Marathon's upcoming balance patches take aim at godlike knives, strong snipers and ubiquitous shields, while adding some SECRET items

You tin archer an item's genuinely hush-hush erstwhile the connection SECRET is successful each caps

Following the execution of a speedy question exploit, Marathon developers Bungie person a clump of different weapons successful the arsenal of the uber-powerful runner successful their sights. Snipers, knives, and bubble shields are each connected the code down database for the extraction shooter's upcoming patches.

Director Joe Ziegler has announced arsenic overmuch successful a Steam post, which helium kicked disconnected by shouting "BALANCE SHAKE UP" similar idiosyncratic trying to rouse a sleeping dormitory.

"We're looking to marque immoderate changes successful the adjacent mates of patches to set immoderate of the outliers successful the combat abstraction that we've some seen successful our observations and heard from your feedback crossed each of the assorted (and plentiful) channels we watch," helium continued without yelly caps fastener on. "Some of these changes volition beryllium apt coming successful the adjacent patch, the adjacent acceptable volition apt beryllium arriving a week after."

So, what are these outliers successful the combat space, which coincidentally is the sanction of my caller indie band? First off, Bungie reckon bubble shields are excessively effectual to to casual to get your hands on, portion snipers are "too beardown successful each scenarios" and thermal scopes are "too contiguous and dominant". Knives "scaling excessively easy to deity similar powerfulness levels" is different contented the devs are keen to nip successful the bud. Meanwhile, Vandal and Recon person been vaguely promised "some much oomph to lucifer their counterparts" successful bid to transportation much folks to prime them disconnected the runner ammunition shelf.

Now, shush. Ziegler went connected to tease immoderate SECRET caller items coming to Marathon, which you cognize are SECRET due to the fact that the developer shouted the connection SECRET successful each caps. One volition "give solos a much communal enactment erstwhile downed", portion the different volition connection "a much merciful enactment betwixt crews".

There'll beryllium much to the patches than conscionable these tweaks and additions, but Bungie are keeping mum connected those for now. If you're aft immoderate thoughts connected Marathon, my colleagues person likened it to being stuck wrong a graphics paper and grumbled astir having to archer their mates to unopen up during the cutscenes.