go to Tarkov Wiki, look up clothing options, pick faction whose camo you prefer more. everything else is irrelevant - *you will* lose your starting gear, *you will* have to use low tier guns and ammo from traders, *you will* aggro a Rogue and end up having to fight them
@@sqorng they don't count as found in raid tho :v also scavy boi on Reserve or just hit up village between Old sawmill and V-Ex on Woods for the initial Jäger quest and then buy them off the flea for the other one
Sometimes scavs say for BEAR something like "compatriot we don't want to shoot". I don't know if they say anything similar for USEC but if you don't get too close so they don't
they say the same for usecs too (source: im usec and hear it all the time) but on top of that they have special lines for if u talk to them first with voicelines, theyll answer something along the lines of "hey foreigner, fuck off, understand?" with the fuck off being in very broken english
They should also add/revamp the faction selection menu, to show you hey "you get this this this with Bear, but this this this with USEC" Just a small bullet point list, maybe color coded, like spark notes. And also a button for "Preview initial Stash contents", where it gives you a menu just like your stash but you cant move stuff around, just interact, open containers, open weapons etc. That would be a good redesign of the faction selection menu, give the people the information they need to make the choice..
There is really no choice to be made though. That's the point of this video. The video exists for people who are confused about the nerdy stuff - WHY don't others play one faction vs another HOW it will affect the gameplay etc etc... The Devs can't communicate this information themselves anyway they are necessarily apart from the people who PLAY the game. What you say here is you want 20+ hours of work and UI fuzz so that you can understand more details that have NOTHING to do with playing the actual game... Nah.
@@user-c4b9b Well, yes, agreed, it might be more work to do, but in my opinion lack of information is a bad design choice, that's all im trying to say. Games should feel good to play but they should also be able to communicate well with the user, not straight up telling you or lead you by the hand, but it should have systems and mechanics from which you can INFER the real information, by engaging with said mechanics and systems. Tarkov is really bad at this in some departments, where you don't know what is what, you just have to take a guess or watch 5 youtube videos about the game instead of engaging with it and being rewarded with knowledge...
@@Annathroy Yes. Black Division was a division of Terragroup meant to support Terragroup objectives after USEC command and control collapsed. Gotta love the lore, and being USEC.
I'm going bear so I can actually complete that quest on Lighthouse to kill 20 opposite faction.. Also it'll be WAAAAAAAAy easier to get tags for hall of fame
@@sxmhxmAlso, bears with a russian voice lines got really funny phrases when usecs got boring "got him cold", "smooth like a butter" etc. But of course you need to know russian. They say something like: "Cut him like a fucking pig"; "Got that piggy"; "Fucking butchered him like a god did tortoise"(this one is prison slang, so i don't really know how to translate). And other bear voice lines got lot more slang and jokes i them, when usecs usually sound more profesional. No wonder that it is like that because developers are russian.
@@sxmhxm until they say stuff like "Screw you BEAR" cuz they just read the original USEC lines and didn't change every instance of Bear for USEC. Honestly it makes it sound like a Russian hire to USEC that's trying to keep it English for his buddies instead. Which I mean, could be neat to see.. on the USEC team. Same idea of adding broken Russian to the Russian side using the USEC voices. Just an idea
The best thing to happen is that players go 50% BEAR and 50% USEC, that way we have an equal distribution, so people can find plenty of players to kill without getting punished by karma.... They should probably add a system where it says how many players are bear and how many usec, and give something like a % xp boost the first 10 levels or sth, or bonus gear or bonus money, for the side that has little players, that way they can influnece and control the balance of the factions.
@deathbringer9893 I have not had much luck finding 5.56. I do find it sometimes but 5.45 is at least 3 times more common to find and you get bs BP and bt quite often
Im also suspecting BEAR is going to be a lot easier to farm PMC karma. Assuming killing same faction lowers it, There are a lot more usec. Killing other faction raises it, a lot less bears to kill. I dont think people are going to be able to tell each other apart to stop killing each other ever.
No way they're gonna implement Karma like that. Just no way. That would literally kill all pvp incentive. It becomes a game of figuring out who's on your team, and on a dude running a full kit it's a bit hard to see what type of PMC he actually is lol
“What about command? They just left us.” Is the absolute best thing in the entire game i love it. I havent pkayed tarkov for a very long time but i think it was a BEAR voice line?
