Asset rip edition>Welcome to Season 2https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Article/welcome_season_2>Youtube and Twitter:https://www.youtube.com/@MarathonTheGamehttps://x.com/MarathonTheGame>Marathon Game Home Pagehttps://www.marathonthegame.com/>The Entire History of Marathonhttps://marathon.bungie.org/story/>Play the Original Marathon for Freehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2398450/Classic_Marathon/Databases:https://tauceti.world/https://tauceti.gg/NEW: Third-party Looking For Group service (alpha)https://runclub-alpha.netlify.app/Previous run: >>574747862
>>575218803
bungielifeless and gutfucked to death on my murderous cock
The Marathon Comeback has to be studied...
>>575218614do you think that future cyberterrorist gangs (runners) wouldn't use the coolest looking guns possible? real life criminals love stylish guns.
>>575219394you need to be 18+ to post on this site fren
Another thread, another schitzo melty. Anyway, here are some other ripped assets I wanted to post.https://litter.catbox.moe/h0q1u7axj1rjsfhu.png
>>575218614Gem
I forgot that contracts have art.
>>575220659is there even a bot that looks exactly like that middle one in the final game? i don't think i've seen it and i feel like i've seen every enemy by now
One of the biggest problems with the game is the art, it's fucking ugly. Visual vomit that looks like those tranny cruelty squad clones.
>>575220659
>>575220846stop hating on our bpd/agp/trooncoded to shit game chud
>>575219115>that one retard that said marathon will overtake Sand in a weekLMAO SANDGODS WON'ED MARAFLOP LOST'ED
>>575219115we're finally getting close to beating duckov, way to go bungo
>>575220835Is it not the tox warden?
Last one. Wall decals you can find in Cryo Archive.
>>575221458cheers for the slop m8
>>575220835Grenadier commander.
>>575221427tox warden's face in final has protrusions on the side and isn't perfectly rectangular like the one in the art is what i'm saying, i think they used like pre-final art and shipped with it because there was no time or maybe money for newer art that reflected the models
>>575221691i never take a close look at these since they're rare and dangerous thanks for the correction
>>575220846>One of the biggest problems with the game is the art, it's fucking ugly. Visual vomit that looks like those trannyThat's what I thought when I saw gameplay footage. Then I tried the beta, found /mg/, spammed it with clips saying "sound matters the most, I only camp". Played it for 600 hours, then Vault Breaker launch and I deleted the game, to make sure I don't log in. Anyway, it looks good, after you love the combat. Yea, the PvP on this is great. Very good game, the problem is>Actual new content does not come with updates>New content hasn't released at all, except 1 shell and 1 pistolA different map should release for those, who are playing now. Experiments should be pushed after actual, new content. Have I mentioned I hate niggers?
>>575221691the cylinders in the middle kinda look like abs kek
What headphones do you guys use? Everyone I play with can hear everything. Footsteps, doors, triage drones, etc. I'm lucky if I can hear some gunfire. I play audio through my speakers. I want to hear stuff!! What do you guys use. Most headphones I've had ends up echoing the game sounds through the mic. Like literally all of them, not that I've had many before but still.
>>575221691This would rock as a Bionicle.
>>575222318beyerdynamic dt770 but honestly any reasonably modern headphones would give you better immersion and directional audio than speakers
>>575222318Audio-technica ATH-M40x. They broke on me this year, but I taped them together and everything is good again.
>>575222318>What headphones do you guys use? Everyone I play with can hear everything. Footsteps, doors, triage drones, etc. I'm lucky if I can hear some gunfire. I play audio through my speakers.Go to settings, audio, set music volume to zero, dialogue volume to zero, voice chat to three(3 out of 10), effects volume ten(10 outta 10).You should notice things a lot more clearly with regular headphones. Everything that isn't a sound effect, should be set to very low volume, or zero.
>>575222696>voice chat at 3so your teammate's callouts get muffled by nearby bot screeches? how do you play like that
>>575221691Lmao, all UESC have high heels.
>>575222318Philips sennhauser something. Every single game I play Im amazed that audio cues are missed by everyone when to me theyre clear as fuck.
>>575222841>so your teammate's callouts get muffled by nearby bot screeches?I'm gonna know where other players are regardless, I don't need to hear "ON ME ON ME" or "He's weak, cracked him" every second.
>>575222861They're functional and sexy.
>>575221691>>575222861am i actually going to have to be the one to call these entirely unserviceable and atrocious designs from top to bottom?some of you people actually like this shit?fuck me man wew lad
>>575223484I do think that they have overdone it with decals.
>>575222861It's decently common in robot designs
>high heels>in marshlandBad news.
Runner abilities have sound effects, that's all you need to hear
>>575225614Sauce? Deimosite rod twitched
>>575204287https://youtu.be/B_RdITdFlSAWhy can't Marathon have this?
>>575229726You blind retard.
>>575203091>Algae bitesThat looks pretty good, actually.
>>575229229what is this editing
>>575231037It's the schizo deluxe, you had to be here at launch.
>>575230230>Marathon food
Sony will kill the game because Bungie now lets you skip their gay little vanity card
>runner ability makes loud, shimmering noise>community can't handle it>bungie agrees and nerfs it
I don't remember not noticing an invisibility user. As soon as he starts shimmering, I can hear it like 25 meters away.
>>575231448That's a big glizzy.
lmfao
Grimes collab when
>toggle auto-equip free kit>it gives me a blue backpack and nothing else
>>575220659>>575220856>>575221060>>575221258do you have anything from the loading screens?
>>575230230Mmm, tasty hair gel
>>575235310What do you mean?
>>575235787like the purple moth that you see when you q on perimeter
Compiler loot is trash
>>575234386I took money somewhere else, PvE mode can get fucked https://i.4cdn.org/vm/1785003929410274.jpg
>>575236718you are genuinely cattle
>>575236945no he is a free-range lulzcow
>>5752362121) Apparently, video is hard to extract.2) The moth is there for all queue screens.
>>575219115most RAPED extraction shooter in the market, we didn't study hard enough.
...and gaped
the rape that marathon has already endured is almost nonexistent to what bungie itself is undergoing right now on effectively every orifice at oncegenuinely crazy fucking shit
>lagging to fuck lobby>cant even fight bots>sniped and down before I even know whats happening>go again>game ctd>load up and reconnect on prompt>turns out the squad all crashed too>and the enemy squad we were facingUnusual day for pvpowerhouse gamers
>>575235310https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xhLIm_8oiLLbkoSwnW2W_OfEJq2co_Q1All video from Marathon.
gape everyone
>>575219115>halobut why?
>>575240161two corpsesin one grave
I'm waiting to buy it for PvE.I wonder how substantial it's gonna be. I'm not expecting Destiny.
>>575241820>I'm not expecting Destiny.It won't be. Hopefully.
>>575239997It's not all, but most.>Faction intros without musicWow.
>>575241820Honestly, it will probably die before they can make a substantial pivot
>>575241820Season 3 PvE mode will be this experimental shit with some tweaks, it will take at least another 2 seasons before the game receives a proper PvE mode.
I thought they fixed the tooltips disappearing problem but it seems to be back
>>575241820>I'm waiting to buy itYou'll have my cocк up your ass until you do, that's how this works.
>experimental PvE mode flopped>bungie promises a "full PvE mode" in season 3>the fingers on the monkey's paw will curl and it will be gimped to all hell>the player numbers continue to dwindleBungie being raped just keeps getting better.
>>575241820pve will come out soon and shortly after it will go f2p and the game will make a great comeback soon. trust
Bungie have also mentioned a pure PvP mode. I hope it'll be Arachne themed and will allow you to level Arachne. Even playing normally, I've always struggled with them because I only react to other players instead of seeking them out.
What do you think is next for Ziegler?
>>575258209He directs the next new Halo game.
I've legit fully levelled tier 1 upgrades for vault breaker and still dont have a clue wtf is going on. I eother get a useless squad and we run out of time lookig for keys and batteried and where to put them after doing that one piss easy vault in the hallway, or I get guys that carry me so hard I dont learn anything. Saying that I have 10 Tier 2 currency so I guess even the carry guys are mediocre. How do I even use this prestige key if I cant edit my loadout.
