The Active Reload

[tudbud123]

The active reload is BS. Why make something so easy to obtain give you a HUGE advantage in a gun fight?! An active gnasher has like a 300% damage boost with an active and its ridiculous. I think actives need work because at the minute its cheap.

[TheGnasherBeast]

Nah bro actives are fine. You say they are easy to hit but when your in a gunfight hitting the reload (for me at least) is the least important thing running through my mind. Actives are fine, if you hit it you deserve a bonus.

[Sn1p3r 37]

Ditto. I agree. There have been times where I miss that active in a gun fight, and all of a sudden I am running away because of it. If you miss it, well...you took the risk. If you hit it, as Gnasherbeast said..you should deserve the bonus.

[tudbud123]

but preactiving gets on my tits!

[TheGnasherBeast]

but preactiving gets on my tits!

yeah preactiving is a problem, but guess what bro! You can do it too

[Sn1p3r 37]

yeah preactiving is a problem, but guess what bro! You can do it too

LOL! (10 LOLs)

[tudbud123]

it feels like a cheap way to kill some IMO

[TheGnasherBeast]

it feels like a cheap way to kill some IMO

with all the power rifles have???? Your claiming pre-activing is a cheap way?? I never do it but people who do it are sometimes smart because they realise they might need the extra power to win a fight.

[Sn1p3r 37]

I never seem to learn to take out my lancer when I am dealing with someone with that damn retro. So an active reloaded Gnasher may give me just enough to down that person at the same time they down me...and hopefully (god willing) I have a teammate that will revive me and not steal that kill...but if they do...Oh well, I still get points

[HGunSlingerX]

If someone is pre-activing I just wait for them to push me. And when they do they die. They pre-active I camp. Just don't be aggressive on someone who pre-actives.

[STEVE IRBAN 627]

As much it is BS, they're not changing it, so I would get used to it.

[Ashokk]

Everyone can do an active, the mechanic doesnt need work. The power it gives to guns like the ret is a bit much on a gun thats already a nail thrower. It aint an op weapon but it needs a tweak

[tudbud123]

exactly how i feel, with an active the retro downs in you in like 0.000000142 seconds

[123MAN]

Both players get actives, ok. Either use them or don't.

[Fart]

Actives have always been a part of gears, use them or don't. They aren't going away any time soon.

Can't wait to see what people complain about next. "THAT GUY PLAYED GEARS MORE THAN ME SO HE CAN EASILY KILL ME THIS IS BS GIVE HIM A HANDICAP EPIC"

[tudbud123]

ive been playing gow since it first became available, i like the idea of the active reload, i just think its a bit TOO powerful at times..

[DarkNinja]

Well. Pre-actives are very stupid and unfair. But actives been around for Gears for a long time so I think it should stay. If a guy pre-actives,then why don't you pre-active? There is no excuse.

[tudbud123]

i dont think actives are a bad part of the game at all, and i definately dont want them removed. i just think the damage boost they give is a bit stupid, thats all..

[Solid_Gear]

Lol if you get into a massive gun fight and need to reload you are obviously missing alot, so that's to do with skill. Calm players will just move around cover and pre-active because of the ridiculousness damage bonus it gives. Getting one shot downed by someone who just ran around a block of cover and pre-actived, 1 shot downs me with the gnasher and then humps me, is just the most annoying thing.

[joal0503]

actives are definitely one of those mechanics that separate the kids from the big boys. its a tool, and its a signature of the series. love it.

[DangIGotSawedAgain]

I think actives should give maybe half the current power bonus. I've always heard it's 25%, can anyone confirm this? So maybe something like 10-12% would be better.

[GOLEAFSGO]

make the actives last for like 5 seconds after the reload

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[LEGI0N47]

I think actives should give maybe half the current power bonus. I've always heard it's 25%, can anyone confirm this? So maybe something like 10-12% would be better.

It's different on each weapon what the percentage of bonus is. I know the gnasher is 500 base damage and 600 with the active. at least it was at launch according the game guide that you could buy. that's a 20% boost. Other weapons have different values but on many almost 20-25 % seems to be about right when you account rate of fire etc.

