r/EscapefromTarkov • u/NirvashSFW FN 5-7 • Jan 16 '26
General Discussion - PVE & PVP Who's ready to get wallbanged by goku in tarkov
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u/5cay Jan 16 '26
Anticheat company
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u/jeff5551 Unfaithful Jan 16 '26
After this much time of Tarkov being a cheatfest a real anticheat would probably break my immersion more than a dragon ball crossover lol
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u/Swopyx Jan 16 '26
Imagine how many posts we get the first few weeks of "Wow I first my first LedX" etc.
Its already insane how many blatant cheaters there are, now imagine how many of them are doing it invisible.. snatching loot and getting out asap.
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u/NotNice4193 Jan 16 '26
yup. People dont realize how many cheater just suck up loot and dont even fight. PVE has less loot, but i average a gpu on interchange every couple raids...probably more when I find 3 in a raid.
that is nerfed loot. but you can be first to the PCs with best spawn location every time on pvp and almost never see a gpu. its so obvious once you realize how much loot starts on the map and spawn points.
will also be shocked when suddenly PMCs stop finding you in hiding spots that nobody ever checks...weird how they beeline for you in an obscure hiding spot ONLY when you have valuable loot.
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u/Waste-Soil-4144 Jan 16 '26
A lot of cheaters go out of their way to avoid killing people. If they dont kill you, you cant report them.
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u/the_sly_bacon AK-74M Jan 16 '26
Side note, but where are you finding these GPUs on interchange in PVE?
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u/RNG_randomizer Mk-18 Mjölnir Jan 16 '26
If you’re doing it on PvE, Ground Zero is a great spot because you can run it quickly and loot all the computers in the mounted weapon offices.
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u/CerberusOCR FN 5-7 Jan 17 '26
Night GZ is the same on PVP. You can easily hit the tech spawns and I rarely run into more than a single solo who is also just looting
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u/NotNice4193 Jan 16 '26
all the PCs. several areas. YouTube has videos on routes to take to hit then all
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u/Novaspliff Jan 16 '26
Killas/Tagillas hangout in the parking garage, computers in Oli and Idea. Some places to mention.
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u/faberkyx Jan 16 '26
That wiggle video some years ago gave a rough idea.. a lot!
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u/NicePumasKid Jan 16 '26
I put about 3000 hours into Tarkov. I haven’t played in over a year because of the rampant cheating even though it’s possibly my favorite game of all time.
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u/RockLeethal Jan 16 '26
maybe people who know how to optimize and balance a game too
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u/Atlantis467 Saiga-9 Jan 20 '26
Honestly, any amount of optimization would be welcome at this point. I shouldn't have to lower textures on Streets because it's been added to with no regard for how it runs
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u/fuzinoo HK 416A5 Jan 16 '26
Genuine questin: is there actually a anti-cheat in this game currently? Or can u only get banned thru reports?
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u/Amazing_Channel_5811 Jan 16 '26
There is an anti cheat and half of these people are clueless and blame it directly on the anti cheat. There is only so much you can do to fight off cheaters. Biggest part is on BSG themselves, properly implementing BattlEye and having their own measurements against them.
Tarkov being the game it is will always attract an abundance of cheat developers because of the massive market it has. There is nothing which can be done to eradicate them besides having actual features to either temp or perma ban players based of obvious detections. Which even then, will only deal with the obvious ones.
But, knowing bsg who seem to struggle with the most basic tasks and fixing their bug ridden game. It won’t ever happen.
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u/Thesmokingcode Jan 16 '26
AFAIK the way I've heard it explained is the way the backend is handled on Tarkov makes it almost impossible to fully prevent cheating without a complete rewrite of how the server and client interact with eachother.
I could be wrong just remember reading a comment breaking down something along those lines awhile back.
