ARC Raiders has a serious stream sniper issue that casual gamers don’t seem to care about

Recently, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins – yes, the dude that flossed on live television – called on someone, ANYONE at ARC Raiders to deal with an ongoing stream sniping issue.

While ARC Raiders receives a lot of praise for its sound design and gameplay, it’s still a free-to-play multiplayer game. That means cheaters are bound to flock to the title, especially on PC. While casual players may not notice cheating here and there, those who dedicate their entire lives to gaming – streaming 10 hours a day for days on end – are starting to grow frustrated with the problem.

Ninja calls on ARC Raiders team to fix the game

Esports influencer (if that’s truly a thing), Jake Lucky, shared a clip of infamous Fortnite streamer Ninja complaining about the amount of cheaters he encounters in the game. During that same stream, Ninja also noted the amount of times he’s been stream sniped.

Stream sniping is when a viewer tuning into a livestream will use that broadcasted information to gain an unfair advantage against the streamer. They’ll essentially join their lobby, check their stream to find out their location, loadout, etc., and then eliminate them.

It’s nothing new, but it’s now happening in ARC Raiders.

In response to the clip, plenty of gamers essentially said “boo hoo” to Ninja, arguing that most people don’t really deal with these kinds of issues because they’re not a multi-millionaire streamer. However, others felt that the ARC Raiders team should listen, since streamers are essentially free marketing for the game.

One gamer said: “Holy shit, some of the comments completely miss the point. He’s asking for ARC Raiders to respond faster, or to have a direct contact, so cheaters, snipers, and exploiters can be dealt with more quickly. That would be a positive change for literally every legitimate player.”

Added another: “I do think they should have a channel of communication to report cheaters, exploiters, and stream snipers. […] It could be in their active Discord, where the devs actively respond and interact.”

It really wouldn’t be that hard.

“We need the people whose job it is to go smoothly with the community – people who have those positions in gaming companies – those are the people we’re trying to reach out to,” Ninja said. “I’m not expecting head devs to help us out. But I guarantee there’s someone whose job it is to make content creators happy and chat with them.”

A quick glance online showed that Embark Studios indeed has a Community Lead. Someone was hired for that position two months ago. I’m assuming this person is on Discord?

Of course, there are likely bigger issues at hand than a streamer getting sniped. But I have to say, I agree with Ninja on this one.

Although I still don’t forgive him for that bra-less wife tweet.