When i first started playing tarkov, i played it like a horror survival game. i didnt play much at all, and a lot in the game felt overwhelming so i never did any quests at all. i would just watch loot run guides, and try to go through them, hiding, going slowly, killing scavs avoiding players. It was actually insanely fun! it was so intense and scary. After a while i broke through to questing and i played it a lot more. Still great fun, but different.
Gotta agree, I started towards the end of last wipe and put over 100 hours into the game within a week. This wipe I don't even think I've played for more than 2-4 hours, the sense of wonder is gone and I don't feel compelled to play more. The game feels more irritating than anything now.
My experience too. It was more fun when it was scary. And the savory experience of hitting a chad squad and walking away alive when I had no idea how it happened, cant be beat.
I just watched youtube and played alone. Worked really well, was even running labs at the end off the wipe (started a month in the wipe) Everyone is different, but yes. Having people help you is alot better. If you dont have help or dont watch youtube I think it would take forever to understand it all. Like extracts, impossible if you dont get help and you are new
Yeah the community is really nice to new players, especially with Voip. Only exception would be the first 3 weeks of wipes, where the mean players come back to play cause of wipe.
Huge tips for new players; ALWAYS use ears in raid. Learn and try to remember all kinds of sounds and the maps. This game is 30% gun skill and 70% game sense and map knowledge
Also, multiple scav boxes should be the first thing you spend your money on. A mill might seem expensive for new players, but the hassle it saves you in the long run is 100% worth it. Just 2 will mean you can throw nearly everything you get into them and have the items ready for tasks or hideout upgrades.
@@paulpesci1 the biggest thing with scav boxes is not the quality of life but when you spend a mil it makes you feel obligated to fill it so they're less likely to sell quest items they'll use later
@@subjectcode0981 Not sure I totally understand your point. If you get 2-3, you have options. Edit: I think you mean if you have one you won't sell anything. But thing is, they kinda fill up quick if you busy alternating between scav/PMC raids, then 2-3 boxes lets you organise things for hideout and quests while also selling stuff you don't need. It's win win especially if it's literally the first thing you spend money on post wipe. Edit 2: oh wait, sorry. I think I get you. If you throw everything in there then by pure chance you'll have stuff you need later on. Is that it? If so then yup, agreed 😊 Haha, sorry... That's totally what you meant 🙄 I didn't get it on first read
I couldn't distinguish sounds properly until I played offline Factory for 100+ hours. Honestly, practicing offline is the best thing new players can do.
Yes! Did “Delivery from from the past” yesterday and this quest still makes my adrenaline pump, even after 5 wipes! When you load into factory with the best gear you accumulated and you got that Propitol hot keyed, praying for a descent spawn, that you will never get.
@@Wispeks Completed this quest today for the first time. I appeared in the corridor and immediately ran to pawn, while the rest of the players only had time to reach the offices. Or you can wait until the other players kill each other.
@Al 6r lulz not really if you have friends that play same games. Its not that hard guest alone either if you know fastest route and exit tho exit campers are trouble if you have some on the lobby. With bad luck you will run on someone either when going there or getting off.
Extremly fun game during your first and second wipe, after that, the game kinda starts to fall off and just becomes a constant grind what deteriorates your mental health. That said, worth every penny
people say that the grind is bad and repetetive but as a ex-poe player its nice that u only repeat it once a wipe, with poe u need to repeat the same boring story campaign that lasts about 10 hours on every character u make
I don't know you so I probably have no place to speak here, and grill me if I don't, but if you're letting a video game deteriorate your mental health then you shouldn't be playing it. Games are meant to be fun and enjoyable, so if it's making you feel like crap then just stop playing. Try it again in the future after a long break and see if you enjoy it again like the good ol days of your first or second wipe.
You may be remembering pre found in raid garbage. The wipes before every quest required stuff to be found in raid and before the flea was level 15 and fir only were so much nicer. You could progress even if you were bad and unlucky. Now you need to do 25 raids just to find that one gas analyzer that refuses to spawn in every filing cabinet you open.
I played for around 80 hours when i first got it, haven’t played it since but i will agree that it is arguably one of the best fps games out there. Seriously amazing but just not for me. I love watching people play it though!
Same here. I tried it and was not for me. But I like watching pro dudes play it. Try Deadside my friend if you haven't already. You could call it a simplified version of Tarkov.
Tarkov is extremely difficult but, like with any game, if you figure it out it's actually not as brutal as people think. Few tricks like getting an advantage early wipe, not playing recklessly, avoid player hotspots etc you can actually get to a point where it's not noobstomp simulator as a lot of players seem to think It's like Pest says, knowledge is power.
Dude keybinds were the gatekeeper for me. I never felt comfortable with the controls but once I learned customs and factory enough and tweaked binds it was like a whole new game
@@FreedomFighters89 scav raids for me is usually just trying to run out with what I've got on me. If you spawned without anything valuable on you, see the raid as a free ticket. You don't lose anything even if you die because it's a free raid. More often than not I just try to be a pest for the PMCs. Have fun with it.
@@WhitefoxSpace try to switch this. Every scav raid is a chance of looting everything in peace so to say. So every item ypu need try to find it in a scav raid. Pmc raids are for the pvp and quest.
I think preset would help so you can just go back in like if you die in offline. That being said I use offline to practice I think the raiders and gluhar are better than most players if you die you just reset.
Yup there needs to be a single player version of the game with a set difficulty etc no tweaking and it must have coop lol but yea the game takes allot of time and they should have something for casuals 8 surely dont have enough time for tarkov man...
There's an offline mod called SPT-AKI which emulates the online experience offline with the PMCs being AI and allowing offline progression, but AFAIK bsg said the mod was bannable offence so there goes that
Tarkov has had a profound effect on my life, it not only made me appreciate the things a had but also made me realize how quickly I could lose them I contributed most of my “if I lose I lose, I really don’t give a shit” mentality to this game and it not only has put me at a peace of mind but also has helped me deal with a lot of real word doubts And it is also the main inspiration for some of my personal projects and has helped me write interesting stories and world to tell them in Would I recommend it to anyone… No, Fuck No, Not even to my worst enemy’s
Had the game for 2.5 years and played in 5 wipes so far. This game has such a strong love and hate relationship, and even I wouldn't recommend this game to any of my friends.
Same those are the type of games I always play, before tarkov it was world of tanks. People would ask me if they should try it and I'd be like HELL NO STAY AWAY
I've had the game for about the same time, but my friend got me into it. I didn't know if i'd like it at first so I just got the standard edition when it was on sale, and after I learned about Nikita's vision for the game I decided I wanted to help support the game. Even then I didn't go straight to EOD, but since the Arena announcement I'm glad I did. Excited about the future of the game!
Same here. I never recommend this game and wish I never bought it, the amount of bugs/glitches and just stupid unacceptable shut in this game is ridiculous compared to any other game
@@raynman6466 im glad that COD will release their own Escape from tarkov game. Plus I dont want to support some shady russians who dont update their game, get caught selling cheats to people and just take money.
You have to play this game with a certain mindset of not caring that much about if you die or not. At this point I am playing every match with 5% music in my headphones just so I am not going to be that tense for a whole duration of a raid. The funniest thing is the less you care if you survive the better you do
Yup, I bought Tarkov in 2017 just now in 2022 am I having my first successful wipe and it’s all because I was too scared to take in my good loot, you just have to use that shit it’s gonna come and go.
True, took me almost 2 wipes to stop caring about loot so much. Now i have so much more fun with the game taking risks. Playing as a solo is hard at times but ill always chuckle when i have a good fight, regardless of if I die or the odds are stacked against me. It will never get old coming out on top of a squad fight.
I remember my first raid. Spawned in factory with a pistol, killed a scav, looted it. Had no idea how to get out. A friend navigated me through discord stream. I got out, thought the game is easy and I'll be pro in no time. Here I am, 2.5K hours later, not a pro by any means. I just know how everything works, the maps, where to loot what, what to loot. I am way better at gunplay, tactics, learned to look around me... And I'm still continuing strong. This game brings me joy, hatered, sadness, happiness. Sometimes all four in four minutes. I transitioned from "main" CSGO player and casual Arma 3 player to "main" EFT and "serious" Arma 3 (semi-milsim one-life 150+ player PvP). Best decision I took in my gamer carrier. No, I won't be the biggest and brightest CSGO Pro player making millions, but I'll have fun. That's good enough for me.
Games in a bit of DULL state, it was better in 11.x when labs cards didn't exist, the market was more free; game felt fun and lasted months into wipe. 12.x has only gotten worse with every update, my scav time was never like this in 11.8 or even 12.1 when the games popularity was at its peak. I waited 25 minutes for a scav run on interchange, which according to reddit the less players on that raid the faster the time. Welp interchange had 0 in the lobby and at night; still 25+ minutes and NO ENTRY. The game needs a revamp they've gone way too hardcore with FIR and other market mechanics, it's just way more fun to have a free and open market, rather than regulated to certain items. Especially when the game is a bit p2w with the additions.
Found in raid def made the game worse for casual players. Even being bad I could progress through quests quite easily using flea market items and I could also sit at my PC at work flipping stuff on the market to make good money. The fees from listing stuff was removing money from the economy which is good for MMOs.
i second this hard. between the war against cheaters and the goal to make everything more "hardcore" the scales have tilted heavily away from fun and enjoyable. it feels like every patch has another way to kick you in the balls. the good old days of naked freezer camping with the lads on labs and making it out filled to the tits on raider gear or playing stock market simulator on flea was some of the most fun ive had gaming in the last decade. now with FIR, skill nerfs, inertia, flea cost, weight nerfs, loot room nerfs, etc. the game feels so restrictive that its boring.
Cant remember that labs was free ooutside oof prewipe events. But the point here, u saying noone in lobby and u asume that the map is empty? xD Because u dont see people in the list? The only thing i can hear is that u are mad that it became "harder" to gain any money, gear and wahtever u search.
@@StoffiePrductions ive been playing for like 6? wipes now the game plays smoother in terms of fps/buggyness but the game plays worse in terms of gameplay its not that the game is "harder" its that the game is now tedious... tedious as FUCK... whats that jager you need 3 flash drives? yeah ill get you that in about 50+ raids oh therapist you want a gas analyzer? let me look for another 40+ and not find a single one Oh you didnt put 200k+ into your gun? yeah its not meta so it shoots with the recoil force of a 105mm howitzer. Oh you thought you could bypass retarded amounts of recoil with a 9mm hahahahahahaha nope our shitty recoil system coupled with retarded amounts of camera recoil made that wrong. Oh you dont feel like doing these boring ass quests for the nth time in a row which are RNG as fuck well you cant buy gear unless you have lvl 3/4 traders cuz everything is EXTREMELY expensive on flea or just not available at all. My first couple wipes I did quests and had some fun barely any but i had SOME but i knew if i farmed up some money or slapped someone down i could gear up and play for shits and giggles now its okay i need to take these three quests at the same time oh and i need to save this random ass item cuz i know its hard to find hold on let me check the wiki so i know im playing optimally cuz the skill system turns you from a scrub to a fucking god if you grind "correctly"
@@kinsgaming8197 idk maybe then im a hacker, i dont have any problems over 5 wipes nw to find flashd rives, gasan, saleiwas or whatever. Beside thats he cried aboout the flea changes, and the changes maked it harder ofc.
