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The latest Monopoly Go Golden Blitz results are in!

To help players collect stickers for Happy Harvest with Looney Tunes Album faster, today's Golden Blitz features four candidate stickers, each considered quite challenging by the player community.

Golden Blitz event, scheduled to officially launch at 1 PM ET on August 25th, not only encourages completion of the album collection task, satisfying players' collecting desires and earning substantial rewards like Dice and Cash, but also prepares them for the upcoming ACME FARM Partners.

Golden Blitz Stickers

Following community voting, the final results of Monopoly Go Golden Blitz are in: Family Portrait (Set 16) and The Goods (Set 17) received a significant lead and were selected as Golden Stickers available for trading.

For players currently collecting Happy Harvest with Looney Tunes Album, this is undoubtedly a crucial opportunity to complete their album collection. Because Golden Stickers are typically unobtainable through regular trading and can only be collected through special events, Sticker Packs, or Wildcards, many players get stuck on these rare stickers during album progression.

Family Portrait sticker, featuring a family of chicks, is a highly sought-after item because of its heartwarming theme and high collectability. The Goods sticker, continuing the classic elements of Monopoly Go series and featuring Mr. Monopoly as the main character, is also a crucial gap in album collection.

With these two stickers now available for trading, players can exchange duplicate Golden Stickers with friends, further accelerating their progress towards completing Happy Harvest with Looney Tunes Album and accumulating more resources for the upcoming ACME FARM Partners event.

For players aiming for the final collection rewards, this Golden Blitz event is not only a chance to replenish their collection but also a crucial juncture for accumulating Dice and Cash and planning for future events.

ACME FARM Partners

ACME FARM Partners is expected to officially launch on August 26th (Eastern Time) and will last for 5 days in-game. This means players will need to consider progressing through ACME FARM Partners while trading and collecting stickers.

Gameplay

1. Team Up

ACME FARM Partners gameplay is largely the same as traditional Monopoly Go. Players need to invite four friends to form a team. Each friend is responsible for a separate Looney Tunes-themed attraction, and each team needs to complete four farm buildings.

2. Collect Tokens

Players need to earn Partner Tokens through daily gameplay, generally through the following methods:

• Board Rewards
• Quick Wins
• Tournament Rewards
• Daily Free Packs from Shop

Finally, the earned Partner Tokens can be used to spin the wheel to increase construction points for farm buildings.

Rewards

Each construction task has milestone rewards, which can be claimed upon reaching certain point thresholds. These rewards are usually Dice, Cash, or Sticker Packs. The rewards become even more substantial upon completion of all team missions.

Completing missions requires a large amount of Dice, so stockpiling it in advance is crucial to unlocking more rewards and earning more points. Golden Blitz event presents a great opportunity for this.

How to Maximize Golden Blitz and ACME FARM Partners' Benefits?

Planning each step of Golden Blitz event strategically and avoiding resource waste is key to maximizing benefits and advancing ACME FARM Partners Event. Successfully completing ACME FARM Partners Event will accelerate the collection of albums.

1. Sticker Trading

During Golden Blitz, you earn stage rewards by completing album progress through sticker trading, which includes a large amount of Dice. Therefore, if you have a limited number of stickers to trade, prioritize trading stickers that are more difficult to collect or that allow you to complete a set faster.

2. Resource Management

Players should avoid wasting Dice in the early stages of the event and maintain sufficient reserves for the point collection sprint phase after ACME FARM Partners event begins.

Secondly, if you have Wild Stickers, prioritize using them on rare stickers that are difficult to obtain through regular Sticker Packs, such as Golden Stickers, rather than randomly exchanging for Monopoly Go Stickers that you can already get through this Golden Blitz event.

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3. Teammate Selection

Monopoly Go ACME FARM Partners is a cooperative event. A player's final reward depends not only on their own resources but also on the activity level of their partners.

Therefore, it is recommended to find stable partners before the event starts to avoid being matched with inactive players after the event begins, which would prevent a large amount of Dice and Tokens from being effectively converted into construction progress.

