N3RDI3's Gears of War Journal

Wave 50 in Gears of War 3 Horde

N3RDI3 — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 01:54:57 +0000

While playing Horde for countless nights in Gears of War 2 there was only one time my team and I beat wave 50 without dying in any of the waves. We did it on Day One. Now that I’ve been playing Gears of War 3 Horde 2.0 we have already made it to wave 50 in just a few nights of playing. This definitely seems easier than GOW2 Horde. However, we have not beat all 50 waves without dying yet. We made it to wave 50 on Sandbar by taking the topmost base and fortifying the base on the left and right as much as possible. One or two people play from the “overlook” bouncing from left to right to help out the teammates below fighting in more close quarters combat. We also purchased the base towards the bunker/cave spawn. This seems like a pretty solid map for being able to beat all 50 waves of horde.

How do I beat a beserker?

N3RDI3 — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 01:47:15 +0000

The beserker is one of the toughest enemies I’ve run into while playing gears of war 3. If you find yourself fighting a beserker you’ll notice that bullets don’t really seem to do much. Beserkers normally come out on the “Boss” waves which are 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50. To beat a beserker you need a flame thrower. Hitting a beserker with flame will greatly reduce its mobility and reduce its defenses. When hitting it with a flame thrower your teammates may be able to shoot at it at the same time with their regular weapons. Slow it down with a flame thrower and fill it full of bullets and you should be able to beat it without too much trouble.

You’ll also notice a pattern with the beserker. It will square its shoulders to you and will run at you (and run through small obstacles). Make sure you jump to the side when it squares up with you and starts to charge. The beserker has pretty poor eyesight (which you’ll notice if you use it in Beast Mode). Staying back may improve your chances of not being seen by the beserker as well.

Good luck!

Gears of War 3 Dust to Dust Video

N3RDI3 — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 18:12:29 +0000

This is getting me pretty excited for GOW3!!! Check out the Gears of War 3 Dust to Dust Video…

Gears of War 3 Horde Mode

N3RDI3 — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 02:03:27 +0000

Hope your ready to kill some grubs! Gears of War 3 Horde Mode looks like it is going to be amazing. New features in Horde include trading weapons, buy fortifications, buying yourself back into the game after death and the silverback should quickly help you obliterate your free time. Behold the awesome…

GEARS OF WAR 2 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND

N3RDI3 — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:06:51 +0000

GEARS 2 8X XP WEEKEND: DUCK AND COVER

The latest GOW2 news from the official Gears of War website says…

“As you may have noticed, the Gears team loves to blow stuff up. Like, a lot. So with Independence Day and Canada Day rapidly approaching, there was really no question as to how we’d bring the party to Gears of War 2. From 9 AM Thursday, July 1, through 9 AM Tuesday, July 6, we’re lighting up Horde with one hell of a fireworks display—nine solid waves of Tickers followed by a single wave of pure Boomer action. Best of all, we’re capping it off with eight times the experience across all multiplayer modes. It’s insane! It’s pyrotechnic! It’s this weekend!” – Source http://gearsofwar.xbox.com/Templates/Secondary.aspx?id=1910

This seems like a serious opportunity to get some major points. Especially on maps like Avalanche, Day One, Ruins and Pavillion. These maps have shields that spawn almost every wave. Since there are only tickers and boomers there are no creatures that can knock down shields. Find a nice hiding place with some good shield defenses and it might be possible to go all 50 waves without having to restart! Should be bananas!

Horde on Fuel Depot

N3RDI3 — Sat, 08 May 2010 01:20:35 +0000

So last Friday we made it all the way to wave 49 before our entire team was killed. We hadn’t restarted until that point. We were ranked 261 at that point (I see we’ve dropped a few spots since then). I’m pretty sure we couldn’t have beaten all 50 waves on the Fuel Depot map without restarted, we just had some bad luck. We used the strategy I outlined in my previous blog post and it worked really well. I actually was blown up with my own grenade that I had stuck to a wall inside of the quonset 10 rounds earlier. Our shields were kicked down by a sire and the sire ran right up next to me and blew up my grenade which I happened to be standing next to (not smart). Anywho, once the shields were kicked down we didn’t have much of a chance because everything flooded inside of the quonset and we were overrun at that point. I think it was just bad luck and I’m confident we could beat the horde with the exact same strategy. Hopefully tonight we can beat the horde (all 50 waves without restarting). We were able to beat all 50 waves after restarting a few times, but it just isn’t the same as beating it straight through without restarting. We’ve never beaten all 50 straight through. The map below shows our positioning. The people further back will be snipers or torque bows, everyone else will probably use whatever they feel like. The people closest to the front will need to replant shields and grab grenades. We’ll probably need to alternate who stands in the back so everyone has a chance to get ammo every few rounds.

