Overcoming Solo Anxiety... - Tarkov Solo Player Guide

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Solo is an absolutely brutal way to play Escape From Tarkov, but it can also be the most rewarding. In this video we talk through how to overcome solo anxiety and how to be effective in combat as a solo player. Check it out!
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:55 - Overcome Anxiety
00:03:13 - Learn From Death
00:04:19 - Combat Tips
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  • @JesseKazam
    @JesseKazam Жыл бұрын

    Do you play Tarkov solo or in a squad?

  • @crossbread420

    @crossbread420

    Жыл бұрын

    Both

  • @Quailer280

    @Quailer280

    Жыл бұрын

    Im slolo

  • @spencerrogers3837

    @spencerrogers3837

    Жыл бұрын

    I prefer a chill duo

  • @DiscMark

    @DiscMark

    Жыл бұрын

    None of my friends play anymore

  • @Heisonone

    @Heisonone

    Жыл бұрын

    This is my second full wipe and have only played solo. This is my first wipe trying to ouch hard on quests and it’s been hard but fun at the same time

  • @Alex-rd2ur
    @Alex-rd2ur Жыл бұрын

    As someone who has played mostly solo a majority of wipes since 2018, my biggest advice is, accept you won't be able to loot your kills as often. If you see or hear at least two people in a squad and you kill one of them, 70% of the time, the best thing to do is to just run the hell away. Unless the squad is really good, they will become static, trying to figure out where you are and where their friends are. Use that time to run away and just keep looting other things. Cause most likely, as they're trying to find you and you're looting, you're going to find items with a value way higher than the gear of the guy you killed. Accept that looting PMC kills is a privilege of squads who can cover each other and your survival rate will get much higher while still getting the fun out of PvP. Another big tip is to ambush. Don't start a fight with a squad unless you feel that you can kill one of them for sure. After you kill that guy, you either run away or you run to a different position to shoot the next guy. There are many squads that I have fought that seem to think they're fighting another squad even though it's just me cause I keep moving and shooting at them from different positions. This can also be used to box squads in cause players who usually play in squads poop their pants when they're alone. Therefore squads in a fight will group up and stay closer together where you can box them in somewhere where you can just sit in a good spot and shoot them as they try to push, or you box them in and use the time for them to find the courage to try to find you and kill you to run away and go loot the good stuff. You also have to accept that if you run into a squad at close range as a solo player and you have no way to run away or reposition, you're dead 90% of the time. But instead of being sad about it, try to do as much damage as possible. Send one or two of them back to the lobby, chances are they won't play another raid until their friends are done with theirs so you can probably get one or two raids done before they're into their next one. Dying wastes their time much more than yours and is something to feel good about as you kill two people in a 4-man squad. They might get their gear back, but they won't get their time back. Those are probably my biggest tips for playing tarkov solo and that's the end of my TED talk.

  • @ismfofbiggestfan

    @ismfofbiggestfan

    Жыл бұрын

    This is such a good comment and so damn accurate.

  • @mschwanitz

    @mschwanitz

    Жыл бұрын

    Huzzah! A man of quality!

  • @patrickschutt564

    @patrickschutt564

    Жыл бұрын

    Very good advices my friend. Will use them in my raids.

  • @alexandermccabe556

    @alexandermccabe556

    Жыл бұрын

    how do you know what the people you are fighting think of

  • @patrickschutt564

    @patrickschutt564

    Жыл бұрын

    @@alexandermccabe556 You will never know. All you need to do is to try anticipate their next move and reposition yourself.

  • @shibby8765
    @shibby8765 Жыл бұрын

    "Don't have much time and you may only have time for 5 to 10 raids"..... yall got time for 5 raids?!?!?

  • @Magswap

    @Magswap

    Жыл бұрын

    Nope 🤣

  • @travistran6868

    @travistran6868

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s more like 2-4 if I have the mental energy lol

  • @cameronjohnson7130

    @cameronjohnson7130

    Жыл бұрын

    Well depends I mean could be in raid for 30 seconds

  • @s1dnb

    @s1dnb

    Жыл бұрын

    15-20 mins per raid

  • @shaolinsword6698

    @shaolinsword6698

    Жыл бұрын

    1 to 3

  • @0Arudee0
    @0Arudee0 Жыл бұрын

    I think there is difference between gear fear and solo anxiety. I'm not scared of losing expensive gear. I just have super anxiety playing solo. Getting jumpscared by a bush camper solo vs with squads hits really different. Fighting 1 v many is so much adrenaline that my hand wont stop shaking for hours after.

  • @kermit4967

    @kermit4967

    11 ай бұрын

    bro same

  • @TACTICALKAOS1

    @TACTICALKAOS1

    10 ай бұрын

    bro that adrenaline foreeal be shaking like crazy i feel that so much, im a solo player, tarkov is only game thats ever done that to me....

