34 Improvements Tarkov Arena DESPERATELY NEEDS!

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[@Skusty]

I wish that I could see what presets my teammates have bougth, so I could maybe avois getting 5 marksmen on the same map, or pick a loadout that synergizes with my teammates.

[@alistergoody6869]

lol why use anything but butcher

[@Schniebel89]

Vision blurr could be changed into a tunnel-vision effect. Clear in the center & blurry on peripheral. Item spawns on all maps would be cool like Granadelaunchers, MachineGuns, Armor and such. Keep your Inventory between rounds if you survive like in CS when you pick up someones weapon. An English announcer or subtitles. I look forward to the respawn modes to play more and wait less.

[@ratman9188]

Even piles of Magazines loaded with good ammo like M855a1, 7.62x39 BP, and 5.45 BT/BS would be a cool find in say Bowl's helicopter and Air Pit's plane. Give lower tier players a chance to pen the good armors and an extra reload for the Higher level kits, a problem I see is that I had the game early since like wave 1-2 of invites. My friends I play with only got the game like a week ago. So we're going against dudes In IOTV armor, Altyn Faceshields using PS12B, while we have guys with RRLP and 5.45 T. If the MMR or SBMM doesn't work that great, give a way to balance the game During matches at least.

[@itzaleaf405]

@@GaboG3 The issue is normally it is really really shot... but the problem is when you include the fact the full autos for some guns are dumping rounds at upwards of 1000 RPM. Even adjusting it to be the edges of your screen or similar would still signify the pain but also not make you entirely blind for it because someone knee-capped you 3 times in a row.

[@mikedebakker5820]

@@GaboG3 Why should my eyes suddendly stop working properly if I'm in pain? Taking away vision in the middle of a gunfight is just a horrible idea, they need to get rid of it already.

[@slimaaconroy]

@@mikedebakker5820 you are losing blood and consciousness which your eyes need to function lol

[@mikedebakker5820]

@@slimaaconroy Ah but then a second later I can fully see properly again so that still doesn't make any sense, why do people always feel the need to make up dumb excuses to justify this games poor game design?

[@keeb__]

team fortress 2 doesn't do client side colours, but what it does is spawn you in themed spawn-rooms so you have an idea of what team you are on. It also reinforces by showing names of teammates etc through the HUD so it doesn't suffer the inherent issues with Arena's realistic system. Not sure if this is a problem that can't be solved with stuff other than client side colours as other games have overcome that issue.

[@Tman2bard]

Older Halo games did that as well, the rooms being lit up with team color and the like. Made it rather obvious

[@turtles4430]

there is also no team damage in tf2

[@vilecreature8640]

You could also have more than two brain cells and just remember the team you’re on at the start of the round, it even tells you in a colored banner for fucks sakes. If you forget double tap o, this is a non issue. I genuinely don’t understand how people don’t have the mental capacity to remember something for maybe 20 minutes.

[@Omifi]

Custom loadouts... if theres any game in the world that needs custom classes its tarkov and it's baffling that arena went with some weird preset system

[@strippins]

Just needs an unlock system like cod! Tarkov mechanics with cod like progression. Bliss

[@KiloShock]

The preset system is so much better than seeing people run the same exact setups ove and over with a custom loadout system.

[@Simon9784PL]

It's so surreal to me that BSG looked at their detailed system of weapon customization, beloved by many players and decided that we would prefer presets...

[@VeritasGames]

@@KiloShockYou're joking... right?

[@tmc_guy4288]

@@KiloShock except people are picking basically the same presets once they unlock the good ones ?

[@RAIDMusic_]

every single point you made in this video has come up in conversations with my friends about the game lmao. great video, literally 0 fluff, everything is relevant. i just hope bsg sees this and shapes things up with arenas

[@loahkii9055]

Really solid feedback man. Thanks for the link to the music as that was something I was struggling with while streaming. I do really hope to see some of these implemented, some are so minor. They have to have a way to adjust the crowd/announcer amongst other little tweaks and changes. The impact blur callout though, dude, good call. I never realized how bad it was until you called attention to it.

[@dubmeisterxd2133]

regarding the clothes, I think clothes should be team specific instead of loadout specific. If all of reshala's guards can match their drip, my team could too. it would also be a cool opportunity to utilize the wide variety of cosmetics as teams could have map dependent looks similar to csgo.

[@Tman2bard]

We got the reddest scav clothing in game, and not once have I seen em on red team

[@sandman4111]

This right here, even making one team all wear the plague doctor mask and the other wear the ghoul mask or all dress in the same ugly tracksuit with a brighter armband would make a world of difference. They need to increase the drip factor for sure.

