Following the unexpected conclusion of a recent in-game event in Escape from Tarkov, which featured smugglers and bosses on the ‘Reserve’ map, many players expressed their dissatisfaction. It appears that developer Battlestate Games acknowledged these complaints, but instead of reinstating the event, they opted for a rather unique and humorous response.
Members of the ‘Tarkov Metamovement’ community noticed that developers began dropping ‘humanitarian aid’ in the form of medical containers filled with Vaseline. This move is widely interpreted as Battlestate Games playfully trolling their player base in direct response to the community’s outcry over the event’s abrupt ending, perhaps aiming to ‘soften the blow’ of its completion.