🗣marathon-general-chat

[nimble canyon]

Yeah, I have to admit in an extraction shooter. Patience can be one of your best allies.

[vale granite]

[ivory osprey]

So I guess the game is not for me. cheers, I#m out

[sturdy kiln]

i mean is not something hard to manage, we been playing games with stamina for decades

[nimble canyon]

Sometimes not getting directly into firefights until you've worked out. What the other team is doing is a better option than just running in.

[astral turtle]

also does anyone know if self res is an item youd have to find? or do you come equipped with it? that’ll unfortunately be the difference in a lot of my friends playing it for some reason

[nimble canyon]

Warframe had a stamina system when it launched. It was terrible.

[restive bear]

I played a lot of Tarkov, I got caught out in the open like, all the time. I know better, but it's so tempting. Like my destoyer has rocket legs, I think that's gonna be a problem.

[silent tangle]

Together

we are

Marathon

[astral turtle]

(They don’t like everyone having one to start)

[whole valve]

Inst there a consumable that helps with heat???

[nimble canyon]

You can buy it providing you've unlocked in a vendor. But you're mostly find it in the world.

[mellow thunder]

@glass glade WHATS UP ICA

[ivory osprey]

I'm not sure but in that Rook squad video someone dropped a self res item for a downed teammate

[nimble canyon]

Yes, cardio kick.

[lilac lodge]

Self res is an item

[glass glade]

I just woke up

[astral turtle]

alright that sounds like I can argue them into trying it out atleast

[lilac lodge]

Doesn’t stack on top each other

[nimble canyon]

Self res is a consumable just like everything else.

[whole valve]

My inv will be full of those then

[ivory osprey]

Cardio Kick

[proven kernel]

G’Marton

[nimble canyon]

Once it's utilized it's used up and you'll need another if you go down again.

[astral turtle]

I don’t get my own group because they complain about how unrewarding arc is when you end up dying 25 minutes into a raid but don’t like marathons res system or the concept of self res

[proven kernel]

also faction upgrades help with it and expand it too.

[astral turtle]

where’s the god damn middle ground

[nimble canyon]

Yeah, there are different things you can buy from factions which allow you to upgrade your runner.

[eternal quest]

Don't need a self res if you don't die

[lilac lodge]

My advice would be to use consumables as you find them instead of hoarding them. Except energy amp bring like 10 and use them as often as the cooldown allows

[nimble canyon]

Just keep in mind those things get reset with each wipe.

[ivory osprey]

What's that?

[nimble canyon]

At least that's my understanding.

[restive bear]

Ima fill my whole backpack with these then.

[mellow thunder]

Yeah

[whole valve]

Anyone know what the stats affect that change when you install the implant thing?

[astral turtle]

there’s a lot because there is three different core slots

[primal frigate]

it says on the implant

[karmic sable]

You can very easily manage heat btw, from stats upgrades allowing you to have better heat capacity, to moving in water/rain/colder areas affecting your heat generation and using Cardio Kick which resets your heat and reduces heat generation

[astral turtle]

like one for your head, chest, & legs, all boosting different things

[ivory osprey]

Are you bad at heat management or just wanna go fast?

[mellow thunder]

For instance if I’m using vandal I’m going to focus primarily on consumables and what not that deal with heat.

It should be self explanatory

[karmic sable]

There is a lot of ways to mitigate heat

[mellow thunder]

As she’s a mobility demon

[nimble canyon]

Just remember the more consumables you bring into a raid because you think you're more prepared the less backpack space you have

[restive bear]

Yes lol

[nimble canyon]

And it's more to lose if you fuck up.

[lilac lodge]

Consumable that does a flat reduction in your ability cool down and speeds up the recharge rate

[nimble canyon]

Extraction shooter moment.

[astral turtle]

are you bad at heat management because you want to go fast or do you want to go fast because you’re bad at heat management?

[proven kernel]

Knife only runs!

[rancid pebble]

there's an implant for every stat

[whole valve]

I mean the agility and others

[karmic sable]

Its written on the info box when you hover over the implants. They are a bit randomized so 2 of the same implants might not have the same stat effects

[nimble canyon]

Yeah

[restive bear]

That's good to know, I plan to play a lot of destroyer, very curious how it will feel to play. I love the idea, haven't played any of the tests.

[primal frigate]

I think the builds are gonna be nice you can stack cooldown reduction if you wanna "spam" abilities" for example, or a rounded one that does most stuff

im excited

[sturdy kiln]

Good thing i play triage and never had any problem with heat

[proven kernel]

That and Glitch’s ult too.

[primal frigate]

true true

[whole valve]

Cant do that before the game drops lol

[restive bear]

But honestly I'm decent at stamina/heat management, I'm just hyped to see how it plays out.

[karmic sable]

Yeah ofc but like when the game is out and looting

[mellow thunder]

I’m on a mission guys.

To be the worlds best ROOK

[ivory osprey]

Does that help with ability cooldowns or just movement stuff?

[nimble canyon]

Yes it's both.

[solid wind]

One rook to rule them all

[dusk pasture]

I haven't played the previous tests so I don't really know, but if arachne's contracts are centered around killing, wouldn't ratting with the rook be a viable strategy? Or do you need to extract with something?

[rancid pebble]

the ones on this site are not fully accurate or up to date but knock yourself out https://marathon-guide.com/loadouts

[mellow thunder]

Rook triumphs over all!

[nimble canyon]

That's why I've seen some people use it in combination with cardio kick to get the best out of it

[primal frigate]

rook cant do contracts afaik

[whole valve]

Thanks

[proven kernel]

Faster cooldown, and you generate less heat while doing actions for a minute or so. Makes it so you can combo actions really easily.

[nimble canyon]

Rook cannot team up with people from the get-go in a pre-made and has no contract access

[solid wind]

I hope sometimes rooks will come together

[nimble canyon]

Literally how it's meant to be designed.

[sturdy kiln]

Rooks can't do contracts

[karmic sable]

You cannot do quests with a Rook.

[ivory osprey]

I manage Stamina in games by maxing the stat before I do literally anything else cause I get a caniption if I'm expected to stand around like an idiot cause I did stuff

[gleaming egret]

Rook mine

[nimble canyon]

Doesn't mean you can't make friends outside of it though.

[karmic sable]

The devs gave stated that

[dusk pasture]

Damn

[mellow thunder]

All Rook’s must unite

[restive bear]

Rook is rat by design, but can't do contracts

[astral turtle]

root being set only to solos is such a dub to me

like they can’t play in a squad right?

[solid wind]

I know I meant though prox chat

[nimble canyon]

Makes sense to me.

[prisma edge]

Correct

[mellow thunder]

My purpose in life as a Cog is to be the rat of this world.

[nimble canyon]

You can make friends through prox chat

[ivory osprey]

As someone that hates big impact ultimate abilities, I love stims, and a whole minute is a lot

[astral turtle]

I lose my fucking mind with my gear fearing friends, no more of that shit

[primal frigate]

only a proxy chat alliance maybe

[mellow thunder]

I want to be a rook and scavenge all scraps

[astral turtle]

no more free kit spam🙌 stand up now & face the sun🙌🙌🙌

[restive bear]

Exactly this. I also love movement skills in my games, and afaik they all burn heat gauge in Marathon

[nimble canyon]

Also don't forget as a rook you join midway through games.

[proven kernel]

I do t remember the exact amount of time. hence the “or so”.

[nimble canyon]

It's designed like that.

[solid wind]

Just like the chess piece

[nimble canyon]

Sometimes you will find a motherload of loot from dead runners that other people have not scavenged other times you'll be picking at scraps.

[ivory osprey]

Yeah but I guess it's not gonna be 10 seconds or something

[astral turtle]

I don’t mind that since it’s just rooks, not everyone else consistently loading into the same match sprinting to a singular fight

[karmic sable]

There are “free” kits on Marathon aswell but they are LITERALLY the bottom of the barrel gear. And the reason why I said “free” is because there is only a few avaible for free every day, then its paid

[astral turtle]

that is fucking awesome

no free spam

[mellow thunder]

As a rook it’s very rewarding though of course high risk

[nimble canyon]

Though, if you're playing rook, your best option is to look for uesc crates and then enable the option that lets you imitate UESC signatures and loot the crate without getting shot.

[split galleon]

good, thats something that annoyed me with arc is it felt like joining late should've been relegated to free loadouts only

[proven kernel]

more than 10 seconds, less than a minute. Maybe less than 30.

[restive bear]

I'm excited for your journey as best Rook, but if I'm Rook I will attempt Rook murder (joyfully of course).

[ivory osprey]

I heavily gravitate towards Vandal already, the Prime skill being more promising would just be a bonus at this point

[mellow thunder]

Me as well. 😎 LOL

[dim wing]

Skinned!

[reef hare]

So like do rooks get sent to both solo and trio queues or just trio queues

[nimble canyon]

Considering how many people run free kits, there's a reason that embark did not do that and I agree with them for not.

[nimble canyon]

They get sent to all queues.

[astral turtle]

with a whimsical silliness I’m sure

[nimble canyon]

Which can very much be a death sentence in some cases for the rook.

