in that case then i'd suggest hitting up the NA servers. they tend to be a bit less shooty shooty when solo'ing and from my experiences the yanks are much less likely to try the old 'don't shoot' then emptying a mag into your back routine.
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Life is certainly easier on the NA servers, no doubt about it
I've had no issues with ping differences whenever I've been on the NA servers, the pings these days are quite reasonable to NA servers, its not like the old MMO days where I used to have 400ms+ to US servers.
Aye it’s quite weird. Most of the worst toxicity I’ve experimented in other online games (csgo being a prime example) has been from yanks. Yet in this they are by far the most sociable, pleasant lot.
There’s also the added bonus that generally speaking yanks are gash at pvp
Nice, I'm on a/l for a month from the 12th, so this would be great if I played the game.
Yeah thats just not true, had another good few rounds and its just as bad if not worse than EU servers. Losers trying to hit you from half way across the map. Another dude just pot shotting anybody that goes near Control building A6 on spaceport. Yeah this game has really lost its shine in the last week. Its just degenerated into the standard toxic mess. That feeling of community that was there when it released is just gone.
I dont have patience or time for that level of pathetic sweatiness.
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everyone's experience is different obviously but the NA servers have been hugely less insta shoot from what i've experienced so far. you're right though, it's not anywhere near as 'community' feeling as it was at the start. but that was always going to be the case unfortunately. extraction shooters always end up gank fests.
I have got to try and work out why this just isnt happening to me, I fundamentally must be doing something differently, I've done 3 rounds this evening, had a few conversations with people, nobody has shot me (I've not shot anyone either) , all has been peaceful. I just dont get it, what the hell am I doing which is getting this completely different gameplay?
First round I was heading to a weapon box spawn point and was being tailed by another player. I think he realised I was heading where he wanted to be, so drew his Stitcher and whilst I managed a couple of shots I had bare minimum gear so couldn't fight back much. Since then I've had a few clam rounds with others not blasting my head off in Dam 
Its certainly not just me either, my mate and his GF are both suffering the same experiences.
If thats what this becomes it will live a short life on my PC.
Probably for the best, for your own enjoyment at least, I'd get it off your drive asap because what you are experiencing wont reduce, you'll only get it happening more
no idea but what you seem to experience most every round, it seems the rest of experience once in a blue moon, if at all. very odd.
that's exactly where extraction shooters end up, unfortunately. once a certain % of the game base gets bored of questing or are at end game they usually resort to pvp for their jollies - and that's not including those that utter turd wallopers that just sit on a hillside popping players trying to extract for no reason other than to ruin their game. so slowly but surely most people end up pvp'ing whether they want to or not but because most everyone else they meet shoots on sight so they resort to the same.
Its exceptionally odd. I mean my rounds are quick, I get in, head straight to the building I want, get what I want and head straight out, I dont loiter in the round til there is like 5mins to go or anything like that, most of my rounds last less than 10mins, but even so, when I bump into people I speak on the mic and far more often than not in results in a conversation, we chat for a bit and then either go our seperate ways or team up. Other than that, I'm probably not playing any differently to anyone else
When I bump into people and speak on the mic it invariable leads to nothing but silence, or maybe the odd guttural obscenity followed by a hail of bullets.
You sure your game isn’t stuck in a tutorial loop or summat and you’re just playing with new folk doing a few intro missions Beats me ! VERY rarely does a person not speak back to me , I reckon I must have bought the Arc Raiders Social Edition or somethingWhen I bump into people and speak on the mic it invariable leads to nothing but silence, or maybe the odd guttural obscenity followed by a hail of bullets.
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Yeah I had some spicy battles the past few days, couple of really toxic raider groups too. Probably honed to the time of day you play and which maps you choose, I dont play solo very much though.
To be fair I don't think you ever really enjoyed this game but didn't want to admit it. Most of your posts are thinly veiled salty whingefests, and despite numerous attempts by others (myself included) to give you a bit of a steer (time of day being absolutely critical), you're still moaning.
Honestly mate if you're getting so wound up then just move on, no game is worth getting so frustrated about.