The Big "Little Things" Thread.

[Brocust Drone]

Hello there all. I have decided to make a thread on some things/features within the game that many people, or just a few, have missed. If you have any suggestions, feel free to send a VM/PM.

Also, I should've given the bots their own damn category.

Campaign/Arcade (Inc. RAAM's Shadow)

1. On Adam Fenix's desk in Campaign, there is a photo of Cliff Bleszinski's dog Teddy.

2. In Campaign, trading an empty gun with a bot will prompt them to reload it, giving you a full clip if you trade it back again.

3. Palace Guards in Boomshot Turrets, and the second Reaver Rider, are called "Player" and will show up as a red "Player" in the killfeed if they manage to kill you.

4. If you earn a medal in Campaign, you must first complete the current Act in order to gain the xp from the medal.

5. If you earn a medal in Arcade, you need only complete the current Chapter in order to gain the xp from the medal.

6. The Cluckshot can be found on the first level of Campaign/Arcade, but is obtained under special circumstances. (Act 1, Chapter 1)

7. While playing as Cole in campaign (Act 2, Chapter 1), there are hats he can wear, either forwards or backwards. Only Cole can wear them, and you get to keep it until you reach the zipline sequence.

8. After pressing the "Cole Train Runs On Whole Grain" cardboard prop in Campaign 10 times, you will get Cole's "enlightened" speech from Gears 2.

9. During RAAM's Shadow (as RAAM), a mantle kick kills an enemy behind cover instantly.

10. You can fall into emergence holes in RAAM's Shadow.

11. In the Gears 3 Strategy Guide, Lambent Drones are referred to as Dark Drones.

12. One of the devs, Chris Perna, is referenced in a littered newspaper.

13. You can get the "Unarmed and Dangerous" achievement if you use the melee option with the regular Silverback (stomping).

14. In RAAM's Shadow, during certain sequences in between battles, Nemacyst can be seen flying above the city, and can be shot and killed. In Arcade, this will get you extra points.

15. RAAM is the only Locust Elite squad member who can't utilize the Comet mutator.

16. With Comet, Mauler Elites have no "cooldown time" in between roadie runs like regular characters (this include Theron Elite).

17. In RAAM's Shadow, during the cutscene/battle with the Berserker in the gym, the Berserker is impervious to all damage. Even Insta-gib Melee, Comet (or if playing Standard Campaign, bringing a Scorcher/Incendiaries), and Super Reload have no effect.

18. With Friendly Fire, RAAM and Theron Elite get attacked and killed by the Elite's Kryll Grenades.

19. In RAAM's Shadow, with Friendly Fire (especially evident with Big Explosions on), players can actually kill one another with the Hammer of Dawn Mobile Command Center if they wander too close.

20. In Campaign, you can keep your weapons from the previous Chapter/Act. In Arcade, you will lose them.

21. When you meet your first Former, she is a normal Hooded Stranded until she turns around.

22. In RAAM's Shadow with Big Head on, when he cuts a COG Gear's head off, it returns to normal size.

23. The Tremor in RAAM's Shadow has infinite health (this is evident with Friendly Fire on).

RAAM doesn't have a minimum distance before his blade charge becomes lethal.

Versus

1. You can knock off the helmets of certain characters (A+B Carmine and the COG Gears) in Versus with the Digger/Hammerburst execution (gore off).

2. In 20 minute matches of KOTH/CTL where no score is made by either side (or is tied), Locust win by default.

3. In events where the player wears a hat, RAAM usually doesn't have one, but Big Rig Dizzy wears the Event Hat on top of his trucker cap.

4. The Aftermath easter egg shortcut bug can be activated in Versus, but the Hammers can only be dropped in Private.

5. The Zeta gametype does not include weapon skins because technically, you are not using the same Lancer/HB/Gnasher/Retro/SOS, only cosmetically. (Without active damage and such, they are essentially a different weapon.)

6. Bots don't roadie-run the same way a human player does. They can divert themselves to a new direction (a 90 degree turn for example), or do a sort of slide. This is why they can make sharp turns with ease.

7. Bots can turn normally during a Retro charge (like how a human player turns).

8. In CTL, whoever is holding the enemy leader can revive nearby teammates without dropping the leader.

9. Guardian has permanent 2x xp.

10 You cannot get the "Last Man Out" or "Clutch" ribbons in Guardian. This is because it is a modified version of CTL, a gametype in which it is impossible to get these ribbons.

11. In Quick Match, you may unintentionally start out as Marcus/Drone. This is because there is not your preferred char. is not loaded into the match. You can be your preferred char. if he/she is being used by a bot or human.

12. If you trade the same weapon with a bot (e.g. trade Lancer for Lancer) you'll get the bot's ammo and he'll get an empty gun.

