Blue Collar Tarkov | Tarkov PvE

[@leviticus1132]

Hey everyone, there is unfortunately an editing error at around 2:27. The queue time was at 45 minutes. Funny enough, I made a correction to this but proceeded to upload the wrong draft of the video. oof

[@DarthUrso]

The doge interruption makes it all good🤣 My shepherd was up looking for the intruder🤣

[@M1XB0X]

2:55 no, there is 2 mods to play spt in COOP i can give u names if u want

[@ELPez276]

@@M1XB0X MPT

[@M1XB0X]

@@ELPez276 fika* not MPT, and SIT (mod name)

[@vulpix9210]

Ptoject FIKA is SPT CooP. SPT has CooP but not supported by the main devs. its a mod for SPT made by other people. And it is NOT served on the SPT website since the SPT devs don't support CooP for legal reasons.

[@Wendigoon]

Advice that you definitely didn’t ask for so apologies lol: Definitely upload to this channel. Tarkov has a long lifespan but you’re a talented creator who shouldn’t be tied to any one property. Space out other games for a while, like do a non tarkov vid every three-four videos, then increase the rate as you become noticed in other games, atleast that’s how got away from iceberg videos. Love the channel man, can’t wait for other game coverage.

[@elpenetsundereman3136]

Hear me out. Pigeons aren't government drones, pigeons are the government real puppeteers.

[@Riley_1971]

You’re an actual legend man, agree with trying a variety of different games

[@themadthatcher4869]

Damn Wendi with the good advice

[@canyonraney7641]

Fucking WENDIGOON?!?!?!😮

[@Sprungus]

well said, iceberg boy.

[@J4CKAL05]

"If you worked a 14-hour shift at the ball-crushing factory, this is the best way to experience Tarkov." If I worked at a ball-crushing factory, I probably don't want to fill my spare time with exactly the same thing.

[@THATguyTOMO]

-Shoots a single scav "We've awoken the hive!"

[@NGSF_GrayFox]

#NAME# has startled the horde

[@lamortx]

Haven't played PvE yet, but scav swarms sound pretty cool

[@n3rgal166]

​@@lamortx its not trust me, sometimes they spawn 10 Meters behind you and head/eyes you with a shotgun , they basically spawn where you dont look which is fucking dumb

[@lamortx]

@@n3rgal166 Ok wow, noted o:

[@npz1838]

*scav army has entered the chat*

[@fearingalma1550]

"Lee Harvey Oswald is back and they gave him an assault rifle" Man that line hits different now LOL

[@smuganimeface6247]

More like Ree Tardy Oswald

[@D3athmooman]

While the trump assassination jokes are funny, the AR-15 is NOT an “assault rifle” people using this term is the reason why dummies in congress are trying to ban it

[@Axis.801]

(((Lee Harvey steinwaldbaum)))

[@JohnnyStrelok]

​@@smuganimeface6247 About to change my name to this for Shooter Born.

[@EPICMAN-ld8oq]

I work 45 hours a week and last week my wife and I had our first child. I hadn't played tarkov in well over a year but then PvE released and it allowed me to get back into playing. Blue collar tarky for sure

[@bingekingo9040]

SPT be like.

[@ricardoa1661]

congrats to you and your wife 🧑‍🍼👩‍🍼

[@npz1838]

Same here. I'll never do PvP but PvE has become my jam

[@tomtoma754]

Congrats to you and your wife on becoming parent. Enjoy playing tarkov, because you sure aren't gonna get enough sleep lmao.

[@karatechris09]

You could have have saved that money for your wife,child,or yourself by getting SPT for free and get into raids in about 5 seconds !!!

[@Greenyugi]

PvE has broght back a lot of my friends that quit tarkov and it's been a blast.

[@HurricaneRider]

AI PMCs scream "Friendly down" when you kill a scav nearby😂

[@TheMrPandabeast]

They also say “why you shooting friendlies” when you hit them. 😂🤦🏽‍♂️

[@WralthChardiceVideo]

>"Scav spotted" >"Teammate down" For the love of... just pick one, damn AI PMCs

[@ЯБезымянный-о5ф]

Everyone is a friend in PvE. Except you. Because Tarkov hates you.

[@_darko__7943]

I've notice that in PVP mode Rouges also scream "Friendly down" while shooting scavs at watertreatment,not sure if intended or not (most likely not)

[@dorian3516]

YEAH I NOTICED THIS LOL

[@bobsaget8791]

the lack of wipes is my main draw to pve, i simply dont have the time to get quests done, so i've been stuck just doing the same few first quests with my friends every wipe, so its nice to have a way to play tarkov that feels like im progressing when i can put a little time in, without fear of it all being for nothing.

[@MM-op6ti]

Yeah when I play pvp I don't even attempt the quests anymore

[@spitfireflyer2205]

PVE is a great mode for people who want to just play with the lads and have some fun

[@proudpatriot3491]

Yup, my cousin who isn't huge in PvP didn't really enjoy Tarkov with me before PvE. Now he loves it and is pinging me to play instead of me always bugging him

[@DamienDarkside]

PVE is a great mode considering how the anti-cheat Tarkov uses is abysmal.

