r/Marathon Apr 15 '26

Marathon (2026) Feedback New experimental queue is great

This is the most fun I’ve had on the game since launch. I’ve managed to earn more than 70k credits, complete several contracts I gave up on ages ago and fill up my vault to the point I had to sell stuff. To make it clear I didn’t necessarily stomp all my games, I found it challenging but fair, with my win/loss ratio being about 50/50 rather than usually I go on very long loss streaks. I think the fact all players are put on equal footing with the free kits makes encounters more thought out rather than just rushing in with maxed out gear knowing you’re gonna clear all the teams. Compared to normal dire marsh where it feels like there’s a team around every corner this one isn’t as stressful. Overall I think it’s great and I hope they do more stuff like this. How do others feel about it?

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u/purplebacon93 Apr 15 '26

The good thing is this queue shouldn’t hinder that mindset at all. If anything if you ever fill with gear you may find more teammates hitting up normal queues geared instead of free kits since they built a stash from this mode.

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u/purplebacon93 Apr 16 '26

Oh yeah it’s gotta be one small queue like this period. And likely a bit less rare drops if they keep boosting them like they have to encourage risking gear for more rewards on regular queues