Big thanks and like to Giga 4 the video! As the additional note: the BEAR gets the functioning (while out of the Factory) mechanical wristwatch while the USEC gets the non-functioning one. Not a huge difference but, as the BEAR only player who prefers the nightly raids, I find it very practical to know how long do I have till the next dusk/dawn. 🙂
I really hope the Bear friendly faction comes soon. It’s time and it would be suuuuweeeeeetttt if it’s Black Division! Also, I would argue lower ttk is NOT a con, especially in early wipe as you should primarily be shooting single regardless, it helps to control the weapon
Fun fact Bears are statistically 100% better with 0% disadvantage. Bears Can be friendly with rogues when u get LH keeper + once they have a faction thats allied with them u can be allied with both. But its possible it will be possible for Usecs to buy something to be friendly with the opposite faction also Bears get flashbang shotgun rounds ll3 not ll4 (+ prapor is sooner)
Good summary. Something I'll add is I find it easier to identify Bear PMCs with their sleeves rolled up. And I often wonder if stealth is more difficult on green maps because of it, so investing in long sleeve clothing can be a small money sink that USEC doesn't need to worry about.
Even bears have long sleeves, so it's literally pointless since no camo helps you in the game and you can literally tell from which faction is the PMC you shooting by looking at his clothes
I always go bear but this wipe I'm tempted to go usec for two reasons. 1) the Aug that you can purchase on day one of the wipe has fantastic stock stats and combining that with the m855 ammo given is really effective early. 2) I want that Dead Vektor t-shirt you can unlock as usec.
Such an informative video but really wish content creators started using "basic" accounts for showing things instead of exclusive versions of the game that can't even be purchased anymore
I don't actually have one, that's why I included the standard account screenshot and then unheard :) Maybe I should buy one though, for showing things like this. Could be handy
@@Gigabeef I did appreciate the graphic but yeah obviously less impactful than seeing it all out in front of you as you exactly would but that's just a personal problem at that point. thanks again and yeah just a recommendation if you wanted to at least see it from a basic casual players' perspective would be pretty neat
@@HumanLynx233 USEC has helikon-tex (Polish company) pants (i forgot how they were called in game), which makes USEC much superior in drip when compared to BEAR.
I usually go Bear just cuz I prefer the Vityaz to the MP5 sure it has a lower rof but it's more controllable and there's far more you can do with it in terms of modding. I also like Bear because they start with 5.45 weapons and good ammo is really easy to find early on.
8:02 Black division is usec special operatives and they are not seen as the arrow implies dismounting the btr those just look like scavs or kaban guards
i didnt watch the video yet, but from experience there is 2 factors. bear makes lighthouse harder af, but bear has the advantage of the dogtag quests and dogtag in the hideout easier to get the exp buffs and complete. so its just which you prefer from those 2 i pick from
Sorry if i'm dumb but maybe someone can explain it to me. For USEC, the M4 can only be used with iron sights until you unlock the flea right, because you need a low profile gas block to put a usable sight on it?
USEC or bear doesnt make any difference as long as you know how to approach the water treat. If you kill a roque as USEC, you will be shot the next round just as if you were BEAR, so it doesnt matter ... Choosing a USEC because of Lighthouse is pure bullshit :D You have to fight rogues one way or the other, and it´s not that hard to kill the 3 or 4 rogues that might be a threat for you. All other encounters in the WTP are random and not very hard, unless its the goons
@@method0409 You can literally do revision reserve without taking a shot if you're a usec. What are you talking about "doesn't make any difference" lol it's way different.
On South-East of the Shoreline map, there is the entrance to the upcoming map Terminal, where in the Tarkov Raid lore, is where BEARs were supposed to extract, and its guarded by RUAF soldiers on top of the watchtowers and at the main gate. I'm not aware of an ideas to add RUAF Soldiers to Woods, but I could just be missinformed.
When I was still playing Tarkov on my pc, I couldn’t play lighthouse and this was when it got the update. Now I def wouldn’t be able to play streets. I am saving up for a new ox but they are all too expensive
I saw in the wiki both sides will have their own unique perks. Don't know if that is still going to be a thing, so until then you only have 2 real things to consider - Do I like the AK or M4 more? - Which factions' clothing do I like more?