>>575258757>How do I even use this prestige key if I cant edit my loadout.It's useable in regular Cryo. First you get used, then your key is taken, and then the key is used bt pvpers
>>575258757Try going in alone. It'll let you focus on understanding the map.>How do I even use this prestige key if I cant edit my loadout.You bought a vault key for data? It's for regular Cryo Archive. In VB, you get either keys 1 or 2 at the start, and when you solve the vault, you get another key. This is the older:>1/2 -> 3/5 -> 4/6 -> 7(Compiler)
>>575258757I had a duo carry me to a vault or something that I swear is never normally there but there it was anyway and we put the batteries in and I dropped the cryo bag cause I had no idea it needed filling as well(?) And when the guy came back we had a "tranquility" key and we stood there being scanned by a laser that turned red and said fuck off. They didnt know why they couldnt get in. Then they start asking me, the guy that hits the scanners every time like its doing something.
>>575256138>Bungie have also mentioned a pure PvP modeNot interested. I want to attack runners that are trying to do PvE. I won't support a segregated PvPigger mode.
>>575259109Damn I thought hitting 2 vaults was a speedrun.
>>575258986I cant even get a crew fill that can handle Perimeter, why the fuck would I go into the endgame puzzle labyrinth with them
>>575259524Use them as meat shields and handle it
>peanut playing STALZONE instead of marathonStalGODS are beating us...
Stalzone actually looks kind of fun.
You guys are just making games up now
>>575259524it's not the crew fill that's your true problem, but you can always lfg if you believe you lose because of your teammates. you'll still lose because it's you
What the fuck do I do to get amygdala drives. They're always looted by the time my rook self gets to south relay from spawning on the opposite end of the map every time.
>>575269482You're right, the white shield guy that melts instsntly as he overextends into a purple trio would have goten away with it if I were just a competent gamer.
Haven't played since season 1Can I do vault breaker solo
realistically speaking, from a logistical point of view, the end of the game will come after season 5, snoy already payed up to that point.here's the question : what ultimately happens to bungo? as much as i hate to admit it, /dg/ moght actually be right when they say bungo because a 50 dev support studio for other title like the new horizon game....there is some logic to that, which pisses me off
>>575278605>which pisses me offWhy? They're not the same company you used to love. Just accept it and move on.
deej would never stand for this
I'm glad I didn't skipt this game and played season one from the start. It's stale now, because of stupid, empty updates.But when it's shutdown, I'll still have my terabytes of footage doing kino ambushes
died in the lab award
S3 will fail too, without a new PvPvE map. Completely new map, or I'm not gonna download the game
>>575216979>spawn in revival>have to accept that either we get level 2 clearance in spawn and live by immediately bailing or that we're just dead because every team shows up trying to get the extra monitor that spawns up topIt really is a bell curve situation. Playing cryo with no knowledge is fucking terrible because you don't know how to even exfil, then it becomes a super fun map when you learn the essential knowledge stuff and then it goes back to being shit once you know all the extensive knowledge and realise that 90% of determining whether you win or not is based soley on whether you brought a specific weapon and if the game decided to fuck you in the ass by spawning you somewhere shit or not giving you clearance 2.
>>575276673Yes and no. With a non-upgraded kit you'll only be able to open 1 vault, but if your VB kit is fully upgraded you can easily do all 3. It's just impossible to kill the compiler is all
>>575234386I'd say it is cringe but it's obvious people are paying just as much as bungie to shit on the game so fair game at this point. The hate for the game is one of the most inorganic things I've seen
>>575286495>but it's obvious people are paying just as much as bungie to shit on the game so fair game at this point.>every game that is doing better than marathon is botted>every person that doesnt like marathon is paid by other companies to not like the gamelmao maraschizos
>>575286714Not remotely what I'm saying, but it's very obvious you can tell there's some kind of bullshit going on just by looking at this general always having at least or two people that are, at all hours, shitting up the thread. No other general is like this. No other game has multiple reddit groups dedicated to exclusively talking about it failing, or has multiple youtubers and journalists making assassination pieces on it. On almost every social media post related to marathon there's always one account based in india or bangaldesh that's praying for the game's downfall. When you type in steam charts into google it autocompletes to include Marathon for fuck's sake.There's nothing organic about any of that, it's the most obvious smear campaign possible, anyone with eyes can see that, and the only people blind to it are the people that are part of it or don't care about the game.
>>575287292>Not remotely what I'm saying>is remotely what he is sayingpeople hate the game because its a flop and bungie has cultivated an audience of seethers because its a shitty company put down the crack pipe and accept your flop of a game flopped because its bad and people love to watch its downfall
>>575287690>yeah man it's actually totally normal to never play a game and watch a line graph every single day and jump up and down, clicking your heels together in celebration that a video game doesn't have a lot of people playing it>just accept it bro it's totally normal and you're the weird one for actually playing the game instead of following "marathonhater777" and watching every single one of his videos and reading all of his articles talking about how bad the game isSo how much are they paying you? Or do you just do it for free cause you've literally got nothing better to do with your time?
>>575288035bungie paid every streamer to play their game for 3 weeks straight you have the resident schizo who was shilling the game before they added pve, you have saymyname shilling the webms in every thread on /v/, you have bungie paying youtubers to shill the latest update but sure it is some mysterious forces at work that made people drop the game and laught about it.>Or do you just do it for free cause you've literally got nothing better to do with your time?yes.
what could have been, man
>>575289568what a cutie
How did the anti-shills cause all the players to leave? Is it possible to learn this dark power?
>>575295374not from a bungie rape victim
>>575269537Well, don't go there as Rook.
>>575289568Looks lame and generic.
>>575287292>>575288035I don't think it's a proper campaign, just mass psychosis causes by Bungie somehow pushing all the wrong buttons. They got the chuds defending a tranny artist, it's that bad.
I think that Marathon would have been received at least marginally better if Assassin wasn't bald in the cinematic.
>>575289568dang
>>575305604Honestly I think the shell roster is missing just one more cool guy/edgelord character. Assassin is really the only acceptable design out of the initial 6, and though sentinel is cool, he's only cool in a utilitarian sense. Like half of the acceptable designs in this game are just female shells
>>575305604>patrick bateman ft. solid snakemissed opportunity for attracting the sigma zoomer audience
>>575295374I'm unironically happy that the PvE takeover will fail
when do they add her
>>575323973Is this the Ferro from Arc Raiders? Repeater HPR should be equivalent, no?
>>575331867yeah, ferro arc raiderand nah there's a levering rifle in that game so that would be the closer analoguethe main thing is that ferro was a staple in my broke boy kits and as a companion to SMGs/pistolsthe railgun isn't far off but is just a touch clunky comparativelythe mosin would be tarkov's analogue (cheap, punches up, but a one-trick-pony)
Anyone play duos? I feel like the game would play better this way, no?
>Bungie killed Destiny so Marathon could floplmao
>>575335639duos is a very fun queue. you get the map movement of solos with the fight feel of trios. i'd go as far as to say that it should have been balanced around duos in terms of pve
>>575305604They should have had Thief and Sentinel as the main female/male leads for the marketing, like the reveal trailer did, and make Vandal the S2 addition. At the very least design-wise if they switched the abilities around. That or just straight up cover everyone's faces and have the unmasked versions as skins laterAssassin and Vandal's designs as the main marketing characters honestly make it kind of easy to point to to say that the game's artstyle is DEI trashBut then again, gamers seem to fucking hate color in general. The lasting effect of /v/'s hatred for Sunset Overdrive has had an astounding effect
>>575343308What is DEI about Assassin?
>>575343308Im not big on colourful shit cause it often looks bad, but Marathon gets the tones and texture right IMO. I really hope it isnt lost to the ether with deserving crap like Lawbreakers etc.
>>575344091Slim build, form fitting undersuit matching the skin tone of his face making it look like he's walking around with a lot of exposed skin, the coloring on his face making his 'ethnicity' unclear and although the cinematic short is fantastic, there's some angles on his face that aren't flattering. He just doesn't really look like he's suited up for battle in general desu even if his role is stealthNot to say his design is necessarily bad, especially looking at concept art/renders for his base skin make the vision of it look a lot better than in execution, but it's not the character I would have chosen for the male lead of marketing
>>575344195>textureI disagree, mostly. While some (many, even) textures look good, there are also tons of surfaces with that shitty dirt texture. It doesn't make me thing "oh, the colony is abandoned, some many areas are run down", it's makes me think "oh, that's a dirt texture overlaid on top of the model".>>575345474No, he was just bald in the cinematic. You know that one fish eye lens scene in it, the one that got posted on /v/ countless times? That's why people think that Assassin is DEI. What you wrote is just your brain trying to fill the gaps in logic.
