Gears 5 Operation 7: Drop 1 - Reveal |
| Posted: 12 May 2021 11:25 AM PDT Hello everyone! The time has come to talk about Operation 7! This post will cover everything you can expect to see when the operation goes live on Tuesday, May 18. Trailer Before you dive into the full post, check out the Operation 7 trailer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAHnuoqHwVg Characters  Hana Cole Holding advanced degrees in biochemistry, toxicology and chemistry, Hana Cole is a gifted scientist who takes an unconventional approach to solving problems. Joining Colonel Hoffman in his fight against the Swarm, Hana's technological innovations are the secret behind Scorpio Squad's ability to destroy enemy hives from within. Ukkon The monster who creates monsters, Locust scientist Ukkon is responsible for genetically engineering many of the creatures that terrorized the people of Sera after E-day. In the early years of the Locust War, he also used Imulsion to create a new breed of biological horrors. New Map Addition Ephyra  The burning remains of the once-prestigious Estemont Hotel serve as the focal point of this Ephyra city block. Controlling the hotel is key, but numerous points of entry give ample opportunity to counterattack. PvP Some of the changes we're introducing in Operation 7 will automatically refresh existing content. Ranked is also one area where automatic refreshes will extend the experience. For Operation 7, we're introducing Competitive mode to do just that. Competitive Competitive is our updated ranked system for Gears 5, bringing leaderboards, more modes to compete in and more. Gear Points have now been removed and we use a total points system for each playlist. The higher your total points, the better you have been performing. Reaching certain milestones in the leaderboards also grants special rewards, so check the section below for information on that. Competitive – Leaderboards  As mentioned previously, Competitive will be adding leaderboards across each mode. At the start of Operation 7, we will be adding the following modes to the playlist:
The flexibility of Competitive will mean we can add more modes over the course of the Operation. In the next two weeks, we'll be adding Execution 2.0 and Escalation. With each mode having a leaderboard, we will shift to a placement system for each playlist. This leaderboard is seasonal which means they will reset at the start of each Operation. Oh… and of course you can filter the leaderboard to compare yourself to your friends to see how you are faring against them! In addition to all of this, you are also able to view each individual player's leaderboard stats and filter them by week/seasonal/lifetime!  A little more on those rewards! 100,000+ points [/td]500,000+ points [/td]1,000,000+ points [/td] Passing Point Threshold: Mark (same on each playlist) + 5,000 XP +1,000 Coins [/td]On Rank Graduation: Mark (same on each playlist) + 10,000 XP +2,000 Coins [/td]On Rank Graduation: Banner (variation per playlist) +15,000 XP +3,000 Coins [/td] And that is not all! If you finish in the top 1,000 players in any of our Competitive playlists, at the end of a season, you will receive an exclusive Heroic weapon skin reward. Check out the full reward list below! OP7 Loadout [/td]Assault [/td]Precision [/td]Power [/td]Power [/td]
In Operation 7, the Heroic weapon set you can earn is called Heroic Obsidian. This can be earned if you are in the top 1000 players in one of the competitive playlists at the end of the season. Check below for a preview of it!  One last bit of exciting news to mention about leaderboards is that alongside the seasonal leaderboards, we will also be adding an all-time leaderboard for each mode, this will persist across Gears 5 forever, meaning the top spot is always in play! PvP – Custom Versus Mutators & Swaps Back in November 2020, we introduced unique mutators to the Gears 5 campaign as part of the Xbox Series X|S update. We've seen how well these were received, and we are happy to announce we are bringing some of these over to Operation 7- Drop 1 for use in your Versus custom matches!