horde fuel depot

The moons are aligning

N3RDI3 — Sat, 01 May 2010 01:42:49 +0000

Tonight the moons have aligned for the first great chance we have ever had at beating all 50 waves of the horde without restarting. We have a 5 man team that is very dependable. We found a new map which we haven’t played before that is called Fuel Depot. The first time we played it was on 4/24/2010 and we made it to wave 40 I believe. I just checked and I am ranked 621 out of 417,090 players on that map. That puts me in the top 99.9985% on that map! I’m thinking we can do better tonight. The startegy is to hide in the large quonset at the end of the map. Since that map is so large one person needs to hide behind the boxes towards the back middle of the quonset otherwise the horde spawns inside of the building. 6 shields will seal off the entrance to the shed. 2 behind each bank of sandbags and two in the opening. Two players on each side of the doors will pie the entrance to take out enemies while reducing the chance of taking fire. Out of the building to the right grenades spawn and grenades should be picked up at every opportunity that isn’t too risky. Also straight outside of the building there is an ammo box. This can be grabbed safetly during each wave if you time your ammo run right. We failed last Friday when we were rushed by a large group of the enemy in wave 40 I think. We were not back far enough from the door and we did not have grenades planted strategically outside of the shields on the ground. We should always plant grenades on the ground outside of the shields. Each player can plan two grenades and carry four more. That means there can be 30 grenades in play at the start of wave 40. 10 planted and 20 being carried if everyone saves them up for the tough waves. That is pretty devastating to the horde. If we get breached, that means all 10 of our planted grenades should have blown. That means we have 20 more we can throw or plant inside of the building. Because that building is sooooo large, you can plant them on the ground as you run to the back of the building. This should take out a lot of the horde if they get through the shields. It should also give us time to get to the back of the shed so we can turn and take fire on the horde to clean up the rest. I think we have a very good chance tonight.

GEARS OF WAR 3!

N3RDI3 — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:41:08 +0000

Gears of War 3 is set to come out in April of 2011! That means I have less than a year to beat all 50 waves of horde (without restarting!). I’m tired of the random punks that I play with that all say they have beaten all 50 waves of horde in a public match without restarting. No you haven’t. I’ve checked.

More about Gears of War 3! http://gearsofwar.xbox.com/Templates/Secondary.aspx?id=1852

New Horde Shield Planting Strategy

N3RDI3 — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 00:53:23 +0000

I’ve found a very fast way to plant shields that allows me to replant about 4 shields every wave on my own. Towards the end of each wave try to group the shields in relatively close proximity. Pick one shield up before the end of the wave and have the others either planted near you or laying on the ground near you. At the begining of the next wave switch weapons from your handgun to your lancer and that will cause you to drop the shield you were carrying. Pick up the next shield (which will switch you to use your handgun again) and switch back to your lancer. Continue doing this until you have picked up and dropped as many shields as you can (YOU DO NOT NEED TO PLANT THE SHIELDS, JUST DROP THEM). Doing this will usually allow you to pick up and drop about 4 shields before the shields disappear. The shields which you have picked up and dropped will not disappear like the shields normally do if left untouched. This will give you extra time to go back and replant the shields at your leisure. If 2 or 3 people on your team do this every wave it will free up the other members of your team to get ammo and grenades and they can help replant the shields you dropped when they return to your base. This will allow you to plant 8-12 shields per team. If everyone would do it each wave you could theoretically replant 20 shields each wave. This strategy works much better than planting every shield after you pick it up.

Wave 47 on River

N3RDI3 — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:24:29 +0000

Made it to wave 47 on river last night before we all died. We split up between the two buildings on either end of the bridge. We tried to grab the mortar between each wave and fire off all three rounds before retreating to the buildings. At the end of each wave we grabbed the grenades which spawn in the houses halfway down the roads next to the river. We planted the grenades in areas where the enemies typically spawns or take shelter. We had two people switching between sniping and using the torque bow from the spawn point of those weapons in the buildings. We also made sure everyone was aware of the callouts on the map such as upstream-near, upstream-far, upstream-ramp (going down to the river), downstream-near, downstream-far, downstream-ramp. Also, one house is covered in ivy and the other house isn’t so we used that as a way to call out enemies and ask for assistance when needed. I’m pretty sure we could have beaten it through all 50 waves, we just had some really bad luck at the end. When we lost we had all 5 players in one building. 2 upstairs sniping, 2 guarding the door, one on the walkway in the back of the building. We had a couple grinders make there way to the doorway which kept us pinned down. A kantus kicked down the shield and we were overwhelmed after that. We restarted on wave 47 (without shields or our preferred weapons) and beat the horde without any problems through wave 50. We made sure to let maulers get close enough to use so that we could grab their shields after they went down. We built up our defenses and took the enemies weapons when we had a chance. We all had microphones and we all called out enemy positions. We made sure we didn’t waste sniper ammo by calling which locust we were shooting at. I’m pretty sure we could have beat all 50 waves without restarting, just had some bad luck. That was our highest ranking game on River according to the leaderboards. I am ranked 6257 out of 2,944,758. That puts us in the top 0.2%.