☢┃stalker-general

[sharp sierra]

Lol just had a hostile ipsf patrol as we both entered the yaniv station area... Great lol guessing its because I took the spark route

[vernal lily]

those people are always hostile towards you

[sharp sierra]

They weren't originally in yaniv or malachite

[cursive kettle]

is there gonna be ever a mod that like, refines more the quality and removes ghosting or like, insane blurry moments when exiting closed environments? because it's a little annoying to feel like Skif needs glasses, tho it could be a good reason

[vernal lily]

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They will always shoot you on sight

Regardless of what route you choose

[sharp sierra]

I've ran into multiple patrols around yaniv and they were friendly same with malachite

[vernal lily]

Strange, they always shot me the moment they saw me, lol

[vapid galleon]

[vernal lily]

Could be corps maybe, I always confused them with IPSF because in low/medium lighting because their armor isn't that different.

But I can guarantee you that their reactions don't change based on story progress

[chilly pasture]

It feels very odd that all around zone there is technology from the 90s still in use, I mean surely by now somebody would have brought some modern day computers and radios. Just my opinion

[terse ravine]

radios are still used since they're durable and reliable

[oak junco]

^ military and police use radios for this reason

[vernal lily]

I wouldn't want to bring expensive equipment in the Zone

[chilly pasture]

Not if you're a scientist, probably need something modern to run modern programs and use internet

[gentle pilot]

Good luck finding a safe place to put your gaming rig; let alone an ethernet port.

[chilly pasture]

I mean all stalkers use tablet with local network tho lol

[vernal lily]

No wonder scientists would rather stay bunkered down somewhere and let stalkers do the dirty work

[gentle pilot]

"You don't want to know how many coupons this graphics card costed me..."

[outer plume]

People

What does the 🍪 emote mean

[floral ferry]

I havnt played since like the first 2 weeks of launch, hows the performance and bug fixing looking

[outer plume]

@haughty bone

[chilly pasture]

A lot of mission bugs have been fixed, at least I have not had a single storyline blocker ever since "Slag Heap" bug got fixed.

[floral ferry]

yeah I remember I stopped playing because of a bug where im guessing a cutscene was supposed to play but it just teleported me into the barn everytime and I couldnt interact with anyone

[vernal lily]

cookie

[chilly pasture]

yeah I had same issue - that was "Slag Heap" quest, it now works fine

[floral ferry]

woulda look at that it was slag heap, glad they sorted it out

[outer plume]

Yea but why some people react with it

[vernal lily]

Could be a lot of things, some people use it for something that's interesting, to mean it's cool, etc. I do not know.

[oak junco]

🍪

[floral stag]

Mmm cookie

[floral stag]

so to tell everybody knows how to scum saving in the game 170 is your best bet no longer 160, 160 is iffy you better off 170 distance if you wanna come save for an artifact a heads up

[chilly pasture]

Has anybody noticed that in Rostok at Eugene trader's shack there is an M701 with a scope that doesnt look like any existing ones in game - looks like FLIR scope?

[weary hedge]

Yes, there are a few things modelled like that throughout the game, NVG's too, you can find AI wearing them

[floral stag]

huh? I never noticed that

[weary hedge]

its all apart of the 'theories' of what we will eventually get ingame, weapon attachments like thermal scopes have already been talked about as well as NVGs

[floral stag]

mostly to focused on trying to keep from blood suckers maling my face off

[chilly pasture]

bro I'd love FLIR scope in game

[weary hedge]

might be outdated info now, nearly 3 months old lol

[chilly pasture]

poggies

[sturdy verge]

Macadamia cookies

[solemn ibex]

modders, please

[cursive kettle]

🍪

[solemn ibex]

I can already forsee another wave of Old Good Stalker mods or Oblivion Lost style like for SoC

[cursive kettle]

damnnnn, why scraped?

[weary hedge]

scraped just means people have gone through all the game files and 'collected' everything they could find in relation to items and so on

Youre probably thinking of 'scrapped'

[cursive kettle]

so theire not putted as like failed content right? we can expect it to come in the future updates?

[solemn ibex]

Where are you from?

[cursive kettle]

if i talk like rubbish is bcs now im tired as hell since i just came from school work so im putting minimum effort in English rn, Italy

[solemn ibex]

I was just curious

[weary hedge]

Different answers for different things

NVGs GSC have said they will more than likely eventually add, the fact they are already modelled in game means we will likely get them

They mentioned in posts before weapon attachments will be coming.

The cut quests we don't know what will be reinstated and what won't, but they've officially said they are open to bringing cut content back.

The weapons I'm 95% sure we will eventually get, if not 99% sure

The regions are more than likely for DLC

The listed items above are just what's already included in game in some form, so there may be other things coming too.

[cursive kettle]

i guess we're gonna have them after game gets fixed more

[frigid hill]

xjachu97xpl has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[fickle tree]

ohhh my god

Zhenya Blizzard is the most reddit mofo in all of STALKER I am reloading my game right now just so I can let this dude die

Muh "Bloodsuckers are beautiful creatures humans are the REAL monsters" NOPE

[hoary crest]

Christ I want a Mosin

Not a goofy modernized one either, proper wood furniture, wouldn't use any other main weapon if we had that

[shrewd needle]

Man, is it me or is it creepy to just roam X-7 out of story missions? Like the main door and corridors are all open but buttons don't work and locked doors remain closed, but...the atmosphere...

Also, why the hell is the main door even open?

[vapid galleon]

A technological, adjustable automatic sniper rifle with a silencer is better than a Mosin

[glass dust]

I WAN A MOSIN

Everybody wants that gun lol

[vapid galleon]

yes needed

[charred nova]

I don’t that guns lame and cringe

[glass dust]

[hardy totem]

Idk, okay gun I guess. But good lord do people rave about it like it's the best thing since the invention of cheese...

[charred nova]

This is a far more interesting weapon of the time

[glass dust]

I think that’s a Swedish K bolt action rifle?

[charred nova]

It’s a m95

[glass dust]

What’s the country of origin?

[charred nova]

Austria Hungary

[simple shard]

Are they?

[charred nova]

It’s got a straight pull bolt

And that’s super cool

[weary hedge]

those areas are eerie when they are empty, too

[cursive kettle]

fr i want it too

tho why multiplayer mode will not be co-op, i hope there isn't gonna be a extraction mode or smt or like a shop for cosmetics and skins and battle passes man

[viscid gale]

Guys, how to get "Your inventory" role?

[vernal lily]

It was obtained during an event last year in November, before the game was released.

[fickle tree]

I never realized the R in 7.62x54R stands for "rimmed" and not "Russian"

[solemn ibex]

man, what a nice song could have been in the game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhEVETK6DVw

[glass dust]

The original trilogy has had PVP modes to my knowledge

Although I would really love to hop on with a buddy in coop so we can mess around in Chernobyl together

[fickle tree]

I thought I remember something about the devs saying coop would absolutely never be a thing because friendship doesn't exist in the zone or something

[vernal lily]

More like the Zone should be something that should be experience solo, not necessarily 'friendship doesn't exist'.

[fickle tree]

I know some people don't like PvP extraction shooter stuff, but unfortunately, if you want multiplayer in STALKER at all, it just begs to be an extraction shooter

[river chasm]

They believe the feeling of isolation and loneliness is important to the game

[fickle tree]

the other option besides coop is just arena death match/team death match style modes like in the original stalker multiplayer

[vernal lily]

I just want them to stop plans for multiplayer

[fickle tree]

indeed

[glass dust]

Extraction shooter stuff kind of fits stalker for whatever

it’s scary how it does

[fickle tree]

thats what I mean. when you think about extraction shooters like Tarkov, it's obvious the devs probably played STALKER and took alot of inspiration from it. So it only makes sense that STALKER is practically begging to be an extraction shooter itself now

[fickle tree]

because extraction shooters probably got alot of their mechanics from STALKER SoC

[glass dust]

Problem is that it’s a big gamble if they do that

It’s possible that it could be absolutely wonderful but idk

[fickle tree]

actually another thing I was thinking about that might be pretty cool is a battle royale game mode

[glass dust]

When’s the Easter sale for LOTZ

I want to pley teh trilogy lol

[sick rain]

i know this may seem like a dumb question, but is the main menu screen a real in game location?,can i find it in game? If yes, then where, when i try to google it all i can find is the ShoC easter egg which i already know about pls help me

[woeful seal]

Has anyone out done Wolf for Stalker play time?

[fickle tree]

I'm not sure if it was Stalker 1's menu or Stalker 2's menu but yes, one of them is real and someone posted a screenshot of the location

I found it. Someone found the location of the menu from Stalker SoC in HoC

[river chasm]

Both are in the game. The HoC menu is in the chemical plant area

[polar forge]

Wolf? The bot for this server?

[drowsy gorge]

Too bad we got the X7 suit so late in the game. I rocked the Brummbar exo til the end lol that saiga shotgun with the drum was sweet. All this stuff would be perfect for New Game +.

Hope that's in the works.

[fickle tree]

Dude I finally fully upgraded my SSP-100 and holy crap, the radiation protection upgrades allow you to hold onto 1 max radiation artifact like the thunderberry and suffer 0 consequences

I can run for DAYS

[drowsy gorge]

Niceeeeee same here

[woeful seal]

Yep, I know some people will have some crazy hours

[feral horizon]

Can you run around in the trash piles at garbage without taking radiation?

[fickle tree]

I'll have to check bit probably not lol

[drowsy gorge]

Scar was unbelievably easy to kill once I figured out his stupid schtick

[vernal lily]

Yeah, just fry him with those tv screens with a press of a button, and starting shooting him.

[frigid hill]

deadsoldier69 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[drowsy gorge]

And what is the deal with the Altered Toast?

Can't find any information on it besides it may be an inside joke from a previous stalker game

[edgy shell]

Currently at ||sircaa||. I’m guessing whichever of the two ||missions I choose to do has some impact on the story progression?||

If so, gonna have to think over which I want to do

[polar forge]

How does the bot have any game play hours xD

When I found out that the game just ends after you complete the story it really lowered my motivation to keep playing

[woeful seal]

Uck knows every time I go to message someone wolf always playing.... it's not that bad the game is aight man well I am having fun anyways

[polar forge]

I am having fun too just sucks that I can’t continue to explore freely once I finish the story. Guess I can either just do all content in one go or I could rush the rest of the story and immediately play through again. But it sucks having to collect gear all over again

[primal snow]

i think molt1 just abt had it with the questions

bro looking like he’s gonna crash tf out

[lilac zenith]

Pretty sure it's the grain elevator

lots of bloodsuckers around there

[dire heart]

should I start my second pkay through of stalker 2 yet or keep waiting?

