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clarky said:
Roll call ladies. Anyone who liked the game who dropped off at some point during the season not coming back for season 2, even just to check out the changes?

If not why not?
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I'm here for the long haul. It's the greatest MP game in the last twenty years.
I just want to see Bungie get crazy with it.
 
clarky said:
Roll call ladies. Anyone who liked the game who dropped off at some point during the season not coming back for season 2, even just to check out the changes?

If not why not?
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Never left really. Been playing on and off, maybe not as often as I used too because I'm swapping between this and Diablo 4 and now just got back into ZZZ.

After the update yesterday, there was a link to a survey about possible future shell and weapons designs, and they look way better than S1. If the season 2 pass has better cosmetics, I'd be more inclined to purchase it.
 
Big one fellas:

# Marathon Update 1.0.9 #

## NEW: Warden Hunt ##
Warden Hunt will be available until the end of Season 1
- New Warden Encounters: Wardens can spawn at new POIs in Perimeter, Dire Marsh, and Outpost.
- Locked room keys are guaranteed to drop from Wardens for the remainder of the season.
- Key Templates are now Compromised instead of Fragile.
- Every run now has a guaranteed chance for a zone event to occur (Ex: Lockdowns, Intercept, etc)
- +50% Runner Level XP
- +50% Faction XP
- Cryo Archive Sponsored Kits will refresh on a daily basis in the Armory
- Starting May 21, Cryo Archive will be available every day through the end of Season 1
- May 21 to 23: Cryo Archive
- May 24 to 27: Ranked Cryo Archive
- May 28 to June 1: Cryo Archive

## Item Economy ##
- Self-Revive
- When the Revive Speed stat is at 0: 12s → 16s
- When the Revive Speed stat is at 100: 7s → 12s

## Combat ##
- Kill Transport or Scan Drones: 5 → 10 Traxus XP
- UESC (Grenadiers, Assault, Sniper, Ghost): 7 → 10 XP
- UESC Commanders: 10 → 15 XP
- UESC Wardens: 15 → 50 XP

## Weapons ##
- Biotoxin Disinjector
- Fixed an issue that prevented the grenades from emitting explosion sound effects when not in range of the damage radius.

## Mods ##
### Chips ###
- Pocket Change: Fixed an issue where ammo was being granted after defeating ticks.
- Common Enemy: Fixed an issue where the tooltip incorrectly described the duration as moderate instead of short on the enhanced (green) rarity version.

### Prestige (Gold) Mods ###
- Impact Shockwave (Ares Railgun)
- No longer downs players equipped with blue shields or greater in one shot
- Reduced explosive damage against players by 75%
- Overclock Delimiter (Circuit Breaker)
- Fixed an issue where Overclock Delimiter allowed players to shoot through UESC barriers.
- Removed the ability to allow charged projectiles to shoot through Bubble shields.
- Ram-Page Mag (V75 Scar)
- Fixed an issue that was preventing damage dealt to Claymores when equipped.

## Combatants ##
- A new threat looms above...
- Fixed an issue that caused the UESC Ghost to unexpectedly deal heavy burst damage.

## Runners ##
- Fixed an issue that would allow reviving crewmates while performing a finisher.

### Rook ###
- Until Season 2
- Rook starts with Deluxe Patch Kits and Shield Charges.
- Rook starts with Deluxe Shield Implants.
- Signal Mask remains active for longer when sprinting.
- The range at which AI will detect your footsteps when Signal Mask is active has been reduced.
- Fixed an issue where the Rook tooltip incorrectly stated that Season Level 3 was required to unlock.

### Thief ###
- Fixed an issue where items dropped from the Pickpocket Drone could clip through red UESC barriers.

## User Interface and Experience ##
- Fixed an issue that prevented the exfil countdown timer from appearing when entering an active enemy Runner's exfil circle.
- Fixed an issue that caused quick pings to be intercepted by the clear door curtains.

## Codex ##
- Fixed an issue where the Arachne Sponsored Kit challenge completions were not contributing to the total on the Factions progress bar in the Codex.
- Updated the Assassin's Hidden Strike Codex entry to better clarify the completion window when exiting invisibility.

## Contracts ##
### Traxus ###
- Fixed an issue for Unsanctioned Hostiles [5/5] where the exfil condition was listed in the wrong objective step causing the contract flow to appear out of order.

### Sekiguchi Genetics ###
- Fixed an issue for Co-Evolution [3/5] contract description that directs to Northern Flight Control when the objective is in Southern Flight Control.

