UPDATE NOTES
Horde Balance Updates:
- Reduced Level 3 and Level 4 Turret Damage by 12%
- Increased costs of Turrets above Level 1
- Level 2 Base Cost: 20000 (from 15000)
- Level 3 Base Cost: 40000 (from 25000)
- Level 4 Base Cost: 80000 (from 40000)
- Increased cost of Ammo Refill based on Turret Level
- Level 2: 25% cost increase
- Level 3: 75% cost increase
- Level 4: 100% cost increase
- Salvo Damage reduced by 12%
- Hammer of Dawn Strike Power Cost increased to 13000 (from 11000)
Update Notes:
- Implemented Gnasher tuning changes
- Behind the scenes improvements to the Gnasher to further improve consistency
- Updated all Zombie Characters to use standard character dialogue
- Zombie Characters will now only say “Braaaaaains!” when landing a headshot
- Fixed an issue that caused headshot character dialogue to fire more rarely than intended
- Majorly reduced ‘killstreak’ dialogue. Increased frequency of original character dialogue for 3 and 4 kills in a row.
- Resolved a rare issue where being removed from a Competitive Lobby for reasons outside player control could result in a matchmaking penalty
- Removed an exploit in Horde that allowed players to kill friendly team members
- Fixed issues with Security that could cause the lasers to be shown as permanently on
- Spectator: Added team colors to X-Ray vision in Spectator Mode
- Spectator: Reduced explosion screen-shake when spectating
- Windows 10: Resolved a bug where – in rare instances – single-shot projectiles could misfire at high framerates
- Windows 10: Further improvements to mGPU
- Miscellaneous fixes and improvements
Wings:
Five new Wings levels await once you crest the initial 10 Re-Ups, with each Wings Level taking longer than the one before it. Exclusively for Wings 1-5, we’ve added a Black Gold Starting Weapon Skin set to collect as you rank up. If you reach the ultimate Wings 5, you’ll collect the Wings Custom Lancer – the only Custom Lancer skin in the game! We'll be revealing the new Wings Re-Up Icons and Black Gold Custom Lancer in the coming days.
The new skills available per Class:
Engineer
- Flow – Take reduced damage while repairing fortifications
- Overclock – Increase the rate which Weapon Lockers replenish ammo
- Salvage – Enemies killed by your sentries have a chance of dropping ammo magazines
Heavy
- Thick Skin – Take reduced damage from explosions
- Berserker – While carrying a heavy weapon you deal more damage as your health gets lower
- Last Stand – While carrying a heavy weapon you take less damage as your health gets lower
Scout
- Dodge – Take reduced damage while roadie running
- Speed Loader – Roadie running will reload your equipped weapon automatically with Active Reload rounds
- Cloak – Being stationary and in cover for seconds will cloak you from enemies – leaving the cover or shooting will remove the cloak. Shoot enemies from Cloak for a small damage boost.
Sniper
- Steady Hand – Take less damage and have reduced camera shake (when being attacked) while aiming or scoping
- Magic Bullet – Critical hits with precision rifles (Longshot, Markza, EMBAR) penetrate through enemies and increase the damage of the next shot
- Called Shot – Targets you mark take increased damage from all sources
Soldier
- Siphon – Planted grenade kills cause enemies to drop more Power
- Resupply – Regenerates one grenade every [X] seconds (up to starting loadout number)
- Assault Rifle Accuracy – Assault Rifles become more accurate the longer they are fired while in cover
20 new Achievements
- Inconceivable!: Complete all Campaign Acts on Inconceivable Difficulty (20G)
- Pumping Iron: Complete all Campaign Acts on Ironman (Hardcore, Insane, or Inconceivable Difficulty (50G)
- Legends of Sera: Complete all Campaign Acts on Ironman in Co-op on Hardcore or higher difficulty (50G)
- Six is the New Five: Upgrade a Skill Card to level 6 (10G)
- Winning Hand: Upgrade 5 Skill Cards to level 6 (10G)
- Classy!: Upgrade all Skill Cards for one Horde class to level 6 (50G)
- Crafty: Crafted a Craft Only card (20G)
- Scrap Happy: Destroy a card (5G)
- New Horizons: Complete 50 consecutive waves of Horde in a squad on any Post Launch map (10G)
- Around The World: Complete 50 consecutive waves of Horde in a squad on five Post Launch maps (50G)
- Mind Blown: Complete 50 consecutive waves of Horde as Sniper on Inconceivable in a squad (any map) (25G)
- A Scout Always Pays Their Debts: Complete 50 consecutive waves of Horde as Scout on Inconceivable in a squad (any map) (25G)
- I’ve Got You In My Sights: Complete 50 consecutive waves of Horde as Soldier on Inconceivable in a squad (any map) (25G)
- You. Shall Not. Pass!: Complete 50 consecutive waves of Horde as Engineer on Inconceivable in a squad (any map) (25G)
- Nothing Is Over!: Complete 50 consecutive waves of Horde as Heavy on Inconceivable in a squad (any map) (25G)
- Never Know What Hit ‘em: Complete 50 consecutive waves of Horde as Sniper on Ironman (Hardcore or higher) in a squad (any map) (20G)
- You Win Or You Die: Complete 50 consecutive waves of Horde as Scout on Ironman (Hardcore or higher) in a squad (any map) (20G)
- Tactical Necessity: Complete 50 consecutive waves of Horde as Soldier on Ironman (Hardcore or higher) in a squad (any map) (20G)
- The Great Battle of our Time: Complete 50 consecutive waves of Horde as Engineer on Ironman (Hardcore or higher) in a squad (any map) (20G)
- To Survive a War, You Gotta Become War: Complete 50 consecutive waves of Horde as Heavy on Ironman (Hardcore or higher) in a squad (any map) (20G)
A free update to Gears of War 4 is bringing a ton of content to the game next week! Titled 'Rise of the Horde' the update will be bringing two new maps, two new difficulty levels, the return of wings, 15 new skills, 20 new achievements, and new loot.
There is quite a bit to look forward to in Rise of the Horde, so let's start at the top!
The two new difficulty levels, Inconceivable and Ironman, bring a huge jump in difficulty to Gears of War 4. In Horde, Inconceivable will make you weaker and your enemies even more powerful. It's one step up above Insane and requires you to beat 50 consecutive waves of Insane before it unlocks.
In Campaign, Inconceivable gives you less health than Insane but also takes some health off your enemies – but that's not the hard part. The campaign mode will limit all weapons and ammo. To unlock Inconceivable Difficulty for Campaign you must beat the Campaign on Insane.
As for Ironman Mode, you won't want to die in this mode. Dying in the Campaign with Ironman Mode selected will have you restarting the game at the very beginning every time you die. In Horde, no COG tags will be dropped when you die and one failed wave spells the end of your run to Wave 50.
The two new maps are named Avalanche and Rust Lung, which you can see pictured below:
You can find a breakdown of the added Wings,15 new skills and 20 new achievements on the next page, as well as the patch notes on the last page.
