pve-chat

[slate rampart]

@crystal quarry night factory , run a lap , wait 5 minutes then dip

[worthy otter]

!mute 1142544031872716830 3h rule 1

[quasi apex]

✅ Muted lllll124 for 3 hours (Case #203193) (user notified with a direct message)

[jaunty rock]

what if i dont have friends

[cosmic patrol]

could also shoot orange gas cans

[cosmic patrol]

do u ever fucking sleep chek holy shit

[little heron]

yeah thats why im stuck on that quest too

[slate rampart]

@jaunty rock wanna hop in a raid real quick? I'll only bring a blicky so you'll feel safer

[jaunty rock]

do that and pray for the insuranse to get me that back

[wheat bough]

@crystal quarry is a pvp player that complains he cant fight timmies all the time and yells at pve players cause we wanna have fun and take the game at our own place lol

[cosmic patrol]

dont stand ontop of them bruh

[jaunty rock]

i cant play in bsg servers(bad device)

[marsh wing]

I shouldnt have escalated that, my apologies Chek. You can mute me too if youd like. Im going to bed anyways though

[worthy otter]

Yes why is this even a question

[cosmic patrol]

isnt it 4:30 AM there?

[slate rampart]

wait... how is bsg servers bad for you?

[worthy otter]

Yeah I woke up like 30 minutes ago

[jaunty rock]

idk, somehow the servers take longer, take so long that it kicks me but no on local

[wheat bough]

Prob servers in their country

[cosmic patrol]

Ah. Makes sense.

[jovial cobalt]

i'll mute you

[jaunty rock]

i live next to the servers

[marsh wing]

Take it to DMs. Now ||/s||

[cosmic patrol]

mute you, I will - Chek disguised as Yoda?

[jaunty rock]

wrong place for the /s

[marsh wing]

lol

[wheat bough]

I live next to mine yet I keep disconnecting when IM LEADER WITH MY FRIEND GROUP AT TIMES

Sorry I lost like 8 kits due to it I was really mad about those terminal runs

[marsh wing]

im really tired and no goons is pissing me off. Im going to bed

[cosmic patrol]

I need to find new pfp from instagram reels ngl

[jaunty rock]

i play with 8gb of ram

[cosmic patrol]

yijes

[wheat bough]

Same

[cosmic patrol]

yikes and a half

[jaunty rock]

mb i mean 12gb, but it is a laptop without graphic card and bad cpu

[cosmic patrol]

how much FPS u get

[jaunty rock]

20-30 labs and factory

[cosmic patrol]

ah

[little heron]

F

[marsh wing]

#screenshots message
all 3 are from the last 4 raids...

[cosmic patrol]

how the fuck do u manage to play lul

[jaunty rock]

10-20 on any other map

[jaunty rock]

gid gud

[cosmic patrol]

yeah 10 FPS gameplay fuck no

[jovial cobalt]

[jaunty rock]

plus isnt that much, i already kilked every boss(no streets)

[jovial cobalt]

yoder

[cosmic patrol]

??dagloop

[quasi apex]

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[little heron]

do streets crash for you

[marsh wing]

WHAT

[jaunty rock]

cant, i tried but you cant play streets on local

[marsh wing]

??DAGLOOP

[quasi apex]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1252238629095473213/1391462898080944128/5NTaBqT.png?ex=686bfc4f&is=686aaacf&hm=8247623c863665d1a16feadec062928268dd111cf60202057acfe48c6f556f64&

[little heron]

damn, W for being persistent and still playing

[jaunty rock]

idk why they made reserve bsg server only for the event 💔 it was my only hope to get kaban pkp for gunsmith part 25, now i have to pray to fence

[jaunty rock]

right now im persistent, saving for a better laptop

[slate rampart]

If you want to try , we can hop on a bsg server and I can drop you the PKP + shoot you wiht a blicky

[marsh wing]

right now im persistent. I need a job

[jaunty rock]

cant

[little heron]

even if someone would drop you the pkp.. you cant even get on bsg servers..

[jaunty rock]

relatable

[south locust]

friend of mine just killed zyrachiy and didn't get snowball despite it being the last one, cool bug game. apparently it's a KNOWN bug

[marsh wing]

ive been unemployed for 2 1/2 months. Im broke af

[little heron]

Did the snowball count for them?

[south locust]

no

[jaunty rock]

i got max hideout, max traders, i dont like doing quest in maps like woods or shoreline

1. idk the maps
2. they take 30m to load

[shy thorn]

mcdonalds and dunkin are hiring cuh

[marsh wing]

im gonna go turn this 12oz mix into a 3 oz drink

[south locust]

i watched his gun fall out of his hands too dude was DEAD dead

[marsh wing]

no one was replying to ANY of my resumes the last 2 months, until THIS FUCKING WEEK

[little heron]

maybe he bled out

[jaunty rock]

ref at level 1 🔥 i am stuck in the mission to kill kaban guards

[marsh wing]

now i got two interviews next week

[shy thorn]

also whats best weapon for 762x51

[south locust]

counts towards it

because you inflicted the wound

[shy thorn]

you gotta go in person, if u live in the city, there are like tons of places with help needed signs

[jovial cobalt]

mdr 762 i guess?

[south locust]

game didn't record his death but it shows in my friend's longest kill distance

[shy thorn]

can i use it auto?

[jaunty rock]

na, it doesnt have that risk or tense of getting the luck, ill only accept help for idk suport or laberints

[little heron]

I farmed him a week ago, all of his deaths r recorded to me.. weird

[jovial cobalt]

yuh it gets auto

[jaunty rock]

mdr my second best weapon

[south locust]

maybe a one time thing? hope so

[marsh wing]

dont worry. The two i got next week are promising. Im hoping i can get the job so i can provide for @jovial cobalt

[jovial cobalt]

ak308 is cool too imo just less moddable maybe

[little heron]

Did they lose the streak??

[jovial cobalt]

[shy thorn]

cool cool, mdr better than scar x-17?

[south locust]

his guard shot him instantly after

[little heron]

F

[south locust]

like a minute after he died

[jovial cobalt]

that idk, x-17 is good i forgot about that one

[marsh wing]

you can stay at home and play Tarkov for both of us all day while i work

[little heron]

U can snipe him from that hole in the wall in the shed near the bridge

[south locust]

it's fine he just needs to farm reserve cuz 100% boss spawn rate

noted, thank

[shy thorn]

i got a scar from that new event mission so was thinking of making x-17

[quartz storm]

who do you think would win in a fight, kollontay or tagilla?

[jovial cobalt]

could be worth making a good build for each in the ingame build editor and comparing the 2 guns

[quartz storm]

(melee only, of course)

[south locust]

tagilla

[little heron]

Maybe shot zyrch, they died and then zyrch bled out lol

[jovial cobalt]

i already havent been playing at all barely rn

[south locust]

nah i watched zyrch's gun fall out of his hands as he died a solid minute before my friend got domed

[marsh wing]

then just make sure the dishes are done

[wheat bough]

1050ti for the win edition be like (my gpu)

[jaunty rock]

let me see mine

[little heron]

LMAO, you could kill him and his guards from the shed I was talking about, they don’t shootback lol

[jovial cobalt]

[jaunty rock]

cpu !7-1225u
and gpu intel iris xe graphics, no idea wat tat

[wheat bough]

Lmao better than mine

[idle summit]

bruh what are u running

[marsh wing]

you dont have to cook so dont worry buddy

[jaunty rock]

mine is a laptop

make -30% just for being laptop

[gusty reef]

me and my friend just got shot for zero reason by RUAF when walking to the river extract on shoreline

walking along the river and everything

[little heron]

Yea dont go to that extract its kinda bugged

[gusty reef]

has this been happening frequently???

[jovial cobalt]

yea since ruaf were added pretty much

[idle summit]

holy fuck kollontay ate an ap lapua to the head and kept walking

[little heron]

ignore railroad extract completely, just head to road to custom

[gusty reef]

I've never had issues with it

until rn

[idle summit]

GOT TAGILLA WITH A ROCKET YES

[gusty reef]

we had railroad but not customs, that's why we went there lol

[little heron]

hmm.. i never got railroad without customs

[gusty reef]

I usually don't either idk what happened there

[idle summit]

nice also killed tagilla 15 times now

[little heron]

I never use normal extracts on shoreline anyways anymore, always red rebel

[idle summit]

man i cant find killa

[little heron]

He wanders randomly

He came up to me on dome on my last raid lol

[jaunty rock]

SICC very cheap time to buy one for each map

[jovial cobalt]

how much is very cheap

[little heron]

doc case> sicc for keys

[jaunty rock]

like 500k isntead of 4m

[jovial cobalt]

oh shit okay

[jaunty rock]

only cuz the price, and it depends on the map

[little heron]

fair tbh, keytool is. Now 1 mil

[unborn knoll]

Are Goons a free for all on all other maps? I ran customs (online) and we came across them and within two raids we ran into them on shoreline.

