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Marathon |OT| A Shell of its Former Self.

Watching shroud, the intro was cool af and there are purples everywhere. Even the pleb bot dropped an epic backpack
The loot seems really really good! Ive got a 9800x3d with a 4090 and on outpost I get lows of around 110ish. On Cryo archive I was getting in to the 80s….
 
The loot seems really really good! Ive got a 9800x3d with a 4090 and on outpost I get lows of around 110ish. On Cryo archive I was getting in to the 80s….
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God damn it

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Made it to the computer terminal at the very end that signalled final exfil, activated it, had no idea what to do after. On our way through the archives we took out a Warden, rival squad rushed us at the end terminal but ultimately everyone died from time. This was with randoms, we were cruising through it. WSTR a must I would say, also had a Volley Rifle. Ammo will be a concern, healing/shield charges blues only, will try again tomorrow.
 
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What a fucking genius loop.

Farm, contracts PvP etc normally throughout week.

Cryo spawn to clear safely an area of bots to get security clearance level 1, then the second you get to security 2, everyone floods into the same room lmao. Ever been 5th partied!? Absolute blood bath. Get their tags to get even further in if you survivor. Plus find batteries to get into vaults.

Genius.
 
Will add it's the least visually appealing map but it has a claustrophobic, tense feel to it. I found a battery which I put into a machine, other machine next to it needed "coolant", we didn't have any of that. You will need to search destroyed UESC for security clearances. I didn't see any new enemy types...

UESC will flank and rush down much more than other maps, at one point we were in a small room with multiple entrances, constant stream of UESC rushing up stairs, I'd pop out from around the corner with the shotty *bang bang*, another robot bites the dust, other two dudes were guarding windows/catwalk, pretty intense.
 
Will add it's the least visually appealing map but it has a claustrophobic, tense feel to it. I found a battery which I put into a machine, other machine next to it needed "coolant", we didn't have any of that. You will need to search destroyed UESC for security clearances. I didn't see any new enemy types...

UESC will flank and rush down much more than other maps, at one point we were in a small room with multiple entrances, constant stream of UESC rushing up stairs, I'd pop out from around the corner with the shotty *bang bang*, another robot bites the dust, other two dudes were guarding windows/catwalk, pretty intense.
Well nobody got far so thats why probably
 
Yeah shroud getting 84 fps in a room yikes. My game will go down below 60 there, thats a no no. If this map will run like this ima just wait for optimization
 
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I didn't notice too big a performance hit on Outpost compared to peri and darsh (14700F/4070 Ti Super), but I still haven't played it much. Surprised about the somewhat poor optimization in general though since the game isn't doing anything cutting-edge with its rendering. Raiders generally runs better overall and that's a UE5 game with ray-traced GI (albeit at a lower quality than Lumen) and larger maps with much longer draw distances.
 
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Well nobody got far so thats why probably

If you read my previous post we made it to the very "end", console with exfil but nobody knew how to exfil. Cleared multiple large sections, took out a Warden etc. I have a feeling new enemy is just a special raid boss (S'pht) and no regular troops but we'll see.
 
If you read my previous post we made it to the very "end", console with exfil but nobody knew how to exfil. Cleared multiple large sections, took out a Warden etc. I have a feeling new enemy is just a special raid boss (S'pht) and no regular troops but we'll see.
Made it to vault 7 already? :D
 
So it is doable with Blues but also gonna need blue heals and shields
I didn't see any new enemy types...
S'pht Compiler appears in that last video they released, and I believe the Phor are also coming back and they're likely keeping them for future content updates. didn't get very far into the map we wiped one squad then got third partied so I don't know if they are also in this map
 
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Key items I'd recommend:
Claymores for the PvP room
Bubble shield just for general safety and resets
Self revive, blue shields, blue patch
And the most important a gun strictly for pve bot ammo dumps with a ton of ammo for it and possibly even ammo boxes (LMG or v11 punch)
 
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lmao first round we stuck in a hallway with another group, fought for like 5 minutes, but everyone just running in and shotgun 2 tap. So stupid :D

Shotgun meta will be ridiculous on this map
 
lmao first round we stuck in a hallway with another group, fought for like 5 minutes, but everyone just running in and shotgun 2 tap. So stupid :D

Shotgun meta will be ridiculous on this map
Shotgun loses to LMG with shield up.
 
Just done Cyro, first time, got to extract. Map feels huge. Was lucky I had a good team because I was running like a headless chicken at times lol.

Started with the Cyro sponsor kit, you need more than that blue bag. By the end I dropped a couple things I wanted and picked up the wrong gun, but we were out of time. But so much loot, Im going in with the purple bag. And my peasant mind was looking at bulk resources.

