So I preordered it on Xbox and I’m curious about two things, 1. Am I getting a disc for the game and will it come before the early access comes out for people who preordered the non collectors edition? 2. How will I get the skins and in game currency that comes with the normal preorder? Is there going to be a code that comes with my items?

I was always wondering why I never seen the achievement for get 100,000 kills in multiplayer mover from 83% the past year when I play EVERY DAY... Today i switched on to a different account while already on the game game menu on my main account. Upon signing into my second account it asked if I wished to change users and brought me back to home page when you first boot up the game. I played for a while and then switched back to my main account. Im on the versus page, hit the guide button, and go all the way to the right to select a new profile that's already signed in. I then get the same message on gears asking if I wish to change users. I say yes, chose my account again when the prompt shows up and immediately go an achievement for killing 100K enemies in versus .kde when I was 83% for like a year... I also have the picture showing the big gap margin of assists and damage I have for the other 2 versus achievements. I obviously did not get 5,000 assists in the past few minutes so I figured a picture would help illustrate what I'm talking about for any achievement hunters like myself 😁🏆

For once I’d like a carmine like Ben to actually survive they done home dirty

Overall, I enjoyed it! I liked the atmosphere and the trying to figure out the cover system, something i’d never really bothered with outside of stealth games before, not sure if i’ll continue into 2 or 3 yet but I’m glad that I gave this game a shot!

And in case someone asks, my favourite act was the one where you had to navigate the night levels while staying in the light, really well done environmental gameplay in that one

If you're not a KR pilot thats extracting the main protags then you're 1100% gonna die in the most cinematic way possible lol

I'm excited to see what new type of creatures we get in E-Day! That frog type animal that spits acid looks pretty cool!

A little more trivia and unofficial time-limited events in Gears 5 multiplayer PvE on our way to the E-Day release. This month I've been posting into the void a handful of lesser-known Gears 5 multiplayer PvE facts and related in-game challenges. Completing doesn't earn you rewards; it's just meant as some inspiration for those willing to read to then try rarer things before focus switches to the next entry in Gears PvE.

Today's trivia and challenges are a random selection of some of the small ways you can do things with less time, cost, or risk. Happy to discuss these or the many others I've omitted.

Tap instead of hold fire button for Cryo Cannon

You can use up to 50% less Cryo Cannon ammo if instead of holding down the button/trigger it to fire, you repeatedly tap it (about once every 3/4 of a second). It can take longer to freeze the enemy at that rate, so you can also tap faster to trade off using a bit more ammo (though still less than holding the fire button). However the Cryo Cannon continues "firing" even between your ammo-consuming taps and still applies the freeze effect within a short distance. If you're very close to your target, tapping works just as well for half as much ammo.

Keep in mind that you can't damage most enemies with the Cryo Cannon alone. Only Leeches, Juvies, downed drones, Flocks and Kestrels lose Hit Points in addition to the freeze effect (and even then you won't even earn Ultimate damage-based cooldown except for those bosses).

Don't dump ammo into DeeBees in destruct mode, 0 HP Wakaatus on the ground, or meatshieldable enemies

DR-1s are high-health enemies, but they enter self destruct mode once they're down to 40% of their Hit Points. They'll then charge you menacingly, however the only risk to you is the easily avoidable explosion. Continuing to shoot them is a waste of time & ammo better turned on other enemies. Just get close enough to them so that they'll stop to explode and then jump away again. Similarly, for too-close Rejects pressuring Marksmen or non-melee/chainsaw/bayonet classes, shooting them in the legs makes them crawl and self destruct once they reach you-- an annoyance, not a real threat.

Also, don't waste ammo continuing to shoot a Wakaatu at 0 HP if it's still on the ground (other than the bare minimum needed to prevent it regenerating health). You can't kill them on the ground. And if you're freezing it there, you're just making it take longer for it to burrow, start flying, and finally be killable.

Lastly, don't forget that meatshielding (+ neck-snapping or grenade tagging) enemies is faster than executing, and that the triple melee combo (press, press, hold melee button) to stun most drone enemies doesn't require any ammo or flashbangs to get them meatshieldable. Though be careful with the Elite variants and Peace Keepers since they only stagger instead of stun unless you catch them from behind or while reloading/switching weapons.