[jaunty rock]

why???

[little heron]

YES, they’re bugged since update(rotation isnt rotating nomore)

[little heron]

idk tbh, maybe cuz everybody hoarding the mrkd keys in them

[jaunty rock]

just buy a key case 💔

[little heron]

You could put a keytool inside a keycase

[jaunty rock]

i remenber getting like 3-4 key cases from one market

[little heron]

So you could have a keycase which is filled with keytools

[jaunty rock]

ooooo didnt know ngl

[jaunty rock]

b4 the events*

im gonna sleep, i cant find the cultist anymore

[little heron]

I have keytools inside my key case, each one for a map

[orchid raptor]

omg bruh i gotta complete the quests in eft and not arena to get the rewards there

now i gotta wait till i get tgh 3 to transfer all my shit

[jaunty rock]

they are gonna change that, some day

[orchid raptor]

they did, i completed the quest in arena, and it put all my rewards in arena, not tarkov

[little heron]

1 time thing and ull be done after it, dw

[orchid raptor]

☝️

[idle summit]

killed everyone but killa

[wheat bough]

Pos pc my parents basicly sold to me for 2k, not even worth that imo for what they did give me

[jaunty rock]

ooo

[idle summit]

53k xp from reserve lol

i wonder if i should keep pressing my luck

[little heron]

??dagloop

[idle summit]

huh?

[jovial cobalt]

??dagloop

[quasi apex]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1252238629095473213/1391462898080944128/5NTaBqT.png?ex=686bfc4f&is=686aaacf&hm=8247623c863665d1a16feadec062928268dd111cf60202057acfe48c6f556f64&

[smoky scaffold]

????

[idle summit]

holy shit shturman couldve one tapped me, i guess dome is out of range

[jaunty rock]

??dagloop

[quasi apex]

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[marsh wing]

??dagloop

[jovial cobalt]

the gloop

[little heron]

am i not worthy enough

[jaunty rock]

just spend like 700k for sicc

[little heron]

💔💔💔

[marsh wing]

go spend 20hrs hunting goons instead for Stray Dogs quest

[jaunty rock]

im just gonna buy sicc for each map

[little heron]

I just found them lol

[jaunty rock]

💔

[little heron]

on customs

[marsh wing]

fuc kyou why ami even still awake

how many more party mans

[little heron]

bigpipe and knight dead tho, got mugged by smuggies

[idle summit]

u have like 200 mil in keys dude

[marsh wing]

i could give two fucks about the sixx

[little heron]

U could get keys

[marsh wing]

i just want MY DEEPER FUCKING POCKETS

[idle summit]

im good on it lol

[little heron]

go farm cultists in night factory

[marsh wing]

I WANT MY 6 POCKET SLOTS DAMNIT

[idle summit]

lol how many more bitcoins u need

[marsh wing]

NONE

I HAVE 20 BITCOIN. i JUST NEED A RIG AND THEN KILLS AND THEN BITCOIN

might try to utilize CC

[idle summit]

never had to deal with that thank god

[marsh wing]

@cursive sky what was that recipe

[jaunty rock]

da wat

[marsh wing]

you have EoD?

[idle summit]

ye

[little heron]

U on special offer now?

[idle summit]

max stash, max pockets is so nice on fresh wipe, helped a lot

[marsh wing]

Ragman has a questline that will turn two of your pockets into 2x1, allowing you to fit salewa ain there

[jaunty rock]

oo ye i forgot

[marsh wing]

yup. I need that fucking lbt rig

[jaunty rock]

i have unhealth edition anyway 💔

bought it when i already had stash level 4

[marsh wing]

i have a plateframe GE even stashed away incase i lose the one i get from quest

[little heron]

fr, fuck that cursed ak12 tho

[marsh wing]

im honestly gonna buy EoD after ive had a job for a month or so. Especially if they wanna pay me 23$ an hour for working Fri-Mon

[little heron]

no eod now

only unheard

[marsh wing]

bro. Im the proud owner of 60$

[gentle pulsar]

no they mean literally eod version doesnt exist anymore

after left behind its unheard iirc

[jovial cobalt]

u mean the $60 that i just stole?

[marsh wing]

my bad, same thing

[jaunty rock]

whats diference

unhealth better?

[marsh wing]

bro. AT LEAST DO THE FUCKING DISHES AND ILL SPOIL YOU

[little heron]

eod was the ‘ultimate edition’ before unheard was a thing, it got replaced by unheard

[jaunty rock]

ooo

[jovial cobalt]

wonder if we'll finally get the eod clothing like this summer maybe

[marsh wing]

Bad dog. Bad. Dog. Go do the dishes

[idle summit]

oof bro what do u do

[marsh wing]

nothing. Im waiting for interviews

[idle summit]

well interviews for what

[marsh wing]

they want to pay me 23$ to be a maint tech in a dollar general warehouse

friday through monday

[jaunty rock]

people with unheard edition will recibe that?

[jovial cobalt]

i think you need to have bought eod originally

[gentle pulsar]

eod only, unheard doesn't get anything

[worthy otter]

No

[jaunty rock]

sad

[little heron]

I ran into goons AGAIN

[marsh wing]

RAHHH

making my ass log back in, fuck you

[marsh wing]

I NEED THESE RAT BASTARDS

[idle summit]

lol shturmans buddy shot him in the head as they were shooting at me

[little heron]

collateral damage

buddy straight away stole some xp from you

[restive geyser]

[marsh wing]

Bsg or what?

[little heron]

No local

[marsh wing]

kay

remember, ive been up since 6am. It is now midnight

[little heron]

Parmesan here too

[marsh wing]

no naps. Just two energy drinks

[little heron]

6th time now in my 11 custom raids

[marsh wing]

i dont wanna fucking see parttman

[restive geyser]

👍

[marsh wing]

where finding? Crack to panda still?

[idle summit]

so do the bosses guards fight eachother what am i seeing

[little heron]

I just got fucking naded.

[little heron]

infront of crack

[idle summit]

man tagilla and killa love to hide

[south locust]

sitting at 2 kills of zryachy and zero progress for snowball, the fuck?

[little heron]

Fuck whoever lobbed a perfect nade for me while I was inside crackhouse, alt F4ed and I’m heading to sleep

[idle summit]

im at 7/13 lol

[little heron]

gn and gl.

[marsh wing]

im doing one more, if nothing im actually going to bed

[south locust]

im just missing goons, partisan and zryachy but apparently zyrachy is bugged

[distant obsidian]

[marsh wing]

something just took out my arm and almost my torso in one shot

[stark frigate]

Im killing smugglers and collecting cases as i go

[idle summit]

i just got fucking 2 tapped by....

nice a random fucking scav

[marsh wing]

you are on lvl 2 of fort. Goons might be in panda or between you and panda. What do you do

you have no more nades

[idle summit]

bcp fmj... in level 6 armor to the FUCKING THORAX???

[distant obsidian]

push to contex

[idle summit]

ok im done for the night jesus christ that was awful

[marsh wing]

nevermind it was a fucking pmc

he one tapped my arm with 556 fmj out of a aug

isnt it possible for goons to get stuck or something?

[gentle pulsar]

taco whats your longest survival streak

[marsh wing]

like stuck on a map?

[marsh wing]

15 as pmc, 21 in total

234 survived out of 317

[unborn knoll]

I'm going on a Scav run to reserve, I wanna witness the craziness

[marsh wing]

one more goon run, if nothing, fuck this game

[unborn knoll]

Wait are you trying to find the goons or avoid them?

