u/-Dundlenut-

I have been a thief man pretty much all my hours with Marathon. I find their ability to reach high places, and mobility just fit my style.

I am also very intrigued with the Destroyer- however whenever I use it I find myself thinking their abilities are lack luster in PvP. Their toolset seems to good on paper, so maybe I’m just going about it all wrong.

My thoughts and struggles with it in PvP:

Riot Barricade - I find no use in this in any engagement. People just follow me waiting for it drop knowing they’ll have the drop ASAP.

Search & Destroy - I’ll pop this and very rarely do I find any use. Either I’ll kill the other player before homing missile would fire or the missiles just hit the surrounding environment. Also it seems like it’s tied to the amount direct hits you put on a target.. so any weapon that’s not auto or HROF seems useless in most if not all PvP fights.

Thruster - Is probably the most useful in PvP IMO, however the Thief grapple is much better or Vandal slide.

With the news of Destiny closing shop. I was stuck… what game should I play that captures my attention like Destiny did for 10plus years.

I tried a multitude of games and nothing felt like that gun and movement feel Bungie captures so well.

So I finally said “screw it” let me check on Marathon. I am very glad I gave it a try. There was tons of hate for it in the gaming community so I steered away.

To be honest the game is hard to understand right away, YouTube videos help me a ton. The hard part to understand is the mods and materials. I was just collecting loot not really paying attention thinking it was just “spinmetal leaves”(Destiny reference). The text to read while in game is cumbersome, while trying to figure what you pick up is even for. (This is my only minor complaint).

I wish Bungie explained this better. But every gun with no mods is the same. Modding the guns moves it up the color ladder. My assumption was those were different tiered guns and did not tie to mods.

I never played extraction shooters before. Unless we are talking about Socom and extracting hostages (Dating myself) .. which has nothing to do with loot hahaha.

All this to say - Marathon visually, gunplay, movement and sound is top tier. I’m still learning the game, but each day I get more excited to play. I wish the gaming community wasn’t so toxic. This is a great game, and I recommend any true gamer that likes shooters to give it a try. The learning curve is high for sure. I think the beginner levels in Perimeter should be pushed even higher to like 45-50. And only fight with green shields.