  • @littlewalken

    @littlewalken

    10 ай бұрын

    I guess the only real way to counter the adrenaline would probably be just experience and the ability to not give a fck abt the loot or game tbh

  • @sninjabeast68

    @sninjabeast68

    10 ай бұрын

    Yess broo I cleared factory one time and my hand was shaking so bad

  • @faithyo

    @faithyo

    10 ай бұрын

    @@TACTICALKAOS1 Keep doing it over and over! run to those fights! become desensitized to it, after you've done a tonne of raids that feeling will go away i promise

  • @titans2720
    @titans2720 Жыл бұрын

    accepting you will always be at a massive disadvantage was the hardest part for me to deal with. that and going from complete dead silence to the loudest gunfight in history in a matter of seconds. i'm not afraid of losing my kit, i'm afraid of the sound design haha

  • @DaBiggestGobbo

    @DaBiggestGobbo

    Жыл бұрын

    especially when the enemy has the loudest gun ever to exist, that shit sometimes makes one side of my headphones stop working for a little bit

  • @gameringdudeguy1126

    @gameringdudeguy1126

    Жыл бұрын

    @@DaBiggestGobbo the mjolnir no supressor

  • @tjmcswigswag5354

    @tjmcswigswag5354

    9 ай бұрын

    So often died because I've jumped so bad from the sound😂

  • @beebop9712

    @beebop9712

    8 ай бұрын

    I know I hate it it scares the f**** outta me

  • @Lampp1981

    @Lampp1981

    4 ай бұрын

    lmao best way to put it

  • @StefComplex137
    @StefComplex137 Жыл бұрын

    Great tips, and one extra incredibly important piece of advice is to ALWAYS FOLLOW YOUR INSTINCTS. As soon as you doubt yourself in this game, it will punish you for it. If you get that feeling that you're in a bad spot, move. If you think you heard something nearby, check your corners, turn on tac device, look around, be ready to shoot, ect. If you spawn somewhere specific and feel like you're going to be pushed, you probably will be. Chances are your gut feeling is correct and any time wasted being indecisive can be punishing, especially when no one is there to save you as a solo.

  • @Roricsseal

    @Roricsseal

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s so true. Too many times I hesitated or second guessed myself I’ve died. lol

  • @user-ej4eq5im4r

    @user-ej4eq5im4r

    Жыл бұрын

    That's a real thing too Undercover cops are told to follow their gut and if they say they have a bad feeling about something they don't have to do it - it's recognized as a valid reason

  • @tomkem.6515

    @tomkem.6515

    5 ай бұрын

    Yep, just telling myself „you can do it“ always makes me play so much better, because the second I doubt myself I will just sit still with my heart racing for no reason and wait for the enemy to find me.

  • @chicken5038
    @chicken5038 Жыл бұрын

    Once I am in a raid as a solo I do really well. I find fights while solo so much easier like when I am in a group fighting a three man feels scary but when I am alone I feel so much more in control. The issue is when I am playing alone I will take like 10-20 minute breaks in between every raid because I have no one pushing me to play so I just sit there building up confidence to play.

  • @LynxNGB

    @LynxNGB

    10 ай бұрын

    Same sit there build guns and im like hmmm

  • @eldonhill4840

    @eldonhill4840

    5 ай бұрын

    I'm the exact same, every time I'm actually in raid I have a great time but because the game is intense I have to work myself up to do it. I usually end up watching Tarkov videos on the other monitor sitting in my stash more than actually playing. This is still true even after 1600 hours entirely solo, wish I could get over that. I guess there's still some form of gear fear there even though I don't value gear much at all and know it's easy to get.

  • @marcsman07
    @marcsman07 Жыл бұрын

    I'm definitely much more evasive when I play solo. A bunch of times when I'm fighting a squad and I think I can't kill all of them, I'll just kill a few and run since more likely than not the remaining ones will go into "protect my buddy's stuff" mode and won't pursue.

  • @Derp_Skilz

    @Derp_Skilz

    Жыл бұрын

    I feel like squads that play longer together do not do that though. I duo a lot with my buddy and we never really watch each others body, we try to get weird angles or we chase the guy that killed me or my buddy like a madman

