A Great Update that Fixed Nothing | Tarkov Arena

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Long story short, blast gang is a fun time and I highly recommend you check it out if you already own arena. Otherwise, I don't think it's worth $35.
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[@gamerdoge3669]

12 Minutes without new videos, i hope Leviticus didn't abandon the channel..

[@XxxXxx-i6j]

Its been an hour now, i think we should all accept the truth 😞

[@givmmemoney]

11 hours without new videos, bro fell off

[@lellucctgs7074]

3 days without new video, bro fell off badly

[@TheHighborn]

Bro fell off?

[@freshdachs6200]

I also loved the class changes. The high prevelance of hightier kits makes every tree viable and you don't have to stress about unlock selection too much.

[@Opachki69420]

armor is still way too tanky, level 6 plates will tank 6 bp 7.62 rounds its way too strong

[@the_fat_hans7755]

​​@Opachki69420 meh doesn't matter when you can snipe the head easily

[@ross_boss]

Arena needed to be Contract Wars 2 to have a reason to even think of purchasing it

[@xzeuii]

i still heavily blame my mouse for that teamkill grenade

[@superbodaciousflibbertigib8139]

We all make mistakes in the heat of passion, Jimbo.

[@heresalittlefaith]

I WAS MENTIONED IN A LEVI VIDEO LETS GO!!! Give it up for the 5 ladies here

[@NikoArc42]

Wooo lets go! - 1 of the other ladies here

[@SorrowAngel97]

Funny enough, I have counted 5 of us after reading all of the comments😂

[@Impori]

@@SorrowAngel97 i am the 6th, i guess.

[@GoldBean2752]

@@Impori 7th, here

[@Magearna-]

8th!!!

[@imtehkilla24567]

Looks like a cool update, but too bad BSG burned their entire goodwill with the community in the last few months. I'll probably give it a try at some point, but Tarkov has really lost its magic in recent months.

[@importedsausage5593]

theyve listened to the community more this wipe than ever before

[@alphawolf6708]

@@importedsausage5593 Kinda sad that it only happens after the backlash tho

[@ForOne814]

The vast majority of the community doesn't care, they're busy playing PvE without bots or whatever.

[@joshwist556]

@@importedsausage5593still no fix to cheaters or their shitty fucking servers.

[@overclocker3164]

months? i would say YEARS. no QoL for interface like hotkeys, no optimisation, no network upgrades, no anticheat (battleeye is not an anticheat, it's just hardware chewer), rEaLiSm never existed in the first place, and Nikita time and time again showed how he view the playerbase and the community around the game.

[@hamptonhouse6189]

i think the bomb gamemode is their step towards making an actual CS/VAL style true competitive mode for arena. I think if they literally just copy the CS buy menu they might actually have competitive gold on their hands if they can get their netcode down (good luck). They mention how they will be swinging towards custom classes, but I think if they dont even do that for the bomb gamemode and make it straight CS buying between rounds the game *might* pop the fuck off. maybe if you picked up a gun from the other team you could even buy mags for it in the next round so you can upgrade from killing people. the formula is there and it works, BSG don't gotta be trailblazers every time, COPY IT

[@ILLCHIMPY]

and what would people say if they copy the buy menu, huh?

[@hamptonhouse6189]

@@ILLCHIMPY val did it. nobody cared. people who go "durrrrr dey copied da gayme look guys das bad" are just dumb as shit lmao. games have copied each other FOREVER because at the end of the day tried and true mechanics that work are GOOD and iterating upon those mechanics is what drives PROGRESS. gamers can either throw a hissy fit over it or learn that this is the meta now. good ideas are out there to be used, not to be guarded like some kinda precious IP. get over yourself. that take is for actual knuckledraggers.