The main difference being, mid to late wipe it's VERY hard to find any Bear's to kill for the quests where as 90%+ people you'll run into is USEC So some quests take longer to finish. otherwise no real difference
Im a BEAR and i main lighthouse i love the loot and the pvp the risk vs reward is insane but the fights and pvp is to die for. I am the BEAR of lighthouse
I’ve always picked bear because the drip is better in my opinion, and I like how you can customize the starting weapons more( though this is semi redundant)
As someone who speaks and understands russian, bear voice lines don't work against me, but it's also a reason i play as a bear myself, live in western europe, gotta keep russian going since i don't speak it daily
Before gun smith 1 you cant buy low gas block for M4 and beside MRS (barely usable) you cant buy any sight that high enough for M4, a little problem for playing USEC but I guess not really a thing people really care
The classiest thing to do is play broken english BEAR: you get BEAR drip, the voice is cool, and your voicelines positively ID you as a PMC. It's the real Bond villain move-- I do it every wipe since they added the english Russian accent voices. On a slightly more autistic note: I think BEAR makes more sense in terms of starting gear as well-- you're so much more likely to find stuff in-raid that you can use with your starting gear early in your wipe experience when using combloc kits. Actually trying to run western guns early wipe sucks because you need high level traders to make it work consistently, whereas as a BEAR running AKs you're gonna find 5.45 ammo and mags all over the place, and relevant other accessories are common as well either sitting around or on scav guns. But realistically, the starting gear won't last that long anyway so it's not a huge consideration.
How are the breathing sounds of the BEARs these days? I thought they made some changes there. I always pick "Josh" USEC just for the meme and are because I know some of the other out of breath sound effects are dreadful.
I've played both and to be honest nothing you get from picking BEAR even comes close to outweighing the benefits of having rogues not cross-map obliterate you and your entire team with a grenade launcher because you dared cross the street a kilometer away from water treatment.
11:29 on pve it’s ridiculous I swear every pmc i see is usec I’m on western servers so I think it might be trying to keep it in line with what it’s like on the pvp servers but I swear it’s been impossible for me to find a pmc that’s not instant agro on me
BEAR has the drip, for sure. And it's easier to find AK food than AR food in raid. But mostly I go USEC because the wounded breathing sounds of the BEAR make me want to rip my headset off and stomp on it like a toddler throwing a hissy fit.
I have the cultist hoodie so the difference in outfits mean nothing to me, what does matter is lightkeeper questline i refuse to be killed 500m across the map by rogues. When terminal comes and the bear faction is there i map go bear.
Never played EFT; In my perspestive from thought, maybe it's mostly based on the players preferences on what faction they want to side with. For example, if they want to be American, sure, if Russian, sure. Everything from gunfights etc. implies on the player other than the faction. Because of that, I swear someone will friendly kill their own faction accidentally. (Or intentionally as trolling?)
With PMC karma being a thing this coming wipe, or at least Partisan coming in - being able to freely pop off at USEC is, imo, gonna be a new benefit (for BEARs).
@@hijackdallas6052 We don't [know] but bringing a new Boss in that plays off that mechanic, it'd be a bit of a weird one if his main thing wasn't brought in with him, in some manner. Considering how easily avoidable that'd be (betrayal), how many it just wouldn't be relevant for - I can't see that being the only trigger - though no doubt it would be one of them.
It does matter. As a BEAR, you had the mission to find the evidance of the crimes, commited by TerraGroup, while as USEC, you had to cover it up. In Resident Evil, BEAR is like STARS while USEC is U.S.S. or UBCS... basicly the military unit under Umbrella Corp. Yes, TerraGroup and Umbrella are the same in that instance and henceforth, USEC work for the bad guys. Anything else is only in relations to the diffrend factions in Tarkov and until the regular russian forces are here, only USEC has some benefits.
