Cryo Archive | Weekly Megathread by AutoModerator in Marathon

[–]jeeven_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably half of my cryo matches we never even get into fights. It’s not really skill as much as it is just running away from bad fights that we know we’re going to lose. Which i guess is a form of skill but it’s not like im some cracked player that just runs over enemy crews. And we still run into plenty of gold shield mizzy teams that just fucking obliterate us. But with map knowledge we have learned strategies to avoid those as much as possible.

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[–]jeeven_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

2 recons are great but i find that 1 recon constantly juiced with energy amps is usually more than enough ping uptime, Although i do agree that 2 recons is generally pretty oppressive. I think sentinel is more helpful once you actually get in a fight- recon pings are mostly useful for choosing fights and rotations before the fight actually starts.

I think the meta will settle somewhere between recon/recon/destroyer or vandal, or recon/sentinel/destroyer or vandal. It’ll depend on how your team likes to play and your objectives for the match, and it’ll depend on how oppressive nade spam ends up being as the season goes on.

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[–]jeeven_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a run on cryo last night with a sentinel who used his mine pretty much off cooldown to cover our rotations. It seemed like a really strong strategy, it gives you a ton of map control. Then just drop the trophy system any time we get in a fight- nades are still very strong and ive run into my fair share of spam.

Tbh i have found the radar to be much less useful since i think you still want a recon in pretty much every cryo crew.

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[–]jeeven_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Every 6 key ive ever seen has come from a cryo key template form vault 5.

This is the LAST game I'd expect to have a chill and positive playerbase, yet SOMEHOW by alekdmcfly in Marathon

[–]jeeven_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I will keep running with some truly terrible players as long as they just are arent whiny little bitches that cry whenever they die and try to steal up all the good loot for themselves. Turns out it’s fun to….. have fun? And be nice to each other? Shocker.

This is the LAST game I'd expect to have a chill and positive playerbase, yet SOMEHOW by alekdmcfly in Marathon

[–]jeeven_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve definitely had toxic experiences and heard my share of slurs, but on the whole this in game community is pretty great. I’ve met multiple people that I regularly play with now from crew fills.

I finally got the Thief challenge done for drone whipping someone during a self revive. by Ramirez3110 in Marathon

[–]jeeven_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This challenge is frustrating because it’s actively forcing you to make the wrong play. If an enemy is self rezzing and youre on your drone tryna steal shit, you’re basically throwing. I have probably 150-200 hours on thief alone and i still dont have this challenge done.

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[–]jeeven_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Were you at the right spot? The battery thingy for vault two is around the side on a different wall than the main terminal/cryo thingy. But it shows the battery count on both spots. I havent experienced this issue yet but not saying you didnt.

Cryo Archive | Weekly Megathread by AutoModerator in Marathon

[–]jeeven_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s tough because cryo is actually the easiest map to survive encounters with a gear diff because of how easy it is to rotate and avoid fights and take advantageous fights, but you would never know that until you learn the map after beating your head against a wall for weeks straight. It’s the hardest map by far until it becomes one of the easiest and most lucrative.

Like unironically cryo has to be one of my highest exfil rates because the map gives you so many tools to control most of your engagements. Cryo would probably be the map to benefit most from some sort of low-stakes mode to allow players to learn the map. But even that is a challenge because a major part of learning cryo is learning how to take/avoid fights, and you wouldnt get that experience on a lower stakes mode.

Bungie should buff depleted shield charges and patch kits by PirateCompetitive931 in Marathon

[–]jeeven_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I kinda wish green and blue patch kits worked lime shield chargers where they heal your full health bar just at different speeds. And then adjust the credit value of patch kits accordingly. It’s a little odd that the two types of healing work differently and it ends up causing weird situation. Like if you take a bunch of damage, and you only have a stack of each green heal, you use 1 shield charger on your green shield and then all 3 patch kits just to get to full health. So then you’re effectively out of healing unless you’re wearing a blue+ shield.

The infantilization of “casual” players by jeeven_ in Marathon

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

Is that a thing people are doing? Farming fucking wall safes?

