beginners-assistance

[stone surge]

yes but even farming raiders, it'll take atleast killing 20 raiders to even find 4 bastions

that's not worth it for that shit reward

[shadow rapids]

ya

idk if i can find them all will turn in

just have no idea about the back packs

[stone surge]

you can find it in stashes pretty sure (super rare)

[shadow rapids]

rip\

[stone surge]

and i've had them in scav cases

but that quest is impossible really

[shadow rapids]

ya whelp

ow whell

[shell kindle]

the hardest part is finding the bastion tbh

rogues have day pack pretty often

[shadow rapids]

roguse ok

[shell kindle]

not that you should bother

[karmic axle]

no

[shell kindle]

its defintely not worth your time

[karmic axle]

ive looted tons of rogues they dont have that bag

ive found bastions more in caches tho

[shell kindle]

oh is it this thing
https://escapefromtarkov.fandom.com/wiki/3V_Gear_Paratus_3-Day_Operator's_Tactical_backpack

[stone surge]

yes that one

[karmic axle]

yeah

LOL

never gonna find that shit

bro

[shell kindle]

lol ive never seen that kk ima dummy

yup

[karmic axle]

i know u were talking

about the other

[shell kindle]

just replace or just leave it

[karmic axle]

purple bag

[stone surge]

i've found that backpack once during all my time playing this wipe and that was from a scav case

[shadow rapids]

500k to replace

ow whell

[stone surge]

that backpack is rarer than a green keycard 👍

[karmic axle]

if u got the money

might as well

[shadow rapids]

i hate this game

[hazy veldt]

lmao

[shadow rapids]

oop put my monny in that one

[hazy veldt]

I rerolled 4 times this week.

each was worse than last

😂

[shadow rapids]

ya lmao

[stone surge]

i dont even know why you need so many of them

it's already fked up to find 1 of them

[hazy veldt]

I've seen two fir paratus so far.

both from scav case 😂

[stone surge]

but im mostly surprised there's people willing to put in the time and effort to complete these kind of tasks, even if you can manage to complete them after like 20 raids of grinding

[shadow rapids]

this one seems more like maby not impossible

[stone surge]

for what? a tier5 armor and 40k exp?

[karmic axle]

this is way easier

ngl

[stone surge]

fuck that shit

[shadow rapids]

ya

[shell kindle]

if you reroll does it stay at the same kind of task?

[hazy veldt]

not always

[shadow rapids]

not even that good lmao

[karmic axle]

My weekly is to kill scavs from 35 metres or longeeere on shoreline

im too lazy

xd

[shadow rapids]

just go shoreline then kill the scavs at the water plant below the resorty

[dull tapir]

It's the exp

My friend started this wipe and he already has kappa, the exp from dailies really build up quick

[karmic axle]

im lazy bro

[stone surge]

yea but you get these once you have max traders. Who cares about lvl 52 going to 53?

[karmic axle]

literally

[stone surge]

nothing changes but a number

[karmic axle]

too lazy to do that 50 times

[shadow rapids]

it builds up?

wow

ok

big pusher to get it done now

[rigid light]

well that'll take some time

[spiral flicker]

Do some profit crafts in other things in hideout

[karmic axle]

My dailys be killing sanitar and shit

with a Assault carbine or bolt action

meanwhile im struggling to kill him with my Aks

[spiral flicker]

I got weekly kill 5 times killa

[wanton patio]

I tried customs, got lost and then shot in the face.

a series of unfortunate events

[spiral flicker]

Do u have second monitor?

[rain wing]

you're kidding me

thanks scavs

[spiral flicker]

Noice

[rain wing]

and i just finished healthcare privacy a few days ago

or private clinic

[hazy veldt]

[spiral flicker]

Xd

[wanton patio]

@spiral flicker was using my phone then it died

[spiral flicker]

Rip

[indigo kayak]

when is this game wiping?

[viral prawn]

When 87 more unique people ask exactly this way

[versed valley]

[indigo kayak]

do we not know exactly?

[viral prawn]

they never really tell us until a few days out, or even hours, they keep it shrouded in mystery and keep everyone wondering until the last minute

BSG loves feeding the rumor mill, and does NOTHING to quash rumors about wipe ever

[spiral flicker]

I'd rather know it like a week before because how can I spend 60 mil In 1 day

[indigo kayak]

buy ledx's

[spiral flicker]

Why

Why fuckin ledx bruh

I am talking about wipe day

Flex probably or idk xd

I won one in giveaway from z33d

[rain wing]

nikita loves doing a little trolling

[spiral flicker]

Gib LH expansion

[shell kindle]

woods main

[kindred grotto]

woods

[spiral flicker]

Cheats or woods main

[kindred grotto]

Ive seen a guy get 2 violets on woods lol in 1 raid

[spiral flicker]

I found 1 in 200 raids

Bruh I need some keycards

[rain wing]

bro what

[spiral flicker]

On labs

[spiral flicker]

This key is trash

[rain wing]

I have it

oh is it?

[spiral flicker]

Not true

[rain wing]

so wtf do I do with it

I got it

[spiral flicker]

It's not worst

[rain wing]

like 20k to thera?

[spiral flicker]

Police car key

[rain wing]

17k

💀

[spiral flicker]

There is just nothing behind

No

There is spawn of intelligence folder and ak spawn but I used that key 20 times, maybe eve more and I got 1 ak

[rain wing]

man lighthouse scavving is free money

[shell kindle]

mhmhm

[spiral flicker]

I am night farming rogues

[rain wing]

why didn't i do this earlier

[spiral flicker]

Not true

When u spawn in chalet area, then go to red house in village and then go to that key

I don't have the key

It's not that bad

Well idc, I don't have the key.

