Gears 2 Multiplayer Needs Fixing

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I kinda agree with thr article to a certain point, while the changes are big, its more balanced and requires TIMING and SKILL, expecially TEAM WORK. one thing thats a bit weird is how the lancer has stopping power, but while someones running at with a chainsaw, the shotgun has little to no effect...makes very little sense considering the shotgun is suppose to be much more powerful. Overall, still fun as hell...as for the slow connection, in time it will probably get better once more have the game.I kinda wish matches lastered longer tho. 

they need to fix the horrible lag, and 25min searches for games. teamwork just isnt going to happen in xbox live unless its with RL friends. 80% of the games i played this weekend consited of 9 year olds who just saw 9 minutes of training day, and drop the N word like it means thanks.

obviously 1 persons opinion doesnt equal the majority, but for me thats how it was.

My problem is how long it takes to find a match. Lemmings can't even talk about PSN. I paid $8 for a month of that crap. Luckily i'm not that huge of a fan of the MP and have other games to play

Not only that but how do you make your own game??? I want to make a match just so me and my friends can play ...nVidiaGaMer

Set up a private match and invite your friends?

[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]Not only that but how do you make your own game??? I want to make a match just so me and my friends can play ...spinecaton

Set up a private match and invite your friends?

How I can't figure it out.  I'm a noob at LIVE!

[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]Not only that but how do you make your own game??? I want to make a match just so me and my friends can play ...spinecaton

Set up a private match and invite your friends?

you can do a ranked match aswell, and invite your friends. when you go to the lobby, and see the 4+ boxes taht say click to invite friends" press that, and it brings up your friends list to invite them.

they need to fix the horrible lag, and 25min searches for games. teamwork just isnt going to happen in xbox live unless its with RL friends. 80% of the games i played this weekend consited of 9 year olds who just saw 9 minutes of training day, and drop the N word like it means thanks.

obviously 1 persons opinion doesnt equal the majority, but for me thats how it was.

Fizzman

LOL, about the 9 year olds, SO true. 

Like i said, i think the waiting will be reduced once more people play online...but who knows. 

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[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]Not only that but how do you make your own game??? I want to make a match just so me and my friends can play ...nVidiaGaMer

Set up a private match and invite your friends?

How I can't figure it out.  I'm a noob at LIVE!

Just set it to private xbox live. 

Sort the matchmaking and some lag issues at times.

Other than that the Shotgun roadie running noobs who are crying they can't run straight up and shotgun people from 30feet away need to go find another game. The multiplayer has been changed for the better.

the fact that the bullet lag has virtually disappeared has me forgive everything the people whining about how they tweaked things in the game.KGB32

I've encountered plenty of high latency, aka bullet lag in games. Every other gameI join on public competitive matches has it to varying degrees. I can see my shotgun shots sometimes take 2-4 tenths of a second to register, that's unplayable.

Sort the matchmaking and some lag issues at times.

Other than that the Shotgun roadie running noobs who are crying they can't run straight up and shotgun people from 30feet away need to go find another game. The multiplayer has been changed for the better.

Hoobinator

[QUOTE="KGB32"]the fact that the bullet lag has virtually disappeared has me forgive everything the people whining about how they tweaked things in the game.Hoobinator

I've encountered plenty of high latency, aka bullet lag in games. Every other gameI join on public competitive matches has it to varying degrees. I can see my shotgun shots sometimes take 2-4 tenths of a second to register, that's unplayable.

