Gnasher Pellets: Does anyone else have this problem?

[Werefett]

First things first, yes, I do miss at times and yes in the heat of the moment I'll think he sponged and get mad. However I'm aware that in my frustration I claim stupid things but after an hour or two OFF this game I'll come to my senses and acknowledge my inperfection that comes with the territory of being a human being.

To business: Has anyone ever notice that the pellets from the gnasher "disappear" sometimes? I was playing after not playing for months because I cant stand inconsistencies and seems like this game just get worse. I was point blanking and seeing like a little smudge of blood appear and thinking wtf....isn't there suppose to be about 8 pellets in a gnasher blast? And then he'll one shot me and die instantly. I can't get gibs anymore, everything takes at least two shots no matter what the range but on average it will take somewhere between 4-6 shots.

Sometimes I'll put 4 shots into someone thinking, "finally you bullet proof moron" and the kill feed will say something ridiculous like 20-40 percent and I'm thinking WHAAAA????

I notice other things too, sometimes the shot doesn't appear at all, the shot will appear behind an intended target or if i miss I see blood pop out of the air behind a target. And if feels lately its next to impossible to shoot someone when they're down, blood pops up but I'll pump an extra 2-3 shots into someone while their down and trying to revive someone is now almost a nightmare.

I don't know anymore, I don't think it has anything to do with my connection. I have open NAT, my dude doesnt stutter and I dont rubberband. I cant say the same for my opponents though. I wish I knew what server I was connecting too and how much that network smoothing hides the amount of packet loss that's probably occurring.

Sorry for the long post....hopefully someone may have an explanation.

[Werefett]

Another thing that's getting on my nerves, sometimes I'll LT and press the RT and then nothing happens. I dude just decides not to fire. I press the fire button and nothing. It happens at the worse times. I tried different controllers and it keeps happening. Is this a new bug?

[Epic DOOM]

Another thing that's getting on my nerves, sometimes I'll LT and press the RT and then nothing happens. I dude just decides not to fire. I press the fire button and nothing. It happens at the worse times. I tried different controllers and it keeps happening. Is this a new bug?

This was always like that. If you press LT too fast then the shot won't come out.

[Snow Brigade]

Another thing that's getting on my nerves, sometimes I'll LT and press the RT and then nothing happens. I dude just decides not to fire. I press the fire button and nothing. It happens at the worse times. I tried different controllers and it keeps happening. Is this a new bug?

Same happens to me. I usually just yell "WTF Misfire!" and blame my gun, but I'm sure it's just me not being able to choose whether to aim or to fire quick enough. But really that's just #237,832,758 of all of the frustrating things that can happen in Gears.

[x410x Veanie]

Please epic....we counting on yall to put the gnasher back to how it was in the beta and release. Ive noticed what these guys are talking about in this post just a little bit before the fenix or force map packs....whatever one came first. We love your game but its just not registering the shots right. Ok.....if you dont fix the gnasher then please break the assualt rifles and make it an even playing field.

[Mashpotaters]

I always just chalk it up to lag due to bad connections. One match my Gnasher will hit its target, and the next it's a better just switch to the SOS since the Gnasher decided to become a nerf gun. At launch these problems didn't exist, or maybe they just weren't noticeable because everything just ran smoother in general. The game had a lot of people playing, so you always had a good pool of people to match up against that had good connections to you. When the game became less populated the matchmaking became a take what you can get. You might just end up playing with people that you have no business playing with because the connection isn't optimal.

I'm probably wrong, and speaking out of my ass, but it's the only reasoning I can come up with. It's either believe that the issue has to do with the decrease in population, in turn equating to a smaller pool of good connections, or just throw the controller at the wall when my shot gets sponged. I'd rather not throw my controller at the wall, so I'll just believe in what I believe.

[Brash Smurf]

Just left a match where 3 people were shooting 1 guy in CC with gnasher and he sponged every bullet and killed us all.

He walked side to side and our bullets did nothing.

[Werefett]

I do think it was better at launch, but again fewer people further away from the servers. I can understand that, but seriously its just random at this point sometimes. I notice it with other guns, the hammerburst is near useless, the lancer I feel like I'm shooting for days with no stopping power. The only viable rifle I feel is the retro but its still a toss up at times. The sos is hit or miss for me. I dont really get angry about the SOS because I know its just connection stuff that really boils down to how effective it is.

If its all lag related, fine I can accept it. Just give me the tools to let me know how bad I'm or others are lagging and I'll play according to the limitations. Gears 1 all you had to do was shoot and see how long it took for the shots to appear and that was your lag. You timed your shots and played conservatively. Gears 2 you had to kinda wing it but you felt it as soon as the match started. This game is artificially smoothed and the shots are client side so you literally have no idea to judge your lag until you get one shotted by a dude while hes rolling. The ping indicator thread has got a ton of hits but they'll never do it which is a shame because I would be super stoked about an xbox game with visible ping.

If its a bug, I can accept that too. I just want to know so I can deal with it.

This game just feels like it gives you know way of knowing your weaknesses or limitations therefore no way to play around it.

[Reedolicious]

I really don't have many problems like this. About 95% of the time my gnasher works like it always has since launch, but occasionally I will put 2-3 shots in someone close range and they will 1 shot me or vice-versa. Some of these issues can be blamed on latency, but I think most people either don't understand how a shotgun works or they have a hard time admitting they got outplayed.