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Old 06-11-2009, 12:37 AM   #1
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Gears 2 Anniversary Event Nov 6th to 16th brings lethality And triple XP

Hey all,

To celebrate the first anniversary of Gears 2, we've decided to have some fun by having a special event where you get to play in a different kind of way. During the development of Gears 2, we were really interested in seeing if we could push the game to be more tactical (at least how we define it). A big part of this was increased weapon damage and reduced ammo counts along with a bunch of other more subtle tweaks (like increasing DBNO health so that revives were still possible). Anyway, the more we played it and enjoyed it, the more we worried that we would upset too many fans of Gears 1 by moving so far away from the wall bouncing, shotgunning fragfests they enjoyed so much. So we tabled it - until now. Here's your chance to see how Gears 2 multiplayer might have been and to let us know what you think of it.

And of course, we'll make it all worth your while. During this extended event you'll be receiving triple XP (yes, I said triple, even in Horde) and we've separated the playlists by individual game types so you can play exactly what you want, when you want. And if the wait times aren't too bad, we'll keep them that way after the event as well.

So to sum up:
Nine day event starting morning of Nov 6th
Play in "tactical" mode across all MP gametypes including Horde
Triple XP
Public Horde difficulty bumped to Hardcore
Playlists have individual gametypes

Thanks and see you online.

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Old 06-11-2009, 12:52 AM   #2
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Re: Gears 2 Anniversary Event Nov 6th to 16th brings lethality And triple XP

WoW.

I actually have a reason to come back to my favourite MP game.

I thought these new updates that made Gears 2 more and more like Gears 1 were never going to stop but No, I was wrong!

Thank-you!
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Old 06-11-2009, 10:22 AM   #3
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Re: Gears 2 Anniversary Event Nov 6th to 16th brings lethality And triple XP

Nice one,

might even blow the dust off my copy of GOW2 this weekend... separate playlists as well
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Old 06-11-2009, 11:45 AM   #4
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Re: Gears 2 Anniversary Event Nov 6th to 16th brings lethality And triple XP

Sweet loved the last double xp but this is even better. looks like I may hit level 60 before the end of November after all. It's nice to see Epic making a real effort either that or being knocked down to 6 in the top ten really got to them.
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Old 06-11-2009, 12:42 PM   #5
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Re: Gears 2 Anniversary Event Nov 6th to 16th brings lethality And triple XP

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Nice one,

might even blow the dust off my copy of GOW2 this weekend... separate playlists as well
me too
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Old 06-11-2009, 2:00 PM   #6
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Re: Gears 2 Anniversary Event Nov 6th to 16th brings lethality And triple XP

just been on horde and i haven't been given triple xp, there's no mention of triple xp on the main menu either, is this supposed to start today.
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Re: Gears 2 Anniversary Event Nov 6th to 16th brings lethality And triple XP

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just been on horde and i haven' been given triple xp, there's no mention of triple xp on the main menu either, is this supposed to start today.
its on usa time so will start 5-7pm

its on there website
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Re: Gears 2 Anniversary Event Nov 6th to 16th brings lethality And triple XP

Sounds sweet, now who did I loan Gears to
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I really hope they spend as much time developing Gears3 as they have done fiddling around with Gears2.
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Re: Gears 2 Anniversary Event Nov 6th to 16th brings lethality And triple XP

i might be up for a go on this tonight if i can drag myself away from borderlands
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Old 07-11-2009, 10:49 AM   #11
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Re: Gears 2 Anniversary Event Nov 6th to 16th brings lethality And triple XP

Had a great session on horde last night with Dr.Evilist, BurtX, The Hellequin & Thariq

Level 1 to 50 on Gridlock. Level 40 was a great round !!!! Didn't notice it was on hardcore mode.....

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Re: Gears 2 Anniversary Event Nov 6th to 16th brings lethality And triple XP

I think i'll give this a go
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i officially hate submission.
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Re: Gears 2 Anniversary Event Nov 6th to 16th brings lethality And triple XP

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I think i'll give this a go

If you do, beware of the Lancer. It is now a death-dealing machine

Epic really do hate the shotgun don't they? This is their idea of how Gears 2 should have been and at the start of this 'event' you spawned with only 8 shotgun shells which they doubled to 16 when their forums were spammed with requests for more ammo. I think this more 'tactical' approach is better but with the lag it can be a joke with you seemingly getting downed in a fraction of a second. I'd like to play this version on a lan to see how it plays.
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Had a great session on horde last night with Dr.Evilist, BurtX, The Hellequin & Thariq

Level 1 to 50 on Gridlock. Level 40 was a great round !!!! Didn't notice it was on hardcore mode.....

