Fuel Depot
From Gears of War
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Fuel Depot is the first map to feature the Hammer of Dawn. It has 2 frag grenade spawns. Also, two Longshot Sniper Rifles are present in cargo containers. Each team spawns at the ends of the map. Both spawn areas are narrow. In the centre, in the large room, is the Hammer of Dawn. Other than one of the spawn points, it is the only area that is indoors.
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[edit] Strategies
Most people tend to go for the Hammer of Dawn or the Sniper Rifle, but the frags may be more useful. The Frag Grenades can be used to stick to the enemies, making them more of a priority. However, people sometimes simply ignore the Hammer of Dawn and instead use the chainsaw. This is one of the maps that strangely, despite that large space, is perfect for chainsaw. This map, because many people watch the Hammer of Dawn intently, forget to watch their flank. Keep the shotgun, however, as it will help you greatly if you fail to melee or hit them. This map is mostly outdoors, making the Hammer of Dawn a great asset to have. Other good strategies that most people do is rush with the shotgun. It is usually works unless you keep constantly keep on doing the same strategies. some people rush right down the middle. others flank by either cutting across the Raven Pad or going in the fuel depot and coming out of the hammerburst spawn. Other people that are good at sniping take the sniper and Hide at a spawn sniping. While mentioned in back more people usually take the frag grenades and rush. But the hammer of dawn defiantly covers more ground considering that most of the areas in fuel depot is very tight. Same thing with the Hammerburst, three or four shots with this weapon will wipe out an opponent.
[edit] Best weapon combo
In the beginning of a round pick up the longshot and go for the hammer of dawn. Go in a unsuspected place and just wait for people to come to you instead of rushing them. Plus with the extra help from your teammates your invincible. and if you cant pick up the sniper because of a other teammate picking it up try the hammerburst hammer of dawn combo. With the hammer of dawn usually I one hit weapon if you don't get the lucky shot but you do critical damage either pull out the pistol depending on how far you are away. If your far away from damage with the pistol pull out the hammerbursts, instead of just waiting for the hammer of dawn to recharge. Okay this one sounds Dumb but it works throw a smoke grenade in the middle of the map when you get the sniper. Instead of just going in the usual spots where everyone goes try going somewhere unexpected.
[edit] Gears of War 2
There are many subtle changes to Fuel Depot in Gears of War 2:
- The map has now become snow covered
- The explodable Imulsion tank is removed from the side of the house at the spawn opposite to the hangar
- The Bolo Grenades are now replaced by the Ink Grenades every other round
- The Longshot Sniper Rifle now is replaced by the Torque Bow every other round
- The Boltok Pistol now is replaced by the Gorgon Pistol every other round
- The Hammer of Dawn now is replaced by the Mortar every other round
- Fuel Depot is now only available in the Snowblind Map Pack *DLC* for 800MP
[edit] Horde
A good tactic to use in horde mode is to stay at the starting spawn in the large hanger. This is a good tactic to have 2 or more people for, because you can have two people at the front holding off the Locust while one person stays at the cover near the rear of the hanger, which cuts off that spawn from the Locust. You can also use boomshields to cover the exit and the ammo spawn in front of the hangar is a big help. If you have trouble, once you get a boomshield, fall back to behind one of the earthmovers and use a phalanx(using 3 or 4 people with shields, in a boxlike formation one covering the front, one the back, one the right and one the left) maneuver to hold them off until the end of the wave.
| Multiplayer Maps | ||
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| Gears of War: Bullet Marsh · Canals · Clocktower · Escalation · Fuel Depot · Garden · Gridlock · Mansion · Mausoleum · Old Bones · Process · Raven Down · Rooftops · Subway · Tyro Station · War Machine | ||
| Gears of War 2: Avalanche · Blood Drive · Day One · Hail · Jacinto · Pavilion · River · Ruins · Security · Stasis | ||
| Flashback Map Pack: Gridlock · Subway · Mansion · Tyro Station · Canals | ||
| Combustible Map Pack: Flood · Gold Rush · Fuel Station | ||
| Snowblind Map Pack: Courtyard · Underhill · Grindyard · Fuel Depot | ||
| Dark Corners Map Pack: Allfathers Garden · Memorial · Sanctuary · War Machine · Highway · Way Station · Nowhere | ||
