[quote name='Ryuukishi']I just played 10 matches of Team Deathmatch in a row without quitting to the menus... Not much to it. Winning or losing doesn't matter as far as I'm aware.[/QUOTE]
There's an even easier way to get it. But what you posted is the best, legitimate way of doing it.
damn 7th you were going for insane horde? Maybe I couldn't join if someone else was host.
meh P2P games last night. I was averaging maybe 1500 points/round for some matches. The SO wouldn't fire a lot so I missed out on many kills. Went regular gnasher for a while but then got stuck going against a party of at least 3 people (quick matches btw). No way could they have been that good (and my team that bad) for several matches in a row. I was lucky to get 1200 ppm when they were getting 4000+ each. They all left mid match when it was 0-1 on Thrashball. My team won the match 2-1 and I ended getting MVP with a bit under 9k points. Caught a break and had a decent host migration I guess.
His channel is pretty good he has lessons starting with at number with the basics and goes all the way up on wall bouncing and how to shotgun.[/QUOTE]
thanks, that actually helped a lot
i scored not dead last on the point board after learing about the clip damage bonus(helped me get some kills iwth my lancer!), left side advantage and learned a little about blind firing hehe. i didnt see anything about this covered but i also am staying with the group instead of trying ot run around like rambo which has lowered my death count a lot.
the wall bouncing junk can wait tho lol. just trying to get use to the cover spots for now.
3 achievements left, and 2 are unobtainable at the moment. All i have to do is get to level 50 and im at 44 right now.
I also am ranked 15th in the prologue arcade score.
I really wish Epic made options to use gun skins, or alternate character skins for arcade online. I think that would have been a perfect fit for it. Im sure the cut scenes wouldnt change but at least you could change up the gameplay a little.
I still want to beat beast mode on insane. Its kind of dumb that you cant search online for horde or beast on a more difficult level than normal.
[quote name='The 7th Number']Its kind of dumb that you cant search online for horde or beast on a more difficult level than normal.[/QUOTE]
It's the [lame] secret to giving the game longevity.
I'm sure that by the time Call of Duty releases they'll conveniently add that ability, or at least a social game mode. It's like what happened with Halo: Reach, and how it just happened that the rank cap limit was lifted right around the release of Black Ops.
I like how the Bungie thermometer progress suddenly jumped up to get that rank cap lifted since they knew their online would take a massive drop due to Call of Duty's monstrous success.
Let's not forget that the on disc DLC gets "released" in November, so hopefully that will coincide with a Title Update to add more accessibility to their respective game modes.
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Are people still serious about getting a 360 Voice group to the 1 or 2 place to get the money? I'd like to work with 3/4 others to help them get the respective achievements, but it seems like no one has an interest in it. We need 40 people to hit 830, and since we have 2 groups with 80 I figured we'd have the numbers, but there doesn't seem to be a demand.
It's like people don't want to get paid to play the game.
If I don't get responses I'm going to trade this into Best Buy tomorrow while the trade-in value is high.
[quote name='The 7th Number']3 achievements left, and 2 are unobtainable at the moment. All i have to do is get to level 50 and im at 44 right now.
I also am ranked 15th in the prologue arcade score.
I really wish Epic made options to use gun skins, or alternate character skins for arcade online. I think that would have been a perfect fit for it. Im sure the cut scenes wouldnt change but at least you could change up the gameplay a little.
I still want to beat beast mode on insane. Its kind of dumb that you cant search online for horde or beast on a more difficult level than normal.[/QUOTE]
I did Act 3 this evening on Insane, so I think on Saturday I'll be able to get that done. I hope they fix the final boss fight. It's just not fun. Oh, and the
Lambent Beserker is not Instant Meleable, even in Horde.
The last part of Act 3 was a BITCH though, even though that boss wasn't.
