I agree with you. I'm assuming so they can send the codes in "waves" until it finally opens up to the masses.
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Gears of War 4 Beta |OT| Hello Chainsaw My Old Friend, I've Come To Rev You Up Again
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I agree with you. I'm assuming so they can send the codes in "waves" until it finally opens up to the masses.
This is a beta meant to test out the game, servers and fix any issues, why the fuck would they launch it during hours when not only they aren't at work but also asleep ? If you have an issue then blame the earth for being round and having time zones.
If anything you should be glad that it doesn't start until EU working hours are finished, afterall it is Monday tomorrow.
Xcell Miguel
Gold Member
I grenade tagged a wall twice in the third video here (and got a kill ^^) : http://www.gamersyde.com/news_our_videos_of_gears_of_war_4_beta-17767_en.html
And on an enemy in the second video.
Simply Sami
Member
I got my gears BC codes like 5am at EU time. So not sure what your point is. I doubt somebody in the coalition office is sitting there launching these codes literally. They are automated.
Didnt know when codes go out, was just checking since they sent me the 2-judgement codes very late
You're right. Those Vancouver BC based devs should totally launch the beta for their game when they're all sleeping at 1 AM just so you don't feel disrespected.
Damn. Do you ever stop to think they want to launch the beta for their game at the start of their work week monday morning so that they are prepared for any issues?
it is really baffling that people are this entitled, but if the beta launches and there are issues and none to fix them, they would be like "lazy devs" and shit, beta needs to launch when The Coalition is ready to affront any issues that will definitely come with this beta
AndyMoogle
Member
Some of you take these things a tad too seriously.
Which Gears BC? I'm not even going to address the timing issue of them launching the beta during their working hours.
But as for pre loading and the codes, I'm not sure what you point is when they have specifically mentioned why they are not allowing preload and sending the codes out in waves, i.e. so as that they can make sure that they can handle the server load.
Lol for reals, that sense of entitlement right there.
JigglesBunny
Banned
Nesmaster75
Member
mickcenary
Member
Foundations layout is checkout
You mean:
Foundations layout, Checkout is.
This map has always looked a buttload like Yoda to me.
Yup. Can't be unseen.
superNESjoe
Member
I played UE on launch day, hope that means I get a code some time tomorrow.
PetulantChild
Banned
Maps looking great, like they really understood what made Gears maps when they were making them. I only hope we do get one or two asymmetrical maps to mix things up. Maybe an Escalation remake, even though I'm seemingly the only one that likes that map.
Fata1moose
Banned
I wonder if they'll do any remakes, Gridlock and Mansion would be welcome.
Hasn't a Gridlock remake already been confirmed?
Fata1moose
Banned
I haven't followed development that much, but I'd assume it'd be there.
Goodacre0081
Member
pretty sure gridlock was going to be in
they realized it was a horrible mechanic and was removed back in Gears3. we need to go forward, not back
they realized it was a horrible mechanic and was removed back in Gears3. we need to go forward, not back
BananasWithGuns
Member
I think you're in the minority on that one.
The two-piece is widely despised, always has been.
BuggeryBugz
Member
Very nice! Thanks for that.
ManUnkindH
Member
So, UK account here, first day owner of Ultimate Edition, I played the game before april 12. Am I supposed to receive an email with the download code for the beta? Nothing received yet.
Any UK players out there that have received the email? Or is it supposed to be a message on my console?
Any UK players out there that have received the email? Or is it supposed to be a message on my console?
they'll be sending xbox messages
They will start sending codes at 5pm in UK.
ManUnkindH
Member
OK thanks guys, I was beginning to panic.
I don't think its the point of being melee'd rather the fact of that you have no time to re-act. Due to when you stumble and the opposing player can gib you straight away.
So TC said in the stream that they're gonna release two maps a month for one year for free. That's great.
Link:
https://www.twitch.tv/gearsofwar/v/60765517?t=08m19s
Link:
https://www.twitch.tv/gearsofwar/v/60765517?t=08m19s
Living Proof
Member
Didn't they announce this a week or so ago with the catch that the new maps would be on a rotation, knocking others out of play? And that you need to buy them for use in private matches? Seemed pretty dumb and questionable.
Yea and as such they lose most of their health if they get melee'd, and isn't that enough ? The very fact that you can put in a few random bullets and then melee to down them makes melee very powerful as it is.
But stun locking a full health enemy, so that you can get a free shot after a melee now that is a bit too much. 2 piece stun lock was removed from Gears 2 itself, you've had 8 years to accommodate yourself with it.
What issue?
whats wrong ? is there official word on this ?
I still don't get how this rotation works.
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
In what way? That Xbox Germany cant read the Clock?
Besides that nobody could complain about a code because no one so far got one.
But i know what you mean. German Page said Midnight, and still nothing up to this time lol...
well, they could have balanced it more.... i mean, they left in that ridiculous grenade wall tag
Not about that. 2 piecing was an art, and it was enjoyable. They could have continued with it in a form where it wasn't overpowered with server connections (2 piecing was never a certainty on P2P) and made it another form of a dual.
Art what? You are certainly in the extreme minority if you think two piecing was enjoyable.
The very fact that you got stun locked and couldn't even move is why two piecing was a problem in Gears 1. It was always a certainty in Gears 1, even with lag. I used to play Gears 1 from India with 250-300ms of latency (almost always 1 bar connections) and the only reason why I was still able to get kills outside of the random hits was two piecing which worked every single time, it was the only way for me to play a game because how ridiculously easy it was to get kills in that manner than doing anything else despite the high latency. Infact, you had to be quite terrible to miss two piecing in Gears 1 despite the lag.
You can still melee and shotgun someone, you've always been able to even in Gears 2, Gears 3 and Judgement. The only difference is that your enemy doesn't gets stun locked for you to land a free shot. You wanna use your art go ahead, but you don't get a free shot just because you landed a melee hit. If it really was suppose to work that way then melee would have been a one hit kill.
ChocolatePuddin
Member
I know it's a beta but why does it look so poor visually? Here is a side by side comparison video between Gears of War 4 multiplayer vs Gears of War: Ultimate Edition multiplayer? The Ultimate Edition looks much better?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQgDDaz_UVY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQgDDaz_UVY
Because the beta is actually a real beta, not a "marketing" demo. They said the visual will change.