I've had the game for about 6 weeks. This was my first wipe and I lived the pre wipe events. Yeah, I got rocked here and there, but with some study and getting used to the gunplay I can hold my own now. For me Map knowledge played the biggest part in getting comfortable in Raid. 😁👍
@@sibrilliant Reserve is my favourite map, love that place. Not sure why so many don't tbh. I hear people complaining about extract campers in D2, but have only encountered that a few times and I've run reserve hundreds of times.
@@KjKase as i just died to a guy using rfb while i weighed 65kilos lol... sitting in D2. Yes ya dont see too many but when ya see em you get off the game bc of it lol
Ehhhhh that's a big stretch. I'd never call this an action rpg in the slightest. It's strictly an instance based looter shooter. You go in with other enemy players and hostile NPCs with the objective of doing tasks for vendors to level up for more gear or just PVP. That's it. Maybe after "full" release aka never they'll add more rpg elements. Skills that are strictly passive I wouldn't count as rpg elements.
Agreed. The only classical RPG/MMO feature that exists in this game is an RMT economy, and they've managed to blend that with classic FPS features such as aimbot/wall and speedhacks. Quite a cesspool.
I did exactly that. I got the standard edition back in early 2021, I got completely wrecked and I quit playing for a lengthy period of time. Then because I must be a masochist, or felt like I didn’t get my 40 bucks worth, I dipped my toes back in and did slightly better. I ended up resetting my account at that point once I realized that Scav rep was a thing, and mine was terrible. Apparently I didn’t have VoIP turned on, because if I had, I’m sure I would’ve heard the screams and disappointment in everyone I was shooting at. Once I started getting a handle on not losing money. Never really generated a ton of money, but I could usually hover somewhere from 1 to 3 million rubles. At that point it probably been a year since I made my original purchase, so I think I paid another 40 bucks and got one of the other upgraded versions. Once I stopped sucking so hard at the game, and actually started having fun, I realized how much I hated grinding rep for traders and constantly spending hours of my time just trying to fit all my shit into my stash. That’s when I dropped probably another $40 to get the most expensive edition. According to the count in game it says I’ve put over 600 hours into playing, and most of that time was spent between January 2022 and like a month or two ago. I got kind of fed up when they decided to take away all the vendors and have all kinds of goofy events that really just made my life miserable, because I started late into the wipe. So, I wasn’t maxed out on my level with a stockpile of rubles and nothing better to do than get my ass kicked by the game in a different way. I was very much happy getting my ass kicked by the game in a very typical standard way. Now that the latest wipe has started and I’ve logged a few hours, and feel like I am not super far behind everybody, life is been pretty good. They actually release all those DLC‘s and the arena, that should definitely keep me occupied for quite a while. I just like the way shooting things feels in this game. Whenever I played call of duty games I always liked playing on hard-core, because it was always about reaction time, and there wasn’t so much distraction with the heads up display. I could just focus on what I’m doing and listen for people around me, so I could shoot them in the face. I don’t think I’ll ever go back to playing call of duty, unless somebody drags me along, because I do like to play with other people on occasion. If you ever enjoy playing hard-core free-for-all, this is the hardest core free-for-all ever. Or is it? Other than the occasional quest that asks you to commit murder for dubious reasons, there is nothing that says you have to go around shooting people. Once I figured out it was better to play as a Scav completely passive, I started making more money. Another suggestion I would have for anyone who is new and as frustrated as I was trying to upgrade or modify my shitty guns. Don’t even bother until you unlock the flea market and the tool that allows you to save and edit weapon presets. This shit is entirely way too scattered throughout the vendor inventories, that you really won’t be upgrading a whole hell of a lot. You might want to figure out a couple of goons that have decent iron sights or figure out what sites you do have available that will bolt onto the guns that you can get access to, because it does help a lot. Then again, you can get a lot of mileage hip firing with a shotgun in this game. The biggest thing to overcome is the disappointing feeling of losing a cool gun. Without fail, if I piece together a semi-decent loadout, I get tag teamed into a corner by guys with guns that just ignores my best armor and then I’m staring back over with nothing again. Whenever I grab a 9mm pistol and couple of clips of ammo, I get like 8-12 kills and waddle out of Factory with a ton of loot I can vend for some cash. Sometimes I get a little greedy and get caught out there trying fussing over which items I want, and I lose everything-which is a bummer if I have a rare item I needed for a quest or sometime, but I’m only out a pistol and some cheap ammo.
I am a very casual player. I have a family, run my own business, and work for my local government. With that being said I love this game. One or two nights a week I sit down and quest to get my character a higher level in order to unlock traders and get more gun parts. IRL I enjoy modding out firearms. This game has to be the most realistic when regarding modding out firearms. The overall customization is amazing and I like to tinker in game.
I made a new friend on Arma a few weeks ago and he been wanting to get into Tarkov, somehow managed to convince him to get it, and I've just been absolutely overwhelming him with information and he's absolutely having a blast. Been a tour guide taking him round Interchange and Woods to get him used to the mechanics. The game is much better and easier when you find some pals to help you with the basics to get you going
This is the game that revived my love and excitement for video games again. Before and during work, I think about playing Tarkov reliving my first extract, the heart pumping firefights, and busy work of maintaining your stash. I still have so much to learn about Tarkov and about myself (something that’s super rare) in many video games atm & that’s what is so enjoyable If you’ve been thinking about picking it up for a while, grab the standard edition!
I have not played Tarky in a bit. Just waiting for some major changes to come back - and cold weather. Its a good game to dive into when the seasons change here in the Midwest. The wipe in 2020 I got Kappa and finished nearly all the quests and retired that account with nearly 50 million liquid cash and an insane amount of gear in the stash. I think once this game gets closer to launch the progression and entry level player experience will be rounded out more. (At least one can hope)
Definitely find a buddy to regularly play with. My friend and I started halfway through last wipe and it's awesome to see how much we have improved. It can be frustrating.... and the game does not hold your hand. Just stick with it. Once everything starts to click it can be one of the most fun and rewarding games you ever played.
i just got my gaming pc built and got tarkov last week. its one of the most fun games I've ever played. I myself appreciate the attention to detail in the game. I was so proud of my first kill then I immediately got wreaked my a 3 man team lol. I don't have as much time to invest as I would like to but I get to play at least a few hours a day. I've been watching your videos for a long time waiting for the day i got my pc done. thanks for making good awesome videos for us new players.
Shouldve mentioned the problems that doesnt get fixed for many years, the net code, hit registration, broken ai, repetitiveness. Its unclear if they'll manage to figure out how to free the game from wipes and keep it alive for more that 6 months.
@@JDeep72 Id love to say yes but the answer is.. I dont know..its well known that tarkov runs WAY worse on laptops than it does on desktops so I truly cannot say, but the 3070 is the least important...this game requires a top-notch CPU and RAM...the GPU itself doesn't affect much
My first wipe was this year in January, I didn't have any friends playing it so it was rough, BUT I stuck with it and learned a LOT, and I'm proud to say I had a successful wipe and got max traders unlocked and ended up at LVL 45and have upgraded to EOD edition and have convinced my friends into it and now run squads with them. and after 2 days I'm lvl 15, going twice as fast now that I know where to go and what to grab for the future. I'm aiming to get the Kappa quest this wipe even if I don't finish it.
I only got 400ish hours on Tarkov, bought the base game and there are some things that honestly break the game for me and the friend I play with, the TLDR is, we basically skipped a wipe (the lighthouse one) because of issues with the game's performance, it's just impossibly inconsistent, starting there issues with stuttering when there's shots, while loading the map, checking the inventory, aiming and so on, those completely ruin the experience, my rig is okay, with a 5700 XT and a R5 3600 with 16GB of RAM and all SSD storage, but even then my fps is almost all of the time capped at 70, running low settings only with the draw distance at 1k. Every patch seems like more stuff is broken then fixed and it's honestly fucking frustrating, add that with terrible server performance outside the US and UK and you have more reasons to be upset when getting stomped by a PMC running SP7 on a pistol, because you had the worse lag spike in recorded history. Tarkov is a good game on paper, and when it works it's an amazing experience, but those kinds of problems throw me off playing it more often, if you don't have a decent rig or use anything but Nvidia and Intel, don't buy it, you'll only get frustrated.
@@Nightshade31401 Honestly I don't think Unity is solely to blame here, yes you can argue that big 3D games made on Unity have some problems relating to performance, i.e Rust and Cities Skylines, but saying that is like blaming binaural or steam audio for the bad sound quality of Tarkov, baking a shitty bread and filling it with the greatest jam is not how you solve the problem, EFT's audio is messed up by BSG who have a history of not fixing their shit, and adding Steam Audio on top of that is not going to make magic, like the big problem with memory leak, it's not a Unity problem, but a BSG one, poor management of the engine's resources that result on problems I didn't encounter in any other Unity game that I've played with my current hardware.
@@o_Domo You're right, on top of all the other issues. I'm a unity certified dev and I can also say the engine does not handle background processes well. Tarkov is constantly tracking shit under the hood and with as much shit it's running per instance? It's a miracle it runs as good as it does now. I'm hoping they clean a lot of stuff up when it comes to full release. As for audio, it's actually getting better...surprisingly.
I do like this game i really do but (in my opinion which alot people reddit tell me im wrong) to help those that are struggling to find the time to play have level caps 1-15 15-25 etc etc that way a level 4 does not have to go against someone who is level 40 and fully kitted chad YES the level 4 still has the chance to nail a level 40 but like i said its finding the time to do so and get the experience and learning which this game has got and is very in depth that way is playable for everyone and not just those who have all the time they need, Pestily himself has proved this to me as he hit level 30 within the first few days of the new wipe, me im still less than 10 because i have a full time job which i need. Theres no balance really and it feels like the community has the attitude of "oh you keep dying because you have lack of experience or shit gear, well tough shit and keep playing", kind of hard to keep the motivation of wanting to play when the odds were already very stacked against you.
I believe you didn't mention the pretty sad state of the game's technical performance - it isn't even about the bugs, but the optimization, or more like lack of it. I think it should be the first listing in the downsides as it is something that you're either willing to ignore or not.
Tarkov has some great things going for it, the weapon customization is unmatched and the maps are cool. But the sound design, recoil, movement and cheaters let the game down.
