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Gears of War 3: DLC #3: Fenix Rising Next Week, Compounding Horde Reward Weekend!

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  • fragglefartfragglefart Registered User regular
    So the update sounds awesome but man,

    Zeta Team, Go! – Complete waves 1 – 10 of Horde with 5 players as Zeta (Barrick, Tai, Minh, Valera, and Jace). (75 points)

    is probably going to be a bitch.

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  • NocrenNocren Lt Futz, Back in Action North CarolinaRegistered User regular
    It's only gonna be a bitch if by using that specific combo unlocks RAAM as a boss.

    For every wave.

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  • tastydonutstastydonuts Registered User regular
    edited November 2011
    Who's Valera?

    edit: The Achievement shouldn't be a problem, just organize who plays as what?

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  • KorKor Known to detonate from time to time Registered User regular
    Who's Valera?

    That chick you save in the hospital in Halo:Reach. On the level where you fly the falcon around.

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  • tastydonutstastydonuts Registered User regular
    Kor wrote:
    Who's Valera?

    That chick you save in the hospital in Halo:Reach. On the level where you fly the falcon around.

    Oh cool.

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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    She's the new character in the Raam's Shadow DLC: Alicia Valera.

  • SirUltimosSirUltimos Don't talk, Rusty. Just paint. Registered User regular
    When you play as RAAM, the other 3 players play as Elite Maulers with reflective shields, and a Elite Theron with a sawed-off with blades like the retro.

    Also, Rod confirmed that each DLC will have 250 points, so Gears3 will have 2000 gamerscore once the season pass is complete.

    Media/Info dump about the Booster Pack and the Impossible Mission due out tomorrow on Major Nelson. This weeks event will be KotH related and may feature Retro-Lancers and Gorgon Pistols.

    I hope this is true. Oh God I hope this is true.

  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    Looks like the Booster Pack info and Impossible Mission reveal will be on Friday, not today. Bummer.

  • EspantaPajaroEspantaPajaro Registered User regular
    Looks like the Booster Pack info and Impossible Mission reveal will be on Friday, not today. Bummer.

    Why didn't they just reveal it yesterday lol. Its not like these two days will create more anticipation. Also hatemail makes me sad. I mean one of them legitimately kicked my ass and made me quit. Turns out I was the host and the servers were down but the other two were just punks that got owned. One complained about me shooting him in the back the other how I was abusing actives and was trash.

  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    IMO, there's probably a video or something to accompany this announcement and someone noticed an issue with the vid, which was planned to be ready today, at the last minute and they realized they couldn't fix it in time. Shit happens.

  • EspantaPajaroEspantaPajaro Registered User regular
    Oh if it was technical difficulty I understand completely , I just didn't get that impression. Also looking at the calendar the impossible mission is one month long so it looks like it will be a real pain in the ass to get.

  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    They renamed it to "Ghost Protocol" at one point so I doubt it'll be that hard to get. It's just a tie-in to the new Mission Impossible movie.

  • EspantaPajaroEspantaPajaro Registered User regular
    They renamed it to "Ghost Protocol" at one point so I doubt it'll be that hard to get. It's just a tie-in to the new Mission Impossible movie.

    Really? Thats sad , I expected some super challenge that we could all fail at and have a laugh.

  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    They renamed it to "Ghost Protocol" at one point so I doubt it'll be that hard to get. It's just a tie-in to the new Mission Impossible movie.

    Really? Thats sad , I expected some super challenge that we could all fail at and have a laugh.

    I feel shitty now, like I just told you Santa Claus isn't real.

  • EspantaPajaroEspantaPajaro Registered User regular
    You should , you wrecker of dreams.

  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    Weekend Event is officially "Blades and Nades". KotH with Retro-lancers and grenades.

  • DocshiftyDocshifty Registered User regular
    KoTH and people start with grenades? In what world was this a good idea

  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    It's not like you can't play regular KotH, which is what happens whenever they do a Horde event. Tried to play with my friends once but it was a Ticker event and as a result they now think that's all Horde is.

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  • hottoqhottoq Registered User regular
    Is the Gears 2 single-player campaign worth playing through? I played Gears 1 back in the day, and just picked up Gears 3 for a good price.

  • Idx86Idx86 Long days and pleasant nights.Registered User regular
    hottoq wrote:
    Is the Gears 2 single-player campaign worth playing through? I played Gears 1 back in the day, and just picked up Gears 3 for a good price.

    Yes, it's my favorite of the series. Empire Strikes Back-esque.

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  • NibCromNibCrom Registered User regular
    Gears 2 campaign was my favorite I think. It's even better with co-op.

  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    Gears2 is a long string of "holy shit" moments. The combat is a lot more linear than in Gears1, but honestly I didn't notice that the first 5 times I beat the game :D

    Anywho, here's the first footage of the map "Bullet Marsh" http://epicgames.com/community/2011/11/a-kryll-storm-is-brewing/

  • fragglefartfragglefart Registered User regular
    edited November 2011
    Haha, blades and 'nades sounds awesome!

    Also loooooove the look of that map remade, do we get to Horde and Beast all over it?

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  • NibCromNibCrom Registered User regular
    All this stuff makes me want to buy the season pass. I wish you could buy it all on disc!

  • WingedWeaselWingedWeasel Registered User regular
    edited November 2011
    So are you supposed to get the event ribbon even if you didn't play the event, just during that time frame? I forgot about blades and nades, hopped into a "normal" (execution) game and after completion got it.

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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    edited November 2011
    Haha, blades and 'nades sounds awesome!

