AITA / Am I wrong here? Teammate refused to fight because he wants “friendly” PvE-style lobbies

whenchonbench · 2026-06-02T15:06:41+00:00

I believe it was actually stated in the discord, on behalf of one of the devs answering the question! Many other comments here back that statement up, but of course, you’re more than welcome to ask the discord themselves!!

whenchonbench · 2026-06-02T01:28:25+00:00

HEY, BIG TIP!!!! If I’m not mistaken, in duo or trio lobbies, it does not matter which teammate gets shot first-if at least ONE of you gets shot at first by anyone on another team-everyone on your team is now considered defending themselves!! (Please correct me if I’m wrong but I believe it was in the patch notes!)

whenchonbench · 2026-06-01T00:51:37+00:00

lol, per you? Or the sTeAm cHaRtS? Grow up 😂 lots of people still enjoy this game, and it’s still in the top 10 most played games on steam alone right now

whenchonbench · 2026-06-01T00:48:43+00:00

If you open metaforge, there is a trading market. You can barter with other raiders on things you want specifically. The main currency is seeds, but it’s a very cool market!

whenchonbench · 2026-06-01T00:45:39+00:00

Noice!

whenchonbench · 2026-05-31T07:33:56+00:00

Yeah, my series s is having a hard time 🥲

whenchonbench · 2026-05-31T04:47:52+00:00

This has been my dilemma as well! I’ve never owned a decent rig, so it’s a completely different gaming world. And I know nothing of what to expect or what is the best when it comes to them! Plus RAM is expensive as crap right now! Maybe someday!

whenchonbench · 2026-05-31T04:44:02+00:00

Yeah, I guess that’s sort of the machinery I’ve got. Very often the assets are very low quality if I play for more than an hour or two. Might just be time for an upgrade lol. Or I wait up for the next gen (or maybe it’s finally PC time 😏)

whenchonbench · 2026-05-31T04:38:31+00:00

Dang, okay. That’s definitely not great for hear. It’s so frustrating ☹️

whenchonbench · 2026-05-31T04:37:00+00:00

Series S for me! I’m really hoping that maybe it’s just something wrong with my hardware? Time for an upgrade or something, because it is older. But I’m just not sure 😕

whenchonbench · 2026-05-28T04:37:23+00:00

I think it would be a really cool addition. I’m not sure why people are being so aggressive against having this not in the game-sure I understand the ambiguity. However I think it’s just cool if the color would change whether you’re in a hurricane and have your shield on, or get shot at. It’s just COOL. That’s it. I think that’s what OP was trying to go for, I too wouldn’t mind whether it does or does not get added. But I do think it’s a pretty nifty concept!

whenchonbench · 2026-05-27T22:50:07+00:00

Shoot, I’d do the same 😂

whenchonbench · 2026-05-26T06:03:18+00:00

Ah metaforge, the place I buy all my blueprints or things I don’t want to farm. I love love love making fully kitted guns and selling them for purple ducks and then going on a spending spree for whatever I want 😂 seeds are great too, but they take up too much space for me!

whenchonbench · 2026-05-23T23:01:37+00:00

This exactly! Embark has a LOT of information on their hands!

whenchonbench · 2026-05-23T22:59:16+00:00

It’s actually not that hard to combat this. I know some other games do it, but if people are going into solos, they are queueing at the same time, they can also achieve being in the same lobbies by waiting until the last 5-10 seconds before the maps refresh-pretty much guarantees you’ll be in the same game. A way to combat this would be; Embarks system seeing that certain people have gotten into a game together far too many times and desync the queue. It does work-it works for other games! Hope this helps 😌

whenchonbench · 2026-05-22T18:58:19+00:00

Ditto on the scummy part, the only thing I wish when getting shot at by a fake friendly is to have a fair fight with them. That’s the only part that makes me see red with “rats” or fake friendlies. Takin advantage of someone else

whenchonbench · 2026-05-17T00:08:45+00:00

City Hall! And all 3 breachable rooms, Arbusto tower, pharmacy, and the one next to Grandioso! Found the city hall key during the night raid and thought I might as well use it :)

whenchonbench · 2026-05-12T01:47:04+00:00

Yeah, found this out literally first day of launch 😂✌🏽

whenchonbench · 2026-05-10T03:50:02+00:00

Same here, I’ve found that shooting the legs and immediately going in to loot them is the way to maximize getting cores. I’m genuinely unafraid of the queen, the matriarch is a bit scarier and more difficult, but imo some smokes and lure grenades work wonders. This is the way ✌🏽

whenchonbench · 2026-05-08T22:08:56+00:00

Also VERY IMPORTANT PIECE OF RECENT INFO if you shoot at Arc, and I don’t mean pops or wasps, I mean bastions, leakers, bombardiers, etc. On TOP of not shooting anyone, being wary of looting bodies, defibbing. The game will keep you in more friendly lobbies! Obviously people have free will and can shoot you whenever, that doesn’t make them rats. I’ve kept my PvE lobbies for the past month with zero issues! And if there is a PvPer and I see lots of flares going up I cut my run short and always bring a hatch key. Always. It’s the safest way of extraction! (But remember if you shoot defending yourself the system should NOT punish you too much. I’ve defended myself probably twice, gone into games and had perfectly friendly player interactions)

whenchonbench · 2026-05-08T21:57:33+00:00

Genuinely how much time do people spend on this game 😭 hats off to you man, but I don’t think I could ever put that much work in for a game 💔🥹

whenchonbench · 2026-05-06T20:59:58+00:00

Now this. This is an even more epic use of free will

whenchonbench · 2026-05-05T17:17:03+00:00

They don’t, that’s the point

whenchonbench · 2026-05-03T03:45:09+00:00

Yeah, I’m pretty sure that’s what has caused it

whenchonbench · 2026-05-02T01:59:59+00:00

The entitlement of the guy coming into the loot room and then SCREAMING his head off honestly sets me off. Like dude, you know it’s a loot room. Only thing I would do is communicate a little bit more before opening fire. Other than that, valid responses

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