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shore has 2-3 m4 spawns and labs has like 5-6 raw m4 spawns
well d2 raders
Snoreline 
on top of raiders ofc
yah i was kinda done with shoreline after signal lul, i m like a pmc magnet on that map
eww no
make people uninstall
I found a GL in labs the other day and shot it into a group of 3 raiders
i was using SKS on labs
but fr its so scary when i hear a gl in labs
it was very satisfying
bruh
then dide do a raider
lmao
sa58 raider
ive gotten 1 card so far and it was yellow
I've only found a blue so far
can someone help me with farming part 3 quest on customs
is that the one to grab the gpu package @eager sphinx
ye @crisp nest
i got level 4 traders and havent played a quests since
try hopping in a random customs lfg vc and checking if they are in a raid yet
@eager sphinx
So if I get air filtering is it even worth it
bruh why do people undersell an item from 25k to 20k i dont get it
like man, i need that extra 4k so i can by my ammos
Fuck people who don’t undercut by 1
^
i sell graphics cards at 650k reguardless of price
most of the time when i sell under 1, it like never gets sold for a few hours so at most i just do 1k
To insure stuff sells quick if you’re selling tons of stuff
also, should i keep or sell roler
ah ook
not aiming for kappa but trying to get traders up
ah
is factory the best map for friend from the west 1
are u good at pvp
oh right
what map should i go on with this kit?
what ammo is that
M855
dont have vaseline in ur pockets
where else do i put it
oh ya your right lol
any map except factory labs reserve id say @grizzled mountain
your ammo just cant compete with geared players
so i should go customs?
sure
aight thx
is m855 even worth using on m4 tho? idk ive always felt like it was the "starting" 556 ammunition
hold on let me check ballistics
isn't worth at all
it's trash tbh
oh god its horrible af im switching that
56a1 is the worst i'd recommend
oh god i have to go with m855
im using m856A1 now
anybody wanna scav run??
guys i survived dorms from the start!
gonna turbo level attention for the memes
iam pro gamer now B)
elite attention would lower my loot runs from 6 minutes to like 3
it lets u search faster?
faster and instant
i thought attention makes it easier to spot loose loot
holy fuck
SAS Drives and im zooming
thats perception
and i just blacked both my legs
the dude had a modded fal, raid bp
crazy shit
mightve been my first big kill that i successfully yoinked
wtf brings a raid bp to factory
ah
i give it a 4/10
risers are for pussies
didnt get to loot the player scavs tho
What’s the guys name I literally killed someone with that gun yesterday
cause i just want to gtfo
damn didnt know you could type that with all that muzzle flash blidning u
sounds like a sa58 users problem
freepizza or something
Yeah lvl 43
hes level 55
ahh
Pretty sure lvl 43
in the raid bp, he just had other players gear inside
like their rigs, guns
nothing too crazy, just a glock, 57, and a ks23
Nice
Isn’t ls missing the flashlight
near meta sa58
interesting
yeah
it had m61 in it
Then that’s why
im not dylhero where i use flashlight
to blind ppl
on and off and shit
it has high rico
oh
full face coverage
did they have expensive ammo?
pepehands
oof
now you reminded me of the dood i doinked and he had around 140 7n1 ammo
and i killed him by the fact he was healing up on a door i opened
damn lol
i felt horrible
horribly rich tho
anyone down to go reserve and help me with some tasks?
when should i upgrade stash
i mean, i am able to get it rn but ill be at like 2.5-3 mil
do you need the stash upgrade for anything other than more space?
what else would i use it for
i mean is it a requirement for any other upgrade
bitcoin
yes
u need stash 2 for intel 2
oh, bummer
well stash 2 for nutrition 3 for intel 2
I mean the goal in the hideout for most people is bitcoin, so yeah you need it
makes sense, otherwise nobody would do the upgrade 
just alot of money and farmin to get it but its worth
not anymore
i upgraded to eod before the hideout was added, never had the pleasure to grind for the stash upgrade 
its expensive i heard
seems like a good way to get people to upgrade their edition
if the game goes on sale ill upgrade
but i just got stash 2 yeesterday
gonna be sooo mad
why do ks23's barrel gotta be so thick, cant fit in my stash
its made out of rejected aircraft gun barrels, makes sense its thick 
oh interesting'
anyone down for a scav run?
im down
How good is paracord?
