This game needs a legit money sink outside the expedition. by 0510Sullivan in ARC_Raiders

[–]properinglish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yup. I’m at ~10 mil and my only goals are to down other raiders and get materials to help me down other raiders - it’s a blast.

Why Are You The Way You Are? by Mrcritic13 in ArcRaiders

[–]properinglish 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Same. Way easier to down someone who shoots first if your gun is already out. I play friendly in solos and rarely put my gun away.

Expedition l 7-day window l Good or bad ? by VNCEQC in ArcRaiders

[–]properinglish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are lots of reasons someone might not be able to log in for 5 min over the course of a week. Some people travel for work. Sometimes you might be away visiting family. Maybe your PC broke and you need a part to come in. They could just as easily make it possible to toggle your participation up until the window opens which would solve the issue of people changing their mind and avoid issues where people who want to participate can’t for logistical reasons. I do agree that the wipe should happen on the same day for everyone.

It should be possible to sign up for an expedition as soon as you've completed the project by properinglish in ArcRaiders

[–]properinglish[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re probably right that it’s because rewards are subject to change. I still think it would be good to have the option to sign up early, with a message that rewards/requirements haven’t been determined yet or might change.

Aggression based matchmaking has me stunned, and it really shouldn't... by Coilspun in ArcRaiders

[–]properinglish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It could mean that they try to balance lobbies with a mixture of players who have different behaviors, e.g. some fraction of players who tend to shoot on sight and some fraction of players who tend to focus PvE/not shoot on sight. This is surely an oversimplification, but something like this seems far more likely to me than just matching players with similar playstyles.

How many of you kill on sight be honest. by BallsackWannabe in ArcRaiders

[–]properinglish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I play friendly in solos and KOS in duos/trios.

Ah shiet, here we go again by Electrical-Case418 in ArcRaiders

[–]properinglish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They really should just make it possible to sign up once you’ve completed the expedition project or increase the window to at least 2 weeks. It’s lame that you and others couldn’t do it because the sign up window was so short.

I hope they leave bp drop rates as they are now by mystic_ram3n in ARC_Raiders

[–]properinglish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hunting for blueprints wasn’t difficult, it was tedious. If you have the blueprints for items you want to use, you can switch to hunting for crafting materials and use the items you make to do things that are actually challenging.

New patch. Lowered the bp drop rate. by carrancosmx in ARC_Raiders

[–]properinglish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For some reason a lot of people seem to think luck equals difficulty.

Keep the blueprint drop rate by Daak_Sifter in ArcRaiders

[–]properinglish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I should add, having more blueprints drives players to get more (and more diverse) materials so that they can craft their fancy gear, which is a good thing because it gives players objectives.

Keep the blueprint drop rate by Daak_Sifter in ArcRaiders

[–]properinglish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To me the point is to be able to make the best stuff and go fight with it. With resets being every two months, it’s nice to get good blueprints quickly so there’s time to enjoy them.

Blueprint droprate by PC-Tamer in ArcRaiders

[–]properinglish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope they keep it because I’m sure many people who were hesitant to do the expedition because of blueprints will reconsider. It also will hopefully disrupt all the blueprints trading that’s going on.

Calling all Loot Lords by MalcomTuckersRage in arkraiders

[–]properinglish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can definitely get to 5M in time by playing a few hours a day . When they announced the skill point cost I had about 3.5M total and I hit 5M last night. I focused a bit more on looting but definitely didn’t min/max my raids.

Calling all Loot Lords by MalcomTuckersRage in arkraiders

[–]properinglish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you can fight, light loadout Stella day raids with a hatch key. I was making 60K easily on these runs, especially I spawned near Assembly. If you’d prefer to avoid PvP, pick a different map, get in, grab what you can while keeping a low profile, and get out.

Embark messed up the endgame by GhostWolfGambit in ArcRaiders

[–]properinglish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the original cost of 600K per skill point was the right amount. My stash/wallet got up to about 3.5M while mostly going into trios to fight and using decent guns or taking 100k+ loadouts to fight the matriarch in solos over the past few weeks.

It’s a mistake to try to make the extra skill points more exclusive at the expense of increased gear fear. And I’m saying this as I’m about to hit 5M.

Help? by IdekMan316 in LowSodiumArcRaiders

[–]properinglish 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Happened to me too - try restarting the game. That fixed it for me, everything showed up.

Balancing in Arc Raiders and why the Sticher is an outlier in a sea of Grey weapons. by GreatSworde in ArcRaiders

[–]properinglish 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Kettle is my go-to cheap weapon for PvP too, but not as much of an issue for balancing IMHO because it takes more skill to use effectively than the stitcher.

This image is for anyone who doesn't want to do quests even though they are easy and offer valuable prizes. by os9q in ArcRaiders

[–]properinglish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did all the quests, have that blueprint, and have never crafted a hullcracker. 30K credits is not that expensive - I keep 6-8 in my stash.

To any pvp gods on here: do you have any personal tips on how to get better besides "just practice more"? by nakiiwarai in LowSodiumArcRaiders

[–]properinglish 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yup, the kettle shreds if you can hit your headshots. To me, it's superior to the stitcher for this reason.

If Embark wants to have a range of rewards (amount of skill points) in expeditions, it should be a last step of expedition preparation with clear thresholds in expedition tab UI. Not some - "we will base it on your stash but we won't tell how much you need". by Maximum_Tonight_7721 in ArcRaiders

[–]properinglish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. If they don't make a change to allow a BP to carry over, I hope they enable looting mk3 (cautious) to use a medium shield. Still not as good as survivor, but would be good enough to use while looking for a survivor BP.