INTERVIEW with NIKITA - Escape from Tarkov

[@Pestily]

Some things that I asked after the interview as I forgot to ask during were the seperation of KD so there'll be a PVP and PVE KD which is planned and coming soon. The ability for people to change their emails he's also looking into. I would also like to note that during this interview there is lots of spots of pauses where Nikita was writing notes and we cut all them out otherwise there would of been over 30 minutes added of just pauses. Lastly I also asked on an ETA for the audio pop fix during the interview and he said he'll get me a response Monday when I asked again after the interview as I noticed he didn't actually answer during. I tried to give everyone a voice so hopefully you can understand the randomness of some questions but also tried to push the point on things people within the community care about more. Cheers

[@pimpdaddydarren]

Hey man hope your all good. Consistent great content mate. Just wondering I've not seen any youtuber mention the walls that we can breach or blast through. We saw it in the trailer for streets . Wondering if everyone has forgotten about them

[@KankedTv]

Please be persistent on the audio pop issue. Thanks so much for the interview and work that went into it!

[@OhHiNoU]

@@iSyTreX It is great

[@zorkitipafed4626]

@@OhHiNoU It is turbo-great. No, it is BITURBO-GREAT! Had a blast learning new Epicenter map.

[@adobo777]

PVP KD is gonna be terrible people's obsessive nature (guilty as charged here) will completely turn this seemingly innocuous feature into a sweat filled nightmare more sweaty than it is today.

[@okdarius]

For a head game developer who faces as much backlash as him, and for someone who may not speak the most perfect english/have the most polished PR skills I really respect Nikita for having these interviews.

[@OhHiNoU]

Yes

[@krelekari]

major respect

[@liftedup]

His english has improved a lot over the years.

[@ancientnpc]

Yup

[@Detroittruckdoctor55]

Nikita is my favorite developer. No gold guns or ice skinned guns. No big booty female pmcs. I love him keeping the game atheistics very pleasant to milsim OGs

[@TommiSRP]

Just wanna say thank you to Nikita for sitting down with Paul for such a long time talking about the game! (Apparently the interview was cut down from 4 hours.)

[@frankk1512]

All issues about tarkov aside you just do not see other devs do this. Period.

[@rospon]

@@frankk1512 gray zone warfare, dark and darker, the cycle and I could keep going for a while

[@ianmont9610]

Who TF is Paul 🤣🤣🤣

[@TommiSRP]

@@ianmont9610 Pestily

[@FtcGamer80080MyBallsItch]

whos paul cuh 💯

[@doloran-]

I know that Nikita did not have to agree to do this interview so thank you Nikita. I really appreciate you taking the time to do this.

[@zjljlzll4568]

If he wants people to stop uninstalling his shitty game, yes, he does have to do the interview. It's the least he can do after years of barely listening to the playerbase. He can take a break from buying new cars and jacking off with EOD money.

[@michaelstevens230]

okay but they refuse to be open and honest about what theyre doing, the only announcements they make are through streamers. yes, he did need to do this

[@rlrihards948]

He kind of had.. he isn't just a random person, he's the COO of BSG and the lead director of Escape from Tarkov, it's his job to do this all.

[@XurJames]

Massive thanks to all involved with this video! We rage and hate on this game a lot as a community but in reality we all love it. Loved the questions and answers honestly.

[@jacksonshafer1037]

Stankrat is quaking in his boots about this new bounty hunter boss

[@zorkitipafed4626]

If it is a fairly easy boss like goons, he wouldn't be a problem. But you definately don't wanna be caught by him in the open.

[@warlocksnevereverdie]

@@zorkitipafed4626 DID YOU JUST SSAY GOONS WASS EAASY?

[@drunkpunk5393]

@@zorkitipafed4626you don’t fucking know lmao you a game dev or someshit for bsg?!

[@FedkaSlovanich]

@@zorkitipafed4626yeah 3 bots that lazer your from 400 meters full auto that can only be killed if you do the indoor exploit is not easy

[@PureDefenders]

@@FedkaSlovanichI mean this is my first wipe from fresh, 2nd wipe ever. Goons are pretty easy if you just stick to some cover, birdeye is really the only threat. The other two will always peek you for free kills unless you have no cover.

[@jackR1996]

We need more of this direct conversations with all developers

[@CalHeWhoDares]

Yes because BSG are a smallish gaming company we will never get this with big game developers like ACTi vision Rockstar etc which I don't give a f about because COD is trash now

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

I wasn't expecting Pestily to be so straight forward. I thought this was going to be softballs.

[@DrunkGeko]

People should really copy whatever GGG is doing lately (Path of Exile developers) They've been doing streamer interviews for what's coming with PoE2 very regularly

[@xRaptorScreamx]

GGG (Path of Exile) and Digital Extreme (Warframe) devs are already doing stuff like this, either interviews with streamers/youtubers, or weekly/monthly streams

[@zwlsx]

overwatch moment

[@joeythepom]

Thank you Pestily and Nikita for taking the time to do this. Hopefully we can follow up on some of those "need to check" questions in the next few weeks. I've recently come back to the game after a little break, and I'm really enjoying it again!