[mellow thunder]

Rooks are always going to be in all queue’s albeit midway through games

[restive bear]

Whimsically and occasionally with some cackling

[reef hare]

Dang so it’s a 50/50 wether or not your on a rook run and have semi fair fights against solos or get out numbered by trios

[mellow thunder]

When you play Rook, put yourself in the mind of a rat.

[astral turtle]

that’s fine, should mean you load in pretty fast consistently if you’re a rook & you should expect nothing

[solid wind]

Can't wait to hear someone laughing halfway across the map lol

[astral turtle]

well, either solos or squads is what I mean^

[mellow thunder]

Ask yourself:

what would a rat do?

[nimble canyon]

Bungie said the main thing they want with this game is the game to be unpredictable unlike arc.

[digital canyon]

Yeah when you're a rook you really shouldn't be picking fights most of the time

[karmic sable]

That’s why you have VOIP, so you can negotiate with people

[mellow thunder]

Rats are smarter than we think

[karmic sable]

Or just rat out and hide from them

[restive bear]

Curious about this as well? Rooks enter all queues?

[thin trout]

Are u able to customize your crosshair or are u stuck with the default one

[nimble canyon]

Yes.

I just said that.

[karmic sable]

I think you can to a point

[nimble canyon]

Rooks enter all queues

[split galleon]

get the cheese by any means necessary

[nimble canyon]

I think you can slightly customize your crosshair.

[karmic sable]

I remember having a Crosshair customization a bit on April Alpha

[rancid pebble]

your job is to sneak around and find scraps not fight if u want a fair chance u gotta use sponsored kits

[thin trout]

Oo oki oki thank u

[astral turtle]

they’d 100% have atleast preset options for you to pick from

[restive bear]

Gotta remember to turn the mic off when committing crimes

[nimble canyon]

Rooks can't take stuff with them.

[solid wind]

Let them hear you!

[karmic sable]

Or your actual kit

[nimble canyon]

They start from zero midway through a match. They cannot bring anything with them, but they can take anything they obtain in the mission out with them providing they survive.

[proven kernel]

I think you always load into trios as Rook

[mellow thunder]

Can’t wait for me and my arachne’ buddies to drag a rook into a dimly lit room

[restive bear]

lol okay I'm with you on this

[solid wind]

In the new interview you can upgrade rook to bring sponsorship kits with the factions

[nimble canyon]

You will always load into any type of queue from what I understand if you're playing rook

[digital canyon]

Screaming FIGHT ME ZEUS as soon as I queue into a match as a rook so all the teams know exactly where I am

[mellow thunder]

My own personal mouse trap

[nimble canyon]

Interesting choice.

[rancid pebble]

thats not what i said lol

[primal frigate]

one thing im really glad about is that the audio seems really good, compared to like tarkov where you dont know if people are 5 or 20 meters away outside or inside, up or down

[celest coyote]

ZEUS! YOUR SON HAS RETURNED

[rancid pebble]

u can ? i thought u could only upgrade them through the factions

[tacit kiln]

Im ready to see that marathon road map

[silent tangle]

The only thing i am glad about is MIDA larp

[nimble canyon]

The audio work in Marathon is phenomenal. I can definitely see that audio is carrying things massively which is great.

[proven kernel]

Ah crap, Kratos is back.

[primal frigate]

🫃

[silent tangle]

Traxus will be executed on sight

[restive bear]

I love love love the audio I've heard so far, gathering audio info is one of favorite extraction mechanics

[nimble canyon]

You're going to be told to shut up by a moderator for being rude, lmao

[solid wind]

It's in a new interview on yt!

[split galleon]

yea that new yt short showing off the audio looks great

[rancid pebble]

u got a timestamp?

[solid wind]

Lemme try and find it

[primal frigate]

https://youtu.be/Xil7mTE8bco?si=0Dfj6Fa4j1Su-ZZG

[viscid owl]

I saw that delete

[mellow thunder]

Arachne mindset

[primal frigate]

whole vid is good info

[nimble canyon]

Lmao

[mellow thunder]

[solid wind]

https://youtu.be/Xil7mTE8bco?si=dOQtQ4cs_fSkaXKs

[nimble canyon]

I didn't delete anything that was a moderator that took action, not me.

[rancid pebble]

ive seen it but i dont remember rooks being able to take in sponsored kits

[digital canyon]

They got 'em

[primal frigate]

not that

[mellow thunder]

LOL

[primal frigate]

but they can upgrade their kit

[solid wind]

It's timestamped with rook info!

[restive bear]

Lot of people practicing their aim training while they should be prepping their situational awareness and map knowledge. Kovaks and aimlab won't save you from people who make good use of the audio, hehehe

[nimble canyon]

Seems a moderator has something against AI generated profile images. I agree.

[olive matrix]

anyways

[rancid pebble]

the link starts from 0 for me

its the end i found it

[primal frigate]

he has a section at the end

[proven kernel]

🎵I always feel like, somebody’s watching me🎵

[silent tangle]

Im watching you

[proven kernel]

oh hi

[silent tangle]

hi

[restive bear]

That was a great bit of marketing and good audio showcase

[silent tangle]

[nimble canyon]

You know I am really tempted to play that trilogy remake of god of war that's on PlayStation 5 and it's not coming to PC.

[gaunt fractal]

Jesus Christ mewgenics act 3 is kicking my ass

[spare shore]

Yes they can its been confirmed rooks loadout can be upgraded via faction progression

[nimble canyon]

I'm still upset. Sony chose to do that but whatever.

[rancid pebble]

ok yea i thought so it makes no sense for rook to take in sponsored kits and u wouldnt wanna do that anyway rook doenst have good abilities

[proven kernel]

Knowing Sony, give it like a year.

[split galleon]

im using the tauceti.world maps to close my eyes and visualize racing thru them like im lightning mcqueen

[digital canyon]

Doesn't it only have the one?

[nimble canyon]

You don't think the ability to masquerade as one of the uesc is a good ability

[rancid pebble]

u can only upgrade his kit through faction upgrades

[nimble canyon]

It also has the ability to self-heal.

[mellow thunder]

You wanna know how I got these scars? Let me tell ya.

[restive bear]

Lol this is matrix level training

[nimble canyon]

Has the ability to imitate uesc and the ability to self-heal.

[mellow thunder]

I can’t wait to backstab every rook

[gaunt fractal]

I’m wondering if it’s like you actually change your appearance to match them or if it’s like scavving in tarkov

Where they just ignore you

[silent tangle]

not if you get backstabbed first

[solid wind]

Just an ignore

[nimble canyon]

You don't change your appearance. You just get a weird hologram on your face and you get left alone by them.

[fickle wedge]

rook together strong

[nimble canyon]

At least that's how it was in the test unless they've changed things.

[gaunt fractal]

Thats probably for the best lol

[reef hare]

Are runner shells like just a class you select or do you have to find them?

[silent tangle]

we are rook we are strong

[solid wind]

I'm rooking it

[gaunt fractal]

Although they did say that rook has progression

[rancid pebble]

not rly u can just use a signal jammer and besides having real abilities is better in pvp than one ability that avoids pve

[digital canyon]

A bit of a shame, it'd be fun to jump a runner team with a uesc patrol

[silent tangle]

We are rooking it

[nimble canyon]

You have them available from the get-go.

[gaunt fractal]

Like you can alter your rook’s abilities like any other shell

[mellow thunder]

Ngl I’m worried abt assassins.

Only cause I know there’s gonna be some CRAZYYY good people

[gaunt fractal]

And load out

[restive bear]

Fires in the chat for all the backstabbing. I hope it's just all backstabs, occasional fronstab

[silent tangle]

true bro

[olive matrix]

guy below me deserves to get fish reacted

[gaunt fractal]

More scared of good destroyers

[solid wind]

Rise of the planet of the rooks

[bitter canopy]

Im rook hunting

[gaunt fractal]

Go ahead fish me

[silent tangle]

They're gonna become solid snake

[nimble canyon]

You should be more scared of people that know how to utilize all of their abilities like a destroyer.

[primal frigate]

more scared of cracked vandals

[orchid plover]

Assassins are why I’ll play Recon first. I’m literally blind in game I don’t see anything

[reef summit]

Rook progression will be how horribly low you will go to convince people not to shoot you

[digital canyon]

I'm scared of everyone boss

[nimble canyon]

Also, beware of those that understand the whole movement shooter thing and they're playing Vandal.

[silent tangle]

I'll start barking

[orchid plover]

Everyone is cracked lmao

[silent tangle]

and then kill u

[mellow thunder]

I’m only really scared of destroyer and assassin. This is me thinking of like “what if they were INSANE skill wise”

[proven kernel]

Just everyone remember: if you hear over comms “Friendly! Don’t shoot!” Be nice and end them quick.

[gaunt fractal]

Rook progression might be the thing I’m most interested to see play out

[mellow thunder]

Destroyer is so cool

[gaunt fractal]

No clue what they’re gonna do with that

[nimble canyon]

Especially if it's an arc soundboard.

[fickle wedge]

I can't imagine progression with Rook will be lengthy

[nimble canyon]

Because they're probably just waiting to shoot you in the back by imitating a friendly in a game that friendlies aren't common

[silent tangle]

Does rook even have progression

[mellow thunder]

😭

[solid wind]

It'll reset with the seasons

[nimble canyon]

Yes.

