🗣marathon-general-chat

[thorn python]

yaa iirc

[oak elbow]

That super guy doesnt know what hes talking about xD

[wintry mantle]

obv dropped but its pre orders

thats alot

[thorn python]

yaa

[oak elbow]

Ya

[untold nacelle]

for sure

[indigo summit]

Hello 🗣️ marathon-general-chat

[keen heath]

Smello

[thorn python]

Hello 🗣️ XENONtm

[keen heath]

How do you trademark a noble gas?

[north echo]

Xenon™

[indigo summit]

That's me

[indigo summit]

I'm very powerful

[wintry mantle]

buddy tried trademarking uranium

he melted

[keen heath]

Not even. You don't even react with stuff

[molten flax]

weak

[wintry mantle]

thats why hes powerful

[north echo]

you can excite them

and form compounds but probably unstable

[wintry mantle]

@indigo summit hold this uv light for me

[untold nacelle]

Technically, Xenon is a chemical element and not Uranium xD

[green ingot]

Is the Tau ceti world in Real time players or pre loaded render

[keen heath]

Very definition of a wallflower. Just sitting around, not pairing up with anyone

[wintry mantle]

ik im saying my buddy tried uranium

[indigo summit]

Pre loaded

[celest coyote]

The same mechanism that causes neon and xenon etc. to glow makes ur pee glow

[molten flax]

what if pee is blue?

[celest coyote]

domctor

[molten flax]

no.

[celest coyote]

Juice?

[north echo]

xenon is boring anyway

[untold nacelle]

;P

[keen heath]

Bungie actually discovered a portal into another dimension. We're possessing people's bodies for our sick amusement

[north echo]

slap some nitrogens and make azidoazide azide

[molten flax]

i think more redbull

[celest coyote]

Under a black light I mean

[indigo summit]

Mine glows without one

[oak elbow]

Is pf a clan @celest coyote

[celest coyote]

Not to my knowledge

Just reference to the pfhor

[wintry mantle]

i thought it was a ref

[indigo summit]

Awiens

[wintry mantle]

vindication

[oak elbow]

Oki

[celest coyote]

Awiens indeed fwiends

[molten flax]

alien smasher or clanker lover?

[celest coyote]

I feel like that would hurt

[indigo summit]

I mean the compilers are both so both I guess

[thorn python]

both

[molten flax]

pain is an illusion

[wintry mantle]

W'rkncacnter would like to talk to u

[untold nacelle]

S'pht seems soft with rounded edges lol

[keen heath]

A reference to circumcision

[indigo summit]

I mean they aren't really malevolent, they're just there

[celest coyote]

Or the lack of

Idk if it’s ever really explained if there’s malice or if chaos is just their nature and they’re just chillin

[indigo summit]

The fact that their mere existence fucks with reality is a bit of a problem though yeah

[radiant cypress]

Me telling the police about my stalker

[celest coyote]

So they’re a bit of a fixer upper

[wintry mantle]

according to the wiki theyre a "chaotic and primordial entity or possibly race of entities"

[indigo summit]

Sure

[keen heath]

Ehh, I mean, durandy needs to get out somehow

[indigo summit]

Yeah, chaos isn't evil

It's just chaos

[keen heath]

The storm isn't evil. The storm just blows

[celest coyote]

Yeah we know there’s more than one, tho it could be a hive mind thing, many vessels

[indigo summit]

It's like us showing an ant magnetism, they'd probably lose their goddamn minds if they had higher brain power

[keen heath]

Lovecraft, yes yes

[celest coyote]

Alright who put that emoji there

Dammit

[indigo summit]

Owned

[keen heath]

Some weirdo

[indigo summit]

I bet he's from some stupid place

Like Australia or something

[molten flax]

💨 wasnt me

[indigo summit]

And I bet he's a skeleton or smth

[keen heath]

Born at that stupid time

[dusk karma]

Nice name lol

[indigo summit]

It's good yeah

If I had nitro I'd probably make my name some dumb marathon specific joke in here too

Like "S'pht in my mouth" or something

I call dibs don't steal my joke

[dusk karma]

Alr alr

[molten flax]

that aint pg man

[wooden anvil]

I don’t really care about dibs in stealing it

[indigo summit]

Yeah it's funny though

[molten flax]

i would NEVER make a joke like that

[indigo summit]

[indigo summit]

For sure

[celest coyote]

Thank

[green ingot]

That's quite the existential amalgamation of Magic twirling and Tassel throwing gettings bodies without spirits to run around doing salvage

[kindred moon]

any update on open beta?

[distant moss]

did they update the ui guys

There are many trailers, but none of them show any UI/UX updates

[barren gazelle]

There's a bunch of clips showing the ui from the December vidoc

[barren gazelle]

https://youtube.com/shorts/1i2ZYI6b2JE?si=WNfNUR6O7i4U4fLa here's a short they posted

[brave rapids]

[wet herald]

There's a Sony state of play planned for early feb, betting thats when we get the announcement.

[distant moss]

Yeah, the combat looks great, but the looting and inventory UI feels underwhelming i guess

[barren gazelle]

The label icons for the items looks busy for me but I'd probably just get used to it

[spare shore]

If you are on the fence atm id definitely atleast try the free weekend coming up later this month

[distant moss]

How do I register for the trial next week

[wet herald]

We dont know if it'll be next week. All we know is that it will be open for everyone to try.

[distant moss]

aight bet

ty guys

[spare shore]

Like the 2nd arc tech test, it will open on steam/xbox/ps and you will be able to play for a weekend

We just dont know when yet, id keep an eye out on the official social media accounts. there might be an announcement here too

[queen turret]

how do we know theres an open beta at all ?

[wet herald]

They said so in a tweet. There will be an opportunity for everyone to try the game before release.

[queen turret]

thats so sick, im definitely gonna hop on that

[edgy vine]

I would assume it would be the same week as the State of Play

[wet herald]

• State of Play

yep correct

[spare shore]

https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Article/marathon-releases-march-5-2026-new-trailer-and-more

[edgy vine]

The 12th is what i have gathered

[spare shore]

Confirmed here as well

[wet herald]

I got my collectors edition so fast. Love this thing

2-3 weeks the general public will be playing the game

cant wait to play it again

[spare shore]

#MarathonTakeover

[jolly radish]

marathon is a cool game ngl

i wish i had money for it

[severe rune]

getting bored of arc. hoping this game will have content for days

[twilit sparrow]

arc? is that this VR chat game by embark but not VR?

[jolly radish]

marathon will be the new extraction king

[spare shore]

Hes a ragebaiter I wouldnt interact

[twilit sparrow]

Doodle is ragebaiter? He just said he wishes the game has content bro

[severe rune]

arc raiders is like pubg and marathon is fortnite. thats big statement in my opinion

[spare shore]

Personally ive got pubg as tarkov, arc as fortnite and marathon as apex legends

[twilit sparrow]

why we doing BR analogies bro, BRs have nothing to do with exfill games

BRs are all bad, exfill games have depth

[spare shore]

Doesnt change the fact consumers create egregores which have been consistently filled across genres

[jolly radish]

they talking about like popularity and how good the games are

[twilit sparrow]

pubg and fortnite are good? I never noticed

[jolly radish]

is echo pulse op

[twilit sparrow]

i hope marathon blows up tho

[vague hound]

Wassup gng

I have returned

[jolly radish]

it all depends who streams it

[severe rune]

but what this NEW game genre is, it is amazing !!! i went from fps, to BR, now to what ES?

