r/Marathon 22h ago

Misc Using extraction as a strategy to get rid of people

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Not sure if anyone else does the same thing or is it just me.

I managed to get rid of people by using the extraction antenna. I get in to start 10 secs countdown while my mates continue fighting. one or two players come at me to kill me and knife me down. I die but the clock hits zero and they get flushed out of the map. the third enemy gets killed in 2 vs 1. then one of my mates revives me.

i did that already 3 times during the 2 weeks i have been playing the game lol. fun stuff


r/Marathon 15h ago

Marathon (2026) HOLY MOLLY VANDAL IS SO FUN

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I usually play triage and sentinel. I’ve been on a GENERATIONAL LOSING streak so I decided to switch from my two beloved and HOLY MOLY THE SHMOOVEMENT IS AMAZING. I just clutched and finally won a match thanks to the double jump. Hopefully my husbands don’t mind 🤞🫦.


r/Marathon 12h ago

Marathon (2026) These moments is why I love this game

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My adrenaline was pumping missed a couple sniper shots but was able to clutch it 😂


r/Marathon 14h ago

Question Newer player having a hard-ish time.

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Hi,

For starters, love the game, totally!

I'm trying to learn maps and tactics etc and get into the game effectively. I get the overall play style, but I can't help but get absolutely slammed or progress myself in a meaningful way, even in the " beginner" maps.

I know "skill issues" and random squad fills don't help, but is there a way I can learn or level/progress alternative to the. Queue in, try to learn, head sheered off by synchronized sniper rifle shots, lol.

I'm not here to complain and I'm not giving up, I'd just like to be better and I'm not getting anywhere with so many sweats. no hate to them, they earned it! but I can't compete or progress with gold/purp teams being a " trying to learn noob".

I know it's lame, but I appreciate any feedback.


r/Marathon 14h ago

Humor Probably one of the best marathon videos I have seen

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Super funny editing and really good quality

Video by YouTuber glytchie


r/Marathon 40m ago

Marathon (2026) Feedback thief visor broken?

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has anyone seen the thief visor showing the wrong colour? i was in ranked and saw a dead body that was clearly gold and another that was purple. i figured i was insanely lucky, went to loot them, and the gold only had up to purple rarity, and the purple had only blues. i even went out of the backpack before taking anything to double check and it was still showing as gold.

tldr i got scammed by thief visor :(


r/Marathon 14h ago

Humor Sony thank you for Marathon I love this game and forgive you for Bloodborne

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yes I will buy season pass again hope it helps


r/Marathon 11h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion I can’t wait to fight more Aliens

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When are we getting autorifle flying?


r/Marathon 11h ago

Media Post I love Outland

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r/Marathon 10h ago

Media Post Sometimes, you hit clean shots and it feels good. Dad still got it.

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we tried to kill the people doing upper complex but they got us in the end, they had great gear. This was a highlight for my aging hands though.


r/Marathon 2h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Killed by a team less than a minute into a match. That's never happened before!

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This was on Outpost; we spawned back behind Orientation I'm pretty sure. I think there's a site showing the possible spawns floating around, could someone post it? I want to know where this team even spawned. We walked forward, started climbing the building, and they were already on us. Caught us totally by surprise, as you can imagine. They also were dropping bubble shields and shit right from the get go so we just got ran over.


r/Marathon 22h ago

Fan Art/Fan Creation vändäl

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r/Marathon 10h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Frozen Sig Jam Visuals Bug Lost Us So Much Gold

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We got pushed in Ranked on Perimeter last night. Vandal blasts through a door with thief following suit, downs a teammate. I move in to the room to quickly capitalize on location info, and I see an sig jam fuzz on the corner of the room. I offload half of my Drrvsh clip onto it before realizing it’s a visual glitch. Unfortunately it’s too late to down one of the two runners clearly then visible on thermal, on the opposite side of the room.

The type of thing that makes you feel two thoughts -one: it’s not my fault I lost my fight; but then two: that is an expensive glitch to have in game at this point. Thoughts?


r/Marathon 17h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Let’s settle this once and for all: WEAVEmaster has to be earned in a single season by achieving a max cradle level of 77.

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I have seen this misinformation taken as fact by so many people, I need to make it clear: the WEAVEmaster title MUST be earned in ONE SEASON.

