r/ArcRaiders • u/travhimself • 12h ago

Discussion Alternate PvE Proposal: Temporary Ceasefire map condition (see caption for details and reasoning)

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THE IDEA

Create a Temporary Ceasefire major map condition. Put it in the rotation with other major map events. Keep the loot super limited: no items beyond blue (rare) quality. Increase the arc presence. You can do your quests and hunt arc, but you can't gain a big power advantage.

THE REASONING

Why this, instead of an always-available PvE mode? Low-risk raiding should be a reprieve; a small treat. Not the standard.

If you remove most of the risk, you remove most of the reward. The danger is the whole point in a game like this.

Without danger, we lose lose the serendipity. You don't need to make friends or find out who people are and what they're up to. You don't have the little moments like accidentally shooting someone and then trying to make it up to them. Or the dilemma of deciding whether to defib a stranger who could be an adversary.

PvE also removes a lot of hard and soft gaming skills. I don't have to mind my aim in order to stay friendly. I don't have to say "Hey I'm friendly, what's up dude." There's no more flashlight friend-or-foe indicator. The sound of a powerful weapon no longer gets my hackles up. I don't need to listen for footsteps.

Lastly, open PvE could wreck the economy. You shouldn't be able to free-farm materials.

Adaptive matchmaking works. If you've earned your way deep into the friendly ranks, you can play all evening without getting shot at. This should suffice for most dads and uncles. But the risk is always there in the back of your mind.

And for those that need a boost now and then, we have a rotating Temporary Ceasefire map condition.

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u/ColossalDeskEngine 12h ago

I think it depends on how frequently it rotates. This could screw busy people out of playing it like many other map conditions

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u/MrPurple998 12h ago

Yeah, this is like the only downside, embark is terrible when it comes to map conditions.

This one feels like it should alternate every 30 mins

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u/Natalia_Queen_o_Lean 11h ago

Surely it wouldn’t be that difficult to just have one map always be ceasfire and it rotates continuously.

It’s not like all maps always have a condition anyway, currently it’s only 70% of the maps at any time. Just add 1 more in the rotation bag with ceasefire.

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u/External-Fun-8563 10h ago

Thats what I thought they were saying. Basically if you log on and want to do pve only you have to go with the current ceasefire map. Not a big deal. 

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u/Owobowos-Mowbius 11h ago

I think it should be a permanent mode but only on one map at a time.

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u/Kwowolok 10h ago

Absolutely not.

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u/tallboyjake 10h ago

Could be its own "slot", so it rotates separately from normal conditions

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u/hitman0012 51m ago

I think the only way is to always have one map with this condition. That way the option is always there
I’m a PvE player and I think this is the best solution so far.

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u/MrMeeseeks54 12h ago

Cant cater to everyone. Theres always someone getting screwed in an extraction pvpve game. Everyone seems to want to forget that.

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u/Annual-Weird-6682 6h ago

No one should cater to game dads

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u/ColossalDeskEngine 4h ago

Sorry you never met yours.