13. Bots aren't forced to release the Torque Bow when roadie running, rolling, mantling etc.

14. A Casual bot's weapon will often droop down, and they will pull them back up.

15. A Theron Guard/Savage Theron's helmet can be shot off, but not the Theron Elite. (The Elite's helmet can COME off, but it cannot be shot off, under any circumstances)

16. Bots can cut an execution short.

17. Bots can cancel a Chainsaw duel.

18. In the pre-game lobby, the Lancer's chainsaw only goes halfway up the barrel for the FoN weapon skins.

19. Casual bots will jam their guns when you hit full red. This is to give you a chance to fight back.

20. The only CTL medal unobtainable in Guardian is named Guardian.

21. In Guardian, bots will always meatshield the Leader, and will never execute as normal. Again, this is because it is a modified version of CTL.

22. As the Leader in CTL, you can detonate grenades while you're DBNO without killing yourself. Useful for keeping yourself from being captured.

23. The Cole Train Rap activates on Thrashball after 100 kills.

24. You can get a trick shot if you headshot a meatshield, even on CTL.

25. You can get a trick shot if you headshot an enemy and it kills one of your own team and vice versa. (Friendly Fire must be on)

26. On Trenches you can fire the Digger Launcher through the ceiling to where Mulcher/Oneshot spawns.

27. You can get the 'Trickshot' ribbon even if your targets still have spawn protection. (No kill, just the medal)

28. Thrashball scoreboard displays kill totals, not only in TDM but at least KOTH as well.

29. Bloodrive occasionally spawns both teams in the same place.

30. When it goes to the leaderboard after every round (or end of match) all planted 'nades turn hostile.

31. You can't get a trick shot ribbon if you kill the second guy from the explosion of the torque (not sticking them).

32. The leader Icon re-appears for a brief moment when bag-and-tagging the leader.

33. When meatshielding the leader, they don't take the hits for you, instead you take slightly less damage than normal.

34. In Guardian (as the leader), if you meatshield the opposite leader you will get the half-blue half-red star over your head.

35. When Executing, you don't get the first blood/F.I.F.O ribbon until the execution is finished, during the time frame of the execution, the first Blood/F.I.F.O ribbons can be "Stolen" by other players.

36. Normally in Stay Frosty you can't down enemies, but you can by meleeing them down (with either your snub or hammerburst).

37. Bots will on occasion pull the fire alarm on Checkout, or even play the piano on Depths.

Horde

1. You can repair things while running/Retro charging in Horde.

2. In Horde on Bulletmarsh, you cannot be hurt/killed in the Kryll cloud if you are in a Silverback.

3. You can keep your Silverback protected if you place it behind a shield (Locust will not shoot, but will go close-quarters).

4. After calling in Sniper attacks, you can see the Onyx Guards in places above certain maps.

5. Command Center attacks on Old Town/Cove will target chickens as a priority.

6. Savage Grenadiers are not in Horde.

7. In Horde, if you kill a Boomer/Theron/Digger/Gunker etc. before their projectile hits you, you will be unharmed.

8. If you active before using a Command Center, it will do more damage.

9. Bag n' tag kills count as executions toward the challenge in Horde.

10. On Depths, when you use the Command Center, it summons Jack with a miniature Lightmass Bomb/Sonic Resonator.

11. When you roll away from a fortification in Horde, the prompt stays up to repair or upgrade.

12. The Onyx Guard Decoy does not have a rifle, only a Gnasher.

13. On rare occasions, you will get a friendly Polyp in Horde.

14. The Sniper Attack Command Center does not work sometimes; seems random.

15. On certain maps, the Sniper/Mortar/HoD Command Centers are swapped out for something else (e.g. Jack, Lasers etc.).

15. In the "RAAM's Gift" easter egg for Bullet Marsh, you can have infinite ammo for the Vulcan if you start it up right. (Keep hitting RT, it is fairly difficult to do. You must continue to fire it in bursts.)

16. Drone/Grenadier variants can jump over certain things in Horde (like the fence in front of the top spawn on Old Town, leading to the middle).

17. Wild Tickers, spawned from reward crates, will often drop small ammo packs.

18 You can save multiple Mulchers/Mortars etc. by holding X at the very end of a round, and having the circle almost filled when the round ends.

19. Wild Tickers from crates are considered enemies by the game, but they don't attack you or your fortifications.

20. Drudges targeting a Decoy from melee range will just stand there looking at it, because they have no way to melee. They can vomit, however they don't use that on the decoys.

21. At launch, if you jumped out of a Silverback and landed on Caltrops, your character would move in slow-mo until you died.

22. Tickers are the only Locust that are relentless for players that are DBNO in Horde. Every other Locust will ignore you for a while when downed, however Tickers will still explode and Wild Tickers will just nom your head off.

23. Placing a shield in front of a Decoy can make it last significantly longer. Most incoming fire will impact the shield rather than the Decoy itself. If enemies get too close, they'll still kick the shield down, leaving it vulnerable again.

24. The Silverback rockets from the HCP used to shoot rockets from the camera, causing many rockets to explode behind the Silverback instead of your intended target.

