☢┃stalker-general

[static lark]

ONLY 12GB?

[chilly bloom]

Dam

[static lark]

A 630?

[chilly bloom]

I DID SOMETHING WRONG ITS LOW GRAPHICS

[hallow shadow]

Go back a screen, to the Video Mode settings.

[shrewd needle]

12 GB is a SHIT-TON of RAM...and yes, an HD 630.

[chilly bloom]

I fixed it

[hallow shadow]

We will fix your resolution in a moment.

[static lark]

Bro… 32gb is like standard

[chilly bloom]

Ok

I have 50Hz and 24Hz

[hallow shadow]

Does your TV support 120?

[chilly bloom]

No...

[shrewd needle]

Only if you can afford it.

[static lark]

Bros probably got a plasma tv from the late 90s

[hallow shadow]

Or 60?
Ohhh shucks v

[chilly bloom]

N-no

[hallow shadow]

Well.
Essentially, your resolution is all you got.

[static lark]

What brand is your tv?

[chilly bloom]

Element

[hallow shadow]

I’m sorry.

[chilly bloom]

I could care less i dont need a pretty game to play good

[static lark]

Yo… I don’t think that even exists anymore

[shrewd needle]

The TV is not in its element.

[chilly bloom]

DAMN

[hallow shadow]

And so the strong separate themselves from the weak.

[shrewd needle]

Games do not need to be pretty. BRING BACK HL2 graphics!

[static lark]

I have a Vizio

[hallow shadow]

HL 1

[static lark]

Cause I like my Vizio

[chilly bloom]

Screw that have mario graphics

[shrewd needle]

I'm being generous for the 'give me photo-realistic graphics' retards.

[hallow shadow]

I have an AOC 32” curved monitor.

[chilly bloom]

2 bit games hell yeah

[shrewd needle]

Mario is eepy.

[chilly bloom]

In black and white

[exotic glacier]

BF4 was sufficient.

[static lark]

I just play on my tv cause why not

[hallow shadow]

Comes with some AMD Freesync Premium stuff, 244Hz that I’ll never use..
Good times.

[shrewd needle]

HL2 was sufficient.

[hallow shadow]

Capped out at 1080p, though.
I don’t know what 1440 looks like.

[static lark]

Have my like 57” Vizio 4k smart TV

[shrewd needle]

Neither do I. 1080p/60 FPS forever.

Even in 2077, I'll use 60 FPS.

[exotic glacier]

No, it was acceptable.

[shrewd needle]

Nah, sufficient.

[hallow shadow]

Well, I run 1080@120-VRR

[shrewd needle]

No VRR for me. Not that I need it, TBF.

[exotic glacier]

Same

[chilly bloom]

I just want to be able to play games i like a stable 30 fps

[static lark]

I run my Xbox at whatever 4k is

[shrewd needle]

30 is luxury; I'd be happy with 20 (which I get in S2).

[chilly bloom]

Sometimes i lower the resolution and play skyrim acting like its 2015

The good old days

[hallow shadow]

Fair enough.
Your monitor is only 75? I don’t think you could VRR with that. I don’t really know.

[static lark]

This guy hates himself

[chilly bloom]

No i just like nostalgia

And i do it on halo 3

Just older not 343 halo games

[shrewd needle]

Monitor doesn't support VRR either; it supports 75 Hz but Intel GPU drivers are garbage and I don't notice a difference between 60 and 75 FPS.

Like...75 doesn't feel any smoother than 60.

[exotic glacier]

I like borderlands 3.

[hallow shadow]

That’s true.

[shrewd needle]

My phone can do 60 and 90 FPS, but 90 is a battery hog and doesn't really make the experience better. 60 is just fine.

[hallow shadow]

To me, at least. 60-75 is negligible.

Just marketing to make whales buy more cards.

[chilly bloom]

I get 60 fps on the first cutscene of halo reach

And it always looks weird to me

[shrewd needle]

Probably pre-rendered.

[chilly bloom]

Maybe

[hallow shadow]

As much as I respect that PC is a more formidable machine than my Xbox, you’d be high to not recognize the monetization of PC in that regard.

[shrewd needle]

NGL, 30 is good for gaming, but it is cinematic slop. Movies being locked to 24 FPS is mind-numbing to me.

[chilly bloom]

Wha

[hallow shadow]

I remember when 720p was a good thing.

[chilly bloom]

24 fps in a movie i payed $30 to see

[shrewd needle]

I mean, that's only because gamers are stupid and seem to keep buying higher-end components.

They could just game on integrated GPUs, low-quality graphics, low resolution...and demand games to not be photo-realistic, and requirements would automatically drop.

[shrewd needle]

All movies are 24 FPS. Hell, GTA San Andreas is 24 FPS!

[hallow shadow]

That’s why I agree with some of your “zoomers killed gaming” mentality.

PC parts are like Fortnite Cosmetics, nowadays.

[chilly bloom]

Yunno i said that and realized i didnt care about the fps in the minecraft movie and whatnot

I also dont watch many movies i just chose to watch that movie because why not

So i wouldnt know much about movie fps

[shrewd needle]

And I agree there; gaming since the last decade has become extremely bad mostly due to gamers being a bunch of retarded entitled kids who keep demanding more and more and more.

We had better games before 2014 than we've done in the last decade.

[shrewd needle]

You're used to 30, though...so 24 feels natural.

[chilly bloom]

Im playing lords of the fallen and on low graphics im having more fun than choppy high graphics

[hallow shadow]

I can’t go that far.

If I buy a card, I expect that shit to work.
However.
The market is always churning out new cards.

[shrewd needle]

IKR? I've not played that, but I'd play NFS HP 2010 any day over NFS Heat.

[shrewd needle]

Like phones. Samsung and Apple be like...CONSUME, CITIZEN!

[hallow shadow]

Half of them can’t run half the games being released. Manufactured Obsolescence exists in PC gaming, as much as consoles.

[chilly bloom]

Hell yeah

[hallow shadow]

As an iPhone user, I’m mad as hell that Apple had the audacity to sell back my home button as an attachment.

[shrewd needle]

Like I said, gamers being entitled, software developers being lazy and hardware manufacturers being capitalists.

[chilly bloom]

New games suck while i played watchdogs 2 and for the first time in like 2 years i played a good game that made me have fun

[shrewd needle]

Well...you went Apple. 😏

[shrewd needle]

I've so wanted to play WD, but...life...

[chilly bloom]

Android master race (says in low camera)

[hallow shadow]

I swapped when I got to Korea.
My American phone didn’t work.

I’ve been too invested in Apple. They have all my data.

I’d have to rebuild a profile on a different provider.

[chilly bloom]

I have an android so i can make fun of androids being bad

[hallow shadow]

I had an android, until I went overseas.
I miss it, honestly.

[chilly bloom]

Androids will get yout through tough times while iphones break under the smallest things

[shrewd needle]

Tim Cook needs new glasses every time. Got to fund that using phone sales.

[hallow shadow]

May I introduce you to our Lord and Savior, Otterbox?

[chilly bloom]

Ive dropped mine a lot and no damage like i had to jump into a bush and land on my gun for it to break

(Airsoft)

[shrewd needle]

Ah...I was like, "How did a gun break?"...

[unreal basin]

So, got a new TV, it’s a Vizio one, played Stalker 2 recently, is the blurriness 5 feet out normal or is the TV the problem?

[hallow shadow]

Who brings their phone to a firefight? This is no time for selfies, Trooper.

[shrewd needle]

Did you set the TV to gaming mode or whatever?

[chilly bloom]

Airsoft is for looks ngl

[unreal basin]

Its on gaming mode yeah

[chilly bloom]

And i like to take pictures there

[hallow shadow]

It’s so expensive, to me.

[shrewd needle]

Then IDK...should auto-adjust and try sharpening it?

[chilly bloom]

Its way too overpriced

My $175 sniper competes with $500 snipers

[unreal basin]

The sharpness option is greyed out

[shrewd needle]

Then no idea. Gaming Mode is the only one I could think of.

