The biggest advantage of having a squad is that sometimes the guy in a bush a hundred yards away will shoot your buddy in the jaw instead of you, giving you time to react. When you're solo, you're the only target.
Sometimes they won’t even take the shot if your group is big an scary enough. I’ve had squads walk right over me an I’ll just let em go cause I have task items or whatever.
This true, i usually run Duo with a friend, we're mostly rats but dont have problem engaging in a fight, and during day 2-3 of this wipe we fought a 4 man team, my friend died after killing one of them while i manage to keep my cool and finally killed all 3, sadly not long after a 3 man team showed up, did what i can but died after killing 2 of them, it was on PMC camp on Woods Another advantage in playing with a teammate is that you get a morale boost, so in you win a firefight the dopamine hit is even higher while if you got wiped the feeling of loss is lowered
In my opinion it's a tradeoff for intensity. Like yes playing in groups is generally more fun. Bu compared to the heigths and lows of exclusive solo play it is nothing. Nothing you do in a group will ever even remotly come close to the high you feel when your heartrate is worryingly high for minutes while you somehow hold your ground alone against a -four- man, three man after waiting for the perfect shot and getting another trying to peek. Until it's a one v one and the last guy chooses the run away and you are slowly coming down from your rush and looting everythig you ever wanted. It's an unbeatable high compared to groupplay. Just like it's an unbeatable low when a freshly spawned playerscav snipes you just while you got done looting. And you are left where you started off, beside a memory, some xp and the knowledge that you made 4 men shit their pants all by yourself. Now it's time to get kitted, without 3 guys throwing you a full kit at the start of the raid. So yeah idk, I rather play smash bros or whatever with the bros, cause it's abot playing with the bros and less so the game which is fun about the activity. But Tarky? That's me against the world baby and I'll try and scratch and claw my way out until my ligths go out, no matter the odds. P.S. Shit aint good for oyur heart tho, and that really sharp and noticeable adrenaline spike when you tap the first guy out of three and you know in the last 0.1sec everything changed from you being hidden, to at least two guys looking to kill you is probably not healthy either lol xoxo
You're both right. My two cents is groups can be trying when your group ignores your callout or fail to make their own. Played with a full group the other day. Everyone was shift-w'ing. I had the most experience and was asking them to slow down. Then they started splitting up. 2 started fighting about loot. 1 got engaged by a two man 50 yards away. I asked where the opponents were at and he couldn't use his words. Just kept firing at them and after several requests for a callout he simply said "fuck! I'm dead! Where the fuck are you guys?!" Like dude. I asked. You didn't respond. "Fuck! Somebody stash my stuff." Dude. Where are those two guys? "Stash my stuff!" Bro. We're engaged. I'll get to it. "Fuck." (Walks away from desk) Dude, you gonna tell me where they shot you from? No? Thx...
I’ve been playing for about 600 hours solo with some duo and quad teams. Overall, I feel that playing solo allows me to move throughout the map with more fluidity. The shooting and repositioning for me has become second nature to where I feel confident taking on three mans and maybe quads from the right angle with the right avenues for flanking. However, it also allows me to disappear without a trace. Tracking a solo is much harder as your profile is much lower. Remember to only takes fights in your advantage and be patient. Great video!
Ive been playing solo for the basically since I started since my friends who got me on quit. But this wipe I decided to play a few with groups to get quests done faster and ended up falling in with a good group of dudes who have years of experience at this game. So as someone whos done both Id say, solo is good for your to test your individual skillset but its nice to have a good group of people to run with because you can exchange knowledge like good loot runs, tactics, pathing, etc. Which are much harder to learn as a solo or even from a youtube video.
@@trev3019 Never had a problem as a solo at mid to latewipe but now from day 1 of the wipe its ASS. I only run into duos or 3/4/5 man squads who all run since day 2 only lvl 4 or better. Also the sound is awful
I'm so proud of myself whenever I can get away with a cheeky team wipe. Had a really good one against a 3-man squad the other day using just a Mosin and a MP-133 on Customs. Left the raid with a SCAR, decked out ADAR, and all kinds of goodies from their team's previous kills. Playing solo has one distinct advantage; you don't have to share any loot. Not to mention the overwhelming satisfaction of a successful raid where you came out on top over several other players. That feeling is always gonna feel like a drug to me.
My friend actually did this ... As player Scav and got a pmc lol he heard them and they also heard him and both stopped but my friend voicelined and the pmc slow peeked into a 7mm
This game's difficulty curve has been a bell curve for me. Got EOD in 2016 or 2017 and have been playing off and since then. Was really fun, much less stressful time when most of the players were new. Shit there were maybe 1 or 2 streamers at the time for the game, it wasn't popular yet. Then the difficulty increased when I came back once. Mechanics were different, everyone is a meta-chad and getting head eyed across the map. Watching some videos and taking notes on how they play has made it easier this wipe, each day making that survive/death ratio better. If you're new and struggling take this advice: Your either going to die in a bush to someone you never saw, or you're going to die in a firefight where you at least pursued and tried to make a play. It's Tarkov, you accepted losing your gear when you clicked ready. Too often I found myself slow crouch walking or "listening" for minutes on end in pure fear. I die less sprinting and fast walking everywhere, I get more loot, and I get more kills. Sound is a huge part of the game and making sound is a huge fear, but after watching a lot of videos about how sound works in the game, I dont have a fear of moving anymore. Headphones detect sounds at the same distance (at least footsteps) non-headphones do, just at different volumes. That scary chad gunning down the entire server can still be caught off guard and flanked, and definitely can't hear you move out of the bush you were hiding in 3km away. And for gear fear: if you're not selling the gear you're too afraid to use, you've willingly cut that many grids out of your stash. Either you sell it, use it, or lose it. Keeping that meta AK for weeks because you're not confident enough to use it? Just fucking use it, you can't practice with it any other way.
Many people are affraid of solo and thinks squads are safer way to play. On the other hand - you are multiple times easier to spot than solo. Also you can't count on footsteps so much. Also - if squad is badly communicated - as solo player you have upper hand in many gunfights because they need to make sure you are enemy or not.
From my experience, it is actually better to have just 1 guy to cover you and give you info. Group of 4-5 people really taking all the loot and all scavs.
