☢┃stalker-general

[static lark]

The main issue with playing Fallout 3 and New Vegas aren’t the games themselves

It’s that they were made on hardware and software that’s getting older than some of the audience of the game

[hallow shadow]

Wait. You mean Suktansk, or Shevchenko?

[static lark]

It’s getting harder and harder to run it reliably so instead of releasing a huge patch for a game that’s almost 20 years old just remake it with better graphics and some QoL improvements and you get to sell it for like 40 bucks

Is it just me or does Skif sound different than he used to?

[hallow shadow]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vLJa044zjM0&pp=ygUXU3VsdGFuc2sgc3RhbGtlciAyIGp1bXA%3D

This is to get into Shevchenko.

I don’t know about Sultansk.

If that guy is blocking the door, just jump up on these things, and you can access the ship from the top.

[static lark]

Also some of these people in the zone need better dental hygiene

Some pretty yellow teeth

[hallow shadow]

With what fresh water do you plan to brush your teeth with?

[static lark]

they obviously have fresh bottled water to drink

[hallow shadow]

Also, anyone wearing a beard is not properly wearing a mask.

[static lark]

Especially in like SIRCAA

[hallow shadow]

That’s why the army makes you stay clean shaven.
Beards won’t let your mask form a proper seal.

[static lark]

This is why we just build the mask into the helmet and seal it all together with the suit

[hallow shadow]

Full bodied suit, yeah.
But the mask is itemized as separate from the suit.

So unless you’ve got a whole ass helmet, like an ODST…

[static lark]

Well we should all just start wearing ODST armor just cause it looks cool

[hallow shadow]

I want that in this game, so bad.

[static lark]

Or FNV Ranger Armor

[static lark]

Oh no I mean in real life

[hallow shadow]

YES! GIVE ME A ZONE-DUSTER

[static lark]

Armies should just use ODST armor cause it looks cool

[hallow shadow]

Some NPCs have cool longcoats.
I want one c

[hallow shadow]

So expensive to make. Probably heavy as hell.
Those armor plates are no joke.

It’s not rubber, like Starship Troopers armor.

[static lark]

Imagine wish they’d make an actual RPG stalker game where you can decide what your character looks like, wears, and the points they have in different skills and proficiencies but I guess that’s just remaking OG fallout at that point

[hallow shadow]

But… If we got the cool exo suits from the animated movies, that would rock.

[static lark]

I’m pretty sure ODST armor is just aramids and Kevlar

Now like Spartan Mjolnir power Armor from mainline Halo will never happen

In lore it weights a literal Ton and you have to kidnap children and train them into being super soldiers from adolescence

[hallow shadow]

Regular ol UNSC troopers wear metal plating.
ODSTs wear a streamlined version.

2 tons. But yes.

The reason why those kids had to be augmented is because Project Orion failed.

[static lark]

Also find it funny how Spartans “can’t” die

[static lark]

That’s definitely some bureaucratic bs that “totally not space America” would pull just for propaganda purposes

[hallow shadow]

The MJOLNIR is meant to amplify what a Spartan can already do.

Meaning. A normal persons trying to move, even a little, would end up killing themselves by convulsing to death because the suit is too powerful for them.
Marines died to learn that.

Just raising your arm would snap your shoulder, and then any flinching becomes exaggerated.

[static lark]

Yeah doesn’t the armor literally compact you like one of those bricks in a car squasher at scrap yards

[hallow shadow]

Your own agony kills you.

[static lark]

“All Spartans are officially MIA instead of KIA” for the sole reason to say not a single Spartan died against covenant forces

[hallow shadow]

That was propaganda. Mostly because despite Spartans being in the fight, humanity was still losing.

Wars need heroes.

No Marine, about to land in-sector, wants to hear a Spartan died here 24hrs previous.

Bad for morale.

[static lark]

Doesn’t humanity end up beating the Covenant? I’m not up to date on my Halo Lore

I mean since Halo 3 I haven’t really cared that much

[hallow shadow]

The covenant destroyed themselves.
It’s the only reason we won. “Schism”

[static lark]

I remember playing Halo 3 as a kid and fighting the Flood for the first time

[hallow shadow]

They broke apart, promptly after their adoption of the Jirahlnae (Brutes), and betrayal of the Sanghieli (Elites)

[static lark]

One minute I’m fighting normal covenant the next I’m fighting zombies

[hallow shadow]

I remember playing Halo 1, finding the Flood for the first time.

[static lark]

Well Halo 3 was my first halo

[hallow shadow]

Fair.

[static lark]

Then I went back and played the ones before it

[hallow shadow]

Do you like metal? Like, deathcore?

There’s a band called “Shadow of Intent” (named after a Covenant ship)
They have two albums “Prinordial” and “Reclaimer”

All dedicated to Halo.

[static lark]

Meh I kinda listen to whatever I can’t say I have a favorite genre of music it just depends how I feel that day

[hallow shadow]

They also have “Elegy”, an album made for Ukraine.

[static lark]

I mean I can go from 1980s soft rock one day then the next day I’m listening to like gangster rap

[jade mulch]

Who me

[static lark]

It just depends on whatever I guess

[hallow shadow]

If you’re into Chelsea Grin/Lorna Shore, you’ll like Shadow of Intent.

[hallow shadow]

Yes, I forgot to tag you. Apologies.

[jade mulch]

Why is everyone so mean, every time I hear a stalker tell a joke they’re always negative about it

[static lark]

You’d be negative too if your entire life consisted of dodging mutants and bullets

[hallow shadow]

Like, the NPCs?

[jade mulch]

Yeah the sultansk won’t open, the second entrance is also like that

[jade mulch]

That would be chill, I would become a mutant hunter, sell the parts and get drunk off vodka everyday

[hallow shadow]

I posted a video for a small jump you can use.
But it’s for the Shevchenko.
I don’t know how to fix a Sultansk bug.

[jade mulch]

I could just use a guide to get in and out I guess

[hallow shadow]

Sultansk has the quest for a nice gun, though.
The Clusterfunk.

Especially if you’re running the Better Ballistics mod.

[static lark]

SIRCAA feels too clean

[jade mulch]

I’m supposed to deliver a briefcase to the sultan

[hallow shadow]

Hmmm.

[static lark]

It’s not worth it in all honesty

[hallow shadow]

I don’t remember having that issue.

I’m sorry I can’t be of more help.

[static lark]

You get like 5000 coupons for it I did that quest yesterday

[hallow shadow]

Is this your first play?

[jade mulch]

Of stalker 2 yes, I’m aware the stalker games are buggy. I’ve had issues with the trilogy as well but nothing like this

[hallow shadow]

My only guess is, you accidentally off’d someone you shouldn’t have.

[jade mulch]

A simple reload would’ve fixed this in the old games

[hallow shadow]

Otherwise, I know the Shevchenko gets bugged.

[jade mulch]

I haven’t killed anybody that I didn’t need to

[hallow shadow]

Fair enough. I’m at a loss, Stalker.

[jade mulch]

When you pick up the briefcase you get confronted by some thugs from the ship that want to take it from you

So really it’s just the game being weird

[static lark]

Jesus why is Skif so hungry I just had to eat 3 cans of meat for him to chill out

[hallow shadow]

Ohhhh. Kill those nerds.

Bring the case back.

[jade mulch]

I’ve spared everybody in text encounters thus far

Especially my boy nimble

[hallow shadow]

Those dudes look like Loners, but I think they’re bandits.

Nimble… Guh. If it weren’t for sparing me.. Nimble would get smoked.

[jade mulch]

They’re your run of the mill bandits they just have a different model for some reason

[hallow shadow]

But, I know Faust is the one who gave that order. FAUST dies.

[static lark]

They’re rats I think, the Sultan talks about knowing there were moles in the Sultansk after you return the briefcase and he thanks you for sorting out the problem for him

And then he gives you a measly 5000 coupons and that’s the quest

[jade mulch]

Probably why they all have different models

[hallow shadow]

Yeah, I recommend trucking those dudes.
That might fix the bug.

If you didn’t already kill them.

[jade mulch]

5000 coupons isn’t too bad especially on higher difficulties, take what you can get stalker

[static lark]

Well I scummed the early game so I had 100,000 by the time I did the quest

[hallow shadow]

5k is repairs and ammo.

[jade mulch]

I had a hell of a time playing clear sky on hard because of that, could barely afford a medkit and some ammo

[hallow shadow]

How does one scum the early game? Asking for a friend.

[static lark]

But yeah ig if you’re playing legit it’s not a bad payment

[jade mulch]

Take anything yellow durability and take all the ammo ever

[hallow shadow]

Ahhhh.

[jade mulch]

Skifs pistol is the goat

[static lark]

Rush to zones on the map you’re not supposed to be in get all the loot you can go back to the trader and sell it all

[hallow shadow]

Second nature to me.

[jade mulch]

Easy ammo to find and it’s cheap

[static lark]

I got the Dnipro and the Curtiss’s Exo like 2 hours in the game

[hallow shadow]

I remember one playthrough, the moment I unlocked Lesser Zone, I ran East to pick up SOFMOD and Predator.
Then made my way to Garbage.

