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This game definitely grew outside of the scope they originally planned for, especially after the explosion on Twitch. I remember them saying in a podcast they had expected maybe 20,000 players maximum, but instead got 200,000-300,000 when they did the first Twitch event. Servers were poo poo for two months or so I think until they could scale and work with their providers. I could see them totally abandoning the original “online Stalker” idea and sticking with the current form as a live seasonal game. But I think Nikita may also be stubborn enough to use the money he’s made to do whatever he wants.
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InevitableCheese posted:This game definitely grew outside of the scope they originally planned for, especially after the explosion on Twitch. I remember them saying in a podcast they had expected maybe 20,000 players maximum, but instead got 200,000-300,000 when they did the first Twitch event. Servers were poo poo for two months or so I think until they could scale and work with their providers. This is so freaking cool. I wish they'd do something like let players farm in EFT - use this to collect loot. Then bring it to Arena.
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Crosby B. Alfred posted:This is so freaking cool. This is exactly what Nikita said they were doing less than a week ago.
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LGD posted:tbh I'm less familiar with Tarkov-related YT creators, but yeah there are absolutely a lot more sick highlight compilations/comedy stuff than instructional/informative videos - I think a lot of that's more or less dictated by the nature of YT's content-creation incentive structures, because even most of the people who make an effort to be educational (like Pestily, Veritas, Krashed, JesseKazam, etc. [and note I'm not necessarily recommending all of these, just describing their content]) all regularly release highlight clips Thanks for this, i didn't know pestily's raid series was solely yt-focused. this is pretty much what i was looking for. i mean, he's still incredibly skilled, but i can deal.
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Welp, as a result of this stupid new ratchet wrench tech materials are crashing hardcore. Hoping prices recover after more of them get into the environment but lol at CPUs selling for 10% of their old price.
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Bussamove posted:lol at CPUs selling for 10% of their old price. lol indeed. My CPU stash once valued at a cool 2.5mil is now worth about 250k. My timing in this game is such poo poo. Every time I finally unlock something, gain something, am on the brink of building something, etc, it gets nerfed. I just built the BTC farm and stuck a bunch of GPU's in it. Watch, this week or the next, we'll see some kind of BTC nerf.
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Nikita steadfastly refusing to nerf bitcoins is why all these other arbitrary nerfs happen though!
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Ugh, Steam Audio is driving me nuts. When it works it's a lot better than regular audio, but the random footstep noise bug is driving me crazy.
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Bussamove posted:Nikita steadfastly refusing to nerf bitcoins is why all these other arbitrary nerfs happen though! The nerf will have nothing to do with bitcoin and everything to do with me.
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Bussamove posted:Nikita steadfastly refusing to nerf bitcoins is why all these other arbitrary nerfs happen though!
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Have they said anything about the next wipe?
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Does anyone know why the price of the Walker XCEL digital headset crashed? Did Pestily give them an F in a tierlist video or something?
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Crosby B. Alfred posted:Have they said anything about the next wipe? It'll be on Thursday
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sum posted:Does anyone know why the price of the Walker XCEL digital headset crashed? Did Pestily give them an F in a tierlist video or something? New headphones are cheap and can be worn under ears (sound kinda bad though)
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I just recently got my scav box up and running, which option should I use for sending them out? I've heard moonshine is good but I don't have my booze maker up and running yet, so I've just been sending them out on 85k runs.
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Cage Kicker posted:It'll be on Thursday Is this a joke or will it really wipe on Thurs?
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Dr_0ctag0n posted:Is this a joke or will it really wipe on Thurs? Issajoke
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Bussamove posted:I just recently got my scav box up and running, which option should I use for sending them out? I've heard moonshine is good but I don't have my booze maker up and running yet, so I've just been sending them out on 85k runs. I use the 85k option. The fixed cost of the investment with inflated prices of what you get seem to make it quite worth it. I make my own booze but a bottle is 400k right now and I'd much rather sell it. The one time I did a Booze run the value that came back was below 100k and I was pissed. The 85k seldom returns less than it costs for me and often returns 150-200k. And there is always the chance for something like a graphics card or AESA.
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Malefitz posted:I use the 85k option. The fixed cost of the investment with inflated prices of what you get seem to make it quite worth it. I'll stick with 85k then, thanks! I did get an IC saferoom exfil keycard, so that was a cool couple mil. 
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85 k often returns like 20-30k for me personally. I much prefer moonshine.
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I've been running documents and they are complete poo poo, so i'm going back to moonshine. The best item I got was a virtex I think, and that was from maybe 10 total runs.
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Purely anecdotal, but run 85k if you want consistent profit. The profit will swing from a few thousand roubles a run to a few hundred thousand, but you'll stay ahead. Run moonshine or intel if you're looking for rare items and are okay with running in the red to do it, because that's where you'll be most of the time.
