breach-protocol

[scarlet yew]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1480043609079287838/1484278703986053130/pink_cat_dance.gif

[candid goblet]

I feel like that's a new sentence

[scarlet yew]

I want to know more about the bingus

[candid goblet]

me too

[scarlet yew]

Give us bingus

[magic oar]

KAALI? She's the ghostcat.

Let me find the screenshots of her codex entries.

[tame root]

bingus beam

[scarlet yew]

https://tenor.com/view/marathon-bingus-game-bungie-gif-13820901045642077774

[rare lagoon]

So cute

[magic oar]

Active camoflaging rouge felini unit that leaves no signal trace.

[west spade]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/940128211671584801/1450396719270330461/ezgif.com-animated-gif-maker.gif

[magic oar]

Also opens doors.

And is defintely not durandal.

[rare lagoon]

It's js bingus

[candid goblet]

https://tenor.com/view/marathon-game-marathon-healing-drone-triage-bungie-gif-1192162943819076255

[magic oar]

Some proper stuff from my audio, waveform editing regarding glitch art.

[magic oar]

1st image is the unedited, made in photoshop.

[candid goblet]

I wish triage got a mod that let his drones do 1 billion damage

[scarlet yew]

No for sure we need a in game event that has bingus showing us something importand for ARG

[west spade]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1362186088961151167/1487689434068680725/Healthbewithye.gif

[magic oar]

I wish more people would call her KAALI but we can't have everything in life.

[rare lagoon]

It's Bingus

[west spade]

Those thats knows

[candid goblet]

If it looks like a bingus and acts like a bingus then its a bingus

[magic oar]

https://www.kaal1.fun/

Someone made a website for her.

Respect.

[sullen nimbus]

I am in you all

[rare lagoon]

YO IS THAT JOHN MARATHON?

[magic oar]

Not without buying me dinner first you ain't. Have some class.

[west spade]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/911029799412183140/1359007288668459141/car_andworm.gif

[pure prairie]

Is this how I learn that Vyper is my spirit animal? 🤣

Via john marathon?

[cyan nest]

Is it actualy going free to play?

[magic oar]

We haven't seen much of KAAL1 in any of the recent cinematics.

[magic oar]

Lmao, no.

Also twitter is brainrot, avoid it.

I only see reposts from twitter, don't use it myself. Not after melon bought it.

[pure prairie]

I feel obliged to remind everyone that Bingus is a Corporate sponsored Psy-Op by NuCal and CyAc

[thorny jungle]

How would Bungie justify F2P to the players who bought the game?

[magic oar]

Well, you can remind us of that but she was created by SekGen but has NuCal colours.

[thorny jungle]

nahhhh dw about it she's too cute to be a corporate psyop

[pure prairie]

SHHHHHH SEKGEN FUNDS MIDA, LEAVE THEM OUT OF THIS

[scarlet yew]

https://64.media.tumblr.com/7b0cab600efbcae723592b5f74874019/5ba5f63e763f26e9-a5/s1280x1920/e24daa88edce3197ddca5a946d7d9adfafb28a62.gif

[pure prairie]

Oh look a butterfly 🫴 🦋

[west spade]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1306389618089787454/1367696962828374116/felinicel.gif

[magic oar]

Why the hell does KAAL1 even need active camouflage?

[west spade]

Sekiguchi secrets

[magic oar]

I know cats are sneaky but do they really need to go invisible?

[cyan nest]

Obv. Its mostly just nsfw and bad polotics. Tho i think the player count is fine for the kinda game it is. Only reason its not got arc numbers is cause its not as noob friendly as arc. Thats my assesment anyway. For how neesh extractions are i think the player counts prety good. Its doin better than tarkov

[tired yoke]

Nope

Bingus and doro rook are friends forever

[cyan nest]

Like... most of the hate i seen on marathon in the senimatic trailers comments secions are... looks great, if only it wasnt an extraction shooter

[magic oar]

I hope they show more KAAL1 because if she ends up forgotten like the Pouka from destiny 2 I'll be sad.

[rustic ruin]

We all love being niche, hell yeah

[magic oar]

Hey look at this cool ghost fish the exo stranger ha- and it's never seen again!

[west spade]

Real

[cyan nest]

Whats kaal1?

[tired yoke]

[magic oar]

It's the designation of the unit people call bingus.

[west spade]

[tired yoke]

Thats kaali

Kaali is a good bingus

[magic oar]

Remember this thing, the exostranger had?

[sage nymph]

felini

[west spade]

They should make a KAAL1 plush

[magic oar]

I WANT A LIFE SIZED ONE.

[west spade]

Space fishy

[magic oar]

Like the life sized vaporeon Nintendo do.

[sage nymph]

[west spade]

Also huge Nona plushy so my Benjamin worm doesn't feel lonely

[magic oar]

Measures about 30 ¾ inches high, 27 ½ inches wide, and 36 ¼ inches long imagine

[cyan nest]

Me an armored core vet who grew up with ac2 and ac3. No one understands me

[rustic ruin]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1373116730322456648/1377055386317754543/attachment.gif

[torpid wyvern]

the nine? ballin? they could never

[magic oar]

https://youtu.be/VXokeyHBxyw

Seen this?

You have to have.

[west spade]

https://tenor.com/view/family-guy-sneakers-o'toole-family-guy-funny-moments-sneakers-gif-12612552408678177103

[magic oar]

Is a felini unit the exact same size as a biological cat or larger?

Also that's kinda horrifying.

[cyan nest]

Looks cool... just 1 problem.

[magic oar]

Felini likes 🔪's

Isn't that what some cats do IRL?

[lime cliff]

That's just my cat.

[magic oar]

This is one of the funniest ones.

[pure prairie]

That's just my cat Haruki. She will maintain covid distancing at all times, until she has deemed her need for affection is greater than her independence, and then she'll rub against your leg (once)

[west spade]

Your cat was the base plate of KAAL1

[magic oar]

[as intended, won't fix]

[scarlet yew]

Look at you, violent little things

[lime cliff]

Oh absolutly.

[magic oar]

😳

[cyan nest]

Because of this i have to pass on the game

[magic oar]

Spinning

[lime cliff]

Don't think she's achieved mitosis yet.

[magic oar]

https://tenor.com/view/spinning-cat-gif-1175703927588788964

[scarlet yew]

we need bingus version of this

[west spade]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1432527519550017668/1451869003344515213/ezgif.com-animated-gif-maker_1.gif

[cyan nest]

Still wondering y no one calls it pinky the cat

[magic oar]

Unable to reproduce error. Felini unit is offensive.

[scarlet yew]

bingus

cus its sus and bings us among us

[pure prairie]

This has to be an OIIA OIIA reference

[magic oar]

That's genuinely what I thought

[west spade]

What if KAAL1 was the grim ripper of Tau Ceti and we're just prey to an apex animal

[magic oar]

Steam is best platform tho

[cyan nest]

I dont have a pc tho

[magic oar]

Oh big rip

[cyan nest]

🤷‍♂️ 🤷‍♂️ 🤷‍♂️

[west spade]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/961687761151221773/1371436905668939836/attachment78789798.gif

[cyan nest]

I never much liked pc gameing anyway

[lime cliff]

I only play games on my nintendo 2DS

[pure prairie]

Show me your badge completion in The World Ends with You

[lime cliff]

Uh oh..... excellent game though.

