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#Project Silverfish
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The ||M35 Merchant|| sometimes sells lockpicks
torn pendant
also do you have a normal flash light?
the heavy flashlight is generally not needed
grand wave
i've got a good taclight on my smg, yeah
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Yeah no need for a flashlight if you've already got one on your helmet or gun
torn pendant
oh then yeah don't even worry about flashlights and run just the smg with like 230 9MM
atomic surge
Truly they need to make lockpicks function differently
torn pendant
yeah I think lockpicks are a little scuffed too lol
grand wave
i was running through AG east with a fuckass pistol light
so i needed the heavy to like
actually see where i was going
and figure out where to train the pistol light
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If you ever see a helmet with a large flashlight on it buy/loot that shit immediately
grand wave
got the...mp5? upgrade from there
atomic surge
Wish i could like set the Floodlamp on the ground or something
torn pendant
I wish they let you two hand a flashlight and pistol, esp cause they said they are planning on customizable guns
so what you see is what you get
but also I understand it doesn't take toooo long to get a helmet with a flashlight
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It's probably worth forgoing a helmet for a taclight until you find/make one with an integrated light.
candid harbor
R or whatever your reload key is
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A bit of extra defense is worth sacrificing to Actually See What The Fuck You're Doing
torn pendant
Yus
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Also, the head slot taclight is super light at 0.1kg
torn pendant
Also to be clear the skeletons do not count against military rep, despite being marked as military
rancid valve
the crowbar is the only melee weapon you need
its fast swipes stunlock
its heavy attacks instakill the common enemies
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never unnecessary
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Remember, no Carcosan
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I didn't even know those things could spawn in Metropol
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oh i see em all the time
fuckin everything spawns in metropol
notdeer, firebirds & cultists, innies, commies, army, handymen, had a couple of those crawlers
rancid valve
i have come for your taxes
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the type 15 with ap rounds has been a workhorse for me, yeah
rancid valve
love the stopwatch
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damn, how the fuck do you open this door?
torn pendant
Spoilers for that area ||theres a terminal on the top floor where you can open doors, that's one of the doors||
||to be clear, you're on the inside, on the outside of that door you can see the door marks to know which door it is to open||
zinc loom
Yeeee if you saw an entry about ||a containment breach||
You just followed it back to where it's supposed to be
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Spoilers for that area ||theres a terminal on the top floor where you can open d...
yeah i found it i was just dumb
i never actually cleared containment somehow
:D i'm in danger :D
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is this dungeon door in the slums locked by revvie msq progress, revvie rep, or something else?
candid harbor
It's the generic door. Not a completed dungeon yet
zinc loom
Yeah it Will Be Something Eventually
zinc loom
.......Like, through the cockpit???????
I've been using 50 cal to deal with those
grand wave
yeah
sniped the pilot with a 45 bolt-action
wasn't sure if it'd penetrate the glass, but it did
no loot, though...
zinc loom
Quiet-lookin ass
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hmmm, fuck
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infantry standard
and then cultist suit
which i'm using rn for speed
also, nyeheheh
i have acquired LAYER 2
grand wave
holy shit lmao
from this
-1k for opening one of the broker's dead drops
which is understandable, because the artifacts in it are goated
i guess if you want to fucking betray the freelancers, you should just pick up every dead drop quest and then take them all yourself
i got a consumable that permanently gave me locksmith
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infantry standard
my favorite
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i have acquired LAYER 2
best artifact
but not the most fun
most fun is meteor
but honestly
not worth pissing off the freelancers
artifacts arent rare
check out my armory
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honestly i feel like .30-06 and .338 are really underpowered
needing to shoot a military heavy like 3 times with a .338 rifle loaded with AP rounds is just like
i couldve bursted him with a 9mm smg and he'd be dead by the time i've racked the bolt 3 times
and .30-06 autos are much harder to keep on target vs 9mm or 5.56
both of which come in AP in huge quantities
torn pendant
.338 I've no idea
.30-06 there are guns with burst/full auto so you can burst them down quicker than full auto
bolt action usually = headshot guns for me
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yeah you get a guaranteed 3006 lmg
that's been serving me nicely until I find a better scoped gun
rancid valve
yeah you get a guaranteed 3006 lmg
guaranteed?
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fairly certain?
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i have only seen them in NFTA elite ranger squads
rancid valve
never heard of it
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to the tone of "dude joined the innies for 5 seconds to steal an lmg"
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i just dont like how aggressive the recoil is on the .30-06 autos
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his drop is an lmg
it hasn't been bad at all tbh
you should try it if you didn't sell the gun
i also liked the uhhh
idr its name
2-round burst 30-06
found one with a dmr scope, worked quite nicely
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maybe its because i am hardcoded to be a bodyshot bandit
grand wave
nah, my bodyshot spraydowns on lizards have been fine too
although i do prefer heads, ofc
torn pendant
also might have to do with gun fps
there's not a clear explanation of how exactly the gun mechanics work
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higher cal = bigger bullet = better damage and penetration; higher bullet velocity = higher damage
think that's about it
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i honestly find the best performance in 9mm and 5.56 just because more recoil control means more shots on target means faster TTK
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but the type 15 with AP is goated enough to not care about that
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i honestly find the best performance in 9mm and 5.56 just because more recoil co...
I've found that ttk with type 18 9mmAP is about the same as the R100 with standard rounds
standard 30-06
rancid valve
the type 18 is 5.56
if the were .30-06 AP they would probably do well
like, in my mind
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sorry i meant type 15
rancid valve
the reason youd use a heavier rifle round is to NOT have to headshot and instead just thump a dude through his armor
rancid valve
a .30-06 or .338 should be the "fuck your body armor" ESPECIALLY .338 AP
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because it didn't appeal for whatever reason
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huh
rancid valve
whats da POINT
rancid valve
yeah it one-taps lighter stalkers but i dont bring a .338 for anything but the hardest targets and it fails to drop those
at least not in a better TTK than say
dumping half a mag of 9mm or 5.56 AP from an automatic
which are controllable enough to easily guide the shots onto the head, while the hitstun prevents them from firing back at you
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i need to find some more heavies and buy some more 3006 ap
to see how quick the r100 shreds
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this thing is a beast and a half tho
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but i should pick up HE
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but it seems exclusive to the superheavy NFTA elite rangers
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and some burn for notdeer
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and they hurt bad
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since they're weak to fire
zinc loom
higher cal = bigger bullet = better damage and penetration; higher bullet veloci...
