pve-chat

[sly saddle]

Better question.

[ionic fossil]

9mm vector?

[craggy meteor]

why not?

oh there is a 9mm version

[sly saddle]

Why the fuck are there so many goddamn sweats in Arena?

[craggy meteor]

i just have the .45

[sly saddle]

How am I supposed to progress if I don't have the best shit?

[ionic fossil]

fair enough

[ionic fossil]

9mm vector is kinda js worse in everyway tho

that said it still shreds

[ionic fossil]

by pushinh through anyways

leg meta is always viable

[sly saddle]

Yeah, sure. Fucking whatever.

[craggy meteor]

i dont have access to 40 pen ammo yet so ive just been using a light gun with ammo that doesnt weigh a lot

[ionic fossil]

ah that makes sense

[craggy meteor]

cuz strenght level is low

[carmine lantern]

with vector thats fine, you shred anyones kit by the time you reload no matter what ammo

[sly saddle]

Like I've got all the time in the fucking world to fuck face McGee to an SR2 or an ASh-12 or an HK416 or a G27

... Got an SR2 myself. Fuck these assholes!!

[astral ridge]

oh btw is ice breaker tomorrow or is it a random patch

[lethal garnet]

no icebreaker tomorrow

just update

[carmine lantern]

icebreaker prob next week

[jovial cobalt]

i mean everyone gets access to the same ammo and plates

[stuck pike]

Are you talking about the main game or Arena?

[jovial cobalt]

arena i believe

[stuck pike]

Well, apparently the devs purposely made it so you have to grind hard with whatever you have available, in other words, they're saying, "that's the whole point, it's not gonna be easy until you put an absurd amount of effort into it"

[jovial cobalt]

its been a sec since ive had to level my armory in arena but you could just use whatever ak74 and unlock ak12 or nl545 even better perhaps

[stuck pike]

In the PVE main game, I don't have access to scopes and other cool attachments until I'm at least lv. 25 and lv. 30

[stuck pike]

Idk, that's all I can tell ya

All the scopes I have are from PMCs and other high level Scavs that I looted

[carmine lantern]

ya its about a different game lol

[jovial cobalt]

i found 2 lpvos in pvp zone as like a level 6 pmc

looting shit is op

my dumbah brain woops

[carmine lantern]

they're talking about arena specifically

[stuck pike]

Ah, I see wym

[carmine lantern]

but you dont need the 'best gear' in arena to beat other people

just like with normal tarkov

[jovial cobalt]

a huge part of arena is map knowledge just like eft

[stuck pike]

Either way, you have to basically "grind," your way to the top if you want the best of the best

[jovial cobalt]

i know the maps very well so it immediately becomes easier

[stuck pike]

Likewise

I'm currently I think, lv. 16 or 17, I haven't checked in a few days

I've been too busy doing quests on PVE (Customs, Woods, Shoreline, etc)

[sage walrus]

Is there a better way to farm high pen 7.62x54R than just shitman in woods?

[sly saddle]

Bullshit!

[livid oxide]

The task?

[main eagle]

information has been unclear but do goons spawn on woods during the event?

[sly saddle]

Thats what everyone has! With the time they put into it they're also honed to a razor's edge!!

[carmine lantern]

no.

only shoreline

[main eagle]

thank you

[feral mirage]

Anyone trying to do a shoreline run with me so i can do thisa last task for fence to escape?

[lethal garnet]

don’t forget to check #pve-lfg

[feral mirage]

I figured itd be easier here but ill try it

[jovial cobalt]

improvise adapt overcome

to be fair arena is in kinda a weird meta spot since they removed the limits for armor or ammo or meds so you can have 0 armor but like 20 mags (exaggerative example)

and brought back lv5 altyns for enforcer and shit

[trail sail]

Unity 6 today maybe ?

[carmine lantern]

nah

that was like a july thing+

[trail sail]

Yeah they probably gonna patch icebreaker in

[restive jewel]

Ngl hope the update tomorrow brings that bear clothing stuff for unheard of the xp buff

[sage walrus]

xp buff?

[restive jewel]

The 20% xp buff for unheard

[carmine lantern]

anyone with unheard edition/in a party w someone who has it gets extra xp mult

just a bit of extra p2w

[sage walrus]

so your telling me ive been out here doin 80k xp transits when i coulda just waited

[restive jewel]

Yes

Could only imagine doing kaban cause it’s 21k xp now lol

[main eagle]

other than faster insurance returns and 50% discount for in raid purchases, what advantage does the mark of the unheard really hold?

[restive jewel]

Like the marker?

[main eagle]

seems a lot of hassle for just those two things. You can't kill scavs unless they shoot you first, scav aggro range is 60 meters instead of (idk or remember)

[main eagle]

yes

[sage walrus]

kaban is 21k XP??

[carmine lantern]

the marker is just a useless gimmick item

[restive jewel]

If all headshots yea

[sage walrus]

bruh ive been transitting from shoreline and back just farming the Goons hoping for m60s or GLs from pipe

i got 300 rounds of M61 off him earlier

[main eagle]

okay thanks I'll keep it as a trophy. Also it says on the wiki, that unheard edition owners can't get this item?

[restive jewel]

We get it at the start of wipe

[jovial cobalt]

i sometimes unironically use mark of the unheard, very rarely

basically whenever i need to kill pmcs without killing scavs i just put it on because in that case it should only help me

[analog topaz]

One thing I hope Nikita does in future is allow all heads for both factions. I want a young usec but only bear gets a young head

[main eagle]

the scav karma loss while equipped is wild

[carmine lantern]

no, unheard just gets it by default

[jovial cobalt]

in my opinion 80% of the heads look like shit

[carmine lantern]

if you are in pve and not on unheard you get it by completing https://escapefromtarkov.fandom.com/wiki/Small_Business_-_Part_3

[jovial cobalt]

like half of the BEAR heads just look deformed imo lol

[carmine lantern]

pvp has 0 access regardless of edition

[analog topaz]

I play BEAR because of Danilov.

[jovial cobalt]

i would love to see a rework of em all

[main eagle]

"Note: The reward is only obtainable in the PvE game mode and not available to owners of the "The Unheard" edition of the game." I guess this means they either don't have this quest or they can't get the item since they already have it?

[jovial cobalt]

i either use the OG bear face or the other one that basically looks like the OG one but slightly different

[main eagle]

ah got it thanks

[jovial cobalt]

probably that they cant get the item because they already have it

[restive jewel]

Ye

[analog topaz]

Fair. I just love customization even if I never get to see my character. I am waiting for Fable and Division 3 for these reasons of customization and 3rd person.

[jovial cobalt]

oh damn fable remake?

sounds cool

[analog topaz]

Yuh this autumn.

[jovial cobalt]

i do not want to do this event for some reason

[main eagle]

it took me about 2-3 hours to complete. edit: okay maybe more like 5-6

[jovial cobalt]

i already did the first task and i didn't loot a single of the 10 rogues i killed and now i have to go kill them more before even starting the next task to get whatever they drop

[ionic fossil]

goons

[jovial cobalt]

ik i'm just being lazy about it

[jovial cobalt]

are they 100% on shoreline gas station?

