beginners-assistance

[elfin parcel]

roger

[frigid finch]

as long as you know the main calibers and the rounds to look out for, should be fine....556/.300/5.45x39/7.62x39/51/54/9x39/.366

[elfin parcel]

im peanut (ig thats obvious)

[warm elk]

990 raids. 5.75 K/D, 3042 kills (only 413 PMCs tho) and 1,373 hrs on lmao. and ill STILL whiff the DUMBEST easiest shots/accidentally throw the EASIEST firefights i swear

[elfin parcel]

im very strongly a 5.56 fan lol

[frigid finch]

556 mdr is a pretty underrated gun imo

[elfin parcel]

no shame lol, ive all but accepted the fact i will never touch a sniper rifle, for the sake of anyone playing around me

[elfin parcel]

for sure, i love it, i do admit the aug A3 takes the cake for me though, i really like 1.5 zoom compared to higher ones

[frigid finch]

god dont use the stock site aug...

[warm elk]

i love 556. i hate anything other than the HK416 and M4 tho. ill use tf out of an adar or DML if i need to but mainly just the first two. and 7.62x39 except i never did the questline to get BP this wipe so next wipe ill probably use it the most. but MP7s and the VSS/VALs are some metas. basically every other gun just go for legs lmao

[elfin parcel]

the aug A1 sight is awful, but A3 isnt too bad

the A1 is really tight and you cant see much, but for some reason the A3 doesnt do that, its like a slightly higher zoom red dot

[warm elk]

you will lol once you unlock M80. thats actually the other calibur i use. i LOVE SR-25s, SA-58s, M14s, G28s etc. 7.62x51 is OP

[frigid finch]

sr-25/rsass are literally the coolest sounding guns ever

[warm elk]

if im sick of dying im equipping a G28 or SR-25 and blowin holes in mfs w/ m62 tracers lmao

[elfin parcel]

i really want to try 7.62x51 round weapons when i get the chance, i usually shy from high calibers since tarkov recoil throws me for a loop, but they seem really cool

especially an m14

[warm elk]

the sounds of the RSASS and SR-25 add +10 damage and armor pen its a fact google it public access

[tall sphinx]

sr25 would be your way to go

[warm elk]

also instil +25 fear in anyone within a 100 meter radius

[elfin parcel]

the only "high" caliber weapons ive used really is a bolt action vpo and the mosin sniper

[raven quarry]

loud m1a/mutant>

[tidal lagoon]

real

[warm elk]

the recoil on them isnt too noticible once you level up and get those better builds, but even then just add a holo on it and u wont notice. except for a 50 round drum full of m80 on an SA-58 lmao thats only for CQB full auto hip firing tho.

[frigid finch]

m1a is my personal favorite with the 50rd drum

[warm elk]

oh dude the MAIN thing holding me back from running 7.62 is not being able to consistently use a mutant holy fuck. that thing scares the hell outta me

[tidal lagoon]

i like scar h

[frigid finch]

handles better then the sa58 but can still mag dump close range (no full auto though)

[raven quarry]

i love horizontal recoil!!! and 0 ergo!!!

[tidal lagoon]

skill issue problem

[raven quarry]

should just right click harder

[frigid finch]

rd-704 is like 98% the same gun as a mutant lol

[tidal lagoon]

no just left click instead

[elfin parcel]

just pulled it up on the flea, the sa-58 looks so clean

i can for sure see why people like this

[raven quarry]

decently big rof difference

[warm elk]

i know but the fire rate, better recoil and just the sheer sound of the mutant just feels so much better

[elfin parcel]

whats a mutant btw, not seeing any on the flea

[warm elk]

honestly ive died a lot with other 7.62x39s just because of a mf with either a mutant letting off twice as many rounds or someone using an HK416 with 855A1. the fire rate sucks ass on the 704

[elfin parcel]

i feel like ive seen this before, is it similar to the RSASS everyone gushes over?

[tidal lagoon]

yes same thing kinda

obviously performs a bit different

but semi auto 762x51

similar attachments

[warm elk]

everyone loves the SR-25 and RSASS. theyre clean, theyre scary, theyre accurate, they sound cool, they have 0 recoil, and theyre just mac trucks when they hit

[raven quarry]

banned from flea like most good 7.62 guns

[warm elk]

its a "quest locked" item but i dont think you can actually get them anywhere. just gotta find em

[elfin parcel]

ill add that to the list of "get excited if i find" weapons

[frigid finch]

i mean the mutant only has a 50 rpm difference...on a 30 rd mag thats the difference between like 3 seconds and 2.8 seconds to mag dump lol

[warm elk]

yeah but its like the M4 and HK416. SAME exact gun, only 50 more RPM, and that HK slaps every time

[raven quarry]

skier ll4 after chumming

[warm elk]

but the meta recoil HK has higher vertical than the M4, whereas its backwards with the mutant lol

[frigid finch]

even less noticeable with the m4 and hk....since the base fire rate is already higher

[warm elk]

but its also just a personal preference

[elfin parcel]

oh wow the 416 is really pretty i see why you like it

[warm elk]

@elfin parcel just wait til you can kit all these guns tf out

[frigid finch]

my favorite baby

[warm elk]

oooo yea

[elfin parcel]

im terrified of the part costs for AR platform weapons, its radonculous how expensive some of them are

[warm elk]

LMAO not the hundred rounder ToT

[raven quarry]

never buy from flea

[elfin parcel]

ooh i really like the foregrip, that looks super clean

[frigid finch]

dude, i cant tell you how many times that 100rd mag has saved my life against a group lol

[elfin parcel]

when weapon parts get involved i really try not to

[warm elk]

@elfin parcel yea dont worry about meta builds 24/7 til u get traders unlocked. i refuse to spend 850k on a meta m4. i only spend like maybe 200k max on one

[elfin parcel]

i only buy suppressors, since i cant get em elsewhere

[raven quarry]

weird build, ur using a 100 rounder so you alr have like no ergo, id go full long barrel rk2 prs

[elfin parcel]

the priciest ive gone is 110k for my MDR

[tidal lagoon]

i build mid af builds until i get all traders

[warm elk]

all the absolute meta stuff - the vudus, suppressors, the MOE stock, the 15 ergo grips, i get for like 200k-ish max. everyone else will have to spend 900 fuckin K on it every time. fuck that lol

[frigid finch]

its only a 1% recoil increase with the long barrel...hansen 16" is so fucking good....rk2 is also 1% over the CQR, but a loss of 12 ergo for it

[elfin parcel]

ive officially got 3 goals for next wipe then

get over 10 pmc kills, get level 3 lights for my hideout, and get my traders up to spec so i dont go broke from flea

[raven quarry]

you alr got no ergo, so with the best handguard it’s -6 recoil total

[elfin parcel]

btw, how often do they add weapon attachments and parts and stuff? or do they rarely add them

ive noticed the .45 vector only has two magazines, a 13 rounder and a 30 rounder

[tidal lagoon]

they add stuff every wipe but nothing like big

[tall sphinx]

every wipe they add several which are not mentioning

[tidal lagoon]

they added some new barrels this wipe tho which were good

the hanson barrels specifically

[elfin parcel]

oh so next wipe we get new goodies? i cant wait

[frigid finch]

its only 3, just built it...goes from 27 to 24 recoil

[tall sphinx]

as well as the best NVG flashlight/laser in game

[tidal lagoon]

but its mostly like some flashlights and stuff

nothing that turns the meta around

[elfin parcel]

oh thats a bummer

i was hoping to be able to get the .45 vector usable, maybe another time

[warm elk]

a lot of stuff too is quest locked, sometimes its "quest locked" - meaning it USED to be something you could get from a quest so it still pops up on flea as like "unlocks from Skier L4 after quest completion" but that quest no longer exists

[tall sphinx]

it would be way to op

[elfin parcel]

the vector? yeah probably, it has a crazy fire rate

i just think fast fire rate guns is neat is all

[warm elk]

OH shit i almost forgot - the SVD slaps too

[elfin parcel]

and back to this, do you mean there are parts that are in a like, flea "limbo" where they pop up but cant be gotten through it?

[tall sphinx]

try out MP9-N

[elfin parcel]

like they were from a quest, but not anymore, so it still shows even though you now only gotta find it in raid?

