Marathon

[tawdry sequoia]

I also iirc had better/more stuff out of perimeter cache rewards but it isn't like I did dozens to compare

[sand sluice]

Yeah I think the

What are they called

Perimeter terminal event thing?

[neat nest]

The best loot on Darsh is malingering and jumping lockdown hunters ime

[sand sluice]

Yeah that's what Ive felt

[tawdry sequoia]

the keys are obviously usually good to great but that's a rarer treat

[sand sluice]

Keys have kind of entered a no-go for me

[neat nest]

I need to test if signal jammers silence the door alarms

[tawdry sequoia]

I doubt it

[neat nest]

Someone online said it but idk

Me too

[sand sluice]

For keys?

[neat nest]

Yeah for the key room door open alarm

[tawdry sequoia]

if they do, it would have to be an unintentional interaction

[sand sluice]

Yeah there's no way that's normal

[tawdry sequoia]

I've not had awful key room experiences, but I try not to linger too long

[sand sluice]

I have awful ones unless I time them super specifically

But also like

[tawdry sequoia]

30-45 seconds of stuffing things in my pack then legging it

[sand sluice]

Solo queue is kinda designed that way unfortunately

Trios more depends

[tawdry sequoia]

yeah I've not done one solo

[sand sluice]

But tbf with trios

I really should just like

Embrace free will and leave

And not wait for my team

[neat nest]

Trios I’ve got a fairly good regimen now which is doing them after 5-8 minutes of lurking and not staying in the room for more than about 60 seconds

I find if you rush them it’s a dinner bell for half the map and if you wait too long someone else might open it

[sand sluice]

Yeah the lurking is kinda killing me

It was one of my least favorite parts of tarkov

And in this game it feels wrong to do that but to be entirely fair

Just depends on the map

Outpost at this point it's better to just w key the other 3 teams and lobby wipe or reset

Dire marsh is dire marsh so lurking usually has better results

[neat nest]

I’ve become a big fan of it, it’s great to spend a couple of minutes just keeping an eye and ear out to get a sense of what’s happening on the map

[tawdry sequoia]

just loot a poi while ambling over and keeping an ear out, yeah

[viscid plume]

oh? where’s the lore for this i’m inchrested

[sand sluice]

Yeh it's how I solo queued rank with thief

Just watch what happened on the map for like 20 min before speed looting and exfilling

Then when outpost happened I was like, "well can't do that" and it turned more into rng with teammates and just playing well

Which is funny because like

One of my most successful games was getting filled into a duo and hearing them bitch at each other for a full minute about running out of their bio injectors before we finally loaded in and one was like, "yo how are your games going Reverb"

And I was just like in my head, "well I can mute them but honestly these guys are actually chill if they're dropping the viritrol when talking to the random they're playing with"

And sure enough some of the more chill people I got with more relaxed comms

Its weirdly refreshing, Idk why but ranked marathon was one of the best ranked experiences I've had in gaming

[sand sluice]

Gimme a bit I'll see if I can't pull it up

[tawdry sequoia]

I only had to mute once, someone in trio fill was not on push to talk and thus was hot micing room tone and lipsmacking, and I could not cope

[mossy bridge]

every single game subreddit is whining it's all the format rewards

the whine posts get engagement

[sand sluice]

Ye

[mossy bridge]

and are thus considered "hot"

and the default for reddit is to push "hot" posts to the top

[tawdry sequoia]

yeah, social media is encouraged to recycle the same arguments that make people mad, I know

it still caught me off guard since I was having fun with it all easter weekend

[sand sluice]

@viscid plume

[mossy bridge]

i have all the contract lore except for traxus

missing unsanctioned hostilities 3 4 and 5

[sand sluice]

Actually I should see where I'm at

Cyan has more tho due to compiler kill

[neat nest]

Thought this was interesting- sound setup from the audio team

[viscid plume]

tysm!

[placid oxide]

Wait Cyan you killed compiler?

[sand sluice]

Thank Atlas cause I didn't get a chance to pull it up yet lel

[tawdry sequoia]

not crazy expensive for audiophile headphones

[mossy bridge]

im
um

wearing those exact headphones

[neat nest]

No haha

[sand sluice]

Wut

What skin was that then, I even checked the store

[neat nest]

The assassin one?

[mossy bridge]

i'm wearing the dt 770 pro x

the 35 ohm model i think

[sand sluice]

#1360700632998215701 message

[neat nest]

It’s Azazel it’s a cheap store skin

[sand sluice]

Ye this one

[mossy bridge]

oh that new thief skin (tresspass procotol) is uh

https://tenor.com/view/huh-david-martinez-cyberpunk-edgerunners-what-did-you-say-what-are-you-talking-about-gif-26914729

[placid oxide]

Okay I was going to say lol

[neat nest]

Well, huh it sure is

[sand sluice]

I like the new thief skin

Yellow is a cool contrast

[neat nest]

Yeah Cryo hasn’t clicked for me yet I’ve had 1 successful exfil haha

[oak glacier]

i do want the new knife it comes with

[mossy bridge]

i like it more than white rabbit ngl

[neat nest]

It’s jus the lose everything factory for me

[sand sluice]

I'm so sad

I keep missing like all the marton pings

[mossy bridge]

if i was going to buy a skin it'd be tresspass or cyber red

[placid oxide]

Cyber Red is my favorite they’ve put out so far

[sand sluice]

Cause I keep having stuff™ happen and then I get home and I half sleep until like midnight

[placid oxide]

I’ve been home all week with a sick kid so my play time is intermittent

[sand sluice]

Also I like

Really want to queue with people at lower levels

Because I'm curious to see if it'll pull people to my lobbies or pull me to their lobbies

Cause I gotta keep that in mind if I'm trying to help with contracts

Also I'm having major skill issues rn

Cause knife nerf hit me in a way I didn't realize

I can no longer 1 tap eliminate people from downed state with knife heavy

Ive had like 3 fights alone where I was like

[placid oxide]

I am kinda glad it made it harder to just insta-bag people

[wraith vector]

You shall suffer the execute animation or you shallst shoot

[sand sluice]

"Okay I downed them, time to eliminate with heavy knife oh nYOOO"

[sand sluice]

I need to shoot

My usual strat was like

Down with w/e -> run close -> heavy knife -> dodge away

[wraith vector]

If they don't have a triage I tend not to sweat hard, self rez is slow an loud but if their friends dip they gone

[sand sluice]

Triage rez in middle of fight is risky af

[ivory laurel]

The headphones I have that would have made me mic less last night are the DT 990 Pro X

[mossy bridge]

yeah i had someone try and self res under the stairs at west gate by quarantine

[wraith vector]

Preventing bleedout also kinda big

[mossy bridge]

i heard them from inside quarantine

[wraith vector]

Mirage Apex Legends was purposeful training to find these guys

[sand sluice]

The preventing bleedout and quick rez speed for fight recovery is triage's main battle util. The drone on running away is also pretty solid

But in an actual 3v3 if someone is out of position they're just cooked

[wraith vector]

Also the unrivalled emotional support of the drone goin ">:3" when you fire

[sand sluice]

You can try bubble rez but enemies can just rush if they're paying attention (not all teams pay attention)

Most of my ranked gameplay was mainly using triage to enable people, but assassin and destroyer were still carries

Assassin is more of a carry now with knife nerfs

I will say destroyer still rly good due to rotation utility with thrusters

[mossy bridge]

i love the weird liquid level of the drones

[sand sluice]

The funniest thing about drones to me

You can 100% shoot them to counter triage shareware

[wraith vector]

I kind of wish shareware worked both ways but probably overpowered

[sand sluice]

