🗣marathon-general-chat

[swift monolith]

dangggg and I was sweating when I got to exfil and take the sniper with me lmaooooo

[pulsar peak]

Cool. You have anything to actually contribute to the conversation?

[ionic sand]

idk chat for a build that was made in a couple months, was actually fire

[zealous zephyr]

i never got a single yellow whats the trick

[midnight kettle]

Bungo supports are always so funny

[radiant charm]

yea that was my last run that unfortunately ended with a loss but thats just the game

[ebon heart]

XdGoneToXiiC so easy to do xx ya din gus

[swift monolith]

for sure ggs

[radiant charm]

the run before that however i extracted with like 7 seconds left LOLLL

[upper storm]

that's actually a really good one. nice meter. premium vocabulary

[crystal mural]

anyone who was in chat 10 mins ago how about that massive tonal shift

[midnight kettle]

Dox what lmao

[hearty flume]

wish I could have run more :/

[winter rune]

Can bungie do one good thing and get embark to release arc raiders now

[midnight kettle]

DOA

[safe kernel]

Lemme get one of those porkchops u giving out

[signal drift]

I can't imagine what your family would think if they knew you spent your time contributing nothing but hatred to society.

[wooden fjord]

The absolute best matches out of the entire alpha tonight. This game is gonna be GREAT, just needs time to build up content and mechanics. I have plenty of faith

[magic rose]

May 8th we will get more information

[ebon heart]

Ur entire absence of a life trolltron

[rigid dove]

oh I think bungie can be a bit cultish and they make some ass decisions, but unlike you I actually played the game so i formed my own opinion and its fun even in an alpha stage

[novel oak]

That was a run

[lusty vigil]

Im seeing more positivity tbh, most likely due to people who have had a chance to play actually getting on to chat

[nova hull]

source???

[thorn dragon]

why did you. format it for tiktok

[torn berry]

I got mine from a runner lol I had to pry it off his cold dead robotic hands first.

[crystal mural]

this is nuts to see im genuinely so happy rn

[ionic sand]

trust me bro

[signal drift]

I had my best game ever today. We killed at least 5 squads on Dire Marsh.

[novel oak]

Because it’s on my tiktok

[zealous zephyr]

good lol they must be hella rare

[crystal mural]

that was mental whiplash haha all the actual players coming in here happy

[ebon heart]

U def killed me more than likely

[thorn dragon]

understandable apologies for wasting your time

[hearty flume]

then you wiped the entire game!

[signal drift]

Void and 2 Locus? (As in for the team that killed you.)

[nova hull]

ty for sharing source!!

[novel oak]

Nah just was the first pic to easily show all good

[crystal mural]

okkkkkkk

[safe kernel]

Gotta wait two days damn

[magic rose]

Ur welcome, I sit on Facebook too much 😂

[magic rose]

🙏 we be sitting all together by the camp fire

[ionic sand]

crazy of all the social media to find it, its on facebook lmao

[ebon heart]

I WAS THE VOID NOT KNOWING WTF IS GOING ON so prolly yes i had a blue 2tap

[green gazelle]

Y’all like salmon

[torn berry]

Yeah i only found 1. The yellow shields are amazing, 2 charges and you're full shields

[pulsar peak]

I do worry. I'm not sure how the game will ultimately do and Bungie does tend to fall ass backwards into shit, but I did like what I played

[lusty vigil]

my condolences

[magic rose]

Marathon Facebook page, it weirdly calm

[swift monolith]

for sure can't wait to see when the beta and launch drops

[thorn dragon]

ig the consensus is neat base but not a lot to do. Heres hoping that endgame really pulls it

[crystal mural]

okay well, seeing all the players just funnel in giving 7 and 8s has restored a bit of faith

[upper storm]

so fucking funny dude

[novel oak]

Smoked that squad lol

[thorn dragon]

i do. what have you placed on it

[pulsar peak]

Definitely needs more meat on the bone

[green gazelle]

Garlic herb butter homemade

[hearty flume]

Hell yeah

[thorn dragon]

nice

[magic rose]

It’s okay, I will take it. Even though I see every mom Karen in sight

[pulsar peak]

But I understand that it's an alpha

[crystal mural]

bro extracted hours of his life

[floral zealot]

@grok is this true

[magic rose]

Boiboibobii

[final plover]

is that like the ones from costco?

[novel oak]

I always liked the hunt but no match making for a solo

[crystal mural]

right, actually proper happy about that haha

[upper storm]

i love salmon but what in the name of christ are you doing to it

[ionic sand]

shout out to my fellow day one alpha players, we'll meet again in open beta🫡

[ebon heart]

Its so positive n cordial in here I thought I was in alpha chat

[formal temple]

GAME WAS GOOD

[crystal mural]

all the people who played the game came back

[inland valley]

you

[magic rose]

I hope beta becomes better and make this game pop out 🙏

[green gazelle]

Pan frying it like a bass

[stiff loom]

76hrs!? F uuuuu 😭

[slow gyro]

Man, intense few hours. Everyone brought out their vault and those duels were so damn fun.

[signal drift]

I'll see you nerds in the beta. If you find a death bag full of ammo, know I am smiling down upon you.

[pulsar peak]

Sooo... what are y'all playing now?

[torn berry]

Lucky, I can't see my time played on Xbox

[swift monolith]

now I grind destiny

[pine marsh]

What I'm tryna figure out

[ebon heart]

What do you guys THAT PLAYED THE ALPHA rate the Alpha [NOT FULL GAME] out of 10.

Its a 6.5-7 for me

[ionic sand]

considering what we played on was built in 3 months, beta should be more expansive. like the other factions and weapons

[torn berry]

7.5

[lusty vigil]

Contractors ExfilZone

[nova hull]

alpha for me was a 6 alone and an 8 with people

[pulsar peak]

As an alpha? Probably around a 7

Maybe 6

[safe kernel]

So since the testers here how was loot. Did u feel it was easy to get good stuff also how did u feel about the if to many people had picked it up u couldnt take it

[upper storm]

what's that you got on top? some kinda herb butter?

[green gazelle]

Yessir garlic and parsley

[torn berry]

Looting was satisfying and easy

[swift monolith]

since it was my first extraction shooter ever, I spent more time looking at all the loot unsure what to pick up lol

[signal drift]

You open a random box in some random corner and get slapped with minimum 4 pieces of loot. Open a weapon container and it always has 1-2 weapons.

[craggy monolith]

F in chat

[ionic sand]

its def a grind, but its the rush of knowing you could die and lose everything that keeps you going

[rigid dove]

yeah, i feel like its a solid 7.5 right now and it clearly has only half the weapons and I garentee that uesc bots are only one kind of npc that will rotate each match

[ebon heart]

I'm a looter shooter from a Warframe division 2 background, so my loot perspective is a lot different than extract players. However, there was enough things to keep me occupied as a looter, and the rng was not bad

[upper storm]

i like to do a shitload of old bay and then make a sort of pan sauce with butter and lemon juice

[vivid vapor]

Are glitch and void really trans??

[swift monolith]

uesc bots scary

[thorn dragon]

once i got in with a friend suddenly the tension of survival disappeared and i began to understand what people meant when they said it felt like a regular pvp game trying to use extraction elements

[signal drift]

Don't forget the Ticks were there, and their locations were random each match.

[crystal mural]

haaha wtf

[pulsar peak]

I dunno

[long fern]

consciousness is not connected to body

[lusty vigil]

transhuman? of course. Beyond that we wont know till later I think

[rigid dove]

they're plastic

[ionic sand]

lmao

[torn berry]

https://tenor.com/view/sunlight-blind-gif-9818319

[signal drift]

I'm not 100% sure, but I think Void's VA is the same as Adam Jensen from Deus Ex.

[pulsar peak]

It is

[crystal mural]

its actually so nice to see some positive takes for a change, its just been so negative everywhere

[signal drift]

Hell yea, and Calus is the NuCaloric guy?

[torn berry]

@torn berry me after not leaving my house for almost 7 days to play the alpha

[marsh basin]

Still waiting for my alpha code. I guess I'm not getting it . . .

[pine marsh]

My question to the alpha tester is, what is the creepiest signal interference you heard? I'm curious how many different ones there are. I've heard the rat one and the "they have been watching since before you could see"

[ebon heart]

Only if u want them to be. Otherwise, unless implicitly stated, they are not. All this discourse came from trolls with no codes big made they werent invited to the big kids table

[upper storm]

speaking purely in terms of the game I would give it a decent to strong 7, but playing with randoms is like a 5. they gotta work on that

[pallid shoal]

2/5⭐

[ionic sand]

ngl that twin-tap got me feeling a type of way. need that archetype in d2

[woeful fractal]

Female character with white puffer coat from images and game thumbnail is ONI apparently

[nova hull]

thief char

[flat tinsel]

cant forget the hardline pr tho that shit rips

[signal drift]

I went on a tear with the Outrunner and light PR. That was my Marsh game with 5 squad wipes.

