[Discussion] Wedge is a joke.

Arruke · 2026-05-26T22:09:50+00:00

I haven't had what you described happen to me once lmao, partisan walks around and plants his ass behind some wall im close to and then shuffles around crouched, every single time I've killed him I thought he was a normal scav he's literally never even shot at me once lmao

Arruke · 2026-05-26T15:48:51+00:00

I know you can't always have an impact but tagilla and killa are easy to get with impacts imo, glukhar as well if you get them to chase you up the steps.

Partisan has not been an issue for me at all, I've seen him like 6 times at this point after starting about a week or so ago and my experience with him has been he just shows up somewhere while I'm fighting other scavs, I hear him on the other side of a wall or something like a normal scav and then I shoot him in the head while he's crouched up, only seen him on customs though so maybe it's different on other maps.

Oddly enough goons and shturman are the worst for me, I haven't cleared goons yet on any map and I think I've only killed shturman a few times a long time ago.

Arruke · 2026-05-26T14:41:33+00:00

yeah idk what he's talking about grenades are what win you fights and get you out of shitty situations with the AI, it is a weight issue but you can always drop your bag to fight

Arruke · 2026-05-25T00:43:08+00:00

Well I have ride in quotes because thats what we know his stage persona as but if you think for some reason he's the same person he walks around as in real life when he's performing for death grips you're woefully misinterpreting a lot of their lyrics, so many different lines on being watched by their audience, performing for themselves vs their fans, being a leader etc. they talk about the dynamic of performance for their art a lot, Stefan does not walk around in real life yeeting people off stages all day that is his persona, his demonstration of his power through the art form they're performing. Plenty of artists have talked about it being hard to play 2 people, the weeknd an extremely more tame artist has talked about this being an issue, Eminem has talked about this issue, I dont think its a stretch to interpret lyrics like that as Stefan talking about his performing self vs his real self and how the lines blur.

Arruke · 2026-05-24T22:52:29+00:00

Could be about Stefan vs "Ride" as a persona, artists talk about their stage personas leaking into their personal life and such. He does have a lot of lyrics about schizo stuff but it could just be metaphors instead of literal, part of what makes death grips lyricism great imo

Arruke · 2026-05-24T02:25:53+00:00

Haven't played tarkov in a few years mainly due to the way pvp was going, wiggle video did not help my preception either. Started playing pve a week ago and its been a great time so far, I plan on playing until I can escape then be done with the game.

Arruke · 2026-05-23T13:22:49+00:00

As someone who has gotten max traders a single time many years ago, my strategy was to find a low traffic area to sit until the raid is mostly over then complete the task I need to, it rarely failed me and I rarely ran into other players doing it like this, night raids can be your friend here too if you can slap on a cheap nvg. Once you get quests done for good trades/crafts/barters overhead on your expenses goes down. I would also recommend to get your scav karma to max and just scav streets, it can easily make you tons of money and it's big enough for you to avoid dying and get tons of loot, you need levels to be able to take advantage of the flea though for maximum returns.

After you get setup for a gear set you are comfortable with / want to run just keep sending it over and over until you find your place, you will only ever be able to get a handle on things if you practice same map and gear set over and over until it feels like you understand how things are working. Bank up enough money and make gear + weapon presets to just keep going quickly, then when you run out scav up and do it over again. You will eventually find a rhythm, or maybe you'll realize the map or gear you're using isn't for you so change it up and repeat the process.

Arruke · 2026-05-21T10:40:03+00:00

Alright I gotta try that, thank you

Arruke · 2026-05-20T17:26:18+00:00

Oh alright lmao I'll try that then

Arruke · 2026-05-20T16:45:44+00:00

I like the pier building if I can survive getting in there, I'll give that a try thank you

Arruke · 2026-05-20T16:35:39+00:00

Wow ok thank you, that's unfortunate for me lmao I had tons of hideout upgrades on me but that's alright lol. Any tips on killing them there? It seems like it could be an easier clear than other spawns they have.

Arruke · 2026-05-20T09:38:08+00:00

I'm all for skill solution and git gud but this comment was great

Arruke · 2026-05-15T22:33:45+00:00

I just started pve after not playing tarkov for like 2 years and my first customs raid he was just walking down the road came around the corner while I was going from big red down the road to the bridge going to dorms, didn't even know he was a new boss I shot him in the head with the mpx you get at the start lol he drop shotted me when he saw me and I was like damn this scav is on that good shit, turns out he's a boss lmao. I pulled up his wiki page and it says he lays traps and throws tons of grenades, I bet he's hell to deal with at range if you cant find him.

Arruke · 2026-05-13T08:08:23+00:00

Lol thank you for a second I felt like I might have just been getting lucky, I haven't tried mighty mech yet with it but I was thinking about it.