I honestly think playing solo makes it easier to progress, can focus on your own task and items, having a buddy or 2 is nice but sometimes it slows down your individual progression when helping them with their own task you’ve already completed
Definitely. I'm lvl 28b and most my buddies are 15 or so. I have to go back and help them do quests I've already completed. If I used that time to focus on my progression if be further along
I like playing with a group as well but sometimes it's hard getting loot because they've normally grabbed it all lol then your just along for the ride. 🤣
Or you have m8s like i do, which wanna pvp all the time while im with em with 3 quest items. Its annoying. They`re lvl50+ and im 36 (first wipe) with almost no money all the time cause of this shit.. gonna break me :D
@@gamb1t45 sounds just like me and my duo LOL!! I’m lvl 50 and teammate is 38, I rush fights while he’s just trying to chill and get task done and loot lol. I always tell him playing outside of your comfort zone is where you learn the most
I’ve got over 13 friends that own tarkov, but as much as I like playing with each one, only a couple are actually coordinated, some would wander off and we’d have to wait to regroup. I play with them anyways , but I usually like to play with 3 people at most.
another thing that people don't understand about pvp in this game is that you have the advantage if you are the aggressor, pushing the other guy instead of sitting and holding an angle. I see a lot of these groups that back up when one guy shoots at them, allowing them to be fought much more easily. If they just rushed you they would win the fight. For instance that fight on interchange.
Ok so I'm a noob who just died on woods. I heard a guy inside a house in scav town and tried to wait him out and snipe him when he peeked a window, but I couldn't get an angle. Ended up dying when he shot me thru the fence. Is there a way to approach that without dying? I felt like I couldn't rush inside the fence since there's only one gate and he'd know exactly where to look.
@@anselmojones4392 this is just not true, with the amount of peekers advantage and the ability that good players have to just prefire people if they know where they are means that the agressor will typically win, if they are a decent player.
@@ranceroniwhat he’s saying is it doesn’t matter if you have peekers advantage when the only ammo you have is basically an Airsoft gun vs someone in lvl5 armor with a face shield and an m61 SA58. Low level players are still getting clapped 9/10 times with peekers advantage or not. Imo the only time the game is fun for people like me is early wipe when nobody has good armor or ammo and people actually die when I shoot them lol. Now whenever I try to play at this point in wipe the only people I see are cracked out chads with gear I’m not even allowed to buy no point in even trying to compete with those people.
3rd wipe here and finally beginning to pick the game up well, getting kills, flying through quests that used to seem impossible, lost the pvp adrenaline rush aswell that i used to get, and just enjoying the game a lot more. Really lovin it, ive only ever played solo aswell as its how I prefer to game.
The PVP rush is what killed the game for me the past couple wipes. Playing Tarkov as a survival game again, rather than a PVP shooter has made this wipe much more enjoyable for me. I am stoked for arena though when that PVP itch comes around again.
@@sucio- Yea, i know i'll be hooked once i start learning more about how everything works and generally being more comfortable with the gun handling. I'm definitely far behind most people at lvl 6 rn and i still gotta do the first quest for Therapist lmao
I don't mind playing solo. I'm not new. This is going to be my 2nd full wipe. I know the maps and game pretty good now. Being new and running solo is scary and overwhelming. But now I prefer to run solo or duo. I like to play sneaky when I'm solo and more aggressive as a duo. I have to say that night raids as a solo are God tier.
@@Limaonyx They only have a spawnchance of 2 to 3% and if you play Lighthouse, Streets, Interchange or Reserve there spawn none. But be aware that bosses also spawn at night. (Lighthouse you can encounter Big Pipe and them other 2 guys for instance) And not to forget, I personally have pretty much at least 1 PMC in the Raid who has NVGs.
@@Limaonyx yeah only downside to Reserve as a pmc is that the most reliable extract is only without backpack so you need to get out with the D-2 door most of the time
I think the biggest advantage of playing solo is stealth. One person is exponentially less easy to see than 2, 3, 4, and if you use this to your advantage and play sneaky, solo really isn't that hard
I almost exclusively play this game solo. It makes it more immersive and fun in my opinion. Definitely harder especially when its early wipe and you run across groups!
the greatest thing that helpoed me not only solo but just overall was playing offline raids. it allowed me to learn the maps worry free but most importantly practice fighting. of course its only against scavs but after a while you start fighting the boss and that REALLY makes a huge difference i cant recommend it more.
I use to solo all the time, then played with friends and found it hard to solo again. This wipe has been better for me solos again! Also great content. Been following for a while, keep it up.
1:47 that reminds me of that one vide. I think its name is "look survivors whoops" Basicaly there is a guy and a girl and they run into other survivars amd she is like "mmm he is kinda cute,, and her friend just shoot him and say" whooops,, I really love that one and this "what" just reminded me of it🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Usually play in Duos, will 3-5 man group some time, but it's too crowded. Can't rely on audio too much, pretty much have to bait teammates when they die to get a beat on the fight. My duo and I have solid comms, we go through the maps in offline, mark call outs for hills, buildings, specific rocks/stashes etc. We are constantly moving, we usually split by about 50-100m and then re-group. So kind of like 2 solos, but working with extra intel/flank routes. We kind of did this by accident 2 wipes ago, but we have refined our method of playing to be pretty good together. We generally never sniper together, if someone is using a bolt someone runs a rifle. If someone has a shotgun, the other runs a rifle. We share loot, leap frog loot stashes, and work well together. When we 3+ group, it's a free for all. We still tend to split from the other 3, but are usually within visual contact with the group, just in case they get jumped. And then it's a cluster fuck in discord. I can't enjoy this game solo, gaming for me it's a group thing, so gaming by myself for 99% of games is boring AF.
Always remember, you have an advantage agains a team, when they see a head, the need to confirm if it's enemy or not, when you see a head, shoot no matters what, that second of difference make you gain the battle
Great gaming turned into great YT content! As someone who's owned EFT for over a year but is just now trying to get into it, I find myself playing solo. The bit about taking a group out sneakily, one at a time as they comm to gather their senses, is very much useful to someone that played BR games and was fine and dandy with rushing a 1v4 and taking it with just quick movement and finesse... Tarky is completely different. lol
That guardian angel covering up all your mistakes is me. I cannot aim for shit, move well, pick good times to loot, and I quite often get shot by accident.