>>575345845Well that's part of it too, I mentioned the unflattering angle from the cinematic. The vaguely dreadlock looking hair he has in-game is honestly not much better either, further lends to the confusing ethnicity aspect. There's just other aspects to his design in addition to that that I think lent people to having a certain idea about Marathon character design
>>575344091>What is DEI about Assassin?Nothing>>575345474>Slim build, form fitting undersuit matching the skin tone of his face making it look like he's walking around with a lot of exposed skinThis is a mindbroken тгanпy who looks for DEI and SJW signs in everything
>>575347443Why did you decide to use Cyrillic in the word "tranny"?
>>575350404Cause St Cyril was a faggot
>>575354552Cyrillic wasn't made by him and his brother, Methodius, though. They created Glagolitic. Cyrillic was made by their students.
>>575222861An invisibility cloak?!
lol
just had a bug where after exfiling from VB, all the stuff remained in my inventory and I could move them to vault. anyone else?
>>575356963reporting you to bungie... sicko
>>575356963Same, except my crew left after vault 1 because downs syndrome so I had nothing of any value
How many here are actually playing this game solo (not solo mode)This shits borderline unplayable
>>575289568I would actually play it if it looked like this.
>>575356508
>>575362661Why are you in a general for a game you don't play?
>>575363054Why are you?
where is the cool melee weapon to 1shot noobs from 15m away
>>575363348I'm not. I do not visit generals of games I don't play.
Gear level up games can be fucking brutal. Got the fuck out of a four-way battle at Station after getting the drop on someone but making friends with them after first contact, nearly killed somebody else on their warning only for a vandal to come up behind us and blast me from my exfil, got the fuck away from there to look for shields in the outskirts hut, managed to get an Outland headshot on the Vandal but it didn't turn the tides since I saw them looting the friendly guy in the post-game cam. Last game was another duel gone wrong turned three-way that I GTFO'd from too. I blame the thermal Copperhead, hope we get a meta week for those next.
>lfg on discord server>after twenty mins get 2 guys>seem friendly enough>load in>finally going to have a good game>got them sticking together>one tags a purple at range and hoses him with his bully>dont even think it cracked the shield>enemy returns fire and downs him instantly>purple trio w keying over an open field>manage to down one and de-shield the others before I have to heal>other guy went for some epic flank>gets downed>decide to go for it but get grenades and spider mines all over me (3 recons)>endgame screen shows 0 damage to runners from both teammates>practically same result next two raids besides me winning engagements and rezzing them bothBack to crew fill I think
>>575364468>lfgI keep seeing this term. What does it mean?
>>575364589>lets fucking go
>>575364589little frog guy
>>575364589Looking For Group
>reset cradle>reach lvl 70 again>max level still 70, not 71all the QA got laid off huh
>>575219115I just went to check out this Sand game and... is this shit actually botted?
>>575251258>still having to keep posting this months later because Marathon is getting supported, unlike your dogshit gamesad stuff
i alternate sometimes between pretending i'm a destinigger or maratroon just to keep you guys at each other's throats so that both of these awful games die all the more quickly and utterly
>>575365875What do you actually play
>>575365273You got the extra level immediately after resetting it, I think.
>>575363927Killed the same guy literally 15 seconds into this raid, didn't have a revive for him and he didn't recognise me but I can't say I didn't want to knock a piece off the board since I did bring a key there. Killed a second free kit that wanted to kill an exfiller after I missed a snipe that would've let me share it with him, that one didn't feel bad since I'm sure he wasn't planning on sparing the exfiller like I was, and I wanted to keep that keyroom Misriah. The personal nature of solos is really cool up until you run into a faggot that only cares about ruining your day.
I'm still a little new to marathon. Is there a way to buy a silencer? I know you can find silencer mods but I think I looked at nearly every mod traxus and the others offer but unless I'm blind I don't see the silencers. Should I just hoard each one I find in a run?Also, how should I be leveling the factions? Do i power level them or do I sort of go for checkpoints, like getting every faction to level 10 or something. Solo is fun, I never fight anyone, everyone seems nice enough. It's nice for contracts.
>>575369729>Is there a way to buy a silencer?Yes, but it's random. Daily refresh.
>>575366352>playing video gameslole
>>575365310who knows, but even without the bots it sure as hell is doing a lot better than marathon lmao!
>>575365310anon... it's perfectly normal for a game to range between 2k and 30k without any major updatesdidn't you know?
Does the average player know you get bonus comms for exfilling with randoms?I'm always afraid someone will betray me or kill me with no mercy even though it suits their interest to keep me alive
>>575369729You can buy enhanced and deluxe suppressors for volt weapons after Traxus upgrades, but ballistic suppressors can only be found in raid (you'll always start with a suppressed CE sidearm or V11 Punch as ROOK after a certain faction capstone upgrade) or as non-standard armoury offers. Always look out for items that you can't always buy or are really expensive to buy, like suppressors, weapons, superior attachments, implants, cores, self-revives, signal jammer and energy amp consumables.>Also, how should I be leveling the factions?Try to level factions according to the level requirements on upgrades you'd like to unlock. Free kit solos are a good bet for getting most Priority/Limited contracts done but you'll have a really hard time getting a few done that way. Firstly, level up your vault size and cradle conversion efficiency under CyberAcme and Sekiguchi as soon as possible, then look for free daily armoury equipment and other passive buff upgrades and capstones (i.e Arachne's claymore defusal capstone). Then, look for upgrades that unlock things you'd like to have available to buy. NuCaloric has an upgrade that unlocks a barter (2 Enzyme Replicators) for one daily Protector V3 purple shield, which I'd recommend getting sooner rather than later.
>>575370161I really dislike this mechanic. All the randomness should be in the field. Armory should be a reliable fallback.
I am making a list of the evil fuckers who make the game lame. A level 260 gold shields on night marsh solos killing a green shield assassin who begged in prox that they just wanted to do their contract. That assassin is me. I am no threat to you. Why are you doing this. Do they get pleasure from squishing ants in the backyard? I will remember your name you fuck. Didn't have the balls to say anything back to me in vc
>>575374707>Why are you doing this.The weak should fear the strong>I am no threat to you.You are until dead>who begged in prox that they just wanted to do their contract.If the game didn't want you to engage in PVP while doing contract, you would do it with a red barrier locking you from the rest of the map
That's right you cunt, you're not stealing this from me. Bet you didn't expect me to have all melee implants when you sprinted at me, now did you?
How do you avoid spending the first 10-15 minutes of solo VB in the wing you started in?
>>575377616need assassin for that, use invis for the first room barrier then smoke and grab the terminals in the second room
>>575374707failed speech check
My trio and I have been doing Cryo Knife runs, going in with no weapons. It's kinda insane how stale the Cryo meta is. We all walked out with 2+ Mizzies and 3+ Volt Throwers.
Do you guys use m&k or controller for marathon on PC?
>>575381565Obviously Kb+M. I can't imagine the aim assist is that good on controller.
>>575381565Mouse and keyboard, obviously was not designed for controller.
>>575365310Now do delta force and arena chinkout
What is the best way to get purple gear that doesn't involve killing people? Where do I actually find purple shields and purple backpacks? That's all I really care about
>>575377185BASED FAG BASHER
>>575382342Sometimes in blue key rooms. Or barter them.
>>575379114BASED FAG BASHERS
So when I trios crew fill, what am I supposed to do.. I don't want to be greedy and ask to do my contract. Should I be making constant call outs? I've never been good at small talk person :(Do you just ping somewhere and pick a random persons contract to do? Or do trios fill just beeline hauler or or pinwheel etc for carnage
>crew fill are a couple of white shield shitters>do my shit mission alone>ping some decent loot here and there should they want it>twenty minutes later in a very quiet server I have a couple of green teammates now>we find the remains of a gunfight>they now have blue shields>we go to extract>manage to defend it against a purple trio and kill them, but one of our guys lost faith and crawled to extraction while downed>me and other guy loot up and head to final exfil>i place a trap pack in a shipping container near the exfil thinking I was dropping ammo>still 30 secs to go >move to the beacon>as I head there I down someone with the trap>spin around theres a rook crawling to us>whip out my thief drone..Im sorry rook bro, the price for your life was Gold
>queue trios>enable crewfill>loading in, only my name and contract pops up on screen>i'm alonethis shit again? Does this happen to anyone else?