Oh huh, velocity affects damage? I figured it was entirely just caliber honestly
rancid valve
the muzzle velocity for the .338s is remarkably low
like
its all mid 900s when the real thing is like
close to 3000
zinc loom
The fastest velocity I've seen is, naturally, the coilgun
But it only has ironsights sooo
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which makes me think its a dev thing
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gameplay conceit, so numbers are more accurate to each other's damage, i assume
but hey, drop a suggestion on the forums or discord
rancid valve
yeah but the .338 seems underpowered so they could probably bump up its velocity
grand wave
it's still early EA
rancid valve
yeah like
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could def bump the 338s up
rancid valve
the .338 should be the mandropper round because thats a serious bullet
zinc loom
Oh really? I've had pretty good results with the one you get off the sniper
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the awp?
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it feels good against early game enemies but it really falls of where you think it would be the most useful
against late game heavy armored infantry
especially because it doesnt get the precious suppression/hitstun of enemies not shooting at you while you shoot at them
so they get to shoot at you while you line up, punching your aim off
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does anyone know what the fuck opens this cistern door? i thought the nearby console would do it but it didn't
oh nevermind
neat, guess i'll be testing the type 18
rancid valve
my favorite is the type-18M but its so hard to find
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rare
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postcards from the swamp
best part of this artifact is shotgun users are basically guaranteed to get zapped
so they cant double tap me
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no
are you enjoying the stopwatch
okay so
the different colored flares do things
a NFTA guy dropped a yellow flare and i threw it on a lark
and uh
||mortar strike||
OH FUCK YEAH
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uh.
wow that guy was tanky
took like thirty, forty bullets from my lmg
well, the second one did
okay the third was 25, so i guess i was just aiming bad
still, angels are fucking spooky
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...okay
the black sea is fucking incredible
that's peak design
i desperately need to find the other lore books
on the dream
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okay the third was 25, so i guess i was just aiming bad
I think those guys take more damage if you hit the gaps in their armor.
zinc loom
:o
Fairly important heads up- there are two mutually exclusive rewards for finding that code
I can tell ya more
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OOH
zinc loom
Nice, I think that's the second best armor after ||the power armor||
Where'd you get it?
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||dead bridge red locker||
killed everyone with stopwatch and tactical type-15
like it was fucking Trepang
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Fairly important heads up- there are two mutually exclusive rewards for finding ...
other than ||the permanent tesseract||, what was the other?
i assume something you ||trade the golden cat for||
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||selling all the gold and treasure at the Lone Wolf barkeep gets you like $650k||
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a useless amount of cash
zinc loom
other than ||the permanent tesseract||, what was the other?
It's ||the translocation matrix|| vs ||looting the gigantic heap of gold for yourself|| lmaoo
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Apparently Siris has a gunsmith NPC planned for the next major update so hopefully they'll be a good money sink
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I'm not really a fan of burst fire
If I'm going to use a .30-06 weapon it'll be one of the LMGs
rancid valve
not a huge fan of the machineguns
also theyre not LMGs in .30-06, theyre just MGs
no matter what the dev says
i will die on this hill
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GPMG if you want to get technical but video games always refer to them as LMGs lol
rancid valve
there IS an LMG in the game, there is a 5.56 with the double drum mag
zinc loom
now this is a good .30-06
I tried that out at the firing range and the recoil was a reallllll pain ime, but with one of those recoil control perks I can see the situation changing
zinc loom
Oooo yeah I recall that being nice from the demo
Good for going whole hog full auto in fire fights as well as tippy tapping on the trigger for sharpshooting
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I've been putting that off for as long as possible because I've heard it's a massive difficulty spike
grand wave
i'm glad this toon is on mercy mode!
i keep dying
i really keep dying
cultist rig ain't doin it, i need better body armor
or, needed
i'll do it like this, but
i needed some good body armor
torn pendant
simply become john silverfish
candid harbor
I found doing it sneeky beeky like at night with a suppressed weapon to be the best. || Going along the right side facing the front, lockpicking the door and then blasting the first alarm and bridge guard(s). Then just stealthily making your way up towards the main building. The next alarm should be visible once you get to the building, I don't know where the 3rd one is tho. The good part is once you blow the joint you can just BAMF out of there. || Alternatively you can get lucky and buy several wraith pokeballs at M35 lol
candid harbor
tried so hard and got so far. ✊😔
candid harbor
yeah they are plentiful
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i just did the refinery and honestly
not that bad? just a lot of dudes
though i did have 2 eather tanks and a stopwatch
im just surprised there is no good loot
also i have superheavy armor and ballistic helmet
i think ive done just about everything there is to do
grand wave
yeah superheavy armor would do it lmfao
this is not a resistance suite suited to that many dudes + snipers
rancid valve
having like a combined 80% kinetic resistance
very funny
with stopwatch and two amber manifolds
basically a space marine running around at absurd speed firing from the hip hitting every dude in the head and killing them
candid harbor
Had to join the army to survive this war shit 😔 fricked up fr
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alas
wore my stolen infantry armor
did it first time
because it turns out bullet resistance is useful
luftballoon #4 acquired
candid harbor
🤔 makes me wonder how well disguise works in there and if you can open the door. probably not I think, seems like it'd be a trigger of some kind
zinc loom
I used a disguise to rob Dead Bridge blind, so decent odds it would at least get you to the door
torn pendant
🤔 makes me wonder how well disguise works in there and if you can open the door...
