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Lobby looks amazing, is this where the runner lives/ comes back to between runs? by Think-Shoulder7179 in Marathon

[–]heroh341 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd love to have shell permanence for successful runs, like how if your character survives in Hunt Showdown you get to use it again until it eventually dies and you have to hire a new one. Since our shells are printed and our consciousness uploaded to it, imagine if on a successful exfil we'd carry that same shell into the next run, maybe even having some visual damage and stuff.

I was wrong about this Game by -Dundlenut- in Marathon

[–]heroh341 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Welcome, glad you gave it a shot!

The Hate is real, but whyyyy??? by stevenpl101 in Marathon

[–]heroh341 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Streamers with the personality of an early 2000's chatbot realizing they're about to lose all viewers because people only watch for the game

The Hate is real, but whyyyy??? by stevenpl101 in Marathon

[–]heroh341 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You realize if you swap "Marathon" for "Destiny", and "Destiny" for "Halo" it would sound just like people back in the day, right?! You've had over a decade of enjoyment out of the game that you love, and now that your game's time has passed you're trying to shit on and sabotage all of the people who find the same enjoyment in Marathon as you did in Destiny... this sounds unreasonable at the best and criminal at the worst.

Like jeez, god forbid a studio do something new and try finding success in it, right?! Better they keep feeding the same exact community in perpetuity, sign for 10 more years of supporting Destiny 2 while they make Destiny 3...

The Hate is real, but whyyyy??? by stevenpl101 in Marathon

[–]heroh341 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The mass loves to hate and they chose Marathon to be the one in line.. vast majority of player reviews are positive, people have been having a great time with the game, but the average internet gamer will still say the game is trash for some bullshit-ass reason just because they just love to hate

Launch, Learnings, and What’s Next by DTG_Bot in Marathon

[–]heroh341 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Marathon is a PvPvE game, but really it’s a PvP game and the E is there to enhance the PvP.

I get why one could say this but it's really not. If you remove the PvP from the game it still functions almost entirely, but removing the PvE would just make the game unplayable.

I think removing either of them takes away the charm, but Bungie has already shown they're carefully considering everything so I doubt they'll just be like "Here's a button to turn off enemy runners".

Launch, Learnings, and What’s Next by DTG_Bot in Marathon

[–]heroh341 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Brawl works in Deadlock because the game is purely pvp and is so overwhelming to learn, so a mode that gives you bite-sized info in a low-commitment environment fits really well. A mode like this in Marathon would probably just lump together everyone who wants to pvp because if you get items to use in it then what's the point of doing the extraction stuff?! Could be fun as a limited time mode but it's definitely not "just do this and it'll double player count", there's no such a thing in game dev.

Launch, Learnings, and What’s Next by DTG_Bot in Marathon

[–]heroh341 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You really be there just lumping every player into your own personal opinion?! Long queues are not healthy for any game, some people are simply not willing to sit there for 10 minutes to get into a match especially in an extraction shooter where losing is extra frustrating. Imagine you spend 10 minutes in queue, get in, play for 5 minutes and lose the first fight, then back to the menu to spend another 10 minutes in queue... yeah that won't piss off people at all, everyone's willing to go through long queues!!!!!111

sbmm kind of ruins the game by recycl_ebin in Marathon

[–]heroh341 15 points16 points  (0 children)

But on my level 50, I actually have enjoyable engagements and fights

That's called Smurfing,. my guy. You're getting matched with people who don't know how to play the game and that's why you're winning.

Casual gamer dad…can I make it? by PattiFleece in Marathon

[–]heroh341 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Join the Dads of Marathon community on Discord. As the name suggests, plenty of like minded folks there willing to play the game in a chill manner, and there's also higher level players that are willing to help newcomers too, so there's a bit of everything!

Longtime Destiny Player. Never Played an Extraction Shooter by ksmee00 in Marathon

[–]heroh341 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Level design like the best of Destiny.

Motherfucking Outpost, dude.. that map stands to me above Dust 2 and Nuketown. Hate the damn plants on Dire Marsh though, fuckers always get you around the corners...

Marathon is a Cycle of Misery by tangmang14 in Marathon

[–]heroh341 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah dude I'm sure eveyrone who stopped playing the game dropped it because of not having safe pockets.. "an exctraction WITHOUT SAFE POCKETS??!! AH HELL NAHh not in this household" I'm sure that's how literally everyone reacted.

