It looks like the developers from Escape from Tarkov have had it with dataminers. Dataminers have been plaguing the Escape from Tarkov’s development team for a while now, but it looks like it’s gotten to the point where they’re releasing an official statement and looking to take action against those who do it. As a reminder, this is a PvP only game, so any kind of unfair advantage isn’t cool.
Battlestate Games has made it clear in their statement that they won’t tolerate data mining anymore in their game. The community response is mixed. They don’t want cheaters, but it looks like some information is really desired. There’s a lot of back and forth in the 980+ replies including some of the wiki editors who got caught in a ban getting unbanned:
That’s kind of a wild saga to follow. Escape from Tarkov is $49.99 as a pre-order currently with a beta running direct from the developers. The game has mixed reviews currently with a loyal fanbase and a lot of copycats coming, including Bungie’s Marathon along with the Destiny 2 Extraction Shooter mode. Even Diablo IV is joining in the fun with its own extraction shooter like play in the open world.
Escape from Trakov’s wiki and its fans will continue with this back and forth it seems. We can only hope that the ner’do’wells are taken care of while the real players and community members continue to enjoy the game they love so well.
