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Gears of War 3 |OT| BROTHERS TO THE END

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Bread

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Elginer said:
Just bought the Rainbow pack for some damn good Lucky Charms like killing. I haven't gotten my LE yet but tonight my friends... it's on like Donkey Kong.
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ultron87

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Ah yes, the part of the day where my Amazon order says "Shipping Soon" and I get irrationally paranoid that it won't get to my house tomorrow.
 
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Lima

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Microsoft is teh lulz.

Looks like they forgot that the game comes out in Germany. No TU1 yet which is why we can't play online.

I don't know if I should laugh or cry.
 
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Dyno

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I find that if I buy the game the morning it comes out I usually get some kind of 'limited or 'pre-order' edition complete with the extra swag. Happened with Deus Ex, Crysis 2, Dead Space 2, etc. etc.

But there seems to be so much weapon and character skin variety that if I play vanilla I will be the one who stands out the most!
 
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omgkitty

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ultron87 said:
Ah yes, the part of the day where my Amazon order says "Shipping Soon" and I get irrationally paranoid that it won't get to my house tomorrow.
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It's so dumb too because it's probably just sitting in the package waiting to be shipped, but they refuse to send it out until tonight because they are afraid it will get to you before tomorrow.
 
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Vire

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Lima said:
Title Update 1 which is available in the US and some parts of Europe. Austria, Germany etc. did not get it yet.

Talk about splitting the community.
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The game isn't even out yet. Stop your whining.
 
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Backfoggen

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Lima said:
Title Update 1 which is available in the US and some parts of Europe. Austria, Germany etc. did not get it yet.

Talk about splitting the community.
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So that's why I couldn't get into any games yet. And I've been messing around with my router like a dumb ass.

Good job Microsoft.
 
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dank0723

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Backfoggen said:
So that's why I couldn't get into any games yet. And I've been messing around with my router like a dumb ass.

Good job Microsoft.
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If the TU1 is not out by tomorrow ON LAUNCH DAY, then complain.
 
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D4Danger

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13 games
149 kills
61 deaths
12 wins
6 MVPs

this game, man. this fucking game.

also, I've seen 3 people online who I haven't seen since Gears 1. I didn't even remember who they are but they're on my friends list lol

Gears reuniting the OG 360 crowd

also, I saw a level 56. crazy.
 
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-PXG-

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Making this post here, since I need space for the OP:

Starting Characters

COG: Marcus, Dom, Cole, Baird, Anya
Locust: Drone, Savage Drone, Grenadier Elite, Savage Grenadier, Myrrah

Rank Progression Characters

COG Gear - Level 2
Miner - Level 3
Sam Byrne - Level 4
Beast Rider - Level 5
Dizzy Wallin - Level 7
Hunter - Level 8
Jace Stratton - Level 10
Theron Guard - Level 12
Clayton Carmine - Level 14
Classic Dom - Level 17
Spotter - Level 20
Classic Cole - Level 23
Flame Grenadier - Level 26
Classic Baird - Level 30
Benjamin Carmine - Level 34
Grenadier - Level 39
Civilian Anya - Level 45
Victor Hoffman -Level 50
Hunter Elite - Level 60
Anthony Carmine - Level 75

Medal/Miscellaneous Unlock Characters

Classic Marcus - Silver Veteran Medal (Play 200 Matches)
Unarmored Marcus - Complete the Campaign, Any Difficulty.
Superstar Cole - Gold MVP Medal (MVP 100 Matches)
Chairman Prescott - Silver Allfathers Medal (Play 200 Matches in all 6 Game Modes)
Golden Gear - Bronze War Supporter Medal (Play in 5 Gears Events)
Savage Theron Guard - Beat Beast Mode, All Difficulties.
Kantus - Gold Medic Medal (Revive 150 Teammates)
Sniper - Bronze Headshot Medal (Get 100 Headshots)
Golden Hunter - Gold Master-At-Arms Medal (Get 300 Kills with all 5 Starting Weapons)
Golden Miner - Gold Rifleman Medal (Get 300 Kills with all 3 Rifles)
Griffin - Facebook Promotion or Gold Big Spender Medal ($300,000 in Horde cash)
Cole Train - Through the Beta or a currently unknown way in the Retail.
Big Rig Dizzy - Unknown...
Theron Elite - Unknown...