[scarlet yew]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1480043609079287838/1481845632539820102/ami31p.gif

[signal linden]

Hopefully we can re-summon him next week after the mid season patch

[simple scarab]

bro I need blue drone nodes and I can NOT find any

my rook runs on outpost have been hell

[woeful parcel]

Go to bio research

[flint crescent]

There is no way lmaooo

[magic oar]

https://tenor.com/view/spinning-cat-gif-1175703927588788964

[flint crescent]

I think I actually extracted that thing with me before

Found it in a stand randomly in dire marsh

[simple scarab]

I love getting a sniper in outpost as a rook and trying to snipe someone at exfil only for every single UESC unit to fucking turn around and blast me

[flint crescent]

Funny how it meows when picked

[simple scarab]

for 0 reason they ALL started turning around. I was like 100m+ away from exfil

[cyan nest]

Nice lmg. (Season resets your vault)

[scarlet yew]

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=VIg8-1H7ELU

TODAY IS THE DAY, MIDA CONTRACTS NEEDS TO BE DONE

[simple scarab]

the audio queue for the player claymores are significantly more silent than world ones

like, almost 70% more silent

[tribal orbit]

since server slam having this 🙂

[heady blaze]

is biomata resin only found in dire marsh?

cus that's what it says but i feel like it's not

[tame root]

and tool boxes

carts

[heady blaze]

any map?

i need 4 more and i hate dire marsh

[restive patrol]

biomata resin is pretty rare actually

but you can find it all over

including cryo

but yeah dire marsh is a good place

[cyan nest]

Y

[pure prairie]

Make the UESC Bleed

[scarlet yew]

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=DCbvbCbB0fE

https://tenor.com/view/marathon-bungie-mida-bungie-marathon-gif-9776263104455447495

[lean kindle]

Runnah, poop in 7 UESC shoes and Exfil!

[pure prairie]

https://youtu.be/jLXTBbMRxK8?si=r1YP89mhtfRGchCB

[scarlet yew]

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=eCVXy0_yMzw

Me when crew filled freekits left me dying on gunpoint against other team

(I had 10k full blue kit)

https://tenor.com/view/marathon-marathon-game-gifcaption-caption-gif-10881002704809381083

[near sky]

Interesting - list doesn’t include me…

I hope you don’t run into me on perimeter…

[glad cedar]

chat was I outta line here be honest

[simple scarab]

ok im getting a feeling audio queues are inconsistent as fuck

I was literally hiding under stairs with no other access than my left and I had 0 footsteps indicating someone was next to me

[nocturne abyss]

Some Of You Guys Are Alright, Don't Go to Perimeter Tomorrow.

[latent pagoda]

pants: shat

[latent pagoda]

yea some kind of bug is going on, sometimes i just dont get footsteps at all its really frustrating

[latent pagoda]

can i join you bro

[simple scarab]

ok for some reason I get instantly one tapped by the WSTR which im not complaining about

But like, I died instantly. No one half of my health gone then the other. I meant the two shots were shot instantly after the other

[unreal sedge]

They are very close together. Add in a bit of latency and it can easily be on the same server tick

[lyric sluice]

could also be a mod for it, theres one that gives it a slug shot barrel that can kill from SMG range

[lyric trail]

What color shields?

[simple scarab]

i was on a rook run, i expect to get wiped by a wstr lmfao

but the fact they shot both shots in such a short time is odd

[vivid panther]

yeah probably just net code

[lyric trail]

Im pretty sure 1 wstr shot can kill through green right?

[pure prairie]

If mobalytics is correct, you should be able to one tap on a green shield if all the pellets land.

[woeful parcel]

What a sweet delight. 6 dead and nobody to interupt me looting.

[swift perch]

damn dude at least finish them for the xp

[woeful parcel]

I dont like finishing if im not 100% theyre all dead.

Just animation locks you and you get fucked. What do I need the xp for 😂

[lilac night]

d u r a n d a l .

:3

[woeful parcel]

React to him with the boot emote

Get him out of here

[lilac night]

how do i eat the path? is my question.

[bleak citrus]

That’s not ridiculous to say

[glad cedar]

Thaank u bro

[bleak citrus]

I mean, he did nothing to say he was chill until after he was downed so…fair game

[vivid panther]

charter wanted his skin

[lean kindle]

[ashen sentinel]

i like when charter randomly chimes in without you doing anything it makes him feel like a beautiful friend

[lilac night]

i seek to discuss lore. :3

[bleak citrus]

What specifically?

[formal venture]

LFG for ranked level 200 plat 3

[marsh juniper]

heyo when they nerfing this alien gun more?

I tried to dm ziegler but hes screening my message s

[lyric trail]

As soon as you solve the alien gun nerf ARG

[bleak citrus]

Didn’t they just nerf it?

[marsh juniper]

yea not enough

[granite tartan]

We’re likely to make some adjustments to Biotox in the near future and may not stick to this damage nerf but for now we wanted to make sure we could curb a little bit of its dominion in the game

[runic flicker]

they should reduce the fire rate of the grenade firing

[granite tartan]

real

[runic flicker]

it would give the players getting fired at some time to run away and get a better angle

[flat rose]

Botox injector 🤔

[rain geyser]

my guy just spontaneously combusted

[tired cove]

lmao?!?!

[rain geyser]

i was just running around picking up sparkleaf

[signal linden]

Happened to me when I got stuck in a wall once

[blazing robin]

"killed by the architects"

[winged cypress]

LFG GOLD

[dusk patrol]

My bad ! I disconnected your Neural Link

https://tenor.com/view/modem-unplug-modem-unplug-x889-gif-24372440

[runic flicker]

im stuck on a good run lmao

fucxk this fkg game

[rustic ruin]

/unstuck

[ebon granite]

spam jump ig

[runic flicker]

so many bugs and cheaters

[edgy kestrel]

Yes

[peak badge]

yall hearing roars on outpost

[haughty glen]

so is ranked just fully dead?

37 minute queue

[upbeat perch]

is ur name a .hack reference

[edgy kestrel]

it sucks

[edgy kestrel]

no way

[winter oxide]

i had a really weird sound in outpost today

[peak badge]

fr

[winter oxide]

dont remember if it was a roar tho

[lyric trail]

Sounds like a personal problem, I'm having a blast

[haughty glen]

compared to perimeter and dire marsh, this is the worst experience ive ever had playing a game

maybe in bronze/silver the game is fun

but once youre even in gold, just dont queue

[lyric trail]

I enjoy looking at the moth personally

Ranked is probably dead, I cant see it persisting due to general player decline and the new distrust due to hackers

[vivid panther]

I just don’t understand why you’d put a ranked mode into an extraction shooter.

it just doesn’t really seem like it goes well together.

[granite tartan]

Ranked in an extraction shooter is such a weird design. Even ARC has it and, guess what, it's dogshit too

[lyric trail]

Honestly what killed my joy for tarkov was not that there were hackers, but I was informed when my reports banned hackers

As if the game says "you arent crazy, you really lost that match due to a hacker, no refunds"

[latent pagoda]

i have a few

[frail plover]

my first prestige weapon :D

[latent pagoda]

i never understood that thing

aiming down sights is so insanely slow idk why

[woeful parcel]

You put attachments on it

[steel cypress]

That one's fun for annoying people

[woeful parcel]

To ads faster

[steel cypress]

Thats the heat build up one right

[woeful parcel]

Yeh

Ive had two of em. Dont like it

With the gold mod that is

[steel cypress]

I liked it from what ive used

I used it for 3 cryo runs

[magic oar]

https://fxbsky.app/profile/marathonthegame.bungie.net/post/3mitqgkge4x26

Marathon (@marathonthegame.bungie.net)

Do Med-Drones need a buff?