I think come November they'll conveniently unlock new characters for Beast Mode and a new item for Horde. There's clearly room for them there. I doubt they'll be free given Epic's bullshit with DLC on this game. I also hope they'll add a 3-4x XP multiplier weekend or two or three to make boosting up to level 100 a bit more palpable. I'm also thinking they'll come out with 5 or 6 Onyx Medals per DLC pack to entice people into buying them, because that will probably make getting Seriously 3.0 a lot easier.
Example:
'Buy these DLC packs because getting Onyx in them is really easy. Only $30 more for the Season Pass.'
EDIT: Got First Amongst Equals. Now only 5 Achievements to go. I can see how you might have gotten Ranked 16th in the Prologue 7th Number, but I fell just a bit short, managing to get 46th in it. Still a respectable placing in my opinion.
I played my real first test of the mp tonight and so far i think its good. Only thing that pisses me off is when i hit someone with the sawed off point blank and they dont even go down.
Im up to level 45, this really isnt taking much time at all to level up. Not nearly as bad as Gears 2 was.
KingBroly, are you using any mutators to beat it on insane? I think that active reload might help the last boss easier. Doing it solo would be hard, but with other people then it shouldnt be hard, just take forever.
Yes, we're using Insta-Gib Melee, Infinite Ammo and Super Reload. The problem with the final boss is going to be keeping people off our backs. I imagine that
with Super Reload bringing down the Queen won't take that long, so we'll have more chances to use the Hammer. Hopefully the Guards spawn in waves and not constantly.
I might try to give it a go by myself at some point, just to see if it's plausible.
Man, in TDM, one game i had 1 death, and by the time i died all our resources were done, i didnt even get to respawn. While one guy had 7 deaths. WTF. I really wish they had Guardian, but i have a feeling it was removed in favor of Capture the Leader because sawed off guns would make Guardian shit. Matches would be over in less than a minute if everyone just rushed each others leader with sawed offs. So i really dont know what to play. I dont really like Warzone or Execution because i like games that respawn. CTL and TDM are ok but not anything i love. And no thanks to any king of the hill suggestions. Guess im out of luck, sticking with the lesser of the two evils, CTL or TDM.
The map selection is annoying. Its like i play checkout, then overpass, checkout, mercy, overpass, old town, mercy .... just so many replay of maps i just played 2 maps ago.
[quote name='The Ebbtide']Are people still serious about getting a 360 Voice group to the 1 or 2 place to get the money? I'd like to work with 3/4 others to help them get the respective achievements, but it seems like no one has an interest in it. We need 40 people to hit 830, and since we have 2 groups with 80 I figured we'd have the numbers, but there doesn't seem to be a demand.
It's like people don't want to get paid to play the game.
If I don't get responses I'm going to trade this into Best Buy tomorrow while the trade-in value is high.[/QUOTE]
Well, I don't seriously think we have a shot at the prize money (especially since the main person who was organizing/cheerleading for this has gone MIA and apparently hasn't even purchased the game yet), but I could still use some help with co-op Insane if there's a group getting together. :lol:
Finally finished up the campaign last night. That was a lot of fun with friends... but that song by Body Count during the credits. That was just embarrassing. Made me think... oh... I'm too old for this game. Looking forward to checking out Horde and Beast modes now.
Meh, I'll never say no to Body Count but yeah, it wasn't nearly as tongue-in-cheek as it should have been. (think about the song at the end of CoD4, that was appropriately hilarious)
[quote name='Halo05']Meh, I'll never say no to Body Count but yeah, it wasn't nearly as tongue-in-cheek as it should have been. (think about the song at the end of CoD4, that was appropriately hilarious)[/QUOTE]
At first i thought i heard a locust, and thought cool this might be a locust death metal song. Now that would be funny. Could you imagine wretches, kantus, boomers all yelling in a death metal song. LOL
[quote name='Halo05'](think about the song at the end of CoD4, that was appropriately hilarious)[/QUOTE]
It's deep and it's hard bitch!!
