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Sucks to Be a Beginner

Tarkov is brutal, and it's especially brutal to beginners.    In the game you have some amount of money, which you can choose to spend on weaponry, ammunition, body armor, medicine. But as a beginner, even if you have money, your access to these things is extremely limited.  Many a levelled player will sagely intone to us noobs "It's not the gun, it's the ammunition."   "I never use anything less than M80."   

Really?  You don't say! ... and fuck you. The only M80 ammo I've ever got close to was buried in my stomach right before I died. 

And don't get me started on the weapons.  Even if I find some M80 ammunition, what will I run it in? An SA-58 ? A Vepr Hunter?  I can't buy those. As a beginner, what are my options? Besides a couple pistols, there are five that I can buy with cash:  Kedr PP-91 SMG, the Mosin bolt action rifle,  the SKS hunting rifle, the TOZ-106 shotgun, and the AKS-74U assault rifle.  

Modding weapons is a big part of the game - very important to optimize your weapon for recoil, range, and sound. How many of those beginner weapons can be modded?  Just the AKS-74U.  So that part of the game is needlessly harder too. 

Having a scope or sight can really help...but the main rifle that a beginner can buy (the SKS) won't take one.  Iron sights for you, noob! Good luck advancing with your super loud shitty magazine-less rifle and those rabbit turds you are forced to stuff in it for ammunition. 

I sort of like the "found weapon" aspect of the game - my scav running is invaluable.  But only beginners have to do this. The levelled players, unless they are bad at budgeting, can generally just buy the weapons and ammo they want from better dealers and the flea market. 

Fundamentally, I know the main obstacle is that I suck. But it chafes to be bullied by kitted players and denied access to the flea market that enables them to be well equipped. 


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  1. SpinozaJanuary 30, 2021 at 10:57 AM

    why are you denied access to the flea market?

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    1. cornflake-cperkJanuary 30, 2021 at 12:58 PM

      You have to be Level 10 for the flea market. As of right now, I am only level 8. And, at the time of this post, I was probably level 3 or something.

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