It def would be ye

[wraith vector]

Just always a lil awk to trade heals

[sand sluice]

Triage is in a good spot right now balance wise

[wraith vector]

Let us pitch inventory items like a grenade to mech os my friend in cover

[ivory laurel]

Looking forward to Vandal buff

[mossy bridge]

i'd argue he's the best

overall

[neat nest]

Destroyer is a contender imo

[sand sluice]

Overall he's probably the most balanced

[wraith vector]

The damage amp thankfully no one seems to use is so strong

[mossy bridge]

triage, destroyer are balanced
thief seems a little strong (just a bit)
assassin is now far more fair
vandal and recon need some love

and rook is rook

[sand sluice]

Destroyer used to be best but knife nerfs puts him below assassin and now IMO he's more next to triage

[neat nest]

The CD is so short it’s wild

[wraith vector]

I fear for Thief Vision getting CD hit too

[mossy bridge]

same

[sand sluice]

Assassin is waaaaay stronger now as smoke forces concealment and you can no longer swing wildly into it with knife

[mossy bridge]

then i'd actually have to run the core that extends the duration on hacking people

[sand sluice]

But assassin smoke now requires like

Map to allow it

[neat nest]

You can I did yesterday

[mossy bridge]

you can still slash into the smoke and get them

it's just harder

[sand sluice]

No I mean.

[mossy bridge]

and easier to be punished

[sand sluice]

Yeah exactly

[wraith vector]

How do fletchettes feel about smoke

[neat nest]

But I think I might have fucked up eyes or a fucked up monitor since I had very little trouble seeing the assassin in smoke

[mossy bridge]

indifferent
the flechettes cometh

[sand sluice]

You'll get punished for it if the assassin has any skill with aiming

[neat nest]

They dgaf

Pure proximity

[wraith vector]

Yaaay

[mossy bridge]

We Are The Bees. Give Us Your Blood.

[wraith vector]

Always appreciate good grenades

[neat nest]

Chems work even better

[mossy bridge]

i slept on chems too hard

[sand sluice]

Like it used to be one of the counters for assassin smoke was just rushing it and swinging with knife and it was up to the assassin to counter your shove

[wraith vector]

I get them much less often

[mossy bridge]

they're basically just molotovs

[wraith vector]

M'all heat and fletchetted

[neat nest]

The splatter fills basically a whole cloud and they make people glow

[mossy bridge]

more than the actual heat grenades

[neat nest]

Same

[mossy bridge]

heat grenades are more like

HE grenades

in other games

[wraith vector]

Yeah they should adjust the tooltip maybe

[sand sluice]

But now assassin smoke can net them some safety since knife damage got nerfed.

Unless the assassin isn't running shotguns

In which case like

[mossy bridge]

They're kind of a combo molotov and stingbang

because they fuck up your movement

but also set you on fire for DOT

[wraith vector]

Heat Grenades on Destroyer

You aint doin nothin

[sand sluice]

Assassin just should run on smoke and not hide in it

[mossy bridge]

yeah

considering it's also a line of smoke

[sand sluice]

Ye, it's why assassin is stronger now minus thermal roshambo

[neat nest]

My favorite assassin trick is popping super smoke and then walking the opposite direction

[sand sluice]

Thankfully thief + destroyer still have anti assassin stuff built in

If they didn't assassin would probably be strongest in both solos and trios

[wraith vector]

It's wild how sad thief makes assassin

Your whole deal: nah

30 second cd that has a ton of other utility

[neat nest]

Yeah thief vision is nuts

[sand sluice]

Earlier I was like, "recon should probably have it more than thief" but with knife nerfs I'm like, "yeah this makes sense now"

[mossy bridge]

they should give vandal wall running. it would be funny i think.

[sand sluice]

Once recon gets buffed, assuming it counters assassin I can see thief vision getting tweaked to not be so strong against assassins

[mossy bridge]

does recon have a third ability actually

[sand sluice]

Yes

[mossy bridge]

what is it

[neat nest]

Thief vision is probably getting nerfed

[sand sluice]

Finishers ping the other runners

[neat nest]

No, not an active anyway

[mossy bridge]

portable TAD, drone, and?

oh

i meant a third active

[placid oxide]

Finisher pings

[wraith vector]

Honestly it's p good

[mossy bridge]

right

[sand sluice]

Oh no it's not an active

Which like to be clear

Pre knife nerf it was absolutely bad

[mossy bridge]

for a third active i was thinking like, the tripwires the UESC put up that hack you

[sand sluice]

But with knife nerf it actually will see more usage

Since finisher is roughly same speed as melee elim on dbno

[neat nest]

Recon gets footsteps on people with broken shields, interrogation, the stupid grenade, and the position announcer

Also quietly the best overall stats but that’s sort of marginal

[wraith vector]

I feel like the footsteps could appear on damage and be fine

[sand sluice]

Rn 100% ye

[wraith vector]

But they want it more hunterkiller-ish i guess

[sand sluice]

Ima wait for shell changes to see tho

[neat nest]

Recon’s problems are that the pulse is awful and the grenade doesn’t work

The rest is fine I think

[sand sluice]

Like personal bias I want assassin to be the weakest so any buff to the other shells would be good to me.

But logically stuff like, "damage gives footsteps" is super strong, esp if recon buffs turn out well (which looks like they will)

[celest forum]

Oh sweet we have a channel for this

[sand sluice]

So I can't be like, "yes recon should get moar"

[wraith vector]

Recon should get an even larger helmet

[celest forum]

Agreed

[neat nest]

Recon was extremely strong (probably top 1?) in the MCTT

[sand sluice]

Ye

Also wstr and misriah was reversed right for how common they were?

[neat nest]

It was probably recon destroyer and triage for top 3 in it but people hadn’t cottoned on to the others as much

[neat nest]

Both felt pretty rare but I got them sort of equally

[wraith vector]

I have yet to see a misriah.. surely they exist

[sand sluice]

They exist but like

[wraith vector]

Maybe my only missing other than The Funny Boss One

[sand sluice]

Just play rook with wstr and get matter fixitive

[wraith vector]

One of my friends has fallen into a trap of only liking one gun

[sand sluice]

That's not a good trap to fall into lel

Not that I don't get it

[wraith vector]

This genre is not kind to it

[sand sluice]

Well

Actually

[wraith vector]

But so many of these shooties feel good, too

[sand sluice]

Extraction shooters are usually very kind to that exact thing

[wraith vector]

I more don't understand how he doesn't like more guns

[sand sluice]

Marton isn't because vault space is limited to 400

And a lot of that vault space is used on salvage

[wraith vector]

( it's the Stryker btw )

Which I do enjoy

[sand sluice]

So if your gun isn't accessible for normal credits (which is stock limited btw) you can only really get so many

Oh that?

I mean if they're okay with no other guns

[celest forum]

I definitely PREFER the bully to other guns but yeah they all feel pretty good

[sand sluice]

Just go run rook outpost, fight nobody and loot arms lockers on pinwheel or armories

You'll prob get 1-2 every few runs

Only issue is uhh

Rook is like

[wraith vector]

I need some sort of spell to find less Overrun ARs

[sand sluice]

Early tarkov scavving

[celest forum]

I just wish I could find shields more than once in a blue moon, I only have one left

[sand sluice]

You have 0 incentive to co-op as rook

[wraith vector]

Human kindness

Comraderie

Being a silly little goose

Many reasons

[sand sluice]

Yeah you can try and have some success

[neat nest]

My advice is to learn the good barters for shields and get them that way

[sand sluice]

Yeah

I think you need uhh

[wraith vector]

Love ya NuCaloric

[tawdry sequoia]

yeah if you can, get to the barter milestone in nucaloric upgrades

[neat nest]

1 neurochem can be turned into 1 blue shield for example and it’s WAY easier to get neurochems than blue shields in the wild

[tawdry sequoia]

buying shields is worse than barter

[celest forum]

Yeah, unfortunately learning the trade system is gonna be important

[wraith vector]

Nucal quietly keeps this whole game running

[sand sluice]

Dermachems, enzyme replicators?

