I’ve fired Torque Bows straight into the Matriarch’s skin for damage. I do not know if it does full damage, but certainly some. Dropshot damages the Matriarch both on direct hit and if it splashes. But nothing like that for the Boomshot, mysteriously. Still, useful to keep in mind if you have one to stop it from regenerating if it jumps away with the weakspot not facing you or being at a hard to hit angle. Just need to make sure your Jack doesn’t get overzealous and burns all the Torque Bows before you can get to one. Some are so… enthusiastic, let’s say, about their job that they will melt down nearly every available weapon with little regards to whether someone wants to pick ‘em up for ammo or just to have ‘em.
It absolutely will. I unlocked most of the modifiers for the Gears 5 launch maps and Allfathers Arena that way. Though, really, I always seem to have trouble finding teammates for lobbies I host. I kind of don’t like Training Grounds or Exhibit, the latter mostly because I find it so easy and boring to play on despite liking how it looks and the museum exhibits which are interesting. Training Grounds just feels too long ranged and most engis barely ever build the base far outside the spawn to not have to contest with the extremely long sight lines that most of the map presents. A Fahz or JD probably loves that, but me, not so much when I use Kait and Lizzie for the most part. And as much as I like Allfathers Arena I do not want to play it all of the time, yet it feels like if I was to not host my own lobby, which I previously mentioned hardly ever seems to work, I would be playing it, and Exhibit which I do not want to really play much if at all, in about 90% of my matches, since I really do not want to be playing Gears 4s maps again after already spending over a year and a half on them.
). But since I’m still support, I do the COG thing, and use team revive a lot, with team repair to help Del.