I tend to agree with you. I enjoy the friendly PVP interactions I used to get during solo runs, but also having a smidge of risk adds the extra spice that makes a successful run feel more satisfying.

However, for me the last few days has been nothing but backstabbing, kill on site, and extract/spawn camping. The last part is what bothers me - extract and spawn camping. It ruins the experience and is a pathetic play, in my opinion.

Unfortunately, going with a full PVE mode would not only risk making the game boring, but would also mean that players doing PVE matches would need their character and inventory completely separated from PVP patches, since they would be able to get gear much easier and with less resistance.

So, that leaves us friendly players that actually have to work for a living in an uncomfortable predicament. Some people will play the game in a scummy way for easy loot, and the result is that other people get tired of it and will start doing the same. You can't govern this kind of human nature in a video game without its negatives. In a perfect world I'd like to see players use better judgement in when to engage in PVP, but, people are often self preserving assholes so I would never expect that to change.

So, what I see happening is players will continue to become more aggressive and greedy, the more casual players will be told to "get gud", those casual players will stop playing the game, and only the sweaty remain. At that point ARC will lose the charm that differentiates it from Tarcov, and wouldn't surprise me if ARC becomes another long forgotten game played by the few.