И ЭТО мы ждали 2 ГОДА?! Худший пачт за всю историю ПВЕ Таркова

Summary

The video criticizes Escape from Tarkov’s long-awaited PvE update, arguing that changes to PMC bot behavior and equipment failed to deliver—and, in the creator’s experience, made the mode worse.

Main complaints

• PMC bots barely move or react. Despite patch notes promising more varied movement toward points of interest and quest areas, the creator says bots mostly stand still, pace around small areas, or stare in the wrong direction. He encountered this behavior across several maps, including Interchange, Dorms, Labs, and the Labyrinth.
• They often pose little threat. Bots reportedly failed to notice or engage the player, while ordinary Scavs showed more movement and combat behavior, taking cover, repositioning, and returning fire. The creator describes one rare PMC encounter involving a grenade and sustained gunfire as the only genuinely engaging firefight during his stream.
• Equipment feels inconsistent and implausible. The creator found high-level PMCs entering dangerous areas with battered weapons, weak ammunition, incomplete gear, or no helmet. He says the apparent link between bot level and equipment was only noticeable among very low-level bots.
• Presets and names appear repetitive. PMC loadouts seemed limited and often identical, including repeated medical items and duplicate nicknames in the same raid. The creator argues that the gear does not convincingly resemble what real players at those levels would bring.
• Other AI provides a point of comparison. He says Scavs, bosses, and their guards can still create some challenge, and suggests PMC AI could draw on more capable existing behavior rather than feeling less functional than ordinary bots.

Suggestions raised

• Build more varied, level-appropriate PMC loadouts using real player gear data, existing in-game presets, or a logical randomizer.
• Make PMC bots behave like distinct simulated players: move between areas, react to threats, use suitable equipment, and pursue quests.
• Test PvE changes properly and communicate with PvE players, potentially by collecting feedback and suggested presets.

The creator welcomes Prestige as a positive addition and says buying rubles with Tarkcoins could be acceptable if the core PvE experience worked well. His central criticism is that these additions arrived alongside what he sees as unfinished AI and loadouts, leaving PvE players feeling overlooked.

Gamers and sources mentioned: GOPster Play, whose video draws on his previous five-hour stream; BSG; and SPT/modders, referenced as an example of more convincing PvE AI and loadouts.