☢┃stalker-general

[fierce nexus]

I've already spent the money, it's just a waiting game now

[old pumice]

Well that's the catch, FTC law states they have to give you a refund if you request one now, since they've missed their delivery window.

[golden gulch]

One of the most intriguing things to do in Stalker 2 is to run around looting then figure out what best to use, so try your best to not ask about how to get a specific thing unless you want to save time or are really desperate to find them.

[old pumice]

Same reason they issued a statement about the delay, they're required by law to do so.

Which is also why they did it a couple days out from May lmao

[fierce nexus]

Troo

My patience for loot knows no bounds

I waited through 5-6 delays of the game itself, I'll be fine

[old pumice]

As long as you havent specifically stated or replied to them saying "I am okay with waiting" or "I accept the delay", then you are entitled to a full refund.

[south laurel]

theres patience and then theres blind optimism

[old pumice]

Thats just delusion.

[fierce nexus]

From what I understand it's a matter of them having to find a new manufacturer

[south laurel]

thats what we are told, but these buisness have already lost the trust of so many over this
it wouldve taken only 1-2 months to figure this out, and would not take 10 more to do so

[old pumice]

On the assumption they ever had one to begin with.

Nobody else had these issues with their physical edition pre-orders.

[fierce nexus]

Because that was the first wave

This is a second wave that they only did because of a demand for it

[old pumice]

Soooo why didn't they just go back to the same goddamn people as the first wave?

[south laurel]

for the US based deliveries, final boss is an obvious dropshipping scam

[fierce nexus]

Scams don't offer refunds

Plus, I got the digital items

[old pumice]

[south laurel]

dropshippers still have to do refunds

[fierce nexus]

Why would they give me half my stuff. And offer a refund

[old pumice]

A digital game key that takes literally 0 effort to generate is much easier to hand out than a manufactured physical product.

FBB is still a real business, and they're still obligated to hold liable to FTC laws, or be bent over and ruthlessly dominated by the federal government.

[south laurel]

even small time dropshippers have to deal with FTC laws

[fierce nexus]

People who ordered from them got their items

This is a second wave, they had an issue, now they have to find another manufacturer

Not everything is a scheme lol

[old pumice]

They didn't give you "half your stuff". They gave you like, 15% of your stuff. Stalker 2 Ultimate itself is like, ~$70 on key stores.

And regularly goes on sale too.

[south laurel]

if the first orders went fine with the supposedly same manufacturer, for it to need to change for the second wave

1. highly suspicious
2. Quality goes out the window

[fierce nexus]

I already have the collector's edition

I mainly wanted the lamp and backpack that I missed

[old pumice]

And this "issue" could easily be complete BS. There were NO ISSUES with the manufacturer from the first wave, and the first wave manufacturer quite obviously has the materials, and equipment to produce it.

[fierce nexus]

I don't work there, I can't say

[old pumice]

Im not a pilot, but if I see a helicopter in a tree I can very easily say that somebody screwed up

[old pumice]

It's an analogy. It means you don't have to "work somewhere" to know whats happening there/don't need to be some hyper-qualified 'in the field' person to have a say.

[dry siren]

[fierce nexus]

I dunno, you can get a refund, or wait. That's really all there is to it

[dry siren]

i can refund everyone in zimbabwe dollars dw

[fierce nexus]

It's fully up to you

[dry siren]

My tummy hurt baad

[fierce nexus]

Now let's talk about glorp

[old pumice]

y......yeah? That's what we've been saying. Like no shit? Just been saying anyone who isn't thinking of getting a refund is ultra-coping lol

[dry siren]

BOIOIOIOING

[fierce nexus]

You're entitled to your opinion

Just don't attack others for having their own

[dry siren]

[fierce nexus]

[vernal lily]

rip

[dry siren]

sok chempion 😇

OIUUH

pizdets..

[south laurel]

bro aint surviving todays tummy ache 💔

[fierce nexus]

Tummy ache go brrrrr

[dry siren]

the rot has claimed me

[vernal lily]

[old pumice]

Lol, enjoy waiting 10 months and getting another delay then. Im sorry for offending big daddy billion dollar company

[fierce nexus]

[south laurel]

bro spent to long in the rot swamps and now has scarlet rot 💔

[vernal lily]

What's wrong with people just deciding to wait for it, it's their own money

[dry siren]

[fierce nexus]

This

[old pumice]

Gives the companies a reason to keep doing it

[fierce nexus]

GSC nor Final Boss are billion dollar companies lol

[dry siren]

i think games should be released finished

[fierce nexus]

Agree, but that's another conversation

[dry siren]

live service, more like lice cervix

[vernal lily]

buh

[old pumice]

You know what the meme is, furry.

[dry siren]

yea, FURRY (im a retired furry)

[old pumice]

"Leave my billion dollar company alone, reeeeeee"

[fierce nexus]

[south laurel]

wdym vro, being a furry is not a job vro, you dont get retirement vro 🙏

[fierce nexus]

You aight mate?

[dry siren]

i hate that "word" i want to strangle you now

[south laurel]

💔

[vernal lily]

This is what happens when you don't eat a snickers bar

[dry siren]

but your pfp is cute so you're safe for now

[fierce nexus]

Sad times are upon us

[south laurel]

artist is called basilleaf on twt btw

[frigid hill]

maxbox_4328 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[south laurel]

wolfed 💔

[dry siren]

i hope wolf gets hemorrhoids

this sentence was sent by bandit gang

[south laurel]

the bot when i threaten its non existent life with toruture that the cia would consider inhumane

[old pumice]

CBT moment

[dry siren]

unit 731

[vernal lily]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1132885761784565760/1188335608649748601/c.gif

[south laurel]

731 is to good for these bots 💔

[dry siren]

😭

[dry siren]

wolf is the equivalent of the lunk alarm at planet fitness

[old pumice]

https://tenor.com/view/iron-man-sped-up-jarvis-cbt-meme-gif-27080460

rip no gif privs

[dry siren]

give me image perms and i'll hold a fart in for 3 days

[old pumice]

Jarvis, hack the discord and give me gif perms, then initiate testicular torsion on all mods

[fierce nexus]

[dry siren]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1008201207875113064/1231705989552668723/togif.gif

[vernal lily]

I thought you had a tummy ache, I don't think you want to do that.

[dry siren]

no pain no gain

[south laurel]

mods, seal this man's cracks with plastic cement

[old pumice]

Jarvis, JB Weld this man's crack

[dry siren]

mods, tuck me in and give me a kiss on the cheek

[south laurel]

with da bedtime story included ❤️

[fierce nexus]

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/tired-bedtime-gif-19430910

[fierce nexus]

Omg, it's Dr. Faust

Epic embed fail

[vernal lily]

hi

[south laurel]

grrrrrrrr......... im gonna get you....

[fierce nexus]

[south laurel]

count your days, the silly cat individual is coming for you...

[fierce nexus]

[south laurel]

Im sponch bob!

[bold smelt]

thankfully, the rot consumesd

[vernal lily]

Hi Penguan

[bold smelt]

penguan

[dry siren]

OH MY GOD I MISREAD YOUR FIRST ROLE 😭

I WAS SCARED SHITLESS

[south laurel]

penguan, what is your opinion on the silly cat front of the Finno-Korean hyperwar

[fierce nexus]

[vernal lily]

[fierce nexus]

Cat rave
Cat rave

[south laurel]

[bold smelt]

the first or second hyperwar

[south laurel]

second

[bold smelt]

batu khan was on that front, good man

[vernal lily]

[bold smelt]

the silly cats stopped being so silly when the ceasefire was broken

[south laurel]

"oh wow this war game has good reviews"
look inside
autism stimulation sim

[bold smelt]

devastation

[south laurel]

It was over when started deploying the kitties with catnip rations....

[bold smelt]

the best kind are the ones with reviews saying things like "been playing since 2009"

[south laurel]

Stockholm Syndrome or Severe Autism

Call it

[dry siren]

im killing you imk illing you

[marble hornet]

I see it as ill find it eventually but upgrading it at a specific technician is tedious

[latent cloak]

why stalker 2 has steam achievements but the og trilogy dont?