Pre-Order Characters

Commando Dom - GameStop Pre-order Exclusive
Mechanic Baird - Bestbuy Pre-order Exclusive
Savage Kantus - Amazon Pre-order Exclusive
Savage Grenadier Elite - Walmart Pre-order Exclusive
Adam Fenix - Exclusive to Limited and Epic Editions (Or if you redeemed your Gears Infected Omen Controller code before 9/9/11)

DLC Characters

Bernie Mataki - Confirmed for 1st DLC in November
Onyx Guard - Confirmed for 1st DLC in November
Tai Kaliso
Ming Young Kim
RAAM
Skorge
Michael Barrick

DLC Maps

Azura - Confirmed for 1st DLC in November
Rust Lung - Confirmed for 1st DLC in November
Blood Drive - Not known when/ how it will be made available...

Weapon Unlocks:

Photos of skins here.

Crimson Omen Lancer - 12 + 2 XBL Gold Card Promotion
Crimson Omen Hammerburst - Welcome to Beast (Survive all 12 waves of Beast mode)
Crimson Omen Retro Lancer - Welcome to Horde (Survive the first 10 waves of Horde mode)
Crimson Omen Gnasher - Welcome to Versus (Kill 10 enemies in Team Deathmatch)
Crimson Omen Sawed-Off - Welcome to Arcade (Complete 5 Arcade Campaign chapters in co-op)

Team Insignia Retro - Bronze Veteran Medal (Play 100 Matches)
Team Insignia Lancer - Silver Veteran Medal (Play 200 Matches)
Team Insignia Hammerburst - Gold Veteran Medal (Play 300 Matches)
Team Insignia Shotgun Set - Onyx Veteran Medal (Play 400 Matches)

Flaming Hammerburst - Unlocked if you played the beta between April 18th - April 24th.
Flaming Lancer - Unlocked if you played the beta between April 25th - May 1st.
Flaming Retro Lancer - No information at the moment...
Flaming Sawed-Off - Unlocked if you played the beta between May 2nd - May 8th.
Flaming Gnasher - Unlocked if you played the beta between May 9th - May 15th.

Gold Lancer - Play Gears 3 online between Sept. 20th and Sept. 27th or Download codes from Gears of War 2 (Carries over if you already have them).
Gold Hammerburst - Play Gears 3 online between Sept. 20th and Sept. 27th or Download codes from Gears of War 2 (Carries over if you already have them).
Gold Retro Lancer - Unlocked in beta (complete 90 matches and get 100 kills with the gold Retro Lancer) or can also be unlocked by getting Veteran Gear in Gears 2.
Gold Gnasher - Unlocked by getting Veteran Gear in Gears 2 and playing in the first week of play in Gears of War 3.
Gold Sawed-Off - Unlocked via the Commando achievement in Gears of War 1 (Complete Gears of War 1 on Insane).

(NOTE - Veteran Gear Achievement in Gears 2 unlocks the gold skin for all five starting weapons)

Chrome Lancer - In Gears 1, finish a ranked match with the highest amount of points.
Chrome Hammerburst - Complete 10 waves of Horde, on any difficulty, on any map, in Gears 2.
Chrome Retro Lancer - In Gears 1, complete 10 different co-op chapters as Dominic Santiago on any difficulty.
Chrome Gnasher - Complete the campaigns of Gears of War 1, 2 and 3, on any difficulty.
Chrome Sawed-Off – Have at least one achievement from Gears of War PC.

