What would you do if.....

[Dead Cell Raam]

GOWJ had no weapon skins, medals, ribbons and rank. Would you still enjoy it as much? Would you be disapointed?

[Ms A Chievement]

I think I'd prefer it without a rank, that way it'll make you judge people on their skill instead of rank. We all know rank means nothing anyway.

[joal0503]

GOWJ had no weapon skins, medals, ribbons and rank. Would you still enjoy it as much? Would you be disapointed?

depends on what kind of system they decide to implement in place...obvioiusly a game completely ignoring those key components without replacing them, would be seen as a devolution for any game franchise. what you suggest is taking two steps back without taking any forward. whats more llikely if this is to happen, 1 step back 2 steps forward.

[IsmaR]

Gears 1 had none of that, and I still enjoy(ed) playing it.

[Dead Cell Raam]

I feel the same way. I only tracks time played or points boosted. I don't care either way for skins or medals. I would like a better working game. I really want weapons to have noticable pros and cons.

[Xx Dantes Rage]

I probably would, yeah.

[Milky Pirate]

It would give me a warm Gears of war 1 style feeling.

[Dead Cell Raam]

depends on what kind of system they decide to implement in place...obvioiusly a game completely ignoring those key components without replacing them, would be seen as a devolution for any game franchise. what you suggest is taking two steps back without taking any forward. whats more llikely if this is to happen, 1 step back 2 steps forward.

They add nothing to the actual gameplay. They are just visually pleasing. So there would be no step back in terms of the game. I nowhere suggested they do this. It was merely a question.

[bunneeHOP]

I've played all 3, well still playing them :) and will play every other Gears game that comes out in the future regardless of the gameplay and/or mechanics they feature. hehe. I'm pretty much hooked in the GOW universe! :p

[Eridanis Nadir]

Gears 1 style... Definitely still enjoy it

[Dead Cell Raam]

I've played all 3, well still playing them :) and will play every other Gears game that comes out in the future whatever gameplay and/or mechanics they feature. hehe. I'm pretty much hooked in the GOW universe! :p


That's the spirit bro!

[Riskieren]

I think I would like it better.

[PugdogsDaddy]

GOWJ had no weapon skins, medals, ribbons and rank. Would you still enjoy it as much? Would you be disapointed?
In 3 it is called a reset,not enjoyable at all.Disapointed yes,still here yes.Hopefully "Judgement" does not offer the same "perks".:cool:

[bunneeHOP]

That's the spirit bro!

Haha! I'm in it for the Long Haul bro. :D

[PugdogsDaddy]

I've played all 3, well still playing them :) and will play every other Gears game that comes out in the future regardless of the gameplay and/or mechanics they feature. hehe. I'm pretty much hooked in the GOW universe! :p Myself believe it or not,as well.

[bunneeHOP]

Myself believe it or not,as well.

Rock on brother gear! \m/ :cool:

[taffenaff]

no ribbons for doing bad like most deaths in a match and sutch would be good for GoW J. or -25 for'em

[mullases]

gears would be more appealing without pink skins

[Dead Cell Raam]

In 3 it is called a reset,not enjoyable at all.Disapointed yes,still here yes.Hopefully "Judgement" does not offer the same "perks".:cool:


Been there and done that. I could of swore I saw Joe Graf once write where its due to a system they implemented to kep people from profile glitching etc etc...

[Eridanis Nadir]

gears would be more appealing without pink skins

Yes, yes, true, true

[PugdogsDaddy]

Been there and done that. I could of swore I saw Joe Graf once write where its due to a system they implemented to kep people from profile glitching etc etc...

No biggie,worked through.Playing on the hardrive,saving to the cloud and being patient while any updates or loading going on.Thankfully no problems since.;) IMO though,too much too soon in 3.Need to tie more of the achievements and medals to actual gameplay with gamers not bots,other than that bring it on,lol.

[l TormentZ]

Personally I would love it to go back to GoW1 style with no rank and no stats, Maybe add in a win loss. too many people are K/D whores (couldn't think of a better way to put it I just woke up) and will go into Guardian or KoTH and not play the objective......or go into execution and camp their hearts out, (I don't mean play tactically or strategically) I mean full blown hide so that they don't get killed right off the bat, in turn screwing their team over by being a man down the majority of the match.

I'm getting a bit off topic here but my point is. No K/D, I wouldn't mind a W/L might actually make people play for the win than themselves.

As for weapon skins, If they are included I hope that they're more Gritty, gory, battered from combat. you know? like a weapon should look after month's/years of service :)

[DenyThisFlesh]

Gears 1 had none of that, and I still enjoy(ed) playing it.

This. If you need to rank up to enjoy playing a game, then you probably don't like the game as much as you think you do.

I'd be perfectly fine if Judgment had none of that stuff. I just want it to be a great game.

[olsaltee]

I would be fine if it had none of this, but in my own opinion with alot of titles doing things like this the general population may not think its fine. They as a company are in it to make a game that sales. They have all the gusto for it to but they will still add these to appeal to others.