[tall sphinx]

the black one

[elfin parcel]

oh, i dont think ive tried that one

i had the yellow one but it didnt have a foregrip when i used it lmao

[tall sphinx]

black one comes witha foregrip and it has more rpm

[elfin parcel]

42 recoil is a lot, but thats managable i suppose

ill try it

[elfin parcel]

oh ok yeah me likey

me likey a lot

[warm elk]

ergo is mainly for i believe arm strength and ur ability to ADS. also CQB - if i have a shorter barrel/no suppressor, then if i get too close to a guy using a long ass SVD then im probably winning cus hes pushing his gun up to his chest whereas mines still extended

[elfin parcel]

thanks for showing me that smg

[tall sphinx]

the most important thing is to learn to play with non-meta builds, you really dont want to be a meta slave like all the streamers

[elfin parcel]

ill chew through bullets, but this is a dream

[elfin parcel]

oh im sorry i didnt mean it that way, i just am used to using like an mp5sd, which has 25 recoil

[frigid finch]

here's your SA-58 modded...no ergo lol

[tall sphinx]

i know im just giving you a heads up

[warm elk]

5.45x39 isnt bad either. BP is kinda trash compared to BS or igolnik or 7n40 but its more practical to obtain and viable.

[elfin parcel]

can it...can it even aim?

it looks like your arms would tire out in seconds

[tall sphinx]

for example that lady is far from meta but (apart from the scope) it looks amazing and can kill everything s good as meta build

[elfin parcel]

can i suppress the mp9?

[tall sphinx]

u use silencer? bro this thing jams like crazy

[warm elk]

its funny cus i did the event to kill 50pmcs and turn in 50 dog tags so i cant get like 7.62x39 BP but i can get MAI AP lmao. but its not viable enough to use constantly - just a top loader for PP rounds

[tall sphinx]

yes

[warm elk]

yes

[elfin parcel]

oh bet this is gonna be so fun

its like a fancier ppsh

[frigid finch]

meta you are like tripling the cost of a gun for a like 5% increase in performance from a more affordable build

[warm elk]

honestly. aim for legs

[elfin parcel]

aww, i cant buy the adapter for the suppressor

[tall sphinx]

yeah its not worth it

i mean at some point running 0 recoil m4 is just boring

[tidal lagoon]

u just run 0 recoil another gun

[tall sphinx]

i have like 3 of them in my stash but id simply would just give them away

[warm elk]

anything like below 5.45x39 unless its the MP7 or VSS/VAL is a leg meta. any shotguns, 9 mils, .45s etc

[tall sphinx]

it got boring

[frigid finch]

you can ads for about 20-30 seconds with that sa-58 and 4 ergo lol

[tall sphinx]

damn XD

[elfin parcel]

thats honestly better then i expected

i assumed you would get like 15 seconds of ADS fun and then you were out of commission

[tall sphinx]

peanut, your best bet at the begining is to get friendly with AK platform.

[warm elk]

if you wana piss people off get a shorter SA-58 with an eotech or like an SVT or SVD and you'll punch holes in level 5 armor AND do major flesh damage like nothin

[frigid finch]

you basically only ads for sniping with it...you point fire for any CQB

[warm elk]

yea what gav said

[elfin parcel]

oh i have trust me lol, ive gotten real cozy with ak74Us, and am especially fond of the 74s, im kinda doodoo with 7.62x39 though

[tall sphinx]

grind your way to ak12, you will get in love with it

[warm elk]

whether its 5.45 or 7.62 use AKs. theyre THE most viable gun. easiest to find parts for, cheaper parts if u need to buy em, and the mid-tier ammo is so easy to find

[elfin parcel]

i had one once, lost it when i tried labs

was a dream to use

i liked the faster fire rate especially

[tall sphinx]

its a really good wepon for literally no money

[elfin parcel]

aint this the truth, i scav run and get like 30 parts for an ak

before flea, i would sit watching flea hoping a nice rifle like an ak12 would come buy, and then id see it and itds be half broken and unrepairable

i was devastated.

[frigid finch]

AKs are the best beginner platform by far

[elfin parcel]

these are imo my coolest AKs i have rn

[warm elk]

goddamn i hate player scavs

[elfin parcel]

one of em traitor on you?

[tall sphinx]

this is the best you can use for 0 money

[warm elk]

yeah

[elfin parcel]

first off, holy smokes how did you get such a cool background

second off, where do you buy that sight?

[warm elk]

he shot and missed so i turned around and let him shoot me then killed him with a dome shot. then his buddies came and pretended to help then tried killing me then i got another one

[elfin parcel]

like who sells it?

[warm elk]

thats the weapon rack in the hideout

[tall sphinx]

you're hopping into hideout when you mod your gun and it happend that i was looking at my gun rack

[tall sphinx]

lemme check but is as cheap as water

[elfin parcel]

ahh, your hideout looks way cooler then mine lmao, i live in a musty cave

lol

[tall sphinx]

climatic

its skier

[elfin parcel]

skier, got it, so i need to level him up

[tall sphinx]

yep

but never use non-dovetail version of this sight

[elfin parcel]

could i use this for that rifle setup? its the same rifle yeah?

[tall sphinx]

yep

[elfin parcel]

is there something wrong with that one?

[tall sphinx]

redicle is different

[elfin parcel]

oh

[tall sphinx]

this is non dovetail

[warm elk]

a good thing to do once you get workshop is check weapon presets and tinker around with that and see what you can add onto what and how to get a good balance of recoil/ergo

[tall sphinx]

this is dovetail

[frigid finch]

the dovetail okp is prolly my favorite holo in the game

[elfin parcel]

holy dovetail is way better

[warm elk]

a friend of mine has a bunch of presets for "No-flea" builds so that when he starts the wipe he can just make the, relatively, best build available at the time

[tall sphinx]

but you can only put dovetail sight on ak platform weapons with "N" at the end of their names

[elfin parcel]

i like to make presets even if i dont have parts, just to dream up rifles i like the look of

[tall sphinx]

so for example you can put it on AKMN but you cant put it on AKM

[warm elk]

lmao save them so that once you unlock shit you can just go build it

[elfin parcel]

like this one

i got it saved, so once i finally reach a level where i can make it

[warm elk]

i love that you love the look of these guns lmao

[tall sphinx]

that is actually a good g36 build

[elfin parcel]

i will just click a couple buttons

[tall sphinx]

apart from the sight

[warm elk]

it aint bad but i cant do with the MDRs, the G36, the AUG etc lol i dont like the guns that i cant "really" mod. only exception is the g28

[elfin parcel]

if it wouldnt be damning myself to a sad death, id use the irons, but competition is competition

[tall sphinx]

you can always use something usable, like Holo XPS-0

[elfin parcel]

id love to mod M4s, but thats for a much better me lol, i need to study them more, i know lots about the ak parts, but nothing about the AR ones

[elfin parcel]

that one is crazy expensive, flea wants like 90k

[frigid finch]

I own an MDRx in real life so its one of my fave guns to use in Tarkov lol

[elfin parcel]

if i can get a trader to sell it to me im chilling though

[tall sphinx]

then specter HCO is your go to

lvl 2 peacekeeper, this is a new holo, its amazing

[elfin parcel]

ooh lemme go check

[tall sphinx]

best spent 170$

[elfin parcel]

oh wait yeah that one, i didnt know its name

i love that one

a ton

i use it on my mdrs

i can get them for like 17k on flea too

[tall sphinx]

yeah people don't apprecieate its beauty

[elfin parcel]

nvm the cost went up

its 40k now

rip

flea is evil

[tall sphinx]

remember, flea will always be more expensive

when it comes to attachments

[elfin parcel]

sometimes it isnt, but it often is

[frigid finch]

really depends on the attachment

[tall sphinx]

that are actually used*

[elfin parcel]

17k rubles flea vs 24k rubles trader

its sometimes a steal, often isnt

like fence

i wishlist stuff i know fluctuates and try to snag a goodie here and there

i got a 9mm vector for 80k once

most of my MDRs were 50k each too

no clue how pricy those are from traders, but it was pretty nice compared to the usual 70k

[tall sphinx]

weapons are usually (not in every case) cheaper on the flea

[elfin parcel]

oh, thats good to know

i asumed they were way pricier

[frigid finch]

