BF2S Forums [Gears of War 3] Discussion

wah1188 wrote:

Anyone manage to do all 50 waves of horde? I think I've managed 40 seems impossible!

Done all 50 twice now with a team of 4, once on Casual (Sandbar) and once on Normal (Overpass). Took like 4.5hours each time

Mind you, it took us about 20-30 attempts at wave 50 on Casual, and similar for wave 40 on Normal. If you keep failing, you end up getting different bosses. We always pray for Reavers or, oddly, a Brumak! They are a lot easier. Brumaks often get stuck, and if you have a Vulcan, are easily killed.

Berserkers and Lambent Zerkers spawn a few (free) flamers around the map. Keep a flame on the Lambent one, and its ribcage is always open
As my mate found out, Boomshields are oddly quite useful as they can stop a full-on charge from a berserker (and stop the other grubs shooting you at the same time!). But, the boomshield will get destroyed after I think it was 5 charges.

Gunkers are the worst. They are real bastards, and I've yet to find an "easy" way to kill them. Boomshot kinda works, but takes about 4-5 shots and that is on wave 10 before their health goes up, and there's usually what 4 of them?!

Kill as many grubs and boomers as you can before engaging the bosses, it makes it a lot easier Even if you have to run around the map from base to base, it works. Different mentality compared to Horde on Gears2.

Yeah the zerkers are probably the hardest boss to come up against. Reavers are really quite easy quite funny when you're playing in hotel and the brumak glitches into the hotel. They just start floating.

Chou wrote:

I've done 50 waves on Insane in about 2.5 hours with a team of 4, 1 left after wave 35, asshole, had to reload wave 40 a couple of times until those 3 lambent zerkers were gone because holy mother of insanity.

What did I use?
Super reload, Infinite ammo & Laugh track.
I now have unlocked Big explosives so I'll try that tonight.


Protip: Trenches.

Have you tried Instagib melee?
We did 2hours on Hardcore with Super Reload & Instagib melee, which by the way, is effing hilarious. Virtually every enemy is killed by a single melee hit....including Beserkers The Gunkers do too, but the explosion will then kill you The Lambent Zerkers, Brumaks and I think Reavers still have to be taken down properly though

The Retro is amazing on the early waves because you dont need long run ups and can just literally run into Grinders and they die. Lancer on an active mops up the later waves with relative ease. Great fun, albeit a bit cheap.

Certainly found it weird when I went back to standard Versus after all that!