40k
Anyone down to play?
i got a scav raid and escaped with a lab managers office and weapons key are they good?
70k
should i sell or keep
@jaunty scarab just sell to therapist
Keys are generally only expensive early wipr
ok
why can i not finish the upgrade?
@neat nebula I nhad the same issue, ende3d up re loading the game and that fixed it
Anyone down to help out a dipshit who needs to get praptors watch?
I was told i should move to a "dead server" to hunt raiders on labs, are there any suggested servers i should hop to?
all i know is Orlando during the morning hours is dead I havent experimented with any other servers tho
Gotcha, ty
wait nvm im on Miami servers but orlando prob dead too
how do i check what servers im on
ahh i see
Restart game
ok
Anyone feel like running some tasks with me? New to game and hate playing solo
im eu and need to do a couple shoreline tasks
does anyone have some good builds <100k?
decend budget is m1a with a holo, with m80 rounds
won't hurt your wallet too much
43k from vendor
ah
100k+ from other people
oh ok yeah forgot it was buyable
from traders
shrap 25 better
longer range one taps
theres a reasonably priced barter for it too
how much is that in yards? 🤠
At least 3 yards
yee haw
I'm really new and almost completely broke - can someone help a brother out?
How many feet tho 
Can anyone help me get money?
trying to get my reshala TT pistol but keep getting 3rd partied solo 🙂 If anyone wants to run some customs let me know
¯_(ツ)_/¯
oh well
does someone know what armor can take 900+ damage
lots of armor can take 900 damage if you use low pen rounds
you must not have been using high pen stuff, what were you shooting
only thing i know to try is reboot, and then reinstall
I have done that
im not sure it was a scav with a saiga 12ga
@vernal canopy check task manager as well. The reboot should cut all processes but might be able to goto task manager and kill all processes from EFT
shotguns will not make it thru much armor - gotta go face or go legs, and make sure to check the rounds you're using
okay
@vernal canopy ah yeah set installation. Its saying you don't have it installed. Middle text above install.
Default install location is C:\Battlestate Games\EFT
maybe purge the launcher and all associated files then start from scratch?
honestly idk
I'd say good
ayeeeeeee
well, average. I've seen a lot worse though you seem to have a good understanding
i was a lot worse
ya ive been watching many vids
you're not broke, that's a win
ok
i cant find berkut
lmao where grass bsg
he means ratnik
don't wear that helmet, it's garbage and only impairs your hearing
just wear a ssh68 or ratnik
ohhh ok
the face shield on that helmet is decoration too, it doesn't stop anything
dont be afraid to sell stuff off that you dont wanna use straightaway, neffy
i probably dont recommend that sv-98, or the saiga 9
and the sa-58 and svds are both nice guns but kind of pricey to get going
i took out the sv-98 and it was really fun
also - i'd hang on to that ultra 5 suppressor until you hit level 10 if you can afford the space
yeah! dude absolutely use what you like to use
my rule for selling is basically "sell anything that you wont use in the next 3 raids"
because otherwise your inventory will fill up with guns and mags
should i be working towards making the workstation
absolutely
i pretty much threw all of my resources at hideout + questing
but workstation extra important for the reason you mentioned
ya
Basically any money you put into upgrading your hideout is well spent
cause i was looking through teh dealers for attatchments and stuff and i was confused cause it took so long
its really hard to start
i recommend the SKS/OP-SKS to newbies regularly because its dead simple
and people always have crazy guns so i need that just for even a better sight
is the shooting range useful to have
not really
its a luxury
i like to confirm recoil characteristics before i go into raid
it's convenient, but if you really wanted to test you could go in offline
and also make sure i dont have eye relief/ view obstruction issues with mods
reserve even has a little shooting range lol
bahaha
alright cause I used my nuts and bolts for another upgrade and wasnt sure if I did the right thing
yes
its a luxury like meevo said though
is the wasiest way to get to level 10 jsut to run around and kill scavs?
