Game really just died huh

I miss the days with the squat booting up on here devs don’t care

Made their money and got out of there swiftly

23k currently playing on Steam, not horrible, especially when there’s something like marathon to compare it to. But the all time drop off is brutal to see.

If they just would’ve kept pumping out new maps and big community events every few months

Could make a good argument for their winter break no content period being the nail in the coffin.

Game was at its absolute peak, player and content wise, but people were already starting to get bored. They went radio silent for nearly 3 months. Came back with a half assed new map and gameplay changes nobody liked barely anything since

Frozen trails update coming October 8th

• New snow map Shani
• “enormous new ARC Operation”
• “new ARC enemies range from a small and nifty problem-maker to an enormous machine that will halt you in your tracks”
• “your Raider will have the opportunity to inhabit a new space; the Outpost. After spending months on the back foot, hiding underground, it’s time to start taking the fight to ARC. Decorate your Outpost, research new elements of the world, and take your first steps to reclaiming the surface.”

Im going to be rusty as f*** when this comes out.

for me that one random update to crafting + new arc completely killed the appeal for me but I feel like the game would've died down either way

sad!

Okay

That November - January run will be remembered

I used to love this game wtf man

Embark have officially lost the plot man..

What kind of collab is this

But on the flip side to all this, they’re promoting the game again, which could mean they’re hyping up the major October update

Is it bad I want it. Footlong strapped to the vest is incredible

Insane lore pull
I actually remember this lmao
I was balls deep ( ) into Uncharted multiplayer at the time and thought this Subway cross-promo was bizarre, just like what’s happening right now with ARC. History really does repeat itself

Ppl still play this bullshit? 😂😂

Tbf it was addicting af the first year it dropped.

Actually sad its lost so much steam

Its not even a bad game they just didnt support it enough

Preset loadouts would’ve made the extra long wait for October 8 easier, but they couldn’t even do that (while the Chinese version of ARC has had preset loadouts since day 1 of its June launch..).
No one likes to get knocked out back to Speranza and then spend 5 minutes afterwards to make a new loadout.

Riven Tides was to supposed to tide us over (no pun intended) over the summer, but it was sadly underwhelming. So for the next new map, I’m definitely keeping my expectations in check

What are your guys ideas about a real late game in this game

Ass

Edit: misread the question. Disregard

Idk much about the endgame aspect since I’m pretty much still a newbie when it comes to extraction shooters.

Though I do have some ideas about items and ARC enemies that would be cool to have in the game.

One item that would be very useful is an Epic (pink level) Snap Hook.

The new upcoming map was designed with verticality in mind so an item that’s somewhat more common than the existing Legendary Snap Hook would help the game tremendously imo.

Make it so the Epic SH only has a single charge and has greater wearability per use.

I have a couple of Snap Hooks in my stash, but I’m scared of losing them so I never bring those out lol

I haven’t played in a while and since the game’s considered "dead" currently, I felt like reminiscing on the glory days

Me winning a PvP fight for the first time ever:

What I love about ARC still are the little stories that get to unfold
That to me is what the game’s truly about.

Catering to the PvE side (without a substantial endgame) and leaving PvP to rot is what killed this game. Shouldn’t have listened to the PvE pussies

Oh well. Had lots of good memories and plenty of fun. Money well spent

Wait how did they cater to the PvE crowd more?
Are you referring to the segregated matchmaking?

Cus to me, pandering to the PvE crowd would mean giving them the one thing they’ve been clamouring for: a PvE mode

On that note, I’m waiting for Marathon to add a permanent PvE mode before copping that lmaooo