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4. Reward Claiming Timing

Finally, and this is a point often overlooked by many players, the album rewards from Golden Blitz don't necessarily need to be claimed or consumed immediately. You can adjust your resource usage pace based on the specific opening time of ACME FARM Partners.

For example, if you're about to complete a Sticker Set collection, consider waiting for Golden Blitz to finish trading before claiming the reward. This allows you to save a large amount of Dice for use after ACME FARM Partners opens, improving your efficiency in the early stages of the event.

In short, maximizing the benefits of Golden Blitz through the above strategies can simultaneously accelerate the progress of ACME FARM Partners event and the collection of Monopoly Go Happy Harvest with Looney Tunes Album, achieving three benefits at once.

Recently, a storm has swept through GTA 6 player community - a hacker group called CyberLeek openly provoked the official team, widely disseminating screenshots purportedly from GTA 6.

Initially, they only leaked some gameplay and game maps, and these posts were quickly deleted by the game's official team. However, things escalated, with a well-known gaming media outlet announcing that CyberLeek would release a complete development version of GTA 6.

The news outlet quickly discovered that information they possessed was fabricated, so they deleted original post and issued a public apology. However, many players still firmly believe that CyberLeek possesses a complete development version of the game.

But is this really credible? Is CyberLeek's purpose truly to defend players' rights?

Beginning and End of Storm

First, this weekend - while most gamers were enjoying their leisure time - a threatening screenshot and chat log from CyberLeek were published online. The most bombshell content was that they had obtained a complete development version of GTA 6 and would release it online.

This news hit the player community like a thunderbolt. Many gaming news outlets with large followings rushed to report on this, further amplifying spread of the news.

Although, a few hours later, the leading news outlets announced that threatening screenshots and chat content were fake,

they missed window of opportunity for information dissemination, and many players were already convinced that CyberLeek possessed complete development version of the game.

Moreover, just as the media outlet apologized for fake news, a new anonymous group claimed to have breached Rockstar's system and possess unreleased screenshots and files purportedly from April 2026 development version.

Currently, there is no evidence linking this group to CyberLeek, but many players naturally assume that the group is CyberLeek.

Points of Doubt

However, let's think calmly - is it really possible that CyberLeek possessed the complete development version of GTA 6? There are several obvious points of doubt:

First, the game content previously leaked by CyberLeek mainly focused on basic gameplay, such as flying planes in the city and robbing NPCs at gas stations. These clips primarily showcase daily interactions within the open world, rather than key plot content.

Secondly, according to official information released by Rockstar Games, GTA 6 features a dual-protagonist setup: Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos.

However, in the dozen or so videos previously leaked by CyberLeek, almost all focused on the male protagonist, Jason; female protagonist, Lucia, never appeared.

Since Lucia is a central character in official promotional materials, if CyberLeek truly knew the complete game story, they would have shown more content involving Lucia, rather than just early gameplay clips featuring Jason.

These two pieces of information point to a possibility: the organization likely possesses an early test version with limited functionality, unable to advance to later content, and could not possibly have control of the entire development version.

CyberLeek's True Purpose

Another issue worth discussing is whether CyberLeek's true purpose, as they claim, is truly to defend player rights and protest against GTA 6.

Contradiction Between Actions and Manifesto

In its manifesto, CyberLeek claimed its actions were a protest against unethical practices in the gaming industry, such as digital pre-orders and the demise of physical games.

On the surface, this appears to be a consumer rights movement against Rockstar and its parent company, Take-Two Interactive.

However, all of CyberLeek's leaked videos bear a massive watermark of its namesake cryptocurrency, $CYBERLEEK, and continuously urge users to purchase token. This behavior makes it difficult not to question their motives.

On-chain Transaction Analysis

In fact, many players previously believed this to be a RugPul scam, and in response to these allegations, CyberLeek publicly destroyed over $1 million worth of $CYBERLEEK tokens.

In one of the leaked videos, they wrote in watermark: "To prove you wrong, all Dev Tokens have been destroyed; now only transaction fees are charged".

