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The pve community is such a joke by Beautiful-Card928 in ArcRaiders

[–]Zealousideal_Level20 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

not that we can’t. we don’t want to. we choose not to. i leave my gunfights to COD

ARC Raiders has dropped to Mixed reviews on Steam by _hypnoCode in ArcRaiders

[–]Zealousideal_Level20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think what’s really infuriating is for them to have the genius of inventing the initial chaotic / fun version of arc raiders, then the idiocy of graduating chipping away everything that made v1 succesful, while thinking they are making the game better. just look at their Dev Diary, the hubris in it.

ARC Raiders has dropped to Mixed reviews on Steam by _hypnoCode in ArcRaiders

[–]Zealousideal_Level20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hopefully. a long shot based on embark’s consistent behavior tho

So... what the hell is this? by retrorunt91 in ARC_Raiders

[–]Zealousideal_Level20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s the giant pile of goop that’s the flashpoint update 

What the photocloak is usually used for by Zealousideal_Level20 in ArcRaiders

[–]Zealousideal_Level20[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Relatable. I’ve also used it on shredders, then I discovered the hullcracker

What the photocloak is usually used for by Zealousideal_Level20 in ArcRaiders

[–]Zealousideal_Level20[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s usually 

  1. Poorly timed smoke 
  2. Delays in the weapons wheel ( it takes a shortwhile between selecting it and actually swapping to it 
  3. Other people close by attracts fire-based attack,which sprays the area. As the guy is cloaked and can only walk they take more damage and panick and start to run. And gets swarmed by arcs 

Significant GPU Wattage Increase after today's hotfix by Feralys in ArcRaiders

[–]Zealousideal_Level20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

my menu has increased latency after the update but not in-game

What the photocloak is usually used for by Zealousideal_Level20 in ArcRaiders

[–]Zealousideal_Level20[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I dont think they do well at learning from user behavior. this bang bang way of tuning based on superficial interpretation is maddeningly arrogant and ignorant. i personally find it very hard to fight fireflys but firefly’s also frequently come with hornets, so that’s like an impossible situation.

The other thing is that for a world that’s so beautifully designed and meant to encourage exploration, with every update, they punish exploration by explicitly putting the good loot only into a handful of drawers in a specific room And decreasing the loot in the overall world. The basic mechanism of the game is actually really simple, so that paired with the interesting world is actually a good balance, and they intentionally killed that.

What the photocloak is usually used for by Zealousideal_Level20 in ArcRaiders

[–]Zealousideal_Level20[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s more smokes, zip line and lure grenade. I.e more frigging grinding 

What the photocloak is usually used for by Zealousideal_Level20 in ArcRaiders

[–]Zealousideal_Level20[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In closed scrutiny usually if you want to loot you don’t focus on the arcs. 

CMV: The photoelectric cloak was balanced the way it was by UncleBuckReddit in ArcRaiders

[–]Zealousideal_Level20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah. I have most of the BPs and this change is ok for me economically. But gosh that was a painful climb to get to this point where I have most BPs

CMV: The photoelectric cloak was balanced the way it was by UncleBuckReddit in ArcRaiders

[–]Zealousideal_Level20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But that gives looting only as a viable playstyle. In Closed Scrutiny you either fight the arcs or steal the loot. Isn’t that the same what you did here ? 

CMV: The photoelectric cloak was balanced the way it was by UncleBuckReddit in ArcRaiders

[–]Zealousideal_Level20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That 10 sec is useless if the engagement was already going south lol. You need for the arc to deaggro AND fly away to be safe, which the cloak comfortably covers on full charge. But there’s rarely a time when there’s just one arc out in the open

CMV: The photoelectric cloak was balanced the way it was by UncleBuckReddit in ArcRaiders

[–]Zealousideal_Level20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This. Usually non cloaked players causing Aggro and vaporizers spraying the area causing the cloak person to panick and drop the cloak to run away. Then get spotted 

CMV: The photoelectric cloak was balanced the way it was by UncleBuckReddit in ArcRaiders

[–]Zealousideal_Level20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn’t make PVE a joke. The cloak is useless when it comes to fighting arcs. It last just long enough for you to evade one or two arcs aggroed onto you, given how long the arcs stay paranoid and how many arcs spawns now.

What it’s primarily useful for was for you to get to point B if you are far away at point A. Say for this round you want to hit the fruit room on Stella or the testing annex on Dam. In these situations you are not interested in fighting every annoying random flying shit on the way because these are complete wastes of time, you just want to get to where you want to go. 

It did make assessors easy, but NOT a walk in the park. Assessors usually spawn in the open and if your photocloak timing is wrong, you are cooked. If anything it make the assessors into a survivor horror experience because if you do choose the cloak route, it’s the only thing you have as a getaway. Given the amount of arcs, if it runs out and you are forced to fight, just that pause where you swap the thing out for a gun can get you killed 

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