25. Using Tac/Com when a sentry is active will allow you to see any enemies the turret can, even through walls.

26. In Horde, when Tai builds spikes he may say "spikes are down" and when they're destroyed he says "spikes repaired".

27. In Horde, the Polyps created from a mutated Drudge give much less points than a normal Polyp.

28. You can mantle-kick a Kantus in Horde.

29. The "Stock-Piled" achievement only counts retail fortification levels, not Horde Command Pack levels.

30. When Onyx Guard decoys roadie run, they don't engulf in a ball of flames when Comet is on.

31. The Savage Theron in Horde can't be stunned by melee attacks or getting shot multiple times.

32. On Checkout, if you call in a Mortar Strike you get Onyx Guard with Boomshots. If you look up and out of the sky light in the center you can see them on the edge firing in.

33. It's possible to "trade" kills in Horde.

34. Activating the "RAAM's Gift" easter egg while someone is in an upgraded Silverback will revert it to an un-upgraded version. You'll lose your rockets, and you can't re-upgrade it.

Characters & Enemies

1. Kim, Baird, A. Carmine, and Classic COG Gear are all the same model, but with a different head.

2. Baird never has unique armor (Mech Baird is unarmored), his Classic variant is Kim with a different head, and his Gears 3 variant shares his model with the COG Gear (Gears 3).

3. Classic characters don't move their mouths.

4. The Beast Rider appears different in certain situations. In Gears 2 Versus mode the Beast Rider was a Grenadier with a helmet, In Gears 2/3 Horde/Campaign the Beast Rider is a Grenadier Elite with a helmet, In Gears 3 Versus the Beast Rider is a Drone with a helmet, and in Beast Mode the Beast Rider is a Savage Grenadier with a helmet.

5. The Savage Hunter uses the same base as the Savage Drone.

6. You can down Lambent Drones with a Smoke Grenade, and proceed to do any sort of execution on them (yet to be confirmed for Campaign).

7. Augustus Cole, Clayton Carmine and Recruit Clayton and the females have smaller weapons when they have them on their backs.

8. You cannot insta-gib melee a Lambent Berserker.

9. Savage Drone has a model glitch where he holds weapons up higher than other characters and his finger is not on the trigger.

10. Savage Drone has 3 helmet variants, randomly cycled between respawns. In Beast, he only spawns with one.

11. The guns of bare-backed Locust (Grenadier/Hunter Elite/Savage Grenadier etc.) float in mid-air.

12. In Campaign/Horde, if you down a Locust with a Wild Ticker nearby, the Wild Ticker will execute the downed Locust.

13. If you are killed by a Reaver Rocket, it will tell you that you were killed by a Boomshot.

14. You can get "The Super" ribbon on Drudges.

15. Savage Hunter and Savage Marauder are both Drone-class Locusts. Look at their skin color/texture, it is the same as a Drone. non-Savage Hunters are Grenadier-class.

16. Hoffman and Adam Fenix use a different set of movement animations than other characters.

17. If you are too close to a Drudge when it mutates it's arms, it will pick you up and literally rip you in half.

18. When Wild Tickers Eat a Smoke Grenade, they have the light on top of them signaling they are friendly even though they are not.

19. When a character dies, the lights on their armour go out. (Excludes Classic Baird and Mechanic Baird)

20. Characters that can have their helmets/hats knocked off in some way: All Drone variants (excluding Drone), All Theron variants, both COG Gears, all Carmines, Dizzy, Hoffman, and Superstar Cole.

21. Brumaks are very dangerous without their machine guns, as they will constantly fire their homing rockets.

22. In the beta, Anya swore a lot more.

23. The Savage Corpser can be chainsawed when stunned.

24. The Drudge gets an extreme damage resistance while mutating.

25. Drudges can curb stomp you.

26. Drudges can do the suicide run without exploding.

27. Drudges were originally Drones.

28. Cyclops has a bio.

29. Skorge has a bio.

30. If a teammate chainsaws a Drudge, and you chainsaw the Drudge as he is being kicked away, the Drudge will not mutate and will be glitched out, not shooting or reacting to anything anymore.

31. Savage Grenadier has Grenadier dialogue in Multiplayer. In Beast, he has Savage Dialogue.

32. The Carmines have an "unrendered" Kim face underneath their helmets. COG Gears seem to have a face reminiscent of Dom.

33. In the selection screen, the 'Theron GUARD', is actually a Sentinel. Bots are called 'Theron Sentinel' oddly enough.

34. On the character selection screen, every COG character has a blue light source on the left. The Locust have an orange light.

35. Unarmored Marcus has his Bandana/Doo Rag in Campaign but in Versus it is removed.

36. Armored Kantus can get headshotted.

37. Kantus and Armored Kantus can take cover on occasion.

38. Drudges can be Mantle kicked.

39. Drudges can do the Hammerburst Execution.

40. The Corpser's underground attack (the one where it sticks one of its claws out and hits you) can pop heads.

41. You can get downed more than 3 times by the Lambent or Normal Berzerker.

42. In the Beta, the Savage Theron had a different helmet.

43. When Spotting a Flamer, most Characters scream out "Drone!" instead of "Grenadier!", the Flame Boomer doesn't have this problem.

44. RAAM is extremely silent when Retro-charging. (Imagine a hissing airbed.)

45. Hoffman is unique in that he is the only character to have dialogue for other people's actions.

46. Mauler Elite can go DBNO while normal Maulers can't.

47. Classic Characters open their mouths when Chainsawing/Getting Chainsawed, but keep it shut during other activities.

48. Normally as a Berserker, you have to wait a moment after you groundslam to do another. When you're on fire, however, you can slam almost instantly after the previous one.

