The Slow Descent Into Tarkov Burnout

Hello my friends and welcome to what will probably be my last Escape From Tarkov video for a long time.
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[@SwissMarksman]

Hit on the nail with the "wasting time" point .. it's crazy when you consider if you play 3-4 hours you only do up to 3-4 raids (give or take).

[@EnderGraff1]

Its crazy. Especially if you have a due, and you die early. You're waiting in lobby, they die at extract and say "thats enough tarkov for the night." Solo tarkov for you.

[@SwissMarksman]

@@EnderGraff1 Not only duo, but if you play as a 3-4-5 man. I mean sure, you can do Scav runs theoretically. But what if I don't wanna do fucking Scav runs because I wanna get progress as fast as I can?

[@tonygibson1969]

That's one of the reasons I stopped. Spent more time in menus than playing the game

[@isaac6077]

No ill have done 10 raid that i died instantly on and made zero progress

[@SwissMarksman]

@@tonygibson1969 It just sucks so hard especially if you don't really have the big time for a game like & Tarkov and you want to progress. You spend 30 minutes or more in Raid, with rare Quest item & then you absolutely die to some stupid RNG.

[@pedrojnunes0]

No more "stay safe in tarkov city" Right in the feels Your content is really awesome, man I'm sure whatever direction you might take, your content will stay top quality and entertaining

[@2200gonewild]

Well articulated video man, I personally left for the same reasons years ago but I recently came back to play spt with mods to stick it to nikita and I've been having a blast because I can skip all the time wasting bs and the cheater infused sweat fest that is online pvp nowadays

[@seanhogan6209]

SPT rekindled my love for EFT. I have been playing since Alpha and got burned out about 2 years ago. SPT is everything I want Tarkov to be. No desync, no cheaters, no lag, no chads, plus many many more great things.

[@bronzebow4235]

Don't forget the co-op spt...

[@maxfern5701]

​@@bronzebow4235I'vd heard it can be unstable and buggy, is it not the case?

[@theglobe292]

Yesterday I installed it with a friend to play together. It's great, even better than the official one... ​@@maxfern5701

[@literalcringe6154]

This is the realest shit.

[@sb17899]

very relatable. came back to tarkov after 2 years and got addicted to it again, finally got kappa for the first time, and now i'm starting to feel the burnout. it was fun while it lasted though.

[@MaxxJuggs1]

Single player mod is one of the best thing that has happened to Tarkov. No more cheaters, no more waiting in the queue etc etc. Enjoying the game again.

[@OJoseFrancisco]

I started playing tarkov in 2020. it was normal for me and my friends to wait 20 minutes in queue to find matches, at that time i didn't think much of it, now i can't imagine how we tolerated that 😅

[@kyuthefox]

I switched to SPTarkov where I can run the game without wipe but every thing vanilla. I like it because with easy start account you can buy every gun from the flea and just build something and do whatever. Loading times are no more than most singleplayer games I played from the same SSD. About 30 secounds tops. Way better to play then online, not just because my internet is connection loss hell.

[@mikenew1969]

I am around 7500 hours. Only played solo and relate to your words. I did Kappa one wipe but now struggle to do tasks as it is tedious. The latest money grab was poor timing as evwry one was already jaded so it was like a final push to those that hung on. Good luck 👍 Your contents always fresh

[@fiskebent]

I'm new to Tarkov and enjoying it immensely. I'm in the 'use off-meta weapons and lose' category, but I don't mind. I enjoy the challenge and sometimes - sometimes - I'm the one that wins and that's such a high. I've enjoyed your videos and I hope you find something to play that you enjoy.

[@cherrymaygalicia2722]

Man you should have waited and save your money for arena breakout infinite to come out its a free version of tarkov the money part is either from cosmetic, season pass, or extra storage.

[@Mate-vg2ft]

One of the biggest issues with releasing games in early access and you articulate it damn finely.

[@silvertsar1477]

Agree with you 100%. Sometimes playing for 4 hours and only surviving 1 raid feels very demotivating.

[@mrtafabambusak8761]

I had this love-hate relationship with EFT since I startder playing 4 years ago. There was always something that I disliked about it, something that held it back from being perfect. I never could put my finger on it, but then I stumbled upon this awesome video. Here, you articulated everything that annoyed me over the years. Thank you Mr J Dog for your great work!

