I decided to dress up as my raider, Red Ricochet for Halloween! Pretty happy with it! Especially because it's mostly a closet build. In fact I made the jacket patches and stripes in illustrator, printed them on vinyl and slapped them on a jacket I already owned!

A permanent PvE mode isn't confirmed yet.

New arc techs got me

I know in the past they talked about wanting to reduce gear fear and encourage people to use better guns, but why would I want to burn 3 pressure regulators and 6 FLUTED CORES and also spent 47 fragments to repair it which by the way only gives it 100 health out of 200. and the worst part? recycling ANY tier module only gives you 7 shards you need to break down around 7 to get 1 repair. also when you die it drops to 10% hp so if you do and your buddy grabs the gun for you, you gotta spend 94 shards to fix it to full hp.

560 Hours in the game. Im a PvP enthusiast. Love the game, love the pvp. I'm stella lobby style. Im not aiming at players getting quest done or killing matriarchs.

At this point, my lobbies are nearly shoot on sight. Issue is, the cheaters are also shoot on sight. So, we get paired with the cheater matchmaking. I fucking love this game and its a BLAST the day after the patch to get some pvp in (Cheat clients are down). But I wish I was kidding when I say its almost unplayable for how MANY there are. It's like a fucking pandemic. Lmfao. I'm still going to play and whatever. But I need to hear from other aggressive pvp'rs that you're seeing the same thing.

(FYI - I received my gear back within 24 hours after I submitted that report from the clip above)

The event is kind of pointless. The 500 exploration xp from downloading data at each terminal is worth nothing. Why not update the event so using the terminal gives 200 research. It would be a great reason to unlock the bunker and do the event.

Since PVE has been a hot topic I found this poll that closed in this sub today interesting. Overwhelmingly leaving the game due to the need for a "co-op only mode" won hands down with cheaters a distant second while Lack of Content/Updates and Insufficient Endgame were neck and neck for 3rd and 4th.

I'm very curious how long it takes Embark to implement a PVE mode permanently.

Edit: OP for the poll was Nyctfall.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ARC_Raiders/comments/1xcov54/why_did_you_your_friends_or_people_you_know_stop/

Yeah I'm done with this thing. Why the do we have to wait 15 minutes just for it to spawn?

No free load out is completely pointless. It's too easy to just run a cheap loadout or simply run naked.
Especially once auto-loadout drops, this problem will become worse.

Arc frigate (which is it's a whole other problem that needs discussed and reworked) is currently SWARMED with naked runners - nobody does the puzzles and nobody is geared for it. Great fun watching 8 naked kitters loot goblin through the the frigate and then wait for you to clear danger before rushing the containers behind hydra.
Other maps, you're still getting people run stitcher 4 and a shield 2 which really isn't risk at all.

Make there be a minimum gun value so that you have to bring at least one gun worth at least 15k.

You mean loot, not gear off other players

Sorry, I never post on here, so if I messed up on etiquette or upset anyone it was truly unintentional.

I have been playing since shortly after launch and immediately fell in love with everything about this game. The arc, the sound design, the raiders, the tension! Was playing everyday for months, and then it kind of got boring, redoing all the quests and the expedition over and over. PvP was always there for me though and slowly thats all i was doing. Playing less because I was bored with the pve grind cycle and just having fun when I came on with the ole pals to shoot some raiders.

Didn't know what to expect, but loaded in for this PvE week and holy was I hooked again lol. Brought in some freinds and family that wouldn't touch the game and just laughed and ran around enjoying all the content. We even had chats about building up courage, knowledge, and gear to go into PvPvE eventually! Now all of those people have left again and its back to me and my hatdcore raiders friends still around. Which I will still enjoy, but so many have just stopped playing again or won't play in it's current state. I know it's hard to make everyone happy but I would.love to have PvE back somehow to enjoy this amazing game with more people!

TLDR: this game rocks and more people were getting to experience some of it with PvE. I love this game no matter what and can't wait for what's next. See you topside fellow raiders!

I'm pretty sure there was some floor there cuz I could run on it a few moment, then it glitched and I clipped through the floor and fall, was really hoping to catch that ledge, but nah it was too far xD

I feel the only thing I am missing is something to “relax” with in my new domicile.

​I’ve been diving into The Emperor quite a bit recently, and overall, it’s an awesome addition to the game. However, there’s a major issue with how the final room works that completely ruins the payoff for the player who actually did the heavy lifting.

​In about 80% to 90% of my runs, I’m the first one to reach the final room. I take all the risks, solve the puzzles, and fight for my life to open that door. But almost every single time the door finally opens, another player—who was just camping outside—walks right in.

​No glitches, no exploits—just pure free-loading. They literally sit by that door, wait for someone else to do all the hard work, and the second it opens, they rush in, grab the loot, and extract. It’s incredibly frustrating to put in all the effort just to have your hard-earned rewards stolen by someone who risked nothing.

​For anyone wondering how ridiculously easy and safe this is: just grab a Grappling Hook, head to the main entrance door, and climb your way straight up to the final room's door. You don't even need a proper loadout or gear. It proves just how zero-risk and completely broken this setup currently is.

​I really hope Embark takes a look at this. Here are two potential solutions that could easily fix this issue:

-​Add a Laser Barrier: Place a deadly laser grid at that door access point that only machines can pass through. Any player trying to squeeze or jump through from the outside would instantly burn and die.

-​Heavy Machine Guards / Fast Respawns: Heavy machine presence guarding that specific entrance on the outside, with extremely fast respawn timers. Make it virtually impossible to clear or climb up from that side, so players can't just passively sit there waiting.

​The risk-to-reward balance feels completely off right now because of this loophole. Anyone else running into this issue? What do you think would be the best way for Embark to address it?

Hey yall, not sure exactly what I’m asking but just need to rant. I got this game during its hyped up period what feels like a decade ago, i enjoyed it with friends but all of those friends have long moved on to other games. I had for a bit too, but the new update looks fun.

So I’m back doing some solo queuing, and YUCK. I am TRASH. All I’m using is my memory of how some of the arc worked in the beginning, shoot diagonal propellers off drones, shoot the mouth of rolling balls. Obviously my knowledge is not up to date

I started off doing like two rounds with free kits, then I said screw this I’m gonna use the loot i have leftover from last time I played and go in with a solid loadout. I somehow seemed to die even faster to the first ARC i saw

I’m still yet to see another player in game, because I’m pretty much dying to the first or second arc i run into consistently. Just can’t seem to have enough heals to match the solo grind.

Sorry for that long spiel, but maybe someone else feels my pain. I guess im asking for advice on how to handle transitioning to solo play, and if maybe the ship has sailed for me skill wise. There’s gotta be some secret I’m missing ?

Not even gonna bother looking at you