Tarkov Wipes are a Reminder I Suck.
Yup, that’s me, you know; dying in Tarkov. I’m kind of good at that. Every time this game wipes, and we start over, I am reminded how brutal the early game is these days. Everyone has gotten better at the game, there are a lot of ways to optimize the early game for the maximum amount of progression, and the early days of the wipe are still certainly fun. It’s more chaos than anything. Plus, the anticipation of all the new gear and guns helps create the drive to want to level up and use them myself. Not to mention BSG always adds more stuff than the patch notes lists, so it’s a pleasant surprise when we discover things that were added and not mentioned. I am also reminded how bad I actually am at this game. Don’t get me wrong, I have my moments like everyone else where I pop off and make every correct decision, and hit my shots, but most of the time, it’s me being too greedy, ambitious, stubborn, or impatient (ironic considering I am a fairly patient person IRL). Or the case of a classic shitty spawn than has me at the post raid screen at eight seconds into a wipe (that’s happened on more than one occasion sadly). But regardless, this game always kicks my ass every wipe, and to be honest, I wouldn’t want it any other way. I have talked previously about the game changing over the course of its life and getting easier in some regards. But one avenue of the game that has stayed tried and true is being able to smack me around early game and have me overcome the huge early game hurdles. Like some quests and their ability to not be completed upon multiple tries in a row. They end in death, death, and death. Until the universe and lord Nikita himself blesses you with a perfect attempt. Only to get hung up on the next task. I’m sure everyone has that one task that truly just stumps them for a while and really halts and progress from being made. And it doesn’t even have to be tasks related to RNG like the flash drives or gas analyzers. Deliver from the past.... I can’t remember the last time I was able to not only get the document in one go, but then take it to factory and not die there. I always die on either half of the task at least once, so I always dread it. I wonder what other people’s dreaded tasks in this game are. Maybe shooter born in heaven? Maybe the boss killing line of quests? I’d like to hear what other people have for quests that make them go, aw fuck, here we go.
