[schrodingergeek]

As you've probably seen, they have created an annex achievement playlist. This makes it easier to find the right games, but it is much more competitive. Does anyone want to make a team to get this achievement?

I was thinking playing in the day would mean a higher chance of getting host? Perhaps tomorrow (sunday) at 1pm? I've got an OK connection, but if anyone has better they can host the party (i'm more bothered about our team having host, than me having it personally - i'll be rank 50 by tomorrow so i'm not fussed about exp).

Please add your GT, rank and what time you're able to play (and upload speed if you wanna be host).

1. Schrogeek (Lvl50)
2. wolverine66666
3. the trancelator
4. fewie225 (already has cheevo, but may help - thanks!)
5.

[toon83]

im free wed and rank 45

[fewie225]

I'm free this week but only late on, after 11pm. I have 6/8 towards the achievement only need a win on subway and tyro station now but at rank 27 I could do with a couple of ringers to help me out.

[fewie225]

I have a Winona subway now, just tyro to do! Anybody up for helping?

[MChatterley]

Dont get much chance to play but I'll give you a hand. May be on later so drop me a FR. Ive got Tyro but dont mind doing it again to bump the XP

[fewie225]

I've got the annex cheevo now but if anybody else wants help (at least in voting for the right map) then hit me up!!

[Gazelle]

Originally Posted by schrodingergeek

As you've probably seen, they have created an annex achievement playlist. This makes it easier to find the right games, but it is much more competitive. Does anyone want to make a team to get this achievement?

I was thinking playing in the day would mean a higher chance of getting host? Perhaps tomorrow (sunday) at 1pm? I've got an OK connection, but if anyone has better they can host the party (i'm more bothered about our team having host, than me having it personally - i'll be rank 50 by tomorrow so i'm not fussed about exp).

Please add your GT, rank and what time you're able to play (and upload speed if you wanna be host).

1. Schrogeek (Lvl50)
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Your upload is pretty chronic (very similar to mine) for hosting a game of Gears 2. Remember this could include all manner of nationalities including Americans and on your upload they would lag like crazy. No fault of yours may I add because this is an average UK connection and the netcode on Gears is hideous.

I play Gears 2 infrequently and I'm now rank 30. In all that time I have never ever once been the host or played in a public party meaning my k/d ratio is crap. It was Joe Graf on Epics forums who said it was impossible to host with a strict nat on Gears 2 and he is right. Every game I've played I've always been able to melee and reload at the end of a round.

So frustrating

[shagaboopon]

Generally Gazelle, the game picks the worst connection as host. I have a sub 25ms ping and 1Mb upload but still rarely get host even with a open NAT. Alternatively I have a friend who gets host very ofen on his laggy Sky broadband with horrendous ping and less than half my upload. In summary the host selection is a complete joke on the game and Joe Graff can't fix it.

[schrodingergeek]

As i say, if anyone has better they can host . I hope no-one thinks i was trying to show off my impressive connection

I get host VERY often during the day (~ 1 in 3), but NEVER in the evening? Not sure how host selection works, but ever since i opened my NAT, i got the same amount of exp in 2 weeks as in about 2 months when i didn't get host at all. If i'm honest it 'hardly seems fair' when you're host. And btw i quite often play in parties and no-one complains about lag when i'm host, and people rarely quit. Maybe i'm inadvertantly annoying people, but i'm not bridging; just taking advantage when i do get host. My Ham-Bam is even more devestating when i have host.

Anyway, back on topic, i still need this achievement but definately think we need a team of five due to the competitiveness of the playlist and the fact that some people use annex to farm exp. When we've got 5 we'll try sort out a day and time we can get on and try knock it out (I'll edit this post in a minute with the people who want to play).

[Gazelle]

Originally Posted by shagaboopon

Generally Gazelle, the game picks the worst connection as host. I have a sub 25ms ping and 1Mb upload but still rarely get host even with a open NAT. Alternatively I have a friend who gets host very ofen on his laggy Sky broadband with horrendous ping and less than half my upload. In summary the host selection is a complete joke on the game and Joe Graff can't fix it.

Yeah I have SKY broadband and it is pretty useless, a bit like Joe Graf really

Originally Posted by schrodingergeek

As i say, if anyone has better they can host . I hope no-one thinks i was trying to show off my impressive connection

I get host VERY often during the day (~ 1 in 3), but NEVER in the evening? Not sure how host selection works, but ever since i opened my NAT, i got the same amount of exp in 2 weeks as in about 2 months when i didn't get host at all. If i'm honest it 'hardly seems fair' when you're host. And btw i quite often play in parties and no-one complains about lag when i'm host, and people rarely quit. Maybe i'm inadvertantly annoying people, but i'm not bridging; just taking advantage when i do get host. My Ham-Bam is even more devestating when i have host.

Anyway, back on topic, i still need this achievement but definately think we need a team of five due to the competitiveness of the playlist and the fact that some people use annex to farm exp. When we've got 5 we'll try sort out a day and time we can get on and try knock it out (I'll edit this post in a minute with the people who want to play).

My speedtest result:

I wasn't having a dig at your connection, I admitted mine was rubbish, I was just saying that for a game that has netcode as bad as Gears 2 then your connection wasn't great. Of course for any other game it is quite adequate

[schrodingergeek]

Originally Posted by Gazelle

I was just saying that for a game that has netcode as bad as Gears 2 then your connection wasn't great. Of course for any other game it is quite adequate

Yeah it's weird, i've never had a problem with lag in any other game. However, i don't lag on this game anywhere near as much as everyone else on here seems to. For example people find lag so bad that they seem to hate the game, but even before i opened my NAT i could quite happily enjoy playing this game for hours & hours with only a few noticably bad games. This may be due to the fact i very rarely use the shotgun which, to me, seems to be more suseptible to lag/hit detection?? If that's even possible. The hammerburst can be fired so fast, you can still down someone no problem as long as it's not chronic, everyone walking into walls type lag. Maybe i've just been lucky, but i've only had unplayable lag about as often as it happens in Halo 3. The only thing that really annoys me about this game is that there is no host migration when the host quits.

I'm not saying the game is prefect by any means; i suppose getting host is so noticable because all your shots register properly, and the weapons are as powerful as they are supposed to be at the range you are firing them from. This is how it should be every game, not just when you're host. But i certainly don't think it is unplayable.



Anyway, anyone else need this achievement?

I've updated my original post with the people who want to play, i'll wait til we get five then we can try to arrange a time that is convenient for everyone.

[hybridkit]

I do not mind helping

[simon here]

I need tyro and the 3 combustibles, im on most days/nights so count me in

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