So I got Kappa last night finally! About me: I'm in my 30's, I own a financial services business, and have a kid in elementary school. This is my 5th wipe, and I've gotten kappa every wipe except last wipe when you had to be lvl 70 or whatever. I play most weekdays at night on the east coast. I normally don't play much if at all on the weekends to catch up on sleep and spend time with my family. Just wanted to share that you can still get Kappa without quitting your job to become a 24/7 streamer.
I love pushing for kappa because while I'm happy playing Tarkov in any form and with no purpose, I find the most enjoyment when I have a "mission" like a task or an objective to accomplish. The biggest thing I can say is that I prioritized the new daily and weekly quests for lvl 62.
Proof:
What went well –
– I was on vacation when the game wiped, so I didn't play the first week. But when I started, I had a lot of early success with both quests, hideout progression, and stash and gear value.
– I rushed bitcoin lvl 2 and the rest of the hideout very early. I maxxed my strength and endurance before the air filter broke, because they're as OP as everyone says.
– Early SBIH reserve and customs and had both the first week of getting the quest
– I had 3-4 people to play with who were all competent that I've played with in previous wipes
– 1 of those stopped playing and 2 others starting only playing with each other. So rather than play solo and risk burn out, I used the /r/eftlfg subreddit to advertise for new teammates. I hit the jackpot and got 4-5 solid players who helped keep things fresh and fun. I only run solo, duos or trios, I refuse to do 4 and 5 stacks.
Things that smashed my dick –
– Jaeger's Shooter Part 8 quest (kill 3 pmcs in a single raid on woods w/ a bolt action) – fuck this quest. I didn't have problems with the pmc fights, but it's luck of the draw RNG trying to run into 3 pmcs, especially late wipe and with the woods expansion
– SBIH – I found reserve, customs, and even woods pretty easy to get my SBIH shots. For some reason, I had a HORRIBLE time trying to get my shoreline headshots. I didn't get a single SBIH headshot until lvl 58 I think. It wasn't for lack of trying.
– Streamer Items – Found almost all of them easily except for WILLERZ wallet! This thing took me 2.5 marked keys (25x on each key) before I got one, at least 60 customs raids ONLY looking for it. My buddy found one a couple weeks ago, but I died on way out. Finally found one last night.
Lessons learned/reiterated –
1) If you don't want to farm rogues or raiders ad naseum for xp, you MUST prioritize dailies and weeklies. I bought 4 scav cases early and I usually keep 5x of EVERY item on hand at all times so I can satisfy most "find item" quests as soon as I get them. The xp you get from dailies and weeklies starting level 46+ is insane. Rush level 46. Most of my dailies provide 15k-35k and my weekly is like 150k-250k xp. You need about 10mil xp to get to level 62.
2) Do your money runs while questing. For example, I got a weekly that was kill 60 scavs on woods with thorax or stomach shots. I ran like 20 nighttime woods stash raids w/ a couch backpack killing 1-6 scavs a raid. I rarely saw another PMC and made like 20mil completing this while simultaneously leveling endurance/strength.
3) Prioritize hideout progression – there's a lot of FIR quest items that are easy to craft if RNG isn't on your side
4) Keep every quest item as soon as possible – This gets better with multiple wipe experience, but use the chart on the wiki or to make sure you don't sell or discard quest items you'll need later.
5) Don't accept dailies or weeklies if you're not going to complete them. While I don't think it changes your xp reward, it affects not only your rewards, but which future quests you'll get
6) If you get stuck on a quest to the point of tilt, take a break and switch your focus for a while.
7) Max endurance/strength. Try to start every raid with your weight in the green, pop an SJ6, and run your stamina bar out every raid start. If you didn't know, you can only level EITHER endurance OR strength, never simultaneously. Try to start every raid underweight, and you'll likely start level strength as soon as you loot a few things. Once you get max endurance, start every raid slightly overweight with buckshot shotgun ammo or an empty fuel can, and just drop them to pick up other loot as you go.
8) Keep it fun! – While it was a grind, unless you're a streamer and this is your job, this is a game and it's supposed to be fun. I play with some pretty try-hard players and I'm the only one who wanted/tried to seriously push for kappa. If you're not having fun, either take a break from tasking, or the game entirely and come back with a fresh take.
PS – Ignore my hours, before there was an idle bot, I used to leave my tarkov and computer on 24/7.
