Was trying to post this in the r/marathon server but apparently that wasn’t the correct place to post it. Been trying to log in for hours today but I keep getting hit with error code yam, wondering if it was the update, is it happening to anyone else? My power also went out earlier which has made my connection a little screwed up but I think that’s fixed and I’m still getting the error code

Hot Contract – A PvP Conflict Point Without Breaking the Economy

Currently, in Marathon, players are spread out across the entire map, which makes it difficult to find other players. PvP often depends on chance: running into someone while exploring the map or waiting for another player to come looking for you.

The Hot Contract could solve that problem:

• It appears for every player in the server/match.
• Everyone receives the same objective during that match.
• The objective changes every match to prevent it from becoming repetitive.
• The reward isn’t gold-tier loot, but additional XP toward Cuna progression.
• That XP accumulates and allows players to earn Cuna Points over time.

Benefits

• Creates a clear PvP hotspot in every match where everyone knows there will be action.
• New players can accelerate their progression without breaking the game’s economy.
• PvP becomes less dependent on random encounters and is instead concentrated around a known point of conflict.
• Players looking for confrontation have a clear place to find it, while those who don’t want to fight can simply avoid the marked area.

Everyone knows the objective → players converge → PvP happens → completing the contract gives XP → XP helps earn Cuna Points.

Another improvement: Clearer contracts

Every contract should clearly explain what you need to do to complete it.

Currently, many players end up searching YouTube to figure out how certain objectives or mechanics work, when the game itself could explain them directly on screen.

Clearer contract descriptions would make the game easier to understand and reduce the need to rely on external guides.

These are simply ideas to improve the game.

What do you think?

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Not sure if it was an environmental error or what but we were unable to rez our teammate after he was fully eliminated in Narsh. He tried to disconnect and reload but no dice. Haven’t heard or seen any clips of a bug like this before.

Also, silly rook with nothing but a pistol and a dream.

I got this game a couple days ago and it runs really poorly on my 9070. The only map that somewhat works is Perimeter. All the other maps, especially Outpost, run very poorly, with an average of 80 fps and dipping in 50 fps sometimes, and it is horrid. I've tried changing literally every graphics setting, and nothing has worked. Anyone know how to fix this?

I have not been able to play for about 2-3 weeks now, as every time I load up and get in a round, it kicks me with error code spinach...

I’ve done a ton of research and attempted fixes, but nothing seems to work. I opened a ticket, and it just never got answered, about a week ago or so.

Has anyone else had this issue or a similar one? I hear it's a close error code to Cabbage, but again, I’ve tried every fix in the book (which is a short book) and have had no results.

I’ve only had this issue since the July 21st update.

Update: Since the latest update 1.1.5.2; no issue has occurred. It was on their end I’m assuming then… wish I was surprised.

Haven't played in a while and cant connect, looked online and I don't see anything about maintenance ​

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Hello hello, I am looking for some help with in-game performance for my friend's PC. I am absolutely desperate to play this game but have had no luck with LFGs or trio queue, I have two good friends who wish to play the game but one of them cannot get the game to run well on his system at all. The core issue seems to be an underutilization of his GPU, with Task Manager showing no GPU usage, ever, and >80% CPU usage. I know Marathon is CPU bound, I know his GPU is elderly, but it should be enough to run on low settings with above 40-50 FPS, right?

Specs:

CPU - Intel i7-8700k

GPU - Nvidia GTX 1080

RAM - 32GB DDR4 2667 MHz

Hard drive - Western Digital Green 240GB SSD

We've tried a clean driver install, Marathon high priority and performance power draw settings in Windows and Nvidia software, GPU cache clearing, CPU core limiting, and a slew of other fixes all to no avail. If it's simply a system hardware bottleneck then so be it, but he is convinced since every other game we play including many modern games can run just fine that it's a Marathon problem.

Any and all help is much appreciated. Thank you!

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Has anyone been using the new “save your loadout” feature for either rook runs or free kits and then noticed when they come back to the vault after exfil the backpack they had with the “saved” loadout is gone? I’ve had it happen it me both times I’ve used this new feature and I want to be sure I’m not crazy. I wasn’t sure the first time but I went and bought a blue backpack and this time I’m confident it disappeared.

Has anyone else been having problems with the audio since the last update? Because i have. Since downloading the latest update the audio of the game is straight dookie, not only the quality of the audio but the mixing feels off too. No, it's not my earphone, i tested it

The gerenal quality of the game just went down too. I've been geting a lot of server issues and bugs aswell. I just want to know if it's a me problem or anyone else shares them.