[nova hull]

will have drone for looting and grappling hook apparently

[crystal mural]

loot drone is wild

[proud glade]

sources

[nova hull]

1 sec

[ebon heart]

BLUE TWIN TAP WITH OPTICS WAS MY FAVE WEAPON. YOURS?

[signal drift]

God, I am unnaturally good with identifying voices.

[safe kernel]

Its real dog

[pulsar peak]

My source is I made it the fuck up. /s

[ionic sand]

i just like the feeling of a scout firing on trigger pull and release

[proud glade]

i'm not a dog ☹️

[nova hull]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvznWHn6u_g

skarrow vid

[safe kernel]

Not in the literal sense gang

[signal drift]

I really wish I could've gotten to play with a fully-kitted V95, Charging medium-range rifles are some of my favorite weapons in games. Second only to bows.

[proud glade]

i'm not in a gang ☹️

[flat tinsel]

hardline pr with a stability grip + barrel and an extended mag was peak

[safe kernel]

Boring

[pallid shoal]

not in a gang so far

[crystal mural]

okay so im now seeing a lot of the negativity came from people who didnt get a code

[flat tinsel]

gang wya

[timid rain]

[ebon heart]

THE LACK OF TACTICAL SHOTGUNS IN THIS ALPHA MADE ME A SAD PANDA finding a good WSTR was near Impossible too

[novel oak]

Those bots got sauce

[ionic sand]

just curious, who is she?

[signal drift]

Game was a solid 7/10 as seems to be the universal opinion among players. Excited for the beta.

[pulsar peak]

A person

[novel oak]

Especially ones with camo and 5 shields

[proud glade]

the 7th runner, "Girl"

[crystal mural]

i dont know what you have seen but the game has been getting slaughtered pretty much everywhere

[pulsar peak]

Yeah, I don't think they're supposed to be anyone in particular.

[safe kernel]

For people rating 7/10 on what factors and compared to what other games tryna get a feel for the game

[upper storm]

The Haters show their true colors once again smh

[signal drift]

Probably because the majority of people talking about it aren't players.

[ionic sand]

7/10 is such a based answer

[thorn dragon]

HEHEHEHE

[summer kestrel]

so how do i get access to the game

[pulsar peak]

You don't

[signal drift]

Alpha closed until beta in september.

[thorn dragon]

ngl velvet i mistakenly opened this instead of the unofficial server

[inland valley]

were you able to get a few games in with your friend?

[crystal mural]

yeah thats crazy to witness first hand this is my first time following a game this closely

[thorn dragon]

yea

[inland valley]

thats good, whens it end tonight?

[meager leaf]

Buahahahaha

[torn berry]

Unfortunately my friends were unable to join me

[signal drift]

Yea, with closed alphas/betas, lotta people think they should shit because they have an ass.

[inland valley]

i might try to squeeze a game in myself

[nova hull]

classic bungie combat/gunplay always feels good. extraction elements are clean. runs where you take in loot are an exhilarating gamble.

[meager leaf]

Y’all ass

[inland valley]

dude so many people I wanted to play with didnt get in and I was just. on my own

[summer kestrel]

what you mean i see twitch streamers playing the game right now in alpha

[pulsar peak]

Definitely some valid critiques, but overall, I enjoyed. I just worry if it'll have enough staying power

[upper storm]

i like slick, high quality arcadey Bungie gunplay and having that in an extraction shooter is legit unique and valuable. i like the hero kits, even if some of them clearly need tweaking. game is gorgeous, the story elements are intriguing and definitely presented very well

[safe kernel]

Sounds like smth i will like we shall see at the next test

[crystal mural]

okay great man cos i was getting hyped watching streams and i never really got into watching streams.... game looked super fun to me

[torn berry]

Same. The only person I knew online that got a code, played for 1 day.

[lusty vigil]

yeah, we're assessing what players thought of it. Why are you pointing out the obvious?

[signal drift]

Runner abilities being on a long cooldown is honestly the best choice they could've made.

[safe kernel]

Did u feel as any of the heros weren't worth playing

[pine marsh]

Marathon's a 9 and I'm the 1 it needs

[summer kestrel]

i applyed for the game before it was avable on bunge site but i cant access the game

[pulsar peak]

Cool. Thank you for that irrelevant pic

[magic void]

i laughed

[signal drift]

Every character had their advantages. Blackbird was probably the best for general usage, tho.

[upper storm]

i had to grovel, prostrate, and flagellate myself to get 2 fuckin rounds outta my friends

[viral laurel]

The only concern I have really is just content, Idk how much of a slice this alpha really was. Overall I enjoyed my time with it.

[wintry hemlock]

thought the playtest was ending at midnight

[crystal mural]

6gb file size got me thinking its not a lot

[magic rose]

https://youtu.be/QToIJINfIjo?si=gpqOLc8CCHqpH0l9

My final moments in the Marathon alpha

[safe kernel]

Sounds good were u able to easily coordinate heros for teams or was everyone running whatever. Was their a meta group of heros to run as a team

[pulsar peak]

I liked the enemy ai. More dangerous than I expected

[hoary wave]

void players I hate you

[pulsar peak]

Yeah, file size surprised me

[torn berry]

I was really hoping a friend of mine that I've been playing with since the halo 2 days could have joined me. We would have destroyed so many servers.

[signal drift]

Honestly? No. Best there was was 3 Blackbirds, but cooldowns are so long that if you throw them all into one battle you won't have them for the next.

[upper storm]

I only played Glitch and Locus, I like both of them a lot. Blackbird seems like more of a utility character that only performs in highly coordinated teams that can actually take advantage of her intel, but I was always nervous to see her. Void is fucking inescapable but the invis is NOT perfect and I clipped many of them while they were still cloaked

[safe kernel]

Do you think it was to long of a cooldown or needed it to happen

[torn berry]

Stealth mode engaged

[crystal mural]

somebody said they put the alpha together in 3 months, dont know how true that is though

[pulsar peak]

Wouldn't know. Only played glitch

[worthy flax]

no, the build is from 3 months ago

[umbral phoenix]

how long until i can play this game?

[safe kernel]

Seems like that's the norm

[signal drift]

Long cooldowns are really good in terms of game health. It means you're more focused on gunplay and abilities are just cards up your sleeve.

[torn berry]

I only played locus and void

[crystal mural]

ah okay

[safe kernel]

Ok thats good

[upper storm]

Glitch is clearly meant to be The Movement Character but Locus' COD sprint is just so fucking good he's a serious contender

[signal drift]

Yea, no Crucible ability spam here.

[upper storm]

however Glitch's slide is a really good escape button that I relied on a lot

[torn berry]

Locus is fun to boost around with

[safe kernel]

So for someone who pushes and engages would wanna play locus if theu are use to cod

[crystal mural]

oh heck yea

[crystal mural]

i dont know who shroud is

[rigid marlin]

Rip

[viral laurel]

Locus hands down my fav, bro got me using the twilight garrison to clip mfs

[torn berry]

Shroud also abandoned his friend

[signal drift]

That's good for him, I don't see why I should base my opinion on someone else's when I've played the game.

[dreamy geyser]

ah yes
shroud
the infamous washed CS player who had his game die in less than 2 months

[signal drift]

Shroud had a game?

[stiff loom]

Not missing out

[pulsar peak]

Maybe it is, maybe not.

[dreamy geyser]

truly someone I would like to listen to

[crystal mural]

okay so im faith restored now players are back snd positive

[viscid olive]

tell me your fav glizzy topping and I wont judge

[upper storm]

I'm not sure. I think they can both be leveraged for that kind of playstyle, however Glitch has other mobility boosts like the double jump that would probably make her better for that ultimately

[crystal mural]

i knew the hate was specifically stinky

[pine marsh]

My real answer is 7-7.5, but with people to play with it's a 9. I honestly haven't had that much fun playing a game in a while. It was rough the first couple days learning how everything works (my first extraction shooter) but once I learned the fundamentals and found people to play with on the tail end it was a blast. I can't wait to be able to play with my irl friends. The game is def something you want to rope your buddies into if they aren't already thinking of getting it

[signal drift]

Solid 7/10 from what we've gotten to play. Think Tarkov, but faster with more energy into every gunfight. No sitting around a corner waiting, your best option is to GO.

[upper storm]

With Glitch you can pop Amplify and literally run circles around the enemy team, if your map knowledge and communication is good I could see Glitch wiping teams in seconds with all of that mobility

[pulsar peak]

Like I said, alpha was fine, but game's definitely gonna need more meat and I wonder how that's gonna look like.

[crystal mural]

and how do you feel about solo?

[viral laurel]

The only thing Glitch has is verticality. Besides that Locus's kit is better for playing aggressive. The thrusters can do so much to cover ground and the tactical sprint too is really good if you build agility.

[stiff loom]

I'll show you more meat

[signal drift]

You can rat if you want, or try to shadow a team and pick off their kills when they're down. Or you can go absolutely apeshit with a knife and kill a full squad like I did once. There's not nothing you can do, I extracted several times with high-tier loot as a solo.

