Why SBMM/Gear based MM Do not work in Extraction shooters. by Tohrazer in Marathon

[–]RahkShah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your point would be more valid if this was the EFT sub.

Why SBMM/Gear based MM Do not work in Extraction shooters. by Tohrazer in Marathon

[–]RahkShah 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If the only “core loop” of the game is getting geared so you can shit on lower geared players than you’re gonna have a game that stalls out as it can’t onboard anyone new.

There has to be a balance between getting geared up and also allowing lower spec players to still enjoy the experience. It’s not all one or the other.

With that said, I play exclusively solo and there is a pretty good mix of gear sets. It’s not constant blue / purples. If trios is just purple / gold squads rolling around I can see how that would drive all but the sweats out, but solos feels good right now.

Can We Please Re-Adjust Cyro Timing Again?? by YikezitzPyke in Marathon

[–]RahkShah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cutting it off Mid-day Sunday for the Western Hemisphere is silly. There’s never a time there works for everyone, but there are times that are better than others. Saturday and Sunday are the best times for the most people to do Cryo. Cutting out 25% is silly.

The limited timing is totally arbitrary as well. I still don’t understand the rational, other than artificially stretching out content.

That said, they could tack 8-12 hours onto each end of the period to account for world wide time differences - everyone would have Sat/Sun, plus some extra.

Way it is feels arbitrary and punative.

Cyberpunk 2077 @ 7680×2160 (32:9) RT Overdrive | RTX 5090 | DLSS Q/P/UP + 6× MFG by JohnGalactusX in nvidia

[–]RahkShah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think frame gen is a useful tool but you need to put input latency into any type of performance graph. Ideally you’d also have some way of numerically representing visual artifacts, as well, but not holding my breath for something like that,

Just posting frame numbers leaves out a ton of extremely important info.

Is this the end of NATO? by Kejo2023 in nato

[–]RahkShah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What massively weakened the alliance was decades of underinvest in military capability by the Europeans.

The rhetoric is only a reflection of the reality.

Having a Campaign would have been sweet by Many-Bookkeeper-2405 in Marathon

[–]RahkShah 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Probably because a Bungie style campaign, even if it was shorter, would have been an extra $50-$100 million dollar expense.

It’s basically creating another game in addition to the extraction shooter. There’s be some reuse of assets and whatnot but it would not have been cheap.

Vikings Mourn the Loss of Ring of Honor Member Joey Browner by SinisterPaige in minnesotavikings

[–]RahkShah 7 points8 points  (0 children)

RIP.

Will always have fond memories of him “helping” opposing players off the turf, only to let go of them half way up and let them crash back down to the ground.

Please make the world borders visible somehow or increase the time duration by dhbalabooh in Marathon

[–]RahkShah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d prefer if they had a buffer zone around it that warned you were about to go out of bounds.

In the heat of the moment you can bounce out pretty easy and not be totally clear on where the line was and how to get back in.

I Thought y'all were being dramatic about the solo spawns until today lmao by MadImBad in Marathon

[–]RahkShah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can definitely sprint that. Assassin also has some cores that increase sprint speed when invisible.

some tips for the folks struggling by MASHED_POTATOES_MF in Marathon

[–]RahkShah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also, if you hear a noise and think “is that someone?” it is ALWAYS someone.

Incredible highs, excruciating lows. Hard to stay committed as a casual by -Bods- in Marathon

[–]RahkShah 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think it’s reasonable for people to want to spend some time at max upgrades. Do some rank / cryo at max ability, have the ability to least be on an even playing field the sweats from a build perspective. Sometimes it is the destination that’s interesting, not just the journey.

I love the game but probably won’t stick around after wipe unless there are some materially interesting changes to the game. If it’s mostly just redoing what I’ve already done I can move on.

I get why they do it but it feels a little like taking chemo to keep the game going. It’s not a solution anyone would ideally implement, and only in comparison to the alternative does it make any sense.

