Tarkov Events, Always Great, Always Suck | Escape from Tarkov

[@jellokhat]

The issue with the zombies is that whenever you hear that yelling and it’s right on you, the game quite literally spawns a horde on top of you. So if you hear the sound you need to just sprint out unless you want to be swarmed.

[@runescapevsmeful]

That’s how I lost my AA12 on labs, literally had 12 spawn ontop of me and surround me and I couldn’t move

[@LuxTheFolf]

Bro really? No it's the pistol zombies that are the problem I've been shot in the leg and die because of it 😂

[@nadawolf7544]

@@LuxTheFolf i have yet for a zombie to shoot my legs, youre almost invincible with an altyn and gen 4

[@LuxTheFolf]

@nadawolf7544 Brother, regardless of armour you get hit and nearly blacked out limbs and instant heavy bleed, also probs should have mentioned but I plat solo pve, so a lot more zombies with better aim, so yeah also they really need to get rid of the pistol zombies and it would be the best event ever, also make it so you get light bleeds first when hit and if your hit in the same place give a heavy bleed lol. Also love the pfp ❤️

[@nadawolf7544]

​@@LuxTheFolf That really hasnt been my experience. I decided to do slaughterhouse during this event and it got to the point where id just ignore pistol zombies while I made a pile up of melee ones cuz they physically couldnt do anything to me while I had a propitol going. I like yours too :)

[@panderz_gg]

PSA: To avoid getting infected premed with Zagustin. Infection is triggered by receiving a heavy bleed from a melee zombie. Zagustin prevents heavy bleeds. Thus, it prevents infection.

[@PatrickMuster]

nope even if they dont do dmg they will infect you more then enough time they hit me without causing bleed or even doing dmg but you get it anyway......

[@shadowninja8011]

And a follow up if you do get infected have an SJ12. It regens food and water meaning it’ll give you a tick of water every few seconds keeping you from becoming dehydrated

[@gamerdoge3669]

You could really just use any stim that prevents new bleeds

[@shadowninja8011]

@ there’s only two of those. Zag and Perfotora. And the zag lasts much longer

[@JuffBeezos]

​@@shadowninja8011 Akshually! AFH-1 also doesh thish.

[@NicholasLaRosa0496]

Pistol zombies causing heavy bleeds on every shot, the virus causing exhaustion (you can't run), having swarms spawn in top of you, and zombies always knowing where you are. Those are my peeves for solo PVE. The event was a lot of fun. Though I'm glad i have max metabolism so that can't die while dehydrated.

[@storm8778]

SJ12 is a lifesaver for the dehydration

[@fishdungcollector89]

@@storm8778 you can farm metabolism levels pretty fast on the plus side

[@p4rsec]

it's pretty miserable, yeah. i was also particularly bothered by them just tanking grizzly slugs to the face, several of them. the event was great, except for the zombies. i just did not find them fun. even with a group in PvE it was miserable, and we often couldn't extract because the mystical horde would sprint up out of nowhere and we couldn't head tap them fast enough (since they weren't dying to single head taps). I think my best runs were with the AA-12 (which i refused to run on labs, i'm not losing that gorgeous thing), and a P90 with flesh rounds (i don't remember which ones offhand). it just felt like the zombies were super tanky for no reason. like why is rotting flesh tankier than a scav? but then sometimes they'll die in a single grizzly to the face? it just didn't feel consistent or good. pumpkins were great, the AI not attacking you as a scav was interesting due to the ceasefire. i liked the idea a lot, but it felt half baked.

[@dustinw115]

@@p4rsec I’d honestly think it’d be cool if they made it a mechanic where your PMC could gain a reputation with the Scavs to the point where they aren’t hostile to your PMC. This could be something based off your rep with Fence/how much you sold him. This could even apply to the Scav Bosses and you could even become associated with certain Scav bosses and their guards. Tagilla would ignore this because he is already a crackhead that would end anything that moves. Hell, I was doing practice raids a few days ago on Reserve, since I don’t have access to the PVE raids and I don’t want to lose my stuff. I was chilling in the section of roof of the building with the mounted MG’s near the helicopter, with the Scav boss and his guards, don’t know his name but it starts with a G. It was getting to the point the train would spawn to extract. I had exited the building from the side with the heli, I was going for the tracks when I heard shots and saw the muzzle flash of something automatic. I thought it was the Scav Boss or his Guards firing on the Dead Heads, but it was Tagilla that had spawned in. I don’t know if the Scav Boss and his Guards were firing on him for whatever reason or at some random zombies, but they were definitely firing at something. I didn’t even realize it was Tagilla until I saw it was him that dropped me. I just sat there and laughed because I forgot he was also spawning on every map during the event. This is where the idea for Scav Rep for PMC’s came from was this interact because it was also when I realized that the Scavs were neutral to me.

[@nadawolf7544]

saying pistol zombies cause a heavy bleed every shot is the reach of the century and is also just wrong

[@AnemiaShoes]

Level 15 solo PvP player here. I just ended up yoloing half-life style. Naked with a crowbar and baiting zombies into coop extracts for fence rep.

[@imadriax9491]

smart

[@dezmondtmb7560]

will do myself, very pog of you

[@AnemiaShoes]

@@dezmondtmb7560 it ain’t much, but it’s honest work.

[@mmd-pm7ic]

Youre a fucking genius im def gonna steal ur idea

[@zacklastname2362]

GENIUS

[@memecenter122]

This particular event feels like they were in a rush and slapped spaghetti code together to make the zombies zig-zag so you cant just shoot them in the face until they're riding your ass. The zig-zag also feels like the reason they can phase through doors, teleport behind you, and sometimes become cultist empowered and make zero audio for footsteps. Also i noticed something, when i ran a Ghzel with tier 6 plates in it, they shot me with tt and 9mm rounds. When i ran a paca, i got one tapped by a zombie with .45 acp ap. AP. Like what the hell is with that man?

[@dustinw115]

DayZ Infected be like…

[@D-Boy22]

They definitly put some time in it. Dedicated zombie models AND animations, unique voice effects and sound effects, lab extension, virus status effect and screen effect, new melee interaction, explosive tanks in labs. Maybe their movement code is not top notch but at least it's clear as all hell they put way more effort in that event than any other they did before. You at least gotta give them what they are due.

[@dogsbecute]

@@D-Boy22 hell yeah i feel the same, the only gripe is the pistol zombies shouldnt also be tanky af. i do enjoy me a zombie musket line tho lol thats very unique experience

[@D-Boy22]

@@dogsbecute agree

[@ryanpfendler1408]

Whole game is spaghetti code, I swear on my life it's RNG for damage

[@showshow8804]

"Really shouldnt expect us to come together and sing kumbaya" got me

[@gentlemangamerec7025]

So... If you take the MP-18 During this event, You are actually playing hunt showdown...