[marsh wing]

find them

i need them for stray dogs and special offer

i can find partyman, but no goons

[unborn knoll]

I had them on Cusoms and Shoreline recently

[idle summit]

they enver appear when u need them to, always when u dont want them to

[marsh wing]

ThEy nEvEr-- yeah i know

[idle summit]

they're on shoreline rn, most likely near the radar

[marsh wing]

IVE BEEN THERE 7 TIMES TODAY

if it wasnt for event then id be playing more rust tomorrow instead

[idle summit]

man that game is so fun, haven't played since they added minicopter lol

[marsh wing]

now jungle and buildable boats

[idle summit]

i was king of the skies, flying that thing like a blackhawk

[marsh wing]

and subs, and so much new stuff since then

[idle summit]

SUBS?

[marsh wing]

and attack heli that can shoot rockets or flares

bro you need to get back in

[idle summit]

might need to get back into it

man i remember my taxi service, made so much scrap lol

[marsh wing]

They just added deep sea. You can build your own boat just like a base and sail it into a new area thats only open for like 3hrs at a time

[smoky scaffold]

21 scavs on interchange

can they fuck off

[idle summit]

why tf is scav carring key 02

[marsh wing]

yeah, they can carry labrys keys

[idle summit]

but we cant even extract with them

[smoky scaffold]

TWO GPUS THO!?!?!?

[marsh wing]

would you look at that, no goons spawned

[idle summit]

ya scavs are juiced rn

[marsh wing]

at least i just hit strength 30

[idle summit]

dude what is ur endurance

[marsh wing]

18

[gentle pulsar]

do red flares call in only sealed weapon case drops
just got a flare from marked

[marsh wing]

the one i called in was marked as a med drop, had 3 weapon cases and 1 locked case

[gentle pulsar]

noted

so im going to woods with a raid bag basically

[marsh wing]

like, 4 more strength levels then ill start level endurance faster

[toxic patio]

lololol i have four red flares

i'm so glad i saved them

[marsh wing]

my go-to kit is 35kg, my green weight is like 30.7

[toxic patio]

i'm about to hit every single marked room on reserve bunker that i can and then go hit even more

[idle summit]

do cultists kill you as a scav?

[marsh wing]

maybe

[wheat bough]

yes and no, get too close yes

attack one, yes

keep your distance they wont agro onto you, you shouldnt loose rep but if a ai scav is nearby there was a bug idk if its still in the game but they would agro onto you

[marsh wing]

wtf...

just found a random weapon repair kit, loose on the ground at RUAF roadblock in customs

[short flume]

how do i use the red flare

[marsh wing]

pistol or hand?

[short flume]

do i shoot in air?

[idle summit]

welp 5 factory raids later no cultists.. . goodnight yall have fun

[marsh wing]

yes, look at about 75 degree angle and fire it

wait 20-45s and you'll hear the plane

[unborn knoll]

Guys I just went on my scav which has max rep, I watched a guard kill Shturman and I took his Red Rebel and SSK key 🤭

[gentle pulsar]

imma see if i can get 4 weapon crates in one run
marked room plus airdrop, raid bag gaming

[marsh wing]

im over this fucking game. no goons. Im gonna rely on CC for the last rig i need

[marsh wing]

USE THE AIRDROP NEAR EXTRACT

i had 3 weapon cases and it put me at 90kg

[gentle pulsar]

mule+sj6

[wind minnow]

when do airdropos atart popping into the maps??

[marsh wing]

i guess that works

[unborn knoll]

I think it's random

Possibly 10/15 mins into raid

[wind minnow]

whats the best way to hunt cultists as far as waiting for them t spawn? is it worth it to stick around see if they spawn mid raid or just reset as wuick as possible

[split rapids]

ngl in my current 300 hours played i have not seen a single natural airdrop lmao

[unborn knoll]

I've seen one on Shoreline and one on Customs

This event. I've seen a couple of natural ones in other events too

[shy thorn]

day 19 of asking for thick thigh baddie operators in tarkov

come on nikita dont u want to make some money

[jaunty notch]

id buy unheard again

[shy thorn]

[stark frigate]

I havent had a random airdrop yet

[jaunty notch]

??codes

[quasi apex]

Redeem your goodies → https://www.escapefromtarkov.com/promo/activate (Or launcher → your name → activate code)
SBEUKOMAR | SCAVYBOI | GOONSQUAD | LIGHTSOUT | PAY2WIN | ELVISVISTA | INEEDSPACE|SPECIALDEAL

[shy thorn]

dawg thats why you dont spend random flares

they gave u some red flares some time ago , i saved them

[grave swift]

Random...but does putting Kappa in the Cultist Circle guarantee the Desicrated Kappa container? is it 100%

[marsh wing]

guys, look

??dagloop

[quasi apex]

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[quartz storm]

man, I love night factory with the cultists
I had one rush me off spawn
into a face full of 7.62x39
because I was running a RPD
and 100 rounds tends to be a good answer to most situations

[bright mulch]

Made a decent run into the chaos that is Reserve on a solo run. Killed Shturman, his guards, and Glukhar, but then got machine gunned in the back trying to make a break for the train because I still don’t know all the good extracts for that map lol

[shy thorn]

US Army ahhh solution

[quartz storm]

my standard extract is honestly the bunker area
aside from the intial clear and the potential raider spawn its a safe run the whole way down with good loot

[grave swift]

I had a simlar experience. I'm grinding out LMG levels and this mofo tanked 36 rounds, turned and one shotted me

[grave swift]

Anybody try this recently? It's on the Cultist recipe website, but I'm hesitant, lol

[unborn knoll]

I'm having too much fun watching the bosses/guards fighting each other on my scav man

[bright mulch]

On my latest run I was trying to snipe from the weather tower and forgot to bring bleeding supplies. Thank god for red rebel and paracord

[twilit heath]

red rebel is prolly the best extract if your not using D2, always wear a rig to reserve

[toxic patio]

It's pretty damn funny

especially because you can just insta extract after hitting safes if the cultists dont' rush you

which 99% of the time they're there, they will spawn rush you.

[quartz storm]

and then you get the times you wipe the cultists and the priest eats his own grenade
like
"good job dumbass, you just saved me bullets"

[wheat bough]

Just had cultists, 2 had 2 marked keys and priest and last guard had 1, feels good man

After a raid WITH NO MATKED KEYS ON THE 4 ILL TAKE IT

[bright mulch]

So night factory is the way to go for farming cultists I take it?

[toxic patio]

right now it is

[quartz storm]

the current event has their 2% spawn bumped up to a 33% spawn

[toxic patio]

it's very easy to check for them by simply doing a lap around the map, and if no scavs spawn in the first minute of raid, they're usually there

if you see a scav within the first minute of the raid... just reset.

[bright mulch]

I’ve been trying customs night raids personally but have had zero luck so far.

Good lord almighty

[wheat bough]

#screenshots message

do factory you have better rates ngl and its easier so you dont have to worry about any other ai but pmc, scavs and cultists

[toxic patio]

jesus fucking christ can i go with you?? where are you getting all of these?

[bright mulch]

Tagilla’s only on Reserve this event or what?

[toxic patio]

i've only found them three times!??!?!?!

[wheat bough]

factory, and sure give me 30 mins imma be afk for a min

[grave swift]

I hear ya...I only found them once on ten Factory night raids

[toxic patio]

ah no i can't get on, was a hypotehtical

what's your method, though? i'm at work rn.

[wheat bough]

yes, all scav bosses other than zyrachyi, cultists, partizan and goons are on reserve

[wheat bough]

what time you get off imma be on for about at least 7 more hours farming cultists and scavengers

[bright mulch]

Good to know. Good to know.

[toxic patio]

off? lmao i'm on work for about... nine more hours.

[wheat bough]

secondary note to the previous, goons are normal with transiting between maps, friends have been seeing partizan alot more than usual, and ofc cultists are 33% on all maps they normally spawn on other than woods, which is 66% there

[wheat bough]

i might be on and i can physically show you

add me at least

[indigo knoll]

Kaban with 300 rounds of snb bahahaha

[toxic patio]

do you one better, ping me with the info in #pve-lfg and i'll mark the message as unread so that when i get back on my rig i can easily find it, add you and see if you can sherpa me a round

So far, my strat for keys is to take minimum pen 4 ammo, do a lap around basement, check the nooks, sweep ground floor, and then sweep each primary building, checking the backs of the gates as i go.

that allows me to hit all possible smuggler crate spawns, all safes, any PMC spawns, and pick up some loose loot

[wheat bough]

about what i was gonna show, theres a few funny spots ive seen them that are really specific give me a min to edit a map for you and ill ping you in the screenshots section for all the places ive found em (with annoying spots as well)

[smoky scaffold]

when i’m in a fucking insufferable contest and sanitar shows up

[toxic patio]

i think the fuckiest place i've found them was eveyr single one was behind the rack past the gate 2 door

all 4 of them

[bright mulch]

Parmsian Tbf has been free exp for me since I started playing Tbf. Anyone else have this experience?