[@1aid714]

To add to "#7 Shift + W Doesn't always run" - I think this is a similar problem to aiming after sprinting, if you ADS a milliseconds before ur sprint ends you'll come out of sprint and won't ADS, after a while of playing you get used to it but it is a feels-bad mechanic and should be addressed similarly. It should be coded so that if you're pressing your ADS key while sprinting it should immediately ADS when the sprinting is cancelled.

[@rypoleon6932]

I don't agree with outright removing blur or aim puch, but they need some reduction, I think a 33% reduction to both would be best for all parties. We still get a nice boost to visibility, but there is still a fantastic incentive to keep mobile and end fights quickly. I have played quite a bit and enjoyed it quite a lot. I think class scaling is broken and needs a change, and you have touched upon many universally agreed upon issues like the poor preset scaling. I ultimately think that the game could be in a better state by fixing those bugs, making qol changes like full auto by default, and by updating class scaling. I think, unless you were to be given a budget for your custom class, it would allow both some really fun kits that are goofy like a fort, vulkan and a toz and some really bothersome kits that are just meant to be drastically more efficient compared to the others. While I think they need to clean up class scaling in general, I like the premise, but it obviously needs a huge amount of work.

[@BiggDaddysCheese]

I think full customization is a bad idea bc meta crafting kits will be really really strong. But maybe a version of presets where you can change certain things like pick between a few sets of meds, ammo choices, and sights/attachments

[@iamblindasf]

if they have half a brain, which bsg doesnt. we wouldve had the unranked mode w customizable kits unlocked for the TESTING. theres a ranked system that doesnt work worth a shit and shouldnt even be in the game yet and every other glaring issue. in theory in the future if ranked works correctly maybe you wont have to worry about someone out gearing you like normal tarkov but i dont have a lot of hope

[@big_scuffed]

I’d love to have an end of round kill cam and a voice channel for the teams to talk/argue/yell at each other at the end of a match

[@Agc2749]

Bro that would reach old MW2 lobby levels of toxic verbal abuse...it would be amazing. 😂

[@kaleidoscopekaleidoscope9064]

not able to trash talk to your enemies is like missing icing on the cake

[@krytxps]

​@@kaleidoscopekaleidoscope9064 its fine during the round, but even then in my 20+ matches, ive had 3 enemies yelling racial slurs in different matches, don't want to hear that during and after the round. But being able to talk to your teammates is definitely needed

[@noticer3721]

@@krytxps "ive had 3 enemies yelling racial slurs in different matches, don't want to hear that during and after the round" I do.

[@krytxps]

@@noticer3721 i get that someone whos missing a chromosome might find that cool, but its really frustrating that our taxes will go towards your unemployment benefits. Hopefully you'll say something like that to a person irl one day, then you'll be able to reap in those disability benefits too!

[@FreakiestKirk]

Veritas, Ive learned a lot more than you think from this video essay. Thank you, and well executed.

[@kyrregrnstl1706]

Great video I'll reiterate three of the improvements mentioned here that will also greatly improve EFT 1. Remove or greatly reduce blur when getting shot at. This will improve gameplay while also reduce the effectiveness of camping, which is already very powerful 2. Remove or greatly reduce aim punch. Same argumentation as above 3. Flashlight are too powerful. They can maybe introduce a system which incorporates ambient light ( High ambient light reduce effectiveness of flashlights blinding effect - Night time the blinding effect will be large - Day time the blinding effect will be lower). This is to emulate the iris opening.

[@frostlines]

very good

[@bobybot9320]

I don't think removing the aim punch is a good fix, returning fire while being engaged should not be easy. I understand camping can be annoying to face, but the solution isn't to make aim and firepower king. Removing the blur would be fine i believe

[@Gunner8_]

You have to remember Arena is a competitive shooter, there should not be randomness in these types of game. The game should be based on skill not luck. I personally think the random recoil tarkov already has should be the only thing that stays. Granted the only punishment in arena for getting shot would be a tinny loss of stamina, so maybe that could be increased (kinda like how in csgo when you get shot your movement speed decreases)@@bobybot9320

[@kyrregrnstl1706]

If blur is removed or reduced, then aim punch would not be that big of a deal. The most enoying thing now is that it can even be difficult to discern which bush is shooting at you, and your leg is broken or you are out of stamina, so you cant run. I really hope effort is out into optimizing the gameplay/gunplay as it seems that most work is put into cheeting prevention and developing new maps

[@Gunner8_]

I agree@@kyrregrnstl1706

[@Sipotex]

Totally agree with the Frag grenade removal. Its so bad to spawn and getting killed by a nade within the first ten seconds because you have to contest a few areas on each map and chucking a greade there usually gets you a kill. I would wish for more flashbangs and smokes for every kit and then also more than one flash or smoke

[@holla6714]

Flashes are too strong and granedes should be unusable for the first 20 seconds of the round.

[@apersonontheinternet8006]

“I just want to sprint everywhere like it is CoD and get caught with my pants down every round because I am an idiot” is what you are really saying.

