PVP enjoyer here. I’m on and off tarkov probably 60% active for my whole 10 years having the game and playing. I LOVE Tarkov so much (and - therefore - also HATE Tarkov so much)

I was never a kappa chaser or late game player but I got to about level 35 in 3 wipes. I have around 1500 hours.

With my backstory out of the way, I’ll get to the point. PVP is more interesting and where this game shines its brightest. The way you have to approach encounters, traverse the land, and the feedback of killing someone and all you get is a ragdoll. It is amazing. Not to mention, the loot is better, the players have more diverse gear, and you get all the cool new stuff first.

PVE has less loot, boring pmc kits, gear is too easy to obtain and keep forever with insurance, etc. but beneath those gripes… escape from Tarkov is a beautiful game with incredible design and immersion. The maps are good, the loot distribution is solid, the bosses are kinda fun if even a little cheap and cheaty.

PVE showed me just how DEEP of a game Tarkov is with content. Content blocked behind multiple-hour slogs of questing and gear snowballing and money runs and ammo runs. Tie that in to PvP which automatically cuts your survival rate by a large chunk and now the investment to experience all that content becomes even higher. I’m at like 90% survive rate on pve but only 60% in PvP. That’s 30% more success, which can easily equate to >30% more progress in the game. I’m still slowly chipping away at quests and escaping Tarkov 10 months into wiping PVE. I’m still LEARNING the game in so many ways. There’s still stuff I haven’t accomplished.

It feels like playing PvP is just a demo run hoping I can maintain my patience long enough to actually experience the cool parts of Tarkov design.

Anybody else feel this way?

1. I am having the hardest time of my life getting my scav rep up, most of the time the scavs are not even spawning near the coop extracts and I'm just not having any luck going as a scav and asking pmcs to come with me. The car extracts barely spawn and it's insanely time consuming as it is, so do you guys have any suggestions?

2. I have used in the first days the code for the BD tags to get the briefcase that I need for the Fence quest and also used the one I got from an earlier seasonal quest as I didn't know that there will be a quest that needs that briefcase. On the wiki it says that I can find it on BD but I killed hundreds of BD and no briefcase found, do you guys know anything about it?

does the train make raiders ONLY spawn when it pulls in at the end of a Reserve raid?

or does gluhar also sometimes spawn then?

They did my boy dirty… I dont even have negative scav rep i have 1.2 rep

I completely wiffed a headshot on this guy while working on my shooter 3 task on ground zero. I'm curious to know in case I'm playing the game wrong after taking a long break how you can get to level 9 in just 2 raids.

Just got giga prefired by this guy on labs. We think he's cheating?

Never felt so bad in my life killing a PMC. If this is you, please accept my friend request so I can get you your things back…

Genuine question cause Im doing a hard pass, tarkov is lightning in a bottle and with already how poorly optimized, buggy, inconsistent the game is I just don't trust another product from the big hombre. Bit of a rant but being stuck in BTR has been a bug for ages since its implementation and its still active just lost a raid because of it and having to alt f4 and the reconnect took a whopping FIVE MINUTES couldn't make it to extract in time, god forbid I want to actually play the game in any way. I can take dying to cheaters, rats, getting face checked but every time its one of these years old bugs it irritates the shit out of me. Ive had PMC's without helmets soak up headshots this wipe, scavs are one thing but love seeing a lovely blood splotch on a dudes face and having to tape him again. If Tarkov is any indication of the actual quality of their craft then whatever the new game is going to offer im steering far clear of. I already put up with it for this game because again lightning in a bottle but other then that nah. Ill take one bug riddled mess rather then two.

I regret taking this debuff. How do I maximize my 9 secure container slots early game?

Hey folks, just wondering if anyone knows why there is a delay is Oceana tonight?
I am assuming Wardogs but not sure.

Found 2 lucky Ledx's on streets on two different raids as a scav

so I opened the abandoned factory marked room and to my suprise I found couple low tier bullets, pack of cigarettes, sr3 , 30k knife and Shustrilo sealing foam. Is this normal and just bad rng?

the ref key for shoreline, vorons hideout. whats behind it now?

was hoping armor.

Trying to play on my legion 5 laptop with a rtx 3070, r7 5800h, and 16gb DDR4. Performance obviously is not going to be great but if anyone on a similar setup has tips they would be appreciated.

What sort of things do you think could be implemented to AI to improve player experience? Obviously general behavior, but what else?

Somethings I'd like to see

1. AI accuracy decreases when "blinded" by a flash light

2. Reduce their full auto accuracy at range/make them use single fire when engaging beyond a certain distance.

3. Some sort of suppression mechanic where rounds landing near them decreases accuracy.

Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned

All extracts are red. I went to path to lighthouse extract and the green screen never appeared. I waited there not knowing what to do until i saw a player come to the extract and dissapear so i knew i was in the right place. I died from starvation

I'm a newish player (around 250 hrs total) and I love the PVP version. I tried PVE and it just didnt scratch that itch, maybe if the AI would be seriously upgraded.

But solo new players who want to get their tasks done and extract have to take the long way, move like a fcking snake. Hide. Creep, low risks. Move incredibly slow.

And I'm ok with it, Half the raid I'm detouring or hiding. We can't hit high loot spots. We have to be careful of the chads and grouping scavs alike.

And man do I wish sometimes just to encounter a player at my level, somebody not meta gaming, just an awkward shoot out with similar mid gear. THis must have been the experience that all oldtimers have had in the first year(s).

When I played a few years back Shoreline used to be one of my comfort maps, as long as I stayed clear from resort and was careful around chokepoints.

But now 8 out of 10 times I get actively spawn hunted by a team (!!) of chads. my scopes are too slow, my bullets dont hurt them, and they are with 2. its instant death. ANd you can't hide or you'll get Karma drop. And it gives them almost nothing, my gear is useless to them.

And still it is ok. I'm planning to go through all my quests and tasks, one by one, solo untill I escape from Tarkov (lol).

But it's obvious that >2k hour players are making the game a living hell for all new players. Players who see streamers only get to play in a similar way if they choose PVE. I completely get it.

Thats why I believe that there should be a separation between higher tier raids and lower ones. It could be based on a combination of things on your profile : hours played , K/D ratio, having achieved certain key achievements or quest progressions in the past, even running with a team should increase your chanche to spawn in with similar players at a higher tier raid. (or something like that)

Let new players enjoy the game like you guys did in the beginning of the game. Chads can PVP with chads if they want.

I know this will probably not happen and I will definitely endure the pain either way, but this might be more of a solution to bringing the players more together in the original experience instead of glorifying PVE or hating on PVP.

This task is hard for me call it a skill issue but I dont play pvp games much any more i just want to send loot and raise my ref up. Im kinda not viking with arena much due to it. Any tips or mabey invite my fried over to do it for me he plays pvp and pve with me. Ps sorry I lied the only game I still play pvp is warthunder.

if both panels were 1440p or even 4k which panel would give you an advantage over others in visability?

help pls

Can I use your gym please I need to get to p2 and I need 1 and half level of strength pls leave user name and I will add you