wait that’s such a good idea
#Marathon
sand sluice
distant zinc
only 3 more hours
echo scroll
woeful tundra
oh what do you need to do to preload the game
ivory laurel
It was just there waiting for me after I bought the game earlier in the day
woeful tundra
got it
mossy bridge
me when i see an unbroken window
neat nest
Preloads started yesterday so I think you just go to steam or whatever and start it
It’s what I did
final onyx
no revolution without taking up property damage to pay the rent
vagrant carbon
Kind of surprised how small the preload is
neat nest
Oh boyyy
twin rain
Delicious. Is this on the Bungie store?
neat nest
Coming sometime tomorrow to streaming
neat nest
Assert
mossy bridge
We Stole a Moon
sharp plover
cinder hare
Tag yourself, I am Vol1:Track29 - Deprecated Systems
Depreciated systems
final onyx
stars that bleed
cinder hare
MARTON
twin rain
Get in there!
neat nest
Work :/
final onyx
marton live
mossy bridge
merten
cinder hare
neat nest
indigo oriole
hmm, my deluxe edition stuff isnt unlocking 🤔
quick peek online says lots of folk experiencing the same
hopefully a quick fix
neat nest
It’s not something broken it’s just rolling out this afternoon
The article they put out said it wasn’t immediate
wraith vector
Aaand my friend is instantly complaining about sniper oneshots
cinder hare
god dammit
sharp plover
also while we cant buy the first reward pass yet, you can view it
cinder hare
my marton crashed while i was looting the shit out of the tutorial mission
sharp plover
https://i.imgur.com/EnwG91P.png https://i.imgur.com/0512Ivy.png https://i.imgur.com/p5yYDP2.png https://i.imgur.com/cZCKzYZ.png https://i.imgur.com/BWRKsxh.png https://i.imgur.com/iXBVeC9.png
neat nest
Oh neat it’s not the Oct one
sharp plover
Vandal and the Achromatic Rush (black) skins seem to be the focus
also you get a knife skin just for buying the pass
oh, you can buy lux now, it wasnt working a minute ago
$1 = ~100 to 120 LUX
(so the pass is $9.98 if you buy two of the smallest packs to as low as $8.33 if you buy the $100 pack)
the in-game store is also active, Crash Casket (Vandal), White Rabbit (Thief), Cyber Red (Destroyer), Protosynth (Assassin), Luxe Palace (Recon) and Overdrive-TSL (Triage) are all 1500 LUX
neat nest
Ah fuck, white rabbit available
sharp plover
(shell, weapon skin, charm, profile background and profile emblem)
cinder hare
speedrunning the tutorial lockbox
cosmic flame
MARTOOOOOOOOOOON
cinder hare
got a blue item :3
neat nest
Watching a stream rn since I’m at work
I swear there’s a lot more runner shell callout lines
They announce shield breaks and such now
cinder hare
NICE
vagrant carbon
I intended to get the deluxe but was low on money
I'm sure it's not too big a loss
neat nest
It’s basically a couple cosmetic bennies and the first battle pass
Not nothing but not like, mandatory
cosmic flame
cosmetic benny is my drag name
sharp plover
first actual run went very well, i got the backpack off a UESC that somebody killed and just left behind? https://i.imgur.com/XJX0mtB.jpeg
also ive realized that weapons dont actually have rarity, its just based on whatever mods are on the gun
also did not know this about equipment https://i.imgur.com/VCUTmLl.png
twin rain
Yup. Always grab mods when you see em. Can boost a grey gun for next time.
sand sluice
first actual run went very well, i got the backpack off a UESC that somebody kil...
A lot of players skip looting most UESC cause backpack drops aren't super common
No reason to not check if you aren't rushing anything
Also depleted cardio kicks I pop when I see them
sharp plover
16 slot enduring! i mean, im not gonna use it for a while but still, free stuff!
wraith vector
I never -saw- a blue backpack, that's a good get
twin rain
I'm sure you already know but just stating for general knowledge:
Cardio Kick will also eliminate some of the heat you may already have. Sprint - Kick - Sprint
final onyx
im better at the game for these tutorial contracts but i just get killed by players instead of UESC
at least i get to scan more datacards
neat nest
From stream loot seems a little more generous than in the Slam
cinder hare
I'm sure you already know but just stating for general knowledge:
Cardio Kick wi...
all of it really
depleted is about 35% or so
twin rain
I knew there was a difference between them but couldn't recall exactly. Thanks
neat nest
I'm sure you already know but just stating for general knowledge:
Cardio Kick wi...
I actually didn’t know that thanks
sharp plover
yeah the deluxe edition skins rule
cosmic flame
blahhhh i cant marton im liftinggg
twin rain
Posting thru it in solidarity
cinder hare
man i had a crazy run
like DAYUM
also loot is WAYYYYYYYYY better than the slam
like holy shit
cinder hare
ive been thiefing a lot
the purple/blues in perimeter are damn fine
seems like they wanna improve loot because the extract rate is like 50/35
mossy bridge
also loot is WAYYYYYYYYY better than the slam
that's good to hear
cinder hare
also marton is 60hz servers
patent thicket
So is it good?
sharp plover
from the Proprietary Asset, seems like NuCal does actually have a case that they still own their old stuff https://i.imgur.com/YvIQBPs.png
patent thicket
I’ve never played an extraction shooter before and this is the first one that’s ever had my attention, so I’m on the fence about buying it.
mossy bridge
also marton is 60hz servers
very nice
apparently tarkov is like
20hz?
which explains a lot
neat nest
I’ve never played an extraction shooter before and this is the first one that’s ...
