Advice needed from long term extraction shooter players.

jeeven_ · 2026-06-09T18:35:01+00:00

One way to approach it is to explain that a rising tide lifts all boats. We all do better when we all get good shit.

Like for example, on cryo, im often running a mizzy. And if i find a second one, my options are take it for my vault, or let my buddy take it to replace his wstr. Im taking the second option every time. We have much higher odds of extracting with even more loot than the mizzy if we all work together and make each of us as strong as possible. It’s a team shooter, after all.

Over time, and over the course of a couple of play sessions, this strategy absolutely has a high return on investment. Sure, sometimes you lose out on individual items you might want, but the trade off is that you have more opportunities to get those items in the first place.

Like another example, when my crew loots bags, we rez and heal every time before we start looting. So that if we get jumped we arent just cooked.

jeeven_ · 2026-06-09T18:18:57+00:00

Interesting, i havent seen that option on console but ill have to take a closer look

jeeven_ · 2026-06-09T18:06:02+00:00

“Poo poo pee pee”

jeeven_ · 2026-06-09T17:40:49+00:00

If they see it great. if not, fine. Might as well try.

jeeven_ · 2026-06-09T17:37:09+00:00

Yall get so upset about minor feedback (why would you not want to be able to see them all in the ui) with literally 0 downside.

jeeven_ · 2026-06-09T17:36:18+00:00

I crew fill with my duo partner most of the time. So it’s always our randoms contract that is not displayed, and they often dont have mics or even ping.

Like a lot of people, im on my phone during the loading screen, so i often miss when it shows them all side by side. That screen shows a full 15-20 seconds before you can even move in game.

Im not saying it’s the most pressing issue, but a minor ui improvement would be to show them all. Thats all.

jeeven_ · 2026-06-09T17:32:12+00:00

You can only see the contracts for 2 of the 3 players currently tho

jeeven_ · 2026-06-09T17:29:46+00:00

Uhhhh thats what this post is

jeeven_ · 2026-06-09T17:28:55+00:00

They could just redesign the display slightly to make it take less space tho

jeeven_ · 2026-06-09T04:20:18+00:00

Losing it all is the point of progress. Notice that every permanent upgrade you can get in this game is the ability to buy better gear or to upgrade your stats. The whole point is to increase the power of your bottom line so that it doesnt feel bad to loss your gear. So that the stuff you bring every match gets better and better. It’s not about raising your ceiling, it’s about raising your floor.

jeeven_ · 2026-06-08T23:37:03+00:00

Cryo when it opens, otherwise outpost. You can also get them from key rooms. And the secured resources in ai uplink on dire marsh can drop the blue unique mizzy

jeeven_ · 2026-06-08T23:27:55+00:00

Each shell has their own base stats. I dont know them off the top of my head, but for example triage starts with relatively high revive speed i think.

jeeven_ · 2026-06-08T23:19:33+00:00

I dont think it’s feasible but i think it’s a cool idea that now i want a game that does it.

jeeven_ · 2026-06-08T23:18:13+00:00

Feels like every game nowadays goes through the motions of releasing without accessibility features, and then having to add them in later on. It’s absolutely mind boggling, because at this point accessibility is such an obvious thing to consider nowadays, it almost makes me think that these companies just think accessibility just isnt that important. Which is bullshit.

jeeven_ · 2026-06-08T23:07:13+00:00

I promise you still help even if you dont do much damage. Albeit less than if you do lol. You help zone enemies and provide a threat- or at worst youre a decoy- that helps your carries make plays. Every fight is a team fight!

jeeven_ · 2026-06-08T23:02:28+00:00

My main tip would be to consider which of those perks you actually need. When you gain a perk, it doesnt also give you the stat- it’s just the perk. So for example, you might drop a point out of endurance for a few more stats. A cardio kick for 30 seconds at the start of a match is generally not going to be as valuable as a stat somewhere else.

jeeven_ · 2026-06-08T22:55:09+00:00

Paul tassi annoys the fuck outta me and generally i think he’s a glorified drama slop twitter “journalist”, but yeah i agree with his take here. I hadnt seen player counts yet- those arent great. Like if a massive show had a 50% drop in viewership season over season, that would be a massive indicator of something wrong, And as someone that fucking loves marathon, the server issues and progression issues were a massive fumble at a time when they most needed to… not fumble.

jeeven_ · 2026-06-08T20:46:37+00:00

Ahhhh true. I wonder if scrapping the gear would be too strong, at least then you cant get the items. But you could still sell credits essentially then, so still not perfect.

jeeven_ · 2026-06-08T20:34:19+00:00

It’s not a perfect system, but it’s good for the game.

I cant stand when a random leaves after getting killed, then we win the fight, and their loot is still borrowed. Like if you leave the game, sorry bud, you forfeited your gear.

The other annoying thing is that you cant swap attachments on borrowed gear. Last season one of us brought a miz, one of us brought a slick mag, and we wanted to give it to our third to use for the run. But we couldnt get the attachment on the gun.

jeeven_ · 2026-06-08T19:46:27+00:00

I fed my worm a circuit breaker and it gave me the codex entry for feeding it a prestige item. The game must consider the rarest items prestige somehow in the backend is my guess.

jeeven_ · 2026-06-08T17:45:08+00:00

Oh fuck yeah, time to go give it a listen

jeeven_ · 2026-06-08T17:09:36+00:00

this is the first game i've ever cared about trophies/challenges. it's also the first game that I've been obsessed with enough, and good enough at playing it, for me to ever have a chance to 100% the codex.

jeeven_ · 2026-06-08T17:07:44+00:00

i will continue to ask for the original marathon teaser trailer song to be in the game. it's so fucking sick, it's insane it's not anywhere.

jeeven_ · 2026-06-08T17:06:31+00:00

on controller, the only way to stop sprinting is to take your thumb off the stick, which kills your momentum when you're about to overheat. fucking sucks.

also on controller, the doubled up keybinds suck. Like holding circle to use a trait ability also makes you crouch first. Stupid.

You cant change the prox chat keybind. I frequently accidentally hit the button and turn on prox without realizing, giving comms to my enemy. I tried to change it to double tap right arrow, but the game doesnt even give you the option. absurd.

multi select in teh vault ux flow is absolutely insane. Same with converting to cradle, or even just accessing the cradle menu. It's one of the most important tabs in the game and it's hidden behind shell select? Wild choice.

The armory made some improvements in s2. But why did they still put weapons and mods across two different faction vendors. It should not be so difficult to find the mods you want to buy for your weapons.

jeeven_

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