  • @SerusKellen
    @SerusKellen Жыл бұрын

    I just got into solo play after running ONLY duo for my 300 hours of gameplay (300 hours is not alot for this game) and honestly the only tip i can give for solo anxiety is to have a plan. You tell yourself you're gunna do THIS obj, loot this area, and take this extract out if you spawn in THIS side of the map, and just generally don't wander from your idea. I find myself always getting killed and panicking when I wander around too much. Think about your ways out of situations, you aren't shroud, or landmark, when the alarm bells in your head are popping tf off telling you you're going to die, bug the hell out man. Pick your fights and only fights you feel like you have an advantage in. Heard an anonymous man ahead of you in a bush somewhere you don't know on your way and feel he has the better position? back up and swing around and put yourself at the advantage. This game doesn't force you to take all the fights that come, at the time they come. You have control. Every sighting, sound, creak and crack is an enemy. So many players don't have that advantage, they run in squads or duos where they have to keep spatial awareness of their teams at all times, communication gets muddy, confusion hits when someone dies, use it! The mass majority of my anxiety went away when I finally drilled it into my head that I have control, and the more you play like a lost roomba hugging and bouncing off every wall, the more you'll get killed. Another tip that helps it to talk to yourself (LMAO). But trust me, it helps, joke about what's going on, think out loud, make light of the situations. There's an infinite well of enjoyment you can get from this game, in victory and death, don't let it be cornered by the whims and wills of whenever your friends wanna play, jump on, grab a mosin, put a sock on your head and go be a goblin.

  • @Nek1i
    @Nek1i Жыл бұрын

    As someone who's played over 2000 hours as solo, maybe another 500-100 in groups one of my favorite tricks I've learned is if you're near loot, wait and hide until not only they start looting, but their teammate starts moving and just walk behind them; often times this screws up comms where they think it was a teamkill, giving you a lot of time until your name pops up in their death screen to abuse the advantage.

  • @ILOVEMYDOG758
    @ILOVEMYDOG758 Жыл бұрын

    This is my third wipe, I'm a father of six kids, got wife and full time job. So my play time is only when they all go to bed before I go to bed. And I can say my first wipe I was scared, I avoided every fight and only fought if I had too. At end of that wipe I got to level 44 and had so much stuff erased at wipe that last wipe I didn't have gear fear anymore as I know it all goes away one way or another. I will say each wipe I can tell I have gotten better, I still die a lot but I also have won fights I would've never thought I could first wipe I played. I have played a couple games with other players but to be honest I enjoy playing solo way more. Just take it slow, learn maps, learn ways to make money and just die and learn from it. You will see progress I promise

  • @wurstkonig3621

    @wurstkonig3621

    5 ай бұрын

    you can raise your progress by insane amounts if you just type + in any lfg channel of any tarkov discord. your chances of dying will be 1/5 and your chances to kill will be 5x. if you're not a complete masochist there is no reason to play this game in any group size below 5. especially if you do not have to opportunity to devote your entire being to the game.

  • @N7GOTTI
    @N7GOTTI Жыл бұрын

    Map knowledge is the greatest asset in Tarkov

  • @Manowarrior1992
    @Manowarrior1992 Жыл бұрын

    I am currently working at overcoming my cowardice, there were days the last weeks were I only zoned in as a scav because that wasn't es stressful to me. But as of late i've been embracing the way of the mosin man and it contributed in overcoming my gearfear. Some weeks to go and I will have left the anxiety behind me

  • @DreamZ9750

    @DreamZ9750

    Жыл бұрын

    Something that helped me when I was in that mindset was, I spent like 2 or 3 days worth of play time doing only scav runs on lighthouse and built up a stash of guns, ammo and armor, and went from 1mil roubles to 25mil, then I realized that I could spend all day dying and still have enough gear and money to keep playing for a week and when I got to that realization my gear-fear went away (I still don't like dying but that's mostly due to me being in the middle of a task or feeling like I could have done something better to win the fight, but I don't care about losing gear at all anymore, even early wipe when I haven't built up a big supply of stuff yet).

  • @happyleaf_kg2868

    @happyleaf_kg2868

    Жыл бұрын

    Night raids helped me to seems more scary but in reality less ppl and easier to move around without being spotted

  • @CitizenLoc

    @CitizenLoc

    Жыл бұрын

    Loosing a mosin is now losing gear fear soon as you have 1 to 2mil in a kit you want go in with it lossing 100k in a mosin kit will do nothing for u

  • @Manowarrior1992

    @Manowarrior1992

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CitizenLoc thats not true at all, the mosin is just the insurance that i can easily replace my gear, i went in with my best gear and a full modded m4 and lost it, which didnt bother me due to me realizing that the mosin will get me back anything i want

  • @killerbas40

    @killerbas40

    Жыл бұрын

    The best advice a chad gave me( and it worked) do plenty of factory runs, or run 1 factory raid when you start playing. After 30 factory raids you start to get cocky. I fully understand if you almost wet your pants after finding a ledx though

  • @FlammingWeener
    @FlammingWeener Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this Jesse! This is my second wipe and this wipe I'm playing a lot of solo. This helped me a lot!