>>575384680Whoever is risking the best gear chooses where to go. If you're blue shield and the fill are lesser, they do as theyre fucking told or get left to die. Once you're satisfied you can turn your attention to their needs, unless I guess you soawn on their needed POI and yours is the opposite side of the map, bit even then if its convoluted I might leave it be. You don't really need to talk with the ping wheel but it goes a long way to building team cohesion.If they are equals its at your discretion. If they are useless in combat I dont eveb rez them til Im done looting the enemy. If they do the work and I end up cheesing the kills with an ability or claymore or something then I rez them and just cover til theyre done. If a lesser gear player ends up with better gear than you, you're still the boss, but if he commits to combat you should support him wholly unless he is over 100m away and down, then its your call.If somebody mercy kits you or lets you self rez then youre their slave.
>>575385839Only IRL
>>575384680If somebody has a purple shield, they are your God. Otherwise, it's usually the first person who takes initiative.
You need to start ROOKing Perimeter. Nobody ever expects a ROOK behind a rock with a V22, and if you're alone, the whole map is yours.
>pve players dont want bungie's pve mode>no big patch for two monthslol?
>>575391767Yeah, I'm fucking waiting to claim my 190 rank rewards.
>>575394562if they don't let me have the salvage i'm going to be so tempted to quit
>>575394562>>575398471How do you even stomach playing a ranked mode with wildly different loadouts?
>no 7klmao
I know 4 maps is a small amount but how can you be bored of them already, what extraction games are you used to?
>>575403039The problem mostly is that I've sunk almost 700 hours into the game at this point. It'd be fine if I was actually rotating between all 4 maps but really I'm mostly stuck playing the same 2 unless marsh or perimeter are in the weekly ranked rotation. I'm just tired of mostly playing on Outpost and Cryo
>>575402440This was about the faction rep rewards, not ranked mode.
>crew fill on this pve shit>couple paychopaths just run through everything>feel like a loser grabbing batteries and chasing these guys>3 vaults down and we go on a trek to the big boss thing apparently>actually we only have 6 minutes left we should leave >and they doDamn I wanted the full carry. Guessing it takes speedrunners x3 to crack this egg
>>575409962i just get carried and it works. i even made it to compiler in vb with enough batteries without picking up more than 5 myself. i mean i try to find batteries but they avoid me or something. but maybe i'm actually a sweat and i just focus too hard on my losses idk ymmv
this is just too funny, i really wanted this game to beat arc raiders at some point, oh well
I'll be your T2 Vault Index tonight
>>575417427Great! I'll trade you for 500 T1s and get that upgrade I've been looking at.
>>575417427i can put you in a backpack and then exchange you for firearms?
>>575416138>i really wanted this game to beat arc raiders at some point,lol
>>575409962Luckier than me, I'm at the point where I can hold my weight enough finding a lot of batteries and sec clearance, but I'm probably not moving through the map as efficiently as I could be. Got most upgrades outside of most credentials and the 2 sec tagsUsually my fills have been what feels like either two people less competent than me or 1 guy who is more. Closest I've gotten to Compiler is failing the secret labs room because we just weren't well prepared or coordinated enough
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what does he compile
>>575424694a new game
>>575424694human data mostlyIn the OG game, they spend most of their time hacking the Marathon ship's systems, learning about humans and our weaknesses/strengths and sending it back to the pfhor forces so they can fuck with us more. This one is probably still doing that but now he has an extra 300 year info gap to cover (that is until we kill him) with the arrival of the UESC reinforcements and runners
>>575429451what a nigger
I wish this wasn't designed to be a discord shooter. Solo is kino but you can't even team up with other solos in map. Ugly art aside if they focused on high quality social content within maps the game would already be closer to being fixed. They won't figure it out though kek.
I just got cucked out of my VB data haul because of server issues. I got weaseled.
God grinding out the cradle cosmetics and title is a whole new level of nightmares>traded in 500k worth of stuff from my vault>only halfway into my 2nd resetPretty sure the only way to be able to hit reset 7 and hit 70 before season reset would be to hit cryo every weekend and just non-stop trade in any golds you manage to get your hands on. The fact EXP gains for cradle weren't tweaked in any way is fucking insane
i wish the maps where bigger, like at least arc raiders big with lots of mini locations. there's not enough room to larp imo
>>575438982Kinda want the same, only because I'm super into the lore and immersion aspect and every map really does just feel like a thinly veiled arena for runners to crash into one another instead of an actual place to explore and traverse
>>575438856wait, does the increased max level reset per season? fuck that then, the grind is worse than a bootleg korean MMO
>>575436876Never mind.
I'm gonna do it.
>>575442223>74 storage drivesYou're going to need all of those.
>>575439105NTA but if the maps were at least 1/3 larger they could probably speed up queues too. Besides dumping the squad required game design; pivoting to a minimal punishing survival focused extract with a per mission campaign would be better than PvE only. It's punishment enough to lose the time it took to play a map. Most loot should be recoverable in some way with some tiers and portions of stacks lost. It could be cool to give players the ability to recover other peoples loot for them from some UESC zones. Definitely need to make the PvE harder and update much more non-UESC enemy variety though. The compiler fight is terrible so if they're going to have bosses in an extract game make it totally separate and high quality or make them special roaming boogeymen.>Press E to interact with terminals: The Fightwhat were they actually even thinking with this
This is cool. And the Jjaro were on Tau Ceti IV right, our shitty maps had a Godlike alien on them. Not installing the game until a fully new map(PvPvE) is released.
>>575423095BONE pressed , 5.685in
>>575442923No mention of Yagsbarro?
>Crewfill to Night Marsh>One of the randoms is a gray shield Assassin>He runs off on his own and dies 4 minutes in>Disconnects>Check his bag>1 thoughtwave lens, 2 unstable leadHe brought nothing, picked up no weapons, and lost a melee fight with a grenadier. My god.
>>575444141-1 player count or this, pick your poison
How do you get to clearance 2 in VB solo fast? For me, it's the first 15 minutes of the run. Also, the second vault will require fighting a warden (pump/tranquility). Is there a way to just run away from it?
>>575288035can you possibly project any harder marketing saar? the game had one of the most inorganic and fake hype campaigns of all time, resulting in a 95% player loss and now pulling 5k players daily. all positivity around this game is completely made up and fake
>>575443787>No mention of Yagsbarro?If Sony wasn't stupid and forced Bungie to delay this Beta version of the game, everything would be mentioned.It would release with more maps and modes. But no, Sony let them do their thing, without forcing them to make a proper AAA title.I'm so mad that Arc Raiders is getting maps(third one this October) and my preferred game didn't get anything
>>575451828>the game had one of the most inorganic and fake hype campaigns of all timeMassive stretch. Every major game gets a marketing campaign. You are only aware of this one because it failed.
does the corruption field in labs extend inside vault 6 and 7? meaning is it necessary to shut it down if I can open the thing during 1 antivirus pack
>>575449708Honestly, it's mostly luck, but also knowing your options. Loot tags from your starting wing, and hack any security monitors. Then move to Control, loot the bots, tags/batteries are often around the edges of the room and at the two desks at each side of the room. Tags/monitors are sometimes next to the red partition. Repeat for the other half of Control. If you still don't have enough, hit up one of the other wings, it's ideal if you already have to go to Preservation for the coolant device. >Is there a way to just run away from it?You can hack the door, but not immediately. I don't know if it's timed or you have to defeat so many bots.
>>575452701>Tags/monitors are sometimes next to the red partition.I have been able to consistently find a tag in one of the barrier rooms.
Playing solo Assassin in VB is actually pretty fun. With other shells, you are just trying to punch through endless waves of bots (my favorite part is when a trio of assault troopers spawns), but with Assassin, you have options.
https://marathon.bungie.org/story/Is this dead for anyone else?
Marathon is dead, yes.
>>575458304ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED
>>575458304IT'S OVER...
The sound design in this game is fucking incredible. Having really good headphones, sneaking around night marsh is an awesome and terrifying experience I've never had in another game. One of my contracts had me go into the basement of ai uplink during night marsh and holy fuck. I had never been down there before I didn't know what to expect. I turned a corner and saw someone looting and I never walked away so fast. They didn't see me. But anyways, being able to hear the tiniest faintest sounds is really cool. It just works very well.
>>575460559It may only really be noticeable in solos, but the sound design is good at inducing paranoia. When you walk past a vehicle, and the metal creaks in a way that sounds like distant gunfire. Quite a few things sound like footsteps, rain on a tarp, the sound of crumbling rocks near the perimeter cliffs, even the heat cascade sounds like someone's running up on you. Fungus can sometimes sound like people wading through water. The one that annoys me is random vent banging from places where I know there aren't any vents.
