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Gears of War 3
Topic Started: Monday Apr 12 2010, 08:55 AM (1,622 Views)
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Daylight savings pisses me off. Don't even get me started...
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Bit of a shame there's so many good games coming out around now, because otherwise I could see us all playing this game for a fair while.

Some info on the incoming DLC.

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Epic Games announced the first DLC pack for Gears of War 3 called the Horde Command Pack. Many questions popped up not long after the announcement and Rod Fergusson took to the air today to answer some of the questions and details the five new Achievements.

Maps

Rust Lung was first built as a medical facility. You can press buttons to raise and lower barriers. It was later changed to a ship but the name never changed.
Blood Drive is back because it was the number one Horde map on Gears 2 so they wanted to bring it back. It was changed to a darker map to provide a little more balance between the dark and light maps.

Fortifications

The new fortifications will be on all maps after launch for players that purchase.
The Command Center is kind of a panic button. It brings in support if you activate. Activating the, Sniper Team (level 1), Mortar Strikes (level 2), Hammer of Dawn (level 3). On Rust Lung and other indoor maps, Onyx Guards will come in with Boomshots or Vulcans and take out everything they can.
The new Sentry type is a flame Sentry type. It makes Beast mode more challenging.
The new decoy level is a bot that runs around and fights with you.
The Silverback changes to a white color on the new level as well as rocket launchers.

Characters

The new characters - Bernie, Onyx Guard, Big Red Dizzy - will also be available in multiplayer and will not have to be unlocked. Once you’ve paid your money, they are available.

Weapons Skins

Team Plasma – It changes colors based on whether your are playing Locust or COG.
Jungle Camo – It’s a static skin.

About the Setup

It’s a Horde focused map pack that will be available in private matches but not on Quick Match or Ranked multiplayer matches. Epic needs to find out the right way to implement the new maps on dedicated servers and then will make the announcement on when they will be available.

Letting players who didn’t purchase the pack play with the those who did acts as a nice taste test.

Achievements

250 Gamerscore Points across 5 achievments. One of the Achievements is Beast mode only.
Host with the Most – Host a private horde match with a party of 5 players on any of the new DLC maps.(25)
Places to See Places to Destroy – Host a private beast with a party of 5 players on any of the new DLC maps. (25)
What Does This Button Do – Using the Silverback rockets and get 500 kills. (50)
It’s Hammer Time – Max out the new Command Center fortification to level 4. (50)
Kill Locusts Like a Boss – Defeat a boss wave on hardcore as Onyx Guard for all five players (100)

The Horde Command Pack for Gears of War 3 will be available November 1, 2011 on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 800 MS Points ($10) or as part of the Season Pass.
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... and for the QLDers I just don't give a fuck about you :P get with the times and get Daylight savings! I don't care if the cows will be upset!
Im not sure if I should be offended, as Ive only been a Queenslander for a couple of weeks... :P
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Epic Games listened to Gears of War 3 fan feedback and announced a change to the sawed-off shotgun on Tuesday and also shared stats with what is the weapon of choice in the Xbox 360 shooter.

Effective today, the "gib range" for the sawed-off shotgun has been reduced to match that of the gnasher shotgun. Epic says that it is also looking into the weapon stats for the other weapons to see if there is any tweaking to be done. Director Rod Fergusson previously said that Epic would not make any knee jerk tweaks to the weapons of Gears of War 3.

Epic also shared a number of stats for the first couple of weeks of Gears of War 3 that show what are the most popular matches and what weapons get the most kills. Unsurprisingly, Team Deathmatch is the most popular versus mode and the gnasher shotgun has the most kills in quick matches. But somewhat surprisingly, the chainsaw lancer has the most kills in ranked matches.
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This shows a fairly stark contrast between the more hardcore players who play in ranked matches and are smart enough to keep away from players that charge and roll in with either shotgun.