[polar forge]

Whatever you want to do

[lilac zenith]

Idk if it's just the recent patch, but it's a lot easier fighting bloodsuckers even on Veteran now.

I just wish their stupid roar didn't slow your movement down.

[shrewd needle]

Of course; they're eerie because they're empty...in the regular Zone, you expect someone to show up every once in a while...but X-7 is dead as hell with only random spawns outside, if at all...

[lilac zenith]

One of the labs gets re-popped by some mutants and dead npcs along with a stash, wasn't X-7 though.

I tried to go out the way I came during the mission for it but there was psi damage everywhere for some reason.

[weary hedge]

thats basically what i said you just reworded it lol its eerie when its empty = its eerie because its empty 😂

plus those big dark patches man, i HATE that

makes me think of being in the deep sea and not being able to see anything, spooky

[shrewd needle]

Yea, I just cheated my way through Chernobyl and the generators to explore around. Was on the edge of the Cooling Towers, bloody fake radiation.

[shrewd needle]

Game has some serious lighting issues, though...even a small lamp lights up only 5 MM out from the center. And the lack of NVGs is just...pain.

[shrewd needle]

Eh, God Mode good for going around sometimes, just to freely explore.

[lilac zenith]

Yeah, hopefully the DLC expands those blocked off areas.

[shrewd needle]

Same...I just wish that they'd kept them unblocked, even though they're unfinished.

[lilac zenith]

Exactly man

[shrewd needle]

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I still don't know how random NPCs spawn in these areas...though at least it avoids the loneliness.

[lilac zenith]

Yeah it's annoying, esp the IPSF spawning deep in the zone around the Cooling towers edge. Sometimes mutants spawn inside of walls too, scripted and unscripted.

[fickle tree]

I really hope they'll add more weapons and equipment in the DLCs, like night vision. It'd also be cool to see more types of grenades maybe, like smoke and frag M203 shells, then give HEDP a smaller fragmentation radius and a super high damage bonus for direct hits

different grenades for different purposes

[lilac zenith]

I just got ambushed by mercs outside of rookie village and 1 bandit, no one reacted but I couldn't enter Sid's bunker till they died lol. Stuff like that is so strange to me.

[fickle tree]

I had the same situation but with army, since I recently absolutely destroyed my reputation with them by farming the military checkpoint for loot off soldiers that would spawn

so I figured the village was just letting me get my karma lol

[trim pendant]

I'm on my 5th

[ebon blade]

That happened to me in Rostok at the Freedom base, with some Mercs. They shut all the doors.

[hardy totem]

If there's combat around a base the doors close

[queen moat]

I start to doubt we will get any content at all. Almost half year passed and all we get all some bug fixes that fix nothing at all or bring more bugs. Why this game even have positive reviews on steam? It wasn't released as early access so it's not excuse.

[subtle spindle]

no reason to doubt. gsc already sold dlc with the preorders, they are required to release it. if not theyre in very big trouble

[slim halo]

Yo should i tell korshunov about faust and clear sky before making a wish? Does it lock me from anything?

[cursive kettle]

nah man i assure you that in 40 years Stalker 2 will be the best game ever, like, just have patience fr, no one these days cant just wait, they all got that tik tok attention spam

[indigo oriole]

anyone found Kharod paired magazines ?

[solid rock]

Have they fixed that minor bug where whenever there's a storm, you get an unread notification in your old journal entries all the way at the bottom?

[weary hedge]

iiii cant say ive seen that one myself recently??? but only played a few hours since the last two patches

[solid rock]

Yeah just jumped back onto my ongoing save file after a break, wanted to see how much nicer the game looks on my new GPU/Monitor.

[weary hedge]

Ultra Plus would make it look better if you wanna test out your new GPU while you're at it :p

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/484?tab=description

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/524231625039413249/1336587819665199135/image.png?ex=67ecdc68&is=67eb8ae8&hm=5658d3278851e6105747ca7b5c2b3b9f1e95bf26018784c2284a505117667e94&

thats a few updates ago to ultra plus, but shows some of the quality they can achieve

ignore the text boxes, thats just for debugging

[solid rock]

Interesting. I've bookmarked it, though I've been trying to stick to just the vanilla experience for my first playthrough. Once I've finished the game, I'll be checking out a variety of mods no doubt. Definitely would like to get one for weapon balancing later because the vanilla system feels a bit too arcadey for my liking.

[jade kraken]

In the first section of the finale when you fight the controller in the big open room does anyone know what exactly all the green bubbles on the roof are?

[halcyon lantern]

Man I wish the devs would focus on creating more content instead of cheesy standoff videos 💀

[edgy shell]

honestly i've just been basing the potency of weapons purely by their headshot damage and ammo capacity at this point. What kind of things would you opt to change?

[marsh yarrow]

Has anyone gotten any email about the stalker ultimate collectors edition? I know they said they’ll ship out the reprint in April. Just wondering.

[indigo oriole]

After many hours I can gladly say that they did not add svu supressor or coupled mags for Kharod. F GSC

[solid rock]

I think I'd want weapons of the same calibre to have the same kind of damage / penetration, so something like the Mark 1 EBR which uses .308 isn't performing about the same, or even worse, than a Bizon for example when it comes to headshots required for a kill. Having to phase out from using AKs and M4s in the late game in favour of Kharods and Dnipros feels weird because they're firing the same calibre ammunition, but require less headshots to get a kill.

I think I'd prefer it if what differentiated late game weapons is how much more attachments / upgrades you could use on them. With the late game weapons being expensive, but more ergonomic, using more modernised attachments, better sights etc. I think this way you maintain a system of progression for the weapons as you travel through the game, but the reasons for moving up a tier don't feel strangely arbitrary.

I can appreciate that this is the norm for Stalker, I played some of Shadow of Chernobyl vanilla and it was more arcadey than I expected. I think Stalker 2 has definitely made strides in that regard, but it still doesn't meet the threshold for me, and that's where I'm hoping some mods might make up for it.

[edgy shell]

Makes sense to me. Realism completely aside (because I don't care for it), if a certain ammo type is only accessible later on in the game's progression it makes sense for said ammo type to have it's weapons deal a somewhat consistent amount of damage so it's price and rarity is worth it. While I do feel that would just make high ROF weapons with big mags the go to, they could definitely alter other factors to balance that out.

[solid rock]

Oh yeah, that's another way I wouldn't mind them doing it. Have the progression be both via weapons attained and new types of ammo. Something like Tarkov comes to mind, where the ammo you're using in the gun is just as important, if not more important, than the gun you've maybe spent a lot of money buying / upgrading.

Stalker 2 does do this a little, just not enough for it to matter much sadly. The "meta" weapons end up being ones that deal great damage, in a readily available calibre, while sometimes not even requiring armour piercing rounds. Nothing a balance patch can't fix mind you, but they've tweaked weapon balance multiple times now and haven't really touched on this, so I think they intend to stick with this design decision which is fair enough, they know people like to mod things if it doesn't suit them, and encourage it.

High rate of fire weapons running good ammo is great but it means you're burning your precious quality ammo very quickly. I generally favour firing my ARs semi-auto for this reason. If that's not enough to balance it out, having higher RoF weapons be more prone to jamming can also balance the scales maybe?

[weary hedge]

God bless you all ☦️

[wintry pumice]

[wintry pumice]

God is chilling in the shining zone, come join us

[shrewd needle]

Man, is it weird that, during the Azimuth station mission, I get creeped out because the enemies are Monolith instead of Bloodsuckers or Burers?

Like, I expect them to be monsters, but instead...it's just Monolith. Randomly. Just there...in dark tunnels and poorly-lit areas... 😔

[shrewd needle]

High RoF is good, doesn't need balance (the weapon ballistics need balancing, but that's a different issue).

What I do like, though, is high-RoF burst. Shooting 3 bullets at 69,420 RPM better than having fully automatic or being forced to semi-automatic it all the way.

[river chasm]

Personally I liked the original trilogy way of penetration being ammo dependent and all other stats being weapon dependent

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but S2 has not a shred of ballistics...because when 9 X 39 does less damage than 9 X 18...yea...

[river chasm]

Damage is already tied to guns so it's not like it's impossible from a technical perspective.

[shrewd needle]

Right, but problem is that the same cartridge fired from 2 different weapons should be doing the exact same damage...not like how S2 does it (most egregious with the VSS Vintorez and the AS VAL).

[river chasm]

Yeah though guns have never worked like that in most shooters in general, and never in this series either. It's not Tarkov

They should be like, sort of close though

The differences are way too noticeable in cases in HoC

[shrewd needle]

TBH...it should be Tarkov...and the trilogy did it so much better in this case.

[smoky hawk]

why?

[river chasm]

Damage values from 5.56 guns in SoC could range from 45-65, which is a pretty noticeable difference, but FT-200M is an outlier and other than that it only goes up to 55. Still close to 25% increase going from the lower tier ones to the better ones. Not really make or break though.

It's like 35-45 range in clear sky, a similar percentage difference. It goes down to 10% in CoP but that game doesn't really have gear progression in the same way

When choosing your weapon you were probably still thinking of other characteristics at least as much

[shrewd needle]

Because that's how it works?

• A 9 X 39 shot fired from an AS VAL will behave the exact same as being fired from a VSS Vintorez.
• .45 ACP will behave the same whether fired from a USP or a UMP.
• 9 X 19 will behave the exact same, whether fired from a Beretta or from an MP5.
  Bullets don't change their characteristics based on weapon type.

[river chasm]

And because armor penetration was an ammo based stat none of them were invalidated just because you were fighting enemies in exos, even if having higher damage was still going to be better

[smoky hawk]

yes, and why does Stalker need to do this when Stalker bases itself on gear progression?

[shrewd needle]

Uh...since when does STALKER do things based on gear progression?

[smoky hawk]

since SOC

thast like, the entire game

going from something that is initially good to something better, bettering your equipment at the next step

continuously

[shrewd needle]

Doubt that ever happened, seeing as your weapons (discounting pistols) were useful throughout the entire game.