Playing solo is always easier than with teammates. The only advantage of squad gaming is you have more gun power so you can just overshot your enemy in close range fights. When you play solo you instantly process all information you see and hear, so can react faster and you are the one who decides how fight will go and what will be next, you don’t need to ask “is that you?”, “wait I heard something” etc. You don’t need to say to your mate what you see and what you want to do, you just engage these guys when you are ready, you kill first and the rest just running around like a blind kittens waiting for their dead mate to tell them from where you killed him and when he tell them you’re already changed your position and ready to take down the rest of them.
there are alot of small tarkov channels that provides so much good info, im very glad for all of this. hope all of you can reach high numbers eventually. thanks!
my preferred playstyle is duos. One aggressor one guard aggressor can be loud and flanky while the guard waits for the target to track and make the mistake.
Good tips! May i ask for your video and postFX settings? Your interchange clip quality is one of the best ive seen. Usually its way too dark for YT. I hope you reply
Don´t get me wrong, every advice is appreciated for us newbies. But going solo (my friends opted out after few days of not making much of progress) as a new player is insane. I know I know, many took the same path as I am, I need to be patient.. but after tons of research I came to realization that it will not get better any time soon. The weapons will shoot everywhere just not at my target and if I actually hit, because of how bullets work in Tarkov, I could very well just throw them at my enemies because the effect will be the same. I love challenging games but it feels unfair considering I am being matched with much more experienced people who just know how to progress faster and have better ammo and guns.
I actually told my friends I would insist on going solo only for my first wipe. While I definitely ended up being way behind by the end of the first wipe, for my second wipe (i.e. now) I'm by far the most skilled player in the group. Solo play allowed me to really learn the game at my own pace, and while I did get shit on for pretty much the entire wipe, I got much better much more quickly than all of my other friends.
2:48 jump scared the fuck ouit of me just because i am just so used to the random head shots from absolutely no where and i felt that moment personally
Bro I sometimes I play 5 man and it’s STRESSFUL trying not to kill each other. Solo is always the easiest route once you have game knowledge. He’s right about confusion in groups. It’s hard to get a good team communicates effectively. I usually stick to duos or trios if playing with friends.
I play solo and have about 2k hours on the game total. I prefer solo for the added stealth it gives you. Yes, it gives you a serious disadvantage in firefights with squads but that makes it that much more rewarding when you wipe a 5 man with a shitty AK. You gotta play smarter, for a solo is more of a survival game than a shooter. Some matches I might not shoot a round. Others I might kill 4 pmc's and a handful of scavs. It really just depends on how each situation plays out. I don't ALWAYS start a fight on sight with other PMC's. I'm observant, patient, I know the maps I play inside and out. If a 4 man of well equipped guys are in my sights I might not immediately start a fight. I might tail them and wait for a opportunity to scoop two of their head off before they can react in order to give myself better odds of survival fighting the other two guys. Also playing solo you build different tactics as you play. Im an ambush kind of player. I shoot and then relocate. I don't shoot at squads unless I am sure I can take multiple out quickly and cleanly. before the fire exchange even begins. Its also easier to keep track of sounds and enemies when you dont got a squad of people basically running around behind you or in other rooms, it can be really difficult to track friend from foe. So I find it better to have no friends. Everyone is a threat everyone is game lol. I ended last wipe with a 70% SR and a K/D of between 5-6. My KD just on PMC's not counting deaths caused by bugs, player scav squads, and things like AI beaming you in the face through a keyhole from 400 yards away while using iron sights in full auto my KD was STILL over 1 just on PMC's.
The key is like you said; waiting for that perfect time to take your first shot and drop that first guy with 100% certainty. You drop the first dude without so much as an indication of where they died from and you just watch the others run around like scared animals until you can flank and pick them off from another angle. That rush is something totally different.
I like how people will say things about how realistic this game is compared to other shooters, then you find out you can't even mantle over anything. You can literally get stuck and lose if you jump behind some furniture.
I can’t lie, this might be the most helpful video I’ve found so far on pvp and general playstyle. Also love the editing aswell my man, keep up with the videos. Defo got a subscribe and like from me.
I like playing solo, I used to almost only play with my cousins but I realized the way to make gains is solo. Especially with one of my cousins who took advantage of me and another cousins noobishness, We learned later on, When he says "Loot these filing cabinets" to put our hands in his pocket and follow because he went after the real loot
Ive watched a couple of vids and the editstyle and the gameplay are inspiring and outstanding. i also love that you put the gun builds on the screen. Sub has been secured
If you insure your gear, looting multiple pmcs is easy, you can wear their armor and rigs and dump yours in a corner. Woulda helped you on that interchange when you had a usec and azimut in your bag but still had another body and a half to loot and no room for the helmet
grouping reminds me of 5-mans in factory back in the days of only factory and customs. fun times that was when you already knew on loading in you would lose your gear.
I keep telling my friends to ROTATE, RELOCATE and, OUT MANUVER the opponents. this game shares a lot of the same basic logic that Rainbow Six Siege does in PVP movement. map knowledge will almost always win over equipment, If you shoot or have been seen ROTATE and patience is a virtue that you best develop. Factory is the only map, I know of, most of this goes out the window on.
For me, its not so much the 1v1, its more im walking on shoreline, woods etc, and im shot from a distance out of nowhere. it's usually 80% of my deaths. I don't usually know where it came from, and camping spots change game to game. Would be nice to have a replay feature to watch the round back to see their vision.
With solo you can manoeuvre much better,combined with map knowledge, I can go from one end/level of interchange to the other end/level super fast, combined I always end up looting loads of weapons boxes plus tech light
I've only played solo it took me a long time to get comfortable I take less traveld loot runs and stay away from fights and move slow and most of the time I can get the drop on people
at 8:40 you'd have been better off wearing the trooper with the rig and putting armored rig in ya bag, so you could then take the helmet on top of all the other things
I’ve done a lot of factory gaming last wipe solo and had a ton of fun, but now with quests being a thing again man I hate running all these maps solo, i did most of my quests with friends last wipe
My problem is I just don't know how to spot people. Like when you picked out that guy's head in the trees on shoreline, I would have never spotted him in my life.
