pve-chat

[unique island]

but man this reminds me of pre 1.0 scav accuracy

also did not know they could spawn with P90s

[willow tinsel]

all good just found one on them

[pseudo kayak]

where are the goons when you want them 💔

[jaunty rock]

yo, question in the backup plan mission, where is the place lol?

[jaunty rock]

or the name of the closest stop for put the grizzli

[willow tinsel]

old sawmill

the buildingg with a hole in it

upstairs to your right is stash point

[weary ice]

Man only 6 days for an event is crazy

Smugglers was crazy also, 7 days but had less content

[pseudo kayak]

holy there's like 8 pillagers every customs match istfg

[weary ice]

3-4 plus they spawn at both their locations I heard

[pseudo kayak]

ah damn, i wanted to run into the goons just cause but ig not

[weary ice]

Are the goons still on?

I’m really hoping they aren’t that would suck

[pseudo kayak]

yah they merked me at lighthouse without me even seeing where

[weary ice]

Damn

[distant obsidian]

on?

goons are always on lol

[weary ice]

Can the pillages has good guns or nah

Both times I killed them they had Adar and shotguns

[willow tinsel]

they can spawn with ref weapons, but not all of them has one

[weary ice]

Yeah last time I killed the: it was Adar, Mosin and shotgun

Last time it was 2 adars some other scav gun I forgot and a saiga 9

[west sigil]

I saw one spawn with a P90

[weary ice]

P90 isn’t that good though

[willow tinsel]

killed one eaarlier, one had a kitted SA58, and another with an MCX, some just had SVT

[weary ice]

I was thinking more like sr25 or mcx

[west sigil]

Is it not? That sucks.

[weary ice]

Well it’s a good budget gun, but it’s more cqb

I gotta grind these guys out I love the cqcm

[west sigil]

Could be good for Labs, then.

[weary ice]

Yeah I love the vector and p90 on labs

The high mag capacity and it just shreds

[west sigil]

I honestly wish Pillagers would stick around
Make it like a ~30%-~40% chance for them to spawn

[weary ice]

I reckon less, they should definitely have better guns though. And high durability

Bosses should be a rare thing, when you give the, such high spawn rates they feel less like a boss and more like a beefy scav

[west sigil]

Fair

Though Pillagers aren't as strong as bosses.

[weary ice]

Yeah

[west sigil]

Maybe tweak the HP values a bit

idunno

[weary ice]

But they are agressive and good aim, they love to push and corner you

Yeah def more health

Feel like just pmcs

[urban shell]

they have 45 head hp and 160 thorax hp

same thorax hp as raiders but higher hp as guards

[weary ice]

Good thorax hp but fr no head health?

Especially with the cqcm nerf

[distant obsidian]

huh

45 is in the high range for ai outside of bosses

[weary ice]

Idk

[distant obsidian]

you dont have to know. I do

[weary ice]

For an event though it should be challenging

[weary ice]

He goat

[distant obsidian]

nothing in pve is really challening. Kinda the point

[weary ice]

Yeah, I feel like the difficulty slider is definitely a good idea

[median mulch]

If you wnat to make it harder run low tier helmet and armour and a gun thats basic with bad ammo

[weary ice]

That’s true

[stone goblet]

Airport security so ez

[weary ice]

But then you run across the problem that there’s no loot fear

[gentle pulsar]

delete your secure container

[weary ice]

Like no risk no rewards

Is what I mean

[pseudo kayak]

has anyone encountered goons @ customs yet

[median mulch]

True. Dont insure that'll probably make you play differently

[median mulch]

Not since the event started

[weary ice]

That is a good idea

[lethal garnet]

yes, frequently

[weary ice]

Yeah feels like every raid since 10

1.0

[rotund comet]

I get spear and mcx often from them

[weary ice]

Lucky motherfucker

[frigid quest]

Rogues jumped me the past two days on Shoreline, not today yet though

[weary ice]

Might be the goons are deactivated for the event

I hope so

[rotund comet]

I killed them and 8 pillagers on customs

[lucid torrent]

they aren't

[median mulch]

They can have any of the guns ref sells as well. I got one of the m4s with the grenade

[frigid quest]

so they are still rotating around

[weary ice]

Oh oka

[stone garnet]

How can i fix infinite transit loading glitch

[idle moth]

PMC AI seems like its fucked

They're just standing where they spawn and I can pretty much walk up to them

[weary ice]

Yeah they weird sometimes

I’ve had that happen a few times before but for the most part they seem fine

Unless it’s happening every raid for you maybe report it

[median mulch]

Anyone finished the event? Is there many missions?

And is there an achievement for it?

[lethal garnet]

check the wiki

[willow tinsel]

yea, just got on too, itøs pretty short

[weary ice]

How do you get lega medals, is it only arena? And how do you get it

[willow tinsel]

arena weekly

[distant obsidian]

[willow tinsel]

or quests

[jovial cobalt]

were you on local hosted or bsg server

[weary ice]

Oh alright

[distant obsidian]

scav or pmc as well

[jovial cobalt]

mac or pc

[jovial cobalt]

xbox or playstation

[weary ice]

^

[distant obsidian]

seems perfectly fine to me

[boreal magnet]

if anyone with a RTX 30 or 40 series having bad frame drops or stutters (or you’ve noticed worse performance in the last few months) i rolled back to an nvidia update around january, 591.86 and it fixed all my issues that i’ve been having (do know that this will reset your nvidia control panel to make sure to ss or save those settings)

just posting to help some people cause tarkov was basically unplayable the last month.

[idle moth]

Ive seen it in both now

[weary ice]

Man I wish I had a nvidia card

Fuck my full amd rig

[fair dawn]

i love my full amd rig

[weary ice]

I take that back but still

[distant obsidian]

f to those amd gpu users

[weary ice]

I just want an nvidia card

[fair dawn]

i went from a 2080 super to a 7900xtx and couldnt be more happy

[weary ice]

I just want the settings and dlss

[waxen sun]

went from a 2070 ti to a 5070 ti and its amazing lol

[distant obsidian]

would be more happy if it was a 5080

[fair dawn]

would not

[distant obsidian]

3080ti to a 5080

[fair dawn]

thats an extra 12$

[distant obsidian]

this thing shits all over and amd gpu lol

[weary ice]

Laptop to a pc

[fair dawn]

1200*

[distant obsidian]

def happy then

[weary ice]

This is my first pc so I’m grateful to have one at all

But man I want nvidia card

[distant obsidian]

only having shitty fsr and not dlss is brutal

[fair dawn]

and im only missing out on about 15-20 frames so im really not pressed about it lol

[unique island]

Me who can only afford my 1050Ti on my shit third world income:

[fervent peak]

You up for some raids?

[distant obsidian]

sure

[waxen sun]

went 3 months with no pc, had to save bro my 2070 ti died on me after 5 years lol

[unique island]

TBF my 1050ti has been with me for 3 years now and it still runs all the games I play pretty okay

so im not complaining tbh haha

[waxen sun]

yea before the 2070 ti i had a 1080 ti that thing was a beast bro

[unique island]

before my 1050Ti I had a GTX 750ti

cant believe thats what I started playing Tarkov with along with 8 GB of RAM lol

[waxen sun]

never had that danggg'

[west sigil]

Apparentley Tarkov's next couple updates will be focused soley on game optimization

so we'll see what happens

[waxen sun]

yea i use to only game on playstation got like 130 plat trophys i switched to pc for PUBG back when it first came out recently quit it last year?

[unique island]

those words were more attractive to me than a hooters on a saturday night

[unique island]

Ive always been a PC guy, started playing with games like the original Starcraft and Daggerfall when I was a kid

[west sigil]

I mean it was just baseless conjecture
I heard it from someone I was running a previous raid with earlier tonight

[unique island]

Had consoles growing up, but my loyalty was always to PC in the end

[west sigil]

I had an Xbox 360 I gamed a lot on back in the day

[waxen sun]

yea parents couldnt afford a pc back then i was young.

