There was a bit of confusion and whiplash with the runup and reveal for Arc Raiders' first Expedition, which ended up locking the soft-reset's maximum bonus skill point payout behind a requirement of 5 million coins in stash value. Players weren't sure what all they needed to do for a while, and then all of the sudden they had a big check to cash if they wanted to make the most of the Expedition. Design lead Virgil Watkins says Expedition rewards and requirements are still fairly malleable, with limits and changes in discussion for future wipes. (Our Arc Raiders Expedition guide has a more detailed breakdown on rewards and requirements.)
Speaking with GamesRadar+, Watkins says roughly 1 million players finished the first Expedition, and around 40 to 45% of those players did so with at least 5 million coins in the stash. The percentage of players completing the Expedition and soft-resetting their account is "an important metric," he says, as the whole thing is an "an experiment" in allowing players to choose if and when to wipe their raiders and control their own progression track.