Alongside the mutators, we have also added the ability to weapon swap the following weapons in Custom Versus:
We are so excited to see what custom variants you can produce! Look out for versus event playlists from us in the future featuring some of these mutators. PvP – Custom Versus Progression Also coming in Operation 7 Drop 1 will be the ability to gain multiplayer progression while playing through custom matches! This includes the following:
While the progression is slightly slower than playing online matchmade matches of Gears, we feel this is still rewarding for those who like to focus on their custom matches. PvP Tweaks & Crossplay With Operation 7 Drop 1 we are introducing a Field of View option across all Xbox One devices, bringing console settings in line with PC. We will be removing the crossplay option across Gears 5. Currently, we see 40% of our players disabling the crossplay option, significantly impacting the matchmaking times for our players on both PC and console. With the field of view update coming in, the ability to plug a Mouse/Keyboard into your Xbox, plus the frame rate and input lag reduction on the new Xbox consoles we feel we are at a point where the parity between Xbox and PC is almost identical and confident enough in making this change going forward for Gears 5. PvE One of the most frequently asked questions we get in Gears 5 is about automatic card scrapping in PvE. We are happy to announce that in Operation 7 Drop 1 we will automatically convert your duplicated level 6 cards into Gear Coins! If you have any acquired duplicated cards before this update, they will be converted into Gear Coins up to a total limit of 100,000 Gear Coins. Any future cards you acquire that are level 6 and duplicate will be scrapped for Gear Coins. PvE – Mechanic ultimate change And that is not all, we have changed the ultimate of the Mechanic. Previously they would deploy a group of electric trackers which became more of a hindrance than a benefit. We are replacing this with a new ultimate the Mounted Turret. When activated, the engineer will deploy a turret that any player can jump on and use against the enemy. This change also means that we will be changing the skill card "Bloody Shrapnel" to "Shredder Rounds." This skill card will now cause bleeding damage for any player using the Mechanic's mounted turret. Note: Your "Bloody Sharpnel" card progress will carry over to "Shredder Rounds." PvE – Promotional class tweaks Another frequent question we often see is around the viability of the promotional classes in Gears 5, when Operation 5 released the promotional classes fell to the wayside in terms of their usefulness. We are happy to share the following changes coming to the promotional classes in Operation 7 Drop 1. Protector
Architect
Slugger
Striker
PvE – Three new maps This Operation drop also sees the release of three new maps for Horde – Atrium, Turbine, and Command. These three maps will be playable via a special Horde Frenzy event to kick off Operation 7! PvE tweaks And finally, we are making additional tweaks across the PvE side of the game, check out the list below: Horde
Escape
Tactician
Demolitions
Combat Medic
Tour of Duty  A new Operation means a new Tour of Duty! Before we dive into the reward for each category, we wanted to let you know that we have changed a few daily challenges across Gears 5.
We of course have the medal categories returning for another Tour with new challenges to take on, see the full list below! Basics – 2,000 Gear Coins on completion Name Description Mode Stars Team Medic Revive 150 Teammates All 4 Marksman Hit 500 Headshots kills All 5 Executioner Perform 150 Executions All 5 Finish Them Kill 4000 Enemies All 5 Body Count Get 10000 Eliminations All 6 Carnage Do 10000000 Damage All 6 Weapons – 2,000 Gear Coins on completion Name Description Mode Stars Dropshot Body Count Get 100 Eliminations with the Dropshot All 4 Gnasher Carnage Deal 200000 Damage with the Gnasher All 5 Lancer Body Count Get 250 Eliminations with the Lancer All 5 Hammerburst Carnage Deal 100000 Damage with the Hammerburst All 6 Torque Bow Body Count Get 100 Eliminations with the Torque Bow All 5 Boltok Body Count Get 50 Eliminations with Boltok All 4 Into the Jungle – 3,000 Gear Coins on completion Name Description Mode Stars Into the Jungle Complete 200 Rounds of Versus, Waves of Horde or Acts of Escape All 5 Wear Em Out Get 50 Downs All 4 Up Close & Gnashty Get 25 Executions with the Gnasher All 5 Head of the Herd Get 15 Kills as the Leader in Versus Guardian Matches Versus 4 Pack Mentality Get 100 Assists in Versus Matches Versus 5 Stalk Your Prey Get 20 Kills with the Longshot All 4 Tip of the Spear Get the First kill 10 times in Versus Matches Versus 6 Top of the Food Chain – 5,000 Gear Coins on completion Name Description Mode Stars Efficient Get 20 Double Kills in Versus Matches All 5 Relentless Get 15 Kills or more in 3 Versus matches Versus 5 Determined Get 75 Ring Breaks in Competitive