[@spps1817]

I wish I can play pve​@@proudpatriot3491

[@dyylpckl]

SPT does have multiplayer, but not officially. The devs are against it, but there's "the other mods" as people refer to it commonly. MPT / Fika (same thing, just rebranding) allows you to install it as a mod for SPT, and enables multiplayer connection. The host runs the server as normal, and other clients just open the launcher without opening their own aki.server. Just have to change like 2-3 fields containing the IP you want to play off (usually local host, you change this to the IP of the host if they either port forward / host via VPN.) It's very simple to set up and we're able to use basically all the mods we want alongside it. I'd highly recommend checking this one out if you want to chill on pve tarkov with some friends without dealing with BSG's... whatever it is. We also tried SiT, or Stay in Tarkov. It's an entirely different client to SPT, we weren't super impressed but it's *functional.* There's a community dedicated to converting mods from SPT to SiT but it's a small work force, definitely a niche in a niche.

[@SiulSC]

Fika's main dev is a former SiT dev, he started the project due to restrictions made by the orginal dev of SiT and Fika is now the default way to play SPT Co-op.

[@l3rokenone677]

I host the server for our friend group to play SPT together on Fika, Although not perfect I think it works really well for what it is.

[@Barnes86]

@@l3rokenone677 I have a buddy that has a dedicated server box , and me and 5 other friends play on it and unless his power goes off it's always up. Pretty nice to be able to host a solo raid for yourself or someone, or your friend hosts for you to join and always have multiplayer progression.

[@oshkalele1744]

Been running a private fika SPT server for a friend group for a few weeks now with zero issues. Full mod support (SPT has amazing mods). Fika has very helpful features for new players such as the ability to disable friendly fire and show nametags over friendly players heads. The fact that people don't know about it, and instead feel the need to spend $250 to have a very sub-par experience is horrible.

[@zackbobby5550]

This is fine, if you have a dedciated server...

[@FGC292]

SPT took me out of regular Tarkov when I learned that in SPT I can queue for Factory and load into the map in literally 8 seconds. The PvE mode having such long queues for singleplayer is just ridiculous honestly. Host the server on the player's PC in that instance.

[@vysenshark]

It's kinda wild how fast SPT loading times are. Factory takes 5 seconds to start the raid lol

[@corruptedpoison1]

They just confirmed the other day that local hosting for singleplayer PVE will be coming.

[@igorborracini5722]

@@corruptedpoison1 yea local PVE will come in june

[@JFitness88]

The realism mod for spt is crazy too.. AI being able to crouch and drop shot you.

[@kyot13]

You can set it to allow you to scav into labs too :)

[@michaelsilvester8663]

"Lee Harvey Oswald is back, and they gave him an Assault Rifle" Absolute gold

[@jacktrader2405]

How did he know?

[@michaelsilvester8663]

@jacktrader2405 this comment is goated

[@Alma_Boxxy]

I really really love this mode. Being in the military, working 13-14 hr days on a panama schedule, this takes (most of) the frustration out of the game

[@snoop4470]

"14 hour shift at the ball crushing factory" Ya thats me lol.

[@SneakyShika]

i see they got you working the easy shift.

[@pabloprapor]

😂 As i read this he said it in the video

[@clementineshetheyfae8312]

I have over 1000 hours in Tarkov and PvE was a godsend I actually enjoy playing it and I don’t question if every death is a cheater obviously SPT is better but for people who don’t do modding it’s a good alternative

[@bloke8457]

its not like SPT is difficult to install though, they even have a installer for it now so all you have to is download and run it. if you want to add anything extra there are plenty of YT videos that explain step by step

[@brawler5760]

Modding in SPT is just dragging and dropping. SVM makes it easier to modify individual values too, like raid timer

[@crushtron93]

But people are lazy and it implies the file explorer

[@Honzalis]

7:52 is probably the funniest thing I have seen, the way he just says " And Tagilla himself" just makes me laugh so much

[@KazBodnar]

What I love about PVE is that it encourages the player to play tactically and realistically. In online, aggression and meta/unrealistic builds are rewarded, while in PvE, hastiness and uncarefulness are punished.

[@definitelyahumannotabot]

Cant use 5 flashlights on one gun to blind ppl

[@Tyler-gc9zq]

Another win for SPT is the SAIN mod. This mod has multiple "personalities" for PMC AIs ranging from rat to gigachad. I have had PMC AI push me, jump in the air past a door and mag dump at me with m995. I have stomped into crackhouse to immediately be gunned down by the 5th man in a group of PMCs waiting in the corner camping the bodies...Best part, you can adjust the difficulties from a macro to a micro level!

[@wolfsmaul-ger8318]

this is honestly what got me motivated to get back into SPT and i'm gonna stay with SPT now, considering what tarkov has become, before the mod AI PMCs were challenging but still felt like i was playing against regular scavs with minor changes but i've heard so much good things from a friend who uses the same mod

[@Tyler-gc9zq]

@wolfsmaul-ger8318 oh yea. It's a phenomenal mod. Combine it with SWAG DONUTS (spawn mod) and the raids can get absolutely bonkers.

[@Blind_Hawk]

Yeah, that is the best about mods. Personally I would love to cut out every part of my SPTarkov experience that makes it like the live version. PMCs behaving more like real people (you'd never jump and mag dump in real life of course). So it is like the RAID movie from BSG.

[@newlandpencilnut4754]

When I die to the SAIN AI (a lot) I don't feel cheated, they miss, they don't aimbot, they can realistically fuck up, they dunk on you in a way that's realistic.

[@Kekatronic]

I'm just scared that its gonna get sued to death, especially now that they're making a singleplayer mode

[@livebounty2698]

The first thing is exactly what I was telling my friends when they’re started playing Tarkov with me. I just got them into playing and I said this will help you learn a whole bunch before starting the new wipe for PVP. Thank you so much for the video.