>>575460559There is room for improvement. I don't like that you can hear walking/running in the Pinwheel from outside.
>>575458304yeah but that's not the real website anyways
>ranked>one of my team mates runs straight into hauler solo knowing there's a team up there and gets gunned down>eventually lose because we waste so much time trying to buy space to get him up that another team comes in and fucks us from behind>getting loadout prepped when he says "so where did we go wrong there guys?"I'm going to be hardstuck in gold forever ffs
>>5754525606 you can leave the virus field up I’m pretty sure, 7 you need to take it down to open that center room in labs
Playing VB made me realize that maybe V75 Scar isn't that great after all.
>>575469287Deluxe scar versus deluxe bully is like a night and day difference.Also, I didn't know until now how godly a purple demolition feels.
How best do I unlock the 'down a runner with a trap pack' codex entry? Just place them near corpses and pray?
>>575472915Pretty much.
>>575472915>bring a trap bag and 2 mercy kits>down a rook>hop on prox chat>"hey man im just trying to do a codex challenge, if you promise to use this trap bag and get downed I'll rez you and let you live"shrimple as that
I'm afraid to be ruthless in marathon. It's a small enough player base that you're very likely to meet the same people. What if I end up making a name for myself and people hate me
>>575476023That's an unhealthy way to look at things. When you queue into a match, you accept the risk of death by other players. This isn't an act of malice, it's simply the way the game is. As long as I don't T-bagged, I don't get mad at someone killing me because I would have done the same.
>>575476023friendly runner
>>575381821>I can't imagine the aim assist is that good on controllerIt is that good actually. It might even be stronger than COD's aim assist.
>>575476023I don't think I've ever once even glanced at the name of the person who killed me
>>575472915the way i always see people get these is bargaining with rooks to share loot and mercy kit them. i just helped someone with the sentinel codex entry for downing a snare mined enemy for some purples
>>575472915Update: I did this and my teammate set it off
>>575460559Yeah my first time in night marshwass a hell of an experience, solo queued and using the torch sparingly to not reveal my position. Theres sone weird shit out there. Ghosts and stuff. I even saw a zombie just standing around, looked like a long limbed purple monster guy. Just pinged it and fucked off.
>>575478392>says explosives detected>presses e anywayloot goblinsssss
>>575289568in a world of picatinny rail, that gun looks oddly smooth.
How do I play a shell other than Assassin in solos? Every map he just seems the best at
>>575483702He is a noob trap, hard countered by Thief.
>>575483702by growing some BALLSi play destroyer/vandal exclusively and it works just fineit's funny clearing pinwheel and then walking out of the command wing and greasing some ratfuck assassin who's too scared to make an actual play
>>575483702all the classes are fine in solos. except maybe sentinel. you just have to accept a non-stealth rat lifestyle
>>575488809triage is the only one that's particularly suspect in solos, i'd put sentinel over him. free claymores, yothey should rework his scanner though. the fact that it doesn't pick up crouch walking players makes it actually useless. if they're not doing that you're hearing them clear enough anywaysi also liked the suggestion of changing bubble shield and his ult around, making bubble shields intercept nades and his ult deploy a bubble instead, that would instantly make him amazing. undisputed king of defense
>>575467075Why do you even ranked
>>575469751The heavy ammo lmg? Very sexy
>>575476023No worries, baby's-first-shooter levels of autoaim and bullet magnetism will ensure you can never clean up too hard. Additionally, the AI support should give you a naughty boy timeout after enough rage reports. They really did think of everything those based bungos. Don't forget to buy some skins on your way out!
>>575469287It's honestly the one gun that requires an RPM boost at the lower end of the battery heat, not the V22. It's currently barely keeping up with the other assault rifles (PvP) while it really doesn't have a role outside having semi-decent decent ammo efficiency. Make the burst RPM better and make it build up heat quicker to reward controlled bursts of damage. Currently you need to mag dump like crazy to leverage any use out of the SCAR
>>575489542The bubble idea is good.They should add an extra passive buff to all shells though, little things like Sentinels deploy better bubble shields, destroyer does more explosive dmg (just example)
>>575478947it doesn't always say explosives detected though.
Is that charge up volt gun shit? The one with two firing modes. I have been forced to use it twice now and both times raped people that gave off "WHOAH" body language
>>575499432v66? yeah it's solid, hits hard. it's a DMR so obvious drawbacks at close/long range but it's pretty good in its pocket. i'd assume its charged shot function is good but also i have no clue and can't find any numbers on how much damage it does. and if you ever accidentally find yourself in charged-shot mode when you didn't expect to be, you fucking DIEthe v11 also punches (heh) above its weight. it's trapped in the range where everything else is just better but it's no slouch. seen a tiny-ass v11 no-mods drop a runna plen'y o' days
>>575491740nta but guaranteed good loot when killing other teams. just killing one team is usually enough to hit your quota, then you can just exfil right after
>>575472915>>575475025What does a trap bag look like to thief xray?
>>575452701It's 1 minute to hack the door. You can stealth through it or use a thief drone to pick up the card and give it to yourself through the barrier
It's over...
Did you guys already do the "revive our not dead game: please don't tell us the definition of revive" event? I can't remember if it was this week or last week.
>>575518036i got the blue backpack
>>575452394Bungie gets more suckoff from the press than any other dev in the entire industry.
I feel like I never have the right gun for a situation. What guns do you guys bring? Do you have favorites or just use whatever's meta. I like the stryder but I suck with it in pvp.
i use a white volt pistol or magnum as i am a beggar
>>575527809bully or m77 are my go-to'sd54 if i'm running a sniper or brokeif i don't have an m77 or sniper on hand and i'm headed to dire marsh then it's twin-tap or br33
>finish vault 2 with 15 minutes left>still have 6 batteries left, scanned the pump key warden and grabbed the key and snuck out no problem>book it to vault 3 >I have the vault 5 key not the vault 3 keyI'm a moron
>>575527809within about 35m the bully clears everything for me. but outside of that i like the m77 and outland and longshot. i used to like the mizzy. i like the drrvish. the d54 post-nerf feels gay and shitty but it was a usable cheap weapon so it got nerfed (can bungie stop hating on a successful young runner) it's not that bad though. better than most of the options you got if you're down bad
>>575433590It's not his fault, you know.
>>575289568They "Nintendo, HIRE THIS MAN!"'d the Security Officer.
I have not played Marathon since vault breaker released.I will not install Marathon of S3 doesn't have new PvPvE map.I will not support PvE.
>>575541185 (You)
Has anybody ever opened any of the auxiliary Upper Complex loot rooms before? Only ever opened the seven red buttons room once because a rival team took the parallel elevator and shot the buttons on their side.
>>575544194No unfortunately, only lab
>>575289568fuck, i'm sad now. they actually did slopify one of my favorite fps franchises and i still like it but this would have been better
>>575545213It just looks like bootleg Halo.
>>575547914to a zoomer, that AR design came before halo
>>575299341i did it anyway and made it work but it took so long, i would hate trying to get my crew fills to look for blue salvage
>>575552691Go solo and try to lock the place down and keep the TAD up until there's a shot to an exfil, you can hunker down in each of the Perimeter PoIs really easily even without defensive equipment.
Marathon's biggest dick sucker made a 50 minute presentation explaining how the game sucks and isn't going to play it for a while. No irony here either.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA69zcSn2W0
>>575555095i think i like the rapid pace of rook infils/exfils sprinting directly to objectives more than trying to rat out the same piece of blue salvage, i just exit the run if i see too many looted containers when i'm doing that kind of grinding it is what it is for now until they change salvage upgrade requirements
>>575555871it's very flawed, i love this game but it's just... flawed
>>575555871>Negative review>Playtime: 1000 hoursName a more iconic duo.
>>575555871If Bungie wasn't retarded(too much to ask) a fifth map would be ready for this summer, but they're wasting time on dogshit experiments, instead of releasing content for those, who did not quit the standard PvPvE game.>>575556635I have 600 hours and stopped playing because they released Vault Breaker instead of real new content, for the normal game mode.PvPvE updates should come first, the experiments should be second. But Bungie is a very retarded studio, unfortunately. The shittiest one in Sony's history.
>>575507972Genius
>>575527809I had that one volt gun, not the auto aim thing or the single fire one, the one thats hot pink by default. Had 4 purple attachments on it and I just won every gunfight over 6 hours of back to back raids.
>>575555871I'm sure he makes some good points but I've immediately found this person to be extremely obnoxious, so I shall not be watching
>1.9k players onlinehttps://youtu.be/EaRiY7WkMhw?si=1Gf9KPb5kBOElwVs
>>575555871>gay voice>gay avatar>starts talking about league of lesbiansOne less faggot in my runs.
