Escape from Tarkov: That sounds like a massive pain in the dick

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William Henry Hairytaint: Oct 29, 2011

They're friendly, they helped me out when I was a newbie. We ran around in barely-organized 5-mans and nobody gave a gently caress about anything when things went wrong.

# ? Aug 4, 2022 02:55

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# ? May 25, 2024 08:04

Theotus: Nov 8, 2014

William Henry Hairytaint posted:

They're friendly, they helped me out when I was a newbie. We ran around in barely-organized 5-mans and nobody gave a gently caress about anything when things went wrong.

SA Tarkov crew has always been chill every time I've swung in and out. They'll help you or come hang or whatever.

# ? Aug 4, 2022 03:27

hello internet: Sep 13, 2004

This happened to me earlier and I think is a good example of the importance of patience in this game. You may need to fast forward through looting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoaOixPPF2k

# ? Aug 4, 2022 04:59

matryx: Jul 22, 2005; I think I just had an evilgasm...

hello internet posted:

This happened to me earlier and I think is a good example of the importance of patience in this game. You may need to fast forward through looting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoaOixPPF2k

Gotta ask, the volume on that is like *crazy* loud. Is that just the M32s or do you have something else going on there as well?
Think if I played that volume I'd be deaf in a single raid!

# ? Aug 4, 2022 08:41

hello internet: Sep 13, 2004

matryx posted:

Gotta ask, the volume on that is like *crazy* loud. Is that just the M32s or do you have something else going on there as well?
Think if I played that volume I'd be deaf in a single raid!

I use the volume control on my headset that�s independent from the actual source so that could probably have something to do with it

# ? Aug 4, 2022 14:19

ShowTime: Mar 28, 2005

I'll try and get some games later then.

If anyone wants to play 2D, top down, pixelated, single player Tarkov, there is a demo out right now on Steam for ZERO Sievert. It seems pretty cool, but i'm not super far into it. It's only 178mbs and i'm not sure how long the demo lasts.

# ? Aug 4, 2022 15:41

Shumagorath: Jun 6, 2001

ShowTime posted:

I'll try and get some games later then.

If anyone wants to play 2D, top down, pixelated, single player Tarkov, there is a demo out right now on Steam for ZERO Sievert. It seems pretty cool, but i'm not super far into it. It's only 178mbs and i'm not sure how long the demo lasts.

I already spotted Killa's helmet and armor in the store screenshots. Did BSG bless this game somehow or is the developer relying on sanctions making a lawsuit too difficult?

# ? Aug 4, 2022 15:47

ShowTime: Mar 28, 2005

Shumagorath posted:

I already spotted Killa's helmet and armor in the store screenshots. Did BSG bless this game somehow or is the developer relying on sanctions making a lawsuit too difficult?

I have no idea but it's literally just Tarkov, pixelated, topdown. Down to the weapons, ammo, screws, bulbs, cans of Tushonka, etc. Even the mods on the weapons. I found a gun with multiple lasers on it.

# ? Aug 4, 2022 16:13

Dr. Clockwork: Sep 9, 2011; I'LL PUT MY SCIENCE IN ALL OF YOU!

I get more Stalker than Tarkov out of this. Or at least a blend, but the trailer has a lot of mutants and radiation and anomalies.

Dr. Clockwork fucked around with this message at 17:35 on Aug 4, 2022

# ? Aug 4, 2022 17:17

Dr. Clockwork: Sep 9, 2011; I'LL PUT MY SCIENCE IN ALL OF YOU!

On a Tarkov note, anyone who was on the fence: the Summer Sale has started. EoD is still Bad With Money Edition but you get like $30 off which is nice.

https://www.escapefromtarkov.com/preorder-page?utm_campaign=summer_2022_en&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=preorder

# ? Aug 4, 2022 17:38

Galaga Galaxian: Apr 23, 2009; What a childish tactic!
Don't you think you should put more thought into your battleplan?!

ShowTime posted:

If anyone wants to play 2D, top down, pixelated, single player Tarkov, there is a demo out right now on Steam for ZERO Sievert. It seems pretty cool, but i'm not super far into it. It's only 178mbs and i'm not sure how long the demo lasts.

Just popping in to say this is really fun so far.