[olive matrix]

Rook main

[silent tangle]

hi

[nimble canyon]

All progress resets with seasons for every runner. It's tied to account.

[olive matrix]

hi

[restive bear]

Wait are you a mod? and you have such wisdom?

[jovial locust]

Yoo

[gaunt fractal]

Yeah it’s been stated we’ll be able to alter their mechanics and loadouts in some way

[nimble canyon]

And they wipe your fucking stash because we owe so much money.

[karmic sable]

Kinda, faction upgrades from what was said

[proven kernel]

sometimes.

[silent tangle]

Im watching you

[nimble canyon]

We are in megadebt

[fickle wedge]

More akin to a scav from Tarkov vs the free loadout in Arc

[solid wind]

Solaris united moment

[digital canyon]

I wonder if there'll be skins for rook

[gaunt fractal]

Fuck arc raiders free loadout system man

[nimble canyon]

Those monthly shell repayments aren't going to pay for themselves.

[gaunt fractal]

Ruined the whole game

[silent tangle]

There better be

[jovial locust]

I new here

[mellow thunder]

Assassin creed skin for assassin 💀💀

[jovial locust]

Wasgud yall

[silent tangle]

I didn't make my whole personality rook to get no skins

[gaunt fractal]

Hello new here I’m hungry

[silent tangle]

hi

[restive bear]

This bodes well for the community lol

[silent tangle]

Im alpha lesbian transbian rook

[fickle wedge]

hi hungry im dad

[silent tangle]

im

[orchid plover]

Hot take: each time you request to go back to your original body, Cyberacme / Sekiguchi wipes your vault and your mind to keep you in the system

[nimble canyon]

I'm hoping for none of that because I don't want the art style to be absolutely fucking ruined.

[silent tangle]

the alpha here

[mellow thunder]

Hey dad I’m uncle

[silent tangle]

if you see Neeyth

[hardy sierra]

I can’t wait

[primal frigate]

please none of that crossover shit, just stick to the art style

[jovial locust]

lmao eat breakfast

[silent tangle]

Tell him you hate him

[nimble canyon]

Also, if Bungie is smart, they will not ruin the art style for this game like they ruined the art style for destiny. 2.

[olive matrix]

then don't

[nimble canyon]

Also if this month goes any fucking slower I don't know what I'm going to do.

[jovial locust]

Im currently at work rn, snowing like krazy outside

[nimble canyon]

Get angry I guess.

[gaunt fractal]

I don’t think people realize how disappointing arc raiders was after the first month for tarkov refugees, and how uniquely well positioned marathon finally is to take that market

[primal frigate]

4 more sleeps

[mellow thunder]

Sheesh it’s only the 22nd. I’m so bored

[split galleon]

is anyone else suffering from no interest in any other game til marathon comes out

[nimble canyon]

The shortest month as well.

[digital canyon]

That's right, we're planning an ocean's 11 heist to steal the marathon files from Bungie HQ and release it early

[nimble canyon]

Fucking crazy.

[restive bear]

I'm trying to figure out why I'm this hyped for the game and I'm not sure. Is it just a vibe? Universe sending me signals (or Durandal)?

[orchid plover]

Fr

[mellow thunder]

I haven’t played games in 3 days

[primal frigate]

its the anticipation

[proven kernel]

You got 4 days til the slam and then 3 days until launch, girl. you’ll be fine.

[rancid pebble]

not sure tbh i think rooks only missing an ult but i might be wrong

[mellow thunder]

FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[olive matrix]

given the EP, we've already stolen the moon

[nimble canyon]

I'm sure I'll be fine sis. I'm probably just making things more complicated than they should be.

[fickle wedge]

Ocean's 11 mentioned

[orchid plover]

Deimos first Phobos next

[fickle wedge]

hell yeah

[primal frigate]

pretty much but I need to play something or I will go crazy

kinda will get tired of talking about the same things

[orchid plover]

So down bad I’m watching Tarkov gameplays

[digital canyon]

Been on a Helldivers kick lately while I'm waiting

[fickle wedge]

Look, just outta curiosity, which casinos did you geniuses pick to rob?

[solid wind]

Can't wait to see a rook cosplay at the London marathon

[solid wind]

Cyberstan kicking our butt lol

[restive bear]

I'm struggling with how time seems to be extending every day closer to Marathon, but still having fun playing other games, it helps with the wait.

[ivory osprey]

Used to play the first helldivers with my Brother. We tried a bit of Helldivers 2 but he's busy all the time and playing alone sucks

[coarse kernel]

It already did

[proven kernel]

Me and the GF have just been no lifeing Animal Crossing again. Battlefield and Overwatch at other times.

[sweet glade]

BF6 W

[cinder lantern]

Which shell are you picking first?

[solid wind]

Indeed

[cinder lantern]

I think I’m going to try recon

[solid wind]

Recon! The va is amazing for them

[orchid plover]

Recon

And honestly Assassin a bit just for the VA

[coarse kernel]

I'm thinking triage tbh

[solid wind]

And I love the effects on the hud when you scan

[cinder lantern]

Triage is good definitely going to want the support

[split galleon]

same here ill refresh the steam store a dozen times then its back to watching marathon stuff on YT

[rancid pebble]

either yall are lying or all the void mains are sleeping

[digital canyon]

I'm really liking the looks of thief and triage

[sweet glade]

the server slam starts on thursday right?

[restive bear]

Yeah what is everyone playing during the wait? Right now playing Dying Light: The Beast, a little Diablo 2, a little MCC halo campaigns.

[rancid pebble]

something aint adding up

[coarse kernel]

The glowup triage got for the design is legendary btw

[proven kernel]

correct.

[orchid plover]

Bungie need to do a Medbot plushy immediately I’m not joking

[sturdy vector]

arc raiders tbh

[restive bear]

Destroyer!

That me in game

[orchid plover]

Still crying about his old goofy design 😭

[ivory osprey]

Can I check the different characters' voices somewhere?

[digital canyon]

Wait what did they look like before?

[cinder lantern]

I’ve been playing destiny but have not been having the best time 😅 I’ve been failing my solo sundered doctrines at locket

[coarse kernel]

It looked like someone trying to make atlas from portal into a human ngl

[solid wind]

We have the va for some of the shells on the short film

[proven kernel]

in the slam you will be able to hear some snippets in the customization screen.

[sweet glade]

I fail my solo EQ's at end boss, electric sucks 🙁

[cinder lantern]

Same just dying after dps is rough

[mellow thunder]

[ivory osprey]

'In the slam' has been torturing me for weeks

[sweet glade]

I'm just happy I have a new game to grind soon

[proven kernel]

Soon™️

[orchid plover]

Check in #🎨marathon-community-art-chat 😭

[cinder lantern]

I’m trying to stay relatively blind to the actual gameplay to marathon (other than the like overview of the shells)

But it’s gonna be fun I’m excited to see you guys out there

[keen heath]

My favorite reddit take so far: "this could have been an update in D2"

[restive bear]

I've felt the same, haven't looked into any of the build crafting or mods or anything, haven't checked out all the guns. Want to discover most in-game

[rancid pebble]

W attitude just make sure read the tooltips when u actually get ingame lets not go in fully blind xd

[digital canyon]

Beautiful, 0/10 brain cells, no notes

[sweet glade]

same, I know nothing besides the gameplay loop. I tried one of the tests but didn't get many games in.

[rancid pebble]

dont be like the streamers

[cinder lantern]

Haha no yeah definitely

[nimble canyon]

I'm really happy that the hate for this game has been drowned out by all the people loving it

[orchid plover]

The only streamer I’m watching is Jake

[split galleon]

yea peanut's gameplay was horrendous lmao i am glad that happened tho

[mellow thunder]

Seeing all the slander towards poppy playtime 5 is healing me

[jaunty crystal]

theres also this fatigue of people hating on everything

[nimble canyon]

I'm not going to lie though. Most of the takes from the destiny 2 crowd have been absolutely atrocious

[mellow thunder]

Markiplier crash out

[kindred orbit]

im watching a streamer react to operator drewskis gameplay and he was skeptical at first but halfway thru hes loving it lol

[solid wind]

And people changing their minds about it! It has definitely made a good comeback

[restive bear]

Luckily I have some people to run with who feel the same lol. Just try out all kinds of wild stuff. We are going to die, a LOT.

[nimble canyon]

Also they really should have picked up streamer that was better at video games because Jesus Christ peanut is bad at this.

[orchid plover]

How does this guy even manage to have an audience

[sweet glade]

me solo queueing like its a solo horror survival

[nimble canyon]

And when I say it bad I mean game reviewer level of bad.

[keen heath]

He did what was needed, and that was eyes on game

[proven kernel]

The drewski(?) video from yesterday was great imo.

[nimble canyon]

I still can't believe game reviewers get paid to review games given how bad they are at them.

