The Top 5 Things that Frustrate Me the most in Gears 3 *beta*

"I come home, I sit down, turn on my Xbox, and try to relieve stress that’s been built up during the day. Playing the Gears 3 beta is completely counter-productive because everyone I match up with seems to lack any sort of manners whilst they are on the battlefield shooting at other people. Here’s some examples of what really grinds my gears, so to speak:"

[oghost85]

I'm glad I don't play gears anymore the first one was awesome.after that it went way... down hill for me anyway. it seems no matter what "improvements" the developers make, someone is going to complain about something else that THEY don't like.MY best advice move on..

[maxcer]

I don't know how you can say that. I went back to gear1 after a few weeks of gears3beta and two years of gears2 play and its a big step back. clunky character movement, less weapons, no cover-cancels, you can hardly wallbounce. seems like you liked the oneshot sniper down to make it easy. Don't hate on the game because you get worked over by 90% of the players online.

[Pyscho_Mantis]

bu the online gameplay was solid in gears 1. First of wallbouncing was bs especially in gears 2 were it took half an hour to get into matches sometimes cuz the lag gave false impressions. Moar weapons yay but still not as many I would have thought. Dont you remeber ow everyone used to run to a pillar at the beginning of the match and shoot the pillars to see the lag. I luv gears 2 though but I hate three Its become too casual with super speed, retro stab, sawed off, camos wtf and all tactics have been shot out the window and replaced with rush the spawn with shotguns.

[oghost85]

lol.. worked over? GET OVER yourself tough guy I get it YOUR number #1 mlg pro super star gamer right?.. GEE mister tell me more Random percentages that you got from Nowhere.. lol

[aviator189]

Get rid of the sawed-off shotgun as a loadout weapon, put it somewhere strategic on the maps for pick-up, and that'll fix most of my frustration.

[RaymondM]

So many problems with this game. Thank god im just looking forward to the Co-op and story and not the online MP

[Murgatroyd7]

I'm with Raymond. I'm still really excited for this game, but 20 minutes of the beta is about all I need. Just like the previous two games, playing versus online simply isn't all that fun.

[Eiffel]

I had a rough start, overall it's pretty good. Has it's B.S moments. Though, they really need to scrap that Sawed-Off, the damn thing is cheap as mofo. Possibly not include it as a load out weapon at least.

[Droid Control]

I'm only going to rent this game for the co-op campaign.

[omi25p]

good, that means i wont have to play you...

[BabyTownFrolics]

I have to disagree, as I am enjoying the beta. The problems the author speaks of are all personal opinions and not actual problems with the game itself. The only issue the author brings up that I agree with is the sawed off, it overpowered though the long reload sort tempers it. I think it should not be a weapon you can spawn with, but one you have to pick up on the battlefield. I have been having fun unlocking the things you can unlock in retail, Thrashball Cole and the gun skins.

cant wait till sept.

[ItsEvan]

I think you should read the title again. The statement you made was redundant. (sorry, just a pet peeve)

The sawed off should just be removed. There's no aiming required, just run up to the person and pull the trigger.
Even the on map weapons require some modicum of skill to use, like the longshot needing headshots or the digger launcher needing foresight and prediction.

[edhe]

I'm pretty sure "getting yourself into meleé distance of someone without being killed" is as skilled as "putting the cursor over a person's head".

If someone's close enough to use a sawn-off then they're also close enough to chainsaw you.

[Kingdom Come]

I've been playing the Multiplayer Component of the Gears of War franchise since day one, on each game I have over a 3.0 K/D, with the majority of kills achieved with the Gnasher (the most skill requiring weapon). I'm having no problems on the Beta, why? Because I instantly adapted, those who call people skilless because they use the Sawed off need to get skills themselves, I use the Gnasher, having barely used the Sawed off, if somebody approaches with a sawed off I do the skilful thing and keep a distance, I don't cry and ask for the weapon to be taken out, it adds variety to combat...

[edhe]

*cough* boomshot needs more skills. k thx.

[LycanSoldier]

People need to stop complaining about the Sawed-Off.
Yes it kills easy, in exchange for only 5 Shots and an incredibly slow reload.

Anyway, all it takes is some Retro/Lancer fire to make it impossible to reach the killing range of that gun.

Don't blame the other guy for using a superior short range weapon when your trying to go at him with a Gnasher.

[Aarix]

not true,when someone was running at me,I was retro-lancering them down,but from mid-range:Tey downed me with the sawed-off. That is BS no matter how you look at it.

[omi25p]

epic even said them selfs the weapon was added for low skill players to be able to have shotgun fights, If you are high skilled enough you can avoid being 1 hit killed.

There are only two things i dislike about the sawnoff.

1. That in CTL it can 1 hit kill the person holding the leader but the gnasher takes 3 shots and only gets a down if your shooting face to face.

2. That on thrashball a team can get spawn trapped if the other team stands outside the spawn with sawnoffs so that when you try to leave they blindfire and kill you. But this is more of a map problem.

[m23]

I think the sawed off is the only problem for me, even though I love to use it lol. Killstealing is a problem, but you can't blame Epic for that. They are giving you quite a bit of points for the assist though, so they are trying to do something about it. As for end of the game executions, they will never get old. I love to just keep punching a locust in the face, maybe the author is always on the losing side when that happens which is why it pisses him off.

[Aarix]

what other games has a "down" system that can give a player an opprotuity to stel a kill. In COD they almost never go down. And you really cant steal a kill in halo.

[m23]

Of course you can steal kills in Halo, someone takes the shields down and then you take a headshot, easy. The down system of Gears is a core part of the series. Taking that out would make no sense. It also gives players a chance to get back up.