beginners-assistance

[viral saffron]

This is why I have trust issues lol

[weak mirage]

Flex The rep

[viral prawn]

uhh hol on, let me get out of raid

[deft garnet]

Someone has a specific area where they find WD-40 100 ml? Did around 10 raids of customs, interchange and shoreline but found none💀

[dense orbit]

new to the game would anyone like to show me the ropes?

[clever knoll]

Interchange, back of OLI and IDEA

Also for some reason I tend to find a lot on reserve

You can also craft them in the lavatory level 2

[deft garnet]

♥️

[clever knoll]

I honestly just got all of mine by scavving reserve

No one tends to take them

[viral saffron]

#pvp-lfg

[viral saffron]

I just spam toolboxes on interchunky

[solid topaz]

Lighthouse in toolsheds and garages.

[wanton current]

which 4.6x30mm sx ammo is the worst

[stoic patio]

which injectors should i have in my injectors bag

[weak mirage]

Action sx

[weak mirage]

Propital, zagustin, etg, mule or ob2, trimadol and sj12

[stoic patio]

i dont know if you have time but could you explain reasoning ? If not, thank you for letting me know which ones.

[weak mirage]

Propital slow heal and painkiller, zagustin stops all bleed, etg turbo heals you, mule and obdolbos2 if youre very overweight, trimadol is just crazy for stamina and sj12 is if youre out of food and water

All of Them are very usefull

[shell shadow]

I usually bring 2 propitals, 2 etgs, 2 mules, 2 sj6s and 1 zagustin

[weak mirage]

Yeah sj6 is also decent for stamina, trimadol is just What i prefer

[stoic patio]

thank youuuu

[weak mirage]

Np

[mental viper]

the last 6 raids ive done ive just been head eyes'd by m80 constantly

i literally cannot do anything

BRO EVEN ON FACTORY

HEAD EYES BY M80 WTF IS GOING ON

im done

[stoic patio]

ITS ME IM HACKING AND FOLLOWING YOU EVERYWHERE

[mental viper]

who tf is running a gun that uses m80 on factory

what kind of person does that

[tepid garnet]

Me

It was me the whole time

Sometimes I’ll use M79 to spice it up a little

[tired sluice]

does anyone have a pkp?

[tacit cosmos]

Can someone give me some advice on when to run and when to walk/slow walk when traversing the map?

[bold kernel]

I would run through open spaces where you can be shot from multiple angles.

I would walk while I’m in cover or in the trees/bushes.

You don’t want to run when you don’t have to.

[tacit cosmos]

Thanks!

[bold kernel]

Because you might end up with no stamina inna fight and die because of it.

[bold kernel]

[kind rivet]

Can someone watch some gameplay I have and critique?

[solemn raptor]

sure

[soft tapir]

IMO, try to avoid running in places where you can expect CQB. You dont want to have your gun up if he peeks out.

[kind rivet]

Here’s about a minute.

[soft tapir]

I didnt know people listened to music when playing Tarkov

[kind rivet]

Well I kind of suck at the game as I haven’t played for 2 years and lost pretty much all my money. So I just kind of tuned out, jammed to music and was running to grab loot and dip. I also seem to play slight better for some reason, safer really is it

[solemn raptor]

uh, are you looknig for critique or an applause?

[kind rivet]

Critique? What do you mean. I got some kills sure but I wanna know what I could do better

I’m struggling with the game

[soft tapir]

How do you suck at the game thats really good. Especially the confidence.

[solemn raptor]

thought to say when the only parts of the combat you're showing is the killing part?

[kind rivet]

This is my first few kills that day I’ve gotten.

[dawn geyser]

Normally when people are looking for feedback it's when they die without shooting

[kind rivet]

I clipped it in 15 second bits. The combat is what I wanna get better at. I can try to get something else together later if that’ll help

[dawn geyser]

Or something along those lines

I think is what they're getting at

[solemn raptor]

Taking the shot is only a very small part of what makes for a good kill.

[orchid isle]

lemme see the vid hold up

[kind rivet]

I gotcha. But is there anything in this that anyone sees I did wrong?

[soft tapir]

I once died even after dumping a mag, its because the bush wookie was in another bush. Really hard to figure out where the dude is when everythings just a green mush.

[kind rivet]

I didn’t clip everything sadly. I should’ve probably.

[keen fossil]

Bruh why don’t I fight bots like this

[kind rivet]

I appreciate any advice. I have a 5% survival rate and have die like 108 times I think

[orchid isle]

looks like you need audio haha

[solemn raptor]

@kind rivet it's a lot easier to see what happens in situations that don't go well compared to those that go well.

[kind rivet]

I had audio. The music stopped when I found the gun. I got serious then

[orchid isle]

also control click to insta put stuff in ur inv + alt click to quick equip and bound a button to drop i use `

[kind rivet]

That’s fair. I’ll clip some bad ones and pot it here in a few hours!

[orchid isle]

no i meant like utilize audio more

audio training bsically

[soft tapir]

I thought the audio in Tarkov was kinda

[kind rivet]

Oh, how do I do that? I’ve been utterly struggling with audio since it seems really hit or miss

[soft tapir]

shit

[kind rivet]

Though that was the same issue 2 years ago

[orchid isle]

like at 44seconds you were lookin up top but he was already at the doorway

[orchid isle]

could also be a spacial audio headphone direction thing idk what its called

[solemn raptor]

keep in mind though, a death/kill doesn't happen in 10 second, it happens in 10 minutes, maybe more...

[kind rivet]

Yea. He dropped the stairs but for some reason it didn’t play in front of me. It sounded higher up

[soft tapir]

thats just tarkov

[orchid isle]

i dont have headphones in rn in class but it could just be bugged audio

[kind rivet]

What do you mean? And I think it was bugged audio. It sounded higher up and further and quieter. The armor saved me really

[orchid isle]

ok i put in airpods, yea u heard him drop infront

[solemn raptor]

wrong reply?

[kind rivet]

Sorry yea, also at work

[orchid isle]

could also be headphone issue

[kind rivet]

I have some steelseries arctis 9s but honestly, they don’t perform as well as they cost so probably

[orchid isle]

im not a huge audio nerd and all the guys i know are offline but i just run apple earbuds LMAO

[solemn raptor]

if they're not broken they're good enough.

[orchid isle]

apple earbuds op

[solemn raptor]

yeah as long as you have induvidual speakers for each ear... that's really all you need :/

[orchid isle]

the stock earbuds deefo has spaicla audio or else idk how im playin arkov

and other shooter games

[kind rivet]

I would agree if they didn’t constantly have issues

[kind rivet]

Lots of people seem to. Wonder why?

[orchid isle]

i love them, its like 10 bucks idk why ppl say theyre shit

i seem to do great at games with them

i hear like same audio as ppl with 200 dollar headsets so idk

maybe my ears r just good

@stiff cape

[solemn raptor]

what sort of?

[keen fossil]

Some good headphones are sennheiser hd 560, 600 and 6xx also beyerdynamic are good

[orchid isle]

i also have a pair of hyperx cloud smth smth

but i dnot rlly use it

[kind rivet]

Bugging out. Disconnection issues. I had to RMA it cause the mute button broke

[solemn raptor]

aw that sucks, yeah they can have reliability issues. warranty for a reason :/

regardless though I think it's more than possible to be very good in tarkov even without audio all together.

And I think many people would see a lot of benefit to running without audio for a while.