[static lark]

You said you were looking for a Dnipro if you go up to the cooling towers you can get on top of one using an anomaly that teleports you to the top and there’s one sitting beside a stash

[jade mulch]

I’ve been stockpiling 5.56 ammo the whole game and I just got a fora-221 not too long ago and now I got 800+ rounds for it

[hallow shadow]

Early game?

I want that gun, in my hands, before going to The Sphere.

[fallen latch]

is the fora 5.56 conv any good? seems pretty mid considering the fora is already kinda short on damage

[jade mulch]

It’s so good

[hallow shadow]

I do the same.

[fallen latch]

gotta leave the lesser zone for it

[jade mulch]

5.56 to what

[static lark]

Then there’s a warehouse nearby that has some Monolithians inside and in the rafters there’s a Curaiss Exo

[hallow shadow]

I’m n Vanilla, maybe? If you’re modded, yes.

[fallen latch]

the fora uses 5.45, there's a conversion to 5.56 that increases almost every stat but decreases damage

[hallow shadow]

Fair. Thank you.

[static lark]

Yeah I mean I walked all the way from the lesser zone to the cooling towers with nothing but an AK

[jade mulch]

It does?? Damn it’s been a while since I last played I guess I forgot I converted it

[fallen latch]

everything's good modded, I modded the mark 1 to do the same damage as the m701 (as it should, logically) a while back and it was op as hell

[hallow shadow]

Ohhh. Gotta beat Lesser Zone to get it?

[static lark]

I can’t remember what armor I had but if I were to guess maybe Bulat

[hallow shadow]

I misunderstood.

[fallen latch]

yeah, I haven't used it and I was wondering if it was any g ood

[jade mulch]

You can find a lot of 5.56x45 early game so I would say it’s worth

[fallen latch]

you can't get any really good weapons before u leave the lesser zone tbh

[static lark]

Yeah it doesn’t take a lot of time to get out of the lesser zone though

[jade mulch]

Three line rifle

[static lark]

Yeah only really different AKs tbh

[jade mulch]

The ak is the best

[fallen latch]

can you? even then, you barely get any 7.62 by 54 then and it's super expensive either way

[jade mulch]

Easy ammo, great damage, sexy

[hallow shadow]

I guess Better Ballistics is the best I can ask for, now, then.

[fallen latch]

yeah, best yuou can really get is a cracker and a .45 converted mp5. it's actually really good

[jade mulch]

I had found a stash with ammo for it so idk

[fallen latch]

the damage on ak's isn't enough very quickly btw

[fallen latch]

yeah, with like 10-20 rounds tho
that's not much at all

[static lark]

Ig after you get out of the Lesser Zone you can also just rush Pripyat and do it early

[jade mulch]

If I’m not mistaken you can get a faster fire rate mod for it

[hallow shadow]

Semi, or die.

[fallen latch]

yeah, after you beat the lesser zone and you have the ability to google "stalker 2 map" you have access to endgame gear at any point in the game

[jade mulch]

I had about 80 rounds with mine

[hallow shadow]

But I’m indoctrinated.

[fallen latch]

well there ya go, good option then

[jade mulch]

I took every stash from the taint to the gooch

[static lark]

Basically what I did I just went to YouTube and looked up all of the best loot and where to find it

[fallen latch]

well you can mod anything to be good

[static lark]

I didn’t feel like going to Pripyat but you can still find just about everything but the Gauss rifle without going to Pripyat

[fallen latch]

yeah exactly, once you've played the game for a bit you can get crazy geared within half an hour of leaving the lesser zone

[hallow shadow]

If you’re on PC. Us console peasants must be patient with GSC.

[jade mulch]

Exactly 😎

[jade mulch]

Bro you can mod out your guns at most places

[hallow shadow]

Bro. Only like 6 mods exist on Xbox.

[fallen latch]

I had modded the mark 1 to do almost full damage coz 308 and I used partner to wipe the ending so easily

[jade mulch]

There’s a mechanic dude at the garbage, I’m not talking about workshop mods

[hallow shadow]

You mean Lens? The Tech?

[jade mulch]

Yes

[hallow shadow]

He can only do so much.

[fallen latch]

shame you can't just tell the guy "ah, couldn't find ur gun" and just keep it without the dumb lil quest thing

[hallow shadow]

I wait until I see Diode to upgrade anything, really.

[jade mulch]

I modded out my ak before I even met lens, from the wheelchair tech

[static lark]

You cannot upgrade the Dnipro until you get to Yaniv

[fallen latch]

the only really capable tech before Pripyat is the woman at yaniv

[hallow shadow]

Lens is the Wheelchair tech.

[static lark]

But I mean before then the Dnipro is broken towards just about everything so it doesn’t matter

[jade mulch]

Lens? Really?

[hallow shadow]

Yes. He’s sitting right next to it, with a leg and a half.

[jade mulch]

Bro is the wheelchair guy not a black dude

[fallen latch]

the dnipro with the 7.62 mod and upgraded damage does about 3 damage bars with a full auto gun, lol

[jade mulch]

He doesn’t live in the garbage I thought

[hallow shadow]

Diode is in Garbage.

[fallen latch]

lens is the zalyssia one

[static lark]

You gotta go to Pripyat for the 7.62 mod

[fallen latch]

I believe, i could be wrong, idk names

[jade mulch]

Yall got me confused cause I said garbage and someone said Lens

[hallow shadow]

That’s why I want Dnipro right off the bat.
Starts at 5,45, and I can carry that literal one gun until I get to Pripyat.

[hallow shadow]

Lens is the wheelchair guy.

I’m sorry to confuse you.

[static lark]

Still find it funny that 7.62x39 was in the game only for the Dnipro conversion and then when the devs realized that was the only gun that used it they took 7.62x39 out and made the Dnipro conversion into 7.62x54r

[fallen latch]

yup, the one at the cooling towers is broken though so expect to pay a ton to fix it before u can really use it

[hallow shadow]

You can find a note, in the Zalyssia doctors hut that talks about Lens.

[static lark]

After you leave the lesser zone just rush to the cooling towers and get the one up there, that’s what I did

[static lark]

Meh it’s not THAT expensive

[hallow shadow]

How far is Cooling Towers? I’ve never (story) progressed past Swamps.

[fallen latch]

they didn't even completely remove 7.62 by 39 either, you can still find it in some places :/
maybe they'll add the rpd or ak47/akm to use it

[fallen latch]

yeah, it's like 10k+
not too bad unless ur in veteran difficulty

[hallow shadow]

Fair enough. I’ll google that shit, and get sprinting.

[static lark]

I got it before they fixed the pricing on things so it costed me like 25k

[fallen latch]

yeah lol, in veteran it's a bit silly

[static lark]

Still wasn’t that bad cause you’re gonna run into people on the way to the cooling towers

[hallow shadow]

I play on easy, because I’m old and slow now.

[static lark]

Just pick up their MP5s and crappy AKs and sell them you’ll be ok

[fallen latch]

hell yeah, there's a lot of cool stuff in the cooling towers so don't forgor to explore around before u leave

[tranquil jewel]

Am I hallucinating that the PKM tank ammo box with a capacity of 500 was a thing?

[hallow shadow]

Last time I explored, I killed a guys I shouldn’t have.

[static lark]

You don’t even have to look it up, look at the map, the Dnipro is at the top of the cooling tower that looks like it has fire inside it

[fallen latch]

fair enough, i'm doing a veteran run rn and i think im gonna have to put it down for bossfights still lol

[hallow shadow]

I didn’t know what “The Commissary” was, or “Roosevelt”.

Had to restart.

[fallen latch]

i mean, you can kill him without much consequences

[hallow shadow]

That yellow blob, on my map? No shit?

Bet!

[static lark]

Yeah looks like a fire tornado

[fallen latch]

only the special pkp/pkm has the 500 round for now, there's apparently a 500 round attachment for the normal one in the files but it's not in the game as of now

[hallow shadow]

Mama didn’t raise no bh.
Maybe an idiot, but not no bh.

[static lark]

There’s a anomaly by the cooling tower that you have to jump into and it teleports you to the top and then to get down you literally jump down onto another anomaly that stops your fall

[tranquil jewel]

I assume you mean Glutton? I think that is capped at a mere 300, not that any more than that is even remotely necessary

[static lark]

It was a bit glitched when I did it and I died a few times but it should work

[fallen latch]

yeah, I haven't used it in a while so i must have forgot
and you're right, 300 is more than enough brrr for anyone
it also weighs like close to 30kg anyway and that's more than enough for my liking

[hallow shadow]

Like some kind of Assassin’s Creed Leap of Faith?

[static lark]

Yeah

[hallow shadow]

Hell yeah.

[jade mulch]

Get out of here Stalker

[static lark]

You literally jump like 200ft maybe

[hallow shadow]

That sounds awesome.