Stack those and you'll have blue shields and purple shields when the barters come up

[celest forum]

I hate economies 😔

[sand sluice]

Neurochems

That's it

[neat nest]

There is a dermachem for green shield barter too

[wraith vector]

It's not like a changing econ based on player stuff

Just they have the options up or not on different days

[neat nest]

But it’s less exciting since green shields are like 900 credits

[sand sluice]

Yeah basically

[wraith vector]

I love barter/upgrade system

Makes loot feel "!!!"

[sand sluice]

Rook outpost -> loot all green and above credit items -> loot prioritized salvage (track it) -> exfil

Once bag is full leave

Just leave, don't fight

Let me do the fighting

[neat nest]

Yeah it definitely makes going salvage hunting more interesting

[sand sluice]

Me over here having had 2 runs where I killed 6 people as rook by myself

Ima get zone warden by playing rook I swear

I have every other one except kill 9 runners and snipe someone as rook

Sniping someone as rook is easy

9 runners is a pain because fuck I played too much solo and now I have to thirst elims if I want it on like dire marsh

To be fair if I'm lucky I can get 6 kills from 2 squads on outpost and kill 3 rooks

[neat nest]

9 runners is easy(ier) in dire marsh trios just hang out near ponds/maint

[patent thicket]

I need to start grabbing dermachems.

[neat nest]

And teammate kills count

[mossy bridge]

just got shot through cover

awesome

[sand sluice]

They don't no

[tawdry sequoia]

there's people here who are still doing more early game stuff, and people seem pretty happy to run whatever contract or objective, so if anyone needs help gearing up or contracts/codex, I think this thread is good to squad up with

[sand sluice]

If they do the elim you don't get credit

Now

If a teammate gets 9 elims

Apparently it can count

But yeah dire marsh is 100% the way

[neat nest]

Hmm I think they should change that that’s weird

[sand sluice]

I just don't have a stock of outlands or v99s

[mossy bridge]

i think i hate sniper rifles and anyone who uses them against me

[sand sluice]

Understandable

Unfortunately

You are playing a bungie game

[mossy bridge]

so the sniper is unfair

[tawdry sequoia]

yeah just gonna happen

[mossy bridge]

got it

[sand sluice]

And bungie likes their sniper rifles

Well

To be fair

[indigo oriole]

need the 360 noscope breaking benjamin edits

[sand sluice]

They did just say

[mossy bridge]

bungie should like their shotguns more

[sand sluice]

They're gonna nerf the snipers

Like that's coming 100%

[neat nest]

There’s ways to mitigate a lot of the risk from snipers but they’re always gonna be scary in this sort of game

[sand sluice]

Yeah idk

Like to me it should be uhh

[neat nest]

It’s weird that it’s anyone on the squad but they have to get all of them haha

Esp when the rest of the runner kill contracts are anyone on team

[sand sluice]

Well like you said

[tawdry sequoia]

the rare ZEUS snipe where you are just deleted is more startling than anything at my level

[sand sluice]

Yeah but that's gold mod spartan laser

[tawdry sequoia]

real act of god shit

[sand sluice]

So like

It should be fr fr

[wraith vector]

What's the gold mod for it

[sand sluice]

And it's also hilarious when it happens

[wraith vector]

I just kind of use them like elephant guns

[sand sluice]

2 shots on charge, slight delay between the shots

[neat nest]

Second shot immediately after you fire

[wraith vector]

Sinister

[sand sluice]

I love it

[neat nest]

And the Zeus already 1 shots blue shields

[sand sluice]

I've never seen it

Ye

I'm so sad cause I keep getting the ares

[wraith vector]

I either take peoples heads right off or miss, they are the coinflip cannons

[sand sluice]

I want the zeus

[tawdry sequoia]

I've seen it... maybe twice? as in, seen it from the one eyeball left after the rest of my head is vaporized

[twin rain]

I've got a schema for the zeus but have yet to purchase one (tho I will soonlike)

[sand sluice]

But wrt
I feel like it should be

Downs on a person or elims on a person counts.

So that way if you don't get 1 but you get the other it still counts, but each person can only count once

[neat nest]

I’ve had a couple of Zeus’ and it’s good but I wish less rare

[patent thicket]

Bungie’s famous for the shotgun and sniper being powerful in any game they make.

[neat nest]

major learning curve because you can’t hold charges on it

[sand sluice]

Ye but that's most guns lel

[wraith vector]

I see more railguns than snipers

[sand sluice]

Like I wanna see copperhead more

[tawdry sequoia]

arachne rewards throw ARES at you

but mid-tier loot has plenty of longshots

[patent thicket]

You want to experience the true power of Bungie going off the rails with a shotgun, play Halo: Combat Evolved.

[sand sluice]

But consider
The humble
.50 cal magnum

[patent thicket]

Oh, yeah. The pistol in CE is absolutely busted.

But the shotgun is also incredibly powerful.

[mossy bridge]

yeah those knife nerfs are uh

cant two tap a blue with heavy stabs anymore

[neat nest]

You can just with very high melee damage

[tawdry sequoia]

the damage calc Cyan linked says 90 melee to two heavy blues, yeah

[sand sluice]

Yeah the knife nerfs changed fight approachability

[neat nest]

New chart

90 is a big breakpoint to hit though

[sand sluice]

The good news = you can more reliably gun people down trying to knife you

So the skill requirement for doing so is much lower

[mossy bridge]

anyway this traxus contract is uh

really annoying

[tawdry sequoia]

a knife implant gets you there from max arachne melee upgrades, which I think is not unreasonable

[sand sluice]

Yus

[mossy bridge]

because you have to exfil for progress to count

loot three bags from runners

and deal 750 damage

i've done the bag
im up to 558 damage

[neat nest]

Yeah it’s not too bad, and there’s the implant buffs

[mossy bridge]

and i've just been trying to free kit the last 292 damage

[neat nest]

Which we unfortunately don’t know the size of

Err core buffs

[sand sluice]

Ye that's my big stuff

[mossy bridge]

i saw an implant effect that was crazy

[sand sluice]

True build diversity would be allowing to go over 100 cap

[neat nest]

Oh yeah that one is a bastard

[mossy bridge]

"on precision elimination hack nearby enemies"

[neat nest]

Zamn

[mossy bridge]

i snapped those up even if i am now broke again

[sand sluice]

I saw that one

[mossy bridge]

plus a few tox injectors

[sand sluice]

I wish I had a reason to run those

But most of the time I'm looking for reload on kill or overflow

Reload on kills on lmgs gross

And overflow on wstr is also gross lmao

Tbf I also want the purple uesc credit farm mods

But I'm also unhinged and want 5 mil credits

I feel broke otherwise, no I don't know why

I should probably try to get these last 5 done

[patent thicket]

I’m still learning Outpost. Man that map has a lot of verticality.

[sand sluice]

It's my favorite map

[patent thicket]

I get lost in there a lot and a lot of it is pretty dark.

[indigo oriole]

lots of weird little passages too

did that runner get in via the sewer pipe? from above with a grapple? from the other two buildings nearby that kind of connect?

