dreamstation
Member
What's the secret to leveling up faster? Feels like I've played a decent amount (150 hours maybe?) and I'm only level 76 or so. Want to make sure I get to 100 in season one.
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LyricalShrike
Member
Spam easy standard contracts. Anything you can do easily like kill X or do Y damage. Play in trios to stack squad XP.
Thanks, I hadn't thought about that.
I'll give it another try tonight but if it doesn't improve I'll probably jump off and come back to try season two when it launches.
TheDarkPhantom
Member
There it is:
Locked the fuck in for most of today (yesterday lol) to bang out the last few levels. This will be hard to top as my GOTY, see you in S2 Marathon
Now gimme sleep 
Locked the fuck in for most of today (yesterday lol) to bang out the last few levels. This will be hard to top as my GOTY, see you in S2 Marathon
Now gimme sleep 
ViciousAgenda
Member
What level do you need to achieve vip with a faction?
clarky
Gold Member
30. I have achieved all 6. They need to start handing out that gold salvage the tight fucks, or we strike.
Roll call of shame time. Anyone beat this?
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Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Any one shot sniper in Marathon should act like the V85 Circuit Breaker shotgun. Hold to fire, but when your holding, everyone within a 100m radius should hear the cannon being locked. It should also be rare AF
clarky
Gold Member
I propose whenever
Men_in_Boxes
is in your lobby a large arse shaped target appears above his head that the whole lobby can see and the first person to one shot him gets a jim'll fix it badge.(Yes i finished work today and I'm drunk but its a solid idea).
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sodstall
Member
What shrike said but also... Go to the "agent" tab in each faction and make sure to read those bullet point lists in the side column. Tells you everything about what actions, salvage & events go towards that factions XP gain.
Cant stress enough just how strong the XP progress gain is when you do a main contract. The contested ones can be a headache but as long as you dont peeky-blinder one contract on one map for 5 hours straight you'll start having a stronger XP flow. Always shake things up for yourself and you wont feel brick walled.
Rook runs help a lot in terms of credit retention but as a rook or runner, just making an effort to regularly exfil instead of wandering "cause loot might be around" will be a sixth sense that'll save you hours of time and XP.
Johnny Concrete
Member
You're a monster. But I envy you. If I could I would've put in those hours as well.30. I have achieved all 6. They need to start handing out that gold salvage the tight fucks, or we strike.
Roll call of shame time. Anyone beat this?
What shell is your go-to? (myself I almost only played Recon, information is king!)
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Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
I motion against this idea.I propose whenever
(Yes i finished work today and I'm drunk but its a solid idea).
clarky
Gold Member
Medic, Thief and Rook. But I do not play optimally i just play for fun. Most of my play time is on Perimeter because shooting folk is fun and they usually have the best loot.
Honestly the game just fell at the right time loads of time off work and the Mrs being away. I love a grind and this game excels at that its just so good and ill not be convinced by the nay sayers otherwise. It has its faults for sure but if i commissioned a game this would be the one i would make no question.
Going to be tough to top this as my GOTY, gaf be damned. Not no lifed a game like this since D1. Boarderline unhealthy.
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Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
I'm reading a lot of suggestions from people now that want high skill, aggressive teams punished during matches.
@Men_in_BoxesIsVindicated
@Men_in_BoxesIsVindicated
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Marathon must mix solos, duos, and trios in the same lobbies. This is the way.
clarky
Gold Member
You can already do that in ranked.Marathon must mix solos, duos, and trios in the same lobbies. This is the way.
You sure you are playing the same Marathon as us? Or are you playing this?
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clarky
Gold Member
Links to what you are reading please.
LyricalShrike
Member
Scrubs are common and the only ones who have a reason to complain online. Does vindication matter if you're just confirming your status as bad?
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
He suggests making the game more difficult for high skill, aggressive teams.
I know I've read a number of other comments saying the same thing. Pretty sure someone making a similar video had the same idea.
It's definitely hitting the mainstream now...just a few weeks after I diagnosed it.
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Ranked is 100%, nay, 1000% not built for solos, duos, and trios to play in the same lobby.
Poker with guns only works if you know, trust, and like your teammates - A relatively rare occurrence in Marathon.
dreamstation
Member
I've done most of the priority contracts, think I only have 1 faction left where I haven't finished them. Will just try and spam the regular contracts now.
LyricalShrike
Member
Use your re-rolls as well. I usually re-roll the exfil ones if i dont get the objectives on the first try. No sense waiting for 144 when you can get a chance at a fresh 432.
clarky
Gold Member
LyricalShrike
Member
You think a scrub is going to watch a 28 minute video detailing subtle sound queues and unintuitive peeks and rotations? He's just going to whinge about his pants being constantly wet because all he eats is shit.