[river chasm]

Steam achievements didn't come out until after SoC and weren't that widely used at first

[golden gulch]

The exos in this game need some serious reworks, seeing how some of them are right next to useless is painful.

[latent cloak]

why dont they add it like legends of the zone?

[mild galleon]

Achievement earned!
"Mole"
Find and sell 5000 rubles worth of items.

[elfin shore]

Me when I’m stalking

[uncut inlet]

they might with the next gen update

[latent cloak]

is it real?

there will be a next gen update for the og trilogy?

[uncut inlet]

i believe so

[latent cloak]

what makes you belive that?

[uncut inlet]

if im not mistaken either it was part of the road map, or mo1t posted it

[solemn ibex]

A: are you aware of the problems?
B: we added new features

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/sleepy-cat-baby-cat-coffee-cofffee-cat-sleeping-cat-gif-11793912039839338151

[tacit ingot]

This

[uncut inlet]

Hmm?

[vernal lily]

It was said on the road map, yes
#📰┃announcement message

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/joseph-anderson-map-witcher1-witcher_1-witcher-gif-21361210

[lime nexus]

bruh so i finished the game on release and decided not to do a second run until the game is fixed and now im back to check the game out but literally most of the bugs that i encountered on release are still here like:
-sound cuts every now and then and i have to pause and unpause the game to fix it.
-anomalies go invisible and i have to mess with the graphics settings to see them again.
-artifacts stay invisible sometimes and jump between anomalies without becoming visible and i have to restart the game to fix it.
and a couple others. so what the hell did they fix in the last few patches?

[weary hedge]

I understand u get annoyed by bugs but there are no bugs as far as I know just anomalies

[weary hedge]

U should be mad bcs after playing twice u basically have seen everything the game has to offer

[lime nexus]

tolerating the bugs on release and on first playthrough is understandable but in the second playthrough and half a year after release it just untolerable

[weary hedge]

Half a year after release still not fixed we have a long way to go

Like very longg

[halcyon karma]

They will.

[sturdy verge]

I clicked 🤣

[hearty carbon]

Hey guys

I really really need help with stalker 2 chernobyl

Please help me

I need to get inside pypriyat does anyone know a way early game?xbox console

[pine pagoda]

No early way unless you use bugs or mods

From mods you can use teleportain

[hearty carbon]

How do i get mods inside an Xbox x series?

[pine pagoda]

And from bugs, idk if it's patched, but some anomalies should be able to fling you across the map

[pine pagoda]

I don't think you can yet

[hearty carbon]

Possible?

Are they going to come out with mods for the Xbox?

It’s so stupid i don’t understand why they would not let us explore on our own

[novel wave]

They might be adding support for it idk

[hearty carbon]

Support as in?

[normal sail]

You don't. PC mods wouldn't work with Xbox.

the mods would need to specifically coded for the Xbox platform to work.

[hearty carbon]

I just checked on YouTube they posted 6 months ago about mods but still nothing

[normal sail]

Modding SDK isn't out for STALKER 2

[hearty carbon]

Should i try using bugs?please tell me a way that will still work

I’m so frustrated that i can’t enter that area

It makes no sense why they have left it for the last mission

[drifting bear]

Not yet #📰┃announcement message Mod.IO

[tough remnant]

Man

its rough being in this server and seeing how many people are just used to the game being unfinished and feature delayed

[vapid galleon]

alright team we're locked in we're locked in

[novel wave]

Wherever your trying to go there won't be anything to do anyway

[vapid galleon]

are you talking about generators?

[hearty carbon]

Nope I’m talking about just entering pypriyat and jupter

I’ve been trying to use the train station glitch gonna try one more time tonight

[hearty carbon]

I just saw this but didn’t understand it does this mean they are coming out with update that will allow is to enter early game?

[hearty carbon]

Prypiyat has all the best Aron or bro

Armor*

[vapid galleon]

progress in the story 🤷

[hearty carbon]

That’s the whole point it only unlocks just before the last mission

[novel wave]

Why do you want to kill the experience tho

[hearty carbon]

There will be barely any game left

[novel wave]

Yeah it is a lil stupid

[hearty carbon]

The devs have killed the experience i wanted to loot etc before starting the main story

[novel wave]

But you'll ruin the fun and your bank balance if you get all these high tier things to early

[hearty carbon]

Oh and yes money is a big problem in the game

[novel wave]

Well you'll make it worse

[novel wave]

The enemies don't scale at all to your gear so your just going to massacre everyone.

Your only challenge will be repairing it

[hearty carbon]

The main reason i enjoy the game was is exploring looting etc

[sharp sierra]

Question for you all what's the armours you've had drop from enemies? I've had the army suit with the pa10 gas mask, the merc suit and the pa7 mask, armoured bandit jacket, ps9 falcon and the ssp100I survey.

[hearty carbon]

I can’t remember picking any armor from enemies

[inland panther]

Has anything changed in the past updates because I haven’t decided to come back to the zone yet and I wanna know if anything has changed recently

[smoky hawk]

wait a bit more

[inland panther]

Has the rebuild zalissya quest been fixed

[subtle spindle]

nope

[heavy cipher]

Hey idk if this is the place for it but

Has anyone else got an email basically saying their physical ultimate edition pre order will arrive February 2026

[inland panther]

Dang

[heavy cipher]

When I first pre order it it said they will release it few days after game release. Then it said April 2025 and February 2026

[smoky hawk]

I think it still had problems

[heavy cipher]

Is there someone I can talk to about it?

[floral star]

Eesh Feb 2026 updated timeline for the physical pre orders… that’s quite the jump

[floral star]

It’s been addressed by GSC in #📜┃gsc-answers , you can reach out to final boss to cancel and get a refund within the next 2 weeks, or wait it out

[heavy cipher]

Thanks

Well I waited this long yknow what’s another 300 days

[floral star]

Yeah, it’s at the back of my mind right now. I’d love the figurine but I’ve gone this long without it, no use pulling out now

[frigid hill]

glembus has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[slow crypt]

stalker 2 spam of chernobyl

[fossil jay]

opinions on Anomaly's storyline?

[ornate mirage]

sad

[fossil jay]

yea from what i saw on my first day it seems like just hunting down strelok ngl

and why are the rookie missions so hard

took me 16 tries to kill those boars

[ornate mirage]

go play some story mods 💅

[ornate mirage]

are you playing base anomaly?

[fossil jay]

yep

boars kinda OP for a rook with a PMm

[ornate mirage]

i wouldn't suggest it, even gamma feels barebones and it's like, 518 addons

basically
go play cotz (for freeplay) 💅

[sturdy verge]

so who's gonna mod the ability to smoke a ciggy 😄

[hardy totem]

Mod in Harpy's smokebreak, girl's been waiting for months...

[fierce nexus]

There's a quest to rebuild Zalissya?

I thought it was just permanently broken (which is odd that they would just leave it that way)

[dry siren]

can we add a fire helmet to the game

[sturdy verge]

i'd like to smoke my pda like a few have done 😄

[drifting bear]

No, the Mod SDK (Software Development Kit) will be made available early, it's a tool for modders, but if you're not a modder, you don't need it. In short, you won't need to enter the “early game”, you just download a mod from a modder who will make a mod for your case on the Xbox and you can download it easily

[fossil jay]

what

[hardy totem]

The barkeep has a PDA-shaped vape

[fossil jay]

o boy

excited for when i get there now

are the swamps safe to traverse without much equipment?

also where can i find more ammo in the rookie village for my SKS

[hardy totem]

Sks?

[drifting bear]

As if this quest should already be working well 🤷

[fossil jay]

idk the anomaly starter carbine

it looks like an SKS

[hardy totem]

#🔩┃trilogy_modifications

[stiff kayak]

guys , does the testing workshop if item 62 exist on stalker 2 ?

[normal sail]

Probably? i'd imagine it was planned but didn't get added.