[pulsar peak]

Lovely offer, but I'll pass

[crystal mural]

ive seen some clips of 1v3's and it looks incredible tbh

[inland valley]

the one i knew got busy

@thorn dragon cough

[signal drift]

Like I said earlier, abilities aren't as much resources as they are tools. You shouldn't spend them immediately, only when they fit the situation, otherwise you have to deal with really long cooldowns.

[pulsar peak]

I do hope that there's a solo mode. Don't think I can convince my friends to try it out. Too anxious for lfg. And matchmaking puts me with tosspots

[signal drift]

Imagine if a Hunter's invis dodge was on a 50 second timer as an example..

You can't just use that whenever.

[torn berry]

I'll say 1 thing is for sure, bungie should have allowed players to invite 1 or 2 friends. It would have helped with the player count too.

[upper storm]

on god

[inland valley]

oh by a landslide

[signal drift]

Beta will have that. And now that us Alpha gigachad key havers are free, people will hear more good things about the game.

[inland valley]

i knew so many people who were rearing to play and waited the entire alpha for something and nothing

[torn berry]

I feel like people didn't play as much because most people were solo queuing

[inland valley]

yeaaaah

[upper storm]

we all thought we were gonna get friend codes and thought "oh that makes sense". then we didn't and thought "oh that would have made sense"

[fleet thicket]

Shroud is a paid shill

[pulsar peak]

I played solo once. It wasn't great

[torn berry]

A game like marathon you NEEED communication

[upper storm]

as opposed to an unpaid shill?

[signal drift]

I played solo several times and did pretty well every time. (Ignoring when I was actively trying to lose to see people's reaction to a death bag full of stacks on stacks of light ammo.)

[pine marsh]

Yeah that's the main gripe I had with the game, is how Bungie handled the alpha codes. They even posted in the alpha announcements that there would possible be friend codes but then they took it back

[sonic iron]

Shroud is an old man

[pulsar peak]

Wait, you shills are getting paid? /s

[signal drift]

Guess we have this to post if anyone comes in looking of alpha access.

[upper storm]

people were actually Big Mad over not getting codes and I think it legit made the vibe a lot worse, especially with Arc seemingly letting most people in

[sonic iron]

Tau centi? Must've got lost on the way and ended up in esperanza

[pulsar peak]

Yeah, arc had an open beta, I believe.

[signal drift]

Also, can we actually just ignore the graphics for a bit and talk about the sound design of Marathon? Bungie ALWAYS cooks with sound design.

[charred ginkgo]

arc only let most people in because of their friend code situation

marathn really dropped the ball over not allowing people to invite their friends. It made me not want to play

[lusty vigil]

It was a closed playtest

[pulsar peak]

Oh

[sonic iron]

It's funny cause NDA alphas will even allow you to invite friends

[lusty vigil]

but it was more open than Marathon due to the volume of keys. so I can see why youd think that

[charred ginkgo]

yeah at least all the ones ive been apart of for multiplayer games like this have

[pine marsh]

And in a crew-based game like Marathon, that probably would've changed people's perspective of the game the past couple weeks

[signal drift]

Fun fact: The little code you saw on your screen at all times in Marathon was so if you leaked things while under the NDA they could hunt you down using it.

[frozen canopy]

Its kinda sad alot of people never recied a response email... including me

[charred ginkgo]

yup

[frozen canopy]

Recieved**

[charred ginkgo]

but NDA didnt apply anymore

[signal drift]

Yea, they just left it there since removing it wouldn't make much sense.

[olive quartz]

The marathon alpha keys were the friends we made along the way guys

[charred ginkgo]

yea

[signal drift]

I wonder if us Alpha code havers will get anything cosmetic for participating in the Alpha. I'd say maybe a neat skin for every Runner and weapon present in the Alpha.

[viral laurel]

Anyone know where the feedback survey was? I filled it out the first week of the Alpha but I couldn’t find it again today.

[signal drift]

Emails.

[viral laurel]

Ah, I see. Whoops.

🫃

[signal drift]

Get to hold onto this.

[hollow geode]

Needs to add dogtags or "runner chips". These can be looted by teammates and taken to a 3d printer of sorts to re-print the body instead of ressing a bag. Furthermore, this can be looted by enemies to prevent this and then extracted and saved up to used for high tier loot skins. This also creates a new pathway of progression and will create bounty hunters willing to take on more risk for pvp to accumulate runner chips

[covert wraith]

chat are we done begging for alpha codes

[signal drift]

People would just instantly take the chip and nobody would ever get rezed from full dead again.

[hollow geode]

good, ressing a bag 5 times is super cringe

[pine marsh]

I just want a little icon next to my gamertag. Like a little or smth

[upper storm]

no, now we beg for beta codes

[viral laurel]

I think having more contextual pings would be nice. Like how Apex has that you can request for ammo.

[nimble wyvern]

First year of college is now donee

[rigid dove]

you say that and then the game adds that and you'll bitch and moan you always die and never get to come back

[signal drift]

Custom death bag would be funny. "I played the Marathon Alpha and all I got was this skin I only see when I'm dead."

[upper storm]

they should rip off hunt showdown and add burning. maybe even throw in some interaction with loot there 🧠

devious

[signal drift]

Just take the guns out of their bag and throw them in a bush so they have nothing when they get picked up.

[lusty vigil]

that better be all alpha players hang onto. Sorry to say, dont want no exclusive emblems for getting in due to rng

Would be salt in the wound

[upper storm]

It's actually not RNG, alpha testers were selected based on a Swag and Drip based criterion

[balmy shell]

Arc raiders is way fun

[lusty vigil]

My drip is delirious, and my swag is extinct so. Makes sense

[vocal trellis]

I hope so

[signal drift]

I don't see no key in your roles. So how about you don't use third party opinions?

[clever root]

And dog tags have an active beacon so if your friends tags get taken the target has to exfil quickly or fight you as well. Bounty hunters would love this feature as it baits additional engagements.

I would also like a feature from Dark Zone to return. The higher your kill count, the higher priority target you are.

[upper storm]

Dracula flow type bars

[lusty vigil]

pls no

[balmy shell]

Arc raiders blew marathon out of the water sorry bro

[signal drift]

Didn't play, invalid.

[upper storm]

yeah well your mo-

[hollow geode]

You can make that assumption but I think we can agree ressing a duffle bag over and over is a bad design? I think creating a system like the runner chip is more interesting. Perhaps you can offer a reward as well with credits, giving your teammates more incentive to risk getting you back.

[vocal trellis]

It could be something as simple as an emblem and I'd be happy

[lusty vigil]

I have seen the Magna Carta, I've seen the Eye of Horus
I was flippin' bricks for Mansa Musa before y'all even became a type-1 civilization

[rigid dove]

The chance is very high, in the feedback survey they had in game talked about runner cosmetics so I wouldn't be suprised

[stiff loom]

But I wouldn't be happy and thats not fair 🥺

[signal drift]

Also, isn't Arc Runners further along in development than Marathon? If so we're comparing ~80% of a game to ~40%.

[pine marsh]

Remember the fire recon helmet in halo 3

[upper storm]

chat I've spent my entire evening shitposting on the marathon discord should i go to therapy

[kindred vigil]

yeah

[covert wraith]

just use chatgpt

[upper storm]

Neeyth always there when you gotta hear some real shit

[mellow crater]

awww why is it downalready

[rigid dove]

The alpha was literally version 0.5 so it was likely the bare minimum they needed for a play test

[mellow crater]

i thought it would be all through today

[hoary light]

It was real you guys, time to put this server at the bottom of the list and forget I’m even in it until the beta opens up

[pine marsh]

Is that cat uhhh

[ember lichen]

Water hose

[green gazelle]

You and me nothing my finance said I’m addicted and going to let my life slip by caring about this discord

[viscid plinth]

Need smooth brains to stop comparing apples to tortillas

[narrow mulch]

does anyone know what happened to those dac images?

[pine marsh]

They got reDACted

[echo shuttle]

your answer is in your reactions to the message

[dawn cypress]

I'll return for you space cat.. someday..

[green gazelle]

Bingus wasn’t even in the alpha

[hollow geode]

Another improvement thats really needed is the audibility of enemy runners. I think the bots are in a pretty good spot but runners need work for sure to make it easier to tell that enemy runners are at, especially when nearby. For example, with a character going full stealth it should have a humming sound associated with that. I should be able to hear it getting close and freak out that I'm about the be stabbed by a Void

[safe kernel]

Well see yall in two days when we get more info

[nova moss]

is this real

[stiff loom]

Yeah wtf is this cat about anyways

[patent cypress]

bingus was in our abdomen

[green gazelle]

I have no clue honestly but it’s weird false advertisement /s

[potent sand]

they used bingus to make burger

[lunar marten]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1358348593362374813/1358773848992125068/petpet.gif

rip

[green gazelle]

Use the tenor keyboard

[lunar marten]

no pets for this cat today it seems

[zinc mantle]

But marathon will possibly release at the same time so....

[olive oracle]

No, we must pet!!