Its very Tarkov+Stalker

If you die you basically go back to just before you left on the raid. You don't lose anything (except whatever you found in raid) which is fine cause everything is quite expensive. Every upgrade scraped and saved for feels significant. My kingdom for a better backpack!

Galaga Galaxian fucked around with this message at 06:21 on Aug 5, 2022

# ? Aug 5, 2022 06:15

Wrr: Aug 8, 2010

I tried it on my laptop and it runs way too slow to be useable in-raid. How does the movement speed feel? In the bunker it felt glacial.

# ? Aug 5, 2022 07:54

Galaga Galaxian: Apr 23, 2009; What a childish tactic!
Don't you think you should put more thought into your battleplan?!

Feels fine to me and my computer is pretty old. You weren't overweight were you? You move real slow when overweight and can't move at all at about 5? units over.

# ? Aug 5, 2022 08:28

Wrr: Aug 8, 2010

Galaga Galaxian posted:

Feels fine to me and my computer is pretty old. You weren't overweight were you? You move real slow when overweight and can't move at all at about 5? units over.

Nah, just starting the demo. Again, maybe it was bad computer so I'll have to double check when I'm home. Just felt like the default walk speed was extremely slow.

# ? Aug 5, 2022 08:55

Galaga Galaxian: Apr 23, 2009; What a childish tactic!
Don't you think you should put more thought into your battleplan?!

Here is a clip from my last raid. Does the speed look like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt8_IE92VMg

One of my first raids after finally getting some decent class 4 armor (seems to be the stalker suit lol), its done wonders for survivability (you start off with a class 2 vest, basically a PACA). Lots of bandits with PS and HP rounds that the armor is pretty effective against. Mosins and 7.62x39 still hurt though, as well as close range autofire.

# ? Aug 5, 2022 10:13

giZm: Jul 7, 2003; Only the insane equates pain with success

Galaga Galaxian posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt8_IE92VMg

Game has flash drives, GOTY.

# ? Aug 5, 2022 10:24

ShowTime: Mar 28, 2005

Is the Rivals armband still worth a ton? I can't check the flea market but the website I checked with flea prices doesn't show it going for more than 20k. Is that because its only up for barters?

I remember it used to be worth a ton, so I found one on a scav in a crate and just booked it.

# ? Aug 5, 2022 18:28

Shumagorath: Jun 6, 2001

I can't remember if it's a Kappa turn-in. I found one last wipe and just wore it because gently caress doing Collector.

# ? Aug 5, 2022 20:44

ShowTime: Mar 28, 2005

I think it was two patches ago I remember getting both of the THICC cases for it, but not sure if the demand has dropped. Don't see it for the collector on the wiki.

# ? Aug 5, 2022 21:25

Tibbeh: Apr 5, 2010

the armband basically will get you any of the really important keys like Dorms Marked Room or the reserve keys on the flea

# ? Aug 5, 2022 21:40

ShowTime: Mar 28, 2005

Finally hit 15 and can use the flea market and yea, it trades for some higher tier stuff but nothing i'm using yet. I'll hold it for a month or so then when I start hitting labs, maybe use it for a key or something. It's been my best find so far and i'm good on what I need, other than loving storage.

Speaking of storage. Hitting 15 is a game changer for happiness. I had so much just ready to go for hideout upgrades, quests, flea market, etc. I spent an hour or so just clearing things up. Ended up +2mil with ammo cases, meds case, magazine cases, a docs case and swapping out some old rigs for rigs i'll eventually use. It just feels good clearing up and organizing everything so you can hop between raids compared to just shoving anything worth keeping into an available spot and then searching for what you need from all of whats remaining. I get why the changed the flea market to 20, then 15, but man, it takes some getting used too.

# ? Aug 6, 2022 00:34

Galaga Galaxian: Apr 23, 2009; What a childish tactic!
Don't you think you should put more thought into your battleplan?!

Finished the Zero Sievert Demo. Definitely gonna buy that when it comes out. Anyone who likes STALKER and Tarkov and also certain top-down shooter Roguelikes like Enter the Gungeon and Streets of Rage should check it out. Its an excellent take on the STALKER and Tarkov style in a different type of gameplay.