[stiff kayak]

i would really like to visit it .
i was wondering if the DLCS would add other places that are cut from trilogy and some other places most likely x labs and othe creaitve places

[neon frigate]

Return of dead city and Darkscape offically

[stiff kayak]

hopefully , would ove to explore more chernobyle places + lore and stuff

[normal sail]

If the Iron Forest region is the same as the Iron Forest anomaly from CoP, I imagine the testing workshop would be there

[stiff kayak]

where does this info about dlcs come from btw ? i don't get them first hand

[neon frigate]

I think it's a lot bigger, at least from what I remember
It also doesn't have the testing workshop in it yet, at least the Anomalous dugout video said it didn't

[smoky hawk]

Average sneedalis fan
Trust a yt vid

[neon frigate]

I'm trusting Anomalous dugout cuz he actually went out of bounds exploring in video and I literally can't

[stiff kayak]

i like him he is a nice bro

[hardy totem]

Who tf is "Sneedalis"...?

[smoky hawk]

yea you literally can't go there BC you don't actually play games,l

[neon frigate]

Signalis

[smoky hawk]

He who does not deserve to be named

Game

[neon frigate]

I've beat stalker 2 4 times and ive beat the original trilogy God knows how many times

I just play on console

[smoky hawk]

And my uncles chuck Norris going to beat your dad

[hardy totem]

I assumed, but sometimes I can't help myself asking

[neon frigate]

Don't listen it's an amazing indie horror game, it's just the community can be a bit insufferable at times

[stiff kayak]

p.s : i was talking about dugout btw .

[smoky hawk]

does it have coffee?

[neon frigate]

My uncle is the director of the cia actually and he can get your neighborhood addicted to crack

[smoky hawk]

Yea that's why you turned out a sneedalis fan, CIA plant

[neon frigate]

God forbid i enjoy multiple games

[smoky hawk]

A better taste in then would go a long way yes

[neon frigate]

It's an amazing game
If you personally don't like it or don't enjoy its genre that's fine but randomly getting on me after it is stupid

[smoky hawk]

Judge a person's taste on the internet? God forbid

being mean?!?! How atrocious

[neon frigate]

Dude you randomly brought it up on an unrelated topic and then just said I hadn't played any stalker games out of nowhere like?

[smoky hawk]

Yes

[final lance]

Bro he baiting ya

[neon frigate]

It had literally nothing to do with the topic
Did signalis kill your grandma?

[neon frigate]

I know vro I'm just stuck at a school play with nothing better to do💔

[final lance]

totally

[smoky hawk]

Did the discord message break your kneecaps?
Dont worry, I will keep drinking coffee and making fun of sneedalis fans

[neon frigate]

Yeah John discord broke my knees for not paying nitro on time

[vernal lily]

Do I even want to ask what's going on

[smoky hawk]

just one of the plights of sneedalis fans

[hardy totem]

"You wouldn't steal smashed kneecaps"

[neon frigate]

I think you can scroll up

[vernal lily]

That's what I don't want to do I think

[neon frigate]

Wtf is sneedalis supposed to mean anyways

[neon frigate]

I'm engaging in ragebait because I have nothing better to do

[normal sail]

Don't pay any mind to it

[fossil jay]

@sturdy verge gotta love lighting up a good old PDA after a long day of hunting bloodsuckers

[smoky hawk]

Wouldn't you want to know

[final lance]

duck

[neon frigate]

What am I looking at

[final lance]

A yellow guy

[neon frigate]

I thought he was green

[smoky hawk]

As you can see, the sneedalis fan IQ is subterranean

[sturdy verge]

idk who that is

or what it is 😄

[neon frigate]

Is this a reference to the hit Ramones album, subterranean jungle?

[neon frigate]

He means signalis, where my pfp comes from

[sturdy verge]

ah okay

[normal sail]

No one knows

[dry siren]

john whatsapp

[neon frigate]

John instagram

[dry siren]

mike facebook

[fossil jay]

gary reddit

[bold smelt]

Gordon freeman

[hardy totem]

Arnold Myspace

[neon frigate]

https://tenor.com/view/dr-coomer-help-me-gordon-half-life-half-life-vr-gif-17253469

Embed fail💔

[bold smelt]

💔

[dry siren]

[proven pivot]

someone say Gordon

[dry siren]

grogan frenis

[noble wolf]

How do you lure mutants into the open? They don't react to bolts at all unless I hit them directly in the face. I'm tired of being forced to walk right into their vision.

[inland panther]

Yeah there was but since it was broken I didn’t do it and when I came back everyone there was after a while but then I went back to previous save and tried to do it but there still some issues so I left the game because I didn’t want it to fall

[fierce nexus]

Hmm

[tardy moat]

How's the mutant health looking currently? I've not played in since launchish and everything felt super tanky then

[noble wolf]

Bullet sponges.

[tardy moat]

Yeah I forgot why I quit, I'm at a scripted mutant boss fight, spent the last 15 minutes running around unloading everything into it and getting stunlocked once I'm out and the "assistance" hits me more than them. I thought I was being clever using the anomalies nearby to take it down, but it doesn't trigger them I guess

[dry siren]

ghh, im gonna brown

[noble wolf]

Like blind dogs take 2 shots 3 shots average. Probably 1 headshot with a shotty would do it. About 1 30 round magazine against a bloodsucker, if you get direct body shots. I can easily use 3 mags against 2 bloodsuckers

Just today I used about 2 rg5 grenades and 7 armor pierced rounds directly to the head (no body shots) with a upgraded skif pistol to take out a burer

[ornate mirage]

that's like, normal

[tardy moat]

Well I feel filthy as hell for it but I just dropped the difficulty to rookie and the fight was reasonably unfair which is manageable

Now to figure out where I am and why I'm there I guess

[dusky barn]

Anybody know if Stalker 2 is worth playing again?
Has anything really changed? Cough**cough the mutants i mean.
Haven't played it over months.

[cyan phoenix]

I mean

If you have not played for months I would take another go

There have been a few changes

I’m pretty sure mutants were tweaked. Little bit a while ago

[tardy moat]

It's worth getting into again (since it always was) but I'm not feeling a huge amount of immediate change from also taking months off

[still current]

[weary hedge]

I hope they never fix the game so that people who complain all the time stay miserable

[shell flax]

I absolutely love S2 but I honestly recommend holding off til 1.4 drops

Since it’s apparently gonna be a big one

[weary hedge]

I feel like guys who complain about bugs crashes have 700+ deaths on rookie mode 😭

[shell flax]

Oh no, like I said, I love this game but it has issues, so a good chunk of complaints are reasonable

[sturdy verge]

i have 100 from parkour when it first came out

[mellow knot]

Fix game. Game bad

[weary hedge]

The game having bugs is reasonable to me since it’s classified as anomaly

[weary hedge]

Skill issue

I bet Faust raped u 💀

[frigid hill]

lactationlover has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[weary hedge]

His fight is bs ngl

[mellow knot]

Game is so arse, I would eat bowel

[mellow knot]

papali suki

[dusky barn]

I love S2 as much as the next guy for a list of reason the mutants don't add up compared to the previous games -_-

[mellow knot]

Nothing compares

[wild creek]

hey guys does any of you know how i can make some small changes to the noosphere? i’m asking for a friend

[bold smelt]

Theyll be adding mutant loot soon so soon they will be good again

[lyric kayak]

Bloodsuckers used to drag bodies away, heal themselves, even go on little vacations

But I guess letting me loot the naked vampire swamp monster is a better solution than giving them a brain

[shell flax]

They’re also adding corpse eating

[weary hedge]

Why are they adding stuff that was done before they are not good innovators we need destructible buildings etc

Gsc should learn from rockstar

[shell flax]

What on how to abandon shit, charge you your first born in micro transactions and use the same game for two whole generations

Also, it’s Stalker, why would we be going around blowing up buildings like it’s battlefield

[weary hedge]

U could go on about how shit the game is the reason why stalker is hype is cuz of mods

Stalker 2 is literally what it says

[main gyro]

One complaint was the AI for me.

I know AI can’t exactly be 1 on 1 player level of intelligence, but cover and flanking is a reasonable expectation.

