Escape from Tarkov

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Is it some sort of new thing? I can only remember getting rep with traders when doing quests. Did they change something?

ah sorry you are right, you need to do some tasks (unlock jaeger etc) and you need to spend money or sell to the traders (which increases rep as well) to meet the money requirements, but in all honesty that is never an issue as its easy to buy items on the market for what the trader actually sells too etc. Example: condensed milk for therapist/jaeger, rigs for ragman etc.

in saying that, i'll correct myself that you will need to do tasks, but if your not worried about kappa you can just do them passively.

also disclaimer, i have EOD edition so my rep is bumped already, hence the lack of concern of rep.

yup that is one part of the learning curve,

here is a current update of the ammo https://eft.monster/. remove the filters, then select the gun/caliber and then click ammo table. It provides what you should be using when on budget or when you want to win. (using budget ammo against players may get you killed if they are rocking high level armour, if you see a chad aim for head or do leg meta or frag'nrun)

Also it will tell you all ammo types and show you where they sit on the tables (penetration/damage) if you want to try to the others.

Laviski wrote: »

Killa is in factory, so looks like the start of the pre wipe events....

Whats the story after a wipe in terms of starting gear? When I bought the game a few weeks ago, I had what I've later discovered are good guns - 3 x Mp5 and 3 x M4s along with a lot of ammo and bags, etc. - I assume these are all gone come wipe time?

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

Whats the story after a wipe in terms of starting gear? When I bought the game a few weeks ago, I had what I've later discovered are good guns - 3 x Mp5 and 3 x M4s along with a lot of ammo and bags, etc. - I assume these are all gone come wipe time?

nope, you get all that back again.
the loadouts you get are different depending if you pick USEC or BEAR. So if you pick USEC again you get that gear.

Same here would mind squading up, mainly do random grps on the official discord and pestilys discord but it can be rough sometimes. Name same on discord and on eft

Playtime is limited, so doubt I will be concentrating on kappa if there is another wipe when next patch hits.

tarkov on sale again, 20%
game will be wiped sometime between tuesday and thursday next week (most likely), wipe means everyone running with potato guns and just general chaos which is alot of fun.

yup, this would be a time to rid yourself of gear fear. All the events are decent with the exception of glukar on labs. Even Saniter is comical.

even like the fog, would be best if the cultists spawned in on daytime as well.
its gonna be a thermal weekend for me :P

I'm on holidays next week, so no PC for me unfortunately.

Currently sitting on lowly level 9 ( I dont get a huge amount of playtime) , but I feel like the game is clicking with me.
I took a break from customs and concentrated on stash runs in shoreline - have to to say I like this map a good bit as its cool to be out in the woods on your own. The scav raiders are quite a threat, but have some great gear, got a lovely p90 and mp7 from them.
managed to upgrade a few hideout items as well, like the workbench - this certainly makes things a lot easier in terms of seeing what attachments are available for each gun, very impressed with the level of detail on it.
Also got my first PMC kill, a level 29!

really looking forward to starting on the same footing as everyone else. I know its possible to play as a squad, but I find its very enjoyable solo as well.

cherryghost wrote: »

Solo I play slower, squad I tend to run around abit more. I get the same results generally speaking.

Tend to agree with this although would say less less successful with random grps but that's not to say any less fun

shootermacg wrote: »

There's should be an option to just buy a whole loadout. I'm sick of gear management all the bloody time.

Once you have flea market and shooting range unlocked you can create a preset loadout where you assemble a gun and allows you to buy from flea/trader.
That's been there a year at least.

madcabbage wrote: »

I think he means like a Call Of Duty styled full loadout with clothing, equipment, meds etc. I'm surpised they haven't done it already.

I believe that full on loadout presets are coming soon - not sure if theyre with this patch or not

Gave the last wipe a miss, looking forward to playing again

How are the servers? I presume they are being hammered at the moment

kingtiger wrote: »

Gave the last wipe a miss, looking forward to playing again

How are the servers? I presume they are being hammered at the moment

went on last night, and again this morning getting games after 3/4 mins wait. But i don't have main servers selected like uk germany france etc. Picked more obscure ones.

Also new surprise this wipe..... flee market not open till lvl 20 :pac:

Really enjoying it myself lately, every run is a learning experience. I only play an hour in the evenings, but I've managed to get to Level 8, have jaeger unlocked (even though I had to run like a coward from the guy who was camping his little hunting shack) , and have done a few of prapor and therapists quests.

have 800K in the bank and saving for the scav junkbox as my next purchase, as the amount of stuff I'm hoarding for hideout upgrades is getting unmanageable.

have security, generator, rest space, lavatory, workbench and med station up and running.

