This Week in Gears: November 24 - 30

Gears 5
#356

TC are looking into a way for everyone to be able to unlock all achievements in Gears POP, which I paid for as well… many many many many times more than your 9.99 for Kait Skeleton.

And yet, I’m actively advocating for the achievements to be made easier so that everyone can get them before the servers close.

You got what you paid for. You ran around with the Kait Skeleton skin before anyone else who wasn’t willing to purchase it. I got what I paid for, which was a world’s first completion in a Gears game (loosely name as such, but still… )

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#357

Yea man,

I have found that if I am in a bad mood or down on my day. I just think about @TC_Sera and all she has done for us and I’m happy again.

:smiley::+1:

#358

Holy ■■■■. Everyone’s still complaining about a weapon skin set?

It’s TC, and gaming companies in general. Hate to break it to you, but it’s going to happen no matter how loud you scream at them.

These companies don’t give a ■■■■ about you. They give a ■■■■ about their profits. Surely you know that by now?

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#359

Maybe so but we have @TC_Sera !!!

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#360

Well,

Your friend sounds like a stand up guy. I hope he can see that it was a mistake that has been fixed.

I also have a son who also happens to want those skins. So I had to do the challenge to get them twice.

TC kept there word by doing this, it honestly was the right move here.

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#361

Correction, companies do care about us, however they only care about what we think of them.

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#362

Suddenly I feel like replaying the campaign with a Positive attitude

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#363

Well man,

I agree and disagree with this. But it was the right move to fight back on this and stand for what was right.

Life is about the small victories that can lead to the next. Standing for what is right is something I always try to do. You can lose a lot sure, but just saying what may be true doesn’t really help correct this.

I respect you considerably but I was actually proud to see so many Gear heads fighting for this to be changed.

And guess what? We won.

Cheers!

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#364

I respect you as well, but I stand by my comment.

TC will do something of this sort again, be it a week, month, or year from now. It’s inevitable.

I’m happy you won this fight, but you and I both know you’ll have to fight a lot more in the future.

I’ve never cared about exclusives in video games, because I know how the system works.

Now I’m going to say something that will ruffle a lot of feathers, but it needs to be said.

Just a disclaimer for everyone. If you buy something in the store or earn it through gameplay, in Gears 5 or any other game, don’t complain about it. You made your decision, and most everyone should realize by now that game companies cannot and should not be trusted. Nothing is truly “exclusive”, even if the developers state it is.

I’ve said my bit. Have a good day everyone.

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#365

I understand from both sides …I’ve experience it and it sucks from both here and other games…if part of community strongly wants to get the black phantom skins how about TC introduce some challenges like in gears 4 into gears 5 to get the set plus a black phantom scorcher that way everyone is pleased (hopefully) instead of just whipping out your credit card .

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#366

What about the people who payed 20.00for new day pack only to find out it’s FREE with game pass! Some people don’t even know…i just found out last night. Have fun with that one

#367

So you wouldn’t have a single issue with it if TC decided that they’re gonna sell the Heroic rarity Venom skins attained by reaching Level 20 on the various classes? Genuine question, cause those aren’t timed exclusives. I wouldn’t even dare to imagine the flak they’d catch if they made that available for purchase, unless maybe, and that’s a BIG maybe, they put it behind only coins and it was a ridiculous amount of them required to purchase the entire set.

(Yes, I’m currently working on unlocking it, partly since it’s for once a PvE only thing to unlock.)

We also all know most of us share the sentiment… right?

I can’t say one individual convinces me on the entirety of TC though. Even if she may be great, lovable(in the context of the work, obviously, before anyone gets any weird thoughts because it’s me saying this) and funny/hilarious at times(as long as you don’t mess with the forum rules). But there has been definite improvements since Op 3/4 especially.

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#368

Nope. Nothing is exclusive.

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#369

When you put in the work to get those skins, come tell me again. How’d you like being Reup 50 for the Team Ice skins and the next day they’re basically free? Can’t tell me that wouldn’t be a slap in the face by disrespecting the time and effort you put into getting that. Particularly since it’d be available at all times. Unless it was done at a point like I don’t know, at the end of the game’s lifespan with the next about to be released.

I’ll say it again. Timed exclusives ain’t good. Earnables that remain earnable through whatever you needed to do for them permanently, they are. Not that it is primarily what I care for, I mainly get stuff cause I like it(the Glacial Kait skin being the prime example of that). But it would be a big meh if those things became practically free for everybody. At least, before it would make sense to be doing such. Whether you want to argue if such is the case with black Phantom, I’m not really here to address that point.

And even if I personally may not participate in it, I can only imagine how badly TC would burn their fingers if they tried pulling that off. Given how the community bit back on this one skin set… well, I don’t think it’d be very pleasant given that the Venom skins are currently the closest thing PvE has to the Master rank weapon skins(if you exclude the Escape rewards from Op 1/2).

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#370

As I said Wall, I’m not bothered by such things and never will be. I’m probably in the minority, but I don’t care.

Quote me on it if it ever happens.

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#371

Of course, you’re right that in the grand scheme of things, it’s not something to particularly care about. But I don’t really like putting time into a certain task to be told I could’ve just done nothing or 10% of the effort and gotten the same result by just… waiting.

Although in case of the Road to Gears 5 challenges, I mostly got those through normal gameplay anyway.

And if TC tries to pull that I’ll just bring a large bag of popcorn. With sugar, I don’t understand how anyone could possibly stand it salted.

#372

So last night I learned the black phantom skins were coming back into the store and I was stoked. Hop on when I wake up to find out they decided to not put them up. WTH not everyone has time to grind games all day and I get a lot of people we’re mad that a skin they Grinded for is now on the store but they did this with abunch of skins already from other ops? Why was no one in a uproar when they did that? Really disappointed they went back on there decision… don’t hype up people to then turn around and say you’re not going to do it. I know people are going to be mad but I’m taking a break. I grinded all night to get the coins and now I’m just disappointed. Let me know what you think and please don’t be toxic just converse.

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#373

I think most people “liked” Judgment but didn’t love it.

The lack of DBNO, the confusing COG vs COG setup and the overly large, asymmetrical maps all killed the PvE, but I don’t really see anyone ragging on the rest of the game. It was cool.

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#374

If I’m being honest, the fact that you needed to “grind all night for coins” tells me how much you most likely play this game. Especially considering your decision preceded the information that they had rolled out extra coins to everyone by accident for Operation 4 Ranked rewards. I’ve played minimally and spent plenty of coins… Still sitting on close to 100k after the rollback.

I’d like to refer you to my previous post if you believe that one night of “grinding” is the equivalent to the original challenge.

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#375

Very true.