The only thing that'd get 'better' were armours (for obvious reasons) and artifacts.

[smoky hawk]

SOC? pistols were completely disregarded by everyone in the game, for good reason, and it didnt matter if the TR301 and the FtM200 both used 5.56, the FtM by merits of being a late game weapon always did more damage

have you played SOC?

[river chasm]

I mean compare the stats on an AK in SoC to the stats on a GP37/Vintar

[shrewd needle]

I've played the entire trilogy except for the ending of CoP. Never had problems in any game, whether using an AK-74U or a Groza on enemies.

[smoky hawk]

compare the stats of the normal AK to that of the Abakan and the entire weapon line up of 5.56's

[shrewd needle]

Yea, and for me, there's supposed to be no difference. An AN-94, AK-74, AK-74U are supposed to do the exact same damage (little less for the U due to short barrel).

Because weapons are not supposed to be 'better' or 'worse'. Gun-play is supposed to depend on your skills, not random statistics that decide that a Groza somehow does less damage than Skif's Makarov.

[river chasm]

5.56 ammo in SoC also has generally lower dispersion and higher armor pen so yeah there's some soft progression

[shrewd needle]

Doesn't it have higher velocity than the 5.45 in reality as well? Which'd explain the penetration and dispersion.

[indigo oriole]

Any idea where to find 7.62 for Dnipro ?

[smoky hawk]

you can say that the balancing is wonky and needs a rework but that doesnt mean that the system the game is already using needs to change to make the game more well balanced especially when what stalker is going for is gear progression
you go from normal AKs to Bulpups to then the Dnipro, its clear what they wanna make, which is similar to SOC yet gives you more options because in SOC you had only one route which was migrate from 5,45 to 5,56

[indigo oriole]

I’ve picked up glutton already

[river chasm]

IDK but I think these decisions were ultimately made for game design reasons

[smoky hawk]

merely, a different design from waht you wanted

[shrewd needle]

Again, guns are not supposed to be 'progression'. An AK-74 is a rifle, in no world (no matter how fictional) will a 5.45 rifle perform better or worse than another 5.45 rifle short of barrel lengths and manufacturing problems. That makes no sense in any logic.

[shrewd needle]

You can find 7.62 throughout the world or at traders. IDK if stashes are fixed, so traders might be a more reliable way.

Though, isn't 7.62 relatively rare?

[smoky hawk]

why? why does it need to be like this? what makes it a sin that must not be commited to not do it like this?
you seem to dislike it and impose your own view on what the devs want to make

[drifting forge]

Yeah but stashes always have like 300 rounds

[shrewd needle]

Yea, because what they made is highly nonsensical.

[shrewd needle]

Fair.

[smoky hawk]

and why is that a bad thing for what they wish to acomplish?

[shrewd needle]

As I said...it's nonsensical. There's no logic to how weapons and their damage systems and the non-existent ballistic systems work.

Pretty sure it's not a sin to want realism in a game that's more realistic than most others. Especially for something this obvious.

[river chasm]

Realism isn't game design, even something like Tarkov isn't totally realistic. Despite the fairly photorealistic visuals and atmosphere, it's not really a realism focused series

[shrewd needle]

Yes, I know games are not completely realistic, and I'm not asking for that either.

Which is why the word realistic rather than duplicate of reality.

[smoky hawk]

the logic is that a weapon that is given to you, found or upgraded farther north is supposed to be stronger than one that was obtained at the south, this is the basis of progression based equipment

[shrewd needle]

And again, there's nothing illogical about wanting the VSS and the VAL to do the same damage. Nothing illogical for a Groza to not be weaker than a Makarov. And that's independent of 'game progression' nonsense, because even in the worst fictions, rifles are an upgrade to pistols by any means.

[smoky hawk]

you are still asking for realism in a game series that as always thrived in equipment progression

I dont understand why youd think this time it would be diff in fact

[shrewd needle]

Which is illogical by any means. Weapons are weapons, a weapon isn't supposed to depend on geography.

That's like saying a BFG-9000 found in Doom 1 is supposed to be weaker than Doom 2 because Doom 2 is 'further'. 🤦

[fickle tree]

put a picitanny rail upgrade on AS Lavina

The only scope you can attach is the PSO 4x that doesnt even use the rail

???

[shrewd needle]

Well, you can attach a collimator, I think.

[fickle tree]

nope

[shrewd needle]

Uh...you can. I've done that, you can choose either the PSO or one of the collimators.

I'm not near a stash right now; will show pictures when I can.

[fickle tree]

So right now I've got the open collimator sight, the collimator sight, and a holographic sight in my inventory, and none of them will fit on it, and yes, I definitely have the rail upgrade

[shrewd needle]

Ah...yea, my bad. It's not the collimator but the PAO 2X.

[fickle tree]

oh I havent come across that one yet

but yeah, see? Its kind of dumb, right?

[shrewd needle]

Eh...not the worst of the lot. Groza can't fit a PSO-1, which it literally did in the trilogy and reality.

[shrewd needle]

#📸┃screens_and_videos message

There, you can see the PAO-2X on the VAL.

[weary hedge]

??

[fickle tree]

I see. That's pretty cool

[edgy shell]

Although from my perspective, having it be that weapons in a certain ammo bracket do a somewhat similar amount of damage would make it a little clearer as to where in progress that actually is

I’ve got a 416, a fora, a gp37, no idea which one is considered later in progression as I’ve been getting them at roughly the same time. But if you could more clearly determine the progression based on its ammo type it could be a little more readable

Although where I am in the game at the moment I just choose one that I like the feel and look of anyways

[smoky hawk]

The GP37 I think is a cheaper alternative to the 416? The fora is the mid game 5.45 weapon
Basically what they did is mirror progression for both 5.56 and 5.45 so you have player choice instead of being forced to upgrade to 5.56 in the midgame

IG, GP37 is a weapon you can get from bandits as soon as you leave the lesser zone

[edgy shell]

Can appreciate the freedom, but if it was made such that 556 is the clear ‘next tier’ I wouldn’t have to ask around to figure out which one is next in the progression tree

[smoky hawk]

5.56 isn't a clear next tier, BC the weapons featuring each caliber have quirks that you might appreciate either

I've always found 5.45 to be more plentiful and it's weapon more durable but 5.56 to deal more damage and firerate

[edgy shell]

I just like the gp for its scope

416 full auto feels nice but I hardly ever use it, haven’t had much pushback against using weapons so I’ve never really felt like I was forced to switch to another

And weapon stats in games lie to me so many times I’ve also never even looked at them to compare

Although I’m going to boldly assume that later in the game that choice becomes more important

[shrewd needle]

Well...the 'funnest' part is that the G36 was an 'end-game' weapon that's now available at the start of the game. So much for 'progression'.

[edgy shell]

Yeah I was surprised by how early I found it

[shrewd needle]

It actually isn't the 'next' tier; both 5.45 and 5.56 are simply alternatives, equivalent in overall performance with different strengths and weaknesses.

The 'next' tier would be snipers. DMRs first, then dedicated snipers.

[edgy shell]

No idea how many guns are even left in the game that I’ve not got yet

Will just carry on and see where it goes. I wanted to get the emr, ebr whatever it’s called but the stock rotated before I could get it :(

[shrewd needle]

Plenty, at any point.

[shrewd needle]

I went from EMR to SVU.

[sharp sierra]

I get ipsf being friendly with duty and ward but freedom! I've got a load coming from the wild territory into rostok. Oh well free guns to sell

[edgy shell]

Had an svdm for a long while now, just haven’t used it much yet

I just like me a dmr

Feels good in most games. It’s just at the moment I seem to be one tapping everyone anyway so it’s not felt necessary

[shrewd needle]

Yea, SVD's good, but SVU is better in terms of handling. Also, since enemies don't spawn far enough, SVU is more than enough.

[shrewd needle]

Which is good; weapons have no progression; you can practically use an AK if you get head-shots to the end of the game.

[fickle tree]

Has anybody drawn attention to the fact that there's an 8x RUS PSO scope in the game that only lists as being compatible with the Vintar, but you can't remove the Vintar's default scope, and you can't replace it with the 8x PSO?

Ive seen a couple posts about it from like 3 months ago but it's a little disheartening to know it still hasn't been patched yet, even though.

[shrewd needle]

Uh...isn't there only 1 8X scope that's compatible with the EMR and nothing else?

[edgy shell]

yeah, which is why i'm not really too fussed by the weapon progression that does exist at the moment

[shrewd needle]

It's good that way...use any weapon you want. Except for pistols, of course, but then...Skif's Makarov = practically a nuke.

[edgy shell]

as a way to keep the economy in check i've made it a goal to just upgrade one of each weapon to the max, make it more of a wardrobe I choose something from based on how i'm feeling lol

[shrewd needle]

Well...that's still going to cost you immensely. 😔

Not to mention the armour upgrades and repair costs. Though you can switch difficulties for that; Rookie for buying/repairing/upgrading, STALKER/Veteran for normal playing.

[fickle tree]

No, there is or was an 8X PSO scope when the game launched, but it may have since been removed from all traders

[indigo oriole]

Naaah none of the vendors sells it same as 7.32 AP. Only available in the stashes

That’s why I’m asking

[fickle tree]

See the section on this website that says "VS Vintar compatible attachments" https://game8.co/games/STALKER-2-Heart-of-Chornobyl/archives/485907

[shrewd needle]

Oh...didn't know about that.

[shrewd needle]

Well, I've been to Rostok and Pripyat and never seen this scope in the inventory of either.

[indigo oriole]

Day 7 of asking GSC for information about weapon attachments and still no answer. There is no possible way to get answers from them. This is f joke

[fickle tree]

They may have just removed it from the game entirely then

[shrewd needle]

Or just made inaccessible; might want to try UETools to spawn it.

[azure dove]

[solemn ibex]

I have a suspicion people around me are fake and are being dispawned every 100 meters.
Everyone on this server has prebaked responses to me.

[river chasm]

We're all a psi illusion

[indigo oriole]

I wish I could spawn anything but I’m on console

[shrewd needle]

Damn, my condolences.

[polar forge]

I just helped save Zalyssia from Monolith. Anyone know where the closest technician would be that isn’t overrun right now? I need to repair my gear badly

[solemn ibex]

unfortunately use legs. put stuff in the box stuff and go to a technician

[vernal lily]

I would go to the guy at Rookie village. or Slag Heap. Rookie village is slightly closer, but both still far away.

