[Updated] Escape from Tarkov AI scav turning hostile issue allegedly being worked on

New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…….

Original story (published on May 10, 2022) follows:

In a world full of fast-paced video games, Escape from Tarkov is a slow-paced realistic Battle Royale title set in the fictional region of Norvinsk. It is developed and published by Battlestate Games.

Players fight other real players and AI scavs in matches called ‘raids’. If you get killed during the match, you lose everything.

But as is the case with the majority of online multiplayer games, issues such as the broken ‘Connection type settings’ toggle and ‘Server connection lost’ error have negatively affected the gameplay experience for many.

And now, Escape from Tarkov players are reporting (1,2,3,4,5) that AI scav often turns hostile and shoots them even when they have good karma. Some say the AI scav gets aggro when they kill a PMC or raider.

But others are confused and wondering why this is happening even though they did not trigger them in any way. Some initially thought it was a random occurrence and ignored it, but soon found out it was not the case.

Here are some reports from Escape from Tarkov players complaining about AI scav turning hostile.

I was running a scav on Customs when I saw a PMC getting into a fight with AI at the hole in the wall by the sniper tower, so I third-partied the USEC. Immediately after, I heard the scav start yelling again, so I assumed there was another bad guy around. I hung out in the sniper tower waiting for them. I saw two scavs run up and steal my loot, but I have chosen not to kill scavs unless they are attacking me first. No one else came, so I started heading to extract. As I get by the bus depot, an AI starts yelling and shooting at me.
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Scav behaviour. So been doing scav runs to get basic supplies etc to build the hideout etc and I just killed a PMC, looted him and then the AI scavs start shooting at me. This has happened a few times. Or a scav player has shot and hit me and I retaliate and kill them, well now every scav and it’s mother shoots at me. What gives.
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While there is no official word on the matter, a player said they contacted Escape from Tarkov developers who said that the issue is allegedly under investigation.

it is a bug, i reported it and they responded with a “This is a known issue that is currently being worked on. Thank you for the additional information!”
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We hope Battlestate Games finds out the root cause of the problem and fix AI scav as soon as possible. When they do, we will let you know so make sure you stay tuned to PiunikaWeb.

05:55 pm (IST): The Escape from Tarkov issue where AI scav turned hostile has now been fixed with the latest patch.

List of fixes:

– Scavs, Raiders and Rogues are no longer aggressive to Player Scavs if they kill a PMC;
– Fixed possible breach of rain animations inside buildings on Customs, Reserve, Shoreline and Lighthouse; (Source)

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