I'm newish with about 20 hrs in the game, and I've gotten to the point where I have several backpacks for containers in my stash, with a rotation of guns I use on my PMC gotten from my Scav runs or that I bought. I've upgraded a few things in my hideout and have about 200,000 Rubles right now. Just to give you an idea of my current situation.
I've gotten to the point where I can't really decide when I should go PMC or when I should go Scav. As I see it, there are various benefits and cons to going either.
Scav Pros:
- Don't have to invest your own loot, so lower risk.
- If you have meh loot (especially guns) in your stash, you can get free shit just from the spawning gear on Scav. Gotten a few nice backpacks from Scav.
- Good way to start on a new map that you are trying to learn imo, but again, this goes back to you aren't risking your own gear so it's lower risk.
Scav Cons:
- You don't get to pick your gear at all and may spawn with nothing but a pistol, or with gear you don't like (like shotguns for me).
- It's lower risk but also seems lower reward, since you don't get the headstart of better gear.
- There are more friendlies, but that gets me in trouble with rep if I kill a Scav thinking they were an enemy, and it makes me hesitate more when I do see someone, giving away vital time to them when they are an enemy.
PMC Pros:
- Better choice of gear. Especially good if you really need to get something specific and survive.
- Almost necessary to get certain things, such as if you have a key card on your PMC.
- Everyone is an enemy, but that makes it easier to know when to shoot and when not to.
PMC Cons:
- You risk your armor, guns, backpack, rigs, etc whenever you PMC. (Very big for me atm, as I don't have a great survival rate yet at all).
- You have to do a balancing act between bringing the right gear to hopefully survive with not bringing more than you are willing to use. This is very hard for me right now.
- You have more enemies that you can run into, making it harder to survive sometimes.
Are there any other big ones I'm missing. Right now I'm just doing Scav every 1-2 PMC runs (basically until I can do Scav again, unless my inventory is too full for a Scav run).
Any thoughts?
