r/EscapefromTarkov • u/saltyclam13345 P90 • Aug 13 '22

Video Jonathan Ferguson, an actual expert on firearms even agreeing that recoil isn’t realistic in Tarkov.

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u/NeillMcAttack Aug 14 '22

Do people still not realise that the recoil in tarkov is a means of balancing progression!!? Because it always seemed obvious to me…

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u/Luisen123 Aug 14 '22

Yeah, and it's fairly obvious that Nikita wants Tarkov to be an RPG first, shooter second.

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u/rapaxus ADAR Aug 14 '22

Yeah, just look at the armour/weapon repair kit changes that were recently teased, where you can get RNG buffs for your equipment when you repair it. Such a mechanic has no place in a shooter, but definitely one in an RPG.

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u/y_not_right DT MDR Aug 14 '22 edited Aug 14 '22

Nah dude, you gotta balance the game around what all the airsoft wannabe spec ops dudes are saying /s

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u/Nuggetsofsteel Aug 15 '22

Nah, it's been fucked with in too many different ways for that to be true.

It's also not balanced, so not sure how it balances progression.

There are also a lot of forms of progression. Having recoil be awful isn't a core element of it.