You might have seen the clip by Cross... that's bad. I've been dealing with this thing... I think might be worse. I can't hear the bots and the ambient add-ins seem to be turned up - given, that could be contrast. For weeks now... I didn't know what it was until... 2 days ago. I thought it was a bug, to be clear... not all the time. Story Time: I was doing a Rook run, farming Hauler... And when I entered it was dead silent, I got a fairly early spawn. I usually work from 2nd floor to 1st floor with my sweeps... but I saw some bags at the doorway... alot of them... like 6 bags... essentially. Unlooted. I heard nothing coming in. You think I would have heard it as I approached because there was fresh blood. I decide this is too weird, I'm getting out. I hear nothing btw but ambient queues and my own noise. I pop the TAD... place is filled with bots. I literally heard nothing until they were right on top of me, I get out. Then surprise, there's a full team or 2 of them directly in front of me. And by the way... that whole sequence? Maybe 90 secs ... 3 mins tops. And I swear this has happened to me before now... I didn't understand it until recently. If you could manipulate game audio, that's a very stealthy way to cheat. If I had not popped that TAD, I would have thought the Hauler was completely empty. I would have been even more unaware of the army of bots. I would probably have been dead immediately. What better way to ambush players than having the bots do most of the work? There have been many... many times in the last couple weeks, were I'm like... why can't I hear the bots... why did those rain drops become so loud, I'm inside and it still sounds like I'm outside with the rain drop ambient noise. And specifically, yesterday, a low volume *click*... *click* every 2-3 secs... almost like parts of the audio tracks were paused. If there are cheats... and I'm thinking, there are... That mask audio. The whole game is audio. If that is compromised... that's arguably worse than what Cross showed. I don't know why I didn't put 2 n' 2 together? I think it's because sometimes I get killed by the bots unaware... and I'm pretty good at escaping... if I plan my delta as I go into an area. Like [thats] Delta primary... onto the next spot without player ops. And these are my Oh **** exits. That's how I'll often play solo. Always have a plan even if there's no plan. So often, I do get out... but I'm screaming at my TV... "WHERE WAS THE BOT audio"! Why can't I hear 3 grenadiers! What I wasn't realizing, was some of those times the person/cheater? gets to me. I get ambushed by bots I can't hear, then cleaned up. Noise is so important in Marathon, if that gets ****ed up... it's over. @Bungie, for your consideration.