[@falloutworldrecord]

No if you take the MP-18 during this event you die instantly

[@jamesproimos]

@@falloutworldrecord yeah, if this was hunt showdown you could handle all the pve using melee only and be perfectly safe. Also the mosin is actually in hunt showdown so you could use that and be playing hunt showdown

[@thomasgrey9121]

Big finkin’, mate. You don’t need to repack magz if you don’t have ‘em! Damn u smart! 🤯

[@creepyendy]

1:30 glad im not the only one who checks spawned mags for good ammo

[@Stowoney]

Real ones just pick up the mag and double click it to see the color

[@Sebmundo]

@@Stowoney sometimes can’t tell with 545

[@Stowoney]

@@Sebmundo yeah specifically telling the difference between pp gs and bt gs which is virtually none

[@sinu0us]

@@Stowoney bt has a green tip same as t gs, ps and pp look the same

[@RyGuyGinger]

The pistol zombies also break the immersion OF a zombie event. I climb on a car to pack mags, heal, etc, and a crowd of zombies comes to the car at my feet, which is cool! But then I'm getting plinked at in 5 different directions and take care of the pistol zombies before doing anything

[@lolecksdeexd2423]

bro has never heard of the stalker series zombies

[@kenshinhimura9387]

@@lolecksdeexd2423 nobody has heard of that. 99.999% of people think of COD zombies when they think of a zombie event. That or Left 4 Dead 2

[@vtVRUSHKA]

@lolecksdeexd2423 If I wanted to play with such zombies, I would play STALKER, not EFT

[@B_Don99]

@@lolecksdeexd2423stalker pistol zombies are weak, inaccurate and slowly chip away at you. Tarkov pistol zombies cause instant heavy bleeds, black your limbs and rarely miss a shot.

[@deathninja16]

You never seen land of the dead before?

[@McDunkin]

With hindsight there's only a few things I would change about this event. First, the amount of hordes that spawn should scale with the player count. If you're the only player on the map you will be nonstop fighting AI which essentially forces you to leave the raid. Perhaps this was an intentional choice as tarkov is not meant to be a forgiving game. Second I would change the gun zombies to only be able to make a hit within a certain distance, say 15 meters, because if they spawned far they tended to just stand off in the distance shooting you quite accurately. I even got head, jawsed a few times from 70+ meters which I don't think really adds much to the experience and just kind of boots you out of the raid randomly. That being said I think the difficulty of this event is a little overblown and more comes down to players not wanting to carry more than one weapon. A 357 deagle or just a simple shotgun with 7mm made dealing with zombies way easier.

[@kenshinhimura9387]

That's not what makes the event difficult. It is 100% the pistol zombies that 1 shot you from across the entire map. You can do literally nothing about it and they are everywhere on streets preventing most players from completing the Sample IV - A New Hope task.

[@adxdenerlx6969]

@@kenshinhimura9387 cover your head. The ammo doesn't penetrate much, so even the Death Shadow on Ragman 4 + almost any helmet does absolute wonders. I think I've maybe died to pistol zombies like 4 times, 1 after using proper helmets. Death Shadow alone probably saved me like 20+ times.

[@marcor18a]

The most fun I've had in this event is on labs. I've basically never played it, but started to do it for the event, and it has been a blast. Of the 20ish raids I've run, I had to fight like 2 PMCs, everyone else was friendly. And being a close quarters map, pistol zombies aren't as much of an annoyance as say Streets, for example. Equipping an M60 and firing non stop is genuinely fun.

[@anthonyross5769]

Fun facts. The zombies cannot enter a room that's open with the key. If you throw your bag down with your magazines inside of your bag and the ammo on your person's. You can right, click the magazine and instantly load all the bullets without having to sit there with your pants down for five minutes

[@junk1ek1tty]

I think it’s more like this: if you’ve already progressed or you don’t care about tasks you’re more likely to enjoy the events. But if you’re solely focused on tasks or haven’t progressed much you’re more likely to despise the events

[@CountlessPWNZ]

scavs arent gone, they just get wrecked by zombies too

[@Ryuichiro13]

Depends on the infection level. From what I saw the Infection % of an area actually defines how many "natural" Scav spawns are replaced by zombies, so on a 100% map there will be no Scavs. In addition all maps with any infection have their Sniper Scavs disabled and Zombies have an additional wave spawn system when the Scream/Cry audio plays.

[@dustinw115]

@@Ryuichiro13 Oh good to know the Sniper Scavs aren’t gonna drop me outta nowhere because I was running from the Dead Heads chasing me. To bad they doesn’t have them drop the infected.

[@percthug]

@@dustinw115they would be friendly anyway

[@avdoha1996]

@@dustinw115 I actually managed to team up with two scavs on customs right before the area was cleared by Reshala. By "team up" I mean letting them get eaten while we were clearing a horde and taking their magnum buck shotgun with me, but still, cool experience.

[@shturmytard3513]

as a solo player that quit early wipe with level 17 give or take. I did enjoy the event really much sure i ratted the hell out of some tasks but the zombies made sure i was sweating bullets ( literally ) even without any pvp. finished the event with the jaeger side as well and man oh man i loved it

[@Seraphineopai]

As a solo, how did you plant the cure on factory? Shit feels impossible.

[@Asshatter07]

​@@Seraphineopai rush in with only double barrel or mp-153 until you get it . Use the green copper slugs and it one shots zombies to the head

[@colinschwiethale2375]

@@Seraphineopairpd, killed everything in my path.

[@fishdungcollector89]

@@Seraphineopai bring any gun with hp ammo (cheap and good vs zombies) run to the rafters and chill up there picking off the pistol zombies. the zombies cant go anywhere you need to jump to get to

[@shturmytard3513]

@@Seraphineopai i went in on night factory raid and mcx 100 rounder with whisper ammo. Yeaaah factory was brutal

[@yerd1511]

this event would have been much better if the gun zombies couldn’t one tap you. make them an ever present threat but literal raid enders. if they just changed that (and preferably made them rare) this event would have been AMAZING

[@LuckyFortunes-b3q]

they will also shoot your leg and you cant even run from them.

[@memeslasher69]

Never been one tapped out of the 30 or ao raids I've done so far

[@yerd1511]

@@memeslasher69 i got about 15 clips of them being more dangerous than killa. legit

[@karnliberated8891]

​@memeslasher69 Yeah I usually was out of stamina and 3 of them with melees doinked me on the head 😂 I just hated the heavy bleeds but I never got headshot outright in like the 15 or so raid I did. I did get messed up and killed by pistol zombie due to being swarmed but luckily not headshot. I saw Pestily at extract turn around and eat one in the face, that was unreal 😂

[@poggy6145]

@@memeslasher69very lucky, i got headshot 6 times in one raid (only saved due to a riot helmet i bought from skier) alongside neck shotted multiple times

[@archdukefranzferdinand4429]

I got the achievement for the event today from jaeger. I went from 18 million roubles at the beginning of the event to 80,000 roubles. Some of the annoying zombie mechanics aside. The quests that require you to go to labs residential unit are nearly impossible to do unless nearly every PMC in the raid mutually agrees to be friendly. The clusterfuck of every person on the map rushing this claustrophobic room whilst simultaneously being rushed by hordes of zombies that seemingly never stop creates so much chaos. The only time I got out of there alive with my quest items was when everyone was simply agreeing to not PVP

[@zero_wing_]

skill issue

[@kennethsalmeronrodriguez978]

8:15 you're right about this being an event primarily thought for team played and also maxed character players because if you weren't maxed on metabolism strength stamina, etc... You were done for as soon as a zombie merely grazed you with melee thanks to the infection.

