At the release of Escape from Tarkov, it was an unpleasant surprise for many players that not everyone would be able to escape from the final location, "Terminal" (not only because of the high difficulty).
If players went as part of a group of five, then in the end two had to be left behind - there were only three places available on the boat. However, the rules of the game have recently changed.
Fans from the "Tarkov Metamovement" community talked about the change:
Now up to 3 people can escape from Tarkov, regardless of the size of the group. If you came in a group of five, then the boat will be able to accommodate [randomly] from 3 to 5 players.
The community noted that this is information from "first testers" after recent edits, so there may be inaccuracies.