[sand sluice]

I once killed a team who was opening pinwheel via security breach by jumping up from the outside holes into the two side rooms

I just jumped up and used the shotgun lmao

real "brother can I have some loops" energy

[late geyser]

Outpost is probably the best of the standard set

Still learning locations for the pinwheel boxes

[placid oxide]

The clip of a vandal jumping up to plant a claymore through those side room holes is peak Marathon to me

[sand sluice]

oh it was a Vandal

see that's what I was doing going like "I swore a rook was able to do this?"

and then got tired and was like "nah fuck it, shotgun time""

[late geyser]

Man i can't wait to hit cryo this week

[patent thicket]

How does one get into Cryo, anyway?

[final onyx]

in a trio, with expensive gear, when the window for entry is open

[mossy bridge]

level 25
all factions unlocked
three players either as a fill or pre-made lobby

oh and 5k loadout value

[patent thicket]

Ah, I see.

[placid oxide]

First time you can use a special kit that gives you full blue gear!

Much like heroin, the first hit is free.

[sand sluice]

wdym heroine

is this heroine a tsundere or something?

[twin rain]

(heroin, the drug)

[chilly pebble]

Beyerdynamics is just goated in general

[placid oxide]

Yes this thank you blade

[patent thicket]

I wonder what other parts of the Marathon we’ll get into next, I’m very curious about that.

[chilly pebble]

Door maintenance

[placid oxide]

The obvious next step from the freezer is the kitchen

[sand sluice]

speaking of which I might need to swap out my headphones since I did buy a 2nd pair but haven't used them yet

[twin rain]

Outpost (Marathon), where we go to an undeployed Outpost base all folded up

[placid oxide]

Gods you want to talk about a confusing layout for a map

[twin rain]

but to be honest I'd expect a more engineering/hangar or uesc/bridge/crew area next

(which is very broad on purpose)

[chilly pebble]

We got the cold of cryo, now we get the heat of the kitchen :v

[tawdry sequoia]

automatic prefab factory complex

[twin rain]

using the human-shaped squeezepacks of juice to cook

[chilly pebble]

A map that's just constantly moving like that one titanfall 2 map would be fun

[tawdry sequoia]

oooh, we could do an outdoor frost area with vertical data servers

[placid oxide]

The drinkable cheeseburger is people

[tawdry sequoia]

air cooled server architecture that howls when the wind picks up

[twin rain]

doesn't work too well in space, but the idea is evocative

[tawdry sequoia]

oh sorry, I was thinking in general, not necessarily on the Marathon proper

[twin rain]

gotcha

[patent thicket]

Like, we have seen evidence that Durandal is present, right?

Or am I misremembering that?

[chilly pebble]

which moon is it that the marathon is built in, deimos?

[twin rain]

yup

[tawdry sequoia]

yeah

on ship...I think bridge is good, but I'd like to see a residential

[placid oxide]

Yep, at least a version of Durandal is there

[patent thicket]

Deimos, yeah.

[tawdry sequoia]

the CyAc cryo missions are fairly evidently from Durandal

or if they aren't it's an intentional misdirect

I'd be interested in seeing them do something with the lore of MIDA weapons caches on the Marathon

[mossy bridge]

Hangar Ninety Six

seven hundred and sixty one armless and legless corpses

[patent thicket]

It would be a fun Easter egg to stumble across the derelict pod the Security Officer came out of at the start of the first game.

I’m sure we’ll go through segments of the ship that are littered with the remains of Pfhor soldiers.

[neat nest]

The loot area after the Compiler has Pfhor blood but no bodies

So that’s pretty likely I think

[patent thicket]

Interesting.

More information to put on my pile of evidence for the UESC trying to cover up the alien presence.

[chilly pebble]

iirc it's an alternate universe of the other games

[patent thicket]

Yes, but the events of the first game still obviously happened.

[oak glacier]

hail satan

https://tenor.com/view/elmo-burn-letitburn-gif-11493949

[chilly pebble]

Remind me, weaveworms/shell tech is new to this marathon right

[patent thicket]

AFAIK

[mossy bridge]

yes

[neat nest]

It’s one of em

[chilly pebble]

I wonder if we'll eventually get a pfhor corrupted shell

either playable or an enemy

[twin rain]

maybe as a sponsor/corpo

which would bevery funny as to their objectives

[chilly pebble]

"Get these fucks off my legally salvaged ship" -pfhor commander

[twin rain]

but yeah I could sorta see a playable pfhor "shell" (it's just a mindjacked pfhor with the brain cybernetics), pink blood and all

[mossy bridge]

honestly i could see them just

adopting shell tech

they already field disposable foot soldiers this is just making them even more disposable

[chilly pebble]

they already seem incredibly competent with bioengineering too

(see: the nucal storyline)

[mossy bridge]

honestly i dont know if the contagion is a pfhor weapon

considering it's ties to the anomaly

[neat nest]

Weaveworms actually weren’t invented until well after the events of most of the marathon games so it’s hard to say

[neat nest]

It’s gotta be JJARO

IMO

[mossy bridge]

jjaro or a wrkncacnter

[neat nest]

I don’t think it’s the latter but it’s hard to say

Maybe we’ll get the pathways into marathon map later haha

[chilly pebble]

True, bungo does love the whole progenitor species still causing problems

[mossy bridge]

the new map coming fall 2026, Aztec Temple That Is Somehow On Tau Ceti

[neat nest]

The anomaly seems to (badly) grant wishes

And does a lot of other weird creative stuff

[chilly pebble]

Actually yeah, the anomaly is 100% jjaro

[mossy bridge]

also distorts time

[neat nest]

The wrk just kinda kills people and can’t really be contained in a normal planet

[mossy bridge]

see: the UESC officer who inspected it and got transported forward in time

[neat nest]

But it’s hard to tell with what we know

[chilly pebble]

is that the one that got their head gooped

[mossy bridge]

no

different one

that guy was nucal

the one i talked about is post colony collapse

[placid oxide]

A wrk being around feels like something above the runner shells to deal with imo

[mossy bridge]

durandal and the security officer didnt even really deal with it

they just made it not escape

[neat nest]

It is

We’re probably/hopefully in the surviving timeline

[placid oxide]

Yeah they basically just sidestep that timeline

[mossy bridge]

considering the compiler, the thing that's only just above a pfhor soldier, gives runners a considerable run (ha) for their money

we are nowhere near good enough for half the things the pfhor have

yet alone the security officer/another battleroid

[patent thicket]

This would make a lot of sense to me. What if Tau Ceti is their home world?

[neat nest]

I suspect that the compiler we fought centuries later was also more badass than the ones in the first game

[tawdry sequoia]

while you were inventing shell technology, the compiler studied the blade

[chilly pebble]

I feel like the jjaro were probably closer to the pfhor homeworld due to that being where most of their tech ended up

[indigo oriole]

next area has the compiler2 and it puppets all the corpses of the dead runners in cryo

[mossy bridge]

the big flying fat fuck from 2 and infinity

either that or a proper UESC boss

never change traxus

[chilly pebble]

https://bsky.app/profile/treegirl.it.com/post/3mixpdre5p22g

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BREAKING: NuCaloric announces Vapable Hot Dog after disrupting snack food market with last year's Drinkable Cheeseburger.

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[mossy bridge]

nucaloric product 594 - the inhalable pretzel

[patent thicket]

Definitely. Why would it remain static if it could improve itself?

I find it interesting that there’s ticks in that fight, too. Think they have something to do with the S’pht?

Or… are the ticks… THE JJARO?!