Disguises work up until you get close
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sad
disappointing blue
also apparently there are fucking red crates
and there was one that i missed??? by the red root in cistern
i only saw a blue
so i'm sad
because i gotta fuckin go BACK
:(
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and there was one *that i missed???* by the red root in cistern
I got a ||Cultist Pro armor|| out of that one so I'm not sure if it's guaranteed or my dice roll was just particularly appropriate for that location
rancid valve
i got super heavy in the red crate in dead bridge
candid harbor
blue/red crates are randomized. Red ones are the higher tier. They're also supposed to not roll items in your stash but it's bugged right now and only checks your inventory. I also think the pools are gonna get tweaked whenever the gunsmith is properly added maybe
shell grail
I got the ol Luftballoon but I'm not sure what it does, fill me in?
shell grail
tried so hard and got so far. ✊😔
Oh nice work! I punched my way in, loud style. It sucked so hard, but I got a sick dmr out of it.
candid harbor
I got the ol Luftballoon but I'm not sure what it does, fill me in?
-5kg, it's very good
zinc loom
Yeah its weight value is negative, so it essentially boosts your carry capacity
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me putting helium in my backpack to save weight
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I got a ||Cultist Pro armor|| out of that one so I'm not sure if it's guaranteed...
i'll have to go back down there and check, but i would love that drop...
torn pendant
chests that are not specific codes will respawn
but they take a few days IIRC
assuming your difficulty option has them set to respawn
grand wave
blues and reds don't respawn afaik
torn pendant
I could have sworn they did, hmm
grand wave
a renewable source of blues/reds is something that i think is planned for later content
so aiui the current ones don't
and they sure haven't for me yet
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them and armor lockers, yeah
zinc loom
I have discovered that ||there are two dungeons in the depot||
candid harbor
Yeah || the hidden one is spooky and filled with nasty bois ||
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wait i only found one
the uhh
amnesia bunker-ass motherfucker
and then i skipped to the end because i didn't like it and you can brute force pick the lock to its artifact & armor crates
was there anything else i missed there?
and where was the other?
zinc loom
There's the one in the ||depot office basement,|| then ||one behind a boarded up doorway in the eastern-ish edge of the depot||
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I found the ||Turbine dungeon in M35|| earlier today and that was fucking terrifying
Good loot but it felt like I was playing Alien Isolation ||with a jet engine|| the whole time I was in there
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i still haven't explored m35 or the maw
other than ||stumbling across the not-cultist shop||
shell grail
-5kg, it's very good
Ahhhhh
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So somehow, after several tries, I managed to do the ||Refinery Raid|| without setting off any alarms until the end
Without any suppressed weapons
I got lucky and had some non-anomalous fog roll in, which seems to really mess with enemy vision so they can't see you unless you're practically on top of them
So I was able to just hang back and snipe most of the base
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noice
i still have no idea where to find Random World Artifacts ngl
i've been very bad at finding em
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They seem to spawn in Black Lake a lot
I just found three on my way to the hideout there with the scanner
rancid valve
i still have no idea where to find Random World Artifacts ngl
do you have the eather flux scanner
the one at the top left might be an artifact based on how small but concentrated it is
anomalies tend to be larger and "fuzzier"
so even if the artifact is in an anomaly field, you can usually pick it out because its a lot "denser"
there are also pre-set artifacts on some maps that are always there initially
||there are 3 artifacts in the water at black lake||
||one of which is the one that stops the fish from biting you||
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||but it doesnt take effect until you get out of the water and get back in tho||
||thankfully another one of the ones in the water is a blue tesseract||
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||Gold tesseract, but same idea||
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||so sleep at the floating safehouse, bring loads of med supplies, grab it and the pale bone (which stops mud fish bites), then use the blue tess and then go back into the water for the third artifact which is valuable to broker||
||is it gold? i may be misremembering||
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||Yep, I've found it on two characters and it's been gold both times||
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||if so, can always trade room keys for a blue at lone wolf or buy a blue from M35 store||
but regardless, learning the eather flux scanner is really good
some anomalies like the floating fireballs give off really similar signatures to artifacts
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do you have the eather flux scanner
yes
rancid valve
this signature is that flaming bird dude
this signal looks like an artifact but its been moving around a bit so might be a firebird or fireball
its pretty easy to spot artifact signatures once you learn what they look out
doing a cursory scan when entering a map
seeing if there are any small, dense signatures
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The most annoying ones are when it's a luftballon or similar floating artifact and it's waaaay off in the sky where I have no chance of getting to it 
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after the recent patch it feels like the game is better about spawning luftballons under roofs
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I found the ||Half-Life SMG||
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Some of them can border on pixel hunting even with the scanner. They're reaaally hard to spot especially if they spawn in a bush or something
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huh, what's this at the maze end of perdition?
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it turns on the power to a door
||i havent ever entered perdition except from the stone maze side||
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||i havent ever entered perdition except from the stone maze side||
i've checked it out from the other side and it seems to be blocked?
torn pendant
yeah I went down there once
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might've missed a door, though
torn pendant
I can't tell you what's in it though
rancid valve
i just pop my head in for the loot crate
torn pendant
cause Idk how to deal with the shadow people
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no interest in navigating the mineshafts
even with ||the worm that whispers||
||which is a great artifact for IGNORING MECHANICS and just walking through psychic damage||
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cause Idk how to deal with the shadow people
ignore em
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👀
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||really unique idea for an artifact, its a worm in a bottle that converts psychic damage into brain whispers||
torn pendant
didn't have enough meds 
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feeling like a freak running around at mach 10
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oh, speaking of perdition
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heavy plate my beloved
grand wave
my armor locker and blue crate were both body armor lmao
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it carried me until i got superheavy
grand wave
think i'm probably running stalker pro for the weight bonus
rancid valve
hazard resistence is cool but bullets hurt more than everything else
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but yeah heavy plate slaps
i just want cultist pro...
and a cultist mask
does the strange shop sell cultist gear ever?
