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If you have been sweating through ARC Raiders since day one, you already know how unforgiving the current SMG meta feels, and you probably have an ARC Raiders BluePrint wishlist in the back of your mind every time you extract with good loot.


Stitcher IV In Real Matches
The Stitcher IV looks boring on paper, but once you run a few raids with it, it starts to make sense. It is common rarity, so the blueprints drop a lot, and fully crafting one sits at around 28k coins with basic attachments. That means you are not panicking every time you hit a bad spawn or get third-partied near an extraction point. My usual setup is simple: Compensator Mk2 to calm the sideways kick, Angled Grip Mk2 so you can strafe while spraying without the gun going wild, and the Extended Light Mag Mk2 is non‑negotiable. Without the mag upgrade, you are dumping a clip into the first guy and reloading while his mate deletes you. At 30 rounds, though, it feels like you can clear a small room if you track your shots. Damage hovers around 7 per bullet in PvP, and the recoil pattern is so predictable that you just pull down slightly and let it rip.


The Bobcat IV Power Fantasy
The Bobcat IV is where the flex starts. Epic rarity, purple glow, and a crafting bill that climbs to roughly 105k coins once you bolt on proper Mk3 parts. People love it for a reason. With a Vertical Grip Mk3 and Compensator Mk3, the gun barely twitches. The fire rate is higher than the Stitcher, and if you are landing headshots, the TTK drops to about 1.0 second instead of the Stitcher's 1.2. In PvE, it chews through bots and drones so fast that you almost stop thinking about ammo. In PvP, it can turn tight corners into free kills if the enemy is even slightly out of position. The problem is not how it performs, it is how it feels to carry. You are walking around with a six‑figure gun in a game where one stray grenade or desync can erase it in two seconds.


Cost, Risk And Mental Load
That is where the mental side kicks in. With a Stitcher, you push fights you probably should not, because losing it is annoying but not heartbreaking. You experiment more, you peek angles, you try weird flanks in Stella Montis or Speranza and see what happens. With a Bobcat, players tend to turtle up. You take fewer fights, you back off from dodgy pushes, and you keep checking the extract timer instead of hunting. The funny thing is, this often cancels out the Bobcat's raw advantage. On paper it kills faster, but in actual raids you might die more often just because you are scared to use it properly. Some people try to dodge the grind altogether and pick up extra high‑tier blueprints on third‑party sites so they can treat Bobcats like disposable gear rather than museum pieces.


So Which SMG Should You Lean On
When you put everything together, the Stitcher ends up being the workhorse for most players while the Bobcat is more of a special‑occasion gun, and that is completely fine. The stats edge goes to the Bobcat, no question, but the extra cost, blueprint hunting and constant worry about losing it make it hard to justify for every run. The Stitcher scales better with how people actually play: fast resets, plenty of learning, and frequent deaths while you figure out routes and crossfires. If you really want that top‑end kit without spending weeks farming, grabbing a few blueprints or items through a store like u4gm can help, but for most of your sessions, sticking with the budget SMG and saving your coins for when you are truly ready to go all in is the smarter call.