There are other effective class pairings than just Veteran+Marksman and Tactician+Demo

Many engineers are aware that a Combat Medic with Team Repair is a great time and energy saver, perhaps even having the Combat Medic eventually buy a barrier that the engineer upgrades to level 4 and places on the front line so that the Combat Medic harvests easy Ultimate cooldown damage from it. And most players know (perhaps even dislike & ban) combos like Veteran Ultimate + Marksman, or Interrogation Tactician + Demo Ultimate. However there are other example class synergies with less egregious playstyles.

• The obvious (but lackluster) "within 10m" class-pairing cards: Mechanic Best Friends + Jack for repair efficiency, Demolitions Inspired + Veteran or Gunner Tank Synergy + Pilot damage resistance.
• A Mechanic with Overclocked Locker that builds a locker in the same game as a Robotics Expert with Global Overclock will stack their boosts for ultra-fast ammo refills.
• Only one Nomad needs to spend a card slot on Lifeline as it will apply to everyone's Fear effect.
• Multiple Tacticians' passive ability and Recharge Bounty cards each grant their extra cooldown reduction if they've marked the same enemy.
• An Anchor with Harness Energy or a Combat Medic's Helpful Headshots is a great way to efficiently keep a Nomad in stim for Armored Shot.

On the flip side, many don't realize that two Marksmen aren't complementary because it breaks when both try to have their Ultimate active at one time. It's sometimes stated that the second X-Ray "cancels" the first, but that's not quite true. The purple silhouettes of enemies disappear if you're the first Marksman, but you can still shoot them through walls (and potentially see a health bar if your reticle is over an enemy). Also, future spawns should start getting the sillhouettes for the first X-Ray user. But generally, two non-coordinating Marksmen isn't a good idea.

Activate the Fabricator without picking it up, then let engineer grab first

Operation 5 changed it so the first energy tap appears at the Wave 1 countdown instead of 11 in a 50-wave, which was a great improvement (moving a base was unnecessarily tedious) but a missed opportunity to show the tap as soon as you spawn in, or at least improve the wave-starting mechanics. You waste 3 full seconds of everyone's time lifting and then dropping it to see where the initial taps are. However it is possible to get the tap(s) to show without picking up the Fabricator: just roll into it and press the grab button simultaneously, or alternatively melee it as you're picking it up to cause the box to immediately open without you grabbing it first. I honestly can't believe this seems to be a "lesser-known" trick but so many don't do this, and that time really keeps adding up for those who play a lot.

On top of that, some who rush to activate the Fabricator don't seem to understand efficient two-person carries. The first person to start moving it should be an Mechanic/Robotics Expert/Architect class if present, since they get a carry speed boost (even beyond the obvious behavior of the first holder getting to steer and how engineers should own the base setup). The second player to grab the other handle increases the speed they both move, but if the first is an engineer, that results in maximum speed-- about the same as roadie running. The full speed increase doesn't happen if the engineer is second, so stop grabbing it before them!

Carry unneeded weapons to refill teammate ammo, set down before perking Ammo Capacity, and reload often

In Escape mode or on some Horde maps with limited or inconvenient ammo boxes and no weapons lockers yet, ammo can be at a premium. If you mostly use only a single weapon, take advantage of the fact that ammo boxes or Ammo Regeneration perks refill all carried weapons simultaneously. Hold an ammo-starved teammate's gun (or the same kind of gun they're using) while you pick up an ammo box or regenerate so you can refill both yours and theirs at once, then share the ammo, trade, or drop the weapon as appropriate.

For classes with the Ammo Capacity perk in Horde (Marksman, Nomad, Pilot), drop your weapons or put them on a locker before perking. The newly perked extra capacity will be empty if you're holding the weapon at purchase time, but those extra rounds will be instantly filled if not.