[@Sipotex]

No thta is not what im saying. I'm saying that the Frags are too strong on some maps (eg. Equator or Bowl) and flashes are a way of making the mode more tactical and team based. A player with a weak kit but a flashbang can use it to distract or even disorientate a palyer with a stronger kit and gain the upper hand, making the fight more even. @@apersonontheinternet8006

[@Sipotex]

I agree with that fully. Frags should only be on a few kits and more classes should get flashes. Nerfing the flashes in general is a topic for debate, once they actually find use @@holla6714

[@Bagginsess]

Or maybe they could design maps like Counter Strike so nades aren't completely broken?

[@RK-cw9qx]

THANK YOU, this also helps for the Main Game. Its great that you use your influence for us.

[@danieldunn573]

I think making tiers unlocked by overall xp would be a great change. That way you are not stuck on one tree. Edit: I would even be fine with overall xp for each set. So you would need to use Assualt to level Assualt, CQB for CQB etc...

[@ant1h4t3rz]

or rework those kits that won't lead you anywhere. I saw Mantis at CQB, which at the time had SKS with drum mag and BP ammo and decided that I would go for him. It wasn't very clear if XP would go only for that branch of CQB or it was for the whole tier. Not only this tree is for masochist (two kits with pump shotguns with leg-tier ammo and a Saiga with RIPs), they changed the ammo in Mantis kit, making this branch of a CQB tree completely and utterly useless - you can't outshoot people with a pump-actiion shotgun, you cant ambush people because TTK is low. The guy designing progression in Arena was certainly smoking something.

[@landonhendrickson3000]

In World of Tanks every game you play you get a sort of "Free Experience" around 1-5% of your total experience you can use on any tank or tree to help progress it. I think it would help an awful ton for arena here

[@nathanielsmall1123]

I think the best way to handle the flashlight problem would be to just remove flashlights (and replace with lasers as appropriate) from all the presets. Given that all maps are well lit as is, the only purpose flashlights serve is to blind people. If blinding people isn't a good thing, keeping flashlights at all serves no purpose even if they're toned down.

[@xlee64x]

Perhaps you should look at your Brightness settings, if it's set too high (30-60) flashlights are going to seem way brighter. I like to use flashlights against good players cause they always have there brightness set to high to get an advantage 😘

[@vilecreature8640]

Yes, they do. You know the flashlights are MENT to disorient people right it’s kinda why real life tac lights are getting such high lumens and candela, and believe it or not they can do it regardless of if the room your in is well lit. I want people to run around with a flashlight on, makes it easier to pre fire them…..

[@sethington719]

On the back of “Shift + W doesn’t always run”, right clicking or whatever you have bound to “Aim Down Sights” should ALWAYS take priority. This is how every other fps does it, and for good reason! I should not have to perfectly time right click the instant after I stop sprinting or if I’m in the middle of another animation just to have a chance in a gun fight. By the time you realize you didn’t ADS because the game ate your input, you’re already gonna be dead.

[@apersonontheinternet8006]

Then go play every other FPS that does it wrong. Go get you a rifle and kit, dead sprint, and pull up your rifle. Being a Veritas sub should come with free tampons.

[@Axel_tv]

For sure, allowing players to communicate when they are dead / communication with no radio noise is a must; otherwise, randoms stand no chance against 5 stacks. 3rd person aimpunch needs to go. Too many times I see people aiming at the sky while covering their face with hands (giving them extra protection against headshots ), while on their side the look right at you. I personally dont like the fact that sites are random on maps. More randomness = less competitiveness. Regarding cleanup crew - I would rather see gas that moves the zone towards the active site ( same as in Warzone or Apex ), that would give way more fair opportunities to outplay your opponents. Your idea regarding Ai spawning 1 by 1 is good too btw. Nades need to go or be reworked with their radius and damage drastically decreased. We had a round where we killed 4 enemies with nades within the first 4 seconds on Equator and the 5th guy just left and the game got cancelled. Such kills happen on Bowl and bay 5 occasionally too. The majority of the rounds dying / killing with nades feels way too rng, since even if you dont die in the beginning of the round and manage to survive till mid game, there are still moments when you get naded without seeing or hearing the nade, since people can throw them across the map. Agreed with everything else, good job V

[@ant1h4t3rz]

also, for some reason, a good amount of people can't even use radio - there is just silence on VoIP and static. My friend has this issue and it's not entirely clear why it is happening - everywhere else (CS2, Arma 3, etc) works just fine.

