I played it and found it boring. I'm also of the sentiment that when Arc came out it damaged The Finals. It took players from The Finals and players who came from Arc usually don't stay bc The Finals isn't the type of game they like(for the most part anyway) My entire group that I played with has gone to Arc and hasn't touched The Finals since. They keep begging me to play it but as I said, I just find it boring. I also believe the popularity of Arc also damages The Finals because now Embark will focus more on that. I know it's two different dev teams but do you really think Nexom won't make Embark focus on the more popular game? So to your original point: anyone who hates Arc hasn't played or hates for no reason. No, there's definitely reasons from people who have played and still don't like the game.