I play both marine and xeno, depending on the map and when I show up to a round. Been playing for bit, and ive got to say, marine gameplay is just starting to get boring and downright aggravating, with little reward to counter the bullshit. You could do everything right for a 3 hour hard fight, only to get taken out by a single slug flying through the air, or an OP queen screech/neuro charge, or have a limb instagone from a rav leaping through the dark. Or have CAS bombard the FOB position due to inept PO's or griefers. Then when I play xeno, im having a fucking blast, killing left and right, chopping limbs, getting massive kill streaks. Im 62K/2D, 9 hours, on my xeno and 35K/56D, 75 hours on my marine. Im to the point where its just no longer fun to play as a marine because of the absolute lack of marine IQ and no longer fun to play as a xeno because the only think that kills me is CAS, not shotguns or rifles or mounted MGs, you know, things that should kill me. Current fun balance is off because any small little shitty moment is enough to kill your squishy marine character, taking you you of the fight, and 70% of my marine deaths are from FF that could be entirely avoided in the first place with trigger and sightline discipline. I know the mad cuz bad comments will follow but I just wanted to stir some discussion up on the current fun balance. But perhaps my fun is different than others. I mean, people play as doctors for 3-4 hours straight for christ sake