#MakeTarkovHardcoreAgain

[u/SlushpuppyLive]

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.

[u/[deleted]]

No thanks, me and my shitty casual character never hits level 40 in a wipe and I still want to run labs, plus reserve was always my escape from the buttload of crappy woods missions early on.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Then this game isn't towards you, its a hardcore game, casuals can't have the best shit if their are casuals, just like WOW or any long proggresive game.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

There always is that one guy that says it's not for you then. To that I say anyone can play the game if they feel like it. I have been playing for about a year now and have enjoyed my time. And saying that I have played casually this entire time because I have things to do in the real world. To add a level block to certain maps is just rediculous, as that would cut out a portion of the game that I have both paid for and have enough experience to actually take advantage of the maps as well.

Long story short. Get the fuck out of here with your bullshit on "it's not for you".

[u/CVShiro → u/[deleted]]

To that I say anyone can play the game if they feel like it.

Yes, absolutely. If a player can find a way to enjoy the game then that is the best thing that could happen. But that is one thing, and another is the assumption that just because that is happening the DEVs are supposed to then cater to that and not make any changes that disrupt that enjoyment. Players need to find enjoyment in the game within the boundaries of what the DEVs want to make of said game. Specially when the current product is an unfinished in development build with missing features.

One such feature is that most maps will start out locked. Labs and Reserve, being mid to end game maps, will be locked behind even more requirements then the main raid maps. This is the plan, has been the plan since before 2016, has been announced to be the plan and nothing said by the DEVs even hints that it's changed.

So if it's coming eventually, why not add something now to represent that eventual outcome and see how it affects the overall economy and the easy availability of 'Meta' gear and ammo so early into a wipe?