Wait

[polar forge]

Wait what about Chemical plant

[vernal lily]

Oh yeah, that place too, if you sided with Ward

[polar forge]

I forgot I can go there now xD

Thanks guys 🙏

I will have a stash and bed there right? If I stash this armor and use different so I can go to sphere first

[vernal lily]

Yes, there's an ender chest there

And a bed

[cursive kettle]

real

[polar forge]

Alright sweet thank you. I was hoping after I gathered the medical equipment for doctor guy in Zalyssia that Lens would recover and I could use him for repairs. But that did not happen

[vernal lily]

He should eventually, but I don't think it happens right away.

[glass dust]

GUYS

[drifting forge]

Yea

[drifting forge]

Damn it's funny to see you in pink

[glass dust]

Wrong channel lol

hi

[vernal lily]

[drifting forge]

Lmao

[glass dust]

SIG SAUER released an apology finally for the P320

jk, abril foos

[polar forge]

Wait are you not a moderator anymore ?

[vernal lily]

[polar forge]

Fool’s April

Why does APSB description say “A silenced pistol” but it isn’t even silenced. It is burst fire 🧐

[weary estuary]

I played 264 hours of the game, exploring every inch of the zone and doing side missions and collecting artifacts and grinding for better weapons and gear before the 3rd update caused my saved data to disappear forever. It took me a month to get my frustration in check and finally got back on. Every time I got on from that point on, every few minutes the game would crash. I'm on series s. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the game now 4 times. I had to start all over on a new game and have continually come back after a few weeks to try again only for the game to still crash on me. I love this game so much, I'm #1 out of 67 friends who play, in time/hours/days played... 19 days now, at this point. I just keep getting game crashes and just giving up for a week or two until another update or patch comes. I had high hopes for the last update but then after 30 minutes of gaming it crashed again. Reloaded it and within 15 minutes it crashed again. No other game has problems running on my console. It's a crushing blow bc I love this game and the series but it doesn't love me back.

Sorry, just had to vent. 🫤

[deft spoke]

Any idea on when mod support is coming to console

[normal sail]

No clue

GSC hasn't said anything regarding a specific ETA

[ebon blade]

Less trouble with the Series X

[weary estuary]

I'm aware, but that's not the point... X or S or PC, shouldn't matter, it shouldn't have deleted saves and it shouldn't be crashing 4 months later. 😭

[slender trench]

Probably removed due to rendering distance and how the enemies kind of spawn just within the rendering distance.

[fickle tree]

that doesnt make much sense because there's still another NATO 8x scope in game

[polar forge]

Is that the scope on M701? (think that’s the right name for the sniper)

[fickle tree]

yes

[deft spoke]

I just want NVGs

[shrewd needle]

I'd settle for better lighting instead of pitch black 5 MM from a light source.

And a real torch rather than the tiny highlighter that exists right now..

[vapid galleon]

Can you share the photo of the scope? I don't remember using 8x before

[vapid galleon]

REAL

[fickle tree]

gimme a sec

[vapid galleon]

I need the flashlight from Dying Light 2

[shrewd needle]

Never played DL2, honestly.

[vapid galleon]

Might be the game with the best flashlight

[shrewd needle]

Only games with flash-lights I've played are STALKER, HL2, Doom 3 and GTA V.

GTA V's weapon-lights are crap, as expected. HL2 and Doom 3...IDEK what to say.

[solemn ibex]

who took away Skif's artifact? I don't remember

[vernal lily]

Skif's artifact?

The end game artifact you get towards the end?

[fallen latch]

the artifact that turns up in his laundry, I know his name but i forgot
saiga guy, gasmask on the shoulder guy

[solemn ibex]

the very first one from the apartment, I don't have it in my inventory and somebody took it when I did the thing with the scanner

also... why did Skif try to recharge it in the first place??

[vernal lily]

Nimble

[shrewd needle]

So he has a portable power bank for his PDA and armours.

[vernal lily]

He refuses to go back since he got no place to return too, so might as well try to charge the artifact and maybe trade it in for like money or something.

[solemn ibex]

and after Nimble? I just don't remember it every holding after that

[vernal lily]

Group of Wards came towards the scanner, then Nimble's group came. He turned out to be ||helping Faust to get that scanner||. Afterwards you're just left empty handed and Richter helps you out.

[ripe pasture]

Does anyone know for how long the Ultimate Physical Edition will be available?
I wanted to ask in the #📜┃ask-gsc channel, but I don't wanna take up the space with a question someone else might be able to answer

[solemn ibex]

these buggers

[ebon blade]

I was not aware it was available at all anymore.

[ripe pasture]

It's still up on their site as if it is available ...

[ebon blade]

What seller?

[vernal lily]

The guys with Nimble? They looked like Monolithians, or probably Noontide that were ||helping Faust||.

[solemn ibex]

everyone is a bugger in S2

[vernal lily]

Including the frogs

[ripe pasture]

game-legends . de

[ebon blade]

If they will sell it buy it. I wouldn't postpone your decision.

You may want to email the Seller to make sure they can still get it.

[ripe pasture]

will do, thanks

[still current]

Monolithians. Those who sided with Faust did not call themselves noontide, neither anyone in the Zone other than few considered any of the noontide other than monos

[still current]

The Monolith fragment, the alpha artifact

[vernal lily]

Yeah, I wasn't really sure. Because they were walking alongside Nimble.

[still current]

Nimble was doing some job for Faust that includes, info, guiding, and tracking.

That's the only reason he was not treated like other stalkers, cuz he's valuable to Faust's plan

Especially the info he has on CS base and swamp

[vernal lily]

Yeah that makes sense lol, couldn't really made sense of it clearly at first because it's late (early? now) over here. Thanks.

[still current]

He also had ties with some agents who gave him info on skif's artifact

That's why they knew where he was and how they managed to track down the scanner

Faust also already knew about the artifact itself and knew exactly that I'd bring the Monolith back

A perfect alpha artifact was already theorized that it would recharge the dead monolith crystal, and so, something even better came to exist, which was the Monolith fragment. Literally a perfect Monolith charger as it retained the original zone energy and basically came as a mini Monolith lmao

[vernal lily]

[still current]

Literally

[chilly pasture]

I love how detailed Pripyat is, compared it to google maps and most of things are one to one. It is a great joy to explore that whole city from comfort of my gaming corner 🙂

[vernal lily]

Monolith lamps should exist. Although technically I can turn my salt lamp into one. Just need to get the right shade of blue for the light bulb.

[sick rain]

I know about that one, i am talking about the menu screen of Heart of Chornobyl. is it only a piece of artwork or is it also a in-game location

[sick rain]

Thanks, i will check it out

[sick rain]

Are you talking about centreal elevator? north of chemical plant ward base?

[river chasm]

Yeah

[dire heart]

what's the state of stalker 2 rn and should I start my second play through?

[mystic isle]

#🤨┃stalker_memes

[cursive kettle]

kinda better but still stalker 2 launch feeling, just more polished, not totaly fixed but more playable

(nvgs and binoculars are still not added)

[low totem]

yoyo i have issue my stalker 2 game pass pc version, i played again after months so now i cant download game it say that required. DLC-preorder however when i check game -> manage xbox app can see only season pass deluxe edition, but not pre order DLC also i have pre-order dlc folder, so what issue? ^^

[random star]

Don't, if I were you I'd wait longer

[vapid galleon]

play Stalker Anomaly

[chilly pasture]

just realized what the main point of stalker 2 storyline is:
Buy insurance for your home

[random star]

Skif goes in the zone to get some money to buy a house, ends up going into the god damn C-Con pod and spreading the zone across the whole world

[glass dust]

Skif lost his crib

[chilly pasture]

should have insured it but hes a noob

[river chasm]

Go play OP-2. When you have reached the end credits, come back to HoC, it will certainly be improved by then

[glass dust]

should’ve sold his soul to Jake from State Farm

[cobalt haven]

Just gave some thoughts on stuff.

Since Faust has more control on many things in the zone leading to some stuff (including one ending) in his grand scheme of things?

What if the events before the game are also under his control, especially the one involving the alpha artifact crashing on Skif's laundry? What if he actually coerced the Spark to sabotage the Ward?

We were already aware of those psi installation in Icarus and the one in Lesser Zone was done by his agents before Skif even arrived.

There's also the fact of the cut audio of Hermann conspiring with Faust.

Maybe i just had too much of Dvupalov's magic vodka.

PS. Sidorovich, pay me.

[glass dust]

I destroyed the psi beacons for the ward so it was weird

[cobalt haven]

It was really alarming that it was there in the first place

[glass dust]

I’m doing a pro Ward run so

[cobalt haven]

Faust was just a catalyst.

Skif is the angel of death

[glass dust]

With the Saiga 12? You might have some merit there.

[frigid hill]

frggoge. has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[glass dust]

bad boy frggoge

[glass dust]

I think I picked up the weapon early in the swamp

Can’t even upgrade it as the technicians that I have discovered so far can’t even service it so I got the wait to upgrade the internals

[past kiln]

I've encountered an issue with the "on edge

mission were one of the enemy groups has spawned 6.7km away in the upper left corner of the map

and not the playable map, way outside most extreme upper corner

when the monolith attack Zalysia

[cursive kettle]

what was that game that you had to wait years to complete it?

[cursive kettle]

skill issue, get a better gaming chair

[glass dust]

The Longing?

[river chasm]

Yeah that's the one

[cursive kettle]

yess

[river chasm]

It's like 500 days I think

[cursive kettle]

i bet my 2 down reperts that by completing the game 6 times stalker2 will be playable

or completed

[river chasm]

500 days is a pretty long time, it'll probably be playable well before that

OP-2 is simply 500-1000 hours of gameplay so I guess how long it is in real days depends on how much you do degen gaming hours

[cursive kettle]

what's op-2

[lament radish]

Yea. I received a shady delivery from fedex, wasn't notified by finalbossbundle, havnt ordered anything. It started shipping yesterday

[marsh yarrow]

Nice

Opens it up and sees an actual artifact

[lament radish]

Nah, and artifact with explosive properties

[marsh yarrow]

💀

[river chasm]

It's a trilogy mod that... Okay I'll just run the video again, it's better than trying to describe it

[modern lion]

Hey anyone got a link to a MC movie vidrip? (recorded from inside the cinema)
I can pay.