[tulip lily]

I think it’s more of a comfort thing for a lot of people earbuds can be uncomfortable or just not as comfortable as a full on padded headset but I also know people who love wearing ear buds and feel comfortable with them so it just depends on the person

[kind rivet]

I agree. I actually feel I play a small bit safer and therefore smarter without audio. It cuts out that “did I hear someone above, behind or next to me, I can’t tell cause audio”

Also I would love to play with someone in a duo? Would anyone be interested? I’m newish but it would be nice to have a dedicated duo to play with

[solemn raptor]

remove the sprint key, that'll help you out a bit more ;)

/not sarcasm

[kind rivet]

Wouldn’t that hurt me by not allowing me to get to the enemies face if need be?

[solemn raptor]

need not be.

[clever knoll]

Unbinding shift is 100% a bad idea, a lot of players could benefit from less sprinting tho

The amount of players I've killed that were out of stamina in the middle of a field is insane

[keen fossil]

Literally me

You also lose stam from getting hit

[solemn raptor]

I think a straight unbind of shift would see a "lower skill" individual get a greatly increased survival rate. Running is only really necessary in certain situations, like getting shot at.

[clever knoll]

Always keep stam above 50%

That's what I tell people

[keen fossil]

That some pussy shit

[solemn raptor]

100% stam, the way to go

[keen fossil]

just take and inhuman amount of drugs and never run out

[clever knoll]

I mean with some obvious exceptions, but when I'm expecting combat I stay above 50

[keen fossil]

I take atleast 7 stims a raid

I push people before my stand reaches 50%

[clever knoll]

This applies more to endurance levels 1-10

[keen fossil]

I play hella aggressively

[keen fossil]

I’m level 12 so this don’t apply

[kind rivet]

I will always keep this in mind!

[clever knoll]

Don't make it a hard rule though, apply common sense

If you need a full bar to reach cover, use that stamina

[kind rivet]

Oh yea of course. I feel I do a decent job keeping my stamina. Another thing I need to stop doing is playing factory

Maybe I should try customs more

[clever knoll]

And also as your endurance and strength level up, you need to keep less and less

[keen fossil]

I run outta stam hella fast cause I jump so much

[clever knoll]

Don't play factory as a new player, unless your goal is to get better at cqb fights

[keen fossil]

I say play factory cause it lets you feel out the pvp

Then start questing

[kind rivet]

I do wanna get better at that for sure. I enjoy factory. Minus tagilla, the broken ass boss

[clever knoll]

Tagilla is Tagilla. We all die to tagilla

[keen fossil]

Im a factory main rn and I fucking hate the dude

He gave me a yellow tho so can’t complain

[kind rivet]

I literally played like, I think 20-25 factory raids, and he rushed me in like 75% of those

[clever knoll]

My advice is shoot him a lot, in the leg

[keen fossil]

yeah

[clever knoll]

You won't pen his armor with low level ammo

[keen fossil]

I dumbed 7 magnum buck into his legs and only killed him with the last bullet

Got lucky af

You can also aim for stomach

[kind rivet]

Unless he activates his rocket boots and rushes you at Mach 1

[clever knoll]

I think aiming for the legs is easier while you're panicking and afraid

LOL

[keen fossil]

tigilla is easy af when his hammer is out

killing him when he’s using his gun is the hard part

[kind rivet]

I saw a clip yesterday where he pushed some guy at like 90 miles an hour which I assume was a bug. But yea. He doesn’t seem hard to kill if you have some good armor and ammo. My issue is, I’m only level 1 at traders and way behind everyone in the wipe cycle. I started playing Sunday

Would you wanna duo with me sometime?

[keen fossil]

I could later but I’m not home until like 1600 est

[kind rivet]

I also get home around that time. I might be down to play tomorrow if you are?

[keen fossil]

nah I’m working then 😭

[kind rivet]

Till when? Same time? Cause I work m-f 7-4

[keen fossil]

im a student and I work part time

lmao

so it’s like 6:00-21:00

[kind rivet]

Daaaamn alright. That blows.

[honest hatch]

how to farm tagilla.

[reef sequoia]

shoot him

[languid owl]

any ammo with high pen is really good to fight hiim

val and vss with spp or anything higher is really good

or svt with ps is good

ive also had really good experience fighting him with 762 pp

[honest hatch]

real

[honest hatch]

do m8556A1s work?

[languid owl]

55a1 or 56a1?

i mean either will work but 55a1 will obviouisly be better

[reef sequoia]

shotgun with flechet works every time

[honest hatch]

56a1

[reef sequoia]

they work

[honest hatch]

which shotgun is good

[reef sequoia]

everything that can pen lvl 4 enough is good

MP-153 shotgun

[honest hatch]

imclose to getting either skier 3 or jaeger 3 so il lhave an option for one

not skier peacekeepr

[clever knoll]

ks to the left knee 🎵

[honest hatch]

do i just shoot him then run for a bit and shoot him again typa thing?

[clever knoll]

try to keep him close enough so that he doesnt pull his gun out

[reef sequoia]

just go offline mode with bosses and get experience killing him

easy

[clever knoll]

but yeah, offline and practice

[honest hatch]

oh yea i was wondering if i load up an offline is there a way to force spawn tagilla

or is it also just chance

[reef sequoia]

if you got EOD you can

100% spawn

[clever knoll]

i think it's a checkbox regardless of game edition

EoD is co-op

[reef sequoia]

oh

[dark idol]

how come the lighthouse car extract is never there? is the spawn chance really that low?

[clever knoll]

its pretty low, yeah

also a lot of people end up taking it early because they're done with rouges

so if you're a slower/more methodical player it's often gone already

[dark idol]

ah right, yeah im just running naked to em to get my fence rep to 6 haha

[reef sequoia]

to make it faster

just disconnect

don't heal

bunch of spawns near cars anyway

[dark idol]

yeah thats what i've been doing

just watched verybadscav's video

[honest hatch]

is it the enable bosses box?

[clever knoll]

yup

idk if it's guaranteed tho

i'd say so, but i'm not sure

[honest hatch]

does marked dorm room 314 have anything good in it

?

[languid owl]

very good stufff

[honest hatch]

it costs like a mil but apparantly i need it for one of the quests

[safe elk]

yes

[reef sequoia]

you will get minimal profit

but it pays off

200k profit ish

if you're unlucky

[clever knoll]

you don't need to buy it, a lot of the times when you go there later in the raid it's already looted and open
a lot of players have it now because of the halloween event

[pastel snow]

why is gunsmith 22 not working?

[reef sequoia]

but that quest leads to nothing so you can not focus on it

?

show gun

[tidal lagoon]

wrong suppressor

[pastel snow]

which one show i use?

[tidal lagoon]

nt-4

[pastel snow]

ok thx man

[weak mirage]

Have you touched The game recently?

[tidal lagoon]

not since we last played

only claimed my insurance

[weak mirage]

I took 5 raids Yesterday and fell over every time 😂

I Think i wait for pre wipe

[tidal lagoon]

lol

ye i be needing the wipe rn

too bad its start of fucking november still

[weak mirage]

I actually hope arena is fun too

[tidal lagoon]

same

[weak mirage]

It looks like its decent for like

When tarkov is tarkov

[tidal lagoon]

yea, i didnt like the objective thing they showed off in the tournament thingy but other than that the gameplay looked cool

[weak mirage]

Does The pmc in that thing have like his own level shit? I couldnt figure out

[tidal lagoon]

dont think it has anything to do with lvls tbh

like u have ELO afaik

[weak mirage]

I see

[tidal lagoon]

but i dont see a reason for character lvl to be a thing

[weak mirage]

No it just looked like they had low skills

Like stam and stuff, But its still not released so who knows

[tidal lagoon]

ye ure right

they should give everyone just like max or a set skill i think

[weak mirage]

100%

[honest hatch]

will it be fine if i just run in naked with only my markers to finish this task

[silver crow]

grab like a pistol and a rig so scavs dont rush you

[honest hatch]

like armored rig?