## Zones ##
### Perimeter ###
- Fixed an issue that prevented gaining reputation experience for CyberAcme when successfully extracting UESC Crisis Supplies.
- Fixed an issue where only one crew member received CyberAcme reputation for completing Intercept event stepts instead of the entire crew.
- Fixed an issue that would prevent the Hauler's honk audio from being heard when entering the sound radius while active.

### Dire Marsh ###
- Fixed an issue that could prevent gaining Traxus reputation after completing a Lockdown event.
- Anomalous Matter:
- Fixed an issue that prevented Sekiguchi Genetics reputation gain when stabilizing the Anomalous Matter.
- Fixed an issue that would only give one crew member +25 Sekiguchi Genetics reputation when extracting the Anomalous Matter.

### Outpost ###
- Fixed an issue in Pinwheel that prevented the Security Break audio from being audible while inside the other wings (Command, Drone, Destroyed).

### Cryo Archive ###
- Fixed an issue that allowed Thief to bypass red UESC barriers from Cargo to Index.
- Fixed an issue that prevented location names from showing on the HUD when visited.

## Localization ##
- Fixed a word wrapping issue in the Customize menu prompt for Shells and Profile.
- Fixed an issue where the vertical inversion setting in the Controller Settings section could display inconsistent text in some languages.
- Fixed an issue causing the "Free" Credit cost label to show as an em dash in the Russian language.
- Fixed an issue that caused the text in the C.A.R.R.I Armory tutorial prompts to overlap the button prompt in some languages.

## General ##
- Fixed an issue that caused a duplicate and delayed audio voice over after completing the NuCaloric Liaison Contract.
- Fixed an issue that would prevent players from joining via a platform invite while Crew Privacy was set to Invite Only.
 
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clarky said:
There will be gear everywhere with all these keys floating about. I tried to get rid of all my shit this week but it seems to be going up not down. :messenger_sunglasses:
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Had 5 lobby clearning runs on Outpost last night with an absolute maniac. He was clearing squads even without us :D

I have loads of gear so some fun times ahead before the wipe.
 
ViciousAgenda said:
Had 5 lobby clearning runs on Outpost last night with an absolute maniac. He was clearing squads even without us :D

I have loads of gear so some fun times ahead before the wipe.
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Had some great day time runs this last couple of weeks. The random experience has got so much better as the season has progressed, especially with the comm's based matchmaking and stay togeather.

I'm off to the arse end of nowhere Friday but should be on Thursday evening all being well.
 
zaga said:
Haha if you start the game up at the moment, it will boot you into the tutorial level with a reset character. Great.
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Server offline message here. Don't think they are due back up for another half hour.

Edit: Games back up, no dramas everything cool.
 
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Yeah just weird that the game booted and reset and tried to start the tutorial instead of just displaying a maintenance message. Didn't happen to me with other maintenance windows
 
zaga said:
Yeah just weird that the game booted and reset and tried to start the tutorial instead of just displaying a maintenance message. Didn't happen to me with other maintenance windows
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Glitch in the matrix.

Chaos first round, warden spawns south relay the whole map is there in 20 seconds flat lol.
 
Wow awesome changes will check it out.

Def lots of cheaters online end of season though. My mates and I basically wiped a lobby up into pinwheel only to have a rook running w a knife completely wipe us while we were all three full shields andbshooting him in the face he just ate bullets full charging at us no problem. I loaded into matches later where people were voluntarily stating they were seeing people take seemingly no damage somehow like all shots to the face by their teammates and wouldn't die. Not sure what is going on but it sucks
 
50% extra XP will make it a lot easier to hit 100 before the season ends, not that it has felt too bad the past few days anyway gaining a couple levels an afternoon. Some good changes in here!
 
clarky said:
Big one fellas:

# Marathon Update 1.0.9 #

## NEW: Warden Hunt ##
Warden Hunt will be available until the end of Season 1
- New Warden Encounters: Wardens can spawn at new POIs in Perimeter, Dire Marsh, and Outpost.
- Locked room keys are guaranteed to drop from Wardens for the remainder of the season.
- Key Templates are now Compromised instead of Fragile.
- Every run now has a guaranteed chance for a zone event to occur (Ex: Lockdowns, Intercept, etc)
- +50% Runner Level XP
- +50% Faction XP
- Cryo Archive Sponsored Kits will refresh on a daily basis in the Armory
- Starting May 21, Cryo Archive will be available every day through the end of Season 1
- May 21 to 23: Cryo Archive
- May 24 to 27: Ranked Cryo Archive
- May 28 to June 1: Cryo Archive

