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Elie Gould

Arc Raiders rats are cheating the matchmaking system by throwing themselves in front of friendly fire

A promotional image for the Dweller Outfit, showing a character wearing it while holding a pistol up across their body.

Embark has been on a bit of a matchmaking kick recently. It announced some weeks ago that Arc Raiders would be getting a more thorough system which takes into account specific player behaviour across solo, duo, and trio lobbies as well as a more nuanced look at self-defence. Both are solid updates to the game in theory, but in practice it's become clear that you just can't balance for assholes.

Update 1.36 added a more stringent matchmaking system which takes into account every player action across various lobbies. But because this new system was so reactive, it also meant that all it took was downing one aggressive raider to throw players from the comfort of PvE lobbies into the hellscape of PvP. Now, I actually enjoy PvP lobbies, but they aren't for the faint of heart, so before long Embark was backed up with complaints from players who were mistakenly hurled into these death matches.

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