49. When Jace spots a Theron he yells "Gas Barges!", even in Horde.

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[Brocust Drone]

Beast

1. Sometimes in Beast, the Beast Rider (riding the Bloodmount) can be considered a Drone to the game (so the game doesn't Insta-Bleed out any Drones on the Map).

2. In Beast, you can press X as either one of the Tickers or Boomer variants, and they will make various grunts. (Boomer variants can laugh as well)

3. In Beast, you can only insta-gib the Heroes via Retro charge/chainsaw, Frag tags, Boomshot headshots, and direct Digger shots. In any other situation, you must down first.

4. In a Beta Build of Beast Mode, the COG Gears were Gears 3 Style and Classic Tai and B. Carmine were Heroes, also the Grenadier Elite (they just re-skinned him and gave him the Savage Grenadier model, and Savage Drone voice) Grinder, and Reaver's were playable characters.

5. In Beast, only the Hooded Stranded woman, the COG Gears, and the Heroes talk. The rest are completely silent.

6. Originally there were going to be Shriekers in Beast mode but the developers struggled incorporating them into the maps.

7. The Savage Drone can only do the Retro Execution on Heroes, When Executing a Stranded, he does the Face Punch.

8. The Kantus and Armored Kantus can only Curb Stomp, even when the player has the Gorgon Execution.

9. The Stranded dont have gib animations for getting killed with the Digger.

10. COG Gears in Beast have a different voice than there Horde/VS counter parts.

Maps

1. You can grab the Boomshot on Bullet Marsh even when the Kryll are there.

2. Aftermath's memorial section (Boomshot/Digger spawn) has a bunch of Collectibles and COG tags, and Anthony's helmet (has a hole in it, so it suggests that it's Anthony's helmet, because of how he died), it even has Ben's COG tags with his letter.

3. In one of the spawns on Trenches, you can hear flies.

4. The clocks in Clocktower and the clock above the Longshot in Old Town have a 13th hour, as in the world of Sera there are 26 hours in a day.

5. During the beta, the clock on Old Town did not have a 13th hour, and observant fans notified Epic who then added it to the retail version.

6. There was awesome music playing in Checkout during the beta, but in the retail it's quiet.

7. You can jump off the bridge on Bullet Marsh (if positioned right).

8. On Checkout at the tills, if you pay attention to one of the monitors, a short message will come up, saying "Meat 6.99".

9. At the 'Train Spawn' on Raven Down if you look opposite the Frag/Incend spawn and a bit to the left there will be an alleyway (blocked off) and you can see outside the map because the building model isn't big enough to cover the gap.

10. In the Depths easter egg, there is a fish that sings the Prescott Rap from Campaign.

11. The newspapers littering the ground on Hotel have pictures of Anthony on the front page.

12. Shooting the bells on Mercy produces a loud bang. Try this with a Scorcher... and a headset.

13. On Aftermath near the collectibles/helmet etc. you can hear a choir.

14. In Overpass/Blood Drive/Checkout, there are newspapers on the floor with a picture of a G1/2 COG Gear.

15. The Slab's Easter Egg is unfinished, as there is nothing you can do past kicking the ball into the gate hole.

Weapons

1. The Electric skin turns red on the Locust side.

2. You can throw a grenade quicker with more accuracy and a farther trajectory than a hip throw if you press RT right before LT (known as the Quick Throw).

3. You can fake a grenade throw by rolling just after hitting RT (known as the Fake Throw).

4. You can throw a Frag into a room right after a teammate throws a Smoke, and it will detonate quicker (known as the Team Throw).

5. The Fire Extinguisher can be used as a Smoke Grenade (creates a cloud of smoke so your vision is worse) but can only stun in Campaign.

6. In Casual Horde/Beast/Campaign, recoil is taken out.

7. An active Hammerburst will still down a full-health enemy in the same amount of shots as an un-active Hammerburst, despite the damage boost.

8. Boomshots can get headshots.

9. You must lead a Torque Bow shot slightly, as the projectile does not hit the target instantly.

10. If not on host, you can switch your weapon out right before starting an execution (e.g. Torque Bow execution performed with a Boltok).

11. You can execute with the Fire Extinguisher.

12. Evading before an Ink Grenade lands near you will keep you from being stunned.

13. The retail Urban Digital skin was changed from how it was in the Beta. In the Beta it covered the entire weapon and the white was brighter.

14. New skins cannot be created. There can only be re-colours of existing skins.

15. In addition to detonating quicker, throwing a Smoke grenade after a lethal grenade (or a Digger) will give the Smoke thrower the kill(s).

16. The active on the Sawed-Off Shotgun has no effect.

17. You cannot plant more than 2 grenades at once.

18. The Gnasher normal reload animation (not active) will always reload 8 shots even if you only needed 1.

19. If you alternate RT with RB while firing the Mulcher you can essentially fire it without stopping.

20. If you jam your gun, drop it and pick it up, it will be un-reloaded and you can try again.

21. You don't need to rev your chainsaw to defend yourself against another chainsawer, you will automatically start the duel so long as you are facing them.

