☢┃stalker-general

[static lark]

This

[hoary crest]

Technically, yes, but not in the way its going to be implemented

[echo nimbus]

Honestly a Rougelike mode could be fun like the arena on steroids

[hoary crest]

🤷‍♂️ Just wait for mod updates

[echo nimbus]

Yeah well the performance optimizer saved many ppl

[plain fiber]

Yeah, as Paydirt said, I think a lot of people want a battle royale mode or some stupid shit like that. Meanwhile I believe GSC has been clear from the beginning that it's just going to be basic DM/TDM/CTF.

[charred nova]

the optimizers

THEY'RE NOT REAL

[echo nimbus]

Battle royale 💀

[hoary crest]

I want DayZ style multiplayer tbh, doubt it'd happen though it would be the best way to do it

[echo nimbus]

Not placebo trust me

[charred nova]

we need a stalker general battle royal

[plain fiber]

Go play Fortnight or PubG you freaking goobers.

[echo nimbus]

Stalker battle royale sounds rlly bad

[worthy bane]

if thats a ragebait then that one is really good

[static lark]

They’re actually making a Multiplayer mode?

[plain fiber]

I feel like would be the best form of PvP implementation, but I'd want there to still be NPCs present on the map as well.

[static lark]

How’s that gonna work?

[charred nova]

well idk how you'd make a discord chat battle royal but fuck maybe im wrong

[echo nimbus]

They should just hire modders to help improve the game or smt idk

[plain fiber]

Presumably the same way it worked in the original trilogy; a separate game mode.

[charred nova]

MAYBE WE CAN MAKE A DISCORD CHAT BATTLE ROYAL

idk how you'd do it though

[plain fiber]

Y'know, the thing we had back in the day before everything became a live-service battle-royale thing.

[static lark]

I didn’t play the OG games but like… are you gonna have quests or are you gonna have roles or what

[echo nimbus]

Stalker 2 battle pass w anime waifu skins and gunskins

[plain fiber]

If it's like the trilogy's multiplayer no, it's gonna be super simple, old-school DM/TDM/CTF.

[hoary crest]

Yeah, NPCs still being there would be borderline a requirement, but ye. Open map, bunch of players, allow them to squad up and RP or fight one another as they do desire. Would be a very cool way of implementing some sort of faction wars system too as players could be the lions share of manpower

[worthy bane]

the only multiplayer stalker games should have is CO-OP.

[hallow shadow]

Skif in a Waifu skin.

[plain fiber]

I won't lie, that actually does sound fun.

[echo nimbus]

Some ppl heavily dislike the idea of coop for some reason

[charred nova]

skif with a miku skin

[static lark]

Yeah I kinda want co-op with a separate side story that is sorta parallel to the main story but doesn’t actually interact

[charred nova]

can't wait to pay 40 bux for that

[frigid hill]

unknownmaskman has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[worthy bane]

damn

[echo nimbus]

💀

[primal nimbus]

Get Wolf’d

[charred nova]

YAH CO OP SUCKS LOSERS

[echo nimbus]

U can pay 120 to get it maxed out day 1

[hallow shadow]

W O L F ‘ D

[plain fiber]

I want co-op so I can be the grizzled, exoskeleton-clad veteran who leads my leather anorak-wearing friends around the Zone, teaching them the ropes.

[echo nimbus]

Jack u can do better the bait is horid w this one

[primal nimbus]

And Stalker pvp is a crap idea

[frigid hill]

voracity_t has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[charred nova]

[plain fiber]

?

[worthy bane]

yeah well i think they dont know what they're talking about

[plain fiber]

Wolf is feeling feisty tonight isn't he?

[echo nimbus]

I agree

[hallow shadow]

Co-op… How would looting work? Share the same world?

[primal nimbus]

I just want me and the boys freak out at night in pripyat

[echo nimbus]

Kill ur friends for stealing ur loot

[static lark]

I just want a co-op side story that is parallel but doesn’t interact with the main story

[hallow shadow]

Like… I’d have to trust my buddy to not leave me starving.

[charred nova]

we need stalker l4d

[worthy bane]

you already have that

[hoary crest]

Again, like DayZ, loot respawns after players go a certain distance from the spawn point of it

[charred nova]

4 player co op l4d in stalker 2

[harsh jungle]

I’m going to Prypiat anyone want anything

[worthy bane]

in the steam community addons

[echo nimbus]

Doesn't even need a story imo if it was just mission based and u survive in the zone that'd he good I feel like

[static lark]

Diamond Exo please

[charred nova]

yah grab me a sprite

[worthy bane]

head of a monolithian

[charred nova]

and some kit kats

[static lark]

Meh I’d want some small story

[hoary crest]

Its all been done before, but the Stalker universe is ripe for online survival. Randomized loot would be a requirement also tho

[primal nimbus]

A F2K

[hallow shadow]

Canned Dog food, please. And a bottle of water.

[echo nimbus]

I feel like instead of story focused maybe add faction focused quest so you can alter the powers of the zone maybe 🤔

[harsh jungle]

how bout some Honse pics

[charred nova]

there is a full fledge l4d stalker co op mod

[worthy bane]

who pics?

[charred nova]

but its not really that good

[hallow shadow]

Honse

[static lark]

Yeah that’s what I mean, you can choose what faction you wanna align with

[charred nova]

she posts honse every day

if she ever didn't do it

[hoary crest]

Yeah, a fistful of Mosin rounds and a Bloodsucker tentacle.. for.. reasons..

[static lark]

I really if I could beg for anything I’d beg for an actual Noon alignment in the main quest

[charred nova]

the server would probably fall apart

[echo nimbus]

That'd be so fun only bad part is imagine ur friends being ward and u being spark or smt lmao

[thorny ibex]

I wouldn't be surprised

[worthy bane]

like a certain stalker anomaly multiplayer project but not a scam

[static lark]

I’d be noon everytime

[echo nimbus]

I NEED IT

[harsh jungle]

I am the glue holding this server together

[static lark]

Would you even be able to play as Monolith

[hallow shadow]

Honse glue?

[harsh jungle]

WHAT THE FRICK WHO REACTED THAT

[worthy bane]

[hoary crest]

RIP

[echo nimbus]

I'd hope so honestly the lore Canon stuff wouldn't matter much for me at least in a separate coop mode

[hoary crest]

Got preggo man'd

[charred nova]

do i be a simp and remove the reaction

[echo nimbus]

Just let ppl pick factions and explore w friends

[charred nova]

lets take it to a poll

[hallow shadow]

Miracles of the Zone.

[worthy bane]

nein

[harsh jungle]

god I have to tell Nevis she has simps

[static lark]

Having a Monolithian doing Ward quests with a Noontider

[primal nimbus]

Mercs

[echo nimbus]

Absolute cinema ngl

[hoary crest]

Bandits. (The only correct answer)

[harsh jungle]

Degtyarev’s corps fr fr

[primal nimbus]

Noontider and a Sparker

[echo nimbus]

Give us as many factions as we can get 🗣️

[charred nova]

the people have spoken

there will be no simping today

[static lark]

That’s at least somewhat sensible

[charred nova]

[primal nimbus]

Lisan Al Gaib

[echo nimbus]

Let me play as a mutant honestly lmao

[harsh jungle]

get pregnant maned

[hallow shadow]

Play as the Bloodsucker, in PvP. How Doom gives you Demons.

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/jarvis-react-this-user-pregnant-man-gif-7314513712895381143

[harsh jungle]

there will be new Honse pics tomorrow

[charred nova]

zero bitches only spice

[harsh jungle]

two NEW mini Honses

[hallow shadow]

Real Honse?

[charred nova]

barn i use to go to often

[plain fiber]

I really like Fur, Fish & Game magazine. It's cozy to read.

[charred nova]

they had a mini horse called

lil chief

[harsh jungle]

Real Honse

[charred nova]

lmfao

[primal nimbus]

Snork gameplay when

[hallow shadow]

So expensive.
Dang.

