Arc Raiders may finally change the late spawn mechanic, but in the meantime, its design lead tells players that late joiners 'economically profit way more'

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I've said it before, and I'll say it again: late spawns suck for everyone in Arc Raiders, not just those who come into matches with just 11 minutes on the clock. Now, after months of player complaints and debates around this contentious feature, the devs have finally addressed the topic.

"[Late spawns] is also another topic we've been discussing a lot," Embark Studios design lead Virgil Watkins says in an interview with GamesRadar. "It's another one of those interesting things of data versus perception. We 100% acknowledge the whole thing of, 'Man, I came in to do that trial and now I clearly don't have enough time to do that, and that sucks, so I'm just going to leave,' or whatever. That aspect is definitely not great."