Hello Raider !

My advice would be a bit different, especially if you are a bit low on gear :

Do raids with the following type of loadouts :

• ferro 1
• One stack of Heavy ammo
• 5 bandages or 2/3 herbal bandage

Why not free loadouts you may ask ?

Because IMO they are the worst loadout you can get. The above loadout is very very cheap but can work on most small arcs and can even help you fend for yourselves against some players. And most importantly you get a safe pocket which you wouldn't with the free loadout.

It's a low investment build but with still a safe pocket.

Now to survive the arcs, most advice's here are very good. Move slowly and try to always think about keeping a cover not too far from you. If you have anything larger than you that you can turn around then you can always protect yourself against their shots (wasps, hornets). Use the ferro to shoot their back rotors. Try to wait for them to get closer or even better use your cover to get out of their line of sight. When a flying arc loses sight of you, he will try to go closer to the last place he spotted you. Wait there out of sight until they come a few meters from you. When they charge their shots, aim calmly for one of the back rotors. If you shoot them within a second before they shoot, they will usually be shaken by the shot and miss you. Still better turn around your cover and get out of sight again right after you shot. The ferro 1 is long to reload so use that time to reposition around your cover of choice and wait for the Arc to come back to you.

If you miss your shots and die, that's alright, you cale in this raid with not much anyway, it's no big deal.

This will let you train without losing much stuff anyway. And if you get lucky and find something cool you can get it in your safe pocket and make sure to bring it back.

When you will be more confident with fighting those pesky flying arcs, you can try to upgrade that loadout to an Anvil instead of a ferro and get a looting mk1 augment and a light shield.

If you have done dommage to players recently and want to get back with players that are more friendly. Get on stella Montis but with nothing at all on you. Just run as fast as you can in stella Montis and try to find something nice to put in your safepocket. It's a good training in avoiding arcs effectively since you have no weapon you will have to use covers and doors to lose your arc pursuit. If players shoot you just flee and hope for the best. After a few raids people should stop shooting you and even help you out. Be very careful with shredders on stella Montis. If you see one and you dont see any doors you can take refuse behind, maybe better go another way. While you do these raids without anything I suggest trying to go to Medical Research or Lobby and loot every container for raiders : Drawers, suitcases, trashbins etc. They can drop blueprints and if you dont have it you can put it in your safe pocket.

Eventually you will get blueprints that would be useful for both of you :)

Flying arcs are no joke but I'm sure you will get better and better and eventually beat them all the time.

Good luck topside raiders :)