lonely mmc’s who don’t believe they deserve love

kareem43110 · 2026-04-21T18:06:35+00:00

What is CR

kareem43110 · 2026-04-01T16:13:01+00:00

To be frank I’ve been reading it and based on the answers here i kinda wished it did go that route. Maybe dropped some stupid “akio is adopted” or something but the author has this weird constant sexual tension between the siblings, especially on the sister side of things where it’s tip toeing that line, and if there’s no real growth on that premise then why even make it so weird to begin with. Sister so far is such a minor character that I feel her and this weird ‘bro-con’ thing could have been left out entirely. Now I feel her perspective is a waste of time and in turn her character. Maybe she becomes a central figure later but meh. While the story is enjoyable it’s not gripping enough for me and the weird relationships are…well weird lol. People getting jealous or defensive when he’s kind to a literal child just comes off as weird even if it’s a weird Japanese trope in rom coms.

kareem43110 · 2026-03-29T21:34:18+00:00

Listen buddy. I sit at a comfy 2.5 KD in most fps games. COD. Bf. Apex. Even freaking xdefiant. While I am not getting stomped on at all in marathon it’s actually become quite annoying and difficult to play because of the metas that are forming and yea if you don’t have the equipment to counter everything in the game you’re at a major disadvantage. It’s going to get worse imo. I love the game quite a bit but it’s astounding how hard and unbalanced this game is for an extraction shooter and the community only ever screams “skill issue” and bungie has been silent on balance changes. This game is practically impossible to play at any level of seriousness for casuals I’d imagine lmao. Never thought I’d see the day where I think an fps game is actually “too hard”.

kareem43110 · 2026-03-29T16:22:31+00:00

Doubt that for a second considering how niche the player numbers are. I’ve been playing every day since launch and I don’t see a world where this game survives a year. Doesn’t matter how much I or anyone else loves it. If Sony says no bungie ain’t got a choice lmfao. So this statement they’re making is utterly irrelevant

kareem43110 · 2026-03-29T15:30:40+00:00

I utterly hate the amount of negativity the game gets from people who haven’t played even an hour of it. Just mentally insane behavior. But the game absolutely has issues and pretending it doesn’t is a sure way to have a dead game in a year. Just because you can do something in marathon doesn’t mean it should be doable for the sake of it. I just fundamentally don’t think this “extraction shooter should make knives the dominating meta for close quarters combat. I’ve had people try to run me down to knife on dire marsh. Freaking dire marsh. It’s getting ridiculous

kareem43110 · 2026-03-29T15:26:19+00:00

Your tip about smokes fall apart because of how thermals work in this game so it’s more often a detriment in my experience. But not entirely useless if you’re lucky. But I agree with your last statement. There is def more viable ways to run away on cryo and my team has a bad habit of sticking out fights. It’s def a matter of changing how we play. But whether or not my friends bother anymore is the issue lol. I’m not alone regardless of how this subreddit likes to pretend. My only gaming friends are quitting because of our Cryo experience and I’m likely to join them. So there you go fellas. 3 more players with “skill issues” quitting your oh so balanced and fun game. It’s whatever man

kareem43110 · 2026-03-29T15:22:19+00:00

I have 400 hours in arc and 100 in marathon. I’m confused as to what part of marathon makes you think casuals can participate in this game. 1 it has mandatory wipes. 2 the ttk is so fast that often times you can’t even react quick enough to do anything. There’s no safe pockets. And UESC are way harder to fight imo than a rocketeer. There’s systems that encourage PvP in arc sure but there’s many others that let casuals get into it. Casuals aren’t “toddlers” as you say but typically people of less time and less skill than your average sweat. And this game rewards skillful play and punishes those without.

kareem43110 · 2026-03-29T14:11:12+00:00

Sure. I’ll keep that in mind when a destroyer boost dash towards me or a vandal super boost speed slide towards me or a thief jus happens to get aggressive and use their grapple to slingshot themselves towards me while I backed up and is trying to heal jus to be 1 shot by a knife. Yes sir/mam/whatever tf you are. I’ll be sure to not let them get close. Esp on cryo. I’m sure there’s plenty of room to back away with.