I skipped the GOW3 credits, didn't even know there was an Ice T song in there. I'll have to catch it on YouTube. Hoping for some lyrics about groundwalkers and enemy reinforcements.
Yeah I ran into it last night some more, I died becuase of it too, I had an enemy dead, he rolled on my screen so I shot where he would have been if it didn't lag, next thing I know he teleported back to his original place before the roll and he shoots me and I die.
I left my console on for roughly 9 hours this morning while it was just going through Wingman Matches. I hate Wingman, and I don't care about K/D ratio, so getting 48 matches done in that amount of time seems worth it. Considering I still need 51 more matches for the Bronze Wingman Medal it's a bit ridiculous. Especially considering each Game Type has the same number of Match Requirements. I doubt I'll even get 2,000 Perfect Active Reloads considering I need 25,000 for Onyx. Dreadful numbers. I managed to unlock the Retro Team Insignia Skin during that time, so they won't get 320 points from me!
I also got 2 more Executions while playing. Still need ones for the Boltok Pistol, Longshot, OneShot, Mortar, Mulcher and Cleaver.
EDIT: Private Matches with Bots people, seriously. I wouldn't do it any other way.
[quote name='KingBroly']I left my console on for roughly 9 hours this morning while it was just going through Wingman Matches. I hate Wingman, and I don't care about K/D ratio, so getting 48 matches done in that amount of time seems worth it. Considering I still need 51 more matches for the Bronze Wingman Medal it's a bit ridiculous.[/QUOTE]
So... only 530 more hours of Wingman before you have that Onyx, which is 1/65 of the total requirements. Yikes.
[quote name='KingBroly']I left my console on for roughly 9 hours this morning while it was just going through Wingman Matches. I hate Wingman, and I don't care about K/D ratio, so getting 48 matches done in that amount of time seems worth it.[/QUOTE]
What a waste of electricity. Not to single you out KingBroly, but if people are doing this sort of thing for strictly for fake achievement points, I feel they are way too invested in video games.
Not to mention the fact that you are also putting extra unnecessary "miles" on your console, which could (over time) contribute to it kicking the bucket sooner rather than later.
[quote name='Swift900']What a waste of electricity. Not to single you out KingBroly, but if people are doing this sort of thing for strictly for fake achievement points, I feel they are way too invested in video games.
Not to mention the fact that you are also putting extra unnecessary "miles" on your console, which could (over time) contribute to it kicking the bucket sooner rather than later.[/QUOTE]
If I wanted to put unnecessary miles on a console I'd do the 24 hour races on GT5 3 times.
[quote name='KingBroly']I left my console on for roughly 9 hours this morning while it was just going through Wingman Matches. I hate Wingman, and I don't care about K/D ratio, so getting 48 matches done in that amount of time seems worth it. Considering I still need 51 more matches for the Bronze Wingman Medal it's a bit ridiculous. Especially considering each Game Type has the same number of Match Requirements. I doubt I'll even get 2,000 Perfect Active Reloads considering I need 25,000 for Onyx. Dreadful numbers. I managed to unlock the Retro Team Insignia Skin during that time, so they won't get 320 points from me!
I also got 2 more Executions while playing. Still need ones for the Boltok Pistol, Longshot, OneShot, Mortar, Mulcher and Cleaver.[/QUOTE]
can't you do this in a private match with bots and maybe extra controller so it doesn't piss people off? I remember when xp was added to horde in Gears 2. so many ing people would just stay there for xp.
when I was away for like an hr I setup a quick private warzone match with extra controller and bot. got maybe 40 matches and more than half were wins (since the bot's on my team and we had more players left)!
[quote name='KingBroly']I left my console on for roughly 9 hours this morning while it was just going through Wingman Matches. I hate Wingman, and I don't care about K/D ratio, so getting 48 matches done in that amount of time seems worth it. Considering I still need 51 more matches for the Bronze Wingman Medal it's a bit ridiculous. Especially considering each Game Type has the same number of Match Requirements. I doubt I'll even get 2,000 Perfect Active Reloads considering I need 25,000 for Onyx. Dreadful numbers. I managed to unlock the Retro Team Insignia Skin during that time, so they won't get 320 points from me!
