The Hype for GEARS OF WAR - are you in ?
11-29-06 | 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by KurrptSenate
i just head shot him a lot with the sniper rifle :/
yeah I'm doing that. I even got 2 achievements for Perfect reloads because I was firing so fast and trying to do the reload so i could boost the weapon. But apparently I wasn't hitting the right part of his head.....
11-29-06 | 08:20 AM
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Are you playing online co-op Giantrobo? I haven't made it that far yet (i'm in act 4 i think) but co-op is many many times easier than relying on the stupid AI to back you up. It also lets someone revive you instead of one time dying having to restart.
11-29-06 | 08:43 AM
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Yeah the torque bow and grenades both make the kryll fly away. Personally though, I just wait for the kryll to fly away on their own as I hate the grenades in GoW and would rather keep the sniper and assault rifles than switch one for the torque bow. The kryll fly away frequently on their own so it isn't a problem.
11-29-06 | 08:46 AM
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yea, thats what I did on casual, but I skipped hardcore and went straight to insane. hopefully he isn't TOO ridiculous on that difficulty. I beat that giant spider without any problems. I think it took 2 tries
11-29-06 | 10:36 AM
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yea, i usually have to refresh like 5 times before i can get a game.
what has helped is trying to find a room further down on the list. I rationalized it as like 20 people trying to find the same game I do, and them just being quicker on the draw
what has helped is trying to find a room further down on the list. I rationalized it as like 20 people trying to find the same game I do, and them just being quicker on the draw
11-29-06 | 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by edstein
Has anyone else had trouble getting into ranked matches? My connection times out every time. I can get into player matches with no problem though.
11-29-06 | 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by xmiyux
That's almost exactly where I am at. I have act 4 and 5 left and have 16 tags. I'm almost positive though I passed one up during the Berserker fight - i just have a sneaking suspicion there was at least one tucked in one of those rooms i ran through.
11-29-06 | 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by kgrogers1979
This is the way I beat Raam and it only took me a couple tries:
Spoiler:
Thanks. Like I said, I am more or less doing that so I guess I'll have to try again...and again...and again. I guess I suck that much.
I'm also aware of the Bow and Grenades scaring the kryll away.
11-29-06 | 07:22 PM
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The assault rifles are really unique. The design is ornate. I don't know if I have enough coordination to use the bow as of yet but I love the graphics in the game. I wish I had that much talent to deisgn something of that caliber. Pretty cool.
11-29-06 | 08:39 PM
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A friend adn I are doing this co op, this game is absolutely perfect.
We went thru on Casual once, he got the Dom achievments. Now he's hosting on hardcore soI can get the Dom achievements. We're going to go back thru on hardcore again to pick up all the tags we missed on the way thru the game the last 2 times(we are missing about 7 each).
RAAM wasn't that big of a deal if you use the sniper/bow technique, and/or the troika at the end of the train.
We went thru on Casual once, he got the Dom achievments. Now he's hosting on hardcore soI can get the Dom achievements. We're going to go back thru on hardcore again to pick up all the tags we missed on the way thru the game the last 2 times(we are missing about 7 each).
RAAM wasn't that big of a deal if you use the sniper/bow technique, and/or the troika at the end of the train.
11-29-06 | 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by kakihara1
I finished Act 3 and have 19/30 Tags, Hopefully there are 11 spread across the last two acts
11-29-06 | 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Puzznic
I guess it's a good thing it's not a FPS then.
11-29-06 | 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Thunderball
A friend adn I are doing this co op, this game is absolutely perfect.
We went thru on Casual once, he got the Dom achievments. Now he's hosting on hardcore soI can get the Dom achievements. We're going to go back thru on hardcore again to pick up all the tags we missed on the way thru the game the last 2 times(we are missing about 7 each).
RAAM wasn't that big of a deal if you use the sniper/bow technique, and/or the troika at the end of the train.
We went thru on Casual once, he got the Dom achievments. Now he's hosting on hardcore soI can get the Dom achievements. We're going to go back thru on hardcore again to pick up all the tags we missed on the way thru the game the last 2 times(we are missing about 7 each).
RAAM wasn't that big of a deal if you use the sniper/bow technique, and/or the troika at the end of the train.
11-29-06 | 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Dragon Fly
Then I used the orange machine gun thing (i forget the name)/torque gun and took him down in no time. I need to do this game co-op!
11-29-06 | 11:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Dragon Fly
RAAM was pretty easy in casual going at it solo. At first I tried that sniper/torque thing and I just couldn't do it. Then I used the orange machine gun thing (i forget the name)/torque gun and took him down in no time. I need to do this game co-op!
Man, you guys must have all kinds of luck or skill on your side. I've used every possible combo of available weapon on that last level AND I even tried the Troika. All this while I concentrating all fire on his head and face when the kryll fly away and he just won't go down.
I don't get this at all.
11-29-06 | 11:55 PM
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Originally Posted by kgrogers1979
It is called a troika (not sure on spelling). How do you use the troika against RAAM though? There are no lights around it so you are left wide open to the kryll.
There's light at the bottom of the ramp. I think you have to do it in short bursts or until you see kryll coming back then retreat to that light. But what do i know...
Last edited by Giantrobo; 11-30-06 at 12:01 AM.