The Escape from Tarkov site has been updated with a new developer blog to give players insight into the skill system that the game will bring to bear.
Progressing skills comes through repetitive use and by performing an action, a skill is gradually upgraded and becomes more accurate. Players will have five main skill categories, each packed with sub-skills, to keep track of and improve. Categories include Physical, Practical, Mental, Combat and Special.
Learning a skill, however, doesn't mean it is there in perpetuity. Failure to use it will result in a character "forgetting", or losing levels, in any given skill.
Also, the game features the mechanism of forgetting the skill. If the player does not perform for a long time any of the actions that lead to the skill upgrade, its level will eventually start to drop. Skills can’t, however, be forgotten absolutely without a trace; unused skills are rolled back/forgotten to the certain level margins that are considered unforgettable, and, therefore, repeated upgrade up to the lost level, will be done quicker.
You can read the full preview by visiting the Escape from Tarkov site.