[toxic patio]

he's only killed me once

[bright mulch]

The only time I’ve died to him is when he actually decided to use his grenade launcher when being rushed by PMCs in a customs raid. He dealt with the PMC’s and my legs were blacked so I couldn’t run behind the wall of Big Red >_>

[quartz storm]

I shot the priest in the back as he tried to open the door to go outside near the medical tent

[toxic patio]

yeah... really see them mainly on the two edges of the map

i have yet to see them around the center. they're either gate 2/1, med, water, gate 3, or near gate 0

[smoky scaffold]

guess who showed up when i went to get my revenge

goons

guess who’s not alive anymore

[edgy cipher]

Air drops just not working at all on pve? lit a flare at dorms and no plane

[toxic patio]

they work, you mighta fucked your flare up

[edgy cipher]

nah, my flares are always perfect, angle to go straight up. I aim for perfection everytime

[peak silo]

just peacekeeper sell m4a1?

[short flume]

sure you used a red flare?

like the flare said 'red'

[edgy cipher]

yep a red I pulled out of a marked room previous raid

[toxic patio]

these things basically print off of USEC pmc no need to ever buy them when you can just go factory

[edgy cipher]

Had a lot of practive shooting flares and their various types.

[peak silo]

The factory doesn't always have M4A1 there

[toxic patio]

the USEC PMC's the spawn often have m4's

It takes maybe five minutes to play the round out

[peak silo]

i need 100% m4a1 they use below 90%

[toxic patio]

why 100%?

not make or break

[peak silo]

build and mastery

[toxic patio]

if you always run 100% weapons you'll never level up troubleshooting

[peak silo]

have this skill too?

[hazy moss]

broke mindset...

a 100% m4 is like 1k usd thats not bad

let alone on flea

[toxic patio]

Broke mindset i call it a minmax grindset

a 100% m4 means no leveling troubleshooting, bad parts stock off of peacekeeper, and no repair exp

pmc m4 means repair xp, troubleshooting exp, free attachments

[quartz storm]

especially considering the random items in safes you can only sell to peacekeeper
so diaries and the like always keep me topped up on more USD than I could ever consider spending

[toxic patio]

i am a rat at heart idk, free gun is nice.

[toxic patio]

they sell for better to flea tbh

idk what people are on selling to traders 90% of the time

[edgy cipher]

I like to let my guns reach about 40-35%% red durability. Then I'll buy duplicate gun, rip the receiver out and throw all the parts on it. One feature I'd like to see in the game is to be able to drop a receiver directly onto a build and just have it be built. A step above that is refurbishment kits to fully restore guns

[hazy moss]

• he pays REALLY well for his tasks

you can net like 60k USD from spa tour and wet job alone

[peak silo]

yeah that's too much for a m4a1 , making quests here to unlock rsass on peacekeeper

[hazy moss]

then buy it on flea

1k usd is nothing

literally his 1st 2 tasks will give you like 1.3k

[edgy cipher]

kill a cultist, sell the 4 keys he drops. Buy 250k usd

[hazy moss]

fishing gear and tigr safari

[peak silo]

i have 60k usd (lvl34) recent , but yeah i will to buy in flea because it's too much

[toxic patio]

idk if people ever have issues sourcing guns

i prefer the G36 as my 5.56 pick or the AK101/2

[hazy moss]

PKP is like the only gun you will have an issue finding

i just dont run 5.56 lmao

[toxic patio]

5.56 with an SSA-AP and M855 blend is actually a very very potent mix of ammo

[wheat bough]

@toxic patio

[hazy moss]

• glukhar guards PRINT m856a1

[wheat bough]

#screenshots message

[hazy moss]

they have about 420 rounds every time you find them

[barren kiln]

is there a difference between playing on bsg servers and local for pve? like do you only get airdrops on bsg servers or something?

[toxic patio]

that's enough for me to draft up a route

[wheat bough]

ye, personally i do a zig zag from medtent to office then extract at either gate 3 or woods truck

or do a loop, and yeah thats all the spots ive seen priest, if you cant find him he prob is in one of those spots and being an annoying prick, like the rafters one

by office, spend 9 minutes to hear a shuffle above me to see him there

[quartz storm]

just got two cyclones off of cultists
good money
but they suck as thermal scopes
like I would take a FLIR over them any day of the week

[fading vector]

?code

[wheat bough]

??codes

[quasi apex]

Redeem your goodies → https://www.escapefromtarkov.com/promo/activate (Or launcher → your name → activate code)
SBEUKOMAR | SCAVYBOI | GOONSQUAD | LIGHTSOUT | PAY2WIN | ELVISVISTA | INEEDSPACE|SPECIALDEAL

[edgy cipher]

keep killing them, you shouldn't be getting excited for cyclones if your killing them 😛

[wheat bough]

marked keys however i slurp up, as tomorrow imma do an opening spree on the maps for red flares and the cases

[edgy cipher]

I got a whole key case full of marked keys

[quartz storm]

im excited for 150k a pop
I tried the cyclone yesterday for doing the connections up north quest
and it was honestly such a pain to use

[edgy cipher]

just from last 24 hours

[slate rampart]

Ammo isnt on the flea anymore?

[wheat bough]

#screenshots message

from yesterday alone with breaks and work taking me away from da grind

[quartz storm]

from what I heard they put ammo boxes on the flea and it immediately had a dupe glitch so they had to walk it back

which sucks cause I wanted to buy more 9x21 for test drive part 5
the ammo buy limits are crippling

like who even BUYS 9x21 if they aren't doing it for a quest

[toxic patio]

prapor 4 sells shitloads of good 9x21 lmao

[thorn token]

Was gonna say prapor sells a lot of 9x21

[smoky scaffold]

just got a sword out of a red flare

[thorn token]

7U4 does the job just fine

[thorn token]

Which one?

[toxic patio]

based AF, i'm taking my red flares to interchange to get easy extracts and smuggler loot

[smoky scaffold]

m-2 tactical

[thorn token]

Ah so not the cool cool one

[smoky scaffold]

and a crash axe

[thorn token]

I think there’s a different sword out there too

[drifting tendon]

anyone know the best way to get more red flares for air drops?

[smoky scaffold]

easy 700k

[wheat bough]

marked rooms i think

[drifting tendon]

gotcha, thanks

[toxic patio]

easily marked rooms

[distant obsidian]

ref

[crimson meteor]

how many guards do the bosses on reserve have?

[toxic patio]

only for arena kids lol

and i'm not burning 30 on arena without a squad

[unborn knoll]

Shturman has 2, Sanitar I've seen with 3, Kaban has a handful. Reshala I've seen with 2.

[deep goblet]

you can reroll tasks for lasthero and still get max ref

you don't need a team unless you're going for theta

[toxic patio]

hmm. fair.

do i want to spend thirty dollars for flares for a temporary event

[manic pewter]

You dont need a team for theta even

[quartz storm]

I mean if you want flares you can easily farm GP coin with the bank safes on streets
the key is dirt cheap
and it gives you fistfuls of roubles too

[manic pewter]

Random queues in checkpoint does the work

[manic pewter]

One red flare every 3 to 4 business days of grinding streets

[toxic patio]

and buy red flares with what ref rep lmao

you need arena to even get the rep for it in the first place

[quartz storm]

I have around 200 gp coin at the moment
but the quest to unlock arena transfers is still proving difficult to me
not a fan of arena gameplay, and I usually finish dead last so third place on a win feels like a pipe dream

[toxic patio]

the reason i highly regard ref as a scam is because all he exists for in base tarkov without arena is to keep the game from technically being p2w

[raw oriole]

gotta love when flea lags and you waste 100 mill on something your not trying to buy 😄 now to grind money again.

[quartz storm]

my personal wish is for them to take a page out of the three letter acronym that shall not be named
and stick GP coins and lega medals on bosses
so boss loot is worth something again

also ref as a whole is just insane
the dude values an AIRDROP FLARE at the same value as a full tank of gas

ohhhh now THIS was a good cultist pull
5 marked keys
314
2x rb-bk
rb-vo
chek 13

[unborn knoll]

I wish I was brave enough to do night raids

[quartz storm]

what level are you right now?

