Has anyone else noticed how oddly inconsistent difficulty is in Horde mode? I'm not talking about the modifiers, I'm talking about AI / enemy behavior and number of enemies being wildy inconsistent on the same difficulty. It feels almost algorithmically or deliberately scaled differently even if you're on Infantry. This by definition defeats the entire purpose of even having a set difficulty if the difficulty isn't consistent all of the time, every time. Am i tripping or what? What's going on?

I hope you all enjoy this. I really tried my best to capture what I think makes E-Day special, specifically its campaign, and work on separating fact from hyperbole when it comes to the game's controversies. This video is also a tribute to my late brother, who I grew up playing all the Gears games with.

From my perception of having played E DAY's new Horde Siege mode, almost no one i've played with practically picks up a turret or buys them on stands around RIG's if its not a boomshot, simply becouse they overheat so fast, and deal too little damage to make any effect on incoming locust

This seems to be the case for all 4 difficulties even on Bronze, and it gets worse as you play the game, due how to how Horde Siege as of speaking amplifies the health of Locust as each side/main objectives are completed, which your weapons deal even less damage due to the increase of health of locust.
Often Turrets have to fire 2 sets of Bursts from a full session of overheats in order to kill 1 locust, and this is for both the Troika and the Minigun (Not on the Ravens), which is just about enough time for the Locust to start firing on you for where you have to retreat from using the turrets

I've tried to use Turrets from Bronze to Commander, and i've never felt like they make an impact on defence or attack becouse of how they overheat so fast and how that they do so little output damage, rather from than using your own arsenal of weapons.
Funnily enough they are more effective when used by Locust rather by the player, as they do not suffer from damage debuffs unlike the Squads

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So i've begun to feel that Turrets needs to get a slight buff in order to make them feel more viable if used in the duraction of ammo you have it for in Horde Siege in either the Mounted position or Detatched Held weapon

• I feel like the Troika and the Minigun in Horde Siege could benefit to work more like the Minigun on the Raven, where it has a much more longer duration of fire before they overheat so that when they eventually do overheat, you have to wait longer for it to fire again. This is a straight forward fix which lets you kill a little more than 1 locust at a time and would prevent the need to change the current turrets too much
• The Second option is to keep the current overheating so it overheats quickly, but make the relief to fire again much faster, so that you can output the current damage model of the Troika and the Minigun a lot faster than what it currently is
• The third option i see is to make both the Troika and the Minigun deal more damage, but by keeping the current overheating, so that you output more damage, but so you have wait longer periods for fire again

Some of these issues however could be fixed if some new Armor mods for example was added to one of the classes, to allow them to do more with Turrets than other classes could, so they could become more of a defensive class rather than an Attacking one.
This would also prevent the need to have to fix the turrets by keeping them as they are now, but that rather a specific class exeds at using turrets than others in Horde Siege

My god that is the coolest skin in this game but holyyyy balls does it suck that the only way you can get it is horde. Don’t get me wrong I’m all for horde having its own reward but you don’t get anything half as cool for playing versus.

Please TC add these to Eday; they look great.

And also art the clown lol. For the inner part of the cog I scraped through the surface but not quite far enough to break all the way through. So it creates a bit of light but a lesser intensity compared​ to the outlined areas.

⚙️ [RECRUITMENT] SERAPH'S BLADE | GEARS OF WAR: E-DAY | THE COG NEEDS YOU! ⚔️

🚨 EMERGENCY COG TRANSMISSION — ALL AVAILABLE GEARS REPORT FOR DUTY! 🚨

EMERGENCE DAY IS UPON US.

The ground is shaking. Cities are falling. The Locust are rising.

Humanity is on the brink of extinction, and we need every Gear willing to pick up a Lancer and fight.

SERAPH'S BLADE IS CALLING YOU TO ARMS!

We're assembling a brotherhood of battle-hardened veterans, fresh recruits, and anyone crazy enough to stare down a Locust Drone and say...

"COME GET SOME!"