[thebeastnamedjoe]

The lancer and gnasher are the easiest active reload and they offer a lot of damage there fine as is

[TheMoshPanda]

When you play Gears longer and get used to weapons, you learn to active while in the middle of a gunfight, or multi-tasking. It's not game changing, but you can use it to your advantage. When enemies pre-active and get an active reload, they're likely to become aggressive, which you can use to your advantage; by ambushing and wallbouncing their asses.

[NP473L]

I'm going to go with yes. I think all pre active bonuses besides Hammy and SO (for starting weapons) need small reductions...but who am I to decide?

[GOLEAFSGO]

Cure for pre activing:

Make the stronger bullets last only for like 2-3 seconds. Then they become normal again.

[KAKARO7 187]

The damage boost they give has always been stupid, there is no logical reason anyone give to say its a needed feature to the game. Having missing ammo in your clips is a very circumstantial situation and doesn't mean you should get a bonus in damage for simply reloading especially with the Lancer and Gnasher since those are the easiest ones. All the actives needed was to be a much faster way to reload, not fast reload AND a nice damage boost.

[gloves78]

I love preactive I don't leave home with out them. Every time I fight I have actives. Its gotten so I feel weak without them.

The way I see it the gnasher can be unreliable at times so with actives when I shoot them they know they have been shot. It stops people spunging so much.

[Vensauce]

The active reload is BS. Why make something so easy to obtain give you a HUGE advantage in a gun fight?! An active gnasher has like a 300% damage boost with an active and its ridiculous. I think actives need work because at the minute its cheap.

The only gun I notice a difference with actives is the lancer. Everything else, for me at least, there's no difference.

[the1nonlyBIMO]

I say YES because IMO I think they should be taken away what gun gives you a boost of power in real life no such thing it should b straight up bullets flying no actives make people stratigize not pres active

[IThePharmacistI]

WHY WHY WHY are you complaining about something that made this franchise???????????? Everything in the game is OP so nothing wrong with the active.

[joal0503]

I say YES because IMO I think they should be taken away what gun gives you a boost of power in real life no such thing it should b straight up bullets flying no actives make people stratigize not pres active

whenever somebody tries to use the whole "well in real life" argument in video games...my palm goes straight to my face.

[Sleestack27]

I say YES because IMO I think they should be taken away what gun gives you a boost of power in real life no such thing it should b straight up bullets flying no actives make people stratigize not pres active

So there are actually grey humanoid monsters living beneath me abd i need to go grab an over powered shot gun to defend myself right now?

[DenyThisFlesh]

whenever somebody tries to use the whole "well in real life" argument in video games...my palm goes straight to my face.

Agreed. Unless the game is striving for realism, this argument is foolish. Gears is not going for realism.

I don't think the active reload boost should be removed, but it could definitely be reduced.

[Cog Soldier 154]

Actives have been in the game since the first gears, so if your really complaining about that in a gears 3, then maybe you shouldn't be playing gears.

[MC Skidmark]

Well. Pre-actives are very stupid and unfair. But actives been around for Gears for a long time so I think it should stay. If a guy pre-actives,then why don't you pre-active? There is no excuse.

Its because usually everyone wants a fair fight, everyone wants balance and for the game to have everyone pretty much on an equal level. Actives unbalance this, especially when someone pre-actives. It was like an unwritten law to not pre-active before a shotty battle but now everyone does it, and its really lame. I think its disgusting how desperate people are, if your not good then you deserve to die because your opponent outplayed you. I don't like the active, its a crutch for bad players, but since Epic already threw in the Retro and Sawed-Off I feel like any complaining or negotiating i try to do is useless.

You didn't really out play your opponent when you pre-active and get an easy 1 shot down or super gib on him.

Welll back to battlefield.

[Riskieren]

If someone is pre-activing I just wait for them to push me. And when they do they die. They pre-active I camp. Just don't be aggressive on someone who pre-actives.

Your internet.

[tudbud123]

ok listen, i AM NOT complaining about the active reload itself, i think its a very good idea. BUT it irritates me how much damage boost it gives