beginners-assistance

[serene reef]

+/-

[drifting jolt]

not hard if you play a ton, harder the less you play

[chrome nova]

for some ppl - easy, for some - nearly impossible )

[ionic lintel]

Hey guys started a few days ago looking for dedicated people to run with. 11+ years of FPS exp but falling in love with this game
in a tough spot but running woods and customs, would love to group up!

[drifting jolt]

can try #pvp-lfg too

[ionic lintel]

Didn't see that one

i apologize

Thanks !

[chrome nova]

i would say - easy enough, for bitcoin farm most difficult for some ppl - is to upgrade vendors like Mechanic on level 3, i think

[smoky wing]

Would say its easy

But now they increased upgrade of everything

[slender star]

Anyone want to team up

[serene reef]

okay wtf-

i get exit camping

but who tf camps usec camp

just to kill noobs

that want their tasks done

like why

is this actually a valid tactic?

[drifting jolt]

i mean, how do you know they were camping there?

maybe were moving aroudn looting and heard you coming

[signal girder]

USEC camp is pretty popular for loot

[drifting jolt]

^

[chrome nova]

don't argue - for some people half players are campers and other half are hackers

[drifting jolt]

i mean he's new

[serene reef]

actually i had headphones and i didnt hear anyone approaching neither was he that close

got sniped

the shot wasn't very distant and it was a sniper rifle

but it wasnt up close either

[soft forum]

Hi, i'm level 6, anybody up for some raids in customs? EU server please (i'm newbie)

[agile tundra]

i think just becuse it worked proofs its a valid tactic dont you think?

[jaunty harbor]

@soft forum sure my slime

[agile tundra]

woods is easier for newbies

customs is literaly 3 ppl doing tasks rest are full gear cunts

on that note anyone wanna do woods

[drifting jolt]

woods doesnt make noobs a lot of money for the time they spend in raid

and it's more dangerous bc they dont have scoped weapons worth taking

customs is literally the map everyone recommends you start first

[signal girder]

Unless they're interchange goblins and demand that beginners smash their heads against the wall vs chads

[serene reef]

im doing woods

[random widget]

eh you can make good money in woods by just being on the north side, it's not like you're expected to run into lumber mill exactly

[serene reef]

need scav kills and prapor convoy both locations

@agile tundra

wanna team up :o ?

im lvl 8-

[agile tundra]

sure

[ashen laurel]

what is the fps cap set to?

[drifting jolt]

144 is the new max

you can change it manually

@ashen laurel

[ashen laurel]

how so?

[drifting jolt]

under settings

'graphics' i think

[ashen laurel]

does it show up on the counter when i use console fps 1?

[drifting jolt]

yes

not the slier

[ashen laurel]

thanks

[drifting jolt]

slider*

it just shows fps with that

[ashen laurel]

yeah. once i get out of raid ill change

thanks

[drifting jolt]

np

[umbral knoll]

how do i know something is found in raid

[signal girder]

bottom-right of the item's image, there should be a little white checkmark

[swift gate]

there is a little hook on the bottom right

[random widget]

one to go.. man people sure like to camp at resort

though I guess it would be a really good way to get those punisher kills

[signal girder]

I wouldn't use the word "camp". Popular looting for obvious reasons

[random widget]

true, I just don't really have a good timing in my head on how long they are going to use before they actually leave

I would have thought 15 minutes would be good, but I guess once one party leaves another can enter to grab the rest

are there any good barter trades for tier 4 armors, or maybe I should invest in a t5 armor?

[signal girder]

yeah 15mins is around about when the first arrivals should leave, assuming they don't have to fight

[plush quest]

if i have quests in resort i wait until 20-25 minutes left in the raid

then its empty

[signal girder]

There are aquamaris for M1 rigs, but another barter for 80k on korunds assuming you have prapor LL3

[plush quest]

they changes the aqaumari barter

just a kvass

but

still

[signal girder]

Oh it's just a kvass now?

[plush quest]

no 4 aqaumari and a kvass

[signal girder]

Yeah, no reason to do that over the 4 diaries for a korund

[random widget]

actually I just saw prapor selling korund's for like 112k so I just bought a few of those

[signal girder]

the barter is even better

[random widget]

don't know why I've only been checking out ragman 🤔

the barter is 152k with current diary prices though

[signal girder]

assuming you can get the slim diaries for 28k or less

maybe people caught on, lol

[random widget]

slim?

big boi diary no?

[signal girder]

oh right

[random widget]

yeah prices vary a lot tho I guess, but I mean considering how much dollars you get from selling it to peacekeeper, the price should be around 28k for each?

[signal girder]

looking at the price trends, it seems like people caught on

same with my whiskey M4a1s 😦

I miss getting 80k fully moddded M4s

diary prices increased 15% in the last 24hrs, lmao

sad

[random widget]

ah this one eh

[signal girder]

yeah, that was so good until people realised it and jacked up whiskey prices lol

[random widget]

oh well, I'll do a double loop of shoreline killing scavs, then try my luck at room 220

[signal girder]

double loop?

woah man

[mental mist]

guys please im losing all my loot because i dont know where the extract point

its so hard

[random widget]

find the extract points before you stock up on loot ?

[mental mist]

how

i dont know where

[random widget]

can't escape if you don't know where to escape from

[swift gate]

you can train offline

[mental mist]

oh this good idea

[random widget]

use the maps on the wiki, download them and have them ready in full size on your second monitor or just find a good bush to lay down in to check

[swift gate]

if you check the offline mode box u will not lose your gear and can check out the maps

[signal girder]

Do you also have maps of each place?

[mental mist]

nope

[signal girder]

The wiki has them all, alternatively there's mapgenie

[swift gate]

although google mapgenie its a good site for tarkov maps that shows you exits

[mental mist]

thx

[swift gate]

ur wellcome 🙂

[halcyon willow]

niceeeeee

just took 2 modded mp7's off these 2 bois in dorms

tbh I might try a full auto weapon, I've been using sks

[signal girder]

What lvl are you?

[halcyon willow]

11

just started couple dayts ago

[signal girder]

I wouldn't recommend using those mp7s yet

[halcyon willow]

I know the ammo can be expensive

[plush quest]

what ammo did they have?

