Another thing to pile onto the "Aggression is how you fight a squad" part, confusion is your best friend. You know where you are (no duh), but they don't always know *exactly* where their friends are 24/7. The messy and confusing you can make it, the better, and the more enemies in the squad the easier it can be. Of course, good squads won't have as much trouble communicating so it's not always a guarantee, but sometimes that 1-2 seconds of confirmation in the squad chat can be more than enough.
My main thought process against squads as a solo is, 'If I don't know what I'm doing, neither do they.' Sometimes all it takes is firing a few rounds from your gun in a random direction (if you have 2 on you it works well) so it seem like you're in another fight to get them to push right into a bottleneck or an easy sightline.
Squads can be filled with "wait is that you? Whos that?" And if theyre in confusion you can rush to kill one at a time. Another thing is if you hear the really weird loud footstep then it cuts out, that means someone is within heavy sprint audio range
@@Arclightning one time I actually ran in the middle of a 3 man squad in dorms, going down the stairs, and one guy shot his friend because of the crossfire, and I miraculously managed to go around the side, grenade through the stairs window and get a kill because of the confusion. hilarious
Oh I remember when this one time some dood just cut mine and my friend's best raids ever short, leaving me barely alive and my friend dead. I was healing, moving, peeking, getting an overwatch position on my previous position; basically did everything that a normal person does to ensure the bitch is dead, but... he was a rat. We were rat attacked. And so I spent the next 20 minutes in a position that could overwatch the position he last saw me in, the position I made the most noise at, the body, and last know position of the rat. He comes out of lair. He loots the body, only take a few items and runs away but greed is stronger. He comes in and bites his teeth in. Single most satisfying headshot I ever had the pleasure to pull the trigger on. I ouratted a rat. A glorious feeling. I also had to get the fuck out because I've ratted until like 6 minutes in the raid were left so I didn't get anything from him, but I was pretty full anyway; friend's gear insured.
@@Kelnor277 one larps as a waffen ss shithead in his free time. the other just plays tarkov and uses a momex because he wants to preserve his privacy they are not the same
Tip 2 hits me so hard. I basically have schizophrenia when I am playing any survival pvp games. I basically go full schizo when I don’t recall opening/closing a door at times even though I had did it.
Turn on binaural audio, its bugged so you hear a super loud directionalized footstep when anything comes into your audio range. Basically free wallhacks
I'd replace the Zag with perfotoran in your injector case. It heals and blocks bleeds for a minute(As opposed to Zag's 3 minutes), but it gives you 1.5hp/s(90 in total) and it's a nice alternative to a propital if you get an arm heavy bleed and chip damage all over the rest of your body. Unless they removed the craft for it or something and made it a pain to get.
I'm not sure what you mean. I use it either at the start of raid for the +30 perception for hearing or when I'm thirsty/starving to get an additional 15min immunity from that. It's a hearing buff while regenerating food/hydration with the bonus of lowering body temp on the off chance it helps. And the only negative is higher body temp for 5min after. Doesn't even cost (much) more than the food you'd have to eat instead.
I just downloaded the game, have hundreds of twitch watch hours and I understand that I am an absolute baby and have no idea what I'm doing, last night (5th day play just a few hours at a time) was definitely the realization that I am far behind everyone, and yet I am taking everything as a learning experience. I do appreciate videos like this and can't wait to slowly (and I mean slowly) get better
Using nades as a litmus test for if a guy is gonna rat his friends body is actually a really good tactic, I'll be using that one in future raids! Also your logic and explanation for prioritizing who to push in a squad fight was really good, I felt a little embarrassed that I hadn't considered it from that angle before! I also probably need to learn when to leave the loot behind haha
eTG-C is amazing for one reason imo...surgery buff. I pop one when I get blacked out early in raid. You get a great heal on your limbs. Good enough to justify pushing into the raid rather than extracting. Obviously if the players you killed are juiced then it's kind of up to you. Don't be to prideful to dip either. Solo is a different animal. No one is carrying your gear out or hiding it. It's you and you alone better to get out with some things than dying and losing everything. You can play ultra aggressive if you want. It's the superior way to play. Playing with teammates sucks when you die. You have to wait for them to get out. You die as a solo it's slap together another kit and out the door you go. So don't feel bad taking on that 3 stack and killing one or two of them. You'll be back in raid before your kills will be. Just killing one or two ruins the raid for them. Play aggressive until you have something to lose, quest high value barter item etc then survive.
Last point is the truest part. The most fun I’ve had in this game is going ball to the walls hyper aggressive mode and killing a few members of a squad, dying right after, but knowing that each of them is screaming furiously at each other in discord.
As a professional rat I have to hard disagree with the "Aggression beats squads" point. Confusion beats squads, not aggression. If you know you're up against a squad and you incorrectly assume one of their members is going for a flank, trying to aggressively push them is going to, without a shadow of a doubt, result in you being completely pulverized. Unless you are indoors, close range, and can actively hear their teammates traveling through a flank route that they can't quickly backtrack from, do not push. Instead, take the initiative and fall back, fall far back, make it look like you're running away even, and then execute your own WIDER flank on them. I can't even begin to describe how effective this is, shoot and run is the bread and butter of solo gameplay. If you get in a fight and just fall back and get eyes on the place you used to be, 9 times out of 10 that person will come waltzing through to chase after you, and now you've gone from being outnumbered in a compromised position, to being at every advantage you can possibly have. This shoot, fall back, flank strategy is so effective that I've basically stopped bringing armor, I wear scavenged Ratnik helmets or Chimera boonies and Class 3 press armor as scav protection. Having a light kit makes it so that I can cover a lot of ground and do it FAST. So either I'm falling back and waiting for the enemy to come to me, or I'm executing a flank with such swiftness that their stamina hasn't even regenerated by the time I shoot them in the side of the head.
