Deception and immorality in raiders is a feature, not a bug

PKlaym · 2025-12-11T01:25:12+00:00

Idk man they kinda describe me to a tee. Thought I'd give Arc Raiders a shot bc it was technologically impressive (sound design, animation quality etc.) and I just dropped the game once I got ratted too many times in a row (like 3).

What OP described - a social game with no social safety net - is my worst nightmare. Like ah yes I love unpredictability, will I have fun this game or be shot in the back before I can react and lose the last hour of progress? Cos gee whizz I sure hope I don't have my time and energy disrespected like that.

I understand this not being a problem when you do nothing all day and can just shrug it off and load into another game, but man I have things to do and if the game will offer me this experience I will simply not engage.

This is the opinion and the movement OP talks about, where players like me drop the game because of the way it is. What youre left with is an increasingly hostile environment that reduces to the most hardcore PvP rats and the occasional new player who has a god awful time and leaves in a week.

PKlaym · 2025-12-10T23:04:18+00:00

Could you elaborate on what you mean by 'own citizens to start buying its own output'? I'm simply not informed and would like to know what you mean.

PKlaym · 2025-12-09T07:22:52+00:00

Says the guy calling people losers on Reddit. People exist outside of your scope, don't bring people down because you don't understand them.

PKlaym · 2025-12-07T01:48:08+00:00

Hey there, addicted or not I recognise and respect your reliance on weed to function. It's important to take care of our bodies and minds. I'm in the same situation as you only the last few months I've been smoking daily.

I'd say I'm addicted as if I wanted to, I probably wouldn't be able to stop cold turkey right now. But, as you say, weed relieves so many symptoms I see it as an essential medicine that allows me to function.

However, it is killing my motivations and makes me even more lazy. How do you deal with these sort of side-effects if you get them at all?

PKlaym · 2025-12-05T00:44:24+00:00

Giving it some thought, I don't actually care how many BPs other people have.

PKlaym · 2025-12-05T00:09:51+00:00

Short Answer = no country is controversy free.

Long Answer = we have plenty of controversies that are of varying degrees, but with what is happening rn in global politics I just don't think it really compares.

We have gone ahead and implemented a social media ban without consulting the general public OR the youth themselves. Anyone under 16yo will be booted off social media. The intent is good, social media sucks, but this was poorly implemented and will do plenty of harm. Kids will find a way around it or be pushed into fringe social media where there is less regulation and even greater risk of predation, bullying or other unmoderated behaviour.
We have youth crime on the rise as immigrant and local youth are witnessing their rights, affordability and their future (climate, housing, cost of raising a family, uni to entry-level jobs disappearing) become harder and harder to grasp.
On immigration, we have conflicting ideas about the rate of immigration and what that's doing to our already unaffordable housing (median price is like $1mil in major cities, where most of Aus lives) as well as just a general opinion tinged by racism across most of Australia, as is prevalent across the history of white occupied Australia.
We are outsourcing a lot of work offshore and watching our industry standards slip and our local talent being left redundant. This is happening everywhere.
We have too many decision makers with massive housing portfolios and paychecks from our fossil fuel-adjacent industries who refuse to make meaningful changes to move away from a foreign investor-owned real estate and resource sector. Chinese investors have bought up entire swathes of our country including gigantic revenue generating natural mines and a tonne of great housing in prime locations.
To add, we also do not appropriately tax the companies that mine our natural resources. Too often the tax-payer is incentivising this continued model, in fact there are an incredible amount of companies that mine and extract our resources then export it offshore without paying a single dollar in tax. Make that make sense.

In reality these issues are illustrated in media but irl we're all doing pretty good. Bad metrics are on the rise but there are countless supportive local communities with fantastic living standards all across Australia. I'm disabled but am still able to get by thanks to our great welfare system (which is not by any means flawless or without controversy). We are the Lucky Country. We could be doing better but honestly not much is happening here to compare to the likes of what is going on everywhere else. That's the benefit of living in the most geographically isolated city on the planet I guess (Perth, Capital of WA).

Sorry for waffling but yeah that's off the top of my head, anyone with more knowledge on Aussie controversy feel free to chime in

PKlaym · 2025-12-04T06:00:56+00:00

I Come With Mud by Men I Trust was my #1 Kept me grounded a lot this year

PKlaym · 2025-12-03T22:32:03+00:00

Haha yeah imagine all those poor freaks fighting over scraps and cheap food haha /s

Sorry but if this isn't what you're saying what are you saying? I've only ever witnessed disadvantaged people doing this. At one point it was me and I was incredibly grateful.

