Crafting is an important a part of Arc Raiders. Gathering collectively the assets to make new weapons, extra gear, and additional consumables is a rewarding a part of the loop, however it may be unwieldy working forwards and backwards by way of the menus to dismantle previous, undesirable loot, then head to the useful resource dealer for any lacking items. Happily, Embark Studios has an answer. “Your time issues,” it remarks, “and we do not need you spending it clicking by way of menus when you might be raiding.”
The studio says, “One of many issues we care most about as a improvement group is ensuring each second you spend in Arc Raiders feels purposeful. That is why we hear carefully to what you inform us. And one piece of suggestions stored arising: ‘I am spending an excessive amount of time crafting.'” It acknowledges that quite a lot of the frustration is in having to assemble the lacking supplies wanted for a craft, and that the “friction was getting in the way in which of the enjoyable” consequently.
“You already knew the place to get what you wanted, possibly from recycling one thing you had mendacity round, or choosing it up from Celeste, however leaping by way of a number of screens to truly do it was a ache level,” Embark says. To resolve that, and get you again into the motion facet of the multiplayer sport as effectively as potential, it is launched “a streamlined technique to purchase lacking supplies straight from the crafting display screen.”
If you’re within the workshop and trying to craft one thing, however are lacking any wanted elements, you will now see a brand new ‘Purchase Assets’ button. Click on this and you will be proven an inventory of each out there supply you may get every required materials from, whether or not that be by way of gadgets in your stock that may be recycled, from merchants, or elsewhere.
“The important thing phrase right here is ‘out there,'” Embark stresses. This does not assure that you’re going to at all times have entry to all the things you want at your fingertips, but it surely signifies that any potential options will probably be put proper in entrance of you. “If a fabric is obtainable by way of your present choices, you will see it, and you may act on it instantly. No extra looking by way of menus. No extra abandoning crafts out of frustration.”
“We all know this does not repair all the things,” the developer notes. “Streamlining crafting runs deeper than one button, and we’re at all times what comes subsequent.” It says it is persevering with to research any potential “ache factors” highlighted by the neighborhood and can determine which ones want tackling subsequent.
“You possibly can anticipate to see extra quickly,” Embark concludes. “Thanks for persevering with to share your suggestions. It straight shapes what we prioritize and the way we construct. Hold it coming.” Mix that with the latest Flashpoint replace, which prioritizes placing you into recent lobbies whenever you queue with a customized loadout, and it is clear Embark Studios is listening rigorously to participant considerations.
