Interchange Received Tarkov’s Best Expansion – Here’s Why
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Interchange finally got the expansion it desperately needed, and it feels awesome to play on. For years, this map has been boiled down to essentially one focal point on the map with not much else going on for it. Granted, it makes sense; the mall has tons of loot scattered throughout and within the context of the lore for EFT, it is critical to the operations of Ragman who has connections with multiple of the traders we interact with. But for a long time, it felt like Interchange was missing something; an extra layer or point of interest that could allow people to go somewhere else other than the mall if they don’t want to head straight into one of Tarkov’s largest Thunderdome's. And while the power station was another building for people to explore and I use that word loosely because it’s so small, even with the addition of the power switch and Ref locked rooms, the rest of the map felt like it was the least thought out after the main attraction was figured out. So, come summertime, when on their roadmap for this year they had an expansion to Interchange listed as one of the additions coming, I was very excited, but also mainly curious what they could possibly change on the map to give it more life and something other to do than just the mall. And luckily, the update delivered. So, let’s go over what’s new with the Interchange expansion, compare it to other maps getting larger and why this might be the best expansion when it comes to new POI’s, mechanics and bringing life back into an old map. It’s been a long time coming for Interchange, and it’s pretty much everything I wanted and then some.
