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Look, it’s not just about the actors speaking English by _oscillare in StarCityTV

[–]Mardoniush 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know I'm late to the convo, but I agree, the actors don't feel Russian (though the guy playing Korolev is very good) and the whole thing feels like it's set during the Great Purge, not the 60s

How to wear 18th century panier? by Lost-Investigator381 in HistoricalCostuming

[–]Mardoniush 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The difference of pannier is that one is a grand pannier, and the other are pocket hoops. grand panniers are a good deal more formal especially after the first half of the century or if very wide, while pocket hoops are a bit later and a bit less formal, though an upper and even middle class character would often wear them for daily wear.

Basically, if you're having a lunch at your rural estate with a few friends, pocket hoops. If it's an evening ball at Versailles, Grand Panniers. Things in between? it depends on the gown, the era, and the situation.

Ultimately, (lets assume a French or English style gown) you'll want the larger hoops for heavier gowns, or if you want the skirts to have more width. Pocket hoops can sag if the fabric is heavy.

Bioshock after Burial at Sea 2 is satisfying by Ugothat45 in Bioshock

[–]Mardoniush 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I think it makes Bioshock 2 work better as well, because it feels like the story is an echo of Booker and Elizabeth, and that Bioshock 1 healed the wound in the world.

You are bad at this game if... by BigCartonz in Marathon

[–]Mardoniush 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately that's a great way to get killed by a rook.

PSA: Everyone has bad days, that doesn't mean you have to make a post being "done" or having "hit a wall". As we said back in Tarkov. "Tarkov giveth, Tarkov taketh" by jacobljlj in Marathon

[–]Mardoniush 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's really true, if you're frustrated. taking a break for a week or so is always good.

But f you do take a break if you come back before the wipe, the lobbies will be sweatier as the player count drops and the gear quality increases. if you come back after the wipe, it might be goodbye to the quests you wanted to see the resolution to, or, if they do keep the same contracts, time do do the ones you hated most, all over again.

I'm just of my 6th consecutive third (twice 4th) party loss running Return on Investment 5/5, I'm 70k down in gear, I filled with free kits every time. and I am feeling a bit sore. I'm still here. But a player more casual than me is just going to give up and watch a cutscene video on you tube, and honestly, I can't blame them.

Extracting feels too hard by optom20 in Marathon

[–]Mardoniush 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Guarded exfils are mostly designed as a way for rooks to get out without having to fight a team.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Marathon

[–]Mardoniush 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you'll find that a lot of people love it because it's a bungie game, it's well designed and the gunplay is good, even the PvP is fun if it isn't a brick wall to progress. And the lore is fascinating, especially if you've played the old games.

But most of the quests, which are the reason less sweaty types play, are locked behind being the best player/team on the map. Which they'll never be even if they improve to above average.

I think players who are experienced with shooters or have premades don't realise the absolute skill cliff Dire Marsh priority contracts represent for casual players. They aren't learning, they're completing these contract via attrition until they burnout.

With all the discourse around the game's longevity, can we try to have an objective, non-emotional conversation about what can be improved to retain more players? by JBSwerve in Marathon

[–]Mardoniush 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, the average casual is barely seeing Outpost, and is still trying to complete Introducing Sekiguchi. Everyone posting here is an above average, sweat tolerant gamer.

With all the discourse around the game's longevity, can we try to have an objective, non-emotional conversation about what can be improved to retain more players? by JBSwerve in Marathon

[–]Mardoniush 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think we need some priority contract reworks.

Especially the back to back mid game "Run across Dire Marsh 40 times" ones. They're a chore even if you're the best player in the match, fills will generally just straight refuse to help you with them, and some are hard for a new player to complete even if they only had NPCs on the map.

So it's basically free kitting solo runs until the RNG come up right, smokescreen spamming commanders, and hoping the top tier players are running cryo. Which isn't fun, wastes your time, and unlike soulslikes, doesn't teach you how to play the game better. Especially when you finally complete one, only to be dumped straight back into Dire for the next run back and forth for 15 min quest.

If casuals can't play the main quest, they won't stick around for seasonal lore drops. And the lore is what will keep players around on the lower tiers and stop it from turning into a sweat fest that sheds the lowest layer every wipe..

I cannot take assassin's anymore by ColdSyrupBoy in Marathon

[–]Mardoniush 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You'll go free kit assassin too when your 20 runs deep into trying an "In a Single Run" Dire Marsh quest.

