The servers of shooter Arc Raiders had a little bit of a “wobble” on Sunday, as many would-be raiders of the arc queued as much as get in. Builders Embark have now determined to supply these affected by the outage some free in-game as a make good for stated server swoonage.
The wobble got here on November 2nd, as the sport was hovering across the 300 to 330k concurrent participant mark. It is left a short, however unmistakeable dip within the SteamDB graph. Assume a kind of coronary heart machines having a fast blip earlier than common beats resume.
Cue messages from the studio on Discord and the Tweeter late yesterday. “We recognize your endurance as our servers had a wobble on Sunday,” reads the latter. Scrappy should’ve pecked a number of wires unfastened, he is been placed on the naughty step. As a token of our thanks, we’re sending 500 Raider Tokens to all Raiders who logged in on Sunday.”
A “Server Slammer” variant of the hiker backpack has additionally been despatched out to gamers who have been current, so if that is you, there is a good probability each are already ready in your inbox. Shopping for 500 tokes will set you again round £4 / $5 price of actual cash, so it is a decently priceless present in return for persevering via a technical hiccup that appears to have had comparatively minimal impression within the grand scheme of server swoons.
Embark may simply have simply shrugged and moved on with out shelling out any goodies. From a cynical and PR-savvy perspective, it is a simple win requiring a bit of money sacrifice, however doubtless returning loads of worth in crucial battle any shooter faces – the one over participant hearts and minds. It is also only a good factor to do.
If you need a verdict on Arc Raiders earlier than giving it a go, listed below are some ideas from Edwin and a remark from Ollie, whereas James has checked out the way it runs on the Steam Deck.