[lament radish]

Ermm. That is not stalker related, and what??? The movie already got leaked ahead of release???

[modern lion]

It already released in central Europe and Philippines

[lament radish]

Actually, i didn't even know

[modern lion]

And sorry if not Stalker related. I stop here.

[lament radish]

Nah all is good

[pale fossil]

why dont zombies just shoot themselves

[terse ravine]

they can't control themselves

[lean sphinx]

Anyone know where I can find the suppressor for the SVDM-2 and SVU-MK A-3???

(Xbox series X).

• Thank you.

[somber gazelle]

this has probably been said before but since mods are coming do we think coop could be a possibility?

[sage dew]

https://www.stalker2.com/game/the-action Am I crazy or is there on GSCs own webpage false image of physical scopes?

[terse ravine]

official coop mode already confirmed a no, mods might be able to add coop, i have no clue if its possible

those screenshots are from early development, also they used to have PiP, but it was removed because of performance issues

[sage dew]

Heck what a shame, the flora also looks quite different in the screenshots - the forest surrounding duga I mean... I know for a fact that such flora was actually in the game. And later was removed / changed ... after I preordered xD

It irks me a bit xD

[shrewd needle]

There isn't one AFAIK; you have to spawn it via the console.

[river chasm]

Looks like stills from the E3 reveal trailer, and yeah they were present in the game at that point, but were removed at some point. Solid guess is because they destroy performance

[sage dew]

pitty it looked awesome

[river chasm]

That type of scope requires the game to render the scene twice so it's very taxing on hardware

[sage dew]

Not the entire scene, but yes

pip tech can do just part at small res. But I dont know if UE5 as well

Well fingers crossed for future updates even if GSC will go the path of CDPR and end up hire bunch of modders xD

[river chasm]

Yeah I mean with how the game runs currently the performance gains were probably deemed necessary

[terse ravine]

performance is the main reason a life was gutted

[sage dew]

oh A-life yeah

CPU intensive - CPU already is bottleneck UE5 issue

not sure how to dance out of it without update to UE5,5 (with the megalight tech and some other features)

[river chasm]

Yeah unfortunately I don't think that is possible for them at this point

[lean sphinx]

I thought they added it with update 1.3.0?

[shrewd needle]

No idea; I've been through all stashes available on MapGenie, didn't find.

[cursive kettle]

obv

[river chasm]

I like that the main menu music works in motifs from different parts of the game/some of the endings if you listen for long enough

[glass dust]

Hey guys, what is the meaning of green markers?

Does it mean that those certain specialists and stuff like that will give me better deals because they like me!

[river chasm]

Yeah they should. It means you are friendly with the faction

[glass dust]

This is stalker 2 btw

[river chasm]

Yup. I believe you will get some slight discounts on repairs and the like

You definitely should from the guides, in my 1st playthrough I was able to get them to bring me places for free

[vernal lily]

The free thing from guides was a bug apparently, but they do take you places way cheaper after they go green.

[ripe pasture]

Ordered it maybe an hour after the messages back and forth. I should be getting it today. Apparently a retailer here (Denmark) had a few in stock.

[glass dust]

Do you guys know anyways for me to make some money?

I’m trying to pick up a suit from a Ward guy but he’s making me pay 40,000 bones

[river chasm]

a few options: sell artifacts, take side jobs from bartenders, search for loot in the world and sell some of it

[vernal lily]

Selling guns can help you earn too, since they're just freely out everywhere. Collect red weapons too if you have enough space in your inventory. Ragman in Rostok buys those.

[ebon blade]

Good deal.

[vernal lily]

Only sell to vendors that sell armor or weapons, other people will buy your things for less.

[ripe pasture]

Which suit?

[ripe pasture]

Yir boi!

[glass dust]

A psi radiation soot

SSP 99

[ripe pasture]

How far into the game are you?

Going to the Swamp, I presume?

@glass dust

I ask because I struggled with that, too, but in my second playthrough (after an update, still haven't finished the game), I discovered that you can find it a few places, just lying around

[glass dust]

I’m at swamp

That is the latest place that I discovered I’m currently just running around in my head, not knowing what to do lol

No major traders in the more recent areas are giving anything good or have jobs for me

I’m basically stuck lol

[ripe pasture]

Alright. Well, in the mission "Answers Come At A Cost," you can find it after eradicating some people with Scar

[glass dust]

I’m wanting to get the radiation suit in preparation for trying to get to clear sky

I’ve been bouncing back to the bandit camp and into Icarus

[ripe pasture]

First time you meet him, in a room with some toxic anomalies and shard anomalies.

If you have an autosave at that mission, and you don't wanna spend the money, I'd go back to that. Shouldn't take too long, as far as I remember, to get back to where you are, now

[ripe pasture]

Yeah, it's a few missions before that

[glass dust]

In terms of the story, I finished with that dude in the snork cave

I just got to swamp

[ripe pasture]

Nimble, cool. Did you take his gun?

[glass dust]

It’s how I got my wonderful Saiga 12 very early

I love the thing… I got it early enough to the point that the technicians that I have met so far cannot even service the weapon lol

[ripe pasture]

Awesome. It's a blessing of a weapon

Everyone should be able to repair it, no?

[glass dust]

well, they can repair it, but I can’t add any upgrades to it

[ripe pasture]

Yeah, you'll have to go to Rostok for that

[glass dust]

Where’s dat?

[ripe pasture]

Northwest of Zalissya

[glass dust]

Ahh ok

[ripe pasture]

So basically the opposite of the Swamp lol

is there a reason why there's no VC in the server?

[ripe pasture]

If you need any more help, you can DM me if you want

[vernal lily]

You need to level up more to get that

[ripe pasture]

ah, cool. What level?

[sand leaf]

can bloodsuckers get whirlygigged?

[vernal lily]

Forgot specific number, but you see voice channels when you get the experienced role

[ripe pasture]

alright, thanks!

[vernal lily]

Ok so it looks like experience role is when you're at level 10

You can check with that Wolf bot here

[vernal lily]

You're almost there

[ripe pasture]

awesome, thanks!

[ebon blade]

I just got one free in Garbage.

[ripe pasture]

after meeting Scar? Or in a different place?

[ebon blade]

No. After going to the Detention Center and meet Spark. Spark sent me to the Factory controlled by Ward. Inside the Factory.

[ripe pasture]

ah, cool

[vapid galleon]

[solemn ibex]

Guys, I would like to know more about the project Fiber

[wintry pumice]

It's a highly classified project where experiments were conducted to ||create new kinds of toilet paper using the materials found in artifacts||

For betterment of Humanity!!

[solemn ibex]

I thought you would just shoot me in the face ||like in the game||

[wintry pumice]

I ain't Ward

[surreal token]

my flash light stopped working

[solemn ibex]

change batteries

[surreal token]

you can do that in stalker?

it simply refuses to turn on

[wintry pumice]

[vapid galleon]

[pale fossil]

im sure at least some zombie would find the strength to do it, it would be a cool thing to see in game lore-wise (also depressing af but that's how stalker zombies are)

[terse ravine]

if they had the innate psi resistance to do that, they wouldn't have become zombies in the first place

[pale fossil]

i had this thought while listening to their voice lines, some of them sound like they snap out of it for a second or two

[fickle tree]

Does anybody know where to find the suppressor blueprint for the SSP-100?

oh nvm I found it

I'm guessing it's not exclusive to SSP-100

[drifting forge]

All helmets i think

[ripe pasture]

Got the ultimate edition ... More than satisfied, this stuff is awesome

[vernal lily]

I suppose

[tall falcon]

Is there any updates on dlss 4 support?

[polar forge]

Is there any mid - long range optic for Grom S-15

I have the Open Collimator Sight on mine rn but I would like a scope similar to PSO 4x or RNBW 2x if there is one for it

[ebon blade]

Go to the Cement Factory. The Trader will sometimes have a better scope in stock.

[wheat current]

hey guys where is 5.45 groza

[small cobalt]

Cooling Towers, it's north of the Burning Fire Depot in a crater.

[polar forge]

Yeah if you go across the bridge from cement factory past the burning building you’ll find it in a hole next to a corpse ||and a bunch of fire anomalies|| xD

[sharp sierra]

Does it ever explain how Ozorsky got killed when he was protected by Scar?

[sharp sierra]

I believe it can take the acog

[polar forge]

Okay thank you I will check

[halcyon karma]

You can override it with Nvidia App.

[halcyon karma]

Ozersky dies in the Spark path?

If yes, then he was probably killed off by Scar for not believing in him. There's an audio log in X-15, but I didn't pay too much attention to it ever for some reason.

[sharp sierra]

The guys in malachite seen to think so and there is announcement saying not to mention or ask what happened to him

[halcyon karma]

Yeah, but not sure if he died. He couldn't have returned anyway, the Ward took over and they knew he rolled with Spark.

So maybe - don't ask about this guy, he worked with these guys, which are enemies of the guys holding their guns at us currently, so yeah.

[solid rock]

Oh my god. So I decided to try out one of these optimisation mods people keep talking about. They said you could get up to 10fps, I don't really care I'm on a 5080 so I'm fine on the frames side of things. But it "fixes the mouse smoothing" or whatever, I didn't know what they were talking about until I launched with the mod active and aiming feels so much nicer now. It's like my mouse was Rock Lee with the weights on before and he just dropped the weights.

[frigid hill]

tomasaurusrekt has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[flint plover]

omg u POS i spent so long typing that

[vapid galleon]

[vapid galleon]

Ctrl + Z

[swift scroll]

what mod is this?

[solid rock]

There are all sorts of optimisation mods out there, I sorted by "popular" on Nexus Mods and grabbed "Optimized Tweaks S.2" by VynnGfx.

[frigid hill]

psychxnxrmal has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[cerulean sequoia]

hello, dos anyone know if the bugs related to the save zalizzya missions have been patched? wanting to know if it's time to jump into the game again with a fresh save

[burnt hollow]

uuh i cant remember

what do we call the "unaffiliated" stalkers?

[cerulean sequoia]

used to be called loners

[burnt hollow]

Thanks that was the word i was looking for

[soft depot]

what are the best ways to farm coupons

[ornate sable]

Looting corpses and selling their guns, also artifact farming once you figure out a good route.

