Ian Bickford

@nikgeneburn Major recoil buffs to compensators, and very minimal recoil buffs to suppressors while tanking ergo. This is what would actually make people decide between suppressed vs unsuppressed.

@nikgeneburn I like to stay relatively positive about patches, and I see the vision that you guys had with trying to make gun creation more aesthetic based and bridging the gap between loud and silenced. But man this patch blows. There’s no point in getting max level traders.

how is the latest patch, guys?

@nikgeneburn Any incentive to do so has mostly gone away as most attachments are just visual differences now. Guns with not many attachments are unviable. Worse guns at even worse now. Please revert specifically the balancing changes. I would suggest to balance loud vs suppressed to give

@LightInk744 @nikgeneburn I think wipes became an identity to extraction shooters and moreover Tarkov as a whole. Intention doesn’t matter, wipes are good for the game. Nothing you can say can change that idea for me, we want two different games and that’s fine.

@IBickCoding @nikgeneburn Wipes were never intended to be a feature, Nikita has always said that wipes only happened for technical reasons and the plan for the full game didn't include them.

Q1-Q2 EFT roadmap tomorrow!

@RealSmokeyFoo @LightInk744 @nikgeneburn No the game isn’t punishing at all. Insurance fraud, flea market flipping, no FIR on flea, abundance of meta gear and weapons whether you have access or not. There are no stakes in raids anymore.

@IBickCoding @LightInk744 @nikgeneburn Brother … you think this game isn’t punishing rn? For the average gamer, of which we need more of in the game (PvP) , they are only fighting try hards and cheaters rn. This game is punishing for a 7500 hr player like myself who only has enough time to game casually now.

@LightInk744 @nikgeneburn I was going to say “If players don’t want to reset, like we have always done then this isn’t the game for you.” But this game is increasingly becoming a game not for me. It’s not the Tarkov I fell in love with, it’s not punishing, far too easy to make money, and wipes are gone.

@IBickCoding @nikgeneburn Then that should tell you that the average player didn't ask for a reset. One of the biggest reasons so many switched over to PVE was specifically to avoid wipes. If the casuals love early game fights so much like you claim then they'd switch to seasonal to get that experience.

@hungeecheeter @nikgeneburn Bye

@IBickCoding @nikgeneburn I will literally never touch this game again if there's a forced wipe

@Vultify @nikgeneburn Not the same as a wipe remotely

@IBickCoding @nikgeneburn That’s what prestige is for

@DirkJan73526463 @nikgeneburn It’s 6 months, plenty of time.

@IBickCoding @nikgeneburn why do you say force wipe for everyone .for one's i can play the game in my own pace i dont get alot of play time so i prefer not to wipe intill im ready to prestige or have kappa .if there is a wipe every 3 months it takes all the time away that i playd for prestige and kappa

@Santiag74983223 @nikgeneburn This game is meant to be hard and grindy, the developers have said as much. If you don’t have time to play it, don’t. If you do, great.

@Kulson16 @nikgeneburn Primarily a PvE game, non comparable

@IBickCoding @nikgeneburn well this is a lie games like poe live like that

@LightInk744 @nikgeneburn That’s not progression stages. I would be shocked if half the people on this game play on the seasonal character and that’s being generous.

@IBickCoding @nikgeneburn The average player doesn't even reach max traders in a normal wipe, they shouldn't have to have their progress reset because the no lifers get bored. if you want the progression stages of a normal wipe just play seasonal

@Unposiple @nikgeneburn Yes, a PvE game. The economy and gear progression are going to feel like shit with less than half of the people actually wiping.

@IBickCoding @nikgeneburn Have you heard about a game franchise called Diablo? I think most players/content creators want a seasonal/ladder character that they can play.

@Zezima2007 @nikgeneburn Twice a year, for 4 years now. Wipe progression every 6 months keeps the game fresh. Everyone loves the early wipe fights, even the casuals. There will be little of that. This game is meant to be difficult and to be a grind, it’s not for everyone.

@IBickCoding @nikgeneburn I got back into Tarkov BECAUSE they removed the force wipe. Let it be my choice. Not everyone wants to find jaegers hideout 14 times a year.

@nikgeneburn Seasonal characters are good in concept I think, but unless the benefits of playing seasonal characters over the main character are major, most people won’t do it. This will kill the economy and remove player progression stages that we have seen with wipes.

@IBickCoding there will seasonal character for that

@nikgeneburn Please fix false bans Nikita. I was just banned for 7 days out of no where with no explanation. I love this game and want to keep playing. Account name: __Zap

my congratulations!

@SecretaryBurgum @Interior @POTUS @grok does this have anything to do with DTREF and likely to increase its stock price

.@Interior is the LEAD agency on research and mining for critical minerals, and with @POTUS as our Dealmaker-in-Chief, we are securing alliances to strengthen our critical mineral supply chains!

@Gigadweeb1 @nikgeneburn It was removed because it was too complex of a system trying to be used on a game with too low of tick rate servers. It was less realistic because it didn’t function as intended every time, leading to a very inconsistent feeling system.

@nikgeneburn Nikita, are there any plans to return realistic armour plate hitboxes to the game? the discussion you went on yesterday reminded me of the fact that it was a change meant to reflect the reality of warfare that was removed simply because of the masses not liking it.

yes

@nikgeneburn @bstategames Make muzzle brakes without suppressors far better than suppressors. That way we can get some variety. Make the brakes have WAY better ergo, and maybe a point or 2 less recoil control. Then you have to choose if you want best stats on a gun, or suppressed rather than both.

guys, what do you want to test in the last wipe before release?