[vague hound]

Ig the cool people are sleeping

[jolly radish]

honestly gonna love marathon way more because its more pvp based

[twilit sparrow]

aint a new genre brother

Division 1 had extraction since its early beta days

Tarkov popularized it

[severe rune]

i said to me " i went"

[twilit sparrow]

Its good that you escaped the BR gulags

You got a bright future

[spare shore]

Slop denying unwoke fed agent is a ragebaiter, he sits here all day doing it

[severe rune]

pitty

[twilit sparrow]

noah is salty because he disagrees with me so he labels me as ragebaiter because he does not know what democracy and freedom is

[severe rune]

ah

[twilit sparrow]

guy never heard of freedom of speech and diff opinions

[jolly radish]

the game aint even out yet and theres already a big community, thats crazy

[severe rune]

well im new, i just want to join a better community than arc raiders. they've been toxic lately

[twilit sparrow]

its a bungie title brother, its pretty high profile

[wet herald]

Game will do good, people are suffering from ARC fatigue + lack of depth. Arc is cool but just way way too casual with little progression. This game has already shown way more in the way of lore, codex, progression with AI vendors.

[jolly radish]

i knew you were gonna day that

[twilit sparrow]

I dont know much about arc, only played the beta

[jolly radish]

wait how will my faction be connected to my game

[twilit sparrow]

it wont be, you grind all faction contracts, you unlock skins for them

[severe rune]

idk what the lore is and what faction role to join or a runner is?

[wet herald]

Cant say you're missing out on a ton. Game doesn't do much in terms of endgame, trials are absolutely trash.

[jolly radish]

ohh ok

[spare shore]

Check out jake the alright on youtube

[twilit sparrow]

runners are characters you play, factions give you contracts

[spare shore]

Hes got some great intro videos

[wet herald]

id:customize

[jolly radish]

are runners like raiders from arc

[twilit sparrow]

runners have special abilities, so not really

they are a shell that you put your consciousness in

[wet herald]

Watch the videos on the official marathon youtube channel

[jolly radish]

true but theres a skill tree in arc

[twilit sparrow]

imagine them like androids but more biological

[spare shore]

runners are a person who gave up their physical body to inhabit cybernetic shells (the characters) to search the failed colony on tau ceti 4 for the 6 factions, each has their own interests in the colony

[shy knot]

open beta when ^

[twilit sparrow]

in Marathon you class craft, and unlock bonuses by contracts

[delicate berry]

i thought tarkov was pubg and arc raiders is fortnite

[spare shore]

We dont know yet, likely to be announced at state of play

[spare shore]

Ye my thoughts too

[shy knot]

thanks for answer lad

[jolly radish]

how many gb

[delicate berry]

ooh thats a good thing to speculate on

imo itll be about 30

[grand whale]

Marathon will be apex

[spare shore]

I dont think anyone can give you an accurate answer but 25-30 sounds right

[twilit sparrow]

50-60gb is reasonable for an AAA game with high quality asset

[spare shore]

For the open weekend atleast

[grand whale]

My stomach hurts

[spare shore]

Hoping its perimeter + dire marsh + outpost

[delicate berry]

titanfall destiny 3 cancelled so they could make apex legends marathon

[jolly radish]

can i pre load the open weekend

[spare shore]

We have no idea man

[jolly radish]

all good

[grand whale]

Bro I can’t scroll instagram for 5 seconds without some racist chud ranting about how horrible black people are, what is wrong with people man

[grand whale]

It’s all making sense

[wet herald]

still playing HG?

[spare shore]

Its a good game

[jolly radish]

im quiting pop tarts

[wet herald]

lol

[spare shore]

Its aim slop with a well designed gamemode

It works much better as 5v5

[wet herald]

Rather just play some BF6

[jolly radish]

i love the full revive mechanic

[severe rune]

i like the analogy or statistics on how much the gen z playerbase likes game through the impacts youtube and social media. pubg was up there and tarkov not much that ive seen from gen z. fortnite very much. having kids, teens, adults all like one game is amazing. its like everyone playing old COD

[jolly radish]

if burntpeanut plays and likes the game ALOT of people will be pre ordering

[severe rune]

def

[wet herald]

Game already did crazy numbers on Steam on preorder day, trust me, we are good

We hit #5 I believe

[jolly radish]

idk if i should buy on pc or ps5

[keen zinc]

dlc wont cross over platforms so choose wisely lol

[severe rune]

i want to go beyond. like fortnite beyond. where news are talking about this game. every kid and there mama, grandps, grandma, unc playing and talking about this game. for now i guess it'll be a gem for the older folks for now

[grand flare]

im 19 years old and i promise you all of you old people will feel my presence in the server when i loot ur bodies

[wet herald]

This game can never be that and will never be ARC. This game is alot more unforgiving and alot less casual than ARC. What makes ARC so viral and so popular is the social aspect and the forgiving matchmaking

[spare shore]

Bungies current model doesnt include dlc, atleast the first year wont have any dlc, i doubt this will change w their microtransaction model

[wet herald]

No point in trying to compare this game to ARC anyway. Arc is its own game with its own ideas about PVP, this game on the other hand has PVP in its DNA, its not anything like ARC. It's more akin to Tarkov/The Cycle

[jolly radish]

yup

also its a fps

[severe rune]

prob not. i have big feeling it might be a good fuckn game tho. my gut is telling me something " i have a very good feeling about this...."

[keen zinc]

wait why am i talking about dlc im so destiny brained 💀

[obsidian quartz]

yeah a lot of people that dont want to play arc because its third person will definitely be looking forward to marathon

[wet herald]

Well its a $40 dollar title that is offering everyone the opportunity to play it for free soon, things will be okay.

[spare shore]

They did in fact sunset that content the ptsd is understandable

[delicate berry]

yeah theres no reason to collaborate like in arc because pve enemies dont drop anything special

[spare shore]

Ill try to collab with people i spot wearing sekgen skins

Keep the spirit of the factions alive

Especially in solo q

[jolly radish]

when did people play the game already

[wet herald]

We've had a few playtests

[spare shore]

There have been a lot of tests. the only one people can talk about was in april

[obsidian quartz]

i'll keep the spirit alive by wearing a sekgen skin just to gain your trust and skin you like a true arachne

[delicate berry]

lets see how far "talk first shoot later" gets you

[severe rune]

i got 650 hours in arc raiders. its like what that guy said earlier, arc raider fatigue. just idk what to do. Never in my life have i grinded a game for so long. feels like me playing on a box tv for hours. i hope marathon does the same, keeping me playing everyday with endless content in the game or just something new. im addicted to beautifully made extractions shooter.

[obsidian quartz]

that is too many hours on ai raiders

[spare shore]

#tech-test-nda-share-your-gameplay message

I can make it work

[wet herald]

I got super bored the moment I wiped for the 1st expedition. Theres nothing to do in ARC.

