http://xboxclips.com/v0rt3x/aa11e689-dd4d-4f06-adf8-9ed6fd90bc12
Started a game today and Kait spawned facing the wrong way lol.
Started a game today and Kait spawned facing the wrong way lol.
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Gears of War 4 |OT| Still Epic
- Thread starter EightBitNate
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njean777
Member
The biggest gripe from me with this game is the credit system. I play a lot and barley have been able to buy any packs. If I have the season pass I should get 2x the credit amount. That is all I have to say.
Still really like the game and won't stop playing it, just a small complaint.
Still really like the game and won't stop playing it, just a small complaint.
Holy shit the only thing they're doing with the packs is fixing duplicates??? Wow. #1 complaint I bet was make em cheaper or easier to purchase, guess that's not happening anytime soon. They really want that money, I guess as long as suckers keep buying no point changing it.
Also disappointed we have to wait for the footsteps audio fix until next update. Ugh. That was my #2 complaint right after shotty bullets.
Also disappointed we have to wait for the footsteps audio fix until next update. Ugh. That was my #2 complaint right after shotty bullets.
J-Roderton
Member
Well, that's a start I guess.
NoLongerALurker
Banned
Well that outline for updates is a start I guess... Footstep audio should be in the first update though and making Gears pack cheaper should have been fixed yesterday. Also, I really hope Lift is a map that rotates out when the new maps come in. I really hate how the weapons spawn in midmatch. Pretty much pointless at least half the time.
BananasWithGuns
Member
Hammerburst is probably dead forever because those patch notes scream "overnerf"
blue_phazon
Member
Very short range. In which case you shouldn't be using a Lancer anyway?
Jessie.Bristol
Member
Checkout and Drydock look fantastic. Eager to try the Gnasher after the update.
Probably for the best
. Haven't touched the Lancer in MP aside from Arms Race because of how powerful the Hammerburst was. Looks like I'll be using the trusty Lancer once again!
Probably for the best
. Haven't touched the Lancer in MP aside from Arms Race because of how powerful the Hammerburst was. Looks like I'll be using the trusty Lancer once again!NoLongerALurker
Banned
Why am I almost never the character I pick for MP? Anybody else have this problem?
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
CROSSPLAY YES
Clint Beastwood
Banned
Cool, time to start saving up. Surprised they actually made this change, didn't think they would give a fuck about the community's opinion.
This change sounds awful and pointless, I hope I can keep it as it is now. If I wanted 15 different actions binded to one button I would play on consoles. Also this will fuck with my muscle memory, I'm so used to picking up the turret so that it doesn't get damaged or destroyed and only I go down.
Engineers never going to break 1000 score confirmed.
I wonder what significantly reduced damage on the Hammerburst translates to in game. It's going to be the only weapon with stopping power now so it has it's advantage over the Lancer and can counter Gnasher. Maybe now you'll only be able to down and kill two people instead of three. What an irrelevant weapon..
Jawmuncher
Member
WTF. I'm currently level 55 and still no achievement for get level 50. Anyone else with the same issue?
Hoya Destroyer
Member
I bought the Gears 4 red xbone today and stupidly thought I'd be playing tonight. Its been downloading for the last 4 hours and has just passed 10GB. Only 40 to go now :'(
At least I'll have something to play next week.
At least I'll have something to play next week.
superNESjoe
Member
Nerfing the Hammerburst so dramatically isn't the answer to me. Nerf it a little, sure, but buff the Lancer in a very minor way too. I don't think the issue was *just* that the Hammerburst was overly effective, but that the Lancer was so ineffective that it was made completely useless.
Making both of them ineffective will only facilitate heavy Gnasher dominance.
Making both of them ineffective will only facilitate heavy Gnasher dominance.
Clint Beastwood
Banned
you're on PC right?
Go to settings in Xbox app and run a test to see if you can obtain a teredo address
Yup, there has always been a brief invulnerability period in Gears when reviving someone. People survive Torque Bow shots that way as well too.
And that is interesting news to hear that they are getting rid of duplicates, considering that duplicates are what feeds a model that uses scrap.
I still have to setup my XB1, so it looks like I'm going to have some great drawings when I finally redeem all of my Gear Pack codes and use them after the update. Not even worried about it either way because I already have a bunch of character & weapon skins for free with contests and promos and such.
And that is interesting news to hear that they are getting rid of duplicates, considering that duplicates are what feeds a model that uses scrap.
I still have to setup my XB1, so it looks like I'm going to have some great drawings when I finally redeem all of my Gear Pack codes and use them after the update. Not even worried about it either way because I already have a bunch of character & weapon skins for free with contests and promos and such.
