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Gears of War 3 |OT| BROTHERS TO THE END
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sixteen-bit
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Looks alright on the Gnasher.-PXG- said:Lancer and Gnasher
_dementia said:
My thoughts exactly. Still feeling chrome, and ultimately wishing that EPIC puts up Ivory for sale one day.
Still weird that the only skin color I would gladly pay for is one that is only available to EPIC to use.
Thanks again PXG for taking the time to snap those up.
vodka-bull
Member
Fuck it, from now on, I'm gonna join the sawed-off club. Unless Epic fixes this POS I'm gonna abuse this beast just as everbody else does. Sick of dieing without getting one kill.l If I equip the SOS, at least I'm even.
The Antitype
Banned
Swanky PXG. Kinda looks like a gold sticker on the gun instead of paint. Maybe that's just me though.
I don't mind the Retro, for the simple reason that if you're not up close, it's incredibly difficult to deal damage with it. So my selecting it, you're basically limiting yourself to two short-range weapons, and leaving yourself vulnerable at long-range. Seems like a fair trade-off to me.
And unlike the SOS, you actually have to aim the fucker, even if it's in a general direction.
Unlocked the Onyx Lancer. It just looks black to me?
I run with the Team Insignia Lancer, and the Red Omen Gnasher.
I don't mind the Retro, for the simple reason that if you're not up close, it's incredibly difficult to deal damage with it. So my selecting it, you're basically limiting yourself to two short-range weapons, and leaving yourself vulnerable at long-range. Seems like a fair trade-off to me.
And unlike the SOS, you actually have to aim the fucker, even if it's in a general direction.
Unlocked the Onyx Lancer. It just looks black to me?
I run with the Team Insignia Lancer, and the Red Omen Gnasher.
Yeah, Rod tweeted that dedicated servers will be down to add even more of them.
Also what you can't see in the Golden Omen skins is that the tips of the guns are gold-plated as well...
Still love my sexy Liquid Green Metal skins though - some bastard that killed me from behind was actually looking at my gun on the ground as I was waiting to respawn, I ran back to the same spot and blasted him away. Haven't ran into anyone else with them so far yet either.
Also what you can't see in the Golden Omen skins is that the tips of the guns are gold-plated as well...
Still love my sexy Liquid Green Metal skins though - some bastard that killed me from behind was actually looking at my gun on the ground as I was waiting to respawn, I ran back to the same spot and blasted him away. Haven't ran into anyone else with them so far yet either.
How is horde/coop? i picked up the epic edition for $50 today because of stacked up reward points and im wondering if i should keep it and play it or return it.
Haven't turn on the ol' xbox in about a year so i have nobody play with, can you do public coop searches? like halo 3 did?
Haven't turn on the ol' xbox in about a year so i have nobody play with, can you do public coop searches? like halo 3 did?
quickwhips
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P2P sucks god I'm still winning but to much crap that shouldn't. I just want a message stating when dedicated servers are down and I'll think this is perfect game.
Newsflash: it's not 2006, it's 2011. The game you're paying is not gears 2, it's gears 3.-PXG- said:
We have a whole new set of weapons to use: oneshot, digger, poison nades, and the SOS. If you don't like em don't play the game.
If your name is REV 09 and you're all like "RSTEIN has a higher kdr than me just because he uses the SOS" then you need to look in the mirror and ask yourself if you have the skills to compete with the new generation of Gears players. They're here to stay, the SOS ain't going away. People like REV 09 hate others instead of looking within...where the real problems are.
sixteen-bit
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Co-op is even better than Halo. It has drop-in play at any time.Bazhard said:
Gucci Messiah
Banned
Anyone trying to play horde tonight?
RSTEIN said:
Is it so much to ask for a Classic Playlist then? That's all I really want. Epic can leave the SOS as is for all I care. Just give me a mode without it.
Also, most SOS users have TERRIBLE (anything below a 1.0) K/Ds for two reasons
1) They're just bad at the game
2) They rush in blindly, kamikaze style, therefore, they die...A LOT
You're meaning to tell me that the 13 year olds and the droves of Call of Duty numbskulls are actually better than me at this game? Give me a break. They're better because they camp, hide, and blast me with a gun with a misleadingly massive range...Yeah...okay.
Every single person in this thread and anyone who has played the game can attest to being bullshitted by SOS multiple times a day. It's not just me. It's not just a few people. It's A LOT.
Come on man.
If SOS players have less than a 1.0 K/D, then what's the big issue? They're obviously dying more than killing
WENT TO JACK IN THE BOX AGAIN
and
no
fucking
win.
Got a 5% off gamestop used game.