[@gutterdweller1607]

No one seemed to care when Val copied it and just added overwatch style abilities. I'm fine with arena being CS with Tarkov combat tbh

[@hamptonhouse6189]

@@gutterdweller1607 thank god im not the only person that thinks this is a good idea. structure and format is THERE for the CS buy menu for this games bomb mode, but imagine if they took it beyond what CS does. what if you could buy different ammos for your gun? what if you could pick up someone elses gun like in CS and take it to the next round and buy ammo for it? what if they oriented the economy around the ammo type used to kill someone paying different amounts of cash depending on penetration? what if you could dump all your money into one buy to get an altyn, tier 6 plates, and a SA58 with m80s? what if the counter to that is to economy buy an mp9n with RIP and leg meta the guy? the systems for an insane amount of nuance and strategy in a real competitive game are present! they just need do what every other competitive shooter does: copy the other guy and iterate upon the idea.

[@acies9408]

​@@ILLCHIMPY same thing that happened with val. people care, then they dont

[@AlarisAcrelia]

There are 4 other ladies here?

[@ClaytorYurnero]

When they release Custom Kits and the PvE Horde mode I'll take interest. It would be nice to have the "You have awakened the horde" gameplay without the whole "God fucking damnit I'm holding a quest item" or "I needed PMC kills wtf is this scav army doing?" souring the experience.

[@redsunsoverparadise]

a co-op "fuck it go fight a boss army/fence's scav army and hold as long as you can" game mode would unironically be cool as fuck

[@lunky9807]

@@redsunsoverparadise I was looking forward to arena but this gamemode was actually planned to be in the game at launch and it might end up happening

[@redsunsoverparadise]

@@lunky9807 i hope it becomes real somewhere in the future, getting rewards and adding a leaderboard for it would genuinely make it worth to play Plus it would be cool as fuck to fight a boss army and mow it down with the RPD

[@shadenoah]

You've nailed it there at the end: make the game F2P or super cheap and lock competitive mode behind a paywall. CS:GO does that pretty well.

[@nut19999]

Yessir ref and unranked could be available for all but ranked could be locked behind a 10 dollar paywall just like csgo. Only problem is that unranked would be flooded with cheaters, especially if it’s free

[@FemboichadClip]

that would increase the cheaters by a fuck ton but it could be good.

[@beefestrogen5276]

@@nut19999 Cheaters buy Unheard of and EOD accounts for tons of money, I don't think $10 is going to deter them. Hell the cheats they run probably cost more than $10. Cheaters are gonna come if there is interest and peoples days to ruin.

[@urosmamic4172]

​@@FemboichadClip the game is already full of them so it won't change anything lol

[@kungfusteeze]

​@@nut19999I mean base Tarkov is flooded with cheaters, and its a much higher base cost so it really dont matter much lol

[@idrissagouem4443]

i have more than 4000 hours combined in cs and valorant, just got into tarkov in the middle of this wipe and seeing a defusal gamemode in tarkov has got me really excited. Really considering buying arena now

[@papalenny]

hitreg/lag is even worse in arena and players are tanky as all shit with the bugged armor. in its current state its a more rage inducing experience than real tarkov is

[@w0rkhop555]

​@@papalennypeople drop like a sack of shit in arena with meta kits bro you just cannot aim, if you are a skilled player use grumpy kit and tell me how slow ttk is lol

[@madvillain8618]

excited for the baldurs gate 3 video and I think you made some really great points about arena needing to be free or dirt cheap. Convincing my friends to play this is impossible.

[@sandrales98]

since the wipe and the new arena update and the class system was removed for a DIY kit system i REALLY enjoy playing arena... its imo based on fun on the same lvl as i had with cs go and rainbow six the only thing i now want is more maps for the blast squad gamemode... playing on 3 maps can get boring since you see only those things but imo arena has great potential maybe they go ahead and bring just the arena as a game on steam and that way they can draw more people in and if you want to also play normal tarkov you have to use the launcher they created...

