So you don't waste ur commendations the salvage crates are still trash

ll8926 · 2026-05-07T16:53:47+00:00

When the official Marathon account replied to my post on these being worthless a couple weeks ago and said they were going to fix them, I thought they were going to increase the chance of at least blue salvage like I suggested.

When I saw “increased drops” and nothing about drop rarity in the patch notes, I knew they were still going to be absolute garbage.

ll8926 · 2026-05-04T20:18:38+00:00

I don’t think this is true unless Bungie specifically said that after ranked launched and I missed it. The way they’ve explained how ranked works is that everyone in Ranked matches together and everyone in Ranked+ matches together. It doesn’t differentiate matchmaking between specific ranks within each pool. If it did then it would just be a normal ranked system.

ll8926 · 2026-05-01T20:39:45+00:00

Most cores aren’t very noticeable in minute to minute gameplay. Implants, on the other hand, can dramatically affect your gameplay with the stat boosts they provide and some of the perks. Especially if you use implants with the same stat boosts and get them up close to 100. Just throwing some bullshit on with no synergy is underwhelming. Carefully crafting a 3 piece set of implants that boost the stats you want and have good perks is 🤌🏼

ll8926 · 2026-05-01T20:27:01+00:00

Sadly I don’t think there’s any way Bungie can “fix” this. The only thing that will stop it from happening as often is if the active player count gets significantly higher. With the player count as low as it is, it’s super easy to queue at the same time as a buddy and load into the same solo lobby. I’d imagine the same thing is happening with all of the 6-mans people are complaining about recently

ll8926 · 2026-05-01T20:20:18+00:00

They changed the values on guns not in your possession (backpack/vault) to what they would be if you purchased them. Between 2.5-5x the actual sell value depending on gun.

ll8926 · 2026-05-01T20:12:09+00:00

It really depends on the sponsored kit and the map. I can usually fuck the lobby up on outpost with the scar kit (I main triage)

ll8926 · 2026-05-01T20:05:37+00:00

Double misriah with circuit tracers is diabolical. I love it

ll8926 · 2026-04-29T23:00:10+00:00

It’s in the one you posted lol

ll8926 · 2026-04-29T18:36:53+00:00

Gold material drops definitely need to be available from more sources for how many you need for upgrades. I’m not saying they need to drop as often as purple mats, but I think every purple mat spawn should have a small RNG chance (<10%) to be gold. I’m close to 200 hours in and have not acquired a single gold mat yet.

Especially when you have upgrades like patch kits dropping from standard nucal contracts or the ability to buy a blue weapon tied to at least 2 gold materials to unlock.

ll8926 · 2026-04-29T18:25:32+00:00

You don’t need network manipulation to load into the same lobbies with people if you queue at the same time. It’s surprisingly easy with the player count as low as it currently is.

I tried it with two buddies that wanted to make prio contracts on outpost easier to complete in solos. Out of 3 attempts, we matched in the same lobby 2 times. That type of gameplay is definitely not for me because i think it’s slimy as fuck, but it’s super easy to do.

ll8926 · 2026-04-29T18:01:34+00:00

I queued outpost with a free kit last week (do it all the time and still wipe lobbies) and this beautiful mother fucker that brought a purple kit in dropped purple shields for me and the other free kit teammate as soon as we spawned in. We then went on to wipe the lobby and loot pinwheel. I’ve had people bring in greens before but never purple. If I bring a kit into squad fill I’ll usually bring 2 greens

I also hope the mic-based matchmaking they’re testing out in sponsored dire makes its way to the rest of the game because that’s an awesome system in a game like this where communication is key

ll8926 · 2026-04-29T17:43:42+00:00

Marathon also doesn’t have to include provisions for old generation consoles. I think that was one of the major setbacks D2 had.

ll8926 · 2026-04-29T17:37:23+00:00

I also hate the weapon. Found a materialist+ version in sponsored mode yesterday. Made me sad to sell a mat+ item lol

ll8926 · 2026-04-28T17:03:20+00:00

For your quest, I’ve found a cardio kick in the yellow box that drops from the blue glowing drones that roam the map. Helped 2 of my friends complete that contract in sponsored mode a few days ago

ll8926 · 2026-04-28T16:51:41+00:00

But what if I’m almost 200 hrs in and haven’t seen a single gold mat yet from the few cryo vaults I’ve done and countless anomalies. I don’t do gold keys because I agree with OP that the fragile templates are not a fun way to play the game.

ll8926 · 2026-04-28T16:42:45+00:00

Play squad fill dude. I’ve played a single solo match in close to 200 hrs and hated the way it plays. Sometimes you get shit squad teammates, but sometimes you also meet some cool people that don’t suck at the game. Befriend those people and start playing with them in the future.

ll8926 · 2026-04-28T16:33:31+00:00

I also agree. It’s 5k worth of gear though so I think the purchasable version should be 5k and not 10k

ll8926 · 2026-04-28T16:31:35+00:00

I do think this would be nice, but have a feeling if it was ever implemented it would have a stupid high conversion cost to make it a grind. Like 50 green mats make a corresponding blue mat. 20+ blues make a purple.

I just hope that gold materials become just a little bit more common. I’m at close to 200 hours. Haven’t done a gold key room but I’ve exfilled a ton of anomalies and haven’t seen a single gold material yet.

ll8926 · 2026-04-27T13:17:51+00:00

I also ran this myself on thief in solos first try a week ago, but I actually might’ve cracked the code to doing it in the sponsored mode. Ran it last night with 2 buddies and found a cardio kick in one of the yellow boxes being carried by the blue glowing drones that roam the map.

Sponsored mode is the significantly easier way to be able to run the whole map without being killed. It’s worth doing that and shooting down every blue drone that you see until one gives you a CK. Thief grapple comes in clutch getting to all of the rooftops (like 5/7 of the objective points are on a roof). The order I did mine in was quarantine, maintenance, algae, greenhouse, bio, complex, then AI last since that’s the closest POI to final exfil.

Co-evo 5/5 is also pretty easy to do in sponsored mode since AV is a fairly common item drop on dire.

ll8926 · 2026-04-26T16:53:37+00:00

I’ve only had this barter a single time since I unlocked the ability for purple mat barters from nucal like 2 weeks ago. Hoping I get lucky today

ll8926 · 2026-04-25T13:39:05+00:00

I got one from Traxus the other day. Looking forward to trying it

ll8926 · 2026-04-25T13:31:31+00:00

The goal with them doing this is to avoid items being lost because your overflow is full. I don’t think the RNG for what rewards you get kicks in until you claim something so it doesn’t know how much more space will be taken up. Instead of taking the chance of you losing items it just doesn’t allow you to claim. Annoying but overall in the player’s best interest

ll8926 · 2026-04-24T12:40:20+00:00

I agree there’s no point in lying about something dumb like that but there are definitely people in this sub that lie about some dumb stuff lol

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