{"id":1450384,"date":"2026-01-04T21:59:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T21:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/H2HFCzCUzCqUeCdmadCTU8"},"modified":"2026-01-04T21:59:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T21:59:20","slug":"arc-raiders-dev-says-it-uses-aggression-based-matchmaking-to-pair-bloodthirsty-pvp-minded-players-with-each-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/arc-raiders-dev-says-it-uses-aggression-based-matchmaking-to-pair-bloodthirsty-pvp-minded-players-with-each-other\/","title":{"rendered":"Arc Raiders dev says it uses &#8216;aggression-based matchmaking&#8217; to pair bloodthirsty, PvP-minded players with each other"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Arc Raiders has gotten plenty of praise for being a touch more chill than other extraction shooters, and that&#8217;s by design\u2014right on down to the game&#8217;s matchmaking system, which takes notice of how aggressive you are and tries to match you with like-minded players.<\/p>\n<p>This was confirmed in an interview stream <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vY3u7wOmm4w\" target=\"_blank\">Games Beat<\/a> conducted with Embark&#8217;s CEO, Patrick S\u00f6derlund. He explained in the video that &#8220;the game isn&#8217;t about shooting other players,&#8221; though &#8220;you can do that if you want to.&#8221; The PvP is largely a way to &#8220;add tension,&#8221; and while that means players should always pose a threat to one another, the game actively works to match more peaceful players together.<\/p>\n<p>While it is &#8220;skill-based&#8221; first, S\u00f6derlund explained the &#8220;aggression-based&#8221; part of matchmaking in the video: &#8220;We introduced a system where we also matchmake based on how prone you are to PvP or PvE. So if your preference is to do PvE and you have less conflict with players \u2026 you&#8217;ll get more matched up [with that sort of play]. Obviously, it&#8217;s not a full science.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not clear exactly what metrics are collected or what weight they&#8217;re given, but it&#8217;s interesting to hear such abstract behavior taken into account for a matchmaking system. Arguably, it could make the game harder for more aggressive players who rush out the gate trying to secure an early advantage\u2014and how reactive is it? If I play like a pure pacifist for 20 matches in a row, could I reasonably expect a lobby packed full of friendly players?<\/p>\n<p>I have my doubts it adjusts the matchmaker so starkly, but these are questions with no clear answer right now\u2060\u2014and, in the interest of preventing people from gaming the system, it&#8217;s probably best we never get one. Plenty of games use matchmaking to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/moba\/deadlock-has-picked-up-some-vital-tools-for-policing-bad-player-behavior\/\">pair toxic players with one another<\/a>, but if there are other shooters using general playstyle preferences as a way of sorting players, I&#8217;m not familiar with them.<\/p>\n<p>My assumption is that a game like Arc Raiders works in part because when you see a stranger, it&#8217;s hard to read their intentions. If aggression-based matchmaking works <em>too<\/em> well, it&#8217;s possible it could corrode that tension S\u00f6derlund mentioned over time, though that&#8217;s just me speculating; time will tell what impact it has on the game and genre moving forward.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"6a04cbe8-2c65-470d-9607-c8b582b1a638\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:661px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.94%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6offQUY4CXebir2TC27dMd\" name=\"kingdom come 2 square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/arc-raiders-dev-says-it-uses-aggression-based-matchmaking-to-pair-bloodthirsty-pvp-minded-players-with-each-other.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"654\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-pc-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"6a04cbe8-2c65-470d-9607-c8b582b1a638\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2026 games<\/strong><\/a>: All the upcoming games<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/third-person-shooter\/arc-raiders-dev-says-it-uses-aggression-based-matchmaking-to-pair-bloodthirsty-pvp-minded-players-with-each-other\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arc Raiders has gotten plenty of praise for being a touch more chill than other extraction shooters, and that&#8217;s by design\u2014right on down to the game&#8217;s matchmaking system, which takes notice of how aggressive you are and tries to match you with like-minded players. This was confirmed in an interview stream Games Beat conducted with Embark&#8217;s CEO, Patrick S\u00f6derlund. He explained in the video that &#8220;the game isn&#8217;t about shooting other players,&#8221; though &#8220;you can do that if you want to.&#8221; The PvP is largely a way to &#8220;add tension,&#8221; and while that means players should always pose a threat to one another, the game actively works to match more peaceful players together. While it is &#8220;skill-based&#8221; first, S\u00f6derlund explained the &#8220;aggression-based&#8221; part of matchmaking&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/arc-raiders-dev-says-it-uses-aggression-based-matchmaking-to-pair-bloodthirsty-pvp-minded-players-with-each-other\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1450385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,787],"class_list":["post-1450384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-third-person-shooter"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arc Raiders dev says it uses &#039;aggression-based matchmaking&#039; to pair bloodthirsty, PvP-minded players with each other | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Arc Raiders has gotten plenty of praise for being a touch more chill than other extraction shooters, and that&#039;s by design\u2014right on down to the game&#039;s\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/arc-raiders-dev-says-it-uses-aggression-based-matchmaking-to-pair-bloodthirsty-pvp-minded-players-with-each-other\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Arc Raiders dev says it uses &#039;aggression-based matchmaking&#039; 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