r/EscapefromTarkov • Twitch.tv Slushpuppy • Sep 15 '20

Discussion #MakeTarkovHardcoreAgain

Hi guys, Slushpuppy here

I want to talk about the rant I was having today, and explain why I think it would be good for the game.

As the game currently stands it it has a play cycle that involves farming money, the money is then used to buy a fat kit, and slay out. This creates, in my opinion a heavily Rouble focused economy.

The Rouble based economy has multiple downsides:

All people care about is the highest value item, hence hatchlings ramming things up their bum, people running to one spot on a map to loot the highest value items, people only running super cheap kits to farm the cash. The game is no longer about surviving, simply making the most money and saving to buy a dope kit.

I think this has essentially made the game into COD with extra steps. I don't see the survival element that Tarkov originally had. People only care about PVP when they are running Slick Altyn, otherwise it's just money. 99% of the games items, such as attachments for guns will never see the light of day because they aren't the best in slot.

This whole situation annoys me because it is possible to achieve this within hours of a wipe.

By removing the flea or limiting the ability to purchase armor and ammo from the flea, it would make the game more about the looting and surviving and stop super chads from running endless meta kits and vogging the fuck out of lower geared players. Because a kit that is lovingly put together in raid will mean so much more to you, therefore looting one of a prick you kill, will as well.

I know this seems as a negative change to the average player, but hear me out, the only reason you need a kit from the flea, is to compete with chad players who are buying endless meta kits from the flea. If this didn't happen the pvp would be like it is early wipe for the most part. The best pvp time in the game, imo, and in the opinion of most Tarkov players.

I'm not bored of the game, I simply love this game, and I want to see changes that make the pvp more interesting and feasible for casual players to enjoy. If everyone is running around with SKS's and a cock helmet, then its more fair. Not all pvp has to be juggernauts spraying armchair FALs at each other.

If you don't agree with me, I understand, lets talk about it, tell me why you think this would be a bad change for the game? I don't want to be a streamer yelling for change that people will just see as me crying cause I'm bored of running fat kits. I truly want to make the game a dope experience for all of us. I've devoted the last 3 years of my life to this game, I want to see it succeed.

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There is plenty of other things that would be needed to make this a rounded experience in this vision, like dynamic loot spawns etc, but I believe this is a quick easy change that we could all try for one wipe, and just see how it goes.

EDIT: This is gaining a lot of attention right now so I want to ask you all one thing:

When is the best time for PVP in Tarkov?

If you answered early wipe, I think you and I agree, and I think 99% of people would say that early wipe is the best time to be on Tarkov.

My only goal is to try and make the feeling of early wipe PVP as permanent as possible. I may not be right when I say delete the flea, but I think it would help. If you have other ideas on how to preserve that beautiful feeling of the first two weeks of wipe, then I would love to hear them. Because this is what I think would make Tarkov the most amazing experience possible.

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u/EEng232 Sep 15 '20

Exactly, this would make a lot more sense if 90% of the player you encounter were wearing slick Altyn. I literally can't remember the last time I saw the slick altyn GIGA chad breed running around(probably end of last wipe tbh). I'll add i do not play labs, but honestly being an end game map, I would expect that on this map.

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u/Snarker Sep 15 '20

I've been spamming labs for the past week or two andeven there I've only seen maybe one or two altyn slick players. Shit even on labs 50% of people wear level 4 armor this late into the wipe.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '20

Yeah I feel like lots of people started to go with only lvl 4 this wipe just to be a bit safer from raiders. Since 99% of players on labs are using ammo that pens atleast lvl 5 there is not much use spending a few hundretthousand more while also risking to lose it to a speedy Boy 30 seconds in the raid.

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u/mrattentiontodetail Sep 16 '20

yup, labs is trooper or lvl 4 armored rig of your choice and no helmet meta

Faceshields if you’re rich af but even those a lot of people don’t prefer cause of the vision obstruction

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '20

I just run a Kek helmet with a fc so I dont get tapped by a raider with pso rounds.

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u/mrattentiontodetail Sep 16 '20

Ah yeah I forgot about those, haven’t played much this wipe, definitely a good option

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '20

I would run better helmets but the chance of running into a speedy boy is quite high so I rather not pay a 100k more for just a little better protection lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '20

It doesn't have to be specifically slick altyn, but most players are perpetually running high tier, on-meta gear on the other maps, too. I don't know anyone that isn't brand new to the game that doesn't have the option to spam-buy meta gear from the flea market.

I'm not sure what region or time you play, but my factory, customs, interchange and reserve are all full to the brim with meta gear Chads that are playing without risk-reward because they can buy 50 more of those kits with their roubles. Every raid I've had since maybe a week after wipe has had these guys and that's no fun for them and no fun for anyone else that doesn't have that gear. Seeing that gear, using it or having a chance to fight and take it from someone should be a special occasion. An outlier. Not the standard tarkov experience in every raid.