r/dadsofmarathon

The game IS fine. The player count is not fine, but time heals all wounds. (Or provides a long, drawn out death by 1,000 papercuts.)

Sony bought a company for a ridiculous amount of money. A company that, at the time, had ONE game for Sony to cash in on (D2) and one still being developed. So they wanted the potential the company offered.

That they charged $40 meant they knew it wasn't gonna be a cornerstone IP. They charge $69.99 or more for those nowadays.

Unless they have an absolutely incredible next (and what I assume will be final) act for D2, Marathon is the sole future of Bungie for the time being, and a AAA game dev they spent a ridiculous amount of money on. They only get that money back if Bungie generates it for them. They (Sony) need to give the game and the company time to do that. Killing it now, or in the next year, is throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Plus what else does Bungie have to do? As far as we know, it's only Destiny 2 Expansion and Marathon in the current slate of games being developed.

Maybe we'll see a return to the Myth series next, or a FPS campaign-only "Pathways Into Darkness". (prob not though).

I'm super excited for (eventually) adding the SPNK-R rocket launcher and the Juggernauts somehow to these levels. And Cryo Archive is pinnacle content for now, but they'll add an even-more-pinnacle endgame to the next season, and I predict Cryo will become a lower-loot-tier map with similar mechanics and no minimum gear ante. They do this already with different levels of Raids/Strikes/Dungeons in D2 based on power level. I see no reason they couldn't implement something similar for map conditions, including gear antes even for the lower-tier maps if they wanted. Keep it approachable, but never far away from challenging for the Level 100 crowd.

I'd love to see the Phfor added, but they are SO similar to the Illixni (sp?) in D2, Bungie definitely lifted those staff weapons from M1-3 and put them right into Destiny. And that one compiler certainly got big, I'd love to see smaller ones running all over some of the maps, each one defending a vault or whatever.

What sucks is all the haters out there scaring away people who might check it out. And the soundtrack is a total banger, and creeps out my co-workers when I'm listening to it. Perfect.

Some people's favorite online game is "Yuck Other People's Yum." Those people kinda suck, imho.

When the new season hits is everything I’ve accomplished up to this point gone? I understand that my vault might be wiped but the rep for each faction gone too? When is this wipe coming? What’s the incentive to grind anymore this season if it’s all just going away?

One of my favorite things about grinding a game is breaking it down into small tasks and missions along the way. Currently working on CyberAcme VIP and upgrading my revive speed(need 10 more Drone Resin)as a Triage main. What kind of small goals do you currently have for the rest of the season?

I loaded in as Rook at Outpost this morning, and within a few minutes of walking around I overheard on prox chat one player just absolutely laying into another player, and the other guy isn’t saying anything. This guy sounded completely unhinged - swearing at them, calling them the r-word, it was gross. I assumed it was one team who was in the process of killing another team.

I locate both of them in the Flight Control armory, and it’s two Rooks who have downed each other. The toxic Rook sees me and asks me to kill them both, continuing to swear at the silent other player.

I resurrect the silent Rook with a mercy kit, causing the toxic Rook to absolutely lose his mind. I then blast the toxic Rook into the great beyond.

It is wiiiiild to me that people like this still exist. If the toxic Rook reads this post, you need help. This is a VIDEO GAME, there is no reason to be so incredibly rude to someone else - in a video game or real life.

Everyone else, stay chill, stay welcoming, and have a good day.

Why does being a father automatically make us casuals? Do these kids not understand that many of us were sweaty. For one, I’m still extremely competitive even when my daughter is crying at 3 am mid game.

I’ve just got rank 53 and I’m sitting at 75 hours (only really started to figure out how to play the game after the first 24 or so as this is my first extraction shooter). Was wondering if anyone else cares to share their data (current rank, time played). Obviously everyone goes through faster and slower periods but I’m not trying to get too granular yet-so a coarse average will do. Thanks for your help Runnahs!

As it is rn Assassin’ skillset is mainly focussed on sinergy between his invisibility skill and his ultimate smoke field.

I feel like his V skill is only used and a way to prevent fall damage. Which is fine but doesn’t make sense once you’re indoor or if you’re on the floor eg in dire marsh.

I suggest make a slight rework: if the assassin is not falling the skill will make the assassin make a small forward jump similar to vandal’s double jump but with less height and ofc with the following smoke field.

It wouldn’t much be a tool of movement but it would help with escaping by having a small boost forward and a smoke field to confuse followers.

What do you think?

Made this mostly for myself, but figured I'd share it in case anyone else finds it useful.

loseeverythingfactorystatus.com

It tracks server status, shows whether Ranked or Cryo Archive is currently up, has a countdown to the next rotation, and pulls in the latest news and Bluesky posts from the official accounts.

Still a work in progress tbh. If anything's broken or you think something's missing, let me know — there's a feedback button on the site, or just comment here. Always appreciate a second pair of eyes.

https://preview.redd.it/i5oe33lt9e0h1.png?width=1440&format=png&auto=webp&s=7dfec71fc3d4cad3083c34feaadc410a0d61fc04

To the full lobby of “Chill Dudes” tonight on Cryo. My team was struggling to get batteries for Vault 2, but you all came together and asked everyone to run the Compiler. It was the most fun I had in the game, having the full lobby come together naturally to attempt it. We may not have exfiled from running out of time, but we did manage to get the kill in. I don't think I will get that kind of camaraderie in a lobby again. Thanks for the good time Runners.

There's a lot to be said about simply scoping out an area first so you know what routes the bots are walking and taking the time to just clear them one by one.

I can't really aim on the fly very quickly, but I'm getting quite good at aiming down sights and just preparing for when the bots walk into my aim.

How to apply this to PvP I have no idea, but I feel like the bots are the training wheels for later PvP stuff.

I think I've killed 5 players at this point after 200 hrs and that was mostly just luck.

Any tips on how to improve?

Whenever I get up close my aim is ALL over the place and in terms of bots it's just easier to run up to them and punch them in the face, than it is to get a lock on while everything is moving and being up close.