Arc Raiders

Livewire88 · 2026-02-24T17:24:12+0000

No mention of any nerf to trigger nades. The most OP things in the game for PvP

bigmike20vt · 2026-02-24T17:25:45+0000

I think they will be my next go to grenade

BS Dave · 2026-02-24T17:43:06+0000

Livewire88 said:
No mention of any nerf to trigger nades. The most OP things in the game for PvP

They already nerfed the fuse on them.

Thekwango · 2026-02-24T17:44:30+0000

Distracted said:
I've found it balanced, with a side of chaos that keeps it interesting.

personally i've not found the ABMM balanced at all - it's either carebear lobbies or full on wannabe rambo-rats with no inbetween

Distracted said:
They're still easy to kill. I don't know when it changed, but they started doing that weird thing where if you shoot them from miles away they take an age to get to you and start blasting you. Rather than zooming over and obliterating you.

That made them much easier to kill than they were before whenever that change happened.

Horrible in the open ofc. But I'm talking cover and time to target two thrusters. Even with medium ammo which I use predominantly these days.

yea, rocketeers aren't really an issue anymore unless you get caught out in the open. used to be they'd be on you like a dart if you took a pop, now i tend to light them up just for something to do/lols - and as you say, if engaged at distance to begin with they end up swallowing at least a dozen rounds before they come pottering over

Nullzzz · 2026-02-24T20:02:05+0000

I like the changes to the crafting requirements, especially the Wolfpack, it was far too cheap to craft given it's utility & power. I'm glad they went with making it harder to craft as opposed to a nerf of the WP itself.
I'm sure there will be increased competition for the drivers now, and I don't mind that either, for the last few weeks I've barely bothered looting big ARC I've downed as a lack of stash space meant I would almost always just sell for (increasingly useless) cash. Queens & Matriarchs were still looted of course.

Husk Graveyard could become a decent farm for rocketeer drivers

I like that some of this stuff matters now beyond crafting benches, Expeditions or Projects. I'll have an hour or two later to check out the new ARC & Hurricane condition.

Just about hanging in for Hotshot, did not really try with Ticks, and could not beat 4k on Matriarch. Can't face another attempt, so I guess I'll see in the morning.

bigmike20vt · 2026-02-24T20:27:20+0000

do the last few hrs normally have a massive boost?
I am trying to get to daredevil 1 currently with 26k. right now the entry level to promotion is 20k so I think I am probably safe.

Nullzzz · 2026-02-24T20:42:14+0000

bigmike20vt said:
do the last few hrs normally have a massive boost?
I am trying to get to daredevil 1 currently with 26k. right now the entry level to promotion is 20k so I think I am probably safe.

It's possible, and will depend where players in your group are based - the US will be finishing work in the next few hours, so if you have US based players in your group, and they are active in trials, they have a while yet to increase their scores. I've previously gone to bed confident that I'll still be in a certain promotion position in the morning, to find out I've slipped down enough places to get a lower promotion or no promotion.
In this rank, it is only 1x promotion, no change or 1x demotion. I should be safe from demotion at least

Nullzzz · 2026-02-24T21:17:23+0000

So, first game, straight into Hurricane.

Spotted my first Comet, hit it a few times with the Anvil and get up on top of the extract when it's about to blow, I avoid that, but another raider gets caught in the blast, so starts to shoot me, hits me a couple times, I down him, and another Comet sneaks up and does me in.
We both manage to extract

Thekwango · 2026-02-24T21:24:45+0000

hurricane modifier is just all sorts of crap.

sativa · 2026-02-24T21:44:56+0000

Nullzzz said:
I like the changes to the crafting requirements, especially the Wolfpack, it was far too cheap to craft given it's utility & power. I'm glad they went with making it harder to craft as opposed to a nerf of the WP itself.
I'm sure there will be increased competition for the drivers now, and I don't mind that either, for the last few weeks I've barely bothered looting big ARC I've downed as a lack of stash space meant I would almost always just sell for (increasingly useless) cash. Queens & Matriarchs were still looted of course.

Husk Graveyard could become a decent farm for rocketeer drivers

I like that some of this stuff matters now beyond crafting benches, Expeditions or Projects. I'll have an hour or two later to check out the new ARC & Hurricane condition.

Just about hanging in for Hotshot, did not really try with Ticks, and could not beat 4k on Matriarch. Can't face another attempt, so I guess I'll see in the morning.

Well done!

I have peaked too early... I am sitting in HotShot on 120k, and 61st (top 60 stay in), so it looks like I just miss out

Nullzzz · 2026-02-25T09:53:58+0000

sativa said:
Well done!