Yes

Yes

Bro

I am fuckin LH main

Labs enjoyer

I don't have the key

I said

Yea

Where I said its "good"

I said its not bad

Never mind

Let's just move on

[glad tinsel]

any oce ?

[misty ginkgo]

Drama in beginners chats is fun ngl.

Anyways, what’s your favorite best for the money build?

[glad tinsel]

who what?

[prime comet]

Rfb valday 1/6

Cheap to run with good ammo

[misty ginkgo]

RFB is hot.

Mine is probably some cheap 7.62 Ak with a sight and a grip.

[prime comet]

I am gonna test the mcx

Probably in labs

See if it’s any good

[hazy veldt]

it's a better m4.

[prime comet]

Just better ammo

And higher fire rate

[hazy veldt]

same firerate

[misty ginkgo]

I don’t like it tbh

Something weird about it

[prime comet]

Oh I was thinking than the mutant

My bad

It’s an odd gun, but it seems good

[misty ginkgo]

True

Update me when you’re out

[prime comet]

Well I’ve got work first

Start an in hour finish in 9

[spiral flicker]

RSASS hottest

[spiral flicker]

Hello

[misty ginkgo]

Not very budget tho

Or Bang for the Buck

[spiral flicker]

Yea, that's true

[misty ginkgo]

RSASS is better M1A

[spiral flicker]

I play m1a only like this

Slappin

[misty ginkgo]

Where is the grip

[spiral flicker]

U can't attach grip on this

[misty ginkgo]

Use a better M1A then

[spiral flicker]

U can only with the SASS

Nah

M1a is only gun I refuse to play with meta things

[misty ginkgo]

Why lol

[spiral flicker]

Expensive af

[misty ginkgo]

M61 in M1A

Best gun ever

[spiral flicker]

M61 rsass is best

[misty ginkgo]

You remember before they added “Anti Macro” for single fire weapons

Thing would shoot faster than a Vector, with M61

When you heard that in Labs you always ran for extract

[quiet rain]

If you want to use it you're going to need money

If it is badly modded its going to be ass

[spiral flicker]

I do but in that time I was playing fuckin kedr and I was lvl 20

Oh my that's hot

[misty ginkgo]

23 ERGO in a single fire weapon?

With a big scope

[quiet rain]

silencer in rsass

is ass

loud rsass >>

egg launcher sound

[quiet rain]

not like you could trade rsass m1a for 18 wilstons

[hazy veldt]

sass m1a is 90k? what white said

[spiral flicker]

🤷‍♂️

I just like RSASS way more then m1a

[hazy veldt]

I mean, rsass has much better hidden stat.

but sr-25 has a little bit less better hidden stat and is considerably cheaper.

mechanically, only reason to run m1a over sr-25, is the 50 round drum

[prime comet]

If you need 50 rounds to kill a guy

Of m80+

Just retire

[brittle canyon]

if you need more than 1 bullet to kill a guy just aim better

[fervent turret]

half a bullet or nothin

[silver jewel]

you guys use bullets?

[celest elm]

you guys get to actually shoot your gun in the raid?

[silver jewel]

ikr, imaginenot antique axe metaing

[brittle canyon]

bayonet all you need

good soviet steel

[celest elm]

i was more in the mind that i get shot from an off angle at the last second as i see them but yeah that too

[spiral flicker]

Rat

[spiral flicker]

Fists or nothing

[misty ginkgo]

Always shoot your gun in the start of the raid.

Just so you can't say "I didn't even shoot my gun 😦 "

[spiral flicker]

[marsh harbor]

5Head

[celest elm]

yo fr though

[viscid kraken]

rfb is sleeper op, it's cruising me through quests rn

[marsh harbor]

hope I don't die to RNG today

[spiral flicker]

Do u know the feeling when your teammates are killing each other?

[marsh harbor]

RFB is not a sleeper

its used for what it's worth

[spiral flicker]

Rfb good

[marsh harbor]

a cheap gun just os you have a gun

its not SR25, but not trash either

[brittle canyon]

I mean shit it's a shitstick but it's a shitstick that kills

and if it kills that's pretty good

[spiral flicker]

It shoots op round so yea

[celest elm]

i mean yeah its kinda mid but id rather run m80 than shittier 5.45 or 556 ammo

[marsh harbor]

isnt RFB IRL multicalibre as well

is crafting AP .45 worth?

[brittle canyon]

just get pk 3

[viscid kraken]

i mean compared to sks/glock or whatever the fuck you run from 1~15, rfb is a very welcome upgrade.. it's also the cheapest 762 caliber

[spiral flicker]

No? I don't think so

[marsh harbor]

before I do

[bold kernel]

where do you find the lab access cards at? ik they are hard to come by but didnt know any like places specifically to find them

[viscid kraken]

question is, do you actually hand in gpus for farming pt 4 mechanic?

[brittle canyon]

bosses

[bold kernel]

that the most common way to find them ?

