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Gears of War 3 |OT| BROTHERS TO THE END
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Vilix
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Duress said:
Yeah, you should stick with the group. On the other hand, I've seen groups of people who will hold up in one spot and totally to get massacred because they don't know what the hell they're doing.
Also, setting up, and covering, multiple bases in Horde is a good strategy on some waves.
backflip10019
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That pretty much sums it up then. Except the SOS is overpowered.Meisadragon said:Just saw this on Reddit lol.
MrCompletely
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I don't get all the SOS bitching. I find it easy enough to avoid. It's painfully obvious when someone's rolling up on you with it, and easy enough to avoid while weakening your aggressor. Also, CHECK YOUR CORNERS, understand the map and choke points.
The gun has four rounds and takes 30 minutes to reload, just avoid that one shot and you can easily take the guy down while he's stuck reloading.
The gun has four rounds and takes 30 minutes to reload, just avoid that one shot and you can easily take the guy down while he's stuck reloading.
sixteen-bit
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I must be the worst Gears player ever. I don't think I have a single kill with the SOS, and it's not from lack of effort trying!
vodka-bull
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Just replayed Act 3 the chapter in which you play as Bernie. I would insta-buy her as a downloadable charakter and I don't understand how epic could not include the best looking female charakter in the multiplayer. Also, peasant Dom should be added.
The web stats page is in beta right now, called the War Journal. It's loading pretty slow, and there's some errors on there.
http://gearsofwar.xbox.com/en-US/warjournal/stats
http://gearsofwar.xbox.com/en-US/warjournal/stats
sixteen-bit
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They will. She's confirmed for DLC.vodka-bull said:
EteRnal PAL
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My current stats:
I find with the SOS, that if you roll away or backwards from the person shooting, it doesn't seem as overpowered. I've gotten a few people who wielded SOS while they were reloading.
However, I can't stand people I've seen online camp near a capture point on KOTH with a SOS. It doesn't take a lot of skill to camp.
However, I can't stand people I've seen online camp near a capture point on KOTH with a SOS. It doesn't take a lot of skill to camp.
sixteen-bit
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How do you get those specific mutators?see5harp said:
thehillissilent
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Since this game is using TrioViz 3d implementation for stereoscopic 3D (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/15/gears-of-war-3-adds-3d-support-we-await-gears-of-war-3-d-re-tit/), is it backwards compaitble with the magenta/green glasses that came with Batman AA:GOTY? I'm curious because I don't own a 3DTV, but I would like to play it in 3D.
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Vilix
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K' Dash said:
Damn. Sounds like you guys are in for the long haul tonight. I'll be lucky if I can find a team that stays until wave 10.
TheApatheticOne
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boredofcanada said:
Hey, I accepted your request the other day! lol
Need to get some games in this weekend!
AndyMoogle
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The problem is that it has longer reach than it should. It should be melee range, but it's double that.MrCompletely said:
Ballistik said:
So, is it a bug that the only weapon that doesn't show up on the weapons tab is the SOS? I have stats for every other weapon (my best is the lancer, followed by the gnasher), some even with 0% yet the SOS is missing from the list. Curious.
Granted I've used it (sos) about 2 times in multi ever, but still..
Diablohead
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Right then! so I have been on holiday all week and took a fresh new copy of gears 3 with me, we had the internet in the house we were staying in so I was able to play online all week. First of all I have to say the game looks amazing in nearly every area, a real achievement over the first two games by a huge HUGE margin, congratulations to epic on that.
I have been enjoying the entire package this game gives, the single player was good though I still think gears 1 and 2 beat it out for that part, the online though is leagues improved and like the beta feels solid and refined especially the weapons... bar the gnasher's active reload damage over range that thing is a bit too good when using active reloads, the other weapons I have no problem with even the SOS since that thing is beyond useless after a few feet of range.
Maps all feel good online, the new improved thrashball is my favourate map now with those extra spawn exits they fit in perfectly! so does the underground bunker area added to the bunker map
gears 3 plays best when the maps lack choke points and we all know of one map which is nothing but that don't we that map currently is the worst map in the entire gears series.
Horde and beast are amazing, I never expected horde to have that light sort of rpg/leveling method for upgrades, it's great to play horde for an hour and come away with better skills for the next time you play.
Now as for online lag this might be because I was playing from a BT line in a middle of a field in Devon all week but lag is still there, it's not as bad as gears 2 but where is really sucks is in surprise attacks and dodging attacks, let me explain:
You run into the enemy with a gnasher like yourself, you both miss the first shot so you roll backwards, yet get gibbed by the second shot... this happens because in what feels like 70% of the matches I have played the lag is over 100 so on the enemies screen your roll was delayed, his second shot hit you right in the gut and you gibbed, on your screen you were 6 foot back, another example is a corner battle where you always lose because on his screen you never moved first.