[@erw4r8y7o]

I think that if there would be a paywall behind arena, they could make it free for players to play that already own tarkov - and just make it so that Ref could only be unlocked via "full arena version" or something, for like extra 10$ or whatever, I feel like that would be fair and would actually sell quite good

[@nut19999]

Locking a trader behind a paywall is clear pay to win incentive

[@ForOne814]

@@nut19999 and Tarkov is a pay to win game.

[@remix2822]

@@nut19999 But the merchant is already partially closed behind the paywall, you know?

[@coryearnest9464]

its funny that I've seen your videos since the tarkov nature documentaries. Glad to see your growth bro. keep it up.

[@beatle7809]

I’ve been having a ton of fun on arena. I think last hero standing is what the game needed.

[@eagle_2351]

Leviticus fuckin built... welcome to the club 🤝

[@nicholasbreecher9315]

Any game that requires you to use prebuilt classes for PvP will always hinder itself with the design. Arena will always be, “Mid at best” until it does away with that system.

[@nut19999]

Honestly it’s crucial for balance to have pre-made kits in other games like R6 for example, but tarkovs whole thing is complete freedom of what u take into the raid, and I wish we could do the same with arena

[@nicholasbreecher9315]

@@nut19999 there’s degree of customization in every other game and and Arena is not succeeding on player metrics because it isn’t great at what it’s attempting. Balance, which is still even questionable and has been a serious problem with the premade classes, means nothing if players don’t enjoy the feeling of the game mode and opt to not play the game.

[@deezboyeed6764]

Yet if you didnt have classes I glare you would only ever see the same three guns and armours

[@nicholasbreecher9315]

@@deezboyeed6764 that’s already what classes do.

[@deezboyeed6764]

@@nicholasbreecher9315 To a degree, with classes at least you see peopl,e use other ones.

[@TheP1nkSky]

Proud member of the five ladies!

[@locke4642]

Hurray, counterstrike we have at home!

[@JojoStarmaster]

I just picked up Tarkov again after 3 years and learned about the PVE mode. Im never gonna touch PVP again hahah. But trying to convince my friends to spend 250 bucks + taxes just to play a decent extraction shooter just sucks. i dont wanna support the developers for putting PVE behind a 250 dollar paywall so imma just enjoy it alone

[@evelynbrocious]

I would suggest single player tarkov and it's co-op mod, that way you and your friends can play pve while only needing the basic addition of Tarkov

[@huffmultiple6941]

@@evelynbrocious And you can mod it to the exact liking of your team!

[@JojoStarmaster]

@@evelynbrocious oh i didnt knew theres a mod for it. i should look it up. thanks alot

[@urosmamic4172]

​@@JojoStarmastertrust me dude it's the best thing experience you can have with tarkov PvE

[@BasedGrandmasKitchen]

pssst spt

[@luked4043]

Arena feels so damn different to main game. I think a decent part of that is that peaker’s advantage isn’t quite as strong. I would say that I certainly would rather take my chances holding an off angle than peak an unknown area.

[@Milo-m1r]

Thank you for making arena videos it's my main game and can never find any news on it

[@Bubbahhz]

Lowkey I like arena a lot it’s pretty fun for roleplayers who enjoy the realism of the game

[@nekomancer4641]

The true update that is important is Levi's forearm bulking progress

[@N.i.l]

Thank you Leviticus. I love playing the MP18, I have so much fun with it so I can not wait your next video.

[@Salty-jr3zc]

I definitely feel like custom presets for arena could finally breath life into arena

[@BalgaBear]

I love this channel so much, all gas no brake!

[@psychoprone5773]

If I could build my own preset I would play it more. They could make it a point system where you can only do so much.