I try to give it some leniency when it comes to the cheaters since it’s such an ambitious game and I feel like the movement changes have helped the game more than anything. It’s pretty easy to underestimate gear weight when it’s a number. Sound design and recoil definitely needs some work but especially on the recoil side I’d rather have it balanced than 100% realistic
Sounds design in this game outside of vertical audio is great, no other game has this level of detailed sound design. Also the recoil and movement fit the games playstyle. I would say you dont have enough hours in the game to fully understand why those mechanics are in place
For the people buying the base version I suggest keeping an eye out for the sales. Just like papa said you can upgrade to versions you don't own yet. That is what I did, bought the base and upgraded to the next versions whenever there was a sale
Would be an excellent game to no life and get really good at if I were younger and didn't have really any responsibilities. I bought a standard account about 2 years ago now and have logged literally maybe 5 hours. It's simply impossible to have the kind of time, energy, and patience to even just learn the game/maps, let alone get "good" at them. But it would seem that the gratification/satisfaction of "winning" more than "dying" is much higher than most other games, as there is a incredible amount of risk/stress each raid. I can see it being easily addicting in that sense. Nevertheless (to me), it comes off a lot like Rust and would lose it's flavor after about 800-1k hours.
just watch youtube guides while you take a shit and in that 2 years you coulda been the best player in tarkov and never have touched the game. It's all about gathering knowledge when you wait for the bus etc instead of looking at instagram
Been playing for 2 years and this is the first time I've decided to Chad it solo. Definitely a game I've taken some time to grow with in terms of my personal skill.
Have about 400 hours in tarkov and I don't recommend it at all anymore. The grind for the game is just ridiculous if you don't have like 8 hours a night to play then by week 2 you are so far behind everyone else. The increasing shooter born ( a already super hard quest) to 125 meters is just the final nail in the head. If you're someone who works for a living and actually have a social life then you'll never get where you want in tarkov and it's unfortunate cause the combat in the game is ridiculously good.
Been playing since NDA in 2017, the best the game was when the flea market was open, and you could sell anything and everything. This allowed players like me, who work 40+ hour weeks to keep up.
@@bangkokstallion don't act like gear and level has nothing to do with anything. People wouldn't spend hours and hours farming the level caps if they didn't. If I shoot you with ps I have to hit you in the face meanwhile I'm getting thoraxed because I don't have the time to level ragman to level 3 and once I do the Chad's are maxed.
@@bangkokstallion use ur skill to headshot through a face shield with HP ammo. I have no issues face tapping if they dont got those tho. games just boring now tho.
I agree with Pest I started with the base game which my wife got me for a Christmas present and played right up to my first wipe then treated my self to the edge of darkness for my birthday when it was on sale saving about 20% , I'm 1250 hours in on my 5th wipe now , I only ever play solo so I just plod through at my own pace only play about 10 hours mid week and maybe about 4-6 hours at a weekend if family life will let me, but managed to get to level 33 and had bit coin farm at level 2 with about 60 million total in stash up to latest wipe , so happy with that ! Hope to get to level 40 next wipe.
I have had the game for like 2 years now and honestly I wouldn't recommend it unless you have a proper rig above and beyond its recommended specs. Stutters kill your game experience and the poor optimisation won't be fixed any time soon, so your best bet is to have invested in a CPU focused rig.
I was on woods as a level 4 brought only a ppsh 2 mags a slice of cheese and a bandage. Ended up killed 7 scavs and a level 10 pmc ton of new loot couldn't find an exfil. Bloody, overweight, and dying of dehydration running around the map with 1 minute left I stumbled upon the outskirts exfil and felt the serotonin shooting through my veins. Honestly so happy I gave this game a real honest shot really enjoying it.
short answer: NO long answer: No because devs were been lazy for 2 years, no new content, no new good maps, just a few weapons and tons of rigs and equipment that really dont mean anything and dont change anything in the game.
It's definitely not a game you can pick up and play, you need to put a lot of time to get somewhere by yourself, that's something that hold me back a bit because I don't have a lot of time. Overall it's a good game, an arena mode would be good for players that just want to get in and play for a bit
clever twitch streamer forgot about how this game is badly optimized and propably your pc wont handle this, the game is in beta and they alrdy bringing out dlc. also this game requires so much of your time just to learn a map let alone the alt-tabing you have to do for quests and such.
After 2000 hours and 2.5 years, I'd say no. They have made significant improvement on many systems and rebalances. But as an FPS it's still missing basic, core stuff, like: Broken sound and sights that aren't accurate. For all its realism, spraying from the hip wins more firefights than aiming. Buy it to play with friends... otherwise let it mature a bit longer. I disagree with you, it's a bad FPS but a really good action-game with MMO/RPG elements.
Best fps game I've ever played, it takes you into an environment that reaches into your chest and rips out your still beating heart. Scary, spacey pretty fucking crazy, fast or slow you play it the way you know. The learning curve is super steep and without a tutorial, but there is a good community and someone out there will show you the ropes. The struggle in Tarkov is my favorite part. God giveth and Tarkov taketh away! GG Pestily, great video!
I believe the correct question is "Should I sell my EFT key?" EFT changed the direction, I miss ALPHA and the beginning of Beta, today I see more COD than EFT.
I cba to put in hours of suffering and constant dying to more experienced players after running for minutes trying to find my quest items. Also most of the PvP in this game is basically getting shit from a bush or shadow or shooting a guy 20 times and then he turns around and 1 Taos you. No thanks but Tarkov is just a waste of time and idk why people praise it so much
@@0p32 Tarkov is a waste of time when you dont take it seriously. With seriously i mean that you want to get better and learn new things to reach that, not playing all day sweating your ass off. You have to adapt your playstyle to not get onetaped out of a shadow, thats the game. But if you get better and understand the things you are able to do in the game i guarantee you that it will be fun. But its hardcore to get there.
im glad that COD will release their own Escape from tarkov game. Plus I dont want to support some shady russians who dont update their game, get caught selling cheats to people and just take money.
??? Hahah what are you talking about. COD cant even deliver a good Mulitplayer since years, how should they make something coming even close to the detail of tarkov. Look at the Battlefield "tarkov like" mode... No one plays it And from what telegram group did you get the cheat selling info from? You are weird
@@turboterpsCOD will make a tarkov version very easy. It won’t have the same appeal. Tarkov is very challenging hardcore. If COD makes theirs like this one then majority of COD players won’t play. COD is a very easy game to pick up and play.
I just can't get over the fact that weapon handling feels like holding a wet noodle. And there was a time were I played multiple hours a day. Never saw any change in that fact.
Honestly the most unfair thing between standard and EOD account players is the gamma container n thats just BS. Eod is so pricey everyone should have same container at the beggining. The extra stash space and extra gear i dont mind, but the additional gamma container really grinds my gear.
Yeah it's unfair but they need to pay for servers and this way they don't charge a subscription and you can still play on any account. I use standard and it doesn't hold me back. Just stop caring about your deaths and move more and get better and then survive more and then you don't need your secure container every raid.
Its iterally a 2x2 vs a 3x3 space. Most people use Gamma for meds, the most they use it for is a docs case or a couple items they can sell to trader if they die. Stop complaining about a feature that isn't really a big gap.
I hate that they made it pay to win too. I wouldn't mind some permanently unlockable cosmetics like what Ragman sells. EOD players also don't have to grind the shitty Punisher quest line for Epsilon container. You know, the quest line that forces players to get PvP kills while wearing crappy armor. Its like Standard Accounts are the krill that the EOD whales feed on.
My biggest issue with Tarkov right now is how far it derived from its original pitch. It's no longer about surviving in Tarkov as an ex-PMC. It's a full-on modern weapons, state of the art equipment deathmatch. I'm not saying it's wrong, but the original appeal of "here's your AK/M16; maybe you find a mod or two, go ahead, survive" is mostly lost.
excited for arenas it'll help with getting a better grasp on recoil and how the gun play is in tarkov, being a new player and pretty good at comp. fps games. This will just help!
No, not worth buying, unplayable unless you want to wait 10 minutes to get into a match. 20 if you try to play reserve. So you can’t even play 3 out like what ? 7 Available maps. Extremely repetitive. Hackers,extreme learning curve, so if you can’t put in 7 hours a day your not gonna get any where. Next, if you don’t buy the 80 or $90 version of the game. It’s unplayable. Why? Your stash space is EXTREMELY SMALL. And if you haven’t watched gameplay, just know you have to carry a lot of crap. Yes you can upgrade your stash but like pestily said, you’re gonna have to put in the time cause it’s not ez.
awesome video pest you made me get into Tarkov and helped me out a lot! If I know stuff about the game its from watching your vids, your raid series, your streams! I just got the EOD a week ago in preparation of this wipe!
If you're looking for a realistic shooter, this isn't the game for you. The game focuses too much on rpg mechanics, combat is so unpleasant if you don't have time to grind for good ammo. Grinding for ammo is unfun, before getting high tier ammo the game feels like borderlands without numbers. Balance for players who don't have time is genuinely dogshit. I've played since 2017 and it has completely shifted into rpg territory Also recoil system is a complete meme. You get less recoil full spraying rather than tapping. This game doesn't respect your skill at all. You could be a skilled player with game sense, outpeeking someone, hitting your shots and positioning correctly, yet someone who is brain dead could just tank your shit and bum rush you. There is potential but the game devs are too focused adding useless stuff and forgetting about gameplay mechanics, which are fundamentally broken.
Why would you expect to be able to compete with someone who invests 10x more time doing a thing than you do? Wouldnt it be unfair if that weren't the case?
@@paegun Spending more time in something doesn't make you better at it. You're saying if that I play 10k hours of chess in a bad and stupid way I should be better than someone who has 100 hours but thinks and plays well. Play time doesn't necessarily mean you're skilled, why shouldn't I compete. I'm not saying that I should be as rich or richer than a high playtime player. What I'm saying is if I drill his brainless fucking altyn wearing head with 5.45 PS close range, he shouldn't be able to live trough 19 shots and kill me back. That's as if a player with more hours receives more damage reduction in CSGO it's fucking stupid.
I have 1500 hours. My fav game of all time. I'm bored now though. I've done these same quests for years now. Even taking breaks for entire wipes. It's an amazing game but, I don't have the want or need to grind every wipe anymore. My job is much more fun and rewarding at the moment.
My biggest problem with the game is that BSG is constantly trying to balance the game for the full time players instead of the casuals wich is the mayority of the playerbase. Only because 20% sweat too much 80% has to suffer. Otherwise i love the game
Highly recommend going to map genie or Tarkov maps and learn the spawns and named areas. If you’ve never played the first time can be daunting. Sometimes you literally spawn in the middle of a forest with no landmarks to orient yourself
The game will never hit full release and even if it did the player base will drop off because wipes are what keep people around. Wipes also stop those of us who cant put 40hrs a week in from completing all the quests and story. So the whole wipe or not thing is an issue with the gameplay loop. Theyve been promising streets for multiple wipes now so im not lying when I say there content is super slow and they expect tiny map expansions and 3 guns to be enough for the community to enjoy for another 6 months. It seems like nikita refuses to invest some of his earnings into servers because every single wipe the servers are down and you cant even log in due to over crowding. When you can get in, it takes 20 minute to get into a raid. When they do release a new map every 2 years it runs terrible and will consume 32gb of ram to function half decently. Tarkov is like a terrible drug addiction. You cant get enough but when you are playing, unless youre a streamer and super good the game grows stale.
