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Update revises Gears of War 2 multiplayer system
If you feel a little hiccup on Xbox Live today, it's probably the new update to Gears of War 2, which not only revises their matchmaking system, but also introduces an insidious new leveling scheme. From the patch notes:Adds 100 levels of player experience that you can gain based on your score in Public matches. The game still uses Trueskill for matchmaking to find the most competitive matches, but the skill rank is now hidden. The new level of experience appears next to your gamertag, with levels 1 through 99 displayed as numbers and level 100 displayed as an icon. The game normalizes experience based on match type so that players earn an equivalent amount of experience across all modes...Adds an experience penalty for players quitting before a match is complete.
So, yeah, that's just one more thing to grind. As if I didn't have my hands full enough working towards the Seriously 2.0 achievement (only 97,894 more kills to go!).
By xboxkill3r at 9:52 PM ON 03/24/09
This update is horrible.. I was a two bar and now with this new update I'm ranked at 1. This patch sucks because using the shotgun sucks you can't two piece someone properly i use to be able to get a lot of predicaments with two piecing.
By mantra2 at 1:48 AM ON 03/26/09
The new Gears ranking system is going to ruin this game because it will take away everything that matters in the game and ruin online play.
Please read this
"Gears of War 2 New ranking system and why it fails"
http://www.thisisawebsite.info/2009/03/25/gears-of-war-2-new-ranking-system-and-why-it-fails/
mantra2:
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