[west sigil]

It was great

[waxen sun]

was happy with the ps1 they had bought me.

[west sigil]

Though I'm more of a PC guy now

[waxen sun]

yea i only own pc now, i cant even tell u the last time i held a controller.

[unique island]

I was around the great gaming boom of the late 2000s with xbox live and PSN yeah

we really didnt know how good we had it back then, reminded me when we first got DSL for Unreal Tournament back in the day

[hallow moon]

any suggestions for how to get pmcs to dorms area on customs? its the last kappa task i have and they conveniently avoid the place like its infested (it is, with me)

[unique island]

Its funny you say that because I see them on the 1st floor of 3 story dorms like 80% of the time im on customs

either just standing there in the hallway or right outside the back door

[west sigil]

I still use a controller, for certian games.

[hallow moon]

i did too, all the time, almost every customs raid, there were pmcs at dorms and then the task activated to kill them at dorms and now theyre allergic to it, its almost like they dont wanna die

[unique island]

I still use a controller for certain games yeah, only reason I have a PS4 controller is for my PC

[unique island]

It could be like me with those stupid big tank bullets I havent seen a single one of since 1.0 came out haha

I still have that quest till now and its one of the first quests you get

[hallow moon]

you can craft ofz shells

[willow tinsel]

Halo, the only controller game i remember where i actually had fun in video games

[hallow moon]

i also find them a bunch in *weapon airdrops (brain lag)

[unique island]

yeah im doing that now that I have workshop lvl 3

[unique island]

done 200 raids maybe since 1.0 and have yet to see a single one

[west sigil]

Anybody here frequently play with new players? How often do people shoot at the BTR?

[unique island]

and im almost at max traders

[hallow moon]

funnily enough i started finding them ALL the time AFTER i crafted them for the task

[unique island]

I play a lot of Halo MCC on PC and I still use a controller for it cause thats what I grew up with haha

[hallow moon]

not frequently but when i was teaching a couple of my friends, my wife, and my son how to play they never shot the BTR, but they have killed me and others in the party out of fear on numerous occasions

[unique island]

what happens if you shoot the BTR? Ive never tried

[hallow moon]

death (he shoots back and has a bigger gun)

[west sigil]

If you shoot the BTR, it shoots back, and you die.

[unique island]

oh okay LOL

[hallow moon]

pretty much instantly one taps you no matter where you get hit

[west sigil]

Because you shot at an IFV with small arms fire

It's like
The one thing an IFV was designed to protect against

[unique island]

ngl I didnt even know the thing could shoot HAHA

[hallow moon]

turns out 30mm autocannons, an excellent anti infantry weapon, shreds infantry

[west sigil]

Er, it's an APC, technically, but close enough.

[unique island]

Ive only been in it once or twice tbf

[west sigil]

You can purchase fire support

It's more expensive if you're a USEC operator.

[unique island]

somethings gotta offset our lighthouse buff I guess haha

[west sigil]

I suppose.

[pseudo kayak]

yoo same miku edition o-o

[stiff scaffold]

tried to get kollontai but since this game runs like shit I tanked 3 guards blasting me with 1 frame, somehow survived with my chest fully red and my armor completely zeroed and I got killed by another guard

there goes my snowball progress

fuck streets

[wild frost]

is the new eft game event like they moved all the clean up crew in Arena teamfight to the EFT game right

plus no achievements or limited cosmetics

[alpine vigil]

where are the pillagers on lighthouse

[wild frost]

by the main road and 2nd building ig

only watched video on the events

[distant obsidian]

[distant obsidian]

[alpine vigil]

the wiki is finally updated? with map locations marked?

[distant obsidian]

yes

[fickle vine]

Anybody else getting fucked by the new pilligers?

[distant obsidian]

no, I know how to use cover

[fickle vine]

I had killas helmet on and insta get headshot and die

[distant obsidian]

use a good helmet next time so you can hear with comtac 6s

[native osprey]

First time encountering the cultists. I got a 314 key and a Polikhim keycard. I also got a AS VAL Mod 4. Any of this good? Should I keep the daggers?

[trail sail]

314 is good to sell

keep if you have quests related to it

Keep like 10 of the daggers or something for a quest

[meager coyote]

314 is very expensive, keep or sell. You do need to go in there for tasks and story. Same with that keycard. Mod 4 is a swag gun. You need 12(?) cultist knives found in raid for a task and you can use non found in raid ones for other tasks

[stiff scaffold]

santa hat rare?

found one on a raider body

[tight mural]

not really, it depends on the flea. ragman doesn't pay much for it.

[stiff scaffold]

thought it was exclusive to christmas event

[tight mural]

it should be but I've found them on guards as well in the past. I still find jars of pickles lol

[weary ice]

I thought they are too but yeah they aren’t

[stiff scaffold]

I did find one of those a week ago

I don't remember where exactly but it's in my stash somewhere

[weary ice]

It’s kinda rare I haven’t seen one in like a few hundred raids

[pseudo kayak]

between the scar m4 or hk which one would i like more if i like 7.62x39 fire rate/feel (ik that's a loaded question)

or mdr ig

[weary ice]

Scar L is my personal favourite just because of the sound and feels awesome

[reef furnace]

Good thing about this event is that I can finally get arena skins without buying it

[pseudo kayak]

[weary ice]

Real

[pseudo kayak]

cuz im using the hk and istg this thing kicks like a mf unless im just a chud

it does NOT feel nice in my hands

i just wanna run into the goons b4 i go to sleep mannn

[reef furnace]

Also why does the velociraptor have 82 recoil

When using it it feels like it has -70, probably 60+

[weary ice]

Scar build can have 50 recoil

[reef furnace]

Like I can't feel the recoil when using it

[swift cosmos]

I heard the tutorial has changed since launch of 1.0 - Like you don't keep gear and shit, can anyone confirm? Trying to get someone else into tarkov

[west mist]

for the new quest can you do both ref and skier?

[reef furnace]

Yeah

[distant obsidian]

changed that less then 1 week after 1.0 release

[marsh belfry]

mane fuck

[reef furnace]

They still give you a free ledx right

[distant obsidian]

probably

[marsh belfry]

why do the goons not push sometimes

[swift cosmos]

I mean the could have changed it day 2 I wouldn't know since I did it right away

[reef furnace]

Cuz they're pussies

A trio of pussies

[marsh belfry]

they should not be as smart as me and they should absolutely push positions where they are at a disadvantage

[swift cosmos]

but ty

[marsh belfry]

ong

[stiff scaffold]

what the hell I failed the ticket

[weary ice]

Only knight ever pushes istg

Big pipe and birdeye snipe you

[marsh belfry]

spent 10 minutes playing peekaboo with bird and pipe waiting for knight to push, i was on shoreline they were on the radio tower

[stiff scaffold]

I couldn't find the damn RFID

[swift cosmos]

idk man ive had big pipe surprise my ass by opening a door

[distant obsidian]

ah no

all 3 can rush you

[marsh belfry]

eventually my patience ran out, i wanna play the fuckin game bruh, i ran away to bigger rocks further up the hill

[marsh belfry]

100%

[swift cosmos]

last one always rushes iirc

[distant obsidian]

pipe always rushes to

[marsh belfry]

sometimes you'll find bird ahead of knight for some reason too lol

but generally its knight that pushes first

anyway i made it to cover and i hear footsteps, someone sprinting

must be knight, it was

i have the drop on him and got my sights on his head

aaaand click, im on semi

[swift cosmos]

double barrel rip ammo to the dick

[marsh belfry]

anyway head eyes

[rare arch]

!EVENT

[weary ice]

??event

[quasi apex]

Upcoming new battle pass "celebration" event!
Accept task Short on Hands (Skier) and Casus belli (Ref) to get started.

