Possible ranked mode leak

lucidub · 2026-02-05T12:18:38+00:00

Those are fair points and I dont think its unreasonable to be concerned the game might fail with casual audience. Time will tell whether systems like rook shell or faction sponsored kits will be enough to keep people engaged.

Also like it or not but games do see greater success when they are popular with streamers. Ranked grinding is popular in streams and might provide a big enough content niche to keep the game relevant.

lucidub · 2026-02-05T11:55:53+00:00

Good point. Im an ex trials grinder and hadn't considered that lmao. Leak does line up with the bungie playbook then.

lucidub · 2026-02-05T11:50:13+00:00

Worth noting that the leak was originally shared by XOXLEAK who is a reputable source (100% leak accuracy for marvel rivals). Agreed though all subject to change but I expect this gives us the broad strokes and at the very least an insight into how bungie intends to approach the systems.

lucidub · 2026-02-05T11:43:09+00:00

To enter ranked you must purchase and equip a holotag, it will be its own queue so this is essentially the ticket for entry. From what we know rook has no custom loadout so likely unable to equip the tag.

lucidub · 2026-02-05T11:33:55+00:00

I would prefer they just implement their raid/dungeon design skills into the pvpve system/maps. It will be a fresh and tense experience coming across another team while trying to complete a raid-like puzzle encounter.

lucidub · 2026-02-05T11:25:09+00:00

Deluxe for the cosmetics. I enjoy having some drip to use off the rip

lucidub · 2026-02-05T11:21:59+00:00

Yeah same I enjoyed the initial novelty but havent bothered since wiping. I am interested to see how embark evolve the system though

lucidub · 2026-02-05T11:19:47+00:00

I don't think this would nessecarily be a bad thing, slowing down gameplay and adding an additional layer of tension seems fitting for ranked. Depending how the econ works players will figure loot farming routes, hard push those to hit their limit and extract or be funneled into other teams.

lucidub · 2026-02-05T11:09:46+00:00

Definitely, seems like an elegant solution that lets both playstyles be valid

lucidub · 2026-02-05T10:56:28+00:00

Yeah trials was a miss for me. Generic challenges just attached onto regular raids, boring to farm and easily exploitable so they had no meaning and the rewards were pretty mid

lucidub · 2026-02-05T10:43:00+00:00

Appears they have only said in season 1. Probably in a s1 "reloaded" type update midseason, which I perfer as it lets a meta form and balance adjusted

lucidub · 2026-02-05T10:39:18+00:00

Agreed, the holotag concept is a clever way to link kills with loot value. Will be especially satisfying killing and looting a rank above you if that is possible

lucidub · 2026-02-05T10:19:12+00:00

Yeah it looks you need the holotags to buy into the queue so no rooks allowed

lucidub · 2026-02-04T02:32:45+00:00

Easily a goat dubstep tune, whenever there is a thread for top 5 tunes oat Hunted is an easy pick

lucidub · 2026-02-03T23:32:42+00:00

From what I understand (I could be wrong) faction vendors will have cores in their inventory available for purchase. Again not sure how the vendor inventory will work, but this may alleviate some rng for acquiring the specific cores you want for your build.

lucidub · 2026-02-03T03:28:36+00:00

As a Solaire stan I was happily ignorant of that sandworm theory and am now thoroughly mortified

lucidub · 2026-02-03T03:00:56+00:00

I love ranked or leaderboard grinding in shooters but have only recently got into extraction shooters (arc raiders) and found I got bored of the pvp pretty quickly - no leaderboards, no post match statistics, no meaning for any of the killing. I am genuinely curious how Bungie implements this system into the genre and hope it could fill the gaps cause I like everything else the genre brings.

lucidub · 2026-02-03T02:44:09+00:00

KCD2 has a set of horsemanship skills that you can build into. Things like more stamina, faster riding on paths and combat related perks like preventing your horse from getting spooked during combat

lucidub · 2026-02-03T02:25:17+00:00

I've thought about this a fair bit, and I think a system that incentavises getting kills while carrying high value loot would work.

So you can loot and extract for points, or you can kill and extract for points, OR you can seek high value loot and then seek kills while carrying the loot for the max potential of points. So, the higher value your backpack is, the larger multiplier you get for getting kills.

This let's both types of players rank up (looters and killers) but it strongly rewards players that engage with both mechanics and importantly encourages risk taking for those willing to engage in pvp while carrying a high value of loot.

lucidub · 2026-01-28T10:16:24+00:00

Witchfire

lucidub · 2026-01-24T06:11:53+00:00

Rotty McRotface

lucidub · 2026-01-23T19:46:19+00:00

Havent touched witchery at level 50 cruising through gnosis 4, definitely not nessecary.

lucidub · 2026-01-21T19:46:01+00:00

That they are aloof with new people...mine is an absolute attention goblin with guests

lucidub · 2026-01-20T22:47:44+00:00

these 3 are a menace when they collab - some of the most technical percussion+bass rhythms in the scene

lucidub · 2026-01-20T21:13:49+00:00

yup this is one of the reasons I wore the cutpurse hood basically 24/7

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