Escape from Tarkov’s die-hard fan base has allowed the gritty extraction shooter to stand the test of time, and Battlestate Games has revealed the long-awaited full release is finally upon us – and they’ve revealed some changes to make things interesting.
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(via x.com)
Respected and loved for its challenging nature, Escape from Tarkov is giving players the option of a hardcore wipe, which will make the best loot even harder to get.
Here’s what the Hardcore Wipe will include:
Disabled flea market
Increased item requirements for hideout zones.
Reduced spawn chance of rare loot
Hideout zones won’t require Found in Raid items.
“Just to clarify a little: it will not affect whole loot but rather how good weapon mods, ammo and other stuff was easily available. And also not to be as excessive as current marked rooms – finding Ledx should be something really worth the raid.”
—BattleState Games Lead Community Manager.
The hardcore wipe will happen in July, and the option is clearly designed to make the game more of a grind, so that players really have to work harder to earn the top-tier weaponry and loot, but feelings in the Tarkov community appear to be mixed.
“My hope was that hardcore would place greater emphasis on looting, crafting, and bartering, but it seems like they’re just going with the approach of making the game as miserable and slow as possible,” said reddit user epraider (via r/EscapefromTarkov).
Followed by the hardcore wipe patch, which includes new prestige levels and new PMC customization options, BattleState Games will follow up with another big patch in August.
Here’s what the EFT Patch 0.16.9.0 will include:
Limited-time in-game event.
Balancing fixes, QoL changes, and cumulative fixes based on player feedback.
Shoreline, Ground Zero, Interchange optimization.
Escape from Tarkov PvE and EFT: Arena synchronization.
New PMC customization options.
Fall weather season.
Escape from Tarkov will finally be fully released after entering beta in July 2017, and will be available to download on Steam shortly after the launch of 1.0. While some players may be a bit weary of how grindy the hardcore wipe seems at first glance, it’s still too early to tell how it will actually play out, and players will have the ability to opt out.
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