Good tip here… if you are thinking of getting into tarkov watch some player content first, pestily is a great example and there’s tons of informational content from him to get you up and started. When I first started playing tarkov I didn’t watch much content I just heard about it thought it looked cool and bought it. I when to factory at night 🤦🏻♂️😂 crept around not making a sound in complete darkness until I died to what was probably a scav somewhere in the office building. I don’t think I played tarkov for a while after that. I than got back into it after watching General Sam, Aqua FPS and then pest and so on and after investing in it and really just gathering knowledge I got good and knew what I was doing. I really recommend doing some “research” before you play so you’ll have a good time.
Tarkov is one of the best shooters that is held back by a plethora of dumb shit (cheaters, server issues, slow development). Imo, if you have a life, you probably won't get the best experience with this game because it requires an immense amount of time to play.
I agree on most fronts, apart from the slow development, its so incredibly difficult to create a game (any game but this one in particular). Given this i find the development pase quite high.
For those ppl like me who thought this is a realistic tactical survival shooter as it was advertised in 2017 don't buy it. Only after 300hrs I realized that this is just a shitty COD-like game with extra steps and boring quest grind made for no-lifers.
@@rancidblock5615 its getting worse and the "russian bias" is starting to show in terms of guns for example new g36 shoots 5.56 literal HOT dogshit microwaved and then served with piss new 7.62 gun? absolute god tier zero recoil laser beam adar fucking terrible barely even usable new 5.45 single fire zero recoil laser beam if shoot merican bullet its gonna kick like a mule and play like shit if shoot russian boolet -recoil and best soft stats in the game...
@@kinsgaming8197 whenever they come out with a new gun they make it op so everyone wants to use it lol, i dont think its "russian bias." The mutant was meta last wipe and the hk was meta for most of the .11 era irrc. Also nikita has openly stated that him and the other devs are big fans of the AR platform and other western weapons
i started played Tarkov in mid 2020, saw my fav F1 driver lando norris did a lot of streaming back then thanks to pandemic and played a lot of tarkov with his buddies. Feeling intrigued, i bought standard edition first, played and then died within a minute. Pretty daunting at first especially for a newbie, but when you start able to kill some chads, it has pretty satisfying feeling. 6 months after that i bought EOD and i never regretted it.
Best game I've ever played, playing since 2018. Growing popularity has brought in some very good players, making game harder. Another problem, though not unique to EFT, has been a massive influx of cheaters.
Game performance is terrible - audio, network, frame rate, AI, lighting and UI is all dog shit and has seen little to no improvement since 2018. If you can work with the game not working than it is a blast.
I have been watching eft players on twitch and youtube since it came out some time ago. As a working man with a family I don't have the time necessary to sink into it. I'll be the 4 to 6 hr a week players and I feel like all ill do is get pissed so for that reason I haven't bought it yet. Plus I don't usually buy "beta" games. I want to know what I'm buying especially for over 100 bucks. I'm always afraid I'll spend the 140$ on eft because I like it now then a year from now a big patch comes and fundamentally changes the game from what I purchased to something I don't like. That's not ok for me personally. I wanna know what I'm buying. But I love watching the game being played
No! The game seriously sucks in its current state. It was perfectly fine about 3 wipes ago, and since then has become the most boring, slow paced, no fun, unrealistic, and purposefully frustrating shooter possible. It's not even just the whole camping meta that has spawned from the shit updates, but the game actively discourages new players. "Fun" events make the game unplayable for most of the player base, the AI were buffed into terminators, etc. The game touts "realism" but never comes close. Seriously do not purchase the game.
Honestly I wish you could progress in the offline coop, I'm not the best player but getting constantly lasered by Chad's or sweaty ghosts constantly is a little depressing
I played last wipe for the first time for about 400 hours and damn was i addicted but once i got to a certain point i was just done. There was no more point in questing since i got max traders so i got bored and ended up stop playing. Now dont get me wrong this game is really good and one of the most immersive and intense games i've ever played. With the new wipe im probably not gonna play it as I just don't think i could grind all those quests out again and there weren't enough changes this patch for me to come check it out. For new players this game will suck you in once you get the hang of it.
Thanks for the video. I'm casual with the EOD version and gave up on EFT for a while. I still update it, but will need to set some time aside to give it the beans. Cheers
The trouble is that many people who love the game dont have that much time to play it cuz they have other things to do in life rather than play a game for like 3-5h every day, so no having specific servers or something for those who dont have time is sadly, what could kill the game in terms of population, it happens with all games eventually.
if you're the type of person to only be able to play on the weekends there's really no point in buying tarkov. you will always be way behind everyone. you pretty much have to be a streamer to even unlock kappa case
I wish Tarkov had a PVE mode / horde mode, sometimes I just wanna play with friends and go scav / raider hunting. Maybe have rogues go around acting like PMC's looting and doing other stuff. Yeah there is offline raids but you can't do any progression. Make the loot not as good exp lower but those who just want a PvE experience can get it. Still make it challenging with more scavs and raids/rogues to act as other PMC's. As for the horde mode, if you're USEC you would help the rogues there defend the compound, setup barriers / barbed wire / land mines, get people onto the turrets, maybe make it a 10 man raid like experience with basic scavs who get harder and harder eventually getting up to raider equipment as they try and overwhelm the USEC Rogues & yourselves to prevent them keeping a foothold on Tarkov. Keep Rogues there just make them friendly, once cleared enough give USEC Rogue rep and an exclusive trader. (Same for BEAR) like Peacekeeper and Lighthouse Rogues will be non-hostile to you like bosses when you hit 6.0 rep with fence.
Im a new player (this being my first wipe) and I have gigachad labs and reserve friends who help me out on the weekends, rest of the time is played solo. I would say to get the most out of the learning experience is to have both. The game is best learned solo, but with knowledgeable people helping you out from time to time. Got my first scav junkbox & almost level 15 to unlock the flea.
Pest, does it have the learning curve of DayZ? I found it hard to play at first, but once I learned the mechanics it became pretty enjoyable. Just wondering if EFT would feel the same?
It’s way more than just mechanics, it’s the running the same map over and over and over again just to learn where people peak, and learning the hard way that you really do need BP or BT to kill players after putting an entire round of PS into a PMC and them one tapping you. And then there are 100 different elements like that you have to either learn the hard way or watch on RUclips first.
I would say that DayZ is a more difficult/confusing game initially, given that it just drops you in the middle of nowhere with no explanation, whereas EFT had a lot more to learn in the long run than DayZ. I would say that starting out in EFT is much more enjoyable, but mastering the game is much more difficult than DayZ
I love this game; in the year since I bought it I've sunk over 1000 hours into and it still learn new stuff daily; content creator videos; especially yours. have helped so. much
I think another big issue for new players is having friends to play with. A friend just joined me recently and he's getting tilted that when he kills someone there's usually 2-3 more people pinching him while hes already at a disadvantage. It scares him from fully learning how to maneuver maps.
I have to admit. I am a casual gamer. I enjoy the game, but the Wipes coming too early for me. Bought the Standard and quickly updated to EoD. It is a great game. But a little bit of balancing would be great, help casual gamer and I guess it would also increase the sell rate of the game. Just one example: Give an option to define, that you only join servers with small groups. It is the most annoying moment, if you kill two PMC and get killed by the third one from the same group. Or if you are on the same server as a streamer called Pestily, maybe you know him. But it is an honer to get killed by him. Thanks for this video and please continue with your great content. I loved your 'Press' stream when VOIP comes into play. That was so funny to watch. Thanks :)
As a causal player, agree about the watching your series as a fix for playing this game. Every few wipes Ill dig in and play, just wait for a large new content push, like new maps, or mechanic reworks. Like playing a new game waiting every few wipes.
I have a feeling 90% of us watching this video already own Tarkov
I thought I owned it but in mother Russia, Tarkov owns youuuuuuu.
Perhaps, still it's a good resource for people who just bought the game (potentially) or people who are thinking of buying the game.
@@JamesWendellDavis tarkov pwns me everywhere
I know, why am I even watching this, I have eod too.
Lol
When i first started playing tarkov, i played it like a horror survival game. i didnt play much at all, and a lot in the game felt overwhelming so i never did any quests at all. i would just watch loot run guides, and try to go through them, hiding, going slowly, killing scavs avoiding players. It was actually insanely fun! it was so intense and scary. After a while i broke through to questing and i played it a lot more. Still great fun, but different.
Gotta agree, I started towards the end of last wipe and put over 100 hours into the game within a week. This wipe I don't even think I've played for more than 2-4 hours, the sense of wonder is gone and I don't feel compelled to play more. The game feels more irritating than anything now.
That is exactly how I started out!
i felt totally the same..
My experience too. It was more fun when it was scary. And the savory experience of hitting a chad squad and walking away alive when I had no idea how it happened, cant be beat.
That’s how I play lol
It’s a very big skill gap thing for most new players. I had a factory and labs chad to help me get through my first wipe and hit 34.
I just watched youtube and played alone. Worked really well, was even running labs at the end off the wipe (started a month in the wipe)
Everyone is different, but yes. Having people help you is alot better. If you dont have help or dont watch youtube I think it would take forever to understand it all. Like extracts, impossible if you dont get help and you are new
Yeah the community is really nice to new players, especially with Voip. Only exception would be the first 3 weeks of wipes, where the mean players come back to play cause of wipe.
I started when there was no inertia, I had a few friends help me out and I reached level 56 on my first wipe and obtained kappa
UNTIL HAACKER KILL YOU XD AHAHAAHAIU LOVE TAARKOBVVVVVV
How long to hit 34
Huge tips for new players; ALWAYS use ears in raid. Learn and try to remember all kinds of sounds and the maps. This game is 30% gun skill and 70% game sense and map knowledge
Also, multiple scav boxes should be the first thing you spend your money on. A mill might seem expensive for new players, but the hassle it saves you in the long run is 100% worth it. Just 2 will mean you can throw nearly everything you get into them and have the items ready for tasks or hideout upgrades.
@@paulpesci1 the biggest thing with scav boxes is not the quality of life but when you spend a mil it makes you feel obligated to fill it so they're less likely to sell quest items they'll use later
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Not sure I totally understand your point. If you get 2-3, you have options.
Edit: I think you mean if you have one you won't sell anything. But thing is, they kinda fill up quick if you busy alternating between scav/PMC raids, then 2-3 boxes lets you organise things for hideout and quests while also selling stuff you don't need. It's win win especially if it's literally the first thing you spend money on post wipe.
Edit 2: oh wait, sorry. I think I get you. If you throw everything in there then by pure chance you'll have stuff you need later on. Is that it? If so then yup, agreed 😊
Haha, sorry... That's totally what you meant 🙄 I didn't get it on first read
I couldn't distinguish sounds properly until I played offline Factory for 100+ hours.
Honestly, practicing offline is the best thing new players can do.
i would counterpoint that tip with; always use them until you don't need to. head ears is a pita.
Yes! Did “Delivery from from the past” yesterday and this quest still makes my adrenaline pump, even after 5 wipes! When you load into factory with the best gear you accumulated and you got that Propitol hot keyed, praying for a descent spawn, that you will never get.
