I've noticed the huge population drops too, though campaign doesn't seem to have suffered as much. That's fine. Beast has been hit hard. I knew I needed to focus on that more, but I didn't realize just how much I should have. In six months Beast will be populated by less than 500 worldwide unless something is done in one of the future DLC packs to alleviate it. Finding a match with such low numbers will be slow.
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Gears of War 3 |OT| BROTHERS TO THE END
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Seth Balmore said:
Fuck is that ever annoying. When everyone has access to the Kantus and then everyone fucking chooses it. They only choose it because of the medal. If that medal didn't exist, I can bet you no one would bother.
It already takes a awhile to find a match for Beast, which sucks because I still have not gotten my 200 kills with the wretch for the mutator.
I reached 50 a couple of days ago, so I'm probably not gonna touch Gears until I'm done Batman/Ass Creed/Skyrim. So basically next year.
Gears-GAF: Anybody want to joing me this week for an Insane w/mutators campaign run? I'm talking about for about an hour, maybe 2hrs, each night starting around 9pm EST.
I have the Super Reload and Instagib Melee mutators. And I want to get all the collectibles, too.
Let me know.
GT: LosDaddie
I have the Super Reload and Instagib Melee mutators. And I want to get all the collectibles, too.
Let me know.
GT: LosDaddie
AlmostMilk
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Just unlocked the onyx guard for horde mode. Gotta say, it's really awesome having an AI teammate.
Seth Balmore
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Just finished 1-50 Public Horde with an awesome bunch of randoms, we stuck together until the very end and beat that bitch in 2h 35m.
LOVE rare Horde games like this one where random people will have the patience to stay for over two hours and see it through to the end. Makes me regain a little faith in the community, haha.
LOVE rare Horde games like this one where random people will have the patience to stay for over two hours and see it through to the end. Makes me regain a little faith in the community, haha.
sixteen-bit
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Well, those two maps aren't on the disc.Ballistik said:
Brolic Gaoler
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Man, if epic had done something like COD elite (that worked) Gears would be even better.
The whole clan system and "contest" system in elite is going to be amazing once it works. If future games adopt this kind of thing, it's gonna be glorious.
Make it happen Cliffy, let us do challenges to win hoodies, let us have clan matches to unlock premium wallpapers and stuff.
Oh yeah, and theater mode. Still can't believe you didn't put that in.
The whole clan system and "contest" system in elite is going to be amazing once it works. If future games adopt this kind of thing, it's gonna be glorious.
Make it happen Cliffy, let us do challenges to win hoodies, let us have clan matches to unlock premium wallpapers and stuff.
Oh yeah, and theater mode. Still can't believe you didn't put that in.
sixteen-bit
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I can't wait for the new maps. Mostly to get some new ones added into MP rotation.
Seth Balmore said:Just finished 1-50 Public Horde with an awesome bunch of randoms, we stuck together until the very end and beat that bitch in 2h 35m.
LOVE rare Horde games like this one where random people will have the patience to stay for over two hours and see it through to the end. Makes me regain a little faith in the community, haha.
Last night, I had kinda had this but in reverse. Everyone left by wave 15 and me and one person stayed and got all the way to wave 49 without failing on gridlock in public (camping in spawn with a silverback with rockets). He left after we failed the wave and I was like "really?"
I think I started that game around 8ish, lo and behold when I got up it was 11:15. So good.
LosDaddie said:
Definitely. Damn Leviathan. I used this one http://www.gamefront.com/gears-of-war-3-collectibles-guide/. It would probably help if you went to the collectibles menu and figured out which ones you already have.
Brolic Gaoler
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Skilotonn said:
Sounds like a cop out to me. Halo has crazy shit going on and they have it.
Alienshogun said:
Yeah. Not a tech expert here by any stretch but Halo seems to have SO much more shit going on than Gears... vehicles, different nades, shields, abilities, jumping, teleports, more players, larger maps, etc. etc.
You'd think Gears would be 'easier' to capture in a theater mode.
sixteen-bit
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Exactly. All they need to do is capture user inputs and play them back in engine for theater mode.RSTEIN said:
mickcenary
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Man, I can't wait until Raam drops and I can rock the eternally glorious combo of him (it) and Marcus.