22. The Retro Lancer has no drop-off damage over long-range.

23. The Hammerburst does less damage in close-range vs. long-range.

24. The Torque Bow, when not fully charged, can act as a sort of bouncy Grenade Launcher. However, this requires extreme precision.

25. Pre-nerf, the Sawed-off Shotgun could shoot someone behind you.

26. Since the Gnasher only carries 39 shots, you will only have 7 shells in your final clip.

27. The Lancer has the lowest damage per bullet of any weapon.

28. The Lancer has the highest active damage boost of any weapon.

29. The One-Shot has an active damage boost.

30. The Incendiaries have been buffed since release.

31. The Retro has been buffed since release.

32. The Scorcher has been buffed since release.

32. The Hammerburst has no headshot multiplier, nor does the Retro.

33. The SOS has the longest reload of any weapon.

34. The Gnasher has a pre-determined spread, resembling a peace sign.

35. You cannot Headshot with the Hammerburst in Versus/Horde, but you can in Campaign/Arcade.

36. With gore off, the Scorcher and Cleaver weapons will do the Gorgon execution, in a slower speed.

37. The Lancer's execution gives out the most exp. for any weapon.

38. Once you are out of ammo for the Mulcher and someone throws a smoke at you at the exact same time, you will drop your primary weapon instead, leaving an empty inventory space. This also happens to the Onyx Guard in Horde if he picks up a Vulcan for you.

39. During the beta (and early retail, at least for Horde) the Sawed Off had wide brackets when hard aimed. In retail it has a small dot.

40. An active reloaded Oneshot can shoot through a Boomshield and kill everything behind it.

41. Getting an AR on the Cluckshot causes the Chicken to be Gold, and has a very wide AOE.

42. Executing with your weapon doesn't count toward its (the weapon's) kills.

43. The Elemental Cleavers all have a ranged attack.

44. If there is an 'X' in your reticule, your bullets will not register with your target.

45. The Gold weapon skins all have different requirements to unlock, but can all be unlocked by getting Gears 2's "Veteran Gear" Achievement.

46. If you reload a Hammerburst from iron sights and have LT held down when the reload finishes, you will automatically return to aiming through iron sights.

47. If you melee someone when they try to shoot you with their SoS, their shot will go to the side and either miss you or do minimal damage to you.

48. The normal Longshot takes 24 bullets, while the modified 4-shot Longshot takes 27.

49. The Fire Extinguisher can stun in Campaign, but not in Horde or Versus.

General/Misc.

1. You can navigate the map if you press "X" before any ranked or horde game starts.

2. As the Locust in a private match, you can turn gore off right before the arm-rip execution starts, and the enemy's arm will still be attached when it's done.

3. There were two versions of the Locust Arm-rip in the beta but only 1 in retail. (the other one was where after you smack the person you hit them again with your back-swing as well)

4. You can reload while roadie running or rolling.

5. While evading, your hitbox does not move until you hit the ground.

6. Tagging a chicken with a grenade can kill somebody.

7. Bringing up the Tac-Com will cancel a Retro charge/chainsaw.

8. Shots on teammates with Friendly Fire do not do full damage.

9. Big Head Mode affects chickens too.

10. Onyx Guards Do Not Talk in Horde (Decoy) or Beast.

11. With Flower Blood, after you execute someone they will disappear.

12. You cannot crouch while aiming on cover as in Gears 2.

13. Gears of War 3 was 1 of the only 2 games to hit 2000 Gamerscore.

14. The Legacy control option requires you to turn during roadie-run with RS.

15. The developers experimented with going prone. It did not fit well.

16. You can take cover on the back of a rooted Silverback.

17. The sensitivity limit was originally 20.

18. Execution bonuses are now permanently 5x.

19. The Rank 400 wings are the same as Rank 100 wings at launch.

20. You can now obtain Seriously 3.0 without being at Rank 1-2-3 or 400.

21. EPIC cannot make Onyx wings.

22. There are various Greek references in the series. Sera = Ares, Gorgon, Vulcan, etc.

23. The Tac-Com, running, rolling, and taking cover will all cause a Torque Bow arrow to fire prematurely.

24. The kicking animation works so that if someone is on a lower level than you, you kick them (like how you kick Polyps, Tickers, DBNO opponents etc.). This also works if you're on a ramp above someone or on a platform in MP where you can actually kick opponents which are standing and not DBNO.

25. The period in which you go from being standing to DBNO you're invincible, as you can tag someone with T-Bow just as they are falling to the ground but not kill them.

26. Sliding into cover and roadie-running whilst in cover both negate the effects of stopping power.

27. Forces of Nature is the final DLC.

28. The "Dust To Dust" Gears Of War 3 trailer re-enacts the major events of the first 2 games, as well as introducing the third one.

