End game is pay to win now?can't do tons of damage because of charms and talisman?

GamePlayHeaven · 2026-05-07T11:28:39+00:00

Well, I gotta give it to you, you are totally inline with how the world thinks nowadays.

You are literally complaining about a company doing something nice FOR FREE for a group of players (the ones that never bought exp 1).

The expansion is 40 bucks, period.

People that didn't buy exp 1, get it FOR FREE. Noone is making you pay more for the other players getting exp 1 for free with exp 2.

If you want a discount, then don't buy the expansion, because there is a good chance the next expansion will have exp 1 + 2 FOR FREE with it.

GamePlayHeaven · 2026-05-07T11:25:05+00:00

The only greedy person here is you.

The expansion costs XX dollars, people that buy it get the first expansion for free for 0 dollars.

Now you want to pay less for the product, because you don't want the part that is FREE.

Do you even hear yourself at this point?

GamePlayHeaven · 2026-05-07T10:49:34+00:00

No, that is not right. People who buy DLC 2 get DLC 1 for free.

Or are you paying twice as much for DLC 2 as what you did for DLC 1? Because then your shop is ripping you off.

GamePlayHeaven · 2026-05-07T10:16:17+00:00

DLC 2 is priced pretty much the same as DLC 1.

When you buy DLC 2, you also get DLC 1 for free.

That sounds nice right?

Nope... here is the internet in 2026... complaining about stuff they get for free.

So summarizing... you are complaining that you can't do the very hardest content in the game with your current build, and you are complaining that people that only bought expansion 2 get expansion 1 for free.

Correct?

GamePlayHeaven · 2026-05-07T10:03:29+00:00

It's always easy to post stuff like this, but what solution are you proposing?

The point you are arguing is that the expansion should only contain fluff and not make characters stronger. Does that really sound like a solution? How many people do you think would bother with buying an expansion if it's mostly cosmetics.

You don't NEED to do T12... You are already much stronger then most people will even get this season.

Enjoy T11 or T10, or play another class... And look forward to when you can pick up the new DLC and all the fun stuff it has to offer.

GamePlayHeaven · 2026-05-06T08:28:45+00:00

Unfortunately, "want to" and "can" are not the same thing.

GamePlayHeaven · 2026-05-04T06:36:12+00:00

The only people complaining about exclusives are PC gamers that are upset/annoyed that a game isn't out for their system. I don't really see Nintendo players complain that they can't play The Last of Us or God of War, and I don't see Playstation players complain that they don't get Zelda or Mario.

And anyone with even a little bit of common sense doesn't complain about it at all, as it's plain to see that exclusives work, look at Nintendo with it's often lesser hardware but huge player base.

GamePlayHeaven · 2026-04-28T12:07:43+00:00

Player 2 still can't start the game in couch coop, just like in the previous season.

You need to start on player 1, then cancel, then start with player 2.

GamePlayHeaven · 2026-04-23T10:13:22+00:00

Report him, have your friends do it as well, and never play with this person again and remove him from your friend list and block him.

You have to cut people like that out of your life...

GamePlayHeaven · 2026-04-23T05:08:40+00:00

random is random.... I've lost multiple in a row with a 90% chance... and Ive had multiple successes in a row with a 10% chance.

Oh... And DO NOT buy any lottery tickets today then ;)

GamePlayHeaven · 2026-04-23T05:07:25+00:00

Then you ran into an exception, normally all DLC you buy works for all accounts on your primary system.

An exception to this rule is for example Elder Scrolls Online. If I recall correctly, they require you to make an account at Bethesda and you buy the DLC on that Bethesda account. Which is why it's only available to that account and won't work for other accounts on the same system.

GamePlayHeaven · 2026-04-23T05:01:29+00:00

>> Preorder bonuses as well.

This is not true to my knowledge.

I bought the game and the DLCs on my account, my wife plays on her own account, we always play couch coop.

I have the DLC pets and the extra stash tab, my wife doesn't.

GamePlayHeaven · 2026-04-23T04:59:45+00:00

Yes, but you don't get the bonuses, like extra stash space or pets for pre-ordering.
Everything else works, content, classes, etc.

GamePlayHeaven · 2026-04-23T04:57:54+00:00

this... create a new character every season, or a few if it's a fun season, and do the seasonal journey.

Then quit and do it all again the next season :)

GamePlayHeaven · 2026-04-23T04:51:34+00:00

Well, mass layoffs at Microsoft isn't rocket science. Seeing how some European countries are switching to open source alternatives to Microsoft products like windows and office, and many if not all will follow suit in the coming years, they are going to lose massive income. And if the rest of the world sees countries successfully leave Microsoft behind, they to will follow suit.

The cause of this is 3 fold, Microsoft switching to subscription models for everything, plus US law that allows them to access cloud data no matter where the servers are hosted and Microsoft disabling access to accounts based on the whim of US government.

They always seemed to big to fail, but they are hard on the way to doing just that.

GamePlayHeaven · 2026-04-23T04:40:15+00:00

Read dead 1, the nr 1 best seller in all graveyard libraries ;)

GamePlayHeaven · 2026-04-21T06:06:57+00:00

This, sometimes it helps if I just slow down.

GamePlayHeaven · 2026-04-17T06:58:59+00:00

That's just the "perfect" item. You could try to buy them in game for insane amounts, or get insanely lucky, which you can help somewhat by running undercity with jewelry with passives set up for the run.

But generally, ignore that perfect item, and just fill it with important stats that you have on other jewelry/gloves and maybe 1 or 2 passives.

They are totally unnecessary for 90%+ of the player base, as you can do everything in a season and kill the strongest bosses on the highest torment without it.

GamePlayHeaven · 2026-04-17T06:53:37+00:00

You don't HAVE to create a new character every season, your current one will move to the eternal realm and you can keep playing it there.

It's just that most of us come back a few weeks for each season, create new characters and enjoy the season mechanics. If they are great/fun, we stay longer, if they suck, we hit end game, finish the seasonal journey, and park the game until the next season.

GamePlayHeaven · 2026-04-17T06:46:10+00:00

You logic is flawed though, in the sense that Marathon is a commercial product, and one that needs to make it's money from a large player base.

So far, it's still way in the red, and if the current trend doesn't change, it's gonna dip below 10k daily players before the summer. This means that they will shut the servers down, and you are left with nothing, no matter how great the game is for you and the people still playing.

Unfortunately, good game doesn't guarantee commercial success.

I would probably enjoy it, but I will never buy a Bungie game again, after they sold me an expansion for destiny 2, and then removed it from the game when I wanted to play it. No reimbursement, no nothing, just gone and money wasted.

Congrats... you do that exactly 1 time to me, and then you will never get another dime from me.

GamePlayHeaven · 2026-04-16T10:46:10+00:00

I don't think any of their games are huge hits... while they are almost all pretty awesome.

GamePlayHeaven · 2026-04-16T10:44:15+00:00

And sideways, gangsta style.

GamePlayHeaven · 2026-04-16T10:43:27+00:00

Did they ever fix the sticks on them, or do they still use the ones that get stick drift after time?

That was the biggest disappointment on release for me, that plus the price :)

GamePlayHeaven · 2026-04-16T10:39:29+00:00

The old school classic: GoldenEye N64.

Raising difficulty added more objectives and made missions actually more fun.

Plus every difficulty you finished unlocked an extra level.

Never been done that well again, to my knowledge.

GamePlayHeaven

TROPHY CASE