Also, I'm at 60 and really want me some Carmine. Any tips for leveling?
Also, I'm at 60 and really want me some Carmine. Any tips for leveling?
sixteen-bit
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Keep replaying Act 2-2 I believe. Supposedly it nets you a bunch of points.mickcenary said:
Seth Balmore
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TU2 should be droppping in 2 hours. Here's the release notes:
Okay good to see they're fixing things like Horde host migration and the map "rotation", but what the fuck is up with:
Also they're not removing the man up rule with this update, but they did say they can remove it whenever they want. They're just not that big on removing it.
Okay good to see they're fixing things like Horde host migration and the map "rotation", but what the fuck is up with:
Epic why must you insist on casualizing every single aspect of your game little by little? Making it easier for people to camp the next ring and removing the element of surprise in KotH that favored so many great comebacks, who thought that would be a good idea? Seriously. :/
Also they're not removing the man up rule with this update, but they did say they can remove it whenever they want. They're just not that big on removing it.
Arjen
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I've been pretty busy with skyrim, but i was curious to see what they would do with TU2 to make me come back when the maps hit.
Then i see this.
Why would they do this? Learning and guessing where the next ring would be was one of the only tactical thing left from the already gimped KotH.
Then i see this.
Why would they do this? Learning and guessing where the next ring would be was one of the only tactical thing left from the already gimped KotH.
EarsOfASnake
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Those horde changes are great, I have only just started getting into it so this should ease the pain of people leaving and getting reset.
Title Update 2, huh? Interesting.
Not sure there is much on there that I have had trouble with or care is changed. Regardless, the fact that Epic is so open about what their planned changes are AND the fact that they ARE actively supporting this title post-release makes me glad to be a Gears fan.
So many games out right now: good couple of months to be a gamer, but bad for time and wallet...
Not sure there is much on there that I have had trouble with or care is changed. Regardless, the fact that Epic is so open about what their planned changes are AND the fact that they ARE actively supporting this title post-release makes me glad to be a Gears fan.
So many games out right now: good couple of months to be a gamer, but bad for time and wallet...
I haven't bought any DLC, but just got TU2. I had two games of Warzone to try it out, one on Blood Drive and the other on Rust Lung. Is that correct...?
I thought they were for Horde only?
Anyway, new maps, yay!
Edit: Ah, just read. If the game is not on servers, and the host has the maps, then it may pick one of those maps.
I thought they were for Horde only?
Anyway, new maps, yay!
Edit: Ah, just read. If the game is not on servers, and the host has the maps, then it may pick one of those maps.
D4Danger said:
It didn't register the hail mary if you got a headshot. I've been doing these while going for force multiplier and that's happened a couple times to me. (At 87/100)
I'm just glad i never got too deep into leader or vengeful boosting considering they just cut down both onyx's into a fifth of what they were. I've been mostly playing beast and horde since the game came out. Sucks you can't prestige the onyx fortifications anymore, i definitely see how some people abused it. After 1000 waves of horde i barely cracked lvl 2 prestige.
Hardest onyx in terms of time having to boost has to be sapper or spotter now. Explode 1000 grenades? pfft.
sixteen-bit
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What were the old values?Lima said:
Yeah, I'll be back on tonight for a little Gears 3 campaign with LosDaddie.
I want to thank Epic for making a game that that I haven't removed from my 360's disc drive from launch until November 15th. Apparently I've only spent 70 hours on Gears 3 according to XBL Rewards stats, but I haven't played another 360 game in that time save for short bouts of Ikaruga. I'll still be playing Gears 3, but it will share the disc drive with Assassin's Creed Revelations now.
It rare for me to give a title such a monopoly on my gaming time. So again, to all Epic employees still reading (anyone out there?) - thanks!
I want to thank Epic for making a game that that I haven't removed from my 360's disc drive from launch until November 15th. Apparently I've only spent 70 hours on Gears 3 according to XBL Rewards stats, but I haven't played another 360 game in that time save for short bouts of Ikaruga. I'll still be playing Gears 3, but it will share the disc drive with Assassin's Creed Revelations now.