[fallen latch]

let's not spoil it all for my guy before he even gets there

[tranquil jewel]

I just really feel like I remember finding a "tank ammo box" attachment in that one apartment in Pripyat, but it was only the normal extended one up there when I got in the other day. Strange

[static lark]

Like I said when I did it it was a bit buggy and I died at least 10 times but I finally got lucky and didn’t die on one of the jumps

[fallen latch]

huh, maybe they changed it

[static lark]

Hopefully it’s fixed by now

[hallow shadow]

“Make sure you save”
Roger.

[fallen latch]

It usually works pretty well for me

I went up there recently to prepare for when the game gets harder and my vector don't cut it

[static lark]

Yeah I had to replay like 15 minutes when I went to do it cause I didn’t save

It’s not the teleporting up that’s buggy it’s the jumping down that was

[hallow shadow]

Noted.

[static lark]

Just save as soon as you pick up Dnipro and you’ll be good

[fallen latch]

pretty much, gotta have a decent shotgun as well

[hallow shadow]

I’ve only ever found Predator.

[static lark]

Why?

[hallow shadow]

I’ll make a dash for that, before Dnipro. I like running east.

[fallen latch]

so mutants aren't annoying

[static lark]

Oh I just thugged it out and ran up there with AK and the Spitter

[hallow shadow]

Skif’s Slightly Buffed Pistol

[fallen latch]

it's decent, there are better which you can find but I won't tell you unless you want

[hallow shadow]

What Chimera? I one-tapped it.

[static lark]

Just get the magfed cracker

[fallen latch]

bet bloodsuckers are a pain to deal with

[static lark]

It works

[fallen latch]

yeah, so does the saiga

[static lark]

And it’s easy to get

[fallen latch]

so is the saiga

[static lark]

I found a Saiga but it was broke and I didn’t wanna pay for it

So I just used the cracker

[fallen latch]

it's worth it for me, makes mutants comically easy to deal with, not to mention exosuits with slugs

[hallow shadow]

Haven’t found a Saiga, yet. I had a SPAS for a minute.

[fallen latch]

you'll like it, you'll encounter it at some point in the game guaranteed

[static lark]

Also fun fact a fully upgraded Spitter is apparently more valuable than a base Dnipro

[hallow shadow]

Fair enough.

[fallen latch]

sounds about right, the buket and spitter are incredibly good right now

[static lark]

My fully upgraded spitter costs 48000 Coupons and my Dnipro costs 44000

[hallow shadow]

Oh, dude. These sourdough brownies my mom dropped off. Legitness.

[fallen latch]

uses dirt cheap ammo, literally feather light, low recoil, incredible option

[static lark]

My curiass Exo is worth 100,000 Coupons

[hallow shadow]

Spitter? The gun you get from the Babay job?

I softlocked that quest, when I sold it. Couldn’t even buy it back. And make it work.

[fallen latch]

spitter is ok, comes with a muzzle brake but you cant use a suppressor on it

[static lark]

Is the Gambit just a USP in 9mm

[static lark]

Meh if I’m using a full auto locked SMG might as well be loud about it

[static lark]

Why would I want that? I mean I just looked in my inventory and realized I had it

[fallen latch]

mid, wish exos without sprint had a point
i was thinking all exos should give you no movement penalty through water, as well as less fall damage
that should give you a reason to use ones without sprint

[fallen latch]

it does more damage than deadeye, and it's cool
that's about it

[static lark]

It’s worse than my deadeye

Which my deadeye is upgraded so

[fallen latch]

well there you go, if you upgraded gambit it'd do more damage

[static lark]

It also has less mag capacity though my deadeye has the 20rnd mag

[fallen latch]

you can also suppress it, which you cant with deadeye
no red dot tho

[static lark]

Suppressed ain’t that big a deal for me

[fallen latch]

shame the udp in general is so bad, it could be so cool

[static lark]

Probably cause I’m half blind and i get shot at first most times

[fallen latch]

x3 fair point

[hallow shadow]

Suppressing is a deal to me.

[fallen latch]

i try to have 1 suppressed gun on me at all times

[static lark]

But still everyone hates on the spitter cause you can’t suppress it… so it’s a full auto locked SMG just be loud about it

[static lark]

Especially when you find the 30rnd extended mag

[fallen latch]

yeah, not that it's a deal breaker, it's just a different option

[hallow shadow]

EXTENDO CLIP

[static lark]

Just be loud atp

[fallen latch]

the buket is immensely op early game

[static lark]

I know some people won’t use the Dnipro cause it doesn’t have a grenade launcher attachment

[hallow shadow]

Weird.

[static lark]

It’s NOT that serious

[hallow shadow]

I have rarely used grenades.

Like, maybe on some rats.

[fallen latch]

i mean, i get it but cmon grenade launchers are a bonus anyway, the dnipro is still the best gun in the game

[static lark]

The only draw to the Kharod over the Dnipro is you can have a grenade launcher

[hallow shadow]

They both end up 7.62, right?

[fallen latch]

no

[static lark]

I think Kharod is always 5.56

[hallow shadow]

No?

Ahhhh.

[primal nimbus]

Kharod is 556 but can change to 545

[static lark]

Dnipro is 5.45 or 7.62

Idk I never even pick up the Kharod

[primal nimbus]

Dnipro can change from 545 to 762

I still dk which one is literally better lol

[hallow shadow]

I be boycotting the IWI weapons. XD

[fallen latch]

the kharod is more versatile i guess, and 5.56 ap is far more abundant than 7.62 by 54 or 5.45 ap so it's not a bad option ig

[static lark]

The Dnipro does the most damage and has the best penetration

Or that’s what the wiki says

[primal nimbus]

It’d be funny if GSC just starts turning the ammo into a stock market that’s literally influenced by global player usage. Lol
(Like extract shooters do.)

[fallen latch]

yeah, it's the best gun in the game overall

[hallow shadow]

Wait. Dnipro is the 54r?

[primal nimbus]

If you change it to 762

[fallen latch]

there's a conversion in pripyat for it, yes

[hallow shadow]

Hell yeah. That’s a pretty round.

I used to own a Mosin.
I can’t wait to have a rifle that does that.

[static lark]

Yeah before patches it was 7.62x39 but they realized it was the only gun in game to use 7.62x39 so they took the round out and made it take 7.62x54r

[primal nimbus]

How would yall feel about that?

939 users might be cheap as hell lol

[fallen latch]

the pkm used it too, they also realised that that's factually incorrect

[fallen latch]

it's a single player game, pointless decision
bad decision, in fact

[static lark]

It’d screw you early game cause your only choices are 9x18 and 5.45

[hallow shadow]

I thought 7.62x39 was a NATO round.

[static lark]

7.62x51 is a nato round

[primal nimbus]

I just wanna see a very funny decision where a dude just crashes the ammo stock market by selling stacks of ammo

[static lark]

7.62x39 and 7.62x54r are all Russian

[primal nimbus]

@static lark @fallen latch

[static lark]

No the “r” in 7.62x54r doesn’t mean Russian it means Rimmed

[fallen latch]

that sounds like a pain in the ahhh

[primal nimbus]

But it’d be funny as hell lol

[hallow shadow]

Yeah, 54R rounds have such a wide base.

[static lark]

They’re rimmed

[hallow shadow]

They’re pretty.

A Mosin will reach out and touch someone.

[fallen latch]

gsc: ruins the game
"that's funny"

[primal nimbus]

Literally

[hallow shadow]

Do you know the range of a Mosin?

[static lark]

Modern cartridges are practically never rimmed cause it makes ejection from automatic fire hard

[hallow shadow]

That weapon has reach.

[primal nimbus]

Just play gun game out in the zone, if you know who is where and pray you don’t encounter any mutants

[hallow shadow]

I use the Skif’s Slightly Buffed Pistol for mutants.

[static lark]

The only real reason 7.62x54r is still being made is cause the Russians are limping it along with the SVD

[primal nimbus]

Orrrrr

Ammo stock market based off of NPC usage and it changes every day

[fallen latch]

it works untill you encounter higher hp mutants, and multiple of them

[hallow shadow]

Can’t be bothered to be dodging bloodsuckers, and Poltergeists.
No finagling with Burers.

One tap.

[static lark]

Who’s the ones who steal my guns

[fallen latch]

well you'll need to kill em at some points

[hallow shadow]

Burer

[static lark]

Yeah the Burers can go suck a fat one

[stuck seal]

Snorks

[hallow shadow]

Snorks are legit.

[static lark]

Stop stealing my Dnipro you greedy bastard

Snorks are just the dogs but slightly more annoying

[stuck seal]

They can now steal grenades

[primal nimbus]

And faction reputation can influence the prices too

[hallow shadow]

Dogs are the worst enemy in the game.

[primal nimbus]

Psi Dogs are

[stuck seal]

And in real life

My arch nemesis is my neighbors dog

[hallow shadow]

“Blind”, my ass.

They know I’m aiming at them, and behave erratically.