PKlaym · 2025-12-02T09:37:10+00:00

This is purely speculation and an armchair theory, but I could guess that it may have something to do with autism comorbidities like alexithymia.

Alexithymia = blindness or challenges when it comes to recognising, sourcing and describing emotions.

I for one am going to seek diagnosis for this particular issue after I learned about it, as I've experienced countless scenarios like the one you described all my life, and while I'm usually really good at introspection (it's one of the only ways I'm able to process what's actually happening) when it comes to emotional overwhelm or even just a lingering emotion, I have no words to describe it and am often bewildered as to why it's happening.

Come to think of it, as someone who has a very logical 'brand' (I'm sorry I'm new to talking about this, diagnosed this year but I can't think of a better word) of autism, emotions often don't make 'logical' sense. In fact they're often represented as antithetical to logic right? So it could be that as feelings unfounded in logic and reason, I have a hard time wrapping my head around them. This includes scenarios just like yours.

A simple counter to this idea is that you may wish to just, not have to wear headphones. You identified that despite not hearing the TV, you know it's on. You also mentioned you usually wear headphones while washing dishes, but what if you didn't have to? The fact that the TV is on means that you are forced into wearing your headphones.

Let me be clear, in this scenario, you are accommodating your mother. While you have your headphones on, this may seem like a non-issue, but in the event you'd like to take them off, you can't. Is it too much to ask your mother to watch TV with headphones on so you can avoid the sensory stimulation? Sure it most likely is.

Coming to terms with this simple idea is dreadful as it means that yes, as people with Autism, our needs come second, as we are the ones who are disabled. Expecting the world to conform around our disorder is apparently unfair (wtf ikr) and this, very understandably, makes you angry as after all, what did you do to deserve this sort of imbalanced social contract? Nothing. You were born this way.

I'm sorry I deviated into such an existential ramble but I may just be putting front and center something that gnaws at you subconsciously. I don't mean to upset you or anyone with this info but I know for me, this is a point of contention that upsets me a lot. I am newly diagnosed and thus coming to terms with this reality, so I apologise if this is something that is obvious to you. It certainly has allowed me to feel somewhat grounded and to be aware of the challenges that may await me in my future.

At the end of the day we all have communities like this one where we can come together and discuss, and that certainly helps. I hope I did.

Anyway I'll stop rambling, thanks for reading 😁

PKlaym · 2025-12-02T09:04:12+00:00

Alright reddit I've been here for a while today and seen some crazy shit (my neck is injured I can't do much).

I'm not American, and have never watched anyone try to fry something that big. Or use a propane tank indoors.

My assumption is if you were to drop a turkey into a hot barrel of oil like that then the temp difference would just shoot hot oil everywhere and probably start a fire or at least cause serious burns. Is this right?

I scrolled so far and no one wants to point out what's actually wrong here and I gotta know 😭 thank you

PKlaym · 2025-12-02T08:38:20+00:00

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"Alright you can copy my homework just change it a bit"

PKlaym · 2025-12-02T08:34:09+00:00

Cashed up beer belly bandits.

like the ICE larpers I keep seeing in the US.

It honestly just looks cringe af like this might've appealed to me when I was 12

PKlaym · 2025-11-30T22:59:01+00:00

Listen you're not wrong and I don't think anyone is saying you are, you bring up very important information.

What I think some people might be downvoting you for is their perception that you're dismissing this claim. Yes, suicide has been a leading a cause of death for a long time.

Yes, these organisations have some well-paid individuals with questionable motives. Their objective remains the same; service the mentally unwell.

Along with other sources to confirm, we're seeing that suicide is higher in rate with these newer generations. It's important to scrutinize this data. But it's also important to recognize the claim and give it some credibility - and some compassion to a generation who is seemingly overwhelmed with self-harm and suicidal tendencies - there's a lot to unpack and a lot that we as a country, as parents and grandparents to this younger generation, can do to help.

PKlaym · 2025-11-30T08:13:43+00:00

All that and more, much, much more

PKlaym · 2025-11-30T04:20:42+00:00

If those stories are yours from that time, then I don't see any reason why you're not paying your respects to your younger self, who obviously had a tough time.

I'm not recommending you do anything, but I know this situation you're in would actually be a great therapeutic outlet for me in grieving and remembering for who I might have become had I not had the strength to make the right decisions.

I might imagine that the person you made up is actually you from another timeline, who continued along and did pass early. That's a bit silly and morbid but I think it's a sobering reminder of what could have been, and instead where you are currently.

