pve-chat

[sturdy beacon]

Pve gets less of a loot multiplier from everything I’ve seen, also marked rooms were just bad in PvP for a bit too. This event is a nice change but I hate how the smugglers just take my head off lol

[reef furnace]

Yeah exactly

[orchid raptor]

wish there were more picatinny rail covers in this game

i want my csgo m4a4 larp

[warped ether]

honestly just extending the raid timer by 5-10 minutes and letting them in 15 minutes before the raid end would be peak

[sturdy beacon]

You already get sooo much time to Hoover loot tho we don’t really need a longer timer lol

[orchid raptor]

they gotta increase the raid timer for woods

[uneven parrot]

whats the quest to open locked case?

[orchid raptor]

25 minutes is not enough for that gigantic ass map

[scarlet violet]

true

[sturdy beacon]

Well that is a different story, it literally got lowered for pve so yeah

[trail sail]

Woods is 25 minutes?

[scarlet violet]

trima, sj12, sj6, and bring food and water

[tender hound]

just pick up the good shit and cycle, you don't have to pick up absolutely everything on the map in one raid.

[warped ether]

yep

[scarlet violet]

as easy as that

[trail sail]

Huhh I swear it's 35

[warped ether]

same as customs

[scarlet violet]

and if you want carry pop like prop, obdo 2 and mule

[warped ether]

25 and 25

[old jetty]

Does anyone know if the bosses are still in they're original places during the event, like killa at the mall for example ?

[trail sail]

Nope

[warped ether]

havent encountered one

[tender hound]

no

[old jetty]

Good shit, fk that dude 🤣

[scarlet violet]

bosses that moved to reserve are on reserve

[old jetty]

Thanks everyone

[sturdy beacon]

I like having a lower raid time on customs, makes it so I actually have to focus on something

[scarlet violet]

np

[sturdy beacon]

Woods is ehh, maybe like 35 min and I would be chill

[scarlet violet]

i think all timers are good, just need to know how to play and have money tbh

it's called strategizing

[sturdy beacon]

Yeah I mean it’s just that kill quests on woods kinda sucks cause 5 mins can be spent getting to your spot

[earnest steppe]

Pop Melodonin too

[sturdy beacon]

Then 5-10 waiting for pmc

[scarlet violet]

that too

everything in pve feels good, just some bugs and bots being too easy

[earnest steppe]

Melo is infinitely better than trim. Because it’s only -0.1 energy and hydration compared to trims -0.6 I think?

[sturdy beacon]

Just bring water and food brah

[scarlet violet]

but trim and sj6 = infinite energy?

[neon harbor]

rediculously easy to make money in this game

[scarlet violet]

exacly

[earnest steppe]

Mel and sj6 is basically the same thing. Bar never goes down

[scarlet violet]

btw, sj12 was there for energy

[neon harbor]

am a trader IRL so it comes particularly easy when they have economies in game the margin for error is huge

[scarlet violet]

to counter tri

[sturdy beacon]

I don’t have a issue with money, it’s just annoying to do these kill quest lol

[lethal garnet]

??dagloop

[quasi apex]

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

[scarlet violet]

a little bit, but it's a grind game, what you expect?

[sturdy beacon]

I mean the large reason woods sucks to get kills on is because you have very little time lol

[neon harbor]

if it wasnt for the quests in PVE you wouldnt have a reason to play

[rotund talon]

can someone explain me what is player count on PVE for?

[scarlet violet]

timers, position, spawns, all coming to map knowledge

[dusky magnet]

Which count do you mean?

[rotund talon]

bc its not number of pmcs that will spawn

[sturdy beacon]

I’m chill with every other quest, I just think being locked on one map is boring as hell

[scarlet violet]

bot in the game?

[dusky magnet]

On the map selection? BSG just didn't change it from the normal version

[latent sierra]

i need tips for secure the perimeter. is there any way to lure? or what do i do as ive done 20 raids without a single one

[neon harbor]

map knowledge is like half the game... woods i hate cause i am first timer so i cant see them before they see me

[rotund talon]

bc like i went to factory night to hunt cultist and i had 10 pmcs

[scarlet violet]

that is where positionning and spawns come in

[rotund talon]

that all were hunting me instead

[neon harbor]

factory has little cultist spawns. never gotten one

[sturdy beacon]

Yeah I don’t get why people tell me map knowledge is a big deal, it feels like getting told not to spill milk when I’m 20.

[orchid raptor]

its 33% rn

[rotund talon]

now chance is upp bc of event

[sturdy beacon]

I know it is I’m just learning it

[neon harbor]

oh is that right

[lethal garnet]

im literally playing PvP right now what are you on about

[orchid raptor]

trust me its worth just running factory

its insane, ive gotten so so so so many marked keys

[neon harbor]

we are in a pve chat room so i figured pve my bad

[trail sail]

The way pmc spawn works is that theres set of number of pmc groups. Each pmc groups has like a percentage for example 20% to spawn 2 pmcs. And theres a chance it can spawn like 4 or just 0. So if youre really unlucky there can be 0 pmcs in a raid

[sturdy beacon]

Just cause it was some shit I did on accident doesn’t mean I want a lecture on spawns and shit lmao

[scarlet violet]

map knowledge isn't just know the map but specifics of it

[rotund talon]

yeah found cultists 2 in 20 raids

[lethal garnet]

dont do it again final warning. but no i did PvE through kappa too

[sturdy beacon]

Yeah but what your saying isn’t helpful, it just comes off as condescending

[neon harbor]

so does that mean tagilla isnt spawning at much at night

[sturdy beacon]

(To me at least)

[rotund talon]

its not ever spawning rn

[sturdy beacon]

It’s just “go look at pmc spawns”

[scarlet violet]

with time comes experience, i learned this whole game by myself and i consider myself VERY good at pve

[neon harbor]

are raiders on factory at night?

[trail sail]

No

[pallid galleon]

anybody had any louck with cultists on local pve solo?

[sturdy beacon]

I don’t see how that would make you seem any less condescending but okay?

[rotund talon]

olny scavs pmcs and sometimes cultists

[sturdy beacon]

Sorry I just don’t see how you learning the game by yourself has anything to do with this lol

[scarlet violet]

it's not about condescending, it's just that some basics may seem easy, but sometimes have deep meanings

[sturdy beacon]

I know these things, I’m saying it’s hard to learn with 25 minutes lol

[scarlet violet]

it's harder than learning by others

[orchid raptor]

factory and customs are both at 33% and its better to go to factory just because of how small it is

[scarlet violet]

again, more experience, better knowledge

[sturdy beacon]

Again what does this have to do with anything that we have been talking about?

[tender hound]

check your arrogance. You're not the only one reading this chat, we post tips and helpful comments so anyone who reads them can learn, not just you specifically. If you know something already, just ignore it. move on.

[rotund talon]

tho i dont belive in 33%

[sturdy beacon]

I’m not saying you have worse knowledge?? I’m saying I would like more time lol

[trail sail]

Do you play on local

I heard its 15% for local or something

[sturdy beacon]

I mean he was literally talking to me when he sent that but okay!

[bronze saddle]

im missing 2 figurings that i for the life of me cannot find

[orchid raptor]

you dont have a choice with factory 😭

[scarlet violet]

neither im saying that, im just saying that if you play more, you will learn how to optimise the game

[bronze saddle]

Den and Ryzhy

[trail sail]

Gotta have that duo man

[pseudo kayak]

has anyone murdered all the bosses and guards on reserve yet

[edgy notch]

there are multipel figurines which are labrys only super-rare spawns

[sturdy beacon]

Anyway this conversation is pretty much going in circles, I’ll see yall later and wish you luck in your raids

[orchid raptor]

spawn rates are all the same regardless of local or bsg servers

[rotund talon]

So if i enter map by bsg server the chance is 33?

[orchid raptor]

applies to all other maps

[fiery musk]

I can't find cultists on factory... I've honestly never seen them there and figured it was fake info that they spawn there... but everyone is so sure that I try a few raids here and there

[orchid raptor]

its just a placebo

[trail sail]

Apparently. its just what I heard

[scarlet violet]

@tender hound am i saying something outlandish?

