pve-chat

[faint sparrow]

alright thanks, they count as targets right? for test drive

[marsh wing]

oh idk

[mossy blade]

yeah

[faint sparrow]

sweet

[jolly hazel]

was he aggrod on you or just milling about aimlessly?

[marsh wing]

no no, he will find you, dont worry

as soon as he spawns, he basically locks onto you and begins trying to get to you

[jolly hazel]

ah ok, cause everytime Ive killed him before, I just flick randomly and see him walking and smoke him

[fathom marten]

is there a quick way to find him im 8/13 for snowball need him goons and zryachiy

[unborn knoll]

Factory I would say, you can get two at a time.

[jolly hazel]

Good luck, im looking for him aswell for snowball

[unborn knoll]

Unless you mean the weapons cases, then you should shoot off red flares/open marked rooms maybe

[mossy blade]

marked rooms are much more worth selling tbh

[dreamy parcel]

the smuggler event is so bad... try to do test drive 3 with this trash, all the pmc seam to be gone or dead... and you have pmc enemy on crack that are always 3-4 enemys

[mossy blade]

15mil for 314

[fathom marten]

i imagine customs is fastest idk thats what ima bout to try at least, just got off reserve rn

[jolly hazel]

Yeah customs so I've heard. I did about 20 raids on shoreline and didn't see him (which is the only map I've killed him on in 1.0)

[vale atlas]

He's been on customs every raid for me, if i go to dorms, he is there not long after, or already there

[jolly hazel]

gdamn, lucky

[vale atlas]

What i want is pmc's 😩

[jolly hazel]

that quest is annoying yeah

[faint sparrow]

whats the better nvg, pvs14 or b15?

n15 i mean

[dreamy parcel]

i mean i didnt saw even ONE pmc after this fucking trash event on customs in like 7 raids

[jolly hazel]

14 may have better quality but 15 for fov I think

[bronze saddle]

not stepping another foot in Reserve... holy fuck that was a hellstorm

[faint sparrow]

alr thanks

[faint sparrow]

im just waiting till the event is done to go to reserve, im using my chance to do quests on shoreline and dorms

[jolly hazel]

no prob. make sure you get an IR flashlight/peq though. It really helps under NODs

[dreamy parcel]

does someone knows how long this smuggler event ios ? i will quit until this is over

[mystic berry]

hiya is there an achievement for the smuggler questline? thanks

[fathom marten]

hopefully lol ive only seen him like 5 times out of 1k hrs

[faint sparrow]

cant, test drive

[jolly hazel]

RIP

[subtle valve]

Wfy TF is TNT 250k now?

[jolly hazel]

300k, and yeah...why?

[mossy blade]

1/3 cultist raids on night factory, thats great rn

[mystic mesa]

lucky you

cannot relate 💔

[nocturne summit]

just got keycard and 2 marked keys off preist

[faint sparrow]

ill probably get obliterated when i meet cultists

[mossy blade]

i got a 314 and polikhim keycard

[nocturne summit]

3 cultists raids in a row for me

[manic pewter]

neat, weapon rack 3 going up

[mossy blade]

i mean you have Ragman LL3, right?

[faint sparrow]

nope

[nocturne summit]

i got 314 abandonded and the polikim

[manic pewter]

now i just need 4 more kek and 15 more ES and im freeeeeeee

[faint sparrow]

i ignored ragman

[mossy blade]

oh tough luck, hes got a barter for light tier V armor

[light root]

that reminds me, gotta hit labs for some bitcoins

[faint sparrow]

i have a crate full of lvl6 plates

[mossy blade]

labs arent worth it

[faint sparrow]

unfortunately heavy but still

[light root]

and why wouldn't labs runs be worth it lol

[jolly hazel]

ragman gac lvl6 for 2 ram is goated

[faint sparrow]

thats almost free, you can find like 5 rams per raid on gz

[subtle valve]

Just one? Lol

[jolly hazel]

yup, and labs or just scav pockets

[mossy blade]

1/4, no cultists

[faint sparrow]

almost 2 but yea

[jolly hazel]

Forgot to ask, were you playing local or BSG servers?

[marsh wing]

according to this website, im now 248/477 quests done

[fallen mason]

Get to questing

[light root]

According to THIS website, I have hot singles in the area who want to meet up

[fallen mason]

Oh shit? Where they at?

[light root]

i'll make ana ccount and let u know

[mossy blade]

1/5, No cultists

[mossy blade]

Where do you have this info

[marsh wing]

i need 60-70 more quests until i unlock kappa

[marsh wing]

you mind if i dm you? Idk if its allowed to be mentioned in here because not wiki

[mossy blade]

k i dont mind

[azure rivet]

Apparently, my area is all desperate old ladies. Must be regional.

[toxic patio]

There’s just places online to calculate this stuff, iirc it’s against TOS to mention it explicitly

it’s not much different than just charting it all on the wiki by hand, which is what I do.0

[manic pewter]

its against TOS to have a quest tracker? hm

[toxic patio]

My spreadsheet is funny, I use it to reference what loot I want/don’t want, what quests I have done/dont

[raw nest]

No

[toxic patio]

For example, I loot certain attachments soley to build guns with like my cursed m4 in #weapon-modding

[wispy mango]

just got my first factory cultist spawn for today after about 6 raids, but only one key drop

[light root]

each cultists is guaranteed to have a key I'm p sure

[toxic patio]

Yep

[jolly hazel]

no theyre not

[stable tinsel]

How like obvious will it be if the cultists spawned on factory? Do they rush you or just hide and I have to run the whole map to find them

[random socket]

So anyone around able to scav babysit me while i do my 5 pmc kills on interchange and shoreline?

[marsh wing]

i think im going back to key farming this morning, just to make sure i have enough to last forever

[subtle valve]

Nope, I had few without keys

[marsh wing]

#pve-lfg

[subtle valve]

So like how many keys we talk

[vale atlas]

Sorry was mid-raid, i always play local given the choice.

[marsh wing]

realistic goal = more
Ideal goal = 1 full Key case
Greedy Goal = 2 full key case

[fallen mason]

The followers will rush you if they see you within a certain distance. They'll also go after other PMCs.

[marsh wing]

damnn, salt prices dropped by like 15k

[stable tinsel]

So it will be pretty obvious that they spawned and not like a witch hunt. Also do I need to be on bsg servers or can I do local?

[vale atlas]

The small secure cases are relatively shit compared to the weapon cases right? I dont remember what i got out of them

[fallen mason]

Yeah especially on a small map like Factory.

[marsh wing]

someone got a leddy, i got a labrys note

[jolly hazel]

all good, thanks

[vale atlas]

Fuck i need 3 more labrys notes, guess i need a bigger backpack

[unborn knoll]

Well, 4th time meeting the cultists, more marked keys. I promised myself I'd quit after meeting them this last time so I guess fingers crossed BSG doesn't change anything overnight 🤭

[magic yacht]

Another easy way to tell is if no scavs have initially spawned

[fallen mason]

Not true

[marsh wing]

god im fucking love the price drop on everything on flea

[vale atlas]

Try adn buy a thicc case

[marsh wing]

i bought a 3rd last night lol

[fallen mason]

MGTs have gone up. I'm assuming more and more people are realizing CBJ slaps.

[vale atlas]

Prices for its things have shot through the roof, people buying all the cheap stuff and reselling higher lol

Toothpaste was at 150k earlier, get fucked lol

[marsh wing]

toothpaste wasnt listed when i was doing it

had to refresh and buy what i could find

[vale atlas]

Yeah the guy was selling it in batches of 200

[stable tinsel]

Just got them. The priest always spawns with them too right?

[marsh wing]

im blowing through money i know, but at the same time, im sitting on 200mil in a keycase right now

[vale atlas]

You can see how that went lol

[marsh wing]

it is always 1 preist and 2-3 warriros

[subtle valve]

I'd say like in real life but i don't want to be seen here as the antisemitic one

[vale atlas]

lmao yeah that last part really didn't need to be added

[marsh wing]

oh cool

[vale atlas]

I get enough of that from my conspiracy uncle

He also thinks bill gates has put microchips in milk.

[mossy blade]

im at 364/477

1 quest left for Kappa

[marsh wing]

damn lol

yeah, i gotta catch up, but i need to farm more keys and smugs today

[mossy blade]

and its PMCs on dorms

[vale atlas]

Is there an achievement or anything worthwhile out of this smuggler questline? rewards i've noticed are looking kinda shitty

[marsh wing]

brb guys, gonna go sell 33mil worth of keys for this stash upgrade

[fallen mason]

I have 3. Half of Peacekeeping Mission, 6/10 Rogues, and 6/10 enemies by the helicopter on lighthouse.

