☢┃stalker-general

[ebon blade]

He took your kill, the bastard.

[vernal lily]

I did this, but the other way around. I made others shoot at it, they die. And I got the last shot.

[polar forge]

Yeah but I spent like 7 minutes straight fighting that gigantic mutant lol

[dense stirrup]

Fair enough

[polar forge]

Went from 100 buckshot to 19 buckshot 🤣

[vernal lily]

There's only one time where you actually have to kill it (think it's the bonus side quest if you bought ultimate or deluxe), but other than that I honestly try to make a run for it.

[polar forge]

That was the third time I have seen one and the third one I have killed 😄

[dense stirrup]

Honest qeustion fellas. How many stalkers are their? I thought there was 2 but I heard their was three idk

[polar forge]

Well, technically I guess the random npc killed this one

[polar forge]

I think four official games

[dense stirrup]

Really?

[polar forge]

Shadow of Chornobyl
Clear Sky
Call of Pripyat
Heart of Chornobyl

I heard there is also Gamma but it is community made game or something

[dense stirrup]

Yeah I think gammas a mod thing.

[vernal lily]

Fan made mod pack yes

[vernal lily]

You're going to attract a huge stampede with that first half of your sentence lol

[polar forge]

Why what did I do lol

I’m about to look up how to play gamma I’m interested now

[vernal lily]

nothing

[vernal lily]

I used to play it time to time, but it took way too much space on my pc so I just uninstalled it.

I liked the custom base building and radio playlist gamma had, I wonder if I can add that to Call of the Zone.

[polar forge]

Do I need to own the original game to play it ?

[vernal lily]

Not at all, it's a stand alone

[dense stirrup]

One of my favorite fan made stalker stuff are these edits.

https://youtu.be/CBNPyg1Hanw?si=6SD-1o3BDi5636lR

[polar forge]

I might buy one of the old games anyway just to try it. I never played any besides this game

I tried a stalker mod in fallout 4 lol it was cool

[vernal lily]

I really wish you can listen to the radio while roaming the map in this game

Besides songs by Sadsvit there's that one song by Lykho I really want to listen to while roaming red forest.

[dense stirrup]

Wat song is that

[vernal lily]

Not sure if I can post links here, but it goes by the title ЯК ВТЕКТИ ВІД ЖОРСТОКОСТІ ДНІВ.

Haven't actually heard the song myself in game, but according to a playlist on spotify that has some collections of what plays on radios, it's there.

If you're talking about the game voice language it has, there's only Ukrainian and English. Realistically speaking there's probably also foreigners in the Zone.

May 'sound the same' to those who not know the language, but I wouldn't go around saying that.

[dense stirrup]

I wasn't trying to sound offensive if I'm being honest if anything i there language sounds sicks hell

[vernal lily]

I didn't take it as that don't worry, but was just letting you know.

[dense stirrup]

Yeah i was trying to word it best of could. But yeah those languages are my favorite. I can't explain why other then just sounds cool

[polar forge]

I’m glad I changed in game voice audio to Ukrainian. It sounds so much better than English

[dense stirrup]

That's wat i wanna do too. I like their language.

[vernal lily]

Nimble's goofy ah country accent (English voice over)

[dense stirrup]

BTW my favorite thing about the protagonists in stalker. Is just how simple yet cool they are. Like in fallout they try to make sound important finding ur family an saving the wasteland but in stalker 2 ur just a guy who losses his house. Simple yet so real an I like them more for it. Cause loosing ur house sound more realistic compared to whatever fallout has ya do

[vernal lily]

Skif me fr

[dense stirrup]

Same with strelok if I remember correctly hes was just a got who saw a opportunity to be rich. That's relatable lol

[bleak venture]

Can i ask for modding help here?

How can I change stalker 1 patch version?

[bleak venture]

I want to downgrade to patch 1.0004 for a certin mod

[bleak venture]

Nvm I figured it out

It was a damn rocket science for reals

[grand sphinx]

Stalker really makes u appreciate on the importance of camo paint and patterns on armor and suits

You can be in a firefight and lose track of yer opps cus they went into the bushes

[glass dust]

Week at home

[tawny river]

Hey Faust, is there a unique saiga I can find

[halcyon karma]

No

[meager crag]

Well, technically

[tawny river]

Damn

[meager crag]

There is the Margach D-12MT, but it's locked to the Ultimate Edition

[tawny river]

Lame

[meager crag]

Welcome to AAA gaming

[tawny river]

What about crackers/toz34

[meager crag]

There is the Predator and the Sledgehammer

[tawny river]

And both are spaz?

[meager crag]

Sledgehammer is

[tawny river]

What's predator

[meager crag]

Predator is a unique version of the M860 Cracker

[tawny river]

Ooh, where can I find it

[meager crag]

Try looking at Game8, it has a database of all the weapons and armor and how to get them

[tawny river]

Oh thank you

[meager crag]

There's also the Texan

Which is a unique version of the Ram-2

[tawny river]

What's itndo different

[meager crag]

Which one exactly?

The Texan?

You can compare the stats of the unique and the regular ones together

[mellow knot]

Average Stalker 2 L (It's everyday bro)

[robust cypress]

Anyone know what the 8.1 Gb pre-download on Xbox is for?

[tawny river]

man there are loads of weapons, like the Model Competitor, that i really want but they're deluxe locked, is there a way to buy an upgrade instead of fully re-buying the game

[meager crag]

Not yet

[tawny river]

laaaaaame

[meager crag]

GSC is thinking about it

[tawny river]

it ought not even be a "think about it" thing, they can directly make more money by making it an option

[last saddle]

they def will once sales die down

[meager crag]

I mean, this is GSC

So yeah

[tawny river]

like, i want the hunter mark1 super, i cant get it though

[meager crag]

Welcome to AAA gaming

It's a very healthy mindset for gaming

[tawny river]

looks like i'll have to settle for teh Cavalier

[meager crag]

B a s e d

[tawny river]

wqait what's teh Holemaker L, is this an underbarrel shotgun?

i might be replacing my shotgun entirely

[meager crag]

Holemaker-L is an attachable shotgun

[tawny river]

shut up und take mein kroner

[meager crag]

Only fits on the GP37, Kharod and M701 Super

[tawny river]

the cavalier is an M701 Super

[meager crag]

I'm not 100% sure if it fits, but I don't see why not

[tawny river]

wiki page says it oughtta, a silencer too

[tawny river]

found it, both my silencer and my shotgun fit

[meager crag]

Based

[tawny river]

i now have a heavy machine gun in one slot, a shotgun sniper in the other, and a big iron on my hip

luckily i was near the Duga already

[tawny river]

also, i have the Ruby suit now, radiation and bullets mean nothing to me

[meager crag]

https://tenor.com/view/only-war-reason-gaming-warhammer-gif-17304554

[tawny river]

having a gun strapped to my gun is super convenient

[polar forge]

I been using SEVA-I suit (spark variant) but I’m gonna try to get to Yaniv to find the Discovery armor there

I still haven’t found any exo other than the duty variant near cooling towers

I am installing stalker gamma right now. It looks so good from videos I watched

[drifting forge]

It's....alright

[tawny river]

man ruby seems like the best exo, its fast, its got weight, its got defenses out the ass, and its easy to find

once you reach pripyat

[polar forge]

I never been to Pripyat. I’m still in chemical plant (for the second time)

[polar forge]

Is it better than this game

[drifting forge]

Hell no

[polar forge]

This game is fun and all but sometimes gets a bit repetitive feeling and sometimes lifeless imo

[drifting forge]

Then you won't like Gamma lol

[last saddle]

gamma is great. but its years of modding. give this game a few years. itll have something similar im sure

[polar forge]

Like the enemies have laser beam accuracy that’s the thing that makes me the most mad. Enemy can have double barrel shotgun and beam you from any range endlessly like they never reload

Constantly having to bandage from bleeding every other shot. Aggravating

I like this game a lot but it definitely makes me mad 🤣

[polar forge]

Wait is stalker anomaly a game on its own also?

I installed anomaly and now installing gamma. I thought they were same thing

But it is saying I can play anomaly on its own I think

[last saddle]

theyre just mod packs combined

gamma is pretty much anomaly+

[polar forge]

So gamma adds on to anomaly
Ahh okay I see

[last saddle]

yeah

[polar forge]

Should I play anomaly first or just go straight into gamma

[last saddle]

id go straight to gamma personally

[polar forge]

Alright that’s what I will do thanks xD

[wintry pumice]

Some people say it's always Sunny in pripyat

[hoary niche]

Anyone know why my stalker says pre-downloading?