[brittle canyon]

yea

[bold kernel]

ok thank you

[marsh harbor]

you can find them at random as well

like jackets

[bold kernel]

i think i found one before but sold it

since i was like level 7 lol

[marsh harbor]

I think cabinets as well

[brittle canyon]

not cabinets

not sure about jackets

[marsh harbor]

jackets 100%

[brittle canyon]

very rarely bags and pockets of scavs

[marsh harbor]

as I've found them there

nto sure about cabinets

[viscid kraken]

my friend found like 20 labs access just by playing scav over 2 weeks

[bold kernel]

jeez

[marsh harbor]

yea, I found all mine on scav runs

just looting random shit

[bold kernel]

the one i found was playing as scav

i was happy i found my first in raid graphics card earlier

[viscid kraken]

you'll start seeing them often once your scav karma is +2

[bold kernel]

yeah

[marsh harbor]

I fucking hate interchange as PMC

just dying at random

[bold kernel]

also found that m4a1 i got off a dead pmc on scav run lmao

its really good same with the armor

found it all on reserve scav run

[brittle canyon]

looks like a raider m4

[bold kernel]

ah must have been

either way im happy its super good

least for me

[brittle canyon]

it's ok

what really matters is the ammo

[marsh harbor]

I mean, for 1 taps, yea

but gun helps a lot too

[brittle canyon]

in general

[marsh harbor]

yea

for TTK

or STK

[brittle canyon]

wouldn't you want to kill the bad guy before he kills you

[marsh harbor]

for lethality, ammo matters

for helping you get kills easier, guns matter

they help you

[brittle canyon]

yeah no shit

[bold kernel]

im using the rounds from level 2 peacekeeper

rn

[brittle canyon]

hope you mean 56a1

and not the rrlp or whatever the garbage is

[bold kernel]

the m855s

[marsh harbor]

a1 aren't ll2

[brittle canyon]

855 is hot garbage

[marsh harbor]

oof

dont waste your money on 855

[brittle canyon]

56a1 is pk2 after cult pt1 or 2

[bold kernel]

yeah ik but its all i got

[marsh harbor]

oh after cult

[brittle canyon]

just shelve the gun until you get 56a1

[bold kernel]

its not bad tho

[brittle canyon]

it is bad

[marsh harbor]

855 is bad

[brittle canyon]

just faster firing 545 ps

[marsh harbor]

I mean just click head and use 9mm

🙂

all ammo is good then

[bold kernel]

true 🤣

idk i mowed a kid earlier with it

and the m855 goes through tier 3 armor

[marsh harbor]

the kid had no armor then

[bold kernel]

just the higher level armor i cant pen

[marsh harbor]

or had shit armor

[bold kernel]

he had tier 3

i think

[marsh harbor]

"just"

[brittle canyon]

level 4s are extremely common though

[bold kernel]

yeah but im lower level i rarely see guys with it

[marsh harbor]

90% of your encounters will be tier4+ armor

[viscid kraken]

technically if you shoot enough bullets at anyone at some point they'll die

[bold kernel]

and if i do their gear would rip me anyway

[marsh harbor]

your levels make nmo difference

[bold kernel]

i dont have ragman 2 yet

[marsh harbor]

you will enocunter lvl 40+

[bold kernel]

so i only have levl 3 armor to buy

i thought levels matter matching with players

[marsh harbor]

that's why you will struggle in current state of EfT

everyone uses BPs

and Armor 4+

[bold kernel]

yeah i came into wipe late

so im kinda behind

and this my first wipe

[marsh harbor]

fuck, even I get dommed

and I can buy the better shit

well, I can, for the most part

[bold kernel]

i would be higher level to get the ragman 2 but the quests i got now have me stuck

[marsh harbor]

just farm quests

and level up

[viscid kraken]

im in the same boat as you, m80 toasts anyone, and since we're late in wipe any pmc is a loot pinata ready to be popped

[bold kernel]

yeah true

[marsh harbor]

yea

[bold kernel]

i wish it was that easy

[marsh harbor]

I mean, if you work around it, it can be

[bold kernel]

it took my 7 runs alone to get the folder from the portable cabin for praptor

[marsh harbor]

there are a few hard quests, sure

but not all are

[bold kernel]

7 runs

i wanted to die

[marsh harbor]

portable cabin?

[bold kernel]

yes

[viscid kraken]

30k nvgs+ratnik night raid, ez questing

[bold kernel]

on customs

[marsh harbor]

the container on skeleton?

[bold kernel]

yeah

[marsh harbor]

oh yea

that's just luck

[bold kernel]

i got trapped by two guys one time and they were wall banging with their ammo

[marsh harbor]

if there's a PMC there

you're as good as dead

[bold kernel]

it was awful

[marsh harbor]

just be patient on open spaces

[bold kernel]

also tried another run and on the way out the boss came out

with his gaurds

i cried

[marsh harbor]

yea, just run away from bosses

[bold kernel]

i dont even wanna try this quest

[marsh harbor]

this is me on interchange last night

[bold kernel]

i tried and he CHASED ME

[marsh harbor]

literally 1 tapped me

thru a visor

[bold kernel]

i also have died to him

but i was a scav

came through the doors from the back on OLI side and he was just sitting there

[marsh harbor]

it doesn't matter if you're a scav

[viscid kraken]

[marsh harbor]

I literally ran into him going down in interchange

I just saw him and died

no time to shoot back

[bold kernel]

@viscid kraken

[viscid kraken]

my favorite thing about killa, is that he sounds just like an aggro-ed scav, if you go investigate you're as good as dead

[bold kernel]

my stats so far lol

[marsh harbor]

you need to stop running a PACA

that's just a waste of money

use the zhuk 3 at least

[bold kernel]

it was cheaper when you die as much as me

[marsh harbor]

PACA is a level 2

its essentially like you have no armor

[bold kernel]

plus id buy the tier 3 and still get one tapped

[marsh harbor]

use the zhuk

nobody will loot it

[viscid kraken]

oh boy 20% survival... please use night raids people avoid them trust me (except 00 to 04 that's when cultists spawn)

[marsh harbor]

ofcourse you will

we've been over this

but you MIGHT absorb 1 or if lucky 2 bullets with it

[bold kernel]

i tried night raid and got swat team FBI killed by two guys lmao @viscid kraken

they kicked my door in i was looting and just dumped me

[viscid kraken]

this is me questing in darkness

[marsh harbor]

you have flea, right?

flea is 15?