[vale atlas]

I'd rather open the 10 cases than handd them over y'know

[fervent drift]

Anyone know if the boss event moved away from reserve? Trying to do payback quest

[fallen mason]

Been too busy being sherpa to IRL friends.

[mossy blade]

its no achievements sadly

[vale atlas]

Still there, sorry lol

[fervent drift]

Nooo

[mossy blade]

Nope thyere still on Reserve

[smoky olive]

I looks like i just lucid dreamt fir the first time

[marsh wing]

im selling 4 more keys

i usually undershoot lowest price by like 100k

[vale atlas]

Do you need to yet? everyone else will be undercutting also lol. This is probably the worst moment to sell

Unless you're gonna keep farming and dont care

[marsh wing]

well, i want 33mil for my stash upgrade and im farming more today

[vale atlas]

Fair. go nuts

[marsh wing]

im gonna go shower after i start this upgrade then go back to farming

[vale atlas]

inb4 event ends mid-shower

[magic yacht]

Ive been selling my first wave of keys while prices were still high but already dropping, that gave me 3 thicc item cases to boot so im good

[vale atlas]

fuck me i cannot type on this stupid little keyboard

[marsh wing]

would be fucking hilarious

[fervent drift]

Did they fix cultists dropping Hella marked keys?

[vale atlas]

They're still dropping at a pretty good rate#

[unborn knoll]

Nah, there's a bunch dropping still

[fervent drift]

Dang that's rediculous

[unborn knoll]

4 times meeting them, I got about 12 keys

[raw nest]

It's not a bug, that's an event

[vale atlas]

You just gotta be prepared for repetitive factory farming, which idk about you guys i find fuckin unbearably boring

[stable tinsel]

Thank god the cultist Dont wear helmets. Guy was rocking a Thor rig with lvl 6 plates. I just got two RVO keys. I think the priest was wearing the gas mask but he didn’t have any keys

[simple briar]

If Smugglers have multiple spawn points they only spawn in one of them at the time per raid or they can spawn in every spot?

[vale atlas]

I thought they spawned in both

[urban shell]

got them double msgl weapon case

[fervent drift]

It's a dumb event lol it's breaking the economy

[marsh wing]

hey look, im back up to 40mil

[mossy blade]

1/7 tries, wtf why arent they spawning

[vale atlas]

Its either a bug or they're testing what happens when players actually get good loot

[mossy blade]

@subtle valve do u wanna get on vc on polish community

[marsh wing]

ohhh, i know why MGT prices are so high

[raw nest]

We need those events. Makes the game feel less stale

[marsh wing]

have cyclons also risen in price? Anyone know?

[bronze saddle]

no more Prapor and no more Therapist tasks. Skier technically too, but im doing the BTR tasks which grands him multiple tasks

[mossy blade]

theyre still 400k

[subtle valve]

So it is good, things were stale, nothing really happening. Bots just grinding flea and ppl getting less from GPUs 😛

[marsh wing]

im think 6sh118 backpack barter

[subtle valve]

What for? I'm running solo raids on GZ to finish weekly quest

[marsh wing]

its 1 cyclon and 2 mgt. Biggest bag ingame that isnt broken up

[mossy blade]

k k

[mossy blade]

RUSH 100 is 1 ram and its 45 container size

[fallen mason]

6 packs of CBJ for 6 MGTs

[marsh wing]

no i know its got slots, but 6sh118 isnt broken up like something like rush or mech

you can fit 4 weapon cases and still have 8 slots open on it

people are buying big bags to get all those weapon cases out of raids

[jaunty rock]

wth are the ppbs ammo and why it has leg meta looking name being full pen

[marsh wing]

its just my thoughts, i could be dead wrong and MGT is needed for something else right now

[boreal spoke]

Are cultists really 33% on night factory pve?

[jaunty rock]

just killed a cultist with 3 mags of 60 ppbs ammo holymoly

[jaunty rock]

yup, just check the market keys price

[proven marten]

Okay im going into reserve

[boreal spoke]

so im just super unlucky then

[lone thicket]

with all bosses on reserve does that mean for the time being they will only spawn on reserve and not their original maps?

[jaunty rock]

some guy been doing like 25 raids and no found them

[rare birch]

lol just got 3 sealed weapon cases from an airdrop

[jaunty rock]

just do this, trow nade, if u hear a scav extract

[proven marten]

Pray for me. While I go into reserve

[subtle valve]

Protip:
Rush100 can fit Blackjack,
Blackjack can fit 6Sh118
6Sh118 can fit 4x Partisan bags
🙂

[jaunty rock]

i think they all spawn normaly

[subtle valve]

So... Rush100 can be 90 cells

[jaunty rock]

but no tagilla on night factory idk why

just got a 120kg raids from 3 cultist

[marsh wing]

at what weight, before you start loooting?

[proven marten]

Also which boss spawns in the command bunker on reserve right now?

[thorn roost]

reserve is super fun rn

[thorn roost]

i don't think any do
they will hunt you though

[mossy blade]

kaban terrorized me in black horse bro

[thorn roost]

tagilla, killa, and rashala hunt tf out of you'

[proven marten]

I know that's what scares me

[mossy blade]

i got my ass terrorized like ZOMO

[jaunty rock]

none ig

[plush panther]

killed by a smuggler onetapping me, feels bad man

[jaunty rock]

only the raiders

[subtle valve]

Don't remember, sth like 9kg

[echo hamlet]

its the knight chess piece but i get what you mean

[thorn roost]

@echo hamlet and i went on murder sprees yesterday, literally the most fun we've ever had in tarkov

[mossy blade]

whatever

[jaunty rock]

just got 2 t5 armor 180 ppbs graphic card and a tank battery smh

[proven marten]

Im just gonna go up to the queen and used the heavy guns

[echo hamlet]

what map

[unborn knoll]

If anyone has high level rep scavs, it's a lil bit of fun running between all the bosses

[jaunty rock]

night factory, only cultist loot(not telling the markets and keycards)

[marsh wing]

whats the difference between the VOG's?

[thorn roost]

i didn't think abt that, do any of the bosses fight eachother?

[marsh wing]

FINAL STASH UPGRADE HAS BEEN COMMENCED

[unborn knoll]

So, I don't think technically they do but with all the grenades going off I think perhaps if they kill a guard with one, the bosses will fight each other. My first time trying, a guard killed Sturman and I'm not sure why but I got a free Red Rebel and his key from it.

[west mist]

no scav bosses spawn at their normal locations right now just on reserve

[jaunty rock]

im not liying, i bought the unheard edition minutes before finishing the stash 4 update 💔

[unborn knoll]

But then I ran 3 more and the bosses didn't seem to fight, they were killing pmcs and low level scavs, but at the end of the 4th raid, Killa was dead and I didn't know how he died. He was above ground.

[marsh wing]

damn bro

[west mist]

bit of a late mention

[jaunty rock]

oooo didnt know mb

[rare birch]

miss those days honestly gave the game more grind but having unheard cant do it anymore

[west mist]

anyone notice marked rooms go back to being mid overnight?

[marsh wing]

it wasnt a grind... I sold 4 keys and bought the stuff i needed

[rare birch]

lol

[marsh wing]

the game has been put on easy mode right now

[vivid wagon]

how do u open a case?

[rare birch]

yeah with cultist spawning millions are easy

[vivid wagon]

i have the keys

[echo hamlet]

workbench

[thorn roost]

idek, yesterday i saw 10 guns, 3 labs cards, and 2 ammo cans + the new weapons case thing
is it worse now?

[rare birch]

kill smugglers to get case keys

[echo hamlet]

craft at workbench

[heady patio]

Who's a noob here

[vivid wagon]

i dont have it unlocked ig?

[vivid wagon]

i have 4 of em

[echo hamlet]

i guess?

youre talking about the small 2x2 cases not the weapon cases right?

[rare birch]

complete the first two quests

[vivid wagon]

yea

[thorn roost]

how bad is it? i'll be playing this afternoon after some funny business/tomfoolery

[echo hamlet]

hashimoto is right

[rare birch]

once you get to thirty pieces of silver you get the unlock for the craft as initial equipment

[jaunty rock]

2 knifes left

[subtle valve]

Nice... similarly to everyone grinding them 😛

[rare birch]

cap shared bedroom is the best of the best 💀

[manic pewter]

pmcs with flashlights have honestly been more of a danger to me than fucking cultists have for my entire farming session

[subtle valve]

Did you find there anything worth the time? I'll check it today as I need to talk to LK anyway for quest

[subtle valve]

Play with flashlights too then instead of using nvgs

[manic pewter]

mostly because i am yet to find a fucking cultist

[rare birch]

no for the love of god dont waste your time in that abomination of a marked room

[manic pewter]

i play with both

[rare birch]

all you usually get is a streamer item

[quaint sentinel]

is it worth it to do the smuggler questline?

