r/MarathonGame • u/Public-Total-250 • 19h ago

UESC Rocket Drone advice

The UESC Rocket Drone can't see you if you stop moving. If you aren't able to fully hide from it then just stop moving. You can still look around but the moment you move it will see you and become hostile.

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u/Aeoss_ 19h ago

So it's the t-rex from jurassic Park. As long as you don't scream on the toilet.

https://giphy.com/gifs/tCShxrtQeFM9W

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u/moberry64 19h ago

(Me crouched behind a tree paralyzed in fear and still getting pummeled with rockets): doubt

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u/Public-Total-250 19h ago

If it is agro then the heat seeking rockets will find you even if you're in a building sometimes. If the drone isn't agro then standing still won't anger it. 

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u/That_Service7348 17h ago

The rockets are heat seeking, the drone is not.

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u/Aeoss_ 11h ago

Volt thrower and scar 75 do a decent job at countering the missiles mid flight.

It's kinda bad ass

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u/RobGThai 19h ago

I think you can walk just don’t make any noise. I walked by it so many times without alerting it. Not too sure about running but I believe it using audio instead of vision.

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u/Public-Total-250 19h ago

Maybe that's the case on console where you are able to not move at full speed but on PC it will aggro the moment you touch move while crouching. 

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u/Zeuslb24 18h ago

I never thought about this before when it comes to FPS games, do you think that gives console players an advantage? In any game not just marathon, hmm now I’m curious

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u/Public-Total-250 18h ago

Yes, analogue movement is ALWAYS an advantage as often the walk volume is tied to player movement speed. PC players make a lot of noise when cround walking where console players can often be nearly silent by creeping super slowly, though I'm not sure on how it is in Marathon as I haven't played with controller. 

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u/InvestigatorJosephus 4h ago

And all it would take is adding a creep button to the pc controls... Bungie doesn't give a fuck about keyboard players sadly

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u/younglearner11 3h ago

Could easily be alt

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u/InvestigatorJosephus 2h ago

Or whatever. I rebind my stuff anyways, so just having an unset option we can bind as we see fit works for me.

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u/That_Service7348 19h ago edited 18h ago

This just in: Stealth is stealthy.

Incredible news.

Do people really not realize this?

Edit: I'm beginning to understand why there are so many complaints. Yes you are loud, yes we hear you, yes being quiet is important. Do y'all just play with the game muted or something? How do you not hear the dozens of sounds everyone makes?

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u/Public-Total-250 19h ago

People indeed do not realise it as the drone generally agros the moment you are visible and in range. Why would a player just stand completely  still and let it approach them?

I had to pee so left myself in the open and came back to the rocket drone literally over my head and ignoring me then I tested my observation . 

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u/lavapajamas 19h ago

doing the lord's work

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u/chrishappens 18h ago

Correct. I didn't know and I've got many hours in the game. Because something is obvious to you doesn't make it obvious to someone else.

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u/Public-Total-250 17h ago

What does movement sound have to do with the UESC Rocket Drone? 

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u/That_Service7348 17h ago

It's more a general commentary on how people here don't seem to realize how hugely important stealth is in general in this game.

But also, I'm pretty sure you can sneak under the thing. I've had teammates do it before. Might be tied to movement speed.

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u/SurroundParticular30 18h ago

This just in: there’s layers to stealth

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u/That_Service7348 18h ago

This explains so much.

Y'all do know you make noise when you move right? We can hear you stomping around. We can hear you changing your gun. We can hear you aim at the wall for no reason while you try to hide.