☢┃stalker-general

[upbeat cliff]

I'VE HARNESSED THE POWER OF SPACETIME TO BOIL ME THE PERFECT CUP OF COFFEE

[boreal coyote]

because it was too late to compromise after the stunt you folks pulled in ww1 you dont get that?

[maiden grotto]

Until it goes wrong, and it goes nuclear, which it almost did at chernobyl.

[upbeat cliff]

Gravity reactors around black holes is the goal

[hoary crest]

Not any tme soon 😂

[maiden grotto]

What stunt?

[empty hare]

I just finished reading Midnight in Chernobyl and yeah, it came extremely close to being 10x worse than it already was

[hoary crest]

See you in a couple of million years 😂

[boreal coyote]

scroll up i sent a message about it a while ago

[maiden grotto]

Then men that drained the water are hero's.

I think they took a shot of vodka before entering... not as useful as it is in Stalker 2

[boreal coyote]

this @maiden grotto

[upbeat cliff]

The sooner one singular party takes over the world - the sooner we can get down to some not-so-boring projects

[maiden grotto]

People dying in WW1?

[upbeat cliff]

Literally 1984 with magic wands

[hoary crest]

Ah yes, things will surely be better if we're all run by China

[empty hare]

reactor #4 has an oopsie
finally get everything sorta under control
take a quick ciggie break on the balcony opposite the uranium having a melty
all your dna goes on permanent vacation because the graphite in the street is extra spicy
Honestly terrifying
Yeah those guys had balls of steel

[upbeat cliff]

Found the commie

Who said it would be China???

[hoary crest]

Found the person who doesn't get sarcasm 😄

[boreal coyote]

the agreement was ireland was to help britain in return for our country back, but they didnt give the country back they instead purposed something called home rule where england would still own us but we'd govern our own people,

[charred nova]

Not really but sure

[abstract hatch]

what the f happened that got everyone talking about geopolitics?

[cobalt fiber]

Lil B from the Raq

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/war-never-changes-war-fallout-soldier-run-gif-16498934

[cobalt fiber]

Happened

[hoary crest]

Ghost ping

[upbeat cliff]

Moderators having friday night

[boreal coyote]

nah rog happened with his anti irish propaganda that theyre teaching in english schools

[hoary crest]

I never got taught that, got taught about the US great deppression instead, because that was some horrible foreshadowing 😂

[boreal coyote]

oooooh ahhh up the RA

[boreal coyote]

he's 50 though

[abstract hatch]

figures

[hoary crest]

Old and embittered 😄

[maiden grotto]

I am not antI-Irish... just anti IRA.

Been to Ireland, lovely place... Dingle Bay is amazing and the Inch Spit.

[boreal coyote]

probably thinks Columbus was a nice guy

[upbeat cliff]

"Our economy is struggling a bit, let's screw up the whole world for the next 90 years to give out loans"

[boreal coyote]

oooo ahhh up the RA

[boreal coyote]

lets agree to disagree

[abstract hatch]

but ireland is nice tho, when it's sunny, today was a really nice day for example

[maiden grotto]

It's hard to have a proper debate, on a Mobile phone.

[upbeat cliff]

skill issue

[deep latch]

Seems like nobody here follows rule 8

[abstract hatch]

it's not politics, it's history

[boreal coyote]

you live here?

[abstract hatch]

aye, i live just outside Dublin

[cobalt fiber]

Abolish the monarchy

Death to the royals

🔥

[boreal coyote]

i'm in dublin 🇮🇪

[cobalt fiber]

Follow deez nuts

[boreal coyote]

im gonna start a militia with lil b from the raq

[abstract hatch]

Niiice, i've been here for almost 2 years

[boreal coyote]

up the RAq

[boreal coyote]

i just joined when stalker 2 came out

[abstract hatch]

on the discord?

[maiden grotto]

Same... been disappointed ever since 🤣

[boreal coyote]

yeah ohhh you meant you've been in ireland for 2 years? lol sorry where you from originally

[cobalt fiber]

Westminster

[abstract hatch]

Romania, so many of us around here it's actually uncomfortable 😂

[boreal coyote]

theres too many of you 😉 😂

are you in bray by any chance?

[abstract hatch]

you're kinda right not gonna lie 😂

[abstract hatch]

nah, never been but i hear it's nice, would love to go for a hike up the mountain, i live in leixlip tho

[boreal coyote]

i was just there yesterday 😂

[abstract hatch]

small world ain't it? 😂

[boreal coyote]

sure is buddy

[serene barn]

man the holemaker is terrible against the cats..

[upbeat cliff]

vertical fov is terrible against everything smaller than boar

Critters hang around under the camera rent-free

[maiden grotto]

I met a guy who lives in the same town as me, we met through a guy in Malaysia.

🤣

[maiden grotto]

Hole maker?

[serene barn]

it's the shotgun you can mount on some of the guns

i wanted to bring my Glutton, a Kharod and The Whip on the foundation mission but it took too much to kill the cats with the normal rounds so i went and grabbed the Holemaker thinking it would be ok but it felt like it needed mags to do the job on just one because it's got such a bad spread.

ended up just going back to grab my Texan and 50 darts

[gleaming bone]

ping

[warm stone]

holemaker is kinda useless in its current state. Switching back and forth between the two modes has an added 1-2 sec delay. Also Skif has hard time remembering after a heal (or knockdown) that the underbarrel function was active

[gleaming bone]

yeah, shotguns are just too overpowered in this game for both mutants and npcs, I would not replace a real shotgun like saiga or ram with this attachment

[maiden grotto]

Yeah yeah, the underbarrel

[serene barn]

even the 203 needs like 3 hits to kill a cat, like it makes the grenades feel so weak

[gleaming bone]

what's 203? the underbarrel grenade launcher for nato rifles?

[serene barn]

yeah

at least the Texan seems to be able to 3 hit these cats with Darts.

[gleaming bone]

yeah underbarrel grenade launchers are not super usable. ammo is too rare

[serene barn]

i also just got hit by a cat before it even like, got over to where i was

[wintry pumice]

I dare ya, mute him !!

[warm stone]

also equipping the underbarrel on the sniper and trying to fire the underbarrel while not having ammo for it, makes bullets spawn into the sniper rifle's surface

[serene barn]

i think the thing is that it feels good against groups of humans

[gleaming bone]

wut

[warm stone]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VT9tQNR1oQ

[gleaming bone]

yeah it's a bit nicer than grenades coz grenades take longer and roll around, with the barrel you can be more precise

but anyway the explosions are so weak, like npcs can fall on the ground from a grenade and then stand up lol, especially on veteran post sircaa when everyone has better armor

[serene barn]

i mean against people it does do heavy damage, it can even kill them too

[gleaming bone]

also I am curios, grenades from launcher are more like rgd-5 or like f-1? coz f-1 is noticeably stronger

[charred nova]

!tempmute @wintry pumice 5s gottem

[frigid hill]

machturbo7 has been muted for 5 seconds

Reason: gottem

Muted until · Mar 14, 2025, 5:10 PM

[gleaming bone]

like groups of bandits yeah

[serene barn]

no even Monolith exos

it just seems that you have to hit really close with it but it can

[weary hedge]

i was just checking the chat and was like, hold on a minute, no rog or mach

odd - then i realised i was in the no spoilers chat 😂

[serene barn]

what did they do to Skif's pistol lol, it gets so bad so short out now

i put like 7 headshots into a zombie and it wasn't even an exo one

[floral elm]

zombies are just built like that sometimes

[upbeat cliff]

17:28

No patch today 😭

[serene barn]

the Gauss rifle is really an EMP weapon, because it do be hitting Mutants' power buttons

[maiden grotto]

Not the end of the world...

[upbeat cliff]

Speak for yourself, it was one of main events for my weekend...

[serene barn]

i feel like unless the magic words are spoken by a dev etc, you seriously should not have your expectations set for it happening.

[upbeat cliff]

Sorry, got spoiled by live service games with fixed patch schedule 😌

[maiden grotto]

I've put 400 hours into the game.

Both my playthoughs have been a horrendous frustrating bug fest...

No one wants this game sorted more than me.

But I would prefer them to release patches that fix things... Not add a bucket load of other broken shyte.

[cobalt fiber]

Whilst I am obliged to keep some cards to my chest I can put you out of your misery

The patch isn't coming today

[upbeat cliff]

Good thing I've moved from Stalker addiction to Monster Hunter addiction - otherwise my whining would be 22% more unbearable 😌

[ornate sable]

Maybe stop breaking your game with mods

[maiden grotto]

My games were a mess before mods.

[weary hedge]

Feels like a Bethesda game, eh? :p

[maiden grotto]

Maybe the game shouldn't have been released in such a sh*t state.

[maiden grotto]

Worse. For release and buggs

[primal snow]

hey don’t insult it that badly 🙏

[serene barn]

I mean

Was sort of fitting when it came out

There’s still progression blockers and other issues.

[weary hedge]

nothing can be as bad as gta iv when it was ported to pc, vomit

[serene barn]

Boatloads of cut content.

[maiden grotto]

Never played it... Find GTA games massively overrated.

RDR2 is a great game though

[weary hedge]

it crashes for me now, something to do with the game not liking windows 11 or something? i cant remember

constant memory errors, out of memory or something, from what reddit says its something to do with the paging file

[serene barn]

God I loved RDR2. It’s one of the few games that would make me stop up and just take the environment in

I still need to 100% it for the secret cutscene but I also…I also need to do a dishonorable Arthur playthrough 😭

[upbeat cliff]

That's what happens when devs decide it's appropriate to say "we're tired, let's just release it" and barely pass xbox certification (how?)

[maiden grotto]

More to it than that... And it's not all their fault...

[maiden grotto]

Not done one yet

[upbeat cliff]

Placing Radar on the outskirts is not their fault either?

