Escape from Tarkov recreation director Nikita Buyanov has apologized to gamers for the “tough” launch of the extraction shooter’s 1.0 model and Steam debut, saying the group is “keen to proceed preventing” to “lastly crack the efficiency issues.”
On Steam, Escape from Tarkov at the moment has a ‘combined’ person evaluation score, with most of the complaints round server points which are inflicting lengthy queues, efficiency issues, and bugs.
Writing on Twitter/X, Battlestate’s Buyanov thanked gamers “for this overwhelming curiosity for the recreation,” including: “servers get full actually quick so we[‘re] including increasingly more servers worldwide to lower matching occasions extra. We’re additionally fixing all of the incoming bugs, and as I mentioned, we’ll proceed to enhance and repair the recreation for the subsequent months.
“The discharge was tough for positive, sorry for that. However we’re keen to proceed preventing for all the things good towards dangerous. We are going to proceed to present to you, precise followers of the recreation, issues that you’ll take pleasure in. We’d like to lastly crack this efficiency issues, outdated stuff and legacy bugs which [are] left. Sure, lots of issues had been fastened in launch model, however it’s not sufficient.”
In a separate statement posted to Steam, Battlestate thanked gamers for “supporting the venture all through all levels of improvement and testing, and for deciding to share this essential occasion,” and mentioned, “regardless of cautious preparation, unexpected conditions might come up throughout the course of. Your bug studies assist us rapidly discover and repair points, making your gaming expertise extra comfy and secure.”
Battlestate additionally promised in-game compensation for all gamers in the close to future: a Bear Basic and USEC Evening Patrol set. If these units have already been bought, an in-game reward might be credited, the developer continued.
A technical replace launched on Monday, November 17, issued a handful of points. Patch notes are beneath:
- Fastened a problem with a damaged character mannequin showing in the Hideout in sure instances;
- Fastened the recreation consumer freeze when switching to Dealer interplay display screen from the Hideout;
- Fastened the incorrect lighting for Jaeger when SSR is enabled in graphics settings;
- Fastened the trigger of primary menu parts showing throughout matching in sure instances;
- Disabled a number of PostFX settings;
- Fastened the trigger of bots teleporting whereas utilizing stationary weapons in sure instances;
- Fastened the trigger of bots flying in the air in sure instances.
Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, in addition to a critic, columnist, and advisor with 15+ years expertise working with some of the world’s largest gaming websites and publications. She’s additionally a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually Excessive Chaos. Discover her at BlueSky.