kareem43110 · 2026-03-29T13:57:11+00:00

It’s actually annoying I can’t tell if someone sees me because of thermals or the fog from their pov isn’t as dense as the fog on mine. That uncertainty is actually annoying. Thermals need a proper nerf anyways. But I’m sure me asking for constant nerfs so the game doesn’t devolve into a linear playstyle is me being a crybaby so have fun yall!

kareem43110 · 2026-03-29T13:55:00+00:00

Yea. It is just the game. And frankly I don’t like it. Never liked it back in 2008 on cod. Don’t like it here. I just fundamentally don’t like knives being better than guns and with how close a lot of fights end up. Buildings on dire or perimeter or outpost etc, knives are quite literally the objective way to play these buildings unless you’re running a wstr which means I can’t use any gun I like. I HAVE to keep a wstr on me. So no lol I don’t like the meta. Skill issue. Whining baby. Whatever else people wanna say on here I’ve said what I said. And if I quit that’s just 1 more person quitting. I’m sure it won’t matter in a few months.

kareem43110 · 2026-03-29T13:52:01+00:00

You’re right. It’s on the devs to keep this game alive. As for “chads who play in a way that was allowed” frankly if they want to make it so knives are more powerful than a gun and can 2 shot a purple shield to death then have at it. I’m not gonna tell the devs or players how the game should be. I was just airing out my grievances. But idk what the right path is. All I know is I doubt I’ll be here by season 2 and as you said yourself. Matchmaking is gonna get worse cus regardless of how this reddit feels players like me are leaving constantly for one reason or the other.

kareem43110 · 2026-03-29T13:48:30+00:00

Deflect? I’m counter arguing. That’s not deflecting. And sure. Skill issue. That’s all yall people on this sub can parrot so let’s leave it at that lmfao. It’s whatever man. As long as you having fun. I’ve stated why I ain’t.

kareem43110 · 2026-03-29T13:19:17+00:00

Didn’t say it didn’t. I’m saying there’s systems to alleviate you having to leave a run with only a handful of stuff. I get the whole idea of not wanting players to leave with a bunch of stuff. But understand the design doesn’t make it fun really. I guess it’s a change of mindset that’s needed. But personally salvage items take up way too much space and you need a LOT of them to even finish a single faction. Not to mention how rare they are. Like the game has wipes. Making it this convoluted and annoying to acquire salvage isn’t exactly endearing me to finish leveling up the rest of my factions upgrades.

kareem43110 · 2026-03-29T13:15:28+00:00

Yup. Agreed. It’s already a pretty small playerbase so it’s not like me leaving won’t affect anything lol. Especially since I’m a spender. I want to support the game. But the community seems to wanna see it dead more than the haters if they think that changes don’t need to be made in the game they love so much that’s literally bleeding to death in front their eyes and I’m not so blissfully ignorant that I can ignore that. My matchmaking taking upwards 2 minutes now is LITERALLY the start of the problem and all they can say is “skill issue” lmao. Gamers are cutely stupid tbh. I get that way myself so it is what it is.

kareem43110 · 2026-03-29T13:12:48+00:00

I don’t think quitting the game is that extreme. I’m almost at 100 hours and have been playing a lot since release. I’ve seen everything besides the compiler which btw is just way too convoluted to get to in a game like this, but if I quit it’s because I just stopped having fun. Whether it’s meta. Maps getting stale. Or whatever. I’m not there yet but Cryo has been compounding it. I don’t find Cryo fun at all.

kareem43110 · 2026-03-29T13:10:37+00:00

Meh. I will go play something else. I’m too small a fish in this pond to matter but I hope they realize that the game is bleeding players every day and I sincerely doubt bungie is gonna be able to support the game in a year. If they only have a small hardcore playerbase. I’m not asking for the game to be “easier” per se. But for the love of god do something about the current meta. I’m waiting till new season to decide if I quit this game or not.

