u/missnaginata

No, I'm not expecting Saber to personally get on its knees and beg for me not to leave. I'm just starting a conversation.

Between the two consecutive Stratagems featuring modifiers that are either broken or poorly designed and the sheer volume of annoying to game breaking bugs this patch, I truly, honestly can't take it anymore. The cosmetics are nice, the gameplay loop — on its own — is still gold, and a lot of good changes have been made, but everything surrounding the good has become so overwhelming that it's more stressful to look past it than it is to just dip.

Disruption still crashes at random on Console. Siege mode still doesn't reward Accolades. Weapons will suddenly decide not to fire even if you switch back and forth. People's ordeals have been reset. Several modifiers, including the weekly ones handpicked by Saber, are partially or completely bugged. I've seen players straight up just fucking drop dead instantaneously at full health with no mortal wounds. With the whole new CEO debacle, I wouldn't put it past them that they're just vibecoding now.

I've tired myself out of this game before, for reasons that have mostly just been my own fault — grinding, burn-out, so on. This time, I feel like the game itself is just not being handled properly, and I don't think there's a good option besides taking a capital B Break. Helldivers 2 seems to be on the uprise right now.

Once again, I am not lashing out at the game company hoping they'll change their ways for lil' old me; this is a rant I'm hoping will connect with other people who have had a hard time enjoying this game as of late.

I love Space Marine 2. I'm just deeply frustrated by how many asterisks I've had to put in front of "love" these past few days.

double-edged heroic build stolen from FTG, it's really good

hooooly shit there goes three days. what an adventure

I think what all of this has taught me about True Solo is that, even if beating it undeniably means you're pretty good at the game, half the battle is RNG. hope the Terminus encounters show up in good arenas, hope the Extremis spawns are in your favor, hope for Stimms, hope for Meltas and Kraks, hope the game gives you a Guardian Relic at literally any point of the mission.

the one death was extremely silly; three unsynced Lictors juggling me around right next to an elevator that would have nullified them.

this was very, very excruciating; some points were probably the worst experiences I've had playing this game. breaks were very necessary. that being said, I think it made me a better player. a better Tactical player, if nothing else. might try to solo other operations, for now I'm just going to rest on my laurels and enjoy the endorphins.

I am officially part of the Good at the Videogame Club and anyone who suggests otherwise will be fined three. three what? I don't know.

ballistic engine true solo is going to be the death of me

(I was trying to dodge the first Devourer. how silly of me to fail to account for the Offscreen Devourer and the Big Devourer)

edit: upon reexamination my gameplan was needlessly risky and I forced myself into an extremely tight situation that I was bound to lose. however this devourer wombo combo is still fucking stupid so I'm keeping the post up

isn't this fun? my favorite part of Space Marine 2 is pressing the melee button relentlessly for several minutes at a time