Those long re-routes are such good advice. 90% of my double kills or wipes involve a wide/unexpected rotation. Posting up in a battleline is suicide. I wiped an entire team posted in the 2F of complex by running around the POI then double jumping off a railing through a narrow open window and cleaning house.
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Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Nobody is watching a 26 minute 1v6 video. Everybody is just going to quit playing.
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LyricalShrike
Member
Such is life. I'll leave happy with the friends and memories made while Marathon existed. You'll return to your lonely search for purpose in the next live service game that you'll inevitable drop when it gets difficult because you're too stubborn/lazy to learn. A scrub is bound to a perpetual cycle of failure .
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
LyricalShrike
Member
I'm glad you finally get it. I started feeling sorry for you like 50 pages ago.
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LyricalShrike
Member
TheDarkPhantom
are you mostly getting MG golds from diremarsh? I just realized that every gold I've received from the map is for machine guns.
dreamstation
Member
Rotating and repositioning is good advice for any game not just Marathon but it only gets you so far. Smart teams will not all look in the one direction, they will be spread out looking in full 360 degrees. Downed players can be revived so quick as well so you have to assume the entire team is back in play when you try and do that.
LyricalShrike
Member
Rotation helps to get the downs in the first place. I also find it annoying that the ease of respawns forces everything to be done at a rapid pace. One teammate hesitating while the other flanks immediately turns an easy win into a trip back to the lobby.
TheDarkPhantom
Member
Can't say, it's the only one I've found on that map but I've noticed patterns on other things like Tox Warden always dropping a Vault 5 key etc
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Season 2 suggestions...
Perimeter: Leave exfil beacons as is.
Dire Marsh: Only 2 exfil beacons once Rooks enter the match.
Outpost: Only 1 steady exfil beacon. One or two key requirement beacon to compliment.
Would help shrink the skill gap in a natural way and would help balance late game match tension.
Perimeter: Leave exfil beacons as is.
Dire Marsh: Only 2 exfil beacons once Rooks enter the match.
Outpost: Only 1 steady exfil beacon. One or two key requirement beacon to compliment.
Would help shrink the skill gap in a natural way and would help balance late game match tension.
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LyricalShrike
Member
Matchmaking is a mess today. Long queues for crappy rounds. Fill giving free kits constantly. Suicidal no-mic players on cryo who immediately disconnect before you have a chance to win the fight. I've had three maps in a row in DM sponsored where the third teammate DC on spawn. Marathon's health is SEA/AUS isn't great.
Johnny Concrete
Member
I had pretty fast solo queues last night and some incredible fights that took 10+ minutes. Constantly cat and mouse, hunt and being hunted.
It was a great session all around. Still love this game a lot!
It was a great session all around. Still love this game a lot!
clarky
Gold Member
Jesus, gone from work wifi and 200ms ping+ to sub 20ms back at home. Just had a 3 way battle at the data wall for a good 5 minutes, we lost but so so good. The improved MM that favours comms goes a long way.
If Bungie had any sense they'd get another map or two with a similar pace to Perimeter into this game asap.
If Bungie had any sense they'd get another map or two with a similar pace to Perimeter into this game asap.
CowboyLou
Member
Are you back on voice comms? I'm hopping on in a few.
clarky
Gold Member
I was, the fun police have just arrived home unfortunately. Rain check. This week for sure mate
Reroll contracts until you get one that suits your playstyle. Rerolling is very cheap and sometimes free
Luipadre
Member
They have like a month until S2. Plenty of time to communicate
LyricalShrike
Member
I'm disconcerted by a lack of details. Announcing Displate partnerships while your playerbase wonders about the future of the game gives the impression that things are on autopilot. A concrete date for the wipe is way overdue.
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Nah, gamers are used to not hearing from studios for weeks or months at a time. We were never going to get much communication in the back half of S1. Let them cook until late May.
ViciousAgenda
Member
Looking forward to some shenanigans later. I'm done with Dire Marsh, might be time to try some key runs on Perimeter.
hououinkyouma00
Member
Yeah, it applies to lots of difference games.
One of the reasons me and my buddies were able to rack up so many Chicken Dinners in PUBG was because we knew how to rotate and knew how to move around the circles. The key to PUBG was get as far away from the plane as possible to loot, stay in the blue zone for at least a couple circles and then bust ass in and rotate to the small side of the circle leaving less reason to have to watch your flank. If you get in a fight and don't steam roll them then you rotate and flank them.
Same thing applies to Marathon. Don't just fucking run in a straight line to Station or Overflow. Use the Ridgeline around Overflow or the hills behind Station, gather information, and use the environment to your advantage and if in trios generally don't push from one angle while also not being so far apart that you can be of help to one another.
ViciousAgenda
Member
Whatever happens this game, I'm glad I gave it a try. Had some great games tonight and made a lot of connections with new players.