[@NunYurbis]

This explains my problem with Tarkov perfectly. To get good enough to be competitive, you really need to spend a TON of hours, and I simply don't have the time. By the time the wipe comes, I am roughly level 25 or so even if I start playing day of the wipe, and that's been the case since Tarkov first came out, and yes, I can only play roughly every second or third wipe.. Coming home from working a 12 hour shift at the mill, and immediately getting killed the first 5 minutes of every raid by some sweatlord that's unemployed and plays for 12 hours a day really wasn't fun. With this said, I already own the game, I won't be buying an upgrade to get PvE mode, if they don't make it available to everyone, then I am simply done with Tarkov.

[@comradekitten9883]

Allow me to introduce SPT :) It's 100% offline, you can even play it without internet. You can mod it to be whatever you want, and it never wipes unless you make it wipe. You could stay on the current version of the game for the next 5 years if you wanted to. I've been playing it for a week now, and I don't think I can go back. There's even a co-op mod so you can play with your friends. A quick google search will give you everything you need.

[@Youp1e]

I would spend those 20 on PvE mode. I have the same situation, work, family and all that. Don't have much time to play. Don't want to get pissed on, when i do have time to play. PvE is perfect in thag regard.

[@dankbonkripper2845]

God I love seeing people complain they can't git gud because of 13 hours at the ball crushing factory.

[@NunYurbis]

@@dankbonkripper2845 Your puberty is showing.

[@dankbonkripper2845]

@@NunYurbis yeah man, just another 14 hour shift at the ball crushing factory. Us real men really have it rough.

[@iamcubz]

PVE is an excellent mode to get warmed up or just learning maps and quests I hope they make it free for everyone in the future.

[@jamie.mu55]

ur videos make tarkov less painful

[@ivanonlyone7160]

abandoning tarkov would be the best thing in total

[@xtra_1807]

I just dont understand how a game thinks its healthy to literally punish new players for trying to play the game, like it is actually, genuinely, so blatantly new player unfriendly, but the main problem is the community that says “iTs tArKoV gO pLaY cAlL oF dUtY” or “tHiS gAmE iSnT fOr PeOpLe lIkE yOu” like bro stfu you have no social life and play this video game 8 hours a day, theres nothing wrong with actually holding a players hand slightly and making trying out the game a “Wow this a cool hard game I can see myself enjoying this” rather than “Wow, this game is genuinely horrible, I love dying 5 seconds in after waiting 10 minutes to get into a match to a player with over 6 thousand hours with equipment beyond my wildest dreams”

[@generalagony]

As a married father of three with a very busy work schedule I am loving PvE Tarkov. After losing my first and only Kappa to a wipe a couple years ago I dropped the game because I couldn’t be bothered to grind it all over again just knowing I’d lose it again. Being able to play the game at my own pace and know my progress with stick around is the best feature of the mode. Love it.

[@trathanstargazer6421]

One thing I've done in SPT is elongate the missions. I simply went into the files and added a 1 onto the start of every raid timer so now every raid is roughly two hours long. I'm done having to race through and can leave at my leisure. And thanks to SWAG and Donuts mod, the world is constantly being populated so I don't have to worry about empty maps even if I'm in Streets for over an hour.

[@adri745k]

Sever Value Modifier ☝️🤓*

[@ninocarachilo6660]

Or raid overhaul mod. It makes the timer unlimited, reduces metabolism, and adds some event to happen throughout the raid to spice it up. Check it out

[@AHappyCub]

Do you know how to setup SWAG and Donuts to not infinitely spawn ?, got back to 3.8.3 yesterday and i kept getting swarmed with that mod, had to delete it after the 4th time i got slapped by AI while having no ammo

[@Daganath]

@@AHappyCub there are presets you can select that stops spawns in the middle of raids

[@Galm276]

@@AHappyCub some of the boys in the Reddit are saying they don’t even use swag donuts anymore. They’re getting just as much enjoyment with vanilla spawns, using questing looting and SAIN. Swagnuts seems to be acting strange with 3.8.3

[@rkhale02]

1:50 as someone who has consistently gotten above level 40 each wipe in PVP tarkov(i dont bother with kappa, i have a gamma and its good enough), i actually have enjoyed Blue Collar Tarkov because Tarkov itself is infested with cheaters and rats and my time IS limited so its nice to know i'm not going to be 360 no scoped by a dude flying around with cheats(I have literally ran into floating hackers multiple times in raid) and its refreshing to be able to play quests with my homies without having to bum rush everything and rush through the experience to get the best loot and actually play slowly and methodically to work our way to the location instead. i also feel more rewarded by playing this way instead of rushing everything and chadding it out with level 6 plates in the most un-tactical way possible that you have to do to get the upper hand on other players. It's nice to have the option instead of being forced to. It's also nice knowing that at any given moment some dick canoe isn't staring at me through a scope 5 miles away looking for his shooter born kills. I get it, it's part of the game, it may even be realistic, but it's not fun. I particularly don't like doing the quest either, despite having done it multiple times. Much prefer medium/cqb type fights for the fun and rush than waiting 6 years for some guy to show up to get a shot for a jaeger quest.

[@Partyczka]

PvE is such a godsend. I bought EOD in 2017, but the game was way too hardcore for me, so it was 150 euro wasted. I adored the game, but i didn't enjoy it a bit. Now i can't remember when a game gave me so much fun. I Hope they continue to tune the experience, i'm really hooked now

[@Nukky_]

Yes bro huge updates coming for pve this summer

[@iHop-Femboy]

The amount of joy a Leviticus baldurs gate video would bring me is immeasurable

[@tjek12345]

I had a friend who refused to play Tarkov for like two to three wipes do to the hackers and "turbo sweats". He works really crappy hours and had no chance to grind so he was always behind the rest of the wave. The second he heard of PVE he got back on. I know and expect the "skill issue" esque comments but its just nice to have everybody back on Tarkov for once.