[nova moss]

your bein a smeghead cat

[lunar marten]

PET THY WORM

[upper storm]

they're going to kill me for this but I disagree, i don't think having enemy radar by virtue of extremely loud footsteps is necessarily good design, it's ok to have to use your eyeballs and think about where the enemy will be coming from

[pulsar peak]

Woerm

[lunar marten]

STOP SMIRK EMOJI

[rigid dove]

"I think the stealth character should have more things to make his stealth less useful" please youre 0-2 for "improvements"

[viscid plinth]

Taking a Traxus dab rn

[charred ginkgo]

a

[cold stump]

1 marathonillion dollars

[tawny geode]

[cold stump]

[green gazelle]

This is peak content

[stiff loom]

I wish I saved more memes to post 🥲

[rigid whale]

nucaloric blunt

[hollow geode]

Okay lol, yikes. Well its good you're not a dev sweetheart.

[green gazelle]

Here’s this

[rigid dove]

I could say the same, you want make a core revive mechanic more complex and possible non existant through a lootable item, and you want invisiblity (which is still visible) to have a buzz so you can hear it instead of having situational awareness

[west sky]

How dare you rub it in good sir!

[signal drift]

I noticed that a lot of players never turn on their mic unless someone else speaks first.

Also, on that final day, constantly people using mics.

I only got one team that wasn't fully miced up.

[worthy flax]

a mic doesn't replace simple, communicative contextual pings though

[hollow shell]

How much longer is the playtest

[worthy flax]

no reason not to add them for the benefit of players regardless of mic status

[surreal nova]

You know you’re definitely winning the argument when you resort to condescension

[viscid plinth]

(also love Deafheaven)

[hollow shell]

🔥

[signal drift]

oops

[ancient fern]

I share an anti-nu gif I yoinked from someone else >:]

[green gazelle]

Have you heard or a Mute person before or Non verbal lol that’s why pings exist accessibility … smh rude boy

[worthy flax]

*you're, *their, and also lol? you can play this game in pure silence with the existing pings just fine. had plenty of matches where no one spoke a word and we had zero issues communicating, wiping squads, and extracting. why the fuck should they not add features that benefit people because you think everyone should have to have voice comms constantly?

[surreal nova]

There are plenty of people who are uncomfortable getting on vc for very legitimate reasons, good game design caters to everyone who wishes to play your game. A robust ping mechanic has been table stakes in competitive shooters for almost a decade now

[signal drift]

My best game of Marathon didn't happen because we had mics, its because we had the advantage going into every encounter. I even instantly downed someone with claymores right before one of the fights so they were down a player when we arrived.

[hollow geode]

Hahaha. Just out of curiosity, what is your suggestion for improvements with the whole ressing a duffle bag, having it transform into a full runner in an instant, then watch it explode into 1000s of pieces and turn into a duffle bag again, and have this repeat 5 times in a row? As opposed to just having "runner chips" instead. Furthermore it plays into the lore, hell its even in the cinematic in a way.

[signal drift]

It never happens like that. Either you move on, or camp the bag and kill the person who returns to try and rez. NEVER did I see someone get rezed from bag more than 2 times. Never did it happen more than once mid-combat.

[green gazelle]

Again non verbal humans exist

[final plover]

aaaand hes gone

[worthy flax]

i mean that message was a very dumb argument against standard communicative pings that exist in every commercially successful BR of the last decade so

[green gazelle]

I was a millennial for 8 years Before this changed AMA

[rigid dove]

My suggestion is not have your teammates revive you in the line of fire and either A) wipe the squad or B) hide, wait til they move on and revive then. I dunno how the hell you were playing but in all my 60 hours I never got revived more than 3 times a match let alone 5 times back to back just to die in one fight.

[winter sand]

I do wish there was text chat though

[frail sphinx]

So now that the alphas officially over... what yall think?

[surreal nova]

This is actually a little depressing.

[cold stump]

[signal drift]

7/10 is the general opinion.

[surreal nova]

Millennials are proper old now. I should write a will

[frail sphinx]

Same

[green gazelle]

I never played it so I can’t really form an opinion but the metrics don’t look good

[worthy flax]

quadruple the time it takes to rez from a bag to encourage players to thirst when they can, pushing the pace of fights and driving players towards each other while also preventing players who died out of cover from being brought back quickly. make any break in the rez longer than ~0.5s reset progress (with some leniency in case you just aim off of it by accident) so that it's actually risky to do.

[signal drift]

The bag rezes are completely fine how they are.

The only way you'd see more than 1 bag rez is if you just refused to push a 33% dead enemy team.

[worthy flax]

bag rezzing is fine but it's too easy right now, it's probably not something you should get to do mid-fight

[worthy flax]

the whole "grab card -> reboot van" thing works fine in BRs but would just incentivize teams to camp out at respawn beacons in this game since that's an almost guaranteed free 3v1/3v2

[thorn dragon]

when you sent this it was already over for 30 minutes

[winter sand]

I think the invisibility needs tweeking or atleast footstep audio

[hollow geode]

Lol, why so bitter and antagonistic? pretty funny. So you really stand by no change needed? Ressing a duffle bag feels good to you? This game is so cooked if the devs agree with you lol.

[sonic iron]

Hadyouken

[quasi sonnet]

[blazing widget]

My low hopes got lower

[signal drift]

Be honest, did you only see several bag rezes because you sat far away with a sniper and didn't push on a team you'd reduced to 2 members? Because that's the only way that would happen.

[worthy flax]

^^^

imagine not carrying claymores to cover bags, couldn't be me

[formal nymph]

Why are we still here

[signal drift]

Just to suffer.

[green gazelle]

Wait why are people mad you can reboot a synth a few times a match

[sonic iron]

I think being able to res in a extraction shooter is kinda silly, but I feel like bungie is going for a apex legends feel

[formal nymph]

DAMN STRAIGHT

[magic rose]

it was fun, and I actually want to play again, but I worry it's not going to do as well as Sony wants it to do and the plug will get pulled too short.

To be honest, I think 5 months isn't enough time for changes, and that the game needs a delay to cook in the oven some more. Especially since - I hope - there will be more playtests. I'm just getting flashbacks to when I played the playtests for HYENAS, before they pulled the plug 😅

[rigid dove]

I'm being antagonistic because you make suggestions that are so non sensical with no thought about how it would actually play out in gameplay, and yes i find bag revives to be 100% fine rn

[silver rose]

shoots claymore, presses Q, rezzes whole team

[winter sand]

i think full dead bag rezs would be cool if you had to use an item to perform it , and if said item was generated upon killing an enemy shell even better.

[signal drift]

Why are people even viewing Marathon streams? Why are people streaming Marathon? Game's down.

[formal nymph]

Bungie, thanks for making this Discord. I’ve had TONS of fun in here with tears on both sides.

[hollow geode]

I only used a sniper 2/3 times, preferred smg/precision rifle. But yes it happened in reverse with enemy snipers.

[formal nymph]

That’s 4 days ago my dude.

[worthy flax]

thanks for the hitmarker so i know you're on the bag, my nades will be landing on your head now

[green gazelle]

You’re like 1 of 5 players that are smart like this unfortunately until widespread meta acceptance claymore will do the devils work.

[torn berry]

Or just stand far enough away to not get a hit marker?

[worthy flax]

you can also place the claymore in the bag so they can't see it and have to spray around or tank the damage

[signal drift]

So bag rezzing is only a problem when teams don't push? So it punishes teams for not pushing in on kills? So it rewards you for playing defensive when on the backfoot. I don't see how any of that is a problem.

[sonic iron]

Hit marker? Haven't played marathon does it have those?

[worthy flax]

if i had a dollar for every time someone did that in my 27 hours of playing the game i'd have 0 dollars

[weary mulch]

Is it possible to still get approved for a key?

[sonic iron]

What extraction shooter has hitmarkers

[silver rose]

the light effect is super obvious even when in a bag if you do this yourself youre not likely to get caught by someone else doing it

[green gazelle]

Hot take matches aren’t long enough for yall to be complaining about bags

[worthy flax]

yeah, claymores also have hit markers when they go off *without hitting anyone

[blazing widget]

The one that is trying to replicate Apex combat. Don't be so surprised

[worthy flax]

they still have to shoot it or guess which side is the safe side, which means you get an audio cue or a hitmarker the vast majority of the time

[winter sand]

the cycle

[celest lily]

chat did bungie fumble

[worthy flax]

the good ones

[rigid dove]

literally, games are 5 to 20 minutes anything more complex than bag revives would bog it down so much

[signal drift]

That's not a has, that's a had.

[sonic iron]

You got me there

[formal nymph]

Big time

[ancient fern]

It takes a lot of active focus and tactical retreating. I actually ran out to a blueberry after popping one of their shields and looked him in the eyes "that's a purple shield!! Do we feel ready for this?!" Our void got downed. I go back in, down that glitch. I was paying attention to the 2nd and turned around while the other was rezzing. I wasn't even able to process that I downed the person that rezzed, I just got the fresh revive and went back for the other glitch. Once the dust settled basically I called in that blueberry. It's fun, tense, and forces aggression in the best way imo. GHOST and ZYDUCK (GOLDUCK?) that was a very fun match

[winter sand]

rip cycle, thanks epic games

[blazing widget]

I genuinely think that my estimated risk of Bungie getting Bioware'd has gone up by 40% in the last month (to 70%)

[signal drift]

Only Fortuna we can land on now is on Venus.