Best done with group of 6 you get only one enemy+ bots but well thats doing it easiest way
@@Wispeks Completed this quest today for the first time. I appeared in the corridor and immediately ran to pawn, while the rest of the players only had time to reach the offices.
Or you can wait until the other players kill each other.
I went in with my class 5 rig and nvgs and just full bitched it by caps lock + crouch walking the whole time
@Al 6r lulz not really if you have friends that play same games. Its not that hard guest alone either if you know fastest route and exit tho exit campers are trouble if you have some on the lobby. With bad luck you will run on someone either when going there or getting off.
@@Wispeks this wipe i just killed the lobby with ump, altyn and slick xD...had some early luck with scav bosses and loot
Extremly fun game during your first and second wipe, after that, the game kinda starts to fall off and just becomes a constant grind what deteriorates your mental health. That said, worth every penny
people say that the grind is bad and repetetive but as a ex-poe player its nice that u only repeat it once a wipe, with poe u need to repeat the same boring story campaign that lasts about 10 hours on every character u make
I don't know you so I probably have no place to speak here, and grill me if I don't, but if you're letting a video game deteriorate your mental health then you shouldn't be playing it. Games are meant to be fun and enjoyable, so if it's making you feel like crap then just stop playing. Try it again in the future after a long break and see if you enjoy it again like the good ol days of your first or second wipe.
True, but you should just skip wipes once in a while then it becomes greatly fun to return again
You may be remembering pre found in raid garbage. The wipes before every quest required stuff to be found in raid and before the flea was level 15 and fir only were so much nicer. You could progress even if you were bad and unlucky. Now you need to do 25 raids just to find that one gas analyzer that refuses to spawn in every filing cabinet you open.
Wait is tarkov suppose to be fun?
I played for around 80 hours when i first got it, haven’t played it since but i will agree that it is arguably one of the best fps games out there. Seriously amazing but just not for me. I love watching people play it though!
Bro I grinded this game back in late 2020 got about 200hrs then only stared playing like this wipe 😂
Definitely fun with friends :)
I have 450 hrs. My buddy has 1300 lol
Same here. I tried it and was not for me. But I like watching pro dudes play it.
Try Deadside my friend if you haven't already. You could call it a simplified version of Tarkov.
No it is not worth it. 3 years and nothing really has changed with this game. No new maps, no city update, no open world update.
Tarkov is extremely difficult but, like with any game, if you figure it out it's actually not as brutal as people think. Few tricks like getting an advantage early wipe, not playing recklessly, avoid player hotspots etc you can actually get to a point where it's not noobstomp simulator as a lot of players seem to think
It's like Pest says, knowledge is power.
Dude keybinds were the gatekeeper for me. I never felt comfortable with the controls but once I learned customs and factory enough and tweaked binds it was like a whole new game
Bro what are you talking about? I went to a scav raid and got killed by other scav player...you cant avoid anything in tarkov.
Most noobs quit and don't stick around to continue getting stomped on. It's mostly a sweaty chad circle-jerk.
@@FreedomFighters89 scav raids for me is usually just trying to run out with what I've got on me. If you spawned without anything valuable on you, see the raid as a free ticket. You don't lose anything even if you die because it's a free raid. More often than not I just try to be a pest for the PMCs. Have fun with it.
@@WhitefoxSpace try to switch this. Every scav raid is a chance of looting everything in peace so to say. So every item ypu need try to find it in a scav raid. Pmc raids are for the pvp and quest.
I think your bit about casual players (
I think preset would help so you can just go back in like if you die in offline. That being said I use offline to practice I think the raiders and gluhar are better than most players if you die you just reset.
Yup there needs to be a single player version of the game with a set difficulty etc no tweaking and it must have coop lol but yea the game takes allot of time and they should have something for casuals 8 surely dont have enough time for tarkov man...
I find myself playing offline more than online lol I'm always tweaking controls postfx etc and its fun
@@Deathmperor dude those raiders are dumb ai with aimbot and walls lol
There's an offline mod called SPT-AKI which emulates the online experience offline with the PMCs being AI and allowing offline progression, but AFAIK bsg said the mod was bannable offence so there goes that
Tarkov has had a profound effect on my life, it not only made me appreciate the things a had but also made me realize how quickly I could lose them
I contributed most of my “if I lose I lose, I really don’t give a shit” mentality to this game and it not only has put me at a peace of mind but also has helped me deal with a lot of real word doubts
And it is also the main inspiration for some of my personal projects and has helped me write interesting stories and world to tell them in
Would I recommend it to anyone…
No, Fuck No, Not even to my worst enemy’s
stoicism
Its not that deep
Had the game for 2.5 years and played in 5 wipes so far. This game has such a strong love and hate relationship, and even I wouldn't recommend this game to any of my friends.
Same those are the type of games I always play, before tarkov it was world of tanks. People would ask me if they should try it and I'd be like HELL NO STAY AWAY
I've had the game for about the same time, but my friend got me into it. I didn't know if i'd like it at first so I just got the standard edition when it was on sale, and after I learned about Nikita's vision for the game I decided I wanted to help support the game. Even then I didn't go straight to EOD, but since the Arena announcement I'm glad I did. Excited about the future of the game!
Same here. I never recommend this game and wish I never bought it, the amount of bugs/glitches and just stupid unacceptable shut in this game is ridiculous compared to any other game
No it is not worth it. 3 years and nothing really has changed with this game. No new maps, no city update, no open world update.
@@raynman6466 im glad that COD will release their own Escape from tarkov game.
Plus I dont want to support some shady russians who dont update their game, get caught selling cheats to people and just take money.
You have to play this game with a certain mindset of not caring that much about if you die or not. At this point I am playing every match with 5% music in my headphones just so I am not going to be that tense for a whole duration of a raid.
The funniest thing is the less you care if you survive the better you do
This. The more you move and the more confident you are you're going to be the guy shooting first 60% of the time.
this 1000%
Yup, I bought Tarkov in 2017 just now in 2022 am I having my first successful wipe and it’s all because I was too scared to take in my good loot, you just have to use that shit it’s gonna come and go.
True, took me almost 2 wipes to stop caring about loot so much. Now i have so much more fun with the game taking risks. Playing as a solo is hard at times but ill always chuckle when i have a good fight, regardless of if I die or the odds are stacked against me. It will never get old coming out on top of a squad fight.
This is so true
I remember my first raid.
Spawned in factory with a pistol, killed a scav, looted it. Had no idea how to get out.
A friend navigated me through discord stream. I got out, thought the game is easy and I'll be pro in no time.
Here I am, 2.5K hours later, not a pro by any means. I just know how everything works, the maps, where to loot what, what to loot. I am way better at gunplay, tactics, learned to look around me...
And I'm still continuing strong. This game brings me joy, hatered, sadness, happiness. Sometimes all four in four minutes.
I transitioned from "main" CSGO player and casual Arma 3 player to "main" EFT and "serious" Arma 3 (semi-milsim one-life 150+ player PvP).
Best decision I took in my gamer carrier. No, I won't be the biggest and brightest CSGO Pro player making millions, but I'll have fun. That's good enough for me.
Hahahahah very cool
Games in a bit of DULL state, it was better in 11.x when labs cards didn't exist, the market was more free; game felt fun and lasted months into wipe.
12.x has only gotten worse with every update, my scav time was never like this in 11.8 or even 12.1 when the games popularity was at its peak. I waited 25 minutes for a scav run on interchange, which according to reddit the less players on that raid the faster the time. Welp interchange had 0 in the lobby and at night; still 25+ minutes and NO ENTRY.
The game needs a revamp they've gone way too hardcore with FIR and other market mechanics, it's just way more fun to have a free and open market, rather than regulated to certain items. Especially when the game is a bit p2w with the additions.
Found in raid def made the game worse for casual players. Even being bad I could progress through quests quite easily using flea market items and I could also sit at my PC at work flipping stuff on the market to make good money. The fees from listing stuff was removing money from the economy which is good for MMOs.
i second this hard. between the war against cheaters and the goal to make everything more "hardcore" the scales have tilted heavily away from fun and enjoyable. it feels like every patch has another way to kick you in the balls. the good old days of naked freezer camping with the lads on labs and making it out filled to the tits on raider gear or playing stock market simulator on flea was some of the most fun ive had gaming in the last decade. now with FIR, skill nerfs, inertia, flea cost, weight nerfs, loot room nerfs, etc. the game feels so restrictive that its boring.
Cant remember that labs was free ooutside oof prewipe events.
But the point here, u saying noone in lobby and u asume that the map is empty? xD Because u dont see people in the list?
The only thing i can hear is that u are mad that it became "harder" to gain any money, gear and wahtever u search.
@@StoffiePrductions ive been playing for like 6? wipes now
the game plays smoother in terms of fps/buggyness
but the game plays worse in terms of gameplay
its not that the game is "harder" its that the game is now tedious... tedious as FUCK... whats that jager you need 3 flash drives? yeah ill get you that in about 50+ raids
oh therapist you want a gas analyzer? let me look for another 40+ and not find a single one
Oh you didnt put 200k+ into your gun? yeah its not meta so it shoots with the recoil force of a 105mm howitzer.
Oh you thought you could bypass retarded amounts of recoil with a 9mm hahahahahahaha nope our shitty recoil system coupled with retarded amounts of camera recoil made that wrong.
Oh you dont feel like doing these boring ass quests for the nth time in a row which are RNG as fuck well you cant buy gear unless you have lvl 3/4 traders cuz everything is EXTREMELY expensive on flea or just not available at all.
My first couple wipes I did quests and had some fun barely any but i had SOME but i knew if i farmed up some money or slapped someone down i could gear up and play for shits and giggles now its okay i need to take these three quests at the same time oh and i need to save this random ass item cuz i know its hard to find hold on let me check the wiki so i know im playing optimally cuz the skill system turns you from a scrub to a fucking god if you grind "correctly"
@@kinsgaming8197 idk maybe then im a hacker, i dont have any problems over 5 wipes nw to find flashd rives, gasan, saleiwas or whatever.
Beside thats he cried aboout the flea changes, and the changes maked it harder ofc.
I've had the game for about 6 weeks. This was my first wipe and I lived the pre wipe events. Yeah, I got rocked here and there, but with some study and getting used to the gunplay I can hold my own now. For me Map knowledge played the biggest part in getting comfortable in Raid. 😁👍
Well done man to learn the game during the wildness of prewipe especially during thatdogtag barter event will have set u up well mentally
For sure. I still refuse to learn reserve ugh
@@sibrilliant Reserve is my favourite map, love that place. Not sure why so many don't tbh. I hear people complaining about extract campers in D2, but have only encountered that a few times and I've run reserve hundreds of times.
@@KjKase as i just died to a guy using rfb while i weighed 65kilos lol... sitting in D2. Yes ya dont see too many but when ya see em you get off the game bc of it lol
@@elegant9973 play dead servers or peak thru map to check for campers or red revel extract or manhole
I mean it’s a bit different from Tetris 99 but I think it’s still pretty good
Ehhhhh that's a big stretch. I'd never call this an action rpg in the slightest. It's strictly an instance based looter shooter. You go in with other enemy players and hostile NPCs with the objective of doing tasks for vendors to level up for more gear or just PVP. That's it. Maybe after "full" release aka never they'll add more rpg elements. Skills that are strictly passive I wouldn't count as rpg elements.
