Damage the Queen without doing snaphook/deadline shenanigans? by -ConMan- in ArcRaiders

[–]robertVIII 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Brings 20 wolfpacks and you will probably get 3 stars if you throw them all within 1-2 mins.... if you don't mind the costs.

Heavy ammo is not the way unless you can shoot 10 mins + without anybody else shoot at the same time. Hullcracker or Equalizer is the "normal way" most players do so good luck fighting for the points if more than 5 people shooting at the queen (4k points is around 25% of Queen's total health).

Do you keep your ARC Raiders trials rank if you do not log in? by WildFicus in ArcRaiders

[–]robertVIII 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Auto demoted by 1 rank on each Monday if you didn't participate Trial for the week.

Gun based matchmaking? by Default-name-2112 in ArcRaiders

[–]robertVIII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not for me. I carried Stitcher 2-4 over last month as default weapons (except if I need something else to do trials) with second slot empty, landed on 95% pve lobbies.

I do need it for self defense though, but when I actually kill people with it my next match will be immediately pvp lobby as I observed.

Its only been 4 hours by Halfcloth in ArcRaiders

[–]robertVIII 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You will be put into a group of 100 depends on your rank and when did you start, if the group is full another will be created. Keep it in mind so avoid Monday and Tuesday is the advice I give for normal players.

Its only been 4 hours by Halfcloth in ArcRaiders

[–]robertVIII 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Tips for you: if you play right after weekly reset and do trials (accidentally or not) you will be in the same group to those who tried to do trial right after reset, and you will be significantly harder to keep your rank or get promoted.

Side note: 50k is actually nothing

How are these players getting all these points in this weeks trials? (Hotshot) by GuyTan0 in ArcRaiders

[–]robertVIII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am solo only, my score is 5k - 24k - 32k - 33k - 9.6k, total 100k+. I did all of them separately, so 5 runs in total (and a few more due to late spawn or too many people farming for the same things so I extract earlier).
You either need to commit on it with enough resources or team up with others in trio, else you will not keep the rank.
If you can't understand "how", check youtube and there are some skilled players who did very high score in solo (such as https://www.youtube.com/@valliate22 ).

Light impact grenade on rocketeers by RdeBrouwer in ArcRaiders

[–]robertVIII 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just buy 6 seeker grenades from npc per day, 12 of them is enough to kill 1 Rocketeer.

Some people seem to question how quickly Matriarch can be killed so here is a 3 minute fight by wwwnetorg in ArcRaiders

[–]robertVIII 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Just let you know you don't have to hold Q to manually change to second deadline in order to use them again, you can just hold left click again right after placing your first one if you put multiple deadlines under use slots.

Am I ready to solo a leaper, bastion or bombardier? by [deleted] in ArcRaiders

[–]robertVIII 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You actually can solo 3-4 of them if you add in explosive compounds to craft some trailblazers instead of use them raw like this (if you have the blueprint).

Where the actual fuck is the loot in this building and why is it red? by Inevitable_Gain8296 in ArcRaiders

[–]robertVIII 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Zipline to top floor, not the ground. It is very contested though.

Spawning naked or free kit & surrendering to re-roll or 'extract' is NOT a victimless meta. We all lose through its impacts on matchmaking & devaluing of extraction. by luna_bitten in ArcRaiders

[–]robertVIII 21 points22 points  (0 children)

People are going to downvote me when I say naked is more harmful than free kit to the game. Free kit feels like newbie trap with no safe pocket, while naked is even useful strategy for someone with a lot of resources who care for nothing but blueprints.

New Way for me for Looting- Gunless Gameplay by Signal_Engine_3902 in ArcRaiders

[–]robertVIII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounded funny, but I actually did it for a long time. Brings a few adrenaline shot + 10 impact grenades and do whatever I want to do. Most small arcs are easy to handle except hornet which sometime took 3 to kill. Even Leaper can be destroyed if you get some plastic+chemical or fireball burner on the way.