This action, seemingly proving their innocence, was scrutinized by a GTA 6 forum user who used digital forensics to analyze the on-chain transactions of $CYBERLEEK token.

The analysis revealed that their core profit-making strategy wasn't directly running Pul, but rather generating a steady stream of transaction fees by maintaining high trading volume.

It's estimated that on the token's first day of listing, CyberLeek profited between $40,000 and $60,000 from transaction fees; even subsequently, the daily transaction fee revenue was substantial, approximately $4,400.

Therefore, as long as CyberLeek could maintain its buzz through the leaked video and attract traders, its profits from transaction fees would be sufficient to cover its initial investment and ensure continued profitability.

In other words, this burning of tokens was more of a public relations stunt aimed at attracting more participants than proving their innocence.

In conclusion, we can conclude that this controversy surrounding GTA 6 leak was nothing more than a publicity stunt by CyberLeek for profit. The news that they have access to the complete development version of the game is utter nonsense.

Instead of believing these reports, it's best to wait patiently for the next official game announcement.

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For now, we should treat this whole saga as entertainment and avoid falling into any token scams.

With FC 27 about to launch on September 25th, EA recently rolled out Legacy Recap to FC 26 players, giving Ultimate Team players the opportunity to view their match data from World Tour Seasons. Currently, it displays data such as matches played, wins, win rate, shots on goal, and assists.

The significance of Legacy Recap goes beyond simply displaying a few numbers; it allows players to more intuitively understand how many matches they've played in FUT 26. However, some issues have arisen since its launch.

Which matches this recap tracks, which game modes it covers, and whether EA will continue to expand the statistical scope are currently topics of considerable interest in the community. Next, EZG will provide a detailed introduction to the function, access, and current statistical issues of FC 26 Legacy Recap.

Function

FC 26 Legacy Recap is not the only game developer to offer this personal data review feature. Similar designs are common in other games. For example, Valorant has Valorant Flashback, which organizes a player's match and hero usage data over a period.

Steam has Steam Replay, which records a player's playtime, frequently played games, and other activity data throughout the year. Fortnite also launched Fortnite Recap, allowing players to review their performance in a specific season.

While these features have different names, their core idea is essentially the same: to reorganize a player's generated game data into an easily viewable and shareable personal summary. Compared to Steam Replay, which provides annual statistics covering the entire gaming platform, FUT 26 Legacy Recap has a more focused scope, currently primarily revolving around World Tour Seasons 1-9.

Legacy Recap centralizes data that was originally scattered across different competitions and seasons. The number of matches played and wins achieved in the past ultimately becomes a reviewable FC 26 game record. It's more like a periodic FUT report card, allowing you to quickly understand your performance during that time and easily compare and share data with other players.

Entry Point

EA has placed Legacy Recap within FC Companion App. You can view your data through companion app. If you can't find Legacy Recap in Companion App, you can try EA's official Player Stats page, which also displays FC 26 player data.

However, some players have reported that Legacy Recap is not loading correctly. If you don't see Recap, it doesn't necessarily mean your account lacks the relevant data; there might be a problem with FIFA 26 page access or the function display itself. You can refresh the page and wait a while before trying again.

Issues

Furthermore, players in EA FC 26 community have discovered that Legacy Recap statistics don't necessarily perfectly match the actual game records. Some friendly matches may be counted in matches played, but the related goals and assists are not synchronized, so the numbers in recap are not a complete historical record.

This has raised questions among players regarding the statistical data: which FUT 26 matches will be included, which data will be calculated, and whether the same statistical rules apply to different modes - none of these are currently clearly defined. It would be more important for the developers to clarify the statistical scope and calculation rules before further expanding the functionality.

Statistical dimensions are also an area where Legacy Recap still has room for improvement. Current Legacy Recap data mainly focuses on basic metrics such as Matches Played, Wins, Win Rate, Shots on Goal, and Assists, lacking sufficient coverage of performance across original positions.

