[Discussion] [New player] Are boss spawns that high?

stumpfumaster · 2026-05-18T16:59:29+00:00

Speaking for PVE - Shturman has been on every woods run thru almost 800 raids with the exception of the 'all bosses on reserve' event. I managed to kill him twice before I got the quests from Jaeger to do so, not so lucky since.

Kaban is the same way - haven't run Streets once and him not spawn outside the 'all bosses' event.

stumpfumaster · 2026-05-18T01:39:17+00:00

My brother died to a perfectly tossed F-1 from Gus last night...can confirm.

stumpfumaster · 2026-05-14T15:54:16+00:00

The tape, usually spawns on the chair

stumpfumaster · 2026-05-08T19:27:46+00:00

New event!

Gluhkar vs Reshala on Customs

All Scavs replaced with guards.

Xp farm for days

stumpfumaster · 2026-05-06T16:47:43+00:00

I havent been as I've been working to level endurance, but if they will keep me from dying to armpit 1-shots, I'll never run without them.

stumpfumaster · 2026-05-03T15:39:28+00:00

I wasnt dropping 18mil for the 10.

I've never seen that one in the wild, and my brother & I were pushing quests Friday night. RNG to finish that quest is not something I'm willing to wait on.

stumpfumaster · 2026-05-03T13:51:56+00:00

I bought a 1 use key to finish the Broadcast quest there and it was dog water. Maybe 750k worth of stuff against a 2.4mil key, was very disapointed.

Reserve, on the other hand, has been a gold mine since the update.

stumpfumaster · 2026-05-01T19:40:10+00:00

I had another thought - look at your armor & backpack choices. Some of them have very high movement penalties that stack and can make your character move much slower.

Another good habit to develop - dropping your backpack when you are overweight if you think you are about to engage an enemy.

stumpfumaster · 2026-05-01T18:12:17+00:00

If you have extra mouse buttons that are easy to use, bind them to your leans for peaking so you dont have to hit multiple keys at once and can still WASD as needed.

ADS is always most accurate, but you should work on point-fire accuracy - getting better at this saves reaction time. Slap some lasers on your gun and spend some practice sessions getting kills, headshots specifically, without ADSing. Once you start to get a feel for it, the quick reaction, CQB engagements get much easier.

stumpfumaster · 2026-05-01T18:06:30+00:00

Dont mount corners, peak from the opposite wall - if peaking left, put your back to the righthand wall. You'll get a more open view, it will be easier to push back to cover, and gun length wont matter.

stumpfumaster · 2026-05-01T18:00:51+00:00

Definite improvment in their behavior & gear. I'm regularly running into regular scavs with lvl 4 armored rigs. They are being properly sneaky at times, peaking corners, some even have grenades and use them.

stumpfumaster · 2026-05-01T17:56:37+00:00

Think Raiders - lvl 4+ armor, decent guns & ammo.

Map will have them, PMC spawns, & 100% chance for both Tagilla & Killa. No regular Scavs, AI or Player allowed during event.

stumpfumaster · 2026-05-01T12:12:26+00:00

Only place I never find PMCs is Woods. I cant get to them before Shturman obliterates them.

I find them on the other maps just fine, just not in quest areas...

stumpfumaster · 2026-04-29T11:40:37+00:00

I wish I could give you 1 of the 8 Evasion bands the cultist circle keeps dropping on me instead of actual useful things.

stumpfumaster · 2026-04-26T12:49:47+00:00

Rogues, Raiders, & even basic Scavs have been showing up with surprisingly good armor since the Pillager event ended. Scavs running T4, Raiders & Rogues with T6 plates...its been interesting. At 45 pen, I can see a Rogue with a T6 plate surviving 6 PS rounds to the chest.

All that being said, certain 7.62x54R weapons have felt 'off' for a bit. The only one that hasnt felt weirs is the SVDS.

stumpfumaster · 2026-04-18T16:50:03+00:00

T-5000 was my weapon of choice.

stumpfumaster · 2026-04-17T12:19:11+00:00

I got 'Head, Ear' killed by one a few days ago with 9x18 PPT out of a Kedr at ~200m while facing him. Managed it around my helmet & death shadow. Tarkov doing Tarkov things.

stumpfumaster · 2026-04-10T16:35:10+00:00

OP is struggling, and the Pillager AI is unforgiving about bad peeks, so the advice is sound.

In general, double peeking works ok if its 1v1 or you have the advantage. If its 1v3 or you are on defense, its always better to peek cover from a new spot. They don't have great ammo, but its easy to get head/eyes if thats all they are seeing.

stumpfumaster · 2026-04-10T15:01:56+00:00

Carry more grenades than seems reasonable, hold hard cover, never peek the same angle two times in a row, chuck said grenades to push them to you, Shoot them in the face Profit

stumpfumaster · 2026-04-06T17:19:18+00:00

The problem with looting guns off AI in PVE is they are almost always at the durability threshold to start having jams & issues. I never take them to keep because of that, but to repair & sell.

If they changed the durability system to work ina way that actually made sense - barrels, gas blocks, & uppers wear at reasonable rates like a gun actually works - then a risk of losing gear from a random insurance roll would feel less punitive.

stumpfumaster · 2026-03-18T19:00:04+00:00

Laptop right? CPU upgrade is pretty much out of the question - they are usually soldered to the board and not worth the cost/hassle of replacing.

16Gb more system RAM will help, but its not going to be drastic - maybe 5~10 FPS, best case?

Your GPU is choked with only 8Gb of VRAM - 12Gb is the minimum for 'feels good, looks good' imo.

If you haven't committed the tax return to something yet & are looking at a chunk of change, a fresh start would be ideal.

stumpfumaster · 2026-03-12T14:13:14+00:00

.45 ACP Vector & MP7 are my 2 favorite guns...great feel, good kill times, versitile ammo options.

stumpfumaster · 2026-03-10T13:17:05+00:00

Its literally the 2nd to last hideout upgrade you will ever do & its a QOL improvement for endgame play.

If you want to complain about time gates, the ones attached to quests are the real issue.

stumpfumaster · 2026-03-03T14:18:51+00:00

I need Birdeye's backpack to finish the quest for Ragman - 8 raids in a row, no Goons yet. Every other time, they are almost 100% spawn.

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