Fairly new to tarkov, and want to get into it, but hardly played it. 99% of my time I’m solo. Finding it very difficult. On another note, are you a Welshy (first video that’s popped up on recommended)?
Hey man, started watching your Videos, I like them alot actually. I just noticed that your game looks so nice, I've been trying to adjust mine for so long now but I'm still not happy with the result, is there a video of you showing your graphics settings? Would appreciate that alot
If it had been me in that first example i wouldn't have bounced that shot with my helmet it would have landed right between the eyes first shot and there would have been no followup. I know because i went 7 tries deep on clearing the UAVs. And 9 tries deep completing Bunker Part 1. And am currently 5 tries deep on Humanitarian supplies with no progress. It doesn't matter if i kill a whole squad along the way, loot or just ignore and scoot as fast as i can i always get picked off right before extracting. I'm not making it out with a gargantuan haul of loot where i have to make hard decisions on what to take i'm just not making it out. My stash isn't growing in size its got 7 heavy bleeds and i've got no esmerches.
I need to start questing on interchange but man I can't stand that lighting. I don't think half of those dudes even had a clue where you were crouching.
I play tarkov solo for 5 wipes now. I used to be trash at the game and so I thought I needed a team to get better. Never found one and this wipe I did an any % speed run to kappa and it’s just not fun anymore. Idk if I’m gonna play next wipe but something about sitting loading into a raid by myself 150 times in a row is just too depressing sometimes.
My biggest issue is that I always expect to run into a 3-5 man when I queue solo and with the way the game is/my skill is I know I can take 1-2 of them but the last 1-3 will take me out so I run cheap gear which in turn, hinders me even more
@@Dynamice1337 I agree. Lump solos and duos into games and 3-5 mans into separate ones. If it needs to fill a solo/duo and none are around but a trio is looking then maybe allow that. I heard it was set up to prioritize solos with solos but I’m not sure if that’s accurate. It’s hard to know what’s legit info and what’s just rumors
Only thing keeping me from playing solo is that normally i have like 80-90fps, but when i just HOLD ANYTHING WITH A SCOPE OR STAY NEAR SOMEONE SCOPING AT THE MOMENT i get like 15 fps, (when im using a scope (god forbid anything more than 4x zoom) my game starts to stutter like crazy) best 30 euro ever invested, would buy again ✅️
My biggest problem with Tarkov is sound as my hearing is shot and Tarkov sounds are shot. So I genuinely struggle to identify where any sounds originate from and I have to play with the volume so loud it hurts, just to have a chance to hear something. Yup that is after turning off Binaural sound.
The biggest advantage of having a squad is that sometimes the guy in a bush a hundred yards away will shoot your buddy in the jaw instead of you, giving you time to react. When you're solo, you're the only target.
Tbh...pretty much why i hate solo xD Duo/trio is da way.
Sometimes they won’t even take the shot if your group is big an scary enough. I’ve had squads walk right over me an I’ll just let em go cause I have task items or whatever.
@@dylsapkeg yeah i had a duo walk past me when i had 2 salewas for my quest and i just hid from them
@@S33k3R7 not an honorable soldier talking my man, you gotta defend your comrades, not use them as bait o7
This true, i usually run Duo with a friend, we're mostly rats but dont have problem engaging in a fight, and during day 2-3 of this wipe we fought a 4 man team, my friend died after killing one of them while i manage to keep my cool and finally killed all 3, sadly not long after a 3 man team showed up, did what i can but died after killing 2 of them, it was on PMC camp on Woods
Another advantage in playing with a teammate is that you get a morale boost, so in you win a firefight the dopamine hit is even higher while if you got wiped the feeling of loss is lowered
playing with friends is just so much more fun it’s so cool to actually give these callouts and have them matter unlike other shooters
In my opinion it's a tradeoff for intensity.
Like yes playing in groups is generally more fun.
Bu compared to the heigths and lows of exclusive solo play it is nothing. Nothing you do in a group will ever even remotly come close to the high you feel when your heartrate is worryingly high for minutes while you somehow hold your ground alone against a -four- man, three man after waiting for the perfect shot and getting another trying to peek. Until it's a one v one and the last guy chooses the run away and you are slowly coming down from your rush and looting everythig you ever wanted.
It's an unbeatable high compared to groupplay.
Just like it's an unbeatable low when a freshly spawned playerscav snipes you just while you got done looting. And you are left where you started off, beside a memory, some xp and the knowledge that you made 4 men shit their pants all by yourself. Now it's time to get kitted, without 3 guys throwing you a full kit at the start of the raid.
So yeah idk, I rather play smash bros or whatever with the bros, cause it's abot playing with the bros and less so the game which is fun about the activity.
But Tarky? That's me against the world baby and I'll try and scratch and claw my way out until my ligths go out, no matter the odds.
P.S. Shit aint good for oyur heart tho, and that really sharp and noticeable adrenaline spike when you tap the first guy out of three and you know in the last 0.1sec everything changed from you being hidden, to at least two guys looking to kill you is probably not healthy either lol
xoxo
You're both right. My two cents is groups can be trying when your group ignores your callout or fail to make their own. Played with a full group the other day. Everyone was shift-w'ing. I had the most experience and was asking them to slow down. Then they started splitting up. 2 started fighting about loot. 1 got engaged by a two man 50 yards away. I asked where the opponents were at and he couldn't use his words. Just kept firing at them and after several requests for a callout he simply said "fuck! I'm dead! Where the fuck are you guys?!"
Like dude. I asked. You didn't respond.
"Fuck! Somebody stash my stuff."
Dude. Where are those two guys?
"Stash my stuff!"
Bro. We're engaged. I'll get to it.
"Fuck." (Walks away from desk)
Dude, you gonna tell me where they shot you from? No? Thx...
@@AGenericFool I have schizophrenic panic attacks when I play solo
@@clown_fish878”their in the waaaaaalls, THERE IN THE GAD DAMN WAAAAALLLS!!!”