[echo nimbus]

20 snork vs 3 exoskeleton monolith

[harsh jungle]

I just volunteer with them

[static lark]

Psi-dogs suck so much

[charred nova]

he was like about the size of a big dog

[hallow shadow]

I wanna see a real mini Honse.

[echo nimbus]

Those will be banned from pvp

[plain fiber]

Outdoorsman magazine, but everything is presented in the context of rural living/lifestyle, not as simply a sport.

[harsh jungle]

hold on I’ll post one in the pets channel

[hallow shadow]

Nae, simidah.

[worthy bane]

hows the game anyway, seems like i wont be able to play it in a while cuz of the optimization.

[echo nimbus]

What rig do u have

[charred nova]

they are literally just horses the size of a big dog

[hallow shadow]

OH. MY. SHINING. ZONE

[plain fiber]

I'm on a 1660ti 6GB and I've been fine. Granted I have to play with everything on low, but I'm really not that bothered by that.

[worthy bane]

just trust me, it wont run it, not even an optimized-by-the-community version.

[static lark]

Buddy that looks like it’s the size of a chihuahua

[charred nova]

its not that small i promise

ive seen one in real life

multiple in fact

[static lark]

THATS WHAT HE SAID

[plain fiber]

Alright, I need to see your specs.

[charred nova]

FR

[echo nimbus]

Prob best wait till the ue update then

[charred nova]

IM OWNED

[worthy bane]

nevermind

[charred nova]

IM TOTALLY R..... never mind

[plain fiber]

Sadness. I like staring at computer hardware.

[echo nimbus]

Bro my 3070 laptop barley handled the game on all low lmao

[plain fiber]

Oh, the issue has since been resolved, but yesterday my church's lead pastor got his church email compromised.

[charred nova]

i compromised it

IT WAS ME BARRY

[echo nimbus]

Nooo

[charred nova]

I WAS THE ONE WHO ......... AT SUPER SONIC SPEED

[plain fiber]

Led to me getting the sketchiest email ever from him. It was something like "Are you comfortable communicating via email regarding a sensitive matter?" or something along those lines.

I was like, "WTF does that mean?".

[echo nimbus]

Thawn secretly gay

[charred nova]

you don't get the referance

[plain fiber]

Barry? Is that an Archer reference?

[echo nimbus]

No I do that's why he's gay

[hallow shadow]

I do t have Honse. Just doggo.

[charred nova]

I spoiled all your milk barry

IT WAS ME

I SPOILED YOUR MILK

[echo nimbus]

sure

[plain fiber]

Alright, what are you referencing? I want to go watch it myself now.

[charred nova]

have you need seen that?

seriously?

[echo nimbus]

Isn't it just an audio edit

[charred nova]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxHY1uS-UhY

[echo nimbus]

I DIDNT KNOW THAT WAS A TJING

[plain fiber]

Ah, never seen that one.

[worthy bane]

tbh as far as i've seen in gameplay vids the graphics dont even go that far from a 2018 game, rdr2 for example, yet requires a literal nasa computer to run it at the highest settings.
i hope it gets better but eh, engine's fault or the developer's?

[plain fiber]

YouTube poop?

[echo nimbus]

I thought he was talking abt the other one

[charred nova]

they just said today major engine upgrade is coming

[spare canopy]

So, Ward ending?

[charred nova]

yah

[plain fiber]

I liked Dr. Weird from Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

[echo nimbus]

Does anyone rlly like the ward

[charred nova]

probably not

[worthy bane]

we'll see how that goes

[charred nova]

lobtomites

[hallow shadow]

The Ward is means to an end, just the same way Ward sees the Zone

[plain fiber]

GENTLEMEN! BEHOLD!

CORN!

[charred nova]

and mol1t but he gets a pass

[echo nimbus]

[charred nova]

we love mol1t

[plain fiber]

Mol1t is a Ward simp?

[hallow shadow]

new vegas
LOBOTOMITES

[echo nimbus]

That sounds like corruption (joke)

[hallow shadow]

“Yes, little Teddy Bear. Dala loves you.”

[charred nova]

if i thought i could put all my friends on the staff team i would

[plain fiber]

So who's Artemida? I don't think I've ever seen them go offline.

[echo nimbus]

But what if u did

[charred nova]

i couldn't

because the rest of the cabal would not agree

[worthy bane]

check her bio

[spare canopy]

That's because the faction was made up ex army, that first raided the zone, lost a lot of friends, and made up of survivors.

[plain fiber]

Yes, I'm aware of the origins of Duty and what their primary motivations are for their ideology and view(s) on the Zone.

[charred nova]

she is primarily ua speaking

[spare canopy]

Think you could be right

[plain fiber]

Ah, poor DeathGuard is playing chat catchup.

[charred nova]

so probably ua guys would have a better answer than me

[plain fiber]

Ah gotcha.

[echo nimbus]

Why arent u there bro cmon jack 😢

[plain fiber]

?

[spare canopy]

Hate daisy as a character, hate the idea, that one of the experiments worked.

IMO, just a stupid character.

[worthy bane]

guys, if i ported some ww2 german weapons into the game and then cosplayed as a soldier of a certain country, which faction would go best for that.

[static lark]

You mean Dalin

[charred nova]

shes a cm bro that would be insanely weird

[plain fiber]

Oh, she's another CM?

[echo nimbus]

didn't know that oops

[static lark]

Cm?

[plain fiber]

Community Manager.

[visual anchor]

@worthy bane Duty has the colors

[spare canopy]

Or refuse to turn the network back on. The part with dish and instead destroy it for good, resulting in noontide not turning when SIRCAA...

Actually having choice that really makes a difference earlier in the game.

[static lark]

Did yall say that Jack should be there with a CM?

[echo nimbus]

No unless that's what he thought I meant which wasn't what I meant

[still edge]

I love how GSC think we are dumb.... Roadmap Q3 Q4
ALIFE UPDATE

• more alife update (Okey? no details ?)
• npc cant see you in the dark (NOT ALIFE RELATED)
• NPC combat update (NOT ALIFE RELATED)
• Mutants combat & balance (NOT ALIFE RELATED)

GSC doesnt even know what is alife

[charred nova]

that was what i thought

[static lark]

Also does Malachite suck?

[charred nova]

lmfao

[echo nimbus]

OOPSY

[static lark]

Jack you’re not in there?

[charred nova]

[static lark]

(This is horrid)

[charred nova]

bro......

[echo nimbus]

[static lark]

But does Malachite suck?

[charred nova]

this is insanely not cool

[echo nimbus]

Yesnt

[static lark]

Is it worth going to malachite to get the falcon?

[static lark]

My bad I just like picking fun at people, don’t take it personally please

[echo nimbus]

I think u can sell mutant loot for a good price or smt from a quest

[charred nova]

im not don't worry

[spare canopy]

Gives me something to do whilst I down load stuff 😃

Tis cool

[static lark]

I’m quite literally only going to malachite to get the Falcon Armor and then I plan on leaving

[echo nimbus]

Can we get a snow map for stalker 2 like a mountain or smt

[static lark]

Is there a trader in malachite?

[echo nimbus]

Why does bro have beef

[unkempt vault]

They changed the voice actress for Birch and she doesn’t sell the merc heavy suit

[hallow shadow]

I do enjoy that there are straight “filler” areas, in Stalker.

[static lark]

Please look at where Chornobyl is on a map

[echo nimbus]

Idc

[hallow shadow]

Exploring go brrr

[echo nimbus]

All jokes aside my data is so bad rn I can't

[unkempt vault]

You need to get in with either 2000 coupons or the ward badge

[plain fiber]

NPC and general AI behavior absolutley play a role in A-Life.

[static lark]

There’s no mountains near Chornobyl

Lots of rivers

[echo nimbus]

But if the zone is a thing I can absolutely have my mountain

[unkempt vault]

Bro wants to play Skyrim with guns

[plain fiber]

You can get a Malachite pass from a side quest as well.

