A player was taken down by one of the most annoying yet harmless enemies in ARC Raiders because his iron grip prevented him. He literally held onto his mission until the end, which ultimately cost him his life.
What caused the player to go down? The player and Reddit user T0PFL0 shared a clear warning in the ARC Raiders subreddit: He died from a simple Tick that decided to jump in the Raider’s face at the most unfortunate moment. T0PFL0 was transporting a battery, which he had to hold in his hands.
As the spider-like ARC jumped on him, the player couldn’t shake off the Tick because his hands were still holding the battery. No matter what he tried, his Raider refused to shake off the annoying enemy, and he had to watch as he slowly but surely lost more HP until he went down.
Here you can see the clip that T0PFL0 attached as a warning:
The community is simultaneously sympathetic and amused. The player’s suffering and the hopelessness of the situation are not just bad luck, but a possible result of a patch that was supposed to help players.
Help from Embark causes the exact opposite for the player
What makes the situation so ironic? The irony lies in the fact that Embark Studios might be responsible for the player’s misfortune with the new Flashpoint update that is generally well-received by players.
In the patch notes for version 1.22.0, it states regarding content and bug fixes:
“All interactions are now disabled when being grabbed by a Tick, except for the interaction to repel it.”
This could have particularly benefited controller users, as the more urgent action of repelling would take precedence over other key bindings like reloading the weapon.
However, this also means exactly what T0PFL0 had to witness in the clip: When the Tick jumped on him, he had no choice but to repel it with the X button. However, the X button is also assigned to picking up and dropping the battery… and dropping is prioritized behind shaking off the Tick.
The result: No matter how hard he tried and regardless of which buttons he used, the player could not repel the Tick. By binding the button and thus holding the battery, he simply had his hands full.
How does the community react to this misfortune? The player VasilePastrama summarizes the general and appropriate reaction to Reddit as follows: “Oh damn, that’s both funny and terrifying!”
“In the Raider community, this is referred to as Tick-Move,” jokes Dru2021. rollmeoneobiwan41 also thanks this martyr for his effort: “Well, thanks for doing the research so we don’t have to. Truly remarkable, Raider. I’m almost in tears.”
While the player base of ARC Raiders can’t help but laugh at the player’s misfortune, they still hope for further assistance and accordingly another bug fix from Embark.
Instead of worrying about pathetic Ticks, players should rather fear the new ARCs in the game. The Vaporizers are deeply dangerous and persistent enemies that can take down Raiders very quickly and mercilessly, but one player has already developed a strategy: The new robot in ARC Raiders pulverizes players, but a lone fighter has found a way to take down the flying monster