[@Leo-hw6pb]

I think for IDing friend and foe, if we can't do client side armbands then potentially make every match usec vs bear. Like you have a usec character and a bear character and they look different clothes wise and you're one faction or the other when the game starts

[@fencebb1466]

Great video as always. I hate to beat the dead horse but sound will always be a huge issue with tarkov. We need to pick a direction for what should happen and work toward it. I feel like supporting silent movement and super loud punishing movement makes it hard to balance and fix. We need to somehow agree at what distance we should hear people walking while we are walking. And then when that doesn’t happen we fix it until it does

[@apersonontheinternet8006]

I can hear my children walking through grass a 100 yards away with my electronic ears. The problem is idiot gamers want a video game just like every other video game instead of something more realistic. Buy a cheap set of Walkers, touch grass, and find out. Yes there are some audio bugs on say interchange but that’s about it. Get over it.

[@gyrro6377]

I've been playing Hotel for about 2 or 3 weeks now and yeah the laser bug is quite strange indeed. I've also had another bug playing as Blackjack where if I died while firing, the next round there would be a permanent, static muzzle flash at the tip of the muzzle that would sometimes persist for only 1 round, or the entire remainder of the match. Quite frustrating.

[@robertojustus8567]

Honestly the flashlight one i do voutch to keeping the same, irl you would 100% not want to be on the other end of a military grade flashlight, It can even Deal eye damage If looked at for more than 10 seconds. Now, what they could do is add batteries, so you need to use your flashlight sparingly and not Just turn It on and gg.

[@VeritasGames]

With all due respect, what may or may not happen IRL is largely irrelevant. You can't invoke realism on one hand and then propose a less realistic solution. The rounds are like 90 seconds long, is every battery 99% dead? Not to mention the issue is only a problem for the 2 seconds you turn it on to peek someone, so that wouldn't change anything. It's broad daylight, we shouldn't be blinded by a flashlight like we are. It needs some kind of balancing to make it a risk/reward, otherwise it'll just end up the meta and that'll be cancer for everyone. We shouldn't be designing for realism, that idea is long dead in EFT, ESPECIALLY Arena.

[@CalebHankins-eu5jf]

😂 “military grade” flashlights aren’t blinding you in the day time. And military grade doesn’t imply something is high end either. More often than not it actually sucks.

[@apersonontheinternet8006]

@VeritasGames then go play CoD or whatever arcade game you want this to be. My SureFire will blind you in broad daylight, it’s a 1000 lumens with a concentrated flood and minimal spill going right at your eyes. Go buy one, touch grass with a friend, and find out instead of crying.

[@apersonontheinternet8006]

@CalebHankins-eu5jf Lmao okay internet commando. Go get a SureFire Scout and test that theory out from 50 feet away.

[@EmptyMag]

@@apersonontheinternet8006 You can't call someone an internet commando after confidently saying "My SureFire will blind you in broad daylight" lmao. What makes flashlights blinding is their ability to completely fucking demolish your natural night vision - obviously the more lumens the better but when your eyes are already adjusted to sunlight, all a flashlight does for you in the day is get you shot quicker. If you're expecting realism from Tarkov, then I sincerely hope another game grabs your attention because the game's never really been all that realistic - I've been playing for 6 years now and its made tons of concessions in the name of gameplay.

[@deltabravo5712]

Great video, 1:10 that nade was brutal 😂

[@Swed-ux9xk]

Should keep local chat , it’s funny

[@four_tay8986]

Im thankful that one of the larger tarkov creators is talking about arena. Keep on keeping on veritas!

[@Aztek2200]

I think an improvement to be made would be to not have dead end kits in the middle of the progression tree. they should all be able to progress in some way to the end tier kits weather it be fully into whatever is closest in the branch off or in a partial state to the class as a whole.

[@Ethan-fz6tp]

Agreed, beware the war thunder trap.

[@spacemonkey037]

19:30 This is an issue specifically with free looking while ADS leaning*. The camera is tilted while freelooking, but when ADSing it gets stabilized to the horizon. This causes this strange reset behaviour, as it's just applying the tilt in an instance instead of smoothly over time.

[@MackieLevyn]

Leaning affects your camera tilt when youre freelooking and point-firing, but when you aim the the tilt levels out. It can be very jarring and nauseating.

[@idktest.23]

you can see who is ready in your group btw, it corresponds with the order the group members are shown in and the group will always be in the first few slots shown, so if member 3 isnt ready the 3nd square will not be lit up. wish bsg made this more clear tbh

[@Brent-jc2up]

Absolutely love opening KZbin and seeing Veritas has dropped a new video. Always bangers. Also, Veritas is absolutely cracked. Holy shit.

[@USEC_FAUST]

Great video! Glad to see arena is allowing us to take a closer look at all these broken mechanics. I think a lot of these suggestions should be considered for base game as well. Arbitrarily being stuck prone reloading, vision blur on hit, dying to stamina loss, etc are both unrealistic and not fun at all. Hopefully Nikita takes a look at this like the last one. Thanks for doing what you do!