I’m not a big extraction player but I really like Marathon
If there’s specific things you’re on the fence about I can try to answer questions
twin rain
Yeah same here. This is my first extraction shooter as well. I think it's a great time. Plus it looks like there's lots of folks on here to play with if squadding up is an issue.
patent thicket
I haven’t really engaged with PVP in a long time.
twin rain
Did PvP in other games tilt you easily back then?
neat nest
20 hz is so low for a shooter
patent thicket
I have absolutely no idea what that means.
neat nest
Opening crop of paid skins
neat nest
I have absolutely no idea what that means.
It’s how many times a second the server updates
twin rain
(it's also not the question fang was asking)
cinder hare
took 0 fights
neat nest
Lower tick rates mean more weird things happening with hit registration or getting shot around corners
patent thicket
But it’s less that I got tilted and more that I got mulched so often and so badly that I just started to not want to play.
sharp plover
higher (hz) is better
patent thicket
Oh it’s server latency.
sharp plover
yeah
cinder hare
yeah its about the same as playing a game at 20fps
neat nest
But it’s less that I got tilted and more that I got mulched so often and so badl...
Marathon PVP is very knowledge heavy
Having good game sense and positioning is more important than than twitchy aim
twin rain
You do need to treat the game like a roguelike. Expect to die and lose the gear you grabbed in the last 10-15m
neat nest
Though there’s plenty of space for skill expression
cinder hare
smallest lore entry ever
neat nest
lol
patent thicket
You do need to treat the game like a roguelike. Expect to die and lose the gear ...
That tells me everything I need to know.
neat nest
Dying is usually a pretty fun romp though
oak glacier
i love that you can just mash space to get into another run
sharp plover
yeah the instant youre dead theres no real reason to stick around and they dont make you
cinder hare
cuz even if you die, your next run will give you a whole new kit
might be perimeter beginner luck tho
neat nest
Good to hear some of those early pinch points are ameliorated
mossy bridge
Opening crop of paid skins
hate how much i like the thief triage and destroyer skins
wintry shuttle
gear fear feels *dead* now
That, and even with a sponsor kit, you'll win fights.
snow sail
so does mashing space give you a random sponsor kit? cause in teh server slam i noticed it wasn't the daily kit
mossy bridge
thief especially
sharp plover
everybody loves white rabbit
wintry shuttle
so does mashing space give you a random sponsor kit? cause in teh server slam i ...
Not random. It's faction specific.
For example, if you're doing a Cyberacme quest and you die.
Then you'll get a cyberacme sponsor kit
snow sail
i see
wintry shuttle
If you're doing a Nucal contract and die? Then you'll get a Nucal contract kit.
And so on and so on.
neat nest
The tack seems to be that low/mid gear is super easy to get and rare stuff is rare but very strong
oak glacier
for like getting the faction extract shells
mossy bridge
oh that's why i was getting cyac kits
neat nest
Which feels good to me I wanna shoot
mossy bridge
i was trying to unlock traxus
wintry shuttle
for like getting the faction extract shells
That's how I remember my experience with server slam.
And yes, if you extract with a sponsor kit then you'll get a skin.
IIRC
mossy bridge
yup
wintry shuttle
Yeah
sharp plover
one very minor change i want is to let you stay zoomed in while swapping the scope on the M77
cinder hare
man marathon feels fun
wintry shuttle
for each shell
Mhmmm
wintry shuttle
So, in total there's about five unlock-able skins for each runner.
Which means there are 25 contract unlock-able skins.
I think.
Because I only got one contract skin.
vagrant carbon
Made my first run! I got headshotted! 👍
indigo oriole
we got our initial arachne contract done by camping an exfil and ending up in a 10-person firefight + uesc, that was craaaazy fun
neat nest
Whole lobby showed up damn
indigo oriole
we had to guess that other people had the same idea and we were all camping the same extrac waiting for someone to show up
and it just exploded from there
hauler extrac too so it was already a high fun area
cinder hare
I really want white rabbit
twin rain
Unparalleled levels of sauce.
sand sluice
heads up btw that keep an eye out for locked areas that were previous inaccesisble during the server slam
neat nest
👀
vagrant carbon
I've been pretty unlucky. Haven't gotten a successful run yet.
neat nest
Yes
vagrant carbon
Rando teams usually do well until runners start showing up, then it's a bloodbath
oak glacier
I really want white rabbit
yeah i spent on white rabbit
specifically the shell skin and the profile background
oak glacier
broccoli...
sand sluice
game PLZ
sharp plover
GPU error or driver crash
cinder hare
Anyone free in about 3.5 hours?
sand sluice
yes
twin rain
I will be.
vagrant carbon
I'd be open
sand sluice
GPU error or driver crash
yeah might need to update drivers
neat nest
I will be
sand sluice
I noticed the game is running more poorly now in the background than it did during server slam
keep getting visual artifacts
neat nest
Yeah that sounds like a driver issue
sand sluice
oh wow you can get different spawns for the tutorial
vagrant carbon
I feel the pain of every lost loot 😔
cinder hare
Also I think thief is really strong because you can loot with heavily reduced risk
quaint apex
what does thief shell do?
quaint apex
i know they have a grapple but that's all my knowledge
cinder hare
what does thief shell do?