**🔁 55 ❤️ 381 **

▶ Play video

FxBluesky · Apr 6, 2026, 5:00 PM

[latent pagoda]

buff triage he clearly doesnt heal enough, also give every shell a med drone

[frail plover]

imagine they add a triage core where med drones 1 shot runners if you throw it at them

[magic oar]

Up the damage, it should hurt more.

[frail plover]

i didnt even know it could hurt

well it is a massive chunk of.. whatever that material is getting chucked at your face

[queen raven]

Does it do damage?

[frail plover]

yeah

apparently

[queen raven]

Huh.

[steel cypress]

It does basically none

But it does a very small amount

[steel cypress]

I got 3 prestige guns im waiting to try on cryo 1 I know is good 2 idk yet

[granite tartan]

why is that a transparent png 😭

[frail plover]

idk its supposed to look like this

idk what happened 😭

[vivid panther]

my favorite AR in the game!

[half spire]

it should scale off melee damage

[foggy linden]

Is the gun decent I’ve genuinely never used?

[vivid panther]

I like it. recommend with a recoil grip and probably a drum mag.

[lyric trail]

New triage challenge, down a runner using a med drone

Unlocks a bad looking triage skin

[zinc shuttle]

Hey marathon can we please have duos back

[winter oxide]

come dire marsh AI Uplink with all those, i just wanna talk

[split grove]

what is that first gold??

[runic flicker]

for the longshot

[split grove]

ahhh, thank you

[granite tartan]

clearly its BIGBIGBIG Munition

[split grove]

big munition doesnt want you to know this.

[unkempt pivot]

it makes kings

[edgy kestrel]

ranked mode ?

[magic oar]

Look at the video I sent, lmao

[magic oar]

Experiments will continue.

[zinc shuttle]

okay cool did they say this somewhere where i can read it

[runic flicker]

outpost casual, inside the key room of Processing upper level

[edgy kestrel]

processing key room ? gold room ?

[runic flicker]

nah blue

[edgy kestrel]

or purple key room?

[edgy kestrel]

bruh

idont get shit with blue keys

[runic flicker]

i snatched the key from another team

[edgy kestrel]

this must be trolling

[runic flicker]

i did the open the room on trio mode, might have gotten better loot bc of this

[edgy kestrel]

i have opened 4 blue room and not a single yellow

[edgy kestrel]

i also done it in trio

maybe it depends on the lvl ?

i did last room at lvl 70 ish

[winter oxide]

is this enough for cryo

[granite tartan]

no

[winter oxide]

should i add 1 more row?

got 1 purple shield for 1 enzyme replicator rn

best deal there is

[edgy kestrel]

you need 100 bubble shields for cryo

[magic oar]

#dev-updates message

[cyan nest]

If u can manage to hit a player in the face with a med drone while there sheilds are down it should be able to down them. Cause like.... the likelyhood of you actualy pulling that off and not getting blasted while doing it is slim to none. Lol

[cyan nest]

Roars?? ...i thought it sounded like a giant cow

[peak badge]

It’s very underwater sounding

[steel cypress]

Gonna farm more v85 from vault 4 this week

That thing is funny too have

[cyan nest]

I mean... its basicaly just sounds like a distorted bull belowing

https://youtu.be/yrGRP7tTe-E?si=-SUYU2vGrp6GqUvq

[peak badge]

Could be a bug with the cow moo perhaps

[cyan nest]

Idk. But like... i work on a farm around cows. And the 1st time i heard that noise on outpost i was like;

Why am i hearing a giant space cow? Wtf

[edgy kestrel]

Okay so what has happened to this thing ?

Is that still an unsolved mystery right ?

[runic flicker]

rook and a dream

[vague violet]

oh no

[edgy kestrel]

Cryoarchives drops tomorrow , so you better start grinding

[runic flicker]

how

[vague violet]

I'm ready to rumble brotherman

[edgy kestrel]

https://tenor.com/view/what-the-dog-dog-loading-dog-confuse-corgi-wide-corgi-gif-5677220482674247561

Well at least you have only 1 bubble shield

[vague violet]

I only need the one.

[runic flicker]

yea that only bubble shield wont save you

hop on outpost solo lets meet in pinwheel

[vague violet]

try me chucklenuts

[candid goblet]

Where do you find misriahs

I literally haven't seen one

[runic flicker]

arms lockers pinwheel

ive found so many that i had to sell some

[vague violet]

I've looted both of mine off of people

i only have the 2

[runic flicker]

got 6😭 hope i wont lose too many of them tmrw, + a prestige one

[unkempt sage]

Too much purple shield not enough grenade

[karmic stream]

outpost roaring is actually creepy af

[frail plover]

im very broke in this game

i only have 1 purple shiekd

actually i''ll just show my vault

[runic flicker]

all the planets we're in have aliens and scary ones too, but we dont see them, might see them in new maps, even maps without uesc👀

[magic oar]

So many hackers. And the balance is so absolutely fucked

[runic flicker]

holyy tahts your best loadout?

[magic oar]

It wasn't always like this.

[frail plover]

ik :(

well i could a LIL bit better

[winter oxide]

youre not ready for cryo

believe me

[runic flicker]

dont play ranked if youre aiming to do Cryo lmao

[frail plover]

the problem i have is no one i know plays marathon, so whenever i actually bring good stuff in my other 2 fill party teammates have free kits

and half of the time they have no mics

[runic flicker]

ask here, ive found some lvl 150+ even 200+ and i queue with them even tho im only lvl 100 (im pretty good ngl)

lvl doesnt matter BUT you do have more upgrades from factions, the richer get richer

[frail plover]

THIS is my whole vault

very broke as you can see

[runic flicker]

HOLYYYYY SHIT

[frail plover]

https://klipy.com/gifs/ice-bear-ledni

[elfin island]

and i thought i was broke

[runic flicker]

the only thing im missing are prestige salvages and the disjinctor

[frail plover]

what do u guys do???

how do you get so rich??????

[runic flicker]

be better and loot pinacle room, even as a rook you can wait in pinwheel until a team opens command wing and just run and grab the loot before they do while theyre killing bots

[elfin island]

kill

[runic flicker]

i do that so many times

no risk, all gain

[frail plover]

do the lockdowns in sire have any good loot?

dire*

[elfin island]

yea

if you do all 3

[frail plover]

like how good

[runic flicker]

yea, but youre alerting everyone in the game + you need tons of ammunation

[frail plover]

hm

[runic flicker]

wardens, lockdowns (dire marsh), intercept (perimeter), convoy (outpost), those are good events but everyone in the game will hear you doing them, so make sure you kill some people before doing that

[frail plover]

whats my best bet for getting good vault fast

[runic flicker]

also Anomaly in dire marsh

[frail plover]

yeah i've been wondering what is that thing??

[runic flicker]

pinacle room (3 red keys) in outpost

[runic flicker]

scales on level, but you grab a precious item from one spot in dire marsh and need to place it somewhere far to then exfil with it

[frail plover]

what does it give me

[runic flicker]

its hard bc you get pinged every 30 seconds on the map and everyone knows youre doing the event

[runic flicker]

minimum of blue salvage/valuable, higher level = higher loot rate

[frail plover]

ohh k thx

of to (hopefully) get a better vault

[magic oar]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1204237443398631465/1490840916703969330/VID_20260406_152858_116.mp4?ex=69d8284d&is=69d6d6cd&hm=831468933dd511dd7bbf7e96bf33d979da6ebfc02ce6f3bb61ed823da88856c2&

How it feels shooting someone to realise they have a golden shield and all gold weapons.