29. Classic Marcus and Dom are in the Dust to Dust Trailer.

30. It is possible to have a Cleaver in VS by doing the Elemental Cleaver Easter Egg. (Aftermath only)

31. In Gears 1/2, there were no females, in gears 3/J, there is a female in nearly every squad.

32. There is no normal way of getting Gears Conscript/Locust Grub as your title after setting any medal as your title.

33. If you are executing someone, the game will not count them as dead until you are finished.

34. When you Bag n' Tag someone, they will sometimes make their Retro charge scream.

35. During a flame kill, the victim's body may randomly launch in any given direction.

36. You can crouch while aiming in cover, but only if holding Tac-Com.

37. You can chainsaw someone who is getting executed, and you will net +125 xp.

New

1. The Incendiary buff was never carried over to Campaign.

2. You can reload the 4-shot Longshot before it's empty if you hit RB in the middle of the melee animation.

3. What you hear on your TV may not be what others hear on theirs. (Ex. You hear Prescott doing one of his yells while Retro charging, someone else hears a different yell during the same Retro charge.)

4. The Savage Drone in Beast was originally unable to Swat Turn.

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258 entries. (Yeah I counted them all, want to fight about it?!)

Keep in mind I will be editing/shortening some of the entries. I will add my own as they come to me. If any of these are unclear/wrong, please let me know, and I will do my best to fix them. I will be taking the words of fellow forumers for the entries, and the factoids will stand either until I test them, or until multiple forumers say otherwise. Thanks to those of you who contribute. x10

[ChocolateBacon]

You can grab the Boomshot on Bullet Marsh even when the Kryll are there.

[Kenneth1250]

Would the Marcus/Drone problem be worth mentioning?

[Brocust Drone]

Would the Marcus/Drone problem be worth mentioning?

These are features/secrets, not issues.

Edit: Scratch that, I decided to add it.

[Jim Tuna]

I didn't know any of these things lol. I'm going to keep an eye out for sniping Onyx Guards now.

[HalfShell]

You can shoot people with the boomshot and they will not die.

[iGoDz II DraGon]

Lag affects damage output on the Boomshot.

[Brocust Drone]

You can grab the Boomshot on Bullet Marsh even when the Kryll are there.

But you'll die...

[BC SOUL]

Um... I hope the Electric Skin turns Red on the Locust Side. If you get an ACTIVE RELOAD before calling in a Sniper Attack( Mortar Strike, etc) it Kills more Locust on Horde!

[ChocolateBacon]

But you'll die...

Nope. That's the secret

[Brocust Drone]

Nope. That's the secret

Oh. Well, I'll trust your word on this one. But I will test it later.

[ChocolateBacon]

Oh. Well, I'll trust your word on this one. But I will test it later.

It's kind of hard to do and from my understanding, it can only be done on one side, not both.

[DanTheGamer11]

Err... Err, the skies are pretty in Gears 3??

[Brocust Drone]

You can shoot people with the boomshot and they will not die.

Lag affects damage output on the Boomshot.

You guys are missing the idea of the thread.

[iGoDz II DraGon]

You guys are missing the idea of the thread.

Oh fine.

I'll go back to trolling noobs on RuneScape.

[Masteralex09]

Kim, Baird, Carmine, and Classic Cog Gear are all the same model but with different Head.

Baird never has unique Armor(mech baird is unarmored), his Classic Variant is Kim with a different head, and his Gears 3 variant shares his model with COG Gear(gears 3)

Aftermaths memorial section(Boomshot/Digger Spawn) has a bunch of Collectibles and COG Tags, and Anthony's Helmet(has a hole in it, so it suggests that its Anthony's helmet, because of how he died), it even has Ben's Cog Tags with his letter.

[Brocust Drone]

Kim, Baird, Carmine, and Classic Cog Gear are all the same model but with different Head.

Baird never has unique Armor(mech baird is unarmored), his Classic Variant is Kim with a different head, and his Gears 3 variant shares his model with COG Gear(gears 3)

Aftermaths memorial section(Boomshot/Digger Spawn) has a bunch of Collectibles and COG Tags, and Anthony's Helmet(has a hole in it, so it suggests that its Anthony's helmet, because of how he died), it even has Ben's Cog Tags with his letter.

Now THIS is the sort of stuff I was looking for.

[Jim Tuna]

One of the spawns on Trenches you can hear flies.

[Brocust Drone]

I will be back in a few hours, and will update any new ones that are applicable.

[Venom714]

The sniper command center counts the headshot kills when the headshot challenge is active.

[HalfShell]

The torque bow can stick into enemies and not kill them.

[SaintPocc]

Kim is not entirely the same model as the ones you mentioned, he has 1 extra piece of armor per shoulder.

Classic Characters dont move their mouths.

You can navigate the map if you press "x" before any ranked or horde game starts.

[ChocolateBacon]

The torque bow can stick into enemies and not kill them.

At this point, you're just trolling.

The OP has already said that's not what this thread is about, yet you continue to do it.

[Masteralex09]

The Fire Extinguisher can be used as a Smoke Grenade(Creates a Cloud of Smoke so you vision is worse)

In events where the player wears a hat, RAAM usually doesn't have one, But Big Rig Dizzy(Not Normal Dizzy, Big Rig Dizzy from the HCP) wears the Event Hat on top of his Trucker Cap.