[@hangup8629]

Finally someone with a voice said something. Like I don't care about the events, I just want to hop on every weekend and work on my quests, and this last one that was quite literally impossible because of the zombies.

[@Ghost572]

How tragic, don't you have anything else to do for a week or is Tarkov all you've got?

[@hangup8629]

@@Ghost572 On the weekend (the only time I can play), no, no I don't have anything else to do.

[@marcuslesesne6239]

​@@Ghost572 Trash argument for a criticism of a product we purchased. Only Tarkov players will cope so hard that instead of recognizing valid criticism, they would rather tell you that its okay a developer pushes you away from the game you bought.

[@Ghost572]

@@marcuslesesne6239 Its a 7 day event mate, sort your life out.

[@kennethsalmeronrodriguez978]

Fr I was stuck in my quest line for the event and the only game mode relatively playable for a solo player was PvE

[@Hei-Tsuya]

Im starting to think that my biggest issue about this zombie addition is that SOUND SUPPRESSORS are useless when being quiet is an option in almost any zombie game. Doesn’t matter if you sneak around, use a suppressor, or not be in the vicinity of a zombie. One of them will just start running towards you outta nowhere and now you have a horde call on you

[@avdoha1996]

I'm absolutely sure that's not true. Both silenced and uncilenced shots can provoke a hoard, but loud noises provoke a whole map to come check you out, while a silent shot could sometimes spawn 4-5 new zombies and that's it.

[@schmuckballs]

Suppressors 100% reduced zombie aggro

[@harambe4267]

@@avdoha1996 It doesn't matter because the 'silent shot could sometimes spawn 4-5 new zombies' is a self perpetuating cycle. There should be a hard cap on like a 5-10 minute resetting timer that limits how many zeds can spawn in one area.

[@Hei-Tsuya]

@@avdoha1996 It's not the issue in itself of whether or not you shot a silenced weapon or one without. When you take the shot, they're alerted to you, and when that happens a hoard is called. The hoard just depends on if its some pistol and or some walkers/runners. Get enough hoard calls and now you're in a perpetual state of fuckery because you have 7-15 pistol zombies waiting for you outside to bleed you or black out your limbs AND call another hoard.

[@Ryuichiro13]

As a PVE player I had a ton of fun with the event, BUT... Like always when new enemies are introduced to Tarkov, the only way to play the game is to find out how to cheese them. In this case we had to figure out where zombies can go and where not. E.g. they don't enter locked rooms, even when unlocked, and there are a bunch of other areas which they can simply not access, like some (but not all) exit areas. I agree that the Gun zombies are overtuned, their hitrate is WAAAAY to high, making them feel more like a balancing measure than a natural part of the event. I can imagine how they designed the whole thing and then a tester said "What happens when I climp on top of something?" and they implemented the gunners as a last moment stopgap to not make this a pure farming event. I wish they would have implemented a system that only spawns Gun Zombies when a player becomes unreachable for melee zombies.

[@Ryuichiro13]

I just did the ingame survey, and the fact that Gun Zombies were not even a choice in the "What did you not like about the event" question is such classic BSG behavior...

[@hiantoune]

I have farmed tens of millions on PvE. Step 1. Suppressed M4 with HP ammo. Step 2. Get into labs and rush the new place. Step 3. Loot everything since they can't go into locked rooms. Step 4. Run and hipfire heads, single-fire mode.

[@Lajakill]

7:15 the mag loading glitch has been a life saver for moving quick. Definitely need to use it

[@mrphoenix5951]

pretty sure it's intended for the event

[@jtucehok]

how to do it?

[@mrphoenix5951]

@@jtucehok put the bad down with mag in the bag and just right click to load ammo in the mag

[@jtucehok]

@@mrphoenix5951 thank you very much will definitely try it

[@mrphoenix5951]

@@jtucehok not just bag btw any container

[@IndigoLaz3r]

I have no friends (who have more than an hour of experience) who play PVE, so I was stuck solo. Almost 90% of my deaths were because of a pistol zombie, and I would estimate 20% of those deaths were from the first bullet to my throat from at least 20 meters away. I've been trying really hard to do the event quests myself and I have now gotten to Sample IV where you stash the vaccine in Streets and I don't want to bother anymore. My best saving grace about this event is Zombie kills count as Scav kills for quests, making every quest killing Scavs a breeze. Also in PVE, PMCs still shoot you if you're a PMC, which makes things even less fun if the map you want to play is in low infection rate at the time as you just get sniped no matter the gun (in my experience).

[@gooseking0420]

The good news nobody has mentioned, at least that I've seen, is that scav runs on clear maps were a breeze. Literally nothing would attack you. I had a ground zero raid where I had 5 pumpkins on my scav and casually walked by a cluster of 6 PMCs that were, for some reason, standing together at the center of the map in front of the gardens in front of the terragroup building. Didn't even acknowledge me. Just let me stroll right on by.

[@IndigoLaz3r]

@@gooseking0420 True, made playing scav not a nightmare with the event and actually quite relaxing

[@kenshinhimura9387]

@@gooseking0420 You experienced a bug. That is not normal. PMC's in PVE mode will always attack you on sight.

[@kenshinhimura9387]

Same. I'm also stuck on the Sample IV - A New Hope task. It's impossible as a solo player. I can never make it to the dropoff point on Streets. I always get killed by a pistol zombie from across the map.

[@gooseking0420]

@@kenshinhimura9387 I find it extremely hard to call a bug when I thoroughly tested their boundaries with friends on other runs. Had to aggro them first in every case I tested on a scav run. Pmc however was business as usual I've just only ran into other PMCs one or two times on my PMC runs this event.

[@kidlick1960]

Zombies in trakov was something I wasn’t expecting

[@adxdenerlx6969]

Even with the flaws, I absolutely love this event, as mainly a solo player. There are so many things that forces you to adapt hard. - Pistol zombies? Always wear full head cover and stay close to walls/cover so you can get angles on only runners before peaking back and tapping. I usually have one Calok-B in pocket and one in secure container. - No time to pack mags? Don't. More mags. And then more mags. And bigger mags. I usually take in over 300 rounds in 50+ mags so I'm never forced to pack during a hoard, but can wait until they are clear before more spawn. With usually around 100 rubles per round that saved cost can go to more mags easily. - Different effects by zombies also mean efficient stim usage is really important, especially since one slip up with multiple swipes/pistols and you might end up with 3 heavy bleeds. - Way different gun builds. I pretty much always run 2/3 lazers just to get really comfortable hipfire. - Whereever you walk, have a mental pathway of the map in case tons of zombies turn up fast. Where you can run back, or a thin corridor nearby where you can line up many zombies without anyone behind you. Can be as little as a car blocking 80% of the road and only one gap. - Some quests not possible now? Well, let those wait, instead do scav-killing quests, which zombies count for. I really do wish that the pistol zombies had like a 50/50 to get light bleed instead of heavy.