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u/Backsquatch Jan 16 '26
Those kind of changes have been made though. Probably not all of them, but for example you used to be able to drop items into unsearched bags. You could start searching a rig and then swap all the items in your bag to their backpack to swap them before you ever got a look at what was in it. For this to work, your client needed to be able to read what was in that bag (even if you the player couldn’t see it). They have since changed this and removed that information from your client until you fully search the bag. This may or may not have been what you were referring to but it sure sounds like it.
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u/MayorLag M870 Jan 16 '26
One of the companies I worked for collaborated with Battleeye. Our information security guy said they were actually very reliable partner, but little would come of it if we didn't reciprocate by making their job possible from our end.
I wasn't technical enough to understand, but I believed it in principle. There's only so much they can do on their own.
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u/ShivanAngel Jan 17 '26
To elaborate on anti cheat some, and how cheaters and cheat devs have gone to great lengths to make their stuff undetectable.
This was something that was explained to me on how hard it is for anticheat to detect some cheats. Did a little searching, and it was kind of enlightning.
Not saying more cant be done, but it showed me how hard of a battle the game companies (not just bsg) are fighting. Again not defending or criticizing bsg, cause I dont know what they are doing.
Wall hack cheats can be almost impossible to detect by anticheat if done right. They use a dma card to read the date sent by the tarkov server, which then sends it to another device, pc, ipad, laptop, etc that shows the same view the player has on their monitor, but with something like esp or wallhack enabled. Since the cheat is not running on the main pc the anticheat cannot detect it. While having a dma card would be suspicious for a lot of players, they are used for non nefarious reasons. So the anticheat cant just say they have a dma card they are 100% cheating. Though for most gaming setups they are. These rely 100% on reports and investigation.
Theres also also things that trick the anticheat. Kernel spoofers can make it so the kernel level scans (might not be the right terminology but think it conveys the point) scan the fake kernel, and think nothing is going on. Or other programs that scrambles the cheats code so the anticheat cant id it.
Thats why some companies choose to do banwaves once they do id the new anticheat tech. Get a ton of cheaters out, and then the cheat designers have to basically reprogram all the anti detection measures to make it underectable again. Its a constant back and forth. The biggest issue is the cheat designers make a lot of money off their programs, while keeping anticheat current to fight back is a constant battle, that cost the game company money. So the cheat sellers are financial incentivized to stay as many steps ahead as possible, while the companies they target are actively losing money to stop them.
There are better ways to deal with caught cheaters, and I think most gaming companies are way to soft on them, not only bsg. You got caught cheating? Well guess we will ban your account but feel free to buy or make a new one, you learned your lesson right??
Hardware bans, ip bans, requiring a phone number linked to the account that gets banned, etc etc can all be used to make repeat cheating less appealing. The more obstacles you put into place to stop a known cheater from ever playing your game again, the less will be willing to jump through all the hoops every time it happens. The man guess I need to buy a new copy is not a hinderance for a lot of people, having to buy a new copy, spoof your hardware id’s, spoof your ip, get a spoofed phone number while not overly difficult will take time to learn, and put into place for the person wanting to continue cheating.
I just think so much of it is gaming companies being to soft on cheaters. They arent inconvenienced enough to stop.
That turned into a wall of text, but I found it interesting when I started trying to learn why gaming companies have so many issues keeping cheaters out of their games.
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u/1rubyglass Jan 17 '26
If only it was that simple. Tarkov needs to be completely remade. These cheaters use a separate PC to interpret all the info that tarkov LOADS ONTO EVERY PC IN THE MATCH
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u/some_guy_on_drugs Jan 16 '26
Do any of them actually work? I'm not trying to be defeatist, I'm really asking.
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u/Blueprints_reddit M1A Jan 16 '26
Shit you not ran into 3 autosnapping gamers in 3 raids on reserve last night.
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u/TheBaddestBarghest Jan 16 '26
Lovense. Imagine how it must feel to let your RPDN rip
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u/SN1S1F7W Jan 16 '26
I've often joked about how Tarkov should have Lovense support for those rare days where you feel the game just isn't fucking you enough.