[ionic fossil]

yuh

W goons

[jovial cobalt]

ok ok

maybe i can get behind that

[main eagle]

I spawned tunnel and they were right there

[jovial cobalt]

ill just follow the whole road then

[carmine lantern]

I do not care for the event, though I did complete it

[ionic fossil]

not recommended

birdeye is gonna dome you lol

[jovial cobalt]

ill dodge it while his bullet is in mid air

[carmine lantern]

tbh you dont have to search for the goons at all

[ionic fossil]

matrix typa shi

[carmine lantern]

they will find you pretty quickly

[jovial cobalt]

its always knight who gives me problems

[main eagle]

thats been my experience

[ionic fossil]

how does one not get head tapped by birdeye

[jovial cobalt]

he always just shoots my plates

[ionic fossil]

killing knight and pipe are easy but birdeye always gives me trouble

[ionic fossil]

for me its always my head

[sage walrus]

bum rush the man

[ionic fossil]

even with an altyn he somehow alwyas pens

[jovial cobalt]

i was walking around above the chalet in the little mountain path area and birdeye ambushed tf out of me and had so many chances to kill me but he still fluked and died

[ionic fossil]

easier said then done when the dude always runs away when i fight knight

then i randomly die

[sage walrus]

or just spawn near gas station and sprint into the back room throwin nades, theyll just waddle to the door and open it 1 by 1, deagle tap all 3 of em

[sage walrus]

ive killed them 8 times today, going to go back to farming them once i get these last 2 radar parts

[ionic fossil]

thats if i even make it to gas station

[jovial cobalt]

aw man can tkpd be sold on the flea by players

[ionic fossil]

yesterday when i was fighting the goons at gas parmesan randonly showed up behind me and meleed me to death

[jovial cobalt]

im tempted to ask someone to put up a tkpd if they have it unlocked

[sage walrus]

im sorry thats hilarious

[ionic fossil]

9.3 fmj is still questlocked tho

[jovial cobalt]

i can deal with the SP though

[ionic fossil]

parmesan either the easiest boss ever or he on some random bs bruh istg

theres no inbetween

[jovial cobalt]

i'll cope with an svd

[sage walrus]

bro theres NO WAY

i had gluhar DIALED at 270m, he turned and started shooting at ai pmcs, i take my shot, hit his plate carrier, he pivots mid burst still firing and headshots me

[ionic fossil]

isnt tkpd with sp just a worse svd?

sp is a worse lps, no?

[ionic fossil]

well

[sage walrus]

i literally just need these last 2 radar parts then i can put all them in

[ionic fossil]

i mean

[sage walrus]

i fucking hate reserve

[ionic fossil]

its glukhar

if you're going to reserve you gotta expect to die ti bs

[carmine lantern]

tkpd cannot be listed on flea

[ionic fossil]

eh honestly its fun tbh

[jovial cobalt]

rip

[sage walrus]

i just need 2 more radar parts

[jovial cobalt]

i don't know tbh it's weird

[carmine lantern]

I can bring you a tkpd if you want

[jovial cobalt]

tkpd feels like .338's little brother

[sage walrus]

im grabbing a .338 and going to sit on top of dome and just plink till the train comes im so over it

[ionic fossil]

the thing that makes the tkpd good is the ammo and at minimum you have to rock 9.3 fmj

[jovial cobalt]

its okay i equipped up an svd rn

[sage walrus]

hope i find them on the way there

[ionic fossil]

is it a dmr svd or a cqb svd

[sage walrus]

where do you even get good 54R other than shitman?

[ionic fossil]

idk why but i got a thing for cqb svds dude

[jovial cobalt]

cqb lol

[ionic fossil]

i usually find them on ai pmcs

[jovial cobalt]

uhhhhhhh maybe kaban if he has a pkm

[ionic fossil]

snb and lps are common enough for me

[sage walrus]

you find SNB on PMCS?

[ionic fossil]

common bear W

[sage walrus]

ive only found it on zyrachi

[ionic fossil]

pretty sure ive found it a couple times on interchange

[carmine lantern]

you can craft bt after tarkov shooter 7

[ionic fossil]

ai pmcs on interchange i mean

[jovial cobalt]

#weapon-modding message

[ionic fossil]

kill jaeger

[jovial cobalt]

so stupid LMAO idc though

i really should put an lpvo on, but its not as fun then

[ionic fossil]

i rock my svds loud

it sounds sexier

[jovial cobalt]

i love suppressed 762x54

ahem pkm hexagon suppressor when

[ionic fossil]

i rarely rock supressors tbh

[jovial cobalt]

tbh they seem more useless now than ever atleast in pve with the recent changes

[ionic fossil]

i like the sound and feel of loud guns

gives ne nore confidence

[carmine lantern]

suppressor is just for larp/feel

[ionic fossil]

yeah going loud is imo js better cuz of equal recoil but with better ergo

[jovial cobalt]

if im doing a normal ak build i probably always put a suppressor cus i think ARs with suppressors are cool

[carmine lantern]

loud gives better recoil 90% of the time as well

[ionic fossil]

drip or drown

[jovial cobalt]

but then i grab an AKS74U and fold the stock and just keep a muzzle brake on it for real cqb

[jovial cobalt]

yeaah rip suppressor being bis

[carmine lantern]

for a bunch of guns I have both a loud and sup build depending on how I feel

sometimes its a different setup

[ionic fossil]

for me its all aesthetics

[carmine lantern]

like with the mcx I have a different handguard entirely for a suppressed

because of that sick fucking carbon one

[ionic fossil]

practicality barely plays a role in my builds

[sage walrus]

style over egro over usefulness

[ionic fossil]

exactly

[jovial cobalt]

i go for style or just whatever during like 80% of my gameplay

but idk if i go labrys i put specific shit so i dont just get myself killed for no reason

[ionic fossil]

i brought a ppsh with m995 to labrys

went abt as well as you'd expect

[jovial cobalt]

i kit up precisely to what i need in terminal with like 600 rounds of BS or 7n40 or something

[jovial cobalt]

lmao

but was it fun

[carmine lantern]

labrys is the only place I get real 'serious' because I suck and dont want to die so easily when doing it

[fervent peak]

Hooray, cleaner done~

[ionic fossil]

oh totally

shadow of tagilla was a breeze

killa domed me tho

[carmine lantern]

many such cases

[ionic fossil]

i got a burning hatred for killa

tagilla is so easy to cheese meanwhile his brother is doming me through cover with a pp 19

[sage walrus]

im stock piling as mup 7.62x51 ap i can get from big pipe rn and doing labs runs purely to fund my vodka and sausage buying. at this rate i should be able to do labrys all next week

[ionic fossil]

salty dog and vodka is W eats

[sage walrus]

im at 18 cards and 600 rounds of m993, god knows how much m61 or m80a1

[ionic fossil]

jesus christ dude

[sage walrus]

irl yes, i understand why jeager wants it so much

[ionic fossil]

despite that i still want him executed

[sage walrus]

i have almost 3500 rounds of m995 5.56 from labs runs

[ionic fossil]

KILL JAEGER

[ionic fossil]

i had like 1500 but i kept dying on reserve so now im down to 200 lol

[sage walrus]

I HEAR THAT ASH 12, GIVE ME YOUR BALD HEAD GLUHAR

[ionic fossil]

hey thats not nice

theres cool bald ppl too yk

[carmine lantern]

I love hoarding ammo!!!