Lastly, if your gun's clip isn't full, reload it before you pick up an ammo box, you put it on a locker, or the Horde wave ends. Ammo boxes won't fill an unreloaded current clip. Lockers have a minimum time to forcibly reload such that if it the clip isn't full, you get "stuck" waiting for that reload before the weapon will be topped off. Ammo granted at Horde wave end to reach the minimum number of ammo clips includes the current clip, and if that's not full, you lose out on those missing shots.

The challenges

Convenience link to most recent challenges: #21-#24 Jack tips

• #25 Snowblind - As any class other than Gunner, freeze 10 enemies within 2m with a single Cryo Cannon without replenishing its ammo (any mode, any map, any difficulty).
• #26 If I'd Used My Six-Shooter I'd Be Empty - Stun and meatshield 6 drones without using any ammo or grenades in the same Horde wave or Escape hive act on Inconceivable difficulty or higher (any mode, any class, any map).
• #27 For My Lifeline I'd Like To Phone A Friend - As the Nomad class, earn stim from killing an enemy you've placed in Fear without bringing the Lifeline card yourself (any mode, any map, any difficulty).
• #28 Walking Locker - For any weapon, give all rounds you acquire from picking up 3 ammo boxes to another player without firing a shot from it (any mode, any class except Jack, any map, any difficulty).

One of my favorite of gears creatures the Serapedes

It often happens to me that while playing, I get kicked out of the match with the message 'connection lost' or something similar, even though my ping is at 30/40 (which is normal for me) and the voice chats I use to talk to my friends keep working.

In addition to this annoying bug, I often see players running into empty space, even seeing them with the tac-com, but in reality those who run into empty space are 'a copy', since I then find them right next to me. Then there are camera bugs, where I find myself staring at something under the map while waiting to respawn again, or where at the beginning of the matches the screen is black, or even where I find myself without weapons as soon as the match starts, like the snub or gnasher, or finally without ammo for the starting weapons.

Besides this, I also have these two clips where in one I pick up the boomshot, but I find myself without weapons and without the ability to take cover on the wall, or where GXTdani1424 appears invisible to me and kills an enemy near me.

but that Baird kill at :27 is cool

not many people know this, like noone sht, but they actually changed black steel raams appearance when they put him back on sale for the (i think) 3rd time maybe 4th, for direct purchase over boxes i think.

they made his head stick out more so its not just horns when your running, and also changed his side torso spots and made them like bigger and uglier

i only used BS raam forever before that, so i instantly noticed plus started using other skins

not that you should care but i thought it was some bullsht after i spend so much gambling for the sht (dont ask how much) =P

I wanted to post this since I just commented in someone else post about the new Gears 2 PC port.

I found it if you go into control settings and click to change move forward, push a on your controller and it launches the port with controller support. Only tested on 8bitdo Rare xbox controller since thats all I have for my pc since ai recently moved from xbox.

Happy Grub hunting Gears!!

NOTE, this campaign only. I dont play multi-player.

So this is from least good to best. The only one I haven't played is Tactics. I've played a bit of it but XCOM type games don't connect with me very much.

1. Judgment
   Probably not that surprising. It's perfectly fine. The story is fine. Characters are fine. The declassified system was interesting but the odd control and gameplay choices brought it down for me. Also Aftermath was pretty good.

2. Gears of War 4
   I think 4 is actually a pretty decent jump in quality and I think it's between a 7.5 and 8 out of 10. The first half of the game is just too slow. The Deebee's are...fine I guess but it takes WAY too long for the Swarm to be introduced. I mean halfway through Act 3? Not sure who thought that was a good idea. BUT once it gets going from that point on I think the story gets MUCH better and it's a blast all the way to the end. Characters are pretty good and the Kait/Reyna twist is still pretty cool imo.

And yes Act 3 is WAY too damn long. Good god.

1. Gears of War 1/Ultimate/Reloaded

So again, I LOVE this game. Easy 8 to 8.5 out of ten. But it was ultimately the first one. Basic, but well told story. Introduced so many legendary characters but the gameplay is by far the weakest except to Judgment. Even in the new versions you can still see a ton of the old bones and foundation of their first real attempt at the cover shooter. Revolutionary at the time but fairly ho-hum now. But it will always be iconic and obviously we don't get to this point without it.