[lucid vapor]

Deadass

[kindred orbit]

its by far the coolest gameplay yet

[split galleon]

true but i think it was worthwhile just to get marathon on his viewerbase's radar

[digital canyon]

Maybe, but the point was outreach, not showcasing cracked gameplay

[gleaming egret]

Streamer culture is extremely annoying because they make it impossible to watch videos related to a game without your home feed filling up with obnoxious react/clip comps

[digital canyon]

And he's got a hell of an audience

[jaunty crystal]

I liked the vanoss and pasta vids it shows the casual side of things

[atomic topaz]

can u do anything with the access card thingy?

[restive bear]

I will be spending a lot of time in solo as well. High stakes extraction games (like Tarkov) make my heart race more than horror games. Hope marathon does the same.

[orchid plover]

Drewski commentary is good too I was surprised.

[nimble canyon]

How can game reviewers get paid for doing something that they're bad at?

They couldn't even beat Doom.

[keen heath]

That's just the Algorithm being kinda dumb

[outer grove]

their job isnt to be good at the game

to be fair

[nimble canyon]

I mean fair but how can you give it a good shake if you aren't?

[kindred orbit]

like you dont need to be a cracked gamer to analyse story, graphics, audio, mecahincs etc.

[solid wind]

They're paid to write I guess
Not as bad as how Oscar voters didn't have to watch the films in order to vote

[orchid plover]

I’m just excited to fight UESC bots too they look tough yet accessible

[keen heath]

It's to be "good at writing" but honestly they're kinda bad at that too

[nimble canyon]

Wait what.

[digital canyon]

Yeah lmao at least they try

[solid wind]

Yep! Only changed this year

[nimble canyon]

I still have nightmares about UESC ghosts.

[jaunty crystal]

you can be knowledgable but in practice be ass

[gleaming egret]

I think the issue is that react videos and clip comps are dumped out en-masse and outnumber organic content. So they get pushed more just by nature of there being so many.

It's crazy that you can make money just re-uploading a random streamers content on youtube without really doing work

[nimble canyon]

I love invisible enemies which stalk me.

• Me complaining about UESC ghosts in Marathon.

[orchid plover]

Fr and those UESC Bombardiers that somehow always bring tons of their friends

[whole valve]

What are those?

[kindred orbit]

game reviewer hate is kinda overblown. like that infamous cuphead guy literally admitted in his review with the gameplay that he sucked and never said the game was bad cause of it

[digital canyon]

Helldivers stalker flashbacks

[nimble canyon]

They're the UESC units that are invisible most of the time

[whole valve]

Are they just payday cloakers?

[orchid plover]

The Cuphead guy deserved it tho lmao

[nimble canyon]

I have been mortared by them more times than I can count.

[wanton root]

they are cloaked sword elites

[nimble canyon]

They may as well be with how they act like it with how much they rely on melee

[viscid owl]

people who don't like marathon's aesthetic, it is because they are uncultured. i've been thinking of a way to say it, and there it is.

[restive bear]

There are a lot of people who think they are gonna be friendly, but when they see that Rook pick up a mod they wanted...and there's no karma system...and shooting feels so good...I'm excited to see all the posts about it lol.

[magic rose]

I'll be honest, I think game journalism is no longer aimed at us. It's advertising for people who haven't ever played games.
if you only have hardcore gamers reviewing games, the games are then reviewed on that basis, which people who are looking to buy the games won't align with.

So in short it's all marketing really

[whole valve]

I wonder if bungie will start selling melee skins

[cedar glacier]

[static bane]

they have no taste, also works

[nimble canyon]

As long as it's within the art style, I'm fine with it.

[kindred orbit]

i just looked it up, the gameplay was him uploading him playing it and saying how bad he was at the demo event. it wasnt even a review. and ppl use it to say "how dare they review games badly when they cant even play it" which doesnt apply at all

[nimble canyon]

I do not want to see cosmetics that completely break the art style for this game and just run into the same problem as destiny. 2.

[orchid plover]

Oh ok I thought it was the actual review my bad

[magic rose]

Darth Vader locus skin already confirmed for season 2 😁

[nimble canyon]

You might not like it me saying this but destiny 2 had its art style ruined.

[proven kernel]

Swirls a glass of wine in her hand

Indeed. Well said.

Sips

[viscid owl]

it blows my mind that even 1 person would look at this game and be like "this is ugly"

[split galleon]

agreed, people that actually play games usually have a select few creators they trust if they're gonna look for a review on something

[nimble canyon]

Yeah and then they'll immediately hop onto call of duty and call it peak.

[kindred orbit]

yeah nw thats what i mean the internets completely warped it

[nimble canyon]

Yeah.

Call of duty has rotted the minds of many gamers.

As has fortnite.

[kindred orbit]

worse is people saying it looks generic. what the hell do you mean generic? point to one other game that looks remotely similar?

[orchid plover]

Those people that will complain everytime they see any colors outside black white grey and brown.

[magic rose]

you'd think the bright colours would still trick the brainrot mindset lowk 😭

[restive bear]

Uh oh, I enjoyed BO6/BO7 multiplayer for a spell...will I be okay?

[nimble canyon]

It's okay. You came out of it. I'm fairly certain you're on the road to recovery versus the others.

[kindred orbit]

no you must leave the server now and live in exile

[nimble canyon]

Black slops 7

[coarse kernel]

I wonder what marathon looks like for colourblind people

[orchid plover]

Ngl I may have enjoyed Warzone for a long period

[split galleon]

ive been in the frontlines in tiktok comment sections arguing w 13yr olds claiming it looks like roblox

[nimble canyon]

Oh dear

[proven kernel]

What about BF6?

[viscid owl]

the people i've heard say this (co-workers) play arc raiders and are like, "arc raiders is great and the apocolyptic wasteland style certainly hasn't been burnt out since the release of fallout 3"

[wanton root]

I think a lot of people are kinda burnt out from shooters looking like kitchen sink overwatch designs or kitchen sink milsim designs so I'm kinda happy with this current art direction

[nimble canyon]

It's okay, I guess I've encountered way too many cheaters in it, but it's a fun game with friends.

[weary finch]

I NEED RUNNERS SKIN

[restive bear]

Will a NuCaloric burger shake get me back in the server's good graces?

[nimble canyon]

Personally, I'm just sick of anything that tries to appeal to literally everyone and their dog example OverWatch with its character designs.

[coarse kernel]

That doesn't seem like it'd go very well

[kindred orbit]

the thing is arc is photorealistic and marathon is stylised so ppl with no taste will always go for the former

[kindred orbit]

hmmmmm fine

[kindred orbit]

the newer ow heros are so bad compared to the og designs. just lost so much personality

[nimble canyon]

Stylized games will always age more gracefully than ones that try to go for photorealism.

[orchid plover]

Exactly I hope Bungie get some guts and clearly target a specific audience

[viscid owl]

i've already said that arc raiders is the coworker extraction shooter. since then, i have changed jobs, and guess what, internet normies who all play arc raiders.

[restive bear]

What if I admitted that I really liked Forspoken (like I genuinely loved the game lol)?

[kindred orbit]

my ONE criticism of the art in marathon rn is that i think the outside grass textures still look weird af. like under the foliage its kinda just green splotches?

[nimble canyon]

A game for everyone is a game for no one.

[static bane]

if anything, all these "realist" games look generic, because it's always the same thing: realism.

[kindred orbit]

nah thats fair it looked fun tbh just the dialogue was cringe

[wanton root]

I do like Deadlock a lot since they're going for a mignola based comic theme

[nimble canyon]

I enjoyed forspoken outside the absolutely awful dialogue and writing

[real sable]

I understand that marvel rivals copied a lot of kits from overwatch but it is actually insane how much they’re copying each other

[wanton root]

since it's supposed to be silly and pulpy occult characters

[kindred orbit]

im so mad deadlocks aesthetic is wasted on a moba 😭

its so peak

[nimble canyon]

Have you tried it? It's actually really good

[wanton root]

I don't think any aesthetics are 'wasted' tbh

[viscid owl]

they have. joe ziegler himself said that this is going to be the PvP extraction shooter. i see it as a saving grace from having to play escape from tarkov. fun game, development mess.

[restive bear]

Lol, that one got so much universal hate but damn I had a good time.

[proven kernel]

I’ve been enjoying it,

[kindred orbit]

yeah and it was really unfun for me lol

[night scarab]

[whole valve]

How does everyone have deadlock already???

[coarse kernel]

I hate this take so much because people say the same for marathon

[wanton root]

Like I really like Neo Tokyo's aesthetics but the game is an entirely dead Half Life mod

[kindred orbit]

ive never been able to get into any mobas, i really dislike in match shopping for stuff and creep farming

[nimble canyon]

They know a friend that knows a friend that knows a friend that knows a friend that knows a friend.

The cycle is perpetuated.

[kindred orbit]

yeah but ive acc tried deadlock

[restive bear]

That's understandable. Less hate here for Forspoken than I was expecting

[viscid owl]

marketing

[nimble canyon]

Seriously though it's gameplay was fantastic the way everything was so smooth and the movement was amazing so was the way you interacted with the world. But oh my god, the writing was awful as was the dialogue.

[whole valve]

So it's like a virus spreading

[split galleon]

i got it awhile ago from looking up a discord server iirc

[proven kernel]

pretty much.