[bold kernel]

which armor are you talking about

yeah

[marsh harbor]

so why are you buying zhuks and pacas?

[bold kernel]

that was before i was level 15

[marsh harbor]

at least tier 4 armor

[bold kernel]

and the paca and mosin was like me just doing quests

[marsh harbor]

paca is literally a waste of moeny

all the bullets pen it

[bold kernel]

if i died it was like not even 80k

i could make it back easy

plus im good shot with mosin

[marsh harbor]

if you're gonna use PACA

dont even use armor

and save the money

that's 25K down the drain

[hazy veldt]

Uhh...

[bold kernel]

true but the shotguns kinda get stopped sometimes

[hazy veldt]

Not really.

Paca is fine since almost always comes back.

[bold kernel]

and like 9x18s arent bad

[hazy veldt]

So does zhuk.

[bold kernel]

yeah i insured my paca and mosin

[marsh harbor]

but any PMC encounter and he gets shredded

[hazy veldt]

At 15, you can flea press tho.

[bold kernel]

had them almost always come back

[hazy veldt]

Yes, but so is c3.

[marsh harbor]

isnt zhuk traders as well?

off of ragman or something

[bold kernel]

not that ik of

[brittle canyon]

press armor is scav prot
paca is no prot

and press repairs way better, you can just have 3 in rotation and keep it running till ragman 2

[viscid kraken]

zhuk is somewhat effective, nice to repair and always comes in insurance

[hazy veldt]

Paca protects against buckshot extremely well.

200 effective durability vs anything that can't pen.

[brittle canyon]

only buckshot

and I guess makarov rounds

[hazy veldt]

I mean ps 762 scavs will go through zhuk...

[marsh harbor]

idk, I would never run a paca at this time in a wipe

[brittle canyon]

class 3 is 50/50 against 545 ps

[hazy veldt]

So like...

[marsh harbor]

with everyone having ammo that pens it

[hazy veldt]

Pmcs have ammo to go through c3 and most likely c4.

Unless they clueless.

[spiral sinew]

what's the lightest armor that i can run class 3-4

[viscid kraken]

paca any time of wipe is for scavs more than pmcs anyway

[hazy veldt]

Anything below c5 I consider scav protection this late.

[marsh harbor]

even against a loaded PMC you can win easily

just work around his gear

[hazy veldt]

But people will grab decent or even trash c4.

Unless it's inconvenient 4x4.

[marsh harbor]

I literally 1 tapped a lvl45 with 4 M4s, a hex and a visor last night

I mean my raid didn't end well in the end, but still

[rain wing]

what c5 armor can I get at ll3 traders?

[silver jewel]

pov rat rig

[rain wing]

I mean theres gzhel

[marsh harbor]

gzhel repairs like shit

[rain wing]

yeah that's what I thought

[marsh harbor]

isnt it titanium?

[silver jewel]

lasts for 1 raid so no use LOL

nah its ceramic p sure

[marsh harbor]

even worse

[bold kernel]

see for me any pmc fight i get in they are either like low level grubs like me trying to survive

[marsh harbor]

I mean its a great armor if you dont mind paying 170K for a 1 raid armor

[bold kernel]

or tarkov chads with guns that will go through concrete

[marsh harbor]

no, maybe all the ones you kill are low lvl

[bold kernel]

so i picked the paca and cut my losses against the gods

[silver jewel]

it wont stop anything except maybe buckshot lol

[bold kernel]

i killed a 27 with that m4a1

[marsh harbor]

I've been telling him not to run a PACA

[bold kernel]

idk if thats like low level to yall

[marsh harbor]

but he wants to run a PACA

[bold kernel]

i dont run the paca with the m4 tho

[marsh harbor]

you shouldnt run it EVER

[bold kernel]

but its not that bad

like for cheap runs

id rather have some protection that none

[marsh harbor]

literally all the bullets used by PMCs pen it

you have NO protection with it

[bold kernel]

so i stay away from pmcs

[marsh harbor]

that's the point

[rain wing]

yes

[silver jewel]

literally run no armor at that point tbh

[bold kernel]

excatly

[marsh harbor]

bullets penetrate thru it

[bold kernel]

asian max gets it

its not bad armor when i fight scavs

[marsh harbor]

told him this as well

[silver jewel]

nah most scavs have ammo taht can pen it tbh

[bold kernel]

ik what guns pmcs use and run like hell from those sounds lmao

[marsh harbor]

but you are not running against scavs only

[silver jewel]

also if scavs are considered "fights" then you are severely limiting yourself, especially at lvl 15

[brittle canyon]

paca only covers like, half of what scavs use

[marsh harbor]

and scavs are easily killed anyway

without even getting shot

idk, blood

your money

[bold kernel]

i mean im not limiting myself just like i said i steer away from pmc fights

[marsh harbor]

if you wanna waste it, waste it

but you can't steer away from fights

[rain wing]

don't waste money on pacas though

[marsh harbor]

you will get shot at from 100+m away

[rain wing]

common scav ammo will probably pen it

lmfao

[simple cipher]

any scopes for this?