[fallen latch]

pfft, wait till you start to encounter packs of 4+ bloodsuckers

[primal nimbus]

Constant stunning

[fallen latch]

and they know when you're standing on something they can't reach, and they hide
how can they smell or hear that game?

[hallow shadow]

That’s why I have the Pistol Mod.

[static lark]

Also back to my talking about the Deadeye V Gambit

[fallen latch]

miserable is what I call it

[hallow shadow]

One-tap everything. At any range.

[static lark]

The gambit looks worse than the Dead Eye therefore Deadeye wins

[primal nimbus]

Isn’t gambit usp unique?

[fallen latch]

deadeye wins in looks, gambit wins in stats

[static lark]

Deadeye is also USP unique

[primal nimbus]

I like the USP but my fave pistol is now the 1911

[fallen latch]

the 1911 is op, i love it

[static lark]

I want my gun to look like Leon’s gun from RE4 and the Deadeye is literally the exact same

[hallow shadow]

The dogs really do raise my blood pressure.
The moment I hear barking, I save, quit, go smoke a cigarette, then come back and fight.

Like, it’s unhealthy how much these dogs stress me out.

[fallen latch]

me too, they're the worst in veteran

[hallow shadow]

They aren’t right. Artificial difficulty, if I’ve seen it.

[fallen latch]

fair enough, it's just bad by the time you get handed it ingame

[static lark]

Idk I like it

[hallow shadow]

I want an M9.

[fallen latch]

in vet there's like packs of 10 you encounter, i just hate how they run up multiple at once and just sit at ur feet biting you
so annoying

[hallow shadow]

The 92FS doesn’t suck, and we can all die on that hill.

[fallen latch]

fair enough, it's just bad against anything but rats at that point

[static lark]

How did I even get the Gambit

[hallow shadow]

Yeah, I shudder at the thought.

[strong onyx]

Those are easy. Better Ballistics ☺️

[fallen latch]

||scientist hands it to you at SIRCAA||

[static lark]

I just throw grenades at rats, they don’t like that

[fallen latch]

modded, everything is easy

[strong onyx]

Actually it makes the game harder lol.

[static lark]

Oh so I literally just got it, I haven’t been paying attention I’ve been talking on here

[fallen latch]

i meant the big jumpy rats, but yes you're right, that's how you deal with rat swarms

[hallow shadow]

I’m staring at my menu, about to start a new run.

[strong onyx]

Better Ballistics is also on Xbox for the record.

[fallen latch]

then how is it easy with better ballistics?

[hallow shadow]

Been chatting too much.

[hallow shadow]

Dogs go down in one AK round. For starters.

[fallen latch]

practicing yapanese

[static lark]

Don’t you get the deadeye cause Faust gives it to you?

[strong onyx]

I was being sarcastic. You kill them as fast as they kill you. Balanced.

[fallen latch]

in lower difficulties, yeah

[chilly leaf]

Did anyone come across the lex the legend quest glitch where he won't even start the quest?

[frigid hill]

halflifefull has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[fallen latch]

he just stands there staring at the wall for me, LOL
i just execute him anyway

[static lark]

Find it funny that Faust gives you a gun

[hallow shadow]

Ahhh. My bad. I’m a damaged man.

Difficulty options are something I appreciate.

[chilly leaf]

Yea same, I just don't want to miss out on a gun

[strong onyx]

They do in higher ones too.

[fallen latch]

me too, just wish they did something more than crank up numbers for difficulty values

[hallow shadow]

Faust… Guh. I wanna shoot that guy.

[fallen latch]

not in my experience, maybe with a headshot they do
we talking modded?

[hallow shadow]

Yup. Something that feels less “gamey”.

[fallen latch]

what gun?

[hallow shadow]

Modded, yes.

[chilly leaf]

Apparently a fora according to this video im watching

[hallow shadow]

A Better Ballistics AKU will drop a dog on one round.

[fallen latch]

for instance, in metro in the highest difficulty not only do enemies do more damage, you do too
balances it out

[strong onyx]

We have been for a while now yeah.

[static lark]

Just fought a burer he stole my deadeye

[fallen latch]

well then of course, easy then

[obtuse wyvern]

Should I or Should I not get stalker 2 ultimate edition. (As far as i have read. Most people are unsatisfied either by what content currently exists. or what content is false promises such as the 2 story dlcs)

[fallen latch]

fair enough, they become quite common tho so you don't need to feel guilty

[static lark]

Can’t have anything in the zone

[strong onyx]

Until you get shot it is.

[fallen latch]

if you want more special guns, get it
if you don't, you're not missing out on too much

[fallen latch]

yoink

[chilly leaf]

Its not the best game in the world tbh

Im pretty sure ultimate edition just gives you unique weapons in all the locations

[hallow shadow]

Won’t steal Skif’s pistol.

[fallen latch]

i'm literally in love with the game so I bought it, it wasn't life changing
i just like the cool guns and the lil story sidequest it gives you, still not worth the money if we're talking literally but I like it

[chilly leaf]

Skif pistol might be a anomaly lol

[fallen latch]

soviet bias real

[primal nimbus]

Dk which is more peak.

Stalker or Metro.

However, I like them both

[hallow shadow]

I like this game.
Some parts of it rub me wrong.
Like progression-gated damage for weapons of the same caliber.

[static lark]

What are the jumpy rat things that yell at you?

[hallow shadow]

I shouldn’t have to lug my ass for a Dnipro when an AKS fires the same round.

[primal nimbus]

Same. Another thing that rubbed me wrong are the factions

[fallen latch]

i beat metro exodus in ranger hardcore, i also sunk hundreds of hous into it before getting bored with it's bad replayability

[hallow shadow]

I don’t know enough about the factions.

[fallen latch]

exactly, it's just how the game is tbh

[fallen latch]

in what way?

[obtuse wyvern]

Also a question. from what little i saw from the launch. are the npc's on bethesda level idiots or has this changed?

[hallow shadow]

I know Ward = ACAB
Loners are homies
Noontide doesn’t want to be brainwashed.
Duty is on PCP
Freedom is on acid.

[fallen latch]

and even then, it's not like you can't easily go and get those guns if you know where they are

[hallow shadow]

These NPCs will dome you faster than a Ready or Not map.

There is no dumb, only deadly.

[primal nimbus]

Most Zoinked out Hippies with the most accurate weapons of the Zone vs The Ukrainian paramilitary group that’s just there.

Literal Tom and Jerry vibes

[static lark]

Noontide are the ultimate “we just wanna be left alone” faction

[hallow shadow]

My heart breaks for the Nooners, and seethes in the presence of Faust.

As a guy who broke free of my US Military brainwashing… I resonate.

[fallen latch]

how far along ar you inbagme?

[primal nimbus]

Deggy’s Corps = Guys. Just leave Pripyat alone.

[stuck seal]

People with a jerk ambitious leader vs people with a jerk ambitious leaders

[hallow shadow]

I restarted after turning off some stuff in Swamps.
Once I saw the next marker was so far away, I gave it up.

Skif’s lack of mobility drives me insane.

[fallen latch]

yeahh, this game is a lot of walking sim

[hallow shadow]

I was not running back up through the swamps I just ran for my life into.

[stuck seal]

You’re getting flashbacks of rucking aren’t you

[fallen latch]

at least there are artifacts that help if you can find em

[primal nimbus]

Literally the whole series

[fallen latch]

thunderberry my love

[static lark]

I’m pressing buttons

[primal nimbus]

Wait till you see Scar’s mobility in Clear Sky

[hallow shadow]

The old man?

[fallen latch]

i hate scar, i also feel sorry for him

[hallow shadow]

Oh, he want old, back then probably.

I never played the OGs.

[primal nimbus]

I mean, Scar took like 3 Emissions. Wouldn’t be surprised if he turned out insane

[fallen latch]

he's kinda immune-ish to emissions I thought

[stuck seal]

Wait till you see Lens’s mobility

[fallen latch]

LOL

bro wait until you see a disabled dude's mobility

[hallow shadow]

I don’t know much about Scar.

I remember on my first playthrough, I took the Combatant…
Star and Scar called me a snitch, and I restarted, on the spot.

[static lark]

Hey so in Sircaa what am I pressing these 4 red buttons for

[stuck seal]

To die

[primal nimbus]

Myklukha vs Voronin (who’s also beefing with Zulu right?)?

[primal nimbus]

💀

[stuck seal]

And the other leaders of both factions in past games

[fallen latch]

that's a training simulation for ward soldiers to survive in the zone, you just did that anomaly room right? the thing is that you're supposed to be able to survive that, and then be coherent and able to figure out the button puzzle

[static lark]

Oh so I’m not doing a puzzle for some secret surprise I’ve just been pressing these buttons for no reason for 15 minutes

[hallow shadow]

This game really do punish you like Dark Souls…

[stuck seal]

Real punishment is playing for 3 hours and not saving once

[fallen latch]

not no reason, it's a training puzzle
you just figure out which order to press em in, it's not that hard

[hallow shadow]

I’m a habitual saver.
I also shave autosaves.