I also got 2 more Executions while playing. Still need ones for the Boltok Pistol, Longshot, OneShot, Mortar, Mulcher and Cleaver.[/QUOTE]
Wait a minute...were you matching up with live people when you left it on?
I suppose you'd have to. You ed over some guy, probably lots of people, and left them to play 1 v 2 because you wanted achievements?
LOL. I hope he idled in private matches with bots otherwise that's pretty f*cked up and if it pissed off enough of the right people there's a slight chance he might get banned from MP for it. Very slight. Funny as hell though if King actually did it in Social.
[quote name='Ink.So.Well.']LOL. I hope he idled in private matches with bots otherwise that's pretty f*cked up and if it pissed off enough of the right people there's a slight chance he might get banned from MP for it. Very slight.[/QUOTE]
This is something I've actually wondered about while playing Horde. Is there any way to kick/report/otherwise punish players who go AFK for an unreasonable amount of time?
[quote name='A Happy Panda']Wait a minute...were you matching up with live people when you left it on?
I suppose you'd have to. You ed over some guy, probably lots of people, and left them to play 1 v 2 because you wanted achievements?[/QUOTE]
No, it was in Private Matches against Bots. Because Gears 3 lets you earn Ribbons/Medals/XP in Private Matches. I assume that if the AI had feelings I ticked them off, but considering their protocols reset every round, nothing of value was lost.
Make no mistake though. When I play, I play. And I'm awesome at this game.
Ryu: Fastest way I know of is to tweet their gamer tag to the Gears devs. I forgot who the community rep is but I know some of them take it seriously. Rod or Jim have been banning people left and right from Gears MP permanently for Gears 2 map glitching and Gears 3 spoilers. Plenty of people from the official forums and tags in YouTube videos got hit hard. I can't imagine xp idlers being exempt from the same treatment as the events always bring them out in droves. I would report them on XBL normally then hit up the forums. There should be more details there on who to contact specifically about it.
They usually want proof though, like a video. Thats why i do private matches now for stuff like perfect reloads. Im not going to ruin anyones game, and risk getting reset or banned for something so dumb.
I believe Joe Graf @EpicCog is the one that handles banning.
[quote name='Pirate331']Anybody else experience control glitches? Twice I've had my buttons and triggers freeze up. Couldn't go into cover, couldn't roll, couldn't fire or aim down my sights, nothing except walk. Clears up the next round.[/QUOTE]
I've had something like that a few times, hitting the tac-com (Left Bumper) sometimes clears it up.
[quote name='KingBroly']I left my console on for roughly 9 hours this morning while it was just going through Wingman Matches. I hate Wingman, and I don't care about K/D ratio, so getting 48 matches done in that amount of time seems worth it. Considering I still need 51 more matches for the Bronze Wingman Medal it's a bit ridiculous. Especially considering each Game Type has the same number of Match Requirements. I doubt I'll even get 2,000 Perfect Active Reloads considering I need 25,000 for Onyx. Dreadful numbers. I managed to unlock the Retro Team Insignia Skin during that time, so they won't get 320 points from me!
I also got 2 more Executions while playing. Still need ones for the Boltok Pistol, Longshot, OneShot, Mortar, Mulcher and Cleaver.[/QUOTE]
Thats so ed up. Reasons like this is why I wish there was some sort if timer to kick inactive players out like Halo Reach.
I really have no desire to play gears MP anymore. I cant even get into a game where everyone isnt just spamming DBS over and over. They hide until someone gets close, then rush with DBS. I swear every time i hear a DSB shoot i hate the game more. Whoever had the idea to make this noob shotgun should be fired. It really has taken the competitiveness out of the game. Im fine with every weapon except the DBS, it just ruins the game, at least for me. I can live with every other starting weapon. I wish they would just remove the damn gun, then the MP would be perfect, and FUN! Oh and bring back Guardian.