[signal girder]

the ammo is expensive and the gun's fire rate pisses them

[halcyon willow]

AP SX

[plush quest]

best sks

[plush quest]

how many mags?

[signal girder]

Is that the moose knuckler?

[halcyon willow]

idk like 5 altogether, I know it's sweet ammo

[plush quest]

yup

lmao

[halcyon willow]

it's pen values are absurd

[plush quest]

5 mags should be good for 1 raid

40 rounders?

[halcyon willow]

yeah

[plush quest]

yea thats good for a raid

[celest sage]

Dude that’s a lot tho

[halcyon willow]

I'm gonna take 2

per raid

as I now have 2 mp7s

[celest sage]

Bring a stack of ammo in your container because that gun shoots fast

[plush quest]

he cant buy ammo for it

[halcyon willow]

yes I can

flea

[plush quest]

unless he buys for like 3k

[celest sage]

Yeah so unload the mags

[smoky wing]

In order to run mp7 u need mechanic 4

[celest sage]

Just unload the other mags into container and if you die just put em back

[smoky wing]

Or else u will pay absurd amount of money

[celest sage]

That’s with ap sx without going bankrupt

[halcyon willow]

I'm aware yes, the ammo is expensive I should craft or get mechanic level ik ik

[smoky wing]

@celest sage not AP alone

[celest sage]

Just use fmj if you’re not mech 4

[smoky wing]

Mags outside of mechanic are 80k as well

[celest sage]

Use 30 rounders

[smoky wing]

Or even 100k

Then what is the point of using mp7?

Just get a vector acp

[halcyon willow]

scroll up

I took 2 off these guys

just gonna run them

[celest sage]

He already has one

[halcyon willow]

i'm not talking about buying 50 mags off the flea for them, or any for that matter

[plush quest]

i have 1k fmj sx for some reason

[celest sage]

How expensive is vector acp ammo

[smoky wing]

@celest sage 3 usd

[celest sage]

Which ammo

[smoky wing]

For best round

[plush quest]

he dosent have traders

[swift gate]

i have some mp5s over from spending money at peackeeper but i dont trust the 9 mil how fo i put them to use best?

[smoky wing]

@celest sage 45 AP acp

[celest sage]

O dang didn’t know it was that cheap

[smoky wing]

@plush quest its level 3 PK so level 18

[celest sage]

Time to run a vector

[plush quest]

he is lvl 11

[smoky wing]

Oh lol , then mp7 is not for him anyway

Vuz even FMJ will be 2k a round

[celest sage]

We keep saying this

He has one already

[plush quest]

he has ammo for it

omfg

[celest sage]

With ammo and all

[smoky wing]

Then what is the argument here? Let him use it

If he has everything

[plush quest]

there is no argument?

[halcyon willow]

haha there isn't an argument

you just came in and started saying don't use it lmao

misunderstanding I think 🤣

[smoky wing]

Must have misunderstood then, my bad

[halcyon willow]

all g my man

[cosmic tinsel]

mp7 great gun

[halcyon willow]

but yeah excited to run a full auto weapon, sks is great but full auto cqb is defo superior

[swift gate]

i have some mp5s over from spending money at peackeeper but i dont trust the 9 mil how fo i put them to use best?

[cosmic tinsel]

if you fall in love theres some close alternatives

[celest sage]

Make sure to shoot it a couple times in the range to get used to the recoil

[cosmic tinsel]

^

[halcyon willow]

how does the vector measure up? @cosmic tinsel

[cosmic tinsel]

better imo

less recoil slightly worse ammo

but you're really mostly headtapping anyway

[halcyon willow]

copyy that

[cosmic tinsel]

vector basically doesnt recoil its a joke

[sweet prism]

Do i need to search for a sherpa through the website or is it possible so find someone here to play my first few games with?

[plush quest]

ammo is cheaper for mp7 if you level traders

[cosmic tinsel]

mpx can be incredibly low as well

[celest sage]

AP SX is 1k a piece while acp ap is cheaper I think

[cosmic tinsel]

sure, but ap6 is cheaper on flea

[celest sage]

Oh wait you mean cheaper than before

[smoky wing]

Mp7 is the best smg in the game

[plush quest]

oh i thought they were talking about 9mm

[cosmic tinsel]

and also more commonly available

[celest sage]

Not cheaper than other ammo

[smoky wing]

Its plain and simple

[cosmic tinsel]

mp7 is great

[halcyon willow]

you can find someone here mate

[smoky wing]

The best*

Yeah

[plush quest]

400 rubles for fmj sx
1k for ap sx

[smoky wing]

Meh fmj i wouldn't use

[signal girder]

"My subjective opinion applies globally. Plain and simple"

[cosmic tinsel]

so here its just a matter of who's around and interested

[smoky wing]

Ap SX or bust

[cosmic tinsel]

!sherpahub

[tribal robin]

https://discord.com/invite/sherpahub

[plush quest]

fmj is still great

[cosmic tinsel]

this is a discord that you submit a ticket and get a chance

[smoky wing]

@signal girder its not opinion, its a fact when u look at stats

Mp7 has the best stats and ammo of all smg

Especially in this wipe

[cosmic tinsel]

once again, victx with the "actually best # is best"

[signal girder]

well it's ammo capacity is limited compared to the vector, so there's that

[halcyon willow]

wait what the fuck

the vector is so cheap

[signal girder]

And the P90 for that matter

[smoky wing]

@signal girder 40 vs 50?

[cosmic tinsel]

mp7 and vector are the two top dogs, and theres a number of close alternatives including p90, mpx, mp5, and mp9 to a lesser degree

mp7 has better numbers

[smoky wing]

Yeah, but vector ammo is worse

[cosmic tinsel]

vector is stupid easy to aim

doesnt matter

[smoky wing]

Yet twice as expensive

[cosmic tinsel]

it head taps

[smoky wing]

@cosmic tinsel doesnt head tap my altyn

Unless it his few times

[signal girder]

Numbers don't decide a fight

[cosmic tinsel]

yeh thats true

[smoky wing]

Sx goes thru altyn like butter

[signal girder]

Of course it's a factor

[smoky wing]

Ap*

[cosmic tinsel]

if i start running into altyns

i'll swap to mp7s

but i havent ran into you yet, so i wont

[smoky wing]

Also AP goes thru any level 5 while vector struggles, so unless u are point blank mp7 wins

Lol i run into altyn all the time

[cosmic tinsel]

nice dude you picked the right ammo then

[smoky wing]

I would say i see more altyns than exfils

• the price

2 mags for vector are between 200 to 300k

With ammo

100 rounds for mp7 is 100k

[signal girder]

Any reason why people aren't using the airframes more?

