Gaming: Arc Raiders' Latest Weapon Changes Are A Well-aimed Nerf At Free...

Embark is focusing on "the balance between our low-tier and high-tier weapons".

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If you've been to Stella Montis lately (well, ever, really), you've no doubt run into hordes of violent players using free loadouts to murder you and steal everything in your bag. After all, they've got nothing to lose, unlike you.

With Arc Raiders' latest round of patch notes in the Shrouded Sky 1.17 update, Embark is finally cracking down on this infamous strategy, acknowledging that many of us have "expressed concerns that some low-tier weapons outperform our higher-tier weapons at significantly reduced cost".

Source: PC Gamer