I second the return of Guardian as well a Classic playlist restricted to the staple loadout weapons and power weapons. Anything to attract the core audience back the game because the Sawed-off is indeed becoming a serious issue. Everyone is starting to speak up about it. Not just the stubborn "I won't adapt so I'll cry about it" hardcore vets. Specifically on P2P where lag mutates a fairly balanced gun into a low risk/high reward power weapon and for certain game types like KOTH where those playing without a party are at the mercy of entire teams who can cap, break and defend without trying. One gun shouldn't force others to main it alongside a Retro in order to maintain a competitive edge in those circumstances. It's too powerful in that regard and is poisoning the game type IMO.
I guess time will tell if Epic is actually taking any of the feedback into consideration.
King: You don't have to stay in the circle in this version of KOTH so what is it about Annex you miss?
[quote name='Ryuukishi']Well, I don't seriously think we have a shot at the prize money (especially since the main person who was organizing/cheerleading for this has gone MIA and apparently hasn't even purchased the game yet), but I could still use some help with co-op Insane if there's a group getting together. :lol:[/QUOTE] him, #1. He was only in it to get members to try and get the recruiting number bonus, but fortunately he's out of luck.
#2. I just created this group. That also means I left the previous CAG group, so my space is open if someone wants to replace me. I put a password on the group, so message me here and I'll send you the code for entry. You'll only get the code if you're progressing along in the game.
#3. The first 2 groups to reach 830 will get the money, so we're running out of time. If there's a tie for first, they're doing it by time stamps, so we can't wait this out. We need 40 players that are going to work together to get these achievements. I don't want to hear excuses, I just want to know that 4/5 people are working to complete Campaign, Horde and Beast at a time to get this done.
#4. Ryuukishi, what Acts or Chapters do you have left for Insane? I'll host with Super Reload and Instagib if you lack those mutators. If you have them and want to host to designate the ones you have left, I'm going to be on tonight to play. And that means we still have space for 2 more players.
[quote name='The 7th Number']I really have no desire to play gears MP anymore. I cant even get into a game where everyone isnt just spamming DBS over and over. They hide until someone gets close, then rush with DBS. I swear every time i hear a DSB shoot i hate the game more. Whoever had the idea to make this noob shotgun should be fired. It really has taken the competitiveness out of the game. Im fine with every weapon except the DBS, it just ruins the game, at least for me. I can live with every other starting weapon. I wish they would just remove the damn gun, then the MP would be perfect, and FUN! Oh and bring back Guardian. [/QUOTE]
I concur with this. Just played a KOTH match and about 3 ers were charging around the map just spamming the DBS. At least 75% of my deaths were because of this. Once I play a match of wingman, I'm not touching MP anymore (unless I'm with a buddy or doing private). Sticking with Horde/Beast before I have to send it back to Gamefly.
First, why call it the DBS and not the Sawed-Off / SO? Seems weird.
Second, I really don't think that the SO is all that great. Conversely, I'd say it is significantly inferior to the Gnasher. All the SO is effectively capable of is extremely close-range one shot kills. The Gnasher, on the other hand, can get easy (not quite AS easy, but easy nonetheless) one shot kills, zone from close & medium range and has an 8 shot clip. It's a much harder gun to combat against when a good player is using it.
[quote name='The Ebbtide']#4. Ryuukishi, what Acts or Chapters do you have left for Insane? I'll host with Super Reload and Instagib if you lack those mutators. If you have them and want to host to designate the ones you have left, I'm going to be on tonight to play. And that means we still have space for 2 more players.[/QUOTE]
All of them. But if you were planning on trading in the game, don't keep it on account of me. I've had pretty good luck finding groups with the matchmaking, just haven't tried much of Insane yet. And I'm sure there are other CAGs who are planning to co-op Insane before 10/20. I probably will be on tonight though.
