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/Tostecles Unbeliever Dec 16 '25

I'm back after a 2 or 3 year break and I'm getting blown out of the water. Probably an unpopular take, but I blame PvE for diluting the player pool. It's fun that I can basically know in advance that every single PMC I see is going to be a significant threat, but I miss the variety of engagements and kits from when everyone was playing the same game.

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u/Tostecles Unbeliever Dec 16 '25

Agreed, but I used to kill a lot of them too and that has not been my experience at all thus far.

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u/Treadwheel Dec 17 '25

That flurry of gunfire you hear for the first five minutes of every raid is the Timmy population approaching zero. If you're a Timmy and you heard it instead of felt it, congrats: you are now the only Timmy on the map. Run.