Gears of War 3 - Release Date Sept. 20

[quote name='dotCody']Why don't you try inviting people from your friends list? Ya know....me for example. :roll:[/QUOTE]

There is only 3 people on right now playing gears, and neither of them were you.:booty:I beat 5:3 on insane by myself... since no one joined again during the 20+ minutes it took me the 2nd time. So i unlocked Hardcore, Insane, onyx achievements. Now i just need to do the Prologue, and act 5:3 with 3 others to unlock the co-op and 4 player achievements. At least now i can search for those in easier difficulties if i keep getting put in the same games. Though i think finding a game in the Prologue will be harder then hell, but should be easy to get 3 friends to help me out since it takes 5 minutes tops. Sucks beating the game on insane didnt give me a gamerpicture. :/
 
[quote name='Trakan']What a fucking letdown of a game.

Not only did I think it was medicore in comparison to the campaigns of Gears 1/2, but:

- Why has it still not explained why the Queen is human?
- Griffin is going to get revenge on us, but is never seen again?
- What the Hell were Baird/Cole doing that whole time they're gone?
- Who were the guys that showed up with Baird/Cole at the end?
- What was on the disc that Adam gave to Baird?

I know, it'll all be answered in the DLC! fuck you, Epic.
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- Who were the guys that showed up with Baird/Cole at the end?
The UIR VS. COG in the pendulum wars. Teamed up with the COGS after GOW2 in the books to help restart the human species
 
I haven't played the campaign yet but it seems the Beta really helped polish the MP. Except for a couple of problems with spawning, one where for some reason both teams started spawning on the same place one after another and hell broke out and the other where I kept spawning next to the opposing team. The only real problem so far are the idiots out there that don't play as a team and think they are playing MW2.
 
Finally got my account fixed, poured hours into MP this weekend, mostly horde (got to wave 50 twice) and warzone. Wasn't really a fan of KOTH in this one, TDM was OK, hate execution, still have to try out the other 2 game modes and beast. Hopefully I can start a little campaign later. Really liking it so far.
 
Capture the Leader on the larger maps desperately needs spawn points that aren't just on the sides of the map.

This game is pretty much like jousting as most encounters with enemies are extremely brief. Without full teamwork, this game gets boring fast.
 
Anyone able to help with the last Boss in an hour or so? Me and my friend are having some trouble doing it just us two (I'm on Hardcore, he's on Insane).

Shoot me a message on Live if you can help; shouldn't take that long if you play it on Casual or something.
 
So Cag #2 is in 10th and Cag #1 is in 19th as of right now for Voice360.com contest. I only have like 8 achievements left. Can we transfer most of the good players from Cag #2 to Cag #1 or vice versa? Im 3rd on Cag #1, and would be 11th if i was in Cag #2
 
[quote name='BattleChicken']If anyone wants to do some horde mode at some point lemmie know.[/QUOTE]
I'm probably going to playing Horde tonight, would love to get together with some CAGs, though I've had some pretty fun times with randoms so far too. :)
 
I "started" out of the credits. Is there something after they roll?

I had fun but yeah, it didn't blow me away like Gears 1 and 2 did. Won't be my GOTY this year like Gears 1 was in 2006.
 
[quote name='Poor2More']I can put up with a lot of OP weapons, but Saw off is way OP[/QUOTE]


I won't complain about the S/O but there are many times where I'm impressed I was killed by it when I thought I was out of range.
 
I love this game online in versus.

I hated the first two in online multiplayer, I don't know why this one is clicking so well for me. I went 9-0 in a match last night.

Nothing is better than having a few guys hiding out in an entrenched area of the map, then just roadie running in there and blowing them all away with the SOS and Retro Lancer. Feels badass, and you know they're raging on the other end of the game.
 
[quote name='LordVila']I've been dying to try Beast mode but I can never find a match for it.[/QUOTE]

Same here trying to get both achievements for Beast mode but can never find a match, and I hear its pretty quick compared to horde.
 
Getting sick of the retards in this game. I'm playing CTL, I'm the Leader and a Bot captures me. The Bot gets stuck on a sandbag emplacement and just stands there. Luckily, a teammate respawned less then 30 fucking feet away from us. What does he do? He runs PAST me and doesn't even attempt to Rescue me (the Leader). We lost that game because of the incompetence of some people. fucking love the genius wannabe Pro $$$$$$s.
 
I'm really enjoying all the hate mail I get for destroying people with the sawed off. Makes the wait for this game all the more worth it.