ALWAYS CHECK DURABILITY

[tall sphinx]

yeah thats another aspect

[elfin parcel]

yeah for sure fence taught me that lesson, i bought a cool rifle and it was TOAST

half broken, couldnt be repaired, it was a nightmare

[tall sphinx]

sometimes you can barter for weapons with good attachments from traders, like that one is a profit every time you barter it

it costs nothing (like 200k), and you get a weapon (its price is like 90-100k) an a scope for 700k

rn this price is 300k but virtex went up (the item at the bottom)

[elfin parcel]

ive never even seen the barter items for it before 💀

[tall sphinx]

you can find them on lighthouse streets and reserve

as far as i know they won';t spawn on the floor at any other map other than theese 3

[viral prawn]

Anyone in need of assistance

[frigid finch]

i could use a handy if you got some time

[elfin parcel]

is th is why reserve is so dangerous to play as a pmc? every time i go there i run into super chads and stuff

[tall sphinx]

reserve is the weirdest map

you can spawn like 50 metres from another player and you dont have even one normal extraction + there are 0 secret stashes

map is dense and its performance sux

[elfin parcel]

that tracks, the only times ive done pmc on reserve i did manhole sewer and bunker hermetic door

[tall sphinx]

hermetic is basically a suicide

[elfin parcel]

i only got the bunker door cuz someone else turned it on and i was hiding in there when it happened

[tall sphinx]

apart from that situation

[elfin parcel]

i was actively being attacks by guards lmao

[viral prawn]

What are you trying to do, and are you on NA

[tall sphinx]

yeah like glukhar is one of the weirdest bosses

[elfin parcel]

i was told to do cliff descent, but that needs "red rebel" which is INSANELY expensive

[tall sphinx]

thats the only boss i have troubles killing

[elfin parcel]

who spends 3.5 million on a melee weapon

[viral prawn]

Barter is 1.5mil and it's for the extract

[tall sphinx]

red rebel + paracord and you cant wear armor (armored rig is allright)

[frigid finch]

sorry, lol was making a stupid joke

[elfin parcel]

who does the barter?

[viral prawn]

Me, every wipe, for the two times i'll use the extract

[frigid finch]

i love killing big pipe and knight and having ZERO fucking idea where birdeye is

so i know the second i move im gonna get one tapped

[elfin parcel]

no i meant like which trader, ive never seen that barter before

[viral prawn]

T3 or T4 jaeger i forget

[elfin parcel]

sorry for the confusion

ohhh roger

[viral prawn]

like 15 propane, 10 Dfuel and 10 fuel conditioner

[elfin parcel]

im gonna be so screwed next wipe in regards to jaeger, cuz i dont think ill be able to get his letter at all with how many players will funnel there

[viral prawn]

I just do it at night

Two wipes ago i got a Ledx and a Bitcoin in my first raid on woods, was actually fucking stupid

[elfin parcel]

i avoid night ones since i assume ill die to a thermal user

[tall sphinx]

i do

[viral prawn]

Nobody has thermal Day 1

[elfin parcel]

oh true ig

[viral prawn]

Just people cheesing their Post FX/Nvidea to see at night lol

[warm elk]

i spent somewhere around.. idk... like 2 mil maybe for the stuff to get the red rebel for extracts

[elfin parcel]

im sorry, at risk of looking stupid, i have no idea what im supposed to be looking at here lmao, this looks like a whole different world game wise

[viral prawn]

Top right corner, his rouble count

[tall sphinx]

im jsut bragging at amount of money i have, like a little child

[elfin parcel]

ohhh

[warm elk]

aint never seen no 140 mil roubles wtf goddamn

[viral prawn]

This is the REAL brag though

[elfin parcel]

oh my lord above thats a lot of money

[warm elk]

most ive had is 20 lmao and i stay at about 15

[tall sphinx]

bro my friend has over 600 mils xD

[warm elk]

how tf yall get that lmao

[tall sphinx]

this

[elfin parcel]

this is all ive got, which admittedly isnt too bad for my first wipe, from november

[tall sphinx]

smoking is bad

[elfin parcel]

whats that?

[tall sphinx]

its actually really great

[sour saddle]

the rfid reader spawns on interchange

[tall sphinx]

item that allows you to get on lightkeeper island on lighthouse that has amazing loot

[viral prawn]

my Standard alt account i got to level 34 in 13 play sessions this wipe, that was fastest i ever went

[elfin parcel]

oh, its a fancy key? thats awesome

[tall sphinx]

you have to complete a series of quests that unlocks after like 10 questlines

[warm elk]

goddamn

[elfin parcel]

my pouch isnt big enough for me to take keys into the raids usually

[tall sphinx]

let me tell you its not easy

[warm elk]

like i cant comprehend that much lmao

[tall sphinx]

and as you see it is in your special slot

[warm elk]

holy shit

[elfin parcel]

...so you cant lose it, alright yeah that sounds super worth it

[tall sphinx]

yep

[warm elk]

thats how im tryna be lmaooo although idk why. i buy whatever i want and still dont gotta worry about money but goddamn thatd be nice

[tall sphinx]

allthough you can get on the island only if you are solo or every single person in lobby has it

otherwise you will get killed

[elfin parcel]

most all of my goodies consist of weapon parts, i hoard a little bit tbh

my conquests from many a scav raid

[warm elk]

dude sell all those

except the good foregrips, stocks etc

[tall sphinx]

this is expensive

[warm elk]

the CSS AKs sell ur found in raid ones

yea

[elfin parcel]

why would that be expensive, flea is so weird man

[warm elk]

i mean keep it ig if u want the ergo but if u have flea then cluck it

[tall sphinx]

its "meta"

[warm elk]

easy 120k right there

[elfin parcel]

OH MY GOD

[warm elk]

idk

[tall sphinx]

gives you like 3+ ergo

[elfin parcel]

WHY IS IT SO EXPENSIVE

[warm elk]

people pay for that +3 ergo

[tall sphinx]

cuz pipul be stupid

[elfin parcel]

i just paid for an entire loadout with a small piece of rubber

this is insane

[warm elk]

its 5,750 roubles for me. i refuse to pay 110k for +3 ergo

[tall sphinx]

yeah like

[warm elk]

rn on flea its 110k, 130k and 132k for the top 3

fuck that

sell it

lmao

things like that

[tall sphinx]

people are WEIRD

[warm elk]

one slot item = 120k

[elfin parcel]

i put mine up for 110

[warm elk]

i can understand +15 ergo grips or the suppressors, not paying that much for a charging handle

[elfin parcel]

literally an entire kit for 1 rubber piece jesus lord allmighty

[warm elk]

i just bought it from u LMAO

[tall sphinx]

thats why i couldnt buy it xD

[warm elk]

LOL

[tall sphinx]

oh no

i bought it

what

[elfin parcel]

oh, thanks, that was nice of ya

[warm elk]

i dont even fuckin need it 💀

[tall sphinx]

neither do i

[warm elk]

lmao its all cool man its funny doin shit like that

[elfin parcel]

oh yeah huh it says it was bought by gavran_

[tall sphinx]

that would be me

[warm elk]

like when my homie put up a vudu for 190k so i bought the 2 above his that were 196k and 201k

[elfin parcel]

i can now confidently wander with my aug knowing i can just get another

[warm elk]

oh shit u beat me to it LOL

[tall sphinx]

u bois wanna play some raids?

im just gonna grab a coffee

[elfin parcel]

fred sounded like they were gonna sleep, but I wouldnt mind

i did one a bit ago in woods and had to cool off from the stress lol

i was wandering to outskirts as it got darker and darker trying not to make noise

[tall sphinx]

@warm elk u up for some raids?

most likely

[warm elk]

nah im runnin one more scav and goin to bed, my necks been hurtin so bad all day and my girl and i are going to get coffee in the morning but ill be on a lot. im in between jobs rn lmaoooo so

[tall sphinx]

get some rest then

[tall sphinx]

stop bullying timmies dude

[warm elk]

@tall sphinx add me tho - HouseKeeping is my in game name

[elfin parcel]

aww darn PK wont let me buy anymore m856a1

[warm elk]

also i cant really do more than 3 at a time thatswhatshesaid i cant keep track of people in my squad past 3

[tall sphinx]

5man is the most fun

[elfin parcel]

its so hard managing who is who when it gets higher then 3

[tall sphinx]

jokes apart, when im playing with ma bois, we play 5 man, but we know each other for like eternity

[elfin parcel]

i have to ask everyone to stop so i can see their headgear first, so i know who is who 💀

[tall sphinx]

XD

what if they change it?