[@kespec]

"when will you fix crouch audio bug?" "i thought we have already fixed it, ok" this is why I love this prime specimen of a man, it may be called a PR disaster by some but for me it enhances the idea of his truthfulness. the king straight up owns up his flaws 😂 and seems like he isn't even fully prepared for the interview. minimal deception, he just lays it out there like a boss.

[@JoeyyJr]

If the only thing to come from this interview is fixing the crouch bug I would be happy.

[@armandominotti]

I think somebody the next day got a really good head-wash ahahah

[@eustazz28]

Too many people forget that developers are also humans and are not always money driven PR experts

[@cozza819]

if every sound you made couldn't be heard from across the map people wouldn't have to couch walk in the first place

[@forestcuriousity]

"Theres a crouch audio bug its silent" Community dev: It's not a bug its intended Nikita: "oh shit i thought we fixed that bug already, ok i will fix it asap" XD LMAO

[@SirPoisoned]

Its super telling (in the best way) to see how Nikita reacted to receiving this feedback. I can only speak for myself obviously but this conversation is probably the single most positive impact to my perception of the state of eft, and bsg. Thank you both.

[@tonyb3848]

Tarkov is one of those games that we’re going to look back on and say we didn’t realize how good we had it. Even with all the issues

[@nicholasbreecher9315]

Probably just because people seldom remember the problems. The cheating issue seems like a more dragged out decline the way we saw with the 2012 DayZ mod. Beautiful game that was ruined by cheat use, the only difference is BSG doesn’t have whitelist servers and they don’t screen as well as private admins do.

[@zorkitipafed4626]

Like ArmA III, Skyrim, Russian Fishing 3.7.6. and other turbo-broken but royally fun games. In fact, that was clear from the very beginning of Tarkov. The concept is too good to be forgotten.

[@jimharvey205]

It IS really a game that should be at least in the conversation for best FPShooter. Like, CoD does numbers and makes a lot of ppl a lot of money and really brought the genre to the masses, Battlefield being CoD's antagonist and living alongside for as long as they have, also valid in the conversation. But Tarkov is different. It's like the underground death metal band that everyone knows but the industry doesn't push.

[@rkjeffery777]

Tarkov is up there with halo and the first COD games on ps3 and final fantasy 11 on the ps2. Its literally the game I've spent the most time playing in the shortest amount of time (1500 hrs 2 years). Not having a pc rn sucks but I'm saving for a new pc with 3k budget. @jimharvey205

[@crisnmaryfam7344]

@@jimharvey205 indsutry doesnt push it because they know, if Tarkov had the funding and backing COD has. Actiblizzion would go out of business.

[@Jexxe22]

Thank you Pestily, based on his reaction of the silent crouch walking it shows how important it is to have a voice for the community, and thank you Nikita for being so willing to answer hard questions about a game you clearly love. Looking forward to 1.0!

[@milkonbean]

Where did they speak about it?

[@milkonbean]

Nevermind i found it lol

[@vishensivparsad]

I watched an AI scav crouch walk towards me in silence and thought he had on better shoes than me

[@michaelsilvester8663]

Nikita admitting the performance on Streets requires more optimization on his end and not saying Unity will fix everything gave me a bit more respect for this man and gives me a bit more hope for the future of Tarkov

[@crunkosaur]

cool now go to the part where he talks about an 'invasive' aka kernal-level anticheat and how its going to tank FPS.

[@michaelsilvester8663]

@@crunkosaur you mean about how he's not going to do it?

[@FbManFA]

​@@crunkosaur he did specifically say they have that as an option and it could potentially help a lot with the cheater problem, but he continued saying he didn't want to do it because it would have an impact on the player's fps/ performance, even when Pestily insisted the cheater problem was worse than the performance problem, he still said he didn't want to impact the performance too much. I'm more on Pestily's side, I think the cheaters are the bigger thing to focus on, but Nikita is literally on your side, are you just not listening or not comprehending here?

[@johncox8946]

​@FbManFA real easy for Pestily to be okay with a loss of performance. He has a top end PC.Not knock him or anyone else who does. If it damages streets performance to the point that it blocks half the community then its not worth it. Streets needs optimization first.

[@FbManFA]

​@@johncox8946 for sure, I have an alright PC but it's apparently good enough to get around 60ish/ playable fps for streets, Pestily saying "oh computers will improve, we'll get better stuff and catch up to the game" is not a realistic angle to me or most people, I don't plan on upgrading my computer anytime soon and making the users throw money at upgrading hardware to make an unoptimized game work properly is not a realistic thing to ask, so I'm glad Nikita was against it

[@ReapersVeil]

It's super cool to see this interview coming out after the 14.5 patch, a fair amount of the questions Pestily brought up were addressed in this patch, regardless of whether these were changes made prior to the interview or not, it's still a cool thing to see.

[@missjibb337]

I got a PC at the end of 2022 mainly to try this game, best and toughest experience I've had so far. Learning MnK and playing solo clueless dying over and over because I was really horrible haha. Took me a little over 2 weeks to extract my first time is a memory ill never forget! Another one is playing as a scav and people helping you find quest items or just giving you things because your broke. Thank you!!! Never played a game with a community like that before. At 1900 hrs currently and still addicted :)

[@housr]

That is a lot of hours, have you improved?

