Gears of War 2 getting 4th update

[Queasy]

TXB - Epic has announced another patch/update to Gears of War 2. Here is the list of improvement, fixes, and exploits fixed.

Improvements

Title Update 4 makes these new improvements:

? Adds the ability to collect multiplayer experience by playing Horde mode. Players currently gain experience at this rate:

o 50 points per completed Casual wave.
o 75 points per completed Normal wave.
o 100 points per completed Hardcore wave.
o 125 points per completed Insane wave.

? Adds the ability to restart Public Horde from the current failed wave instead of having to start over from wave 1. Title Update 4 also allows the host to kick players from a Public Horde session.
? Increases the frequency of downloadable content (DLC) maps showing up in map voting if all players have shared map packs.
? Adds a message at the end of the match to explain to players that they should wait before quitting so that they avoid an experience penalty for quitting early.
? Adds support for the new campaign chapter, "Road to Ruin."
? Adds 13 new achievements worth 325 points. All of the new achievements require the Dark Corners Map Pack, a set of seven new maps and a deleted campaign chapter to be released July 28. The 13 new achievements are:

o "My Way or the Highway" (25 points): Without being detected, complete the "Road to Ruin" deleted scene after choosing the stealth option.
o "Highway to Hell" (25 points): Complete the "Road to Ruin" deleted scene after choosing the guns-blazing option.
o "Two for the Road" (25 points): Complete the "Road to Ruin" deleted scene in co-op as either Marcus or Dom.
o "Be Careful What You Wish For" (10 points): Reach level 5 in multiplayer and complete waves 1 through 10 on the War Machine map in Horde (any difficulty).
o "Ride It All Night Long" (10 points): Reach level 10 in multiplayer and complete waves 1 through 10 on the Highway map in Horde (any difficulty).
o "No, But His Face Rings a Bell" (15 points): Reach level 15 in multiplayer and complete waves 1 through 20 on the Sanctuary map in Horde (any difficulty).
o "Lost in Transition" (20 points): Reach level 20 in multiplayer and complete waves 1 through 20 on the Way Station map in Horde (any difficulty).
o "Like Father, Like Gun" (30 points): Reach level 30 in multiplayer and complete waves 1 through 30 on the Allfathers Garden map in Horde (any difficulty).
o "Am I Only Dreaming?" (40 points): Reach level 40 in multiplayer and complete waves 1 through 40 on the Memorial map in Horde (any difficulty).
o "Blood on the Sand" (50 points): Reach level 50 in multiplayer and complete waves 1 through 50 on the Nowhere map in Horde (any difficulty).
o "Afraid of the Dark" (20 points): Play a multiplayer match on each of the seven Dark Corners Map Pack maps (any mode).
o "Did Not Go Gentle" (30 points): Win a multiplayer match on each of the seven Dark Corners Map Pack maps (any mode)
o "Is it Hot or Is That Just You?" (25 points): Kill 25 Bloodmounts with a Scorcher Flamethrower while playing Horde on a Dark Corners Map Pack map (any difficulty).

Exploit Fixes

Title Update 4 fixes these possible exploits, where under certain circumstances:

? A player could copy game progression data from one profile to another.
? A team could use the 50-point revive bonus to artificially increase its score in Horde. Going down but not out (DBNO) in Horde now subtracts 50 points, so there is no advantage to using the revive-bonus technique.
? A player could get 2 points for each kill in Wingman.
? A player could continue to shoot the Flamethrower while performing special movements like evading and mantling.
? A player could cause heavy weapons to spawn continuously while playing Horde.

Title Update 4 also fixes a number of lesser-known exploits.

General Fixes

Title Update 4 fixes these other issues as well:

? An issue that could cause players to lose all achievement progression if they signed in during a loading screen.
? Issues related to the Smoke Grenade causing a player to cringe instead of knocking them down. If hit by a Smoke Grenade with cringing turned on, players will now:

o Drop the Boomshield, even if aiming while carrying it.
o Drop a heavy weapon, even if it is deployed.
o Cringe while roadie running.
o Cringe while in cover.

? An issue that prevented players from shooting around the lower left side of a planted shield.
? An issue that could cause a DBNO player to not appear as DBNO.
? An issue that prevented Gears players from inviting players of other games to join them in progress in a Private match using DLC.
? Issues that caused rich presence information to become inaccurate.
? An issue that caused the overall achievements progress bar to not reflect the latest achievements.
? An assortment of localization bug fixes.
? Additional miscellaneous bug fixes.

Balancing

Title Update 4 makes these balancing changes:

? Adds a 30-second delay in map-based weapon spawning at the beginning of a Wingman match.
? Adds more future server-side balancing options.