[weary hedge]

firefox new sidebar tabs are so much better than traditional browser tabs, jesus

[frigid hill]

mikkyts has been warned

Reason: Posted an invite

[river chasm]

Taking easy jobs from bartenders is a pretty straightforward way to get a little extra money

[feral horizon]

Lesser zone has artifacts super close together

[solemn ibex]

I just can't get over how much better lesser zone polished in comparison to the rest of the locations.
I have just randomly stumbled upon Solder and the game is like sure you can continue with your main quest

[native crescent]

is it normal that the doctor's house just disappears after you finish the mission with strider? I fogor to pick up the gun and now its gone

[warm schooner]

Well guys, it’s been almost 5 months and the game has hardly improved, no roadmap has been created as promised, the a-life system just barely functions, there’s still no multiplayer as advertised, the games visuals barely match the advertised trailers and screenshots, and not to mention it’s still buggy and has very low performance, I believe we’ve been lied to and sold an unfinished product with no intent on fixing it any time soon. Huge disappointment

[sturdy verge]

did they give a exact date for road map?

[lilac zenith]

that quest is broken now

at least on my veteran playthrough, he just dies everytime no matter what. No medkit option or anything

[charred nova]

No

[vernal lily]

Being a loot goblin and picking up every gun you find on the ground

[river chasm]

The only thing they gave an exact date for was the 1.0 release

[vapid galleon]

[vernal lily]

You know that quest? I think it was called in the name of science. After I disabled the signals or whatever it was, never got back from them afterwards. Quest still bugged for me I guess.

I suddenly remembered, days after getting my two endings, lol.

[cursive kettle]

im growing a little tired ab the annoying 6 military faction enemies spawning beside me every 10 mins

[topaz barn]

E skibidi toilet

[novel wave]

I’ve never understood the point of farming coupons in the game. Why do you need anymore than you end up getting by playing normally

[vernal lily]

Every time you upgrade armor or weapons, you are near 0. Plus, spending time not playing the main quest or sidequest you run out pretty quickly. I don't know about others, but I found myself running low on coupons because of that.

On top of not wanting to sell my artifacts I find

[molten parrot]

I figured the best thing to do is keep most weapons you find in the magic wood chest that can store up to infinity and sell them all in rostok

[vernal lily]

That's literally what I do yeah

[polar forge]

This is crazy I just saw an NPC on guard duty outside a base look like he was nodded off sleeping standing up. I heard him snoring and everything. When I walk up and press F to talk he wake up and shook his head like “what wha!” 🤣

Why did the trader icons at chemical plant just turn red? Is this a bad thing? I been helping them and sided with them I don’t understand

[polar forge]

Also, I figured out if you purchase a muzzle upgrade attachment at a technician then put a suppressor on that weapon it removes the upgraded muzzle benefit. Can’t use both at same time I guess

[polar forge]

Dude wtf is this bs fight with the monolith at duga

[wintry pumice]

If you call that bs, wait till you drop into a certain building in pripyat

[static gazelle]

Too true

[polar forge]

It wasn’t that bad until random psi enemies started spawning in a 360 degree radius around me. Not much cover when I get shot from every possible angle known to man lol

[static gazelle]

When that happened to me I just kept stimming and running until I was far away enough

[polar forge]

I died once and then got past it…we got out ass handed to us though

[polar forge]

Luckily I brought m701 super and I found an upgraded emr with an acog on the way. Easy headshots on those exo turds lol

Now I have equipped
EMR
Saiga
APSB
Grom S-15 w/ red dot as backup xD

Idk if I like using the APSB. I mean, it is really good but the durability drains so fast even just using regular ammo. I used it for like an hour and it went from 100% to 67% and that is with wear & tear upgrades

[static gazelle]

I've been using the rhino it's pretty good for mutants atleast that's what I've noticed

[polar forge]

Is that the revolver?

I put laser pointer upgrade on my m701 so it is super easy to no scope mutants now xD

[static gazelle]

Yes it is

[hollow berry]

The magic what chest?

Also was the chest at Sids bunker meant to be personal stash? It feels a bit weird there.

[crystal moss]

Anyone have the mold artifact in game? Where on the map did ya get one, I’m trying to find all the artifacts and I’m only like 3-4 artifacts away from completing an achievement

[lapis silo]

I have done it a couple of times and it seems to be fixed

[polar forge]

I just did the save Zalyssia mission yesterday worked fine for me too

[frigid hill]

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[sturdy verge]

Aren't we speciallllll

[vapid galleon]

why you gonna be special?

[sturdy verge]

We're all special in the shining zone

[vapid galleon]

you're right buddy

[woeful seal]

Question stalkers why does the witches circle turn any human AI into zombie stalkers?

[frigid hill]

_yander has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[floral shoal]

how do I leave the area where I find nestors stash in garbage

[harsh jungle]

do not do what I did once (jumping off the crane and dying)

[placid onyx]

guys is anyone here on the arcanum coop discord ?, its the discord of the devs who made the multiplayer extension, i cant find an active link :I

[frigid hill]

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[west marsh]

Anyone knowing what voicemod they use for the UA voiceacting for EXO users?

sounds absolutley sick asf would love to sound like it myself

[wide veldt]

I can install all upgrades on my diamondback exoskeleton right

[hollow berry]

Has Devs said anything about being able to upgrade editions? I want the preorder items

[river chasm]

It's gonna be a thing eventually but no ETA

I have my thoughts as to why it isn't there yet but it's just wild speculation anyway so

[west marsh]

yes

[solid rock]

I swear, every time I choose not to bring a shotgun with me, I regret it as soon as I run into a group of bloodsuckers.

[hollow berry]

Oh? What is it?

[river chasm]

Steam introduced new rules for the sale of season passes so that they have to include a timeline of estimated release windows. S2 Ultimate Edition doesn't have this, probably because it's been for sale for years and got grandfathered in, but starting to sell something new may not work that way

Pure baseless speculation on my part though

[wide veldt]

Best place to make money?

[wheat current]

either arena or those repeatable tasks from traders

[wide veldt]

Whats arena and where is it

[wheat current]

in rostok where you fight different enemies in different rounds like an arena type game

[wide veldt]

Thanks heading there now

[hollow berry]

Can't you only do the arena once?

[wheat current]

there's multiple rounds

[hollow berry]

For the Sledgehammer? That's it right.

[wide veldt]

U can farm it though right

[wheat current]

there's a finite amount of rounds but they give increasing amounts of coupons so by the last round you'll have a ton of coupons

[wide veldt]

Good

[sand leaf]

pretty sure at least 95% of my deaths are to electric anomalies

[wide veldt]

I hate fighting things like dogs though there so annoying

[sand leaf]

just unsure why they one shot you even with decent electric protection

[wide veldt]

the dogs are so tedious for no reason

[sand leaf]

you can one shot them with buckshot

[wide veldt]

If u can hit them

[sand leaf]

they run at you in a straight line you just have to be patient

[wide veldt]

Its tedious for no reason

[sand leaf]

eh i haven't found it take longer than any other mutant really

cats however are needlessly tanky and annoying

[wide veldt]

well all i have is a boomstick in the arena rn

[sand leaf]

ohhh you're there

[frigid hill]

favouriteless has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[wide veldt]

Bad word useage🤓👆

[sand leaf]

do we really censor that word in a discord server for a game where you fight down some of the most horrific creatures you can imagine

[terse ravine]

haven't played in a while, but have regular artifacts been rebalanced? i saw that the arch artifacts were

[vernal lily]

It's really just a discord thing, for public community servers. Pretty sure that's why the censoring is there. But strange, you can say "shit" though lol.

[terse ravine]

weight increase artifacts really need a buff, night star gives 9kg, wierd bottle gives so much more, but the drunk effect gives me motion sickness

[wide veldt]

Time to just exploit at this point i tryed the normal way

Ill just drop my gear on the floor then talk to him :p

[wide veldt]

Took me a few trys cuz my stuff dissapered a few times but of course things are designed poorly they dont want u not doing it there terrible way and they make things stop u or take ur stuff away

Only a few things like round 2 are bad but the few things are very bad

But atleast i found a way to get it done

There was no way to tell which dog was which it acted and did the same stuff as all the other dogs btw its just stronger than the others thats it

[sand leaf]

well yes that is how psydogs work

you just shoot them at random until one bleeds and kill the bleeding one

[ebon blade]

The psydog is always the one hanging out to the rear, while the phantoms move forward.

[sand leaf]

in theory yes in practice i find that to almost never be the case

every time for me it's just running around in the middle of the pack

[ebon blade]

Then shoot the one in the middle, and stop shooting them all.

[sand leaf]

if only it were that easy to do with a boomstick while they're all sprinting in circles

[ebon blade]

Boomstick? Aren't you past day 1?

[sand leaf]

the guy complaining is in the arena

[river chasm]

I find more often than not they tend to stick to the middle or back, but yeah it's not set in stone

[sand leaf]

i have no particular issues with it myself, i do think it's badly designed but it's not that bad

though it's moreso that the arena forces you to use a boomstick so you can't effectively find rthe real dog i guess

[hoary crest]

At least its post-nerf for the Psidogs

Pre-nerf was like "Oh here, have 50 clones"

[sand leaf]

and it's still too many imo

[terse ravine]

psi dog needs a cooldown after spawning a certain amount of clones

[sand leaf]

the problem with it in the arena is that you can't actually kill them all and there's too much stuff in the way for the hang around at the back behaviour to be clear

by the time you find it you'll get maybe one or two shots off and it'll swap places

[pulsar cloud]

so once u finish the game thats it? u cant continue or it doesnt send u back to before the mission?

[violet zodiac]

Agreed.

[violet zodiac]

Or items need weight overhaul. Where some items are made to weigh less. Definitely some quest items that IMO weigh too much.

[dense quartz]

You know you can do that yourself by loading the save prior to finishing the game ?

Why would you need the game to do that for you

[soft depot]

what do i do before entering the last mission heard people said u cant continue the playthrough after credits

[river chasm]

Make a save I guess, or go do anything you left unfinished

[soft depot]

like an auto save?

[river chasm]

No just a separate manual save in case you want to come back later

Because yeah the game ends after the end of the game

[soft depot]

can u send me a ss of how u do it in dms

[pulsar cloud]

Bc my old save got deleted when I was fighting in the generators and my last one before that was before I got to pripyat

Also is bolt traveling a viable option for going far distances?

