Who agrees with me that the Gears 2's online multiplayer ****

Why does it suck? Because of these few reasons:
Combat: It's all about the chainsaw now. The shotgun is not so needed like it did on the first Gears of war because it's slower and less powerful.

Games: -Most of times it takes more than 10 minutes to enter in a ranked game. -Games lag as hell.

Sept its 10x better then Geow1s multiplayer...WilliamRLBaker

Considering I can't even get in a game I would say so. Seriously, not one game yet, and I wouldn't even care about the lack of shotguns. The chainsaw was allways more fun anyway, espically when they get angry.

Or when you use a sniper rifle as a, "BaseBALL BaT!!!!1111!!!", :lol:. One of the funniest things on live ever, I melee a guy with a sniper rifle, and manage to take him down (Gears 1 obviously). Next thing I know I'm kicked from the game, and I have message in my inbox saying, "Teh Sniper is used for teh sniping! It's not a BaseBALL BaT!!!1111!!!".

The only thing wrong with the multiplayer is that the you dont get stunned when you are running at someone with the chainsaw.

Eveything else is great. I rarely get any lag.

i got 1 match with really bad lag out of like the 40 ive played

its not bad at all really and its much better than the first ones 

I think it's hilarious how all lemmings went by reviews and bashed SOCOM for it's online issues when Gears of War 2 has it's own. The game is incredibly laggy. I went to go play Wingman with my friend this morning and everyone besides myself and one other player got disconnected so we ended up playing a 1v1 Wingman.

I wouldn't necessarily bash the gameplay, I enjoy it. The shotgun isn't underpowered, it just takes more skill to use. A few things I dislike are the mortar (it's nearly impossible to play submission with a mortar on the map) and how the smokes/frags still damage you when you have a boomshield/meatshield. Playing any objective gametype is annoying because frags constantly respawn. It feels like its on a 10 second timer.

I'll wait until they hopefully fix all the kinks with the game. Until then, I will keep playing with bots and Horde.

Basically everyone complained about the shotgun being over used in Gears 1, now people complain that it's too weak in Gears 2. Lol.

Seriously, it's a lot better than Gears 1 online.

The only thing wrong with the multiplayer is that the you dont get stunned when you are running at someone with the chainsaw.

Eveything else is great. I rarely get any lag.

AAllxxjjnn

I think it's hilarious how all lemmings went by reviews and bashed SOCOM for it's online issues when Gears of War 2 has it's own. The game is incredibly laggy. I went to go play Wingman with my friend this morning and everyone besides myself and one other player got disconnected so we ended up playing a 1v1 Wingman.

I wouldn't necessarily bash the gameplay, I enjoy it. The shotgun isn't underpowered, it just takes more skill to use. A few things I dislike are the mortar (it's nearly impossible to play submission with a mortar on the map) and how the smokes/frags still damage you when you have a boomshield/meatshield. Playing any objective gametype is annoying because frags constantly respawn. It feels like its on a 10 second timer.

I'll wait until they hopefully fix all the kinks with the game. Until then, I will keep playing with bots and Horde.

RobNBankz

except Socom issues were a FACT every one experienced them they had to release an update what a day or a week after the game was released to fix CRIPPLING ISSUES.

Gears of war 2s issues aren't universal not every one experiences them, which is reflected in reviews, I reccomend you get a better connection or stop trying to play the game with people from japan you'll get much less lag, I've yet to experience much lag that isn't because the person i played with only has like 300kb down wireless connection.

@donmarkito
Whats better? graphics, sound, story, multiplayer is better because its not a bunch of glitchers running around with shutguns using nothing but shotguns new modes, 5vs5 instead of 4vs4 the netcode is much better cause i've been in quite a few multiplayer matches that didn't lag cause we all had a good connection and didn't live in other countries.

Here are my two cents...
Lag has been greatly diminished.
Host advantage has been lessened but not eliminated.
They have to do something about the host having the flame thrower, it is the new host shotgun.
The new torquebow charges crazy quick and it is easy to own with it.
The new game modes rock, I especially enjoy wingman and horde.
The ability to use a player as cover is awesome.
The new executions are awesome as well.
Waiting to get into a public match sucks!

As far as the chainsaw goes...stop shooting the person with a chainsaw revved up, you must melee them. If you do the two piece with the shotty you will have good success with it. If you just try to shoot someone with it you won't.

[QUOTE="RobNBankz"]

I think it's hilarious how all lemmings went by reviews and bashed SOCOM for it's online issues when Gears of War 2 has it's own. The game is incredibly laggy. I went to go play Wingman with my friend this morning and everyone besides myself and one other player got disconnected so we ended up playing a 1v1 Wingman.

I wouldn't necessarily bash the gameplay, I enjoy it. The shotgun isn't underpowered, it just takes more skill to use. A few things I dislike are the mortar (it's nearly impossible to play submission with a mortar on the map) and how the smokes/frags still damage you when you have a boomshield/meatshield. Playing any objective gametype is annoying because frags constantly respawn. It feels like its on a 10 second timer.

