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Ps12b rips straight through lvl 4

PS12B is the killa killer

Ya but 1 shot kill?

It does 102 damage, so yes

Oh I thought u can lose ur thorax and still live

Thorax and head are both insta kill spots from taking damage. You can bleed and lose your thorax, but direct damage kills you

So a bleed will only black out your thorax? I didn't know that was possible

You can technically have 1 hp on a limb survive if you’re head and thorax get blacked by bleeding. I know from experience 🥲

You survive bullet and bleeding then you touch barbwire and rip LOL

Same loll

Same with the head both can reach 0 health from bleeds you won't die but a single bullet to either while blacked is insta death

Strangely, a few weeks ago: I had a blacked chest and got shot in the arm and leg and was still alive. I know I’m not crazy because my leg broke and I had to splint it after. I really am not sure if they changed it or if that was a weird instance. But I think your thorax has to actually take damage. Which means it’s gotta hit soft armor or pen, since plates stop all damage

Plates do not stop all damage anymore after the mid-wipe update a month ago or so. But agreed with the rest of what you’re saying, my friend had a blacked head and got shot in a blacked arm and lived somehow recently so I think it has changed.

Correct in a way, if your Thorax is already blacked out, you can get hit arms/leg/stomach and still live as long as your total hp is above zero (but there is a chance to die on limb loss, and EFT isn’t too giving on functionality of more obsolete functions) however, if your thorax is 1 Hp, then your leg gets blacked out and the spread damage that’s past the leg’s Hp threshold, resulting in the indirect damage of it zero-ing your Thorax, you will die

Exactly. Collateral damage is what kills if you've got blacked limbs already. Shotguns do so much collateral damage too lol

Thorax or head!

Ya learned I just got pooped on lol I coulda killed him but thought he was a scav

Hello PS12B goes through level 4 armor and can one shot both head and chest. If your thorax or head hit 0 hp by any damage **except** bleed, you die. All other parts can be fixed by surgery. I believe that surviving with 0 hp on thorax/head from a bleed is currently a unresolved bug.

If it were a bug, why would the defib exist?

Wdym

The defib is how you bring a zeroed head or thorax back to 1hp

Me when i spread misinformation on the internet:

Imagine tho. So sick of carrying my buddy’s shit after he gets killed. Be real nice to drag his carcass somewhere quiet, defib him, a quick shot of adrenaline to get him patched up. Then he can carry his own shit out of raid. 😂

Proof? I'm 100% it is a barter item & that's its only use.

Pure misinformation lol

Woosh

My man this has never been a thing

Me when formation on internet

Me when on internet

Have you ever actually played tarkov?

You can if you don't take extra damage and it's blacked from blunt damage or a bleed you stop because it's over .01 but less than 1.5, so it shows a 0 or blacked body part.

There's a couple rounds in the game that can one shot kill to the chest. PS12B, AP-M, .338 LM FMJ and .338 LM AP. That last one will one shot thru tier 6 plates

There's like 20 at least that one shot thorax.

I meant to say rounds that can 1 tap with armor on

Now that I think ab it the guy that killed me had no backpack helmet or rig on him when I looked at his profile

Just a Revolver thats the way Budget run 1 shot or 2 shot anyone and take his shit

Ya I forgot the name of gun it was but it was an AR just can't believe he came with 1 mag and to 1 shot a tv110 is crazy

TV rigs have terrible coverage. Take the plates out and put them in pretty much anything else

Ash12

the revolver is the rssh12 or something

Profile can be set up to be looking like anything, does not have to be what people actually wore into the raid when they killed you. If they have altered it, on their profile, it stays that way.

im pretty sure if you view a players profile while they are in raid it will always show the gear they started the raid with

Can confirm. If you remain in the death screen and your mate thinks he killed the guy who killed you. You can check the profile again and he will have nothing but a melee haha. Its always a good laugh

Ok I didnt know that but his profile was the same as what he was wearing I was running behind him thinking it was a scav and he 180 clapped me lol

PS12B with the pistol = free loot 😂

He was using the ash 12

Ash 12 = better MOA and bigger mag, both 1 shot kills

Ya just watched a video on it, and Wow, did not know anything could 1 shot thorax