I've been watching this GAEMS Prodigy $$$ play in his streams and stuff, I love it when he just gets clowned by pubs with the sawed off and rages cuz he uses the gnasher and gets worked when he rushes people with the sawed off. It's hilarious. So much for being a "pro". He was saying some bullshit in one stream about how the sawed off won't ever been in competitions because the sawed off and retro are "over powered" and they "promote camping". According to him the Hammerburst falls into that category too.

They're probably going to make the sawed off useless soon cuz of these types of kids.
 
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[quote name='dotCody']Getting sick of the retards in this game. I'm playing CTL, I'm the Leader and a Bot captures me. The Bot gets stuck on a sandbag emplacement and just stands there. Luckily, a teammate respawned less then 30 fucking feet away from us. What does he do? He runs PAST me and doesn't even attempt to Rescue me (the Leader). We lost that game because of the incompetence of some people. fucking love the genius wannabe Pro $$$$$$s.[/QUOTE]

CTL takes the most team work of all the playlists imo. It's a difficult gametype if the leader can't communicate with the team.
 
[quote name='BackInBlack']CTL takes the most team work of all the playlists imo. It's a difficult gametype if the leader can't communicate with the team.[/QUOTE]

Is that a joke?
 
[quote name='dotCody']Is that a joke?[/QUOTE]


I wasn't tryna break it down skill wise? Just assumed it'd be hard winning without the leader telling enemy positions?
 
[quote name='BackInBlack']I wasn't tryna break it down skill wise? Just assumed it'd be hard winning without the leader telling enemy positions?[/QUOTE]

Because you can't see your Team's Leader 30 feet directly in front of you, right?
 
[quote name='dotCody']Because you can't see your Team's Leader 30 feet directly in front of you, right?[/QUOTE]


Sorry, I wasn't saying there aren't random idiots playing objective gametypes. I assume you had a near full party and were playing with a random or 2. Yes, everyone can see the leaders. I was off on a tanget there sorry!
 
P2P + Sawed-off = What the fuck were you thinking Epic?

If you aren't going to fix the terrible net code in your games then AT LEAST have the decency to make sure the servers stay on. It's bad enough finding a match is now a 5 - 10 minute wait. People are exploiting the bullet lag and host advantage like crazy with that gun. Now sounds like a good time to either hit up Insane campaign or Lonesome Road in Fallout.

Hustle: If you honestly don't believe the Sawed-off doesn't promote camping in this game you sir are loony toony.

dotCody: Stop playing with randoms. Seriously. It works.
 
[quote name='Ink.So.Well.']P2P + Sawed-off = What the fuck were you thinking Epic?

If you aren't going to fix the terrible net code in your games then AT LEAST have the decency to make sure the servers stay on. It's bad enough finding a match is now a 5 - 10 minute wait. People are exploiting the bullet lag and host advantage like crazy with that gun. Now sounds like a good time to either hit up Insane campaign or Lonesome Road in Fallout.

Hustle: If you honestly don't believe the Sawed-off doesn't promote camping in this game you sir are loony toony.

dotCody: Stop playing with randoms. Seriously. It works.[/QUOTE]


I don't understand how 1 gun promotes camping when the rifles are ALL super deadly upclose and at range, if anything the rifles promote camping or all guns promote camping.

Then again I don't really understand the stigma of camping in a cover based shooter anyway.

Even if I did agree that the sawed off promotes camping, for every different weapon there is in the game, there's the same amount of ways to counter someone "camping" with the sawed off. Camping is camping is camping. The weapon in which you do it with is irrelevant. Yeah I'm gonna camp when it's 3 on 1 and yeah I've been successful on occasion and other times not, but I have the Clutch ribbons to prove it when I was.

Why was I successful? Because I was patient and waited for the enemy team to do something stupid(read: camping) and I gibbed all 3 of them with the sawed off individually. I would have done the same thing had the gnasher been my only CQB weapon, but now I have options to better suit my needs and play style.

I'm not understanding the 5 to 10 minute wait for matches, I assume you're talking about ranked? I've been playing Quick Match because there's more players and..............it's quick. In the matches I'm in I'm not seeing any bullet lag or host exploiting, there's a few hiccups here and there but nothing any where near the extremes of Gears 2.

We're all playing the same game and I manage to get by very well and I don't even play with a stacked team so obviously I'm a "loony toony".
 
[quote name='BackInBlack']Sorry, I wasn't saying there aren't random idiots playing objective gametypes. I assume you had a near full party and were playing with a random or 2. Yes, everyone can see the leaders. I was off on a tanget there sorry![/QUOTE]
Actually, I was the random. They were all in a Party together.
[quote name='Ink.So.Well.']dotCody: Stop playing with randoms. Seriously. It works.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, thanks for the tip, bro.
 