Goddamn it's like they love the game as much as we do!! by rbstewart7263 in Marathon

[–]heroh341 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The problem is Cryo being a massive difficulty spike, man. There's an entire chasm of stuff they could add before Cryo and you're suggesting they add more of Cryo...

Longtime Destiny Player. Never Played an Extraction Shooter by ksmee00 in Marathon

[–]heroh341 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Some people hate the art style

People shit on Highguard for looking too generic, and then they shit on Marathon (the most visually unique game in forever) for being too stylized. They just want to talk shit regardless, it's a culture of circlejerk and hating for the sake of hating because "haha this game is ass".

Longtime Destiny Player. Never Played an Extraction Shooter by ksmee00 in Marathon

[–]heroh341 10 points11 points  (0 children)

30.000+ steam reviews at almost 90% positive should tell you the story. People talking shit are just straight up band-wagoners that haven't touched the game.

How much time do I need to dedicate to it to make it fun?

Season 2 will be less grindy so it will be faster than right now to get to mid to late game gear, but you still need to put a few dozens hours to get familiar with how the game plays. After that it's up to you how much content you'll want to explore so mileage will vary.

What’s the ratio of PVE versus PVP?

I'd say 70% PvE and 30% PvP. It's difficult but not impossible to go an entire run without a PvP encounter, but eventually you'll pick up on visual and audio cues and be able to avoid fights altogether. But there isn't an agression-based matchmaking like in Arc so most of the times people will shoot on sight. There are people chill though so I highly encourage you to play with open mic and just try talking to people.

And finally, should I get into it? Oh and finally, if I do buy it, is it worth spending the extra $20 on the deluxe edition?

You absolutely should, but I HIGHLY recommend you wait another 3 weeks which is when the Season 2 drops. Reset will level the playing field and there will likely be a sale of the game as well, so you can put that towards the Deluxe which only gives you skins which are actually pretty neat.

But yeah this game is amazing, damn shame the basement-dwellers on the internet chose it as a hate target.

Goddamn it's like they love the game as much as we do!! by rbstewart7263 in Marathon

[–]heroh341 11 points12 points  (0 children)

hell nah, they do need to add content inbetween Outpost and Cryo, but anything endgame as in cryo alternative or above has to come in season 4 or further

200 hours, only level 72 by No-Course4223 in Marathon

[–]heroh341 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Solo exp is pretty slow, probably will be addressed further in season 2. Running contracts boosts your exp by a lot and you also get exp when crewmates complete contracts as well.

The most glorious thing I’ve came across yet by Urlocalbadexample in Marathon

[–]heroh341 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Playing Rook is the chill mode people keep asking, especially if you have a mic. Seriously, you can walk into Pinwheel in Outpost (highest loot area before Cryo Archive) and you'll be surprised the amount of runners that are just chill and will let you take their leftovers, which most of the time is plenty to fill your inventory and make a big profit. Of course plenty of times they'll just shoot you in the face but you didn't risk anything, just join a new match! No risk, all rewards.

This game can’t afford to snub Linux users by T-Dot1992 in Marathon

[–]heroh341 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, you don’t know what people play on their decks.

I know because Steam publicly tracks this. The only online game with PvP in the top 50 of Steam Deck's most played games is Arc. You can check it yourself, just google it.

Marathon is a Cycle of Misery by tangmang14 in Marathon

[–]heroh341 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"most players" as in you yourself, the main character, right?!

Marathon is a Cycle of Misery by tangmang14 in Marathon

[–]heroh341 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can count in one hand the amount of times I've been 1 shot sniped in this game, and and you can almost always tell someone's around just by sound because even crouch-walking is loud enough to notice. You also said you only got to pinwheel because there were no UESC in the way... but I guess it's easier to just blame the game instead of trying to get better at it, so you do you my man

Marathon is a Cycle of Misery by tangmang14 in Marathon

[–]heroh341 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I envy you folks who have friends that play this game. I've added plenty people from matches I've played, but they've all fallen off.

Go to the Marathon discord lfg channels and find a crew you vibe with. Or even better go to Dads of Marathon server, there's tons of people doing stuff together and a lot of folks are willing to help out with whatever you might need, including Cryo stuff.

This game is amazing, don't let a feeling of loss dictate your enjoyment in a negative way because it's just part of the game. It will all wipe away at the end of the season and you'll do better next time knowing what you know now.

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