Marathon is running another experimental playlist ahead of its next balancing patch. Following successful tests of a duos mode that Bungie plans to make a "real feature" in Season 2, the next playlist introduces what game director Joe Ziegler calls a "free kit frenzy."
"For our next experiment, starting Wednesday, 4/15 at 10 am PT, we will be enabling the Dire Marsh - Sponsored Queue. This is a new experimental queue that is focused on learning a bit more about our early gear ecosystem," Ziegler wrote in an official update. "In this queue all players will enter with a free sponsored kit and be challenged to use what they find on Dire Marsh to upgrade themselves and get out!"
The Sponsored Queue is essentially the inverse of its Ranked and Cryo Archive playlists which set a high minimum loadout value to participate. Here, the required buy-in is zero credits, which Bungie calls a "zero to hero" format.
The test will run for two weeks (4/15 to 4/29) on Dire Marsh only, though Bungie may extend or cut short that timing depending on how things go. As for what the team hopes to get out of it, Ziegle...
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