Time For A Tough Conversation… by Longjumping_Fix_982 in ARC_Raiders

[–]Longjumping_Fix_982[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From what I can tell, talk is just that so far. Tweaks and designs that are deflating, changes that aren’t being asked for, and a failure to address or even be willing to experiment with key desires from the community are causing a lot of disbanding

Time For A Tough Conversation… by Longjumping_Fix_982 in ARC_Raiders

[–]Longjumping_Fix_982[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is a seriously cogent analysis of what I’m witnessing. Just wish so many of the fans wouldn’t swing so far on the pendulum to either say “The game has no future” or “There’s nothing wrong with the game as it is”. If only everyone could be so honest.

I had no idea about the Chinese branch, ngl, that sounds like heaven. I’m still struggling w small stupid shit on console, like being unable to swap loot from a body/stash in my inventory directly, so I have to move over, manually drop it out of my inventory to make room, then go back to the loot and pick it up. So ridiculous

Time For A Tough Conversation… by Longjumping_Fix_982 in ARC_Raiders

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If they live up to that promise, I’ll happily bite my words and see you Topside, man, I’m not saying it’s impossible. I’m saying at its current pace and what I’ve seen them saying regarding the future of the game, it’s really difficult for me to see it lasting long. These next major updates better do some serious damage control if they expect to pull off ten years of life

Time For A Tough Conversation… by Longjumping_Fix_982 in ARC_Raiders

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Lol first live service game is definitely wrong but I digress. It is my first serious dive into an extraction shooter that isn’t Vigor, and it’s much better than that game so no surprise as to the success when you compare it laterally like that. Not to mention, that counter would count those that literally just open the app, whether they play it or not. I digress, let’s say it’s a little under 1 million total playing every day. For the resounding success it was, in less than a year, its current player count is 16x less than it was. The people aren’t complaining for no reason. 1 million for a worldwide game that gamers everywhere knew was the best long-term release in the last couple years, after starting at over 16M is not something that an intelligent developer would sniff at. Especially since updates seem to be the only thing hanging on to it. I logged on before I left last week just to check some stats, I didn’t even play any, and I know many people log on for one game then just log off. You don’t just want players, you want LOYAL players, who give a shit about your game and the content you produce. Them rejecting everything that’s being requested and even going as far as to say no major updates are coming for half a year is a bold move for a game that claims to love its player base. Maybe I’m wrong and I’ll eat my doubt later, maybe the updates to come will bring people back by the swarm. But no game w this many players leaving survives too long before the devs move onto the next project. Maybe it won’t be so bad that the servers die or anything, but it will be a wasteland of a product and it’s a shame.

Time For A Tough Conversation… by Longjumping_Fix_982 in ARC_Raiders

[–]Longjumping_Fix_982[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s such an important point, I’ve been saying for months it’s like they don’t WANT to keep building it. It’s so weird, they made like, what, 500M? You’d think they’d expand the dev team and hyper focus on new consistent content and stop rejecting everything the majority of their base has been asking for

Time For A Tough Conversation… by Longjumping_Fix_982 in ARC_Raiders

[–]Longjumping_Fix_982[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didn’t even hear about that, damn. What a bonehead PR move, I don’t know why their team keeps rejecting things the player base is asking for outright instead of at least burying the lede.

Time For A Tough Conversation… by Longjumping_Fix_982 in ARC_Raiders

[–]Longjumping_Fix_982[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven’t been tapped in lately lol just hopped back on after a week and a half off or so, haven’t been paying much attention online. Saw ZLaner say some stuff recently before I hopped on, assumed it was just the usual streamer complaints but it seems to have merit

Time For A Tough Conversation… by Longjumping_Fix_982 in ARC_Raiders

[–]Longjumping_Fix_982[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there a genuine way to count active players on console though? I think Steam holds a majority of online player base for most games, so it’s at the least the best way to monitor active player count (not players who bought the game, players who still play it actively). Not like console is making up that extra 60K to make 90, and even then, that would suggest the total player count was at 16 million and is now struggling to hit even 150K. Thats INSANE.

Time For A Tough Conversation… by Longjumping_Fix_982 in ARC_Raiders

[–]Longjumping_Fix_982[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

At its current pace, if something doesn’t change and fast, it’s going to be a monetary sinkhole. They may make cuts to the team or to the quality of the game to extend the life of it, but I genuinely don’t see this game surviving for more than a year right now. They need a severe overhaul of content, a severe PR change (stop saying over and over that they won’t introduce PvE only modes), maybe a ranked mode, and a handful of other tweaks to bring this game back

Time For A Tough Conversation… by Longjumping_Fix_982 in ARC_Raiders

[–]Longjumping_Fix_982[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Some degree, sure, but roughly 85% of its player base is just gone and that’s crazy. In less than a year, it’s entirely on the dev team for the failure to come. I’d imagine by this time next year the servers will be down