This post is the truth.
blue_phazon
Member
Pro-tip for the future:
Go to setting and out your Xbox in offline mode. THEN put the game in and start the installation. This way it directly installs from the disk and takes about 30-40 minutes. After that the patch should take about another 30-40 minutes. It's still pretty long, but MUCH better than keeping the Xbox online for the initial installation
Clint Beastwood
Banned
What do you find boring about it?
I think it has a lot of issues but when I manage to get into a decent lobby 5% of the time, I have a lot of fun with it.
Hoya Destroyer
Member
Thanks. I'll keep that in mind when I can install from the disk, in the future. Unfortunately, I only got a code with the red xbox,so I have to do this the hard way.
Im closing in on 21GB downloaded now. I have cable internet, but only DL'ing at 2-3Mb/s.
I know your comment wasnt directed at me, but I'll throw in my 2c anyway.
Though I havent played Gears 4 Horde yet (see above), the prob with Gears 3 Horde was that it took too long to get challenging and fun, and then during later stages, it became impossibly difficult. I only beat it 2 or 3 times and that was only thanks to Silverback cheese.
Mass Effect 3's "horde" mode was way better, because games (on Gold difficulty) only took about 20 mins to complete, had a nice consistent challenge and even gave more game play variety with both weapons and powers (maybe that last comparison inst a fair one to put against Gears though).
blue_phazon
Member
superNESjoe
Member
Buddy of mine bought 7 of those Halloween Packs, hasn't gotten a single day of the dead character.
I laughed at first, but then got really mad for him. This is predatory nonsense. These people should be ashamed of themselves.
I laughed at first, but then got really mad for him. This is predatory nonsense. These people should be ashamed of themselves.
Yep, it is garbage. I bought 2 of the esports packs and got the same embar skin both times along with EMBLEMS. Nobody gives a flying fuck about emblems, so it's a joke that they're used to pad these paid packs out.
I'm done paying for any of their stuff. I've got to blame myself for being dumb enough to buy in (twice no less) but there's some real shady shit going on behind the scenes with their RNG. Don't dangle a cool thing in front of players and tell them they could get it for $10, then keep yanking it away and saying "Oop! Try again!".
Plus, they really need to get Horde beefed up with new enemies. It's the same 10 waves 4 times in a row. It's really missing flames, Kantus, maulers, and additional boss types. I've got about 40 hours into just this mode and it's starting to get a little tired. And it really doesn't help that the matchmaking is such a struggle.
Also, as somebody here pointed out, Mass Effect did a great job offering a horde mode that could be completed in about 30 mins. Gears NEEDS this. You can't just demand that everybody who plays horde always has 3 hours to dedicate to it without interruptions. That's for kids and I'm an adult with adult shit going on at times. I've completed 50 waves a handful of times now but sometimes I only have time for 20-30 and people get pissy about it when you gotta bail, which I understand. I just helped two guys beat 50 the other day and it was their first time. It blew me away because they were the same level as me but just didn't have the friends list resources that I do, so I guess I've been lucky to do it more than once.
DJ Lushious
Member
More Pro Pro-Tip:
Just decline the game update when installing and forego setting your console offline. Both do the same thing, but one is way less obtuse of a solution than the other.
TheSchwab_7
Member
I don't know why they just couldn't have you use credits to buy them. Oh well, gotta get that money somehow.
superNESjoe
Member
What I don't understand is if the pack is only available for money, so you know the people opening them had to spend real cash, why not just give them the damn skins.
What harm is it to have a 5 card pack that does not have emblems, and guarantees at the very least one day of the dead skin. Hell, what's the harm in all five of those cards being day of the dead skins? They're giving you cold hard cash for it, screw over the credit users with the RNG, but the way they treat this on the cash only packs is bait-and-switch and predatory.
Aw, this pack is all about getting those day of the dead skins! Buy now! Oh, you didn't get lucky enough? Too bad. Buy another?
These practices are souring me so much I'm getting real close to dropping the game entirely.
Some reasons I find it boring:
- Class system explanations are hidden away, meaning weeks on and people still don't know Scouts get double power.
- Same, boring enemies every single time.. which leads me into
- Same enemy attacks EVERY time. There's no randomness to what enemies you will face. Wave 3 will always have the same enemies as any Wave 3
- Only 4 bosses, and they are all kinda crappy
- No emote system for non-mic users so you can say thanks for a revive or STOP BUILDING SENTRIES
- ONLY the option of playing 1-50 with no random joins, meaning you play the same 1-20 waves before everyone has left
- Its 2016. Retire. Fucking. Gridlock.
