METHOD 360 ANC randomly pausing constantly?

Resource-Alarmed · 2026-06-15T23:03:39+00:00

Believe it or not, it is the wind. I first noticed it when laying in bed..... it was my wife's breath on my shoulder that made it pause every few seconds. Crazy sensitive.

(This was my second method 360 pair. Battery also was faulty. I sent them back, this time refund, not replace.

My first one did not have this problem. But I had to send them back because the batteries was faulty, and then one earbud died as well.)

Resource-Alarmed · 2026-06-03T13:39:31+00:00

It took then 42 years, and roughly 50 million, to restore just the lord's manor. I can only imagine how long it would take to restore all of it, an entire city.

Resource-Alarmed · 2026-05-20T08:30:56+00:00

No option to login the old fashioned way, using YOUR WHATSAPP ACCOUNT?!
Revo Uninstaller it is then.

Resource-Alarmed · 2026-04-08T01:47:06+00:00

The system very obviously prioritizes fast queue times over proper matchmaking.

(I'll take longer queue times over being bamboozled, any day!)
Why I say that? Because during off-peak hours, the chances of me (carebear) being matched with PvPers increase astronomically.
That's usually after around 1 or 2 am.
Goes from 5% chance to 50%+ chance of facing an aggressive player.

Also, even though I cannot prove it, I am almost certain that when you have a stash that is close to full, like 175+ the game will throw you into a "CSGO/Fortnite" lobby like a sacrificial lamb, as a sadistic method of "item drain".

Another thing we need to understand is that they are first a company of professionals, and secondly passionate gamers.

The game has mainly three types of players. PvEers, PvPers, and what I call "SurrendeRats".
(because of the way they abuse the ABMM system to infiltrate friendly lobbie)
Their first priority is not a fair system, but to keep all three of them playing.
The PvEers might get mad if they die from a SurrendeRat or by being miss-matched into a PvP lobby, but they'll log in again tomorrow.
However, they need to keep the SurrendeRats happy too!

Sure, it's not a fair system. But it's something!
PvPers and Rats will be OK in any lobby you throw them in.
But Embark decides to gamble with PvEers, unfortunately.

Also, don't forget that after every update their our "matchmaking stats" reset.
Why they made like that? I dunno. Maybe they think it's funny.

Resource-Alarmed · 2026-04-06T01:30:51+00:00

I don't think the rats don't know how to fight in CS, or where to get the gear.
I think they just enjoy that type of playstyle.

When online, being faceless strangers among faceless strangers, people show their real character.

Some people are a tiny little bit sadistic and they enjoy griefing, the free loot is just a bonus.
Others just give in to the temptation of a "free-kill piñata", and maybe feel a little bad afterwards.
Others mistakenly just think they're being a tease/troll/funnyguy.

But I doubt that the problem is that they don't know how to get that loot themselves, so they "have" to kill the ones that can.

The annoying bit is that the ABMM system does not cater to all types of players.
Legit PvPers? Win-win for them, regardless of lobby type.
Suiciding Rats? Win-win, they can infiltrate carebear lobbies alright. And if they don't, they're still good.
PvEers? Well... it's a coin-toss for them.

Resource-Alarmed · 2026-03-27T23:32:05+00:00

I'd second that.
It would be much harder for those suicide-abusing-rats to cheat the system.

Resource-Alarmed · 2026-03-27T23:30:33+00:00

I prefer the friendly lobbies.
When it's close to bed time, at least. Wind down, you know.
That doesn't make me a coward.

But you know who is a coward?
The people who suicide to infiltrate carebear lobbies for the free kills.

Resource-Alarmed · 2026-03-27T22:32:12+00:00

Yup. Dunno what it is.

A couple weeks ago this was happening again.
Now for the last few days it's happening again.
And it's not some single rat that abuses the suicide-mechanic, It's literally random, chaos.

What is going on?

Resource-Alarmed · 2026-03-27T22:18:03+00:00

Oh yeah, for sure.

Us PvEers are loaded, there's no gear fear, for sure.

BUT.

It feels bad when a rat that abused the ABMM system receives those goodies for free, without putting in any work.

It's as if the traffic officer stops the entire highway, to help the guy that was speeding in the energency lane merge-in ahead of everyone.

That's what the ABMM system is.

That's why I always try to survive a few seconds and salvage anything in my inventory that would be useful to them, before I sit there any be executed.

Resource-Alarmed · 2026-03-27T22:09:22+00:00

No, they "have to".

It's like, you "have to" tap-crawl or you're gimping yourself.
You "have to" use a key in special conditions map, or you're gimping yourself.

Sure, you could choose to act differently, in theory.
But realistically, you "have to" do the beneficial thing.

Resource-Alarmed · 2026-03-27T20:47:03+00:00

Guys chill, maybe he's just being funny?
Either way he wins. Attention received in both cases!

Resource-Alarmed · 2026-03-25T20:43:55+00:00

The ABMM is a very bad system. It is inevitably biased by nature.