[cosmic tinsel]

they're transparent to meta ammo

[smoky wing]

@signal girder blocks most headphones

[plush quest]

prob price

[smoky wing]

Unlike exfil

[plush quest]

really?

sordins

pog

[smoky wing]

Blocks them

[plush quest]

no?

i use airframe with sordins

[smoky wing]

With ear attachment?

[plush quest]

yes

chops

[cosmic tinsel]

where is your god now

[signal girder]

airframes with chops can still have headphones

[smoky wing]

Oh u using chops

[plush quest]

who tf uses the ear protection?

use chops damn

[signal girder]

i dunno why i don't see those more often

[smoky wing]

@plush quest cuz chops

Are like 3 times the price?

[plush quest]

do the barter?

[signal girder]

Oh, I suppose it comes down to people not paying attention to barters

common occurrence

[plush quest]

40k

for the barter

[smoky wing]

Now its 50k

Used to be 130k 3 days ago

When cpus were 100k a pop

[signal girder]

still should be cheaper than altyns with face shields

no?

[smoky wing]

No

[plush quest]

no

[smoky wing]

Altyn + f shield is like 130k

[plush quest]

150k

[signal girder]

personally, I can't stand the vision blockage

[plush quest]

airframe is like 200k or smth

including chops and fs

[signal girder]

although, airframes can have nvgs unlike altyns

so is there a reason why exfils are more popular than airframes?

[smoky wing]

@signal girder not with faceshield

[signal girder]

I know

[smoky wing]

Exfil was much cheaper few days ago

[placid igloo]

the alytn is very solid, just too many downsides if your running solo. If you have a friend running good headphones to give callouts, id say the altyn, if not, any other helmet

[smoky wing]

Also exfil attachments give less penalties

[fickle pumice]

So, the best weapon I own right now (that I can get ammo for) is the Saiga shotgun, so I'm thinking about making a run with it. Any advice on using shotguns in this game? I'm guessing "avoid long range firefights" is one of them.

[smoky wing]

Than airframe

[signal girder]

Double tap the legs so that armour won't mean anything

[placid igloo]

@fickle pumice Mid to short range is your best bet, and as he said, double tap the legs

[fickle pumice]

Man that's counter intuitive lol

[placid igloo]

8.5mm buckshot is great

[fickle pumice]

Years of FPS training

[signal girder]

Yeah, it's been a meme for ages now

[placid igloo]

Yeah, buckshot bounces off armor like wet paper

[smoky wing]

Yeah magnum is great

Altough shotguns were nerfed by the introduction of condors

Now if u dont hit jaws u can't 1 tap

[signal girder]

I ran AP-20 for quite a few raids today and it just doesn't do the job. Too many people running lvl 5+ armour

[placid igloo]

Another great round if you dont want to aim at the legs- Flechette

[smoky wing]

@signal girder wdym ap 20 is great

It rekts armor

[signal girder]

yeah but it can't pen lvl 5+ armour

[placid igloo]

Its great early wipe, its not enough anymore

[smoky wing]

Yeah but for example Korund

Which is super popular right now

[signal girder]

I had 200+ damage blocked by armour consistently

[smoky wing]

Is dead in 2 sometimes 3 hits

[wind gulch]

it totally can pen lv5, just not reliable

[smoky wing]

Korund is double tap most of the time

[placid igloo]

I run flechette and 8.5mm over ap-20 anyday

[signal girder]

yeah, switched to flechette

[smoky wing]

Flechette is also nice

If u cant aim that much

[signal girder]

just haven't gone into many raids with it just yet

I can hit torsos consistently

head sometimes, but such is the nature of it

only killed 1 geared guy with AP-20, the rest were pistol runners or something

[placid igloo]

And flechette is 1/10th of the price

[smoky wing]

^ huh?

[signal girder]

yeah, I'm just gonna stick with flechette

[smoky wing]

Ap 20 is 300 roubles for me

[signal girder]

flechette is like, 90 or something from jaeger

forgot

[smoky wing]

So its 1/3 not 1/10

[signal girder]

still cheaper

[placid igloo]

I havent unlocked AP from the traders, it runs me 1200 on the flea

[signal girder]

same

trying to do punisher 5 + silent caliber at the same time lol

plus decontamination service

[smoky wing]

For 1200 AP 20 is not worth it

[signal girder]

im just using the AP-20s I got from the quest reward

jaeger gave heaps

[plush quest]

i sold all the ap20s jaeger gave

they were like 2k each

[signal girder]

I would if I could buy them from jaeger

But I'ma just use flechette. tired of tickling korunds

[plush quest]

jaeger sucks

[placid igloo]

Even still- I can consitently 2 hit through korund with flechette

[plush quest]

has 3 good items

[placid igloo]

AP-20 is just a bit meh

[signal girder]

people always talk about how good ap-20 is, but... it pens lvl 4 max

no better than 7n31

[plush quest]

??

[placid igloo]

People love their dollars

[signal girder]

I saw people doing that for some other item before

[placid igloo]

I sort by rubles only

[signal girder]

dunno why

[placid igloo]

MGTs are stuck in only EURO

[random widget]

grenade cases spring to mind

[placid igloo]

They were, last time i checked atleast

[signal girder]

yeah i saw that too

[placid igloo]

yeah I copped me a grenade case for 2k euros

Filling it with vog-25's i get off raiders and scavs so I can finish grenadier finally

[halcyon willow]

the dark lord will be most pleased
https://gyazo.com/ca93ea790959c3003d8d8f0ad7b9dd56

[placid igloo]

Anyways, onto another subject. Thoughts on the new guns?