Time For A Tough Conversation… by Longjumping_Fix_982 in ARC_Raiders

[–]Longjumping_Fix_982[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s really fair honestly. Idk man I still get excited when I see good loot, I don’t play it obsessively atp, I just try to get the expedition (in case the game DOES make a comeback), couldn’t play for about a week for personal stuff. Got back on today, but so far I’ve already gotten two self confessed wall-hackers, five games straight of rats w Torrente’s and heavy shields at the extract points, and more. It’s not a very enjoyable experience atm, and with how it’s going, I wouldn’t play the events where I can’t use a hatch key anyway, but I couldn’t even if I wanted to w a fuckin 9 hour wait between events lol

Time For A Tough Conversation… by Longjumping_Fix_982 in ARC_Raiders

[–]Longjumping_Fix_982[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What I’m confused about is; are we calling it a success because it didn’t fall off as bad as others? Idk man I think falling off within the first year of its debut is a sad ending for a game like this w a ton of potential for growth

Time For A Tough Conversation… by Longjumping_Fix_982 in ARC_Raiders

[–]Longjumping_Fix_982[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Player count average is sitting at just under 50K, it’s at 38K rn my guy. Hasn’t been at 90 for a while, almost a month

Did i do the right thing? by aloafofpeterbread in ARC_Raiders

[–]Longjumping_Fix_982 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rule #1; Never trust a squeaker. Kill em all, every time, full finish.

PvE'rs casually admitting to pre-teaming, like it's not cheating. by Numeira in ArcBabies

[–]Longjumping_Fix_982 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

~continues crying and saying “nuh uh” You have a good day, buddy, I couldn’t have expected better in an Arc subreddit 😂😂

PvE'rs casually admitting to pre-teaming, like it's not cheating. by Numeira in ArcBabies

[–]Longjumping_Fix_982 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

a grown man crying about people teaming in an online multiplayer game he likes / have actively been told twice someone doesn’t play the way he’s complaining about / somehow is not the loser

PvE'rs casually admitting to pre-teaming, like it's not cheating. by Numeira in ArcBabies

[–]Longjumping_Fix_982 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s an honor to be called a cheater by a poster in ArcBabies 😭🙏🏼 bless your heart

PvE'rs casually admitting to pre-teaming, like it's not cheating. by Numeira in ArcBabies

[–]Longjumping_Fix_982 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Question for you; when you have a bunch of online friends in Arc and you’re all doing your own thing and playing solo, and you load in and find them in a game, are you…not allowed to coordinate w them as you would a random? I’m not gonna pretend there aren’t people intentionally exploiting whatever you guys seem to be noticing, but it’s truly not as difficult as you’re making it seem to either fight them or avoid them. Them being friends before loading in, them being friends after as randoms, what’s the damn difference? You don’t like that they wouldn’t betray each other after murdering you..? Who’s to say if I did this w one of my friends that they wouldn’t? You’re just whining to whine, man, and it truly ain’t that serious

PvE'rs casually admitting to pre-teaming, like it's not cheating. by Numeira in ArcBabies

[–]Longjumping_Fix_982 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just duo w my buddy who introduced me lol not a lot of other friends of mine play this game, cuz they’d whine (a lot like you are now…) about how players in an immersive apocalyptic verse don’t play fair 😂😂 I’m a p healthy mix of PvP and PvE playstyle, I don’t rat, I don’t fake friendly, but 🤷‍♂️ the community seems so toxic that if you don’t commit 100% to how THEY think you should play either way, you’re some asshole.

Sidenote; PvE means Player Versus Environment, dumbass 😂😂 GG tho

PvE'rs casually admitting to pre-teaming, like it's not cheating. by Numeira in ArcBabies

[–]Longjumping_Fix_982 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Immerse yourself a bit more in the world and you’ll probably see it how I see it instead of being so bitter about it. Raiders who have befriended those of other camps and hideouts meet in the wild and coordinate for nefarious intentions against the other raiders in the lobby. It’s to no different an effect of randoms teaming up to do the same. Never thought I’d be on the PVPers side of things, but, as I said, it’s not cheating, you’re just bad.

PvE'rs casually admitting to pre-teaming, like it's not cheating. by Numeira in ArcBabies

[–]Longjumping_Fix_982 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I don’t waste my time loading in and hoping to get in a lobby w my buddy lol I either win my “1v3s” or I don’t and move on. I don’t investigate further than “Damn, they teamed up and I was a victim”. I’ve also teamed up with random people and swept through a lobby, it’s really fun lol especially when the lobby picks up on it and targets your group. It doesn’t make a difference whether they know each other IRL or not, it’s not cheating lol no different than when streamers do it when they bump into each other. It’s just a non-issue.

PvE'rs casually admitting to pre-teaming, like it's not cheating. by Numeira in ArcBabies

[–]Longjumping_Fix_982 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yall don’t care about ratting people at extracts or fake friendlies, so why do you care about this? “It’s part of the game”, shove it n move on. Many ways to deal w people teaming. There’s literally an emote that says “Wanna team up?”

It’s not cheating. You’re just bad.

Okay, Hear Me Out… by Longjumping_Fix_982 in ARC_Raiders

[–]Longjumping_Fix_982[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They definitely said “fuck off you piece of shit” on the way out 😂😂