## Item Economy ##
- Self-Revive
- When the Revive Speed stat is at 0: 12s → 16s
- When the Revive Speed stat is at 100: 7s → 12s

## Combat ##
- Kill Transport or Scan Drones: 5 → 10 Traxus XP
- UESC (Grenadiers, Assault, Sniper, Ghost): 7 → 10 XP
- UESC Commanders: 10 → 15 XP
- UESC Wardens: 15 → 50 XP

## Weapons ##
- Biotoxin Disinjector
- Fixed an issue that prevented the grenades from emitting explosion sound effects when not in range of the damage radius.

## Mods ##
### Chips ###
- Pocket Change: Fixed an issue where ammo was being granted after defeating ticks.
- Common Enemy: Fixed an issue where the tooltip incorrectly described the duration as moderate instead of short on the enhanced (green) rarity version.

### Prestige (Gold) Mods ###
- Impact Shockwave (Ares Railgun)
- No longer downs players equipped with blue shields or greater in one shot
- Reduced explosive damage against players by 75%
- Overclock Delimiter (Circuit Breaker)
- Fixed an issue where Overclock Delimiter allowed players to shoot through UESC barriers.
- Removed the ability to allow charged projectiles to shoot through Bubble shields.
- Ram-Page Mag (V75 Scar)
- Fixed an issue that was preventing damage dealt to Claymores when equipped.

## Combatants ##
- A new threat looms above...
- Fixed an issue that caused the UESC Ghost to unexpectedly deal heavy burst damage.

## Runners ##
- Fixed an issue that would allow reviving crewmates while performing a finisher.

### Rook ###
- Until Season 2
- Rook starts with Deluxe Patch Kits and Shield Charges.
- Rook starts with Deluxe Shield Implants.
- Signal Mask remains active for longer when sprinting.
- The range at which AI will detect your footsteps when Signal Mask is active has been reduced.
- Fixed an issue where the Rook tooltip incorrectly stated that Season Level 3 was required to unlock.

### Thief ###
- Fixed an issue where items dropped from the Pickpocket Drone could clip through red UESC barriers.

## User Interface and Experience ##
- Fixed an issue that prevented the exfil countdown timer from appearing when entering an active enemy Runner's exfil circle.
- Fixed an issue that caused quick pings to be intercepted by the clear door curtains.

## Codex ##
- Fixed an issue where the Arachne Sponsored Kit challenge completions were not contributing to the total on the Factions progress bar in the Codex.
- Updated the Assassin's Hidden Strike Codex entry to better clarify the completion window when exiting invisibility.

## Contracts ##
### Traxus ###
- Fixed an issue for Unsanctioned Hostiles [5/5] where the exfil condition was listed in the wrong objective step causing the contract flow to appear out of order.

### Sekiguchi Genetics ###
- Fixed an issue for Co-Evolution [3/5] contract description that directs to Northern Flight Control when the objective is in Southern Flight Control.

## Zones ##
### Perimeter ###
- Fixed an issue that prevented gaining reputation experience for CyberAcme when successfully extracting UESC Crisis Supplies.
- Fixed an issue where only one crew member received CyberAcme reputation for completing Intercept event stepts instead of the entire crew.
- Fixed an issue that would prevent the Hauler's honk audio from being heard when entering the sound radius while active.

### Dire Marsh ###
- Fixed an issue that could prevent gaining Traxus reputation after completing a Lockdown event.
- Anomalous Matter:
- Fixed an issue that prevented Sekiguchi Genetics reputation gain when stabilizing the Anomalous Matter.
- Fixed an issue that would only give one crew member +25 Sekiguchi Genetics reputation when extracting the Anomalous Matter.

### Outpost ###
- Fixed an issue in Pinwheel that prevented the Security Break audio from being audible while inside the other wings (Command, Drone, Destroyed).

### Cryo Archive ###
- Fixed an issue that allowed Thief to bypass red UESC barriers from Cargo to Index.
- Fixed an issue that prevented location names from showing on the HUD when visited.

## Localization ##
- Fixed a word wrapping issue in the Customize menu prompt for Shells and Profile.
- Fixed an issue where the vertical inversion setting in the Controller Settings section could display inconsistent text in some languages.
- Fixed an issue causing the "Free" Credit cost label to show as an em dash in the Russian language.
- Fixed an issue that caused the text in the C.A.R.R.I Armory tutorial prompts to overlap the button prompt in some languages.