[primal snow]

dishonorable play throughs are actually hard bc the game makes you wanna be good bc the game actually does a good job rewarding you for good deeds

[upbeat cliff]

Laughed so hard while reading that level designer interview

[serene barn]

i'm a goody two shoes when i play games and RDR2 really wants to make you do good things

but knowing that bad man Arthur has like a whole different way he talks? it's like Clark voiced him 2 times basically and i want to hear the difference even if i won't like what i gotta do to make it happen lol

[serene barn]

being high honor gives you a discount when buying things, but being low honor increases your likelyhood of looting valuables. idk if there's more to it than those

[cobalt fiber]

Doing dishonorable Arthur is difficult too

The game sort of gives you all these chances to raise your honour but to deplete it is a bit more work

[indigo oriole]

Friday and no patch. GSC at its finest. Why tell people next week if u can’t keep up

[cobalt fiber]

They said aiming for not promising for

I aim for the toilet ring but piss on the seat sometimes

Shit happens

[upbeat cliff]

Yeah, they just sold us a product, that doesn't give us any right to demand proper and timely support for said product

Even expecting something is a bit too selfish... praying they don't decide that they've done enough for money provided is juuuuuust right 😆

[charred nova]

They just don’t know

What we know

I bet they all wish they knew what we know

[serene barn]

there is missions that give you the option for a low honor choice and they will likely do more than just saying mean things to people will but yeah there's a lot of things that gives you good honor. like there is encounters i would need to ignore or worse to be able to keep my honor low enough

[hollow pawn]

no patch today, right? this shit is frustrating

[charred nova]

Again

https://tenor.com/view/the-west-wing-martin-sheen-bartlet-you-don't-know-you-don’t-know-anything-gif-17880977097490129078

[maiden grotto]

I just want my 400 hours to be repaired, and the bugs in my game fixed.

[charred nova]

[maiden grotto]

Yeah, it's a bit of chunda bucket at the moment.

Guys will see what happens.

[upbeat cliff]

Yeah, nothing on steamdb since yesterday

[cobalt fiber]

https://tenor.com/view/knowledge-is-power-malcolm-lee-terminator-zero-information-is-strength-knowledge-is-the-key-to-success-gif-4374689986625305739

[serene barn]

i can't tell if the PKM feels extremely weak on body shots or if there's another issue with it not landing shots at range.

[carmine star]

It's more of a put it against a bandits head kind of gun

[ruby tulip]

Will this patch fully address ultrawidescreens?

I'm still stressed..

[charred nova]

Is your ultra wide not 21:9?

[maiden grotto]

Not in the hands of a moron

[serene barn]

i am so confused about how i am supposed to get through the dead or dark valley lol

i just get insta killed whichever way i am going

ok so apparently they designed the map to have a straight up wrong path

Took rads from going a way towards a bridge and figured it was not the way so I turned around, found a door that would open, taking me underground , then back up to a graveyard and then down like a hill or something and there i would be killed by going under the bridge and the other way along some water.

[upbeat cliff]

Wow, they're staying the weekend for squirrel patch?

[serene barn]

Then it turns out that the right way was over the bridge where I took rads from going near the first time. Why is there even another path, one that even seems to not let you back up the hole i went down

[maiden grotto]

Eh?

What do you mean?

SoC?

[serene barn]

no, when you do a ward run, you have to get to the generators in a different way. that being mostly on foot but you get teleported into a mobile lab. then you run between the labs to take shelter from emissions.

[burnt hollow]

Can someone remind me if Camp Icarus has a guide?

[serene barn]

it does not.

[burnt hollow]

Ty

[serene barn]

nearest one would be at the Sultansk, one of the ships in Zaton

[upbeat cliff]

Should be quite an experience to travel to Generators on foot. In the middle of my own Ward playthrough now

[fervent estuary]

Patch today?

[cobalt fiber]

No

[primal island]

hey i mabe have a stupid question but i want to ask it plesea dont laugh but i want to buy Stalker 2 but i also want that my money would help Ukraine in defending herslef from this criminal. my question is then simple if i buy Stalker 2 would this will help Ukraine ?

[mellow knot]

😂 😂 😂 money going into DLC

[primal island]

yeah y my laugh

my i am asking serrously

[mellow knot]

boy, you got a commie flag on your pfp and you talking about helping Ukraine?

[primal island]

i just like red color ok

[cobalt fiber]

That ain't it

Change your pfp

[primal island]

an Russian as people

[mellow knot]

bruh

[primal island]

i hate rusian goveremnet

[mellow knot]

are you from russia

[primal island]

nope poland

[cobalt fiber]

If you've not changed the pfp <t:1741984800:R> ill be removing you

[mellow knot]

stop trolling the kid

he's just a mere child from Poland

[primal island]

a disabled man i

[mellow knot]

are you though

[primal island]

i suffer from cerbal palsy

i was born in 1987

[cobalt fiber]

That's got nothing to do with using soviet imagery. Either change it or you'll be removed from the server

[mellow knot]

But the union is long gone

[cobalt fiber]

I'm not having a debate about it

[primal island]

ok dont argue

[cobalt fiber]

Thank you

Serious question so don't take it the wrong way but would you say you've mild, moderate or severe cerebral palsy? @primal island

I ask because my 2 year old may have it

[upbeat cliff]

USSR is Russia, while Russia stands - USSR may return

[mellow knot]

Nah, that would imply more invasions

[upbeat cliff]

2029 is going to be fun for everyone on this side of the globe 😆

[mellow knot]

why the specific year

what's special about 2029

[serene barn]

hmm, has there always been a 30 round AS VAL mag?

[cobalt fiber]

Asteroid 99942

[primal island]

USRR wil never return i hope

i konw what my country suffer from thath monster in 1939

[mellow knot]

the sandwich moment

[upbeat cliff]

Russia may target a European Union country as early as 2028, according to European diplomatic chief Kaja Kallas, who has called for urgent investment in defense.

Speaking at the annual European Defense Agency (EDA) conference, Kallas cited national intelligence reports suggesting the Kremlin plans to “test” the EU’s defense capabilities within the next 3-5 years.

[mellow knot]

Romania is next

[primal island]

yeah you can call it like thath

Russia must me independt but non aggersive

[upbeat cliff]

I'd bet on baltic states

[mellow knot]

slam dunk russians into trashcans

[mellow knot]

Maybe. But after taking the baltics, Russia will be neighbor to strong countries. Take Romania, and you have Bulgaria, Serbia ( pro-Russian ) and Hungary

Easy W

[primal island]

Sława i Chwała Ukrainie i Polsce Putin out (Fame and glory to Ukraine and Poland Putin Out)

[mellow knot]

woah, take it easy

[primal island]

ok

[upbeat cliff]

Depends on who decides to boot their Russians first. Baltics have ethnic Russian non-citizens in Latvia, and Romania has Transnistria in Moldova

[mellow knot]

DLC should add Spetsnaz, robbing X labs

[primal island]

but retrun to may qustion does buyin staler 2 suports ukraune in some way i want to help

[upbeat cliff]

They are supposed to donate some part of profits, but mostly you'll fund the support of the game.

[mellow knot]

IPSF is lame, add back Ukraine forces

[primal island]

@upbeat cliff fianal a answer thank yu so much

[ornate sable]

Keep IPSF but give them blue UN helmets

[floral elm]

More like spetsnaz robbing liquor store, getting wasted and walking into whirlpool anomaly to make it more accurate

[mellow knot]

It would add to the immersion

[abstract hatch]

Hours went by and everyone is still talking about this sh, what's going on?

[serene barn]

hmm, seems the devs changed the things in the Generators before you walk into a Granite ambush, seeing an SVU here that i don't remember, it even has the suppressor that you can't get on too.

[mellow knot]

1.2?

[serene barn]

whatever the current is

[river chasm]

1.2.something is current

[serene barn]

this ambush is not fun lmao.

[mellow knot]

2 tapped by Gauss Gods

[serene barn]

yeah that is my issue, there's like 2 of them in here too if not more

sigh, the longer loading times doesn't make it any better

welp, i finished my 2nd run now.

so if i ever do come back it will likely be for a Spark run

[plain fiber]

Congrats, you're still behind Gaben though.

[serene barn]

my first run was skif's or kaymanov's but because i was given a choice so late in the story i was able to also see Strelok's ending so i had done that back in dec

then i started over to do my Ward run. and i will likely do the same for a spark run i think

[plain fiber]

I want to do a Ward run next just so I can experience being the "Bad Guy".

(I mean, I genuinely believe that the Ward are the closest thing to a bad guy in S2, but that's a matter of opinion.)

[serene barn]

the ending feels vague, like idk what is really going to happen from it

and something in that ending cinematic has me wondering about implications too.

[plain fiber]

I mean, I think it's pretty clear that the Ward's/whatever Board's/The Group's ambitions are not benevolent.

[burnt hollow]

Im doing ward run + Murderhobo. I kill anything outside of camps except Ward soldiers. Usually stealthknife as many as i can before they notice

[plain fiber]

I don't have the patience to be a murder hobo.

[burnt hollow]

Its surprisingly easy to stealth knife a whole group of loners without them turning against you

Ive killed so many loners but it doesnt seem to affect your standing when its stealth kills

Im kind of bummed how little my spree is affecting the game world

[serene barn]

it's almost like you shouldn't be rewarded for literally killing every single person you can get away with

[plain fiber]

That sounds like a bug tbh.

[craggy hazel]

yo guys, i was out for a while and is S2 better now?

or is it still a buggy mess

[native furnace]

Kind of

[serene barn]

i mean that would depend on what a while is

like i can't even remember if they made any updates in jan

[burnt hollow]

Im suspecting it is. Since the others turn around and loot the dead guy if i dont do anything, setting the next guy up for a backstab...

[surreal aurora]

I'm starving for the roadmap guys. Hundreds of hours in the base game isn't enough, I need more!

[neon grail]

What is the current stalker 2 version on xbox?

[delicate berry]

OK what the hell I restarted the game after the latest patch and lots of stuff is missing. The bandit jacket in lesser zone, the bucket2 and the spas 12 in cordon are also not there

Have they actually removed all these or is this some kind of bug

[native furnace]

It’s a bug I found all that stuff on Xbox

[dense sandal]

Why tf do I have no sound on s2

[native furnace]

Do you have the mute all turned on check your sound settings

[dense sandal]

It’s disabled

Had to reset game

[native furnace]

I’ve been lucky enough, not to have any problems on the Xbox

[weary hedge]

So was there a patch last night?