[@leviticus1132]

you ain't gonna believe this man

[@unyeleman]

They need to add custom classes to it

[@FishDish584]

Love how he said unheard of edition

[@mattratt2564]

Finaly someone who shares my view about arena's pricing they are bottlenecking each other because of their greediness

[@nope5531]

Get rid of the presets that only are there to unlock other presets, make all presets balanced and usable, copy paste what siege does for this. Free ones can be the best of current tier 2 presets. No more tiered queues. But the bomb mode is a start as it’s the only real competitive mode they have.

[@theworsttalkshowever6186]

Haven’t played in months but live your moxy kid so let’s hear it out 🤣

[@jeffkaplin2610]

thanks for including one of said 5 ladies in the intro really warms my heart

[@Impori]

Fr

[@Magearna-]

Fr

[@jaydevaux28]

I remember when arena pvp hadn’t been released and people were excited for there to be a place to practice the gun play and it not be as serious as normal Tarkov It’s really hard to practice gun play when you have to wait for a new round constantly and it’s a sweaty mode. Arena will never be popular because it’s nothing that people wanted it to be

[@Metaltactical]

Just play the respawn FFA mode?

[@belaklosterlein7506]

The problem with Arena is still that there are no custom loadouts

[@Cruncherss]

lets go dark and darker

[@JustJulianMusic]

This did not age welll, arena has been saved! Blast gang and custom classes are lit

[@CoffeyTempest]

For other game than Tarkov i want suggest First Descendants:)

[@PKMNTrainerKelly]

Search and Destr- i mean Blastgang is so much fun, i WILL be the first person to get a tarkov ninja defuse.

[@senmage]

My wish list for arena: 1. Make it another mode in tarkov itself, having to exit and launch a separate program is not great. R6 made the same mistake with Extraction and it died. 2. Add a separate connected character for your pve profile, which in turn unlocks ref for pve as well and all those lost barters and GP coins would make sense again. This is what it'd take to get me to touch that game mode. Would significantly bolster the Arena player base me thinks. Not sure why devs keep shooting themselves in the foot with such greed. Ease of access is key to having healthy player base.

[@Cam64viper]

Were the fireworks yummy? Noticed the open box in the corner 👀

[@Zodaxa_zdx]

ramble man go! in all honesty yeah I saw the update, thought about it, own EoD and saw that I still don't have access to arena for some reason... oh well nevermind

[@snowcow1173]

Ive played so much arena my normal tarkov account is lvl 35 with lvl 1 traders. Edit: i dint have time to play tarkov and i love fps games so it was a good way to get mh tarkov fix

[@GoldBean2752]

as one of the five ladies, I feel recognized

[@tzav]

I hope they stick to the more authentic map design like skybridge and make less junkyard style maps with random trash assets and containers sporadically placed and zero verticality. Basically places that look like real places (like in normal tarkov) and less paintball arenas.

[@toryspelling7737]

"Gentleman and 5 ladies" - ahahhaha have a like

[@aaronjameshorne]

I think arena could be the future of tarkov pvp. Im enjoying arena so maybe I'm delusional 😄

[@ghostedghost29]

HES PLAYING DARK AND DARKER LETS GOOOO

[@airfryer1008]

Still no co-op mode 😢

[@pietrogerbino1275]

I think Tarkov Arena's biggest problem is loading times. It's unacceptable that to start a game in an arena shooter you have to wait a minimum of twenty minutes, only to be kicked out of matchmaking because someone disconnected and have to start all over again from the beginning.

[@TSGaming218]

Blast gang is an awesome game mode it’s just to bad they had to ruin it by adding grenades.

[@redeyedrandy645]

does blastgang have an economy system? if its doesnt, its way more like cod`s search and destroy or rainbow6 siege`s defusal, then counterstrikes(and valorants) defusal. wich have alot more depth imo

[@AccountingDerek]

bargled

[@luked4043]

I enjoy blastgang. I do not like presets and the way that’s working. It’s still garbage to me and unfortunately, the higher tier kits have even worse ammo than the first tiers. Makes zero sense to me. You should have better armor and ammo with higher tier kits, especially if you’re matching with similarly tiered people. Better yet, everything should just be unlocked and you should buy a preset each round just like CS and Valorant. On your eco round, you have to buy a five-seven. It would be sick.