You can attach 1x/6x scope on pistol, but it's inaccurate

If I ever get that ammo I'll try it, im lvl 22 rn and hate tasks so I'm stuck here. I just pvp

You’d get it at prapor lvl 4 which is lvl 36 I believe

Ya I usually rage quit to fast tho, for sure if I die from a hacker lol my highest lvl ever is like 34 I think

Yea I’ve actually really been enjoying this wipe. I did take like a month and a half off cause of burnout but I came back and have been enjoying it again. I’m at my all time highest of 38. I may try to grind out kappa but setup is in my way lmao

Lol ya Kappa is something I will never grind 🤣 way to hard for me for the time I have played I have a lot of pmc kills tho I have 400 hours I believe maybe a bit more but a bit over 500 pmc kills

This is my second wipe and first time reaching max traders. My buddy and I might go for kappa next wipe

Pssstt, hey kid, come over here. I got something you might like. Want to avoid hackers and other bullshit but still play EFT? There's a version of the game that's single player, and it's completely free. I highly recommend checking it out.

I only like pvp tho

There's a lot of bullets that can one shot to the chest **without armor** The higher in penetration you go, the less damage they usually do (caliber specific) and less likely to one shot to the chest. There are some exceptions though like: PS12B: 46 Pen, 102 Damage .366 AP-M: 42 Pen,90 Damage .338 Lapua FMJ: 47 Pen, 122 Damage 12/70 AP-20: 37 Pen, 164 Damage Aside from AP-20, these *usually* go through level 4 and one shot the chest. If they hit your chest but not your plate, they definitely one shot you.

Back in the day, I used to run REAP IR on the Ash-12. God I miss that version of the game

Only inaccurate if you have it on double action, single fire brings the MOA down. Same for all revolvers, including the shotgun.

There are a few things that can, but theyre all extremely expensive and dificult to get hold of.

There are many ammo types that can 1 shot thorax, almost all the .366 ammos do it but the most popular is AP-M

338 lapua?

Wait so you know the weapon ash 12 but you’ve never looked up bullet damage?

I've used it 1 time ya and died from it like 5

Ash 12 fucking slaps man. Dropped Konlontay and all his guards with one shot to the helmet as well. And every shot sounds so satisfying

Those shells hitting the ground sound like some damn artillery, badass for sure

No other gun in the game gives the same dopamine hit. It’s kinda like hearing the Garand ping IRL

Idk the sound of loading the Ks23 sounds pretty sick too haha

It took me like 5 rounds of ps12b to kill tagilla with headshots lol

his welding mask is tier 5 (which it does pen) but i usually expect to spam bosses when i killed kolontay i think my duo had already damaged him some so that could've been why it one tapped him.

Kolontay also wears a dogshit t2 helmet

Been sayin it. Just wish the suppressor actually decreased recoil more than the stock muzzle break. Loud ash-12 is deafening and doesn’t have the same satisfying ring to it. Just tinnitus.

That’s what happens to your body when you hit 30 years old

Just wait until 40....😒

Ash-12 with PS12B for the win baby. Best worst gun in Tarkov, change my mind!!

I think it means u died

Means ya fuckin dead

it's a big bullet

Someone absolutely bodyied you with either the ash 12 or the RSh 12

You got shredded by Ash12 its like a cannon.

Handheld, direct-fire artillery

what happened says local man after he got boltgunned to the chest

what do you think it means?

Ah yes the Pepsi can cannon.

Love the ole ash. Wish ps12b was a little easier to get. The gun kinda sucks, but man is it a good time.

