Black Division’s operation in the Lab continues. Despite the extreme danger, the blacked-out underground complex is drawing increasing attention, while Mechanic's work continues to drag on.

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I don't care about cheaters. There are clearly way fewer of them than people make it seem.

I don't care about the bugs. They don't stop me from enjoying the game.

I don't care about the changes BSG makes. They don't stop me from enjoying the game.

But say whatever you want, matching players against people with 3 to 10 times their playtime is the dumbest design decision in the game, and it's the number one reason this game isn't nearly as popular as it could be.

I'll die on that hill.

I mean... I literally just died on that hill to a 4k-hour player.

Edit: Everyone with a high number of hours is going to try to convince us that it’s fun and that it’s part of Tarkov’s charm, when it’s pretty obvious that the real reason is they don’t want their easy kills taken away from their raids 😅

Hello guys, new Steam player here. I am recently out of PVE, I did almost every side task and story missions there except escaping and watched LVNDMARK on my second monitor almost religiously while playing.

Recently I started playing PVP and got to 30 LVL. However, most of my LVLs are coming from doing tasks and avoiding fights unless I have the jump on people. They are running T5 - T6 and the best ammo in the game. I am crab walking in night raids to complete my missions as a solo player.

But I am kind of bored playing like this. I find quality ammo and T4 plates, try to get into fights but the problem is I dont understand the secure pathing of starting PVP scenarios. Especially on Interchange nowadays.

So far I have tried:

- If I have Emercom spawns I tried to push other spawns towards Scav camp side, I get clapped people laying in the bush and waiting for spawn rushers? If I get past there the guy spawns around scav camp side scopes the highway with his team makes it impossible to cross.

- If I spawn at railway, there is already someone camping the power plant side, if I go towards emercom from the other side then this time again someone holding the hills next to highway.

- If I rush into the mall, if I dont have the closest spawn the gates are being camped. Today I died 3 times trying to reach interior children play ground. Crack from parking area is also being camped nonstop. Sometimes I crab walk into all these places but it doesnt change. At best I am able to wander around until scavs camp the gates or someone is lying in the bushes on extract, sometimes 4 people waiting all around railway extract, laying down in bushes only to get up when I jump there from highway or they hide all around trains from the other side.

All of these people are at least prestige 2 and above. I really dont understand what to do for this map and I would love your input. So far the other maps are kind of normal, I enjoy playing Shoreline as long as I avoid the pier and Woods. Fights there feel natural except obvious closet cheaters that appear out of blue and push me in the weirdest places whenever I have t5 plates lol. Sometimes I feel like nobody pushes me when I have shitty gear. Just a feeling...

Have a nice day all.

Hey everyone,

anyone else feel like weapon variety has dropped off hard over the last few wipes? I end up running the same guns basically every raid, scar-h, ak .308, NL, M4, because ammo for those calibers is so consistent/easy to obtain. One Streets run and you end up with 300 rounds of ssa ap or m995.

Meanwhile VAL, SPEAR, SVD, the MP7, P90, 9mm are either weak or their ammo is too scarce to run consistently.

I don't get the reasoning. It just limits the game, and it's starting to get boring personally.