Some random thoughts/tips:

Don't bother buying guns from the traders, get the workshop and you can eventually fix one you loot in raid, and several of the quests will offer a selection of guns as a reward.
It may be tempting to use a looted gun, but the penalty for their low durability (which is usually 25-40%) is pretty stiff.
Choose the recycling hideout upgrade for one of your hideout slots and prioritize it alongside the workshop. It makes a big difference in the amount of scrap you get back from scrapping trash guns and ammo.
7.62x39 PS does work, just like Tarkov. Fix yourself up an SKS (or get one as a quest reward eventually) and it'll do great until you can get your hands on an AKM. Alternatively the Nugget is always reliable, though not ideal against mutants/wildlife packs or in close quarters.
You're really squishy first, but once you get some decent armor your can survive a lot of fights better. Make sure to keep your armor in good repair.
I found it more cost effective to just pay for armor repairs as it seemed to take significant amounts of weapon scrap to repair even modest armor damage.
Weight capacity sucks at first, backpack upgrades are a top priority, and once you get your stamina skill up I highly suggest the Mule specialization for the extra carry capacity.
Once you get a decent carry weight, always try to grab an extra gun to take out of the raid with you, preferably one with attachments, as those can sell for a decent amount (or be useful upgrades) and you can scrap the gun for weapon parts to fix your poo poo up.
Sniping is surprisingly viable, and much like Tarkov carrying a sidearm as backup can help if you have to go into cramped areas, the APS is surprisingly good despite using 9x18.
Much like Tarkov get stash upgrades ASAP.
A lot of the loot is kinda useless, for the demo at least. Have a rough idea of what you need for your hideout upgrades and otherwise just grab valuable loot.
Valuable loot includes obvious stuff like Watches, chains, cigarettes, and the crystals from anomaly fields. However there is some other stuff that is surprisingly valuable, such as Alenka Chocolate (not the generic ones), bottles of coke, and gameboys/playstations (these are extremely valuable!).
Keep an ear out for the sound of a jet plane. If you hear that check your map shortly after for an air drop marker. It'll have a crate full of goodies ranging from guns (in perfect condition), attachments, ammo, and food. They seem to either attract or generate random hostiles though, so be careful.
Don't pick medical recipe books as quest rewards, they were the only ones I ever found in raid. (and honestly after a while I was getting so much medical stuff as loot I never felt the need to craft advanced medical stuff).
Go for ammunition books IMO, I never found any and was stuck with HP ammo as the only thing I could craft, meaning I pretty much bought all my ammo.
The barman's ammo selection kinda sucks, basically nothing but Hollowpoints and other civilian grade stuff. Once you get access to the Green Army trader you can get PS rounds.
When it comes to other humans its more Tarkov than Stalker, the "Loners" in the raid are not friendly and will still shoot your rear end if they see you, so shoot first. Same goes for the Green Army guys, you may be working for their boss but they'll still try to kill you in raid. This might change if you're wearing a Green Army armor suit. I don't know, I stuck to the Totally Not a Sunrise suit Barman sells.

Galaga Galaxian fucked around with this message at 08:28 on Aug 6, 2022

# ? Aug 6, 2022 08:02

ShowTime: Mar 28, 2005

I didn't realize just how hard it was to get good armor with the new flea market system. I'm glad i've been keeping all the armors/rigs I found leveling up to 15 because it turns out, there aren't many options available on the flea anymore.

# ? Aug 6, 2022 16:24

Shumagorath: Jun 6, 2001

ShowTime posted:

I didn't realize just how hard it was to get good armor with the new flea market system. I'm glad i've been keeping all the armors/rigs I found leveling up to 15 because it turns out, there aren't many options available on the flea anymore.

Armor definitely got hit the worst. You can craft most of the nastiest ammo apart from M855A1, but at least that's available from traders if you can make LL4. Armor is basically paying out the nose for a HIGHCOM or bartering from Ragman.

# ? Aug 6, 2022 16:33

ShowTime: Mar 28, 2005

Yea i'm starting to learn more about the new barters. I remembered some of them and have been keeping what I remember. I've gotten really lucky with the HIGHCOM armors and the various armored rigs. Scaving Reserve has kept me pretty geared up. I tend to find a bunch of armors and rigs in the various crates, so I just do a quick few minute run of those and bounce with what I find. That or stumbling upon the remains of a raider wipe and picking up whats left.

