Gears of War 3 - Release Date Sept. 20

[quote name='kklems']You get your wish. Valentines day special event is wingman per gears 3 Facebook posting[/QUOTE]

wow cool.

Wingman with bow/gnasher starts, bow only has one arrow, all bow pickups, golden snub
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also it will have special gun skins like mint/candy cane during christmas.

In case you didnt notice, they beefed up the scorcher, its like instant down now.
 
uhg, as if the spotting trick is bad enough to do manually for ranking up, i have roughly 5 hours of spotting to onyx that medal. Its not hard, just set up 1 player vs 2 player and go right up to him and hold LT and click LS in over and over. Got 215 spots in one 10 minutes TDM. Its just really boring. lol.
 
[quote name='The 7th Number']uhg, as if the spotting trick is bad enough to do manually for ranking up, i have roughly 5 hours of spotting to onyx that medal. Its not hard, just set up 1 player vs 2 player and go right up to him and hold LT and click LS in over and over. Got 215 spots in one 10 minutes TDM. Its just really boring. lol.[/QUOTE]

oi. it's good to know there's an option at least...but I think I'd cramp up if I had to hold the trigger and press LS~. i'll stick to the horde spotting for now...at least until i've exhausted it's efficiency.

...captain obvious will just have to wait.

Only 244,000+ to go for the rocket upgrade...
 
Last night i found an easy way to get the medal for rescuing the leader. You set up a 2 vs one CTL with 60 second capture, 5 second bleed out, and friendly fire on. Then you have you and bot vs 2nd controller. You will start out as regular, bot leader, and 2nd controller leader. 2nd player captures leader and brings him into a corner. Then from there 1st player rescues him, then hits the leader again twice (retro charge+retro melee works great) downing your leader, by that time the 2nd controller gets up, you press x to grab him again and then repeat. You can do it about 70 times in 11-12 minutes from my average. This also is a great way to get executions if you switch it up and play as the 2nd player role, because meatflag = execution even if he doesnt actually die.

But i would recommend waiting on those executions until you have the curb stomp medal onyx.
 
haha yeah i just played it, it was pretty cool. I love that the back of the heads say something like "Luv ya 2 death" like a candy heart. The only prob is the head blocks your view sometimes when you aim in. But overall it was pretty fun.

So has this thread become a 2 way conversation between me and 100xp? :p
 
since most of the achievements at this point are only attainable by boosting, the rest of the cogs who have been helping out seem to be playing other games...so it's just us for now.

I went back to do some dailies on Reach, i forgot how to reload.
 
[quote name='The 7th Number']

But i would recommend waiting on those executions until you have the curb stomp medal onyx.[/QUOTE]
Why is that?
 
[quote name='jdawgg76']Why is that?[/QUOTE]


Because curb stomp is an execution as far as i know. So you wouldnt want to waste your time doing the execution trick, knowing you still have to do 2,000 curb stomps that would count towards executions.
 
[quote name='The 7th Number']So has this thread become a 2 way conversation between me and 100xp? :p[/QUOTE]
At this point I'm pretty much just playing a few games every weekend for the social ribbon and waiting to see what's in store for the next DLC.
 
some beast mode additions, some maps, new skins for guns and MP...i don't see what else they would do but that.

if they do decide to go the beast mode route, im hoping it's more involved and not just extra maps and locust. lambent would be great as well as more objectives intead of just wiping out the stranged/cog.
 
Finally finishing up gears of war 2 and I have #3 sitting in my queue waiting anxiously. Should I run through the All Fronts DLC before starting #3? How does the single player in GoW3 stand up vs #1 and #2?
 
I've lost an interest in gaming overall lately. I still need four Ribbons to complete all 132. I've been missing the same four for a couple weeks already. I was never going for Seriously 3.0 and I have gotten aggravated with the multiplayer lately. My internet connection sucks and I always lag so I kinda put Gears 3 to the side.

I still need to do Beast on all the maps as well. As far as the ribbons I'm missing go, I am just missing the ones that involve multiple people (Two in Beast with Kantus and 1 in Horde for reviving everyone.) The last one is Trick Shot. Maybe I will try and knock it out soon.
 