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YOOOOOO
i have used them but i only ever notice the affect when theyre negative
i dont know what the "good" cards do
or even if there are good cards
rancid valve
i have only ever been hurt by them
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i read the Arcana
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i will just confirm that there are very, very good cards
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i just have no idea what they mean
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i can post their effects
sure
woah
never seen that before
(NFTA osprey in crossroads)
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rancid valve
oh
i just drew Daggers
LMAO
also 150% speed is insane for absolutely brain blasting enemy squads who have no idea you can side-strafe faster than they can traverse their aim
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note: ||only the first tarot card you draw each day has an effect||, and ||unless you have Weird Luck (in which case it's 100%, this tarot draw only has a 50% chance of working||
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gofast is very fun
zinc loom
||LOOT KARMA?||
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i wonder if high jump stacks
if you could get high enough jumps and high enough speed to continously jump and trigger Meteor
and just fly around like a god
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||**LOOT KARMA?**||
||stat that weighs loot value for standard lockers & chests||
||dunno how and when it increments usually||
zinc loom
||Huhh....... well, it doesn't help blues so 💀||
grand wave
yeah
rancid valve
the moment i saw the fuckin laser sight
i dont play games with elite ranger squads
thermobaric rockets my beloved
grand wave
are you just always recording?
rancid valve
Steam clips
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huh
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here is what looks like an artifact next to an anomaly
i know
i was just wondering if there were any other tips
because i've been scouring with it and found very little
rancid valve
its really just luck if something spawns when you enter a zone or not
sometimes it doesnt and its not worth trying to pour over a zone
||accidentally just used the regression matrix to LEAVE the golden tesserace nexus rather than setting its destination there...||
||are there any other fixed golden tess spawns?||
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ough
uhh
you have weird luck so this might not be a hopeless endeavor
big anomaly spoilers ||there's a...probably fae, maybe angel of some sort, creature called the Observer||
||you can trade them artifacts for tesseracts||
||giving them tessaracts returns other fixed tessaracts, aiui||
||purple and blue cubes seem to give golds||
||Observers are three orbs high up in the sky||
oh! also
the ||cult craftsman|| sells them ||for 5 red coins, if you can bear to part with em||
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||Observers are three orbs high up in the sky||
those things just hurt me
||how do you trade with them||
||i see them all the time due to weird luck||
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||throw shit at them and they'll look at it||
||artifacts (and other expensive things, maybe? they'll pick up||
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okie
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but yeah the shop is your best bet
if you've got what he wants
...does anyone know how to knock dandylions down?
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idk shoot em
zinc loom
I'm p sure you are Done if they get that high
Before a point you can use a singularity bomb but you have passed it
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||Observers are three orbs high up in the sky||
yeah i have no idea what you mean
"throw" things at them did nothing
they just passed by
do i have to hold the item?
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well that wouldve been good to know
i ended up looking at it and then they flew off
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rip
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Is there a .50 sniper in the game? I tried getting past Dead Bridge the Hard Way but a .338 sniper just isn't enough to reliably take out the ||turrets and attack helicopter|| even with AP
I've only seen the break action .50 and the full auto one so far.
torn pendant
You're supposed to take out the turrets? 
I thought they weren't able to be destroyed
shut totem
It takes about 4 shots with .338 AP to do it.
Which is easier said than done when you've got both them and the military filling your general area with lead.
torn pendant
That would have been
So much easier loool
I literally just did quick headshots on all the guards while sitting in turret blindspots
zinc loom
Is there a .50 sniper in the game? I tried getting past Dead Bridge the Hard Way...
There is, but no consistent means of finding one
In the demo ||the insurrection sniper had an anti materiel rifle, not the heavy sniper he has now||
rancid valve
hold the thing until they make grabby lasers at it and then throw it
genuinely no idea what youre talking about because you CANT hold tesseracts
i want to know what the source is for your info on the "observer"
and i cannot find any information that even talks about this or this interaction
i feel like youre trolling me
zinc loom
yoooooooo
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
NPCs getting night vision after the first shot in night fights sucked so bad
torn pendant
What about shooting at us through bushes
zinc loom
Oh fascinating
This thing is supposed to be unique?
zinc loom
Yes I know this
But his gun is just a short pump action with a laser sight
Seems odd that it's unique
torn pendant
It's unique cause no weapon modding
Even cultist dont know how to weapon mod
That's why they cheat and use eather
shut totem
Okay this sounds like a really funny bug and I'm almost sorry it never happened to me
zinc loom
My dude is startin to look like a Spartan IV
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I really wish they would raise the lower end of loot possible in the one time chests
Opening up a one time only loot crate to get something you can get from a standard locker or box is really annoying
candid harbor
NFTA snipers have this now instead of the cool semi auto one (which is now red chest loot.) Also a new pistol too that might not be implemented yet, that or the store icon is just askew
I am owner of special $800 rifle now on this save
rancid valve
Inflation
candid harbor
You can barter with NPCs for their swag weapons now
works really well in the saloon cause those guys are usually packing
ah, but they don't reset anymore either. Still a win and less exploitable too
gone are the days of unlimited beans
Enjoy it bud
zinc loom
I believe they do reset if you go out of zone then back in, it just doesn't reset on sleep anymore? Unsure
I've had some success refreshin inventories
rancid valve
This might get me to pick up more guns that aren't worth 10x their weight
Which is my general rule of thumb for loot
Stuff to trade to the woefully under equipped dudes I run into
Like bro I know you're a badass or whatever but a silenced pistol won't stop a notdeer
Also there is a dude in the steam forum that is big mad that the communist faction are good guys with good goals.