[obsidian quartz]

i cant see what that is

[delicate berry]

LARP

[wet herald]

boooooring

[jolly radish]

wait theres a ranked mode coming right?

[wet herald]

Yes

[elfin cipher]

My dude, that is an average of ~7 hours played every single day since release. Walk outside, let the sun's warmth grace your skin, touch the grass, and pick a different game to play.

[severe rune]

wont ai be in marathon too?

[high seal]

I wanna play this game it looks cool

[jolly radish]

yes

[outer lichen]

Idk how I feel about ranked in Marathon tbh. Not every game needs a ranked mode.

[wet herald]

Not actual AI used to make the game lol

[severe rune]

even better

[obsidian quartz]

not gen ai no

[wet herald]

Well we dont know what "Rated Mode" entails yet

[jolly radish]

im gonna grind this game

[tough brook]

So excited for this game

[obsidian quartz]

arc raiders uses gen ai for all the voices because "its easier than paying voice actors to come back"

[wet herald]

Lots of new folks in here tonight, that Bungie marketing in full effect

very good

[severe rune]

sorry but extraction shooters are just so good. its revolutionary and nostalgic, - about right with the hours -

[outer lichen]

like to me you don’t make a ranked mode unless you’re trying to be an esports game. And idk if the extraction shooter genre can even be an esports genre.

[pliant pawn]

March 5th can't come soon enough!

[rare dock]

3.5.25

[wet herald]

Hmm I get what you're saying, but it can have a ranked mode without it pretending to be a esports friendly title. Rated Mode might offer cool cosmetics to those who are dedicated to a ranked grind.

[outer lichen]

Maybe. I could see that being one of few valid use cases.

[jolly radish]

will the ai enime be like drones

[severe rune]

same 🤩 !!

[wet herald]

Ill be in rated mode for sure.

[wet herald]

You need to watch videos on youtube, the actual marathon channel.

[tough brook]

Destiny and apex are my favorite type of shooters. This could be the next wave with extraction and ability shooters. I’m gonna be neglecting my family for weeks

[outer lichen]

But hey on the other hand it’ll self-separate all the super-sweats from the normal mode so not all bad

[tough brook]

Ability shooters could grow and grow. A whole selection of classes more and more as the years go on. Arc raiders can’t do that. Bungie could really win again with this one

[outer lichen]

I did hear people describe the April playtest described as feeling very much like launch apex, which I would not mind.

[severe rune]

like the guy said earlier, ima need to touch grass, lets the sun beam on meh after weeks sitting in my room playing this game. ima be that guy from south park

[obsidian quartz]

launch apex was the absolute peak of apex

it literally went downhill from season 2

[outer lichen]

And that’s facts

[wet herald]

All you can do in the mean time, get familiar with the games lore/universe. Maybe even play the OG games if you're into them, theyre free on Steam.

[tough brook]

Yeah I watching the April videos it took me right back

[outer lichen]

They fell victim to all the esports movement tweakers after S2 dropped

[tough brook]

The addiction will get serious

[severe rune]

very

[wet herald]

Extraction shooters are very addicting, I have well over 5K hours on Tarkov

[severe rune]

i believe that, i was playing arc raiders when it launched and most tarkov players i ran into had crazy hours

[pliant pawn]

Marathon was my first Extraction Shooter

[outer lichen]

Tarkov is one of those games that you either uninstall immediately or hate play until you trick yourself into liking it no in between

[obsidian quartz]

they also had no idea what they were doing, they outright admitted they made that game with zero knowledge or plans. it was actually a cash grab from ea capitalising on battle royales

[outer lichen]

Checks out

[wet herald]

Tarkov has its flaws but its still solid. The game is about stress, loss and true progression through skill and experience

Good game, not for the casual gamer

[obsidian quartz]

i dont have the patience for tarkov, i would run out of cover and die 20 times in a row

[outer lichen]

Debatable. It suffers from being so complex that if you’re in any way employed you’d be better off playing something else lmao

[twilit sparrow]

extraction games bet on replayability and personal goals, they're not about much content but its the trial/error/replayability that keeps them going

[severe rune]

division was my first extraction like shooter and roblox in 2008 there was an extraction like game that had me hooked.

[outer lichen]

I’m hoping this is where Marathon sets itself apart

[wet herald]

Its a complex game, but not completely inaccessible, folks usually feel fine after a wipe or 2.

[outer lichen]

Oh god careful saying that in here, some folks don’t consider Division’s dark zone an extraction shooter somehow.

[twilit sparrow]

it wont be, because its an looter extraction game, trial and error is part of the genre and with infinite updates this gets lost

[pliant pawn]

Nice. I won an alpha test for the game and really enjoyed it.

[wet herald]

The survival mode of Division 1 was closer to extraction shooter than Dark Zone was tbh

[outer lichen]

I meant setting itself apart in that there’s a more guided story to chase eventually

[twilit sparrow]

Division 1 dark zones on beta was peak, then they made the game to garbage borderlands HP Pools that you need 30 mags to down someone

[twilit sparrow]

How do you even achieve this in an extraction pvp game?

Tarkov has a really good story mode from what I hear but its still in the same vein of other exfill games, the difference is you get cut scenes and fully fledge dialogue inbetween missions

[severe rune]

its closest thing for extraction shooter for me. it was def peak for alot a gamers i know.

[outer lichen]

Same way the story progressed in the original games actually. Terminals, open world interactables, etc.

[wet herald]

Yes but Bungie is known for long term progression tracking, look at the triumph system from Destiny, thats definitely making a comeback and folks will feel like theyre making progress throughout seasons etc

[twilit sparrow]

thats just archiving, which is good

you cant spam an extraction game with more shit than players can count during gameplay

[wet herald]

Game will be telling a story through AI interaction + terminal entries, just like the OG games did.

[outer lichen]

Exactly what I was talking about

Also, Roger Clark, goated NPC pull

[vague hound]

I saw the thats what I like music today for the first time

[severe rune]

you guys are much nicer than the arc community discord. like if i talk about the game, i get called crazy or stupid

[vague hound]

Bruno mars just dancing on a song is so peak

[vague hound]

Join the club

Join CyAc

[wet herald]

I cant say alot because im under NDA but people are gonna love this game. Yes its not as casual friendly as ARC but its so much more rewarding and satisfying to play.

[severe rune]

i want to dive deep into what these factions mean. someone told me to watch jake the alright yt channel

[wet herald]

Yes

[vague hound]

Join CyAc bro

We at the top

[severe rune]

alr i think about it

[vague hound]

Everything runs on cyac or it dosent run at all

[wet herald]

He covers the factions pretty well, just join whichever one you want for fun

[vague hound]

Whatever you do

Don't join arachne

[wet herald]

[vague hound]

They a bunch of sheeps

The arachne people

[tough brook]

I need an Xbox controller marathon collab. Hoping they don’t settle at just the dualsense controller 😭😂

[lost widget]

Why about us cyber acme

[vague hound]

Too many people in arachne

Gotta cut the competition

[lost widget]

Nah Arachne on top

All who goes against the Arachne will be skinned

[elder bolt]

funny worm

[outer lichen]

Arachne is an Oroborous.