And now i'm done eating Jackinthebox for every meal of the day. Sorry i couldn't get more codes out to you folks. Hope the 2 that did get them enjoy them
WENT TO JACK IN THE BOX AGAIN
and
no
fucking
win.
Got a 5% off gamestop used game.
And now i'm done eating Jackinthebox for every meal of the day. Sorry i couldn't get more codes out to you folks. Hope the 2 that did get them enjoy them
PXG what happened to your mic just now? Couldn't hear you for two matches.
Anyways, the sawed-off is a complete pain in the ass to deal with. I know if SOS users were forced to use Gnashers, matches wouldn't even be close. Real Gears players can't shine right now because the sawed-off just destroys anything in close range, without having to aim.
Something needs to be done to the SOS. Either reduce the spread, the range, or lock the weapon from people after they pass level 30/40. I'll settle for a classic playlist too.
Anyways, the sawed-off is a complete pain in the ass to deal with. I know if SOS users were forced to use Gnashers, matches wouldn't even be close. Real Gears players can't shine right now because the sawed-off just destroys anything in close range, without having to aim.
Something needs to be done to the SOS. Either reduce the spread, the range, or lock the weapon from people after they pass level 30/40. I'll settle for a classic playlist too.
Ballistik said:
Word.
I mean, Gears 3 is great, but the SOS is holding it back from being amazing. I was hoping that this game would allow truly skilled players to show off their stuff, but the SOS really holds people back. That range is nothing to mess with. Every corner and every nook is a potential place to get blasted. It's irritating as hell. It's like wall tagging and two piecing combined and multiplied by a thousand. At least the game actually works this time, even on P2P.
Oh, and Epic needs to stop making maps that involve high grounds. The first team to get up their with their Lancers pretty much wins. Epic should hire pro players and griefers for their QA staff to do some proper testing. They clearly didn't test them enough. You can spawn trap people so easily in this game, it's not even funny..or is it fair.
Anyway, I still manage to win a vast majority of my games and have a solid K/D, but I still hate the SOS. I'd win a lot more and die a lot less if it weren't for the SOS and the pussy ass campy style it encourages.
AndyMoogle
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Yup, it's ridiculous.-PXG- said:
I've never liked the idea of getting more powerful shots because of a perfect active reload. Reloading quicker is reward enough, but that's obviously not going to change now.
Ramirez said:
The weapon is probably 40% of the reason I'll put it down once BF3 hits, but the other 60% is the dedicated servers basically having like 72 hours total of run time since its release, and the rest has been peer to peer.
It's the usual EPIC/Cliff B mentality of being stubborn fucks that fucks up Gears games until it's sort of too late. We complain about active reloads in Gears 1, and don't get a fix until Gears 2. We complain about lack of beta/dedi's for Gears 2, and don't get them till Gears 3. We bitch about SOS, and the dedi's not being up all the time.... see you in Gears of War 4. :/
Just finished it.
What the hell are they trying to pull with the
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But who am I kidding, the story and storytelling in Gears has been laughably bad since day one. The presentation is always great, and the artists behind Sera should be paid dividends for the world they created. But the writers... my god, where do they find these people.
Great game though. Lots of fun.
What the hell are they trying to pull with the
Myrrha tease
But who am I kidding, the story and storytelling in Gears has been laughably bad since day one. The presentation is always great, and the artists behind Sera should be paid dividends for the world they created. But the writers... my god, where do they find these people.
Great game though. Lots of fun.
Crunched said:
Karen Traviss wrote the story for Gears 3.
Now that I've reached 100 and have received my Onyx Gnasher, part of me wants to take a break from the game. I'm by no means bored of tired of the game, I'm just sick the SOS. It's just so disheartening getting killed by it. Even when I'm very cautious, I still get killed. Not that often, but enough to make me feel cheated.
I saw Eric Nylund as writer during the end credits, and thought "no wonder."-PXG- said:
Not heard of Karen Traviss, and if she's the one responsible for what I just played through I don't think I'll be looking into her in the future.
What's the SOS you guys keep talking about?
Nevermind, sawed off? Haven't played multi and only used it for one kill during the campaign.
The Antitype
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The SOS has pretty much single-handedly ensured that I spend 90% of battles in Gears shooting at range from behind cover with a Lancer.
Why would I run past ANY corner with the knowledge that there's a one-hit-no-aim-kill possibly lurking behind it?
Why would I engage with ANY enemy at close range knowing that there is a good chance they hold a weapon that could annihilate me in a single shot, with no possible counter save MAYBE backrolling (and even that is 50/50 at best)?
If somebody wants to kill me, then can charge ME with the fucking SOS, and chances are I'll be playing so fucking cautiously, I'll see them coming from hundreds of feet away and put them down with a Lancer by then.