I have peaked too early... I am sitting in HotShot on 120k, and 61st (top 60 stay in), so it looks like I just miss out

I managed to hold on and get promoted to Hotshot, it does not tell you your final position, so no idea how many places I might have slipped overnight.

I quite like the upgrade to the Patchwork outfit, but it's a pity there is no option to go back to the original options.

BUDFORCE · 2026-02-25T10:08:57+0000

Nullzzz said:
I managed to hold on and get promoted to Hotshot, it does not tell you your final position, so no idea how many places I might have slipped overnight.

I quite like the upgrade to the Patchwork outfit, but it's a pity there is no option to go back to the original options.

Does look pretty sweet actually. I need to log on and check what I got.

BUDFORCE · 2026-02-25T10:23:35+0000

Ok ended up on Daredevil III.

Also just signed up for the expedition. 4 days and everything is gone lol.

bigmike20vt · 2026-02-25T10:30:51+0000

I managed to get daredevil I so got the suit. I also signed up for the expedition.
I was hoping I would be able to buy the 5 skill points from expedition 1 (there were mixed messages about that) but I only get the 5. unfortunately I only started playing on December and didn't managed to finish my vehicle to leave the 1st time.

sativa · 2026-02-25T11:11:47+0000

You also get the alpino skin for DareDevil, HotShot and Cantino (different colour schemes)

baritonejohann · 2026-02-25T11:36:42+0000

anyone else getting crashes now? I was looting a matriarch core and it crashed, the screen froze and the game closed. I was able to reconnect but obviously wasn't able to loot an untouched core. everything ran ok for half hour then it happened again looting a piece of leg armour. this time I did loose everything. 5600x/9070/32gig fwiw. Very frustrating. I know its just a game but still.

Thekwango · 2026-02-25T11:44:39+0000

BUDFORCE said:
Also just signed up for the expedition. 4 days and everything is gone lol.

boke - i couldn't cope with that - have all the stuff donated/caravan built/whatever the **** they call it - but i just can't bring myself to reset. having to go through the torture of trying to find the likes of the anvil or wp blueprints makes me itchy just thinking about it :cry:

delta0 · 2026-02-25T12:19:33+0000

Thekwango said:
boke - i couldn't cope with that - have all the stuff donated/caravan built/whatever the **** they call it - but i just can't bring myself to reset. having to go through the torture of trying to find the likes of the anvil or wp blueprints makes me itchy just thinking about it

I’ve been saving up a 2nd set of blueprints. That’s the only way I can possibly consider doing a reset

Nullzzz · 2026-02-25T12:45:11+0000

bigmike20vt said:
I managed to get daredevil I so got the suit. I also signed up for the expedition.
I was hoping I would be able to buy the 5 skill points from expedition 1 (there were mixed messages about that) but I only get the 5. unfortunately I only started playing on December and didn't managed to finish my vehicle to leave the 1st time.

You should be able to catch up according to this article https://arcraiders.com/news/second-expedition-rewards-and-requirements

For Raiders who could not amass enough Coins during the first Expedition, we are introducing a Skill Point catch up system allowing Raiders to reclaim the ones they missed. The catch up Skill Points will be heavily discounted, making the total Coins needed to reach max Skill Points less for each Expedition. Amass the entire Stash value and enjoy your Skill Points before everyone else, fail to do so and the catch-up system will allow you to close the gap over time.

For this Expedition, you will need to gather 300k Stash value per Skill Point missing from the first Expedition. When departing, Coins will contribute to the Skill Points of the second Expedition, before contributing to missing Skill Points from the first one.

So it looks like you need an additional 1.5m (so 4.5m total) for the "old" skill points.
I assume you have to purchase the current skill points at 600k first, and then once that is satisfied, every extra 300k gets you another of the "old" skill points.
What does your expedition screen show? Mine only shows milestones for 5 skill points as I got them last time. Does yours only show 5 too?

I'm 64/74 on blueprints this time (a lot more than last time, so drop rates have been higher generally it seems).
I did not mule anything last time, and I'm not going to this time either, it'll be frustrating at times, but I enjoy the whole rebuild. I'd still like the option of allowing a Raider to select 1 or two they could keep each Expedition (with perhaps a sensible upper/total limit).

Unless Looting Mk3 Survivor drops, then I might have to reconsider!

Thekwango · 2026-02-25T12:48:55+0000

delta0 said:
I’ve been saving up a 2nd set of blueprints. That’s the only way I can possibly consider doing a reset

i don't have a BP mule so i'd be having to start from bare nekkid again......can't be having that

Maybe in the future i might consider it but i'm quite happy being able to pretty much fist any of the arc i encounter - assuming i'm not stood out in the open like a walloper.