Onyx Lancer – Get 6000 kills with the Lancer in Gears 3.
Onyx Hammerburst – Get 6000 kills with the Hammerburst in Gears 3.
Onyx Retro Lancer – Get 6000 kills with the Retro Lancer in Gears 3.
Onyx Gnasher – Get 6000 kills with the Gnasher in Gears 3.
Onyx Sawed-Off – Get 6000 kills with the Sawed-Off in Gears 3.

Gold Omen (all 5 starting weapons) - Reach level 100 in Gears of War 3.
Infected Omen (all 5 starting weapons) - Included with the Gears of War 3 Epic Edition, LE Console or LE Controller.

Liquid Metal (all 5 starting weapons)- Included with the Gears of War 3 Season Pass.
Liquid Metal Green/ Xbox (all 5 starting weapons) - Obtained (for free) through a yet to be announced promotion.
White / Ivory (all 5 starting weapons) - Exclusive to Epic employees or those who are close friends with Joe Graf.

DLC Weapons

Each Static Set - 240 pts
Each Animated Set - 320 pts
Weapon Collections - 1200 points (x5 weapons)
Launch Collection (EVERY SKIN, EVERY WEAPON) - 3600 pts

(NOTE:
Set = all five starting weapons
Collections - 5 collections of 21 skins, each containing every skin for the Lancer, Retro, HB, Gnasher or SOS)

Garish
Artic Camo
Desert Digital
Desert Camo
Deadly Cute
Childs Play
Blood
Electric
Flower
Haze
Imulsion
Rainbow
Team Pulse
Oil Slick
Ocean
Thunderstorm
Team Distress
Team Metal
Tiger Stripe
Jungle Digital
Tribal
Urban Digital
 
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-PXG-

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Posting here since I need room:

Thank you Raxus for posting this info


VENGEFUL
Execute (75/???/???/???) nemeses.
A nemesis is an enemy who killed you 5 times in the same match.

CAPTOR
Kill (50/???/???/???) enemies with a captive.
It has to be one shot kills while they are holding a meat shield, downing them first and then killing them off will not count.

WAR SUPPORTER
Play in (5/???/???/???) Gears events.
No real info yet.

MVP
Earn (5/25/100/500) MVP ribbons.
You get the MVP ribbon by finishing a match with the most points.

FIELD SERVICE
Reach Level (25/50/75/100).

VETERAN
Play (100/1000/2000/???) matches.

MATCH WINNER
Win (50/500/1000/???) matches.
Same as "VETERAN" except you can play the matches yourself if you really want to win every one of them.

HEADSHOT
Get (100/500/2000/6000) headshots.

HEAVY WEAPONS
Get (100/500/2000/6000) heavy weapon kills.
One-shot, Mulcher and Mortar counts as heavy weapons.

EXPLOSIVES
Get (100/500/2000/6000) explosive kills.
Grenades, Boomshot, Torque Bow and Digger counts as explosives.

FINISHER
Get (100/500/2000/6000) executions.
You execute someone who is downed by pressing Y or X (meat shield) while standing next to them, chainsaw-kills and bayonet-charges also counts as executions.

SKUNKER
Skunk enemy team (25/100/500/???) times.
Win without letting the enemy team win a single round, cannot be won in 1 round matches.

LEADER
Earn (25/100/???/???) Untouchable ribbons.
You get the untouchable ribbon by finnishing a round of CTL as leader without letting the enemy capture you at all.

ABDUCTOR
Capture (25/100/???/???) enemy leaders.
Earned in CTL.

ASSISTANT
Get (125/500/2000/???) assists in Versus multiplayer.
Damage an enemy and let a teammate get the kill.

MEDIC
Revive (50/250/???/???) squadmates.
Press X while standing next to a downed teammate.

COVER
Earn (10/50/300/600) Buttoned Up ribbons.
You earn the Buttoned Up ribbon by spending the most time in cover in a match, using a meat shield will also count as cover.

ACTIVE RELOADER
(500/2500/???/???) perfect active reloads.