[@_paradr0id]

Regarding 31 - I was having this issue with some marksmen kits with adjustable zoom. Normally the gun gets brought towards your face/zooms in a bit. The bug disables that and keeps it zoomed out. Issue only happens once you toggle zoom. Oddly, this is a feature in Enlisted as a zoom option for iron sights when you just tap M2.

[@Legend-ng3ez]

Legit this video hits up on everything I hope BSG is listening they can learn a lot to fix the base game and Arena. Great job man!

[@jacksoni349]

Seeing the vision blur slowed down in your videos makes sense with why I struggle with this game

[@GiRR007]

Yeah I also noticed the sudden jerk that happens when you stop using free look. It makes be feel like ive been shot every time.

[@MartinezCedric]

Cool vidéo Véritas. it would be nice to be able to adjust the FOV when aiming so that it remains unchanged. Initial camera = fov in ADS like in the game Ground branch.

[@thatveritas]

Really nice video, the point about persistent placement of items/attachments is huge for me personally. If I could setup my loadout how I want once unlocking it at the main menu that would be Ideal. Of course this would need some sort of a "revert to stock" option in case you discarded an item such as a pistol etc. to keep from being overweight, and eventually decide you want it back in your kit.

[@AquaMidget]

tip: apparently the cleanup crew is nearly incapable of aiming downwards. in one of my games, teammate was laying prone and was surrounded by like 6 scavs all just standing there, occasionally shooting and hitting him even less often. I can't remember whether we won or not, but regardless, he lasted a good ~30 seconds surrounded by scavs just because he laid down.

[@CZProductions]

I found a spot on Shoreline where you can make the entire fence disappear on your side and still shoot through it and see players on the other side. I'd love for a bigger content creator to showcase it or send it to BSG to get it patched!

[@MosestheGrey]

The grenade suggestion is great, more smokes less frags.

[@woodyfps]

Someone tell the arena dev team they have a pop quiz on Friday! This video should be on repeat at that studio I love this game mode and I don't wana see it flop and be a failed experiment. Amazing video as always Veritas much love!

[@Terra-nb1rc]

I originally went into arena thinking we would get a call of duty style loudout considering just how much customization there is in tarkov a gun smith. I was very disappointed to see presets that prevent creativity and refreshing gameplay

[@jwaffle42]

10:00 the fact that they even coded the item orientation like this just makes me feel like they don’t play the game and have no idea what they’re doing

[@RdmdOn]

There are two bugs that annoy the crap out of me. The first has to do with the launcher where the loading mechanism seems to leave 'Play' greyed out until you terminate it by either closing it or Ctrl Alt Delete and End Task. Then sometimes it'll log you out of your profile completely and you have to sign back in (even though stay signed in is checked). The second involves what I've noticed players doing when the clean up crew arrives. As it turns out when you prone and press Q to lie on your side, the AI will miss all of their shots. I haven't tested this personally, but I've observed team mates doing it multiple times.

[@BannelingBrian]

You are blunt, honest, and right about everything on this list. Good Video, Thank you Veritas. Hopefully BSG listens to this.

[@nreifer04]

My ADS button should always override my run input. I don’t want to stop running before being able to ADS. Again, sometimes this happens so close together that I don’t end up aiming.

[@CaimanAlphaFoxtrotMike]

the advanced bind also fucks up if you are currently leaning (holding Q or E) and try to hit an advanced bind forcing you to let go of lean botton to hit said bind,

[@Kayzizzle]

That one spawn in bowl you can double vault jump out of and can make it halfway across the map before the other team exits

[@Aoriss]

Great vid, man. Really hoping BSG is working on some of these issues at the very least.

[@Swarm509]

The problem I see is just like with EFT they seem to get ideas in their head on how things should be, even if players hate it or it makes no sense, and stick with it far too long. I could see half the issues in this video being purposely designed elements they added, not just bugs or mistakes.

[@iPanicyt]

@@Swarm509they Said literally the first Day it was pushed by pestily’s chat that they would make custom loadouts and they have Said it both on Twitter and Discord. The worst part is the community meaning Well but being so damn unknowledgeable

[@nicholasbreecher9315]

Not being able to stand while doing anything prone is incredibly dumb. Shifting your weight back to your knees is very easy to do without hands And you’re definitely right, NOT defaulting to full auto is incredibly dumb. Who is running a PPsh that plans to use single fire? If you’re going to single fire it’s a decided action; not a default choice.

