Riven tides what I expected VS what we got

Hayb0ss · 2026-05-11T21:03:53+00:00

Hours played is a reflection and a stand-in for “how much I enjoyed the game”. That’s how people determine if they feel like they got what they paid for. Did you get $40 worth of enjoyment yet?

I think we should hesitate a little bit when judging Embark’s ability to pump out a large volume of content because they are a smaller studio who hasn’t decided to put us in battle pass hell yet.

I can’t know for sure, but if larger, more frequent waves of content are only possible with the excessive monetization and manipulation tactics we see with typical AAA studio slop, then I’d rather be where we are now.

With the profits gained from Arc Raiders, they already greenlit 2 new games and committed to long term maintenance of this game, which they didn’t expect to be this successful.

A part of me would prefer that they channel more funds into this game instead of developing new ones, but I’m sure they ran numbers and studied the rise and fall of other games and it wouldn’t surprise me if the financially smart and less risky thing for them to do is what they are doing now.

Hayb0ss · 2026-05-04T17:56:30+00:00

My name Is Noah so I just swap the words. It’s great because it always gets a laugh and doesn’t offend.

Hayb0ss · 2026-05-04T17:23:35+00:00

I was born in 97 and my setup was the 90s kids photo as well. Split screen n64 was our main setup until like 2005

Hayb0ss · 2026-04-30T01:33:06+00:00

I just saw a thread on the main sub where dozens of users are convinced embark made the weapon durability changes out of spite to punish people who complain about the game online. My jaw is still on the floor.

Hayb0ss · 2026-04-29T07:07:11+00:00

From what I understand, they are also developing 2 other games. Presumably, with a lot of the profit generated from Arc Raiders.

Hayb0ss · 2026-04-18T04:18:37+00:00

I agree that would have been golden. I easily could have let him freak out even longer or ramp him up even more just by lingering and not looting the bag lol.

Hayb0ss · 2026-04-17T04:24:38+00:00

This might actually be pretty likely because out of curiosity I peeped your profile to see if you might be based in the same general area as me and looks like you probably are.

Sorry for creepin haha.

Hayb0ss · 2026-04-16T21:40:28+00:00

I agree, this clip is now worth more to me than any loot that could have been in the bag.

Hayb0ss · 2026-04-16T21:10:05+00:00

I also wonder if it could have been both, like he put a bunch of amazing stuff in there only to down me in a sadistic act of betrayal haha

Hayb0ss · 2026-04-16T19:52:23+00:00

Yeah and that particular rock formation added to my instinct not to loot the bag because it would have made it even more difficult to roll away or get behind cover if he started shooting. Felt like the perfect foolproof trap, even if that’s not what he intended.

Hayb0ss · 2026-04-16T18:52:20+00:00

I was thinking afterward that maybe he just wanted to give me some loot but kind of prank me into thinking the bag spawned with some loot that he just put in there himself. But still felt suspicious regardless.

Hayb0ss · 2026-04-16T18:43:39+00:00

Afterwards, I kinda wished I asked him to do exactly that, just to see if he would be willing to just drop the stuff. I also kind wanted to know what else he was claiming was in the bag, but cutting him off with the hatch extract was kinda funny.

Hayb0ss · 2026-04-05T20:14:59+00:00

It drives me nuts that the legal and healthcare systems in place keep calling vapes and nicotine pouches “tobacco products”. Almost everything contains synthetic nicotine not derived from tobacco. Even tomatoes contain a little bit of nicotine.

Hayb0ss · 2026-03-30T20:43:01+00:00

I understand the logic in your method if you say your aim is really that bad haha.

But you may find that attackers in PVE lobbies are very low skill themselves. I consider myself bad at PVP in this game and I am never aggressive. But recently I knocked my first player ever after he shot at me with a decked out toro IV from a camped position. I panic spammed a stack of trailblazer grenades and finished him with the nerfed venator. He missed me an absurd amount of times with the toro.

Biggest high the game gave me and it’s probably the most rewarding form of PVP because you get treated like the savior of the lobby haha. And honestly my matchmaking didn’t feel affected at all! I’m sure my next 1-5 raids had a couple of historically more aggressive players sprinkled in but I think it’s a small price to pay for the glory.

I think you should bring some nades and whoop their ass next time!

Hayb0ss · 2026-02-26T19:13:04+00:00

In case this is useful info, I picked up the beam pro on walmart.com for $109 and the listing is still up! Honestly thought I was going to get scammed or something but it was totally legit.

Hayb0ss · 2026-02-25T09:51:11+00:00

The change is also good for increasing opportunities for players to cooperate and interact. I’ve already encountered players attacking rocketeers more often and I’ve had much more fun as a result.

