The definitive final blow to Marathon is Bungie's enormous lack of PVP focus on their flagship game. They have built up a decade's worth of evidence that they cannot maintain PVP interest and have repeatedly scaled back PVP to the point that it no longer really matters (I'm looking at you, Iron Banner power relevancy) and the overall meh of Trials, that Bungie cannot be trusted to maintain a PVP-focused game. If Bungie could build up a big PVP revive in Destiny 2, over a period of years to prove they have a renewed endurance with it and will actually maintain it -- lots of focus on it, Iron Banner power level returning, SRL returning, lore-filled PVP elements, lots of vendors and rewards beyond just the lamest cut-paste garbage we see each time, [b]over a period of years,[/b] then they could rebuild a trust from the vast vast majority of the Bungie community to even have an ounce of faith in a Bungie PVP property. Bungie cannot be trusted with PVP, yet. That to me, is the single most specific reason Marathon will absolutely not work. Bungie wants us to trust them on something they have neglected the most of all facets of their focal product. Absolutely not. Bungie must rebuild that trust FIRST, by correcting the neglect FIRST.