[wet herald]

Its a SONY owned studio so probably not.

[outer lichen]

Sony is allergic to money

[lost widget]

You SEKIGUCHI faction make me sick

[outer lichen]

That's fine no new shells for u. You get the triage that smells like dirty socks.

[nocturne oyster]

u take that back

triage is NOT smelly

[lost widget]

I don’t need a shell I’ll just wear the skins from the people of your faction

[sacred sail]

[outer lichen]

I'll tell ONI to shut your brain off

[indigo summit]

Burp

[lost widget]

Even so there’ll be more people just like me that’ll come for you

[teal condor]

[outer lichen]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-no-oh-no-anyway-gif-18887547

[lost widget]

See you can’t escape from us @outer lichen

[jolly radish]

this game gives me a good feeling in my heart like a warm feeling

[lost widget]

The warm feeling you should be feeling is the skin your taking off the enemy

[jolly radish]

100%

[rough sail]

hello

[gaunt flume]

>

[nocturne oyster]

🔫

[gaunt flume]

D:

[rough sail]

Fucked up

[vague hound]

We will disable your software

Its joever 🥀

[karmic dagger]

arc is so broken, everything is bugged i cba

when is marathon coming out beta

[rough sail]

Chatgpt raiders

[rough sail]

No confirmed date

We just know it'll be this month

[karmic dagger]

damn

[neon crag]

hopefully right after the direct if were lucky

[obsidian quartz]

vibe coded raiders

[karmic dagger]

i wanna buy the pre-order but im not even sure its good

[outer lichen]

It is good.

[neon crag]

im hoping the playtest is open for longer than just a weekend

[rough sail]

I really want the collectors edition

[neon crag]

cause i work weekends and have some weekdays off in feb smhhhh

[karmic dagger]

deluxe?

[wet herald]

wait for the open beta to make your decision

[outer lichen]

Mine came today!

[rough sail]

no the one with the statue

[karmic dagger]

yea

[neon crag]

im hoping that if we buy the normal version we can upgrade to the deluxe on launch

[jolly radish]

im playing tom clancys rainbow six siege rn if anyone cares

[neon crag]

cause i lowkey want those skins and battle pass icl

rainbow is fun

just doesnt scratch that itch that im craving rn

im trying to pretend b07 is marathon lmfao

[bright plinth]

[karmic dagger]

what is it about tho i seen different classes of characters in trailers

[bright plinth]

have you seen new operator

[jolly radish]

yes

[karmic dagger]

i dont see it in my steam all i seen is deluxe and normal edition

[rough sail]

It's on the bungie store

Not steam

[outer lichen]

Watch the vidocs

https://youtu.be/fjzmhROTv28?si=NsqK4A30zqnY0I4z

https://youtu.be/jFzR8bN13FA?si=5qNkj1-5qG_ydvM9

[obsidian quartz]

the collectors edition is cool but i am NOT dropping $230 on a game that is not even released

[bright plinth]

collector edidtion doesnt have game in it right

[outer lichen]

You can get it with or without

[obsidian quartz]

you can buy with or without

[karmic dagger]

god damn $229

[karmic dagger]

bet

[rough sail]

If I was working I'd totally get it lol

[obsidian quartz]

hate to say it but me too probably lmao

[jolly radish]

bro the graphics look so much better

[karmic dagger]

no game is worth that much not even gta 6

[rough sail]

well it's not for the game it's for the goodies

[jolly radish]

i will sell a human for gta 6

[rough sail]

it's def a luxury item obvi lol

[obsidian quartz]

they already did that

[bright plinth]

Lucia better be thicc

[obsidian quartz]

honestly idk if gta 6 is ever coming out with the shit thats going on lmao

[wet herald]

Love my CE, we have also had some cool shirts come out since the official teaser back in 2023

[jolly radish]

yes

we should be able to crack any npc in gta 6

[rough sail]

Hoping I get a job soon before the ce is sold out lol

[bright plinth]

there was a rumour they doin weight system like in sa so I better be able to make her big

[karmic sable]

And don’t forget the worm plush and Bingus keychain

Sent to content creators before April reveal

[wet herald]

Reserved for content creators no?

[twilit sparrow]

How she gonna fit the bank door that she wants to rob though

[jolly radish]

i will hit the highest rank on marathon

[wet herald]

Yeah I got the [000] run shirts though, love my CyAc and Traxus shirt

[bright plinth]

you just have to find one and steal it from them

[karmic dagger]

im assuming everyone here tried arc?

[bright plinth]

yeah I got over 100hours

[twilit sparrow]

not me, only played the beta

[bright plinth]

it got me into buying marathon

[karmic dagger]

i got 734 hours but that shi is so bugged bro

[jolly radish]

i got bored of arc bc i love pvp and the ttk is to slow for me

[bright plinth]

if I havent played extraction shooter before Marathon I wouldnt buy it tbh

[obsidian quartz]

ai raiders will never be in my library

[bright plinth]

I hate that they made pvp so satisfying (at least for me) and the game felt better when you cooperated with other people so it was always hard choice

[neon crag]

Arc is honestly a good game just not what appeals to me in this genre

[twilit sparrow]

Fortnite raiders*

[jolly radish]

roblox raiders

[keen zinc]

GPT Raiders 🔥

[karmic dagger]

since i didnt play the alpha how good is this game truly compared to arc so i know if really to consider it

[outer lichen]

From everything I've seen, it's like Destiny's gunplay and LAUNCH Apex's movement/gameplay had a kid

[keen zinc]

consider it an antithesis to arc's social pve centric dont shoot attitude but more approachable than tarkov

[elder bolt]

if you have a low tolerance for getting ratted and third-partied in Arc then avoid Marathon

[jolly radish]

destiny 2 2021 was peak

[twilit sparrow]

the movement of marathon has nothing like apex at all, its more like Arena breakout infinite with some movement ABILITIES

[neon crag]

It's got a faster ttk and you participate in pvp more in Marathon wouldn't you,?

[severe rune]

anybody getting the collectors edition

[neon crag]

I think that's another difference to arc but idk missed the last test

[outer lichen]

Mine came in today, dope asf

[karmic sable]

Played a few hours on Server Slam, overall just not a fan of Third Person PvP games so didn’t bought

[bright plinth]

if you buy me one I'll get it

[severe rune]

got it 👍

[twilit sparrow]

the ttk changed from alpha build, because april alpha was mega slop

the TTK is longer

the movement is more grounded

the movement abilities still exist but not every shell has access to them

[neon crag]

The ttk is longer than arc?