[quote name='handsomepete']Finally finishing up gears of war 2 and I have #3 sitting in my queue waiting anxiously. Should I run through the All Fronts DLC before starting #3? How does the single player in GoW3 stand up vs #1 and #2?[/QUOTE]

All fronts is okay, but its not needed. It doesnt take that long to beat. I think Gears of War 3 campaign is fun, but i think 2 was better, aside from the final boss. But im not a big fan of lambent enemies, so the first two are more my style.

Wish they would bring back some good gears 2 maps, like jacinto, river, hell i even miss playing on the bad gears 2 maps LOL. Or maybe i just miss gears of war 2 style of MP. :(
 
[quote name='handsomepete']Finally finishing up gears of war 2 and I have #3 sitting in my queue waiting anxiously. Should I run through the All Fronts DLC before starting #3? How does the single player in GoW3 stand up vs #1 and #2?[/QUOTE]
The Campaign to 3 is above ground, which is important. 1 and 2 were underground for a decent portion, so 3 feels distinctly different. It's not just the outfit changes, the vibrant colors and the 4 player co-op, it just feels...non-Gears-esque. It's decent, but different. Fortunately, if you like the older play of Gears of War and 2, Raam's Shadow goes back to that play style.

The All Fronts pack is great for the maps for Horde. Really, Horde is my favorite mode to play. If you try it and like it, definitely pick up the maps for 2 to play through the now classic style of Horde. I know 100XP was looking to get some Gears of War 2 achievements, and I still have my copy if you need help in Horde mode. It's much better when you play with other people, and it makes it a lot more exciting when you play the higher difficulties of it with a team.

[quote name='bigpimpin24']
I still need to do Beast on all the maps as well. As far as the ribbons I'm missing go, I am just missing the ones that involve multiple people (Two in Beast with Kantus and 1 in Horde for reviving everyone.) The last one is Trick Shot. Maybe I will try and knock it out soon.[/QUOTE]
I'll definitely help you with the Beast maps and the ribbons if you need it. The Horde revive one is especially easy to do with the friendly fire mutator. You just need 4 other players. I still have 2 controllers, so if I'm on and you need help I can be a 2nd and 3rd player.

Also, for Trick Shot, I actually got that from playing Casual bots, as they tend to run in single file formation. If you can get a flat map with a clear view for a Torque Bow shot (or just change the weapon swaps), you can pull it off that way.

Or just have two players stand in line and fire off a shot that way. Either one.
 
[quote name='The Ebbtide']The Campaign to 3 is above ground, which is important. 1 and 2 were underground for a decent portion, so 3 feels distinctly different. It's not just the outfit changes, the vibrant colors and the 4 player co-op, it just feels...non-Gears-esque. It's decent, but different.[/QUOTE]
I actually thought that Gears 3 was more Gears-y... Gears 2 has lots of big setpieces, vehicle sections, etc. Gears 3 sticks to meat-and-potatoes cover shooting pretty much the entire time.
 
Wish they would do some more limited skins like they did with M:I Ghost Protocol. Tying them to events and/or medals/ribbons would be pretty cool.
 
[quote name='Ryuukishi']I actually thought that Gears 3 was more Gears-y... Gears 2 has lots of big setpieces, vehicle sections, etc. Gears 3 sticks to meat-and-potatoes cover shooting pretty much the entire time.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the info folks. I really enjoyed both 1 and 2, way more than I expected to. The story is pretty well written, both have some badass memorable moments, and the difficulty is just right for my kinda-sucks-at-shooters self.

I'd like to delve into the mp side of it more, but unfortunately the bulk of my time to play games these days is bite-sized and mostly in the early early morning. I played a few rounds of horde solo and thought it was pretty fun - I can definitely see how it could be a blast with another player.
 
[quote name='The 7th Number']
So has this thread become a 2 way conversation between me and 100xp? :p[/QUOTE]

I'm still reading it, just haven't had much to say!
 
[quote name='The 7th Number']Sounds disappointing.[/QUOTE]

There is a video on YouTube showing two (leaked?) weapon skins; green plasma & pink plasma. Yay! (in a sarcastic tone)
 
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Pink plasma sounds cool, not being sarcastic. I would be pissed if i bought the deadly cute and then got pink plasma in DLC. Good thing i didnt.

Got my 37th onyx today... almost to level (1)95.
 