[chilly bloom]

AAAAAAAA

I CHANGED MY XBOX TO LIGHT MODE WHILE IN A DARK ROOM

[hallow shadow]

Some TVs come with that.
I wonder if Homie has an older model.

His TV may just not have the option, entirely.

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/deadbeat-light-mode-gif-24758217

[shrewd needle]

#☢┃stalker-general message

[chilly bloom]

Oh come on yall can post memes but i cant

[hallow shadow]

You can run VRR in Dark Mode. If it were available to you.

[chilly bloom]

Thats racis-

[unreal basin]

It has a Gaming Mode, just a bunch of the picture settings are greyed out for some reason when the Xbox’s hdmi cable is plugged in

[shrewd needle]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1120354322320998411/1407103889953656924/card.png?ex=68a4e31e&is=68a3919e&hm=847a71fbc6137cdaf5dc537047260bde497767dc8b5acdca9d97b02b31c0a98d&

[chilly bloom]

I call hacks

[hallow shadow]

You’ll have to check your overrides, and other settings.
Gaming mode helps your latency issues.

[shrewd needle]

Yes, I hacked my way through the Zone. Using Skif's UAMC bayonet.

[chilly bloom]

Mhm

[hallow shadow]

Dammit. I’m only in the 30’s.

[chilly bloom]

Yup totally you hacker

[shrewd needle]

Very self-referential. 😏

[chilly bloom]

Im waiting for the day someone calls hacks while playing a game irl

[hallow shadow]

I turn 34, in October.

[shrewd needle]

Happy Museum Day?

[shrewd needle]

$175 sniper beats $500 sniper. That's a hack. 😏

[hallow shadow]

“Hacking? What do you mean? I have satellite antenna!”

[hallow shadow]

User error

[chilly bloom]

Basically as long as you climb enough trees

And then confuse people by saying "IM OVER HERE" and "NO THE OTHER BUSH"

And then laugh as they lose their mind

Im the only person at my airsoft field who is allowed to climb trees and its so funny to me

[hallow shadow]

Get off my lawn

[shrewd needle]

Sniper training.

OK, time to actually play S2 instead of rant here.

[chilly bloom]

Thats the MOA im trying to go as

[hallow shadow]

Same. I’m avoiding going to SIRCAA, so I can explore the western side before all the side missions get nuked.

[shrewd needle]

Time to enlist in the military and put those airsoft skills to use.

[shrewd needle]

I explore as soon as the LZ is open. SIRCAA can wait an eternity.

[chilly bloom]

Hehe hopefully the enemies call their hits

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/the-day-of-the-jackal-sniper-thefox-gif-3779190507267431771

[hallow shadow]

I just wanted to catch up to where I was (pre-1.5), which was the end of Swamps.

[chilly bloom]

Make sure to tell aaaaallllll of your boot camp buddies that you play airsoft they will think youre so cool

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but I'm saying that I delay all the story once the LZ opens. Never doing story till I clean the map.

[chilly bloom]

And get a military tattoo

[hallow shadow]

The Drill Sergeants will mock you worse than your Buddies ever will.

[chilly bloom]

Ikr

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but it beats hearing them yell orders at you.

[hallow shadow]

There are just some things you don’t talk about, in Boot Camp.

[chilly bloom]

Theyll still do that

[chilly bloom]

Like airsoft nicknames...

Im not saying my airsoft nickname when i go to boot camp

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but making a drill sergeant use humour = biggest challenge ever. And having them mock you = easy way to do it.

[hallow shadow]

The screaming is for desensitization.

Also. No firefight, ever, is going to let you stop and put your ear plugs in.

[shrewd needle]

Do it like 'The Edge Of Tomorrow'. Throw rookies into war. One day to desensitization.

https://tenor.com/view/running-major-william-cage-edge-of-tomorrow-running-away-omw-gif-11056264198614371067

[chilly bloom]

Pov middle eastern soldiers

[hallow shadow]

I mean, yeah. But it’s to maintain functionality when stress and danger is high.

If you were an abused child, drill sergeants don’t really phase you.

[shrewd needle]

Nothing like a real war to put you into gear. Drill sergeants don't compare.

[chilly bloom]

Haha guess what i was as a child

Bullied like hell

[hallow shadow]

You learn to hear past the yelling, and extrapolate information.

[shrewd needle]

And be deaf by the time you're 40.

[chilly bloom]

I hope you know ill say that until im there and break down when the drill sergent screams at me

[hallow shadow]

“Hello, Tinnitus, my old friend..
It’s nice to Eeeeeee,
With you, again”

[chilly bloom]

Already have that too

[hallow shadow]

That scene in Blackhawk Down is real as hell.
“Stop shooting in my ear!”
“WHAT?!”

[chilly bloom]

WHAAAT I CANT HEAR YOU

[wooden walrus]

can the svd run normal 7.62 in the vanilla game? Or does it need special ammo?

[hallow shadow]

My eyes are still good though.
20/10, but now they shake and twitch every so often.

[chilly bloom]

Which 7.62

[wooden walrus]

fmj

[chilly bloom]

No

[wooden walrus]

ah okay so that's a vanilla thing then, not the mod I'm running

[chilly bloom]

Fmj is lps ball right?

[hallow shadow]

I think SVD requires the match grade?

[chilly bloom]

Yeah high quality

[wooden walrus]

yeah it's the ammo you run on the mosin

[chilly bloom]

Yes because as you know guns immediately break with normal bullets

[hallow shadow]

Plinking ammo is plinking ammo.

[chilly bloom]

The usp45 def cant shoot 1500 rounds before jamming once

[wooden walrus]

I'm assuming it's got to be with the cartridge's pressure and trying to run a semiauto weapon, I would assume irl worst case scenario you could just open the gas system and run it like a bolt action but I don't have any irl experience with weapons and I couldn't find much on the fuddsphere in a cursory google search

[chilly bloom]

I had a typing stroke

[chilly bloom]

It wouldnt work like that irl

[hallow shadow]

You’re halfway to understanding.

Handguns are different. No gas.

[chilly bloom]

BULLET IS BULLET

[hallow shadow]

A different cartridge may end up causing issues.

[chilly bloom]

Yeah but not instantly exploding your gun issues

Right?

[hallow shadow]

I mean… You could.
But that round would have to be packed

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/fax-shadow-fax-gif-24191387

[hallow shadow]

Also, no gas.

[chilly bloom]

Ok to be fair that was super old 50bmg and was overpressurized

[unkempt vault]

I found the diamond exo through some dubious methods

[stark crescent]

"alright guys, i bought some fishy aftermarket bullets, and the first few rounds fired off like, way faster on the spedometer than what they are advertised as, but just for hte views, i will continue firing until this gun blows up in my face"

[unkempt vault]

There’s a problem. It’s inside Ozerky’s office.

It seems like a patch pushed some things below the map because I find out SOFMOD is missing too

[chilly bloom]

Oh yeah i think thats where i got mine

[shrewd needle]

Was referring to this: #☢┃stalker-general message

[hallow shadow]

I watched a guy blow part of his hand off.
Using his .50 (M2) round to hammer the pins of his turret mount in.

[unreal basin]

Ok, setting sharpness to 20 seems to have fixed my blurryness

[hallow shadow]

Watched a lady not know how to use a clearing barrel. And shot another Medic in the foot.

[shrewd needle]

WTF?

[shrewd needle]

How do they not follow the basic rules of clearing the gun?

[chilly bloom]

Seeing someone use a gun as something i cant say in this server was the worst thing ever

[shrewd needle]

I mean...stupidity is infinite, so...

[hallow shadow]

They did.
It just didn’t work.
So they pulled the weapon from the barrel. And pulled the trigger

[wooden walrus]

I was asking specifically if you can run 7.62x54R FMJ in the SVD on the vanilla game. (Apparently you can't)

[chilly bloom]

I went to a schook where someone asked and i quote "where is germany in spain"

[hallow shadow]

Ohhhh. I honestly couldn’t say.
I’ve not messed with that weapon in Vanilla.
I’m sorry.

