Yesterday, Bungie revealed that both of Marathon's endgame activities, Ranked mode and the raid-like Cryo Archive, would be limited to the weekend. More specifically, Cryo Archive runs from Friday to Monday, while Ranked runs from Saturday to Tuesday each week. This tight schedule, plus overlap between the two modes, has already proven to be divisive.
In response, Marathon's game director Joe Ziegler released a lengthy post to expand on Bungie's reasoning. Ziegler opens by acknowledging the feedback so far and noting that the team is "always iterating and [is] open to looking at other options in the future". Right off the bat, it doesn't sound like a hill Bungie wants to die on, though Ziegler took the opportunity to explain why this weekly schedule was implemented. And you know what? I think the plan makes sense (with a few tweaks), even if it's somewhat awkward.
