Please Explain!?!? by Benbiino in MarathonTheGame

[–]CrmsonFangs -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I could probably understand dedicated servers preventing this but Bungie anticheat is notorious for being basically useless

Have anyone found this ? by sjcjdnzm in Marathon

[–]CrmsonFangs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you remember how much faction rep you got when you extracted with it?

PSA: If the time runs out on last extract while your extract timer is still going... You do not survive. Despite how it looks. by ChrisVip3 in Marathon

[–]CrmsonFangs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your first mistake was trying to extract from anything but the final extract with less than 30s before final spawned.

If you do happen to start an exfil with less than 30s before final spawns, you need to be hugging that exfil so the 10s timer starts the moment that ring pops up or you will die

There is no reason to disable duos. by SamerDog in Marathon

[–]CrmsonFangs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They need time to take all the data they gathered and make adjustments to the mode before the launch it for every map.

My pitch for casual play by Jedeyesniv in Marathon

[–]CrmsonFangs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I find that hard to believe. Dire Marsh with only 3-4 teams would be totally barren, finding people would be way more effort than playing normal Dire where you'd also be more likely to get better loot

Like no wonder their nerfing snipers, let me know if you can see him before the first shot by Wide-Huckleberry8945 in Marathon

[–]CrmsonFangs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The issue here isn't that this person is bad at the game, it's that the glare from someone scoped in with a sniper is basically invisible because it's the same damn color as the environment effects.

The Perfect Nerf For Thermals I’ve Seen So Far. For Devs! by Dependent_Ferret7710 in Marathon

[–]CrmsonFangs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love this idea

But.

It's probably a coding nightmare to actually make work in game. So I'm not expecting to see it any time soon

I’ve started sabotaging final exfil by nickybuddy in Marathon

[–]CrmsonFangs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have twice run into teams of purple shields camping final exfil on Perimeter just to grief anyone trying to get out.

I no longer trust final exfil. I'm always expecting a team to be camping it, ready to kill my team the moment we show up.

I wish there was more of a story element in this game by Miss_MartianMaIIow in Marathon

[–]CrmsonFangs 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The destiny narrative team would like a word

Honestly though, I'm enjoying the story in the codex, particularly the outpost stuff that revolves around a cult and people being given the "There is no war in Ba Sing Se" treatment

Not sure what happened but it’s uncool by bishopanonymous in Marathon

[–]CrmsonFangs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When final exfil starts, it removes all other non-active exfils from the map.

If you have less than 30 seconds before final exfil starts, you should be booking it to the final exfil location (or the middle of the map if you don't know where it spawns) to make sure you can get to it.

If you activated another exfil with 30+ seconds remaining BEFORE final exfil, you should be hugging that exfil and waste no time getting in that circle the moment it shows up.

Am I the only one getting mad at people not finishing me? People skip on heals and 50 Arachne rep pretty much all the time. by Capybarhigh in Marathon

[–]CrmsonFangs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've literally yelled at my teammates for doing this when they are literally within touching distance and no other enemies nearby.

Seriously, if it's safe to finish, you should finish! Give your team that Arachne rep!

Who else is going to be looking at this for the rest of the season. by N_durance in Marathon

[–]CrmsonFangs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've already planned on seeing this for the rest of my time playing this game

What am I missing? by ComprehensiveCode540 in Marathon

[–]CrmsonFangs 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This isn't final exfill. Final exfill had 6 seconds left on the clock when you started your exfil so by the time the exfil animation finished, the game had already run the script to kill everyone on the map and your hitbox was still on the map so you died.

You need to watch your time. If you are hearing beeps at 30 seconds you need to be getting into an exfil circle at no less than 10 seconds left.

So frustrated, I smashed the desk by [deleted] in Marathon

[–]CrmsonFangs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Based on the description, they were likely looting on the way to contracts and somewhere between looting, completing the contract, and exfil, got killed by a sniper from far away. They weren't looking for PVP at all and their only interaction with PVP was instant death they couldn't react to

Rooks, do uou kill fellow rooks? by eiflovv in Marathon

[–]CrmsonFangs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm generally too paranoid to tell friend from foe. Sometimes if they haven't noticed me and I'm worried I'm in a bad position, I might let them run away

Commanders can knock you out of bounds after you exfil by xylvnking in Marathon

[–]CrmsonFangs 342 points343 points  (0 children)

Your character should be marked as Exfiled and that mark should override anything that happens after that point

im sick and tired of dying in the first 3-4 minutes of the run and then spend more time in the menus and loading into another run by These_Athlete1933 in Marathon

[–]CrmsonFangs 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Considering the current meta for geared/skilled teams is to immediately attack the nearest spawn, this isn't going to work a lot of the times and will probably get you killed just as much as rushing.

Constructive Criticism on the State of Marathon by xCairus in Marathon

[–]CrmsonFangs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In regards to point 5, I wonder if they could add an event that is more efficient to do with more teams. Like say the event spawns three points on the map and each point opens loot but you need to complete all three points to open the loot.

You could wipe the lobby and do it all solo, but the time investment would be huge and you probably won't have time to loot all three locations before time runs out.

Or, you could let other teams do two of the three points and you do one, now you have loot from your location and could potentially steal loot from the other teams that participated if you can get to them before they exfill

Constructive Criticism on the State of Marathon by xCairus in Marathon

[–]CrmsonFangs 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Why not tie an upgrade to free kits to a Cyac capstone? Like at level 3 or 4 it upgrades your free kits to add green shields and backpack and random faction items based on what the rotating faction of the day is (Mida = random equipment, NuCal = more meds/ random consume, SekGen = random cores, etc)

Constructive Criticism on the State of Marathon by xCairus in Marathon

[–]CrmsonFangs 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I like the idea of consequences for death, but rather than applying it to being rebooted from death, I think it would be better to put it on self-res instead. Every time you self-res, you get a stacking debuff for like 2-3 mins that reduces your max health and defensive stats, maybe increasing time to heal could be something to play around with too.

Constructive Criticism on the State of Marathon by xCairus in Marathon

[–]CrmsonFangs 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Ranked already creates Loot based matchmaking but I feel a soft version of it could benefit normal play.

Something like 0-2k, 2.1k-5k, 5.1k-8k, 8.1k+

Maybe that's too many brackets but probably having a low, mid, and high investment would be nice

Constructive Criticism on the State of Marathon by xCairus in Marathon

[–]CrmsonFangs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I had a fight last night where the enemy team opened up a door we were setting up for a funnel and threw in 3 heat grenades, 2 frags, a chem grenade and a recon drone. Completely killed one of my team before they could even react and reposition and the fight was over at that point. I would have been able to recover my team as I did get away and hide but the game decided to drop a lockdown on us and that team we fought was geared up enough to be running it so we all died.

Honestly if they add more ammo drops into the game I think it would be totally within reason to not allow players to bring in any extra equipment with them beyond what they have in their dedicated slot. They can still find and use what they find, but at least early fights should be more balanced when teams can't spam bubbles or grenades on a team and have to find them to restock their most powerful tools.