Arc Raiders Players Call On Embark To Overhaul Aggression...

What’s Happening

Breaking it down: “Your aggression in trio should not affect your solo queue”.

Arc Raiders the fandom Don’t Think Trios Should Influence Aggression-Based Matchmaking When Playing Solo By James Lucas Published 25 minutes ago James Lucas is an Executive Editor from Newcastle, England. They have written for sites like IGN, NME, GaymingMag, and VG247, with a special focus on FPS games, Soulslikes, and survival horror. (and honestly, same)

Sign in to your TheGamer account Add Us On Summary Generate a summary of this story follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap Embark CEO Patrick Söderlund just locked in that Arc Raiders has aggression-based matchmaking , meaning that you are paired with players “based on how prone you are to PvP or PvE”.

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But, based on anecdotal first-hand experience and community-wide experiments, players are unhappy with how the system appears to punish you for the way you play in squads. “This is mainly a message to the Embark team.

” The argument is twofold: some, like u/MishRift, aren’t fond of PvP, so find it unfair that when playing with their more aggro friends, they get lumped into PvP lobbies when queuing solo. Others, meanwhile, prefer playing more aggressively in squads, but not solo, and don’t think the system should paint all modes with the same brush.

Why This Matters

“I generally play much more passive and even save fellow raiders from time to time on solos,” dropped one such player, u/En1gmaMontoya. “In trios though I enjoy the PvP and the sheer amount of it is solid for getting better.

Gaming fans have strong opinions about moves like this, and for good reason.