[stuck seal]

OMG ITS TRHE DARK SOLS OF SHOOTESR

[static lark]

Yeah I thought I was gonna get some prize so I’ve put in the correct order like 12 times already

[fallen latch]

i just do it when I know i've died in that specific place before

[hallow shadow]

After playing the likes of Starfield… I pretty much go back and delete all but the most two recent autosaves.

[fallen latch]

well, you kinda do
want me to tell you?

[hallow shadow]

It’s not. It’s just got that kinda anti-player jank to it.

[fallen latch]

yeah, there's room for ironing out

[static lark]

I mean I don’t care

[strong onyx]

Based.

[static lark]

Ironing out?

[primal nimbus]

Isn’t Krylov the most helpful leader for Duty?

[hallow shadow]

Ironing out the anti-player jank.

[fallen latch]

||once you finish the trail, there's a locker room when you turn left after the decontamination, there there's an upgraded fora and cracker with a sp99 suit and ammo, so don't panic you do get a reward of sorts||

[primal nimbus]

Took all that every time

[fallen latch]

exactly, I make a point of bringing weird water to SIRCAA so i can carry all the booty i plunder from the place

[hallow shadow]

I like my Weird Ball.

[stuck seal]

Yeah I like mine too

[fallen latch]

weird ball is really good

[hallow shadow]

That puzzle sucked, before I could figure it out.

[stuck seal]

I carry weird water always, never put it away once

[fallen latch]

my fave is the weird nut, but it has it's drawbacks
i just hate dealing with bleeding

[hallow shadow]

Where do I find weird water?

[stuck seal]

Zaton

[static lark]

Is the ssp-99 better than curaiss exo?

[static lark]

Hahaha no.

[stuck seal]

So to the wandering lights at midnight, it sucks you into a pitch black space where you have to find it

[fallen latch]

they're for different purposes
the sp99 has a looot of anomalous protection but barely any physical
cuirass is for armour

[primal nimbus]

Never got it because I never wanted to deal with whatever the hell all that wonky vision was about as I search for weird water 💀

[static lark]

Yeah bro I’m not a scientist I’m skif

Mag fed cracker tho

[fallen latch]

it took me like 20 minutes to find it last time :/ that's my least fave arch anomaly

[static lark]

And Fora

[fallen latch]

yeah, it's pretty mid for what skif uses it

[hallow shadow]

Alrighty… That sounds.. Cool.

[static lark]

You guys don’t just carry around 70 Hercules with you and pop them like skittles?

[fallen latch]

good luck!

[fallen latch]

weird water makes u drunk the whole time so it's my fave artifact aha
im joking

[stuck seal]

Skifs an alcoholic not a drug addict

[fallen latch]

absolute chad

[hallow shadow]

I mean, o still have to get out of Lesser Zone. I just got jumped by my first Bloodsucker.

Not drugs, supplements.

[static lark]

You play skif how you wanna play him I’ll play him how I wanna

[fallen latch]

alright i won't tell you what happens before u get there any more

[hallow shadow]

Skif was a Marine.
Load your ruck with Crayons, ammo, and water.
You’re fine.

[stuck seal]

I’ll play skif like an attractive Slavic man who is irresistible to other men

[fallen latch]

unless you play skif if he sides with the ward, then skif turns into an ahhhole

[static lark]

Also might just be me I hate shotguns with scopes on them…

[static lark]

I’m siding with Noon cause Ward can suck one

[hallow shadow]

Unless they fire slugs… No.

[fallen latch]

kinda pointless unless ur using slugs, even then

[hallow shadow]

Shotguns don’t need optics. They aren’t that kind of weapon.

[fallen latch]

based and true

[hallow shadow]

Noon is good boys. Ward gets the ACAB treatment.

I smoked Icarus Base when I wasn’t allowed in.

[fallen latch]

thieves rule, wardens drool am i right
i hate scar

[primal nimbus]

I shoot Wardens on sight

[static lark]

I helped Icarus when they were getting attacked

[primal nimbus]

For Rostok and Duty

[static lark]

I mean I’m not going out of my way to hurt Ward… but I’m not gonna let them kill Noontide for no reason

[hallow shadow]

I didn’t take the Badge, so they don’t let me in I guess.
I said “eff that, I’m coming in”

They got hostile, rest is history.

Eff the Ward.

[fallen latch]

duty has a noble, honest cause
freedom just wants to vibe
they're the only two logical and reasonable factions imo

apart from noon but

[static lark]

Noon is logical they just wanna recover and be left alone

[hallow shadow]

I pick Freedom, from what little I’ve read.

[static lark]

Then everyone wants to not leave them alone

[hallow shadow]

Like that Faust guy!

WRAHHHHHHH

[static lark]

CAN THESE SNORKS STOP BREAKING MY ANKLES

[hallow shadow]

That’s another strategy I use.
When running from dogs, drop grenades at your feet.

[fallen latch]

then i started blasting

[hallow shadow]

They’ll chase you straight into them.

[fallen latch]

i just use saiga
saiga fixes all problems

[static lark]

I no have Saiga but I have cracker

[primal nimbus]

I pick Mercenaries for adventure (tho that sounds like Loners) and money

[hallow shadow]

Using a firearm on dogs is pointless.
They know you’re aiming at them.

BLEGH! Heavy metal BLEGH.

[stuck seal]

Duty’s power hungry, freedoms power hungry, they’re the only two logical and reasonable factions imo

[hallow shadow]

And then, once they know you’re aiming at them, they turn their hitboxes into like 5 pixels.

[fallen latch]

it's funny, in s2 mercs are slandered so hard
they never win or do anything right, LOL
every time you encounter them they're always ending up dead or already dead

[fallen latch]

true, but compared to the rest
in s2 both seem pretty chill
even though duty got the shortest end of the stick imaginable

[stuck seal]

I mean every time you encounter anyone that’s hostile they always ending up dead

[fallen latch]

saiga fixes all problems >:)

[hallow shadow]

taps the sign

[fallen latch]

mercs specifically though, not a single time do they do anything right

[stuck seal]

I remember they jumped me in yaniv when I was exploring a basement, there were at least 3 exos, they gave me a good challenge

[hallow shadow]

They have that cool blue armor though.

I wish it didn’t suck so hard.

[fallen latch]

continuing with saiga, now that the drum and stendo are available in prypiat at any point, that therefore makes the stendo obselete

I suggest making the stendo available before prypiat to give it a point

[hallow shadow]

STENDO CLIP

[fallen latch]

true, but lying on the ground dead in a basement they always end up being

[stuck seal]

Yeah just like all my

[hallow shadow]

Yoda, is that you?

[fallen latch]

the stendo is even harder to get in prypiat than the drum, making it EVEN MORE obselete

[stuck seal]

I was about to say something very incriminating

[fallen latch]

yoda I am, figured it out you have

[static lark]

Hermann is so whiney

[hallow shadow]

Hermann needs to get plugged.

[static lark]

I read that as pegged

[hallow shadow]

In my opinion.

[stuck seal]

That can be arranged

[fallen latch]

hermann is annoying, and i'm still confused about what he did or didnt do even after completing every ending a few times

[hallow shadow]

“Failure drill” it’s called in the MP world.
More commonly referred to as: Two in the chest, one in the head.

[static lark]

Why did freedom react to this?

[stuck seal]

You wouldn’t get it

[fallen latch]

you wouldn't get it

[primal nimbus]

This

[static lark]

Does freedom have a thing for

[hallow shadow]

XD

[fallen latch]

yesn't
anyway

[static lark]

I mean to each their own I guess

[fallen latch]

FOR FREEDOM

[hallow shadow]

It’s a “shining” good time.

Pegging wouldn’t be outside their purview.

[fallen latch]

i hate scar GRRR

scar screws you over so hard it's not even funny

[hallow shadow]

Hmm.

[primal nimbus]

I wanna take the Freedom bit further but won’t

[hallow shadow]

Those Spark dudes do rub me the wrong way.

A bit cultish.

[primal nimbus]

Only Sparker I roll with is Star

[static lark]

They rub you?

[hallow shadow]

Or Richter.

[fallen latch]

only sparker i roll with is richter, and he's not even actually a sparker

[hallow shadow]

Richer is my homie, I would kiss richter on the mouth.

[fallen latch]

richter my beloved

[fallen latch]

me too i need richter romance like in cyberpunk

[static lark]

You freedom guys aren’t beating the allegations

[hallow shadow]

I don’t know enough, I’m just comfortable.

[fallen latch]

what allegations, there's only freedom here

[hallow shadow]

Or at least have him as like…. A follower. Skyrim style.

[stuck seal]

Allegations don’t stick if you’re filthy rich

[static lark]

Modded Skyrim style?

[hallow shadow]

Skyrim Vanilla has followers.

[stuck seal]

Richter as a follower doesn’t make sense because he only likes you if you choose a specific ending

[hallow shadow]

I don’t know that.