[@dogsbecute]

also, throw a grenade at your feet for those really really sticky bois

[@ShinraSetora]

Ah funny, I wrote a comment close to yours apparently, I feel like a lot of people refuses to adapt to this new event, maybe because of playing tons of wipe, they can't think of any other way to play, but yeah this event is pretty awesome, i'm glad BSG had to courage to make it this big and so many changes in the way you have to play, it's great ! I'll be bored once it's over lol

[@snavsmatiq]

I played the event solo, but only on labs and only pve. It's actually pretty fun once you get everything down pat. I'd bring either an uzi or p90, with a five seven sidearm. Bring tons of flesh ammo already packed into mags, and tap heads. I'd regularly leave with 40+ zombie kills and would loot containment res area and leave. In 20 or so raids I went from 2mil to 20mil. Sure I died to my fair share of BS (zombies shooting explosive barrels had me thinking they had GLs for a while)

[@kyrenmellon9664]

What really gets me is the pistol zombies seems to have a even bigger health pool then melee zombies

[@kyrenmellon9664]

Ty spelling error lol

[@StarkRaven59]

The gun zombies are almost certainly a nod to the STALKER series, but the difference there is that STALKER's zombies are generally encountered in relatively small packs that don't instantly respawn, and have AI that is unaware, slow to detect new threats, and doesn't instantly plant a shot between your eyes. Maybe some more inspiration from the source would be useful.

[@dariushajnala5562]

To be fair the gun zombies were also hellishly annoying in STALKER on higher difficulties. They'd just mow you down from across the map. I know STALKER is fun and all but we do not have to look at it with rose tinted glasses; the game was at its core, barely working at best. It just received a cult following and it is a very solid RPG-ish shooter.

[@greg6447]

The event is lots of fun, I didn't believe my buddy when he told me they 'actually added zombies', I think alot of people are bringing heavy kits, when its actually easier to bring a light kit, and train the zombies for abit, line them up and mow em down.

[@TheDeadMeme27]

most fun I've had in this event is when I'm not playing it

[@abracing199]

I think it was a great Halloween event because it actually got me scared and is probably the best depiction of zombies in gaming. That being said im waiting for it to be over.

[@crushtron93]

It's neat but good fucking luck if you're questing

[@NoahFUPA]

They have guns

[@Lajakill]

Best depiction of zombies in gaming??? You need medication dog

[@Ryuichiro13]

I like the Stalker Zombies (which I assume at least partly inspired the Tarkov ones) better. Instead of the single but way to precise pistol shots they fire wildly inaccurate fully automatic weapons.

[@joshazusr4696]

​@@NoahFUPAcry

[@AgentTwisted]

zombies cannot enter locked rooms, safe spaces on all maps

[@edensound403]

They were able to enter the factory med tent extraction that needs a key. Other than that, I believe it's as you said.

[@Kovac_]

@@edensound403 The factory extract doesn't technically count as a "key" room. You don't get exp from opening it, like you do with every other key you use.

[@edensound403]

@@Kovac_ Meanwhile they ignore all of the outside

[@DarthUrso]

Thank you for the straight op on it, no bullsh*t. As a solo player this event has been shit to run, your 100% right on the pistol zombies. The John Wicks ruined the event.

[@keyzer0_122]

Starting days of event sucked. But absolute chaos in customs, with reshala 100% spawn and crazy gear battles on shoreline, with sanitar 100% spawn, made this event one of my favourite in long time. Also did all lighthouse events without rouges at the base. Absolutely amazing. I just don’t get people crying about it. You have maps with 0% infection, 100% boss spawns, great xp for event quests. I feel only the part of community who don’t understand that they don’t know how to play this game cry. Like people who still struggle with money.

[@a_catfish5180]

Me and my friend found shotguns to work pretty well as you can reload on a per need basis and with the 13 shell tube you will reload a lot but be alive

[@kpsychopath]

I love you holding 2 mics, and now would like to ask for an arc where you just slowly dec yourself out in more and more mics for no reason

[@NotSoDeadBut]

In russian community meeting a friendly pmc's is surprisingly common Problem with mags - just take more mags and less ammo for them Jams - ppsh and rpd

[@paininthepatoot]

You captured my frustration with this event completely. Nice work

[@ivolakit]

For ammo: Drop any container(backpack, rig, crates etc) on floor, put magazines into container, right click them and load ammo INSTANTLY

[@scromker]

i think its by far the best event tarkov has added in a while, by this point in wipe i feel a majority of the playerbase is just hording gear and money, this event was a great way to not only shake up the meta (high dmg low pen ammo) but got people to actually spend they're money. The servers feel alot more populated than they had been for the past couple of weeks and the pvp has been great especially with people genuinely wanting to team up mid raid from time to time. I do think that certain aspects of the event could use some tweaking like hordes spawning on grouped pmcs instead of solos having to deal with up to 50 at a time, and dont even get me started on the pistol zombies, but i do think theres ways to combat these issues. Night raids have felt alot easier to deal with zombies than during the day, standing ontop of literally any vaultable object renders zombies unable to hit you (appart from pistol zombies duh) and if it really is affecting questing pmcs that much, many of the maps are rotating in having 0 zombie spawns so there is the opportunity to quest on those maps. at the end of the day the event will be over in a week most likely so if it is affecting those people to the point where they dont want to play they can always just play arena or another game for the time being.

[@Demortra]

A few things I would change, rotate maps where there are minimal zombies make the horde move so maybe one is open or not. Light bleeds instead of heavies or have light bleeds turn into heavies. Zombies can sprint for a short time, so if ya can run you can get a distance away to shoot em. One tap head shots for most ammo. More quests away from labs, the place is the main quest and if you're not in an insane group it is death. Everything else was fun.