## General ##
- Fixed an issue that caused a duplicate and delayed audio voice over after completing the NuCaloric Liaison Contract.
- Fixed an issue that would prevent players from joining via a platform invite while Crew Privacy was set to Invite Only.
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Shit I wonder if I could sprint to level 100 with these exp bonuses. I'm only level 42 still and that's the only achievement I need to 100% (getting a vip in the process).
 
I'll be honest the amount of uesc is a tad on the overwhelming side. I couldn't push someone on marsh because there's just SO many between me and the opponent.

On outpost I killed like 7 purple shield wardens and then a gold was near exfil too guarded by a ton of blue and purples.

God damn!
 
As I look at season 1, other extraction games, where I am with games, and the future for this game I am all in for this just pseudo becoming Destiny 3.

I actually think the guns, gunplay, classes, world, atmosphere, etc lend itself to doing pve content galore and even just regular TDM arena modes.

It isn't the extraction shooter itself I crave from marathon but all the other things that come with it. So if the game evolved into something else entirely I could see this just being my main game always.

In its current state and if it only was the pure sweat fest I'd likely only come at the start of new seasons for a week and dip. We just need ways to ramp up the intensity depending on the mood you are in for an activity that caters to that.

Warframe does a fantastic job of this.
 
Arsic said:
As I look at season 1, other extraction games, where I am with games, and the future for this game I am all in for this just pseudo becoming Destiny 3.

I actually think the guns, gunplay, classes, world, atmosphere, etc lend itself to doing pve content galore and even just regular TDM arena modes.

It isn't the extraction shooter itself I crave from marathon but all the other things that come with it. So if the game evolved into something else entirely I could see this just being my main game always.

In its current state and if it only was the pure sweat fest I'd likely only come at the start of new seasons for a week and dip. We just need ways to ramp up the intensity depending on the mood you are in for an activity that caters to that.

Warframe does a fantastic job of this.
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This is where im at. I just love everything about this game so they can do whatever they want, i'll be there
 
clarky said:
Roll call ladies. Anyone who liked the game who dropped off at some point during the season not coming back for season 2, even just to check out the changes?

If not why not?
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Deleted from both my PCs and PS5 Pro. I still hate the way the characters and guns look, it's distracting. Love the maps, except Cryo. That map is ass. Hate self revives. They should be removed from the game along with all infrared scopes. Matchmaking takes too long. Love the lore. Hate the way the skill trees are done. Oh, I also hate that everyone can loot a body at once. Terrible decision.
 
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Boo Who? said:
Deleted from both my PCs and PS5 Pro. I still hate the way the characters and guns look, it's distracting. Love the maps, except Cryo. That map is ass. Hate self revives. They should be removed from the game along with all infrared scopes. Matchmaking takes too long. Love the lore. Hate the way the skill trees are done. Oh, I also hate that everyone can loot a body at once. Terrible decision.
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They nerfed self res into the ground today.
 
Arsic said:
As I look at season 1, other extraction games, where I am with games, and the future for this game I am all in for this just pseudo becoming Destiny 3.

I actually think the guns, gunplay, classes, world, atmosphere, etc lend itself to doing pve content galore and even just regular TDM arena modes.

It isn't the extraction shooter itself I crave from marathon but all the other things that come with it. So if the game evolved into something else entirely I could see this just being my main game always.

In its current state and if it only was the pure sweat fest I'd likely only come at the start of new seasons for a week and dip. We just need ways to ramp up the intensity depending on the mood you are in for an activity that caters to that.

Warframe does a fantastic job of this.
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Maybe this is where Bungie and Sony are at as well. Be a hell of a lot cheaper and quicker to repurpose this and flesh it out than it would be doing at straight D3.

In a perfect world for me they would just stay the current course and build on what they have. I love it but clearly we wouldn't get past a year with the way things are.

I'll take whatever at this point, I'm in for the ride.
 
clarky said:
Maybe this is where Bungie and Sony are at as well. Be a hell of a lot cheaper and quicker to repurpose this and flesh it out than it would be doing at straight D3.

In a perfect world for me they would just stay the current course and build on what they have. I love it but clearly we wouldn't get past a year with the way things are.

I'll take whatever at this point, I'm in for the ride.
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"Be a hell of a lot cheaper and quicker to repurpose this and flesh it out than it would be doing at straight D3."

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