ARC Raiders continues to have many players. Peaceful and aggressive raiders are supposed to be separated by matchmaking, but it doesn’t work quite as the players thought.
What has the developer confirmed? In an interview with PCGamer, the developer Embark Studios revealed some details about the so-called “Aggression-based Matchmaking”. It was previously known that ARC Raiders brings its players into different lobbies depending on their behavior.
According to the developer, some players even assume that a single fight can send you directly to a PvP lobby. But that’s not entirely accurate.
Embark Studios confirms that there are no true peaceful or aggressive lobbies. The matchmaking is not as binary as many players thought, and it doesn’t pigeonhole the raiders. Instead, they are mixed in such a way that some extreme PvP players can be matched with peaceful players.
The developer himself was even surprised by the many peaceful players, as during testing there was never collaboration, and the gameplay was significantly more aggressive. Embark Studios also states the following in the interview: “[ARC Raiders] needs this element of excitement and risk from other players to be good.”
Matchmaking is based on a longer evaluation
What else does the developer say about matchmaking? According to an editor from PCGamer, some players urgently warned him not to fire a single shot or even loot dead raiders.
Embark Studios clarifies that the matchmaking is not that overly sensitive and states: “Your involvement in PvP is part of the overall situation, and it is not as though a single action triggers it. It is a sequence of several rounds together and such things.”
What else has the developer revealed? In the interview, Embark Studios also addressed the surveys that can appear after a round. There you can share your experience of the round with the developers. Embark Studios confirms in the interview that these surveys do not affect your matchmaking.
Although the PvP enthusiasts are said to be part of the true experience of ARC Raiders, some players prefer to chill. The Reddit user ACR_Legends prefers to play without the PvP “sweats” and wants lobbies with “people who have jobs” again: Players of Arc Raiders wish for a lobby without PvP losers, players propose unusual solutions