I’m on xbox/sx

[oak junco]

id play much better mods then anomaly and gamma lol

both fucking suck

[polar forge]

I’m enjoying gamma so far

[tawny river]

im still in my first playthrough so i only have stuff like a better flashlight and more reasonable ammunition weight

[polar forge]

I don’t use any mods for stalker 2. But I am tempted to try to find one that makes enemy AI not laser beam you from any range. If that is even possible

[tawny river]

are enemy AI's that oppressive? i havent had many issues since i stocked up on plating and defenses early on

[polar forge]

They never miss no matter what weapon they have. Any range as soon as you Peak from cover they hit you. Every other shot makes me bleed it is just irritating

[tawny river]

go to the cooling stacks and grab the wierd nut, and go to the Bulma to get the childs ball

you'll take basically no bullet damage and bleeding stops itself moments after, only downside is that the ball can weigh up to 5 kilos in use and your medikits apply a little slower, so factor for ball increases when packing

the bulma is east of Zalissya, and the nut is in the cooling stack tahts on fire

[polar forge]

Yeah I had already been to cooling towers and got tired of all the mercs there endlessly spawning and my gear almost broke so I had to leave. Forgot to go back. I was in zalyssia the other day and forgot to try to get artifacts at bulba. I’m in this underground lab for mission now so I’ll try after I get this stuff done

[trim schooner]

Hewo

We are expecting stalker 2 multiplayer within a free update in 2025 correct?

[meager crag]

Yup, that's right. Not sure if it'll be 2025, but it should be free fr

It'd be really odd if we didn't get it in 2025 though

[tawny river]

hey kotson, i love this game and its stupid logic

not enough gun? strap a shotgun to a sniper rifle
strap a grenade launcher to a rifle
find a PK-Tankovich

[meager crag]

https://tenor.com/view/tf2-team-fortress2-tf2engineer-use-a-gun-and-if-that-dont-work-gif-17911768

[tawny river]

and you can just make more gun

also, i love my m701 Cavalier super

[trim schooner]

if i could have vc where we are all screaming russian at eachother and I blitz a rpg at somebody would be really funny

[trim schooner]

CONSIDER GETTING REAL- 💥💥💥

[meager crag]

Cavalier is based

[trim schooner]

AS val better

[tawny river]

its a sniper rifle with a red dot, i suppressed it and strapped a shotgun to it

[meager crag]

I wonder how GSC will handle the multiplayer, tbh

[trim schooner]

i doubt its gonna be pvp

[meager crag]

Meh on the suppressor, tbh

[tawny river]

you can tape a shotgun to your AS-VAL tho, and it eats my revolver ammunition so i prefer .308

[meager crag]

Dude, if it's not, that'd be so ass

[meager crag]

*can't

[trim schooner]

why tf would we not have pvp in a mass expansive world

[tawny river]

cant yes, thank you, damned typo

[trim schooner]

i mean a co-op would also be nice

[meager crag]

We're definitely not getting co-op, that's for sure

[trim schooner]

co-op driven missions and story 😭

[tawny river]

ok but how sick would it be to get an open world you can roam around with 1-3 of your friends

[meager crag]

I'm not feeling the surpressor, tbh. Doesn't the surpressor also reduce damage and such?

[tawny river]

a whole group of stalkers pub stomping pseudogiants

[meager crag]

That's... co-op

[tawny river]

no idea but i like the way it looks

[tawny river]

thats my point, coop stalker 2 would be so cool

[tawny river]

it'd go from horror to comedy, just like REPO

that and how funny would it be to roam into a bunker and see 3 other stalkers kicking the shit out of a bloodsucker/poltergeist

[trim schooner]

so we are forced to gore eacother with blunt object or big boolet

[meager crag]

I doubt it'll be PvE

[trim schooner]

how cold

[meager crag]

Besides, the Trilogy had PvP

[trim schooner]

maybe having a team for fights at least

[meager crag]

But basically, we know nothing about what multiplayer will actually be

[tawny river]

i want nothing more than to go exploring bunkers with my gf tho

[trim schooner]

or maybe a seperate stalker 2 mode where its impact driven on looting and survivng with others or against other players and npcs and factions

[meager crag]

So we can't really say anything about it either

[trim schooner]

true ig

[meager crag]

Bunkies are small, undergrounds and catacombs is where it's at

[trim schooner]

imagine where we had it like dayz sorta but factions can go to war and stuff and u can loot with friends and backstab and what not

[tawny river]

some bunkers are pretty feckin massive bro, but yeah just imagine you and your only friend roaming around in huge underground caverns fighting hordes of snorks

[trim schooner]

games like that thrive like crazy imo, you would be surprised by how many games do this and have a huge community

[meager crag]

Are we talking about the old pre-Second Disaster bunkies or the Mobile Bunkers?

[tawny river]

the ancient bunkers, huge, like the one just outside Pripyat

[meager crag]

Aye, fair

Undergrounds though, man

Like, they're the least explored areas in the Zone

[tawny river]

what even counts as an underground

[meager crag]

Not to mention the literal breeding (under)grounds of mutants

[meager crag]

Anything underground

Have you played the Trilogy?

[tawny river]

cause the places i spend the most time is basements, bunkers, and strange cramped buildings

[meager crag]

Things like Agroprom Underground, Pripyat-1, X-designated labs, etc.

[tawny river]

no kotson, this is my first stalker game

[frigid hill]

cellz8 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[meager crag]

Man, I'm so, so sorry for you for missing out on PEAK

[trim schooner]

woopsies

[meager crag]

You think HoC is good?

This is nothing

Trilogy, my beloved

[tawny river]

i've been loving HoC, a huge area i can roam freely, loot i can steal, people i can kill and dangerous mutants that always freak me out

[trim schooner]

yall play deep rock galactic?

[tawny river]

bloodsuckers have been made normal tho

[tawny river]

i used to, it got boring, they havent added unique new armaments in quite some time

[trim schooner]

they are beggining to get unique again tbh

[tawny river]

did they add more armaments?

[trim schooner]

supposedly

Thats what i wanna check out for myself...

[meager crag]

No, you're thinking of Rogue Core

It's a separate game

[trim schooner]

LA LA LA LAVAAAA
CHI CHI CHI CHICKENNNNN

[meager crag]

[tawny river]

it just looks like new overclocks so far

[meager crag]

Next Season will have Overclocks for Seconaries fr

I still have to work on perfecting my builds

[tawny river]

i've been loving s2 HOC tho, fun game

i dont like how crappy the flashlight is though, wish we could upgrade it or loot some nvg's off military people

[meager crag]

Except NVG got cut

It B wat it B

[plain fiber]

I'm sure they'll be added back in at some point, probably some weird engine issue or something that led to them being cut.

[meager crag]

Hopefully man

[plain fiber]

The statements from GSC in recent interviews give me hope, but the waiting and not knowing what's going on does suck.

[terse ravine]

wish we could at least upgrade the flashlight since NVG aren't in game yet

[tawny river]

same, give me an equippable floodlight i can hold out with a pistol

[plain fiber]

There's a YouTube horror series that I'm blanking on the name of, but what I love is that the cameraman has a legit flashlight. Like, one of those ones that's basically a portable floodlight.

[tawny river]

like this thing: #📸┃screens_and_videos message

[plain fiber]

Briscoe Park, that's what it is!

[plain fiber]

No, they're definitely use a flashlight in the series, but it's a very high-powered one.

[tawny river]

#📸┃screens_and_videos message ?

[plain fiber]

Oh yeah, I saw it. That'd be an improvement over the in-game flashlight for sure.

[tawny river]

no i sent a second image

[plain fiber]

Oh my bad.

I have no idea what flashlight they're using in the series, it's never seen directly, just the light beam.

[tawny river]

ah

[tawny river]

hey tejas, i found a hilarious weapon

[ebon blade]

Does it have a name?

[tawny river]

both of them do yes, the Cavalier with a Holemaker L i installed
and the Glutton, a PK-Tankovich kitbashed with a PKM parts kit

[ebon blade]

Cool. i love finding unique weapons.

