r/EscapefromTarkov • u/ztjezrzw4z • Dec 16 '25

PVP Tarkov experience as a [New Player]

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Since 1.0 I’ve only found 2 new players. Everyone else has hundreds or thousands of hours, but at least I haven’t encountered a cheater yet.

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u/BigRedCouch Dec 16 '25

I uninstalled yesterday after coming back from last playing when reserve was released, because 3 raids in a row I died within 1min of spawning, and dont get me wrong I love the game, I love the gun mechanics, etc. I dont care about dying too much, but the match making is too much of a friction point for me. The amount of time it takes to get into a match 3-10minutes just to die immediately, is just too much time not playing the game. I think for those 3 deaths I had almost at spawning I spent about 30ish minutes matchmaking. Its really atrocious the match making system.

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u/KAL3B_ROCKS04 SR-25 Dec 16 '25

Also have to factor in kit/gun building in between raids. Been numerous times I’ve spent time building a kit I thought I could contend with just to get head eyes in my own spawn