[nocturne abyss]

Some of you guys are alright. Don't go to cryo archive tomorrow if you are in the Marathon.

happening thread will be posted tomorrow morning

so long space robots

[granite tartan]

BROOOOOOOOOOOO

[magic oar]

just go into anywhere with nothing on you at all, solo, loot something that has traxus's interests, then leave the game.

[mellow belfry]

how do I get factions to vip, specfically nucaloric and cybercame after I finish the priorty contracts. I'm kind of a bum lowkey I only have them at lvl 14 and 21.

[granite tartan]

gotta do standard contracts up to level 30. Every 1000 rep after level 30 is a VIP rank

[runic flicker]

its easy to get rep for cyac and nuca, just farm TADs and do the events/activites they ask you to do, also contracts

@mellow belfry

[mellow belfry]

thank you 👍

[hearty kayak]

Intercept events being the convoy on Outpost, right?

[amber flare]

intercept is the monitor "puzzle" on perimeter

oni announces profit opp, if it says intercept its the one where you have to find the monitor with the matching 3 digit number, then "intercept" a cargo ship

[candid goblet]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1306389618089787454/1361337188297740379/edit2_terminal_small.gif

[hearty kayak]

ah right

I did this once in the server slam and have not done it since LMAO

[limpid lance]

its pretty intense for not very great rewards

the bots that spawn can kick your average perimeter crew's ass if theyre not careful

[hearty kayak]

The reward I want from it is the CyAC XP

[limpid lance]

fair

[hearty kayak]

I don't recall the cargo ship from the server slam though..

Maybe I just didnt realise at the time

[limpid lance]

its like one of the dropships but with a crate on the bottom, you have to shoot it off before it flies away

[hearty kayak]

yeah I know of it now

[nimble lotus]

Hey where did the LFG channel go?

[hearty kayak]

What kind of bots are we talking from this intercept event

I guess at least a Commander, maybe Ghost?

[upper solstice]

usually a commander and some assault troopers or something, iirc, been a minute

Not Tox Wardens or anything

[hearty kayak]

Doesn't sound too bad

[upper solstice]

It's a little dustup but not one you can't power through if you know it's coming. If you have three free kits down to their last hope, capris suns and no ammo, it can get you

But you can always run away.

[hearty kayak]

I'll have to see if I can get one of those intercept events again, don't usually spend that much time on perimeter

[granite tartan]

I prefer perimeter than dire marsh but the loot is just piss unless you have a key

[hearty kayak]

mostly because finding a lobby in Australia is getting a bit more challenging unless you go in as a Rook

I like Perimeter as a map, I hope they change the loot up in the future, even if its just a limited time event

[queen raven]

Just lost a purple kit I bummed off a free kit conveyance run because the commander respawns right next to me while I’m fighting some goober who tried to get into pinwheel at the last second 😭

[granite tartan]

#lfc-any-zone

[hearty kayak]

have hauler explode so its in ruins would be interesting

[granite tartan]

gotta disable them bots

[queen raven]

I be feeling real silly rn

I was STACKED

[granite tartan]

gotta do it in a way to keep the key room tho

[hearty kayak]

doable id say

maybe not have the hauler exploded, but maybe sunk into the ground or something

i mean, with a season change

you wont have any keys

so could just remove the hauler key room

[queen raven]

Why are we exploding hauler?

[hearty kayak]

it deserves it

[inner crane]

there could just be a lopsided room still needing a key. a ruins area would be interesting

[upper solstice]

fill it full of ticks and tick nests, tick nests in every corner

Put a sign out front that says 'closed'

[cyan nest]

So... i think he may be cheating. Thoughts???

[queen raven]

I mean it’s a bit suspect but he also could have heard you climbing

The fact that he was aimed up at you already is what’s weird

[granite tartan]

Agreed, but theres not enough information from when you were running there to make a definite conclusion

Its possible he saw you move from the gap between the rock he appeared from and the rock you were on, then didnt hear you move, but thats a bit of a gray area

[floral ocean]

Sprint audio + map knowledge + slice the pie

[granite tartan]

Nah he was full strafe speed there was no pie slicing going on there

[simple dirge]

100% cheating. He even prefired you it looks like if you zoom in.

[cyan nest]

This is him

[lyric trail]

Ph this guy killed me earlier today

Honestly I think this game is at its absolute worst when its played as a battle royale with looting afterwards, the most fun by far is completing objectives with a team that take you across the map, and dealing with engagements that occur naturally

Seeking out fights for the sake of lobby wiping is too easy and too common

[granite tartan]

This is why rook exists

[lyric trail]

Eh I wouldnt really say rook is even applicable to this, its a parallel fun path I guess

[granite tartan]

No I mean rooks exist so a trio doesnt just get to wipe the lobby and loot without a care in the world

[jolly goblet]

should have semi random team numbers per game to combat this and perhaps more things to do at POIs like outpost but on relay for example

[granite tartan]

Arc fixes this by loading players in mid match but that system is dogshit in 2 ways, I load in at 10 minutes with a full kit and I get no time to rest after wiping a team no matter what point in the match im in

[lyric trail]

Rook is not as engaging or fun to fight as a squad though, I may sound contradictory here but the game shines in its squadfights but dulls when those are the purpose instead of like an emergent element

[granite tartan]

Sometimes perimeter POIs barely have any loot to loot to begin with

[jolly goblet]

yeah there should be more things to do at pois which give you opportunities for more loot and take time so if you try and go wipe everyone theres less chance of you getting smth good from there

[jolly goblet]

also its still almost always better to fight a group of rooks than it is to risk fighting a coordinated team

[lyric trail]

Yeah tbh theres like a 50/50 chance the rooks will just shoot each other and do your work

[fading heron]

is it normal that its bugged ?

[granite tartan]

Mmm.. maybe do 1 more run, I dont think mine bugged out but this game likes to update after reloading or doing another run sometimes

[fading heron]

its been a while that its like that tho

[wise jackal]

yoink

[bleak citrus]

That’s a generational rook run right there

[austere apex]

Dastardly rook run my friend

[cyan nest]

Bouta take this into dire marsh. Wish me luck.....

[granite tartan]

Bring a friend

Theres too much loot for 1 person

[cyan nest]

You guys have thoes? Lol

Also i was just gonna go in solo with w blue bag😭

[jolly goblet]

too small

[granite tartan]

💀

[vital sundial]

…

[granite tartan]

32 slot bag might not even be enough

[vital sundial]

Blue bag

[jolly goblet]

just save it till you have ppl to play with

and do it in a 3 stack with good kit on so you're more likely to make it out

[cyan nest]

I really fucking wished all my freinds werent complete ass at marathon...

[jolly goblet]

add friends from fill

[granite tartan]

Its weird, one of my friends who is normally fine with shooters acts like a drunk child in this game

[vital sundial]

One blue bag is gonna leave so much loot behind

[jolly goblet]

no minimap

[granite tartan]

No I mean he literally cant aim

[jolly goblet]

no minimap is overloading brain

cant aim

brain too busy

[elder bronze]

Doing mida quests after the sekgen ones is so funny lmao it's like from death metal to pop music

[vital sundial]

Why can’t he aim it’s a bungee game you don’t need to be good at aiming to be good in bungee game 😂😂

[cyan nest]

U are describing my brouther who is cracked at DMZ and arc but ass at marathon🥀

[fresh maple]

let me know when u get 2 final mida contract i've been trying for a while in fill but can't get it after a few hours of attempts we could run 2gether

[elder bronze]

I am on 4/5 co-evolution atm

[granite tartan]

You have my condolences

[elder bronze]

It's probanly worth it to team up just for the extra cardio kicks

[elder bronze]

It's truly the worst quest I have ever done and I farmed eye of shadow in wow vanilla

[fresh maple]

oh wait i thought u were doing mida not sekiguchi sorry i was talking about truth/lies 6/6

[tacit light]

so uhm how do i get rep other than contracts

[fresh maple]

start an agricultural farm 4 nucal

[jolly goblet]

cultivate

harvest crops in greenhouse

[tacit light]

so like picking up plants?