[upper storm]

Hunt: Showdown - 1896 (2024)

[sonic iron]

I tactical retreat in every shooter. I'll be the lone survivor idc

[kindred vigil]

hey girl I mean they

[celest lily]

new code wave when?

[weary mulch]

What does this mean

[signal drift]

Reading comprehension.

[formal nymph]

Imagine talking about a game in-depth that is going to die on day one of release

[sonic iron]

I've only played a little of hunt, seems like it's just a br with a boss

[signal drift]

1 player using a mic is still a boon to the team. Return to CoD.

[cold stump]

arc is doa

[worthy flax]

incredibly stupid argument from the start! both genres have A) inventory systems with B) healing and C) ammo types that D) you should be able to ping to let players know you need them, showing them where to bring the items they need.

[blazing widget]

I think it'll get ~= The Finals player numbers which won't be enough for Sony resulting in it going FTP/shuttered within the first 5 months

[upper storm]

holy shit a fellow correct take haver

regardless, it is widely considered an extraction shooter

[formal nymph]

lol no

[worthy flax]

i know, the arc posters are so annoying

[formal nymph]

You’re on the losing side bucko

[cold stump]

bigger test 🤷‍♀️ also this discord has quadruple the amount of people

[worthy flax]

i'd rather play a good game for a short time than the wet fart that is arc for any amount of time lol

[hardy cypress]

who cares... and who tf is that nerd?

[upper storm]

i don't know what that means 😇

[blazing widget]

They're both long TTK objective based games where you're practically forced to play in 3-stacks in order to perform well. And with niche genres. Seems like a very apt comparison, though one is free.

[formal nymph]

LMAO GOOD GAME

[worthy flax]

*you're

[final plover]

whoa yall cant be using the N word like that

[signal drift]

One of these games uses real voice actors.

[rigid dove]

All these DOA people acting like Ricky Bobby "If you aint first, you're last"

[cold stump]

i played arc it was pentuple while arc was playable

[worthy flax]

if i couldn't aim at moving targets i'd be stoked for arc too!

[green gazelle]

lol

[wet spade]

Oh shit the alpha is over

[formal nymph]

You mean like Bungie’s aim assist?

[signal drift]

Relevancy?

[torn berry]

Just 27 hours?

[formal nymph]

Oh no way that’s real bro

[upper storm]

wait is Arc AI voice acted??

[cold stump]

these devs make games good

[worthy flax]

only got in on friday

[signal drift]

Yep.

[sonic iron]

I never understood the hate for Concord. It was a fun game from what little I played

[worthy flax]

console players can't comprehend a good input device, that's crazy

[blazing widget]

Some characters have AI voices generated from a wordpool (voiced by a paid VA)

[green gazelle]

I didn’t even get a chance to hate it

[weary mulch]

Hey bigcd34 can you still get keys?

[signal drift]

Concord had a really bad aura around it. A whole lotta problems.

[formal nymph]

You are 100% a troll

[upper storm]

and people have the gall to call marathon slop lmao

[signal drift]

Alpha is done.

[formal nymph]

Hey bucko it launched with MnK aim assist

[sonic iron]

Because I'm not a circlejerker who hates on stuff for no reason? I actually played the game

[cold stump]

every grifter game has died instantly 💀

[worthy flax]

my point still stands! if i couldn't hit a moving target i would be stoked for arc too!

[formal nymph]

So did I and it was AWFUL

[weary mulch]

NOOOOOOOO,WHAT THE HELLCBUNGIE I WANTED TO PLAY, FK U BIGCD34

[green gazelle]

I came from console to pc and lemme tell you guys. You Better pray they stay poor and can’t afford a good pc theirs some monsters on those things

[upper storm]

post physique

[signal drift]

What did I do? 😢

[formal nymph]

Your point doesn’t stand, you’ve basically argued against it. Go to school or take your meds or something

[weary mulch]

READING COMPREHENSION

[worthy flax]

it's okay man you'll grow thumbs one day

[sonic iron]

Same. It's kinda crazy how cracked some players are with a controller

[green gazelle]

Second nature is my guess

[sonic iron]

I don't play games

[signal drift]

Also, can we just point out that Arc is 3st person and Marathon is 1rd person? Those both appeal to different groups of players. Like the ones who don't like getting 3-peeked.

[sonic iron]

3st?

[worthy flax]

roblox has some heaters dude, idk what to tell you

[signal drift]

Thirst.

[green gazelle]

They don’t but it’s ok I play both and I’m sure I’m not a the minority

[sonic iron]

I just had an aneurysm

[signal drift]

Someone put their key in late.

[green gazelle]

Did the brain juice come out your nose of not you’re ok

[blazing widget]

Respawn has the chance to do the funniest thing and announce a long term extraction mode

[signal drift]

Sounds like an EA thing to do.

[viscid plinth]

🤨

[sonic iron]

I want marathon to kill apex just because I hate apex

[signal drift]

That it's in the top 100 is admirable.

[blazing widget]

Wanting Nu-Apex to kill Apex seems self-defeating

[green gazelle]

Apex killed itself with bad heroes

[worthy flax]

considering arc has been wishlistable for several years now vs marathon's 3 weeks that's pretty impressive

[scenic delta]

Apex is goated

[sonic iron]

Apex is far from dead unfortunately

[sage cedar]

because 178k is less than 624k

[quartz abyss]

fortnite has wayyyyyyyyyy moreeeeee

[signal drift]

Apex really needes to die, honestly. Give Respawn something better to do.

[green gazelle]

Dead in soul

[scenic delta]

Have 3,000+ hours on apex... its the best

[sonic iron]

Like titanfall 3

[blazing widget]

Apex is dogwater but it could have the ability to put this stillborn game to rest if they slightly diverted dev time away from making new heirlooms lol

[sage cedar]

if 624k used to play a game and now only 178k play it, that is more than a 50% loss in playerbase

[worthy flax]

counter-strike

[quartz abyss]

EWWWWW

[green gazelle]

3k hours and nearly 4000$ spent on skins and stuff you could say I enjoyed it

[scenic delta]

Gotta say though... got into the arc raiders playtest and WOW WAS IT FUCKING HOTTTTTTTT

[blazing widget]

TF2 was almost 10 years ago man, you gotta let go

[signal drift]

Apex isn't dead, but it's also not in a good state either. Especially if the Respawn layoffs are anything to consider.

[hazy marten]

scrolling through the chats briefly all i see u do is argue and be bitter dont you have anything better to do

[sage cedar]

most games die?

[sonic iron]

fortnite was 10 year ago, let it go

[green gazelle]

If apex died this year it still set standards and was a success

[upper storm]

#1 wishlisted game on steam for like 3 years was the fucking day before

[hazy marten]

j logged on disc and saw them meanwhile youve been at this for who knows how long

[sage cedar]

thats what im saying. most games die lol

[blazing widget]

It won't stop clinging to my shoe, I'm trying to shake it off 😣

[scenic delta]

Apex is still popping... new season just dropped today... everyone who says it sucks... cant get a kill.. so i understand

[sonic iron]

I could get a kill with a hot swap peacekeeper

[green gazelle]

Is it good I considered relapsing

[hazy marten]

get a life thats bigger than prowling the discords of closed alpha games 😭

[worthy flax]

what was your favorite season

[green gazelle]

Do it with a mastiff

[scenic delta]

I just relapsed last month and im hooked again LOLLLL

[green gazelle]

You already know it was horizons

[sonic iron]

My best apex match involved a mastiff

[worthy flax]

it sucks

[signal drift]

There's a difference between a dead game and a game that's past its prime. Concord is a dead game, Apex just has its best days behind it.

[blazing widget]

Surprisingly BF4 is doing well for being 11 years old, though no good BF games since then will do that to ya

[hazy marten]

youre welcome kingswork

[scenic delta]

Nah BF1 was unreal

[sage cedar]

I can see bf3 - 4 being played forever those were golden

[green gazelle]

Just because I was broken 50ft up in the air?

[signal drift]

No, BF1 was on Frostbite.

[scenic delta]

BF1 was so damn good

[blazing widget]

I meant like a modern Battlefield that has more than like 4 weapons per type (not counting slightly different variants pawned off as unique)

[worthy flax]

nah i mean if you liked seasons that old you'd probably not like it now LMAO, very different in a pretty negative way

[sonic iron]

I would still play bf1 if it didn't have cheaters

[scenic delta]

That i agree with

[green gazelle]

Oh ok lmao I played apex from release lol

[sonic iron]

I played apex from release too

[signal drift]

I've been hearing things about Delta Force in terms of it being Battlefield-like.