[@proudpatriot3491]

Man my cousin was the same way. He didn't really enjoy Tarkov and now he is pinging me to play rounds.

[@luiswonder2101]

Nah, i totally get it, i also work so i dont have too much time to keep up with tryhards so PVE (or SPT being the improved version) is the best.

[@c.robtoz]

Don't buy the unheard bullshit, play projekt fikka which is spt with coop

[@archer92longshot29]

Same actually l. I really struggle to survive against even scavs. Never mind gigachads whose sole purpose in life is to chase you across the map and end you. So I really enjoyed PvE as now I've learned how to fight scavs and survive at least a few raids 😀

[@naifabd1184]

I actually only play tarkov for only 3 hours once every 6 days, i have been able to keep up, now im lvl 16 and in the raids i play i seem to encounter pmcs with low level gear like mine, i thought they have a secret gear rating matchmaking,

[@Khornecussion]

To be fair, when I would play Scav I would get adopted by some PMCs and they would let me loot their scraps. Lol.

[@awittypseudonym2520]

Regarding the coop and SPT, it's an issue of technically yes it exists, but not in any way endorsed or supported by the SPT team. Because it gives BSG the power to Nintendo them

[@collin3012]

You mean protect their intellectual property? They've had it from the start...

[@Soul73x]

This guy is correct with his statement 👍

[@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it]

@@collin3012 intelectual property? you do realize 80% of tarkov WITHOUT PVP is literally STALKER stolen concept and intelectual property of stalker developers? nikita literally stole ITEMS from stalker. most foods, meds, clothing, quest lines.

[@awittypseudonym2520]

@@collin3012 so, BSG being registered on the UK means that they abide by their IP laws, which means that being a mod doesn't automatically discredit it (unlike Nintendo which benefits from Japanese IP law being a lot less consumer friendly). The nuance here is that as a purely standalone single player experience, there wasn't any way for BSG to argue that it was competition to EFT, whereas officially recognizing co-op could technically make it a competitor and threaten their bottom line, which gives BSG more leeway to potentially threaten, which is often enough to push people away from a project.

[@UnimportantAcc]

@@collin3012 m-m-m-muh IP it's ours now axaxaxa

[@jayzoo92]

Great video, I’ve been playing PVE for a few weeks and only saw that video now (six months later), but it still describes the overall experience pretty darn well. Awesome content of yours!

[@andrewandheidigoodwin20]

Im so glad that they added PVE. I had almost completely stopped playing due to limited play time making me struggle in PVP. i had 0 access to good ammo. and as soon as i got it unlocked it would be time for a wipe. glad i can actually progress now! thank you for all the content.

[@thil2894]

I'm also glad. I'm not paying 250 bucks for it.

[@whatismyname6086]

I​@@thil2894i have eod and got pve mod this week,just wait

[@surfg0th450]

Brother try SPT. Play at your own pace, you can play any edition from standard to unheard and it’s all at your own pace with mod support. I had the same issue and apt solved every single one for me

[@SuperNova-so2cj]

00:20 if only there was a three letter acronym that started with S and ended with PT that allowed for everyone to have it for free

[@Spideryote]

SPT is solely the reason I got into Tarkov in the first place. I'm not up to the task of learning the game with the challenge of PvP added on top I want a more stalker like experience than a true multi-player experience

[@ViroRads]

Same honestly

[@LucyWoIf]

Being able to put on a juggernaut outfit and blow heads off scavs in factory is what i want, not be destroyed by some 5000 hour sweat

[@jbong7114]

@@LucyWoIf an Altyn Zabralo PKP enjoyer

[@LucyWoIf]

@@jbong7114 lmao, nah with spt theres a mod thats a actual full body juggernaut suit ;)

[@G00N3YC4NG]

​@@LucyWoIfyeah, but... what's the point? I mean factory with a juggernaut suit is like running through a kindergarten and kicking children in the chest...

[@kadian299]

I love the term blue collar tarkov. It actually brought me back to the game.

[@Slayman3909]

spt now has online coop by the way

[@wgisexuallyidentifyasprett4142]

mods is what makes SPT the best

[@theorphanobliterator]

wait actually? dope

[@NGSF_GrayFox]

no regular spt has not, however FIKA and SIT exist and they are SEPERATE from SPT

[@chidori0117]

@@NGSF_GrayFox Which means that you can Coop with SPT Aki instead of using the paid for mode which is essentially what OP meant ... who cares if its two additional programms. SPT also has Mods which technically are not SPT itself.

[@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it]

there is a multiplayer mod yes

[@ChromePyramid]

"Lee Harvey Oswald is back and they gave him an assault rifle" Ok that one got me

[@Soul73x]

the look of defeat when the dog started barking and the background went black lmao

[@Cam64viper]

I'm too busy with work and school to play Tarkov, and couldn't even keep up with the game's wipes when I didn't have to do all of that, (highest level I've been is 14) many years ago. But this PvE mode has brought back all the fun of the game I had once and it was great! The AI PMC's need some tweaking though, they instantly head-eyes from like 200m too often, and don't count concealment when shooting, so some areas are guaranteed death if you accidentally end up in a bad position while the PMC squad rolls by Otherwise a lot of fun! I was actually thinking of seeing when you'd drop a video as soon as I heard news of it coming out, glad to see if right after work too!

