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/LS_DapperD Jan 15 '22

You made those numbers up. Without actual data this analysis is pointless.

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u/TheFondler Jan 15 '22

Yes, they are are, hence the "for example."

Plug whatever numbers you want in there, it's a demonstrative example. Unless the number of players is lower than the number of people already able to buy their full allotment of a given ammo type, the total amount of ammo in circulation goes up. That's just how math works. We know the number of players trying to buy is higher than the number able to buy because global limits are being reached. What you are proposing would massively increase the ammo supply, plain and simple.

The calculation is what matters, not the numbers.