We all knew the wipe for patch 12.6 was coming, but it came FAST with no notice and was over in the blink of an eye. I know a lot of people didn't even hear about the pre-wipe event until that night and some didn't even get to play. I got to play a few rounds after work and I thought I'd string together my 8ish raids I ran on Factory for the wipe event so you could see what it was like. We ran nothing but Factory just so we could get as many games in as possible. All the scavs turned to raiders and everything on the flea market was only a few roubles.
It was essentially a license to Chad because gear didn't matter - it was just about being as Alpha as possible and racking up as many kills as you could.