[@missjibb337]

@@housr from when I started I have greatly improved thankfully 🤘🏼😊

[@farragut5502]

I just finished half of the video. Nikita seems to be full of good intentions but they seem to have accumulated so much tech debt that they can't do anything without having to change everything ... Very good interview Pestily you did a really good job and thank you Nikita for taking time for it. You are doing a great job on the game even if we (players) aren't always easy to satisfy

[@SingleHandedlyTTV]

They just made almost 5 million dollars just from cheaters that have bought the game back after ban waves going back to January

[@PRICEX]

Definitely seems to be the case. Too much tech debt

[@FoxWJK]

without the financials you won't actually know. Companies in russia from what I researched actually get taxed less then american ones so they can use it towards operating costs. Also it was said in this interview and before that they can either fight the old code or make new code. To time consuming to make new code unless you want a more official release pushed back another 5-10 years. I tried to dig around for some financials but not finding anything definite. I doubt they are in debt, but can't say for certain.

[@AdmiralNesence]

@@FoxWJKno friend, TECH debt, as in technological issue, not financial.

[@aaron4820]

@@FoxWJK lol a huge essay without knowing what tech debt means.

[@Pat-The-Fat]

I am a broke student but i just spent 1500€ on a pc just to play this game and it's giving me joy like the days of black ops2 when i was 11. Love Tarkov

[@kauemartins4032]

if I was Nikita and came to the comments section to read this comment it would actually bring tears to my eyes

[@zorkitipafed4626]

Hell yeah! There are games that can entertain a child, but what it takes to entertain a grown up is immesurable. And, funny enough, most of the games that a mature person would find interesting are more or less hardcore.

[@DropinNukes]

Welcome my friend

[@-CreepingdeatH-]

I’ve been watching Tarkov since the very beginning. This year I finally bought a pc and started playing and I love it. I was hesitant about playing/buying it because of all of the cheating problems.

[@von...]

life is hard & has an infinite skill ceiling, I want my games to be hard & unforgiving like that. Tarkov spoke to me as the perfect game as a concept back when I was also broke af in 2019, & I made the same choice as you. Luckily, PC parts are a little cheaper now on the used market so someone today could build a 3080 system for $800 that'll last damn near 10 years (assuming they are smart & know where to buy good used parts)

[@brendan4190]

Thanks Pest for being the link between the community and the devs

[@Tagard]

Man... just finished the whole thing... Thank you Pest for bringing us, the player base closer to the man in charge and voicing our concerns and suggestions - Legend!

[@noobiestclips]

25:09 the way he says yes and the smile, he knew this all was coming........

[@OGBeattie]

The Twitter Spaces idea at 10:00 is actually genius. Doesn't have to be an open conversation, just a place for the passion followers to go, and hear that the devs are actively working on their game, and what to expect. Big ups on that one

[@rikstan15]

8:00 Imagine if they put the in game polling in the raid loading screens, that'd give people something to do while loading in

[@mackieincsouthsea]

Awesome idea!

[@Moewenfels]

Omg YES. Now THATS smart! Cause what else theyre gonna do while loading in. That almost makes it SURE that people actually poll too.

[@rapitapp]

Imagine being able to see your spawn location on the map before the game starts, allowing you to plan your route and strategize with your team ahead of time.

[@rohrbaughfab]

​@rapitap yeah, instead of hearing the audio from the count down screen and trying to remember the sound locations of a spawn.

[@farikoondatrack]

GENIUS ‼️‼️

[@ZetaReticulian]

for the audio issues: ADS, should have a "slow" option, if they cant remove or dont want to remove the audio que at all. as for looting noises, there should definitely be a "slow/quiter" looting option and a "faster/lauder" option

[@gorrvaskr5963]

They also need to have base audio settings that you can't change. Every competitive game should have base unchangeable settings. You can get huge advantages such as audio whoring and even seeing better by simply changing the settings.

[@ChompsCustoms]

All you're doing is promoting rats. It's straight toxic

[@OneDeagz]

YEAH LETS ADD MORE KEYBINDS

[@Mouthwsh]

@@OneDeagzThe scroll wheel already changes movement speed and audio. They literally just tie it to aim down site speed. When you're crouch walking with the slider all the way down, you aim down sight slowly and quiet. If you need to aim down sight fast in an emergency make it like shift+right click so you're not trying to spam your scroll wheel. Really not that difficult. Personally I'd rather they just make it way quieter. I shoot frequently, and “aiming down sight” in real life is silent unless you're banging shit into your shoulder or hitting the gun against gear you're wearing.

[@That0Homeless0Guy]

​@@MouthwshIf I'm crouch walking slow I don't want to be slowly ADS-ing though. I'd rather have it a separate binding.

[@Moewenfels]

Stuff like this is exactly WHY content creators are so important for games. Theyre a connection between devs and the playerbase because theyre BIG enough to be listened to (on both sides). GG Pestily.

[@BillyBadass]

The best time to play Tarkov was 2018, most players came in after 2020 when popular streamers picked up on "the hardest shooter ever made", and made the game unbearable dogshit with the massive influx of cheaters which didn't really exist beforehand.

[@Moewenfels]

@@BillyBadass Whenever I heard something about the good ol days of 2018 Tarkov... it sounded pretty casual and arcadey to me. And do you actually believe Nikita to be so weak he changes the game on players whims against his own vision? LOL

[@kawnTTV]

Thank you for taking the time with pest. We love the game, we want whats best for it (within your vision), and we can all see that you do too.