[viscid owl]

i know what that israel flag emoji reaction means

[nimble canyon]

Basically valve went with the same mentality as dota 2.

People were given access to it. That person had friends. They gave their access to other people. Those people gave access to other people and it was just perpetuated.

[nimble canyon]

I'm really hoping that it's not a negative cuz I don't know what it actually stands for.

[coarse kernel]

If the genre isn't for you, that's fine, but the artstyle isn't by any means wasted on the game

[viscid owl]

it is

[kindred orbit]

its more that i want to play a game with that art but cant cause i dont enjoy it

[nimble canyon]

Ugh. Mish, where you at.

[proven kernel]

too late

[whole valve]

It's oour vacation destination

[nimble canyon]

Thank you.

[viscid owl]

ah yes here we go.

[split galleon]

lovely weather we've been having

[viscid owl]

i was young too, once. i know what is happening

[coarse kernel]

That's completely fair

[scenic meteor]

The weather sucks actually

[split galleon]

yea jk its snowing again here

[proven kernel]

I want snow

[still heart]

This is true

[proven kernel]

It’s been 60’s and 70’s for weeks and nice out and I hate it.

[coarse kernel]

Though I've heard takes like that for marathon from people that flat out hate the genre or think it doesn't deserve a style or story like this because of the genre

[scenic meteor]

It’s was 60 degrees two days ago now we’re back to 20 I’m so mad

[magic rose]

I didn't know your name was "the weather"

[still heart]

We had our fool's spring and it's now winter again

[nimble canyon]

To those using that flag offensively you should escape the far-right pipeline before it really gets you.

[nimble canyon]

Ouch.

[rancid pebble]

i need u to play arma/tarkov or dota 2 then get back to me with that take

[nimble canyon]

Why do I feel a scoob just can't catch a break?

[still heart]

Gotta fly that Galactic Republic flag instead

[primal frigate]

Mpreg

[scenic meteor]

It’s a bad week

Not my lunar new year my sign is unlucky this year

[nimble canyon]

SQUAD. You need to understand the entire keyboard just to start the engine of a tank.

[still heart]

Yes

[primal frigate]

Play SPT

[split galleon]

squad is so good

[still heart]

Squad is funny

[primal frigate]

Isnt there like one button

[nimble canyon]

Single player tarkov

[primal frigate]

Single player tarkov really the best way to enjoy the game

[still heart]

When you prone crawl 90 meters to shank a MG gunner

[primal frigate]

Can mod in new guns

[coarse kernel]

Speaking of art style from me, marathon is such a beautiful looking game

[restive bear]

I genuinely love Tarkov's absurd binds. I'm not even a mil-sim fan like at all. Just love Tarkov. Dunno why, but fell in love with the mechanic where you have to check mag for ammo count and the game had me hooked.

[primal frigate]

Clearing jams

[still heart]

It's like the next step up from the cyberpunk art style

[quasi flower]

good morning tau ceti

[viscid owl]

....is a bandaid more than a solution to the disarray

[proven kernel]

gm

[nimble canyon]

What are those stupid flying things called that if they see you, they latch onto you with a weird tentacle in Marathon.

[still heart]

Morning

[primal frigate]

The PMCs are simulated well imo

[serene egret]

Burnt peanut the goat

[nimble canyon]

I forgot the name of them and I don't like them very much.

[split galleon]

i gave SPT a try, crept around for 20 mins walked into a random bathroom and got blown up by a mine, said yeah this game's not for me

[still heart]

Sounds like mosquitos ngl

[nimble canyon]

Emphasis on the burnt.

[primal frigate]

Lmaoooooooo

[quasi flower]

question for the marathon heads, have they said anything about lore in the game? like those recordings they showed in the YouTube videos, will we find more of that in game or is it just gonna be item descriptions

[nimble canyon]

Impressive! Well done

[coarse kernel]

In a way, yeah
Everything built has such a striking look to them

[still heart]

It really does

[gleaming egret]

Combination of item descriptions, terminals, and recordings. The quests will also tell a lot of the story as you do them.

[nimble canyon]

I really hope cyberpunk doesn't just become generic fucking UE5 dross with it's next game.

[karmic sable]

I love pressing 4 buttons across my keyboard to shift my gun from one arm to other

[proven kernel]

In game, in faction screens, in logs. it’s all over.

[coarse kernel]

Grinding out thief or vandal just to run around the environment like its mirrors edge

[magic rose]

I think the witcher 4 will be good evidence of this

[quasi flower]

sick the voice acting seems great from what I heard so far

[nimble canyon]

Yeah so do I.

The AI in Marathon is kind of scary when it works together.

If the Witcher 4 is bad, I'm going to be fucking depressed.

[pseudo bluff]

Got a good feeling CDred will blow our socks off since they realized CB77 will be remembered forever esp for its current amazing state

[karmic sable]

Yes we will be able to find lore entries and audio logs across the runs we do. They will all be recorded at the Codex for players to listen to them safely without having the risk of dying

[whole valve]

Medium graphhics going to run like path tracing in 2077

[restive bear]

lol, this is lore accurate Tarkov.

[quasi flower]

Can it be Thursday already 😭

[still heart]

lol

[nimble canyon]

AAUHGHA

[coarse kernel]

I can't stand looking at expedition 33 for this one reason
The game just does not look good with ue5

[nimble canyon]

I think we need to go back in time before unreal engine 5. Just completely fucking saturated and infected the gaming industry.

[restive bear]

VA soooo good so far

[nimble canyon]

Why are so many developers just ditching their own proprietary engines for one off the shelf?

[whole valve]

Money

[proven kernel]

cheaper, existing tools etc.

[viscid owl]

i like how you came in here to spam mpreg reactions as someone who just joined the server and your profile picture is a bot. it's a chef's kiss, truly

[coarse kernel]

All I hope is that Remedy doesn't do the same

Northlight is absolutely stunning when it needs to be

[gleaming egret]

The problem with Unreal is the lighting, it's very distinct and if they don't mess with it much it's super obvious.

[nimble canyon]

In most cases, from what I've seen, people that tend to do this are basically someone that's been banned from the server previously often. permabanned.

[karmic sable]

As cool as having your own game engines, they sometimes are a hassle to make and maintain them. However sourcing that to another company basically removes that from your own devs

[magic rose]

take Halo Infinite for instance
the slip space engine being proprietary and the contractor turnover is why that game is so shit
unreal engine 5 makes a standard all contractors can learn so you can just bring teams in and out at will

[proven kernel]

Yeah, but it’s HK47, so they picked a goated bot.

[karmic sable]

But now you have to modify that outsourced game engine

[pseudo bluff]

atleast marathon is on the same as destiny

[viscid owl]

damn, who asked

[nimble canyon]

Yeah the same engine as destiny except much more improved.

[quasi flower]

widely available documentation mostly
because if you have a group of people that made an in house engine, you either consult them forever or try to make a comprehensive documentation for it, and both cost money to do
also you can find people more easily who are adept at whichever off the self engine you're using

[nimble canyon]

Tiger engine.

[pseudo bluff]

yes!

beefed up

[magic rose]

unreal engine 5 isn't bad though, it's just misused

[pseudo bluff]

tiger engine in gym

[dusk pasture]

The only thing that scares me about this game is voice chat toxicity, both when playing with randoms or killing/getting killed, it may drive people away, and it's cringe

[gilded olive]

Has anyone else's sidebar glitched out and they see eight dmg04? Just me?

[gleaming egret]

Helldivers did pretty well with Stingray I feel, despite it being totally out of support for the entire dev period

[karmic sable]

They said they modified the engine a lot to fit it for the gameplay style of Marathon

[nimble canyon]

Just remember the fact that tiger engine once had a weird bug that how much damage you took from a flying ship with a cannon was dependent on your frame rate.

[whole valve]

It's also probably harder for new employees to use a new engine instead of ue5.

[rich solstice]

4 DAYS TILL MARATHON RAHHH

[nimble canyon]

You could get obliterated by the ships if you were above 60.

You are really giving me vibes that you're someone that was banned from this server previously.

[karmic sable]

Agreed. When you have your own engine you need to train your new devs to use that engine which can take weeks

[glass grail]

Does anyone know if there has there been any like confirmed price once the game fully releases? Or is pre order the same price as what it will be?

[proven kernel]

What if I told you he cloned himself last night in a late night battlefield accident.

[viscid owl]

who

[nimble canyon]

Can't imagine why.

[gilded olive]

No way, they really foresaw risk of rain 2

[brittle spear]

People are boycotting Marathon due to Sony Bluepoint closure

[restive bear]

I always wondered what kinds of peoples hangs out in this chat, but the wait and hype is too much, now I understand.

[viscid owl]

cares

[rich solstice]

Pre order price is the price

[pseudo bluff]

[whole valve]

Atleast aim assist isn't tied to the framerate like in arc

[glass grail]

Ah okok thank you

[gilded olive]

Is stepping on a mine and getting blown out in eight different parts considered "cloning" nowadays?

[nimble canyon]

They won't be in reality.

[viscid owl]

damn i don't care

[proven kernel]

yeah, pretty much.

[karmic sable]

Dumbasses, simple as that

[dusk pasture]

I also hope that if the game dies they release something to play offline, though I know it won't happen

[gilded olive]

Damn...

