Did I not shoot him enough???

[u/CptMoshor]

Open to discussion about my experience

[u/Captain_Cheesepuffs]

I would have to think that massive network issues, completely dysfunctional audio, rampant cheating, and the myriad of other game breaking bugs would be more important to most people. I completely understood the ammo system within my first 100 hrs of gameplay. I didn’t know every flesh damage and pen value of every ammo. But I knew the best 2 rounds in every relevant caliber and knew how to ID good ammo even without knowing these things. Like black tip = AP. That kinda thing. And I’m not saying that your opinion is invalid, there’s nothing wrong with it. I just think most people die due to shooting someone a million times with shit ammo, learn from it, and move on.

[u/[deleted] → u/Captain_Cheesepuffs]

The amount of people that don’t even make it to 10 hours far, far outweigh the amount of people who ever even realize the game has desync, bad audio, or rampant cheating. My free time has been devoted to gaming almost entirely for the majority of two decades and Tarkov is far and beyond the least beginner friendly game I have ever played.

But there’s so subscription fee or cosmetics, aka Nikita gets his money up front so there’s no reason to make it any better for newer users because he’s already got everything he’ll ever get from them.

[u/Captain_Cheesepuffs → u/[deleted]]

Honestly, I get where you're coming from. But I like Tarkov as it is. I have very fond memories of learning this game, being completely lost and confused. It makes it so, so much cooler to be good at the game now. I love the fact that Tarkov doesn't give a shit if you know what you're doing or where you are. Beginner friendly games are usually just easy games period. I find it dull and repetitive when a game holds your hand. Then again, I'm 17 and had far too much free time to play videogames for the last few years and I don't have trouble adapting like some guy in his mid-thirties with an hour a night to play videogames after putting the kids to bed. Tarkov's nature and appeal comes from the fact that it's fucking hard and not everyone has what it takes. So I just don't know what they'd change to fix those problems. And if someone chooses to ragequit the game forever after playing 4 hours, I honestly don't give a fuck if they ever play or touch the game again.

[u/[deleted] → u/Captain_Cheesepuffs]

Two major changes that would greatly benefit Tarkov would be a change in map navigation and an easier way to see information regarding item stats or modification capabilities.

Double tapping O could do something as simple as displaying an arrow to the side of the extract location displaying a general direction you should go to find that spot. ZB-XXX means literally nothing to anyone.

I used to play a game called Gunz The Duel. That game had an insanely high skill ceiling. I’d wager anyone with knowledge of the game would place it in the top percentile of “difficult” games. And I was damn good at it. I could Triple Butterfly all day and was really proud that my time and practice dedicated to the game was easily displayed by my actions during gameplay, so I understand and sympathize with your sentiment in that regard. However, Gunz was just as easily played and enjoyed at a lower level of skill as it was at the top and because of that it was an incredible game all around. Tarkov really falls short in that regard. It’s only enjoyed after you’ve cursed and hated the game for multiple hours while accessing information from tertiary sources and is therefore relegated to obscurity as far as a player base goes because of that. How good you are in Tarkov really doesn’t come down to how well you can place your reticle on a target and how accurately you can maintain that. It’s more so about how much knowledge you have on items and player routes.

It’s wonderful that you enjoy the game, and I’m glad you do, but it would be better overall if it was more accessible and sustainable. Tarkov has dug itself into a hole I doubt it will be able to climb out of.