This video was really well made. Even though I don't have gear fear anymore & can be considered a chad, this video had some useful reminders. Great guide, wish I would've seen it 5 wipes ago 😂😂 new sub aqquired
You absolutely killed it with this video. Excellent points, professional delivery, good pinch of humor, no wasted space...just damn dude. Stay focused, pace yourself, don't forget where you started, and always protect your brand. You got my sub.
I appreciate that, thank you very much, being my first foray into youtube the response has been really positive, hope you got some useful info out of this
Bro it’s crazy what my heartbeat does in this game when I haven’t even encountered combat during the raid yet. Like why tf am i so nervous!? Yet i can run a scav raid all day long and never feel a thing. Well, until I pick up an item I need for a task or something…
because you don't put effort and time playing scav raids, i don't even play scav this wipe, although it feels good hunting down pmc squads on streets as a scav for a change came here for emotions, not hoarding
@@sadmoneysoulja Nah man, i’m just inexperienced in the game and haven’t learned how to pmc raid effectively. Effectively meaning the following: knowing the pmc spawns, hot spots, general flow of the map, etc. so i usually get head tapped and have no idea where from or how to learn from it. As a scav i have nothing to lose and noticed I usually spawn away from pmcs so i can explore and loot in peace (mostly). Plus as a scav voip seems like a solid way to avoid getting shot even when you run into pmcs since everyone likes the coop extracts for some easy karma and good vibes. Not sure why you came at me sideways like that, but I do plan to try to get better at the game. I was simply just sharing my experience with the heart pounding adrenaline rush the game gives me purely from the gear fear alone like he mentioned in the video.
@@True_Camo "maining scav" is a meme that's looked down upon in Tarkov community. It's discouraged for a good reason even though it might be a necessity for new players being a risk-free way to learn new maps and find loot spots. The problem is that if you avoid playing as a PMC you won't progress. You must learn how to outplay other PMCs and the best way to do that is to engage in PVP on equal terms, not as a scav with a 50 durability toz wearing a butchered level 2 armour. If you want to get better at PVP quicker use Arena as a practice tool. Personally, my aim and feel for close quarter fights has gotten much better after playing it. Still, it's a different game having different pacing and involving less tactics than EFT. Either way, you can't avoid running raids as a PMC, you will have to suffer just as the rest of us. If you're having a hard time, join one of the many community Discords and play in groups. People are mostly welcoming and will happily team up to do tasks or goof around.
@@OFfic3R1K Just to clarify, I never said that I main my scav. I just said that I don’t get nearly as nervous on my scav runs as i do my pmc runs, which anyone can relate to, especially when starting out. I do load in as a pmc and try to get better at the game, but anyone can admit that the learning curve in this game is pretty steep, especially when playing solo.
What got rid of it for me was Arena, and how well i am at it. Using all the variety of kits just gives me more confidence in all fights now in regular tarkov
I tell people all the time that spawns are like the most important part of surviving in this game. Also learning timings to get to places from those spawns you don’t have to be ready for a fight.
Mid way through this vid I fs thought you’d be among the few tarkov UA-camrs with over 100k subscribers and I was very surprised to see how much work you put in. Thank you and keep it up brother
I've been playing Tarkov on and off since Alpha and this is by far the best "how to get over gear fear" vid there is. It covers the problem, what it is, what usually causes it , and how to solve it in actionable steps. Fantastic job
I’ve got 1000hrs in tarkov (just under 1000 officially) and I’m not nearly as good as I could be. I first bought the game in 2021, but I didn’t really start putting my head down and learning the game until several wipes after I bought it. Took me close to 500hrs to get halfway decent. If I would’ve spent my time actively using these tips, and not caring after I die, I’d be a lot better than I am now. I’m still leagues ahead of where I started, I can pretty much play the game casually and have fun, but I have a long way to go, and I want to keep getting better. I still find myself getting stuck in fight or flight (freeze is actually the third response) and I mostly freeze up. I’m gonna actively try to not do that, because I know how easy it is to make money and get that same gear back. Loved the content. Keep it up brother!
Very surprised you have less than 1000 subscribers at the time I’m watching this. Very well put together video and the growth based mindset can be applied to many areas in life.
Good stuff brother, as someone with 3k hours in the game it is hard to preach how to improve without sinking 1000s of hours, with arena I definitely feel the game is now going to boom with peoples gun skill. good breakdown of each topic that feeds into that gear fear feeling. Im hoping the player dynamic will shift to a more consistent and fearless time in raids but only time will tell... All the best to you in the future!
As do I, I have no problem with the different play styles, but, if i can convince one person to move just that little bit more then my job is done, glad you enjoyed
Loved this vid, happy to sub! I also wanted to add something that really helped me this wipe, as I am an anxious person (and not super great at tarkov lmao): One of my first goals was to lose my entire starting stash. Just straight up. It was not The Fear, it was The Goal. I played as best as I could, but when I got shot in the neck by a scav who bodied 14 of my rounds, the silver lining was "Okay, good, that's another starting kit down." Weirdly it made the loss sting *so* much less, and it really helped me come to terms with the realization that dying and losing gear doesn't hurt *that* bad, unless you're beating yourself up for it too.
I've played a few wipes now and this is the wipe where Ive truly gotten rid of my gear fear. If there is one thing ive learned from playing this game the past 4 years is that once you get a solid understanding of a few maps and know where to look, there is plenty of good gear to be snatched up. Armor, guns, ammo, meds, and attachments are all over the place. Use those findings to build better and better weapons that can help you snowball even harder. Sure dying with a nice kit sucks, but hopefully by the time you do die with it you'll have gotten 2x the value out of it (which gets easier if your finding more gear as you go). If you do roll with a team, I personally still like to insure things in the chance that it might come back either from a buddy stashing it for me or the enemy just doesnt have the time/space to take it with them, wont always get your stuff back but its better than nothing.