[keen zinc]

Only recon and triage don't have movement abilities

[twilit sparrow]

I havent met anybody in closed beta with full shield, so far no its much shorter

[keen zinc]

and rook ig

[twilit sparrow]

I dont know about full shields though

[jolly radish]

how much for collecters editon

[bright plinth]

[vague hound]

Million dollars

[outer lichen]

$170 without game, $230 with

[keen zinc]

170 usd no game version, 220 with game deluxe. something like that

[vague hound]

Dallaroos

[bright plinth]

one soul please

[twilit sparrow]

and assassin

[vague hound]

Souls are so tasty 🤤

[keen zinc]

dive negates fall damage

[karmic sable]

Assassin can have no fall damage with its dive

[severe rune]

Im checkout rn and in total : $277.30 USD

[jolly radish]

wow thats insane

[outer lichen]

Holy state taxes lol

[jolly radish]

but it looks cool so i cant hate

[vague hound]

For me it's $430

🥀

[twilit sparrow]

that aint really a movement ability in my book tbh

[bright plinth]

[severe rune]

indeed 🥀 jeez

[vague hound]

Am I allowed to eat this worm ?

[hoary peak]

it was 243 euros for me, 10 was shipping

[vague hound]

Nah coz shipping

Otherwise it would've been fine

[severe rune]

faaaahh

[vague hound]

I would've bought it if I was in the big usa

[bright plinth]

wrom

[vague hound]

Please let me eat it

[jolly radish]

i wonder if ninja will stream the gamr

game

[hoary peak]

I paid 10 ish euro for shipping to germany 💀

[twilit sparrow]

best country ever bro hoorah

[karmic dagger]

how do i get the roles

[bright plinth]

[vague hound]

Whoever streams it

[bright plinth]

ok

[vague hound]

I hope no one watches shroud if he streams it

[keen zinc]

id:customize

[vague hound]

That guys opinions dont matter

[twilit sparrow]

im gifting 20 to shroud day 1 of marathon

[vague hound]

Maan fk shroud

[twilit sparrow]

god aimer

[hoary peak]

nah shroud is fine just please don't watch Asmon

[severe rune]

lol

[keen zinc]

join big traxus and get rich taxing the common man. you are not the common man.

[twilit sparrow]

I also gift 30 to asmon if he streams marathon

[vague hound]

He might be good at aiming

[jolly radish]

r6 makes me want to do something bad

[vague hound]

But he aint good at judging games

[vague hound]

Bro literally said arc raiders should've won goty

[twilit sparrow]

So? his job is to stream, not game critique lol

[hoary peak]

as long as shroud doesn't say "this is the next big thing" we win

[bright plinth]

who

[vague hound]

Shroud

[keen zinc]

most peaceful ace main

[bright plinth]

i fucking hate this idiot

[vague hound]

And says people are not ready for "Ai in games"

[vague hound]

Exactly lol

He stoopid

[twilit sparrow]

I mean arc raiders should win goty considering the other popular game was that expedition 33 emotional slop with bad turn based combat

[hoary peak]

are u crazy

[bright plinth]

I block every account that posts him

[jolly radish]

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-meme-trying-not-to-laugh-laugh-homeless-gif-9458928528704746136

[hoary peak]

holy ragebait

[outer lichen]

E33 is final fantasy with a parry and you can't convince me otherwise

[twilit sparrow]

Arc Raiders and Hogwards legacy are the only 2 worthy GOTY games of the last years, ofc they had their shine taken away from slop games

[vague hound]

This guy is baiting me isnt he ?

[severe rune]

dam i forgot arc won goty. maybe marathon will be that this year

[bright plinth]

israel 33

[hoary peak]

mf said hogwarts legacy

ait

[twilit sparrow]

top g game

[keen zinc]

33 assets: clair obscur

[vague hound]

Called e 33 slop lol

[hoary peak]

unironically worst game I played in past 10 year even counting the 5 dollar steam 1 hour games

[vague hound]

There's some really stoopid people in here

[twilit sparrow]

its turn based
its slop

this aint 1999

[rough sail]

Final fantasy has had parry for years bro

[twilit sparrow]

make real combat

[severe rune]

atleast everyone is nice

[outer lichen]

So literally nothing new then good to know

[vague hound]

True

Wait till you meet the cool people

Like lena

[hoary peak]

also even if we take e33 away literally every other GOTY nominees mogs GPT Raiders

[vague hound]

Rilver

Scoob

[rough sail]

A game doesn't have to have completely fresh ideas to be a great game

[twilit sparrow]

I mean KCD was the other one

[vague hound]

Horeshko

[hoary peak]

even fucking Donkey Kong slamming Raiders dawg

[vague hound]

Phorskin

[hoary peak]

😭

[vague hound]

Yeah lol

So true

These fkin stupid people think combat is everything in a game

[twilit sparrow]

donkey kong is nintendo shit

its automatically slop

[jolly radish]

who wants to play hello kitty island adventure

[severe rune]

lol

[hoary peak]

next thing he says is Death Stranding 2 is a walking sim

[keen zinc]

does it have good combat? and backstory? and heroes?

[rough sail]

that's pretty mean to the hundreds of people who worked on the game bro cmon sloppyboy

[vague hound]

Meeeeeeeee

[vague hound]

Yeah lol

[twilit sparrow]

DS2 is just washed kojima slop

[jolly radish]

no

[keen zinc]

slop game

[vague hound]

Bro is slop

[hoary peak]

I thought that arcos dude was the worst person on this server

[twilit sparrow]

Story makes no sense in DS2, the world itself does not make sense, the gameplay is funny as hell you cant even die lmao

[hoary peak]

it might be time to start blocking another person

[keen zinc]

the future is bleak

[vague hound]

We have an update

[jolly radish]

its a black screen u use your imagination to play the game

[twilit sparrow]

good

[hoary peak]

he gone?

[twilit sparrow]

maybe they make a real game next time

[rough sail]

Cmon slopper it isn't that bad Atleast hate on slop like ai raiders

[twilit sparrow]

We need to put Veilguard and donkey kong developers together and give them a seminar on how to make good games

[vague hound]

All we can do

Is ignore people like this

Amen 🙏

[severe rune]

marathon on the switch 2 🧐

[hoary peak]

I mean block button is right there

[vague hound]

Yeah lol

[hoary peak]

maybe he can talk to himself

helped with arcos

[molten flax]

[vague hound]

Ciao buddy

[jolly radish]

am i a bad person for flushing a human down a blender

[teal condor]

[vague hound]

Yo another cool person has arrived

[molten flax]

depends

[vague hound]

Your a cool person for this

[outer lichen]

Oh don't worry Acros is still here I saw a TON of blocked messages earlier today, dude must have been on one of his bot rants

[jolly radish]

thanks bro❤️

[severe rune]

if they play arc raiders, no

[keen zinc]

it's not looking good guys

the future is dark which means it's not bright

[jolly radish]

my mind is blown

[twilit sparrow]

Acros plays Arc raider slop?