[marsh harbor]

paca is literally good for like 1-2 weeks at the start of the wipe

then just stop using it!

[rain wing]

do you have workbench 1?

[brittle canyon]

you probably don't even have ammo for it anyway

[simple cipher]

i just started

[brittle canyon]

yeah just sell the gun

[simple cipher]

didnt do a single raid yet other than 1 offline one

[marsh harbor]

just sell if you're new

[simple cipher]

wait but what do i use?

[marsh harbor]

oh is that the one you get for free?

just leave it

[simple cipher]

yes

i started with it

[marsh harbor]

just dont use it

[pliant fog]

i mean if you're fighting scavs you can just buy a press vest for the same price as a paca basically

[marsh harbor]

buy the SKS

or the UMP

and leave the M4

[simple cipher]

sks or ump

ok

[brittle canyon]

sks, vpo 7.62, shotguns,

[marsh harbor]

forget about it for like 2 months

[brittle canyon]

nah sell the m4

[marsh harbor]

idk, I wouldn't sell, I'd just keep it

[brittle canyon]

more money for shotguns lulw

and u need the space soon

[marsh harbor]

having no containers is the scariest part of low levels

[simple cipher]

where do i buy the sks

[brittle canyon]

it's not about the gun being bad it's the ammo

and at lv1 everything your choices are limited

anything that shoots 7.62 ps hits ok

[marsh harbor]

off of mechanic

[brittle canyon]

nope prapor

[marsh harbor]

wait, UMP is mechanic, right?

I forgot

[brittle canyon]

pk 2

[marsh harbor]

fuck

[brittle canyon]

lmao

[marsh harbor]

I forgot all the early shit

[simple cipher]

i dont have these items

[marsh harbor]

just use the SKS

for like a month

[hazy veldt]

Not that barter.

[brittle canyon]

sks or any 7.62 ak

[hazy veldt]

The 7 black handle knives.

You buy the knives from fence.

[hazy veldt]

Yes, you can go to fence and buy the knives.

He has a few hundred usually.

[brittle canyon]

do note though the ump's gimmick is super low recoil
you still have garbage ass ammo for it but you spray at the head and hope they die before you do

[viscid kraken]

did any of you do the mechanic quest where you need to hand in 3 gpus?

[simple cipher]

even if i just started?

[hazy veldt]

Yes.

[rain wing]

yes

what about it

[hazy veldt]

Yes.

[viscid kraken]

i'm just confused as to why i should hand in 600k worth of items for 3k xp, and no bitcoin farm yet

[simple cipher]

Wait, the dude is asking for a A-2607 but the fence only sells the Bars A-2607 95x18 knife

[marsh harbor]

I mean, 45 is not THAT bad

[signal gyro]

.300 BCP any good? and best blackout round?

[brittle canyon]

300 ap

mcx is like western val

[simple cipher]

are these the same thing

[brittle canyon]

brown handle vs gray handle

different things

[rain wing]

45 is good?

[viscid kraken]

you can still use the other knife for mp5 barter

[rain wing]

who said it wasn't

[brittle canyon]

and also to run the ump u need to also buy mags, ammo, rig to store the mags, so that's like ~50+k to your loadout even after the price of the gun

for that you get a loadout that... is "good" with quotation marks but inconsistent

some people like it though

[rain wing]

.45?

well

.45 ap slaps

[brittle canyon]

he's level 1

[rain wing]

fmj a little less

[rain wing]

yeah

[marsh harbor]

its ... not horrible

[brittle canyon]

certainly better than 9mm lmao

[rain wing]

^^

it pens way too well for a .45 bullet 💀

[simple cipher]

is this hand held?

[marsh harbor]

no

[simple cipher]

it wont go on my gun

M4A1

[marsh harbor]

you need a mount for it

[simple cipher]

can i buy one

[marsh harbor]

I don't think so

at level 1

[simple cipher]

man

[brittle canyon]

linked search

[viscid kraken]

the only flash light you can buy lv1 is glock/m9a3

[brittle canyon]

you can buy the ring mount

[simple cipher]

will the flash light go onto it?

[brittle canyon]

linked search shows u stuff that goes on the thing / the thing that goes onto

so linked search fuckin everything

[simple cipher]

im about to go into my first online raid, this inv good?

[marsh harbor]

dont use the M4

[simple cipher]

how do i put heals in my hotbar

[brittle canyon]

sell the m4

[simple cipher]

but thats my only weapon

[marsh harbor]

buy an SKS

[brittle canyon]

sell all the esmarchs buy usd from peacekeeper and buy cat tourniquets

pocket should be cheese tourniquet bandage

painkiller and big med in alpha

[brittle canyon]

click auto fill at bottom

[simple cipher]

ok i sell the m4?

[marsh harbor]

I would just leave it

[simple cipher]

alright

[brittle canyon]

you won't be touching anything 5.56 until you get peacekeeper lv2 and complete some quests for him to get better ammo

[rain wing]

@simple cipher what server do you play on?

[brittle canyon]

and that's at least two weeks for a first timer

[simple cipher]

EU i think

[rain wing]

ah

alr then

[simple cipher]

wait @brittle canyon so you said i sell the esmarch in my pockets and buy cat tourniquets?

