I’m going to be bold and suggest that if THIS^ is actually what stops you from playing Gears, that you were never really a fan to begin with…
It’s either that, or you’re just choosing it as a scapegoat for the real reason you’re done playing… that being this game has way more differences than similarities to previous Gears games and you’re just no longer having fun with it anymore.
or
The frequency of issues are just not worth your time, energy, and frustration.
You do realize that the teams responsible for both of these are COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY separate? It may seem like a shocker, but much like every other company on the planet, TC is broken up into teams with different responsibilities. There is a team responsible for networking, a team for multiplayer, a team for coding and patching, a team of artists that make the models and skins. One of them being hung up or challenged should not stop the other from operating, especially if they are not vertically integrated.
You understand how ludicrous this is? That’s like you taking a tour of TC studio, and noticing how clean the restrooms are, then saying “wow, you have time to clean your restrooms, but ya can’t fixed ranked? I see your priorities are in clean urinals, and not in making the community happy, har-humf!”
I’ll end this by saying I too am very frustrated with the condition that Gears 5 is currently in. Also, that I have spent significantly less time playing Gears 5 than any previous Gears game in the first 3 months. However, posts like this add nothing to the community, or the improvement of the series. They are POINTLESS. Next time, instead of pooping out a low quality s*** post, take a deep breath and compile reasoning that lends to a value added discussion.