[@BrendyZA]

I had not thought of the Kappa achievement but as someone who just got their first one this week in 6 wipes I can honestly say that would have been a really well thought out and appreciated nod from BSG, as it is there is no fanfare at all, it just completes and you carry on your way. This would be good

[@Itslilmoist]

Haven’t made it to that part of the video yet, but my friends and i were saying they should add different kappa armbands for each wipe and they stay with you each reset

[@MindBlowerWTF]

@@Itslilmoist thats pretty fucking cool. Like a badge in profile for completing challenges in PoE, there is like 8 levels (or used to be, not sure how it is right now)

[@freddythehippo21]

I wish I could extra like this video or something. Such a good series of questions and answers. Thank you Pest and thank you Nikita for taking time out of your busy days to help answer our questions!!

[@duck3y27]

I’d like to thank everyone who made this possible and BSG for working on the game. I am not done with the video yet, but Nikita’s answers are very well thought out and transparent. I didn’t expect to hear so much about full release and it makes me so excited for the future!

[@GoT]

Just came back to this after the patch... Can't say he didn't warn us about the "cool" stuff. He didn't warn us about the scam and P2W route Tarkov would take just after.

[@soliitudegaming7275]

Lol are you serious? Tarkov was literally P2W from DAY ONE. Literally before it even came out it was P2W packs. Yall are so cringey for only now deciding that its P2W while you run around using p2w gear and calling it "Pay for convenience". You reap what you sow.

[@EkkyPlaysGames]

@@soliitudegaming7275 Ratio'd hard womp womp

[@vicbar399]

@@soliitudegaming7275 in all honesty, im not mad about how p2w it is. Im just not really into how they packaged it so that they didnt have to give their EOD season pass holders the pve "experience." which was kind of a dick move.

[@difficultyspike514]

It’s interesting coming back to this interview after all the drama recently. It looks like the way Nikita is talking that he wants the game to hit 1.0 asap. Reorganization seems to be the name of the game, and certain features are being cut or rebranded as possible future dlc. Something like clans/guilds seems like it should be in the base game but he said it will be future dlc…

[@OldManBadly]

of course they want to get it 1.0. You just have to look over the last 18 months to realize that everything they have done has been to create income streams. Arena really was an attempt to create an income stream selling it to everyone, only to end up having to give it away. Fast forward a few months, you get the unspeakable edition. That was pure money grab stuff, and that backfired harded than a poorly thrown nade. So now they are in that space where they need to get a product out the door so they can sell it to us and finally get some income going again. Killing cheater accounts and letting them sign right back up isn't long term supportable as a business model. So the idea is to get to 1.0, sell the game to us again, and go rom there. Don't be shocked if PvE is included and a couple of seasons, after that a battlepass thing is likely to come along to keep paying for servers. So yeah, 1.0 is very important, but mostly financially.

[@PrinceTissueTF2]

I think 1.0 is coming relatively soon. They're releasing field guides to serve as an actual tutorial which makes me think a lot of the information in there is final, which also means there's little left to change or add. We're getting there boys!

[@taylorpilewski]

Good point!

[@zorkitipafed4626]

Welp, if 2025 is "soon" by the cicle of life of this game... And still, the release might be much later than speculated. But it doesn't matter cause Tarkov is already a playable games for years. It is profitable to be in neverending beta. Or even in alpha like a fokn 7dtd.

[@VrodegTheGoblin717]

they're literally releasing outdated info and some is also wrong lmao, we ain't getting there.

[@LightTrack-]

Most likely early next year it seems. All signs appear to be pointing to a 2025 release. I'd be utterly baffled if it came later.

[@l3loodR4IN]

Ain't gonna fix the cheater problem. Or audio. Or sync. Don't waste your time with this game

[@xm8553]

This was an amazing interview/chat. A lot of people give Nikita and BSG crap, and a lot of it is deserved, but Nikita and BSG do a really great job listening to the community and working with them. Not saying it’s perfect, but how many other games/dev teams do open interviews with streamers and are open to feedback like Nikita is. And thank YOU pearly for asking all of these questions and really doing a great job of speaking for everyone!!

[@akselhjorthkoed5855]

Thank you for being the voice of the community

[@raja9699]

Nikita shows in this EFT Talk that he cares about the Community cause he types every Theme they talk about some infos down. Very good to see that he takes our concerns serious

[@baysedgamer]

Just wanted to say great job on this Pestily. It shows how much Nikita respects you and you respect him. It’s nice to see people having an adult conversation and giving constructive criticism/feedback and he listened. Great job dude, this was really great to hear.

[@jasonhyde7863]

We NEED Shturmans jacket as unlockable clothing like the track suit!

[@KawaFliesJets]

best comment! I’ll pay what ever they want

[@zorkitipafed4626]

Cosplaying him at sawmill. XD A solid idea btw cause there are bosses with very vivid comboes of gear which players use to fuck around.

[@robertwalkup2054]

It has already been addressed. It doesnt work with rigs and armors, and he said he would like it to be unique to the boss

[@yourewrongabouteverything]

​@@robertwalkup2054It does work you can wear his gear in single player tarkov. The devs just don't know what they're doing unfortunately.