[neat nest]

I was thinking that but I can find no connection except that Ticks were one of the first local fauna to respond to the contagion

[cinder hare]

Estrogen will make me girl

[patent thicket]

The ticks were the masterminds the whole time…

[cinder hare]

It’s also kinda funny how I had a dire game where despite running around the entire map we had literally 0 pvp

[chilly pebble]

had one of those the other day, felt very weird

it's like what, 8 other people in solo?

I heard gunfire maybe once

[wintry shuttle]

I died at Dire Marsh

[patent thicket]

I feel like a lot of people in solo are trying to avoid other runners more than get into fights, it’s too risky.

[wintry shuttle]

with a purple key

[cinder hare]

I love fighting

[wintry shuttle]

all because I got jumped by a green shield

[patent thicket]

I hope I don’t lose everything in the Lose Everything Swamp.

[wintry shuttle]

So, we have lose everything swamp

lose everything factory

Outpost and Perimeter are?

[patent thicket]

Denver Airport and Waffle House Parking Lot.

(Hauler is the Waffle House itself.)

[cinder hare]

Yeah shields only matter if they’re free kit or you’re prepared for the fight

[cinder hare]

ngl hauler doesn’t feel very Waffle House

[patent thicket]

I get in so many fights in there.

[sand sluice]

Shields matter when getting jumped assuming you can react and aim in response, if you can't do either when you suddenly take damage you're likely to not survive yeah

[patent thicket]

https://tenor.com/view/anger-issues-issues-tyler-screaming-disappear-meme-gif-23950735

Like this

[mossy bridge]

another hacker

great

im not playing anymore today

[celest forum]

The waffle house for me is [anywhere an exit spawns] but my low level "blue stuff is rare" ass likes it that way

I found my first thermal scope right before going to work today and I'm prepared to see it immediately vanish when I try to use it

[cinder hare]

I got a deal where it was like green wire for thermal scope

So I bought like 12 of them

[celest forum]

Ngl if rook could have friends I'd probably always run it lol

[patent thicket]

Sometimes you can befriend other rooks.

It’d be really funny if you were able to talk around like six Rooks to work together. Not going to happen, but it would be funny.

[ivory laurel]

Grouped up Rooks are fun to fight

[patent thicket]

Imagine all twelve Rooks on Outpost moving as a flock.

Ignore us.

[wintry shuttle]

The Rook Flock

https://tenor.com/view/flock-of-birds-flamingo-gif-8674288

[patent thicket]

[various robot noises]

[tawdry sequoia]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Marathon/comments/1sfu8ts/come_to_pinwheel_bro_bring_your_goldpurple_shields/

[cinder hare]

saw a suggestion where you could like, put 5/10 salvage towards an upgrade

instead of buying all of an upgrade at once

which makes sense imo

would save me a lot of storage space

[patent thicket]

Paying in installments of salvage would be nice.

[neat nest]

Would it? Salvage stacks very deeply

[cinder hare]

blue / purples take up insane space

esp purples

[celest forum]

Cooperate?

[cinder hare]

i have like, probably 5~6 rows taken up by blue / purple

easily 50~60 slots

[celest forum]

Also if anyone was running assassin this morning and a rook yelled "no stop I'm a level one goblin" right before you stabbed him that was me

[cinder hare]

i know that wasnt me cuz i didnt q today

but that is also me lol

[celest forum]

I love doing that

"it's my birthday please I'm the birthday boy" (finisher)

[woeful tundra]

for people who wanted pve marathon - road to vostok is available in EA now!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOAb4a4oLDM

[cinder hare]

its funny how im so used to very high detail games

or very stylized

crazy little idea

bringing a thermal and a backup sight to hotswap

https://imgur.com/tMqDmqj

[wintry shuttle]

I have another game to add to that pile.

Oh wait no, I'm gonna have to retract.

The game, Metal Eden, uses some AI.

[cinder hare]

partially AI VA stuff

[sand sluice]

Ye I bought it and plan to check it out so I can add it to the list of pve extraction shooters

[cinder hare]

if you could design a custom shell

what would that shell look like

[wintry shuttle]

Dwarf

Angry dwarf with tired dawi energy that wants to kill UESC bots.

[sand sluice]

For style points?
Custom shell inspired by Saati from Paladins, can create miniature mirror/gravitational anomalies that when shot, shoots the nearby closest enemy player for reduced damage. Can overload pistol type weapons to mag dump akin to fanning a revolver at the cost of overloading heat. Landing precision damage with non sniper rifles give them deteriorating energy for dive style movement

Or idk, just timing on reloads

[cinder hare]

spotter // sniper shell...

even better if they SOMEHOW add 1x scopes

"Can equip a custom 1x scope onto precision and sniper weapons. This scope removes all weather from its reticle"

[neat nest]

I don’t have a specific look in mind but I think a trapper archetype would be cool

[cinder hare]

if the shell had a look id want them to be the "arsenal bird" archetype, focused entirely on very very aggressive area denial

"grenade at your cover"

"sorry the midrange is MINE"

really annoying pos of a frame

kit so unhinged nobody runs them (but they're kinda really strong)

[twin rain]

I saw a couple "runnersonas" on tumblr even if that's not what you're asking about in particular

[celest forum]

The idea of runnersonas delights me

Also unfortunately as far as build goes I'd make something entirely too close to recon to merit a new class probably

Just with more crab grenades

Mayne replace the scan pulse with having one of those crows that freak out when you get too close that does a sweep and give you a live feed because I'm a thematic little creature

[neat nest]

Just gimme MCTT recon

[cinder hare]

what was that like

[neat nest]

I’ve given my spiel a couple times but it’s fun:

• live tracking on enemies in range and LoS during prime ability
• enemies cannot see pings for prime ability
• prime discriminates between runners and UESC
• drone has a brain which works

[cinder hare]

why did they nerf the brain lmao

live tracking is nasty though, lmao

thank god theres no wallbangs'

[neat nest]

It was stupid good originally and basically sniffed stuff out like a bloodhound with wallhacks

[cinder hare]

R6 live tracking lion was a fucking monster

[celest forum]

Good

[neat nest]

Also had really glitchy looking stuttery movement which made it impossible to shoot (so did ticks)

[celest forum]

Ticks being glitchy would be cool

[cinder hare]

turns out in the everything is a wallbang game, "I AM IN YOUR WALLS" is fucking OP

[celest forum]

Right now they're just a kind of passive noise annoyance

[neat nest]

It wasn’t they basically rubberbanded a lot

[cinder hare]

also, just a thought

what the fuck is causing the ticks to evolve human-specific toxins

[neat nest]

Recon was the shell everyone hated during MCTT

Cause there was no counterplay besides also being recon

And signal jammer but we were all stupid then ok

[neat nest]

The Contagion

[cinder hare]

i forget why the contagion is the way it is

[neat nest]

We don’t really know but probably the anomaly

It’s interesting how differently people looked at the shells in the MCTT

Assassin and Recon were the clear top 2 I think

Destroyer was also p good as was Vandal

No one really liked Triage yet

[cinder hare]

yeah funny how the meta is like

double destroyer + triage
solo assassin

somewhere up there
thief

kinda rare:
vandal

dead:

• recon

[neat nest]

Also worth noting Thief was not in the MCTT

[cinder hare]

well, the double destroyer + triage meta is mostly cuz aim gods LOVE destroyer movement

they use the shield, sure, but i feel like if vandal was buffed you might see vandal / destroyer / triage meta

what would be fun is a destroyer / vandal / recon meta

[neat nest]

The metaslave trio in the MCTT such that it was was triage recon pick one

Also Assassin was substantially stronger in the MCTT

(Cloak lasted about 5 seconds longer and CD was about 10 seconds shorter)

The smoke bomb also made a bigger smoke grenade than normal instead of 3 in a row

But I think the current one is better

[mossy bridge]

i've never seen double destroyer

usually it's like

assassin thief pick one

[celest forum]

I'm trying to think about what I see most often

Destroyer and triage mostly

I like Recon and Assassin for vibes reasons

[sand sluice]

In dedicated stacks it's usually destroyer, assassin/thief and triage

[celest forum]

Mechanically it's uh

[placid oxide]

Triage and assassin are the two I almost always see

[celest forum]

Honestly I SEE YOU and YOU DON'T SEE ME are just conceptually hilarious to me

[mossy bridge]

i havent touched triage once

it's been mostly thief

i'd play vandal more if she didn't kinda suck

i play a tiny bit of destroyer but i cant use him well and i miss thief's grapple hook like a motherfucker

I refuse to play assassin out of principle and recon is recon

[indigo oriole]

i play triage and rook and thats about it

[late geyser]

Triage and rook gang

Listen i love playing the other shells

Sadly what i do is essentially and people prever other roles.

