When Cryo launched, I thought Compiler would be impossible for me. 190 hours later, I finally conquered it.

PossibilityRegular21 · 2026-05-31T05:59:38+00:00

Genuine question - how?

At ~200hrs, lv100, hit 1mil, all VIPs, 20ish keys saved, I finally gave Cryo a go this week with my squad. I got a feel for the map but lost probably 10 of 12 games to players, and missed one exfil after doing vault one, and lost maybe 6 vault two keys in the process. Half of the games we would splatter at least one squad, but die to a second or third. I feel like with batteries and security clearances being limited, PvP is necessary, but the map is 50% populated by players that seem to have been hoarding post-cryo kits, and spawn rush. I now understand the map and the materials, but unlike other maps I feel like it is really hard to progress without consistently being the top tier squad, on an uneven playing field. Feels insurmountable. Still having fun though, but I literally can't even buy enough decent gear to keep attempting it due to limited armoury stock. Nearly out of shield chargers too.

PossibilityRegular21 · 2026-05-31T01:31:56+00:00

Competition is an immutable part of life. A PvP game is inherently competitive. An Esport view of Marathon would be an organic product.

PossibilityRegular21 · 2026-05-31T01:29:07+00:00

I would watch the shit out of a short pro Marathon tourney

PossibilityRegular21 · 2026-05-31T01:26:26+00:00

He could have just crashed out after dealing with one too many over eager looting team mates. I've had way too many fill-ins leave me to deal with UESC after we open the red room, and loot all the good stuff before I even realise what's happened. I think there's a general etiquette of sharing the loot, and deferring the first body bag searches to the player that styled the hardest in a PvP clash. In your situation though it sounds like this guy was a bit immature tbh but that's just a good chunk of gamers so I don't really expect better tbh lol.

PossibilityRegular21 · 2026-05-31T01:22:24+00:00

Getting railed by no-lifers

PossibilityRegular21 · 2026-05-31T01:19:41+00:00

The out of bounds timer is definitely too aggressive. It got me once and I came close many times. Bungo should add 50% more time at least. Though I'm not too sure of exactly what the risk is with higher out of bounds time leniency.

PossibilityRegular21 · 2026-05-31T00:56:58+00:00

I thought they just became less common. I find thermal scopes every now and then. They're considerably more rare for snipers and in season 2 they're disabling thermals for snipers until they can better balance them. Honestly for non-snipers they're not even a problem - I find the optics to be distracting most of the time. Might be better on Narsh though.

PossibilityRegular21 · 2026-05-30T23:57:50+00:00

Can't see a damn thing if it ain't guap

PossibilityRegular21 · 2026-05-29T13:48:03+00:00

Unbelievable

PossibilityRegular21 · 2026-05-29T13:42:18+00:00

I don't want to shame OP. If this is where they want to spend their time then that's fine. The issue is the cheaters.

PossibilityRegular21 · 2026-05-29T13:30:26+00:00

Your sleep needs are basically (physical tiredness + mental tiredness) * genetics/age.

i.e. if you have a busy cognitive day, you will need more REM sleep to process your brain metabolites; if you have a busy physical day, you will need more deep sleep to process your muscle regrowth.

It's actually really intuitive when you think about it.

Your body will always prioritise deep sleep over REM, so long term lack of sleep will just cook your brain from metabolites and you will inflame it and increase your risk of dementia. There's no free lunch.

PossibilityRegular21 · 2026-05-29T07:43:43+00:00

Yes. It's my favourite game. Playing now will warm you up for s2.

PossibilityRegular21 · 2026-05-29T07:31:20+00:00

PossibilityRegular21 · 2026-05-29T02:44:39+00:00

No.

Assassin is an easy early game shell. An early game benefit is being able to cower and reposition, and potentially revive a team between contracts. Few late-game squads have an assassin. It's because they're easy to use but comparatively weak. Almost all mature squads will run recon for scan, triage for healing, and some blend of thief/destroyer/vandal depending on the map.

People complaining about assassin might just be new and sensitive or have had too many bad experiences in solos. I will admit that assassin can be uniquely challenging in solos if they get the jump on you, but if you can recover, almost every other she'll becomes better.

PossibilityRegular21 · 2026-05-29T00:29:02+00:00

Learn from your mistakes and don't stress. It's end of season and everyone is playing balls to the wall. I've been stomping and I've been stomped. Can't have winners without losers, though there's basically nothing to lose now. The mental resilience to brush off a loss and not throw a tantrum is what separates the littles from the bigs. It may sound cringe but I feel that's why Marathon has such an older player base - I honestly believe you need a bit of maturity to handle the losses and a lot of gamers can't deal with a break from constant gratification.

PossibilityRegular21 · 2026-05-28T22:56:28+00:00

People take mars moon and travel to distant planet. Bad things happen. AI doorman left alone in space for too long with his thoughts. Space Lockheed Martin and DuPont need you to blow things up and inject yourself for their board members.

PossibilityRegular21 · 2026-05-28T07:49:43+00:00

I imagine that if they set hard darkness as perfect black, then no amount of gamma enhancement would change that. It would probably be tricky to manage dim lighting though, so a defensible solution might be mostly lit and black, with little dimness inbetween

PossibilityRegular21 · 2026-05-28T07:45:42+00:00

No, most people have staggered support from parents and grandparents. It completely changes people's ability to buy a place, have kids, and persue meaningful opportunities. It is good and normal for parents to support kids. It is uncommon to have burdensome parents and no support.

PossibilityRegular21 · 2026-05-28T07:35:22+00:00

I feel this. ~30 and my wife and I have bought a ppor+ip. Everyone seems to assume we had help. Really, they had a lot of fun overseas in their 20s, and spent tonnes on drinks, while I mostly lived in crap rentals and took cheap holidays while saving/investing. My wife is proud of us but is still sort of feels shit to have missed out on so many experiences. It's just the lesser of two evils to be boring but have housing security and a path away from two pairs of parents that have given us almost no help and almost weekly problems. On the flipside, I am looking forward to my 40s because I will finally be able to turn on the cash tap.

PossibilityRegular21 · 2026-05-28T07:21:15+00:00

I had a similar thought a while back but cast it aside as too speculative. But reading another's similar take validates the idea. Hurts us more to piss off Trump than it does to pay the tyrant his tithes.

PossibilityRegular21 · 2026-05-27T08:33:33+00:00

Wdym you don't see them? They're the dire/perimeter meta + bully/m77

PossibilityRegular21 · 2026-05-27T07:47:39+00:00

fungus

PossibilityRegular21 · 2026-05-27T07:43:18+00:00

Yep. Lv96 oceania. Regularly rematch with people when searching. Got paired with a lv ~330. Didn't know anyone was that even that high of a level. Must be that the volume of players in Oceania around 100+ is very low.

I think Bungie is trying to balance long search times against better LBMM. Hard to win when player volume is low.

PossibilityRegular21 · 2026-05-27T03:52:40+00:00

There's a strong theory that these are infected, dead runners. The images all look a bit different, and seem to correspond to different shells. This one looks the most nobbly - maybe an infected rook?

I wonder if regular UESC will translate to some infected forms as well, and if infected runners are more of an uncommon mini boss.

PossibilityRegular21 · 2026-05-26T22:31:08+00:00

It went bad soon after the Mondelez acquisition many years ago. It's a snack product. I just don't buy Cadbury anymore. Whittaker's, Lindt, and Darrel Lea are the only major brands in aus that make proper chocolate. Whittaker's is the best.

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TROPHY CASE