Hopefully Stop Killing Games can achieve that goal because big bosses don’t see the benefits.

I would be surprised if the average person knew how to install an OS. The OS generally comes with the PC so the average user never need to install an OS. I imagine the average user doesn’t even have a USB stick to turn into bootable media and that’s just the first step. You have to know how to turn it into bootable media (the easiest way expects you to already have Windows) and then if the BIOS doesn’t automatically boot into it you have to know how to go into the BIOS to change the order and then you have to get through the installation. No average user is going to get through all that. Anyone doing that is already capable of installing Linux themselves and they’re probably more willing to give Linux a try because they can always install Windows if they don’t like it.

Had to look up the tweet specifically for this. So here it is

It’s not actually bug reports and it wasn’t the majority. It was automated crash reports where over 20% came from Linux which at that point amounted to less than 0.1% of the sales and most of them were driver related issues. That issue is hopefully solved as driver support has gotten better over the years, but it had nothing to do with Linux users reporting more often or being more thorough in their bug reporting.

I won’t be getting one (because I don’t need one right now) but I’m hyped for 2 reasons.

First is getting a company to come out with an official Linux gaming OS. Not because I want some kind of a corporate OS-s but because bigger game developers have a reason to target Linux as they will see there’s not only a market but a supported market.

And the second is standardized hardware for a Linux platform. It will make game development easier because you can target specific hardware and (together with the previous point) specific OS to make games for Linux. I can’t find the link anymore but a developer once said that the majority of their bug reports came from Linux while Linux was also the smallest platform they supported and most of the probably comes from the fact that you can have so many combinations of hardware and software that offering Linux support costs more than offering Windows support. If that can be reduced to specific hardware and specific OS that would give more of an incentive for developers to try out supporting Linux (even if it’s only SteamOS on a Steam Machine).

I don’t care what Steam Machines and SteamOS can do when they release, I care what they can do 5-10 years down the line. It’s all about getting the ball rolling and once it’s rolling it’ll get to the destination, making gaming on Linux as good as it is on Windows, on its own. I know, I know, gaming on Linux is already pretty good. But gaming on Linux is still dependent on Windows and if MS wants they can screw proton over (for example making UWP mandatory) so getting native games on Linux should still be a goal. And there’s also the lack of official support from other companies in the gaming space. The most obvious is most popular online games not working on Linux due to anti-cheat but there’s also the fact that some more niche peripherals are hard to use due to no official drivers. It took some tinkering to get my Thrustmaster steering wheel to run, which instantly is a no-go for the average gamer. We’re like 90% of the way there to make Linux a great platform for gaming but that last 10% is going to require collective effort to achieve and that’s really difficult to achieve.

Not explicitly.

Alright, then go update your original comment where you explicitly state that it is your own anecdotal experience and not representative of the game.

I guess we’re just ignoring the part where I said the community has the same experience as I do? Don’t worry, I can come with receipts. Or do you prefer a reddit example? Or maybe a youtuber? I can keep going if you want.

Because it clearly it is a choice you’ve made. I’m level 26 and I can guarantee that the vast majority of my encounters with other players doesn’t start with them shooting me and most of them end with neither of us shooting. The ARC community (not EVERY arc player since apparently that needs to be explicitly spelt out for you) acknowledges that solos are less sweating (Apparently need to spell this out as well. Not agreeing to be friends but agreeing that you’re less likely to get shot).

Most players do not get the kind of experience you’re talking about, which means whatever it is you’re doing in game is making you have the experience you’re complaining about. And considering how you’ve presented yourself so far I’m not surprised you get shot.

I misunderstood the other guy. Cred is earned in game, but cred can only be used to unlock stuff in the battlepass. When it comes to the actual in game store you can only use raider tokens and raider tokens (with the exception of the ones in the battle pass) have to be purchased as they can’t be earned in game.

From the discord

The Raider Deck is like a battlepass, where you can spend Cred in order to unlock cosmetic rewards. There are a number of rewards to unlock per page in order to progress to the next page. The number of pages in each Raider Deck may vary. At launch, the Raider Decks will be free, but you can expect a mix of paid and free Raider Decks as new ones are added.

Raider decks are battle passes. The industry standard is that the one that comes with the game (or a paid expansion) is free while all others require money.

And there’s no reason to spend money if you don’t care about cosmetics, but most people do care and the cosmetics are way overpriced.

No wonder you get shot.

If you can’t figure out how to take something change it without breaking the fun then you’re most likely doing a rip-off.

You have to do something transformative for it to not be a rip-off. Just add an example, if you take Hollow Knight gameplay and then make a game with art style heavily inspired by Hollow Knight art and your story is about some other bugs, then that’s pretty much just Hollow knight and as such would be a rip off. But if you took Hollow Knight gameplay and made it about robots in a space derelict that could be transformative enough to be its own thing.

Is there even a way to get the currency? The battle pass doesn’t count, that probably gives enough currency to buy the next battle pass when it releases.

The part where the ARC community agrees that solo plays are chill. Somehow the community can find the time to ask questions but you can’t?

The game is third person, you literally don’t have to be in sight to ask questions. The game also isn’t Tarkov where you can get one hit killed, the effective time to kill is high enough to react to getting shot. And finally you don’t die instantly, you get downed and you have plenty of time to talk then. It’s a long shot but strangers can use defibs to revive you.

And just to show how easy it is to ask questions, you don’t even need a mic. Whenever you see anyone move or you think anyone is there use the emote wheel to make your character say “don’t shoot”. More often than not you’re going to hear that same voice back and then everything is cool. But it doesn’t work when you shoot them first.

Have you considered asking questions first and then possibly shooting? Because the solo experience has been pretty non-confrontational if you let others know not to shoot. In multiple occasions I’ve grouped up with complete randos to take down the bigger ARC. The emote and ping system work well enough if you don’t want to use a mic.

Group experience of course is a bit different because groups will shoot first and ask questions later.

To add to this because people are pointing at the lockup as the reason Piastri is to blame… I couldn’t find a good angle but it looked to me like Piastri was locking up because he could see Antonelli turning into him and he tried to slow down even more to give space to Antonelli.

But yeah, it seems like the stewarding is sending a message that Verstappen-esque “get to the apex first” is the way to go because a half-measure gets you the penalty.

Which makes it a racing incident because he tried to give Antonelli room but there simply wasn’t any room left to give.

His tires were blocked because he had to break extra hard to not just drive into Antonelli.

You’ve seen the same move done by Verstappen (and I think also Bearman) a few laps later. The difference is that they were given space to make the move while Antonelli didn’t leave space for Piastri. Piastri did what he could to give Antonelli space but it’s not like he can make himself intangible.

I can’t believe Piastri got a 10s penalty. I don’t see how that was anything but a racing incident.