Drones used to talk more in Gears 2 Horde(Saying Moving and stuff like that) but in Gears 3 horde, they are pretty quiet.

Sometimes in Beast, the Beast Rider(Riding the Bloodmount) can be Considered a drone to the game(so the game doesn't Insta-Bleed out any Drones on the Map) even though a Bloodmount cant revive DBNO players.

The Beast Rider appears different in certain Situations, In Gears 2 Versus mode the Beast Rider was a Grenadier with a Helmet, In Gears 2/3 Horde/Campaign the Beast Rider is a Grenadier Elite with a Helmet, In Gears 3 Versus the Beast Rider is a Drone with a Helmet, and In beast Mode the Beast Rider is a Savage Grenadier with a Helmet.

The Savage Hunter uses the same base as the Savage Drone(Look at their models closely, you WILL see similarities.)

Savage Grenadiers are everywhere in Campaign yet they aren't in Horde.

[Lftdaporch]

cool thread, except for the trolls.

[jml313]

Thanks for sharing this, I did not know about that grenade trick. Time to try it out.

[123MAN]

Maybe this is old, but when you double tap RT quickly the SOS shot twice instead of once.

[Hav0k Onslaught]

Neat little factoid: The fallen down clock in clocktower and the clock above the snipe in oldtown have a 13th hour as in the world of Sera there are 26 hours in a day.

During the beta, the clock on oldtown did not have a 13th hour and observant fans notified Epic who then added it to the retail version.

Cool idea for a thread OP. I'm interested in learning more "little things" people know of.

[Brocust Drone]

Updated the OP with a ton of new ones. As per the usual, any help is appreciated.

[DragonzZilla]

*Tips hat*

"Brocust..."

*Continues walking*

[Brocust Drone]

*Tips hat*

"Brocust..."

*Continues walking*

*Tips hat*

"Dragon..."

*Sits back down*

[BlueDodger]

There was awesome music playing in checkout during the beta, but in the retail it's quiet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnyB09Hi-MM <--Turn up to hear checkout music, this was the only one I could find without montage music

There were two versions of the Locust Arm-rip in the beta but only 1 in retail (the other one was where after you smack the person you hit them again with your back-swing as well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5J9O28FjEs

[ChocolateBacon]

The Savage Theron's helmet can be shot off, however, the Theron Elite's cannot.

Found that pretty interesting when I was testing it out.

[SaintPocc]

Another one, Augustus Cole, Clayton Carmine and Recruit Clayton have small weapons when they put them in their backs. (Female sized weapons)

[BlueDodger]

That if Gears 3 had put in the Palace Guard into MP, it would of been the greatest thing since slicing bread with a chainsaw /sarcasm

(It does feel weird since you face about 500 PG's in Campaign but not in Horde or MP (yes I know about the hitbox thing, but I bet more people would play as PG than Myrrah or SK even if he had a bigger hitbox than RAAM

[LOstxINnoCenCE]

You can jump off the bridge on BulletMarsh

[Brocust Drone]

That if Gears 3 had put in the Palace Guard into MP, it would of been the greatest thing since slicing bread with a chainsaw /sarcasm

(It does feel weird since you face about 500 PG's in Campaign but not in Horde or MP (yes I know about the hitbox thing, but I bet more people would play as PG than Myrrah or SK even if he had a bigger hitbox than RAAM

I wish I could put this in just for the lulz, but I don't want to wreck it.

[Rtma]

Hello there all. I have decided to make a thread on those things/features within the game that many people, or just a few, have missed. Any help is appreciated.



-The Electric skin turns red on the Locust side I like team based colours

-You can repair things while running/Retro charging in Horde Helps if you're strapped for time

-You can knock off the helmets of certain characters in Versus with the Digger/Hammerburst execution (Gore off) You can knock off helmets anyways, although difficult in Versus.

-In Horde on Bulletmarsh, you cannot be hurt/killed in the Kryll cloud if you are in a Silverback Never knew that.

-In the case of 20 minute matches of KOTH/CTL, Locust win by default It does? o.-.ô

-You can keep your Silverback protected if you place it behind a shield (Locust will not shoot, but will go close-quarters) Oh really?

-You can throw a grenade quicker with more accuracy if you press RT right before LT That's aiming it right? I found you spin up before you can lob it, otherwise I just throw from the hip.

-After calling in Sniper attacks, you can see the Onyx Guards in certain places above the map If it's a glitch then Never noticed, closed maps like Rust lung then yes I've seen them.

-Command Center attacks on Old Town will target chickens as a priority This, can be quite annoying.

-You can grab the Boomshot on Bullet Marsh even when the Kryll are there Don't think I've tried, tho you have more health on Casual, Normal is default Health and less on higher difficulties.

-Kim, Baird, Carmine, and Classic Cog Gear are all the same model but with different Head I've realized this since Gears 2

-Baird never has unique Armor(Mech Baird is unarmored), his Classic Variant is Kim with a different head, and his Gears 3 variant shares his model with COG Gear(Gears 3) At-least he's different in #3, fleshed out a lil.