As a solo i like picking someone off in a group and then just taking off, totally uninterested in the loot. Just makes em be extra cautious about me when im already gone and then im all giddy that i broke the group up lol
Fun fact (or not, i really don't know how well known this is) the way scav detection of grenades works makes it so that tossing one in their vicinity triggers their "grenade warning" voice clip rather then them actually seeing it, which makes it very easy to get a general gauge of how many there are and where they are. Not as useful as a PMC fighting tip but if your legs are blacked, armor's dead, full of loot, and your extract is just past a big scav hub, a grenade or two is great to prevent getting caught off guard
having a bolt action rifle isn't always bad , as long as it isn't magnified. You gotta remember the factory chads that wipe lobbies with stock mosins and good movement
As a current lvl 25 Solo (Neutralizer); within 30 seconds of hearing you speak, subscribed, liked, fullscreened. Everything you said is the exact list of personal tips I have currently. Love this video.
Great video! Couple more points: When using grenades, know the fuse timer on them. The VOGs (17 and 25) will explode almost like an impact grenade, which is either great if you're going for grenadier kills, but really tough for pushing out ratting players. F1s/ RGD-5s will give you a better all around experience, with fuses like 5s timers. My personal favorite is the M67, with a 10s fuse. They throw the farthest, and with such a long cook time, you can make a play on someone's position before it goes off. Dorms PVP is changed when you have a super long grenade timer -- you can throw a nade to contain someone and then push them while they hide. Adrenaline > morphine, as the adrenaline can heal you a tiny bit in PVP. If you are new to the game or just don't own EOD, don't be afraid to buy a beta container from Peacekeeper early on. Sure, it will run about 1 million rubles, but you get an extra space which lets you run surgery + docs case early on. If you're running solo, don't be afraid to run your good ammo. But, make sure you're running like 1 or 2 extra magazines. You don't need 4 20 rounders for an SR25 or an MDR -- save ammo by running fewer mags and just packing when you get the opportunity. Especially for ammos like 7.62 M61/M62, where they can change an engagement with one thorax shot, just run fewer mags and focus on accurate fire. Dying with a meta gun sucks, but running out of good ammo to run in your meta guns equally sucks. I play with a guy who runs super meta SR25s, M4s and Mk47s but he loses so many engagements because he has terrible ammo availability. Running your good ammo but being conservative with your spare ammo will keep you in fights across multiple raids. Building off the last point, be fast and be light in your raids. Play your raids like a game of speed chess -- make your moves, stick with them, and be quick. Play your objective for the raid -- PMC kills on Shoreline? Play towards resort. Boss kills on maps? Make sure to abuse the packet loss indicator -- get out and reset. The faster you get into and out of raids, the faster you'll level, and get access to better gear and make money. People know the rotations and timings on maps, so try to stay with the flow to avoid contact, or disrupt the flow for others.
Love the use of your dart board btw Solo / group injector case setup I've ran basically every wipe is : 3x SJ6 3x Propital 1x MULE 1x Zagustin 1x SJ1 I always pack extra SJ6's either for bad spawns, need to heavily disengage/flank, and fast track to exfil. Propital is basically my primary pain med, sometimes I run vaseline in my pockets, but usually propital is my go to. MULE is self explanatory, should only need one. I basically never use zagustin, I double bind a colak and army bandage in every kit. SJ1's are great for fast tracking to exfil even faster if you don't have max strength/endurance. (Also helps you get into cheeky rat spots early on)
As a (usually) solo player, I agree with everything in this video. Some things to add: 1- 60-round mags are great because you can kill at least 2 people with some to spare, taking away that pressure of having to reload right after you kill their teammate and they might take that opportunity to push you. 2- If you get the drop on a duo/trio/whatever, try to kill the thiccest boi first, leave timmies for the last. 3- BE BOLD, let them fear you not you them. This is the single most important thing you can take away from this! Good luck.
Another thing I'd add to this list is using high capacity mags. Constantly worrying about reloading in the middle of a fight takes ur mind off the objective and constantly reloading can genuinely get you killed. So use the big boi mags even if they completely torpedo your ergonomics
Is low recoil better than high ergo? I'm building a Rd-702 and can make it ~66 for both, or drop both about -15. Giving up a good silence for an ave “suppressor” flash hider but recoil dives. If I lose the ergo, no snapping to ADS, but 40s vert recoil might be worth? Gotta get used to that kind of shooting tho…
In my opinion around 50 ergo is perfectly manageable, and if you can drop your recoil by 15 I would go that route. For me at lease, anything below 40 ergo is where I start having issues with ADS speed and such@@michealnelsonauthor
@@Espo97734 thanks. Yeah, my snipes are atrocious while I'm leveling up…. I will also try the high-cap mags, your 1st idea. That will drop the ergo but might even improve recoil, lol.
Yeah, using high capacity mags is where u kinda have to optimize your recoil and ergo. The mags will definitely help you in fights, but they are just straight ergo torpedoes. You'll definitely have to sacrifice some recoil performance to get the ads speed up@@michealnelsonauthor
I run obdolbos 2 instead of mile or sj6. It's insanely effective. It is a bit dangerous due to the debuff, but by the time I use it I don't exactly want to get into any more fights. Being cornered is also not a death sentence if you run extended mags. 60 rounds of hipfire can save you from dire circumstances.
One thing I'll harp on is that while its really important to reposition, you don't always have to. Especially if you have a silencer, sometimes you can really abuse your position if the sight lines and cover are good. Also, teammates aren't the only ones who can camp a body. If they're willing to rat and watch the body for awhile, they're also likely willing to try to go ass up and try to loot their buddy
Another good tip that I learned finally after 2000 hours... If you hear a grenade being readied, you know where he is...if he is alone for the love of god, PUSH! So many fights I won because I did not wait the grenade out but instead push, and push HARD. They will panic, try to run away into different cover again, pursue when you feel like he is alone. Keep the pressure on him. People make more mistakes when in panic... source : Panicky boy like me jumping outta windows in the third floor and breaking legs cuz I got shot at in Dorms lol
As of patch .14, pistols ARE great in EFT now. As long as you can hit those face shots (and they don't have a faceshield) you can absolutely dumpster on people with pistols thanks to the recoil rework.
if you don't have money for the MULE stim, try the Obdoblodos 2, it basically does the same thing (you can carry a few kilos less than with a MULE), but pair it with a propital to negate the HP loss.
