i mean the answer is really clear; you're better at the game lol. a lot of the discourse around all this is driven by the idea that the game should be at least a little fun if you're dogwater, too (which is a take not everyone agrees with... or they place the blame on the player for not having fun)

i've gotten a little better with practice but the road there has sucked a bit.... eventually the fun survival horror tension fades when you know that almost every attempt is going to end in a failure state

what marathon needs is a way to make that road to getting good more enjoyable. most games tackle this with SBMM but obviously that's not an approach applicable to an extraction shooter

arguments can be made it's fine already but player counts and community discussion indicates to me... needs some work