@@wurfyy lol russian bad stop playing the game then its made by russians and taxes from profits go to the russian government be a good stooge for the CIA
go to Tarkov Wiki, look up clothing options, pick faction whose camo you prefer more. everything else is irrelevant - *you will* lose your starting gear, *you will* have to use low tier guns and ammo from traders, *you will* aggro a Rogue and end up having to fight them
What matters is bear has 3 iskras at the start, you'll need 2 instead of 4 when they're nowhere to be found
@@sqorng they don't count as found in raid tho :v
also scavy boi on Reserve or just hit up village between Old sawmill and V-Ex on Woods for the initial Jäger quest and then buy them off the flea for the other one
@@grimmig13his talking about the ones u need to stash aswell... besides buy em of the flea? Sure def not gonna be expensive like 100k or sum
@@yetiyetawski8316 scav reserve, woods vehicle extract village
@@yetiyetawski8316it won't be as expensive especially this wipe, since you don't need the fir status to sell
Sometimes scavs say for BEAR something like "compatriot we don't want to shoot". I don't know if they say anything similar for USEC but if you don't get too close so they don't
they say the same for usecs too (source: im usec and hear it all the time) but on top of that they have special lines for if u talk to them first with voicelines, theyll answer something along the lines of "hey foreigner, fuck off, understand?" with the fuck off being in very broken english
They should also add/revamp the faction selection menu, to show you hey "you get this this this with Bear, but this this this with USEC"
Just a small bullet point list, maybe color coded, like spark notes.
And also a button for "Preview initial Stash contents", where it gives you a menu just like your stash but you cant move stuff around, just interact, open containers, open weapons etc.
That would be a good redesign of the faction selection menu, give the people the information they need to make the choice..
That’s a good enough idea that there’s zero chance BSG implements anything like that lol
There is really no choice to be made though. That's the point of this video. The video exists for people who are confused about the nerdy stuff - WHY don't others play one faction vs another HOW it will affect the gameplay etc etc... The Devs can't communicate this information themselves anyway they are necessarily apart from the people who PLAY the game. What you say here is you want 20+ hours of work and UI fuzz so that you can understand more details that have NOTHING to do with playing the actual game... Nah.
@@user-c4b9b Well, yes, agreed, it might be more work to do, but in my opinion lack of information is a bad design choice, that's all im trying to say.
Games should feel good to play but they should also be able to communicate well with the user, not straight up telling you or lead you by the hand, but it should have systems and mechanics from which you can INFER the real information, by engaging with said mechanics and systems.
Tarkov is really bad at this in some departments, where you don't know what is what, you just have to take a guess or watch 5 youtube videos about the game instead of engaging with it and being rewarded with knowledge...
Considering lore, Black Division wouldn't be friendly to BEAR, and likely not to USEC.
Black Division will definitely not be friendly with anyone
I'm hunting those MFs down for killing our boys from the Raid series.
The game has lore?
@@Annathroy Yes. Black Division was a division of Terragroup meant to support Terragroup objectives after USEC command and control collapsed. Gotta love the lore, and being USEC.
@@radiomanned wasnt that the group at the end of live action which secured the container?
I'm going bear so I can actually complete that quest on Lighthouse to kill 20 opposite faction..
Also it'll be WAAAAAAAAy easier to get tags for hall of fame
What about later on when you need for each faction
Over 55
Yeah good luck after that to do all your lighthouse quests lmao
In this wipe i actually killed the bears first while doing "Trophies" quest.
@@xfnii it's basically rng. I had 6 cases full of dogtags but I didn't find my last bear tags until last week.
10:42 note: it's not broken english, the voicelines seem to be just regular USEC voicelines, but with a russian accent.
knife voiceline for bear says like a butter instead of usecs smooth like butter makes the bear choice easily better for the voiceline
@@sxmhxmAlso, bears with a russian voice lines got really funny phrases when usecs got boring "got him cold", "smooth like a butter" etc. But of course you need to know russian. They say something like: "Cut him like a fucking pig"; "Got that piggy"; "Fucking butchered him like a god did tortoise"(this one is prison slang, so i don't really know how to translate). And other bear voice lines got lot more slang and jokes i them, when usecs usually sound more profesional. No wonder that it is like that because developers are russian.
@@sxmhxm until they say stuff like "Screw you BEAR" cuz they just read the original USEC lines and didn't change every instance of Bear for USEC. Honestly it makes it sound like a Russian hire to USEC that's trying to keep it English for his buddies instead. Which I mean, could be neat to see.. on the USEC team. Same idea of adding broken Russian to the Russian side using the USEC voices. Just an idea
mfw my Russian operator is calling his enemies “ivans”
BEAR voicelines > literally everything else
Was thinking same thing... Usec sounds like douchebags
"Не, ну буфета здесь нет наверное"
bear is for dudes that have sex with other dudes
This is the correct and only answer
dicky needles
The best thing to happen is that players go 50% BEAR and 50% USEC, that way we have an equal distribution, so people can find plenty of players to kill without getting punished by karma....