[shrewd needle]

Don't they know that you only pull the trigger when the weapon is pointed in a safe direction?

[chilly bloom]

I did NOT belong there

[wooden walrus]

just trying to know if it was my mod fricking up or if it was like that on the vanilla game to begin with.

[hallow shadow]

They were National Guard Medics.
We don’t expect much from the National Guard.

[shrewd needle]

I think they changed that in an update, so snipers can only use AP/flat rounds.

[wooden walrus]

off the east coast

[chilly bloom]

Lol

[shrewd needle]

Dude...it's not about who they are, but basics of gun handling...how do they not EMPHASIZE that guns are made to kill people and not toys to be played with?

[wooden walrus]

balearic islands catching strays 🚬

[hallow shadow]

Bro. You’re right.
I’m not saying you’re not.
You had to have been there.

I was an MP, and witness to it.
I had to literally process the scene.

[chilly bloom]

But yeah i work at a slower pace because i was forced to go to a special school and wasnt taught anything useful

Except how to make jambalaya because thats 100% helpful

[hallow shadow]

Jambalaya goes hard.

[shrewd needle]

That's what I'm asking; how's the NG/military administration so incompetent?

[chilly bloom]

The person who didnt shower helped cook it so i took one bite just to pretend its good

[hallow shadow]

Weekend Warriors, they’re called.
They do army stuff like once a month.

In essence, they aren’t as disciplined or sharp as an Active Duty component.

[chilly bloom]

I threw that crap in the garbage

But yeah they are a human sized bacteria and nobody wants to go near them

[shrewd needle]

I've never used a gun in my life and I'd think 500 times before doing some shit like that, NGL.

[hallow shadow]

Warfighting is a perishable skill.

No pun intended.

[shrewd needle]

So is awareness, it seems.

[chilly bloom]

My first time shooting a gun (sadly a taurus) i had instant gun safety because im not dumb

Yet ive watched airsofters unironically look down a gun barrel to see if its loaded

Ive done it as a joke but they pointed a revolver at their face instead of opening the cylinder

And i do it with eye protection on but i wish people had more common sense

[hallow shadow]

I need to get to Yaniv, and actually upgrade this Dnipro.

It’s the only thing I haven’t worked on. No one has been able to.

[chilly bloom]

I zoomed through the story without side quests so i was about to be like "how did you already have that gun"

[hallow shadow]

Where is this Rifling Extension Schematic?

[chilly bloom]

Over there

[weary forge]

wish stalker 2 could've been so much more like fixing the a life systems

[hallow shadow]

As soon as I unlocked Lesser Zone, I ran to Red Forest.

Then to Malachite, for Falcon Suit.

[chilly bloom]

I wanted to do that but i chose not to

[hallow shadow]

I probably should’ve picked up the suit, first. Red Forest would probably hurt a lot less.

[chilly bloom]

You play on xbox right?

[hallow shadow]

I do.

[chilly bloom]

If you get the glitch that makes it so you cant beat the game ima feel so bad

[hallow shadow]

What glitch?

[chilly bloom]

Because it did that for me and i couldnt beat it

[hallow shadow]

I have a PDA I can’t get rid of.

[chilly bloom]

Its in a later part and i dont like spoiling things

[hallow shadow]

Bandit PDA

[shrewd needle]

Damn...yea, most people can be stupid about it, NGL.

[chilly bloom]

I just hate people in general

[hallow shadow]

Don’t get him started.

Amnesia is anti-human.

[chilly bloom]

Im just introverted

[hallow shadow]

He must be Covenant. Come to glass us.

[chilly bloom]

Damn split jaw

[hallow shadow]

That was the funniest line ever, dude.
That was in a book, somewhere.

[chilly bloom]

I forgot what book

[shrewd needle]

Being a misanthrope is just simpler.

[chilly bloom]

I like your funny words magic man

[hallow shadow]

W O R T W O R T W O R T

[hallow shadow]

Skynet, is that you?

[static lark]

WORT WORT WORT

[sturdy jacinth]

This MF purple now?!? Damn

[chilly bloom]

AAUURUROOBABA

WORT WORT WORT

[static lark]

I wish the elites weren’t cartoonishly evil in HALO cause they actually look really cool

[hallow shadow]

I’ve been purple for a minute, Stalker.

[sturdy jacinth]

Yeah I been busy

[chilly bloom]

Theyre not evil they were just blinded by the prophets

[shrewd needle]

I'm not that far gone, though.

[static lark]

WORT WORT WORT

[chilly bloom]

Eyy tabooyeee

-halo reach elite

[static lark]

Also love how they don’t speak English until Halo 3

[chilly bloom]

Halo 2

[static lark]

Oh yeah it was halo 2

It’s been years gimme a break you nerds

[chilly bloom]

Im evil so no

[hallow shadow]

Halo 2 Marines were the best.
Me, as a teen: misfires, hits Marine
Marine: “Sir, did you mean to suck?”

[wooden walrus]

wish people would stop jerking off about some mythological self governing AI system they've been sold on

[static lark]

WORT WORT WORT

[wooden walrus]

but hey, here we are.

[static lark]

I find it so funny when you trade weapons with them and they’re just like “great I get this piece of shit”

[chilly bloom]

If you didnt want your butt kicked you shouldnt have stuck it out so far

-sgt johnson

Ah i have the random head pain disease now

[static lark]

Migraines?

[chilly bloom]

No my eyes dont hurt

[hallow shadow]

Dear Humanity,
We regret being alien bastards.
We regret coming to Earth.
And, we most definitely regret that the Corps just blew up our raggedy ass fleet!!”

[chilly bloom]

HOO RAH

[wooden walrus]

that is a normal reaction after talking about butts iirc

[chilly bloom]

True

[static lark]

The Halo Marines could be used as effective propaganda material if the irl US marines cut a deal with Xbox js

[chilly bloom]

True

If we had halo marine armor in the usmc we would have so so sooo many more people enlisting

[static lark]

Can’t wait for Helldivers to stop being tight lipped and just announce a ODST collab

[hallow shadow]

I can’t wait for Helldivers.

[static lark]

If the space force could figure out a way to shoot people from orbit without them dying we’d have so many people joining just cause of Helldivers and ODST

[chilly bloom]

Yeah lol

[static lark]

One more week man one more week

[hallow shadow]

I wasted money on the Starship Troopers game, and now I just want Helldivers to spite that dookie studio.

[static lark]

Imagine being on the receiving end of this

You’re chilling not expecting an attack or anything next thing you know there’s 30 pods coming from space

[chilly bloom]

Oka me go play game

[weary forge]

yeah like the ai spawn bubbles

[chilly bloom]

Seeya guys

[hallow shadow]

I see your Orbital Insertion, and raise you precision Anti-Air/Missile fire.

[static lark]

I’m waiting for my stove to heat up so I can make a pizza

[shrewd needle]

Me too. And I hate the damn TOZ-66.

[hallow shadow]

Bird hunting gun.
Ain’t so bad.

[shrewd needle]

Zero accuracy.

[static lark]

Have you considered shotgun

[hallow shadow]

It’s meant for birds.
Imma say skill issue. 😛

That’s a Dove/Quail gun, if I ever saw one.

[shrewd needle]

It's a shotgun. 😒

I hate you both.

[hallow shadow]

I saw James Bond use it, in Skyfall.
It’s legit.
I swear.

[static lark]

That’s what im saying it’s a shotgun

Also the TOZ-66 irl is a sbs instead of a over under

[weary forge]

previous games had a bit more strategy against the player

[shrewd needle]

I know that.

[hallow shadow]

As opposed to the Vanilla-Hitscan?

[shrewd needle]

I hate you even more... 😒

[hallow shadow]

As long as you hate me from off my lawn.

[shrewd needle]

I hate lawns either ways, so...