[polar forge]

This psi dog in the arena is such bs. I ain’t dealing with this crap. Makes me wanna rip my hair out

As soon I land a shot on the real on it shoots out a dozen clones and by time I reload I can’t find it again. Out of ammo three times in a row. Not fun at all

[surreal token]

game completed

82 hours

[glass dust]

Something that could possibly help you is that the main dog tends to just not move and let his goons get you

[surreal token]

somehow i feel like i achieved true stalker ending and same time not

[glass dust]

If you find a dog that usually is sitting around, chances are that’s probably the main dog and just dump a Saiga magazine at him

While the other dogs are trying to nip at your legs, try to spot a odd psi dog that is just sitting there

[polar forge]

Well I think the problem is if I’m on the ground I get slaughtered fast. So I jump on crates and then they just run randomly to avoid me. It is so irritating

[ebon blade]

Stalker 2's Point Of No Return Is Easily Missed
https://www.thegamer.com/stalker-2-wont-let-you-go-back-and-explore-once-you-pass-this-point/

[ebon blade]

Stalker 2: Point of no return explained
https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/stalker-2-point-return-explained

[surreal token]

does side misisons etc. affect ending?

also is there way to play around with unique weapons we get in the ending other than during the end game

[vernal lily]

Not really, some reactions from characters might be different, but it won't change what final ending you will get.

[surreal token]

alright. in that case i say CoP had better ending sequence

[pulsar cloud]

Easiest way I found was charging it immediately and shooting one bullet into each until one bled then u load everything into that one.

[polar forge]

Idk I just get tore up and killed or bleeding with no bandages left way before I can get a chance to kill the thing

Sadly probably side quest I will never complete. It is just not fun to me

[fading parcel]

So, any worth improvement in qol with last patch except bug fixes?

[stone ibex]

Can i upgrade to ultimate edition after buying the base game? The only option i see is paying full price for it again

[vernal lily]

Not yet, but it is said to be planned

[stone ibex]

Ty

[fresh palm]

i wish to play as a Controller mutant in a stalker game or mod

[drifting forge]

[peak surge]

hi, Can you help me? My game crashes and I have to restart my PC, I can't play more than an hour without it crashing. Do you have a solution? Thank you

[drifting forge]

Had that once in CoP, went away on its own after like a day

[cursive kettle]

opens fridge

closes fridge

[hardy totem]

A day well spend

[vapid galleon]

we got this okay? okay?

[sturdy verge]

opens fridge and grabs milk for a tea, puts it back

closes fridge

[left violet]

anyone know if guitar is still obtainable if you don't pick it up before sircaa? I haven't picked it up for this reason but I'm still not sure

[weary hedge]

Hello dudes, does anyone have a map on how the world looks in the stalker universe?

[uncut hollow]

I think here is fan made one exist

[weary hedge]

and where is it?

[uncut hollow]

@hardy totem bro do you know map of Stalker? Is there full ones exist?

[weary hedge]

are you from georgia?

[uncut hollow]

no but Turkish Georgian

[weary hedge]

oh alright

[uncut hollow]

Ah I see, you're Geogian

[weary hedge]

no, im from chechnya

[uncut hollow]

[weary hedge]

you know that place?

[uncut hollow]

ye

[weary hedge]

you like it?

[uncut hollow]

I didn't travelled there ofc, I never been to Georgia even but I want too

Only being places in Turkiye

[weary hedge]

understandable i just wanted to know if you like chechens based on that emoji

[uncut hollow]

[weary hedge]

[hardy totem]

U mean this?
https://mapgenie.io/stalker-2-heart-of-chornobyl/maps/the-zone

[uncut hollow]

@weary hedge

[weary hedge]

no no no

i mean like a worldmap, how does it look like in the stalker universe

[hardy totem]

Mostly like IRL

[ripe pasture]

I have yet to complete the game, fully. What happens after the end? Do you resume the game outside the story? Does it pull you back to a previous save? Something else, maybe?

[ripe falcon]

The game ends. There is a point of no-return.

[quasi bolt]

hi guys

bro i have same specs, does the game even run in the first place

[shell eagle]

*Gal

[quasi bolt]

yes sorry

i have i5 14th gen, 16gb ram, iris xe

i dont mind if i get 30 fps on the lowest graphics possible but can it run

[shell eagle]

Well I meant I plan to play it by GFN

[quasi bolt]

ohh okiee... i can run gamma in medium graphics (60-80 fps)

[shell eagle]

I meant to play S2 dammit xDDD

[quasi bolt]

also im new to stalker. should i start with the mainline games from 2007?

[ocean forum]

Haiiii :3

[quasi bolt]

hi

[ocean forum]

I’m new here

[quasi bolt]

same, wassup

[ocean forum]

Nth much, mind if I get to know you?

[quasi bolt]

sure.
i am a stalker. : P (thats all i can say)

[ocean forum]

Oop

[ripe falcon]

I suggest you do, but it is not 100% mandatory before playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2

[quasi bolt]

i am more leaned towards gameplay, open world-ness and progression and not lore actually-

thats the thing holding me back from playing the old stalker games

[ripe falcon]

It's up to you

[quasi bolt]

yeah so, what stalker should i play? i just tried gamma and its too damn complex. old trilogy is too lore based and graphically put back. stalker 2 aint gonna run on my laptop. so what am i left with now?

is vanilla anomaly just as complex as gamma?

[ripe falcon]

Almost, but it's not really a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game. It's a modpack.

I would still recommand to play the originals first

[quasi bolt]

yes i know

[quasi bolt]

alright thanks

[ripe falcon]

Try it and see if you like it

[quasi bolt]

i dont 😭

[ripe falcon]

that's sad

[hardy totem]

I honestly doubt if you're gonna like stalker 2 then anyway

[torpid cove]

Willl stalker 2 ever be multiplayer?

[quasi bolt]

oh

[hardy totem]

not coop, but deathmatch multiplayer, yes

[ripe falcon]

MP should be added in a future update

[torpid cove]

It’s literally all i’m waiting on, i want to play the zone with friends, there’s literally nothing for me to do right now

[crystal harness]

is this game worth on sale ? and how big is it

[ripe falcon]

I think it is worth. The game is quite big, with a large open area and a long, branching storyline.

My first playthrough took 120 hours.

[torpid cove]

My first play through only took like a day of playing

[ripe falcon]

🤔 how come?

[torpid cove]

Idk i explored pretty much everything, got really good loot, and got an ending

Then i spent another 2 days getting the other endings

[crystal harness]

#1 on wishlist then

[ripe falcon]

[wheat current]

hey guys, does every ending make you go to ||death valley and generators||

[ripe falcon]

||All of them take you to the underground of the Generators, but some don't include outside sections in Dead Valley||

[wheat current]

which ones dont?

[ripe falcon]

||Skif and Strelok endings teleport you directly in the underground. Ward has a short outside section in Dead Valley. Spark has the longest outside section in Dead Valley.||

All are different perspectives

[still current]

End game stroll

[sand leaf]

is the bug where scar doesn't move to the secret entrance during visions of truth new this patch?

just had to noclip to a seemingly random room under malachite to get to him because he didn't get put in the correct place

[quasi bolt]

hi any stalker anomaly players here?! :))

[kindred fable]

#🔩┃trilogy_modifications

[lapis silo]

YES. The original games are really good and it will make playing STALKER 2 a lot better because you will have a lot more of an appreciation for the characters and the world.

[quasi bolt]

ah okay thx

[crystal harness]

is gun customization any good

I'd like to have tarkov like level of customization (well not literally, but smth similar to it)

[languid hinge]

Its alright, there are modifications you can do to firearms at technicians, and most weapons have 1 or up to 3 different attachments you can put on your guns once you find those attachments in the world. Silencers, mags, and scopes.

Scopes being the most common and not very difficult to find for any weapon that can use them.

Suppressors and Silencers are common to find for pistols. Ones for Assault rifles are a little trickier to find. And ones for Snipers are very rare. There are no suppressor options for shotguns.

Magazine mods are by far the "rarest" to find. Some can be bought from merchants, but most are required to be found by looting enemies, buildings, or most commonly, stashes

[crystal harness]

good enough for me

[novel wave]

How did you do that? Why did you do that? 😔

[tulip vale]

who are the stalkers at the cooling towers at the soc menu easter egg?

cant talk to them as the dialogue window is a lock symbol, i assume theyre important because they dont have last names

[grim cradle]

okay, so I haven't played STALKER 2 since release, does anyone want to volunteer and fill me in on what the big changes to the game has been?

[desert warren]

As far as I’m aware, they fixed some bugs, make it so rostok doesn’t crash I think? Haven’t been there since I crashed the first time before the update, they lowered the repair costs, and the main thing that was pissing me off, was they turned down the AI aimbot considerably. And made it so hostile AI wouldn’t spawn like 10 feet in from of you

There’s definitely more changes but those were the main ones that I remember

[grim cradle]

thanks!

[river chasm]

The vast majority of the changes are lots of bug fixes, but since launch there has been nerfing of some mutants like bloodsuckers, some rebalancing of armors, improvements to various animations for enemies and in cutscenes, a new attack for controllers, economy rebalancing

Oh and squirrels

[grim cradle]

wait what

[river chasm]

They added squirrels in a couple of areas

[sturdy verge]

🐿️ 🍗

[ebon blade]

Now you know where all your bolts went to.

[mystic nest]

this is probably a basic question. Is there a way to quick throw a grenade without using chat wheel first? (PC)

[ebon blade]

4 > left click of mouse for long throw > or right click of mouse for short throw.

[cold panther]

What do you think SPSA IN SPSA-14 stands for? "Special purpose Semi-Auto?", like "special purpse" in spas 12?

[ebon blade]

The letters and numbers were scrambled or changed to avoid copyright infringement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franchi_SPAS-12

[soft depot]

Hey, before starting the final mission in Stalker 2, should I go to the menu and make a manual save so I can keep playing after? And how do i continue the playthrough after the final mission

[cold panther]

Definitely for sure, would be interesting if there was an actual full name

[ebon blade]

You just answered your own question.