[@pidgeotguy3400]

every burnout i had in tarkov or just any game i played DRG, best game i ever played and still play

[@TheNomadJack]

Tarkov is one of those games to keep at arms length, Me and my mates only play for the first month or two of a wipe, because we LOVE the early game. Once we start getting meta kit and doing the BORING mid-game quests we all lose interest. Maybe just have a short stint on the next wipe until you feel like you're done. You'll probably enjoy it alot more just playing a bit more casually.

[@ohmyshou1der]

Haven't played beyond lvl 10 in 3 years.

[@isaac6077]

Gonna be honest. You dont. Playing causually is getting one shit with ap-m every raid cause your armor cant cut it.

[@adamkaneshiro]

thanks for all of your videos brother! i know how video game burnout happens to us all, hopefully you remember the good times!

[@gramsta836]

Hey man, I played from 2019-2022 very heavily. Took a break the past 2 years or so and just got back into it, and I can tell you that taking a large break definitely helps. I’m having a ton of fun with it, besides the cheaters obviously.

[@mick_thundus]

Great video as always man, I’m excited to see what you create next

[@000blind00]

Well said man. Best luck. Look forward to what comes next to your channel. Cheers

[@onlineghost9813]

I support you, been following your channel for a long time and i do admire your integrity. thank you.

[@mediamuffin7556]

I had a bunch of friends get into the game this wipe and they all had trouble understanding why I wasn’t keeping up when I’ve been playing for so many years. There’s just a certain point where you’re tired of doing the same quest knowing you’ll have to do it all again. Like you said so well the features are great…. Until it’s the 10th time you’re starting all over in your hideout, or leveling traders or even just building guns every damn day. Tarkovs problem is and always has been there really isn’t an endgame and relies so heavily on its progression that when the progression loses its appeal so does the game.

[@luketargett2233]

Great points! I also feel like this but I personally think the biggest 2 issues are the amount of time spent doing tetris in the hideout menus with items crafting etc etc, as well as the blatant cheating sickness thats went on for years.

[@thew26x]

hell yeah brother

[@svimle511]

Thank you for everything you have done for the community and i am rigt up there with you. which is why i am playing arena breakout. its just flat out better and solved so many problems i had with tarkov

[@marsim5044]

This video is like whatever I had in my mind put in a video, thanks J dog.

[@Snoozie09]

This was a very coherent rant, my friend. I'll hang around for whatever content you make tbh.

[@SamuraiGatts22]

Love your content and always enjoy the off meta info. Best of luck!

[@davinkohnz7982]

3500hrs here. Skipped last wipe from burnout in the game and some crap people that i played with that made the game zero fun for months. Came back to this wipe and hit max traders after a few months and was having a hard time finding the motivation for the grind again. And then BSG gave a big middle finger to the player base and showed they didnt give a fuck about the people that have dedicated soo many hours to the game. (All it would have taken was a we fucked up, our bad and to fix the issue) Now i simply cannot bring myself to load the launcher. Your vids helped me massivley starting out and i will forever be grateful. Best of luck in the future!!

[@SwissMarksman]

Let's not forget Nikita branding all the EOD players (the majority of them have thousands of hours, including me and my mates) as "non believers".

[@davinkohnz7982]

@@SwissMarksman I did forget that. Guess I'm not a believer lol

[@seventhslap509]

Yeah I can feel that man. Doing the same shit over and over each wipe and the core issues (cheaters and technical problems) doesen't get fix. This burned me out a bit. I took a 1 1/2 year break from the game and returened this wipe. Learning streets was a fun experience and also getting my pvp skills back up. But also stoped playing a few weeks ago, as the late wipe is pretty stale. I have given up on the carrot on a stick when I quit 1 1/2 years ago. Tarkov can be a fun game if you don't over do it. There is just not enough content. And the same issues as 5 years ago (glowing sunglasses during fog and the bad audio says hello).

[@jay_ofspades]

Great points. I quit playing for about 2.5 years now due to most of the points you hit on in this video. Just recently I have been feeling the itch to play again, especially with PVE mode being released. The thought of being able to play at my own pace and experience the content that way is appealing.