Been using perfotora and obdolbos 2 this wipe and it’s pretty good. I’m bringing 2 propitols apart from etg and sj6 and have an extra adrenaline for a buffed short term pk that takes the place of morphine or a pocketed propitol Was using propitol with mule before so it’s not new to me to run 2-3 atoms running home with 60-100kg, it’s just mandatory with obdolbos 2 lol I pretty much only play to bond with friends in a squad but I always bring a sidearm. A 20+1rd p226 has saved me more times than I can count each wipe even if I only run M4s, 416s and mcxs. Granted, I hate running 40/60rd mags but even if I do, it still saves me.
Personal favorite secondary SMG is the MP9, relatively cheap and small so you can either put it in your bag or insurance fraud it and not be out much if someone picks it up
That #7 tip also applies to scavs. Their behavior is erratic and sometimes they can get the drop on you in stupid ways. Literally today I spotted 2 scavs on a hill so I domed one and chalked the other. Turns out there’s one more, so I do a bit of fancy positioning and kill him. As I start to loot I take a shot in the back from ANOTHER scav that walked up and I start running circles around this scav trying to find a good angle, (mostly because I was using a bolt action without a secondary, a big mistake on my part) and I have to run to an open hill which, of course, some PMC happens to be looking at. Always check your back and your shots!
This man is a legend ngl… Wether it’s eft (which I don’t play anymore cuz i suck at it) or any other game. Good content and entertainment! Love it, keep up the great work.
been finding 3-5 impacts a raid looting the nade boxes on reserve theres over 11 cases around the heli in the 2 pawn buildings and with the new random loot box spawn there has been upwards of 15 cases
The stims i normally cary are propitol, etg-c , 2 zagustins, mule, sj6, trimadol. This leaves 2 slots for if i find any in raid. The sj6 and trimadol combo lets you run for days, throw in a mule and you can cary a lot of weight realy far at a sprint. Sj6 has saved me many times when i realize im at the wrong extract with 3 min left in a raid
Tip 6 might be the most important one to learn as a new player. You don't have to fight everything, you don't have to engage fights you know you'll lose and if you can find a way out, go for it.
Something to emphasize rats guarding a body; That loot isn't just not worth it. That loot basically doesn't exist. You can not loot if you are dead. The sooner you appreciate and accept that there is nothing on that body you just dropped, the easier it will be to walk away with what you actually do have.
Clear cut explanation to me. Especially the bolt action advice. I always run bolt actions just it alone because I think that it'll be all I need because it's my primary and I shouldn't waste money on 2 guns really gets me thinking that I should think about my loadouts a bit more than just "How much?" and more "Is it enough?"
IMO bolty is perfectly fine without a secondary, but since they are some of the most difficult weapons to use I understand the utility of wanting a backup weapon if you aren't comfortable with the bolty in most PvP scenarios. I do strongly believe though that when someone gets comfortable or "gits gud" with the bolty a secondary is just a waste of weight and rubles
perftoran combines bleed repair like zagustin and a lesser health regen like propital and is nominally more expensive mid/late wipe. something to consider.
People seem to forget this isn't cod its not about killing everything that moves its about getting out alive, like you said with the loot and there's always one more that becomes a mega rat in 3 micro seconds of a team mate dying its not worth it if your dead lol
To comment on what he said about audio, recently I noticed I can sometimes hear someone outside or barely in my listening radius but it will be for a short duration and sound like a pop in audio. (Ex. 1 loud footstep but its like its loudness peaking or popping for a 0.1 second)
I haven't played for two years. Today finally decided to try again. Logged in on Customs at night time and immediately dropped in a bush.Just wanted to wait like for 10 min till all the big boys do their things.Needless to say I got "head-ayes" right there in that bush.For all that time I didint move a muscle.And I just wonder who the hell plays this shit of a game with all these "legit" players that absolutely filled the game rn...
You'd be surprised how many time my previous team would lay into me for bringing a secondary weapon to supplement my long range firearm that weakens with proximity. "B-B-B-B-...B...B-....BuT yOu'Re HeAvIeR!?!?!?!?!?" They would screech and sperg. "WhAt AbOuT tHe LoOt!?!?!?!?!?!?!?"
This was very useful and done in a light comical way really enjoy it. Please continue making content especially guides like this. It would be great if you made a guide with information regarding how you learned the maps. Yes as the saying goes “ you learn as you play” BUT if you could use this same style of delivery in a video showing where you are are and what it looks like to help people identify quicker were they are on spawn, spawn points and even POI’s it would be awesome. Again video for all your hard work.
7. When you kill a guy and wants their loot... Theres a way to get their loot, if you kill one late in the raid, maybe they are extracting, so in this case, we can just assume where they are going to extract and exit camp a little, 8/10 times they have their friends loot and he gathered it for you, work smart, not hard
One tip if you're not doing so hot financially and can't afford to constantly run stims is to not wait for what you consider to be the "golden opportunity" to use things like Propitals and eTG-C. Don't be afraid to use it if you're worried a fight might not go in your favor and escape isn't guaranteed. Sure, there will be times when it would be better useful down the line, but most of the time that stim could make the difference between losing a kit and walking home with a substantial payday.
Gear fear makes you lose fights from the beginning. Running a PACA when you have Class4/5 in your stash? You are going to lose any engagement that isn't sniping. Not running good ammo? Won't be able to kill anyone in a fair fight. Not using your injectors? Your three heavy bleeds will make sure you get the fast extract. Just run what you can afford and survive more raids
@@DisgracedAero As I said, don't be afraid to wait for an opportunity that might never present itself. Gear fear isn't inherently what I was referring to, I was giving advice to people who don't have lots of money or gear to fall back on in their stash. Granted, making money in Tarkov isn't too challenging, but not everyone devotes most of their free time to Tarkov and only plays when their friends do or when they can devote half a day or more to just Tarkov.
TBH i think obdolbos 2 is a better option than mule. Unless you have 2 tank batteries in your backpack, obdolbos 2 will provide basically the same stats as the mule. you just gotta have an extra propital in your injector case. and it's WAY cheaper
in CQB where you can move around quick like dorms it's actually super easy to confuse a 3-4 man squad, they'll be so afraid of TK they'll take seconds before firing on you every time you show up because even if they tell each other where they (think) they saw/heard you, it will already be wrong info after it's being said because you'll be somewhere else...if you don't get cornered.