[distant obsidian]

#eft-announcements

[weary ice]

Cqcm more like I see you cute man haha

Was that funny

[west mist]

is it confirmed if pillagers can have arena crates?

[distant obsidian]

no it was not funny

[weary ice]

Fuck you then 😡 😤

[marsh belfry]

fark u

[distant obsidian]

no thank you, apricate the offer though.

[weary ice]

Fart you haha

[jovial cobalt]

[swift cosmos]

My old The Burning Crusade WoW Guild's name was FARK

They were some cunts

[pseudo kayak]

istg it's discrimination again, 17x runs no goons

[stiff scaffold]

loaded into a raid, full black screen lmfao

blind mode

[mystic yoke]

Where are yall getting ps ammo packs

[tight mural]

Flea

[distant obsidian]

ps?

[mystic yoke]

Copy thanks (1 mill a pack rip😂)

[distant obsidian]

[mystic yoke]

For skiers quest

[tight mural]

they were 9 mil earlier. i sold one for that lol

[distant obsidian]

o fuck skier

ref for the gp coins

[mystic yoke]

Yeah i want that to but i cant find any of the masked guys

[distant obsidian]

[mystic yoke]

👍👍

[tight mural]

I'm doing both. I already dropped grizzly and transferred, Now' i'm planting stuff for skier. Might as well get both XP instead of one route.

[distant obsidian]

you cant do both

[pseudo kayak]

alr tyreall

do the goons dance again PLEASE

[distant obsidian]

once you plant the stuff for skier thats it

[tight mural]

Not if you do refs first

[distant obsidian]

[tight mural]

Skiers is still there

[distant obsidian]

https://escapefromtarkov.fandom.com/wiki/Taking_What's_Mine

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

one or the other

[tight mural]

I understand that, but if you don't complete the last one for ref, you can still farm the other quests for Xp and choose which one to finish.

[distant obsidian]

i cant read it for you man

if your not going to try I wont bother

one or hte other

[odd gale]

He wants you to baby him and read

[distant obsidian]

you can do 1 skier task and 2 ref tasks before you have to pick a route

i just cant break it down for you any simpler

[pseudo kayak]

ur dance didnt WORK

[distant obsidian]

well shit

idk, maybe they rotate again?

[pseudo kayak]

that'd be such a strange thing tho no?

[distant obsidian]

i mean they did for all of 1.0

[tight mural]

I haven't hit that fork yet. IDK why that's hard to understand. I know you got to pick one of 2, the gear for SKier or Masks for Ref. But you can still do the quests for ref before that if you wanna go the Skier route.

[distant obsidian]

they did flip flop a little in beta

[pseudo kayak]

and then all of a sudden recent update made them not right

goonathon started like 2 months ago? right?

[candid quiver]

Tbf i had goons two days ago on shoreline, then on customs in the raid after

[distant obsidian]

I literally posted the 2 tasks. You can figure out where they are in the chain from that

as I said, you can only do 1 path

ah ok, no roation

[pseudo kayak]

if i run practice mode will they span guaranteed

[candid quiver]

I remember when goons where there every raid when pve first came out

[distant obsidian]

yep

[pseudo kayak]

cuz genuinely all ive run into is reshussy and stupid chud pillagers

[distant obsidian]

bosses were like 80%

[main eagle]

Can you do both sides for the event or you fail if you complete the other?

[pseudo kayak]

if pillagers spawn around stronghold can goons still be there?

[main eagle]

yesh

[distant obsidian]

scroll up a page and youll see the tasks I posted

[mossy blade]

Only 1 side

[candid quiver]

Me starting pve with my silly mpx fighting goons

[main eagle]

okay thanks

[distant obsidian]

same lol

[pseudo kayak]

im gonna fkin scream if they dont spawn in

[mossy blade]

MPX is goated tbh

[distant obsidian]

did not go well

[pseudo kayak]

i want a getback for birdeye sniping me from nowhere on lighthouse

[candid quiver]

Tbh i think on 1.0 release i ditched the mpx quickly for a mp5 which i used exclusivly from lvl 3 to lvl 20 or so

[pseudo kayak]

and it's like theyre ppl in arena when they know theyre getting rolled

they literally hide and try to save k/d

[candid quiver]

Then i bought a nl545 from fence which i used till it jammed

[distant obsidian]

i tank my KD then by running around and getting shot

more end and vit leveling

[pseudo kayak]

last try ig

[distant obsidian]

[candid quiver]

Ive only ever gotten sniped by birdeye once

[distant obsidian]

i dont think I ever have

[candid quiver]

And that was pre 1.0 when open merin car key

Anyways

When m249

[mossy blade]

Be happy we have the M60

[candid quiver]

I hate the m60

[distant obsidian]

tac50 now

[candid quiver]

Shits ugly and a brick

[distant obsidian]

gib tac50 nowq

[jovial cobalt]

real

[distant obsidian]

spear update, m249, m250 and tac50

all that matters

[jovial cobalt]

you misspelled AK upper/lower handguard customization

[distant obsidian]

no i did not

spear better then ak

[jovial cobalt]

you made multiple grammatical errors

[distant obsidian]

spear>ak

[jovial cobalt]

they should give more 6.8 ammo types

[distant obsidian]

i mean hybrid needs a buff

[jovial cobalt]

true

[distant obsidian]

would be nice for it to reflect IRL closer

its to slow and pen to low. Shit smashes western class 5

and you know. over 3000fps

with a can

Official 6.8x51mm hybrid ammunition often reports velocities around 3,200 FPS

sigh..

[pseudo kayak]

yeah the goons are frauds

theyre just k/d saving

they pulled ts last time

took me like 28 raids to find em

[distant obsidian]

o i lied

[pseudo kayak]

im going to bed knowing birdeye is a bitch

[distant obsidian]

47 pen sounds accurate

buff velocity

[west mist]

man, what a run, i dropped 8x pillagers, knight, 4x guards and reshala, 2x bear and 4x scav

ended up with 29029 xp

[heavy wyvern]

best rig for compressing loot?

[west mist]

also the trg m10's compactibility is amazing

[heavy wyvern]

thnx

[west mist]

it goes from 14 to 5 space

[west mist]

not a rig, is a gun

[heavy wyvern]

oh lol

[west mist]

for best storage rig, MPPV is THE best

zhuk are a decent choice otherwise

and thats only until you get better options

[heavy wyvern]

oh i thought there was a newer one better than mppv

[west mist]

what lvl are ya?

[heavy wyvern]

52

[west mist]

good mother of god

that you didnt know the m10

and that you are concerned about rigs

concerns me

[heavy wyvern]

i havnt played in awhile lol

[west mist]

also, guess who just got a second altyn, woot

[heavy wyvern]

and a lil trippsy lol

[young frost]

these villagers or whatever are no joke. i like it

[weak cape]

Anybody else think these villagers are a little too tuned up. They're harder than tagilla and the goons, yet they drop almost nothing.
Just doesnt feel worth the trouble

[west mist]

they arent really harder

mid/low tier rounds

they are just pretty accurate

[distant obsidian]

they are easy

[weak cape]

Idk, every time they see me they instantly black at least 1 or 2 limbs before I can do anything

[distant obsidian]

its called cover

stop walking in the open and be more aware of where you are

[weak cape]

Thanks captain obvious

[distant obsidian]

learn the spawns and move around cover accordingly listening for sounds of enemies

[west mist]

on a blocked website it lists the loot people have gathered from the pillagers, it lists some masks but the target mask is not listed

[distant obsidian]

if its so obvious then why are you having issues?