LANCER
Get (100/500/2000/6000) Lancer kills.
Chainsaw kills counts as well.

HAMMERBURST
Get (100/500/2000/6000) Hammerburst kills.

RETRO LANCER
Get (100/500/2000/6000) Retro Lancer kills.
Retro charge kills counts as well.

GNASHER SHOTGUN
Get (100/500/2000/6000) Gnasher Shotgun kills.

SAWED-OFF SHOTGUN
Get (100/500/2000/6000) Sawed-off Shotgun kills.

PISTOLS
Get (100/500/2000/6000) pistol kills.
Snub, Gorgon and Boltok are the pistols.

SPOTTER
Spot (250/1000/???/???) enemies.
Aim at an enemy and press your left stick will spot them.

PYRO
Kill (50/300/???/???) enemies with fire.
Scorcher and Incediary grenades are the fire-based weapons.

SAPPER
Destroy (10/???/???/???) enemy grenades.
Shoot a grenade that is tagged to a wall or to the floor by an enemy.

GUARDIAN
Rescue (50/600/???/???) leaders in CTL.
Make an enemy release your leader by throwing a smoke grenade at him/her or kill/down him/her.

CTL
Play (100/300/1000/3000) CTL matches.
Same as VETERAN.

KOTH
Play (100/300/1000/3000) KOTH matches.
Same as VETERAN.

WARZONE
Play (100/300/1000/3000) Warzone matches.
Same as VETERAN.

EXECUTION
Play (100/300/1000/3000) Execution matches.
Same as VETERAN.

TDM
Play (100/300/1000/3000) TDM matches.
Same as VETERAN.

WINGMAN
Play (100/300/1000/3000) Wingman matches.
Same as VETERAN.

ALLFATHERS
(Bronze/Silver/Gold/Onyx) Medal in all game modes.

MASTER-AT-ARMS
(Bronze/Silver/Gold/Onyx) Medal with all 5 starting weapons.

RIFLEMAN
(Bronze/Silver/Gold/Onyx) Medal with all 3 starting rifles.

HARD TARGET
Earn (100/300/???/???) Last Man Out ribbons.
Be the last person on your team to die, cannot be obtained in KOTH or CTL.

SHOCK TROOPER
Earn (100/300/???/???) First Blood ribbons.
Score the first kill of the round.

OLD SCHOOLER
Curb stomp (50/300/???/???) enemies.
Press Y (don't hold) next to a downed enemy to execute them with a curb stomp.

BATTLE MISTRESS
Play as a female in (25/???/???/1000) matches.
The female characters are Sam, Anya, Civilian Anya (COG) and Myrrah (Locust).

SOVEREIGN
Win (25/???/???/???) CTL rounds as leader.

SPECIAL TEAMS
Get (100/500/2000/6000) map-based weapon kills.
Every weapon that is not among the 5 starting weapons count as a map-based weapon.

HORDE MEDALS

FOR THE HORDE!
Completed all 50 waves of Horde on (Casual/Normal/Hardcore/Insane).

HORDER
Complete (100/???/???/???) waves of Horde.
Cumulative, you can do the first wave on casual as many times as it takes if you want.

ARCHITECT
Earn Founder ribbon (10/50/???/???) times.
You earn the Founder ribbon by building a base, it's the tower like structures that you have to build to even start playing horde.

SQUAD LEADER
Earn Point Man ribbon (50/150/???/???) times.
You earn the Point Man ribbon by finishing a wave with the most points, cannot be earned solo.

FIELD ENGINEER
Complete (100/500/???/???) fortification modifications.
Barriers, decoy, turrets etc all counts as fortifications. Building/repairing/upgrading counts towards this.

BIG MONEY
Earn $(100000/500000/???/???) cash in Horde.
Everything that gives you points gives you the same amount in cash, completing challenges also earns you cash.

