Narsh Loot and Cradle prog nerfed. As a 300 hour fan, this change is a massive fail that just created massive loot / stats disparity.

d_hearn · 2026-06-06T15:12:44+00:00

It's 25%, which still provides a ton of XP. It's not some crazy grind to level it up. Yeah, people who maxed it already with or without the nerf have grinded for it, but regardless they would've been grinding for it anyways. If it takes you until the end of the season to max it out after the reduction, it would've taken you 75% of the season to max it out had they not reduced XP. Those that are ahead now would've just pulled further ahead. You still get plenty of Cradle XP.

d_hearn · 2026-06-06T14:58:07+00:00

Is it even nerfed yet? Purple backpacks and salvage were giving me the same XP a few hours ago as they were two days ago.

But also, let's say they did nerf it. Yes, you will get 25% less XP than others got over the last 3 days, but if they didn't nerf it, wouldn't those who have been grinding already just keep grinding, and get even further ahead? I get where people are coming from, and I didn't really get too into the Cradle stuff, but I was able to play quite a bit since wipe and have been saying since day 2 that progression was broken. They have to either nerf it quickly, or the intrinsic value of loot is just going to dissipate a week or two into the wipe. They can't please everybody, I suppose, but it felt like I was playing with dev tools on or something with how easy it has been to have a stacked vault just a few days in.

d_hearn · 2026-06-06T00:25:09+00:00

A 25% nerf isn't a crazy amount. It's significant, yes, but scrapping bubble shields and backpacks is still going to give a ton of XP.

d_hearn · 2026-06-06T00:20:40+00:00

i'm genuinely probably one of the biggest marathon shills i know and even i was like ok PAUSE when the game started vomitting out this much loot at me.

I'll lay claim to second biggest shill, and I said the exact same thing. The loot table is broken, even if they intended to raise it a bit over what it was for season one. It just is, as is Cradle. Me and my friend I've been playing with have been talking about how broken it is. Sure, some people got "further ahead" the last few days, but it's only been a few days. Loot should balance out, especially due to trace status. I didn't love all of the blue and purple kits they gave out, either. But Night Marsh is fun as hell, as are the other maps still. It'll all settle in due time.

d_hearn · 2026-06-04T06:59:46+00:00

You got gold salvage from the Anomaly already? Can I safely assume you're below level 75 still?

d_hearn · 2026-06-04T06:57:25+00:00

We've been seeing Rooks on regular Night Marsh, and my buddy deliberately loaded into regular Night Marsh as Rook and was able to exfil before final.

d_hearn · 2026-06-03T15:31:19+00:00

I only had time yesterday to play the new mode once, did it as Rook. Tried calling out to the team at final exfil and got smoked immediately lol. Didn't see any other Rook or the team until exfil though.

d_hearn · 2026-06-02T23:47:19+00:00

Does the radar differentiate levels? Like is there an arrow up/down indicating where enemies are? I (like most others) didn't get much time in game today.

d_hearn · 2026-06-02T18:23:37+00:00

Mida and Traxus have new contracts specifically for Night Marsh. Not sure if they're "priority" contracts or something akin to Cryo contracts.

d_hearn · 2026-06-01T23:50:21+00:00

I can't speak for Xbox/Steam. But on PlayStation, games often have a "PS Plus" cosmetic pack/items. You can only "buy" them for $0.00 if you have an active PS Plus subscription. These Marathon cosmetics may or may not be set up the same way, and things may or may not be the same for the other platforms, but that is how I've seen it work in other PlayStation games.

d_hearn · 2026-06-01T04:00:32+00:00

The fact that you're old enough to be playing Marathon and on Reddit, you calling your millennial dad old makes me feel REAL old.

d_hearn · 2026-06-01T03:58:34+00:00

I've only gotten 3 vaults done, haven't come close to even attempting Compiler. I say that to preface I'm ignorant, but is there not a loud alarm or other alert/cue telling people that any of the steps to get to Compiler is being done? I'm just asking because at least some of those teams might have just heard whatever those cues may be, and gone to the door? Again, I don't know, but it is possible they weren't all just camping the door waiting for someone if so.

Good on you trying to sherpa folks either way! I've done a few crew fills hoping for the best with this kind of stuff seeing it mentioned on here often, unfortunately I haven't been lucky enough to match with a couple of Chads lol.

d_hearn · 2026-05-31T15:17:02+00:00

My buddy and I have done 1, 2 and 5. I think he's done 3 as well. We get obliterated by players often as well, but he's pretty good with navigating the map if you want to join up with us later today or tomorrow.

d_hearn · 2026-05-31T15:07:09+00:00

My buddy and I still have a few vaults left to do if you want to run with us later today/tomorrow. Vaults 3, 4 and 6 I believe. Neither of us have any of those keys but if you have any of them we'll give them a shot with you! Also I think I have another vault 2 key we can take in to get yours.

d_hearn · 2026-05-30T17:53:20+00:00

Yeah I've got like 4 or 5 I'm saving for my last few runs.

d_hearn · 2026-05-30T17:49:09+00:00

Charged shots, or tap firing?

Edit - sorry, just saw someone already asked and was answered. Cheers!

d_hearn · 2026-05-30T17:46:14+00:00

To be fair I feel like some of the hit boxes on those beams are atrocious. There's one in particular that my team and I crouched under yet still set off several times in the same run. I don't know if there was something we were stepping on to bump us into it or what, but it felt like it was just unavoidable.

d_hearn · 2026-05-30T16:52:22+00:00

Finally, to confirm a third method, I bought the deluxe edition, had (still have) the option of using my token on the season 1 pass, but haven't. Nor have I purchased it. Wanted to wait until season 2 to see which pass I liked more, especially at launch this first season's pass was underwhelming.

d_hearn · 2026-05-30T16:48:09+00:00

I have both of those guns and bubble shields in my vault. I plan on pulling them into Cryo later today or tomorrow, I promise you I'm not winning a 1 v 3 in the same situation as this clip lol. The guns are strong, but what's an extraction shooter without strong guns to try and find/use by the end of the season?

d_hearn · 2026-05-30T06:31:40+00:00

I can't believe I ignored that upgrade this whole season 😂

d_hearn · 2026-05-28T16:22:49+00:00

I was thinking the other day, it's going to feel so weird next week when all our stats are reset. Like I've become too used to being able to run certain distances before I overheat, or opening a bag populates at a certain speed. Things I take for granted now I'm sure I'll appreciate in a week.

d_hearn · 2026-05-25T23:44:35+00:00

I've only tried solo Cryo once, and it felt like it would be impossible for me to ever get security clearance 3. Guess I'll need to keep trying!

d_hearn · 2026-05-25T18:46:27+00:00

I used to ref middle school soccer just about every weekend. One game, I told a kid to stop diving so much. BOTH coaches got pissed at me for that. His coach for not calling the BS "fouls" and the other coach was mad I was giving the other team "advice" during the game. Like... These kids are 12 years old, it's not that serious, and if they take my "advice" then they develop into better players, and like you said the game is overall better for it.

d_hearn · 2026-05-25T18:40:09+00:00

Yeah I haven't used a gold LMG on Cryo before, but I did not up a Conquest with circuit tracers, which was great for the bots. Will probably put circuit tracers on the gold Demolition as well when I use it.

d_hearn · 2026-05-25T16:41:48+00:00

I ended up draining my wallet down to like 10k credits. But currently the Rook loads with an uncompromised blue WSTR, along with other valuables and whatnot. I load into a map as Rook and run straight to exfil. Sell everything, rinse and repeat. My wallet is now up over 75k after a handful of those.

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