[unborn knoll]

40

[wheat bough]

lmao

[quartz storm]

right now I'm 45, running around with a bagarly purely because it has 2 2x2 slots, running a RPD with a flashlight and a holosight on it, no night vision, and most importantly a pair of comtac vi
the thing is just being able to lay down a lot of fire at a dude sprinting at you
And the rewards are hella worth it
way better than fighting them on customs

like I am nowhere NEAR the meta, but im putting them down no problem
just give it a couple tries, I have faith you can do it

[unborn knoll]

I guess now is as good a time as any seeing as Tagilla is busy. I've not actually seen him in Reserve, I've walked all over Knight and K Buildings and I don't see him.

But yeah I'll give it a try.

[unborn knoll]

I'm taking in a RPK I stole from Killa

[ashen anchor]

are Cultists still here on factory? i cant find them today

[unborn knoll]

These guys have been farming them so I think yeah

[sage marsh]

Cultist farming is good fun

[broken fable]

why the fuck are the whole bosses in reserve? I shot down shturman and reshala

[ashen anchor]

bro this PMC on factory had 180 bullets of PPBS damn

[unborn knoll]

Idk man, we got like two events in one

[unborn knoll]

Smugglers Re-release if you played it a year or so ago and then all bosses on Reserve apart from Goons/Partisan etc

[sage marsh]

Its the best 2 events at once

[high sandal]

Was probably my twin I don’t go into a raid without 3 to 4 mags & 320 +rounds in the rig .

[sage marsh]

Do you just not aim?

[broken fable]

huh a weird event, thought I was getting only glukar and the not whole bundle

[unborn knoll]

I found the cultists down at lab transit, well two of them. I got a dorms marked from one

[quartz storm]

see?
I had faith in you
enjoy the loot brother

[ashen anchor]

did you randomly decide to go there or did you see one outside so you went looking for them lol

i never check there

[quartz storm]

I've found a cultist in there twice so far, you tend to hear a lot of splashing when cultists are down there, so if the door is open a good bet is a cultist is behind it

[unborn knoll]

I saw someone in here say they always see them down there so I checked there first

[ashen anchor]

behind that room with the three jackets?

[unborn knoll]

So you go down the ramp from med tent, turn right and then stick to the wall, there's an opening which opens up into a sewer, it's labs extract

[west bone]

can you earn the "Now That's a Good Shot" achivement in pve?

[ashen anchor]

ah yea i saw them near the water before i thought u were talking about lab area

like the building connected to office

[cursive sky]

2x pipe grip 3x diary

[unborn knoll]

Ahh nah my bad. I'm still in this raid nervous, but I got two reserve marked keys now. I didn't know it was this easy!

[subtle valve]

Weren't smugglers like 3 years ago, not 1?

GM chat

[unborn knoll]

Idk time merges in to one for me some times. But I enjoyed that event last time anyway

[quartz storm]

yeah, I need to run more customs now to get smuggler kills for the task

[autumn moon]

this pve bug is getting rly annoying

constant matchmaking errors

[tribal cloak]

Chat i just spawned in the crossroads where cultists usually are in shoreline

can they still spawn there if myself spawned there?

[quartz storm]

I would assume if they did spawn they would be there immediately, but I don't actually know enough to give a definitive answer

[ashen anchor]

im pretty sure yes cuz PMC spawn and boss spawns are separate

[tribal cloak]

holy shit well they still aren't here but that would be crazy

[raw nest]

North of sunken and in the health resort. Probably outside

[tribal cloak]

Yeah i just spawned just where they spawn literally lmao

[raw nest]

Yup

[tribal cloak]

I got really scared when i noticed

But they aren't here still, luckily they will be at ww or east wing

[raw nest]

When you see someone laying down it’s probably Zhrec but not always

Those could be sektants too

Zhrec likes to blow up if you get too close XD

[tribal cloak]

They all lay down, no?

[raw nest]

Not relly

[tribal cloak]

Unless something aggroed them

[raw nest]

Really* they just like to for some reason

Priest/Zhrec likes to camp laying on the ground

[unborn knoll]

I can't believe ya'll got me doing Night raids 🤣 looking for the things that MADE me scared of them

What stim should I carry incase I get shanked by a cultist?

[tribal cloak]

Hunting cultists grows you a beard really fast

[raw nest]

Xtg or perfortoran/blue blood

[tribal cloak]

also pop painkillers as usual

[thorn token]

he's in the hermetic bunker

[fathom marten]

ive seen them outside in the back near the playground or wtv it is, cant remember off the top of my head which wing it is but its the one on v-ex side

[thorn token]

along with killa

[unborn knoll]

Killa walks about up top too

[subtle valve]

He spawns there, but both Killa and Tagilla can go to surface (killed them both near tower)

[tribal cloak]

thats east wing, yep they can be pretty much all around the resort

back of west, back of east, admin, both wings

and helicopter too

[thorn token]

ive fought them on east wing 2nd floor before

cultists in resort are lowkey terrifying

[tribal cloak]

ok i found them they are in heli my goodness

[raw nest]

Sweet

[tribal cloak]

is very scary when you are walking and you hear sudden bush noise heh

[raw nest]

Get those keys

[thorn token]

you know where i wish cultists spawned at again? streets

that event was fun with all the extra cultists spawns

[fathom marten]

surprising, ive only seen them out back of east idk why

[tribal cloak]

it's weird that they don't spawn there, cult invested in two markeds and they don't are nowhere near those lul

would be dope to have cultists in streets

[drowsy juniper]

Morning gamers, cultist still dropping keys?

[unborn knoll]

yesss

[drowsy juniper]

Hell yeah

[thorn token]

during the event they spawned in residential and industrial districts near the marked rooms

[sturdy beacon]

so how yall feeling about the event questline

[unborn knoll]

I mean it's the same event questline as last time, but if you've not done it before it's not too bad

[sturdy beacon]

i cant lie i hate it and ive never done it

[drowsy juniper]

Quests themselves are ass but rest of event is great

[sturdy beacon]

right im just like debating if i should even bother

[quartz storm]

im not looking forward to losing 10 sealed weapon crates
I wanna OPEN them

[sturdy beacon]

the quest doesnt feel worth it

[drowsy juniper]

IMO not Worth doing it and quests after, better rewards if you just open the cases

[sturdy beacon]

yeah that is what im feeling, im not sure tho

[thorn token]

is there an achievement tied to the event?

[fleet loom]

finally was able to kill the goons as a scav without every scav hating me suddenly

[drowsy juniper]

Unless they add more to it in the future but I doubt, there is no achievement

[sturdy beacon]

when i got 2 rotary gls from my first one i really had trouble with the justification

[fleet loom]

just sniper scav

[drowsy juniper]

I keep getting them and .338 with ap ammo

[sturdy beacon]

idk im just bummed ngl

[drowsy juniper]

Wish there was an achievement

[sturdy beacon]

i wish the quest was worth doing + it interrupted ALL my kappa progress

[raw nest]

Event is banging

[sturdy beacon]

also holy fuck doing snatch was scary as hell

[fleet loom]

I wish the smugglers would stay

[raw nest]

Would make some maps feel more alive

[sturdy beacon]

im talking about the questline

[raw nest]

Should self explanatory if I omit the questline

[ashen anchor]

damn yesterday i had so many Cultists spawn for me on factory and today i havent seen them in 10 raids... i think my luck ran out

[inner valley]

Has performance gotten any better yet

[sturdy beacon]

did u mean to put a be in there

[ashen anchor]

what do we get at the end of it?

[fleet loom]

a cookie

[sturdy beacon]

idk im just wondering how anyone could call the questline "banging" i get the event itself but like if its the same thing then..

[tribal cloak]

go shoreline or woods, 66% there

[sturdy beacon]

13 of the sealed weapons cases is crazy

[ashen anchor]

1 raid on shoreline is like 3 on factory lol

[sturdy beacon]

i love the airdrops and loot itself, i just think the questline is legit not worth the trouble lol

[unborn knoll]

I'm doing Factory for cultists because if they're not here I can atleast pick up a couple of cases

[thorn token]

cultists can spawn in the factory basement floor right?

[thorn token]

where are the cases? in dragnet?

[sturdy beacon]

i had 3 spawn in the water under med tent

[unborn knoll]

Lower floor offices, 2nd floor lab near med area

[rain wasp]

how do i go about using the case key?