[warm elk]

i CANT 5 man lmao

i wont play w someone usually if they dont screenshare

[tall sphinx]

you gotta find like a group of 5 and oyu have to play a lot with them

[viral prawn]

get me access to Arena

[tall sphinx]

at some point you will become indestructible

[warm elk]

yeah its gotta be the right 5

[tall sphinx]

factory, noted

[elfin parcel]

had that happen once, honest to god almost shot them lmao

[tall sphinx]

tbh we've been playing together for 2 wipes now and i grew with them when it comes to my journey in tarkov. i just started as a 5 man player

[elfin parcel]

i started with duos, admittedly it was more a carry then a duo, but im still most comfy with one other person

[warm elk]

2 of my homies we always run 3 mans and its easy as shit. we all go to our own little sections or buildings and just push shit and if one of us gets into a fight then we book it over there and we usually come out on top. but i can think of other guys i play with that i couldnt do any 3 or 4 mans with, let alone a 5

like soon as the match starts we all run off in different directions and idk we just KNOW where each other is.

[tall sphinx]

tbh when it comes to duos i can only play with one specific person

i prefer solo than with anyone else

[elfin parcel]

yeah thats totally fair

[warm elk]

same

[viral prawn]

3 is my limit, 4 is often too much, every time i get a 5 man, the 5th person always wants to change the entire teams objective to the point that we have no goal and no objective and everyone runs off in different directions

[elfin parcel]

truthfully, solo gets me really stressed out, and i end up hiding a lot

[tall sphinx]

and funny thing about playing with my homies is that 3 out of 4 of them have exactly the same name irl XD

[tall sphinx]

anxiety

[elfin parcel]

i hid in scav bunker on woods for 15 minutes trying to figure out who was outside the bunker, only to find out it was a scav 😭

[tall sphinx]

clasic

[warm elk]

i always do better solo cus i know how to listen and move and i dont gotta confirm or come up with plans i just do what i know needs to be done. but in tarkov thats hard. i can kill a 2 or 3 man but sometimes, ev en if i get that 5 man, the amount of ammo i need to just get out of the map, let alone fight off the player scavs coming in, just is more than 1 person can handle. god forbid a third or 4th party shows up on a big map like streets lmao

dude always F1 as ur scav

if they F1 back, dont shoot. if they dont, shoot. cus if they dont, chances are its a PMC and i promise you he probably already knows ur there anyways

[tall sphinx]

just shoot everything

[warm elk]

lmao

[tall sphinx]

B)

[elfin parcel]

whats F1?

[warm elk]

its the voiceline

[tall sphinx]

racing series

[warm elk]

lmao

[elfin parcel]

oh

[tall sphinx]

XD

[warm elk]

youll get used to it and know a scav voiceline from a bear

[tall sphinx]

well it cant be a danger if it doesnt breathe am i right?

[warm elk]

lol

until everything else on the map thats breathing is shooting u too lmao

id rather let a player scav kill me than kill them first. i like being able to kick it with killa and kaban and gluhar

[tall sphinx]

f* that

[elfin parcel]

truthfully i can barely tell voicelines apart, i just know if they speak english i should shoot

[frank sandal]

Anyone willing to help with The Poisoning? Don't have a gasmask at all for it. Never had to keep one before

[tall sphinx]

fair

[warm elk]

also if i have anything valuable like bitcoins and intelligence and 200k 1 or 2 slot items im already extracting anyways lmao

[tall sphinx]

its good to just listen to videos with voicelines and get to know outfits

[frigid finch]

i havent scavved once this wipe....although when i used to i would kill any scav i saw that looked like they MAY have something good on them lol

[warm elk]

i know my maps, ill fuckin BOOK it. i know how to keep my stam bar half full lmao u aint catchin me

[elfin parcel]

the outfits is surprisingly not that hard, but the lines is a diff story

[frigid finch]

my favorite was to team up with a player scav, run through the map with him, and kill him at extract and take all his good loot lol

[tall sphinx]

well, english = enemy

[warm elk]

that white labs coat that USECs can get makes it hard sometimes LMAO some pmcs just go in like that cus theyre bored

[tall sphinx]

jsut camp emercom lol

[warm elk]

fuckkkk lmao

i dont play interchange

[elfin parcel]

unending hate for emercampers

[tall sphinx]

best GPU source

[tall sphinx]

i love doing that

[elfin parcel]

the sole reason i stopped playing interchange

[warm elk]

i always die in either the dumbest or most suspiscious ways there

[tall sphinx]

no need to thank me but who will bring me a gpu?

[warm elk]

i rarely come across hackers, or at least obvious ones, but when i do come across them, its on interchange.

[elfin parcel]

im sure killa has one, you should go ask

[frigid finch]

its lighthouse for me

[tall sphinx]

i asked him twice this wipe, he said no

[warm elk]

i find everything i need on streets, by far my favorite map

[elfin parcel]

i wish i could streets

[warm elk]

kaban gave me his PKP once for gunsmith 25

[elfin parcel]

but fighting at 45 fps is not the dream

[warm elk]

i just said lemme hold that he said ok

[frigid finch]

i hate the map, but i think it by far has the fewest cheaters of any map

[warm elk]

mine stays around 60-65. not great but not bad

[elfin parcel]

id run customs if it werent for the nasty poison event

[tall sphinx]

bro on i9-12900k with 32Gigs of ram and 3090ti this map cant run better than 70 fps, its unplayable

[warm elk]

doesnt beat the 150+ fps i get on every other map, sure, but still

thats weird

[tall sphinx]

it might be my ram speed but i doubt it

[warm elk]

i have an i7 13700k, 64gbs of ram and a 3060 lol

[elfin parcel]

i do really want to try doing labs once, but i havent gotten a keycard since the first time i got one on a scav

[tall sphinx]

how fast is your ram?

[elfin parcel]

instantly died in labs and not another card since

[tall sphinx]

labs arent fun trust me

[frigid finch]

dont play labs...its cheaters and chads...literally a complete waste

[elfin parcel]

oh, maybe not labs then

i went there thinking i was the boss with a drum mag ak12 and a level 5 vest...and died 5 steps in

[warm elk]

labs scares me

ive probably done 5 labs raids lmao

labs chads pop a couple stims the second they spawn and immediately get 2 or 3 people then its just them and the other chad who did the same and killed everyone else on their piece of the map

[elfin parcel]

that sounds about right lol

[desert oyster]

yea most labs players know it like it’s their 2nd home

[warm elk]

im trying to do one last scav run but i run towards gunfire and its a 2 or 3 man squad with gen 4 full armors on

and im spawning with bolt actions

[atomic trail]

What's an easy way to get a tremor

[desert oyster]

let a scav shoot you and hope it hits your arm if you don’t wanna deal with a broken leg

[warm elk]

last one i had a VPO with BCP and domed the guy but somehow his shit ass level 4 helmet ate it and he turned around and killed me go figure

[atomic trail]

Does the gym still break arms?

[warm elk]

the easiest way is to find a stim that will induce a tremor

yes it does but u just fix it with a splint

[frank sandal]

Anyone willing to help with The Poisoning? Don't have a gasmask at all for it. Never had to keep one before

[warm elk]

ok NOW one more scav run. if i die in the first 3 minutes or not im going to bed lmao

[worn dove]

How do you do vitamins part 1 in interchange and live? The quest takes you right into the middle of the mall which is just a death trap

[frank sandal]

Anyone willing to help with The Poisoning? Don't have a gasmask at all for it. Never had to keep one before

[silver eagle]

anybody want to help me cheese genadeider

[unkempt egret]

Shoreline is where I tend to find them, early wipe the map is infested with script kiddies looking for ledx and it doesn't help that BSG has a hardon for putting quests on that map.

[oak sphinx]

is there radiation now in customs at the bit where u cross the water next to boat extract?????

[wooden rapids]

How to survive the fisherman mission? Get sniped each time

[dry flint]

either spawn close or do them at night

[glass lantern]

guys, my buddy died with the marked saline solution from sanitar and he cant turn it in? does it need to be FIR?

[unkempt egret]

Event, the river is poisoned and you need to wear a gas mask to safely approach. There is a new The Rapist quest where you need to plant a gas an in the container next to the scav bridge to proceed.

[plain notch]

yo anyone down to play im level 8

[wooden rapids]

thank night did the trick!

[oak sphinx]

how do u get rid of poison dmg tho?