More granular data, such as successful tackles and blocks for defense, saves for goalkeepers, and passing and dribbling success rates, could be added. This would not only showcase FIFA 26 match results but also more intuitively reflect players' actual performance on both offense and defense.

The breakdown of Legacy Recap's statistical modes is also worth noting. If data from Squad Battles, Friendlies, Rivals, and Champions are all merged, the cumulative figures only indicate overall participation but cannot determine performance differences across different modes. 

If FIFA 26 could record matches played, wins, goals, assists, etc., separately for each game mode, the recap would more closely resemble a complete season report card and facilitate cross-game comparisons.

Meanwhile, some players hope EA will extend similar data statistics to Ultimate Team player cards. Compared to simply displaying basic attributes, recording actual usage data like Matches Played and Goals for a card would more clearly reflect its convincing performance, making it more valuable to continuously track and record players acquired with FC 26 Coins and used long-term.

From this perspective, Legacy Recap exposes not just a limitation in data statistics, but also the long-standing problem of FC 26 lacking complete match records. Third-party statistical websites can provide more detailed data, but require additional searching and processing.

If EA could provide unified, accurate, and mode-categorized Lifetime Stats directly within FIFA 26, we wouldn't need to rely on external tools to track our long-term performance.

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Currently, Legacy Recap primarily serves as a periodic review of World Tour Seasons 1-9. As FC 26 continues to release new seasonal content, players will be watching to see if EA will continue to update Recap and incorporate new season data.

If this feature can be retained long-term and its statistical scope gradually expands, Legacy Recap could evolve from a onetime World Tour data summary into a personal data archive spanning one's entire FC career. 

For FUT 26 players who value data comparison and results sharing, while it won't directly change the gameplay, it will truly preserve and solidify long-term accumulated match records.

Every year in Madden NFL series, there are hidden features that EA Sports doesn't explain, and Madden 27 is no exception. This year's version hides some game-changing features that can completely revolutionize your offense, defense, and tactical choices.

These hidden features are difficult for the average player to discover on their own. Therefore, this article introduces four hidden features in Madden NFL 27 that can change the game's dynamics. Once you know them, they will become your winning weapons. Let's take a look.

Formation Shifting

The most useful hidden feature in Madden 27 is called Formation Shifting, which changes the entire formation the instant the ball is thrown - without consuming any tactical commands.

How to Use?

Before the throw, move the right stick left or right. A Shift indicator will appear in the lower right corner of the screen. Next, as you scroll the screen, the game will display all available formations with the same personnel configuration.

Then select the formation you want to use and issue a tactical command. The on-field play will appear to match your current formation, but when you kick off, your team will switch to the formation you selected and execute your play instructions.

Effect

Imagine if you maintain an advantage in the first half with a Trips Tight formation. Wouldn't your opponent adjust accordingly, strengthening their defense and closely monitoring your offensive habits? In such a situation, wouldn't your advantage be significantly reduced later on?

In such circumstances, you can use formation shifting. Start with Pistol Bunch Tight, but set the formation shifting to Trips Tight, keeping the play unchanged. When the defense is caught off guard and loses their defensive advantage, your running back can find an opening that wasn't there before.

Chip and Release

EA never mentioned this feature in the pre-release promotional materials for MUT 27, but for pass-oriented players, Chip and Release may be the most useful new feature.

How to Use?

Select a passing play, then have your running back or tight end quickly run down any route. Once he's on your desired run, hold down Y or Triangle button, select his icon, and then press X button on Xbox or Square button on PlayStation. You'll see Chip and Release displayed.

His run will now be a purple/blue line, delaying his advance and keeping him in the screen position for a slightly later release - this short step is crucial.

Effect

Against Zone Coverage

This extra half-second allows linebackers and safety to move further into the defensive zone, creating a larger opening below. A delayed flat run can translate into a 15-yard advance simply because the defender's attention shifts elsewhere.

Against User-Controlled Defenders

Most players will see your running back standing still and immediately ignore him. By the time the opponent realizes something's wrong, it's too late.

