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DVSTEZ
95,140
Achievement not yet wonTA Score for this game: 2,482
Posted on 27 May 10 at 12:23, Edited on 10 January 12 at 12:29
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This solution has 132 positive votes and 23 negative votes. Please log in to vote. |
With the latest Gears of War update (update 6), you can get this achievement easily by using "Social Xbox Live". You do not have to do it in a ranked match and with Social Xbox Live, the game will automatically start with Bots if it does not match you to enough or any players. Social Annex takes away the hassle of finding other players who actually play Annex.
Simply select this option in the drop down in Multiplayer and choose Annex in the Game Type drop down. From here start your matchmaking and with any luck you will get Bot players or only 1 or 2 human players. Once the game starts, capture the ring location (area on map you have to defend). This ring will have a certain score amount which will deplete then a new ring will appear elsewhere on the map; 3 rings on each map. Get your teams score up to 180 to win the round. Win two rounds and your team will win the match.
Do this on all 8 maps from the map packs to win the achievement. Unfortunately you don't get to choose the map but you will eventually cover them all since this game mode also includes the map packs in the playlist.
Bots are difficult in Social Annex but might be easier then doing it with expert human players.
MAPS NEEDED:
Canals
Gridlock
Mansion
Subway
Tyro Station
Flood
Gold Rush
Fuel Station
NOTE: If playing with other players you will get the full experience that you would in Ranked. If playing only against bots you will only get a certain amount for winning. You ALSO REQUIRE ALL MAP PACKS to play this mode.
EDIT (credit to guycarb): Rotation has changed yet again, the new list is as follows (will pick a random start point on creation):
01 Grind Yard
02 Security
03 Memorial
04 Sanctuary
05 Jacinto
06 Ruins
07 * Gold Rush
08 Under Hill
09 Way Station
10 Pavilion
11 * Canals
12 Blood Drive
13 Day One
14 Avalanche
15 * Flood
16 * Mansion
17 War Machine
18 * Gridlock
19 Fuel Depot
20 * Fuel Station
21 River
22 Courtyard
23 Allfathers Garden
24 Highway
25 * Subway
26 Nowhere
27 Stasis
28 Hail
29 * Tyro Station |
Maathyas
148,582
Achievement won on 05 Jan 11TA Score for this game: 2,821
Posted on 06 January 11 at 14:58, Edited on 17 September 11 at 14:08
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This solution has 60 positive votes and 6 negative votes. Please log in to vote. |
As of 17 Sept 2011, this list incorrect. Confirmed by FMA Wrath 2069. Note the map cycle may change during the next weekend event.
Thanks also to all who have contributed to previous lists.
If there are further updates, please let me know. Thanks again for all who help & contribute.
Current map cycle as of (10-Sept-2011)
Fuel Depot
Highway
Nowhere
Under Hill
Security
Hail
Grind Yard
Jacinto
*Tyro Station*
Way Station
Memorial
Ruins
Pavillion
*Gold Rush*
Avalanche
Day One
*Canals*
Blood Drive
*Mansion*
War Machine
*Fuel Station*
River
*Gridlock*
Courtyard
Allfathers Garden
Stasis
Santuary
*Subway*
*Flood* |
neeker75
282,972
Achievement won on 06 Jan 11TA Score for this game: 2,821
Posted on 06 January 11 at 02:40, Edited on 13 January 11 at 01:56
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This solution has 42 positive votes and 4 negative votes. Please log in to vote. |
The method I'm posting is a boosting method, and will allow you to get this achievement while you sleep and go to work/ school. My friend Maathyas came out with this idea and it had worked perfectly.
Please do not leave a negative comment if you're not into boosting. I'm just trying to help people who want to get this fast.
You'd need:
- 4 people (including yourself), each with second controllers
- to leave your xbox 360 on while you're away
Play:
- Social Xbox Live
- Annex
Decide on who'd get the achievement first. Out of the three persons who're not, two should login with their second controllers as guests at the main menu. The person without a guest should start a lobby and invite the two of them to make it a team of five punching bags. Start the game and inform all in the party of the loaded map.
Now, the person who's getting the achievement should form a team of five, which should include four bots. Nine out of ten times, he/ she should be able to join the friendly game. If the map isn't correct, simply quit and re-search.
When all are in the same game, leave your xbox on, turn off your TV, and all can now go do their own things. With a team of five dummies vs a team of one dummy plus four insane bots, it's pretty obvious who'd win the rounds.