[molten flax]

the future is dark because its night

[twilit sparrow]

I should have expected

this is grim

[jolly radish]

wheres your head attt

[keen zinc]

it's looking grim chat we need more backstory

[jolly radish]

heads will roll

heads will roll

[twilit sparrow]

Acros and arc raiders go hand in hand

I bet he also plays dark souls and donkey kong

[outer lichen]

It's a good thing he can't get banned for being an unadulterated dork here lol

[keen zinc]

can't spell acros without os

[jolly radish]

whats acros

[twilit sparrow]

acros is arc raiders discord final boss

he came here a few days ago it was funny

good entertainment feller

[jolly radish]

oh lol

[outer lichen]

Dude seems to think he's god's gift to extraction shooters

[twilit sparrow]

What a blasphemy indeed

extraction shooters are god's gift to us

[keen zinc]

his ragebait was basically this repeated 50x talking to a wall

[twilit sparrow]

we should be going to church every sunday

[jolly radish]

arc was my first ever es

[twilit sparrow]

I guess arc did a good thing of introducing people to exfill games

[outer lichen]

Part of me genuinely thinks half the responses are just bot replies tbh

[twilit sparrow]

Its very peculiar why arc was the step that needed to introduce people though

we had plenty of great and better exfill games than Arc slop

[outer lichen]

More accessible to casuls

[twilit sparrow]

yeah i guess that matters

[keen zinc]

cause it's forgiving, 3rd person and casual. the ai enemies were fun for a couple weeks too then people figured them out

[forest laurel]

Arc is also on multiple platforms

[twilit sparrow]

meh who cares

everybody plays on steam

[keen zinc]

like imagine if fortnite was first person it wouldn't have half of its audience today

[twilit sparrow]

consoles are dead nowdays

[twilit sparrow]

You have a point

[obsidian quartz]

that is not true at all but go off

[keen zinc]

I think arc is a good game but pretty bad in a bunch of aspects, it's successful cause it's casual friendly

Which is good for the genre really, the horrible side effect it's brought is the crybabies begging for pve modes and thinking people who shoot other players are wicked

[twilit sparrow]

Arc's fanbase is the one that paid a website to be made so they can hunt down pvp players brother lol

like who does that

how sad do you have to be

[forest laurel]

why was tarkov successful

[twilit sparrow]

Eastern european vibe and high risk gameplay

Also pretty new style of movement and gunplay

[jolly radish]

because people played it so it was succesful

[keen zinc]

people love torture

[twilit sparrow]

aint torture if you learn the game

peak of tarkov before even steam was like 300k players on a wipe in like 2023

thats impressive for a non steam game

[keen zinc]

Yeah it's a good game no doubt just saying it's really far on the scale of busting your balls for not knowing stuff

[wintry bough]

How's chat doing tonight?

[keen zinc]

on the opposite side of that scale is arc which holds your hand

[nocturne oyster]

is this true lol

whats the website

[keen zinc]

they made up player bounties people thought it was an actual system but the creator said it's all fake and for fun

[twilit sparrow]

https://speranzabounties.com/

[nocturne oyster]

crazy

well I can assure everybody that WE will be doing the same for any raid interrupters. we are a pve game

[twilit sparrow]

i am the raid interrupter

[keen zinc]

but yeah complainers were outraging saying embark should add like an icon above pvp players' heads so they know to shame them or gang up on them or avoid them

[twilit sparrow]

good luck

[twilit sparrow]

bahahhahhahhahahhahha

[nocturne oyster]

thats hilarious

[twilit sparrow]

we didnt gatekeep gaming enough

this is all our fault

[nocturne oyster]

i also heard they have behavior based matchmaking

[vocal lichen]

someone in subreddit saying they got invited to closed test? is this true and how?

[nocturne oyster]

which is also ridiculous

[timid basin]

arent people already like “ dont kill rooks” or wtv

[outer lichen]

Possible for content creators, likely a scam otherwise tbh

[keen zinc]

imo it's an idea that fits arc specifically but there's so many factors to it that it doesn't really work out

[twilit sparrow]

I heard there was a closed test in january, you cannot apply for tests now

you have to wait till mid february

[teal condor]

Nobody said don't kill Rooks

[nocturne oyster]

i dont expect people to actually spare rooks

[teal condor]

Just wait until a rook shoots you in the back

[keen zinc]

Bungie presented the idea of dont kill rooks or shoot their heads off and take their shit. The difference is, both are expected. In arc, the pve players shame anyone that shoots them

[teal condor]

You'll never spare one again

[wide heath]

rooks are easy faction xp for arachne

hard not to shoot them

[timid basin]

is prox chat in marathon?

[outer lichen]

This kind of behavior seems to be relegated to solos tbh, the team queues seem to be nonstop fighting no matter what

[teal condor]

They have nothing to lose so might as well obliterate them

[opaque sparrow]

Can thief thug shake?

[keen zinc]

They've posted clips both with scenarios showing being friendly to Rook and also a Rook betraying a guy that helped him

[keen zinc]

yup

[timid basin]

i know for a fact i will shoot all rooks and i will shoot all runners as a rook

[wide heath]

as its written

[timid basin]

where clips?

[teal condor]

Welcome to Marathon

[forest laurel]

they didn’t have proximity chat to begin with because everything is KOS anyways

[outer lichen]

They did it was off by default

[merry matrix]

you are a madness

[timid basin]

loot aint gonna get itself

[keen zinc]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/InK5hdgJxWc being friendly to rook

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HbJp7B7W3AU rook betraying, not a playtest clip though

[timid basin]

thanks ill watch it later

[merry matrix]

yeah, youre right

[forest laurel]

they did what?

[timid basin]

imagine u have a walking chest of loot in front of u arent u gon go and get it

[tight ether]

fratte mo tay tay the vent core

[outer lichen]

Prox chat was in from the start it was just off by default

[sacred sail]

That walking chest of loot is also a human being at the end of the day lol

[forest laurel]

that’s not true

[keen zinc]

in the alpha? no

[outer lichen]

I was told it was in April, is that wrong?

[tight ether]

lies

[twilit sparrow]

you gotta be very lucky to extract good loot with rook, aint happening most of the times

[timid basin]

im just as human as them but im better

[keen zinc]

One of the biggest complaints was no prox chat in the alpha

[timid basin]

mot on my watch😛😛

[twilit sparrow]

you spawn half time in the match, 15 mins left and you have 0 idea what fights happened

[forest laurel]

bungie has never had proximity chat, I doubt they created an entire system and didnt have it turned on

[sacred sail]

Yeah i wouldn't wanna team up w them but i also wouldn't wanna slaughter them for what little scraps they have lol

[keen zinc]

tbf we don't know the spawn thresholds of rooks yet

[timid basin]

arent rooks like an idea to get base loot like guns ir sum and then go in as a normal shell

[keen zinc]

just that it's partway through the run

[merry matrix]

of course, but you can also find something truly rare, and you will be killed by an assassin in a rat when you play alone and there’s nothing you can do about it

[twilit sparrow]

i played the beta, its half time in the match

sometimes it was later, with like 12 mins left

[timid basin]

food chain

[merry matrix]

and that's true

[keen zinc]

lowkey too late if so

[twilit sparrow]

you spawn in, probably goblin the nearest compound and try to leave

I had more success extracting ammo and medkits/shields with rook than actually weapons from runners

you have 0 idea where fights happened

and usually there's not enough time

[timid basin]

yea so rooks get loot from a place and i can take it for free

[arctic narwhal]

yall see this reddit post saying he just got invited to a test?

[keen zinc]

for rook runs I'm thinking more like gathering ammo and heals and dipping

[arctic narwhal]

I wonder if his thing bugged orrr

[merry matrix]

I have a question for people who played alpha. How long does the match last until the evacuation is completed? How is the evacuation going????