Exactly right. On the insurance note I find when playing in a group it's always effective to do it even if it costs a bit because the more players in the group = less gear enemies can take
Was about to comment the same thing. I'm more aggressive this wipe, I think it's because I have a solid rat run on reserve where I can make all the money I need easily. but I still get MASSIVE adrenaline dump after a good gunfight. If I lose, it kinda sucks ass, but if I win, the dopamine is insane.
@@blakkatana I’ll admit that the recoil changes have made it a lot easier for me to be willing to use better gear. Before, I always had to wait and see if I could get the proper shot off before engaging with even a decently modded (but not meta) weapon. I’m way more confident in my gun ability now that I can consistently control my weapon, making it a lot easier to bring better gear in to edge the fight in my favor.
@@huntersisemore4185 im constantly asked by some of my teammates - why you always bring top notch guns and gear, even on the crappiest quest run - well bih, i ain't gonna fear losing pixels, i came to tarkov to enjoy things, i can buy some more because a streets run is usually 1.5 mil per raid
Insuring is definitely worth It lol , built a 200k+ Adar-15 build on the 2nd week of wipe , went to customs n got killed by a guy who just prefired , I didn't even fire a single bullet before I died and that dude didn't even take the adar , he didn't even take the scope/silencer which is worth 70k roubles each. I think that dude was cheating , no reason to not take my adar lol. And I just got it back.
You’re 100% right about Arena. I’ve only played a couple days of arena and I already felt much more confident in my pvp skills this wipe. So much that I even attempted Stirrup on factory for the first time ever (in my previous wipes, I’ve just skipped it entirely). And I shit you not, I completed it in only 2 raids with no deaths (1st raid: 1 pmc kill, 4 scav kills and successful extract; 2nd raid: 2 pmc kills and successful extract). Before Arena was added, I was abysmal in all pvp fights I had in tarkov to where I’d win in less than 1 in 20 fights.
ive had issues around using higher value equipment in raid, even though i have more than enough money laying around to make up any losses. so forth, ive made myself think a certain way. if i found it in raid, i can use it because i found it. if i can buy more, i can use it because i can get it again. so far, its working quite well, especially after messing around in SPT for a bit. it made me lose a good chunk of my gear fear, and it made me realize how good i can actually be if i tried.
That's a good way to look at it, especially as if you don't use it then it's not potentially adding value to your stash as well. Everything is replaceable, the confidence in that is key
You open with a narration of the thoughts in my own head?? how?? who are you and how did you read my freaking mind on a point-by-point basis???? Creepily perfect analysis. Thank you!!
Very underrated channel, although I see you only have a couple videos so far. I sincerely hope you stay with it because I have no doubt this channel will be very big pretty quickly if so.
Definitely feeling the anxiety due to awful track record in PvP encounters. Playing on and off since 2020 with 1300 hours under my belt and I still feel like most human opponents outskill me. Knowing that the opposition clicks on my head way faster and more precisely than I ever can really discourages me from ever going past the early wipe, as the fellow forever Timmies also quit and most tasks now require me to kill PMCs and/or play the newer, much more PvP orieneted maps like Reserve. Having to spend so much time sitting in loading screens vs. the time I stay alive if I don't rat out the half the raid is just soul crushing, as I love the game concept and the thrills it can give. Perhaps one of these days I'll just give up on tasking and just dry to bulldoze PvP, maybe something will finally stick.. And yeah, Arena exists now but that's just not Tarkov as it's missing all the things that makes Tarkov interesting to me: varied asymmetrical locations, PvPvE, looting etc..
Yea Arena doesn't give that same adrenaline hit but it strips that away in order to present gunfights front and center, for the gunfight aspect alone it can help to teach people how to make decisions faster and push raw PVP skills
My friends can't keep up cause I play WAY more than them but still the best moments in Tarkov for me has been when we got together and made the coolest plays together as a team. I wouldn't trade sharing moments with my mates for being the best ever.
im 3 wipes old. what works for me is to reach 6 rep fence and do scav runs for money and pmc runs for going crazy and do quests. scaving gets me so many guns and armors that i dont have to buy anything except for bullets and mags. now i have so many guns that i probably wont use ever. also scaving in shoreline expansion gets you almost half a million each run with a 10 minutes cooldown, so good.
In my personal experience this is the only game that still gives me a huge adrenaline rush. Feels like playing paintball or when fornite came out in 2017 and your top 10 about to get your first win.
Perfect advice. I honestly just started practicing solo and I’ve already started to shake the fear and made a lot of progress in short time because of it
On the off chance somebody has a similar problem to me: check your mouse sensitivity. Might sound unrelated, but at least partially my gear fear was caused by a string of very pathetic deaths during encounters with other PMCs. I panicked in fights and couldn't hit seemingly easiest shots either in cqb or at range. Turned out I f'd something up when converting my mouse sensitivity from other game I play to Tarkov and it resulted with an almost x2 higher sens from my regular one, which when combined with paniced state made hitting shots extremely hard. After fixing this, I instantly felt more confident in PVP, because I could rely on my aim once again, instead of thinking that as soon as I encounter somebody I'd whiff every shot and die.
Was surprised when I saw your sub count at the end of the video, the quality is that of a 10k+ channel, hopefully your hard work pays off mate keep it up!
I have around 400 hours of tarkov and 200 of those were in this wipe. I play since the customs expantion and I've never had so much fun. I finally decided to not try and play the game the way I did, and it worked. I've finally lost my gear fear. I died more this wipe than in all the other ones, but I am now killing a lot of players and, most importantly, having a lot of fun. Great video man, keep up the good work
Bro, I've been significantly better this 3rd wipe, and you hit all the points im experiencing. I think Arena also helped me to try out different PvP tactics without gear fear so that it's easier to replicate at least the same attitude in an EFT raid.