They should probably add a system where it says how many players are bear and how many usec, and give something like a % xp boost the first 10 levels or sth, or bonus gear or bonus money, for the side that has little players, that way they can influnece and control the balance of the factions.
That’s stupid
That's brilliant.
That's intresting
lol these three comments
@@frankdevo5715That one Luffy and Blackbeard meme.
Finding 5.45 ammo in game early wipe is way easier then any other ammo so it makes sense to use those guns early wipe
Scav reserve early wipe for unlimited 545 with weapon parts and raider guns to use on pmc
556 is not hard to find if you go woods
1 streets scav run will give u a lot of decent ammo or run a pcm run in streets
@paulbarclay4114 I know right an early few reserve runs will set you up! just check out queen!
@deathbringer9893 I have not had much luck finding 5.56. I do find it sometimes but 5.45 is at least 3 times more common to find and you get bs BP and bt quite often
Im also suspecting BEAR is going to be a lot easier to farm PMC karma.
Assuming killing same faction lowers it, There are a lot more usec.
Killing other faction raises it, a lot less bears to kill.
I dont think people are going to be able to tell each other apart to stop killing each other ever.
No way they're gonna implement Karma like that. Just no way. That would literally kill all pvp incentive. It becomes a game of figuring out who's on your team, and on a dude running a full kit it's a bit hard to see what type of PMC he actually is lol
Josh mains being a USEC staple, where bear has bear lines.
Bear has Dickey Needles where the hell have YOU been?
“What about command? They just left us.” Is the absolute best thing in the entire game i love it. I havent pkayed tarkov for a very long time but i think it was a BEAR voice line?
7:43 he said B.E.A.R in mind.
So bear is better
Bear voice line to scavs is *chef’s kiss*
Дикий Минус!
ive been picking bear because usec clothes are possibly the worst thing I have seen
I was looking for this comment
Agreed 👍
me having almost 800 hours in tarkov... "why am i watching this?"
Because 800 hours isn’t a lot at all
800 hours.... I have 1600 and on like 5 or 6 wipes I always watch this stuff to freshen up on everything
@zevo8293 those are rookie numbers haha ... I have almost 3000 hours and still learn stuff once in a while
@@thewicked1862 touch grass
elitist weenieism aside bc it's interesting to ser what mighta changed and get a cool perspective on it that's not yours :)
Big thanks and like to Giga 4 the video! As the additional note: the BEAR gets the functioning (while out of the Factory) mechanical wristwatch while the USEC gets the non-functioning one. Not a huge difference but, as the BEAR only player who prefers the nightly raids, I find it very practical to know how long do I have till the next dusk/dawn. 🙂
The english Bear voice lines are so funny to me. Also, real chads pick BEAR for the drip.
“One thing to BEAR in mind” I see what you did there..
10:46 IM IN THE VIDEO :DDDDD
LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Bear got the drip and that’s enough for me
I really hope the Bear friendly faction comes soon. It’s time and it would be suuuuweeeeeetttt if it’s Black Division! Also, I would argue lower ttk is NOT a con, especially in early wipe as you should primarily be shooting single regardless, it helps to control the weapon
I always hear that BEARs have unbearable (pun unintended) breathing. What about that part?
Fun fact Bears are statistically 100% better with 0% disadvantage. Bears Can be friendly with rogues when u get LH keeper + once they have a faction thats allied with them u can be allied with both. But its possible it will be possible for Usecs to buy something to be friendly with the opposite faction also Bears get flashbang shotgun rounds ll3 not ll4 (+ prapor is sooner)
Biggest reason for me to go BEAR is having writch watch that actually shows IGT :D
Good summary. Something I'll add is I find it easier to identify Bear PMCs with their sleeves rolled up. And I often wonder if stealth is more difficult on green maps because of it, so investing in long sleeve clothing can be a small money sink that USEC doesn't need to worry about.
Even bears have long sleeves, so it's literally pointless since no camo helps you in the game and you can literally tell from which faction is the PMC you shooting by looking at his clothes
I always go bear but this wipe I'm tempted to go usec for two reasons. 1) the Aug that you can purchase on day one of the wipe has fantastic stock stats and combining that with the m855 ammo given is really effective early. 2) I want that Dead Vektor t-shirt you can unlock as usec.
where you can purchase Aug on day one of the wipe?
