no
In 4 noobs can’t hit max rank like 5…
Never understood going down from 5v5 to 4v4,
Who exactly asked for it?
It makes the game even duller & sparse.
Every other game is going more players, and thriving.
Gears is going less, and no where near as popular.
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- Maybe they think it will help someway ,
like a faster matcmaking type .
- Probably same noobies who want this slow motion tuning with delays ( my best quess )
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people started getting these ideas of faster matchmaking, but that being the reason is pretty weak and shows the game is not as popular as 4.
then you had a surge in a strange group of people hell bent on taking tdm and guardian away from people. they hated the fact that people were enjoying their 5v5 matches. “those modes shouldn’t even be in ranked argghhhh!”
these guys who want to be “gears commentators” started shoving their opinions as facts. a very elitist group of people and TC ate it up.
guys that have seen me post on here know that i state my preferences but not without understanding another perspective. i even dropped the arguments of the tuning details in favor of an argument about the principle of it and the feedback gathered.
from my standpoint, i know a lot of people who played 4 religiously that dont touch 5. i have gone down that rabbit hole and seen it, and i find it hard to believe that there’s enough population to replace them.
so many people were perfectly fine with previous tunings, 5v5, tdm, guardian, etc
i mean, at this point it is a lost cause seeing TC’s attitude to the feedback. the big tuning thread closed with a “blah blah, see y’all never” response.
TC even hired a new gameplay lead who probably doesn’t know the difference between alternate and tournament control schemes
also, despite the obvious notifications on posts saying this and that person havent ever posted or havent posted in a long time, i still saw “prominent” members here on the forums downplaying it
boiling it down to just a few guys. yeah, just a few guys talking to each other, huh? however, i did see some objective free thinkers who said, “hey, i love the new tuning but there’s no doubt there was a significant amount of backlash and TC should have addressed it better.”
this whole thing is doomed.
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Seems like TC have wasted close to 8? 9? 10 years being allowed to develop Gears.
It should have evolved into something the size of Fortnite, Apex, CoD, Battlefield, Overwatch - even if it’s the least popular among those, it would still be far more popular than it is now.
Biggest issue is with Gears:
*Inconsistent Tunings / Hit Reg
*Removal of Active Boost
*Going down from 5v5 (should be going UP)
*eSports - who actually cares? Couple hundred people?
*Chrome Steel
*Lack of Content in Store
*Weak ToD (every season!)
*Seasons Too Long
*Same Modes from 14 years ago
*Game isn’t fresh
*No BR (Gears Themed)
*All the slow gameplay, all the delays, weak guns
…
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I would go with 4 being the more fun experience, however even that pales when comparing it with the mightier Gears 3 and multiplayer:
Better maps
Better weapon choice including load outs, I’m no fan of the shotgun mind you.
Great skins and in many cases better drawn faces.
Better pvp modes
Better Horde, and it has Beast.
Best reward system and the mighty Onyx grind.
4player campaign
RAAM dlc
… The list just goes on.
I know people do not like the camera shake, after playing for years, it doesn’t really bother me.
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U are right .
Now everything is controlled by gamestudio , every comment , every thread if they wont like its closed , you cant even talk to this forum with fellow gearheads for some subjects like gun tunings , movements and worst of all you cant say that something is wrong .
Thats really nice : we are not some Sheeps
C’mon TC , if U dont wanna hear it just Block your ears
Dont Be ■■■■
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Gears 5 pvp is better in my opinion, but 4v4 is a wrong decision
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4v4 was up there as one of the worst decisions.
All started with the God Awful Omen 
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Every PVP except gow 1 was straight trash
I wouldn’t consider gears 2, 3, and 4 PvP to be trash. Gow 1 was awesome tho
I wouldn’t mind them going with a large scale attrition type game mode, where its pvp with bots like in titanfall.
Gears 3/2/1/UE pvp is amazing so yes.
Absolute 
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According to TC it is because there are more people who want 4v4, but I honestly think that it is not like that, many more people want 5v5 and I don’t understand why they don’t change it anymore
Yeah,
According to TC,
Who’s sample are Pro’s and Wannabe Pro’s - the smallest Minority of the population.
I love the series & games, but I couldn’t care less about the eSports.
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Honestly the esports players just seem like a bunch of losers to me. I always get the vibe that they think they’re tough/badass every time I’ve tuned in to get skins. Does anybody actually care about esports?
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Exactly this,
It’s caring about the game like it’s your entire life…
No game will ever be that,
Gears is what I’m used to booting up, party chat with friends and having FUN.
I couldn’t care less that everything should be within 1mm of gib range or perfectly balance to the point where nothing is.
Especially since the Active Damage Boost has gone,… literally stripping away something that was apart for the game for 14 years …
eSports, the “Pro’s” - trying to make it a competitive game has literally killed the series.
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