[bronze saddle]

never been to labry. how big is labry is comparison

[rotund talon]

Good to know

[trail sail]

Very well could be this yes

[fiery musk]

I was having good luck getting cultists on customs, but now the goons have moved in for me

[lyric zodiac]

The event still going on

[edgy notch]

its a small location, but its end-game

[scarlet violet]

i was just trying to help and give an insight how the timer can be optimised

[tender hound]

no, you're fine, and totally valid. With experience comes knowledge. That doesn't mean playing the game by yourself is the only way to gain it though.

[scarlet violet]

i didn't mean it that way, it was just a helping point to experience

[pseudo kayak]

I can tell you they're real

[tender hound]

I know. Some people are just averse to being told. Something something ego. 🤷

[scarlet violet]

maybe that part sounded a bit arrogant, mb on that

[scarlet violet]

xDDD

[fiery musk]

Just to make sure I understand the factory strat... I spawn in, wait like 10-20 sec and throw a nade... if I hear nothing I search, if I hear a scav I leave

[orchid raptor]

its just a matter of a glorified dice roll, its a 33% chance every raid, one time ive gotten them 4 raids in a row and another time it took me like 30 raids to find them once

[fiery musk]

this last round that happened, but about 3 minutes into my search a scav found me, so I don't know if that means I should leave at that point or not

[orchid raptor]

yeah thats not the method cuz sometimes they spawn in late, slaughter everyone and run laps around the map

even then, cultists dont respond to grenades because their voicelines are really quiet

[haughty prism]

how many spawns on customs for the smugglers?

[fiery musk]

ok ok let me ask this... are they gonna be prone somewhere like in customs? or are they roaming the map? (normally)

[tender hound]

if you hear nothing at the start of the raid, that's a good sign. If you hear scavs = no cultists. Cycle.

[orchid raptor]

ive encountered them a good bit, the priest would be proning somewhere in a corner, the sektants would be roaming around, SOMETIMES they'll be proning if they found a good spot

[fiery musk]

right but when do I cut my losses I guess... I've been told to search everywhere, but I'm also trying to A) actually find them and B) not waste time

[orchid raptor]

i usually extract at 11 minutes because ive encountered them spawning as late as 12 minutes left on the raid timer

[fiery musk]

the raid I was just in I literally went around the entire factory and there was like 7 scavs and 1 pmc but I wasted a lot of time

[fiery musk]

okay, that's helpful. I was thinking people are like doing this in like 5-10 minutes raids or something and I'm just kind of confused

[tender hound]

cultists rarely voiceline, if ever, so nade check doesn't really work. Either you bump into them running around, or you cycle. They love hiding in dark corners or prone behind boxes, doorways and such. It's not an exact science is what I'm saying

[trail sail]

They sprint just a tiny bit but its audible

[orchid raptor]

ive gotten 25 marked keys + polikhim keycard from like what

8 encounters?

ive lost count

[fiery musk]

I got a ton of marked in customs when the event first started, but then cultists stopped spawning for me and now goons own the area so I'm trying to figure out something new

[tender hound]

cultists and parmesan used to be completely silent. They changed it last year so they do make noise, but very little.

[rotund talon]

They are very loud running

[trail sail]

Birdseye too

[tender hound]

that depends on the headset too

[rotund talon]

Comtaks 5 and 6 works perfectly

[tender hound]

true, I'm just saying if you use the earplugs it might not amplify their steps too much

material also matters, they are pretty much inaudible in grass, but on like factory, the glass and debris is very audible, also bush noise

[fleet loom]

can everyone please beg for smugglers and sealed crates to stay in the game, thank you

[tender hound]

nah

[fleet loom]

the proflex ear buds are on the same level as the razors at least

[pseudo kayak]

welp time to spin it back on all the bosses at reserve!

[fleet loom]

just dont use the tep-300's

[tender hound]

I'd like my chill night raids back, not pseudo-scavs with cracked gear lasering me with M80, thanks

[rotund talon]

Tbh smugglers are very good idea but turn down a bit their loot

[pseudo kayak]

you better magically load in and kill all of the guards for me

[fleet loom]

I'd love for smugglers and multi boss spawns to stay but as a low % chance on most maps like night factory cultists % or smrh

[rotund talon]

But i think them being event only is better

[fleet loom]

event only shit genuinely sucks unless it forces a complete change in game loop or style.

imagine if they just deleted labrynth the second it was overm

[rotund talon]

Im not a fan of labrys

[tender hound]

never been to labyrinth

[sleek cobalt]

Anyone know if when I get off work at 5 if the rumble event will still be going

Would be happy to hear so

[rotund talon]

Like tagilla is okey but i hate vengenfull killa there

[tender hound]

it's only been a couple days so I think it'll be going for a while yet

[sleek cobalt]

Labrinth is fun

And thank you

[twilit heath]

Only had 2 cultists spawn but I got rb-vo rb-pkpm and abandoned factory

[peak edge]

lol if u are blacked out you can transit and just heal it with a afak

[fleet loom]

yup

[peak edge]

haha thats broken

[fleet loom]

not really. imagine ur chest or head blacks out from bleeding during marathon or something

[rotund talon]

No?

[gusty reef]

would anybody with mechanic LL4 be willing to put a 20" 7.62 MDR barrel on flea for me at double market price 🥺

[fleet loom]

it'd really suck if thats just the end of ur run

[peak edge]

im saying no surv 12

its nice buts its broken lmao

[fleet loom]

we know

survs are cheap, its not like ur skirting a 500k fee or something

is it also broken that you could just.... wait to heal in the bunker?

[rotund talon]

Surv12 cant heal head

[peak edge]

im going for 4.0 fence rep so its helping with scav

[twilit heath]

??event

[quasi apex]

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

[orchid raptor]

priest just blew himself up after sensing my presence arriving

W aura

[vale atlas]

You are too powerful mincebag

[gusty reef]

thanks to this dumbass event I am currently filling my FOURTH med case with exclusively stimulants

[vale atlas]

Mines the 8th lol

[gusty reef]

I don't even use stims unless I am coughing up a lung and have 4 HP total across all limbs

This shit is just taking up space

[twilit heath]

You know you can sell them right

[orchid raptor]

9th cultist encounter, only 2 marked keys and the 2 sektants dropped nothing :(

[vale atlas]

I cant not use stims now, i am forever popping sj6 and 3-b or mules lol

I must zoom, its very expensive

[gusty reef]

but but but they're nice to have.... What if I need them some day....

[gusty reef]

MULEs I use frequently and propitals if I need a little regen, literally nothing else though

[edgy notch]

30 x 8 different stims needed at lvl 61 questline

[vale atlas]

Sj6 is a godsend, i'd advise trying it out but... then it'll be expensive for you too lol

infinite stamina is real nice, just sprint all the way across the map

[twilit heath]

I'm constantly using stims, I keep 2 stim cases on me at all times and I gotta bring 2 whole meals with me each raid

[gusty reef]

like I care enough about this game to get through a level 61 questline
I'll have gotten savior and wiped to do another ending long before then

[vale atlas]

Swap the meals for an sj12

That'll keep you going long enough to get out

[fleet loom]

I used to slam 2a2s but since they've jumped to 100k from 50 I just use obdolbos 2 and mules with my usual meldonin now

[rotund talon]

There is no option to play factory on bsg servers

[orchid raptor]

i have like 20 cultist knives do i still need to be taking them

[fleet loom]

no

[orchid raptor]

theyre taking up like almost half my thicc items case

[gusty reef]

I thought I finally got a decent gun out of the weapons cases for a second before realizing it was just an M700

[fleet loom]

I just give them to jaeger

[spiral pecan]

you only need 12 for one quest

[vale atlas]

You need 12 for a later quest, theres another one that was like turn in 3 of them? something like that

[spiral pecan]

only 12 fir needed the rest of the quests dont need to

[vale atlas]

Oh nice, there ya go, keep 12 throw the rest

[orchid raptor]

thanks

[vale atlas]

Focus on the ammo ❤️

The high tier ammo is 100% the best part of this event, all my keys are being used to get weapon cases for that ammo lol

[fleet loom]

i got 2 fn40gls and 2 mjolnirs from my crates so im happy about that

[gusty reef]

mine too. I'm filling multiple boxes with meta ammo I just have heard people getting like AXMCs and Milkurs GLs and I really want some 😭

[vale atlas]

I havent had any of the grenade launchers yet i'm very sad

Goons are elusive it would be nice

[fleet loom]

u arent missing much tbh. I actually think the underbarrels feel better

[gusty reef]

I'm only level 27 since I wiped recently so a lot of the good stuff in these crates are locked for me on flea so it's the only way I'll get 'em

[vale atlas]

Oh thats rough lol

Though i did have a lot of fun spamming all my stored ubgl grenades at cultists on factory lmao

[fleet loom]

especially since the new attachment changes made grips negligible

[vale atlas]

I wonder what the other half of their balancing will look like

[gusty reef]

you say that like the UBGL itself doesn't shitcan your ergo 😭

[marsh wing]

cant wait for hanguards and barrels on tuesday

[fleet loom]

I wish there was like a super thicc case that you could put junk cases and shit in.

