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[Crunchyroll @Crunchyroll]

Just thankful this picture exists

[The Weeknd @theweeknd]

she’s alive and ready

[HIDEO_KOJIMA @HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN]

4/30.

[TxTaylorIII 🌵 @TxTaylorIII]

Some beats I made.. enjoy!
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[Ben Starr @The_Ben_Starr]

@MarathonTheGame Please.

Do Scream.

Yours,

dURanDAL.

[Ziegler @Ziegler_Dev]

The general philosophy behind our upcoming ranked mode is to test you/your crew's skill at the core loop. To us, this is about making sure that the game is about maximizing the value of your run. With this spirit a lot of the rules are built around testing you to think about what you're ante-ing up, how you're using it to get more out than what you brought in. Additionally, we also want to make sure the outcome of pvp interactions and high value events in this mode can be lucrative against your ante, and provide you with the option to get even more out of the session if you take the risk to do them.

In other words: in ranked you're gonna be rewarded for taking risks, but taking risks means you also put yourself in danger of losing something. The further you advance in ranks the more you can risk (and in some ways have to risk to advance) and the more you have to lose if your ambitions don't pan out.

We're excited to get your eyes, ears, and hands on this feature. Good luck out there :).

[Ziegler @Ziegler_Dev]

Cryo and Ranked are coming and we're excited to see players battle it out over Tau Ceti and traverse into the big scary moon-like ship in the sky. We've put out a few posts about Cryo, poured through the variety of comments and feedback we've seen so far, and wanted to take some time to explain some of the initial decisions we've made around Cryo and Ranked with regards to weekend scheduling. So without further ado, here's what we have been thinking:

We are of course always iterating and are open to looking at other options in the future, but the Ranked/Cryo Archive weekend decision is really built around three points:

- Preparing: We acknowledge that players will lose a lot of gear on Cryo and Ranked because it is intended to challenge you to your limits. As a result of that, it's important that Cryo and Ranked feel like an event you can schedule towards, grind gear up to do, etc. The loop of spend time grinding gear to spend it in Cryo or Ranked is reflected in this choice as a weekly cycle.
- Economy Talk: We have some great rewards on Cryo that kind of break the bank when it comes to economy and power gain. If we were to look at having it open all the time, we'd probably have to adjust how frequently you can earn these rewards so that we don't flood the game with amazing loot all of a sudden.
- Logistics Time: Cryo and Ranked both have entry requirements (gear ante) that are built around the idea of you matching with other players on an equal investment level. They also both have a high level requirement to ensure you've experienced enough of the game to understand the challenges inherent to the game. This inherently makes the amount of people in that queue at any time unpredictable. Both of these experiences also need a consistent flow of players in the queue to make sure matches are full to retain the challenge. To reduce the match times and allow players to find matches quicker, making it a scheduled event means more players will show up during that window and feed the queue pool better.
We also acknowledge that there are likely some who cannot participate on the weekend or are excited about the experience and want to no-life it for weeks, and we appreciate that. We'll be looking into what we can do to retain these considerations and potentially accommodate this in the future.

Things we may iterate on in the future:

- Staggering Ranked and Cryo queues more so they overlap less
- Looking at changing the days we do either Cryo or Ranked
- Changing the ante values of Cryo or Ranked
- Looking at any other conditions (solo experience, crew fill experience, etc.) and iterating on it!

Marathon is an evolving game and part of evolving is seeing how this initial launch plays out and adjusting as we go =). Thanks for the feedback, keep it coming and we'll update you when we figure out the next evolution.

[Marathon Archive @MarathonArchive]

Elliot Gray (Marathon’s UI Designer) claps back at the notion no one from the Halo days still works at Bungie

[Marathon @MarathonTheGame]

// INDEX ENTRY_9C2E :: UNLOCKED // A NEW FUTURE BEYOND THE SUN // DR. BERNARD H. STRAUSS // FRAGMENT 9C.3
//: COORDINATES SOURCED IN: # BREACH-PROTOCOL.
>> https://t.co/JyjoHh8LiG

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[TxTaylorIII 🌵 @TxTaylorIII]

Type S’phit

#marathon #marathonthegame

[Luc // HiddenXperia @HiddenXperia]

The way Bungie are telling Marathon's story - and the way we're discovering all of its lore - are some of the coolest methods of video game storytelling I've ever seen

This is the exact kind of story discovery I spoke about so much before launch, they're absolutely killing it🔥

[TxTaylorIII 🌵 @TxTaylorIII]

How much… take my money Bungie

[Marathon Bulletin @TauCetiGG]

‼️NEW: Marathon Tau Ceti Cup announced. 6 teams will be competing for the title of the first ever Tau Ceti Cup Champions.