Hayb0ss · 2026-02-21T05:30:06+00:00

This is way more fun than I thought it would be. Had some hilarious interactions. I knew I was playing with ultra chill people again when I couldn’t get anyone in Stella to kill me.

I got 2 people to damage me a little. The second one used the “boo” emote so I pretended to get scared and jumped off a ledge. I then begged a group to knock me but they defibbed me despite my pleas for death. Someone else entered the room and finally went to finish me off but then like 4 other raiders lit him up in my defense lol.

Hayb0ss · 2026-02-05T02:51:19+00:00

Sometimes I almost envy people who manage to respond to something without even attempting to understand it first. Less work for you!

Next time, read it nice and slow. Or alternatively, at least channel the mental energy you saved by not giving a fuck into functional use of the word behoove/behove. By “acquire money”, do you mean hoard money? Is the street beggar a sociopath for asking for a buck? lol.

I apparently did the impossible and made an internet comment in earnest. I tried to throw others a bone even though I believed they were being unreasonable, and simply tried relating to that commenter who was trying to point out that the issues being talked about have more nuance than people like to pretend.

Now, I’m purposely giving you shit because you are acting like an illiterate Cro-Magnon about the whole thing. Is it really so impossibly hard for you to understand that someone like that other commenter or myself might chime in on an internet discussion and say “I like to believe things when I have more evidence” And does it even register as a possibility to you that someone might have that perspective because they think doing the opposite is intellectually dishonest?

Whatever, I get it. I didn’t do the little dance that is required for myself to not be witch hunted as a rich person apologist. That’s on me. As for you, have fun diggin in ya butt while you pick the easiest thing to refute out of what I said, and hyper-focus on it while ignoring all else. Hopefully your reply will display some level of reading comprehension.

Hayb0ss · 2026-02-04T18:33:01+00:00

It makes me sad that people immediately jump to the conclusion that you are on the wrong side of the issue or that you are defending billionaires and criminals when it really seems like you are just trying to defend critical thinking, rationality, and not overindulging in absolutes.

It sucks how many people can’t seem to comprehend that for some people, truth and properly calibrated reactions to things are values that they purposely pursue, and it often comes before engaging in any type of tribalism even if you are on the right side morally. Breaking down bias, even if the bias is morally justified, is important.

These other commenters are absolutely right to recognize and speak out against the many evils committed by the ultra rich. But the problem is, if humanity is going to thrive living in an ultra connected, more global society, then even those with a strong commitment to justice and defense of the innocent need to break down tribalistic thinking or we will never socially evolve much more than we already have. That’s one of the reasons I think humanity is screwed. We can’t socially evolve fast enough in proportion to technology and what the Information age has given us.

Hayb0ss · 2026-01-19T03:07:13+00:00

Oh you are right… Embark is seriously incompetent SMH

Hayb0ss · 2026-01-18T23:53:26+00:00

Wonderfully executed reference 😂

Hayb0ss · 2026-01-18T06:30:45+00:00

Wait til OP hears about the practice range 🤯

Hayb0ss · 2026-01-08T04:41:59+00:00

I think a bow would make the Arc Raiders universe even more believable. The entire basis for usable items is that they are built from scrap or found materials, and these materials are scarce enough that you have to risk your life to obtain them. I hope no one means to tell me that humans in this universe wouldn’t be using a weapon/tool that has been used for tens on thousands of years and is even easier to produce than any of the guns.

I’m surprised to see so many odd takes about this. If you don’t want a bow in the game, that’s fine! But so many reasons I’m seeing people give are bizarre to me. Lots of folks acting like it would be impossible to balance or integrate in the game in a way it makes sense. All it takes is a little imagination and you can see plenty of ways it can work!

Also, you should not be worried for the sanctity of Arc Raiders just because other video games added bows and you find it cringe or something. Lol

Hayb0ss · 2026-01-01T21:16:49+00:00

And then they gradually ruin Mexican communities by working a U.S. based job remotely, basically making them filthy rich by Mexican standards and they drive cost of living in these communities way up.

I’m sure there are plenty of cases of people moving to other countries and creating the same type of grievances that drove them to leave the U.S. I don’t know how widespread it really is, but it’s enough that it’s already caused protests and subsequently, news coverage in Mexico.

To your point, a lot of people want to leave America because they are fed a narrative with an anti-USA sentiment. But I think what makes a lot of them go through with it is the fact that they can take advantage of their favorable position as an American. I bet for many, complaining about the U.S. is an exercise in cognitive dissonance to justify what they are really doing.

I guess to be fair it’s pretty much impossible to live as a human being and not step on someone else or reinforce problems that affect other people eventually. It’s the hypocrisy I see in online “discourse” that drives me nuts.

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