[brittle canyon]

yea

cat applies faster

and is about the same price

[limber cliff]

eat all the food in your inventory sell all your other stuff except meds and run scavs til you understand a lil

[brittle canyon]

leave the food

with zero hideout u regen food/water very slowly

[viscid kraken]

I really agree with playing scav to understand the game more

[simple cipher]

where do i buy cat tourniquets

[brittle canyon]

peacekeeper

[simple cipher]

how many do i buy

[brittle canyon]

he also sells dollars

[simple cipher]

i know but how many tourniquets should i buy

[limber cliff]

none

lol

[brittle canyon]

have like 6 and only bring 1 or 2 per raid

[limber cliff]

just run scavs

youll get free esmarchs

and other loot

[simple cipher]

dude i just started, i know nothing

[limber cliff]

do NOT play tarkov as a new player alone

sherpas can help you im pretty sure'

[shell kindle]

dont buy cat

buy esmarch

[brittle canyon]

they're the same price

but cat is quicker

[limber cliff]

@simple cipher what level of tarkov did you buy

[simple cipher]

standard

[limber cliff]

go scav

[simple cipher]

i cant do it solo

[limber cliff]

you can scav solo

with scaving you lose nothing

[simple cipher]

am i gonna go against people when i do scav

[limber cliff]

and gain experience

[viscid kraken]

play however you want, but your first priority is knowing extracts and learning how to navigate the map. you can do so freely as scav

[raw meteor]

I find people to be a lot more friendly while being scav as well

[limber cliff]

youre always gonna go against people

[merry swift]

Chill dude there will be 100 people with 101 advices here. If you want the guidance best contact a sherpa, but feel free to just dive in and fuck around a bit. Losing your gear is absolutely OK and to be expected. Play scav a fair bit to get a feel for the maps too and save your bank account a little.

[limber cliff]

but when youre scav scavs will be friendly to you (unless theyre player killer scavs)

[shell kindle]

dont kill anyone as scav

[raw meteor]

Offline mode is a good way to learn maps as well IMO 🤔

[shell kindle]

at this point

[brittle canyon]

you spawn in the middle of a raid with free loadout, you are friendly with other scavs but hostile against pmcs, but since u can't really tell as a newbie just avoid everyone

[raw meteor]

And the extracts

[shell kindle]

you arent gonna gain anything

[simple cipher]

ok ill go into a scav run right now

wait can i do scavs as a team

[limber cliff]

yes

[simple cipher]

is requesting a sherpa a good idea?

or do i go solo rn

[brittle canyon]

sherpa until u get the basics

and then u solo to get good

[spiral sinew]

what can i do with broken and shitty armor besides selling it to fence

[brittle canyon]

run it and die

[viscid kraken]

guys, if it goes downhill they can reset the account anyway it's no big deal

[spiral sinew]

[brittle canyon]

if it goes downhill you just scav until you're back

[spiral sinew]

my loadout sucks anyway haha but its enough for lighthouse

[merry swift]

If you dont wanna figure things out yourself a sherpa can help you a great deal

[simple cipher]

ok ill go into one scav run solo and see whats gonna happen

normal?

[merry swift]

Yes

Depending on server selection, map and time your scav takes anywhere from 3 to 10 mins to load in. More if you are trying to force dead servers

[viscid kraken]

which map did you choose?

[simple cipher]

factory

i got dc'ed

[brittle canyon]

try customs

[simple cipher]

I GOT KICKED

[brittle canyon]

all your earlygame quests are on customs so u need to learn it anyway

ping kicked

[simple cipher]

i reconected

[brittle canyon]

manually select servers in the launcher

under 100~120 ping

[simple cipher]

it keeps kicking me saying "connection quality low

[brittle canyon]

yeah

[simple cipher]

oh god

thats why

I LOADED IN AND DIED TO A PLAYER

OH YM GOD

[brittle canyon]

that's factory

[lethal cloak]

can anyone take a newbie for a frun

run

[brittle canyon]

#pvp-lfg

[viscid kraken]

such a wholesome welcome to the community

[simple cipher]

what attachmetns to i buy for my SKS

[brittle canyon]

nothing

it's a shitstick you run it as is

[simple cipher]

no sights or anyth?

[brittle canyon]

well maybe you could get rid of the stock magazine and get a 20 rounder from peacekeeper

[brittle canyon]

it has no slots for an eye anyway

[simple cipher]

ok wbu the mag and ammo?

[brittle canyon]

it's an internal mag you top-load it

ammo 7.62 ps from prap

good thing about sks over other 7.62 guns is u don't even need a chest rig, just loose ammo in pocket and a bag and you're done

[limber cliff]

who do you sell grenades to

[brittle canyon]

prap

[simple cipher]

how much do i buy?

[brittle canyon]

60 per raid

[simple cipher]

so no mag needed?

[spiral sinew]

unlucky got third partied :(

[simple cipher]

including whats in the gun?

[viscid kraken]

i never liked the sks as a new player, glock/m9a3 (they're shit) with flashlight carried me to lv15

[spiral sinew]

fuck teams

[brittle canyon]

don't overthink it

you'll die anyway

[limber cliff]

db

[simple cipher]

?

so i could take just a glock into my first raid?

[spiral flicker]

I always played 5.45

[limber cliff]

get someone to help you unlock jaeger

then just run dbs

not a joke

[simple cipher]

so i dont buy the glock?