Grapple, steal stuff drone
neat nest
There’s SO MUCH volt bat
😃
cinder hare
Xray vision that hacks when you aim at enemies
neat nest
The rare ammo 3 stacking and ammo hunger of every volt weapon made them hard to feed
quaint apex
yeah luckily uesc drop volt bats pretty frequently
cosmic flame
I didn't generally find it that difficult because of the recharge mechanic but also I just don't like volt weapons
quaint apex
yeah volt weapons didn't click for me either
oak glacier
i love them personally
quaint apex
but that also means i didn't really give them a fair try?
sand sluice
I dislike the punch
quaint apex
i should probably just run with them for a bit
sand sluice
I didn't like the other volt weapons at first but overtime they grew on me due to using them to kill UESC
neat nest
Oh also now that the game is out we have a “Marathon” role you can self assign in #bot-stuff or by asking me
cosmic flame
the niche I've found for most of them is exceptionally efficient bot smushers with zero pvp use
neat nest
(I’m not gonna ping it for this but it is bright green)
cosmic flame
basically every time I've got in a gunfight with anything that isn't the Lookout I've thought 'man I wish I was just shooting them with a regular gun''
neat nest
The Scar melts people if they’re still
Very good damage but the slow bullets suck ass for tracking
quaint apex
i've been dropped by a punch in like 0.5 seconds
neat nest
The punch has been promoted to demon gun ngl
cosmic flame
I don't trust sidearms in bungie shooters from my time in crucible
neat nest
It’s like a faster firing magnum
quaint apex
fair
distant zinc
where are the arachne skins 😭
cosmic flame
who said skin
neat nest
Can’t you use Arachne kits for them?
sharp plover
arachne doesnt currently have skins
neat nest
Oh huh
sand sluice
the vandal prem rewards pass skin
neat nest
Achromatic?
sand sluice
ye
neat nest
Got all my twitch drops 🙂
vagrant carbon
Somehow, I managed to take down a whole group of bots with this one pistol I had. Felt pretty proud, there.
(Still died, but still)
distant zinc
https://i.imgur.com/vMCuEfk.png https://i.imgur.com/2kmceIv.png
laaaaaame
quaint apex
how'd yall's first run go?
holy moly
sand sluice
the best part
because of the core I have
I got 3 of the neural insulations (the purple item)
quaint apex
oh yeah
indigo oriole
lots of fun, me and friend just trying to get out quests done and getting a lot of silly stuff happening
prox chat moment of shouting "we chill?" and the other group responding with "whats the password" before lobbing grenades at us got me good
cosmic flame
GET EM BOYS
indigo oriole
for one run i got to play around with a blue shotgun and that was like crack cocaine
i got to be the Hauler Menace for once
sand sluice
@neat nest
@cinder hare
It still auto sells for like 2k
neat nest
Weird
sand sluice
cinder hare
<@255907872993574923>
<@634903819792416778>
It still auto sells for like 2k
Shame.
neat nest
I’m finally homeeee
sand sluice
Gotcha lemme know if you're down to party
I've just been meming with the destroyer shell
neat nest
I need to do the tutorial and I will spend some time poking around the shop then then I should be good
cosmic flame
uhhh
cinder hare
lmao what
cinder hare
How did you get two!?!?
glitch maybe but who cares free season pass
wintry shuttle
83K players on Marathon through Steam and 89% of the reviews are very positive.
cinder hare
yeah sounds right
neat nest
Healthy launch for sure
wintry shuttle
probably even bigger on One and PS5.
cinder hare
there's a good number of (minor) issues
neat nest
And I suspect there’s space for the game to grow since I know a lot of wait and see type people
wintry shuttle
probably even bigger on One and PS5.
And the small file size will definitely pull in more people.
cinder hare
looked at the reviews and a good lot of them are "im not the target audience"
some of them are talking about stuff like linux support and so on
sand sluice
I actually have a pretty silly bug
cinder hare
but a bunch of them can be summed as "the game wasnt designed to be enjoyable for ME"
wintry shuttle
Are they having fun though?
That's all that really matters to me. If people are having fun.
cinder hare
Lmao
sand sluice
I still have all the rewards pass unlocked 
neat nest
Wahoo
neat nest
But yeah 80k is a good launch even if it’s not an Arc Raiders Unprecedented Popoff
I think Marathon is also a game which will grow with time
As it gets more content and becomes easier to onboard
And (ideally) begins convincing Bungie skeptics
wintry shuttle
I know this is the dirty consumerist mindset in me...But Youtooz figure of Recon.
Or figures of Recon done by the people who did Mel from Gaslight District.
cinder hare
I want them to be done by the people who design nsfw figures because they’re really good at making figures
Or whoever made the thief sculpt, really
wintry shuttle
...I hope they make that commercially available.
cinder hare
It is available, wdym
sand sluice
yeah you can buy it without the game
sharp plover
i assume theyll have "collector's statues" for the shells at some point, like with a bunch of the major D2 characters
wintry shuttle
Recon, Thief, and Vandal statues I would buy in a heartbeat.
cinder hare
I want Vandal sittin in that skin
wintry shuttle
Recon, Thief, and Vandal statues I would buy in a heartbeat.