[rare birch]

theres no achievement for it just items i dont see a use to do it other than to be able to unlock the case for the event duration

[quaint sentinel]

k, ty

i have 8 weapon cases, that why i was askin

[rare birch]

yeah quest line is jsut to be able to unlock them from what i understand

[west mist]

loudest click of my life when my gun ran empty while i was fighting off the cultists running at me with knives XD

[rare birch]

60 bangers brother single fire

[west mist]

i do single fire XD

bad hands though, not great at headshots specifically so sometimes it takes more than 1

[rare birch]

play distance and relax 9x/10 its adrenaline that throws off your shots

[west mist]

that and my hands are just bad at what they do

[proven marten]

Reserve is scary

I was up at the queen and was getting shot at from everywhere

[west mist]

also, i'm stuck waddling around looking for the 1-2 missing sektant rn*

well, looted 2 sektant and the priest, good enough for me ig cause im outta time

there are 2-3 warriors and the priest

yes, on factory

i run into 3 warriors often on factory

[manic pewter]

and youve looted 2 so chances are it was only those two

[west mist]

i mean, the second one i looted decided not to avenge his fellow warrior even though im told they all come running when you kill one

i found him prone in an extract waiting for someone to come by, if he decided to be a loner who says the third didnt too

[echo hamlet]

what happens if i kill a cultist as a scav

[west mist]

nothing

[swift path]

They wanted to stab you anyway

[west mist]

they arent scav aligned, they kill scavs

just dont get shanked, its bad for your health

[subtle valve]

You want to hunt cult on NF as scav? 😛

[echo hamlet]

alright ty

[brisk canyon]

do smugglers spawn on GZ ?

[plush panther]

afaik they do in front of terragroup

[brisk canyon]

aight big thanks

[echo hamlet]

if you are level 21 or higher

[brisk canyon]

checks lvl 51 should do the trick

[fathom marten]

cant find partisan at all smh

[west mist]

i know that smugglers LOVE to spawn at big red on customs and power on interchange, and i havent seen goons on customs at all since they started things

[plush panther]

I had him spawn plenty on shoreline

[west mist]

you dont find partisan, partisan finds you XD

[plush panther]

I got beamed by big red smugglers today, was very sad

[fair badger]

Are steam achievements such as Killer7 obtainable in PvE?

[plush panther]

some achievements don't exist in PvE, pretty sure killer7 is one of them

[west mist]

why do my messages just, fail sometimes? and the big red smugglers do do that

[worthy otter]

Killer7 definitely exists in PVE, I have it

[subtle valve]

@west mist I have 52 knives, you need to speed up your farming to beat me 😛

[worthy otter]

It is the hidden achievements that are not in PVE

[west mist]

pom show us your keyyyyyyyyys

[subtle valve]

Lol.. why?

[plush panther]

it does? weird, I am pretty sure I killed 7 pmcs in one raid before and I don't have it

[west mist]

gotta see how many you got with those 52 knives

[fair badger]

killer7 is a hidden achievement tho isnt it?

[worthy otter]

Yes but it is still available in PVE

[subtle valve]

I have 58 FIR 10/10 marked keys, 77 total in stash xD

[urban shell]

it was disabled little bit after PVE release

so people who got hidden before it has it

i do not :c

[west mist]

30 marked keys FIR, 2 polik, 2 dorms used

also, one thing working against me picking up my farming rate is the fact that i must go to work

[manic pewter]

finally

cultists, got a pkpm key too

[west mist]

you can expect at least like 3 keys from ye cultists, day 1 they were dropping as many as 3 per for all cultists ._.

[mystic mesa]

is the one where you stab a cultist with their own knife a hidden achievement?

[manic pewter]

but better than that, a hexgrid 😍

[gentle pulsar]

about to open 8 weapon cases, wonder if my stash will be overfilled !!

[west mist]

i cant imagine it possibly wouldnt

[worthy otter]

The EFT Wiki lists all achievements and if they are hidden or not

[mystic mesa]

oh ok

[west mist]

1 weapons case chokes out my open stash space pretty easy

[gentle pulsar]

yeah no im gonna have to do them in sets of 2 lmfao

after 2 ive got like one row left

[west mist]

but i am keeping the nade launchers, cause they are the rotary ones

[gentle pulsar]

the cases can have the rotary ones???

[subtle valve]

Disabled in PvE 🙂

[mystic mesa]

i have genuinely no stash space because im too lazy to do hideout bs

[mystic mesa]

💔

[subtle valve]

I learned that after doing it xD

[mystic mesa]

i stabbed a cultist and was wondering why it didnt pop

[subtle valve]

It was fun tho. I have on my todo list to kill all bosses with meele

[west mist]

yup, with 12 of 2 types of nade too

[mystic mesa]

i got 2 of the gls that hold one grenade unfortunately 💔

[vale atlas]

I relate to this the hardest

[mystic mesa]

standard edition twin ❤️

[west mist]

yeahh, i got a MSGL pair from mine, consider myself lucky

[vale atlas]

I set my stash up so i could be OCD with it, cases for days, shit everywhere. I have like 13 free rows, all is cases. Everything is everywhere

Oh no i bought the full bullshit mega edition, i just suck at staying on top of the stash

[mystic mesa]

💔

[vale atlas]

In theory i have so much space, but no, it doesn't get better even when you do have it

Its just more random shit to store and not use

[gentle pulsar]

daaaaayyumm i didnt know that, i thought you could only get the single barrel

[mystic mesa]

where the fuck would i even go to get a FIR hand drill

[vale atlas]

You been to interchange? i spent a week trying to find those. Interchange provided

There's a camp across the railway tracks, it has a bunch of hideout stuff that can spawn

[mystic mesa]

oh dope

im ngl everything in my stash is still level 1-2

[west mist]

i find hand drills on the ground all the time in random places XD

[vale atlas]

I think along the shelves in oli and the other one (the warehouses) can spawn them but i found its faster to just rush to that camp

if not there, leave, try again

[mystic mesa]

i dont even have the nutrition unit

[west mist]

like in the storage area next to big red

[mystic mesa]

ill do this one because i actually like customs

[vale atlas]

Yup since i stopped needing them i find them everywhere lol

Had the same problem with pliers elite

had like a 3 week barrier because of those fuckers

[mystic mesa]

thank you both tho

idk i just dont like search quests

if its something i have to go out of my way to pick up or turn multiple in of im NOT doing it

[vale atlas]

Thoughts and prayers, i hope i took all the bad luck so you dont have to do that also lol

[edgy notch]

no achievment or particular reward after root of all evil, bit weird for an event

[vale atlas]

Yeah i'm just keeping the cases

[mystic mesa]

it was the same for the last smuggler event

[vale atlas]

The ammo > event/quest rewards

[mystic mesa]

yeah but lowkey its free xp so im just gonna do it once i decide to go to snoreline

[west mist]

I've also found hand drills kinda frequently in the warehouse beside ruaf, and at smuggler camp on shoreline

[vale atlas]

Yeah smuggler camp had quite a few of them

after i stopped needing them anyway

[mystic mesa]

praying for a big red spawn rn

aand i just remembered i forgot my dorms marked key

fuuck

[west mist]

I found two loooong before I needed one, so I count myself lucky

[vale atlas]

I found basically everything else i needed except the things that spawn on labs thanks to cultist circle ❤️

But the simple shit, pliers elite and that fuckin drill.... weeks.

[west mist]

Also, anyone have tips for how to get strength maxed out in a reasonable time? My kit is always heavy and I just want my guns to stop measuring into that x_x

[vale atlas]

You wont like it, but if you play arena it fuckin zooms

[raw nest]

Gym twice a day, arena and running with air filter running

[mystic mesa]

how will arena help with pve?

[distant obsidian]

Arena doesn't level strength

[distant obsidian]

Levels the shit out of skills,, just not strength

[mystic mesa]

no i mean how

[distant obsidian]

What do you mean how?

[mystic mesa]

i didnt even know you could SWITCH to pve arena

[distant obsidian]

Same way the level in tarkov lol

[lone thicket]

are the sealed weapons cases out in the open on labs or behind key cards?

