About Rank Resets

[Terra D Serph]

Dear Community,

Alright, I believe I've completely figured out how someone will corrupt their player data. Actually having it done to me has made me realize that I shouldn't have been doing what I was doing at the time.

Most of it is due to impatience. A lot of times when the match ends, I sometimes forget to leave before the next match starts loading, so I'm stuck in the waiting screen. I figured out if you decide to turn off your console before the next match starts loading, you could corrupt your data.

Also, this should be obvious, but any time that the game is saving, and you turn it off before the save is complete, the data may become corrupted.

You know, when you all played your PlayStation, and the game always said "Saving, Do not touch the Power button or remove the Memory card." Yeah, there was a reason for that.

So, Let's go over what we've learned today:

• Do not turn off your console while a match is loading
• Do not turn off your console before your progress is saved
• Do not touch your memory card(your hard drive is just a giant memory card that can hold more than just save data). It's better if you just don't touch it at all.

Hope this clears things up, if they haven't been cleared up already. So yes, stop complaining that it's Epic's fault and try to remember what you were doing before your data became corrupted. This has been a part of gaming since the dawn of memory cards, and it's only now that they don't put the warning in the largest font possible that people start blaming the company for their corrupted data(go figure).

And don't forget to back up your data on a flash drive or cloud drive every now and then.

Love,
Nefiiria

[OkingReaperOA1]

Yeah finally every one complains that is epics fault but it isint is there fault they even told us to back up our data but do people listen noo!! If we mess up somthing is our fault not there's

[Venom714]

Yeah finally every one complains that is epics fault but it isint is there fault they even told us to back up our data but do people listen noo!! If we mess up somthing is our fault not there's

I honesty don't think I should have to back up anything. BUT! It is a problem I've learned to accept (not willingly) its been going on since g2. The OP has great points to avoid common mistakes that may cause it. Thanks for the clarity.

[Terra D Serph]

I honesty don't think I should have to back up anything. BUT! It is a problem I've learned to accept (not willingly) its been going on since g2. The OP has great points to avoid common mistakes that may cause it. Thanks for the clarity.

Yeah, technically you shouldn't have to back up anything. However, most people choose to not follow what is considered common sense to people(like me) who grew up as gamers, and instead do things like go to the dashboard or turn off their console when data is saving, or they decide to rattle their box, which can mess with the hard drive and potentially unplug it.

Basically the people who are constantly complaining about how Epic "messed up their data" are either ignorant of the truth, or they know the truth and they're trying to put the blame on the developers, who not only aren't responsible for the loss, but have backups for it if you're intelligent enough to realize what's going on when it does happen. The servers they provide save your data on their side, but the priority goes to your hard drive when they load it.

The cloud storage/usb backup just allows you to be a bit less strict with your impatience.

[PugdogsDaddy]

I remember exactly what I was doing,horde wave 27 on normal dificulty public match.Nobody messed up my data,was fine up until the game froze and reset my account.Sorry I was just playing the game when it happened.I'll try to stop playing next time......thanks for clearing this up for me though,apreciate it.

[SaintPocc]

Dear Community,

Alright, I believe I've completely figured out how someone will corrupt their player data. Actually having it done to me has made me realize that I shouldn't have been doing what I was doing at the time.

Most of it is due to impatience. A lot of times when the match ends, I sometimes forget to leave before the next match starts loading, so I'm stuck in the waiting screen. I figured out if you decide to turn off your console before the next match starts loading, you could corrupt your data.

Also, this should be obvious, but any time that the game is saving, and you turn it off before the save is complete, the data may become corrupted.

You know, when you all played your PlayStation, and the game always said "Saving, Do not touch the Power button or remove the Memory card." Yeah, there was a reason for that.

So, Let's go over what we've learned today:

• Do not turn off your console while a match is loading
• Do not turn off your console before your progress is saved
• Do not touch your memory card(your hard drive is just a giant memory card that can hold more than just save data). It's better if you just don't touch it at all.