I feel this is a problem with non server matches mostly, peer to peer has always seemed to have this problem even in halo games, however some games I have been on what feels like a server and every battle I was in felt solid and fair, nothing like being gibbed first all the time because your movement reactions are delayed on their screen.
I am in favor of a notice to say your ping or if you are in a dedi, so far the only way you can tell is if you gib each other at the same time with shotguns because the server sees you both shoot each other, this is the much more fair method killing both then the better pinged user.
Now to show you a list of what I like and dislike about multi
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TDM with it's spawns, keeps the game fast yet keeps that feeling of being the last man alive against a few enemies like the old gears games online.
Good selection of spawning weapons ALL OF THEM with good uses like rushing, suppression, defending.
SOS is a nice extra for close combat, it might be a little cheese at the start but like the rifles it has a good and bad use, and plenty of ways to counter it.
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Gnasher active reload is a bit too good, can be 20 feet away and be in full red from one pop shot, however the weapon is perfect when shot normally at all ranges.
Sometimes just running slightly into the side of a shallow wall will suck you in, has messed me up a little since it feels more sticky then gears 1 and 2 did for me.
Smokes on gridlock seems like a huge waste, inks on the even spawns (2,4,6) really help with campers in the corner buildings and sniper nest, that's more of a personal thing.
I have been enjoying the entire package this game gives, the single player was good though I still think gears 1 and 2 beat it out for that part, the online though is leagues improved and like the beta feels solid and refined especially the weapons... bar the gnasher's active reload damage over range that thing is a bit too good when using active reloads, the other weapons I have no problem with even the SOS since that thing is beyond useless after a few feet of range.
Maps all feel good online, the new improved thrashball is my favourate map now with those extra spawn exits they fit in perfectly! so does the underground bunker area added to the bunker map
gears 3 plays best when the maps lack choke points and we all know of one map which is nothing but that don't we that map currently is the worst map in the entire gears series.Horde and beast are amazing, I never expected horde to have that light sort of rpg/leveling method for upgrades, it's great to play horde for an hour and come away with better skills for the next time you play.
Now as for online lag this might be because I was playing from a BT line in a middle of a field in Devon all week but lag is still there, it's not as bad as gears 2 but where is really sucks is in surprise attacks and dodging attacks, let me explain:
You run into the enemy with a gnasher like yourself, you both miss the first shot so you roll backwards, yet get gibbed by the second shot... this happens because in what feels like 70% of the matches I have played the lag is over 100 so on the enemies screen your roll was delayed, his second shot hit you right in the gut and you gibbed, on your screen you were 6 foot back, another example is a corner battle where you always lose because on his screen you never moved first.
I feel this is a problem with non server matches mostly, peer to peer has always seemed to have this problem even in halo games, however some games I have been on what feels like a server and every battle I was in felt solid and fair, nothing like being gibbed first all the time because your movement reactions are delayed on their screen.
I am in favor of a notice to say your ping or if you are in a dedi, so far the only way you can tell is if you gib each other at the same time with shotguns because the server sees you both shoot each other, this is the much more fair method killing both then the better pinged user.
Now to show you a list of what I like and dislike about multi
+
TDM with it's spawns, keeps the game fast yet keeps that feeling of being the last man alive against a few enemies like the old gears games online.
Good selection of spawning weapons ALL OF THEM with good uses like rushing, suppression, defending.
SOS is a nice extra for close combat, it might be a little cheese at the start but like the rifles it has a good and bad use, and plenty of ways to counter it.
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Gnasher active reload is a bit too good, can be 20 feet away and be in full red from one pop shot, however the weapon is perfect when shot normally at all ranges.
Sometimes just running slightly into the side of a shallow wall will suck you in, has messed me up a little since it feels more sticky then gears 1 and 2 did for me.
Smokes on gridlock seems like a huge waste, inks on the even spawns (2,4,6) really help with campers in the corner buildings and sniper nest, that's more of a personal thing.
RebornYeti
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Man, unless I have some pros on my team, I'm never touching Versus again. At least until the SOS is removed.
Horde, you are my sanctuary.
Horde, you are my sanctuary.
quickwhips
Member
-Yeti said:
I'll tell you how I handle the SOS by taking corners wide. If you have to get into close to beat a Shotgun player then your playing this game wrong now. The rules have changed.
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Vilix
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I have to say I'm loving Beast mode. It's only 12 waves, so everyone stays.....most of the time. But, the best part is the satisfaction of blowing up Sam as a ticker. That bad voice acting bitch had it coming.
RebornYeti
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quickwhips said:
That's the problem.
Diablohead
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it's only changed a little bit, rushing with a gnasher is not going to always work now.-Yeti said:
backflip10019
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