>>575518036idk, this event is cool though and cant wait for season 3's permanent mode
>>575562759I would also very much like another map, but that alone wouldn't solve the game's issues. But Bungie have more than staff to work on these things in parallel. It's either already in development or the game is truly doomed.
How about a Hacker shell? High as fuck resistance to hacks and effects, can buff teammates or debuff enemies, can drop a red barrier wall like the usec thing to block doors as his ultThoughts?
do you feel it yet, mr krabs ?
I studied last night. I found that Marathon couldn't even hit 6k last night.
Marathon players have jobsVery rare among game communities!
>>575576436yeah i think there's a quip to be made here about bungie developers and jobs but i'll restrain myself
>>575576436>Marathon players have jobsNo they don't.
>>575576574Why contain it?
>>575570246>How about a Hacker shell?Thief already exists thoughJokes aside, I'd personally love to have a hacking shell that uses hacks to debuff and scout indirectly but it'd either be way too strong of a shell that it'd be a busted auto include in all trios or it'd be so monumentally shit that you're basically trolling by picking them. I think if they were to lean into hacking more as a mechanic it should be done through some kind of cyberdeck like weapon Runners can bring>Cyberdeck takes up a weapon slot and needs to be held to be used>As standard it can indirectly ping the closest target in it's range>Have it so it's range is super short (5m - 10m)>Each cyberdeck has 2 attachment slots; one that affects the range or upload time of the deck and the other the software slot that basically changes what happens when you ping an enemy>Make all kinds of software attachments that cause status effects (EMP, Hack, Overheat, Illuminated, Live Ping Tracker, something that temporarily shorts their body implants & cores etc.)I know Bungie won't but I think it'd be interesting.
>>575555871I don't need a 50 minute video to know that a game that refuses to entertain casual solo players (re: the majority) is doomed. This guy and seraph play with the cringiest slackjawed 250lb sperg troons you'll ever hear so why would you trust somebody who sabotages their own streaming brand?
Marathon is getting beat by Dark and Darker. A game well known for being mishandled by its retarded game director and being taken off steam temporarily when that lawsuit initially hit.
why does this general get to live?
>>575578683spite.spite and hatred.spite, hatred, and the undying contempt of the entire playerbase.
>>575578683Irrelevant but cool. Thanks for sharing.
>>575578683is your point that /dg/ is much more dead despite it having 1000x the "players"?
>>575578683just to suffer
>>575577441 Im sure giving the hacker yhe lowest possible melee, heat etc attributes would help balance it, no?
>>575578683>the indifferent cruelty of the universe when the indomitable /mg/ walks in
>>575578683To be studied? Lurk moar
Lmao people are getting Bungie code of conduct warnings and time outs because of the voice chat monitoring systems and people talking about being gay,white black, having adopted kids, and saying basic things. There was a few tweets and sneddit posts about it. Give it to Bungie to fuck it up just like Destiny text chat flagging everything
>>575579772Not really. Thief and Recon already have some astoundingly low majority stats on shit that actually matters and they’re some of the best shells in the game. So long as the cradle exists, you’ll at bare minimum always have a shell that’s 55 in almost everything prior to implants, which is definitely serviceable enough. They could potentially enforce some kind of hard cap maybe (hacking shells melee can only ever go to 25 or 40 max, heat capacity can only ever be 30 max etc.) but most balancing decisions would have to come from how the abilities act rather than gutting the shell’s capabilities.Maybe the hacking ability requires the shell to use heat whilst doing so, which could lean players into spec’ing into heat cap implants and also mean the shell couldnt just sprint and slide around everywhere without punishing itself. Likewise could act as a hard counter and reason for people to take heat grenades to “brick” people playing these shells
Can't use a sponsored kit on Perimeter without getting molested by purple paedos
>>575581989Go assassin or vandal and run for your fucking life, or are you trying to get a skin
Thoughts on the Overrun AR?
>>575583346Genuinely prefer using the CE tac over it. Something about the gun is just horrendously awful, even when it’s fully modded out. Feels awful to use against bots and feels awful to use against players in 99% of fights.
>finally open vault 3 solo>only 1 tier 2 ai dataWhat is this bullshit
>"hardcore" FPS>no firing rangei like the game but come on bungo get your shit together
>>575583346If theyre going for a generic serviceable full auto assault rifle they nailed it.
I wish that barrel mods wouldn't ruin the silhouette of the Outland. It looks so silly when the front half of the blocky furniture gets cut off.>>575583968Only the grey one has consistently failed me, the unique and even green ones have served me well. Probably outdamages and outranges the Copperhead unless you stack purple range mods on it.
I wish they would add a player hub like Deadlock. >Add a net runner chair for queue >Add a closet to change skins in >Add a practice room to test guns in >Add a bedroom for us to kiss in>Add NPC faction leads to chat to >Add a loot room to show off our wealth
>>575585532More shit to load and unload between raids, great idea.
>invis>wallhacks>steal best item from a player>traps CC>shotgun peaking beats everything>you always lose everything if you diemarathon ain't going anywhere with all this cancer>>575585532that would require an entire 2 days of dev effort though!
https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Article/marathon_update_1_1_5_1
I’m just getting into Marathon now and I’m having a good time. It’s a little strange browsing forums for a game that’s less than a year old and seeing people act like it’s about to EOS.I enjoy hunting other players down to take their stuff.
>added solo for VBFinally. Thank you retard.
>>575587224I get where the EOS panic/schadenfreude is coming from, but if I listened to those retards, I would have never actually bought this game.I mean, of course I would have survived without Marathon, but it still gave me tons of hours of enjoyment.
>can perfectly do VB solo and get all 3 vaults and exfil>just impossible to do compiler because of time and the boss fight mechanics>”we’re adding a solo mode for VB!”>check changes>it’s just changes so shitter retards that fight the bots instead of running past them are more likely to no brain get 3 vaults>nothing added to make solo compiler actually possible
>>575555871i closed the video when he insisted everyone was farming upper complex for loads of golds and that it wasn't just sweats, my teammates in crew fill aren't good enough to clear upper complex on free kits an alarming amount of the time
>>575578683armfag is endlessly seething about PvE and bumping
>>575587224Im new too, well I started early rhis month, rrally like the game never had matchmaking problems or anything. I sort of understand why some might be worried but the amount of doom posting is wild.
>>575587224A part of it is how Marathon was something in a whole mix of games that were supposed to exist and it was the only one to come out and people are expecting more from something that was just set to be a contained mode and not really go for the whole spiritual Destiny platform route. Of course it doesn't help that it was the time of absurd cash injections into these companies and these companies pissing away a lot of money and ruining everything, and Bungie being complete fucking retards. Idk it's dumb beer and pretzel entertainment but I do kind of get why people give Marathon a rash of shit and despise it, it can be underwhelming if you're looking for something that was never in the picture and of course now something Bungie will never acknowledge was how the game was always set to be. They're almost trying to do the vague leading on they did with Destiny trying to make the potential seem larger than it really is. I do see the game eventually collapsing because Bungie's greed is insatiable
>>575588135Do the crit changes not apply to him?
>>575588270Yeah the disconnect from the no-lifer streamers is pretty wide. It was the same shit how blase a lot of this dickheads were with Vault 6 keys and some of the vault keys in general when they all were hitting up super simps from their chats to gift them tries to do the vaults with no worry of RNG or time sink. Sake of argument most of the keys especially the low ones are fine, but 6 was horse shit and the only positive grab of Vaultbreakers is getting it with no real effort.
>>575583968Sidearm is underrated in the way sidearms in pvp in Destiny were overlooked, stupidly spammable, it keeps getting buffed, and the range at max mods could get a bit stupid at like 30m or so
How would you feel if shields were removed from the game and everyone had the equivalent of a purple by default.
>>575589773>increased critical hit damage to UESC combatantsNo, but again even if it did it wouldn’t matter cause there’s still no feasible way to actually do all 3 panels to make the compiler vulnerable for a damage phase without getting fucking nuked, and even if there was you’d only have 2 minutes tops with the ideal run, meaning you’d have to one phase it, which is something even a full trio can struggle to do.