[silver crow]

yeah

no bag for sewer exfil

[honest hatch]

oh yea

whats a cheap one

[silver crow]

the coffee coloured one

that ragman sells or prapor

looks like a melted choc bar

[honest hatch]

6b3tm or smth?

?

[open glade]

I find that to be way too expensive for what it is

Pretty sure there's a barter for like 50k

If you really want that armor I'd suggest the barter instead of buying it straight up

[honest hatch]

yea around 60k with the price rn

but id rather not spend d70k just to run around with a pistol tho

[open glade]

So dont

Pistol running is

Questionable

Always try to run around with some semi decent gear

Anything you can get

You'll improve during it too

Much more than you would with jusy a pistol

[placid tree]

I enjoy running around with a five seven but that's just me

[austere hound]

Usp & rsh or bust

[honest hatch]

should i tho im broke as hell 😭

[open glade]

Money is a concept

Do you have gear sitting in your stash?

Guns, rigs, helmets, anything?

[honest hatch]

yea

[open glade]

Then why buy anything new

you have stuff to run

[austere hound]

Yes. You can easily pull 500k out of a scav raid and stretch it over 3-4 pmcs with lower level gear

[open glade]

Your liquid money means nothing if you dont use the gear in your stash

[honest hatch]

ok

is it ok to run sr2m on reserve

seems like a cqc gun

[open glade]

Depends, its good in medium encounters and reserve has alot of buildings above ground so

Its good I'd say

[honest hatch]

ok and would the rb-st door be open?

its like the door i need to unlock to get to a tank to finish my task

[open glade]

You need to get a key for it

Flea market

[honest hatch]

would people open it tho?

like is it often open

[open glade]

Yeah if you go late into the raid someone will probably have it open

But I wouldnt count on it

[languid owl]

my friend runs pretty meh kits and almost always gets out with a lot of gear so

he runs gornostay alot and he destroys people

[brisk raft]

hello, does anyone know when next wipe is?

[tidal lagoon]

december

[brisk raft]

thought so thank you.

[velvet warren]

??wipe

[carmine lantern]

The latest wipe with patch 0.13.5 was <t:1691650800:R>! (<t:1691650800:F>). There will also be another wipe in December!

[brisk raft]

yeah sorry im relatively new to EFT. I knew they had just wiped but didn't wanna start up again with it wiping so soon

[tidal lagoon]

you should

you will gain an advantage for the next wipe

[brisk raft]

how so? i'm currently updating the game. I just never really had anyone else that was new to play with. Always people who've played for years and don't want new people XD

[tidal lagoon]

because you will know the basics of the game for next wipe

[brisk raft]

oh yeah i've played a bit a few wipes back. i just never had people to consistently play with. 🙂

[tidal lagoon]

guess #pvp-lfg, try to find someone else who is newer maybe

[brisk raft]

indeed what i was planning to do this time around. Appreciate your help.

[kind rivet]

I have two more clips here, one kill and one death, and hoping someone could pick these apart! I gave insight as well into my thoughts in the video and what’s going on please ping me in replies so I get notifications.!

[kind rivet]

Hey I’m down to play with you!

I need someone to consistently duo with

[main violet]

i loaded into horde on practice mode, and am super laggy but dont see a horde

can someone explain?

[tidal lagoon]

u shouldnt have pushed yet, u never cleared ur left where u also got shot from while u were pushing reshala, would be fine to push if u knew both sides of corridor was clear

[keen fossil]

first clip was fine

Second clip you should’ve cleared the right hand first

[kind rivet]

I should add I cleared left, I came from there. Was pushing the enemies to the right. Didn’t know the scav boss was there though

But yea. I was getting shot from both reshala and the players. Should’ve taken a different approach. What should I have done

[keen fossil]

always fight the right hand first

[kind rivet]

So push around or push that door instead?

[kind rivet]

What does this mean

[keen fossil]

if you can take a fight with a right hand peak do that first

You got shot from the hall right?

[tidal lagoon]

if i knew both sides were clear id have just pushed him too, then its just down to hitting reshala

[keen fossil]

You didn’t clear down the dorms hall

Could’ve done that then killed the boss

[kind rivet]

I’m unsure. I think one might’ve been at the exterior door of the dorms. But wasn’t sure fully. I didn’t have a nade or would’ve used that

[kind rivet]

I came from left side. It was clear. Right side and exterior door I wasn’t fully sure. But I knew someone was in the room (reshala) so I couldn’t quite push the exterior door to clear. Maybe should’ve went upstairs and cleared from the exterior balcony area or something

[placid tree]

not sure what kind of monstrosity this kit is but time for factory

[keen fossil]

Oh nvm then

I thought you pushed from the car extract side

If your came from the left and wanted to clear the outside you can enter the rooms on your right and peak out the windows

The you would’ve only had to worry about the guy in the room

[kind rivet]

Oh nah. I’m sorry, I should’ve explained that. And you can see the balcony from those windows?

[unreal adder]

tbh i would never peek off 1st info

if you did a free look run past for info you could have closed the door to isolate the fight

but thats strictly from what i see in that clip

[kind rivet]

Ah that’s a good point. I forgot that. Thanks

[unreal adder]

idk what other info you had from before the clip

[keen fossil]

Yeah there’s a couple different things you could’ve done I’m just shitty at explaining

[unreal adder]

Thats also just a playstyle thing

I like playing for info first

Especially with an SKS, i probably wouldnt have pushed the room like that tbh

[keen fossil]

The way in would’ve playing this is I’d go into one of the rooms to your right at the start of clip peak out window clearing stair then I’d run into the kitchen and peak the room increase the pmcs/ai peaked

[unreal adder]

But then again, you didnt know if it was a player or ai

[keen fossil]

the push up to the room and kill it

[unreal adder]

so im just being a hindsight henry

[kind rivet]

I was pushing from left side, two players, hurt one, I flanked above and went down the stairs in the middle, pushed down, got hurt by a player I think after killing a scav, and the popping painkiller is basically where that ended

[keen fossil]

Sks kinda shitty at cqc

[kind rivet]

This was my issue. Does reshala has a face shield? I hit his face at least 2 times

[kind rivet]

This is very true. But I’m level 1 traders and poor

[keen fossil]

Just has high health

also desync happened so only 1 bullet hit

Probably an invalid

[unreal adder]

Ya tbh i base my playstyle on what weapon im running

So I would have played more for info

and if you slowed down the play there, reshala might have shouted something

[keen fossil]

I only run full auto guns and just try to clear angles aggressively

[unreal adder]

letting you know its ai

But ya I get why you'd rush, cus you were fighting with pmcs before

If that was a pmc that was a kill for sure prob

[keen fossil]

or they do the ai step thing

Where they move in place

[kind rivet]

I still have no idea if it was a scav or boss since I don’t know voices and stuff. That wouldn’t have mattered to me. If anything, I would’ve ran more headstrong in thinking it’s just a scav and died harder

[unreal adder]

Im pointing it out as something you can look out for in the future

[kind rivet]

I gotcha. I appreciate that. Gotta learn the voices and what the bosses sound like so I can look out for that

[keen fossil]

Also sometimes scav move in place so that’s a hint their an ai

[kind rivet]

But players can to, how does that indicate it’s a scav?

[stoic patio]

is 7.62x54 R LPS good ammo ?