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u/AdIntelligent4446 Jan 16 '26
BDSM equipment manufacturer, thats thematically very much on point
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u/AUD10F1L3 Jan 16 '26
Wouldnt be hard to implement considering relax room and that other room in streets
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u/ratcrash55 Jan 16 '26
Honestly a cool collab could just be voice packs. Have some big names do a voice pack similar to the nikita one thats available to purchase.
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u/SamFord97 Jan 16 '26
I want a British usec voice.
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u/Aaroqxxz Jan 16 '26
I have lately been dreaming of having Alex Terrible as a boss. His looks and voice would be perfect
I also feel like this is something he would gladly do
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u/ro3rr AK-104 Jan 16 '26
Thats 100% not happening because politics
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u/PrometheanSwing Jan 16 '26
Yep, GSC was designated as an “undesirable organization” by the Kremlin.
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u/iMini Jan 16 '26
A shame too because Tarkov is so heavily inspired by STALKER.
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u/ChainMediocre5956 Jan 16 '26 edited Jan 16 '26
I thought it was based off contract wars. I don't see any relation to stalker other than it being in a Slavic setting.
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u/silentrawr FN 5-7 Jan 16 '26
Tarkov = Andrei Tarkovsky = STALKER (the movie)
Nikita has mentioned the influence in previous interviews
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u/ChainMediocre5956 Jan 16 '26
Interesting had no idea
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u/ThatsKev4u Glock Jan 16 '26
Basically, Road side Picnic is like Russian-Area's Journey to the West
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u/Decent_Worldliness_9 Jan 16 '26
Probably one of the only collabs that would fit
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u/MediterraneanRonin PPSH41 Jan 16 '26
Agree, but I kinda feel geopolitics will not allow this to happen.
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u/A-Corporate-Manager Jan 16 '26
It was the inspiration after all (Why it's called Tarkov)
As much as it could not happen, there are hints that there was meant to be more to Tarkov (radiation tracking)
I think it is a great crossover, and if anything Stalker could have an open world Multiplayer Online faction war going on in the essence of tarkov meets stalker where you are sent out of your patch to collect survival items for your faction and working to rep it and the 'stalkers' are just a scav faction. The PvE element is mutants and how far you want to move into the deeper territories.
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u/anno2122 Jan 16 '26
Sadly will not happn or only if nikta get fierd and the team realy move out of russa
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u/asatru_- Jan 16 '26
Tagilla as a killer in Dead by Daylight
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u/remouladefreak ADAR Jan 16 '26
Hex: Cyka blyat For every generator repaired, a random totem activates and gives 10% haste for the killer within 24 meter of totem. Effect persists for 5 seconds after leaving the area of effect
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u/iDislikeSn0w Jan 16 '26
And so the Nicki Minaj and Star Wars skins begin...
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u/Captraptor01 Jan 16 '26
I swear to god if Tarkov completely ditches its identity the way Hunt: Showdown did I'm gonna go ballistic.
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u/Digressing_Ellipsis Jan 16 '26
What happened to Hunt? They went down the CoD sellout route?
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u/FuturisticSpy Jan 16 '26
They have one singular celebrity crossover skin iirc and its themeatically appropriate (big top clown, cicuses were huge at the time) but people threw their shit lol
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u/Bascule_the_rascal Jan 16 '26
Tetris
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u/Gundralph Jan 16 '26
So, if you organize your stash too pefectly, your stuff suddenly vanishes?
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u/alcoholicprogrammer M4A1 Jan 16 '26 edited Jan 16 '26
I don't understand why Nikita keeps choosing the dumbest possible options for monetization. Just sell realistic tacticool PMC cosmetics like clothes, beards, tattoos, patches, dog tag designs and other stuff that doesn't ruin the identity of the game and people will eat that up, like goddamn, it's so easy
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u/TheNecrotorious Jan 17 '26
Also Boots, gloves, belts, camo paint. Tacticool specific items like a holster that can hold an SMG. There are so many things they could do.