[unkempt egret]

Wearing a gas mask prevents the damage, the cure is at the end of the quest chain

[violet veldt]

Hey! I was doing the evtn with the poison and I am now to the quest called healing and Virtue. Wich one is the right answer if their is one :/ can't find any information online :/

[north bear]

Healing will instantly get you the cure - if you choose Virtue, you need to complete more quests before you get the cure

[teal depot]

Is it random who gets invited and who doesn’t for arena ?

My friend got an invite and I didn’t

[violet veldt]

oh! so their is no point in doing the virute then 😄 . I heard after taking the antidote I could get infected again, so I guess after that I run away from custom? 🙂

[north bear]

Well, it give some items and unlocks some barters - but i didn't do it 🙂 - Just don't go near the water, i actually don't know if you can get it, after you did the quest

[violet veldt]

sounds good! Thanks a lot good sir! 😄 I wont take anychance and stay far from custom XD

[north bear]

You are most welcome

[elfin parcel]

It's a random thing to notice, but why can you only have 50 pistol rounds in a stack, but 60 rifle rounds in a stack? Wouldn't the bigger bullet take more space?

You'd think it'd be flipped

[glass lantern]

do i have to take the antitoxin in raid or can i take it in my stash

[safe cloud]

I got some kind of poisoning on customs, does anyone know why?

[keen fossil]

Event

[molten hearth]

its because of the current event. you need to complete the event questline to get rid of it

[safe cloud]

Ah okay, thanks

[molten hearth]

good luck

[hollow mango]

i'm playing arena and "loading loot" takes really long for me, sometimes so long i get kicked and have a 15 min penalty. is there a known fix for this?

game's installed on an ssd

[robust robin]

Have you tried turning it off and on again

[hollow mango]

yeah

i disabled windows HPET as well

[robust robin]

Ok i dont know then

[slow ridge]

Looking for some guys to teach me the ropes I’m a new player struggling with learning the maps I die as I spawn in most of the time

[orchid isle]

#community-support

[potent crater]

So i've logged into the arena website and my launcher looks like this, do i just have to wait for an email?

[keen fossil]

Yerp

[potent crater]

so just gotta pray for an email, right?

[keen fossil]

Yeah

Probably not gonna happen till after wipe if imma be real

[waxen warren]

is this the antitoxin for the weird event?

[keen fossil]

Yeah

[waxen warren]

THANK FUCKING GOD I DONT HAVE TO LEARN STREETS

[keen fossil]

???

[waxen warren]

id need to kill 15 scavs on there

but looking at the syringe prices i might still have to learn streets

[keen fossil]

probably

[waxen warren]

250k for one syringe is crazy man

[spiral bloom]

that area of Streets was total chaos last time I stopped by lol, may be worth the 2.5m tbh

[waxen warren]

went into a scav raid a second ago and saw absolutely no dead scavs in that area, was wondering why it was so quiet all of a sudden

[fallen wadi]

anyone able to help me do parasites on streets?

[weak mirage]

Most people are done

I met one player during all 15 scavs

It was a breese

[jaunty cliff]

not a beginner but is the antitoxin permament, if I get it do I use it then go back and get toxin again?

[waxen warren]

if you go back to the river you get the effect again

[jaunty cliff]

thank you

[halcyon stirrup]

can someone help me with oofing bosses

i need moneyz

[sturdy arch]

I in installed the game yesterday can anyone help me learn the basics

[primal flame]

when is wipe

[orchid isle]

When nikita feels like it, withint 2 weeks prolly

[waxen warren]

its my first wipe aswell and im only level 20 but im down to help if you dont find anyone else

[subtle basin]

Last wipe was my first I havent been on in months tryna get warmed up for arena. I just did a customs run for the first game in months ended with 14 kills got the boss and guards. lmk if you want to squad up just looking for good vibes be 18+ yrs or older pls.

[grizzled mulch]

What am I doing wrong to be killed by player scavs all the time I’ll be minding my business and hear a rustlin and press f1 to let them know I’m a scav and then they will see me

Wait till I loot and pop me in the head

And it’s gotten to the point where I only live every third scav raid

[weak mirage]

They dont Care end wipe

Basically everyone is set so if you see a player scav Hes most likely there to troll

I assume

I dont really do scav myself

[grizzled mulch]

Oh

[grizzled mulch]

Well that’s not very nice

[woven siren]

number 1 rule of tarkov
trust no one

if you didnt load into that lobby with em, they aint yo friend

[grizzled mulch]

Not even my fellow scav brothers

[woven siren]

ofc not

[grizzled mulch]

This world is truly a dog eat dog world

[woven siren]

if you got good loot on you or god forbid killed a pmc, run and kill any scav that looks at you funny

they will kill you for that gear

[grizzled mulch]

That seems reasonable I killed my first traitor scav

[unreal adder]

Its unfortunate thats the case

[grizzled mulch]

After he killed a pmc and started shooting everybody

[unreal adder]

Despite all the wholesome interaction you see on like eft clip channels

[woven siren]

tho early to mid wipe scavs are chill, just late wipe when everyone has max tradors n shit they all troll

[unreal adder]

when I try to do the same I just get a bullet in my head

[grizzled mulch]

I feel that I’m a week in

[unreal adder]

Ya

[woven siren]

i only use comms to find positions or figure out how many there are

[grizzled mulch]

On my first ever time playing and it’s honestly given me paranoia

[woven siren]

tarkov will give you ptsd

[grizzled mulch]

Yeah

[woven siren]

the audio in this game is ass so i feel like a schizo every time i here a noise (it was from the scav 400m away)

[weak mirage]

Tarkov is not Nice

[tidal lagoon]

have u seen state of #eft-chat smeden

[grizzled mulch]

Within the second day one of my friends for a while betrayed me for a keycard I got and decided our friendship wasn’t worth the infant currency

It’s been a experience so far

[woven siren]

ok damn thats crazy, its never been that bad for me

what keycard?

green? red?

[grizzled mulch]

Red

[woven siren]

that like 40m

[grizzled mulch]

[woven siren]

so game is game but that depression

[grizzled mulch]

That’s more than my entire stash like x30

[weak mirage]

I dont associate with those people

[tidal lagoon]

real idk who those guys are

[woven siren]

1 keycard can set you up for the rest of the damn wipe

[grizzled mulch]

I guess that’s a reason

[weak mirage]

Its people who Think they are good at The game, and Got a ego for no reason

[grizzled mulch]

Iv found 3 so far

[woven siren]

if you re playing with someone, 1st put it in your ass (pouch) then flex

[grizzled mulch]

They don’t seem that rare tbh

[tidal lagoon]

u got arena yet?

[weak mirage]

I havent been Home bro

[tidal lagoon]

damn

[weak mirage]

I wanna play a 5 stack so bad

[tidal lagoon]

i forgot its the same day as earlier today when u left for work

[grizzled mulch]

Seems reasonable didn’t know what it was so I asked and he turned me into mist

[woven siren]

i havent found a single keycard this whole wipe

[weak mirage]

Me you ento quvang and one more when we get it

[woven siren]

found like 5 ledx tho

[grizzled mulch]

Oh shit

[weak mirage]

Max rank glitch

[woven siren]

im 600h deep btw

[weak mirage]

What The fuck

[grizzled mulch]

I don’t know whether to feel lucky

Or unlucky

[tidal lagoon]

damn maybe the wave system was necessary after all

[tidal lagoon]

lmao

[grizzled mulch]

I now feel unlucky

[woven siren]

lmao

[grizzled mulch]

Got my first ever lv6 armour yesterday tho

[woven siren]

good shit

too bad you cant use it

[grizzled mulch]

Wym

[woven siren]

is it a slick/hex or a thor

[grizzled mulch]

Plate carrier

It had tagillia

In the name

[woven siren]

oh the boss armor fair enough

[grizzled mulch]

Sold it to ragman since I had 500 roubles to my name

[woven siren]

good call

[grizzled mulch]

Dude hooked me up

[woven siren]

yo what servers you play on

[grizzled mulch]

Eu

I’m based in England

[woven siren]

you wanna q, i can help you n shit (bored af)

[grizzled mulch]

Yeah if you want

[woven siren]

ight bet dm me

[tepid mulch]

??event

[carmine lantern]

#eft-chat message

[rocky elk]

Can someone recommend a good app for EFT tracking

[cosmic yarrow]

if i get the antoxin from the trader and get infected again in customs do i need buy it again?