[shell flax]

It still baffles me the glutton is roughly 44 lbs fully loaded

[terse ravine]

it has a bunch of weight reduction upgrades

[tawny river]

brother it is a tanks coaxial machine gun that's been merged with a PKM stock and fire control group

[shell flax]

Oh I know but that’s heavier than Exosuits so it’s just a hilarious image to me

Especially since Skif isn’t a big dude lmao

[tawny river]

exosuits are optimized for light-ish weight to be man portable
the tankovich is literally designed to be mounted to a vehicle

[ebon blade]

Some armors and weapons are just too damn heavy, regardless of the other properties.

[tawny river]

is hte bear the best detector or is there another

[shell flax]

The Veles is better precision wise but it’s story locked sadly

[tawny river]

ah scheisse, which mission is it locked behind?

[shell flax]

In search of past glory, do the optional objective in it

[tawny river]

is that before or after the mission with the collar

[shell flax]

Following mission iirc

[tawny river]

ah, just gotta loot some papers and the mad doctor gives me the Veles freely

[dense stirrup]

Wat up fellas

[ebon blade]

It's a slow night.

[dense stirrup]

How so?

[ebon blade]

Not very active. it's late Saturday night in the US.

[dense stirrup]

Honestly I feel it. It was a nice lazy day

[ebon blade]

Those are the best kind.

[true loom]

Did S2 get another patch?

[ebon blade]

Not that I know of.

[true loom]

Xbox asked me to “pre download” a patch

I’ve never seen that before.

[ebon blade]

Say yes.

[true loom]

I did lol

[dense stirrup]

Interesting qeustion guys: Favorite faction?

[ebon blade]

It'a kind of hard not to like the Loners, since so many other Factions have some questionable leaders.

[shell flax]

Only faction I don’t like is Spark and their cultist/terrorist schtick

[misty sinew]

True lol every cutscene with Scar made me cringe

[shell flax]

I went in to do a spark run and saw him cheerfully Zombify those wardens and went ‘Nuh uh, not happening’

GSC did great making him an absolute lunatic though

[meager crag]

They're Wardens, they have no rights anyways

[shell flax]

They knew what they signed up for but still, at least just kill em instead of that hellish nightmare

[meager crag]

Trilogy? Freedom. HoC? None, because they're all butchered

[meager crag]

Well, they did exactly that

[gloomy citrus]

Monolith

Monolith gives you aimbot and wallhack brother.

[meager crag]

This is true.

[gloomy citrus]

Such is the will, of the Monolith.

[ebon blade]

You don't like Freedom in Stalker 2? They seem pretty chill.

[meager crag]

No

They stand opposed to all what Freedom represented in the TrilOG

[vernal lily]

The only chill thing about Freedom in S2 is their base in Rostok with Duty out of the way, I felt like that place looked pretty cozy.

[meager crag]

Freedom of the TrilOG was about understanding the Zone, studying it, fight those who would control or threaten it and even do a bit of journalism about the Zone and that which the government doesn't want the people to know. HoC's Freedom have been reduced to what they are because of Ward and they're now little more than just a sort of Black Market and a safe haven within the Zone

[oblique jewel]

Anyone know if theres a way to farm 556 ap ammo?

[gloomy citrus]

The hell happened to Lukash anyway.

We still havent get an answer to that.

[vapid galleon]

1. Be Loner
2. Join Duty

[uncut hollow]

[meager crag]

Typical HoC L

[bleak venture]

Anyone knows a stalker soc mod that makes the zone more empty

Lonely? Full of mutents sum like that... And it has to be smooth runing on crap laptop

[marsh iron]

someone in #🔩┃trilogy_modifications may be able to help?

[bleak venture]

So that was the modding channel? Sorry for wrong channel messaging

[marsh iron]

i reckon you'd have the best luck asking there since people knowledgeable in trilogy modding may not hang around the s2 channel

[tough charm]

mm i have a pre download update on x box 👀

for stalker 2 👆

8,13 gb big 👆

[vague yew]

yep, game still need to be fixed, stutters still not fully gone but better than before

[fluid herald]

stalker 2 is so cool because it has ukrainian blackgaze/black metal in the radios

im honestly so surprised that white ward got featured in the game, love exchange failure, false light and futility report are such great albums that i heard in the game

[robust plover]

hey, im at the start of the game and hamster trader disappeared and it doesnt even show up un the map or anything anyone knows how to fix?

[harsh jungle]

he got thanos snapped

[shell flax]

The rat swarms got him

[harsh jungle]

someone drop kicked him in self defense

[sturdy verge]

he ran off with that uncle to pray to monolith some more

[carmine star]

never existed

[dense stirrup]

I don't know all the factions fully yet. I wanna say monolith so far cause their lore an vibe is cool but I wanna learn more about the other factions to give clear awnser

[polar forge]

Yeah monolith is real cool 👀

I can’t tell if scar is meant to be good or bad. Or if anyone in the game is technically good or bad. But I do not like scar one bit

Seems like there isn’t any definitive good or bad factions. All depends on your moral standpoint I guess. But getting rid of the zone for good sounds a whole lot better than keeping things going

[frozen ledge]

I thought they were hippies who were obsessed with complete freedom in the zone a

[meager crag]

That'd be HoC's vision

Or not entirely, because they're Ward lapdogs

[plain fiber]

I'm not talking about headlamps, I'm talking about the flashlight used in Briscoe Park; it's never directly shown.

[frigid hill]

squigglesnake has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[polar forge]

Dang I can’t decide if I want +30% physical protection or a fifth artifact slot on my SEVA-I suit

[marsh iron]

(slot!)

[polar forge]

With the physical protection upgrade, it would be about as much as Bulat

Which is kinda crazy amount of protection for SEVA suit

Just under 4 bars filled. Without the upgrade it is 3 bars filled. Hmmm. I guess I’ll get the fifth slot then I can try to find blueprint for another lead container

[drifting forge]

4 artefacts aren't bad. Last playthrough I ran sunrise from just out of Lesser Zone to point of no return with 4 slots

[polar forge]

Dang this is tough choice lol +30% physical protection is no joke.

[marsh iron]

(i hm.. just swap a max physical artifact into fights)

[polar forge]

I don’t have any physical protection artifact

I only have like 3 legendary I ever found in 100 hours of playing

[marsh iron]

i was determined to get all artifacts so i suppose would have that flexibility..

[polar forge]

I purchased the fifth artifact slot. Now I have to try to find diffusion container blueprint so I cannot have to use radio protect artifact. I have these equipped:
thunderberry
liquid rock
Hypercube
Urchin
Flytrap

No way is my name purple now !

[marsh iron]

thunderberry liquid rock goated

[polar forge]

Will the story eventually take me to every zone or do I need to go explore some zones myself before end of game ?

[river chasm]

It'll take you to most, but cement factory, cooling towers, and yantar are all places you go at your own leisure. A couple others you'll visit briefly but most of the area won't be main story relevant

[polar forge]

Ahh okay thanks. Is Yantar where Yaniv station is or is Yaniv its own place?

[river chasm]

Yaniv is its own area

[polar forge]

Thanks I know of some armor there I want to find

Also one more thing, do you know how the detection range is on Veles compared to Hilka? I just got Veles and up until now I have been running around with Hilka until I find an artifact then swap to Bear to catch it. Wondering if Veles is better

[river chasm]

Not off the top of my head

[marsh iron]

Hilka is around 100m; Veles is around 70m. I do bring two detectors even with Veles ye

[polar forge]

Yeah I like having Hilka just to run around with unless I know I’m going straight to check out POIs

[neon cypress]

Why am I not allowed into the Ward chemical plant they start shooting me I thought we were cool yo

[terse ravine]

if you side with noontide at sircaa they become hostile

[ebon blade]

Why don't you ask on the video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eerjKcSN0cs

[tawny river]

hey tejas, i have a question

are there any semi-auto sniper rifles that dont have scopes/have red dot sights

[charred nova]

In stalker 2 no unless you count the mk1 emr

[tawny river]

damn, i was hoping for like an SVD or something

[charred nova]

Nah they all one with scopes welded on

Except for one unique m107 super

[tawny river]

ja the Cavalier

[ebon blade]

The Mark 1 EMR (what I carry) does not come with a scope but can take many. I guess you could upgrade it for red dot but it is much better with a scope.

[tawny river]

im quite colorblind and have trouble seeing smaller targets, i prefer to fight at close range but want a weapon with very high single shot damage

[charred nova]

Using mods you can remove the scopes

[tawny river]

ah damn

[charred nova]

I’m fairly certain

[tawny river]

is there a regular rifle i can cartridge convert to a bigger caliber?