-Aftermaths memorial section(Boomshot/Digger Spawn) has a bunch of Collectibles and COG Tags, and Anthony's Helmet(has a hole in it, so it suggests that its Anthony's helmet, because of how he died), it even has Ben's Cog Tags with his letter Huh? Haven't looked into it.

-One of the spawns on Trenches you can hear flies You do see some flies, rotting flesh laying about.

-The sniper command center counts the headshot kills when the headshot challenge is active It helps, what's wrong with it?

-Classic Characters dont move their mouths I've heard about this, it's a shame tho.

-You can navigate the map if you press "x" before any ranked or horde game starts Sometimes you can ghost camera using the Triggers.

-The Fire Extinguisher can be used as a Smoke Grenade (Creates a Cloud of Smoke so your vision is worse) but can only be used to stun in Horde It can stun?

-In events where the player wears a hat, RAAM usually doesn't have one, but Big Rig Dizzy wears the Event Hat on top of his trucker cap Oh really?

-Drones used to talk more in Gears 2 Horde (Saying Moving and stuff like that) but in Gears 3 Horde, they are pretty quiet Memory Issues perhaps?

-Sometimes in Beast, the Beast Rider (riding the Bloodmount) can be considered a Drone to the game (so the game doesn't Insta-Bleed out any Drones on the Map) even though a Bloodmount can't revive DBNO players I've noticed this to, but it affects other Drone players? o.-.o

-The Beast Rider appears different in certain situations. In Gears 2 Versus mode the Beast Rider was a Grenadier with a helmet, In Gears 2/3 Horde/Campaign the Beast Rider is a Grenadier Elite with a helmet, In Gears 3 Versus the Beast Rider is a Drone with a helmet, and in Beast Mode the Beast Rider is a Savage Grenadier with a helmet I've noticed this cosmetic difference also, did he atrophy?

-The Savage Hunter uses the same base as the Savage Drone (Look at their models closely, you WILL see similarities) But you can see underneath his clothing more so, for me I like it.

-Savage Grenadiers are not in Horde This also perplexed me, they were in the stats for some time to, I thought they would be great wielding Sawed-off Shotgun and Incendiary grenades.

-The clocks in Clocktower and the clock above the Longshot in Oldtown have a 13th hour, as in the world of Sera there are 26 hours in a day Fascinating, never noticed.

-During the beta, the clock on Oldtown did not have a 13th hour, and observant fans notified Epic who then added it to the retail version Didn't get to play the Beta, although haven't looked at the clock either. x3

-In Horde, if you kill a Boomer/Theron/Digger/Gunker etc. before their projectile hits you, you will be unharmed Huh, I have noticed some rare discrepancies before, could be that otherwise haven't realized this could happen.

-You can down Lambent Drones with a Smoke Grenade, and proceed to do any sort of execution on them (yet to be confirmed for Campaign) If someone had a smoke then they could try, otherwise you typically have Frags, don't see why it wouldn't work.

-Shots on teammates with Friendly Fire do not do full damage Really?

-As the Locust in a private match, you can turn gore off right before the arm-rip execution starts, and the enemy's arm will still be attached when it's done lolz.

-In Casual Horde/Beast/Campaign, recoil is taken out For default weapons yes, I've noticed this, is that really an issue? the difficulty scales up by also making reloads faster and reload range tighter along with other difficulty changes, I found it quite interesting.

-An active Hammerburst will still down a full-health enemy in the same amount of shots as an un-active Hammerburst, despite the damage boost From what I recollect, it does 5% more dmaage.

-There was awesome music playing in checkout during the beta, but in the retail it's quiet Distractions?

-There were two versions of the Locust Arm-rip in the beta but only 1 in retail (the other one was where after you smack the person you hit them again with your back-swing as well I've seen this from threads and Videos, I'm indifferent about it.

-Boomshots can get headshots Love this addition, wish they had a Ribbon called 'Boom! Headshot!' would be awesome!

-The Aftermath easter egg shortcut bug can be activated in Versus, but the Hammers can only be dropped in private haven't tried the Easter Egg.

-The Theron Guard/Savage Theron's helmet can be shot off, however, the Theron Elite's cannot Really? fascinating.

-Augustus Cole, Clayton Carmine and Recruit Clayton have smaller weapons when they put them in their backs Been mentioned before, some speculate that they were suppose to be bigger then the regular characters but scaled them down to keep balance.

-You can jump off the bridge on Bulletmarsh (if positioned right) I found this out myself and I don't glitch hunt, Hahaha.


Keep in mind I will be editing/shortening some of the entries. Thanks to those of you who contribute. x10

Replied in my colours to your list.

[Brocust Drone]

Replied in my colours to your list.

Regarding knocking off helmets, it refers to the Carmines and the COG Gears.

Edit: From what I've seen in a couple of your comments, it seems you think I'm pointing out issues. "For default weapons yes, I've noticed this, is that really an issue? the difficulty scales up by also making reloads faster and reload range tighter along with other difficulty changes, I found it quite interesting."

I'm only pointing out little things, like hidden features, glitches, etc.