[distant obsidian]

Switch to PvE? Wtf does that mean?

[mystic mesa]

i havent played arena in so long

[manic pewter]

there is no pve arena

[mystic mesa]

i didnt even know you could do pve tasks on there

[manic pewter]

oh bruh

[lone thicket]

pve arena as in you against all ai?

[mystic mesa]

no that i mean pve tasks and shit

[distant obsidian]

https://arena.tarkov.com/support/knowledge/541

PvE tasks?

[lone thicket]

ok sorry, jumped in mid convo.

[mystic mesa]

ohh ok

[distant obsidian]

Wtf are you talking about lol. It's ref tasks

Go read that link

[gentle pulsar]

arena is pvp only other than like a single mode that hasnt only been announced, not released

and arena lets you transfer gp coins from arena to PvE EFT, which is the main reason i play arena cus you can get free shit from Ref

[west mist]

I forgot I need that air filter, dunno how to get it going, and I have yet to touch arena

[mystic mesa]

ok that makes sense

my bad i didnt know

[lone thicket]

do the sealed weapons cases for 30 pieces of silver spawn on labs?

[mystic mesa]

only marked keys and airdrops

i think atleast

[manic pewter]

marked rooms and airdrops

[west mist]

One red airdrop gives all 3 rn

Or, should

[mystic mesa]

what is the easiest way to get airdrops?

[distant obsidian]

Yeah air drops and marked rooms

[west mist]

Marked rooms

[mystic mesa]

any ones specifically?

[distant obsidian]

Ref

[west mist]

Or buy once you can

Dunno when ref lets you buy em, but I can't wait

[mystic mesa]

oh great i gotta slave away at ref tasks 💔

[gentle pulsar]

they are not that fuckin bad bruh

[distant obsidian]

Ref tasks are fine.

[west mist]

Ref tasks make me play a pvp game

I have no non arena ref tasks left

[gentle pulsar]

i personally dont mind arena, its just more streamlined pvp for whenever im craving that

[tropic comet]

Came back after few months of break. Just died 3 times in a row from pinpoint accuracy grenade beneath the feet without audio clue. What the hell did they do? Impossible to extract if you meet PMC's

Was there some update?

[west mist]

I actively suck at pvp shooters because my hands work bad, the fact that ref on pve is still locked to that angers me

[gentle pulsar]

what map?

[west mist]

Also where were ya float? Yeahhhh, important question

[tropic comet]

Shoreline, started doing smugglers event quest

[gentle pulsar]

they're making changes if not already have made changes to pve ref tasks iirc

[west mist]

well, it hasnt changed yet at least, still have to play checkpoint/last hero to progress rn

[gentle pulsar]

huh, i personally havent had the issue you're talking about but my best suggestion would be to keep moving and not hold the same spot for more than 10 sec.

if there's no audio cue bug going on your best bet is just to constantly keep moving someway, even if just walking

but otherwise the pmcs and such are still fairly easy

[mystic mesa]

do you guys know if chek 13 and abandoned factory have any good loot?

[marsh wing]

anyone seen goons this morning?

[gentle pulsar]

abandoned factory is good from what i hear, chek 13 i dont know

[west mist]

marked rooms have marked room loot

[mystic mesa]

you dont say

[west mist]

XD

[mystic mesa]

thank you

[azure rivet]

Nope, straight trash, I'll take those keys off your hands for purely your benefit

[marsh wing]

ill eat the keys instead

[west mist]

i think all marked rooms are seeded with mostly the same stuff, no?

[tropic comet]

Yeah, they are extremely easy, but trying to dodge grenades when they explode instantly while landing or not making any audio is wild. Never had this bullshit while people were already complaining before.

[mystic mesa]

night factory and find cultists

[warm breach]

out of curiosity, anyone else had smugglers just vanish into the air after starting a fight?

[azure rivet]

...I'm not looking for keys, fellas, just a joke lol

[mystic mesa]

rb-bk has straight bullshit most of the time

[west mist]

wonder who's throwing impacts at you

[modern veldt]

Getting really fucking tired of being tracked and shot through soft surfaces by bosses

[mystic mesa]

stop running reserve

[modern veldt]

thats the solution to a bs mechanic?

[tropic comet]

It actually feels like they are throwing high arc like Stephen Curry ⛹️

[mystic mesa]

if you wanna stop dying to bosses you typically stop going where bosses are

[marsh wing]

Well, reserve is every boss right now, so yeah

[west mist]

stop usinh soft cover XD

[reef furnace]

Telling rn there's a smuggler spawn in the train station in lighthouse

[crystal quarry]

Yup I have but ain’t telling you nun

[reef furnace]

Just killed 3 of them rn

[gentle pulsar]

it's a bullshit mechanic that you can't remember what is and isn't soft cover?

a cement wall is the same as a wooden pallet to you?

[crystal quarry]

Find them yourself

[mystic mesa]

theres no limit to the gatekeeping

[reef furnace]

It's a bullshit mechanic that the bosses and AI in general have aimbot, I think that's what he meant

[marsh wing]

nah , he just mad about last night

[modern veldt]

This

[gentle pulsar]

so yooou want it to be even more baby easy? i mean they are BOSSES

the pmcs are already childrens-playground level easy.

[west mist]

they also spawn in the same building the goons can

[mystic mesa]

reserve has no shortage of cars and cement to hide behind

[reef furnace]

WTP buildings?

[mystic mesa]

just saying

[marsh wing]

try getting shot through the metal gate and metal cover at lexos. He shot twice with Mounted gun and blacked 4 parts

[summer zinc]

btw yea max 3 follower + priest on factory

[gentle pulsar]

"grrr im so angry that my difficult game has difficulties! grrrr one death out of 200 im gonna make a big deal instead of trying to improve!!!"

[reef furnace]

I can tell you're a bit masochistic ngl

[summer zinc]

mfs were camping inside the gate 1

[vale atlas]

The bullshit part is them always knowing where you are, thats ai in general. They know if you're looking at them and will hide behind cover until you aren't. Its a shitty behaviour lol

[gentle pulsar]

i can tell you've worn sketchers your entire life

[modern veldt]

Its not about being easy, its about a bs mechanic that makes no sense.

[reef furnace]

Tf is a sketcher, and why are you repeating what I said like some kind of monkey im not trying to argue 😂

[vale atlas]

Are sketchers the ones with the wheels in? I'm an adult but i wish my shoes had wheels

[mystic mesa]

"its about a bs mechanic that makes no sense"
translating...
"i w key bosses and expect to obliterate them"

[onyx depot]

those are Heely's

[vale atlas]

I am too old to remember more than one name

[gentle pulsar]

Brother what the fuck do you want us to tell you beyond "dont take cover behind A SOFT OBJECT"

do you think they don't wallbang me?
do you think im immune to getting insta thorax by Kaban through soft cover?

[reef furnace]

Yep, they could like, keep the fine aiming and no spread, just remove the feature of them being able to track you through walls

[gentle pulsar]

they shouldnt track you through a solid wall, yes
however

if its one of those metal plates where your little feetsies can be seen, the boss is still gonna target you

[vale atlas]

Its nice when everyone gets along like this. I'm so proud of you guys

[marsh wing]

if tagilla can see and shoot through the tiny gaps in his hampter cage, other bosses can see you through tiny gaps too

[vale atlas]

Thats his business

[reef furnace]

Alzheimers hitting hard

[marsh wing]

??dagloop

[quasi apex]

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

[vale atlas]

what the fuck

[west mist]

i love filling tagilla's hampter cage with nades, makes for a fun spectacle

sadly i cant right now

[marsh wing]

off the yoinky sploinky

[gentle pulsar]

10 weapon crates lmfao

[vale atlas]

Back in my day we had to do drugs to achieve this mindset

[scarlet violet]

people here having trouble with bosses?

[vale atlas]

I have trouble with sanitar specifically that man knows me and is full of hate

[west mist]

i was born with the drug known as the 'tism

[vale atlas]

Lucky, i have to pay for it

[marsh wing]

I GOT THE TISM AND ADHD. IM DOUBLED UP BABY

[vale atlas]

Out here minmaxing day one

[scarlet violet]

i mean, we can kind of quick peek and shoot and they don't have enough time to react, and always choose good positionning

[marsh wing]

fuck yeah bro

[vale atlas]

Jealous, i dont have anything wrong with me i cant blame things. I'm just a dick

[scarlet violet]

for kaban, which is the hardest, it's a game of cover and pre fire

[marsh wing]

why do you think half of my game time in EFT is spent in stash organizing

[vale atlas]

Oh it didn't like that word

[west mist]

i'm out here rockin factory with 181 rounds of ssa ap in a low recoil gun, feelsgoodman

[scarlet violet]

and they run to us, so just like... wait and shoot?