One because they're cool...Two they make me feel gender things.
cinder hare
who up mara-ing they thon
15 minutes
sand sluice
ye lemme know when
vagrant carbon
I would not be opposed to Marathon nendoroids
cinder hare
Now, basically
twin rain
I'm starting a channel!
obsidian latch
How’s it going runners?
indigo oriole
having a hilarious string of runs where i've died within 60s of spawning due to either immediately finding another player or, in this last one, opening a door and walking into a claymore LOL
neat nest
Anyone else wanna group up?
cinder hare
we're a 3 stack rn
sharp plover
yeah its something related to The Anomaly, which crops up in a few other logs
like this fucking thing https://i.imgur.com/MlN9O4U.png
neat nest
huh what the fuck is that
wintry shuttle
You know things are good when Sea of Thieves parodies Bingus.
sharp plover
also does anyone know what the hell these things are? https://i.imgur.com/lZ7wCSZ.png
sand sluice
DCON
sharp plover
ah
sand sluice
used for contracts
sharp plover
i was wondering about that
cosmic flame
wstr
sharp plover
id seen the contracts but wasnt sure
cinder hare
the felony robbery I just committed
show me
cosmic flame
i mean that was the robbery i dropped one guy in an smg duel, he had a wstr, and then i turned around and plowed his team
cinder hare
icic
obsidian latch
So can multiple teams extract, or do you have to slime out everyone else? Not that I expect many people to be friendly
cosmic flame
this was from sponsor kit also so it was extra embarrassing
anyone inside an extract point when it fires will extract
you can have friendly multi-extracts but it's not tremendously likely
generally you get one per exfil point
final onyx
i just had a great run by picking stuff off the corpses of some dead players at a guarded exfil, then going to a different exfil that hadnt been used
i will say, the ttk in pvp still feels a bit fast
i can shoot first with a sponsored kit agains proper shield implants and take no return fire
neat nest
I'm good to start a second squad if people want
obsidian latch
Mfw have to wait a week till I can play 
sharp plover
anyone inside an extract point when it fires will extract
including down but not out
my first solo extract in the slam was DBNO, funny enough
neat nest
welcome to Tau Ceti motherfuckers
sand sluice
patent thicket
I dunno, guys. I don't think my computer's GPU is handling it very well.
tawdry sequoia
just getting started on the early quests if anyone wants to squad up
cinder hare
<@&1474420814979010821> looking for 1 more
yeah sure
oh nvm
bruh we cant ping marton rol
cinder hare
<@&1474420814979010821> we could use a third too
perimeter is fucking STACKED
or two more
final onyx
i can hop on for a bit
neat nest
ambitious
cinder hare
i wish for more shotguns
neat nest
Yeah UESC seem to deal and take more damage
wintry shuttle
Yeah
I just realized that somewhere...a fan artist is thinking of making a dommy mommy coded UESC bot.
That idea terrifies me
neat nest
Oh nooo
cinder hare
we made it out
i got 2 purples
i realized they were nice after a single burst
and then i stopped
neat nest
I have yet to run into friendlies but I have run into people who didn’t want to fight
echo scroll
ivory laurel
<@&1474420814979010821> anyone up for a run or three?
cinder hare
<@&1474420814979010821> anyone up for a run or three?
Why not
ivory laurel
PC is booting
obsidian latch
cinder hare
i think it'd be fun if the rewards pass offered a 1 time compromised weapon pass when unlocking weapon skins
ignores premium status, just gives one copy (w/ the skin, if possible)
neat nest
Going to bed
sand sluice
cinder hare
yeah antireal getting paid lol
obsidian latch
Well deserved, glad bungie did the right thing
wintry shuttle
Going to bed
I agree completely.
Trios is an action movie
Solo is a horror movie
sharp plover
action movie but you might not be the protagonists
horror movie and you very much are the protagonist and that wont save you
sand sluice
cinder hare
DAY ONE
i believe beginner is just a lot more loot generous
i felt that the rarity of items dropped a bit in normal mode
still more generous overall by a long shot, but beginners might be bumped even higher
cosmic flame
how do you know if youre in beginner v regular
cinder hare
i found backpacks to be the rarest thing right now
cinder hare
how do you know if youre in beginner v regular
it says
cosmic flame
huh
ivory laurel
I think Perimeter is the only one that has Beginner, but it says Perimeter(Beginner) when selecting it
cosmic flame
yeah i just never used it in the slam and post release ive just been in other players' teams
it seemed in extremely bad taste for me as an nda sweatler to drop into beginner and kick babies
cinder hare
anyways the loot is much better now
its not actually "beginner queue", its just less runners queue
my []werty key is broken
cosmic flame
now you have to just replace it with cue
sand sluice
I haven't done it yet
but I've been focused on doing the codex stuff
which makes it much more difficult to do normal things
sand sluice
I just don't use them and extract with them and never sell them
I sell implants instead since to me meds > implants
cinder hare
Wait sorry I mean the purple thing
cinder hare
Ah.
sand sluice
unless you mean the panacea kit
sand sluice
in raid if you pull up the map and left click on the areas
it'll give info on what's there
cinder hare
Ahhh
cosmic flame
who wants to skin some people
cinder hare
Me but time to sleep
sand sluice
off of?
cinder hare
LMAO HAIIIII
cinder hare
THIS IS HERE???