[jolly goblet]

refill the algea at algea ponds

[tacit light]

don’t supply drops give em?

[fresh maple]

unironically yes

[tacit light]

how do u do that?

[jolly goblet]

yes

[jolly goblet]

you cant i lied

[granite tartan]

??? Where are your contracts

You did the liaison contract with cyac right

[tacit light]

no i have contracts but gaius isn’t telling me how to get rep

[tacit light]

yeah all of em

[brazen shadow]

They arent playing with effort it was the same with my friend til it clicked

[jolly goblet]

rampancy :/

[granite tartan]

If you hover over the rep icon on any of your contracts it will tell you how to get rep for that faction

[brazen shadow]

what's max season rank??

[granite tartan]

Yes

[brazen shadow]

thank u <3

[jolly goblet]

more than you

[tacit light]

oh wait nvm

i misunderstood that

thank you for the help

[granite tartan]

Lol no worries

[tacit light]

i do find it weird tho that it’s the only faction tht isn’t showing

[granite tartan]

Opening tick nests wont show rep gains since you have the menu open but it does work

[midnight turtle]

i cant see the lfg chats anymore

[granite tartan]

#lfc-any-zone
Make sure to make it permanent in Channels and Roles

[bleak citrus]

Question, is something up with text chat in marton? I used to be able to use it but now I can’t access it even in the main menu. I’m on console but I have a keyboard connected for text chat purposes.

[marsh zodiac]

you might need to turn it on again in the settings

[runic flicker]

i love rank???

[jolly goblet]

5 million billion purple shields and meds

[dire horizon]

how even!

[tulip peak]

Replicator barter

Probably I mean if I get that barter I can instantly buy like 20 purple shields xD

[tropic whale]

Dude why is ranked ending tomorrow? I swear there were like 12 total days to play ranked this season

[jolly goblet]

Because they hate us

[tropic whale]

True

[solemn hamlet]

Hey so can I get some clarification on this? Me and my friends have multiple times wiped the entire lobby of runners, meaning 9 kills and downs minimum but my god will sort the dead achievement has not popped? I’ve seen it being personal and many other things. Can I get some clarification on how this achievement is obtained please?

[lament lake]

can i get some feedback on this

[jolly goblet]

It would be sick I think if the words were attached to the background instead of the camera in some of the shots like the first one for example

[lament lake]

wdym by back ground

[jolly goblet]

Like yk in the first shot there’s camera shake

[lament lake]

i dont understand sorry

[jolly goblet]

Idk how to explain :/

[serene mirage]

like if the words would shake with the camera?

[serene mirage]

ohh like if the words were being displayed on the terrain it self

[jolly goblet]

Yea

[serene mirage]

that would be cool

[runic flicker]

finally

[vague violet]

7 heavy ammo! nice!

[ashen sentinel]

the collectors edition is soooooo amazing

[desert furnace]

defo not

[cyan nest]

U think they werent cheating?

[desert furnace]

i really doubt it nothing sus about that clip at all

[ripe matrix]

nothing's screaming cheater to me

i've done similar just off audio cues

prob had a thermal scope so it was as simple as fire at the red thing

[hearty kayak]

Seems a little sus to look exactly up at that point, but not enough evidence to say without a reasonable doubt

[cyan nest]

Whoever made this challenge.... fk u.

[vague violet]

bro could just have a thermal

[vague violet]

play Triage - the challenge

[ripe matrix]

I got on accident last cryo </3

[cyan nest]

Its still realy stupid. Lol

[ripe matrix]

it's prob damn near impossible without Triage but any team worth their salt in cryo's gonna want a Triage anyways

[vague violet]

I mean I play with squad fills on so atp my demands are quite low

have hands, ears, and eyes

[ripe matrix]

oh you poor soul

[vague violet]

ah don’t feel too bad I’ve extracted 4 times with squad fills

[ripe matrix]

ain't terrible

still, cryo's much more fun with an actual group

[cyan nest]

I try not to do fill cause i dont trust randoms to be inteligent

[vague violet]

for squad fills? That’s positively miraculous

[ripe matrix]

I try not to touch fills best I can

[vague violet]

never mind that I was basically running this loadout every time

guns interchanged but grenademaxxing yes

[cyan nest]

I run fills 24/7

.....when its not cryo

[ripe matrix]

my usual cryo loadout consists of like 8 stacks of grenades

love my util

[vague violet]

hah. Amateur.

I’ve started bringing minimum 20 each run

I paid for every boom I’m gonna use every boom

[cyan nest]

We cant all be rich tho....

[vague violet]

it’s not that expensive just needs some upgrades

very targetable and you can start building a reserve daily once you can buy them

[ripe matrix]

it's like this usually

maybe a bit less ammo

[vague violet]

boooo bubble

[ripe matrix]

if ya can't beat em, join em

i'd rather have my ass covered than not

esp useful on assassin since it's hard to see invis through bubbles

[cyan nest]

Expensive my ass. Speak for yourself, my wallet consistantly stays at 50-70k. Its expensive af for me to do cryo runs. After 4-5 runs my vault is getting sparce

[runic flicker]

yeeaaaa i love video games

[ripe matrix]

do some rook runs

I went from like 5k to 100k in a night or two

just sell everything you exfil with short of prestige and superior loot

[vague violet]

I mean 50k is enough to buy grenades, they’re like 500 for emps which is the most expensive one

[cyan nest]

Wana know somethin crazy...

[ripe matrix]

V99 Channel Rifle my beloved

that thing hurts so fucking bad

[hearty kayak]

crazy?

I was crazy once

[runic flicker]

got the unique one, is it good?

[vague violet]

do go on

[hearty kayak]

they locked me in a room

a rubber room, with rats

the rats made me crazy

[ripe matrix]

never tried the unique but the base with a thermal scope is just a treat to use

[stable swallow]

Are you a pro?

[hearty kayak]

crazy? I was crazy once

[cyan nest]

Not that. Tho that is allot of $...

I never use grenades hardly

[ripe matrix]

it does a gross amount of damage

[vague violet]

I mean well there’s your problem.

[ripe matrix]

240 if you headshot

[vague violet]

grenades are the great equalizer

[runic flicker]

im a pro-quebec

[vague violet]

assassin player boooo

[ripe matrix]

grenades will genuinely save your ass

[stable swallow]

I wish I knew what that meant, fairly new. Are you a solo player?

[vague violet]

I used to be an assassin player then I started playing destroyer in squad fills

[ripe matrix]

listen, I run what my team needs. assassin happens to be comfy on solos so I run it usually but if we need a Thief or Triage I run Thief or Triage

[runic flicker]

yea im a solo player

[stable swallow]

Ah makes sense

[ripe matrix]

haven't played around much with the other shells really aside from a bit of dabbling in Recon

[runic flicker]

?

[vague violet]

what the team always needs is another destroyer. Ideally 3.