[fallen latch]

at least
i wanna see him more ingame but he only appears at scripted points, besides that's half the reason i hate the ward ending
i don't wanna disappoint him

[stuck seal]

Now you do

[static lark]

I know but in modded Skyrim they’re less followers and more concubines

[hallow shadow]

I just like him. He’s literally my only homie.

[stuck seal]

Richter is a sparker, so if you’re anything else, he ain’t your bud

[fallen latch]

he's not really, scar wants him to be but richter doesn't

[stuck seal]

From what I know he only sticks with you for the spark ending

[hallow shadow]

Technically, none of these nerds are my friend.
My Skif is only in the Zone to find something to tell Insurance other than “glowing rock destroyed my apartment”.

Skif is a victim of the Zone, and now I’m about to be a whole ass problem for the Zone.

[stuck seal]

You’re half right

[fallen latch]

||and streloks, in both cases he doesn't trust either option anyway, only really wanting to follow skif coz he trusts skif||

[stuck seal]

I see

[static lark]

Maybe he shoulda had better insurance that did cover glowing rocks destroying his apartment

[fallen latch]

yeah richters kinda ultra based

[static lark]

I mean it’s the Stalker world I’m sure insurance companies are adjusting policies now that the Zone exists

[hallow shadow]

Skif needs to make First, Last, and Security Deposit in the Zone.

[fallen latch]

also cute as hell but that's neitehr here nor there

[fallen latch]

to take advantage of it, yes

[stuck seal]

They don’t because no one is allowed in there unless they’re working for the government or are licensed by them, which in that case they don’t need any insurance

[hallow shadow]

Richter reminds me of many happy drunk German dudes I’ve met.

[fallen latch]

yes he's like that lol

[static lark]

Dalin just feels untrustworthy

[primal nimbus]

Skif: Gets denied insurance.

Also Skif, now turning the whole world into a claim:

[hallow shadow]

The Ward guy?

[static lark]

Fancy suit man

[stuck seal]

Dalin is in fact untrustworthy

[fallen latch]

dalin trusts you though, which is incredibly strange
even after you side with scar, not the ward
which doesn't make much sense to me

[hallow shadow]

Absolutely.
If you won’t let me fix my problem, I’m going to make it everyone else’s problem.

There will be no betraying me.

Nimble almost caught a burst, when I first saw him.

[stuck seal]

Make it everyone else’s problem by, well, expanding the current problem

[static lark]

You literally choke him out and he kinda just doesn’t care

[stuck seal]

Me fr

[static lark]

sigh

[stuck seal]

I shouldn’t have said that

[static lark]

You freedom guys aren’t beating the allegations

[hallow shadow]

“Harder, Anakin”

[fallen latch]

||exactly, even after the ward captures you he be like "remember, if we meet again, im with you" or smth then he gives you the key to the door for some reason||

[hallow shadow]

If you can’t beat us, join us.

[fallen latch]

actually, he probs into that
now i get it

anywayyyy

[stuck seal]

I think he sees that skif is the only person that can help him achieve his insane plan

[fallen latch]

yeah ur right, if you think about it that way

[hallow shadow]

I wish I could just end up King of the Zone.

Lose my apartment, inherit Chornobly.

[stuck seal]

You do

[hallow shadow]

Total win.

[static lark]

|| Strider: “hey go find connections between Ward and monolith”

Dalin: “OH WE HAVE THE MONOLITH BTW” ||

[fallen latch]

well, no not really

[stuck seal]

Yeah not really

But we can say that just to make mewtwo happy

[fallen latch]

yeah trust! side with scar the whole time and you'll be a king for sure!

[hallow shadow]

Sorry. I’m on a “vengeance” kick, this week.

[static lark]

I find it funny that everyone in the zone just immediately trusts Skif for no reason

[hallow shadow]

“Do unto others” and all that.
Zone wants to blow up my house? I blow up Zone.

[hallow shadow]

Plot armor, my friend.

People trust Astartes.

[stuck seal]

If you wanna be king of the zone, don’t side with spark or ward, and complete the pda message at the start of shadow of Chernobyl

[hallow shadow]

And that never ends well.

[fallen latch]

yeah, i honestly think canon skif would go with the ward, coz the ward doesn't ever lie to skif and skif gets exactly what he wants

[static lark]

Yeah but it’s the ward

They’re d-bags and i don’t think skif is vibing like that

[stuck seal]

Also the world doesn’t, you know, with the ward ending

[hallow shadow]

Is there no canon ending?

[fallen latch]

i just don't think skif would go along with scar's crazy plans

[static lark]

No.

[fallen latch]

not officially

[static lark]

It’s not like the Ward doesn’t also have some funny plans

[hallow shadow]

Skif, being former marine, might find comfort in familiarity with Ward.

[stuck seal]

No canon ending, and no ending seems canon because they’re all fallout tier climactic universe changing events that feel so out of place

[fallen latch]

skif would vibe with the military no nonsense of the ward, plus you know how the ending ends
even if it's not entirely the best...

[fallen latch]

my point exactly

[static lark]

I don’t know the endings actually I’m still on my first playthrough

[hallow shadow]

Same.

[stuck seal]

Ward is the only ending that doesn’t feel hyper forced

[static lark]

I just don’t care if the game gets spoiled cause ITS NOT THAT SERIOUS

[fallen latch]

nvm then

[hallow shadow]

I’ve never been past swamps, and I’ve restarted like 5 times.

[static lark]

I just made it into Sircaa

[fallen latch]

sircaa is a wild point in the story, it's fun

[hallow shadow]

Those Spark turds sent me into that Swamp, and o was SO MAD after all that running.

[fallen latch]

psst psst, you have to go there no matter what

[hallow shadow]

All those dogs, zombies shooting, the weird Orange poltergeist, and other BS.

[static lark]

Also the Ward Colonel threatens Skif multiple times

[hallow shadow]

Funk.

[static lark]

I know Skif isn’t with that

[hallow shadow]

Military Officers are like that.

[fallen latch]

not if you side with him the whole time

[static lark]

I didn’t choose to choke out Dalin

[hallow shadow]

They’re very much “just get it done” types.
The actual cost of manpower is usually beyond their sense of compassion.

[fallen latch]

exactly

[fallen latch]

it makes sense why skif would tho, i would

[static lark]

yeah he threatens Skif acting like Skif couldn’t John wick half of Sircaa

[fallen latch]

if dalin talked to me like that grrrr

[stuck seal]

Commissioned officers when the E-9 enters the room

[static lark]

Enlisted goes up to 9?

[hallow shadow]

I never made Sergeant in my 6yrs.
Because E5 and above gets too political.
You cannot trust E5 and above.

[stuck seal]

No it goes up to 20

[static lark]

Isn’t that what the E means

Enlisted?

[hallow shadow]

Command Sergeant Major

[static lark]

Also I’m not siding with Ward cause Colonel looks like a half boiled egg with a nose that’s crooked

[fallen latch]

meanie

[static lark]

never called me a liar though

[hallow shadow]

He offered me a gun.

[fallen latch]

true but
meanie

[static lark]

Still looks like an egg

[hallow shadow]

He’s the only person in the game that has told me what I’ll get for doing my part.

[stuck seal]

Korshunov looks like the guy in that one movie about drums

[static lark]

You’re not combatting that he looks like an egg

[hallow shadow]

….Funk (my Wolf workaround)
I might just go Ward.

[fallen latch]

exactly, that's why i think canon skif would go with that

[hallow shadow]

I’m also going bald.
Helmets do that to you.

[static lark]

No it’s not that he’s bald

[coarse falcon]

Scar behaves like dude with fried brain tho. Between Ward and Spark, Ward ending wins 100%. Now i'm on my Strielok one but not finished yet..

[static lark]

His head is shaped… like an egg…

[hallow shadow]

Thank you, Morri.
Pleasure and honor to meet you.

[fallen latch]

so is urs if you had no hair

[stuck seal]

He can deflect laser beams with it

[fallen latch]

thank you brother 🫡

[static lark]

I played soccer as a kid so it’d probably have a lot more humps and bumps and scars

[hallow shadow]

Causes glare, if you’re using a scope.

Walking flashbang

[static lark]

I crashed a bike when I was like 10 needed staples

[fallen latch]

LMAO

[stuck seal]

Scar when he uses the spark experimental laser weapon to assassinate korshunov but it reflects right back at him

[fallen latch]

maybe a cracked egg then

[hallow shadow]

I’m balding. I can make this joke.
You can split wood on my widows peak.

[fallen latch]

me too

[hallow shadow]

No. I’ll choose to believe you have a beautiful mane.

I’ll be the bald one.

[static lark]

Strelok is insane

[strong onyx]

this keyboard is literally driving me insane

[fallen latch]

awww thank youu
i do have a bit of a strelok hairline coming on but not that badd

[hallow shadow]

Oh, I was born this way.
I’m 33, and the army ripped most of my hair out.

[stuck seal]

You either die the hero or live long enough to smack around a homeless guy

[fallen latch]

my cat is walking all over my desk and standing infront of me

[hallow shadow]

Skif is the homeless guy.