Matches Versus 5 Explosive Get 50 Kills with Explosive Weapons All 5 Ruthless Get 25 Executions in Versus Matches Versus 5 Elite Score 5000 Points or more in 25 Competitive Versus Matches Versus 6 Dominant Win 1 FFA Matches Versus 5 Ferocious (Hidden) Get 3 kills in a single round in Competitive Execution Versus 6 Escape – 5,000 Gear Coins on completion Name Description Mode Stars Escape Attempts Survive 50 Acts of Escape Escape 4 Escape Body Count Get 1000 Eliminations in Escape Escape 5 Superior Tactics Complete 10 Acts of Escape as Gabe, Sid, or Mikayla Escape 4 Relentless Support Survive 30 Acts of Escape as Combat Medic, Mechanic, Robotics Expert, or Tactician classes Escape 5 Boss Hunter Get 30 Boss Eliminations in Escape Escape 6 Quick, Deadly, Accurate Get 100 Headshot Kills in Escape Escape 5 Escape Master 7 Escape 10 Hives on Master Difficulty in Operation 7 Escape 5 Horde – 5,000 Gear Coins on Completion Name Description Mode Stars Wave Survivor Survive 150 Waves of Horde Horde 4 Horde Carnage Do 6000000 Damage in Horde Horde 5 Assault Body Count Get 200 Eliminations in Horde as Blade Master, Demolitions, Infiltrator, Marksman, or Nomad classes Horde 4 Cole Trains Run on Whole Grains Survive 60 Waves of Horde as Hana or Cole Horde 4 Against All Odds Survive 50 Waves of Horde on Insane Difficulty or higher on Atrium, Command or Turbine Horde 5 Locust Hunter Get 200 Locust Eliminations in Horde Horde 5 Boss Hunter Get 30 Boss Eliminations in Horde Horde 6 Horde Body Count Get 3000 Eliminations in Horde Horde 5 Versus Basics – 3,000 Gear Coins on Completion Name Description Mode Stars Quickplay Veteran Win 10 Classic Quickplay matches Versus 4 Versus Medic Revive 50 Teammates in Versus Matches Versus 4 COG Victories Win 25 Versus Matches as COG Versus 5 Swarm Victories Win 25 Versus Matches as Swarm Versus 5 Ring Master Capture 100 Rings in Versus King of the Hill or Control Matches Versus 5 Season Slaughter Get 5000 Eliminations in Versus Versus 6 Versus Carnage Do 1500000 Damage in Versus matches Versus 6 Competitive – 3,000 Gear Coins on Completion Name Description Mode Stars Competitive Veteran Win 20 Competitive Versus Matches Versus 6 Team Deathmatch Veteran Get 200 Eliminations in Competitive Matches Versus 4 2v2 Gnasher Veteran Win 15 Rounds of Versus Competitive 2v2 Gnasher Matches Versus 5 Free-For-All Veteran Get 100 Eliminations in Competitive Free-For-All Matches Versus 4 King of the Hill Veteran Win 10 Rounds in Competitive King of the Hill matches Versus 5 Guardian Veteran Win 20 Rounds of Competitive Guardian Matches Versus 5 Execution Veteran (Hidden) Win 5 Matches of Competitive Execution 2.0 Versus 5 Versus Events – 3,000 Gear Coins on completion Name Description Mode Stars Event Champion Win 50 Rounds of Versus Weekly Events Versus 5 Event Victories Win 10 Matches across any Versus Weekly Events Versus 5 Event Eliminator Get 250 Eliminations across any Versus Weekly Events Versus 5 Event Veteran Complete 100 Rounds of Versus Weekly Events Matches Versus 4 Event Executioner Get 10 Executions across any Versus Weekly Events Versus 4 Event Marksman Get 30 Headshots across any Versus Weekly Events Versus 4 All the stars earned from the dailies and medals will go towards earning the following rewards in the Tour: Rank Name Reward Name Recruit I 2000 Gear Coins Recruit II Bone Engraving Loadout Set Recruit III 750 Gear Coins Recruit IV Submerged Precision Set Recruit V Hivebuster Gabe Private I 1000 Gear Coins Private II 1000 Gear Coins Private III Bone Engraving Power Set Private IV 1000 Gear Coins Private V Drill Master Clayton Corporal I 1000 Gear Coins Corporal II Bone Engraving Assault Set Corporal III 1000 Gear Coins Corporal IV 100 Iron Corporal V Submerged Power Set Sergeant I 1250 Gear Coins Sergeant II 100 Iron Sergeant III 1250 Gear Coins Sergeant IV Bone Engraving Precision Set Sergeant V Hollow Storm Sam Officer I 1500 Gear Coins Officer II Submerged Assault Set Officer III 1500 Gear Coins Officer IV On Swords Bloodspray Officer V Submerged Loadout Set Lieutenant I 1750 Gear Coins Lieutenant II 100 Iron Lieutenant III 1750 Gear Coins Lieutenant IV Venom Burn Precision Set Lieutenant V Loser Expression Captain I 2000 Gear Coins Captain II 2000 Gear Coins Captain III Venom Burn Power Set Captain IV 2000 Gear Coins Captain V LOL Mark Major I 2250 Gear Coins Major II 2250 Gear Coins Major III 100 Iron Major IV 2250 Gear Coins Major V Crimson Skorge Colonel I 2500 Gear Coins Colonel II 2500 Gear Coins Colonel III Venom Burn Assault Set Colonel IV 2500 Gear Coins Colonel V Finger Wag Expression Major General I 2750 Gear Coins Major General II 3000 Gear Coins Major General III Venom Burn Loadout Set Major General IV 3500 Gear Coins Major General V 100 Iron General Regenerating Ukkon Operation 7 drops May 18, and we are looking forward to it! See you there – in the meantime, have a great week everyone, and watch our socials for more. TC |
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