u/GaminGoombah

#Edit: FINALLY, DEV COMMS

YET ANOTHER WEEK, NO UPDATE, NO DEV COMMS

Bugs that were present from Season 2's launch continue to plague the game, the meta is horrendous dogshit, and there's very little incentive to continue playing as the game doesn't respect your time when it comes to the loot pool - all issues that arose a month before the Bungie layoffs, yet people use said layoffs to excuse these things

These developers went from communicating weekly to not even providing consistent weekly updates or patches, and when they DO release something claiming it's been "fixed," it turns out to be false or causes some other issue that goes untouched for weeks on end; the ONLY "fix" that was implemented without fail was nerfing the loot pool & Cradle XP two times, back to back, because god forbid casual players have some fun with high tier gear without needing to grind 24/7 like no-life shitters (me) can

People here chime in with "I'm having a blast! I haven't seen X issue and I'm a 37 yr old electrician that plays 15 min/week" as though these problems don't exist because they don't see it themselves

Night Marsh was the main draw for Season 2, yet the Sponsored mode only ran for a week before being replaced by Perimeter for 2 or 3 weeks & then had the normal Night Marsh be timegated shortly after - zero logic behind that

Stop using layoffs as an excuse for behaviour that started way before the layoffs happened; Lockdown not spawning was an issue at S2 launch, invincible bots was an issue at S2 launch, queue resetting was an issue at S2 launch, mizzy/bubble/D54 battle pistol crutch continues to plague the game, lasers tripping when you weren't even remotely close hitting them were an issue at launch, Sentinel was advertised to be coming in S2 from launch & yet there's still no Cryo skin... along with a bunch of other shit I'm probably missing, these issues have largely gone untouched, yet they immediately nerfed the loot pool to absolute dogshit because people were actually being rewarded for once (and no, getting a gold implant in Pinwheel red room once every 30 lobby wipes doesn't count as a good drop rate)

I also know that I'm essentially talking to a brick wall by posting this because a lot of people here refuse to acknowledge anything remotely negative about this game, but holy shit there's no wonder why Marathon can't retain people when you look at the state of the game + how people largely excuse and/or attack any amount of criticism surrounding it

730 hours in Marathon btw

I just kinda used up the whole Sunday playing the game.. (it’s Monday morning now where I am). Like sure there’s so many things to complain about the game but damn it still has me by the balls.

Just let go.

Reading the discussions here makes it clear that the “gear fear” thing is very real for a lot of people. I’m here to tell you that it really doesn’t matter. And honestly, it’s frustrating to see people criticize the game for the “lose everything” experience. That’s part of the fun! If you lose everything, you get to build it back up again. Queue up with that gold shield and gold gun you’ve been “saving.” Have fun with it. Your vault is not a damn 401k!

Plus some of the most fun I have in the game is queueing up with a free kit, seeing how far I can go, scoring some good loot, roll that into the next game, eventually lose it, repeat.

This is my first extraction shooter, so maybe I’m just used to the Marathon way of doing things. But it’s kinda wild to see the constant complaints about the loot economy and how hard the game is, when one of the best weapons and equalizers in a fight is the knife that everyone has for free.

I promise you this game will be way more fun if you just let go and accept that the gear/loot is temporary. And if that’s not your style — all good, as long as you’re enjoying it!

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