- Arc Raiders design lead Virgil Watkins says Embark Studios is happy with the current endgame loop but wants to “escalate” the PvE experience
- He says, “continuing to escalate, that’s where we look to grow next”
- The developer also touched on the giant Arcs in the background, but couldn’t say if there are plans to add them as killable bosses
Embark Studios is considering plans to evolve Arc Raiders‘ endgame loop by escalating PvE (player versus environment).
That’s according to Arc Raiders design lead Virgil Watkins in a recent interview with GamesRadar+, who discussed the current endgame scenario of killing the queens and matriarchs to grow weapons that kill them better.
Watkins explained that while the team is “pretty happy” with the current state, “I don’t think we can live with it forever”.
“I think eventually if we introduce another six-legged giant spider robot, it’s kind of like, ‘Okay, we’ve got it,'” Watkins said. “So yeah, I think it’s looking at where we take those kinds of experiences in the future for something else or something extra, to see how we can escalate the experience for the player on the PvE side.”
Watkins added that Embark has noticed how players have become “sophisticated in their approach” to taking down drones and thinks “continuing to escalate, that’s where we’re looking to grow next.”
Speaking about the giant Arcs players can spot roaming in the background, which some players have dubbed “The Emperor,” Embark said it currently has no plans to introduce them as killable bosses because it’s worried the servers might explode. For now it sounds like a technical hurdle, but it sure would be cool to put one on.
“We want to go where it’s practical for us or where it feels fun, but then you start running into the practical side of, is it going to blow up the server? Can it even support that kind of thing?” Watkins said.
“Our ambitions are clearly big, and I’m not going to say you’re going to meet one anytime soon, but of course you see the giants walking in the background and stuff like that.”
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