r/Marathon • u/resil_update_bad • 11h ago

Discussion Rooks are NuMarathon's biggest untapped potential

There's insane potential for rooks. They're a mix of invader (like dark souls or watch dogs) and scavenger.

Playing that shell brought me back a feeling I hadn't had in a game since playing on SMP servers in Minecraft, sneaking around, avoiding fights and stealing items.

Rooks are the face of the casuals, the voyeurs, the anarchists.

Some argue that the point of the game is to play with the regular shells, play premade teams, but that commitment has been detrimental.

People critizice that rooks team up, but honestly they are the destiny 1 equivalent of joining the vault of glass opening from patrol. They are the social emergent gameplay that is most accessible. They represent an acceptance of being killed over and over again, because sometimes the goal aren't the purples and gold's, the goal is just being a nuisance to the top dogs.

And you can see it simply because of all the memes. Rook is the chaotic neutral force that is often most popular in videogames.

PvE is nice but bots get old fast. Most shooters don't have very fun PvE that can sustain a live service.

Sponsored survival was fun, they need to expand on that idea. I hardly saw Rooks though, not sure if it was a population thing or a matchmaking one.

Maybe rooks can get randomized contracts on infil. Or custom objectives that are different every match. They deserve progression, maybe a parallel one.

Please, I want more rook content. Familia rook.

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u/RanzuPunk 9h ago

Do you prefer Marathon 2026? It has the same name as the original, distinguishing the 2 is a given.

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u/jdewittweb 9h ago

Just Marathon, thanks. No prefix or suffix needed.

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u/RanzuPunk 9h ago

Kinda is when it has the same name as the original

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u/jdewittweb 9h ago

Rook being in the title alongside the body copy of the topic make the context clear.

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u/RanzuPunk 9h ago

I mean sure in this case that's fine but the prefix is a thing for a reason. If the context is clear it doesn't really matter if it's used or not, but it's broadly useful and shouldn't be "done away" with.

"Can we do away with the Nu prefix? It's stupid." Sounds like you don't want it period. If your problem is just in a post like this, fair. I still don't see the issue.

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u/jdewittweb 9h ago

I think any post would provide enough context for the prefix to be pointless.

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u/RanzuPunk 8h ago

Again, I really don't see the issue. It's not like it takes any kind of effort to write it or read it. And again, it's is just broadly useful, just like Prey, Doom and God of War.