Yo man! I'm so excited to see another content creator with quality content and a will to help the community! Cool video and good luck on your journey mate. 😊
Wanted to say one, amazing video. And two I got like six of my homies into tarkov recently and I think this video is a perfect one to send them. Honestly gear fear isn’t really an issue but you still hit some points I can’t really seem to get them to understand fully. Appreciate the work it took to make this and I hope you see the growth you seek g. Sleep well.
Cheers man. I was a new player and ive been feeling the burn lately. this video really helped me there. gonna kick a nice sunday afternoon just wiping the gear fear and getting into it. good luck with the channel! +1 sub
I struggle massively with nervousness and shakiness in Tarkov. EFT is very hostile game to newcomers no matter how experienced gamers they are. Ground ZERO helped a bit in patch 0.14 and should be utilized by newbies a lot to get some raids under their belt early. The video provided several useful tips but it also runs into the overarching problem with EFT--the game feels like work. Recording your sessions, analyzing deaths, writing down solutions feels like work rather than joyful gaming experience. When I work, I at least get paid. I would like to add a few tips for others that helped me: 1. Utilize Ground ZERO map 2. Set a specific goal and try to achieve it in each raid, do not just run in mindlessly 3. Use Scav runs as often as possible 4. Learn travel times from certain spots on maps to frequent extraction points 5. Achieving lvl15 and access to the Flea market massively helped with my gear fear. I'm not afraid of losing money, I'm afraid of losing gear I can not buy. Flea market solves this problem at least partially even if you have to pay premium for some gear or mods.
I have been working on my gear fear seems to come and go all depends what I'm wearing. My gear fears mainly based around my weapon. Not too worried about my armor. I seem to be finding it a lot this wipe but I definitely discovered the ridiculousness of my fear and I have 100% been pushing more fights lately my main problem was after losing a gun fight I would dwell on that fight and pretty much tell myself over and over again. I'm bad I shouldn't have lost that next time play it safer lol obviously you can see how this would snowball into doing. Absolutely nothing what would help me was pretty much doing what you said Take control sometimes even if I'm uncomfortable with aggressiveness I will push myself through that after all it's just a game and why did I purchase a game Definitely not to sit hiding in a bush I tried it to take that uncomfortable feeling and I try to divert that uncomfortable feeling to my enemy I bring in some 5 second fuse grenades. It's awesome towards the area that you think they're in. Most people think the grenades going to go off pretty much immediately after they hear it land the three to four seconds that that thing sitting on the ground just cooking makes just about everybody move around they've already accepted their death so now the only thing they're thinking about is possibly avoiding it so they move without thinking either the grenade will get them or you'll get them when they move
Not rare for me to comment hoping the algo picks up a vid, but I do have to say as someone who gets overly nervous in fights after 6 wipes I wanted to say thank you for this advice, I will be using it to great effect.
Just started the game a few days ago, and I told myself I’d just play around, figure things out, without really thinking about loosing gear and money. Once I got the basics, I’ll wipe my account and have a fresh start without all the mistakes I’ve made the first few runs. And I don’t have this MPC anxiety do begin with, as I don’t really care for my stuff. Good tips for newcomers I believe
I tried going super aggro like shoes or vinny but the players on my servers play in 3 mans and camp so I’ll get one or two and the third one that hasn’t moved the whole raid gets me. Now I rat on streets and feel fulfilled
The way i get a little bit of anxiety off me, is by playing music in the background. Some of you may ask "Music? If you listen to music, then you can't hear footsteps", and that may be true, but i don't have volume set to 1000%, just enough so i can hear it, and i can hear somehow steps. Since i started listening to music while i play tarkov, i just started to kill more and more players much easier. I started to play more aggresively and so on. That may not help many people, but that's my solution for anxiety. Have a nice day guys :D.
My best tip to get rid of gear fear is just don't insure any of it. Going into raid knowing if you die you will lose your gear rather than having a bit of hope you 'might' get it back.
If you have gear you are afraid of using in your stache SELL IT NOW. Use the rubles to get something you are okay with and run that. Then slowly add to your comfy kit. Add a better med or a nade then get comfy with that. Then one day, the kit you run all the time is the same as the chads everyone is afraid of. Hope this helps, gl on your raids
I'm a very competitive player and I'm very prideful besides easily being scared by loud and sudden noises, with these two together, I can never get rid of the excessive heart beat increase and adrenaline.
Solid vid bro. Nice pacing and design. One thing about the captions though, make it so that it just appears on bottom center as opposed to zooming from left to the bottom center. Tbh, vid doesn't even need those ADHD captions.
We all have it even when you are a veteran. we just have way less fear .. when you understand that money is not a prob in this game, you dont care anymore.
Altyn is not that good trust me. Is nice is OK but its not everything, and not that good. Skill in this game counts way more than bullets. Even tho luck is also a thing as head shots 95% of the time kill@@i3lackfusion
Really good video man! I'm currently eyeing up the next wipe, since I just don't have the time to play much ATM. I watched thousands of hours but only played like 70 and never got higher than level 12 I think. I tried Arena, but going up against full auto M4/AKs with my SKS and dogshit ammo seems like a waste of time. I currently play Battlebit: Remastered to get my aim and recoil control as best as it can be. I also have over 100h in Kovaaks, so if you have a specific playlist, I'll gladly try it out!
I'm afraid of playing solo because as a PMC, you start at the beggining of the round, and you''ll get to experience all the crazy shit that happens and everyone is your enemy, as a scav you'll not have to shoot other scavs, but agaisnt pmcs you are basically dead. Man, i really wish to have the balls to play this solo, but i'm a coward it sucks.
quite a funny video but to really stay true to the title i think you forgot a crucial argument to get over gear fear: That Exfil with faceshield, that redut and that meta m4 will never be the reason you survived/died if it sits in the stash. you have to use it to make it a good kit otherwise its just expensive metalparts and fabric. preaching that helped me over gear fear years ago and everybody i was the sherpa off since then.