[fallen latch]

both my parents have bad genes when it comes to hair, so i'm >20 and i'm balding

[static lark]

So forgive me for not playing the other games

By why tf does the monolith exist? And why does it grant wishes

[stuck seal]

You’re forgiven

[hallow shadow]

I’m wishing for a new apartment.

[fallen latch]

that'd take like half an hour of explaining
lemme try

[strong onyx]

It’s the software.

[stuck seal]

It doesn’t exist, it’s a part of the C Con, or at least sort of part of it, that serves as a distraction to keep stalkers away from the C Con itself

It doesn’t grant wishes, if you’re not brainwashed and you reach it, you’ll die to it

[strong onyx]

It’s by far one of the worst pieces of software I’ve ever used and if you don’t like it, screw you I guess, that desks to be the general consensus here.

[fallen latch]

is it razer's?

[fallen latch]

you'll get turned into a monolithian or a stalker agent, but that's before s2's time

[strong onyx]

SteelSeries.

[stuck seal]

In theory, but something can go wrong and you’ll die if the brainwashing process messes up

[fallen latch]

:0 i've got one too
it's pretty bad, yeah
barely works

[strong onyx]

The worst part is the keyboards are some of the nicest keyboards I’ve ever used, mice too.

The software is just BLOAT, like I don’t want all this extra nonsense? Why the HELL does Sonar need to be installed?

[fallen latch]

true, but that seems pretty uncommon considering how many monolithians exist

[fallen latch]

yeahh, most gaming hardware's software is like that tho

[static lark]

C Con?

[stuck seal]

I would beg to differ, all the monolithians you see were lucky or unlucky enough to not die, the people who could’ve been monolith are either zombies or the corpses you see scattered around the center of the zone

[fallen latch]

i don't wanna be that guy, but i would direct you to a youtube video to explain it all coz I can't do it justice

[stuck seal]

I can, I’m the best at explaining anything ever

[fallen latch]

go at it then

[stuck seal]

That’s satire btw

[hallow shadow]

I need a PC, to learn to Mod, to make a combat companion.

I’d voice act him, too.

[fallen latch]

if i could i would make richter bf mod ong

[static lark]

Freedom not beating the allegations

[stuck seal]

Richter bust it down artifact style

[fallen latch]

[hallow shadow]

I’m not into men, but my Skif would be.

[fallen latch]

bloodsucker style i mean what

[stuck seal]

Throw it back Slav style

[hallow shadow]

I HATE IT

[static lark]

So in an Adidas thong?

[hallow shadow]

New meaning to Slav Squat

[fallen latch]

i wouldnt blame skif at all, richter is the homie

[static lark]

Who’s a homie you bang?

[fallen latch]

[hallow shadow]

Richter.

Richter can have my babies, dude.

[fallen latch]

richter romance when gsc

[static lark]

These freedom guys really not beating the allegations

Is freedom the most homoerotic faction?

[hallow shadow]

But if I could, I’d probably make my companion mod a team, and they’d be chicks.

[static lark]

Does the pope wear a cross?

[fallen latch]

we do need female stalkers, u cant tell me no women wanna explore the zone whatsoever

[hallow shadow]

I don’t know if Freedom actually is gay.
I just have gay military humor.
This shit is funny.

[stuck seal]

Basically a group of scientists during Soviet times were doing experiments in labs around the exclusion zone, messing with the noosphere. Noosphere basically can change human behavior or emotions. They formed a combined consciousness, the C-Consciousness, C Con, to affect the noosphere. They messed with it too much and it created the zone. That’s the shortest explanation I can given

[hallow shadow]

I wanna make a team of Mercs you can hire.
Hope, Faith, and Mercy.

[fallen latch]

they probs be the same amount of gay as any other faction, but freedom loves them some freedom

[fallen latch]

that is a cool idea

[static lark]

I thought the zone was just made cause of the Chornobyl incident

[stuck seal]

No that was the real incident

[hallow shadow]

Even if they don’t end up being particularly effective, they’d be good to trade aggro with.

[stuck seal]

What created the zone is called the second disaster

[tranquil jewel]

How exactly are you supposed to claim Father Valerian's stash at the edge of the map? A Monolith border guard instakills you within 100m of it

[hallow shadow]

Is that why I can’t explore that place in Cordon?

[fallen latch]

the one at the cooling towers?
if that's what u mean, there's a trailer at the fence there and a gap on the right of the trailer in the fence
go through that gap and stay behind the lil hut there, that's how i did it yesterday

[hallow shadow]

Those dudes are assholes.

[tranquil jewel]

oh I figured out this one isn't unkillable, just really tanky. Though I appreciate the answer

[fallen latch]

oh cool, no probs then

[static lark]

Agatha isn’t hot she’s just kinda scary

[hallow shadow]

Just south of Sido’s bunker is a big ass complex full of dudes with loot.

I cannae get in.

[simple linden]

guys, hello, im playing on xbox. i have a bug with permanent screen shake and i cannot find those pills to fix it, medics are not selling them

[stuck seal]

The mischievous monolith exo standing at the yaniv wall for no reason:

[fallen latch]

agatha is scary, agatha is like the ward's secret leader

[static lark]

I heard someone call her hot earlier

[fallen latch]

some ppl be into that

[stuck seal]

Isn’t she a politician

[static lark]

Ig if you think power is hot, it’s like that one family guy episode where Cleveland called Maggy Tatcher hot

[fallen latch]

is down south? i dunno

[fallen latch]

idk tbh, i dont think we get told much of anything about her

[hallow shadow]

That’s who I thought Stelok was.

[hallow shadow]

Yeah. Like in the Lesser Zone/Cordon area.

[static lark]

Strelok is just insane

[fallen latch]

i think strelok does go a bit crazy towards the end

[hallow shadow]

Literally the entrance to the Zone.
I get close enough, and some laser sights take me out.

[static lark]

“How to get Skif to do anything”

“WE WILL GIVE TOU A HOUSE”

[stuck seal]

I think she is, considering the ward ending, she’s definitely involved in government

[stuck seal]

They don’t want you to leave

[fallen latch]

i mean, they don't let you get too close to the wall and their loot is pretty ok if you like aks74u's

[hallow shadow]

That’s fair. But can I break in, and smoke them all?

[fallen latch]

alrg9iht then, i just know she's kinda the mysterious top dog in the ward

[hallow shadow]

Without destroying standing with the Ward?

[fallen latch]

you can break in coz of an anomaly blowing a hole in the wall

[stuck seal]

Well you got in through a crack in the wall, but if you try to leave through the front door, they’ll notice

[fallen latch]

and you don't get discovered by anyone in doing that, at that point anyway

[hallow shadow]

Well yeah. I snuck in.

But can I ransack that facility, intentionally, and not lose reputation with Ward?

[stuck seal]

I feel like cordon checkpoint should be more guarded, feels like a skeleton crew yet it’s the most entered route

[static lark]

Who cares it’s Ward

[fallen latch]

the ward and the guys in traditional camo are different

[hallow shadow]

I might do ward ending.

[stuck seal]

That’s not ward that’s IPSF

[static lark]

Ward wears Kevlar and orange

[hallow shadow]

Ward doesn’t man that gate?

[fallen latch]

it's a good ending, but you really disappoint richter which i dont like

[static lark]

What does IPSF mean again?

[stuck seal]

Ward doesn’t man ANY gate

[fallen latch]

international perimeter security force i believe

[hallow shadow]

“I PROBABLY SUCK AT FIGHTING”

[stuck seal]

IPSF replaced the military ever since the zone got privatized

[fallen latch]

they kinda the same thing tho

[hallow shadow]

Sorry. We had a patch, in Afghanistan called ISAF (International Security Assistance Forces)
“I suck at fighting”

[stuck seal]

Yeah but it’s not the military, more like a UN equivalent

[fallen latch]

LOL

[static lark]

I wish you could join some of the cool factions

[fallen latch]

i get it now, that's a good one
(and yes they do)

[fallen latch]

pretty sure they teased that youll be able to do that in future

[stuck seal]

The point of the game is to choose between the two main ones so it makes sense that you can’t

[hallow shadow]

I wanna make a faction.
I wanna own the Zone.
Wipe Duty off the map, and be an Irradiated KING!

[static lark]

Well yk when I try to choose Noontide cause they’re cool they get just monolith’d again cause Dalins stupid

[stuck seal]

Like I said, the two main ones, ward and spark

[fallen latch]

average slag heap kingpin wanna be
(ends up dead in a ditch)

[static lark]

yeah idc about them noon is cooler

[stuck seal]

Strangled to death by skif

[hallow shadow]

Noon is good boys. I always want to find a way to spare them.

