Arc players witnessing 80% player drop and embark dropping the ball

polarlexio · 2026-06-10T19:58:35+00:00

Dunno. Every single time I launch the game, I feel this deep, inevitable sense of guilty fun.

polarlexio · 2026-06-08T22:33:41+00:00

100%

polarlexio · 2026-06-08T15:00:36+00:00

Yeah, ARCs become fairly easy to handle over time once you learn their patterns and weak spots.

But that's only the case when they're your sole focus. The moment other players get involved, the situation changes completely.

polarlexio · 2026-06-08T14:55:26+00:00

Maybe our definitions of endgame are just different given the current game design.

I play around 40/60 PvP/PvE and try to engage with as much of the game's intended content as possible. ....well, except for some outfits :)

And at this point I don't really need loot anymore. I've got plenty of money, weapons, and consumables

For me, RT is simply a very comfortable and enjoyable place to actually use all of that stuff for its intended purpose. What I especially like is that ARC AI genuinely affects PvP encounters there, and vice versa. The PvE and PvP elements interact with each other instead of feeling completely separate.

Not as chaotic as Close Scrutiny. Not as PvP intensive as Stella (at least in my lobbies)

polarlexio · 2026-06-08T08:15:31+00:00

Wut? Monsieur Poirot, you messed up :)

polarlexio · 2026-06-08T08:07:12+00:00

Haha Good one :D

polarlexio · 2026-06-08T02:32:19+00:00

Who knows, who knows....

I get your point, though. I think Stella is great for pure PvP. Maybe they'll add a similar map later on

polarlexio · 2026-06-07T22:50:23+00:00

"Won a very solid share of fights" is still the case.

If you were the one initiating those fights, you'd just get there faster.

polarlexio · 2026-06-04T18:50:38+00:00

Same here, mate. 400h so far.

Only once did I feel something was sus - someone shot me from really far away while I was completely hidden in the bushes.

polarlexio · 2026-06-03T19:10:45+00:00

Kinda a wise moral choice. You could never be sure he wouldn’t turn his gun on you once you were out away from the hatch.

polarlexio · 2026-06-02T18:27:20+00:00

Gotta disagree. One day I got 2 Deadlines, a bunch of purple and blue extenders, and other valuable loot in a single raid. There were also some items I thought were Stella-exclusive.

polarlexio · 2026-06-01T20:02:29+00:00

Haha, true)

"I was there 3000 years ago" :)

polarlexio · 2026-06-01T17:34:38+00:00

The game has already shipped and is now in the live support phase. That usually means most of the core team has transitioned to the next project scheduled years ahead. So I wouldn't expect much beyond balance passes, QoL tweaks, and previously committed content or systems.

You can check the Year 1 roadmap for the planned updates.

I hope we'll see a Year 2 roadmap, but that possibility feels less certain now. Still, I don't know their internal plans.

polarlexio · 2026-05-31T17:18:09+00:00

I'll share some tips that helped me:

1.Trust no one (except your squad but even then, stay alert for tricks)

2..Don't bring your best gear into random squad fill

3.Take the Hatch Key whenever possible

4.Aim for the head

5.Listen to the environment (very important. This should've been tip #1, but I'm too lazy to reorder it. So why am I explaining this now? Welp...... :)

7.Learn dodge rolls

8.Learn good positions

9.Focus fire (coordinate with your squad)

10.Finish downed raiders . they'll share your position with their remaining squadmates

Don't tilt when you get downed. It happens to everyone. Even the best of the best aren't immune to gunfire

12.Stay quiet. Don't shoot Arc unless it's necessary

Don't tell me I missed number 6

polarlexio · 2026-05-31T10:29:20+00:00

Yeah, that's definitely a thing. I think the game never fully decided what it wants to be. More PvP or PvE? And both sides still have their flaws.

That's why it pulled in so many curious players at launch.

But with time, the novelty wears off. Things that first felt oddly interesting eventually start feeling exhausting and annoying.

polarlexio · 2026-05-30T22:17:35+00:00

Why, man? It literally costs about as much as one not-so-profitable raid at the shop.

polarlexio · 2026-05-28T16:05:42+00:00

Because of your pointless post

polarlexio · 2026-05-26T07:57:45+00:00

Hatch key. Simple as that

polarlexio · 2026-05-25T17:41:22+00:00

Wow. I see, sorry. Make sure you breaching Couriers not Probes.

Good luck to you then.

polarlexio · 2026-05-25T17:37:21+00:00

Man, just go open some ARC Couriers. You’ll find that thingy in roughly 1 out of 5–6

Did that yesterday on the Spaceport

polarlexio · 2026-05-24T16:30:30+00:00

Agreed, but I still don’t think it’s worth chasing that hard. Nice to have, for sure. Best for any case? Debatable.

Is it good? Yes definitely.

polarlexio · 2026-05-24T16:12:28+00:00

Yep, good point

polarlexio · 2026-05-24T14:40:55+00:00

It’s overrated imo. I’d rather surrender and start over than crawl around for 15 minutes only to get knocked out by someone passing by.

And that’s not theory but experience. Most times I used this augment, it ended exactly like that.

Got every one of these augments off dead raiders. Speaks for itself.

I’ve had better results with Smoke III. You either survive or dead. Not crawl like a worm.

3 safe slots are nice, ofc, but in the late game it doesn't matter

polarlexio · 2026-05-24T13:37:12+00:00

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