@@Faust_002PK1 has it but you cant buy extra 30 round mags. The gun comes with one but you'll need 10 rounders for additional reloads
Such an informative video but really wish content creators started using "basic" accounts for showing things instead of exclusive versions of the game that can't even be purchased anymore
I don't actually have one, that's why I included the standard account screenshot and then unheard :)
Maybe I should buy one though, for showing things like this. Could be handy
@@Gigabeef I did appreciate the graphic but yeah obviously less impactful than seeing it all out in front of you as you exactly would but that's just a personal problem at that point. thanks again and yeah just a recommendation if you wanted to at least see it from a basic casual players' perspective would be pretty neat
Using bear voice lines go bait out player scavs is rly useful
The lighthouse task for killing the opposite faction doesnt matter too much in PVE as they mix which factions the AI PMC's are
It's all about the Drip. It is only about the Drip. Bear.
The main difference between usec and bear imo is how based u are. Bear players are by far more based but that may just be me
@@BMXBuster facts
tf is based bro touch some grass
USEC Has that drip. Yet bear voicelines are good af
@@bochenw8723 What drip? Just dont say USEC Cereum please
@@HumanLynx233 USEC has helikon-tex (Polish company) pants (i forgot how they were called in game), which makes USEC much superior in drip when compared to BEAR.
I usually go Bear just cuz I prefer the Vityaz to the MP5 sure it has a lower rof but it's more controllable and there's far more you can do with it in terms of modding. I also like Bear because they start with 5.45 weapons and good ammo is really easy to find early on.
8:02 Black division is usec special operatives and they are not seen as the arrow implies dismounting the btr those just look like scavs or kaban guards
i didnt watch the video yet, but from experience there is 2 factors. bear makes lighthouse harder af, but bear has the advantage of the dogtag quests and dogtag in the hideout easier to get the exp buffs and complete. so its just which you prefer from those 2 i pick from
Sorry if i'm dumb but maybe someone can explain it to me. For USEC, the M4 can only be used with iron sights until you unlock the flea right, because you need a low profile gas block to put a usable sight on it?
BEAR 4 lyfe. BEAR TIGR top and zaslon pants goes CRAZY
Na, bro stock black outfit
@@UncrownedAsura no every1 and their mum wants black, be different.
Ghost marksman
im rocking that too
Ghost marksman only
This is my first time going as BEAR. I know that Lighthouse quest might be difficult but you die there as USEC anyways so it's the same,
You can literally run around the middle of water treatment as a usec as long as you don't go through the front door or go in the buildings.
USEC or bear doesnt make any difference as long as you know how to approach the water treat. If you kill a roque as USEC, you will be shot the next round just as if you were BEAR, so it doesnt matter ... Choosing a USEC because of Lighthouse is pure bullshit :D You have to fight rogues one way or the other, and it´s not that hard to kill the 3 or 4 rogues that might be a threat for you. All other encounters in the WTP are random and not very hard, unless its the goons
@@method0409 You can literally do revision reserve without taking a shot if you're a usec. What are you talking about "doesn't make any difference" lol it's way different.
@@method0409 OFC the guy smoking meth would have METHod in his name
I'm 3 kills away from completing Easy Job part 2.
my fav is having a duo bear and usec and just spam f1 its like they are having a convo
Currect me if I'm wrong but didn't they want to add Russian soldiers to the RUAF checkpoint on Woods and on shoreline?
On South-East of the Shoreline map, there is the entrance to the upcoming map Terminal, where in the Tarkov Raid lore, is where BEARs were supposed to extract, and its guarded by RUAF soldiers on top of the watchtowers and at the main gate.
I'm not aware of an ideas to add RUAF Soldiers to Woods, but I could just be missinformed.
I have a feeling Putin wouldn't like there being a Russian game where you can kill Russian army men
When I was still playing Tarkov on my pc, I couldn’t play lighthouse and this was when it got the update. Now I def wouldn’t be able to play streets. I am saving up for a new ox but they are all too expensive
I saw in the wiki both sides will have their own unique perks. Don't know if that is still going to be a thing, so until then you only have 2 real things to consider
- Do I like the AK or M4 more?
- Which factions' clothing do I like more?