quests
do quests
scavs, quests
how do you do quests
PMCS and scav boss are worth a lot more XP, and surviving raid gives you a 50% bonus
accept quests in the trader screen, under the tasks tab
ya i need 2 mp-133's but i cant ifnd any
I neglected quests for a bit but then went back to them and they helped boost me into level 10 and getting to level 15 way faster as well
if you unlock jaeger, you can buy them from him
look for scavs
or just butcher scavs
and you can unlock him how?
I got the 2 mp133s by going into a scav raid and just checking each scav I found
introduction quest from mechanic
me too, but people seem to get shafted by RNG pretty regularly
gunsmith part 1?
yea you gotta make sure there arent a lot near by
also sometimes u get 153s since they look similar
woods
cani go in as a scav and do it?
nope
ive never even been on woods
but you can go in with just a pistol/sks
which is how i do a number of early quests
ok
this quest is effectively "try woods! learn how to get around a little"
Welcome to Woods, we have landmines!
find a map, work on identifying your landmarks (water and big sniper rock are the best)
Anyone wanna play woods with me? kinda new and looking for some help
muffled FWOOMP in the distance
I got hit by a landmine today lmao
as a seasoned player, landmines and sniper boundaries are more fun than a fence, but boy do i hate how punishing they are to new players
guaranteed insurance 🤷
Yeah, i wasnt looking and I was trying to get to extract and I exploded lmao
they'll get you
somehow survived and was able to limp over to scav house and extract tho
remember to stop walking immediately, turn 180 degrees, heal, and walk out, if you can afford it
so i was lucky
nice!
I'm gonna bring 2 grizzly's and see how far out you can go
Lol. That would be a good time
Wonder if theres a limit you can get past
"Outside" the map
idk, I've been DEEP outside the bottom side of reserve
I'd assume woods goes far too
We can test the boundaries for the devs haha
can I ever use a compass as a scav?
no
you can't
bring more and use propital to take less damage
you dont really need a flashlight, unless you're going night, which you shouldnt do unless you know the maps like the back of your hand and have a reason for doing so imo
ive been raiding interchange
or if your scav is just built differnet and has a thermal 
and even in day most of it is pitch black
Im looking for someone to show me lootruns while protecting me I can shoot people too just pretty bad at it
@compact token try messing with your PostFX / monitor settings. It is pretty dark in there though.. even day time
scav is just luck of the draw.. for find an AI scav with one and take. Do what @cosmic tinsel said as well. Pretty cheap and easy run.
alright I'm loading up a raid with a pistol
I feel like this is going to go poorly
but its a total investment of like 50k
man it shouldnt be
should I even bring armor
or just carry capacity and a pistol
you should bring this
headset?
Just try to avoid the hotzones (tech stores) and should be good to go. Whats the goal in mind?
pistol comes with grip usually but yeah i run that sometimes
Great question, honestly. Just got the game, looking to learn the map and get some loot out I suppose
Personally, I would but i'm not super strapped either.
where is this in woods?
Nah, that would make your expenses twice the amount
thanks
Have you tried running the outside hidden caches? Typically a decent amount of money and not much PVP
🤮 stashes
try this guy too
No, where are they?
unless you ofc go to scuffed places, then u might need comtacs
, but usually I fare around the map without running into players, even tho I dont have headset on
?