[@liamneilson5831]

@@yourewrongabouteverything”the devs just don’t know what they’re doing”…. Remind me again why eft exists in the first place

[@syesepoh]

People moan about this game and I get it there is a lot to moan about. But I think we really need to give these guys a positive message once in a while as they have made one of the best FPS of all time!! There is nothing on the market that comes close to this game and hasn't been in years yet we bash Nikita and co to bits where we should be bloody thanking them!!!!!

[@quangnhat5345]

Nikita deal with us for 7 years, he got used to it, we got used to it. And he knew that we loved this game so much that we moan about it. Atleast there is someone moaning about the state of the game, even after 7 years, unlike PUBG, where people just kinda give up and just quit it all together and play other games, and give no shit about the pathetic state of the game.

[@drinkmorecocacola]

@@quangnhat5345 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yes

[@threehundredblackout]

people literally dont realize theres no alternative theres no other game like tarkov, atleast until gray zone warfare releases

[@techpriestsgaming6525]

Its not one of the best games ever made, its just that Tarkov has yet to get a proper competition. Like you can drive a rusted Lada or nothing, ofcourse you are gonna take the Lada.

[@quangnhat5345]

@@threehundredblackout there is a mobile game that's is kinda like tarkov, but it's mobile only. Still, i prefer the complexity of Tarkov more.

[@obeni1245]

43:15 time, you could (BSG) add a weather antenna into hideout, and you could have more accurate weather forecast. :)

[@That0Homeless0Guy]

Just look at the weather pre raid in the map selection screen.

[@gilby7887]

​@That0Homeless0Guy did you even watch the video. That's what they are talking about it's not accurate.

[@shadrachlane5555]

I dont feel like weather is an issue at all that seemed like alot of complaining to me ...irl you cant change weather it is what it is adapt accordingly if its not what you want

[@jaredsmyth8666]

Nikita is awesome for doing this and being so open to suggestions. You can tell he actually cares about the game

[@NotSoKnownHipHop]

Halfway through Nikita looks like he's dreading hearing what you had to say but man, he handled this so well. Amazing interview. I'm glad you guys can have these honest conversations and I feel like even if Nikita seems like he's not listening or doesn't seem interested, he's definitely taking notes, and as a player and a fan of EFT it's amazing to see that he takes these criticisms seriously.

[@taylorpilewski]

Nikita looks so tired.of talking about Tarkov. You can tell they are focused on the full release but I can't imagine working on the same game for 10 years. Some of the faces he made, answering Pest's questions had me laughing. Keep up the good work BSG! You've built something incredible.

[@Boosted_aj]

It’s because he said he is ready to start on his new and actually dream project. It’s supposed to be Tarkov refined to the T and honestly if they have the funding I see it happening, I thought this game would die hit theyve managed to keep it alive simply bc of the game they made and not bc of the decisions they’ve made. However they’ve been doing godo

[@zorkitipafed4626]

Hard to say what he was feeling cause this is a typical for us Russians resting bitch face syndrome. In general, it is a thankless job to read a person's emotions by non-verbal expression, especially without background in intercultural communication, because every culture has a different default facial expression. And even knowledge of intercultural communication might not help you, because each person is unique.

[@Nokamigg]

That's what a lot of people do not understand, working on the same projects for a decade will suck you dry. BSG is Nikita and vice versa, they won't just add another person to manage the game. The Game became so big that the small Studio behind it never had a chance to fulfill people's vision of it. BSG has 80-120 people working for them, that's tiny compared to other big titles. In Hindsight, we will probably look back at this game as the only one of its kind. EFT will forever be an unpolished gem, maybe that's what makes it a good game in a time were we only have casual bullshit shooters.

[@shreyrathi7182]

Looks more like he’s working while the interview. About him being bored of the game, look at it this way, would you ever get bored of a business that makes you millions? You might need a break every once in a while but you wouldn’t ever get bored of it

[@zorkitipafed4626]

@@shreyrathi7182 It is easy to get annoyed which leads to burnout. Thousands of business owners are selling or closing their businesses because of that, and they never regret the money they were doing in there.

[@onetwodoodlydoo]

When will we will will we will we will

[@R.D.Hoffman]

BLYAT

[@jazzhandssixninesixninesix40]

Blin-

[@twerwin2011]

Blyatttt suka

[@Enigma1612]

блядь ! 😂

[@jeffmorrison5834]

At least he wrote some of the suggestions down. Better than i expected lol

[@mega651]

Really nice video and initiative from you, i really appreciated seeing you talk and make points the community tries to and has tried to for short or even long periods of time. It is also good to hear from Nikita that things are moving and seeing both being surprised when you tell him something he is not aware of or being totally aware of it and saying something like "yeah we have it planned it is coming soon". A lot lot lot of positive out of this but i still wanna point out the fact that i felt like there was too many points that you made or questions you asked that really deserved an answer or at least a reaction but right after you talked about it, you jumped right to the next one. I know you said he took a lot of notes and you cut the video so we don't have 30 minutes of him taking notes but when there is no reaction at all from his part on our screen, we can't know anything about what's his reaction. Especially when we have your camera in full screen. I know you did this to make the video more dynamic but it felt like you were talking to the wind in some cases (I know it wasn't, i was just hyped by the question and then no answer was given to me) Maybe, if you have a talk like this again in the future, try to let us see him when you are talking too so we have a facial reaction to you talkin or leave some of the instances in which he would just take note instead of giving a full answer so we know that question mattered to him too. Other than that, really beautiful work, thank you for being our voice.