Mark...
I agree.
Apart from level 40 being great.
And the bit about it not feeling like hardcore.

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Old 08-11-2009, 2:15 AM   #16
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i officially hate submission.
Why what's wrong with submission it's not like your own team take you out to get the meat flag or anything
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Old 08-11-2009, 4:20 AM   #17
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Re: Gears 2 Anniversary Event Nov 6th to 16th brings lethality And triple XP

I love gears 2 but hate the inconsistency in this game, host power/advantage is ridiculous. As for this trial, well, any idiot can now lock on with the machine gun and cause serious damage. There is no skill involved like with the hammerburst. How about tweaking it to improve playability rather than spoil the gameplay by messing about with it.
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Old 08-11-2009, 1:22 PM   #18
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Why what's wrong with submission it's not like your own team take you out to get the meat flag or anything
if someone on my team has the meatflag i help to defend him, if i have it they don't help they just go off for kills, also sometimes u get idiots who wait until u get near the capture circle and throw in a smoke grenade to make u drop the meatflag so they can down him and get him for an easy capture, plus it should be a team cheevo as it's a team -based game.
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Re: Gears 2 Anniversary Event Nov 6th to 16th brings lethality And triple XP

I have now bought this game 3 times and it still sucks!

It has blatantly been tweaked to give the americans a huge advantage. Play this after 10pm and you dont have a chance, and whats with the stun animation every time you go in for a follow up kill!? Three times I tried to shotgun someone I was stood right in front of, and everytime I went to fire I kept getting stunned so I couldnt get a shot off.

Total rubbish
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To be fair there is enough lag problems before 10pm and there is no such thing as a local server. Also for Gears you need to party up especially in submission if you want to stand a chance at getting a capture. I've only played one round of horde since the triple xp so not impressed but I'm hoping to get a few hrs in before the 16th.
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To be fair there is enough lag problems before 10pm and there is no such thing as a local server. Also for Gears you need to party up especially in submission if you want to stand a chance at getting a capture. I've only played one round of horde since the triple xp so not impressed but I'm hoping to get a few hrs in before the 16th.
smoke grenades kill submission imho, u get all the way to the capture ring just for someone to sling a grenade in and then lose the meatflag.
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I have now bought this game 3 times and it still sucks!

It has blatantly been tweaked to give the americans a huge advantage. Play this after 10pm and you dont have a chance, and whats with the stun animation every time you go in for a follow up kill!? Three times I tried to shotgun someone I was stood right in front of, and everytime I went to fire I kept getting stunned so I couldnt get a shot off.

Total rubbish
after 10pm and a few beers i kill more ppl LOL

rank 63 now
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Re: Gears 2 Anniversary Event Nov 6th to 16th brings lethality And triple XP

I see you have shot through the ranks toon over the past week
me on the other hand just don't have much time to play at the mo

BTW do you actually sleep?
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Old 11-11-2009, 3:39 PM   #24
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Played a very enjoyable game of Annex over lunchtime. I'll be sticking with that until the triple XP runs out.
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Well I tried to get a game of guardian but my naf o2 router has turned the nat to strict and I can't find a match now so no joy 4 me as I'm not playing horde on my own like billy no mates
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Had a 5 game winning streak on Annex last night. Leveled up after each one.

Got comprehensively pounded in the next and then won one more to hit level 23 and toddle off to bed on a good note.

Almost feels like the magic is back.
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Had a 5 game winning streak on Annex last night. Leveled up after each one.

Got comprehensively pounded in the next and then won one more to hit level 23 and toddle off to bed on a good note.

Almost feels like the magic is back.
ill see you saturday for some games just bought a copy from the forums
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Some of us kept the faith

bung me a invite sat...

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I've got a loan of Gears 2 for the weekend. Can do some games on Saturday
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