I dont see the northern on the map?
https://mapgenie.io/tarkov/maps/woods <- this map btw
un at bottom, northern un at top of screenshot
its covered by icons, but its green and its there
@compact token blue dots on the map. Fairly easy and quick money but definitely can be boring
@bleak crypt for woods, if u dont go stashes, use the expanded woods map v5 on reddit
all 3 options have a flashlight and a cheap gun thats likely to come back in insurance
i hate presets because it shows things the gun has already
like it comes with the dovetail mount
sure, but you cant assume the dt mount is on every flea gun
So any tips for that boos on customs on gas station? I keep getting oneshot by him or naded
also just use the cobra sight that slaps straight on
my first raid my scav had a flashlight shotgun and I got 2 kills with it
nade him
And he is very far wawy from me
that wouldnt have a light
oh sorry mb then
so use nades, isolate 1v1s, and dont repeek the same angle
honestly dont fight him at gas station unless you're doing the quest
How do i not die from people in woods map?
or if you're comfortable dying
Well i walk past him and he shoots immediatly even as scav
All bosses go aggro if u get to close (even as a scav)
i find gas station is much easier than the others
i cant deal with him in dorms
move fast. keep tree cover. avoid extended dallying in places with long sight lines. continuously scan trees, avoid lumber mill
gas station is just so central that you're liable to get jumped
true but better than dorms and fortress is in the open too
at least dorms and fortress have people going thru em immediately
so they usually get decked or clear the guards there
talking purely about the boss, i think hes easiest at gas
Ok thanks bro
i agree! but i dont fuck with him at gas because of player danger
personally i dont have much pvp at gas
dorms was so bad today though
3 guys died on stairs and outside
my teammate died
i killed one of the remaining duo
then i died to the last guy
then there was more pvp at 2 story
Scavs wet dream right there
fr
no lie i always go dorms as a scav hoping to find that
happens like, 1 in 5 times
Lol right? @cosmic tinsel
i wouldve won if i wasnt lagging
i had 5 fps
or i wouldve pushed the guy with 3 limbs blacked
couldve wallbanged him but didnt realize i could
i got jumped using the unarmored pistol loadout and the guy still managed to get killed by me
hope the last guy enjoys his meta hk and mp7 with no ammo
and zeroed tactec and korund
well he has the loot of 3 geared players, his teammate, and the guys at 2 story
and reshala
gg man probably made 3 mil
The upside of budget loadouts is effectively 0 risk, and the guns can mostly be picked up off scavs
needs dehyrdration and fatigue
and overweight
where are your 3 heavy bleeds?
if I use ammo in the shooting range does it use the ones in my mags? or is just free
I am having a problem with storage does anyone have any tips on managing my storage?
stack backpacks
sell everything you dont need for quests, or wont use in the next 3 raids
if you dont know what you need for quests, use https://tarkovtracker.io/#/overview
Escape From Tarkov quest & hideout progress helper. Plan and track your way to Kappa with information tailored to your PMC.
rigs are free space but tougher to organize
free
u have to bring ammo
but if u leave and reopen range it refills
so u just need 1 mag to test
and it refils for free
it doesnt use any
just u have to reload or reopen
it uses ammo when you're testing from the imaginary mags
you have to have mags on you though
think of it as offline mode
yeah
makes sense thanks
How do I get the mp-133 shotguns for the quest with Prapor?
A couple spawn on Customs from time to time
ok thanks, how do I unlock jaeger?
Is this weapon any good?
The little shop on the right hand side of the bridge on customs often spawns one under the till
once you hit lvl 2 do the "introduction" quest from mechanic
introduction quest with mechanic
Yeah, MDR is okay
It's decent budget, the fire rate is slow though
MDR is a mid-tier rifle
Im a starter and got this from someone dead
the 308 mdr is great but the 556 is meh
One of the best semi-auto rifles because it's cheap and easy to run
556 has value in that you basically don't need to mod it
Put a sight on it, maybe a silencer and you're good
@alpine nexus want to run a duo?
yeaaaaaaah
Congrats 🙂
Why dont they fit? Am i missing something?
probably need an adapter, make it in a preset and check
anyone around lvl 10 want to run a duo
Idk how to check that
you need the DT thread mount
Can you buy that at any of the vendors?
I would recommend getting flea before you start modding weapons
The game is really lame without flea market
debatable
True, but also makes the game stupidly easy
Restricting access until level 10 is really stupid since they slowed leveling
slowed leveling?
