Escape from Tarkov - Things You Should Remember Before the Wipe Comes
In May, Escape from Tarkov players will have to experience another periodical reset of their progress. Along with it, huge changes in the game's economy are inbound.
- In May, there will be a reset of all game progress;
- The Flea market will operate on a completely new economy;
- The new rules are supposed to hit cheaters and real money transactions;
- Loot on the maps is to be generated more dynamically and unpredictably;
- EfT will get a new caliber, .45, and Colt 1911 to boot.
Escape from Tarkov is a game in a continuous beta testing phase, so players have already got used to wipes that have been present from the very beginning, i.e. deleting all progress in character progression and loot. For many, this is an opportunity to rekindle their interest in the title and a reason to return to the game. According to several recent interviews with the creators at Battlestate Games, the next wipe will take place in May and it will bring huge changes in the economy of EfT.
New economy
The devs will change the rules of functioning of the Flea Market - a place where every player can put up for sale or exchange the stuff they own. From version 0.12.6 onwards, it will only be possible to sell items found at random in raids (Find In Raid) or crafted. It will no longer be possible to trade items taken from dead players and purchased from NPC vendors.
The new system of economy is primarily an attempt to fight the existing grey market of trading EfT items for real money and people using Flea Market bots to generate huge amounts of money without doing anything. In general, this is expected to reduce the number of cheaters in the game, although there is no denying that it will also have a significant impact on the prices of many items and further widen the differences in the equipment used by players of varying degrees of advancement. The developers add, however, that for them this is another test of the game's mechanics and will not necessarily leave the economy running on new rules.
Other changes
The creators have also announced changes in the generation of loot on maps, which is now to be much more dynamic and unpredictable. The idea is to eliminate races to specific rooms where we can expect valuable stuff. The upcoming wipe in Escape from Tarkov will not reset the developed skills and "discovered" items - so there will be no tedious re-clicking of every item. We will also keep the saved weapon configurations so that after collecting the required parts they can be quickly rebuilt.
If you've just started playing...
For the new players, losing their hard-earned level and newly-acquired weapons, valuable chests and accessories may be a big shock, so the developers are trying to make sure that every wipe takes place in a rather cheerful atmosphere. A few days before the reset a series of special events in the game will start. It's still hard to say what it's going to be this time, but in the past, it was, among other things, unlocking of all the goods at the vendors for a symbolic price or raising the class of all AI opponents. You should also know that:
- The wipe will delete all progress and collected items to the level you see when you first start the game after purchase;
- If you have enlarged your storage by expanding the hiding place, it will also return to the basic level for that version of the game;
- On the day of the reset, prepare for a total server siege. There will certainly be login problems, very long waiting times and other technical problems;
- The first period after the reset will mean more difficult gameplay. Everyone will have similar equipment, but many players will perform the same quests in the same locations and random PvP clashes will be much more frequent. Play more carefully than usual.
The next wipe will probably take place in a few months' time, along with patch 0.13, which will bring a huge urban map called Streets of Tarkov.
