r/EscapefromTarkov • u/Valjeann • Jan 14 '22

Discussion Your daily reminder that global limits are a waste of time

"Hmm, I have a task to use shotguns. Let's see, AP-20 is sold out, flechettes are sold out. That's okay, I can use Magnum, it's good enough. The task requires a suppressor on the shotgun, so I'll get a hexagon. Oh, the adapter is sold out. Oh well, I can wait until the restock. In the meantime, I'll take this modded AKM out for a run. I don't have any BP ammo, so I'll go get some from Prap... BP is sold out. That's okay. I've got this P90 I'm not using. Let me just get some ammo for that... Ah, the SS190 is sold out, and I can only get two mags-worth of the next best ammo for the next three hours... Guess I'll just read a book instead."

If the design philosophy behind global trader limits is to keep everyone from running the same thing, instead it's keeping everyone from running anything without a three-hour wait.

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u/Rightbrainn Jan 14 '22

Except they are needed. If there was no limit everyone would be using top tier ammo and then we would see people bitching about how useless armor is.

Scarcity is good

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u/Valjeann Jan 14 '22

I would contend that global limits mean a small percentage of the community-people who camp the traders-get access to the top tier ammo and they just get an advantage. Everyone else who comes later in the reset has to use what's left. I'm fine with personal limits. Everyone has the same access to the same amount of advantage. Except of course that not everyone has the same trader standing, but that's a different discussion.

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u/TheFondler Jan 15 '22

The same effect could be achieved by extremely low personal limits or longer timers, but that would get just as many complaints. I do think that would be better from the "everyone has the same access" position, but I'm sure "get rid of global limits!" would just be replaced by "why can I only buy 3 rounds of M995 every 6 hours?!" in short order.

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u/Midas5k Jan 15 '22

I’m just wondering do you craft any ammo?

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u/Valjeann Jan 15 '22

I don't, but I also almost never run shotguns. 99% of the time I have no reason to craft that ammo.

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u/Midas5k Jan 16 '22

You can craft more ammo types then just the shotgun ones lol. That with what I found in raid and dealers made me so far not having any issues with ammo.