Yeah, apparently the first few levels take a little longer than in the past
yea, but the thing is this game is suppose to be a semi hardcore realistic shooter and I got a game where I can go bare naked to a mall and make 700k roubles shoving a gpu up my ass
I mean it's like 50k xp to 65k, just a few quests more
nah makes it more fun. imagine the wipe and you can use fleamarked from lvl 5. so many guys would abuse fleamarked after their first game. i mean now they do it after their 5th game but still
thats what i mean
too easy isnt fun
I heard someone explain Tarkov as a unnecessarily hardcore half-realistic shooter
that's fair
and most the people I go against who have slicks and vectors are garbage cuz all they do all day is hatchet run 
ikr
On account of it being frustrating in several ways for no reason other than being frustrating, and how it chooses to be either ultra-realistic or not at all on a whim
only on labs they are skilled
labs is just crab land
yea, they need to make it more realistic and most other ways
Like for example, every item having real word names and codes instead of easy nicknames, but full-auto meta is basically COD
Like, it doesn't commit enough to the realism where it matters, and often too much where it doesn't
I mean if you mod out a gun properly you should be rewarded, I don't see a problem
If you spend 300k on a gun you'll have better stats then someone you didnt
wdym code
Like PACA armour for example
?
Sounds like it's a slang name by operators because the game leans into that
what
M885 ammo etc, these are all either real world military designations or an approximation
Yeah but why call it PACA? Why not give it a nickname?
Because it's a game for wannabe gunnuts
I don't understand why it would matter
everyone knows what a paca is? what's the problem?
The lack of generic names for things is really unusual for a video game
???
or am I misinterpreting the point
How many games do you know where things have a real world name instead of videogame shorthand?
imo all the items are pretty recognizable
ah yes lets call the ak74m the "assault rifle"
rofl
if the guns is based on irl, all of them
actually no fortnite its just the "scar"
That's what I'm saying, Tarkov doesn't shy away from making items feel grounded
Super realistic design choice because it's actually really rare in video games
whatever, BSG has an idea for what they want the game to be, we're just along for the ride
not really...
when the gun is based of an irl gun, its near always the same name
Eh, it's rarer than you'd think
Guns are one of the better named items in video games, ignoring the trademark dodging videogames
Yes, most of the time
There are ways to take them down, but you have to outsmart and/or outmaneuver them
Try shooting them in the legs
Shotguns quickly lose effectiveness against basic armour without better ammo
are legs better than head?
Head often has decent helmets and maybe a face shield
legs are impossible to protect?
If they have no face protection, then yeah you'll instakill with a shotgun
Legs are the more vulerable parts
yes
Does it usually take two shots to the legs point blank?
it takes more
ok so i will still be killed
first you need to black them and then kill them with the multiplier
i'm a scav
cuz when you shoot blacked limbs it hurts the rest of the body
well landing them wouldn't have been an issue
he didnt know I was there
next time I'll double pump the legs I guess
or just invest in some better ammo
like better buckshot or stay away from geared peaple
that was a scav raid but I'll be sure to bring the good stuff on PMC
Is it recommended to always roam with your absolute best equipment?
whatever u feel comfortable with losing
What are the advantages and disadvantages of each shotgun, excluding the price and not speaking about the... fecking 10ga one.
Or are they all just objectively better than the other in a ranked order based on price
M133 is okay but your only going to get 1 or 2 shots off with it
It's a mixed bag
M153 is real nice, Saiga 12 is pretty good
Toz is horrible
What about the two mosenbergs
Or whatever they're called
The 570 and 870
I think
A scav always seems to bust open my friends head with one, but I know you're right.
shotgun scavs are chads
Honestly.
Well uh, if anyone has a detailed guide on the general behavior of each shotgun; how well they spam fire, reload, all the little things that aren't obvious from the stats, feel free to send me a link or something.
you know your loadout's good when you can insure the whole thing for 8800
Go look up as many Tarkov weapon tier lists as possible
I trust y'all more than I trust some random guide
This is a really good point though. The point of most pump shotguns is to kick ass for cheap, right?
well last time i tried that I got 212 damage blocked by armor
Cool thanks
I did 1159 damage to a dudes armor in factory once and still died.