[worthy flax]

as an S0-S2 enjoyer it's just not the same anymore unfortunately

[sonic iron]

It's like a pubg of of battlefields

[green gazelle]

Repping season 1 badges is my go to it used to be genuinely scary for me in kings canyon

[kindred vigil]

I put the new Forgis on the Jeep

I trap until the bloody bottoms is underneath

[blazing widget]

Battlefield Labs is looking great tbh. It seems like they iterated off of 3->4->Labs.
Lets see if DICE Stockholm can nail the landing without DICE LA Embark being there to wrangle them

[sonic iron]

I use a pc now, I wonder if I can keep my account from ps to pc

[sage cedar]

I played since launch, left for a bit, Lobas release brought me back for a year or 2 then I left again

[green gazelle]

It does if you merge it

[west veldt]

500 players! New record

[scenic delta]

They should do a throwback playlist for apex... season 1 style

[sonic iron]

Loba was sick

[signal drift]

I played week-1 of Apex, before we know that gold knockdowns could self-revive. Played alot until like season 5, came back for a bit when that Ion AR dropped, stopped playing completely and am not going back.

[sage cedar]

She was so cool

[scenic delta]

The OG kings canyonnnnnn

[signal drift]

I've just come to not like BRs at all anymore.

[green gazelle]

Forge better

[sonic iron]

I remember grinding so much for the turret girl who drops shields, I wonder if she ever got better

[signal drift]

No

[scenic delta]

Lifeline is wild now

[green gazelle]

I’m a rampart main

[scenic delta]

She got the buff she needed

[sonic iron]

Yeah rampart

[sage cedar]

OH then after a bit that ghost girl brought me back I forget her name but she’s an android

[green gazelle]

Well now a fuse main

[sage cedar]

She had a slashing teleport ult

[signal drift]

Did they turn her care package into a heat-seeking missile that tracks anyone on the map?

[sonic iron]

I remember killing someone with my care package

[green gazelle]

Ash?

[sage cedar]

Yeah!! I liked her a lot

[green gazelle]

She’s mean in combat

[signal drift]

God, I did that in week-1 and never realized how impossible it would be after that.

[sonic iron]

Is Bangalore still nutty

[green gazelle]

Always

[meager leaf]

Buahahahaha

[sage cedar]

Oh bro she was EVILLLLL in combat idk if she got nerfed since she came out but ash and revenant were DISGUSTING how they sync

[scenic delta]

Nah arc raiders was fucking fire bro

Im dying to play it again

[green gazelle]

Horizon was so busted on release

[blazing widget]

ENTER:

[signal drift]

Man behind this, mind you.

[scenic delta]

We got some CRAZY lineup of games coming bous.... video games might me making a comeback

[sonic iron]

LOL I FORGOT ABOUT THAT GAME

[signal drift]

You had to look at that image to post it.

[green gazelle]

Anyways John Embark here going to bed again see yall tomorrow or atleast who’s left

[meager leaf]

But you read that shit bitch buahahaha

[signal drift]

The fact that you knew what it said means you read it too.

[blazing widget]

I won't be able to play for an other year 😔
Silver lining is some modder will probably give me generational wealth on a whim when I first boot up online

[meager leaf]

You gay affffff boy buahahahaha

[signal drift]

Is that supposed to be offensive?

[scenic delta]

Im deadass waiting for the 6000 series cards next year and gunna get a new PC just for these games coming out... my 2070 is overdue!

[meager leaf]

Even worse furry

[signal drift]

Is that also supposed to be offensive?

[sonic iron]

No wonder you follow shroud, youre immature

[meager leaf]

Buahahahaha

[signal drift]

Immature and uninformed.

[scenic delta]

Cant forget about this either

[sonic iron]

I hope the 60 series doesn't end up being only upscaling again

[scenic delta]

Heard theyre introducing the ruby technology for the 60 series

[signal drift]

Not a Gears fan myself, but I hear the games are excellent, so I hope you get a Prime 1 Remastered-tier release.

[rigid dove]

I still find it hilarious that chuds still think calling someone gay is a killer diss in the year 2025

[signal drift]

Or a furry when that's not the bad group.

[sonic iron]

Oblivion remake and gow reloaded in the same year

[scenic delta]

Anybody who played marathon... did you guys play the cycle also?

[signal drift]

There's a difference between a furry and the other thing. Furries are the reason the tech industry hasn't collapsed.

[signal drift]

🤚

[queen phoenix]

Both the original and frontier

[scenic delta]

I loved the cycle... is marathon close to it? How does it play?

Do they feel the same????

[signal drift]

Really close, just with abilities and without the safe bag.

[scenic delta]

Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

[signal drift]

A bit faster, a bit brighter.

[sonic iron]

From what I understand a lot of furries are very successful and geniuses, always biochemists and rocket scientists

[queen phoenix]

It's like the cycle meets apex and Destiny

[signal drift]

Have you seen how much a fur suit costs?

[sonic iron]

No

[ancient fern]

Apparently pilots too, I've heard

[scenic delta]

Im excitedddddd.. that sounds fire

[signal drift]

Thousands, easily.

Hundreds for a mid-range one.

[sonic iron]

Oh yeah doesn't some of their suits got that watchdog helmet gizmos on it too

[old venture]

anyone get codes today

[signal drift]

Alpha is done.

[scenic delta]

Isnt the test over?

[old venture]

alr my bad

[signal drift]

Final actually in-game image I got. I spent almost every credit and cleaned out my entire vault.

Also, Void is voiced by Adam Jensen.

[scenic delta]

Cant wait to try marathon.... looks like itd be a blast... any news in when a new test would be coming?

[signal drift]

September 23rd.

[blazing widget]

Furries are just more likely to be autistic, whome are more likely to upper level stem

There is also a legitimately larger portion of that community which are at various levels of degeneracy, and it's not like a 1% but more like a 40% (and maybe that's fine? there's some fucked up people though)

[blazing widget]

Odds are an open beta sometime this summer. We'll see if Bungie can listen, or get to bet on how fast they'll sink

[quartz abyss]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1306389618089787454/1360757146035290404/whenthathits.gif

[signal drift]

As a really cool feature that Apex won't ever add, you never hear your character speak unless they're doing abilities. Means you don't get annoying to constantly hear talk about information you already know.

[quartz abyss]

he sounds like keanu reeves doe

[signal drift]

Nah, he's the voice actor of Adam Jensen from Deus Ex. Exact same guy.

[west forum]

Is the alpha channel closed?

[blazing widget]

https://tenor.com/view/jc-denton-deus-ex-gif-22280125

[signal drift]

You'll know he's Canadian if he ever says, "sorry."

[dense flower]

yes :(

[burnt pond]

Im starting a new IT job next week so i have to figure out who the furry of the dept is

[burnt pond]

if only it were so easy

[quartz abyss]

LMAO

real

[signal drift]

Everyone's fucked up, most people are able to hide it. Anonymity means people can let it out without it coming back to bite them. Only 1% of them are even remotely worth considering truly fucked up.

[scenic delta]

One thing i noticed that was a HUGE feature in arc raiders and should be in every extraction shooter is the ability to crawl to the extraction and still get out.... there were times we went down at the extraction and my guy was still able to crawl over to the computer and get us out of there... that would be a HUGE feature to think about for extraction style games

[signal drift]

It's like us gamers comitting war crimes for the fun of it in video games.

[quartz abyss]

what abt gamers saying not nice words

[burnt pond]

nicen't words are pog

[topaz comet]

r.i.p. alpha

[signal drift]

Depends on the word, but if it is considered offensive on the basis of race, then much less acceptable.

[blazing widget]

hold up I got a good react for this

[signal drift]

If only I had a pipe, or a cubic head.

[red quest]

u got to play it at least

[signal drift]

Man's got a head like a Minecraft Villager.

[mental pendant]

I wonder what people think of Marathon compared to ARC Raiders

[signal drift]

I didn't play the Alpha, I lived it.

[blazing widget]

Have you not read this chat for the last week? lol

[sonic iron]

Is that supposed to offend me?

[quartz abyss]

how can 3 ppl stare at each other

[signal drift]

And very poor and slow at having unique comebacks too.

[red quest]

yeah i never got to play it, looked good tho

[worthy flax]

you can extract while downed in marathon

[signal drift]

Solid 7/10 while it was around.

[topaz comet]

i mean if youve played the division youve already played arc raiders

[signal drift]

As an Alpha that's amazing.

[mental pendant]

https://tenor.com/view/rage-bait-ragebait-angry-mad-angry-funny-gif-7411764899534444456

[worthy flax]

core mechanics were a 9, progression was like a 6

[signal drift]

Dark Zone specifically I assume.

[quartz abyss]

pvp 4

[blazing widget]

Tbh that sells the game way more

[worthy flax]

pvp 10, you're smoking some shit

respectfully

[quartz abyss]

pvp if ur not good at video games 4

[signal drift]

Pvp fluctuates between 10-4 depending on your team.

[mental pendant]

pvp was not a 10 😂

[worthy flax]

okay yeah i believe that

[quartz abyss]

i literally only got 1 kill the whole time 😭 🪦

[signal drift]

When you're on a roll in Marathon, you feel completely unstoppable, until one teammate gets downed and you start panicking.

