What is Alpha? Glad you asked. Alpha is a new playlist incorporated into Gears of War 3 that offers players a familiar, yet different experience from our standard playlists. So let’s get right to it and take a peek at all of the ingredients that make an Alpha cake.
Team Size: 4
Gametypes: Team Deathmatch, King of the Hill, Execution
Loadout: Lancer/Gnasher
Weapon Pick-ups: Default with the some custom swaps. See below.
Weapon Respawn: Set to “After Pick-up” with quicker respawn times.
We wanted to see how Gears of War 3 would play out if some of the starting weapons were placed on the maps as pick-ups. I’ll lay it all out for you guys so you can set these swaps up and play Private matches with the Alpha settings if you so desire.
• Gorgon -> Hammerburst
• Boltok -> Retro Lancer
• Scorcher -> Sawed-Off
These are playlist swaps and not map specific. So all you need to do is set up these swaps once and then you can play Private matches with the Alpha settings without having to change it up for every map. Nice!
Something to keep in mind here is that this is only the first version of Alpha and the success or failure of this playlist is predicated upon how much you (the community) play and contribute to it. So please provide feedback and let us know what you would like to see happen with Alpha.
I'll be monitoring this thread on a regular basis so please leave your feedback here. You can also reach me on Twitter @quinndelhoyo
See you online.
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10-31-2011, 04:44 PM #1MSgt. Shooter Person
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Welcome to the Alpha Playlist.
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11-01-2011, 06:14 PM #2Skaarj
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Trying it out now. Very exciting
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11-01-2011, 06:17 PM #3MSgt. Shooter Person
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Awesome!!!!!!
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11-01-2011, 06:17 PM #4Veteran
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We are Alpha!
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11-01-2011, 06:17 PM #5Boomshot
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i think i just had a heart attack from the awesomeness
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11-01-2011, 06:18 PM #6MSgt. Shooter Person
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I won't be playing another playlist. This is awesome!
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11-01-2011, 06:18 PM #7Skaarj
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I love it already
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11-01-2011, 06:18 PM #8MSgt. Shooter Person
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nice I cant wait to play it with my friends but no Warzone sad face
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Game type - Warzone
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11-01-2011, 06:18 PM #9Marrow Fiend
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Is this playlist online too or just in private?
Thank you to all who voted in my The support of the community is what led to the creation of the Alpha Playlist!
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11-01-2011, 06:18 PM #11MSgt. Shooter Person
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Wooooooooooooo!!
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is this live now?
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11-01-2011, 06:19 PM #13MSgt. Shooter Person
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GoW 1 Playlist, im back on the GoW train!
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11-01-2011, 06:19 PM #14Banned
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F-u-c-k-y-e-s
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11-01-2011, 06:19 PM #15Skaarj
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this made my day, even after hearing about the free dlc on the 24th lol, WHOO finally epic has answered after a month or two :/
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11-01-2011, 06:20 PM #16Seriously...
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Awesome, looks good Quinn
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Very good FIRST revision of settings. Hopefully we can squeeze out the kinks in the near future (cough*sos/retro*cough).
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Hyped!!!!!
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AWESOME!
Thank you Epic! Always trying new things!
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Quinn, you have no idea how much you just improved my night. Will this playlist be available online from the get go?
Once again, Epic listen to us, and I for one am thankful.
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I am soooooo in
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11-01-2011, 06:24 PM #23MSgt. Shooter Person
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This will split the community greatly. By split, I mean 95% on this new playlist, less than 1% on each of the others.
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11-01-2011, 06:24 PM #24MSgt. Shooter Person
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a lot of noobs using sos 24/7 are pissed lol
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I'll be here very often posting on more ideas
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11-01-2011, 06:24 PM #26MSgt. Shooter Person
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No more Saw-Off in the loadout? I'm in love.
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11-01-2011, 06:24 PM #27MSgt. Shooter Person
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NICE!!! finally Epic responds to all the calls for the classic playlist!!
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Quinn you lovable bastard.
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Going to miss Hammerburst as a starter. Either way I'm looking forward to trying this out.
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Thank you so much Epic, I'm so glad you guys are following up on your promise to listen to the community. Since release I never understood why the sawed-off wasn't a pickup weapon because it doesn't make sense as a starting weapon. This playlist is going to save a ton of peoples interest in the game and I thank you.
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I'm about to poop my pants!
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I wish Epic would just make the Hammerburst a 1 shot down. Usually I like the buff of rifles, but they might as well go full retard at this point
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Will you have my children Quinn?
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11-01-2011, 06:28 PM #35Skaarj
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Gets your heart thumping like gears one. So sick it needs a mother****ing vaccine
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11-01-2011, 06:29 PM #36Skaarj
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I love the idea, I'll give it a try and would love to see warzone included. Guess I'll stick to execution, there's nothing like a gnasher showdown on these game types.
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11-01-2011, 06:29 PM #37Skaarj
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i'm liking it so far. it reminds me of GOW 1.
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11-01-2011, 06:29 PM #38Skaarj
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Only playlist for me now. Hell yeah. Can still live without that trashy ass SoS. Was noobs reason to ever put such a weapon in gear. Mind a well say there was something wrong with the Gnasher. Which we all know is a perfect CCQ weapon. Best ever.
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I say to make it interesting.. make that retro how it was in the beta, and make that Sawed-off a true power weapon. Then we really talkin (new power weapons anyone? jajaja don't eat me out alive.. it was just an idea.. I am sure it won't happen jajaja)
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EPIC for the love of God, never get rid of this. PLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAASSEEEE
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