[@no0kieNRW]

every well worded as always. this video should be shown to anyone who's planning to buy the game.

[@EnderGraff1]

props to making a video on this that isn't all about the new edition greed. Also for what it's worth, i like your gun builds this wipe for their combo of meta and tacticool/larper.

[@MortalMilka]

I feel you brother, go and try to heal from this mess. Back in the day I was so hyped about the game but slowly it just lost any meaning. I tried the same "fighting against the meta" playstyle but usually the meta wins. For the last 3 wipes I couldn't even get myself to play solo. I will jump in and play if I had any friend asking for it, but I think solo Tarkov is just dead for me. Maybe I will give a chance for the SP mod or the proper SP ingame somewhere down the line.

[@asininemind8235]

im literally 2 insomnia kills from kappa and i got burnt out. that was a month ago. still havent got back to it

[@lxxl8156]

Sometimes it’s ok to just, let, go.

[@rawdog7881]

I can’t believe how bad they constantly fumble the bag.

[@bush7788]

cheers for the memories

[@bradac56]

I've played Tarky since the closed beta (won a a free account from Shroud back in the day) but two months ago I uninstalled it and I'm only playing Star Citizen hardcore for the foreseeable future. There's only so much pain you can endure from one source.

[@thealonestargazer]

i remember the giveaways back then, we all had fun man, im hoping that fika and the playerbase takes over. done with the cheaters, done with the bs. if not, see you next amazing game

[@alexeydavydov4621]

very well put thought

[@malikthebarbarian6815]

I quit playing Tarkov like 2 years ago and just recently started paying attention to it again. Breaks are good.

[@RotaruCosminLeonard]

I gave up on it a year ago. So many things made me sick of it. Not even the offline mode could satisfy me anymore.

[@warlordwossman5722]

4:59 yeah that's the list that never will get better and no amount of dopamine is good enough to ignore it forever

[@Mr6Sinner]

I stopped playing in 2020 after it being my main game since the beta opened. I couldn’t take the half-asses fixes anymore. The introduction of found-in-raid status killed the games for me and my group. I used the flea market to make up for my lack of time. Not being about to sell 80% of my items for optimal prices made it clear that Nikita and BSG were completely against letting people play they game any way other than how they wanted us to. Not to mention that when I bought the game, we were told that the game was going to be a persistent open world survival with physical traders. Tarkov, with its raids, has managed to define an entirely new genre of game from what was supposed to be a damn placeholder…

[@MrFreeman042]

You are right on all counts

[@kelsipherzatozia840]

Good video. I just started playing halfway though this current wipe so everything is still new to me. But I do understand the annoyance of min/maxing the questlines; I pretty much needed to download a flowchart to show me how to unlock any decent gear so I can actually play the game. Who knows, maybe giving the game another shot after 1.0 release would be a breath of freash air for al the Tarkov veterans out there.

[@N0ctVrnaL]

Thank you!!!!!! 💯

[@kuikelooo]

got addicted ammediately, played 3k hours in 4 wipes, and now the burnout hits..

[@MrJbedo]

3k hours in 4 wipes!? Wtf how

[@dskpnk]

3k hours in 2 years, it's like 4h of etf/days, ofc the burnout hits dude...

[@kuikelooo]

@@MrJbedo i lied, only 2900hours

[@kuikelooo]

@@dskpnk yeah i know, but im not Even interested anymore to play any othet shooter game 😔

[@SwissMarksman]

So you played 4h Tarkov everyday in 2 years? The fuck is your occupation?

[@TrTriTrippin]

After playing for 7 years… the passion is gutted out of it.

[@MrFizz27]

Gonna miss all your weapon build videos. I still run a lot of your fashion builds pretty regularly. Tan is the way. As a casual, the time wasting really does take a toll. Many nights i just dont have it in me to settle in for a raid or two because most of that time will be spent not actually playing. I'd rather just hop into something else for what little evening i have.

