marathon is okay

i think marathon is fun but i also dont enjoy it. it feels like apex legends but with less players per lobby and more inconveniences, which is fine because i enjoy apex legends but i think i like apex more. marathon is like 18 players on a big map, hero abilities, slightly faster time to kill, but in here we have to bring our own guns and loot instead of finding it on the map. every round you find and kill players so that when're you're done you can do the quests without worrying about dying. you just repeat over and over again, but in apex at least theres more players per map, resulting in more fights and a bit more fun. i dont have to worry as much about managing a backpack either. less downtime between matches too because i dont have to check my stash after every game. i just dont have much incentive to do the quests in marathon either tbh, i dont think the upgrades are all that good except for maybe nucal and the cybernetics faction. everything else just gives you the privilege of buying stuff from the shop. and everything wipes after a season anyway so if i do reach the end of the skill trees i wont have them unlocked for much longer, i just dont see much incentive to grind the quests tbh. game is fun to play for the fights but at that point i just wish i could play TDM in marathon or CTF. and sidenote: why is the evolution of FPS gaming just finding ways to make TDM more inconvenient (TDM in arena shooters -> battle royales -> extraction shooters).