functioning watch

[MarcBorgia]

So was searching through ragmans threads and noticed the one has the operators watch facing inward so you can see the face while walking around. Always have been wanting a watch to see the time of day for the quests that are night based. Turns out it doesnt change at all. Can we get a watch that works please! To me its more useful then the compass, i dont even know how to use the compass. Now that the cultists are here i think it would be more useful. I went into a raid and it got dark, didnt think it could possibly be late enough for cultists but low and behold i ran into them.

[Spectator6]

Hello @MarcBorgia!

14 minutes ago, MarcBorgia said:

So was searching through ragmans threads and noticed the one has the operators watch facing inward so you can see the face while walking around. Always have been wanting a watch to see the time of day for the quests that are night based. Turns out it doesnt change at all. Can we get a watch that works please! To me its more useful then the compass, i dont even know how to use the compass. Now that the cultists are here i think it would be more useful. I went into a raid and it got dark, didnt think it could possibly be late enough for cultists but low and behold i ran into them.

Yeah, I think it'd be a welcome addition too!

There is one big problem though:

• Game time runs at about 7x real-world time

Which on the surface may not sound like an issue, but given the dependency on timers, the introduction of a watch could be very confusing. Here's why:

Player:

Quote

"I pulled up my extraction timer, it said 45 mins left. I checked my watch and it was 9:15. I check my watch a bit later and it said 9:21. I thought I still had plenty of time left, but the next thing I know, the raid ends and I'm told I didn't extract in time. What gives?"

And that's because the passage of an extra 6 minutes according to his watch is 6 x 7 = 42 mins.

Now, one possible solution to this would be to have the watch run "fast" and to list extraction times not as a remaining count-down, but as a listed time (ie: Extract by 10:45). But that doesn't really simplify things. Sure, the time's listed in-game might "match" but many players would still be completely confused by the 7x time speed.

(But maybe there's another approach out there I haven't considered?)

[Slava_Ukrainii]

@Spectator6 BEARS have a working watch. Why can't USEC have one 😩

[Spectator6]

Just now, TarkovCitizen4431498 said:

@Spectator6 BEARS have a working watch. Why can't USEC have one 😩

Fair enough!

[MarcBorgia]

i dont think people would have too terrible of a timer figuring out the difference of game time and tarkov time. If they do im sure itll be once and they will fiure it out.

29 minutes ago, TarkovCitizen4431498 said:

@Spectator6 BEARS have a working watch. Why can't USEC have one 😩

Wish i had known that...would of went to the darkside for that reason alone lol