[@CoffeeFresh_]

Im trying to finish the grind for kappa so i have a closing chapter before I move on

[@gettingbeat]

This wipe I really thought I'd finally push kappa instead of getting to like lvl45 with infinite bitcoins and stop again ,but trying to kill Sthurman *1 time* when he was still at 15%(?) just completely killed any excitement I had to play. Dozens and dozens of loadout buying and loading screens just made it such a slog

[@4AMFiction]

preach brother 🙏

[@gansior4744]

I will be honest. They changed recoil and added Ground Zero and I got absolutely sucked in first time like that in 6 years. First month, Playing with 3 friends was absolutely amazing. I never went as far with progression and with one simple pack they ruined it

[@Nihoolious]

I went through something similar with DayZ. Played that game, mod and standalone, for almost 7 years straight and when the game was at its lowest point in players and worst state of game itself. When that pathetic excuse for a 1.0 came and the servers I frequented died off I was done for good. I cant help but feel bitter at the game being at its highest player count now solely due to community mods but I'm too burned out to ever go back to it. Tarkov was the game I always wanted DayZ to be. And it was a really great game for years despite everything but like you said there came a certain point where I stopped lying to myself that all of these issues were something to be fixed in the future, and realized they were just features. The Streets wipe was the last one for me and in hindsight my choice to quit has been vindicated more every day. Always loved your videos back in the day when I loved this game, look forward to whatever you decide to cover next.

[@TheDangerMan]

I officially had my burnout as well this recent wipe. Been playing since 2020 and at this point you would think Tarkov would be at its all time peak. Sadly not and what is even more sad is all the streamers and KZbinrs are leaving as well. Tarkov had a good run but all games must come to an end at some point.

[@f.leopoldorchibald7555]

BSG MUST SEE THIS VIDS

[@ech0oo197]

Holyyyy j dog got that dog in em on this vid

[@euriel2010]

Doing SPT + SAIN mod. I enjoy Tarkov without wait time and other issues. Much user friendly to casual like me and slowly learn the mechanics of the game without gear fear. Been asking for an offline mode from BSG for years. They delivered but locked it behind a $100 usd upgrade.

[@bldgl8723]

So maybe the title has been an open challenge all along. Sadly we now escaped from Tarkov.

[@Kevin-zy2xz]

Could not have put it better myself. I had huge hopes for this game.. also spent too much time in loading screens

[@PabloBere]

Welcome to Tarkov bb

[@climba333]

All my friends are done with this shit so we try SPT Tarkov with coop mod and everyone enjoyed cause so much fun than the origin also don’t need to paid 250$ and extra money to unlock pocket and storage space

[@KytexEdits]

Questing, this is the issue. I played since 2017, but every wipe since Jan 2019 just as Labs came out. Out of these wipes, I made it to level 40 and 49 I think in 2019, then 31 in 2021, 38 in 2023, and this wipe 44. All others I got to level 15-25 in first weeks and quit. Know why? I have to do the same godforsaken quests every time. I know some people on the reddit and such love to talk about how pvp is so awful and this and that, blablabla. Truth though is that me, and most of the people I've known since I started play for the PvP. I want to be able to PvP and enjoy myself with the guns I like, however over time they've made things impossible to buy on flea and require much higher level. For example, let's say I wanted to play with completely standard rifles, ak74 and m4, and use 5.45 PS and m855, ammos which honestly aren't very good. Now that means I need to be mid level 20s to have BAD ammo. How am I gonna do that without questing? I can level super fast, but honestly i'm just done with it. I finished a quest like Setup by only dying 3 times and killing 15 in 24h, guess what though? I love pvp, this is why it works, same with punisher quests. Do I want to do all the BS fetch and mark and this and that quests? Dude I've done them 10+ times. I'm so over it at this point. Only time I'm EVER returning to Tarkov in the future is private PvP servers. I'm going back to arma/dayz and some other games, where THE COMMUNITY is great and mods the game to perfection, better than any arrogant, out of touch dev team can. Tarkov isn't good the way Nikita sees it, and he can't even deliver on a better main questing system he promised what, 4-5 years ago now? Jesus man.

[@BigBoi5T3V3]

just take an extended brake if you are burned out. it took me 11000 hours to realize that. xD

[@paininthepatoot]

Well said.