Agreed. The only classical RPG/MMO feature that exists in this game is an RMT economy, and they've managed to blend that with classic FPS features such as aimbot/wall and speedhacks. Quite a cesspool.
I did exactly that. I got the standard edition back in early 2021, I got completely wrecked and I quit playing for a lengthy period of time. Then because I must be a masochist, or felt like I didn’t get my 40 bucks worth, I dipped my toes back in and did slightly better. I ended up resetting my account at that point once I realized that Scav rep was a thing, and mine was terrible. Apparently I didn’t have VoIP turned on, because if I had, I’m sure I would’ve heard the screams and disappointment in everyone I was shooting at.
Once I started getting a handle on not losing money. Never really generated a ton of money, but I could usually hover somewhere from 1 to 3 million rubles.
At that point it probably been a year since I made my original purchase, so I think I paid another 40 bucks and got one of the other upgraded versions.
Once I stopped sucking so hard at the game, and actually started having fun, I realized how much I hated grinding rep for traders and constantly spending hours of my time just trying to fit all my shit into my stash. That’s when I dropped probably another $40 to get the most expensive edition. According to the count in game it says I’ve put over 600 hours into playing, and most of that time was spent between January 2022 and like a month or two ago. I got kind of fed up when they decided to take away all the vendors and have all kinds of goofy events that really just made my life miserable, because I started late into the wipe. So, I wasn’t maxed out on my level with a stockpile of rubles and nothing better to do than get my ass kicked by the game in a different way. I was very much happy getting my ass kicked by the game in a very typical standard way. Now that the latest wipe has started and I’ve logged a few hours, and feel like I am not super far behind everybody, life is been pretty good.
They actually release all those DLC‘s and the arena, that should definitely keep me occupied for quite a while. I just like the way shooting things feels in this game. Whenever I played call of duty games I always liked playing on hard-core, because it was always about reaction time, and there wasn’t so much distraction with the heads up display. I could just focus on what I’m doing and listen for people around me, so I could shoot them in the face.
I don’t think I’ll ever go back to playing call of duty, unless somebody drags me along, because I do like to play with other people on occasion. If you ever enjoy playing hard-core free-for-all, this is the hardest core free-for-all ever. Or is it? Other than the occasional quest that asks you to commit murder for dubious reasons, there is nothing that says you have to go around shooting people. Once I figured out it was better to play as a Scav completely passive, I started making more money.
Another suggestion I would have for anyone who is new and as frustrated as I was trying to upgrade or modify my shitty guns. Don’t even bother until you unlock the flea market and the tool that allows you to save and edit weapon presets. This shit is entirely way too scattered throughout the vendor inventories, that you really won’t be upgrading a whole hell of a lot. You might want to figure out a couple of goons that have decent iron sights or figure out what sites you do have available that will bolt onto the guns that you can get access to, because it does help a lot. Then again, you can get a lot of mileage hip firing with a shotgun in this game.
The biggest thing to overcome is the disappointing feeling of losing a cool gun. Without fail, if I piece together a semi-decent loadout, I get tag teamed into a corner by guys with guns that just ignores my best armor and then I’m staring back over with nothing again. Whenever I grab a 9mm pistol and couple of clips of ammo, I get like 8-12 kills and waddle out of Factory with a ton of loot I can vend for some cash. Sometimes I get a little greedy and get caught out there trying fussing over which items I want, and I lose everything-which is a bummer if I have a rare item I needed for a quest or sometime, but I’m only out a pistol and some cheap ammo.
@Pestily - AMAZING that nobody touches on how SHIT the game feels, even on ultra gaming PC's; frames per second wise.
Yeah and most of the graphics look bad outside of the guns
I am a very casual player. I have a family, run my own business, and work for my local government. With that being said I love this game. One or two nights a week I sit down and quest to get my character a higher level in order to unlock traders and get more gun parts. IRL I enjoy modding out firearms. This game has to be the most realistic when regarding modding out firearms. The overall customization is amazing and I like to tinker in game.
I made a new friend on Arma a few weeks ago and he been wanting to get into Tarkov, somehow managed to convince him to get it, and I've just been absolutely overwhelming him with information and he's absolutely having a blast. Been a tour guide taking him round Interchange and Woods to get him used to the mechanics. The game is much better and easier when you find some pals to help you with the basics to get you going
This is the game that revived my love and excitement for video games again. Before and during work, I think about playing Tarkov reliving my first extract, the heart pumping firefights, and busy work of maintaining your stash. I still have so much to learn about Tarkov and about myself (something that’s super rare) in many video games atm & that’s what is so enjoyable
If you’ve been thinking about picking it up for a while, grab the standard edition!
no
Liked cause it‘s funny 😂
Yes
I have not played Tarky in a bit. Just waiting for some major changes to come back - and cold weather. Its a good game to dive into when the seasons change here in the Midwest.
The wipe in 2020 I got Kappa and finished nearly all the quests and retired that account with nearly 50 million liquid cash and an insane amount of gear in the stash. I think once this game gets closer to launch the progression and entry level player experience will be rounded out more. (At least one can hope)
Definitely find a buddy to regularly play with. My friend and I started halfway through last wipe and it's awesome to see how much we have improved. It can be frustrating.... and the game does not hold your hand. Just stick with it. Once everything starts to click it can be one of the most fun and rewarding games you ever played.
Doesn't hold your hand!?? No, it abandons you at birth!!
i just got my gaming pc built and got tarkov last week. its one of the most fun games I've ever played. I myself appreciate the attention to detail in the game. I was so proud of my first kill then I immediately got wreaked my a 3 man team lol. I don't have as much time to invest as I would like to but I get to play at least a few hours a day. I've been watching your videos for a long time waiting for the day i got my pc done. thanks for making good awesome videos for us new players.
Shouldve mentioned the problems that doesnt get fixed for many years, the net code, hit registration, broken ai, repetitiveness. Its unclear if they'll manage to figure out how to free the game from wipes and keep it alive for more that 6 months.
dont forget the fu**ing memory leaks and the fact that you need a nasa level pc to play this game with a decent amount of frames
Hopefully they dont get rid of wipes. Wipe is the most fun part of tarkov
for real. and don't forget horrendous FPS, especially on newer maps.
@@claudiupopoiu6654 Ah shit, I’ve got a laptop 3070. Think that’ll run the game decently at 60FPS at least?
@@JDeep72 Id love to say yes but the answer is.. I dont know..its well known that tarkov runs WAY worse on laptops than it does on desktops so I truly cannot say, but the 3070 is the least important...this game requires a top-notch CPU and RAM...the GPU itself doesn't affect much
My first wipe was this year in January, I didn't have any friends playing it so it was rough, BUT I stuck with it and learned a LOT, and I'm proud to say I had a successful wipe and got max traders unlocked and ended up at LVL 45and have upgraded to EOD edition and have convinced my friends into it and now run squads with them. and after 2 days I'm lvl 15, going twice as fast now that I know where to go and what to grab for the future. I'm aiming to get the Kappa quest this wipe even if I don't finish it.
I only got 400ish hours on Tarkov, bought the base game and there are some things that honestly break the game for me and the friend I play with, the TLDR is, we basically skipped a wipe (the lighthouse one) because of issues with the game's performance, it's just impossibly inconsistent, starting there issues with stuttering when there's shots, while loading the map, checking the inventory, aiming and so on, those completely ruin the experience, my rig is okay, with a 5700 XT and a R5 3600 with 16GB of RAM and all SSD storage, but even then my fps is almost all of the time capped at 70, running low settings only with the draw distance at 1k.
Every patch seems like more stuff is broken then fixed and it's honestly fucking frustrating, add that with terrible server performance outside the US and UK and you have more reasons to be upset when getting stomped by a PMC running SP7 on a pistol, because you had the worse lag spike in recorded history.
Tarkov is a good game on paper, and when it works it's an amazing experience, but those kinds of problems throw me off playing it more often, if you don't have a decent rig or use anything but Nvidia and Intel, don't buy it, you'll only get frustrated.
It's most likely your ram. Tarkov almost requires 32 gigs to run well.
@@Nightshade31401 Yeah, I know, and that's honestly shitty optimization for a game that looks like a triple A from 2015
@@o_Domo What happens when you try and make an open world multiplayer game in unity.
@@Nightshade31401 Honestly I don't think Unity is solely to blame here, yes you can argue that big 3D games made on Unity have some problems relating to performance, i.e Rust and Cities Skylines, but saying that is like blaming binaural or steam audio for the bad sound quality of Tarkov, baking a shitty bread and filling it with the greatest jam is not how you solve the problem, EFT's audio is messed up by BSG who have a history of not fixing their shit, and adding Steam Audio on top of that is not going to make magic, like the big problem with memory leak, it's not a Unity problem, but a BSG one, poor management of the engine's resources that result on problems I didn't encounter in any other Unity game that I've played with my current hardware.
@@o_Domo You're right, on top of all the other issues. I'm a unity certified dev and I can also say the engine does not handle background processes well. Tarkov is constantly tracking shit under the hood and with as much shit it's running per instance? It's a miracle it runs as good as it does now. I'm hoping they clean a lot of stuff up when it comes to full release. As for audio, it's actually getting better...surprisingly.
I do like this game i really do but (in my opinion which alot people reddit tell me im wrong) to help those that are struggling to find the time to play have level caps 1-15 15-25 etc etc that way a level 4 does not have to go against someone who is level 40 and fully kitted chad YES the level 4 still has the chance to nail a level 40 but like i said its finding the time to do so and get the experience and learning which this game has got and is very in depth that way is playable for everyone and not just those who have all the time they need, Pestily himself has proved this to me as he hit level 30 within the first few days of the new wipe, me im still less than 10 because i have a full time job which i need. Theres no balance really and it feels like the community has the attitude of "oh you keep dying because you have lack of experience or shit gear, well tough shit and keep playing", kind of hard to keep the motivation of wanting to play when the odds were already very stacked against you.
I believe you didn't mention the pretty sad state of the game's technical performance - it isn't even about the bugs, but the optimization, or more like lack of it. I think it should be the first listing in the downsides as it is something that you're either willing to ignore or not.
I'm very lucky to have a friend who has played and knows the game help me out through my first wipe
Tarkov has some great things going for it, the weapon customization is unmatched and the maps are cool. But the sound design, recoil, movement and cheaters let the game down.
I try to give it some leniency when it comes to the cheaters since it’s such an ambitious game and I feel like the movement changes have helped the game more than anything. It’s pretty easy to underestimate gear weight when it’s a number. Sound design and recoil definitely needs some work but especially on the recoil side I’d rather have it balanced than 100% realistic
Sounds design in this game outside of vertical audio is great, no other game has this level of detailed sound design. Also the recoil and movement fit the games playstyle. I would say you dont have enough hours in the game to fully understand why those mechanics are in place
@@stealthbombing_991 Agreed. Tarkov isnt perfect in these aspects but it is pretty good overall.