[tidal lagoon]

u can get poisoned after using the antitoxin yes

[cosmic yarrow]

can i get poisoned after i did the quest?

[tidal lagoon]

yes

afaik atleast

[cosmic yarrow]

okay so i dont touch custom ever again gj

fantastic since all beginner quest are there

[terse birch]

HOW THE FUCK DO YOU HEAL RADIATION

WHEN WAS THIS IN THE GAME WTF

[tidal lagoon]

the poison doesnt kill you

only if u go to the river

[terse birch]

oh

alright

[cloud mesa]

I have EOD, how can I get arena?

[latent jetty]

no how

[cloud mesa]

ok. Thanks dude

[terse birch]

any idea how you get rid of it tho

its staying with me in raids

[tidal lagoon]

do the tasks to get antitoxin

[sturdy arch]

Any one in us servers want to help me i got the game yesterday

[hallow tinsel]

lfg i havent played in awhile. us east

[charred eagle]

LFG need some assistance with quests in Customs (Extortionist) ! Level 10 NA-East! or maybe just shoot some scav with iron sights in Woods!? 😄

[charred eagle]

you should read some documentation first of all! and try some Practice runs!

[sturdy arch]

Ok

[hearty wagon]

u need a duo for interchange europe servers im on lvl 4 i just started

i

[charred eagle]

fucking interchange, i always get lost in there haha

[hearty wagon]

xd

u get good shit there

[charred eagle]

i need wd-40 100ml !

[hearty wagon]

idk what that is tbh

[charred eagle]

ya need it for hideout !

[hearty wagon]

oh shit i get u

[charred eagle]

can be found on the shelves of the Oli store... bestbet to find them, but its a shit show when i go there

[primal flame]

why is there a pic of standerd adition of eft an efta website

[potent crater]

anyone got meme build ideas

[night zealot]

is there any reason to even bring gear if i die to the first person i see every raid

[pale gull]

is there a special thing i need to do to instal arena or was i just unlucky and spent the extra $100 for nothing lol

[umbral kindle]

EOD players dont have access YET but should do sometime soon.. no exact ETA

[pale gull]

word

so who does @umbral kindle

i only got EOD because it said first acces to areana

[umbral kindle]

At the moment only big streamers and YouTube creators have access

[pale gull]

ah 🙏

[whole thistle]

very old eod players and people who bought arena itself i think

streamers did get priority tho

[north bear]

Not true, allot of eod now have access, it’s random who they pick.

[rocky perch]

Can anyone help me learn the game please Its so hard

[umbral kindle]

Ohh i did not know that

[sturdy arch]

can someone help i got the game yesterday us

[near sierra]

Can anyone help I'm new to the game

[sinful vortex]

Getting 25 FPS on RTX 3080 Ti Ryzen 9 5900X 1080p high settings 20% hardware usage how do I fix that

On arena

[sinful vortex]

Nvm borderless fixed it apparently

[blazing carbon]

Hello everyone, i need help, hope someone can advice

Just got my arena invite, and i have like 300 ping on every match being kicked for this reason. Changed region for EU/RU servers in the launcher.
Didn't help.
Changed region(paid 5 usd) on website to EU, it doesnt help at all, still 300 ping.

[static crown]

Does strechchted make you play worse?

[tidal lagoon]

the region change you paid for only changes where you can physically be when you launch the game

if u are connected to the closest servers to you then idk

[blazing carbon]

Yep, but im in the same place i was when i bought the game initially, and played a lot in the original EFT

On EU/RU servers, from the middle east.

with 70-90 ping

[tidal lagoon]

arena servers are probably different from tarkov servers in some ways, idk

[blazing carbon]

Really, just feeling hopeless already.
so im just going to play war thunder vr instead of enjoying arena finally(

Anyway, thx for help guys. Have a good night!

[tidal lagoon]

i have been playing war thunder waiting for arena, i am on the edge currently

[blazing carbon]

Yep, but eventually people are playing on EU/RU servers right now and i know few of them personally)

[blazing carbon]

hah, we don't have much choice now))

[tidal lagoon]

hmm i think i will rather stare into a wall after my games today

[blazing carbon]

Let's grind brand new f-15, mirage 4000 and others:)

[tidal lagoon]

im on gripen grind

[blazing carbon]

Im playing only VR, full hotas, only sim battles)

[tidal lagoon]

das crazy

[blazing carbon]

Grippen is amazing tho

[tidal lagoon]

i only use that for DCS cba to do it for war thunder

[blazing carbon]

Why

[tidal lagoon]

idk takes some time to setup and i just wanna do quick games in war thunder

[blazing carbon]

aah, i got a different chair to set all the hotas things on it, so it make life easier))

[tidal lagoon]

oh yea i just got it all on my table

[dry tulip]

My dear Timmies, a PSA for you. If your duo dies, don't just stand 10 meters away and camp his body. Especially in more open locations, move around, try to find better angle/cover, listen for noises.

[blazing carbon]

👍

[silver flare]

is customs still gassed

?

[raw depot]

anyone able to help me to get 2 weird jaeger quests done so i can get jaeger 3?

[modest maple]

Yes.

One good raid followed by getting one-tapped by some operator a million miles away

Fun.

[quiet palm]

feels like I shoot 2 scavs and then I get aggro by the t-3000, kitted to the teeth to hunt me down

[rough rain]

I’m a little confused as to how the arena access is selected. Obviously streamers and such got access, but what the other people? If I buy arena now, how (and when) would I get access?

[modest maple]

Legit.

[neon gazelle]

DM ME LABS PVP KNOW LABS SMART W

[plain crest]

Apparently if you buy like the arena game instead of eod you get access faster

My friend bought arena yesterday and got access the same day

[azure flower]

Hey!
I have purchased EFT ARENA. Downloaded launcher but it says "soon". do i need to wait for invite even after buying the game or i did something wrong?

[lyric ravine]

are all maps posion

[keen fossil]

the ak-12 goes so fucking crazy ngl

[tidal lagoon]

u wait

[keen fossil]

almost got ratted at the extract

[leaden remnant]

@plain crest here ento explained really well the routes on the map

[frosty musk]

You have to wait, although it may not take long people who buy arena seem to be getting in faster

[modest maple]

Man, I love losing suppressed weapons and not being able to buy suppressors for my guns that I use.

[leaden remnant]

apparently im hearing that standalone doesnt give instant acess anymore

[silver flare]

very

prob one of my fav 545 guns

[torpid river]

how do i join arean

[pastel sleet]

Can somone help me learn streets

[red valve]

was this a scav boss?

or player

[elfin parcel]

That's a player, I don't think bosses can have yellow names

[red valve]

alrightz

[sacred gorge]

help with this green thing?

[red valve]

cause he moved like a scav xD

its because of a quest

i also have this

its annoying but doesnt rlly give any disadvantages

[modest maple]

It makes you have pain every so often.

But that's counteractable

[sacred gorge]

how do u deal with it

[modest maple]

Painkillers

Or by completing the quest to get rid of the unknown toxin stat

[sacred gorge]

is that really the only way?

[red valve]

wait till wipe

[red valve]

how do you get rid of it?

what do i need?

[modest maple]

Go to Therapist to get the quests for it

[potent crater]

Does this screen mean i just have to wait for the email?

[long plank]

You can buy the cure from therapist now for a bitcoin if you find one

[red valve]

aight

[sacred gorge]

so the antitode gets rid of it?

[long plank]

Anti-toxin

[glossy idol]

guys if im a scav and i krill another scav ai or player do all scavs hate me or only the ones that saw me commit the murder

[long plank]

All of em for the rest of raid

All of them forever if ur rep gets low enough

[glossy idol]

Bruh how do they even know

[long plank]

They’re omniscient

[glossy idol]

[glossy idol]

Hey say I do drop rep for mass scav genocide how do I get it back

[plain crest]

Kill traitor scavs/ pmc's or extract as a scav

[glossy idol]

OK

[sacred gorge]

how low is low enough

[tulip granite]

Why didn't somebody tell me to go to shoreline instead of woods and customs. I've had more success winging it on it than planned routes ratting on the other two 😝

[long plank]

Cause no one likes shoreline

[long plank]

I think -3.00 but check wiki cause I’m really not sure cause I’m a good scav

[tulip granite]

@long plank how come?, I only played it once and I already love it

I hate woods and customs

[vapid valley]

can someone help me complete the new event i cant play with the green stuff on my screen and i really dont know what to do since i cant use flea to buy a gas analyzer

[long plank]

Woods has cover, customs has fun PvP. Shoreline is just a weird middle ground where nothing happens until you get to resort or you get the worst spawn fight of ur life.