[@harryfromhardtime7397]

I felt the burnout when they added inertia to the game. Pvp was so fun before that ppl were doing crazy things. Lots of w key players less cheaters high loot areas with loots of pmcs made the game so fun for me. Now the game is so slow that if you move you die and no one tries something new. Not enough creativity left in the game and still there is no endgame.

[@SwissMarksman]

lol let alone the Audio changes. Tarkov during Lockdown was a different beast.

[@MichaelgoestoBitburg]

I put around 800 hours into tarkov in a very short amount of time. Then the burnout came, and I couldn't bring myself to even open the game. I came back after a while and put in a couple hundred more hours bc i wanted to get to 1000. I love tarkov and feel sad abandoning it like this, but i can't bring myself to play it anymore. This current wipe really ended it for me. Now I'd rather play stalker or halo or other single-player games that just let me chill.

[@fly_pie_1172]

For me out of all the crap this game has theres ONLY 2 things i cant stand: the absolute way in which the devs refuse to aknowledge any errors, bugs, cheaters, fixes or make any attemp of communication or actually introducing worthwile updates And secondly, above the first : cheaters, thats the reason i get mad and stop playing for months

[@flame6]

See ya next wipe!

[@DrunkGeko]

I owned the game since 2017 but I've barely played, skipping most wipes and my biggest achievement has been level 1 bitcoin farm. That was true until this wipe. This wipe i think is "that one big wipe". Maybe not on the technical side but it sure is on the design side between the new armour and recoil systems and the avilability of ammo/armours throughout progression Honestly i think that forgetting the travesty that has been the unheard edition BSG has been going in the right direction full steam ahead for the last few months As for your minmaxing argument, well, i think that it's not a problem with the game itself but rather an intrinsic problem of playing the same game for thousands of hours. I've seen it happen with every single game i've played that much. At some point you just start optimizing everything until you optimize the fun out of the game and there's not that much the devs can do about it except making the optimization itself fun (which is what PoE has done for instance)

[@eatmorvegetal3444]

I haven’t played for like a year. I’m still waiting for PVE for EOD owners and then I’ll really get back into it.

[@warlordwossman5722]

then you realize the AI is worse than Halo CE from 2001 and the quests are still just artificial blockades of meta gear that's won't make the game more fun either

[@donnyboi1990]

I played against the meta for the first 3 years, but once you start using the fancy scopes and stuff you just can't go back.

[@2cool4ufool1]

i love this game, but i never play wipes back to back. Time away makes it feel fresh to come back to.

[@wathog01]

Ironically the best quick solution is the PVE mode and coop with friends. But BSG had to fuck it up so hard

[@Kuemmel234]

That the game kinda implodes for other reasons probably doesn't help. I haven't played as much, only managed a lot of progress in a few wipes, but I'm also burnt out. The cheater problems as of a few wipes ago were the final straw for me. Also, I think the game is at its best for the first day of a wipe when everyone is playing different kinds of kitchen sink loadouts and is still kinda close in terms of quests. From there it's downhill. And I agree that tarkov is played with the wrong mindset and would have enjoyed the stalker larping lifestyle. Good luck with everything!

[@smaariseth]

I am in a burnout right now myself, burnt out of cheaters and developer bullshit

[@ThrobRoss]

They need to interconnect the maps and provide servers with a set amount of players. Basically a big open world escape from Tarkov. Take any exfil to your hideout, stock up on gear and essentials and embark on your tasking journey on one large interconnected map. If they did you could have community run servers and it would be a very good game in my opinion.

[@SwissMarksman]

I can tell you never plaid Tarkov. Because that idea with the current state of Tarkov is just dystopia.

[@ThrobRoss]

@@SwissMarksman I’ve got almost 2k hours. That is their ultimate plan for tarkov…

[@ThrobRoss]

@@SwissMarksman instead of instance servers on one map, with a set amount of people. A persistent server on a huge map with a set amount of people.

[@robmarcus6528]

this game has always been an abusive relationship.

[@kushmintz420]

watching a video ab tarkov burnout while loading in to a raid🌚

[@MachinedFace88ttv]

i thought you were going to rage bait with the dame content as everyone else, but even i can agree tarkov time sinks kill the momnetum of the game.