zinc loom
Eyyyy the thingy I mentioned has been addressed as a known issue in the patch notes
zinc loom
I know that funky aura is ||the effect handymans now display before they grab you||
I suspect that ||as you loaded in you were right on a handyman's grab range but it moved itself out||
zinc loom
It was def a ||handyman|| but no clue why you didn't actually ||get grabbed||
😭
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i mean, i walked down the road just fine after
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jesus CHRIST
first time in black lake
and i get attacked by an NFTA basic squad but they get backed up by a fucking elite ranger squad
and i am fighting them with a double barrel shotgun
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yo WHAT
zinc loom
Its nice! I haven't noticed a vast improvement over the bayonet but its certainly no downgrade
rancid valve
if we ever get to lead squads or followers
officer saber should buff them
FOLLOW ME TO VICTORYYY
any yall ever cap a freelancer for scooping up loot you fought for?
this is what we in the business call a "fatal funnel"
doors and hallways
shut totem
Is there anywhere else to go after finishing the main quest that sends you to Stone Maze?
rancid valve
rancid valve
love the new barter system
rancid valve
this probably isnt intended
rancid valve
shut totem
i feel like youre trolling me
It's apparently real. People in the game's discord are talking about it right now. I can't personally test it though since I've seen exactly one in my entire time with the game
grand wave
woo
shut totem
Damn
zinc loom
I was clued in about ||a blue chest I hadn't found in the refinery|| and now I'm real comfy with my setup
(The nonsensical movespeed can be attributed to the surplus of amber whatever and luftballoon artifacts in my inventory)
I was without a pistol I was happy with for a while
So I was much relieved to see one that fired rifle rounds :3
grand wave
only 127%
zinc loom
I have more ammo than is maybe necessary I will admit
And also heavy armor
twilit heart
I was clued in about ||a blue chest I hadn't found in the refinery|| and now I'm...
What does that helmet do, out of curiosity? Gas Mask+HUD?
zinc loom
What does that helmet do, out of curiosity? Gas Mask+HUD?
It's called the EVA helmet, gives 100% poison resist, kinetic resist on par with an infantry helmet, HUD, and a flood light, along with pretty considerable defenses in other weird damage types
I'm 60% resistant to acid and radiation for example, 90% electric resist, etc
Part of that is stacking with the heavy plate armor and relics I have, mind
twilit heart
Dang
zinc loom
Pretty much the only downside is Gigantic Light Source instead of nvg, but if I need stealth that bad I swap to the white fox helm
shut totem
I started a new character. Got a Molle Heavy Rig out of the ||Crash Site|| chest this time
grand wave
hell yeah
rancid valve
I was clued in about ||a blue chest I hadn't found in the refinery|| and now I'm...
only 127%
grand wave
hmmm
started a new run now that i'm back on my pc
nine lives time
not a bad drop from my crash site blue
now, time to see if i can escape the chopper
because this was the first fucking thing i did
...
died to the military
fuckers
turns out having 5% bullet res sucks
grand wave
...where the fuck is the train master key
shut totem
I did find it once, but I can't remember where. In the same zone as the train station for sure though.
grand wave
i was directed to it, thankfully
zinc loom
Project Silverfish just hit Overwhelmingly Positive on steam 👀
torn pendant
Yes
It hits a lot of boxes that have been missing from other games for a lot of people
grand wave
oh, i was wondering where all my fucking carry weight was going
zinc loom
A while back I realized I was carrying 20 bottles of hennesy around at all times and it was weighing me down a lot
grand wave
lmao
shut totem
I stopped carrying frag grenades because of how damn heavy they are
I still carry a few HEs though. The blast radius isn't as good but they're lighter and the radius is still good enough
rancid valve
oh, i was wondering where all my fucking carry weight was going
Yeah defensive grenades are heavy
The offensive grenades are a bit more reasonable to carry around
shut totem
I just killed myself with a 40mm grenade because I forgot to switch back to the gun part of my gun 
grand wave
nimble spire
So, played the demo, interested in trying out the full game
What are the differences?
grand wave
more content, drastically more stable
rebalances
dunno what else, all of this is secondhand since i didn't play the demo
nimble spire
Ah, so major differences, got it
I'm torn between getting it now and waiting for full release, but I don't know how much is 'missing'
grand wave
a lot
there's a lot present
but a lot missing
only the "good guy" (freelancers and commie) factions have like
an amount of content
the cult and two fascist groups have basically nothing right now, between mission content, bases, faction starts, etc.
nimble spire
Got it
grand wave
although the insurrectionist faction of the two is getting some work done rn
there are a bunch of missing or incomplete areas
cultists don't have a home base at all
which is a shame because everything about them is fucking fascinating
revvie msq isn't very far in
but uh
this is percentage-wise
siris just put out a content update and i think we're getting another one in a couple weeks
nimble spire
Fancy
grand wave
the game is very Not Done - which is to say, i have like 35-40 (non-afk, my steam count is a bit higher) hours in the game and i do not consider myself nearly done with what's present
nimble spire
So there's still plenty to work with, good
Because Stalker 2
I mean, I like it, but it runs like garbage on my machine
grand wave
yeah there's a lot to work with, including a series of solid character randomization options (gear, traits, starting location, faction stuff) that can make subsequent runs refreshing
nimble spire
Right, there's a whole psychic nonsense I haven't tried out
rancid valve
I have put over 130 hours into and shall continue to play it because it's really really fun
shut totem
Item placement is changed around quite a bit too aiui
Also, join the discord if you're interested in seeing what's being worked on.
