lol wtf is this payment system fee bs? I have never seen that before. Adding anywhere from 2-7 dollars depending on method of payment.
Ya, everything from the ground up with this game seems to be proprietary. I think it charged me some stupid 2.50 payment fee to use my Mastercard. Everything ended up to be $60cdn (I checked my credit card activity).
This game is insane, and Iām not sure if itās insanely good or insanely bad at this point ā¦ weāre still trying to figure it out. 
So the lack of guidance is a bit annoying, since you literally have to figure everything out yourself. I donāt mind not having my handheld, but this is a bit extreme.
Anyway Linebacker and I fumbled through (never ask him to navigate ā where are you? I dunno thereās buildings and some greenhouses. ā¦ Ok, I see a bunch of wooden buildings in a swamp. ā¦ No I said greenhouses.)
Anyway, after not finding each other, I managed to successfully escape the shoreline without dying, though I really should have - one dude had me dead to rights, but I -think- I managed the voice chat to tell him I was friendly. Must have since he stopped shooting me.
Anyway, only way we (I) managed to figure out generally what the heck I was supposed to be doing was googling a map and finding my way to an exit. Found some loot prior to that, but nothing much. Havenāt managed to loot a gun at all, but Iāve lost two by dying.
My third attempt I managed to actually kill two dudes (suspect they were AI), but an unseen third managed to kill me. I was so close to the exit, too.
Anyway, slightly frustrating experience, but I do like what Iāve played. There could be SOME hand-holding to help ease new players, I find, but I suppose thereās some charm in figuring things out.
That being said, I have no idea how to tell whoās AI and not. I have no idea how to flag to people that you have zero interest in killing them when theyāre the same faction as you. And Iām a bit afraid this is just going to turn into a shoot on sight fest regardless of faction, but I canāt really say since I havenāt played enough.
Will continue playing for sure. Itās graphically really nice, though the inside of buildings is so dark itās impossible to see without a flashlight, which, alas I do not have.
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You actually have to load bullets into your magazines before you can use them. 
Ya. Thatās the kind of hand-holding stuff thatād be nice to have. I know itās just beta, so maybe thatās coming, but it doesnāt seem like itās intended to be included.
But maybe, who knows!
Once I had bullets I killed people!
Bullet management. Thatās what itās all about! 
Iām curious to hear what you guys think after playing some more.
I almost pulled the trigger a couple weeks back but decided to hold off for further development after seeing how some of the mechanics still needed work.
One of the streamers mentioned that most people go into a match naked so they canāt lose gearā¦but then whatās the point of getting loot at all?
At this point Iām not even sure what the point of the game is beyond these mini-raids. There is literally zero instruction.
I mean, the actual instance is totally cool. The gunplay (what Iāve done of it) is sweet, the modifications you can do to your gun are amazing, and the inventory system is pretty nice. Movement could use some tweaking, but hey itās beta (I ran into what was seemingly an invisble wall for example, as well as some issues with the character model snapping around when youāre prone and turn into an obstacle).
But I have to say aside from the whole āaimlessā aspect, and my general lack of understanding over what to do, last night was a lot of fun. Once youāre geared up a bit and have a goal, Iām sure itāll be awesome. Thereās a whole economy aspect to it as well, though again, I have no idea what thatās about and havenāt had to time to read up on it.
Looking forward to continuing.
I think the point of the Closed Beta is to generate more data to figure out how to fine-tune the combat system and to ferret out technical difficulties. My ROE right now is unless Iām in a party with someone Iām on voice chat with I shoot on sight (unless Iām trying to be sneaky). Side note- had a great, tense moment where I encountered someone and Iām trying to rapidly figure out if he was my friend:
āARE YOU USING A PISTOL?ā
āNO SHOTGUNāS OUT.ā
āARE YOU RIGHT NEAR A SHED?ā
āNO, IāM IN SOME TREES.ā
āWELL CRAP.ā
Apparently a ātrustworthinessā system is in the works, as are raids that have a bit more organization to them other than the battle-royale cluster that is the case right now, which will make things quite a bit more interesting.
I think thatās largely map specific right now- I usually go into factory with just a pistol since itās such a dangerous environment. Maybe I get lucky, get a few kills, and escape, or maybe I die in 10 seconds. Keeps it interesting 
When teamwork gets folded into the game a bit more I think equipment will become more significant.
Oh I totally get that the beta is not for playing. Itās more an observation that itās hard to ātestā if something is working correctly if you donāt know how itās supposed to work in the first place lol.
Fair point re: the teamwork / trust stuff. That should reduce the KoS attitude a bit. I mean, Iād expect the USEC guys to not be shooting each other, you know?
And yes, locating your partner is an exercise. Linebacker and I were not good at that lol.
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The one letdown Iāve had so far is thereās no compass yet!
āMove toward the sun!ā Isnāt working out.
Iām not even convinced Rhino and I were in the same matches!
I think Iāve even seen reports of players using constellations to judge direction at night lol.
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I want a coop STALKER.
Getting better guns and armor is nice, but I really tire of the whole loot drop mechanic. I had enough of that with the Borderlands franchise where it works well enough, but I donāt want that in EVERY game.
BTWācoop means skipping PvP. Iām enjoying Ghost Recon Wildlands despite all its shortcomings (and there are many) because thereās just coop in it. I stopped playing PvP games around 2004 I think. I just get little satisfaction from killing another player while I get a TON of frustration by being killed by another player. The risk-reward equation does not balance for me.
I loved all 3 STALKER games and played them with various mods over the years. I would love a new one. Just not a PvP arena version.
Man I wanted to try this on Woods so badly but the one time Iāve played it the weather was a pouring downpour. It was awesomeā¦ but of course precluded that idea.
Well I hope you had night vision goggles anyway! Iāve briefly seen Tarkov at night ā¦ pitch black dark ā¦ and Rhino already thinks the inside of buildings are too dark during daylight hours hahaha!
Iāll be on again tonight ā¦
Speaking of darkness, I hopped on for a little more Tarkov tonight. This is maybe 6pm gametime LOL ā¦
some sweet lighting when shooting weapons at night though ā¦
can anyone see any constellations? ā¦
always happy to see various door options in a tac shooter!!! ā¦
āKNOCKā LOL! reminded me of that old Chevy Chase Landshark sketch on SNL that NBC definitely doesnāt want me to watch on YouTube so I have a replacement example ā¦
definitely some great shooting dynamics going on in EFT ā¦ gives me that warm rainbow six feeling all over again.
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This is another one that gets mentioned in the same sentence as Onward and Escape From Tarkov - anyone tried it?
Edit - I also found this - looks very much like CS, and the players seem a bit, well, amateur - but dig that SA80 action!
For the demo, you need to use this link:
Fellow Escapers, rumors are building that we might have a significant update in the pipeline:
http://forum.escapefromtarkov.com/topic/31937-the-interview-with-nikita-buyanov/#comment-625973
Battlestate games is at a gaming con this week, supposedly showing off the new hideout and quest/task system. I guess weāll see if we get to reap those benefits soon.
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Patch 0.4 is incoming!
https://www.reddit.com/r/EscapefromTarkov/comments/77nhml/patch_04_the_preliminary_patch_notes/
Patch highlights:
- Oodles of new equipment, including the holy AKM
- Adjustments and improvements to make AI behave more realistically
- Performance optimization
- Revamp to the barter economy
My thoughts:
Still not sure what Iām supposed to be escaping in the game, but Iām having such a fun time that it doesnāt really matter.
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LOL! 
Iāll have to get back into it soon.
ps. my knees ache just looking at those Russian dances 
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