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Gears of War 2 |OT| ...Maria...MARIA!!!
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Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
Tomcat said:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AndresON777
shooting blanks
I dont get it when did dizzy die? Do they mean when he stayed to fight skorge or something in the campaign?
I played a Wingman game on Avalanche with a friend last night, and, I kid you not, I must've been smoked down, consecutively, for at least a minute. I started by the mortar stairs, on the right side if you're looking at mortar from the middle. We went up the stairs, and got pasted from both sides, people coming from normal spawn and from the other side of mortar. The sad thing was, I was in a corner and no one could see me, so I just kept getting downed and downed and downed... until, eventually, everyone else had killed each other and I died by the one team that was left. Most frustrating thing ever. I'd start to roll away from one that seemed like it was at least five yards away, and plap! I'd be sprawled in the corner again.
I really hope they just do the mortar stun effect, like that one guy said above.
And I like wall-tagging, within reason. When all five members of a team camp and tag 10 different spots, it's fucking stupid. But when it's like one on four, and you're running around trying to survive, tagging can be HUGE strategically. I've won several games on like Jacinto or Ruins, where it's me against a few enemies, and I'll just scoot around, grab power weapons and plant shit, taking them out one at a time. I like that aspect.
I really hope they just do the mortar stun effect, like that one guy said above.
And I like wall-tagging, within reason. When all five members of a team camp and tag 10 different spots, it's fucking stupid. But when it's like one on four, and you're running around trying to survive, tagging can be HUGE strategically. I've won several games on like Jacinto or Ruins, where it's me against a few enemies, and I'll just scoot around, grab power weapons and plant shit, taking them out one at a time. I like that aspect.
Mr. Enigma
Member
ergo said:
Yeah, I didn't hear too many complaining about 5v5.
Tomcat said:
Whoa - not just for being that soon, but for bringing down the teams to teams of 4 again? That's gonna feel pretty different, no doubt about that...
Glad we didn't have to end up waiting long at all for this no smoke ragdoll test, I have a good feeling that I'm going to miss the effect...
Kydd BlaZe
Member
Epic....just give us a Hardcore playlist that consists of the following:
That is all...
- No smoke grenades
- No wall tagging
- No chainsaws [in fact, the Hammerburst should be the default/only option]
That is all...
You know how unrealistic that is? No way epic would do something like that. What's the big deal with the Lancer? If smokes are disabled, I don't see the chainsaw being an issue. The Lancer is sort of like gears' defining weapon. Wall tagging isn't horrible, but the timing needs to be altered so that there's an actual chance to escape the blast radius.Kydd BlaZe said:
I like the general feel for the game, but nade concussion must go.
Kydd BlaZe
Member
The Lancer's chainsaw is such a bailout weapon, IMO. It's not like im asking for it to be removed from the entire game. Just include a playlist where it's disabled. The chainsaw nubs can run amuk everywhere else.ergo said:
And what's so unrealistic about this???
Sorry I wrote that poorly, I mean that it'd be a long shot for epic to do this. The lancer is their baby, but who knows...they've really listened to the community more than I think I've ever seen a company do for us. They really did understand how frustrating things are and have done their best to correct it. ::claps: thanks epic!Kydd BlaZe said:
Edit: I'd really like to see the nade timer increased so that only one set of grenades appear in each round.
Kydd BlaZe said:
No removal, its stick needs to be a lot more predictable and defined, and so does being able to cause the player to lower it. So many times ive played and shot a good shot gun round into the upper chest head area of an incoming chainsaw, only to have the shot fly through them as the animation jolts him in front of me and starts the process.
also, walltagging should not go, it just should be more containable. Slow down the respawn of grenades like they did the sniper.
Kydd BlaZe
Member
Not sure why they went back to the 4v4 limit, but okay.-PXG- said:
SwitchBladeKneegrow
Banned
ergo said:
Wall tags aren't hard to get away from....I set them off and jump out of range all the damn time. Didn't they tweak them once already, like in TU2?
LOVING THE NEWS!!!!
Also, I've noticed that I am host like 95% of time recently, but apparently I have a shit connection, so more than half the other team quits.
Why is Gears choosing me for host if I have a shit connection? Also, I used to have a great host connection, what happened?
Also, I've noticed that I am host like 95% of time recently, but apparently I have a shit connection, so more than half the other team quits.
Why is Gears choosing me for host if I have a shit connection? Also, I used to have a great host connection, what happened?
