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Marathon |OT| A Shell of its Former Self.

Haha I don't mind playing with PC players if I'm in squad with people talking but I guess if I disable it I don't even get it. I'll have to turn it back on. I don't want to miss out on playing with others here.
Ahhh I wasn't sure what happened. After I invited you I got another notification that quickly disappeared, so I wasn't sure if you had joined and left, or run into an issue, or if it was a UI bug or something.

Hovering over a friend's name tells me if they're in a raid, but I'm not sure it works 100% of the time because some people on my list seem to never be in a raid. Or maybe they're just vibing on the main menu all day.
 
Damn what a great first run. 4 runner kills and got a bunch of stuff. I have to sell shit constantly since my vault is always full and im swimming in cash aswell. Now im doing cyac standard contracts because i need the next stash upgrade
 
Damn what a great first run. 4 runner kills and got a bunch of stuff. I have to sell shit constantly since my vault is always full and im swimming in cash aswell. Now im doing cyac standard contracts because i need the next stash upgrade
Vault space, blue back packs and shields have been my top priority.

Having access to blue packs is a game changer.
 
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I only play solo so tell me about it
I was stalking an extract that had just been popped, was just about to open up then the dude got jumped by a third. Pew pewed them both. Sweating by balls off trying to loot them in the wide open while the extract was ready to go 20 meters away.

I was close to a heart attack. So satisfying.
 
Solo's is fucking wrecking my nerves. It's almost a completely different game.
I only play solo so tell me about it
Yup. I started playing with randoms two nights ago. The rats were out in full force on Sunday. And by rats, I mean the spawn camping kind. It was worse than Stella Montis. :)

I'll get Clarky my Bungie ID tonight so I can play with some of you guys. My one friend still has not picked it up yet and the Rando Dice Rolling is not fun either.
 
I was stalking an extract that had just been popped, was just about to open up then the dude got jumped by a third. Pew pewed them both. Sweating by balls off trying to loot them in the wide open while the extract was ready to go 20 meters away.

I was close to a heart attack. So satisfying.
Its brill. Adrenaline rush!
 
I'm liking squads/trios much more than solo right now. Although Rook runs are fun.

I find the PvP feels much better as a team plus most abilities just work better when with a team.

Not to mention the boss enemies as solo are just a headache.
 
I'm liking squads/trios much more than solo right now. Although Rook runs are fun.

I find the PvP feels much better as a team plus most abilities just work better when with a team.

Not to mention the boss enemies as solo are just a headache.
Was just typing up something similar. I do like playing solo but my god, it is stressful. I can't always keep at it for too long. A lot of solo encounters are over in a flash without much chance for repositioning and ability usage. Still prefer trio play, which will only get better and better as we all improve. More interesting fights, tactics, coordination, plus makes tackling the tougher POIs/bosses/contracts much easier. A little less constant stress. You can tell it was the original intent.
 
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I'm liking squads/trios much more than solo right now. Although Rook runs are fun.

I find the PvP feels much better as a team plus most abilities just work better when with a team.

Not to mention the boss enemies as solo are just a headache.
Yeah. Its gone the opposite way to what I thought it was going to go. Thought I would be mainly solo after the test but Trio's is so much fun with a decent squad. I've been free kitting then adding cool randoms to my list so when my pals or you guys aren't on so I can usually find someone to run with.

That said I do like the tension being cranked upto 100 on a solo run.

This is Bungies best effort in a very, very long time. It just keeps getting better.
 
My duo partner and I just melted all of outpost. Sneaky rook tried to jump us at the end. What loot session!!!

Pinwheel is chaos.
 
Got kicked from official marathon discord lmao.😂

Someone named Lia was saying some weird shit, checked profile pic, and yep it's a dude pretending to be a chick.

@ed him to say "you're a dude. Stop it."

Came back later to being kicked.

Worth it.
 
Got kicked from official marathon discord lmao.😂

Someone named Lia was saying some weird shit, checked profile pic, and yep it's a dude pretending to be a chick.

@ed him to say "you're a dude. Stop it."

Came back later to being kicked.

Worth it.
I'm only in there so I get pinged for announcements or updates. I don't even check the chat channels anymore. Public servers are not fun places.
 
I'm only in there so I get pinged for announcements or updates. I don't even check the chat channels anymore. Public servers are not fun places.
I haven't joined it yet but apparently there is a dadsformarathon discord server use for people looking for squads who are adults with limited time. I'll probably join it eventually. I want to have a good amount of friends to always have a crew.
 
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I'm only in there so I get pinged for announcements or updates. I don't even check the chat channels anymore. Public servers are not fun places.
That's where I'm at. I feel like official servers are heavily moderated in ways that often don't make any sense. So, I'll just linger for news/updates, and goodies, lol.
 
Solo's is fucking wrecking my nerves. It's almost a completely different game.
Right? It's wild how much of a different vibe it is. This morning I had a quick solo run and was sneaking around looting on Perimeter, and got another Recon doing the same, lol. I was going to knife them, but decided to not risk too much and started shooting. I clearly scared the shit out of them because they looked around all fast and crazy as soon as I started blasting, lol.

I definitely recommend those solely soloing to at least give it a shot every once and awhile. Getting a good group CAN be a mixed bag unfortunately, so I'd recommend rolling with sponsored or low level gear if you're lower level. But I'd imagine there'd be better ones the more you rank. At least I'd hope so, lol.
 