  • @rootntoot2215
    @rootntoot2215 Жыл бұрын

    I remember not to long ago after doing a ton of rat runs I had enough cash to do a bunch of factory runs and at first I was kinda scared but after seeing what that armor will actually do it gave me a ton of confidence

  • @bisketwolf
    @bisketwolf Жыл бұрын

    Goated, all of this is so true. Primarily solo almost 400 hours and it can hurt, but embracing the suck allows the HUGE come ups where you wipe a three/four man and manage to extract with 3 new kits. Also, nothing beats that adrenaline rush when you take out a member or two of an enemy squad, you hear the rest repositioning, and you take that deep breath like "Let's go". Internal music activate. Win or loss, absolute rush.

  • @nevvil
    @nevvil Жыл бұрын

    This was something i had over this weekend, no one in my group was really online Saturday, ended up only playing one raid on customs (it was a great raid, 15 scavs kills, literally left the raid with 2 bullets left, one in a spare mag and one pack bullet). Albeit i was playing very different than when im playing in my group, a lot slower and wasnt pushing all the fights around the map, just lurked around and hunted scavs for hobo quest. thank you for making a good video on helping with this apprehension that im sure many of the newer\casual players may face.

  • @captainpotatoaim1234
    @captainpotatoaim1234 Жыл бұрын

    I feel like Jesse reached into my brain and described exactly how my last week and a half of Tarkov has been with that intro.

  • @emmettdraz212

    @emmettdraz212

    Жыл бұрын

    Dude same. I'm also having really bad disconnects and crashes after every raid. Making it not very enjoyable. I've just been running factory and only scaving to make some money without back to back to back losses

  • @C_R105
    @C_R1059 ай бұрын

    Love this guide Jesse. Been playing solo with great success for years now but it's still nice to get tips. My problem in tarkov is actually playing with groups. I'm so used to "everything in front of me dies" that if I do find a group to play with I'm the one that struggles the most.

  • @ShamW0W_
    @ShamW0W_ Жыл бұрын

    Always wise words, sir. The first Tarkov content creator I started following, and still my favorite.

  • @totallyjon
    @totallyjon Жыл бұрын

    I've been playing since 2017 and just recently discovered a way of reducing solo anxiety that works really well for me. A lot of the time I don't feel like I'm ready to commit to a specific kit, weapon, map etc... The result is me running some half-assed budget kit instead of the good stuff sitting in my stash, because good gear isn't going to save you if you aren't comfortable using it. My advice for anyone struggling is to sell EVERY gun you acquire and if you like a specific weapon enough, build it yourself. Buy the gun and make the same thing yourself with the money you get from selling what you aren't using. The mental difference of using gear you acquired for free opposed to UTILIZING gear you PURCHASED for the purpose of performing better is night and day. You can safely say, "Yeah, I bought this shit. You see this shit? It's mine. This is my kit and I'm gonna bring the pain!" ...opposed to... "I really don't wanna lose this gun pls stop shooting at me ;_;" Kinda crazy it took as long as it did for me to realize such a basic concept. Nobody buys a bad car and drives around worry-free. They're anxious the whole time about it breaking down. The same kind of logic can be applied to the kits one brings in to raids

  • @Madadader

    @Madadader

    Жыл бұрын

    This is actually the right answer for me anyway. This is wipe... technically 3 but really 2. I'm level 12, and last wipe I only ran mosins, SKSs, stock PP19's. Rat guns. This wipe I decided to start building 5.45 AKs (the loss of 7.62 PS helped that decision) and I started running AK after AK with a sight, laser, and foregrip and it made me run more guns. And guess what? I survived more often, because I had something that was half decent at putting rounds into a target rather than some scav 50% durability bullshit. Find a gun you like and build on it yourself. Remember you can make another one.

  • @ChiefenKief
    @ChiefenKief Жыл бұрын

    WOW, for an actual gamer trying to learn tarkov... this information was invaluable. something you definitely learn from many of game playing and i skipped that simply watching this. Thanks Jesse

  • @kevinhammer9089
    @kevinhammer9089 Жыл бұрын

    best tip video i think i have ever seen and takes the time to explain exactly what he means amazing much appreciated bro

  • @DookiePilot
    @DookiePilot4 ай бұрын

    hey big dawg, just wanted to say that your game sense and mindset advice is fantastic and I'm very happy and grateful that you made this amongst several other guides this game is very intimidating but with good guidance you can have so much fun even as a level 1 trying to gun down level 40 players with sweat pooling on the ground beneath their chairs.

  • @SixTough
    @SixTough Жыл бұрын

    Jessie: "Don't take the entire squad on at once" Police girl: hold my beer

  • @murdermeoninterchange

    @murdermeoninterchange

    Жыл бұрын

    She must've been using outplayed on that one

  • @paparoach007

    @paparoach007

    Жыл бұрын

    If it's the video I'm thinking of she wanted blood or possibly dog tags lmao

  • @rossmpostpro
    @rossmpostpro Жыл бұрын

    Mate, loving the content. I'm a pretty new player and this kind of content is second to none. Like and subscribed my man!