[charred nova]

You can upgrade the dnipro

To use 7.62x39

[tawny river]

hey isnt that the same caliber as my LMG

[charred nova]

Yup

[tawny river]

mm

[charred nova]

And it does more damage than a lmg

But the blue print is in Pripyat so

[tawny river]

i've been to pripyat

i did the train hop, i got the Ruby suit

[charred nova]

Well

It’s just an ar

[tawny river]

man none of these options are really ideal

what's that mod you mentioned?

[charred nova]

Don’t remember the name just look on the nexus

It does a bunch of stuff

[meager crag]

Partner

[charred nova]

Makes attachments in general more modular

Also let’s you remove attachments from unique weapons when possible

[meager crag]

Or a shotgun, really

[charred nova]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1324

[weary hedge]

man this confused me for like 10 seconds, thought i was in the arma reforger server because of the content of this message and then i was like, the hell is jack doing here? and when the hell did we get a red named role

[charred nova]

I’ve always been red

[ebon blade]

The Mark 1 EMR has a fast rate of fire, high accuracy and better damage than most other rifles. You can buy ammo for it at the Freedom or Duty bases.

[meager crag]

Discord Mobile moment

[weary hedge]

i meant on the arma reforger server i thought we were in 😂

[charred nova]

Oh

Nah

I don’t play arma

[weary hedge]

You should, reforger is dope af

[ebon blade]

You should go there now.

[weary hedge]

kinda rude off rip

[ebon blade]

It's rude to talk about another game when people are talking Stalker 2 here.

[weary hedge]

considering dude im talking to about it is a higher role than you are

i'd say mind your own business and stop acting like such an ass

[tawny river]

its fine dude, arma is cool

[ebon blade]

He already told you he doesn't play. What more do you need to know?

[novel wave]

Overall not the most efficient gun out there though. More expansive to use than other things. Although I’m definitely going to try get one myself soon in my currency play through 😅

[meager crag]

Rude fr

[weary hedge]

you end other peoples conversations for them regularly?

[meager crag]

He just mentioned it, that's all

[weary hedge]

Jack can't speak for himself? He needs you to do it for him? Bruh Tejas you okay man? You're generally a nice dude

[meager crag]

The convo just ended

Until this escalated it

[weary hedge]

I'll just bounce, cyas

[ebon blade]

When somebody says they thought they were in another Server, how is it rude to simply say you should go where you thought you were at?

[meager crag]

Cya later, dude

Sorry for the scare

[meager crag]

That is, in fact, hella rude

It's like saying "Get lost"

You're actively saying you want him gone out of the chat

[charred nova]

I hate tactical shooters so nah

[ebon blade]

Technically he was lost, if he thought he was in another Server but was here instead.

[weary hedge]

the whole message was illustrating me realising i was in the wrong server, i did not need to be directed

[meager crag]

You know very well what I'm talking about

[weary hedge]

I already knew, it was a haha look how dumb i am comment

[meager crag]

Don't twist the words

[tawny river]

i found a mod called OXA that does make the scopes removable, evne unique ones, but it drops the mag cap of my LMG massively

[meager crag]

@tawny river
When saying "High damage single-shot and close range", do you mean a shotgun or...?

[ebon blade]

Most other weapons that are good at close range, like you say, just don't have the damage, except for shotguns.

[tawny river]

i'd prefer a DMR of some description, slugs feel like crap

[meager crag]

Partner

[charred nova]

I mean who needs a 500 round mag anyways

Fucken pointless man lmao

[tawny river]

i'd like to have one with how long its reload is

[charred nova]

250 round mag

Is plenty

[tawny river]

OXA drops it to a hundred

[meager crag]

You'll want to get the Partner

[charred nova]

With out extended mag

[tawny river]

thats with a tanker mag

[charred nova]

Extended mag makes it 250

[meager crag]

It's basically a close-range Mark 1 EMR

[novel wave]

Having that extra weight makes you feel powerful though

[ebon blade]

The Viper is great for close range and you don't have to worry about damage when it is an full auto.

[charred nova]

Until you realize you deal less damage than an ar

And you can’t carry shit

Cus your gun with ammo is like 30kg

[novel wave]

https://tenor.com/view/we-dont-care-gif-18146171

Its part of the fun

[charred nova]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1002609226205630575/1341549557791854632/cannyArrive-4x.gif

[novel wave]

_<
I decided to use it for the first time during the final quest. Big mistake for sure, mobility was terrible… but I could full auto something and not care about the ammo.

[ebon blade]

Yes, it's no good to have a really powerful weapon, if it is so heavy with all its ammo.

Especially if it is hard to swing back and forth.

[charred nova]

Yah cus the beast uses 5.45

Which weighs less than half what 7.62x39 weighs

For the same damage and stats

[tawny river]

and mag cap?

[novel wave]

Oh no I was using the glutton

[charred nova]

Glutton objectively worse

In every way

[charred nova]

Like 250

[tawny river]

smidge disappointing but meh

[novel wave]

Objectively it’s dope

[charred nova]

Dnipro way better

[tawny river]

not enough boolet

[charred nova]

500 rounds is like a fantasy mag size my guy

[tawny river]

we need a drum mag for the AK-74s

[ebon blade]

I haven't seen that yet. Eventually I'm sure.

[novel wave]

Kharod even better :).

[charred nova]

Just isn’t lol

[novel wave]

Is

[tawny river]

#📸┃screens_and_videos message
its not Mag of Holding level mag size

[charred nova]

Dnipro with 7.62x39 conversion is goated brother

[tawny river]

only once it has a drum mag

[charred nova]

It doesn’t

🤨

[tawny river]

then give it one

[charred nova]

There is no ak drum mag

[meager crag]

GP37 can have a drum mag

[charred nova]

But it’s not in the game

With out mods

[meager crag]

Wait, it's not?

Typical unfinished game

[tawny river]

ik GROM can too

honestly might replace my lmg with the GROM

[novel wave]

But then you just literally run dry of ammo and have a useless gun you’ve put a lot of money into in terms of mods.

[meager crag]

I really thought the drum mag for the GP37 existed in the base game

[charred nova]

The game showers you with 7.62x39

If you ran out some how I’d be impressed

[novel wave]

You do eventually run out though

[charred nova]

By end of game i had over 1000 rounds

[novel wave]

Unless you specifically go out of your way to hunt for the ammo it really doesn’t last that long

[novel wave]

How much did you actually use the gun though

[frigid drift]

Hey what mod can I install that makes headshots with FMJ lethal?

[charred nova]

Like 400 not even

Or wait

Your saying the gun

Uh not much till final mission tbh cus ars are kinda ass

Autos in general are kinda ass

[novel wave]

[charred nova]

Shotgun always better than ar

[novel wave]

No

[charred nova]

Yes

If there not in shotgun range

Use the sniper

[novel wave]

Objectvley your wrong

[charred nova]

Nah bruh

I beat the whole game like that

With the apsb

Your golden

[novel wave]

I’m just messing with you
Although would have to be like a Saiga or whatever the other one is and a emr or something. Can’t use the m701 like that. There’s going to be a lot of times were your just out of range of using your shotgun but to close to kill fast enough with your m701 so you just get shot to bits a lot while you stand there getting the next shot ready.

Emr is also pretty expensive to use
Shotgun+sniper is just very situational in my opinion

[charred nova]

Tbh the emr is just bad

When the svd exists

Like I wish they made it have stats like the svd

[novel wave]

I didn’t even think about the svd when writing that tbh.

[novel wave]

Or just reduced the ammo cost a bit

[charred nova]

Lynx is just a emr with better stats minus 10 rounds since emr has extended mag

I mean yah it’s got less durability

But the trade off is it’s just a way better weapon

[tawny river]

i think i figured out why OXA destroyed my mag cap

i accidentally installed the Desolation version lol

@charred nova we got a scammer here

smite hte monolithian

danke

[charred nova]

They got sent straight to the moderator furnace

[feral horizon]

Playing call of pripyat again and I don't get why you can't sell pda's to owl in stalker 2 for a good amount of coupons.

There's one pda in CoP you can sell for 5000.

[charred nova]

Fr

[tawny river]

hey jack, is the gangster any goofd

[charred nova]

Personally I think the Mac 10 in general kinda sucks

It runs out of ammo so fast for basically no damage

[tawny river]

rhino is just a straight upgrade?

[charred nova]

Rhino is way better

But if you want a similar weapon

Get an apsb

Same concept but actually good

[tawny river]

APSB?