[@wubnoxious]

no cheaters, can play with all my friends with little confusion, we been loving it

[@climberguy10001]

Heres the best thing about PvE. When I die.. I know I died legitly. When there is a 100% chance that a cheater is in every raid (which it is), then the online game is done for most people.. its a scam of a game, more like a Carnival game.. its meant to play and lose.. its that simple. Just play PvE, and have fun with the game, like all games are supposed to be.

[@tripmracek1580]

0:08 Leviticus is hella based today.

[@tripmracek1580]

and I agree with what he said.

[@matthewami]

Note yes you can co-op in the spt mod, you always could. the other person just directs themselves to your ip/sni and boom they’re there. The mod more or less just a private server. The old (now defunct) JET branch had a ‘fun time’ server that was more or less just a private server running a shit ton of mods. AI performance has a lot to do with server performance. In the mod you’ll notice that they’re pretty fucking scary to fight if you keep everything ‘as in raid’ since you’re running that server way more efficiently than bsg can. You see this in a lot of other games. They also seem to have it set to their own internal highest level, based on experience with offline raid mode.

[@12345farris]

"WHY ARE THERE SO MANY SCAVS?" Because it makes it more fun. Literally one of the most fun raids I've had since I started playing was when I was stuck in the Green Screen building on Customs and every time I was done killing something and went to med or reload mags within 10 seconds I heard more scavs show up. Shit was wild.

[@G00N3YC4NG]

😐🤨

[@jordanbauerly8843]

Yea, but theres a point where it turns from fun to chore. And expending ALL my ammo off spawn can start to push it into chore especially if I cant repack a single mag before their pissed off siblings are chanting more russian witchcraft at me. I don't mind alot spawning, but they do need to at least spawn in waves, or far enough apart not to be some continual train like im on kino der toten.

[@ant1h4t3rz]

@@jordanbauerly8843 or just dont spawn them 5 meters away from you. I've literally seen three scavs fucking will themselves into existence right infront of me and it is not a great time, I'll be honest. And maybe don't spawn bosses too, my friend was killed because Killa just spawn behind them in a already cleared Brutal shop

[@iB_pOpN]

@@jordanbauerly8843or bring more ammo

[@jarvy251]

Volume of scavs can be fun Scavs that spawn in next to you and immediately prime nades less so

[@CptDawner]

“They’re either terrifying or stupid” fits players pretty well too. Good mix I’d say after playing it a bit

[@ivanmishchenko372]

PMCs also spwan at weather station on shoreline

[@jaylebowski9745]

aka just recycled Scav spawns from PVP mode lol.

[@ivanmishchenko372]

@@MrJedi5150 Yeap, I've met pmc's twice at weather station. Goons can spawn there as well.

[@jacktrader2405]

6:28 - that line aged like fine wine

[@sentinowl9207]

Just a correction on the SPT Co-op stuff, the devs of SPT are now recognising that it's something people want, and advise looking for mods like Stay In Tarkov and Project FIKA, which are both full co-op mods.

[@rolder50]

SPT DOES have the ability to play co-op. There's a couple mods to accomplish this. Me and a friend have been playing with Fika, one of those mods, for weeks now with very few issues.

[@detrixdude]

Yo Leviticus you're lookin big bro

[@ShowbizSpy1]

I definitely noticed the weird PMC/Scav interactions on a few occasions. On factory as a scav, I watched Tagilla run around everywhere but where a PMC was, I hear the USEC voice line, Tagilla runs around offices, Bathrooms, and does a lap around the map. On Ground Zero with the swarming, I could not get to my objective building, the wine store. I was surrounded by Scavs and PMCs. I was pinned on the ramp across from the vehicle extract between the two buildings. I ran out of meds but managed to get to the extract. The next raid, I get into the wine store, but kept getting shot and pushed by Scavs while trying to look for the bottle. There were scavs and PMCs outside sometimes chillin, sometimes fighting, but never consistent. I ended up not finding the bottle and making another miraculous extract after getting down to my last mag and no meds again.

[@BIGGCOUCH45]

The only thing I don't like about PVE is the infinite scavs that spawn on every map. I had to push through 45 scavs just to do some streets quests. I prefer PVE compared to PVP right now due to all of the cheaters in the game right now unfortunately.

[@awsm253]

Just download SPT. Installing it is super easy and there's mods that let you set up exactly how many scavs you want to be spawned and at what intervals.

[@SweatiestDegree]

as someone who plays mostly RPG's and is a mere gold on voltaics aim charts, PVE tarkov has been a blast, I used to scav a lot, and mostly played factory for some PVP, now I can chill learn the maps offline with all the items and quests. it's honestly super fun

[@timourmarimuntz5294]

Correction, some of the devs collaborated with modders to make a mod that allows co-op..

[@Tocco609]

I’ve had tarkov since 2018, had played about 2 hours up until last month my friend explained what pve was and how it worked with no wipes and no sweats (besides my friend lol) I now have about 40 hours in game playing on weekends with my buddies and am in love with the game! Made it much better for a dude what has bills and a job and even on my days off I really don’t get to play until the evening! So so happy about it!