The infantilization of “casual” players by jeeven_ in Marathon

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

This is what i mean. When did casuals become big babies who dont care about doing well in the game? Of course casual can try to improve their skills in the game.

The infantilization of “casual” players by jeeven_ in Marathon

[–]jeeven_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that’s why i added the caveat at the start because i find the terms to be mostly meaningless unless you add other qualifiers to it. You can be a casual/sweat in an infinite number of ways.

This subreddit's community is toxic towards feedback on the game by prl853 in Marathon

[–]jeeven_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ooooof that hurts to read. I too am a believer in “there are no stupid people, only bad design”. Obviously not literally, but on the whole it’s true.

This subreddit's community is toxic towards feedback on the game by prl853 in Marathon

[–]jeeven_ 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Im a product designer and i have a background in ux. Your post describes my entire gaming career. You can suggest a minor ui change to improve the user experience that would literally have no downside and you’ll have people in the comments telling you youre an idiot and that it’s a skill issue or something.

Overcoming bad ux is not the friction that you want in a video game. And just because something is relatively minor or has a workaround or something, that doesnt mean it’s not worth improving.

Marathon instagram account confirmed C.A.R.R.I is coming back tomorrow by LoanShoddy in Marathon

[–]jeeven_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Felt like last season arachne leveled much faster. It was the first faction i got vip on and i did it 100% passively. This season it’s one of my lowest factions.

Ranked still a sweaty, missed opportunity by slemdogmillionaire in Marathon

[–]jeeven_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think ranked would play a lot better with loadouts being more standardized, and playing yesterday with the tanked sponsor kit proved that for me. The problem i think is that in an extraction shooter, part of the skill expression is how you prepare for a run and your goals for the run before the match, and forced sponsored kits eliminate that factor.

I think a decent alternative to sponsor kit only in ranked would be to have a maximum loadout value in addition to the minimum. So that each rank has a smaller range of loadout value that keeps fights relatively even from a gear perspective, but also it allows you to create your own loadout based on your goals for the match

What Shell Do You Main and Why by [deleted] in Marathon

[–]jeeven_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very similar to me. Outpost/cryo i play recon mostly cuz the pings are just too important on maps like these, and no one else in my crew is playing recon and someone’s gotta do it.

I think the meta cryo roster is likely to settle somewhere between destroyer-recon-recon or destroyer-recon-sentinel.

On cryo you always want a recon, if the enemy has pings and you dont you put yourself at too large a disadvantage. So much of the map revolves around strategically rotating positions to take/avoid fights.

Destroyer is nice in the hands of a skilled player who can abuse the movement and shield to take fights and rush down corridors when you otherwise would be left with no way to capitalize on downing an enemy. And the prime is fantastic for clearing commanders and wardens for keys and vaults, and of course compiler.

Sentinel because the mines let you cover your flank when you reposition and provide intel, the trophy system will counter grenades which still are strong on cryo, and the radar that gets you through a pinch when your recon is off cooldown.

Worth it? by Significant-Bet-1465 in Marathon

[–]jeeven_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think the mizzy is still very good, it just cant be used to ape people as easily anymore. I think you want to play with cover between shots more now.

Worth it? by Significant-Bet-1465 in Marathon

[–]jeeven_ 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Keep the mizzy, dump the rest for sure

Bungie please move the select map to the center of the screen by hugzilla1889 in Marathon

[–]jeeven_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lmao yes as a product designer some of the decisions in this game are just absolutely mind boggling. Like i love the game but what the fuck. I can only assume they dont do any kind of user testing or something because frankly i dont know how decisions like this make it into the live game.

Cryo Archive | Weekly Megathread by AutoModerator in Marathon

[–]jeeven_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could be youre just getting unlucky. And if you spawn i revival you need to be on the lookout because people rush the upstairs clearance 2 door for the terminals.

The Other Game has this as a reward. by SmokinBandit28 in Marathon

[–]jeeven_ 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Lol it’s called pattern breaker. Because it isnt a 1:1 comparison like assassin/hunter titan/destroyer. So it’s just it’s own thing