[native furnace]

No

[carmine star]

No

Soon

[dense sandal]

i give up doing artfiacts hunts till i get the tracker that shows where they are

im just buring my armors durabilty

[native furnace]

The bear tracker makes it a little better

[dense sandal]

cant wait to get a pc so i can ust mod sht to give myself stuff

not as god as the where that shows anomlys n artifacts

[native furnace]

I mean you’re right, but then again he got those infinite bolts

[dense sandal]

not infinte money not ever worth hunting arifacts without that scanner

[vernal lily]

Missed opportunity to say 'bearable'

[native furnace]

You know be cool the zombies you run into the higher zone look more decay

[weary hedge]

They are not really zombies. If necrosis sets in that meens lil bro is dead. These guys are more like reddit users, brain dead, sort of.

[native furnace]

I know they’re not really zombies but the zone can I mess them up in a way

[sour linden]

Is there a hotkey to force the UI to come back on?

[marsh iron]

I have seen a bug where UI disappears, and hitting ESC sometimes works for bringing it back, not sure if there is a hotkey

[pine solstice]

I just go to my settings and turn it back on hud and compass

[sour linden]

I am not seeing options for those

[weary hedge]

this would make more sense if they still went down like normal humans, not taking 15 shots to the chest and getting up terminator style every time lol

adrenaline is a hell of a drug but if your chest is filled with lead it don't matter, yo

[ebon blade]

Does anyone actually call them zombies anywhere in the game? Not having NPC labels or identifications, sometimes makes me wonder who I actually killed.

[native furnace]

If you do missions for the barkeep in duty area, he will have one where he says, kill the zombies

[ebon blade]

Good. I'll try to go get that side mission. Thanks.

[native furnace]

No problem you might have to do it a couple times though to get it

[weary hedge]

a pda in SoC did from memory

SoC had a lot of references to them being termed 'zombies'

for some reason im blanking on every other game though, cant remember lol

[native furnace]

I would always hear the NPC say during a campfires in stalker call of Chernobyl

[ebon blade]

Oh yeah, not talking about the trilogy games. In the trilogy games every zombie you killed and looted would say that. I'm just saying Stalker 2 got rid of the NPC IDs.

[native furnace]

I think we might get the ncp ID thing back if we ask for it

[weary hedge]

zombies are sorta like Fallout's equivalent of a feral ghoul, in my eyes, just, ya know --- easier to look at

[native furnace]

I would like the old gun play from stalker call of Chernobyl where every gun was pretty much usable

I just like the way the zombies look in stalker gamma where some look fresh and others look like they’ve been in the zone for 10 years

[pine solstice]

Should be in your ui settings it would be the hud and something and the compass

[weary hedge]

more in line with lore too - the stalker wiki lists zombies as having two states, one when it can be laying on the ground and stalkers can casually trip over them and get attacked because they dont even realise since they are so worn and dirty

[native furnace]

That’s cool in the wiki do they eat people or just beat them too death

[pine solstice]

Scars men call them zombies when you meet him and he offers you toast

[weary hedge]

they eat corpses in the lore

not just humans, mutants and animals too

[ebon blade]

Just the general lack of identification for all NPCs is what bothers me the most. Too many Loners look like Bandits and too many Bandits look like Loners.

[native furnace]

That would make a good book have base on a duty squad

[ebon blade]

I've always been disappointed there are not women and children zombies to kill. If the Zone was reanimating graveyards, so to speak.

[dry siren]

add unicycles

[ebon blade]

I've seen Bloodsuckers ride unicycles. Not really that enjoyable.

[native furnace]

[dry siren]

im so pissed

[ebon blade]

Drunk or angry?

[dry siren]

i want to blow up rockstar games

they wont rerelease GTA Vice City Stories

[raw jasper]

Is water wet ?

[dry aspen]

I have somewhat of a wish, that sadly isn't really present in any of the games, Stalker 2 included. But you always hear about massive impassible anomalous fields in the lore, yet, you rearely come face to face with them. I always wanted the experience of being a pathfinder, I would love to come face to face with a massive anomalous field that I have to take my time with and chart a path through it so that I can reach parts unexplored. Kinda hope something like that happens in an expansion.

[ebon blade]

With only an Echo?

[dry aspen]

Would be cool, but I imagine something that would have you taking your time even with a Vales/Savorg

Like you'd have to cross anomalies like the magma spitters for example, running around the arch of it until you can reach the next anomaly free spot, more akin to a navigation puzzle

[ebon blade]

I imagine what you describe would be very tedious with only an Echo and bolts.

[dry aspen]

Probably, but In my mind it's supposed to be hard, maybe like a an optional path or something, idk, just want that feeling I got when reading roadside picnic, of having to be cautious and take your time, feeling like a pathfinder.

[honest falcon]

Guys I made a mistake, I wanna play stalker 2 ALL THE TIME but since I started streaming my playthrough and posting the vods i obviously can’t play without streaming, what do I do in these hard times while I wait for the next stream😩😔

[subtle spindle]

what lore? i feel like the "lore" is just stuff from design docs for earlier versions of the games

[subtle spindle]

in soc it was implied that anomaly fields like that separated maps and i initially thought that in stalker 2 that would still be the case

[weary hedge]

theres a bit of a difference, originally there were zombies and zombified stalkers as two separate groups, i was talking about the actual zombies lol i assumed thats what he was asking about, iunno about the zombified stalkers

[subtle spindle]

well in the actual games civillian zombies dont exist so theres none of that "in the lore"

[weary hedge]

achtuallyy - its still development lore if you want to be pedantic

i thought he was talking about the actual zombies the developers made, in THEIR lore, they ate corpses

[subtle spindle]

im not pedantic i assume that theres probably still mentions of civillian zombies in soc stalker dialogue but that doesnt count either since there is a ton of cut content in those dialogues

[weary hedge]

i cant think of anything from the newer game that mentions it, only older things in like PDA's from the first game or two

[subtle spindle]

either way its just cut content that the community likes to reuse, and people who never played the original games, only anomaly or versions of it, accept elements of it as parts of the original games

[weary hedge]

SoC had a mission called "Kill the Zombie" where you had to hunt a zombified stalker

random related point

[subtle spindle]

stalker 2 also calls zombified stalkers zombies 🤷‍♂️

[native furnace]

Zombie🫥

[solemn ibex]

okay guys, what is going on? in Pripyat I get insanely low 1 percents, even though I turned everything down by a lot

[upbeat cliff]

too much details loaded bc of all the urban clutter?

My FPS really tanked inside Chemical Plant yesterday

[nimble idol]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0nb_wcuoQ8k&pp=ygUoU3RhbGtlciAyIGhvdyB0byBnZXQgdGhlIGJvb2sgaW4gZ2FyYmFnZQ%3D%3D

Spent hours trying to find this key until I looked it up. Let me know if you managed to get what looks to be a med kit by the anomaly around the corner

[boreal coyote]

its lil B from the raq

[nimble idol]

Yo

Watch that video… There’s a room next to that where the anomaly is and there’s a “visiograph” blueprint that I’m trying to figure out.

[boreal coyote]

Oh yeah it's there in the thing

[solemn ibex]

Chemical Plant? You are up to a surprise in Pripyat

[upbeat cliff]

2nd playthrough, been here done that

Isn't it irritating when buildings load on the fly when you turn your camera?

[serene barn]

yeah it just looks plain bad

[solemn ibex]

yes, extremely, breaks the immersion. I can''t believe that the old ass Xray did it better.
Also you are a nutter since you are doing a second playthrough before they fixed the game.
When I finish the story I delete the game and reinstall in a year with a better hardware and DLCs

[upbeat cliff]

I'm very intrigued by land path to Generators, sorry

Going through portal was too cheap

[serene barn]

i loved the idea of the map being much bigger than the trilogy games and also just being 1 map right but sometimes? sometimes i wish they hadn't done it that way because it clearly does impact performance something fierce. the game has a max draw distance of just 100m too.

[upbeat cliff]

They have also cornered themselves by deciding to use actual exclusion zone shape. Had to make really questionable area shifts

[nimble idol]

What is it for?

[upbeat cliff]

By "questional" I mean utter BS like moving Army Warehouses and Radar in the corner of irrelevance

[boreal coyote]

i dunno mate im just pulling your leg, sorry 😁

[frigid hill]

der_adler_02 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[magic swan]

So squirrel update when? I'm out of bolts, squirrels could be usefull

[floral elm]

Im guessing this or tomorrow evening. They said they are trying not to still realase it this week so my guess is theres quite some work to be done

[normal sail]

squirrels are probably tweakin

[mellow knot]

1.3 now

[upbeat cliff]

no chance they're staying for sunday for this

[burnt hollow]

Never seen this tbh, some popin for foilage but never a building, even at vantage points. My pc is at the higher end though. Maybe you're using a slow SSD? Streaming assets is standard for like all game engines today

[solemn ibex]

#📸┃screenshots_and_videos message

[solemn ibex]

it is not loaded from an SSD

[fading parcel]

Popin in game is awful. First thing I did was to set LOD in Engine.ini for stuff killing 20fps but still, my eyes bleed seeing every tree shaping in front of me. Also for buildings they popin in/out sometimes without reason

[harsh jungle]

squirrels tweaking update when?

[serene barn]

when did they make the Weird Ball regenerate stamina when shot lol

i wish iced coffee guy would like, test more things in depth lol. like i think i remember it lowering your damage taken when standing still but he never seems to test the difference

[upbeat cliff]

damage reduction was a mistranslation

[serene barn]

i feel like the effect is different enough that it should have been found out earlier

like just how close were the 2 that it got translated into reducing damage, especially when standing still, when what it now seems to do is regerate stamina

[hollow pawn]

Will there be a patch today?

[lyric lichen]

Maybe

[maiden grotto]

Next week most likely. If not, when it's ready

[hollow pawn]

Same as always then, great

[violet dune]

always add +2 weeks

[glass lily]

bros

whatever you do

do NOT search for stalker on AO3

i did that a few years ago and i got featured in reddit

[surreal mantle]

hey guys i got a 5800x3d with 4070 super, i played 80 hours before i arrived prypiat, so i finally start my stalker adventure there but everytime i am on prypiat , my game crash directly, so i tried lower settings, uninstalled the game and reinstalled, still the same problem, can someone help me, i want to play to end how to fix it guys

[glass lily]

#s2-support

[frigid hill]

intimiderp has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[slender trench]

Any idea what's going to be in the next patch?

