun said:
no more sliding down a huge flight of stairs, with yakkity sax playing in your head due to the sheer goofiness of it all.
ThirdEngine
Member
:lol :lol :lolShins said:
SwitchBladeKneegrow
Banned
I'll be on after chuck...if anyone cares. I'm ready to play TOMORROW night though...
You guys were playing King? I like territories WAY more than elimination, but no one ever wants to play it anymore.
You guys were playing King? I like territories WAY more than elimination, but no one ever wants to play it anymore.
We were doing the Combustible maps and towards the end KotH got voted up. It was actually pretty fun but endless smokes and the game running at about 10 FPS (probably, I don't really have an eye for that shit though) created a bit of a clusterfuck. Like I said, if they could iron out some of that, I'd be up for playing it a lot more.SwitchBladeKneegrow said:
I'll be back on in about an hour too, we're gonna do separate groups tonight it seems, in order to avoid Private matches. That's how we just did it since there was already more than five people online playing. It sucked not being able to play with everyone but it worked out alright otherwise.
carbonbased
Member
AnEternalEnigma said:
it sounds like you are using the price point that COD has set, with four maps for $10, so i thought i'd repost this:
warbegins said:
quantity does not equal budget nor time devoted.
Aladuf said:
That was messed up. Not only did the framerate dive but we couldn't even fire our weapons. Like, I was pressing the right trigger over and over again and nothing was happening. The engine/netcode can't handle that much shit going on. Can't wait for all the maps to be in a nice, neat and tidy warzone/execution list.
Aladuf said:
What does everyone think of this? I think this the best way to handle the influx of players. We could have two groups of 3 or something. I just feel really bad when someone joins a bit LTTP and basically their whole night is wasted because the match is full. Rather than create a private match, two guys could join that player. Earlier today it was a bit of a clusterfuck and somehow REV got caught out by himself. Felt bad :\
Mr. Enigma
Member
Why?
I don't want to hear the verbal diarrhea that usually gets spewed from other teams. It's bad enough they make you sit in the post-game lobby for 25 seconds.
I don't want to hear the verbal diarrhea that usually gets spewed from other teams. It's bad enough they make you sit in the post-game lobby for 25 seconds.
johnFkennedy
Member
-PXG- said:
Shut your fucking mouth.
:lol :lol :lolFull Recovery said:
Time recieved: 12:23 am
M2AF: Just a friendly reminder that Gears 2 TU3 goes live at around 2 am PST/ 5 am EST. A lot of changes have been made which make the game run a lot smoother, as well as make it more balanced. Also, the new maps come out the 31st
PXG, you're too easy, man.
SwitchBladeKneegrow
Banned
M@AF: I just finished my pint of SoCo...am fucking hammered. Going to bed, piss off my wife, then sleeping in guest room. Work tomorrow will suck. My chainsaw is only beaten by RJ.
Aladuf said:
I did. But there were still moments of utter BS that put a horrible taste in my mouth. Gears 2 is great, but it has a few minor things about it that have a huge effect on the experience. Many of those issues will be fixed once and for all, tonight......hopefully.....
I just hope with Gears 3, Epic goes back to what made Gears 1 so good: simple, fast paced, cooperative, close quarters combat. None of this smoke grenade, power weapon whoring, two piecing, chainsaw bullshit. Plus, bring back Player Match.
Shit, who DOESN'T want Player Match? Who!?!?!?!
SwitchBladeKneegrow
Banned
-PXG- said:
Me. Player matches suck donkye dick.
Player matches were fun but I think it was more of because it was such a convenience compared to Ranked. You couldn't (easily) go into Ranked with friends, so Player made it simple. With matchmaking now, it's all good, Private matches are like public enemy #1 in this thread and nobody has a real interest in going back.-PXG- said:
Either way, in Gears 3, I wouldn't hold my breath in anticipation of them taking steps backwards with a lot of these things.
SwitchBladeKneegrow
Banned
You forgot the M@AF before the "not cool".-PXG- said:
If I remember correctly the M@AF is what drove me to remove you from my friends list. I just couldn't take the random messages anymore.