PVP vs PVE! LIVE Player DEBATE! Is Riven Tides GOOD? & More! - The Elders' Circle Podcast EP 01

Frozen Trail is finally here, and tonight we're sitting down for our first proper chat after spending the day exploring everything the new update has to offer. This time it's just Dan, Cameron and Maxi for a more relaxed two-man OTC Live, talking through our first experiences with Pendola Pass, the Frigate, new ARC, new loot, the Outpost and everything else we've discovered so far. No carefully prepared reviews, no pretending we've figured everything out already — just two Old Timers talking ARC Raiders after a massive day in the Rust Belt.

Welcome to the first official episode of OTC Live — the evolution of The Elders Circle Podcast, now opening the doors and bringing the Old Timers Club community directly into the conversation. OTC Live has no permanent panel. Instead, Dan (Arc Raider Old Timer) is joined by a revolving cast of actual OTC members, meaning different voices, different opinions and potentially a completely different panel from one show to the next. It's live, spontaneous, unscripted and occasionally chaotic — exactly how we want it. In this episode we're getting hyped for ARC Raiders: Frozen Trail, just days before launch. We discuss Pendola Pass, the Frigate, new ARC, Outposts, Amplified Weapons, gadgets and what we're most excited to experience when the update arrives. We also tackle one of the biggest discussions within the ARC Raiders community: Should ARC Raiders have a PvE mode? OTC Live is about giving the community a voice. Real OTC members having real conversations about the game we play. OLD TIMERS. REAL OPINIONS. LIVE CONVERSATION.

The Elders Circle Podcast has come to an end, but the conversation definitely hasn’t. Welcome to OTC Live, the new podcast and live discussion format from the Arc Raider Old Timer's Old Timers Club (OTC). Rather than a traditional podcast with a fixed cast and schedule, OTC Live is designed to be spontaneous. When there’s something worth talking about, we get together and talk about it. This first episode is a little different. It’s just me, Dan, dropping a spontaneous solo podcast about the Arc Raiders PVE Announcement, which unknowingly at the time was actually the birth of what will be OTC Live From the next episode onwards, expect a revolving cast of voices from across the OTC community, jumping in for discussions, reactions, debates and the occasional emergency podcast when big news drops. No fixed panel. No rigid schedule. Just the Old Timers Club talking games when there’s something worth saying. Welcome to OTC Live.

Tonight Dan, Wellies and Ray get into the BIG ARC Raiders news — Expeditions are being paused until early 2027 while Embark makes major changes to the system. Is this the right call, what needs fixing, and what does it mean for players who actually enjoy Expeditions? We're also talking about whether ARC Raiders really needs traditional endgame content, Trials temporarily disappearing, Phantom Targets Part 2, ARC Raiders at Gamescom, the new camera feature and, of course, the ARC Raiders x Subway collaboration. Then we head into the wider gaming world with Ray and Wellies giving their thoughts on Once Human, Star Wars: Zero Company and our reactions to GTA VI. Finally, it's GROWN ASS ADULT time. We're all in our 40s or older — do we still have bucket lists? What haven't we done yet, what have we already ticked off, and when does "I'll do it one day" become "I need to actually bloody do it"? Join us in the chat and get involved with the show. See you topside.

Episode 12 of the Elders Circle Podcast is here! Ray, Wellies and I dig into Arc Raiders' latest sales numbers straight from Nexon's Q2 earnings, break down the results of our OTC poll on your most-requested feature for the game (170 of you voted!), and share our honest thoughts on the Frozen Trail update now that the announcement's had a week to breathe. We also run through this week's Trials, catch up on gaming news including a new horror extraction shooter, GTA 6's surprise Netflix debut, and the return of DMZ in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, and debut a brand new segment, "Beyond Arc," where we talk about what we're all getting up to when we're not raiding.