Arc Raiders' matchmaking isn't 'binary', says design lead: 'There's no such thing as a friendly lobby or an aggressive lobby'

Arc Raiders: Key art of a raider looking over their shoulder in a forest to look at another raider aiming at them in the distance.

I think people do feel as though it's incredibly binary, and even shooting one raider, one time, just automatically puts you into an aggressive lobby. But that's not at all how it works.

Virgil Watkins

One of Arc Raiders' most contentious topics is how it weighs your approach to PvP in order to decide what sort of lobby to place you in. Some people just want to shoot clankers and make friends, while others want to steal Bobcats and drink tears. Neither is technically the wrong option, but it's hard to get both crowds to coexist when they're at such far ends of the spectrum. Embark's solution: to separate the playstyles, at least somewhat.