@@stealthbombing_991 true but the vertical sound is so bad, sometimes i dont even know if i should use audio xd
@@stealthbombing_991 80% of the reason I bought this game is because of how pleasing the various crunching sounds are while walking and running lol.
Thanks buddy for the great information on the video👍👍👍. With all this knowledge now I have decided to buy the game
it's good game. don't even worry about the cheaters just trust the man whos life depends on EFT. no refunds though.
For the people buying the base version I suggest keeping an eye out for the sales. Just like papa said you can upgrade to versions you don't own yet. That is what I did, bought the base and upgraded to the next versions whenever there was a sale
Would be an excellent game to no life and get really good at if I were younger and didn't have really any responsibilities. I bought a standard account about 2 years ago now and have logged literally maybe 5 hours. It's simply impossible to have the kind of time, energy, and patience to even just learn the game/maps, let alone get "good" at them. But it would seem that the gratification/satisfaction of "winning" more than "dying" is much higher than most other games, as there is a incredible amount of risk/stress each raid. I can see it being easily addicting in that sense. Nevertheless (to me), it comes off a lot like Rust and would lose it's flavor after about 800-1k hours.
"Would be an excellent game to no life and get really good at if I were younger and didn't have really any responsibilities. " yes.
just watch youtube guides while you take a shit and in that 2 years you coulda been the best player in tarkov and never have touched the game. It's all about gathering knowledge when you wait for the bus etc instead of looking at instagram
Been playing for 2 years and this is the first time I've decided to Chad it solo.
Definitely a game I've taken some time to grow with in terms of my personal skill.
Have about 400 hours in tarkov and I don't recommend it at all anymore. The grind for the game is just ridiculous if you don't have like 8 hours a night to play then by week 2 you are so far behind everyone else. The increasing shooter born ( a already super hard quest) to 125 meters is just the final nail in the head. If you're someone who works for a living and actually have a social life then you'll never get where you want in tarkov and it's unfortunate cause the combat in the game is ridiculously good.
Been playing since NDA in 2017, the best the game was when the flea market was open, and you could sell anything and everything. This allowed players like me, who work 40+ hour weeks to keep up.
@@TheKillboy1000 completely agree those were the good old days. Sad I came in on the tail end of the open flea
Behind everyone else? Didn't know it was a race. It's still skill not gear
@@bangkokstallion don't act like gear and level has nothing to do with anything. People wouldn't spend hours and hours farming the level caps if they didn't. If I shoot you with ps I have to hit you in the face meanwhile I'm getting thoraxed because I don't have the time to level ragman to level 3 and once I do the Chad's are maxed.
@@bangkokstallion use ur skill to headshot through a face shield with HP ammo. I have no issues face tapping if they dont got those tho. games just boring now tho.
I agree with Pest I started with the base game which my wife got me for a Christmas present and played right up to my first wipe then treated my self to the edge of darkness for my birthday when it was on sale saving about 20% , I'm 1250 hours in on my 5th wipe now , I only ever play solo so I just plod through at my own pace only play about 10 hours mid week and maybe about 4-6 hours at a weekend if family life will let me, but managed to get to level 33 and had bit coin farm at level 2 with about 60 million total in stash up to latest wipe , so happy with that ! Hope to get to level 40 next wipe.
I have had the game for like 2 years now and honestly I wouldn't recommend it unless you have a proper rig above and beyond its recommended specs. Stutters kill your game experience and the poor optimisation won't be fixed any time soon, so your best bet is to have invested in a CPU focused rig.
This. You won't be able to compete if your rig isnt up to par as he said above, cuz people with space computer will absolutely roll you
I was on woods as a level 4 brought only a ppsh 2 mags a slice of cheese and a bandage. Ended up killed 7 scavs and a level 10 pmc ton of new loot couldn't find an exfil. Bloody, overweight, and dying of dehydration running around the map with 1 minute left I stumbled upon the outskirts exfil and felt the serotonin shooting through my veins. Honestly so happy I gave this game a real honest shot really enjoying it.
short answer: NO
long answer: No because devs were been lazy for 2 years, no new content, no new good maps, just a few weapons and tons of rigs and equipment that really dont mean anything and dont change anything in the game.
Its my second wipe now and I'm already up to lvl 21. Absolutely love the game and I think I'll try going for kappa this wipe
its PLAGUED with cheaters atm. for me its a NO.
It's definitely not a game you can pick up and play, you need to put a lot of time to get somewhere by yourself, that's something that hold me back a bit because I don't have a lot of time. Overall it's a good game, an arena mode would be good for players that just want to get in and play for a bit
clever twitch streamer forgot about how this game is badly optimized and propably your pc wont handle this, the game is in beta and they alrdy bringing out dlc. also this game requires so much of your time just to learn a map let alone the alt-tabing you have to do for quests and such.
Worthy to mention is that you also need a high end pc, ryzen 5800, 16gb ram, rtx gpu, otherwise you will have a big disadvantage in fights.
After 2000 hours and 2.5 years, I'd say no. They have made significant improvement on many systems and rebalances. But as an FPS it's still missing basic, core stuff, like: Broken sound and sights that aren't accurate. For all its realism, spraying from the hip wins more firefights than aiming.
Buy it to play with friends... otherwise let it mature a bit longer. I disagree with you, it's a bad FPS but a really good action-game with MMO/RPG elements.
Best fps game I've ever played, it takes you into an environment that reaches into your chest and rips out your still beating heart. Scary, spacey pretty fucking crazy, fast or slow you play it the way you know. The learning curve is super steep and without a tutorial, but there is a good community and someone out there will show you the ropes.
The struggle in Tarkov is my favorite part. God giveth and Tarkov taketh away!
GG Pestily, great video!
I believe the correct question is "Should I sell my EFT key?"
EFT changed the direction, I miss ALPHA and the beginning of Beta, today I see more COD than EFT.
2:51 Pestilly went acapella mode for a second
One of the best games. Sadly the start for new players is so hard that they often quit and never experience what this game really offers...
I cba to put in hours of suffering and constant dying to more experienced players after running for minutes trying to find my quest items. Also most of the PvP in this game is basically getting shit from a bush or shadow or shooting a guy 20 times and then he turns around and 1 Taos you. No thanks but Tarkov is just a waste of time and idk why people praise it so much
@@0p32 Tarkov is a waste of time when you dont take it seriously. With seriously i mean that you want to get better and learn new things to reach that, not playing all day sweating your ass off. You have to adapt your playstyle to not get onetaped out of a shadow, thats the game. But if you get better and understand the things you are able to do in the game i guarantee you that it will be fun. But its hardcore to get there.
im glad that COD will release their own Escape from tarkov game.
Plus I dont want to support some shady russians who dont update their game, get caught selling cheats to people and just take money.
??? Hahah what are you talking about.
COD cant even deliver a good Mulitplayer since years, how should they make something coming even close to the detail of tarkov. Look at the Battlefield "tarkov like" mode... No one plays it
And from what telegram group did you get the cheat selling info from?
You are weird
@@turboterpsCOD will make a tarkov version very easy. It won’t have the same appeal. Tarkov is very challenging hardcore. If COD makes theirs like this one then majority of COD players won’t play. COD is a very easy game to pick up and play.
I just can't get over the fact that weapon handling feels like holding a wet noodle. And there was a time were I played multiple hours a day. Never saw any change in that fact.
Honestly the most unfair thing between standard and EOD account players is the gamma container n thats just BS. Eod is so pricey everyone should have same container at the beggining. The extra stash space and extra gear i dont mind, but the additional gamma container really grinds my gear.
Yeah it's unfair but they need to pay for servers and this way they don't charge a subscription and you can still play on any account. I use standard and it doesn't hold me back. Just stop caring about your deaths and move more and get better and then survive more and then you don't need your secure container every raid.
Its iterally a 2x2 vs a 3x3 space. Most people use Gamma for meds, the most they use it for is a docs case or a couple items they can sell to trader if they die. Stop complaining about a feature that isn't really a big gap.
I hate that they made it pay to win too. I wouldn't mind some permanently unlockable cosmetics like what Ragman sells. EOD players also don't have to grind the shitty Punisher quest line for Epsilon container. You know, the quest line that forces players to get PvP kills while wearing crappy armor. Its like Standard Accounts are the krill that the EOD whales feed on.
@@dancool708 carrying a grizzly and a cms plus some keys and doc case is op, so no its not a small thing there is a big difference!
I already own the EoD edition and I still watched this video. Not sure what that says about me but still a great video!
For me it’s a yes. Probably my favorite game RN even though I kinda get annoyed by the loot I lost xD
What servers do you play eu or us?
@@grimreaper5563 both xD
@@miragelee9754 do you have discord I could duo with you if you want? Granted I’ve been losing alot of gear as well lmfao
@@grimreaper5563 nah I prefer going alone. Since I will die easily with duo.
@@grimreaper5563 if you’re in Europe, add me. I’m AyoVenom
Let me know who you are tho when u add
The 'getting out' bit got me. Very good
My biggest issue with Tarkov right now is how far it derived from its original pitch. It's no longer about surviving in Tarkov as an ex-PMC. It's a full-on modern weapons, state of the art equipment deathmatch. I'm not saying it's wrong, but the original appeal of "here's your AK/M16; maybe you find a mod or two, go ahead, survive" is mostly lost.
excited for arenas it'll help with getting a better grasp on recoil and how the gun play is in tarkov, being a new player and pretty good at comp. fps games. This will just help!
No, not worth buying, unplayable unless you want to wait 10 minutes to get into a match. 20 if you try to play reserve. So you can’t even play 3 out like what ? 7 Available maps. Extremely repetitive. Hackers,extreme learning curve, so if you can’t put in 7 hours a day your not gonna get any where.
Next, if you don’t buy the 80 or $90 version of the game. It’s unplayable. Why? Your stash space is EXTREMELY SMALL. And if you haven’t watched gameplay, just know you have to carry a lot of crap. Yes you can upgrade your stash but like pestily said, you’re gonna have to put in the time cause it’s not ez.
And this is coming from someone on their 4th wipe👍🏻
awesome video pest you made me get into Tarkov and helped me out a lot! If I know stuff about the game its from watching your vids, your raid series, your streams! I just got the EOD a week ago in preparation of this wipe!
If you're looking for a realistic shooter, this isn't the game for you.
The game focuses too much on rpg mechanics, combat is so unpleasant if you don't have time to grind for good ammo.
Grinding for ammo is unfun, before getting high tier ammo the game feels like borderlands without numbers.
Balance for players who don't have time is genuinely dogshit.
I've played since 2017 and it has completely shifted into rpg territory
Also recoil system is a complete meme.
You get less recoil full spraying rather than tapping.
This game doesn't respect your skill at all. You could be a skilled player with game sense, outpeeking someone, hitting your shots and positioning correctly, yet someone who is brain dead could just tank your shit and bum rush you. There is potential but the game devs are too focused adding useless stuff and forgetting about gameplay mechanics, which are fundamentally broken.
sounds like a skill issue to me
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Why would you expect to be able to compete with someone who invests 10x more time doing a thing than you do? Wouldnt it be unfair if that weren't the case?
