Marathon Alpha invites going out (cannot share codes, no friend invites)

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no friend invites is a huge mistake I feel.
each invite should come with 3 codes or, if they want to avoid superfluous codes being handed around, some in-game feature to invite anyone on your friends list to play.
 
kevboard said:
no friend invites is a huge mistake I feel.
each invite should come with 3 codes or, if they want to avoid superfluous codes being handed around, some in-game feature to invite anyone on your friends list to play.
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They probably want to limit it to people who are the most interested so they can get the feedback from core players and dialogue from core players who are more interested in the game succeeding than people who might play it for 30 minutes and trash it.

I'm sure they'll be another alpha before the beta and release, but I also think the beta will be limited to pre-orders.
 
Mibu no ookami said:
They probably want to limit it to people who are the most interested so they can get the feedback from core players and dialogue from core players who are more interested in the game succeeding than people who might play it for 30 minutes and trash it.

I'm sure they'll be another alpha before the beta and release, but I also think the beta will be limited to pre-orders.
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sure, but I feel like playing with friends is a very core part of a game like this, especially with their trio squad focus.
and I think chances are that if a person has friends to play it with, those are friends that usually play similar games together.

like I have 2 people I play Apex Legends with regularly, and if I got an invite I bet both of them would be interested in the game as well. it's not a BR, but it's an adjacent FPS subgenre genre.
 
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Mibu no ookami said:
They probably want to limit it to people who are the most interested so they can get the feedback from core players and dialogue from core players who are more interested in the game succeeding than people who might play it for 30 minutes and trash it.

I'm sure they'll be another alpha before the beta and release, but I also think the beta will be limited to pre-orders.
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A game like Marathon which is 3 player teams working together to do an objective and escape would be better suited to allowing friend invites so a gamer who is serious about team based shooters can send it to friends who are too.

I dont get a sense someone getting a Marathon code with invites would send it to a buddy who only cares playing COD TDM run and gun style.

But now, they might play with randoms who they dont know or dont want to talk to. So it'll be a lousy experience being in a team of 3. At least for other shooters with bigger teams playing common modes like TDM, people can go lone wolf not caring as there's so many other teammates who can carry the load. In fact, in standard modes like TDM a really good lone wolf player can dominate.
 
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Yeah, I received mine. If you don't get in, Bungie said they would keep adding players throughout the very long beta
 
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kevboard said:
sure, but I feel like playing with friends is a very core part of a game like this, especially with their trio squad focus.
and I think chances are that if a person has friends to play it with, those are friends that usually play similar games together.

like I have 2 people I play Apex Legends with regularly, and if I got an invite I bet both of them would be interested in the game as well. it's not a BR, but it's an adjacent FPS subgenre genre.
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Like I said, I'm sure they'll have a pre-order beta that will come with friend codes. You're jumping the gun a bit here. This is about marketing and core players. If they were that interested they would have signed up for the alpha. It's not about getting the most amount of players right now.

StreetsofBeige said:
A game like Marathon which is 3 player teams working together to do an objective and escape would be better suited to allowing friend invites so a gamer who is serious about team based shooters can send it to friends who are too.

I dont get a sense someone getting a Marathon code with invites would send it to a buddy who only cares playing COD TDM run and gun style.

But now, they might play with randoms who they dont know or dont want to talk to. So it'll be a lousy experience being in a team of 3. At least for other shooters with bigger teams playing common modes like TDM, people can go lone wolf not caring as there's so many other teammates who can carry the load. In fact, in standard modes like TDM a really good lone wolf player can dominate.
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See above.

That's exactly what would happen. Everyone super interested in this game requested an alpha code. They don't need to get it from their friends. Somehow you guys are conflating the alpha with the beta and struggling to understand the different goals here.

It's a technical test to see what breaks and aiming to get the most core players feedback.

If they wanted to just open it up to the entire world they could have done that. It seems once again, people were too busy trashing a game they hadn't played but now are angry that they're left out because they didn't ask for an alpha code and/or weren't interested in the ARG.

What about you and your buddy playing this unfinished game 5 months before it releases is vital in any way rather than just playing the beta? Can you articulate the difference?
 
I don't see the issue with this. Bungie have the right to share codes. Perhaps this is a way to show the gamers what it feels to play a game without proximity chat because gamers are not likely want to chat with total strangers.
 
Did anyone receive an email prior? I mean after they signed up to potentially get invited to the alpha. I went through the whole steps on discord but never got any email confirmation.
 
MayauMiao said:
I don't see the issue with this. Bungie have the right to share codes. Perhaps this is a way to show the gamers what it feels to play a game without proximity chat because gamers are not likely want to chat with total strangers.
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Can you at least chat with teammates?

No proximity chat kills part of the vibe of extraction/survival shooters. Might as well just shoot everyone who isnt part of your squad.

Watching Tarkov vids, part of the fun and suspense are gamers talking to random people testing if they are friendly or foe.
 
Thanks for the heads up. I panicked and starting checking my email. Luckily I haven't been selected, but I was worried for a moment.
 
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kevboard said:
no friend invites is a huge mistake I feel.
each invite should come with 3 codes or, if they want to avoid superfluous codes being handed around, some in-game feature to invite anyone on your friends list to play.
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It would be nice to play with actual friends and not randos but bright side everyone is in the same boat

Plus I just want to get the feel of the world without worrying about try hard sweat groups

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Oh well I forgot to sign up for alpha. Is it still possible?
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You can try going to their Discord and type /alpha and see if you can still fill out a request
 
Johnny Concrete said:
Only North-America…

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  • Can you guarantee a large enough player pool in less demanding locations to satisfy both network stress tests and player engagement through the day?
  • Localization for other countries probably isn't ready yet
  • They probably aren't ready to receive community feedback in other languages at this time
  • Most of the marketing/strategy is going to be targeting North America in generating discourse online

It's not very different from games that launch exclusively in Japan, Korea, or China. At least this game will be launching everywhere.
 
Mibu no ookami said:
  • Can you guarantee a large enough player pool in less demanding locations to satisfy both network stress tests and player engagement through the day?
  • Localization for other countries probably isn't ready yet
  • They probably aren't ready to receive community feedback in other languages at this time
  • Most of the marketing/strategy is going to be targeting North America in generating discourse online

It's not very different from games that launch exclusively in Japan, Korea, or China. At least this game will be launching everywhere.
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We can all understand and speak English here in Europe, but I bet it's due to server infrastructure and such.

At least I can watch some fresh gameplay, since they removed the NDA.
 
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