After each match/ map, the parties involved will automatically rematch as long as neither party leaves the lobby. This makes it impossible for any randoms to disrupt the boosting.
Based on my experience, the team with four bots takes on average 10-15 minutes to win a map. Meaning it'd take about five to seven hours for the bots to win on all the maps for the person who's getting the achievement.
(Some maps take longer because the bots seem to have trouble finding their way to the nodes, especially when it's located on the upper floor.)
As such, do so at about 10:00pm at night, and then go to bed. Wake up the next morning, check that you've gotten the achievement, and redo the process for the next person while you go to school/ work. Depending on how fast you get it and switch the teams around, you should be getting the achievement in about two days of "dedicated not-playing".
As it is, I did this method with three of my friends last night, and two of us have gotten it, and one is two maps short of doing so as we checked this morning.
With this, you won't need to worry about maps cycle. Just leave the box on for some time and the achievement will unlock without you having to fire a single shot.
PS: See comments for alternative boosting method involving similar setup. |
door e toes
67,158
Achievement won on 29 Dec 10TA Score for this game: 2,821
Posted on 20 December 10 at 16:36, Edited on 20 December 10 at 16:48
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This solution has 23 positive votes and 4 negative votes. Please log in to vote. |
I'm new to this site and this is my first post on this site so forgive me if I'm out of line. Sorry the instructions are so long as I tried to write in layman's term so hopefully everyone would understand it. Ask questions if further clarification is needed.
I was just thinking of a way to boost this achievement but haven't tried it yet because I never have enough people, while, not everyone has the time required to do this. Searching for each other online can be the most difficult thing, along with the time consumption with the map cycles, thus everyone's patience is needed. You can get lucky and find each other right away, then, your patience will be tested.
The least amount of people you will need is 6, the most is 10. With 6, there will be two teams of 3, with four people singing in with guests. The host for each team cannot sign in with a guest while the other members can, to fill in spots for a 5v5 game. First, get everyone into a lobby together, even if it says too many players, no one will be kicked out. Have one person set up a lobby, lets say, Multiplayer, Social, Annex. Once everyone is in, have every player submit a prefer player on each other. You cannot prefer a player if you haven't played with them so this is why getting into a lobby together is needed. Once everyone has preferred each other, pick two people as host, that live closest to each other, whether by state or country. Remember, these two people cannot sign in with guests. The reason why they need to live close to each other is to hopefully increase the chances of finding each other while matchmaking. This next step doesn't really matter because you can't control how the maps cycles, but for less confusion, have the teams set up where everyone needs similar maps if you know what you need. Write down what maps you've completed or make a list and cross them off. If you don't know what maps you've already completed, then it doesn't matter how teams are set up. When the hosts are selected, they invite two of the remaining four people from the party. These four people needs to sign in their guests to complete a 5 roster team. Once the teams are set, have one host search for a match, Multiplayer, Social, Annex. You hope to get into a game versus all bots. Before you get placed into the match, you will see on the screen if its against all bots. If you don't see that on the screen and get placed into a match right away, odds are, its a game in progress and not with all bots. Either way, if it's not a match versus all bots, back out into the lobby and search again. If you get into the same match, back out into the lobby and have the other team try to search. When a team finally gets into a match versus all bots, have the other team search for that same match. Like I said from the start, this can be a hard process to find each other. Once both teams find each other and get into the same match, the time consuming process kicks in. The first hard part is finding each other, the second will be the patience for the maps to cycle to get the ones you need, and then take turns for each team to win on the maps needed. If you get into a map that isn't needed, hurry up and have one team win to move onto the next round or map. Continue this and when the map needed shows up, have the winning team write down the map or cross it off a list so you won't repeat the same map. When a map shows up that's needed, each team can take turns winning. As long as you get into a match together, from here on out, each team can discuss whatever on which maps to win on. If this method works for Annex, I suppose it will work for Guardian, Submission and KOTH as well. I had a group of 6 people that did our Submission achievement this way. Good luck everyone! |
lumiester
29,258
Achievement won on 27 Apr 10TA Score for this game: 2,637
Posted on 30 April 10 at 13:40
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This solution has 27 positive votes and 9 negative votes. Please log in to vote. |
I agree with saying this achievement is not something to look to obtain in a couple days although it can happen I guess since anything is possible.