[@relangel]

agree with most asides from that last part, labs is pretty much the only place where quests of that kind would make any sort of sense

[@elijahdelaney5332]

I like that they are making some maps not have the event, and myself being a woods born child love this because it's encouraging me to learn other maps and branch out

[@rjtrageser9884]

Ooh new upload for buffboi

[@roccaraso1771]

I think getting rid of gun zombies would cause some issues exactly because you could then just hop onto a crate and nullify the horde. A SEVEAR reduction in their number would be great but otherwise there needs to be a way for the game to get at you if you start just camping a crate, that said, a way to make zombies lose aggro is very much needed, maybe a radio blasting music monkey bomb style (cod zombies), that would help, also maybe aome variety, a couple of zombies have armor (helmets), a couple have backpacks you can loot, walking loot bag style, but i am very impressed with the quality of this event considering its just that, a free event. Given how many people decided not to play because of it i somewhat doubt we will zee this particular one again, but if we do i gope they build upon this one, maybe having only certain maps as to not compleatly force evryone to play it, and some of my other suggestions or other peoples suggestions get picked up, the moment i started playing this game i thoughtan this would be an amazing zombie shooter, and it is, just would need some more dedicated stuff for it, i hope they revisit this event in the future and give it another chance to shine

[@tntsw9143]

I completed the harder (jaeger not therapist ending) questline pretty much solo and i think that the questline itself was really good. The zombies themselves however are complete bs, because its basically a lottery whether a horde spawns on top of you or not and when it does you’re basically dead

[@schmuckballs]

Hk416 with 100 round mags and m2 rig was a life saver

[@azisovski5836]

Honestly if you just bring a shotgun secondary (one with a tube mag) and grizzly slugs the infected become a joke cause you can reliably two shot to the chest and one to the head constantly reload without the need to stop and carry like 80 shots in your 4 pocket slots just doing this has made this event super easy the only BS is the bleed effect being coded as if hit apply bleed 100% which is mega annoying

[@Mahashma]

zagustin ftw

[@azisovski5836]

@Mahashma I'm a broke ass in tarkov it be the 3000 esmarches of allah

[@therealteal620]

If you put your mags in your bag on the ground or like a duffel bag, you can right click and load ammo from bullets on your person. Makes loading MGs doable.

[@Grauer1510]

Imagine 2 PMC's in t5 armor just tickling each other with HP ammo. "Haha stop it Dave that's barely noticable." 🤭 *Dave proceeds on shooting* "Oh just you wait you little rascal." ☺️ *pop pop pop*

[@iFortold]

I’ve got most quests done on labs with this event, but just as you said, it became very frustrating and not worth wasting time on

[@inundation7591]

Forgot to mention friendly scavs raiders n bosses pmcs are enemies usually

[@deepspacewanderer9897]

Some notes and my (rather positive) opinion on the event: - Zagustin (and other stims that prevent you from getting bleeds) prevent you from getting the brainrot while they are active, so should be used when encountering a large group of zombies - You won't run out of ammo in your mags if you bring like 16 mags, and your gun won't overheat if you go loud. - On EU servers people are friendly more often than not, on event-quest maps at least As for opinion, i quite like the event, mostly due to things unrelated to implementation: - The event's quest chain is actually completable for a relatively casual player. - For said players it somewhat normalises going to Labs. - It teaches you to bring a second gun if you need it. - It in general pushes players towrads putting more of their own thoughts into a loadout (as there arent really any gudes) and towards considering more and uncoventional parameters. - The implementation is fine. Not great, not terrible.

[@kenshinhimura9387]

If you bring 16 mags you have no room for any loot. Going loud will just attract even more zombies which will waste all your ammo. Zombies with guns is dumb and they can 1 shot you from across the map. The zombies never stop spawning. You won't be able to just kill all of them and complete your quest.

[@MaxusW]

@@kenshinhimura9387 tbh this is not an event where loot is a priority tho, unless you wanna fuck over the other pmcs doing their quests maybe xD

[@deepspacewanderer9897]

@@kenshinhimura9387 - 16 mags leaves you with 20ish slots for loot and that number increases as the raid goes on, since you can dicard used-up/unneeded mags. And this isn't really an event where you are supposed to toot things much. And, given cheap ammo and lower number of players making you more likely to get you gear back in insurance, your raid costs are lower. - 400+ bullets is enough to kill a lot of zombies if you are reasonably accurate, so somewhat increased ammo consumption from going loud is much better than a jam. - Zombies with guns dont oneshot you frequently enough for that to be a problem for me (i got oneshot, like, once in 12ish hours of playing the event). If you disagree, then try using a helmet with class 3 faceshield and armour with class 3 neck. Like, try actually dealing with the problem instead of crying about it. - Zombie waves generally spwan intermittently enough for you to genrally be able to do whatever you need to do.

[@allahvscovid19]

trash event

[@percthug]

@@MaxusWjust bring 120 shells and a mp-155, plenty of space for loot

[@PitchBlackRoses]

My issue with zombies is this: There is infinite of them. So you are encouraged to use sj6 and ignore them (unless doing scav kill quest/zombie kill quest). An event that rewards you for not interacting with them isnt that good of an idea. But I love zombies. I love the theme I love the vibe and I love the amount of them. What i would do as a game dev. Is either increase the amount that initially spawns dont make them respawn forever. Or add wandering hordes which would kinda work like reinforcements they would wander in groups around the map (and zombies that died would join it by respawning if that horde isnt aggroed if it is respawn in a different one) So if you clear a building it is going to be cleared until this horde of zombies walks near and u aggro them by sound or etc. This would fix the issue of you killing them and then within a tiny duration the same amount of zombies being nearby if not more. But ngl the horde system would keep the map semi full of them just buildings that were cleared will be semi cleared (UNLESS someone aggroes the horde on them runs into that building and dies or etc. then that building will be hella full) It would add the vibe of fighting vs a giant amount of enemies. Like an actual zombie apocalypse while rewarding you for clearing the path towards your objective /task instead of just running to it while ignoring everyone. Also having to avoid the hordes adds an extra bit of fun gameplay and if you fail at it then Good luck have fun killing em all or trying to run. Or any other solution that makes it so it is statistically better to Interact with the zombies along the way. Than just ignore every single one until you get to your task and i will have 0 problems with it. Reason is my runs look like this : Spawn, Pop sj6 Sprint ignore every zombie if i have to go through a large open area with pistol zombies only kill those that are in the way otherwise sprint sprint sprint. Then normal zombies you ignore them go sprint sprint sprint. (I run a helmet with a faceshield so face/eyes aint a problem) If my limb gets blacked then just propi. and sprint sprint sprint. I am at the task area. Shoot shoot shoot in the room where i need the task. Do task. then Sprint sprint sprint. to exit The end. And as you see my only interaction with the event is (theoretically pumpkins while looting) But my interaction with zombies is only when its a MUST. But otherwise there is no point. if i went around and killed every enemy like i do vs scavs,pmcs without the event. I would only get punished by having less ammo/less mags, Likely having even more zombies on my ass instead of less, The tasks will just take longer at no benefit, But anyway the event got a lot better right now at the end. I dont hate it I just think tweaking would be nice. I would say the idea 10/10 the way it was done had a little more to be desired. That is all. BSG needs to take feedback from both sides. Keep what people like and give feedback. Tweak what people dont like as a majority. (Adding for those that will reply I am not complaining about difficulty quiet the opposite, I am not complaining about them giving no loot.)