[ExecutionWTF]

I actually wouldn't care much about no ranking system. So many players out there who really are High rank but still.. Yeah you know. Weapon skins. I would die without my sweet little orange skin! :( I wouldn't enjoy it as much without ribbons either. I feel happy when i get Those Doubles, Trips, quads and quinns :) I wouldn't mind getting rid of medals either :b They're enjoyable but not neccesary.
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[XXL Chalupa]

i would celebrate!!

the weapon skins were a good idea until all of them werent linked to achievements and cost 1.5 more than the Season Pass content did

ribbons and rank are ok but if they went away i wouldnt miss them...

[buffymitch]

I would absolutely enjoy it if not more. The rankings, the Medals are just like achievements. They aren't really worth anything. The fortification leveling up system was the only system that actually gave you something. More powerful fortifications. If they ditched that and gave us more fortifications and we had to work hard to level up those things That would make Horde more fun.

[omegam2]

would love it even more.

I skip over all the stuff at the end of matches anyways. I ONLY enjoy killing people in mp, and only use the default weapon skins and classic baird.

Hell, I dont even play objectives most the time. Just run around shooting things, occasionally raping things on the floor, getting raped myself, drawing vulgur symbols on the walls with the lancer when everyone's dead and watching my screen, etc etc.

I play like its gears 1. its fun.

[Eurpapi]

Then we would all be playing for the fun of the game... imagine that

[Ms A Chievement]

Every single time I read the title of this thread, I instantly think of this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmP4cAM7uFg

[War Hero]

GOWJ had no weapon skins, medals, ribbons and rank. Would you still enjoy it as much? Would you be disapointed?

If this happens(which I'm sure it won't)alot of people are going to start *****ing about it....

[Hazama]

I think I'd prefer it without a rank, that way it'll make you judge people on their skill instead of rank. We all know rank means nothing anyway.

This deserves one-million cookies. (Also, remove K/D ratios.)

Little stats like these are behind most of the raging online. :p
For number otakus, I guess you could find them online in the site War Journal.

As for the skins/medals... I could live without them. No biggie.

[War Hero]

Yes! It will be good if they remove k/d ratio, or just make it visible for that person. Looks like a lot of people care more about their k/d.....

[M Carmine]

Remember Gears 1? That was amazing, and it still is.

[Dead Cell Raam]

This. If you need to rank up to enjoy playing a game, then you probably don't like the game as much as you think you do.

I'd be perfectly fine if Judgment had none of that stuff. I just want it to be a great game.

You and me both

[123MAN]

You and me both

Disagree. Ranking up was a great addition. Gives a lot of people something to work towards. It also helps when picking people to play with. Without ranking or stats it would be harder to find people to play with. Like I rarely add anyone that is inexperienced or has bad stats.

[Dead Cell Raam]

Disagree. Ranking up was a great addition. Gives a lot of people something to work towards. It also helps when picking people to play with. Without ranking or stats it would be harder to find people to play with. Like I rarely add anyone that is inexperienced or has bad stats.

I did like the addition, but trial and error or sheer dumb luck is how I find compatable people to play with. Stats really mean jack. Honed experience is where it is at. I would miss it if rank disapeared, but I don't hate it either.

[123MAN]

I did like the addition, but trial and error or sheer dumb luck is how I find compatable people to play with. Stats really mean jack. Honed experience is where it is at. I would miss it if rank disapeared, but I don't hate it either.

Stats as in the full package, not just one statistic can give a overall view of a player. It gives me a good background before I add someone. But ranking is a must, really adds something to the game.

[GroaningTurnip 2.0]

It just wouldn't be the same.

[tootybananas]

TBH i really wouldn't mind but i think all that stuff attracts more casual players so it's needed to appeal to them.
they add an element of fun but i could do either way when it comes to gun skins and medals.

[Predalian5]

I'll stand by epic. No matter what they do with the game.
Hell, they could have Daffy duck as a playable character
And I'd still play it

[usernamereserved]

that sound like it would be more enjoyable for me

[Dead Cell Raam]

TBH i really wouldn't mind but i think all that stuff attracts more casual players so it's needed to appeal to them.
they add an element of fun but i could do either way when it comes to gun skins and medals.

Tooty, we have a history with rank. It was me and my bots...against you and your bots. I scored a Gnasher headshot on you as the last kill on drydrock and I got my wings. This was the end of November. I only remember this because of your GT. I made a topic on Gamefaqs titled "Thank you toty bananas"

Of course I got a ton of "cool story bro" from the resident trolls. Hahaha

[Masteralex09]

Skins that you actually have to work for.

[shoduchs]

I would enjoy the game a whole lot more without distractions like neon colored weapon skins and pop up notifications of a kill I obviously got. I'd prefer Gears to go back to the tactically grim dark tone of Gears 1 where COG and Locust dont have noticeable neon LED lights on their armor or a neon aura when they're too far to see their neon LED lights on their armor, and pop ups for points, ribbons, medals, etc dont fill up the screen. To me, rank and stats like K/D ratios promotes bad sportsmanship by causing people to worry about their stats which may lead to them kill stealing, camping, or rage quitting when they get a negative K/D in that match. Going for ribbonns/medals that encourage people to use weapons they're not good at also promotes bad sportsmanship by encouraging them to steal kills, camp, and or rage quit if they dont do well.