@@AGenericFool its not that deep its just a game
I’ve been playing for about 600 hours solo with some duo and quad teams. Overall, I feel that playing solo allows me to move throughout the map with more fluidity. The shooting and repositioning for me has become second nature to where I feel confident taking on three mans and maybe quads from the right angle with the right avenues for flanking. However, it also allows me to disappear without a trace. Tracking a solo is much harder as your profile is much lower. Remember to only takes fights in your advantage and be patient. Great video!
Ive been playing solo for the basically since I started since my friends who got me on quit. But this wipe I decided to play a few with groups to get quests done faster and ended up falling in with a good group of dudes who have years of experience at this game. So as someone whos done both Id say, solo is good for your to test your individual skillset but its nice to have a good group of people to run with because you can exchange knowledge like good loot runs, tactics, pathing, etc. Which are much harder to learn as a solo or even from a youtube video.
Personally, solo vs groups are totally different games.
And 2/3 man's are completely different from 4/5 mans
@@narhwallord6985 4-5 mans are nuts cause you are herding heavily armed and armored a.d.d cats through a war zone
Any tips on where to find people that need a team? I’ve been solo for awhile and enjoy it but it gets lonely
@@trev3019 Nolan's discord or the tarkov discord. they have tons of people doing group work
@@trev3019 Never had a problem as a solo at mid to latewipe but now from day 1 of the wipe its ASS. I only run into duos or 3/4/5 man squads who all run since day 2 only lvl 4 or better. Also the sound is awful
I'm so proud of myself whenever I can get away with a cheeky team wipe. Had a really good one against a 3-man squad the other day using just a Mosin and a MP-133 on Customs. Left the raid with a SCAR, decked out ADAR, and all kinds of goodies from their team's previous kills.
Playing solo has one distinct advantage; you don't have to share any loot. Not to mention the overwhelming satisfaction of a successful raid where you came out on top over several other players. That feeling is always gonna feel like a drug to me.
Must be nice. I might kill 1 or 2, but the 3rd always gets me.😡
Just wiped a duo with an Mp5 and no armor they had fully kitted M4s and RSASS with level 5 armor head to toe level 11 vs 30 and 40
Just a tip, when you voice line AI will instantly voice line back. You can identify if its AI or player scav/pmc.
No LOL. AI not always respond wtf, dont believe that
@@katawan2931 yes they do, it's a new "ghost change" for this wipe :)
@@katawan2931 neck beard lords always think they no everything.... lol
Great tip, didnt know that. Thanks cheeki breeki
My friend actually did this ... As player Scav and got a pmc lol
he heard them and they also heard him and both stopped but my friend voicelined and the pmc slow peeked into a 7mm
This game's difficulty curve has been a bell curve for me. Got EOD in 2016 or 2017 and have been playing off and since then. Was really fun, much less stressful time when most of the players were new. Shit there were maybe 1 or 2 streamers at the time for the game, it wasn't popular yet. Then the difficulty increased when I came back once. Mechanics were different, everyone is a meta-chad and getting head eyed across the map. Watching some videos and taking notes on how they play has made it easier this wipe, each day making that survive/death ratio better.
If you're new and struggling take this advice: Your either going to die in a bush to someone you never saw, or you're going to die in a firefight where you at least pursued and tried to make a play. It's Tarkov, you accepted losing your gear when you clicked ready.
Too often I found myself slow crouch walking or "listening" for minutes on end in pure fear. I die less sprinting and fast walking everywhere, I get more loot, and I get more kills. Sound is a huge part of the game and making sound is a huge fear, but after watching a lot of videos about how sound works in the game, I dont have a fear of moving anymore. Headphones detect sounds at the same distance (at least footsteps) non-headphones do, just at different volumes. That scary chad gunning down the entire server can still be caught off guard and flanked, and definitely can't hear you move out of the bush you were hiding in 3km away.
And for gear fear: if you're not selling the gear you're too afraid to use, you've willingly cut that many grids out of your stash. Either you sell it, use it, or lose it. Keeping that meta AK for weeks because you're not confident enough to use it? Just fucking use it, you can't practice with it any other way.
Many people are affraid of solo and thinks squads are safer way to play. On the other hand - you are multiple times easier to spot than solo. Also you can't count on footsteps so much. Also - if squad is badly communicated - as solo player you have upper hand in many gunfights because they need to make sure you are enemy or not.
theres alwaays a chance someone is using radar so that helps
From my experience, it is actually better to have just 1 guy to cover you and give you info. Group of 4-5 people really taking all the loot and all scavs.
I honestly think playing solo makes it easier to progress, can focus on your own task and items, having a buddy or 2 is nice but sometimes it slows down your individual progression when helping them with their own task you’ve already completed
Definitely. I'm lvl 28b and most my buddies are 15 or so. I have to go back and help them do quests I've already completed. If I used that time to focus on my progression if be further along
I like playing with a group as well but sometimes it's hard getting loot because they've normally grabbed it all lol then your just along for the ride. 🤣
Oh for sure. Its so much easier to task when you're alone. Besides factory
Or you have m8s like i do, which wanna pvp all the time while im with em with 3 quest items. Its annoying. They`re lvl50+ and im 36 (first wipe) with almost no money all the time cause of this shit.. gonna break me :D
@@gamb1t45 sounds just like me and my duo LOL!! I’m lvl 50 and teammate is 38, I rush fights while he’s just trying to chill and get task done and loot lol. I always tell him playing outside of your comfort zone is where you learn the most
I’m an experienced player with many wipes under my belt and I still learn/relearn something new every-time I watch you.
I’ve got over 13 friends that own tarkov, but as much as I like playing with each one, only a couple are actually coordinated, some would wander off and we’d have to wait to regroup. I play with them anyways , but I usually like to play with 3 people at most.
another thing that people don't understand about pvp in this game is that you have the advantage if you are the aggressor, pushing the other guy instead of sitting and holding an angle. I see a lot of these groups that back up when one guy shoots at them, allowing them to be fought much more easily. If they just rushed you they would win the fight. For instance that fight on interchange.
