I can only hope that they learn from this and Gears 6 actually has its priorities in order. I know it's only been 7 months since this game launched but it almost feels beyond saving.
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Gears 5 |OT| "That's FIVE, motherfuckers!"
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I don't know. They still seem committed to the operations. I understand that the two maps a month they delivered for Gears 4 was tough on them, but there's a medium there between that and every three or four month operations that don't have all that much content to them. Two characters, one new map and a straight port of a Gears 4 map is not what people want after four months.
The massive drop in map production from 4 didn't need to happen and now they're trying to course correct. Something had to be sacrificed and I guess Tiles were it.
I've been suggesting to the studio for a while now that the community take the reigns of Building FFA/Escape maps and free up the people in the studio to focus on Versus/Horde maps.
There's already a built in curation system for Escape and could easily be applied to custom FFA maps.
I've been suggesting to the studio for a while now that the community take the reigns of Building FFA/Escape maps and free up the people in the studio to focus on Versus/Horde maps.
There's already a built in curation system for Escape and could easily be applied to custom FFA maps.
In total, there's only 9 new maps. Plus a bunch of ports of old maps that don't even have new art or anything.
Like at this point just port over the gears 4 remakes like checkout and clock tower cuz god damn
Lot of changes in here
-Up-A was much needed. It became a very powerful tool in high level play to sit behind cover until somebody approaches you,use your big speed boost from turning the corner to throw off their aim and get the point blank gnashes kill. The new changes keep the prevalence of that tactic to a minimum.
-blindifre, Uh, ol?
-gnashes changes we are just gonna have to see in the field, but I like "make shots not miss"
-flashbang removed from load out, good. I still think they can reworked but even with the big nerfs they still dominate king of the hill. This is gonna change up the game a lot.
-smokes lightly nerfed, were gonnna be seeing a lot more of them
-lancer buff with more bullets per magazine, gnashes only kids won't like that
-markza still sounds trash
-pistol long range fall off damage was overdue, it got to the point where you didn't wanna use the lancer to cross after certain distances because the snub had more damage and less recoil. And the Boltok was a damn handheld sniper. I like the active damage buff tho to compensate.
-dropshot redudced to 2 instead of three puts in line with the boom shot, which is fair. It's a super powerful weapon that has the ability to wipe out multiple enemies In a single shot. Boom is 2, frags are 2, drops hot is 2. Consistent.
Kind of hoping they stretch the Tour out a bit more, I made General in a month more or less in Operation 2. And nothing to spend the stars on after that.
this new icon might be a hint. We've been asking for a way to convert wasted Stars into Exp, Boost, Scrap, Iron for a while now.
from that GDC video. third icon is new (Scrap/Iron/???)
Thats really cool, I had no idea this was coming.this new icon might be a hint. We've been asking for a way to convert wasted Stars into Exp, Boost, Scrap, Iron for a while now.
from that GDC video. third icon is new (Scrap/Iron/???)
Wouldnt mind trading in stars for Exp, to help with the grind to Re-up 20. Or scraps to craft some of the epic skill cards that never drop.
Quickly glanced over the changes but I like what I'm seeing. Hopefully it translates well when actually playing.
So they just finished up the Dev stream and it looks like the game is continuing to turn that corner.
- The UI changes make it look much nicer, cleaner.
- less bloat in the ToD
- Canals returns and is still a fantastic map. Pahanu seems interesting with a wide area and actual foliage to hide in.
- Not too sure on Gridiron but we'll see next week I guess
- Maps taking priority over Tiles is a good sign
- Locust skins are looking very good
There's also PvE patch notes for tomorrow (Friday 27th)
- The UI changes make it look much nicer, cleaner.
- less bloat in the ToD
- Canals returns and is still a fantastic map. Pahanu seems interesting with a wide area and actual foliage to hide in.
- Not too sure on Gridiron but we'll see next week I guess
- Maps taking priority over Tiles is a good sign
- Locust skins are looking very good
There's also PvE patch notes for tomorrow (Friday 27th)
Pretty good stuff
Fahz and Baird seem like the huge winners but Keegan,Mac and Cog Gear got huge buffs to their more fun and unique cards.
Lizzie got more options but I still can't see anything besides Salvo/Trishot or Mulcher/Trishot being used
Marcus is still irrelevant and probably needs a rework.
The Kait nerf seems fair but it's balanced by her legendary card buff which is now pretty useful.
The JD nerf is kinda big since it now requires 6000-8000 vs the 1000 energy to get him rolling. A bit awkward with some of his GL cards and ultimately not enough to not pick him.
The overall changes are nice as well, with perks being up there(though I wish they made %s different and not the cost). I was hoping they would look at stuff that isn't being used overall like dmg resist and try and make those more useful.
