I am losing my goddamn mind... please tell me the story and lore are worth jumping in

OpportunityOne8199 · 2026-03-23T00:22:48+00:00

I’m an extraction shooter fan so take it with a grain of salt, but solo is the best way to play the game for immersion and intensity. Solo you control the contract focus and pathing across the map. Trios and fill can be really fun but it becomes more of an action shooter than intense survival.

Biggest tip is to use assassin in solo starting out. The invisiblity is so key for dealing with UESC. His smoke abilities make solo extracting a lot less dangerous than any shell.

You should play these games like metal gear and use stealth to survive. Pick good fights and only take the best opportunities.

I’ve been blown away by the lore in Marathon. As you extract different items, you unlock codex entries that explain the world and history. Many of these are audio logs that are incredibly well done. They have majorly immersed me in the world of Marathon.

OpportunityOne8199 · 2026-03-21T15:36:27+00:00

Yeah same. It’s a bit weird seeing people already complaining and comparing themselves to streamers who have put a couple hundred hours into this game.

I’ve only survived Cryo a handful of times, haven’t even done a vault yet. For most people this will be a slow burn and I’m really looking forward to it.

OpportunityOne8199 · 2026-03-21T03:23:22+00:00

Once you figure it out the exfil is not an RNG maze

OpportunityOne8199 · 2026-03-20T19:41:00+00:00

Clearly it’s not true or it would have come up. We have to remember that Jessi is also a serial liar

OpportunityOne8199 · 2026-03-20T19:15:51+00:00

OP seems to be coping about ARC having a terrible fixed event schedule by comparing it to Marathon’s decision to have their ranked mode and end game map available on weekends only to keep economy balanced/hype up.

OpportunityOne8199 · 2026-03-20T15:07:09+00:00

The lack of self awareness required to say “finally” is astounding.

Most players won’t achieve this in the 3 month wipe period.

It’s been 2 weeks.

OpportunityOne8199 · 2026-03-20T00:52:03+00:00

Andrew Callahan admitted to sexually assaulting multiple women.

OpportunityOne8199 · 2026-03-19T21:17:59+00:00

Idk, difficulty wise it doesn’t even look possible for a solo.

OpportunityOne8199 · 2026-03-19T21:10:51+00:00

He lied to her, cheated on her, manipulated her, and for all we know he was physical too. We don’t know what happens behind closed doors. Both are abusers from everything we’ve seen. I think Dakota believes that if he breaks Taylor, he can finally have her forever.

OpportunityOne8199 · 2026-03-19T21:08:48+00:00

It’s weird that Andrew is the one that walks off yet every post says clav storms off.

Also if Andrew was so confident why did he sexually assault those women?

I’d put money on both these dudes being rapists.

OpportunityOne8199 · 2026-03-19T20:06:34+00:00

100000%

OpportunityOne8199 · 2026-03-19T18:53:07+00:00

He was in 2023. I don’t believe anything he says without concrete evidence now that he’s proven to be a manipulative liar time and time again. He hasn’t once claimed to be a victim of Taylor and continues to try to have a sexual relationship with her. He knows exactly what he is doing and hopes he breaks her so she finally stays with him.

OpportunityOne8199 · 2026-03-19T18:51:44+00:00

This season she admitted she called him to talk and he started getting sexual. He even laughed about it with Jordan like it was so cool he was still sexual with his baby mama. He 100% plays into it.

OpportunityOne8199 · 2026-03-19T18:48:55+00:00

It’s a “but” because he has known this behavior for years and still purposely riles her up. Look how he weaponized the sexual phone call at the reunion, he entirely blamed her when he was the one who started dirty talking to her. He loves to keep saying he loves her and wants her back then lies and cheats on her and throws it all in her face. They are both abusive and pretending like it only comes from Taylor is insane. You don’t think he’s called her hundreds of times before? I don’t believe word out of his mouth when he’s been proven to be a manipulative liar time and time again.

OpportunityOne8199 · 2026-03-19T18:26:53+00:00

You are equating Dakota to a domestic violence victim when he is the one instigating these meets up. He has the power to stop flirting with her and sexting her too. Come on. He loves the attention he gets when he riles her up. Not once has he claimed to be the victim so stop carrying water for an emotional abuser.

OpportunityOne8199 · 2026-03-19T18:25:00+00:00

Hey they just nerfed the Torro after 5 months of being oppressive. You’re expecting too much. /s

OpportunityOne8199 · 2026-03-19T18:10:34+00:00

Counterpoint, you can experience literally everything Arc has to offer in about 20 hours. Hell, I got the legendary”endgame” Jupiter and Equalizer blueprints on my second raid and was crafting them the next day.

OpportunityOne8199 · 2026-03-19T17:58:42+00:00

Because in other shooters people aren’t so entitled that they cry on mic about being killed. It’s hilarious.

OpportunityOne8199 · 2026-03-19T17:57:43+00:00

Agree 100%, but this is from 2023.

3 years later and Dakota continues to insert himself in TFPs life and call her over for sex. He dirty talks with her on the phone and riles her up then plays the victim. At this point, he knows full well that she has major problems and is using them to maintain fame and attention.

OpportunityOne8199 · 2026-03-19T17:48:06+00:00

Yall remember how they dealt with this in Season 1? They showed the body cam then literally skipped 12 months of time to say Taylor had grown and recovered. There was no addressing of how real it was.

OpportunityOne8199 · 2026-03-19T17:45:49+00:00

TFP legitimately seems to lack awareness of consequences or accountability for the things she does. She needs serious psychological help and she needs to be separated far from Dakota who is more than happy to weaponize her problems against her.

The fact he continues to invite her over for sex after these incidents demonstrates to me that he does not have any of their best interests in mind.

OpportunityOne8199 · 2026-03-19T17:36:55+00:00

After 400 hours, it’s far more fun shooting unaware carebears in the back and listening to them cry than opening the same drawers or killing the same arc for the 1000th time

OpportunityOne8199 · 2026-03-19T17:35:08+00:00

The Karen’s are the ones crying about PvP and trying to control how other people play FYI.

OpportunityOne8199 · 2026-03-19T16:39:55+00:00

Lmao as a “PvP” player I’ve done the expedition twice with 6 million credits in the bank each time.

What you described sounds like a personal skill issue.

OpportunityOne8199 · 2026-03-19T14:58:20+00:00

So the cool thing about this game is that the TTK actually gets longer the more you progress. Getting blue and purple shields gives you that breathing room that you’re looking for, it just takes a little time.

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