[rotund talon]

Uhh dont remind me that

[vale atlas]

I just know i sold all of my previous cases full of "Meta components" lol

[orchid raptor]

lil bummed out cuz i didnt get to cash in on the free exp

[marsh wing]

all my homies hate that ugly ass ergo grip, prove me wrong

[vale atlas]

Reserve event over?

[fleet loom]

if ur using a ubgl it might aswell be with attachments and shit that already do that

[orchid raptor]

wait what

[vale atlas]

oh i completely misinterpreted that lol

[orchid raptor]

oh thank god

[vale atlas]

I saw "I missed all the xp" and thought the worst

[orchid raptor]

yeah me too i got a little worried 😭

i got scared my free marked room farm was gone

[warped ether]

got snowball finally

[vale atlas]

I should farm more keys i just... really want all the ammo instead

[coarse gyro]

do goons spawn as well on reserve right now

[warped ether]

yippie 🥳

[fleet loom]

no only scav bosses

[gusty reef]

no, only scav bosses so no Goons, partisan, or Jirachi

[warped ether]

no, i just met goons on forest

[orchid raptor]

ngl all the BP and PPBS i get from the cultists are just amazing

[coarse gyro]

ty all

[rotund talon]

Jirachi?

[gusty reef]

sriracha

[fleet loom]

i have too much ammo. I really dont want to get another item case to fill with ammo boxes. I already wasted enough cash on another thicc

[gusty reef]

zryirachi

[vale atlas]

ah i'm happily farming weapon cases from the rooms, m80, ssa ap for days. I had a shit stockpile of 556 ammo previously lol

[rotund talon]

Zarachyi?

[pseudo kayak]

😭 ofc the one time im posted up n ready all the scav bosses huddle together

[gusty reef]

yeah see nobody can actually spell his fucking name

[spiral pecan]

zryachiy

[orchid raptor]

the blind guy

[gusty reef]

count your days.

[pseudo kayak]

hey magically get in here and dome every gd scav bosses guard

[spiral pecan]

fartyachiy

[marsh wing]

Jirachi

[spiral pecan]

this cultist buff is wild im coming out rich as a scav

[fleet loom]

I STILL HAVENT EVEN SEEN THEM

[marsh wing]

do a scav run

[fleet loom]

its been 3 days

[orchid raptor]

AHF1 or zagustin?

[subtle valve]

Guys.. I just had scavs + cult + pmcs on initial wave on NF

[fleet loom]

zag

[marsh wing]

i have a theory, do a scav run

[lyric zodiac]

what do yellow flares do

[spiral pecan]

i have a theory lets get a j*b

[marsh wing]

i literally have an interview tomorrow and tuesday bro

[orchid raptor]

a WHAT...

dont EVER utter that word AGAIN.

[marsh wing]

im hyped af for this shit. I dont want to be broke and unemployed anymore

[spiral pecan]

like you can even get a J*B nowadays

[fleet loom]

the only j*b im getting starts w foot

[rotund talon]

[orchid raptor]

beat me to it

[spiral pecan]

🙏

[marsh wing]

BACK TO PASTY MAN FARMING

[jaunty stream]

[orchid raptor]

ngl i feel like the lvl 6 plates are a little redundant

[jaunty stream]

Why

[marsh wing]

lvl 6 Gac in front, lvl 5 gac in back

[orchid raptor]

i dont think ive ever encountered anyone that has good enough ammo to pen past 5

[jaunty stream]

LMAOOO

[orchid raptor]

except maybe cultists and the occasional PMC with PPBS

[fleet loom]

the rare ppbs pmc

[jaunty stream]

Yeh bro fight a boss with 5 or 6 pen bullets

[gusty reef]

I run tier 5 front tier 4 back unless I'm on reserve (or fighting bosses elsewhere) rn I run tier 6 both

[marsh wing]

i had rogues destroy a lvl 6 on front

[marsh wing]

why not t6 and t5? just curious

[jaunty stream]

I haven't talked in here for weeks

[marsh wing]

OH SHIT I JUST REALIZED

[orchid raptor]

i run t5 both

[marsh wing]

ITS MOTHA FUCKING ESCAPE

[jaunty stream]

Yeh it's me

[marsh wing]

go farm night factory right now. 33% cultists, 1-3 keys per cultist

[gusty reef]

because I don't have consistent access to tier 6 rn so it's easier to save them and not repair them into oblivion every other raid

if I had good access to them constantly I'd probably run them, I still wouldn't run a T6 back for weight reasons though

[jaunty stream]

Ahh man I've been stuck playing marathon

[pseudo kayak]

dude this reserve event is gonna make me tweak 😭 i didnt realize i gotta clear an entire militia of scavs just to pick up one bosses loot cuz 6 other bosses + guards are hugging each other

[marsh wing]

ohhh, i keep forgetting you wiped recently, right?

[gusty reef]

yup, only level 27 atm

[gilded beacon]

help

[marsh wing]

so no rag barter

[jaunty stream]

Just get mega lucky for that T6 Lol

I'd still repair tbh till 30 or so

[marsh wing]

all bosses are on reserve right now. smugglers are on all maps. New questline from PK

[jaunty stream]

Sooo snowball 2.0

[gusty reef]

I have tier 6s from bosses and PMC/raider kits I just don't like running them out unless I'm fighting someone who can consistently pen them

I don't see a point in running a T6 front just to stop USECs with their dinky ass 5.56 FMJ or god forbid a scav running soft points when a tier 5 can soak it up and be farmed easier

[marsh wing]

yeah. I filled half a key case with marked keys in 7hrs of farming night factory

[gilded beacon]

regioon incorret pve upgrade

[jaunty stream]

Might as well sell them if you ain't going to use them lol

[gusty reef]

I use them when fighting bosses

I keep 6 in my stash for boss hunting and run tier 5s otherwise

[pseudo kayak]

i have a hoard of tagillas front plates but like i use the ragman barter t6s

[gusty reef]

I got to 40 keys and haven't grinded since, I need to go get one more priest kill for the story chapter though. They keep killing themselves in front of me to deny the kill 🥲

[distant obsidian]

O I have no idea. Day 1 they spawned and I haven't seen one since

[pallid galleon]

does the priest always despawen once his guards are dead?

[marsh wing]

i went like 4/7 cultists/raids last night

[pseudo kayak]

he doesn't despawn

[distant obsidian]

he never despawns

[spiral pecan]

no but he can grenade himself if u get too close afterwards

[pallid galleon]

oh ok

[red kite]

Are the servers ok? Everytime i get in a factory raid the packet loss is unplayable

[fleet loom]

scav raid, still no cultists

[fleet loom]

factory is local only?

[marsh wing]

i mean, i went 3/4 last night

[red kite]

multiplayer

[fleet loom]

unless u mean scav

mcx is dookie

close quarters only, that scope is gonna suck

[rotund talon]

Bruh 2 cultis and 2 same keys

[marsh wing]

bro is complaining about free marked keys

[rotund talon]

Good thing these idiots never shoot first

[rotund talon]

If they would be marked i wouldnt complain

[marsh wing]

oof

i did get a pe key yesterday lol

[pallid galleon]

cultist guards rushed me in factory medical room where the locked case is, any idea where the priest could be?

