The ARC Raiders Departure Window (Prestige Raider Reset) opens in just 6 days! Requirements: * Completed the Expedition Project * You have 5M+ in Stash Value (for max rewards) Ready to depart and start fresh with a new Raider?

The key quote from the PC World article is that in ARC Raiders matchmaking, they "... analyze behavior and match accordingly." So it seems players get the exact experience they desire in ARC Raiders PvP based on how they PvP. https://t.co/vnQQG4gnIV

Aggression based match-making confirmed in ARC Raiders. This has been a theory in the community from the start where players seemed to be playing two different games. Players who PVP more are playing a PVP game, players who don't get much more friendly lobbies with more teamwork

Hey @Enginefall folks, you need to tune your "Message rejected due to being toxic" detector a little. This message was literally describing what just happened in the game. 🤣

It is done ...

Are you ready for the ARC Raiders Cold Snap? It looks like every map is getting snow, even buried city. 🌨️

And a quick reminder that my monetary values in this thread are based on the worst case scenario of buying Blood Bonds for $1 per 100. You can save a little money buy buying in bulk, but this is another dark pattern that I'm not a fan of and IMO it shouldn't be a thing at all.

The key changes are: * Paid Story Challenge drops from $17.50 to $11.50 * Paid Story Challenge is no longer time limited * Paid Avatars changed from $2 to $1 * Paid stats display is removed completely IMO the ratio of battle pass vs. story challenge pricing is still not great.

The negative community feedback on the Hunt Showdown 2.6 patch monetization has resulted in a few key changes while the team emphasizes the reality that "As a live service game, Hunt relies on ongoing monetization to support its continued development." Details in this thread.

So happy to see Hello Games get the recognition they deserve for No Mans Sky being the best ongoing game in the industry today. Quick recap: 38 Major updates since 2016 ... additional cost to players, $0. This 100% earns my pre-order $$$ for Light No Fire without question.

Been spending the last few nights doing chill Stella Montis runs on my way to 5 mil for about an hour each night. Pulling $300k+ an hour with minimal sweat is pretty nice. Been knocked out 5x total. Below are my end-of-night totals for the last 4 nights. #ArcRaiders

I'm a massive fan of The Forest, a big fan of Sons of the Forest ... yet I have no idea how to feel about Forest 3.

It looks like @theburntpeanut is finally getting his in-game streamer item in Escape from Tarkov. This is utterly fantastic, it just needs a pirate hat. Nice work @bstategames @nikgeneburn #EscapefromTarkov

The fact that you can't edit posts in threads 1 second after posting them to fix typos is really grinding my gears. @elonmusk help me out here. If the only account posting in the thread so far is me, it should be safe to let me edit those posts.

This is one of the larger monetization expansions the game has seen. It will be interesting to see how players react. It's important to remember however that Blood Bonds (the real money currency) CAN be earned in game so not every purchase will be money out of pocket for many.

So to summarize, customizing your player profile card can cost you max $5 ($2 avatar, $1 frame, $.50 cent title and three $.50 cent stats). It can also cost you zero if you don't care much about this sort of thing or play the game enough to earn the Blood Bonds.

The final component of the player profile is statistics you can show off. Of the 67, 61 of them are paid costing you 50 cents each.

Badges for your profile card are also free, unlockable or purchasable with Hunt Dollars (which you can only earn in game, you can't pay for these). I wonder why more cosmetics aren't following this path.

Player profile cards can also have frames with 10 out of the 11 being free or unlockable in game and just one costing $1. This seems odd to me, why just this one? I suspect more $1 frames are coming.