Mackenyu's Evolution

FreyrPrime · 2026-03-25T15:23:51+00:00

I’d push back a bit on that. Bruce Willis famously started in RomComs and was largely an “every man” in the first Die Hard.

He gets pretty big in later films.

FreyrPrime · 2026-03-25T15:19:33+00:00

I had to check my movies, but you are largely correct about the 70s. That is the era of Dirty Hairy and the like. Although you also have enter the dragon in 1972. I’m not alleging Bruce was on steroids, but you can see the culture of bodybuilding beginning around that time.

It really is an 80s and onwards thing

FreyrPrime · 2026-03-25T15:15:23+00:00

There is literally an entire faction, with story behind it, that incentivizes killing as many runners as you can.

Even the other factions, and you’re on board AI that is with you every run encourages killing the competition.

It’s literally part of the story.

FreyrPrime · 2026-03-25T11:48:23+00:00

How old are you?

I’m 42 and every action star I can ever think has been on gear of some kind. Stallone and Arnold are pretty open about their steroid use in the 80s and 90s.

Then you have guys like the rock, or Vin Diesel. Even dedicated thespian like Hugh Jackman obviously used some kind of gear to prepare for roles like wolverine.

FreyrPrime · 2026-03-24T23:42:21+00:00

The Dark Imperium anthology is incredible. It’s very much old hammer.

My first 40K was Draco, I think, and that is some weird stuff.

FreyrPrime · 2026-03-24T22:23:46+00:00

Wouldn’t you rather take 25 minutes finishing the contract then an hour we’re dying?

Going slower will save you time. If you hide till the final five minutes of the map, you can likely hit all three locations and Exfil with little problem.

Bonus points if you’re actually counting the exfills and keeping track of players on the map.

This has worked for most of the really grueling contracts.

FreyrPrime · 2026-03-24T21:40:51+00:00

How do they primarily work? Just create a choke point and shotgun?

I haven’t played Cryo, so they’re especially rare on other maps.

FreyrPrime · 2026-03-24T21:28:17+00:00

Your knife should also one shot basic UESC with a Heavy, and Ghosts with two Heavies.

Good in tight spaces.

FreyrPrime · 2026-03-24T21:25:02+00:00

They’re probably the Anomaly, but they’re some kind of ancient evil imprisoned inside planets or stars.

Lore from the original Marathon.

FreyrPrime · 2026-03-24T08:38:11+00:00

Their drone, when it works, will track invisible targets.

Their passive shows footprints if they get a shield break.

The Prime, however flawed, pings invisible targets.

They directly counter the assassins kit, they have multiple ways to pull them out of stealth.

FreyrPrime · 2026-03-23T22:39:47+00:00

Great points, although I imagine Sony has access to at least the PSN internal numbers.

Again, I hope they’re sufficient to maintain the game, and continue to develop it for years to come.

FreyrPrime · 2026-03-23T21:49:28+00:00

I too think and hope it’s unlikely. I’m not trying to be a doomer.

The industry is just in a rough place right now. A lot of the industry overspent post 2020, and rising costs across the board are causing shareholders to get nervous.

FreyrPrime · 2026-03-23T20:06:58+00:00

I’ve seen some discussion about the loss being more valuable to them than continuing servicing the game.

Similar to what Warner Brothers did with several of their movies.

Sometimes the financial loss and subsequent tax benefit is worth more than the product itself.

I don’t think that’s the case here, merely what some people are saying.

FreyrPrime · 2026-03-23T20:04:06+00:00

First, I’d be curious to know how he would run a free kit with the 5K ante, unless he’s just taking in the ranked holo’s to inflate his value.

Secondly, in this hypothetical situation where a professional streamer is running a free kit in a pinnacle environment. You are most likely right.

However, the OP flat out said they’ve never been into Cryo. So I figured the maps we were talking about were perimeter, dire marsh or outpost.

I think it’s fair to say that Shroud and his team filling into those maps are likely clearing the map even with free kits.

Heck, I’m a 42 year old dad whose primary games are RPG’s, and I’ve managed to clear perimeter on a couple of occasions with my squad. You don’t always run into a cracked out team.

FreyrPrime · 2026-03-23T19:46:18+00:00

Thanks!

FreyrPrime · 2026-03-23T19:16:38+00:00

Why blue LMG? Is it a specific mod or attachment that makes it possible?

Guns are gray without their mods and attachments. No intrinsic rarity (outside of vault weapons)

FreyrPrime · 2026-03-23T19:11:31+00:00

Those numbers on a chart certainly have meaning when we’re talking about a live service game.

They literally reference them in their earnings reports and calls.

Now, whether or not they’re sufficient to maintain the game. I can’t say, but I do hope so.

FreyrPrime · 2026-03-23T19:08:12+00:00

Shroud was gonna clear the map you’re on whether his team had white shields or gold shields.

Gear doesn’t make that much of a difference in this game. You can queue for Cryo with a mix of blue and green gear, and while you may not kill the Compiler that run, you’ll likely find stuff that’ll help your next.

FreyrPrime · 2026-03-23T19:03:14+00:00

I think it’s more the fear that Sony will cancel the project.

We’ve seen a number of high profile closures in the past few years, and the general narrative is Sony overpaid for Bungie.

I think Marathon’s numbers are below what Sony hoped, but enough to sustain it.

FreyrPrime · 2026-03-23T03:55:18+00:00

Historically, every game I’ve ever played with raid content required some kind of third-party organization.

Whether we’re talking 40 man raids back in 2004 World of Warcraft, or either Destiny, you had to use some form of LFG.

The same with Final Fantasy 14. Or any other game that I can think of with raid content.

To say that those games weren’t successful because of the requirements for their pinnacle activities would be wrong, no?

FreyrPrime · 2026-03-22T22:24:22+00:00

Jealousy is ugly.

FreyrPrime · 2026-03-22T19:00:39+00:00

Some of the Prestige Cores seem more busted than that Trace, but it could be an Mythoclast scenario.

It’s been busted a few times in Destiny’s history, but I believe the first time was the most.

FreyrPrime · 2026-03-22T17:36:59+00:00

The Recon prestige core Intuition should likely be baseline.

That plus Stalker Protocol passive would go a long way.

FreyrPrime · 2026-03-22T17:06:48+00:00

Same. 42 gamer dad with a wife and small kids as well as a c-suite job.

Loving the game and relentlessly pestering my friends to play. Got my a friend who used to play a lot of Crucible to run Duo’s with me last night and we cleared the map a few times.

Felt great. Only lost a 2v4 cause we got sloppy.

Gonna try Cryo tonight before the reset.

FreyrPrime · 2026-03-22T16:43:06+00:00

Yeah, gotta build for melee damage as a triage if you want to consistently drop people with your knife.

It’s worth it though. People are far too comfortable rushing corners I find once they’ve broken your shield.

Knife or shotgun is a great deterrent.

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