[marsh wing]

literally anywhere

[manic harness]

do cultists voiceline to nades?

[gusty reef]

I can't even lie that is an ABYSMAL MCX build 😭

[subtle valve]

Not RIP, I killed them all, got 4 marks. But just FYI that spotting a scav is not immediate "cultists not here"

[gusty reef]

no they run though

[manic harness]

kk

[orchid raptor]

cultists twice in a row 👀

[marsh wing]

cultists only whisper, they dont speak. And the whispering is hard to hear

[rotund talon]

[orchid raptor]

only 2 sektants both times... sad

[junior plank]

any strats on how to find parmesan ? tried running local and bsg server customs, 15 raids , still cant find him

[fleet loom]

mcx moa is dogshit for a reason, its not the purpose of the caliber

take that god awful scope off

[rotund talon]

Good way to find them is to climb the railing and priest usually is vissible from there

[gusty reef]

apparently the cultist circle bunker on woods is like a partisan magnet according to everyone else here I've asked the same question

[junior plank]

cultist circle bunker ? that new bunker near village ?

[rotund talon]

It is bc he spawns after ~5 min in there

[simple briar]

Whoever mentioned night scav runs on Factory, thanks mate, first run and yoinked 3 marked keys

[vale atlas]

Now keep going, stash as many as you can while you can

[junior plank]

yeah, it's crazy easy to farm marked keys and double barrel kills

[vale atlas]

Dont forget to yoink their ammo

[orchid raptor]

👀

[rotund talon]

Its not always good

[vale atlas]

I keep finding him by the warehouses across the river, with the smugglers

[vale atlas]

Its generally been quite good on my end lol, worth checking on at the very least

we like decent ammo

[fleet loom]

so do cultist spawn at the start in factory? or later

[pseudo kayak]

start

[vale atlas]

Both, but farming is easier if you just leave if you see scavs

They seem to override the first wave of scavs if they spawned, makes it faster to cycle

[simple briar]

usually he finds you, but yeah, lately haven't seen him that often

[orchid raptor]

ive never gotten bad ammo from the cultists

[junior plank]

start. go out, throw 1-2 nades if you cant hear scavs shouting means you have cultists. if you can hear scavs - grab the case and reset

[orchid raptor]

except RIP 9x19, i dont bother checking anything that's not 5.45 anyway

[rotund talon]

Yeah its worthy looking

[orchid raptor]

its either BP or PPBS always

[rotund talon]

But not aleways good to take

[vale atlas]

I actually kinda like rip rounds lol

Sometimes you want to be mean to AI

[rotund talon]

I like snb tbh

[fleet loom]

case? where's the casd

[junior plank]

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

6 spawns on factory, 95% of the time spawns in office anyway

[simple briar]

Unless you grind Labirynth anything that pens lvl 4 is good enough, my kills are headshots anyway

[rotund talon]

Offices 1 lvl mostly

[vale atlas]

You basically just want to pick up anything with 37 pen and above

[pseudo kayak]

trueeee

[orchid raptor]

they spawn later just make sure to wipe everyone and run around in laps

ive had them spawn real late in raid for me a lot

[rotund talon]

Well untill i meet killa

[vale atlas]

Its a lot faster to just run through if they didn't appear though

[willow tinsel]

holy christ i got an acid green on priest

[vale atlas]

You'll be waiting longer than it takes to load in another round

[pseudo kayak]

what they spawn immediately, no sense in waiting for them to spawn either

[marsh wing]

i just pulled some dumbells out of raid lol

[rotund talon]

[orchid raptor]

i be lowk looting factory though ngl

[willow tinsel]

I just had them spawn after killing every AI on factory, and priest like usual naded himself

[pseudo kayak]

now use it on reserve and get that snowball

[vale atlas]

I dont remember getting any good ammo out of those little locked cases

[marsh wing]

same. I dont see why people minmax the raids

[vale atlas]

I have just been ignoring them lol, i dont care about this event at all i just want the ammo

[pseudo kayak]

wait does acid green make the boss guards friendly too? and what if you shoot kaban, will kollontay and other bosses/guards be aggro?

[orchid raptor]

2 free safes and yummy medbags

[marsh wing]

and locked cases

[carmine lantern]

ive gotten a few ledx's out of the locked pistol cases but overall they're meh

[willow tinsel]

it does iirc

[simple briar]

M80 into chest or russian style, in the back of the head

[orchid raptor]

ngl i dont take those no more cuz i dont have a use for them

[junior plank]

that's the easiest snowball achiev

[orchid raptor]

i dont wanna bother doing the questline to open them

[marsh wing]

i need to stop taking them lol

[carmine lantern]

since I finished that annoying 10 contraband stash quest, theres no point in getting them further

[willow tinsel]

inb4 i got headtap immedietly as i load in

[junior plank]

aka. 15 warning shots to the back of the head. yes yes

[vale atlas]

I mean its passive income if you sell it all, but its also storage bait

[marsh wing]

i got a labrys note from my first one

someone else found a leddy

[carmine lantern]

lucky

I got 2 ledx out of like 15 cases

vendor trash otherwise

[simple briar]

Unless he has drop on me I don't have any issues with Killa

[vale atlas]

Killas a real fuck for me, he only appears when i'm running shitty ammo lol

[marsh wing]

i mean, if you have the keys, and you are running factory on repeat, why not loot them

[simple briar]

Legs then, and change angles often

it's pve, don't need to worry about other pmcs third party you

[carmine lantern]

the tip is to never run shitty ammo tbh

its pve so you just end up hoarding it and then dying when you didnt need to

[marsh wing]

3 medbags in my medtent lol

[rotund talon]

Are you sure?

[simple briar]

my current cycle is to use all NATO ammo, once I do I switch to RU ammo while hoarding and crafting NATO, then repeat

[waxen vapor]

dose anmyone here have a spare pkp for gunsmith part 25

[marsh wing]

ive been finding lots of fuel tanks recently lol

[vale atlas]

In theory that would be great but he tends to both suddenly and silently be somewhere ready to dropshot me lmao

Its fine i try to avoid interchange

Spent too long there hunting drills and if i never go back it will be too soon

[marsh wing]

i literally just mag dump his chest

[cloud meadow]

Hi
Sorry because I’m sure it’s been asked already but I can’t find it
But is PvE have the all bosses on reserve like pvp right now?

[marsh wing]

same with any boss if i cant slow peak their head

[shy ermine]

Yes

[rotund talon]

I just got 3 partied by pmcs and scavs

[marsh wing]

pve and pvp have the same events

[vale atlas]

Yup, you'll see the red skull on the map when you go to load in

[cloud meadow]

Thx

[rotund talon]

Hold on im still kicking

[short flume]

i only use decent ammo for killa/tagilla or if there's chance for goons

it's mostly for goons, everything else just dies all the same

don't want to get caught out having to kill all 3 back to back

[neat spoke]

Anyone know what the case keys on the flea are called?

[marsh wing]

you have to find them by right clicking a key and clicking filter item

[west mist]

we still rockin the event?

[dusky magnet]

Yes

[marsh wing]

nah

[rotund talon]

Yup

[carmine lantern]

they're called, funny enough, case keys

[dusky magnet]

... "Case key"

[marsh wing]

you tried looking for them on flea like that? ive been told it doesnt work

[carmine lantern]

ive never need to look on the flea for them tbh, you get so many t hat I just right click them in the stash

[mystic mesa]

it doesnt, i think you have to have one to search it

[neat spoke]

Cant seem to find it

[mystic mesa]

like filter by item by right clicking on it

[marsh wing]

you gonna need to have one in inventory buddy

[shy pollen]

I HAVE ATLEAST 10 BULLETHOLES IN MY ARMOR

[neat spoke]

So i cant buy one?

