{"id":424045,"date":"2026-01-21T17:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T17:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/424045\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T17:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T17:34:09","slug":"arc-raiders-dev-says-players-who-spawn-late-dont-realize-they-economically-profit-way-more-than-players-who-dont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/424045\/","title":{"rendered":"Arc Raiders Dev Says Players Who Spawn Late Don’t Realize They ‘Economically Profit Way More’ Than Players Who Don’t"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arc Raiders<\/a> developer Embark Studios has said players who spawn late don\u2019t realize they \u201ceconomically profit way more\u201d than players who don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

In an interview with GamesRadar<\/a>, design lead Virgil Watkins discussed the extraction shooter\u2019s divisive late spawn system, which can see players join games with around 20 minutes left to go. The feeling from some is that this can be a frustrating experience because it gives late joiners less time to complete objectives, and there isn\u2019t as much loot around. But Watkins suggested the data tells a different story.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe 100% acknowledge the whole thing of, ‘Man, I came in to do that trial and now I clearly don’t have enough time to do that, and that sucks, so I’m just going to leave,’ or whatever. That aspect is definitely not great,\u201d Watkins admitted.<\/p>\n

“But similar to the perception of free kits versus what they do, the perception around late joining and what it affords you has been quite interesting. Players are like, ‘The loot’s all gone,’ or whatever else. But players who late join economically profit way more than people who aren’t. The session, when they are fresh, does eventually get quieter, and very often they come across the remnants of fights or can maybe take out bigger drones or hit high-ticket areas more readily than other players. So that’s been a very interesting thing to look at.”<\/p>\n

So what is the goal behind the late join system? According to Watkins, it helps mitigate deserted raids. Indeed, Embark distributes loot in such a way so \u201cthere should be plenty of stuff for players to do\u201d even if they join late.<\/p>\n

It will be interesting to see if Watkins\u2019 explanation here turns sentiment on late spawns around. Since Arc Raiders\u2019 explosive launch, its late spawn system has come under fire from some who feel it needs to be overhauled. There\u2019s frustration on both sides, with those who have to face late spawns having been in a game from the start also expressing concern.<\/p>\n

The Best Game of 2025\"<b>IGN<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s crazy that my team can clear a section of Stella Montis, place traps near the popular entrances, and start looting… only to have a full team of three, heavy shield, volcano running players spawn 50 FEET AWAY from us in a random room in the corner of the area… spawning basically on top of us, at 15 MINUTES REMAINING,\u201d said one fan last month. \u201cThere is no counter, there is no chance of winning, they bypassed our traps as they spawned in the room next to me.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ONLY players who should be spawning in five minutes into the raid or later are FREE LOADOUTS. Tarkov got that system down with the player Scavs, and it works very well. The initial spawn should be player loadouts only, then free loadouts come in at 25, 20, and 15 minutes remaining. Does that sound reasonable?<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m not crazy right? I’ve spawned literally on top of players who were looting and have gotten extremely unfair free kills because of it. Even reworking the spawning mechanic wont fix it, as you shouldn’t have to worry about a random full geared 3-man at 15 minutes remaining after 5 minutes of silence after your team wiped out 12 players.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpawning in a 20 with gear sucks. Most of the PVP is gone, half the loot is already extracted. It sucks for everyone else too, they are low on meds, shields are nearly broken, and now 3-9 completely fresh, geared players have arrived at unexpected locations you just cleared.\u201d<\/p>\n

This week, Embark released a new patch for Arc Raiders<\/a> that stamped out some infamous out-of-bounds exploits \u2013 but players said “rats” still live in the walls of Stella Montis. If this has tempted you into giving Arc Raiders a try, check out our guide to the best settings<\/a>, find out what skills we recommend unlocking<\/a> first, and see how to earn loot by delivering field depot crates<\/a>… or you can just wait for the inevitable TV show or movie adaptation, although the team says it hasn’t been swayed just yet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arc Raiders developer Embark Studios has said players who spawn late don\u2019t realize they \u201ceconomically profit way more\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,61],"class_list":["post-424045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}