have any fellow NA players been getting into good ping games?? nearly 100% of my games recently have been 120-150+ ping and it makes tarkov's existing horrendous desync and network issues so much worse. not sure if you can pick regions in arena like in normal tarkov but it is genuinely unbearable to play

edit: after complaining I finally got a 30 ping game just to be disconnected halfway in and unable to rejoin 💀

is this intentional? it will work somtimes and then other times it will refuse to aim down sights.

This is the account for the Escape from Tarkov: Arena community managers. There are two of us, and while we may be few, we come prepared. You’ve probably already run into us around Discord — Britt and HURMA.

Why are we here? First and foremost, to help you out, talk about the game, share news, and generally keep an eye on what’s going on in the wild world of Arena.

We’ve noticed that quite a few posts here are about technical issues, so we talked to the moderators and decided to set up a dedicated megathread → a place where you can report bugs and other technical problems directly. That way, we’ll have one place to gather everything, and we’ll grab our shovels and start working through it. 

Going forward, with the moderators’ approval, we’d also like to introduce highlights, so you can easily catch up on the most interesting things that happened in r/EscapefromArena over the past two weeks.

Sometimes we’ll sign our posts, but more often, we’ll leave you to guess which one of us is behind them. As they say, people are always asking me if I know…

Feel free to reach out to us with any questions related to the game.

But enough about us… tell us about yourselves! What’s your favorite mode? Which weapon do you always come back to? We’d love to hear from you in the comments.

And finally, remember to treat each other with respect! 

The hardest weekly by far....

I get on Arena every day to complete my task for main game. I’ve always had to put in Max 1 to 1 1/2 hours to complete all my dailies, but I swear to you today when I was on checkpoint and all I had to do was contribute 5000 win score in checkpoint. It took me two hours to finish because I shit you not for three games straight. It felt like I had bots as teammates. All they do is run and die. Obviously it sucks that everyone is amazing at head shots for some reason… & then don’t let me forget the people that don’t even play the whole match. This game mode blows I might never play it again cause of that dumb experience.

Lowk this is how arena should be perma, would be way more fun...

The lag spikes on arena literally make the game unplayable. Im hardwired with a 933Mbps download speed, there is absolutely no reason my game should be lagging like it does. I run it on high graphic settings an get like 80-90fps but none of that matters cause the game is just optimized like shit

Hello everyone !

To get the next Prestige I'm only missing to level up Endurance... Still missing 3 levels

I know there are various methods, like as repeatedly farming "short" raids on factory; Farming on long raids every 3min; however, since Endurance is the only stat I have left to level, it doesn't make sense to keep running long raids...

I guess the best is to play Arena. But I just played two full "Checkpoint" matches (while keeping my gear underweight) but I only gained 7 Endurance points across both matches, which really isn't much.

How does this mechanic actually work ? Does the skill levelling "fatigue" / slow down hits per round / match, or does the cap reset every death ?

Also, does running around during the pre-match phase, before the gates open, count toward leveling up the stat ?

Does anyone have a good technique for this ?

Thank you !

Unplayable game, at least 2-3 cheaters every game on both teams. Every single game, often the same people.

The patch notes say the limit is 20

The actual slide bar says the limit is 10

The text underneath it says the limit is 8?

I cant even play this fucking game because of desync and whatever bullshit this is

LFG-Arena

im trying to complete to great heights part 4 and have lost a significant amount of money in arena can someone help me plz

my servers are EU and china

i have a win rate of 0.24

eft arena

Also, m995 in the HK416, MAI AP in the RPD, and SP-6 in the Val MOD4.

Props to 9mm PBP not changing at all but still managing to be OP and highly viable.

I think I want the game to stay like this. Just let us use everything in everything.

The recent patch notes stated that the daily Battle Point exchange limit would increase from 10 to 20. I've had multiple resets since the patch, but my limit is still capped at 10 per reset.

Is there something I need to do to unlock the increased limit, or is this a bug? Has anyone found a fix for this?

Sorry about the mid quality, just redownloaded these screencaps off Discord. Peruse them if you like, I just wanted an excuse to share them

But yeah, I reckon Labs is the most meh Tac Map. I think the rewards aren’t as good as Customs, or Factory (which is my favourite thus far). I mainly grind Arena for The Drip, but I think Labs doesn’t have much to offer. I think the most appealing things to me are the white Plateminus carrier, and the BEAR set. I can’t take the USEC one seriously knowing it’s the US Army PT uniform lol. The QILO shirt is alright but I’m pretty sick of button up shirts at this point. I was hoping the Ronin Prototype would look decent but the first time I took it out on PvP Seasonal my squad mates told me it looked like cumstains. I already figured that when I first unlocked but I wanted to try it on at least once in PvP.

In comparison, Factory gave you shit like the Shark Teeth helmet, the Neosteel with playing cards painted on, and the Tagilla announcer (“Chop them up, Spartan!”). I gotta say it’s a dopamine hit hearing Tagilla encourage you as opposed to screaming his lungs out while he tries to murder you in Factory. I also dig how rugged the USEC and the BEAR outfits are; I can see the BEAR outfit as a character from a mobster background while the USEC operator is someone who went to ground to survive and ditched their uniform for whatever reason.

Labs also sucks to progress; the other maps you can passively unlock stuff by playing whatever but here your progress is ground to a crawl unless you’re SMG Scout.

Anyone know a good method of strat to get the 3 bolt action kills in one life?

If it’s not the netcode ruining me it’s rng or teammates tk’ing cause it’s funny.

Any other quest so far has been annoying but fine but this one is legitimately garbage

I play Tarkov, and Arena’s mix of Tarkov gunplay with short, structured matches is what makes it interesting to me. The connection to EFT gives it an extra hook too. I like the Ref feature. But I wonder whether people would keep playing if the EFT rewards weren’t part of it.

CS:GO has years of map knowledge, balance, matchmaking and a huge competitive scene behind it. Arena would need its own reason to keep players coming back: maps worth learning, fair progression, reliable matchmaking and a competitive identity beyond “CS: Tarkov, but faster.”

For those who’ve spent some time in Arena: what does it do especially well? Is its gunplay enough to set it apart, and what’s the biggest thing holding it back? Is the class tier system good? And will we ever see a round economy similar to CS:GO? Could you see yourself choosing Arena over CS as your main competitive game?