Going topside and finding loot is the main objective in Arc Raiders. Sure, you can fight Arcs and other raiders, but collecting all that loot is the only real reason to leave Speranza. In fact, there's really no point in playing the game if you're not actively going after rare loot, crafting materials, and blueprints. And yet, like with many extraction shooters, people are selling Arc Raiders blueprints for real money.
This isn't an unprecedented thing, many games have given rise to unauthorized services like high-level accounts, rare materials, and even cheat software for sale for real money. Given how popular Arc Raiders has been since it launched, seeing promoted ads for the sale of blueprints and rare materials isn't surprising at all, even though it defeats the purpose of the game.
The only reason you need weapon blueprints in Arc Raiders is so that getting more loot becomes easier. It's literally the crux that the extraction shooter genre is based on: get more loot so that it's easier to get more loot in the future. However, if people end up buying blueprints, then the only reason to play the game ends up being to fight Arcs and other...