[weak cape]

Kinda hard when I spawn on woods and immediately have a group spawn 50 yards away from me

[distant obsidian]

how is thathard?

get to hard cover. stop reacting like a snail and move

if good players are having 0 issues, learn what good players are doing

[weak cape]

Lemme guess you have a stupid amount of hours (1000+) and you cant fathom new people not enjoying something so overtuned

[distant obsidian]

let me guess, your a walking skill issue with no drive to learn and only want to complain

learning how to get better at something should be a natural thing

[timid tendon]

cosigned

[distant obsidian]

I did a little more reading and its pen is correct. But it needs higher velocity for sure

seems like in game class 5 sapi is equivalent to class 4 sapi IRL

[timid tendon]

the arguments i've had on vc with "grab the t6 side plates"
"no they're tier 4" "no that's the irl rating, not tarkov they're t6" "it says t4"

[distant obsidian]

people are fucking stupid, thats why

[west mist]

aries, ignore tyr, he is an elitist snob of tarkov who thinks anyone less skilled than him just isnt trying hard enough

[distant obsidian]

the name doesnt mean anything

[weak cape]

Idk why i came here to try to voice concerns from a casual pov, should've known every addition would just get glazed by people who have an abusive relationship with Nikita. Not everyone plays like a crack addict

[distant obsidian]

learning how to get better isnt elitist.

stop being a little cry baby

[west mist]

listen man, be less grumpy about everybody's opinions and i wont call you an elitist snob

[distant obsidian]

only when people stop acting so stupid

[west mist]

flesh rounds are meta even in pve, no armor can stop them, because you aim for limbs

[distant obsidian]

and I am not grumpy. I just dont like stupid questions and people crying that they have to get better at a game

flesh rounds are not meta for anything

[west mist]

skill issue

[distant obsidian]

leg meta is not meta.

slow TTK

meta is always the fastest TTK. Shoot heads

[main eagle]

what the hell have I stumbled upon

[distant obsidian]

leg meta is for fun? I guess?

[west mist]

if shooting heads flesh rounds confirm kill more often anyways

[distant obsidian]

O the usual, skill issues crying because I told them they have to learn something in the game.

god forbid

[weak cape]

Bruh, you just sound like the average get good skill issue backboard lmao, I dont play this game as a full time job bozo

[distant obsidian]

k?

what does that have to do with you not wanting to learn?

[west mist]

tyr thinks that anyone who doesnt have 10000 hours in the game is not trying hard enough, that's all

[distant obsidian]

I am not the one with the problem here

game is easy. Your the only with the issue, so either listen and learn from good players. Or dont

its your choice

what you think about me doesnt matter in the least. All that matters is what you decide to do

but if your going to come here crying and unwilling to learn, your going to get clowned on.

[weak cape]

I was having no problems up till the pillagers started spawning, killed goons multiple times, killa, and tagilla. The pillagers however leave me barely alive every time I encounter them

[distant obsidian]

if you come here crying and willing to learn, your going to learn a lot

just like my boie @marsh wing

hes growing into a full blown chad from a walking skill issue because he choose to listen and learn

so proud of my little guy

[main eagle]

aren't like the goons some of the easiest bosses to kill? same goes for killa, tagilla, reshala, shturman, glukhar. I don't see how pillagers compare. They're regular scavs with better gear

[west mist]

goons are unquestionably harder than pillagers, you just have to understand where they will be, same as any boss coded enemy

[distant obsidian]

almopst all AI gets easy to kill once you learn how the game works.

again, just learning and applying that knowlage. Then it makes it easy

[west mist]

the problem with the goons is that they are roaming bosses and that they have 200m aggro if you walk into LOS, so you can get gunned down from out of your range

[distant obsidian]

Tag is a noob killer because he rushes you and new players will struggle with that. Once you figure it out hes mostly a free kill

[west mist]

also knight has like, eagle eyes

[distant obsidian]

200m agro range LOL

man this is why people have issue with bosses, they make shit up to justify their struggles

[west mist]

ok

let me give you an EXACT measurement

for where they aggro'd on me

[left mantle]

the agro'd me from next week

[distant obsidian]

I dont care about your single raid experience

[main eagle]

what is going on?

[west mist]

yeah, like the airdrops that arent real

[distant obsidian]

I care about larghe amount of data to draw a logical conclusion

anyways. Play nice while I am asleep.

[jovial cobalt]

[west mist]

tyr calls anything he doesnt experience a myth

[distant obsidian]

[weak cape]

I just dont understand why the pillagers needed to be so damn accurate. That's my main issue with them. Feels like I cant rotate anywhere while 4 of them are staring at me

[west mist]

boss coded, bosses are more accurate

just find cover, alternate peek locations

[crystal umbra]

Thats why I prefer fighting them on Customs. Even if I get caught in the open by them, there is still enough cover and buildings around everywhere for me to hide behind, and to bait them into.

[distant obsidian]

So hold a tight angle on a right hand peak

[main eagle]

try also not to repeak same corner too quickly

[weak cape]

Thank you for actual helpful tips instead of "Get good"

[west mist]

yeahhhhh, on customs i can just hold a corner and gun them down the moment they round it, on woods i dont have corners, just trees

[main eagle]

agreed. woods is probably one of the worse spots to fight them but they also roam like idiots and are easy to spot

[weary ice]

Imagine being a dragonfly

So flipping breedable

🤤

[jovial cobalt]

huh

[west mist]

refer to my screenshot for the range at which they have aggro'd on me before

[distant obsidian]

@weak cape the useful advise started in the first few msgs. At no point did I say get good

[west mist]

go sleep grandpa

[crystal umbra]

I underestimated pillagers pretty hard yesterday. They were walking on the highway on Lighthouse and I thought I could just casually snipe them from the chalet rocks overlooking the road like I used to with PMCs.

Killed like 2 and then I get an instant head eyes from a SVT. Learned my lesson there

[sonic wigeon]

I have no trouble with the "c word"s in interchange at least, customs I killed them then goons.

but more trouble in customs because they kept appearing behind the freakin goons

[odd gale]

I like how no one is selling Ultra med rn

[weary ice]

Shits op

I bought mine for 3 mil, already made 4 ledx and 3 defibs in 5 uses

[odd gale]

I've gotten 3 ledx 1 defib

Out of 5 uses I need defibs

[timid tendon]

i got a b2b double ledx from pharmacy the other day

[weary ice]

Is necrotic Pharm any good

[timid tendon]

extremely

[weary ice]

I haven’t get a ledx in 10 uses

[timid tendon]

= ultramed

[weary ice]

Ultra med seems more lucky to me

[timid tendon]

i believe it's skill based looting so the better players end up getting better drops

[weary ice]

I see how it is

[timid tendon]

[young frost]

[gleaming token]

Hey, so I jusy jumped into a game on interchange and I ran into some what I thought were scavs at scav camp but they just ate .300 black out like crazy and didn't miss their shots at all. They had ballistic masks and deep pockets like guards or bosses. Never came across them before are they new?

[timid tendon]

#eft-announcements

[weary ice]

New event, like the smugglers

[trail sail]

Why is flea market so dead lately

Barely anyone selling and everythings super inflated

[weary ice]

Pve inflation

Plus never wipe snow

[timid tendon]

what is inflated? everything i check is vendor price

[trail sail]

Barter items mostly

[timid tendon]

inflation means they would be high price not vendor price...

[hazy moss]

?event

[trail sail]

Metal spare parts is not 100k vendor price bro

[hazy moss]

yo whats the keybind

[trail sail]

??event

[quasi apex]

Upcoming new battle pass "celebration" event!
Accept task Short on Hands (Skier) and Casus belli (Ref) to get started.