CTL only requires you have 1 guy covering the leader at all times. Not to mention Smoke Grenades are very helpful.

KOTH only requires 1 guy who doesn't know what they're doing in order to screw everything up.
 
I'd really like to join a group if people are still trying to get through Horde. I've completely upgraded the wire and sentry abilities, and am currently working on finishing off decoy and am midway through the turret upgrades. I haven't started on the Silverback yet.

I only am interested in playing with people who understand that this is a cover shooter, and won't need to constantly be revived.

And are people trying to get through Campaign together yet? The Final Boss on Insane is ridiculous.
 
God damn. I just played with a pretty cool group all the way up to wave 50 on Overpass, and we just could not beat that wave. Must have tried 20 times. Packed Osprey joined at one point to replace a dude who had left and it got down to just him and the Brumak, and he kited it around the stage for like 10 minutes before it finally tagged him. :lol:
 
I just found out that Wretches in Beast Mode are actually REALLY good. I went from 5 to 27 kills with them in 1 match. I didn't have enough for a Beserker at the end, but that's okay.

Managed to get the Beast Mode Kills and Force Multiplier Achievement, so it's all good.
 
[quote name='hustletron']I don't understand how 1 gun promotes camping when the rifles are ALL super deadly upclose and at range, if anything the rifles promote camping or all guns promote camping.

Then again I don't really understand the stigma of camping in a cover based shooter anyway.

Even if I did agree that the sawed off promotes camping, for every different weapon there is in the game, there's the same amount of ways to counter someone "camping" with the sawed off. Camping is camping is camping. The weapon in which you do it with is irrelevant. Yeah I'm gonna camp when it's 3 on 1 and yeah I've been successful on occasion and other times not, but I have the Clutch ribbons to prove it when I was.

Why was I successful? Because I was patient and waited for the enemy team to do something stupid(read: camping) and I gibbed all 3 of them with the sawed off individually. I would have done the same thing had the gnasher been my only CQB weapon, but now I have options to better suit my needs and play style.

I'm not understanding the 5 to 10 minute wait for matches, I assume you're talking about ranked? I've been playing Quick Match because there's more players and..............it's quick. In the matches I'm in I'm not seeing any bullet lag or host exploiting, there's a few hiccups here and there but nothing any where near the extremes of Gears 2.

We're all playing the same game and I manage to get by very well and I don't even play with a stacked team so obviously I'm a "loony toony".[/QUOTE]

You took my comment WAY more personally than you should have. There's a huge difference between clutch camping (necessary) and crutch camping (ridiculous), but we'll agree to disagree. I can handle a Sawed-off scrub just fine on server because there aren't any random behind the scene variables involved in the fight. He f*cks up, he's dead. Done. P2P is currently a mixed bag of bullshit that forces me to zone more than I care to because of the net code, but I deal with it. My patience is wearing thin though as I didn't buy this game to experience Gears 2.5 and had hoped the servers would have at least lasted launch week.

Ranked is currently f*cked at the moment and although I'm happy you haven't lag teleported at random or bare witness to players eating Hammer of Dawn blasts, active Gnasher, full clips of active Lancer in mid-roll, etc. I unfortunately have. Bullet lag and host advantage in this game though relatively subtle is completely unmistakeable when you've spent hours playing on a server connection. The advantage and disadvantages are nearly identical that of Gears 2. People eat more shots than they should and down you in half the necessary amount regardless of actives. No different than how it was in the beta when the servers disappeared back then. Hijinks associated with the Sawed-off naturally accentuates a shitty host connection ten fold.

Aside from it being painfully obsolete to the Gnasher and Retro respectively (outside of a few specific scenarios) I don't have any serious issues with the gun itself. Never did. My opinion only sways when lag comes into play and even then the coding shoulders the blame.
 
[quote name='KingBroly']I just found out that Wretches in Beast Mode are actually REALLY good. I went from 5 to 27 kills with them in 1 match. I didn't have enough for a Beserker at the end, but that's okay.

Managed to get the Beast Mode Kills and Force Multiplier Achievement, so it's all good.[/QUOTE]

Did you get the force multiplier achievement by doing act 2 chapter 7? I was trying to do that before but i couldnt hit the 3rd ship for the life of me.

I was playing some beast tonight, its pretty fun, and i was using the wretches the most because 200 wretch kills = instant gib arcade mode modifier. My last round was awesome, it was wave 12 and i used the grenadier. I threw a frag in the middle of old town and downed like 4 onyx guards. Then i ran in there shot gunning all those bastards. Had like 5 kills before i was taken out.

