I miss Arc Raiders. On the time of writing, it has been three entire days since its Server Slam wrapped, and I’ve thought of little else. Fortunately, its full launch is simply across the nook, however Embark is making a number of tweaks earlier than the large day primarily based on what it discovered throughout its latest open playtest. Alongside tweaks to visuals following issues of a downgrade versus its Tech Check earlier within the 12 months, and a rebalancing of its flying Arc machines, there’s sadly some unhappy information for these of you that rinsed the Server Slam’s greatest exploit. You will not have the ability to parkour your approach into the Dam Tower loot cave anymore.
For the unaware, the Dam Tower is among the principal hives of exercise in Arc Raiders’ Dam Battlegrounds map. Not solely is it an incredible vantage level and a central location, however there is a locked room close to the highest that incorporates a great deal of fascinating loot. The one approach it is best to have the ability to get in there may be with a key that is scavenged from the map. Or maybe you kill somebody with the important thing of their possession and pluck it from their corpse. Both approach, getting inside must be a really uncommon incidence. However it did not take lengthy for gamers to discover a completely different route within the new multiplayer recreation.
Make your strategy to the very high of the Dam Tower, shuffle to the sting of the roof, and drop to the ledge under. You possibly can then pull your self up, and stroll on into this loot-stuffed room with just some small Arc machines to destroy. Otherwise you’ll mistime the ledge seize and plummet to your loss of life. It is a risk-reward methodology, however one that would undoubtedly be mastered. As a result of you’ll be able to unlock the door to the room from the within, it additionally means there’s a simple, protected route out of there as soon as you’ve got grabbed every little thing you need.
Embark is impressed along with your efforts in working this exploit out, however it will not be within the recreation at launch. “We watched lots of you bravely, and maybe a bit too simply, entry the Launch Tower on Dam Battlegrounds,” it says in a brand new weblog put up. “It was enjoyable to look at, however a bit too accessible for a key loot location. That is been fastened to maintain the problem sharp.”
Elsewhere, Embark has seen your suggestions on flying Arc machines just like the Snitch and the Hornet that may detect enemy motion and hone in on you. Regardless of your greatest efforts to hide your self behind environmental objects, these machines may typically nonetheless spot you – an incidence that occurred to me a number of occasions. The studio admits “their consciousness was a bit too excessive,” and so at launch they need to be much less efficient at detecting you thru issues like bushes and bushes.
It additionally addresses issues a couple of visible downgrade. People who participated in previous playtests felt that Arc Raiders seemed much less sharp and vibrant, and an Embark group supervisor mentioned earlier this week it was the results of “optimization to make sure greater and extra steady framerates on low and mid spec {hardware}.”
Within the new put up, the studio confirms that “the default settings did change a bit to favor extra efficiency, and we’re wanting into tuning additional to strike the suitable steadiness.”
A enjoyable infographic stuffed with stats from the Server Slam was additionally shared, which you’ll be able to try under. It is good to know that I wasn’t the one one getting caught out by its epic thunderstorms…
Forward of the sport’s launch on Thursday, October 30, ensure to familiarize yourself on the Arc Raiders system necessities. We have additionally bought lots extra survival video games so that you can play within the meantime if you wish to problem your self in but extra harsh environments.
If you happen to took half within the Server Slam, head to the PCGamesN Discord to tell us what you thought and whether or not it satisfied you to leap in at launch.
