Marathon is in its second week out within the wild and Bungie has launched the sport’s largest patch but. The replace provides numerous fixes and tweaks, however the principle addition is a brand new end-game map referred to as Cryo Archive. It’s stay within the recreation and presumably full of beneficial salvage however nobody’s certain methods to entry it but. “Good luck getting there,” reads the patch be aware from Bungie.
Because the studio has finished up to now with Future, Cryo Archive seems to require fixing an ongoing ARG to be able to unlock entry to it. Marathon gamers have spent the final week going via puzzles and discovering some neat movies, however for many gamers this might be a matter of logging on someday and seeing that regardless of the subsequent section of Marathon is as magically triggered.
And as soon as Cryo Archive goes stay, gamers will nonetheless be gated from enjoying it until they’re stage 25 and have unlocked entry to each Faction. That’s not tremendous exhausting nevertheless it does take a while and will certainly forestall extra informal gamers from seeing what Cryo Archive is all about first-hand.
Main as much as that occasion, nonetheless, Bungie has already made some welcome modifications to the bottom recreation. That features nerfing the WSTR Fight Shotgun that’s been wrecking people inside Marathon‘s extra confined areas and a repair for the bug that stored unequipping knife cosmetics. UESC dropships bringing in provides may also not be clipping via the map or killing gamers after they arrive.
The 2 most important tweaks are to the audio and mod swapping. Weapon mods can now be dragged and dropped on the stock menu, making it manner simpler to handle your vault and alter attachments. And enemy gunfire not travels thus far. Bungie had not too long ago over-tuned it so gamers had been listening to gunfights from throughout the map. The radius for selecting up on these sound results how been lowered once more.
Bungie has been fast to deal with different points as effectively, buffing the quantity of ammo drops on the map and juicing the frequency of participant encounters so folks don’t get bored. It’s even speeding forward with an experimental new duos mode that the fanbase has been requesting. Whereas some are frightened it can break up the matchmaking participant base, it must be enjoyable to check out each time a squad’s third individual decides to be a coward and bail early for the evening.
The total Marathon 1.0.5 patch notes are beneath:
Merchandise Economic system
Added three new random-rolled implant perks that may solely be discovered on implants looted from Cryo Archive: Covert Restoration: Whereas in smoke, your self-repair pace is elevated and you utilize therapeutic consumables sooner. Freeloader: Defeating an enemy with a knife assault grants a small quantity of tactical and prime potential vitality. Panic Response: Whereas at low well being, utilizing a therapeutic consumable grants the consequences of Cardio Kick for a brief length. Added three new mods that may solely be looted from Cryo Archive: Punishment This weapon offers considerably elevated injury in opposition to [REDACTED] combatants. Testomony Aiming down sights for a brief length will increase this weapon’s vary and purpose help by an enormous quantity. Hurricane Whereas airborne, this weapon has elevated stability and enormously diminished accuracy penalties. Sponsored Kits Rook not will get a surplus Sponsored Equipment upon loss of life.
Fight
Gamers can now activate exfil beacons whereas downed. Good luck. Decreased digicam shake depth from incoming melee and knife assaults. Elevated post-run spectator digicam timeout from 30 seconds to 120 seconds. Mounted a problem the place a participant may have a finisher used on them proper as they had been finishing a self-revive or being revived, instantly downing them once more. Mounted situations of revive timer lockout shaders showing on enemy Runner’s physique baggage. Mounted situations the place potential activations may develop into desynced with the server. Adjusted the Hacked standing display screen impact to be decrease depth and have slower glitch crawl impact.
Runners
Murderer Mounted a problem the place Murderer’s smoke puck wouldn’t change look based mostly on the outfitted Runner shell type whereas activating Shadow Dive. Thief Pickpocket Drone can not loot gamers who’re within the lively exfil animation. Mounted a problem the place Pickpocket Drone’s on-screen button immediate wouldn’t replace to match a participant’s modified keybind or controller button mapping. Mounted a problem the place high-speed grapples may have an effect on community stability. Triage Mounted a problem the place being near max warmth may forestall gamers from utilizing the Battery Overcharge potential. Rook Eliminated Rook’s Runner Degree requirement. Rook can now be used at Runner Degree 0. Implants Mounted a problem the place Swish Touchdown V5’s distinctive trait may very well be activated by Vandal’s Microjets from flat floor. Mounted a problem the place Swish Touchdown V5’s distinctive trait was not scaling detonation injury appropriately for longer falls.
UESC
Mounted a problem the place UESC would repeatedly use the identical ladder. Mounted quite a few points that might trigger AI to freeze in place or develop into unresponsive.
Contracts and Occasions
Improved the visible readability of contract and exercise waypoint icons. Crews carrying each Coordinate Datapads should now carry each of them to the situation of the cache earlier than the loot is revealed. Beforehand, any crew member being current on the location would reveal the loot. Mounted some eventualities the place the MIDA Order/Chaos 1/1, Traxus Return on Funding 3/5, and Traxus Liaison may forestall gamers from finishing the contract. Mounted a problem the place the UI may develop into out of sync between crew members on the identical contract throughout a run. Perimeter Intercept dropships ought to not clip via the setting in South Relay. Tripwires locations in Overflow hallways ought to not be floating in mid-air. Mounted a problem the place DCON wouldn’t present up on the overhead map when on a contract that requires it. Dire Marsh UESC dropships that arrive in the course of the Lockdown occasion within the northeast nook of Algae Ponds will not fly in via participant area, killing gamers of their path. Pinging the Stabilization System and Anomalous Matter on the overhead map will now present a string within the crew feed, notifying your crewmates. Mounted a problem for the Traxus Liaison Contract the place the Commander would despawn if a crew didn’t have interaction and kill it in time. Outpost Encounters spawning on the roof of Flight Management have been improved and will now appropriately have interaction gamers.
