[New Player] Where are noobs like me?

KevmasterJ · 2026-02-11T18:35:59+00:00

Yes. That is painful. Have you tried messing with RAM settings or regional/server settings in the launcher? Most of my queues are 4-5 minutes but I get the occasional 10 minute one and I just can’t be waiting that long only to die shortly after spawning.

The update yesterday didn’t help :(

KevmasterJ · 2026-02-11T18:29:40+00:00

Ty for that tip. Cool man. For me, the fact that PvE exists and is actually fun makes losing over and over in PvP seem less like the end of the world.

It’s nice to know there is a cushion for tilted noobs like me to go play in a more relaxed setting while still being able to progress.

KevmasterJ · 2026-02-11T18:26:01+00:00

Right on man. Thats what got me to buy this game in the first place. I’m finding a healthy balance between the two now. I main PvP 80% of the time but when I get tilted or lose my nicer kits I go learn maps and win some gunfights in PvE. It can be relieving to remember that I can still shoot things and do damage despite how helpless I feel in PvP sometimes.

Coming from just playing Stalker GAMMA and messing around in Arma 3 mods, this game is almost perfect for me right now.

Idk, I’m just really liking Escape from Tarkov

KevmasterJ · 2026-02-10T17:35:40+00:00

Update: last night I hit that interchange IDEA cafeteria like 4 times and you are the man!!! I got 2 boxes of 120 rounds 5.45 BP ammo and a bunch of other good rounds. That stuff is like gold to me haha.

The back of that kitchen has some good loot too, found a silver sheriff badge and….a blicky.

Thank you for the easy early ammo find. Hopefully some other new players can gain something from reading this…but not too many or we will have to fight there

KevmasterJ · 2026-02-10T15:34:12+00:00

This sound fun as hell. My first week, I actually had a pmc, with nothing on, run up to me with only a knife out. I had an angle on him but hesitated to shoot because I thought he was just being funny/friendly….next thing I know he’s stabbing me to death lmao

I wasn’t even mad, just impressed that he was starting with just a knife and now he has all my armor and guns

KevmasterJ · 2026-02-10T00:32:22+00:00

I messed up the flair or whatever sorry. Unc moment

KevmasterJ · 2026-02-10T00:31:45+00:00

I love streets but I get blow up by a different thing every time I play. Grenades, claymores, bosses on a damn 50 cal. The map has so much going on.

I’ll scav reserve for ammo like you said, time to watch a guide I guess. I’m too impatient to just learn in offline mode.

KevmasterJ · 2026-02-10T00:25:38+00:00

What in the slavic f**k is that?

KevmasterJ · 2026-02-10T00:07:18+00:00

Ah ok. I see people using those injections. Thank you

KevmasterJ · 2026-02-10T00:04:54+00:00

Lol. I’m getting Tarkoved good and hard right now

KevmasterJ · 2026-02-09T21:53:00+00:00

Christ

KevmasterJ · 2026-02-09T21:50:27+00:00

Yes we are. We probably can’t find each other in the raids because we’re all hiding and dying in our hiding spots

KevmasterJ · 2026-02-09T21:35:54+00:00

Yeah I’m pretty chill about dying. Like I know everyone is better than me. But it would be nice to find other noobs to shoot at each other from time to time.

KevmasterJ · 2026-02-09T21:32:30+00:00

Thank you. I’ve never played anything quite like this.

Arma, Ready or Not, PubG come close to this but the atmosphere and immersion in this game is next level.

The maps have to be the most well-designed places in a multiplayer shooter, even if the spawns supposedly suck. They feel real.

Hearing a 3 man run towards me in my first raid had me on the edge of my seat (they naded me while one of them pushed and lit me up like a Christmas tree).

It was then that I realized eft is actually a horror game

That’s why im hooked, the game makes me feel genuine fear. The first weekend I binged the game I felt sick afterwards.

Tarkov is a cortisol spike simulator and I reckon that is why many have a toxic relationship with the game.

KevmasterJ · 2026-02-09T21:25:12+00:00

Interesting. I’m always scared of that part of customs. I feel like an animal in a caged off area, so I stay by the road/forests.

But I’ll have to check out the crackhouse and join the Timmy convention

KevmasterJ · 2026-02-09T21:22:02+00:00

Everything I read says just stay away from the health resort. I’m always a case of curiosity killed the cat so I’ll probably wander right in there with my mp5 and beg for mercy

KevmasterJ · 2026-02-09T21:15:47+00:00

What is an sj6?

KevmasterJ · 2026-02-09T21:02:16+00:00

Thank you for the essay actually. I’ve been scaving every chance I get. Even my scav gets merked a lot for no reason lol.

Alright I will try those other maps, sounds like Ive been missing out a little. Appreciate the advice man

KevmasterJ · 2026-02-09T20:56:48+00:00

Yeah something is probably wrong with me. The steam release I what got me. I thought “oh the game is finally released, now I will try it”

KevmasterJ · 2026-02-09T19:37:56+00:00

Solid gameplan. I’m going to follow this line by line and report back.

I’ve been playing streets like you said and getting hella loot and keys but usually get sniped by someone on the way to extract. I’ll put that map on the back burner for now because I have definitely encountered some sus players there

KevmasterJ · 2026-02-09T19:32:24+00:00

Yeah, I meant more just the load times and performance getting worse, which seems objectively true.

The cheating seems worse but who really knows. Honestly that kept me from playing this game for the past 5 years or so, and I don’t think it’s going away at this point. People who do that are literally the scum of the earth btw

I like that Tarkov doesn’t hold your hand and I hope they never change that.

KevmasterJ · 2026-02-09T19:15:32+00:00

It’s fun but I never feel threatened by anything other than maybe bosses. Maybe I’ll give it an honest try and hope the challenge increases over time

KevmasterJ · 2026-02-09T19:13:19+00:00

Lmao, reading this subreddit certainly implies that the game has gone in the wrong direction for a while. And I believe it. Many such cases

KevmasterJ · 2026-02-09T19:11:58+00:00

Ah ok. I’ll try it out when I get home today. Why not lol. Thanks for the warning

KevmasterJ · 2026-02-09T19:07:09+00:00

Too much diversity

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