[maiden grotto]

Just have to wait till it is released.

Let them cook and get it right.

[lament pelican]

🐿

[spark pond]

GSC is like a chef who spends four hours cooking, only to serve a dish that's still underdone. When you finally take a bite, it's tough, flavorless, and somehow missing half the ingredients. Then, just as you’re about to complain, they shut the kitchen down and tell you to come back next week. 😂

[boreal coyote]

completely agree

[slender trench]

I'm honestly really interested to see what the dlc is going to have in store for us.

[sharp sierra]

Not sure if it's a glitch but the army patrols in malachite and yaniv are now hostile is it due to me taking the spark route

[spark pond]

DLC at this stage is like putting a spoiler on a car that won’t start.

[violet dune]

yea

would be a lot of backlash

[slender trench]

I'm referring to whenever they manage to reach that point.

[violet dune]

i have a strong feeling they working on dlc

ateast story and ideas

[spark pond]

Unless the upcoming patch brings drastic changes, we're in for a long wait.

[spark pond]

I'm starting to suspect they're prioritizing a PS5 port to maximize their revenue streams.

[violet dune]

idk, they have 440+ employees

i bet they work on everything

[spark pond]

What's more logical: allocating resources to a version that promises higher revenue or focusing on fixes for players who contribute nothing extra?

[river chasm]

Not sure what their concept artists and writers etc would be working on right now if not new content

[spark pond]

I probably could've worded that better, but you get the gist.

[river chasm]

Designers are probably split between improvements to the existing game and new things too

[spark pond]

Obviously, they want the versions for other platforms to be in the best possible state, so there's no reason they can't do both.

But no matter how you look at it, supporting other platforms is bound to slow progress somewhat.

I'd love to say, 'They're focusing solely on PC and Xbox before even considering other platforms,' but that's just wishful thinking.

[river chasm]

I'm sure a PS5 port is being planned even if it is not yet being actively worked on. No clue how long their xbox exclusivity lasts

[violet dune]

i know they have planned ps5 at some point

[maiden grotto]

A coherent story would be good...

[maiden grotto]

At this moment, probably split repairing the game and restoring some of the cut content.

[violet dune]

knowing how everything always on delay management is not the strong side of gsc

devs probably always in some kind of small chaos

[ebon blade]

Feel free to leave the restaurant and not come back.

[river chasm]

Game development is usually a little crazy is my understanding

[terse ravine]

yeah its way more complicated than back in the PS2 and xbox 360 days

its why the 3 year cycle doesn't exist anymore

[violet dune]

back in ps2 ps1 time, we didnt had much choice. we played what we got

now there is thousands of games.

[ornate sable]

Oh yeah? Name a thousand games

[violet dune]

open steam

205,254 results found on steam

[maiden grotto]

More than likely

[slender trench]

Was there a significant amount of cut content?

[drifting forge]

A good bit yeah. Could be in the upcoming dlcs tho too

[slender trench]

Despite the state of things, I'm optimistic about the future of S2.

[drifting forge]

Same

[slender trench]

I do believe the dev team have made significant improvements since the game came out. It's not perfect, but it's a hell of a lot better than launch.

Side note: is there a guide that will lead you to Noontide's base in Wild Island?

[drifting forge]

Not last i checked no

[slender trench]

That's... annoying. Oh, well.

[drifting forge]

You have to go through the marshes

[vernal lily]

Guides do take you to that shelter if that's what you're talking about, include their own guide (for traveling out of the shelter). But after a certain mission, there won't be any.

[slender trench]

Huh... interesting. I've not been able to find a guide that will take me there. I don't think I'm that far in the game. I've only just made it back from Clear Sky's old base.

[vernal lily]

So you met Nimble and all, but before Sircaa mission? You should have guides that will take you to the Shelter.

Unless if you're talking about if there's guides around Clear Sky base to get there, then no. You have to walk through the swamps.

[bronze hemlock]

surprisingly enough only now i noticed how important Endurace artifacts are in veteran difficulty

[slender trench]

I was lucky and found a Thunderberry very early on. It's been very useful.

[bronze hemlock]

it is extra useful when you are fighting against mutants, you need to dodge their attacks so much that your stamina is sucked dry

[slender trench]

Ah, you're right. Smooth brain moment on my part. I completely forgot their base was called "The Shelter". You would think it would have a cooler name.

The Thunderberry was a god-send when venturing into the Swamps. I had two emissions somehow hit before I even made it to the Clear Sky base. The whole region is a death trap because shelter from Emissions are few and far between, mutants spawn constantly, and not enough human enemies spawn to help with your dwindling ammo.

It's definitely a nasty surprise if you don't fully understand what you're in for.

[nimble idol]

This is the best game that’s out in my opinion even with the fixes.

[wintry pumice]

One is a scripted emission

[slender trench]

Ah, that checks out.

[wintry pumice]

But you should not have encountered one when exploring the swamp, because there isn't any place to hide..

There are some houses there but doubt those will protect you

[slender trench]

Could have been a bug? But, yeah, it sucked lmao. None of the houses that I used provided any protection.

[wintry pumice]

I don't remember any caves there either

[slender trench]

I essentially had to bolt into the Clear Sky basement, where you progress the main storyline.

[wintry pumice]

Hmm did the emission happen while fighting the chimera?

[slender trench]

I don't recall fighting a chimera yet. I remember a bunch of mutants started attacking each other when it started, but the oncoming Emission and the dawning realization that I was far from safety led me to ignore it and run for my life.

[wintry pumice]

The emission starts when you get close to the clear sky base, pretty much around the same time you fight the chimera

[slender trench]

Ah, I remember encountering a Chimera when I was trying to leave the swamps with the rpg and suit found at the base, but I quickly died from a combination of overburdened, awful terrain, deteriorating equipment, and running out of ammo.

[wintry pumice]

Yeah you're supposed to run from it. I think it's beefed up too compared to a normal chimera

[slender trench]

The biggest kick in the balls was that I actually found the spatial anomaly in the middle of the area that teleports you to Zaton. However, I didn't realize the area had those annoying anomalies that try to predict where you're going and sporadically flash.

[fickle mesa]

the flashbang anomalies are a pain

[wintry pumice]

You can throw a bolt to throw them off you but they come back real quick. They need to be nerfed a little

[slender trench]

I was overburdened at the time, and it might have been me, but they seem to do a notable amount of damage to your equipment.

[wintry pumice]

Why do you carry so much stuff?

[serene barn]

honestly it feels like even with just 1 popper anomaly, throwing a bolt is weird as it seems to be able to create two of the explosions where one is for the bolt and the other you

and most of the places that even has the popper anomaly, for whatever dumb reason, has 2 of them in the same place.

[sturdy verge]

Hello hello

[slender trench]

Upgrades are expensive. Plus, I found a few GP36s / spare Saiga to sell, the RPG launcher, the Monolith Seva suit, expensive ammo I found for guns I wasn't using at the time.

I've not found many carry weight artifacts yet. Maybe just bad luck on my part.

[wintry pumice]

There's one in zaton that gives you +40 carry weight

[vernal lily]

[slender trench]

Thanks, I'll look into it.

[wintry pumice]

And gives you max radiation resistance, so you can put on however many max radiation artifacts as you like

[vernal lily]

It is not as good as before the patch, but it's still kind of something.

[wintry pumice]

Wdym? It is okay after the patch. I am not seeing any radiation either

I have 4 max radiation artifacts on me

[vernal lily]

I can't have more than two max rad artifacts even with weird water

[wintry pumice]

What Armor are you using?

[vernal lily]

Before patch, you used to be able to just stand in the rad water and not take any damage. Basically immune to rad poisoning.

It doesn't matter really at this point, I got two lead containers now and use it with weird water. It has been great. Zircon suit.

[serene barn]

The popper anomaly is basically one of the harder hitting ones, the way they work is that there’s the charge when it appears, if you touch that you take very increased damage from it. Then there’s the explosion itself, which is also strong and on top of that? The popper ALSO lights you on fire. It absolutely does shred you and your gear and it’s kind of unfair in this regard. It would be ok if they didn’t practically always come in 2 and if they did not appear while inside.

[wintry pumice]

I am using falcon with no lead container with 2 thunderberries, 1 compass and 1 hypercube with Weird water. Don't see any radiation at all

[serene barn]

After the patch it’s now literally only a Weak radio remover.

[wintry pumice]

I am talking after the major patch too

[vernal lily]

This was literally how it was like for me before patch. Did you ever remove the weird water out of the artifact holder after the patch? I've seen people still keep that high rad protection if they never took it off.

[wintry pumice]

Though I don't know if recent patches changed something

[serene barn]

Yeah I heard people say they didn’t take it off and got to keep it being too damn good lol.

[vernal lily]

Mach Turbo enjoy while you can

[serene barn]

Like in my Ward run that I finished yesterday, and had started last big update. It literally could not cancel out even 1 medium Radio artifact.

[wintry pumice]

I uninstalled the game

[vernal lily]

[wintry pumice]

If weird water is that bad, then I might not touch the game at all

Weird water is one of artifacts that make the game tolerable to me

[vernal lily]

Weight wise, it is still good I think. But rad protection after patch....

[slender trench]

Well, that's great. Apparently the keypad code to access a stash was on a mutants collar. But, because I looted it, they all stacked together in one pile and I have to google it.

[wintry pumice]

What?

[slender trench]

Oh, the PDA made a note when I looted it. Whew.

[serene barn]

I mean weird water did need a nerf like it was unreasonably good for no reason

[vernal lily]

Still, I miss the high rad protection. No more skinny dipping for Skif in the radioactive lake.

[serene barn]

Controller?

[slender trench]

Yeah.

[serene barn]

The code is made into a note.

Hmmm

[vernal lily]

Just tested it out, weird water doesn't even protect against one high rad artifact.