[keen zinc]

whats the big deal with this reddit guy it's like the 2nd mention now

[twilit sparrow]

it was 25 minutes on first map, totally dogshit decision btw, maps should 35 mins minimum

after all extracts dissappear, there's a last 1 appearing

[nocturne oyster]

i think its just some guy that just noticed his playtest invite

from a while ago

[keen zinc]

it lasted like 2 or 3 minutes right

[timid basin]

are there like separate executions for each shell? would be cool if assassin just used a knife and destroyer like crushed them with a foot ir whatever

[twilit sparrow]

i dont remember brother

[twilit sparrow]

just 1 so far, i hope they add more

[keen zinc]

nah but maybe they'll have finishers in the battle pass

d2 passes have finishers

[twilit sparrow]

I want a commando knife skin and also the Charter arachne knife asap

[timid basin]

not paid with real money i hope

maybe like progressing kr something

[merry matrix]

about 25 minutes this is a really bad decision, but thx for answer

[twilit sparrow]

lets be honest the game will have mtx lol

[timid basin]

whats mtx

[twilit sparrow]

microtransactions

[timid basin]

i mean yea but would be cool if stuff was accessible for free too not only a paywall since i paid for the game

[wide heath]

on paper yeah, but actually isnt that bad

[timid basin]

how many players are there on a map?

[keen zinc]

I don't think there's a single free finisher in d2, all the ones I've ever gotten are from battle passes. Take that as you will

[rough sail]

Sloppyboy what's your thoughts on lunacid

[outer lichen]

18 I believe they said

[keen zinc]

6 teams on dire marsh?

5 on perimeter iirc

[timid basin]

seems a little small

might be me tho

[keen zinc]

the maps are smaller than other extractions

[outer lichen]

Its an extract shooter not a battle royale lol

[keen zinc]

poi heavy

[timid basin]

wouldnt the lobbies die quickly

[keen zinc]

rook

[outer lichen]

Not necessarily, you aren't fully dead unless your whole team dies

[keen zinc]

and I think thats why raids are 25mins tbh

[gaunt bay]

don't forget about rooks joining thoughout the match (ofcourse in general since its 3v1 for them they won't feel as much as a threat than a full team)

[karmic sable]

Rooks also get injected after some time in the match

[timid basin]

u can get finished tho right

[keen zinc]

I'm assuming something like cryo archive will be 35-40min raids

[spare shore]

Its different per map

[twilit sparrow]

this sucks

[timid basin]

how many tho

[outer lichen]

You can be revived from hard death if someone on the team survives

[twilit sparrow]

25 mins are too small for shells that dont have movement abilities, nor it allows free movement

[soft wolf]

[twilit sparrow]

it incentivizes you to just go straight

[timid basin]

when whats the point of not hard death

like being downed

[twilit sparrow]

you can crawl around and reposition for a revive

[keen zinc]

There's dbno and then there's full dead

[outer lichen]

Not letting them get into a good position for revive. Also taking their shit

[gaunt bay]

unknown, and should stay unknown.
people will be able to estimate, but the exact number won't be known

[twilit sparrow]

I dont like hard death revival on the body

I find it mega stupid

Make the team go somewhere else to do it

[outer lichen]

Eh Apex and fortnite tried that, not a fan

[timid basin]

reboot van

fortnite

[keen zinc]

I been thinking for a long time every poi should have a revive station, or just a few of the pois randomly on the map per raid

[timid basin]

arent the bodies gonna decompose as a sign of how long theyve been dead?

does the decomposing start after whole team dies?

[high seal]

Rooks aka Scavs

[keen zinc]

after that specific guy dies

[outer lichen]

No they just get a new body on revive

[timid basin]

wdym

[outer lichen]

The old body decomposes, new body on revive

[timid basin]

do u got a vid of the revive idk how it looks

[shy knot]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-atten-let-me-out-let-me-in-gif-25184244

[outer lichen]

Nobody does pretty sure that's still NDA

[twilit sparrow]

nah, random spawn POI with revival station

only 1 per map

[keen zinc]

you just stand next to their body no special animation from the alpha

[timid basin]

didnt people playtest

[twilit sparrow]

you put out a gameboy and revive them, no?

I mostly played solo on beta

[outer lichen]

There's non-disclosure agreements breh

[keen zinc]

well yeah that ig

[timid basin]

and what if they did show it or sum

[soft wolf]

[keen zinc]

only the april alpha was non-NDA

[outer lichen]

Probs banned from game and further tests on other games

[spare shore]

Then they get sued

[timid basin]

zamn

[keen zinc]

not sued I think just banned lol

idk I never got an invite

[spare shore]

Definitely depends on severity but theres an incentive not to leak anything

We are both correct here i think

[keen zinc]

I saw a literal twitch link to a guy streaming the october playtest in this channel once 💀

it was some french guy who apparently didnt know there's an nda

[maiden token]

reva 🥀

[outer lichen]

F in the chat for that mans

[little hatch]

someone know about the beta release date ?

[spare shore]

Anything you are curious about you will be able to find out soon with the open playtest weekend, im sure it will be all over the marathon social media pages and likely will be announced in here

[forest laurel]

Chinese YouTube still has all the leaks up

[twilit sparrow]

bilibili has everything

[keen zinc]

passing their captchas was like fighting a raid boss

[outer lichen]

You could probably find your own home videos on Billibilli if you really looked

[twilit sparrow]

no captchas for me, I bought a mouse from China and skipped the european overtax so i am considered good on their social security now

very proud of myself about that

I also know all Lu Bu combos in dynasty warriors so I guess I am chinese now

[keen zinc]

not that I was ever on bilibili though...

[timid basin]

already got the deluxe preorder so all there is left istimw

is time

[sage flame]

i have such an intense feeling of hope for this game lol

[spare shore]

No one knows yet

[forest laurel]

Marathon is going to cure my male pattern boldness

[outer lichen]

I am praying the day 1 servers are stable lmao

Took the day off for this

[spare shore]

You gweilos are funny

Chinese youtube 😭 😭 😭

[jolly radish]

is release on 5 or 6

[outer lichen]

5

[nocturne oyster]

thats not true, the game releases when I decide it's release

[jolly radish]

rn

how did battle feild fall off so quick

[thick reef]

I took 5 and 6 off just to play

[thick reef]

arc raiders

[soft wolf]

6 or 7

sorry

[thick reef]

7 is saturday i dont care and is 5 the release

[nocturne oyster]

kill them

🔫

[thick reef]

contemplate the magnificient worm

[soft wolf]

player count will peak astronomically on saturday 👀

[soft wolf]

i am not a worm

[thick reef]

that's why I took off 5 and 6 from work 😄

[nocturne oyster]

u are NOW

💥 🔫

[outer lichen]

Same

[grizzled hull]

.

[cold stump]

they're also denser

[soft wolf]

i hope there wont be server problems so that y'all took off from work for no reason 🙏

[thick reef]

you know the way my fellow sekiguchi partner

[soft wolf]

uhh

[cold stump]

always take off work the day after launch

[nocturne oyster]

knowing big bungie launches there absolutely will be a queue

[thick reef]

I don't think Marathon is THAT popular, I see it more as a nische gaming corner

[cold stump]

200K launch

[outer lichen]

I took both

[thick reef]

very very doubtful

[cold stump]

we'll se a lot of buzz after the free weekend

[outer lichen]

It happens no matter the popularity usually. Very big differences between closed test environments and the real deal.