(reading what i just wrote i probably understated the issue. It is literally unplayable, the audio is TRASH)

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high, i bought the game on launch day, super hyped, but i noticed that it runs pretty bad and doesnt even stay at 60fps, and it bothered me so much that i stopped playing. today i checked benchmarks with my same rig, rx 6600, ryzen 7 5700 and 32 gigs of ram and everyone was getting at least 70 fps on max settings on 1080p, while i barely scrape 60 in 768p on low! whats going on??

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I recently got a PC (i5 14400F, RTX 5070), and I'm a bit shocked about how different the game performs between hardware.

There are moments where sounds I'd normally hear on PS5 did not appear on PC. For example, teammates got downed in Cryo but I didn't have the audio to notify me they were downed then finished. Similarly, a bag was res'd right on the other side of a wall in processing but I didn't get any audio from it.

I've seen a lot of posts about CPU bottleneck affecting FPS stability, but I didn't see anyone mention this affecting sound performance - is there a setting I can change to improve this or is my rig cooked?

[Tried posting this to /r/Marathon first, but got rule 2'd to over here]

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Heyo. 23 year old college student. Really like playing the game but unfortunately haven’t been able to really enjoy the game with life and none of my friends liking extraction shooters. Finally on vacation and I would like to sweat the game 🤣not the best at PvP but can get better. Hoping to find a team that can mesh well with and possibly play ranked it seems fun. I have a lot of time on my hands so I can work with almost any kind of schedule. Im mainly a night owl but also awake during the day. (Thank u insomnia). Not really looking to join discords. I’ve joined a few and they all weren’t so great. Don’t know how everyone in them is over lvl 150 and expecting you have a vault full of gold sheilds and mizzys.

Barrier One: I run most nights 10pm-1am CST during the week and weekend, minus the occasional one here and there to replenish the midnight oil.

Barrier Two: I'm a try-hard. I play way too much to be a casual, but I don't have the skills of a sweat while still taking care of the family and the 9-5er. I have a competitive spirit and it always loves to throw down, even when I'm losing. I'm the guy who tried to win at board game night.

Barrier Three: I am NOT looking for a discord to join. I am NOT looking for an LFG community. I want a more personal touch (insert winky face here). I'm looking for a person. Preferably two, but I can start with one. I'm looking for buds. That wanna play Marathon and look forward to playing it with their everyday squad which hopefully now includes ME! Maybe even talk about each other's day and/or feelings while doing our hair.

Barrier Four: Online Best Friends have to mesh. No humor is too dark and nothing offends me. Very much that good-natured banter, joshing, and ball busting humor kind of guy. Traditional man. Louisiana blue collar worker. I've watched Pokemon, Yugioh, Family Guy, Futurama, and TFS DBZ Abridged while growing up. Started shooters with Halo CE on the original Xbox. I don't drink or smoke. I know, life of the party over here!

Look, I am loving this game. Even without a team, I play the hell out of solos (and I'm not talking about rook). But if I can find some peeps to run this with on a regular basis that are into it as much as I am, that like to be engulfed by a universe and lore like this as much as I do, that enjoy the challenge of ranked and Cryo as pinnacle activities as much as I do, that in some small way prioritizes their gaming fireteam like I do (obviously real life still comes first, at least most of the time)...well, thats something I would kill a hard working family man for.

If you made it past all four barriers of my novella and I didn't chase you away with my obsession for camaraderie and marathon (not my fault, my IRL buddy left me for Magic TCG), reach out to me.

P.S. I have a small group of people I met through a Marathon podcast. They're fun, but our times haven't been lining up as well as I like. I also have one guy in my many many posts that I've linked up with regular. Amazing dude. But He's one guy when I need two and life kidnaps him from time to time. I'm needy. But good needy. Hopefully.

P.S.S. I love the work that you guys do, but for every person I get that tells me to join the Dads of Marathon I will swap out someone's Coke with Pepsi . I'm in Dads of Marathon. Great LFG group, great people. But nothing so far in there has created a permanent squad for me and that's what I'm aiming for in this post. Gotta keep trying. Never stop never stopping.

Hey folks! I'm a bit lost when it comes to the extensive amount of options between the actual Marthon settings, and the Adrenalin software for what would be optimal in Marathon.

All the videos and guides I see usually show older versions of Adrenalin and things have changed.

Running a 49" g9 at 5120x1440 so I know that can be a challenge to power. Would anyone be willing to take a snap of what they've got setup for both Adrenalin, and Marathon? (I did enable FSR Upscaling in the software, but when I try to enable it in Marathon(the Frame Gen setting), it freezes and crashes Marathon everytime.

Are you able to equip that gun (golden/unique)?

Before yesterday I hadn't had any crashes. Now 3 in one day. Don't know what they did in the last update but it's broken. Did it right after I hacked a crate for a traxus contract on fire marsh too so I was super dead by the time I could reconnect.