[neat nest]

They should make Evil Triage (Masscasualty?) who throws drones which stick to people and drain their health

And when they take negative statuses they get inflicted on everyone with a Hurting Drone as well

[indigo oriole]

i want this but only so the little drone has an evil >:) face even when hiding

[neat nest]

if it downs you it does an evil little laugh

[patent thicket]

I have been rolling around an idea for a Runner OC, but I don't have anything concrete yet.

[placid oxide]

Really hype to see what Sentinel winds up being, speaking of

[wintry shuttle]

So, another video essay about Marathon. CW: Potential epileptic elements (flashing screen glitching in segment chapters/quotes).

https://youtu.be/m1Yk3QJuzo0

TL;DR: Marathon uses satire to showcase how dehumanizing and demeaning corporations are to people. And also how the game's usage of PVP is meant to further reinforce that satire.

[placid oxide]

<@&1474420814979010821> Anyone up for some contract runs here in 10 minutes or so?

[final onyx]

yeah

[tawdry sequoia]

wish I could

[neat nest]

By onoderaissad on Twitter

[placid oxide]

Anyone else for a third?

[patent thicket]

I could tag along in a few once I'm done doing the dishes.

[neat nest]

I can hop on when my rpg session is done

Not sure when that is though we often run late

[placid oxide]

Yeah for sure Fang just hop in once you're done

[obsidian latch]

God I wish I was her

[patent thicket]

I just found out about the Emotional Support Plushie and its lore.

[placid oxide]

Oh?

[patent thicket]

😭

[neat nest]

yea

[echo scroll]

the entire lobby hit me with the 1 at a time strat

[neat nest]

holy shit a twintap

[echo scroll]

pulled it off their corpse

[obsidian latch]

I’d blow my shit smooth off if I lost like 3 greens and a blue I can only imagine how it feels to lose all this purple

[placid oxide]

Hey, anyone want to fill in? Suz had to hop off

<@&1474420814979010821>

[neat nest]

Oh I can hop on

[cinder hare]

helluva exfil

[cinder hare]

<@&1474420814979010821> doing traxus unsactioned hostilities 4/5

[neat nest]

Managed to pick up a runner kill with my stupid asshole of a tracker drone tonight call that a win

https://tenor.com/view/marathon-bungie-marathon-game-recon-recon-marathon-gif-13562192688624302112

[patent thicket]

"Go, my Chudling! Kill!"

[neat nest]

and then it runs laps around a toilet for 25 seconds and explodes

[patent thicket]

He's doing his best.

(Bad.)

[neat nest]

He's not I've seen his best

At least cluster payload is still a banger

[patent thicket]

https://tenor.com/view/the-fun-twinz-story-smiling-friends-the-fun-twins-pim-gif-24474151

That drone's movement is really funny.

[neat nest]

It’s so funny

I just wish it ran towards people more reliably

It’s nice to wish for things happening in 6 days…

[patent thicket]

I believe in Idiot Crab.

[neat nest]

I’m so excited for the next patch I’m preemptively playing Recon lol

[patent thicket]

Oh yeah I've got a loadout expensive enough for Cryo Archive now, so I can run it at minimum two (2) times!

[wintry shuttle]

I have RAT confession

When I was in Dire Marsh yesterday, I went to the small building by greenhouse and crouched walk into the alcove of blue pipes.

I did that only because I wanted to wait for everyone else to extract and open a room.

But then a Vandal walked in unaware.

I prefired so many rounds.

[patent thicket]

🐀‼️

[wintry shuttle]

It was shameful I know

This game changes you and makes you into the mist sweatiest, violent seeking goblin ever.

[cinder hare]

ugh just had some random in prox chat spam slurs

didnt have time to report them

[wintry shuttle]

That's gross. That person is gross for doing that.

[neat nest]

I’m trying to think which pipe that is now

[wintry shuttle]

Okay, I remember that pipe is on the second story of the small building that is adjacent to Greenhouse.

And by the wall with that long exterior pipe.

[patent thicket]

Mod that replaces the sound of the Recon drone exploding with Pipe Falling.mp3

[wintry shuttle]

It was this one

[patent thicket]

Oh yeah, I wanted to point out that I got jumped by a Recon drone and I blocked it with my Riot Barricade. I took no damage, but I did overheat. I thought that was strange.

I just kinda figured it'd be all or nothing.

[neat nest]

Ahh that little room

[neat nest]

Same it is odd

The drone I think basically explodes with the same effect as a heat grenade

Overheats and does a lengthy DoT

[patent thicket]

Yeah. The riot barricade must not block status effect stuff like that, just damage.

Interesting to know, if that's the case.

[neat nest]

Maybe

Recon drone is also… weird

[patent thicket]

In many ways.

[neat nest]

I got a frag grenade codex entry with it

[patent thicket]

That's....

huh

That Rook we came across had some pretty awful luck.

He just walked around a corner and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRolhuX-Enw

[cinder hare]

been grinding this fucking mission and its painnnnnnnnnnnn

[sand sluice]

I need to take a break

not tilting but starting to get chest pains from the constant uphill battles of trio fill

like I need easier access to other weapons to meme with them since weapon choice isn't mattering much anyways rn

[chilly pebble]

Charter in the back of my mind when a downed rook crawls into the exfil circle: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/883705851922219038/1491710040971677727/reminder.mp4?ex=69d8aebc&is=69d75d3c&hm=146c1a5b5d229a552f1c7cf85f1d2d0a44307a37542b57098dc848943521dfe9&

Also speaking of rooks

[obsidian latch]

(@rasteridiot)

[sand sluice]

@cinder hare
I realize my issues with queuing rn into trio fills is I need to expect to lose all my gear and while gear doesn't bother me so much, losing meds is painful because it feels like meds are harder to come by than gear

[neat nest]

For green meds at least there are really good rotating barters for them

I am not sure how to get a lot of blue meds though

I have about 60 of each for the greens mostly on the back of the 1 sparkleaf for 3 barters

[sand sluice]

The best way I've gotten blue meds is wiping lobbies on ranked and taking all 8 stacks back to my vault

[placid oxide]

Green meds feel like they go quicker for me, though I think that’s probably because if I’m bringing blue meds I’m also bringing a full kit that means I can handle fights better.