[marsh wing]

i tried telling someone to off themself instead of MIA the other day and server bot got mad

[gentle pulsar]

pretty much every single enemy reacts ten times slower than players ever do. scavs and pmcs stare at you for a solid few seconds lol

[marsh wing]

nuh uh

[scarlet violet]

exacly

[vale atlas]

God damnit it didn't like that one either

[west mist]

the smugglers have frame reactions though

[marsh wing]

ive seen some PMC's and bosses act like fucking terminators

also, enemy ai has speed hacks, prove me wrong

[vale atlas]

Sanitar is basically the liquid metal one from terminator 2

[gentle pulsar]

10 meters, pmc with an mp5, sprays me while im distracted and manages to miss every bullet before i headshot him

Oh Yeah

[west mist]

like, i cant peek for half a frame without catching 20 bullets to my arms

[vale atlas]

He cannot miss

[scarlet violet]

just as hard as bosses, just need to know how to play against harder enemies

[marsh wing]

like i say, its hit or miss. I guess i never miss huh?

[scarlet violet]

sanitar not that bad guys, come on xD

[marsh wing]

sani isnt bad, his guards are if they get the jump on you

[vale atlas]

One day someone is going to invent tech that lets us punch people through computer screens. And then people will stop saying this

[gentle pulsar]

i havent died to a pmc in genuine months, majority of my deaths are due to bosses or raiders

some of them do a bit more damage than others, but none of them are a threat to take seriously. like richer scavs.

[west mist]

of all the bosses i've had the most trouble with the big guy's GL guard

cause who doesnt like grenade spam at them

[scarlet violet]

i only die to my stupidity or greed atp, not even bosses or raiders or cultists or smuglers are a threat xD

[marsh wing]

same, i can usually survive PMC's if i can get away fast enough. I had one with a P90 yesterday, he took out torso and leg in a few shots. I thought he was a smug until i found and killed him

[west mist]

i find it hard to survive flesh rounds deadshot into my arms

[plush panther]

what's the best place to go kill smugglers? I still need to kill a bunch

[marsh wing]

near the machinery key truck on customs or shoreline v-ex camp

[gentle pulsar]

why get away? you can put one between his eyes before he has the opportunity to kill you
be confident in your aim and literally tap their face

[vale atlas]

Not always true, sometimes they've "Seen" you through hard cover and are already aiming lol

[marsh wing]

i had no idea where he was. I had to hide behind a planter box to heal

[gentle pulsar]

that doesnt matter?
even if they've seen you, you can voip to provoke them to voip and use the sound to pinpoint their position
nades can get them to move, and even then- we're back to the fact that their reaction speeds are much much lower than the average player

most of the pmcs i fight they've "Seen" me but that doesn't stop M80 through the helmet

[marsh wing]

just found a fresh mk47 and rfb on two scavs lol

[vale atlas]

Reaction speeds dont matter when they're sat silent and waiting for you to appear lol

[marsh wing]

this 100%

[vale atlas]

I mean your bots may behave perfectly normally but they are that kind of fucky for me regularly

[gentle pulsar]

so you're just not doing the things at your disposal to make them make sound or move?

[marsh wing]

i walked past a door in resort the other day. No noise from the room or nothing. All of sani guards where in there and they fucking DROPPED my ass

[vale atlas]

I'm not throwing grenades and spamming voicelines at every opportunity no lol

[marsh wing]

they all sat silent waiting for me

[marsh wing]

this 100%

[mystic mesa]

im gonna lie but my first hit of chek 13 was amazing

[vale atlas]

Usually they make themselves known with their movement, its their silent bullshit that catches you off guard

I know you want to find ways to make this our fault but the game is scuffed lol, stop it

[gentle pulsar]

then it is literally just a you problem, its not spamming voicelines at every opportunity it's doing it when you're not sure of your enviroment
i dunno why you're acting like you play this game and barely take it seriously expecting things NOT to catch you off guard

i only do it when im not sure of what im pushing into

[scarlet violet]

where do you guys push?

[vale atlas]

Yeah, usually i'm caught off guard by them in places where you would not even consider that you are "Pushing"

[marsh wing]

i wasnt pushing. I had no idea sani had spawned

[vale atlas]

Like running past a bush

[marsh wing]

i was killing scavs in resort and they just hid in a room the whole time

[vale atlas]

Though i have to say if i was pushing resort, that is when you throw grenades lol

You know theres likely to be enemies there

[mystic mesa]

i was going labynth and they were all in one room next to the stairs and fried my ass

[scarlet violet]

if they are stationally and they killed you, they must benn already there or you moved

[marsh wing]

you can never have too many nades in resort

[astral robin]

Good morning. im doing The punisher part 1 and i have to use an akm style weapom.

can i use ak-74m or do the first 3 letters need to be akm like Partisans gun?

[west mist]

i swear my arms have magnets for bullets in them, always catch shots there and rarely anywhere else

[marsh wing]

no, i was moving and they killed me. Ill send a SS soon

[gentle pulsar]

i've never died to anything in a bush, ive been sniped at by shturman through trees and bushes but often times i- yknow, avoid letting him just t-off on me for free

[marsh wing]

something that has really helped me, IOTV Gen4 half armor

[vale atlas]

Yeah its pretty rare that i get dinged out of a bush, but thats exactly how they surprise and get me lol

Its not super common, but its common enough to be noteworthy and annoying

it does not mean i'm gonna run around shouting and throwing grenades at bushes 😛

[little heron]

no it doesnt count, only ones that start with AKM and AK-103/104

[candid brook]

is it EVERY boss on reserve? like goons + partisan as well? or what ones

[unborn knoll]

Managed to get 3 bosses and 4 guards in Reserve just now. Not bad

[gentle pulsar]

no but it does mean you should work on reaction time, cus there's some to be improved on if you're getting caught off guard so easily

or at the very least be more mindful of it so you're not as annoyed lmao

[plush panther]

all except goons and partisan

[unborn knoll]

Scav bosses, no partisan or goons

[mystic mesa]

just scav bosses

[candid brook]

ahh ok

[west mist]

i need to stop collecting afaks and grenades

[fervent drift]

Oh my God these fucking pmc spawns on lighthouse ARE SO BAD I love spending hours on the SAME STUPID ROAD fighting pmcs that just spawned OVER AND OVER AND OVER

[gusty reef]

And Jirachi

[west mist]

i have too many, but i just keep grabbing them ._.

[vale atlas]

Its a minor annoyance, it just happens because of that thing the AI does sometimes where they hunker down and make 0 noise. I'm just saying that PMC's can get you out of nowhere and your reaction times wont matter lol

Thats all, it didn't need to be all this

[shy pollen]

I need to wear throat armor

[gusty reef]

You know you can opt to NOT take the main road right

going to map hotspots generally means you'll see more action crazt I know

[scarlet violet]

before i temporarelly leave, i just want to say, if you die, try to understand what you could have done instead of gettin annoyed, this is pve, not pvp

[fervent drift]

They still spawn on the shore I'm doing lightkeeper

At this point I just alt f4 if I don't spawn near lighthouse this map is so bad

[marsh wing]

i got naded in fort

[gentle pulsar]

the reaction times definetly do matter though if i just told you i havent had this happen to me. i can show you recordings of pmcs reacting super slow

i can agree that maybe a boss that catches you off guard, like for example ive died to tagilla a good chunk of times cus he catches me off guard midst of a fight in factory

it's not like they hit you first shot every single time, you're basically just telling me you don't know where it's coming from and don't react in time to prevent dying

[west mist]

i once had to crawl halfway around the whole smugglers camp while in a ditch to get out of the area the smugglers knew i was because the frame i peeked up they shot at me, i then popped em all once they didnt know exactly where i was

[gusty reef]

That advice also applies to pvp a lot of the time

[marsh wing]

bruh

i got one tapped in thorax, right armpit by bear

[manic pewter]

all i want to do is to kill cultists, but instead the game gives me 10 pmcs to kill instead

[vale atlas]

Oh no i know, pmc's generally will just stand there and let you casually headtap them. But silent AI in weird places will do that behaviour where they wait to let you headtap them before opening fire, except you never had the opportunity to see them first lol

[marsh wing]

is there a way to see what they used to kill me?

[subtle valve]

Well, but what's wrong with it?