[ionic fossil]

prapor is pretty cool

peacekeeper is pretty cool

[sage walrus]

bro the first time i saw prapor figurine i thought it was sidorovich

[pulsar sinew]

Ugh, this game is a dick sometimes... Hey, green flare at the old gas station..... hah, gotcha sucker... doesn't count THIS time

[carmine lantern]

I always double tap o when I spawn to see my extract areas

I assume you spawned on the side where old gas doesnt count as an extract even if its activated , if thats what you're talking about

[pulsar sinew]

Yeah... I trusted the green flare... my mistake I'll not make again

[carmine lantern]

yep, theres a few like that in the game, like on woods

[ionic fossil]

this is why i always bring green flare to do railroad extract

i always use ruaf, railroad, or v ex

[sage walrus]

finally, i have glukhars head in my back pocket, and my 2 radar parts i went there for 3 hours ago

[ionic fossil]

rip baldy

[pulsar sinew]

I'll start doing that. Thank you for the idea

[ionic fossil]

np lol

[scarlet pier]

Event done - #screenshots message

[sly saddle]

So I got beat over the head by the Babushka in the MVD Academy.

[scarlet pier]

Its really fun especially with the rogues pushing you together with the Goons

[sly saddle]

I had the quest "Make a Distraction" still, but naturally, I opted against shooting anyone inside...

Also Lexus Dealership was... Obviously out of the question.

[scarlet pier]

only the rewards have been... meh

[carmine lantern]

shoot kabans sniper guards

[sly saddle]

I still know the trick to sneak into Tarbank and Get Money with the Tarbank Register Key, of course, so it's not like I didn't Get Money.

[carmine lantern]

yea the event is just for the achievement

[sly saddle]

I was trying to find the Ground Zero Extract.

[carmine lantern]

the rewards are very mediocre

[sly saddle]

Funny thing is, when Vehicle Extract can't be relied on, I usually take the Transit into Interchange.

[scarlet pier]

couldve had at least some good ammo instead of packs of M855

[peak coral]

when do servers go down

[ionic fossil]

yeah i js use v ex after i loot dorms and its available

[scarlet pier]

in 1 hour

[ionic fossil]

if its not there then i js pop an sj6 and mule to run to ruaf or shoreline transit

[carmine lantern]

cant wait for places to be flooded with 'why are the servers down'

[ionic fossil]

gee.... cant wait...

[scarlet pier]

now into the hell that is trying to finish snowball.... again

[ionic fossil]

servers go down in around an hour right?

[ionic fossil]

to hell with snowball

[carmine lantern]

I mean it says 3 am est

[ionic fossil]

i tried doing it once last month and died to goons while i was fighting sanitar

[carmine lantern]

which is like 4 minutes

since im there, I know

[peak coral]

ye i thought it was 4 mins

[carmine lantern]

so servers should go down in like 3 minutes lol

[scarlet pier]

I got partisan and the goons/glukhar already because of the event, so should be ok from now on

[candid quiver]

I got snowball on accident

[scarlet pier]

I only got partisan 3 times this wipe, so I gotta make use of it

[candid quiver]

Was in a lighthouse raid when my raif partner mentioned wanting to do it so i checked my progress and only zyrachiy was missing

[ionic fossil]

dude i get parmesan like every other raid istg

[sage walrus]

i need to do snowball while im up

should alr be like halfway there

[ionic fossil]

i always meet him everytime i got to customs and shoreline

[candid quiver]

I havent seen him in months

[ionic fossil]

then again i bushcamp alot

so

[scarlet pier]

the other 2 times, once I lost snowball due to bullshit because the servers crashed and my PMC was gone, the other I fumbled myself

[ionic fossil]

my pmc karma is probablu dogshit

[candid quiver]

In pve?

[analog topaz]

Wait partisan isn't just a myth PvPers use to scare each other out of the bushes?

/j

[carmine lantern]

I havent seen parti since february

[ionic fossil]

yeah to likr

take a shit, eat, etc

[candid quiver]

Lmao

[scarlet pier]

I dont know what to do, I spent dozens of raids hunting him on Woods local... no joy

[carmine lantern]

I have like lvl 3 covert after 1800 raids

[ionic fossil]

hell he even attacked me while i was doing survivalist zhivchik

[carmine lantern]

I never sneak around or even touch a bush

I am 100% aggro

(which is why I die a lot)

[ionic fossil]

i was in a bush and afk then he suddenly blew me up

[analog topaz]

Covert is a larp skill in PvE i feel. Scavs somehow know I aim at them from 300m away.

[ionic fossil]

fair enough

[ionic fossil]

yeah i only got lvl 1 covert after like 500 raids ts lame asl dude

[scarlet pier]

I am aggro as well, although this last time partisan showed up on Woods after I spent a chunk of time sniping rogues on reserve

[analog topaz]

fr fr. I hope PvE when they add the idle animations and routines to Scavs that they implement a noise detection too.

[ionic fossil]

go on customs

[sage walrus]

WELP looks like im starting over on snowball

[ionic fossil]

he spawns there alot

[ionic fossil]

dude that would be so cool

[sage walrus]

A SCAV JUST KILLED ME WITH AN IMPACT ON NIGHT FACTORY

[ionic fossil]

they can have nades???

i didnt know that

[carmine lantern]

they can, rarely

that was a destined death for sure

[sage walrus]

he probably picked it up from the grenade box

[carmine lantern]

nikita himself spawned that scav in

[analog topaz]

Yes. Scav nades are the deadliest too.

[scarlet pier]

of the 600 raids this wipe, I have at least 50 on customs

[ionic fossil]

the ghost of glukhar wanted him dead lol

[scarlet pier]

never saw him there once

[dusk steppe]

Is tarkov down?

[ionic fossil]

so he blessed a random scav w the powers of explosives

[carmine lantern]

and yea ive probably hit customs at least 150-200 times and I only have 1 parti kill

[proud wave]

YUP 😠

[carmine lantern]

tarkov is down

[analog topaz]

Just went offline for the updoot.

[proud wave]

FUCK.

[carmine lantern]

#eft-announcements

[ionic fossil]

need more customs raids

[scarlet pier]

not my fav map

[ionic fossil]

chill daddy bear

its only 4 hours

[drowsy juniper]

4-6 hours

[candid quiver]

Customs pretty cool

[ionic fossil]

personally its my fav since fighting reshala is super easy

[restive jewel]

@carmine lantern iI CALLED IT

[analog topaz]

*to 6 hours and it almost always gets extended.

[ionic fossil]

aww man...

well

[scarlet pier]

sure but Ive been playing customs since... 2018

[ionic fossil]

i mean i cant play anyways since i got classes so its wtv lol

[carmine lantern]

what a cute little patch

[proud wave]

🙁

[analog topaz]

I usually just go to bed but I slept all day yesterday CST NA time and can't now.

[torpid bluff]

Well, rip my attempt to get the pk quests for the event done

[proud wave]

I'll be alseep soon 😠

[stiff scaffold]

at least the xp bonus wasn't UE exclusive but eod players got slapped in the face lmfao

[analog topaz]

Event goes to the 21st. This is a minor update

[restive jewel]

wonder what other goodies they mean

[ionic fossil]

i usually just hop on other games

[proud wave]

WELP, Anybody for PvE rust then?

[carmine lantern]

I wonder what the 'new bonuses' are

'New bonuses are also available to players who already own the upgraded editions.'

[restive jewel]

i wonder lol

[analog topaz]

I respect that. Tarkov just has my attention right now.

