How to fight when outnumbered | Should you keep a high-value key for a map you don’t know? | Exfil Episode 63 (An Escape From Tarkov Podcast)

Exfil is a weekly Escape From Tarkov Podcast   Support for The Exfil is brought to you by MANSCAPED™, who is the best in men’s below-the-waist grooming.  MANSCAPED™offers precision-engineered tools for your family jewels.    Use code EXFIL to get 20% OFF and Free Shipping at Manscaped.com   In this episode MTBtrigger and Ronal discuss a concept that seems to be a barrier to progression after getting over gear fear - they define it as Exploration Fear. After spending a few weeks grinding out the 'end game' tasks and working on learning customs, the pair talk about how tackled learning new parts of the map and what was creating problems.  MTB points towards only using familiar routes and this led to a sort of comfort on maps like customs where having a safe play meant doing that every time he was on the map. The concept of exploration fear also resonated with Ronal and he speaks to how it prevented him from really learning interchange until he decided to just run to the middle of the mall and figure it out. All this and more in the episode!   Catch up with MTBTrigger or Ronal at the EXFIL discord:  https://discord.gg/deU7RSs   Patreon is now live and active for those that are looking to directly support the podcast - https://www.patreon.com/XPMedianow (Thanks to those of you that nudged us to create this)   Podcast Direct Contact & Socials: Twitter - @EXFILpodcast Email - EXFILpodcast@gmail.com Youtube - XPMedianow Website - www.xpmedianow.com   MTBtrigger Contact: Twitter - @mtbtrigger Twitch - twitch.tv/mtbtrigger   Ronalgaming Contact: Twitter - @ronalgaming Discord - Ronal#8004

22 Feb 202154min

Exfil is a weekly Escape From Tarkov Podcast   Support for The Exfil is brought to you by MANSCAPED™, who is the best in men’s below-the-waist grooming.  MANSCAPED™offers precision-engineered tools for your family jewels.    Use code EXFIL to get 20% OFF and Free Shipping at Manscaped.com   On this week’s episode Ronal and MTBtrigger talk about some recent raids they’ve had both together and with members of the EXFIL community and talk about what it takes to be successful in squads. They discuss the advantages squads have, disadvantages of playing in squads, and what you can do both in game and from an expectation standpoint to be the best squad member you can All this and more inside the episode.  What are you most excited about?   Catch up with MTBTrigger or Ronal at the EXFIL discord:  https://discord.gg/deU7RSs   Patreon is now live and active for those that are looking to directly support the podcast - https://www.patreon.com/XPMedianow (Thanks to those of you that nudged us to create this)   Podcast Direct Contact & Socials: Twitter - @EXFILpodcast Email - EXFILpodcast@gmail.com Youtube - XPMedianow Website - www.xpmedianow.com   MTBtrigger Contact: Twitter - @mtbtrigger Twitch - twitch.tv/mtbtrigger   Ronalgaming Contact: Twitter - @ronalgaming Discord - Ronal#8004

15 Feb 202155min

Exfil is a weekly Escape From Tarkov Podcast   Support for The Exfil is brought to you by MANSCAPED™, who is the best in men’s below-the-waist grooming.  MANSCAPED™offers precision-engineered tools for your family jewels.    Use code EXFIL to get 20% OFF and Free Shipping at Manscaped.com   On this week’s episode Ronal and MTBtrigger go through the recent Reddit post from Nikita about the recent updates to Tarkov as well as what we can expect in the near future ror the 12.10 release. Lag/Desync and backend improvements, 40k cheaters banned, crafting changes, ergonomic changes, and many more ‘minor changes’ are discussed. Ronal shares his recent Customs PMC success story. Also discussed is the language used by Nikita surrounding the Dynamic Events and *First* Storyline Quest.  While these seem like relatively common gaming phrases they could be very telling of what is coming soon to Escape From Tarkov. Lastly, the topic many players discuss, but we rarely hear from the devs regarding - Scav Karma - was also mentioned. All this and more inside the episode.  What are you most excited about?   Catch up with MTBTrigger or Ronal at the EXFIL discord:  https://discord.gg/deU7RSs   Patreon is now live and active for those that are looking to directly support the podcast - https://www.patreon.com/XPMedianow (Thanks to those of you that nudged us to create this)   Podcast Direct Contact & Socials: Twitter - @EXFILpodcast Email - EXFILpodcast@gmail.com Youtube - XPMedianow Website - www.xpmedianow.com   MTBtrigger Contact: Twitter - @mtbtrigger Twitch - twitch.tv/mtbtrigger   Ronalgaming Contact: Twitter - @ronalgaming Discord - Ronal#8004