[charred nova]

Yah

https://stalker.fandom.com/wiki/APSB

[tawny river]

oh is it an autopistol just like the M10

[charred nova]

No

It’s burst

For some reason

But it’s basically full auto

Or you can download the mod that makes it full auto like it should be

The fact it’s bursts makes little sense but

[pallid thorn]

so i am playing stalker 2 again, and i need to know im not crazy or stupid
why are artifacts selling for half of what they used to?

i swear legendary artifacts used to sell for 24k now i got a compass thats selling for 13,127?

[shell flax]

What difficulty are you on

[pallid thorn]

vet

[shell flax]

Yep, that’ll do it lmao

[pallid thorn]

omg

[frigid hill]

kaiburns has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[pallid thorn]

aww
well ima cheese this now
and play on vet but sell and repair on rookie lol

[shell flax]

Adapt, overcome lmao

[pallid thorn]

200 hours and never knew that

i was playing on stalker difficulty this entire time, just because its average but wanted to give vet a go and its so much scarier and i love it

especially with the ai changes, they changed bloodsuckers and made em harder to kill and i love it but hate it at the same time.

[tawny river]

i love how the start of this mission is getting blackout drunk, while my skif has been perpetually buzzed since i left the lesser zone

[shell flax]

I’ve been side swiped by those bastards so many times now lmao

[pallid thorn]

im trying to develop new tactics against these guys cus i play on controller only and the sensitivity in this game isnt fast enough to keep up with them

[fickle cosmos]

hoi, i just loaded up stalker again and well i loaded into malachite and im stuck on a black screen. any tips?

because i think im softlocked.

[jaunty vessel]

After fast travel to pripyat, entering the "base" into the palace of culture kills my character and NPCs who cross the door threshold

Is there a fix for that?

[oblique jewel]

Anyone have a way???

[neon cypress]

I couldn't find the whirligig that scientists wanted me to do that thing in. So I said screw it

[ebon blade]

Ap ammo is more rare and usually not found in large quantities. My advice is to go to all the Traders that sell it, and buy it at every opportunity,

[tawny river]

good news tejas

i got the Veles, looks a bit different than i imagined

[ebon blade]

Outstanding. It's the only way to truly retrieve artifacts. All the other detectors are garbage.

[tawny river]

gotta say i agree

[polar forge]

Hilka and bear ain’t bad

[tawny river]

bear served me fine for a bit, but man teh detector noises drive me nuts

[dense stirrup]

I love edits like these the song matches the mood of stalker so well least for me
https://youtu.be/wZ6qWIgRWdY?si=ZKzrB_8ugMn12M8R

[ebon blade]

Anything is better than the Echo.

[soft depot]

Yo

[neon cypress]

Need to find more artifacts. I gots the ITCH

Is there a trader/tech in the chemical plant zone? Or do I have to run back to the beginning place?

[magic vigil]

Huge spoiler about stalker's lore:

||Borat is one of the people who created the C-Conscience||

[weary hedge]

rhino goes boom boom boom

[marsh iron]

there is a trader south-east from the Chemical Plant (outside of base) that is a loner/neutral. I've had to use the Guide there for a Tech elsewhere

[neon cypress]

Is there a way to just have the ward NOT shoot me there?

[marsh iron]

i have not done a Ward path but i've heard you can only access that area at a story mission; if you are like me.. hm with Noon.. then you just have to run south as soon as you leave that traders post (and stay far from the Ward's gates)

[neon cypress]

I just got to this section so I was just wondering if I was just doing something wrong. I'll write down the traders location but the whole far away tech kinda blows

What is the Noon faction btw?

[marsh iron]

the next closest hub is Rostok which i've ran there a few times as well

[neon cypress]

It wouldn't be THAT much of a trek to go back to starting location but still

[marsh iron]

Noon is the group on Wild Island..

[neon cypress]

I'm new hehe

[marsh iron]

no worries you will meet Noon in due time..

[neon cypress]

Say I met someone talking about y'all at a campfire so you don't get accused of spoiling 😂

[marsh iron]

(i mean this is the "potential spoiler" channel but im doing my best ok? lol)

[neon cypress]

You're best ain't good nuff 🫵 😬

[marsh iron]

aww ><

[neon cypress]

Also another question. I understand the Monolith were the bad guys but what did they do to just be so absolutely hated in 2

[vernal lily]

Kill people lol

[neon cypress]

A lot of people kill people. Something feels more sinister

[vernal lily]

Monoliths are brainwashed stalkers basically

The shiny rock telling them things

[neon cypress]

The Almighty Crack Rock

Aw I can't change my name 😔

[cunning plover]

There are no good or bad guys in STALKER 2, that's just my point of view.

....PS = Praiseeee the Monolith!!!

[vapid galleon]

We're locked in

[neon cypress]

Idk that guy in a leather jacket screaming at me in Russian shooting at me seems like a bad guy

[keen terrace]

Yea, you can, just need to ask for it

[neon cypress]

Who do I ask

[fierce sequoia]

Strelok seems like a bad guy to me in the end
Scar too, although he lost his mind completely

[neon cypress]

Who do I ask

[fallen latch]

people don't trust them coz they act kinda weird and who knows, they're worried they might just revert to their old ways.

[keen terrace]

Any of the mods or helpers, like me, for example

[keen terrace]

What was it, this?

[neon cypress]

No

Put my name down as Arkansas please 🙂

[keen terrace]

aight

[neon cypress]

Best name ever

[snow frost]

Hi Stalker Community. Does anyone here know if I can play the game (Steam version) offline? I am familiar with the basic offline function and its settings. I have just modded Stalker 2 via Modular Hard Mode, everything runs smoothly and I don't want to ruin the mods with future updates! Or does Stalker 2 need the update (even if I'm offline) in order to start? Greetings go out!

[sturdy verge]

No

[snow frost]

Ok. Thx for the fast answer!

[sturdy verge]

Jk idk lol soz

[snow frost]

It is tiring to update the mods over and over again or to adapt the modlist!

Anyway. Greetings and see you in the Zone Stalker

[vapid galleon]

alright we're locked in we're locked in

[lethal crest]

Roadmap dropped at last
What weapons are you hoping for?

[blazing swift]

mosin

FT-200M

[meager crag]

Why not a flintlock as well?

[static radish]

Not complaining about getting them but I would be more interested in some attachments, I like doing dress up with my funny rock throwing devices

[sturdy verge]

mutant loot wooooooo and steam mods (great for gfn users )

[static radish]

So as long as new guns have plenty of options there I'm in

[lethal crest]

I'm hoping 1 is WarPac, 1 NATO

WarPac: SKS, RPD, AK-47, real PKM,
NATO: L85A3, Arctic Warfare/AX series sniper rifle, FAL/L1A1, 7.62 AR of some description

New attachments would be great, I so want an LPVO for my rifle

[sturdy verge]

mutant eating corpses like the old days mmm haha

yayy for triology update ❤️

[rose ocean]

Any news about the multiplayer mode ?

[meager crag]

Afraid not

[rose ocean]

Damn I finish the game like 4 times already ahah just waiting for multiplayer and dlc

[sturdy verge]

cool roadmap 😄 at least we know whats going on and plans but more to come later on ❤️

[rose ocean]

If we can run the history mode with 2 - 3 or 4 person it’s should be so nice

[static radish]

Hoping A Life improvement and later development will make it more fun to run a nearly completed save as a Zone Sandbox also

[subtle spindle]

dont expect coop

[rose ocean]

Ye unfortunately ..

[sturdy verge]

glad mods are mentioned that should help a bit more too

[smoky hawk]

there is going to be no COOP

[rose ocean]

Ye add mods is very cool tbh

[meager crag]

Yup, no co-op whatsoever

Perhaps a mod though

[sturdy verge]

^^

[meager crag]

The idea is pretty popular

[rose ocean]

Oh okay multiplayer should be nice too

[sturdy verge]

love that it mentions steam as well ❤️

[rose ocean]

Maybe Multiplayer mode like fallout 76?

[meager crag]

We don't know

Doubt it, though

[rose ocean]

Will see

[silent valve]

MP into a loot based game is never a good idea^^

[frozen fossil]

are we still getting story dlc after the check list they made

[rose ocean]

I think yes

[static radish]

It makes sense for the story to be solo because the way they wrote it, but I will admit getting to work together with a friend to scout out some bandit and or monster infested location would be fun

[river chasm]

The list is just for April-June

[smoky hawk]

could look at how they did it in the OGs

[rose ocean]

What list bro ?