I'll wait until they hopefully fix all the kinks with the game. Until then, I will keep playing with bots and Horde.

WilliamRLBaker

except Socom issues were a FACT every one experienced them they had to release an update what a day or a week after the game was released to fix CRIPPLING ISSUES.

Gears of war 2s issues aren't universal not every one experiences them, which is reflected in reviews, I reccomend you get a better connection or stop trying to play the game with people from japan you'll get much less lag, I've yet to experience much lag that isn't because the person i played with only has like 300kb down wireless connection.

@donmarkito
Whats better? graphics, sound, story, multiplayer is better because its not a bunch of glitchers running around with shutguns using nothing but shotguns new modes, 5vs5 instead of 4vs4 the netcode is much better cause i've been in quite a few multiplayer matches that didn't lag cause we all had a good connection and didn't live in other countries.

Every room I joined, 8/10 people said they had lag or experienced some other issue.

Stop playing with people in Japan? Um, sure. Can you tell me when UK officially changed it's name to Japan? I have a great connection thank you very much. In Gears 1 which was notorious was host advantage and lag, I was asked to always rehost because my connection was smooth and most of the known issues were non existant.

How about you stop thinking you = the world. Just because you haven't experienced issues doesn't mean nobody has. If that's the case, SOCOM had no issues because I was fine from launch.

Sounds like somebody is terrible at Gears 2 multiplayer to me.Silosorz

shotgun not powerful lol it kills a person in one shot, if a person chainsaws another their open for attck and i only lag when theirs people from mexico in the room. 

Sounds like somebody is terrible at Gears 2 multiplayer to me.Silosorz

Ya i bet he tries to blindfire shotgun like in gears 1 and got pwned, boo hoo shotgun is only good close range now, OH NOES

Why does it suck? Because of these few reasons:
Combat: It's all about the chainsaw now. The shotgun is not so needed like it did on the first Gears of war because it's slower and less powerful.

Games: -Most of times it takes more than 10 minutes to enter in a ranked game. -Games lag as hell.

DonMarkito

Let me guess, you ran up on people with the shotty and got sawed in half a hundred times then threw the controller and said "The chainsaw is too powerful!?" instead of actually trying to use it properly:lol:

lag? but lemmings says all the time that live has no lag.SambaLele

I wish I could get into a game within 10 minutes. I've only been able to get into a game when I have a full party of 5 and when searching its almost an instant connection but with 4 or less I can't join a game. It just keeps looping looking for a 5th player, finding one and then going back to looking for one. Its terrible when not in a full party.

 Once in a game everything is great though. I love that they toned down the noob shotgun.

Matchmaking in Gears of War 2 is a joke. I haven't even been in a online game before in Gears 2... Why? Because of crappy matchmaking.GaMeR_Willz

1360 ftw

[QUOTE="Silosorz"]Sounds like somebody is terrible at Gears 2 multiplayer to me.jeezers

Ya i bet he tries to blindfire shotgun like in gears 1 and got pwned, boo hoo shotgun is only good close range now, OH NOES

Maybe we haven't adjusted to the new shotgun? Sorry, when you wallbounce for a year and go into a game where you have to hard aim, it's not an easy transition. Say what you want about wallbouncing, sounds like you kept getting pwned in Gears of War so now you're a huge fan of Gears of War 2. Sounds like Epic achieved what they wanted. Alienate the hardcore players who actually played their game two years after release, but bring in randoms who will play Gears of War 2 for a month or two at most and then move onto a new MP game.

So, I'll give you guys until Christmas. Let me know if you're still playing this game, alright? Then you want to know why us Gearheads are disappointed in Epic. I'm starting to see why PC gamers have disliked Epic for the longest time. 

[QUOTE="GaMeR_Willz"]Matchmaking in Gears of War 2 is a joke. I haven't even been in a online game before in Gears 2... Why? Because of crappy matchmaking.BIOWAREISKING

1360 ftw

6 games in 1 hour and half? Are you kidding me? :shock: That's no good.

My connnection is fine and it's NAT 2. Nothing wrong with my connection.

[QUOTE="jeezers"]

[QUOTE="Silosorz"]Sounds like somebody is terrible at Gears 2 multiplayer to me.RobNBankz

Ya i bet he tries to blindfire shotgun like in gears 1 and got pwned, boo hoo shotgun is only good close range now, OH NOES

Maybe we haven't adjusted to the new shotgun? Sorry, when you wallbounce for a year and go into a game where you have to hard aim, it's not an easy transition. Say what you want about wallbouncing, sounds like you kept getting pwned in Gears of War so now you're a huge fan of Gears of War 2. Sounds like Epic achieved what they wanted. Alienate the hardcore players who actually played their game two years after release, but bring in randoms who will play Gears of War 2 for a month or two at most and then move onto a new MP game.