[@589real]

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

[@GirlypopShotgun]

i hope you get touched

[@Darca1996]

Getting back into tarkov after nearly 2 years and so far really liking PvE thank you helmet man for explanation

[@xxthefeardxx]

Spt is literally pve tarkov with MODS

[@KC_G4S]

3:10 SPT doesn’t have co-op built in but there’s a mod (not very difficult to install) called Fika that adds co-op multiplayer. SPT with Fika is a no-brainer if you want to enjoy Tarkov with friends

[@scornfulbongo]

im actually having a blast playing PVE tarkov. i was given the unheard edition from a buddy because i refused to purchase it myself. turns out I would have 100% bought it. i love the persistent progression. i myself work 84 hour weeks and seldom do I have time off to grind any game let alone tarkov which wipes every 6 months. im actually close to maxing out all my traders for the FIRST TIME EVER. SPT bans your account and is too tedious for me to set up blah blah blah. i do love PVE mode. i dont like the shorten raid timers though...

[@awsm253]

SPT doesn't get your account banned. And I wish people would stop spreading this Misinformation. The only thing that would get your account banned is if you fucked with EFT's Live build files. Which SPT does not do. SPT's Installer Copies and changes files into a SEPARATE. FOLDER. That doesn't interact with the Live Tarkov AT ALL. It's also stupid easy to set up and even mod. - Download SPT installer. - Make a folder called SPT where ever you want the game installed. - Put installer in that folder. Run the installer. - It asks for 4 Checkmarks to be green. - Install. Boom. Done. And Putting in mods is literally as simple as. Download. Extract into SPT folder. Done.

[@Ringularity]

SPT doesn't get you banned and AI is way better. Enjoy any pve you want. Both are great.

[@randyxyt5562]

You're utterly wrong about "SPT bans your account and is too tedious for me to set up blah blah blah". 1) No, your account won't be banned 2) No it is not tedious to set up, it's just as "complicated" as installing regular Escape From Tarkov 3) You can adjust the raid timers to your liking 4) If you do play Co-Op with your buddy who bought it for you, you can also do that in SPT, with the added fun of mods. 5) SPT has *significantly* better AI - like light years ahead of what current PVE Tarkov has. Not trying to throw shade at you, just mentioning some facts and correcting your wrong statements.

[@ixthompson]

Don't have SPT and normal tarkov running at the same time and you won't get banned. That would be the only way BSG would know otherwise

[@jonathanoriley8260]

Your boy wasted money, and you would have too. You should have just gotten SPT. It's superior to live EFT's coop mode in every way. And there is a coop mod for it too called Project FIKA, so live EFT doesn't even have a monopoly on that aspect. What truly makes SPT shine is the mods; anything you can think of, there is likely a mod for it. For real, you've been made a fool of by whoever made you believe that SPT gets you banned or that it's a hassle to set up. That's a blatant falsehood. I've been switching between SPT and live EFT (go back for wipes and new content updates) for about 2 years now and haven't been banned. Setting up SPT was as easy as downloading the installer into an empty folder and then launching it. Setting up mods for SPT is also the easiest modding I have ever done for a game, and I have been modding games like Fallout for years.

[@normalguy8377]

I was on shoreline doing signal pt.1 ... encountered a group of PMCs and by the time I was done killing them, another 4 man just walked up and joined the battlefield. Truly a Tarkov hood classic

[@GreenLad319]

There is a Seperate mod for SPT that introduces coop to it i wont name what it is because it might be a bad idea legally speaking but it does exist and its actually very stable and well made

[@thespacenoob4760]

name is fika

[@Maverick-7508]

This is why I love SPT since even in multiplayer the queue time is only restricted by the players loading in using the multiplayer hosting function. Also, they PMC bots in SPT are so much better since you can give them personalities, and you can expand the patrol routes of AIs.

[@daffix1337]

About coop, there is a mod for coop in SPT, that works quite well and doesnt require a 250$ version of the game. You should really make a video about SPT at some point.

[@FlavorTown9088]

Hearing about single player got me back into tarkov after years, but then I saw that as an EOD account I had to pay even more! someone mentioned SPT and I've been playing that ever since. I've modified the game to be actually fun to play and a challenge for my skill level (absolute trash). biggest reason to play single player is no cheaters

[@Bakabakaonichan]

All of my friends are playing on SPT, but I'm just too paranoid to play it. The fact it isn't officially supported, and is a bit dubious in regards to legality with coop mods, means I just simply don't trust it. So many people keep telling me "it's fine" or "something something local server undetectable blah blah blah", I just keep seeing a future where BSG cracks down on unofficial modding ahead of their own modding release, and everyone who ever had SPT installed gets hardware banned. Likely? Probably not. But possible? Yes. So I'm not taking that risk at all.

[@noAlia5]

well thats ur fault..literally played for 3 months and just deleted it, i can still play online. your just tweaked tf out from bsg scaring you 🤣

[@MsZsc]

weird personality to have where you're not a pirate, yet want to enjoy this kind of adrenaline-based game

[@SuperAsefasef]

I’ll say that playing a coop version of tarkov that is free hypothetically was the most fun I’ve had in tarkov in a very long time.

[@Zodaxa_zdx]

ramblings of a madman is what I live for, no other game sends some one this far gone mentally

[@-matsu-9363]

Awesome video and analysis, I needed that. Thank you for bringing us reliable and entertaining info, as always. "Blue collar Tarkov" player is the perfect term for someone like me that has very little time to invest on games and don't want to deal with cheaters every raid. I still chose to play spt because: - I have no friends to play Tarkov, so no use for multiplayer features - I'm terrible at fps games although loving them so the idiotic AI is still a pretty hard challenge for me lol - spt features many mods that enable me to customize the game even more to my tastes and skill level.

