EDIT: XP changes also went to effect
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Gears 5 |OT| "That's FIVE, motherfuckers!"
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EDIT: XP changes also went to effect
I'll guess we'll see how that plays out. I thought the gnasher was in a good spot now that fixed it
Sorry to say that I haven't touched this game in what must be over a month now. The pace of new content has been way too slow. I can't believe it's been out for half a year and we've only really received one new map. I used to play horde weekly in other gears games, but something about this edition of horde has really turned me off. Hopefully the next operation can turn things around for me.
They've made a few changes to the ranking system recently. The best one for me is not counting rounds with players quit against you. So round one ya'll win but one of your teammates quits, the next round(s) wont count against you when you almost inevitably lose. Hell, you can even quit matches with no penality when somebody quits, which is hufe for me. Tired of sitting in matches for 10-15 mins for a L.
Also they changed the ranking system so wins/losses are 80% of the weighting vs personal performance. I liked the other way around in concept, but in practice you'd win a game and lose hundreds of points, which is absolutely not how any game should work.
Between this and a couple other things I've finally broken into Diamond rank after months of being stuck in onyx. Feeling good about that.
Also i seem to be playing exclusively with Mexico? I guess since I'm in Texas and in my experience Mexicans fuckin LOOOOOOVE Gears of War, so I always get a good connection with them. Its just funny going into every game and all the names/chat is in Spanish lol.
edit: another big thing was they recently re-calibrated the ranking tiers to actually reflect your Skill Rating. Like not to toot my own horn, but my skill rating is too high to be stuck in Gold. After the change went live, I went only and I was moved up to Onyx, and I moved up from there.
Also they changed the ranking system so wins/losses are 80% of the weighting vs personal performance. I liked the other way around in concept, but in practice you'd win a game and lose hundreds of points, which is absolutely not how any game should work.
Between this and a couple other things I've finally broken into Diamond rank after months of being stuck in onyx. Feeling good about that.
Also i seem to be playing exclusively with Mexico? I guess since I'm in Texas and in my experience Mexicans fuckin LOOOOOOVE Gears of War, so I always get a good connection with them. Its just funny going into every game and all the names/chat is in Spanish lol.
edit: another big thing was they recently re-calibrated the ranking tiers to actually reflect your Skill Rating. Like not to toot my own horn, but my skill rating is too high to be stuck in Gold. After the change went live, I went only and I was moved up to Onyx, and I moved up from there.
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So TC either accidentally put some tour 3 rewards in the game or forgot to hide them in the new patch.
Spoilers ahead.
Spoilers ahead.
Three new skins, DB Industries Baird, Helmetless Private Casan and Armored Ronin Kantus (likely the General reward). There's also a mark of the original Xbox "Duke" controller.
I think most of the combat, ranked and movement changes have been good so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.
operation 3 don't drop til March 31st smh. Well I'll be playing ori will of the wisps and doom eternal the weeks before so aight.
operation 3 don't drop til March 31st smh. Well I'll be playing ori will of the wisps and doom eternal the weeks before so aight.
Wait, March 31st? Seriously? Holy shit TC, what are you doing lol.
So this game is going to have 1 new map in its first 7 months? Fucking yikes.
So this game is going to have 1 new map in its first 7 months? Fucking yikes.
Hold on bro they gave us newly "improved" Lift tho 💀💀
watch operation 3 launch with one new map and like checkout and clock tower
Octus said on Twitter that Op3 isn't going to be any bigger due to the delay either. I just...man it's hard to stay invested in this game at this point.
He said we gotta delay the operation cuz we fixing the game
like Nigga you got the whole studio working on Gnasher changes??? We bout to get Cole, Clayton, two locust, one new map, some old gears 4 maps and that's it.
That's the even more depressing thing. We're going to be getting campaign characters 7 months after launch, and probably 10 months after launch in Op4 too. Shit is so deflating as a Gears fan.
I mean hell, we still don't even have ranked FFA. By the time that comes out it'll have been 4 months since the mode was released.