This is why you always leave 1 man outside, that way if shit goes down they can scramble to watch the exit that the guy is likely to take to when flanking.
@@v4lhulme I've been doing that a lot with my friends, like 2-3-4 + me away with a scope, like a third party. Works wonders, the ennemy never knows there's an other, away
I highly recommend carrying the SJ12 if you’re not gonna carry golden star, it is the food stim. It will keep you above 0 energy for a few minutes which is good for getting out of raid
8:40 That is why I employ the counter-rat strategy. If I kill someone in a duo, and I know the other guy is gonna try to rat me out. I will camp the body as well, and wait out his team mate to try and get his friends loot.
Crazy how powerful just being a squad is, i have barely ran into any solo's in this wipe. Always a duo or trio that i either have to disengage from or die to, or rarely kill all of them, most of the time il go for a pickoff and just get out of dodge as i dont care to camp the body for 10 minutes like their mates will do.
Propoital/Zagustin/ETG for survival. SJ6/Trimadol/SJ12 for sustain. Mule for emergency. Don’t sleep on the sJ12, sucks when you die to starvation after being in a huge fight.
Thank you sir, very good video. I have a bunch of small submachine guns that I never use and yet I keep going out with a sniper and no backup. And die a lot. Why? Good question.... Your plea to take a second weapon has been received. Srsly thanks for pointing it out
Snipers are some of the hardest guns to master using in this game. If not THE hardest. You need to calculate bullet drop etc. depending on your ammo. It’s a real niche skill. And if someone gets alittle too close, it can be hard to kill someone. Basically have to hold a hard angle and hope you land a headshot if someone peeks. I never run a sniper without a backup pistol. It’s one of the few times running a pistol actually comes in handy if you’re already running a normal gun
If you are just starting out in tarkov and need someway to familiarize yourself with maps loot, and everything annoying there is to learn, either using offline raids to scout maps or routes is amazing, or using spt.
Another thing that can help you is....just talking. You will be surprised how many people will just walk away if you talk to them, or maybe just cooperate. It doesn't always work - i tend to be able to negotiate successfully on Reserve, Customs and Woods, but Lighthouse and Shoreline can be horrible as these maps have an abundance of murder quests, and your life is worth trying. But overall theres a 50/50 chance of negotiating your life on the premise of "i really don't wanna fight". Also-it can bring a couple of extremely funny moments, or just overall jolly cooperation.
Tips for fighting team of ppl : They will confuse thier footstep and keep asking "whos that?" so as a solo u HAVE to strike first to take out one or few of them . unless u are 100% sure they will walk past u or cant see u.then u can just spray at thier back
Yo we can't just agnore the fact that this man used a dart board to nail his 'green' screen in place Also, thanks for the 'if you think you heard something, YOU HEARD SOMETHING'. I cannot count how many times I died because I thought I was just being paranoid
As a former solo player with close to 3k hours who just got their solo anxiety back, videos like this always help honestly!
Thank you, I was thinking that I was a looser for having 800H and still not really knowing how to play solo
@@alcatraz8694Review courses exist for a reason friend. It never hurts to brush up on your skills
@@alcatraz8694 Same thing.
...unless I have 2700 hours.
@@alcatraz8694don’t worry I got 8k and still struggle solo sometimes 😂
Been playing since alpha and this new patch also got my anxiety back
Another thing to pile onto the "Aggression is how you fight a squad" part, confusion is your best friend. You know where you are (no duh), but they don't always know *exactly* where their friends are 24/7. The messy and confusing you can make it, the better, and the more enemies in the squad the easier it can be.
Of course, good squads won't have as much trouble communicating so it's not always a guarantee, but sometimes that 1-2 seconds of confirmation in the squad chat can be more than enough.
My main thought process against squads as a solo is, 'If I don't know what I'm doing, neither do they.' Sometimes all it takes is firing a few rounds from your gun in a random direction (if you have 2 on you it works well) so it seem like you're in another fight to get them to push right into a bottleneck or an easy sightline.
Squads can be filled with "wait is that you? Whos that?" And if theyre in confusion you can rush to kill one at a time.
Another thing is if you hear the really weird loud footstep then it cuts out, that means someone is within heavy sprint audio range
@@Arclightning one time I actually ran in the middle of a 3 man squad in dorms, going down the stairs, and one guy shot his friend because of the crossfire, and I miraculously managed to go around the side, grenade through the stairs window and get a kill because of the confusion. hilarious
@@igornikitovitchnosorog874 ive had a duo where i hurt one and the other was intent on throwing grenades, i killed one mid pull and the other mid heal
Most squads use two monitors screensharing their game so it is very unlikely you will catch a semi-competent squad with that
The part about a teammate rating a body is so true. Those guys will sit there watching their friend's body until there is 5mins left in the raid
Ahh yes we always had that rattiest friend who will return to your dead body eventhougth your body were litterally get head eyes from sniper 😂
Oh I remember when this one time some dood just cut mine and my friend's best raids ever short, leaving me barely alive and my friend dead. I was healing, moving, peeking, getting an overwatch position on my previous position; basically did everything that a normal person does to ensure the bitch is dead, but... he was a rat. We were rat attacked. And so I spent the next 20 minutes in a position that could overwatch the position he last saw me in, the position I made the most noise at, the body, and last know position of the rat. He comes out of lair. He loots the body, only take a few items and runs away but greed is stronger. He comes in and bites his teeth in. Single most satisfying headshot I ever had the pleasure to pull the trigger on. I ouratted a rat. A glorious feeling.
I also had to get the fuck out because I've ratted until like 6 minutes in the raid were left so I didn't get anything from him, but I was pretty full anyway; friend's gear insured.
It's called true friendship. Clearly you've never experienced it.
Of course. Ratting a body is the smartest thing to do
@@tropicalfruit4571 man's wrote a whole novel (this is amazing)
It is always a good day when our favorite talking balaklava and SSh uploads
I just realized Leviticus is the video game version of Administrative Results. Before the face reveal anyway.
