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Marathon |OT| A Shell of its Former Self.

hououinkyouma00 said:
The full (well Vol 1) soundtrack went up today I believe. I've listed to Code Race so many times so I'm excited to give it a listen.

I'm sure it's up on Spotify as well but I only use Apple Music



No.

It uses PSSR similar to DLAA. Game is 5K on Pro and downsampled to 4K.
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Volume 2 is out as well. Longer tracks on that one.
 
I call this one "Up in Smoke" lol



Funny thing is I cautiously stayed in that little nook hearing gunfire close by. Sure enough another Runner ran past a couple of minutes later fleeing the UESC, I shot him in the back and got some sweet loot from his corpse, it's a dog eat dog world.

Important point for those thinking about jumping in but don't want to play with randoms or other people in general. If you solo queue you will ONLY be put in matches with other solo players so you don't need to worry about facing teams.
 
I only play Arc Raiders solo, but I'm begrudgingly starting to accept that playing with a team in Marathon is a lot more fun than solo. I haven't played a lot as Rook, maybe that will be up my ally.

I really like that the free kits are pretty underwhelming. It's so satisfying to basically start from scratch on gear and build it up over a few runs.

Does anyone know if there are plans to have your stats/game history visible online?
 
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TheDarkPhantom said:
Dire Marsh is no joke huh? 3 runs attempted, all 3 ended very quickly lol.
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Need to go in with a free loadout and learn the POI's. There's certain death zones if you get a good team on your case.

I played Perimeter only for so long because its comfy.
 
clarky said:
Need to go in with a free loadout and learn the POI's. There's certain death zones if you get a good team on your case.

I played Perimeter only for so long because its comfy.
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I played Outpost a couple times. Got my ass handed to me. Ran into room with 10 AI claymores. Literally every 5 feet. Game feels impossible when you don't know map lay out
 
TheDarkPhantom said:
Shoot first, ask questions later 👌 Funny how nobody is using the in-game communication wheel to say stuff, easy way to signal if you're friendly, voices are so damn good too, guess everyone is too thirsty for loot lol
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It is because it is first person vs 3rd. In Arc, you can protect yourself as you see other players movements

If you play as Rook, I have noticed that a lot of the time other Rooks don't shoot on site. It is understood Rooks are just trying to loot
 
I'm not sure clarky clarky sleeps. It was past 1am his time when we stopped playing and now he's back posting again a few hours later.

scratching chappelles show GIF
 
Map looked like extreme PvE with one giant PvP moment. Yeah really excited to see the raid map.
The sound design, the skybox animation, so damn cool. I keep imagining what they could still do with Destiny if they wanted to.
 
Tarnpanzer said:
You need to kill runners for Arachne contracts and XP, therefore you have a much higher incentive to kill other players than in Arc Raiders.
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I noticed this today. During the server slam and yesterday I had a very high successful extract rate (13/15) and found that PvP generally only happened when teams bumped into each other.

I spent this afternoon getting absolutely dogged by other runners. Much more aggressive than before. Partially because of teammates being dumb, but there were a few cases where another team was just waiting to ambush us. Not looting or exploring just waiting for us to come down the hill from spawn. Then had 2 guys fill my squad that had objectives to kill and finish other runners and was like ohhhhhh
 
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They posted this on the game steam page:

Thank you for joining us for the first few days here on Tau Ceti! Thanks to your reports and feedback, we've been able to get some fixes out the door - and we're preparing a patch for next week.


In the near future, we're making an adjustment to the amount of LUX you get for the $10 (or regional equivalent) LUX bundle to grant 1120 LUX (1000 + 120), up from 1100 LUX (1000 + 100). As a part of this whole process, we'll be crediting 20 LUX to players for each $10 LUX bundle they purchased before this change occurred.



In addition to this, we've seen the rest of your feedback about Marathon's purchasable cosmetics. We want to ensure that when you spend in Marathon you feel like you are getting great value and discussing ways to improve this experience.



Next week, we'll be issuing our first update for Marathon! We'll have full patch notes when it arrives, but here are a few previews before the weekend:

  • Increased the distance objective nav points appear from 10m to 20m.
  • Increased the number of Med Cabinets and Munitions Crates that can spawn on Perimeter.
  • Increased the amount of starting ammo in MIDA, CyberAcme, and Arachne free Sponsored Kits.


Here's a quick recap in case you missed some of our messages from yesterday:

  • Deluxe Edition items are now available to all players that purchased this version of the game. This fix went out early yesterday, so you should be all good to go! If you were impacted by this during the first few hours of launch, you will be gifted 150 LUX for your troubles - this will happen by Saturday, March 7 at 9AM PT.
  • We saw some initial reports of LUX purchases taking a while to be credited to your account, but this one is all taken care of as well. If you are still having delays between when you purchase and when your account is credited, let us know!
  • If you missed your Server Slam rewards or happened to delete the message, we re-sent them all in full! Be sure to check your mailbox and claim them once you've cleared room in your Vault.
  • Speaking of Server Slam rewards, the Twitch Drops that were up for grabs are also continuing to roll out. These can take a bit but will be delivered to your in-game Mailbox.
  • We have seen reports of Weasel error codes and are continuing to investigate! We believe we have been able to mitigate some of these but want to ensure we're being as thorough as possible. If you're encountering this, please let us know on the Marathon Official Discord. Please make sure you tell us your Bungie Name, where you are playing from, and how often you see Weasel errors.
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TheDarkPhantom said:
Was up until almost 3am, been playing 100% solo, still haven't even touched anything but Perimeter, the game is fucking glorious. The presentation , the music, the otherworldly sound design, the gunplay, the gunplay, the GUN. PLAY.