Ive only noticed lag once when I was uploading a video to youtube. Allot of people I know don't seem to realize that uploading can cause horrendus lag. Its easy to completely max out and many people probably have torrents running with unlimited upstream.

i havnt had any problems with lag or finding matches

sucks for those who are having these problems

gears 2 has lag, long matchmaking times, and only has a max of 10 players online. Resistance 2 has no lag(ever), short matchmaking times, short respawn times, and 60 fricken players online. Resistance 2 wins hands downwiidog

How do you know there wont be any technical issues or balence problems at launch? Thats right you dont, and as long as patches are promt it doesnt matter. Number of players is irrelevent as thats obviously completely a design choice for Gears. They could go higher then 10 as many other 360 games have done if they thought it would make the game better.

gears 2 has lag, long matchmaking times, and only has a max of 10 players online. Resistance 2 has no lag(ever), short matchmaking times, short respawn times, and 60 fricken players online. Resistance 2 wins hands downwiidog

60 players does not = good by default. Black Hawk Down on the XBox had 50 players and that was a horrible game. Gears is 5 v 5 because it involves slow, cover-based gameplay. It isnt run 'n gun and it isnt a fragfest. Once you're dead you're out.

As for the other complaints; Gears does have long matchmaking times right now, but it will obviously only be temporary until they adjust their servers to accomodate the vast number of players.

I agree with everything the website says. mainly the shotty

for matchmaking just party with someone and itll take like 5 seconds.

the shotty was arguably the most effective weapon ONLINE, definitely not on lan, so most ppl used the shotty in gears 1. in gears 2 its pretty much useless, if you blind fire with it the shot automatically goes to the ground so that's a bug that should be adressed.  I've had countless times where I shoot someone pointblank with the shotty and nothing happens.

I loved gears 1 because there's that sense when your the only on your team against 3-4 of the opposing team, and you still have a chance to win. That's pretty much impossible in gears 2 because of how weak the shotgun is

fix lag and make match making faster.

My only gripe is how long it takes to find a match, but considering the huge amount of people playing the game, thats a flaw that I find easily forgivable.

At any rate, I'm happily entertained wtih co-op campaign and Horde mode for my multiplayer needs. 

I agree with everything the website says. mainly the shotty

for matchmaking just party with someone and itll take like 5 seconds.

the shotty was arguably the most effective weapon ONLINE, definitely not on lan, so most ppl used the shotty in gears 1. in gears 2 its pretty much useless, if you blind fire with it the shot automatically goes to the ground so that's a bug that should be adressed.  I've had countless times where I shoot someone pointblank with the shotty and nothing happens.

I loved gears 1 because there's that sense when your the only on your team against 3-4 of the opposing team, and you still have a chance to win. That's pretty much impossible in gears 2 because of how weak the shotgun is

NoNam3r

I agree with the last part, that feeling is gone. thats why team work is important, sticking close and just knowing when to use the right weapon. 

My only gripe is how long it takes to find a match, but considering the huge amount of people playing the game, thats a flaw that I find easily forgivable.

At any rate, I'm happily entertained wtih co-op campaign and Horde mode for my multiplayer needs. 

Skittles_McGee

Indeed. Horde mode alone is the only multiplayer mode I'll ever need. :D

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My only gripe is how long it takes to find a match, but considering the huge amount of people playing the game, thats a flaw that I find easily forgivable.

At any rate, I'm happily entertained wtih co-op campaign and Horde mode for my multiplayer needs. 

The_Game21x

Indeed. Horde mode alone is the only multiplayer mode I'll ever need. :D

they need to fix the horrible lag, and 25min searches for games. teamwork just isnt going to happen in xbox live unless its with RL friends. 80% of the games i played this weekend consited of 9 year olds who just saw 9 minutes of training day, and drop the N word like it means thanks.

obviously 1 persons opinion doesnt equal the majority, but for me thats how it was.

Fizzman

Did EPIC ever go in and make improvements to the original Gears of War online play? W1NGMAN-

Yes.  I remember one patch that removed host names from the selection screen for ranked matches.  There was also a few patches that tweaked the cover system, including one patch that threw alot of people off and had them sticking to everything at first until they got the hang of it.  They also released a patch later on in the games life that altered the lancer damage
Of course, tehre were also the odd patch that tried to fix things like that crazy leaping barriers glitch or the chainsaw glitch, or that annoying weapon slide glitch(which wasn't completely ironed out).