Fuck me for not bringing flechette
Can't wait til I unlock flechette from Jaeger and I can get rid of literally all my other shells.
Several big Tarkov media personalities did tier lists of guns, go look them up. Tier lists for Tarkov equipment generally suck because the rating system is too simple but when you average out several people's opinions you start to see a general picture forming
gotcha
For the shotguns, I have found
Saiga 12/KS-23 > MP-153 > Mossberg/Remington > MP-133 > TOZ
Saiga 12 is generally the best because ROF, but KS is a killer if you know what ammo to use
I'm an ape and throw like a girl, if I'm going to use flashbangs it's gonna be with the KS
MP-153 is generally the better of the rest, though it's long so it can give you away around corners and such
TOZ is shit but people claim it's good because otherwise they have to admit they died to one of the worst guns
Yeah it's a really fun gun for setting up your mates for a good shot
Maybe TOZ is good because it's so cheap, but makes you place your shots better and be a little more brave because... you have nothing to lose.
TOZ is only good in that it is a gun, like the Makarov
Like, bare minimum, guns still kill people. And like you said, it's basically free
Now... what would you rather take, a P226 or a TOZ
Getting a TOZ from a Scav run and throwing it on PMC for a factory run is super fun
I have two pistol cases full of P226s because I hoard scav knives.
P226 because it's a handgun slot
With a TOZ you fully have to swap your gun and ammo if you want a second looted gun
With the P226, you can grab guns way easier
P226 is fairly meh though
It really is.
Better than berettas/1911s, which feels illegal to say
I need to research 9×19 rounds because I've just been buying quackmakers
ewww ;-;
Probably the best budget SMG
Better than the MP5 😦
If Im going to buy an SMG I'm buying an MP7
Vector/P90
MP7 is dope but it's too expensive for what it is
For what it is? It's a gun that comes ready to use out of the market.
The ammo is just too rare
Throw a sight on and you're gucci.
I see people kitting out their PP19s... after all is said and done, it costs roughly the same I'd imagine.
Yeah, customs stash runs are good for it because of the sheer volume of stashes close together
i have gotten a little over a stack of ap sx from caches which is nice
why isn't the railway exfil working for me on IC? it's supposed to be always available per the wiki
do you have railway or emercom?
double tap o
is it one or the other?
railway doesnt need power iirc so it should be always open if you have it
unless you dont have it or are at the wrong one
or bugged idk
ah yeah lol
@compact token you either start left or right on the map. deppending on which side you spwan you have the other extract
^
the only extracts that change on interchange as pmc is emercom/railway i think
other 2 (3?) are saferoom and power station
idk where saferoom is and am not too familiar with it so idk bout that one]
yeah you always have no backpack and saferoom
you need a keycard, don't worry about it
saferoom is always a option but only with power and a keycard.
ah
powerstation is the car extract
using hole in fence for a cache run just seems counterproductive
yeah
sometimes
hole in fence is for killa farmers
90% of the time i just go railway
but thats just on my scav
i rarely do ic runs as pmc
IC best map for pmc ❤️
yeah, cant even run ic rn if i wanted to, suspended from raiding as pmc temporarily atm
so can only do scavs for the next 24 (20 now) hours or so
why?
how?^^
i need to wait for my stash to finish upgrading so i can put raid bp and other stuff i got from raids into my stash
lul
no tetris action possible?
noo, i just have rigs/bp's in my stash with random shit just stuffed inside them
and 2 med cases, 2 ammo boxes and a scav box
unlocked the fleamarked?#
yeah i just got lvl 20 this morning
so just sell some usless stuff
idk what to sell cause i think i need to use all i ahve rn
hmm
i have like an aacp or whatever its called, worth like 400k or smoething but i kinda what to keep it
peek at my stash
Anyone wanna help some low levels
anyone have any clue how long shroud's ben playing tarkov?
not in game rn so thats all i have
1 level 6 and 2 9's
don't compare yourself to shroud lol, that'll just make you feel bad
i will get there
barter iss much less
IMO sell the aacp. you get better armors for the money you get for it. unless you like to run with armored rigs. then keep it
i believe in myself mike ratowski
go for it
got shot 10m from extract because I stopped to check my health
what info was I expecting to find there
your death screen ^^
so i did the quest and it says i should have the jeager guy unlocked but he isnt
did you press complete?
