r/MarathonGame

I started building this awhile back first as just an Excel sheet, then it just kept growing into what you see today. The tool allows you to enter your current Cradle level, Cradle Efficiency bonus, then the quantity of items you are saving up for the Cradle. The results screen then shows you what level you should end up at.

All the xp values for the items were collected by me by hand in-game, and some items seem to have some digits behind a hidden decimal point. so the numbers might be off by 100 or so XP when you enter a ton of gear.

I even built some logic into the system to tell you if you are better off buying the Cradle Efficiency.
(spoiler: it's almost always worth it in the long run)

It has been so fun to build out this tool, so let me know what you all think and what you would like to see added to the site. Or take a look at the FAQ to see a few hints as to what is currently being worked on!

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I was so hyped for marathon when it was first announced I preordered the premium edition as soon as I could played for a while but I can’t even say why maybe it was all the hate it was receiving at the time but I dropped it. After seeing season 3 was out I decided to come back in and I fell in love immediately I’m writing this at 2 am after getting off but there’s just something about the game that draws me in now I really hope they can continue this path they’re on and see a gradual increase in players

Faction upgrades are the best way to raise your gear floor.

The first priority is to unlock the daily free loot from each faction by unlocking the first capstones, which is a bonus after you get a few upgrades. Most of the gear you get from these aren't that useful for gearing up, but having free cradle fodder every day helps a lot. Nucaloric also has upgrades that give you free patch kits and free shield charges daily, which has been buffed from 3/day to 5/day. Make sure to collect those two upgrades ASAP as that's a 2000 credit/day profit.

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Some folks from SeraphMax's discord figured out the most cost effective items to turn your credits into cradle XP. By far the most efficient way is buying the sidearm and punch from Traxus, and those became even more effective because their costs were reduced by 35. It's a small amount of cradle XP, but it's practically free so you should look to cradle the whole stock every day. At the later levels it's a pretty small amount of XP but it's a big help early on.

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After you've unlocked your initial capstones in each faction, I recommend focusing hard on Cyberacme. Bag upgrades make every run more profitable, and it isn't hard to get the needed salvage for those upgrades.

Make sure to hoard as much biostripping as you can, because the Nucal upgrades that we're moving to next requires a lot. The only places to find biostripping is in Hauler, Cryo, and Arms Lockers. So basically just Hauler. Shield upgrades are the most important gear for combat. So once you've unlocked purple backpacks from Cyberacme, purple shields is the next priority. Shoutout to Counterintel, which is in my opinion the best head implant that is purchasable in the armory. It's not great on Cryo where you typically know where the other players are, but it's so strong on the other maps for helping survive an ambush or giving instant comms to your teammates.

After initial capstones, cyberacme, and nucal, the next best options are less clear, but my pick is Arachne. Arachne gets great implants early (Parting Gift and Edge Runner), and later it gets Bits Per Second and True Shot Barrel. Blue weapon mods from Traxus are nice, especially the far reach optic, and doesn't take too long to reach. Later Traxus gets purple chip mods and gold weapon mods. Sekiguchi gets cores, which can be pretty important depending on which shells and cores you prefer. Sekiguchi also gets The First Law and Checkmate which are great options for most shells.

The most time efficient way to rank up in your factions is pretty boring, but I'll let you know anyways. It's repeatable contract farming. To farm contracts, grab one that you know you can finish quickly like Activate a Tad and Defeat 5 UESC. Try not to settle for one that only has one objective though because it gives less reputation. Just go into perimeter solo on a free kit, speedrun the contract, and leave. You don't get any loot from your run, but you also don't have to wait around 10 mins for exfils to show up just to exfil with a few green mods and a little salvage, assuming you don't die in a pvp fight. Every faction has repeatable contracts that can be spammed this way, but Cyberacme has the best ratio of easy tasks in its contract pool. This is also doable with a squad or duo.

TLDR: 1st Capstones in each Faction, Cyberacme Purple Backpack, Nucal Purple Shield (6th capstone), and then it's dealer's choice but I recommend Arachne, Traxus, Sekiguchi, then Mida.

Hopefully folks find this helpful!

... is me getting better at my listening of footsteps, sneaking up on ppl and camping traffic locatios... I think it can be fun but it definitely will run it's course. Thank god new modes are coming.

Just as the title states, I would personally like to take out the requirements to kill other runners especially with how low the population currently is. Killing a grey shield runner doesn't exactly feel good when Unsanctioned Hostilities 2/5 tell me to both deal damage and loot their bag. I feel like this would be somewhat fine in a trio setting but considering I am a primarily solo player, I think this causes more people that are trying to pick up the game to either quit or have the less skilled players struggle with quest completion until a golden moment happens.

Additionally, to the Monoclast Vandal I killed on Night Marsh, Apologies for having to fight you. I did not feel good about killing you when we both needed quests done. I was the Assassin in the Cryo Skin.

Funny thing is, this would be how the lore between Assassin and Vandal happened lol

by level 30 you should have a regular supply of greens and blues, heals and weapons, ammo + attachments that help deal with losses

constant access like this will eventually snowball to better loot as you progress

taking a break from contracts in outpost will just help expose you to pvp and also drip feed higher tier loot whilst you progress

even if you dedicate at most half an hour a day on either of these, premades / crew fills or solos, you’ll eventually feel less reliant on free kits and rook (unless you enjoy the zero to hero vibes)

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I don't care about of the stuff i lost, its even just funny i lose that knife battle. whatever

I feel like everyone already agreed that the looting part is so unrewarding that the only valuable container on the map is the enemy bodybag.

That's actually really true, I think. And it makes the game priotitize PVP much more than the actual looting. I believe the only problem here is that the queuing up just to die is so obnoxious that nobody wants to get launched into another match after a losestreak, especially a rookie. And I have a silly solution, that might satisfy the larger spectrum of the playerbase.

Just to clarify, I'm talking about SALVAGE ONLY here.

I sincerely think that adding unlimited grey loot safepocket could fix a large part of the game. TO insentivize staying on the map it should X2/X3 it's yield on exfil, so people don't just jump out of the shell with free kit when they have a chance, but still get meaningful progression.

Green loot should be exfillable with dcons. Blue loot should we should be able to put inside extraction beacons, so it gets teleported to the vault without you exfilling with it.

There is so much of the shit I just don't care to loot of a dead player, which would make the game playable and progressable for the silent majority, making it bearable to play this game.

Hello, I've been following this game for a long time, and there seems to be a huge drop in the player count. Do you think it's still worth buying and playing? I really like its atmosphere, but I'm on the fence.