[hallow shadow]

Man said “Fk grass”

[shrewd needle]

No, just lawns. Hog water, server no purpose...rather have a proper garden.

[hallow shadow]

You’re right. American Lawns are a travesty.
An ecological crime.

Just like golf courses.

All that “green”, not being used for green things.
Breaks my heart how we destroy the world for some guys with deep pockets.

Yo. Red Forest is actually really pretty, when it’s not trying to kill you.

[shrewd needle]

Yep. Golf itself is fine, but using grassy lawns for it...nah.

[shrewd needle]

Humans are an ecological disaster.

[hallow shadow]

No no no.
Industrialization, and poor crop rotations.
Those are the crimes.

[shrewd needle]

Well, both done by humanity, so...

[static lark]

Do you wee wings on me private?

[hallow shadow]

Post hoc ergo proptor hoc

[static lark]

I got the quote wrong

[hallow shadow]

“Sir, how do we get in the ship, of it’s in the air? The Corps issued me a rifle, not wings”
“There’s a Gravity Lift that carries troops and supplies between the ship and the surface. That’s our ticket in.”

[weary forge]

like them reacting to grenade and not running away and flanking tactics like in the original games

[sharp flame]

I just realised theres no more stalker memes ch?

Oh nevermind, it was hidden lol

[still current]

[jovial sable]

I wish you could use your tablet when you sit down by the fire with other Stalkers. 🙁

[violet dune]

go touch a grass for once

[jovial sable]

no

[violet dune]

[hallow shadow]

On today’s episode of “That Escalated Quickly”

[violet dune]

i will touch game after Q4 updates

[hallow shadow]

Then it looks like Grass is on the menu, for you.

This game touches me, though.
Was not expecting a Chimera to jump me, in the Swamps

[echo nimbus]

I hated that

[shrewd needle]

"Kill most IPSF soldiers in the IPSF Checkpoint."
"Get gunned down by random SVD sniper up top in the inaccessible area."

[hallow shadow]

I didn’t hate it.
But I was damn sure shook.
I had just finished clearing up some Psi-Dogs, running from an Emission… It was just an absolute shit show.

[wooden walrus]

eet sosig

[jovial sable]

I'd rather touch grass

[shrewd needle]

Good news, the Zone's full of radio-active grass.

[weary hedge]

When the iPad kids enters the zone

[hallow shadow]

Gotta get you a salt-lamp.
Does everything grass does, without the “outside” part.

[jovial sable]

I'm 31 🙁

[hallow shadow]

I wish I could do Fortnite dances by the fire pits.

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/no-the-office-michael-scott-scream-gif-16929305

[frigid hill]

.fortnox has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[jovial sable]

🙁

[hallow shadow]

Oh WOW

[jovial sable]

utter woke nonsense

[weary hedge]

Brain rot

[violet dune]

u all are pregnant

[hallow shadow]

https://tenor.com/view/troopers-responsible-helpful-doing-my-part-gif-11496062726020391529

[hallow shadow]

Try finger but hole

[weary forge]

what are these comments

[weary hedge]

Ur next😈🫃

[hallow shadow]

Radiation exposure

[jovial sable]

serial impregnator

[stark crescent]

Maybe request it as a mod. Play tetris on the tablet.

[jovial sable]

*watch tiktoks

[hallow shadow]

Super Turbo Turkey Puncher 3

[wooden walrus]

30% roam the zone 70% doomscroll

[stark crescent]

Ur 31, you dont watch tiktoks, you watch shorts.

[wooden walrus]

real grindset

[stark crescent]

Old fart.

[jovial sable]

shove that thumb up your bum @weary hedge

[harsh jungle]

I wanna watch subway surfers footage

[weary hedge]

I’ll touch you

[hallow shadow]

Me too. I’m almost 34

[jovial sable]

real men watch reels 😎

[stark crescent]

I dont even know what those are

[echo nimbus]

Did u guys fight dinosaurs

[wooden walrus]

I think it's from that food photo website

[harsh jungle]

what’s a TikTok

[hallow shadow]

Not that old.
But, somewhere, in my rucksack, I have one of Jesus’s slippers.

[harsh jungle]

I feel old

[stark crescent]

I only watch instagram for the thots

[shrewd needle]

That was mildly annoying, but the rest of the game wasn't.

[hallow shadow]

I like the new bouncy trend.

[wooden walrus]

it's a chinese psyop disguised as an app

[harsh jungle]

ok I’ll avoid it then

[hallow shadow]

That mini-game was fire, what are you talking about!

[shrewd needle]

Just like FB is an NSA psy-op disguised as an application. 😏

[hallow shadow]

Doom 3 was the best, because of that little arcade bit.

[wooden walrus]

lizardmen psyop

[stark crescent]

You could play games on f4 pipboy. Why wouldnt you be able to play games on the stalker tablet

[shrewd needle]

I actually enjoyed Doom 3 itself, STTP3 was...eh, interesting, I guess.

[shrewd needle]

But can it play Doom 1994? 😏

Imagine Skif getting throught the Phobos laboratories, hearing grunts of hell enemies.

Except it's a Bloodsucker behind him.

[hallow shadow]

It’s free “Achievement Points”, just punch some Gobbles.

[weary hedge]

Better then dark ages that shi was mid

[shrewd needle]

I know. Except it takes 25,000 points. And I prefer to click on enemies...

[shrewd needle]

Here's an unpopular opinion: D3 was better than 2016 and Eternal combined.

[hallow shadow]

Turkeys is enemies too

[shrewd needle]

Take me less clicks to get through D3 than to get the 25,000 points.

[weary hedge]

Agreed. I’d put eternal in 2nd place

[hallow shadow]

Doom 3 was designed to be unique, and I loved it.
2016 was a modernization of the first game, and I loved it.
Eternal. I still haven’t beaten it.

[wooden walrus]

why have a vintorez and a val?

isn't the val essentially just a higher capacity select fire vintorez?

[hallow shadow]

Options for optics.

[shrewd needle]

For me, it's D3, D64, D1, D2, 2016, Eternal.

[weary hedge]

Eternals just 2016 but better

[wooden walrus]

oh right I guess the vanilla plebs would need that

[shrewd needle]

No. In vanilla game, VSS has far higher damage than the VAL.

IRL, VSS is just a VAL with a different stock.

[hallow shadow]

I just couldn’t keep up.
I’m an old disabled man.
That consistent combat flow eats me alive.

[weary hedge]

Fair enough eternal is pretty hectic

[shrewd needle]

I felt otherwise; 2016 was a refined game. Eternal felt 'thrown together'. And too fast.

[hallow shadow]

But that game was pretty gnarly.

I just can’t git gud.

[weary hedge]

Eh I appreciate all the new shit they threw in and the combat felt more alive

[shrewd needle]

Gud is bad. Bad is gud. So git bad.

[wooden walrus]

I really really can't be bothered with the new dooms and idk why

[hallow shadow]

Funnily enough, Dark Side or whatever was made for folks like me.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, most people preferred the power fantasy style of Doom.

I, uh...let's say...barely got through.

[wooden walrus]

played 2016 until fairly far in, didn't think anything bad about it, just never finished and never felt the need to try the other two

[hallow shadow]

I still didn’t really enjoy it.

[weary hedge]

Them glory kills tho🤤

[hallow shadow]

2016 is original Doom, but newer.
If that helps.

I was so drunk when that game came out. I was still stationed in Germany.

[weary hedge]

I needa play through them all again one of these days

[shrewd needle]

Not a fan.

[hallow shadow]

I need D3 to get modernized.

I want to feel the fear, like I did back then.

[weary hedge]

Not a fan of ripping apart demons like butter? That’s the first time hearing this from someone 😭

[shrewd needle]

Yea, well...too bad they're not doing a horror Doom anymore.

[hallow shadow]

Which sucks.
I remember when that was a Benchmark game for PCs.

[shrewd needle]

No. I'm happy doing normal FPS stuff like a normal sociopathic protagonist rather than be an outright insane psychopath with zero brain like the Slayer.