[marsh wing]

you need one to buy one basically

[short flume]

should i just buy red flares from ref

[marsh wing]

bro fuck no

[mystic mesa]

yeah bro make like a tree and get the fuck out of there

[neat spoke]

Ahh. i sold 3 yesterday

[shy pollen]

I was wearing tier 6 plates.

[short flume]

[marsh wing]

ytou know how you can right click and then filter by item?

[marsh wing]

just run marked rooms

[mystic mesa]

they might not have marked key

[marsh wing]

red flares from ref are equivalent to throwing money away

[short flume]

what's best value from ref

model 1?

[mystic mesa]

not buying anything from him

[marsh wing]

model 1, mandible, some other stuff

[short flume]

im only ref 3 either way

[marsh wing]

i get my 4-eyes from him

[short flume]

arena is balls boring

[mystic mesa]

truth warhead

[short flume]

gpnvg is already cheap as balls and insurable

[carmine lantern]

you can go in your handbook and search case key and it should show, then hit filter by item

[marsh wing]

he has a thicc item case for like 500 GP and 3 lega medals

[short flume]

im ref 3 cba

[mystic mesa]

only time i had fun playing arena was when dorms was in the game

[thorn roost]

this boss wall bang bug next to white knight is terrible

[short flume]

i find arena paint watching level of boring

[dusky magnet]

You can view it via the craft

[marsh wing]

that works too. Same with handbook

[short flume]

i guess let me see if there's anything from ref 3 that i need otherwise

[marsh wing]

model 1 is ref 3, fyi

[weary ice]

Would a gl be viable against these fuckass smugglers

[marsh wing]

but you need to have it unlocked in BP on arena

[weary ice]

From range

[marsh wing]

just use a gun bro

[carmine lantern]

anything is viable against them really, treat them like raiders, they're the same

[short flume]

i would have to complete bp tho

[weary ice]

I’m pussy

[marsh wing]

5$ per 10 levels :)

[marsh wing]

i can see this

[short flume]

i considered it ngl for the champion jacket

[carmine lantern]

they're just slightly upgraded scavs with slightly better aggro, just hit them and wait behind a wall for them to rush you

[short flume]

but $100~ just for that iunno 🙁

[weary ice]

They never rush me

[marsh wing]

bro what level are you in BP?

[weary ice]

They just run and hide

[short flume]

like 20? something like low 20s

[marsh wing]

its 5$ for 10 levels. Thats 60$ at most

[marsh wing]

so you only need 80 or so levels, 40$

[short flume]

don't i need the bp points to get all the stuff too

[mystic mesa]

shturman is most annoying when you drill him with 50 bullets and he doesnt die

[marsh wing]

buying levels gives you bp points

[mystic mesa]

dude genuinely doesnt know when to die

[short flume]

alright fuck it

ima swipe and then come back and flame u afterwards 🙂

[marsh wing]

5$ = 10 BP levels and 20 BP points

[short flume]

iunno tyrael said $100 for the whole thing cad

im cad too

[marsh wing]

there are 120 levels in total. 120/10 is 12. 12x5 is 60 usd

[short flume]

ok will report back

[pseudo kayak]

where tf does shturman even wiggle his butt over to?

[marsh wing]

ONLY DO IT IF YOU CAN SPEND THE MONEY COMFORTABLY

[marsh wing]

ive sen him at knights, or he has been at white queen before

[short flume]

i can, i just didnt really think it was worth the money juist for champion upper when i have predator upper 😭

[pseudo kayak]

uh yes those buildings that i totally know, i killed his guards at black knight but he's nowhere to be seen

[marsh wing]

you check roof and all the rooms? I havent seen him anywhere else. Only black knight and white queen

[marsh wing]

at least get model 1 imo

[short flume]

i mean, if im buying levels i feel like im committed to getting everything

[marsh wing]

any leftover BP points you dont use, go use them for ref drop

[short flume]

bruh

[marsh wing]

last 20 levels are pricey BP wise, and not all that fantastic

[neat spoke]

Good shout, but unfortuanelty didnt work...

[short flume]

why tf are champion pants so ugly 😭

[marsh wing]

remember, you have to buy like 2-3 items per page before buying off next page

[carmine lantern]

that is weird, it worked for me

must be bugged in eft fashion, you know how it is

[neat spoke]

I dont have the craft. I assume i need to complete 'Accept Delivery' first?

[marsh wing]

WHY YOU ASKING FOR KEYS IF YOU CANT USE THEM YET

[carmine lantern]

yes you have to get like a quest or two in, to get the craft to be able to use the keys

[marsh wing]

god damnit now im perturbed

[pseudo kayak]

aaaand now it's foggy on reserve

[carmine lantern]

you can also get 2-3 keys off killing smugglers so you never need to buy them

[neat spoke]

BECAUSE IT SAYS TO OBTAIN ONE. DOESNT NEED TO BE FIR

[marsh wing]

just go kill smugs on shoreline

[carmine lantern]

just go to ground zero or something and kill them

[marsh wing]

smugs have good guns, armor, and big bags

smugs are one of the enemies actually worth hunting imo

[short flume]

mid guns good armor big bags

[marsh wing]

but, the chain

[pseudo kayak]

where are they on gz

[marsh wing]

middle of big grassy area

under the big awning

[rotund talon]

Not worthy buying them

[carmine lantern]

they will 'normally' be in the middle area near terragroup

[rotund talon]

Sawmill woods easiest to farm

[carmine lantern]

but they can also be in a few other common outdoor spots, its impossible to miss them imo since they will start aggroing you instantly

[pseudo kayak]

how long does the fog even stay 😭

[marsh wing]

woods is too big bro, shoreline is so much easier

[carmine lantern]

the fog will always stay until you stop playing for the day

[marsh wing]

until it feels like leaivng. Mine lasted like 10 minutes i think, maybe more

[pseudo kayak]

[short flume]

anyone here farming reserve can tell me how long it takes to clear and loot? i feel like it's too sus too loot if there's any straggler guards that can come and murk u

[proven marten]

hey where have yall been finding the locked crates on woods?

[marsh wing]

also ,their spawns are map opposite. They can spawn at sawmill or scav bunker. Aka bottom, or middle of map

[marsh wing]

the small ones or big ones?

[proven marten]

small ones

[naive briar]

where can i find Partizan? can't find him abot 6 raids (i sit 30 minutes in 1 place and nothing) i tried local and eft servers shoorline and woods

[marsh wing]

go farm factory. Ill send link

[rotund talon]

For me its 99% sawmill

[proven marten]

im on the root of all evil

[pseudo kayak]

ts evil dont do it

[marsh wing]

https://escapefromtarkov.fandom.com/wiki/Locked_case
Scroll a little. You are guaranteed 2 per factory run

[proven marten]

I know the spots on factory, im working getting some other quests done on woods.

[fiery musk]

IT FINALLY HAPPENED FOR ME!

[marsh wing]

no idea about woods tbh, map is too big and timer too short to try and do more than 2-3 task at the same time unless they line up

[carmine lantern]

I dont think anyone has bothered to look for the pistol cases on woods

[solid coral]

just got to the tasks asking me to find and locate stuff in reserve but with these bosses now all spawning there i might just have to wait 😭

[pseudo kayak]

does kaban just hide in black knight forever

[naive briar]

where can i find Partizan? can't find him about 6 raids (i sit 30 minutes in 1 place and nothing) i tried local and eft servers shoreline and woods

[proven marten]

it said ercom base, southwestern house of the northeastern village, and scav bunker

[naive briar]

nope he can go roof and in left field near bunkers

[pseudo kayak]

welp im forced to bring a thermal ;-;

[blissful merlin]

anyone here getting cultists on night time factory? I have done close to 30 now without any cultists and I have no idea if they can spawn or not....

[naive briar]

dk i used 3-20x brown scope and its ok

[neat spoke]

Ive just seen him getting killed by the mines at the northern side of the smugglers camp

[carmine lantern]

bad rng

[pseudo kayak]

40 raids once before i got my set of cultists, yes theyre real

[pseudo kayak]

well it's foggy in my game rn

[naive briar]

:c heard a lot of mines today gotta be him

[blissful merlin]

wtf, and they have 33% chance to spawn??