Dude's coming in here with the Buddha energy for the most hostile and aggressive game out there. I'm only really new to the game, so we'll see how this goes.
i lost my gear fear but the only map where i get anxiety is playin streets :D the map is so huge and i dont know it 100% like the other maps but it does get better and i play alot better on streets now
I don't think doing a Google sheets breakdown of your deaths is necessary but it's true that the only way you learn to play well in Tarkov is by dying. Playing Tarkov has 2 main aspects: knowledge and Momentum. Knowledge is learning all the environments and mechanics of the game which you can only do by playing a lot, or playing with/watching others who know more than you. Momentum is about realising that Tarkov is a net positive game, it honestly doesn't matter how bad you are, you will always progress and earn more money and items, especially if you play Scav often and just loot everything. The economy of Tarkov grows over a wipe and everyone benefits, so you might as well use what you've got because you'll be able to buy most of it again
It's probably not needed for majority of players but I've used this method on many games and it's helped me tonne to reach high ranks. Perfect point about the economy growing, the roubles will constantly grow maybe with some dips but it WILL grow
It's not work if you enjoy it, the growth mindset is applicable to everything in life, if you enjoy that sort of thing you're free to try it, if not, don't. We all have fun in different ways :)
I already know all of this i have thousands of hours I still get head eyes like 90% of my deaths before a fight can even start anyway lmao. If I ever actually get a chance to shoot back I mostly win the longer actual fights but they are few and far between most “encounters” are just a flash of tracer bullet and then back to the stash without even firing a round lol.
Its taken me 4 wipes to get over gear fear. But after a while you judt get over it. Once you get the flea market and get some good scav routes to make money its all replaceable.
I tell myself that there is an unlimited amount of loot and it's all yours for the taking, thinking about that reminds me my loot and dying isn't important, and that what's important in getting into more fight so you can learn angles, flanks and players short comings.
I feel that, haven't had much time to play this wipe so catch me playing night raids just to get my item and leave. Max traders is normally a priority before pvp
Hope this guide helps you guys out. The next video will be another gameplay analysis.
Let me know how your progress goes below!
This video was really well made. Even though I don't have gear fear anymore & can be considered a chad, this video had some useful reminders. Great guide, wish I would've seen it 5 wipes ago 😂😂 new sub aqquired
@@GR1NDVHOL1Clmao deffff not a chad. Probably not even a timmy, more like the dreaded timothy
You absolutely killed it with this video. Excellent points, professional delivery, good pinch of humor, no wasted space...just damn dude. Stay focused, pace yourself, don't forget where you started, and always protect your brand. You got my sub.
I appreciate that, thank you very much, being my first foray into youtube the response has been really positive, hope you got some useful info out of this
What this guy said.
Double it and give it to the next new tarkov youtuber
stop meat riding for likes ive seen the same copy paste comment from you in other tarkov videos
who hurt u bro? @@istealurskin9261
Bro it’s crazy what my heartbeat does in this game when I haven’t even encountered combat during the raid yet. Like why tf am i so nervous!?
Yet i can run a scav raid all day long and never feel a thing. Well, until I pick up an item I need for a task or something…
because you don't put effort and time playing scav raids, i don't even play scav this wipe, although it feels good hunting down pmc squads on streets as a scav for a change
came here for emotions, not hoarding
@@sadmoneysoulja Nah man, i’m just inexperienced in the game and haven’t learned how to pmc raid effectively. Effectively meaning the following: knowing the pmc spawns, hot spots, general flow of the map, etc. so i usually get head tapped and have no idea where from or how to learn from it.
As a scav i have nothing to lose and noticed I usually spawn away from pmcs so i can explore and loot in peace (mostly). Plus as a scav voip seems like a solid way to avoid getting shot even when you run into pmcs since everyone likes the coop extracts for some easy karma and good vibes.
Not sure why you came at me sideways like that, but I do plan to try to get better at the game. I was simply just sharing my experience with the heart pounding adrenaline rush the game gives me purely from the gear fear alone like he mentioned in the video.
@@True_Camo "maining scav" is a meme that's looked down upon in Tarkov community. It's discouraged for a good reason even though it might be a necessity for new players being a risk-free way to learn new maps and find loot spots. The problem is that if you avoid playing as a PMC you won't progress. You must learn how to outplay other PMCs and the best way to do that is to engage in PVP on equal terms, not as a scav with a 50 durability toz wearing a butchered level 2 armour.
If you want to get better at PVP quicker use Arena as a practice tool. Personally, my aim and feel for close quarter fights has gotten much better after playing it. Still, it's a different game having different pacing and involving less tactics than EFT. Either way, you can't avoid running raids as a PMC, you will have to suffer just as the rest of us.
If you're having a hard time, join one of the many community Discords and play in groups. People are mostly welcoming and will happily team up to do tasks or goof around.
@@OFfic3R1K Just to clarify, I never said that I main my scav. I just said that I don’t get nearly as nervous on my scav runs as i do my pmc runs, which anyone can relate to, especially when starting out.
I do load in as a pmc and try to get better at the game, but anyone can admit that the learning curve in this game is pretty steep, especially when playing solo.
@@True_Camobased af.
What got rid of it for me was Arena, and how well i am at it. Using all the variety of kits just gives me more confidence in all fights now in regular tarkov
Arena may be broken, but it's incredibly good for solely prac, gs bro
Yeah after playing Arena you stop seeing gear as the point of tarkov and start focusing on mechanics and gamesense way more
I tell people all the time that spawns are like the most important part of surviving in this game. Also learning timings to get to places from those spawns you don’t have to be ready for a fight.
