Escape from Tarkov is currently going through a gold rush, of sorts. The online multiplayer shooter, which launched its ongoing closed beta back in July 2017, is more popular than ever. Twitch streams for Escape from Tarkov are more popular than ever and only growing. The visibility is drawing in more and more players, even though the game hasn't been released on Steam yet. But with growth comes growing pains, as this weekend's game crashes and errors show.
Quite a few players are having ongoing issues with the game this weekend due to Escape from Tarkov servers being crowded. The issue, according to players, involves the game crashing and a "403" error being delivered as the reason. Players are then unable to log back into the game for a period of time afterward. They are eventually able to log back in, but there's no clear indication of when things are fixed.
Battlestate Games has issued a statement on the problem. Most importantly, Battlestate confirms that it's working on a solution for the error. There's no timeframe for when the fix will be finished and delivered to players, but Battlestate will let players know as soon as it can. Battlestate also provides a reason for the error, as well as guidance. The reason is self-evidence, there's a "backend error" in the game that's being triggered due to the servers being crowded "during weekend rush hours."
As for what players should do if they experience the error, Battlestate can only reassure folk that nothing serious has happened. Battlestate says that if players should encounter the error, it's best to wait 5-10 minutes before restarting the game. There's nothing to be done in order to prevent the error. And after it has happened, there's nothing to do to speed up the process. Escape from Tarkov is just too popular right now.
By server meltdown standards, Escape from Tarkov's issues this weekend aren't so nasty. The errors aren't everpresent and players can log back in after a relatively short amount of time. It's absolutely frustrating to have to deal with crashes, followed by having to wait to log back in. Compared to other games' past problems, like huge server queues, login errors that keep players out of the game for days, and so on, Escape from Tarkov's issues are manageable. That said, hopefully, the bug is fixed soon so that no one has to worry about crashing out again.
Escape from Tarkov is available now on PC.
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