You should see on the healing screen what hit you and where

[light root]

hover the damage to limbs at end screen

[scarlet violet]

you don't have as much power or you desitions could be cut short in there, while pve it's literal bots, nothing that thinks what you will do or try to counter

[vale atlas]

This isn't a big issue for me, i'm not even the one that brought it up, i'm just saying reaction time is not the end all of PMC's because tarkov AI is scuffed as and when it decides to be lol

[gusty reef]

You can see the ammo they used on the limb damage

[marsh wing]

THERE WAS A FUCKING GRENADE

[fervent drift]

Is anyone else gettung grenade spammed today

[marsh wing]

they naded me and shot at the same time

[gusty reef]

Ironic time to send that lmao

[west mist]

half the time i see PMC's and cultists the cultists kill half the pmc's and die

[shy pollen]

Haven’t been Naded once

[fervent drift]

Every pmc I see today just immediately throws a grenade at me this is something

[marsh wing]

like 3 bears showed up in bottom of Fort. I had no idea where. Peaked and tossed nade for voicelines, next thing i know i hear a boom and im dead

they threw a nade the same time i did

[vale atlas]

PMCs in fort? jealous

[gentle pulsar]

reaction time isnt the end no, you could keep PMCs reacting the same as they do but just up their gear quality to actually use decent armor and decent ammo, which would inherently make them a tad harder

kill group of 5, look inside: 500 round of 9x19 M882 and 5.56 FMJ

[fervent drift]

Yippee finally south road spawn I don't have to "play" this poop map

[light root]

people used to love lighthouse on release, wtf changed lol

[proven marten]

Hey where do all the boss spawn on reserve right now?

[vale atlas]

I think you've swerved into something else now lol. I was just saying sometimes PMC's will surprise gank you, and while they dont always hit first shots, sometimes they do and it fucking sucks when they're carrying high rof weapons lol

[gusty reef]

I wish they would at least spawn consistently with 855 maybe then they'd be worth unpacking mags but they just drop such dogshit

[light root]

all the main buildings except dome and the pawns, tagilla and killa are generally underground

[gentle pulsar]

imagine a circle radius around the Train Depot

with the exception that Killa/Shturman can be around the helicopter

[vale atlas]

I actively want pmc's to have high tier ammo, let them kills us, make them an actual threat and be worth looting

[proven marten]

I had sturman on the roof of black knight last run

[gusty reef]

The ONLY pmc gun I will ever consider at all decent is the souped up Scar Mk16, every other piece of kit they have is hot ass

[gentle pulsar]

imo it should be like, the average bullet of each type and potientally better

scavs already exist to use bad ammo
but yeah it's just not even worth looting which makes killing them feel pointless

[west mist]

they have a good mr in my book

[gusty reef]

PMCs desperately need progression or they need to just start running actually good kits

[west mist]

m4*

[light root]

m855 is the good ammo..?

[gentle pulsar]

no, thats the base average

[shy pollen]

Yes

[gusty reef]

Atp I genuinely take dog tags and don't even search the rest of their kit

[marsh wing]

do you have all your 60's?

[vale atlas]

Contraband box have any use outside of turning it in for that quest step?

[light root]

wait am i supposed to be saving 60s

[vale atlas]

Not even the nades? free booms

[gusty reef]

I have a full dogtag case of 50+ in my stash I probably do

[marsh wing]

yes. Save every level 60 dogtag

[proven marten]

Ive been having decent runs with the ak-545

[gusty reef]

Only when I start running low on them

[marsh wing]

for hall of fame buddy

[gentle pulsar]

i search vest/pockets if i need nades, and i only check one mag to see if its even worth unloading ammo (90% of the time it isnt)

ACTUALLY, i do have it clipped- on the first day of this event i found a LEVEL ONE pmc, running RFB with full M62 Tracers.

[vale atlas]

ANy high level dogtag fits into the "Hall of fame" and you get bonuses from it

[gusty reef]

I said "I probably do" because I don't actually know

[cosmic patrol]

Yahhoo

[vale atlas]

Higher level dogtag = higher bonus

[marsh wing]

yes but 60 is the highest

[vale atlas]

aim for 60 but top up with highest you have until then

[cosmic patrol]

Pretty sure bonuses come if the dogtags are only the opposite faction of yours. Unsure though

[vale atlas]

Thats what i've been told yeah, good point

[fervent drift]

Bro what I've never heard of this

[vale atlas]

Yeah i didn't even know and i've played this for years lmao

[marsh wing]

in hall of fame you can put dogtags. Fill it with opposing factions tags of PMC's that YOU OR YOUR SCAV have killed. The higher the level, the more Combat EXP bonus you get

[light root]

oh the trophy room? full of 58-60 lol

[vale atlas]

Someone mentioned it like a week or two ago

and i facepalmed so hard

[light root]

oh it has to be opposing?

[marsh wing]

yeah. USEC tags wont do anything for you if you are USEC

[light root]

explains the shitty stat gain from fiflling it up lol

was not impressed

[marsh wing]

Opposing Faction
Killed by you or your Scav
Higher the level the better

[west mist]

well, i got 2 55 and a 57 in there now

[marsh wing]

if you dont know if its your scav on the tag, just cycle in and out of the menu to see if bonus goes up

[marsh wing]

get that hall of fame level up boy

[light root]

wishair filter and whatnot applied to the gym

[marsh wing]

you can have up to 10 dogtags at a time. With all 60's, i think its like 15% bonus, with hideout elite i think its like 18%

[vale atlas]

They reduced gym gains recently didn't they? not sure if i just started doing something different or not lol

[marsh wing]

you getting 1.6 and .8?

[vale atlas]

Yup

[marsh wing]

no lol. You hit a certain level

[vale atlas]

Oh, right yeah that'll do it

[west mist]

18h on HoF 2

[marsh wing]

Your gains decrease after you hit a certain level of strength and endurance

[vale atlas]

I forgot that was a thing lol

[marsh wing]

im getting 2 end and 1.6 str on first gym of the day

[shy pollen]

Man I hate gaining fence rep😭

[vale atlas]

I'm nearly at 2.0 and am dreading grinding the rest

[marsh wing]

good

[shy pollen]

I get usually around .09 per run

[mystic mesa]

i got the hand drill i need for level 2 stash 🙏

thank you abandoned factory

[vale atlas]

I've still got a bunch of car extracts i haven't really touched though, streets and woods ones are never there

so thats a nice lil "quick" boost when i get to it

[marsh wing]

Shooting range, Library, hall of fame, and Air filter unit all give passive skill bonuses fyi

[candid brook]

are the marked reserve rooms buffed? i got so much stuff from pkpm

[shy pollen]

Yeah it’s 0.20 then divided by however many times you used it

[fervent drift]

5.58 fence rep let's goo

[shy pollen]

So each one you nearly get like .4 I think

[vale atlas]

I'm gonna try and save them when i'm closer to the value i need

[marsh wing]

make sure you have used each V-ex at least once

[vale atlas]

Not sure what it actually is nowadays, i vaguely remember it changing

[marsh wing]

and maybe get some acid greens to try and do co-op or find a friend

[shy pollen]

I personally just like do scav runs, haven’t touched one V-ex since I got wiped

Except ground zero

[vale atlas]

Yeah i'll be doing the scav/transition pmc hunt thing i think

[marsh wing]

each v-ex on pmc gives like .25 per for first one

[shy pollen]

Nah it gives .2

[west mist]

my fence rep is pretty decent at 3.54

[shy pollen]

I think, used to be .4 at a time (.from my hearing)

Anyways I’ll be back I’m going streets

[vale atlas]

thoughts and prayers

[shy pollen]

WHAT THE HELL??

[marsh wing]

each co-op also gives a lot on first time use, just harder to do in pve

[marsh wing]

smugs before you even gain control?

[versed orchid]

What makes Ledx expensive what are they good for

[fallen mason]

I did that, but I found GZ to Streets back and forth was the best one. So many PMCs spawn on GZ most of the time. Factory and Customs wasn't worth it.

[shy pollen]

Nope a PMC at unity cred bank chucked a nade ALLLLLL the way to the arch

[west mist]

its a shame i spent my lvl 60 bear tags on a item box a while back

[plush panther]

rare, needed for a couple quests, and they trade for THICC case afaik

[shy pollen]

No smugs wow

[marsh wing]

my scavs have been goated with the sauce this raid

[west mist]

i count myself lucky, i've found 2x ledx in my lifetime so far, plus the 1 i spawned with means i can do all quests with them

[shy pollen]

I cast RUSTED BLOODY KEY!