Mid way through this vid I fs thought you’d be among the few tarkov UA-camrs with over 100k subscribers and I was very surprised to see how much work you put in. Thank you and keep it up brother
Thank you very much man, I feel like this video was a little rushed so to hear that makes me happy, glad you enjoyed
I've been playing Tarkov on and off since Alpha and this is by far the best "how to get over gear fear" vid there is. It covers the problem, what it is, what usually causes it , and how to solve it in actionable steps. Fantastic job
Thank you very much, been playing since 2019 and I've always noticed the lack of more intermediate advice for newer players, glad you enjoyed it man
1:05 Dang, that's applicable to all aspects of life. Thank your for sharing that.
I’ve got 1000hrs in tarkov (just under 1000 officially) and I’m not nearly as good as I could be. I first bought the game in 2021, but I didn’t really start putting my head down and learning the game until several wipes after I bought it. Took me close to 500hrs to get halfway decent. If I would’ve spent my time actively using these tips, and not caring after I die, I’d be a lot better than I am now. I’m still leagues ahead of where I started, I can pretty much play the game casually and have fun, but I have a long way to go, and I want to keep getting better. I still find myself getting stuck in fight or flight (freeze is actually the third response) and I mostly freeze up. I’m gonna actively try to not do that, because I know how easy it is to make money and get that same gear back. Loved the content. Keep it up brother!
Very surprised you have less than 1000 subscribers at the time I’m watching this. Very well put together video and the growth based mindset can be applied to many areas in life.
Learned about the growth mindset through Voltaic and have been an advocate since, I had 200 subs last week, the growth has been wild
Honestly this video was amazing. I feel that arena has really made me lose any fear of losing a kit and im more confident in my aim then before.
Good stuff brother, as someone with 3k hours in the game it is hard to preach how to improve without sinking 1000s of hours, with arena I definitely feel the game is now going to boom with peoples gun skill. good breakdown of each topic that feeds into that gear fear feeling. Im hoping the player dynamic will shift to a more consistent and fearless time in raids but only time will tell... All the best to you in the future!
As do I, I have no problem with the different play styles, but, if i can convince one person to move just that little bit more then my job is done, glad you enjoyed
One of the best Tarkov videos I've ever seen
Loved this vid, happy to sub!
I also wanted to add something that really helped me this wipe, as I am an anxious person (and not super great at tarkov lmao):
One of my first goals was to lose my entire starting stash. Just straight up. It was not The Fear, it was The Goal. I played as best as I could, but when I got shot in the neck by a scav who bodied 14 of my rounds, the silver lining was "Okay, good, that's another starting kit down."
Weirdly it made the loss sting *so* much less, and it really helped me come to terms with the realization that dying and losing gear doesn't hurt *that* bad, unless you're beating yourself up for it too.
I've played a few wipes now and this is the wipe where Ive truly gotten rid of my gear fear. If there is one thing ive learned from playing this game the past 4 years is that once you get a solid understanding of a few maps and know where to look, there is plenty of good gear to be snatched up. Armor, guns, ammo, meds, and attachments are all over the place. Use those findings to build better and better weapons that can help you snowball even harder. Sure dying with a nice kit sucks, but hopefully by the time you do die with it you'll have gotten 2x the value out of it (which gets easier if your finding more gear as you go). If you do roll with a team, I personally still like to insure things in the chance that it might come back either from a buddy stashing it for me or the enemy just doesnt have the time/space to take it with them, wont always get your stuff back but its better than nothing.
Exactly right. On the insurance note I find when playing in a group it's always effective to do it even if it costs a bit because the more players in the group = less gear enemies can take
Was about to comment the same thing. I'm more aggressive this wipe, I think it's because I have a solid rat run on reserve where I can make all the money I need easily.
but I still get MASSIVE adrenaline dump after a good gunfight. If I lose, it kinda sucks ass, but if I win, the dopamine is insane.
@@blakkatana I’ll admit that the recoil changes have made it a lot easier for me to be willing to use better gear. Before, I always had to wait and see if I could get the proper shot off before engaging with even a decently modded (but not meta) weapon. I’m way more confident in my gun ability now that I can consistently control my weapon, making it a lot easier to bring better gear in to edge the fight in my favor.
@@huntersisemore4185 im constantly asked by some of my teammates - why you always bring top notch guns and gear, even on the crappiest quest run - well bih, i ain't gonna fear losing pixels, i came to tarkov to enjoy things, i can buy some more because a streets run is usually 1.5 mil per raid
Insuring is definitely worth It lol , built a 200k+ Adar-15 build on the 2nd week of wipe , went to customs n got killed by a guy who just prefired , I didn't even fire a single bullet before I died and that dude didn't even take the adar , he didn't even take the scope/silencer which is worth 70k roubles each. I think that dude was cheating , no reason to not take my adar lol. And I just got it back.
You’re 100% right about Arena.
I’ve only played a couple days of arena and I already felt much more confident in my pvp skills this wipe. So much that I even attempted Stirrup on factory for the first time ever (in my previous wipes, I’ve just skipped it entirely). And I shit you not, I completed it in only 2 raids with no deaths (1st raid: 1 pmc kill, 4 scav kills and successful extract; 2nd raid: 2 pmc kills and successful extract).
Before Arena was added, I was abysmal in all pvp fights I had in tarkov to where I’d win in less than 1 in 20 fights.
1000% got my sub with this video, well done
ive had issues around using higher value equipment in raid, even though i have more than enough money laying around to make up any losses. so forth, ive made myself think a certain way. if i found it in raid, i can use it because i found it. if i can buy more, i can use it because i can get it again.
so far, its working quite well, especially after messing around in SPT for a bit. it made me lose a good chunk of my gear fear, and it made me realize how good i can actually be if i tried.