The real killer is not people having to vote for annex. It is having people vote for the match you want. It is possible that you don't get any map you want from the start then you cant quit out because it WILL hurt your XP. Then when you do have a map you want people might not vote for it.
So if you want to do it solo please be patient it took me about 3 months but it was worth it because I gained crazy XP on the way. If you want to do it quick I would recommend you do it with a group of pals. |
lX CaptHowdy Xl
191,113
Achievement won on 22 Mar 11TA Score for this game: 2,821
Posted on 15 March 11 at 01:29
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This solution has 23 positive votes and 6 negative votes. Please log in to vote. |
Ok, I know I dont have the achievement yet, so please dont 1) point that out and 2) vote negatively because of that fact. This solution was made to be informative and helpful, as I think it will be.
I ended up getting an all bot match in annex last night so I am leaving my 360 on for a few days (since I am the host the game will not be disconnected) I left it on the bot match in annex at about 7PM on sunday night. I came back monday after work at 8PM and couldnt tell which maps I won on. If you found yourself in the same situation or want to double check which maps you won on there is a solution.
Make sure your signed into xbox.com with your gamertag. Next go to gearsofwar.xbox.com/WebStats/default.htm
put your b-day into the correct field. Once the next page loads click game history on the left vertical menu. Now select the map you want to check if you won or lost on. Make sure it says annex.
It will look like this: 3/15/2011 7:13 AM -Annex Gridlock (DLC)
The stats looks confusing. All you need to worry about is the stat "Team Place" If you see a 1 next to it that means you won the match. If you see a 2 next to it then it means you lost the match. This will make it easier to track which maps you need. |
TRU x BATMAN
362,059
Achievement won on 30 Jul 11TA Score for this game: 2,573
Posted on 30 July 11 at 18:51
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This solution has 19 positive votes and 3 negative votes. Please log in to vote. |
Currently the map rotation (depending on which one you start on) is as follows:
- Highway
- Canals ***
- Ruins
- Pavilion
- Blood Drive
- Avalanche
- Mansion ***
- War Machine
- Under Hill
- River
- Gridlock ***
- Way Station
- Fuel Station ***
- Tyro Station ***
- Security
- Stasis
- Hail
- Santuary
- All Fathers Garden
- Grind Yard
- Jacinto
- Fuel Depot
- Gold Rush ***
- Courtyard
- Subway ***
- Flood ***
- Memorial
- Nowhere
- Day One
We did this in Social Annex with 2 groups of 5.
1 Group finds a bot match then tells the other group to search & with any luck (like we had) you'll match up with each other 1st or 2nd try.
Then it's about 6 hours of play for all 10 players to get there achievement. |
tnargus
50,956
Achievement won on 02 Mar 09TA Score for this game: 2,193
Posted on 03 March 09 at 04:51
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This solution has 29 positive votes and 15 negative votes. Please log in to vote. |
In addition to the other guides already here, i've one tip to get both the map and the game type you want/need.
Firstly, select the Combustible or Flashback playlists to narrow the number of maps to only the ones you want. When it's time to select game type, if it's not annex try and even up the votes (i.e. 4 votes to Guardian, 4 votes to Execution). This will cause a tie, and often the game type will change to annex. Next, use the same method to get the map you're after (tie method).
Doesn't always work, but it definitely helps. And it reduces quitting games. |
HungryWatchWOLF
158,866
Achievement won on 11 Apr 12TA Score for this game: 2,637
Posted on 27 March 12 at 04:54
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This solution has 9 positive votes and 3 negative votes. Please log in to vote. |
http://gearsofwar2.xbox.com/default.htm
If you go to the site above you can track your game stats.
This helped me get my achievements so far. and am finishing this specific achievement as we speak. |
Mister5String
77,935
Achievement won on 12 May 13TA Score for this game: 2,345
Posted on 12 May 13 at 19:34, Edited on 13 May 13 at 15:01
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 This solution has 6 positive votes and 0 negative votes. Please log in to vote. |
HERE: So everyone knows. Because its been clarified, now. We just did it. To get this achievement with 2 teams, with no connection issues, or anything that will cause randoms, or INSANE bots to join......it takes 10.5 hours to get this achievement, doesn't matter how many maps you need either, because you're doing this as a team.
Social Xbox Live, pick 2 hosts, close by, if you can, and the maps have no starting order, that we also debunked last night. You may start on Gold Rush, one time, something else the next time you try this. However, once you begin on your map, they repeat the same rotation, so that both teams can win on every map. Each team takes turns. I will also add this note, I went up an entire rank playing, and got over 500 kills, because out of boredom you wind up killing the players that are asleep, left their Xbox on, etc.