[tidal lagoon]

yea its chill

[bold kernel]

Yes. Basically all 7.62x54 are decent at the least.

??ammo

[carmine lantern]

Official BSG Ammo chart- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l_8zSZg-viVTZ2bavMEIIKhix6mFTXuVHWcNKZgBrjQ/htmlview#gid=0
Wiki Ammo chart https://escapefromtarkov.fandom.com/wiki/Ballistics

[stoic patio]

-5% in accuracy though. Doesnt that change anything

[tidal lagoon]

no fuck accuracy

[bold kernel]

That’s not even noticeable.

[stoic patio]

okok

[tidal lagoon]

accuracy doesnt matter unless u have like extremely inaccurte gun

[stoic patio]

what should i look for in ammo ?

[bold kernel]

Penetration.

[tidal lagoon]

medium damage highest possible pen

[bold kernel]

And damage.

[stoic patio]

what should be my default pen value/damage

[bold kernel]

Depends per caliber.

This point in wipe you probably want rounds with 40+ penetration.

[stoic patio]

why are people using 9x19mm M882 and quakemaker ? i see that a lot and according to the stats, that shit is trash

[tidal lagoon]

leg meta, high damage spam legs u die

[stoic patio]

m882 only has 56 tho, is that considered high ?

[tidal lagoon]

nah shit is lowkey ass but its the default 9x19 ammo

so easily accessible for new players

[stoic patio]

okok

[sharp socket]

M882 FMJ is very comparable to pst and is available at level 1 traders

Quake is a higher flesh for basically budget leg meta for 9mm, if they have it they probably are using the mp9

[keen fossil]

This gonna sound crazy but you can just kinda tell

[clever knoll]

ask star citizen players

[kind rivet]

I’ll have to listen more to see. It sounds like something tarkov would do so 😂

I assume you mean scavs just shuffle around more

[sullen rock]

Need some teammates that don't mind a new player. I have 2 days playtime and I'm level 3. I'd prefer to play with someone experienced as they can teach me more about the game and how
to improve. If you would like to play, ping, DM or reply to this message and I will respond ASAP. Just reply as I don't check my DM's often but you can still DM if you'd prefer. Thank you for
reading my message and I hope you have a great day! 🙂 I'm EU.

[weak mirage]

Youll just learn it

After a few hundred hours you have No doubt if its a scav or a player

[rancid tartan]

Guys, I need some help relating tarkov. Me and a friend got into tarkov recently and we have a signifcant problem with progress. Unless its a scav run we can't get any loot or do anything significant, our deaths are 100% within the first two minutes of the game. We run Customs and Reserve since those are the only maps we kind of know.

We try to play safe aswell, but I don't know if its a spawn thing or something but we always get slaughtered by some high-gear player which just takes out all the fun out of it, so much so that we think about leeaving the game until wipe. Last few PMC runs we got equipped with better gear than usual in hopes of having a chance, took thing slow, cleared corners, played tactically but despite that our efforts were just mocked by players whom were so highly armored that our bullets maybe didn't even black out their limb. Just a straight rush and 5 seconds later were back to the menu screen. I don't think this is problem regarding skill ( which would be expected ) seeing as we've tried to play the game as skilfully as possible and compensating for our lack of knowledge with caution. What out is there for us? Should we learn another map? I can't see what we are doing wrong.

[vital inlet]

Anyone want to run factory? I’m new and I need help getting kills

[sharp socket]

Okay let’s break stuff down

Good job on utilizing your scavs well most new players don’t but perhaps try to use them to explore maps your not familiar with

I would recommend trying woods

Shoreline isn’t always great without a lot of keys, interchange and lighthouse are super sweaty, I’m guessing labs is out of your budget anyways and factory really isn’t a great location

[outer mulch]

that's just kinda how tarkov is starting out. getting a hang of one certain map and getting to know it pretty well is a big help. i'd normally say customs but this time in wipe it can be pretty brutal. woods is a good one that has a good few early game tasks, good loot, and it's easy to avoid people on. learning the spawns is a huge advantage, and don't be afraid to pull up a map if you need it

[outer mulch]

o7

[sharp socket]

So first things first, what level are you and have you leveled any traders? @rancid tartan

What guns, ammunition and armour are you typically running and what’s your game edition?

Customs can be a good starting location but reserve can be much trickier with not great PMC extracts a very difficult scav boss the potential for raiders and often but not always a need for keys to truly get the most from the place

[rancid tartan]

I haven't leveled any traders I believe and I am level 3.
About guns, well with my current budget best case scenario is a slightly modded AK74M ( the ones we get at start ) Mods are usually nothing too much apart from a scope and perhaps a better stock, on a good day maybe even a handle. I try to run AP ammo but that doesn't always work out. Armor is subpar with PACA or something better that I would get from a scav. My game edition is standard

[rancid tartan]

This is helpful, thanks 🙂

I think I will go for woods

[sharp socket]

Ok ok ok I can work with this

[outer mulch]

[sharp socket]

First of all level 3 isn’t super high and I’m guessing you don’t have much in the way of tasks or unlocks which is fine for the moment but your gonna need to get them done in order to effectively progress

[rancid tartan]

I haven't even done Debut 😂 so no, I've done nothing pretty much

[sharp socket]

The 74M is a fine assault rifle but as you may not even have jaeger unlocked your best round you can get is 5.45 T which is not great unless you can find better rounds which for 5.45 isn’t hard

What rounds are you using that you refer to as “AP”?

Do you know or no?

[rancid tartan]

I'm not sure, I mostly rely on my friend for that kind of information since hes a bit further in than me. I show him the rounds and he tells me if they're good or not

[sharp socket]

It is good to mention you cannot directly purchase 74Ms until prapor 3 but they are semi-common on scavs and can be bartered at prapor 2

[sharp socket]

Can you tell me what bullets he was telling you to use?

[rancid tartan]

Oh, so I'll try not to lose them then

[sharp socket]

The rounds for the caliber are PRS, T, HP, FMJ, US, PS, PP, BP, BT, 7N40, BS and PPBS

[rancid tartan]

They have a green tip as far as I know, I would show you but I'm a little too far gone and I'm relying on getting a good scav run since money is a little tight aswell

[sharp socket]

Ahhh I see now

Can you buy the bullets?

Or no

From prapor

[rancid tartan]

I think I can only buy regular '' PS '' if thats correct from Prapor

I checked for the AP rounds he was talking about earlier today though

[sharp socket]

By default at prapor one you can buy PRS and T

[rancid tartan]

I'm surprised ammo is such a big issue ingame though, for a realistic game this is definetly an aspect I didn't expect. A bullet is a bullet

[sharp socket]

PS comes after delivery from the past which is an early task for prapor, the third or fourth one I believe

[sharp socket]

Yes but would you expect a pistol round say 9x19 to be able to severely harm someone in a ballistic vest rated for moderate caliber rifle rounds?