[quote name='Ink.So.Well.']King: You don't have to stay in the circle in this version of KOTH so what is it about Annex you miss?[/QUOTE]
No, in Annex it's the opposite of KOTH where you can leave the Circle in order to protect it. You can't do that with KOTH. It allows for more freedom of movement. I like that the ticker here is constantly going down to keep things moving, but I'd still like it better if it were Annex.
Also, going to try and finish the Campaign on Insane tonight. One Act to go.
Here's what I think of the SOS: Reduce it to 1 in the clip and 1 in reserve, and the only way you can get ammo is if you kill another person who has it out. Increase the risk, reduce the reward.
Man i was beasting tonight. Lancer/Gnasher, getting a lot of kills. I just came off a 28 kill match in CTL. Only one guy was using a sawed off, which i died a few times from. Other then that it was a good match. Only thing that is annoying is when i gnasher someone dead, then 1 second later he kills me. Its like What? He is dead how does he kill me. I get the whole notion of why it does it, but its still stupid. Id rather have 1 guy win and 1 lose. These double kill thing is annoying and i hated it in halo reach, and after they added it to gears 2 in TU6. CTL is fun if you have a good team, sometimes its annoying when everyone on your team sucks. Its tons of fun when someone with a shotty rushes you and you can down them with the lancer. Although one time it was bullshit, some dude was rushing me, i was shooting him with my lancer and at the very last second he shoots his sawed off about 3 feet away and kills me, and he goes down. WTF!
[quote name='KingBroly']No, in Annex it's the opposite of KOTH where you can leave the Circle in order to protect it. You can't do that with KOTH. It allows for more freedom of movement. I like that the ticker here is constantly going down to keep things moving, but I'd still like it better if it were Annex.
Also, going to try and finish the Campaign on Insane tonight. One Act to go.
Here's what I think of the SOS: Reduce it to 1 in the clip and 1 in reserve, and the only way you can get ammo is if you kill another person who has it out. Increase the risk, reduce the reward.[/QUOTE]
You're wrong. KOTH in Gears 3 is essentially Annex from Gears 1/2 expect that the total possible ring points decreases over time even if it hasn't been capped. Also the ring changes to several locations during the round.
The only gripe I have with the SO is that it has a wide kill range. The amount of shots (it's 4 I believe) is fine. If I start with a SO and run out of ammo I just pick up a gnasher. No big deal. I've stuck with he gnasher past few days since the SO hasn't been "working" due to meh connections.
Has anyone had any issues with smoke grenades? There are times where I hit someone with it directly, and as they're taking cover, I shoot them with the sawed off and I see blood splatter but nothing happens to them, almost like the smoke shields them.
Tis a sad day indeed now that lag is finally starting to affect my Retro. Point blanked a kid rushing toward me with it so as I'm watching stopping power kick in to slow him down in side roll this little bitch switched to his Special Noob Cannon at the last second and blasted me before the game decided to give me my down. Keep in mind the gun is a 5 shot down without actives, our chests are practically touching, the initial burst contains three bullets. Awesome. Guess the only gun worth using in any/every situation is same one below average players can't get a kill without. Thanks Epic!
Yeah cliffy tweeted how people were bitching about the sawed off, then the other guns soon after. I think thats a big problem though. SOS is a bad gun for this game, all the rest people bitch about arent really legitimate claims. Yet cliffy is going to think everyone bitches about every gun so it must be fine. The SOS would be tolerable if it werent for the many noobs who use that gun constantly. I was in a few games with this commando dom who just rushed, rushed, rushed, thats all he did using a SOS, NOTHING ELSE.
Im still hoping epic can deliver a hardcore, classic, or even MLG... whatever they want to call it.... playlist where its only lancer or hammerburst + Gnasher + snub to start with. I mean i would probably end up playing that even if it meant getting a random gametype and map each match.
ing people would just stay there for xp. 
