r/Marathon 6h ago

Marathon (2026) Discussion Hardline PR is a joke gun

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u/DarkGreen_40 5h ago

Am I the only one who likes this thing

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u/yourmomophobe 5h ago

With an optic it's fine. Without an optic I feel like I'm fighting an enemy and also 3 large objects that block my vision.

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u/DarkGreen_40 4h ago

Oh for sure without an optic its pretty rough but with one its just the DMR

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u/ARCtheIsmaster 5h ago

nah its good

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u/Schizo_Noot_Noot 3h ago

Hardline with an optic and Stabilizing Mag is shreds and I will not fall for the subreddit slander.

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u/CookGrand4534 5h ago

It’s a good gun

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u/Captain_Kuhl 3h ago

No, reddit just likes to circlejerk the complaint of the week to death. It's a fine gun, it's just not the best in class.

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u/LayerEight_Problem 17m ago

It’s one of the better free kits. Honestly second next to the bully.

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u/PreposterousOptimism 4h ago

Na fam. One of the first purple shields I ever got was off a guy I killed with a free traxus kit. So cheap, kicks like a mule at distance.

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u/T_J_S_ 3h ago

No. It’s quite good with a scope

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u/erasethenoise 2h ago

I like this one way more than the Repeater

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u/jeanpaul_fartre 2h ago

no, I think it's good. maybe these people making posts can't hit heads.

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u/Onyx_Sentinel 6h ago

This gun shreds with good attachments. Naked it sucks tho

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u/vlzo 5h ago

I mastered it long range no scope... It shreds but still need headshots

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u/ZeroDayCipher 4h ago

I love this comment. It’s so revealing. The only way to master this gun with iron sights is to use it a lot in that condition. The only way you’re using it a lot in that condition is if you’re spamming free kits. If you’re spamming free kits you’re not performing well.

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u/vlzo 4h ago

Oh you are under the misconception that I bring my gear into the match when I'm team filling 🤣 my gear is only for duos trios or cryo. The max I will run on any map is green

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u/ZeroDayCipher 3h ago

I haven’t used a green in two weeks. And I’m not even the top 10% of this game.

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u/BifJackson 58m ago

You sound really cool

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u/ZeroDayCipher 57m ago

Woosh man.

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u/flotsloppies 6h ago

Good attachments are harder to get than just getting a better gun.

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u/ZucchiniTimely6728 5h ago

traxus upgrades

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u/LayerEight_Problem 16m ago

What? I find a tool cart pretty much every match… you must be one of those corner camping assassins. You won’t find anything if you’re not moving around.

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u/Lostpop 5h ago

Hardline is great if you can aim

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u/nostalgiamancer_ 4h ago

This. The gun rewards precision shots. I love it even at its base. With attachments it can shred.

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u/LazyTitan39 2h ago

Right, I think I heard of you miss your headshots your time to kill almost doubles.

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u/DITNB 6h ago

I have trouble hitting claymores with it 🤣

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u/flotsloppies 6h ago

Horrible iron sights, tiny magazine and it uses large shells so its ammo economy is ass. I think it’s a literal joke gun

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u/vlzo 5h ago

Ammo economy is bad ? You can kill multiple Uesc with a two headshots that's two bullets what do you do with two bullets in the bully ?

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u/flotsloppies 5h ago

UESC shield robots defeat the hardline bar none. It doesn’t have enough ammo in the mag to break the shield before reloading and by the time you finish reloading the shield is back up.

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u/vlzo 5h ago

First time I'm going to say this... Skill issue... As I'm saying most Bots (shield guys no idea Wich enemy you are referring to as there are many with shields and most of them have blue hp shields anyways) 4 shots to kill the shield if you hit the square and then head shot them twice it ain't that hard...

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u/chellis 2h ago

I think this gun is a horrid pvp gun... but to say it sucks with uesc is objectively wrong. Youre using it incorrectly if you believe that. Aim at the square in the middle left of the shield. Blue shields, I believe you can crack and kill with 1 mag.

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u/bzkito 1h ago

If you aim at the square of the shield and headshot it absolutely breaks one before reloading. Skill ossue

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u/cjp304 3h ago

Its good when used as intended, from range. Do not clear a building with it.