Winning team will get a custom Marathon jacket, alongside rewards for their community.

Saturday, March 14 at 11 AM.

[TxTaylorIII 🌵 @TxTaylorIII]

@vamprea @asalisbury Omg it looks amazing I need that jacket 😫

[TxTaylorIII 🌵 @TxTaylorIII]

Daaaaamn it I need that jacket

[Marathon @MarathonTheGame]

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[TxTaylorIII 🌵 @TxTaylorIII]

Couldn’t agree more I love solo assassin runs or late rook outpost runs 🫶🏽

[Marathon @MarathonTheGame]

Marathon update 1.0.04 is live:

ITEM ECONOMY
🔹Increased the number of Med Cabinets and Munitions Crates that can spawn on Perimeter
🔹Increased the amount of starting ammo in MIDA, CyberAcme, and Arachne free Sponsored Kits
🔹Reduced the frequency UESC Grenadiers drop EMP grenades

COMBAT
🔹Fixed an issue where players could sometimes die instantly in confinement events
🔹Fixed an issue where the shield break screen effects could constantly play when you had a heal over time effect and a damage over time effect on you at the same time
🔹Increased the range gunfire and explosions can be heard from

WEAPONS
Thermal Scopes
🔹Reduced visual clarity on targets with thermal scopes
🔹Adjusted max distances for thermal highlight:
🔸Pistols: 40 meters (down from 55) 🔸Rifles/LMGs/SMGs: 60 meters (down from 65) 🔸Precision Rifles: 80 meters (down from 100) 🔸Snipers: 100 meters (down from 180)
Overrun AR
🔹Increased default ammo capacity by 5

ROOK
🔹Fixed an issue where backpacks could be deleted when exfiling with Rook
🔹Fixed an issue where Rook’s position was not being displayed on the map screen.
🔹Increased CyAc reputation gain from exfilling with Rook
🔹Rook will now have the same Faction reputation bonus for exfilling that solo players receive
🔹Rook’s WSTR shotgun will now spawn as Compromised (Compromised items require use of a Matter Fixative during the run to exfil with the item)

UESC
🔹Reduced health of most UESC enemies and shield hp of UESC bosses by a small amount
💡DEVELOPER NOTE: With this change we hope to alleviate some of the resource burden in both Solos and Crews when it comes to engaging UESC in combat. The goal here is to allow your bullets and meds to go further without reducing too much of the UESCs bite. We see the feedback loud and clear that players appreciate the friction that our UESC combatants provide and we have no plans to change that direction.

CONTRACTS
🔹Increased default distance objective nav points appear from 10m to 20m
🔹Introducing NuCaloric Contract: Fixed an issue where enemy Crews could receive NuCal contract VO audio and subtitles from a long distance away
🔹Introducing Traxus Contract: Reduced the difficulty of the UESC Commander encounter

OUTPOST
🔹Temporarily disabled switches access route to the Broken Wing on Outpost
💡DEVELOPER NOTE: We are temporarily disabling the "Broken Wing" entrance into the Pinwheel while we make some tuning changes to it. In its current state it trivializes entrance into the Pinwheel. We are making some tweaks to maintain the spirit of the "silent" entrance while better matching the risk / reward of the Pinwheel. Runners can continue to take advantage of all other ways into the Pinwheel (including the additional silent method) in the meantime.

REWARDS PASS & STORE
🔹Fixed an issue where Silk balances were not updating correctly without restarting the game
🔹Fixed an issue where bundle prices could be displayed incorrectly
🔹Fixed an issue where cosmetic items might incorrectly say "Savings" when they are full price
🔹Increased the LUX bundle from (1000 + 100) to (1000 + 120)

STABILITY
🔹Fixed a rare issue that could cause dedicated server crashes
🔹Fixed several issues that could cause client crashes

GENERAL
🔹Fixed an issue where doors would lock preventing players from finishing the new player intro mission
🔹Updated the description of Perimeter (Beginner) on the Zone Select screen
🔹Fixed a bug where the Text Chat window could get stuck open
🔹Fixed a crash that sometimes occurred when attempting to use an IME Keyboard
🔹Fixed a crash that sometimes occurred when typing quickly with an IME Keyboard
💡DEVELOPER NOTE: Some issues may still remain with third-party IME software and we are continuing to investigate. Windows built-in IME may be a temporary workaround for users who are experiencing issues while we work on a permanent fix.
🔹Adjusted the location of the IME keyboard to be closer to the Text Chat window
🔹Players will no longer see an extended black screen during the map load sequence

[Marathon @MarathonTheGame]

When you spend in Marathon we want you to get great value. Improvements to the Rewards Pass and more are coming throughout Season 1.

More details: https://t.co/YrT6mS2p9S

[Marathon Development Team @MarathonDevTeam]

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