[static lark]

I have a keycard

[hallow shadow]

Senses are a literal part of life.
NPCs that can’t see or hear are not lifelike.

[unkempt vault]

It’s called Garbage

[charred nova]

can i get a golf cart in the zone

[static lark]

You can find one on some zombies north of the bridge to Malachite

[hallow shadow]

A Gator with an LMG mount on the back, for Richter.

[plain fiber]

Yeah, you need to head to Southwestern Ukraine if you want hills and stuff.

[echo nimbus]

NO THATS NASTY

[unkempt vault]

A golf cart in a Soviet city in a part of the world where golf was never played

[hallow shadow]

Can we have a lava level?

[static lark]

Can we have a map where we go into Belarus

[charred nova]

uh yes?

[unkempt vault]

Cooling tower

[hallow shadow]

Fair enough.

[charred nova]

imagine drive by shooting bandits in a fucken golf cart

THAT'D BE RAD AS HELL

[plain fiber]

Nah, Bandits would be driving a Lada.

[unkempt vault]

For what purpose, Master Chief?

[hallow shadow]

Sounds like Florida. Namely, Pasco and Pinellas county.

[static lark]

Belarus makes nice carpets

[charred nova]

can you make me a carpet

[static lark]

Skif needs some home decor now

[plain fiber]

See, if we had Floridian bandits, I'd think they'd be riding in a side-by-side.

[unkempt vault]

102.3 REAL ZONE FM

[hallow shadow]

With that new Ward-sponsored house of his.

[echo nimbus]

Customize ur base

[hallow shadow]

Floridian bandits would not last in the Zone.

But you’re still kinda right.

[static lark]

Correct they wouldn’t have enough meth to fuel them

[hallow shadow]

I didn’t wanna say it out loud.

[plain fiber]

Let's just start shit-talking different parts of the US now. Something fun before I head to bed.

[hallow shadow]

A Floridian bandit would try to literally put an artifact in a pipe, and smoke it.

[unkempt vault]

Drug addict ≠ adventurer that’s why there’s so many bodies

[hallow shadow]

Skooma is a helluva drug.
Or the key makes you jittery?

[static lark]

They adventured a little too hard and got stuck addicted to meth

[hallow shadow]

Zone Skooma.

[plain fiber]

A Wisconsin/Minnesota stalker would spend all of their time hunting mutants and drinking beer.

[hallow shadow]

Like those alcoholics in Garbage?

[static lark]

So… what normal stalkers do

[unkempt vault]

That’s Freedom and they live in Rostok

[plain fiber]

Yes, but with a Northern Midwestern accent.

[static lark]

As an Argonian supremacist myself we should legalize all the animal people and their wares

[plain fiber]

YES.

[unkempt vault]

Slavery is already banned in the empire

[hallow shadow]

For sure.
“Oh, dontcha know, you cavalry guys ride horses into battle. Ya gotta ride a mOOse.
Hit a horse with a car, the horse dies. Hit a mOOse with a car, the car dies, dontcha know.”

[static lark]

The Argonians counter invaded oblivion, therefore they’re the coolest race

[hallow shadow]

I love Freedom.

[hallow shadow]

I can second that.

[static lark]

Is this not just Alberta

[plain fiber]

Degens from upcountry!

[unkempt vault]

Imperials 🐊
Argonians

[hallow shadow]

My ex wife was from Minnesota.

Her accent was the funniest thing id ever heard.

[static lark]

My ex almost fiancée was from California

[plain fiber]

You gotta problem with Canada geese you gotta problem with me and I suggest ya let that one marinate!

[hallow shadow]

“Ya want that in a pehper, or plastic beg?”

[static lark]

not worth.

[unkempt vault]

[static lark]

Never get married is the best advice anyone has ever gave me

[hallow shadow]

Better than being Duty.

[plain fiber]

Sounds like that person/those people were in a bad relationship or several.

[hallow shadow]

I already hunt mutants. Duty is out of a job.

[static lark]

Every person who has told me to never get married has been divorced and older than 35

[hallow shadow]

Some of us got married too young.

[spare canopy]

Your wrist not coping well though.

[hallow shadow]

I won’t tell you to not be happy.
I’ll tell you to be smart about how you choose happiness.

[static lark]

With advancements in robots…

[static lark]

Guns make me happy

[plain fiber]

What the hell are you doing that you're getting repetitive stress injuries?

[static lark]

We need more guns in game

[hallow shadow]

Handjolina Jolie, and Palmela HANDERSON have entered the chat.

[plain fiber]

Distribute some free literature.

[unkempt vault]

I’ve never even touched a woman

[hallow shadow]

I’ve been celibate for three years.

[plain fiber]

Make the bald man cry.

[static lark]

Freedom member huh

(I am trying to keep this lighthearted)

[hallow shadow]

There are like 2 chicks in the Zone.
Can you blame them

[plain fiber]

I'll remind you that the dialogue about being attracted to mutants came from a Bandit.

[unkempt vault]

5

[spare canopy]

120 strokes per minute.

[hallow shadow]

There’s a mission, in Ghost Recon- Breakpoint, where one of the hostile NPCs was sent to therapy because he was sexually attracted to the Drones being used on us.

[static lark]

Seems kinda low

[plain fiber]

My grandma could type that fast on an old-school typewriter.

[unkempt vault]

GFL player

[hallow shadow]

Huh?

[plain fiber]

I actually know of a...adult content genre that that person would enjoy.

[static lark]

German Football League???

[spare canopy]

I hated those things... Especially when the keys clumped together.

But I do miss the sound of them though

[unkempt vault]

[spare canopy]

VR?

[hallow shadow]

I got to see a football game.
Germany vs Italy.
It was a huge deal.
Like 2016.

I was also in an FKK Club, so…

[plain fiber]

As in virtual reality? No.

[hallow shadow]

Wasn’t paying attention.

[spare canopy]

The Japanese are way ahead...

[unkempt vault]

7-2

[plain fiber]

It's called aeromorph, look it up at your own risk.

[hallow shadow]

A German pornstar came to visit the club.
Jackie Lawless.

[plain fiber]

That's the lamest German pornstar name I've ever heard.

[unkempt vault]

Prostitution is not an economy

[spare canopy]

That was Brazil that got spanked 7-2, in the World Cup no less... When it was in Brazil.

[hallow shadow]

Until you got to touch her.

[static lark]

I look away… for 14 seconds.

[hallow shadow]

Yall need an FKK Club in your life.

[spare canopy]

No thanks

[hallow shadow]

Fair.

[plain fiber]

No thanks, I don't like venereal diseases.

[static lark]

I like not pissing needles

[spare canopy]

Exactly. Crabs are for beaches

[hallow shadow]

Germans make you wrap it, though.
They take sex work very seriously.

America has poor misconceptions about sex work.

[static lark]

why are we talking about this?

[plain fiber]

Oh I'm sure I'd be pretty safe, I was just making a joke.

[unkempt vault]

Nowhere is safe

[static lark]

I am so lost

[plain fiber]

The nature of conversation when there's no new content.

[hallow shadow]

Football tangent. My bad. The Tism took hold.
I got hit with a flashback

[static lark]

Deep in the boredom

We’ve started talking about prostitution

[plain fiber]

I mean, we got the new roadmap, that was exciting.

[unkempt vault]

To an encounter with a vampire

Germans continue to confuse and frighten me

[hallow shadow]

I miss Germany, man.

[plain fiber]

What's the deal with the stereotype that Germans are into freaky shit in bed?

[unkempt vault]

Hanseatic business practices and East Germany

[hallow shadow]

They’re just more comfortable about sex.
A one-night stand with a German woman is an entirely different experience than with an American.

[spare canopy]

Not fussed about the road map personally...

But I was happy to see that they are updating the engine, and really hoping they take the opportunity to address some of the short cuts, that have seriously hindered the game development.

Kudos to them, if they do that.

[static lark]

Das a big word

[unkempt vault]

Even before the war a big chunk of anti-Nazi activitists were just bisexual prostitutes with good pr

[hallow shadow]

That engine update is going to be wonderful.