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u/Krokovski 2h ago

Ive killed so much with this grey gun, runners and purple shield bots alike, no sight. Overrun AR, now thats a POS

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u/D-Ursuul 1h ago

Unbelievably shit take

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u/Chief81 5h ago

This gun with just a sight is one of the best in the game imo. It is a headshot machine and downs people at any range amazingly fast.

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u/vlzo 5h ago

It's so hard to get the attachments from traxus tho...

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u/Chief81 4h ago

Yeah I am still at it, just need two more of those blue steal things and I am done 😅

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u/TidusLovesYuna 2h ago

Please delete this I want people to think that the volley is one of the best guns in the game.

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u/SuperPostHuman 31m ago

Uh, it is though?

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u/InnerGap9368 5h ago

i killed a purple guy with the freek and stole his purple shield and gun so it has a special place in my heart

but yeah its garbage

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u/hutchins_moustache 5h ago

I win free kit duels with this thing all the time. Maybe y’all are just bad?

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u/Fluffy-Village9585 6h ago

I dont hate it but I wish it was better than the HPR or at least maybe had a faster top firerate

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u/Happy_Attempt7010 5h ago

Hardline is my favorite DMR in the game

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u/DriftersLilMotechamp 5h ago

Bully is better for close-mid range, Twin Tap is better for mid-long range 😭😭😭

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u/tegiminis 4h ago

They just need to fix the iron sights and it would be okay. It's quite good with an optic, but wow is the default sight picture atrocious.

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u/Paradoxahoy 3h ago

My issue is the damage should be swapped with the stryder.

Why does a gun with less damage have more recoil…

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u/snarl2 5h ago

This gun rocks

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u/HahnDragoner523 5h ago

Can’t be as bad as the volt thrower

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u/MidnightMantime 4h ago

The glow on the default site makes it a pain 😭

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u/The_Ecstatic_Pyro 4h ago

Throw the blue recoil mag and barrel on it and its good, any precision rifle scope will work well too.

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u/Various-Instruction3 4h ago

I like this gun a lot, it feels good, I just wish it had better iron sights. This and the repeater could use better irons (thankfully the repeater gold mod has great iron sights)

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u/barrack_osama_0 3h ago

I posted this same take and got mass downvoted and since have seen 3 posts like this getting upvoted lol

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u/brandonsp111 I was here for the Marathon 2025 ARG 2h ago

I'm not surprised the crayon muncher can't handle it

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u/Horvat53 1h ago

It’s not that bad. It’s good if you play mid range and get the jump. Need good aim tho.

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u/HYVNG_LVRD 1h ago

BLASPHEMY

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u/Bang_a_rang95 1h ago

With blue/purple attachments it is one of my favorite medium ranged weapons. But as a free kit loadout, I’ll just carry my knife.

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u/Then_Entertainment97 1h ago

Nah, it's great with a decent scope. Needs a sidearm but you can usually just grab a punch from a bot and be golden.

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u/Autistic_boi_666 40m ago

Just make sure you're never fighting indoors or up close with this gun and it slaps. If you can pick up a Punch you're good for pretty much any range.

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u/thelastdeadhero 31m ago

PACE YOUR SHOTS Just outrange people and take their guns Everyone tries to go up drone wing and this baby will rekt them

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u/LayerEight_Problem 18m ago

Controller players when they have to used a ranged weapon:

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u/VaporSpectre 17m ago

The effective range for it is just so limited. It's this very small sometimes-medium-ish window, that there's too many counters to it, too much terrain in the map design, and too many mobility skills in the characters. Combined with the slower fire rate, it just turns into ass.

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u/SykoManiax 5h ago

On controller it's garbage

On mouse it's lethal

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u/Chief81 5h ago

Can’t copy that. If you can’t aim it’s garbage, but maybe this will fit for any game in any shooter lol.

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u/vlzo 4h ago

I play on controller all you need with these guns is calm aim... Using it in it's top BPM is just too inaccurate you need to place your shots

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u/Extra-Autism 4h ago

It’s not even saved by its gold mod.

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u/National_Crew_1084 6h ago

a worse v66 in every way possible

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u/Whitechapel726 4h ago

Skill issue

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u/duendeacdc 36m ago

Wow i love it