Gears of war's online is... really messed up

Okay, I have really almost had it with GeOW. There are a few aspects of the game which just make me cringe with dislike. Feel free to correct any mistakes or answer any questions brought up.

Achievements: Okay, I've gotten 110-120 executions. Why isn't my 100 execution achievement showing up? I hope this doesn't happen with curb stomps, since I'm at 98 now.

Online system: Seriously, why is it that 2 out of every 3 games I join (at least) get "disconnected" after it seems like it's loading. They seriously screwed up the online system (although the gameplay is fine). Also, I get random disconnects from games and "connection errors" that cause people to leave and screw up the whole match.

Players: Okay, this is the biggest problem in the game. I can take a few racist people and mic spammers, but some people on this game are just horrendous. Some hosts are idle on xbl for 1 or more hours... why do they do that? I honestly don't see the point in creating a match and then going to the movies. What's even worse is hosts who ask people to leave because their friend can't join. The whole point of player matches are so you can play with friends, why do people go on ranked games (which does matching randomly) to play with friends?

Another thing I see a lot of is players leaving the game (all of the last 5 matches I've played had at least one player leave).

Okay, that was just to let off some steam. I'm actually going right now to play more GeOW...

Any game where you can't play On-line matches with friends is complete and utter garbage.JohnWinger

Okay, I have really almost had it with GeOW. There are a few aspects of the game which just make me cringe with dislike. Feel free to correct any mistakes or answer any questions brought up.

Achievements: Okay, I've gotten 110-120 executions. Why isn't my 100 execution achievement showing up? I hope this doesn't happen with curb stomps, since I'm at 98 now.

Online system: Seriously, why is it that 2 out of every 3 games I join (at least) get "disconnected" after it seems like it's loading. They seriously screwed up the online system (although the gameplay is fine). Also, I get random disconnects from games and "connection errors" that cause people to leave and screw up the whole match.

Players: Okay, this is the biggest problem in the game. I can take a few racist people and mic spammers, but some people on this game are just horrendous. Some hosts are idle on xbl for 1 or more hours... why do they do that? I honestly don't see the point in creating a match and then going to the movies. What's even worse is hosts who ask people to leave because their friend can't join. The whole point of player matches are so you can play with friends, why do people go on ranked games (which does matching randomly) to play with friends?

Another thing I see a lot of is players leaving the game (all of the last 5 matches I've played had at least one player leave).

Okay, that was just to let off some steam. I'm actually going right now to play more GeOW...

Codename33

Anyone else thinks it is funny:
So many people complaining about the multiplayer of Gears, while it is the only thing Gears stands for?
Cause the campaign isn't worth the pricetag.
Sensui1986

Actually, i loved the campaign. Playing it on co-op was probably the best experience I've had with my xbox.

...and I just hit 100 curb stomp kills. Still no achievement for it.

[QUOTE="Sensui1986"]Anyone else thinks it is funny:
So many people complaining about the multiplayer of Gears, while it is the only thing Gears stands for?
Cause the campaign isn't worth the pricetag.
Codename33

Actually, i loved the campaign. Playing it on co-op was probably the best experience I've had with my xbox.

...and I just hit 100 curb stomp kills. Still no achievement for it.

and the horrible host addvantageRossdaboss777

Anyone else thinks it is funny:
So many people complaining about the multiplayer of Gears, while it is the only thing Gears stands for?
Cause the campaign isn't worth the pricetag.
Sensui1986

im with you

alright, well...

the achievements:  i don't know... are you sure you got the 100 in RANKED matches??  i got all of my achievements at 100 on the dot, at the end of the match that i got the #100 (a couple surprised me, like the torque bow and boomshot, because you can't see how many you had and i didn't think i had enough).

your connection problems: i don't know about those either, i don't really seem to have any of those problems... once in a while i'll try to join a game that already has like 5, 6 people in it, and i'll get a connection error message, but i just think they filled up before i tried to get in. 

the players:  well... this isn't exactly gears fault... do you think that people should have to pass a personality test before they're allowed to play online?  not likely that will happen anytime soon... yeah, it sucks that people leave, but oh well, nothing anyone can do about it, except stop leaving.

the host advantage:  here is where i finally agree with you.  now, i know that most games will have a host advantage, which is fine.  but most games the host advantage deals with 0 lag, due to them being the host.  which results in more accurate shooting, etc... but in gears?  WHY THE HELL do they have a damage boost as well?  this will drive me absolutely crazy sometimes... i think that is the worst decision they made regarding the online gameplay.  a host with one shotgun shot can drop you from 10 feet away, but it will take you three shots from 5 feet away... i don't like it, and i don't understand it's purpose, but oh well, we just have to live with it until they patch it.

finally, i was thrilled that they made it so you can't play with your friends in ranked matches.  that's great that you all have friends who play gears, but i probably wouldn't still be playing it online if everygame i went into, someone said, "hey, go to locust, my friend needs to be on my team."  that has no place in ranked matches, teams that already have strategies, and have played together a lot.  go play in player matches, in ranked it's all about your skill, not your team's skill.