[mental pendant]

destiny pvp was better than this

[worthy flax]

pvp felt fantastic, especially when it devolved into multi-team fights. 1v3s, 1v6s, 3v3v3v3s, literally everything felt fantastic

[red quest]

https://tenor.com/view/rocket-league-musty-flick-musty-flip-reset-reset-gif-10815203066088994654

[sonic iron]

I should play some rocket league, rematch was fun

[granite grove]

Can anyone help me find or send any marathon wallpapers for phone? 😭

[worthy flax]

i was wrong, YOU are smoking some shit

[quartz abyss]

marathon a 4 and that is -1000000 👊

[mental pendant]

if u have a shit team u aren't extracting no matter how good you are. if you have a shit team you can carry on destiny.

[red quest]

lmao my b, had to do it

[signal drift]

I'll 100% be giving the open beta of Marathon another run.

[blazing widget]

D1 HoW PvP clears

[worthy flax]

this is a skill issue, i played with silent players, new players, people who DC'd and still got out on a pretty regular basis

[blazing widget]

then again that was Destiny pvp at it's best

[worthy flax]

playing blackbird, not even running void

[quartz abyss]

LMAO i escaped only 7 times

[sonic iron]

I like how the dev stream said you could play solo, but they did nothing so solo players had even ground

[topaz comet]

volt weapons are booty. dont have to hold your breath with the longshot ? weapons need balancing

[mental pendant]

I guarantee I'd cooked your ass lmao. I extracted 90% of my games obviously it's implied if you have a shit team and get into team fights you're probably not going to extract.

[signal drift]

Also, my PVP thing is that I'm awful when I need to rely on myself, but the moment I get a team who can back me up, then lead me to the slaughter.

[quartz abyss]

omg 90% howw 😭

[signal drift]

When I have a team who can make room for me to just focus, that's when I do my best.

[fiery root]

@mental pendant everything ok at home bud?

[magic rose]

Damn

[sonic iron]

Marathon is pretty much extract instantly

[magic rose]

Get rekt

[mental pendant]

Skill issue is lamest excuse for bad design

[sonic iron]

You don't need to worry about pvp if you don't want to

[signal drift]

Me as a Void and 2 Locus just cleared an entire lobby except for 1 team who got taken out by another before us.

[worthy flax]

if you were in my lobbies it was in a bodybag after i rolled you

[mental pendant]

Thats like 50% of the fun though

[mental pendant]

Please look at your discord profile picture before you shit talk someone.

[sonic iron]

It is fun but not when the pvp is the whole match

[shadow pine]

Sounds like a boring extraction shooter

[sonic iron]

I would like to explore and loot too

[granite grove]

Guys...I need help

[fiery root]

what kind of nucal vapes are yall smoking?

[magic rose]

Being biased against anime pfp in 2025 is wild

[blazing widget]

I mean tbf you can avoid PvP in Tarkov as well ||and step on a land mine :V||

[valid stone]

so who thinks the 8th is gonna bring with it an announcement of a second alpha that includes EU and actually has codes this time

[worthy flax]

just looked, still probably rolled you

[barren forge]

@valid stone is my dad

[valid stone]

No I'm your son

[barren forge]

wow dad

[signal drift]

PVP more often comes in bursts, it's not a constant fight to fight. You can rat just like any other extraction shooter, but the fights you get in are often faster and more engaging.

[mental pendant]

You have anime thighs as your discord background if you didn't roll me idk where else you'd find success in life.

[shadow pine]

Yeah all I said is that is a boring play style for me at least

[fiery root]

i personally like either hiding in a corner complaining that there is no pvp, and then running into the middle of nowhere without my team so i can get rolled and complain that the game sucks and its actually not a skill issue

[barren forge]

i love your massssive dad bod!

[signal drift]

If you don't push a full dead player in Marathon, their team will just bag res them. You can't kill a player from sniper distance and expect them to stay dead. You need to push in and kill their team.

[blazing widget]

bro's profile banner is literally some chick's thighs, coomers deserve to be scrutinized.

[worthy flax]

you're damn right i do, but hey man i don't see it as a success. i see those bodybags as a speed bump on my way to getting out with a stacked backpack

[shadow pine]

Yeah I understand the ins and outs of extraction shooters lol

[worthy flax]

actually those are my thighs

[mental pendant]

https://tenor.com/view/how-you-felt-hero-tough-tough-guy-how-you-felt-after-saying-that-gif-12464623776561746518

[worthy flax]

embed fail, i win

[blazing widget]

LARP huh...

[worthy flax]

don't hate me cause i'm beautiful

[winter cedar]

12 players online ☠️☠️ dead game

[blazing widget]

I'm hatin because you're LARPing as an anime chick

[safe kernel]

Probaly cause the alpha is over dumbazz

[dreamy geyser]

Truly the chat of all time

[signal drift]

The alpha closed buddy.

[fiery root]

0 players online rn we are so cooked chat

[shadow pine]

Larpers gonna larp

[mental pendant]

Edward is prime example of chronically online. Most people playing this game won't have a squad every time they play and most people you queue with don't even have mics. You are getting wiped be any no lives on this game because it does not allow you to 1v3 a coordinated team and there's no solo queue.

[dreamy geyser]

He always tries that shit
Wouldnt bother

[worthy flax]

just cause you can't 1v3 a team doesn't mean everyone can't man

[fiery root]

@mental pendant seriously bud are u ok?

i can get you in touch with a nucal therapist if you need

[magic rose]

Regardless, judging people on that is wild.

[shadow pine]

In the words of Bungo

[mental pendant]

No in a sense I'm saying add solo queue.

[magic rose]

Maybe they would

[worthy flax]

i hope they don't lol

[blazing widget]

It's gonna end up like *the Finals *but with a lower playercount due to the pricetag

[fiery root]

i also hope they don

[magic rose]

It was just an alpha

[mental pendant]

Exhibit #100 of why ARC Raiders will be more popular

[shadow pine]

That is not what they are catering to

[safe kernel]

Get some friends problem solved

[dusky cypress]

arc raiders gang

[worthy flax]

squad fill was great, met a ton of really nice people

[dreamy geyser]

Isnt bungie’s whole thing that their games ARE meant to be played with people

[shadow pine]

Shouldn’t have to be a requirement in an extraction shooter

[worthy flax]

popular != good

[mental pendant]

If you learnt to read I said most people won't have squads to queue with. Objectively speaking is a common thing buddy.

[shadow pine]

The finals is doing fine

[signal drift]

Squad fill only let me down once, and that was when I didn't get matched into a squad filled with knife-wielding Voids.

[safe kernel]

Well then play a different game lmfao

[topaz comet]

Out of 500 squad fills i had 4 decent teammates. gg Bungie

[fiery root]

i think it queues you with a squad right?

[worthy flax]

it does

[shadow pine]

That’s very smart!

[mental pendant]

Ah great well thought argument.

[worthy flax]

it's not perfect but i had way more positive experiences than negative

[magic rose]

Not having two friends must be hard tho

[topaz comet]

its brutal.

[fiery root]

i hope i get into a squad with robby so i can carry him, and he will finally be happy again

[shadow pine]

Shouldn’t have to be a requirement

[safe kernel]

Ur legit just complaining u dont got the skill to 1v3

[worthy flax]

not making any when playing with people for 2 weeks is somehow worse

[signal drift]

The best solution to not burning yourself on an oven is to take your hand out of the flame.

[safe kernel]

Its not ur just not gonna wipe a lobby by urself

[shadow pine]

Many people have said 1v3ing in that game is abysmal lol I’m sure it’s not just a skill issue thing

[mental pendant]

No like I already said, I'm objectively speaking because a game that wants to succeed will provide a good experience to your average gamer not people like you.

[signal drift]

I 1v3ed with a knife. It's a skill issue thing.

[shadow pine]

Congratulations you killed bots

[safe kernel]

Dog if ur a grown ass man and dont got any friends thats legit pathetic

[worthy flax]

it's really not that bad tbh even on something like blackbird

[magic rose]

It is

[blazing widget]

Get into game with two mouth breathers with default kits
Get rolled by coordinated 3 stack
Lose gear

[mental pendant]

Wow it's almost like I'm talking to a robot. Do you understand what objectively means?

[worthy flax]

nooticing a lack of Closed Alpha Playtest role here

[fiery root]

its cuz you didnt have me on your team nerex, i would've protected you

[safe kernel]

Most people who play video games have friends their gonna play with

[blazing widget]

ty bby

[celest raft]

that show was so fucking funny and nobody is willing to admit it

[harsh burrow]

[dreamy geyser]

I mean
It’s like a ranked game
If you solo queue, expect to not have good communication nor reliable players

[shadow pine]

Yeah just wait till actual players with skill get in the game not the limited experience of a limited closed alpha that barely had any comp to begin with lol

[signal drift]

Me when games like literally any single-player game exists.

[mental pendant]

Attempt #24 of trying to get your bragging get noticed 😂

[fiery root]

objectively sekagucci is the best faction

[mental pendant]

That's not even true

[fiery root]

im not bragging robby im just that good

[safe kernel]

Whatever u say man

[celest raft]

only one with a shirt, so they are by default yeah

[shadow pine]

Except it’s not a ranked game it’s an extraction shooter

[burnt pond]

Don't DM me. Don't pregnant man react me. We're done.