It rare for me to give a title such a monopoly on my gaming time. So again, to all Epic employees still reading (anyone out there?) - thanks!
sixteen-bit
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Holy crap, that's dramatic.mernst23 said:
Leader & Vengeful dropped big time, nice.
Still have a whopping 1 Vengeful kill, but it's better than what it was before!
Good changes all around, I personally didn't have any to complain about either way so it's all good with me.
The way Halo and Gears handle their destructibility are different and Spartans surely don't get blown to pieces via a physics engine which is why I guessed that was the reason why. Again, not their official reason, and I'm not going to get into arguing about it - I've always wanted it myself for years for some the incredible kills I made and never got to see again.
Still have a whopping 1 Vengeful kill, but it's better than what it was before!
Good changes all around, I personally didn't have any to complain about either way so it's all good with me.
Alienshogun said:
RSTEIN said:
The way Halo and Gears handle their destructibility are different and Spartans surely don't get blown to pieces via a physics engine which is why I guessed that was the reason why. Again, not their official reason, and I'm not going to get into arguing about it - I've always wanted it myself for years for some the incredible kills I made and never got to see again.
Arjen said:
My friends and I play KOTH almost exclusively and all of us have been eagerly anticipating this update to KOTH. I can't tell you how frustrating it is to be the better team and lose by 7 seconds because we guessed wrong on the last two rings and the other team happen to spawn on them. This change is an improvement to me since it takes away another element of randomness to KOTH and allows the better team to win more consistently.
Also, the good teams already do this to a certain extent because you can roughly tell where or at least which side of the map the next hill can spawn. It sucks when the hill makes a strange move like Ink/Flame grenade to sniper/digger on checkout and the opposing team gets a few seconds in because they spawn there and you guys had assumed back of checkout or the mulcher spawn.
Damn now I feel like a fool, hahah. I used to run and fret and worry after every failed wave lest I would miss the opportunity to get the combat engineer ribbon (before you could only get it once per session unless you failed a wave). Not that I ever failed any wave on purpose to get myself that ribbon, but that damn ribbon took so long to get.
Also, I was so worried that they made the Big Explosions mutator almost impossible to get, when I read the change to the Hail Mary ribbon. =p
Also, I was so worried that they made the Big Explosions mutator almost impossible to get, when I read the change to the Hail Mary ribbon. =p
sixteen-bit
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It's pretty easy to cheese if you play offline and wipe your patch data. That allows you to get the ribbon multiple times per wave.MjFrancis said:
Set up a turret, shoot it a bit, press y, rinse, repeat.
Seth Balmore
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The 10 new achievements from RAAM's Shadow (DLC 2) are out, too:
So we now have 100% confirmation of who comprises Zeta squad. I missed Tai's nonsensical multiplayer quotes, great to have his phat ass back.
I like the Foreshadowing one, lololol.
- Welcome to Zeta Complete RAAMs Shadow in Standard Campaign on any difficulty. (25 points)
- Some Friendly Competition Completed RAAMs Shadow in Arcade on any difficulty. (25 points)
- Help from my Friends Completed RAAMs Shadow in 4 player co-op in Arcade or Standard Mode. (25 points)
- Finger of Doom As RAAM, kill 50 gears using your Kryll. (15 points)
- Im Rubber, Youre Glue As Mauler, kill 10 Gears by reflecting their bullets using your shield. (15 points)
- Death from Above Using the Hammer of Dawn Command Center, kill 50 Locust. (15 points)
- Unarmed and Dangerous Using the Loader, kill 10 Locust. (15 points)
- Ghosts from the Past Play 10 matches of Versus as a member of Zeta (Barrick, Tai, Minh, or Valera) (Standard or Casual). (15 points)
- Foreshadowing As RAAM, execute Minh 10 times in Versus MP (Standard or Casual). (25 points)
- Zeta Team, Go! Complete waves 1 10 of Horde with 5 players as Zeta (Barrick, Tai, Minh, Valera, and Jace). (75 points)
So we now have 100% confirmation of who comprises Zeta squad. I missed Tai's nonsensical multiplayer quotes, great to have his phat ass back.
I like the Foreshadowing one, lololol.
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