  • @Ur_Laggin
    @Ur_Laggin Жыл бұрын

    Awesome video. I'm new to tarkov so every footstep I hear (or every sound I hear that sounds like a footstep) my blood pressure and heart rate rise lmao

  • @user-dd9is6iy9m
    @user-dd9is6iy9m Жыл бұрын

    These were great tips Jessie, I only play solo, much appreciated!

  • @alsoBumii
    @alsoBumii Жыл бұрын

    been waitin on this one, love the vids man keep it up

  • @seppelson3856
    @seppelson3856 Жыл бұрын

    I acually don't play eft. Just came around cause your explainations are sooo valuable and can be transfered to other games. So I learned something that hopefully will help me get better at Marauders. Thanks a lot!

  • @Mr_BrewDog
    @Mr_BrewDog5 ай бұрын

    Awesome tips, thank you. Quite new to the game and solo ALOT. Feel I’ve taken something from this and can make better decisions in a raid!!

  • @braindoesntwork2730
    @braindoesntwork2730 Жыл бұрын

    I can't like this enough times, thanks Jesse. Gonna try solos out.

  • @Judgement915
    @Judgement915 Жыл бұрын

    Great video Jesse, stay well broski

  • @nofox777
    @nofox777 Жыл бұрын

    I went solo from day one lol . I play with friends a lot too . They all loved the game too but they get frustrated much easier .

  • @wholelottanate
    @wholelottanate Жыл бұрын

    Dude seriously great video thanks so much

  • @TheGoldJackwagon
    @TheGoldJackwagon Жыл бұрын

    im over here with solo anxiety not because gear fear. but that sound of getting head clapped just freaks me out so much. thank you for your videos.

  • @kleckskeck8324

    @kleckskeck8324

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah this sound is so fucking loud and when you get shot out of nowhere.

  • @conjohntv714
    @conjohntv714 Жыл бұрын

    Another banger Jesse!!

  • @PeterParker-sm6cl
    @PeterParker-sm6cl Жыл бұрын

    Even after 1400 hours in tarkov, still gaining new insight from this video. Great stuff.

  • @sammyshoes6550
    @sammyshoes6550 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Accepting inevitable death helped me enjoy the game much more! I was that guy waiting for scav runs lol

  • @tuffeichner4815
    @tuffeichner481510 ай бұрын

    My biggest thing iv learned this wipe(.13.5) is to walk. Sprinting around is actually vary noisy and iv walked up on people that had no clue I was even there and I had the ability to either kill or just keep walking to my extract/ also your more likely to see fast moves and actions rather then slow smooth ones this has saved me a lot

  • @trevorfolkers956
    @trevorfolkers956Ай бұрын

    Lost all my gear as a level 10 pmc, felt bad. Got off and came to this video, and heard you talk about confidence in choices. Just ran a scav run and locked in during a fight against a squad. I thought about running but then your video came to mind so i stood my ground. I just walked out with 2 level 20 PMC juice builds, i walked in with a Mosin and a dream

  • @lengendarygoob4373
    @lengendarygoob4373 Жыл бұрын

    great tips love the mind game ideas - shooting out a window and throwing a random nade

  • @IkarosTypeAlpha
    @IkarosTypeAlpha5 ай бұрын

    the most important tip that I can offer is to learn. the. maps. Knowing what locations are player hotspots, where scavs and players spawn, where loot is and where extracts are can go a very long way as a solo player. I'm still fairly new to the game, but I've gotten pretty far in just getting comfortable in some of my regular maps. It became much more easy to avoid squads and not get 180 1-tapped by scavs and I also know where to look for certain loot so I'm not running around like a headless chicken. Learning combat is very important, but I honestly think learning the maps themselves is even more important

  • @tmyfatmufo
    @tmyfatmufo Жыл бұрын

    Sup Jesse just joined your DC. Nice touch with the questions first before actually joining. Cheers

  • @patrickschutt564
    @patrickschutt564 Жыл бұрын

    Hello from Haiti! A lot of good advice and if we put into action we'll definitely be a better solo player.

  • @heyitsgill_e
    @heyitsgill_e Жыл бұрын

    One of the largest benefits I've seen first-hand from playing solo is now when I play in squads with my friends I'm more confident when I'm 1vX and I can visibly see other teams of players start to scramble and make mistakes when you remove one of their meat shields.

  • @connerhodgkins3617
    @connerhodgkins3617 Жыл бұрын

    Was looking for the comment about the pic of kid Jesse at the end, lmao. The face is the same today! Awesome vid as always man.

