Way to sweeten the deal, Epic! On top of the two free Gears of War maps that will be available 1/10/07, a much needed multiplayer patch will be released on 1/09/07. The official list of fixed issues from Mark Rein himself:
• Fixed aspect ratio distortion when using VGA cable with 4:3 displays at resolutions higher than 640x480
• Fixed voice issue with new players joining Player Match games in progress
• Players can now get the Achievement for "Dish Best Served Cold" when using Troika turret to kill RAAM
• Fixed rare situation where host could loop countdown and never start match
• Fixed rare situation where players could get stuck after chainsawing in multiplayer
• Reduced Grenade Tag melee distance
• Enabled “Strict” NAT check on host to prevent possible connection issues
• Optimized server browser queries to return results more quickly and prevent scroll bars from hiding quality of service icons
• Reduced number of possible revives in Execution to match Warzone
• Removed host name from Ranked match server browser
• Disabled security cameras in Ranked matches
• Ranked matches now require balanced teams (3v3 or 4v4)
• Increased penalty for quitting a Ranked match to -50 points
• Added additional cheat detection code
• Additional housekeeping updates
Since host names will no longer be visible in ranked matches, hopefully there will be a decrease in one-sided games. In any case, the amount of grenade tag kills will surely go down once this patch is released.
[Thanks, Snaileb]
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4:10 PM on 01.08.2007
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Also... they should've allowed friends to play ranked, instead of the vise versa. I mean I know they want to cut back on cheating, but, don't you think it's better to play with friends then some dumbass shit guzzling newb to come and get himself killed while he's looking for a weapon or getting his achievements???
On my own, I never do half as good.
..also, is it bad when you own avatar gets you off?
This means A LOT to me.
Awesome. The amount of times I join a slow ass server, although they're not that bad for american hosts. And how many times I select a server then get instantly disconected and have to sit there waiting for a refresh. Happens even more in Ranked for some reason.
Grendade patch seems pretty cool too, lot of people complained at me for tagging them just as they killed me. I think it's a pretty good move if you're about to die to switch and tag, its like instant payback lol.