>>575590174i was daydreaming the other day about shields being a permanent unlock to represent your progress, even when you use a free kit. would probably retain more players if the whole game was a bit closer to vault breaker with the roguelite permanent kit building
>>575590174>if shields were removed from the game and everyone had the equivalent of a purple by default.It would make looting boring. Instead of two prizes(shield and gun) you get one, the gun.I don't give a fuck about cores and implants, most people are looking forward to taking people's guns and shields. Fuck that shield removal pvp equality shit
>>575591048>implying it's fun to choose between necessities to jam your bag with like credits and shields and consumables when all of them are good to have
>>575590174That'd be dumb, the asymmetry is fun and nowhere near as insurmountable as the underdog compared to Tarkov's armour system.
>>575590174Individual changes like this don't matter to people. People hate losing everything on death, the content isn't fleshed out, and characters + guns are ugly. All 3 need to be addressed ASAP. Sponsored kits, freebies, and rook runs don't mean shit. People want to progress with minor setbacks, they want to look cool, and they want higher quality interactive content with lots of replay permutation.
>0/0 repDid my faction rep and rewards just get wiped back to rank 30...? Did they really fuck this up a second time..? No shot they actually fucked it this up again...
>>575593142I think this is why I fucking hate how small the maps are and everything is push towards a BR hotspot like action. Even fucking CoD DMZ let you have a cushion of some space on the larger map between teams and you could do things at your own pace. With Marathon it's just there is virtually no downside, it's basically a check for sanity by wiping the board and doing what you gotta do. Give away your position with the car alarms of bot noises, it's all just such shit
>>575592736 Tarkov you can leg meta or head eyes people. In this game I have never found a purple shield or crew filled with one, only fought them in threes. You simply have more HP with a better shield. I'd understand if Railguns were made like spartan lasers but did health damage.
Damn recon has just gotten good skin after good skin
>>575595470>leg meta or head eyesRight, but there's never a case in which your bullets do literally nothing to somebody in Marathon. In hindsight, the two systems are probably comparable in how much of an advantage having better armour gives you. I've filled and gotten random fill teammates with purples fairly often, but I think I have seen it less often recently now that most people have gotten screwed over by taking a purple and getting queued together with free kits.
>>575596242Inflation fetish suit
>>575596883Was that in Cryo? I've never had anything beyond blue in marah or perimeter, and blue is uncommon. I've only queued Outpost twice and both times I got white shielders.
>>575596242Kind of Blame/Gantz looking.
>>575596242Pretty slick for a class thats more embarassing to use than assassin
>>575597180No, I've gotten them in all the other maps as well. Last Outpost trios game I queued, I got a gold shield Russian/Turk that dropped another gold for his teammate and we blew the whole map up.
>>575596242Destroyerbros…Sentinelfriends…
>>575596242Bring out the gimp.
>finish counting up everything from salvage christmas and still have to grind 18 biostripping for nucal purple shield barterbungie really hates their players
>>575593462>>575598617If I claim this shit, that won't fuck anything up once they fix this right? They will be giving me my 200 rank rewards back, won't they?
>>575593462>>575598617Just claim them you retarded apes. You get the VIPs after the first 29. It's like you fags don't even know the game you are playing.
>claiming the SekGen rewards gave me the exact number of Paradox Circuits I needed to leave the North Relay minesNow I'm condemned to the Rape Marsh for Neurochem Packs
Oh man, you get only 20 for solving a second vault?
>>575603180I only got 10, shit's ass
>>57560318010 to 30 range from what was seen so far.
>>575603180Spare a thought for me saving for the goo gun and ammo
I love the gunplay and combat but the moment I get into a fight with a real player they ALWAYS kill me. I've never once won a trade against people with even worse shields than me. Idk what I'm doing wrong. Even if I shoot first. It's like they all have perfect aim and I don't. God forbid a runner gets too close I'm incapable of medium-close ranged combat. I just idk. It's lost on me. I always miss, they're moving like a spaz, it's every time. I use m&k but I'm not really this bad at other fps, I can top frag in bfvi and v every once in a while even.
>>575603180Did vault 5 again and got 10. Converted all 30 into 1000 regular data to buy a blue shield.
>>575608650Believe in yourself, Anon. You'll find someone worse than you, I promise.
>>575603180>>575608708I've gotten to a point where I can almost reliably do 2 vaults solo. Starting tomorrow, I'll be playing with randoms with the intention of beating the Compiler. After that, I'll just farm the vault keys and maybe the goo gun if I really like the trio gameplay.
>>575599637i'm not a retarded ape i just need more duct tape because i've been selling it for credits because i am a retarded ape, i claimed my rewards
>>575608650Console auto aim is strong, but maybe you're not using the right weapon in the right situations? Always check your weapons ranges
>>575609231Christlike (except without being a faggot pacifist)
>>575608650what weapons are you using? marathon used to default to mouse smoothing being on and you had to edit an .ini file to fix it
>>575218743Stop creating this stupid ass general. Another general for an actual game dies whenever you do.
>>575612659>Stop creating this stupid ass general.No.>actual game*gacha
>>575585789well no you'd keep all that shit in memory (like deadlock)>great muh performanceno you don't render or update it it's just kept in memory
>>575612659Imagine your general dying to /mg/. Cucked to shit.
>>575612659>some loli pedo game general diesgood
>>575612764How come there's no news tab huh? What's there to talk about? This game was solved on the first week of release, and there's been no real new content since then.
>>575612659>the threads that don't talk about the game for shit nongames for nongamers are better threadsok buddy
>>575609231
>>575613186>What's there to talk about?There was an update just today. We also talk about the game, both actual gameplay and the meta discussion. I'm glad I have this general because talking about Marathon on /v/ is practically impossible.
>>575472915Update 2: Got a Rook on Outpost
game so cancerous it even killed the story page and made hamish sinclair lose all hope
after obtaining the things you want to play with at least once in a season this game becomes pointless.everything is reset, there is no reason to farm outside of feeding them to a worm for a half percentage point of stats that dont fucking matter, there is no shell customization outside of weird as fuck skins, and the ((("end-game"))) is a limited time event each week with spawns worse CoD and Halo : Reach COMBINED.also, where the fuck are the maps? this entire game is a fucking battle royale in an extraction shooter clown suit and we have what, 3 bland and boring as fuck maps? Jesus Christ bungo, Destiny 1 maps were better than this, AND THEY WERE SOME OF THE WORST MAPS IN THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY YOU FUCKING HACKS.
>day marsh thief blue shield>get a white thief and blue destroyer>within 5 mins we get all 3 of our quests done >thief spots 3 purples at next compound>fuck it lets go, can tell hes not trash despite the gear>its that big orange and white trapezoid building with the holes in the sides>theres a battle inside but it dies down soon as we get close, not sure if it was vs AI>thief drones them out>still 3 purps>they keep poking out of windows and doors and I keep cracking them with the hardline battle rifle I decided to bring>this shit is never going to get a kill>enemy drones us amd we drone them back and forth>despite seeing our lesser gear they dont make a rush, keep trying to snipe us and missing>I keep cracking them but cant get a down>ammo gone>got a backup smg but the play isnt there>we just fuck off and exfil, drone shows they didnt even follow despite seeing our retreat >can see an exfil beacon in the distance when we activate oursWas a decent gunfight all told. Normally my crww fills yolo into shit situations but these guys knew to hold off. I also learned today to give the hardline the gayest skin I can find so I can immediately identify it as not worth equipping.
>>575613186Nobody has done a solo compiler run yet but many are trying.Not sure if anyone has got max cradle prestige yet.Game is potentially
>>575614273I like the maps. Id even like if all maps had day/nifht alternstivg being open, minimal effort and the difference is night and day.
>only remotely notable change is that VB is less trionigger now>ccu is already beating yesterdays peak because of thatis bungie outright retarded? why wasn't this a day 1 thing?(rheotical question)
>>575612659>this game has no players, b-but it also kills other generals?
Have they lowered the number of teams in Day Marsh? My matches have been pleasant strolls.
>>575610806Fucking arsehole
it's time, time to sell me arata vectus vandal
>>575616050Tasteless niggers in high places and Bungie trying their usual office politics which backfired spectacularly>releasing a GaaS that has nothing to buy>wanted to release it an entire year earlier>were clearly being deceitful about Marathons development
>>575618008I think the matchmaking is a lot less focused on getting in a lot of players per run now. Less queue time but more empty map to traverse witn no action. VB and the low player count convinced them to accept this as the best solution I guess.
i wish the purple armory mods weren't rotating, fuck am i supposed to do with LMG parts on this day? i don't have a gold HMGmakes the (high effort) upgrades feel shitty
>>575619104Mepsipax?