# ? Aug 6, 2022 17:08

TheTofuShop: Aug 28, 2009

Ragman barters are where the value is in higher quality gear. They've unfortunately hit a few of them with added items/quantity that have become much worse value, but thats the place to go for gear that's better than t4 now. Maybe they're more expensive, but its not like you can get them off flea anymore.

# ? Aug 6, 2022 20:49

slashtom: Jan 5, 2012; VeteranX

What if you run out of money by constantly dying as PMC, is SCAV the mechanism to get you back in?

# ? Aug 8, 2022 05:34

giZm: Jul 7, 2003; Only the insane equates pain with success

slashtom posted:

What if you run out of money by constantly dying as PMC, is SCAV the mechanism to get you back in?

Yes. Scav-only for a day or so to get back onto your feet.

# ? Aug 8, 2022 05:53

TheTofuShop: Aug 28, 2009

If you actually dip below a certain threshold of money, prapor will send you an in game care package with some stuff, too.

# ? Aug 8, 2022 06:27

slashtom: Jan 5, 2012; VeteranX

Getting my feet wet with the cycle and I definitely enjoy the adrenalin rush these games give. I find myself doing offline raids in tarkov because I�m just too afraid to do online. I think not having an in game map is probably the hardest thing. I have map genie open but even in offline I can�t figure where I am at relative to the offline map.

Ty !

# ? Aug 8, 2022 06:36

Wrr: Aug 8, 2010

Embrace death. Die and die again. It is the only way.

# ? Aug 8, 2022 07:08

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Incoming Chinchilla posted:

Don't get the Woods love. You guys all playing at night or in groups or something?

I love woods because of the atmosphere. There are other maps that may be objectively better but there's something about backpacking through the woods, but with guns, that triggers a special place.

That and just the other night I did a hatchet run at around dawn in the rain. I scrambled around looking for the aircraft wreckage and jager's note only to be greeted by a braindead scav calling me something nasty/to his friends in russian. I bounded up towards him tree by tree, counting his shots as I went along. On the 5th or 6th shot I bolted from my cover right up into his face and cheesed his rear end with circle strafing and frantic hacking with my hatchet. After a final shot rang out from the scav, either loaded in the frenzy or just his final shot in the gun, I managed to land a 4th hit right on the base of his noggin. Took everything he had, which included a gun and started scrambling again. I knew he had a buddy nearby and didn't want to underestimate the AI. I had a sense I was being stalked anyway and typically this sense does not betray me.

I found jager's note after a round of very tactical movements checking corners, my back and being aware of my own path. Immediately I did a sweep of the area to find the buddy of the scav I had hacked earlier. I found him, or rather he found me. After hearing what he had to say I doubled back and made straight for my exit path. This particular one is a quick run to outskirts but leaves you very exposed half the time. Thank god the sun was only halfway up and it was pouring rain, else I would have died. Sweeping and moving quickly and carefully towards my exfil I had the spidey sense tingle a few times. Always using the sprint key to relocate behind some kind of concealment or cover, putting it between me and where I felt a threat coming.

After a bit of a frantic yet still relaxing walk through the rain I made it to the exfil. I just held my breathe and dove into the zone, hoping for more rain and no one with a thermal scope 1k away just waiting for someone like me to show up. The timer ran down and my head was still attatched to my body.

I think the point is that Woods is the most peaceful Tarkov map there is. The lack of dilapidated and ruined civilization on the map helps ascetically as well. Sure there are bunkers, checkpoint and a few forts, footholds of humanity. But the map is dominated by unspoiled wilderness, also people who play this game can be really antisocial so a lack of human presence probably caters to their tastes.

Edit: I'm having trouble finding a casual group. Level headed peeps, 420 friendly to a point... That sort of thing. My bag is leveling till I get the Flea market then just goofing off or helping other people out with their quests.
I'm wondering about the goon discord. Possibly other groups.

