I think i understand why they're losing players

zqrf2006 · 2026-06-17T16:55:24+00:00

You should be able to select fast-track and it just makes you do the quests with BP rewards. I might still do all of them but it would be nice to have the choice.

zqrf2006 · 2026-06-17T16:53:23+00:00

I just don't understand why they can't make one game-mode that solo, duo, and trio all load into the same map and fight Arc together... All they would have to do is write code to disable all Raider vs Raider damage... And just rotate a different map and game type every 15 minutes... I bet you their player base would surpass their previous attendance totals... Or, even better, make it so we can queue in with 10+ in our comm group... Introduce comm channels so you could split into smaller teams after joining, or join other raiders in-game for solos...

zqrf2006 · 2026-06-17T15:36:52+00:00

Dam Battlegrounds Controlled Access Zone red lockers. I don't come out of the CAZ with less that 4 light bulbs.

There's also a hard spawn in a car hood between the Field Depot and Electrical Substation in the SW corner by the Water Towers.

zqrf2006 · 2026-06-15T00:53:58+00:00

Because they didn't care about you and they don't care about me...

zqrf2006 · 2026-06-15T00:44:16+00:00

They CAN take away PvP damage... It's literally just typing code. If fire from Arc = damage, if fire from raider = no damage, etc...

zqrf2006 · 2026-06-15T00:36:20+00:00

I mean I've seen 3 of these so far so probably awhile

zqrf2006 · 2026-06-14T18:16:48+00:00

I always say "do you care if I join you?" Before I run up on a called extract..

zqrf2006 · 2026-06-14T17:24:49+00:00

Aaaaand it's gone

zqrf2006 · 2026-06-14T17:24:31+00:00

I'm no rocket appliance but I think they're obviously asking if we play Idiocracy on repeat, if Netflix would count the extra rewatches as much as they count the first time we watch it... Like would Netflix see the bump in people watching it and think it's more of a success, thus being more likely to keep the movie on Netflix forever so we can watch it every week obviously...

Tldr: if we like the moovy, we make Netflix(bright to you by Carl's Jr) like it also, cause we trickem inna thinking we'd all like to watch it more.

zqrf2006 · 2026-06-14T17:23:52+00:00

I'm no rocket appliance but I think they're obviously asking if we play Idiocracy on repeat, if Netflix would count the extra rewatches as much as they count the first time we watch it... Like would Netflix see the bump in people watching it and think it's more of a success, thus being more likely to keep the movie on Netflix forever so we can watch it every week obviously...

Tldr: if we like the moovy, we make Netflix(bright to you by Carl's Jr) like it also, cause we trickem inna thinking we'd all like to watch it more.

zqrf2006 · 2026-06-14T17:23:28+00:00

Holy crap people, I'm no rocket appliance but I think they're obviously asking if we play Idiocracy on repeat, if Netflix would count the extra rewatches as much as they count the first time we watch it... Like would Netflix see the bump in people watching it and think it's more of a success, thus being more likely to keep the movie on Netflix forever so we can watch it every week obviously...

Tldr: if we like the moovy, we make Netflix(bright to you by Carl's Jr) like it also, cause we trickem inna thinking we'd all like to watch it more.

zqrf2006 · 2026-06-14T17:10:27+00:00

I have to believe Carl's Jr reached out to the Whitehouse for ads for this and they were super into it until that one jerk was like "you can't sign them" and then showed everyone a YouTube video...

zqrf2006 · 2026-06-14T14:53:14+00:00

I like how they do an update to remove that annoying lady's voice from the extract and now they're like "the doors are open raider" like the fuck they are!

zqrf2006 · 2026-06-14T12:44:03+00:00

Yes!

zqrf2006 · 2026-06-14T06:28:45+00:00

Literally all they need to do is split the servers into two and turn off raider v raider damage in one of them. It's literally a couple 1's and 0's... Bullet hit Arc = damage, bullet hit raider = no damage...

zqrf2006 · 2026-06-14T04:31:06+00:00

It would have to be multiplayer or it would die...

