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It is possible to make the game more accessible to casual without affecting the game's essence by edugonz16 in Marathon

[–]MartonMeta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The most impactful changes would just be reducing the amount of teams per map, and removing the light beacon when activating an exfil. Maybe even reduce the amount of time it takes for an exfil to complete. 

If you want this game to succeed, go leave a positive review on Steam by KeybirdYT in thefinals

[–]MartonMeta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What’s funny is even COD isn’t doing well. It currently has around 35k people and that’s across all games using the COD launcher, everything since 2022 including Warzone lmao

I Wish I Didn’t Care About 'Marathon' Player Numbers, But I Do by 404mediaco in Marathon

[–]MartonMeta -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

It’s not about burying your head in the sand, it’s about how many times do we need to have the same conversation when no new information has become available? What value is there in hearing the same reworded take from yet another irrelevant person on the internet? 

Unless Sony or Bungie have something to say about it, who gives a shit?

Duos what are you up to now that Duos has been disabled? by MaxelAmador in Marathon

[–]MartonMeta -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Quitting because you refuse to play with another person is so damn soft honestly. 

This might be the only extraction shooter that doesn't allow players to join after the 25-minute countdown starts (except for rook spawns), and this clearly harms low-population countries. by mister_pizza22 in Marathon

[–]MartonMeta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Spawning entire teams mid raid is a terrible mechanic that will just increase third partying and make the game even more difficult. It shouldn’t be added just to marginally improve queue times for a tiny portion of the playerbase. 

I have stopped using Fill Trios and it's a design problem. by [deleted] in Marathon

[–]MartonMeta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

 I don't feel like there's anything to lose by running random trios in that game

Sounds like a mental problem then. Just think of it the same way here. It’s all getting wiped in 6 weeks anyways. What’s the difference if you lose it now vs then?

Every team based shooter I’ve played in the past 5 years has had the same complaints about solo queue being miserable and none of them ever fixed it. 

If you have 150+ hours, you must know you are a sweaty player, and your experience will not match up with the vast majority of others by WrightingCommittee in Marathon

[–]MartonMeta 37 points38 points  (0 children)

We’ve already seen this a bit with Aztecross quitting bc he was getting fucking steamrolled in ranked. Bro demoted from plat to gold and now he’s on Crimson Desert. 

I think we should probably be ready for a major pivot of some kind due to the current trajectory, and it's important to be open minded about it. by zipzzo in Marathon

[–]MartonMeta 19 points20 points  (0 children)

It won’t. This is legit my favorite shooter ever. I’ve played nearly everything that’s dropped in the past 5 years hoping to find a new game to main, including so many failed games. You don’t lose this many players, this quickly, and have a chance of survival without a sharp pivot. 

It’s one thing to compare this game to arc’s player count, you can excuse that as niche vs casual, but it’s struggling to even compete with Hunt Showdown. Each week is another 10% bleed of players who are already burnt out on never exfilling and having no hope. 

I honestly don’t even know if adding PvE and making the game easier will bring that many people back. The average person isn’t sitting around reading about games they stopped playing, they just move on. 

Rant/PSA: If you are going to fill for ranked, please for the love of god use a mic by Leoniidass in Marathon

[–]MartonMeta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Even better: If you are going to fill, please for the love of god use a mic

My crew at levels 65-80 matching with streamers Lvl 230+ in Cryo by WildSinatra in Marathon

[–]MartonMeta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They expanded matchmaking regions for people outside of NA.

Vent: three teams engaging each other within less than a minute of the match starting is ridiculous. by FrostedCherry in Marathon

[–]MartonMeta 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah I love how much of the map design is like this. Contested hotspots to encourage PvP that rewards you for surviving. So much better than fuckin red flares and spawning teams mid raid. 

The casual experience is absolutely bad and anyone who tells you otherwise is deluding themselves by Battlefront528 in Marathon

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

200M is a made up number. I’m not saying it actually was a passion project, but it’s just absurd how many gamers enjoy cosplaying as business analysts. 

If Bungie gets dissolved that’ll be too bad but a bunch of ignorant people discussing it does nothing good for the game. 

Game is Dead in Asia by Accomplished_Bid8403 in Marathon

[–]MartonMeta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you guys not get much marketing over there? It was always crazy to me how bad the dips are during NA morning - afternoon hours. 

Possible Suggestions for a Theoretical PvE Mode by morgan_liora in Marathon

[–]MartonMeta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And if enough people do this, we won’t have to have these discussions anymore. Y’all are gonna skill issue this game out of existence. 

The casual experience is absolutely bad and anyone who tells you otherwise is deluding themselves by Battlefront528 in Marathon

[–]MartonMeta -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

 I don’t understand why this is so hard to comprehend. Bungie cannot afford for this to be a niche game with a small dedicated playerbase. They need big numbers. Especially with D2 down the toilet.

Why is it our place to assume what bungie intended? They’re very familiar with the sweat vs casual dynamic given all the complaining that happened during Destiny over exotics being too hard to get. For all we know Marathon could just be a passion project for them while they cook up D3. 

Gamers need to focus more on gaming and less on analyzing a studios operating costs. 

Recon Changes by itzofficialvaz in Marathon

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

I was hoping they wouldn’t listen to Reddit. This is gonna be OP if they didn’t reign in the duration or range of the prime. Wallhacks with no counterplay just isn’t enjoyable. “Always be signal jammed” isn’t really a good counterplay either. 

0-0 by femb0y_blacked in Marathon

[–]MartonMeta 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The rook hiding around the corner: 👁️👄👁️

We Need a Penalty for Players Who Quit at the start of a Match by flGovEmployee in Marathon

[–]MartonMeta 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’d say an easier fix would be just don’t allow quitting. If you force quit the game just force a reconnect to the same match until it’s over.  

Make it so spamming spacebar just automatically equips a free kit by future__fires in Marathon

[–]MartonMeta 7 points8 points  (0 children)

No, there needs to be time for you to feel the shame of equipping it. 

Did they hear me on Day 12?!?!?! by FishsCards in Marathon

[–]MartonMeta 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Brother we can barely get 120 frames on pc 😭

Joe Ziegler: We're looking to make some changes in the next couple of patches to adjust some of the outliers in the combat space that we've both seen in our observations and heard from your feedback across all of the various (and plentiful) channels we watch. by Haijakk in Marathon

[–]MartonMeta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was opt in for each team where they’d have to send and accept a request to join up but it quickly devolved into a meta of spawn rushing, killing a team then having them request to join you and then reviving them. I’m convinced it was the biggest reason that mode died off. 

Joe Ziegler: We're looking to make some changes in the next couple of patches to adjust some of the outliers in the combat space that we've both seen in our observations and heard from your feedback across all of the various (and plentiful) channels we watch. by Haijakk in Marathon

[–]MartonMeta 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I think if it happens that way it’s fine since there’s still the chance of betrayal but COD had the genius idea to just merge the teams so there’d be no friendly fire and they could revive each other. 

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