[@sefin84]

how to fix arena... - remove presets and replace them with pool of guns, attachments, armor, granades and give players "credits" which you can spend how ever you like. you get lets say 50 credits and if you pick some really good armor it would take lets say 25... fully modded M4 would take lets say 30. You get the idea... you could get decent stuff from each area or get really good stuff, but not get something else to make it balanced... - remove ammo types. Have balanced ammo type per caliber which would be balanced across the board - have a fking time limit before you can start using nades to prevent nade spamming - even fking COD has it! EDIT: Remove innertia! you could think about more things, but this alone would make it a good game instead of that shit they come up with

[@CyanPhoenix_]

the sprint not working if you press shift after w issue has annoyed me for ages - I use a mouse macro to hold shift and w in most games where overland movement over long distances is a thing due to tendonitis, and 90% of the time it doesn't work in tarkov unless i pre-hold shift, then release it while pressing my mouse macro at the exact same time, which is super awkward.

[@weston9433]

BUG: I died and my whole screen went black no spectator cam, when we respawned i was 5 seconds delayed from the rest of the game, teammates would run straight through the gates while i had to wait for the announcer to start and then wait for gates to open for me. Enemies could also see through the gate that was closed for me

[@skilletfan932]

even when the mans himself is sick, he still puts out great content :). LOVE all these improvement suggestions

[@steadyrow]

I'd really like to see "fun" challenges. For instance, if you got a reward for a certain number of melee kills you'd occasionally have a dude blasting around the map trying to wack people. I don't think it should be driven by funny gimmicks but there should be an element of humor in arena that is present in raids.

[@hailmagnum410]

XP should be gained for the next class unlock using any prior class that connects in the unlock tree. Sometimes the tier 2 or 3 class is better than the tier 4 and if I’m going to get 280k xp I want to use something that can actually kill people.

[@holla6714]

In what cases do you think a class 2 tiers lower is better i wonder?

[@endmyoblivion9684]

Oh my god this is insane somebody with a brain, Thank you, near all of these suggestions are perfect. You know you would’ve thought the BSG team would’ve come up with the same conclusions, but I’m guessing they didn’t even play test soo.

[@stinkratgaming]

As somebody who has partial red green colorblindness, it is SUPER hard to see red armbands for me especially if there is any significant distance or any conflicting clothing. I essentially have to rely on memorizing what kits my teammates have + game sense to make an educated guess on if I should shoot which means I will always react slower than those without any visual impairment. Before anyone "informs" me of filters, color blindness filters pretty much always suck in every game and just tend to muddy everything or make things look weird if it is applied to the entire game and not just the UI or hud elements (i.e fire hydrants become pink). And since tarkov wont and probably shouldn't do the arcade-y red outline and/or a marker over their head for enemies, that leaves them with two options; make team outfits distinct (think same colored jackets or something), or add more team coloring to everyone like putting colored stripes everywhere (guns, helmets, legs, etc.). I like the more color stripes solution because it makes sense that in a gladiatorial arena like this, the show runners would want the crowd to be able to easily tell who is on what team; and as a contestant you would damn well want your teammates to not shoot you by mistake and would make sure that it was as clear as possible you were a friendly.

[@Gunner8_]

I personally think that the first 4 things you said would be major improvements to the game. You should be able to communicate with your teammates in a competitive game no matter what (because things like discord exist and there is no point in limiting comms). Aim punch/blur is too much for arena trying to be competitive game. There is already a low ttk in tarkov you should not have spray battles be random in a competitive game, it is a competitive game it should be based on skill not luck. Keep making these great suggestions, these are well needed in order to make arena a competitive experience. I have not watched the full video yet btw. Edit: I watch the whole video and I can say these are all easy changes that need to be done that will help improve the game. It is still in early beta, but BSG really needs to work on improving the small stuff like this. Great video, keep up the coverage. I bet these videos help the community feel like they're not alone, as well as, helping BSG identify problems with the game that need to be fixed.

[@itzaleaf405]

God do I feel the vision blur one... especially since I played a lot of CQB kits (aka, high ass armor) against people who refused to aim for my legs with terribly ammo... My friend has probably heard me scream "I CAN'T FUCKING SEE ANNYTHINNNNG!" at LEAST... a dozen times. It's so much more blatant just how bad the vision blur is when you die after the first 15 rather than first 3...

[@dayzrustream]

Thank you for the video! Glad you've already played the Arena a lot, so we don't have to (c) =) Still surprized with the current state of Arena. It's really THAT bad. Can't imagine anyone who wants to buy Arena right now. I wish it was better. I really hope that it was released this way just to save some money due to new Unity rules since January 1 2024 , I see no other reasons to show the game in it's current state.

[@VeritasGames]

Thanks dude! Hope you are doing well!

[@Bread_Gator]

I only really need three things 1.let us pool and then spend exp on what we want 2. Let us turn announcer and other "non comp/aesthetic" effects off 3. Add a pve mode/non ranked game modes or really just more content at all. Everything else you mentioned is also needed but those three things are what made me drop arena after around 100 hours and keep me from coming back even though I really enjoy tarkov pvp.