You know whats strange that i never thought of, why is Griffin on the COG team in MP? Doesnt he hate the COG? He would have been a good selection as "chaps" for a submission game type. They also could have made a lambent grenadier, he would logically fight both COG and Locust. Man i kind of miss submission, even though i hated it, it was funny when chaps would blast a few guys away, and his comments were always funny.

Been playing a lot of Cupids Arrow, i really like that mode. Probably because most of the time its gnasher battles. But im starting to dig wingman. Just wish i had someone to play with, most of the games i play i start with a bot, then someone joins. After the match few people leave, and i start the round again with a bot. Ill probably hate regular wingman though due to the rifles and SOS. Im sure the rifles will make it more campy, maybe not... really havent tried it all that much. Last night i was tearing it up on Anvil. Killed a bunch in a row, felt like gears 2 all over again.

Man i got to stop thinking about gears 2, whenever i do and see what gears has turned into i get disappointed.
 
people still care about weapon skins? I didn't buy any and have like 10-15 of them, and only ever use my gold ones for the most part. the character skins are much more interesting to me, hope they keep adding more.

I'm overall disappointed in the season pass. especially the single player raams dlc, everyone talked that up like it was so great, i beat it in like 2 hours maybe? didn't enjoy it much at all.
 
Got to level 219 today. Man i made the mistake of doing the horde spotting trick on casual with infinite ammo and super reload. I got like 70 xp per ribbon. Then i tried normal and hardcore with vampire, no weapon pickups, and friendly fire and i was getting about 150-180 per ribbon. I think i went from 1 to 13 in about 20 minutes of spotting. LOL. Then i went from 13-19 playing with a buddy, along with some cupids wingman.

Speaking of wingman, i ran into a couple rubberbanders. one was always moving to the left, the other was spinning in circles. Really sucks when they are on your team.
 
yeah i've been doing horde spotting on normal w/all hard mutator's on and got 150 per ribbon. I set it on insane once and ended up dying a few times...super reload has spoiled me.

rubberbanders? bleh...reminds of ppl on reach who just hop for the entire FF match.

I hope they give Kim a Korean gun skin. American flag looks good, should be the skin of course on the 4th of July. Heads will probably s'plode into fireworks as well.
 
I'm surprised there hasn't been any mutators for the blood on any special events. Flower blood could have worked for V-Day, Green or Gold blood for St. Patty's day would be sweet, candy for Halloween, presents or snowflakes for X-Mas...they're missing some cool opportunities.
 
[quote name='Ryuukishi']Flower Blood was enabled for the Cupid event, at least when I played it.[/QUOTE]

I guess I should have played it before I made the above comment :oops:
 
Yeah I remember flower blood, I also got the ribbon for playing V-day's event the night before just by playing Wingman in the playlist. It said Sera something. The next day when I played the V-day even with crazy demon heart heads and pink chocolate guns, I didn't get the ribbon. (since I got it the night before)

Shamrock blood sounds fun, even a shower of gold coins when you head shot someone (i.e. pot of gold)...why not give us a modified rainbow skin as well. Erin go bach nahmsayin?

I...finally got the codes :joystick:. Fortunately for me, the xbox controller worked for me downstairs in the other room while watching tv.
 
Im already up to level 241. Did the spotting trick last night for 2 hours as i watched Alcatraz and Big bang theory/seinfeld. That leveled me up 10 levels total. The rest were from playing Cupids Wingman, which was a bit frustrating yesterday. Unlike the day before when i was doing great, yesterday was pretty laggy. Its never a good sign when you are shooting right on someone and see no flowers come out.
 
[quote name='knightsmith']I haven't been able to game much due to W^2.(Wife & Work) what have I missed? anything good?[/QUOTE]

not much, just us cogs finding new ways to boost while watching youtube and tv.

[quote name='The 7th Number']Im already up to level 241. Did the spotting trick last night for 2 hours as i watched Alcatraz and Big bang theory/seinfeld. That leveled me up 10 levels total. The rest were from playing Cupids Wingman, which was a bit frustrating yesterday. Unlike the day before when i was doing great, yesterday was pretty laggy. Its never a good sign when you are shooting right on someone and see no flowers come out.[/QUOTE]

i've gotten a lot of lag recently from online play, but it was during beast mode. I'd retro charge a stranded and then end up caught up in barbed wire bleeding out. If i keep up what i'm doing w/spotting I should finally hit 100 by next week. Though I might try and get War Hero first before re-uping.
 