[@gooseking0420]

8:50 I mean Idk. I'm probably a minority but I solo'd complete remission for everything except for the streets mission to stash the sample at the dealership. I picked up a random for that one because of the location I had to enter and my general incompetence for navigating streets. It's possible to do solo in PvE at least. You just have to learn how to game their systems. Leaving one or two pistol zombie alive and running away to the objective to plant seemed to keep the horde from spawning more for me at least, letting me spend a minute hiding in the terragroup office getting my flashdrive quest done. I did burn more than 10 kits to get down to where you plant the antidote on Factory and actually survive planting it without Tagilla showing up to instant pen my armor. That one was incredibly hard to manage to solo, and almost made me give up completely several times.

[@kenshinhimura9387]

It's not possible to do solo in PVE. You will get stuck on the Sample IV - A New Hope task. You will never make it from your transit spawn to the dropoff point. There are too many pistol zombies on the map that can 1 shot you from insane distances.

[@gooseking0420]

@kenshinhimura9387 face shield. It still gives a bleed but I've had face shields catch their bullets plenty this event. For the travel I could have solo'd it if I played streets. I had to have my buddy get me point a to point b after he watched me stream myself blowing up because I suck at finding my way around that map. Weirdly we had nothing show up while planting it. We killed a horde on the way but the second spawn never came until we left and killed one in the road. Probably just got lucky and the last guys were stuck unable to get to us to cause another wave.

[@conberate]

@@gooseking0420 Most of the pistol zombies can be dealt with by getting full coverage helmet and armor that includes the neck, but there's a random chance one of them is shooting you with 45 ACP AP bullets and if they do class three neck armor isn't enough to save you from getting one-tapped. And to the seemingly constant 'they don't shoot your head unless it's the only target' I see in other comments, I say they start shooting from so far away you can't tell what they can aim at.

[@chromicrow]

The last raid I played I ran down some stairs in labs, I met 7 zombies, FIVE OF THEM HAD PISTOLS 😭😭🙏

[@thefriendlybandit6562]

This event was frustrating until i figured out the answers to success. M60 w/ ultra nosler Propitals to keep you going while dehydrated Opening key rooms as safe havens to heal or reload Bonus tip: when its time to get your 60 kills on Streets, post up in the window of Real estae agency in the the locked REA room. My get hit a a few times by pistol z but its easy to deal with.

[@ryancalimlim6705]

I'm a solo and honestly while annoying I didn't find this event impossible. I finished the questline (easy therapist way but still) without too much difficulty. My major takeaways were 1) 12/70 rip is your friend, 1 shot headshot 100% and possible 1 tap thorax, no mags to pack just an 8 round tube in a MP shotty. If you want mags, P90 with the red tipped flesh ammo or .300 blackout whisper are really good options as well, I only ran those 3 weapons really. 2) I preferred night time, it lowkey seemed like the zombies inherited the shitty vision of AI at night. 3) Players were pretty friendly for me. I play NA nighttime after class (like 10pm-4am) normally so lower player count anyways, and the few I ran into were friendly >50% of the time. 2 random dudes guarded me in the Labs to Streets transit elevator, in 2 separate raids lol. 4) For the zombies themselves, yeah they swarm you hella. You cannot stay in the same spot for more than a few minutes ideally. Get onto high ground and ignore all melee zombies, only shoot pistols. Once all pistols / most of the close ones and the ones in your path are dead, try and clear out some of the melees (prioritize the runners, can ignore walkers if a super big swarm) and haul ass to a new high safe spot, 1 entire stamina bar away. Kill the runners that chase you (dont bother with walkers) and youll be fine. Repeat this process and you can move through any map like relative safety and ease.

[@jagers-diabetes524]

This event has been so much fun and I hope it stays around as an alternate game-mode forever. I gave up on PVP tarkov years ago, but playing this with my pve group has been a blast.

[@jfcm_yt]

I think the event could be improved in these ways to ensure a better experience for everyone. Having the event end the wipe would have allowed all trader gear levels to be unlocked , cheap costing ammo and gear etc, allowing all players to play horde gun blazing mode dispite lvl and savings. No more mag packing, just bring 10 mags if 50 shots. Reduce the spawn rate of pistol zombies and stop them from one tapping the players. Encourage the player to kill the zombies. They're only here as an inconvenience that doesn't give you anything for murdering them. Maybe have rare cases of zombies dropping pumpkins etc. Spawn rates determined by locations on map. Currently it seems like they just spawn them on top of you. It'd be cool to have more zombies in POI that makes sense rather than just being out in the middle of nowhere.

[@ClaytorYurnero]

Having Elite Metabolism is an absolute game-changer for this event, turns Virus into a mild annoyance instead of a raid ender.

[@christianc8453]

You nailed it. I hope BSG sees this video. That said I had a great time with the event but like you said I had money to burn for the constant deaths. The headshot zombies are unbearably accurate. I died most time from infected from the gun zombies.

[@jadencory6169]

Iv been running a m60 with 5 box mags total (500 rounds total ammunition), and that works well enough for me to stay in raids and kill the hords. However, it does get tedious having to kill a hord or two every time you see a single zombie

[@nf3rn047]

What i've noticed with this event is that you either have to abuse safe spots, or play with friends to have fun

[@Spentbrass42]

fun fact i was running a tor 2 with a faceshield on ground zero for a task and got 1 tapped through it, by pbp. but its a fun event and learning cheese spots for the ai is a good challenge

[@shadowninja8011]

The only way to do this mode “easily” requires you have a metric ton of stims or money for the stims, especially solo. M60 with ultra nosler is the king of slaying zombies. High damage, high capacity, and you can put a suppressor on to not attract more zombies because of the M60s ridiculous resistance to wear damage. However it’s HEAVY and so is carrying multiple boxes. If your solo you have to carry no less than 5 boxes of ammo to ensure you don’t run out. And that’s HEAVY. Meaning you need to run MULE. Well if your running MULE you also need to run propital to counteract the HP drain since you can’t stop to heal almost at all With all the heavy bleeds Zagustin becomes a must. If you have a Zag running it also prevents infection due to the actual heavy bleeds being what caused the infection to trigger. To move around Streets which you HAVE to do for some of the quests, that map is so infested you are going to run out of stamina. So running SJ6+Trimadol becomes necessary to just be able to run without stopping on demand. Doubly so with the M60 given the somewhat lengthy reload Ans when you do get infected you can manage it by using SJ12s which will give you a tick of water every few seconds to ward off the dehydration. So the only way to effectively manage yourself you have to be as drugged yo as Tagilla and those stims are not cheap.

[@arugula9253]

I once got sniped by a shooting zombie cross map and that one shot blacked out my leg as I was being chased by zombies.

[@shipso6116]

I didn't experience the problem with zombie aggro not falling off. If I was suppressed, successfully got away from the main horde and didn't make noise it was falling off pretty ok every time. The one and only problem I have is zombie door-phasing. Maybe bleed/virus chances could get a lil tweaks too. Otherwise all great. UPD: Playing solo only.