SwitchBladeKneegrow
Banned
whitehawk said:
Are you basing your shit connection just off the fact that people are quitting? Lots of people quit just becuase they're losing or because they didn't get host. I get crappy hosts sometimes that I'm sure have fine connections, but they're 3000 miles away.
No, I mean I've had a person tell me that the had a red screen for a few minutes, they are warping everywhere. I also see people unable to move, and spawning without weapons. I don't get it. Why am I chosen for host?SwitchBladeKneegrow said:
On the bright side, it's really helping my K/D ratio.
SwitchBladeKneegrow
Banned
whitehawk said:
You should test your speed to see how much worse its gotten and call you ISP and ask them what the fuck happened.
Kydd BlaZe
Member
I thought that when the Old-school style play was posted last night, that it was just announced today to be starting on Monday, not actually starting TODAY till Monday - nice!
And again, that's gonna be pretty strange for us, because we always have more than 5 guys ready to play at all times as is, and now it's gonna be harder with just 4...
Memorial looks damn good too.
Gears 2 seems to randomnly choose host between party leaders/people searching alone, which is what me and my friends have found ourselves over the past few months, and if your connection is supposed to be good but even though your ISP may have problems, you still can be picked to be host...
Latest example of this was last night how a friend of mine has 50 MB down/ 30 MB up speeds and has been having strange lag/disconnects in any online game, and found out that he was host last night even though he had strange things happen in his match while the rest of us were fine - I told him to finally suck it up and call his ISP today because he usually gets that no-weapon spawn and bullet lag while the rest of us don't - you should call your ISP as well too.
And again, that's gonna be pretty strange for us, because we always have more than 5 guys ready to play at all times as is, and now it's gonna be harder with just 4...
Memorial looks damn good too.
whitehawk said:
Gears 2 seems to randomnly choose host between party leaders/people searching alone, which is what me and my friends have found ourselves over the past few months, and if your connection is supposed to be good but even though your ISP may have problems, you still can be picked to be host...
Latest example of this was last night how a friend of mine has 50 MB down/ 30 MB up speeds and has been having strange lag/disconnects in any online game, and found out that he was host last night even though he had strange things happen in his match while the rest of us were fine - I told him to finally suck it up and call his ISP today because he usually gets that no-weapon spawn and bullet lag while the rest of us don't - you should call your ISP as well too.
Yeah, smokes induce the friendly mortar stun. It's not very long, not long enough to break up stalemates or charge in with the shotgun (from the distance most people throw smokes), but I guess that's what people want. Not liking the reduction in players so far, mostly because I seem to play with shitty people (not that I'm amazing myself, not yet at least) or have shitty matchmaking.
Also, somehow I died from picking up a meatshield (with my death indicated by the meatshield sign). Never had that happen before.
Also, somehow I died from picking up a meatshield (with my death indicated by the meatshield sign). Never had that happen before.
Mr. Enigma
Member
I already love it.
First game, Warzone @ Avalanche. A guy tags a smoke up near mortar/grinder spawn. I trigger it, but I only do that arm-over-face thing instead of going down in a ragdoll pile. He runs up to me, but I'm still able to defend myself and eventually win a shotgun battle.
This shit is so much more fair now.
First game, Warzone @ Avalanche. A guy tags a smoke up near mortar/grinder spawn. I trigger it, but I only do that arm-over-face thing instead of going down in a ragdoll pile. He runs up to me, but I'm still able to defend myself and eventually win a shotgun battle.
This shit is so much more fair now.
The smoke changes make no sense at all, especially in Annex...
I even let myself get stunned by an oncoming smoke that I could have easily dodged, you don't even get stunned for a second, and you can roll away immediately... I hope the ones who were asking specifically for that type of stun are happy to see that it really does nothing at all...
Bring it back to the way it was Epic, just make sure to work on the ragdoll oddities because I'm not digging how it is right now - the nice thing is that you guys let the gamers taste it for themselves first-hand...
I even let myself get stunned by an oncoming smoke that I could have easily dodged, you don't even get stunned for a second, and you can roll away immediately... I hope the ones who were asking specifically for that type of stun are happy to see that it really does nothing at all...
Bring it back to the way it was Epic, just make sure to work on the ragdoll oddities because I'm not digging how it is right now - the nice thing is that you guys let the gamers taste it for themselves first-hand...
sixteen-bit
Member
Have any of you seen the Emulsion energy drink in the wild yet?
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
Tomcat said:
Definitely.