Also there’s a marathon role lmao
warm sage
actual shellshock lol
warm sage
Also there’s a marathon role lmao
oh where?
sand sluice
also just killed wraith warden first time
warm sage
Think it’s ?rank marathon in bot commands
yeap
warm sage
he did not drop anything notable <:pinkcat:1358650499200581782>
I think they can drop keys
for locked rooms
warm sage
and maybe Marathon keys
cinder hare
Blue backpack is good though
sand sluice
lemme find my post
warm sage
Im gonna finish my prio quests tomorrow 100%
cinder hare
Wait
warm sage
so i can actually play the game lol
cinder hare
PLEASE say it’s an actual player market system
sand sluice
#1360700632998215701 message
I had like 3 of these by the time the server slam was over lol
cinder hare
Repost for good luck (skin enemies before you meet them) /j
Anyways thermals are crazy good and I love them
cinder hare
Also bit wrong on engagement range but it feels like you go from maybe 50 meters to like 200 meters
sand sluice
also uhh
if you play solo
keep your head on a swivel when you spawn
I've gotten one spawn enough times I can spawn rush other players
warm sage
I've gotten one spawn enough times I can spawn rush other players
yeah its def too easy to run down other runner spawns
I feel like spawning everyone on the edge of the map is on paper a good thing but it ends up turning the center of the map into a no man's land where you can die from literally anywhere
and the outskirts of the map into instant fight zones
cinder hare
Just had a fun thought
Just because I like balancing things even if the balancing idea sucks
So if Thermals got nerfed to say, be less powerful at long range (depends on the scope), what if there were rarer or gold variants that had delimited thermal (generates heat but perfect highlight) with auto-ping and all that built in
ivory laurel
I feel like spawning everyone on the edge of the map is on paper a good thing bu...
I think there are some spawns towards the center, pretty sure I have spawned between Data Wall and Station on Perimeter
sand sluice
okay 2nd time killing him I got a key
poor thief was trying to fight him and scraping and I literally just snuck up behind her and killed her with the knife
then a poor vandal was just hanging around as I was moving to the extract
unfortunately I don't have voice so I had no way of knowing whether or not to let them live
cinder hare
okay 2nd time killing him I got a key
i want that brrrt
sand sluice
unfortunately don't think I can donate
I think if you take it, it gets returned to me on exfil lol
cinder hare
lmao i just like brrts
echo scroll
ivory laurel
<@&1474420814979010821> Any shells up for a run or more?
neat nest
I am this evening but I gotta get to work
neat nest
Field maintenance
obsidian latch
First drop I got slimed out but the next two I managed to exfil in relative safety. Nothing fancy loot wise but I’m happy
neat nest
It’s very funny showing up late to the NuCaloric Tick Building and seeing 4-5 runner corpses
indigo oriole
love to show up to see a bunch of bodies and have the "touches ground... something happened here" moment
slate field
Possibly a good scavving destination for Rook
wraith vector
It’s very funny showing up late to the NuCaloric Tick Building and seeing 4-5 ru...
Thief Vision has been so fun for this
neat nest
Ohh that makes sense
I haven’t been playing a lot of thief actually
I should try out that stuff more
wraith vector
They stuck all the folks I played in Apex into one character and gave her neat doll armature limbs, I gots to Thief it
Ult feels a lil awkward in a teamplay sense but good fun, grapple and loot scan are very good
neat nest
Yeah I love the grapple
I’m not comfy with the lootscan yet
And the drone I need to evaluate more
echo scroll
I love harassing squads and emptying their inventories
wintry shuttle
Can I say that I hate steam metrics.
I really hate it
because the game going to half its pop to 45K doesn't mean its flopping.
obsidian latch
It’s the same as box office sales or streaming numbers, dipshits see numbers and base their personalities around liking the biggest one
neat nest
I’ve begun to just tune it out yeah
Especially for live service games which do not usually hit their peak on release
strange wren
It’s the same as box office sales or streaming numbers, dipshits see numbers and...
Give people a number and it'll be what success is measured against.
slate field
It's also only like a third of the numbers, it launched on XBox and PlayStation as well
I wish it was easier to see the numbers on console so people would shut the hell up about the game's player count
strange wren
It reminds me a bit of the horse-race in politics you'd see with polling (why yes I listened to 538 when I was younger, and why yes Clare Malone was the best part of that network).
obsidian latch
They never will, until another game comes along for them to either jump ship and cape for or that they can point at their numbers being bigger and thus better
neat nest
I wish it was easier to see the numbers on console so people would shut the hell...
Yeah it was weirdly illuminating to see the numbers breakdown for Highguard
Since usually you don’t get to see that
strange wren
I wish it was easier to see the numbers on console so people would shut the hell...
Honestly speaking that would just fold those numbers into the discourse.
slate field
Highguard seemed kind of interesting
neat nest
And the PS5 playerbase was actually bigger than the Steam one
obsidian latch
All that matters is there’s already yaoi and yuri of the runners and thus ample proof that the game and community will be just fine
neat nest
My guess is that Marathon will also get more popular with time as it gets more maps and content and the drama of it’s development cycle is replaced by people hitting clips
slate field
Honestly speaking that would just fold those numbers into the discourse.
Oh I'm well aware, but it's easier to look at sub-100k players on a AAA game's launch and claim "game will fail"
strange wren
I think numbers and statistics can interesting, but there's not really a way to "solve" the discourse so to speak, because it's less a structured discourse and moreso just the nature of large-scale social interactions within and between communities.
slate field
I'm like 99% positive there's art of Recon as a protogen
If there's not, there needs to be
distant zinc
All that matters is there’s already yaoi and yuri of the runners and thus ample ...
where
strange wren
ive even seen marathon furry art
Least surprising news today
obsidian latch
ive even seen marathon furry art
Fork found in kitchen
neat nest
Kinda salacious but sfw and by silent_sfm
strange wren
But yeah, I think I started tuning out popularity stuff around the time the survival genre, and with them also battle royales, begun to rise to prominence (which I'll admit I was quite young back then).
obsidian latch
Marathon already has the freaky gender crowd interested, I want to become a neon bio robot lady skinning runners for the glory of Arachne
slate field
The discourse is all so artificial
neat nest
Marathon already has the freaky gender crowd interested, I want to become a neon...