[hazy moss]

preciate it

[timid tendon]

yeah base building items will be in demand for a while, it's not inflation

inflation would mean everything not just a small handful of in-demand items

[young frost]

even during inflationary periods some assets can be undervalued

[timid tendon]

yeah but metal spare parts are used for base building and for case creation that people craft regularly with old fuel tanks - they're a high demand item

if we were to talk inflation we'd look at it as a trend over time not a point-in-time assessment

[young frost]

just today i noticed a hige discrepancy between the flea price of 95rd drums and the cost of the barter items. like 100k

lol i completely forgot about the fuel tank thing. i just use em to craft ap sx

[timid tendon]

yeah the market within tarkov is quite weird

the time of day price splits are nuts - sometimes an item is 80k sometimes it's 35k

and the amount of people selling for under vendor price, lmao

[trail sail]

Anyways, any of you know where to find cultist figurine?

[young frost]

labs

[trail sail]

Keycard rooms yes

[young frost]

yeaj. yellow/fake yellow violet res

i guess red too but i dont see a ton of figurines in there

[gleaming token]

So after raid I found out they were pillagers added for the event

[weary ice]

Yellow is 200k for some reason

You can profit off one hit… (profit the entire card)

[mortal nacelle]

Why Tf did they make woods server only, it actually runs worse for me now

[timid tendon]

they made them local again yesterday or so

[mortal nacelle]

Ah okay

I haven’t touched them since they made em server side, I got constant lag spikes on server

[spice cove]

Anyone know a way to stop the shadow flickers on trees. Especially bad on Woods

[sweet charm]

Hello guys ! I wanna do the event task line but i'm struggling to find 5.45x39 PS ammo pack (120) ;-; any tips on what map to farm (just did a wood run and not a single one)

[trail sail]

Reserve

[timid tendon]

scavving reserve and checking the rooftops and barracks are a good bet

(i mean just go as your pmc but yeah)

[sweet charm]

Ok will try that thx !

[bright jetty]

I'm being Tarkov'd in PVE 🥲 While ground zero was easy and I would kill pretty much anything, Customs just feels another level, I usually meet a group of 3+ and they just smash me 😂 Although I had a break from Tarkov for over a year, this is too funny that even AI PMCs on Customs (and maybe other maps too apart from Ground Zero) are owning me

[copper heart]

Can someone advise how to get Capturing out posts completed if no PVE players go to this location, i have had this for months

[timid tendon]

1. play on bsg servers
2. do not let the pmcs see you until they're in there or they'll retreat
3. mentally accept that it will take you a lot of attempts

woods -> you need a nearby spawn and sj6 sprint it
shoreline -> camp the west wing roof watching helicopter and scoped to the south-east corner of resort
customs -> camp the south stairwell and do NOT peek if you hear them coming or they'll retreat and camp

[copper heart]

TBH you are likely just charging in, and they will hose you down if you are doing this, the only time i die in Tarkov is to the Bosses, i am not slow but i don't charge in to locations.

[bright jetty]

I usually kill all bosses, I now just died again by PMCs group of 3, I spawned in customs next to smugglers boat, went up to the sniper roadblock and they saw me and pinned me down, damn they are deadlier than Ground Zero

But I'm also not that good at the game either 😂

With bosses and their guards I have that 2 second timer to aim at their head before shooting, with PMCs AI as soon as I lean out of cover they just blast me

[weary ice]

What time is it in America

[toxic patio]

1am pst rn

[unique island]

Do pillagers have more health than the average enemy?

[copper heart]

Hay I feel the advise, i am now level 51 and just trying to close out the last of the Tasks, 😋 I will give this try, getting very board now.

[unique island]

I cant tell if Im just missing most of my shots or its taking like 40 shots to down one guy

compared to me like 5 shotting the average enemy at most outside of the NPCs that have more health

[copper heart]

First Rule, Treat the Bosses and their gaurds as if they will trash you every time. Second rule is donot double peek the same place, Peek shoot Move location and then peek. As you get better this will become easier.

[timid tendon]

🤝 just finished it last week, it was the worst quest in the game easily

[bright jetty]

Bosses and their guards I always kill them, it's the PMCs that trash me xD

[odd gale]

Depends where you asking

[weary ice]

Just a rough estimate is fine

[odd gale]

1am PST 4AM EST 3AM CST 12AM Ast 10PM Hawaii

I believe

[copper heart]

Yep i get you, the PMC/ E's they tend to group kill you and they move a lot better now, i treat them like Bosses and try to hang back and take them out from a distance. Also dont hord the good ammo, Use that stuff 😆

[odd gale]

That's all major timezones besides territories

[unique island]

Does anyone know if Pillagers have more health than normal enemies? Im trying to find info online but I cant find anything concrete

[copper heart]

Wait till you get to Labyrinth 🥳

[copper heart]

Nice, Congrats,

[bright jetty]

Dorm 206 key is so hard to find..

[unique island]

they seem to be taking way more shots to down than the average enemy, kinda like bosses almost in terms of how resilient they are

[odd gale]

yeah they have like 10 more health

In the head

[unique island]

actually found a resource that said they have 735 health in total, was just about to say until I found out you cant link on this channel haha

thorax: 160, head: 45, left arm: 80, left leg: 120, right arm: 80, right leg: 120, stomach: 130

so a bit more than the average guy, which explains why theyre taking like double my ammunition to kill at long ranges

[midnight wasp]

barter

[unique island]

I guess its either you go high pen on these guys and shoot for headshots or shread them with a high damage ammo like quakemaker on the legs

[crude kraken]

bullets pen check

[weary ice]

Just bring level 3 piercing armour and aim for the head

The highest armour they can have for thorax is korund vm, but usually it’s just scav rigs

[crude kraken]

thats just like, common sense usually

[weary ice]

It is

[crude kraken]

i always bring high pen primary and low pen shitlet killer pistol

[unique island]

I mean I can do that when they get close enough, but since theyre in a group its hard to close the distance with them unless you let them come to you which is what ive been doing and its been working so far

[weary ice]

I go sa58 with m80 or m80a1 and rip in a glock 18c

[odd gale]

I wouldn't

Makes you heavy

[unique island]

i was just wondering if they had more health is all

[crude kraken]

cuz unless were talking boss' 9/10 times you just need a good pen rifle for pmc's

[weary ice]

Interchange is the easiest for me, real easy to sneak up on them from power

Lots of good cover too

[crude kraken]

how heavier is a glock or 1911 gonna make me lets be real

[unique island]

they were a fucking nightmare on woods and customs since theres so much open space around where they like to spawn

[weary ice]

3 kilos max

Yeah I don’t play those maps for the event

[odd gale]

No point like I said

[trail sail]

I would carry an sa-58, axmc, a blicky, and a gl in the rig and a spare rpg to be safe with pillagers.

[crude kraken]

what spanws do they have on interchange? same as snugglers?

[weary ice]

Wouldn’t

[odd gale]

Find a ammo that has good pen and dmg

[weary ice]

They spawn at the middle of the highways and power

[crude kraken]

eeh id rather not waste good pen on scavs

[unique island]

had to dodge and weave like a motherfucker and hit from multiple angle. Super fun fight though

[crude kraken]

i didnr like smugglers ngl

[odd gale]

Not wasting if you head tap

[weary ice]

M80 is good, pens the face shield and pretty good

[unique island]

just its an ouchie if you get caught out of position

[crude kraken]

still i usually bring only 3 mags

idk i'll see what to do next time i play

i just like pistols too much tho

especially a silenced 45

[weary ice]

The pistols are so nice

[crude kraken]

makes me feel like snake

[unique island]

been killing them pretty consistantly with M855 and PS since its really the only ammo I have a lot of

[young frost]

unbelievably based

[unique island]

I dont think their loot is worth pulling out the big boys for tbh

[weary ice]

Yeah

[stone harbor]

I like my Glock 18

[weary ice]

The face marks are nice though

[stone harbor]

with that brrrttttzzzz

[young frost]

m80 is awesome. hard carried me to tracksuit

[odd gale]

Just go .338 lapua ap

[weary ice]

Glock 18 with the switch

[young frost]

fuck labubu

[weary ice]

I love labubu

Labubu makes my peentar hard

[odd gale]

What.