[wintry pumice]

Most of the things in this game are unreasonable. Weird water is one of the artifacts that gave me respite

[wintry pumice]

🥹

Yup , good on me for uninstalling the game

[serene barn]

Weird water making you immune to radiation even with 3-4 maximum radio artifacts is just not fair lol. It needed to happen. Even a strong weight artifact is only 9kg but water does 40 and all you get of downsides is a slight wobble as if tipsy and more saturated color filter.

[vernal lily]

I wish they only nerfed it down to one high rad though. But oh well.

[serene barn]

I would say medium

[vernal lily]

[wintry pumice]

Artifacts don't need to be fair lol

I liked the drunk effect, it made the world more colourful

[serene barn]

They sort of do though. Like just turn on godmode then

[wintry pumice]

[wintry pumice]

No, I can't anyway on console

[serene barn]

Funnily enough the filter made it easier to spot loot lel.

[vernal lily]

#📸┃screens_and_videos message

[vernal lily]

That drunk effect gives me motion sickness, I have to be chewing gum when using the artifact past 50 weight.

[serene barn]

Oof really? It’s not even like a full drunk wobble either like from vodka. That’s unfortunate

[vernal lily]

Playing S2 with weird water and while drunk I felt like I was going to throw up.

[vernal lily]

It's weird, the subtle wobble is what makes it worse.

[serene barn]

I also found out that if you use WWater, and your armor has a capacity upgrade. If you use a medium weight artifact like firefly or whatever it is called, it’s effect is buffed somehow. Makes it go from giving 6 to at least like 8 or something, it’s enough of a buff that it will make you hit the hard cap of 140kg

[bronze hemlock]

did i miss something in the last patch notes or are artifacts just running away from you now?

i can stay as far away as i want from an artifact and it won't move, but the moment i get close it moves to the other side of the damn anomalous zone

[slender trench]

They jump around a lot. It's really hard to pinpoint where they are going to be without a Bear detector or something similar.

[bronze hemlock]

they always jumped, but they never did this amount of moving before specifically when i get close to them

[vernal lily]

After patch GSC fed the artifacts too much coffee or something

[slender trench]

Something definitely did change with this recent patch.

[bronze hemlock]

it is funny because i need to catch them the moment i discover them otherwise they will immediately move away XD

[serene barn]

Yeah something did change and who knows if it’s unintentional or intended just to be annoying.

[bronze hemlock]

it can't be intentional, otherwise artifact hunting will be almost impossible in certain situations

[vernal lily]

I had one artifact jump around constantly in that acid puddle, almost died trying to catch it.

[bronze hemlock]

i already died almost 10 times in a single zone trying to catch the same artifact, but it just keeps moving away into the anomalies

[serene barn]

I literally quicksave before I get close enough to the cluster for my detector to pick it up because if I take too much damage trying to grab an artifact out of the damn air I am just not having it lmao.

[slender trench]

It was so irritating for me that I didn't bother trying to find them until I had a better detector.

[bronze hemlock]

yeah i am honestly thinking about doing the same, the problem is that the main way to make money in this game is artifact hunting so it becomes way too hard to properly repair equipment and buy a better detector

actually, doesn't the shopkeeper in Yaniv Station sells Bear detectors?

[serene barn]

You just need like 9k to buy one in Cement Factory

[slender trench]

Some stashes have detectors. Some questlines also give you a detector as a reward.

[bronze hemlock]

Yeah you won't be able to get one unless you grind some missions in Rostok, they usually give just enough to repair and buy a few things

[serene barn]

There is a bear detector given for a side quest but it’s better to just get to Cement Factory to buy one so you don’t need to rush the story.

[serene barn]

Only think 1 stash ever has a detector and it’s only a hilka and it’s tied to a side mission in garbage

A tip for saving up money is to use a gun like the Buket. It’s really good for being able so early. Especially with AP ammo and a suppressor. Only the normal one can fit a suppressor though.

[native furnace]

If you head to yaniv from the start, you can buy a bear detector early

[serene barn]

Cement factory is closer I think but sure.

Should feel a little more natural if that’s your thing.

Anyway I better get some sleep.

[bronze hemlock]

Btw if you want to know the general direction of an artifact when it moves you can hear where it ends up: A high-pitched hum means that it moved while a "bubble" sound indicates where it ended up

...I also noticed that this can also be reversed

Well, whatever sound ends up playing you should hear out for the second one in the order

[maiden grotto]

Everyone I go for v now bounces around.

Love it... just don't like it when you don't grab the thing

[maiden grotto]

Ummm the Cement Factory... Being Duty, you should know that.

[native furnace]

Not on my runs when I play. yaniv been consistent with the bear detector

[maiden grotto]

You can by the bear from the guy in the Cement Factory, where I got mine...

Sometimes stiff is missing, but a couple of days later, it pops back... whatever is missing

[crude quarry]

There is a Bear detector in catacombs under Concrete Forest (Cement Factory region)

[ebon blade]

Sometimes they're just not worth it.

[ebon blade]

Yep. I'm at the Cement Factory now. The trader usually has the Bear available. If you don't see it, hang around and it will be shown later.

[spark pond]

Where patch? 🦧

[north holly]

Why is there a chat slowmode when already this chat stays dead

[ebon blade]

To keep you from asking too many people at once to buy you the game.

[vernal lily]

You haven't since the worst of this chat

[terse ravine]

first month the chat was popping off even with something like a 2min cooldown

[north holly]

But now it is almost dead

And also I gotta say this game has bugs as hell

[terse ravine]

i haven't ran into too many bugs, but after you leave garbage, there isn't as much content

performance is garbage tho, but thats kinda expected from UE5

[north holly]

My game has frozen 2-3 times randomly while roaming around

[thick loom]

Is there akimbo weapons

[native furnace]

No

[bronze hemlock]

there is a really horrible radiation spot near the anomaly field in Rostok

i passed through it and almost died, then some NPCs got close and instantly met God XD

it is a certain alleyway that leads into glass shards anomaly to the southwest, and if you pass through it then chances are you will die if you aren't fast enough

[ebon blade]

Can you be more specific? There are lots of anomaly fields around Rostok.

[bronze hemlock]

The electrical anomaly with a helicopter

[runic oracle]

Hi developers! Great game and I love it. I just have a suggestion for us No HUD players to add Check Ammo Animation so we can check how much ammo left and we can also check the Fire mode we are in. 🙂 Thanks so much! 🙂 <please delete this message if not allowed> thank you!

[ebon blade]

Oh yeah, I got too close to that building and it got me. You can enter the anomaly field as long as you stay clear of that building to the west of the helicopter.

[polar forge]

I just got to zone called Yantar and it is already one of the coolest imo. I skimmed into red forest for a few and I am definitely excited to get there next

[river chasm]

yantar is a spooky place

[polar forge]

https://imgur.com/h9tPeSN
check out this sweet artifact i found here just now!!

Only uncommon but i just love the way it looks lol

It’s almost like it is vibrating and shakily spinning around

[runic oracle]

If we can also add Prone?

[polar forge]

https://imgur.com/CWKlaBC
i reckon this is either a scanner or psi device..im not experiencing any psi symptoms yet. Gonna check it out! This game is so cool xD

Dang the doors are locked!

[ornate sable]

That just means there's something cool behind them 🙂

[polar forge]

Yes it is something very cool and I just figured out how to get to it!! XD

Dang it man I thought it was a scanner but it is just a dumb psi device

[polar forge]

Oh I found something even cooler! SEVA-I suit

Already has upgraded applied too

[polar forge]

https://imgur.com/tyHyiqJ
going from only being able to run medium settings to now all on Epic at native 1440p, character models looks sooo much better..it is insane difference!

[proven pivot]

Hi gay people

[vernal lily]

[proven pivot]

I agree

[tame dune]

kot

[smoky ginkgo]

Yantar had the best ambiance in older stalker games. That desolation, general eerie feeling, and that scary abandoned plant out there …

[vapid galleon]

[slender trench]

It's a weird feeling visiting some of the classic locations from the series, only to find that some places you really liked have been mostly abandoned and ravaged by both time and neglect.

[boreal coyote]

imagine how the folks feel who lived there irl

oh I'm a purple name now, time to buy a rope and a rickety stool 🫡

[proper hornet]

when patch 🥀

[slender trench]

I think this week or next week, from what I've heard.

[proper hornet]

ts pmo

[boreal coyote]

whenever it is i doubt its anything substantial tbh as they have not given any specifics

[proper hornet]

probably true

[fallen latch]

tis late sunday night for me, no update for my week

[slender trench]

Pseudogiants are not worth the effort to kill if you aren't prepared 💀

[fallen latch]

i modded the emr to make sense with it's 308 ammo and thats the only reason i would ever take them on by choice

coz of it's now crazy dps

[slender trench]

I'm fine with it being very fast and hitting hard, but I wish the pseudogiant would at least take a brief second to rest before chasing you again. It just never lets up as is, and trying to create distance to reload or heal over a five minute fight is exhausting.

[fallen latch]

yeah, and if you don't have some incredibly strong endgame weapon then whoops mister, looks like ur dumping 500 rounds of ammo into it

[slender trench]

I was looking into the weapon damage with different ammo types. It turns out that mutants, for some reason, apparently have armor stats from what I've seen.

Not all mutants. Only the stronger ones.

[fallen latch]

yeah they do, it's a bit stupid and I hope they change it, would make hollow point and etc rounds actually useful

[slender trench]

I definitely began wondering what the purpose of hollow point bullets were when seeing that. Not sure what the dev team was thinking - unless there is some weird mathematical formula that works differently with mutants and hp ammo.

[fallen latch]

yeah, i assume you know they do more damage but less ap
if the mutants had no armour but an increased amount of health then it could be made so that hp would do more damage to mutants than both ap and normal ammo, which would give them a very genuine use

[serene barn]

literally HP ammo is so bad in this game because it only gives you a 19% damage increase while taking away so much of your penetration so that the damage increase likely just ends up being less damage than FMJ, all while it also wears your gun faster lol, the only type of it i would consider even using at all is Darts, the shotgun HP ammo as for some reason, it gets a 50% damage increase and the high end shotguns have good penetration as it is. like i know that the unique Ram-2 shotgun the Texan, a buffed Ram, does enough damage to 1 hit Snorks with Darts, seemingly from just body shots.