[orchid raptor]

youre just unlucky man dw

[naive briar]

ah, than yeah you forced to xD

[orchid raptor]

earlier i got them twice in a row, now im 5 raids in with nothing

[neat spoke]

No he walked into the minefield on the map boundary

[marsh wing]

priests on this scav run

[orchid raptor]

its just a 33% dice roll

[pseudo kayak]

which one would you say for dome sniping

[hazy moss]

are the sealed cases common inside marked rooms?

[naive briar]

flir

[willow tinsel]

100% spawn

[hazy moss]

oh shit, gonna farm them lol

[marsh wing]

yeah i know, but ive been having more luck on scav runs than pmc

[shy pollen]

I really need to start clearing rooms before I loot I always get smashed in the frontal lobe with 9x19 AP

[hazy moss]

i have no use for all these keys and id love to get my hands on some good ammo and stims

[naive briar]

so how can i forced to come to me or where can i better search him?

[shy pollen]

Terragroup armory and Necrus pharmacy

[carmine lantern]

it sucks but theres no rng protection in tarkov it seems like, so every 33% chance is by itself and doesnt take anything else into account

[short flume]

someone needs to explain to me how there is so much sj6 on the market, where tf is all this sj6 coming from

[willow tinsel]

alot of red flares from marked room aswell, thats just extra sealed cases

[bronze saddle]

OH FUCK the gooners are back to customs

[naive briar]

you can craft them

[hazy moss]

why is everyones default response to when anyone says they want to get something, to recommend a room

[short flume]

[shy pollen]

Because that’s how you get them?

[hazy moss]

have you considered i dont have the keys??

[valid bear]

Can we vote for mag cases being 8x6 instead of 7x7? 🤣

[shy pollen]

You can buy them

[short flume]

the craft is kind of bad

[hazy moss]

😱 guess who isnt level 30

[marsh wing]

yes please

[hazy moss]

guess who wiped their account 😱

[neat spoke]

Just go look for him. Ive seen him a couple times

[hazy moss]

preach

[naive briar]

than green and black rooms

[shy pollen]

Me too no way!1!1!!1 yeah grind till you get level 25 or get lucky pal.

[naive briar]

woods shoreline?

[short flume]

well ofc but people should be spamming sj6

[neat spoke]

Get 2 per craft

[shy pollen]

It’s level 25 not level 30

[neat spoke]

Shoreline and Lighthouse. He killed me in the helicopter through the window

[pseudo kayak]

holy kaban hides like a little rat

[gentle scaffold]

so with the bosses on reserve are they on other maps?

[hazy moss]

either way im not at the level requirement, just because im talking about something doesnt mean you need to respond

[scarlet glen]

Best place to find glorious mask other then spamming my scav? Last item I need for kappa

[short flume]

no

[naive briar]

copy thx

[hazy moss]

honestly any weapons box

[short flume]

you could go to interchange and hit up both med keys + tagilla hideout for free

[scarlet glen]

I’ll try that then. Any certain map or just any? I was gonna run labs and see if it would spawn better there

[winter kayak]

Anyone here been grinding gz?

[rotund talon]

Wdym

[winter kayak]

For the event

[rotund talon]

Yeah

2 locked cases guaranteed

[winter kayak]

• cultists and smugglers

[marsh wing]

i hate only finding priest and 1 sektant

[shy pollen]

HOW DO THEY KEEP ONESHOTTING MEEE

[rotund talon]

Not really worthy

Smugglers yes cultist no

[marsh wing]

i girnd cultists on factory

[rotund talon]

Yeah best way

[rotund talon]

Who

[winter kayak]

I cant find cultists anywhere on factory. Atleast 20 raids in a row dry

[hazy moss]

literally any map with an abundance of weapon crates will do

[rotund talon]

Nah no way

[shy pollen]

I’ve had em 3 times in a row?

[hazy moss]

not the green one tho

[rotund talon]

I hace them every 10 raids

[mystic mesa]

bro my first raid back on hunting cultists and literally everything went wrong

[hazy moss]

im talking about the grey ones

[winter kayak]

I feel like everyone is gaslighting me at this point. I have checked every inch of night factory in those raids and no sign of cultists

[hazy moss]

define every inch, where do you actually check

[mystic mesa]

my gun was on single fire as one rushed me and stabbed me, i magdumped him and checked his pockets to absolutely nothing useful, killed the other one, no stim, and then cultist priest fucking blows himself up with NOTHING useful on him

[marsh wing]

they find me like every other raid, ngl

[mystic mesa]

blue your just unlucky

[hazy moss]

or lucky

[rotund talon]

Thats a very unlucky way

[split rapids]

anybody need drd paca i have it on my scav

[waxen vapor]

anyone has a spare pkp for gunsmith

[marsh wing]

nope

[mystic mesa]

#pve-lfg

[winter kayak]

Are they ever in the rafters?

[hazy moss]

20 mil

[mystic mesa]

yeah ive seeen priest run up there before

[short flume]

theyre there fwiw i was also on a 20 raid dry streak after having normal rates for 2 days, then i found 2 last night

[marsh wing]

ive seen priest sprinting them yeah

[split rapids]

[hazy moss]

you want it? its yours my friend, aslong as you give me atleast 20 mil roubles

[west mist]

guys my cultists arent cultisting

[marsh wing]

keep trying

[twin cliff]

Are cultists still spawning lots?

[marsh wing]

do scav runs inbetween

[marsh wing]

im like 6/10 cultists/raids

[twin cliff]

I been spamming factory, I'm like 8 or 9 raids in a row now no cultists

[toxic patio]

It’s just luck lmao

[winter kayak]

Cultists and culting for me and I'm thier god

[west mist]

found the priest, bro stood up and started walking past me, killed him, no key,
found one warrior, thought i killed him, bro started running me down, no key,
later found another warrior prone in a different area of the map, killed him, he was wearing paca and had my first key for the run

[marsh wing]

im well aware of this

[toxic patio]

hell the last 4 times I’ve killed them they had no keys. So

[west mist]

they were givin 1-3 keys per day 1

[toxic patio]

100% got nerfed a little bit, I just don’t wanna dig through anything to find that out

[marsh wing]

ive been struggling to find me 2nd and/or 3rd sektant on the last few

[west mist]

so they def nerfed this stuff XD

[marsh wing]

only their key amount

[toxic patio]

yeah lmao

[toxic patio]

True but the key amount might make it better to go woods

[west mist]

yeahhhhhhh, the sektant's dont seem to all gang up on you when you kill one anymore

[grave rivet]

Yall I just had the most insane labs run ever, I got a bitcoin, led ex, and a check 13 marked room key in 1 run

[marsh wing]

i went from getting 6+ keys per cultist raid, to only getting 3-5

[marsh wing]

they do but dont

[weary ice]

Just got a tank battery from the cultist circle 😭

[west mist]

i got ONE key from the last raid

[marsh wing]

i had two raids yesterday where i killed one, and the one other full sprinted up the stairs to me before i could reload and took me out

[west mist]

and it was an RB-BK

[marsh wing]

priest and sektant dropped me 314 and pkpm (and a danex)

but guess what i fooounddd

[west mist]

on the good news i did get like 180 BP rounds from one of the sektant

[marsh wing]

You know... Things sure are strange (poster)

[hazy moss]

the cultist spawnrate being buffed isnt gonna stop me from hating bsg for the new weapon changes

[marsh wing]

just remember, they aint done yet

im like 70% sure we are getting barrel and handguards on tuesday as well as removal of the event

[west mist]

ohhhhhhhhh, that's why they dropped this event XD

[versed orchid]

Whats the best weapons to drop cultists with ease

[west mist]

any? they usually dont wear head armor, most i've seen on one was a death shadow

so its easy to just hit them with high dmg mid pen rounds

[toxic patio]

Yeah it’s not bad at all but it’s a short ass event

[marsh wing]

anything with stopping power

[versed orchid]

AS Val mod 4?