[rich solstice]

Hehe yep welcome aboard lol

[dusk pasture]

Just being able to move around the maps would be cool enough for me

[nimble canyon]

Can't we play nice, for once?

[karmic sable]

“Ah yes, let’s boycott a company that has NO CONNECTION to another company”

[proven kernel]

or having me flying a helicopter…

[rancid pebble]

ure just mad hes a more based marton fan than u 🫃

[nimble canyon]

It was also making a fucking live service. God of war which is fucking grotesque.

[gilded olive]

No but seriously, is there any way to post a pic? It's just funny to me idk

[nimble canyon]

I don't want a live service. God of war. I want more single player experiences.

[dusk pasture]

They aren't boycotting Bluepoint, they're boycotting Sony for closing down Bluepoint

[nimble canyon]

Ew.

[quasi flower]

after I max out Sekiguchi I'm going for arachne

[viscid owl]

you thought hard of that

[quasi flower]

nothing personal kid

[wicked schooner]

I read something that they weren't actively making live service god of war, that was an older and discarded concept

[nimble canyon]

I'm already angry at horizon for making a fucking shitty live service multiplayer game that completely botches the original universe.

[dusk pasture]

I think I will start with Mida due to movement speed buffs

[whole valve]

What gamers really want is singleplayer with a forced internet connection

[restive bear]

A bit random, but do you think NuCaloric deserves a boycott? I know they done some wierd shit, right?

[rancid pebble]

im always thinking while hard

[nimble canyon]

No thank you. I had to deal with that with Titanfall 1.

[quasi flower]

what gamers really deserve is nothing always

[dusk pasture]

Most JRPGs are genuine slop

[nimble canyon]

Titanfall 1 was great. It had a campaign that required multiplayer. Fucking awful idea.

[whole valve]

I have never seen gameplay of the first titanfall

[restive bear]

I'm hoping NuCal is secretly the weirdest and the worst faction, that's why I joined.

[nimble canyon]

Not surprising.

[quasi flower]

MIDA

[nimble canyon]

It's gameplay was fantastic though. If you actually got into a game, there is a project where you connect to third-party servers so you can play it again if you want it. I occasionally play a Titanfall one.

[restive bear]

I scored MIDA on my survey lol

[frank sundial]

MARTON ‼️

[quasi flower]

Nice

[nimble canyon]

That said, there's a lot missing from Titanfall 1. If you're used to Titanfall 2. But there's also features in Titanfall 1. That aren't in Titanfall 2

[whole valve]

I can't choose between mida or NuCal

[nimble canyon]

And there's some things which are absolutely awful in Titanfall 1. Like the smart pistol being a weapon you can have at all times.

[forest moss]

ME. PLAY. NOW. WANT. PLEASE.

[rich solstice]

ME FIRST

[nimble canyon]

Icon checks out.

[split galleon]

i could see that, they seem like the big pharma faction

[wicked schooner]

Part of the setting is that these corporations are so huge that you can't boycott them, because every product comes from a massive corporation. Even if you could organize a large boycott, it probably wouldn't affect them anyway unless it was insanely massive, considering their operations extend beyond a single planet.

[quasi flower]

call me marathon the way he be slamming my servers namsayin 😎

[nimble canyon]

Also why do you have to use Unicode that fucks up formatting on Discord you fuck?

[restive bear]

If you slap your keyboard hard enough the game will boot up.

[plain oxide]

26 miles

[nimble canyon]

Got overlapping messages now

Stupid web browser garbage

[plain oxide]

why don’t u play?

[nimble canyon]

Fuck you electron

[wicked schooner]

web discord

[restive bear]

Yeah exactly this! We have a LOT of pills here at NuCal.

[granite fulcrum]

I booted up OG marathon by accident from doing that

[nimble canyon]

Unfortunately, that does not change the fact that Discord is chromium based.

[viscid owl]

troll confirmed

[wicked schooner]

You mean based?

[restive bear]

Lol I didn't consider the implications of intergalactic protests

[nimble canyon]

That's what I said.

Discord itself is a web browser.

It's electron and electron is built on chromium.

[wicked schooner]

Based on what?

[nimble canyon]

If you enable the developer options, you can literally bring up the web development tools by pressing the hotkey for it.

[restive bear]

Okay jokes aside, MIDA isn't a corporation but a resistance movement, right?

[nimble canyon]

Because who needs to build an application when you can just make it in a web browser?

[whole valve]

That is so good for optimization and ram usage though

[granite fulcrum]

you mean to say Nucaloric's alpha centauri branch. that's where all the pills are made. we only get like a fraction of the deliverise half the time due to MIDA

[nimble canyon]

I know you're being sarcastic and I'm glad

[restive bear]

Bunch of ungrateful pirates

[nimble canyon]

Mida explode.

[karmic sable]

Basically terrorists

[wicked schooner]

I think it remains to be seen. We have propaganda from both sides saying two different things, and Marathon is far in the future from the original game so we don't know how much MIDA has changed since then.

[whole valve]

Good guys*

[granite fulcrum]

can't just wait to buy the pills, just have to blow the fucking porter ships and costing all employees around two hours of extra work time to help pay it off

[restive bear]

So it's something like this - MIDA is mars resistance faction/terrorists (and pill pirates) and they got pissed at the UESC taking Deimos and making a ship out of it? And so there were some Martian squabbles and fighting? Who funds MIDA?

[wicked schooner]

I will never stop being bitter about TES6

[nimble canyon]

It's going to suck.

[rich solstice]

Yep

[viscid owl]

at least discord isn't made with react native

[nimble canyon]

I bet the next elder scrolls game and the next fallout are going to be terrible.

[restive bear]

Overtime to pay for MIDA crime

[granite fulcrum]

why play daggerfall? just play oblivion

[nimble canyon]

No but the start menu for Windows 11 is built-in react native

[proven kernel]

It will come out… maybe…. sometime…. before the heat death of the universe.

[lavish tide]

Pancakes are superior to waffles

[rich solstice]

It's gonna be the same terrible coding as their other games, modders are going to have to save the game again

[wicked schooner]

I don't think it's necessarily because of Deimos, but rather Deimos can easily be used as the cover story. Like all groups, MIDA wants power and resources, and Tau Ceti IV is where everyone is going for those things. It would be stupid not to tag along.

[nimble canyon]

Try fallout 1 and 2

[mellow thunder]

Great Googly moogly!

[high vine]

If I pre order in steam do I get early access to the server slam?

[whole valve]

Try 4

[granite fulcrum]

play anything besides 1, 2 and brotherhood of steel

[rich solstice]

No

[nimble canyon]

Bethesda has made their games so casual to appeal to as many people as possible that I can't really call them RPGs anymore.

[restive bear]

Ah okay. Didn't they end up on the Marathon ship as part of negotiations or something?

[unborn badger]

server slam's all free, preorder's separate but you get goodies anyway

[wicked schooner]

MIDA presence on the original manifest? I have no clue there. You should ask in #📚marathon-lore-discussion

[viscid owl]

c++ qt chads will rise

[lavish tide]

Man I actually miss New Vegas. Used nothing but the power fist the whole game

[high vine]

Ok how do you get in the server slam steam?

[nimble canyon]

In fact, given my experiences with starfield, for example, I'm not even sure if Bethesda knows what an RPG is anymore, even if it walked up and hit them in the face.

[rich solstice]

Just gotta download it Thursday

[high vine]

Bet

Good looks

[whole valve]

If you buy the collectors edition you can play. You can also play for free though

[nimble canyon]

Bungie please let us preload the game. My internet is trash.

[split galleon]

yeah i have zero faith left in bethesda

[restive bear]

Good point, forget there is a lore channel here. Or maybe I should just watch all the different lore videos I've been meaning to watch.

[nimble canyon]

Yeah. Skyrim was a lightning in the bottle moment for them and I don't think they'll ever be able to catch that again even though they keep chasing it.

[whole valve]

I hope bethesda won't release bugs with rpg elements in a game engine that was outdated a decade ago

[nimble canyon]

You've got more chance of catching on fire just by going outside then Bethesda ditching gamebryo/ creation engine all together

[primal frigate]

Mods help it a lot

[wicked schooner]

They could've made a sequel that was basically the same game but with a new map and some stability improvements and it would've been massive profits.

[viscid owl]

i will only agree with this guy on the pretense that all people who are still "new vegas enjoyers" can't play the game without needing to buy a new hard drive just for new vegas mods to make the game actually playable

[whole valve]

Good performance and graphics or accurate cheese wheel physics? What is the priority?

[ancient storm]

adrian explain our marathon server

[nimble canyon]

I really do like New Vegas, but if I'm going to play it, I'm likely going to play A tale of two wastelands and follow the wasteland survival guide.

But like I can understand why some people don't like New Vegas.

[delicate berry]

fallout

[wicked schooner]

You like New Vegas? Didn't see that coming

[nimble canyon]

Are you saying that? Just because I'm trans?

Lmao

[restive bear]

Alright all, have fun waiting for server slam and get hyped!! Finally going to get some sleep, dunno if I'll make it back here before slam. If no, best of luck and hope murdering each other is as fun as it looks.

