This game is so ass backwards sometimes.

This is really just a rant.

So like, I understand that some people really go hard with pvp, and I completely understand that. I do too. Love pvp. I just feel like nobody realizes that there's a time and place.

As an example, I just loaded into a game to try and take on the matriarch. When me and my team got there, nobody else was fighting it. No biggie. Took a few pot shots, just sizing her up. Then, out of nowhere, another team sneaks up on us and kills us.

I understand the allure of killing other players for that sweet sweet loot. But this is not the first time this specific scenario has happened to me. Something about the matriarch seems to bring out the rattiest of rat players. I just can't help but feel like, by doing this, by sneaking up on people before anything big even happens, you're robbing others and also yourself of the opportunity to engage with the best of what this game has to offer. I'm not mad about losing the loot, I'm mad about never getting to do anything cool in this game.

You want loot? Fine, then WAIT. Let me have some fun and deal some damage to the giant robot. Maybe I'll kill it! Then, we can all get loot! And you can even kill me if you want! Like yeah that would suck but that's the game! Just let me play the goddamn game!

I feel like we as a community need to find some way to agree on pvp etiquette. And sneaking up and killing people who want to try and fight the giant robots is a really shitty thing to do. Because you're robbing them of the chance to engage with the game in any meaningful capacity. Arc raiders is way more than just a looting simulator. Can we please start acknowledging that?