Let’s be honest, everyone is broke.
With no flea market, barely any trader inventory, and absurd insurance costs, most players were stuck running scavenger loadouts over and over.
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You spawn in with a gun? That’s luxury.
Most players are rocking default gear, chest rig, few meds, and a dream.
And once that runs out, welcome to the butcher league:
Just a knife, a pistol, maybe a bandage if you’re lucky.
Literally everyone is running around with PM pistols and school backpacks, hoping to kill someone better geared and loot them like it’s 2017 all over again.
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The maps are filled with:
đź‘ź Backpack + pistol enjoyers
🗡️ Naked knife-runners
🧢 Players bringing nothing and praying for RNG
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Customs? Looks like an airsoft meetup gone wrong.
Yes, insurance exists.
But prices were so jacked that it was almost offensive.
Insuring a basic loadout could cost more than the entire kit was worth, and with no flea market to replace anything, dying felt like a financial crisis.
And sure, traders are available, but their stocks are beyond limited, and progress is slow.
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To calm the storm, Battlestate dropped some hotfixes after two days:
âś… Tasks are now available again from traders
đź’° Insurance prices were reduced to semi-normal levels
đź•’ Scav cooldowns are shorter
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They also promised spawn tweaks to avoid players spawning on top of each other, because right now, half of Factory is just spawn PKs and panic sprays.
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For many players, this wipe wasn’t “hardcore Tarkov” it was Tarkov without hope.
No gear, no backup plans, no progression, just pain and the occasional pistol kill.
But now, with a few emergency fixes in place, it’s starting to feel more like an actual wipe, instead of a prank pulled by Nikita on stream.
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We’ll see where it goes from here…
But for now grab your Makarov, your school bag, and your last shred of dignity, and get in there.
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Valkyrieee Team
Still alive. Barely.