{"id":1647960,"date":"2026-07-29T11:37:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ic6hj9axh3GCcUoypwfSx7"},"modified":"2026-07-29T11:37:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:37:41","slug":"arc-raiders-is-changing-its-matchmaking-again-to-fully-soothe-your-self-defence-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/arc-raiders-is-changing-its-matchmaking-again-to-fully-soothe-your-self-defence-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"Arc Raiders is changing its matchmaking again to fully soothe your self-defence fears"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Over the past few months, Embark has been pulling some levers behind the scenes to improve Arc Raiders<\/a>‘ matchmaking. Despite the devs previously saying matchmaking wasn’t “binary,”<\/a> it didn’t feel like that in practice. My solo lobbies were peaceful walks in the park, while trio lobbies were much<\/em> more violent.<\/p>\n

From these experiments, “one change has stood out with the community,” Embark explains in a new blog outlining changes<\/a>. That being, “defending yourself is no longer treated the same as starting a fight.”<\/p>\n

At launch, fighting back against aggressors would, for some reason, contribute to your playstyle profile, so to speak. In a mythbusting update at the end of May<\/a>, defending yourself was finally changed so that it mattered less<\/em> than initiating the fight, but it was still considered aggression.<\/p>\n

In today’s update, 1.39.0, defensive PvP no longer has any impact on your matchmaking tendencies: “Only the fights you choose to start will influence your playstyle estimate, and defending yourself won’t affect it at all.”<\/p>\n

To avoid any confusion, Embark has explained how this new system works:<\/p>\n