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strinova/fate trigger commentator/caster | marathon enthusiast | current collegiate valorant coach, former player

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@Gamesager Agreed. As a player who quit as a result of these changes after maining this game from release, I can say these made it so much less enjoyable. Hoping to see some reversions or further changes for season 2, because I want to love this game again

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@BillyTMtn @NWSGrandRapids In Kent county, the sirens are only activated for Severe Thunderstorm Warnings with the Destructive tag on them, which in our case is generally 80MPH gusts and above (as well as Tornado Warnings of course)

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@NWSGrandRapids Some clarification for those confused:

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Honestly a huge bummer because I have been in love with this game since launch. I guess I'll have to hope Bungie learn from this and change things in the future, or I'll be moving on to more enjoyable games here pretty soon

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Got a chance to play the "new MM" today. Feels no different and if anything PvP feels worse without the WSTR being viable. So many fights devolving to RNG knife brawls and nade spam.

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Think I'll only be playing on Cryo days from now on, the meager loot in the other maps isn't worth bringing in full purple to lose to RNG nor the headache of the stale PvP

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@ParagonPE @Ziegler_Dev This is definitely part of it but IMO there’s something else going on. There’s just no way the amount of players playing Cryo decreased so much that I’m fighting full gold teams every game when the week before I’d be lucky to see one every 5 games

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@monkey2Ybanana @DrewskysChannel It’s a big benefit compared to being in a system with zero SBMM and potentially getting put up against high skill sweats. I am definitely on the side of high skill players here as the game has felt horribly unfun this past weekend. Just want no SBMM in my extraction shooter

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Anyone who seriously believes what is happening in marathon is a "regional matchmaking bug" and not some form of skill based matchmaking, I have a bridge to sell you!

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@DrewskysChannel In marathon, if you die, your gear is gone. I don’t really think it’s fair that I should be “punished” by playing good players because I am better at the game, while casuals benefit by playing each other. If you were struggling before the patch, it’s a skill issue. Get better

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@DrewskysChannel Think I hard agree with this whole take. I can understand that the experience may be better for players that don’t play as much or are lower skill, but it’s an extraction shooter at the end of the day. This isn’t Valorant or COD, where losing a fight means I respawn and go again

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@VinnySiXx @Ziegler_Dev Can't really see stats, just kinda guessing based on how I remember it. Today with my stack of IRLs (that are all multi thousand hour d2 players and good at PVP) we lost EVERY cryo raid to third parties and full gold teams. Probably not playing the game until the MM is fixed

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@Ziegler_Dev CONTINUED:
Before anyone says I'm bad or crying, maybe I am. Just haven't been having nearly as much fun as my extraction rate went from around 80% to 30% since the patch. Just want to enjoy the game and be able to not sweat my dick off every match

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@Ziegler_Dev Hope this is related to the change in the overall skill of lobbies I've seen. Not sure what metrics the game is now using to matchmake that it wasn't using before but all maps are now unplayable if I want to run anything besides full purple kit. Wasn't like this before

[NWS Grand Rapids @NWSGrandRapids]

Several rounds of storms are expected Thursday afternoon through late Thursday Night. The strongest storms may contain damaging winds and isolated tornadoes along with heavy rainfall. Continue to monitor the forecast.

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@feinberg_mc BOOM! HE CHANGES THE WORLD ONCE AGAIN

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@ThreePeaksGG @BattleBeaver @Wxltzy Very cool collab! Am a huge falcons fan so this would be incredible to get

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