woot! lets see what there is today
Retro is more difficult to "feather" across the map (Gnashes ) Retro-poke is lower in damage, and the two-piece seems to be fixed (or harder to do)
Firing cap is same (HB and Snub)
Digger is faster underground
Boomshot is the same basically (no active damage)
Scorcher is about the same (goes through boomshield O_O)
Torque is between normal damage and active damage
Boltok is more powerful, single headshot, double body, but is meant for campaign, it is not in MP maps yet.
Boomshield, head is now exposed more than in Gears 3. (frags stick to boomshield)
Markza, needs two headshots, (1 body, 1 headshot does not kill), recoil and RoF make it hard to double tap someone.
Frags, far less damage than Gears 3 (less than half)
Ink, no more cringe.
Smoke, instant pop (no more bouncing), still cringes. Can't use tac-com through it. (Beacon grenade sees through it)
Flame nades, pick up only. Means it has to be a power weapon. Ammo boxes won't refill it
Longshot, Gears 2 style scope. two layers of zoom, way more body damage. Penetrates targets
Gnasher, a hair slower, not noticable. Ammo is unnoticable since you auto pick up, and there are ammo boxes
SoS, two shots per reload. (Code name: Gnasher Jr), fires faster than Gnasher, spread is same, range is same as Gnasher
Breechshot, meant for medium range, single headshot, body damage low.
Booshka, Should be scared to see someone who has it, bouncing trick shots, meant for boomshot class.(Flak loves to say it )
Being meleed is not as penalized as in Gears 3, but missing is penalized more
Markza is balanced as a starting weapon, Breechshot does more damage to body, single headshot. Longshot two levels of zoom, and you are 4-pointed when shot in body.
Booshka, 3 shots per clip, 2 magazines (6 shots)
Beacon grenade in Versus: No damage boost (In overrun, they do not stack)
No more double spawns (1st round Longshot, 2nd round Torque)
Markza and Booshka came from Overrun testing.
Classic HB: balanced to be a starting weapons, in the middle. Three bursts to kill (don't know if it takes all bullets to hit to kill in three)
Weapons skins are back
EPIC loves the Gnasher
KotG will change next week