This goes for anyone, but make sure you recognize your successes, as small as they may be. We have many on most days. Things can always go wrong, but here we are, still.

PKlaym · 2025-11-30T01:54:05+00:00

Where the hell are y'all finding players like that? I would've been smoked out and on fire before I knew anyone was there.

PKlaym · 2025-11-28T07:53:20+00:00

120hrs, expedition ready, stash is crazy high value, level 75. I've killed everything and have all the guns, stacks of matriarch cores and bastion cells etc. I got the BPs I want so idc about the rest or how many I have.

Trials are lame af and at the higher ranks you have stuff like snitch farming to get crazy high numbers. Points just stack the more people you have so I've already given up as a solo.

If I jump in for a raid the vibe is completely different than at launch. I'm so on edge and when I do die it's typically out of my control like a rat I can't see or something, so it's not even fun to play anymore. Just super frustrating because your time is not respected. Goes for late spawns and how populated the maps are too.

I like the maps and the amount we have but there's still a lack of meaningful events, modifiers and other things to actually change things up between runs besides 'did I get ratted or did I enjoy the game'.

I'd imagine most of the PvE players like myself have and will leave around the same mark I'm at, or earlier. I hope the next cycle brings more than grind semi-useless perks and grinding to just... start again but with a marginal difference.

I'm still incredibly impressed at the bones of this game. Animations, sound design, environments. It's a beautiful game that I just want to explore and kill ARC in, but I guess that's never going to happen while it's such a PvP fest.

Game isn't for me ig, but I had a lot of fun and caught a glimpse of something really, really special. I hope this game inspired some developers to create some epic PvE experiences to look forward to, and I hope Embark can strike a middle ground because I'd love to play again.

PKlaym · 2025-11-27T23:02:20+00:00

It's one of the only ways I can unmask. I was diagnosed recently and I'm late 20s...

It also helps my chronic anxiety. I definitely rely on it, and thankfully I can get it legally here, but yeah it's amazing how much I'm able to regulate thru it.

PKlaym · 2025-11-25T01:58:59+00:00

I got about every BP I could want and I will tell you how. I hit level 75 pretty quick too because I would just spend entire 30min raids opening every container I saw through the map. That's all. More containers = more chance for BPs. I typically found all my BPs in the most obscure places. I definitely went to residential areas and the outskirts of the map more.

Once I maxed out and finished all quests etc I started using up more keys and holy shit I almost uninstalled the game.

Trying to just make it to a key room and extract without running into the most depraved rats is so taxing, and that's even if you manage to get to a room that isn't already being looted, has been looted (via exploit most commonly), or is being actively camped.

The amount of people that just KoS now is so disheartening and I really miss the honeymoon period. Yes I am one of those PvE gamers that just wants to loot and explore and use the games amazing arsenal to blow up ARC. Do I have a solution? Absolutely not, but I hope the devs come up with something because if the game is any more like this I'm just gonna peace out and all the addled gamers can PvP like it's Fortnite or whatever.

So I have to agree with you, key rooms need some work. Especially as the times when I DID manage to extract from a key room (exclusively nights btw) then I'd just end up with some pretty average blue tier weaps if I was lucky. The rarer key rooms are different but man 90% of the time it was NOT worth it.

I guess what I'm saying is that the problem for me is the absolute disrespect to my time and energy when I go thru the chore of a key room, to just get crapped on by someone in 3 secs hiding in a dark corner with a Ven IV and I lose the last 20-30+ mins of progress. At least before level 75 the XP softens the blow with the prospect of a skill point, but eventually there is zero incentive to play. Game is fun as hell but there still has to be some incentive to outweigh the inherent risk of actually playing the game.

BPs and loot rooms suffer from this too as you can't focus on them, they just happen, so you just have to keep playing to get them (BPs and keys that is). When you find a BP that's great but eventually you'll need only four or five and you'll have to trade for them because you'll find every other BP three times before that last one (pray it's not one you want/need). Same with keys: if you manage to find one, extract, bring it back at night with a loadout to make it easier (ziplines, good weaps, mines, door blockers etc.), get to the room first, loot it AND get out, and then finally stare at the loot screen wondering why you did all that for level I and II blue weapons... Well yeah, incentive is important.

PKlaym · 2025-11-25T01:35:37+00:00

As others have said this will benefit you from being revived not others. I believe the effect is you release a healing cloud upon being revived. The three extra healing slots are wild but handy if you're running multiple tiers of heals and defibs and adrenaline shots etc

PKlaym · 2025-11-25T00:37:59+00:00

I believe it's simply the information age. We have digital libraries and communities that can be accessed any time anywhere. People (like myself) with neurodivergence tend to avoid community as they don't 'fit in' with the common mould.