[marsh wing]

no i mean, skill wise

[shy pollen]

It wasn’t there bro😔

[marsh wing]

ah nvm

super easy to hit up RBK spawn without fear of kollon and guards top-downing you

[west mist]

ahhhh, i love seeing my spent total with the traders, y'know, 2m, 2m, 24.3m on thera, 13m on mechanic, rest around 2-4m

[marsh wing]

same, sell all guns to mech, all clothing to ragman, the rest to thera, then skier if thera cant take it

[shy pollen]

And prapor is collecting dust

[fallen mason]

Sell guns to ref. You get more.

[west mist]

anyone gotten a 10-12 key cultie run since day 1?

[marsh wing]

red takes stuff?

[distant obsidian]

im about to sell everything to fence because money is free

[fallen mason]

Just guns and ammo.

[shy pollen]

Yea he takes guns and stuff

[marsh wing]

anyone else loot the GP-7 masks?

[vale atlas]

man 314 is wild today, two m60s with 100 m80 in the mags lol

[shy pollen]

OOO LEDX

[vale atlas]

So many red/black cards. I like 314 again

[west mist]

i've seen 1x red and 1x black in 12 hits of 314

[distant obsidian]

314 has been ok

[marsh wing]

im 50-60 quests away from kappa, fyi

[proven marten]

I hate kollatny and his baton

[distant obsidian]

and you got m80a1 and 5a1?

[marsh wing]

5a1 is on repeat right now

[distant obsidian]

gj

[proven marten]

That Bastard just appeared around the corner and jammed all my guns

[shy pollen]

I am saving Polikhilm for kappa

[marsh wing]

this might be a goon run...

im hearing LOTS of fighting towards crack, though it may just be smugs

[shy pollen]

Goons on streets would be amazing - said no one ever,

[proven marten]

Im just about to grab my axmc and start sniping

[west mist]

When pve ref gonna stop requiring you to pvp

[proven marten]

Never

[distant obsidian]

its a pvp trader

stop being a cry baby and go click heads. or dont

[vale atlas]

Its there as a way to trick you into playing arena

[gusty reef]

I have more than double that just from the first day of the event, I haven't grinded since

[vale atlas]

I dont think arena is doing very well standalone lol

[distant obsidian]

course arena is not

[marsh wing]

i think arena is right where it needs to be popularity wise to keep going for a while

[gusty reef]

I don't think arena is a bad game it's just not the best of it's genre by a longshot

[distant obsidian]

pure pvp game dont really thrive anymore without some kind of weekly shit. They are all tiktok brains

[marsh wing]

@formal onyx i need every tip imaginable to find an MCC on labs. Or to do my first labs run ever

[vale atlas]

I miss the cod4 era

Things were pure ❤️

[distant obsidian]

almost all rare spawns

[marsh wing]

g...good tips bro

[gusty reef]

Things were pure hatred and racially motivated but that was the fun part

[vale atlas]

Oh yeah the lobbies were something special. Just max volume mic breaking slurs between every round

[distant obsidian]

mcc can be almost everywhere. I just clean house in labs

[marsh wing]

then, any tips for first timer?

[vale atlas]

Watch videos of people on labs with a map up, try and figure out where they are on the map.

[distant obsidian]

take it slow

[gusty reef]

If we went back to game chats being slur spam and hate speech we could solve a lot of issues about people being soft on hearing that stuff, think about it

[distant obsidian]

no need to rush labs

[vale atlas]

It'd never work nowadays, saying mean words is an actual crime in some places lmao

[marsh wing]

i remember those days

[bronze saddle]

son of a btch seriously?? i cant plant SPP 8pcs in the hindsight mission? who fucking thought of this shit

[gusty reef]

Britain just taking L after L

[marsh wing]

some dude thought i was a 13yr old girl and tried hitting on me

[fervent drift]

Anyone have any tips for doing Payback today lol? Where should I go to look for Glukhar?

[fallen mason]

OG MW2 lobbies turned boys into men.

[vale atlas]

Oh thats gross lol

[marsh wing]

yeah i was like 11 at the time. And ya know, a guy

[vast fossil]

Are the cultists on factory still 33%? I cant find them after several raids

[fervent peak]

There are no real 'tips' to finding an MCC in labs. It's either you do or don't. Having coloured key cards like violet red and yellow give you more chances, that's all

Like Tyreall said, he and I just haul the whole thing of labs back into stash

[vale atlas]

😂

[mystic mesa]

just keep trying, you will find them eventually

[fervent peak]

Typically, looting every coloured room will fill your whole bag and rig

[shy pollen]

OI guys was killa’s helmet nerfed? It has a medium ricochet chance

[marsh wing]

well, i want one as fast as possible kinda

[gusty reef]

The most mw2 part of this is the implication that he only hit on you because he thought you were 13

[mystic mesa]

thats foul

[marsh wing]

im 90% sure it was black ops 2

[fallen mason]

Then loot yellow, violet, and red while looting labs.

They spawn at cat as well

[mystic mesa]

also loot res room because its pretty good

[neat spoke]

Easiest way to do Setup?

[fervent peak]

Pull that slot machine lever

[mystic mesa]

mp-18 with high pen ammo

[fallen mason]

W key PMCs down with 153, 8 round magazine, and flechette.

[mossy blade]

i have no fucking idea where the priest is, anyh ideas? (on night factory, cultists went to offices)

[gusty reef]

They nerfed my goat? 😔

lowkey doesn't matter anyway none of the AI can pen class 6

[mystic mesa]

your guess is as good as ours man

[distant obsidian]

it can be anywhere

[winter kayak]

Ive run 12 factory raids in a row and no cultists, where are these fucks

[distant obsidian]

get better rng then

[gusty reef]

Start tossing grenades like your life depends on it, if you never hear him running he's probably in the sublevel tunnels

[distant obsidian]

I got cultist 4/6 factory runs

[fervent peak]

Man's luckier than me, he gets all the cultists with keys

[distant obsidian]

also that

[gusty reef]

I grinded them so long the first day I don't feel like queueing factory but now I actually need to for They Are Already Here

[fervent peak]

Meanwhile I work my ass off for... A grenade lmao

[distant obsidian]

I will share today

[shy pollen]

Bro one of the cultists tried shanking me but deflected off my armor

I then mailed him with 9x19 pst

[distant obsidian]

Game wont give me a chek key though

[fervent peak]

I'll give you the first one we find lmao

[shy pollen]

I have like 3

[distant obsidian]

YAY

[marsh wing]

i got like 4 if you really need one

[shy pollen]

Lemme check my marked keys rq

[distant obsidian]

ALso I got the MSGL wep bos last night

[gusty reef]

I have 4 I think as well

[distant obsidian]

2 full dura MSGLs and a bunch of good nads

[fervent peak]

He just wants one fir for completions sake

[shy pollen]

17 or 18

[fervent peak]

We'll rush through my smugglers tasks tonight

[distant obsidian]

ya

[finite narwhal]

Have they fixed pve tasks showing up in arena yet does any1 know ?

[distant obsidian]

what?

what ref tasks in pve

"Context"

[west mist]

we love cannot be discarded in raid on marked keys

[marsh wing]

soo many case keys

[distant obsidian]

yeah we do

[cosmic patrol]

cheese

[distant obsidian]

less RMT in game. So we do love it

Mosin

[finite narwhal]

The usual to great heights quests wondered if they was fixed yet

[distant obsidian]

what about them?

they work. Idk what your talking about

[marsh wing]

4 smugs, 4 keys

[mossy blade]

ive hunted him for 15 FUCKING MINUTES TO FIND A LITERAL EMERGENCY EXIT KEY OH MY GOD

[gentle pulsar]

#screenshots message
im genuinely so curious what the fuck happened with his AI here

[shy pollen]

What ARE CULTISTS ON

[willow tinsel]

what bug

[distant obsidian]

sj9

[winter kayak]

Anyone else finish hell on earth from this event?

[marsh wing]

where goons at even though i know they aint rotating

[shy pollen]

hey atleast RBVO and polikhilm

[willow tinsel]

yea

[marsh wing]

im still fucking goon hunting fyi

[willow tinsel]

to my biggest reegret yea

[finite narwhal]

Where they dont show up on arena but show on ref on pve

[winter kayak]

Going for snowball?

[marsh wing]

no, i need pockets and stray dogs. I died last raid

[willow tinsel]

i thought that was intended, because its your PVE progression

[west mist]

ol tag boy is not meant for reserve, lul

[neat spoke]

Why am i running into smugglers?

