Improvements

A spectator mode option has been added to private versus matches for broadcasting by gaming leagues.
One player on each team will be able to choose spectator mode during match set up.
The matches will be 4v4 with two spectators
The Leader and Vengeful medals are now easier to acquire.
The mutators Roadie Comet and Regen Enemies are now easier to acquire.
Added an option to disable the HUD during multiplayer games for machinima and video creators
Added a visual indicator of the next ring’s location during the last 10 ring points in KOTH.



Exploit Fixes

The Onyx Field Engineer medal can no longer be prestiged.
In Capture the Leader, the overhead Beams on DryDock are no longer accessible.
While affected by the Smoke Grenade stun, players will no longer be able to take hostages, pick up weapons or revive teammates.



General Fixes

If there is a host migration during Horde, the match will resume at the same wave.
Also during Horde, the Combat Engineer ribbon can now be achieved once per wave instead of once per game.
The Ranked Disconnect stat will no longer increase when quitting a standard Horde or Beast game.
The cringe from the Mortar will no longer cause players to drop their primary weapon.
The Hail Mary ribbon is now correctly awarded for long distance Boomshot headshots.
Maps will no longer be immediately repeated when choosing random map selection.
If the host pauses during a private versus match the game will continue for other players.
The game will still pause in the Campaign, Beast and Horde.
Potential fix for the rare lost progress issue.
Potential fix for the rare profile freezing issue.
Beast leaderboard screen no longer refreshes while sending challenge

would love to see the new maps (Blooddrive, Azura, Rustlung) hit that rotation

Booster Pack went live this morning (free, about a 240mb download). I woke up, turned my 360 on, downloaded it and IMMEDIATELY played a couple of matches on Bullet Marsh and Clocktower. Those maps are just as great as I remember them in Gears 1. You also get some skins with it. In addition, all of the DLC maps are now available on Servers, meaning we can now play on them in Quick Match or Ranked. So, essentially, we are also getting 5 new maps in the rotation online.

Also, Thanksgibbing starts today. Everyone has Boomshots and they shoot turkeys instead of rockets.

Enjoy!

any pics of that.

And a few more, plus info at http://epicgames.com/community/2011/11/g...ter-map-pack/..

Got my wings tonight (reached level 100 in multiplayer)




Thought I'd post that picture as it shows my preferred character in MP as well as the skins I will be using from now on. The Lancer is using the Gold Omen skin, which is a set unlocked when you reach level 100 and my Gnasher is using the Onyx skin, which is unlocked when you obtain the Onyx medal for weapons (6,000 kills).

It's nice to finally reach level 100, now I can relax and just enjoy the game a bit more without having to worry about how I perform.