[quote name='knightsmith']oh I see the spot trick a couple pages back. I've been stuck on lvl 88 maybe the spot trick will help with that![/QUOTE]

it's boring as hell but if you alternate thumbsticks, you can surf the net pretty easily or watch something on tv. you should avg roughly 25k per 10 mins with all hard mutators and done on casual or normal. (considering you click consistantly)
 
So far today its been pretty bad again. On anvil i usually come up from behind someone and shoot them in the back if i spawn in this one area. It seems like when i try to do it now, and shoot them point blank in the back, nothing happens and i get shot and die. Also others gnashers are like 2 times as powerful. But most of all im just tired of shooting someone point blank and they get no damage taken. Then lately whenever im running and try to stop and shoot someone up close, i cant get a shot off in time. Like im holding the trigger down but he wont shoot and i get killed. Its obviously lag, annoying as it is, i do get some good games in. Been trying to play wingman, need about 140 matches till i unlock prescott.
 
I saw a video on YouTube showing DLC 4. It was a 4 sec commercial advertising a preview of DLC 4 on Spike TV @ Thursday. Looks like Day One and Raven Down (if I remember correctly) are returning, Mech Baird & Com Dom are included, and I suspect some Beast content because they showed someone playing as a Beast Rider.
 
Just did another hour of spot boosting, went from 44-48. I get about 130,000 or so xp points within the hour. I have almost 14,000 of those ribbons now, LOL.

[quote name='popular penguin']I saw a video on YouTube showing DLC 4. It was a 4 sec commercial advertising a preview of DLC 4 on Spike TV @ Thursday. Looks like Day One and Raven Down (if I remember correctly) are returning, Mech Baird & Com Dom are included, and I suspect some Beast content because they showed someone playing as a Beast Rider.[/QUOTE]

Wow really? I hated Day one, and i am not sure about Raven Down. I never really played Gears 1 MP that much. But i have played on it a few times. Guess they are saving gems like Jacinto for Season pass #2.
 
i don't think a season 2 pass is on my list...seeing the influx of triple A titles coming out and how it you could almost get the DLC content for less than the season pass holders. only benefit really was getting it earlier and getting a liquid skin.

...but who knows, maybe seanson 2 pass DLC is so ground breaking I can't help it. (looks at ME3, Diablo 3, and SC2 HoS) ...hmmm.
 
What i dont get is the double kill scenario. Where 2 people can kill each other at the same time. Now ive been killed after i already blew someone away, ive even been chainsawed after i blew them into bits. People say, well on his screen he killed you first, so it makes the adjustment. But the other way around doesnt work so well for me. There are times where i shoot point blank before i die, and i dont get the double kill. Its like it only works against me, and not for me.

But the lag is bad, and there always seems to be one player or two who seem like they are host, even though there are dedicated servers. I was just playing wingman and this duo was beasting. Well they came to kill my bot buddy so i threw an ink, stunned them, and shot half a retro into one. Then POW he blows me away after being stunned with one gnasher shot. I mean WTF, how did an ink + half a retro not down him? Like he was sponging all my bullets and took no damage. Then later that match he does the same thing with an ink to someone else, and he goes insta downed so fast. So inking him doesnt down him, and when he uses ink it downs enemies in 2 seconds.

This has been going on for a few days now. Which is weird because the first day or so of cupids wingman was fine. IDK, maybe its my slow internet, or just some really bad connection on the other end. I really dont know what helps people out more.
 
Been a while since I played GOW 3 but did they move all the DS to DLC content only or is this how bad the MP is? Back to P2P?
 
RAVEN DOWN! YES!!! This makes me excited. I effing loved that map in Gears 1. 19 Round duration matches FTW. Seems like I need to get the pass now.
 
[quote name='Luxuria']RAVEN DOWN! YES!!! This makes me excited. I effing loved that map in Gears 1. 19 Round duration matches FTW. Seems like I need to get the pass now.[/QUOTE]

I would not recommend it.
DLC1: Waste of money. The booster pack is free
DLC2: OK campaign. You will probably play it twice and never play it again. No new maps. Not worth $15
DLC3: Pretty good. 4 or so maps, skins, and dedicated servers outside of Players Choice.
DLC4: Raven Down.
 
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