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@@Kelnor277 We had the Talking Balaclava, now we got the Tarkov Balaclava.
@@Kelnor277 one larps as a waffen ss shithead in his free time. the other just plays tarkov and uses a momex because he wants to preserve his privacy
they are not the same
@@bombcat5517and an IDF soldier, your point?
Tip 2 hits me so hard. I basically have schizophrenia when I am playing any survival pvp games. I basically go full schizo when I don’t recall opening/closing a door at times even though I had did it.
Turn on binaural audio, its bugged so you hear a super loud directionalized footstep when anything comes into your audio range. Basically free wallhacks
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I'd replace the Zag with perfotoran in your injector case. It heals and blocks bleeds for a minute(As opposed to Zag's 3 minutes), but it gives you 1.5hp/s(90 in total) and it's a nice alternative to a propital if you get an arm heavy bleed and chip damage all over the rest of your body.
Unless they removed the craft for it or something and made it a pain to get.
Yup came here for this
Its like 40k on flea
Is noone using the anti-thermal stim? I love having my 40min raid lunchbox compacted into one little stick I can use in a second
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Well, it's usable against only a minority...
I'm not sure what you mean. I use it either at the start of raid for the +30 perception for hearing or when I'm thirsty/starving to get an additional 15min immunity from that. It's a hearing buff while regenerating food/hydration with the bonus of lowering body temp on the off chance it helps. And the only negative is higher body temp for 5min after. Doesn't even cost (much) more than the food you'd have to eat instead.
This might be the single most useful Tarkov Tips video I've ever seen.
I just downloaded the game, have hundreds of twitch watch hours and I understand that I am an absolute baby and have no idea what I'm doing, last night (5th day play just a few hours at a time) was definitely the realization that I am far behind everyone, and yet I am taking everything as a learning experience. I do appreciate videos like this and can't wait to slowly (and I mean slowly) get better
"They had terrible aim and lacked object permanence" Lmao
Using nades as a litmus test for if a guy is gonna rat his friends body is actually a really good tactic, I'll be using that one in future raids! Also your logic and explanation for prioritizing who to push in a squad fight was really good, I felt a little embarrassed that I hadn't considered it from that angle before! I also probably need to learn when to leave the loot behind haha
eTG-C is amazing for one reason imo...surgery buff. I pop one when I get blacked out early in raid. You get a great heal on your limbs. Good enough to justify pushing into the raid rather than extracting. Obviously if the players you killed are juiced then it's kind of up to you.
Don't be to prideful to dip either. Solo is a different animal. No one is carrying your gear out or hiding it. It's you and you alone better to get out with some things than dying and losing everything.
You can play ultra aggressive if you want. It's the superior way to play. Playing with teammates sucks when you die. You have to wait for them to get out. You die as a solo it's slap together another kit and out the door you go. So don't feel bad taking on that 3 stack and killing one or two of them. You'll be back in raid before your kills will be. Just killing one or two ruins the raid for them. Play aggressive until you have something to lose, quest high value barter item etc then survive.
What surgery buff? Is that new? I don't see it listed anywhere.
Last point is the truest part. The most fun I’ve had in this game is going ball to the walls hyper aggressive mode and killing a few members of a squad, dying right after, but knowing that each of them is screaming furiously at each other in discord.
As a professional rat I have to hard disagree with the "Aggression beats squads" point.
Confusion beats squads, not aggression. If you know you're up against a squad and you incorrectly assume one of their members is going for a flank, trying to aggressively push them is going to, without a shadow of a doubt, result in you being completely pulverized. Unless you are indoors, close range, and can actively hear their teammates traveling through a flank route that they can't quickly backtrack from, do not push.
Instead, take the initiative and fall back, fall far back, make it look like you're running away even, and then execute your own WIDER flank on them. I can't even begin to describe how effective this is, shoot and run is the bread and butter of solo gameplay. If you get in a fight and just fall back and get eyes on the place you used to be, 9 times out of 10 that person will come waltzing through to chase after you, and now you've gone from being outnumbered in a compromised position, to being at every advantage you can possibly have.
This shoot, fall back, flank strategy is so effective that I've basically stopped bringing armor, I wear scavenged Ratnik helmets or Chimera boonies and Class 3 press armor as scav protection. Having a light kit makes it so that I can cover a lot of ground and do it FAST. So either I'm falling back and waiting for the enemy to come to me, or I'm executing a flank with such swiftness that their stamina hasn't even regenerated by the time I shoot them in the side of the head.
Probably the best video I’ve seen for solos. Clear and to the point with examples, love it.
As a solo i like picking someone off in a group and then just taking off, totally uninterested in the loot. Just makes em be extra cautious about me when im already gone and then im all giddy that i broke the group up lol
An adrenaline junkie, I respect it.
Then insurance make all the work useless
Fun fact (or not, i really don't know how well known this is) the way scav detection of grenades works makes it so that tossing one in their vicinity triggers their "grenade warning" voice clip rather then them actually seeing it, which makes it very easy to get a general gauge of how many there are and where they are. Not as useful as a PMC fighting tip but if your legs are blacked, armor's dead, full of loot, and your extract is just past a big scav hub, a grenade or two is great to prevent getting caught off guard
"After the grenade dealt with him and quite literally.. blew him into the floor"
Gotta love Tarkov jank
Congrats on 101K subs my guys ! It's bin along road glad to see you made it !
This was actually S-Tier advice for solos. Great video!
having a bolt action rifle isn't always bad , as long as it isn't magnified. You gotta remember the factory chads that wipe lobbies with stock mosins and good movement
As a current lvl 25 Solo (Neutralizer); within 30 seconds of hearing you speak, subscribed, liked, fullscreened. Everything you said is the exact list of personal tips I have currently. Love this video.
0:09 you had me LOL from that start. liked already
Great video! Couple more points:
When using grenades, know the fuse timer on them. The VOGs (17 and 25) will explode almost like an impact grenade, which is either great if you're going for grenadier kills, but really tough for pushing out ratting players. F1s/ RGD-5s will give you a better all around experience, with fuses like 5s timers. My personal favorite is the M67, with a 10s fuse. They throw the farthest, and with such a long cook time, you can make a play on someone's position before it goes off. Dorms PVP is changed when you have a super long grenade timer -- you can throw a nade to contain someone and then push them while they hide.
