I thought you all wanted a hardcore survival simulation? This is what IRL survival looks like. (Tarkov and Psychology)

Well, this is what hardcore survival in a game and IRL can look like. The people with all the time and power they gained, before you got yours, get to sit on top.

The bitcoin and fuel issues have only shown some of you what it's like to live below the poverty line IRL. Seeing everyone else have what you feel like you should be able to get too. But they got there first and with more resources than you, leaving you with nothing but the hard way to get what you need. Pay more or survive better somehow. Sucks doesnt it?

Psychologically, I know this experience for some people is truly frustrating. You've never really been in the position to not access what you wanted when you wanted. It's kind of cool how IRL experiences weave into how people play and react to changes in Tarkov. But as someone who spent a significant part of their life below the poverty line, this has to be the most interesting series of events in a video game I've seen in a while. This game has a way of showing you your mental weaknesses. Because at the end of the day, it is all mostly mental how you deal with bitcoin and fuel shortages in Tarkov.

Some people, usually the ones who have "had" things all their life, keep saying it's not a big deal, git gud, hatchet run interchange. Completley missing the point that a true economy does not make you resort to a handful of tactics to exist within it. Capitalism is what you're basing your economic experiences on. That's already a shitty thing in and of itself, why base your video game experience around it as well?

And I do mean exist, not flourish or have abundance. Some people play this like a hardcore survival sim and just want to power the hideout for a shorter med craft time. Not everyone is chasing bitcoins.

BSG has managed to create anguish, frustration, and chaos by manipulating one of the most fundamental aspects of the game and humanity. Energy, one of the basic tenets of modern day survival.

So, what does one do in the current state of Tarkov?

Do you stop surviving because "the world" has made it harder for you? Because let me tell you, "the world" will never stop making it harder. Unless you've always been on easy street. I assume then my words don't apply to you.

I wish you all the best in your future raids.