Bullets still deal some damage via blunt of course

[somber portal]

You see significant differences in penetration from ball ammo to dedicated AP rounds and SP/HP rounds

same with expansion

[rancid tartan]

Oh, of course but I'm talking more about higher, rifle calibers. Then again it is a game and it must have some challenging aspect to it

[sharp socket]

Blunt occurs if the round hits but fails to penetrate the armour

[unreal summit]

how can i put a scope on my mosin sniper im level 13

[sharp socket]

Exactly, realism is the aim but some needs to be sacrificed for the sake of gameplay

[rancid tartan]

Btw, whens the game getting wiped? If its not too far out we might just drop it until then

[somber portal]

https://www.facebook.com/inrangetv/videos/armor-piercing-ammunition-testing-m80-ball-vs-m61-ap-black-tip/1276929062469543/

[sharp socket]

The PU rings and the kotchekov mosin mount, only works with the sniper variant of the mosin

And then the PU 3.5 itself

[sharp socket]

Some time December, I would recommend you do stay though

[rancid tartan]

Ouch

[sharp socket]

So you can gain as much information and knowledge as you can

[rancid tartan]

Yeah I'll stay then

[sharp socket]

For the fresh wipe

[unreal summit]

i have this one

[sharp socket]

Yeah that’s the infantry variant, you need the sniper variant

It will say on the name

[rancid tartan]

I think my main problem right now though is what to do relating to the maps. I don't like engagements anyway and I do my best to avoid them, a '' rat '' as I've heard people refer

I want to be able to get at least some loot while not having to bust my ass extremely over it

[sharp socket]

Well it’s understandable given your situation

But you often will have to really work for the good stuff or just get real lucky

[rancid tartan]

I'm not talking about good stuff, I'm just talking about stuff I can sell

Common loot works for me

[unreal summit]

I dont think i can buy the sniper one yet only trade i dont have items for, what other bolt action sniper can i put a scope on to do this quest

[rancid tartan]

Currently I don't even get that

[sharp socket]

The gornostay has the picatiny rail ontop

Hmmm

What are you trying to loot

One very helpful thing that isn’t required but can save you some grey hairs is studying a map to know where PMCs spawn

[rancid tartan]

I don't even know at this point. I don't know where to search, just about any building is what I hit but thats very rare if I even get to that. As I said unless I play scav I just get obliterated within the first minute or two max.

[sharp socket]

Hmmm

[rancid tartan]

I haven't even learned where all the extracts are 😂

[sharp socket]

Wait what

Ok dawg first things first

Get a map

Try the wiki or map genie

[rancid tartan]

Yeah I use one

[sharp socket]

And just study the extracts and PMC spawns

[rancid tartan]

I haven't memorized all the extracts though. Although I am working on it

[unreal summit]

For the task i only need to shoot scav in leg i think so the gornostay is good, ty for help i found a scope for it aswell

[sharp socket]

I would recommend the Elcan

[sharp socket]

That’s good

Do you have jaeger unlocked?

[rancid tartan]

No

[sharp socket]

Do you have the introduction task?

From mechanic

[rancid tartan]

Yes

With the modified shotgun, yes?

[sharp socket]

Nono

That’s gunsmith

[unreal summit]

Whats that

[sharp socket]

The Elcan specter scope, it’s a 1-4x scope with mediocre irons on top of the scope

[rancid tartan]

Then no, I don't think so

[sharp socket]

But the reticle is really solid

[sharp socket]

Have you accepted gunsmith part 1?

[rancid tartan]

Yes

[sharp socket]

Still just gunsmith part 1 from him?

Odd

[rancid tartan]

There could be introduction

I just haven't looked into it

[unreal summit]

i will try to find this idk if its availbable im low level

[rancid tartan]

I'm focusing on Debut atm

[sharp socket]

Ah, I think the earliest might be pk2

So one more level

[sharp socket]

Debut can be done anywhere

So how about this

Study the map woods

And try to go in with a mosin or some cheap weapon

[unreal summit]

i will look out for it hoepfully i will also have mosin sniper soon aswell

[rancid tartan]

Is woods denser than other maps? I'm looking for a more beginner friendly map from which I can avoid engagements as much as possible. ( unless its with scavs )

[sharp socket]

It’s the largest map in the game

[outer mulch]

woods is totally the opposite haha

its great

[sharp socket]

It has a couple primary loot locations but is chock full of stashes which are rarely looted and can have nearly any item in the game in them

The spawns for the most part are spread out and the engagements are often longer range

[outer mulch]

7 minutes

same for all maps

7 minutes or, i think 200 xp

[sharp socket]

7 minutes or 250xp

[outer mulch]

45 minutes

[sharp socket]

I think 45

[outer mulch]

o7

a decent bit, but i'd hang on to that one. they're hard to find and you need 2 of them for a couple tasks later on

i want to say 80k or so but im in raid so i can't check atm

30s i think

daily tasks suck ass for xp but they certainly don't hurt lol

personally i prioritize tasks that are like 10k xp+

yeah fair enough

ill check the flea price in a bit

okay i was way off, they're only 28k on flea

so that's probably about what they sell to therapist for

lol. rip

[night arrow]

Question - If scav A shoots and hits scav B, then scav B kills scav A, if I kill scav B (as a scav) will I get positive or negative karma?

[outer mulch]

i still die to scavs occasionally

they can be really tough for no reason

protip is to fight from behind cover

if they spot you and you don't kill them, find a new spot because if you repeek, they WILL kill you

they basically get more accurate the longer they see you

[bleak ridge]

What is a good way to loot bodies and not die to them? I feel like I die more frequently then anything during looting.

[outer mulch]

always make sure your fight is over and the area is safe before you start looting. "there's always one more"

you might be getting eager and trying to loot before verifying there's no one else near you

np, yeah at that point you just gotta pray lmao

eyy there you go

[wispy wedge]

i have been doing farming 1 and got the 2 control panels fixed but i died and i have been trying to survive and extract but everytime i get run through or killed

[outer mulch]

to get "survived" you need to be in raid for 7 minutes or get 250xp

[wispy wedge]

yeah i know

[outer mulch]

i mean for factory you kinda just have to hide on the outskirts if you don't want to fight

there's not a ton you can do

[wispy wedge]

ok

[bleak ridge]

I'm level 2, I'm sure this is very true. Really wanting to get that good loot and extract!

[outer mulch]

i know the feeling lol. keep at it

[clever knoll]

if you have bad/no armor, shotgun scavs are scary. Also scavs can spawn with 2 different health pools, one "regular" 440hp scav and one with 540. So if a scav feels tanky, that's why.
Honestly just go for headshots and most importantly, never peek the same angle twice.

what ammo are you using?

nvm i just checked, there's no way the 5 extra head hp could cause that

but sometimes i feel like scavs tank headshots too, idk why

[outer mulch]

i mean. yeah

they do sometimes

because... idk because that's how it is

[clever knoll]

they are allowed to tank a headshot, as a treat..

[outer mulch]

lol

[rancid tartan]

Wow - Whoever introduced me to woods is a saint

I just ran a few practice runs and just did a scav run

[gilded glen]

this is a all in one?

since when?

[outer mulch]

yes, since always

[gilded glen]

whaaat

[outer mulch]

i've been told that if you get all the stores it'll save the store progress though- so you can survive separately

haven't erified

[gilded glen]

so if I do all its good but if 1 isn't it resets?

[sharp socket]

You finally get some survives in?

[rancid tartan]

Just did a scav run on woods, not only did I encounter absolutely no one, I aquired such loot from caches and what not that I'm almost at a milion rubles

[sharp socket]

This is good to hear

[rancid tartan]

I'm a little scared to go for a PMC run, but I think I will next game.

Thanks so much for the help in general though

[sharp socket]

You got this partner

[rancid tartan]

If you and that other guy hadn't told me the ropes I probably would be dying in customs atm

[rancid tartan]

[sharp socket]

I would recommend the mosin, Adar or the SKS at level 1 traders

You can actually get the Adar you just have to assemble it by buying all the parts from skier and probably one or two things from peacekeeper

[rancid tartan]

I yoinked an ADAR in the scav run aswell

Mosin I think I'd be too slow to use, SKS.. I don't know

Never tried it

[deft lantern]

You'll die alot this game is made for cheaters and people with thousands of hours to burn

[pliant bison]

how's the Vepr-KM compared to the SKS?

