nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
It's a shame because the
underground
exterior maps with a cave
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Gears of War 4 |OT| Still Epic
- Thread starter EightBitNate
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It's a shame because the
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
I actually was on a winning streak on TDM yesterday evening, so yeah, it's working. It just takes a minute or two :x
I didn't try competitive.
DJ Lushious
Member
Can anyone please offer some "winning" advice for this fight?
I wound up checkpointing myself after the third generator without having killed a single blister. I just didn't realize the mechanics of the fight until it was too late. So, now I am checkplinted with all four generators down and 7-8 blisters left. After I reloaded my checkpoint ALL of the cocoons I had blown up have respawned, as well as the two Scions I killed.
Can I start the chapter over from level select? I don't think so, but I can't remember.
This fight is a level of unfairness I've not had to deal with on any hardest difficulty in a game in long, long time. I play all my single player campaigns on the hardest difficulty straight out of the gates. I'd consider myself skilled enough to handle them, since I've been able to, well, beat them. Gears of War 4 on Insane, however, seems to have lots of encounters that are broken, without any thought into difficulty scaling.
Halo on Legendary, in my opinion, is the perfect example of how to handle hardest difficulty in a game. Or Ninja Gaiden Black.
I HATE this map. I never know what to do. It seems very disjointed, no flow.
Yes!! I made it to Diamond in Escalation. Really starting to dig this mode, and it really solves the problem past games had on the Esports front. Execution, while fun to play, can be really boring to watch. This mode forces you to run around and expose yourself more, take more risks. It's a blast to play and watch.
Thinking maybe ranks will reset soon too? I haven't seen clear communication about this... but I do see how it says "Season 0" makes me think that they're just testing the whole system right now...
Thinking maybe ranks will reset soon too? I haven't seen clear communication about this... but I do see how it says "Season 0" makes me think that they're just testing the whole system right now...
Leyasu
Banned
Sounds like 343 have taken over the matchmaking lol
Please don't gears turn into a high latency mess like halo is. All shooters should be region filtered by default.
Where are you from by the way??
WadiumArcadium
Member
Arms Race matches are absolutely mental. In both a good and a bad way. Dodgeball is my favourite of the new modes by some distance.
IOnEI Falcon
Member
Whew! Got all 5 Class Insane horde achievements. Whew! My fingers hurt pretty bad now.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Yup, but first time we ran through it none of us did that and
it still blew up
Swarmak fight
Makes no sense. We were there for a long time until I just so happened to shoot at it that time. Marcus is all
"shoot the bombs"
catapult launching them
Just restart the checkpoint. It'll put you in the beginning of the chapter, but that fight is soo much easier when you do it one at a time.
Terrible decision to allow people to get caught like that,
having activated all the switches
Clint Beastwood
Banned
do you have a group you play with or did you do it with randoms
IOnEI Falcon
Member
Nah, never with randoms. I used TrueAchievements to find a good and dedication group.
Nice nice.
I'm here thinking how I haven't even had time to unbox my Gears 4 XB1 S yet along with the new monitor I got for it. Just way too busy.
Haha - the day randoms would stay to finish just even one Insane Horde run would be the day I gained faith in random teammates once again.
The last time I had that feeling was the Halo 3 days.
I just hate the ammo counts for the first few weapons in arms race. Boom shots and torque bows are just useless and giving 2-3 rounds just makes things more annoying
Clint Beastwood
Banned
Might have to look into that myself..
I'm about to complete my second Insane run with randoms. Although it took me about an hour to find a good lobby, one where everyone understands their role.
I'm a level 1 Heavy and we're breezing through this, my only skill is bonus turret dmg
edit - the Hammer of Dawn ability seems really useful. Often when playing Horde we kill the boss but another one spawns since we didn't kill anything else. This match we've had the HoD and the guy uses the ability twice while the rest of us focus on the boss. We're completing boss waves in ~1 minute
IOnEI Falcon
Member
Yeah, Hammer of Dawn is amazing. One round on Insane we had about 130,000 energy and for the last 5 waves we just spammed HoD. It was great!
Clint Beastwood
Banned
The glory of the Hammer
Mr.Fletcher
Member
Another night, another post where I complain about quitters. It's totally ruining the game for me.
I refuse to quit, but when no one else seems to care why should I?
I refuse to quit, but when no one else seems to care why should I?
Hellshadow
Member
yankeehater
Member
Fuck I was hoping for extra experience or credits for the event.
It's not something you unlock or get to keep, its what everyone looks like when you play in that playlist. Once the event is over, the pumpkin head is also gone.
Boooo.
