Escape from Tarkov nerfs AS VAL & VSS in 12.6 ammo balance patch Battlestate GamesBattlestate Games has nerfed the popular AS VAL assault carbine and the VSS sniper rifle in the latest Escape from Tarkov patch 0.12.62 hotfix, via recoil and damage tweaks for 9\u00d739, 9\u00d719, and 9\u00d718 ammunition in a June 2 update. On May 28, Battlestate\u2019s popular hardcore FPS title Escape from Tarkov underwent another long-awaited server wipe. Everyone was shunted back to basics, and players began building their impressive arsenals all over again. Battlestate moved soon after to tweak gunsmith quests, and made easy-to-buy early game weapons and items \u201cmore available\u201d in patch 0.12.61. Days later, the Russian devs have put some of the top-tier guns in their sights too. Escape from Tarkov patch 0.12.62 targets bullet stats The devs confirmed on June 2 that \u201cseveral types of 9\u00d719 and 9\u00d718 ammunition\u201d had been buffed in a 0.12.61 bullet balance hotfix. 9\u00d739 ammo was also \u201cslightly debuffed,\u201d Battlestate confirmed. This came in the form of a recoil increase. These buffs and nerfs were targeted at specific weapons: the dominant AS VAL, and the VSS sniper rifle. In particular, the VAL\u2019s top-tier SP-6 ammo pick had its recoil bumped up from 7 to 10. The 9\u00d739 BP and SPP suffered similar fates. Several types of 9\u00d719 and 9\u00d718 ammunition were buffed, as well as 9\u00d739 ammo were slightly debuffed (added more recoil)#EscapefromTarkov \u2014 Battlestate Games (@bstategames) June 3, 2020 There were a few other guns buffed in patch 0.12.62 as well. Popular Tarkov sidearm picks like the PP-91 Kedr and the PP-9 Klin should now reliably penetrate Class-3 armor. 9\u00d719 Pst Gzh bullets will now also penetrate Class-2 armor. Despite the changes to their BP and SPP ammos, the AS VAL and VSS should remain at the top of the post-wipe Tarkov meta. The VAL offers fantastic all-round strength for all fledgling raiders, while the VSS is a premier sniper pick. Here are all the bullet changes in Tarkov\u2019s latest update: Escape from Tarkov patch 0.12.62 bullet changes 9\u00d719 PST gzh: Penetration 18 \u21d2 20. – 9\u00d718 PBM: Penetration 22 \u21d2 31. – 9\u00d718 PMM: Penetration 25 \u21d2 28. – 9\u00d739 SP6: Recoil 7 \u21d2 10. – 9\u00d719 PSO gzh: Damage 56 \u21d2 59. – 9\u00d721 SP12: Damage 75 \u21d2 78. – 9\u00d739 SPP: Damage 67 \u21d2 64; Recoil 5 \u21d2 20. – 9\u00d739 BP: Penetration 50 \u21d2 48; Accuracy 15 \u21d2 10; Recoil 5 \u21d2 22. – 9\u00d719 AP63: Penetration 25 \u21d2 29. – The 0.12.62 changes may have tweaked recoil on some bullets, but Tarkov fans are worried the changes won\u2019t do much \u2014 there\u2019s been a bug loose in the title since 12.5 that has meant recoil \u201cdoesn\u2019t work on full-auto guns,\u201d including the AS VAL, according to \u2018NoFoodAfterMidnight\u2019. Battlestate did not address this rumored bug, so it\u2019s likely they have not yet built a fix for the issue. Be wary of the bug until it is addressed by the Tarkov devs. Dexerto will update you if any change is implemented for the exploit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Escape from Tarkov nerfs AS VAL & VSS in 12.6 ammo balance patch Battlestate GamesBattlestate Games has nerfed the popular AS VAL assault carbine and the VSS sniper rifle in the latest Escape from Tarkov patch 0.12.62 hotfix, via recoil and damage tweaks for 9\u00d739, 9\u00d719, and 9\u00d718 ammunition in a June 2 update. On […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}