Countering Raids

If the defense applies extra pressure, your running back or tight end will intercept before getting past the raider, buying the quarterback valuable passing time. This acts as a built-in safety valve.

ID the Mic and Untarget Defenders

The next hidden feature I'll introduce is incredibly useful in running offense. If you don't know about it, you're missing out! In MUT 27, you can identify microphones and untarget defensive players during running offense.

Why use ID the Mic in running offense? Because it truly helps you complete longer runs.

How to Use?

Press A button on your Xbox or X button on your PlayStation. A small M icon will appear, which you can move using the left analog stick.

If you want to run to the right outside, you might need to identify a cornerback defender further out. Simply press A button on your Xbox or X button on your PlayStation to select him. You'll find your advance significantly improved, your blocking more effective, and you lose fewer yards due to tackles.

In addition, you can untarget players. Typically, you can use this feature when playing against real players in Madden 27. For example, if you're passing the ball and the opposing team is trying to exploit a gap in your defense, you can unlock the opposing player, allowing your offensive line and teammates to ignore them.

How to Use?

Hold down the left trigger button + press Y button (Xbox) or the triangle button (PlayStation). A flame icon will appear on the screen. Move it to the defender you want your teammates to ignore and confirm.

Play Call Substitutions

This feature sounds simple, but its power is far greater than you might imagine. In previous Madden NFL games, you could substitute players in and out of specific formations, but these changes were temporary and limited to those formations.

In Madden 27, you can now directly modify the roster depth table in the tactics selection screen, and the changes will apply to all formations.

How to Use?

In the tactics selection screen, hold down the right trigger button (R2 on PlayStation), and simultaneously select any tactic within the formation. A substitution menu will pop up; then, find the player you want to substitute.

This is a clever time-saving feature that eliminates the hassle of manually substituting players every time you attack or switch formations, significantly impacting lineup management in competitive matches.

This concludes our analysis of the hidden features in Madden 27. EA may not have heavily promoted these features, but their existence is justified. Using them, you'll quickly realize they're not gimmicks - the cornerstones of a winning strategy manual.

Recently, MLB The Show 26 received several updates. While content of these updates wasn't massive, they were all significant.

First, on August 21st, the game updated with Pipeline player cards and made adjustments to PXP 2.0 and Parallel Mods systems. Simultaneously, the developers banned a large number of game accounts, sparking widespread discussion within community.

Are the updated player cards worth acquiring? How does the new system work? Why did the developers ban accounts? I will explain these points one by one below.

Pipeline Series Player Cards

Before the banning incident, Pipeline series update was undoubtedly the most significant content in last week's MLB 26 update.

Unlike other series that focus on established stars, Pipeline series focuses on top rookies who haven't yet reached major leagues but are ranked highly in their respective teams' minor league systems.

This update brought a large number of player cards, along with various exclusive events.

Player Cards

Let's start by introducing the player cards. This update introduces two card packs - Chase Pack and Choice Pack - from which players can obtain new player cards.

Players can obtain Chase Pack for free by completing a My Legacy mission that accumulates 250,000 PXP. Chase Pack contains one of the most anticipated cards in this Pipeline series - OVR 99 shortstop Leo De Vries.

This card excels in both offense and defense, with outstanding Contact and Power attributes, making him one of the top shortstops in game and an absolute must-have.

Meanwhile, Choice Pack contains a wealth of new cards, covering a wide range of players:

Including Seth Hernandez, the starting pitcher from 99 OVR with Outlier attributes and extremely fast pitches; Mike Sorota, a center fielder from 99 OVR with excellent defense and speed; and the powerful 99 OVR shortstop Ethan Holliday.

In addition, it includes cards such as Walker Jenkins, Ethan Salas, and Bryce Rainer.

Mode, Program, and Collection Updates

Synchronized Gameplay Updates: To complement the new card set, MLB 26 has simultaneously updated with new modes such as Diamond Quest, Mini Seasons, and Conquest.