[ionic fossil]

they get the ability to shoot through walls and have infinite stamina

[sage walrus]

youre telling me my shit crasahed as i got impacted by a scav the moment the servers went down

[ionic fossil]

nikita told me himself

[final geode]

REEAL

[sage walrus]

i MIGHT still have my kit holy

[ionic fossil]

yeah same

[final geode]

Frankfurt is down what is cooking

[ionic fossil]

i got it last month and i alr have 700 hours despite having classes too

[proud wave]

its just a crappy xp bonus update 🙁

[carmine lantern]

thats what I mean, nikita wanted you out of that damn server

[ionic fossil]

player xp or also skills?

[restive jewel]

thats a good update

[sage walrus]

welp goes ill go play stalker and visit Prapors brother Sidorovich

[jovial cobalt]

the new bonuses are the xp bonuses

[carmine lantern]

just player xp from what ive seen

[analog topaz]

and the outfit update!

[ionic fossil]

aww man

[timid tendon]

do we get retroactive exp from pre-boost?

[proud wave]

If you have friends try XMP, I heard its good.

[ionic fossil]

more opportunities to larp

[carmine lantern]

true, but it says that at the bottom of the update so its just a bit confusing to me

[analog topaz]

I can finally wear my USEC hoodie as my BEAR.

[proud wave]

I wanted to try the Co-op stalker mod but i don't have friends lmfao

[clear mesa]

Did servers go down r sum?

[proud wave]

Yup

[timid tendon]

#eft-announcements

[proud wave]

Update

[sage walrus]

i havent played GAMMA since 0.9.3 im exicted to get back into it

[carmine lantern]

come back in 4-6 hours

[ionic fossil]

ugh being a broke college student sucks

i only have standard edition

[clear mesa]

damn bruh i was doing my event task where u stash shit

[candid quiver]

Gamma is good but misery was the original experience

Or call of chernobyl

Misery still gives me nightmares

[proud wave]

XRMPE
https://www.xrmpe.online/

[clear mesa]

does anyone have a link to the patch notes?

[proud wave]

Thats what its called

[final geode]

Bruh I get inner puking when I see those Scam Edition benefits

[carmine lantern]

just when you think vegetables dont have phones, onion rings

[proud wave]

same

[analog topaz]

Check announcements

[clear mesa]

ty

[carmine lantern]

its like 2 lines

[candid quiver]

The fact that eod doesnt get some special benefit is vile

[ionic fossil]

i mean they're not that bad

[carmine lantern]

every edition gets some xp bonus and then unheard gets access to all clothing regardless of faction

[ionic fossil]

wanna get unheard but i need to pay rent...

[analog topaz]

That clothing thing is gonna be amazing.

[final geode]

sooo unheard edition owners can wear any skin now no matter the fraction ? xdd

[ionic fossil]

yeah

[analog topaz]

Yup

[ionic fossil]

pretty cool stuff

[final geode]

EA level of Business hooooly

[ionic fossil]

i mean its only cosmetics tho

its not that bad

if we talkin p2w then we gotta talk abt ref

[final geode]

its feels like a

scam

xdd

[proud wave]

you aint wrong

[carmine lantern]

I mean its lame but it is what it is

[ionic fossil]

i DESPISE ref as a concept

[proud wave]

But idk what to play now 🙁

[carmine lantern]

if you think this is a scam, you dont really know what a scam is

its just some shit you roll your eyes at

[proud wave]

I hope arena break out pve mode come soon because of tarkov telling me to eat booty.

[ionic fossil]

like he has so many cool painted gear pieces but its all locked behind arena

[analog topaz]

EOD holders will always feel scammed because Nikita made a promise he could not realisitcally keep.

[carmine lantern]

same w the xp bonus shit

[ionic fossil]

yeah sorry bud but thats not happening

[proud wave]

?????

[ionic fossil]

i like abi but it really isnt gonna touch tarkov anytime soon

[proud wave]

ITs been anouced.

[carmine lantern]

people forget that nikita said there would be a pve mode for arena in q3

[analog topaz]

Arena breakout just closed their PvE event sadly.

[ionic fossil]

tarkov is THE king of extraction shooters

[candid quiver]

Eh there was talk about adding a pve mode to arena, like wave defense

[iron grove]

Im sorry but the 1 minute timer hit and my teamates killed me to make sure my gear to be insured but they got a survived status. I bet i know its because of the update but whats gonna happen to my gear?

[ionic fossil]

no like i meant its not gonna dethrone tarkov

[carmine lantern]

oh my bad, you meant arena breakout lol

[ionic fossil]

ik abi is adding pve

[proud wave]

https://insider-gaming.com/arena-breakout-infinite-getting-pve-mode/

[carmine lantern]

im blind sometimes

[ionic fossil]

i play abi too lol

[proud wave]

Its coming peramentaly.

[jovial cobalt]

should probably get insured gear back

[analog topaz]

Oh cool. I just knew they did an event one.

[candid quiver]

ABI doesnt feel the same as tarkov tho

[ionic fossil]

shoulda specified what i meant so thats on me

[ionic fossil]

yeah it js doesnt feel as smooth tbh

[carmine lantern]

doesnt arena breakout also have plenty of things you can buy?

[analog topaz]

I mean it might when Tarkov gets a gps and map :3

[ionic fossil]

feels kinda clunky

[ionic fossil]

yeah

the monetization is alot worse

[graceful wagon]

the long 4-6 hour wait

and people will start looking for groups..exp bonus coming in.

[carmine lantern]

the grass is always greener on the other side

[ionic fossil]

what if the grass is yellow

[amber night]

"owners of The Unheard Edition now have an additional opportunity for customization - it now allows using clothing regardless of faction." as always eod got black hole blasted

[carmine lantern]

its not to say tarkov is good or great when it comes to $$$ but especially in pve, you will never feel disadvantaged

[ionic fossil]

typical nikita L

[final geode]

very L

[carmine lantern]

the eod shit is very cringe though

[proud wave]

They are planning on making it harder and ai worse, More of them and bosses, etc.

So, I guess just wait and see, I'm willing to try it.

[ionic fossil]

yeah tarkov is relatively tame in terms of monetization but thats IF we're not counting arena

if we are counting arena then yeah tarkov monetization is ass

[carmine lantern]

meh, even then

the battlepass is free

[final geode]

I bought this game while it was aa fking, Early pre alpha prototype of nothing and still im not a true supporter

[carmine lantern]

you gotta grind but its completely free

[ionic fossil]

yeah ik but arena itself is paid

[carmine lantern]

tac map not so much

right but isnt that shit like 20-30$

just look at cod

[scarlet pier]

the thing is not battlepass, but the amount of XP and skills you gain from arena

[ionic fossil]

the gameplay in arena js isnt as fun as tarkov

[ionic fossil]

yeah exactly

[graceful wagon]

EFT: Arena.. reminds of A.V.A. However both have different BMs.

[carmine lantern]

that doesnt make the monetization bad tbh

especially since this is pve chat

[scarlet pier]

and money, coins, medals etc

[ionic fossil]

comparing anything to cod will make the other thing always look better

[scarlet pier]

sure, in PVE all is irrelevant

[ionic fossil]

cod is horrendous nowadays

[torpid bluff]

O right

[jovial cobalt]

you can spend real money to get rubles and items in EFT via arena

[amber night]

cod 2019 was something

[ionic fossil]

thats why i said nowadays

modern cod

post mw2019

[carmine lantern]

the cash and medals you get in arena isnt going to give you much advantage at all

[livid folio]

Hope unheard edition coming to steam today... I'm waiting

[graceful wagon]

well the only thing you want to do with lega medals...keys? THICC Item Case?