5 Feb 20211h 4min

Exfil is a weekly Escape From Tarkov Podcast   Support for The Exfil is brought to you by MANSCAPED™, who is the best in men’s below-the-waist grooming.  MANSCAPED™offers precision-engineered tools for your family jewels.    Use code EXFIL to get 20% OFF and Free Shipping at Manscaped.com   LEDX.  To some a point of frustration, to others a source of fun, and this week the LEDX is the cause of much conversation.  A craft was added to the hideout to make a LEDX thus removing the (potential) need to find one in raid for the Therapist task which results in a Thicc Item Case reward. MTBtrigger and Ronal break down the different view points on this particular addition to the game as well as some of the other ‘high-tier’ additions to the game, including the graphics card craft that was added during the last wipe. Rewards, recognition, achievement, feat of strength… regardless of what you call it, there are tasks, kills, and items that conjure these words and in some cases you get something to show for it.  Some just allow you to progress faster than other players.   Ultimately, there is a ‘hard’ way to do things and BSG adding additional paths to achieve them doesn’t take anything away from players that complete the hard method. Would an achievement tracker, visible to others perhaps, add something to Tarkov that it is currently missing? All this and more inside the episode.   Guide: Optimize your PC for Tarkov - https://youtu.be/1dtTJxcfkl4    Catch up with MTBTrigger or Ronal at the EXFIL discord:  https://discord.gg/deU7RSs   Patreon is now live and active for those that are looking to directly support the podcast - https://www.patreon.com/XPMedianow (Thanks to those of you that nudged us to create this)   Podcast Direct Contact & Socials: Twitter - @EXFILpodcast Email - EXFILpodcast@gmail.com Youtube - XPMedianow Website - www.xpmedianow.com   MTBtrigger Contact: Twitter - @mtbtrigger Twitch - twitch.tv/mtbtrigger   Ronalgaming Contact: Twitter - @ronalgaming Discord - Ronal#8004

1 Feb 202148min

Exfil is a weekly Escape From Tarkov Podcast Support for The Exfil is brought to you by MANSCAPED™, who is the best in men’s below-the-waist grooming.  MANSCAPED™offers precision-engineered tools for your family jewels.    Use code EXFIL to get 20% OFF and Free Shipping at Manscaped.com   More changes have hit the live server - what could this mean for the future of Tarkov? MTBtrigger and Ronal dive into these changes and talk about how adding things for new players, long term players, and the people seeking hardcore challenges (like killing Shturman 25 times) could be moving Escape From Tarkov towards persistence.  All this and more inside the episode.   Catch up with MTBTrigger or Ronal at the EXFIL discord:  https://discord.gg/deU7RSs   Patreon is now live and active for those that are looking to directly support the podcast - https://www.patreon.com/XPMedianow (Thanks to those of you that nudged us to create this)   Podcast Direct Contact & Socials: Twitter - @EXFILpodcast Email - EXFILpodcast@gmail.com Youtube - XPMedianow Website - www.xpmedianow.com   MTBtrigger Contact: Twitter - @mtbtrigger Twitch - twitch.tv/mtbtrigger   Ronalgaming Contact: Twitter - @ronalgaming Discord - Ronal#8004

25 Jan 20211h 4min

https://www.twitch.tv/mtbtrigger    On January 22nd @ 8:30 PM Central MTBtrigger is going to be answering any and all tarkov questions.  It doesn't matter whether you're new, new-ish, or a veteran player, come on down the goal is to help people get better at the game. It will be a lot of talk, but also showing stuff in the game, gun builds, menus, loot runs, whatever we can help with we'll be answering and responding live!

21 Jan 20211min

Exfil is a weekly Escape From Tarkov Podcast   Support for The Exfil is brought to you by MANSCAPED™, who is the best in men’s below-the-waist grooming.  MANSCAPED™offers precision-engineered tools for your family jewels.    Use code EXFIL to get 20% OFF and Free Shipping at Manscaped.com   In this episode MTBtrigger and Ronal talk about the recent changes to tasks, hideout, crafting, and the numerous buffs and nerfs to weapon parts. Who do these changes favor? It may not be as simple as you think, but Ronal and MTB break down their opinion on what these minor (and some major) changes could mean for the future of Tarkov Changes to Magazines - https://www.reddit.com/r/EscapefromTarkov/comments/kwfzgc/some_changenotes_for_you_as_requested_although_we/  All this and more inside the episode.   Catch up with MTBTrigger or Ronal at the EXFIL discord:  https://discord.gg/deU7RSs   Patreon is now live and active for those that are looking to directly support the podcast - https://www.patreon.com/XPMedianow (Thanks to those of you that nudged us to create this)   Podcast Direct Contact & Socials: Twitter - @EXFILpodcast Email - EXFILpodcast@gmail.com Youtube - XPMedianow Website - www.xpmedianow.com   MTBtrigger Contact: Twitter - @mtbtrigger Twitch - twitch.tv/mtbtrigger   Ronalgaming Contact: Twitter - @ronalgaming Discord - Ronal#8004

18 Jan 20211h 10min

Exfil is a weekly Escape From Tarkov Podcast   Support for The Exfil is brought to you by MANSCAPED™, who is the best in men’s below-the-waist grooming.  MANSCAPED™offers precision-engineered tools for your family jewels.    Use code EXFIL to get 20% OFF and Free Shipping at Manscaped.com   On this episode Ronal and MTBtrigger talk about their strategy for planning out which map they are going to attack, which quests to tackle, and how their planning has evolved.   Interestingly, MTB has changed his strategy entirely after talking about his ‘notepad’ strategy last week.   Both Ronal and MTB remain focused on hideout progression, but had a number of raids together during the second week of the wipe and they break down a few of the PVP encounters.  All this and more inside the episode.   Catch up with MTBTrigger or Ronal at the EXFIL discord:  https://discord.gg/deU7RSs   Patreon is now live and active for those that are looking to directly support the podcast - https://www.patreon.com/XPMedianow (Thanks to those of you that nudged us to create this)   Podcast Direct Contact & Socials: Twitter - @EXFILpodcast Email - EXFILpodcast@gmail.com Youtube - XPMedianow Website - www.xpmedianow.com   MTBtrigger Contact: Twitter - @mtbtrigger Twitch - twitch.tv/mtbtrigger   Ronalgaming Contact: Twitter - @ronalgaming Discord - Ronal#8004

11 Jan 202157min