Weirdo

[crude kraken]

you get lots of BT if you hit interchange or any outpost with military stuff

[weary ice]

How rude

[young frost]

therapist has a cure for that (u have to look at therapist)

[weary ice]

How dare a man have a kink

[crude kraken]

i have like 10ish stacks

[unique island]

honestly might be a hot take but I wish they just gave these guys and the bossses normal health but really good ammo/accuracy, the inflated health pools make a good back and forth but I dunno if I really gel with having to unload an entire mag into a guy just to kill them

[crude kraken]

reserves has been serving me right recently

[weary ice]

I wish more bosses had higher tier plates

[unique island]

i mean im used to it and it doesnt bother me, just a bit of a pet peeve

[unique island]

or that yeah

[odd gale]

I wish they mad all the ai harder

[crude kraken]

eeh idm

[weary ice]

Tagilla being the only boss with t6 plates is insane

[crude kraken]

id say make it level dependent

[odd gale]

Nah just increase them by like 40%

[unique island]

yeah, I have a good amount of BT but I like to save them for when Im doing something specific like raider/guard hunting since its pretty limited

PS is just fine for most of my average run needs

[stone harbor]

Glukhar no lv6 plate?

[unique island]

Pillagers imo are not worth pulling out my BT for if I can kill them just fine with PS/M855

[weary ice]

I don’t think so

[raw nest]

Nope

[stone harbor]

How about Kollontay?

[raw nest]

Nope

[stone harbor]

damn

[unique island]

I honestly wish that PMC squads worked a bit more like the goons but toned down a lot, would make them more fun to fight and not simply running into them and tapping them in the head

PMCs imo are extremely easy to deal with, basically loot on legs

[cloud atlas]

do boss spawn drop during events? i havent run into any

[raw nest]

Yes

[unique island]

Ive ran into Reshala a good amount of times so I dont think so?

[crude kraken]

idk id like if it were random

[stone harbor]

Then we need a Black Division-level boss with top-notch gear.

[cloud atlas]

hmmm ive had no luck, been looking for reshalla

[crude kraken]

labs

[stone harbor]

Boss still spawn

[crude kraken]

only place i see fit ngl

[unique island]

random would be super nice, like it scaling with PMC level like some mods used to do back in the day for older games

[stone harbor]

I finished 20 Shturman just now

fought with Pillagers 20 times near Military Checkpoint

[crude kraken]

still hvent fought once

[stone harbor]

labs? those guys are not as good as BD, brother

[cloud atlas]

hmmm

[crude kraken]

no i mean make BD spawn IN labs as a boss

[stone harbor]

peak more than 3seconds and they will head, eyes you

[cloud atlas]

i just want kappa, not concerned with shurtman 20x

[stone harbor]

oh shiet yeah, this makes sense

[unique island]

that would make sense honestly haha

suprised they havent done that yet

[crude kraken]

like they make the map go dark so youre forced to bring nods or something

[crude kraken]

thwyre planning iirc

[copper heart]

WOW Look out for the Pillagers, they hit hard and move fast.

[stone harbor]

and they know how to flank and overwhelm you with numbers

[unique island]

yeah, I think theyre really fun to fight actually

[stone harbor]

they scissored me at run 18

had to 2 green etg stim to survive

[unique island]

Makes me wonder if this is them planning for overall upgrades to their AI

like testing them out or something

cause Id love to see PMCs with the same behavior

[stone harbor]

damn I hope so, if that is to be implemented, PvE players will get less harassment XD

[unique island]

Yeah haha, cause PMCs rn are a joke imo

literally just walking loot pinatas

[cloud atlas]

lol

[stone harbor]

lol

they are pinatas to you yes, but to my friends, they pose enough threats for old men XD

me specifically, only bosses scare me

[unique island]

Haha, perhaps I should give myself more credit then as a fellow old man haha

only real enemies that scare the crap out of me are bosses yeah

[odd gale]

I like to challenge myself and do night runs without any thermals/nvgs

On a oled btw^

[stone harbor]

damn another gramps in PvE chat hahaha, Im 61 this year, you?

[unique island]

okay im not that old HAHA im only 30, but a lot of my friends are a lot younger and like to call me old all the time

in comparison, Im basically a baby to you

[cloud atlas]

i will be gaming till im 60 with a bit of luck

[odd gale]

Unc

I'm about to be 18 tho

13 days

[unique island]

it doesnt get better when youre an adult. Being able to work and buy your own shit is kinda cool though

not to mention getting to eat what you want is nice too

[odd gale]

Well it's my turn to be a adult when I'm automatically registered for a draft

Fun times

[unique island]

We should just make all the world leaders compete in a tarkov lobby

whoever gets the most roubles wins the war

[odd gale]

I agree

[unique island]

we could have it shoutcasted and streamed online too and people can send in donations for funny modifiers

100 USD makes all the bosses spawn on the map LOL

[stone harbor]

Until you got a wife to constantly nagging your messy style of life, stop you from eating out/wasting money

you will become a solemn old man like me, I look rich but I have nothing in the wallet

61 yo and still kicking with games & work. You youngsters will outplay me any day XD

[odd gale]

At least you have someone to care about you

[unique island]

Hey its not like my old man back in the day when he was still playing Halo and CoD till the end

Miss him a lot

[stone harbor]

true, the love of my life, the Lightkeeper of my escape, the Therapist of my meds & clothes

[unique island]

wouldve been around your age if he was still around

[stone harbor]

sorry to hear that, brother

[jovial cobalt]

the lightkeeper of your escape
so she doesn't let you escape?

[stone harbor]

never sadly lmaooo

[unique island]

it was a long time ago, but he lives on through me and my sister. I can only hope we make him proud haha

[stone harbor]

No evil shall escape her sight.

and I was a bad-natured combat medic hehe

[stone harbor]

You are here and now, and the way you chat lets me know that you are a decent man who has grown into a good man. Hardship might spawn in front of you in the future, but we - old men that are near the heavens, counting our days, will always be with you, boys and girls in spirit.

[unique island]

Those are comforting words, thanks for that brother

[stone harbor]

If I had a son, I would surely told him that, each week. no problem, brother, you are all dear to me. We have paved the way for you to have a peaceful era to grow. Keep it up and make this world even better, for your own first, and then your love ones.

You might not believe me but thanks to the wars I took part in, I lost my balls XD

part of the reason why I never had a child

[granite quartz]

Hii

[odd gale]

bot

Maybe

[stone harbor]

Hi. Welcome to Tarkov's PvE chat. How can we help you, brother?

[granite quartz]

Anyone here play on asia servers?

[raw nest]

#pve-lfg

[stone harbor]

That would be me

But, you can go look in #pve-lfg as well.

[granite quartz]

Just need some cools guys to play with

I am new player

[stone harbor]

you good with old man?

[granite quartz]

Which server btw?

[granite quartz]

Haha sure man

[stone harbor]

dark jokes and all

[granite quartz]

Got it brother

[stone harbor]

China, Singapore, etc. Im good with any, since Im currently in SEA region

[granite quartz]

Samee brother

Singapore and Malaysia

[stone harbor]

I'm level 49, played for 700 hrs, escaped once in PvE, I can help you with pretty much 90%

[errant crow]

woah 400 hours and 49 is huge

[granite quartz]

I am lvl 13

[copper heart]

yup if you are looking for them, Woods FOB they are spawning all the time here

[stone harbor]

so that's why during my 20 Woods run for Shturman, I saw them exclusively at it lmaoo

[stone harbor]

I'm available daily after 8 PM, GMT+7, hit me on PvE chat mention whenever you wanna play

I'm at a point where I just do some minor tasks for fun, I'm more into helping/escorting/pathfinding for newbies nowadays

[stone harbor]

well in my defense, I play PMC exclusively, scav is like... 8 raids?