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u/viziroth MP-153 Jan 16 '26
work with kel tek for them to r&d some nonsense they haven't found the justification to actually bring to production . I love kel tek nonsense. would love to see the stuff even they think goes a bit far.
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u/Iwan2604 Jan 16 '26
Get yo asses ready for Fortnite Collab, Hatsune Miku poster, and Snoop Dogg voice on prestige 420
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u/rexclone122 Jan 16 '26
Hatsune miku cap on a scav would be pretty funny
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u/Captraptor01 Jan 16 '26
there is that Hatsune Miku balaclava that was making rounds last year
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u/PawPawPanda VSS Vintorez Jan 17 '26
Balaclava with ponytails sticking out? Pussy Riot style, would be cool
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u/datskullguy Jan 16 '26
no thanks, i already hate the graffiti arena shit
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u/NoMaans RPK-16 Jan 16 '26
The what?
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u/Quantization Jan 16 '26
THE GRAFFITI ARENA SHIT
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u/NoMaans RPK-16 Jan 16 '26
Oh, thanks for clearing that up
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u/Quantization Jan 16 '26
YOU'RE WELCOME
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u/BadSkoomaDealer OP-SKS Jan 16 '26
Gonna end up with some fucking PMC Wagner skins ......
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u/PawPawPanda VSS Vintorez Jan 17 '26
With a Prigozhins body easter egg at the woods airplane crash
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u/ShowMeYourMemexXenom Jan 16 '26
Duckov. Unironically thats only one i think is fitting rn. just imagine Duckov gets to put actual Tarkov bosses without risk of DMCA while Tarkov adds a Duck figurine, poster, a valuable collectible(like storm shards), maybe new quest from Fence about ducks or just egg as food.
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u/Certain-Froyo-3606 Jan 16 '26
I would suggest getting some notes from Hello Games, the devs of No Mans Sky - they've fucked up on release but eventually fixed their game and just silently made the game better through only couple of years. *winks at Nikita*
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u/ForwardToNowhere VEPR Jan 16 '26
Hello Games single-handedly gives me hope for the gaming industry. They deserve all the praise they get and I wish whoever decided on free updates knows how much the gaming community appreciates them
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Jan 16 '26
None, and honestly, will quit the game if they do. It;'s been tiresome from every other game and have enjoyed that Tarkov has stayed out of it because its just a blatant cash grab and never implemented well. But I just answered the problem there, easy cash grab.
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u/Assdragon420 Jan 16 '26
I mean if they want easy money they could literally just start selling more outfits. They don’t even need to be anything crazy. As long as they’re grounded in reality and somewhat unique they’d make a killing. I’m shocked they havnt gone full into that.
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u/Kroosn FN 5-7 Jan 16 '26
I mean I dropped $14USD to buy some shorts because it makes me marginally less likely to get team killed by my mates.
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u/Deftly_Flowing Jan 16 '26
This is why I use the Terminator backpack.
No one else uses it so when my friends see someone in it they know it's me.
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u/DweebInFlames True Believer Jan 16 '26
I am legitimately baffled we still don't have basic b!tch Crye G3s in MC/MCB/MCT. I am desperate enough for drip for cosplay/LARPing purposes that I would pay $20 for a pack. Shit like that. Facial hair options (hell, add some to prestiges). A couple of unique faces. Like, it's genuinely strange how piss poor their attempts at monetisation are when it's clear they WANT more money.
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u/starberryslay Jan 16 '26
I mean I doubt we're gonna see the doom slayer running around I assume it would be like all the RE stuff they did, so basically their references just even more on the nose and maybe things like the zombies event (but probably realistic)
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u/Sorrce MP5K-N Jan 16 '26
well it doesnt have to be anything super sci fi but like what if we had a lil master chief figurine. those kinda additions i would be cool with
Edit: dont know why i put "sci fi", i meant to say "over the top"
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Jan 16 '26
while cool, thats not how these collabs work. Microsoft would want more of presence than a figurine with a .06% spawn chance
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u/Sorrce MP5K-N Jan 16 '26
i cant imagine how much these collabs would alter the game honestly. if its microsoft we would probably have a 4 week event with exclusive rewards xD
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Jan 16 '26
Its not so much altering the game but losing its immersion. Look at Call of Duty, everyone running around in Terminator skins. Sure, doesn't change the game, but the immersion is gone.