Should've been a regular cosmetic item.
toastyToast
Member
I got excited for the Halloween elite pack for a second then I realized I'd just get a bunch of snub skins
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
Was on Horde earlier, and there was a guy who I was trading top scores with on each round. On the rounds closer to the boss he felt it was cool to carry on running around the map rather than camping up with defences like everyone else on the squad was. Of course he goes down ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE MAP, and ends up dying. We finish the round fine, but then I get shitty messages asking "why u not revive?".
Shithead.
Shithead.
LuvOfThaGame
Banned
Awesome! 
I missed these events from back in the gears 3 days and so glad they brought back. The snowman and Easter bunny heads should all look wicked as hell. Thanks TC!
I missed these events from back in the gears 3 days and so glad they brought back. The snowman and Easter bunny heads should all look wicked as hell. Thanks TC!
Clint Beastwood
Banned
My PC progress isn't saving at all.. Guess I won't be getting Seriously 4.0
so i cant play this if im playing with more than 1 friend? because it says social playlist....
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
BananasWithGuns
Member
Stuck at work at the moment, how much is the bonus XP for the event?
richardhawk
Member
If anyone is doing some horde in a few hours I'm down.
GT: THR0W DEM GUNZ
It's a zero not an O.
GT: THR0W DEM GUNZ
It's a zero not an O.
what time you jumping on?
BananasWithGuns
Member
So yeah, I would not bother with the event unless you like rampant sponging, because that's all I'm seeing right now.
Bonus XP is also pretty negligible.
Bonus XP is also pretty negligible.
jadedm17
Member
Do the multiplayer modes that aren't Social Quickplay not allow joining ongoing matches?
Play King of the Hill and teammate quits before round 1 ends.
Play King of the Hill and two teammates quit when we lose round 1.
Play King of the Hill and three opponents quit before round 1;
Another quits during round 2 leaving one man alone.
I'm spending more time with uneven teams than I ever am with even ones.
Seriously sick of the headaches that come with multiplayer games.
Hitting someone running away with a Torque Bow or blowing up someone with their own poorly placed grenade are the two best things about Gears.
Play King of the Hill and teammate quits before round 1 ends.
Play King of the Hill and two teammates quit when we lose round 1.
Play King of the Hill and three opponents quit before round 1;
Another quits during round 2 leaving one man alone.
I'm spending more time with uneven teams than I ever am with even ones.
Seriously sick of the headaches that come with multiplayer games.
Hitting someone running away with a Torque Bow or blowing up someone with their own poorly placed grenade are the two best things about Gears.
BananasWithGuns
Member
Heh, so I just found out the Halloween Elite Pack can only be bought with real money.
Jeez TC, you could at least pretend to give a shit about your fan base.
Jeez TC, you could at least pretend to give a shit about your fan base.
phant0m
Member
Fight is bullshit. Beat him on hardcore/co-op after like 2 hours of trying. We went upstairs on one of the platforms since there's only 1 way up and could constantly revive each other. We also killed the piece of shit with only blowing up I think 2 blisters, he eventually just died after eating a fucktom of ammo. Worst fight since
Paul
Quantum Break
Luckily, the last boss is a great fight we beat on the 2nd try.
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
I see the same guys every single night I play Escalation on PC. Somehow it's comforting knowing you'll recognize at least one name per match, but at the same time it feels weird as hell to know the competitive pool is that small.
Throw real money at the game
Also I'm done for the night. Nothing but trash lobbies in horde all night. I'll probably end up quitting soon since no one on my friends list cares to play this or horde anymore
Cant enjoy pumpkin head because its apart of 1 single mode in a single playlist
Elite pack that has the only thing I want (DOFD Kait) can only be bought with real money
STILL haven't received my digital codes for gears 1-J
Like what goes through their heads when they do these things?
Elite pack that has the only thing I want (DOFD Kait) can only be bought with real money
STILL haven't received my digital codes for gears 1-J
Like what goes through their heads when they do these things?
BananasWithGuns
Member
Clint Beastwood
Banned
completed horde on insane twice with a heavy, still no achievement. Got a level 5 heavy and i've apparently played 0 rounds.
coalition pls
coalition pls
I mean so was the pumpkin one in gears 3
Elite packs cost 3500 coin not only real money
And if you want my digital codes I can just pm you if you want
BananasWithGuns
Member
Not the Halloween Elite Pack though, that's only available for real money.
And yeah, while Day of the Dead Kait is available in normal packs, the Halloween Elite Pack is going to increase the likelihood of obtaining it by a hell of a lot.
It's just another all around shitty move by TC.