[stone harbor]

sorry, mistyped, its 700 hrs

[crystal umbra]

Do they ever shoot at Shturman or do they just ignore bosses in general

Since yesterday on Customs I got jumped by Goons and Reshala and Pillagers just ignored em and went straight for me

[granite quartz]

Sure buddy

[stone harbor]

they are scav faction so... yeah you know

[cloud atlas]

i wish the bosses didnt have ridiculous hp, just feels so fake

[crystal umbra]

They shot my ass off as a scav wtf

[stone harbor]

weird... well at least they fight PMCs in my case, let me try test them tonight at diff maps

[granite quartz]

Yea idk when i am playing scav i can’t differentiate between pmc and scav and they do not shoot me until i get really close

[copper heart]

You need your rep up with Fence

[stone harbor]

during my 20 runs, I did not had the chance to see them fight Shturman :v

[crystal umbra]

6.33 rep with fence

[stone harbor]

either they died first, or I killed Shturman first

[crystal umbra]

Ya I wasnt even anywhere close. I just peeked around a corner, saw like 4 of them in distance and suddenly I got lazered between the eyes

Tarkov being Tarkov I guess

[copper heart]

Weird

[copper heart]

Going to try this with scav also

[crystal umbra]

I am at work rn but I can give it a try with my scav again later, in case it happens again

[stone harbor]

the Pillager does not have its own wiki page yet, but on other tarkov wiki (not the official), it is said that they are a kind of boss

meaning, they can fight bosses

Custom, Lighthouse, Interchange, Shoreline, Woods only

[crystal umbra]

As unlikely as that is, its maybe possible I also somehow accidentally managed to graze a scav which made me marked as traitor but I dont even remember shooting at any

[crystal umbra]

Oh?

[stone harbor]

just a guess tho, no faction classification yet

[raw nest]

I don't think Pillagers are scavs

same as Smugglers

[stone harbor]

do smugglers fight scav?

pardon me for my lack of scav knowledge, I dont do scav

[raw nest]

Haven't meaning my theory is bs

could be

[rancid tundra]

No new case for PvE after finishing the ref's last quest?

[stone harbor]

the damn Smugglers with their DVL-10 M61 M80 rounds and other guns gave me some instant eye surgery alot

[stone harbor]

case? like Secure container case or item case case?

[rancid tundra]

Something new it's kinda Ref's Drop Crate

Named "Ref's Cache I"

[crystal umbra]

I feel like Smugglers were somehow easier than Pillagers. Sure they had better ammo and gear but their aim seemed a little less Boss-like.

Meanwhile Pillagers who have okay gear and mid ammo are regularly hitting me in my FACESHIELD from all the way across the bridge on Customs

[rancid tundra]

#screenshots message

[raw nest]

Arena

[stone harbor]

damn its Arena

the only case my PvE standard arse gonna get for Ref is Morituri te salutant task's "Case with templates" case

Finish that final task and you will get 1 x Valuable crate, 1 x Equipment crate, 1 x Weapon crate.

[crystal umbra]

No achievements for this event btw?

[stone harbor]

Nope

At least you can get a lot of GP coins

with Intel Lv 2 or higher, you can get a whooping total of 487 GP coins

[crystal umbra]

Nice.

[untold nebula]

is there match making for pve or do i gotta make amigos on here lol

[jovial cobalt]

there technically is the looking for group function in pve but im pretty sure that just gets you teamkilled instantly so ye its prolly better to find ppl here

[young frost]

doesnt seem so. they dont fight rogues

[untold nebula]

thanks well anyone on here can add me if they need a teamate . i been playing forever witner with my brother alot and decided to jump into tarkov i like it but the pvp has alot of cheaters i hear that ruin the game had that experience with dayz already

[raw nest]

#pve-lfg

[pure sonnet]

are the pillagers taking up the pmc spawns? cant find any lol

[sonic wigeon]

The pillagers aside, I've been having trouble finding pmcs to kill for the ticket quest of 5 pmc kills without scav killed, I've found 4/5 pmcs around 3-5 times now, is there a spawn in interchange where I can roam to see if there's pmcs?

rn my route is (avoiding pillagers)
near powerstation(not directly because theres pillagers there)
The bridge near railway extract.
and untac/emercom extract surroundings

[candid quiver]

I had my luck running with ppl to protect me

[sonic wigeon]

thats one thing right, even with my friends helping me we only found 4

they killed scavs/pillagers but the last kill somehow always either is already dead to the pillagers or just gone

so I've been wondering if there's pmcs inside the mall but I am not that good with dealing with killa

[candid quiver]

Other than that on interchange i check powerstation, the ramp at emercon and inside infront of idea and around the mifdle

[orchid raptor]

man when i get home from this stupid 2 week vacation im gonna have 1 day left for the event 🥹

are the reshala guard loadout buffs still gonna be good after the event?

[sonic wigeon]

I had 4 pmcs spawn on me when I spawned near emercom but after that not even a single gunshot ANYWHERE

[orchid raptor]

how about marked rooms, are they still any good, i havent played tarkov in almost 3 weeks

[sonic wigeon]

they buffed(?) it

they increased the quality and quantity iirc thats what they said on the patch notes

[orchid raptor]

when i played 3 weeks ago yeah they buffed it a little, i havent played since

[sonic wigeon]

of the **locked **rooms

[orchid raptor]

wonderful

[sonic wigeon]

but then again 10 runs of 314 bared me 1 black card and 1 yellow card then nothing else

[orchid raptor]

i still have like 30 marked keys from the cultist event and the only key ive broken is one 314 key, i still have so many reserve keys 😭😭😭

[sonic wigeon]

maybe was just unlucky but thats just half the worth of a full 314 key

[orchid raptor]

this sucks

[sonic wigeon]

even if I include the taigas and the guns if I sold them maybe still 4-2m loss

[orchid raptor]

i wish the event lasted for longer, id love to grind it

[candid quiver]

Unlucky

[sonic wigeon]

I've been trying this quest for the past like what 10-15 raids?

I've always been forced to kill the scavs(around like 3-5 raids) since they somehow kneecap me like 200m away(of course its hyperbole)

[candid quiver]

Thats what friends are for

[celest nexus]

Transit and back, what’s what I did

[mossy blade]

Dont do the quest rn

Black Div (Pillagers) WRECK pmcs

Pillagers have the same AI as Black Division

[sonic wigeon]

really? they suck tho, I've had more trouble with the smugglers

[mossy blade]

They move like black div, terminal 6 times saying thst

[celest nexus]

The pillagers are easy to kill they’re just annoying when they get the jump on you

[mossy blade]

They dont charge you, they walk aimed at you

Theyre nerfed to have bad tier ammo

[sonic wigeon]

#screenshots message

yeah but like I've cqc'd all of them

[mossy blade]

I got 1 tapped to the throat by them

[sonic wigeon]

I haven't cheesed them, I just rushed at them out of rage because they killed me on a run with 4/5 pmc kills

[celest nexus]

That’s just bad luck

The worst they’ve done to me is take out both legs

[sonic wigeon]

ngl I try not to leave openings even as I rush

I rush but I do actively make retreat points

and I dont trust neckless armor so I always run those tier 3 soft armors like the defender-2, redut, or just any gen4 armor

or just full armors like the Fort

They've killed me the first encounter I did for the 5 pmc kills run because I forgot pillagers were added

since I have max strength I dont have to worry too much about weight

you can also throw like flashbangs slightly above you(slight incline towards them and underhand throw) to make them run then you shoot them while that happens especially when they're getting too close to you

[bold stratus]

dont you love it when you get a daily task for surviving on factory 2 times and the game puts u in the basement and when you're nearly out and turn the corner face to face with tagilla XD