Came across 2 teams. Im use to Destiny raids and such, but when you're fighting against another team it just makes things so much more intense.
Being able to revive was such a good choice by Bungie, and self revive, makes those come backs possible

Great map, seems like a maze. Feel bad for those who didnt make it :p
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I might upload some clips to here, tbh by the end we were just running for the exit, it was quite hard to find
Glad it worked out, because I had like a solid hour and half of failed extracts solo and crew today
 
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2nd run, successful exfill with the sponsored kit. Loot is just so overwhelming on this map. 2 of my teammate died, because they didnt followed me to the extract. Greedy mfers

The central area looks so fucking good

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2nd run, successful exfill with the sponsored kit. Loot is just so overwhelming on this map. 2 of my teammate died, because they didnt followed me to the extract. Greedy mfers

The central area looks so fucking good

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Yeah the map looks amazing in general.
 
Yeah the first 10 minutes are warm up againts ai and loot phase. Then you get thrown into the lions den with 2-3 teams at once + AI. Its insane
 
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Jesus this is intense my old heart cant take this :D

This is where this games pvp really shines. The implant that makes you invis during ress is so clutch
 
My god 2nd successful exfill it was a dopamine rush running to the exfill site, i almost got lost, but found it with 20 sec on the timer, both of my teammates are MIA o7
 
Cryo looks pretty cool but no way am I ready for it haha. Super super sweaty, would be broke in an hour tops. Think I'm too old for this shit, don't have the skills of this new generation of kids.
 
Cryo looks pretty cool but no way am I ready for it haha. Super super sweaty, would be broke in an hour tops. Think I'm too old for this shit, don't have the skills of this new generation of kids.
I can confirm I took a 250k vault value down to 100k in a matter of 5 runs.

Gg. Durandal wins.
 
Wipe 4-5 people solo.

Watch teammates struggle with one fucking dude.

Get 4th partied.

Ranked score should affect who I even get matched with in the future.

Also buff spider bots on recon to use tick tracking please Bungo.

GGs. I'll have to watch pros/streamers. This is outside my wheel house. I can't carry these fucks.
 


Couldn't agree more. This shit's like crack. We only got out twice out of our 5 or 6 runs in Cryo but loved every second of it.
 
Oh and the performance on Cryo (on PC) is AWFUL. Especially in the center room it's barely playable. Not sure why this game is struggling so much.
 
Super niche game.

Even more hardcore/niche end game component that filters out 95% of the playerbase due to the game design.

Cryo as a map is great, but is awful queueing up with randoms. No mics, won't work together, ramble about pointless shit, can't PvP, you name it.

So you need 2 buddies to have a chance at it.

I feel like games have long since evolved past this. It isn't for me sadly. Doubt ranked will be either.
 
Oh and the performance on Cryo (on PC) is AWFUL. Especially in the center room it's barely playable. Not sure why this game is struggling so much.
Performance is shocking, to the point where it takes away from the enjoyment. They need to get on top of it as if my system is struggling, god help anyone on lower end parts.
 
Super niche game.

Even more hardcore/niche end game component that filters out 95% of the playerbase due to the game design.

Cryo as a map is great, but is awful queueing up with randoms. No mics, won't work together, ramble about pointless shit, can't PvP, you name it.

So you need 2 buddies to have a chance at it.

I feel like games have long since evolved past this. It isn't for me sadly. Doubt ranked will be either.
Why don't you team up with some gaffers?
 
Had my first run ... wow that was rough but so much fun, map is awesome, literally SO MUCH STUFF map event wise to explore and learn which is cool, we spent too long trying to find security key cards to extract and got caught between 2 squads who ended up hunting us down.

I like the fact when you do a run it gives you a Cryo sponsored kit so you can enter in again, but im going to have to not play with randos, ive been lucky that ive had 1 teammate who talks and coordinate, but one just runs off trying to loot as much stuff as possible then dies to a squad leaving us 2 to challenge the vaults.

Either way, awesome idea and executed really well, with some of the loot i've seen, I can understand why its timed only on weekends
 
Super niche game.

Even more hardcore/niche end game component that filters out 95% of the playerbase due to the game design.

Cryo as a map is great, but is awful queueing up with randoms. No mics, won't work together, ramble about pointless shit, can't PvP, you name it.

So you need 2 buddies to have a chance at it.

I feel like games have long since evolved past this. It isn't for me sadly. Doubt ranked will be either.

My strategy for every game is to find some randoms on discord and play with at least one other person in a premade. you'll eventually end up with a virtual crew for niche team based stuff. It's worth the effort.
 
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