[plush quest]

pl-15 is good

[smoky wing]

PL pistol, boring nobody asked for it

New smg , fun but weak

[signal girder]

Used the 9mm rifle once. Recoil is non-existent

[smoky wing]

@signal girder so is fire rate

Its a good meme pistol

[placid igloo]

The new pistol seems extremely broken

[smoky wing]

@placid igloo how so? Still wont beat Five seven

[placid igloo]

Its really good, high firerate, no recoil, and you can supress it and the irons are good

[signal girder]

lol, the fire rate for a 9mm wasn't good, but if you've got good aim for heads, the lack of recoil can pay off

[smoky wing]

Or u can use five seven

And have both fire rate and no recoil

[placid igloo]

7n31 ansd SS190 are very close in terms

[smoky wing]

And 5 times cheaper ammo

If not more than 5 times

[signal girder]

yeah but can the 57 have a cool foregrip?

[placid igloo]

Not on the flea, though

[signal girder]

mic drop

[placid igloo]

im talking about the PL-15

Very effective pistol

[signal girder]

doesn't the new pistol have more mag capacity options?

[placid igloo]

16rnd mags only, sadly

but ive managed to bump off a few squads with it

[rich terrace]

are dog tags used for anything? or just vendor trash?

[smoky wing]

@rich terrace barters

[placid igloo]

You can use them to barter, and you need them for a few quests

[signal girder]

a couple quests require you to turn some in. There are also some barters for them, but they're ridiculous

also, they provide you with a nifty sense of pride and accomplishment

[cosmic tinsel]

i stockpile mine in a tag case

and then sell em to therapist when it fills

optimal idk, but easy

[halcyon willow]

YOINK we out lets goooo

https://gyazo.com/b1f84c0ec25f7079297123ee1cab9106

[marble crescent]

...SLICK run my guy xD

[halcyon willow]

🤣

[cosmic tinsel]

Daaaang you pull that off a reshala goon?

[bronze venture]

Noice

[fickle pumice]

Do Scavs only get two exfil points per game? That feels a bit harsh. Is there something I'm missing?

[halcyon willow]

you get free gear and pmcs aren't extracting there

scav runs are insanely awesome

[fickle pumice]

Right, so there are only those two exfil points

That's really all I wanted to know lol

Thanks!

[halcyon willow]

oh fair, yes sir

[fickle pumice]

I already know of the awesome power of the Scav since, well, I've mostly been doing scav runs while I get the basics down

Think I'm getting there.

[cosmic tinsel]

two exfils usually

the reason thats not as bad as it sounds is that theres a TON of scav exfils and a lot arent shared with pmcs

so scav exfils are an order of magnitude safer than pmc exfils

fin already said all this

hes the fastest learner in the west

[halcyon willow]

you fleshed it out well though my friend x)

how are you today mr meevo

[halcyon willow]

just saw this now

ground cache

[fickle pumice]

Ah yes, even I have heard of Exfil campers

Just a bit salty because I'd found class 5 armor on some dead dude, which I think is pretty good, and couldn't extract with it.

Ah well, live and learn and all that.

[signal girder]

Give it a month or two and class 5 armour will be standard peanuts to you

[fickle pumice]

We'll see. Still a bit upsetting to be unable to grab that sweet piece of loot I found

But like I said, live and learn. Next time I'll be faster.

(Reason it took me so long is because New Gas, where I found the armor, was a freaking warzone. There were 5 corpses there, and even though I came up on it after most of the action, two people tried to kill my scav ass, including one who invested a grenade in the effort.)

[cosmic tinsel]

i pretty much dont mess around with new gas

unless im planning to go out in a blaze of glory

[fickle pumice]

Didin't realize it was such a hotspot. But hey, Scav.

[signal girder]

But the christmas tree will surely give you a red labs card :>

[halcyon willow]

yeah it might be the easiest place to get shot in the back of the head outside of skelator park

[cosmic tinsel]

thats old gas

love old gas

[signal girder]

oh right lol

[cosmic tinsel]

new gas has pretty weak loot even with keys

[polar harness]

how much would this thing cost?

[signal girder]

what if Reshala needs killing

[halcyon willow]

only time i've been there if mr reshala is over there

[cosmic tinsel]

whats the dura

[polar harness]

0

[cosmic tinsel]

6mil or so probably

[misty thistle]

3-4 mil

[signal girder]

man, keep that shit

[cosmic tinsel]

is it down?

[polar harness]

i'll use for the quest

[misty thistle]

thats what i sold my 34/85

[signal girder]

if it's found in raid, you could net 8mil

[halcyon willow]

you rich BOI good shit

[polar harness]

yeah but i'm not selling it

[signal girder]

tbh, if found in raid, I'd sell it for 8mil or so, then when the quest comes, just get a buddy to shoot your full dura bought one for the quest

[polar harness]

i already have the quest

and i don't have buddies

:/

[arctic hatch]

im tired really

[signal girder]

already done the quest?

[polar harness]

nah i have it so i have to give it to him

[signal girder]

bye bye 8mil

[arctic hatch]

its been 3 or 4 weeks im looking for someone that i can play and get matched

[halcyon willow]

i need to ask

you all to pray for me

[arctic hatch]

still couldnt find

[halcyon willow]

just killed a decked mp7 slick man

now have to run a long way

[signal girder]

I'm guessing you're on EU or NA

[cosmic tinsel]

if you want me to shoot you with something im happy to

[arctic hatch]

non of them
middle east
but i can play with eu players

[signal girder]

What's your ping for Oceania? probably too high tbh

[halcyon willow]

fucking ran into a 4 man on way to exfil kekw

[cosmic tinsel]

daaaamn

[signal girder]

that's Tarkov

[halcyon willow]

kinda hilarious this guy lost the fight tho

naked sks

full slick kit mp7

[signal girder]

anything can happen

[halcyon willow]

yeah bp ammo really pops the head

[polar harness]

i'm in eu

[cosmic tinsel]

yeah i just need to not lag out before doing damage

ive played with swedish and lithuanian guys

its your call

but im around and able to

[polar harness]

yeah but i'm scared i would die in the raid xD

[cosmic tinsel]

nonono

insure it

throw it in the ocean

[ornate steppe]

i swear customs is the most crowded place ever I cant play that map unless im solo

[cosmic tinsel]

me and my buddy did it at shoreline

[polar harness]

good idea

[cosmic tinsel]

threw it in the middle of the swamp

[halcyon willow]

you can avoid people completely if you know the spawns well @ornate steppe

[fickle pumice]

What's a good, relatively safe spot to loot in Customs? I mean, someplace where I can expect to walk in and walk out with loot with a decently low chance of getting put down like an animal?