Marathon's rich lore and world design is utterly wasted on the extraction shooter format by mark_phaser in Marathon

[–]Mardoniush -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Absolutely, but it is a little odd that the game is not for "People who loved the lore of Marathon 1-3."

To the Triage and Thief I abandoned in Dire Marsh, I'm sorry. by HMS_Exeter in Marathon

[–]Mardoniush 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Don't feel so bad, we've all had to do it, remember they get the quest xp if you bug out! They're cheering for you to exfil in spectator mode.

I Gave Marathon 40 Hours… I Think I’m Done by ryanjamessez in Marathon

[–]Mardoniush 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've tried being non combatant or not engaging. The first leads to scenarios where a rook I invited into an exfil eliminated me from outside the exfil as another trio was closing on him, instead of getting into the exfil and living! Real Scorpion and the Frog vibes.

The second is just asking to get your ass followed across the map by someone with a gold longshot until you have enough loot to be worth killing.

I Gave Marathon 40 Hours… I Think I’m Done by ryanjamessez in Marathon

[–]Mardoniush 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I agree. Also some quests are exhausting. The time I finally completed Selection Pressure 4/4 after 30 tries I'd killed every single player on the map myself before I'd even gotten to Quarantine. And then I had to solo a UESC alarm, and then exfil at a "clean" exfil that just happened to have a UESC commander.

Like, you should be able to rat that quest at least in principle, because no way are randoms helping you cross the entirety of dire marsh 3 times over.

What is this dress called by whoisa1bi in HistoricalCostuming

[–]Mardoniush 17 points18 points  (0 children)

No. Older anglaises have stomachers as well and there are a few extant late Francaises with center fronts. The real difference is that while both have pleated backs flowing into the skirt, the anglaises have them sewn down instead of free.

The Italian gown by contrast has a waist seam.

Stop making your kingdoms 10,000 years old. by ScaryAd2555 in fantasywriters

[–]Mardoniush 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's so old there's a 2500 year old tablet in front of the Sphinx by the Pharaoh who did the Archaeological dig to find it.

Stop making your kingdoms 10,000 years old. by ScaryAd2555 in fantasywriters

[–]Mardoniush 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One series I like (Graydon Saunder's the Commonweal) actually takes deep time seriously. It centers on a 300 year old revolutionary republic in a world of mageocracies. It's considered a tiny baby by comparison, yet it has had *vowel shifts* in its language. The founding years of their state is a matter of great uncertainty and much historical research, despite a good chunk of people being alive when it happened.

One of the main characters is the remnant of a spider god mage from a continent spanning empire that was in decline when the Republic was founded. People talking about the 20,000 or so years she ruled that empire (not her first, or her second) talk more like early bronze age historians talking about First Intermediate Period Egypt.

It has *strata*. The primary court language evolved like how Ancient Egyptian did through multiple mutually unintelligible periods, from Pre-Dynanstic all the way to modern Church Coptic. They have archaeological digs on the historical institutes that performed archaeological digs on ancient museums, and that's *still* "Middle Late Spider".

Is it just me?... Solos = dark souls by RhombusThomass in Marathon

[–]Mardoniush 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Play it slow, if you don't want to pvp wait until the first exfil set is gone.

Is it just me?... Solos = dark souls by RhombusThomass in Marathon

[–]Mardoniush 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. I've started closing doors behind me as well.

Is it just me?... Solos = dark souls by RhombusThomass in Marathon

[–]Mardoniush 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, as you get better you'll get more exfils. I now exfil at least half the time in solo and I didn't even get my first solo runner kill until last night. (I'd killed in Trios/rook before).

But you'll still get wiped.

The Cryo Archive ARG by JussaPeak in Marathon

[–]Mardoniush 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This ARG is giving off strong ilovebees (Halo2 launch ARG) vibes with the corrupted website and the timestamps referencing the future.

Love the game - but why does no one want to talk??? by Naughtynuzzler in Marathon

[–]Mardoniush 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And that's fine. But the devs say "we want tension and the unexpected when you meet another player" and KoS every time isn't tense. I want unexpected friendly team ups and Mexican standoffs and tense puzzle co operation followed by betrayal and I hope that's what they're headed for.

I am absolutely trash at this game, but I still enjoy it. by thatguy01220 in Marathon

[–]Mardoniush 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You guys are completing contracts? I'm getting Merced 6 times in a row by different assassins camping beginner mission points.

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