[@SeraphimSimu]

lady viewers mentioned lets goooo

[@ehjayconcuba9520]

blast gang solo ques have as much team co-operation as toddler soccer team

[@LegionGamingTV]

My arena account and EFT account arent synced together anymore, and i dont know how to fix it.. Anyone have ideas?

[@grubby55]

Select Start , then select Settings > Apps > Apps & features. Select the app you want to remove, and then select Uninstall.

[@qhyydra3200]

A 5v5 Shooter like Val, Cs, R6, is nowadays impossible to lock behind a "pay to play" even it is a full game for itself.

[@tylernicolas]

Went back to arena a couple weeks ago, and came out of it thinking the balance, map design, and player count makes the game a novelty rather than something to sink your teeth into, so much so that I doubt making it completely free to play will do anything. It needs an overhaul to be the "esports" cash cow BSG wants.

[@tylernicolas]

I'm happy to see that they added a new map that allows for more than cqb, but the question is if anyone will play it. Cause you'll never find a match on sawmill.

[@metrofloof1214]

I JUST WANT A RESPAWN GAME MODE 😭😭😭. Would literally grind hours of arena if they just added TDM.

[@oneramirez]

Last hero has respawn! It’s FFA

[@RedTheSniper]

To me arena should defentley have a pve focused mode, like a co op linear raid , with gear progression and some replayability, so maybe you taste tarkov and want the full game

[@Babaduke97]

Defense should get smokes

[@MrSkuddawg]

God I wish I could get into Dark and Darker, but that game feels like I'm walking/looting/fighting through mud, like i'm in slow motion, not from a performance view, but gameplay.

[@oneramirez]

The game in general is really slow compared to other things on the market that’s very true but imo that plays to its strengths on the other hand tho I totally get where you are coming from

[@Johan_the_Marshal]

5 ladies… how diverse an audience!

[@crappytoast2441]

The Arena grind and balancing is just fucked, so nope, not playing the game until I can just play all the kits and they are at least balanced enough.

[@JokerChany]

the only reason i would expect anyone to take part in this is because spt to just updated to 3.9 so a lot of the mods are still being updated

[@deezboyeed6764]

Im still playing on 3.8.1 lol

[@JokerChany]

@@deezboyeed6764 you're lucky cause the second you update you can't go back cause the game won't let you down patch and spt took away any tools to down patch

[@holyterrashall787]

they should worry about fixing the base game issues and the constant issues with PVE before they even fuck with area, this game is NOWHERE near ready for full release at the end of the year. Nikita and the rest of BSG have royally fucked a great thing

[@deezboyeed6764]

Not sure why your playing tarkovs trash pve when single player tarkov exsist.

[@notinterested8452]

How would you know unless you have made your own Tarkov?

[@SFGS-yi5mw]

Gyat?

[@lapislazz1551]

I want to like arena. It can be fun, but locking core game content behind a secondary game that you have to buy is a little too much.

[@samamies88]

Going to comment here as i don't want to give any attention to D&D. But could u consider giving Dungeonborne a try. Here are few reasons why: - combat is bit faster and smoother (altho very similar in both games, i wouldn't call either one fast or engaging combat) - i think d&d has more depth (verticality) in its loadouts and combat but dungeonborne has more wider variety (horizontal) - gives f2p players more than D&D does (access to all classes, weapons, dungeons, npc merchants, shared stash, heirlooms, crafting and more) - paid members only get cosmetics, skip a stash grind (free users start with 1 shared stash tab and they can unlock 3 more, paid users can start with all 4 already unlocked - u can pay more for more space as both f2p or paid) and flea/auction (free players can buy from this but you have to do one small one time payment to unlock ability to sell player2player) - about that flea/auction: dungeonborne had it before d&d, it might just be that cuz of competition d&d added it later - not sure if d&d still has tanky barrels and chest took forever to open but dungeonborne has them break from 1-2 hits (if d&d changed it - it was probably again to keep up in competition) - overall i think dungenborne is basically the same game but has a lot more quality of life features (i also respect the devs more as so far they have not lied to their playerbase and afaik they have not banned their supporters from their discord or steam forums)