They somewhat fixed the issues I had with several Horde cards. Guess I'll be trying out Fahz and COG Gear again. Wish Power Taps weren't random. They seem to spawn on the opposite side of the map a majority of the time for me. At that point, it's not worth trying to use them.
Maybe I'm missing some big game balance thing, but I don't really like how Power Taps work. I don't like standing around doing nothing while a bar slowly fills up on my screen. Wish they were a lot faster so I can do something else to help my team.
Maybe I'm missing some big game balance thing, but I don't really like how Power Taps work. I don't like standing around doing nothing while a bar slowly fills up on my screen. Wish they were a lot faster so I can do something else to help my team.
These changes might actually make horde fun to play again. I'll give the game a re-install once the update is out.
Have you played recently? They lowered the time to around 5 seconds iirc for taps which helps a lot. The idea of them was to get out of your comfort zone but I agree that they are a bit lackluster and should be somewhat fixed. Put them in locations that you won't want to fabricate at but still reachable within a round.
I'm familiar with the 5 seconds thing. I'm still mainly a Horde player and have hundreds of hours in the game. Got all the characters leveled around 13 or higher except Sarah Connor (still at 1) and Grace (don't own her). I'll probably do a post on my thoughts regarding Gears 5 Horde, it's characters, and skills later on. Maybe a dev will read it and inspire some small changes for a future update or Gears 6.
For my team, it's usually not worth bothering to activate a far away Power Tap just so that it'll get destroyed by enemies that same wave. We do OK with the power we collect from enemies.
Not a fan of taking away JD's Lancer GL as a starting weapon. I guess that was the price to pay for them trying to buff the lancer overall and increasing magazine size, though.
Full TU
https://www.gears5.com/twig-apr30
I'm surprised about the Totem Challenge change, now they seem very passive.
The changes all seem good but goodbye Keegan grenade glitch.
https://www.gears5.com/twig-apr30
I'm surprised about the Totem Challenge change, now they seem very passive.
The changes all seem good but goodbye Keegan grenade glitch.
I like those changes to the Totems! Now I can keep playing the modes I want to play!
Well Gridiron is a flop in my opinion. Once the novelty wears off I just don't see people sticking to a mode that's essentially Warzone with an optional objective that'll be largely ignored.
Have yet to try any of the new game modes lol. Now that Cole is here, just give me B. Carmine and new versus maps for KOTH pls. No more of these two maps every 3-4 months shit.
This is all I want. The pace of new maps has to really pick up. Either each operation has way more or they come out every few weeks.
Also, can't commend them enough for the change to the totems. 30k exp is very attainable. After a couple of matches, I was already like 15% of the way to unlocking Cole.
addressed in the latest blog post. they were forced to take designers off making new Tiles and put them on map creation. It's almost like having four map styles was too much to handle. (Versus/Horde, FFA, Escape, 2v2)
I'm actually kinda happy Rod is gone because he O.K.'d this awful content strategy for 6 months.
Yeah, I read the post and it's good news. I'm curious what shape that takes, though, if it means more maps per operation or a more regular release schedule. I hope they just start releasing maps more quickly and start to get away from this every 3-4 month content dump.
This is a nice change that's never happened in Gears before. Getting weapons post launch is a great way to change up the game.
Looking forward to possibly seeing the Breechshot, Digger or Inks come back.
He got tired of reading gears reddit
so who is steering the ship on this thing now
Who can say. They still haven't said who the new studio head is since Rod left.
I think they pretty recently hired a new campaign director, too. Seems like a lot of turnover over there of late.
Agreed. This can be seen in games like siege where they used to have secure, everyone just went for kills. They need to stop creating these one life elimination modes in a game that is already extremely sweaty. A traditional CTF variant would have more lasting power than their approach here.
That's why me and my group always played Dodgeball in Gears 4. It was halfway between TDM and Execution allowing these great momentum swings between teams
I agree. Dodgeball is probably my favorite mode in Gears right now and it's a shame that it's been largely ignored. At the very least I hope they add it into Quickplay like they have with Guardian.
Gridiron is okay. But the xp and such earned from it is pitiful.
And I'm still being betting killed by shots through walls or after I roast someone. Then kill cam shows a complete different scenario. With it without lag, the inconsistencies are common.
And I'm still being betting killed by shots through walls or after I roast someone. Then kill cam shows a complete different scenario. With it without lag, the inconsistencies are common.
Looks like you get 1 star for a win now which is super nice. I actually think they have the tour progression in a nice spot overall. The medals still need some work though.
I like it. They made some really smart changes to the tour of duty, it's way easier to unlock the new characters, and I feel like the sandbox is a bit better balanced. The matchmaking still doesn't seem to make equal teams, but supposedly they're working on it.
I think Gridiron is kinda pointless, though. It's basically Halo 5 breakout.
Escape skins are a lot easier to get now. They changed the 1% requirement to 5%. Although this happened a bit before the update dropped.