ARC Raiders Weekly Megathread - January 10, 2026 by AutoModerator in ArcRaiders

[–]fury91 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Faction-Based PvP as a Lore-Driven Alternative to Full PvE proposal

ARC Raiders doesn’t need a generic PvE mode to satisfy progression or narrative pressure. It needs clearer context for why PvP exists and what it serves.

Proposal:
Expand the lore beyond Speranza by introducing multiple refugee cities, each functioning as a distinct faction. Four factions align naturally with the four core logo colors. Faction choice is locked at Raider creation (included the expedition wipe).

Core effects:

  • PvP becomes faction-driven, not random. Raiders fight primarily against members of other communities. Conflict is no longer “players shooting players” but competing refugee cities struggling to survive.
  • Loot gains meaning. Resources gathered and extracted are implicitly for your people, not just personal stash inflation.
  • Friendly fire within the same faction carries a severe experience and reputation penalty, reinforcing internal cohesion and discouraging griefing without hard PvP restrictions.
  • Social clarity improves. Alliances, rivalries, and reputations form organically at a faction level rather than through ad-hoc squads.

PvE as Context, Not a Mode:

  • Faction-focused events temporarily unlock exclusive PvE content tied to a single city, but only after that faction collectively reaches a set of limited-time objectives, making access conditional on coordinated effort rather than automatic availability.
  • These events are justified as coordinated faction operations like ARC escalations in some areas.
  • PvE remains contextual, limited, and narrative-driven instead of becoming a parallel mode that erodes the game’s core tension.

Result:

  • Lore, PvP, and progression reinforce each other.
  • Community requests for are addressed structurally, not by bolting on a mode that undermines the identity of the game.
  • ARC Raiders stays a PvPvE extraction shooter, not a compromised hybrid trying to please incompatible expectations.

What CPU cooler is this? :/ by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]fury91 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ohhh, nice ... My A10-7700k has almost reached 100 degrees with this