[toxic patio]

I find a 5.56 ribbon load of Mai ap and m855 works very very well

[marsh wing]

at the same time, they arent going to keep reserve "locked away" from new players for more than a week imo

[marsh wing]

ive been running MK47 with 75rd drum of PP or higher

[toxic patio]

I think boss event will get undone but not smugglers

[marsh wing]

yeah i can see that

remove boss event, keep smugs until end of month

[versed orchid]

Leave the b osses on reserve i wanna farm cultists

[toxic patio]

So no cultists and no bosss all on reserve

[marsh wing]

fuck it. Send everyone to factory

[vale atlas]

New patch incoming, removed all maps except factory

[marsh wing]

you know GOD DAMN well they have fucked around in the studio and made it so every boss spawns on factory just for shits and giggles for themselves

just them fucking around

[vale atlas]

I guarantee sanitar is last man standing

[marsh wing]

think about it, all the "Ideas" we have, they have probably already done

swap every AI in factory for BD, sure, they've done it 100%

[short flume]

k $70 and got what i wanted

[marsh wing]

what level now?

[short flume]

107

[marsh wing]

pog

now do dailies for like 3-4 days and you can be 120

[short flume]

ok but question how come it wont let me transfer stuff anymore it's telling me to do the pve quest but ive done it ages ago

[marsh wing]

check your tasks or restart

i know they did weird shit for people if you didnt have TGH part 5 done iirc

[short flume]

that might be me then....?

[marsh wing]

oof

they also fucked over the people that had TGH 5 done

if you had TGH part 5 done, you didnt get any of the new quests. And in total, the new ones gave enough GP to buy a thicc item case (500+)

[short flume]

all i know is that i had the quest for transfer finished

long long time ago, but it's telling me to complete it :\

maybe i need to send a ticket i guess

[hazy moss]

can confirm goons are customs

[marsh wing]

yeah, the update was like 2 weeks ago

[marsh wing]

from user reports, as far as we know, they are still not rotating

CRISIS IS DONE BABY

FUCK THEM VITAMINS

[versed orchid]

For factory cultiists if pmcs and scavs spawn at start then cultists wont spawn

[marsh wing]

please stop saying this. This has been confirmed to be not true by multiple people

[versed orchid]

i meant to ad a question

[mossy blade]

my god reserve tagged and cursed is the easiest way to farm fence rep oh my god

[short flume]

correction is that they can late spawn

[marsh wing]

ive had them spawn with scavs

[hazy moss]

how so

[short flume]

if you dont have scavs you 100% have cultists

[mossy blade]

you get tagged and cursed and a smoke grenade

you throw it in the extract aggro a scav and retreat to the smoke, he goes right after you inside and hes blind there

already earned 0.45 rep in 2 runs

[onyx depot]

only scavs afaik

[hazy moss]

so co op extracts are just the meta

[mossy blade]

on reserve only, interchange doesnt work that good, maybe woods

but yeah, im using a red rebel and smoke greandes on reserve and it works like a dream

[hazy moss]

woods is rough honestly

[tough pawn]

interchange co-op extract is easy if you have smokes

[mossy blade]

no scavs go after me

[hazy moss]

you need smokes for basically all of them tbh

apart from GZ

[mossy blade]

woods can be handled really, you just need to circle around them

[marsh wing]

i might try that out at some point

[mossy blade]

oh my god i forgot about the GZ co-op

[marsh wing]

im at 2.96 right now on fence

[hazy moss]

yea u can just walk down the stairs as they follow you lmao

smokes arent needed

having all the bosses on 1 map makes xp farming so easy damn

6 raids back to back no V extract on customs 🔥

[shy pollen]

HOW THE BLOODY HELL DO SEKTANTS SHOOT ME THROUGH THE BLOODY WALL

I’m not mad I’m just annoyed

[bronze saddle]

throwing a smoke is self-handicap

[tough pawn]

they can shoot through metal walls

[bronze saddle]

EVERYONE can see through your smoke, but yo ucant

[shy pollen]

It was the cement walls

[twilit heath]

I love getting killed by my own grenade bouncing off an invisible wall

Cultist farming be pissing me off ngl lmao

[bronze saddle]

fucking bosses are spawning so the smugglers arent spawning, fuck off with that

[versed orchid]

where do they like to spawn on factory even though its a small map

[twilit heath]

Medtent and the forklift by the toolset panels

I think there are some other spots too but that's where I've found them

Do cultists whisper voice lines? Stg I heard a faint "hello"

[mossy blade]

can you take melees for Tagged and Cursed or no?

[mossy blade]

yes, they actually whisper

[shy pollen]

whisper whisper AHHHH

[simple briar]

Anyone know how long event gonna run? My bet would be around a week, maybe two

[mystic marsh]

Yes

Melee doesn't remove tagged and cursed.

[dusky magnet]

It isn't announced, but that guess is reasonable

[mossy blade]

#screenshots message

does this give me tagged and cursed?

[versed orchid]

Forklift by 0 building?

[mystic marsh]

This is 100% tagged and cursed

[mossy blade]

it means theyre literally RUNNING towards you right

[mystic marsh]

Do note that if you pick up a gun and chest rig/backpack/armor you will be uncursed

[fallen mason]

I want to say Smugglers lasted two weeks last time.

[mystic marsh]

I'm not sure, they might just KNOW where you are

[mossy blade]

my lawd

[echo barn]

I still gotta find the 2 ledX

[twilit heath]

The one by dead pmc w the flashlight

[mossy blade]

I think the easiest and fastest one is Reserve, maybe GZ?

[silent gust]

BSG Fix the fucking scavs taking full mags to the head and still keep going. It's insane how frequently its happening

[next linden]

Factory cultists just gave this raid, Red keycard and 4 marked keys

[marsh wing]

damn, i can put a light on this helm i found

i forgot that was a thing

[short flume]

pretty nice, i run a light with my mando

[rotund talon]

Finally got red flare

Its hard to find them in this event

Went woods for airdrop

[marsh wing]

was taking lights of PMC guns to try and put them on my guns, helmet lit up

[rotund talon]

Look inside 4 weapon crates mule was barely enough to move

[marsh wing]

arguably the worst map for flares... The drops have been known to get stuck on top of trees

[rotund talon]

Never had that situation

[marsh wing]

im just saying, it has been known to happen

[rotund talon]

+close extract

[distant obsidian]

wood sdef one of the worst

interchange is probably the quickest

[marsh wing]

nuh uh, factory is faster

[short flume]

can do a ledx run while you're at it since no bosses

[distant obsidian]

yep

[rotund talon]

Never used that one

[distant obsidian]

interchange is goated as fuck and free right now

[marsh wing]

the drop hits the ground faster because for it, the ground is the roof

[jaunty rock]

ultra med

[distant obsidian]

intel, leds, and easy crates

[jaunty rock]

or that one labs barrel zone

[distant obsidian]

ultra med and pharmacy

then loot tags hideout

[marsh wing]

i found 2 in necrus the other week, just an fyi

[jaunty rock]

u will get those 2 woth atleast 2-3 runs

with

[marsh wing]

@distant obsidian btw, Jang swiped their card for BP lol

[shy pollen]

8 PMC KILLS??

[marsh wing]

they said they were following your advice

[mossy blade]

if I kill a scav i still have tagged and cursed right?

[marsh wing]

Sanch, relax bud

[shy pollen]

😭

[jaunty rock]

what

[shy pollen]

I just shot a ton of people I’m rich but I’m gonna get richer🌞

[lethal garnet]

pve chat?

[mossy blade]

if i kill a scav being naked with a melee only do i still hve tagged and cursed?

[marsh wing]

yes fed?

[lethal garnet]

interesting

[marsh wing]

you missed all the russians last night

[twin sundial]

russians? where?

[lethal garnet]

woah? russians!?

[twin sundial]

russians? in my PVE?

[lethal garnet]

🎎

[crimson meteor]

Does this smuggler event give an achievement or anything good?

