Context: This is my 3rd wipe, I've got 203 hours in-game so far and have never had flea. I'm really trying to get it before the game wipes since I'm really close (lvl13) and wanna buy my friend a P90 as a surprise because it's his favorite weapon and we've only found 2 across our time playing.

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I don't know if it's just late-wipe timing or if I'm not good enough yet, but if I so much as approach an area to fight something that isn't scavs, I usually get myself eviscerated by someone with a $100 copy of the game. Nothing against it, I understand getting EOD if this is your favorite game because it has amazing benefits. The thing is, I only seem to find these players, being killed by maybe 6 or 7 normal players across my 3 wipes, so I assume most of the people that play this game are very dedicated, creating a large skill gap.

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The Tarkov Discord keeps telling me to "git gud", so how? I adore this game and it's fighting but it feels impossible to compete with skilled and/or kitted players without sitting in a bush for 30 minutes being a bored extract camper. I reckon it doesn't help that I don't have a lot of time to play games and I don't play only Tarkov, so I'm left with whatever BSG lets lvl1 traders have.