[plain fiber]

To be fair, the more comfortable about sex thing applies to all of Europe I believe.

[hallow shadow]

Everywhere id been, yes.

[plain fiber]

I just hope it goes smoothly. An engine update is a huge undertaking.

[unkempt vault]

Nothing else to do

[hallow shadow]

Sure, the Mod Authors are gonna have some headaches.
So are we.
So is GSC.

But. Long term, Stalkers.
Long term.

[unkempt vault]

Half of Europe is old and dying the other half has AIDS

[static lark]

Ig that’s better than Japan where just no one is having kids

[plain fiber]

Hell, if 5.6 turns out to not be a bunch of lies and marketing from Epic, then maybe GSC will consider an upgrade to that at some point in the future.

[spare canopy]

The price of cost of living.

[hallow shadow]

They said 5.4.5, right? That’s still an improvement.

[static lark]

Iirc Japanese women also really really dont like Japanese men

[unkempt vault]

Heh 5.45

[plain fiber]

5.5.4 if I remember correctly.

[hallow shadow]

Click-clack, and fight back.

[static lark]

The Marine Corps genuinely gets so many conscripts on the basis of “we will send you to Japan so you can find a Japanese woman to get married to”

[plain fiber]

And I believe 5.5.4 is/was the most recent version of 5.5 prior to 5.6 being announced. Not sure if that version will see further updates or no.

[spare canopy]

Child birth is problem in almost all developed countries, not just Japan.

Financial stress is a major issue...

[static lark]

Yeah I know

[plain fiber]

Can we talk about something less depressing?

[static lark]

Meh it’ll balance itself out

[spare canopy]

sausages

[plain fiber]

I like sausage.

[hallow shadow]

I’m happy that “engine upgrade” is even an option.

[spare canopy]

I bet you do 😄

[static lark]

freedom guy I assume?

[spare canopy]

A good proper Lincolnshire. Nom nom.

[plain fiber]

I mean...I'm bi and a furry so if I did have to join a faction, Freedom is probably the only one that would take me. Though, maybe the Ecologists/scientists would be okay too.

[hallow shadow]

Side of beans, and some toast.

[spare canopy]

a proper fried English...

[static lark]

Noon would take you as long as you’re recovering from brainwashing

[plain fiber]

But I generally prefer the Loners. The actual factions have too many issues for me to see myself joining any of them.

[static lark]

The only requirement for Noon membership is being ex monolith from what I know

[plain fiber]

If Freedom changed leadership and got their shit together or if Clear Sky came back, those would probably be my first choices.

Always been a fan of the Ecologists/scientists too.

[worn girder]

Hi, is there any indication when 1.6 will be released? Has 1.6 entered testing? From the recent roadmap it seems like 1.6 may still be someway away?

[spare canopy]

I was like 50/50 when choosing a faction. Was either gonna be Loners or Duty... Chose Duty coz I love the black and red colours

[static lark]

What is sparks actual existence about

[plain fiber]

No idea.

[hallow shadow]

Spark seems closer to freedom.

[static lark]

I chose Noon cause Stalker 2 was my first stalker game and their badge looked the coolest along with their outfits

[plain fiber]

They formed from a group of Loners who were working closely with the Ecologists/scientists back in CoP. You actually aid in their formation if you do the questline correctly.

[hallow shadow]

But they still weird me out.
I just like Richter.
Star is alright, and Scar weirds me out.

[spare canopy]

That is a fair reason to choose.

[static lark]

Uh no one really knows

[hallow shadow]

anyone who does is probably under an NDA

[plain fiber]

Scar is batshit insane and a C-Con agent. Spark's willingness to go along with his craziness, plus their seeming embracing of his idea of the Shining Zone, leaves me in a place of never joining them.

[hallow shadow]

THOSE are the Shining Zone guys?

[static lark]

I wasn’t gonna join spark…. Then the game killed off Noon

[plain fiber]

Yes.

[hallow shadow]

I feel less bad about Star calling me a snitch, with the Warb Badge

I knew they rubbed me wrong.

[plain fiber]

I mean, Ward is bad too, but Spark isn't great either.

[static lark]

@GSC make a Noon path

[hallow shadow]

I’m going Ward, first playthrough, just to not have to do that again.

[spare canopy]

Yeah, doesn't make sense to me, why would Malachite side with him... Scientists wouldn't follow a nutjob.

[static lark]

We know you had one set up and then you cut it for some reason. Just make a noon path

[plain fiber]

Do the Malachite folks actually side with him? I still have to head down to the old Clear Sky base.

[static lark]

Please I’ll give you my soul

[plain fiber]

Good thing you didn't actually ping them, that's a specific no-no of the sever.

[static lark]

I’m autistic not braindead

[spare canopy]

I think they are working together. And when as you tell Scar to sod off, they go hostile to you and close shop.

[hallow shadow]

Don’t call me out, like that.

[worn girder]

Appreciate the input, thanks

[plain fiber]

Isn't that a glitch?

[hallow shadow]

The honest answer is: We don’t know, Comrade.

[spare canopy]

Not as far as I was aware.

[charred nova]

now riddle me this

what if i know

[static lark]

What Batman

[charred nova]

HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THAT

[plain fiber]

Aight then.

[hallow shadow]

Then, you’re obligated to make me look dumb twice

[static lark]

You’re just a discord mod you have no association with GSC

[charred nova]

well lucky for you i don't actually know

[spare canopy]

But I could be wrong... But I didn't see it as a glitch though.

[hallow shadow]

Dammit.

[charred nova]

[plain fiber]

He probably has more direct contact with GSC than the rest of us plebs do.

[static lark]

So who runs the GSC account

[charred nova]

[hallow shadow]

You don’t just make yourself a Mod.
Someone has to elect you.
Right?

[spare canopy]

CSG

[static lark]

Election? This isn’t a democracy anymore bud

(True democracies haven’t existed since lobbying became a thing)

[hallow shadow]

My bad. Semantics.

[static lark]

Anywayyyyyyyyy

[hallow shadow]

You get picked

[plain fiber]

I remember people were pushing for me to become a mod here at one point.

[charred nova]

in a long forgotton time i was chosen

[static lark]

“Chosen”

[hallow shadow]

Sounds like something Handsome Jack would say.

[static lark]

Sounds like something Strelok would say

[hallow shadow]

“You tell me why you look like you headbutted a belt sander, and maybe I’ll let you live.”

[plain fiber]

Oh my God, I'm only just now remembering that Handome Jack is a character from Borderlands.

[static lark]

And he’s actually really ugly under the mask

[unkempt vault]

My favorite line from him and it’s in like the first 20 minutes

[hallow shadow]

Handsome Jack had the gnarliest lines.

[plain fiber]

Better than Claptrap that's for sure.

[unkempt vault]

“Blake! Where’s a bloody violin?!?!”

[static lark]

Claptrap is just annoying and they put him in every game for no legitimate reason

[plain fiber]

Fire that little shit into the sun.

[hallow shadow]

Claptrap wore off, as a novelty, after the first game.

[unkempt vault]

Sex and robot communist jokes

[plain fiber]

Robot communist jokes? I'm pretty sure Futurama did that first.

[unkempt vault]

I prefer fighting claptrap’s to fighting zombies and flying atlas drones

[unkempt vault]

He also has tape over his anus

[hallow shadow]

That Zombie Island was funny as hell.
Sad place, but funny.

[static lark]

They even tried to make a whole Easter egg hunt in BL3 by finding the scrapped claptrap’s

[plain fiber]

I'm here to kick bubblegum and chew ass, and I'm all outta ass.

[hallow shadow]

Dr. “Zed”

[unkempt vault]

A chore to navigate even with fire weapons

[static lark]

Please take this annoying little trash bin out of the game

[charred nova]

ill pay you to kill your self

[plain fiber]

I dropped Borderlands a long time ago. Game got boring to me very quickly.

[unkempt vault]

“IM GONNA BE RICH”
“Enjoy your nothing, idiot.”