[limber cliff]

1 tetris is 5 dbs w/ magnum or flechette

i mean you could

but load it with tracer

every other round for you rn is piss

[simple cipher]

ill play sks for now

see how that goes

[limber cliff]

only use sks if you have them

[simple cipher]

what mag goes on the sks

[limber cliff]

dont buy them

its top loaded

you dont need mags

[brittle canyon]

linked search the gun

[simple cipher]

ok ok

[brittle canyon]

and sort by mags

[limber cliff]

theyre optional yeah

[viscid kraken]

whats dbs?

[limber cliff]

but if ur poor just place ur shots correctly

@viscid kraken double barrels

[viscid kraken]

Oh

[karmic axle]

i hate 5.45

[merry swift]

Honestly just start playing with anything. You will die with an sks just the same as with a 300k gun because youre new

[solemn raptor]

^

[merry swift]

Get familiar with the maps, try out some things, run around, shoot at some scavs

[brittle canyon]

don't need 3 painkillers

don't need the rig

[simple cipher]

the tactical rig?

[brittle canyon]

yea

it's just more things to lose

[simple cipher]

o

ok

[karmic axle]

what region are u?

[simple cipher]

EU

[karmic axle]

nvm xd

have fun

[simple cipher]

wait nvm in in usa

[karmic axle]

das a scam

but ur server is EU

i assume

[brittle canyon]

I mean where do you live

there's your answer

[simple cipher]

egypt

[karmic axle]

keep splint in ur container

[solemn raptor]

@simple cipher you need to have your ammo in your pockets or your rig if you want to be able to reload using R.

[brittle canyon]

don't even bring the splint

[viscid kraken]

اوبا

[karmic axle]

Splint and Painkiller in container

move AI-2 and ammo into pcokets

[simple cipher]

alright

[karmic axle]

then set shortcuts for heals

4,5,6,7

[simple cipher]

backpack empty

ok

[karmic axle]

yea

something like this

[solemn raptor]

@simple cipher So, the CAR medkit can fix light bleeds, so you don't really need the bandage. And if you just use the painkillers if you break a leg you don't need the split. So ideally just run the CAR, painkillers and esmarch or something for heavy bleeds.

[karmic axle]

AI-2 also

[brittle canyon]

medkit for bleeds is inefficient

[karmic axle]

Personal preference

I put my medkit on 4

[brittle canyon]

and really he'd need to have the car in a rig and that's a car and a rig to lose when he dies

[karmic axle]

yeah nice

[solemn raptor]

heavy bleeds yes, light bleeds I think is fine. I always run one IFAK with like 200 hp and no bandages, I never have any problems with hp.

[karmic axle]

yeah u can enter a raid if u want

[simple cipher]

alright

[karmic axle]

learn the map

[brittle canyon]

cuz u know your shit and don't get into messy fights

he's level 1

[simple cipher]

ill go into offline, explore facctory first

wait no

[karmic axle]

dont

[simple cipher]

ill go customs

[brittle canyon]

well technically he wouldn't even survive one engagement

[karmic axle]

factory is pointless

xd

yeah go customs

[simple cipher]

ill load into online customs

[karmic axle]

ok good luck

avoid gunfire

[brittle canyon]

nah

[simple cipher]

alright

thanks

[karmic axle]

u have the map?

[simple cipher]

nop

[karmic axle]

1 sec

[brittle canyon]

offline with pve first - learn the map - scav - learn the map

then pmc online

[karmic axle]

https://mapgenie.io/tarkov/maps/customs

[karmic axle]

i went PMC online all the way ;-;

[viscid kraken]

you guys cant even send him to interchange for th easy extracts & hideout upgrades?

[brittle canyon]

he's level 1

[karmic axle]

he'll be fine

[solemn raptor]

I usually get shot up really good, a bad player often doesn't take a hit or just dies. I think a bandage is overkill in his situasion.

[karmic axle]

my first map was customs too

[viscid kraken]

and you send him to customs xd

[dull tapir]

Customs is an easy map to learn

[karmic axle]

HE'LL BE FINEEEE

easy map to learn not easy to survive

[brittle canyon]

better to lose a bandage than to lose a whole rig and a car

[simple cipher]

whats the hideout

do i do anyhting in it rn

[brittle canyon]

it's your shelter

[misty ginkgo]

Hideout is your "base".

Your stash, Shooting Range and afk crafts is there

[karmic axle]

build what u can

[brittle canyon]

gives you crafts that make money and passive bonuses and such

[karmic axle]

but i think u need stuff first

RN just loot everything u can like barter items

[brittle canyon]

upgrade everything

[karmic axle]

uhm.

[solemn raptor]

just have the CAR in your alpha, shaving off two seconds on the use time doesn't really help much I'd say, especially considering you should probably be behind cover before you use the meds either way. At least for a new player.

[karmic axle]

yeah just build everything

[simple cipher]

ok

[cobalt parcel]

anyone willing to help with bunker part 2? I keep getting lost..

[brittle canyon]

#pvp-lfg

[simple cipher]

ok well wish me luck

abt to go in

im gonna insure my gun

or do i not?

[karmic axle]

i would insure

hardly anyone loots SKS

[solemn raptor]

@simple cipher people usually don't take bad weapons, so insure it if you want it back.

[karmic axle]

we're quite late into wipe

[simple cipher]

alright

insured it

[viscid kraken]

always insure your stuff, since you'll be dying to scavs anyway and no one's gonna find your body

[brittle canyon]

and your bag

[simple cipher]

is this pm or am

[karmic axle]

broo u cant say that

[karmic axle]

they use 24 hour clocks

[brittle canyon]

it's 24hr time

[karmic axle]

so thats am

[simple cipher]

i want day time

loading in

wish me luck

[solemn raptor]

pick a time between 6-18, that's daytime.

