Escape From Tarkov players outraged over \u201cunfair\u201d item trading bans Battlestate Games[jwplayer 91I9RIGm] Escape From Tarkov developer Battlestate Games has apparently been banning players either temporarily or permanently for in-game trading of items, while fans are claiming there\u2019s nothing in the rules or EULA to stop them from sharing their loot in a certain way. Since Tarkov\u2019s initial release in 2017, one of the most common ways of sharing or trading loot has been to simply drop the items during a raid with a friend or teammate, so they can then pick it up and leave with it in their inventory. Now, Battlestate has started handing out punishments for overusing this method, ranging from temporary 90-day suspensions to full-on permanent bans \u2013 and players aren\u2019t too happy about the developer\u2019s change in attitude. On July 6, Battlestate tweeted that \u201clarge and constant distribution of items in raids to other players\u201d would be \u201cregarded as boosting, which is prohibited in our game.\u201d In order to avoid permanent bans, temporary bans and other misunderstandings \u2013 we recommend that you refrain from large and constant distribution of items in raids to other players. All this will be regarded as boosting, which is prohibited in our game. Ty for understanding \u2014 Battlestate Games (@bstategames) July 6, 2020 Since then, multiple players have reported bans falling under this new \u201cno-sharing\u201d rule, which doesn\u2019t appear in Tarkov\u2019s end user license agreement, or official game rules at the time of writing, though boosting is mentioned in the rules. Several users who didn\u2019t catch the Tweet from Battlestate have complained about being banned since the new rule was put into place, saying that they had no way of knowing this common way of trading loot was now a no-go. Sharing a bit of unwanted Scav loot with a buddy shouldn\u2019t immediately flag your account though, Battlestate mentions \u201ca large and consistent distribution of items.\u201d If you are using the system as a way to trade items and make money often outside of the Flea Market, you might want to change tactics. Escape from Tarkov updates and its social feeds are posted in the game\u2019s launcher, but it is understandably frustrating to be banned for something that was only posted on Twitter, and used to be just part of how the game went. Like we said, the odd in-game trade here and there probably won\u2019t run afoul of Battlestate, but doing it repeatedly as a way to make money and to give your friends a head-start will now definitely draw you some unwanted attention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Escape From Tarkov players outraged over \u201cunfair\u201d item trading bans Battlestate Games[jwplayer 91I9RIGm] Escape From Tarkov developer Battlestate Games has apparently been banning players either temporarily or permanently for in-game trading of items, while fans are claiming there\u2019s nothing in the rules or EULA to stop them from sharing their loot in a certain way. […]<\/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-66202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66202","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=66202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}