[ripe matrix]

i'm sorry but i'm obligated to boo as a Canadian living outside Quebec

[lunar oracle]

Would anyone like to play some rank?

[ripe matrix]

love you tho

[stable swallow]

So far the trends been, solo players advancing quicker than ppl that stack or play trios with randoms

[ripe matrix]

lol what

[runic flicker]

FUCK YOU I HATE YOU FUCK YOU CANADIANS CULTURE CAME FROM QUEBEC FUCK YOU I HATE YOU

[ripe matrix]

I get shit from a butt when it comes to loot and exp

well

[cyan nest]

U can tell i dont pick them up that much. Only reason i have 20 emps is cause... oooohh blue.

But the fact i have 20 shows i never use em either

[ripe matrix]

maybe not loot but god my exp gains are abysmal

[runic flicker]

i play in trios nowadays

[ripe matrix]

solo players ain't advancing at all unless you count loot as advancing

[stable swallow]

Can you solo in Cyro?

[runic flicker]

its impossible for solo players to get prestige salvages unlesss its inside a key room or pinacle room

[vague violet]

bro u could do the funniest outpost run with those trap packs

[stable swallow]

I would too if I had all those goodies lol, do you like the railguns? I just got that, havent tried it

[cyan nest]

How so

[vague violet]

go into pinwheel and just put them all in the central area, like 3 to start

[ripe matrix]

use them. they completely change how fights go for you. emp disables abilities, heat grenades prevent sprinting, flechettes are a godsend for clearing out areas and providing cover, and bubble shields completely change the way a fight plays

[vague violet]

as people start coming in and looting them and dying you replace them with more

[vague violet]

EMP also does giga shield damage

[ripe matrix]

that too

[vague violet]

heats cripple destroyer specially

[ripe matrix]

frags will down people, chem chips at HP and prevents quick heals

[vague violet]

frags also chunk they’re like 160

[ripe matrix]

chem nades completely fuck a team's fight since it makes your heals take I wanna say double the time

[vague violet]

goop grenade best trait is to ruin heals

yeah it’s about double

[ripe matrix]

it's like 4 seconds for a heal with chem nade

[cyan nest]

But i gotta get in pinwheele without dieing 1st

[vague violet]

which is infinite time ina cryo fight

[vague violet]

doable, trio time

[stable swallow]

So you guys are the sweats of Marathon, do you like the Railguns?

i just got one

[ripe matrix]

I love bringing three trap packs with me and fabricating murder scenes

funniest shit ever

[cyan nest]

Who says im a sweat. I just took a shower

[ripe matrix]

they're admittedly kinda not great

[stable swallow]

I would consider sweats as a compliment for a game

[stable swallow]

I see

[ripe matrix]

i'd rather a sniper if I need a ranged option

[stable swallow]

So when you go into a game, lets say with randoms

[vague violet]

I once got a down with a trap pack placed literally on top of the drone wing elevator stair the most obvious trap pack of all time

[stable swallow]

Whats your kit like?

[ripe matrix]

i'm yet to try the gold mod for the ares though and maybe that makes it great

[stable swallow]

@ripe matrix

Smoke grenades? SMGS?

[ripe matrix]

default comfort kit is bully and a wstr, but that's also the meta option rn afaik

[vague violet]

honestly most high level players run Bully/shotgun + utility

[ripe matrix]

and like all the grenades

every nade

[vague violet]

its probably the most common loadout lol

[cyan nest]

I know but im telling u rn im 100% no sweat. Im....casualy competative. But i dont play like im high on game fuel

[ripe matrix]

like a packet of skittles when it comes to grenades

[stable swallow]

Dont you need to up close for shotty's?

[ripe matrix]

stack overflow on the wstr and a thermal on the bully

[vague violet]

yeah so the bully covers your range

[graceful aspen]

8 flechettes, 3 claymores and a trap bag as durandal intended.

[ripe matrix]

yes, but they dominate close engagements in way that's kinda gross

[stable swallow]

Fair enough

[ripe matrix]

esp since bubble shields create close engagements for you

[vague violet]

Bring some emps goops heats and frags.

Everything but the kitchen sink

[graceful aspen]

No, just flechette

[ripe matrix]

if they have a shotgun and you don't, you either wait for them to leave their hiding spots or you don't get to kill them period

unless you can flush them with grenades

[graceful aspen]

Covers flanks, prevents healing, kills people in a funny slow way

[stable swallow]

Damn, good to know lol, im gonna have to invest in that

So what should I be doing?

[graceful aspen]

Fills me with joy

[stable swallow]

Contracts or focusing on upgrades?

[ripe matrix]

I also wouldn't take a misriah over a wstr if you need that purpose fulfilled because a misriah's gonna lose most fights against a wstr due to the fire rate difference

misriah is nice though

[ripe matrix]

contracts for whatever you need and just gather all the salvage you can

rook runs are easy money and you can usually find some purples without risking anything too

[graceful aspen]

Are you just starting Erebus?

[ripe matrix]

i'd say rush CyAc and NuCal mainly

get a few levels in MIDA

[vague violet]

squad fill archive extracts

[ripe matrix]

but mostly just look to clear out priority contracts in all your factions

[stable swallow]

sort of yea, I just unlocked the Archme faction

I play Apex Legends

[ripe matrix]

no faction's really that much worse than any of the others, some are just more important

[stable swallow]

Had marathon for a bit tho but never played as much

[ripe matrix]

exfil with no ammo o-o

[stable swallow]

Are you never worried about losing all that? or do you play with people you know to ensure the likelihood reduces?

[vague violet]

used it all

[vague violet]

no and no

I just thug it out

[ripe matrix]

you learn to just accept the losses. I lost a gold spectre shield the other night in a stupid way

[vague violet]

Not a joke also I haven’t gone in with purples yet, only blues

[stable swallow]

2 teammates are down, do you try to wipe the opposition or?

[vague violet]

all those screenshots are me upgrading every slot

nah we just kinda vibed

the best screenshot we did actually wipe 2 teams though

[stable swallow]

That sounds awful, when you die, do you use the free box or spend credits typically?

[ripe matrix]

depends on the situation but generally i'd fuck off and hide and wait for a revive unless i'm really feeling cocky and think I can do it

[vague violet]

I’ve never seen a gold shield but I’m sure I’ll lose it immediately on something dumb

[ripe matrix]

for cryo? I drop tons of credits. I lost like 100k credits last cryo

[stable swallow]

This is not easy with randoms as they tend to leave but fair

[stable swallow]

omg...how did you even get 100k 👀

[ripe matrix]

true. I play with premades when I do cryo

[vague violet]

I may have only extracted 4 times but I gained 60k of value #owned

[candid yacht]

Compiler trace op

[vague violet]

yeah lol

but that wasn’t vault value

total value was probably like 120k

[graceful aspen]

The cyac-nucal-Mida advice is solid. Agility from Mida is essential for some jumps and trios, heat is speed, vault is how economical you can be. Nu cal can get you daily eco that is okay and contracts provide a lot of meds.
Personally cyac to lower lvl heat upgrades, go through Mida to AGI 2, then hold the push to AGI 3 till you have salvage.

[ripe matrix]

I sell everything that isn't a bully, wstr, purple, or gold. I have a friend with 500k in the wallet

[vague violet]

since trace just went right to credits

boring ass playstyle but it’s valid

[ripe matrix]

I do rook runs for my money

[vague violet]

I like me some quirky guns

[graceful aspen]

The secret to being rich is not buying meds

[ripe matrix]

I either skin people and get arachne rep or I get out with fun goop

[candid yacht]

Can sell that channel rifle too lol

[ripe matrix]

sometimes I get to do both

[stable swallow]

daaamn, ok ok so youre a better shooter hypothetically. Im slightly below you. Ive got a purple gun, youve got the same gun but regular...who wins in marathon?