[hallow shadow]

I was always a Revolver guy.
Borderlands revolvers made me feel some kind of way.

[spare canopy]

Butt Stallion

[unkempt vault]

Six bullets

[static lark]

They never changed the game formula

[plain fiber]

I got bored of it in BL 1.

[unkempt vault]

16 bullets

[static lark]

Cause the entire game is a meh story hidden under toilet and boob jokes with a lot of explosions

[frigid hill]

timothy6952 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[unkempt vault]

In a 6 cylinder gun. More than enough to kill anything that moves.

[plain fiber]

I beat the main campaign and then started Zombie Island and was like "Wow, this is freaking boring.".

[hallow shadow]

W O LF ‘ D

[hallow shadow]

Fair.

[unkempt vault]

They’re all very tedious the last one just has a lot of driving instead

[hallow shadow]

I just liked feeding brains to the dead blind guy.

I forget his name.

[plain fiber]

Meanwhile I find SnowRunner fun and engaging.

[charred nova]

imbr when i grew up i kinda realized i didn't like borderlands

like i tried going back to it a few times in my 20s and im like

[unkempt vault]

I like turning on the wall turrets in the claptrap robolution DLC

[charred nova]

why did i ever like this

[plain fiber]

Hold on, when you grew up? How old are you Jack?

[charred nova]

22

[hallow shadow]

It really was a chore to play.

[plain fiber]

WTF? I'm older than one of the senior mods?

[hallow shadow]

I’m 33

[plain fiber]

I turn 29 in December.

[unkempt vault]

I played 2 first but 1 was a lot more fun when people actually played on the 360

[hallow shadow]

Shucks.

[unkempt vault]

No game is fun like that anymore and even then I feel like I wasted time

[hallow shadow]

I miss when Destiny didn’t suck.
Destiny 1.

[unkempt vault]

True

[plain fiber]

You're a...Core Millennial I believe? Maybe just on the border of Young Millennial?

[unkempt vault]

I’m 24 and I like to think of myself as a mini millennial

[hallow shadow]

Born in ‘91. I couldn’t honestly tell you what that makes me.

[unkempt vault]

A minilennial if you will

[plain fiber]

Zillennial is the name you're looking for.

[unkempt vault]

Hush boomer

[plain fiber]

Millennial.

[hallow shadow]

Fair.

[plain fiber]

24 is Gen-Z/Zoomer, though definitely on the elder side of the generation.

That would be...1998 I believe?

[hallow shadow]

I posted a photo in pets.
That was me, 2013.
I was 21

Yeah, Gen Z cutoff is late 90’s

“We grant you a seat on the council, but we do not grant you the title of 90’s Baby”
Mace Windu

[plain fiber]

Being born in the 90s would be a 90s baby though. Late 90s wouldn't be a 90s kid however.

[hallow shadow]

Right? Born in ‘97? What were the 90’s to you, popping in a diaper?
Pffft!

[plain fiber]

At least from every source I've been able to find, for Millennials and Gen-Z it's:

Millennials: 1981-1996

Gen-Z: 1997-2012

[hallow shadow]

That’s what I found.
If Google is to be trusted.

[charred nova]

look man they made all the coolest cars in the 90s

i missed out

joined the game too late to buy them off random shmucks for basically nothing

[hallow shadow]

RNG, man.

[plain fiber]

I mean that's what Wikipedia says, and it draws from several sources for that.

[hallow shadow]

Fair.

[plain fiber]

Pew Research Center and the US Census Bureau are two that I remember.

[hallow shadow]

I just know I feel old, and most kids are comfortable calling me old.
I embrace it.

[plain fiber]

I had to tell some Zoomers at work what plasma TVs were. Now that made me feel old.

[hallow shadow]

I’m disabled, to boot. So like. Yeah.

I’m an old fart.
Get off my lawn.

[hallow shadow]

Plasma was such a craze.

[plain fiber]

Can I sit next to you on your porch and also yell at the children? I'll bring a case of beer.

[hallow shadow]

Yeah, man. Wheat beer, please.

[plain fiber]

Any particular brand?

[hallow shadow]

A nice, cold Hefeweizen
American? Shock top or blue moon.

But German. Preferably.

[plain fiber]

Bottle or can?

[hallow shadow]

Whatever is easiest for your old bones to carry.

[plain fiber]

Oh crumbs, me hip.

[hallow shadow]

😂

[plain fiber]

Adulthood is when you rewatch Spongebob and relate more to Squidward than anyone else.

[hallow shadow]

Now. I’m gonna go make this sprint to Cooling Towers.
I have a rifle to salvage.

[plain fiber]

And I need to head to bed.

[hallow shadow]

Good night. Stalker.

[primal nimbus]

If they’re reworking the stamina, I better hope I can still bhop or I’ll move to Metro

[hallow shadow]

There’s a unique AK in Cordon, right?

With a suppressor?

[primal nimbus]

Think so

[echo nimbus]

if they do remove it someone will prob make a mod for it even then idk why u would want to move to metro since they are two different games imo but u do u

[hallow shadow]

So, I’m in Cordon, looking for an AK named “Special”?
Where is that, again?

[echo nimbus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87mMaSbD1OM is it this

[chilly bloom]

I mean im special if that helps

[hallow shadow]

Ohhh. I have to kill this guy?

I just helped him.

[chilly bloom]

Commit murder

[hallow shadow]

Done.

[chilly bloom]

Very good

[neon snow]

Who are we murdering?

[hallow shadow]

Some guy, for an AK

[neon snow]

Fair

[hallow shadow]

Leech?

He’s in Cordon, at the mill.

[neon snow]

Never heard of him

I haven’t played stalker in a while

[hallow shadow]

Ahhh.

I’ve never beaten it.

[neon snow]

I don’t beat most games

Adhd won’t allow it

I need to start beating games

[inland mantle]

GSC cooking with the announcement 🔥

[harsh jungle]

I somehow beat other games with the cursed Audhd mentality

[neon snow]

You probably got the “I won’t stop until its done kind”

[harsh jungle]

not with this game lol

or atomfall

or fallout 3

[neon snow]

Thats cuz atomfall sucks

According to reviews

[harsh jungle]

I like it

[neon snow]

I remember it being like a 2.2 on xbox

[harsh jungle]

minus the limited inventory

[primal nimbus]

Managed to bhop in metro

[harsh jungle]

I still haven’t beaten uhhhh pokemon scarlet on the Nintendo switch

aight time for bed

[neon snow]

I have been beating halo games recently tho

I’ve beaten ODST, Reach, CE, and Halo 2 CE

Wait, not Halo 2

I’m like halfway

[harsh jungle]

why beat game if have fun doing side quests

[neon snow]

No side quests in halo except terminals

[harsh jungle]

I haven’t played halo in years lol

[neon snow]

I just got into it, like a month ago

[harsh jungle]

I do enjoy them hidden cats games sometimes

[neon snow]

I beat ODST and got halfway through reach in 1 day

[harsh jungle]

I wanna get the master chief collection but I am saving my money rn

[neon snow]

I’m guessing you’re on pc

[hallow shadow]

I relate to that.
Once I get close enough.. Finishing just feels like… Not fun.

[harsh jungle]

PC with some games on the Xbox One

[hallow shadow]

Man, I wish Halo had more content to it.

I play Xbox. Series S

[harsh jungle]

the Xbox has FO3, atomfall and cookie clicker

[hallow shadow]

It confuses me when PC folks say their machines can’t run this game.
Lol.

[neon snow]

I’m on xbox but I use keyboard and mouse

[neon snow]

Cookie clicker is on xbox?

[harsh jungle]

couldn’t be bothered to get fallout 3 for PC bc of all the mods I’d have to download just to get it running

[hallow shadow]

I’m too afraid.
I used to play Destiny 2, a lot.
They don’t allow that.
Straight banned.

I don’t know which games are and aren’t cool with that.

[harsh jungle]

yea far less achievements tho

[hallow shadow]

I won’t get Atomfall.
Stalker is enough Eurojank for me.