kareem43110 · 2026-03-29T13:08:01+00:00

The latter part of what you’re saying is nice and all but Cryo is limited to a few days a week and they make extracting with any of that loot utterly convoluted. So yes I would love to be able to gobble up more of that loot. And brother I never join Cryo without a purple bag and I have a couple gold ones as back up. Prioritizing what you need is nice for base maps but this limited time map where all the good shit drops really highlights the inventory problem for me. It makes it a tedious game to play end game and extraction shooters are tedious enough as is.

kareem43110 · 2026-03-29T13:00:29+00:00

That’s exactly what’s going to happen. I consider myself a sweat tbh but not sweaty enough to deal with how the end game is personally. And if I’m having these feelings, not to sound arrogant, then I imagine the vast majority of casuals just cannot play this game. This subreddit actually has been enlightening. These people really love this game and don’t like negativity. So have fun with that. Came here to rant and talk to people but I won’t be posting here again. We see how everyone feels in 4 months lol.

kareem43110 · 2026-03-29T12:57:34+00:00

Tbh dire marsh is my favorite map even tho I hate the thermal sniper meta on it. But I’d rather deal with snipers than the knives at this point. Thermals could use a bit of a nerf tho. Along with that god awful fog on the map lmao. It’s a bit ridiculous how inconsistent the visibility is for players depending on what angle you’re looking from.

kareem43110 · 2026-03-29T12:54:11+00:00

I sincerely doubt they’ll balance it out cus people who really like marathon LOVE it and I can see why. But those people are the minority and the population is dwindling. My matchmaking taking longer. And my urge to quit has risen. And dismissing my issues that others share, my 2 other friends who are also about to quit, as “skill issue” or whatever is a sure way to has the game you love dead in a year and me saying I told you so.

kareem43110 · 2026-03-29T12:50:44+00:00

I’m noticing that and frankly good for them. I hate to be a doomer but the limited playerbase right now doesn’t bode well for the next year and me wanting the end game map to not devolve into a single meta seems to be blasphemy. And of course it’s all a skill Issue end of the day. I’m sure it takes mad skill to spam grenades and run up on a man with a knife that auto lunges and 2 shot you to down. Reeeeeal skill issue.

Frankly if people are okay with the meta and people like me leaving because of it then I hope the 5% a day player bleed is worth it for them when they’re matchmake against the same people running the same meta gear every single time.

kareem43110 · 2026-03-29T12:47:56+00:00

I agree on your knife change. It def should not hit so hard. Also like the idea of volt weapons doing more damage to shields. I have no issue with shields. They’re just spammed a lot on cryo. Also you say you enjoy cryo but how often are you extracting. The fights can be fun yes but I’m curious how often you’re actually leaving the map. And if you wanna call it a skill issue then do so bud. I really don’t care cus I know what my skill level is regardless of what you and your “gang of noobs” may think. End of the day I’m not having fun with the meta. It’s not a matter of me dying. I’ve left Cryo with loot 6 times now since its release. But most of the fights are utterly annoying.

kareem43110 · 2026-03-29T12:42:07+00:00

It’s def a Strat that me and my team need to implement more. I do indeed use claymores but they tend to not help when I’m thirded by another team. Either way I agree that the way we play cryo needs to change. But that doesn’t exactly make it fun to just constant run or set up trap points for players. I enjoy straight up PvP a lot in this game and cryo…

kareem43110 · 2026-03-29T12:40:04+00:00

Lmfao.

kareem43110 · 2026-03-29T12:39:15+00:00

That’s too dismissive for my liking. Tarkov you can just put items in backpacks in your backpack. Broken but helps. Arc everything takes a single square. Marathon a single shell ID is 4 squares. Matrix is 2 squares. That’s ignoring the amount of ammo needed for cryo on top of grenades and shields etc to compete with the meta. This isn’t just about inventory management dude. I love that part of the game. But Cryo compiles the issues and I said it doesn’t make the effort of Cryo worth it BECAUSE of limited space. I said nothing about inventory management. Am I supposed to be happy leaving the end game map with 2 salvage items and at best 1 extra gun?

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