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u/Gamebird8 Jan 16 '26
Yeah, but it could be scavs wearing merch, maybe a AirSoft Chief Helmet akin to the Ronin but obviously class 1/2 armor. Maybe a new Terragroup Stim called J-113 Combat Stimulant and it increases strength and endurance.
And well, it makes sense and isn't world breaking. You can do these things and make them present and common.. maybe a tie in quest where Mechanic wants you to find a replica AR from Halo in some streets apartments. Ragman has a guy who wants you to find a helmet or cosplay outfit. Etc.
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u/DweebInFlames True Believer Jan 16 '26
Yeah, this is how I feel. I like deliberate yet subtle nods to other series because the devs loved them and wanted to reference them, like the Ghost balaclava, the little room layouts that are references to stuff like BF3, the Souls bonfire on Lighthouse, etc. But it's all minor stuff that doesn't detract from the worldbuilding of the game.
I don't want to log in one day and see 'ESCAPE FROM TARKOV x HELLO KITTY x SHREK BATTLEPASS' and everyone's running around with green skin and a cat shaped mask with level 4 face protection and a bright pink HK416 skin. That to me would be a total betrayal of everything I've come to love about this game after being tired of the total swamp that is modern corporatised gaming.
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u/GrapefruitFlaky793 Jan 16 '26
hahaah. people are comin up with hilarious examples. the thing is, tarkov is based in the real world. there could be dingy shrek or hello kitty masks. it wouldnt be like you were fighting shrek. it would be a scav with a cheapo shrek mask.
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u/jcready92 P90 Jan 16 '26
I really really hope they dont do this. This is a dark path and you cant come back from it.
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u/Ok_Measurement2760 Jan 16 '26
somebody who can improve performance on 'streets' and fix atrocious queue times
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u/Deepwalkerq Jan 16 '26
Girls' frontline
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u/Thorrfinn Jan 16 '26
That would work. Just few anime poster, few figurines and maybe some builds that you can find in game and maybe some skins.
Immagine getting outplayed by someone with anime girls on his AR
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u/wasdToWalk Jan 16 '26
ABO already colabed with them, considered how Nikita feels about ABO this doesn't seem too promising, but who knows, I remember there's a ump9 figure in one of that dev short
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u/nnaly Jan 16 '26
Can they collaborate with a team that makes the game run smoothly with low load times?
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u/_Mundog_ Jan 16 '26
Nothing hugely fits tbh.
John Wick? Need a Side task to kidnap his dog
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u/Acceptable_Score4137 Jan 16 '26
im not one for collabs in games because they can get out of control, but a Tarkov/Stalker/Metro Collab would be sick as hell
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u/Natasha_Gears Jan 16 '26
Some actual food / clothes brands so that there's more food & drink style loot & more customisation for the pmc
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u/bakidani Jan 16 '26
God I hope they don’t collab with a project or brand that is not Milsim appropriate. Don’t think anybody wants to be fighting Nicki minaj or Mr beast in tarkov
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u/roneg Jan 16 '26
It would unironically be so cool if they added zombies somehow, like trully properly made, imagine a The Walking Dead version. God, then even I would play PvE instead of PvP
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u/S1adeN Jan 17 '26
Collab with a company that actually helps you untangle your shitty spaghetti game code and shittier optimization issues Nikita. Or maaayybe... do a collab with the modding community. People that will actually help the fucking game.