[ionic fossil]

lega medals and gp coins def give you an advantage

[analog topaz]

But the ref unlocks are crazy. Like sig spear at ref 4 for only 76 gp coins I think.

[jovial cobalt]

buy battlepass points with real $$$, buy echo belli case, get gp coins, send to eft and buy everything from ref

money farm

[carmine lantern]

you can find spears extremely easy on labs

I have like 12 of them

[ionic fossil]

things like the ref keys and high end ammo/guns/armor on ref make him borderline busted

[graceful wagon]

labs is the best answer as always.

The Western guns and armory

[carmine lantern]

and sure, thicc cases can give you a bit of an advantage over a standard pve player, I cant deny that

but its blown out of proportion

[ionic fossil]

yeah if we're talking pvp wise ref gives a major advantage to players who own arena

[analog topaz]

Yeah but that requires a steady stream of labs cards which are locked to level 30 on flea.

[ionic fossil]

you can get better gear faster

[ionic fossil]

exactly

[carmine lantern]

if you're pre lvl 30 and care about advantages, you just need to play the game a bit more

[ionic fossil]

thats abit disingenuous cuz not everyone has all day to spend on a game yk

most ppl have jobs

school

[carmine lantern]

and again, im mostly talking pve here

I also have a job

[ionic fossil]

other stuff

[ionic fossil]

if thats the case then yeah thats fair

but im talking abt ref as a whole pvp included

[livid willow]

uuuu update

[graceful wagon]

going full labs on pvp is a deathwish.

[wanton lake]

this update also contains the unity 6 upgrade?

[carmine lantern]

that is true but most people talking about advantages and p2w in here never touch pvp

no

[amber night]

any patch notes btw?

[carmine lantern]

unity 6 is probably past july

[analog topaz]

I personally don't care because I am terrible at arena and can't transfer anything over atm. So ref is useless to me once I complete the main eft tasks and lose my flow of GP coins.

[carmine lantern]

#eft-announcements

[wanton lake]

cant find patch notes anywhere.. only the stupid editions news -,-

[carmine lantern]

#eft-announcements

[livid willow]

its there

[analog topaz]

Those are the patch notes. The main update comes the 21st.

[ionic fossil]

its still fine to criticize bsgs scummy practices despite not actively being disadvantaged by them

[graceful wagon]

https://www.escapefromtarkov.com/news/id/391?lang=en

look at up here as well 1.0.4.9

[wanton lake]

4 - 6 hours for that?

[carmine lantern]

very likely it contains a bunch of stuff for icebreaker to split it up in a few patches

[wanton lake]

info seems limited to the update times

[analog topaz]

Yep. Because it requires a full server restart and pushing unlocks to accounts.

[ionic fossil]

obv pvp players are gonna bitch abt ref more often but its still a really common complaint ppl have echoed for a long time

[graceful wagon]

Well they have to also change the

apparel available settings for all TUE.

[analog topaz]

What edition of the game do you have?

[ionic fossil]

standard

[fluid halo]

they are after fresh money .. otherwise why would unheard get more bonusses than EoD

[wanton lake]

the biggest problem with ref and arena that i have, is that we are basicly forced to use free shit, while it should be a game mode in the OG tarkov game.. nothing more, nothing less.. Adding quests to the main game for another game is just a lame money grab.. incompetent choiches imo

[carmine lantern]

ya, I do get a bit too dismissive for sure, its just, that people say this is literally a scam, the worst shit ever, that arena is so p2w, its just a bit annoying to me, especially if they only play pve and it literally does not matter

[livid willow]

and plus they are offering discount on new unheard edition upgrade too

[carmine lantern]

I am for sure a bit of a shill especially since I am used to gacha and much worse situations

[ionic fossil]

its obv not a scam and i understand that the common defences against it

[carmine lantern]

but this is nothing to me

doesnt make it right, but its just how most games are these days

[fluid halo]

yeah 25% while theres already 50% discount 🤔 ..make it make sense

[ionic fossil]

arena really isnt as bad as ppl make it out to be HOWEVER ive seen too many ppl outright dismiss the fact that arena DOES indeed give a massive advantage to players

[livid willow]

50 is only for EOD owners no?

[carmine lantern]

50% is only for EOD owners from what I recall

25% for anyone else

[graceful wagon]

yeah, your pfp tells 100% about the gacha part.

[fluid halo]

i dont know

[livid willow]

i think locking items behind arena is worse than this tbh

[ionic fossil]

yeah its annoying but not egregious

personally i hate ref cuz i cant access the cool reskins of items he has

[livid willow]

well thing is, its not just skins anymore. there are items with better stats locked behind ref

[carmine lantern]

nah, that bit isnt true

[ionic fossil]

yeah im inclined to agree tbh

[carmine lantern]

I mean, whos to say there wont be in the future, unfortunately

unfortunately pandoras box has been open for a bit

[ionic fossil]

most of refs stuff is equal to some of the best stuff we alr got ingame

[carmine lantern]

like with the model 1

[ionic fossil]

oh yeah

[graceful wagon]

not all of ref's items are OP though.

[ionic fossil]

the radiant model 1.....

[carmine lantern]

but no attachments or anything are better than anything you get in the game by default

that was just overreaction lol

[fluid halo]

yeah thats just stupid that theres no way to unlock that weapon anymore

[carmine lantern]

they're actually worse than most attachments that 'pvpers' use

[ionic fossil]

its a good gun no doubt but i wouldnt say its p2w

[candid quiver]

I dont mind items being locked to ref but they should be A. Available on flea aswell B. Be found in raid aswell

[ionic fossil]

i'd say most of them are equal tbh

[graceful wagon]

Model 1 is available on flea isn't it?

[ionic fossil]

maybe not the flea but in raid def

its a mil rubles dude

[graceful wagon]

(7m roubles or some crazy price)

[carmine lantern]

nikita did say that 'unique items unlockable by ref will be droppable in game after the season ends for those items'

[ionic fossil]

damn 7m???

[carmine lantern]

but, you know how that works

maybe in 2030 that will be a thing

[graceful wagon]

last time I saw last month Radian model1 was like 5~7m roubles

[fluid halo]

2 years ago he said they finished the hideout cat

soon guys soon

[ionic fossil]

what im hoping for is that bsg implements snth like the pillagers as a permanent mechanic in the game as like a boss of some sort

[carmine lantern]

its like 3m or so for the m1

[ionic fossil]

like a boss and his guards that can spawn with arena gear

smth like that

[carmine lantern]

roaming boss with arena guards

[graceful wagon]

well I had good time using dual Model1 for terminals..

no offense on Model 1 so far..

[carmine lantern]

yea, it would be sick to have anything like that in the game

[ionic fossil]

yeah thats honestly a good idea ino

roaming bosses are a really cool idea but its pretty underused

[torpid bluff]

am I reading right than I can upgrade to unheard edition 25% cheaper, rather than upgrading for 50% cheaper due to having EOD?

