Drop into ARC Raiders right now and you'll feel it fast: the sky isn't "background noise" anymore. The Firefly and the Comet force you to play like you're being hunted, not like you're shopping. Even your kit choices start to matter in a different way, especially if you're sorting through ARC Raiders Items and trying to decide what's worth carrying when every fight can turn nasty in seconds.

Firefly habits and how to survive them

The Firefly isn't just another flyer you can shrug off while you rummage through a box. It watches, drifts, and waits for you to give it a clean line. Then it commits to that dive. If you're in open ground, you'll probably do what everyone does at first: sprint and hope. Doesn't work. Break line of sight instead. Real cover, not a thin wall or a lonely rock. Get inside a building, tuck under a hard overhang, or force it to lose the angle. If you've got a Photoelectric Cloak, don't pop it early out of panic—hold it for the dive window, when its tracking matters most. And keep checking its underside. There's a fuel tank down there, and it's one of those weak spots you only get a second to hit. Wait for the clean look, take the shot, then move again.

Comet fights are about spacing and discipline

The Comet is a different kind of problem. It's not trying to "outplay" you from the air; it's trying to punish bad team habits. The biggest one is stacking up. If your squad bunches in a doorway or all peeks the same corner, the Comet's explosive pressure will wipe the whole plan. Spread out on purpose. Give it one target, not three. Weapon choice matters too: you want steady, high fire-rate damage to chew through the side plating, because that armor soaks up slow, chunky shots. Call out who's stripping armor and who's covering, or you'll all waste mags on the wrong side. Also, don't get brave when it starts the self-destruct tell. That glow and that whine are your cue to leave, not your cue to "finish it."

Loadouts that actually help, not just bigger numbers

These machines make utility feel real. Lure grenades aren't "cute," they're lifesavers—buying time to reset, revive, or just relocate without the Firefly tracking your every step. In squads, it helps to give people simple jobs: one player watching skies, one player set up for armor strip, one player saving a cloak or smoke for the reset. Solo players can do it too, but you've got to slow down and plan your exits before you open a fight. A lot of deaths now come from greed: one more box, one more shot, one more second in the open.

Keeping the pace without feeding the lobby

Once you accept that these two are meant to control space, the game starts to click again. You'll rotate earlier, you'll use buildings like they matter, and you'll stop treating every encounter like a DPS test. If you're short on gear after a rough streak, it's not a bad idea to top up through U4GM since it's a straightforward place to pick up game currency and items without burning another evening on zero-progress runs.