Gears of War 2's active sniper will not insta-down

FIRST! (jk)

thank you im fed up with that.

its fine, you need someone with a sniper to be feared. its the weapon swapping idiot hosts that are the problem.

2ndly they should make it harder to get the active reload. people shouldnt be able to get it every time and triple down you in execution. problem solved.

Good news. Multiplayer in the 1st was great although there were many flaws. It seems the Gears of War 1's multiplayer was a beta test for Gears of War 2.

Kind of off topic but is there Bots in multiplayer now? In the videos many of players seem to act like bots.

active reload sniper should reduce health by one third permanantly and not let it recharge

There was nothing wrong with active reloading snipers, it was never a problem you just got shotgun whores and hosts bitch about it none-stop cause their RUN AND HOST EM tactics didn't work out.

JerkFace hit it spot on the problem was weapon swapping hosts, big man using his skills with the sniper, till he gets tired of missing then hes cranking out the shotgun as usual cause hes got no skill.

Take care of the host advantage for good Cliff, then worry about fixing things that aren't broken.

It seems like whenever someone says, "Well in Gears 1, this sucked and I..." Cliff is right there to say, "No, no. It will be fixed in Gears 2." But he never actually explains how. Is anyone else starting to think Cliff is full of crap?

Personally, I got fed up and quit playing Gears 1 multiplayer because of the bs achievements. I had over 100 whatever in almost all of the categories, and I never got the achievements.

If the host problem is fixed, then the sniper would be even more unbalanced. Sniping as host was way too easy.
Not hating the longshot but I can't think of anything else to make it balanced while still keeping its instant-down.

i think that cliffy b. is too cocky. can't wait for gears 2!!!!!

This is wonderful news. It's far too easy to down people with an active sniper - and I welcome the fact it's now taken out. Perhaps they could've made the active harder to hit (randomized/very small), but this works for me as well.

Good job, EPIC. Cannot wait to play this game in November 2008!

it should be left the way it is.. people who are crap with snipers always moan!!F???em

Meh, real snipers aim for the brain

Well, I have nothing to worry about with this, as I only get Headshots anyway. So its still a one hit kill for me... never did I active reload, and I did on accident, I let a teammate get him , or if nobody was around, I let him get back up and give him a few seconds. I always hated active reloaders, aim for tha head... to me thats what a snipers supposed to do!!

Edit ** If I did on accident is what I meant

I think instead of shooting bullets, it should shoot a healing salve that cures all wounds.

I cant wait for gow 2 multiplayer!

I suck with the sniper and don't use it much, but this is STUPID.

They are really going out of their way to make this game as n00b friendly as possible. Proximity frags, blowing the frag up when you're down, making the already n00b friendly lancer even STRONGER.

Hell, you can crawl away while down now so that already severely hurt the sniper, making it much harder to triple down someone.. If they wanted to balance it any more they should've just made the melee take 3 punches to down someone instead of 2.

So now the only gun you can triple down someone with is a SPAWN WEAPON (lancer/hammerburst)??? HORRIBLE.

It seems to me like they're really catering to the people that just want to jump into the multiplayer for 2 weeks and move on, and are alienating all the hardcore people who still play the 1st one today.

I hate it when people say using the shotgun is for noobs. Please just shut the hell up because obviously you don't know what you're talking about. I'm guessing you're one of the guys who CAN'T use a shotgun properly and get decimated by someone who can so you try to make up for it by calling everyone else a noob who does use it. Now in Gears one, because of the bullet lag, you could bullet dance, or time your opponent's shots and strafe in the right direction to dodge the shot. Since Gears 2 is fixing this, shotgunning may be much easier, but don't ever say shotgunning is for noobs when there are so many ways to counter, defend, and attack with a shotgun.

Now back on topic. I'm glad this active downing is gone. Gives no incentive for a sniper to actually go for the headshot, especially on warzone(but really, who plays warzone?) I would never go for the active reload on a snipe because it just seems too easy of a kill. I do the exact same thing as you, DMOB xSHROOMZx, when I'm going for the headshot and do active down, I let the person get up and run around for a few seconds before trying to kill him again.

My suggestion for active snipes in Gears 2, have the person on the brink of being downed, or have it do the same damage as a regular shot, but with a stun effect like in Gears 1 where being close enough to an exploding grenade makes you flinch for a second, enough time for another enemy to take you out, but not long enough for the sniper to reload and hit you with a second shot.

GAY, sniper was fine

when you can triple down someone with the sniper it means you´re playing against a very bad team, cause as Vcize says, any semi competent team can easily neutralize that sniper. so if you triple down one of them, they pretty deserved it. i think the sniper, as well as the torque bow, are the most balanced weapons on gears when you play it like you are supposed to do, that means as a team, and against a competitive team.

lol..3 downs.. remember before they patched executution, getting downed repeatedly until the round ended.. ive seen ppl kill themselves to avoid being the last man alive in a round..

the sniper is a weapon to be feared.. if theres a sniper lose on gridlock in gears2 and noones scared to run in the street somethings wrong..

and i dunno what the problem is, sniping in gears was easy.. even on a bad day getting headshots wasnt that hard.. peep em, lead em and bleed em..

How can we be sure that was Cliffy anyways??
it might be someone playing a prank or something...
anyways im glad its gone triple active whores was a bitch.

The sniper was never meant to excessively active down someone. Snipers are known to pull headshots & disable the target entirely. Not down him & just keep doing it repeatedly. Obviously SadisticHam does it constantly. That shouldn't even be a question. The fact they are taking it away is better for every gamer. Learn to get a headshot. There problem solved. By the way I heard it was being taken away for the shotgun as well. So goodluck noobs.

heres a moral suggestion, dont pick up a sniper unless your goals to take your opponents head off.