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Escape from Tarkov: How to Hack Doors
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Escape From Tarkov is a hardcore multiplayer survival game where you have to mine for resources or hunt the scavengers themselves, depending on the role you choose. Typically, the raid lasts 45 minutes, and you must find your way out of one of several points on the map if you want to deal with the loot.
A specific mechanic that often leaves players a bit overwhelmed, though it does blow out doors. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, and it's not immediately clear what the meaning is. That's what we aim to answer in this guide.
Escape From Tarkov: How To Kick Out Doors
While there are many possible answers to why you can break open the door in Escape from Tarkov, there is only one answer to the question of how? As you approach the door, a small menu will appear that gives you many options. You will be taken to the option to kick the door.
If you've been playing Escape from Tarkov a lot, you probably already know this and will jump to this guide to find out exactly why door smash doesn't always work. Let's guess: you've opened several doors up to this point and knocked a few of them down with a bang, but found one that doesn't work. Well, the answer to why is simple: you're knocking on the door from the wrong side.
You can only hack doors that open from you. Try to break open the door that opens to you, and you just hurt your leg - both in real life and in Escape from Tarkov. This makes sense since most normal people are completely incapable of knocking out a door frame as well as a door.
Why should I kick the door in Escape From Tarkov
Well, that's an interesting question with no easy answer. When Escape From Tarkov first launched, hacking was more of a part of the game than it is now. To start with, the door opening animation used to be much slower, while lockpicking was much faster. So, if you were chasing an enemy or running away from him, a broken door would allow you to close the gap faster.
Previously, it was also possible to immediately knock down the door and use various grenades that are no longer in the game. It was the quickest and most effective method to smoke out or disperse a group of enemies who were camped in the next room. Not only is this method now gone, but the door opens much faster, so you can do it manually if you want.
There is now talk that some of these features may return in the future, but at the same time, kickback is in a bit of a quandary. Opening the door by force is actually pointless at this point in time, as simply opening it is equally fast and doesn't make much noise. Opening a door usually also doesn't require you to be locked into the animation that starts when the door is kicked. This can leave you completely open to enemy fire.
Right now, knockout has been pretty much downgraded to take advantage of. If you open the door in this way and clear the room of it from an unsuspecting enemy, you will feel like a god. It will be beautiful and that's the only thing that makes sense.
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