[crystal moss]

I’m curious about the mutant loot

[sturdy verge]

im so excited to see mutants eating corpses again and loot 😄

[frozen fossil]

man cant wait for gamma2

[river chasm]

#📰┃announcement message

[rose ocean]

Thanks !

[smoky hawk]

we shouldve banned that word long ago

[frozen fossil]

haha why?

[rose ocean]

Look nice

[sturdy verge]

not bad aye

[silent valve]

there are plenty of games which should not quoted here, where that had caused a lot of backlash

[smoky hawk]

what?

[frozen fossil]

wait why should the word gamma be banned?

[silent valve]

MP into loot based games for sure

[sturdy verge]

wonder if its like the old games with Bloodsucker tentacles and dog tail

[crystal moss]

Interesting

[smoky hawk]

are you talking about Stalker's multiplayer modes?

[silent valve]

I dont talk about stalkers MP, there is non, aint?

[static radish]

Also if they add some kind of like, like the quests we get from some vendor NPCs but they're more randomized in some ways I'll probably get a ton of hours out of that, so I'm hopeful

[sturdy verge]

I can see it now, sid making some chicken soup with boar foot 😛 hahah

[smoky hawk]

Shadow of Chernobyl, Clear Sky and Call of Pripyat all had multiplayer modes

[silent valve]

Dude, those are past stalker games, not stalker 2

[smoky hawk]

yes

[crystal moss]

Anyone think we might get thermal scopes and more suppressors for snipers like the SVU?

[sturdy verge]

or a crossbow lol

[silent valve]

Thermal scope would be very appreciated

[crystal moss]

Maybe

[static radish]

Fried snork sausages

[silent valve]

stalkers PAST MP modes

[rose ocean]

Should be nice to add also like a bike for travelling little bit more fast ahaha

[smoky hawk]

it wasnt a problem then why should people be angry now?

[gentle pilot]

I hope we get a 7.62 AK, like the classic AK-47, AKM or the AK-103

[rose ocean]

Cba to use energy drink and food and run 🤣🤣

[gentle pilot]

Because a seamless co-op experience would be kinda fun NGL

[smoky hawk]

as was said before, no COOP

[frozen fossil]

@smoky hawk hmm i wonder what the trilogy's next gen update will look like

[smoky hawk]

I hope it looks like its in the garbage bin

as in deleted

as in not happening

[frozen fossil]

you are a mod no? thought you would be more optimistic for the game

[crystal moss]

A loner wearing a exoskeleton and doing a drive by on bandits with the m10 would be such a sight to see

[smoky hawk]

are you saying that I shouldnt have personal feelings?

[static radish]

It's not like he's a dev yeah

[silent valve]

So a CO OP isnt intended to let friends and clans play together but PVP is planned?

[rose ocean]

Can’t wait for travelling the zone with my Lamborghini and my Uzi with mods 😂

[frozen fossil]

i know but at least sound more optimistic about the older games

[crystal moss]

One could assume that pvp modes would have teams and friends playing with each other online

[shrewd kindle]

I didn’t see increasing enemy spawn radius 😦 hope they do it at some point to make snipers useful

[smoky hawk]

I like the older games, which is why I dont want them changed

\

[frozen fossil]

yeah but a graphics update/ some bugfixes would be great no?

[smoky hawk]

Multiplayer is planned and they said it wouldnt be like DayZ and it wouldnt be COOP, we have a frame of reference of what is likely, and that is by looking at the old MP modes

[smoky hawk]

no

https://tenor.com/view/whet-what-ew-can-you-not-stop-gif-14978007988208737303

[silent valve]

I see...

[frozen fossil]

a large scale war type mode where one faction fights from the north side of the map and the other side fights from the south side

[sturdy verge]

some rat kebab

[sturdy verge]

a bicycle sure jk lolol

[rose ocean]

I swear ahaha

[sturdy verge]

I can imagine a snork or bloodsucker smacking ya right off that bicycle and just land against a wall and instant death lol

[subtle spindle]

doing gods work explaining these simple concepts to gamma nerds.....

[frozen fossil]

dragon's breath shotgun rounds would be fun

[neon cypress]

Halfway homemade flamethrowers

I'm imagining a far cry 3 mixed with Metro kind of weapon over here

[trim schooner]

Good thing the game is moddable now

[gloomy nebula]

Thank god SDK Is next !!!!

[cobalt fiber]

Homie doesn't get paid enough to aimlessly defend

we don't get paid shit

[trim schooner]

Imagine the crazy modding you can do on this game

[gloomy nebula]

Wdym

[trim schooner]

Some people are tryna figure out ways to make it sorta like gamma

[neon cypress]

Macho man Randy Savage bloodsuckers

[trim schooner]

IMO I thought it was neat

[neon cypress]

Instead of the screeching you hear snap into a slim jiiiiiiiiim on the wind

[trim schooner]

Wait didn’t this update mention something about modding I didn’t see

[neon cypress]

Make fleshes stupid and weak again ✊

[trim schooner]

Yeah you can mod stalker 2 now through workshop

[neon cypress]

Make dogs not so damn hard again ✊

[sturdy verge]

player stash window increase (that's all mine? ) that made me laugh lol

[neon cypress]

Increased font size cuz I'm blind as hell

A BETTER UPGRADABLE FLASHLIGHT 🔦

[gentle pilot]

Right, but all I'm saying is that it would be nice.

[raw portal]

They announced an sdk with workshop support

[gentle pilot]

Oh, thank God they're not using Mods.io

[raw portal]

They will use both

[sturdy verge]

both^

[gentle pilot]

Aw, man...

[sturdy verge]

can use either or looks like

[raw portal]

People will probably prefer steam workshop tho

[sturdy verge]

yeah and people (like myself) using gfn will be happy

[neon cypress]

No console mod support 😞

[timid oyster]

The game already chugs on the Xbox tho, probably wouldn’t be able to handle most mods

[neon cypress]

A stalker can dream dammit!

[timid oyster]

Keen for the next gen update and achievements for the trilogy woooo

[sturdy verge]

wish for it in the shinning zone 😄

[neon cypress]

Now coming the extra processor plug in for consoles.

And it's literally another Xbox you click onto the back of the first xbox

Is that safe?

You kidding me? Half the crap in my home is held together with zip ties I'm about to burn my house down

[trim schooner]

this satisifes the community

[neon cypress]

Runs like that dryer video when you threw a brick into it

[trim schooner]

as long as we can mod through steam makes our lives enjoyable

[neon cypress]

Like putting a V8 engine on a rocking chair.

Why?

Cuz if God didn't want me to do this he would've killed me first.

[vague yew]

yeah start with further optimization and anomalies fixing

[neon cypress]

If you really think about it. Borderlands is a super sci Fi Stalker 🤔

Vault hunters-stalkers
Pandora-the zone
Corporations-military etc

COVID in the stalker universe confirmed?? 😮

[vernal lily]

Mod support for GFN 😩

[sturdy verge]

lol steam workshop aye should be fine

[sturdy verge]

with the state of their teeth, hygiene is the least of their priorities haha

[neon cypress]

Hygiene is a very big priority you ever had a ball rash so bad you couldn't walk?

[cursive kettle]

what's a ball rash

[sturdy verge]

no lol...

[neon cypress]

Or a couple little cuts that turn into a burning fever and keep you out of the fight for DAYS

[sturdy verge]

i dont have tennis balls between my legs lul

[neon cypress]

Folds of skin same thing

[cursive kettle]

why ya talking ab balls, big ones precisely

[neon cypress]

Talking about the importance of basic hygiene

[cursive kettle]

of balls

[neon cypress]

Maybe not NOW in a gunfight but you gotta have basic. It's how sickness and infections spread like crazy

[cursive kettle]

imagine in the death screen "killed by your balls hygiene"

[sturdy verge]

went from covid, to hygiene and tennis 😄

[neon cypress]

Infections suck. And are a lot easier to prevent than you think. Even getting some KFC wet wipes packets is better than nothing

[sturdy verge]

I could see a lot of bronchitis going on in stalkers

[neon cypress]

Book of Eli style

Imagine the killing you'd make smuggling in health items, hygiene items, food, water all that jazz

[sturdy verge]

so, someone mentioned bicycles in game and now who is going to mod a bicycle for us lol jk

[neon cypress]

Do one of those lay down bikes 😂

[sturdy verge]

@rose ocean get on it! lol

[neon cypress]

Those are actually really fast and ergonomic

Someone modding in a pip boy pda hybrid WHEN

[dire breach]

test

[cursive kettle]

when are we getting a battlepass with seasons and a battle royal with snoop dog and some other celebrities man, like, that's what my fortnite little brother wants so do it or ill call my father that is the owner of the earth😤

lmao yay im level 6

[rose ocean]

I need my bicycle boys !!