[@SussiSalamander6]

After my 12 hour shift at the Ball Crushing Factory I like to clock into a raid at the Ball Crushing Factory

[@loldotsarefun]

I like this description of tarkov, that PVE mode is blue collar tarkov. I work a full 8-hour job as well as help take care of the family cattle farm, so the amount of time I get to spend playing games eight varies wildly depending on time of year and b is just a lot less than when I was in school. So because of that, it makes playing tarkov difficult, because I can't clock the same amount of time as everybody else seems to be able to. And I know that inherently I'm kind of bad at the game, but I still enjoy it, so having the PVE mode allows me to play tarkov and not feel like I'm behind everybody else

[@Chaooo]

SPT has multiplayer functionality as other comments have already stated. I just wanted to chime in and say that the only two advantages that PvE Mode has going for it so far is: 1. No local resources are spent running the AI in your games. This saves you a mountain of performance because BSG's servers will be conducting the AI and doing all the calculations, not your own system as it is in SPT. However, MPT allows you to subvert this advantage by having another computer host the SPT/MPT server and perform all the calculations to conduct the AI. You'll have to deal with P2P latency if you're trying to play with friends, and deal with P2P security issues if you're hosting it publicly. 2. Game updates are immediate as opposed to waiting for the SPT devs to research and reiterate for the next wipe's patch. However, this is a double-edged sword. Not everyone wants to update right away, and not everyone especially wants their progress wiped at the hands of BSG since it's PvE (although I do not know if they will wipe, which is also a double-edged sword in itself because some people would want to reset their progress on-demand or have multiple profiles for something like a Rags-to-Riches run). I'm personally still running patch 0.13 which is before the Ground Zero release and Shoreline rework, mainly because I didn't want to update right away so that the modders can update their packages, and because I don't have a lot of time to spend playing Tarkov but also didn't want to lose all the progress I made -- updating major patches can cause a lot of issues if you use your existing profiles from the previous major patch, including losing stuff from your stash. So to boil it all down, PvE mode doesn't really have any advantages at all.

[@angrybigjak]

I've found on woods, between saw mill and med camp there's usually two to four pmc's that wander between those points and sniper rock in the fields

[@Not_honest_enough]

"Lee Harvey Oswald is back and they gave him an assault rifle" I will quote that more than once now

[@Revan13372]

glad to hear you branching out to other games to enjoy cant wait for the stalker gamma vid!

[@II__argo__II]

SPT has a mod called Project Fika that allows you to open your SPT server for other clients - essentially, multiplayer singleplayer Tarkov. It works amazingly. My friends and I have been playing it a lot recently, its super easy to set up and we can run all the mods we want to customize the experience to our own desires (even on each client, ie our newer friend uses radar while the rest of us have it disabled). The absolute best part, imo, is the fact that I can just leave the server running for my friends to jump on and play whenever they want.

[@zunk4435]

Heyo, SPT does have a functioning mod called Project FIKA and it does work. There are even people hosting dedicated SPT multiplayer servers. The advantages of SPT is load times (Factory takes 20 seconds, bigger maps

[@gnarrlly]

"lee Harvey Oswald is back and they gave him an assault rifle"

[@CrusaderCrunch]

That kinda aged like milk lol

[@platinumeloishell2685]

The whole reason I got back into Tarkov was for the PVE mode, I can actually enjoy the game without having to deal with the issue of being too late for the wipe. I just dont have the time to grind like I did when Tarkov first came out so PVE was an amazing edition for us blue collar boys

[@Reneator]

3:00 There is mutiplayer for a variation of a single player tarkov mod (not spt itself) but it uses SPT as a code-base and modifies the server to allow playing multiplayer. It works pretty good, but is kinda laggy, so pve tarkov live experience is kinda better for that.

[@haydenhudson8963]

Me and a buddy were doing a shoreline raid, and we went to Pier for one of the marker quests. As we arrived we heard yelling of PMCs, so we started nading to flush them out. There were a total of 3 BEARs, 3 USECs, and 4 Scavs all inside the pier house. Each Scav had a 5.56 weapon and UN Gear on (Helmet and/or Armor). Not sure if this kind of thing was intended, but it felt like we interrupted an arms deal or something, felt really cool. Also, nuts having 10 AI to fight in a small building lol

[@hazzy_the_hazmat]

"Has ability to play with friends in a CO-OP mode." Not ever since Project Fika appeared lmfao

[@od13166]

2:47 issue of SPT is since game renders all Ai by Your pcs CPU

[@KostellOnY]

Didn't see this in first comments, but SPT HAS multiplayer branch. It's called MPT and it works like a charm (not 100% sure if this is a mod from the same dev, or not, but I've tested it with friends and it does it's job)

[@Ash3607]

Quick Note SPT actually has a mod by now for playing with friends. Works very well with hamachi or an actual server.

