Unbelievable timing on this. I had just figured it out. So, from my understanding, because of the uniqueness of ARP rigs, baking animations like you would a normal FK rig does not work. I tried many times to figure out why but that has escaped me. So, the best course of action is to make it as simple as possible. I put the fixed workflow in my other reply. Also, I don't remember how I ended up on NLA strips, but contrary to my original post, that was not the correct course of action. haha

Unbelievable timing on this. I had just figured it out. So, from my understanding, because of the uniqueness of ARP rigs, baking animations like you would a normal FK rig does not work. I tried many times to figure out why but that has escaped me. So, the best course of action is to make it as simple as possible. I put the fixed workflow in my other reply. Also, I don't remember how I ended up on NLA strips, but contrary to my original post, that was not the correct course of action. haha