Gears 5 Operation 6 is now live!


Operation 6 is now live!

Posted: 02 Mar 2021 04:35 AM PST

Hello everyone, Operation 6[www.gears5.com] is now live!

Operation 6

Jump into Gears 5 now and honor the heroes of Gears in the new update. In case you missed last week's posts, we outlined the main changes and updates coming to Operation 6. Check them out below:


Upcoming Character skins



With the store updating each week through Operation 6 we thought we'd give you a preview of the new character skins you can expect to release during the start of operation 6, let us know who your favorite is from this list!

Drop 2!

There is still more content to release Operation 6. We'll be releasing a second drop in mid-April which will include new characters, a new map and more! Keep an eye out for our news posts on this closer to that time.

Get going!

The update is ready to download, grab it, jump in and experience Operation 6!

This week in Gears - Operation 6

Posted: 01 Mar 2021 04:32 PM PST

Hello everyone!

We're less than 24 hours away from the launch of Operation 6 and have some added details coming your way.

Operation 6 Trailer Drops Today

Watch the trailer now!

Versus: Control

Control is based on King of the Hill but with some changes, while the main objective will be to capture an objective area, you will be required to stay inside the area to score points for your team, additionally each player will have an individual respawn timer and the ring will be 2.5 times bigger than the regular King of the Hill ring

Horde: Escape from Kadar

We have a brand-new Horde event kicking off Operation 6 – Escape from Kadar

Niles has been up to his old tricks again and has created unique enemies for you to take on in this 10-wave epic.

Expect to encounter unique Locust enemies who will use weapons such as the Retro Lancer and even the pipe!

Oh… and expect many, many sires.

Read here for the full details on both events![www.gears5.com]

Operation 6 Bundle

This bundle will give you access to the three, new Operation 6 drop 1 characters, a new weapon set, and more!

Character Skin
Armored Hoffman
Character Skin
Queen Reyna
Character Skin
Zealot
Weapon Skin
High Tea Full Set
Banner
The Fallen Banner
Mark
Reyna Hairpin Mark
Bloodspray
Enemy COG Tag Bloodspray
Boost
30d
Iron
700 Iron

You can purchase the Bundle for $14.99 USD.

Tour of Duty



We have a new set of rewards for the new Tour of Duty this operation, with the General reward being the striking Blood Red Queen Reyna.

Along the way you will earn five character skins, three new weapon sets, a mark, bloodspray and expression<s>s</s>. Should you reach General, you can continue to progress and earn even more Gears Coins that you can use for items in the store.

You can see the full Tour of Duty reward table below!

Name
Reward Name
Recruit I
2,000 Coins
Recruit II
Jigsaw Loadout Set
Recruit III
750 Coins
Recruit IV
Iridescent Precision Set
Recruit V
Collector's Zealot
Private I
1,000 Coins
Private II
1,000 Coins
Private III
Jigsaw Power Set
Private IV
1,000 Coins
Private V
Swarm Elite Drone UIR
Corporal I
1,000 Coins
Corporal II
Jigsaw Assault Set
Corporal III
1,000 Coins
Corporal IV
100 Iron
Corporal V
Iridescent Power Set
Sergeant I
1,250 Coins
Sergeant II
100 Iron
Sergeant III
1,250 Coins
Sergeant IV
Jigsaw Precision Set
Sergeant V
Hivebuster Fahz
Officer I
1,500 Coins
Officer II
Iridescent Assault Set
Officer III
1,500 Coins
Officer IV
GAS Bloodspray
Officer V
Iridescent Loadout Set
Lieutenant I
1,750 Coins
Lieutenant II
100 Iron
Lieutenant III
1,750 Coins
Lieutenant IV
Commendation Precision Set
Lieutenant V
Peace Expression
Captain I
2,000 Coins
Captain II
2,000 Coins
Captain III
Commendation Power Set
Captain IV
2,000 Coins
Captain V
Embry Star Mark
Major I
2,250 Coins
Major II
2,250 Coins
Major III
100 Iron
Major IV
2,250 Coins
Major V
Captain Hoffman
Colonel I
2,500 Coins
Colonel II
2,500 Coins
Colonel III
Commendation Assault Set
Colonel IV
2,500 Coins
Colonel V
Gunslinger Expression
Major General I
2,750 Coins
Major General II
3,000 Coins
Major General III
Commendation Loadout Set
Major General IV
3,500 Coins
Major General V
100 Iron
General
Blood Red Queen Reyna
Legend
750 Coins per legend rank

Medal List

With a new operation comes a new medal list for you to complete! As always, each individual medal gives you progress towards your Tour of Duty, and if you finish a medal group, expect some extra coins for your efforts.

Note: You can view the PvP and PvE medal groups here[www.gears5.com].

Basics

Name
Description
Stars
Team Medic
Revive 150 Teammates
4
Marksman
Hit 500 Headshots
5
Executioner
Get 150 Executions
5
Finish Them
Get 4000 Kills
5
Body Count
Get 10000 Eliminations
6
Carnage
Do 10000000 Damage
6

Completion of this medal group will grant: 2,000 coins

Weapons

Name
Description
Stars
Boomshot Body Count
Get 50 Eliminations with the Boomshot
4
Heavy Weapon Carnage
Deal 100000 With Heavy Weapons
4
Gnasher Body Count
Get 250 Eliminations with the Gnasher
5
Claw Carnage
Deal 150000 Damage with the Claw LMG
6
Overkill Body Count
Get 100 Eliminations with the Overkill
4
Grenade Body Count
Get 100 Eliminations using Frag and Shock Grenades
4