Hope this clears things up, if they haven't been cleared up already. So yes, stop complaining that it's Epic's fault and try to remember what you were doing before your data became corrupted. This has been a part of gaming since the dawn of memory cards, and it's only now that they don't put the warning in the largest font possible that people start blaming the company for their corrupted data(go figure).

And don't forget to back up your data on a flash drive or cloud drive every now and then.

Love,
Nefiiria

Some of your causes cause rank reset but I was reset just because it happened.

I never turn off my console when everything is saving or loading, for me it just happened from the nowhere, but still good points in your thread.

[Savvy Noob]

^nice

what u dont realize is people aren't doing anything wrong and still getting reset, like my friend who after playing went to menu, then to dashboard then turned his xbox on the next day and he was reset (hows that his fault and not epics)

[:-D]

I turned my console off last night before my progress was saved and I didn't get reset. Definitely dodged a bullet on that one.

[DenyThisFlesh]

I remember exactly what I was doing,horde wave 27 on normal dificulty public match.Nobody messed up my data,was fine up until the game froze and reset my account.Sorry I was just playing the game when it happened.I'll try to stop playing next time......thanks for clearing this up for me though,apreciate it.

The OP didn't say that all instances of resets are due to user error, but many are and can be easily avoided. Your situation was unfortunate, but it's still possible to save your data if that happens.

[NFI]

I honesty don't think I should have to back up anything. BUT! It is a problem I've learned to accept (not willingly) its been going on since g2. The OP has great points to avoid common mistakes that may cause it. Thanks for the clarity.

Data can get corrupted at any point in time for any number of reasons, it's not EPICs fault, or any other game developer. It happens in other games. It's been going on since well before Gears. It's not exclusive to this game. It was rampant in Black Ops, for example.

[Eridanis Nadir]

Yeah finally every one complains that is epics fault but it isint is there fault they even told us to back up our data but do people listen noo!! If we mess up somthing is our fault not there's

Not everyone check Twitter, Fb or the Forums of Epic Games, this people just bought the game and starting to play, they don't know about those issues. But as the OP says, those people obviously has played some game before that says 'Saving, don't push the Power Button or disconnect the memory', maybe most of the Rank Reset it's just cause of a Console freeze, that was my case of rank reset.

[Ms Kazehana]

Cher put it pretty plainly. Can't find the quote, but she said to never trust imaginary storage devices. Always keep your own personal data back-up. Yeah, yeah, we shouldn't have to back up our data, but it's better to be safe than sorry.

[PugdogsDaddy]

http://youtu.be/UpmxsHchpB8 I found this vid extremely helpful,all have a good day and happy hording !

[DaRkNeSs]

This is one of the causes of rank resets (corrupting your save) but sometimes when the game freezes it's out of the players control. Gears 2 has even reset me when I wasn't even playing (left it at rank 69 when Gears 3 came out [lol] then I played it again a few months ago and I'm rank 1 )

[Venom714]

Data can get corrupted at any point in time for any number of reasons, it's not EPICs fault, or any other game developer. It happens in other games. It's been going on since well before Gears. It's not exclusive to this game. It was rampant in Black Ops, for example.

Really? In black ops? Ive never seen that before and I played alot of black ops. I'm not doubting what your saying I'm just trying to say we really shouldn't have to make a back up anything. Gears is the only games where Ive had rank resets or anything of that nature in any game I've played. Again I'm speaking from personal experience and I know we as gamers are different. Potental rank resets, backing up data, or lost progress I don't care I love gears and will continue to play regardless of issues, I just gotta be careful.

[tyrvas]

Really? In black ops? Ive never seen that before and I played alot of black ops. I'm not doubting what your saying I'm just trying to say we really shouldn't have to make a back up anything. Gears is the only games where Ive had rank resets or anything of that nature in any game I've played. Again I'm speaking from personal experience and I know we as gamers are different. Potental rank resets, backing up data, or lost progress I don't care I love gears and will continue to play regardless of issues, I just gotta be careful.

