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From the forums here. Everything is copy pasted from the forum post unless stated otherwise, apart from formatting changes to make it work on reddit.

Future Development Plans

Dear Escapers,

As we are halfway through January, we would like to share our plans on the development of Escape from Tarkov. In this topic, we gathered all the information we've shared with you around social media and podcasts. Reminder: Escape from Tarkov is in it's early access stage, as such, all the features and plans for the game development are subject to change, this also applies to this topic.

Server states

The management of servers and their loads due to the arrival of a lot of new players is the number 1 priority of the studio. Adjustments are made, at all levels, to provide the best experience possible. We broke all records, as such, the global infrastructure is being upgraded. Some servers are being changed for more powerful ones such as the servers managing trades, servers of regions such as US and RU are being upgraded to sustain the high influx of new players, and new servers are going to be added to regions such as:

• Brazil
• Chili [sic]
• Argentina
• Mexico
• Colombia
• Indonesia
• South Africa
• And more.

Some servers are already added, such as a new Japanese server, added last week. Our official social media are also heavily loaded, such as the Official discord, reaching 80 000 members last week, and our support center is loaded with requests, leading to delays going up to 10 days. We are working hard to control this influx of new players, thank you all for your patience.

As explained by developers, this growing amount of players lead to a lot of changes in the game, and as the numbers kept growing, changes made previously became obsolete and we had to do new changes, again and again, leading to 24/7 monitoring of activities and changes.

Twitch Drops

The Twitch drop event was a great success and it will come back in the future with new and more in-depth systems. A total of 8 384 787 objects were given for a total value of over 1 000 000 000 in-game roubles and 338 000 participants.

Twitch was also happy to see such a success and we are looking forward to the next one.

Main plans

1. Next major update and WIPE: We do not plan to do a complete wipe of the game in the near future. We estimate the next global wipe to come in 5 months from now. This is an estimation and it is subject to change. We also estimate the development of the biggest and most ambitious map of Escape from Tarkov: Streets of Tarkov, for about 5 months.

2. Next minor updates: This does not mean you won't get anything new in the 5 next months. We plan to do various content and feature updates, as well as bug corrections, within this time. The main new features we plan to add are:

• Rework of the weight system in the game.
• Addition of a new audio engine called: Steam Audio

Gear customization system

To go even deeper into character customization, we plan to add, in 2020, a new system that will allow to you customize in detail some parts of your gear, mainly your plate carriers and rigs. This system will split rigs/plate carrier customization into different parts.

The vest itself: Available for sale just like it is now, but without any equipment on it. It will have separate armor plates and pouches. These elements will be available for sale at traders, and you will be able to select which pouch/plate you want on your rig. Here is an example of a plate carrier with MOLLE system on it to allow you to attach pouches, but without any pouches.

Pouches and other pieces of gear: You will be able to buy your pouches separate from the plate carrier itself, allowing you to decide how to organize your storage on your rig.

Armor plates (example 1, example 2, example 3, example 4): You will also be able to choose which plate you want in your carrier, some plates will be soft, others will be in various combined materials, making some plates harder to repair, some stronger than others, but most importantly, allowing you to not have a specific plate in your vest, and also to change it once it's damaged, but only the plate, and keep the rig intact, saving you time and money.

Other various accessories: Such as this pad, you'll be able to add it in the back of your plate to reduce blunt damages.

Upcoming contents

You can find images of the content we are working on here:

Hexagon AK mods

Bastion Helmet with Aramid protections: High quality, very strong and some of the best armor technology there is currently.

There is a chance for leg protections in this vest to be removed until it's implementation. This is not yet decided ).

This specific rig has a storage of 14 magazines.

High tier USEC clothing, it will be very expensive.

You will be able to trade/craft different pieces of clothing such as these for clothes.

Googles with both Thermal and Night vision system. God help us – me

New medical item, used for injuries, to heal deep wounds.

Grenade storage crate.

A new helmet, similar to the Altyn but offering better protection class. RP-3? – me

New animations to lean while being crouched

New standalone grenade launcher

Thanks to :

Alkaws / Orange Rover – Images

Torus Mastaz – Community interaction and questions during a Twitch Stream.