A player chooses round by round in ARC Raiders to leave other Raiders in peace. Now this intention has been broken for the first time and another player met a lightning-fast end due to their weapon. The player was not only horrified by their act but also by what awaited them afterwards.
What terrible thing did the player do? The player and Reddit user Arlendius informed the ARC Raiders community that he killed his first other Raider in the game. “That was not intentional,” the player reassured, sharing a clip as evidence that showed the incident.
In the clip, you can see the player busy looting while another friendly Raider waves in his vicinity. There is no firefight or paranoid staring happening.
The relaxed situation is broken by a fireball rolling into the hangar. Arlendius draws his Anvil, aims, and fires – but just before the shot hits the rolling ARC, the other player runs directly into the crosshairs. He goes down and Arlendius must realize: That was just his first PvP kill in the game.
Here you can watch the entire clip:
“I think it was an empty run,” Arlendius writes. “He had no augments or shields on his body and that’s probably why he went down after just one shot.”
He admits that despite the unintentional headshot, it was really a funny situation. The community also finds this coincidence amusing but knows what it means for the usually peaceful player.
A friendly, peaceful PvE coexistence is initially a thing of the past
What does the blunder mean for the player? The community can hardly grasp the extent of this misfortune and finds the situation just as entertaining as the player himself. However, they are aware of what this means for the actual PvE player:
“Off to the PvP lobbies with you,” writes Light_Shrugger, and wewerboy explains: “This is the moment the game decides that you have completed your training.”
By this, the players mean the so-called “Aggression-based Matchmaking” in ARC Raiders, which finds like-minded lobbies for you based on friendly or aggressive gameplay behavior. Players who tend to kill other Raiders or play sneakily will face similarly aggressive players accordingly.
How does the usually peaceful player respond to this consequence? Arlendius writes that he has already felt the consequences of his act, and that promptly:
“I was immediately killed in the next match. I just let it happen. I deserved it.”
Despite the matchmaking misfortune that he initially has to “nurture” back with good and merciful behavior, the community cannot help but continue to revel in the clip on Reddit.
- “I have watched this way more times than I should have. It just gets funnier,” admits MySabonerRunsOlapido.
- “The resigned shot at the fireball speaks volumes. I can almost hear your sigh,” writes Delicious-Diver-1579.
- “A direct headshot from the Anvil, without a shield. At least he didn’t suffer; he was gone in an instant,” says Runnin_Wizard.
Whether the player has now developed a taste for PvP remains unspoken. However, another player has noted after a random encounter in ARC Raiders that his previous playstyle could not keep up with his new experience: PvP fan shoots in ARC Raiders for the first time not at a stranger, has immediately the best gaming experience of his life