True... for example CoD BOps Rank Resets.
CoD WaW suffered the same illness.
Campaign resets are also known happening in all CoD series.

[kenrichaed]

Yeah finally every one complains that is epics fault but it isint is there fault they even told us to back up our data but do people listen noo!! If we mess up somthing is our fault not there's

Of course its their fault. I don't recall any other games that rely so heavily on stats and achievements that has this problem. How many people get reset in COD?

Epic screwed the pooch by not testing this or addressing it in a patch. If its unfixable its their fault for not designing a better game that doesn't have this problem.

Its like buying a car that blows up if you go over 50 mph. Your saying its a known problem and the persons fault if they blow up because they knew not to go over 50 or else. Its actually the designers of the car who are at fault .

[Coleyman]

Just remember to make and keep updating your back-up saves, people. And regularly bump the Reset and Back-up thread, too.

[Gnashes]

Of course its their fault. I don't recall any other games that rely so heavily on stats and achievements that has this problem. How many people get reset in COD?

Epic screwed the pooch by not testing this or addressing it in a patch. If its unfixable its their fault for not designing a better game that doesn't have this problem.

Its like buying a car that blows up if you go over 50 mph. Your saying its a known problem and the persons fault if they blow up because they knew not to go over 50 or else. Its actually the designers of the car who are at fault .

So it's Epic's fault that your console, that you own, gets corrupted data?

Next it's going to be your doctors fault that you caught a deadly virus from aliens.

[NFI]

Really? In black ops? Ive never seen that before and I played alot of black ops. I'm not doubting what your saying I'm just trying to say we really shouldn't have to make a back up anything. Gears is the only games where Ive had rank resets or anything of that nature in any game I've played. Again I'm speaking from personal experience and I know we as gamers are different. Potental rank resets, backing up data, or lost progress I don't care I love gears and will continue to play regardless of issues, I just gotta be careful.

There was a huge blow up about it. It's been in every COD game, Reach, among recent examples. Images of mw3 corrupted data messages are all over the net. Read this..


http://www.callofdutymappacks.com/ne...r-rolled-back/

[Coleyman]

Yeah finally every one complains that is epics fault but it isint is there fault they even told us to back up our data but do people listen noo!! If we mess up somthing is our fault not there's

Epic do not endorse backing up your data.

So it's Epic's fault that your console, that you own, gets corrupted data?

Next it's going to be your doctors fault that you caught a deadly virus from aliens.

Not sure if serious.

Epic made Gears of War 3. Hence, the glitches and problems in it are their fault. You cannot possibly blame users for a problem that Epic have caused.

[Gnashes]

Epic do not endorse backing up your data.



Not sure if serious.

Epic made Gears of War 3. Hence, the glitches and problems in it are their fault. You cannot possibly blame users for a problem that Epic have caused.

I also can't blame Epic for a computer doing what computers have done since they were invented.

Everyone makes a backup to protect sensitive data. Because data is easily corrupted, and all an Xbox console really is is just a computer.

Data corruption... not Epic's fault.

[TH3 ZomBifiieD]

Resets can happen at any time for no particular reason. So they are most certainly Epic's fault for not making public knowledge. You can even wait to dashboard after every single session you play, to turn off your xbox. But their is always still a chance of being reset. You could never freeze once, or never leave matches or turn off your xbox while it's saving and still be rank reset! The problem is not preventable, and can only be rectified by having a backup to your profile.

No one that plays gears 3 is safe for any reason. Best "you all" understand that now. It seems not everyone was/is crystal clear on that fact?

(Taken from my post in a previous discussion on Rank Resets in the issues Forum)

To Add On: Rank Resets are far far more prevalent in Gears Of War, then any other game on the market. So even if it does rarely happen on other games like COD/HALO, It's high prevalence in gears should have Epic making a formal anouncement about how and why players should make a backup on the Gears 3 Buletin Board in the GOW 3 menu.

Many people are still blind to the problem in the first place, and we all know why Epic doesn't want to make any Official announcement on the issue...