[harsh jungle]

I got it cause I thought it seemed interesting

like fallout survival mixed with stalker

[neon snow]

The first game I ever beat I think was metro exodus

[hallow shadow]

I tried it, on release (Gamepass)

Did not have a good day.

[harsh jungle]

I haven’t beaten the metro games they’re just in my steam library

[hallow shadow]

First game I ever “beat” was Final Fantasy Tactics: Advance, and other previous Pokemon games.

I gave up on Metro.
The moment I saw those spiders.

As an arachnophobe… Hell no.

Even the Doom 3 spiders had me all effed up.

[neon snow]

The spider were so annoying to kill

[hallow shadow]

Kill?
You looked at them long enough?
I cried, and shut my console down.

I’m only ever scared of spiders, the dark (where spiders live), and rollercoasters.

[neon snow]

I chased them

[hallow shadow]

Oh, women, and flying. Airplanes mess me up.

[hallow shadow]

They chased me. Right out of the game.

[neon snow]

Women scare you?

Boo

[hallow shadow]

It’s a joke.
They don’t.

One must first learn to laugh at themselves, before others.

Awww.
I sided with Ward, so I don’t have Northern Checkpoint Key.
I can’t just run to Cooling Towers for my Dnipro.

Who the hell is Colonel Korshunov?

[neon snow]

You sided with ward?

[hallow shadow]

Hopefully he’s somewhat as chill as Zotov.
For an “officer”, he wasn’t a total dick.

Only for my first playthrough.
To get the guilty feeling out of the way.
I’m very much ACAB, and that applies to Ward.

[neon snow]

I see the ward as I see the NCR

[hallow shadow]

Skif’s only real goal is getting a new home.
Ward facilitates that.

I spent 6yrs as an MP.
I used to be The Boot ™️

I, now, despise authoritarian figures.

[neon snow]

My brother is an mp

[hallow shadow]

The NCR was just. Means to and end, for me.

I stayed neutral with them, to keep Boone.

But I still chose myself/New Vegas on the end.

[hallow shadow]

I’m so sorry. 😛
Where’s he stationed?

[neon snow]

I’m going to his graduation rn

Its all the way down in Missouri

[hallow shadow]

Ohhh, he just made it out of OSUT?

Nice. Well, Active? Reserve? Guard?
His next 5 years are gonna be wild

[neon snow]

Reserve

[hallow shadow]

Oh, then maybe not 5 years.

I don’t know how Reserve component works, anymore.
Normal Active MPs get minimum 5yrs.

Back when I was on, at least.
I’m outdated.

Was a cop (military), now I do not like cops.

But! The Ward offered to pay my mortgage.
I’m down.

Plus, Skif was a Marine.
Makes “sense” he would feel comfortable around the Ward.

To me, at least.

[primal nimbus]

Halo 3 ODST would like to have a talk

[tawdry oar]

will just have to keep waiting for more content i guess

[hallow shadow]

Yo, this Ward path is kinda funny.

“He’s at the Depot. Ask your questions, then we assault the place.”

[primal nimbus]

Lets cross some things before we go STRAIGHT to shooting

[hallow shadow]

Bro had me go execute his own bro.

For ditching him.
Hell yeah.

“Dude shot me in the leg, and left me for the Ward. Hunt his ass.”

You betcha! I hate betrayers.

[chilly bloom]

I felt bad for the monolith after noontide but when i got to pripyat i didnt feel bad anymore

[hallow shadow]

Don’t the Nooners not get a choice, in being re-brainwashed?

I can’t blame them. Nooners just wanted to be good boys.
However, I abhor thinking of it as “mercy” killing.

I don’t feel bad for Monolithians, though.
If they’re anything like Faust…

The only decent Mono I’ve met is the guy who saved Mastiff, in Lesser Zone.

[tawdry oar]

their brains are programmed that way

[hallow shadow]

Like Star Wars clones?

I haven’t beaten the game. I met Noontide once, and restarted.

I’m picking Ward, for my first run.
These dudes are hilarious.
(From a “I used to be military, and this shit cracks me up” kinda way) I personally hate the Ward.

But… I wanna see the endings. I gotta see em.

“We are good for the Zone!”
-Korshunov
Yeah buddy. Sure.

Just gimme some sweet hardware, and lemme do what I want.

Still can’t sleep, though. Baby sitting, tomorrow, is going to suck.

I love how it says Wolf-Bot plays Stalker.

[sick shale]

So, wonder how they will be reworking stamina & energy drinks?

[tawdry oar]

maybe something like trilogy?

[sick shale]

never played the trilogy, so how was it in that?

[hallow shadow]

I always felt like bottled water was underpowered.

[hoary crest]

More time you spend playing the Ward path the more you will end up liking Korshunov

[primal nimbus]

Who?

[primal nimbus]

Papa Korshunov

[hoary crest]

He is very based, it has to be said

[sick shale]

the Colonel

[hallow shadow]

So, if you make your way to Chemical Plant/Garbage, and meet Korshunov, he tells you to go interview a Bandit.
That bandit tells you to go hunt the guy that left him for dead.

[sick shale]

And yeah, he is rough at first, but overall gotta respect the guy, same for zotov (his second in command if memory serves)

[primal nimbus]

Korsh betrayed someone?

[hallow shadow]

In some anomaly field of bubbles, and helicopters.

[primal nimbus]

Oh.
THAT GUY.

[hallow shadow]

No no.
They captured a Bandit.

[hoary crest]

I just assualted the base and kill the dude rather than talk to him 😄

[primal nimbus]

He kept one shotting me even when I tried sneaking up on him.

[hallow shadow]

The Bandit gives you info about Chornozem, if you smoke the Bandit that betrayed him.

[sick shale]

I know your Pain from my first playthrough

[primal nimbus]

How could I smoke the bandit when-

BANG

Shot to death.

[hallow shadow]

Korshunov literally sounds like the only Officer I’ve ever met that doesn’t just sound like an asshat.

[sick shale]

fun fact, if you help him than kill his guards you skip straight to diode

[hallow shadow]

For a pig, Korshunov doesn’t entirely suck.

[hallow shadow]

Really?

I’m already sneaking into the Depot.

[hoary crest]

Later on you see just how much he dislikes his employer too 😄

[sick shale]

yeah, even is one of the rarest achievements

[sick shale]

Increably so

[hoary crest]

"to the victor goes the spoils" had me proper belly laugh 😄

[hallow shadow]

I’m modded. No Cookie Points for me.

[sick shale]

The colonel is a good man in my books, he means well for his men & such

even the certain squad

[hallow shadow]

As far as officers go, yeah.

[sick shale]

which makes me wonder

[hoary crest]

Good dude wrapped up in some bad shit type of deal, which is more than can be said for most of the characters

[sick shale]

How is Dubny Strider's second in command?

[hoary crest]

The stunt he pulls at the waste management site is really something innit

[sick shale]

I still don't understand that in three playthroughs of Stalker 2

[hallow shadow]

I’m on the roof.

Channeling my inner Big Boss

[sick shale]

can't find the gif for the m1911

[primal nimbus]

Lore accurate Certain Squad:

https://youtu.be/Lb3RjXIQlzc?si=H5Q21x5Df1erde-L

[sick shale]

https://youtu.be/-sTgRA2BlZs?si=DCzOxprhtctVMoPi

[primal nimbus]

Ngl, for a long while, I wanted to shoot Dubny because of the processing station till recently. It sounded like Hog went, ‘Bonus points’.

[hallow shadow]

Where’s Varan that I hear so much about.
Just made it to Slag Heap, and picked up my Guardian of Freedom Suit.

I wanna get the quest to go turn that Duty guy (Roosevelt?) into chunks.

Diode can’t upgrade my SPAS?

Idiot.

I found a Soul?
What the hell?

Didn’t even notice that.

[ebon blade]

Varan wants you to kill his two rival Kingpins.
After you do that, his reward is he tries to kill you.

