Extraction availability is no longer a certainty.
Upon the release of the final “Terminal” location in Escape from Tarkov, players discovered a harsh reality: successful extraction isn’t guaranteed for everyone in a session due to strictly limited seating on the escape boat.
Initially, the number of available spots followed a rigid formula: a five-player lobby was granted three seats, a four-player group received two, and smaller teams of two or three were restricted to a single extraction point.
Following a community member’s plea to modify these restrictions so entire squads could escape together, Battlestate Games lead Nikita Buyanov briefly responded, stating the system had “already changed.”
Early reports from testers suggested that capacity is now determined by a random number generator. The logic seemed promising: “If you enter as a group of five, the boat will now accommodate anywhere from 3 to 5 players at random.”
However, this new “randomness” has proven far more unforgiving than anticipated. A wave of player complaints has surfaced, revealing that even full five-man squads are frequently finding only a single seat available—a significant step back from the previous guaranteed three. Rather than making things easier, the update has drastically intensified the difficulty of escaping Tarkov for good.
Source: iXBT.games