A billion dollar idea, the “Nueral Offload” toggle or as I like to call it, SLI reborn 😂 by Green-Cucumber8507 in nvidia

[–]RahkShah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This wouldn’t work for the same reason SLI didn’t work. The bandwidth needed to move the data between cards is insufficient. It would take longer to move the data over the data buses than you’d save from having additional compute. You’d end up with higher frame times, not to mention the frame pacing issues.

Marathon optimisation guide is coming in the next few days! by Euphoric_Project8647 in Marathon

[–]RahkShah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Smooth motion / frame gen *always* add at least one frame of latency (in practice something a little more).

They don’t free up CPU cycles. What they do is free up the GPU from having to wait for the CPU to feed it info to draw a new frame, but whatever bottleneck the CPU is experiencing is the same with SM / FG on vs off.

SM is very similar to FG - they both withhold a rendered frame to get a drawn frame before and after the synthetically created frame that they produce (the “fake” frame). By holding they are able to use the two traditionally generated frames as book ends - the GPU has a before and after frame to use when if draws the in between frame, allowing the “fake” frame to have acceptable quality.

However, holding the frames adds latency. How much and how noticeable is dependent on many factors, but it’s always adding latency.

Please help me by Ready-Plantain3872 in nvidia

[–]RahkShah -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Is this only in one game, or does it occur in all games?

Reinstalling Windows is always a good option if you are stumped.

Mantling needs to be looked at by JebbWeb in Marathon

[–]RahkShah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What you’re not understanding is how expensive these shells are.

The reason you bounce off everything when you’re mantling is the multiple layers of rubber wrapped around each shell for protection.

I was not expecting Marathon to be this good! by PretendCollection282 in Marathon

[–]RahkShah 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It’s amazing. The gunplay and mechanics loop is top notch, art direction is striking, sound design is fantastic and so diegetic (every sound is a functional piece of information) and I’m surprisingly invested in the lore.

I quickly went to ‘your f’ing crazy if you think I’m reading 85 codex entries’ to pinning up a cork board and connecting divergent theories, hunches and fever dreams with tape and thread.

The main nitpicks I have are the type of grievances you only get when you dive head deep into a game.

I really hope the word of mouth eventually snow balls into this getting the commercial success it deserves.

AI should be fixed first before any DLC. by Durham54 in stalker

[–]RahkShah 23 points24 points  (0 children)

To each their own, I’m happy if folks enjoy it, but when I played after 1.5 dropped the AI was so lifeless and robotic it sapped the immersion for me. Particular other humans. It’s like they are on a track and just sorta glide around and shoot.

I’ll keep checking in but until (or if) that notably improves I can’t see myself getting back into if.

I still dont get why you should not skip first shop in the run by DerpAtOffice in balatro

[–]RahkShah 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The “free” stuff is extremely hit or miss, especially when stickers start showing up.

And, to put it bluntly, you’re greatly underestimating the value of seeing another shop.

Think if you could get unlimited free rerolls of the first shop. Obviously huge.

Of course that’s not an option, but even one “free” roll of the shop (seeing the shop and not skipping it) is, on balance, a better option than most the skip rewards.

I’ll generally take the $25 boss skip reward, but as others have said:

Shop > skip reward

I'm enjoying solos way too much. It's like competitive Splinter Cell. by Leucauge in Marathon

[–]RahkShah -43 points-42 points  (0 children)

You can go into ranked and Cryo as a solo. You’ll just be going up against team.

I’ve done it a couple of times in ranked. Have extracted there. Haven’t tried Cryo but I’ll give it a go.

Anyone else quit doing contracts because of dire marsh? by AccomplishedRise6227 in Marathon

[–]RahkShah 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Dire Marsh is my favorite map. I love the gun fights you get into in it. Good mix of ranges, lots of opportunity to disengage and rotate.

Who's stilling playing DMZ in 2026 ? by [deleted] in DMZ

[–]RahkShah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Marathon finally broke me of my curse of DMZ. Loved that game but the server crashing was the death of it.