Adrenaline > morphine, as the adrenaline can heal you a tiny bit in PVP.
If you are new to the game or just don't own EOD, don't be afraid to buy a beta container from Peacekeeper early on. Sure, it will run about 1 million rubles, but you get an extra space which lets you run surgery + docs case early on.
If you're running solo, don't be afraid to run your good ammo. But, make sure you're running like 1 or 2 extra magazines. You don't need 4 20 rounders for an SR25 or an MDR -- save ammo by running fewer mags and just packing when you get the opportunity. Especially for ammos like 7.62 M61/M62, where they can change an engagement with one thorax shot, just run fewer mags and focus on accurate fire. Dying with a meta gun sucks, but running out of good ammo to run in your meta guns equally sucks. I play with a guy who runs super meta SR25s, M4s and Mk47s but he loses so many engagements because he has terrible ammo availability. Running your good ammo but being conservative with your spare ammo will keep you in fights across multiple raids.
Building off the last point, be fast and be light in your raids. Play your raids like a game of speed chess -- make your moves, stick with them, and be quick. Play your objective for the raid -- PMC kills on Shoreline? Play towards resort. Boss kills on maps? Make sure to abuse the packet loss indicator -- get out and reset. The faster you get into and out of raids, the faster you'll level, and get access to better gear and make money. People know the rotations and timings on maps, so try to stay with the flow to avoid contact, or disrupt the flow for others.
2s for vog-25, 3s for vog 17, 3.5s for RGD/F-1, and 5s for m67. no idea where you got your numbers from.
@@fewny2691 honestly my bad I didn’t double check any of the values
Love the use of your dart board btw
Solo / group injector case setup I've ran basically every wipe is :
3x SJ6
3x Propital
1x MULE
1x Zagustin
1x SJ1
I always pack extra SJ6's either for bad spawns, need to heavily disengage/flank, and fast track to exfil.
Propital is basically my primary pain med, sometimes I run vaseline in my pockets, but usually propital is my go to.
MULE is self explanatory, should only need one.
I basically never use zagustin, I double bind a colak and army bandage in every kit.
SJ1's are great for fast tracking to exfil even faster if you don't have max strength/endurance. (Also helps you get into cheeky rat spots early on)
The fact you used the word ANIMORPH SHOWS you got class.
That “hey that’s not very nice dude” got me fuckin rolling
As a (usually) solo player, I agree with everything in this video.
Some things to add:
1- 60-round mags are great because you can kill at least 2 people with some to spare, taking away that pressure of having to reload right after you kill their teammate and they might take that opportunity to push you.
2- If you get the drop on a duo/trio/whatever, try to kill the thiccest boi first, leave timmies for the last.
3- BE BOLD, let them fear you not you them. This is the single most important thing you can take away from this!
Good luck.
“An impact is more a ‘to whom it may concern.’” Felt that in my thorax.
Gotta say, I love how part of your blue screen is held up by darts.
Another thing I'd add to this list is using high capacity mags. Constantly worrying about reloading in the middle of a fight takes ur mind off the objective and constantly reloading can genuinely get you killed. So use the big boi mags even if they completely torpedo your ergonomics
Is low recoil better than high ergo? I'm building a Rd-702 and can make it ~66 for both, or drop both about -15. Giving up a good silence for an ave “suppressor” flash hider but recoil dives. If I lose the ergo, no snapping to ADS, but 40s vert recoil might be worth? Gotta get used to that kind of shooting tho…
In my opinion around 50 ergo is perfectly manageable, and if you can drop your recoil by 15 I would go that route. For me at lease, anything below 40 ergo is where I start having issues with ADS speed and such@@michealnelsonauthor
@@Espo97734 thanks. Yeah, my snipes are atrocious while I'm leveling up…. I will also try the high-cap mags, your 1st idea. That will drop the ergo but might even improve recoil, lol.
Yeah, using high capacity mags is where u kinda have to optimize your recoil and ergo. The mags will definitely help you in fights, but they are just straight ergo torpedoes. You'll definitely have to sacrifice some recoil performance to get the ads speed up@@michealnelsonauthor
This man is the best tarkov youtuber for the average dude hands down
As a new player, this was the best vid I've seen so far
I absolutely love that your bluescreen is held up by darts on a dart board. Fabulous.
Iv'e got about 600 hours in across a few wipes. Can confirm this is the video all beginners need to watch.
Truth be told, I don't think I will ever get rid of my solo anxiety, but I really hope I do sometime soon... This video definitely helps!
I run obdolbos 2 instead of mile or sj6. It's insanely effective. It is a bit dangerous due to the debuff, but by the time I use it I don't exactly want to get into any more fights.
Being cornered is also not a death sentence if you run extended mags. 60 rounds of hipfire can save you from dire circumstances.
Just pop a propital while you're on obd 2, or use trimadol.
Great video. Never understood why people say Tarkov audios bad, it is literally the most detailed andnimportant in any videogame ive ever played.
Stand inside of resort for 30 seconds
*dying of laughter*
He's in the walls
HE'S IN THE GOD DAMN WALLS
One thing I'll harp on is that while its really important to reposition, you don't always have to. Especially if you have a silencer, sometimes you can really abuse your position if the sight lines and cover are good. Also, teammates aren't the only ones who can camp a body. If they're willing to rat and watch the body for awhile, they're also likely willing to try to go ass up and try to loot their buddy
Another good tip that I learned finally after 2000 hours...
If you hear a grenade being readied, you know where he is...if he is alone for the love of god, PUSH! So many fights I won because I did not wait the grenade out but instead push, and push HARD. They will panic, try to run away into different cover again, pursue when you feel like he is alone. Keep the pressure on him. People make more mistakes when in panic... source : Panicky boy like me jumping outta windows in the third floor and breaking legs cuz I got shot at in Dorms lol
10:05 Dude has the comedic timing of a god holy shit
Knew he was gonna die and went out like a champ
The ending was really funny dude 😂 Also super helpful tips to be aware of and think about. cheers, great video
I like seeing your game play where you're fighting. It is always cool.
as a 26k hour player i can confirm i do none of these things, thanks Leviticus
Great video, as always. You are one of the best content creators for Tarkov on RUclips. Keep it up!
