Gears of War

OK, I love this game, I know its old and everything but its still a classic and still has a lot of people playing now. Plus I've not much to do at the minute so why not write a solution for a top game! Plus there will still be people just picking up this game so check it out!

Boomshot KILLS ONLY COUNT FROM EITHER WARZONE, EXECUTION OR ASSASSINATION, NOT ANNEX!

Just so you know maps with the Boomshot on them are:

Clocktower (Middle of the map and across the water)
Gridlock
Mansion (Middle of the map directly across from the statue)
Mausoleum (The 'BS' on the map)
Old Bones (DLC)
Bullet Marsh (DLC) (Where the Boltok is on the Gears 3 map)
Garden (DLC)
Process (DLC)
Subway (DLC)

DLC is free by the way for the extra maps and Annex mode!
Map Pack 1
Map Pack 2

It's up to you which map you choose, most people would go for Gridlock but its more about what your team mates and opponents are doing which decides the difficulty on getting the Boom kills rather then the map.

Whichever you choose just play it clever and tactical, try and have friends with you to help you get the Boom. When/if you get the Boom its easy to get too excited or over confident with the Boom and waste the two shots it has! Then it wont spawn for a minute or two, and by that time the round is over.

When using the Boom, aim for the ground where the player is stood for the best result. In most cases, the splash damage will greatly damage them, kill them or down them. If they do go down (but not out) and you dont want to execute or curb stomp them, finish them off with the last Boom shot but make sure its from at least 6-7 foot away (in game foot lol!), or wait for a team mate of theirs to come and with good timing you can score a double kill as he goes to pick his friend up.

If you have no shots left then unlucky! Just execute them and try again in the next round/match.

These are just a few tactics to try but obviously they wont always work, most players are smart and very skilled and wont fall for the same tricks, thats if you even get them once to begin with! Mix up your tactics and ideas and just try to play smart.

Just a few other tips incase you are being constantly troubled:

Clocktower's Boom is too exposed and the sandbag and small wall before reaching the boom supply useless cover from Snipers, plus most players will run into the middle to begin the shotgun madness straight away so you need to be quick.

Gridlock's Boom is mainly exposed to anyone hiding behind the cars on either side and the hammerburst towers, but precise aim is needed to be downed from the towers.

Mansion's Boom can be a tough one to pick up. The positions of the walls and cover can provide some tough battles, plus the endless chances of being flanked from 2 or 3 different positions. 1 trick that works for me is to have someone go the 'normal' direction for the boom (as in the outside route) while i run through the mansion, through the front door and can end up being right behind the other team... unless one of them goes for grenades!

Mausoleum's Boom i recently had a horrible battle with a Host who was beating me to it everytime running in the direction of the Tourque Bow, so annoying! This boom is in decent cover but be warned when leaving the middle section as people could be hiding behind the walls. Maybe giving this map a miss is also a good option lol.

If you have any questions on the DLC map booms then give us a comment, otherwise i dont really wanna talk about them LOL. Only decent map for an easy boom would be Garden.

If that doesnt help then drop a comment an I'll try an answer your question. Good luck!

EDIT: Just found this on youtube for the SUPER NOOBS if you are really REALLY struggling with the Boom! The vid does have some good pointers, credit to XoADREADNOUGHT

Since the only other solution is to help you get the kills LEGIT, I figured I would explain an alternative strategy to BOOSTING the achievement.

This is best done with a group of 6 people in Warzone, on the map Subway (Free DLC) Set to 19 Rounds.

Cog #1 is going straight to the Boomshot (located in the centre of the map, Inside the Subway Station) All 3 of the Locust head to the same spot! All 3 Locust should group up at the bottom of the stairs inside the Subway Station! (Other side of the wall, opposite to where the boomshot is located) Cog #1 should stand on the Middle platform of the stairs (The ones you run down to get the boomshot), Aim at the feet of the middle Locust and only fire 1 shot! Then fire the 2nd (In case a Locust is downed and not killed on the 1st shot)

In the meantime Cogs #2 & 3 are able to be AFK for the match (which should last between 10-15 minutes). Cog #1 will get 3 Kills per Round X 19 rounds = 57 Kills per Match. Then rotate to Locust #1 while Locust #2 & 3 are AFK for the match and so on and so forth.

Do this for the entire group, Switching to 15 round matches for the second set of Kills will net each person the achievement, giving no one drops connection.

Total time to do this for 6 people will be about 2.5 hours, assuming no one unlocks it on their first set.
Make sure the AFK people remain within MIC range, just so no one has to wait around and just in case there are any dropped connections or other problems.

I can confirm that doing this method, you will unlock the achievement on 100 Kills!!

KILLER1NST1NCTS

This isn't really a solution, more some advice for people trying to unlock the various kill related achievements as quickly as possible - at the end of every boosting session you should play a quick one round local match against a second controller before quitting to dashboard or turning off your xbox. I've done this and unlocked Seriously yesterday pretty much bang on 10000 kills. I've also unlocked all the weapon kill achievements after 100 kills.

I think what's going on is that sometimes, for whatever reason, the progress you make in the last match of a session isn't added to the various achievement counters. I first noticed this when boosting the 'Win 20 matches on map X' achievements - if I won 20 matches in one session the achievement would pop, but if I spread them out across multiple sessions I'd have to play 21, 22, sometimes 23 matches depending on how many sessions it took.

Of course, it's possible I've just been really, really lucky - there's no way I can prove this works. If people start trying this and it doesn't work out let me know and I'll take this solution down.

This solution requires 6-8 people. A second xbox with one or more people will just slow down the process and is best to be avoided if you can.

I'll explain the 6 person method because if you have 8 it will just be an extra kill for the people going for the achievement and nothing changes. The game should be set up as follows.

RANKED WARZONE 19 ROUNDS MANSION/SUBWAY or any map of your liking



Cog #1 and locust #1 will go for the achievement while cog #2 and #3 will be dying along with locust #2 and #3. Have everybody meet at the boomshot and follow these steps:

1) have locust #1 pick up the boomshot and kill cog #2 and #3
2) have locust #1 then drop the boomshot without reloading it
3) locust #1 will then join the other members of his team
4) cog #1 will then pick up the boomshot and kill the entire locust team with an active reloaded boomshot ending the round
5) next round cog #1 will pick up the boomshot, kill locust #2 and #3
6) cog #1 will then drop the boomshot without reloading and join his team.
7) locust #1 will then pick up the boomshot and kill the entire cog team with an active reloaded boomshot winning the round
8) repeat this process for the duration of the game alternating which team wins the game

After the game is over the winning team will have 93 kills and the losing team with 92. We had 6 people in the session when we tried this method so we switched every 6 wins for each team(30 kills is what you should have if your going to do this). If you decide to just use 1 person from each team each game then it may cause less confusion for some people. You also will need to finish in the earlier rounds of the next game to ensure that you have 100 kills for the achievement.

If you use 8 people then the person on the winning team can expect to have 133 kills and the person on the losing team will end up with 129 kills getting people the achievement in just one game. When using 8 people I recommended that you switch after 102 kills just to make sure the achievement pops, and not switch after so many rounds like you would with 6 people.

This is also a good way to get all the weapon specific achievements all you have to do is change the map according to the weapon your looking for.