So, I'll give you guys until Christmas. Let me know if you're still playing this game, alright? Then you want to know why us Gearheads are disappointed in Epic. I'm starting to see why PC gamers have disliked Epic for the longest time. 

i played gears 1 since launch and was in a clan that was ranked 7th place on gamebattles. yet im having fun in gears 2 and have a k/d ratio of 1.5+ in all modes.

admit that you arent good without glitching and cornor sniping

[QUOTE="BIOWAREISKING"]

[QUOTE="GaMeR_Willz"]Matchmaking in Gears of War 2 is a joke. I haven't even been in a online game before in Gears 2... Why? Because of crappy matchmaking.GaMeR_Willz

1360 ftw

6 games in 1 hour and half? Are you kidding me? :shock: That's no good.

My connnection is fine and it's NAT 2. Nothing wrong with my connection.

Play horde, the matches are way easier to find, on average at least when I play, its about 2x faster than other matches. 

And about the lag, why is it that some games run really really smooth without any lag at all, while other games are absolutely abysmal? Is it hosting problems? Because the variantion is driving me insane. Anyways, once Epic fixes matchmaking for gears 2, it'll be even more golden. 

The Chainsaw is a joke, a game of submission where the other team ONLY used the chainsaw. They lost, but **** that was annoying. Vacuums people in still, and for some unknown reason it's more difficult to stop someone walking into you with the chainsaw when they get shot.

I shotgunned someone pointblank who was holding up the shotgun and he didn't even flinch. The hard-on Epic seems to have with the chainsaw is so tiresome.  

[QUOTE="SambaLele"]lag? but lemmings says all the time that live has no lag.BIOWAREISKING

I played Counterstrike, BF2 and UT2k4 religiously for a while. I think I can remember 2 laggy games I ever played, and that's because I went onto some stupid surfing server with a friend. Apart from that Resistance 2 + Warhawk ran flawlessly, hell PDZ had better networking than this ****.

Worst off, the overall lag, lag with the shotgun and my Xbox 360 trying to read the disc and failing makes this one of the jumpiest games I've played on the 360. 

[QUOTE="GaMeR_Willz"]Matchmaking in Gears of War 2 is a joke. I haven't even been in a online game before in Gears 2... Why? Because of crappy matchmaking.BIOWAREISKING

1360 ftw

Try it without being in a party and come back here ok? Everyone on xbox live is complayning about the problem. Its there, deal with it and stop denying like all those lemmings denying rrod. 

Matchmaking needs a patch asap and i'd prefer them dumping it as a whole and just let us look through a list of servers and pick one or create one with our own settings. Matchmaking is crap in any game.

[QUOTE="BIOWAREISKING"]

[QUOTE="GaMeR_Willz"]Matchmaking in Gears of War 2 is a joke. I haven't even been in a online game before in Gears 2... Why? Because of crappy matchmaking.elcoholic

1360 ftw

Try it without being in a party and come back here ok? Everyone on xbox live is complayning about the problem. Its there, deal with it and stop denying like all those lemmings denying rrod. 

Matchmaking needs a patch asap and i'd prefer them dumping it as a whole and just let us look through a list of servers and pick one or create one with our own settings. Matchmaking is crap in any game.

its even faster without parties for me for me.

lol some people have problems so every person has problems.

i've had my 360 for 13 months without any problems so this post proves nothing

the people bashing the game due to lag might wanna check you're connection,because it never takes me more than 5 mins to get a game going. the only real problems the game is currently facing online is a nerfed shotgun that needs to to not be abit more powerful in close range,but it should also cause a player's chainsaw to be reved down when be charged.

once they fix the shotgun issue the chainsaw usage will start to slow down.

I think it's hilarious how all lemmings went by reviews and bashed SOCOM for it's online issues when Gears of War 2 has it's own. The game is incredibly laggy. I went to go play Wingman with my friend this morning and everyone besides myself and one other player got disconnected so we ended up playing a 1v1 Wingman.

I wouldn't necessarily bash the gameplay, I enjoy it. The shotgun isn't underpowered, it just takes more skill to use. A few things I dislike are the mortar (it's nearly impossible to play submission with a mortar on the map) and how the smokes/frags still damage you when you have a boomshield/meatshield. Playing any objective gametype is annoying because frags constantly respawn. It feels like its on a 10 second timer.

I'll wait until they hopefully fix all the kinks with the game. Until then, I will keep playing with bots and Horde.

RobNBankz

lol, dig the sig:P

Why does it suck? Because of these few reasons:
Combat: It's all about the chainsaw now. The shotgun is not so needed like it did on the first Gears of war because it's slower and less powerful.

Games: -Most of times it takes more than 10 minutes to enter in a ranked game. -Games lag as hell.

DonMarkito

No, i think your internet connection sucks, because i'm not getting any lag. Also, shotty's were lowered in power on purpose because people would roll and shoot, makign themselves invincible until close range and then one shotty blast would kill their enemy... now its better. MUCH better

my ONLY ONLY 2 probs with it is...

there is no stopping power, for those who have reved up there chainsaw and charging at you. (overpowered)

Matches don't last long enough.

everything else is peachy.