    Also loooooove the look of that map remade, do we get to Horde and Beast all over it?
    I believe so, yes. Though like Tyro Station in Gears2, the environmental hazard will probably be disabled.
    NibCrom wrote:
    All this stuff makes me want to buy the season pass. I wish you could buy it all on disc!

    Eh, the weekend events and the upcoming Booster Pack are all free. Really, the only thing Season Pass users have gotten so far is 3 weapon skins, 3 multiplayer skins, some new horde fotifications and 3 maps available only in private matches, Beast and Horde. Once we find out about DLC's 3 and 4, it'll probably be a good buy. As of now though, it's not really something you should be leaping on unless you unquestionably love Gears of War 3, IMO.

    EDIT: And the impossible mission announcement has been delayed to Tuesday :D Good grief.

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  • NibCromNibCrom Registered User regular
    Haha, blades and 'nades sounds awesome!

    Also loooooove the look of that map remade, do we get to Horde and Beast all over it?
    I believe so, yes. Though like Tyro Station in Gears2, the environmental hazard will probably be disabled.
    NibCrom wrote:
    All this stuff makes me want to buy the season pass. I wish you could buy it all on disc!

    Eh, the weekend events and the upcoming Booster Pack are all free. Really, the only thing Season Pass users have gotten so far is 3 weapon skins, 3 multiplayer skins, some new horde fotifications and 3 maps available only in private matches, Beast and Horde. Once we find out about DLC's 3 and 4, it'll probably be a good buy. As of now though, it's not really something you should be leaping on unless you unquestionably love Gears of War 3, IMO.

    EDIT: And the impossible mission announcement has been delayed to Tuesday :D Good grief.

    Good point. It just kind of bothers me that I can't get those other achievements without paying more money!

  • EspantaPajaroEspantaPajaro Registered User regular
    Lol that should be funny. Maybe diggers that shoot turkeys?

  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    Probably a multi-cluckshot.

  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    Has anyone else noticed that this page refuses to finish loading? The "processing" icon never goes away. I'm using Firefox 8.

  • NibCromNibCrom Registered User regular
    Mine works okay. I'm on Firefox 3. :p

  • TolerantZeroTolerantZero Registered User regular
    edited November 2011
    Glad to see Weekend Events shifting away from TDM for once. This one will be crazy playing on KOTH.

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  • fragglefartfragglefart Registered User regular
    That new koth mode was pretty crazy times man, I totally sucked at it though - damned alcomohol.

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  • Custom SpecialCustom Special I know I am, I'm sure I am, I'm Sounders 'til I die!Registered User regular
    Hey guys, I'm changing my gamertag. That's right, no more customRUB. You gotta go store brand or go home.
    F4ll0ut is taken. Any bright ideas on something to tack on to make it unique?

    I've tried every combination of it with 4/a, 0/o...but F4ll0ut Prime works...
    F4ll0ut Special? Ugh...this is stupid. Nothing looks right.

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  • EspantaPajaroEspantaPajaro Registered User regular
    Hey guys, I'm changing my gamertag. That's right, no more customRUB. You gotta go store brand or go home.
    F4ll0ut is taken. Any bright ideas on something to tack on to make it unique?

    I've tried every combination of it with 4/a, 0/o...but F4ll0ut Prime works...
    F4ll0ut Special? Ugh...this is stupid. Nothing looks right.

    Well what are you trying to do with the name? Have you tried Nuclear fallout? Or if you are a fan of the games maybe you could pick something synonymous with fallout. Like Vault dweller or something.

  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    You could get rid of the numbername. Fallout Special looks fine to me if available.

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  • EspantaPajaroEspantaPajaro Registered User regular
    YES! I reached 100! Cool and easy way to grind XP is to go to chapter 2-2 arcade , pick insane and with three hard mutators for max xp. Now play through the level getting as high a score as you can. Now when you finish the level it will give you your score and then a cut scene starts , pause and restart at last checkpoint . You will start at the end of the level and you can cross it again for the same exact score! This makes grinding the arcade points medal easy and it repeats so you will keep getting big xp.

  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    YES! I reached 100! Cool and easy way to grind XP is to go to chapter 2-2 arcade , pick insane and with three hard mutators for max xp. Now play through the level getting as high a score as you can. Now when you finish the level it will give you your score and then a cut scene starts , pause and restart at last checkpoint . You will start at the end of the level and you can cross it again for the same exact score! This makes grinding the arcade points medal easy and it repeats so you will keep getting big xp.

    I'm not going to grind those medals or achievements for a while. I'm going to be playing the campaign DLC a ton in December and it's not like I'm just going to stop playing Gears. Grinding is for the end of the game's life for me.

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  • EspantaPajaroEspantaPajaro Registered User regular
    Willeth wrote:
    YES! I reached 100! Cool and easy way to grind XP is to go to chapter 2-2 arcade , pick insane and with three hard mutators for max xp. Now play through the level getting as high a score as you can. Now when you finish the level it will give you your score and then a cut scene starts , pause and restart at last checkpoint . You will start at the end of the level and you can cross it again for the same exact score! This makes grinding the arcade points medal easy and it repeats so you will keep getting big xp.

    I'm not going to grind those medals or achievements for a while. I'm going to be playing the campaign DLC a ton in December and it's not like I'm just going to stop playing Gears. Grinding is for the end of the game's life for me.

    I dont even care about the medals. I just wanted to get level 100 out of the way so that I could play as much or as little as I want without thinking " Is this the most efficient way for me to level?" It got real bad as soon as I hit 90 and I wanted to just get to 100. Now I can play versus without thinking about gaining levels or anything.

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