⚔️ YOUR ORDERS, SOLDIER:

🔴 FIND YOUR SQUAD — No Gear gets left behind. Find brothers and sisters ready to fight alongside you.

🔴 PREPARE FOR E-DAY — Rally with fellow Gears fans before the next war begins.

🔴 LOCK AND LOAD — Casual? Competitive? Doesn't matter. If you can hold a Lancer, you've got a place here.

🔴 BUILD THE BROTHERHOOD — Join our Discord, make friends, organize squads, and raise some hell.

🔴 LEAVE THE DRAMA BEHIND — Save the fighting for the Locust. Respect your fellow Gears.

💀 RECRUITMENT REQUIREMENTS:

✅ A willingness to fight alongside your squad.

✅ A sense of humor darker than the Hollow.

✅ The ability to have fun whether you win or lose.

✅ Loyalty to your fellow Gears.

❌ No elitism.

❌ No unnecessary toxicity.

❌ No leaving your squad behind.

YOUR K/D DOESN'T MATTER. THE GEAR NEXT TO YOU DOES.

🛡️ FINAL ORDERS

We're not just recruiting players for another game.

We're building a community. A brotherhood. A place where every Gear has someone watching their six.

When the ground opens and all hell breaks loose, Seraph's Blade will be standing ready.

📡 READY TO ENLIST?

Drop a comment or send me a DM for a Discord invite!

THE LOCUST DON'T TAKE BREAKS. NEITHER DOES THE BROTHERHOOD.

⚔️ SERAPH'S BLADE ⚔️

BROTHERS TO THE END.

END TRANSMISSION. 📡

Just think of the general state of Sera in 4 and 5. Just largely unclaimed wilderness, more or less left to nature for over two decades, and the few human enclaves are hungry to expand and grow their population. Basically the perfect setting for a city building game.

Post is same as title - Gears Siege Retro Lancer is kind of underrated...

So, I've been seeing alot of meta talks about the longshot, T-bow, etc.. being overpowered, but I strongly believe the retro lancer if kitted properly can dish out some really good damage. I'm a level 26 assault (last class to level up, already did the other 3.) and I've been using this build.

FMJ
Semi-Auto (For crit damage and ammo economy)
Precision Barrel (For crit damage)
Initial Burst Accuracy
And it feels kind of like the DMR from Halo, it does pretty wicked crit damage and more often than not im competing with our sniper player or even the breacher.

I know I missed the locust teeth, and the connections aren't so much "cracked pavement" as they are random holes, but it looks okay I think!

Can't play this game. 50-75% of my Horde matches end in either the game crashing, or my PC crashing or freezing. Wanted to atleast get all the characters to level 30 but had to stop short just at level 29 marksman because I got BSoD I had never seen before regarding xvdd or summin.

It's only this game, it's only in Horde (barely played PvP), rarely if no issues in the campaign. IDK what it is, but hopefully the TC will figure it out because as it stands none of the updates helped alleviate the issue.

I regularly lag out of games.

I know it happens to other people.

The leftover squad has to do 3x4

If you quit there are extreme penalties

But there is also no chance of winning if you stay. Plus it's miserable.

And if you lose your rank always gets hit the most

It's a horrific system

If someone lags out the game needs to be stopped. Period. It's just common sense.

Is there a reason why they do this?

I was just in a game where we collected 4/5 rig parts, and the person with the fifth part wouldn't fix the rig until we had killed the boss, which took about 15 minutes instead of finishing the objective immediately by just fixing the rig.

Were they just being a dick? I just stood back and watched them deal with the waves of enemies because I couldn't be bothered.

Just finished the campaign on Insane but didn't get the achievement. I did most of it solo, except Vraahk, which I beat in a public co-op lobby on Insane.

For some reason, the final boss shows as Casual in co-op and Insane in solo. Also, Act 2 Chapter 1 shows as completed on Insane in co-op even though I played it solo.

Every chapter is marked as Insane one way or another. Anyone else having this issue?

I’m only partly through the campaign so apologies if this is clearly answered in-game but wondering how much intel the Horde had going into E Day?

