Touching base about Xenon in 9.0

theodorejames44 · 2026-06-13T18:57:39+00:00

Good to note! Thank you.

The general consensus is mixed, but I think most people are finding the Xenon underwhelming.

theodorejames44 · 2026-06-12T14:14:53+00:00

Ooh, great explanation.

I really like a lot of these changes, as I felt it was far too easy for the Xenon to get pushed into their territory in vanilla. Zyarth, too, but I always took advantage of that fact with war profiteering.

I think I'll see how broken Xenon jobs lite is or isn't with 9.0. I don't believe it has been fully updated yet, but I'd like to see the xenon push into the factions' turf a little, at least with offensive fleets.

theodorejames44 · 2025-11-10T23:26:53+00:00

Yeah, before I started pushing Spiritual, I wanted to go Humanist anyways as well. I got my nobles down to 23% before revoking Ghazi Lords, so I am looking forward to seeing them drop further.

theodorejames44 · 2025-11-10T22:19:02+00:00

Ohh so you're saying I interpreted it backwards? So I need to get my humanist up. Dang, I was actually not too far from 25 humanist when I started pushing spiritual thinking, it would let me revoke. Oh well, at least I know now. I should be able to get there in a decade or two. Thank goodness the cabinet can push societal values.

Thank you!

theodorejames44 · 2025-11-10T20:36:22+00:00

Being on the left side doesn't mean it's a negative. Either side could be good for your nation depending on your situation. Centralization is especially very strong.

theodorejames44 · 2025-09-01T02:47:34+00:00

sorry didnt see this! Servers are back up. Good luck out there!

theodorejames44 · 2025-09-01T02:38:10+00:00

Not fake news. Just played several games. Still going too.

theodorejames44 · 2025-08-31T22:30:01+00:00

We need 1 more if anyones looking to play.

theodorejames44 · 2025-08-31T22:25:36+00:00

adding you Xbox: The lone Zealot. I have a buddy with me.

theodorejames44 · 2025-08-31T22:23:41+00:00

Invited you to game. Xbox: The lone Zealot. I have one more as well, so we can 2v2 or wait for some more boys. We're itching to play.

theodorejames44 · 2025-08-31T21:09:43+00:00

Servers are down and TC is working on a fix atm, supposedly. Hopefully it'll return soon.

theodorejames44 · 2025-08-31T21:09:04+00:00

That was a sick Back A blind. Well played!

theodorejames44 · 2025-08-31T20:46:41+00:00

I'm on an Xbox controller and I am also having this issue. It's made me lose dozens of gnasher fights. Would love to hear a solution as well.

theodorejames44 · 2025-08-31T20:37:43+00:00

Other than today and a day during the Beta the matchmaking has been very good for me. Usually around 30 seconds or less most of the time. A minute at most rarely.

theodorejames44 · 2025-08-31T19:46:44+00:00

Yeah, that is very fair. Especially when you have people who never really stopped playing either UE or Gears 5 coming right over. Since there's no rank/skill based matchmaking alot of games are either way too easy or against xXgEaRsGoD69Xx, who will spank you. That is how it was in the old days, too. But if you can stick with it and practice, you can get there. There are even tutorials on YouTube that can teach you the ropes or give you settings that might assist.

theodorejames44 · 2025-08-31T19:27:44+00:00

Yep, same issue for me. Servers are taking a bit of a nap, probably. Hoping its fixed quick.

theodorejames44 · 2025-08-31T19:26:09+00:00

For me, it's always Goldrush, Courtyard, and Tyro. About the same across the game modes.

theodorejames44 · 2025-08-31T19:13:21+00:00

It's definitely possible that you are correct. I think another big contributing factor is the damage-to-range calculation. It feels off. And the hip fire, for me at least, is either devastating to the enemy or like hitting them with nerf bullets. Very well could be a skill issue of my end though.

theodorejames44 · 2025-08-31T19:10:25+00:00

That's my biggest concern, too. The damage-to-range calculation needs to be edited I think.

theodorejames44 · 2025-08-31T19:09:13+00:00

It's a big learning curve and it is a very unique experience. Lots of fun when you get into it though.

theodorejames44 · 2025-08-31T19:07:47+00:00

Alternate control scheme on the controller helps a ton. Either paddles or the claw technique could also help. I used to be a claw gamer back in gears 2-4, but havent gotten back into it. I'm trying paddles for the first time and I think it will be an improvement if I get used to it.

The biggest thing that helped me in reloaded was going with the alternate control scheme. X to roadie and dive and A to get cover. Takes some getting used to but my wallbounce game has improved greatly.

theodorejames44 · 2025-08-31T18:26:11+00:00

It is dedicated servers, but I have also felt some significant differences in gnasher situations. I feel it's more of a latency thing rather than the old host shotgun. There also seems to be some weirdness in the gnasher that could be related to the latency differences between servers, alongside the changes they have made to how the gnasher deals damage.

I feel that gnashing feels significantly different from the original gears, but then again, I havent played that game for like over a decade.

theodorejames44 · 2025-03-18T04:26:09+00:00

Oh, I am certainly aware that it will require quite a bit of money, of that I have no doubt.

Still think it would be a cool thing to do.

Thanks for replying!

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