The main rewards for these modes are Pipeline card packs. Players can earn new player cards and a large number of MLB The Show 26 Stubs by completing these modes.

Additionally, the game has launched Pipeline Program. Players can earn multiple reward cards by completing specific tasks within the program, with the ultimate reward being Eli Willits (99 OVR), an excellent shortstop card capable of playing both second and third base.

Finally, the game has also added Collection rewards for Pipeline player cards. Collecting a certain number of cards allows players to exchange them for top-tier cards:

Collect 20 player cards to obtain Kade Anderson; collect 30 to obtain Josue De Paula; collect 40 to obtain Jesus Made (99 OVR).

Game Mechanics Optimization

In addition to Pipeline series player cards, MLB 26 also adjusted in-game Parallel XP system on the same day.

In Diamond Dynasty, players earn Parallel XP (PXP) by repeatedly playing a player card. Accumulating enough PXP increases the card's Parallel Level, granting a base +1 bonus to all attributes.

Furthermore, reaching certain card levels unlocks and allows equipping a Parallel Mod, concentrating the previously evenly distributed bonus points onto a specific attribute.

Prior to this update, players generally felt that Silver and Gold Mods in Parallel Mods were too weak, far inferior to the top-tier Diamond Mod, resulting in a lack of players using them.

To encourage players to try different mods and development paths, the developers have uniformly increased the bonus values of Silver and Gold Mods.

However, a problem remains in Parallel XP system: Relief Pitcher requires the same amount of PXP experience to unlock Parallel Mod as Starter.

However, Relief Pitcher's playing time in each match is very short, making it difficult to accumulate enough experience, resulting in almost no one being able to unlock Diamond Mod. This problem was not resolved in this update.

Mass Banning

Finally, let me briefly summarize the recent highly controversial event in the player community - the large-scale banning of MLB 26.

Specifically, coinciding with the above update, the game developers conducted a large-scale account banning operation, reportedly affecting hundreds to thousands of accounts, including many accounts of well-known content creators.

The main reason for banning these accounts is that these players purchased in-game currency, Stubs, through third-party websites, indirectly causing inflation in some player cards.

Most importantly, since MLB 26's main revenue stream is Stubs, this behavior directly harmed the official revenue. This is the reason why this ban has caused such widespread controversy.

Players generally believe that the game suffers from numerous bugs that negatively impact the player experience - such as abnormally small PCI values and animation bugs for certain players. Some of these bugs persisted for months or even a year and a half before being fixed, while others remain unresolved.

When it comes to Stubs trading issue, which affects the developer's revenue, their reaction is extremely swift. This overly opportunistic approach, while justifiable, appears rather unethical to players.

However, this controversy was merely a minor incident following August 21st update. The banned players quietly created new accounts, and overall impact was minimal. Most players remain focused on other updates.

Based on past practice, MLB 26 is likely to release other new player cards or events this week or next. You can follow EZG Facebook to stay updated on the latest game information. You can also participate in our giveaway event by @friends and commenting.

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In ARC Raiders, being suddenly killed by another player from a corner is often one of the most frustrating situations. Especially after looting a high-value area and preparing to head to key room, hatch, or extraction, you never know if someone else has already positioned themselves nearby.

Rats typically don't actively seek out direct combat; instead, they hide in corners and wait for you to lower your guard before suddenly opening fire. However, these players aren't entirely untouchable. With proper gear and attention to sound and positional changes on the map, you can significantly improve your chances of survival even when encountering rats.

With the release of the new ARC Raiders Frozen Trail map on October 8th, these techniques will become even more crucial. The new map is larger, with more complex exploration routes and hiding spots, and there will be more rat players, requiring even greater vigilance.

Tagging Grenade

Tagging Grenades aren't the most frequently used piece of gear in ARC Raiders, but it's actually very effective if your goal is to deal with rats who like to hide. Tagging Grenade, once it hits an enemy, will ping their location for a short period.

This is especially important when entering high-value loot areas, key rooms, or approaching hatches and extractions. Many rat players will hide in a corner of a room beforehand, waiting for you to enter before attacking. If you rush in directly, you may not have enough time to react.