  • @tiofreak4283
    @tiofreak42835 ай бұрын

    i keep rewatching this video over and over and over.

  • @user-rn8sy7kj1h
    @user-rn8sy7kj1h Жыл бұрын

    just running around shoreline gets my hands so sweaty from the anticipation. and just in general i struggle with choice paralysis

  • @Stanlaitiere
    @Stanlaitiere Жыл бұрын

    Amazing video, I usually play with my friends on trios and squads but sometimes solo'ing just feels 10 times better and I get to task way more efficiently solo

  • @Stanlaitiere

    @Stanlaitiere

    Жыл бұрын

    also I notice I usually can do way better solo than with my teamates, I honestly don't know why

  • @brianoh8192
    @brianoh81925 ай бұрын

    Absolutely amazing tips. This is exactly what should have been said for a KZread title like this.

  • @josephboii6433
    @josephboii64338 ай бұрын

    your a solo cool we got sum in common 3rd whipe alone and its going very great and ima new sub btw nice vids and good job bro.

  • @FrenchyTube3
    @FrenchyTube3 Жыл бұрын

    I started playing this game mainly solo and overcame that anxiety. Then more friends started hopping on for the last 2 wipes. This wipe it’s been me on my own. Now I get major solo anxiety again lmao.

  • @mickgrose6743
    @mickgrose67439 ай бұрын

    Nice man. Thanks heaps!

  • @gregorystewart4887
    @gregorystewart4887 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks again for the video

  • @NeekBCoolin
    @NeekBCoolin Жыл бұрын

    I appreciate you for this video

  • @Professor-fc7vc
    @Professor-fc7vc Жыл бұрын

    Also, I find it useful to view PMCs as "XP Piñatas" as opposed to "Loot piñatas". If you kill someone, it may be better to just leave their body and get out with that xp rather than risk getting killed and losing that xp trying to get some loot.

  • @ThrobRoss

    @ThrobRoss

    Жыл бұрын

    Holy shit I thought you got your xp regardless of if you extract or not.

  • @oscarlove4394

    @oscarlove4394

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@ThrobRoss you get an xp bonus for surviving. Which i didn't know.

  • @reesonnz8467
    @reesonnz84676 ай бұрын

    I have always played tarky solo... always will.. its epic. The things that gets me is the audio. Have not play much in the last 2 years mind you. But have a dabble every wipe some times more than others.

  • @getinmybelly118
    @getinmybelly118 Жыл бұрын

    I’ve played solo since I got the game. I played a lot of interchange and learn most of the loot spots as a Scav and learned where AI and player Scav spawns to give me that advantage. Now whenever I do a PMC raid I have a “loot path” to look for specific things or when I’m trying to get Scav kills.

  • @BrandonGiordano
    @BrandonGiordano Жыл бұрын

    I used to be really scared solo'ing and get really anxious and then upset when I"d die, especially to bugs and stuff like that. Experience is the best teacher. Nowadays even when I die as a solo I can at least take in stride and go again.

  • @emmettdraz212
    @emmettdraz212 Жыл бұрын

    One of the best things I brought from Siege is shoot first. If you think someone is around the corner and you need to push that corner using some ammo on no one is better than losing it all when you die. Has gotten me lots of kills in dorms and underground of reserve. Peekers advantage is also huge in this. I've only ever won fights holding an angle when people dont know I'm there or I'm literally lvl 5 or 6ed out with armor.

  • @highsenpai92
    @highsenpai92 Жыл бұрын

    Great advice thank you!

  • @BofaDeez77781
    @BofaDeez7778110 ай бұрын

    Met one of my favorite duo buddies in your discord ❤️

  • @tirconsgaming4862
    @tirconsgaming486210 ай бұрын

    Hey Jesse, coming to this late but I very much appreciate the content. I spend about half of my Tarkov time solo and the other half in a duo. I would say that 80-90% of my solo time is spent on a scav due to this solo anxiety. I hope to decrease that percentage after watching this video! Thank you!

  • @classified0888

    @classified0888

    5 ай бұрын

    How's it going

  • @DenisIacob-rq8nw
    @DenisIacob-rq8nw5 ай бұрын

    Thanks it really helped me

  • @officialimpalergerdeathmet810
    @officialimpalergerdeathmet810 Жыл бұрын

    nice video for me. 1200hrs in game started to play alone a few days ago.

