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This is probably one of my biggest gripes with Marathon. I understand that Bungie wants people to play together, but with the emphasis on team play + the small maps & number of players on them, the game becomes “let’s play like it’s Apex until the lobby is wiped”. Because of these things, the Marathon community has a very skewed view of what the extraction genre is. Additionally, solo play feels like a bit of an afterthought, which is disappointing to me. It’s been changed some though, so that’s a start at least. Sure, Bungie has their own vision & I respect that, but people seem to think that “kill everything” is the point of the game rather than “loot, survive, fight, extract, progress”. Like, hell, even the Arachne cult isn’t fleshed out. People drone about the death cult in Marathon, yet don’t actually care about it beyond using it as validation for why they only care about PvP. They just think, “unless everyone is killing everything, they’re playing the game wrong or they’re soft.” This argument doesn’t really have a leg to stand on, especially if you’ve played other extraction titles. Additionally, due to this view from many in the community, so many people don’t even care about the narrative of the game or where it’s going. That in itself is a major issue. Especially for those of us with knowledge of the original trilogy & want to see how the narrative progresses (because it’s legitimately one of the most interesting sci-fi worlds out there). Instead, whenever any new content that even hints at PvE is spoken about, they get up in arms. It’s annoying AF. But this is also how the game was marketed. Bungie set out to bring in these sorts of players. I’m not saying that everyone needs to care about what I do, lol. But, if you don’t, you need to recognize that there is more to Marathon than just skinning other Runners. I do believe that hardcore PvPers, casuals, loreheads, and everyone else CAN coexist and there CAN be a good middle ground where most people are happy, but there is quite a bit of work to be done in-game AND out. Time is also needed tbf. Due to the situation at Bungie, I think that Marathon is going to evolve into something different than any of us really anticipated (that’s not necessarily a bad thing either), but it is still an extraction shooter right now. And I think some people in the community need to stop shitting on others who don’t subscribe to the “kill everything and that’s it” mindset. Especially when we need more stuff to draw people into Marathon if we want it, and Bungie, to survive.

This is probably one of my biggest gripes with Marathon. I understand that Bungie wants people to play together, but with the emphasis on team play + the small maps & number of players on them, the game becomes “let’s play like it’s Apex until the lobby is wiped”. Because of these things, the Marathon community has a very skewed view of what the extraction genre is. Additionally, solo play feels like a bit of an afterthought, which is disappointing to me. It’s been changed some though, so that’s a start at least. Sure, Bungie has their own vision & I respect that, but people seem to think that “kill everything” is the point of the game rather than “loot, survive, fight, extract, progress”. Like, hell, even the Arachne cult isn’t fleshed out. People drone about the death cult in Marathon, yet don’t actually care about it beyond using it as validation for why they only care about PvP. They just think, “unless everyone is killing everything, they’re playing the game wrong or they’re soft.” This argument doesn’t really have a leg to stand on, especially if you’ve played other extraction titles. Additionally, due to this view from many in the community, so many people don’t even care about the narrative of the game or where it’s going. That in itself is a major issue. Especially for those of us with knowledge of the original trilogy & want to see how the narrative progresses (because it’s legitimately one of the most interesting sci-fi worlds out there). Instead, whenever any new content that even hints at PvE is spoken about, they get up in arms. It’s annoying AF. But this is also how the game was marketed. Bungie set out to bring in these sorts of players. I’m not saying that everyone needs to care about what I do, lol. But, if you don’t, you need to recognize that there is more to Marathon than just skinning other Runners. I do believe that hardcore PvPers, casuals, loreheads, and everyone else CAN coexist and there CAN be a good middle ground where most people are happy, but there is quite a bit of work to be done in-game AND out. Time is also needed tbf. Due to the situation at Bungie, I think that Marathon is going to evolve into something different than any of us really anticipated (that’s not necessarily a bad thing either), but it is still an extraction shooter right now. And I think some people in the community need to stop shitting on others who don’t subscribe to the “kill everything and that’s it” mindset. Especially when we need more stuff to draw people into Marathon if we want it, and Bungie, to survive.

the older you get the more you realize pvp/competitive games fucking suck