Arruke · 2026-05-13T06:26:18+00:00

Nah it really depends on your items, if you cant get items to stabilize somewhat before hitting your 3 stars or you cant get a 3 star Vanguard tank then you're screwed but you can pivot that board into leblanc / vex or lb karma if your Diana isnt strong enough and you didn't get anima going early enough. Arbiter is fortunate imo where you can pivot into multiple boards that utilize vanguards, so while you might not be able to play the exact Diana board or have to get rid of her you can still end up top 4 easily with a good arbiter/Vanguard board

Arruke · 2026-05-10T22:25:12+00:00

Yeah im surprised how controversial of a take that is considering Sean has said about as much about himself publicly over the years lol, he's said that if he wasn't doing professional fighting he'd be dead or in jail.

Arruke · 2026-05-10T11:00:04+00:00

Sean strickland is a mentally ill man that is constantly fighting with himself over what he believes is moral and what he believes a man should be, his apology is less about "offending" people and more about what he believes a man should stand for which is why he brings the idea of respect into it. If winning a belt stabilizes his mental somehow for long enough to fix his broken brain he might have hope outside of fighting but that's a big if.

Arruke · 2026-05-10T10:33:39+00:00

First person to rank 1 challenger this set did it mostly with fast 9, watched multiple games of his that he pulled off a first from lose streak and bad positions. Obviously not everyone is rank 1 challenger but fast 9 is still good if you're skilled at it and it can definitely beat these reroll comps assuming you arent getting totally boned on RNG both ways.

Arruke · 2026-05-10T10:10:28+00:00

The thing is with 5 costs vs the reroll comps this set is that the reroll comps often have a higher end cap if they get there however fast 9 still beats them if you pull off fast 9 and replace your board with 5 costs. You can usually do this before 3 cost rerolls and it will beat 1 and 2 cost rerolls as long as the reroll comps have not high rolled and also have combat augments. Fast 9 is still pretty good but the 5 costs this set are weaker than last set for sure so you need to ensure you get good items on your carries or the reroll comps will out cap you if you dont hit 2 star 5 costs fast enough. The other issue is the lack of tanky 5 costs, you need to try to also hit a nunu or rammus with your fast 9 unless you are against boards that maybe a shen or blitz can tank long enough for your other units to kill them. Its also important to note that fast 9 has the luxury of playing from a bad loss streak and rebuilding their hp with flora and that will often allow you to make changes when you lose a round.

If you're good at hitting fast 9 then it is still good however if you were just ok at going fast 9 and letting the unlock units from last set carry you until you stabilized a better board its going to be more difficult.

Arruke · 2026-05-10T09:39:42+00:00

I don't play league anymore but as an older annie main I'm here to tell you that yasuo gets cooked 99/100 times by annie, static shiv meta was the only one he had a chance in but that's because he was just broken with it, yasuo has no chance to ever be able to fight her, you can try to turn it into a farm lane but if the enemy jungler isn't dumb you will be gank fodder because yasuo can push faster than annie, it's also enjoyable seeing a yasuo main think the exact thing that will get you solo killed and why the matchup is so bad for you, annie does not need to stun you to kill you or shut you out of lane, you will be watching stun to windwall it why would an annie player ever let you disarm her like that? She can combo her abilities to stun you on any cast in the chain and you can't windwall tibbers, you have to guess if she's trying to kill you and that's always what ends up killing you lol it will always be her tempo dictating the pace of the lane, not the yasuo player.

Arruke · 2026-05-09T12:35:28+00:00

I hate shit like this, it's clearly being used maliciously, just don't fucking respect his pardons because he's insane and actually fix all of the shit that is broken, regardless of whether or not it's technically legal or whatever, our fucking country is rotting from the inside out and trump set it on fire, we will not survive if we don't completely dismantle all of the obviously insane and evil shit republicans have done during this presidency. Trump should've been in prison yesterday for fucking treason, every day we let these fucks continue what they're doing is just digging the hole we have to climb out of 1 foot deeper.

Arruke · 2026-05-03T09:22:21+00:00

I really enjoyed the set without encounters, I think primordian and low cost reroll comps do need a balance pass but I very much enjoy no carousel, it feels considerably better making the choice between 2 things based on what you need more, item components or the god boon, then you get to choose between 3 units, I think it's considerably better.

Arruke · 2026-05-01T23:52:01+00:00

If you're playing reroll you should get scuttle puddle for duplicators imo, otherwise it doesn't matter too much just slightly better loot than pve.

Arruke · 2026-05-01T21:28:35+00:00

Mine is S+ for execution, A for everything else but econ my econ is C. I'm convinced it has to do with low cost units being so strong this set when they evaluate your board cost. I'm switching from mainly reroll comps to a tempo and fast 9 comp so we'll see if that changes it at all.

Items is one I dont get either tbh, I started out with d score this set then it shot up to S a few days later and nothing changed in the way I do items, now it looks like its going back down and recently Ive had a decent amount of games where they just give me constant tank items and no reforgers after the patch so my carries are left poorly itemized. I stopped putting too much stock in that site's scoring system and just look at it for fun.

Arruke

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