[fallen latch]

that is very good, ill keep that in mind
but yeah ur absolutely right, it's pretty useless in not shotguns rn

[serene barn]

in Prip, there is a place that is scripted to spawn like 8 or more snorks and i used the Texan and Darts for that and it took them down in 1 hit each when i did hit them.

i also noticed that it seems the Texan can also 1 hit Boar i think, with Slugs.

[fallen latch]

i remember using them in a saiga against a poltergiest and it did pretty well

[weary hedge]

i one hit your mom with a slug last night heeeeeyooooohhhh 😂

[serene barn]

idk if headshots are needed, it also seemed to do it on a Snork i killed that was alone in a place but i might have hit it in the head as it almost rolled over when i shot it.

[fallen latch]

the rhino also 1hk's boards with it's shotgun conversion if you r close enough, sadly it can only take buckshot for shotgun ammo

[weary hedge]

the ram is sick but the reload time is really a drain on an otherwise good gun lol

[slender trench]

The one thing I hate the most about S2, is how aspects of the game are severely oversimplified or, when upgrading your weapon's range, bizarrely complicated. You have to go on Youtube and find people who've dug through the game's programming and have managed to pull together a decent understanding of how some things work.

[fallen latch]

i think it's just a weird side/downgraded saiga, the 2 shot then pump thing is just not as good as the saiga's semi

[serene barn]

i mean yeah the reload is slow buuuut it has a very tight spread, good range even if by default it drops off aft 6,5m, compared to the saiga at 4,5. and it also does 40 more damage than the saiga

[fallen latch]

well, with gun's upgrades range it's not that hard, usually it's pretty simple to tell which actually increases ur range the most, unless ur trying to minmax and there's an upgrade tree with both 20% range and 20% damage fall off, then that's who knows

[serene barn]

i think the Texan can 3 tab a Bloodsucker with slugs, always felt like i needed 4-5 with a saiga

[fallen latch]

true, i just like the combo of magazine fed and the more constant and quick stream of damage to take out multiple bloodsuckers at once, as the game likes to throw at you

chat molt is on maybe he's gonna announce the update (he's not im coping hard)

[serene barn]

the issue is that the bars are very artificial for upgrades. especially range because range goes up with like velocity even though velocity is literally only how fast the round flies, another thing is flatness which also ups range even though that only affects the bullet drop.

[fallen latch]

r we sure that the range stat means that? that it means the bullet's effective range?

[serene barn]

i wonder a little if the Texan could 2 tab a bloodsucker in the head now.

[fallen latch]

i've got no clue, i just pick upgrades that are more beneficial to the gun itself

[serene barn]

that's the thing, we are sure that the bullet drops in damage once past a certain number of meters. which is almost a different number for all the guns in the whole game.

but increasing flatness or velocity does not affect the falloff range

but they make you think that the longer bar = better when it's not.

the Ram has a fall off range of like 6,5m and you can push this out further with an upgrade. i assume the upgrade then takes the default range, then a % of that range is put on to create the new drop off range.

[fallen latch]

yeah probably, considering it uses percentages and not specific mitre numbers

[fallen latch]

yeah, i just use whatever it says as my guide like obviously range is going to increase it's range over flatness

[serene barn]

idk what the sheet guy means with "bullet drop to 0" though when he lists range.

another thing is that, i do not know if for a fact, that increased range, the actual upgrade that specifies bullet range, actually means that it also pushes the drop off range out further

like frankly the upgrades just feel like useless bloat often

like you have spread, which i assume is hipfire

then you have aimed accuracy but you also have recoil.

and you even have recoil recovery which i would assume makes the gun's point of aim drop back down quicker

[weary hedge]

he changed it now didnt he

First column is range, second is dropoff

so ie, saiga has 15m total range, with the damage dropping off after 4.5m

[serene barn]

but for some reason this upgrade lowers your accuracy bar

[fallen latch]

yeahh, i dont know man

[serene barn]

but that's the thing, what does 15m mean? like does the round just dematerilize into nothing past 15 meters?

or is the range supposed to be when the round starts falling to the ground?

[weary hedge]

from what ive seen, it does

RPG's do it too from memory, either that or they explode mid-air i cant remember, so its basically the same concept we just dont know if they despawn the round or drop it

ive tried shooting a good distance into lakes and havent seen the rounds impact out past the drop off

[serene barn]

The game only has a draw distance of a measly 100m

[weary hedge]

well i doubt it tracks the round outside of that as everything outside of the bubble is 'offline'

i dont think it'd simulate that lol

[serene barn]

I also don’t get the real difference between recoil and Aimed accuracy because recoil would dictate where the rounds are going too

[fallen latch]

huh? so ur saying u cant snipe something past 100m coz the bullet disappears

[weary hedge]

it doesnt render enemies at all outside of 100m

[serene barn]

The enemy you would be shooting at also disappears past 100m from you lol.

[weary hedge]

only the gauss rifle and the rpg have a 100m drop off

[serene barn]

Not only enemies either but also buildings will only render in when looked at.

[fallen latch]

yeah ig ur right

[serene barn]

I also don’t know if recoil is always a factor

Like if it also decides how far up your hipfire kicks your aim if it even does at all lol.

I also don’t like how overly huge crosshairs are

[fallen latch]

mine is just off
and yeah, shame it's not more customisable

[serene barn]

like they're 50% bigger than where you will actually be hitting in

[fallen latch]

yup

[serene barn]

and when switching to the 203 for example it gets so blown out too like they should just have made it a dot

[fallen latch]

yeah, feels like a more clean experience as well without the crosshair either way

[serene barn]

and, i HATE that they made the code so where shooting the gun before the game has fully switched to the undermounted thing, it will literally interrupt you switching like lord it's so god damn bad

[weary hedge]

there are no games on steam i wanna buy

[indigo oriole]

Where is this f Ing patch

[polar forge]

The huge abandoned buildings are my favorite part about the region xD haven’t seen many large structures like this yet

So sad I run every setting epic at native 1440p and still get foliage pop in

Well, not really straight up pop in. It’s only when you’re looking at it and aim in that direction it changes the shape of foliage. Maybe it happens when I walk close enough to foliage also but I never am looking at it for that

[warm stone]

foliage (tree leaves for example) popin had been eliminated with 1.2. At least I haven't encountered the "usual" trees change as I walk. This was happening constantly with close trees previously
I was quite happy as this was really bad and immersion breaking

[polar forge]

It’s still terrible though

Idk if it does it while walking I’ll admit but just trying to take a screenshot and having half foliage look like a ps3 game on Epic preset is so dumb. Even more dumb when I can zoom in/ads and all the foliage renders as it should. Releasing ads makes it go back to ps3 foliage :/

[tawdry goblet]

I just realized that the power plant is now blurred instead of clouded on the map, when did this change?

[serene barn]

the last big update

feels like a weird change if they're not doing anything with it for a long time

[slender trench]

I really wish we had more map markers.

I still can't believe that nobody has stolen Shadow of Chernobyl's custom map marker system. It was so great, yet simple. You could make markers and then attach your own typed notes to the markers. It made exploration feel much more organic and immersive when playing the game for the first time.

[drifting bear]

1.2

[crude quarry]

At least we have 4 different marker styles, but their amount of only 10 is not enough.

[tawdry goblet]

maybe something will happen sooner than we expect?

[slender trench]

I know there's an interactive map online, but I'm looking for a pdf that I can edit myself. Trying to note all the place where I've found artifacts, and what places I need to revisit and investigate.

[serene barn]

Honestly I hope not. It’s already bad enough that the game feels lacking and unfinished. I really don’t want the dlcs to just be more of that :/

[slender trench]

They're probably taking the Hello Games approach. Once No Man's Sky bombed, they went radio silent and just focused on fixing the game for a long while. Could be something similar, where they don't want to accidentally set expectations they can't meet in time and disappoint everyone.

[tawdry goblet]

fair enough, i am only 20 hours in and so far its fun apart from bugs and crashes

[weary hedge]

Hello Games went radio silent? I thought they went chatterbox mode about how they were going to fix this and fix that, and make up for mistake x and mistake y, constantly giving updates

[river chasm]

Not really, they mostly kept to themselves. Still do for the most part and only make announcements when releases are happening.

[slender trench]

From what I heard, Sean Murray just ceased to have a presence for a while. They directed all their efforts towards fixing the game and, eventually, it actually turned out well. A complete 180 from the launch.

[weary hedge]

Lmao I remember seeing their team in interviews and clips and articles all the time after release cause they were being grilled so badly and even being called outright liars

[river chasm]

They will do interviews from time to time but for the most part just not saying anything until something is ready has worked for them

[nimble idol]

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/7KoaZ6cWQkE

[slender trench]

I think it was the right call to just withdraw from the public spotlight to avoid any distractions from the game's development. Despite its issues, Stalker 2 has sold well. I get the vibe that, even with its problems, people really enjoy it. If the devs fumble trying to fix things, then I have no doubt the modding community will fix it.

I imagine they had to do a bunch of troubleshooting to fix issues that were breaking core parts of the game. It was certainly released too early. It didn't even seem like it was playtested well on launch. Either that, or they didn't have time, or they ignored the QA team. The studio is probably just trying channel its efforts on smoothing out the game's existing systems or the systems they want to implement later.

It's a good time for them to take player feedback and assess what issues need to be a top priority, and what things that can change or implement to make the overall experience better.

[lament pelican]

It's funny how in promo materials they were talking about fraction wars, lol

[slender trench]

I'm sure the... "event" that happened over there threw a wrench into their plans.

Moving a whole studio must have been a logistical nightmare.

[lament pelican]

It needs another year and it's gonna be great

[polar forge]

That would be cool to have. Even if we just had custom markers like Elden ring map has would be nice. Sucks only having one waypoint thing to use

[slender trench]

Maybe someone will make a mod for it in the future.