Now if *I'm* saying it you know you can take it to the bank. Why? Since this game was first announced I've said I have no interest in "GaaS garbage", I've repeatedly said Bungie was the worst mistake Sony ever made (could still turn out to be true lol). 95% of the games I play are single player and this is my first time dipping my toes in the extraction shooter genre.

I am having an absolute blast, the world is intriguing and immersive, looks gorgeous, runs beautifully on my Pro. Lots to unlock, lots of "just one more run" energy, lots of intense moments, a palpable sense of danger, sweaty armpits, oh yes.

Who knows if the game will have legs, I'm just happy I gave it a chance and took the plunge. You can *absolutely* enjoy this as a solo experience. The game can be unforgiving, much of it will seem obtuse when first starting out. After a few hours it will all just click and make sense, you will be locked in and never want to leave.
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#clarkywasright
 
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Jesus my first outpost run was buttclenching in solo. Thankfully i found my quest and walked out with full loot :pie_raybans:

Extracting seems really hard on this map. I was assassin so it was easier, but in the last 10 minutes, i only had 1 guarded exfill and 1 locked one at the middle. Map is indeed running worse. I dip into low 80's at some point. I really hope they can optimize this shit more
 
Opened all the factions, having a string of good runs.
Need to turn off for the weekend as have to finish a project :( Otherwise I would be on all day

Been great, solo I leave for missions I can do myself. for contracts you have to do in single run, crew is much more fun

Collecting plants on solo has become a Resident evil experience lol
 
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Is there a way to increase my overall health? I have a very small amount and I'm constantly having to heal.
 
Holy Assassins smoke is clutch during last minute extracts. Just waited for someone to activate it, stood in the corner and popped smoke in the last few seconds, ran in and instantly extracted with her lol
i have all prio contracts done until rep 10 for the first 3, now im working for mida.

I know free loadout was only once per day in the october test, i think they should do it again. I see no point playing rook tbh. My inv is constantly full, i get bombarded with gear from quests and free loadout is always available.
 
Luipadre said:
Holy Assassins smoke is clutch during last minute extracts. Just waited for someone to activate it, stood in the corner and popped smoke in the last few seconds, ran in and instantly extracted with her lol
i have all prio contracts done until rep 10 for the first 3, now im working for mida.

I know free loadout was only once per day in the october test, i think they should do it again. I see no point playing rook tbh. My inv is constantly full, i get bombarded with gear from quests and free loadout is always available.
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Free Loadout should be upgradable IMO.

Example: You start out getting a Free Loadout once every 12 hours and your Free loadout "bank" can only store 2 max. Then, as you upgrade it, you can increase the size of the bank so it stores 3, 4, 5 etc or you can upgrade how often a new Free Loadout pops out. From once every 12 hours to every 6, every 3 etc...

I like the idea of customizing everything to individual preference. I definitely agree with you that it shouldn't be as accessible.
 
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Everything about Arachne is so fucking cool.
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clarky clarky add me on the list mate. I'll unfortunately have less time coming up but I'd love to jump in with some Gaf members
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HououinKyouma__0 - PSN


nikos said:
Volume 2 is out as well. Longer tracks on that one.
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Lets go. I have to go back to work after weeks on Monday so this will be great for my drive.
 
I had to run to target and said fuck it. I didn't think it looked good when they first showed it but I actually really like it in person.

Edit: I bought the Marathon DualSense. The picture got weirdly cut off and now none of the catbox links work
 
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Some of these mida contracts are buttclenching. You have to do it in 1 round, i just did the outpost one. That map is a nightmare lol
 
I'm just sick of buying into games only for them to die in x months. Do we think with Cross play, the current playerbase on PC (my primary platform) this game will be around for awhile? I really enjoyed the server slam but yeah, just don't want to waste my money if we think this is gonna trend downhill fast.
 
SunnySideGuy said:
I'm just sick of buying into games only for them to die in x months. Do we think with Cross play, the current playerbase on PC (my primary platform) this game will be around for awhile? I really enjoyed the server slam but yeah, just don't want to waste my money if we think this is gonna trend downhill fast.
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What other games have you bought into for them to die after x months?
 
SunnySideGuy said:
I'm just sick of buying into games only for them to die in x months. Do we think with Cross play, the current playerbase on PC (my primary platform) this game will be around for awhile? I really enjoyed the server slam but yeah, just don't want to waste my money if we think this is gonna trend downhill fast.
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This game will have a dedicated playerbase im 100% sure. Will it be enough for sony? We'll see
 
I hate that you cant cancel interactions. Interacting with a TAD just got me killed during the animation. I heard the guy as soon as i pressed interact
 
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