Why would I run past ANY corner with the knowledge that there's a one-hit-no-aim-kill possibly lurking behind it?
Why would I engage with ANY enemy at close range knowing that there is a good chance they hold a weapon that could annihilate me in a single shot, with no possible counter save MAYBE backrolling (and even that is 50/50 at best)?
If somebody wants to kill me, then can charge ME with the fucking SOS, and chances are I'll be playing so fucking cautiously, I'll see them coming from hundreds of feet away and put them down with a Lancer by then.
Diablohead
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I like how the gold omen is rather obvious, nice and big and golden
grats!
grats!
Diablohead
Member
I bought team metal and so far it's a fave of mine, makes the guns look nice and metal plated plus it changes colour depending.bs000 said:
Infected omen is nice but too small, the pulse is extremely hard to see unless you spectate and standing player.
Net_Wrecker
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reggie said:
Fixed for accuracy.
Shit, I wouldn't say SOS for life around here bruh. I even defended the SOS for being less bullshit than people make it out to be but c'mon son it's as big of a problem as the Gnasher was in previous gears games. Just like the Gnasher, the SOS is the new emergent go-to overpowered weapon. It just hasn't sank in for the time the Gnasher has and now people are split on the utility of the shotgun now that the shotgun isn't standardized. It still does interrupt the flow of combat like people have more descriptively stated in this thread and is therefore still an issue.
Nerf the Gnasher. Nerf the SOS even more. Boom, balanced AND universally enjoyable multiplayer game!
Nerf the Gnasher. Nerf the SOS even more. Boom, balanced AND universally enjoyable multiplayer game!
LeonSKennedy90
Banned
enzo_gt said:
Only if you agree to Iron Man getting nerfed again
I think I see where this is going. Gears 4 will drop the Gnasher and make the SOS the new standard shotgun. Thus having a new generation of wall bouncers.enzo_gt said:
To counter it, they'll introduce a new gun that has a 360 degree firing range and twice the power of the current SOS.
enzo_gt said:
Give the Gnasher stopping power, reduce the range on SOS, and make a spotting icon appear on anyone who is not moving from a spot for more than 5-7 seconds. This way we eliminate SOS dog bum rushes that kill you from so far, and if this guy CAN get that close through stopping power, then he earned it IMO. Now if they want to do their usual camp around corner idiocy, and not move at least 5+ feet for the 7 seconds they chill in one spot, then they give up their position for being a camping shit head.
I wish anyway. EPIC isn't listening and is too busy counting skin money and what kind of expensive cars they can purchase with the first DLC/season pass money.
Do an active reloadzlatko said:
No
Is this a fucking joke?
I don't know about you guys, but i've had just as many 'omg bullshit' deaths from some guy camping with a gnasher in gears 1 and 2. This is getting fucking ridiculous. Think about it for a few seconds. How many times on say, Fuel Station, did you get blasted away because someone was hiding behind a box or next to a door with a gnasher? How many times have you been chasing someone and one of their team mates gibbed you with a gnasher? How many times have you personally stood behind a wall only to pop out and blow someone to bits with a gnasher?
Jesus christ people, it sounds like you've never played gears before! [<----joke]
I've said it before and i'll say it again- MS does pricing.
dmg04 said:
Active reload has stopping power on Gnasher? I thought it was just extra damage?
Yes. Reduce it's range. There's no reason you should have a weapon with that big of a spread, insta kill, and let it kill you from that far. An active reload on it should give you this range, but normal shots should have to be much closer.
No it isn't a fucking joke. Camping is stupid in all games, and it's even more frustrating in a game with a SOS. I'm not saying it should just work for SOS players, but anyone. So this would eliminate Gnasher campers you are experiencing too.
That was Gears 1 and 2. I'm dealing with issues with 3. I can safely attest to only a handful of deaths coming from someone around a corner with a Gnasher, and the fact is when that happens he had to be CLOSER for a kill AND have better aim than a SOS for it to be an instant kill. (Side note I think you mean Fuel Depot---not station)
Cool MS does pricing, did I mention pricing? No. I mentioned who is benefiting from money, and clearly I was meaning it in a sarcastic way. It was more of a poke to how Cliff basically bailed out of any more comments in these threads, because he can't handle criticism worth a shit, but loves getting pats on the back as well as praise.
How about he steps up, on here, twitter, or some other public outlet, and just write up his reasoning for why the SOS isn't getting a nerf, his feeling on the new flow of combat thanks to SOS campers around corners, why dedi's haven't been working damn near enough, his voice on the new maps not being in MP right away for public ranked games, etc.
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