I don't know if that would've helped. They would've needed to entirely rethink the tour of duty and the totem systems. They basically designed the game around having you pay money for the characters and skins because the alternative is hours and hours of tedious grinding (in modes you may not even want to play).
this studios stubborn adherence to three month content drops is making things worse.
also, the theory was that MTX would fund post launch content like maps, modes and features but seems like it's only gone back into making more shit they sell on the store.
also, the theory was that MTX would fund post launch content like maps, modes and features but seems like it's only gone back into making more shit they sell on the store.
I'm mainly referring to the bugs and stuff being delayed.
Gears 4 had two maps being released a month. We eventually started getting slightly altered existing maps. I remember one of the devs talking about the release schedule not being such a great idea.
For Gears 6, I really hope they don't do the "We'll be delivering X every Y month(s)". On top of bugs and crashes, they don't need to make things worse by not delivering content on time. I love/hate the people in charge of this game.
For Gears 6, I really hope they don't do the "We'll be delivering X every Y month(s)". On top of bugs and crashes, they don't need to make things worse by not delivering content on time. I love/hate the people in charge of this game.
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Gears card game
gearsofwar.com
Also 12 wave Horde announced
Gears of War: The Card Game to Debut at the Gears 5 Esports Mexico City Major
The official website for Gears of War
gearsofwar.com
Also 12 wave Horde announced
It's about time!
Gears card game
Also 12 wave Horde announcedGears of War: The Card Game to Debut at the Gears 5 Esports Mexico City Major
The official website for Gears of War
AWESOME!!!
I've never done a full 50 and honestly never wanted to
I was thinking the same thing. Isn't this the third week in a row with a Baird skin?
Man I wish they'd release more characters already. It's sad I'm not even excited for the inevitable Cole, Clayton and Paduk in operation 3 because they should have been there months ago.
I've done the full 50 a couple of times and it has its place, but I don't want to spend 2-3 hours each time I want to play horde.
They should have more options for match length. 12 waves is cool for a quick match, but I'd like 20/25, too.
I did a few quickplay matches with my friend who hasn't played since Gears 3, it was pretty fun. I felt like we stomped on folks though. Might have to visit ranked. Seems the # of maps hasn't really changed though. This whole free maps funded by MTX hasn't really worked out for a lot of games, Battlefield as another example. I'll pay for maps if this is the only alternative to a season pass.
we were supposed to have a big content dump last week. Operation 3 (Maps, modes, characters) got pushed back 3-4 weeks due to the sate of the game.
this delay is making the game look super thin on maps with such a big gap. By the time OP3 get here we'll be nearly 7 months in and only have 2 new maps.
I feel like every triple AAA game that made the transition to free maps supported by MTX has the same thing. Even success stories like Rainbow Six just get one map a quarter, if that. Sometimes one remake. We used to get like 4-5 maps plus skins, characters, etc. every quarter. Same thing with Battlefield and Call of Duty. Call of Duty even had a season pass and they still got like one or two maps and some remakes. Battlefield 1 was getting huge themed expansions that felt great to dive into. Battlefield V is a fraction of that. I dunno, I find myself wanting to pay for something rather than getting nothing for free. I don't mean to side track the OT but it was just something I've been noticing and came up again when we just played all the same maps from when I started playing months ago.
It's really taking them an eternity to get these characters out. It blows my mind that we got Terminator DLC characters many months before Cole. How long until they add Kim or Dom at this rate?
I expect them to go through the SP campaign roster before we get to legacy characters. not sure who's left though, Paduk, Oscar?
and ya those cross-marketing deals put a hamper on them getting actual Gears characters out the door.
if the characters have their own square on the pane that that should mean those are full Hero's. but, like you said in development can mean anything. I was convinced it was just going to be the entire Carmine family that falls into Lizzie's Hero mold.
you wont need to. it will be just like the previous Operation, either grind for them or pay $15-20 for the Character/weapon/boost/Iron Bundle
It could also be that they are treated like the DeeBee and are not heroes.if the characters have their own square on the pane that that should mean those are full Hero's. but, like you said in development can mean anything. I was convinced it was just going to be the entire Carmine family that falls into Lizzie's Hero mold.
I just find it unlikely that they would make 4 heroes and have 2 of them be A/B Carmines over someone like Dom
Only two new heroes, Clayton and Cole. Only one new map.
It's way too late for this.