The challenge description is “In any season, evolve your cradle 7 times and reach level 70.”

To put it another way, the challenge is satisfied when you: reach the final stage of the final evolution of the cradle. Numerically, this means having 77 available cradle points. You’ve reached Evolution 7, and you’ve reached level 70.

to be clear; you do not get the reward of the title when you evolve for the 7th time. The 7th evolution actually has NO reward - until you hit level 70 on that Evolution. That debunks the theory that “it’s /1 because the skins are the progress bar”

Further data to support this:
The progress bar is /1, with no way to track how close to your 7th evolution + Level 7 you are from the total.

Many people argue that the codex will not be reset next season. This is correct. This is why the title is a /1 and not an /8 that you can make progress towards over multiple seasons.

Further and most damning! The TITLE UNLOCK DESCRIPTOR for the title drops the “In any season,” language — the language that is the entire opposing theory rests on.

JUST like the only other PRESTIGE title in the game, PROFITEER, WEAVEmaster is NOT cumulative.

Finally, some people may argue that “evolution points will stay post wipe” to which I must insist they will not.

Removing one of the core gear-dump endgame goals for the most dedicated players (those who’ve earned weavemaster) while simultaneously giving them an additional 7 points of Evolution right off the bat allowing them to hit rank 77 on Day 1 would be antithetical to the basic idea of the reset, which is to give endgame players something to do again and allow new players a somewhat even playing ground.

YES I know Bungie made this same mistake before but they’ve acknowledged that and would certainly not be foolish enough to build an entire system around permanently empowering it’s highest playtime players while simultaneously removing one of their largest goals when entering a new season.

To be clear, this “goal” is the entire purpose of loot once a player reaches a full vault and has completed the endgame activities. Resetting your cradle is essentially a self inflicted micro wipe. I believe people believe they’ll stick around because of the Arc Raiders expeditions, but they must realize that expeditions are the only type of wipe Arc has.

Please try to poke holes in my theory in the comments as I’m positive I will be able to refute any of it!

My final thought:
If WM were a cumulative skin, they’d essentially be guaranteeing that season 7 of the game every day one player has it. Regardless of player count that’s just not good game design to offer such a prestige title simply for emptying your vault to the worm and resetting at hour 0 every season.


r/Marathon 10h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Stop Rushing

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First off, I suck at the game.

That said I'm noticing a pattern with the people I get paired up with where they find people and rush directly forward.

Team on 2nd level, rush up the stairs.

Team in Hollar, rush up the stairwell 2 deep.

Team on an outpost rooftop, rush them by running out in the open.

Lets try and flank maybe? Lets go around and attack from behind. lets wait until they leave. Lets shoot and run to get them out of position. Idk anything other than yell and run straight at them?

Not to mention these rush plays are often not called out. You are just expected to follow the person talking the most on the team.

There is a time and place to rush for sure but constantly getting into 1v 3 situations sucks.


r/Marathon 13h ago

Humor The lack of friendships in game is really a big oversight

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Anyways, some chad killed me and took my purple key room loot in solos and I'm sad about it.

I offered my drinkable cheeseburgers, I had two of them. They could have just said no.

EDIT : I mean mid run alliances, not actually finding people to play with


r/Marathon 1d ago

Media Post If you don't respect the California Gurls, you get ambushed!

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Decided to play some outpost with California Gurls playing on proximity chat. Of course, once the Thief shot me, it was clear there was no peaceful solution.


r/Marathon 1h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Bundles. Bundles never change

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Could the developers please make it possible to view and purchase old bundles, rather than just the current ones available in a separate menu? What’s the problem? You already have a feature that lets you view the entire set via a single item. It’s a real jerk move not to offer a choice when buying


r/Marathon 19h ago

Fan Art/Fan Creation Looking For Playtesters and Collaborators for Marathon fan TTRPG

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Hi all, I'm developing a TTRPG based on Marathon 2026 that's inspired by Lancer.

The game: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XX3ondh2NgMIU8LhJ_lVelZwbwL4BNmu71Pt1LTlhI8/edit?usp=sharing

We're looking for some playtesters to help give feedback on the game and collaborators to contribute to the project. If you're interested in being a playtester, just join the Discord server and you can hop into one of the weekly playtests. Currently we're hosting them on Saturdays, but you're welcome to host your own sessions in the server if you want.