That's a good way to look at it, especially as if you don't use it then it's not potentially adding value to your stash as well. Everything is replaceable, the confidence in that is key
Commented on your last vid but I can't believe you have so few subs. Your videos are awesome. Keep going brother
Will do bro, count yourself a OG
You open with a narration of the thoughts in my own head?? how?? who are you and how did you read my freaking mind on a point-by-point basis????
Creepily perfect analysis. Thank you!!
I've 100% been there, that's how I know this work because it's what I done, glad you enjoyed it ahah
Very underrated channel, although I see you only have a couple videos so far. I sincerely hope you stay with it because I have no doubt this channel will be very big pretty quickly if so.
Will do, with the amount of support I've gotten from everyone these videos will definitely not be stopping, thank you for the kind words
Music at the end earned the sub
Definitely feeling the anxiety due to awful track record in PvP encounters. Playing on and off since 2020 with 1300 hours under my belt and I still feel like most human opponents outskill me. Knowing that the opposition clicks on my head way faster and more precisely than I ever can really discourages me from ever going past the early wipe, as the fellow forever Timmies also quit and most tasks now require me to kill PMCs and/or play the newer, much more PvP orieneted maps like Reserve. Having to spend so much time sitting in loading screens vs. the time I stay alive if I don't rat out the half the raid is just soul crushing, as I love the game concept and the thrills it can give. Perhaps one of these days I'll just give up on tasking and just dry to bulldoze PvP, maybe something will finally stick.. And yeah, Arena exists now but that's just not Tarkov as it's missing all the things that makes Tarkov interesting to me: varied asymmetrical locations, PvPvE, looting etc..
Yea Arena doesn't give that same adrenaline hit but it strips that away in order to present gunfights front and center, for the gunfight aspect alone it can help to teach people how to make decisions faster and push raw PVP skills
Arena might not be interesting but I think it will definitely help you to get better in tarkov.
Nice video bro, keep up the good work and you gonna surely grow your channel.
Thanks man, what do you wanna see next?
My friends can't keep up cause I play WAY more than them but still the best moments in Tarkov for me has been when we got together and made the coolest plays together as a team. I wouldn't trade sharing moments with my mates for being the best ever.
Absolutely right, everything is a balance
im 3 wipes old.
what works for me is to reach 6 rep fence and do scav runs for money and pmc runs for going crazy and do quests.
scaving gets me so many guns and armors that i dont have to buy anything except for bullets and mags.
now i have so many guns that i probably wont use ever.
also scaving in shoreline expansion gets you almost half a million each run with a 10 minutes cooldown, so good.
The scav can be a useful tool for sure, I haven’t scavved much this wipe admittedly
Extremely good video and understanding of what’s actually going on. Awesome work on this one man thanks for taking the time!
Thank you man, means a lot
In my personal experience this is the only game that still gives me a huge adrenaline rush. Feels like playing paintball or when fornite came out in 2017 and your top 10 about to get your first win.
Coming back after such a long hiatus was truly eye opening to what everyone must feel daily
This just good advice for life, no just tarkov lol. Good shit
Best gear fear advice I’ve gotten “it’s not my gear it’s just my turn with it”
I've heard this across so many games, EvE, Rust and DayZ. A solid one liner to stop thinking about gear so deeply
Perfect advice. I honestly just started practicing solo and I’ve already started to shake the fear and made a lot of progress in short time because of it
Bullshit. I'm coming back with my shit and some lol. It's definitely mine 😂
I love how you make your videos, not long but they have a lot of useful information. Keep it up man!
I used to have gear fear purely because I didn’t know the maps but now I do it’s gone
Great video man! Keep up the good work. You won my subscription :)
On the off chance somebody has a similar problem to me: check your mouse sensitivity. Might sound unrelated, but at least partially my gear fear was caused by a string of very pathetic deaths during encounters with other PMCs. I panicked in fights and couldn't hit seemingly easiest shots either in cqb or at range. Turned out I f'd something up when converting my mouse sensitivity from other game I play to Tarkov and it resulted with an almost x2 higher sens from my regular one, which when combined with paniced state made hitting shots extremely hard. After fixing this, I instantly felt more confident in PVP, because I could rely on my aim once again, instead of thinking that as soon as I encounter somebody I'd whiff every shot and die.
quality video brother, looking forward to your next content
Was surprised when I saw your sub count at the end of the video, the quality is that of a 10k+ channel, hopefully your hard work pays off mate keep it up!
Maybe one day, thank you for the kind words man
You sir have more than earned my sub, this is gonna help me tons.
I have around 400 hours of tarkov and 200 of those were in this wipe. I play since the customs expantion and I've never had so much fun. I finally decided to not try and play the game the way I did, and it worked. I've finally lost my gear fear. I died more this wipe than in all the other ones, but I am now killing a lot of players and, most importantly, having a lot of fun. Great video man, keep up the good work
Finding out that dying CAN be fun is a turning point for alot of players, glad you pushed through it man
Great video man! Keep up the good work, you'll be huge in no time. The quote of the start of the video really got me
Bro, I've been significantly better this 3rd wipe, and you hit all the points im experiencing. I think Arena also helped me to try out different PvP tactics without gear fear so that it's easier to replicate at least the same attitude in an EFT raid.
3rd wipe? its the 9th lol must be new to tark i get off and on this game thru the years but these last 3 wipes have been a bit better
@rockzen8050 I was talking about my 3rd wipe playing consistently. I've owned the game for about 3 years now.
I'm surprised to see you're at only 967 subs with this quality of content. Look forward to seeing you grow, as I'm sure you will - subscribed!
Great job my guy! It's good to see someone put some actual effort into their video. Hope the algorithm keeps you rolling! Got my sub.