[nimble canyon]

This month is taking too long.

[rancid pebble]

tbf he dont got peanits so how would he know the mutants would be shooting blanks

[unkempt heath]

If they do tshirts (and why wouldn't they?); I really need them to channel some of that older bungiestore energy and give us shirts in bright greens and blues and stuff like that. I'm so tired of black shirt with image/text. It's boring. My favorite shirts are ones like the teal jade rabbit shirt, and the yellow-orange hobgoblin shirt. Give me more of that!

[ancient storm]

Yeah😭

[nimble canyon]

I might play the trilogy of God of war that's remastered on PlayStation 5 just to see if it's any good

[wicked schooner]

You’re trans? Didn’t see that coming

[delicate berry]

i think people are going to slowly come to the realization that marathon is going to be the best game to release on march 5th 2026

[solid wind]

The trilogy isn't out? It's only sons of Sparta iirc

[nimble canyon]

Why yes I am on benefits. How did you know? (Mentally and physically unfit for work, written off by my government)

[nimble canyon]

Ah. Flip.

[solid wind]

The remakes are coming out later

[primal frigate]

Well if you wanna emulate online tarkov in singleplayer theres not much else to do, SPT is a mod in itself

[nimble canyon]

If you lose your balls IRL you'll also shoot blanks.

[wicked schooner]

[unkempt heath]

Do you invest minimal effort in lots of babies or maximal effort in just a couple or one.

[rancid pebble]

nah thats a liberal myth

[wicked schooner]

Dude named blank, he would know

[nimble canyon]

No it's definitely true. Prostate makes transmission vector, balls make genetic vessels.

[unkempt heath]

I promise you being disabled is not lucky

[whole valve]

Im spiritually disabled

[unkempt heath]

As an also disabled person; it is hell

[wicked schooner]

Why don’t you guys just get abled

[nimble canyon]

I'm immunocompromised and I've also been clinically dead twice.

[empty perch]

wtf is going on in marathon gen chat. every day its a new questionable topic 😭

[ancient storm]

we bored

[empty perch]

real

[ancient storm]

no marton

[empty perch]

play the original trilogy 🙂

[nimble canyon]

I know I am living on borrowed time at this point. Because I was expected to die at 22 anyway and I'm 33 now.

[spare shore]

Qt forcing you sign over your first born son to use it in a non commercial project when imgui exists:

[ancient storm]

i finished it

[empty perch]

o shit

uhh

[wooden acorn]

Marton

[empty perch]

every halo game back to back no death hardest difficulty

[hollow bay]

Hey guys

Where do i get my dac ?

[nimble canyon]

I think I've actually made peace with my death. I'm going to be honest.

[ancient storm]

uhh are they on ps5

[wicked schooner]

No wonder you need marathon to come out already

[empty perch]

poop

i have no idea lol

[nimble canyon]

Legendary all skulls on is suffering.

[empty perch]

wait how did you play marton triology if u on ps5 i thought that was only on steam

[nimble canyon]

But I've done it.

[viscid owl]

the unmentinables are screaming and kicking because of the unmentionable, and we all know what i'm talking about

[nimble canyon]

I don't think anyone should really subject themselves to lasso in halo.

[ancient storm]

eat the food eat the path🔥🔥🔥

[primal frigate]

Dont even joke lad 🐥

[nimble canyon]

But if you do good luck.

[nimble canyon]

You're going to die a lot.

[primal frigate]

Halo 2 Laso

[bitter canopy]

Also is tough but kinda fun for what it is, h2 is ball crushing but the rest aren't as bad as they could be

[wicked schooner]

Can I ask you a heavy question?

[nimble canyon]

Pain and suffering.

[gilded olive]

"How much and you lift?"

[nimble canyon]

You may. I don't know if I'll be able to answer it but I'll try.

[primal frigate]

Library 😟

[wicked schooner]

How do you determine whether something is worth your time or not?

[ancient storm]

ball twisting

[rancid pebble]

u wanna know if a pound of steel is heavier than a pound of feathers ?

[nimble canyon]

The best way I could respond to this is that if it's fun and it fills me with a sense of accomplishment in a way?

Like, if I feel like I'm not really accomplishing anything in the game or I don't really feel that there's a sense of progression, I'll probably dip

[wicked schooner]

Do NOT install arc raiders

[nimble canyon]

If that makes sense.

[granite fulcrum]

UNC raider*

[ancient storm]

will alien weapon be on john marston

[nimble canyon]

I already played it for 113 hours, that's time I can't get back. Friends told me to stick with it saying it gets better. So I completed all of the story. I built all of the workshops. I collected all of the weapons and I was just like "Nothing else to do?"

[wicked schooner]

I'm sorry for your loss there

[late storm]

Someone please find out when we can predownload the game so we can play server slam at launch

[ancient storm]

sorry for ur loss

🙏

[nimble canyon]

If I really want to have something that makes me feel that there's always something more to learn, it's probably Titanfall 2 in terms of game.

[nimble canyon]

That game has an impressive skill ceiling.

I don't care if it's old.

[split galleon]

i have irl friends that are so casually into gaming, that they just installed arc raiders a week ago and that's the "new game" to them

[ancient storm]

hollow knight

[split galleon]

never watched a streamer in their life and all of a sudden "that peanut guy is pretty funny"

[nimble canyon]

Silksong

[ancient storm]

nah og hollow knight

[whole valve]

Upgrade your internet plan so you don't need to worry

[wicked schooner]

I usually feel like gaming is kind of a waste of time and view it as an addiction I have rather than a worthwhile activity. Kicking myself all the time when I look at steam hours. And then every once in a while I play some game like Outer Wilds or Sekiro and suddenly the entire 40 or 80 or 100 hours is worth it.

[late storm]

Not an option.

[nimble canyon]

God fucking highguard crashed and burned so fucking absurdly.

[sand crystal]

Oh gawd the peanut guy 😅

[ancient storm]

Wokester

[nimble canyon]

There's nothing wrong with being woke.

[delicate berry]

my boy didnt deserve its treatment 😔

[nimble canyon]

This game is pretty woke.

[whole valve]

People who watch streamers can't be real

[ancient storm]

Yeah wokesters don't like peanut very much

Yeah wokesters don't like peanut very muchYeah wokesters don't like peanut very much

[nimble canyon]

I really want Titanfall 3 but I know it's not to be

[whole valve]

How so?

[wicked schooner]

Do you play D2?

[fickle pilot]

https://tenor.com/view/week-11-minutes-spongebob-give-gif-26150156

[nimble canyon]

I really really don't want to talk about the amount of hours I've spent in destiny. 2. Or the amount of money I spent and I've had content taken away from me.

[lilac lodge]

my coworkers be playing flight simulator and shit lol

[late storm]

Will we have the ability in Marathon to "favorite" build setups? So when you pick them up, it can auto equip/slot?

[delicate berry]

coworkers be playing marvel rivals and helldivers

[nimble canyon]

Destiny 1. Actually felt like I was accomplishing something more than destiny 2 was.

[whole valve]

Is that a problem?!

[lilac lodge]

i tried to explain an extraction shooter and she looked at me like had bifocals and a textbook in my hand

[nimble canyon]

It didn't shower me in loot.

[crystal geyser]

the lore in this game is nuts

[nimble canyon]

It made me fucking earn things.

[crystal geyser]

cant wait

[kind snow]

Not that we’ve seen

[lone bronze]

No one knows yet

[nimble canyon]

I don't know if loadouts will be an option yet. No one does.

[whole valve]

i have no idea what destiny is lol

[late storm]

Really hope something like that comes a long.

[lilac lodge]

i tried to play rivals with my coworkers but im cel and they are firmly silver and they were heating me up

[nimble canyon]

Weird looter shooter that ruined its art style and took away content people paid for

[late storm]

I realize you can't have a full loadout option, because gear is dynamic based on what you have, but have preferences setup would be ideal.

[lilac lodge]

me neither (2000+ hours and been playing since ps3 beta)

[jaunty crystal]

playing rank with coworkers

[wicked schooner]

Loadouts or an adjacent feature would reaaally help cut down on prep time

[nimble canyon]

I've been playing since PC beta.

[split galleon]

i played arc with coworkers and they got legitimately mad at me for wanting to pvp

[nimble canyon]

I really don't know if I still like destiny 2 anymore.

[delicate berry]

aurian if ur looking for an experience kind of like destiny u should try out the destiny 2 minecraft server

[nimble canyon]

I occasionally go back to it hoping that it's gotten better but…

[late storm]

I'm worried about spending time in my pack every time I pick up something.

[mellow thunder]

Idk how much yall spent but dude I know someone that spent like over 8K on that game 😭 idk how people do it cause that’s nuts

[lilac lodge]

just qp but in rivals qp i get matchamde with cel gm plus so i was just getting cooked for 2 hours while they tried new characters

[ancient storm]

Real men bark femboys meowReal men bark femboys meow

[kind snow]

I think even a loadout for basics would be very useful. Like shields, ammo, heals, utility

[indigo cloud]

Hunt showdown does loadouts really well

[nimble canyon]

It's also made on a good engine.