I found something for you and me bro @sturdy verge

https://tenor.com/view/xforce-racing-gif-12825541

[sturdy verge]

what is it lol rollerskates? jk

[frigid hill]

xprimvs has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[sturdy verge]

i missed that darn you wolf lol

[rose ocean]

hahaha

[sturdy verge]

I hope someone makes a parkour mod so i stop dying from it 😄

[rose ocean]

Bahahah its should be so fun omg

[sturdy verge]

or swimming so we dont drown 😉

[rose ocean]

Ye I swear add swim please

Boring to drown Myself in 1 meter of water

[brazen arch]

it's a shame that roadmap look like an early access game roadmap.

[uncut hollow]

true

[violet dune]

Road map looks pretty good

[still edge]

what do they mean by "persistent alife improvement"? there is no persistent right now , npc lives at a 200 mts radius for 5 min and then disappear forever.

it should be called "persistent alife overhaul"

[unkempt vault]

I love farming endless goons

[hexed root]

Yo, I played on launch and while I enjoyed it, I left it alone to let the devs cook. I didn't even read the notes, I just know they appeared huge!!! In your personal opinions, would you say now is a good time to jump back in to the zone?

[vague yew]

no

[charred mountain]

Hey Guys,
I have the ultimate Edition. When do i get the Journalist Stash Quest?

[unborn magnet]

If I play stalker 2 on game pass for PC and then buy the game during the next Steam sale will my save carry over without incident?

[charred mountain]

Ok i got it. You get the quest after you finish "a needle in a haystack"

[rose hollow]

wish i was that rich lmao

[halcyon karma]

In Prypiat, you have to collect all other stashes before that.

[forest phoenix]

https://open.spotify.com/track/3OJpyRgIUJfaWD5sh85S6M?si=W8bjki9sSU2olSEEmmR7RQ

This should have played at the end of shadow of Chernobyl

[elder obsidian]

Mission targets may be moved from Q2 to later dates in case of Zone instability ?! Well, wake me up when September ends 😌

[uncut hollow]

@rigid hemlock let's not post some shady mods, even SDK not released yet

[elder obsidian]

Modder be like " NVG and Binoculars ASAP "

[rigid hemlock]

Mmk my bad ig

[uncut hollow]

also I recommend you to do virus scan to your PC at this point. Best one is Malwarebytes.

[forest scarab]

Since the roadmap has just been published, we believe the time for our petition has come. Sign the petition so we can see the world map of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 in all its glory – sign for Korogod to come back!

https://www.change.org/p/expand-the-s-t-a-l-k-e-r-2-world-map?source_location=psf_petitions

[feral horizon]

So if they're updating the old games does this mean bug fixes for vanilla clear sky? Cause isn't joining the bandit faction still bugged?

[charred mountain]

It was a birthday present from my friends

[rose hollow]

damn you're lucky man

[lofty nexus]

This game is shit when does the multiplayer side drop

[hollow yew]

Extremely dissapointed about the "roadmap" or rather total lack of it, no long term goals and huge updates, just listing few fixes which should have been included in the release copy.

Gives me a huge fear about S2 sales and GSC comitment to improving S2 and future DLCs size.

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/maxwell-cat-cat-spin-maxwell-dancing-cat-gif-27688713

[wanton gazelle]

At this point you should look forward to mod tools than anything else. I'm more hopeful in mod creators to fix alife & introduce NV.

[hollow yew]

Yep, just give us SDK and let Grok and other folks fix that mess

[meager crag]

At least it's better than knowing nothing at all

We haven't heard anything in such a long time, so at least hearing something like this is good

[lofty nexus]

Not really the older games that are almost 20yrs old are more promising than current stalker 2. I don’t understand how they managed to ruin the a life system compared to the old games

[meager crag]

I 100% agree with Trilogy being PEAK as hell

[polar forge]

Did you see the announcement showing all those planned updates for 2025? A life seems to be on the list for improvements next

[lofty nexus]

Bro I would have rather had a functioning a life system and had to wait another half a year than the polished turd we had on release like a game should not be released if there’s months out from finishing it

And you can’t have a stalker game with out a suitable a life system and they failed to do that on release

[polar forge]

It is so annoying switching to underbarrel shotgun then having to bandage or medkit and it swaps to m701 again -_-

[meager crag]

I personally thought it was pretty obvious the game was going to release unfinished, tbh

[lofty nexus]

I’m sure they worked day and night to finish the game

[meager crag]

Definitely

[polar forge]

The game is fun the way it is imo but I’m still excited for future updates and want better. Especially after trying stalker gamma

[meager crag]

But still, to say it was perfect on launch would be an understatement

[lofty nexus]

The trailer looked way different like finding a fresh g36 on a box and finding an acog beside it then going into that warehouse and gunning down a bunch of bandits. There’s nothing like that in the game

[meager crag]

Well, it was pretty obvious that was set up

Not to mention the player having God Mode active

[acoustic nexus]

whats happening with multiplayer? i didnt see it on the roadmap? when are they adding it?

[meager crag]

No clue, tbh

Soon™️

[acoustic nexus]

lol my heart is broken

what is the stalker original trilogy next gen update?

[meager crag]

No clue either

[polar forge]

Wish it would add coop play also. Like even a separate mode for spawning with a friend or random teammate under the same faction with the goal of taking over the zone. Or something related to that faction like collecting artifacts for research or something. Would be cool mode lol

[meager crag]

Guess we'll have to wait for mods. Co-op is a popular request, so I wouldn't be surprised to see it

[neon cypress]

When you realize a lot of men cry out for their mother or fathers in their dying breathes do you really think about a lot of things

[polar forge]

Yeah I wish they would care more about coop and less about PvP but oh well

I’m getting too old for PvP stuff

[acoustic nexus]

they have there thoughts on pvp? when i noticed stalker 2 was going to have multiplayer in the future i just thought they were gonna do something coop with a little ff

[neon cypress]

I did it. I asked for my Dad.

He'll know what to do. Yeah. My Dad.

And then I woke up in the hospital

[royal phoenix]

no offense but that's not a good answer

Stalkers almost always move in groups in the game. I am not sure what makes the player special in that they must always be alone

I understand if they don't want to develop the feature for one reason or another, but that answer is silly

[meager crag]

There are also Loners. They feel like it's best experienced as a Loner

But not to worry, mods can make your dreams come true

[royal phoenix]

right, I am quite excited for SDK

[acoustic nexus]

wha! genuinely brings tears to my eyes stalker is a lonely game yes but other stalkers traverse the world in groups too?

[royal phoenix]

if for whatever reasons the Xbox Series S is limiting what GSC can output with patches

then SDK will address that for sure, I appreciate GSC prioritizing it

[meager crag]

It's more so the way GSC intended you to play the game rather than what others do

I mean, the only game in the Trilogy you've got a squad in is CoP and that's also temporary

With the SDK, things like this can hopefully be added to customize your experience

The question is just when we'll get it

[royal phoenix]

Clear Sky was kinda social though

you didn't have NPCs in your party explicitly but you'd push with groups a lot, factions etc.

[meager crag]

Yes, separate squads in Limansk especially

[royal phoenix]

or Clear Sky in the spawn taking back bandit territories

[meager crag]

Just imagine it, Faction Wars in a map as big as HoC.....

We just gotta wait for mod tools to drop

[acoustic nexus]

i get it, i also agree with sardines in that it is kinda silly, being in a coop world that has shared loot so there are issues of not having enough loot between both would also keep that survival feel. i guess all my thoughts and prayers are gonna have to go to hoping the mod tool will allow people to make a coop feature

[royal phoenix]

Developing multiplayer is no joke though, I know that for sure. You'd have to synchronize the entire world between 2 people or more.

and that difficulty would scale with how much they'd want to do A-Life. They'd work on A-Life first since that's what a lot of people are complaining about

[acoustic nexus]

i know that i seen the development of cyberpunks multiplayer(Mod) and its still astonishes me how they got it in a playable state

[royal phoenix]

earlier Stalker games had deathmatch and w/e but that didn't involve having to synchronize NPCs or A-Life between players etc.

or playing in a huge world

but yes GSC are very respectable for seemingly getting out an SDK so quickly, things are looking good

[acoustic nexus]

i haven't played the game in a while though what is mutant loot? is that better rarity or actually new items? reading this road map has me a bit confused

[meager crag]

I'd imagine harvesting mutant parts

Like SoC, basically

[acoustic nexus]

i am glad though they keep putting details into there new a-life that they had npc's do in there past games

[acoustic nexus]

what were mutant parts in SoC used for?

