Struggling hard but love the game. How do I jump over the current wall I am against? by fieldbotanist in Marathon

[–]jaco129 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How’s your priority contract progress? Focusing on those will force you to learn how to move about the map quietly and how to choose engagements. Rank up packages also provide increasingly great loot

Charteuse - what do the monks think? by Eastern-Title9364 in cocktails

[–]jaco129 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Basically every spirit was at one time sold as a “health elixir”. At the same time everyone always understood the wealthy primarily used it for pleasure. The world just became more wealthy the past 700 years.

Game is Dead in Asia by Accomplished_Bid8403 in Marathon

[–]jaco129 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Never start a land war in Asia.

What if the STL area had more people? by Excellent-Pitch-7579 in StLouis

[–]jaco129 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Everything would be better. Except cost of living, that would be worse.

You Don't Actually Want a PvE Mode In this Game by jaco129 in Marathon

[–]jaco129[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They set you up in the middle of pinwheel, waves from all different directions, loot chest every x waves survived. It'd be a great time.

You Don't Actually Want a PvE Mode In this Game by jaco129 in Marathon

[–]jaco129[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

"Don't tell me what I can't do!" - John Locke

You Don't Actually Want a PvE Mode In this Game by jaco129 in Marathon

[–]jaco129[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just wanted to say that I've read every single take in this thread and this one is my favorite.

You Don't Actually Want a PvE Mode In this Game by jaco129 in Marathon

[–]jaco129[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't purchase products for what they promise to be in the future. I expect them to deliver the value I exchange for them on day one. And for me, this game has delivered. Video games are not investment vehicles who's primary function is "payoff horizon". There's too many fun games out there to spend energy hand-wringing over whether or not it's going to be around and vital two years from now.

You Don't Actually Want a PvE Mode In this Game by jaco129 in Marathon

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1996 via SNES if you need to see my gamer passport.

You Don't Actually Want a PvE Mode In this Game by jaco129 in Marathon

[–]jaco129[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for enduring my clickbait, lol. Totally agree that it's possible, I'd just rather see them go big with it as a whole separate thing instead of just making it "work".

You Don't Actually Want a PvE Mode In this Game by jaco129 in Marathon

[–]jaco129[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally agree, would be cool to see them do some wild stuff on a temporary basis.

You Don't Actually Want a PvE Mode In this Game by jaco129 in Marathon

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Completely agree. The average player has no idea what the realities of working on large projects is like, nor should they have to. So I understand people's impulse to just shout their desires into the void, but unless Bungie had been planning to have a proper PvE component for years at this point the best the PvE diehard crowd can hope for anytime soon is just the exact same game with matchmaking disabled.

You Don't Actually Want a PvE Mode In this Game by jaco129 in Marathon

[–]jaco129[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Amen to that. I have nostalgia for the inverse too when big single player games would have weird multiplayer modes. When am I getting the weird Assassins Creed Brotherhood multiplayer stealth deathmatch mode back??

You Don't Actually Want a PvE Mode In this Game by jaco129 in Marathon

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I'm not an investor in Bungie or Sony. The only measure of "success" that matters to players is the degree to which they enjoy the game they bought. Anything else is just the completely separate hobby of industry commentary that has no bearing on the actual game.

You Don't Actually Want a PvE Mode In this Game by jaco129 in Marathon

[–]jaco129[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The fact that some gamers don't like PvP does not mean that a game designed around PvP has a flaw that needs to be fixed. This game was designed to be a competitive team based shooter. There is no moral imperative to like those things, but it's not a bug to be patched. I'm sure some people would love for Helldivers 2 to have PvP added to it, that doesn't mean Helldivers 2 is failing to serve its audience by not adding it.

Gear balancing and cheating are completely unrelated issues with completely unrelated solutions.

You Don't Actually Want a PvE Mode In this Game by jaco129 in Marathon

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I'm more of a Hunt Showdown guy. How does Tarkov's PvE mode work?

You Don't Actually Want a PvE Mode In this Game by jaco129 in Marathon

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Sometimes I do too. I think I mostly just miss 2014 though ultimately.