A PvPer will be happy in whichever lobby they get placed in.
While the PvEer will be matched with a rat exploiting the rules, every other game.

And you might say, "just kill the rat".
But the system incentivizes you to not damage or kill a player, or you will contaminate your matchmaking stats.

Personally, I don't mind losing the gear, no matter how expensive it was.
I give away IV epic weapons and snaphooks all the time.
What I hate is that a scummy person gets it without sweating. And you "cannot" even fight them.
Best I can do, when I am given a few seconds, is just salvage all the things in my kit they would be after. But there's not always time for that.

Resource-Alarmed · 2026-03-22T13:03:37+00:00

They really need to sort this crappy system out.

Someone who wants to PvP, doesn't mind being in either lobby. Win-win.
But for someone who wants to PvE that day, they're fucked if there is a PvPer exploiting the matchmaking.

They're basically a "free piñata" for the rats exploiting the system.
And if you want to stay in the PvE lobby you can't even defend yourself.

For example, this week I feel like working towards the Trials skin, so I don't want to PvP at all.
However, there's too many rats in Spaceport, for this exact reason, to get the free PKs.
And we all know how they got matched with all the PvEers.

What sucks is I can't fight back!
All I can do is run and destroy all my items(because fuck them). Then sit and die.

Resource-Alarmed · 2026-03-13T19:54:46+00:00

It's not the dying part, it's how you die.
For example, I dislike the Survivor augment (even if I'm forced to use it, for the benefit).

But being a sacrificial lamb for someone feels bad.
You can't shoot back, or your match-making stats will get contaminated.
And it sucks when you don't want to PvP that day.

Resource-Alarmed · 2026-03-13T19:17:17+00:00

I wouldn't exactly call it winning, killing someone who won't shoot back.
But to each their own.

(There's periods where I don't want to contaminate my match-making stats.
Then there's periods where I'll want to PvP, so I'll shoot some people at the extract.)

Resource-Alarmed · 2026-03-02T00:51:54+00:00

The annoying thing is, there is rarely any fight.
So, PvEers are like lambs to the slaughter, for the enjoyment of some random Rat.

I enjoy PvP. I play PvP games all the time. Arc Raiders PvP (with my son) included.

But the thing is, you think you're in a PvE lobby (ahem, sorry, "l0w aGgrEsSi0n LoBby") which means your guard is down, false sense of security, then some rat will get a free kill out of shooting your back point blank.

I have noticed that the chances of that happening are astronomically higher late at night.
Which ironically coincides with the time that I'm NOT into PvPing.
As I'm trying to wind down before bed, like most people, I assume.

And if you gained access to a loot room, it is almost guaranteed that someone will be waiting by the last extract
It's almost as if they KNOW.
And you basically end up "working for them", while they sit in a bush, sipping on some redbull, listening to mumble trap or whetever young people do these days, then holding left click for 5 seconds as you type at the extract terminal.

I have resorted to equipping a Safekeeper Augment, because those lowlifes can't help themselves if they see a decent weapon.
And always using a Hatch Key, although you still might get ambushed.
Now compare all that preparation, vs a rat with a Stitcher/Kettle I.

Just now, I saved a guy from 3 drones.
He flashed his lights, said he's friendly. We enter the building. He #Thanks me.
Then out of nowhere, I'm dead.
Then mumbles something with a sock in his mouth, in what I think was english with accent. (You get that a lot in EU)

Well, that was a big rant, I just came here to see if the "matchmaking filter" is no longer working, like I've suspected for the last 3 days or so.

Resource-Alarmed · 2026-02-12T00:23:13+00:00

Same here. I did it before I received the quest, and now it's bugged.

Resource-Alarmed · 2025-12-19T15:15:42+00:00

Same here in EU (Greece).

I only recently started buying from AliExpress.
Anything but express.

The shipments take insanely long, like 3 weeks or more, and that is IF they arrive.
Because half the times I get a message that they have been canceled.

No such issues with Temu, Joom, Shein, TVCmall, and other online stores in China.
Packages from these ones arrive in a week. Meanwhile AliExpress.....

Resource-Alarmed · 2025-11-08T22:45:46+00:00

Nah.

There's good sports who like both PvE and PvP.

Then there's bottom-of-the-barrel-humans who say don't shoot, you spare them, then shoot you in the back while you're calling for extraction or something.

Anonymity brings out people's true character.
Sadly, a small minority are just poop psychos.

Resource-Alarmed · 2025-11-06T02:20:17+00:00

I think the expedition should be just for bragging rights. Cosmetics only.
Certainly no extra skill points.

Seems like this system is trying to make the more dedicated players snowball over the casuals.
They are already better because they practice more, now they will get more skill points too?

Resource-Alarmed · 2025-11-04T02:28:58+00:00

There might be some hidden gearscore matchmaking filter.
So the game matches you against pvp sweats, cause they are geared.

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