I'm not sure why the alg has picked me up so much but I'm glad it's bringing value to people for sure
Yo man! I'm so excited to see another content creator with quality content and a will to help the community! Cool video and good luck on your journey mate. 😊
Wanted to say one, amazing video. And two I got like six of my homies into tarkov recently and I think this video is a perfect one to send them. Honestly gear fear isn’t really an issue but you still hit some points I can’t really seem to get them to understand fully. Appreciate the work it took to make this and I hope you see the growth you seek g. Sleep well.
Great video brother, en just 7 min. You explain many important things to improve in this game
Tried to keep this one short and to the point
Cheers man. I was a new player and ive been feeling the burn lately. this video really helped me there. gonna kick a nice sunday afternoon just wiping the gear fear and getting into it. good luck with the channel! +1 sub
I struggle massively with nervousness and shakiness in Tarkov. EFT is very hostile game to newcomers no matter how experienced gamers they are. Ground ZERO helped a bit in patch 0.14 and should be utilized by newbies a lot to get some raids under their belt early.
The video provided several useful tips but it also runs into the overarching problem with EFT--the game feels like work. Recording your sessions, analyzing deaths, writing down solutions feels like work rather than joyful gaming experience. When I work, I at least get paid.
I would like to add a few tips for others that helped me:
1. Utilize Ground ZERO map
2. Set a specific goal and try to achieve it in each raid, do not just run in mindlessly
3. Use Scav runs as often as possible
4. Learn travel times from certain spots on maps to frequent extraction points
5. Achieving lvl15 and access to the Flea market massively helped with my gear fear. I'm not afraid of losing money, I'm afraid of losing gear I can not buy. Flea market solves this problem at least partially even if you have to pay premium for some gear or mods.
Solid advice. Unlocking the flea market is always a priority
I have been working on my gear fear seems to come and go all depends what I'm wearing. My gear fears mainly based around my weapon. Not too worried about my armor. I seem to be finding it a lot this wipe but I definitely discovered the ridiculousness of my fear and I have 100% been pushing more fights lately my main problem was after losing a gun fight I would dwell on that fight and pretty much tell myself over and over again. I'm bad I shouldn't have lost that next time play it safer lol obviously you can see how this would snowball into doing. Absolutely nothing what would help me was pretty much doing what you said Take control sometimes even if I'm uncomfortable with aggressiveness I will push myself through that after all it's just a game and why did I purchase a game Definitely not to sit hiding in a bush I tried it to take that uncomfortable feeling and I try to divert that uncomfortable feeling to my enemy I bring in some 5 second fuse grenades. It's awesome towards the area that you think they're in. Most people think the grenades going to go off pretty much immediately after they hear it land the three to four seconds that that thing sitting on the ground just cooking makes just about everybody move around they've already accepted their death so now the only thing they're thinking about is possibly avoiding it so they move without thinking either the grenade will get them or you'll get them when they move
Not rare for me to comment hoping the algo picks up a vid, but I do have to say as someone who gets overly nervous in fights after 6 wipes I wanted to say thank you for this advice, I will be using it to great effect.
I truly hope it helps!
Just started the game a few days ago, and I told myself I’d just play around, figure things out, without really thinking about loosing gear and money. Once I got the basics, I’ll wipe my account and have a fresh start without all the mistakes I’ve made the first few runs.
And I don’t have this MPC anxiety do begin with, as I don’t really care for my stuff. Good tips for newcomers I believe
I tried going super aggro like shoes or vinny but the players on my servers play in 3 mans and camp so I’ll get one or two and the third one that hasn’t moved the whole raid gets me. Now I rat on streets and feel fulfilled
As long as you're enjoying your time, it doesn't matter how you play
Sick vid pal, executed very well!
thank you bro
Amazing guide and overall video, subbed.
Just stumbled across this video. Great points and advice. Subbed and waiting for the next video.
Great video! excellent points routing out the deepness of gear fear!
The way i get a little bit of anxiety off me, is by playing music in the background. Some of you may ask "Music? If you listen to music, then you can't hear footsteps", and that may be true, but i don't have volume set to 1000%, just enough so i can hear it, and i can hear somehow steps. Since i started listening to music while i play tarkov, i just started to kill more and more players much easier. I started to play more aggresively and so on. That may not help many people, but that's my solution for anxiety. Have a nice day guys :D.
I've done this as well, also if music is too distracting even not wearing headphones helps, seems silly but it does work
Legend, great video and love the accent
Great video bro and honestly really helpful
My best tip to get rid of gear fear is just don't insure any of it. Going into raid knowing if you die you will lose your gear rather than having a bit of hope you 'might' get it back.
Easiest sub of my life
Because it's heartbreaking to die to a suspicious ennemy while wearing your best gear.
It'll always come back, your gear is like a revolving door
If you have gear you are afraid of using in your stache SELL IT NOW. Use the rubles to get something you are okay with and run that. Then slowly add to your comfy kit. Add a better med or a nade then get comfy with that. Then one day, the kit you run all the time is the same as the chads everyone is afraid of. Hope this helps, gl on your raids
Exactly right, if it's not producing value then it has none, use it or lose it
No. I will not sell my altyn!
I'm a very competitive player and I'm very prideful besides easily being scared by loud and sudden noises, with these two together, I can never get rid of the excessive heart beat increase and adrenaline.
Subscribing! Great video. I have just recently lost my gear fear (mine comes from DayZ A LOT) but you are like a Tarkov therapist. Great content
Thank you very much man, welcome!
You should have mentioned Single Player Tarkov mod, great way of removing gear fear and learning the game!
Very true, although I've heard of BSG striking channels that talk about SPT so I thought it'd be safer to not take the risk
peak video man ty
Best video I’ve seen today. Keep that shit up
Solid vid bro. Nice pacing and design. One thing about the captions though, make it so that it just appears on bottom center as opposed to zooming from left to the bottom center. Tbh, vid doesn't even need those ADHD captions.
