"Raid mechanics" (Gaming)

by EffortlessFury , Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 01:16 (5 hours, 18 minutes ago) @ Kermit

I still think there is a LOT that is not well understood about CA, if understood at all. As that stuff gets recorded and disseminated it will get a bit easier. There is also a sense - like the pinwheel - that you are choosing to take on the harder parts of it. I think the real issue is so far the strategy for getting what you need seems to be mostly taking it from the corpses of other teams.

Just saw a video where nine people teamed up to kill the Compiler. That gives me hope, if only I can be friendly enough! Given my experience in Marathon thus far, that's gonna be tough. Trusting one stranger is hard enough, much less six.

One thing I don't like is RNG seems to play a big part. I'm patient when it comes to grinding a raid, once we think we've got the steps figured out and we're just practicing execution. I think it's harder to be patient waiting for the right dice roll.

They announced that the AI Subroutine RNG is going away, and now they are a guaranteed drop, so that removes a large source of RNG from the equation.