[@NickYT26]

being stuck on a raider quest is awesome too!

[@billbaggins7355]

The pve zombies seemed to be highly overturned for their accuracy. I spent about 11 raids in a row trying to plant the vial after transitioning from labs to streets, and on my way id get throat shot, head eyes, naped etc constantly by pistol zombies. at one point a zombie glitches out and couldn't be killed. I shot it in the face 120 times. he just stood there and popped me to death and I could do nothing

[@billchiper1628]

Not only that doing solo is hard its also the fact that I cannot complete quests because every time I try to do something a zombie appears and 20 second later it has turned into a horde.

[@BattlebrotherPhil]

My thoughts exactly! The event could've been fun but the balance is just so far outta whack that you can't really enjoy it unless you're a gigachad, play in a well equipped team or have millions of roubles to burn. I'm a new(ish) player on lvl 12 and pretty much the only reason I log on is to do scav runs and try to get some items and equipment without risking too much. I can't access the flea, so have no access to the needed healing items, the larger magazines, etc, and even if I did, I would quickly run out of money rebuying new stuff every time. So yeah, the odds are stacked highly against us here. Also hate the fact that the zombies don't even drop basic loot and you can't recoup the insane amounts of money you need to spend on ammo before every single raid. Gotta say though, I had one raid I would call a success with my PMC. I was using a MP-155 semi-auto shotty with reflex and loaded with Grizzly slugs, allowing me to one tap the zombie's heads consistently. The gun has a great advantage in that it allows you to do quick ammo top ups in between shots. Even so, I went through nearly all my ammo and only barely managed to extract while being severely dehydrated. Maybe this helps someone.

[@POLARIS12345]

Honestly they can easily tune several things. 1: Make zombies have 50% of current HP Reason for this is that zombies constantly spawn so this still allows a player to engage with zombies but still have fear since teams/players will have to keep moving on 2: Pistol zombies should have limited ammo /x1 mag only Pistol zombies have infinite ammo, which is the biggest problem. And for some odd reason always do heavy bleed and always seem to aim for your face or neck or any vulnerable place it's pretty absurd. 3: have small break periods, after a horde. Hordes after killing them should stop a majority of zombies from spawning for a few minutes maybe like 4 or 3 minutes with some "Stragglers" basically less amount of zombies for a small period. 4: allow some more loot from zombies? Maybe "infected dog tag" or something along those lines. It's pretty absurd how many zombies you kill and get nothing in exchange beyond well "living" they should've given infected dog tags, and use that to trade in for some special loot.

[@viimmdlii7516]

The event was fun at first, but once I figured out high tier gear is worthless against them I just ran untar gear and .366 geska to get this event chain done. It went from fun to a absolute hell grind in two days. Labs and factory are a nightmare if people aren’t friendly but the loot for the labs expansion is better than blue keycard x10. Now that I have the Remission achievement I’m waiting until the event is over to play anymore. Those who are going for both and resetting are another level of masochist.

[@ghost01477]

My experience with the event and context: PvE solo, going into it with elite metabolism and enough money to run full head protection every raid: started out with a lot of frustrated deaths. But once you get the hang of things, it's really fun and definitely not overly challenging, minus bad RNG. And in fact, my biggest complaint now is that the pmc and scav spawning is almost non-existent, which obviously really ruins a lot of things, from emergent gameplay to just getting tasks done against pmc.

[@Ryudo1236]

You can avoid infection with Zagustim and you can offset the exhaustion with propital

[@LePygargue]

I never used the ronin helmet like ever but ended up spamming it in this event and can't count how many times it saved my ass from pistol zombies

[@kamilpruszynski7132]

4:18 Sounds like Dayz

[@austin9780]

Zangustan, SJ6, and propital have been my absolute best friends, pop all these and go as far as humanly possible

[@fireblazinxd8434]

I had fun honestly with the zombies for the first two raids. Problem was is that I just came back after a bit playing for a while and I had a mission to do in ground zero that made it impossible to do the mission since if one zombies sees me the whole horde knows where I’m at

[@demonking1147]

Now that LMG's are more prevalent in Tarkov, will we get a new Tarkov Geographic or Weapon Stereotypes video? Love the content, I can't wait for the next video!

[@stark599]

This is definitely an event I would like to see again with things fixed and balanced. Its realy cool and is held back by the major issues

[@gump_plays_rust]

GIVE THIS MAN A PODCAST

[@MaidrillatopgMaidrillatopg]

Btw the zombies have around a 10-25% chance of hitting you into neck which will almost always kill you since they have flesh ammo :D

[@Lu_Kitsuray]

I couldn't agree more with this event. It was a big surprise, the idea of just having zombies, a zombie mode or whatever you wanna all it in Tarkov is pretty cool in terms of the survival aspect and the atmossphere is pretty cool. It's just a bummer that it's mechanically kinda bad balanced and also imo... I hate everything that forces me to play labs when it comes to tasks but I hate like 90% of the tasks in this game so... Yeah, me-problem.

[@gospel_of_jesus_christ]

This event was pretty stupid, but I eventually figured it out. I would buy the .366 tkm AK and put a can on it because the suppressed weapons aggro'd them slightly less, the .366 TKM round no matter which one you have selected is a freight train and kills them with only 1-3 rounds. Bring stims IE at least bring propitol and adrenaline and the one that stops bleeds and the sj6 is good to pack as well. Bring like three grenades, so when injured you can run away to some height and then when you finished healing you can deal with the horde(s) at your feet put an optic onto your crappy wanna-be AK and snipe the pistol zombies in the head when they appear, and bring at least 2 caloks. I would bring tons of ammo, a big backpack and at least 6 mags, eventually I was literally murdering every zombie on the maps. even with the 100% infection rates.

[@Playbahnosh]

The main problem is, the event is obviously geared towards god tier nolifers. The fact that most zombie missions take place in Labs is insane. Sure, you don't need a keycard for entry right now, but all the other Labs negatives still stand, like the fact insurance doesn't work there. It's impossible to avoid the zombies in the tight corridors and it's very easy to lose a run to one scratch or a gunbie (gun-zombie) that lazers you from across the hall. Also, zombies are crazy OP, they are super fast, have insane HP, they zig-zag so you can't hit them, and even if you as much as brush up against one of them it guarantees at least two lost limbs and three heavy bleeds instantly, if not instant death as in a lot of cases. The zombie virus immediately tanks your stamina and hydration, so once you're infected you're as good as dead. Unless, of course, if you're already MLG pro, have billions in the bank, infinite ammo and can afford to just throw away set after set of gear on Labs to try and accomplish the impossible. I watched streamers having great fun just buying M60s with 5 cans and dying 2 minutes into the raid "for the lulz" and doing it over and over. Sadly, most players are not like that. I myself play PvE only, mostly solo, and I have tried doing the missions on Labs, but all I accomplished is losing basically all my gear and becoming flat broke. The other huge issue is, you can't do normal missions or even simple scav runs because the zombies are everywhere on all maps, you get swarmed in seconds, and not much you can do with no gear, a half-broken gun and a handful of shitty ammo. Sure, you can sneer "skill issue" and leave it at that, but I think it's extremely shitty to disqualify half the playerbase from even playing the game for weeks because the devs wanted some streamers to have fun.