[ripe matrix]

i'm hanging onto it because it won me a tense key run and I wanna have some fun with it again

[candid yacht]

What does the sidearm gold mod do

[candid yacht]

I just find it the worst sniper

[ripe matrix]

whoever has the position advantage tbh. aim is arguably one of the less important skills in Marathon. positioning, proper shell and util usage, and getting the jump on the other team are way more important because gear diff in this game doesn't make a huge difference

[graceful aspen]

Attachments are accuracy and mag size, point blank purple vs gray bully to the death is identical, I guess the purple might be able to strafe more but it’s 100% headshot.

[vague violet]

I don’t aim that well and I find success by chucking many, many grenades at people

[stable swallow]

This makes alot of sense

thank you

[ripe matrix]

I also have a thermal sight and mini jammer mod on that thing

[vague violet]

Rat King in marathon???

[ripe matrix]

I made it into a proper stealth weapon

[vague violet]

I’ve seen it all

[ripe matrix]

plus assassin invis

[candid yacht]

Hmmm seems ok

[stable swallow]

I see I see, always had a hunch. Ill try that shotgun

[candid yacht]

Rarely do i get kills with the sidearm

[stable swallow]

Do you guys run in with that device that scans enemies?

[ripe matrix]

same here but goddamn do I wanna try to turn it into something fun

[graceful aspen]

The stats in this game are crazy, inaccuracy is degrees with bullet magnetism subtracted to a range multiplied by zoom or some shit

[stable swallow]

I wonder if the game allows you to buy it from the Armory

[ripe matrix]

prox sensors? you can buy them

[candid yacht]

I can see it being useful if you get in a fight with bots around

Pop one go invis and relocate

[ripe matrix]

it's actually all really similar to Destiny stats

[stable swallow]

Do you invest in them, like make it a must to carry for lets say Cyro?

[graceful aspen]

Yes, which are batshit insane

[ripe matrix]

D2 always had aim assist on both pc and console and it just works by magnetizing your bullets to enemies

[ripe matrix]

I don't bother tbh. I treat claymores like better sensors but they can have some use for checking around corners maybe

[graceful aspen]

Claymores my beloved

[ripe matrix]

always plant a stack of claymores on your ass and listen for the explosion or watch for the shield crack symbol

[stable swallow]

Fair, Ive always thought ppl would always see claymores

[candid yacht]

The prox sensors are whatever

[stable swallow]

maybe I should try placing them highier

[graceful aspen]

Literally nobody does

[candid yacht]

Its more area denial than info gathering

[ripe matrix]

doesn't matter if they kill or not you just want them to blow up when a team tries to go through so you can hear it

[stable swallow]

I see

[ripe matrix]

only downside is signal jam does bypass their sensors

[vague violet]

Prox sensor can be shot too

[stable swallow]

oh

Didnt know that

[ripe matrix]

signal jam breaks a lot of things

use signal jams

[stable swallow]

So how do i make alot of credits in the game? Havent unlocked Cyro

[ripe matrix]

rook

[stable swallow]

I do have outpost unlocked

[ripe matrix]

ROOK ONLINE

you go into outpost

[stable swallow]

Whats rook?

[ripe matrix]

it's a shell you can select

[stable swallow]

✍️

[ripe matrix]

spawns in with a set kit each time and goes in solo to an already existing trio run

you get a pistol, a bag, some meds, and a dream

your tactical ability makes you invisible to UESC and your prime heals you a bit

basically just run those with no risk of losing loot and make out with whatever you can so you can sell it

[lilac night]

rook is a uesc unit that you runners have taken a liking to, half as fashionable as a shell, twice the risk but twice the reward.

[ripe matrix]

ehhh like half the reward

but yeah

you just scavenge what other teams haven't looted mostly

[stable swallow]

Thank you, took a ss, this rook guy looks goofy af lol. Reminds me of pathfinder from Apex. So get out with anything from outpost. Got it!

[ripe matrix]

Rook's gotta be one of my favourite things in this game. I just love running in with no fucks to give and a gun itching to get soaked in some blue blood

[lilac night]

also, got falsely kicked from discord for spamming. ..’cause i wasn’t even spamming.

which sucked. :T

[stable swallow]

If I go into Outpost, am I going in with meds and self revives?

I play with randoms which is why im asking all this

Ive found that alot of them are not reliable, especially because theyve got no mics

[ripe matrix]

as rook? you go in with just a few depreciated meds

but the factions give upgrades to Rook like bigger bag, some decent meds, and even a wstr when you spawn in

[stable swallow]

I see

[ripe matrix]

Rook can't bring a kit in. you always get a random pistol and the default Rook kit

[stable swallow]

Youre a solo player as well?

generally?

[ripe matrix]

on and off

if I have friend around I play trios, if not I run Rook or do some solo pinwheel runs

[stable swallow]

Alright, last Q for now...my outpost says RANKED, can I turn that off?

[ripe matrix]

click the outpost that doesn't say ranked

[stable swallow]

ah just saw that, is ranked worth it?

[ripe matrix]

not really unless you're willing to sweat your ass off with a premade trio

[stable swallow]

lol fair enough mate

thank you for answering my Qs.

[ripe matrix]

ofc! happy to help <3

[lilac night]

just joined this server yesterday, everyone is so nice. -w-

so i’ve been friending y’all. ^w^

[runic flicker]

I JUST LOVE VIDEO GAMES

[ripe matrix]

goop

42k loadout value is insane

[vague violet]

Dumbass brought out 982 credits instead of valuables, not optimal smh my head

[stable swallow]

running rook, whats a restricted exfil?

[vague violet]

you need a red key

[runic flicker]

you need a master keycard (red coloured) to use the restricted exfils

[stable swallow]

thank yyou!

[ripe matrix]

red keys spawn at 4 set locations and also drop from bosses

[stable swallow]

copy, ty

[vague violet]

I’m honestly surprised the boss drop rate isn’t a smidge higher for how punishing getting 3 + restricted exfil feels as a solo/fill player

but obviously w squads it’s much easier to get 4

[ripe matrix]

it's brutal

often i'll wait for final

since solo you're more likely than not to be the only one around for it

[vague violet]

I’ve literally only gotten into pinnacle room twice both post patch

and each time a team waltzed into pinwheel hand delivering red cards

[ripe matrix]

yeah they do that

love my red key delivery system

same for Rooks

I managed to hostage a team with red keys once

lost my life for it but they spent so long fucking around trying to get me that the one I turned into a bag never made it out

no time to rez :)

[ripe matrix]

https://tauceti.gg/maps/outpost

[stable swallow]

oh wow, saving this thanks. I somehow extracted on solo outpost

geez

everyone waits the final secs for extraction

The items that say "Salvage: Exchange for faction upgrades or armory" I definitely should not be selling them, yea?

[lean kindle]

save those yeah

[stable swallow]

thank you

[hearty kayak]

You're going to need them for faction upgrades

Everything that isn't sold on exfil has some use to you one way or another

[stable swallow]

Copy that

thanks mate

[woeful parcel]

@stable swallow track every single salvage item from your faction upgrades

That way youll know what to loot

Theres a button to do it

[raw elm]

What time does cryo start?