Ok so I'm a noob who just died on woods. I heard a guy inside a house in scav town and tried to wait him out and snipe him when he peeked a window, but I couldn't get an angle. Ended up dying when he shot me thru the fence. Is there a way to approach that without dying? I felt like I couldn't rush inside the fence since there's only one gate and he'd know exactly where to look.
@@muteall2814 Due to desync issues iirc typically the person pushing has the advantage not the person camping
I don’t think being the aggressor first ever works out in this game if you’re not cheating or going against absolute Timmys.
@@anselmojones4392 this is just not true, with the amount of peekers advantage and the ability that good players have to just prefire people if they know where they are means that the agressor will typically win, if they are a decent player.
@@ranceroniwhat he’s saying is it doesn’t matter if you have peekers advantage when the only ammo you have is basically an Airsoft gun vs someone in lvl5 armor with a face shield and an m61 SA58. Low level players are still getting clapped 9/10 times with peekers advantage or not. Imo the only time the game is fun for people like me is early wipe when nobody has good armor or ammo and people actually die when I shoot them lol. Now whenever I try to play at this point in wipe the only people I see are cracked out chads with gear I’m not even allowed to buy no point in even trying to compete with those people.
There is something so calming about a british person narrating anything at all, let alone the chaos of tarkov.
3rd wipe here and finally beginning to pick the game up well, getting kills, flying through quests that used to seem impossible, lost the pvp adrenaline rush aswell that i used to get, and just enjoying the game a lot more. Really lovin it, ive only ever played solo aswell as its how I prefer to game.
The PVP rush is what killed the game for me the past couple wipes.
Playing Tarkov as a survival game again, rather than a PVP shooter has made this wipe much more enjoyable for me.
I am stoked for arena though when that PVP itch comes around again.
@@TheBrick534 Im very impatiently waiting for arena, itll probably consume my need for pvp at all in regular tarkov
I just started playing this wipe and it’s a struggle ngl as a new player
@@guardianexe_30 it definitely sucks at the start you gotta dedicate a lot of time to this game im 400 hrs 3 wipes and just now getting the hang of it
@@sucio- Yea, i know i'll be hooked once i start learning more about how everything works and generally being more comfortable with the gun handling. I'm definitely far behind most people at lvl 6 rn and i still gotta do the first quest for Therapist lmao
solo is more rewarding rather than holding hands with friends
love the content bro keep it up much love
Agreed! & thanks man appreciate it! :)
I don't mind playing solo. I'm not new. This is going to be my 2nd full wipe. I know the maps and game pretty good now. Being new and running solo is scary and overwhelming. But now I prefer to run solo or duo. I like to play sneaky when I'm solo and more aggressive as a duo. I have to say that night raids as a solo are God tier.
Night raids are the goat, i play till the flea marked and then i play night raids only
This is my first wipe, heard a lot about night raids but i'm scared to death of cultists. Do you run into them often?
@@Limaonyx They only have a spawnchance of 2 to 3% and if you play Lighthouse, Streets, Interchange or Reserve there spawn none. But be aware that bosses also spawn at night. (Lighthouse you can encounter Big Pipe and them other 2 guys for instance)
And not to forget, I personally have pretty much at least 1 PMC in the Raid who has NVGs.
@@BloodxSoulZ Thank you! I guess i'll have to ditch woods and start learning reserve then.
@@Limaonyx yeah only downside to Reserve as a pmc is that the most reliable extract is only without backpack so you need to get out with the D-2 door most of the time
I think the biggest advantage of playing solo is stealth. One person is exponentially less easy to see than 2, 3, 4, and if you use this to your advantage and play sneaky, solo really isn't that hard
Being relaxed will indeed help you tons in this game that’s why I smoke myself to a coma before playing
Bro why is this literally facts 😂💀
I almost exclusively play this game solo. It makes it more immersive and fun in my opinion. Definitely harder especially when its early wipe and you run across groups!
the greatest thing that helpoed me not only solo but just overall was playing offline raids. it allowed me to learn the maps worry free but most importantly practice fighting. of course its only against scavs but after a while you start fighting the boss and that REALLY makes a huge difference i cant recommend it more.
I use to solo all the time, then played with friends and found it hard to solo again.
This wipe has been better for me solos again!
Also great content. Been following for a while, keep it up.
Yeah same I play worse even when duoing at this point & thanks man! 😃
i personally find i cant deal with anymore than 1 teammate since being solo for so many hrs... a nasty duo is a real problem to any size team
1:47 that reminds me of that one vide. I think its name is "look survivors whoops"
Basicaly there is a guy and a girl and they run into other survivars amd she is like "mmm he is kinda cute,, and her friend just shoot him and say" whooops,, I really love that one and this "what" just reminded me of it🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Usually play in Duos, will 3-5 man group some time, but it's too crowded. Can't rely on audio too much, pretty much have to bait teammates when they die to get a beat on the fight.
My duo and I have solid comms, we go through the maps in offline, mark call outs for hills, buildings, specific rocks/stashes etc. We are constantly moving, we usually split by about 50-100m and then re-group. So kind of like 2 solos, but working with extra intel/flank routes.
We kind of did this by accident 2 wipes ago, but we have refined our method of playing to be pretty good together. We generally never sniper together, if someone is using a bolt someone runs a rifle. If someone has a shotgun, the other runs a rifle. We share loot, leap frog loot stashes, and work well together.
When we 3+ group, it's a free for all. We still tend to split from the other 3, but are usually within visual contact with the group, just in case they get jumped. And then it's a cluster fuck in discord.
I can't enjoy this game solo, gaming for me it's a group thing, so gaming by myself for 99% of games is boring AF.
Always remember, you have an advantage agains a team, when they see a head, the need to confirm if it's enemy or not, when you see a head, shoot no matters what, that second of difference make you gain the battle
Great gaming turned into great YT content! As someone who's owned EFT for over a year but is just now trying to get into it, I find myself playing solo. The bit about taking a group out sneakily, one at a time as they comm to gather their senses, is very much useful to someone that played BR games and was fine and dandy with rushing a 1v4 and taking it with just quick movement and finesse... Tarky is completely different. lol
If your looking to run duos add me: Tat2dButcher I’m not very good but I usually play in the evening and a buddy of mine does too
@@butcherofthewest5825 Sounds golden. My username is "almostamico". I'll add ya.
