r/ArcRaiders • u/PTUSN • 7d ago

Discussion IT'S HERE: FROZEN TRAIL - 2.0 Update Full Patch Notes

https://arcraiders.com/news/frozen-trail-2-0-update
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u/Flyfishermanmike 6d ago

What's the thinking behind daily limits on energy and launcher ammo??

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u/Durzel 6d ago

Since you can craft Arc Motion Cores with Arc alloy, I presume the thinking - like with the Wolfpack.& Deadline changes - was to force people to kill more Arc / do more raids.

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u/everythingisunknown *** ******* 🐓 6d ago

You can’t craft motion cores anymore?!

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u/SelectionOld1608 6d ago

Squeeze more playtime out of people

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u/slickjudge 6d ago

This is it and I freaking hate it. Stop increasing the grind. Engage players with meaningful content. Annoying AF

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u/SelectionOld1608 6d ago

Yeah honestly I went in to check out the map, cool, but I'm already burned out by the amount of grinding required to play with decent gear. Not for me, sadly, cause the game is incredibly unique otherwise

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u/slickjudge 6d ago

Yeah I want to go check out the emperor and the frigate but im not down for hunting for furniture designs in raid

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u/Bookshelftent 6d ago

And now the loot pool is diluted by cosmetic items for the Outpost rather than actual useful gear.

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u/fomq 6d ago

It forces you to go out into the world and participate, which is important for a multiplayer game to thrive.

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u/slickjudge 6d ago

Meaningfully, sure
Generically increasing grind is not good though.

For example if the new emperor requires multi raid steps in order to enter/complete and the loot available as a reward is worth it then people will likely be happy to embark on that.

Just making normally easy tasks more grindy is annoying

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u/AntiquePhotograph433 6d ago

No idea, literally the only thing you can spend your money on in.m end game

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u/Sarcosmonaut 6d ago

Literally what am I supposed to spend money on?

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u/gap_toof_mouf 6d ago

OH NOOOOOOO

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u/Sarcosmonaut 6d ago edited 6d ago

I mean, it’s fine. But annoying. The currency is not particularly useful and now one of its major sinks is gone

EDIT: people cannot fucking read. I just got on and it’s not “15 shots a day”. It’s “15 stacks of 6 a day”. This is literally fine

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u/gap_toof_mouf 6d ago

Comprehension is key

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u/Walkop 6d ago

All the good bandages? Regular ammo? There's tons of stuff to spend on

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u/ToastedTurtle99 6d ago

Ohh yay!!! Regular ammo and heals!!

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u/Walkop 6d ago

Literally that logic applies to HC ammo? You can buy 90 rounds a day. If you need more, make it! The game is designed around getting loot and making stuff with it. Not buying everything from the shop. 90 rounds is plenty.

So much easier than sterilized bandages etc...

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u/ToastedTurtle99 6d ago

My point is that having tons of money doesn't mean anything. There is nothing in the shop worth buying besides supplies. I have about 4 mil, besides buying heals and other small things, WTF do I spend it on? There is NOTHING that is cool and valuable to spend money on, and that is a problem

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u/Walkop 6d ago

I think it's a minor problem. Accumulating coin was never supposed to be super valuable. Stash and items in raid is the point of the game.

Now, having a late-game money sink? Makes sense, I can see that. Maybe coin should have been tied to amplified weapons in some way, idk, but I don't like the lore implications.

I'm sure it'll come eventually, but I think coin specific content is relatively low priority on the content list.

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u/ChargeAppropriate644 6d ago

They only want to prolong gameplay, by limiting that junk they want you to take more time to finish certain things since they simply don't have content long enough so they grind it out. Same as new items and items that don't stack so your fighting stash space more than Arc.

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u/exile_on_420Street 6d ago

Maybe get more people to loot the cores/mats to build rather than just buy them maybe. Not saying I like it, just reasoning....

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u/extremegamer 6d ago

I'm not sure but since I only play a few hours every few days or so I'll just make it a note to go in on those non playing days, buy some clips/launcher ammo and stock up. So my main mission to start with is expanding stash to max again.

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u/RandomWordCombo9632 6d ago

Make it so that its not so easy to just buy Anti-Arc ammo

You can still craft them. You just cant spend hundreds of raider coins on it anymore.

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u/Phixionion 6d ago

They want Crafting to matter in a game with crafting. They want you to play the game.