[unborn knoll]

Open in hideout, workbench

[sturdy beacon]

im not 100% sure, but from what im understanding its gonna be the same as last time

[rain wasp]

thanks

i was sitting there trying to click the key on the case like a moron

[sturdy beacon]

i mean maybe, but its a copy paste from the last time..

[unborn knoll]

Is PS ammo okay for cultists?

[sturdy beacon]

i feel like your hopes are too high

think that is what got us here to begin with

blind faith never the way

[raw nest]

Yup

[rain wasp]

do i need to finish the event quest to see the recipe?

[tribal cloak]

if you go for headshots yes

[raw nest]

No

[rain wasp]

wierd im not seeing it.... hmm

[unborn knoll]

What is your workbench at?

[rain wasp]

3

[raw nest]

2nd task gives you the recipe

[unborn knoll]

Ah you 100% should see it

[rain wasp]

to be clear i mean the new case, not one from arena

[unborn knoll]

Yeah we get ya

[raw nest]

If I’m remembering correctly

[unborn knoll]

It looks like a pistol case

[rain wasp]

yep

[raw nest]

Which tasks have you done for the event?

[indigo knoll]

bro the mdr recoil is abysmal now wtf

[rain wasp]

as of yet i hadnt done any (on bulldogs under the rug) just had the case and key on a smuggler i killed

[indigo knoll]

just died to tagilla bc full auto at 20m sucks BAD

[raw nest]

Would try to complete that and then next task should unlock the craft in the hideout

[rain wasp]

will do thanks for the help

[toxic patio]

peak tarkov, seems like guns are bugged and just don't do damage past 200m

blood splats and everything, immortal scavs everywhere on reserve

either that or zeroing does fucking nothing

hit 4 headshots in a row on a scav and he didn't die, bloot splat, game says i only hit 1

using the TKPD

[ashen anchor]

RB-VO at 4.5 mil is insane

[fleet loom]

I mean u try hitting reserved marked rooms rn.

[ashen anchor]

RB-VO has been the best marked room key for me for a long time now

i found a bunch of black key cards, red keycards and cases

[fleet loom]

yeah but in order to open it you have to compete with getting smacked by literally every scav boss on reserve rn

half the ppl that play pve can barely kill 1

[tribal cloak]

going around by above the food bunkers is the safest strat

if not, then yes you will face minimum 2 bosses kek

[vivid wagon]

whats the factroy cultists spawn rate?

[vivid wagon]

ive killed 5 then js die

[subtle valve]

Ive' found 3 RR in 2 raids on reserve, lol

[fleet loom]

I killed all but kollontay and kaban and kollontay just hits the nastiest insta corner sprint headshot

shit hurt

[tribal cloak]

33%

[subtle valve]

Some say 33%, some say 12%, My personal statistic shows 16% now

[fleet loom]

I cant be 33% i stg im the unluckiest person

[vivid wagon]

same

[wispy urchin]

heey, did they buff the smugglers?I used to be able to take them out relatively easy but now they are deadly

[tribal cloak]

it was 12%, but day later they changed it to 33%

[subtle valve]

Maybe it is 33% on bsg servers, if you play local NF then for sure it is lower

[vivid wagon]

they insta head tap me so as any npc

[tribal cloak]

stay in the raid until the end, kill all the scavs and start looting, if you hear sudden running, ding ding ding

[vivid wagon]

or js kill me with blunt damage

[wispy urchin]

They instantly form a 3 man headshot killteam against me in every raid, i would rather fight the goons right about now

[vivid wagon]

js died to sp-5 by blunt damage

[sturdy beacon]

Yeah I either get domed or throat shot

[tribal cloak]

If you search for them in all of factory and extract in less than 3 minutes you will not see them

need to stay in raid for longer

bc they can spawn anytime

[vivid wagon]

yep and cant even kill them because THEY ARE LOCKED ON RESEVRE

[subtle valve]

Oof.. after 10 sealed boxes I need 10 contraband packs... heh

[vivid wagon]

and i need to do stary dogs

stray *

[sturdy beacon]

Idk I wanna love the event but like mann

[wispy urchin]

I am just gonna take a break, they too much, maybe they will tone them down a bit, solo against them its worse than labyrinth or anything i faced

And empty backpacks as well

[sturdy beacon]

I hope the event is worth I guess, I’m feeling the break too

[wispy urchin]

Kinda scks to be honest

[vivid wagon]

labrinth is easier then anything rn

[subtle valve]

Luckily for me I already have 18 contraband packs stored xD

[wispy urchin]

The loot buff in marked rooms and the whole cultist is fun but other than that smugglers aint satisfying to hunt down

[subtle valve]

Now just to take it all to woods and stash it

[sturdy beacon]

It’s not even that the boxes are the issue, it’s just not fun lol

[unborn knoll]

I had a raid full of PMCs, no scavs, no cultists

[subtle valve]

Smugglers are easy at night, but somehow deadly AF during day

[vivid wagon]

only thing worth is the marked keys but guess whatu CANT EVEN HIT THEM WITH OUT DYING to smugglers or bosses

[sturdy beacon]

Wild I wish I got that, I get no pmcs lol

[unborn knoll]

Finally smashed out that annoying PMC task in offices too

[sturdy beacon]

I just can’t imagine how the game is gonna be when the event ends

[vivid wagon]

try doing the dorms one

[wispy urchin]

I swear when the event started they were OK, now in every map i have faced them i get fired from all of them with deadly accuracy, its just not worth the hassle considering they don't have any good loot and the locked cases have really bad loot

[vivid wagon]

keys are gonna be like 1m for so long

[sturdy beacon]

Yeah I’m like 11 quests away from kappa and I’m so burnt out cause of it

The event makes the kill quests legit miserable

[vivid wagon]

i hit one smuggler with 22 ROUNDS of ssa ap and he didnt die

[sturdy beacon]

I’m just bored looking for pmcs every raid lol

[vivid wagon]

544 damage and didnt kill him

[wispy urchin]

Yeah same here, m4 is useless against them, it almost feels like they have some phantom resistance to 556 ammo

[subtle valve]

I am also sure they got heavily buffed yesterday, the almost never miss when shotting 100m distances

[vivid wagon]

i was using the prekitted tx-15 and couldnt kill em

[vivid wagon]

they are pretty much killa atp

[sturdy beacon]

Think they have more hp, 556 does low dmg and they have lv 4-5 plates

[wispy urchin]

100%, solo against them its just not worth it

[wispy urchin]

They must, it really doesnt matter anyways, if you dont single tap them in the first few seconds then its lights out

[ashen anchor]

yea im done these Cultists dont exist today i made 100mil yesterday from them last time i saw them they dropped me 7 keys lol and now i cant find them at all i've used my luck for the week back to story

[sturdy beacon]

Yeahh man solo is rough, I don’t like anything other than like a solo/duo and maybe a trio but everyone I would play with is running like 4 to 5 mans right now lol

[wispy urchin]

They do that with all the events, first day whoever is lucky is getting rich then nerf comes

[vivid wagon]

i killed them once on my first raid on the game 30 raids later didnt see em

[wispy urchin]

If you couldnt log in first day you just get fcked i guess

[sturdy beacon]

Yeah I went to sleep early cause I didn’t wanna no life

[wispy urchin]

With this buffed smugglers i would rage quit tarkov once again first few raids

[sturdy beacon]

Airdrops also just don’t spawn if you have less than 3 people

[vivid wagon]

i lost 6.6 m too buying kits and insureing them js because of smugglers

[wispy urchin]

You mean the ingame random airdrops? or the flare, the flare works

[sturdy beacon]

At least my friend was in a duo and popped one and nada

But yeah for sure the random ones only drop with 3 people

[wispy urchin]

Yeah my insurance is going to be two pages tommorows, thankfully i am done with the current quest line, i was lucky to start it before they become bosses

[thorn token]

time to do some lexos tasks while kaban is gone

[sturdy beacon]

Yeah did that one

Was pretty chill

[thorn token]

my car needs an easy service now

[vivid wagon]

i have to kill bird eye n them to get kappa and gotta do guide

[sturdy beacon]

Try doing snatch right now

[thorn token]

marathon it for guide

[thorn token]

i dont have snatch yet

[wispy urchin]

Only thing i have left for kappa is goons, i was waiting until the rotation comes to Lighthouse, guess thats not happening or have to wait more, i am done spamming Customs to find them

[sturdy beacon]

That was a uh

[vivid wagon]

resevre aint the bad till u get sturmen at black pawn chaseing u

[sturdy beacon]

Experience

[crystal umbra]

so what is the best way to get the little 2x2 cases that have contraband boxes in em?