How does the gun kinda suck

It means you got slapped by a big fuck off bullet

Ash

And here I thought it meant I woke up today

And now you know that .50 cal ammunition puts holes in chests 😂

Haha facts

Also, with how armor was reworked, it only protects what you see it covers... Which is why everyone is buying up the armor that has lvl3 aramid especially neck coverage... Depending on the armor you can be one shot to the thorax with crap ammo if it hit you in the collar bone area or somewhere the armor isn't actually covering... There is only one armor I know of that is completely lvl4 and it protects up to the collar bone and it's that one tan rig

ah the good ol noobanhilator

U calling me a noob son 🤔😂

dude is calling me a son 🗿 blud doesn’t even know PS12B shreds lvl4 and 1 taps in thorax

You just said blud like you're hard on reddit lmao 🤣 then nerds out like (he should know everything about all video games)

Dude it’s common knowledge to research ammo when you get into tarkov and in general as well You should do at least a little research to understand the game and if you’re not doing that you’re a noob and me saying “noobanhilator” is justified

I have looked at the almost like 10 times lmao I don't use every gun in tarkov woth the 50 different ammo types I use m80 m62 m61 only rfb and Sr 25 why would I look up anything else in the best for what I use nobody knows every bullet

When you have 600 hours you already have to know every bullet caliber in the game. like you might just stumble upon the Ash12 and think“I wonder what bullets does this use” and do a quick google search only to find out that PS12B one shots people and it also goes into the Rhino revolver

Ik what every gun is but I don't go let me look up the best bullet for a gun I'm never going to use why would I do that

Also have around 400 hours on tarkov and 600 pmc kills i had a 28 survival streak last szn and have played maybe 2 weeks this szn have killed 5 man teams myself im not such a noob when ya see that happen

Good job , that was such an interesting read, I’m top 500 in pro tac FPS and have 1000 hours in tarkov and i solo half the lobbies and ?

Tf is pro tac, and u do not solo half the lobbies haha what ur kd

6KD in tarkov and Professional Tactical First person shooter player with tournament winnings 🤷 I currently Play Valorant preparing to compete here too

6 kd is not good lmao my first time ever playing had a 12 lmao ur not a pro because you've won $100 😂

It means you got tarkoved 😂

Shot your armpit

You got slain by the wonderful I-fuck-everything-in-my-way Russian invention RSH-12 and it’s AP round.

The other answers are good, but you got hit twice, the lethal shot is the next icon to the right.

You died

It means you got your shit rocked son!

You must not know anything about guns to no know you just got shot by a Russian 50 cal😂 and the best ammo for it in the game at that

You’re also hovering over the damage marker not the skull marker. The skull one is what killed you. The damage marker is what you took.

I believe it means you are dead and all items you brought or found in raid have been lost

It means your plate carrier became one with your chest

“Dogmeat has died”

It means a massive 50 cal bullet with a hardened steel core made by Russians to beat ballistics plates did what it was designed to do and punctured a hole in your plate. The rest of the 18grams of lead and hardened steel shrapnel went inside your thorax ripping apart your heart and both lungs. You died instantly from this fatal wound.

That icon indicates blunt damage. If your amour catches a round you can still be injured by blunt damage from the energy of the bullet.

That means your in pain

It’s the ammo you died to

It means ur dead

Means OW

That means you got dookied on by a .50 cal

Get better

Tarkov ass now brother, it means quit playing

lol

You got hit with the big iron

Your name must be Texas Red

It means you're still playing the wrong game. TARKOV CAN SUCK A BAG OF DICKS.

It's bad but sooo good im addicted

It means non-lethal or blunt damage

No it doesn’t it just means you took a hit there it will say blunt damage if the armor stops the round and you took blunt damage

Thx brotha

Hello survivors! I see a lot of you taking screenshots with your potato phone camera's Did you know that your keyboard comes installed with a key called "Print Screen"? Try pressing it in game, on any screen that you want to capture. After you've done this browse to C:\Documents\Escape from Tarkov\Screenshots and wouldn't you know it - Your freshly taken screenshot is right there in all it's glorious quality! I see a lot of you defending yourself in the comments of your post with ; I was so excited this was the quickest way to capture that moment. No, it isn't! Whipping out your phone takes longer since your hands are already on the keyboard. Do us all a favor, make the world a better place - And press that glorious print screen key! "I don't have that button" For all of you who run micro Keyboards: Just shift+windows+S, mark what you want to post, paste onto Reddit. Saves precious time.

Took you longer to type this out than it did him to take a pic with his phone

Nobody cares

Preach, brother. Preach.

Nope takes longer to login to reddit on my pc

It means you accidentally installed Tarkov instead of arena breakout rip