Problems with Marathon

Here are concerns of what is wrong with Marathon. I’m trying to be as constructive as I write this. You need duos first and foremost. I know you you’re working on it but put this in yesterday. Not every one of my friends is always around because we have a life. So when we are a duo and forced to try and find a third, the amount of people who don’t use their mics is unbelievable. In an extraction shooter where communication is key and a teammate chooses not to do it hurts the rest of us. I’ve gone into trios as a solo countless times and the amount of people that choose to not communicate is ridiculous. So if I bring loot in and teammates choose not to communicate and I loose my good gear then I’m just out. So the best way for you to combat this is by adding duos. Gear tiers. You might not agree or like this but you need gear tiers. White gear vs purple gear isn’t close to a competition and I understand it’s not meant to be. But with your in game economy it doesn’t work well and it’s going to cause players to stop playing. I don’t want that to happen but it’s an issue. Why don’t you have white gear player be able to fight against whites/greens. Then have greens be able to go against greens/blues and then blues/purples/gold etc. If I’m trying to recover from a few bad runs and then immediately get rolled by leveled up players it’s going to get old fast and you will lose players. The argument of well it’s an extraction shooter is a weak counter argument also. Vault and faction issues. I have vault space being taken up by high rarity salvage that I’m forced to either keep or sell it and try and find it later when I get further leveled in the faction. Some of this salvage takes up so much room. Yes I have some guns in my vault why? Because I can’t buy some of them and I like using them for when I do have a team. Ranked mode and cryo on weekends needs changed. See Houndish video 3-20-26 fo reference with his concerns because he is right. Right now you have a game that is an absolute slaughter fest and yes PvP is fun. But how am I supposed to get contracts done and factions upgraded when teammates choose not to communicate and then I run into leveled players just clearing the map? It isn’t sustainable. It doesn’t mean you have to make this game for everyone. You need to make the playing field more even though at some point and then have a mode where everyone can go in and as they wish with whatever gear they want. My two cents from a guy who has been around since Halo 2.