[lilac lodge]

arc raiders has become a coworker game and its sad fr

[indigo cloud]

Autobuy weapons/healing would be nice

[jaunty crystal]

the actual destiny playerbase have moved on a while ago

[nimble canyon]

I'm genuinely angry how much content Bungie took away from us regarding destiny 2.

But it'll never come back so I should just stop caring.

[lyric quiver]

In the same vein I think it would be neat if you could designate certain types of pickups as the first to go if your pack gets too full

[late storm]

I've played D1+D2 for over 2k hours. I don't see how new people could possibly get into it though. It's overwhelming even for a 2k+ hour player. hah

[wicked schooner]

Oh. For that you just need to scout the area a bit. Be aware that players will naturally respond to sounds out of curiosity, so find some good cover and wait if you're about to loot a player you just killed. Alternatively, if you're in trios, have one or two people keep an eye out while the other loots

[whole valve]

Like a borderlands game?

[rancid pebble]

hope he reported u to hr for that

[nimble canyon]

Byf said apathy is worse than hoping things will get better.

[rancid pebble]

disgusting behavior

[nimble canyon]

But he also said there's a limit to that.

[late storm]

Yeah, chilling while 3 people go through their gear sounds awful without action.

[ancient storm]

hi im baldi nice to meet ya

[lilac lodge]

my coworkers dont like pvp because "people are mean"

[mellow thunder]

💀💀

[lilac lodge]

tried to explain the mute button and they thought i was sped or something

[jaunty crystal]

my coworkers play games like balatro, wreckfest and diablo 2

[nimble canyon]

Eh. Byf will probably cover the lore of Marathon and that's neat.

[kind snow]

The amount of people that have yelled “ur playing the game wrong (insert slur here)” is insane in arc raiders

[nimble canyon]

Jesus Christ.

[late storm]

We need a new Byf.

[mellow thunder]

“But their energy still affects me!”

😭

[lilac lodge]

now i just auto fill stella and get called racial slurs by my own teammates

[nimble canyon]

Who decides if you're playing the game wrong?

[jaunty crystal]

its like all the hall monitors decided to play the same game

[late storm]

Enemies.

[lilac lodge]

these people are grown asf its genuinely sad...game is gone

[ancient storm]

larp raiders

[wicked schooner]

Your actions in game are towards real life people

There are real life people behind the profiles / raiders

This perception that "it's Just a game" and therefore there is no way that your actions can actually have a negative impact on people is extremely flawed and not at all accurate of real life

THAT is the point
I'm sorry you cannot understand that

[nimble canyon]

That's almost as bad as dead by daylight players who are playing survivor and Yap about the survivor's handbook to killers.

[lilac lodge]

imagining being 40 worried about internet stranger opinions and slurs

Your actions in game are towards real life people

There are real life people behind the profiles / raiders

This perception that "it's Just a game" and therefore there is no way that your actions can actually have a negative impact on people is extremely flawed and not at all accurate of real life

THAT is the point
I'm sorry you cannot understand that

[nimble canyon]

Another copy pasta

[jade forum]

Can’t wait for the beta

[ancient storm]

Your actions in game are towards real life people

There are real life people behind the profiles / raiders

This perception that "it's Just a game" and therefore there is no way that your actions can actually have a negative impact on people is extremely flawed and not at all accurate of real life

THAT is the point
I'm sorry you cannot understand that

[kind snow]

Not worried abt their opinion, it’s fun to kill them lmao

[ancient storm]

i have all the copy pastes
Hey, mate. Go pester kids your own age. No one gives a damn about what you think. Well, except the random few that’ll pipe up when they read this.
Yeah wokesters don't like peanut very much
I like how you’re mad I said I wanted a white male character, then said black people act a certain way. Almost like there are differences in character
hey man i'm just letting u know you're doing so great, you're so attentive and respectful and kind to all your friends and they see you and notice you and root for you every day, so be kind to yourself, you're doing the best you can in a very unfair world, pat yourself on the back pal
hey man i'm just letting u know i'm gonna block you. it's nothing personal really but your messages really get on my nerves. i'd rather just not see them. Real men bark femboys meow
Fuck you guys and fuck everyone else. I hope you celebrate Ramadan alone like I have and maybe you will learn to appreciate people more
Your actions in game are towards real life people

There are real life people behind the profiles / raiders

This perception that "it's Just a game" and therefore there is no way that your actions can actually have a negative impact on people is extremely flawed and not at all accurate of real life

THAT is the point
I'm sorry you cannot understand that

[sturdy kiln]

Not again, with the copy paste opinions

[kind snow]

And I’m 24 so I get a pass

[nimble canyon]

You mean the server slam there is going to be no more betas

[unreal steeple]

DLSS BOTH PC GAMES NINTENDO SWITCH 2 hardware

[split galleon]

i think it has great bones, people enjoy the gunplay and the world, campaigns are enjoyable even with the sunsetting. im not a 2k hour player but i came back for each expansion and played til i was satisfied. everything after final shape doesn't exist tho

[late storm]

Does Server Slam have both locations?

[nimble canyon]

LMFAO

[lilac lodge]

ik my coworkers avoid cod and other pvp games because of that. i had to expalin that calling your homies slurs on the game IS the fun part

the ramadan copy pasta had me DEAAAAD

[nimble canyon]

Nintendo is looking to increase the price of the switch. 2. Is that because of how badly it's selling?

[wicked schooner]

If standing guard is boring then be one of the ones looting instead of the guard 🤷‍♀️ I just offer to stand guard because I can't relax during a run anyway, might as well indulge my paranoia.

[nimble canyon]

God I fucking hate modern day Nintendo.

[jade forum]

But to rebutted that, sure it’s a person on the other side of the screen there is a thing called the mute button so I mean we shouldn’t be censoring people speech if you look at the old call of duty games people said slurs and stuff all the time

[late storm]

Like Tweak on southpark.

[sturdy kiln]

is problably just modern ram and memorie prices

[nimble canyon]

I'm angry Nintendo fucked up Metroid prime 4

[wicked schooner]

No... not like that 😭

[nimble canyon]

I will not forgive them for that.

[kind snow]

VoIP isn’t for teaming up it’s for coming up with the most evil shit u can say to another human being

[sturdy kiln]

just like with all modern consoles and hardware which prices are skyrocketing right now

[jade forum]

According to the people who bought the switch 2 it’s “selling” well, my take is I’m a OLED user and I just don’t want to spend more money for what is essentially a marginally better experience

[lilac lodge]

Truer words have never been sad nucal stocks are up in my book

[late storm]

Assassin shell

[nimble canyon]

I mean I'm arachne.

[lilac lodge]

if you bought the switch 2 then i hope for your joy and well being but you got scammed

[ancient storm]

btw why all the other shells look like robots but void looks like human

[unkempt wave]

Will this game require tpm 2.0? I can't see that it does on their steam page, but it seems very popular recently for fps games.

[whole valve]

Is switch 2 the only nvidia console?`

[late storm]

Will be playing on PS5

[lilac lodge]

switch 2 has like 5 games and mario kart is 8 of them

[unkempt wave]

I'd rather not have to upgrade my mobo, ram, and cpu just to play

[jade forum]

And Pokémon day is coming on Friday so it’ll be interesting to see if they’ll make it cross platform or if it’ll be switch 2 exclusive

[wicked schooner]

"Why did you shoot me I was FRIENDLY!!!!"

[ancient storm]

same

[split galleon]

switch 2 biggest selling point is fromsoft game

[kind snow]

Like brother u just made urself easier to shoot

[late storm]

PC players definitely have the major benefits over all consoles.

[lilac lodge]

the thing is i dont even rat in marathon. I will announce myself in prox then kill you. i enjoy facing death like a grown ass man

[sturdy kiln]

i don't think is according to people but just the recent Nintendo finance data they released

[nimble canyon]

We always have done.

[rancid pebble]

better question is y do the female shells get to have proper hair and all void gets is a bunch of ribbon cables strapped to his noggin

[lilac lodge]

steam deck changed my life

[nimble canyon]

I love the steamdeck.

[lilac lodge]

triage has his whole ceilin gmissing

[delicate berry]

i love the steamdeck

[kind snow]

Look out y’all the sigma is speaking

[delicate berry]

i open csgo cases on the go now

[whole valve]

Hope marathon won't have overpowered aim assist in pc lobbies

[jade forum]

Yeah I looked at it and it was really interesting to see how poorly it did, I wonder if Pokémon will help it out at all

[wicked schooner]

women = long hair = sexy
men = no hair = powerful

[nimble canyon]

Valve will release steamdeck 2. When it is time

[late storm]

oh damn, there's 4 playable areas in Marathon?

Perimeter: The starting/training area, described as open and straightforward.
Dire Marsh: A zone featuring a mysterious alien anomaly with suspended rocks and zero gravity.
Outpost: A UEC facility with close-quarters combat and automated robot enemies.
Cryo Archive: The endgame zone on board the Marathon ship, offering high-tier loot and intense PvP encounters.

[delicate berry]

if i need a hit of gambling the steamdeck got me

[ancient storm]

i marathon while marathon is marathon

[lilac lodge]

i played marathon on the steam deck with my ps5 remote play and it was fun asf