Could not care less about the lore or story in this game but the gameplay is pure fire!!!!
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I'm loving the story and lore. I didn't expect to get this much story or to even like it this much.
Caught me way off guard but i enjoyed the drinkable cheeseburger CEO message. There is a surprising flexibility to THIS marathons(26) timeline/lore/storydrip that kinda does a good job of fitting it into/around the supposed timeline of events of the originals that ends up being foundational to the reason this marathon is centered around players being shells/runners. Tons of good stuff this game is doing for me that destiny never came close to.
 
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Well boys, yesterday my broken tooth really started to hurt and then last night I awoke to some of the most intense pain in the bottom right of my mouth. Currently on an antibiotic and pain meds until I can get it extracted + a root canal for the tooth next to it on Thursday afternoon.

I haven't been able to jump in with any of you guys yet just due to time zones and other factors but talking is sort of rough for me right now so if I do jump in I won't be able to talk much and may not be at the top of my game.

Also.
Please if you guys have any sort of dental problems get it taken care of immediately. I let this go for too long simply due to anxiety issues and the dentist making my anxiety extremely bad but now it's much worse and much more expensive then it would have otherwise been.

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Relegating the narrative to environmental storytelling+codex entries+brief AI conversations works really well, and is very much in the spirit of the original games which told their story entirely through text terminals. Will also help avoid Destiny's issue of the lore becoming so unwieldy that it collapses under the weight of bombastic campaign-style expansions and expensive cutscenes without much overall direction. Tons of players don't give a shit about the lore anyway, so presenting it in this way and leaning on the Bungie tradition of storytelling via cryptic logs and entries gives the devs a little more flexibility.

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Well boys, yesterday my broken tooth really started to hurt and then last night I awoke to some of the most intense pain in the bottom right of my mouth. Currently on an antibiotic and pain meds until I can get it extracted + a root canal for the tooth next to it on Thursday afternoon.

I haven't been able to jump in with any of you guys yet just due to time zones and other factors but talking is sort of rough for me right now so if I do jump in I won't be able to talk much and may not be at the top of my game.

Also.
Please if you guys have any sort of dental problems get it taken care of immediately. I let this go for too long simply due to anxiety issues and the dentist making my anxiety extremely bad but now it's much worse and much more expensive then it would have otherwise been.

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Had dentist fun today too.

Feel this post in my gums.
 
Just a bunch of losers who didn't touch the game talking shit.
I pop in and read it, and reply a bit.

Currently it's a lot of folks hoping for some juicy shit to happen like Sony firing Bungie folks, or the game is being pulled from PSN, or the CCU tanks to under 10k.

It isn't a lot of "this is what they should've done to make this game successful" or "I tried it but this didn't feel good at all because".

Most folks in there genuinely just want this, and plenty of other games to fail. I'd wager those same posters either rarely play games anymore or only play one thing like CoD yet talk shit on another GaaS game.

It's weird mindset. I don't think discussing CCU is an issue - I want the game to succeed in all rights. But how do you get that feedback and make those changes when you have man children just hate posting online in waves?
 
Just received my Twitch drops but thy have screwed up the weaveworm background.
Also please copy Arc's comm system for PS5 when not using the headset, voice through TV and mic on controller. It currently uses the controller speaker which I always have turned down.
 
Just received my Twitch drops but thy have screwed up the weaveworm background.
Also please copy Arc's comm system for PS5 when not using the headset, voice through TV and mic on controller. It currently uses the controller speaker which I always have turned down.
It just defaults to your system settings, in this case your ps5 controller. You can change it in the ps5 settings menu.


Unless I'm mistaken, I've not gamed on the PS5 in a while.
 
He heard me activate my camo, I heard him activate his, he made the mistake of not letting me walk by then simply knife me in the back, he paid the price lol



I know many favour squad play but solo really is a different animal and ultimately my preference, the tension and sense of danger is unparalleled, never experienced anything like it in a game before.
 
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Jesus christ i spawned on outpost, 10 sec later i spotted a guy, followed him and killed him. Within 2 minutes i fought 4 more people, killed 3, but the last one got me lol. This place is insane. I didnt even had time to loot
 
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It just defaults to your system settings, in this case your ps5 controller. You can change it in the ps5 settings menu.


Unless I'm mistaken, I've not gamed on the PS5 in a while.
Thanks but the PS5 settings don't have anything that allows me to have comms diverted to TV speakers.
you need a headset if you don't want to use the controller speaker which is rubbish for comms.
Why couldn't they have just copied Arc Raiders FFS.
 
Jesus christ i spawned on outpost, 10 sec later i spotted a guy, followed him and killed him. Within 2 minutes i fought 4 more people, killed 3, but the last one got me lol. This place is insane. I didnt even had time to loot
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Arachne approves.
 
Most MP games since Destiny 1 I cannot give a 9/10. The only 10/10 for me is FFXI online up to aht urghan expansion.

Halo reach for me is also a 9/10.

After 50 hours of marathon? 9/10.

Game is crack.
 
Man 4 hours flew by again. This game is insane. Tomorrow all day baby. Working on rank 10 nucal, almost got it then doing the prio and moving to traxus
 
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