The weapon characteristics in Gears of War 3 can be changed pretty much on the fly by Epic Games thanks to the way the multiplayer was built. It also allows for the developers to add special events like the recent Big Head Mode weekend or change how weapon spawns behave on different maps among other things.
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... and for the QLDers I just don't give a fuck about you :P get with the times and get Daylight savings! I don't care if the cows will be upset!
Im not sure if I should be offended, as Ive only been a Queenslander for a couple of weeks... :P
Hey I was even a QLDer for about a week, couldn't stand it had to come home :P
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QLD is ok in short bursts. As in HAMMER!

ok lame...

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Yes. Yes it was. (as lame as one of my jokes even... ). Lol.

That's interesting in what hiss posted about gnashed vs chainsaw - the comment about ranked players being less likely to be caught out by someone roll-shottying doesn't quite naked sense... I thought only noobs let someone in close enough without shooting bacl for the player to chainsaw them


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No sooner than we wrote an article about Epic explaining where the problem with the Horde Command Pack add-on for Gears of War 3 originated, did Epic then announce that the problem is resolved.

The Horde Command Pack costs 800 MS Points ($10) and includes three new maps, three new playable COG characters, four new fortification upgrades and two new weapon skins.

The new maps include island resort of Azura; the updated Gears of War 2 map, Blood Drive; and the naval ship-based Rust Lung.

A fan-favorite character from the Gears of War books and comics, Bernie Mataki, makes her first appearance as a playable character along with the Onyx Guard, and the old civilian look of Dizzy.

The new fortification upgrades include a Command Center that lets you call in support, upgrade your decoys to an Onyx Guard, upgrade your Sentries to shoot fire bolts, and adds rockets to the Silverback mech.
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There are also two new weapon skins included in the pack - Team Plasma and Jungle Camo.

Finally, no DLC update would be complete without new Achievements. For the Horde Command Pack, there are 5 worth 250 gamerscore points.

The Host with the Most- Host a private Horde Match with a party of 5 players on any Horde Command Pack map (any difficulty) – 25 Points
Places to See, People to Destroy- Host a private Beast Match with a party of 5 players on any Horde Command Pack map (any difficulty) – 25 Points
What Does This Button Do?- Get 500 Silverback rocket kills in Horde (any map, any difficulty) – 50 Points
It’s Hammer Time!- Achieve Level 4 in Horde Command Center fortifications – 50 Points
Kill Locust (Like a Boss)- Defeat a Boss Wave as 5 Onyx Guards (Hardcore difficulty) – 100 Points
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A new complimentary DLC pack is on its way to Gears of War 3 later this month, developer Epic has announced.

Available for download from 24th November, the Versus Booster Map Pack offers five maps for public matchmaking playlists - two from Gears 1 (Swamp and Clocktower) and three from the just-released Horde Command Pack (Azura, Rustlung and Blood Drive).

Those who've purchased the Horde Command Pack still have exclusive access to that pack's Horde fortification upgrades, additional playable characters and new weapon skins.

After that, there'll be one further DLC pack available before the year is out - the previously announced RAAM's shadow add-on from 13th December - with more expected in 2012.
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A new complimentary DLC pack is on its way to Gears of War 3 later this month, developer Epic has announced.

Available for download from 24th November, the Versus Booster Map Pack offers five maps for public matchmaking playlists - two from Gears 1 (Swamp and Clocktower) and three from the just-released Horde Command Pack (Azura, Rustlung and Blood Drive).

Those who've purchased the Horde Command Pack still have exclusive access to that pack's Horde fortification upgrades, additional playable characters and new weapon skins.

After that, there'll be one further DLC pack available before the year is out - the previously announced RAAM's shadow add-on from 13th December - with more expected in 2012.
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Sucks for anyone who bought the DLC specifically for the maps.
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Yeah, it's a strange move. I bought the season pass though so it doesn't bother me so much as that's a third of the price off in total anyway.
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I feel bad for having all the best intentions of playing lots of gears multi, only to have moved onto dark souls and now battlefield.
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Doesn't mean you can't go back to it. It's a game I can see myself going back to for months to come. I could play Horde for a long time.
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Yeah, good point. Thinking about it, I played both mulit in gears one and two on and off for ages.
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