[meager crag]

Basically getting extra money

[wide veldt]

Ok so i seen beta test for mod support but nothing about actual release on there does that mean its not coming for along time? #📰┃announcement message

[sleek tartan]

So does the mod.io stuff mean console mods?

[wide veldt]

They really gonna make us wait that long for mods? If thats true

[meager crag]

Looks like

[wide veldt]

:/

[sleek tartan]

Didn't they say q2? Q2 is like April to June yea?

[wide veldt]

No idea but if u look at the list it only mentions beta test and nothing about actually releasing

[sleek tartan]

Ah ok.

[wide veldt]

[meager crag]

Yep

[sleek tartan]

Who knows maybe they'll get it cooked up by the next road map and we'll get a public beta

[wide veldt]

I feel like the game will be dead on xbox by the time they finally release mods

[sleek tartan]

Also what was early stalker pvp like?? It wasn't in the legends of the zone version

I don't really think about games dying with mostly single player games.

[polar forge]

In stalker gamma you can loot stuff off mutants you kill. I know it is a mod but I think one of the old games had it also

[meager crag]

SoC

[royal phoenix]

April to June, but could be delayed. So conservatively expect it July to September.

either way there is no such thing as waiting too long for SDK, when that is out it will be huge for Stalker 2

[sleek tartan]

Feel like the mod support will be the 1 pushed back yea

[wide veldt]

So gta6 release time

i killed chat with that one

[royal phoenix]

gta6 doesn't have a release date, could get delayed too for all you know

like a specific one, I mean, just says 'late 2025'

[polar forge]

Do you guys know how to get the keycard or key to the door in the tunnel you use during the quest “Once More unto the Breach” ? It has an rpg in there and I want it xD

It is the tunnel that leads to the Duga

[wide veldt]

Theres an actual rpg in the game????

[polar forge]

Yes hold on I can show if you want

[wide veldt]

how do u even get rockets for it

Even in Pripyat i dont think anyone sells rockets

[polar forge]

wtf it wont let me copy paste the message link

[wide veldt]

I seen it in screenshots and videos

[polar forge]

i have found one in 100 hours lol
also, check #📸┃screens_and_videos i posted photo. Wont let me tag for some reason oh nvm then lol

[wide veldt]

But again how do u get ammo for it what does it fire

[polar forge]

the rocket sticking out of the end in the pic i posted

You find those and that is the ammo

[wide veldt]

No way a rocket launcher fires rockets???

[meager crag]

I thought it fired rocket-propelled grenades instead

Silly me

[polar forge]

I try to look on google how to get in this door and can’t find anything

[plain fiber]

Honestly I just don't care enough to ask about something like that.

[polar forge]

I found it!

Why the rpg damage meter in inventory menu so low? Only shows half a bar of dmg

[polar forge]

Okay bro this is so stupid. I just made it through all the tunnels and stuff to get to duga now I’m supposed to planet explosives. I walked out and instantly heard a gunshot and died. I got sniped one shot killed from an enemy I can’t even see.

Omg it just happened again wtf is that bs ?!? I have m701 and I am scoping in ever tower, building, wall, everything around and I don’t see anyone. Then bam I hear a gunshot and instantly die.
Is this a bug?!

[bleak venture]

I just noticed

In soc whan your running I looked at the shadow and his arms were not moving qhiel he ran

Played multi-player and the mfs had real wonky running animation lmao

[polar forge]

I think the game is bugging out thinking when I enter this building that I am accessing an out of bounds area and phantom sniper instakills me. So much for the dead body and loot in that part of the building.

[wide veldt]

Break into Pripyat and steal some armor they have the best stuff just laying around

Then retry the mission idk

[polar forge]

If I don’t go up into that room then I don’t get instakilled by invisible sniper. So I just lose the loot and move on lol

Now that I invested so much coupons into SEVA-I suit I don’t think I will ever swap armor tbh. Coupons are so hard to keep. I had 100k and all gone just for repairs

Took me running through 4 regions artifact/loot hunting to gather 100k coupons lol

Using regular ammo against monolith sucks and using AP degrades weapons so fast constantly have to repair. Try to buy and item and it cost 20k but I try to sell same item and they give 2k. Ridiculous lol

[nocturne silo]

BRO METRO 2033 IS FREE ON STEAM AND GOG RN

[wide veldt]

What is gog

[cursive kettle]

there are some people that call it grenade launcher, weirdos, the rpg has a propelled ammo with little fins, it's not a grenade

[polar forge]

The brightness slider in game does nothing ? Seems like only gamma changes anything

[cursive kettle]

the bird meme, gogogo

[cursive kettle]

contrast

rise it to see more shadows, lower it to see less

[polar forge]

Oh I see now. I had to exit settings for brightness to change

[polar forge]

That fight with Faust almost made me so mad lol I burned through just about every resource I had and my armor has yellow damaged icon now after I just repaired everything prior to this mission lol insane. I got him first try though ! 😅

[wanton gazelle]

The whole trilogy goes on sale for $8 on xbox every 2-3 weeks lol, already have it.

Is it the remastered edition that's free, or the original?

[polar forge]

I played 8 hours straight today holy crap

[nocturne silo]

Redux

[polar forge]

And still only completed one quest 😂

[nocturne silo]

Right now totally free, 8 dollars is still too much for me

[polar forge]

Metro Exodus is the goat I love it. Especially enhanced edition with Ray tracing. Looks so beautiful

[wanton gazelle]

That's fair then.

[polar forge]

And I love the open level design. Can go about it However you want more or less

[nocturne silo]

It's still not open world like Stalker right?

Linear games are still fun if done correctly

[fallen latch]

Gsc I wanna give you my money so bad, just let me buy ultimate edition separate of the game so I don't need to get 2 copies of it

[sturdy verge]

why is @boreal coyote still muted ?? 😦 who, me! come backkkkkk

[vernal lily]

Lol

[oak junco]

[hoary crest]

Didnt even realise he was tbh

How'd that come about?

[tawny river]

hey kotus, you hear mutants will have loot soon?

[oak junco]

No tbh but I'm looking forward to it tbh I liked mutant hunting for parts in the mods

[tawny river]

honestly? i hope they drop food, food i can cook, and relics, im tired of getting bugged by dogs and chimaeras and such without anything good for killing them

[storm dune]

Hey does anyone know when the preorder reprints are supposed to ship

[polar forge]

I just want enemies to drop coupons or something. Sucks that it is all 100% digital currency

The whole economy system they have going on is pretty bad. Not rewarding really and it feels like it is weighed heavily against the player. Can barely try new weapons and armor just for the fact it costs so much to repair/upgrade then you gotta find (and keep) the right ammo. Even the artifact side missions for barkeeps only gives enough coupons for a repair or two. It is brutal early on especially

Honestly I might go up in cooling towers where those mercs spawn endlessly and just kill them to loot their stuff and sell it

[civic cosmos]

where do I put PC bug reports

my game is tweaking on r7 5800x and 3070, I'll load in and get perfectly fine frames for a second, then my gpu quiets down and goes cool and my game just turns into a slideshow

when I beat the prologue it was fine, I think this started after an update

[polar forge]

How much vram are you using

[civic cosmos]

3070 has 8gb

is there a vram use meter somewhere in settings?

I would rather it just overload and slow down whenever neccessary rather than quit out on overload entirely and turn the game permanent 12fps for the rest of the instance

[polar forge]

There should be one with Nvidia overlay in nvidia app if you have that.
What settings are you using? Especially texture quality

[civic cosmos]

well I know I can run it my gpu literally stops doing its job and goes cool while the game is running

as if it suddenly caps at like 2gb vram

it's not like I'm running 4k epic settings the card is supposed to be a 1440 ultra card

every other game I run corroborates that

[polar forge]

There has also been memory leak issues but that would crash game I think

I asked about settings bc with 8gb vram you shouldn’t run higher than medium maybe high texture. It require too much vram