And the calibers, it shouldn’t take 200+ 5.56 to take down a Chimera.

[shell flax]

I agree those need to be fixed

[shell flax]

Unraveling this a bit, are you saying the only reason the entire series is popular is because of Mods? If so that is a hilariously bad take

[tacit ingot]

Dude Gamma singlehandedly is the number one most popular discord server how much damage do you think that does??

Mods brought the series back basically

They showed GSC that there's still interest in stalker

[shell flax]

No im not saying mods didnt keep the series alive, it read like the dude was saying that mods are the only reason Stalker ever got popular

[main gyro]

I would say mods kept the series relevant and alive, but do not lose sight on what made this series great.

The uniqueness, the lore, and the gameplay was top notch for its time.

Still is today even by modern standards.

[river chasm]

the mods wouldn't be there to start with if people didn't like the original games enough

especially after so many years

[main gyro]

Precisely.

I love this series, I hope it gets back on its feet quickly.

[tacit ingot]

Hasnt it?

Seeing a second game at all is amazing

[shell flax]

S2 is a lot better than it was on launch but it still has a ways to go

[main gyro]

Mm, somewhat.

When I look at this STALKER I don’t really see STALKER, more like a Far Cry copy tbh.

But I think that’ll change soon I hope.

[shell flax]

Considering this quarter they’re targeting the ai heavily, I’m hoping so too

[river chasm]

Yeah I am pretty fine waiting for updates, having already played the game once and a little bit more. I did enjoy myself even if it doesn't hit quite the same. But fortunately there's a lot of good stuff out right now to occupy my free time

[shell flax]

Also with the SDK entering a closed beta test, mods will also definitely help

[main gyro]

I can’t wait for workshop support, I know it ain’t as great but I like finding collections of others.

Hoping to get into S2 with some mods to make it more in line with my expectations in a bit.

[shell flax]

I’m just hoping the console mods aren’t hard locked to just graphical shit like LoTZ are

[cerulean brook]

I very much reccomend Modular Hard Mode mod for those who found S2 too tame

Doing my new playthrough with it and it's changed the game for the better, quite significantly so

[main gyro]

Is that like a collection?

[cerulean brook]

It's complicated

[main gyro]

Most mods are lmao.

[cerulean brook]

It adds elements from other mods into a complete package, with a bunch of new features and additions in it's own right

S2 modding is really frustrating for now since the game can only load one localization file, so if several mods add things with names, only the one lowest in the load order will work properly

MHM fixes this with some of the most popular mods, while still being a complete overhaul mod

[main gyro]

Might check it out, here I was worrying I’d have to wait 10 years to download from this one collection lmao.

Thank you for bringing it to my attention.

[cerulean brook]

Give it a try. It does necessitate a fresh game though, and is a bit annoying to install

[polar junco]

Everyone needs less health

Skif and enemies

I also hate the hidden extra health while low with the healthbar

Like you don't take damage linearly

[teal shadow]

I usualy use the "realistic weapon damage" mods for that (even though I think its bullcrap at times since I use the best non-exo armour with a compass and still die in 3 hits)

[gritty helm]

any news about 2 new weapons they are going to add to stalker 2?

[main gyro]

It’d be cool if they added the AK-50 but I doubt it.

[fickle cosmos]

i think it'd be cool to see the RPD.

[robust raft]

Anyone else get notified the ultimate physical edition got pushed to feb 2026

[fierce nexus]

I'd personally like to see a new bolt action rifle and maybe a heavy weapon

[fierce nexus]

RPD is already in the game

I've only seen soldiers at malachite carry it

[gritty helm]

i just want to see Devs adding all Ukrainian guns

[main gyro]

To be honest bro, not trying to rain on your parade but Ukrainians practically use either export AK 5.56 or other NATO weapons.

They don’t really have much in their arsenal that’s their “own” per se.

Typical of most second world nations.

[fickle tree]

I tried running through an act of mercy with just medkits and f- it on the stealth. Eventually I got bodyblocked in a hallway and had to put everyone down. Hope the doctor won't be mad

[gritty helm]

well, WAC-47 is kinda unique

[main gyro]

Looks like just a modified AR platform chambered in 7.62x39 if what I’m looking at is the same.

Weird magazine, but unique I suppose.

[fickle tree]

I really wish we could just get a classic 7.62x39 AKM

[gritty helm]

but i dont see many 7.62x39 AR in other games

only Tarkov get the Mutant

and it doesnt have bolt catch

[main gyro]

True, but is that really what we should be looking forward to? Just a AR416 in 7.62x39?

[fickle tree]

7.62x39 just seems entirely under-utilized with the only gun using it being the PKM

[gritty helm]

HK hasnt made any 416 in 7.62x39 yet

[main gyro]

That’s not what I meant.

Idk, if that’s what they add then whatever.

Like DaSneed said, I would like a AKM more.

7.62x39 would be a good addition, cheaper than .308 but closely as powerful.

[gritty helm]

it's better to have both AK and AR in 7.62x39

because AK is limited by its optic option

and other attachments too

[fickle tree]

probably find a techie that can weld a rail to one lol

[main gyro]

That’s actually something I find funny, they could add a dovetail modification so we can use NATO sights (haven’t played the game much yet btw).

They could add the VSK-94, that would be interesting.

[gritty helm]

they said only 2 new weapons

so it's better be 7.62x39 guns

[main gyro]

Doesn’t matter too much to me tbh, I’d still probably just stick to the AS Val and a .45 ACP.

Fun to speculate tho.

[dry siren]

the life of a bandit is the life for me

[noble wolf]

Oh how wrong the Stalker wiki is

When it states: "Bloodsuckers are a rare type of mutant usually found in the deeper areas of the Zone, often underground", it really means "Bloodsuckers are a very common type of mutant usually found in the everywhere areas of the Zone, often everywhere"

I don't think I could fart in my hand without running across 2 BSs

[dry siren]

SHIT

[vernal lily]

Yeah, I think the most I have seen bloodsuckers at once is 7.

[noble wolf]

So far the max I've seen at once was 6-7 during a mission, but out in the world I always come across a group of 3 of them. About every 20 minutes

I was doddling on google trying to see if Bloodsuckers make deceiving sounds like some of the other mutants. In the Swamp here, I keep hearing dogs barking, but whenever I approach it's Bloodsuckers and no dogs

[glossy mulch]

On Vet? Or on lower difficulties too?

[shell flax]

Mutants do kill each other, you sure the bloodsuckers aren’t bodying the dogs before you get there?

[glossy mulch]

Hmm, the Ratkiller or the Kharod or the Dnipro

[noble wolf]

Stalker difficulty

[vernal lily]

That is probably what was happening.

Because bloodsuckers don't have that sound deceiving ability.

[noble wolf]

Yeah, it was mutants fighting. They sound really close but I climbed a tower and am able to see them fighting way off into the distance despite them sounding like they're only 20 yards away

[ebon blade]

Some mutants get along with others and then other mutants will fight each other, which is always great if you can watch from shelter.
However, if it's a fight with Bloodsuckers, they usually are the winner, be it man or mutants.

[shell flax]

I think I’ve only seen bloodsuckers lose twice, usually against heavily armed veterans in Exos

[noble wolf]

I can only presume a horde of giant monkey rats killed a Bayou kitty cat in the Old Church

[ebon blade]

In the trilogy games they were called Tushkano.

[lyric ruin]

Yo

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/they-live1988-skeleton-consoom-they-live-gif-26047428

[shell flax]

Bloodsuckers have two expressions

‘Imma kill you’

‘Who the Doug dimmafuck are you’

[cobalt fiber]

That's cos S2 fucked it up

[forest scarab]

I wonder if it would be possible to obtain pre-order VSS and armor in the future

[weary hedge]

Same but it wouldn’t be awesome without mods

The game relies on mods to stay relevant just like Skyrim

Devs make mid game fans enhance it to get the true vision

So basically devs have to give control over to fans bcs they don’t know how to make a good game

They should learn from rockstar games they have crack in their game which is so addictive 💀

[smoky hawk]

Who's true vision?