[misty ginkgo]

It's getting dark around 23, and light around 7.

[viscid kraken]

im calling dibs on sniper scav death or mia

[solemn raptor]

you need to believe in him.

[brittle canyon]

I bet a player gets him

[viscid kraken]

i do, but no one extracts on their first raid, right?

[solemn raptor]

Maybe not you...

[remote kettle]

If you say you extracted your first raid you’re lying

[misty ginkgo]

You know he's gonna die aswell

I hope that he's gonna survive, but don't believe in it.

[simple cipher]

how do i heal my body parts

[spiral sinew]

man there's exactly 0 loot on factory rn

[spiral flicker]

You need medkits to heal. Tourniquets to bleeds. CMS to blacked out parts

[smoky moth]

A1-2 Cheese, CAR, Salewa, AFAK, IFAK, Grizzly

[viscid kraken]

cms/survival kit to restore a blacked limb, they're hard to come by but you can find them in raid

[cold fog]

Are CMS those three square long black kits that let you do surgeries?

[remote kettle]

thats surv12, but it does the same thing

[viscid kraken]

no that's the survival kit, cms is the 2 slot one

[cold fog]

Gotcha. I don't think I've found a CMS yet then

[viscid kraken]

cms is worse because it cant be used on head/thorax though

[remote kettle]

surv12 cant either

[smoky moth]

that's game logic tho

you should be dead by now if you have head and thorax blacked out

[cold fog]

Nah man, he's clearly a cyborg

Missing limbs/vital organs mean nothing

[viscid kraken]

you guys definitely didnt have good bleeds that black out thorax/head

[cold fog]

Tbqh I've seen it happen

But according to the wiki neither kit works on the head/thorax

[viscid kraken]

wiki isnt updated i think, but haven't tested myself

[spiral flicker]

Wtf are u talking about. U can't fix blacked thorax and head

[cold fog]

Ugh. Need to do that customs task for skier, but despite doing the optional objectives I've got no idea where the hell I'm going

Oh God damnit it I don't know cause I died without extracting. FML

[remote kettle]

why do you say that lol

[remote kettle]

which task?

[spiral flicker]

3 heavy bleeds from rogues

[cold fog]

the extortionist

really low level so I'm trying to do the basic ones

[remote kettle]

no injector case moment

[cold fog]

but customs keeps kicking my ass

[cold fog]

thanks. looking at the quest again, I thought the folder was telling me where the cargo is, not the cargo. turns out I'm an idiot and now I need to go get that key again

fml

[spiral flicker]

I have 2 zagustins in mine xd

[remote kettle]

same, which is why 3 heavies isnt a problem

[cold fog]

should I just sell completely broken armor, or try to get it repaired?

[spiral flicker]

I mean 3 heavy are problem

[silver jewel]

i have hit a level of poverty that is impressive

[silver jewel]

sell if you dont have an armor repair kit

[cold fog]

got it. thanks

[remote kettle]

not with zagustin

[spiral flicker]

But you are fucked up with 3 heavy bleeds

[cold fog]

how do I even get armor repair kits, actually? I see those are a thing I can use now, but I can't figure out where to get/make them to save my life

[spiral sinew]

2nd tagilla helmet im taking to factory, hope i keep it this time

[remote kettle]

flea market or fir

they have a few spawns

[cold fog]

I should know what you mean by fir

[remote kettle]

found in raid

[cold fog]

but I'm afraid its escaping me rn

AH

I am a fool

here I go boys, trying to do the extortionist again

wish me luck

[spiral sinew]

bro where's all the people on factory

no gunshots no movement

[cold fog]

right behind you

[spiral sinew]

yeah just happened cus i didnt hear shit with my helmet

got peentrated by flechette

[cold fog]

Lmao oops I was kidding

[spiral sinew]

atleast i got my kill for task

finally i can do pk tasks

[remote kettle]

you finish friend from the west?

[raw meteor]

That feeling when you complete the objectives for Search mission on Woods and get sniped while trying to extract.. balls.

[spiral sinew]

yeah

[remote kettle]

now you just need to hand over 6k

[spiral sinew]

did ye

gonna do first task from pk

[cold fog]

god fucking damn it. I knew there was a guy sniping somewhere, waited a while and thought he'd moved on. looted a guy, tried to reposition, instant head shot

fml

[eternal narwhal]

snipers prob wont reposition until theyre shot at or go to loot their kills

in my experience at least

[cold fog]

not even sure it qualifies as sniping. he was just chilling in a weird corner on factory

over by the UN roadblock, kinda, in that back corner as you enter constructiuon

either way, should have tried to loop around the mofo instead of just looting the guy I knew was in his line of sight. wtf was I thinking

[spiral sinew]

learning from mistakes is good

[cold fog]

thanks man. honestly I don't know why I didn't check he was still there before just fugging looting. need to fix my approach to pvp

[glass zealot]

Greed is the mind killer

[spiral sinew]

im so gonna die doing this task on shoreline

[marsh harbor]

Im tired of holding my sugar

that's it

[cold fog]

god damnit

I think reshala and his boys spawned in the fortress

or there were scav raiders or something. only ever seen guns that strong on PMCs. fucking wiped me out

[marsh harbor]

who killed you?

you can tell if it was him

the names are unique