[@Sztywny125]

glad someone spoke about it, I am stuck on quests on reserve, lighthouse and woods and I DESPISE all those maps, playing alone there is no fun, so I just go to play PvE when I'm alone and I have succesfully learned navigating on woods that way (even if only a bit), I have made a lot of progress on doing start quests alone, I have learned to use other weapons than those I use know, I have learned to use grenades once in a while if it won't end on getting cooked by a fucker with 5k hours and 20 k/d, learned not to take every single piece of loot if I don't need to and I could succesfully do quests like fishing gear completely alone. I played last wipe, but it was painfull due to turbo sweats and cheaters, since I got PvE I could just genuinly chill out on that game without fear that I'll lose my entire gear in one raid because some cheater dipshit just sniped me from across the map with his DVL and 41 lvl on day 3 of wipe, I like PvP more due to the idea that against AI you won't learn how to outplay much, but AI is very forgiving compared to players, like you said, you picked 3 PMCs and slipped away because they didn't agro yet, and I love this, it's a great way to simply chill on that game instead of losing your mind while doing bunker part 2 or any other reserve quests and meeting either a rat, a cheater or a glukhar because why the fuck not (yes, I'm saying it out of experience)

[@FXGDoodle]

Im sure someone has already said it but SPT has a mod for it self called FIKA that includes a bunch of QOL stuff and also and it plays flawless and under a minute to get into a raid if you are new and want a casual game fika has a compass that points you to exits and quests as well as nameplates for your friends and a friendly fire toggle so you dont smoke your buddies.

[@andrewb.4031]

Fire vid, had me laughing and agreeing the whole time. I play pve so I can experience the quests and don't have to worry about my progress resetting when I step away from the game for a few months

[@gaucebossanomaly2103]

I always wanted to play Tarkov but was always deterred by the sweats and the rampant hacker plague. The mechanics are cool and is genuinely a really impressive game. Now that PvE is available I've been having a blast playing with my friends and having them coaching me through the game since it was my first time playing. I've heard you talk about how there are so many Scavs that spawn but honestly when playing with a full group you get that "Black Hawk Down" Moment when a bunch of scavs start rushing us. PvE has been a really good addition so far that has finally scratched the 'tarkov itch' that other games I've played haven't quite got for me. I can already feel the gamblers spirit rising within lmao.

[@Greaseman762]

I’ve been playing a bit of spt and there is 100% a co op sever, and it works much quicker than EFTs version

[@royleoncallisonii1053]

Just built my first gaming pac this month just to play tarkov. Got 3 raids in on PVP and got murdered each time. Bought PVE and boy-o-boy I’m in love. I work as a mechanic (10-12 hour days) and PVE is literally blue collar tarkov so you’re right on the money on that one bud.

[@Acepilot235]

Woods the pmc AI can spawn within I wanna say 150m radius of military camp. Sometimes on the dirt road to the west, sometimes at bus stop next to RUAF exit and sometimes to the NE of Mil camp in the field. Me and my friend spawn at UN Roadblock and there was a three man right at bus stop that tried pushing us.

[@1110jesse]

One thing in PvE I noticed is that PMCs do kill scavs.. if they wander within smelling distance. I've seen this kind of scenario multiple times: Scav stands around, PMC runs next to it, yells "bandit sighted" and mows the scav down, meanwhile me, another scav, stand 10 feet away from the now dead body having a staring competition with the PMC. I can just walk away, I can have the first shot, or I can walk closer to the PMC at which point he will open fire. So yes, if you play as Scav, it's almost far too easy to kill PMCs cos they aggro you at 5 meters away, not at 200 meters.

[@comradekitten9883]

SPT does have a co-op mod, it actually has two different ones. The one I use is a bit janky, and works via hamachi, but it works.

[@chrishaugh1655]

SPT does in fact have a co-op mod for it, although it's not as simple as modding other files with a drag-drop mechanic. It's also not endorsed by the SPT Devs. The mods are what makes SPT so fun. SAIN's AI mod alone changed the entire gameplay and makes it actually feel like you're playing against INTELLIGENT AI. And you have the ability to customize how all of the AI works individually to make it has easy or punishing as you want it to be. The AI actually (mostly) reacts and moves like players do. From sprinting away from you if they feel like they don't have the advantage in a fight, to quite literally crab-walking up on you while you're looting. They also have a tendency to rush you if they hear you pull out a grenade or start healing. There's also a mod that changes the spawns of all AI, so they can spawn in their normal spots, but also anywhere on the map. Making it a lot more RNG. No more, oh it's customs I know EXACTLY where all the AI PMC's are sitting. And they actually get into intense gun battles on the opposite side of the map. It really feels like the map is alive.

[@tarettime9392]

I haven’t played tarkov in years precisely because I have a full time job and don’t have the time play so regularly that I can keep up with the progression others. PvE sounds like a fun way to get back into it

[@ArthurAuditore]

As someone who experienced SPT a couple of months before official PvE launched, I wanted to clarify a couple of things that you left out while talking about it, if people are curious about SPT: - You CAN play SPT online, it's just hard to figure out how because in the official forums like reddit and such, it's prohibited to talk about it for reasons you can probably guess. But if you dig a little bit, it's not that hard to find out how. I did it and it works great, also pretty easy to setup. - A BIG advantage that PvE has over SPT is the updates. As an example I'll use my own experience. When I started playing SPT, Ground Zero and the update for Shoreline were the latest releases in the live Tarkov. At that point I had to play the old version in SPT because they can take up to months to update SPT, depending on how complex the updates are. - Events is another advantage for PvE. - The biggest advantage that SPT has over PvE is the customization, the mod community is incredible and you can tune pretty much everything. You don't like the AI? you can tune it to make it behave differently. You want extra stuff in your HUD? It can be done. Live Tarkov removing the fog came from one of the most popular mods of SPT, which did exactly that. BSG said mod support will come to PvE, but we already know the value of BSG words at this point. Considering those points, it's a matter of which of these points are most important for each player.

[@jw8901]

I work and have 2 kids. I refuse to deal with cheaters and sweaty basement dwellers. I just want to play a few hours after I put the kids to bed without dealing with the BS.

[@Shabangs510]

"obscene learning" curve was putting it nicely lmao