True we all been rolled and smack talk is a part of Gears. You need to have that thick skin, even though this IS the only game that I ever been heated on lol.
Yeah… Gears 5 seems to be the only game with the biggest toxic influx of possibly new players.
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With that I want lobby chat back 
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The glory days of Xbox live
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I completely agree with you! I’ve been a big fan since gears 2 but played more consistent when gears 3 came out. I think the ranking system is flawed compared to 3&4. Since part 3 I averaged an onyx rank… in 5 the highest I got it is silver 3. So the rank system def changed. And yes they don’t match like ranks, cuz they’re a lot of uneven games! A lot more quitting in 5 than any other gears to. Half of the time I’m on a losing team because people quit right from the beginning which makes no sense! I play gears 5 but no where as often when gears 4 was the thing.
Various people have mentioned a toxic community and I can say it definitely gets worse the higher the skill level. I’m a big PvE player, having mastered all horde and escape maps but play the occasional PvP game. I’m not bad at it I guess if the rank is anything to go by - diamond 3 in team match and diamond 2 in 2v2 gnashers.
Every single game of 2v2 recently has had players telling me I’m trash, a noob etc, even when beating them. Are they just trying to wind me up or bad losers? In the last match I was told I am cancer to the game because I lost 7-4.
I said this earlier on a similar PvE thread: why don’t these players help others? My guess is that they’re just sad, lonely, pathetic people who despise real life and useful human interaction. I know some do but the vast majority don’t.
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I hear ya bro… But last night i went on a roll…we prolly won 8 of 10 matches and went from silver 2 to gold 2. Im an average gold in dm going up and down. But qhen i play gridiron… Lol… I cant get past bronze… Cause it does seem that always going against diamond… Its just whatever at this point tho… I had a ball last nite… Great teamwork n stuff… Good days… Bad days… You’ll be back… Basically my only go to game too
A lot of it really is the community. Gears seems to draw the worst people AND the worst in decent people. …Also I just want regular dodgeball, is it so much to ask?
Dont pay it any mind. People who are toxic just doing that to get a reaction out of you. Plenty of games I lost because teams were mismatched in number of players and skills. Winning team loves to put ezzz at the end even when they are stacked or have any time of upper hand advantage. Just all trolling
There should absolutely be more significance for capping too, I agree. But kills are needed also.
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I turned off all in-game communication 12 years ago. Friends only.
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I used to care about Rank (at least until Gold) but lost all interest in Gears 5s rank as they removed Guardian…the only gamemode I played outside of KOTH, and then the Ranked Rewards look terrible compared to 4’s.
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#putguardianbackinrankedandremovefromsocialcauseIhateit
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I lost interest once I got Ronin Kantus. Remember how hard I worked to get all the medals from OP2? I was like 80%+ done during week 6 of OP3 and suddenly I can’t be bothered to complete it.
And my experience has been mostly good
I barely lag at all in PvP. It’s the best experience I’ve had, latency-wise, in any Gears game when it comes to traditional PvP. I’m very lucky.
The moment I felt the grind in PvE, I stopped playing. It wasn’t a conscious decision, more of a “I’m going to do something else now.”
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Rank is broken but it does not keep me from playing Guardian in g4 
Bring back Guardian!!!
In my experience I went from completing the TOD to sinking another 20+ hours in Fallout 4.
I had my fill of that game. Can’t be bothered to finish it. I think I left off in the DLC where you travel to the island. Finished half of that story and got bored during exploration.
New Vegas on the other hand…mmm. Very good game, played every mission and every variation. But again I was lucky to not run into any bugs at all. And it was a notoriously buggy game.
Right now I’m playing some very good single player action adventure games and RPGs, things I missed over the last 5 years because I was working so much.
If the second shot had hit more pellets you would of downed him.
I agree about the point distribution in koth, TDM makes sense to mainly focus on your K/D as a point reference but KOTH has more depth and sometimes you know you are going to die but you lancer someone or throw yourself on the ring for the sake of the break, i don’t know if its even possible to take those kind of variables into account.
I don’t know why TC lets a diamond stack with an onyx, it confuses the system even more.
i would think as an example 5 diamonds playing 4 diamonds and 1 onyx that is showing promise in ability to move up is a better way to create a more realistic scenario of balance, especially with the smaller population count of gears.
As apposed to their approach now, friends of various skills and ranks playing together in a small population count that cant evenly match that combo for a fair and fun match.
Hopefully their new ranking system improves a lot of this stuff, the ezzzzzz comment will never die, just take comfort in knowing that those players are normally the quitters when the tables are turned.
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Same bye vs’s ranked to me it’s like my shots don’t count and how do you counter up A’s. Back A’s pop shots it breaks the game basically they are invincible
The koth point system has changed it’s just how many kills you get ,we should get more points with the ring and breaking the ring and how you play
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What’s this mean ???