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The Bronze Pocket Watch - Raids 4 and 5 - Level 5

Plan

I've only run two raids on Customs so far this wipe, but in both of them I noticed that the door to the truck with the pocket watch was open. Left open, no doubt, by someone working on the Bronze Pocket Watch quest.  So my plan is simple: hang out for five minutes, then go see if the door is open and hopefully get the watch and scoot. Otherwise, loop up to dorms to get the machinery key (assuming it's still there).

Raid 4 - Red Shirted

Loadout: Class 4 armor, AK-74M with PSO scope, ears, meds.

Spawned in the far corner of the trailer park.  Awesome. Took shelter in a bush, waited for 5 minutes, and crossed the map. There is this sound bug where my own footsteps sound like they are behind me, and sometimes bush sounds from my movement are "late".  It confuses me sometimes. On my last Woods raid I fled from myself at one point.  

I entered the construction area from the bush obscured gap in the fence.  Area seemed clear. I strode forward. There was a blood stain on the footings of little skeleton.  There was a body lying nearby. If the body is there, and the blood stain there, then this guy was shot from somewhere behind me.  BAM! I was dead.  Shot from somewhere behind me by -TheRatAttack-   .  GG -TheRatAttack- . 

Time In Raid: 12 minutes, 25 seconds
Exp: 14
Killed By: -TheRatAttack- with one round of 5.56x45mm 855 to the head.  Congratulations on not just one PMC kill, but two Mr. -TheRatAttack-

Mistakes

  • I actually heard my killer rustle in the bush, but I thought it was that damn "late rustle" bug so I ignored it.  Though, he had me dead to rights - even if I had reacted quickly it probably was too late.

Successes

  • Reminded of what makes Escape from Tarkov so great.

Raid 5 - Quest Completed

Same plan, same loadout.  Spawned onto road across the entrance from the Customs house.  Settled into a bush, checked my weapon, waited and departed.  This time I checked the bushes for lurkers.  As I cleared the area I heard heavy firing of automatic weapons from over in Dorms.  I hope this truck is unlocked, otherwise I'll be joining that fray.   As luck would have it, the truck WAS unlocked.  I got the watch.  Killed a scav, then another.  That second kill was difficult - I clearly had him lined up for headshots, but he wasn't going down. He was in the open. Finally I got him, but there was also fire from somewhere else, not on me, but on him.  I moved on. No scav loot is worth dying over when I've got the bronze watch in my pocket.  

Made my way to extract, killing and looting two more scavs.

Time In Raid: 18 minutes, 45 seconds
Exp: 2144
Shots Fired: 71, Hits: 14, Damage To Body: 551, To Armor: 21
Kills (AI Scavs): Trifon Vertuhuay, Kondratiy Sintol, Aleksandr Bardak, Ashot Gruzin.  Godspeed gentlemen!  Thanks for the raid.

Mistakes

  • Did not get much loot, or good loot. Perhaps too focused on getting the watch and extracting?  

Successes

  • Survived
  • Completed the Bronze Pocket Watch quest without the key!

PostScript.


This is the third time I've run this quest. It's interesting to compare it from previous wipes.  This wipe I completed it on Raid 5. Earlier wipes I was much later to it. 
Wipe 12.11 - Raid 15 -  https://itarkovpoorly.blogspot.com/2021/07/bronze-pocket-watch-raids-15-and-16.html
Wipe 12.10 - Raid 20 - https://itarkovpoorly.blogspot.com/2021/01/update-slowly-progressing.html


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