Don't get me wrong, I'm fine with ultra-violence, but with guns.

[weary hedge]

Little do you know that’s what doom guys develops into

[shrewd needle]

The whole 'rip-and-tear' is just cringe.

[hallow shadow]

Slayer is just a man.
Literally too angry to die.

Because… They killed his dog, or something.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, I know the plot. And I don't really like it. The old Doom was better...one guy clearing out the demons and just going back home.

Not the 'God fighting for eons against hell'.

[weary hedge]

A revenge seeking man

[shrewd needle]

No, that's John Wick. And he's a better 'Slayer' than the Doom Slayer.

[hallow shadow]

Now he’s married to one of the Animal Crossomg characters.

[hallow shadow]

No, seriously.
Demons killed someone close to Slayer, and he lost his shit.

[weary hedge]

His pet bunny

[hallow shadow]

THAT’S it.

[shrewd needle]

That's a joke plot. The real plot is just D1 to D64, after which you're dropped in Dark Ages, then 2016 and later.

[hallow shadow]

It’s not a joke to the Slayer.

[shrewd needle]

True. He himself is a sad joke. 😔

[hallow shadow]

Pffff.

[weary hedge]

That’s the point bro. It’s not meant to be taken that serious 😂

[hallow shadow]

Slayer goes hard.

I need a Doom 3-2

[shrewd needle]

TBF, that's why I like D3. Lot more serious about it.

[hallow shadow]

Kinda like how Elden Ring is just Dark Souls 2-2

[weary hedge]

You play night rein? We gotta run it

[hallow shadow]

I’m not gud enuff for Nightreign.
I beat the first final boss, and just. Cannot handle that game.

Mostly because my Claymore no longer has R2-Poke

[weary hedge]

Yeah it’s pretty fast paste

[hallow shadow]

I can’t do things like that.
The added PUBG feeling has me effed up.

[weary forge]

For me I really wanted lots of the returning bosses then what we got in nightreign

[weary hedge]

We are getting more soon

[hallow shadow]

Cause like… Bell Bearing Hunter isn’t that scary.
If you have Lion’s Claw.

[weary forge]

from shadow of the erdtree or more ds bosses cause I want some more ds bosses

[hallow shadow]

Str/Fth main.
I Unga, in the name of Bunga

[hallow shadow]

Manus, Father of the Abyss

That Sunflower boss had me raging.

I didn’t even know there were 3 phases, dude.
I was SCREAMING

[weary forge]

Orenstein and Smough

[hallow shadow]

YES

[hallow shadow]

Bed of Chaos

[weary forge]

Pinwheel

I wouldn't mind some redesigns for bosses to be honest to fit the flow of nightreign

[hallow shadow]

Sister Friede

[weary forge]

classic

[hallow shadow]

She would stomp, in Nightreign.

I do like the Artorias cosmetic

Artorias had the drip.

But a Sif/Artorias duo?
Absolute cinema.

[weary forge]

that would be cinema

[hallow shadow]

That would wreck, too. Those fights were no joke for their time.

[weary forge]

Fume knight and Sir Alonne

[hallow shadow]

VELSTADT/VENDRICK

Mirror Knight.

God, I loved DS2.
I always hung out there, to get summoned for that fight.

Before becoming Spear of the Church was a thing, it was Mirror Knight.

[weary forge]

a modernized fexile sentry

[hallow shadow]

Lost Sinner, too.

[weary forge]

Darklurker

[weary forge]

They could add tons of ds bosses

[hallow shadow]

That shit suuuucked.

Twin Pursuers

[weary forge]

not a dark lurker enjoyer I see

they could remake some of those bosses

Champion Gundyr

Soul of Cinder

[hallow shadow]

Champion Gundyr went hard

[weary forge]

great boss to add

[hallow shadow]

Slave Knight Gael

[weary forge]

Awwwwwww

[hallow shadow]

That’s the end of a run, right there.

Up until Midir shows up.

[weary forge]

What about Pontiff Sulyvahn

thoughts on em

[hallow shadow]

Sully would be hardcore, too.

A modernized Pontiff would smash.

[static lark]

Can I share my lord and savior Rob Zombie with you?

[hallow shadow]

Who?

[weary forge]

it would for sure

[hallow shadow]

Iron Golem.
Complete with an arena you can fall off of.

Bye-Bye Ironeye

[static lark]

This guy doesn’t know Rob Zombie

[hallow shadow]

Do not cite the deep magics to me, witch.
I was there when they were written.

I’m just not a fan.

[weary forge]

it depends even if they can make a arena like that

with the map and all

[hallow shadow]

I mean, to me, it sounds simple.
Ground just crumbles away.

But I don’t know how that would work, mechanically/locationally.

Would have to be area-specific, probably.

[weary forge]

imagine if sekiro and bloodborne ips can be used prob not going to happen

[hallow shadow]

I never played Bloodborne, but throwing Genichiro or Glock-Saint Isshin would definitely ruin a few days.

Hell, Lady Butterly would absolutely shred an unprepared group.

And, Malenia isn’t beating Wolf
I don’t care what anyone says.

He already has Dragon-AIDS, so Rot means nothing.

He would deflect Waterfowl like it was his job.

[echo nimbus]

Nah but lowkey the fight is just wolverine vs like 1000 hulks or smt idk if wolf is strong enough to beat her ngl at least lore wise

[weary hedge]

Have you guys ever been raped?

[hallow shadow]

Hey, we don’t say that here.

[weary forge]

Demon of Hatred would be a banger fight

[hallow shadow]

If you’re actually experiencing trauma, I’d recommend reaching out to a Mod, or someone close.

[weary hedge]

Everyone is so sensitive. Sorry I'm a cave man and not one of these cool kids

[echo nimbus]

Prob the most elden ring like fight

[weary hedge]

What kind of question is this lil bro😭

[hallow shadow]

ROBERRRT

[echo nimbus]

I lowkey rageqyit sekiro over that fight no joking took a 1 year break

[hallow shadow]

My name is… GyoubU MASATAKA ONIWA

[weary forge]

that fight is fantastic

[weary hedge]

Bruh just thinking about this being in nightrein makes me salivate 🤤

[hallow shadow]

That fight caught me so off guard.
But it was probably the most fun I had in the game.

[weary hedge]

I'm playing cyberpunk 2077 and the game is a bleak future

[unreal basin]

New tv seems to dislike Stalker 2

[weary hedge]

Gave me depression

[unreal basin]

Wanted to loot the Pripyat stashes today before doing the main missions there, but everything looks like what irl does without my glasses

[echo nimbus]

Honestly for me inner genichiro is the best fight just cause of how fast paced it is

[weary hedge]

On the easiest fight in the entire game???

[echo nimbus]

Yeah don't ask

[frigid hill]

voidedbrain_13448 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[echo nimbus]

It's ok tho cuz i came back a year ltr and beat the game in like a week

[weary hedge]

I mean if you don’t know what to do he’s hard I guess

[echo nimbus]

I didn't know the rhythm of the game ngl once I figured it out it was fun

[weary hedge]

Why are there squads of bloodsuckers now I get 4 at a time to fight off

[echo nimbus]

A life tweaking

[weary hedge]

S2 is unforgiving

[echo nimbus]

Depends on the difficulty but yes

[weary hedge]

Personally I think owl father in memory is the hardest boss

[hallow shadow]

Father Owl was a jerk.

[weary forge]

one of the hardest no doubt

[echo nimbus]

Dude I legit died sm on demon of hatred like owl father I beat in 2 tries but holy ik trash at like the dodging type bosses 😭

[weary hedge]

Way worse than saint isshin

I put it on rookie I'm still getting my rear kicked

[echo nimbus]

Prob not looting enough

[weary hedge]

Damn it was the opposite for me😂

Let me guess "dont desicrate the dead

[echo nimbus]

😭 in my humble defense it was my first souls game so

[weary hedge]

Makes sense. It was my final souls game if you don’t count nightrein

[echo nimbus]

Sheesh bro likes souls games

[weary hedge]

Wya in the game rn?

