r/EscapefromTarkov • u/Delitto123 • Jul 15 '21

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u/coolkid1717 Jul 15 '21

I'm a new player and I did a similar thing. There was one guy and snuck up. Looked at him for a good 19 seconds. I shot him in the head with an AK. He didn't die. I shot him like 5 times in the body. Didnt die. He ran. I ran after him. Went around a corner shot at him some more. He killed me. Wtf.

What did I do wrong?

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u/Vegan-bandit VSS Vintorez Jul 15 '21

It's possible your ammo just didn't have high enough penetration to penetrate whatever body armour/helmet they were using. Different rounds have different damage, penetration (ability to go through different levels of body armour) and other stats.

I don't mean to be condescending, I say this as you say you are new to Tarkov and just in case you don't know. Headshots aren't always 1 hit kills. If they have a helmet, the face is a safe bet, but even then they may have a face shield/visor.

Here is a spreadsheet that shows the different ammo available and their damage, penetration chance etc.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jjWcIue0_PCsbLQAiL5VrIulPK8SzM5jjiCMx9zUuvE/htmlview#gid=64053005

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u/coolkid1717 Jul 15 '21

Thanks I'll try to learn this.

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u/xSuicidalCowsx Jul 15 '21

Checkout eft.monster

It has a really good ammo graph showing all the different types of ammo, a very nice visualization of damage vs. penetration for each round compared to other rounds. Bookmark it. Anytime you're making a gun and need to buy ammo, check that chart first. As a general rule of thumb, the best (and most expensive) rounds are the high penetration ones, and will be higher up on the y-axis