And yeah, blue meds are abundant from the dead in cryo as well which is where I got a lot of mine

[neat nest]

The burn rate for green heals (less shields) is also quite high since you might need 2-3 to get back to full

[sand sluice]

If only, I'm getting terrible rng with trio fill where I either take free kit and nobody does, or I take gear and then the randoms don't

[gloomy quail]

I still think those should have bigger stacks in your backpack vs the blue heals

[sand sluice]

It also made me realize how much I get away with on free kits

[gloomy quail]

Doesn’t make sense to me why I only need one stack of blue heals and shields, where as if I’m taking green, I need two stacks of each

[neat nest]

Some of my best runs are on free kits

I’m honestly trying to figure out how to cultivate free kit mindset with a good kit lol

[sand sluice]

I can kind of do it

Only issue I'm running into now is wanting cores/implants and not having vault space to save them

[neat nest]

I get too confident about situations I can handle because I’ve got good gear

[gloomy quail]

Same honestly

[sand sluice]

That's hit or miss for me

[gloomy quail]

I think I’m the opposite though, I think having good gear makes me hesitate because I don’t wanna lose it

[sand sluice]

I'm having to accept the fact I might lose fights now because I can no longer safely eliminate people with knife

So now I'm trying to calculate a 2nd gun for actually securing an elimination

[gloomy quail]

Maybe that’s just because Cryo archive beat into my head that if you see a bubble shield, there’s someone with a shotgun inside

[sand sluice]

And then I just get shot by 3 snipers from a trio stack anyways

[gloomy quail]

The snipers are so ridiculous

[neat nest]

I’ve been having good runs with bully+stryker lately

Stryder whoops

[gloomy quail]

Is that thing good? I haven’t been able to wrap my head around it

[neat nest]

Even if I swapped it for a railgun on my most recent one and actually managed to get a kill lol

[sand sluice]

Eh

[neat nest]

Stryder?

Yeah it’s good

[sand sluice]

It's worse than snipers but better than most auto options for longer ranged fights

Minus like

M77

[neat nest]

It’s basically the bullet version of the Lookout but the fire rate is a touch faster

[sand sluice]

But at this point I expect they'll nerf m77

[neat nest]

You can contest snipers with it if you get the first shot

More like first 2 but

It shoots pretty fast

[sand sluice]

Yeah the usual thing with snipers

Is 1v1 you can contest them with any further range gun, it's 100% on them to jiggle peek correctly

[gloomy quail]

I feel like I always default to the volley rifle

[sand sluice]

First shot advantage is always strong

[gloomy quail]

But that could also be because burst weapons in bungie games have always felt good

[sand sluice]

Yeah you can contest snipers with volley just not at furthest range like you can with things like the strider or m77

[neat nest]

Volley is good

Stryder is kind of comparable but has one main advantage

It’s probably top 3 for ammo efficiency

[sand sluice]

I like volley cause it's a good ease of access gun, I just don't pick it up cause usually the burst fire is slower than me just lasering people with another gun like the overrun

Plus it's bungie

So unlikely volley would get nerfed even if it becomes more on the op side somehow

[neat nest]

🙄

[gloomy quail]

That prestige attachment is pretty great for it though

Turns it into the halo BR

[neat nest]

I’ve yet to see that one but it’s funky

[sand sluice]

Wut? Did they nerf it in d2? I remember playing d2 and seeing people with burst like the classic halo 3 br

But then again d2 I saw handcannons more

[neat nest]

It also being a silencer is something I didn’t expect

[sand sluice]

And also magnetism was playing a part in a lot of the way stuff worked that I remember being a bit confused

[neat nest]

I have no interest in hearing complaints about balance problems which only maybe hypothetically exist in the future

It’s dumb

[sand sluice]

That's a balance problem?

[neat nest]

“If it’s OP they won’t nerf it cause Bungie”

[sand sluice]

Yeah, certain guns become OP, isn't that how most meta develops overtime as they make changes?

[neat nest]

This isn’t a good conversation for you to be having

[sand sluice]

Ah sorry, can I move it to dms so I understand better or should I just drop it?

Like if that's sounding like a complaint that's 100% on me, I'm not intending it to be that way

[neat nest]

DMs are fine

[sand sluice]

Thank you , and again, sorry

[neat nest]

No worries

I’ve been getting so many Korean Marathon clips lately it’s weird

[patent thicket]

I’ve gotten an appreciation for the V11. Nice pistol, I like it.

[neat nest]

I like everything about that gun except the screen real estate it eats up when you sprint

[patent thicket]

Yeah, that’s a bit much.

[sand sluice]

My favorite thing about the punch is the little wings that pop out when it starts to overheat

It's honestly one of the better representations for "the gun is overheating" I've seen in awhile

[patent thicket]

If there’s one thing that I can say consistently about the guns in Marathon, it’s that they’re all very fun visually if nothing else.

[neat nest]

I like how nearly-expended volt cells come out of the magazine slot looking burnt on volt weapons

[patent thicket]

Yeah, they’re visually fucked up.

[sand sluice]

Ye

[patent thicket]

I also like how volt weapons reload like a VCR.

[placid oxide]

That’s my favorite bit really, that it feels like you’re throwing in a cassette tape to fuck some shit up

[sand sluice]

That makes me think the ammo backpack is like a cassette rewinder. Like you chuck your volt weapon in it and the backpack starts rewinding the cassette tape volt cells for you

[placid oxide]

Analogue futurism all the way

[neat nest]

How quickly does an ammo backpack recharge them anyway?

I’ve actually never really checked haha

[placid oxide]

I’ve not used it often enough to say with authority tbh

[celest forum]

I am enjoying doing rook runs and announcing to players that I am a friend robot

It doesn't work

But it allows me to be funny

[neat nest]

The problem is like probably the majority of rooks are just little guys getting their loot and running

And there’s a minority of sadistic demon rooks who want to 1v3 wipe you and lure you into claymore mazes

[celest forum]

"Hello human would you like to partake in the consumption of brand name beverages" (they open fire)

It's very funny

[patent thicket]

Level One Goblin

[celest forum]

I've used that line yeah

[neat nest]

Just realized like a day later that a squad we wiped last time had been on the run from another squad and backed into us on our rotation and felt a little bad

We probably didn’t have to fight

They did shoot first though

(I think we also wiped the squad chasing them, or maybe a random 3rd party who ran into the shit zone lol)

[celest forum]

The funniest time I did get a friend but the thief in his party was like

Followed me into a room and shanked me it was legitimately hilarious

I heard the first guy like "Woah hey why did you do that" and I did the Sorry callout right before I got finished (I don't know if they can hear that)

Dramatic storytelling lol

[neat nest]

Lmao

I think the last rook we saw got lit up so fast we only figured out it was a rook after

[placid oxide]

I’ve run into 1 too many rooks who are deceptive about being chill right up until you’re in wstr range.

Best to remove the ambiguity from the situation.

[celest forum]

That's why I didn't take it personally yeah

It's definitely taking a risk trusting a funny robot

[patent thicket]

A little while back I was rushing the final exfil with some folks in here and we decided to just let the Rooks into the circle too.

[celest forum]

I like when people do that

[placid oxide]

I’ve watched that happen then the rook drops a claymore last second

[patent thicket]

There’s no point in fighting at that stage. You’re only risking your own loot for no gain.

[celest forum]

If you hear one talking like an idiot and asking about gunmetal that is probably me

He's a character at this point

[neat nest]

Ok but hear me out

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1153509575576780820/1462214936049745920/IMB_80zNG8.gif

[celest forum]

"Don't worry, I can prove I am a friend I enjoy the correct sports teams and branded alcoholic beverages" your trusted neighborhood Tony rook

[patent thicket]

Rooks don’t get Arachne xp.

[celest forum]

No but the squad killing him does

[neat nest]

They don’t?