[long plank]

Go streets, find bitcoin, barter with therapist for cure since she sells it now for a bitcoin barter

[modest maple]

Buy the gas analyzer from the Fence?

[outer sable]

So I've found out in 2 weeks of playing game, I die just as much as PMC as I do scaving FML

[modest maple]

Treat the game like you can and will die at any given moment.

Take your raids slow and steady. Take the paths least trodden.

When there's someone coming around and you're hoping they don't know you're there, set up an ambush or camouflage/hide and let them pass.

If they do, reposition to somewhere you've got the advantage.

[barren ivy]

yo can anyone help me im totally new and have no idea what to do to get started

[astral tide]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7RhxFNv3fE
I would recommend this, it definitely helped me when I started 🙂

[barren ivy]

bro tysm

[astral tide]

Videos and talking can only go so far, soak up as much as you can and throw yourself in a raid.
You'll learn more from experiencing the raid rather than watching. 🙂

[barren ivy]

kk

[astral tide]

Of course, good luck!

[rough plover]

i'm about to try arena for the first time. how do i choose my class?

[rapid goblet]

Youll have access to presets based on your ARP. Arena Rating Points, then you choose a loadout, and gain exp to unlock the other tiers below.

You have to start with the shit loadouts to progress, good luck.

[elfin parcel]

is this helmet any good?

[desert oyster]

its good for a budget on factory, i wouldnt run it much else

[rapid goblet]

I wouldnt ever wear it in EFT, unless im in factory, probably decent for arena, but these helmets make the sound so muffled and so much harder to hear positional audio.. Its already pretty difficult to begin with. I'd stick to Arena with this guy

[elfin parcel]

i dont even have arena lol, thanks for the answers yall, ig ill stash it until i fuck around in factory

[rapid goblet]

yep definitely a factory piece of gear

[elfin parcel]

i rarely run factory since i cant quite figure out what is what yet, everything looks so similar

[rapid goblet]

factory is the place to be for sure for new players, definitely helps get the anxiety out and helps getting used to CQB.

[desert oyster]

once you play it enough you can pretty much navigate it with your eyes closed

[rapid goblet]

Im pretty new myself, i still get shaky hands for awhile, i warm up factory and run streets really, nothing else tons of money on that map, also ive played countless offline matches getting used to the map, definitely helpful to do to get used to the map

[elfin parcel]

whenever i do factory i run an smg, i love the smgs in tarkov but they are rather useless outside of factory

[rapid goblet]

Yeah MP7 for me in factory all day

[desert oyster]

woods has tonnsss of money, very good to learn

[elfin parcel]

i run its cheaper cousin mp9

1100 rpm all the way baby

[rapid goblet]

the recoil on that gun is too much for me to handle lol

especially a budget build

[elfin parcel]

surprisingly the black one is genuinely superior in every way

youd think the modular one would be, but stat wise the black one just beats it

unless you run a meta grip, in which case...why do you have an mp9

[desert oyster]

mp7 with 0 attachments, take off foresight and youve got a laser beam for free

[rapid goblet]

yeah MP7 base is just a great gun all around

[elfin parcel]

id run the mp7 more if its magazines didnt cost my entire arm and leg to purchase

[rapid goblet]

oh for real, 80-120K for a 40 round mag is ridiculous.

[elfin parcel]

i get 30 rounders for the mp9 for like 4.8k rubles, so ill take it, even if it uses shittier ammo

[desert oyster]

once you get higher level, mp7 is the budget gun for sure

[elfin parcel]

if i had loyalty for mechanic mp7 all the way though

[rapid goblet]

Streets and nothing else has secured me 15M, there are TONS of PC's by damaged house, and then on the other side of the map behind the alley of post office, theres that new area, a building in the alley as another 5-6 PC's usually find GPU;s there

[elfin parcel]

weird, flea just got all sorts of wacky for me just now

so many things no longer have people selling them

[desert oyster]

flea bugs sometimes its weird

[elfin parcel]

.45 vectors just became a deadzone suddenly

[rapid goblet]

yeah depends on the time, sometimes youll get lucky and be the first to put an item up and you can upsell the hell out of it

Ive been crafting tons of .45 AP, gonna bring out the vectors this week in factory

[elfin parcel]

and sometimes you get lucky as someone tries to dump something

i got lucky and bought a 9mm vector for 80k, i am waiting for the day i work up the courage to run it

[rapid goblet]

haha Im the same way, I dont want to bring out my slicks just to lose them or get chased down by a hacker

[elfin parcel]

gonna be a crazy good time once i can use

[rapid goblet]

this game is unlike any other lmao, the anxiety is so real

[elfin parcel]

never had a raid that didnt leave me with shakey hands and a churning stomach, its...oh its an experience

[rapid goblet]

I love this game so much, but hate it at the same time, it has its bugs and cheaters, but theres nothing like getting into a raid, having a good fight with legit players and coming out with gear.

[desert oyster]

ive got like 1500 hours and it still has barely stopped happening for me lmao

[rapid goblet]

I also think the audio itself is incredible, like the wood and the broken glass on the ground, its amazing

Yeah dude, people that have played since 2016 still tell me they get anxiety and shakes its wild

[elfin parcel]

audio causes me so much anxiety, like ill stop moving and it will still play audio of things shifting, and i can barely resist the urge to scream at my monitor to stop making noise, because i for sure just head some footsteps

[rapid goblet]

haha ive had my group take me on a wild goosechase following footsteps, to a corner with no one in it.
Or hearing that 1 subtle footstep behind you.. the audio is so weird sometimes

[desert oyster]

some people also just play super fucking weirdly, walking backwards and forwards for no reason which makes it feel like its fake

[elfin parcel]

i admit with zero shame i hid in a bunker for 15 minutes straight because i heard footsteps, only for it to be a scav

[desert oyster]

ive done the same, multiple times lol

[elfin parcel]

i admit itd be cool to try to be the one waiting for others, rather then hiding for once

i got a sniper rifle i want to try

likely will miss all my shots but it looks fun

[rapid goblet]

Ive hid in a building scared to loot bodies cause I think other teams are watching, just to hear the slide 10 mins later and its AI

[desert oyster]

yea thats usually my playstyle, i dont rlly peak things unless i can prefire it

[rapid goblet]

Oh dude the T-5000 is great. One of the first guns I used was this and the Lupua.. that is a 1 shot kill every single time

[elfin parcel]

i am not afraid to magdump, i got spare ammo for my spare ammo lmao

[desert oyster]

knock out a leg first, makes headshot very easy

[elfin parcel]

sure the ammo is doodoo, but im blastin

[rapid goblet]

Yeah leg a player scav with that first....

haha its messed up but its hilarious

[desert oyster]

shoot near their face enough and eventually theyll die

[elfin parcel]

true, mp9 KICKS, so at least one of them will bounce up

especially at 1100 rpm

[desert oyster]

if it doesnt kill em, theyll be concussed at the very least lmao

[elfin parcel]

id suppress it if it didnt make it cost so much more, pocket rocket being cheap is very specifically the point

[rapid goblet]

I recently discovered SPP bullets for the val... that day I was killing everything.. now the ammo is always sold out, people caught on. Definitely recommend bringing that to factory some time, its super fun

[desert oyster]

val is expensive as hell to run

[elfin parcel]

ive yet to use the val, gun is mad expensive on flea

[desert oyster]

ive only ever used it from picking off people in labs

[rapid goblet]

my group tells me early tarkov was nothing but Vals at one point

[elfin parcel]

next wipe i want to focus on grinding my traders so i can not break the bank each kit

[rapid goblet]

me too, it sucks having all the good shit locked behind quests

[elfin parcel]

i also started late tbf, i bought the game on thanksgiving sale

[rapid goblet]

Me as well, this is my first real wipe.. This was the day I used the VAL with SPP, it was super fun

https://clipchamp.com/watch/x7WjKTWRi9D

[desert oyster]

i started right after the val spam meta was over lol

[rough plover]

well i'm getting killed by cheaters in arena. i remember why i quit tarkov long ago

[rough rain]

how long did everyone have to wait to get access to arena

[rough plover]

i got mine this mourning

[rapid goblet]

Havent seen cheaters yet, but gonna happen in full force soon

[rapid goblet]

Still waiting EoD 2022 account

[rough plover]

got killed by an invisible guy. got killed across map through a box. i'm streaming to like 5 people who watched it

that was only 1 match though

[rapid goblet]

Ive been watching pretty regularly, seems fun so far. Just want to get in and play against legit players before the rage hackers ruin Arena

[rough plover]

arena is super imbalanced

[edgy plover]

Arena is scuffed af

honestly cannot believe it was released like this

[rough plover]

going against kitted m4s and grenades with my trash tier scav kits

pretty bad

people with blacked head and thorax still fighting. makes sense

[dry flint]

its almost 2024 and almost all game publishers drop games like this. im surprised you dont believe it yet

i say almost because fromsoft is somewhat the only exception i know about

[edgy plover]

New armored core wasn't in the best state tbh

[dapper zenith]

If I just bought Arena will I get to play it immediately? New to game/series.