Siris posts things they're working on at least once a day.
grand wave
hungy
safe root
was there supposed to be an insurrectionary kill team chasing me down from across crossroads?
because they knew where I was crossmap and fuckingwent for me
also so far it's been a lot of spawning into crossroads and dying to insurrectionaries
I did beat a horrible deer thing to death with a shovel but it didn't drop anything
shut totem
Are you playing the demo or the full game?
safe root
full game
shut totem
Was it nighttime? If you have a flashlight on at night enemies will know where you are pretty much immediately.
safe root
daylight
also is this dark souls rules where if I don't get my bag it's gone or do I have multiple chances?
shut totem
Items will start despawning out of the bag after a day, one per day
I haven't really had an issue with enemies beelining me from across the map. Did they hear you firing a gun?
safe root
probably? but it took enough time that the other enemy patrol started leaving
oh I need to kill enemies to get drops?
shut totem
Friendly NPCs can loot corpses just like you can
So be quick if you decide to third party a fight for the loot
safe root
ah
shut totem
probably? but it took enough time that the other enemy patrol started leaving
I'd chalk it up to a glitch then. I haven't really had that issue, even less since last patch when Siris made it easier to lose enemies by breaking line of sight or using cover of darkness.
safe root
insurrectionary stalker
I was on top of the factory in crossroads and watched them run towards me
safe root
they probably did but I was way the hell away
shut totem
The early game is very tough but once you get decent weapons and some armor those insurrectionists won't be anywhere near as much of a threat.
shut totem
Go for headshots, especially early on when both you and the Innies have shit weapons. You don't take bonus damage from headshots but they do.
safe root
does sleeping heal?
shut totem
No, but it does heal mental fatigue (a hidden stat that can cause Interesting Things™ to happen if it gets too high)
safe root
ok so healing is medical items
shut totem
Yes. Keep your food bar high too because it speeds up health regen
It works kind of like it does in minecraft where the food bar acts as a sort of reservoir for your health to regen from
safe root
do I need blueprints?
shut totem
I don't think you need them on you, they just tell you what items you need to craft something, and the recipe will automatically appear on the workbench if you have the necessary items regardless of whether you have the blueprint
safe root
ok so I can safely sell these
is there some variability in melee weapon quality?
i.e. is a combat knife better than a pipe better than a shovel?
shut totem
Yes, there's quite a variety of melee weapons. The fire axe is very slow and heavy but will oneshot anything short of a not-deer (the very big deer enemies that you should avoid until you get big guns)
I like the bayonet. It's quick, powerful, and only weighs about half a kg
safe root
are the not-deer the deer headed things that look kinda emaciated
and move like wounded guys until you get close?
shut totem
Oh no, the emaciated ones are the weaker ones lol
safe root
ah
I beat one of the emaciated ones to death with a shovel
it didn't drop anything which was disappointing
shut totem
You'll know which ones I'm talking about when you run into one
shut totem
Yeah the only non-lizzer enemies that drop things are the zombie like things that broadcast lines from old commercials (they drop melee weapons and sometimes a bit of cash, and there's rare ones with guns)
That's entirely up to you. Mercy is probably better for a first playthrough
Until you learn the map so you don't get lost trying to get back to your bag
safe root
lizzer?
shut totem
Lizard
shut totem
They're called inheritors but I was just using a funni name
But yes, the guys who are the same as your character
safe root
is money conserved on death
shut totem
Yes, money is kept
safe root
ok I t hink I'm getting the loop
shut totem
Though I think Siris is considering a mode where you lose a portion of money instead of items on death
Also, if you see one of the not-deer I mentioned (again you'll probably know them when you see them), run the fuck away. They're basically this game's Deathclaws and you really don't want to fight them unless you have a full auto weapon and plenty of ammo.
Or a melee weapon that can stunlock them but that's a lot riskier
safe root
how do I get more food?
shut totem
Loot it or buy it. Canned beans, soup, and beef can be cooked at a lit campfire to get more out of it
Bugs and frogs can be eaten or cooked too
safe root
red shrooms bad?
shut totem
I believe so but I save all types of mushrooms for Other Reasons ||there's a secret trader that will exchange all types of mushroom for some really good stuff||
The brown ones are safe to eat or cook if you really need the food though
safe root
my gameplay is primarily skulking and jumping patrol survivors
just like zero sievert earlygame!
shut totem
Ye, that's what you'll be doing a lot early on, just like in STALKER
safe root
also just to check, copper wire is different from these big spooled up extension cords that I can't pocket, right?
shut totem
Once you get a good gun and some armor you'll have a much better chance in open gunfights
yeah, copper wire has a reddish hue to it and is smaller
It's heavy but selling it to Simmi is a decent source of early game cash
atomic surge
the big spooled up extension cords should be sent to hell for how often they've tricked me about that
shut totem
ALSO ALSO. You can open lockers and weak door locks with a crowbar, so when/if you find one you can save a lot of lockpicks
(The crowbar is also a pretty solid melee weapon so that's a bonus)
shut totem
There's a few different weather effects the siren will signal
Some are more dangerous than others.
shut totem
Don't underestimate the Mosin or the Lever Action early on. They're good at popping heads from outside SMG range.
safe root
yeah the shotgun speaks to god too
shut totem
I generally stop using shotguns after a bit because I'm a hoarder and the shells are really heavy, but the Saiga 12 fucks.
Pretty cheap too if you can get one off a trader
safe root
submachine guns mostly because if an enemy hits with one round they'll hit with the burst
and those hurt
shut totem
Yeah, part of that is that enemy recoil is bugged right now.
The good news is enemies with full auto weapons should be less bullshit very soon
safe root
that would explain it
today's skulking session bore fruit
fruit and a shitload of dead innies
shut totem
Not a bad haul at all.
safe root
is there fast travel or if I go past crossroads do I need to hike back to observatory to sell stuff?
torn pendant
how many spoilers you want
safe root
.45 microfrag seems like a silly cartridge
safe root
I generally stop using shotguns after a bit because I'm a hoarder and the shell...
I was a little worried because sometimes shotguns can end up pillowfisted at range
And then I dropped someone at one shot at 50m
zinc loom
Yeah, shotguns are done right in this game
I like packing slugs but buckshot is great too
rancid valve
Slugs are good but don't miss!
shut totem
They do fall off against armored enemies unless you use the rare sabot ammo (which is also realistic), but they definitely did shotguns right in this game.