@@paegun Spending more time in something doesn't make you better at it. You're saying if that I play 10k hours of chess in a bad and stupid way I should be better than someone who has 100 hours but thinks and plays well.
Play time doesn't necessarily mean you're skilled, why shouldn't I compete.
I'm not saying that I should be as rich or richer than a high playtime player.
What I'm saying is if I drill his brainless fucking altyn wearing head with 5.45 PS close range, he shouldn't be able to live trough 19 shots and kill me back.
That's as if a player with more hours receives more damage reduction in CSGO it's fucking stupid.
@@bogdanpenev84 nah only reddit users shit on tarkov so it might be you
I have 1500 hours. My fav game of all time. I'm bored now though. I've done these same quests for years now. Even taking breaks for entire wipes. It's an amazing game but, I don't have the want or need to grind every wipe anymore. My job is much more fun and rewarding at the moment.
My biggest problem with the game is that BSG is constantly trying to balance the game for the full time players instead of the casuals wich is the mayority of the playerbase. Only because 20% sweat too much 80% has to suffer. Otherwise i love the game
4:45, lmao that is amazing. literally the exact logic i have had for so many years
Id say it needs some major work still before I 100% recommend it, but overall its come a long way, so yeah
Highly recommend going to map genie or Tarkov maps and learn the spawns and named areas. If you’ve never played the first time can be daunting. Sometimes you literally spawn in the middle of a forest with no landmarks to orient yourself
The game will never hit full release and even if it did the player base will drop off because wipes are what keep people around. Wipes also stop those of us who cant put 40hrs a week in from completing all the quests and story. So the whole wipe or not thing is an issue with the gameplay loop. Theyve been promising streets for multiple wipes now so im not lying when I say there content is super slow and they expect tiny map expansions and 3 guns to be enough for the community to enjoy for another 6 months. It seems like nikita refuses to invest some of his earnings into servers because every single wipe the servers are down and you cant even log in due to over crowding. When you can get in, it takes 20 minute to get into a raid. When they do release a new map every 2 years it runs terrible and will consume 32gb of ram to function half decently. Tarkov is like a terrible drug addiction. You cant get enough but when you are playing, unless youre a streamer and super good the game grows stale.
Good tip here… if you are thinking of getting into tarkov watch some player content first, pestily is a great example and there’s tons of informational content from him to get you up and started.
When I first started playing tarkov I didn’t watch much content I just heard about it thought it looked cool and bought it. I when to factory at night 🤦🏻♂️😂 crept around not making a sound in complete darkness until I died to what was probably a scav somewhere in the office building. I don’t think I played tarkov for a while after that. I than got back into it after watching General Sam, Aqua FPS and then pest and so on and after investing in it and really just gathering knowledge I got good and knew what I was doing.
I really recommend doing some “research” before you play so you’ll have a good time.
Tarkov is one of the best shooters that is held back by a plethora of dumb shit (cheaters, server issues, slow development). Imo, if you have a life, you probably won't get the best experience with this game because it requires an immense amount of time to play.
I agree on most fronts, apart from the slow development, its so incredibly difficult to create a game (any game but this one in particular). Given this i find the development pase quite high.
You summed it up perfectly pest. Love watching your streams and highlights
For those ppl like me who thought this is a realistic tactical survival shooter as it was advertised in 2017 don't buy it. Only after 300hrs I realized that this is just a shitty COD-like game with extra steps and boring quest grind made for no-lifers.
Right now what youre saying is true, but its kinda getting there with inertia and that stuff
@@rancidblock5615 its getting worse and the "russian bias" is starting to show in terms of guns
for example new g36 shoots 5.56 literal HOT dogshit microwaved and then served with piss
new 7.62 gun? absolute god tier zero recoil laser beam
adar fucking terrible barely even usable
new 5.45 single fire zero recoil laser beam
if shoot merican bullet its gonna kick like a mule and play like shit
if shoot russian boolet -recoil and best soft stats in the game...
@@kinsgaming8197 whenever they come out with a new gun they make it op so everyone wants to use it lol, i dont think its "russian bias." The mutant was meta last wipe and the hk was meta for most of the .11 era irrc. Also nikita has openly stated that him and the other devs are big fans of the AR platform and other western weapons
@@kinsgaming8197 well they buffed 7.62x39 PS at least
@@kinsgaming8197 LMAO TRUE
i started played Tarkov in mid 2020, saw my fav F1 driver lando norris did a lot of streaming back then thanks to pandemic and played a lot of tarkov with his buddies. Feeling intrigued, i bought standard edition first, played and then died within a minute. Pretty daunting at first especially for a newbie, but when you start able to kill some chads, it has pretty satisfying feeling. 6 months after that i bought EOD and i never regretted it.
Best game I've ever played, playing since 2018. Growing popularity has brought in some very good players, making game harder. Another problem, though not unique to EFT, has been a massive influx of cheaters.
Game performance is terrible - audio, network, frame rate, AI, lighting and UI is all dog shit and has seen little to no improvement since 2018.
If you can work with the game not working than it is a blast.
Kind of surprised the video wasn't just "Yes" fade to black.
Tarkov is literally the greatest game ever made
Wrong it doesnt have sp
But no battle pass
No
Halo 2
I have been watching eft players on twitch and youtube since it came out some time ago. As a working man with a family I don't have the time necessary to sink into it. I'll be the 4 to 6 hr a week players and I feel like all ill do is get pissed so for that reason I haven't bought it yet. Plus I don't usually buy "beta" games. I want to know what I'm buying especially for over 100 bucks. I'm always afraid I'll spend the 140$ on eft because I like it now then a year from now a big patch comes and fundamentally changes the game from what I purchased to something I don't like. That's not ok for me personally. I wanna know what I'm buying. But I love watching the game being played
No! The game seriously sucks in its current state. It was perfectly fine about 3 wipes ago, and since then has become the most boring, slow paced, no fun, unrealistic, and purposefully frustrating shooter possible. It's not even just the whole camping meta that has spawned from the shit updates, but the game actively discourages new players. "Fun" events make the game unplayable for most of the player base, the AI were buffed into terminators, etc.
The game touts "realism" but never comes close.
Seriously do not purchase the game.
Honestly I wish you could progress in the offline coop, I'm not the best player but getting constantly lasered by Chad's or sweaty ghosts constantly is a little depressing
Wait until the end of the war 😂 maybe the game is finished until than
I played last wipe for the first time for about 400 hours and damn was i addicted but once i got to a certain point i was just done. There was no more point in questing since i got max traders so i got bored and ended up stop playing. Now dont get me wrong this game is really good and one of the most immersive and intense games i've ever played. With the new wipe im probably not gonna play it as I just don't think i could grind all those quests out again and there weren't enough changes this patch for me to come check it out. For new players this game will suck you in once you get the hang of it.
Thanks for the video. I'm casual with the EOD version and gave up on EFT for a while. I still update it, but will need to set some time aside to give it the beans. Cheers
The trouble is that many people who love the game dont have that much time to play it cuz they have other things to do in life rather than play a game for like 3-5h every day, so no having specific servers or something for those who dont have time is sadly, what could kill the game in terms of population, it happens with all games eventually.
thats why u will have the choice oof a permanent character and a season character at release
i think not mentioning inertia is a little bit of a miss, most new people i show the game to are immediately turned off from it now.
if you're the type of person to only be able to play on the weekends there's really no point in buying tarkov. you will always be way behind everyone. you pretty much have to be a streamer to even unlock kappa case
Perfect vid going back to live stream now
I wish Tarkov had a PVE mode / horde mode, sometimes I just wanna play with friends and go scav / raider hunting. Maybe have rogues go around acting like PMC's looting and doing other stuff. Yeah there is offline raids but you can't do any progression. Make the loot not as good exp lower but those who just want a PvE experience can get it. Still make it challenging with more scavs and raids/rogues to act as other PMC's.
As for the horde mode, if you're USEC you would help the rogues there defend the compound, setup barriers / barbed wire / land mines, get people onto the turrets, maybe make it a 10 man raid like experience with basic scavs who get harder and harder eventually getting up to raider equipment as they try and overwhelm the USEC Rogues & yourselves to prevent them keeping a foothold on Tarkov. Keep Rogues there just make them friendly, once cleared enough give USEC Rogue rep and an exclusive trader. (Same for BEAR) like Peacekeeper and Lighthouse Rogues will be non-hostile to you like bosses when you hit 6.0 rep with fence.
Im a new player (this being my first wipe) and I have gigachad labs and reserve friends who help me out on the weekends, rest of the time is played solo. I would say to get the most out of the learning experience is to have both. The game is best learned solo, but with knowledgeable people helping you out from time to time.
Got my first scav junkbox & almost level 15 to unlock the flea.
Pest, does it have the learning curve of DayZ? I found it hard to play at first, but once I learned the mechanics it became pretty enjoyable. Just wondering if EFT would feel the same?
It’s way more than just mechanics, it’s the running the same map over and over and over again just to learn where people peak, and learning the hard way that you really do need BP or BT to kill players after putting an entire round of PS into a PMC and them one tapping you. And then there are 100 different elements like that you have to either learn the hard way or watch on RUclips first.
I would say that DayZ is a more difficult/confusing game initially, given that it just drops you in the middle of nowhere with no explanation, whereas EFT had a lot more to learn in the long run than DayZ. I would say that starting out in EFT is much more enjoyable, but mastering the game is much more difficult than DayZ
my favorite part is how you can still hear people through walls and stuff like everything is made of hollow wood
Thanks Pest nice Video and imo not biased at all ^^
I love this game; in the year since I bought it I've sunk over 1000 hours into and it still learn new stuff daily; content creator videos; especially yours. have helped so. much
I think another big issue for new players is having friends to play with. A friend just joined me recently and he's getting tilted that when he kills someone there's usually 2-3 more people pinching him while hes already at a disadvantage. It scares him from fully learning how to maneuver maps.
Well made insightful video.
I fall into that group that wants to play the game but don't have it yet.
Nice! I like this video I hope it brings in many new players into the world of tarkov
I love the guy wearing a oculus dev kit.
Reminds me of the od days when everyone had a small vr demo
Love how he puts adds for tarkov Carry’s
I have to admit. I am a casual gamer. I enjoy the game, but the Wipes coming too early for me. Bought the Standard and quickly updated to EoD. It is a great game. But a little bit of balancing would be great, help casual gamer and I guess it would also increase the sell rate of the game.
Just one example: Give an option to define, that you only join servers with small groups. It is the most annoying moment, if you kill two PMC and get killed by the third one from the same group.
Or if you are on the same server as a streamer called Pestily, maybe you know him. But it is an honer to get killed by him.
Thanks for this video and please continue with your great content. I loved your 'Press' stream when VOIP comes into play. That was so funny to watch. Thanks :)
As a causal player, agree about the watching your series as a fix for playing this game. Every few wipes Ill dig in and play, just wait for a large new content push, like new maps, or mechanic reworks. Like playing a new game waiting every few wipes.