[ornate steppe]

nowhere

[halcyon willow]

do a full cache run

takes about 9 minutes

and you'll make north of 500k every time

[fickle pumice]

Cache? What's that?

[halcyon willow]

learn them all offline then sprint around on a night raid

take nothing but a bag and a cheap naked gun

like sks maybe

you won't be fighting

just sprinting

don't take a helmet or rig as you always find these in caches

[fickle pumice]

Very rat-like! I'll look into those.

[halcyon willow]

Enjoy!

personally reserve really brings out my inner rat, I can even climb into the sewer at the end for full immersion

https://tenor.com/view/splinter-facepalm-tmnt-turtles-gif-14462752

[cosmic tinsel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klJEmO1etZE

pest got a guide

[polar harness]

@cosmic tinsel if you want we can try playing a normal raid to see if we can play together later

[cosmic tinsel]

i really like the customs run, the shoreline one might be safer

[fickle pumice]

Yeah fin posted this, then... removed it?

[halcyon willow]

haha I legit posted that 30 secs ago

but a mod deleted it

[cosmic tinsel]

oh what

[fickle pumice]

Why delete it?

[halcyon willow]

yeah someone deleted my message

idk

[cosmic tinsel]

every now and then automod gets fiesty

if its a non-automod my apologies

[halcyon willow]

Pestily's content is really fantastic though, explains everything at lightning speed without skipping over details

[cosmic tinsel]

fin is spooky on the same wavelength as me

[halcyon willow]

it is very spooky haha

[cosmic tinsel]

and you've only been playing like, 2 weeks

right?

[halcyon willow]

hmm 3 days

[fickle pumice]

Presumably if it had been a human mod they would have explained their reasoning

[ornate steppe]

sElf pRomotion

[halcyon willow]

yeah plus I mean was linking something to show you something in the assistance channel lol

plot twist I am Pestily

[ornate steppe]

[halcyon willow]

wait wtf ahaha

i did not click a gif

[fickle pumice]

Anyway, from what I've seen of Pestily, I do enjoy his content. Like you said, no-nonsense explanations, no fat or gristle.

[halcyon willow]

discord is possessed

[fickle pumice]

Holy shit that is refreshing to find on YT.

[signal girder]

Pestily stutters so much

[halcyon willow]

I completely agree!

[rustic glade]

He's not too bad.

[halcyon willow]

haha ruude, I never noticed and he has an insane wealth of knowledge

[cosmic tinsel]

yeah i havent either

[signal girder]

How is that rude? it's just a fact

[proven saddle]

bruh bitcoins at 865k jesus

[fickle pumice]

"Hey guys I'm so excited to [...] if you like don't forget to like comment and subscribe and hit the bell icon [...] but first a word from our sponsor [...] so in this game i like to [...]"

AAAAAH

[rustic glade]

He talks too quick at times.

[cosmic tinsel]

yeah, i appreciate that, but i can understand it being tough to keep up with

[halcyon willow]

I prefer having to go back if needed than having to skip

[cosmic tinsel]

im tryin to max out my ears bandwidth

[fickle pumice]

^

[ornate steppe]

^

[rustic glade]

He's not a bad content creator. Very good for new players.

[cosmic tinsel]

yeah

[halcyon willow]

+++

[fickle pumice]

I just love it when the video is 50% useless gristle and 50% info.

[cosmic tinsel]

im not sayin pestily is the most entertaining because hes definitely not

but most educational i think

[rustic glade]

^

[halcyon willow]

please stop using the word gristle I am already hungry

[fickle pumice]

This General Sam is the funnier one I've watched I think, even though he looks like he's a bit too fond of gristle.

[ornate steppe]

EFT isn’t that fun to watch because that fear element isn’t there

[signal girder]

I find Gigabeef has the best vids for scrounging money and JesseKazaam has good videos for beginner combat techniques

[halcyon willow]

I only watch things to learn something on eft

[rustic glade]

Depends on the creator

[cosmic tinsel]

i agree, but i think some people (a few of my friends) feel the opposite. its fun to watch other people be tense but maybe too much for them

[halcyon willow]

not that much fun as you said to watch someone else unless they are John Wick in dorms or something then it's fun

[fickle pumice]

I discovered the game through General Sam. His videos explaining the Rat Philosophy are what sold the game to me. I've said this before, but in every game I've played previously, I have been a rat. Now I have finally found a game that caters to scumbags like me.

I am euphoric.

[rustic glade]

🐀

[halcyon willow]

yeah nice thing about games like EFT/Rust is that all playstyles can be rewarding if you master them

[fickle pumice]

But Pestily is definitely the best educational one I've seen so far, and not just from Tarkov. Quick and simple, no bullshit youtuber fluff, and he uses fucking timestamps for everything.

[ornate steppe]

i mean it might just be me but watching lvndmark clear out an entire labs lobby isnt fun

to watch

[halcyon willow]

we should skulk around customs some time and rat some other pmcs maybe mate if you're down

[signal girder]

I found it satisfying to watch him kill hackers

[fickle pumice]

Sure! I'll bear that in mind!

I'll shoot you a PM.

[rustic glade]

Krashed is also a great content creator.