I want to find a gun with an under barrel one since I want to use them more often, but I just can't fit a full sized one into my usual kit with how heavy the ammo is
zinc loom
There's the incendiary sabot ammo and then
The frag slugs
safe root
it is really annoying that death wipes your hunger bar
safe root
oh hey sabot ammo
safe root
||Were those kids?||
candid harbor
|| ... Where have all our children gone? ||
safe root
I stepped outside, saw what can only be described as an evil sky, then turned around and went back to bed
woven dagger
Just got this game today and got jumped by a deer in the pitch of night that ate like 4 shotgun blasts at point blank
love this game already
shut totem
Yeah those things are basically this game's Deathclaws
Once you get something that can spit AP ammo in full auto they aren't too bad though
grand wave
or an lmg
woven dagger
alright death 2 to was some
thing
that just pulled me towards it
candid harbor
The Yoinker
safe root
||Regression matrix get!||
safe root
the handyman :)
Close range is his domain but it is equally the domain of my shotgun
grand wave
nice
grand wave
||Regression matrix get!||
ooh, a random one or the fixed?
safe root
bought it off of a stalker
safe root
I also got a stalker suit which seems to be really good armor
I'm at 60% kinetic during daytime
bullets are still scary but not as much
rancid valve
stalker pro is one of the best suits
safe root
wait I can carry multiple ||regression matrices?||
||so theoretically I can make a network between stash sites||
candid harbor
yes
safe root
||man lenny hurts||
shut totem
||so theoretically I can make a network between stash sites||
||Placing one in the gold tesseract room lets you make a fast travel network for your fast travel network||
Just be aware that the "saved point" pictures for multiple matrices are buggy right now. Sometimes they show the wrong picture, and on my laptop I get a bug I've never seen anyone else have where the picture shows up completely black.
Only on my laptop too so I have no idea what the fuck is going on there.
candid harbor
I love flashbangs for that task
zinc loom
Yeeee my approach is flashbang into sniper headshot
AKA what the game almost certainly wants you to do
safe root
oh I just threw grenades up there until the noises stopped
shut totem
Yeah he's holed up inside a booby trapped house with an LMG pointed at the stairs. You aren't meant to make that a fair fight lol
safe root
Yeah he's holed up inside a booby trapped house with an LMG pointed at the stair...
I tried a fair fight once with DSAPI shotgun slugs and that didn't work
candid harbor
Pretty good rolls on chests this go around. Except for the damnable o r b I found || the HL || at M-35 shop and I have learned to love 40mm gas grenades. You can also pick them up and chuck them like flares
just look at that coverage
safe root
exploring the dungeons is spooky though
to the point where I'm psyching myself out more than anything else
candid harbor
Yeeee my approach is flashbang into sniper headshot
AKA what the game almost ce...
ur actually meant to build a box tower and shoot him through a window
safe root
Best $100 trade I ever done did
candid harbor
speaking of lenny, Gas Grenade time
shut totem
Best $100 trade I ever done did
Yeah the vials are always good trades
safe root
Space anomalies oneshot you, good to know
rancid valve
||gave up and killed lenny with grenades||
grand wave
that seems kind of like overkill lmao
lenny's kind of a chump, no? he stands still so you can just waltz up and shoot him before he shoots you
rancid valve
yeah usually
but also its funny to shoot a thermobaric grenade into someones hideyhole
grand wave
TRUE
zinc loom
Well, he's wearing superheavy armor and rockin a 30-06 lmg so ime trying to outshoot him usually does not work
shut totem
Finally found a helmet with NVGs and HUD
shut totem
It was the ||turbine dungeon|| and I also found a luftballon in the artifact container there
grand wave
It was the ||turbine dungeon|| and I also found a luftballon in the artifact con...
fuck that dungeon
shut totem
I got lucky and didn't even see the ||Turbine|| the whole time I was in there. I'd been there before so I knew where all the loot was, so I speedran it and Matrixed out as soon as I had all the good stuff
safe root
magic bullets?!
rancid valve
Gender isn't real, but MAGIC IS
twilit heart
It was the ||turbine dungeon|| and I also found a luftballon in the artifact con...
If you manage to get your carrying weight to -70 or something, I hope you just float away when you try jumping
safe root
magic bullets?!
I bought ten to try
shut totem
If you manage to get your carrying weight to -70 or something, I hope you just f...
You actually do fall slower I think.
twilit heart
That's awesome
safe root
eather tank get!
grand wave
grand wave
compiled this r quick on the game's server and thought i should probably drop it here as well
||Enchanted Guns
Basilisk (2 Coins) - Caustic Wardstone + Type 04-C Short Barrel
Dyrnwyn (3 Coins) - Meteor + Scoped PKT-52
Flail of Osiris (2 Coins) - Regression Matrix + 45 HMP
Fumigator (2 Coins) - Charismatic Gem + M-TR14
Holda's Needle (3 Coins) - Corvo Skull + Model 1931
ma-ii Musket (6 Coins) - Purple Tesseract + BR-61 Battle Rifle
Mjölnir (2 Coins) - Arc Wardstone + Riktor .45
Turbo Coil (4 Coins) - Amber Manifold + Type 15
Vortex Rifle (2 Coins) -** Singularity Bomb** + Type 93
Trading For Coins
Glowing Lab Sample - 1 Coin
Phosphates (2) - 1 Coin
Red Root Sample - 1 Coin
Lightning Rod - 3 Coins
Lodestone - 4 Coins
Buying With Coins (Gear)
Arc Grenade (4) - 1 Coin
Eather Cell S. - 1 Coin
Eather-Flux Detector - 2 Coins
Glow Sprout (2) - 1 Coin
Golden Tesseract - 5 Coins
Buying With Coins (Weapons)
Plasma Pistol - 1 Coin
Pulse Rifle - 2 Coins
Trident - 2 Coins
Buying With Coins (Armor)
Cult Mask - 2 Coins
Cult Shroud - 3 Coins
Cult Gas Mask - 4 Coins
Cultist Pro Mask - 7 Coins
Cultist Insulated Jacket - 3 Coins
Cultist Jacket - 6 Coins
Cultist Medium Plate - 8 Coins
Cultist Pro - 10 Coins`||
spoilers: list of trades from a kind of hidden late-game shop
the ||cultist craftsman||
rancid valve
this smg is the best gun in the game
grand wave
LOL
shut totem
9mm AP is pretty cracked yeah
grand wave
why was there an enemy stalker team in rg east?
i didn't think they could spawn/travel there
shut totem
why was there an enemy stalker team in rg east?