I dont think i can do beast mode on a harder difficulty unless its private? If so i wouldnt mind playing that with some CAGs

Today i was playing some horde, got to wave 27 before the host quit. I think my highest is 29 so far. If anyone wants to play private horde just invite me! I really want to beat horde, its the only one i have left to get the laughing track for arcade mode. Then again i dunno how much id play of arcade mode since it seems like no one ever joins my games when im host.

Speaking of me being host, i had 2 guys ready to help me get the 4 player on prologue, but they couldnt connect to my invite. Really sucks because i would have had that out of the way. Now i have to try to find more people to do it with. I just see people in a horde game, or campaign and figure they wouldnt want to quit what they are doing to help me. LOL Im sure one of these days the right mix of friends will be online to get it for me.
 
Nah man I didn't take it personally I guess I was just trying to voice my overall opinion on the negative light the sawed off has been put in since release, the game's only been out a week and people want it removed or made a pick up or "toned down" because they refuse to change their play style.

Sorry if I came across that way, maybe may reply was meant to be placed on the Gears 3 boards which is what I was also reading when I posted. Whenever you disagree with something on those boards you have to be prepared to defend yourself.

I haven't run into that many connection issues personally, maybe it's because I usually am stuck by myself or only play with 2 other people and ranked takes even longer if you don't have a full party and I go quick match instead.

Don't get me wrong tho I experience my very fair share of bullshit, I'm gonna try and test it soon but I think I've mentioned that there's a sort of blind spot with the sawed off on the right side of it, while the left side is still deadly.

I don't really have any way of capturing it, but someone posted the weapon video earlier and I'll go find it.

EDIT: The video Ink posted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzBPcavSSsI


At 9:42 he starts with the sawed off, the target is off to the left of the shooter in what in my opinion looks like a safe sort of blind spot. The target gets gibbed.

The target then goes on the right side of the shooter, what looks to be the same distance as the shot prior between the two players. The target doesn't take any damage.

This shit happens to me on the regular and I have to end up over compensating my spin to make sure it gibs around corners, sometimes depending on the angle I end up shooting a wall because of this shit.
 
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Just backed out of a game where a guy was three shot downing with a Retro from every range. Full auto spray. Never once burst fired and every shot hit perfectly. You had no chance against him; you were literally down before you could aim your gun. I think I'm done with Versus until they get the server situation fixed because P2P is a f*cking joke. It's to the point now where I have to avoid certain game types in both Ranked and Social because the likelihood of being on someone's bullshit connection is abnormally high e.g. KOTH. Mask the lag however you like Epic. Your net code is still a piece of shit compared to other games.

You couldn't pay me to relive three years of Gears of War 2. I'm glad I didn't buy any DLC and they won't see another red cent from me until the situation improves dramatically.
 
The random lock/unlocking for the flame Retro was the result of the devs experimenting with the yet to be announced/finalized requirement. Very annoying. As for the servers they went down some time during the weekend. The only way I can personally tell for sure before playing a game is the time it takes to find a match in ranked. If it goes beyond a couple of minutes a P2P connection is all but guaranteed because during launch on server connections literally took seconds to find people. Quick match is still fast, but a large majority of that seems to be a mix between P2P and server. Either that or host is migrating when people leave in the games I join. I'm starting to prefer Ranked though even with random because there is virtually no competition in Social atm. All noobs, all the time. The only reason I play it is to cool off or boost for specific weapon kills.
 
[quote name='popular penguin']Why does the flaming retro continuously locking and unlocking itself? Why do I not have the chrome retro unlocked when I have the required achievement?[/QUOTE]
I haven't had it 'relock' itself, since I've always kept it as my skin for it. If I change it will it lock up again and be unselectable?
 
[quote name='The Ebbtide']I haven't had it 'relock' itself, since I've always kept it as my skin for it. If I change it will it lock up again and be unselectable?[/QUOTE]
I have changed that skin so many times and it's stays unlocked for me. I think it's/the flame skins are one of the best they made!
 
A few days ago Rod said in a tweet...hate that word...that the issue was addressed shortly after it came up, which is why I worried switching from that skin would cause it to lock. I wonder if the next title update will eliminate it.

Has anyone made any progress towards the Vengeful Medal yet? I don't know if I'll ever be able to get 1000 kills to my Nemesis. At least I only hope it's 1000 for the Onyx.
 
I think someone becomes your nemesis when you kill them 5 times, not when they kill you 5 times. I could be wrong, but im pretty sure i got these medals in private matches vs bots, TDM. And im sure i didnt die more than 5 times.
 
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