[jade saffron]

got to say I like the pillagers

well except that they seem to get the mcx with AP ammo

[bold stratus]

agreed, their ammo tho hurts unless you're running propatol

[jade saffron]

it is over quickly when you get a bullet through the faceshield

[bright jetty]

I like PVE more than PVP, loot is so much better on AI PMCs than real PMCs where people don't really take the good stuff (apart from sweat chads that I can't kill) 😂

[bold stratus]

i was running 5.56.45mm SOST or SODT ammo only teir 4 and was beaming his head but died to hammer "bonk"

in hindsight i probs should of run

[jade saffron]

now I cannot decide what gun I should run after my death

[bold stratus]

pick a gun you havent used

in a while or ever

[candid quiver]

The 366 ak

With apm and 73rnd drum

[jade saffron]

will take the gun, but you can keep the drum

[candid quiver]

Its funnier with the drum

Because you habe 73 rounds of freight trains

[jade saffron]

wish they'd add the 366 SKS (I am pretty sure one exists)

[candid quiver]

There is a 366 stm irl

The stm comes in like 10 different calibers irl, id be fire if they added more

[copper heart]

oh! Taxi is on wood, lets gooo

[hoary stag]

btw is marked room on lighthouse always so ass?

[copper heart]

yup

[candid quiver]

Yea

Its the worst one

[hoary stag]

ok, bcs dorms and others are quite nice more often now

[candid quiver]

Lightouse one cant even spawn guns iirc

[hoary stag]

and I just got a key and did visit it 4 times and it was... well not really a marked room

[jovial cobalt]

bruh wtf

[timid tendon]

yeah lighthouse marked room

[jovial cobalt]

head blacked by a scav in armory on terminal

[hoary stag]

F

[jovial cobalt]

im grenading myself

[hoary stag]

kill as much as you can

[jovial cobalt]

already dead

[hoary stag]

xD

[candid quiver]

Might aswell keep going

[copper heart]

think of it as a challenge to get out

[candid quiver]

To learn

[jovial cobalt]

it'll just make me mad since i'll take 1 hit and die and then be like well

that was all for nothing

[candid quiver]

Take propital

You literally lose nothing

Keep going

[jovial cobalt]

the deed is already done

[candid quiver]

Dum

[copper heart]

🥳

[jovial cobalt]

shoulda had my zagustin bound quicker because im pretty sure it was saveable but i was too slow on healing

lesson learned

[final geode]

they should change capturing outposts so that only we have to be in the killzone and not the enemy

especially on customs
I saw a recent reddit post and apparently the tactic on customs is too asap SJ6 to the Stronghold, clear it, and camp on the 2nd floor

Whenever the PMCs spot you they will never push you, rather run away while you inside the Objective

For that reason you gotta walk out the opposite side of the Stronghold so that the AI comes to search for you, might take 2+ minutes, then listen for steps and when they run trough you peak and kill them

[rotund comet]

just saw 3 pmcs and 4 pillagers chilling together at RUAF, shot at them from across the water and all 7 shot at me together

[jade saffron]

got to figure out where to find those 120 round PS ammo packs, finding BT and all but no PS

[raw nest]

Reserve, customs, lighthouse a lot of these maps have russian ammo spawns

[steep kettle]

??events

[quasi apex]

Upcoming new battle pass "celebration" event!
Accept task Short on Hands (Skier) and Casus belli (Ref) to get started.

[jade saffron]

yeah I now got 1000 extra BT ammo (and others) but those goddamn PS packs are gone from sight

[raw nest]

That's why I chose Ref

[timid tendon]

close, just sit in there with comtac 6 and do not peek any sound until they're visually inside fortress - just make sure you play on bsg servers or the ai idles too much and won't roam

[bright jetty]

Are AI PMCs going inside buildings, and towards quest locations? It looks like they just sit outside in open areas, never go in buildings, and never go to quest locations

[timid tendon]

on local server they will roam less

[sonic wigeon]

are you sure that wasnt the freakin goons 😭

[rotund comet]

nah, I killed them all and checked

[quartz vector]

Blud was fighting the firing squad

[rotund comet]

within a few seconds on my kill feed, pillager, pmc, pmc, pillager, pmc, pillager, pillager

I was surprised when my pmc kill quest completed while I was killing pillagers that’s why

[quartz vector]

Grinding LMG skill is so slow

5 points max per raid and I still need 20 more ugh

[timid tendon]

build an rpk like an AR and have a blast

[quartz vector]

I'm using the RPK but I'm running out of good ammo

[slender mantle]

good thing reserve has so much of it

[jade saffron]

trying to find cpu fans for the bitcoin farm and I find graphics cards
goddamn suffering from success

got to love scavving on ground zero though

[slender mantle]

so are the pve marked rooms worth it?

[pure sonnet]

is the event quest where u have to kill pmcs while wearing a painted mask the last one? or will there be more later

[jade saffron]

ye

[quartz vector]

Yeah but I'm tryna run Factory for fast raids

[bright jetty]

From my understanding, The Forbidden Mod has it so that PMCs also go to quest locations, is BSG planning to add this too? or is it CPU expensive for that or what?

[jade saffron]

if I remember correctly the one on streets factory gave me a ledx injector case and a yellow keycard (maybe a red one was in there too, but I do not remember)

[timid tendon]

i am not aware of their plans, merely passing on my learned lessons when i finished that dogass quest

[quartz vector]

I got black, red, violet and a ledx from chek and factory markeds (1 raid)

[slender mantle]

yea i got some marked keys from the rusted key all of them on reserve tho so iam thinkin is it worth the hassle to run all 3 of them at the same time

[quartz vector]

If you got the whole set you can swap them for a 314 marked when they're all 1/10

Since it's 10/10 when you barter it, you can either sell it or use it

[slender mantle]

true

[weak dune]

Welp. I got cool and lucky only to have to wipe my character because I forgot I was using a BEAR character and not USEC

[slender mantle]

yikes

[weak dune]

Wait. Maybe I can swap to English Bear Voice.

[raw nest]

wdym?

what's the issue?

[weak dune]

I cannot understand what my character says. And I forgot I didn't compare drip/outfits. Which... Yeah is a bit stupid buttt.

If I'm gonna do one too forever on PvE. They gotta be perfect.

[raw nest]

There's a lot of good bear outfits and usec too

[slender mantle]

do voice lines matter tho?

[raw nest]

both have shit ones too

[slender mantle]

yeah

[raw nest]

Also can change to english voicelines

but with little bit of slavic accent

[weak dune]

I just found that. Yeah. I'm okay with the accents. I have the English Nikita Voice on my USEC side but other than that.

Not a huge difference anyway.

[slender mantle]

yeah nothin to worry about not like you are spamming voicelines every raid or are you XD

[raw nest]

Only thing you are missing from Usec are scream and weird voice lines

[weak dune]

Fair enough

And I'm usually in VC if I'm rolling with people.

I will keep it for now. Maybe when PvE gets prestiges. I might be able to swap or something.

[raw nest]

Prestige is planned

[manic pewter]

Only a question of time till PvE gets prestige

[raw nest]

maybe q3 or q4 we don't know Maybe 2027?

[weak dune]

Got a friggen marked room key before a Surv-12 kit. Lmao

[raw nest]

Good shit

[manic pewter]

What key did you get

[weak dune]

RB-PKPM

Not the greatest but got it off a jacket in the Customs Dorms.

[manic pewter]

Solid, remember to check on top of the TVs, in the folder on the ground and in the toppled over cupboard

And save 1 use for later ofc

[weak dune]

Quests?

[fallen mason]

Barter for 314 key. 1 of each reserve key for 1 314.

[weak dune]

Ahh

[fallen mason]

They can be 1/10 uses each as well.

[quartz vector]

2 raids and I will be free from LMGs