Marathon Season 2 Nightfall Transition Details Update 1.0.9 Loot Bonanza Character Balance Adjustments and Full Gameplay Progression Reset Information
The Marathon Dev Team have provided details about the transition to the next season Nightfall and the culmination of the current competitive season. In their official blog post detailing these changes they announced a full gameplay reset allowing for a fresh start within the new season. To accommodate the transition to Season 2 and these significant resets the developers will be releasing Update 1.0.9 next Tuesday which includes major increases to in game loot faction experience boosts and several significant balance overhauls.
The end of the current season will see a massive hike to loot drops in order to give players a final opportunity for more aggressive play before inventory wipe. With update 1.0.9 keys to locked rooms will drop from Wardens guaranteed and every map event Intercept Lockdown Warden spawns Convoy and Anomaly will be triggered during every run of the zone. Additionally UESC security patrols will be out in force increased Wardens will be spotted at new spawn points across Perimeter Dire Marsh and Outpost and both dropships and their wreckage will appear on Perimeter.
In order to allow all players to get some time in on the high tier Cryo Archive zone before the season ends the zone will be available to play every day from today until the seasonal reset. Every day throughout this period a free Cryo Archive Sponsored Kit will be delivered to every player's mailbox. For more competitive play there will be a 4 day window to play the Ranked Cryo queue beginning at 10am PST on the last weekend of the current season beginning at the 10th and concluding with the reset. Runner level 25 is required and two tiers of entry 3000 loadout value and 10000 loadout value will be available.
The character Rook has received some buffs with his Signal Mask ability now staying active for longer whilst sprinting and an enemy AI's detection of Rook's footsteps will no longer be drastically increased when sprinting allowing the player much more leeway in avoiding UESC patrols. The game's key system will also receive some drastic changes due to high stakes losses preventing players' highly valuable keys from being permanently destroyed when going down. Templates will now become Compromised when the player goes down and keys can be re salvaged using Matter Fixatives that are dropped by special enemies like Commanders. These will be directly lootable from defeated players too and there will be a random chance for Deluxe keys to drop from any wall safe looted on any map.
When Season 2 arrives players will be presented with a full reset of most of the game's progression systems Runner Level Ranked Queue position Faction Levels and perks will all be reset. Any pending claims for faction or Codex packages will also be lost so make sure to claim them. Finally all of your gear currently in your personal inventory and vault any unlocked blueprint items via schemas and messages sent to your mailbox will be wiped. Some things players will keep will be cosmetic items they have earned throughout the first season skins titles and weapon emblems all remain. Progress toward Codex challenges and progress through unlocked factions you do not need to replay the liaison contract for them remains LUX and SILK currencies and rewards pass progress are unaffected by the seasonal reset as are the Cryo Archive subroutines.
Those who earned their way onto the competitive ladder will have an additional rewards bonus. Highest rank achieved
- Gold 3 Glacial Impact Destroyer Runner style
- Platinum 1 Toolkit weapon style Stryder M1T
- Diamond 1 Glacial Strafe weapon style Bully SMG
- Pinnacle 1 Expanse weapon style Repeater HPR
Emblems are awarded for the highest rank but weapon styles are not. These achievements grant an extra season for each rank's title so a player earning Gilded Survivor will be able to use the title for the duration of Season 2 before having to re earn it.
At the start of Season 2 players will receive CyberAcme Sponsored Kits at various runner levels. Players Level 10 and 25 will receive an Enhanced Sponsored Kit. Runners reaching Level 50 will gain access to a Deluxe Sponsored Kit. Finally reaching Level 75 will award a Superior Sponsored Kit. Each sponsored kit awarded will be cumulative and so a player reaching level 75 will be able to claim all 4 packages once Season 2 launches. Season 2 is expected to introduce a Night Marsh zone new Runner shell types and weapons and a new customisation system in the form of the Cradle.
