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Contents

  • ACT I: Tip of the Spear
    • Chapter 1: Welcome to Delta
    • Chapter 2: Desperation
    • Chapter 3: Rolling Thunder
    • Chapter 4: The Big Push
    • Chapter 5: Roadblocks
    • Chapter 6: Digging In
  • Cog Intel Archive
    • War Journal
    • Achievements
  • ACT IV: Hive
    • Chapter 1: Priorities
    • Chapter 2: Answers
    • Chapter 3: Hornets’ Nest
    • Chapter 4: No Turning Back
    • Chapter 5: The Best-Laid Plans
    • Chapter 6: Royal Inquisition
  • Locust Databank
    • The Locust
  • ACT II: Denizens
    • Chapter 1: Scattered
    • Chapter 2: Indigenous Creatures
    • Chapter 3: Disturbing Revelations
    • Chapter 4: Sinking Feeling
    • Chapter 5: Captivity
    • Chapter 6: Intestinal Fortitude
  • ACT III: Gathering Storm
    • Chapter 1: Dirty Little Secret
    • Chapter 2: Origins
    • Chapter 3: Rude Awakening
    • Chapter 4: Ascension
    • Chapter 5: Displacement
    • Chapter 6: Brackish Waters
  • ACT V: Aftermath
    • Chapter 1: Escape
    • Chapter 2: Desperate Stand
    • Chapter 3: Free Parking
    • Chapter 4: Tenuous Footing
    • Chapter 5: Closure
  • Multiplayer Warfare
    • Tactics
    • Playing With Others
    • Multiplayer Modes
    • Avalanche
      • Overview
      • Reconnaissance
      • Team Strategies
    • Blood Drive
      • Overview
      • Reconnaissance
      • Team Strategies
    • Day One
      • Overview
      • Reconnaissance
      • Team Strategies
    • Hail
      • Overview
      • Reconnaissance
      • Team Strategies
    • Jacinto
      • Overview
      • Reconnaissance
      • Team Strategies
    • Pavilion
      • Overview
      • Reconnaissance
      • Team Strategies
    • River
      • Overview
      • Reconnaissance
      • Team Strategies
    • Ruins
      • Overview
      • Reconnaissance
      • Team Strategies
    • Security
      • Overview
      • Reconnaissance
      • Team Strategies
    • Stasis
      • Overview
      • Reconnaissance
      • Team Strategies
  • Cog Armory
    • Overview
    • Large Weapons
    • Heavy Weapons
    • Pistols
    • Grenades
  • Downloadable Content
    • Overview
    • Canals
    • Gridlock
    • Mansion
    • Subway
    • Tyro Station
  • Welcome Back!
    • Overview
    • What’s New?
    • Controls
    • Cover

Gears of War 2 Guide › Multiplayer Warfare › Pavilion

Overview

The solemn quiet of the Pavilion’s hallowed halls lies in stark contrast to the maelstrom about to erupt outside. The crisp autumn air filled with fluttering leaves is quickly pierced by machinegun fire and the shrill sounds of incoming mortar rockets. The wide-open spaces, lengthy sightlines, and lack of aerial cover combine to make Pavilion an area that puts the most powerful COG weapons to the test. You’ll find no Torque Bows or Longshots here; this is a place where the bog boys come to wield even bigger weaponry! Mulchers and Mortars rule the battlefield. Those who fail to secure either of these mighty machines are forced to battle it out for the Boomshield located on the map’s southern end.

The map is perfectly symmetrical, both in terms of geometry and weapon placement. Neither team is ever closer to a weapon or valued piece of cover than the other. Teams must coordinate a plan of attack in the first few anxious moments, as it’s imperative that they either concede the Mulcher and retreat to the map’s upper portion or dedicate their forces to securing the Mulcher and the sandbagged security that area brings.

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