[carmine lantern]

yes

[graceful wagon]

yeah

[carmine lantern]

so if you want to pay them more, nows your chance

[fluid halo]

dont give them your money unless they start doing something for pve

[ionic fossil]

tarkov in general

not js pve

bsg needs to communicate more with the community

[fluid halo]

been a problem for yearsss

[ionic fossil]

its naive but with the release of 1.0 im hopeful bsg will learn and change their ways

[graceful wagon]

pve preparing for prestige is still a good sign.

[ionic fossil]

yeah thats a good change

[carmine lantern]

you mean tarkov 2.0

[torpid bluff]

I am ngl, but I don't see any current benefit to upgrading any further

[fluid halo]

it sure is

[ionic fossil]

maybe...

idk

[graceful wagon]

Though I think prestige should set with different ambitions and goals.(examples like PD2/3?) I think there can be better examples though.

[ionic fossil]

yeah its dumb but idk i js wanna be optimistic yk

[fluid halo]

i understand it ..ive been there

[carmine lantern]

waiting for prestige 9

[graceful wagon]

PVE prestige is also limits to 6 right now isn't it? When the roadmap for pve is done.

[carmine lantern]

pvp prestige is 6, yes

[ionic fossil]

cant wait to have my trust decimated by bsg

[fluid halo]

[torpid bluff]

Wait, PVE Prestige was added? When?

[ionic fossil]

not yet

coming soon

[carmine lantern]

not added, but teased several times

[torpid bluff]

Ah- oof

[carmine lantern]

stated around q3

[graceful wagon]

rather than that shoot him(Nikita) with soju on his office desks.

[stable tinsel]

When it says 20% increase in xp gains does that also apply to skills? Or just like the level xp

[graceful wagon]

He is the one who said it anyway.

[ionic fossil]

ughhh i love and hate nikita

[carmine lantern]

assume just for level xp

[graceful wagon]

grouping for level xps are good for fresh newbies and experts both.

I don't know if skill exp applies though.

[ionic fossil]

overrall good change

[stable tinsel]

Still very cool. Genuinely super happy about it. Was not expecting the ability to get all the clothing this soon.

[ionic fossil]

unheard gets boosted skill exp?

[torpid bluff]

Is it applicable to the other editions too?

[carmine lantern]

#eft-announcements

[ionic fossil]

no but alot of ppl have unheard so

yk

[torpid bluff]

Like, does a team with an EOD also bring group EXP boost?

[graceful wagon]

If you have a friend who is TUE..then grab him/her.

gets 20% exp bonus.

[carmine lantern]

every edition gets a different amount

but it does not say skill xp

[ionic fossil]

yeah overrall good change

[carmine lantern]

assume it is just for lvl xp

[torpid bluff]

yeah but is it always for the group?

[hybrid sky]

when prestige for PvE?

[ionic fossil]

coming soon

[carmine lantern]

if you q with someone who has unheard, you get 20% yes

[hybrid sky]

i'm waiting for it to continue playing XD

[graceful wagon]

Since the patch notes didn't have solos I can't say.

[carmine lantern]

even if you do not have unheard yourself

[jovial cobalt]

it seems like only the unheard 20% is applied to the whole group

the other editions might be only applied for yourself even if in a group

[hybrid sky]

How much soon?

[ionic fossil]

q3

so

[carmine lantern]

q3 for prestige

[ionic fossil]

maybe august...?

idk

[hybrid sky]

1-2 mounths or 5-6 mounths?

[carmine lantern]

so several months at the earliest

[torpid bluff]

Yeah but, I was asking if the same goes to EOD with the 12%

[ionic fossil]

nikita is very vague

[stable tinsel]

Yeah it just doesn’t stack. So if the squad has multiple members with different editions but they have an unheard swuad member then the whole squad gets the 20% but it doesn’t stack so they only get the 20%

[graceful wagon]

3rd quarter prestige very likely.

[hybrid sky]

[limber patrol]

how long ago did the patch start?

[carmine lantern]

37 mins

[graceful wagon]

no stacking on every edition..just the best one.

[jovial cobalt]

i think only the unheard bonus applies to the whole group so it doesnt apply to the whole group for the other editions

[limber patrol]

rip

[torpid bluff]

37 minutes

[pliant shadow]

37mins ago

[torpid bluff]

that is an L

[limber patrol]

I was about to start playing too

[graceful wagon]

If you have 4 standards and 1 EOD. then EOD bonus goes to all members I think.

[carmine lantern]

unfortunately you can only play in your head now

[limber patrol]

nah I'm not down bad

[jovial cobalt]

im ratting in d2 right now

[carmine lantern]

I can play the game in my head, since I can do shit that apparently a lot of people cant do, like imagine apples and shit

[limber patrol]

I go play balatro for now

[stable tinsel]

I mean I’ve been running a bunch of raids with various people and there is ALWAYS one person who has unheard. So everyone basically about to get the bonus. Very cool in my opinion.

[graceful wagon]

Then it's happy time for your 20%.

[carmine lantern]

it sucks that they cant throw EOD any sort of bone after being total shit to them many times in the past

but overall its fine especially for pve, its easy to find a party at least

[torpid bluff]

They won't because EOD does not exist really

[limber patrol]

EOD not real

all in your head

[pliant shadow]

is there any more content added to this update other than the customization and exp bonus?

[carmine lantern]

no

[graceful wagon]

not yet

[carmine lantern]

1.0.5 is the big content patch, this is 1.0.4.9

or something

[stable tinsel]

I’m about to dress up as a USEC and swuad up with ppl then voice line in my Russian bear to make them think enemies are nearby lol

[carmine lantern]

??roadmap

[quasi apex]

Preliminary roadmap for #EscapefromTarkov for the first half of 2026. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/521645013277474826/1473640144665051311/Roadmap_for_the_first_half_of_2026.jpg?ex=69a81555&is=69a6c3d5&hm=0cbca04fb0f3dbd07596f02014386eadecf210c6d4549dfbad59facab7d1e157&

[graceful wagon]

1.0.5 ...ice breaker?

[limber patrol]

the patch before the patch

[carmine lantern]

yes, icedbreaker

mudbreaker

[torpid bluff]

mudmaker

[cosmic patrol]

Prolly may 25th or something. It was said to come in may, we are running out of may

[carmine lantern]

ends up being may 31st

[limber patrol]

not the first time

nor the last

[graceful wagon]

bsg was always fighting with time for years..

(Even way before release)

[torpid bluff]

This is kinda why companies hate to do roadmaps tho

[pseudo kayak]

on?

[limber patrol]

roadmaps imply a promised time gate

which is understandable why they don't like them

[torpid bluff]

Even when people state "this is what we HOPE to stay in"

[carmine lantern]

eft is down for the update, me

[limber patrol]

setting up a time gate for yourself when you don't have to is certainly a choice

[carmine lantern]

you get new clothes soon

[pseudo kayak]

anyone can be a rellinou @icy rock

[pseudo kayak]

I work

my last 12 hour of the week

then 6 hours tmrw and then I get to goon for 3 1/2 days

[carmine lantern]

people hate 6-7 just wait until they hear 9-5

[limber patrol]

which is why I don't really care for roadmaps much anymore because more often than not they are not realistic, but I do appreciate the effort to point out what they want to work on 😄

[carmine lantern]

they already pushed back everything on the roadmap anyways, its all just a 'suggestion screen'

[jovial cobalt]

molotovs on arena roadmap like 2 years ago

never appeared in game

[pseudo kayak]

I gotta do my tacmap

black gridlock is next on the sexy list

[limber patrol]

probably couldn't get fire aoe to work right

[carmine lantern]

I still have to do both tacmaps pretty much

burning would be a sick debuff to get

[pseudo kayak]

couldn't get the fire aoe TOE work right??