[rancid tartan]

I'm looking good

[rancid tartan]

Thats kind of the perk to it

Its made to have a tough learning curve

[deft lantern]

That's not a good thing

[rancid tartan]

I mean ovreall you're the one who got screwed

Why pay for it

Research first

[pliant bison]

I've been using the VPO-209 since I have Jaeger, I think the .366 TKM EKO is better than the 7.62x39 ammo I can buy?

[rancid tartan]

I can't complain from the game ( for now ) 🤷

[open glade]

It very much is. It's why even one kill in this game feels incredibly rewarding. Because you know that you earned that kill, instead of it being "just another kill" every encounter and every kill are unique and personal

[rancid tartan]

^ Indeed

[deft lantern]

I just assume 90% of the people are using at least the radar hack at this point

[open glade]

better yet, getting better at the game, you'll slowly realise you just - stop dying as much or to stupid things less often.

Because you learn to traverse the maps

you learn from previous mistakes

etc

[outer mulch]

lol. lmao

[rancid tartan]

( scavs )

[open glade]

that's a very toxic way to think. I suggest rethinking that, because it's very untrue

[deft lantern]

Then why was I getting snipped 5 seconds into shoreline 9 out of 10 matches early raid?

[rancid tartan]

didn't the radar hack get countered like

a year ago

[deft lantern]

No

[rancid tartan]

Because you're playing shoreline

[sharp socket]

Bolt actions do require some coordination, the SKS is fine but if your looking for a potentially slightly better performing rifle the VPO-136 and 209 both from skier can work with a simple walther MRS and bastion rail from skier 1

[open glade]

no

[vernal kite]

As a percentage, what are the chances my sanity levels plummet a week or less into playing this beautiful game

[rancid tartan]

I had a hard time too today until these people here introduced me to woods

[deft lantern]

It' passively intercepting and interpreting packets so it is hard to stop

[outer mulch]

i would bet 100 usd none of these numbers are correct

[deft lantern]

Enjoy your copium

[rancid tartan]

99.99%

[vernal kite]

So there's a chance.

[outer mulch]

youre the one saying everyone you fight is a cheater

[open glade]

70 - 80% within the first 100 hours, 100% after that

assuming you don't quit

[rancid tartan]

I think I'm good for now although knowing myself I wouldn't trust myself to do something good with the bolt-action. Does the Mosin pack a lot of punch? ( despite the ammo ).

I might consider it if I go bankrupt again

[sharp socket]

Graphics? Quality. Loot? satisfying. Guns? Cool and customizable beyond most. Chance to get cucked by RNG or gigachads? Decent.

Hotel? Trivago

[pliant bison]

I think the only reason anyone cares about the Mosin is because it's the only gun a new player can buy that fires ammo that can go through even middling armor ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[deft lantern]

It's either that or everygame has some loser with shitbucket and 1000 hours logged.

[open glade]

I can assure you that your way of thinking is very flawed and that if you started to think even slightly differently your entire perspective on the game would change, hell you might even start enjoying it

[vernal kite]

Also, bc I don't know how long it might take in the community support chat, has anyone had problems installing the game and figured out a fix? I'm trying to install on my ssd and it's just not working. I don't have to storage on my internal and idk what to do lol

[deft lantern]

\0/

[sharp socket]

It’s quite the large caliber so it’s gonna hurt yeah, the only 3 rounds you have access to is FMJ, SP BT and HP BT and FMJ is probably your best bet

[open glade]

have you deleted all game files before trying a clean install?

[outer mulch]

holy shit dude just play a different game 😭

[vernal kite]

I haven't had the game installed at all

First time install

[open glade]

he needs to. this game clearly isn't for him

[deft lantern]

What error are you getting?

[open glade]

"loser with shitbucket and 1000 hours logged", at that point I can't even help but laugh😭

[pliant bison]

meanwhile now that I'm starting to find my way around maps other than Customs, I actually feel like I'm making some progress

[deft lantern]

Getting attacked and told it's a skill issue is a great help. Keep chugging the mountian dew and adderal kids

[bold kernel]

1k hours isn't even that much

[outer mulch]

you didnt ask for help

[outer mulch]

and how seriously do you expect people to take you when you say stuff like that lol

[rancid tartan]

I might give it a try, better yet if I managed to yoink it through a lucky scav. Honestly scavs are such a good mechanic, definetly a life-saver. Woods is the perfect map for scav running especially when they spawn at points of time in which most players have already gone. Even more the map is dense and full of loot so theres also a chance to yoink something good if you try.

[vernal kite]

Not an error code, telling me I am using the incorrect installation path

[open glade]

Nobody is attacking you. You came in here screaming crying about cheaters and fail to listen to any opinion other than yours. Keep chugging your copium

[deft lantern]

Can you screen shot it?

[open glade]

Definitely not for this game

[pliant bison]

also if you're getting "sniped", that suggests you're in an area with long sight lines
so it's no wonder you're being spotted

[rancid tartan]

I'm sure the guy appriciates it but like, didn't you say the game is shit.. why are you helping him install it

[open glade]

1k hours is pushing intermediate experience at minimum

[deft lantern]

That's sad. But I am just going to RAT and see if that works, I've seen streamers complaining about it with the audio

[sharp socket]

Just stick to day woods for now, night woods can have cultists, most people will have NVGs and there is atleast three people who have thermals who are looking for shturman

[sharp socket]

This

[rancid tartan]

Right. How are the player spawns on woods as a PMC? I think I'm gonna run one raid to see what its like but I'm afraid of getting the same problem as in customs where a bunch of people spawn nearby and I get obliterated

[outer mulch]

lol what

what are you even responding to

[deft lantern]

I don't think depth is a bad thing but the poor feed back and audio being fucky wucky is 50% of your time sorting out wtf happened

[rancid tartan]

I'm hoping to just get by sleezing through caches until the extract

[sharp socket]

Some games require massive time investments, is 1000 hours a lot of time in retrospect? Yes it is but like most things you require a large time investment to get above average

[deft lantern]

Supposedly audio used to be not as buggy

But before my time

[rancid tartan]

Also cultists? Tf are those?

[deft lantern]

NPCs that spawn at night

[sharp socket]

Most are on the fringes of the map with like 2 more central, if your ever lost look for the massive mountain, it’s called sniper mountain or sniper rock and is dead center of the whole place

[deft lantern]

Supposedly nasty AI and pretty tough? Never seen one

[outer mulch]

they need to just like redo it. and simplify it. you also just like. shouldn't be able to hear people past 20m or something. if audio wasn't so ridiculously powerful, people wouldn't be as scared to move

[sharp socket]

Not things you want to mess with right now

[outer mulch]

coolest ai in the game imo

[rancid tartan]

Yeah I know those locations. Near the lumber mill right?
Those spawns sound good, Is it possible to get by without engaging other players?

[outer mulch]

youll know em if you run into them

[deft lantern]

May be part of my problem

[open glade]

The game's audio 9 times out of 10 is actually quite good and quite accurate. You have sheep mentality brother, listening to all those streamers got to your head, complaining about the gamestate and audio and everything else hahaha 🐑

Like, yes, buildings such as dorms and resort have some of the worst sound known to man. But literally everywhere else is okay.

[rancid tartan]

hmmmmmm

[outer mulch]

that's like 50% of the problem. the audio

[rancid tartan]

i definetly cannot fuck with that

[sharp socket]

Yes it is but some people may also be trying to do the same thing

[open glade]

for a new player, cultists are the single scariest things to ever experience

[rancid tartan]

Do they spawn in the day?