3:07 this guy used the Pascal's wager arguemnt, based!
As of patch .14, pistols ARE great in EFT now. As long as you can hit those face shots (and they don't have a faceshield) you can absolutely dumpster on people with pistols thanks to the recoil rework.
if you don't have money for the MULE stim, try the Obdoblodos 2, it basically does the same thing (you can carry a few kilos less than with a MULE), but pair it with a propital to negate the HP loss.
"Oh thats not cool man" Best last words ever😂
Been using perfotora and obdolbos 2 this wipe and it’s pretty good. I’m bringing 2 propitols apart from etg and sj6 and have an extra adrenaline for a buffed short term pk that takes the place of morphine or a pocketed propitol
Was using propitol with mule before so it’s not new to me to run 2-3 atoms running home with 60-100kg, it’s just mandatory with obdolbos 2 lol
I pretty much only play to bond with friends in a squad but I always bring a sidearm. A 20+1rd p226 has saved me more times than I can count each wipe even if I only run M4s, 416s and mcxs. Granted, I hate running 40/60rd mags but even if I do, it still saves me.
Personal favorite secondary SMG is the MP9, relatively cheap and small so you can either put it in your bag or insurance fraud it and not be out much if someone picks it up
I love that you Explain Tarkov as a Scav
That #7 tip also applies to scavs. Their behavior is erratic and sometimes they can get the drop on you in stupid ways. Literally today I spotted 2 scavs on a hill so I domed one and chalked the other. Turns out there’s one more, so I do a bit of fancy positioning and kill him. As I start to loot I take a shot in the back from ANOTHER scav that walked up and I start running circles around this scav trying to find a good angle, (mostly because I was using a bolt action without a secondary, a big mistake on my part) and I have to run to an open hill which, of course, some PMC happens to be looking at. Always check your back and your shots!
Tipp 1 in a nutshell:
Be already good enough to be able to grind a stim kit.
8:11 Something my sherpa taught me was to ALWAYS CHECK THE AREA BEFORE LOOTING A BODY, thank god I listened to him
Best video I’ve ever seen. Mainly because it is straight forward into the point. Other vids I’ve seen to get simple tips are just yap sessions😭
This man is a legend ngl…
Wether it’s eft (which I don’t play anymore cuz i suck at it) or any other game. Good content and entertainment! Love it, keep up the great work.
RGOs, while rare, are effective as hell thanks to being impacts.
Anyhow, nice tips.
been finding 3-5 impacts a raid looting the nade boxes on reserve theres over 11 cases around the heli in the 2 pawn buildings and with the new random loot box spawn there has been upwards of 15 cases
@@spirit_miku Shhh don't talk about reserve
The stims i normally cary are propitol, etg-c , 2 zagustins, mule, sj6, trimadol. This leaves 2 slots for if i find any in raid. The sj6 and trimadol combo lets you run for days, throw in a mule and you can cary a lot of weight realy far at a sprint. Sj6 has saved me many times when i realize im at the wrong extract with 3 min left in a raid
Perfotoran, ETG, propital and MULE. Optionals SJ6, tremadol and an extra propital.
This is a good guide, and alot of these things I've been telling people for a long long time.
Good vid.
Tip 6 might be the most important one to learn as a new player. You don't have to fight everything, you don't have to engage fights you know you'll lose and if you can find a way out, go for it.
Something to emphasize rats guarding a body; That loot isn't just not worth it. That loot basically doesn't exist. You can not loot if you are dead. The sooner you appreciate and accept that there is nothing on that body you just dropped, the easier it will be to walk away with what you actually do have.
ETG has for sure helped me turn fights. such a good stim
That the impact nade is "to whomever it may concern" blew me
Clear cut explanation to me. Especially the bolt action advice. I always run bolt actions just it alone because I think that it'll be all I need because it's my primary and I shouldn't waste money on 2 guns really gets me thinking that I should think about my loadouts a bit more than just "How much?" and more "Is it enough?"
IMO bolty is perfectly fine without a secondary, but since they are some of the most difficult weapons to use I understand the utility of wanting a backup weapon if you aren't comfortable with the bolty in most PvP scenarios. I do strongly believe though that when someone gets comfortable or "gits gud" with the bolty a secondary is just a waste of weight and rubles
"There is always one more" this is so true.
If you fight 5 man there is always a scav
perftoran combines bleed repair like zagustin and a lesser health regen like propital and is nominally more expensive mid/late wipe. something to consider.
People seem to forget this isn't cod its not about killing everything that moves its about getting out alive, like you said with the loot and there's always one more that becomes a mega rat in 3 micro seconds of a team mate dying its not worth it if your dead lol
To comment on what he said about audio, recently I noticed I can sometimes hear someone outside or barely in my listening radius but it will be for a short duration and sound like a pop in audio. (Ex. 1 loud footstep but its like its loudness peaking or popping for a 0.1 second)
I haven't played for two years. Today finally decided to try again. Logged in on Customs at night time and immediately dropped in a bush.Just wanted to wait like for 10 min till all the big boys do their things.Needless to say I got "head-ayes" right there in that bush.For all that time I didint move a muscle.And I just wonder who the hell plays this shit of a game with all these "legit" players that absolutely filled the game rn...
You'd be surprised how many time my previous team would lay into me for bringing a secondary weapon to supplement my long range firearm that weakens with proximity.
"B-B-B-B-...B...B-....BuT yOu'Re HeAvIeR!?!?!?!?!?" They would screech and sperg. "WhAt AbOuT tHe LoOt!?!?!?!?!?!?!?"
This was very useful and done in a light comical way really enjoy it. Please continue making content especially guides like this. It would be great if you made a guide with information regarding how you learned the maps. Yes as the saying goes “ you learn as you play” BUT if you could use this same style of delivery in a video showing where you are are and what it looks like to help people identify quicker were they are on spawn, spawn points and even POI’s it would be awesome. Again video for all your hard work.