So far the ONLY way I seem to find them is a red flare airdrop, but I am not exactly sitting on ton of those lol

[wispy urchin]

Do scav factory runs, there always two locked cases in the map, can find the spawns in wiki

[vivid wagon]

i played 14 raids on bsg servers couldnt get them or cultists no more

[thorn token]

ya know i just realized that marathon with all bosses on reserve is annoying

since you gotta get to the lighthouse transit behind train station

[vivid wagon]

all u gotta do is go d2 or manhole

[sturdy beacon]

Playing in a 3 man for the random drops or getting the ones that spawn around the map

[vivid wagon]

only problem is killa or santair

[thorn token]

d2 or manhole arent for marathon, thats transiting every map in one go

[sturdy beacon]

Kaban wanted me while I was doing snatch lol

[crystal umbra]

so they can spawn outside too? where do you usually find them. Like in sports bags or just sitting outside etc?

[vivid wagon]

oh no im not transiting

[wispy urchin]

Everytime i attempt to get the goons i get exhausted and start running mindlessly, and then surprise, die the one time i find them

[quartz storm]

I just got labrys research notes from the locked case

[vivid wagon]

fuck that

[vivid wagon]

i never have seen them

[sturdy beacon]

No there is like 3-4 spawns for the locked cases around each map, the wiki has the places

[vivid wagon]

i heard they spawn on the tracks on reserve tho

[wispy urchin]

I would say run local customs...as many times you can when those websites that track goons say customs, very unrealiable but thats all the energy i give, too tired of hunting them

[unborn knoll]

If you REALLY want the cases, just run factory

[crystal umbra]

aah so static spawns, got it. I am gonna check it out then

[unborn knoll]

Lower offices and 2nd floor labs have consistent spawns

[wispy urchin]

Yeah factory two locked cases per run, pretty easy to get them

[thorn token]

are smugglers guaranteed to spawn?

[wispy urchin]

Yeah they always spawn

[vivid wagon]

u have too play on bsg servers or its fully luck

[crystal umbra]

and smugglers spawn on factory too? night or day?

[thorn token]

i didnt find any when i was running factory a bit ago

[vivid wagon]

they dont

[unborn knoll]

The cases you find, no smugglers

[wispy urchin]

I noticed in Ground Zero sometimes 4 smugglers spawn instead of 3

[quartz storm]

smugglers do not spawn on factory, I am farming them on customs at hte moment

[wispy urchin]

Check the wiki spawns, i 100% was finding them the past hours every raid

[subtle valve]

Are they fuckn joking... 20 seconds placement and you need to do 10 packs... thats almost 4 minutes of placing

[wispy urchin]

The first floor usually spawns in that odd office you enter from the yard

The other one is easier to find, one those lab rooms

[wispy urchin]

Its just not fun, and the task rewards is wait, is this it or there is more coming? weird filler tasks

[subtle valve]

Im just holding F while looking here on second screen and responding via phone xD

[unborn knoll]

I hate a few days ago I sold all my BT ammo for the RPK because I said I'd never use it and now I'm needing that ammo to hunt cultists 💀

[subtle valve]

Awesome task

[wispy urchin]

Yeah and the one raid they form a 3 man wall against that container is very fun, peak them like a pvp pro for half a second lost two arms and red legs

[sturdy beacon]

Lmk what task comes after (if there is one)

I can’t be asked lol

[wispy urchin]

There is nothing after it

[sturdy beacon]

Wiki is right then?

[subtle valve]

Sure, I am going factory transit and extract, 5 minutes

[wispy urchin]

I completed it, you get like an armor or something and thats it, for now at least...

[unborn knoll]

I wonder what the thought process was when re-releasing this event

[wispy urchin]

Probably sweating with the player count and panicking we have to do something, start throwing stuff to them maybe they will come back

[cunning sequoia]

Cultists 66%?

[sturdy beacon]

How do they usually do events? Would they drop more quests later?

[thorn token]

theyve done that before

the kolotun event in december was like that

[sturdy beacon]

Right that is what I was wondering

[wispy urchin]

Pre wipe events were like that, slowly evolving quest lines turning eventually to something big

[sturdy beacon]

Yeahh fair, just how long is this gonna go for lol

[fleet loom]

did anyone else have some key examinations reset?

[sturdy beacon]

I just wanna get my kill quests done

(It’s not happening anytime soon)

[wispy urchin]

I noticed some resort keys start coming as unknown but i thought i had them examined

Dunno if thats a bug or i just missed them

[sturdy beacon]

Maybe I just gotta sleep on it, but I don’t think I’m gonna be less tired of it when I wake up

[uneven vapor]

Do we know how long this event is gonna last?

[wispy urchin]

If they dont nerf the smugglers i think everyone that attempts this smuggler event will quickly rage quit

[sturdy beacon]

Just sucks cause I just got back on that grind lol, the story was getting me interested cause I finally got my priest quest done

[wispy urchin]

They started from easy/manageable to a 3 man aimbot AI

[fleet loom]

theyre not that crazy

[wispy urchin]

They are now

[sturdy beacon]

I legit get domed almost every raid

[fleet loom]

wym now has anything changed in the last 5 hours?

[uneven vapor]

Just dodge their bullets man

[sturdy beacon]

I have a clip of my helmet saving me from them twice lol

[fleet loom]

I dont think so

[subtle valve]

They are still doable at night, day is insta back to lobby

[wispy urchin]

Yeah now they instantly 3 man aimlock on you firing in a split second

[toxic patio]

honest to god sniping bosses on reserve without the best ammo available is very very annoying, becuase thanks to superhuman healthpuul, none can be headshot.

[wispy urchin]

I havent faced them at night but its good to know if more smuggler tasks come along

[sturdy beacon]

I mean I just don’t like night raids lol

[wispy urchin]

What? bosses on reserve dont have the best of the best? one more reason to not go there

[subtle valve]

They killed me yesterday through T6 plate with 7.62x39 PS from 150m... 12 instances of thorax blunt damage from 7.62PS and 5.56 FMJ

[bronze saddle]

therapist 45/45 no more tasks from her

[toxic patio]

the smugglers are just dangerous scavs why are people ragequitting them

[subtle valve]

They needed like 5 seconds to aggro first and kill me

[wispy urchin]

I did a marathon run to complete the quest line and in the past few hours smugglers definitely got buffed, multitude times harder now

[toxic patio]

i did the event plenty already lmao

[fleet loom]

they.... haven't tho

[wispy urchin]

Didnt you say you havent faced them the past 5 hours?

[sturdy beacon]

Im not even mad, its just a boring ass quest line and the smugglers see me thru bushes like crazy

[toxic patio]

no, they suck to fight beause if you wanna snipe them, it's nearly impossible to headshot them

[sturdy beacon]

If they see me first I die every time lol

[toxic patio]

just tarkov boss healthpool being stupid alongside sniping already requiring more brainpower than your average buisness degree

[subtle valve]

There is no next quest after this... lame ending of quest chain

[snow wave]

do you get anything (cosmetics, achievo, posters) for completing this event quest chain or is it just normal quest rewards?

[sturdy beacon]

Figures

[wispy urchin]

I was on top of sawmill, tried sniping them with a quick peak, 3 guns instantly fired against me, i tried Streets, Ground zero, same...they are wild right now

[past breach]

goons one-tap me throught wall, good game HARDCORE my ass

[wispy urchin]

Normal quest rewards, like armor etc lvl 5 as well...lol

[sturdy beacon]

“Give us 13 of the annoying to get cases with good loot and do a bunch of bullshit for mid rewards” bsg classic

[wispy urchin]

And the smugglers other than keys they dont have good ammo or anything in their backpacks to loot

[fleet loom]

I just hear skill issues

[toxic patio]

what's fucking crazy is sanitar and sthurman both tanking a 9.8 to the fucking dome

there is no world in which that should be a thing

[snow wave]

cheers, dunno if I'll bother doing it more then

[past breach]

0/10 ragebait try again

[sturdy beacon]

How bored are you lol

[wispy urchin]

I am not the best in the game but i have decent playtime and as i said, when the event started they were OK, now they are bonkers

[toxic patio]

they often have tier six or tier five armor, good guns,

[fleet loom]

pretty bored waiting for cultists to pop up

[subtle valve]

Try without your gamin chair LEDs being turned on 🙂

[toxic patio]

are you just bad at the game? the smugglers aren't hard. they just... aren't. and the cases are stupid common.