[halcyon willow]

currently in a bush with another slick on me and there's a guy healing about 1m from me lmao

[signal girder]

kill his ass

[ornate steppe]

kill him we are waiting

[halcyon willow]

no weapon 🤣

[signal girder]

whack him on the head

[ornate steppe]

😐

[signal girder]

he won't know how to react

[halcyon willow]

lost my last sks and just going full hard eco money runs atm

[ornate steppe]

but therapist

[halcyon willow]

gonna get to 10m then run some loadouts

[ornate steppe]

death cost

[signal girder]

man, I'd go for it

even with a knife

[halcyon willow]

haha

[signal girder]

heavy stab into face

[halcyon willow]

he left just now

I did try and stab some dude yesterday

[signal girder]

no balls

[halcyon willow]

the melee is hilariously bad

i stabbed him probably 6 times in the throat

[signal girder]

it is, but if you can get enough heavy hits on the head, it can kill

[halcyon willow]

hmmm

[signal girder]

the trick is to use the heavy attack

[dark rover]

new melee does 50

[halcyon willow]

yeah right click

[halcyon willow]

your name is oats?

i used to use that ign never seen anyone ever with it

[dark rover]

gang

[halcyon willow]

can I ask what the origin is

[dark rover]

uhh photoshopped picture of me on quaker oatmeal box used to describe\ my melee play

[celest sage]

How do you get the new melee

[dark rover]

idk shits dummy expensivwe

mayb sanitar has it now

idk

no one is talking about itever

could only find 1 vid in turkish but he didnt say how to get

[halcyon willow]

hmm fair fair I respect it

would you like to see

what the origin of mine was

[dark rover]

got key card toz sav pog

but sure

br

b

[halcyon willow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPNWacFqA7I

[fickle pumice]

I wish I had a second monitor

[dark rover]

bro xd

[fickle pumice]

Tabbing out to check the map and see where I am just got me killed

[obtuse kelp]

How do I not die

[dark rover]

this shotgun timmy tried to chase me he didnt know i had eliet stam

lmfao

outran his ass as a scav im deadddd

[obtuse kelp]

Or extract from any other map than factory

[celest sage]

How much is acp ap from trader can someone check

[dark rover]

4$

for the .45

peacekeeper 3

[celest sage]

Thx

[obtuse kelp]

🙄

Peace keeper touched me when I was a child

I wouldn’t trust him

[fickle pumice]

"Oh come on little man, you don't want your uncle stevie to get to know you a lil' better? That's cold, little man, real cold."

[obtuse kelp]

So he did it to you too? Almost exactly what he told me

[fickle pumice]

He fucked me in the ass then left five dollar bills on my bum.

[obtuse kelp]

😳

[celest sage]

Vector with ACP AP vs MP7 with FMJ?

[marble crescent]

vector

[halcyon willow]

ACP AP imo purely for the pen

[marble crescent]

MP7 has a reload glitch rn i guess

[halcyon willow]

fmj not going to feel good when you run into a juicy boi

[marble crescent]

^also true

almost always AP is better

[signal girder]

Oh, so that wasn't just me

[cosmic tinsel]

fmj sx is an ok round if you're budget but pen is king

[wise stream]

a few rounds of that new 7.62x39'll do it

throw it into an op sks and have fun

but RIP all your roubles

[halcyon willow]

for the sks

topload like 5-6 rounds of BP

then PS a couple mags

destroys any armour level

[loud jackal]

i am at the fishermans house for courtesy visit but it wont work

where do i go

the other two worked

but i went inside, and at the nets

[sharp terrace]

are servers shutting down?

[polar harness]

i can still play why?

damn what hapenned to cpus

[strong talon]

can I craft the items for farming pt2?

[polar harness]

what items do you need for it?

[outer pike]

can someone help me with some tasks

[fickle pumice]

Lol

Apparently scav snipers still spawn in offline pve disabled

was tabbed out to look at my map and bang bang dead

[strong talon]

T-plugs and printed circuitboards, they are craftable I'm just wondering if it'll work for the quest. It does say I have to find them in raid but crafted items get the tick so ??

[halcyon willow]

only the off map sniper should yeah in customs @fickle pumice

[fickle pumice]

Nah, the one that got me was the one up the building between warehouse 4 and the fortress

[halcyon willow]

huh on skelator? thats weird he would spawn then yeah

ive done offlines on customs without him

bug i guess

[fickle pumice]

Probably

[halcyon willow]

oh an update

[obtuse kelp]

How do I shoot

[outer pike]

can someone help me with some tasks

[fickle pumice]

Anyway, I was mostly done with the tour.

[halcyon willow]

which tasks are you on mate

[halcyon willow]

nice one mate, I'm also very new going around offline really lets you learn the map so fast

[outer pike]

just finding one more flash drive then some things on shoreline

[obtuse kelp]

Anyone?

[fickle pumice]

either left click or alt f4, not sure.

try both.

[halcyon willow]

ah wish I could help I haven't done those yet, try on the #pvp-lfg channel and ask for help with it specify which task you're on

[obtuse kelp]

I’ll try both

[outer pike]

ok

[oblique walrus]

What exit do I have to take?

[halcyon willow]

lmao

just sold 3 star rounds for 400k

[cosmic tinsel]

jesus

[halcyon willow]

was the only one selling them lol

[cosmic tinsel]

the exits are gate 3 (the usual), the underground exfil by machinery, and then one on the far opposite side corner of the factory

not sure how they are mapped to that quest

you probably are missing one of the latter 2

[limber notch]

Probably the one which uses the key

[oblique walrus]

So I do need the key

[cosmic tinsel]

no

but also you should have the key if you can afford (60k)

its maybe the best value key in game

[oblique walrus]

Oh, I just have to go near it?

[cosmic tinsel]

yep

[oblique walrus]

or actually exfil

ohhh makes sense

[cosmic tinsel]

yeah, if you touch the doors you need to unlock

you should be good

[limber notch]

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

Thats the key if you wanna look into it

[versed kindle]

if anyone new wants help on customs DM me im eu

[limber notch]

Will u be on tonight?

@versed kindle

[versed kindle]

yeah

[limber notch]

You gonna be on at 9 or 10 uk?

[versed kindle]

yup

u know u know me shadow?

[limber notch]

Also do you recognise me?

[versed kindle]

yes

rust

[limber notch]

Ok yeah

I mean if u want I need bsckup for golden zibbo

Because ive been ghosting skier

[versed kindle]

ok i can help

[limber notch]

But if u dont wanna go dorms thats fine

[versed kindle]

i just died after getting money case and docs from marked :(

[limber notch]

Rip

I died after killing 2 geard guys to a bloody sniper scav

[versed kindle]

im mainly just going for dorms and reshala spawns

[limber notch]

M995 went poof

[sterile sapphire]

what does LFG stand for ?