[thick reef]

Yep, don't get me wrong this game is completely my cup of tea, I will be playing even if they are 30k people

[outer lichen]

But here’s hoping the free weekend will fix that.

Honestly makes me wonder if that’s why gaming companies have started doing free trials before launch other than sales just to stress test the holy shit out of the servers

[soft wolf]

if there's only 1 player in the world playing this game, it will be me 🗣️

[thick reef]

It can backfire heavily, if it doesn't reach expectations, it can make your launch a disaster.

Imagine is a completely boring game full of issues

It's a bold move, risk reward, and for me as a player I preffer it, we stress the servers and get to try the game before the real deal

[nocturne oyster]

were u in the recent playtest

[timid basin]

i hope its not 7 cuz its my brothers birthday and id miss it

[thick reef]

nope I just saw open gameplay from non NDA stuff

[thick reef]

were you?

[cold stump]

frothing at the mouth wanting to play marathon

[nocturne oyster]

yeah I mainly asked that cause u mentioned the possibility of it being boring and I just dont think thatll be the case for most people that already are familiar and play extraction shooters

[thick reef]

As I said, I talk for people, I will be playing 100%

[twilit sparrow]

30k people is a good playerbase for exfill games

the genre is still a niche

[soft wolf]

escape from tarkov made it kinda mainstream, no?

when it was really big, at least

[outer lichen]

Big realization I just had, is Arc Raiders the reason we’re not paying $60 for Marathon? Like, if it wasn’t Marathon’s direct competition do you think we’d still be paying $40?

[thick reef]

I think so

[keen zinc]

Pretty sure Helldivers 2 started the trend of going for $40

[thick reef]

Bungie will easily set 59,99 and deluxe 69,99

[keen zinc]

Ziegler was already saying marathon wont be full price before arc raiders tech test 2

[thick reef]

but I think they are cooking with a reasonable price, it's a smart move

[outer lichen]

This just in, local companies realize lower price = more sales, pikachu face at 7. Back to you Chris.

[high seal]

Someone give me a kiss

Now

[thick reef]

lowers the entry barrier

[karmic sable]

I think the first leak right after April Reveal was that the price would be 40$

[dusk oak]

Next trailer when?

[keen zinc]

oh and games under 40 were lowkey dominating the past 2 years

Helldivers 2, Palworld, E33

[soft wolf]

Silksong

twenteeeh bucks

[karmic sable]

Totally

Bungie is slowly becoming more consumer friendly

[keen zinc]

We can pray lol

[karmic sable]

They even made previous reward passes on D2 purchasable

[keen zinc]

The way they implemented it is clunky but yes

[karmic sable]

And they said that on Marathon you can buy the reward passes anytime and it doesnt expire

[dusk badger]

BORN TO RUN.
TCIV IS A FUCK.
鬼神 LOOT EM ALL 2893
I AM WORM MAN
410,757,864,530 DEAD UESC

[karmic sable]

To be fair anything implemented on D2 after Beyond Light is clunky

[soft wolf]

.....

[chilly owl]

it's too red in here wth

[dusk badger]

Skin this guy.

[karmic sable]

I said slowly

Not instantly

[quiet plaza]

[chilly owl]

I'm not a guy

[keen zinc]

In d2 you can buy access to old season cosmetics but you're not getting the full pass from that time period. You earn currency for free and you get whatever it is you want from the old pass cosmetics up to you if you wanna buy everything including the ugly ships or just a few things

[dusk badger]

Skin this individual, then.

[soft wolf]

that would be good, would

[chilly owl]

that's more like it 😘

[soft wolf]

ofc

[vagrant pivot]

I NEED MARATHON

[quiet plaza]

Don’t we all

[chilly owl]

Go play classic marathon

[dusk badger]

[karmic sable]

We are seeing them slowly becoming it, they allow reward passes that expired to be bought on D2 now and Marathon has no FOMO on its reward passes

[craggy flax]

/skin

[keen zinc]

Sony is breathing down their necks more closely now lol

[soft wolf]

thats cuz they are so close from being nuked tho

[karmic sable]

The DLC format will continue on D2, and that’s because it’s the only way D2 can bring a big amount of profit

[karmic sable]

Definetly

[dusk badger]

Recon shell cinematic next week, please . .

[soft wolf]

re-ing my con 'til i scan

[chilly owl]

That's kinda hot

[nocturne oyster]

I'm saying

[golden lagoon]

/confirminf

[empty cypress]

[keen zinc]

My absolute pipe dream is marathon is successful enough that bungie decreases d2 dlc prices even just a bit to make it more tolerable for people who don't find $40 dlcs justifiable

that won't happen though lol

[soft wolf]

Marathon on Android when?

[chilly owl]

imagine marathon on linux that'd be so cooooool of bungie

[empty cypress]

yesterday

[empty cypress]

yes

[dusk badger]

Marathon on Apple Smart Watch.

[empty cypress]

I can't tell if you're sarcastic or not but

[soft wolf]

Samsung fridge

[keen zinc]

you can probably somehow make classic marathon run on the apple watch

[chilly owl]

I use arch btw 🏳️‍⚧️

[empty cypress]

I still want Marathon on Linux

[empty cypress]

I use Fedora

[chilly owl]

LOL

[soft wolf]

I use Temple OS

[dusk badger]

That’s what I was thinking. I reckon it takes the same or similar processing power as DOOM.

[soft wolf]

nauuuuuuuurrrrr

[chilly owl]

aur naur chlaur

[empty cypress]

maow

[karmic sable]

While that would be cool, let’s be real that will not happen

[chilly owl]

mrrp

[chilly owl]

[dusk badger]

I miss my wife.

[soft wolf]

real (ion have one)

[cold stump]

40 dollars are leaked even before arc raiders has a price

[outer lichen]

Hey I had to make the assumption D2 burned me too many times

[cold stump]

marathon would have instantly been clowned on if it was 60 dollars

live service games with paid battle passes and cosmetics should never be 60 dollars

[soft wolf]

probably

[soft wolf]

yea, especially extraction shooters

[outer lichen]

I mean I’m of the opinion that microtransactions in general should cap a game at $30

[empty cypress]

Marathon should be free

[cold stump]

if it doesnt include new gameplay content then it should be capped at 20 imo, anything over is no longer mtx, thats a dlc

[soft wolf]

i still think its wild that there are microtransactions at all in paid games

[soft wolf]

truth nuke

[outer lichen]

Thank World of Warcraft for that

[keen zinc]

cheat nuke

[outer lichen]

And Skyrim really

[cold stump]

no, free extraction shooters are plagued with cheaters

[soft wolf]

🥀

[brittle spear]

Will marathon have micro transactions

[outer lichen]

Yes

[cold stump]

paid track on a battle pass and paid skins

[keen zinc]

what's the opposite of micro

[outer lichen]

Macro

[soft wolf]

in marathon it would be at least lore accurate tho, having cheaters in lobbies