[hallow shadow]

Whatever. Eff these Garbage dudes. I’m running for Dnipro.

[mental pelican]

Nice, try find a compas

[hallow shadow]

So… Could I technically just go wipe them all?

[hallow shadow]

Was ist das?
I’ve never seen or heard of it.
I only have Weird Ball and Rat King.
I don’t Artifact hunt very often.

[shell flax]

You will. Thats your main money maker later on.

[mental pelican]

Legendary artifact

[ebon blade]

One Kingpin is supported by Freedom. The other by Duty.
They aren't the real problem. Varan is the real problem.

[hallow shadow]

I like Freedom.
I know where Commissary is.
I’ll spare the Freedom guy.

I can also go crush those Brood guys?
I’m just looking for loots/Koupons to repair this rifle I’m about to pick up.

Just blew what I had on upgrading my PSZ-5V, and Facehugger.

[shell flax]

The freedom guy is infinitely worse

[hallow shadow]

Really? Well… “Kingpin” sounds pretty damning.

[mental pelican]

Have you played trilogy before?

[hallow shadow]

Freedom or not.

[hallow shadow]

I have not. This is my first Stalker, and still haven’t beaten it.

[shell flax]

Roosevelt is more like a merc then a bandit
Shah is a raging psychopath who threatens to carve snowflakes out of the eyelids of one of his own men

[mental pelican]

Oh, you should play trilogy, that will make more sense to understand whole lore of the game

[hallow shadow]

Yeah, I hear that a lot.
Thanks.

Daaang Garbage is kinda huge.

Yay, Sprinting Simulator

[ebon blade]

Varan is the big authority figure in Garbage.
He just wants to use you as a boot in his dirty work.

[hallow shadow]

Where is he? Cause he sounds like he needs ventilation.

I see “south of slag heap”
But that’s a few different complexes.

[ebon blade]

Directly south of the Slag Heap.
Go out the west gate to the road
and take it all the way south to his base.
All his men will give threatening dialogue to you.

[hallow shadow]

I can just smoke them, without working for Varan? Or can I grab Koupons from him before I turn on his ass?

[hallow shadow]

Thank you.

[ebon blade]

Talk to him first and see what he says, and then you can decide what feels right.

[hallow shadow]

Bet.

[ebon blade]

It's the big three story building with towers and a walled compound all around it.

Talk to all his men, poke around the base looting everything and talk to Varan last.

[hallow shadow]

Hell yeah.
That’s the ticket.

[still current]

Yeah, I would love to see that if it ends up being as said. 5.5 should fix about major problems of the engine that got us toast all these months. I believe we will see not just more fps and better stability, but also better visuals, better post-processing, and ofc potentially more room for growth in terms of render capabilities

[weary hedge]

Duty Vs Freedom isn’t real. Spare urself from its ideologies😂

[still current]

You sure?

[hallow shadow]

I hear Duty is just a meme, anyway.

But more importantly… How do I get on top of this Cooling Tower? This place is freaky.

Oh.
That’s a big ass ladder.

[weary hedge]

utilizing a specific anomaly and a series of ladders and scaffolding

[hallow shadow]

This fire tornado is kinda pretty.

[weary hedge]

It is. Cool concept but not the ideal faction to follow if you love the zone. Freedoms the way to go otherwise. But I think it’s best to say away from both😂

[shell flax]

I’m just hoping 5.5 will free me from the curse of medium settings

[hallow shadow]

My first crash.

As soon as I teleported.

[weary hedge]

Yeah it’s wild lol

[hallow shadow]

What a shit thing.

Is that always going to happen?

Were you guys just hazing me?

[weary hedge]

Nah just sometimes. Just a poorly optimized area

[hallow shadow]

Ahhh.

That was my first crash, on Series S.

Dang.
How PCs have issues is beyond me.

[weary hedge]

Oh damn I’m surprised you’ve been able to run the game this much on series S. That thing does not have nearly enough Ram and overheats

[hallow shadow]

My box has a Fan-Stand.

I also play on performance mode for literally everything.

[polar silo]

The S runs it fine IF you don’t play for over like 5 hours lol

[weary hedge]

That’s good. Much needed for the s

[weary hedge]

Which id assume he does

[polar silo]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1218160678720765953/1286361728233242665/togif.gif

[weary hedge]

Can’t wait till Xbox releases the new console with steam support shi gonna go crazy

[primal nimbus]

XBOX CS2:

Electric Boogaloo

(Yes, CSGO once had an xbox 360 port)

[weary hedge]

I remember this. It was the in the Orange Box Collection

[hallow shadow]

-reloads save, eats emissions

[weary hedge]

Same with tf2

[polar silo]

You reckon that’s gonna enable console mods?

[weary hedge]

Wait I’m thinking of half life. Csgo had its own thing

[weary hedge]

Oh for sure. It’s basically a pc with the name xbox on it

[polar silo]

Gonna be sick if it does have the ability to mod games

Like actually gonna be such a huge thing

[weary hedge]

For sure. I’m so glad Microsoft and Steam are finally coming together to make Xbox consoles better🔥

[hallow shadow]

How many effing zombies can there be?

What dookie enemies.
Such gimmicks.

[wooden fern]

Hello everynyan!!!

[weary hedge]

Shoot em from a distance. Their heads are 1 shot most the time

[hallow shadow]

They don’t stop spawning. I’ve been trapped in this spot for five minutes.

The emission is already over.

Finally.

[polar silo]

I kinda wish the guns weren’t tiered in this game. Just doesn’t really make sense

[hallow shadow]

Absolute dogshit.

Can’t get up the tower. Game always crashes.

I’m convinced this is a troll.

[weary hedge]

Yeah. They did that to create a balance but in reality just ruined the play-style

[polar silo]

I mean it doesn’t even really create balance. All it does is make half the guns feel useless and just obsolete

[hallow shadow]

By the time you find one, it’s worthless
Looking at you, SOFMOD

[weary hedge]

Exactly. It’s pretty disappointing

Which is the Better Ballistic mod is a must right now

Only downside is enemies do a shi ton of damage with it on

[polar silo]

I like that mod but with the current state of the ai it also kinda ruins the game imo. Getting detected like 30-40m away and having an ai do a 180 and snap onto you then proceed to two tap is a little absurd

[frigid hill]

almondbutterr has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[polar silo]

[weary hedge]

Fr. They mis like 1-2 bullets an entire mag. An absolute headache. Especially when a lot of fights are close quarters with how they’ve set up the spawns just makes the game a living nightmare

[polar silo]

Is there a way to remove mods from my save? Like say I have better ballistics for example (can’t think of another mod lol) and then at some point decide I don’t like it and remove it how would I go about that? Whenever I’ve tried removing a mod it says something about me not having it and makes me reinstall it

[hallow shadow]

Yeah dude.
Are you guys hazing me with this Dnipro joke?

[weary hedge]

I’m not sure I have 2 separate load files. One modded and one vanilla

[polar silo]

The combat rebalanced mods make that a bit better especially when paired with better ballistics but it’s still not a perfect fix

[hallow shadow]

Cause this shit sucks.

[polar silo]

Hold on are you saying the dnipro sucks???

[marble solstice]

Skill issue ig?

[weary hedge]

Nah I like the Dni pro. I use it on my vanilla playthrough

[marble solstice]

Dnipro is amazing

[hallow shadow]

No. I’m saying I can’t get to the top of the effing tower, this joke sucks.

[polar silo]

What tower man

[hallow shadow]

There’s nothing up here but crashing and sadness.
Cooling Tower

[primal nimbus]

The tower a dnipro is on top of

[hallow shadow]

That shit ain’t there.

[polar silo]

Ohhhh

[weary hedge]

Oh you haven’t made it pass the crash?

[hallow shadow]

No. Not effing once.

[marble solstice]

Cooling tower is brutal

[polar silo]

It’s there you just gotta make it up there and look around a bit

[hallow shadow]

I’m literally convinced you guys have me chasing some inside joke.

