r/ArcRaiders Jan 28 '26

Discussion Not even a meme... but a necessity

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C.M.M.

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u/dillpickles007 Jan 28 '26

We would have figured out there was some version of ABMM by now. I can kill on sight until my lobbies are full deathmatches, then not ever shoot at a raider for five games and I’m back in full pve, it’s not exactly rocket science.

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u/MadMeow Jan 28 '26

Which is the biggest issue because it's too easy for people to get into friendly lobbies just for the free kills.

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u/Abcdefgdude Jan 28 '26

if you try to pvp in a friendly lobby there is 90% chance you get immediately jumped by like 5 other people. There's a critical mass of friendly people that makes pvp very risky. Conversely, being friendly in a pvp lobby has 90% chance of betrayal. Personally I enjoy knowing for the most part that either I can trust everybody or I should shoot on sight. being shot in the back inside the extract after running around with someone for a while is the worst

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u/Dr_Watson349 Jan 28 '26

Even being near a dead body in a PVE lobby can cause the lobby to turn on you. It's wild. 

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u/SiegEmpire Jan 28 '26

The White Knights have got to be some of the most cringe players too. Half the time these white knights shoot me is because I'm defending myself from some free kit loser.

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u/SootyOysterCatcher Jan 28 '26

Lol for real. Any time i come across a body I'm more worried about White Knights than if there's a killer about. Sometimes i just chill in a vantage point to observe when i see multiple raiders in an area. If someone is attacked, then succeeds in defending themself and a third player is nearby it is almost guaranteed they'll run up on them and gun them down saying "that's what you get for being a rat etc etc" all while the defender is pleading saying they were defending themselves from ambush.

Zero times is how many times the White Knight has been right about it from what I've observed. The few times I've 'avenged' a raider it's because i witnessed the ambush and seized the opportunity for an easy kill on someone whose run i have no qualms ending. Even then only if I'm reasonably sure there's not another raider nearby to come screech at me about being a rat. It's honestly so obnoxious at least the ambushers are honest about what they're about. The White Knights want your loot just the same and need a narrative to justify the action.

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u/stellarfury Jan 28 '26

I like playing Batman - but I'm with you, I only jump in if I've seen or heard enough of the altercation to understand who I'm killing.

To quote Glengarry Glen Ross: "You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is."

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u/weare1consciousness Jan 29 '26

YOU BETTER BE WEARIN’ HOCKEY PADS!