  • @twiitch_polar1119
    @twiitch_polar11199 ай бұрын

    watched half the vid loading into a raid and kept telling myself, "keep the advantage" did that and killed a lvl 47 and walked out perfectly fine, awesome video

  • @MaybeChristian
    @MaybeChristian Жыл бұрын

    As my first wipe and starting halfway through and as a solo player I didn't play with a duo until level 13. I have a 20% extraction rate and am still on starting quests. I joined up with someone on discord I met over voip who helped me through my quests and he kept telling me how impressed he was with my confidence in gunfights and my callouts. I didn't even realize but learning the game as a solo accelerated my ability to gather and use information and in turn communicate that information. Quickly learn that getting pushed by multiple people sucks and that I want want to be the person pushing. Take control of the situation yourself don't let the person trying to kill you control it.

  • @biggmakisdead
    @biggmakisdead Жыл бұрын

    I hate HATE the sound and Crack of getting shot in the head 😅 thats what scares me the most. Thats what keeps me from playing sometimes. The jumpscares and getting shot from a distance. Scary stuff man

  • @averagecryptopunk2800
    @averagecryptopunk28006 ай бұрын

    If you’re going to play solo exclusively, map knowledge is arguably one of the top most important things you can have on your side. Do some practice raids, then some low kit runs to get a feel of the maps. It will save you.

  • @IkarosTypeAlpha

    @IkarosTypeAlpha

    5 ай бұрын

    100%. knowing key locations of where players most likely are, where they spawn, where loot is and what routes to take can get you a long way as a solo player. Maps are the most important thing you can learn imo as well, because even an awful player can extract if they know the ins and outs of the map they play. The only exception might be something like factory, but that's because it often plays more like a meatgrinder (But it's still invaluable to learn)

  • @channingttv
    @channingttv5 ай бұрын

    Today I was able to finish my part 1-3 of Tarkov shooter for the first time, solo. During the process, I went broke & I also took a break. Throughout the 6-7 hours it took me.. I learned woods pretty well. After completing those quests, I’m now level 15 with access to flea! I’m stoked, not only because this is my first real time playing this game, but I’ve made so much progress just because I’ve made myself uncomfortable, forcing myself into areas that I knew were hard for me! No matter what, I just kept buying that gosh darn mosin and went back in. This can apply to life, sometimes we need to make ourselves a little uncomfortable, push ourselves. If we just do what makes us comfortable, who knows what will be on the other side of your success? Happy raiding!!!

  • @Zeke2552
    @Zeke2552 Жыл бұрын

    I just got the game a few days ago. Definitely trying to learn to play solo as none of my friends have the game yet. I don't really care about losing gear since wipe is around the corner but I Definitely suffer from hesitation. I'm still getting a grasp of the game and everything I have to keep track of and between that and everything going on in a raid the info really can be overwhelming to process fast enough to make a decision.

  • @Sky22.
    @Sky22. Жыл бұрын

    thumbnail looks so good , instant watch

  • @gameringdudeguy1126
    @gameringdudeguy1126 Жыл бұрын

    The main way I clear solo anxiety is learning maps like woods and customs. Spt also helps give you a feeling a power and also helps learning basically everything risk free. I literally learned woods, factory and customs, weapon modding, hideout management and economy just from that singleplayer. Me likeis

  • @Cole-ld7dc
    @Cole-ld7dc Жыл бұрын

    as someone with no friends that only solos I feel this video to my core

  • @chinofromthebay1135

    @chinofromthebay1135

    Жыл бұрын

    let’s play

  • @taitianpalmer2979

    @taitianpalmer2979

    Жыл бұрын

    @@chinofromthebay1135 this comment restores my faith in humanity. your hospitality is awesome

  • @CanisMajoris997
    @CanisMajoris997 Жыл бұрын

    0:35 - 0:55 basically sums up my whole tarkov adventure, played one wipe and never came back cause of this

  • @Aldrastar
    @Aldrastar5 ай бұрын

    what helped me is playing like nothing matters. between the eventual wipe, the certainty you will die at some point if not alot, no point it hoarding gear you wont use. always use my best stuff that gives me best chance of living. and for the most part it works! and not to run everywhere as it makes more noise

  • @Umbator
    @Umbator Жыл бұрын

    One big way I have helped myself be able to actually play my PMC a lot is literally run SCAV until my stash is pretty much full and I have lots of spares guns and stuff so that I have essentially throw away gear to put on my PMC that I don't care if I lose, it has made it so that I can actually use my PMC now, might not be the best way but I have used my PMC already 10x more then I did the last time I played.

  • @Pwipel
    @Pwipel Жыл бұрын

    THX JESSE

  • @samprice8723
    @samprice8723 Жыл бұрын

    Me staring at my stash watching KZread and this is in my recommended. Thanks Jesse!

  • @tacticoolrick5562
    @tacticoolrick5562 Жыл бұрын

    4 or 5 man raids can be good but it REAALY takes a lot of communication and teamwork. And even then it takes a lot of practice. You really need to telegraph where you're moving constantly, and you need to keep a mental map of where your teammates are moving. You need to know your callouts really well. But, when you have a good functioning 4 man, it really makes you powerful on the map. You have the strength to push just about any situation and win or at worst lose a man and be able to make sure he gets his insurance.