[carmine lantern]

incendiary bullets when

[limber patrol]

be silent

[analog topaz]

Incendiary grenades when? I know scavs would be throwing molotovs.

[limber patrol]

imagine they do the funny thing with blacked limbs and incin bullets and cause your entire body to get debuffed with a DoT

cue the "PMC yelling can be heard across the entire map" sound effect

[carmine lantern]

2019 they teased incendiary grenades, 2024 they teased a molotov

[pseudo kayak]

"Bear over AHHHH AHHH AHH IM ON FUCKING FIRE AHHH"

[carmine lantern]

so, whenever :]

[limber patrol]

one day

[carmine lantern]

half the shit id expect whenever they put mod tools in pve, in 2040

[limber patrol]

but for now I will settle for big boolet and grenade dispenser 3000

[carmine lantern]

I want the VSSK Vykhlop

semi auto sniper that fires a subsonic ash-12 round

[limber patrol]

is that the bullpup VKS sniper

[robust agate]

Does the unheard xp boost apply to skill gains? Or just overall level xp?

[carmine lantern]

yea, its a bullpup

dont know about skills, but assume it is just for lvl xp

[limber patrol]

hmm, I too wish for it then

[carmine lantern]

its got a massive suppressor as well

like half the size of the damn gun

[limber patrol]

was about to say

[graceful wagon]

wished if bsg bring the M249 soon.

[limber patrol]

that is a big mf

[graceful wagon]

wanting a new LMG/HMG in game.

[restive jewel]

new boss second gun maybe

[carmine lantern]

prob not

would be sick though

[graceful wagon]

Not like we want to be pierced by full M993 of Cultist goonies M60.

[limber patrol]

another personal request of mine is shotgun pistols.

the ones that shoot .410s

[restive jewel]

eoka

[carmine lantern]

nikita said 'I believe its already modeled but we just need to put it into the game' for the m249

so maybe end of the line :]

[graceful wagon]

yeah heard he was preparing m249

[carmine lantern]

same with g11 and famas, yea, it was all said around the same time

[graceful wagon]

Just wishful thinking about m249 being put into the game first than QBZ-191 or something.

[limber patrol]

it do be like that

the list of guns is still ever so long

[graceful wagon]

true and true.

[carmine lantern]

isnt the taurus raging judge like a shotgun revolver

[limber patrol]

yeah

[carmine lantern]

that was a gun in the last bsg games, and they said they want to bring every gun from the old bsg games into tarkov

[limber patrol]

I just want it so I can use it to put down scavs with funny boomstick that doesn't take up a primary slot

and that isn't a sawn off

[carmine lantern]

with a vudu on it

[limber patrol]

[graceful wagon]

the contract war something on steam games..was it?

[cursive summit]

Would be nice to have the old guns come into tarkov if theyre original, dont gotta contact companies and ask that so they dont get sued to all hell for including a gun in their game

[graceful wagon]

so they were trying to get the old guns.

Well its better than not informing the gun contractors cause its different game and company service.

[carmine lantern]

I could really go for a spas-12

[limber patrol]

dont think contract wars was on steam

[carmine lantern]

or kel-tec ksg

[restive jewel]

feel bad for steam unheard users tho they wont get season pass

[graceful wagon]

It was a different name..just don't remember tho.

[limber patrol]

it was like tarkov, it's own launcher

[cursive summit]

I need another m4 varient like how there's 12 different ak variants

[carmine lantern]

yea the old bsg games arent on steam from what I recall

[cursive summit]

Google says it was on steam in EA for 10 dollars

[trim kettle]

Nikita is Russian Kojima btw

[limber patrol]

ah there it is

hired ops

[carmine lantern]

they might be now, but at least when they came out they weren't

[analog topaz]

I want more .300 blk out and a 13.7 inch AR10

[limber patrol]

once called "contract wars 2.0 standalone"

[carmine lantern]

where is my honey badger

[cursive summit]

I'd like an ar-10 7.62 with the m4 platform modularity

And just m4 looks in 7.62

[carmine lantern]

oh right I totally forgot about the g3 being teased several times

[drowsy juniper]

ar-57 would be cool

[jovial cobalt]

ar-67

[carmine lantern]

maybe the g3 will come out with icebreaker :]

[limber patrol]

boss only gun

[cursive summit]

They're releasing a different gun

[analog topaz]

They already announced a different gun. A Norinco qbz 191

[carmine lantern]

thats not for icebreaker

[jovial cobalt]

5.8x42mm

wat da hell

[analog topaz]

Yup a classified cartridge most of the world can’t get.

[cursive summit]

I mean i still highly doubt a gun would release during ice breaker update but maybe

[limber patrol]

possible

[carmine lantern]

qbz is for seasonal event a few months from now, its unrelated to icebreaker entirely

[drowsy juniper]

theyve done it before with aa-12 and zombie event

[jovial cobalt]

anything they can do to get the game to sell more in china

[carmine lantern]

but yes it is doubtful, but they did show off a full render of the g3 back in march

[graceful wagon]

was searching through steam for a while, hired ops? was it similar to contract wars? they had that terragroup mark logo or something running around.

[limber patrol]

yes

[jovial cobalt]

hired ops is like contract wars 2 basically

[cursive summit]

G11 too before 1.0

[limber patrol]

its 2.0 contract wars

[jovial cobalt]

hired ops was fun when it was new

[graceful wagon]

I see

[carmine lantern]

yes but this is a full full render, the g11 was just a wire

https://x.com/nikgeneburn/status/2034899904162574635

[limber patrol]

all the same death sounds too

afaik

[carmine lantern]

like this is 'we can ship this' status for the g3

[limber patrol]

more or less the same audio has been carried on for a long time

[carmine lantern]

but again, it is just pure copium on my part

[clever anchor]

Update 😭
ig I wont play now then.

[carmine lantern]

yep, gotta wait 2 hrs

[limber patrol]

least there will be xp boost when update done so

good for me 👏

[graceful wagon]

Update later > people looking wild for TUE.

[rough lotus]

[limber patrol]

someone's house was on fire and I got to enjoy all the smoke before closing, I now have a headache

advil it is

[cursive summit]

I just want that new engine change already for better performance

[still fulcrum]

oh boy

[limber patrol]

end of year ngl, or even early next year

I don't expect performance boost for a long while yet

[carmine lantern]

nah it was more like q3

[still fulcrum]

big wallet update is here, this is so cool

[carmine lantern]

especially since its already been in the test server and from all ive heard, there arent nearly as many bugs as when it went from unity 4-5

[limber patrol]

oh the test server huh

[carmine lantern]

so there isnt nearly as much they need to fix or deal with

[limber patrol]

good enough then

[carmine lantern]

mhm, it gives like a 15% performance boost overall

and nikita said q3 but 'could be sooner' (aka, could be later)

[limber patrol]

as I was searching for the performance increase I saw the new aim animations

what is thaaaat 💀

[jovial cobalt]

so when do we get the upper/lower ak handguard customization

this is the real question

[analog topaz]

Those are probably gonna get canceled. If Nikita is really listening to players now

[carmine lantern]

last report on that from the 5th was 'Based on player feedback, we are discontinuing testing of the updated first-person aiming system.'

