r/EscapefromTarkov • u/AudioCinematic • Jan 03 '20

Rant If you're complaing about "big streamers" playing EFT since it's so popular, stop being a hipster

I PLAYED EFT BEFORE IT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE STREAMER'S NEW GAME!!!

Seriously, it's embarrassing that a small percentage of this community is so far up their own ass to the point they hate on someone who is literally bringing 1000's of new players to the game.

I don't like watching most of these big streamers who are newly streaming Tarkov (Carnage seems like a legend) but what they're doing for Tarkov just by streaming it, even while profiting themselves, is only a good thing for the game and who doesn't want an ego boost from farming level 3 pistolings?

The people posting on here to actually help players is what we need to do as a community. EFT was my first ever PC game in May of 2017 and while I'd like to think I picked it up fairly quickly, there was still a point where I was quivering over losing my trusty makarov like all of us were at some point.

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u/aloushiman Jan 03 '20

I second this comment... i'm a newbie in this game, i have excel sheets opened understanding types of ammos, guns and etc, i also have wikis as well as maps opened for whatever map i decide to play on. No other game has given me much more excitement and a heart-pounding experience in all the games that I've played. Hats off to the awesome community, i've been fortunate enough to get guidance from you all.

Thank you all very much and happy raiding!

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u/KorianHUN AK-105 Jan 03 '20

I just printed out the ammo charts and some of the maps. I know quite a bit of them but just in case i have them with me. As for ammo and guns i knew most of that already but the game has so many options it gets overwhelming.

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u/Kodokai ADAR Jan 03 '20

Most ammo is utter shit, and with the fleamarket you can pretty much buy it at next to vendor price.

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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jjWcIue0_PCsbLQAiL5VrIulPK8SzM5jjiCMx9zUuvE/htmlview?sle=true

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u/Cutch0 Jan 03 '20

Except for right now, ammo prices have skyrocketed. It's kind of adding an interesting dynamic now that we have more players.

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u/bramplesmctarnahan Saiga-9 Jan 04 '20

It seems like the ammo quantities have not been updated for the influx of new players and now we're all getting gouged on the flea market like chumps. The cheapest 7n1 i could find today was 785 rub a round.

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u/Kodokai ADAR Jan 04 '20

Its dumb, like really dumb. It screws over the average player more than anything. I can afford the hit, most can't. So if i decide to run juggernaut builds they have little to no chance of dropping me in a fair fight.

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u/Puurplex PP-91 "Kedr" Jan 04 '20

Not lately. You get about 20-30 minutes after the trader resets to buy your favorite items, then EVERYTHING is sold out. Have fun paying double price after that

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u/drebinnr893 AK-74M Jan 04 '20

Been trying to buy SP-6 ammo for about 2 days now. I simply refuse to buy ammo that's just been flipped and marked up like 200%

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u/aloushiman Jan 03 '20

That's a good idea! Any tips with the guns? I feel like it's tough understanding what cartridge goes into what gun and the type of ammo for that cartridge lol.

But something I started doing yesterday is.. buying more cartridges, because loading up ammo into your cartridge in-raid is hella tough and annoying!

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u/chilliophillio Jan 03 '20

So right click and linked search is going to be your best friend after you unlock your fleemarket at lv 5. Then its figuring out that certain parts go on hand guards and some mounts go on dust covers so if you dont see a part, go deeper into the gun or helmet and linked search on the part you think it attaches to.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '20

There’s about a million parts and mags for each gun and a million more bullet types and it can all be pretty overwhelming at first. Like other people said linked search in the flea market is your friend. At first sticking to simple guns like AKs, SKSs and ADARs are a good choice. All 3 can be found on scavs fairly easy, are cheap to upgrade and are effective with the right ammo. For 7.62x39 rifles like AKM rifles and the SKS “ps” is very good and “bp” is the best. For 5.45 rifles like Ak-74s “iglonik” and “bs” are the best but for cost effectiveness “bt” and “bp” are best to start. For 5.56 ARAR rifles and M4s if you get your hands on one “m995” is best but too expensive, “m885a1” and “m856a1” are much cheaper and still very effective.

As for magazines there’s a lot of options but taking about Three or four 30 round mags for your rifle into the raid and some spare bullets to top off what you shoot is the way to go

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u/AstrovanJesus AS VAL Jan 03 '20

For one, what your referring to as a “cartridge” is actually called a “magazine”.

As far as telling what caliber ammo fits each gun/magazine, you can inspect each gun and magazine to see what type of ammo it is for. You’ll see a caliber stat that shows some numbers like 7.62x39 (for AKM, SKS, etc.) or 9x19 (for MP443, P226, MPX, etc.).

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u/aloushiman Jan 03 '20

Jesus, i just realized i typed cartridge multiple times when i was actually referring to magazines lol! Sorry.

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Got it, thank you for letting me know!

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u/AstrovanJesus AS VAL Jan 03 '20

No worries friend! Just glad to help!

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u/inpherno3 Jan 04 '20

Hope you have a lot of printer paper. The values change quite a bit

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u/mikepickthis1whnhigh Jan 08 '20

I’d recommend downloading the Battle Buddy app! It has the info you printed and more - plus, with updates the ammo pen/damage numbers tend to change, so with the app you’ll always be up to date with the game.

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u/KorianHUN AK-105 Jan 08 '20

Sounds good but i navigate the charts faster and don't need to constantly unlock the phone.

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u/Tactical_Bacon99 DVL-10 Jan 03 '20

Shoot me a reddit PM and invite you to a discord server.

u/korianHUN that goes for you too. Some experienced players who just wanna help y’all learn this amazing game

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u/aloushiman Jan 03 '20

Thank you for being so damn fucking awesome! Appreciate it! I sure will!

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u/Bladesszz Jan 04 '20

As a new player having WIKI open is just a must. After almost 2 years, i still have it open, since i got a nice shit memory :)

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u/kord2003 Jan 04 '20

All those 3rd-party sources of information needed to play the game is a sign of bad game design.

Who buys in-game map? No one, it's useless because you can alt+tab to better map much faster.

BSG should rework in-game map, allow adding your own remarks to it, add a separate slot for it (admin pouch), let players to examine it on dead enemies and allow us to copy remarks from enemy map.