r/MarathonTheGame

This is the most bizarre thing. Yesterday, my vault was maxed out when I logged out at 480/480. Today, I log in and my vault is sitting at 321/480, and apparently, I'm only missing a whole bunch of guns. I had at least 5 gold guns sitting in my vault collecting dust, and a whole bunch of Twin Tap's (at least 4, maybe 5 or 6).. Now I'm sitting at just 1 gold weapon, a twin tap, and few smaller guns like a couple magnums, a bully, couple kkvs and wstrs, and a d54. I'm so confused. The loadout I logged out with yesterday is still equipped, down to the items in my bag I left in there, so it's not like someone got on my account and played.. My credits are still super low at 6k, so they weren't somehow sold. What is the world is going on??

Update: I figured it out, and it's something I would have never expected. I have a habit of minimizing my game on occasion and forgetting about it while I do other things, sometimes even playing other games while it's minimized. This has never really been a problem before, but I just started playing an old game that I prefer to play with a controller as opposed to my standard keyboard/mouse setup. I'm sure you can see where this is going, but something I absolutely did not know until I just tested it, was that apparently, controller input in marathon still accepts input while the game is minimized. So here I am, playing away on this new game w/ my controller, none the wiser that I was apparently doing a whole bunch of random crap within my vault. I had already checked my credits so I knew they weren't sold since I was still sitting at around 6k, but something I didn't check was my damned cradle. Sure enough, there are 10 unused points just sitting there. I went from level 35 to 45 apparently from selling almost all of my best guns. I knew it was weird that only my best guns were missing, but it makes sense since those were listed on the top. I'm betting the action wasn't done all in one go, as I played this controller game for like 3 hours.. I'm thinking I was selecting a gun or 2 at a time, selling to cradle, then the menu would reset to the top of the list, leaving only my worst blue/green tier pistols and small smg's by the end. I'm soooo pissed

"I’ve been playing this game since the beta. I used to love it, supported it as much as I could, and brought in new players. I live in a region affected by the 'tapir' error. Until now, changing my network settings to specific public DNS servers fixed the issue, but today that method stopped working. If they intentionally patched this workaround, it means they fundamentally want to cut off a portion of the player base. Fine, I won’t stand in their way."

I have noticed a behavior in Marathon than is very unusual and maybe of concern for the devs.

I am currently using a AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D. This CPU has two Core Complex Dies. CCD 0 (3D cache) for gaming and CCD 1 for any other background processes or workstation tasks.

Every game I play is using the Gaming CCD properly. The only exception is Marathon which is always mainly using CCD 1 for some reason.

I have experiences system freezes/bsods and game crashes in Marathon and recently also gpu timeouts in Destiny 2. I suspect that it may be due to these games sharing the same engine.

No other games do that.

Just some examples:

https://preview.redd.it/n14w2d9wdwah1.png?width=1089&format=png&auto=webp&s=969fbc8b238f4607cac7e3df4908696a9a540b21

Other things like these minidumps indicate it is a GPU related issue but I am unsure at this point.

These system lock ups and bsods are very scary.

Howdy! Played Marathon during the recent free weekend and loved it, reminds me of when Destiny was enjoyable and the themes of Halo tie it together for me. I bought it because of the Steam summer sale and convinced a mate to join me. However, we spent 80% of our 4 hour play session last night simply queuing for a duo game? We're both based in Australia and usually I can understand a bit of delay finding matches but seriously? We received an error 3 times last night whilst matchmaking saying there were no games found. Theres also only ONE map at a time running duos so it's not like the pool is too diluted or anything. I feel pretty disappointed as my friend didn't get the same experience I did during the free weekend and I feel I've robbed him $40. Is the game simply dead in Oceania 5 months after release? Are we doing something wrong? I don't think I can even refund the game due to the hours I put into it on the free weekend.

Hello everyone, I'm Slevin.

Former triage enjoyer : p for about +500 hours, now main Sentinel.

I'm in EU, and so is the mate I play with. We don't have a specific schedule to play, we just check with each other on discord tell when are we going to be available, and and go when we're online.

I mean I'm usually around 16h (CET) onwards.

Both my mate and I play on PC.

Ideally looking for a EU PC player, but I've played with ppl that didn't fit that criteria and was a fine game, so not a requirement.

We run Cryo as much as we can when it's available, we are successful there. Me and my mate are not interested in ranked at the moment.

I know how to navigate Cryo very well (so does my mate), we've done all vaults, and know how to do them, we play with ppl from all over and skill levels.

What are we looking for:

Ideally (yes again, as it isn't a must) for someone who's at the same level we are, as in keeps up with our pace or is able to learn it and grow with the team.

Someone that communicates efficiently, "Destroyer with sniper blue shields North west" something like that, doesn't have to be like this from the get go, but someone that communicates with the team, info is life for me, I can plan around that on the fly. So to have someone that can give good precise info, is really strong in my book.

Very important: We're chill ppl, game is already intense enough itself, we're here to do our best and have fun, that's it.

We don't: Invade other spawn spots in Cryo, blame each other if something goes wrong, start arguing anything when we died while there's one teammate still alive specially if it's clutching. We don't trash talk.

Mindest:

I'm coordinating the teams I play with, specially with Sentinel "as in we should do this and that" (set the goals / routes if you will), or we move here and hold this chokepoint (if we're in a disadvantageous position), or we are in a bad possition we need to rotate elsewhere. Again that doesn't mean noone else can do it, by all means that's welcomed, having multiple options is great.

With that being said good calls are needed and welcomed (If I hear a call that's better than mine I'll instantly agree, if not I'll say so and why if we have the time for it), I can only do so much myself, and I make mistakes like any other. I do own my mistakes, and I'm happy to take feedback and talk about it after the match in a calm respectful manner.

How I like to play: Tactical. Trying to minimize risks, taking favorable fights, whenever the situation allows it. Which translates to: not ego pushing and getting down etc, basically playing the best I can and smartly.

My approach is defensive. I'll do my best to get you in and out, specially in Cryo. That doesn't mean I don't play aggressively, I do, when I hold the cards, say we get one dead and we know the others are broken. You get an idea, always capitalizing in favorable fights, not letting the enemy recover.

Feel free to reply and we can talk about it, or send me a dm we can try to run together, see if we vibe together, no pressure, just trying to find a player that fits and is comfortable with us.

Hope I didn't miss any essential info.

Cheers ppl.

I’m thinking about upgrading from my current 5950X to a 5800X3D. Right now, without frame generation, I only get around 70 FPS, and in fights it can even drop to around 50 FPS.

My GPU is a 5070 Ti, so I think my CPU is the bottleneck. I’d like to know: for those of you playing with a 5800X3D, what kind of FPS are you getting?

Hit me up I need a solid two

I'm a Halo kid, so I enjoy calling out & working together to put pressure on enemies. I've mostly just LFG'd with whoever is in Discords but I play Marathon almost every day & I'd like friends that do the same. I'm not putting this game down anytime soon, I just want a dedicated person or group of people to enjoy it with me.

Clear communication is key. This game is ultimately pretty random, but I'm always looking to win & succeed by playing our best. Add me & DM me if you're interested.

Discord: Kieshadilla
Marathon: Kieshadilla#6039