Great video bro
Excellent therapy session disguised as a tarkov guide
Don't tell everyone...
Started pretty late into the wipe so I’ve been running glocks on ground zero bodying chads in full kit
i have almost 5000 hours on dayz so my gear fear been long gone
Very nice guide! Thanks you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Full support, subbed, great great video
We all have it even when you are a veteran. we just have way less fear .. when you understand that money is not a prob in this game, you dont care anymore.
Money can’t buy you a new altyn if you lose it. (Unless you’re good with talking tagillas mask as a replacement)
Altyn is not that good trust me. Is nice is OK but its not everything, and not that good. Skill in this game counts way more than bullets. Even tho luck is also a thing as head shots 95% of the time kill@@i3lackfusion
@@PedrovoriskAB nah, it’s epic on factory. Obviously dumb to use on open maps if you’re not specifically looking for a dorms fight or whatever
Agree@@i3lackfusion
Really good video man! I'm currently eyeing up the next wipe, since I just don't have the time to play much ATM.
I watched thousands of hours but only played like 70 and never got higher than level 12 I think. I tried Arena, but going up against full auto M4/AKs with my SKS and dogshit ammo seems like a waste of time.
I currently play Battlebit: Remastered to get my aim and recoil control as best as it can be. I also have over 100h in Kovaaks, so if you have a specific playlist, I'll gladly try it out!
Dude really great video! keep it up!
I'm afraid of playing solo because as a PMC, you start at the beggining of the round, and you''ll get to experience all the crazy shit that happens and everyone is your enemy, as a scav you'll not have to shoot other scavs, but agaisnt pmcs you are basically dead. Man, i really wish to have the balls to play this solo, but i'm a coward it sucks.
quite a funny video but to really stay true to the title i think you forgot a crucial argument to get over gear fear:
That Exfil with faceshield,
that redut
and that meta m4 will never be the reason you survived/died if it sits in the stash.
you have to use it to make it a good kit otherwise its just expensive metalparts and fabric.
preaching that helped me over gear fear years ago and everybody i was the sherpa off since then.
Nailed this shit. Good job babe!
Cheers babe
Dude's coming in here with the Buddha energy for the most hostile and aggressive game out there. I'm only really new to the game, so we'll see how this goes.
I feel like whenever I push I get insta head-eyesd because my reaction time is slow and my aim sucks.
anyways great vid, you sir get a sub
Make sure to not just push for the sake of it though, have a clear advantage first. Slow progress is still progress regardless. You got this bro
i lost my gear fear but the only map where i get anxiety is playin streets :D the map is so huge and i dont know it 100% like the other maps but it does get better and i play alot better on streets now
I made a promise to myself to learn streets this wipe, slowly getting it down
Same man :D @@xoTaken
Already at the level where id rather play solo, but you make really good points, i hope this helps newer players so they dont die of a heart attack 😂
simple mindset and it actually works for real life challenges as well
I went into my first raid with this mindset, got a shit-ton of loot and then died because I decided to use an odolbos hahaha.
But we were close! Hop in another one, you've easily got this
You just need a “fuck it we ball” mentality at all times
Exactly
Great video. very well thought out :}
I don't think doing a Google sheets breakdown of your deaths is necessary but it's true that the only way you learn to play well in Tarkov is by dying. Playing Tarkov has 2 main aspects: knowledge and Momentum.
Knowledge is learning all the environments and mechanics of the game which you can only do by playing a lot, or playing with/watching others who know more than you.
Momentum is about realising that Tarkov is a net positive game, it honestly doesn't matter how bad you are, you will always progress and earn more money and items, especially if you play Scav often and just loot everything. The economy of Tarkov grows over a wipe and everyone benefits, so you might as well use what you've got because you'll be able to buy most of it again
It's probably not needed for majority of players but I've used this method on many games and it's helped me tonne to reach high ranks. Perfect point about the economy growing, the roubles will constantly grow maybe with some dips but it WILL grow
so basically you made a game into work. no longer its "have fun playing", now its "take notes, record your sh1t, rinse repeat"....
It's not work if you enjoy it, the growth mindset is applicable to everything in life, if you enjoy that sort of thing you're free to try it, if not, don't. We all have fun in different ways :)
Honestly after playing arena for a couple weeks regular tarkov felt a lot more reasonable and I’ve been getting more kills than before arena.
It's a fantasticly done video. You got the like and sub. 👍
I already know all of this i have thousands of hours I still get head eyes like 90% of my deaths before a fight can even start anyway lmao. If I ever actually get a chance to shoot back I mostly win the longer actual fights but they are few and far between most “encounters” are just a flash of tracer bullet and then back to the stash without even firing a round lol.
Maybe protect your head and eyes then?
Sometimes that's tarkov, win some and lose some
Its taken me 4 wipes to get over gear fear. But after a while you judt get over it. Once you get the flea market and get some good scav routes to make money its all replaceable.
I've overcome the fear but my weakness is enemy spawns and extracts.🤕
Atleast you've identified it, doesn't hurt to sit down and have a look at mapgenie just to have a rough visual, you've got this.
I tell myself that there is an unlimited amount of loot and it's all yours for the taking, thinking about that reminds me my loot and dying isn't important, and that what's important in getting into more fight so you can learn angles, flanks and players short comings.
I don't think I have gear fear, I just am too focused on doing tasks to care about combat.
I feel that, haven't had much time to play this wipe so catch me playing night raids just to get my item and leave. Max traders is normally a priority before pvp
Shit slaps dude keen to see what else you make - Cryo
Thanks big dog
This is gg. Tyvm man, great job
I have 70 mil this wipe and I disagree. Best way to make rouples is to be FAST, in and out quick. Also, big backpack and rig.
Yea this is true, keeping streets runs under the 15~ minute mark is perfect