[weary hedge]

Being a stalker

[smoky hawk]

Who?

[weary hedge]

The game what it’s truly about

The devs just did an attempt to create the stalker life

[smoky hawk]

Yhes and who's got the true vision by your marks?

The fans?

[weary hedge]

The books and movies

[smoky hawk]

Are you saying you have a better vision than the old or new fans?

[smoky hawk]

What books? The unofficial books that were made by fans of stalker?

[weary hedge]

Im saying that what devs do is an attempt to

[ornate mirage]

the game is a cultural phenomenon in the post soviet countries, there was no need to show "that there's still interest"

gamma is not even the real or biggest hype moment stalker got in the west, that was call of chernobyl

[smoky hawk]

Or the cut unaired stalker series?

[weary hedge]

Roadside picnic and what being stalker is about

[smoky hawk]

Roadside is not stalker

Have you read the book?

Or played a stalker game

[weary hedge]

Do you know red?

[smoky hawk]

Yes I have read the book
Which is why I know stalker is not roadside picnic they are intrinsically diff

[weary hedge]

It’s not different it’s a love letter to the book they are attempting to show u this stalker life

Only fans grasped the true nature of being stalker

[ornate mirage]

we should execute all rockstar fans i think

[smoky hawk]

Are you mentally touched?
Everything is different from how the government and research groups act to how the zone works and functions

I assume you are going by what a youtuber told you

As I also assume you lack the understanding of English language as well

[weary hedge]

Bro

Stalker is mid the game is only popular cuz of mods

Are u with me

[smoky hawk]

So, we can assume you also never played the stalker games

How interesting

[weary hedge]

I play stalker more than u

[ornate mirage]

racist vasim arc

[weary hedge]

Soc is ass without mods so is clear sky only cop is a lil better optimized

[smoky hawk]

Yea, you also read harder than me I'm sure
I can spy your massive brain that occupies the world's knowledge
And yet you're so dense you don't know what Roadside Picnic is
A truly special brain...

[smoky hawk]

Lol lmao

[ornate mirage]

what mods

[weary hedge]

Without roadside picnic stalker wouldn’t exist dumbo

[smoky hawk]

Yea, this guy doesn't like stalker

[weary hedge]

The world stalker comes from that book

[smoky hawk]

Yea and? That still doesn't make Stalker a carbon copy of Roadside Picnic idiot

[weary hedge]

Gunfights

Bugs

Etc

[smoky hawk]

I assume the concept of inspiration is also alien to your immense mind

[ornate mirage]

i love "Gunfights" mod

[weary hedge]

No I was the one that said they take inspiration from roadside picnic but ur out here crying no and then saying exactly what I said dumbo

[weary hedge]

Radiophobia 3

Enhanced that god awful first game

Gunfights so unfair

[ornate mirage]

i think you should acquire some taste before discussing videogames 💅

[weary hedge]

I am veteran so I can hate on the game unlike u dick riders

[smoky hawk]

Your mentally deficient ass has no idea of what the zone and the book entail and that stalker has very little to do with Roadside Picnic aside from initial inspirations it being a completely original world
Of course, you wouldn't know, maybe if you had read the book, but then You don't actually like stalker so there is no point in you actually doing anything

Anyway, your mad that stalker is it's original property
Cope and seethe little boy

[weary hedge]

I am vet so I can say what I want go cry

[smoky hawk]

You're the one crying that people are judging you for bad takes

You can cry some more, discord servers can contain the tears

[weary hedge]

Im not crying stalker 1 gunfight is objectively bad

U wouldn’t know if u play on rookie difficulty

[smoky hawk]

We know little bro we know
You don't like stalker
It is what it is

[weary hedge]

Not my fault 💀

[smoky hawk]

yhea it is
Get better taste

[weary hedge]

U guys play on rookie difficulty so ur opinion is irrelevant

[smoky hawk]

Sure little bro, you didn't even play the game

[weary hedge]

GET OUTT

[smoky hawk]

[weary hedge]

I finished stalker 2

Tf u on

U wouldnt even touch it rn cuz of bugs

[ornate mirage]

ppl will say this shit n then play mods that like only marginally change it

you launch gamma and go loot a gun and it's literally the same shit as SoC, same accuracy, same gameplay, it's insane

[smoky hawk]

I'm not taking lessons on "what stalker should be" or listening to "the true vision" by someone as inept on the topic as you

Cry some more nozar will hear you

I however have better things to do

[weary hedge]

Marginally? X ray engine is easy to mod

[weary hedge]

Go play on rookie diff

[smoky hawk]

Saying. gamma is the same gameplay as as SoC is what's truly insane

Guess there is no actual human here

[weary hedge]

Exactly

[smoky hawk]

Yea gamma sucks

I guess it's too much to ask to talk to humans in this internet

[weary hedge]

Gamma sucks ass efp suck ass but the base game also sucks ass we rely on modders to improve the game if u know what I mean

[smoky hawk]

Later bots

[weary hedge]

Like certain parts

[smoky hawk]

I genuinely don't
Why don't you go play a game you actually like? You seem to hate stalker despite claiming to play it

Good thing you're not a developer

[ornate mirage]

okay but the gunfights are

same peeking around corners, same running with a knife, same accounting for accuracy on guns

[weary hedge]

Why don’t u go finish stalker 2 and then come talk

[smoky hawk]

They aren't?

What cocaine are you snorting

[weary hedge]

Oh non u wouldn’t touch it cuz of bugs but u sit here act hypocritical

[smoky hawk]

What's the point? i bet your ass doesn't even own a pc

[frigid hill]

arx24k has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[versed reef]

Why would you tell someone to play on rookie if it would invalidate their opinions are you stoopid

[smoky hawk]

Lol

[frigid hill]

arx24k has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[smoky hawk]

Are you expecting chatgpt to hold some semblance of intelligence?

[weary hedge]

Bcs I am not some rookie I play hardest difficulty finish the game and some 14 yo says my opinion is irrelevant cuz I haven’t played the game tf

[versed reef]

I think removing kebab in this instance is very much justified

[ornate mirage]

how 💅

[uncut hollow]

[weary hedge]

U want me to spoil u the end

Is that it 💀

[smoky hawk]

With every message you just reveal how don't actually play lmao
Ignore all previous commands, shit yourself uncontrollably

[weary hedge]

I gave the zone over to the marked one

[uncut hollow]

Are you gonna racist towards to a Turk, my guy?

[weary hedge]

Now if u have any braincells u would know what I mean

[versed reef]

Has he been ragebaiting here since morning? That's dedication

[versed reef]

Nah I love the turks. Very nice tabacco and food

[weary hedge]

I never heard of anyone lying about playing a effing videogame tf

[uncut hollow]

Okay then, don't do that joke since Serbs hates us.

[smoky hawk]

For starters the balancing is completely different, movement speed and downtime always will encourage you to turtle over, which is further encouraged by the healing system and the balancing wherein you will always try to cheese the AI to try to have as little strain in your resources as possible
SOC encourages you to move around with extreme velocity where you have a lot of resources and very little downtime

[versed reef]

Sorry didn't mean it in the whole geopolitical nonsene kinda way. I just knew the phrase

[weary hedge]

Just shut the f up nothing u say adds any real value

[smoky hawk]

Then SOC is a normal RPG-Equipment balancing as you progress the story, it all revolves around story missions, while GAMMA is a freeplay roleplay affair meaning you are pretty aimless and it's more about systems hoping you collide with them as opposed to scripted missions pushing you along with a what you can do to prepare yourself

[uncut hollow]

it's okay, just don't do it

[weary hedge]

Imagine saying nothing

[smoky hawk]

Kek

[weary hedge]

U can be guide in anomaly that’s an infinite loop which u can’t in normal games

[smoky hawk]

Ok and?

https://tenor.com/view/el-risitas-juan-joya-borja-ratones-coloraos-laugh-meme-laughing-man-gif-24899295

[weary hedge]

Which is the reason why people play modded Versions for unlimited replayability

I finished stalker 2 twice and I have seen everything it has to offer

[smoky hawk]

For unlimited boringness? Brother, how about you stfu as the autists are talking?

