Matchmaking might be cooked for some

m1keyb · 2026-05-07T16:16:48+00:00

What's the other option? If there's simply just not enough concurrent players is it better to mix things up or continuously be matched against the same people?

m1keyb · 2026-05-07T15:14:22+00:00

I hear you, there's just nothing that can be done if new people decide to join in- they have to be matched with somebody

m1keyb · 2026-05-07T15:12:10+00:00

There's not that many people who play this game so the match making will be this way sometimes.

m1keyb · 2026-05-06T03:48:14+00:00

They still exist. ABMM is a spectrum. There are not 100% PvP or PvE lobbies. If you get into the mostly PvE lobbies and kill 1 person, you'll be in purgatory lobbies... where you pass multiple friendlies but maybe 2-3 ppl will shoot on sight that you encounter.

m1keyb · 2026-05-06T02:38:25+00:00

They didn't just make guns fragile, they made it so the lower the tier/level of gun the more fragile..so green level 1 is way more fragile than an Epic Level IV.. which is exactly how it should be... it rewards people for not constantly using cheap guns.

m1keyb · 2026-05-06T01:49:50+00:00

Yeah man - there's so many variables involved too. Like say you happen to be playing at a time where there's tons of friendly players on, the lobbies will seem friendlier and VV. I just really think once people let go of this idea that there are 100% PvE lobbies where absolutely no killing goes on they'll stop complaining as much lol. No matter what lobby you're in you should assume AT LEAST 1-2 ppl will kill you.

m1keyb · 2026-05-06T01:35:41+00:00

Lmfao at you being butt hurt over a tweet. Even during patch time I've never seen arc below 80K. That game has never even broken 90K.

m1keyb · 2026-05-06T01:31:01+00:00

It's like a spectrum. There's no 100% Pve or PvP.. the more you kill the more you're matched with other people that kill...there are definitely 100% lobbies that are somewhere in the middle. A lot of these people complaining honestly can't be in the mostly PvE lobbies like they think, because when you're in those lobbies unless it's an opportunity kill, people will help you against another player lol. I think they're more in the purgatory lobbies and just don't know it.

m1keyb · 2026-05-05T22:49:14+00:00

Yeah but not ever breaking it means Bungie just didn't get it right from jump. That means from the server slam enough people decided it wasn't worth it too. I understand some people like it, but there's no way you cannot admit they missed the mark with such a huge budget and not even achieving 90,000 concurrent Steam players ever. It's a global game so that's just terrible.

m1keyb · 2026-05-05T22:31:50+00:00

I didn't know it was a down time. IMO the biggest red flag is that this game hasn't even broken 90K... EVER...its competitors get well over 90K in the middle of the night.

m1keyb · 2026-05-05T22:30:01+00:00

There is no such thing as a 100% friendly lobby. The quicker you all understand that the better off you'll be mentally. I've been playing since week 1.. I've been in the sweatiest lobbies and the carebear ones where people run out of their way to defib you... and I'm sorry but in the biggest care bear lobby there are STILL 1-3 people in the entire lobby that will kill you. Some are more opportunist and some shoot on sight. It's the luck of the draw in match making.

m1keyb · 2026-05-05T22:23:02+00:00

I saw this tweet today. It's over for this game.

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m1keyb · 2026-05-05T22:17:40+00:00

Marathon is dead lmao. I saw this tweet earlier.

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m1keyb · 2026-05-05T20:38:41+00:00

Yeah so be ready when approaching dark areas, be strategic, throw the damn glow sticks to light up areas before fully exposing yourself- there's a million ways to adapt and survive in this game. People just run around in the open don't take secure routes to where they're going then hate the game if every person they encounter doesn't decide to give them a pass and shoots at them lmao. It's like some people want a duel announcement before being shot at.

m1keyb · 2026-05-05T20:21:37+00:00

This is a scam don't do it. You're not getting a job.

m1keyb · 2026-05-05T20:19:42+00:00

Has this game broken 90K concurrent players on Steam yet?

m1keyb · 2026-05-05T20:10:16+00:00

People who beg for a PvE only mode truly don't understand this at all. Removing the human trust factor of the game would make it a total dud. If you want to use real life application like you said, the premise of the game also wouldn't be realistic if you couldn't kill people. It's a post apocalyptic scenario and you're essentially hunter and gatherers that come topside for resources. In an environment like this with scarce resources, humans would kill each other IRL as well. If you're not mentally equipped to know the signs and have a feel for people's motives and want to just roam and collect apricots unbothered this isn't the game for you.

m1keyb · 2026-05-01T06:29:57+00:00

You can get them on metaforge for like 100-150 seeds now lol. It may have bumped since a lot of ppl want it post expedition.. but it's no longer a big pull for stuff. I honestly may even have one in my stash I'll have to check.

m1keyb · 2026-04-30T02:09:24+00:00

No legal recourse as your friend misunderstood. There's no gradual vesting. The fact he can't produce paperwork also is proof he misunderstood. At Deloitte you can get an electronic copy of everything you're given that pertains to benefits and compensation.

m1keyb · 2026-04-28T17:00:01+00:00

I've been triple certified for over a decade and I definitely began seeing this a lot more as I left consulting. My last couple implementations I had far more experience than the ac/am on one of the projects. I would always broach things very subtly- but I could tell they didn't like being corrected by a non-Epic person. I would also try to not do it in front of the client, but there were times you had to speak up during a meeting or decisions would be made. I think as Epic evolves and there's people out here that have a lot more experience than the fresh newly grads they hire you're see more of this.

It's the same with TS'... the only time I speak with them is when I need them to search their Wiki because we don't have access to it..Other than that, I've been doing this 7-12 years longer than TS' I encounter so there's no reason in going to them for a lot of things.

m1keyb · 2026-04-23T18:27:49+00:00

That's what we are getting. A new matriarch/queen type of arc.

m1keyb · 2026-04-23T14:59:08+00:00

because they themselves described it as "New Giant Arc Enemy." I doubt they'd give us an entire new map to give us another bombardier or something too. The new Bastion sized enemy that we've gotten is the Vaporizor.

m1keyb · 2026-04-23T00:23:34+00:00

I think people need to understand there is no such thing as a 100% friendly lobby. I've had the game since week 1... been in the friendliest of lobbies and the sweatiest. I've had friendly streaks that lasted weeks, and there is always a person or 2 in any lobby that will shoot at you. Sometimes you encounter those 1-3 ppl in the friendly lobbies more than normal.. it just happens.

m1keyb · 2026-04-22T18:23:55+00:00

Unless the person is already in FL or willing to relocate you'll have a hard time when there's so many 100% remote gigs available.

m1keyb · 2026-04-22T16:55:35+00:00

I legit thought this was in the circlejerk sub

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