[fallen latch]

pretty much yeah lol

[static lark]

Ward are a bunch of d-bags and Spark is ran by a insane dude

[fallen latch]

wellllllllllllllllll
when u break into the experiment, strider does shoot it all up
dunno about you but that might mess something up

[fallen latch]

the ward are a buncha overzealous zone fun police and spark is a fake noble cause chasing a fake goal

[static lark]

Let me join the ISPF

[stuck seal]

Ward is like the military but they do their dam job

[static lark]

Or let me actually keep Noon alive

[fallen latch]

evict the ward and sircaa ong

[primal nimbus]

Real

[stuck seal]

You’d have to go through bootcamp probably and not even be a stalker at that point

[hallow shadow]

I also wish there was a way to play Ward against that weird suited funk who let slip about the scanners, in garbage.
Hermann?

[fallen latch]

i wanna join deggy's corps and do real, noble work protecting prypiat

[hallow shadow]

Is he the suit?

[stuck seal]

No

[static lark]

Skif already has military training

[fallen latch]

skifs been in the army for a while

[static lark]

If they’re a private force then he’s probably already qualified and would just have to join

[hallow shadow]

UAMC

Ukrainian Marine.

[fallen latch]

im sure deggy would very much appreciate more help

[stuck seal]

Yeah unfortunately they couldn’t do their jobs so they were outsourced

[hallow shadow]

Hell. I wanna save up to go join the Ukrainian Foreign Legion.

[fallen latch]

ltierally, they got smashed trying to take the cnpp like 5 times lol

[hallow shadow]

Help them save their home. Maybe even see some of the Zone.

[static lark]

lying through my teeth to Agatha

[fallen latch]

agatha: >:)

[stuck seal]

The last time they didn’t even try getting to the plant they just wanted to get to Pripyat and THEY STILL FAILED

[hallow shadow]

I comfortably lie to everyone but Richter, honestly.

[weary hedge]

Scar may be insane but he has some great points😂

[stuck seal]

Scare makes toast at least

[fallen latch]

based

[hallow shadow]

I’m just conflicted.
I don’t want to wipe the Zone off the map, like Duty does.
But I don’t want it to envelope the world.

[fallen latch]

[weary hedge]

And understands zombies 😂

[static lark]

The zone IS THE WORLD

[fallen latch]

duty wants to but literally has 0 ways of doing that so they just try to kill all the mutants, lol
poor duty

[hallow shadow]

The Zone is my world, so long as I am in it.

So long as I can click-clack, and fight back. I own Chornobyl.

[stuck seal]

The whole thing about wiping the zone is just the recruiting purposes, in practice they’re just a big gang that looks out for each other and fights the zone wherever they see fit

[static lark]

Skif being pissed off cause of his house is the dumbest yet funniest motivation in all of gaming

[hallow shadow]

Eradicating mutants is something I can get behind.

I’m not a Brotherhood of Steel fanboy. But I would be, for just a minute.

[fallen latch]

the most honest tho, and realistic

[weary hedge]

Right😂

[hallow shadow]

“Burn the Mutant” as the Emperor says.

[fallen latch]

exactly, that's all they can even aspire to in s2 days lol, they're pretty weak at that point

[stuck seal]

Duty did get on to something in the trilogy though, they were exploring labs and unknowingly holding areas that the C Con needed/wanted

[static lark]

Wards only promise to skif is “we will give you a nice home”

[fallen latch]

hydra dominatus i mean for the emperor

[hallow shadow]

I’m only in the Zone because have no home.

[fallen latch]

exactly, they got boned by the treaty and voronin so bad tho

[weary hedge]

Some people just don’t see the ways of the zone and life itself as deeply as others

[static lark]

So what’s SIRCAA short for again? I know it’s something something institute

[fallen latch]

got no idea, dalin says it in the opening cutscene but i cant remember it
it yeah, is just zone scientific institute

[stuck seal]

AA means anomalous area pretty sure

[static lark]

It’s too clean in that place

[hallow shadow]

Secretive Institute for Recruiting Anomalous A-Holes.

[weary hedge]

Super fancy corporation ✨

[fallen latch]

correct answer
LOL

[stuck seal]

It’s weird that the name for SIRCAA is in English despite it being in Ukraine and run by that government sort of

IPSF makes sense but not SIRCAA

[hallow shadow]

It’s me. Anomalous Assholes.

[static lark]

I mean I assume they made it English cause not every scientist there is Ukrainian

[hallow shadow]

I wanna play this game like Far Cry.

[fallen latch]

all this talking makes me wanna go play stalker

[hallow shadow]

Zip around, use a bow, drive a 4 wheeler, throw some C4.

[fallen latch]

they're talking about me
that's me btw
yup aha, sounds like me
me 100%

[stuck seal]

Colleges in Puerto Rico had students from around the world yet it was still all in Spanish

[weary hedge]

You sort of can it’s just more story driven

[fallen latch]

at least like
let skif ride a bike
i wanna see exo'd up skif riding a clapped bicycle through the zone dodging anomaly's

[static lark]

Scientific Institute for Research of the Chornobyl Anomalous Area or S.I.R.C.A.A.

[hallow shadow]

Dude, a moped would be top notch.

[fallen latch]

sir-cuh

[stuck seal]

The clap of skifs cheeks as he’s riding his pimped out tricycle

[hallow shadow]

Ser Cuhhh, Ward of the Zone, Lord of the Seven Anomalies, Breaker of Physics

[fallen latch]

oh heck yeah
i can imagine the struggling ZZZZZZZ from the lil engine carrying 80kg of skif, his exo and his gear

[fallen latch]

land of eggheads, forgot that

[hallow shadow]

Until you ride straight into a glass anomaly.

[fallen latch]

and that, is why there is no actual vehicles accessible by skif in stalker 2
shame, i wanna drive a tank

[stuck seal]

Until a boar rams you and now you’re the first person to achieve flight in the zone without a helo

[hallow shadow]

Dudes. Have you all heard about the Great Emu War in Australia?
Back then, trucks could only go so fast.

Could you imagine, being on a Technical, being chased by birds as big and fast as your truck.

[stuck seal]

Which reminds me how silly it is that there are up armored T-72s in the zone, like did the military start air dropping them right before they were replaced or something? Or was it yet again another failed operation this time by the IPSF

[fallen latch]

lol, we failed so hard

[hallow shadow]

I wanna say that’s a reference to current Russian occupation?

[shell flax]

Look up a cassowary, the Emus were the light weight troops

[fallen latch]

might have been therre before even the zone happened

[stuck seal]

No..

[fallen latch]

if anyone wants to watch me suffer in vet mode come watch

[stuck seal]

The tanks in the zone were t60s or something before the second disaster

[hallow shadow]

Ahhh.

I am corrected.

[stuck seal]

I know the reason, it’s the same reason why the crashed hinds are grey and blue for some reason, and it’s a rather childish reason but eh it’s not game breaking

[hallow shadow]

Good luck.
I’ll be playing on Story, with Skif’s Slightly Buffed Pistol.

My one-tap machine.

[hallow shadow]

What reason?

I’ll have to look for those Hinds, though.

[stuck seal]

Well the reason I’m thinking of is the war, which you know doesn’t fit the world with the whole zone and all but they do what they want to do, it’s their game after all

[static lark]

So the monolith doesn’t exist but it also brainwashes everyone?

[hallow shadow]

That’s fair.
But the game was developed during the war.

[shell flax]

I was thinking the anti communist laws Ukraine passed back in 2015

[stuck seal]

That’s not an excuse to add a bunch of things that don’t make sense in lore

[hallow shadow]

It’s literally just scenery.

What year is Stalker 2?

[stuck seal]

The monolith is a myth, the real thing that brainwashes is the C Con using kaymanov emitters and such, along with the s.t.a.l.k.e.r program and what not

[hallow shadow]

I missed that memo.

[shell flax]

2021 in lore

[hallow shadow]

The war was on, by then. Wasn’t it?

I’d have to write my buddy, Svyatoslav, for an accurate explanation.

The Stalker from earlier, who made Gumbo for his brigade.

Which, in my American military mind, is a lot of gumbo.
Brigade-sized elements are HUGE.

[static lark]

So whats the -slav part translate to in Slavic names?

Does it have a English correlation

[hallow shadow]

Couldn’t tell you.

That’s his first name. Svyatoslav.

[static lark]

Like how we have John and Johnson where the dude was literally John’s son or

[hallow shadow]

I’d have to ask him, or another Ukrainian.

[stuck seal]

When you stop to think about it, the blue hinds, Deggy was in the center of the zone to find stingrays choppers, that were camo, but now those choppers are blue, they may actually be grey because the paint wore off but they look blue to me, so now CoP seems weird

[hallow shadow]

But cooking for a whole brigade? That’s a LOT of dudes.

[frigid hill]

l3aperjr has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[shell flax]

Oh you ball dumpster

[hallow shadow]

W O L F ‘ D

Koupons are stored in the… PDA

[static lark]

You didn’t know that?

They’re a virtual currency

[hallow shadow]

It was supposed to be a “balls” joke.
Doubling down on my Freedom allegations.

Though I wish Koupons was something I could nab off PDAs. It would make sense.

[stuck seal]

You can