[@bradb1772]

Loved the PBJ question to wrap it up! Ended in a jovial and light atmosphere.

[@cru5zerr692]

I appreciate the transparency - and the fact that pestily just asks a list of questions that were NOT pre-screened is huge - the real genuine human to human interaction that is not scripted says a lot about both of these individuals.. Props to nikita for allowing this.

[@00TomFoolery00]

The sounds issues and loudness of looting and ADS is ridiculous, as no one would loot as loudly when their life is on the line and ADS of course would be almost silent in most cases. Nice to hear Nikita express concern and fixes for the future. EFT is STILL with out question the best looter shooter ever made and no one yet despite trying have equalled it. Let's keep it moving forward, I am EFT forever!

[@johnbradley2879]

Ads and changing magnification also, I dont have any scope that makes a sound when I raise or lower magnification power

[@FrankiestFrankFrank]

@@johnbradley2879there has to be balance

[@Onepeg]

I've never gotten a kappa. an achievement would be huge.

[@mistermalignant]

I’ve been playing Tarkov for a good 3 years at this point, I want to let BSG know that I’m genuinely appreciative of all they’ve managed to do so far. You guys have made such a great game as is, and I personally appreciate the work towards perfection.

[@Unknown-pc9yq]

Seriously. These guys and girls bust their ass and get shit on so much by the community but overall I have enjoyed a lot of tarkov and certainly gotten my $$ worth if I never played it again.

[@MattGoldsmithUK]

@@Unknown-pc9yq I have over 5k hours in this game since 2018, purchase value vs number of hours played I've spent a pittance and while I don't play so much any more I love watching various streamers playing it. I think it's already 1.0 in my opinion, will be sad to see the 'this game is in beta' banner on the start screen go away

[@typical8903]

still think that way after yesterdays update?

[@mistermalignant]

@@typical8903 Yes. 😁

[@typical8903]

@@mistermalignant you do realize that they are scamming, 250 dollars for a mode that was promised to come with eod (after backlash they allowed eod to have acess for ONLY 6 months then they have to pay 100 dollars, and they removed gamemodes from being dlc so they can make more money, truely scummy

[@tylerwilson4951]

I don’t usually comment, but I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you for taking the time to make this video and thanks to Nikita as well.

[@menchTV]

thanks pest for taking the time and collecting all those questions, and thanks nikita for taking the time to answer them!

[@ziggyabab4669]

Props to Nikita for sitting down and answering all these questions from the community. For the future I'd love if you'd ask him his thoughts about these suggestions. I'm curious where he stands on some of these issues the community has and whether or not he agrees. Sometimes you give him a suggestion or feedback, for instance the bit about reserve spawns, you simply say you're putting it out there for him to do with what he wishes. I understand you don't want to tell him how to make his game like some sort of authority on it, but if you'd at least ask him how he feels about it we could get some further insight into his views and vision for the game. Certain things are massive issues that need to be resolved and the game will be better for it, static spawns is absolutely one of them. I'm curious about his thoughts on this as well as the blur when you get hit. It's extremely difficult to return fire on someone when you are ambushed because they're hitting you and blurring your screen unless you saw them before getting hit you have little chance of spotting them while getting hit repeatedly.

[@RicochetSaw]

"no boosters, equipment packages, or currency packages" - nikita 2 weeks before April 24th 2024

[@parptarf]

BSG is doing a great job. The game, while not perfect, is fantastic.

[@WengoYo]

Thank you pestily and Nikita. Would love it if you could give Nikita some time to give a comment on some points instead of just mentioning them and moving on right away. i think we would get more information this way.

[@michaelmagee2062]

ITS SO GOOD TO SEE NIKITIA!! Its good to see this guy out in the spotlight and talking to us as a dude. It reminds me of when they first launched the game. Nikita keep it up! Got too used to only seeing him on Christmas sometimes very randomly throughout the rest of the year on the BSG channel. Talk with us more!

[@OhHiNoU]

This is exciting! Thank you pest and nikita for being amazing at your jobs!

[@Samaj6]

As Unheard just dropped... Since 2016, players have supported the developers by purchasing the highest edition of the game. For 8 years, we've been recommending this game to friends, bringing more and more players into the community. And what was the developers' response? They've blown us off, refuse to comment, and only encourage those who have lost all respect for themselves and continue to pour money in. I personally had high hopes for Tarkov. In my eyes, it was a high-quality and most ambitious product on the entire market. This is unacceptable. This is selfish. This is disrespectful. You've disgraced yourselves completely. You've lost loyal players, you've betrayed the idea. It's disgusting. To everyone who feels the same way - don't be silent. Spam, make memes, spread the word wherever it's relevant. This cannot be tolerated.

[@fatkitten46]

Honestly the ambience of the game is incredible right now. I love the sounds of the mushy grass, the birds and the dog barking sounds. I think the most recent patch is my favourite this far. They are really moving in the right direction.

[@dawixd2678]

Dog?