[Gnashes]

Resets can happen at any time for no particular reason. So they are most certainly Epic's fault for not making public knowledge. You can even wait to dashboard after every single session you play, to turn off your xbox. But their is always still a chance of being reset. You could never freeze once, or never leave matches or turn off your xbox while it's saving and still be rank reset! The problem is not preventable, and can only be rectified by having a backup to your profile.

No one that plays gears 3 is safe for any reason. Best "you all" understand that now. It seems not everyone was/is crystal clear on that fact?

(Taken from my post in a previous discussion on Rank Resets in the issues Forum)

To Add On: Rank Resets are far far more prevalent in Gears Of War, then any other game on the market. So even if it does rarely happen on other games like COD/HALO, It's high prevalence in gears should have Epic making a formal anouncement about how and why players should make a backup on the Gears 3 Buletin Board in the GOW 3 menu.

Many people are still blind to the problem in the first place, and we all know why Epic doesn't want to make any Official announcement on the issue...

Epic doesn't endorse the backup method because one of the steps listed in the thread have the potential to cause greater harm to your profile.

[Coleyman]

I also can't blame Epic for a computer doing what computers have done since they were invented.

Everyone makes a backup to protect sensitive data. Because data is easily corrupted, and all an Xbox console really is is just a computer.

Data corruption... not Epic's fault.

Not sure if trolling...

...or genuinely believes that a problem that Epic caused isn't their fault.


Epic have had years to test and ensure that the new ranking system worked without problems. Yet they still failed; problems still persist as a result of Epic not being careful enough in testing the ranking system. I literally cannot believe that you would blindly follow Epic's 'perfection' to the point where you can straight-up state that a problem that Epic has caused is not their fault.

[TAO Devil]

Epic do not endorse backing up your data.Not sure if serious.Epic made Gears of War 3. Hence, the glitches and problems in it are their fault. You cannot possibly blame users for a problem that Epic have caused.

Epic endorses backing up data. They dont endorse Theivus' version.Seriously Coley? You can't blame a software developer for a hardware malfunction.Everything relies on computers. Thats like saying it's a car dealers fault for a manufacturers error.

[DaRkNeSs]

Epic doesn't endorse the backup method because one of the steps listed in the thread have the potential to cause greater harm to your profile.

And to be fair your version is a lot easier

[Gnashes]

Not sure if trolling...

...or genuinely believes that a problem that Epic caused isn't their fault.


Epic have had years to test and ensure that the new ranking system worked without problems. Yet they still failed; problems still persist as a result of Epic not being careful enough in testing the ranking system. I literally cannot believe that you would blindly follow Epic's 'perfection' to the point where you can straight-up state that a problem that Epic has caused is not their fault.

Rank resets are a hardware problem, not a software problem. The data is being corrupted on your HARD DRIVE, not in the game itself.

I'm going to leave before this turns into an argument, believe what you will.

[ll ALEX76 ll]

It never happened to me but alot of my friends get reseted for no reason just playing game.
Saying it's not Epic's fault when it's Epic game is plain retarded.

[TH3 ZomBifiieD]

Rank resets are a hardware problem, not a software problem. The data is being corrupted on your HARD DRIVE, not in the game itself.

I'm going to leave before this turns into an argument, believe what you will.

Please get your head out of Epics *** and answer this one thing then, since you seem to think you know the answers...

Why are Rank Reset's more than 10x more Common in Gears Of War, then any other game? I would wager it is more likely to be beyond 50x but i can't be 100% sure of that.

I speculate it is likely a core problem somewhere in the coding, that even the Epic staff can't pinpoint without shattering the system itself.

[GearsIsAwesome]

Or going to dashboard when its loading

I got a Dirty disc warning right when it was loading to a

Nvm

[TAO Devil]

Please get your head out of Epics *** and answer this one thing then, since you seem to think you know the answers...

Why are Rank Reset's more than 10x more Common in Gears Of War, then any other game? I would wager it is more likely to be beyond 50x but i can't be 100% sure of that.