[limber notch]

Looking for group

[versed kindle]

looking for group

[limber notch]

I could also call for some friends for more backup on dorms depending how large you wanna go

[versed kindle]

i dont mind

[limber notch]

I was on my way to deposit yesterday but ran into 4 man next to the sniper roadblock

Killed 2 but ap20 got me

Ok thanks, ill dm u when im on

[halcyon willow]

i feel for you mate 😦

that is sad to imagine

[wide breach]

ANYONE wanna run some raids?

[rustic glade]

#pvp-lfg

[sterile sapphire]

can there be LFG for beginners chat that be awsome

[rustic glade]

No need really just use the normal LFG one

[halcyon willow]

if you just specify what map/level you are you for sure will find some people mate

[rustic glade]

^

[sterile sapphire]

ah... il try

[celest sage]

Is cheesing tasks bannable?

[full nacelle]

where can i submit a bug report, minor grammatical error

[polar harness]

what's the udate for?

[somber portal]

#eft-announcements

[polar harness]

thx

[mental mist]

do u guys use postFX?

[mellow spade]

yes

its very helpful

[mental mist]

can you screenshot yours?

[mellow spade]

you can try them but you might be best looking up a yt video

[mental mist]

alright thx

[ashen sinew]

Looking to help newbies out pm me 🤪

[chrome prairie]

hi. im sort of new and im broke in game XD. im honestly looking to play with people and try to make money XD

mans got rent to pay

[opaque wadi]

hey newbie here looking for someone to play with that wouldnt mind helping me out with gear and experience

[mellow spade]

lol i can try and help you out later mark

[chrome prairie]

ty

[mellow spade]

how experienced are you

[chrome prairie]

im gonna try rat runs to get a pocket watch while i wait

well im lvl 7

and have a .49 accuracy ratio which is going up now that i have a graphics card

[halcyon willow]

who actually

camps dorms exfil

level 48

[mellow spade]

crybaby losers

[halcyon willow]

you deserve to lose your rpk

he was so bad lmao

[mellow spade]

they just need to change customs overall

[halcyon willow]

hmm I like it

[mellow spade]

reserve is literally campable every extract its funny

and 2 of the spawns you can get spawn killed

but its not fair for new players to have to start middle of wipe and deal with chads on customs

because of dorms

idk why those kids like it so much

[halcyon willow]

you can avoid all players on customs if you know spawns

I'm super new and I do super well on there

[mellow spade]

yea thats true but regardless you get 5 to 8 minutes in the game

and nobdys really "at spawn

and new players its really really hard for them to learn

[halcyon willow]

yeah I mean it's not hard at all 😛 ive been playing 4 days and I do fine on there

[distant thicket]

need help doing some quests

[mellow spade]

sadly some are luckier then others

[halcyon willow]

were you raped on customs or something xD wtf

[mellow spade]

no i dont bother with that map

got everything done there and left

i was at the like 2 wipes ago tho

when i had first started

[devout belfry]

im new and i have no ammo for my weapons and i need to kill 5 scavs for my quest

[halcyon willow]

i reccomend doing a scav run if you have no money, but if you DO have money go to prapor and buy an sks and PS ammo

[devout belfry]

i have a sks and ps ammo i dont have a mag tho

[halcyon willow]

that's fine it has an internal mag

[cosmic tinsel]

sks usually has internal mag

loads from top

if it says 0/10

[halcyon willow]

++

[devout belfry]

ahhhh

[cosmic tinsel]

throw bullets in pocket

and reload in game

[devout belfry]

AHH OK THANKS SO MUCH

[cosmic tinsel]

make sure you got 762 ps

and not 545 ps tho

[halcyon willow]

enjoy! as long as you aim for head you will murder people

[cosmic tinsel]

u can test by draggin bullets to gun

and seeing if it goes green

if it goes red you bad

[devout belfry]

ok thanks

[mellow spade]

i just scaved

and got 5 fractures somehow

arms and legs

but what was the 5th

[bold kernel]

hi

[mellow spade]

thsi makes me sick

[bold kernel]

I've a prob here

it appear always when I want to download the game

[mellow spade]

uninstall the launcher and reinstall it

i got this about a year ago

and that worked for me

[mental mist]

how many players in a one game?

[halcyon willow]

varies between maps

you can check each map by clicking on each one in the deploy screen

[mental mist]

yeah

[bold kernel]

thx

I'll try

[kind saffron]

can I do the watch quest on customs using a scav? I've gotten killed every time I've tried to go to dorms for the key.

[dire eagle]

you can only find items with FIR status as a scav for quests

[halcyon willow]

you cannot do quests with scavs

you can gather things for quests, but you can't take quest items or complete objectives

sincerely, someone who took a scav to jaegars camp

[kind saffron]

Alright, gotcha. Gotta survive dorms somehow.

[bronze laurel]

just chill around some 20 mins and go to dorms late. Most big boys has left by then.

[halcyon willow]

are you on the water quest?

if you get one of the 2 spawns either side of dorms

you can sprint it

then exfil with the car

or as pirate said wait till last 10 mins

[kind saffron]

Gotta do water aswell as the pocket watch.

[kind saffron]

Alright, i'll try it out after dinner

[dire eagle]

What Ze Pirate said, + go around 9pm or 5am in-game, these times tend to be quieter

[halcyon willow]

Hmm though dorms is never quiet no matter the raid

last few mins of a raid of first 1 min

is best

for in-out

[proven saddle]

i just hid in a bush for like 10 mins and then went in

as for the bronze watch that ones just luck

but usually its pretty quiet around that area

[vestal nest]

yo can anyone buy me a 2 skeletonized ar-15 grips if you have it unlocked
i need it for a quest and its really expensive
ill pay you back for the cost its cheap

[latent marlin]

Does the admins do comp?

i was 1 second from extract and i got server timed out

[bronze laurel]

yea most people either go dorms or drughouse / fortress

[latent marlin]

first ever pmc extract for me too

and sevre timed out

[bronze laurel]

ah man, that's tarkov for you

[somber portal]

nope, it is what it is

[proven saddle]

log back in and see if youre still alive

[bronze laurel]

but honestly it ain't so bad that people make it out to be. I've had maybe 10 disconnects in total this wipe

[latent marlin]

man but ive been playing for like 2 weeks and never got an extract just feels so bad that this is my first one and i time out

i logged back in all items gone

im quitting the disc and the game after that

i just cant anymore

[kind saffron]

nah bro stay, for this first week i've had a 11% sr over 50 raids lmfao. Almost no player kills too

[bronze laurel]

starting tarkov midwipe like this is rough for sure

esp if you play solo

and try to learn the game by yourself

[proven saddle]

or go looking around lfg

learning from someone is a lot easier than learing everything by yourself

[bronze laurel]

this right here. 2nd wipe i played i managed to hit 40% SR, and now i'm getting a solid 50%. Getting beter hasn't felt this good in any game

[chrome prairie]

is it safe to play with random pmc squads?