LOOT COURTESAN
Complete (10/20/???/???) challenges in Horde.
If you complete 3 waves in a row without dying, your next wave will have a bonus challenge for you. It can be different side objectives like getting a certain amount of headshots, executions, chainsaw-kills, turret kills etc.

BEAST MODE

I'M A BEAST!
Complete Beast without failing on (Casual/Normal/Hardcore/Insane).
There are 12 waves and you start with 1 minute on each wave, every kill you get will add time.

BEASTLY
Complete (60/???/???/???) waves of Beast.
Cumulative.

MOTIVATOR
Heal or revive (250/???/???/???) teammates in Beast.
You have to play as the Kantus for this. Press X for your heal/revive scream.

DISMANTLER
Destroy (150/???/???/???) fortifications in Beast.
The humans will build decoys, barriers, turrets etc. Destroy these by meleeing or walking through them.

RUTHLESS
Kill (125/325/???/???) humans in Beast.

INVESTOR
Earn $(100000/???/???/???) cash in Beast.
Same as horde, points = money.

HIGH ROLLER
Ready for the Heavies ribbon (5/???/???/???) times.
You get this ribbon by unlocking the final tier of locusts in a game of Beast, cannot be obtained solo. The more points you get, the faster you unlock new tiers. Unlocks at around wave 5 if using a 2nd idle controller.

CAMPAIGN

KING OF COG
Earn (100000/500000/???/???) total points in Arcade mode.

NUMBER 1
Number 1 in Arcade (20/60/???/???) times.
Load up Act II chapter VII and make sure you play splitscreen with a idle 2nd controller, shoot anything or everything to ensure you get more points than the 2nd controller.

WARMONGER
Complete all Arcade chapters on (Casual/Normal/Hardcore/Insane)

FORCE MULTIPLIER
Maintain max multiplier in (10/30/???/???) chapters of Arcade.
Act II chapter VII again, can be done in less than 3 minutes. I have a video guide ready for this.

SURVIVALIST
Complete (20/60/???/???) chapters without dying.
Act II chapter VII again.

AFICIONADO
Play (50/150/???/???) chapters of Arcade.
Act II chapter VII again.

DOORMAN
Manipulate (200/???/???/???) objects in campaign.
You earn credit towards this medal everytime you press a button, pull a lever or open a door etc.

TOUR OF DUTY
Complete campaign on (Casual/Normal/Hardcore/Insane).
 
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-PXG-

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Ballistik said:
Can't you ask a mod for an extra post by your OP? I don't know if that's a possible request..
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I asked Evilore. No response yet.

I added (and deleted) stuff to the OP. Anything that is removed was given a link to the appropriate post.

Da OP
 
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Grisby

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Thanks for the wallpapers PXG. I'll be putting one on my laptop. I changed my gamer picture to a cog symbol and my 360 background to the "Last Day" Premium theme (don't even remember how I got that, must have been free though) so I'm set.
 
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Lima

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dank0723 said:
If the TU1 is not out by tomorrow ON LAUNCH DAY, then complain.
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I can bitch about this all I want dude.

There will be midnight launches in Germany too and nobody will be able to play the game online because Microsoft messed this up.
 
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ShaneB

Member
Glad I burned through my solo campaign run this weekend, now I'm open to doing whatever the heck I want when it launches tonight.
 
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Backfoggen

Banned
dank0723 said:
If the TU1 is not out by tomorrow ON LAUNCH DAY, then complain.
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Yeah, but it's a very specific prob that only came up in a specific area. The rest of the world can already play.

I just wanna play MP. :(
 
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Murkas

Member
This has probably already been asked and answered but where are my beta unlocks?

I've unlocked Cole train outfit and a few other things in the beta but I got none of it, even the medal for participating in the beta, never got that. It's like I never took part :(

Guessing it probably has something to do with release date and how I'm playing it early or something.

Finished the game, last fight was annoying, the game was what I expected to be honest. Horde mode and beast mode should be fun, going to play that with friends soon.
 
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