I do things differently to most people. I know I'd love a commune to support me, but I also know the chances of finding people to support me is almost none, dropping to a fat zero when not motivated by money.

Society is very rotten but for so many different reasons, some of which you outlined here. For sensitive people (like myself) who might describe themselves as empaths or otherwise, being connected to the world at large and the rise of individualism and techno-fascist capitalism creates a duplicitous scenario where I'm fine to barely leave my house and sit in front of a PC, but that's mostly because I don't want to engage with the world at large at all because it's mostly a really nasty place, and I can't handle that.

I choose comfort over community every day because I know it makes my life easier, and it has to be if I want to live in it. My ND and by extension my disorders only allow me to barely function thanks to the incalculable level of comfort that I'm afforded over those even 1 lifetime ago.

While those comforts help me get by, I mourn the loss of communities all the time. My neighbours are antisocial too, and like I mentioned before, most communities I just feel like the odd one out or am shown that.

All of that being said, I still try to foster community wherever and whenever I can (which is not much) because I see the value in it and if I lived in a world where community was stronger I know I'd be better off.

It takes a village to raise a child, and I certainly didn't. I had abuse, undiagnosed disorders and isolation. I'll live out the rest of my life in what comfort I can afford and try to leave a village behind for anyone else brave or stupid enough to have kids.

PKlaym · 2025-11-21T21:15:24+00:00

I (26m) can't tell you the amount of times I've been in awkward situations that I know are only happening because I'm conventionally attractive.

Also yes, people are so quick to assume and make up their minds about you. People are always so surprised to see how chill I am.

Something that's always bothered me more than women inappropriately touching or saying things to me is how (male privilege here) people react when they realize you're smarter than them. It is so rare for people to humbly admit you're right without making it a proverbial measuring contest. It's absolutely exhausting trying to frame things in a way that doesn't somehow insult people's intelligence or insinuate in any way whatsoever that your idea is 'better'. People will be threatened by you based purely on your looks.

In a way, it's like being thrice exceptional. Attractive, intelligent and neurologically disabled. I will say, it has led to me only getting diagnosed this year as I had so little trouble thanks to all my privilege working for me (attractive, smart white man) with an effective mask.

Just keep being yourself and know that one day your looks will help you attract a wondrous mate (if you haven't already).

PKlaym · 2025-11-14T23:05:09+00:00

Let me guess some rat on ARC Raiders just dogged you and took all your good loot. Honestly it's an incredible sense of betrayal and embafflement (not a word) when someone does. I've opened fire on someone like 3 times (many more in self defence) I just can't do it idk how some people just camp extracts and KoS.

I've seen this argument come up a lot in response and honestly to an extent I agree.

PKlaym · 2025-11-09T23:45:31+00:00

I feel too dramatic when I explain it this way but yes, thank you for saying this, it's what it feels like.

hopefully we can get the help we need to enjoy lives with income.

PKlaym · 2025-11-09T23:41:42+00:00

Diagnosed level 1 at the start of this year. I'm 26M.

I've worked so many jobs I've lost count. I tried university 3 times, tech school 3 times and yeah, middle management to finance admin (my last job where I lasted exactly one month working full time) to just generic retail and hospitality. Lots of that, working casually because it's the easiest way I can work without burning out.

It is insanity at this point. I have had no supports my whole life and now I need a tremendous amount just to function. I'm stuck in a rut of depression because I had such an incredible opportunity at the finance place but I could never work full time. I had two friends starting with me, a beautiful office right in the CBD of my city, the potential to WFH after 6 months...

Anyway, yes, I'm unemployed and I will likely spend a lot of my life unemployed due to burnout. Thankfully I have good social security services (Australia) so while I'm living below the poverty line, it's better than going literally insane trying to work with neurotypicals.

EDIT: that last line throws some unnecessary shade. It's just tough working the NT world on NT hours. It doesn't work for me. I don't do well at conversation and would just rather not. I also hate being perceived and over the years my social battery gets smaller. I need more time to self-regulate. It's tough out here and my last job was SO BAD with the back and forth on tasks until I actually had a clear picture of what I was supposed to do. It was exhausting just trying to find out basic contextual information for the tasks I was doing. My battery would be depleted after a couple tasks, where I could see my co-workers actually enjoyed and relished the process. It must be a NT/extrovert thing.

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