You can also run a guest account, but the HOST CAN NOT. 1 player from both sides has to stay awake, or go through this session for the entire time, and honestly 2 or 3 is recommended. I really don't care what others have said about this achievement, and it appears that the maps change cycle. Players have told me that, they've gotten Annex in 4.5 hours, to 6 hours, sure with one team. If someone who has no wins on either map, 5.25 hours for you on 1 winning team.
YES, this is the session of all sessions, one heck of a GRIND!!!!! If you do decide to knock this one out, I wish nothing but the best of LUCK!! :D
NOTE: If you do happen to lose someone, they quit out, or they get disconnected, are unable to search, or find game again, and gets replaced with a BOT. Don't sweat it, the team that the bot is on, 2 players can trap the bot, corner it, or whatever. Also, Randoms are not always bad either. We actually had 3 last night that were willing to help out, but a few that weren't, so we had to trap them in as well.....lol :D |
FreezeDown
78,354
Achievement won on 14 Jul 11TA Score for this game: 2,821
Posted on 31 August 11 at 11:33
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This solution has 7 positive votes and 2 negative votes. Please log in to vote. |
As DVSTEZ said the maps needed are:
Canals
Gridlock
Mansion
Subway
Tyro Station
Flood
Gold Rush
Fuel Station
But if you've given up on lvl 100 or don't care and want to make up the exp. Just quit if you dont get the map you need. You'll have to dashboard and you'll lose 1500 EXP everytime but this is the fastest way to get maps you need without a team. can be done in social but normally you re-join the same match. This is the way I got the achievement. sometimes you get lucky, I got flood 5 times in a row. Hope this helps. Also if you haven't lvled up much or are lvl 100 you wont lvl down. |
BulgyDragonZord
201,296
Achievement won on 22 Jan 10TA Score for this game: 2,637
Posted on 09 September 11 at 18:36
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This solution has 6 positive votes and 2 negative votes. Please log in to vote. |
OK, this is a game mode which may give you competition, but not as much as what "Beat The Meatflag" does! For this achievement, you need to win an Online Annex Match on all the Flashback and Combustible Map Packs!
Before you head along and do this achievement, you need to ensure you have purchased the Flashback Map Packs Collection and the Combustible Map Packs Collection.
Annex, is sort of like a Domination game mode from Unreal Tournament. In Annex, an area on your map is a target, and your team needs to conquer it! If a team attempts to capture it, it will do a beep sound, and a colour on the left corner of the screen will rise! If successfully captured, another beep will occur and the circle will be captured. The other team then, must succesfully break this by touching the circle, and attempt to capture it themselves, before the time runs out! Each circle has a 60 second timer. This will decrease per second of capture. Once the 60 seconds are up, a new area will become the capture point! Whichever team scores 180 points, wins the round! Win 2 rounds, and you'll win the match!
The maps you need to win a Annex Match on for this achievement are the following...
Flashback Map Packs: Gears Of War 1 Classical MP Maps
Gridlock
Subway
Canals
Mansion
Tyro Station
Combustible Map Packs: New Gears 2 Maps Based On Fire
Flood
Gold Rush
Fuel Station
Unless you have a good, strong team, there is little chance in getting this achievement, unless the match gets replaced by thick bots! Work as a team, and plan everything out, to successfully win these game types! Obviously, it'll go great for starting off, but once you win a lot, and get down to the last 1 or 2 maps you need to win on, this will be the frustrating part!
Tip 1: When voting for the maps you want to play on, don't immediately place a vote on the map you want to play on. Wait until the timer goes around 7 seconds left, and then cast a vote on the map you want to play on! Sometimes, you may get lucky!
Tip 2: Always stick together as a team when playing Annex. If only one person attempts to conquer a control point, that person can easily get taken down, as his fire-power won't be strong against a few opponents! If you plan to go seperately, only do so if you want supreme weapons, or use Mortars, Hammer Of Dawns, Turrets, or Grenades to help take down the enemies!
Tip 3: If your team or an enemies team has almost waisted taking control of a control point, there isn't much point in staying or retaking that position! If the control point has under 15 seconds left, leave the circle and search around for another item, or weapon. That weapon could be the next control point!