[weary hedge]

My buddy got me hooked and now I want more 😭

The monolith base on the island

3 bloodsuckers attacked me

I managed to beat all 3 though

But seriously

[weary hedge]

https://youtu.be/XCo4CtREclA?si=spj95pVUsOWSepIO

Here’s a guide how to get a great starter suit to help you endure more of the zone

What weapons are you using ?

Svd and auto shotty

Have to wait till I get home I'm at work

Ill send ss

You should be good with those as long as you actually have a good amount of ammo for the svd

Yeah svd doesn't make sense larger ammo/rifle but hits like a pillow

[cedar dawn]

Do any of you know where to find some good weapons?

[weary hedge]

You need to hit stashes

Sometimes they have good weapons

[harsh jungle]

I like looting stashes

[weary hedge]

Just dont loot the dead

Show some dignity

[harsh jungle]

I also loot the dead

I need to make moneys somehow

[weary hedge]

I hacked the game for like$400000000

Send me your save file

[harsh jungle]

no

[hallow shadow]

Way out in Red Forest.

[harsh jungle]

I am also poor

[hallow shadow]

You’re looking for a “Dnipro”

[weary hedge]

Ill hack your save and give you alot of funds

[harsh jungle]

no

[weary hedge]

Why

[harsh jungle]

I like looting the dead and looting stashes

I’m what you’d call a “loot goblin”

[weary hedge]

Commence goblin slayer reference

[hallow shadow]

Ohhh. No wonder you’re comfortable straight up dropping the R word in chat.

I’ve been Muted for less, dude.

[weary hedge]

You die in the game you die in real life

Is stalker 2 any good now

[hallow shadow]

Yes. It’s not bad, it’s just occasionally rough.

Depends on what your definition and bad is.

[weary hedge]

The traps in this game are evil

Kill 3 bloodsucker to loot a crate and get nothing but some ammo back

And not alot

So you wasted ammo on a quest

Might not have enough to make it to a settlement

Oh and the controller mutant is in s2 so that's frustrating

[still current]

[weary hedge]

Over did it with the head psi shaders

[wooden walrus]

it's even worse with unlimited

kill a burer to get into a stash, kill another burer that spawns when you open that stash

stash contains like 3 pieces of bread and 30 9x18 rounds

[hallow shadow]

You’ve cheeki’d your last breeki.”
-John Stalker

[wooden walrus]

ggs

[weary hedge]

They should have made s2 sandbox

[wooden walrus]

there's a sandbox mod

[still current]

Ew

[wooden walrus]

https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1211

[weary hedge]

Stories are just there to distract you

Plopping into the zone and survive

[hallow shadow]

That’s… The game.

[weary hedge]

Dude cmon I dont need a bed time story

Just let me shoot things

[wooden walrus]

then install the mod I just linked

[hallow shadow]

I think bro is just a bad-faith actor.
He waltzed in here, dropped the R word, and kept going.

[shrewd needle]

I love how this place is randomly game talk, brain-rot, more brain-rot, guns and memes.

[hallow shadow]

Brainrot is Rads, my dude.
The Zone shines through us all.

[wooden walrus]

sig p230 amirite u guise

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/richter-vibing-richter-slag-heap-stalker-stalker-2-gif-17324677316369800870

[wooden walrus]

huehuehue

[hallow shadow]

Richter, my beloved.

[shrewd needle]

Nah, that's me blockin' all ya noobs out!

[spare canopy]

Probably not, but something is going on... It shouldn't be missing at point blank... to the head.

[shrewd needle]

I prefer anti-rads.

[shrewd needle]

I thought all the bullets had RNG whether they hit or not?

Yes, in the original trilogy.

[wooden walrus]

irl too

[weary hedge]

Why do alot of the npcs look like me?

[shrewd needle]

Nah...IRL isn't that much RNG.

[shrewd needle]

'Cause the models aren't solid. Inside...is just a void.

[spare canopy]

No idea... but I used to pop the heads of Soldiers with the silence pistol all the time on Master, now it is doing almost nothing.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but I'm pretty sure the original trilogy's ballistics had RNG involved...bullets were real, but there was RNG whether you hit or not. A chance to hit, a chance to not.

[wooden walrus]

afaik that's a myth

people have claimed it forever, they also said that master difficulty is fairer or whatever

[spare canopy]

yup, the first thing I used to do was head south and attack the the outpost. Get my self a nice AK, and plenty of ammo... then the guy under the bridge got it in the face and that was that... off to garbage.

[wooden walrus]

far as I understand it, both are either myths or outdated information

[hallow shadow]

Shooting at things that shoot back generally throws off one’s aim.

[wooden walrus]

then again, gasp people mythologizing and misunderstanding stuff from the stalker games, shocker

[hallow shadow]

BUT MAH REALISM REEEEE

[spare canopy]

Never felt like that.

[shrewd needle]

IDK...just what I read.

[wooden walrus]

I mean the rumors are very real, people were claiming that bullets straight up disappeared mid air depending on the difficulty

but then again that's kinda par for the course for a game released in the naughties

yno, the era of the internet rumor

[shrewd needle]

https://www.rxddit.com/r/stalker/comments/7fxvt5/what_do_difficulties_actually_change_in_stalker/

[wooden walrus]

mew is real you guys all you have to do is push the truck

[kindred timber]

Bullets do disappear mid-air though

Regardless of difficulty

All pistols have 50m range, anything further and the projectile is gone

[wooden walrus]

range's different, that could be possible

[weary hedge]

Uzi go brrrrrrrrrr

[shrewd needle]

This chart exists.

[spare canopy]

Both were myths?

[shrewd needle]

Also, I'm pretty sure the Reclamation Projects removed the RNG...but not 100% sure.

[hallow shadow]

Pistol-math in games makes me so sad.
It’s a max effective range of 50m. That round is still going to fly for a bit.

[spare canopy]

So the shots should be hitting then.

[weary hedge]

Who measures ballistics? Just shoot till you hit

[hallow shadow]

“Right gun for the job”, homie.

Know your tools, know your task.

[shrewd needle]

Maybe they screwed something up. 😔

[hallow shadow]

“WHO measures ballistics?”
I dunno. The people who make guns?

[shrewd needle]

TBF, it's a game, so effective range is generally treated as the maximum range, especially since bullets don't generally exist in games.

[weary hedge]

Irl guns and digital guns are not the same

[wooden walrus]

a ballistic measurer, duh

[spare canopy]

why am I not surprised... If that was the case.

[hallow shadow]

Then what’s the point of damage falloff?

If efficacy means nothing?

It somehow applies to anything larger than a pistol.

[spare canopy]

Marketing waffle to sound great.

[shrewd needle]

To simulate bullet velocity loss over the effective range. 😏

[weary hedge]

There's always that one little thing that ruins the gaming experience

[hallow shadow]

Damage falloff should start at 50m.

[wooden walrus]

it entirely depends on the game and how seriously they take the ballistics simulation

[hallow shadow]

For a pistol.
Not the entire projectile dissipating.

[shrewd needle]

Unfortunately, 'gameplay balance' is a real term.

[hallow shadow]

Pistols aren’t any less lethal.

[weary hedge]

That makes no sense

[hallow shadow]

They’re just smaller.

[spare canopy]

Yup... and some do it better than others. S2 doesn't do it very well.

[shrewd needle]

I know that. You know that. Developers who want balanced weapons don't care.

[weary hedge]

You should start the game with some of the best equipment

Youre going to the freaking zone after

[shrewd needle]

Yea; S2's vanilla ballistics are garbage.

[hallow shadow]

Better Ballistics helps.
Such a nice mod.

[shrewd needle]

You do. Skif's Makarov is basically a hand-held ICBM.

[weary hedge]

Going back to the trilogy is tuff because of how different stalker 2 is with gunplay

Every guns bloom is through the roof

[shrewd needle]

And trilogy has health regeneration. S2...well...FML?