 

[KlokWyze]

Just got GOW2 back again after a few months. I have to say that online play is incredibly smooth now. I've seen it lag ONCE in the past few days. Searches for teammates, opponents, etc. are so quick now.

This game is really underrated IMO. Much more fun then a lot of other options out there. The gore is TOO good.

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: KlokWyze
Just got GOW2 back again after a few months. I have to say that online play is incredibly smooth now. I've seen it lag ONCE in the past few days. Searches for teammates, opponents, etc. are so quick now.

Good to hear (after 7 months on the shelf).

 

[KlokWyze]

Originally posted by: peritusONE

Originally posted by: KlokWyze
Just got GOW2 back again after a few months. I have to say that online play is incredibly smooth now. I've seen it lag ONCE in the past few days. Searches for teammates, opponents, etc. are so quick now.

Good to hear (after 7 months on the shelf).

Well it was playable day 1 after release, but there were annoyances. Good to see that Epic has dealt with the issues or probably, less people are clogging up the servers now. :laugh:

 

[SneakyStuff]

Can't wait for the all fronts map pack, good thing I put off buying combustable and snowblind packs, 1600 points for 19 maps and the scenario level is a pretty good deal if you're a fan of the game.

 

[KlokWyze]

Originally posted by: SneakyStuff
Can't wait for the all fronts map pack, good thing I put off buying combustable and snowblind packs, 1600 points for 19 maps and the scenario level is a pretty good deal if you're a fan of the game.

I haven't bought the 1st or 2nd map packs either. Personally I love Horde mode far more than any of the directly competitive multi-player stuff. I may check that deal out. :thumbsup:

 

[Xed]

The game still has far more bugs than it should and you have just gotten lucky with matchmaking. Frequent hosts from Mexico/Japan/etc are still incredibly common and make the game virtually unplayable. Host bridging is also worse than ever. Title update 4 is simply coming so they can prep the game for the new dlc $$$$$$

Joe Graf has even been quoted as admitting they purposely aren't fixing some glitches (using shield to jump through walls in pavilion). This game needs dedicated servers and obviously won't get them. Epic is only about the money.

To its credit the game is enjoyable when there is minimal lag/no cheating/etc.

 

[Kev]

Originally posted by: KlokWyze

Originally posted by: peritusONE

Originally posted by: KlokWyze
Just got GOW2 back again after a few months. I have to say that online play is incredibly smooth now. I've seen it lag ONCE in the past few days. Searches for teammates, opponents, etc. are so quick now.

Good to hear (after 7 months on the shelf).

Well it was playable day 1 after release, but there were annoyances. Good to see that Epic has dealt with the issues or probably, less people are clogging up the servers now. :laugh:

It was not playable. It was impossible to get into a multiplayer game because the matchmaking was f'd up for weeks. As a result this is the last Epic game I will buy.

 

[Stuxnet]

Originally posted by: Kev

Originally posted by: KlokWyze

Originally posted by: peritusONE
Good to hear (after 7 months on the shelf).

Well it was playable day 1 after release

It was not playable. It was impossible to get into a multiplayer game because the matchmaking was f'd up for weeks.

I normally don't substantiate Kev's cynicism, but he's dead-on here. The game's MP absolutely WAS NOT playable.

I haven't written off Epic, but there's no way in hell I'm buying GoW 3 on release day, and not until the community agrees the game is in "ship-state".

 

[Stuxnet]

On another note, I just started playing again and released that players are no longer knocked down by smoke grenades. What gives? Did the whiners win?

 

[R Nilla]

I need to go back and play more Horde, especially when the All Fronts map pack collection is released. I've never really been interested in Gears of War multiplayer outside of campaign co-op (and some Horde). Looks like that is a good thing.

 

[Kabob]

Since I got rid of my copy it is good to hear it's finially running as it should have been from day 1. I might pick it up again if I can get the All Fronts pack cheap.

 

[KlokWyze]

Originally posted by: R Nilla
I need to go back and play more Horde, especially when the All Fronts map pack collection is released. I've never really been interested in Gears of War multiplayer outside of campaign co-op (and some Horde). Looks like that is a good thing.

Co-op is sick. I can't really be bothered to play the competitive multi-player shit.

 

[SneakyStuff]

Was just looking at GameStop's price drops today and noticed that GoW2 is now only $40 new and $35 used. Perfect for those of you that may need to pick up a copy... AGAIN :laugh:.

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[Queasy]

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[tatteredpotato]

Originally posted by: SneakyStuff
Was just looking at GameStop's price drops today and noticed that GoW2 is now only $40 new and $35 used. Perfect for those of you that may need to pick up a copy... AGAIN :laugh:.

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I visited my buddy in Columbus, Ohio about the time the 3rd update came out, and I live about 3 hours away. Accidentally left my Gears 2 there but have yet to get it back off him.