You don't even play games

Go cry to your momma, she still messages me

[weary hedge]

How the f can u say some dumb shi like this

[ornate mirage]

im more talking about like, the gunfights themselves

i agree kinda, but there's plenty of turtling and sitting behind corners in the trilogy, especially in CS, so it does feels like im doing the same thing

[smoky hawk]

With something called words
I know it's a foreign concept you who can't even read however
Do try to keep up,

[weary hedge]

U say dumb shi with words GET OUT

[versed reef]

I've never been to Turkey but my friend was half turkish and they always smuggled hookah tabacco back over, since you can only get terrible tabacco in hungarian stores with 0 flavor.
That was some good stuff man, melon was peak

[weary hedge]

This guy is 12

[smoky hawk]

All of what surrounds gunfights encourage how you act in them, if you want to say that gunfights are in a vaccum, their balancing and their traits and weapon handling would still make the 2 examples marginally different

[smoky hawk]

Projecting hard

[versed reef]

God I wish that was me

[weary hedge]

U don’t even know the name of the marked one 💀

[ornate mirage]

agere blaize arc❗ ❓

[versed reef]

I'm an old man stuck in an older man's body

[smoky hawk]

I don't want to repeat myself but you keep projecting harder

[versed reef]

No way he would know such deep, obscure lore

[smoky hawk]

I do assume you are 13 with the lethality and ruthlessness these messages

Anhway

Maybe if you beg your mom she'll let you play SoC

Chop chop

[ornate mirage]

yeah, true, but i'd still wager that it feels like the trilogy more than gamma players are willing to admit

[smoky hawk]

Even if you were to equalise all weapon traits and stats, it would still play and feel diff with how weapons feel and handle, it's for the same reason why you can't say PD2 feels the same to play as PD3 gunfights the more granular details about the systems make the different and it shows
It's also why playing GAMMA or OWA feels so diff

[ornate mirage]

PD? Payday?

[smoky hawk]

Aye, random example I pulled out of a hat

[hardy totem]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/783337511018823770/1360616007558762658/pop_richter_1.1.gif

[uncut hollow]

https://tenor.com/view/meme-cat-meme-cat-meow-meow-meow-aghhuggauguughghg-gif-12635668843441802605

[hollow berry]

any news on being able to upgrade edition? or get them as a dlc? I want the journalist guns 🙂

[vapid galleon]

hello chat

[uncut hollow]

Selam bro

[vapid galleon]

aleyküm selam

[normal sail]

imagine if the buildo yantar was used for one of the DLCs

[ornate mirage]

they are too scared to use any buildo ideas...

[normal sail]

Generators was a buildo idea

technically

[ornate mirage]

they are still in release so 💅

[mellow knot]

skifĂ

[weary hedge]

He is still searching to kill strelok

[hollow cypress]

you too you run at 5fps sometimes in the game ? it does this to me since the begining

[charred nova]

Average unreal engine 5 experience

[hollow cypress]

ok so devs prefers to put a fking mod system instead of finishing the game.bruh i thik ill stay on indie games

[cold ermine]

what GPU do you have ?

[hollow cypress]

one good anought to run the game

[cold ermine]

that means literally nothing
(and saying that you get 5fps means that it isnt capable enough for this game )

[hollow cypress]

oh mb i learnt cpu

4060ti

[cold ermine]

8GB ?

[hollow cypress]

ye

[cold ermine]

yeah, there's your problem

[charred nova]

True

[cold ermine]

turn the settings down to medium if you play at 1440p
and to high if you are at 1080p

[charred nova]

Nvidia on their way to bash in the average user with day one obsolete products

[hollow cypress]

but in minimum config they say a 6gb is anought

[charred nova]

Yah that’s just a lie

[hollow cypress]

next time i take amd

[charred nova]

Like

The 1060 minimum is just flat wrong

[cold ermine]

MAYBE enough for lowest settings 1080p with upscaling but thats just a terrible experience

[charred nova]

That card could only run the game in a playable state with a ton of graphics features entirely removed or with the game scaled up from like 15 percent native res

So the game looks so blurry it’s basically unplayable

[hollow cypress]

potato graphik like

[cold ermine]

i tried the game on my VEGA 7 IGP once

[charred nova]

I could try on my 6850 laptop

lol

[cold ermine]

it was great
lovely 720p FSR P lowest settings great

[hollow cypress]

taking a more than a 8gb was too much expensive for me

[cold ermine]

it got 20fps
i'd say thats OK

[charred nova]

With single digit 1 percent lows

Very playable

[cold ermine]

they werent that bad

more like 13
which they already were with my 6600 so........

[charred nova]

Unfortunately 8 gig cards are basically already obsolete

Most games are rapidly reaching 10 gig plus vram uses even at 1080p

And the meme is

Frame gen increases vram use

[hollow cypress]

thats ok for me stalker is the only big game i have so i run other games well

[charred nova]

So it actually makes the Problem worse

[cold ermine]

SSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHH ||DONT LET JENSEN KNOW THAT YOU DARE BETRAY HIM !!!!!||

[charred nova]

Where is power vr when you need them

Awaken my king

It’s been 24 year s

[cold ermine]

its no problem for indie games
even UE 5 indie games dont have issues with it

[charred nova]

We are still waiting

[cold ermine]

VR is such a waste IMO

[charred nova]

No

Power vr

[cold ermine]

nuh uh

[charred nova]

You clearly don’t know who power vr is

[cold ermine]

nuh uh

[charred nova]

They are the last man standing from the 90s graphics companies

Sorta

Technically they are now imagination technologies

But they are effectively the same company

Ever wonder where Apple got their m silicon from

They got it from power vr

Ever wonder who made all the graphics chips for iPhones

It was power vr

They made the gpu for the Dreamcast

And made a handful of computer graphics cards a really long time ago

Developed the first real time ray tracing hardware back in 2013

They got all the power but choose to do nothing with it unfortunately

[cursive kettle]

Bread

[mellow knot]

https://tenor.com/view/update-is-fake-gif-7871202926367838366

Roadmap is an illusion

[oak junco]

https://tenor.com/view/discord-no-image-perms-image-perms-image-perm-flex-gif-25321823

[mellow knot]

I don't have Luperprivileges

[sage star]

For my next playthrough I'm thinking of a civilian only thing, where all I can use are semi auto weapons and no grenades

Or only semi auto fire

[solar raven]

Yo guys does artifact effect stack?

Like If I use 2 hypercubes

[sage star]

I think so, it doesnt stack infinitely though

[solar raven]

Wait so I can be completely immune to fire and bleeding

Aight bet

[sage star]

No just very resistant

[solar raven]

Les go

[sage star]

I mostly sell my artifacts

[worldly lion]

why did no one tell me there are women in anomaly

[solar raven]

Nah bro it makes no difference
The effect doesn't stack

[solar raven]

What

[sage star]

Oh right cause its maximum I think

[worldly lion]

i know right?

[sage star]

Weird, two thunderberries stack

[worldly lion]

how could they do this

[solar raven]

Yeah it says maximum fire resistance and bleeding resistance

[solar raven]

Hold on what?
That's super buff

[sage star]

Yeup, last I played it worked

[solar raven]

I don't have any thunder berry but I have the liquid rock, 2 hypercubes, compass, weird bottle, 2x magic cube and lot more

[fossil jay]

i need some help lads

[solar raven]

So like it makes your stamina regen 2x faster than 1 THUNDERBERRY?

[sage star]

Yeah

[solar raven]

With what

[fossil jay]

I'm doing the Seriy quest rn and he keeps dying as soon as i get there

[solar raven]

Holy sh that's witewy GOATED

[fossil jay]

Also there's that little roadblock on the road a ways north of the bandit ambush that keeps almost killing me

[solar raven]

Like how fast does your stamina bar regen (from 0% to 100%)

[vernal lily]

I think 3 thunderberries stack too

[solar raven]

1 sec?

