ARC RAIDERS, but I chose peace...

Playing ARC RAIDERS as a friendly might seem impossible, but in this session, I dedicated my entire play session to choosing peace over PvP combat. I wanted to see if cooperation is truly dead in this new extraction shooter. ARC RAIDERS is quickly gaining a reputation for its intense PvPvE (Player vs. Player vs. Environment) mechanics. While the dominant strategy is often "shoot on sight" to secure high-value loot and guarantee extraction, I decided to run a social experiment. By refusing to initiate combat against other human players, I tested the limits of multiplayer interaction in a high-stakes setting. This video showcases the reality of attempting a full pacifist run. I encountered numerous groups of rival raiders, navigating tense standoffs and near-death experiences without pulling the trigger on a fellow human. Can kindness survive when the default setting is aggression? My goal was to prove that a different, more cooperative approach is possible in competitive extraction shooters. These raw gameplay highlights capture the unexpected moments of truce, the betrayals, and the pure tension that comes from relying entirely on proximity chat and body language to negotiate survival. If you enjoy unique perspectives on competitive multiplayer gaming and social experiments within shooters, please consider subscribing to the channel. Leave a comment sharing your experiences with the "friendly versus aggressive" dynamic in games like ARC RAIDERS, and let me know if you believe a cooperative ecosystem can ever truly exist in this genre. Thanks for watching.