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As per Title i would like to suggest increasing the Tech Multiplier for Marathon Mode

From x4 to x10

This is simply Compensation for the Removal of expensive Recipes bringing overall Marathon Prices ( and therefore Time spent on everything ) back to the previous Scale. Currently it's more of a Half-Marathon-Mode...

I've tested a Playthrough Marathon-Deathworld with these Settings ( plus Deathworld Settings for Gleba , currently Gleba is unaffected by Deathworld ) and was quite happy with the Experience.

And to preemptively answer those who say "Well if you want those Settings just do it" - I say if the Devs say the Mode is worth putting there then it's worth maintaining it. Or arguing in Reverse : Removing expensive Recipes (great Decision) and not having the Motivation to rebalance Prices to maintain the same Experience sounds to me a bit like better remove the Feature from Base-Game and leave it to the Modders (put all other Modes in an "Arcade" where Modders can also publish Challenges of their own?, well that would be another Thread).

I would rather have expensive recipes back for 2.1 and Space Age, be it in a official mod.

Main reason im playing 1.1 still because Marathon is just the real deal.

mudcrabempire wrote: Tue May 05, 2026 9:00 pm I've tested a Playthrough Marathon-Deathworld with these Settings ( plus Deathworld Settings for Gleba , currently Gleba is unaffected by Deathworld ) and was quite happy with the Experience.

So what? Have you tested your proposition with at least 100 random players and control group?
I have played with many different settings and "was quite happy with the Experience", should dev now add all MY variants to presets?

Instead of just bashing the guy why don't u come up with something like I did. It's evident SOMETHING needs to happen because current 2.0 Marathon does not live up to the legacy.