[stone goblet]

no achievements

[twin sundial]

not achievement no

[marsh wing]

some russians showed up, started talking in russian, we told them to stop, then they started asking redundant questions, we answered, they got upset, then politics and war got talked about before Chek said to stop

[trail sail]

Better off opening the crates

[lethal garnet]

sounds about right for PvE chat

[twin sundial]

i’m a friend of the russian people but they don’t sound like they were very friendly

online russians and irl russians are like polar opposites

[mossy blade]

my luck is worse now

[lethal garnet]

i must have been busy playing pokemoin card shop simulator

[mossy blade]

i need 2 more scav extracts to get 4.0 rep

[marsh wing]

one of them asked me why i did scav run on PVE, my response was, "Because its PVE, i can do what i want", he thought i was getting pissy with him

[tough pawn]

where should i find the extra plate for the bastion?

[twin sundial]

why wouldn’t you run scav? free shit, scav rep, no downside

i guess it hurts your survival rate since scavs die so easy

[marsh wing]

plus each of my scav runs on factory has been like 50/50 cultists

[robust musk]

whats the spawn chance of smugglers?

[twin sundial]

google

[marsh wing]

what map you on

[robust musk]

shoreline

[knotty sage]

They taken keys off cultists?

[twin sundial]

tarkov boss chance in google dot com .. it just changed today

[marsh wing]

they spawn at power plant or smuggler camp

[marsh wing]

we dont talk about that site buddy

[robust musk]

ye is it 100% tho or a chance?

[twin sundial]

i’m not talking about anything specific!!!

[marsh wing]

it seems like key drop rates have been reduced, yes

[marsh wing]

100%, all maps

[robust musk]

i rather engage with some fellow tarkov enjoyers

[marsh wing]

if they arent at one, they are at the other

[robust musk]

copy thank you

[marsh wing]

no yelling Sanch

[knotty sage]

Yeah 6 cultists havent spawned a single key for me now

[marsh wing]

they didnt reduce it THAT much

[knotty sage]

Bad RNG

[marsh wing]

i dont want you to have a heart attack Sanch

[gusty reef]

My friend got 1 out of 4 lol

[marsh wing]

ive been getting between 2 and 6 per cultist raid

[gusty reef]

Another day of this event of being glad I grinded for like 6 hours the first say

[twin sundial]

i was happy to see they reduced goonery spawn chance because i enjoy seeing “where’s the goons” messages in here 100x per day

[knotty sage]

What map you running?

[marsh wing]

sameeeee

[marsh wing]

factory, same as everyone

[west mist]

hit dorms, was going to leave, partizan was camping behind a tree at extract, shot both my arms up, tried to chuck a nade at him, it bounced off the air, killed me dead, dafuq

[marsh wing]

i ran for like 6hrs on first day, got 3/4 key case full, ive sold some off to buy stuff, until i was just below half, now im farming again

[knotty sage]

Yeah im not getting many cultists raids maybe 1 in every 6 raids

[versed orchid]

i know 33% is good but im just unlucky

[twin sundial]

he has a programmed preference for arm obliteration i’m 100% certain of this

[shy pollen]

I get like 1-2 every 3 raids

[twin sundial]

sanch how’s your wipe progress coming

[west mist]

well

i gotta get to work soon, i'm so madge i lost that weapon case

[knotty sage]

So whats the idea behind the event? Its kinda gonna mess up the economy on pve no?

[shy pollen]

Oh actually pretty good, I’m trying to get labs cards and hideout upgrades but I’m comfortable in money and already level 20

[marsh wing]

remember, its 33% schance at the start of each raid. the number is not tracked

[twin sundial]

nice nice nice nice

[marsh wing]

good question for BSG

[twin sundial]

if tagiloid is back in factory on tuesday i might just play arena all day

[shy pollen]

I have TONS of marked keys

[versed orchid]

i been staying in till it hits like the 10 minute left mark

[twin sundial]

i can’t do another day of tagilla stealing my shit man

on my one day off .. the cretin

[marsh wing]

just dont play reserve then

[twin sundial]

well he’s in reserve FOR NOW. i’m talking about tuesday

[marsh wing]

im like 40% sure bosses are going back to their maps on tuesday or thursday

[versed orchid]

kill sxhturman 20x for his mission

[twin sundial]

what are you basing that on?

[knotty sage]

He just knows

[gentle pulsar]

#screenshots message im curious what you think of this

[marsh wing]

the event started thursday. As a company, you arent going to "lock away" reserve from any newer or less experienced players

[twin sundial]

he is usually right which is why i’m asking

[marsh wing]

think about it. If you just started playing Tarkov for first time today. And your like 5th story task is to visit reserve? How is that going to treat new players who played the other maps first and saw no bosses?

thats basically telling them, dont touch reserve until you are good at the game or the event is over

[twin sundial]

i’ve NEVER seen him run from the player what’s your secret

[marsh wing]

and the event shouldnt last more than a week at most tbh. They need to put bosses back on their maps. Smugglers will probably stay until Q2 starts

[twin sundial]

while i agree with this they send players to factory within the first hour of their game and that’s gonna be a 60% death sentence if he’s there and you’re new

[gentle pulsar]

aim for the legs/stomach cus he'll prioritize running away to heal over shooting you

preferablly use flesh ammo, leg meta him

[marsh wing]

thats not really the same thing since there is a chance that Tagilla spawns ( i know you hate him), they have taken every boss and pute them on reserve at 100% chance

[twin sundial]

what ammo are you using in your sidearm here

[marsh wing]

reserve IS a death trap for anyone who has less than 100hrs

[gentle pulsar]

L191 lmfao its dogshit for that purpose

[twin sundial]

yeah i agree with that part. they can’t keep them there long term.

[marsh wing]

thats why in my mind, tuesday or thursday

we normally get patches on tuesdays, but this also started on thursday

it may even go away tomorrow. They've ended small events on mondays before

[twin sundial]

would you say Pen 33 is minimum barrier of entry for ‘illa killing

[gentle pulsar]

i personally think people who force them through the chaos for the love of loot potential are the ones that come out better players quicker

you have to understand that this does give people option to kill a huge portion of bosses on the same map, even new players would do it just because of the sheer loot potential

[marsh wing]

you dont got boss killing without 45+, 40 is the minimum id recommend

[frigid quest]

or you sweep his legs with highest flesh ammo

[twin sundial]

what are we calling flesh ammo

[gentle pulsar]

for trying to bypass his armor specifically, anything over 45

[marsh wing]

yes, but i know how i was. I avoided every boss for the first like 200hrs of playtime for me

[frigid quest]

what gun are we talking about?

[twin sundial]

i don’t mind bosses i have a chance against but the illa twins are a death sentence for me

[marsh wing]

would i be better now if i tried harder? most likely
is there a chance i would have rage quit and never touched the game if i kept dying? Most likely

[twin sundial]

SVT & SKS are my main rifles

[gentle pulsar]

5.56 Warmageddon
9x19 RIP/Quakemaker
.45 ACP FMJ / RIP
7.62 HP (if you wanna RPDN him)
5.7 is like, REX.F or something

[carmine lantern]

flesh ammo is mostly ammo that has high base damage but lower pen, like rip or quakemaker

[twin sundial]

ahhhh tyvm

[marsh wing]

bro... you need to move to an automatic gun...

[frigid quest]

you want high rpm for flesh/HP, not those guns you listed

[twin sundial]

but i like playing slow and creepy and distant

[frigid quest]

even an ump at 600rpm can work

[gentle pulsar]

then just use MAI AP and tap heads with SKS.

[twin sundial]

i use PP19 or PPSH on factory usually

[carmine lantern]

yea flesh ammo is mostly for the 'leg meta' which is aiming for the bosses legs/feet where they have 0 protection

[marsh wing]

buddy... What guns do you own?

[twin sundial]

remember i only use pre 1989 gunz

[marsh wing]

bro is fucked

[twin sundial]

and i have all of them basically

[frigid quest]

PPSH is fine, just get highest hp ammo and shoot their legs off at short range

[icy plinth]

where are goons 100% at currently?

[mighty coral]

Mi bombo

[twin sundial]

this is an actionable strategy. and appreciated.

[marsh wing]

they arent 100%. They are on any map

[twin sundial]

i’m gonna leg the shit out of illa

[carmine lantern]

goons spawn where they feel like imo, ive seen them on customs so many times

[marsh wing]

Run around on shore, LH, customs, and woods until you find them

[marsh wing]

who is your pfp and banner?