[candid yacht]

10AM PDT

[woeful parcel]

Im going to load into ranked solo as thief with the 2 drone cores(more duration and invis for me), 9 energy amps and steal peoples shit😂

Dunno if smart but should be fun

[hollow sparrow]

Do it on cryo, hide until the end and steal the compiler 40k thing

[hearty kayak]

i think it closes behind you

[woeful parcel]

@hollow sparrow i cant que in solo into cryo

Lol

[royal dragon]

i did not know this
going to have to actually pick them up and use them for once

is there anything online that shows all the known stats and effects of equipment items? most of the 'wiki' pages don't have any more info than what we see in-game

[candid yacht]

also dont chems splash over the bubble shield?

and drop into it

[royal dragon]

whaaaat

[ripe matrix]

possibly?

I haven’t actually had the chance to try any interactions like that

[candid yacht]

someone mentioned it as a counter to bubbles

so idk how they interact

[ripe matrix]

I usually just spray them down or use EMPs

[royal dragon]

i do love the interactions that we're starting to find. nearly a month in and there's still quite a bit of mystery

[candid yacht]

also I wish conquest was buyable from armory without schema 😭

Im actually starting to prefer it to the retaliator

[ripe matrix]

If I’m feeling especially adventurous I’ll pop invis and try my hand at bubble fighting with a shotgun

[candid yacht]

i should do some shenanigans with throwing smokes and sliding in with vandal and knifing

[ripe matrix]

fwiw it applies the same healing reduction debuff as everything else

[royal dragon]

ah, like getting hit with a tox plant

[ripe matrix]

so it’ll be as long as any of the others

yep

basically a portable tox plant

[royal dragon]

more cool than i thought

[ripe matrix]

they also leave chemical footsteps that you can look for

[royal dragon]

actually not surprising at all, now that i think about it... same yellow effect haha

trueee

[ripe matrix]

it’s like a tox plant and Recon’s tracker passive rolled into a grenade

[royal dragon]

might start opening fights with one

[ripe matrix]

it and flechettes are my two favs

[royal dragon]

does put you on the back foot when you're glowing yellow

i honestly don't know how so many people don't bring mechanics kits in at the start of raid.

[ripe matrix]

I always bring two mechanists kits an two OS reboots

[royal dragon]

will be on dire marsh and i (as triage) will almost always have to bail out a teammate with a shared mech ¬_¬

2 and 1 for me. definitely don't find i need os reboots as much

[ripe matrix]

I had one fight on cryo where I burned through four

[royal dragon]

yeah, depends on the map

tend to leave maps with loads more as i always just add to the stacks anyway

squadmates are too focussed on fitting in an extra gun

[candid yacht]

when Im playing triage I always wish I was playing a more mobile and offensive shell

[ripe matrix]

same here

[candid yacht]

and then when im doing that I wish i had triage for the support buffs

[royal dragon]

i just play it offensively anyway haha

the sustain is amazing

[candid yacht]

up to a point

[ripe matrix]

but then I remember I’d rather be the one with the revive since I don’t trust my friends to do it

[royal dragon]

and initiating a fight by popping a sig jam is top

[candid yacht]

youre limited movement wise, its less apparent in cqc

but stuff like dire or perimeter

I play movement 90% of the time

[ripe matrix]

I just throw assassin at every map like a Swiss Army knife

[royal dragon]

i do miss my thief shell abilities when i run triage though

[ripe matrix]

flexweave core for mobility and he’s got it all

[royal dragon]

playing a couple days ago, it was weird... i had an extra triage in squad every game... actually had 2 games in a row with a full squad of triages. wtf

[ripe matrix]

stealth, movement, cover, even a way to avoid fall damage

[royal dragon]

ended up switching out and then immediately got into a squad with no triage

[candid yacht]

i think its too good

being the go to shell for solos is annoying

idk how they should rebalance it tho

[royal dragon]

i don't rate assassin for solos at allllll

[ripe matrix]

I don’t think assassin’s too strong rn tbh. It’s just the nature of solo being so focused on stealth since you only get one shot

[royal dragon]

maybe some of the missions are easier, but that's about it for me

that or all the assassins i play against massively overrate their kit and get dunked on

[ripe matrix]

I find Triage a necessity for trios and I often want something like a Destroyer or Vandal to pair with it

which leaves last slot open for like Thief/Assassin/Recon

[royal dragon]

running in stealth vs my ears in solo

whereas i've actually found triage surprisingly decent in solos due to the sustain (but i still prefer thief or something)

[ripe matrix]

yeah stealth is only useful if you’re careful with it

[royal dragon]

maybe i'm just in too low level lobbies so they're all just bad

[ripe matrix]

but I mostly use it to bypass UESC which is massive

[royal dragon]

(45 atm)

yeah i can see that, for sure

i should play it more tbh... just to learn it better

[ripe matrix]

being able to loot while UESC are around means I basically have all of them acting as both my alarm system as well as my personal army

[candid yacht]

solos you got everyone playing like rats

[ripe matrix]

they ain’t got a ton of choice

[candid yacht]

thats fair

[royal dragon]

yeah, i guess a lot of the solo assassins are trying to avoid fights, so when they get into one, they aren't as good

[ripe matrix]

I’m all for sprinting through the place wiping teams in trios but if I’m solo and I get downed? that’s that

run over my shit’s gone

[royal dragon]

aye

[ripe matrix]

so I look for chances to jump on other players while they’re occupied or not expecting it

and play paranoid as fuck when I know there’s a chance the same could happen to me

[candid yacht]

yeah but tarkov for example

[ripe matrix]

assassin ain’t great in a straight up fight, but being able to reposition is a very strong benefit of the shell

[candid yacht]

I dont crouch around the map

and i dont have that invis crutch

[royal dragon]

I do love the solos gameplay.

[candid yacht]

and having a high base melee stat

[royal dragon]

I just wish trios was a bit more like it tbh

[ripe matrix]

no, but you have safe pockets and from what I’ve seen the maps are generally much more muddy to fight on

everything’s bright and neon coloured in Marathon

[royal dragon]

Maybe I should play Tarkov for a wipe again... I could probably rally friends for it. I'd vowed to never play again, but I can't quite remember why now haha...

Think hacking was getting out of control and the devs were getting out of touch with the community.

[candid yacht]

thats true

[ripe matrix]

the only place where it’s hard to really see what’s going on is like Outpost

which naturally lends itself to stealthy gameplay since it’s night time, raining, and the heat cascade forces people indoors

I think it’d be best for them to do something different if they wanna balance the shells than just nerfing assassin

maybe allow signal jammers to hide runners from UESC like invis does

nerf other aspects of them in return and make them buyable

[hearty kayak]

day time outpost when

[candid yacht]

night marsh is gonna be like Vietnam in the 60s/70s

theyre in the trees

[ripe matrix]

when I’m done terrorizing people on night time Dire Marsh as a signal jammed invis assassin with a thermal sniper

[candid yacht]

in the water

[hearty kayak]

i wonder if itll be really dark or well lit by lights

probably just how outpost is but diremarsh

[ripe matrix]

I imagine the in-between areas are gonna be pretty dark but there’ll be lots of light posts amongst the POI’s

I hope anomaly has some cool lighting effects like an aurora or something

[hearty kayak]

have it glow in the dark

haha

[woeful parcel]

It already reduces the distance they see you.

[ripe matrix]

yes but invisibility makes them completely incapable of seeing me

[candid yacht]

they still hear you i believe

[ripe matrix]

mhm but they lose interest immediately