[sturdy beacon]

Event must be pretty boring if you’re doing all this

[wispy urchin]

I have killed about 40 smugglers, i have never seen a lvl 6 armor on them, not even the black one that usually has 6 on pmcs

[fleet loom]

wym

are u hackusing me?

[sturdy beacon]

I see 4-5, never 6 lol

[subtle valve]

Did you fight them day time? They never miss from 100m+ distances and they aggro first bery easily

[wispy urchin]

I like the smugglers event but the rewards just doesn't justify their difficulty right now

[toxic patio]

i always fight them day time

they... do miss. and like every other AI in the game, they aggro easily.

[subtle valve]

T6 plates won't save you from blunt damage and they flank you too

[wispy urchin]

They used to miss at the start at the event, last couple hours they locked in, 3 guns at the same time

[toxic patio]

this is genuine skill issue, guys. they're just better geared scavs. literally reskinned raiders that cannot wear helmets.

[sturdy beacon]

Fighting smugglers on Lh was fucking terrifying, they legit shot at me 5 times and clipped my face with one💔

[toxic patio]

you can solo them with a fkcn scav kit.

[fleet loom]

not even raiders level

[bronze saddle]

killed one who was pissing at me from behind hard cover somehow. he had a slick with lvl6 kibas

[wispy urchin]

Have you fought them recently? cause they definetely tweaked their AI in the past few hours

[thorn token]

christ marked rooms are fire rn, chek 13 and abandoned factory have given me yellow green black a btc and a red rebel plus the two sealed cases

[manic pewter]

guess im playing tarkov for all of today aswell

[wispy urchin]

Yeah marked rooms are really nice right now, and i think they should stay like that, they are not that buffed, in a good spot

[thorn token]

i'm having to pop a mule just to leave

[bronze saddle]

opening my tasks and seeing those Ref tasks i cant do cause i need Arena is grinding my shit

[sturdy beacon]

They just added loot back to the game, the event is cool but yeah that is kinda all it feels like to me lol

(Other than smugglers)

[wispy urchin]

I spammed Streets so much, just waiting for that BTR noise outside the marked rooms, saved me a couple mules

[manic pewter]

mule market going 📈

[bronze saddle]

mule is now 350K lucky me i have 3 cases full of them

[manic pewter]

thank god i can craft em

[wispy urchin]

about 90k to send a case with the btr though

[manic pewter]

tarbank:

[wispy urchin]

true

[sturdy beacon]

And no Kaban lol

[manic pewter]

no kaban means uncontested tarbank and container mesh key so you get goated ammo at the same time

[thorn token]

yea honestly streets is money rn if you have the marked keys and tarbank

[sturdy beacon]

I rarely get shot in there ngl tho

[toxic patio]

OH SHIT NO KABAN ON STREETS YOU RITE

no kaban is just free lexos

[manic pewter]

no coca colantay either

[thorn token]

or kollontay, hit up the mvd for ammo

[manic pewter]

so MVD is free too

[toxic patio]

Eh ammo isn't a concern

[unborn knoll]

I'm so mad, I completed Friend Among Strangers naturally and then go to extract and there's a SCAV chilling in there. I don't need the reward, just wanted the EXP 😭

[toxic patio]

i'm happy to hit streets keys tho.

[hexed jetty]

Are bosses not spawning on their original maps during this event?

[manic pewter]

yes

[toxic patio]

no, evidently they're immune to headshots too

[thorn token]

whenever they have bosses on another map, they dont spawn on their normal map

[toxic patio]

istg, i put four rounds of 9.8 into sanitar's dome and he didn't move

[wispy urchin]

I havent been more motivated to complete that quest just to have the pop up stop at the the bottom of my screen

[hexed jetty]

oh nice

[sturdy beacon]

I’m just trying to figure out how to find pmcs for my kill quests lol

[toxic patio]

and i put another two into sturmy, and i had to put TEN INTO KABAN

[unborn knoll]

EXACTLY. And I saw it was complete so I was like AHH nice, then the scav!

[toxic patio]

TEN HEADSHOTS

[wispy urchin]

Right now its gonna be even harder, smugglers run through the pmcs like butter

[sturdy beacon]

Ik

[manic pewter]

ill gladly postpone opening keys on reserve and questing there for stacked marked rooms on streets since i can just farm cultists

[sturdy beacon]

And they turned down ai pmc spawns for smugglers..

[wispy urchin]

I bet they buffed the smugglers so they can survive the pmc attacks

[jovial cobalt]

bruh i cant find edwards note at smugglers base

[toxic patio]

huh??

no???

[wispy urchin]

wiki should have the spawns, its a note on top of a table on the second building

[sturdy beacon]

Unless datamined info is wrong idk

[fleet loom]

yapnight

[wispy urchin]

I cant tell if pmcs are easier now cause every raid i am on the edge trying to take out the new 3 boss squad

[jovial cobalt]

scavs cant pick it up can they

[wispy urchin]

So pmcs feel like scavs at this moment

[wispy urchin]

I uhhh, never heard of scavs picking notes before

[dusky magnet]

No, it is a quest item

[jovial cobalt]

it didnt spawn for me

[wispy urchin]

Umm

[fleet loom]

well did you ask it to

[dusky magnet]

They you either don't have the quest, or you already completed it

[jovial cobalt]

must obtain evidence of smugglers ties to edward

[sturdy beacon]

There is 2 green tables

[wispy urchin]

Yeah its a small note on top of the tables on the second building, it should be there

[jovial cobalt]

lol

[dusky magnet]

Or are just looking at a wrong table, the three spawns Serenity mentioned are the only ones

[sturdy beacon]

Are you looking at the right one?

[wispy urchin]

Its easy to miss its tiny

[manic pewter]

what, how would the quest have been completed if the note wasnt picked up before that

[jovial cobalt]

im just stupid like everyone who complains about not finding something when ilooked in the wrong spot

dont flame me

[sturdy beacon]

I figured

It’s under white paper or cloth(can’t remember), it’s a dumb spot

[wispy urchin]

If i wasnt exhausted by this reused event i would open try to hunt them but i need a break again, after two days only

[manic pewter]

take a break by hunting cultists on factory

loads of fun

[fleet loom]

and cry because nothing ever happens

[wispy urchin]

I am gonna be honest, cultists is the one thing that really terrifies me in tarkov, i dont enjoy hunting them

[sturdy beacon]

Right im just lost cause like why tf did they have to make my kill quests 10x harder lol

I hate how I don’t know how they act

[manic pewter]

want someone to hunt em with or?

i was gonna go do that anyways rn

[sturdy beacon]

Like spawned in med tent and like he just rushed me

Other times I need to scour the map and they sit in a corner

[manic pewter]

W keying around factory like no tomorrow in the hunt of those gooners

[sturdy beacon]

Then nade themselves

Well priest at least

[manic pewter]

they are very random on factory especially

[wispy urchin]

You almost tempted me but nah i gotta take a break lol, good luck

[manic pewter]

they spawn all over the place and act super strange

[sturdy beacon]

I’m just lost cause I didn’t even get time to open the door at med tent

And got rushed

[manic pewter]

great way to get heaps of good ammo

[fathom ridge]

honestly use this event to get a good grasp on factory

[manic pewter]

i have over 1000 rounds of igolnik now for instance

[wispy urchin]

My ammo runs are spamming the labs new room, hopefully it got buffed again, havent visited it these days

[quartz storm]

bruh
I just got head, eyes'd 42 seconds into my reserve raid
spawned on dome
ran up to the sniper spot
keeled over instantly

glavvrach, is that a boss guard?

[sturdy beacon]

I know the map it’s the fkn ai that I’m saying

[fleet loom]

ye dont go there

[sturdy beacon]

😭 😭

[wispy urchin]

lol, reserve isnt even on my map selection, i am good, i dont want to fight the whole tarkov solo

[unborn knoll]

Dome is not the place to be sadly

[fathom ridge]

sanny guard

[sturdy beacon]

Dome is death

[fleet loom]

if a guard doesn't do it kaban will

[unborn knoll]

I thought it was and then learned very quickly that it was not

[fathom ridge]

so probably a vepr