[@pandoraduck5283]

whats new

[@Recat6217]

his gyat

[@suhthedude6922]

If they want a more fast paced arcade style shooter they need to streamline the shit out of. And add progression with weapon camos or customization to the presets. Then it would be awsome

[@superbodaciousflibbertigib8139]

1:55 “ScaredOfWomen” heard a female over the mic and did the only thing his brain could muster the power to do.

[@toryspelling7737]

The problem is Tarkov Arena is a paid game that is free everywhere else (CS, Val, etc)

[@deepspacewanderer9897]

Hmm, did Levi forget to add an ad read or did he add the sponsor link into the description by accident?

[@AccountingDerek]

He's partnered with GSupps; so he isn't contractually required to make an ad read for every video

[@scavvyboi1657]

I'm sorry but I will never get over BSG tryna charge $250 USD +tax (which is $370 AUD + tax) for PVE when its free with SPT. The marketting team and BSG as a whole have absolutely no idea what they are doing.

[@poggy2904]

i mean, it's out for 20 bucks, The only reason unheard had it that early was because they hadn't gotten server space to open up for more players in PvE..

[@scavvyboi1657]

@@poggy2904 ah, i didn't know that, thanks. SPT still free so it doesn't change much lol

[@poggy2904]

@@scavvyboi1657 Not sure SPT works with friends, Might only be PVE that allows multiplayer although i myself am pretty new to tarkov in general and only really play the PVP.

[@Lia-kx6kz]

I thought I was the only woman here, I'm shocked there are more :O

[@jeffersonderrickson5371]

Come play dark and darker!

[@ruaristrawbridge7859]

Post the gym routine lil bro

[@Vorusen]

Imo, far too little too late. The equipment system needs totally reworked from the ground up and a game like tarkov is inherently totally unbalanced and we all know how awful bsg is at balancing

[@bummer7736]

dude i WISH i could play blastgang at least once to have my own opinion if it wasnt for the fact that arena is absolutely dead in my region (10min matching)

[@oneramirez]

We host custom games in his discord server if you want the invite

[@deezboyeed6764]

​@@oneramirezthat actuallly sounds fun, might coonsidder it

[@dodgy_jammer281]

Didn’t even know people played arena until this comment section appeared

[@the_jjabberwock]

What are your specs?

[@Tronnus]

Ah I see they use maps from Hired Ops!

[@miihael4713]

i want this game so bad but why it is 50€ :D idont have that much to throw

[@briancostas9133]

arena should be free to all EFT accounts

[@mahrko9455]

one take king

[@TornadoADV]

FOUR! 😎

[@rjtrageser9884]

WE HAVE AN UPLOAD!!!!

[@SteveHarvey272]

SAVE ME FROM THIS MDR / SPEAR MONOTONY

[@ones9308]

There are exactly 2 problems why arena is unplayable. First is a terrible amount of lag and second is people sprinting at point blank range without making any sound at all. Fix these two and arena would be in a much better place.

[@ronikuusela5055]

Was it 250€?

[@Island_Bag]

5 min waiting just to get in to a game..............

[@thezimra9429]

id play arena... if it didnt requite to "change games" in browser ...

[@paulrein4444]

Custom kits ...

[@bundleofsticks9174]

The presets are the reason I don't like eft arena.

[@k0m8a7]

What’s the fucking point of adding a new map when chop shop is the only map that comes up

[@the_fat_hans7755]

It comes up so much because people only pick that map because of howquick and fun it is