[@FrankiestFrankFrank]

Its so off, tree sounds everywhere even tho there aint any trees? Dog barks on places where clearly cant be dogs (lighthouse beaches ocean side)

[@Idk-cz9ms]

@@dawixd2678on customs there’s just random ass dogs barking now

[@Idk-cz9ms]

@@FrankiestFrankFrankthe tree sounds are fucking awful because it sounds similar to someone slow walking too so if you’re not on woods and hear it it’s weird

[@longshotcurve]

i love his passion talking about the condensed milk when pestily asked him about peanut butter

[@Musbei]

First time seeing Nikita in an interview lol. He's super chill and down to earth damn it's hard to hate when you hear him talking about this game like it's his baby

[@denret]

25:10 This aged well.

[@tatro222]

just take what cycle the frontier did, If you died by a cheater you got your stuff back like insurance. If an account gets banned you already get a message and they have an insurance system.

[@Mcfc2Rich]

Pestily....TY so much for saying if there's one thing that makes people quit this game it's cheaters. 5+ years into Tarkov and THIS.

[@wrlk636]

It's pretty cool to hear him saying the primary technical constraints are more-or-less things we all tend to agree on externally. Nice feeling of solidarity.

[@veerkillerx]

On the note of the polling, Tarkov Arena has a polling system when you close out of the game that asks stuff like "what bothers you about the game" etc, and I think that would be a cool feature to add, though I think the negative connotations with the Arena questionnaire should be a little more neutral to get a less automatically negative response.

[@Equinsu0cha]

Been itching for this all weekend FINALLY!!!

[@DanielSan013]

PMC karma could also increase or decrease the traders prices (which I thought rep did at first) Adding a stat for "suicides" could be a way to tell cheaters apart aswell. And going a step further, even more detailed stats where if a player dies in under x amount of time, or who the player was killed by (ai or human).

[@ZephraFPS]

Lol so many people killa farming just nade themself or disconnect when they get packet loss.

[@Browsingandbrowsing]

@@ZephraFPSyea I was about to say when farming bosses I would rather nade myself in a bush and get my gear back through insurance than run the entire raid to the extract

[@mackieincsouthsea]

Yeah also unarmed demise could be a way to burn profiles in the eyes of the Devs. As much as people do absolutely zero to hero, I feel like at a certain point it'd be pretty suspicious

[@That0Homeless0Guy]

​@@ZephraFPSthe packet loss exploit needs to go.

[@BreakTheBoxTV]

@@Browsingandbrowsing I hear the grenades and check those spawns, get some pretty nice kits out of it. Thanks!

[@theblueengineer9189]

This aged like fine milk.

[@Ledd_Official]

These are awesome Pestily; You should try to have these discussions with him every mid wipe so we feel connected to Nikita's intentions and directions. Watching this makes one remember how F*cking tough it would be to develop a game as COMPLEX as Tarkov and I think reminds us not to be so harsh / critical. Nikita is working hard and the game is in a positive direction. thanks again Pest

[@hoosiermarinemak0621]

It's nice to hear that Nikita shares our love hate sentiments with his own game. I always enjoy listening to Nikita speak candidly about everything that's going on in the game and in the social media universe surrounding the fanbase. I dont think these types of discussions occur as often as we all would like but it's understandable why. It's always refreshing when these discussions happen during a period when the game is doing well... or at least during a lull in the chaos. Thanks for giving us this forum to ask the questions and get the information out to us from the source. Always pleased with the work you do Pest, you've done an outstanding job of making this game appealing for the rest of us!

[@Airtight215]

Top notch. And from both sides, Nikita and Pestily did an amazing job. I had recently uninstalled and within 40 min of watching this am excited to reinstall. Thanks to both of you, with the two of you, I’d never play this game.

[@contrastv_TTV]

Thanks Pest and Niki, his English has gotten really good!

[@Luckypilled]

24:54 aged like milk, dear god

[@lesenpai2975]

Great to see that so much of the player's frustrations successfully got to developers. One issue I'd say is that Nikita wasn't taking all that much, its still awesome that we get to see Nikita reacting to popular suggestions from player base but I feel like this format is not strictly speaking an actual interview.

[@danielschneider1663]

Thanks Pestily and Nikita! Ive never seen a group so involved or passionate about a game.

[@_nihilus7127]

Nikita spoke briefly here on having multiple accounts and one that wont wipe. Im so excited and happy that theres a chance ill finally get to keep all my hard work

[@TheRealTieLUR]

Negative karma for bush wookies is dope

[@mackieincsouthsea]

Exfil camper hunting boss is fuckin nuts too 💪

[@FrankiestFrankFrank]

Its really bad take, theres people who like to play as a sniper only. How would the boss even behave? Run straight at the campers or engage a fight seeing ’good karma pmc’ while running?

[@That0Homeless0Guy]

I don't exfil camp and I don't like being camped but I actually don't want that feature.

[@TheRealTieLUR]

@@That0Homeless0Guy can't see a downside to consequences to rats other than never getting better at tarkov

[@That0Homeless0Guy]

@@TheRealTieLUR Alienating a portion of the paying playerbase keeping the game afloat is a downside. If BSG can't keep the game afloat it dies. Their $$$ is worth the same as yours.

[@ripsandyjlopez8328]

probably too late for questions but at 34:16 killcam question, still im aware that shit takes time, but what if they set it like CS where you can download the match rather than BSG needing to store all that data.

