The matchmaking of ARC Raiders is keeping the community busy, as players suffer from their trigger-happy friends.
What is special about the matchmaking in ARC Raiders? Patrick Söderlund, one of the founders and current CEO of Embark Studios (ARC Raiders, The Finals), talked about the matchmaking of the extraction shooter in an interview with GamesBeat.
Söderlund confirmed what many players had long suspected: There is “aggression-based matchmaking” in ARC Raiders. He explained that if players prefer PvE, they will be matched with equally peaceful players in a lobby. Players who engage in PvP frequently will consequently meet other PvP fans.
Trigger-happy friends ruin solo matchmaking
What is the problem for the players? In a post on Reddit, a player reported that he ended up in aggressive lobbies during solo rounds after playing with trigger-happy friends. While he cannot prove this definitively, and there are currently no precise details from the developers regarding matchmaking, various users in the comments share this observation.
The problem for them now is that the measured aggression for solo and trio matches seems to be the same. Therefore, if a raider has trigger-happy friends, he will also end up in aggressive lobbies during his solo rounds.
The Reddit user hopes that the measured aggression will eventually be differentiated between played solo and trio rounds. The post received nearly 7,500 upvotes within 24 hours. Many comments agree with him.
There was a question of whether there are even peaceful trio lobbies. Some raiders argue that they themselves play much more cautiously in solo rounds, while they embrace PvP in trios. One user writes, for example: “I generally play much more passively and even occasionally rescue other raiders in solos. However, in trios, I enjoy PvP, and the sheer amount of it is great for getting better.”
What can you do if your friends are trigger-happy? Part of the community reports that there is a way back to peaceful lobbies. The most effective way is to play some raids without shooting at a single other player – not even for self-defense if necessary.
The users recommend playing naked or with a free loadout if you want to at least defend yourself against the ARCs. This way, you won’t lose any equipment on your way to peaceful lobbies.
However, CEO Patrick Söderlund did not only talk about matchmaking in the interview. It was also about the game’s release and looking at the competition. He said: The developers of ARC Raiders were so convinced that they didn’t care about Battlefield 6 – but one game scared them