That guardian angel covering up all your mistakes is me. I cannot aim for shit, move well, pick good times to loot, and I quite often get shot by accident.
TH-cam blessed me with the recommendation keep grinding 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Appreciate the kind comment man! :)
Playing solo is always easier than with teammates.
The only advantage of squad gaming is you have more gun power so you can just overshot your enemy in close range fights.
When you play solo you instantly process all information you see and hear, so can react faster and you are the one who decides how fight will go and what will be next, you don’t need to ask “is that you?”, “wait I heard something” etc. You don’t need to say to your mate what you see and what you want to do, you just engage these guys when you are ready, you kill first and the rest just running around like a blind kittens waiting for their dead mate to tell them from where you killed him and when he tell them you’re already changed your position and ready to take down the rest of them.
very quickly becoming my fav tarkov creator. Earned my sun
there are alot of small tarkov channels that provides so much good info, im very glad for all of this.
hope all of you can reach high numbers eventually. thanks!
Dude this is top tier content!!! You've earned a new sub bruv
my preferred playstyle is duos. One aggressor one guard aggressor can be loud and flanky while the guard waits for the target to track and make the mistake.
Good tips! May i ask for your video and postFX settings? Your interchange clip quality is one of the best ive seen. Usually its way too dark for YT. I hope you reply
>Brings meta AKM
>Uses dogshit bullets
"Hey guys look at my M1 Abrams!"
"What kinda ordinance you got?"
"Confetti."
Unreal video! Thanks so much for the tips. Also at 5:40 I was praying you wouldn't shoot! I was frozen in fear and I'm not even playing 😂
Don´t get me wrong, every advice is appreciated for us newbies. But going solo (my friends opted out after few days of not making much of progress) as a new player is insane. I know I know, many took the same path as I am, I need to be patient.. but after tons of research I came to realization that it will not get better any time soon. The weapons will shoot everywhere just not at my target and if I actually hit, because of how bullets work in Tarkov, I could very well just throw them at my enemies because the effect will be the same. I love challenging games but it feels unfair considering I am being matched with much more experienced people who just know how to progress faster and have better ammo and guns.
I actually told my friends I would insist on going solo only for my first wipe. While I definitely ended up being way behind by the end of the first wipe, for my second wipe (i.e. now) I'm by far the most skilled player in the group. Solo play allowed me to really learn the game at my own pace, and while I did get shit on for pretty much the entire wipe, I got much better much more quickly than all of my other friends.
For real the quality of what you edit and the content you put out had me floored you only have 7k subs; you deserve more, friend! Good video!
Thanks man! :D
Love the patience tbh excellent shots
That adar build is crazy thank you for putting your builds out
Great video mate, love the editing)) Subbed
2:48 jump scared the fuck ouit of me just because i am just so used to the random head shots from absolutely no where and i felt that moment personally
Bro I sometimes I play 5 man and it’s STRESSFUL trying not to kill each other. Solo is always the easiest route once you have game knowledge. He’s right about confusion in groups. It’s hard to get a good team communicates effectively. I usually stick to duos or trios if playing with friends.
I play solo and have about 2k hours on the game total. I prefer solo for the added stealth it gives you. Yes, it gives you a serious disadvantage in firefights with squads but that makes it that much more rewarding when you wipe a 5 man with a shitty AK. You gotta play smarter, for a solo is more of a survival game than a shooter. Some matches I might not shoot a round. Others I might kill 4 pmc's and a handful of scavs. It really just depends on how each situation plays out. I don't ALWAYS start a fight on sight with other PMC's. I'm observant, patient, I know the maps I play inside and out. If a 4 man of well equipped guys are in my sights I might not immediately start a fight. I might tail them and wait for a opportunity to scoop two of their head off before they can react in order to give myself better odds of survival fighting the other two guys. Also playing solo you build different tactics as you play. Im an ambush kind of player. I shoot and then relocate. I don't shoot at squads unless I am sure I can take multiple out quickly and cleanly. before the fire exchange even begins. Its also easier to keep track of sounds and enemies when you dont got a squad of people basically running around behind you or in other rooms, it can be really difficult to track friend from foe. So I find it better to have no friends. Everyone is a threat everyone is game lol.
I ended last wipe with a 70% SR and a K/D of between 5-6. My KD just on PMC's not counting deaths caused by bugs, player scav squads, and things like AI beaming you in the face through a keyhole from 400 yards away while using iron sights in full auto my KD was STILL over 1 just on PMC's.
The key is like you said; waiting for that perfect time to take your first shot and drop that first guy with 100% certainty. You drop the first dude without so much as an indication of where they died from and you just watch the others run around like scared animals until you can flank and pick them off from another angle. That rush is something totally different.
This video gives me early days @2Lew style videos. Brilliant. Love it mate, keep it up, earned a sub.
great video! can I ask why you aren't usually wearing armor?
I like how people will say things about how realistic this game is compared to other shooters, then you find out you can't even mantle over anything. You can literally get stuck and lose if you jump behind some furniture.
I can’t lie, this might be the most helpful video I’ve found so far on pvp and general playstyle. Also love the editing aswell my man, keep up with the videos. Defo got a subscribe and like from me.
I like playing solo, I used to almost only play with my cousins but I realized the way to make gains is solo. Especially with one of my cousins who took advantage of me and another cousins noobishness, We learned later on, When he says "Loot these filing cabinets" to put our hands in his pocket and follow because he went after the real loot
Ive watched a couple of vids and the editstyle and the gameplay are inspiring and outstanding. i also love that you put the gun builds on the screen.
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Cams across you a while ago and now you are at 6k subs! Good shit mate ❤
Solid video, but we need a graphics settings vid, your game looks so clean
awesome vid i love how you show your gun build
What post fx settings do you use? I cannot see half as well as you can in the video. Anything in the distance is pretty much invisible for me 😅
Great video dude! Loved it
A fellow Welshman who plays Tarkov? That's a sub
I just went into a Woods raid and applied this and got out with a t30 full of loot from a lovely lil pmc
If you insure your gear, looting multiple pmcs is easy, you can wear their armor and rigs and dump yours in a corner. Woulda helped you on that interchange when you had a usec and azimut in your bag but still had another body and a half to loot and no room for the helmet
grouping reminds me of 5-mans in factory back in the days of only factory and customs. fun times that was when you already knew on loading in you would lose your gear.