[@mnm8818]

6:23 I like it when if in real life- when you think to run- you actually start walking- the most basics of any game even Mario bros on Nintendo had no issue with this - thats 30 yrs ago

[@olddrjake]

A big one for me: I would strongly prefer that from a player's perspective their team is always BLUE. The confusion and changes game-to-game around the color you're shooting seems like unnecessary pedantry (even considering Nikita's started design goals)

[@Star_cab]

Being able to modify the presets would be nice. As in the game would remember if you set your weapon to full auto if you discarded your helmet and how you have meds setup/hot keyed.

[@Kotsugawa768]

Love the video. Is the gate hoping before the timer considered bug abuse? Does BSG do anything about bug abusers? ill submit my daily bug report.

[@inept5002]

This game resets my sense every time I boot it. Also so many recorded instances where Im shooting some dude in his unprotected head watching the bullet holes appear on his face and blood splatter behind him and it takes like 4 of those to kill. Insane.

[@termitreter6545]

Wow, thats a ton of great suggestions. Im just playing base Tarkov, and even there stuff like less/no screen blur on hit or less silly bright flashlights would be a big improvement! Let alone the sound.

[@ace9r]

as a part of the tarkov community and a representative of the squad i would like to say i approve all the changes and promote all these ideas to be taken seriously and done accordingly

[@xidaaviesix]

Great video, as always. Thank you

[@Swarm509]

I honestly have a TON of trouble seeing enemies when shooting and I assumed this was just me being bad at the game or having the wrong setting, but apparently everyone see that same crazy blur affect? I would love to see that greatly reduced or removed as the video indicates. Honestly all these items would improve the game and I really hope BSG takes this game seriously and realize that this isn't EFT, we want this game mode to stand on its own and be fun.

[@mig0150]

Thank you for your service in trying to improve this game.

[@LucasR-gv5ie]

I agree with all of this except the capture zone part. I like that sometimes you don’t know where it is. I feel like they make it gulag ish in the sense that it’s your fault because you took so long to kill the other team. I agree tho on big maps like sawmill it can be pretty hard and sometimes you can’t even make it to the point before the team captures. Awesome video

[@Aruhito_0]

Yyeeesss add frag grenades to the map only, position them in the center of the map, so winning center allows you to frag the sides. Makes fighting for centre more worth.

[@ryanmaris1917]

I think in addition to changing around presets we get limited customization to presets. Maybe swap out to a better pen bullet but have a smaller mag or swap painkillers for a single morphine with more options at higher preset levels.

[@Maxshark999]

another audio related thing is it feels like gameplay audio (like other players gunshots and movement noises especially), are heavily muffled even with a headset on. Like I'm constantly having people run right up to me and it sounded like they were walking pretty far away but nope they are on top of me already and sprinting. and of course the usual no audio whatsoever and now there's suddenly a dude in front/behind. The muffling is the worst though because its not consistent between games it feels like

[@meinshekles9037]

Vision blur is something that makes suppression viable. What would you implement to make suppression a thing?

[@ofthefathoms2147]

I want you as a little pet I'd keep in a jar with leaves and a water bowl

[@TheBlues1010]

Suppressing is more of shooting someone’s area of cover to prevent them from re peaking. I think that the blur can stay but only for the first bullet that hits you and then establish a cool down. So getting sprayed does cause a ton of blur but after being sprayed living for a couple of seconds and then being hit again would cause another blur but again only on the first shot that hits.

[@shepardpolska]

If you want suppression, shots landing near you should blur the edges of the screen. The more you get suppressed the closer to the middle the blur gets. It should reduce your vision, not remove it. Idealy I would see it bluring the edges and make your reticle shake SLIGHTLY. It should be a more subtle effect to not be annoying, but at the same time it should reduce your ability to react.

[@VeritasGames]

Vision blur is not suppression. Why does suppression need to be "a thing" more than it already is?

[@SauceyCos]

if they fix the audio thing where you hear better than your teammates, then i think its worth adding the voicing to your teammates. I get the concept of not being able to talk to your teammates because you're "dead" but going against players that are grouped talking on discord is one huge disadvantage

[@matthewbrandt5053]

I feel they should do what many other games and sports along with humanity before long range communication: Make each team visually distinct from a fraction of a second glance with uniforms. To do so and save time, they could either use the bear v usec or they could use red and blue for a more traditional feel.

[@laszlom.3581]

standing up while reloading was actually in the game for a while. They added it back then and they then removed it again. jsut like some other features

[@its_VAFELZ]

I had a bug where for an entire game, my countdown was always 5 secs behind my team. Like the game starts and my teammates run through the doors, but I’m still stuck in the spawn

[@gravityhamster]

SUBBED great video with logical points, I tried area when it first came out and found most of your points to be a big issue so I have not been back. I will wait until they add some kind of progression system linked to my PMC in the main game. I don't have time to grind both. P.S I found you through the podcast you do with Kazam.

