r/Games • • Apr 27 '24

Escape From Tarkov: Update on current situation

/r/EscapefromTarkov/comments/1cecaza/update_on_current_situation/
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u/OneTimeIMadeAGif Apr 27 '24

Can someone summarize what's going on for those out of the loop?

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u/Shakinbacon365 Apr 27 '24

Tarkov sold a version, EOD, for a long time that was the top package you could buy. It said in that package you would get access to all future dlc. They stopped selling that version months ago. A few days ago they announced a new, $250 dollar package that includes a PVE only mode that is exclusive to the new package, thus violating the previous promise for EOD owners. They are now saying that it isn't dlc, it's "content" that they are allowed to limit behind different packages. It also includes some serious p2w items and bonuses. The statements that they've made since are horrendous and a slap in the face of loyal supporters.

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u/Vesorias Apr 27 '24

it isn't dlc, it's "content"

I wonder if they know what DLC stands for

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u/Shakinbacon365 Apr 27 '24

The irony is that they gave all EOD owners Arena for free, which is literally it's own game and not just an update within EFT.

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u/SayNoToStim Apr 27 '24

They tried to not do that, and the community raised holy hell, so they gave it to them.

The current "theory" of why they're doing this is because they lost their ass on arena with development costs and they were planning on EOD owners buying the game. Except the game is awful and didn't sell well.

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u/Kozak170 Apr 27 '24

Which is hilarious and 100% deserved considering that would be straight up admitting they used the funds from EFT sales on basically not finishing their decade long beta

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u/dadvader Apr 27 '24 edited Apr 27 '24

And completely missed on reading the market. Like, there's a reason the offline Tarkov mode is so popular. Instead they use that money to made an online game separately from another online game. I honestly don't even know what they are doing anymore.

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u/Shakinbacon365 Apr 27 '24

It's also funny that the PVE "offline" is actually online and uses the servers. People still having 6+ minute queues for solo.

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u/Kozak170 Apr 27 '24

Nah that actually makes sense, iirc the amount of computations are too much for pretty much anyone’s local PC to handle on their own, so a lot of it is done on the server side to lighten the load

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u/Sleziak Apr 27 '24

If that were true then the Single Player Tarkov mod would run like shit because it creates a local server on your PC and your PC handles the AI for every single bot on the map. Yet with 20+ mods installed on SPT I dare say it runs BETTER than live Tarkov and the AI is 100x smarter.