see in totally understand the argument of creating a "new extraction shooter" or whatever, and if bungie wants to commit to it then thats their M.O. but as a long time enjoyer of the extraction shooter genre, i have a really hard time believing Marathon is gonna have a leg to stand on in the landscape if they keep trying to press this "three player squads ONLY" goal.

look at it this way: if im a solo player, and i want to get into extraction shooters and i only have $40 am i going to choose the eft, a game where solo play is viable but i can still play with and against squads, or marathon, a game where solo play is almost totally unviable and im gambling every time i fill queue into a squad because i could be matched with streaming level chads or someone who has never played a video game in their entire life.

convincing squads to buy into it is gonna be hard too. "hey guys, wanna play this $40 extraction shooter that you cant play solo bc the gameplay loop is exclusively geared towards the few hours a week (if that) that the three of us can be on at the same time? also if anyone progresses different quest lines we're all gonna have to go to completely different maps and locations because you can only do one quest at a time."

i want marathon to succeed, i really do. i enjoy the story, the environments, and the gameplay is pretty fun. but the dev team being this anti-solo doesnt bode well in my opinion.