[open glade]

do not show any thermal signature, make no sound

[open glade]

nop

[deft lantern]

Lumbermill and outskirts extract are hotzones

[open glade]

the only sound they make are small sniffles and coughs

[rancid tartan]

I avoid the lumber mill anyway. I just bypass it

[open glade]

but they are very quiet

[sharp socket]

Silent even when running or going through bushes (their ADS isn’t though), nearly fully invisible in thermals, constantly proned at first, wear dark robes and often class 5 or 6 body armour but lack head protection, carry knives that have a special hard to cure poison that rapidly can destroy you and only carry high pen rounds in suppressed weapons

[deft lantern]

You can snipe him from the hill but someone on the mountian or some prick hiding in the trees tends to kill you

Audio isn't very well explained either

[sharp socket]

They will not voiceline either even when seeing you or you throwing a grenade at them

[scenic cape]

I'm a new player looking for someone to play with

[deft lantern]

If I go overweight am I really that loud?

As in death sentence

[sharp socket]

Yes, yes you are

[deft lantern]

Feck

[rancid tartan]

Holy

[quasi gyro]

if u use a flashbang they all shoot

[sharp socket]

Anyone with decent headphones will hear you from quite a distance

[rancid tartan]

Isn't that a little too op

[open glade]

yeah

but

if you know what you're doing

you get quite good at it

that's why I said, as a new player, they are the scariest thing you will ever experience

[opal sluice]

quick question i learned factory now, ( knew the map because tarkov in unturned) what map should i learn next to progress

[quasi gyro]

customs

[open glade]

customs > woods > every other map

in that order

[opal sluice]

thx

[sharp socket]

And when I mean high pen we talking 9x19 PBP, 5.45 BS and PPBS,5.56 m995, 7.62x39 BP, 7.62x51 m62 and m61, 7.62x54R BT and SNB

[deft lantern]

Customs is 50/50

Lots of chokepoints that are camped

And right now chads are rolling it for PVP

[outer mulch]

its easy to learn and has a lot of early game tasks

[sharp socket]

So armour is nearly worthless against em but it’s good to have anyways

[open glade]

armor below class 5 mid to late wipe is exclusively only protection vs 7.62 PS scavs and the occasional timmy

they offer little to no protection vs the average player

[rancid tartan]

Yeah I just won't run woods at night

[opal sluice]

is there a reason player scav kill me when i play as scav or do they just like to do that? because its kinda anoying, when i shoot first to kill them i lose rep

[open glade]

whats your rep atm

[opal sluice]

-0.4

i think

[open glade]

if it's negative, ai scavs are inclined to shoot you

[open glade]

there's your problem I suppose

other than that

[opal sluice]

nah but player scav shoot me aswell

[open glade]

some scavs are just bad

[opal sluice]

thats why its so low

[open glade]

it happens

[opal sluice]

damm

[rancid tartan]

goddamn I think I might have that problem soon too

[open glade]

if you have alot of loot on you

or look like you do

[rancid tartan]

how do I check the rep?

[open glade]

fence

he displays the rep, he's like the figurehead of all scavs

[rancid tartan]

and how do I get it up?

[open glade]

get ready

help scavs, extract as scav, kill pmcs as scav, take car extract as pmc, take co-op extract as either scav or pmc

there's more I jsut can't remember

complete scav tasks

[rancid tartan]

extracting as scav gets my rep up?

[deft lantern]

correct

[rancid tartan]

lol how are they not shooting at me yet

[opal sluice]

mine is -0.5 now xD

if i kill a scav as pmc do i also get neg?

[deft lantern]

Nope

[opal sluice]

oh thank god

[deft lantern]

You had to have killed other scavs usually

as a scav

[rancid tartan]

how is it that at -0.12 I'm not getting shot at

I'm thankful but

how

[opal sluice]

yeah because i rather get neg rep then lose all my stuff

[deft lantern]

You have to go lower

[rancid tartan]

How much does my rep increase when I extract as a scav?

Since thats the only viable option I see to maintain it

[open glade]

0.01

For successful extraction

[open glade]

Car extracts are great for scav rep

Rewards diminish over time but realistically just be a good scav

[rancid tartan]

Whats the point at which scavs will start shooting at me?

[open glade]

+0.42 for every new car extract taken

[open glade]

Anytime within the negatives I believe

Its a chance

[rancid tartan]

And when do I enter the negatives

Oh wait

[open glade]

When your scav rep is below 0

[rancid tartan]

I already did

So I’m running on luck

[open glade]

I believe so

Never had negative scav rep so I wont know the intricacies

[rancid tartan]

but is the chance that they just

start shooting at me out of nowhere now

or do I have to go lower

[open glade]

You should be fine at your current level

But work on being a good scav

and not losing rep

some people rely solely on scavs for their income

if you cant even scav safely

thats a bunch of income gone

also, higher scav rep leads you to have a higher chance of better loot on your scav

So higher chance of thermals, tac30s, stims, etc

[rancid tartan]

Good to know

Thanks

[vernal kite]

If I queue up with a buddy do we spawn in the same area or do we still have to try and find each other?

[open glade]

Nah you two spawn together

always

Unless you dont

and the game decides to put you guys in two separate raids

but most of the time

yes you do spawn together

[vernal kite]

Is that a thing that can happen?

[open glade]

I was exaggerating the frequency of it a bit, in 3 years of playing its only happened twice

[vernal kite]

lol

[open glade]

to answer your question though, you guys do spawn together

as long as you queue in a group

[vernal kite]

I'm sorry if this is like a very broad question to ask with many different answers, but are there any big tips you would have for a new player who has no idea how to do anything put walk around and shoot a gun?

[open glade]

Do you have two monitors?

[vernal kite]

Yes

[open glade]

Firstly

Find a map you want to learn (excluding factory)

Look up the map of it

Put it on your second monitor

and learn the map inside out

where you spawn, how to move around, how to loot, and most importantly how to get out of the map

By the time you've done all that

You'll have a good grasp on the core mechanics of the game

Try to also focus on solo play, or if anything playing with someone of your skill level. Getting your hand held through the early game teaches you nothing

[granite talon]

Anyone trying to team up? A little new to the game just need a little guidance lol

[pliant bison]

can confirm, especially when it comes to learning maps, being leashed along doesn't help

[vernal kite]

Good thing my buddy who plays this game has a broken pc

[open glade]

There is a vast difference between the way a 4000 hour vet and a 40 hour timmy move around the map

All you'll be doing is following in a conga line

and not dying

To learn this game, you gotta die. Alot.

[vernal kite]

As a DayZ player, I understand

[open glade]

Amen

[pliant bison]

the best I can do is try to avoid areas with long sightlines lmao

if I start getting shot at and I don't already know exactly where I'm being shot from, I'm probably dead =/

[vernal kite]

Is it worth it to try and communicate "friendliness" to another player?

[open glade]

Nope

At no point should you let down your guard to any player ever

[vernal kite]

That also being said, if I see a player, should I take the fight, or are there situations where you would say to back off or even run away?

[pliant bison]

what if you're a scav and don't know whether you're hearing a PMC or another scav and don't want to shoot on sight in case it's a scav and you lose rep so you just don't shoot anybody period because by the time you realize they're shooting at you you're already dead

[open glade]

Analyze the situation and proceed as you deem necessary

Sometimes

Its better to take a shot

Sometimes its not

If you see one guy in a clearing

and you shoot at him

suddenly his 3 other teammates appear

and they're aware of your position now

You're fucked

[vernal kite]

Butters, you mind if I add you as a friend? I don't expect to play with you or anything, but you just seem really knowledgeable about the game and shit lol

[open glade]

Go ahead

This chat is always good for any questions you have.

