The Arc Raiders community suspects that high framerates and aim assist are responsible for some suspicious gameplay clips after players accused streamer Nick ‘Nickmercs’ Kolcheff of cheating.
《Arc Raiders》社区怀疑，高帧率和辅助瞄准是导致部分可疑游戏片段的原因，此前有玩家指控主播 Nick “Nickmercs” Kolcheff 作弊。
Fans scrutinized the controversial controller accessibility feature after Reddit users targeted a questionable gameplay video from the streamer last week. The post, which is just 11 seconds long and garnered 2.4K comments on the social media platform, shows Nickmercs using a Renegade rifle (along with an Xbox controller) to shoot down two Arc drones.
上周，Reddit 用户针对该主播的一段可疑游戏视频进行了 scrutiny（审视/细查），引发了粉丝对争议性手柄辅助功能的热议。这篇帖子时长仅 11 秒，在社交媒体平台上获得了 2400 条评论，视频中 Nickmercs 使用一把叛变者步枪（配合 Xbox 手柄）击落了两架 Arc 无人机。
It’s the kind of clip many wouldn’t think twice about at first glance, but a closer look reveals almost robotic precision.
这类片段乍看之下许多人不会多想，但仔细一看却展现出近乎机械般的精准度。
How can I get my aim to stick like this?
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.reddit-embed-wrapper iframe { margin-left: 0 !important; }“This is super sketchy,” one user commented shortly after the post was published, “controller does have aim assist on ARC but it’s not like this.”
我的瞄准怎么能粘得这么牢？
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.reddit-embed-wrapper iframe { margin-left: 0 !important; }“这太可疑了，”帖子发布后不久，一位用户评论道，“ARC 的手柄确实有辅助瞄准，但不是这种效果。”
“Yeah that’s not aim assist,” another user added at the time. “I mean that’s just blatantly a cheat engine. The way it locks onto a rotor and then he has to move it off the Arc entirely to get it to lock onto the back rotor instead is sus as f**k.”
“对，那不是辅助瞄准，”另一位用户当时补充道。“我的意思是这明显就是作弊引擎。它锁定一个旋翼后，他必须完全移开才能让它转而锁住后方旋翼，这简直邪门。”
The video’s showcase of inhuman, snappy aiming quickly convinced a crowd of users the streamer must be using cheats to boost his performance for his audience. Upon closer inspection, however, it looks like Nickmercs’ may only have Arc Raiders and developer Embark Studios’ built-in aim assist feature to thank.
视频中非人般迅速且精准的瞄准表现，很快让大量用户确信该主播必定使用了作弊工具来提升面向观众的表现。然而仔细检查后发现，Nickmercs 可能只需感谢《Arc Raiders》及其开发商 Embark Studios 内置的辅助瞄准功能即可。
While no one was able to exactly reproduce the streamer’s mechanical control on console without a cheat tool, PC players had a little more luck. Just hours after fans caught wind of the cheating allegations, Reddit user roartex89 published a video showcasing what seemed to be a drastic difference in aim assist sensitivity on PC vs. console.
虽然无人能在不使用作弊工具的情况下于主机端完全重现该主播机械般的操控，但 PC 玩家则幸运得多。粉丝得知作弊指控仅数小时后，Reddit 用户 roartex89 发布了一段视频，展示了 PC 与主机之间辅助瞄准灵敏度似乎存在巨大差异。
How aim assist looks on controller on PC
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.reddit-embed-wrapper iframe { margin-left: 0 !important; }Further investigation from users like Razukee, awhaling, and ttvimShinyatheninja seemed to find the culprit behind magnetic aiming wasn’t exactly platform choice but frames per second (FPS) values. PCs able to achieve higher framerates seem to be able to use aim assist to snap between targets with ease, while those on the lower end may see little to no benefit from the feature. So, for example, a popular streamer with a high-end PC reaching as much as 240fps would be able to use aim assist to snap to targets with more ease than a player on PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X | S, where Arc Raiders is capped at 60fps.