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I am majorly stuck on Sanitary Standards part II. Are there any almost guaranteed spawns for gas analysers? I feel like I have looted 30+ tech crates, countless toolboxes and I've run the tech stores and OLI a dozen times. I think I found one in a stash somewhere and another in a filing cabinet but died before exfil. The fixed-spawn fetch quests (Checking, Delivery from the Past etc) I've done in one attempt, but this RNG stuff is giving me a headache. Jaeger's ones were also ridiculous. I think I must have opened 20+ ration crates to find the final stew that I needed. VVVVV The biggest collection of those are the bunker on Reserve, right? Incoming Chinchilla fucked around with this message at 13:37 on Apr 5, 2021 |
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Incoming Chinchilla posted:I feel like I have looted 30+ tech crates, countless toolboxes and I've run the tech stores and OLI a dozen times. I think I found one in a stash somewhere and another in a filing cabinet but died before exfil. I have almost always gotten mine from filing cabinets.
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I got mine for the quests mostly from spawning as a scav and having one of them in my inventory but since then I also find them semi regularly in filing cabinets. The Tushonkas also took me forever, I wish they would increase spawn rates of these as they gate a lot of content behind them.
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after a couple weeks of playing, i really don't think i'm having fun. the first map i learned was woods, which was great at first because i literally never see other players and just got to learn how to kill scavs. but now i'm forced into other maps for quests (customs and factory) and it's just dumb. on customs my choices are to hide in a bush for 15 minutes and wait until the other players leave, or go in with nothing and just rush quest objectives and run from any other living thing. my encounters boil down to dying instantly the moment another player notices me, or i run as quickly as possible away and they don't bother chasing. in like 90 raids, i have 6 pmc kills. there's seemingly no other players at my level because i never see anyone that isn't geared rushing the high traffic areas. scav runs arent fun because i'm seemingly the only person doing them. never really encounter other player scavs that i can tell and pmcs are all dead or gone by the time i spawn in every fight is so asymmetrical that telling me to get good probably won't cut it. i dont have a way of practicing against other players with similar skill/gear levels. spending 50k and 5 minutes loading into factory only to die in 10 seconds to mr. million rouble vector really isn't gonna get me the fighting experience i'm looking for before just going completely broke. so i guess the solution is to just keep doing these extremely boring woods loot runs where i find plenty of poo poo but never see another soul, until i can afford to set up a bitcoin farm and have infinite money so i can play counterstrike with more steps... that sounds like no fun at all. i've been stuck for days on customs quests because i can't get into the dorms without being killed immediately
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Hooplah posted:after a couple weeks of playing, i really don't think i'm having fun. the first map i learned was woods, which was great at first because i literally never see other players and just got to learn how to kill scavs. but now i'm forced into other maps for quests (customs and factory) and it's just dumb. on customs my choices are to hide in a bush for 15 minutes and wait until the other players leave, or go in with nothing and just rush quest objectives and run from any other living thing. my encounters boil down to dying instantly the moment another player notices me, or i run as quickly as possible away and they don't bother chasing. in like 90 raids, i have 6 pmc kills. there's seemingly no other players at my level because i never see anyone that isn't geared rushing the high traffic areas. scav runs arent fun because i'm seemingly the only person doing them. never really encounter other player scavs that i can tell and pmcs are all dead or gone by the time i spawn in Play with goons. Or people who know the maps and quests and sherpa you. Starting solo is a struggle, starting solo midwipe is going to go exactly as you describe without someone guiding you.
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so the solution you propose is to enlist the help of someone that's already bypassed the entire survival/care about loot portion of the game so i can also get to the point where i have effectively infinite passive income and can ignore that part of the game, too? isn't getting to that point in the game supposed to be the fun part? whats the point of playing when you don't have to care about looting anything? why not just play a shooter without the extra tedium? or is the game supposed to only be fun for people like me in the first couple weeks after a wipe?
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Malefitz posted:I got mine for the quests mostly from spawning as a scav and having one of them in my inventory but since then I also find them semi regularly in filing cabinets. The small tushonkas (Where you need 15 for "General wares") can be crafted in the hideout so that's not too bad.
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Hooplah posted:so the solution you propose is to enlist the help of someone that's already bypassed the entire survival/care about loot portion of the game so i can also get to the point where i have effectively infinite passive income and can ignore that part of the game, too? I've been playing a lot of titanfall 2 if you're looking for something fun
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Hooplah posted:so the solution you propose is to enlist the help of someone that's already bypassed the entire survival/care about loot portion of the game so i can also get to the point where i have effectively infinite passive income and can ignore that part of the game, too? If that's your take away - then just uninstall. Anyone who has played multiple wipes and knows the quests and maps could account reset today and be back up to millions as soon as they hit level 10 which at worst will take them 2 nights of EFT. You make the common newbie mistake of thinking that gear and wealth is the deciding factor in EFT fights. The point of teaming up with others isn't that they have millions - it's that they know what the gently caress they are doing. Hooplah posted:isn't getting to that point in the game supposed to be the fun part? whats the point of playing when you don't have to care about looting anything? why not just play a shooter without the extra tedium? or is the game supposed to only be fun for people like me in the first couple weeks after a wipe? Definitions of fun vary wildly. Some find it fun to actually run trash gear even when they have more money than they know what to do with because they find that more fun than meta gear. Prior to this wipe, I started mid wipe and I actually enjoyed being the outgeared underdog hiding from chads and trying to avoid fights. At this point with kappa and only quests left for me is killing shturman 5 more times and Killa ~90 more times - I spend most of my time running with other people still questing or seek out pvp. I am trash at pvp so having effectively infinite money is a great time to get better at pvp.