[bronze laurel]

so much to take in

[proven saddle]

i wouldnt recommend it

[bronze laurel]

people in this discord yes. But ingame groupfinder no

[halcyon willow]

i am the sugar king

the sucrose saboteur

5 sugars in one raid

[proven saddle]

playing a squad with not comms is terrible

[bold kernel]

might get tked cause people are cunt nuggets

[kind saffron]

Whats the easiest way to find blue and green Gpowder? Would need the ammo box for inventory management

[proven saddle]

i have diabetes

super villain, not king

[halcyon willow]

I will take it haha

[halcyon willow]

in stashes they are extremely common

and in technical crates

[proven saddle]

stashes are god tier

for money

[bronze laurel]

Well except for flea just stashes and sportbags etc

[kind saffron]

alright, maybe interchange hatchet runs just getting the caches?

[halcyon willow]

tech crates in customs give more consistently than stashes

[proven saddle]

i just buy usually

[bronze laurel]

nah, atleast bring a pistol. With some luck you might kill someone and get some loot

[kind saffron]

im level 8 and dont have the market 😦

[proven saddle]

ill only use my own if its not fir

[kind saffron]

Gotcha, I have trash ammo at this level though sadly.

[proven saddle]

died to pst gzh today... lemme tell you it doesnt feel good

[bronze laurel]

a facetap still kills almost anyone 🙂

[fickle pumice]

What do you guys think I should do with my starter gun, the AK-74M? It loads 545, which I am led to understand is not awesome, especially compared to 762. Just sell it?

[proven saddle]

lil rat camping a bush on shoreline

[proven saddle]

sks 100%

7.62 ps

[toxic isle]

Yooooooo

[proven saddle]

slay

[toxic isle]

I made it out

[kind saffron]

true but m9a3 has the worst iron sights in the game and the pm has bad sights too, afaik only option is a glock but they're like 20k

[bronze laurel]

just use it, bt ammo is not that expensive but gets the job done.

[halcyon willow]

windows key + S or install gyazo, but niceee dude! @toxic isle

[proven saddle]

id sell it and buy sks's for days

[fickle pumice]

I mean I ask because I've got a few other options now, a Vepr hunter, a VPO-136, etc.

Thank you Scavs 🙏

[bronze laurel]

20k is like one lighbulb or something. and atleast you can kill some scavs and get a better gun

[proven saddle]

bulbs are 9k now

[halcyon willow]

the SKS is the greatest option for sure imo, use PS ammo with if you have the cash topload 5-7 rounds of BP in the mag you will rinse anyone

[bronze laurel]

well it was just an example, 2 bulbs then 😄

[kind saffron]

Vepr hunter is a godsend lower levels. If I get it on my scav runs I take like 2 caches then im out 😉

[proven saddle]

one well placed ps round kills even the most geared players

[halcyon willow]

BP* and I agree, PS struggles vs the highest levels 5/6

thats why imo it's a massive benefit to topload a little bp

[proven saddle]

i mean itll get through most faceshields

obv except altyn and all those

bp is expensive for a beginner

[halcyon willow]

hmm yeah but most players who bother wearing a faceshield it's going to be altyn not some dog shield

it's not really

for 5 rounds

I am extremely new and slapping 5 in there mag is not a big deal, lets you be more confident in your shots too

[craggy sapphire]

I hope they actually nerfed the scavs this time

[proven saddle]

they did

if youre struggling for cash ps is alright for loot runs

[craggy sapphire]

Thank god

[smoky wing]

Lol BP only

Ps is good for new levels but rly fails to deliver

All u need is a guy with level 4 shield and helmet

And level 5 armour

And u are not killing him

[halcyon willow]

as I said, top loading a few rounds of BP goes a long way 😛

I was using PS when I started few days ago then realized I was dinking people and not dying so switched to toploading BP and now they go pop

[smoky wing]

Tbh if u are level 10 and above

U should only run BP

Money this wipe is everywhere

[bronze laurel]

well if you run into that chances are you are dead anyways with an sks

[smoky wing]

@bronze laurel not true lol

[halcyon willow]

just not true, I've taken multiple slicks off people today with an sks

[bronze venture]

The market is through the roof meaning it’s easy to earn money

[bronze laurel]

i'm not saying impossible lol. but chances are higher for getting killed than killing them

but yes ofc bp if you just can afford it

[halcyon willow]

so why not spend an extra 3k on a couple BP rounds to actually stand a chance lol

[proven saddle]

bruh cpus are 10k this is sad

pain

[halcyon willow]

sure but level 10's aren't rolling in it lol we still got be economical at the very start

[bronze laurel]

gotta remember that new people don't necessarily have that much money floating around

[crisp nest]

i 1 tapped an altyn or was it 2 tapped with 762 bp 🙂

[halcyon willow]

dear god I am new

and it costs nothing

stop saying 5 rounds of BP costs money ffs lmfao

goiing in circles ima go raid

gl

[visual crystal]

chill man

[crisp nest]

5 rounds of bp is 5k

[smoky wing]

Bp is expensive?

[halcyon willow]

scroll up haha convo just went in circles

[smoky wing]

Say what now?

[crisp nest]

and also you could put them in the container lol

[wide breach]

you gotta spend money to make money

[crisp nest]

and load them in the top if you see a geared guy

[smoky wing]

Go to Oli, grab filter and some pack of nails

Get out

Congrats u got 300k

U can also craft Bp

[visual crystal]

bp prices are going to drop too because of the new 7.62 ap round

[crisp nest]

Or if you don't like interchange literally any house on woods with loot is easy money

or play reserve and get noice ammo from raiders