I keep telling my friends to ROTATE, RELOCATE and, OUT MANUVER the opponents. this game shares a lot of the same basic logic that Rainbow Six Siege does in PVP movement. map knowledge will almost always win over equipment, If you shoot or have been seen ROTATE and patience is a virtue that you best develop. Factory is the only map, I know of, most of this goes out the window on.
9:48 - Mans dropped like a sack of potatoes! xD
Great video! You should do build videos!
what was the akm build at the start?
For me, its not so much the 1v1, its more im walking on shoreline, woods etc, and im shot from a distance out of nowhere. it's usually 80% of my deaths. I don't usually know where it came from, and camping spots change game to game. Would be nice to have a replay feature to watch the round back to see their vision.
great video! I'm not catching up on all the rest. Keep up the awesome work my man.
With solo you can manoeuvre much better,combined with map knowledge, I can go from one end/level of interchange to the other end/level super fast, combined I always end up looting loads of weapons boxes plus tech light
Been rolling around with the g36 for 3 days now def a good starter gun
0:19 i must have missed out on this part of the EOD edition
I've only played solo it took me a long time to get comfortable I take less traveld loot runs and stay away from fights and move slow and most of the time I can get the drop on people
at 8:40 you'd have been better off wearing the trooper with the rig and putting armored rig in ya bag, so you could then take the helmet on top of all the other things
I only ever watch Deadly and Anton play but this video made me subscribe. I love the chill vibes
Thanks! Appreciate the kind comment :D
That shot in the beginning was cold
9:45 He fell forwards when you killed him, but he was on his back when you went to loot him.
reallly appreciate the build listed, even though i know the parts. Just showing it makes me happy
I’ve done a lot of factory gaming last wipe solo and had a ton of fun, but now with quests being a thing again man I hate running all these maps solo, i did most of my quests with friends last wipe
What scope are you using in the first raid with the AKM? (shoreline)
Monstrum. Sold by Skier, I think. That, or Jaeger.
@@NicholasLaRosa0496 appriciate you brother
I love it when you show your guns before raid ! I will copy some of those :P Thanks
My problem is I just don't know how to spot people. Like when you picked out that guy's head in the trees on shoreline, I would have never spotted him in my life.
Fairly new to tarkov, and want to get into it, but hardly played it. 99% of my time I’m solo. Finding it very difficult. On another note, are you a Welshy (first video that’s popped up on recommended)?
Yeah he’s Welsh :)
Hey man, started watching your Videos, I like them alot actually. I just noticed that your game looks so nice, I've been trying to adjust mine for so long now but I'm still not happy with the result, is there a video of you showing your graphics settings? Would appreciate that alot
Shocked to see interchange car extract at the end.... over 50 raids on that map only seen it twice this wipe
If it had been me in that first example i wouldn't have bounced that shot with my helmet it would have landed right between the eyes first shot and there would have been no followup. I know because i went 7 tries deep on clearing the UAVs. And 9 tries deep completing Bunker Part 1. And am currently 5 tries deep on Humanitarian supplies with no progress. It doesn't matter if i kill a whole squad along the way, loot or just ignore and scoot as fast as i can i always get picked off right before extracting. I'm not making it out with a gargantuan haul of loot where i have to make hard decisions on what to take i'm just not making it out. My stash isn't growing in size its got 7 heavy bleeds and i've got no esmerches.
Great video @Itz_sleek ! Would you mind sharing with us your graphics settings? Yours look amazing! I’m trying to fix mine…😢
love your gameplays. !
Your content is really good, stick at it 2023 is your year
What scope is that it looks dope
I need to start questing on interchange but man I can't stand that lighting. I don't think half of those dudes even had a clue where you were crouching.
Most of my anxiety is tied to lack of Map knowledge and lack of funds like I only got 1k in my stash
oh man that arrow in the thumbnail really helped!
what graphics and postfx settings do you use?
I play tarkov solo for 5 wipes now. I used to be trash at the game and so I thought I needed a team to get better. Never found one and this wipe I did an any % speed run to kappa and it’s just not fun anymore. Idk if I’m gonna play next wipe but something about sitting loading into a raid by myself 150 times in a row is just too depressing sometimes.
why didnt you take the armor on the first guy you killed
Because his armour is trash compared to the armour I already had on
Monstrum sight is slept on
My biggest issue is that I always expect to run into a 3-5 man when I queue solo and with the way the game is/my skill is I know I can take 1-2 of them but the last 1-3 will take me out so I run cheap gear which in turn, hinders me even more
Same
I think they should have solo maps and group maps.
@@Dynamice1337 I agree. Lump solos and duos into games and 3-5 mans into separate ones. If it needs to fill a solo/duo and none are around but a trio is looking then maybe allow that. I heard it was set up to prioritize solos with solos but I’m not sure if that’s accurate. It’s hard to know what’s legit info and what’s just rumors
Only thing keeping me from playing solo is that normally i have like 80-90fps, but when i just HOLD ANYTHING WITH A SCOPE OR STAY NEAR SOMEONE SCOPING AT THE MOMENT i get like 15 fps, (when im using a scope (god forbid anything more than 4x zoom) my game starts to stutter like crazy) best 30 euro ever invested, would buy again ✅️
My biggest problem with Tarkov is sound as my hearing is shot and Tarkov sounds are shot. So I genuinely struggle to identify where any sounds originate from and I have to play with the volume so loud it hurts, just to have a chance to hear something. Yup that is after turning off Binaural sound.
Anyone able to let me know what Telegram is? Is it the google Telegram app?
What is that UMP mag in the gun at 2:06!? So confused
PS you can put the multitool in your special slot. you wont lose it. any special items in the special slot like the multitool or compass you dont lose
Do you change the brightness when playing interchange? I noticed it was super over exposed when outside, if so what are you're settings?
I run postFX off, I ediit the colours & brightness in my video editor :)
great content! I'm new to tarkov hopefully i can learn a small bit off this myself