Arc 3.0 Incoming!

pwlaughingtrendy · February 2016

Hey guys!

When we launched the Arc platform in 2014, our goal was to create a platform that allows gamers to find the best free-to-play games. That vision still holds true and we are launching Arc Quests this week to give you more opportunity to discover games, be rewarded for playing, and for follow the latest updates for games on the Arc platform.

With Arc 3.0, we're updating tons of features on our platform, including quests that will reward players with ZEN while they play and enjoy their games!

You can learn more about Arc 3.0 here.

~Morrigan "LaughingTrendy"

officerbatman81 · February 2016

Begs the question, how many ARC points equals how much Zen? Doesn't say.

Reminds me of collecting Kool-Aid points to redeem stuff. Thousands to get me a Game Boy game.

burstdragon323 · February 2016

Yup, I'm expecting something like 10,000 Arc Points for 10 ZEN.

lordsteve1 · February 2016

Sounds like its a similar idea to Raptr and the like is what they are aiming for. But the rewards will probably require massive game-time to earn anything worthwhile.

angrytarg · February 2016

Still not interested, but thanks for trying

captainmal3 · February 2016

Arc quests: another transparent attempt to get people to use their crummy launcher, without doing anything to solve the reasons people don't use it in the first place.

e1im · February 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ussCHoQttyQ

themartian · February 2016

If it's rewarding zen for very little real effort or doing things I was going to do anyway, that's fine by me. I'm easily bought.

kekvin · February 2016

Ok am i the only person to like the sound if arc rewards?

hanover2 · February 2016

My one and only question is whether using Arc remains optional.

Or, phrased another way, whether I continue as a subscriber to this game or not.

questerius · February 2016

Given the resource drain from Arc on low spec machines i would rather see Arc's influence diminished instead of being increased.

I just hope this new version doesn't come with an increase in resource drainage.

whamhammer1 · February 2016

Instead of projects like this, could we please get support for things that directly impact gameplay?

Perhaps fixing the in-game UI, so it does not eat half of the frame-rate, for starters?

jonathanlonehawk · February 2016

hanover2 wrote: »

My one and only question is whether using Arc remains optional.

Conspiracy theory ahead: I wonder if this is why Mac Client support is being dropped. Arc isn't on the Mac and it will soon be mandatory to run PWE games...

lordsteve1 · February 2016

From looking at the pics in the blog it looks to be around 10,000 points for 10 zen. No idea how long that takes to earn though as you only get 500pts per level and each level requires "quests" to level up.
I guess for free zen it's not a bad thing despite the steep grind/prices, provided as @questerius says the launcher doesn't chew up your system.

angrytarg · February 2016

jonathanlonehawk wrote: »

Conspiracy theory ahead: I wonder if this is why Mac Client support is being dropped. Arc isn't on the Mac and it will soon be mandatory to run PWE games...

I agree. ARC becoming mandatory isn't a "if" question, it's simply a "when". I'm wondering however why they don't simply make it mandatory as quickly as they dropped the Mac client. The people actually quitting to play entirely because of that should be a disappearing minority, really.

kazabok · February 2016

burstdragon323 wrote: »

Yup, I'm expecting something like 10,000 Arc Points for 10 ZEN.

From this article, you are correct.

1000 Arc Points = 1 Zen, minimum buy of 5 Zen.

http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/champions-online/news/detail/9839863-arc-quests-reward-you-for-discovering-new-games

captfabulous · February 2016

lordsteve1 wrote: »

From looking at the pics in the blog it looks to be around 10,000 points for 10 zen. No idea how long that takes to earn though as you only get 500pts per level and each level requires "quests" to level up.
I guess for free zen it's not a bad thing despite the steep grind/prices, provided as @questerius says the launcher doesn't chew up your system.

So 20 levels of quests to earn 10 cents worth of Zen. Um... no.

davefenestrator · February 2016

So 0.5 zen a day if you do the 3 quests? How will I ever spend this bounty?

sanokskyrat · February 2016

So if i just want to play STO will i be rewarded? Or lose rewards because i dont want to play the other games. Because I dont really want to play other games.

szim · February 2016

davefenestrator wrote: »

So 0.5 zen a day if you do the 3 quests? How will I ever spend this bounty?

You should start thinking about which ship to buy next. Otherwise your Zen will keep piling up!

solidshark214 · February 2016

Even with the dil exchange the way it is now, I can easily get over double that in a single day's dil grinding. No thanks.

Should be noted, I actually understand not giving out big payouts from a business standpoint; zen purchases are, after all, what keep the game going at all. However, that being the case I think they simply shouldn't bother with this system at all. Ten zen over however many days is not going to make Arc any less of a nuisance.

And why, or why, do web designers and the like keep insisting on making everything so flashy? It makes things harder to navigate and takes up ever more system resources. The KISS principle exists for a reason, guys.

djmarr1964 · February 2016

ok no-one seems to have asked this and it is nowhere in the post when is this system going live

dashripkin · February 2016

djmarr1964 wrote: »

ok no-one seems to have asked this and it is nowhere in the post when is this system going live

I would also like to know this.

caldannach · February 2016

lordsteve1 wrote: »

Sounds like its a similar idea to Raptr and the like is what they are aiming for. But the rewards will probably require massive game-time to earn anything worthwhile.

As half the super nerds on this game put in massive game time, i don't see why once again, people are resenting something that does no harm. Why not earn something for nothing that requires no more effort than a lot of people would put in anyway in their normal playtime?

Its laughable that people just resent ARC for the sake of it. I would like someone to list the negatives of using ARC. Find me one legitimately bad thing and i would be amazed.

caldannach · February 2016

hanover2 wrote: »

My one and only question is whether using Arc remains optional.

Or, phrased another way, whether I continue as a subscriber to this game or not.

OH NO! The horror!

*audience gasps*

dashripkin · February 2016

caldannach wrote: »

Find me one legitimately bad thing and i would be amazed.

The only real issue I have had with ARC is a sound issue. If I plug my headset in and launch STO from ARC, everything is fine. If I launch STO from ARC without my headset plugged in, everything is fine. If I plug my headset in after launching STO from ARC, everything is fine. If I close the game client and unplug my headset, the sound returns to my speakers. But, at that point, I cannot plug my headset back in at any time--with or without the game running--and have sound return to my headset until I reboot. After much mucking about in my system, I discovered that ARC doesn't actually close gameclient.exe. It remains running in the system, but uses no resources. I am unable to kill the task, and cannot actually close ARC, either. If I launch the game client directly, everything works fine. Somewhere in there, ARC is the problem.