[vapid galleon]

I'm tired of seeing this gun. We've been playing this in every game since L4D2 and it actually makes me sick when I see it fr

[polar forge]

I swear there better be a technician in Malechite that can actually install upgrades to my Saiga 🤣

[crystal moss]

Harpy in yaniv or Bolero in Pripyat I know Fs can upgrade the saiga

The only two techs I go to to upgrade my weapons

And suits

[polar forge]

I haven’t made it that far yet

[halcyon karma]

Actually, they've did a bit more. Added some new anomalies, added new music, changed anomaly placements (and created anomalies where they weren't before)

Many map changes as well. Small but notable changes

[magic vault]

What are the relations between IPSF and Duty?
Are IPSF hostile towards everyone except Scientists and Ward?

[modest bear]

chat, how do i my stalker shadow of chernobyl look like its some arg

[lilac zenith]

They guard Yaniv station for some reason but i think they can fight the corps randomly at times.

[magic vault]

IPSF guard Yaniv? I only saw Corps there by the time I arrived there on my first playthrough (Although that was after the Signal)

I guess there were those dead bodies all throughout Prypiat, you're right

[lilac zenith]

It just randomly picks usually

[halcyon karma]

No, low rank Corps have same clothing as IPSF

So it's still Corps. Thought this bug was fixed by now.

[magic vault]

woah, Spartan Mozi
I saw you on Arma Reforger some time ago, small world lol

[halcyon karma]

yeah, I also saw some guys from UA chat.

[magic vault]

And thanks for the info
What about Duty though? I'm roleplaying IPSF in my playthrough, using their equipment and shooting at stalkers

[halcyon karma]

I'm not sure tbh

[magic vault]

Hmm.. OK!

[halcyon karma]

Smth to test actually. I believe IPSF is only friendly to Ward and Corps.

Besides for Malachite.

[magic vault]

They are friendly towards scientists as well, correct?
There are not many scientists you can find out in the open world but there's at least one the by Ward's chemical factory during a certain side quest

If you shoot his Ward guards he draws his pistol too, which is uncommon. Are there any factions that fight with pistols?

It's kind of a shame, they have cool reload animations and everything looks smooth

[halcyon karma]

Should be the case, yeah. But I believe Ecologists can't even spawn in regulary

[halcyon karma]

I have only once noticed a Warden use a pistol. It looked good though.

[halcyon karma]

This was couple of weeks ago btw, after 400 hours 💀

[magic vault]

Lol
Yeah, I think I only saw one scientist, the one attempting to retreive a Soul artifact that was supposedly created at a Warden's corpse

I have about 200 hours myself

[halcyon karma]

Wait, if you kill his guards, he doesn't become hostile?

[magic vault]

He does, he uses his UDP pistol

[lilac zenith]

Did you look in the files for that

There's not really any faction id outside of uniforms in-game.

It's a strange decison tbh

[halcyon karma]

Nah, I checked for their names. All Corps member have name out of one word.

[halcyon karma]

Aahhh, gotcha.

[magic vault]

I'd be surprised to see Corps wearing IPSF uniforms as they have "IPSF" on their chest, only player's dropped PSZ-7 doesn't have it IIRC

[lilac zenith]

If anything, the IPSF shouldn't that be deep into the zone anyways, past the Red Forest. After the failed attempts to reach the CNPP.

[halcyon karma]

Yes, but yet they do.

Mybe oversight - I hope it'll be fixed in 1.4

[magic vault]

I wish someone made a whole table of S2 faction relations.

[halcyon karma]

Mybe after I fix my PC.

Anomalous had one for trilogy only

[lilac zenith]

They seem pretty clear-cut to me.

[magic vault]

So would IPSF be hostile or friendly towards Duty then?

[lilac zenith]

I would say Indifferent at best and hostile at worst, considering Duty's on and off relations with the military in the trilogy.

That being said, I've never seen the spawner have a Duty squad fight an IPSF squad, and vice versa for Freedom.

[magic vault]

Thank you

[lilac zenith]

Ngl, I miss the inclusion of armed vehicles in the older games in the zone, despite the relative hazard of operating them.

I don't miss that cordon machine gunner though, although I would trade that for invisible snipers that can't be killed.

[magic vault]

I hope DLCs will have BTRs or Helis to destroy

[lilac zenith]

I'm wondering if one of the DLC's will involve the brood or the commissary. Bruise has a couple voice lines he'll use in-game, even for combat but you can't otherwise interact with him outside of him telling you to go away lol.

A Bandit or Bandit-adjacent player character would be interesting ngl.

Although tbh with you, I just want to see Limansk, Cold Island, and the Jupiter Factory and I'd probably be happy. Current map's getting a little old now.

[magic vault]

Yes, Limansk would be Hype

[lilac zenith]

I think i've found every point of interest by now,

Pripyat is very annoying to explore though.

[magic vault]

It'd be logical if we saw more of it, there are a couple of yellow buildings visible just beyond that bridge

[magic vault]

How come?

[lilac zenith]

mutant/bandit/monolith spam

A few stashes I've also haven't gotten to, but I think i just more anti-rad protection.

The ones on the north-west edge of the map.

[magic vault]

I thought bandits don't spawn there anymore since the patch

[lilac zenith]

🤷‍♂️

[ripe pasture]

so you have to load a save before that point, when you're done?

[magic vault]

Yes, but the game warns you with a tip before you enter it

there's also a character that tells you to finish your business around the zone, before progressing

You won't miss it

[river chasm]

Yes the game throws up several hints and explicit warnings. Plus it will just feel like "yeah this is going to be the end" in the story too

[ripe pasture]

coolio, thanks!

[gloomy nebula]

Did the roadmap release yet? Or is that scrapped

[ripe pasture]

After the first time talking to Star, you can take his gun before going to the factory. Does he take back his gun, after? I can't find the silencer that I'm sure I took off it

[plain fiber]

Still no roadmap, however GSC has stated that it is still coming, so as far as we know it isn't scrapped.

[feral horizon]

Really hoping we get something good in the power plant.

[river chasm]

Not expecting a lot from there since Richter tells you it's been picked pretty clean by the time HoC takes place

[cursive kettle]

when is next patch 1.4--

[modest bear]

we need a update to og trilogy that can add the very old versions of stalker in the beta mode things

[pulsar cloud]

if they ever release a car dlc for stalker 2 im instantly buying it

[modest bear]

i drive

[cursive kettle]

that's pay to win if multiplayer will be added, it gotta be a free update

[modest bear]

drunk driving

[cursive kettle]

"there's something inside you, i just cant explain"

[pulsar cloud]

shouldve made that car u can buy near the beginning actually work like the guy says

[river chasm]

My guess is ~2 weeks from now

[glossy matrix]

I’ve been getting a few more crashes than normal after the patch. Anyone else having the same issue?

[polar forge]

Game has been running good for me. Have you verify game files recently ?

[glossy matrix]

I’m running the game on my Xbox…does this still apply?

[polar forge]

Ohh on console I’m not sure if you can

[glossy matrix]

Also, just been encountering like 1 or 2 more crashes than I did before - nothing too major.

[polar forge]

I’m not familiar with console issues sorry bro. Hope it gets better for you though

[polar forge]

So close to that purple name xD

[drifting forge]

I'll never go orange

[vernal lily]

Wowie

[drifting forge]

Ok comparing this to Arcane from my server, this has 8.79k xp at level 37. Arcane has 5.4k at level 53 lmao

[bold smelt]

stalker 8 billion

[river chasm]

had some weird hitching that i dont normally get in cooling towers. walked a while longer... seems like a bunch of NPCs are congregating at the north edge of the map here?

like 5 different squads just kinda wandering around aimlessly in the area with the SoC main menu screen easter egg

[river chasm]

Huh. Mutants downed a Duty guy and after the fight I saw his buddy go over and heal him up. First time I have seen that

[lilac zenith]

Are you near the SKD Assembly?

For some reason multiple squads spawn there constantly.

I regret using the stashes there after finding that out.

[sonic creek]

any of you guys have trouble with the visions of truth quest? Scar wont talk to ccon and they both keep telling me to piss off after i finished talking. Hit a brick wall here

[river chasm]

The cluster of dudes was up right across from the CNPP. The Duty guys and mutants were between the two towers

After picking up a few more stashes I sat back and ate some sausage while I watched a brawl between a bayun and two bloodsuckers

[river chasm]

known bug in current version unfortunately

[sonic creek]

I downloaded uetools and tried the XStartEmission command but it doesnt work

XStartQuest doesnt even reset it, scar calls me back but doesnt wanna talk again.. Maybe the pathfinding is broken and nothing happens unless Scar walks through some kind of Trigger during the conversation?

[river chasm]

Managed to find both a Dnipro and the couple mags attachment for it here

cooling towers is legit

Those aren't even the only great things I found in the area

[surreal token]

i think i do my 2nd playthrough year or 2 from now and buy the ultimate edition. and enjoy the game with all the updates content + some mods

could be said i'm waiting 2.0 of Stalker 2 same as i did with Cypberpunk

[river chasm]

well we will probably hit at least a 1.9 by the time the game is a year old at the rate they are going

[surreal token]

yes. it makes good christmass present to myself

i want to collect all the unique weapons and play around.

[ebon blade]

The higher you go, the slower the progress.

[pulsar cloud]

Always fun when stalker 2 throws 6 bloodsuckers at you at once

[lost kindle]

So uh aren't the arch artifacts supposed to be unique? Because I just found the weird ball for the second time. I think that might be a bug

[vernal lily]

That bug is still there? Lmao

[wintry pumice]

They respawn if you sell them is what I hear

[lost kindle]

But my first ball is just chilling in the storage chest

[wintry pumice]

And now you have two

[lost kindle]

And I'm gonna sell one so a kid can play with it while becoming impact resistant as well lol

[vernal lily]

Really? New money exploit found.

[wintry pumice]

But no kids in the zone

[wintry pumice]

No amount of money would convince me to stay in the zone

[vernal lily]

I would go in there for free

[wintry pumice]

In the shining zone, you don't need money

[lost kindle]

Pretty sure someone can smuggle it outside the zone

[wintry pumice]

Artifacts turn to dust or lose their power after a few days outside the zone

[ebon blade]

I would go to the Doctor if you have two weird balls.

[neon cypress]

Such is life in the Zone

[neon cypress]

Ain't there certain containers to hold them that keep them alive? I may just be confusing the book again

[shell flax]

A few days seems way too short, especially since artifacts are used by not just scientists for study but as some flavor texts indicate they’re sought after by various industries

[neon cypress]

Maybe the type of artifact