NeoSeeker fucked around with this message at 11:01 on Aug 8, 2022

# ? Aug 8, 2022 10:53

Shumagorath: Jun 6, 2001

slashtom posted:

Getting my feet wet with the cycle and I definitely enjoy the adrenalin rush these games give. I find myself doing offline raids in tarkov because I�m just too afraid to do online. I think not having an in game map is probably the hardest thing. I have map genie open but even in offline I can�t figure where I am at relative to the offline map.

Ty !

Beware that Customs and Reserve are inverted N-S, but after a few runs you won't need the compass anyway.

# ? Aug 8, 2022 11:36

AHH F/UGH: May 25, 2002

Is the Tarkov discord authbot broken? I never got any message with a code to put in my SA profile or anything

# ? Aug 8, 2022 12:28

Zipperelli.: Apr 3, 2011; Nap Ghost

AHH F/UGH posted:

Is the Tarkov discord authbot broken? I never got any message with a code to put in my SA profile or anything

Yeah, apparently the guy who was running it got banned from Discord, lol

# ? Aug 8, 2022 13:08

ShowTime: Mar 28, 2005

NeoSeeker posted:

I love woods because of the atmosphere. There are other maps that may be objectively better but there's something about backpacking through the woods, but with guns, that triggers a special place.

That and just the other night I did a hatchet run at around dawn in the rain. I scrambled around looking for the aircraft wreckage and jager's note only to be greeted by a braindead scav calling me something nasty/to his friends in russian. I bounded up towards him tree by tree, counting his shots as I went along. On the 5th or 6th shot I bolted from my cover right up into his face and cheesed his rear end with circle strafing and frantic hacking with my hatchet. After a final shot rang out from the scav, either loaded in the frenzy or just his final shot in the gun, I managed to land a 4th hit right on the base of his noggin. Took everything he had, which included a gun and started scrambling again. I knew he had a buddy nearby and didn't want to underestimate the AI. I had a sense I was being stalked anyway and typically this sense does not betray me.

I found jager's note after a round of very tactical movements checking corners, my back and being aware of my own path. Immediately I did a sweep of the area to find the buddy of the scav I had hacked earlier. I found him, or rather he found me. After hearing what he had to say I doubled back and made straight for my exit path. This particular one is a quick run to outskirts but leaves you very exposed half the time. Thank god the sun was only halfway up and it was pouring rain, else I would have died. Sweeping and moving quickly and carefully towards my exfil I had the spidey sense tingle a few times. Always using the sprint key to relocate behind some kind of concealment or cover, putting it between me and where I felt a threat coming.

After a bit of a frantic yet still relaxing walk through the rain I made it to the exfil. I just held my breathe and dove into the zone, hoping for more rain and no one with a thermal scope 1k away just waiting for someone like me to show up. The timer ran down and my head was still attatched to my body.

I think the point is that Woods is the most peaceful Tarkov map there is. The lack of dilapidated and ruined civilization on the map helps ascetically as well. Sure there are bunkers, checkpoint and a few forts, footholds of humanity. But the map is dominated by unspoiled wilderness, also people who play this game can be really antisocial so a lack of human presence probably caters to their tastes.

Edit: I'm having trouble finding a casual group. Level headed peeps, 420 friendly to a point... That sort of thing. My bag is leveling till I get the Flea market then just goofing off or helping other people out with their quests.
I'm wondering about the goon discord. Possibly other groups.

You can hit me up on Discord, we are probably very close to level/quests/gears/etc. I'm on the goon Discord as ShowTime, and even if i'm offline, i'm likely online. I'm always set to hidden.

# ? Aug 8, 2022 21:55

AHH F/UGH: May 25, 2002

Zipperelli. posted:

Yeah, apparently the guy who was running it got banned from Discord, lol

Is there someone who can do it manually now?

# ? Aug 9, 2022 01:12

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Hazduck!

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lol the bot's broke, rest in pepperonis

# ? Aug 9, 2022 05:23

Theotus: Nov 8, 2014

So is the Discord just dead? Where are people hanging out to do raids together?

# ? Aug 9, 2022 07:33

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# ? May 25, 2024 08:04

Slim Mat: Oct 3, 2015

This is the Discord: https://discord.gg/fxvqwE6

It is linked in the OP and a few posts later by Haki. Lots of activity and chatter there - very helpful members and people that are probably happy to help you shoot things.

# ? Aug 9, 2022 08:58

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