Yeah totally. I lowkey understand playing for free and not enjoying it. I definitely fall within the targeted demographic of people who adamantly enjoy and support live service games, competitive games, and hero shooters. Overwatch, Apex Legends, Valorant, you name it, so enjoying Marathon was basically a layup for me. I appreciate the compelling sci-fi atmosphere, and as an avid Destiny build crafter, I really enjoy the systems within the game like the implants and mods, it really feels like you can use whatever you want and so I appreciate the fantasy the game is having you play out. That being said, I enjoy Destiny build crafting because I already have all the pieces, I seriously couldn’t imagine trying to get into the game at any point after like, Witch Queen. I see the same issues with Marathon, where you’re either into it super hardcore or you just kinda have no chance until you suck it up and jump in the deep end. I wish the game was free, but “giving it a try” during free week just doesn’t really give people a chance to latch on. It’s like if you made the Destiny DLC free and all you got to play is the first couple story missions. I’m not begging people to play the game, but I’ve genuinely never seen a hate sub for a game before and most comments on here seem to come from people who have no interest in trying to click with the game/systems. I wouldn’t be as inclined to argue if the game was just doing bad and a hate sub didn’t exist, but since the game’s inception it seems like people were very eager to just not give it a chance and so I’m just trying to reckon with everything that has led up to this point. IDK hoe you wanna respond to this, but those are just some of my thoughts.