Tip 4: Always think and plan ahead in this game mode, like a game of chess! Your judgement, may help you win the match! |
MxOxRxRxIxS
84,600
Achievement won on 02 Aug 11TA Score for this game: 2,821
Posted on 02 August 11 at 09:45
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This solution has 6 positive votes and 2 negative votes. Please log in to vote. |
This was an annoying achievement to get. It kinda depends on luck. You gotta hope to land on your map, and hope your team is good enough to win twice. Also you have to hope the host is on your team while winning, cause if the host is losing, more than likely they'll leave and you won't get it. A few times I was 10 points from winning the match, when the other team would quit along with the host. I got most of them easily, cause I wasn't trying hard to get them. I would work on this achievement along with other online achievements at the same time. Eventually this was the only team based achievement I needed. Once you have one map left, it seems you'll never get it. Subway was mine. I played 7 games of Annex on Subway before I finally won. I started on the losing team, and noticed the winning team had a couple of bots. I quit out, and kept searching, and eventually it put me back on the same map, but on the winning team. A cheap, dirty tactic, but I got the achievement now.
To summarize my solution:
1. Play Annex in between matches for other achievements.
2. Try to be host or make sure the host is on your team.
3. If there are bots on the winning team, try leaving and coming back to be on the other team. |
MINKISS
206,640 
Achievement won on 25 Apr 13TA Score for this game: 2,821
Posted on 25 April 13 at 18:42, Edited on 25 April 13 at 18:44
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This solution has 2 positive votes and 0 negative votes. Please log in to vote. |
Just wanted to put up the new map rotation list so people going for this achievement can keep better track of what they need and how far along till they get the map then need
as of 4/25/13
memorial
sanctuary
jacinto
ruins
gold rush
underhill
way station
pavillion
canals
blood drive
day one
avalanche
flood
mansion
war machine
gridlock
fuel depot
fuel station
river
courtyard
allfathers garden
highway
subway
nowhere
stasis
hail
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tyro station
grindyard |
DirtyDog HUN
33,006
Achievement won on 09 Oct 10TA Score for this game: 2,821
Posted on 02 June 10 at 01:48, Edited on 08 October 10 at 21:41
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This solution has 1 positive vote and 4 negative votes. Please log in to vote. |
The easiest way after TU6 is,if you play Social Xbox Live matches on the following 8 maps:
Flashback Maps:
Canals
Gridlock
Mansion
Subway
Tyro Station
and
Combustible Maps:
Flood
Fuel Station
Gold Rush
Everything is what you have to do just win! :) And don't forget every Annex match is about 2 rounds and 180 points to earn!
I hope this could help! |
sadelack
46,195
Achievement won on 27 Jan 11TA Score for this game: 2,821
Posted on 15 January 11 at 04:51
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This solution has 1 positive vote and 5 negative votes. Please log in to vote. |
Small =good, big party =big hassle
Contrary to conventional boosting theory, more may be less for this particular achievement. It seems that big parties are hard to manage and have a difficult time hooking up with each other in the weird Gears of War lobby system. My early disappointment was this:
a) Two set parties of five almost never find each other-- I've only seen a big group of 8 or 10 get together once, after three hours of searching, and when they got it, they rode the whole map cycle for hours after I went to bed, everyone leaving their Xbox on so as to not break up the group.
b) I think we may have had a couple of guest controllers too. *So think about that before you get in a lobby you like, cuz you gotta back out to sign-in a dummy controller.
c) You can only fit 8 comfortably in a LIVE Party Chat room
However, I've had much better luck searching solo or in small groups. You will bump into each other eventually. I suggest:
1. Set up your group in a LIVE Party Chat room (or two with a go-between for communication)
2. Then break into two or three Gears parties and search separately. You get a better chance to play vs. bots or with a single random in the first match.
3. If you host, you have a huge advantage, so try to join your buddies in chat who host.
4. You have to actually play some gears to get this achievement, so be aggressive and the odds are you'll win half or better of the time when you get four or more friends in the same game; you should be set until some real killers get in the room—then just leave and repeat.
5. If you start with 10 friends, be happy if you can get 6 in the room. You probably won’t see everyone together—just keep in contact via chat.
Who knows how the server's matchmaking really operates, but it just seems really hard to get eight or ten guys together in the same GoW2 lobby. Start with a large crew and go with the best group you can put together in a reasonable time rather than screwing around with the lobby system all night long, then try to win—that will take much less time than going for the whole enchilada.
That’s all I have to say about that. |