  • @doopmeister8676
    @doopmeister86769 ай бұрын

    that guy at 11:53 reminded me of Todd from Breaking Bad with that polite demeanor yet dangerous intent

  • @shawnpehl1038
    @shawnpehl10385 ай бұрын

    7:40 woh woh woh woh, hey now, when I’m on attempt number 15 of trying a task I did so fast previous wipe I forgot about it, and a team jumps me and I hide like a little rat. The thought of these guys tacticooling it up in the coms while I’m just watching them praying nobody sets me. Feels like a movie lol

  • @maxdetwiler9770
    @maxdetwiler97709 ай бұрын

    Anyone who quit playing tarkov should watch this, and make an appearance again. We miss you guys. I've got 1400 hours as a solo on top of a full time job. I learn so much from this game💯 Thanks For the vid dude. Stay strong solos

  • @tokecs1811
    @tokecs18118 ай бұрын

    That is the best ever clip! 12:00

  • @Aunt1eSlayr
    @Aunt1eSlayr Жыл бұрын

    When I first booted up tarkov I had no fkn idea what I was doing and I gave up playing. Now I’ve committed to playing and have been solo for about a week or so and it’s been so fun. I like how I control every outcome and don’t have to rely on teammates like I do in other games (I have a lot of hours on siege 🙃🔫) so I find it more satisfying getting a decent raid solo atm. I even have maps saved in my phone for exract zones and general locations 😅 it’s been a lot of fun so far

  • @JoeMarrant
    @JoeMarrant Жыл бұрын

    This is good info. I play a lot by myself and my confidence isn’t all that great.

  • @forwhomthebelltrolz
    @forwhomthebelltrolz5 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @ClumzyGamer87
    @ClumzyGamer87 Жыл бұрын

    I decided to take a break from Tarkov. It's been 18 months. You guys, I think I did it - I escaped Tarkov.

  • @visibleblack4694

    @visibleblack4694

    5 ай бұрын

    Impossible, they said it could not be done

  • @joseayon3952

    @joseayon3952

    3 ай бұрын

    You think you've escaped but 18 months without playing and you are still watching tarkov videos. You've escaped nothing.

  • @holstatt6896
    @holstatt6896 Жыл бұрын

    Gotta say Jesse, you make left hand peeks look effective in a lot of these clips. Nice.

  • @jdstark24
    @jdstark24 Жыл бұрын

    First wipe and I just ran factory and interchange til I got sick of them. Never dropped below 100k roubles because I'd just run stashes on woods. Finding Thors, Ash12s, Troopers, M4s, etc etc to this day. Woods is my insurance policy

  • @nicholasabraham259
    @nicholasabraham259 Жыл бұрын

    This was awesome! I wish u could Sherpa me haha. Some great tips all around

  • @johnlyons3832
    @johnlyons3832 Жыл бұрын

    Just wanna say I recommend Steelseries GG for clipping your gameplay and deaths to replay. It can record up to 5 minutes before you start the clip and 5 minutes after, can create high quality 1080p/60fps clips flawlessly and has 0 performance impact. It’s been a gift

  • @Gingerking_45
    @Gingerking_45 Жыл бұрын

    This is my 2nd full wipe playing only solo and I'm still trying to learn what a good way to play is and I'm currently focused on what guns I can consistently buy (for cheap) and make my money back hopefully in one raid by only playing interchange cause i know interchange by heart mostly my first wipe was the mosin now this wipe just started a week ago is the aks-74u slightly modded and its been working

  • @xXtheshit226Xx
    @xXtheshit226Xx Жыл бұрын

    The way I got over my solo anxiety is doing lots and lots of mac n cheese runs, I got so good it at it that going in with gear kinda feels like a waste unless I'm doing a boss fight

  • @tannumtraders5954
    @tannumtraders5954 Жыл бұрын

    I had to come here after playing my 4th wipe. I’m late this wipe. Have hit lvl 42 before with 4.14 K/D This wipe last weekend, at lvl 8 got killed 10 times in a row. I’m pretty sure down to cheaters. I now come here with this problem. Thanks for the vid man!

  • @Classikh
    @Classikh5 ай бұрын

    Watching this before my first wipe back after forever

  • @serenejaysew
    @serenejaysew Жыл бұрын

    Subscribed to twitch also 🙏 great videos. Serenejay

  • @gonzoet209
    @gonzoet209 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video Jesse! GULULULULULU

  • @MrPhoenix357
    @MrPhoenix35710 ай бұрын

    I just got the game, and it is HARD AF. I am looking for some good people to show me the ropes. Thanks for making this video

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