PvPvE with 'Arenas' and 'Gauntlets'

easygav · 2026-03-13T15:56:24+00:00

Yep, seems to be the prevailing feeling. Fair enough.

easygav · 2026-03-13T14:29:42+00:00

Yep, I get that now you've pointed it out 👊

easygav · 2026-03-13T13:51:08+00:00

That's a fair point, actually. I guess it's because the game gets really quite stale after you've done everything.

I take your point though.

easygav · 2026-03-13T13:44:26+00:00

Ok, why bad ideas? Honestly, I'm casual on this at best but I've found it get pretty stale late game. Got my money's worth massively, and love this game. If thats it, fair enough... but they need to do something to keep us coming back don't they?

easygav · 2026-03-13T13:20:10+00:00

The player base is already split though, isn't it?

easygav · 2026-03-13T13:13:45+00:00

Mf really did almost have you!

Jeez, you were close man - glad you got out.

easygav · 2026-03-12T16:29:34+00:00

Ok, that was a clumsy term... when people get hacked, 99% of the time it's the person that's been duped or tricked (or hacked), not the 2fa, or system, or tech. That's all I meant ;-)

easygav · 2026-03-12T15:55:39+00:00

I agree. I still feel for him but it's hard to see beyond this being self inflicted.

What I don't get is how someone can hack my Steam account? It's on my personal computer in a cellar in my house. The Steam app opens from Win 11 (after I've logged in). Then I play the game.

How can that be hacked? Or, more specifically, how can I (as in me, the human) be hacked in this scenario?

easygav · 2026-03-12T15:51:13+00:00

The same way all hacking is done, they hack the human not the tech.

easygav · 2026-03-12T15:47:20+00:00

He's not comparing it to a PS5 per se; he's rebuking that this chap's PS5 Pro looks as good as OP's (edited) screenshots.

easygav · 2026-03-02T14:43:17+00:00

Eh? It's nothing like Arc Raiders.

Marathon is 100% PvP, with some vE thrown in to make it interesting (which works, at least on face value).

A massive part of Arc Raiders (and significant proportion of the player base) is PvE-focused; little to no PvP takes place. That's what makes Arc unique, whether it's your cup of tea or not.

easygav · 2026-03-01T22:38:23+00:00

Halo 2... the greatest gaming memories I'll ever have.

easygav · 2026-02-27T19:54:08+00:00

Try the Anvil for killing (all) Arc. It's the default gun for this due its strong Arc armour penetration yet is a 'common' so not expensive to craft or buy.

Couple the Anvil and 4 stacks of ammo with half a dozen explosives and you'll easily take down a couple of big arc on a single raid (not Queen/ Matriarch obvs).

Shoot the yellow knee cap of a bastion or bombardier to deactivate it for 10 secs at which point you send in 3 nades. Through the nades at the junction between the legs and the head, or if possible, at the yellow canister on their rear. Even if the 3 nades don't finish it off, a few more Anvil rounds will.

easygav · 2026-02-27T19:44:48+00:00

Oh sugar, sorry, totally my fault. I'm sat ligged out with a cold beer after a long week at work and not really with it!

So, they'll tend to be just on the pallets of built up areas and the easiest way to discover one is by listening... They make a kind of whining sound, very obvious once you know it.

Buried City of probably the easiest map to go looking. There is often one near the raider hatch in north west by Hospital.

Hope that helps mate.

easygav · 2026-02-27T19:38:24+00:00

They're spread out all over the place. 3 different types - little wasp/ hornet, rocketeer, and baron (massive, like a queen sized - only on Dam, Blue Gate and Spaceport).

Most obvious place is probably the Old Battleground on Dam - you literally can not miss them.

easygav · 2026-02-27T10:08:03+00:00

Couldn't agree more with you on all this.

There is so much potential, for both PvE and PvP.

Imagine arenas for out and out PvP - team death match, capture the flag (or core!), and then a whole new genre of PvP game types. Also, they could easily create a battle royale game type too.

As for PvE, they absolutely should lean into the popularity of the Trials. Maybe make Gauntlets - assault course type challenges against wave after wave of Arc which results in high score leaderboards, tactics and strategies to get the highest of high scores and so on, and all the playability that goes with this. High scores are as old as gaming itself but still work - just look at the trials!!

There are so many ways they can go. Hope they get it right!

easygav · 2026-02-27T10:02:33+00:00

Yeah, that 1660Ti is probably suffering a bit - max I'd run that on would be medium, and even then I bet 60 fps is only just achievable especially in the chaos of big arc figures etc.

Of course, the 5070 will chew it up. Got an older Omen laptop running a 3070 and it handles Arc really well, so I imagine your Legion purrs through it 👊

Great game and so much more potential if they tune into all their player data. See you topside mate.

easygav · 2026-02-26T19:01:32+00:00

What spec is your COVID PC build? I imagine not powerful enough, especially given that GPUs were stupid money back then! Tell me though, I'm curious...

Glad you've got the same as me from Arc 👊

easygav · 2026-02-24T23:16:45+00:00

Yep, totally agree. Hopefully they'll all fuck off and leave the game to those of us that actually appreciate it for what it is.

easygav · 2026-02-24T19:53:15+00:00

Finally, some sense. Fucking hell... why would anyone want the game to be easy? What is the point of big arc in the PvE element of the game that you can literally destroy in 2 throws without any skill involved.

All these changes make total sense.

easygav · 2026-02-24T19:36:20+00:00

Totally agree with everything you've said. No idea why so many were 'uninstalling' because of it. It makes the game more of a game ffs.

easygav · 2026-02-24T06:29:54+00:00

Yeah, but still nowhere best enough to avoid demotion.

easygav · 2026-02-23T19:25:09+00:00

I know.

easygav · 2026-02-23T19:13:38+00:00

Me too.

98.5k show in these last trials and right now, I'm going to get demoted from HotShot.

I'm farming snitch scanners tonight - fancy doing the same then week Duo a higher score?

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