[rough rain]

you wont be able to play it immediately sadly. You will have to wait to be allowed access, but im not sure how long. I also just bought arena and would like to know how long other people had to wait to receive access?

[bleak oak]

Bought EOD a couple years ago and still didn't get access

[clever knoll]

Most (about 75-90%) of players don't have access yet, from what data I've seen. Emails with the invitation are being sent out as we speak, so all you can really do is wait for your turn

[bleak oak]

yep, nothing we can do about it but wait

[keen fossil]

We riot

[lofty wave]

i bought it like 3 weeks ago im not getting arena until like February at this rate

[slim flower]

yall be glad you don't have arena yet the random queuing is so bad just wait till all your boys have it so you dont have to experience the pain of random queuing

[lofty wave]

bro shut up

[slim flower]

you probaly wont have that issue tho for wave 2 since your boys should have it by then

but trust its a pain rn

[lofty wave]

ill probably just 5 stack with my buddy and 3 other random dudes

[slim flower]

1 other person using comms would be a literal god send

im at the point where I might wait for wave 2 to continue playing so my buddies are in im about to drop in ARP ranking and almost out of roubles trying to lvl out of this M1A only need 5 wins to get off it but need to lose 15 to get out of it but losing 15 means all my roubles will be gone 😦 and my random queue luck is a 20% win rate rn

damn lol i thought i was in general chat

ight enough out of me in this channel peace

[daring ether]

anyone wanna team up. Having a hard time bymyself

[fallen atlas]

yo what region you from?

[red quest]

guys, anyone know what whave we are in for arena ?

i guess not

[dry flint]

any news on wipe date?

[bronze inlet]

wait for arena atleast man cmon

[bronze inlet]

fighting

[weak mirage]

You Wont get more until The day before

[royal oasis]

any one wanna help me with the bunker - part 1 quest?

[timber tapir]

Anyone want to teach me to play lmao

I just started prefer someone at least my age 21+

[tall sphinx]

waiting because apparently buying EoD is not enough to get this game

[bleak oak]

it's not enough to get it on the first wave, no. The people who did were the OG's and big content creators

[tall sphinx]

allright, first wave for streamers and og's is fine, but we already had like 30+ waves

[devout bear]

So people are just going to get screwed by people with better gear

[tall sphinx]

I guess not

[bold kernel]

They just need to adjust the geat matching

gear*

[tall sphinx]

they need to learn how to optimize connection and probably buy more server slots to make this game avaiable for more people. They have so much money it shoudln't be hard

[bold kernel]

i selected eu and i am getting 240 ping LOL this is bs

only way it works is when i created a custom game and ppl joined

it was actual EU servers with normal pings

but its not ranked so we just played for fun

[bleak oak]

Admins should add Arena voice channels

[tall sphinx]

nah, they prefer to delete content that is saying that bsg is doing shit

[bold kernel]

there's an arena discord

will go live soon

[lofty mirage]

hey snow, might I say something to you in private?

because I think I might be on a fine line here, and Idk if I will cross it or not

[bold kernel]

sure, dm me

[bleak oak]

Awesome

[slim flower]

you win you get like 7k xp and money from 60k upwards if you lose you get like 3k xp and u lose the money you spent on ur kit

[lofty mirage]

huh?

[slim flower]

wrong reply dudes post got deleted i guess

[lofty mirage]

😄

[fossil glen]

is the poisoning quest line a temporary event and will it fuck off soon?

[sonic pilot]

Can someone help me out with bronze pocket watch and operation aquarius part 1?

[plain crest]

Probably till end of wipe

Just dont go near the water on customs

[fossil glen]

I got the poisoned status when the quest released was doing a daily on customs and wasn't aware of it, I cant plant the gas an with a gp-5 or gp-7 mask as I just drop dead before I can finish planting it and the poisoned effect makes the game horrible to play.

[young wren]

those syringe prices though

[fossil glen]

they were less than 20k a few days ago

[thorny summit]

Guys i jsut died instantly crossing custom dirth bridge by a poison instantly wtf is that ?

[fossil glen]

the awful new quest ^ look above

[bold kernel]

Hey guys, new here. I'm planning to buy Tarkov during holidays, I would like to know any tips or if u can help me with some beginer guide videos, that will be cool.

[thorny summit]

omg i crossed that place not knowing its a nice start ... ty

[fossil glen]

can you only use the antitoxin in raid? wont let me use it from the hideout

[keen fossil]

Wait for the sale that might happen round Xmas

[orchid isle]

??eod

[carmine lantern]

The timer on the Edge of Darkness edition on the EFT website is how long people have left until EOD will be no longer purchasable on the website.

[sinful rivet]

When wipe?

[orchid isle]

This month prolly

[potent crater]

my game wont update and its been 3 days without update working anyone know why?

[wise topaz]

i haven’t tried out arena yet, but i’m mainly just hoping to play it to improve my combat in the regular game, it’ll be good for that yes?

is it pretty much nonstop action

[dawn pumice]

How do i get rid of the poisoning from customs? ive tried using xtg-12 but it doesnt remove it 100%

[fervent raft]

do the quest or barter for the stim

[civic tulip]

i got these two missions. Which would be the better option, besides skier paying much more money

[short hearth]

What is the stim called and how much roughly? New to game

[hearty wagon]

whens next wipe ?

[tight dome]

Can you redo the poison mission if you lost the gaz analyzer in some way?

[sacred gorge]

i think u just gotta buy another one but i could be wrong

[vapid spindle]

just buy another one

[edgy plover]

Therapist is better

More experience is always better than more money

[gleaming salmon]

Can someone share good post FX settings to make spoting others easier please? Thanks

[stable remnant]

yo cvan someone help me it says i have access here but not in the launcher

[edgy plover]

You own the game, but you haven't been granted access yet, as it hasn't fully released

the release is being staggered in waves

There's a lot of outrage about the process, just visit #eft-chat if you'd like a taste

[stable remnant]

i see ok thank you, does anyone know when the next wave is then?

[edgy plover]

they're pretty frequent, it doesn't seem like it's bulk waves

more like small additions

[stable remnant]

ok thanks

[edgy plover]

keep track of your email

They'll let you know when you're in

[stable remnant]

alr

[river bobcat]

supply plans/therapist

[dire yacht]

reinstall launcher

[potent crater]

im pretty sure i have

i restarted PC and its working now

[dire yacht]

oh

alright

[short hearth]

Is it possible to get rid of poisoning without completing quest?

[worldly cairn]

if any new person needs help i am here to teach the game just need someting to do lvl 15 people and below just dm me

[shut bough]

Can someone help me learn Customs? (DM me)

[edgy night]

is anyone having trouble updating arena

[gritty vapor]

Looking for 1-2 NEW players long term to join or 5 man for wipe lets learn together!

[formal pine]

anyone willing to help with sanitar?

[whole shard]

im down

[waxen hinge]

yes it is possible, you can get the Antidote from therapist. Though it is a little pricey

[silver pulsar]

Not a beginner but i love helping new people with early tasks

[silent ledge]

Looking for help with killing 14 scavs in clinic. I started playing this week, started the Therapist quest line not knowing how it'll permanently impact my PMC. I'm now stuck as a noob with no knowledge an unable to play/learn before wipe... If I survive long enough to eventually find where I need to go I then get killed by gatekeepers. Anyone able to sherpa me and assist please? Im EU btw