[weary hedge]

Cmon man he should desert eagle it at the start of the game

[spare canopy]

Yeah, but you get one tapped a lot by sniper wall hacking NPC's... Until you get some armour and artifacts.

[hallow shadow]

It’s also the only gun a Burer can’t yank from you.

[shrewd needle]

Skif's Makarov IS the Desert Eagle. 😏

[fickle hill]

Health regen is with the heart of chornobyl artifact

[shrewd needle]

At the end of the game. Where it makes no sense.

WHERE'S MY KOLOBOK?

[fickle hill]

Yeaaaah

[hallow shadow]

I was a corner-peeking scumbag for most of the early game.

[weary hedge]

Did anyone else find skifs supressor

[shrewd needle]

I mean, that's tactical.

[weary hedge]

Missed opportunity to give ng+ or let us continue exploring

[shrewd needle]

Solder's. Or at multiple traders.

[shrewd needle]

NG+ would make the most sense, since story means post-story free-roam would be weird.

[weary hedge]

Didn't know that was an option

[shrewd needle]

You can always buy everything you can find. And vice-versa.

[hallow shadow]

Solder? I thought he had the Stendo Clip.
You can get the suppressor before ever seeing Zalyssia

[shrewd needle]

Oh...right, my bad. I screwed up there.

[weary hedge]

Here’s hoping they’ll listen to the playerbase

I have unlimited funds anyways

[fickle hill]

That or if you go with spark and star

[shrewd needle]

I forgor where, though...since I confused it with the extended.

[spare canopy]

Same... I was worried about S2 when they released an early video and the guy walks into the middle of the war house, NPC's shoot insane amounts of bullets and they all miss... Even on the easiest settings, the NPC would slaughter you if you did something as stupid as that.

[hallow shadow]

You good.
I thought I was missing valuable loots.

[shrewd needle]

I mean...they had all these patches to...they still didn't fix the ballistics, much less add the old artifacts.

Hell, there's multiple artifacts with duplicated effects, but not just give us the old ones.

[hallow shadow]

S2 was my first in the series.
Those three dudes in the Intro wiped me before I cleared the rubble. It was insane.

[wooden walrus]

boiler house, in vanilla

[weary hedge]

This is really a sandbox mod? Sorry but I dont need a lullaby

[hallow shadow]

I made it as far as Swamps, on release.

I’m so happy for mods, now.

[weary hedge]

Yeah most the lists are full of bug fixes

[wooden walrus]

"Start a new game choosing location, loadout, faction, rank, money and more things from your election, reaching some kind of "free play" mode. Intro and tutorial will be skipped, main mission disabled and Zone opened to your adventures."

My brother in christ, read.

[shrewd needle]

Uh...where's that, again? Like, general area?

[weary hedge]

Now we are getting a deagle which is like cool ig😭

[shrewd needle]

I'm asking where the boiler house is...

[wooden walrus]

it's where you rescue richter's friend's friend.

[hallow shadow]

Right after you wake up next to Richter, and he sends you to Zalyssia, there’s a small gunfight going on in a village, with a Stalker hiding inside.
He sends to you go rescue his buddy.
It’s in there.

[weary hedge]

I have a lump in the back of my head

[shrewd needle]

Ah...right, now I remember.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, yea...I remember places, just not their names.

[hallow shadow]

Skif needs the option to smoke, like Big Boss

[weary hedge]

Anomaly 2 when?

[hallow shadow]

I just need one of these merchants to reliably sell 5.45 AP

Wait… The Cement Factory jokers sell like 150rnds.

Nap time!

Silly Doody. Gimme your boolets.

[weary hedge]

Duty?

[hallow shadow]

Yuh

[weary hedge]

I haven't even seen sid i should visit

[shrewd needle]

Everyone sells; just reload inventory.

[hallow shadow]

Not 5.45 (AP)

Even Icarus doesn’t sell it, for me.

[weary hedge]

The deeper into the zone you go the more difficult it gets am I wrong?

[hallow shadow]

No.

Bring a Dnipro.
Semi, or die.

I love that gun.
Haven’t even upgraded it.
Just attachments.

Absolute workhorse.

Can’t wait for the NPCs to be able to tag me with them, too.
Gimme a taste of my own medicine.

[wooden walrus]

Today I was having trouble locating enemies in a firefight and I realized something

my main monitor's on an RMA and I'm playing on the TV I had previously which looks blue and dark as shid

[weary hedge]

Go on

[wooden walrus]

so maybe it's not that I'm old and bad, maybe I'm old and bad but on a bad tv as well.

[hallow shadow]

I realized something like this, too.
No matter how I tweaked the game, I couldn’t see shit.
Until I realized my monitor settings had me all effed up.

[weary hedge]

I only get 71h on my monitor

[wooden walrus]

I have no idea why this tv looks as blue and dark as it does but when I bought a new one was like "god damn how have I been on this for 5 years"

[spare canopy]

But the only thing is, it is kind set after SIRCAA as monolith spawn as enemies... Which is garbage

[hallow shadow]

I have the option to go to SIRCAA, I’m just not.

[wooden walrus]

reading online apparently it might be something to do with like a led control module or whatever but to be perfectly frank I don't think I would be able to fix it for a reasonable amount of money so whatever

[spare canopy]

Was refer to the mod... But yeah, I have only got as far SIRCAA, turned back and not regretted... The game jank after SIRCAA, and if you don't do it, you're carrying a f-ing device around.

[ebon blade]

Smart man.

[hallow shadow]

It’s on your advice.

[wooden walrus]

there's a mod that makes quest items weightless

[spare canopy]

How?

[hallow shadow]

I’ll take the weight-drag over a slog any day.

[hallow shadow]

I adjusted my screen to a different game… dropped almost all contrast, brightness 40.

I gimped my own screen, and blamed the game.
Went back. Normalized my settings. And BAM
A whole neewww worrrrlld

[wooden walrus]

hopefully with the swap to 5.5 the game will be able to stay on hdr if not fullscreen

[spare canopy]

I just hate monolith everywhere, I hate the fact they are back again... It's just boring now, to me, monolith died at the end of SoC, when C-Con got wiped out and whole operation shut down.

[wooden walrus]

kinda dumb that it can't do hdr in windowed mode but hey whatever.

[hallow shadow]

I don’t know the lore.
I don’t know who I am.
All I know is that I must find a new apartment.

[spare canopy]

Glad you got it sorted though.

Having things set up properly, makes such a difference

[spare canopy]

Yeah, in the last place on Earth where you will find an appartment 😄

[hallow shadow]

I had Starfield going for a while. (I know… I know…)
But I was so mad that that game was always so damn bright.

Forgot that’s why Stalker was dark as hell.

[hallow shadow]

I mean… I’m pretty sure Chornobyl is still widely off limits.

So yeah.
I definitely wouldn’t be real estate hunting in the Zone.

[spare canopy]

It's such a terrible story hook and none of it makes sense...

[hallow shadow]

I’m not disagreeing, Brother.
I just literally don’t know any better.

[spare canopy]

I know, it's all cool.

[hallow shadow]

I CAN SEE ALL OF THE INTERACTION DOTS

When the hell can I get rid of this Bandit’s PDA?

[spare canopy]

At the end of the game, when it is all over 😄

[fickle hill]

On that very day is when operation Fairway is in play

[spare canopy]

Eh?

[hallow shadow]

Fffffff

[fickle hill]

If you went through the strider scene you will get it

[spare canopy]

I can't remember the story, I hated it that much...

In my current game I am not Skif, just some stalker in the zone trying to make a living... Watching Stalkers and other things pop out of thin air and randomly appear around me...

[wooden walrus]

my name is strider, and I'm here to say,
I love operation fairway in play in a major way

[fickle hill]

Oh

[spare canopy]

I mean... kinda remember bits an pieces... but not the finer details, and I also forgot a lot of it.

