Arc Raiders has received one of its biggest updates so far that brings some enticing new content to the extraction shooter.
is incredibly extensive. The biggest new feature that has come about with this patch is a solo vs. squads game mode, which is available to those who are level 40 and above. This will let players take on raider squads by themselves with the chance of earning more XP than normal upon extracting.
has also added seven new quests and has changed the Buried City location into “Bird City”, which is now filled with many birds. Countless bug fixes and balance changes have also come about with this update as well, which should greatly improve the game.update, you can find them attached below.Solo vs Squads is a new matchmaking option for our experienced and highly skilled players who enjoy the PvP aspect of the game. Solo Raiders level 40 and above will get the “Solo vs Squad” toggle above matchmaking to join the Squads queue and tackle squads of Raiders head-on. When opting in, players will receive +20% bonus XP at the end of the round on both successful extract, and defeat.A new long-term project which requires players to hunt increasingly dangerous groups of ARC to submit their parts for rewards. Raiders will be able to build a new Display Case over 5 different steps and each level will add a new item to the Display Case. The rewards for completing each step include blueprints as well as Raider Tokens, and full completion also brings additional rewards including a Howl emote, a guitar and 300,000 Coins. There is currently no fixed end date and it will not be impacted by Expedition resets.Flocks of birds have moved into Buried City, building nests in the empty chimneys. We got some reports of them storing shiny trinkets inside so make sure to inspect them. This new permanent map condition will be applied to the Buried City map only which will cycle in and out of rotation weekly. There will be more bird traps and ziplines present on the map. Raiders can expect more combat in, on, or around the rooftops, including more flying ARC, and more players in proximity.Fixed issue causing progress towards Enemy of my Enemy achievement to not get tracked.ARC traversing obstacles has been improved.Dead Shredders are now properly labelled as scavengeable when pinged.Fixed an issue where Snitches would abort calling down ARC if players threw a Lure Grenade during the call.Fixed an issue where Spotters would follow players into buildings and get stuck.When grabbed by the Tick, players will now have a brief window of time where they can dodge-roll to remove the Tick.Fixed voice chat cutting in some cases.The types of containers that can spawn condition specific blueprints have been lowered during Electromagnetic Storm, Hidden Bunker, and Locked Gate.Slightly lowered the chances of finding Matriarch and Queen unique parts in their armor pieces to make it a bit harder to get them without destroying them completely.Fixed a raider hatch timing bug and camera getting stuck when the interaction fails.Tweaked some of the cliffs around the raider outpost tower on the Dam where players tended to get stuck. Adjusted the elevator shaft collision to prevent players from getting stuck on the Dam Control Tower.Fixed an issue where players could reach an unintended location in Water Treatment.Removed the musical puzzle from Buried City – the guitar is now purchasable at Shani’s.Adjusted ARC spawn location during Hidden Bunker on bunker antennas to try to make sure they can’t spawn directly on top of the antennas.Fixed the Seedvault extraction glitch on Stella Montis that allowed players to remain in the extraction point after it had closed.Fixed 40 locations on Stella Montis where players would frequently get stuck. Fixed the Bastion in Stella Montis being able to spawn out of bounds and attack players through walls.Added a matchmaking delay option for stream sniping mitigation.Made aim assist consistent across different framerates.Fixed an issue where one of the Macro set’s helmet variants appeared incorrect in-game.Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the sun lens flare VFX to show up even if the sun was behind thick clouds.Fireworks boxes will get set off randomly after deploying Raider gets knocked out.Lighting polish on various maps.Fixed an issue where player movement input would temporarily be unresponsive after having network connection issues. Fixed an issue where players would fall off a ladder when attempting to descend shortly after climbing to the top.UI Fixed the display of VOIP trigger actions when playing with gamepad on PC, improved wording to make the current VOIP mode more obvious. Fixed an issue where the UI would sometimes display too low inventory value in the Expedition sign up. Fixed an issue where weapons placed in Expedition-provided stash slots did not appear in the weapon upgrade screen. Fixed an issue where item amounts didn’t display for non-stackable items in Projects donation rewards and Trials rewards. Added the option of ‘open party’ so Embark and platform friends can join seamlessly .A new display will be shown when a friend joins the party of a player that is topside. For users who have Discord linked, you can also now invite Discord friends to play, or have Discord friends join you straight if you have open party enabled.Changing augments in loadout now arranges the excess items in the stash better. Fixed an issue where two players using a defibrillator at the same time would revive a downed player with full HP.Anti-Cheat A three strikes progressive ban system is in the process of being implemented. Bans will progress from 30 days, to 60 and finally a permaban for repeat offenders.The ‘Solo vs Squads’ matchmaking option currently does not have a pop up when the option becomes available to players when reaching or above level 40. Cosmetics acquirable through Raider Tokens that have not yet been purchased may be missing from the customization menu. One of the Marco set helmet variants may appear incorrectly in preview and in the menu but will appear correctly in game. Players may occasionally not receive a skill point as indicated in the result screen. A reboot/playing another round fixes the issue.
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