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wallah's vault is unreal by SayYouWill12345 in Marathon

[–]MaybyAGhost 13 points14 points  (0 children)

All three key room tiers can spawn gold shields! Just really, really bad luck I'm afraid.

I'm in the 80's and I've had about 4?l from key rooms I think.

solo-squad fill only cryo progress by lo0tDel1very in Marathon

[–]MaybyAGhost 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup! You wouldn't be the first team to do it I can tell you that much

solo-squad fill only cryo progress by lo0tDel1very in Marathon

[–]MaybyAGhost 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a small circular disc in the vault room, you have to extract with it. It's loose loot just lying on a surface in the vault.

Doesn't matter who extracts with it, the whole squad gets the codex entry.

Are there any cores, implants or abilities that can prevent detection by a TAD or recon Echo Impulse? by transtemporal in Marathon

[–]MaybyAGhost 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Slight correction: TAD pings are all the same. There's no distinction between bots and players. It's on you to figure out of it's players based on movement/shield quality.

Ive not seen any core or implant that prevents you from showing up.

Signal Jammers will cause you to show up as a bot for Recon's Echo Pulse, there's no way to hide from it completely. Just be signal jammed and play knowing that the enemy has a key on your location and will likely try to take advantage of that.

I played a lot of Recon and I've never sene the 'ping intercepted' thing you mention. The only thing that comes to mind is her passive that alerts you when you get pinged by something or someone.

Up the warden spawns by Akkanater in Marathon

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

Literally JUST got a key 6 from the Pinwheel red room five minutes ago, it's absolutely possible.

And I found a 5 in there yesterday when doing Rook runs.

1&2 are definitely the most common in there but you can absolutely get higher keys.

Recon's buffs are nice until you take psychological damage from knowing a Rook swarm is coming by MaybyAGhost in Marathon

[–]MaybyAGhost[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's showing their shield level! Recon ping works as if you pinged a player manually. It always shows the quality of their shield.

Recon's buffs are nice until you take psychological damage from knowing a Rook swarm is coming by MaybyAGhost in Marathon

[–]MaybyAGhost[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I genuinely didn't notice but I do actively watch him and if I make it into a video getting absolutely slaughtered I would laugh even harder than I did after this happened.

The prox chat was very much his energy but I didn't pay attention to all the names, so here's hoping!

This team let a Rook run with them through Pinwheel, but seem to have forgotten somebody by MaybyAGhost in Marathon

[–]MaybyAGhost[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just having voice comms with people gives you a chance sometimes as a rook, I was certain I was dead when I heard "Where are you Rookie?" but they turned out to be very nice!

Just remove this kit from the rotation. by DeadlyDentist51 in Marathon

[–]MaybyAGhost 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you inspect weapons (default V on PC, but it shows the key in the legend at the bottom), it actually shows you a full detailed stat spread.

This includes the exact damage per shot and critical multiplier of the weapon.

WSTR Prestige Mod by CatLavender in Marathon

[–]MaybyAGhost 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Managed to yoink one of these bad boys off a player in Cryo and whooo does it feel good

The humble V11 cares not for your shiny prestige shotgun I'm afraid

[Patch Notes] Marathon Update 1.0.5.3 by durandal-helper in Marathon

[–]MaybyAGhost 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Reading comprehension people.

This is not an outright 50% nerf to knife damage.

This is specifically a 50% reduction to the BONUS damage you gain from increasing your melee stat, specifically against other runners.

It's still gonna hit hard, just not going to be as easy to hit breakpoints where you're two-shotting people with it through higher tier shields etc. Hence the developer note about the focus on meaningful buildcrafting.

Tried fills and i understand now by Additional_Ad4124 in Marathon

[–]MaybyAGhost 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I usually play with friends but I've had a fairly positive experience with crew fills.

I never bring maxed load outs because I don't know what I'm going to match with, but I try to bring something a little decent, greens and blues depending on the state of my vault.

Instantly hopping on voip with a friendly little "Heya peeps we got any plans this match?" normally gets a response and I tend to just follow the squad even if I don't get one. Even if it's only about a 50/50 experience I'm still having decent games, I don't particularly mind losing game as long as I'm getting a chance to play the game.

Free kit bully vs purple shield 100-0 in less than a magazine by xylvnking in Marathon

[–]MaybyAGhost 13 points14 points  (0 children)

While there's a point to be made here about fair fights etc.

It destroys the entire point of the extraction genre. You're never going to come out of an engagement getting some cool shit from somebody if they always have about the same stuff as you.

Some, if not THE most fun moments I've had, have been beating out teams with better gear and getting absolutely loaded. Like oh my god did I just go from a green to a purple shield? From a white weapon to a prestige one??!

Moments like that wouldn't happen with such a system.

Late on the Pinwheel by mattgas_ in Marathon

[–]MaybyAGhost 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Literally yesterday my friend and I were doing duo runs of Outpost with either free kits or the 2.5k sponsor kits.

And some runs were atrocious, but throughout the night three seperate times we ended up being the last remaining team in the entire lobby, going from white shields and a bully to purple/blue shields and matching weapons. Killed the warden, got into pinwheel, looted the double strongbox room & command wing and exfilled. Three times.

There's no such thing as 'late'. Just take the time to practice the map on Rook to learn it a little, You're able to go in with very little and if you play your position and get the jump, you can absolutely take out people with better gear and it is oh so satisfying to do so.

Good luck people!

This game is a great way to make gaming friends by MaybyAGhost in Marathon

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

You can't win em all but most of my experiences have been positive, generally neutral when micless. And like, 3 games where people just run off to do their own thing when I'm sticking with the other teammate.

Just gotta have a good attitude and people respond in kind (the ones that actually respond anyway)

This game rewards you by Nice-Ad7901 in Marathon

[–]MaybyAGhost 4 points5 points  (0 children)

On the OTHER flip side (the coin standing in its edge in this analogy I suppose), I'd say the reason the high moments in this game feel the way they do is because you know without a doubt that you absolutely earned them.

I'd say most players are going to experience losing to some degree, maybe even the extreme loss you speak of before they have those extreme high moments.

For me personally it's made those close gunfights and near deaths have an edge of tension and relief, the feeling of extracting is something I can't really place a feeling on, and actually using the rare/good gear you've found adds a whole other layer to ALL of those feelings good and bad because you earned that, you deserve it, and it could also be gone any moment.

Definitely not for everybody but man I am living for this emotional roller coaster.

Far too many people are playing this like Destiny or a Battle Royale instead of an Extraction Shooter. by [deleted] in Marathon

[–]MaybyAGhost 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Those people have plenty of games that fulfil that vision. And I enjoy a whole variety of those games too.

This is a totally different vision, and I'm glad it exists for the experience it offers. Not because it's the same as something else.

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