Extraction Shooter Player Puts Down Guns & Sells Fruit Instead

"Extraction shooter Arc Raiders sells you the fantasy of being either a lone wanderer or part of a ragtag crew, rummaging through the wreckage of a fallen civilization to rebuild something better. Along the way, you can expect brutal gunfights with deadly machines and traitorous fellow raiders. It makes for a great adrenaline rush as you exchange fire with man and machine."

"This moment speaks to what I love about the extraction shooter genre and how it breaks open the expected routine of what we do in these kinds of games. The simple premise of getting in, grabbing loot, and getting out leaves a wide open space in between for unexpected emergent outcomes and creative playstyles, and that includes subversive ways of interacting with others."

"Though he was quick to point out that there are others in Arc Raiders setting up trade shops (and many people coordinate on Reddit and elsewhere to arrange a trade for various hide-to-find pieces of loot) and insisted that he doesn't want to receive any special credit for his efforts, setting up a fruit stand in the game certainly requires work."

Arc Raiders is an extraction shooter set in post-apocalyptic Italy where players scavenge loot and face deadly machines and hostile raiders. Players can engage in intense firefights as lone wanderers or small crews, or adopt alternative playstyles that avoid violence. A player named GrumbleGrits created a fruit-selling trade stall in an abandoned newsstand, trading harmless goods instead of weapons. Other players also set up trade shops and coordinate exchanges through online communities. Establishing a trading post requires effort and coordination. Peaceful, emergent strategies can subvert the combat meta and create surprising social interactions within matches.

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