- The bounties are all kinda weak, and some are just plain dumb
- There are so few skins/characters out that I don't ever feel like saving my credits for an Elite pack
These are just some of the things that have made it rather tedious for me. If they hadn't have increased the horde credits already I probably would have stopped playing by now.
I Want Your Cat
Member
http://xboxclips.com/The Gears Devil/968b3a24-2ba0-4231-bea8-93e63f447306/embed
I killed the whole team in Dodgeball, proud of it.
I killed the whole team in Dodgeball, proud of it.
Jawmuncher
Member
Wish I was on PC. Still haven't been able to download.
Got it to work though. Seems to be an odd stipulation for the achievement. That makes it glitch if you play a lot of continuous lobbies. Played a ranked match of escalation and got the level up to 56 and the achievement I should have gotten 6 levels ago.
Guessing the achievement is triggered by seeing certain result screens. Since versus AI seems to not be compatible.
Nice. I did this too during a match and it always feels so good.
Does anyone know if the Windows Store correctly supports pausing and later resuming downloads now?
I am on a 50GB limit every 24 hours (Uni network, Norway) and the game is 70+ GB on PC.
When it released I couldn't pause and resume later, it would either get stuck or not start at all. Forcing me to redo the entire thing which is impossible.
I am on a 50GB limit every 24 hours (Uni network, Norway) and the game is 70+ GB on PC.
When it released I couldn't pause and resume later, it would either get stuck or not start at all. Forcing me to redo the entire thing which is impossible.
Clint Beastwood
Banned
ah, saw you posting in PC threads so figured it was that.
Sounds about right.
If they better explained the class system it would be so much better. You should be able to see your teammates skills and etc. Explaining the benefits as to why the scout should be picking up power and picking it up during the wave for double energy is annoying.
Jawmuncher
Member
Been posting in the PC threads to try and see if MS would release a fix for my downloading issues lol.
You're well past the halfway mark. Still a bit more to go, but you're getting close.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Halo 5 doesn't give you duplicates for customization items.
See this Narpas? Improvements.
Narpas Sword0
Member
So you can't name one, ok. You should have probably lopped off that part of the post along with the rest of it that you ignored.
Overwatch gives duplicates and everyone falls over themselves loving that game, and Halo's packs impact gameplay way more while also being consumable. Neither is releasing new free maps at the rate that Gears is. The Gears dupes let you get scrap to buy exactly the skin you want, something you can't do at all in Halo and which you can't do for promo items like Summer Games in Overwatch.
There is a spectrum in play here, and games will fall here or there on it. I don't think Gears is standout egregious like, say, Evolve. I don't believe there is an example of a game that does it exactly how you want it to, with the scale of free content being delivered by this game.
Overwatch gives duplicates and everyone falls over themselves loving that game, and Halo's packs impact gameplay way more while also being consumable. Neither is releasing new free maps at the rate that Gears is. The Gears dupes let you get scrap to buy exactly the skin you want, something you can't do at all in Halo and which you can't do for promo items like Summer Games in Overwatch.
There is a spectrum in play here, and games will fall here or there on it. I don't think Gears is standout egregious like, say, Evolve. I don't believe there is an example of a game that does it exactly how you want it to, with the scale of free content being delivered by this game.
Clint Beastwood
Banned
Overwatch gives duplicates but you get a crate for every level up making it more tolerable. You can't use scrap to buy items from promos like Esports pack either.
Mr.Fletcher
Member
Getting ready to throw in the towel. Too many problems for me. They've done a lot right, but I don't think I've got the guts for it anymore.
oh yea man the scrap is so good I love having to trash 500 items to be able to make 1 decent item
hey you know what successful game does that too? Overwatch. But thats filled to the brim with total garbage like voice lines so you're always getting something new!!
Until whales go extinct and these AAA games stop selling boatloads of copies, these MT's are here to stay.
Goodacre0081
Member
ya season pass owners should get a free elite pack every month or something.
achievements locked behind the season pass!
Danis Saur
Member
I'm giving up on the Multiplayer, too many good players, but hope everyone else continues to enjoy it.
Jawmuncher
Member
It took me FOREVER to be able to craft a legendary. I had to scrap all of my legendary items and still work on getting more people. The scrap amounts are so low.
There's an achievement for crafting a legendary - which I want - but there's not a single thing there worth crafting for me. Why are Day of the Dead skins legendary?? Let me craft Maria or General Raam.
Clint Beastwood
Banned
I'm about 60% towards being able to craft another legendary (then again I probably have more time in this game than everyone in the thread combined). There's nothing I want though so I'm going to just hope they release an actual good Kait skin or Savage Grenadier Elite.