[celest forum]

I think as Rook you ONLY get loot and generic season exp

Don't quote me tho I'm not smart

[neat nest]

I’d like to apologize to the random trios I jumpscared and 1-1 traded I thought I was getting Arachne progression out of it

[celest forum]

Lol

I'm sure Arachne still found a way to enjoy it

[sand sluice]

I do it for the next rook that runs into them. If one rook gets their loot then next time maybe I'll be the rook that gets the loot

[mossy bridge]

you get cyac xp for extracting

[sand sluice]

But tbf I also don't attack teams that are friendly

[mossy bridge]

but that's always the case

rook or otherwise

[sand sluice]

They gotta say it tho otherwise I'll pop up from the below side areas on the UESC pinwheel breach and gun them down

Killed 2 teams that way now as rook

[sand sluice]

they changed it in one of their early updates (assuming I'm not misunderstanding myself tbf)
https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Article/marathon_update_1_0_0_4

Rook will now receive the same Faction reputation bonus from all sources that solo players receive*

[wintry shuttle]

...

https://tenor.com/view/tmnt-cowabunga-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-ii-the-secret-of-the-ooze-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-gif-20119383

[sand sluice]

Now uhh

Hopefully when the April 14th update drops

With that common item option or w/e. It can also be shared to and between rooks

Can't post direct link cause it was from Ziegler on the bad site but these were the lines about it

- SECRET: A new item to give a more merciful option between crews.```

So would be interesting to see more crews adopt rooks with this

[neat nest]

I am real curious about these yeah

[sand sluice]

It also would help me feel less bad when I suddenly gun down a rook because I think they're a runner and not just another rook inside pinwheel

Also was funny yesterday, a rook that I inadvertently prevented from getting into pinwheel from one side kept trying to shoot me and not trigger the claymore I put down, another rook climbs up on the other side and gets shot at and is like, "hey! no. Nuh-uh" and then I voice and like, "yo I'm sitting out here myself and the rook in the other vent just shot and you and Idk why cause like, we're all rooks here" and then finally the rook who kept shooting chilled out before we moved into pinwheel to fight the squad

[neat nest]

Rook politics are so confusing haha

[sand sluice]

Its def very sudden when it's just 1 other rook but if it's more than that most rooks go, "oh everyone is chill"

I even got to help 3 of us by running and snagging a master key in the last 3 minutes to open the pinnacle room

I just realized

Cw: cheeseburger

I ordered and had some of these last year

I was prepping for marathon without even realizing it

[neat nest]

What… is that?

[sand sluice]

Texas Burger Space Food Beef Cheeseburger Russian Astronaut Food MRE Hiking Rations Survival Freeze Dried Food Camping Tube 115 Gr (4.05 Oz)

[mossy bridge]

okay so i now understand that rooks who kill other rooks in exfil are just losers

got it

there's not even any benefit to it

[sand sluice]

Edible paste basically

[mossy bridge]

they're just losers

[mossy bridge]

also this stuff is rancid

i've had burger paste and it is

:(

[sand sluice]

I got 3 flavors and I only liked the French fries one

[neat nest]

Huh

[mossy bridge]

also rooks dont appear in the recently played list

[sand sluice]

They don't?

Hopefully they fix that for when prox chat is more easily reportable

Haven't had a rook be toxic in prox chat myself but I know the possibility exists

[neat nest]

There’s a NuCaloric SQZ BEEF tube as well which is even more similar

[sand sluice]

See I would have thought plant byproduct would be more sustainable than just freezing cows

But also tbf

I do get that on a new planet you can't guarantee things to have edible plants

[mossy bridge]

but there's entire cryo preserved cows

[sand sluice]

I know but I'm just surprised it's like cows and not like, chickens or something

[neat nest]

I suspect the SQZ BEEF is made of cow about the same amount as the drinkable burger is

[sand sluice]

Also like

Did they only make tick milk? Not like try to prep ticks for eating?

[mossy bridge]

no

[neat nest]

Tick milk is a marketing term for tick uh derived protein shake

[mossy bridge]

jasper talked about eating ticks

but out of desperation

post colony collapse

[patent thicket]

https://fxbsky.app/profile/zoewithasword.bsky.social/post/3miz4vuilpc2r

Zoe Tunnell (@zoewithasword.bsky.social)

Someone make me a YOU WOULDN'T VAPE A HOT DOG hat

Quoting tranley cutebrick (@treegirl.it.com)
︀
BREAKING: NuCaloric announces Vapable Hot Dog after disrupting snack food market with last year's Drinkable Cheeseburger.

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FxBluesky · Apr 8, 2026, 8:26 PM

Taking a huge hit off of this and saying “dot hog” as I cough up a lung and a cloud of pinkish vapor.

[sand sluice]

Just another runner looking at you through the thermal sights of their gun and seeing the vape cloud going, "Hell yeah 😎 "

[patent thicket]

I read that in the Rook voice.

[celest forum]

"Real meat gets stuck in your teeth" yeah the lore stuff goes hard

[patent thicket]

The Emotional Support Plushie aaaauigahhhaaauufgfhh aaaaa

https://tenor.com/view/sobbu-sobbing-crying-cry-anime-gif-17576121

[placid oxide]

<@&1474420814979010821> Anyone up for a few afternoon runs?

[mossy bridge]

im in a solo rn but yes im down

got the contract done

all that matters

[neat nest]

I can’t believe I’ve never even seen one of these lol

[mossy bridge]

darsh valuable

so

I have only ever found:

• one bingus prototype
• one history for younger readers
• one tilk
• anchorite provisions, at least 4

on perimeter i've found every valuable at least once

2 grievance logs, plenty of bonsai trees, 1 propietary asset, 5 drone cartridges, 1 copy of b. strauss on AI, plenty of burgers, 1 evidence folder and 3 out of 4 kuzmin I logs

as for outpost i've found everything except TRUTHWORM.EXE files

and severed twins

[sand sluice]

The emotional support plushie I don't find that often either

But I do know I've gotten them out of random boxes

[neat nest]

I think I’ve found a decent number of the other ones but no plushies for whatever reason

[placid oxide]

Yeah I've found most everything else but no plushies

[sand sluice]

They might be in specific boxes

[tawdry sequoia]

I have found one plushie

I think I found two during the server slam somehow tho 😅

[mossy bridge]

i caved and bought the david martinez thief skin

the knife is also nice as hell

[celest forum]

What's that one

[mossy bridge]

david martinez because

i think this is the least sadistic drandal contract i've seen so far

compared to "find my secret hatch" or "kill 100 UESC"

[tawdry sequoia]

the thief jacket is pretty drippy in general

[mossy bridge]

they keep showing her with sleeves on in the cinematics

let us put our sleeves down, bungo

[celest forum]

That's a nice skin

Honestly if assassin ever got a full face mask skin I would slam my wallet down on that

I love full face covers

Especially with hoods

Like imagine some glossy black face shield under the hood with one of them goofy holographic light patterns on it

[neat nest]

Compiler killer assassin has a mask

It’s a half mask though iirc

[celest forum]

Still

Mask enjoyer

[neat nest]

https://runnerskins.marathondb.gg/assets/runner-skins/cryo-shift-assassin/cryo-shift-assassin-primary-full.webp

[mossy bridge]

destroyer cyber red has his faceplate covered up

[celest forum]

Oh I dig that

[mossy bridge]

vandal has a half mask on her sphtcide skin

and thief has an open face balaclava on hers

[celest forum]

Listen I'm a simple man Ruiner understood me on a spiritual level

[celest forum]

https://tenor.com/view/ruiner-kill-boss-gif-13432884