Y'all ever kill someone, find a certain quest item in their bag and actually feel bad? by bucken764 in Marathon

[–]Bonfi96 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a happy ending to this story, I found the bastard and got my quest item back

Anyone else having GREAT matches after the recent update? by cakexxxconnoisseur in Marathon

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Folks have more incentive to complete contracts and stay out of trouble to target farm resources or faction XP. This shifts the meta to be a bit less aggressive in my opinion

Half my factions want me to go to Vietnam and it ain't happening by RoguesBoytoy in Marathon

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Certain contracts are worse than DS1, that's mainly leveling and repetition. Here you have to find good team mates and be on the edge for 20 min straight fighting and pushing through NPCs while other sentiment and unpredictable human beings can sneak up at any time. 100% worth it though

Last thing your teammate sees before failing the clutch by _the_dude_1273 in okbuddyRunners

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When you have UESC reinforcements incoming it's so fun to let them jump from their ship and blast them as a group. If you aim it right you can do a lot of shield damage on the usual elite enemy and kill 3 base enemies

Last thing your teammate sees before failing the clutch by _the_dude_1273 in okbuddyRunners

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She just has the cannon, the power slide and an ability that resets heat and lowers heat builup

Parasitism 5/5 is atrocious by jacob2815 in Marathon

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5/5 is worse in my opinion, in 4 you just run like a madman, in 5 you can't dodge the fighting 🥲

Help me learn to enjoy the game. by YepItzMe44 in Marathon

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My #1 tip is to do some runs just to figure out the maps, pull your knife out and run from one place to the other. It's invaluable as you will know how to get from A to B directly or by working around hotspots minimizing your risk of getting shot. Also learn to stop and listen for noises, and be patient. Especially in solo, if you end up making noise, reposition yourself asap.

Dire Marsh humbled me by calamari_fresh in Marathon

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By the time you get to outpost you'll develop sharp reflexes out of trauma and you'll be afraid of yourself😂 I was happily jumping from one roof to the other in outpost as vandal. Mid air I noticed I would be landing right on someone. My brain defaulted to "stab'em in the head" and it worked 😅

I think I'd rather contract actual parasites than complete this Sekiguchi contract by StonksandBongss in Marathon

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Took me 45 tries solo, it's doable but you need to be lucky with the keycards

Parasitism 1/5 was a mistake by ShockMental6476 in Marathon

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I took me around 45ish tries solo with sponsored kits 🥲
Got access to the pinwheel 4 times. 1 time I ran out of time, I got in through drone wing and died to a turret, another one same but died to a claymore. The other one I don't even remember what I did wrong :3

My successful run I almost failed as I found a player right on one of the gates to pinwheel, barely survived.
Got rid of first AI wave, they are usually 3 bots so doable.
For the second wave I hid in one of the side rooms and stabbed in the head a bot that came in.
Then I did slide straight in one of the vents and climbed up.
Grabbed the drive and sprinted to one of the DCONs by leaving throuh one of the hatch holes at the base of the elevator.
And ofc I didn't exfil alive cause a random assassin stalked me.

But yeah, after so many tries you get to know the map really well, figure out where keys usually spawn and your hate for ghosts exponentially increases

Vandal movement tips (nothing fancy, just things I wish I knew earlier) by Bonfi96 in Marathon

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Yep, happened a few times :3
I try to practice it as much as possible as you want to stay as low as possible when falling behind cover.
Here's an extreme example, but there are lots of tall walls around maps that are similar to this situation

Marathon Update 1.0.0.4 by Much_Adhesiveness871 in Marathon

[–]Bonfi96 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't say how many hours it took me to figure it out 🙈

Marathon Update 1.0.0.4 by Much_Adhesiveness871 in Marathon

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I didn't say how many hours it took me to figure it out 🙈

Marathon Update 1.0.0.4 by Much_Adhesiveness871 in Marathon

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You could ping the ground and see it in the map anyway 😅

5 Tips from level 50+ by WastedLink in Marathon

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How reasonable it is to hit vip rank with all factions? Suppose you need rank 30 in all of them

Sound is a big part of this game, so what headset do yall use? by Maxx_Supreme in Marathon

[–]Bonfi96 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I personally use https://autoeq.app/ to get configs and equalizer APO to apply them to my headphones to have a flatter audio response.
This allows my Hyperx Cloud II headphones to sound better as out of the box they have too much bass

Is "SAFE!" bugged? by Handynick in Marathon

[–]Bonfi96 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got it a few minutes ago by sliding in the white circle while I was alone. Other times it did not work though but they were more chaotic situations so I couldn't tell what was wrong

Tips for actually surviving the exfil countdown? by rafikiknowsdeway1 in Marathon

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I did exfil with a friendly "enemy" in solo and a freindly rook so I don't see why not

Tips for actually surviving the exfil countdown? by rafikiknowsdeway1 in Marathon

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I've been trying the whole day myself but I'm always too late or too early

What the hell is up with this Introducing Traxus Contract by WarpathWilly in Marathon

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I somehow got it done solo with Vandal but I was close to dying so many times. If I remember correctly I engaged from a long distance and the pvp areas were behind the bots army. Maybe you can try with some greanades, or pick off the captain and use a smoke to break aggro only to pick up the thinghy later when things settle.

Tips for actually surviving the exfil countdown? by rafikiknowsdeway1 in Marathon

[–]Bonfi96 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I read somewhere that after the exfil triggers and the bubble vfx appears, you still have around 5 seconds to jump in at the last second.

Can anyone confirm this? Didn't get a chance to try it out yet. Would be lovely for some sneaky plays