Gears 5 had a rough start. However, this is mainly from a technical point of view and is not related to the game or the story. First, the developers, The Coalition, had issues with the game's servers, and the Xbox itself had issues. After that, Co-Op started having issues, with an in-game chat. Now players cannot earn in-game experience points after multiplayer matches. Here's what's going on and what players can do to work around the issue or avoid wasting their time.
Players not receiving 5 Multiplayer Gear experience points
What is going on?
After a multiplayer match is over, a player usually receives a report on their journey, and accumulates the corresponding experience points for their work. Experience points differ depending on the player's performance and the type of achievements they have achieved during the match.
However, when this screen appears, some players encounter an error. The screen tells them that they were unable to receive additional information at that time due to their connection to the server. The player can choose to stay in the multiplayer queue to move on to the next game or to disappear from the main menu. Regardless of their decision, they will not receive anything for their progress. Even players who see the results of their matches in full do not earn experience points for their hard work.
Given the server stability issues the Coalition has posed due to the sheer number of players they have had access to in the Early Access Edition, it makes sense that they are having issues. The developers didn't seem to expect a large number of gamers to get involved in their Early Access program, which is a problem for everyone.
What do we do?
The Coalition has been aware of these issues from day one. When the server issues first popped up, they took to Twitter to let their players and fans know they were on the case. They provided the community with updates every hour, notifying them of new fixes and indicating that they were actively aware of the issue. With the experience point issue being so prevalent, players can expect the team to be well aware of the issue. Right now, it's only a matter of time before they address the issue in a fix.
Hopefully they take care of that before Gears 5 officially releases to the public tomorrow, September 10.
What could happen with a patch?
Several things could happen with a possible patch when the Coalition releases it. The worst option is for all players to lose their progress and start again at level 1. The Coalition would probably do so because the servers weren't able to keep up with the player's progress and the game might not be. able to distribute the rewards. correctly. They would if they knew that not everyone would be rewarded. Rather than risk that some players never get anything, they would put everyone back in the beginning. It's not an ideal choice, but for those who want to make sure they get their rewards, it might be worth it.
The alternative is that the rewards are not processed correctly, but the server has been tracking this progress and is waiting for someone to make the adjustments. When they use the new patch, everyone will receive the rewards they are eagerly awaiting, and then everything will go back to normal with the expected progression process.
A lot of players are probably going to want the last over the first, but we'll see what happens. While the Coalition doesn't have the best streak with Gears 5, it's a fun game. Fans will love to play it over and over again.
What can players do?
Right now, you have to make a decision. If you are experiencing the bug related to the experience points issue, you may want to avoid continuing the multiplayer portion of the game. Maybe you and your friends are playing a few waves in Horde mode or running into a Swarm nest in Escape. But if you want your Versus rewards and the competitive part of Gears 5, you might find it best not to wait for the update to process and then go with it.
Gears 5 officially releases for the Xbox One and PC on September 10.