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Hooplah posted:so the solution you propose is to enlist the help of someone that's already bypassed the entire survival/care about loot portion of the game so i can also get to the point where i have effectively infinite passive income and can ignore that part of the game, too? I started playing Tarkov late wipe so I know exactly what you're going through because it happened to me too. I only played with goons for a single evening for help with a factory quest that was frustrating the hell out of me, everything else I did entirely solo. It was a struggle and there were definitely nights where I felt like I hadn't learned a thing or improved at all. But you ARE getting better each time you go out, even if it doesn't feel like it. It will get easier if you keep going, though it never actually gets easy. On the other hand, this game just might not be your thing. Like if you're truly not enjoying it at all, walk away from it. It's definitely a niche thing and nobody should waste their leisure time on something they don't enjoy.
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Hooplah posted:so the solution you propose is to enlist the help of someone that's already bypassed the entire survival/care about loot portion of the game so i can also get to the point where i have effectively infinite passive income and can ignore that part of the game, too? Welcome to Tarkov. But seriously I like the shooting mechanics, the healing system, the looting, and all that but the other players ruin the fun for me too. It would be like a new person jumping into CS:GO. 90% of the player base knows what angles to sit and wait at and no amount of "keep playing, it'll get better!" will ever be true. I would suggest playing the single player tarkov mod, or jumping into a more fun shooter.
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ChesterJT posted:no amount of "keep playing, it'll get better!" will ever be true. It does though... The biggest factor in 'getting better' at tarkov is knowing the maps inside and out and knowing the player flows on the maps. Vast majority of my kills are 1 taps to the head where gear doesn't matter at all and my CQC pvp skill is irrelevant but knowledge of the map and flow is what allows me to get into position to get those kills - and avoid the same areas so I don't end up someone's SBIH kill. If I end up in a fight on equal footing, my chances of survival are suboptimal. Yet at this point I'm consistently able to get a few kills on every map except labs and factory.... You are absolutely going to get better at Tarkov if you keep playing it. What 'better' means depends on your playstyle - it may mean getting better at pvp or better at avoiding it or better at getting more entirely one sided engagements where you click heads with little chance of retaliation. All those other players who give newbies a hard time were newbies at some point and didn't wipe the map on day 1 of their tarkov career. So in short - yeah - keep paying and you will get better. If you wish to invest the time and effort into getter better at EFT is a call only you can make though because the game isn't for everyone. There are still nights where I get my poo poo pushed in over and over and over with nothing to show for it - but I keep playing because other nights end up a series of good fun runs.
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I only started playing a few weeks ago and I'm liking it other than a few frustrations. It can be really poo poo getting stuck, but it is rewarding to finally get through a tough objective or fight. I think I have just accepted that other players are largely undefeatable with my current bankroll/skill. Customs is a pretty rough map but I tend to go at night and don't hang around Dorms or Construction too long. In, do the quest, GTFO. I found a marked key quite early on but haven't had the bottle to risk running it yet. Can anyone reconmmend cheap gun builds for early on? Pestily recommended the SKS, but I just can't use it so I've given up there. I am liking the PP-19. You can get one with a suppressor and reflex for about 45K all-in, but the problem is I think PST GZH doesn't do much against class 3+ armours. I guess the real question is what is a good value ammo? Something that does well against say class 4, but doesn't cost 1K per round.
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Incoming Chinchilla posted:I guess the real question is what is a good value ammo? Something that does well against say class 4, but doesn't cost 1K per round. Flechette will drop the thiccest chad. For 175 a pop. Catch is - you got to get close. .366 AP will drop class 4 in 2 thorax hits at ~560 a pop. The VPO-209 gets no love, but it can be devastating and it's dirt cheap. If you are willing to spend more on guns, SVDS with SNB is a very solid round that is comparable to M61 for a faction of the cost. Unfortunately SVDS is ~80-90k and not nearly as moddable as M61 guns...
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Incoming Chinchilla posted:I guess the real question is what is a good value ammo? Something that does well against say class 4, but doesn't cost 1K per round. Pst gzh from a PP19 or MP5 if you want to spray faces. PS from an AKM or Vepr KM for more general use. Once you have flea market access and some hideout crafting options, BP is probably your most cost effective option til you're post-scarcity.
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Vepr and PP-19 are my go-tos. Both are really solid guns.
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