[polar forge]

Idk if you played ER but you can choose from like 10 different style icons to mark places on map and you can have up to 100 at a time placed wherever

Skull here, treasure chest there, etc

[upbeat cliff]

Throwing out experienced devs because they're Russians didn't help neither

[floral stag]

Seems pretty empty over here what's going on?

[slender trench]

Oh, you know. Hunting artifacts. Looking for a Nato scope.

[violet dune]

source?

from what i know they just scrapped ru VA

[lapis silo]

It was just voice actors, not devs

Also, I wouldn't be surprised if some of those voice actors were Ukranian and they knew how to speak Russian.

[feral horizon]

Is there a way to transfer a saved game to a different slot?

[lapis silo]

There are four different makers, you have to hold down the marker key to bring up a wheel where you can select one.

[slender trench]

Another thing I wish we could do is name our save files.

[violet dune]

thumbnail too would help

and 40 slots instead of 20

[stark fossil]

I have an Ukrainian girl living with me at the moment a she don’t speak Ukrainian, she speaks Russian

[polar forge]

You can have 4 on the map at same time ?

I didn’t know there was more than just the green waypoint that is cool. But if I can only place one on the map at a time that is pretty disappointing

I cannot find a new hilka detector to save my life anymore. I never should have sold the two I had before. Bear is good but I want hilka range

[primal snow]

i wish they showed ur screen in the image like the old games so loading saves isn’t a guessing game

[polar forge]

I have to pay attention to what time i save and choose that one when I load in xD

[crude quarry]

You can place up to ten custom markers

[lapis silo]

you can have multiple on the map at the same time

[primal snow]

i ain’t going to remember the time each time so i just blindly load saves if i forget till i find the right one tbh

[lapis silo]

and with different marker types

[polar forge]

How?? It doesn’t let me place more than one

[bronze hemlock]

Yeah, you should keep both. But you can buy a hilka from Barkeep

[bronze hemlock]

Hold the button that places the marker

[primal snow]

hilka and veles combo is supposed to be really good i heard

[polar forge]

In rostok? I swear I was just there and he didn’t have one. I got mission from him and left now

[bronze hemlock]

then do a few things or wait by sleeping, he is bound to sell one someday

[polar forge]

Trader stock refresh after one day ? Or is it two day?

[crude quarry]

TAB if you're playing on PC

[bronze hemlock]

i might be wrong but i think it is after 2 days

[lapis silo]

Hold down marker button and select a marker. There is a max of 10 markers that you can put on the map.

[polar forge]

Yeah tab work..65 hours and just now learning this lol thanks everyone

I find SEVA-I Suit last night. I think it is just flat out better than SEVA-D suit I have been using. But I upgrade this suit to have 4 artifact slot. The other has 3 slot. Hmm

[bronze hemlock]

i wouldn't really change suits unless they gave a really significant change on stats or at least more artifact slots

otherwise it will be more use of money for repairs and upgrading, while the one with more artifact slots might even have upgradable lead-lined containers

[polar forge]

They both come with 3 slot to begin with but I upgrade SEVA-D to have 4. The SEVA-I has better stats in every way like every single bar is more than D suit. And I found this I suit with some upgrades already on it. Be a shame not to use it lol

[polar forge]

https://imgur.com/5muaKTx
here is comparison of both suit if you want to see

[bronze hemlock]

oh yeah then use this one, just slap a wear and tear upgrade on it and you are golden

[polar forge]

I just got memory leak crash 😔

[upbeat cliff]

https://ap-pro.ru/forums/topic/11003-intervyu-s-byvshim-razrabotchikom-stalker-2-ot-vandeley-i-stalker-wiki-zone-chronicles/
And at least one level designer - once because he put shade on department lead, second time - for reason stated. Feel free to google translate.

[polar forge]

Going to try verify & repair files. It work last time this happen hopefully it work again

[upbeat cliff]

Most GSC VAs are Ukrainian who speak russian

[polar forge]

I think it fix now xD

https://imgur.com/uOPWhmN
do you guys know what is this?

[drifting bear]

So what do you mean by that, petersburger?

[bronze hemlock]

funny gravitational anomaly, fairly sure you should be safe on this one

[crude quarry]

Did you count?

[upbeat cliff]

What am I suspected of meaning? 🤣

[polar forge]

Dude I am fighting this Pseudogiant and it just refuses to die!

[mellow knot]

1.3 now

[polar forge]

Holy crap it finally died

[bronze hemlock]

i also learned how to properly fight pseudodogs

feels good to see through the illusory ones

[serene barn]

i've heard that people say the real ones will hold back more often while the clones attack but i feel like there isn't anything to that claim as i still get attacked by the original seemingly whenever it wants to. is there another way now?

[burnt hollow]

After it spawns new dogs its usually the one that runs away from you. If you see one standing still behind a rock or something its usually the right one. But its not 100%

[slender trench]

I sat in the arena and tried studying the illusions to see if I could deduce the real pseudodog. I manage to get lucky after shooting the right one, chased it into a corner, and just shivved it to death with my knife as fast as I could.

[bronze hemlock]

i've noticed the real one has a very small difference on its color compared to the fake ones, and it has more menacing, glowing eyes

[violet dune]

so GSC didnt throw him, he decided to leave on his own through finland. GSC even accommodated him in budapest togather with others, paid salary on time and tried to keep everyone safe.... so its GSC fault now?

[serene barn]

🤔 i dunnoooo

[bronze hemlock]

in the arena i only had 2 shots left, after figuring out which one was real i shot both and i missed then i was forced into melee combat while dodging the other ones XD

it was absolute cinema

[slender trench]

As far as I can tell, there really isn't a great way to figure out pseudodogs in my experience. Everytime I tried chasing the one who seemed to be fleeing or lingering in the back line, it turned out to be a fake.

[bronze hemlock]

look at their eyes and colors, the real one is very, very slightly more colorful than the fake ones

[violet dune]

he got mad because GSC decided to remove ru VA because of unprovoked russian invasion and got his feelings hurt. and say its only politics and keep it outside... bro than thousands of people die its not only politics

[slender trench]

Interesting... I'll try that next time.

[serene barn]

i just feel like i would have noticed a visual difference

[slender trench]

Okay. I have five days of total playtime on this run and I've not seen the scope for the AR416. Where the hell do I find this thing?

[upbeat cliff]

"Decided" as in "bullied into deciding to quit", right.

[bronze hemlock]

it is barely noticeable, you gotta expend some time looking at the behaviour and appearance

[vernal lily]

Damn, what's cookin here

[violet dune]

he didnt say anything about bullied. he said everyone was in their own world after invasion...

stop talking nonsense.

also project was on hold from what he said

[keen lagoon]

well this explains why Garbage is so buggy

[glossy matrix]

Is it wrong that I fought the pseudogiant in the ||swamps|| over a puny little pebble artifact?

[slender trench]

Oh, yeah. I know exactly what you're talking about. I saw the pseudogiant and immediately reloaded my save. Not worth the effort.

[glossy matrix]

It was funny…. (I wasted most of my shotgun shells)

[serene barn]

nah i did that too because i would never return to that point again

i used the RPG i had found in the base on it so i wouldn't need to haul those home

[slender trench]

Yeah, but the hardest part isn't getting in. It's getting out with whatever ammo and weapon condition you have left.

[glossy matrix]

Exoskeleton, Texan, and AK mostly upgraded at that too

This was more like an extermination than a real fight

[slender trench]

I was not nearly as prepared as you. Still haven't found an exo yet. I had two Emissions the moment I started reaching the center, then mutants just kep spawning like crazy.

[serene barn]

i hope a little that the devs fix the way to just get into prip lol.

[glossy matrix]

I may or may not have used some guides to cheese my way into Pripyat

[glossy matrix]

you’re no fun

[slender trench]

Haven't made it that far yet. First time clearing the swamps was yesterday.

[serene barn]

i guess so, i just find it cheap when people use an exploit to get the best gear in the game so they can steamroll the whole game with as little trouble as possible.

[glossy matrix]

Can you really blame me? The swamps still suck after all this time….

[serene barn]

i have uhh

[upbeat cliff]

God, learn to read between the lines...

[river chasm]

Then why are basically all his statements about the people he worked with positive throughout the interview

[serene barn]

466 hours on Stalker 2, and the swamps is only annoying when it decided to spawn mutants while you're knee deep in water while carrying 130+kg of gear on you

that and the place with the 2 popper anomalies. did use the wormhole there to get back to Zaton faster once

[glossy matrix]

Valid…valid. Yet, I’d like to be able to haul everything I take back to the Sultansk before I am put into the ground by something…

[glossy matrix]

Me too

[serene barn]

my second run i went to grab the Weird Water early on and it was a big help lol.

[glossy matrix]

I should probably get around to collecting the weird artifacts…

[serene barn]

some of them are frankly not worth using, at all, but some of them have a niche use

[glossy matrix]

I’m just using the weird ball….

[serene barn]

the pot for example, is bad, the nut is bad too really.
then there's the bolt which i hear has a decent effect if you get it by anomalies buuut the catch is that you need to be hit be emissions to charge it or something.

[glossy matrix]

Putting yourself into an emission to charge a bolt is impeccably dangerous and quite a waste of your medkits.

[serene barn]

the Ball had it's effect changed apparently because it was, mistranslated. so now instead of giving you physical resistance it regenerates your stamina when shot.

[glossy matrix]

Meh, I might still just keep using it then. Not like I’d replace with anything else - apart from another weight reduction artifact.

[serene barn]

i am not 100% on it no longer giving resistance but you could now use it to reposition yourself in combat.

[glossy matrix]

Speaking of artifacts, what artifacts do we like to run chat?

[serene barn]

like you could be really aggressive with a shotgun, pair it up with a Compass and good armor

my end game artifacts was basically all the legendary ones and weird water.

[vernal lily]

Weird Water, hyper cube, thunderberry

And liquid rock

[glossy matrix]

We love hypercubes…. To sell!

[serene barn]

so like, Thunderberry for max endurance, Hypercube for max thermal and bleeding, Liquid Rock for max radio and max chemical, compass for max physical and weird water for capacity

[bronze hemlock]

fairly sure weird water doesn't give that much rad protection anymore, right?

[vernal lily]

I keep two hypercubes on me, and never needed bandages.