Is there an end to the main quests? I dont think I'm anywhere near just wondering.
>>575626080which ones? the priority or the limited (traxus/mida) ones? because they all have an end to them except the repeatable ones (grey).
Wow, those rank rewards huh? What a terrible day to not have the final Sekiguchi cradle efficiency upgrade.
What even is the story of marathon?Aliens corrupt ai which kills the people?What are the husk guys and the anomalys
>>575629842i think AI corrupted itself (rampancy) and invited the aliens to attack the ship. fast forward hundreds of years (present) and corporations are hiring us to check out the ship and planet to investigate and retrieve assets.
>>575631241Also there's probably an evil god inside the planet which makes people (and also ais) insane. (But not the alien-calling AI, that one was completely home-grown, and encouraged by an evil scientist guy for the lolz.)
Damn thief is fun
>>575629842Play for like 600 hours until you collect all the codex entries and you'll find out. Oh and play the original Marathon trilogy (The Gerrit White and Kill Your Television terminals practically give the whole thing away) and read their manuals and the lost network packets and play Pathways Into Darkness and at least read about Minotaur: Labyrinths Of Crete, and also scour the web for all of Jason Jones's interviews and Halo developer commentaries. Spoiler alert: Jason Jones is an esoteric Hitlerist and Marathon (2026) is still fundamentally about the same things as the original game and every single other game that Jones has worked on (except maybe Destiny and Destiny 2, I get the impression that he checked out for like a decade with those after getting burned by Halo 3's development so hard).I'm not fucking with you or trying to be some mysticising "gatekeeping" faggot asshole, only the 600 hours part was a joke. If you don't really want to do all of that, then I recommend you at least play the original trilogy and collect the codex entries for Bernard Strauss's journals, B. Strauss on A.I, and the UESC Marathon Models. Also the parables that Nona sends you for completing her contract chains. The most interesting codex entries are the ones which recontextualise or assist in understanding various aspects of the original games, don't take anything as being directly applicable but do use your imagination. The W’rkncacnter's role in Marathon Infinity was as a contrivance by Kirkpatrick for the meta-plot of the game being about how it's the one which gives you all the dev tools, which kind of becomes silly pointless capeshit in Marathon (2026) when it's decontextualised like that, but it's not the important part of this game anyway.
>>575630083
Guys I think I am just bad at marathon. I am doing vault breakers in the new solo mode and im being fucking raped. How do I fight hordes of them. I am literally always getting chunked anytime i poke my head out.
>>575635641Triage's medbots help with survivability, although it comes at the cost of time. Destroyer's rockets apparently help shred the bots. Generally use the surroundings to your advantage and peek like it's 2010 counterstrike. Solos is legitimately harder than trios since you don't have two other retards to revive you when you're downed.
I'm joining UESC
>>575635641Peek them one at a time unless you have an ability ready to go, swap to your magnum when your SCAR starts to overheat and try to find something less shit to replace it with. Headshots. Just play trios until you get some good kit upgrades going, you can totally space out and dissociate and at the very least keep par with your team. Destroyer is really good even just for his speed and retreat options, Vandal too but blowing up those ghost commander niggers with search & destroy is way more useful than disruption blast.
so does trios always have increased difficulty? ive been no filling into it since i started and i just get turned into paste by the droids
Consistently getting the second vault done now solo. Pushing for 3 vaults feels impossibly out of reach though
>>575635641For the most part, don't fight. Loose tags and security terminals is how you get clearance
>>575637602yes.>>575635641as soon as you kill a ghost ( the ones that turn invisible) drop your scar for a volt thrower.
>>575637602It never did. The most recent patch is the first time they balanced for solo
>>575637778don't bother looting the 1st two vaults, just grab the key and head to the next one. buying the credentials from the armory so you don't have to fight the bosses in VB help big time.
>>575638061Would you recommend grabbing the creds as the first t2 upgrade or should I still be aiming for the backpack first?
Is the fucking salvage tracker bugged? I can't de-select salvage I no longer need.
>>575638153backpack first, then credentials. you need the inventory space. because eventually you'll have 3 credentials taking up space the further you go along.
>>575638314been like that since Season 1 unfortunately.
>>575638314Sometimes. Eventually it just let me cut the final item loose after one of the recent updates
>>575638421Cool, hoping to get three vaults done before the end of VB and then maybe push for compiler with a squad.
>>575635641divide and conqueruse cover. limit your exposure, commit to killing targets and then back off to heal. you can jiggle in and out of cover with the magnum to only expose yourself when you're able to shoot.assaults are dumb and slow, evade them while you deal with the more threatening uescgrenadiers are annoying but go down in 3 magnum headshots (with the second headshot staggering them)kill recruits/scouts and ghosts ASAP. they bumrush you and will delete your ass. max melee can one-tap ghosts with a right click
>>575637778>>575638061friendly reminder, you don't have to fight the wardens. if you survive 30-60s the security panel gets re-enabled and you can hack it to leave>t. trio-no-fill 3-vault enthusiast
>>575635641Honestly the difference is really just having a bag+shield or not, the second you get those early upgrades it is a totally different story at least for the general management of shit. I think a lot of people are sucking fuck, trying to brute force things without the upgrades and just eating massive shit and not progressing. Bag space is just ease of grabbing security level chips and heals and rotating around other shit. without it it's just very tight and unnecessarily harder for yourself
>>575639818unless you're an assassin or have smoke nades, have fun getting a wardens gun shoved up your ass while you activate the panel.
How do I get better gear without killing people? I want purp shields
>>575640183i play destroyer, works on my machinei've only seen assault wardens spawn on the tranquility creds and they're trivial to kite away from the panelthe one guarding the pump credentials doesn't even need any footwork, you can just grab it and hide near the button and be completely fine
>>575639818Yeah I'm playing assassin and just stealthing to get the creds. Still not getting through 2 vaults with enough time though. I think I lose the most time trying to get to clearance 2 in Control after leaving spawn.
>>575642172make sure you're grabbing terminals. full-clearing the first room might also give you the clearance bump you need to get the ball rollingwhen you make it to control go ground-level, check the desks with computers, then loop through the little office/storage areas on the E and W sides of control. should get you done. after that the goal is to free farm batteries/clearance. the timing in which you hit vault 1/2 doesn't actually matter, do it when it's convenient. otherwise farm farm farmalso bonus tip: there's a filled cryo can in steerage behind a level 3 clearance door. if you enter from up top, the door next to the computer bank, it's down the hallway on your left
>>575643096Yeah I think I'm not finding the security terminal spawns in Control fast enough. I don't have the spawns memorized so I end up going in circles. Once I hit clearance 2 I get rolling, grabbing the guaranteed terminals in Revival, the guaranteed coolant in steerage, etc. But it takes me until 20 on the clock to get clearance 2 and it's excruciating. I should just bite the bullet and look up a spawn map but I'm stubborn.
>>575640895kill people for their purple shields
>>575645230but where did those first people get those purple shields?
>>575645330i got one today, it was on outpost from the strongbox in the destroyed wing barrier room. they can drop all over the place. you're not finding purple shields on rook though, since you can't get into ranked or cryo lobbies where they actually get abandoned on the ground or in bags.
>>575645330strongboxes on outpost or pinwheel.
>>575629842Just play the first games. They are short and free.
new tech incoming
>>575653932what ze hellhow
>>575653727>shortif you cheat/use a guide or something maybe
>>575643390>I don't have the spawns memorized so I end up going in circlesTry to activate all the scanners, you get info on your map which you can use for routing
>exfil and spectate>destroyer kills 5 guys in a rowguau...
>>575668907Chad
I shan't log in without new PvPvE content.I'm happy to see PvE fail.
>>575286207Some streamer managed to solo it earlier today, haven't seen the full clip but saw a snip of it on twitter. Guy was playing assassin and using a conquest/bully. The timing has got to be actually fucking absurd though
>>575674079Big if true
So it turns out the update did boost the damage to compiler not just the uesc bots in solo. I knew it
>>575674079>>575677496this one?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnLVU_ddDFU
>>575678431Yeah. Dont thini it was possible to donit before the damage boost but its still open for attempts by queing trios without crew fill.I cant really see my screen so I always have typos and bad spelling because I post here while sunbathing after food andgymm, bare with ne bros.
>>575616509I can kill another general too by creating a thread on Tetris
>>575682267New Tetris 64 is general worthy desu
What happens when you thief drone someone? Does it have a backpack of its own?
>>575688012It has an 4x2 inventory.
>>575653612Put the drinkable hamburger in the bag.
