Managing time by playing as a team. [Discussion]

We are a team of several people who have been playing Tarkov for years. We get along well and play really well together (those accidental deaths between us are a thing of the past). But there is something that makes me lose my patience.

We all know about the long wait times to get into a raid; that's inevitable. But what can be avoided, or at least sped up, is the time it takes to get equipped to play again. In my case, I've built my inventory with precisely that in mind: equipping myself quickly so as not to waste my friends' time. I always have space to leave loot and sell it later. I leave those things and hideout management for when I'm alone. For me, it's not acceptable to sell 50 items, one by one, or experiment with weapon builds while the rest of the team waits for me.

And this is my problem: equipping myself in two minutes and waiting for my team to sell their junk because they don't have space to leave the crappy vest they took from a scav, or make a new weapon, test it at the shooting range, and then change it again, so that in the end they use shit bullets because they don't have access to good ammunition. Sometimes it's frustrating, and I'm sure I'm not the only one this happens to.

I know that playing alone is best, but I've gotten used to playing as a team, and when I play alone, my anxiety levels skyrocket to the point that I don't enjoy the experience.

I'm not asking for advice, just venting a little. I'd like to hear about similar experiences.