[vernal lily]

Yeah, it doesn't anymore. But good to have for carry weight increase.

[glossy matrix]

This is very solid reasoning for using such an artifact. Although, bandages aren’t exactly that hard to come by - just saying that because I have about 350+ in my stash.

[serene barn]

yeah Weird Water was mega nerfed in radio, so much that it's now a Weak radio, buuut like it also gives you 40kg capacity. even a strong weight is only 9

[vernal lily]

Yeah, they aren't hard to come by. So I can sell them for extra money.

[glossy matrix]

40kg capacity? I’m going to go hunting for that. I NEED more capacity.

[serene barn]

i never thought to carry 2 hypercubes, due to diminishing returns. like full physical on armor with a compass would have dinishing returns but still help.

[vernal lily]

Idk, I've been fine so far currently. 2 cubes in lead containers, liquid rock, thunderberry, and weird water is what I have in my inventory atm.

[serene barn]

i did run 2 thunderberries for a while when i didn't need the water lol.

[violet dune]

no point to discuss with you. you went from "experienced dev was thrown" to "read between lines". whats next? will gonna ask for sympathy to him? he didnt had to sacrifice anything and GSC kept him safe out of russian (his own country) dropping bombs on him.

[grizzled yacht]

@unreal abyss

[random star]

I got 8 hypercubes in my stash after a week of just running around

[glossy matrix]

We love hypercubes.

[random star]

Only thing I'd love is my final 2 artifacts for the achievement

[glossy matrix]

Those being?

[random star]

I'm so god damn tired of hypercubes

[glossy matrix]

Retract that statement. You aren’t thinking like Sidorovich….think of the money…..

[random star]

I have 700k

[glossy matrix]

Not nearly enough

[random star]

Lemme check which ones

Nvm I need 3

Skipjack,Flower Bud and Night Star

Not sure if Strelok's artifact counts for the achievement

I hope not

Cus I'm going for Strelok's ending on this playthrough

[unreal abyss]

huh? What's up?

[grizzled yacht]

Come to dm

[unreal abyss]

huh

[unreal abyss]

I see your bio is about trepang
though still what is this about

[grizzled yacht]

Yep

[unreal abyss]

cool
though what is this about, you sound like it's important

[grizzled yacht]

You know me right

[unreal abyss]

I seem not to recognize you

[grizzled yacht]

Let's talk in DM shall we?

[unreal abyss]

Sure

[frigid hill]

alvaroabc has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[serene barn]

🤔

why did that sound like a bot convo lol.

[slender trench]

I got Liquid Rock as my second legendary artifact

Question: does Noontide have repeatable quests?

[serene barn]

imma say no, i do not remember anyone offering them in my 2 playthroughs.

[vernal lily]

Nope

[vernal lily]

I hope Sevka is still with us

[stiff garnet]

Spoiler talk allowed in here?

[vernal lily]

Well, any channel under the 'stalker 2: possible spoilers' category, you can talk about spoilers.

[stiff garnet]

Okay

Just had a quick question then, I just killed Faust and am wondering how close I am to the end of the game

[vernal lily]

Kind of close, but not that close

[stiff garnet]

Alright thanks

[vernal lily]

Still couple of main missions left after that

[ornate sable]

2/3 through, more or less.

[serene barn]

should have at least uhhhhh, 5 more missions

[stiff garnet]

okay thanks. just trying to judge if illk be able to finish it by the end of the day. [rpbably not then

[proper edge]

I am bit confused why devs say they will release a patch this week, then they will try to make it to release this week and now nothing

[ornate sable]

12 more missions, though one of them is skipped depending on route

[random star]

Half way through ig?

[serene barn]

12 more after killing Faust? i don't think i remember that many.

[random star]

Maybe a bit less

[dusky sequoia]

Funny thing : duty and freedom npcs are neutral to each other even after the D4 treaty is broken

[random star]

They're programmed like that for the entirety of S2

[mellow knot]

erm they failed

tomorrow is the day

[random star]

Tbh this game seems glitchier with every patch

You guys think they're gonna add Saiga drum mag and svu suppressor into the game and not have it locked to end game?

[maiden grotto]

Who know... The insanity is high with this lot.

They will probably keep it locked...

[random star]

Let's find out,I asked the question in #📜┃ask-gsc

[serene barn]

i do believe that someone else did ask something and dev said that they were doing to move attachments so people had time to play around with them

hopefully this means they will make unavailable ones, available too and not just past the Point of No Return

[random star]

I don't get why specifically the svu suppressor is unavailable

What's so special/good about it?

[serene barn]

Suppressors muffle the gun and increases the range. and increased range is likely to = the drop off point being pushed out further. but this wouldn't make it op as they will notice you well enough once you start taking people out from range i feel

other missing things is the Kharod dual mag

the GP37 drum mag.

[random star]

Pretty sure people somehow found the kharod paired mag

Unless those are just lies

[serene barn]

well it's not available in the game but you can use mods to spawn it in

the SVU suppressor is actually in the game 1 time but it's on the 2nd part of the Point of No Return mission

which is also where the Saiga Drum is aaand also the largest PKM box mag as well.

[drifting forge]

You can get smthn better than a 500 rounder ?

[warm stone]

they specifically mentioned that some endgame mods/weapons will be moved to non endgame location with 1.3

[serene barn]

no no, that is the big one, there is a medium one with 250 which is what has been available like 3 places before. the 500 one has not been available and was only found fused permanently to the Glutton

[drifting forge]

Really? I thought the one on the edge of Yantar was 500 rounds

[serene barn]

nay

[vernal lily]

There are 12 more after killing Faust

[ornate sable]

The 250rd PKM boxes seem pretty reduntant if you have the Glutton already, and while it might not be the case for everyone, at least I found the Glutton long before I found a stock PKM.

[serene barn]

You sure because I only remember like a few things after that. Idk when 1 mission ends to start the next one then just don’t remember many events after it.

[vernal lily]

Yes, I am very sure

Some may feel like they are short, I didn't notice it starting or ending. Which made me think I was close to the end.

[serene barn]

I think it was the same for me. The first normal one I got was because Sultan had one on him.

[ornate sable]

https://game8.co/games/STALKER-2-Heart-of-Chornobyl/archives/484831 list of all the main missions here. You skip Escape from the Cage if you side with the Ward though.

[serene barn]

So it’s like 10 missions

Anyway I better go to sleep if I don’t wanna be too tired for work later. Baii

[maiden grotto]

Bye

[mellow knot]

I am it streloking it, I am streloking it soo good

[maiden grotto]

Oi oi savaloy

[rancid herald]

I guess update coming next week?

[scenic scaffold]

R.I.P

[native furnace]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-kruglov-kruglov-stalker-ok-gif-391588752309643144

Anyone read any good books or comics

[proper edge]

I hope update will be tomorrow and not Friday 😦

Tomorrow is the only rainy day in la and it would be perfect to play stalker

[floral elm]

Nah its Friday in two weeks

[proper edge]

😭

[dusky sequoia]

Stop pretending you go outside

[proper edge]

I mean the weather is too nice here to sit at home 😄

But when that a-life 2.0 starts to work, i will be playing stalker non stop lol

[mellow knot]

Wow dude, capping hard. Are we? Sit your ass inside and replay the Stalker trilogy. NOW

[maiden grotto]

Comics are dead now

[native furnace]

Probably for some not too me

[maiden grotto]

Is manly manga that has the interesting stuff... but even then there is a lot of rubbish about.

[native furnace]

Have you ever read the crossed comic

[maiden grotto]

I haven't read a comic for a long long time

I mainly stick to audio books...

[native furnace]

Give LA confidential try it’s a good book too read and Listen to

[thick loom]

Is the ar16 actually bad it seems like theres so many better options comparing stats like the spitter has higher pen

[maiden grotto]

I'll keep an eye for it

Currently listening to Pandora's Star by Peter Hamilton... Seems a rather interesting story so far.

[maiden grotto]

Without mods, gun balastics are a joke.

[smoky hawk]

its a mid game gun, youll get better

[icy drum]

Though the SPR version of the AR416 is pretty good even later on

Great stealth AR at least in my opinion

[quasi echo]

when did a-life get so bad, npc's are now walking thru closed doors, standing in walls, spawning as backpacks and guns, and spawning clones next to each other. it was never this bad, was it?

[icy drum]

Probably activated another part of A-life and it broke again. I haven't played in a while so can't say if my game is doing the same thing. But it seamed alright last I played. So maybe another bug

[quasi echo]

cannot help but get frustrated with this one. I guess time will tell if it lives up to its pedigree

[icy drum]

Completely understand, and I hope for the best with this game. Definitely has the potential to live years and years after it's release if fixed up more. Kinda like fallout 4 still lives on (even though base game is still a little broken)

[civic relic]

ok guys is the doctor ending not the doctor that is friends with strelok its actually for that other guy thats in the beginning of the game with skif?

[civic relic]

i just loaded up the game first time in weeks and first gunfight i get into i get a soldier stuck walking in circles on a rooftop

[native furnace]

I don’t know I’m working on that ending right now

[civic relic]

yeah im trying to find the endings myself i got some hints here thats about it. im doing ward rn and then i need doctor and strelok ending

i dont even remember the last time i talked to that guy it was way early in the game or at sirccaa?

i guess il do that one last

[lilac trellis]

update tomorrow it came to ms in a dream

[hollow lichen]

Roadmap?

[vernal lily]

[native furnace]

https://tenor.com/view/shreck-gif-15277617962254874371

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/final-fantasy-vii-remake-cloud-strife-tifa-lockhart-aerith-gainsborough-cloti-gif-27060423

[ebon blade]

Who is ms?

[lilac trellis]

me

[ebon blade]

You're microsoft?

[lilac trellis]

noo ms was a typo

[lilac trellis]

a dream revealed to me that 1.3 releases tomorrow

[ebon blade]

I think people say daily something is going to happen that they dreamed. What makes your dream different?

[lilac trellis]

i’m special

[wintry pumice]

nah just some sub patch

[wintry pumice]

[ebon blade]

So if it doesn't happen, you are no longer special?

[lilac trellis]

it will happen