BEAR is way more convenient early wipe as you can more easily find parts for russian weapons with your scav and Prapor
The main difference being, mid to late wipe it's VERY hard to find any Bear's to kill for the quests where as 90%+ people you'll run into is USEC
So some quests take longer to finish. otherwise no real difference
Stupid question, but is it worth choosing USEC during the winter season just to get the PCU Ironsight upper clothing for better concealment? :D
Im a BEAR and i main lighthouse i love the loot and the pvp the risk vs reward is insane but the fights and pvp is to die for. I am the BEAR of lighthouse
And one thing why bear is THE ANSWER is it just sounds funnier when he screams in a language that you don’t speak fluently
Actually the first question tarkov asks you is what language you want to play in... So what is the best language to play in?
I really hope they optimize streets well this patch! There’s no way I get 120 fps on each map except streets. Thats ridiculous.
I’ve always picked bear because the drip is better in my opinion, and I like how you can customize the starting weapons more( though this is semi redundant)
All my friends play USEC and make fun of me for choosing BEAR every single wipe. Now i play alone, because they replaced me with another USEC
Damn bro, RIP
I had a similar situation but reversed
Some people are just assholes :/
Oof. Meanwhile in Russia we make fun of USEC players
May first wipe since long with much more BEAR than USEC
As someone who speaks and understands russian, bear voice lines don't work against me, but it's also a reason i play as a bear myself, live in western europe, gotta keep russian going since i don't speak it daily
Before gun smith 1 you cant buy low gas block for M4 and beside MRS (barely usable) you cant buy any sight that high enough for M4, a little problem for playing USEC
but I guess not really a thing people really care
oh 4 hrs ago?? New gigabeef lets gooo!
ALL MY BEAR BRETHREN TAKE YOUR STAND HERE!!
No matter what fraction you choice BEAR or USEC the main thing that not USEC
LPS for the sv-98? Nah. LPS for the mosin >>>>
Agreed. Can buy multiple mosins to ration out the LPS. Whereas the M80 is unusable once the NATO sniper is gone.
I will be flipping a coin so I can't blame myself when it all goes wrong.
The classiest thing to do is play broken english BEAR: you get BEAR drip, the voice is cool, and your voicelines positively ID you as a PMC. It's the real Bond villain move-- I do it every wipe since they added the english Russian accent voices.
On a slightly more autistic note: I think BEAR makes more sense in terms of starting gear as well-- you're so much more likely to find stuff in-raid that you can use with your starting gear early in your wipe experience when using combloc kits. Actually trying to run western guns early wipe sucks because you need high level traders to make it work consistently, whereas as a BEAR running AKs you're gonna find 5.45 ammo and mags all over the place, and relevant other accessories are common as well either sitting around or on scav guns. But realistically, the starting gear won't last that long anyway so it's not a huge consideration.
How are the breathing sounds of the BEARs these days? I thought they made some changes there. I always pick "Josh" USEC just for the meme and are because I know some of the other out of breath sound effects are dreadful.
I've gone USEC for all my past wipes, pretty sure I'll give BEAR a shot this time around mostly just to see how drippy I can look with BEAR camo lol
8:25 yeah i still get 20 fps on streets and can barely break 55 on woods when looking towards the middle of the map
I've played both and to be honest nothing you get from picking BEAR even comes close to outweighing the benefits of having rogues not cross-map obliterate you and your entire team with a grenade launcher because you dared cross the street a kilometer away from water treatment.
Scav and bear have diffent voice lines and voices so hard to pass of on someone who has played a lot :)
I picked BEAR because being based in Russia I would assume there is more ak rounds laying about
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I'm going Bear for once, I play night only anyways so Lighthouse won't be that big a deal
night only? pussy shit lol run some labs and grow some hair
BEAR got the camo, USEC don't but they got the gucci drip.
I havent played USEC in 3 years so perhaps its time to give USEC another go this wipe. I love the green jumper upper for USEC tho
i aways choose BEAR because i aways build an AKs-74u in the early wipe and the EOD edition have very good initial ammo to 5.45
11:29 on pve it’s ridiculous I swear every pmc i see is usec I’m on western servers so I think it might be trying to keep it in line with what it’s like on the pvp servers but I swear it’s been impossible for me to find a pmc that’s not instant agro on me
is the heavy bear breathing not a big thing as well? maybe its been patched? I've gone USEC for years and never considered Bear because of it.
what is the difrence betven pmcs and the other one (scaws)
I play BEAR all the time, but maybe I should give USEC a try.
