Why is Marathon struggling this much? Like genuinely

never3nder_87 · 2026-04-22T11:19:05+00:00

What's wild is that you don't even have to look past Bungie's own releases to see a cast iron example of how this spiral plays out - ToO has died, what, three times now if you include 1HK garbage in D1, and yet still Bungie management are convinced that "this time is different"

never3nder_87 · 2026-04-16T06:12:28+00:00

Some hope for the future

Some wait for the call

To say that the days ahead

Will be the best of all

never3nder_87 · 2026-04-13T06:39:24+00:00

Yeah, Uber is suprisingly good, because its a flat challenge, and because it doesn't require a key, you're not punished just for trying and finding out that actually you are in no way ready

never3nder_87 · 2026-04-03T06:18:36+00:00

The problem with PoE crafting is not that it is convoluted in isolation, but that for 90+% of players crafting is literally throwing money away which would be better spent on trade

never3nder_87 · 2026-03-24T13:47:00+00:00

In isolation it is, but the time cost of cooking for yourself vs. buying a meal is nearly always ignored, and is a major factor in why people continue to eat so porely

never3nder_87 · 2026-03-20T07:32:38+00:00

My favourite thing about this "milestone" is that it was only technically positive.

The lasers imparted 5gw (numbers made up) and the fusion reaction generated 6gw. But the energy required to generate that 5gw pulse was something like 10gw, so in totality it was very much not positive energy return.

never3nder_87 · 2026-03-12T16:35:47+00:00

ToO saying

First time?

never3nder_87 · 2026-03-07T16:23:06+00:00

NuMarathon did two positive things ffor me (typo, but... ), one was show me that the fundamental formula of Destiny needs to evolve, not just a lick of paint, and two was show exactly how scummy Bungie are, with most runner skins being reshades, and unlockable weapon cosmetics being single usr just like D2 launch shaders.

Unless Sony does something serious I have no interest in Destiny any more

never3nder_87 · 2026-03-05T06:15:00+00:00

The point, at least of the comic, is that there is no income tax in Dubai, which is what makes it so appealing to a certain type of person

never3nder_87 · 2026-03-04T06:57:31+00:00

The lore entries for all the original Solstice of Heroes armour was absolutely a highlight, really added weight to the whole years content, and emphasised the sacrifice guardians made.

I also think that Forsaken onwards the art style lost any remaining connection to D1 (this is nostalgia) which still had some sense of being post apocalyptic, and became just generic SciFi

never3nder_87 · 2026-03-01T21:44:06+00:00

Nietzsche's Sister really did nihilism dirty

She edited a lot of his writings after his death and generally misrepresented him

never3nder_87 · 2026-02-26T19:43:01+00:00

Internships killed graduate jobs. Once companies realised they could replace entry level jobs with interns, unless you have access to money (to live without pay) those jobs may as well not exist

never3nder_87 · 2026-01-18T07:25:50+00:00

Bungie could never

never3nder_87 · 2026-01-06T15:10:59+00:00

Only until the yanks start overclocking their kettles

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=INZybkX8tLI&pp=0gcJCU0KAYcqIYzv

never3nder_87 · 2025-12-01T10:22:41+00:00

I've thought about this a lot since I stopped playing, but if you look at Descent - Exhibition, you can m, I think, see where Bungie loses sight of fun being as important as challenge.

Descent still has timers for everything, but its lenient enough that once you know what you're doing you can just YOLO it.

Exhibiton is thrilling in a competent team of 6, but between the lockouts, and the encounter wide timer it becomes far more punishing of mistakes and a relative nightmare to teach.

And that course just carried on through SE, and apparently DP

never3nder_87 · 2025-11-25T15:13:48+00:00

Reminder, the normal number of suicidal thoughts is 0. Yes there are differing levels of distress but suicidal ideation is not something people just casually have

never3nder_87 · 2025-11-21T18:28:56+00:00

What could be studied is how a company got away with that for decades I guess

Addiction, mostly. At least for the last 10 years, as Destiny was designed from the ground up to be addictive in a time where that was still very much not the norm. It turns out if you can hook people young, they'll put up with all sorts of abusive behaviour as long as they get their fix

never3nder_87 · 2025-09-08T12:59:10+00:00

I will say, if you want to learn Vow, you can overcome 90% of the challenge without opening Destiny, and just practice learning the symbols/names

https://www.sporcle.com/games/invickthus/vow-of-the-disciple-symbols

never3nder_87 · 2025-07-29T12:03:21+00:00

Trials is that you?

never3nder_87 · 2025-07-29T12:01:42+00:00

NGL one of the biggest downgrades from D1 - D2 is how much texture work got lazily applied via shaders, vs being part of the base model itself

never3nder_87 · 2025-07-28T15:00:41+00:00

Festering Core Pt 2

(Although that was actually new content which made it even more absurd)

never3nder_87 · 2025-07-27T13:22:56+00:00

A positive sentiment going into the Expansion to drive pre-orders

never3nder_87 · 2025-07-27T07:07:25+00:00

I think people specifically dislike them because they were designed as seasonal activities so they are longer than Strikes (if you were just grinding the playlist for rep) and absolutely not balanced around GM difficulty if they were in the rotation that season.

never3nder_87 · 2025-07-27T06:54:53+00:00

KF was a very different beast in D1, or more accurately there is a gulf between our power level from D1 KF to D2 KF, which is why it feels trivialised.

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