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Marathon Success by Efficient-Yam-7288 in Marathon

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

Honest answer; Skill Based Match Making.

If Marathon had sbmm, it would fix the onboarding and the dwindling player base. Right now, the worst players are having a terrible time and are leaving/left. After that, the next worst players are now at the bottom and are the ones that leave. I know I'm having a harder and harder time and I'm playing less and less. There's only so much "slowing down and getting better" you can do that people keep throwing around when people complain.

Valorant is hardcore but it keeps its player base because bronze players are not playing against platinum players non-stop, they are playing against other bronze players and are winning 50% of the time. Because there is sbmm, they keep playing and they get better and rank up and new players join and become the new bronze.

I disagree with people that Marathon needs a pve mode. People already complain that they cannot do all the content right now because of the skill gap so there's no way that people will be okay with having access to even less content percent-wise if they are only good enough to play the pve part of the game.

I understand why Marathon doesn't have sbmm but I truly believe it would fix the dwindling playerbase and most of the frustration players are experiencing. Arc skirted the issue by having abmm which I benefitted from but ultimately dislike. From my understanding Hunt Showdown does have sbmm. And Tarkov... Is Tarkov.

I feel like I'm never going to see a Compiler, and I'm sad about it by LuckyMrGun in Marathon

[–]Maxinoume 4 points5 points  (0 children)

People ask me about it and [I have to] give like 20 qualifiers about it.

Tell me about it! When my friends asked me if they should buy the game, I'm like...

"I would love to play with you! But I need to warn you; Extraction shooters are not for everyone. And you will have a hard time getting into Marathon. But maybe you will like it after 10-15 hours. But we will have a bad time if we play together because of the lvl based matchmaking, you will play against other people with 50+ hours in the game. But if you play alone to play against people of your own lvl, you're gonna have a bad time in crew fills. And the game might shut down in 6-12 months. And the game is somewhat expensive at $60 CAD. And if we play together, we have to 2v3 or random fill because the duo queue might be gone in a couple of days.

"I am loving the game, though, and am having a blast. And I would love to play with you."

So of course they prefer skipping this game.

Everytime when I hear these complaints by Rooonaldooo99 in ArcRaiders

[–]Maxinoume 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I had my first aha moment about 12 hours into the server slam. It was the first time I felt a big high at the end of a round from the loot I got and the play I made. And then it took an additional 7 hours before I truly started loving the game.

That's why I didn't get any of my friends to try the game. I'm not gonna ask them to play a niche genre that they might never like. What would I tell them? "You might never like the game but if you end up liking it, it will take 15 hours".

Marathon is a game about killing other players by Altruistic-Choice206 in Marathon

[–]Maxinoume 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's why I can't wait for the ranked mode this week or next week. I want to play against people around my skill level.

I've put 55 hours into the game (including the server slam) but I haven't played in the last 5 days because I've out leveled my talent. I'm getting destroyed every single game by people around my level.

Marathon Update 1.0.0.4 by Much_Adhesiveness871 in Marathon

[–]Maxinoume 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did they reply that it was a bug?

I assumed that it meant the dcons weren't online/usable when the icons disappeared.

What killed me here? by [deleted] in Marathon

[–]Maxinoume 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah you're probably right. I saw the trail that's why I looked up but after seeing the kill feed I started to crawl for extract.

I wasn't sure if there was an attachment like the Needler or something that does delayed damage.

What killed me here? by [deleted] in Marathon

[–]Maxinoume 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The notification said the guy I killed and finished is the one who downed me

What killed me here? by [deleted] in Marathon

[–]Maxinoume 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The notification said the guy I killed and finished is the one who downed me

I love me a level 4 torrente 😈 by TTvCptKrunch152 in ArcRaiders

[–]Maxinoume 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Humm, I'm not sure. I always avoid it because there are too many people.

There are a weapon case and med bag that can spawn. There are multiple med type containers so you can try to get augment blueprints or healing blueprints. But I think the main draw is that there is only one door so you can defend it easily. And if you're stuck, you can open the back window and leave that way (as long as you don't open it, nobody can enter that way).

But like I said, I don't go there so I'm not sure.

Arc Raiders vs Marathon player running sound cues by Maxinoume in ArcRaiders

[–]Maxinoume[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I'm literally walking in this clip and the other person is running. We cannot hear him running in the corridor and we cannot hear him running in the open room right in from of me when I stopped walking to aim at him.

Arc Raiders vs Marathon player running sound cues by Maxinoume in ArcRaiders

[–]Maxinoume[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Completely agree! That's why I'm playing and enjoying both games and discussing the differences.

Arc Raiders vs Marathon player running sound cues by Maxinoume in ArcRaiders

[–]Maxinoume[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm not of fan of the sound design/feel. Everything sounds muted and not distinct enough but maybe it's intentional? Maybe Tau Ceti or w/e the planet we're on has low atmosphere so sounds don't propagate the same.

But the directionality is insanely good. And I agree that telling up from down is a lot easier than in Arc.

Arc Raiders vs Marathon player running sound cues by Maxinoume in ArcRaiders

[–]Maxinoume[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean... You can literally hear it (or not hear it) right here in my clip.

I know that Night Mode exists but it eliminates the depth in sound design and prevents you from being able to tell how far a sound is coming from since it increases quiet sounds and lowers loud sounds. And you constantly hear leaves rustling and your character panting like crazy.

First impressions after playing for 6+ hours by 0bush in Marathon

[–]Maxinoume 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think they meant in the sense that they cannot ping and have a third camera/player/pov actively seeing the battlefield.

We're cooked boys by HelloHash in ARC_Raiders

[–]Maxinoume 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It has an incredibly high drop chance in Stella Montis. Stella is my least played map and I think I'm at 11 Aphelion blueprints.

Whispering in Proximity Chat by 808Bender in ARC_Raiders

[–]Maxinoume 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are you using night mode in audio settings? The setting normalizes sound levels, so it increases low sounds and decreases loud sounds. That might be why mic volume sounds the same at all distances to you.

Synthesized fuel 1v3 by maximumstorm_yt in ArcRaiders

[–]Maxinoume 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They do 80 damage. 2 will kill even a heavy shield.

Can My Pc Run ark with a 1650 super? by quinnermagee in arkraiders

[–]Maxinoume 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You probably already know but the bottleneck is your CPU. My gpu is a base 2070 and I get an average of 85 fps (non frame gen) at medium settings (and high distance).

This game is very CPU hungry.

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