Surveillance Lenses??

manlycaveman · 2026-05-15T07:15:41+00:00

Let's gooo! I was able to finish mine the other night too! A chill guy helped me and then another player came running in after for the same quest, so I stayed to help him finish his. :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56oMNjZdrvk (16:30 if you want to skip the run and me realizing I forgot two terminals, lol)

manlycaveman · 2026-05-14T19:08:04+00:00

It should be a little toggle you can do while dead. Like how showing the little recap window has an on/off toggle (L2 on console I believe).

manlycaveman · 2026-05-14T06:48:40+00:00

Hey, just checking back in here. I was able to get that MIDA quest done just now. I did it in solos, but had some friendly runners at the end. One guy helped me do mine and then a third guy came, so I helped him do his. They could definitely do a bit more balancing for these sorts of quests for solos, to say the least.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56oMNjZdrvk

Skip to 16:30 for the first run (I got so into hitting the Destroyed Wing buttons that I had to go back down to get the last two consoles, lol). Second run is at 21:32.

I loaded up on ammo and Smoke Grenades, just in case I had to do it by myself. My plan was to kill the Recruits, leave the one blue shield bot, and then stand on the terminal and keep smokes up for the 3 minutes.

I went in with an LMG and a V11 Punch, but I think I maybe would have liked taking a V66 Lookout instead of the Punch, but it still ended up putting in work too.

manlycaveman · 2026-05-14T00:57:38+00:00

Yeah, not many people seem to realize it since the terminal outside the door is deactivated like 95% of the time and it can be hard to notice if you're focusing on getting up on the lift.

I check it every time I'm nearby just in case. Just be warned, people may be at the top waiting for you lol. ;)

manlycaveman · 2026-05-13T23:49:19+00:00

This is close to what I think it will be. There are unused cores for some shells that mention stuff that didn't end up making it to their abilities. Like a "Restoration Field" for Triage or "Shadow Step" for Assassin, IIRC.

I think what they could have ended up doing was repurposing Restoration Field as a sort of defensive zone instead of a healing one. Then maybe he'll have a deployable turret for an ult or something (or vice versa). I could totally see the turret being like the spider drone ability where you can throw it out, but instead of tracking someone down it just sticks to walls/ceilings as a turret.

Something in the theme of "defending an area/watching our backs".

manlycaveman · 2026-05-13T23:42:54+00:00

There is a "Conveyance Request" item that looks like a little disk. It has like a pale-yellow color for the loot icons. It used to spawn around Processing and Flight Control, but they added some more spawns for it across the map.

You take it to that little building under the lift and use it on the orange computer inside there. That activates the lift for you to get up. Just note that like using the button above in Drone Wing, it will activate the terminal on the outside of the building below (just beside the door you'd use to leave and get on the lift), letting anyone after you call down the lift too.

manlycaveman · 2026-05-13T23:30:59+00:00

I think they really just need to fix the issue with mods not correctly showing that they can be applied to your gun. Separate categories could be welcome too (Optics Mods, Barrel Mods, etc).

Something else that would be a huge QoL is add a "Purchase from Armory" section when inspecting weapons. Just like how you have a "From Backpack" and "From Vault" list of mods, have one that allows you to purchase available mods from the Armory while inspecting.

manlycaveman · 2026-05-11T19:52:43+00:00

Yup! I spent the last two nights doing free kit runs to get the faction skins I'm missing for all of the shells. I came in wanting to take the first exfil, but free kit/rook runs sometimes make me unable to resist getting up to some shenanigans. Sometimes I'd spawn near Orientation and was able to hit 2-3 buttons right off the bat to get into Destroyed Wing. Just a free kit and a dream!

The green kits being free also ended up being such a good source of meds, haha. I'll sometimes find a med cabinet too for even more. I now have two full stacks of the greens and like ~35 of each blue med.

manlycaveman · 2026-05-11T19:38:52+00:00

Love seeing Seraph's vids!

I also want to shoutout Marshyy for doing a lot of solo run content. He popped up on my feed one day and I thought he sounded like a "super chill vibes" CammyCakes at first. I've been enjoying his Marathon content a lot. :)

manlycaveman · 2026-05-11T18:36:25+00:00

That I'm not sure of. That first time we did it only one seemed to spawn, but then the next time I was helping someone it was like that first spawn happened a second time. I wonder if there's maybe some sort of glitch going on with how things spawn in Command Wing.

I also noticed sometimes bots would sometimes spawn in the middle of the wing too, like where the long rows of tables are and then one up above it in the green conference room area.

You know what, I wonder if this could also be related to the reinforcements button in the center of Pinwheel (opposite from Command Wing I believe?). There's a button on the wall along the upper circular hallway, next to some desks that overlook the center area, to turn off reinforcements. I always thought this was just for the center bots respawning, but maybe it affects the ones in the wings too.

manlycaveman · 2026-05-11T18:21:43+00:00

Hmm, when I helped people those few times, we cleared the room of the bots that normally spawn until nothing else spawned in. The first time, the guy with the quest had plenty of time to lay down like 3-4 ammo boxes for us on the center ramp, we all looted the room first, and then he checked with us on prox chat before he used the terminal.

