I Tarkov Poorly

Destination: Reserve Goals: Mark tanks, kill raiders, visit rooms for Therapist and Ragman Progress: I had fun. Raid 171 - Cornflake versus the World Loadout: P90 SMG, Armored Rig, Meds and Ears. This is my last P90 - the top rail for this weapon is just never on the flea anymore and I don't have the level 3 traders necessary to get it (but I'm working on it).  Hopefully whoever gets it from me today will put it to good use. Spawned far away, made my way to the tank underneath the Observatory that I need to mark. Marked it. There was the sound of combat from the garages. That could be a good sign: maybe someone will open RB-ST.  I waited in the little Harry Potter house, scoping the manhole extract and the garage area. I heard more weapon fire, but didn't see a soul. It got quiet. I waited, sure that someone would stagger in front of my reticle, but no one did.  Went to the garages - it was quiet. RB-ST still locked. Damn.  Crossed over toward White Bishop, someone f...

Need Funds Raid 166 - Shoreline Stash Run (successful) Time In Raid: 22 minutes, 42 seconds Exp: 769 Raid 167 - Shoreline Stash Run (failed) Stupid sniper scav killed me through a tree with a single shot Lps gzh that registered as two shots.  Time In Raid: 11 minutes, 8 seconds Exp: 124 Shots: 9, Hits: 0.   Killed By: Vasya Borov Raid 168 - Shoreline Stash Run (successful) Time In Raid: 36 minutes, 16 seconds Exp: 1050 Shots: 9, Hits: 2, Accuracy: 0.22, Body: 147 Kills: Matvey Pogon (sniper).  Godspeed Matvey Raid 169 - Shoreline High Risk Loot Run (successful) With the new flea market fees, these stash runs are not as profitable as they used to be.  I usually do a stash run with just a pistol to keep losses down in the event of failure, but despite hitting a lot of stashes and filling my bag, I'm still strapped for cash.  I evaluated the keys in my collection and all my best keys are on Shoreline. So now instead of hitting stashes, I'm going to try and mov...

Goals mark 2 BRDM in water treatment area mark helicopter in water treatment area survive Raid 163 - Survived Loadout: Ash-12 with Valday scope. Beaten armor, meds, food, etc. Spawned on beach, slowly made my way north. Raid is extremely quiet.  No one at construction. Ran up to the bus before the bridge, peeked both sides but no rogues at the southwest emplaced weapons.   Worked my around through the grotto onto the rise across from Building One. Took out the machine gunner. In the parking lot of Building One I started to aim down sight at the rogue on the grenade launcher on Building Two. I absolutely have to kill him before I can safely venture into the main water treatment area. BAM!  Someone is shooting me from behind. A player. I scrambled while under fire, can't see my assailant - I ducked into Building One. Fixed the bleeds, used the CMS on my arm. No sound of an approaching player.  I ran past the door and carefully aimed down sight and right leaned its...

Getting killed on Customs all the time was fun for awhile when getting in some PvP fights, but just dying all the time takes the shine off that. Plus, I only have Level 2 traders and now with some of the latest flea changes, I'm having equipment acquisition issues, so back to questing. I have several quests on Lighthouse, going to try to run them all simultaneously. Raid 158 - Lighthouse Troubles Loadout: The fancy SR-25 I took from a PMC awhile back on Shoreline. Class 4 armor, and 5 markers (one for a helicopter, four for vehicles). Meds (including a CMS kit in my secure container) Spawned near the road, underneath the resort.  Made my way to the Stryker vehicle and marked it. A scav at the resort shouted at me, but didn't fire.  I couldn't get eyes on him, so I just avoided him. Visited the lost party for Therapist. Made my way south towards the Stryker at the south of the map. After I mark this I may just grab some loot and dip, that'll complete one quest and I'...

Methodology Because of this blog, I have a record of the name of everyone who kills me, as well as a mostly complete record of the name of everyone I manage to kill.  Every two months this wipe (12.12) I look up all those names in the in-game chat tool.  The presumption being that if a name is no longer in the chat tool then either that person changed their name, or they were banned for cheating.   It is not a perfect methodology nor do I have a lot of data, but it's far better than just going by feel, which is what most people do. The arguments about cheating on Reddit are mostly silly as people just try to generalize anecdotal experiences.  My Anecdotal Experience Since I broached the topic, here is my own anecdotal experience. Before I started doing this I didn't feel like I had encountered many cheaters in Wipe 12.12.  Just a couple.   But since I've started tracking, my view has become more jaundiced and now I have more suspicions. BUT, overa...

Goal: to not whine when making this post Raid 152 - 7 minutes on Customs I need to plant some wifi camera, but it's really just serving as a placeholder goal. My real goal is to engage in some PvP and improve my PvP playing. Spawned behind Old Gas. This is an interesting spawn as I think there are still rogues appearing at the fortress, which means most players, likely including myself, will be avoiding that area.  I stepped aside and waited. I want to wait for the scavs to spawn and listen for gunshots and then go chase fights.  The raid was eerily quiet, but I did hear the occasional shot coming from Crackhouse. I bet that's someone trying to snipe rogues. Just as I was about to head out, a player came over the railroad berm into the area where I'd been waiting. I held my fire - too difficult to hit a target moving across my field of fire with the Ash-12. He turned his back to me and started heading directly away. That's the shot I want. I aimed down sight, line up my...