I'm actually quite surprised at how good this is as a single player game. I can accept that my playstyle is something that splinter from TMNT would be proud of, but hey, I'm having fun! I also like how finding keys on other maps expand your options elsewhere (found a customs military checkpoint key on shoreline). I've been sticking to shoreline and customs for the most part and have a good handle on them now. Next up for scouting is Woods I reckon as Prapor wants me to start tracking some convoy thats gone missing....

The thread seems pretty dead, not sure if it was boards in general that killed it, but like a good rat, I have endured.

currently sitting on 4M roubles, level 23, have most of my hideout at level 2 with a few at tlevel 3.

still avoiding pvp for the most part, but now that I've started crafting better ammo in the hideout, I'm going to start actively trying to follow the path of the chad.

have played enough of Interchange and Woods that I'm now at a reasonably competent level of familiarity with both. Reserve has proven tougher, need to invest in a few keys to progress questlines for Therapist, ragman and peacekeeper, so thats next on the agenda.

thread been dead can be a number of factors....

• boards went through migrations, imo a poor one at that (the timing,delays and what implemented was rubbish), which turned people off and/or frequent the site less.
• tarkov is a combat sim, not ever going to be mainstream such as COD apex BF etc... so numbers won't be great and likely where those play in ireland may not use boards.
• those that played a lot of it probably taking a break, on every wipe meaning doing the same tasks all over again so will grind people out. But a break is a good thing imo and those taking one are likely waiting for lighthouse map and/or streets to come out.

with regards to wipe before xmas, i don't think so as i would believe it to be February. Here is my reasoning:

• from the last 4 wipes, the average length is 203 days. Since last wipe was 30th June, 203 days is 19th January.
• last wipe was shorter (188 days) than the previous 3 due to the economy been screwed over due to bitcoin, this wipe both hideout and bitcoin is nerfed.
• they need to push out Unity 2019 migration and DLSS support before year end. If that gets delayed so too does 12.12
• changes made to current wipe cycle, flea was not available till level 20 ( i know its reduced now) this was to prolong the early phase of the game. It was then reduced to help new players late to the wipe.
• Solar power nerf: I was lucky enough to get max hideout by end of august but 75k euros for solar power is a steep price. but will make my money back so dec and january is all gravy through the bitcoin. However those that build it in late september onwards i can't see how they will get a return if there is a wipe in december. (those thinking of building solar power now - don't its too late, if not done in the first 10 weeks of wipe then don't)
• kappa container, another reason as to why this will be a long wipe they pushed it out to lvl 71 but then dropped it to 61. Its a long grind to get to that level but daily tasks that were just introduced along with the reduced level requirement now makes it again more achievable. (also they did add new high level regular tasks)

i hope they push out lighthouse early before xmas and not wait for 12.12 but we will see. Then again Nikita may just pull the trigger and go for a wipe a xmas, if it does great cause early game is the best fun. Just hope they implement more ideas to prolong that early game phase. Also looking forward to inertia, voip not so much but will try it.

map expansions to customs, woods and factory have been great. But back in your day shoreline was half the size and reserve too when they first came out. If i heard correctly was only 3 or 4 maps at first, so it has come along way but as you said their vision for their end state game has hit a reality check.

got EOD and with 1800+ hours even if it were to finish now it was worth. Although in saying that it would easily be 400 hours sorting inventory and getting kit ready lolz

Annual sale is on,thinking of upgrading my package.

Just noticed I don't seem to be able to get the discount on an upgrade,stingy b*****ds.

The difference between standard and left behind in the sale is €15,if I try upgrade its €32 with the fees but still €23 without the fees....confused:(

Edit: Quick Google and yeah the upgrades are separate items and are not on sale. It would now be cheaper overall for me just to buy the left behind edition on sale rather than upgrading. Have to say,that's a joke,feels like a scam

If I recall I bought during the discount and when upgraded only paid the difference including gettin 25% off.

The only grip I have is that the price shown is before taxes are added in. But as said it was worth it, best fps mil sim/post apocalyptic game.

Next patch is gonna be rocking with inertia, new map... There's voip too but have reservations and glad can be turned off if the need requires.

new trailer has dropped.

looks like it'll be this sunday alright, all bosses are currently on interchange, and they've altered the effects of some stims.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYYlvMn3khE

This was my first proper wipe, and the last few days have taught me that I'm more of a fan of the rat life myself. over the space of an evening, I managed to lose a metric ton of roubles and good gear by charging in looking for PVP or hunting bosses.

I sincerely hope that the new inertia system makes tactical holding of angles a viable option. I just can gel with the whole hard push / prefire to abuse the desync type of play.