When it comes to collaborators, we're looking for artists, graphic designers, Marathon lore historians, or just anyone with experience making TTRPGs. If you want to contribute, just join the Discord server and say you're interested in being a collaborator so I can give you the appropriate role. Thanks!

(You must be 18+ to join the server)

https://discord.gg/Rn3FuQWqr


r/Marathon 14h ago

Humor I think Reddit’s targeted ads are getting the wrong idea about me

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r/Marathon 18h ago

Marathon (2026) Tips for controller users!

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Do you hate that when you "Cycle Zoom" while crouched your character rises up standing? No more! Set Sprint on R3 to "Tap" and Cycle Zoom to "Hold", problem solved!

Also interactig is good to change too, "Tap" to reload and "Hold" to Interact, that way you'll avoid unwanted reloads or interacts.

Finally, did you know that if you just quickly hold up on D-pad, it automaticly selects the "basic" granades: Frag Granade or Fletchette Granade? Good to know if you are in middle of hectic firefight and you need quickly something explosive to throw! Same principle goes for consumables, it automaticly changes it to "Smart Heal".


r/Marathon 22h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Smooth Jazz guy in marathon

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This is the second post I made about this guy, this guy was a legend. Encountered him last week but I'm only just now getting to posting it.


r/Marathon 1d ago

Media Post Tip: When opening Algae Ponds office key, always set a claymore in the bathroom

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I swear I catch someone this way every time I hit this key room.


r/Marathon 19h ago

Marathon Trilogy Rage: Marathon Art of Craig Mullins [21]

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rage.jpg
Filename: rage.jpg
Size: 640 x 480 pixels
Date: October 1996 (Marathon Infinity)
About: Rage Chapter screen for Marathon Infinity.

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Mullins 1.pict
Filename: Mullins 1.pict
Size: 832 x 624 pixels
Date: 1997 (Marathon Trilogy Box Set)
About: One of sixteen Marathon Desktop Pictures on the Marathon Trilogy CD.

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rage_full.jpeg
Filename: rage_full.jpeg
Size: 1379 x 977 pixels
Date: May 1998 (RuGGeR's Tavern on Hotline)
About: Widest fame of view version showing more of the architecture.

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Filename: infinity.jpg
Size: 600 x 425 pixels
Date: January 1999 (goodbrush.com)
About: Read below.

Rescaled version of the larger (1379 x 977 pixels) image with widest fame of view.

In January 1999 Craig wrote:

\*Marathon Marine with Staff*\**
Another view of the Marathon Marine, this time holding one of his captured enemies' weapons.

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Filename: EXTERIOR.JPG
Size: 1300 x 975 pixels
Date: July 1999 (Oni Promo CD)
About: Cropped version with less architecture visible. This version was used for the Rage Chapter screen.

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EXTERIOR.JPG (My Note: Real filename is EXTERIOR04.jpg)
Filename: EXTERIOR.JPG (My Note: Real filename is EXTERIOR04.jpg)
Size: 1100 x 779 pixels
Date: September 2004 (Goodbrush.com)
About: Read below.

Rescaled version of the larger (1379 x 977 pixels) image with widest fame of view.

Below are some comments about this image left by people who visited goodbrush.com back in the day.

Lt Devon       [Sep 23, 2004 at 09:22 PM]
Awesome. The angle is so cool! My only problem is that the building in the background looks suspiciously like a skyscraper! There are no skyscrapers on Lhowon, Craig ;)!

Sentient       [Sep 23, 2004 at 10:07 PM]
I have always loved this image. I remember playing Marathon when I was a kid, and being amazed at the artwork. I'm glad to have finally found the source of the awe-inspiring images behind Bungie's ancient masterpiece.


r/Marathon 22h ago

Marathon (2026) Feedback Timed Map Rotations Terrible for Causals

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I'm a casual player. I can't schedule my life around when Dire Marsh Day becomes available. I need it to finish up contracts. Is season 3 carrying this stupid mechanic forward? If they are, they need to unbind our story driven contracts. I understand this is a nice way to force rotations. But 90 minutes is a lot. I've been sitting on these contacts for weeks because I only have 1-2 hours a day to play and getting tired of perimeter and outpost as my only viable options. I want to actually play this game, please allow it!