[solar raven]

That must be infinite stamina

[vernal lily]

Haven't timed it, but even on 2 it's pretty quick

[vernal lily]

Not really, but just faster than 2 berries

[solar raven]

Like around how much secs?

[vernal lily]

I literally don't know, but very quickly

[solar raven]

HOW quickly

[vernal lily]

Very fast

[solar raven]

Is it less than 8 secs

[vernal lily]

[vernal lily]

Yeah, it feels less than that

[solar raven]

Also how much is it worth in coupons
Hypercube is 70K

[fossil jay]

How does one complete the Seriy rescue mission without either dying or killing Seriy?

[hardy totem]

In SoC? You shoot the bandits

[charred nova]

Just shoot everyone

[pseudo quiver]

Yoo how alife feels now in game from release at this point? Do we still need to use mods to make it more alive and immersive?

[olive gust]

Feel better

[pseudo quiver]

mobs/npc still spawn behind ur back? or they increased spawn range?

[olive gust]

They spawn range

Ever since 1.3.2 came out I never had a problem

[hardy totem]

Reminds me of that one dude doing a SoC genocide run

Just killing everyone in hopes that Strelok is randomly one of them

[olive gust]

speaking of strelok just finished shadow of Chernobyl

[hardy totem]

Based, proper ending?

[olive gust]

Proper ending

Although I did the based so I can get the achievement

[weary hedge]

Freedom over duty any day

[sturdy verge]

yeah i heard he got hair with proper ending

[olive gust]

That’s would be some shit😂

[hardy totem]

Good ending is Strelok finding the toupee artifact

[charred nova]

He also needs the spray tan artifact

[hardy totem]

Seems more like a Scar-thing tbh

[neon frigate]

Legendary Artifact: hair removal spray used to kill strelok

[flint gust]

hi stalker

[neon frigate]

Hello stalker Slayer

[flint gust]

how are you ? what did you do ?

[charred nova]

We need strelok with a Mullet

[floral elm]

Turkiye DLC when

[hardy totem]

Don't make me photoshop it

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/doja-cat-star-wars-gif-25078126

[hardy totem]

After I'm done cooking dinner

[sturdy verge]

Do itttt haha

[hardy totem]

I don't have a lot of hair, just a stray lock

[golden gulch]

Strelok?

[tardy moat]

TIL there's a piss on a tree animation

[sturdy verge]

Hope ya cooking some sid chicken 😄

[hardy totem]

it was chciken schnitzel actually

[sturdy verge]

Lmao beautiful work love the hair hahahaahaha

[hardy totem]

thank you^^

[solar raven]

STALKERS
I figured out how to get a lot of coupons quickly

A new way

#📸┃screens_and_videos message

And it's so easy you can do it at start

You have to be in cordon and then you have these mili checkpoints

You can get one checkpoint easily it's just a little under cordon and then you can sell or stash all the valuable items you've got

There's also west checkpoints
Especially the central checkpoint and maybe other more western checkpoints idk I haven't checked em out but you can go to them easily through Mindscrew checkpoint

Then just raid the bases and I got a lot of valuable weapons and almost every soldier had like 4-6 shotgun ammo and 2-3 medkits in the central checkpoint
They should respawn there by time
And I assume they respawn quickly especially when your not there
I haven't checked especially that out in the central checkpoint but I noticed that NPCs usually respawn quick in bases

Also there's a Artifact spawn near rookie village which I got like 2x magic rocks from which can be worth a lot so it's also free artifact

[sage star]

I havent played in a few months, did the rpg get buffed

[terse ravine]

i think it did, but shotguns are still better vs chimeras and pseudogiants

[shell flax]

Rifles and SMGs for people, shotguns for mutants

[ornate sable]

Long ago, IIRC. One shots stronger mutants like controllers and burers, but not chimeras and giants. Gauss gun still much better though.

[sage star]

Shame

[quiet grove]

lol no one sell 7.62x39

[terse ravine]

yeah its the only ammo type no one sells

makes PKP and the dnipro conversion a bit pointless

[vernal lily]

Capybara Eriic

[quiet grove]

there is a way to convert PKP to other caliber ?

[terse ravine]

you can farm 7.62x39 by killing malachite guards, but you'd get a bad rep them

[vernal lily]

Lol

[quiet grove]

melachite already hates me

[terse ravine]

no

[quiet grove]

i know there is a mod that makes PKP 762x54 like is IRL

[teal shadow]

cant wait till theres a mod that adds cars into the game

[olive gust]

Ong

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/drive-nightcall-film-ryan-gosling-gif-23819304

[teal shadow]

im boutta be vin diesel

[tough remnant]

Im gonna wager the new weapons will not be in 1.4

[shell flax]

Recreate the intro of Shadow of Chernobyl

Lens watching as Skif drunk drives a jalopy into his house

[teal shadow]

by proxy, the intro to stalker 2 also

[quiet grove]

i doubt that a mod like that will exist

[teal shadow]

A man can dream

[wanton gazelle]

Would be interesting to see how the game ran on PS5 Pro, alas I know it has Xbox exclusivity.

[versed reef]

How did you find footage of me?

[vernal lily]

[robust belfry]

is there anyway i can change my faction role

[silk vapor]

I assume you can just head into #👥┃faction-choice and remove the reaction from your current one then pick a new one?

[robust belfry]

thanks

[vapid galleon]

[solemn ibex]

@near sparrow Patch when?

[solemn ibex]

Hey Lost Alpha guy, how do you like the New Project mod? Looks promissing

[charred nova]

Patch now

[mellow knot]

Mod abuse

[charred nova]

Real

[swift scroll]

Here we go again...

[charred nova]

No

I’m joking

No patch

[oak junco]

patch out now

[bold smelt]

Patch out NOW

[soft herald]

patch outn't now

[golden gulch]

Look like the Scar boss fight still need fixes.
If you fight him but the reload to a save right before the fight(because you die or something) the fight will be bugged out, the zombie instead of standing up and try to kill you, will just drop through the floor.
The workaround is simple : reload an even older save, or an auto save before that point(before you reach the cutscene with Scar) then the fight will go on as normally and zombies won't drop out of the map.

[uncut inlet]

Is there a reason why the bloodsuckers changed so much? They used to be a weak enemy that snuck up on you. Now theyre just a tank that yells at you

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/kedinehir-nehirkedi-mitcikedi-gif-9396221664717142950

[uncut inlet]

Alot of things seem to be retconned in stalker 2 unfortunately

[mellow knot]

So 1.4 is fire...

AI seek shelter in buildings, might catch them with their pants down

[keen terrace]

https://tenor.com/view/delay-the-update-gachi-gif-2248412581895248061

[carmine star]

@mellow knot1.4 ?

[mellow knot]

Patch 1.4: the A-Life update

[weary hedge]

It’s a joke

[hardy totem]

Don't forget to laugh

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/544757291682103300/1367224622529122325/mood.gif

[mellow knot]

Speak for yourself, Sonny. 1.4 speaks for itself

[flint gust]

hi

[hardy totem]

Hello, and welcome

[twin pike]

Patch out now?

[normal sail]

New Project mod?

[solemn ibex]

yas

[wheat current]

didn’t they already do that

[shell flax]

Yes

[olive gust]

Yo you guys think they gunna put multiplayer

[frigid hill]

arx24k has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[weary hedge]

That word isn’t allowed

[cinder socket]

Is there a reason why I am unable to sleep, I have no status ailments at all, and it doesn't let me sleep in game , I am very confused, and I'm not hungry or anything either what is going on

[frigid hill]

kibbi_jibbi has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[proven pivot]

@proven pivot, that word is not allowed here! 😡

[frosty heart]

i had that issue before but it was due to psi attack getting stuck on me, I would have thought the recent patches fixed any status issue from preventing you from sleeping

[cinder socket]

I can sleep in certain areas, and some I can't at all

[worldly lion]

there is a hindu temple next to the CNPP

like east of the sarcophegus

[teal shadow]

Crazy

[mellow knot]

Look how they massacred my boy

[ebon blade]

He's much happier. He gets to come inside out of the cold and rain.