I saw someone on Twitter call it trans fortnite (laudatory) lol
indigo oriole
but dont you know Ninja quit Marathon so its a dead game /s
slate field
It has been really funny to see people making videos admitting "bros... the game's actually good..."
strange wren
The discourse is all so artificial
I don't think it's artificial really, but it is definitely influenced by everything surrounding the game rather than the game itself.
Which, well, that's how things do be.
obsidian latch
I saw someone on Twitter call it trans fortnite (laudatory) lol
Based?!?!?
strange wren
Well there is the artificial aspect caused by the algorithm~ and the structure of social media as a platform of communication, but that's a more general kind of artificial.
slate field
That, and the culture war bullshit
Though I haven't seen as much of the typical "game woke" nonsense with Marathon, other than from the usual freakazoids like Asmongold
strange wren
I recommend giving Mel Stanfill a gander if you think this stuff is interesting, though I'm biased because I find the dynamics of online communities and how to make them actually function to be fascinating.
slate field
Sounds vaguely familiar
strange wren
I've talked about her a fair bit, though she's far from the only voice on the topic since you do have people who also research online radicalisation.
But, well, she's a bit more approachable than the online radicalisation folk.
wintry shuttle
I can't wait for Outpost
And then Cryo
Because either Cryo or Marathon itself are going to be labs.
neat nest
Outpost is such a fun map
wintry shuttle
ITS OUT!?!?
oak glacier
ITS OUT!?!?
a few of us here played on outpost in the closed beta
remember me thresh and cyan clipping into the central building cause the barriers could be slid through with enough speed and a good angle
oak glacier
ye the ping from having people from 3 continents in one squad helped
neat nest
It’s wild to me how well Marathon’s networking handled that all in all
neat nest
Saw a clip of someone using the slug wstr
The doom slayer would be proud wtf is this scurrilous device
fallow coyote
saw a clip of people putting claymores on thief drones and flying them into people
vagrant carbon
How goes the marathoning?
slate field
saw a clip of people putting claymores on thief drones and flying them into peop...
That's both ingenious and absolutely terrifying
fallow coyote
i think 2 claymores instadowns people
twin rain
we will be able to go to Outpost soon!
slate field
Yeah, one is enough to break shields, a second one finishes the job
Was kind of shocked to see that the intro contract for SekGen requires you to go to Outpost
vagrant carbon
I don't think I've ever come into any claymores, yet
slate field
Really? I usually find at least one per run on average
ivory laurel
I don't think I've ever come into any claymores, yet
As in walked into any or found one to use?
cinder hare
I just saw a post where a whole lobby was friendly
I like the fact this can happen
I hope friendlies stay as a rare treat
Like solos are actually surprisingly good for cease fires cuz both sides DONT want to fight quite often
I’m going to backstab you /j
vagrant carbon
As in walked into any or found one to use?
both, oddly
tawdry sequoia
I think the player number dynamics probably shape your play experience as far as friendlies go, same as arc
I'd expect more proxy chat in solo
neat nest
I think it’s kind of “contagious”
Like if you have 2 teams team up they can run the board
Since 6 runners is like unfightable if they have a little teamwork
tawdry sequoia
Also someone has to speak up
You can't really expect friendlies if you move as a silent murderball trio
neat nest
Real
The unfriendliest thing I’ve done was set up a sync shot over discord on a team we caught looting the tick building roof
We wiped the team in literally like a second
cinder hare
I need to unlock high tier Arachne and Traxus so I can run claynuke haul ass Queen Rook
sharp plover
at least he understands himself
wintry shuttle
I'm not gonna be surprised if off hours hovers at 40K+ and Peak hours hover at 80K+ for this month on PC.
neat nest
<@&1474420814979010821> https://cryoarchive.systems/
They’re fucking ARGing us on day 2
oak glacier
:o
oak glacier
lol the timer is ticking down
only 762 years to go
wintry shuttle
Cryo is gonna see the most action because it's being billed as the PVP zone.
ivory laurel
<@&1474420814979010821> any shells wanna run?
sharp plover
the timers on the cameras say theyll reestablish connection in about 10 minutes
sharp plover
lol the timer is ticking down
only 762 years to go
interesting, thats June 15th 2788, the year after the colony was established but before anything else happened
neat nest
Lmao
oak glacier
LOL
sharp plover
[Colony established 2787, Pfhor attack was in 2794]
ivory laurel
Isn't there 2 timelines, that differ by a few years?
sharp plover
not entirely clear, a lot of dates in marathon are sort of floaty
sharp plover
i think eku meant for the dates of historical events
because the original games dates were mostly retconned as being incorrect but everything since has mostly lined up
ivory laurel
Never played OG trilogy, and haven't really dived in to the lore of neoMara
sharp plover
except that as shown in the original gameplay trailer, folks kept living on TC4 for over 30 years after the Pfhor attack
neat nest
Marathon has a confusing timeline but aside from there being multiple ones it mostly lines up
Marathon 2026 is probably set in the “surviving timeline” of Marathon Infinity
twin rain
In terms of modern Marton, you can kinda assume there's just one timeline
neat nest
Which means it’s not the same timeline as Marathon 1
mossy bridge
saw a clip of people putting claymores on thief drones and flying them into peop...