I'm usually here too nowadays so there's that too

[vernal kite]

This discord is already like a billion times better, when it comes to help, than just about any server for any game I've been in

[open glade]

Considering this game has probably the steepest learning curve in any game I've ever seen, complete with the lack of any tutorial to even the fundamentals, I'd hope there would be something like this for new players

Starting the game, you're just expected to know everything

[vernal kite]

I was playing Operation Harsh Doorstep today and was like, "the footsteps sound oddly familiar to Tarkov", and that it literally the reason I bought the game

[open glade]

You'll realise soon enough that this game is unlike any other

No game, other than maybe dayz, can make you genuinely value your life

[viral saffron]

I love D2 campers

[open glade]

Your decisions are based not on whether you win or lose, but whether you live or die

[vernal kite]

I'm the most cautios player I know in DayZ, should I play with that kind of mindset?

[open glade]

It all depends

There are many different playstyles to adapt

[vernal kite]

Overly observant

[open glade]

Tasking forces you to play one way or another

but other than that

You can take this game however you want

Just try to find a balance between not wasting 45 mins of the raid sitting in a corner and rushing in kicking doors down

Its all about playing how you want

Dont let people bash the rat mentality too, if thats how you wanna play then so be it !

[vernal kite]

So what happens if you don't leave before the timer? Do you just die? Does the raid just end?

[open glade]

The raid ends and you lose all your shit

You just cease to exist

and so does your stuff

Even if its insured. If you got the "Missing in action" status, you just dont get your gear back

[vernal kite]

When is insuring gear worth it?

[prime comet]

If you’re ever in that situation where you won’t make extract, just drop all your insured gear

It’ll come back

[open glade]

I dont think it does.

I'm pretty sure as long as you get MIA you lose all of it no matter where it is

[open glade]

In most cases its worth it.

[prime comet]

Maybe it used to

I haven’t had that situation in a few wipes

[open glade]

The most important things to insure are the gun and armor

[honest hatch]

pvs or pnv?

NVG

[open glade]

One thing to note too is that prapor steals all of your ammo so when you get your mags and gun back it comes back with no ammo inside.

[open glade]

Pnv is my personal favourite

Of the two

[open glade]

Is there a way to check other than losing gear? There has to be a page on the wiki for this or something

[prime comet]

I wouldn’t know where to look honestly

[open glade]

Neither

I'll try it out tomorrow

I'm interested

[prime comet]

Wiki says yes

[open glade]

Interesting

[shrewd fog]

Another insurance myth is that you don't get your stuff back that was dumped in water, you do!

[open glade]

That has been proven and disproven 50 times in the past 2 years or so

I'm not sure which to believe

They say they fix it and then apparently its back again

[shrewd fog]

I play too much reserve and the amount of time i pitch shit in that water room in the bunker and got it all back

[open glade]

Water room is not water

[shrewd fog]

Yes it is? The room with the ramp down?

[open glade]

Water is next to the pier on shoreline

[bold kernel]

best map for starters?

[open glade]

Customs > Woods > Any map that interests you

[vernal kite]

Well, I just loaded it up, is there anything I should do before my first game?

[bold kernel]

thanks

[open glade]

look up some guides on youtube if you'd like. Other than that just follow the advice I gave earlier and get ready to die a bunch

there isnt a specific way to play the game. However, there is an overarching questline

You can start it by going to the traders

That can give you some direction to go when first picking a map to play

and what to do

[vernal kite]

Well, would anyone like to join me in a game? If not, I'm gonna hop in as a Scav and test the waters, just wanna get a feel for the game, I'll learn it more in depth in the coming days

I'm USA btw

[open glade]

East or West coast?

[vernal kite]

East

[open glade]

I'll get on tomorrow to play with you then, if you're free :)

[vernal kite]

I've got some cleaning of the house to do, but after that, I'm free all day, and that would be awesome, friend

[open glade]

Once I get home I'll lyk 👍

[vernal kite]

Most of my buddies have told me to never buy this game and have told me not to install it now that I've bought it, so clearly, I don't have many options of friends to play with lol

[glad swan]

anyone wanna run some raids rn?

[open glade]

are you EU or NA?

[vernal kite]

@glad swan I will but I've literally never touched the game before

[dire folio]

good friends

[open glade]

looking out for his sanity, how kind 😄

[dire folio]

i woulddddd play, but i dont feel like playing rn 😭

mayhaps after i have shower and eat

[open glade]

I'd say run your first 100 or so pmc raids completely solo

[vernal kite]

Okay

[open glade]

Its a whole different experience to playing with a duo

[vernal kite]

I'm a Scav with a shotgun, best map to run around on just for fun?

[open glade]

If you run your raids with a duo, you'll start to get solo anxiety

[open glade]

Your choice.

[dire folio]

as a scav please dont shoot other scavs 😭

[open glade]

Yes ^^^^

[dire folio]

only shoot bad scavs or pmcs

or raiders/rogues

[vernal kite]

How do I tell? I know the "Scav wiggle" but that's about it

[open glade]

Bad scavs are ones that shoot you first

[dire folio]

^

a pmc ussually is more kitted, but not always

[open glade]

Usually, if you're not dead right after making eye contact at the guy, he's a scav

[dire folio]

youll learn what pmc clothes look like eventually

[vernal kite]

I also know that if someone tells me to press "V" twice, as a Scav, it's an auto mele so they don't lose reputation

[dire folio]

ussually like greens

dont melee people yeah

thats not good

[open glade]

Scavs look like homeless people. Sandals, colourful clothes, etcm

PMCs are actual soldiers

[dire folio]

some pmcs look homeless

[open glade]

Only if they deliberately want to

Even a homeless pmc look s like a pmc

[vernal kite]

My Scav looks like a soldier

[dire folio]

i accidently opened battlenet instead of the launcher for tarkov oops

[open glade]

Battlestate and battlenet

Who thought of that

Who thought that would be a good idea

[dire folio]

ussually my search thing auto goes to battlestate but ig not htis time

oops i forgot i let all my insurance go to waste :p

[open glade]

hate when that happens

[dire folio]

i havent played since before the halloween event

well the main event part of it

the tagilla part i did

got my bumpkins :3

[icy tendon]

I only got one pumpkin bc didn't play really during event

Btw need a duo to run reserve tasks sometime

[glad swan]

eu bro

[open glade]

I could play tomorrow when I'm with the other guy if you wjat

want

[glad swan]

idm im pretty new but im pretty sure all i need is to play the game to get better

[open glade]

All good

We can get that done

Get you some tasks done

[glad swan]

like i got all the stuff down except quests. these custom quests are annoying

there in such high traffic areas

[open glade]

Yup

Its customs

the most popular map

[glad swan]

I JUST GOT A LEDX

[open glade]

Gg

What map?

[glad swan]

customs

[open glade]

Put that shit in your ass asap

[glad swan]

in a coat on the wall

[open glade]

Damn

[glad swan]

thats straight in my container

[open glade]

That is a low low chance

[glad swan]

frrr

i got the unknown key and the machinery key imma wait till raids almost over to go there is that a good idea?

[open glade]

Yes

Be careful of player scavs

[glad swan]

cuz ik thats a high traffic area

[open glade]

Somewhat

[glad swan]

tarkov is a good game but its really hard for beginners which i think pushes them away

but its the difficulty that also brings in players

tbh its more gear based than skill based which i kinda dislike but its alright

[whole thistle]

Only if you're having head on fights

You can kill anyone who's in the open no matter what they have