[weary hedge]

Damn I didn’t know it was that bad on series s

[hallow shadow]

Haha. Yeah.
When 1.9.3 comes out, maybe.

[marble solstice]

Its a series s

Series s sucks lmao

[weary hedge]

This is why I recommend sticking to the internet

[weary hedge]

Good for its price but obviously has its flaws😂

[marble solstice]

I dont think its good for the price at all lmao, it cannot run for shit.

[hallow shadow]

That firestorm was pretty.

Wish it wasn’t destroying my game.

[polar silo]

It’s like $250 and can run heavily modded arma reforger and quite a few other very demanding games.

[weary hedge]

Oh it can. It only starts to shut down when it comes to unreal engine 5 and prolonged periods of gaming on bigger games

[hallow shadow]

Most UE5 games are janky on this console.

Namely that Starship Troopers game.
Now THAT is Eurojank.

[marble solstice]

Me turning the series s into a bomb because i loaded up bg3 act 3

[weary hedge]

Yeah developers are still learning the engine lol

[weary hedge]

Bg3 struggles on console period

[polar silo]

That game is jank in general

[hallow shadow]

OWI screwed the pooch on that ST: Extermination game.

[marble solstice]

Bg3 struggles regardless lmao

[polar silo]

It was perfectly fine for me? Both modded and vanilla

[weary hedge]

Real. I’ve seen it has crazy memory issues on pc for most people

[marble solstice]

I remember when it launched it was disaster when you got to act 3

[polar silo]

There was definitely a noticeable performance change but it was still relatively good

[hallow shadow]

I never made it further than Act 2.

[weary hedge]

I was able to get through a few playthroughs but it definitely struggled in the city

[marble solstice]

And then ps5 version came out and you literally could not beat the game for awhile

[weary hedge]

Ur missing out dawg

[polar silo]

You NEED to finish the game

It’s actually so amazing

[hallow shadow]

I mean maybe.
When I finish Syalker.

I need a cigarette. This crashing is getting to me.

[weary hedge]

Stalker is torture rn. It needs more time in the oven 😂

[hallow shadow]

I loved the game.
I had a Hua Mulan build going on.
A Dex based fighter, really “Rogue Plus”

[polar silo]

It needs a LOT more time in the oven

This game ain’t even finished being prepared for the oven yet

But it’s still fun so

[weary hedge]

They served us raw meat and now I have salmonella😔

[hallow shadow]

Someone didn’t measure the butter, eggs, sugar, and flower.

[polar silo]

Salmonella and a need to play more stalker 🥲

[hallow shadow]

Tapeworm?

[weary hedge]

It’s fun because they cooked with the environment and most the story. But everything else leaves you wanting more

[hallow shadow]

I really do hope this crash subsides. I’d really hate having run all the way up north for no damn reason.

[polar silo]

The point of no return for the ward ending genuinely had me feeling a type of way but the gameplay leading up to it and during it left much to be desired

[hallow shadow]

Anywhere else I can just snag a Dnipro?

[weary hedge]

Hopefully them switching to this newer version of UE5 will help

[weary hedge]

Absolutely. Look up some locations

[hallow shadow]

I’ve never been so eager for an engine swap, in my life.

[polar silo]

The vendor at yantar (?) sells it

[weary hedge]

Sadly yeah. But they’ve said there will be expansion in the future to tie up loose ends

[hallow shadow]

Which region is Yantar? I don’t think I’ve discovered it, yet. None of the places have names. From Garbage, where do I go?

[polar silo]

Yaniv sorry. Basically straight north of the red forest (giant red area)

Yantar is below the burnt forest tho

[hallow shadow]

So, just a little west.

North west-ish.

[polar silo]

The merchant location should be visible on the map. He’s at the train station looking part in like the middle of the region

[weary hedge]

I tagged you in a named map @hallow shadow #💬┃en_offtop

[still current]

Is pretty the right word ?

[hallow shadow]

Thank you.

[hallow shadow]

Beautiful?

[polar silo]

Damn I had my locations all messed up lmao. Been awhile

[still current]

Possibly

[hallow shadow]

Cause it’s a haunted kind of pretty.

[still current]

I'd say majestic

[hallow shadow]

Cool.
I’ll let myself get one more crash in, before I give up on that BS.

[hallow shadow]

I stood there Oooh’ing and Ahhh’ing until an emission spiked.

Then, hid in a train car being continually assailed by zombies.

Cooling Towers is hell. Confirmed.

[weary hedge]

I jumped in it and got turned into a crispy patato chip

[hallow shadow]

The intrusive thoughts almost got me, too.
Some of that stuff in there looks like I can climb on it.

[still current]

Did you meet the old man, valerian

[hallow shadow]

Yeah, he told me his dudes got wiped.

[still current]

Yeah, the zombies are there for his event

[hallow shadow]

But the second time, (crashed) he didn’t show up after the zombies died and emission left.

[still current]

2 or 3 big zombie spawn points

[hallow shadow]

Fighting those zombies, stuffed in the corner of that train car was silly.

Especially when they shoot more accurately than Halo Flood.

There were like 20 of them.
And that “headshot only” stuff has to go.

[polar silo]

That’s when you whip out the glutton and go ham

[hallow shadow]

They get back up.

[weary hedge]

I miss the flood

[hallow shadow]

No point in letting loose.

[polar silo]

Not when you spray 500 rounds of 7.62 into em

[hallow shadow]

I slapped AP rounds in to my AK, swapped to Semi, and began plinking.

I have the Skif’s Slightly Buffed Pistol mod.
Anything I tag, once, dies.
They still get back up, unless it’s a headshot.

[polar silo]

Nuh uh

[hallow shadow]

No LMG is going to help me.

[polar silo]

But the glutton is fun

So if you trust in it it’ll get the job done

[hallow shadow]

It’s not a SAW. But I see what you mean.

[weary hedge]

Start cranking 90s

[hallow shadow]

Still. Zombies require precision.

[polar silo]

Who needs accuracy when you can spray 7.62 and eventually get a headshot

[hallow shadow]

“You don’t need a better gun, you just need to shoot more boolets”
-Marcus Munitions, Borderlands

[chilly scaffold]

Gsc must have been listening to me and my thousand of requests for stalker 2 on ps 5 bc i just learned its coming to ps im so hyppped

[hallow shadow]

Out here chainsmoking, not wanting to crash on that Tower, again.

[weary hedge]

Welcome to the club brotha. Big hyped for yall

[hallow shadow]

The more, the merrier.

Guh. Wasted trip.
ALL THOSE MED KITS

[weary hedge]

What hapen

[hallow shadow]

At least I’m now saved right in front of the teleporter anomaly.

[hallow shadow]

Zombies being able to pixel peek me.

[weary hedge]

They sweating. Fully locked in

[hallow shadow]

That’s what happened.
It was such a “welcome to the rice paddies” moment.

[primal nimbus]

Bro’s angle peeking 💀

[weary hedge]

Drone em out and give callouts

[hallow shadow]

For real, I was fighting Siege Operators.

[primal nimbus]

I’m a counter strike enjoyer

[hallow shadow]

“Vigil, is that you?”
“You’ve cheeki’d your last Breeki, Skif”

[weary hedge]

Hell yeah😂

Bro got clipped and put in a montage by a zombie

[hallow shadow]

For real.
“Haha I domed a Mewtwo. lol”

Click like and subscribe

[weary hedge]

😂

[hallow shadow]

Someone actually has a clip like that, on Twitch.
Playing Destiny 2
“I domed a lvl 5 Mewtwo”

Utter pain in my soul.

[weary hedge]

Lmao destiny 2 is hot dogshit

[hallow shadow]

It is, now. It used to be bearable.

I used to be good at that game.

[weary hedge]

I completed everything in that game and I regret it. It used to be great when it first came out tho

[hallow shadow]

I only ever play for the occasional PvP events. The story is just… Too damn far fetched now.

[weary hedge]

Yeah I get that. Iron banner and curse of Osiris used to be amazing.