Completion of this medal group will grant: 2,000 coins

Honor the Fallen

Name
Description
Stars
Honor The Fallen
Complete 150 Versus Rounds, Horde Waves or Escape Acts
4
Adapt & Overcome
Hit 100 Active Reload Kills (Lancer, Gnasher & Snub not included in Versus)
4
Take This Territory
Get 50 Ring Captures in Versus Matches
5
Lead by Example
Get 15 Kills as the leader in Guardian Matches
4
New Build
Get 150 Eliminations with the Lancer GL, Overkill or Talon
5
Decorated Strategist
Score 1000 points in a Versus Match 15 times in a Versus Match
4
Present. Arms.
Get 25 Headshots with the Longshot or EMBAR
6

Completion of this medal group will grant: 3,000 coins

Ashes to Ashes

Name
Description
Stars
Victorious
Win 80 Versus Matches
6
Dust to Dust
Win 20 Rounds of Versus OR Waves of Horde, Frenzy or Escape on Inconceivable Difficulty or higher
4
Impact Player
Get 15 Kills or higher in a single Versus match
4
Got Your Back
Get a Double Kill in 2v2 Gnasher
5
Against the odds
Get 10 Double-Kills in Versus Matches
5
Liberate This Land!
Get 5 Ring-Breaks in a single Versus Match
5
Heroic Strategist
Score 2000 Points or more in 25 Versus Quickplay Matches
5
First Blood
Get the First Kill 10 times in Versus Matches
4

Completion of this medal group will grant: 5,000 coins

Weekly Escape Hive: Venom Run

This Weekly Hive has a very simple description: "Just run, run, run"! Outrun the venom and get to the exit!

Weekly Store


Weekly Store – Featured


esports


Patch Notes

And to close out, here are the patch notes schedule to release in Operation 6:

PvP:

  • FFA Gnashers/Torque Bow Tag: Regular weapon spawns that persisted in certain maps will no longer continue to do so.
  • A rare instance in which a user may start with no weapon on 'Gnashers Only' modes has been addressed.
  • The observer numbers when spectating will now correctly line up.
  • Players now spawn in their correct position in Escalation.
  • Players will now spawn after joining a Guardian game in progress while their leader is still alive.
  • Players will no longer see the placeholder leader skin if they have no customization installed.
  • Gridiron: A endzone projection will no longer clip into a boat on Canals.
  • Gnasher: The Gnasher will now show 'tracers' when firing, this will allow you to visually see where your bullet trails go.
  • We've now improved the consistency when it comes to gibbing a player who's sliding into cover.
  • Playlists that are set as 4 v 4 will no longer fill to 5 v 5 when bot backfilling is enabled.

PvE:

  • Upon dying, Jack characters would see an "Ultimate Ready" text line, this is now fixed.
  • Users should no longer encounter multi-second freezes while playing Escape.
  • Horde: Fortifications placed inside walls will now be able to be picked back up.
  • Horde/Escape: Decreased the Frozen Damage Multiplier for Snipers from 5x to 3x.
  • Horde/Escape: Reduced Fabricator spawn blocking distance on River from 30m to 25m.
  • Horde/Escape: Decreased Frozen Damage Multiplier for Shotguns from 7x to 3x.
  • Horde/Escape: Tweaked the following daily rewards
  • Skill Cards (Advanced) 3 -> 4
  • Coins (Beginner) 100 -> 200
  • Coins (Inconceivable) 300 -> 400
  • Coins (Advanced) 150 -> 300
  • Blademaster: The Blademaster now correctly receives 30% damage resistance from melee attacks. (Previously hotfixed)
  • Pilot: When equipped on the Silverback, the Scorcher will no longer point to the ground.

Characters:

  • Outsider Kait: Kait's gums will no longer clip through her lip while performing the "Thumbs up" expression.
  • esports Kait: Kait's shoulders are now weighted correctly during expressions which addresses clipping issues.
  • One of Dizzy's character lines will no longer have a narrator voice play.
  • Characters will no longer display the wrong full model when full customization is not installed.
  • The character skin faction icon for cards will no longer overlap with the rarity.
  • Sid will no longer say "get out of my way" when shot by a teammate.
  • Abominable Grenadier: A minor weighting issue has been fixed on the cloth.
  • Recon Sid: A minor weighting issue has been fixed on Sid's wrist while in high cover.
  • Swarm Elite Hunter: When held as a meat shield, the Hunter's tassel will no longer flail out of control.
  • Lambent characters will now have their glow appropriately applied.
  • Jade skin: A texture seam present on the Jade Boomshot has now been fixed.
  • Myrrah: Myrrah's Double Time voice expression no longer uses the incorrect voice line.
  • Onyx Guard Keegan: A skin clipping issue on Keegan's left shoulder has been fixed.
  • Museum skin: The museum material at the back of the Markza will now be wooden instead of metal.
  • Jermad: Jermad will no longer use two fingers to point to his one eye in the 'Watching you' expression.

Maps:

  • Foundation: An issue with a level of detail pop on a specific window has been addressed.
  • Nexus: Jack will no longer clip through certain segments inside in the map.
  • Nexus: During Horde users will no longer be able to attempt to vault through the gates at both spawns.

Other:

  • Players can now access the Extras menu even if they do not have the full campaign chunk installed.
  • The Heroic Venom Gnasher will no longer have brown crystals on the weapon when playing as the Swarm.
  • Users who have outdated graphics drivers for Gears 5 will now be advised to upgrade them to ensure they get the best gameplay experience.
  • The Async compute graphical setting being turned on will no longer cause graphical issues.
  • Fixed numerous crashes in-game across the game.
  • An issue related to players not spawning in a match has been fixed.
  • If you retro charge/attempt to chainsaw and get stunned your character will no longer automatically attempt to reload their weapon.

Update times

The Operation 6 update will launch tomorrow, Tuesday, March 2 at 4:00 AM PST/12:00 BST. See you in-game!

TC

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