像Razukee、awhaling和ttvimShinyatheninja等用户的进一步调查似乎发现，磁力瞄准背后的罪魁祸首并非平台选择，而是帧率（FPS）数值。能够达到高帧率的 PC 似乎能够轻松利用辅助瞄准在目标间快速切换，而低配端则几乎无法从该功能中获益。因此，例如一位拥有高端 PC、帧率高达 240fps 的热门主播，在使用辅助瞄准锁定目标时会比 PlayStation 5 或 Xbox Series X | S 上的玩家更加轻松，因为在这些主机平台上，《Arc Raiders》被限制在 60fps。
“This basically [makes] aim assist pay to win,” ttvimShinyatheninja said in their post. “Whoever has the better PC wins. Everyone else is at a huge disadvantage and this [needs] to get fixed asap.”
“这基本上让辅助瞄准变成了‘付费获胜’（Pay-to-Win），”ttvimShinyatheninja 在其帖子中表示。“谁的电脑更好谁就赢。其他人都处于巨大劣势，这个[需要]尽快修复。”
Aim assist is significantly stronger with higher FPS
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.reddit-embed-wrapper iframe { margin-left: 0 !important; }Nickmercs, who went on to deny the cheating allegations during a January 12 livestream, seems to have been let off the hook, as the Arc Raiders community shifts its focus from one potential cheater to a wider discussion about aim assist. Embark is now being looked to for answers, with players taking to the company’s official channels across Reddit, X/Twitter, Discord, and more to ask for clarity or, ideally, a proper fix.
Nickmercs 在 1 月 12 日的一场直播中否认了作弊指控，现在看来他似乎已摆脱嫌疑，因为《Arc Raiders》社区的关注点已从某位潜在作弊者转向更广泛的辅助瞄准讨论。现在大家纷纷期待 Embark 给出答案，玩家们涌入公司在 Reddit、X/Twitter、Discord 等官方渠道留言，寻求明确说明或理想的修复方案。
Without comment from the studio, a section of the community questioning whether it's fair for console players to be matched against PC players has emerged. From cheating allegations to general confusion about how and why aim assist works, these fans now want to spread the word that crossplay should be turned off for now.
在官方未发表评论的情况下，社区中已出现一部分质疑主机玩家与 PC 玩家匹配是否公平的声音。从作弊指控到对辅助瞄准工作原理及原因的普遍困惑，这些粉丝现在希望传达的信息是：暂时关闭跨平台联机功能。
"Until resolved console players should not be playing with PC players to preserve a fair environment if one side can do something another isn't capable of," one Reddit user commented.
“在问题解决之前，如果一方能做另一方做不到的事，主机玩家就不应与 PC 玩家一起玩，以维持公平的环境，”一位 Reddit 用户评论道。
"PC already have superior inputs with [mouse and keyboard] and now they also have better aim assist?" another replied. "Yeah not a chance I'm ticking that crossplay box on Xbox."
“PC 已经有更优越的输入设备（[鼠标和键盘]），现在他们还有更好的辅助瞄准？”另一位回复道。“是啊，我在 Xbox 上可不会勾选那个跨平台联机的选项。”
The streamer happened to find himself in the crosshairs of a gaming community that had just spent recent weeks pleading for Embark to crack down on what many felt was a cheating epidemic. As nefarious fans took advantage of exploits to illegitimately gain the upper hand on other Raiders, the studio finally stepped in, promising to clean up lobbies as January rolls on.
这位主播恰好成为游戏社区关注的焦点，该社区在过去几周里一直恳求 Embark 打击许多人认为的作弊泛滥现象。随着一些别有用心的玩家利用漏洞非法获得对其他掠夺者的优势，工作室终于介入，承诺随着一月推移清理大厅环境。
Arc Raiders launched for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X | S on October 30, 2025. It’s steadily marching through its third month in players’ hands, with Embark currently working to address feedback with updates that should arrive sooner rather than later. Recently, fans have spent their days learning to manipulate the aggression-based matchmaking system to land in PvE-only lobbies.
《Arc Raiders》于 2025 年 10 月 30 日登陆 PC、PlayStation 5 和 Xbox Series X | S。它正稳步进入玩家手中的第三个月，Embark 目前正在努力通过即将推出的更新来回应反馈。最近，粉丝们花费时间学习如何利用基于侵略性的匹配系统，以进入仅限 PvE 的大厅。