[topaz comet]

me 90% of the time. i'll have a blue shield minimum and my teammates are both naked

[signal drift]

Honestly, the closed-alpha lasted the perfect amount of time until players got too accustomed to the systems in the game.

[celest raft]

a worm shirt let alone

[mental pendant]

Wow you are such a humble guy man hopefully being that good can get you paid one day.

[fiery root]

its ok that you are objectively not good, im saying im objectively the best

[worthy flax]

this is a cope, you might not be able to 1v3 but that's fine

[blazing widget]

The reason there's even a universe for Bungie to skin-walk into a game is because MIDA did the sneaky

[magic rose]

Met plenty of nice people via match making. That's exactly what extraction shooters do. Cue with friends or leave the useless gits behind when shit gets dicey

[fiery root]

i do get paid

[celest raft]

"YOU ARE FIRED. DONE. DO NOT SHOW YOUR FACE AT THE LAUNDRY AGAIN."

[dreamy geyser]

And the same concept applies
You solo queue, you are liable on knowing that randoms will never be reliable

[magic rose]

Hunt taught me that

[shadow pine]

Who’s to say I can’t? I haven’t been given the chance to test the alpha

[fiery root]

hunt is so good, i love being a lil solo rat

[magic rose]

It's doable around the board

[celest raft]

Post Malone game

[signal drift]

I 1v3ed with a knife because I got the jump on them. There's a wide disparity between combat skill and knowing when it's a fight you could win.

[fiery root]

i bet robby is the typa guy that would use the dolch

[safe kernel]

Even if u dont got friends i garrentee there will be a lfg channel to find people to play with

[blazing widget]

But then why queue at all if you can't get your buddies to play? Seems like it's maximize gear fear

[celest raft]

I guess it would be Past Malone if its Hunt huh, being in 1896 and all

[worthy flax]

i'm saying it

[magic rose]

But it's a different set of skills

[shadow pine]

And I’m saying you’re wrong now we’re at a stalemate oh nooo

[magic rose]

Good fucking pun

[worthy flax]

didn't they deadass put him in the game

[mental pendant]

53% of gamers prefer single-player experiences, according to Kotaku and GamesIndustry.biz. This indicates a significant portion of gamers may enjoy playing independently, potentially leading to higher solo queue rates in squad games.

[magic rose]

They did

[blazing widget]

If Destiny has taught anyone anything, it's that LFG is about as reliable as random queue.

[celest raft]

dawg he had a whole EVENT with a trailer featuring him and he's got two skins

[mental pendant]

Simple google search @plucky bobcat

[worthy flax]

singleplayer experiences are not solo queueing a multiplayer game dawg, try again

[fiery root]

ya but 73% of players aren't as washed as robby

[signal drift]

Proof? Post Malone.

[celest raft]

"Post Malone's Murder Circus" or something

[celest raft]

okay that was good no lie

[safe kernel]

Dumbest source ive ever seen but ok lmao

[shadow pine]

These people are not experienced extraction shooter players and it shows lmao having to rely on a squad in these games is horrible game design

[blazing widget]

Solo Queue would be the right play, if it wasn't a hero shooter where the free no-drawback invis was a cooldown

Which is more a statement of how fucking stupid the heroshooter shit is. The abilities should've been rare pickups

[mental pendant]

Just because you go by they doesn't mean you're not solo qing

[celest raft]

extraction shooters should always have an option for solo play imo.

[signal drift]

You mean the cloak? Because it is NOT invis.

[worthy flax]

i get that you don't understand the difference between single-player and multi-player but you should really google what words mean

[fiery root]

i solo queue everytime i play minecraft is pretty good game

[shadow pine]

Having invis in general in an extraction shooter is hilarious to begin with

[celest raft]

im sure it won't make extraction campers happy

[worthy flax]

here's a hint: a single-player experience has exactly 1 player in it. not 1 player per team.

[celest raft]

im sure it won't lead to ratting being the meta of Marathon

[worthy flax]

embarassing statement!

[safe kernel]

Damn he must be pissed now

[fiery root]

oofta robby come on now, synthetics don't have gender bud

[mental pendant]

Almost as embarassing as your discord profile 😂

[signal drift]

Void's invis is less about not getting seen and more making yourself harder to see. You are in no way invisible, just harder to notice. But when you see a shimmering distorted outline running through a complete deadzone, you're going to catch on pretty quick that it's not supposed to be there.

[celest raft]

are they like cyborgs or just humans or what

[blazing widget]

Oh my b, Can't wait to spot this out at 200m away

[shadow pine]

Sooner or later they’ll understand

[mental pendant]

What are you talking about 😂

[celest raft]

or robots

[worthy flax]

somebody had their wheaties shat in this morning i reckon

[celest raft]

im guessing they're at least like cybernetic humans with the blue blood and all

[candid gazelle]

Exactly. Would anyone here ever play a game solo like Counterstrike, Apex Legends, or even Destiny 2? All of the best things in those games are locked behind you having friends and a team. Nothing wrong with those types of games, they're just mostly for a demographic of people who have a group to play with. Idk why people are acting like this is such a new and horrible concept

[signal drift]

If you played the game you'd realize how counterable it is. One of the best Runners, Blackbird can completely ignore his invisibility and smoke.

[fiery root]

robby crashout boogaloo 2

[signal drift]

It's literally as effective as Hunter invis in D2.

[celest raft]

Apex Legends™️

[mental pendant]

Nobody crashing out lmao

[fiery root]

sorry robby ily you are ok in my book, ill carry you in the beta i promise

[shadow pine]

Except none of those are extraction shooters and the fact you compare them as if they are similar worries me about this games player base lol it’s like you have never played a single other extraction shooter in your life before this one 😂

[blazing widget]

Hunter invis if the maps were > the combined arms maps from D1 and no sniper glint

[signal drift]

Me when Mirage's 2nd rework where he really did turn 100% invisible.

[mental pendant]

It's just sad that a game like this will die to ARC Raiders because of the loser people like @worthy flax and @fiery root crying skill issue at every criticism

[signal drift]

There's sniper glint. You'd know that if you played the game.

[quartz abyss]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1306389618089787454/1360757146035290404/whenthathits.gif

[celest raft]

Pathfinder and Bloodhound are the only two characters that matter once you're good enough at that game lowkey

[fiery root]

nah this game defs has flaws, but requiring teamwork aint one of em chief

[topaz comet]

longshot is BS they need to have it so you have to hold your breath

[blazing widget]

Yes, and for most of the alpha it didn't exist while invis (though admittedly they may have fixed that)

[signal drift]

I'm not talking about current patch.

[shadow pine]

Just the way it works around here

[mental pendant]

And where did I say that was one of them lmao you're iq is so low

[celest raft]

I haven't played Gape Sex in like a year or so

[candid gazelle]

That's completely besides the point. The point is it is ok for a game to cater to people with friends for a focus on teamplay, just as it's ok for a game to focus on solo play with no teamplay

[signal drift]

So you just immediately contradict yourself by proving that it's not an issue?

[mental pendant]

Just odd to see it here but not in ARC Raiders discord when this is the game under more scrutiny

[cold stump]

ONE BAJILLION NUCALORIC PREORDERS

[celest raft]

Arc Raiders Discord is still on lockdown bc tech test 2 ended

[fiery root]

i mean you are complaining that you can't 1v3? maybe im confused trying to decipher between your insults and what you actually think beyond arc raiders is just better. Personally i liked both

[mental pendant]

Before it ended tho

[cold stump]

every criticism i had of arc raiders had people calling me a bad player and a loser

[worthy flax]

your criticism was "i'm not good enough to beat teams" - sounds like a skill issue to me

[mental pendant]

Never even said arc raiders is better lmao

[celest raft]

true

[shadow pine]

Cool, I think we just have different opinions on what an extraction shooter should cater towards and that’s fine as well!

[worthy flax]

and then your only defense was... transphobia? misunderstanding the phrase single-player?

[empty leaf]

It's simple. Marathon for PVP and Arc Raiders for the other stuff.

[dreamy geyser]

Arc raiders this
Arc raiders that

It’s boring. It’s the same argument every bloody day for the past several weeks

[fiery root]

u mean here when you said arc raiders will kill marathon, and called me a loser lmao?

[shadow pine]

That makes zero sense

[celest raft]

if an extraction shooter railroads you into solely playing it as a PvP deathmatch its just a glorified FFA or BR

[mental pendant]

Transphobia implies I'm scared of trans people so please dont label me that. I'm just concerned about your employment status due to your discord profile.

[signal drift]

You can sit in a corner and crouch walk through every POI if that's what you find fun.

[mental pendant]

So please find where I stated ARC Raiders is better

[tulip sedge]

So... Marathon is better?

[celest raft]

im saying you should be able to team with other players or get away with stealth readily

[empty leaf]

it's my opinion. I love Marathon PVP. I don't play it for the PVE features. I did enjoy the Arc raiders PVE. I like both games. I am buying Marathon and might not buy Arc Raiders.

[celest raft]

there should be more dynamics, not having VOIP hurts that

[signal drift]

You can...?