FPV drone time
neat nest
Since the Marathon 1 timeline ends with the wr’kncacnter eating the universe
twin rain
(until we go to Perimeter (Timelost))
wintry shuttle
FPV drone time
People were having thief grapple to the drone as a makeshift vehicle.
cinder hare
<@&1474420814979010821> https://cryoarchive.systems/
Where’d you find this?
sharp plover
if you remember the reveal cinematic [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvbEnWLRo1s], it shows the Marathon being attacked on 7/3/2794
wintry shuttle
People were having thief grapple to the drone as a makeshift vehicle.
The other non-Destiny players are not gonna be ready for any Strand antics.
neat nest
Where’d you find this?
Linked to it on another server
sharp plover
and the next two colonist segments are 3/13/2812 and 12/21/2827 and the runner segment begins 9/16/2893
hmm, the cameras on the site said "receiving transmission" for a bit but nothing seemed to change and now theyre rebooting again
mossy bridge
i have obtained marton
and man there uh
sure is a lot of seven in these achievements
exfil successfully 7 times exfil successfully 7x3 times eliminate 7x2 runners eliminate 7x21 uesc units complete 7x5 contracts unlock 7 capstone upgrades loot 777 containers eliminate 7x4 uesc commanders
neat nest
cinder hare
@dusk spear anyone?
neat nest
I love how this arg seems to have something to do with the classic marathon styled terminals scattered around the maps
wraith vector
is that why i found one in like a locked puzzle room
mossy bridge
a friend of mine did a run on outpost
they found a security report
it was called
||rampancy, part 1||
twin rain
sure is a lot of seven in these achievements
Classic Bungie
twin rain
https://marathon.bungie.org/story/
This is an unofficial site being ran by one guy who has been documenting Marathon since 1995. It's not fully up to date on all the modern stuff, but is a good place to look at the significance of certain phrases, numbers, and other cultural references.
It's an Old Web style site, so its not always immediately intuitive to navigate. Use the sidebar on the left!
mossy bridge
You know. I can't say. He who rises with the tides, master of all things small and insignificant.
i wonder if this'll come back in any way
: )
ivory laurel
@cinder hare join me
cinder hare
<@634903819792416778> join me
ight sure
cinder hare
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nona_(mythology)
also just a general "motherly" vibe
noona, ya know?
twin rain
Nonna (pronounced the same) is Italian for grandma
cinder hare
ah yeah
mossy bridge
first run
didnt get to loot that last guy sadly
he tried to yoink my exfil while i was killing uesc for the first contract with cyac
ivory laurel
How rude
mossy bridge
oh i like this title thing
complete all of these things to get a title
as well as nice cosmetics
one for loot, one for lore, one for fragging
twin rain
Yeah. From what I understand that doesn't get reset season to season either. So it's something aspirational in the long term.
cinder hare
LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
twin rain
Purple bag ...
neat nest
shrink wrapped bonsai 1
🙁
dusk spear
<@873136375879315487> anyone?
What?
cosmic flame
i assume misping
neat nest
Misping I think
cinder hare
a
neat nest
It’s a sad little bit of lore
cinder hare
ah yeah
warm sage
NuCal Data Recon 3 is gonna break my soul
neat nest
I don’t want to die alone
cinder hare
<@&1474420814979010821> anyone up to outpost?
neat nest
I’m down after work
cinder hare
also warden is EASY
neat nest
Probably 3-4 hours
cosmic flame
what level is outpost unlocked
cinder hare
cinder hare
what level is outpost unlocked
10 or 12
oak glacier
12
warm sage
jesus christ this took TWO DAYS
mossy bridge
i love this thing
ivory laurel
It is goood
cosmic flame
the tick milker
cosmic flame
vagrant carbon
Why cat
cinder hare
neat nest
sharp plover
bingbo...
mossy bridge
holy hell that's a good skin
ivory laurel
I'm 9% away from Outpost D:
sharp plover
they should add an option where the post-death screen is just the view from your corpses eyes as you lay there
neat nest
That would be so funny with some of the ragdolls
mossy bridge
3 hours in
marton good
i have killed many many people now that im not playing Poorly
cinder hare
<@&1474420814979010821> who wanna shred perimeter (i have a north relay key)
craggy laurel
I'm down
sand sluice
My in-game vc still doesn't work
Can't figure out why lel
I'd join but gotta do some stuff
sand sluice
mossy bridge
god i hate introducing traxus
sand sluice
You'll hate one of the later midas quests
It's so much worse
Gotta go from south complex, spawn in enemy commander, then run to south maintenance
neat nest
god i hate introducing traxus
I’m good to run that one I kinda like it
I almost did it solo but I cheaped out on ammo stacks lmao
it was a CyAc free kit I should be executed for this
This is positive for clarity but it makes me laugh
wintry shuttle
Tarkov is for hardcore mil realism
Marathon is scifi hardcore
Arc Raiders is casual scifi hardcore
neat nest
I think it’s just like almost intoxicating that it’s genuinely quite hard and unforgiving but also gives plenty of goodies and lets you just rush back in off of an unlucky run
mossy bridge
sekiguchi is actually goddamn jaeger 2
neat nest
what is jaeger?