[@conberate]

I managed the first two labs quests in PvE, eventually. You can generally get INTO the place with only three or four tries of just sprinting towards it through hallways, but the run I made it in then out relied on there not being any zombies along the path I took to the area, because as soon as one spots you the game starts spawning them in a ring around you and if you're in the hallway leading in then they drop out of thin air directly in your way. I basically spent ~30k on a gun and about 70k on a propital and a Zagustin for each attempt, and since I made it into the place three out of seven times and had an injectors pouch I made the money back. That was, of course, after I lost several full kits of level 5+ armor and helmets plus three RPKs and an M60 all full of bullets to getting 45 ACP AP through my throat or ears. Thankfully my standard casual scav run is Reserve Ammo Farm where you check the PMC bodies before extracting through the checkpoint fence, so I still have a couple of armor sets waiting for the event to end

[@jauho7483]

It's really not that hard. Ammo isn't that expensive, you just buy the cheapest available ammo and 2 hemostats. Once you shoot the first herd, you actually need to look for zombies, because their numbers are so low. Also scav killing quests are now super easy and you can get fence rep in PVE by doing coop extracts

[@scromberprofessionalautist1017]

Legit just a mp153, Magnum buck, zangustin(to avoid infection due to being immune to bleeds) and some decent armor to keep you from getting necked by zombies and you are chilling. I have made like 30 mil just solo running the zombie lab, the new keycard room, and normal lab rooms 3-4 times everynight. That being said the zombies are SUPER janky and if you arent at least somewhat established before this event. I 100% understand your frustration. I mowed down a whole horde using an Ultra Nosler M60 then got one tapped through a face shield by a hiding pistol Zombie. Never been more peeved in my life lol.

[@conberate]

@@jauho7483 Zombie numbers are low in low infection areas. In a 100% infection area they spawn out of thin air close enough to aggro on a randomized timer every 5ish minutes.

[@theACE929_TTV]

I do agree with almost everything stated in this vid although the event was verry easy solo if you just played smart used safe rooms run 500 bullets a raid I was able to get the achivmet about 3 hours after its quest came out and I did all previous quests solo

[@workwheelsjdm8251]

I wasted 4 million on dying but I had so much fun building wacky shotgun kits etc and I’ve never seen so many people cooperating with each other .

[@JordanHarris]

If this was a new game mode instead of just an event, this would be the coolest thing ever. Hopefully I can setup a game of zonbies an SPT server.

[@austinflood3958]

Been loving playing as a solo ngl, my loadouts are much cheaper since I use nothing but hp ammo, I almost always get everything back from insurance, I can go to high traffic areas without getting curbstomped by 3 stacks, and I don't have to worry about a tier 6 armor icbm coming my way if I shoot something. I'd have zero gripes if the hit boxes were better and the pistol zombies were either super rare or removed

[@whitecat2594]

by the way for anyone thinking skill issue use a visor they can have ap 45 ap 6.3 and pbp

[@lashedvenom]

0:36 lol no. Scavs are there and the worst part is halfway through the event you’d lose rep for killing any as a scav

[@cadenedwards403]

when does the event end? i’m a new player and have been wanting to play but not tryna learn with the zombies everywhere lol

[@mrtimurer]

Agree with all of your points. Overall I really enjoyed the event (minus sniper zombies). The event forced me to try new things. I've started with an mcx with fmj and slowly through experimentation eorked my way to Light machine guns, then to 12 gauge shotguns with RIP, to 12 gauge with buckshot, to KS-23m with Shrap-10, to G28 with nosler and finally to both ks and g28. This loadout allows me to survive 90% of my (pve) raids. Ks is great for running and gunning and g28 helps against sniper zombies as well as picking out runners when fortified. It's great when you are forced to experiment with new loadouts, but then again, you need to have a lot of saved up money.

[@Mahashma]

My 2c: I think with some tweaks, Escape from Zorkov could be a fun optional game mode that I'd probably play fairly often. As it is now, it's complete and utter balls.

[@specky8230]

I think if they want to do this again they should temporarily make durability burn non existent and lessen overheat and remove gun zombies so people can treat it like a horde shooter that requires planning but doesn’t feel like like “oh I’m out of ammo I’m going to die” or “wow I just got one tapped by a zombie I didn’t even know existed with a pistol”

[@infinityd8448]

Best event ever, I'm mostly playing solo and getting out of raids/getting shit done pretty easly. AI can be easly outsmarted and killed; u can even sneak pass zombies jest by slow walking if u want to. High elevation spots or every key room can be your safe spot. It's really easy. You can even prevent the infection by hitting zagustin before fight - you can buy it from Therapist or flea by 10-20k more rubles than from trader. Pistol zombies cant hit shit or if they even hit you if you are wearing basic armor with aramid insert on that part of body you can survive it no problem (even with lv2 insert). If horde starts to chase you you should run away some to make them lineup for you - kill the fastest ones and then find the safe spot like a box or room and then kill bots with pistols. Reload/heal kill the rest and go (if they are spawning decide to move to other spot or stay and kill remanings). If you are using suppressed guns you will attract less zombies. I recommend to always have suppressed glock 17 with 50rnd mags with RIP or other flesh ammo type - low recoil, it's cheap, mags are cheap, pretty accurate, quiet u can kill most zombies with it with 1 shot.

[@dannykeuerleber7419]

I think a deciding factor on having fun or not for the event is access to prop and zug, cause the prop will out heal the HP drain from dehydration and zug prevents both bleeds and infections and with both of those being hard to farm as loot and you need level 4 therapist to buy them at a price below 100k I can understand not having fun.

[@MaxusW]

I love it (except for the additional lag due to millions of bots on the maps) :D Granted, I have elite metabolism so I can't die of dehydration, that's a big plus. But I actually had so many friendly encounters with groups of strangers working together like I did not think was possible in EFT :D Also the way you have to change your gear to fit the situation like you mentioned is fun. The Ronin helmet became my meta piece, stops every annoying pistol zombie shot to the head and has no visor vision xD

[@EnvyKoi]

I really enjoyed this event as i fit that group of having too much gear. I play with friends all the time and solo and did fine once applied dayz physics to the game by zig zagging. The pistol zombies weren't too bad other than being ontop of something repacking. Or shooting one and watching 25 spawn in the same spot and then dcing because of the amount that spawned. Other than those 2 things i really think it was the best event ever especially on labs and woods with the rework and explosive canisters and even when i died to those it was laughter