The darts holding up the blue screen is top tier student engineering.
7. When you kill a guy and wants their loot... Theres a way to get their loot, if you kill one late in the raid, maybe they are extracting, so in this case, we can just assume where they are going to extract and exit camp a little, 8/10 times they have their friends loot and he gathered it for you, work smart, not hard
but then there is still a chance they can kill you
It's like what Lord Shaxx in Destiny 2 says when Mayhem comes around. He's always screaming at the player to use more grenades.
One tip if you're not doing so hot financially and can't afford to constantly run stims is to not wait for what you consider to be the "golden opportunity" to use things like Propitals and eTG-C. Don't be afraid to use it if you're worried a fight might not go in your favor and escape isn't guaranteed. Sure, there will be times when it would be better useful down the line, but most of the time that stim could make the difference between losing a kit and walking home with a substantial payday.
Gear fear makes you lose fights from the beginning. Running a PACA when you have Class4/5 in your stash? You are going to lose any engagement that isn't sniping. Not running good ammo? Won't be able to kill anyone in a fair fight. Not using your injectors? Your three heavy bleeds will make sure you get the fast extract. Just run what you can afford and survive more raids
@@DisgracedAero As I said, don't be afraid to wait for an opportunity that might never present itself. Gear fear isn't inherently what I was referring to, I was giving advice to people who don't have lots of money or gear to fall back on in their stash. Granted, making money in Tarkov isn't too challenging, but not everyone devotes most of their free time to Tarkov and only plays when their friends do or when they can devote half a day or more to just Tarkov.
sorry im troll! Totally fair points I was just trying to keep building off it. @@lordpumpkinhead265
TBH i think obdolbos 2 is a better option than mule. Unless you have 2 tank batteries in your backpack, obdolbos 2 will provide basically the same stats as the mule. you just gotta have an extra propital in your injector case. and it's WAY cheaper
I love the way you look at your blue sheet.
GG bro. Thanks. Looking FW to current weapon tier list. Sights, too. All the old ones are outdated.
in CQB where you can move around quick like dorms it's actually super easy to confuse a 3-4 man squad, they'll be so afraid of TK they'll take seconds before firing on you every time you show up because even if they tell each other where they (think) they saw/heard you, it will already be wrong info after it's being said because you'll be somewhere else...if you don't get cornered.
This is why you always leave 1 man outside, that way if shit goes down they can scramble to watch the exit that the guy is likely to take to when flanking.
@@v4lhulme I've been doing that a lot with my friends, like 2-3-4 + me away with a scope, like a third party. Works wonders, the ennemy never knows there's an other, away
I agree with you on not using pistols as secondary's when running bolt actions Luckly I happen to be john wick and Sam fisher so ima still use them
Loved the second tip HAHA, I have died so many times because of disregarding noises
I highly recommend carrying the SJ12 if you’re not gonna carry golden star, it is the food stim. It will keep you above 0 energy for a few minutes which is good for getting out of raid
8:40 That is why I employ the counter-rat strategy. If I kill someone in a duo, and I know the other guy is gonna try to rat me out. I will camp the body as well, and wait out his team mate to try and get his friends loot.
Keep up the good work your getting better every vid !!!! Good tips
I love that he keeps looking at the blue screen even after he doesnt have the video playing in the back
Crazy how powerful just being a squad is, i have barely ran into any solo's in this wipe. Always a duo or trio that i either have to disengage from or die to, or rarely kill all of them, most of the time il go for a pickoff and just get out of dodge as i dont care to camp the body for 10 minutes like their mates will do.
1:54 splitting loot with anybody? maybe i was playing with the wrong group
Thank you for this! As a newer player, I feel like this is gonna help me a lot!
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Propoital/Zagustin/ETG for survival. SJ6/Trimadol/SJ12 for sustain. Mule for emergency. Don’t sleep on the sJ12, sucks when you die to starvation after being in a huge fight.
My favourite Bolt action loadout is the Saboteur + MP7 with silencer. Absolutely killer combo for night raids and hunting rogues and stuff like that
i have tarkov but i dont play it i simpy dont enjoy it, but i still watch your content because it is so good
Thank you sir, very good video. I have a bunch of small submachine guns that I never use and yet I keep going out with a sniper and no backup. And die a lot. Why? Good question.... Your plea to take a second weapon has been received.
Srsly thanks for pointing it out
Snipers are some of the hardest guns to master using in this game. If not THE hardest. You need to calculate bullet drop etc. depending on your ammo. It’s a real niche skill.
And if someone gets alittle too close, it can be hard to kill someone. Basically have to hold a hard angle and hope you land a headshot if someone peeks. I never run a sniper without a backup pistol. It’s one of the few times running a pistol actually comes in handy if you’re already running a normal gun
JAEGER has taught me the way of the close range bolt action rifle
What I love is you no longer need to spend the crazy money to get recoil effects as shown in this video.
If you are just starting out in tarkov and need someway to familiarize yourself with maps loot, and everything annoying there is to learn, either using offline raids to scout maps or routes is amazing, or using spt.
3:29 THERES A SAFE BACK THERE????
Oh you poor soul
Another thing that can help you is....just talking. You will be surprised how many people will just walk away if you talk to them, or maybe just cooperate. It doesn't always work - i tend to be able to negotiate successfully on Reserve, Customs and Woods, but Lighthouse and Shoreline can be horrible as these maps have an abundance of murder quests, and your life is worth trying. But overall theres a 50/50 chance of negotiating your life on the premise of "i really don't wanna fight". Also-it can bring a couple of extremely funny moments, or just overall jolly cooperation.
Tips for fighting team of ppl : They will confuse thier footstep and keep asking "whos that?" so as a solo u HAVE to strike first to take out one or few of them . unless u are 100% sure they will walk past u or cant see u.then u can just spray at thier back
Yo we can't just agnore the fact that this man used a dart board to nail his 'green' screen in place
Also, thanks for the 'if you think you heard something, YOU HEARD SOMETHING'. I cannot count how many times I died because I thought I was just being paranoid