[@xsaytinx4495]

Main reason I stop every wipe is from the cheaters it’s soo much of a waste to finally get in a match just to have a cheater takes all loot or rushes you at spawn point within 10secs of loading in

[@jeremylinfan23]

loved the baldurs gate content and the other guides you put out for other games. keep doing ya thing

[@JukeboxOddities]

Hit the nail on the head.

[@bunssugar]

And yet... the Desert Eagle is still absent. I've been waiting on it for so long, and it's still had the same wiki page for the past 5-6 years.

[@Exzealous]

When they add mods I think it will help your love of the game. Hope you have a great day as well

[@Dairos1]

Im on the honeymoon phase (first wipe) and one thing that always makes me sad is that people with gamma have a WAY easier life and a have no choice to get it if I dont get a 250$ version of the game, that really sucks. As a standard version player I feel like im always behind

[@thealonestargazer]

practice in spt, come back for the wipes, its nice having something to fall back too when the burnout hits and its a great aim trainer

[@SiberianOldPal]

Tarkov is ok in small doses. A month in the beginning of wipe, then 2 months pause, then a couple of weeks of endgame Tarkov, then wait for the next wipe :D

[@yarmy2936]

SPT joins the chat

[@CentaurMoe]

BSG had tried their best to crush any amount of fun out of their game in the name of grind. Around 12.7 was such a fun if flawed experience, since the they just turned the game into such an insufferable grind fest.

[@jts0221]

Ironic happenings as of late; I always loved 90% of tarkov. The gameplay, guns, customization, quests, maps, lore, etc were all perfect. I work a lot however and have a kid so I could never sink any decent amount of time into EFT and would never progress, never win fights etc. 100% a skill issue. I have wanted PVE for ages and now that its finally here I can play with my friends or my wife and I can enjoy the game for the first time ever. Sad to see how they handled the whole thing, as they made some missteps for sure. Other than the fact it was too expensive and they screwed over EOD I think the game itself is the best its ever been.

[@geotag1272]

i realized all of these since last year, glad i quit when i needed to and im all for new games.

[@moshlundgren]

It's fine man, your Arena Breakout content will be just as excellent, I'm sure! :P

[@JDogth3Wise]

Ain't touching it

[@moshlundgren]

@@JDogth3Wise Ohh :(

[@ianb9187]

Fingers crossed for stalker 2

[@Angelfox51]

Thanks for the content you made. I feel the same for a long time now. You nailed a problem I never thought about, this game does not allow you to play the way you want to be efficient, and this explains maybe the life cycle of every wipe with « awesome game » at the start of wipe, to « dead game » 3 months after. Oh now this cycle has a drama now since 3 wipes maybe. Anyway, BSG never find a proper way to keep the playerbase investing time and enjoying the game over time. Anomaly is more fun. I think the game I may enjoy in the future will be Russia 2028.

[@LoudRevives]

im totally burned out from tarkov after 1,500 hours. loading times is the worse thing to me

[@matthewh6172]

The attacks on PvP since the lighthouse wipe really ruined it for me. Whatever the game should look like when Nikita sees a clip is more important than how much he can retain the base with how many of us want it to be. Metas cannot be removed, and it is a fact that they need to face up to. It is a meme at this point.

[@cwhpk989]

I have escaped from Tarkov for 2-3 years and I can’t find a reason to go back. I guess ‘META’ already kills the fun of Tarkov in the first place. And cheaters is creating an unhealthy environment for any PVP games. I am just tired of being competitive and playing coop games is just more fun.

[@gonzoet209]

I stopped recently because of many of the things listed in the video. I am also a dad gamer with limited time. Spending 45 minutes trying to get a task done just to be one tapped by someone on my way out just didn't do it for me any longer.

[@thepunisher9928]

Yeah it’s still fun but now with GrayZone and Arena Breakout, I realize there’s a serious flaw to the extraction genre. And that’s wanting meta to kill more, but the kills you get are usually people with less meta builds. So it forces you to want to use suboptimal kits to maximize your gains but then you see less success. It seems unsolvable.

[@torqenv812]

I think the game would feel less of a waste if it was possible to maintain stash wile the loading and match-making is running in the background.

[@Hobobatman1000]

Honestly I’m just playing the multiplayer pve mod. No cheaters or queue times there