Loners probably
rancid valve
seriously, its cheap, easy to feed, very generous magazine capacity, easy to control, has a really nice sight
rancid valve
i didn't think they could spawn/travel there
Loners
grand wave
ahh
grand wave
seriously, its cheap, easy to feed, very generous magazine capacity, easy to con...
i prefer the tactical version ngl
rancid valve
loner squads are probably the most dangerous "dungeon" spawns
shut totem
One benefit to 9mm that doesn't get much attention: it's easier to use with NVGs
Anything heavier will blind the shit out of you with the muzzle flash
rancid valve
i prefer the tactical version ngl
both are good but i love the simple chevron optic
and flashlight is good for seeing shadow nonsense
shut totem
I use the HL one with the grenade launcher
grand wave
it's just got better spray control for longer ranges
not a huge fan of the HL, but i understand
grenade launchers go hard
never seen one in actual game though, just tested some
so maybe live dungeon conditions are a better showcase
shut totem
The Strange Merchant seems to have one almost every time I'm there
grand wave
huh
will have to take a peek
i think if the t15 tactical had like
anything other than a laser sight
it'd be my favorite gun in the game
well...
hm
the nightwatch r100 goes hard
as does the tactical ump
shut totem
Laser sights are nice on higher caliber guns if you use NVGs because of the aforementioned muzzle flash issue
rancid valve
I use the HL one with the grenade launcher
the thing about grenade launchers is that HE grenades are garbage
but thermobarics are everything-deleters
with huge area effect
and can be bought in huge supplies from the strange shop and the ||hidden junction||
also the flare grenades are basically a daylight button
theyre very good
shut totem
I loaded myself the fuck up for Dead Bridge. I even brought a rocket launcher for the helicopter, so of course I managed to snipe almost everyone without the helicopter spawning lmao
Super long range sniping is very fun at Dead Bridge though. It's one of like two places in the game with sight lines long enough that you have to compensate for bullet drop
grand wave
and can be bought in huge supplies from the strange shop and the ||hidden juncti...
which shop is the latter of those? i don't recognize the name
rancid valve
grand wave
ahhh
fun fact, for a while i just thought that zone was incomplete
because i tried to walk
instead of taking the cart
shut totem
Yeah I think that trips everyone up
grand wave
huh. i've never seen an armor locker that couldn't be crowbarred
zinc loom
why was there an enemy stalker team in rg east?
Stalker squads can spawn in most dungeons
You think you're the only mfer looking for loot 👁️
Also yeah I'm surprised how good AP 9 mil is
I assume AP bullets do entirely armor piercing damage or something so everyone you shoot is treated as literally naked
As I'm not sure if baddies spawn with ballistic masks
grand wave
angels must fall
safe root
I probably dont need two eather tanks, do I
zinc loom
When you want two you'll REALLY want two is my experience
Like 'my gear is stuck in a zone I can't easily reach without the matrix'
grand wave
I probably dont need two eather tanks, do I
i would say two is the most you'll ever want, but you absolutely want two sometimes
rancid valve
The more you have the more you can liberally use a specific artifact
The Stopwatch guzzles Eather but it's so fun
rancid valve
Ehhh, why befriend fascists when you can slo mo shoot them in the head
grand wave
sneaking up behind an nfta squad and yoinking their heavy is pretty useful at stone maze
grand wave
The Strange Merchant seems to have one almost every time I'm there
dripless stranger
11 blue flares is fucking hilarious, though
zinc loom
I'd probably snag that AK looking thing
candid harbor
yellow flares are fun
"Hey boss ain't the yellow smoke centered on the base?"
"We're paid to fire artillery, not question where the smoke is or isn't"
grand wave
hell yeah, random cistern loner dropped this
one of my favorites
glad to have it for the run
now i just need one of the scoped goobers...
zinc loom
the 45 carbine?
Nah, the thing between the fire axe and the rocket launcher, to the right of the 50 cal
grand wave
ahhh
drak-v tactical
i respect the gun but i wouldn't go out of my way to get one
i'm much more of a fan of automatic weapons, unless i need something with a high-mag scope
which that one doesn't have
zinc loom
Silencer + red dot + 5.56 seems like a good time since it comes in AP
grand wave
it's a good gun, just not one of my favorites
safe root
hrm
safe root
I restrained myself and only bought one
grand wave
huh
i didn't know the fur cap gave you 50 rep with the innies and the cult
that's interesting
thought it was just the innies
safe root
ok the plasma gun is pretty cool
Surprisingly eather efficient too
Well, 40 shots per tank but each shot does a lot
And refills are free
grand wave
hell yeah
grand wave
rolling in luck now
who says you need weird luck to randomly get two matrices in the same seed both in metro
and then a luftballoon immediately after
safe root
yeah
grand wave
what a wretched gun
grand wave
i may have gotten a bit silly with it
safe root
is that the fucking multitool?
I was considering either going slug/shot or slug/slug and pretending it was a shitty double barrel
but yeah that gun is deeply cursed
grand wave
multitool desperately needs to have like
a second gauge of shotgun ammo for some other bullshit
to have a reason to use it and swap between modes instead of just like
carrying a better shotgun with a scope (if you want to slug) or a better shotgun with a sight (if you want to frag)
safe root
If it was shotgun/GL itd be an actual multitool
shut totem
Put FRAG-12s in the under barrel and you kind of have that
zinc loom
Yeah the best use I can see for it is buckshot in one slugs/fragslugs in the other
But it's definitely supposed to be a meme gun contrived by some Sterno-addicted Loner