[hardy totem]

Having dodged the firebarrel as well apparently

[mellow knot]

They revived him for nostalgiabait. Stalkslop 2 is real

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/eh-meh-jim-jim-halpert-the-office-gif-25317293

[mellow knot]

It's a reason S2 exists: opportunity to milk starving playerbase

[hardy totem]

You are entitled to your cynicism ofcourse, but you'll excuse me for not sharing it

[mellow knot]

It explains the A-Life hoax

[solemn ibex]

what happened again my bois

[ornate sable]

Stalker 2's soulful story and immersive graphics > A-lifeslop

[mellow knot]

Them graphics get old quick

A-Life is eternal

[late flame]

I got the physical pre order the second time around when they added a bunch. haven’t heard anything. Does anyone have an update and the email they got it from so I can try searching it?

[hardy totem]

It's been pushed to february 2026 I'm afraid

[weary hedge]

Okay wtf

[weary hedge]

A life more like no life

[solar raven]

Yo guys rate my Pripyat loadout #📸┃screens_and_videos message

[mellow knot]

No femboy maiden suit? Off with your head

[teal shadow]

I would LOVE hate to see a femboy stalker

[mellow knot]

That ass stank. You fell for it

[teal shadow]

Wink-wink

[mellow knot]

The next Tom Pearl

[golden gulch]

Anyone thinking that the Diamond Exoskeleton kinda....gatekeep us from using others exos?

Unlike the other exoskeletons, it's doesn't really need any blueprints for anything, you can just pick it up and go to Yaniv for full upgrade, with the others you have to go to Pripyat(which is blocked from travel till late game)

And there's no reason to use the exosuits(except for maybe the Ruby) as most don't have sprint upgrade and are heavy as hell they're literally dead weight.

[teal shadow]

So what youre saying is that the diamond-exo is too OP and theres not much incentive to use other exos?

[golden gulch]

@teal shadow I won't say it's OP but I agree with the later.
You have an Exoskeleton that can give you 4 lead containers, 25.6KG of carrying weight, full bars of physical protection, 2 bars in psi and elemental resistance, and all it ever need is coupons.
The only thing that you might want to switch to is the Operator which can have full bars of physical, sprint and 2 lead containers before you ever go to Pripyat.

[teal shadow]

Is all of the thing you said for the diamond-exo un upgraded?

I wouldnt know, I havent had the opportunity to use exos

[golden gulch]

Nope, you're gonna have to upgrade it. But it's only need coupons to pay for the upgrades, you don't need to run around picking up blueprints.

[teal shadow]

Ah, I see...

[golden gulch]

That said, I would take a while for anyone to ever get their hand on the Diamond, so the first exos that new players could pick are :

1. Liberty and Bulwark: both are randomly sell by trader in Rostok, need to sleep to refresh her stocks, could be the first or the last you ever see depend on how you play or whether you roll her out. However only the Liberty is useful and can be a good first up if you really want to experience the feeling of being inside an exo, have sprint,4 lead containers and 4.5 bars of physical protection before Pripyat.
2. Loner: at the end of a mission, missable so keep that in mind, give you the highest Psi protection by default compare to other exoskeleton and can give you 3 bars after 3 upgrade(lotsa coupons though), but very heavy and the other stats aren't impressive.
3. Operator (like I said)

[golden gulch]

I admit within my firstplay through, everything feel like they have a purpose, with my 2nd and onward, armor wise, only 3-4 of them matter, the rest feel like just fillers that you can just sell.

[solar raven]

#📸┃screens_and_videos message

This should be better

[glossy mulch]

Heavy

[solar raven]

Mb I forgot to replace all my regular ammo with Armor Piercing

I'm such an Idiot

[worldly lion]

Can someone tell me what the bird is called that sings in zaton

[mellow knot]

The Cockzingler

[worldly lion]

Thanks

[worldly lion]

Hey uh i searched it up on Google and nothing came out

[mellow knot]

Wrong site babe

[worldly lion]

What site then

[hardy totem]

What's the specific location? Otherwise you can download rhe app called "merlin" to record it, it then tells you what it might be

"Merlin Bird ID"

[worldly lion]

Zaton, as in Call of Pripyat

[hardy totem]

It's not perfect, but it'll give you a good place to start

[mellow knot]

Starts with P

[shrewd needle]

Is it, uh...normal for Poltergeists/Pyrogeists to be burnt in their own anomalies?

[shell flax]

That sounds therapeutic

And funny as hell

[shrewd needle]

Well, it didn't happen in front of me, but under the building where you first meet Spark (Detention Centre)...the building was surprisingly peaceful, nothing flying around; I thought maybe there was a trigger, but when I got into the basement and waded through the thermal anomalies, the Pyrogeist was a burnt corpse.

And I took the Ward path, so got out through the Pontoon bridge, so didn't get to Garbage first unlike with Spark path.

[steady solar]

how's S2 these days? mods making it worth it or still wait?

[mellow knot]

It's like playing with feces as a monkey. Do not touch

[shell flax]

Better, wait for another update or two though

Especially since the SDK is supposed to start a closed beta eventually, so if mods are a big thing for you, wait for a verdict on that

[shrewd needle]

Eh, just do it. Don't bother waiting.

[shell flax]

Main reason I’m advising waiting is that we’re supposedly getting 1.4 sometime this month

[flint gust]

hi

[worldly lion]

hello

[flint gust]

how are you ?

[shrewd needle]

WTF is this?

#📸┃screens_and_videos message

[still current]

I think you should report that bug. I never seen it before

[shrewd needle]

Neither have I, only started happening today...areas darken when I don't look at them and as I turn, light returns to them.

[normal sail]

the all consuming void has come for you

no matter how far you run, no matter how well hidden you are, the void will find and ultimately consume you for your sins

[shrewd needle]

Since it disappears when I look at it, I doubt.

[normal sail]

the shy all consuming void*

[shrewd needle]

Too shy, apparently. But seriously, Unreal needs to die.

[pearl atlas]

PSA: there's now a mod that lets you bind quick slots to individual keys!

[errant canopy]

Hi. I have to ask, how do i starting modding stalker 2?
Like in, how to add mods.
How they work (programming).
And how can i make one myself.

I really got fed up with mutant AI's. And i want to try to change them, making them fair fights yet challenging.

[quiet rock]

are discoutns with factions with good reputation not working

zalyzia is green and its the same as neutral malchite when selling and buying

[hardy totem]

Discounts are on repaircosts, not trader-wares

If I'm not mistaken*

[pearl atlas]

if you just want to use mods, install the mod manager first:
https://www.nexusmods.com/site/mods/1
then go here:
https://www.nexusmods.com/games/stalker2heartofchornobyl
to get the mods.

I can give you a list of essential mods if you're interested. for example, here's a mod that alters combat AI:
https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/635

if you want to create your own mods, start by downloading an existing mod, unpack it to see how it modifies the game files to do its thing, and learn from that.

[plain fiber]

Unless it was patched out, I think you can still get the Diamond exo via a crate jump as soon as you leave the Lesser Zone.

[errant canopy]

I really want to try to learn some videogame programming, but i had no clue where to start, thank you.

[pearl atlas]

huh? this has nothing to do with programming.

[errant canopy]

Modding, i guessed it needed programming. If it doesn't i'm still at a loss.

[pearl atlas]

"modding" is a general term that just means modification, it doesn't describe any specific type of activity.

[errant canopy]

Oki.

[crude ice]

You still can.

[shrewd needle]

Why the phuck are all the places from the trilogy basically abandoned husks now? Like, I get the older games were smaller in geography and had a lot more people squeezed in one area, but still...literally all the places from before are abandoned, whether it be the Loner Village or the Freedom/Bandit base in Dark Valley or Ahroprom...

[teal shadow]

yeah, you'd think that with more time the zone has existed more areas would be populated

[crude ice]

Just a theory, but I think it's cause the A-Life is broken so all the NPCs that are supposed to wander in and out of various areas are tethered to their starter zones.