The effect is even more pronounced when Smoke Grenade and Tagging Grenade are used together. For example, near some underground extractions in ARC Raiders Buried City, the environment is relatively dark, and there are many small corners where people can hide.

Before entering, you can throw a smoke grenade first, then throw a tagging grenade towards the possible hiding place. If you successfully mark an enemy, even if they are hiding in the smoke, you will know their location, while they will have difficulty seeing your movements, allowing you to kill them directly through the smoke.

Traps

rat players love using traps to gain an advantage, with Jolt Mine being a favorite. Stepping on a Jolt Mine briefly stuns you, rendering you unable to move or fire, and these few seconds are usually enough for a nearby rat to finish you off.

Audio is crucial for ARC Raiders in this situation. If you hear the sound of a Jolt Mine when approaching a room or narrow passage, don't proceed. Blaze Grenades can be used to deal with various traps, so clear any traps you find with them first.

More importantly, traps themselves can be cues. If you've just discovered and destroyed a Jolt Mine, you should realize that someone has likely set it up beforehand, especially if the location of an ARC Raiders room is ideal for an ambush.

After clearing a trap, be extra careful of nearby corners. rat players often combine multiple traps, first stunning you, then inflicting explosive damage, and finally eliminating you from a safe position.

Key Room

Many ambushes occur in key rooms. You know there's high-value loot inside, and rat knows this too. Opening the door and rushing in easily gives the opponent an opening. While Noisemaker isn't the strongest piece of gear in ARC Raiders, it still has its value in this situation.

If you place Noisemaker in an excellent position, it will trigger a sound when other players approach, giving you a chance to anticipate their movements. Barricade Kit can also play a unique role. It's not just for simply blocking the doorway. By adjusting the position of the Barricade Kit, you can interact normally from inside the room while preventing players from directly entering from the outside.

This way, if rat wants to enter the room, they must first destroy the Barricade Kit, creating an audio cue that alerts them to someone attempting to enter. You're no longer surprised by a sudden rush; instead, you have time to prepare your weapons, find cover, and prepare for the upcoming PvP encounter.

Situational Awareness

One of rat's most common attack methods is shooting from behind. Therefore, situational awareness is crucial in ARC Raiders. If suddenly attacked from behind, your first reaction shouldn't be to just keep running forward. Observe your surroundings for cover you can quickly access; sometimes turning around and counter-attacking is a better option.

If the opponent doesn't knock you down immediately, you can spin around and retaliate. Having the right gear can make a major difference when dealing with unexpected ambushes. If you're looking to upgrade your loadout, you can buy ARC Raiders Items from EZG.com and prepare your gear before heading into dangerous areas.

When moving, you should also plan ahead where you should hide if attacked. For example, in a room, if there's a rock or wall on your right that provides cover, you can Dodge Roll there after being attacked from behind. Knowing what cover is around you beforehand, even without extensive ARC Raiders map knowledge, can buy you time to counter-attack.

Extraction

Smoke Grenades are very important in Extraction. It not only helps you enter and leave Extraction but also makes it difficult for Raiders to pinpoint your exact location. Some extractions in ARC Raiders have numerous buildings and corners suitable for ambushes, making them particularly easy hiding places for Raiders.

Some rats will wait on building rooftops for others to evacuate, while others will hide near windows. Therefore, when entering extraction, don't just throw smoke at Hatch Button. It's best to cover the area you need to traverse with smoke. This way, even if there are people nearby, you'll reduce the time you're exposed to their line of sight.

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With ARC Raiders October Frozen Trail update approaching, rat environment you need to be aware of may change. The snowy environment will not only change visibility and movement routes in some areas, but may also make some previously less obvious ambush positions more dangerous.

Furthermore, rats don't have fixed movement patterns. You can't remember every possible ambush location, nor can you guarantee you'll spot enemies in advance every time. Therefore, mastering the methods mentioned above for dealing with rat is extremely important.