Idk why people have huge rigs for any other reason than a secondary backpack. I always die or make it out before I use my 3rd mag, if I brought one.
i just have it so my stash can store more items
l o o t
and like 8 grenades lol
cause i think rigs take up less space than they offer inside
i have a belt rig full to the brim with grenades and zaryas
yeah, didnt know that was even it thing lol
ill have to look into it when i get on
hope its not too expensive
to bring into raid lol
i'm not using rigs for storage
lol
tbh for 8000 roubles there's no reason not to be using grenades
they're so good
8000 for a single fucking grenade?
that's cheap
its not that bad
i used to think f1s were like 30k or some shit lul
idk if they were
Thats fucking stupid.
ive only got naded once in factory and i later teamed with him like 2 minutes after that in the same raid lul
I guess crutches for meta-zombies must be expensive.
m67's are expensive because of a craft, maybe thinking of that
ah maybe
just bring 4, it's 32k for a ton of utility
100% chance I will die before I remember to use them.
i always forget to bring grenades
So 32k wasted.
even when i have like 30 sitting in my stash lul
Plus I usually run shoreline and avoid resort.
sooo after wipe we all run around with knives?
anybody want to help me figure this game out lol. i just got it today. and have no idea what im doing. im not that good on keyboard neither
oh yeah that brings back memories of that time i threw a grenade in village, the grenade grazed the side of the doorway and bounced back at me and then i died
you get your starter gear
like the M4s and backpacks and everything else
do good players just use their m4's like first raid into the wipe lol
don't have a screenshot
was too busy making this one happen instead
Nice
what map is that
Stock M4 is really bad, i'm sure a lot of good players just sell it straight up
That's what I do.
Anwyays.
oneshot a PMC with the scav slug shotty
oh ok
nice, ic is great
stock m4 sucks and the bullets are worse
yeah like a quarter of my ammo box is just m855 cause i keep forgetting to sell em to vendors lul
What level are you Mute?
I would use M856A1 at the very least if you're going to use any 556 weapon
ah
855 is just not very good.
I'm just starting to know customs map noob for sure but game is hard as $%^$%. IMO
yeah i heard
Haha yeah, I would use this wipe to die over and over again
my goal rn is get 6 pmc kils which shouldnt be that hard
Learn where high traffic is
LTJ anyplace that has room
I believe
cause i need for friend from the west, get that and i can start pk questline
everything's easy until a quest needs you to do it lol
If you join any of the beginner assistance rooms they should let you join
Good to know
especially with delivery quests like golden zibbo or the extortionist, i always prep way too much and then i manage to get it within 5 or less tries
golden zibbo on 1st try luckily
do wipes reset skill progress?
everything
so are skills even worth paying attention to? it seems like an MMO system designed for super long term progression dropped into a game that nukes everything annually
Yup, that's it
I mean yeah, strength and endurance are incredibly important
Strength and Endurance are super high on the chads which is why they outrun and outjump you a lot
ah ok, im at 2 atm since i rarely go above 30 kilos
that's fair
strength is hard to level without endurance, don't worry about it for now
its only been leveled cause i forgot to take my storage backpacks off me when i go into raid
and from when i got that car battery
only times i remember being yellow weight
I usually bring empty metal fuel tanks to strength train
and they come back 100% from insurance
of the std edition starting stash, what shouldn't I immediately sell?
