This Week in Gears: February 2nd to 8th

Gears 5
#165

T hey ended the quest for that esports blood spray really quick. Chrome loves to refresh my tabs for some dam reason on its own and when it refreshed the live dot gears tab that was open, and immediately see “this quest has ended”. That’s one of the best blood sprays. I don’t support the LGBT movement but the pride omen and the one you showed have more creativity put into them. I’d like to see more colored ‘blood sprays’. Maybe they can add the country omens as bloodsprays.

Also for the banners to show up in more places. If I’m expected to pay a buck twenty five or like 200 coins, they should be seen more on the main menu perhaps. At least.

Also this doesn’t relate to the post but I’d love to see stuff like the whatever their called from Gears 4 in the next game. Have the personalization of Gears 5, the Tactics custom guns, even if they’re just cosmetic, maybe the campaign in 6 can implement the gun damage/accuracy stuff in a special version of the campaign. Like Gears 3 arcade and the mutators, but you can have what’s basically like COD’s attachment bonuses. Anything you unlock in this campaign can get used in MP without the actual stat increases. Just let me put a sight on my rifle and maybe design my own cosmetic pattern like Forza, with all the layers and shapes and colors and stuff.

All that’s a pipe dream maybe, but I’d like to see it.

#166

Boss Rush bug…in round 2 on Bunker…we got predator…which was nowhere to be found after some time…we were stuck with 1 enemy remaining

#167

I dont remember the order im just 90% sure it only came out once maybe twice

#168

Sorry about that. We have a fix for this but unfortunately it was not part of the most recent patch. A workaround for the time being is to move your fortifications away from open spaces (into walls works well) and then move around the map until it appears.

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#169

Excited to see that Blademaster’s passive melee resist got fixed with the update. Was fun being able to slay Warren Juvies like the days of old again.

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#170

You get 3,000 coins for completing all of the medals, not per medal.

TC could have worded this a bit clearer because a lot of people seem to have misunderstood this.

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#171

Yeah, since they clearly said 3,000 for each medal. Really got me ready for the grind.

#172

Damn, I quit playing last night because I was trying to play boss rush and the randoms wouldn’t spot targets . Chat was not working and I tested multiple controllers and rebooted. Wake up to see it was chat being disabled!

That would have been nice to know before hand!

#173

It doesnt read that way to me, but a comma in between would have helped and I can see why people would have read it the other way.

My comma edited in to make it clear.

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#174

Boss-Rush feels amazing! Finally something tricky to complete (even on Incon). Having 6+ bosses at once is what I was looking for - I want MORE than 6 :smiling_imp:, I want them all!
BUT, it has to become selectable in private. Public search has always been terrible and I want to play it on Master. This mode should become a standard selectable and stay.

@TC_Sera Disabling the chat by default was a terrible choice. You have filters in place that take care of some harrasm stuff already. Besides, the characters themselves are already saying stuff which could be considered harrasm even if it is only directed against some monster. And if you already do it, at least announce it in the in-game news with a popup so everybody is aware. Chat is a key communication especially in Horde. Most people will not notice this.

EDIT: They actually added the popup. :+1:

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#175

You know what else is amazing? Two cards that you get from it…AMAZING!

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#176

Holy christ.

Can you guys please do something about First Minister Stroud’s hands? They’re absolutely f*cking gigantic. Wreck-it Ralph has baby hands compared to her.

Cant take her or that skin seriously …

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#177

I was gonna buy it but couldn’t bring myself to it. Looks ridiculous.

#178

God I hate boss rush. I’ve had to play it on beginner as I’m sure most of the lobbies on inconceivable don’t have chat enabled and I’m punching the keyboard with my fists asking them to spot the damn targets.

Not cool to disable text chat before this. Even if I type and tell them about text chat they cannot see it!

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#179

In this mode I don’t even care about the rewards. Just happy to have something that’s not straight out boring and actually requires some thought into it.

#180

I wouldn’t either if it was a fun mode to play like “BEAST MODE”

All these modes that TC have brought out so far are nothing but a pile of…

#181

If you don’t like it then why even play it? Just stick to Frenzy then?

I like boss rush. It’s a nice twist compared to the standard Horde. Something else for once that you can’t fall asleep to.

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#182

I agree mod is good but TC now abolished the god d.mn chat box and no one awares it, no one sees my messages…damn. They had introduced a good mod that needs teamwork BUT They eliminated the only way to chat !!! Don’t tell me to use headset I don’t have to listen player’s background talks or music. Just sh.t!!!

#183

To get the medals done…why the ■■■■ else would I play it? To get the 3000 coin so I can buy three purple cards. Done now back to something less tedious like Frenzy.

#184

I slept on it a bit, thought about the situation with the text box.

Firstly, from a gameplay perspective, PvE modes are going to suffer hugely from this. People can barely read the modifiers, let alone go down to a option at the bottom of a large options menu to switch on the text chat. People might think that said player isn’t listening, when they cannot see the chat at all. That in of itself can bring about more abuse through messages in XBL.

EDIT: TC have made a news article about this in-game, which is good, and it may reduce the frequency of this occurring, but it won’t entirely prevent it.

Secondly, the reporting system in-game is convoluted and awful. I have to pause the game, go to the social tab, press on the GT, scroll down to report player, then select an option. That is terrible. There needs to be a better and quicker way of reporting these people who decide to use this terrible language in-game, because no doubt that will have put players off. A new player isn’t going to know that.

TC, you need to do more. Disabling text chat by default isn’t going to solve the problem and harms the user base in some respects. I also don’t like the shadiness behind this decision. It makes me think that this was a last minute decision that wasn’t given much thought. I doubt this is the case, and it probably has been discussed for a long time, but that is the thought that’s sticking in my mind.

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