[valid folio]

damn the update isnt ice breaker

[limber patrol]

thank god

[carmine lantern]

we dont know if that means they are cancelled or if they just pulled it to make adjustments

[jovial cobalt]

i read it as the latter

[carmine lantern]

or it comes with icebreaker :]

[limber patrol]

pls no

[carmine lantern]

you'll just have to wait and find out

but yes, it seems like the entire community really is against it, as a whole, pvp especially

[valid folio]

just xp update

[carmine lantern]

yep

and clothing for unheard

[limber patrol]

I mean it just doesn't make sense imo

[carmine lantern]

it doesnt, but its also tarkov, so

[drowsy juniper]

probably hidden prep for Icebreaker as well, no way would need 6 hour downtime for xp changes and clothing

[carmine lantern]

you're asking a lot

[limber patrol]

as expected

[rough lotus]

[carmine lantern]

and yea, especially if the download size is like, over 50 megabytes

you'll know theres a bunch of icebreaker stuff in there

[limber patrol]

need them leaks 👁️

[cursive summit]

If the g3 ever does come out I wonder if it will be better than the fal cause even with the attachments change, the fal is just still so bad, for me anyway

[valid folio]

probably single and burst fire only

[pseudo kayak]

AHHHH IM ON FUCKING FIRE AHHH

molotovs

or something

[patent compass]

They have pills for that.

[valid folio]

Incindairy grenades would be fire litterly Lmao

[pseudo kayak]

not this kind if fire 🙁

of

[limber patrol]

its gotten progressively worse over the years right?

[carmine lantern]

hasnt everything

[limber patrol]

for the most part yeah

I just remember the FAL getting reamed on alot of changes over time

about 2 years ago all the .308 auto guns got smacked a good bit

[silk hull]

is this update ice breaker

[valid folio]

Nein

[silk hull]

ok

[carmine lantern]

next update is

[jovial cobalt]

it could be adding the icebreaker files into the game ? but we still have until the 21st when this current event is over

pretty soon

[silk hull]

ok sweet

[carmine lantern]

its so close you can taste it

[cursive summit]

The lowest x-17 recoil be 80 and the ergo kinds just got hit hard too, i dont use it anymore since the recoil is just do high for me

[limber patrol]

oh well

times have changed

and new ammos so

[odd gale]

Recoil isn't bad if you use a holo

[carmine lantern]

yea a bunch of them are just fine

the sa58 just feels meh

compared to ak 308, even mdr, and for single shot rfb

[compact folio]

??codes

[quasi apex]

Redeem your goodies → https://www.escapefromtarkov.com/promo/activate (Or launcher → your name → activate code)
Main game:
SBEUKOMAR | SCAVYBOI | GOONSQUAD | LIGHTSOUT | PAY2WIN | ELVISVISTA | INEEDSPACE
Arena:
MxgicFPSApr26

[limber patrol]

ak 308 is pretty good yeah

[compact folio]

guys, r black room keycard still good?

[carmine lantern]

yes, the double black manager keycard with the safe is pretty good

the single black experiment area is not so good

[compact folio]

saw that the price has dropped, thought bc of that

remember it was around 8mil but now its somewhere around 3-4m

[carmine lantern]

yea, it went down a lot especially since the marked key buff a bit ago

and after that cultist event where it was like 30% or something on factory

[compact folio]

oh ok

[carmine lantern]

people farmed so many marked keys that labs keycards are everywhere

theres been no nerf or anything to labs, and since most of your assets are things like bitcoins and intel, you can get your money back pretty easily

[compact folio]

alright, thanks

[placid jetty]

Waddup fellow Tarkovers

[cursive summit]

Ne

[hearty vapor]

how long is the game down for

[valid folio]

4 to 6 hours

[hearty vapor]

gay

[drowsy juniper]

2-4 hours at this point

[hearty vapor]

better be icebreaker

😭

[valid folio]

Nope

[drowsy juniper]

its not

[valid folio]

Lmao

[analog topaz]

It won't be. Its xp bonuses and outfits for unheard.

[carmine lantern]

you will be doubly disappointed

plus the current event about finding icebreaker is still going on lol

[hearty vapor]

well i guess bear clothes will be nice 💀

[analog topaz]

Usec hoodie and ranger jeans will be fun as a bear.

So many jackets I want from USEC I never got to use.

[hardy narwhal]

Hey guys, I think the Tarkov TV update recently stated we are getting some sort of GPS to point to extractions is that so? TIA 🙂

[odd gale]

Birdeye is a twink btw

[carmine lantern]

yes, eventually

q3 give or take

[hearty vapor]

wouldve been nice years ago 😭

[valid folio]

more like both that and a femboy lmao

[carmine lantern]

betwixt

[limber patrol]

[pseudo kayak]

Guys imagine if the sequel is

Escape TO Tarkov

🙀

[hardy narwhal]

Thanks guys 🙂 I'm great on Woods, Interchange, and Customs but for whatever reason it's not clicking at Streets, even just using the obvious "follow the main road" tip. I could see the gps thing being helpful for me if I don't feel the desire to figure it out before 🙂

[limber patrol]

that's just contract wars

[carmine lantern]

escape from florida would be sick, they'd barely have to change anything to make it post apocalyptic

[delicate sparrow]

You could also just learn to read a map

[carmine lantern]

streets is actually pretty small

I think its smaller than woods and interchange

but it takes a bit, just dont expect the gps to be in for several months

[hardy narwhal]

Yeah I did that for Customs Woods and Interchange

[limber patrol]

streets is probably my least favorite map

[hardy narwhal]

Appreciate it man

[carmine lantern]

I love streets, I just die to dumb shit a lot when dealing with kaban

[limber patrol]

kaban is my big gripe with it

[carmine lantern]

its prob the best map for ammo though outside of red in labs

that terragroup armory key hits different

[delicate sparrow]

Uh

[limber patrol]

its got the good stuff

[drowsy juniper]

he's not even worth farming anymore now he has TCW SP half the time

[placid jetty]

Woods is my least favorite map lol hate running there

[hardy narwhal]

Interesting haha. It’s my favorite cause I can generally see danger coming 🤣

[limber patrol]

woods is a bit above the middle for me; takes time to run but it's fairly straightforward.

[carmine lantern]

I just always have a need to use the mesh container key

plus extra pkp's

I only have like 5 so far

[pseudo kayak]

im red on labs

[carmine lantern]

hi red on labs

[limber patrol]

there isn't really a way to farm fresh pkps is there

[hardy narwhal]

200 hours into my tarkov career still scared shitless of bosses 🤣

[pseudo kayak]

I hate you grrr no good ammo for you

[carmine lantern]

nope, its only from the big burger eater

[limber patrol]

[drowsy juniper]

just hope kaban has high durability one

[limber patrol]

unfortunate

[pseudo kayak]

Dw the first week of me playing tarkov was me getting murdered by tagilla

[hardy narwhal]

My interchange route is so weird because I don’t want to see that man

lol

[pseudo kayak]

Just stop being scared

[carmine lantern]

ya I probably had like 100+ interchange raids where I didnt even go into the mall at all