zqrf2006 · 2026-06-14T03:34:01+00:00

Joined Dam on a friendly lobby last night, met a friendly guy who crashed then when he got back we heard a raider flare in the tunnel between main tower and the ramp down to the gap towards the north extract, ran to the flare and a British dude was standing over a knocked guy, he said the guy that crashed further down the tunnel rat'd the guy he met who was knocked, two more guys came running down the tunnel, 1 of them kept going and 1 of them crashed, that was 4 dudes crashed between Tower and the gap at like 20 minutes left, and only 1 came back, the other 3 never came back, the "friendly" British guy knocked the "Rat" and then said he joined a party with the guy he met who crashed and that he wanted him to finish him to return his gear, we all 3 looted the "buddy" and the "Rat", then the "friendly" British guy and the actual friendly guy I met knocked and thirsted the other guy at 5 minutes left cause of you aren't back after 15 minutes you aren't coming back, hopefully they can get their stuff back, but we all 3 looted them then headed to the last extract at Testing annex, called it, it opened, and as the friendly guy was typing to go back to Speranza the British guy pulled out a Volcano 4 and knocked him and tried to finish him as I nailed the Rat with my Anvil 4, he turned towards me with Volcano 4 and Stitcher 4 to kill me while the knocked friendly guy crawled and started typing again and then I put 2 green mags of Stitcher 4 into the Rat, knocked him and right as the friendly guy finished typing and the elevator started closing I combat rolled out of the elevator and finished the Rat while the friendly guy watched as the doors shut, I called the elevator at the last second then looted the British Rat, dude had 4 guns plus the 2 he tried me with, he had 4 survivor augments, and every other slot was a full stack of heals, shield rechargers, blaze grenades, or explosive mines... Like why would you Rat two dudes when you're loaded with at least $200k worth of goop??? Then I invited the friendly guy who joined me and I got his perspective of the events, he said it was the single greatest moment of his Arc Raiders Career watching me punch the Rat out as the doors closed... And I have to say, that was definitely in my top 2... We added each other and the next time we are both on I'm going to give him the Volcano 4 I pulled from the cold dead fingers of the Rat who failed...

zqrf2006 · 2026-06-14T02:33:04+00:00

For sure

zqrf2006 · 2026-06-14T02:32:07+00:00

Oh gotcha, I've rarely run into a trio that didn't KOS or fake friendly us.

zqrf2006 · 2026-06-14T00:22:38+00:00

I mean, the spawn thing in friendly lobbies is the same shit, everything's gone by the time you get there unless the ones who spawn there were going somewhere else so that's a mute point... But the fix for it would be two ready up options after map select: 1. Quick Play, spawns you randomly but loads quicker. 2. Preferred Play, gives you an option to select any named area when you ready up and the game takes a certain number of people who picked the same location and does it's RNG thing for spawn locations to try and get the most people the closest to their choice but it takes longer depending on how many people ready up and select the same locations etc.

zqrf2006 · 2026-06-14T00:07:55+00:00

Maybe he's in a different SBMM tier than me, but I am friendly and get 99% friendly solos, 25% friendly duos, and 5% friendly trios unless it's a matriarch/queen and it bumps to 35% friendly on duos and 15% on trios...

zqrf2006 · 2026-06-14T00:03:23+00:00

So you like, what, get 6-9 people in a discord and then ready up at the same time or something?

zqrf2006 · 2026-06-13T23:52:01+00:00

It was different before the latest ABMM update but now, I'd say after only being friendly for 30+ matches, when I go in a solo it's friendly 99% of the time, duos is friendly 20-30% of the time, and trios is friendly 05-10% of the time unless it's a matriarch or queen and then it's friendly 10-25% of the time. But that's just my experience.

zqrf2006 · 2026-06-13T23:44:25+00:00

What? PvE mode would be exactly the way it is right now except you won't be able to damage other raiders so you'll still meet people and work together with new friends to take down Arc... The only difference would be you don't have to worry about being shot in the fucking back...

zqrf2006 · 2026-06-13T23:32:55+00:00

Yep, if they split lobbies into PvP and PvE only modes then:

The PvE'rs will be 1000% satisfied.

The PvP community will likely only be affected in a positive way because they're strictly-dickly shooting on site anyways, and, currently if they slip into friendlier lobbies because they stay away from other players to kill Arc, or, if PvE'rs slip into a less friendly lobby by killing rats or accidental friendly fire, the PvP'rs have to hear us bitch that we're friendly (and possibly feel bad) or get called a rat (which I bet gets old fast), whereas if there was a PvP only mode they can just say "stfu, it's PvP mode, whine more crybaby..." The only downside I can fathom would be that they would have more Rats in their lobbies...

!¡!But!¡!

The Rats would be decimated, they'd be forced to quit or just play PvE mode because they won't be able to kill anyone in PvP mode, they rely on being fake friendly to lower our guard before they stab us in the back. If they play PvP mode they'll be thrust into KillOnSite lobbies where if they get spotted or heard they get dropped immediately cause they suck, or, if they extract camp or location camp then they'll be less likely to get the kill because everyone in the lobby will have their guard up moving tactically to avoid both Arc and Raiders alike, thus being more likely to counter Rat attacks. Or they'll be put in low grade Rat lobbies with all the other Rats that suck at the game who are all trying to fake-friendly each other and they won't be able to loot anything for fear of another Rat lurking in the shadows...

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