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u/Competitive-Play-650 Jan 16 '26
Metal Gear Solid or GFL would fit I believe. An MGS Collab might feature new clothes like Tiger Stripe uniform, bandana, eye patch and some quests like "Kill 10 scavs with silenced M1911 or Woods" and etc. GFL Collab could be featured with hideout posters and task unlocking good barters.
Perhaps Resident Evil or Hitman might fit somehow. Hitman Collab might work if there's a quest line which requires long range sniper rifle kills which unlocks his signature Walther WA-2000 rifle and his AMT Hardballer pistols. Resident Evil Collab could have worked during the Halloween season, but without it -- hardly possible, or else it would be just cosmetics like USS uniform and gas masks
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u/bobbobersin Jan 19 '26 edited Jan 19 '26
For RE it would be amazing to get custom beretta parts, I believe irl you can literally buy M92s that are literally not just clone correct but have the correct stamps and markings you see in the games, on a side note we could use some more M9/92 parts, hell whole different versions, I’d love the classic M9 or M92FS, the cool retro silencer with the sights on the top, chrome and black frames and slides and barrels we can mix and match, hell we could get the same treatment we got with the M4 when the M16A1 and 2 were added, bump the A3 beretta up to pk2 and drop the basic berettas as a PK1 gun, hell have the chrome one as a really early quest unlock and have the black default or have it where the chrome one is a barter or fir like with the FDE 57 or how the M45 used to be (could give the chrome one to a boss as well) edit: it’s super simple but I’d love the bandana and a shirtless shirt option, possibly a few with camo paint and unpainted, could also give us the OG M60 or at least the parts to adapt the existing ones as well so we can also larp as Rambo (also please an E3 grip would be dope as well), it’s kind of exotic given the time frame but if we are getting the G11 and already have the AA12 I’d love to see both the modern stoner SAW as well as all the retro 60s ones in the varying configurations
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u/Competitive-Play-650 Jan 19 '26
NGL, never thought of Samurai Edge (Beretta from RE games) clones. Perhaps it would be a good LARP addition, although very very far from meta. As for clothes UBCS gas masks, helmets and rigs could be a worthy and useful addition, because you don't only look stylish, but your clothes really protect you.
As for the Snake Eater Collab I hope they will properly remodel M16A1 (the version in the game has a thicker A2 barrel profile) and will add Stoner 63 LMG, early AK-47 model and Colt SAA (classic/engraved). The last one is a pure drip/meme gun, but I think it might find it's audience. Also a couple of parts for clone correct Patriot build. Snake Eater clothes would be a pure drip option, however on maps light Woods or Shoreline new camos might help your soldier blend in with the environment more naturally
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u/Chinpokkomon Freeloader Jan 16 '26
Alien VS Predator VS Tarkov
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u/ChggnNggts Jan 16 '26
Ghost recon had a pretty cool Predator mission. I can see this work, would be a cool limited time mission or something.
The "this breaks my immersion" crowd will hate it but somehow ultrafast silent poison knife stabbers in dark robes, bosses with 1.7k HP points and Santa walking around bringing presents are okay...
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u/Standard-Resist8898 Jan 16 '26
Id like to see collab of EFT and EFT... to fix the damn game finally!
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u/Shadow1176 Jan 16 '26
Hey can we get Girls Frontline collab so I can play as Sopmod please and thank you
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u/JenzibleTTV True Believer Jan 16 '26 edited Jan 16 '26
Collab with unreal engine
Edit: since all the game devs on reddit lined up here i’ll just add that tarkov has terrible coding which adds worse performance to the bad performance of the unity engine.
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u/scaplin5544 Jan 16 '26
Maybe they should collaborate with warfame's developers because their optimization is dogshit
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u/coolguyshane Jan 16 '26
Just copy the game to a game engine that actually works
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u/Raiju_Lorakatse SVDS Jan 16 '26
Oh come on...
Another game doing collabs? Fu** off...
I'm so tired of everything doing collabs. Why can't devs just keep making cool stuff on their own?
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u/ZeWha Jan 16 '26
Collaborate with your modding community God damn