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@ImperialHal I am truly amazed you stuck with it this long tbh.

Might be time to retire , thoughts ????

@mdeeRocks @Ziegler_Dev Truthfully running perimeter in that tier of loot is kinda insane. What draws you there? Besides the warden, perimeter got jack didly squat beyond the occasional contract for end game players

@Ziegler_Dev BTW this is coming from a player who runs a purple gear ,coordinated squad 80% of time. We often wipe whole Perimeter in first 15 minutes or less.

Cryo and Ranked are coming and we're excited to see players battle it out over Tau Ceti and traverse into the big scary moon-like ship in the sky. We've put out a few posts about Cryo, poured through the variety of comments and feedback we've seen so far, and wanted to take some time to explain some of the initial decisions we've made around Cryo and Ranked with regards to weekend scheduling. So without further ado, here's what we have been thinking: We are of course always iterating and are open to looking at other options in the future, but the Ranked/Cryo Archive weekend decision is really built around three points: - Preparing: We acknowledge that players will lose a lot of gear on Cryo and Ranked because it is intended to challenge you to your limits. As a result of that, it's important that Cryo and Ranked feel like an event you can schedule towards, grind gear up to do, etc. The loop of spend time grinding gear to spend it in Cryo or Ranked is reflected in this choice as a weekly cycle. - Economy Talk: We have some great rewards on Cryo that kind of break the bank when it comes to economy and power gain. If we were to look at having it open all the time, we'd probably have to adjust how frequently you can earn these rewards so that we don't flood the game with amazing loot all of a sudden. - Logistics Time: Cryo and Ranked both have entry requirements (gear ante) that are built around the idea of you matching with other players on an equal investment level. They also both have a high level requirement to ensure you've experienced enough of the game to understand the challenges inherent to the game. This inherently makes the amount of people in that queue at any time unpredictable. Both of these experiences also need a consistent flow of players in the queue to make sure matches are full to retain the challenge. To reduce the match times and allow players to find matches quicker, making it a scheduled event means more players will show up during that window and feed the queue pool better. We also acknowledge that there are likely some who cannot participate on the weekend or are excited about the experience and want to no-life it for weeks, and we appreciate that. We'll be looking into what we can do to retain these considerations and potentially accommodate this in the future. Things we may iterate on in the future: - Staggering Ranked and Cryo queues more so they overlap less - Looking at changing the days we do either Cryo or Ranked - Changing the ante values of Cryo or Ranked - Looking at any other conditions (solo experience, crew fill experience, etc.) and iterating on it! Marathon is an evolving game and part of evolving is seeing how this initial launch plays out and adjusting as we go =). Thanks for the feedback, keep it coming and we'll update you when we figure out the next evolution.

@TwoGs_Is_Me @mdeeRocks @Ziegler_Dev So I have a lot of faith in the system. Logically it makes sense, and hope abounds with how responsive devs are so far about ensuring it either is how they intend it to be without first hand experience, or iterating to make sure if it isn't how they thought it'd be

@TwoGs_Is_Me @mdeeRocks @Ziegler_Dev And if they don't save it and risk it, as someone who has gotten quite a few very cheeky rook runs and made out with gear I can't even buy or find myself thanks to some whales that decided to bring the juice, the advantage is of course there, but one mistake and it's gone.

I'm glad I got to enjoy gaming in the era before you needed a $7,000 rig to redraw frames and generate slop frames to hit 62 fps in a AAA game.

getting one hit headshot on blue shields by anything shouldnt exist in Marathon. Stupidest way to die in the game. Dire marsh sucks

@WhiteRoofer @MarathonArchive As an anime enjoyer on the regular that collects figurines for my shelves and is a CNC programmer and operator for a door shop, I also do not understand the hate.

This will genuinely be studied someday by pscologist I believe. This is quite the phenominon. Game sets at 90% positive rating, from people who play and purchased it. Yet all these little anime watching femboys are so adamant to hate it. Youd think the art style would be up their alley. I am a fucking roofer, who shit on the art style, and still enjoy the fuck out of it. I just dont understand the levels of brainrot we see today. Quick POV of what majority of them look like. Just fapping to steam charts and anime.

TimTheTatman and Nadeshot are loving Marathon but if they say anything good about it they’re chats just type “Hashtag Ad” The hate for this game is unreal..

@combatdollwatch outpost has me reminiscing on my time in New Mombasa

the maps and environment of this game give me the same feeling i had playing halo CE for the first time, over 20 years ago

@TauCetiGG Where can I buy the jacket pls

‼️NEW: Marathon Tau Ceti Cup announced. 6 teams will be competing for the title of the first ever Tau Ceti Cup Champions. Winning team will get a custom Marathon jacket, alongside rewards for their community. Saturday, March 14 at 11 AM.

@Newegg Mass Effect Trilogy

What are MUST play games?

@Nanostbh @ChadRails I have never heard tarkov described as an arena shooter with looting, thats a first to my ears.

@C4M_CFG @ChadRails Milsim means military simulation aka slow and tactical gameplay. Tarkov is an arena shooter with looting. It only uses realistic gear.

Marathon is the 2nd best extraction shooter ever. The only reason for the hate is smooth brain hive mind instant gratification echo chamber keyboard warriors who can’t think for themselves.

@MarkBadMan @ChadRails My brother who doesn't have a gaming system of any kind is buying a PS5 to play Marathon with me and my other brother. It was a surprise to us as he use to game as kids but never has in adulthood. He saw clips and wanted in and asked if we played it. Doin my part it seems lol

@ChadRails Lets say thats all true. If everyone that DOES love the game got one friend to buy it and main it. Then the game would be successful instantly! Why not do that. Why not convince a close friend that your right?

@TheAdamOfApples @ChadRails I am failing to understand what you are honing in on here.

@C4M_CFG @ChadRails Bro you’re playing a game where the loot you get can be lost upon death

@MicDubTV @ChadRails With how dungeon like the UESC Marathon was in the original game, I am hoping for some garden of salvation type raid mechanics and what not

@C4M_CFG @ChadRails They said “raid-LIKE” mechanics. I love Marathon & am extremely excited about the future, but idk if we’re gonna get full blown raid stuff like in Destiny (I’d be happy to be wrong tbf, lol)

@Nanostbh @ChadRails I may be using the term incorrectly, I am uninterested in military and adjacent themed realism. Forgive if milsim is exclusively reserved for games like ARMA 3, I always interpreted it as games centered around realism and military themes.

@C4M_CFG @ChadRails Tarkov isnt milsim anybody who tells u it is doesnt play the game.

@ChadRails I am a massive milsim hater so tarkov will forever miss me. TBH i hate extraction but marathon has changed my opinion

@C4M_CFG I will always give flowers to Tarkov man. Maybe marathon in a year or two but let’s get there first lol

@ChadRails so if your need is contracts, yeah rook sucks obviously, but when I just need to go get some unstable biomass and maybe hope for a blue weapon or better of some poor sap I can get the jump on, rook is really solid for that since its so barebones

@ChadRails lastly, I am poor as dirt often and so being able to go in as rook and gun for specific materials without a single care in the world for the gear I have and whether I live and die is nice. I was able to get 12k in credits and tons of biomass type mats with no risk with rook

had such a juicer rook run last night. Marathon is so dang fun. Whether im doing contracts with the Homies, or running solos as rook to try and get some dough for the next session with friends, this game is fricken FUN.