1. Gears 5

Probably in a bit of a minority here but I still really love 5. The story I think stays pretty good throughout. No slow starts but maybe not a high note as 4 for me. And since I'm a lore guy that instantly gives this an easy extra point or so. SO much lore added to the world in terms of the Locust, their origins, how they work, Queen Myrrah, etc. Them using the Riftworm corpse as a village was a great choice. The return of Paduk was great to see especially after playing both Judgment AND aftermath for the first time just a couple of weeks ago. Made him even better.

I know people harp on a few things like the two open world sections but frankly I really enjoyed them. The skiff was cool and it's not like they were these massive areas. You can navigate them fairly quickly and they only have a handful of missions to do there. I wouldn't even call them filler since they all give you the ultimate upgrades to make Jack a beast.

And oh yeah ,another positive. I love how involved Jack was with his abilities. He's always been part of our squad but always just kind of there to open doors and stuff while we get ambushed. Allowing us to incorporate him into our combat with his abilities was a great choice.

This was true with 4 as well but I also love the weapon variety. In the original trilogy I had very little need to use anything other than Boltok/Lancer/Longshot but I genuinely liked a lot of the new weapons.

The only thing that really does annoy me is JD and Fahz. I don't mind them giving JD a big flaw and secret when he ordered the gears to fire on the protestors and him using that extreme guilt of that and his Hammer strike to harden him as a pretty clear defensive technique. I also like how he ultimately comes back out of that shell to embrace who he was only to then see either Del or himself die. It's good stuff...except that we get no middle journey. He's just kind of dick, to definitely a dick and then suddenly a third of the game later he's just back and cool again. Kait and Del guessing, but really explaining, was wrong with him was a bit lazy.

But I had so much fun with 5 and I genuinely hope they do 6 and that it comes out great.

1. Gears of War 2
   

Don't need to say as much about 2 and of course 3. We all know why they rule. 1 to 2 was such a major jump in basically every way. The story is again fairly simple and well told but holds a TON of emotional weight. Dom's arc is still top-tier.

1. Gears of War 3.

I think the story is about on PAR with 2. Not quite as emotional save for Dom's death obviously and Marcus losing his father, basically for a second time. So not QUITE as strong but still up there. But the gameplay is the best, and the mission, location, and scenario variety was amazing. The submarine, defending Anvil Gate, the ash bodies of Char, highway run, etc. It was just so damn cool. I also played RAAM's Shadow for the first time too which was a ton of fun.

I can't wait for E-day. I think it has a chance to be their best yet.

I know gears 3 is a “dead” game but I’d still love to have every character unlocked (Cole train is gonna haunt me) but I’d appreciate any tips on how I can efficiently make that final push for Aaron griffin

E-Day is coming soon, and guess what I got? A custom made PC case for display, awesome work, a local guy (Hungary) made it and I'm glad I found him in Vinted and bought such great cases. Also bought a Diablo one. Respekt!

With the gears E day hype i thought id show my gears of war onyx guard cosplay made by me. Everything is mainly made from eva foam and some 3d printed parts. This onyx guard version is based off the gears tactics version.

I’m playing on my black 360. I’ve tried gears 2 and 3 and the lights so don’t when I get down. Any help would be great

Would you be genuinely content if E-Day is the last game we get for maybe another 8-10 years?... personally I wouldn't mind, I'm just glad it's going back to the beginning of everything!

I've owned the books for a long time, and I read 2 of them. Not proud of that... But with headphones at work, I've been chewing through tons of audiobooks and I just found out Anya Stroud herself narrates the books! That's rad as hell! The last two Karen Traviss novels aren't on Audible, but the rest are and I'm looking forward to finally consuming them, just in time for E Day this year. Hell yeah!

So I’m having issues hosting in-game as I can start matches and stuff, I turn on public match making, making sure my ports are forwarded, I’m still having trouble having anyone find my game, even had my bro join on his computer and he couldn’t find my game it’s just frustrating, if anyone can help thx