[distant obsidian]

they show up on both.

[willow tinsel]

otherwise youd get that quest reward to your PVP

[west mist]

because smuggler event?

[distant obsidian]

idk what your asking dude. Use your words and ask a non vague as fuck question

[marsh wing]

THE SMIGGLER EVENT BOYS

[west mist]

careful you dont get smiggled

[warm breach]

sooo how am i supposed to unlock trading between arena and eft if great heights quest is no longer available?

[marsh wing]

fuck it, im calling them Smigs now

[round orbit]

If you're holding shift your character will run. If you don't hold shift you'll just walk into them

[neat spoke]

hahaha.

[marsh wing]

not familiar enough to do that sadly

[neat spoke]

No, i mean ive killed a smuggler? Then got lit up by 3 others. Whats the event?

[marsh wing]

i may need to. I havent seen them in over a week now

[marsh wing]

??event

[quasi apex]

A new questline has arrived! Start it by accepting "Bulldogs Under The Rug" from Peacekeeper!

[distant obsidian]

https://escapefromtarkov.fandom.com/wiki/To_Great_Heights!_-_Part_3

[west mist]

the event is smugglers, there's a whole questline XD

[marsh wing]

smigglers*

[neat spoke]

ahh thanks

[warm breach]

yeah the quest is gone

[wispy mango]

is it possible for the cultist guards to spawn without the priest?

[raw nest]

Tingglers

[distant obsidian]

not according to the wiki so

[west mist]

no

[marsh wing]

NO.TOO MANY LETTERS TOO CLOSE TOGETHER

[wispy mango]

then wtf is going on, two raids now I've killed 2-3 guards but not got the main guy

[marsh wing]

this is just asking for trouble imo

[warm breach]

guess they changed the requirements then, because ive only got arena business, fitness, and create a distraction part 2

[marsh wing]

get to it buddy

[bronze saddle]

anybody in need of TNTs?

i cant drop em, but i CAN sell em stupidly cheap

[marsh wing]

nah i got plenty from recent quests

[bronze saddle]

and i have almost 600M, money isnt an issue

[marsh wing]

im sitting on like 200m in keys :)

[west mist]

he hides, will usually be prone with a nade in his hand

[marsh wing]

he isnt prone, he is looking at bugs. Get. it. right

[distant obsidian]

I wouldnt try to boost on this server. Kinda against the rules

[bronze saddle]

is it though? for 2 TNTs?

[marsh wing]

it can be

[distant obsidian]

that is infact, a boost

[bronze saddle]

that fucking sucks

[vale atlas]

People take games very seriously

[marsh wing]

no, the server does

[west mist]

any reason to collect locked cases once you've gotten your 3contraband? i mean other than the misc barter/crafting items

[marsh wing]

i ghot a labrys out of one. Someone else got a leddy

[west mist]

well, i'll keep grabbing the 2x that spawn on factory then

[marsh wing]

guess im learning lighthouse

can you give tips please? Ive only run lighthouse like 3 times now

[west mist]

i think they are staying lighthouse honestly

havent seen em on customs at all

[fervent drift]

And you're level 45?!

[raw nest]

Oh yea

[marsh wing]

well they were supposedly all on customs last night

[marsh wing]

yeah.....

[west mist]

i couldnt find them on customs once last night

[marsh wing]

NV kept finding them, i tried and couldnt

[west mist]

or the day before

[unborn knoll]

I saw them on Customs and Shoreline last night

One raid after the other

[marsh wing]

i havent seen them on shoreline or customs the last week

[west mist]

i think the goons are hiding from me since the event started

[marsh wing]

i killed them for the first time over a week ago and havent seen them since

[west mist]

we love the auto GL

and several guards on mounted MG's

well, rogues not guards

[marsh wing]

light sniper and a normal gun?

[mystic mesa]

or just run an mdr or something

[marsh wing]

i could get a 762 mdr now...

[mystic mesa]

mdr with a specterDR 🤤

[lethal garnet]

interesting!

[marsh wing]

my gun for the last 2 months has been NL545 with Razor

[raw nest]

Factory with a friend

[fervent drift]

An AR is all you need on lighthouse

[vast fossil]

does factory cultist hunt work on local or am i just wasting my time rn?

[marsh wing]

might go do arena to see if i can get enough GP for his MDR

[subtle valve]

It works

[mystic mesa]

tacos do you have a meta build i can use for literally any ar on arena?

[marsh wing]

how jarring is the quick zoom on MDR?

[vast fossil]

10 raids in today not a single cultist

[vale atlas]

Wtf lmao, i finally got pmc's to stronghold and they just refuse to comme in

God i hate this fucking quest

[vast fossil]

yeah lets try once more... if it doesnt work i would suggest we go customs

https://discord.com/channels/521608697764380694/1478415001671827488

[marsh wing]

we should all go our seperate ways and meet back up in 5 years

[distant obsidian]

no

no

[simple briar]

Is there any reliable source of red flares besides Refs one per refresh?

[marsh wing]

marked rooms

[distant obsidian]

"GuyYS I dIdnT sEE CultISts iN 1 RaId. ClEarly ThEy doNt SpAwN LOCAL!"

dont be so fuckign stupid lol

[marsh wing]

smugglers are sooo fucking easy on customs bro

[distant obsidian]

same spawn all event dude

[marsh wing]

be gentle Tyreall

[wind minnow]

ive done over a dozen raid into factory and only seen them once. is thios sounding right toanyone else? is it better to cycle customs?

[marsh wing]

a lot of people dont understand the difference between percentage, rng, and chance

[distant obsidian]

i got then 4 outa 6 raids

[astral robin]

so i skilled the smugglers in shoreline and all they had were keys and no cases

should the cases be on them?

[distant obsidian]

rare as fuck

[trail jackal]

sounds about right

[distant obsidian]

i got about 40 kills with no case

[astral robin]

ok so its rng?

[marsh wing]

https://escapefromtarkov.fandom.com/wiki/Locked_case
Read the wiki. Go farm factory. 2 spawn each raid

[mystic mesa]

2 spawn? i always thought it was just 1

[distant obsidian]

no its divine fate. Wtf of course its RNG.

Got this chat is to much right now. Way to much dumb.

[marsh wing]

each time i have actively checked all spawns, i get out with 2

[astral robin]

lol. wrong words

[mystic mesa]

weird, i only see 1 whenever i check

[marsh wing]

thats how i felt the day this event started

[marsh wing]

you checking all 3 office spawns and all 3 lab spawns?

[mystic mesa]

3 lab spawns?

[distant obsidian]

every patch and event is the same. Pain

[mystic mesa]

i thought there were only office spawns

[marsh wing]

there is a labratory in 2nd floor of factory

[mystic mesa]

ohhh no i never checked that

thank you

[distant obsidian]

https://escapefromtarkov.fandom.com/wiki/Locked_case

the wiki people. Use it.

[marsh wing]

what wiki stand for?

[mystic mesa]

i use the wiki but i didnt pay attention to the other spawn, only first floor

[marsh wing]

never seen that acronym

[distant obsidian]

good question. I have no idea. WIkipedia is the full name....

[marsh wing]

go find out and come back to us

[distant obsidian]

you read it but didnt read it.

[marsh wing]

he only read half of it

thats more than others tbh

[distant obsidian]

The term 'wiki' originated from the Hawaiian language, referring to something that is 'fast' or 'quick. ' In the context of knowledge management, the concept behind a wiki database is similar—it helps your staff and business quickly create, add, edit, and share information on a website

[little willow]

wi·ki /ˈwikē/ noun
a website that allows collaborative editing of its content and structure by its users.

[marsh wing]

where is the portion where i can make shit up and put it online to look real?

PERCEPTION LEVEL 30 FROM LOOTING AN F1 BABY

[distant obsidian]

THats called a content creater

or "Influencer"

[marsh wing]

or "chek"

[distant obsidian]

Ban INC

[marsh wing]

im just joking. I have nothing against chek

he had every reason to mute me for instigating last night after i called someone a bitch

[distant obsidian]

Hi @stable shard

[marsh wing]

i did say i was sorry for instigating tho

[fervent drift]

Oh my God are you kidding me? Kollantay is the dumbest fucking boss haha ur gun jammed dur wow this game sucks

[marsh wing]

shit... my dog isnt online to protect me

[marsh wing]

he police man, what expect?

[distant obsidian]

normally I make fun of people crying like little girls about the game. BUT this is a fair response to that stupid baton.

[winter kayak]

How have marked keys not completed colasped in price?