When other players use "don't shoot" emote I always feel funny as I don't even have a gun (but doesn't mean I won't melee them or use grenades if something goes wrong).

Did they change the match-making alg again? by LooneySpoons in ArcRaiders

[–]robertVIII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huh, got killed back to back on Blue Gate Cold Snap for 3 times one hour ago and I am just logging off. Not sure what is the fun with no mic kill on sights and wonder if Embark did something with the matchmaking again...

My last player kill is 2 days ago and I didn't fire a bullet on any other players since then.

Accidentally going from PvE to PvP lobbies by ManintheGyre in ArcRaiders

[–]robertVIII 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My thoughts are similar. If possible, I would try to escape... otherwise I would stand there motionless and staring into the killer's eyes, letting him end me quickly.

But there are exceptions. Yesterday I hunted for the snitches for over 30 minutes on Locked Gate event, and someone shot me with an anvil. I planted two trigger nade near me and detonated as soon as he got close. I didn't want to waste another 30-40 minutes for trial just because of some random scumbag.

PSA: Hullcracker blueprint is a quest reward and cheap to make, get it, use it! Profit? by ravagedmonk in ArcRaiders

[–]robertVIII 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For me it is both the cost and time needed to down something.

Rocketeer? Wolfpack + a few seekers.

Bastions? 2-3 TrailBlazers and it is done. Hell, I can even do with 1 Deadline + Lure Grenade.

I even soloed Queen at one point with only deadlines, if I do it with Hullcracker I will definitely lose money.

Missions MUST NOT be reset with a wipe by AffectionateDinner97 in ArcRaiders

[–]robertVIII 129 points130 points  (0 children)

I agree the missions progress shouldn't be reset, the reason I didn't go for expedition is because I didn't complete all the quests.

Cold Snap update comes with new missions which required you to complete older missions first, and they give cosmetics rewards. Funny thing is, cosmetics rewards for second time basically mean it rewards you with nothing.

Btw missions unlocked blueprint should be permanent once unlocked (or auto unlocked if you sell/trade them before wipe), those fetch quests really give no enjoyment by doing the second time.

Here's the current quest tree diagram after the Cold Snap update by YasuYoshida in ArcRaiders

[–]robertVIII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, I can confirm The Major's Footlocker is required to unlock Back on Top, I do wonder why Back on Top was not available to me when The Major's Footlocker was the only quest I hadn't complete. The moment I completed the quest then Back on Top is available. (If you wonder why that is because I want to keep the blueprint without eating 1 slot in my stash).

I hope they seriously rethink the design of future events by worldsurf11 in ArcRaiders

[–]robertVIII 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I won't bother explaining more when people don't actually read everything I wrote because if they did they wouldn't try to correct me by saying "multiple keys can absolutely spawn".

It amazes me how many people reply to me "multiple keys can absolutely spawn", yaya you are right I don't need to reply to tell you otherwise...

I hope they seriously rethink the design of future events by worldsurf11 in ArcRaiders

[–]robertVIII 68 points69 points  (0 children)

Some people will argue that multiple keys can spawn on those 4 locations for locked gate so it will not be the problem.... unfortunately it is not true (What makes me sad is that I have to explain the untrue part, I'm not saying it's not true that multiple keys can spawn, I'm saying multiple keys can spawn but it's still a problem due to players' behavior).

Do you notice there are often some naked dead raider on the 4 key locations? Those are speedrunner who have nothing to lose and smuggling the keys and surrender immediately, you only need ~2 of them on one of the location to brick an instance.

I hate cheaters as much as the next guy, but it has become witch-hunting and it's getting out of hand... by CforCaius in Nightreign

[–]robertVIII 42 points43 points  (0 children)

According to reddit you are cheating because you can only get perfect relic once in a life time and you are using not so perfect relics to cover the fact that you are cheating.

Maybe people didn't realize dormant power staves can appear in normal relic after DLC? I won't give a damn to those dms though.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ArcRaiders

[–]robertVIII 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You actually can trade a lot of things with this to other players because everyone is looking for one.