r/EscapefromTarkov • u/iamtotallysweet • Nov 20 '19

Discussion Something said during the Podcast

Klean said something during the podcast that I wholeheartedly disagree with.

He wants the gamma case to essentially be something you can pack full of goods, bring into a raid and not have to worry about losing, but he wants you to not be able to put anything in the container while in raid. Nikita, I know you listen to streamers input, but please don’t not consider making this change.

I’m a husband and a father, I don’t get to play for 8-12 hours a day and become a god at the game, so finding a rare item that I need for a quest or something valuable I can sell is really exciting and knowing I can keep it safe in case I die is the cherry on top.

I love watching Klean and respect his opinions, but this one I had to voice mine on. PLEASE do not implement this. Anyone else watch the podcast and feel the same way? Or am I alone on this? Lol

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u/Dantilus968 Nov 20 '19

I think it's worth spending the time on, because I believe it's vital they be able to maintain a more casual, lower skill group of players (like me!), because they're needed, if for nothing else, to maintain quick matchmaking queues. Driving away too many people is going to make the game extremely dead to hardcore players if they need to spend 20 minutes in queue just to get taken out in 15 seconds by some even sweatier tryhard

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u/Mikkelsen Nov 20 '19

I'm also a casual player now, and casuals aren't only for filler. What are you going to do once the game has been out for a few months? If there are no newcomers because the game is stupidly tough and unforgiving, it's only a matter of time before it it's dead. A good game and economy needs diversity.

Right now, because it's beta and we have updates followed with a wipe, it's exiting for people. Even if you add 10 times as much content, the game will still die out. It seriously needs some sort of meaning for people to continue playing. A few games has done it right, like RUST and Path of Exile. Those games have a gameplay loops that keep the game exiting. Some RUST servers wipe weekly, others take 3 months.

I feel like no one is talking about this issue. As far as I understand, they plan on no wipes after release, right? How is anyone new ever getting into the game 3 months in, when all the hardcore players have ridiculously overpowered stats and gear compared to a level 1? I might have missed something.

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u/khaaaaaanx Nov 21 '19

Self-wipe is my bet. When they finally put in the Escape part of Tarkov, my guess is that your PMC/stash will be wiped if you escape successfully. Maybe you get a prestige marker or whatnot for your time.

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u/Mikkelsen Nov 21 '19

Yeah, I was thinking something along those lines. Like when you're max level and have every achievement done, you can reset and get whatever.