Consumer Interface and Expertise
Achievements Mounted a problem the place gamers wouldn’t get the “Welcome to Tau Ceti” achievement. Armory Merchandise tooltips within the Armory now primarily present the acquisition price as a substitute of the worth the merchandise sells for. Codex New Codex challenges added for Ranked and Cryo Archive. A “NEW” indicator will seem on Codex classes containing challenges added in Patch 1.0.5. Mounted a problem the place inspecting an merchandise within the Codex may show flickering textual content. Mounted a problem the place “Acquired Gadgets” challenges within the Codex indicated that the problem may very well be accomplished by merely choosing up the merchandise. Challenges now precisely state that profitable exfil with the merchandise(s) is required. Mounted a problem the place the WSTR Shotgun Codex problem incorrectly famous that it may very well be accomplished by downing a Runner. Up to date the textual content to point {that a} full elimination is required. Mounted a problem the place the Thief Codex problem “Shattered Hopes” incorrectly tracked combatants. This problem has been up to date to trace Runners solely. Mounted a problem the place the Thief Grasp Codex problem “No Goal too Nice” was solely monitoring Wardens. This problem will now monitor Wardens and Commanders. Mounted a problem the place the Destroyer Codex problem “Shut the Hole” wouldn’t full when downing a Runner too near the preliminary Thruster activation. Mounted a problem the place claiming Seasonal Degree rewards from the Codex may displace objects within the overflow, inflicting them to be misplaced. Challenges granting gear rewards will now verify for objects in overflow and stop claiming till the overflow has been emptied. Mounted a problem the place inspecting non-weapon objects within the Codex would show a “Appropriate Weapons” string. In-Run Improved the general legibility of the Revive immediate. Some waypoints will now fade when aiming down-sights (ADS). Gadgets Exfilling with a Temporal Fragment will produce variable rewards relying in your seasonal Runner Degree. Foyer Loadout will now present a banner warning you that you’ve got overflow objects. Added a shortcut for “i” or “begin” to open the Loadout menu. Added a shortcut for “tab” or “choices” to open the Loadout menu whereas getting ready for a run. Up to date Lacking Tools warning to make clear that gamers are lacking Well being or Protect consumables. Mounted a problem stopping generally discovered objects from being proven when deciding on map areas. Ping System Exercise icons pinged from the overhead map will extra reliably present their waypoints. Rewards Go Premium Rewards Go Voucher objects ought to not seem in your stock. Run Report Mounted a problem the place the Runner Degree Up rewards display screen was generally clean. Social Added the Rated tab into the Runner Connections panel in an effort to see the way you stack up in opposition to your connections. Retailer Up to date incorrect merchandise rarity for the Luxe Palace, Overdrive-TSL, and Cyber Pink Runner Shells from Deluxe to Superior. Vault Consumables, Ammo, Salvage, and Grenades now have bigger stack sizes within the Vault. Added filter tabs for keys and backpacks. Voice Chat Added an choice for consoles and gamepads to assist Crew Voice Push-To-Discuss whereas in a run. This solely applies to runs; the foyer will nonetheless make the most of an open mic. Including a further Push-To-Discuss choice, “Faucet”. When set, tapping the Proximity or Crew Chat button(s) will open the mic till you’re finished talking or faucet the button(s) once more. Mounted quite a few points inflicting voice chat interruptions and inconsistencies. Weapon Customization Optimized sticker and allure placement on a handful of weapons.
Stability
Added AMD Anti-Lag 2 Low Latency to Video Settings. Ammo Crate Mounted a problem the place Ammo Crates couldn’t be interacted with when positioned near partitions or terrain. Cardio Kick Mounted a problem the place regular and depleted variations of Cardio Kick’s standing icon appeared individually within the HUD. Claymore Mine Mounted a problem that prevented Claymores from taking splash injury when hooked up to different objects. Knife Knife cosmetics will not unequip after failing to exfil. V75 Scar Mounted a problem with the Ram-Web page Magazine that was inflicting bullets to ricochet off turrets, regardless of dealing injury. WSTR Fight Shotgun Lowered leftward movement in firing recoil. Elevated length of spin prepared required earlier than it may be interrupted by weapon hearth. Redistributed injury falloff. It now retains near-max injury at point-blank vary however falls off way more rapidly. Lowered purpose help cone measurement and diminished the affect of purpose help on pellet unfold as they journey. Misriah 2442 Lowered leftward movement in firing recoil. Longshot Mounted a problem with the gold mod resetting its counter incorrectly and disappearing from the buff tray show.
Mods
Drag & Drop can now be used to take away weapon mods from weapons. Dragging a mod hooked up to a weapon into the backpack or Vault will now take away the mod and place it into that stock quite than shifting your complete weapon Chips Limitless Runner Mounted a problem with the Superior rarity model having an incorrect string. Optics Thermals Mounted a problem the place thermals weren’t highlighting invisible UESC combatants, ticks, and tick nests. Turbines Mounted a tooltip show situation that incorrectly labeled the decreased cost time as elevated cost time. Magazines Cloudfeather Chamber was lacking its Weight Discount stat bonus, making it too just like Turbo Chamber. It now appropriately grants a bonus to Weight Discount. Barrels Suppressors Eliminated the well being show scramble and the 2D injury indicator results that occurred to victims shot by a weapon with a suppressor attachment. DEVELOPERS NOTE: We could revisit this sooner or later however for now we consider this muddied the gameplay language an excessive amount of and the good thing about a quieter weapon is engaging sufficient for these mods.
Zones
Cryo Archive Cryo Archive has been added to the sport. Good luck getting there.
Audio
UESC spawn-in animation will now play the entire related audio. Lowered the vary which you could hear different gamers in fight.
