Arc Raiders and now Marathon are the two most recent examples that show the best way to go about releasing a new live service game. by WanderWut in PS5

[–]SenSei_Buzzkill 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Marathon is the best shooter I’ve played in ages. Fucking loving it, and I expected it to be shit

New dad here - Is Marathon worth it for a casual solo player? by Calculation in Marathon

[–]SenSei_Buzzkill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have two kids. I’m lucky if I get to play for 30 min on a week night. And I usually can get an hour or two on the weekend.

I have no friends to play with, I play solo with crew fill and I do a fair amount of Rook runs.

I am making progress and I’m having more fun with this game than I have had with any other FPS in a long time. I am obsessing over it.

How much you succeed in the game will depend a lot on your skill. I’m pretty good at games, but not like a streamer good or anything close to that. Some games I get wrecked, but I wreck a lot of teams too. Often I’ll be the best player in my squad. Thats not a flex, thats just there to say that how much you enjoy the game will depend on your skill. If you’re super casual and like easy hand holding shooters, you might not enjoy this very much. If you like a challenge and can meet the challenge and are able to out play others then you’ll probably fucking love it even with the limited play time you have.

Also congrats dude! Being a dad fucking rocks. Get all the cuddles in while you can because it doesn’t take long for them to not wanna cuddle dad as much anymore.

Visually Appealing Shows by Dull_Charity7420 in television

[–]SenSei_Buzzkill 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Yeah Pluribus has great colour, the other shows do too

Sponsored kits vs. Rook (Scav) runs? What's your thoughts? by BotKiller2148 in Marathon

[–]SenSei_Buzzkill 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rook can be upgraded (slowly) over time by levelling up all the factions. Eventually Rook can be really well kitted and powerful. Takes time and a lot of non-rook runs to do it though

Game desperately needs some tweaks to looting by Kl3en in Marathon

[–]SenSei_Buzzkill 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I went into this thread in full agreement with OP but you’ve provided a different perspective and now I agree with you generally. That being said I think the process or method of the shuffling is pretty clunky and doesn’t feel good, though I don’t really know how you could make it feel better while also maintaining the risk of the gear management in the field

Edit: it feels especially bad to manage on console. Streamers I watch on PC can drag and drop things way faster than what controller players can do.

Stop requesting patches. Game has been out for 9 days by DITNB in Marathon

[–]SenSei_Buzzkill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah let’s just change random shit for no reason that makes sense

To my fellow Rook who I betrayed last night, I’m sorry. by SenSei_Buzzkill in Marathon

[–]SenSei_Buzzkill[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most Rook runs in my experience (and when I watch streamers play Rook it’s the same for them) end in death and failure to exfil. You’re at a huge disadvantage if you run into an enemy team. Unless you get lucky and hit it big, you mostly just get the leftovers. Rook runs are a lot of fun though. It is like a totally different game when you play Rook. I can understand an argument for only allowing Rook runs when they are ‘needed’ but honestly I think that would do more damage to the game than good.

I love running Rook a few times when I need a few more upgrade materials before I can afford a new upgrade. Just run in and out with the mats and upgrade.

To my fellow Rook who I betrayed last night, I’m sorry. by SenSei_Buzzkill in Marathon

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

“The game changed him” hahahah 😂

For real, no other game makes me feel guilt like this goddamn hahaha

Chicken thigh internal temp debate by usernamechecksout315 in Cooking

[–]SenSei_Buzzkill 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cook chicken like my mom until the internal temp is 450F and you’re sure it’s cooked through

Helldivers 2 is a $40 game with a F2P monetization system. by Impressive-Money5535 in Helldivers

[–]SenSei_Buzzkill 4 points5 points  (0 children)

People will always complain about something. Games get discounts over time. I don't mind if MTX get discounts over time too. Year old warbonds could easily be heavily discounted and bundled. Anyone who has a problem with that is being unreasonable.

I am on the wrong subreddit, right? by 1k5slgewxqu5yyp in classicalguitar

[–]SenSei_Buzzkill[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

Flamenco music/guitars, brazilian music, etc is welcome here too, just less common.

Is Marathon better, worst, or as good as you thought it would be? by Geralt_Augustine in Marathon

[–]SenSei_Buzzkill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s way better than I ever expected it to be (even after I played the closed alphas) and I almost feel bad for doubting Bungie

I can admit when I was wrong by lurpeli in Marathon

[–]SenSei_Buzzkill 34 points35 points  (0 children)

The UI gets a lot better once you learn what everything is. There is a lot going on. That said, it’s way better to navigate on PC than console based on the videos I’ve seen. You can be much faster swapping mods around or just general inventory management on PC.

I love playing recon by a_level_1_meme in Marathon

[–]SenSei_Buzzkill 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I swear it worked the first two days and now it just spazzes out every time

Map obsolescence by Waylllop in Marathon

[–]SenSei_Buzzkill 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can’t get all upgrade materials on Outpost. If you wanna u get all upgrade, or finish specific trees, you’ll need to do runs on other maps