Yea I think they will reduce the damage drop off over range on the Gnasher slightly but I also feel that what makes it so good at the moment is how smooth and no lag what so ever allows you to hit perfect shots, I wouldn't be surprised if its actually balanced same damage wise as Gears 1 was at the moment.

Probably an audio bug but the lack of a loud Torque Bow tag sound removes the thril of getting tagged and the "oh Shit" moment so hopefully they fix or change it sicne at the moment you've no idea your taged and randomly explode :P

Overall I'm more of the opposite to you and think that this beta shows great potential to bring the thrill of Gears taking the best parts from Gears 1 and Gears 3 and mashing them together.

Smooth and no lag? How is this even possible, I just tried to play again and in cqc it becomes a PowerPoint presentation, framedips are horrible. Also there's a noticeable delay after shooting someone for them to down or blow to pieces. If fact, everything seems to happen with delay and I don't find it smooth at all. Feels so clunky compared to other Gears.

I'll try it with my brothers X1 later this month.

Just wondering are you on the European regioin? First thing I did before playing a game was open option to change sensitivity and noticed there was a region tab and it was set on US West 130ms so I changed it to Europe with a 14ms ping.

Ok so the maps are absolutely awful I've decided. They just feel absolutely uninspired and like they've been quickly thrown together. Very flat and nowhere that you can play defensively. It's run and gun in these ones.

The gnasher will probably get a nerf, and I can see some stopping power added to the rifles.

Is it just me or are the gnasher bullets coming out of a different location to where the would in gears 3. They seem lower.

Getting a bit of sponging. Sometimes enemies are just eating bullets.

Pulling the trigger seems to not work sometimes with the gnasher. Or at least its very delayed 

Power weapins respawn quickly.

Apparently this is actually an alpha build.... I'm worried we will see a delay despite the release date.

I'm a little more optimistic, but I agree about the maps. They're not good. Too big and totally flat. And power weapons do feel overpowered, no pun intended

On the maps part IS it everything you dislike or certain aspects?

The tilesets are a a bit bland and generic but the layout of the maps have really grown on me The Torque/Sniper spawn on Dam has given me some really great stand-offs and and killing sprees whilst also offering some great battles between the Frags and Boom/Dropshot spawns and is my favourite map of the 3.

That's my favorite too :)

I do think in general the maps are a little oversized and missing personality. It's a small sample size so maybe there will be some classics at launch.

Thanks! I had 223ms ping for some reason, reset my router and now it's running smooth and I actually enjoy the game alot now 😎 I still think weapons need balancing and those planted frags need to go. Or at least nerf them. Imo they're cheap kills and hurt gameplay, never liked them. Smoke stun is bad as well. But overall I find the core gameplay promising and fun. What a relief..

Great stuff :D

Well yeah and no, it is a beta trailer that shows extra stuff, because it basically starts with the retro lancer that is not yet in the game.