[@Caannnnoonn]

I have never once heard a feedback loop with the in-game radio. I guess I'm super lucky since a lot of people seem to be complaining about it.

[@shukero]

Another great video V. Hope they listen to all of these improvements... I couldn't handle these issues so I ended up uninstalling the game until at least some of them are fixed.

[@kylenieuwlandt2445]

In terms of the music, can we use the music as background for KZbin videos (with citation), or is it just for streaming?

[@Strekki]

Gear based matchmaking in the casual mode is so needed, I’m hating that I want to start a new class but I can’t right now

[@SoupCheesus]

BSG desperately needs to open more server locations. As an avid Tarkov player from Korea, Tarkov works just fine with Korean servers, but Arena only has China and Asia servers as viable options at the moment. The server selection menu incorrectly informs that both servers have relatively low ping of around 30, whereas when I play in-game, I get 30% packet loss on top of 150+ ping. I’ve noticed that this also occurs when I try to include China and Asia servers on normal Tarkov and play it. Very odd.

[@Ethan-fz6tp]

I like the blur, I like the degree of rng, I like flashlights, I like things that make tarkov feel realistic and gritty with a deep learning curve and that add immense detail. I can't help it. I want tarkov to just feel like an absolute hellscape to play. I have no idea why I find it so fun. I know people want it to be balanced and competitive, but I just don't see it that way. You know what I want is a game like squad that is tarkov lol. Proper military conflict with this detail, yum.

[@hackdotslash]

Great video. Really excited to see the future of Arena

[@Decoysss]

You've always had a great take! W Content! Let's hope they implement some of your ideas.

[@robbieboman1190]

An idea I've had (could be completely dumb) is to tighten the gap of all ammo types. For example, what if every loadout had the middle ground ammo types instead of the highest pen or damage ammo. I feel it can make gun fights last longer in the mid to higher tiers plus, it may help the first couple of loadouts in a tree feel a little better to start with. One issue could be the highest tier loadout options being juggernauts without the highest pen ammo types, but at the same time the chaos sounds fun lol

[@manarail7126]

everybody would leg meta (i've seen it with the bastion kits when they get uptiered)

[@tubecrash3819]

I would also like to be able, to go prone during reloading and not have to do "paniccircles", while waiting for the animation to be over, just to lay down behind cover.

[@acejimbo6119]

W + Sprint = dude I have tried for a year now to do a macro to counter that... had to buy a logitech keyboard. Finally someone saying it out loud !

[@georgestafylopatis8938]

Amazing video as always! Man i just started playing and the team colors thing is so annoying. And that comes from someone that used to play a lot duos on normal Tarkov. Also, great music!

[@bigbaffo9441]

i've also noticed that if you use the centurion preset. Sometimes when you headshot someone with no armor to protect there head they just tank the round what doesn't make any sense. i mean tarkov ballistics doesnt make any sense, they should've changed that a long time ago, but that on the side. they should improve with there desync and netcode, because its trash, i've heard someone say that it could be, because of netcode issues that some players just tank rounds. for examplejust like what happend to landmark on the tarkov arena event 2 months ago, some player tanked all shots from landmark also he shot ap, but also it could be desync or something else.

[@ant1h4t3rz]

netcode is bad, yeah I got jumped by some guy, I shot him, saw the blood splatters appear behind him on the boxes and die. Post-death summary says that I didn't even hit him at all, so... It's not everytime that shot won't register at all but it is really frustrating seeing the guy's head CLEARLY taking a bullet (jerking back and even leaving blood splatters) and the server just doesn't register those and you die

[@KurtWithak21]

A token system for purchasing presets in the style trees would be cool. Say you win 3-5 games you get a token. Collect tokens to unlock higher presets. The next loadout in your skill tree looks like shit, skip it and save up for the next one or whatever. The XP grind is such a punishment for trying different loadouts. Once you pick your "path" you're literally locked in, and wanting to go outside of that path is no fun.

[@sniffer94]

All good suggestions. I’d love to see a change to grind kits, like if you play CQB it gives XP to the whole tree. :3 I love grinding stuff, but in this game you get way too stomped for having a bad kit. I have not played since the change they did to matchmaking. Maybe they sorta solved it. Been busy no lifeing the wipe. ^^

[@sandman4111]

I think the grind for presets is way WAY to high, it essentially locks you into grinding one tree at a time until you wanna try something new then it’s back to another couple of weeks of grinding. I personally do really well with the marksman class and would love to try out the .338 Lapua AP just for fun but I’m to far committed to the tree with the ash-12 that its not even worth trying to grind the bolt tree at this point unless I feel like throwing my games with the garbo bolts they have in the presets before it.

[@johnosborne1873]

Love the content, Big Dawg!