I speculate it is likely a core problem somewhere in the coding, that even the Epic staff can't pinpoint without shattering the system itself.

Its more common only because its harder to track down than other games.

ALL games suffer it. Games will always suffer from it.

[Storm Center]

it's funny, when you get a corrupted save on pokemon, the game will send you back to your last save instead of obliterating everything you've done. but when you get a corrupted save on gears....

also to op saying it's not epic's fault- how come they won't sticky the thread showing how to make a back up? they sticked the thread that said it wasn't safe to go online but they won't sticky the rank reset thread? wtf is this?

[NFI]

Please get your head out of Epics *** and answer this one thing then, since you seem to think you know the answers...

Why are Rank Reset's more than 10x more Common in Gears Of War, then any other game? I would wager it is more likely to be beyond 50x but i can't be 100% sure of that.

I speculate it is likely a core problem somewhere in the coding, that even the Epic staff can't pinpoint without shattering the system itself.

First off the insults are unnecessary. Second, all of these "figures" are speculation you aren't sure of Any of your numbers. You see It in gears because you play gears more, it's all over the COD community as well.

[TAO Devil]

it's funny, when you get a corrupted save on pokemon, the game will send you back to your last save instead of obliterating everything you've done. but when you get a corrupted save on gears....

Did you ever even PLAY Pokemon? You lose everything. Ive lost far too many level 100 Charizards.

[Veteran Gear]

Please get your head out of Epics *** and answer this one thing then, since you seem to think you know the answers...

Why are Rank Reset's more than 10x more Common in Gears Of War, then any other game? I would wager it is more likely to be beyond 50x but i can't be 100% sure of that.

I speculate it is likely a core problem somewhere in the coding, that even the Epic staff can't pinpoint without shattering the system itself.

You play a lot of Gears of War 3, game freezes, you might get reset.
You play a lot of other game, game freezes, your data might get corrupted.

Fable, Batman, Elder Scrolls, etc. suffers from this same corrupted data/save file. It's not only Gears.

My entire account got messed up in Fable 3, had to make 3 accounts and find every chest and do every Demon Door to get the same weapons, which I had on that account.

Some people gets their data messed up in Batman, leaving them to make a New Game. There goes their all Challenges, Riddles etc. they have worked hard on. (Challenges ARE hard, if you are not too familiar with the game)

[NFI]

Epic made Gears of War 3. Hence, the glitches and problems in it are their fault. You cannot possibly blame users for a problem that Epic have caused.

No. They aren't responsible for Xbox hardware freezes or data becoming corrupt. That can't be prevented.

[Veteran Gear]

it's funny, when you get a corrupted save on pokemon, the game will send you back to your last save instead of obliterating everything you've done. but when you get a corrupted save on gears....

also to op saying it's not epic's fault- how come they won't sticky the thread showing how to make a back up?

It's not 100% confirmed, that it helps. It might hurt your data, rather than help it. (Might get corrupted, rather than making a back up)

[NFI]

Not sure if trolling...

...or genuinely believes that a problem that Epic caused isn't their fault.


Epic have had years to test and ensure that the new ranking system worked without problems. Yet they still failed; problems still persist as a result of Epic not being careful enough in testing the ranking system. I literally cannot believe that you would blindly follow Epic's 'perfection' to the point where you can straight-up state that a problem that Epic has caused is not their fault.

You are right about trolling, here. How can epic ensure the Xbox never freezes or corrupts data? How can they ensure p,ayers don't randomly turn off their console mid save? If its epics fault why does this happen in so many other games. Surely you know more than all the other developers whose games suffer the same fate, right?

This isn't as easy as you imply. It's why it happens in many games. It's not one thing but a series of events.

[Storm Center]

Did you ever even PLAY Pokemon? You lose everything. Ive lost far too many level 100 Charizards.

batteries died trying to save after beating the elite 4, i saw the corrupted save message and got send back to the champion.