There is only one option
BEAR has the drip, for sure. And it's easier to find AK food than AR food in raid. But mostly I go USEC because the wounded breathing sounds of the BEAR make me want to rip my headset off and stomp on it like a toddler throwing a hissy fit.
I have the cultist hoodie so the difference in outfits mean nothing to me, what does matter is lightkeeper questline i refuse to be killed 500m across the map by rogues. When terminal comes and the bear faction is there i map go bear.
Bear quest for ambush in streets isn’t necessary for kappa, used one is. The choice is obvious.
The little bird new boss is carrying will warn you if you are "camping" in a spot too long....(Not verified)
Never played EFT; In my perspestive from thought, maybe it's mostly based on the players preferences on what faction they want to side with. For example, if they want to be American, sure, if Russian, sure.
Everything from gunfights etc. implies on the player other than the faction. Because of that, I swear someone will friendly kill their own faction accidentally. (Or intentionally as trolling?)
From my understanding everyone is kill on sight so, doesn't really matter
@@ExtraThiccc Welp, that solves the topic of this video.
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Chad BEAR vs Virgin USEC
With PMC karma being a thing this coming wipe, or at least Partisan coming in - being able to freely pop off at USEC is, imo, gonna be a new benefit (for BEARs).
we don´t know. Maybe, if you team up with someone in Raid.... or even if you go in with randoms... and they betray you and they will get bad Karma.
@@hijackdallas6052 We don't [know] but bringing a new Boss in that plays off that mechanic, it'd be a bit of a weird one if his main thing wasn't brought in with him, in some manner. Considering how easily avoidable that'd be (betrayal), how many it just wouldn't be relevant for - I can't see that being the only trigger - though no doubt it would be one of them.
I heard nikita said in an interview that PMCs shooting eachother would not affect karma
@@pyrosupreme4473 I'm grateful some are more attentive than I. Good news.
I feel like bear has better color on their clothes so you can go full dark clothes and not be as visible. Usecs clothes feels more cocky :P
Bear got the drip and my sude of guns.
It does matter. As a BEAR, you had the mission to find the evidance of the crimes, commited by TerraGroup, while as USEC, you had to cover it up.
In Resident Evil, BEAR is like STARS while USEC is U.S.S. or UBCS... basicly the military unit under Umbrella Corp. Yes, TerraGroup and Umbrella are the same in that instance and henceforth, USEC work for the bad guys.
Anything else is only in relations to the diffrend factions in Tarkov and until the regular russian forces are here, only USEC has some benefits.
Okay but in your equation I get to play as Tarkov's equivalent of HUNK. I'll take that deal
@@TehSlice360 I get Chris Redfield, so we´re even, pal
Except for all the unethical shit they do, Terragroup in this instance is the good guys simply because they're screwing the russians.
@@wurfyy lol russian bad stop playing the game then its made by russians and taxes from profits go to the russian government be a good stooge for the CIA
@@wurfyyJesus c'mon man.
Enough with the rusky hate, hate the leader for all I care but please don't hate on an entire goddamn people.
Bear engvoices with bear pants coyote and the bear shirt bear ops MGS black is chefs kiss sorry usuc players
Choose bear if you want lighthouse quests on hard mode.
BEAR as always, loyal to my comrades
Id love to be there day one but the new pc I JUST built wont even boot to bios despite me trying a plethora of troubleshooting methods
They need to change the rogues agro.. how tf they know you’re a bear from across the map
I always choose two handed heavy armor nord. Thats why ive never played anything but usec 😎
Bro i got none of that shit when i started the wipe. No sniper no shotgun, NOTHING
im mostly choose USEC sinc eit gives a slight advantage in Lighthouse
The only reason I moved to USEC is BEAR-on-BEAR violence just feels wrong.
BEAR supremacy
Comrade!!!
Once a BEAR, always a BEAR
Always for Mother Land, Comrade.
Enjoy listening to wounded sounds al raid
@@zolo-p3p sounds like a real man to me, not like gay voice of USEC
You either drip or drown bearman
Traditionally its always been easier to get USEC kills
How did you get an EOD account?
I go USEC because i like my voicelines in english and i like nato firearms