mossy bridge
mossy bridge
~~what is jaeger?~~
Tarkov trader
Known for really really tedious quests
That force you to do things like run around for five minutes with maximum dehydration
neat nest
Ahhh
mossy bridge
Or kill people from 60 meters away with iron sights
neat nest
I like this o e
mossy bridge
Or kill people while under the effect of tremors
anyway everything except introducing traxus and sekiguchi done
traxus because i hate it and it sucks and sekiguchi because i dont have outpost unlocked
indigo oriole
which one was the traxus one
mossy bridge
the worst one
sharp plover
In A Single Run stuff is always rough
mossy bridge
because it involves going to marsh
indigo oriole
That doesn't answer my question
I got all of them done so i dont remember which is which lol
sharp plover
yeah that one
mossy bridge
it requires killing a commander so a free kit will struggle
indigo oriole
oh, that one was fun
mossy bridge
then you're on a timer
sand sluice
It's not that hard, you mainly gotta kill the 1-2 people doing it
Otherwise it's free
indigo oriole
i did have a buddy to do it with, which helped
neat nest
I think the Complex one is easiest
neat nest
Intersection is a Thunderdome and Bio-Research gets hot from the guaranteed weapon lockers
sand sluice
I think?
neat nest
i can never find the damned thing in complex
East side near the broken bridge
neat nest
I ran ass first into him without being on the contract lol
sand sluice
Ya know, is like the only place guaranteed for it 😭
neat nest
Bio-research also has unstable gel
GOOD poi
sand sluice
And the arachne upgrades cost so much of it
mossy bridge
East side near the broken bridge
thanks
neat nest
I have not completed the contract that way but I did kill a commander and get a manifest there
So hopefully it works!
cinder hare
neat nest
Hmmmmmmmm
Mmmmmmmmmm
sand sluice
I need to make a map with the spawn points and start spawn rushing people
neat nest
I’m curious if the rumors that you go to Cryo from another map are true
neat nest
Terminal map for perimeter
opal elm
Well that's something to do, alrighty.
vagrant carbon
So um. Had a run where one teammate disconnected entirely and the other exfil'd without me. That was fun.
warm sage
<@&1474420814979010821> anyone tryna help me with Traxus 2/4?
opal elm
Intersection is a Thunderdome and Bio-Research gets hot from the guaranteed weap...
Intersection is the easiest to get to in my experience, but this is also the case for the other seventy people waiting for you, specifically. :p
As we saw during the slam!
sand sluice
Terminal map for perimeter
someone already found them?
neat nest
Intersection is the easiest to get *to* in my experience, but this is also the c...
Yeah lol
neat nest
someone *already* found them?
MFs were mapping them from the start
sharp plover
yeah the terminals were always there, they were just off
neat nest
Yeah they were inert but suspicious
cinder hare
<@&1474420814979010821> anyone tryna help me with Traxus 2/4?
one sec
give me like, 30 minutes
cosmic flame
i feel like those are directly opposite statements
mossy bridge
dont mind if i do
cinder hare
i feel like those are directly opposite statements
Yeah I just realized I need to eat
warm sage
Archenn#9630
mossy bridge
it's midnight
i have done nothing but play marathon for the past five hours
i am Very happy
indigo oriole
🤔 what do you do with these funky terminals
warm sage
🤔 what do you do with these funky terminals
seemingly they're going to be needed to unlock Cryo Archive
twin rain
yarp
twin rain
I don't think it'll let you
sand sluice
I'm considering taking an os key to one of the terminals
but I'm 100% assuming that's not gonna work and people have already done that
twin rain
(the same way that you could be barred from playing in Perimeter (Beginner) if a player had outgrown it)
vagrant carbon
I have this traxus intro contract to do, but I'm deathly afraid of straying too far from the team
neat nest
I have this traxus intro contract to do, but I'm deathly afraid of straying too ...
I also need that k e
vagrant carbon
(I say as I'm constantly screwed over by said team)
cinder hare
I’m doing everything lmao
I could just go into dire
Right now I’m at the point of where dire and outpost are where I need to be and I don’t like that
Perimeter is easy in and out
twin rain
😈
cosmic flame
im bored as shit of perimeter so im fine with that
sharp plover
we can get a trio up for Intro Traxus?
neat nest
boooo
sharp plover
lmao
neat nest
we can get a trio up for Intro Traxus?
lets do it @vagrant carbon
vagrant carbon
eh, sure
tawdry sequoia
shoot me an @ if there is room
sand sluice
I’m doing everything lmao
I'd join if these midas contracts weren't so annoying lmao
vagrant carbon
dustgiant#7018
sand sluice
also getting all the sekiguchi sponsered exfils done
got assassin done thankfully so now I gotta do the other 5
I do not like the assassin kit
also I can 3 hit melee green uesc
tawdry sequoia
I find assassin liberating
you always have a button ready to zoidberg out of there
vagrant carbon
Maybe I should give other shells a try
sand sluice
that's just thief for me lol
cinder hare
I’ll be ready in 10
vagrant carbon
I love Triage, but I could use some variety
neat nest
dustgiant#7018
Sent, we're in voice
final onyx
i can go
cosmic flame
completed a run on outpost
opal elm
Nice work!
cosmic flame
got into pinwheel
sand sluice
Finally done with dire marsh for now
Geez those midas missions were annoying af
On one hand trying to think of what could have made it easier
And on the other hand thinking it's bad luck
Feel like I would need blue shields minimum for it to matter
neat nest
<@&1474420814979010821> looking for 1 more
twin rain
das me
vagrant carbon
Sure is nice when you're doing runs with friends who know what they're doing 😌