I'd keep fuel, the SMGs, and all the wearables (backpacks armor whatever)
all the ammo is probably garbage?
if you have pst gzh keep that, but all the rifle ammo sucks
how do I evaluate ammo types without looking them up on the wiki
can't really, you just learn them over time
really wish Tarkov would use the proper 5.45 ammo types
I've picked up small piles of so many types from cache runs
Like 7N6 for PS
and as you could guess, if it has a black tip, keep
yes
got that part
do you start each wipe with your edition bonus or is that just to get you introduced
edition bonus
Pretty sure I'll be upgrading to EOD within a month
even if I want to tell myself I wont
waiting for the next sale to possibly upgrade
whats the max amount that you should repair press armor?
honestly press armor repairs really well, you'll probably get 5 or more uses
^ had this happen the other day it's bullshit. I'm prone alt-tabbed, hear a jump and it's a scav spawning in right behind me
i couldnt take bridge because game decides to take money from my docs
so im going to mill
and 2 phase into existence next to sniper rock
just go to your normal extract lmao
The game really needs some sort of no-spawn bubble around players
eh that's tarkov, whatever
theres only 1 other extract
they have bigger problems lol
which is past mill
Just bought the game any real tips you guys can give
Yup XD
play pmc, die a fuck ton but learn from every death
then as i pass sniper rock the scavs spawn on me
- Don't take it too seriously
What is the PMC is that different from scav?
we just killed 6 players and my friend naded saferoom and stayed too close and got killed through the wall
lmao rippp
and yeah i wont i bought it bc i got bored as shit from other games
THE number 1 rule to avoid getting miserable playing
you can only progress on pmc, scav is just for loot
killed a guy with a flir and got out with it heh
i died on labs today with a meta hk because i died through a wall from a vog
SCAV autogenerates loot, has it's own skills, spawns later in the rounds, has more extracts, is at a disadvantage
moonshine and a bitcoin in friend's saferoom rip
ah ok
Use SCAV as a free learning/looting run ever 20mins to reduce losses
but it's literally 0 risk max reward
u think i should start as scav to like learn the map?
Yeah
that and offline raids
probably, scav and offline with guides
put a flashlight on a pistol, load it with one mag, and slap on the cheapest tac rig and bp you can find
then run hidden caches on your map of choice to get some starting money and map knowledge
Scav is brilliant for learning maps because it drops you all over the place and there's 0 risk
what are hidden caches
Hidden caches are little hidden containers in bushes and odd corners of the map, they are a real gamble as to the contents but you can get some really good stuff
on the wiki, there are maps for every location that show all of them. they're static chest spawns that can drop some really nice loot for how easy they are to collect without having to kill anyone
ah okay sweet
and as a scav the loot i find i keep right?
if i make it out
alive
Use something like this https://mapgenie.io/tarkov/maps/
ok ty
you can even keep the stuff your scav spawned with
its not great but the guns usually sell well
That'll give you an idea of what is in certain areas
No problem, most of the community is pretty toxic but the beginners assistance is an island of calm
basically scav is a free loot run, grab like 300k and get out
Tbh I thought you guys where gonna like say useless tips but I do appreciate the help a ton
^ it's nice here
Yeah, the discord in general is an island of surprisingly friendly people
Just being honest we're late into a wipe and most people are fully geared. You're going to die a lot so focus on learning everything you can
Stay away from the subreddit
have u seen #eft-chat
I don't go there
Wdym wipe? Like rust wipes?
kinda yes
pretty much, just waaaay longer scale
^
Scary
5-7ish months apart
Newb looking for help. Been playing a bit but can never successfully find extracts. Been doing Customs map because I have a task there. but have only played as Scav or offline because I feel like until I figure out extracts on those I shouldn't even try as PMC online. Looking for some help on learning that is a little more successful. Thanks.
well yeah it's not public knowledge
It really does depend on whether they need to reroll some things
Any unity updates result in a wipe
^ this was fucking hilarious
are you NA
The problem with letting people know about the wipes is that people stop playing in wait of it, or play recklessly and get disappointed if the goalpost moves
I don't know what NA is...I''m a super newb. Havn't played fps's since the first half-life...lol
North America
North America
the sound in this game is so bad holy shit i hear walking when im in synchronizing for players
hehe, yes I am.
even right now you can feel it. I've had more empty servers in the last 3 days then the rest of the wipe
@somber quail i can help you tommorow
dont wanna interrupt a conversation but how do i make my pmc stop moaning for like hours after he gets a fresh wound