[@herotozero_]

BSG still needs to process and store that data (even for some time) so we can download it.

[@Gunship]

This is a key feature. A) you might think actually that was good play and I was an idiot. Or B) this cheater needs to be reported.

[@ripsandyjlopez8328]

@@herotozero_ your right but im sure that massively decreases the amount of storage they would need to hold at one given time.

[@andersonashes]

this gotta be one of the best representation from the community to a game dev ever, thanks for doing that for us, hope to see some of those changes soon, great vid pesty

[@buttercreeper9993]

This whole comment section aged like milk

[@zumeshady5439]

I uninstalled Tarkov because I get 7-8 out of 10 rounds of 1tap every day with my Mate. I'm not saying that everyone is a cheater, but for me it has become unplayable in its current state, thanks for the work pestily, really good work

[@og_killa2482]

Best thing I ever did was stop playing tarkov game is owned by hackers and the player base sucks

[@og_killa2482]

Same bro cheating legit ruins the whole game.

[@DroopyWorm]

Switch to SPT

[@zumeshady5439]

@@DroopyWorm I'm writing something like that because I want to play EFT and nothing else because it's not the same either normal EFT or not at all, that's why I uninstalled it but thanks anyway

[@Caleb.slides]

@@og_killa2482 *you suck. I only have 200 hours and have managed a 2.5 kd. I've only had 1-2 sus deaths so far

[@andrewcrisp4340]

This has aged like milk. RIP EFT.

[@Creati_Xx]

i think something pretty ironic with Tarkov is that a lot of people just REALLY LOVE the game and they got emotional rather fast once something goes wrong or doesnt work. Since i'm able to see people's profile when i get killed i notice that a lot of profiles have atleast 1000+ hours in the game and this is something you dont really see somewhere else. I cant remember seeing this amount of high hour profiles in Battlefield for example. Poeple really love the game and despite its shortcomings people keep playing and when people dedicate so much of their time into something they tend to get more emotional as well. Either way i appreciate Pestily keep playing and showing us the way and also appreciate Nikita being who he is and being the spokesperson for BSG and sticking with them and with us :D

[@sttream6410]

I've been an EOD owner for almost 10 years now and i can strongly say the past 2 years or so now that Nikita is actually listening to the community instead of being hard stuck in his ways this game has grown in quality by leaps and bounds. I can finally say that I enjoy tarkov and the community that have held it together. And to Nikita we really do appreciate what you guys do at BSG we just want to be listened to because we too love Tarkov ♥

[@felipe-kn3wr]

Asks, does anyone know if at any time larger containers are sold, such as buying space in the stash and unlocking clothes, but in containers?

[@FoxTr0tx]

Good question, I would pay for a larger pouch or container just for that reason I would not buy the most expensive version just for a small container

[@brunodecarvalho2221]

Well well... Nobody knew what Nikita was cooking, right? It was EoD players' balls.

[@macguy34]

This is why Pest will ALWAYS be the GOAT of Tarkov. Never even been a competition!

[@ooler]

Thanks Pestily, I don't play Tarkov but I do watch it and these changes even interest me. I sat through the whole video. Nikita is such a unique character, he has that Mafioso vibe.

[@gothboytylenol]

Im very thankful for Nikita finally sitting down to have this interview. I feel it was very needed and long overdue, and Nikita did wonderfully. The only note that I have is that he is saying things are impossible to fix like the AI difficulty or adding in RayTracing features to the game because of "the engines limitations" would cause it to run shit-- it's just straight up not true in my opinion. I play singleplayer tarkov and community members who create the mods for it (absolutely unpaid btw) have quite literally played around with these exact things and have solved them (in my opinion the mods make the game much more playable in this current state) its to the point where I will never play Live Tarkov again until these features are implemented and ready to go. I love this game and I will never stop playing it. It's my passion and my hyperfixation. I just feel like some things that he is saying will never happen COULD have happened if they stopped thinking it was impossible. I hope I don't get a lot of backlash for this, as I know some of you have very strong opinions on SPT (singleplayer tarkov) but I just felt it had to be said. Nothing but love. - Another Tarkov Fan

[@SystemzOverload]

this aged well....

[@charliesaxs]

who's here after the new Escape From Tarkov: Bullshit Edition was released?

[@Fantasy_____________________]

Nikita, blink twice if you are being held against your will

[@thefredski6290]

i appreciate the time you take to make these interviews for Nikita to hear us.

[@meapux]

Thanks for speaking out on behalf of the Tarkov community Pest, it was so great to feel heard

[@AlexFrozenB]

25:11 he wasnt joking...

[@KyleWalsh-r3d]

This didn’t age very well

[@andoy_]

AAAAAND THEY FUCKED IT

[@ChrisNazty]

I fucking love Nikita Buyanov and his development studio. Awesome crew! Keep up the hard work, you're doing great!

[@thehomiesrule123]

Honestly, I've literally never gotten past around level 25 in Tarkov... I've done quests up to it and I've played on every map. I've owned Tarkov since 2020 and really enjoy it but I never quite feel pulled in if I don't start in the first 2-4 weeks of the wipe. I love the game though, I pray on its success and I hope it continues to succeed.

[@EmmBarkVT]

"There will be no pay to win DLCs." Yeah, that didn't age so well. EOD players are getting railed rn.