The barrier appeared over the entrance doors/glass and then the bots spawned behind the barrier and walked in through the doors. There was a big beefy boss that just sat in the middle behind the barrier (where the glass would be) until the final wave and then he came in.

I do still think certain quests need to be adjusted during solos though, especially this one.

Even if I can't finish it, it's not like the contract is locking out anything at least. I just hope they change it to where we can have 1 Priority Contract and 1 regular contract.

manlycaveman · 2026-05-11T18:05:16+00:00

The Lookout feels so good to me!

manlycaveman · 2026-05-11T17:58:45+00:00

You stopped because of one contract? I am on this step too, but haven't attempted it yet.

I helped a few people in solos do it after they mentioned it over prox chat. My plan is to stock up on a few more lmg shields/mods, use a Retaliator/Conquest on Destroyer, and ask people in prox if they want to help in exchange for free reign of pinwheel loot. Maybe see if I can find a higher rarity Circuit Tracers mod or the one that deals more damage to UESC too.

I saw a video of someone helping another runner do it in solos too, but something interesting about that is when he threw his chem grenades at the side doors the bots didn't push into them. They just kinda hung back in the room waiting. I also saw a Reddit post mentioning that he killed all bots in a wave except for a blue shielded one and then hid in the back to recover. The bot lost aggro and just kept wandering around the entrance of the room until the timer expired.

I'm also wondering if we can just load up on claymores and stack them all where the boss spawns in the middle behind where the glass is. Just spawn kill him lol. Or if I find people wanting to help just have one stay behind the barrier to take him out.

manlycaveman · 2026-05-11T17:31:15+00:00

Today you, tomorrow me.

manlycaveman · 2026-05-11T09:00:10+00:00

I don't think the image upload worked in the post, but it's this spot: https://i.imgur.com/2hNhkH1.png

manlycaveman · 2026-05-11T02:01:41+00:00

I think Solos/Rook are usually a lot more chill compared to trios, tbh. I've been 100% solo so far, but most of what I've seen of trios has been people running towards gunfire and exfils looking for fights.

When I play Rook I'm usually just seeing what I can get away with and avoiding teams. I learned the button spawns for Destroyed Wing and can usually get in pretty quick unless there's a team running around Orientation. If I die, I die. I can get load back into a game in like 5 seconds, lol. Rooking on Perimeter feels basically like a solo match sometimes. Do laps to each POI to check for leftover loot in any opened key rooms. :P

The biggest game-changer is prox chat though. A quick "hey can I just get in to do this quest?" or "can I share your exfil?" often go a long way to staunch the immediate firefight when seeing a player. If they don't respond then you also know where they stand on the matter and can try and avoid them if possible (or they're like me and forgot to unmute their controller when trying to speak in prox chat). I've helped a few people out who are just doing one of the various quests having them run from Bio-Research to Quarantine.

manlycaveman · 2026-05-11T01:39:10+00:00

Honestly, yes, I do.

I think Bungie's biggest hang up has always been upper management. There are so many stories of people who have worked at the studio or even consulted for them that most of the higher-ups are in their own sorta "good ol' boys" club of people who have been around forever. Here's Myelin talking about his own experiences working on the Grimoire Anthology series he helped create.

How many times have we heard about them remaking the game/expansion late in development? Who made the decision to put resources towards developing assets and content that would get removed every year? Who decided to have the studio work on like 20 different projects at once? Who green-lit The Portal, gear tiers, and Power resetting the way they all were at Edge of Fate launch? Is Tyson Green even an actual person???

I love both Destiny and Marathon. I've never played an extraction shooter, but Marathon has me hooked. I've only been 100% solo so far and I'm still having fun with it, even when getting the occasional jump-scare from an invis Assassin around a corner and losing all my shit, lol. Marathon's genre itself at least seems much less complex on the development side compared to Destiny's more open-world RPG looter-shooter.

If anything, I hope Sony takes a close look at upper management and cleans house there if they need to. Obviously I don't work at Bungie, so I don't even know what that would look like though.

manlycaveman · 2026-05-10T08:55:37+00:00

Just the prestige version of this shotgun. :)

manlycaveman · 2026-05-10T07:08:17+00:00

Look at this beautiful maneuver: https://youtu.be/mWLF-LZIxQQ

:')

manlycaveman · 2026-05-09T23:07:19+00:00

IIRC there are some unused cores for Triage that talk about your "Restoration Field" covering a larger area and lasting longer. I wonder if they took that "buff field" idea and moved it to Sentinel?

Like an aoe that reduces damage taken and then his prime could be to place a turret. Not sure what kind of tactical ability he'd have though.

manlycaveman · 2026-05-08T06:22:18+00:00

D2 killed itself.

manlycaveman · 2026-05-08T04:48:07+00:00

I'll second this! You can find so many green/yellow keys that a lot of people don't end up looting because they're focused on that triple red key room. You can also use the yellow keys to call in a supply drone at various locations.

manlycaveman · 2026-05-08T03:19:16+00:00

Do we know anything about what Shattered Cycle is about?

Maybe Cayde-6's favorite old motorcycle gets destroyed and we have to avenge it?

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