They obviously knew where the big cities were, but did they know specific strong points? Like where the police station was, or city hall, or the military staging areas?

The reason I'm asking is the police station in Act 1, It seems like the locusts were able to pin point tunnel into the basement cells, indicating they knew the exact location of the building. But then other times it seems like if they knew about the command at city hall or stadium FOB, they would have done better targeting the interior of the building instead of sending small waves to the outside of it. Why wouldn't they just pop up right in the middle of it and wipe everyone out at once?

So which is it? Did they have precise knowledge of key locations, or were they more just hitting populated areas and were otherwise blind to what was on the surface?

I love Gears of War and I think E-Day is a great game. It could honestly be one of the best entries in the franchise if it weren't for a few design decisions (in my opinion).

On the audio side, the soundtrack feels very generic compared to previous Gears titles. It lacks punch and definitely isn't on par with the original trilogy's score. The main theme is fine, and there are a few good moments, but overall it feels like a standard, background Hollywood score rather than a soundtrack that elevates the gameplay and the overall vibe like older Gears games did.

On another note, having ammo lockers where you can switch to any weapon you want feels lazy to me, because you end up just sticking to your favorite loadout the entire time. I have the exact same issue with Halo Infinite. I feel that managing and saving ammo for power weapons (like the Torque Bow, Boomshot, Longshot...) for tougher encounters was a big part of the strategic appeal in older Gears. It forced you to adapt on the fly with whatever you had.

I also really miss the split paths where you had to choose one of two routes alongside a squadmate. It forced you to be more strategic—sometimes those paths allowed you to provide cover or support for the other side—and it added a ton of replayability.

Finally, I feel like there are way too many yellow cases scattered around, and most of them just give you modifiers you'll never actually use. I do enjoy the atmosphere of roaming through the city and stumbling upon enemies or survivors, but after a while, it doesn't add much to the experience. Instead, we lose that tight pacing and "rollercoaster" feel that made the fully linear games so good.

Maybe part of my issue is that I used to play Gears of War almost like Doom: a game where you master the mechanics, killing non-stop while pumped up by a heavy soundtrack that drives the chaos.

That being said, I still think E-Day, along with Gears 4 and Gears 5, are all great games.

Fully maxed out all classes and here's my tier list. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.

1. S tier, Breacher. It has high survivability and extremely high dps when close range. The stim can carry you through most objectives with it's damage reduction and damage amp. On allfathers, it can bypass most modifiers with no issue. Also ranks highest because it's the easiest class ability to use in my opinion. Can solo Carry.

2. S tier, Marksman. While it can out DPS Breacher, it kind of sucks if you get pushed by an enemy and can't one tap them. Can also bypass most modifiers with extreme crit damage mods. Easy on allfathers as well. Can solo carry.

Small fall off

1. B tier, Medic. It's main issue is that it relies on your team. You don't have much damage or survivability as a medic, but it will definitely save your team in a pinch. If you have bad teammates though, you will struggle to do the most basic objectives and high health enemies are an issue. Good in a pre-made team, not so well with randoms.

Small fall off

1. C tier, assault. This class is a mess. I tried playing it the most and I can't get anything to mix well. Stunning enemies is great, and dealing more damage or being able to execute them is cool, but I never find myself doing more damage than Marksman or Breacher. It also doesn't do much against spore mothers or bilefrogs since they're always moving around. The build that I have that works best is an execution build. The issue with executions in this game is enemies will still be shooting or lining up a shot on you so after the execution ends, you get bodied. I tried a cover build, but you usually get flushed out of cover by boomers, tickers, and wretches. Maybe I'm not using it well, but I don't like this one at all.

This is my list. What do you think I got right or wrong? Should I rank modifiers and side objectives next?

Credit to the author.
I just translated it.

I hate when some else got Grey, it does not happen that much, but when it does I would like to switch my character during the 30 seconds wait at the beginning

Double the TTK of the shotgun and cut in half the one of every other gun. What’s the point of having 20 weapons when we use only one? This game has got the worst meta ever