Without rank, stats, and ribbons/medals people will play the way they want to and without any worries of maintaining their K/D ratio or other stats. Weapon skins and weapon specific executions ties into the encouragement of using weapons that you normally dont use and/or are not good at. To alleviate the need to use a weapon you're not good at just to get an immersion breaking weapon skin for it, I would drop weapon skins altogether.

If I wanted unlockables in Gears, the best way that I can think of implementing it is by choosing something that doesnt encourage you to use weapons you're not good at and isnt immersion breaking. That something is character specific unlockables, such as unlockable armor pieces, one liners, and executions by accomplishing certain things with the character you play as. For instance, every 100 executions in ranked matches with Cole will unlock one of his weapon executions (every character will have unique executions), every 100 ranked matches you play as Cole will unlock a Cole themed piece of armor, and every 100 headshots in ranked matches as Cole unlocks a new one liner.

[DaRkNeSs]

Weapon skins, medals and ribbons can all happily go (or at least have an option so you can disable them so you won't see a persons medal, your ribbons or any weapon skins). I wouldn't like to see rank go as it's something to work towards :p

[GearsCat]

I would roll around in a pile of money.

[MIST GHILLIE]

@OP
I honestly dont really care about rank (unless rank is trueskill rank) or the rest of that stuff, so no.

[mmartina]

it would be great on the rank because i try to hard to get over 1,00 points in a match

[theassman007]

I'd still like it. I remember after every ranked game in gears 1 id go look at leader boards lol.

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[Dead Cell Raam]

I would roll around in a pile of money that I saved from not buying ugly skins

Fixed! Free of charge of course.

[The Lobotimizer]

I think I'd prefer it without a rank, that way it'll make you judge people on their skill instead of rank. We all know rank means nothing anyway.

I love this idea

[Sirius XAim]

I wouldn't care at all. Actually I never bought a single GOW Skin. I prefer the rares ones. From the Beta, Preorder and Epic Edition...
To be honest, I think GOW3 have too many skins. Now, instead of just playing, it's all about "I got more than you" "Mine is bigger". I'm fed up.

[I Love U Jesus]

I don't think I would care that much either way. I especially wouldn't care if there were no weapon skins.

[BLACKOUT in HDV]

I would be totally fine with it as long as it still tracked stats

however

I'd like it with only achievable weapon skins

[SQuirrel147]

I wouldn't mind at all. It'd be cool if ribbons stayed, even if they didn't give EXP though. But make a lot less of them, but make them harder.

[CARMINE COG]

Sounds like Gears 1 then YES!

[yeche]

GOWJ had no weapon skins, medals, ribbons and rank. Would you still enjoy it as much? Would you be disapointed?


To be honest... I think I'd enjoy it more. Something I haven't really ever though about until you made this post. Gears of War 1 felt like a true gruesome war experience. This ribbons, medals, and awards seem to make it more arcade like, although they look cool, I can't honestly say I'd miss them if they went.

[ValeraPitiesDaFool]

Take out all the "pretty" weapon skins and I'd be fine. ( By that, I mean bright skins like pink, violet, rainbow etc. Weapon skins like flaming and Gold are fine.)

[Emperor Zurg]

ill be happy if they were gone, the skins had no place in Gears of War.

[III LYCAN III]

This. If you need to rank up to enjoy playing a game, then you probably don't like the game as much as you think you do.

I'd be perfectly fine if Judgment had none of that stuff. I just want it to be a great game.

Thats all i want to

[Maaaaaz]

I'd be annoyed but I would still play.

[AdvancedRanger]

I would enjoy it but I think the camos and medals and such, make it feel like its your game. i like the customization in gears 3.

[Perkinator2001]

weapon skins dont care medals maybe not so much grinding and only about 30 medals because easier rank up rank yes cause if you have that its a way of getting chracters in multiplayer

[Clayman XIII]

GOWJ had no weapon skins, medals, ribbons and rank. Would you still enjoy it as much? Would you be disapointed?

I enjoy campaign and horde much more than mp, so I'd still very much enjoy the game.

[IIIHindleIII]

i dont care as long i play gears but it be the good old days gears 1 style. great memories

[X94 CM Punk 97X]

As long as it has a story that isn't predictable and people who you wouldn't expect die actually die and the muliplayer is fixed properly also rank resets sponging and dedicated servers are made I'll be happy also I want something that maybe starts a new trilogy with a different squad

[Fire Kunai]

I would still love it regardless. I didn't need medals and ribbons and weapon skins to love Gears of War 1 & 2

[Dead Cell Raam]

I'm liking all of the feedback. Keep it up peeps!

[RoboSeal1]

GOWJ had no weapon skins, medals, ribbons and rank. Would you still enjoy it as much? Would you be disapointed?

I would love it and that fun factor would certainly return from gears 1, at least for me