[fickle hill]

You enter the pod in orbita station and you see strider and he gives you the eye to eye contact and you see him through his eyes in operation fairway

And that took place at the CNPP also

[spare canopy]

Oh.... that bit... in the underground bit... wher you are supposed to sneak out... but the stealth mechanics are busted 😄

And cabbage brains is down there.... I mean scar

[fickle hill]

Snipers are OP so if you need to get out snipers are just the way to go

Snipers are the definition of stealth in this game

[spare canopy]

Yeah, you can shoot some with a silence pistol and alert the enemy, but pop them in the head with an un-silenced rifle and nothing...

[hallow shadow]

Makin my way through Red Forest
Runnin fast, zombies pass, as I get shot
Duh Nuh Nuh Nuh Nuh Nuh Nuh.

[fickle hill]

Sadly that's the case

[static lark]

Uga Duga

Duga the Uga

[spare canopy]

Skif of the Dump

[static lark]

For context an Uga Duga is a impact driver

[fickle hill]

Ah yes the duga where you need an empty backpack to collect 3/4 of the stashes

[wooden walrus]

that sounds great for my game where a baseline loadout will put you just a hair under encumbrance threshold

[fickle hill]

I did that in Pripyat when I got there early I started looting away

[static lark]

Love when carrying my Dnipro, Spitter, and 1911 that im already at 60/80kgs

[wooden walrus]

yikes

[static lark]

Granted I have like 2000 rounds of ammo on me… so what?

[wooden walrus]

okay that makes sense

[fickle hill]

Depending on how much ammunition I got I carry I do 1 gun 2000 rounds

But medkits are a pain since they're so heavy

[static lark]

Yeah there is 0 reason a little plastic cheese square with one syringe in it should weigh half a kilo

[weary hedge]

I hate stories just let me commit genocide already

[fickle hill]

Based

Gotta get all the stash locations

[static lark]

Pretty sure that’s that dudes first message in this server

[fickle hill]

I guess so since I can't get his history Via ID

[spare canopy]

I only take out abotu 200 rounds for my main...

60 for sniper and pistols.

[fickle hill]

Nvm

[static lark]

200 isn’t enough

[weary hedge]

Who

[spare canopy]

Tis for me.

[static lark]

Knowing my luck I’ll have to fight a Pseudo-Giant which will just soak up 300 rounds

[hallow shadow]

There’s a 2x for Dnipro?
YES!
Saiga, or Sledgehammer, and why?

[static lark]

Sledgehammer… looks cool

[fickle hill]

Ah 3 rounds with a siaga drum will do

[weary hedge]

Slugs

[spare canopy]

I don't go to where sudo giants are... Stupid things they are.

[static lark]

Also pretty sure the sledge has better damage pen

Cause that’s how guns work (it’s not)

[fickle hill]

Why reload all those shells?

[hallow shadow]

Rhino shoots 9x39?
Beautiful.

[weary hedge]

Ah yes the frame of a gun gives the bullet more penetration…stalker 2😂

[static lark]

The… the magnum revolver?

[fickle hill]

Point and shoot and grab another bullet house drum

[hallow shadow]

So… Saiga is what I’m hearing?

[fickle hill]

Yes

[static lark]

Cause I don’t have 800 12 gauge to piss away it makes more economic sense to just use the gun that has better penetration than to spray all your rounds

Also the Saiga doesn’t look as cool and the rule of cool always wins

[weary hedge]

The RAM is also solid

[fickle hill]

You do you I wanna pump pure lead into those Giants

[static lark]

Meh it’s pump not worth

[spare canopy]

I prefer the Spaz myself

[static lark]

I do too

[hallow shadow]

Where’s that? I just made it to the Hub in Red Forest.
Torn between Saiga/Sledgehammer, and Dnipro/Kharod

[static lark]

The spaz is a horrible gun irl but it looks cool

[weary hedge]

Max damage and rate of fire

[shell flax]

The Ram honestly is better then the saiga for ammo efficiency imo

[fickle hill]

If something wants to get close and personal with me I wanna make sure they're not swiss cheese I wanna make sure they're a puddle on the ground

[static lark]

For ammo efficiency ye but the spaz

[shell flax]

That and the saiga murders its durability quick

[static lark]

Cause you’re full auto-ing 12 gauge

[spare canopy]

I usually go S15, Intergral-A, Skifs Pistol, If I need shotty I swap out the S15

[weary hedge]

If ur running shotguns you might aswell go ram

[static lark]

Sledgehammer

Semi-auto, preserves ammo just as good

Looks cooler

[fickle hill]

Now if we had a 50 round drum for saiga my enemies would be atomless

[weary hedge]

Looks cool but if ur min-maxing ram takes the cake

[static lark]

Min maxing is gay and for souls games

[shell flax]

I just like the Ram because the DP-12 is goofy

[hallow shadow]

Alrighty.
Dnipro, Saiga, Skif’s Pistol.

I’m so happy I found a 2x for the Dnipro.
This is great.

[static lark]

I need the 26th to hurry up

[weary hedge]

Eh I like the design. It’s unique

[shell flax]

Two shots a pump, 14 shells, sounds good to me

[shell flax]

1600 bucks irl if you’re curious lmao

[weary hedge]

Cheaper than I though 😂

[static lark]

It’s not a double barrel pump action I don’t think, it’s just got 2 tube mags

Idk keltec is goofy so I can’t be sure but I don’t look at their guns

[shell flax]

Nope, two barrels, 2 tubes

[shell flax]

It’s not keltec

[weary hedge]

I love the sound the gun makes

[static lark]

Keltec makes a double mag feed shotgun

[shell flax]

The DP-12 isn’t the KSG

Truthfully I’d trust both as long as you don’t go too ape on the pump with the KSG lmao

[hallow shadow]

Hmmm. Where’s the Hub, in Yaniv?

I need a Tech to fix these guns up.

[weary hedge]

Look around it’s hard to miss. Specially near the train tracks and train wreckage

[shell flax]

Yaniv station, big ass building by the middle of the train wall

[static lark]

I don’t like keltec cause their entire R&D division just does coke lines and then makes up the wackiest nuttiest shit known to man

And it’s always the most Mattel polymer

[shell flax]

Gen 1 DP-12 is mostly metal iirc

[weary hedge]

You act like that’s a bad thing and alot of corpos don’t do this 😭

[static lark]

It’s not really the coke lines that bother me it’s the wackiest most useless shit known to man that’s encased in Mattel polymers

Aka I find their guns to be useless and ugly therefore I don’t want them

Why would I need a 20rnd stripper clip fed 5.7

[weary hedge]

Fair enough. Ur entitled to that opinion

[static lark]

Why would I need a 9mm pcc that folds in half

[shell flax]

Standard manufacturing is pretty utilitarian with their guns, the DP-12 being the main curve ball

[static lark]

Like some of the things they do are cool in a theoretical design theory kinda way

But they’re kinda useless

[jade mulch]

Chat what do I do with 222155 coupons

[shell flax]

Truthfully if I want a PCC I’ll pick up a Scorpion Evo or something from PSA

[static lark]

Upgrade exo 2 times

[weary hedge]

It works. That’s good enough for me

[jade mulch]

I don’t have one of those

[static lark]

Buy Exo and upgrade it once

[static lark]

I would say buy a MP5 but HK hates America and doesn’t give us a cool MP5

[shell flax]

SP5

[static lark]

Yeah still not cool

Also technically a pistol

[shell flax]

Buy an FRT then lmao

I don’t need a full auto gun for hunting or range fun, so it doesn’t bother me

[static lark]

There was a company I can’t remember their name who sold practically HK Designs but actually cool

Knowing HK they probably got sued into non existence

[shell flax]

I avoid ‘HK likes’ because they’re usually stupidly expensive or, like Tommy’s stuff’ Dont work

[static lark]

I mean it wasn’t 1:1 copies but it was practically a MP5 or a G3 or etc etc but actually cool

[weary hedge]

Bootleg firearms?

[static lark]

I just wish HK gave us an actual G36

Holy shit they don’t even sell the SL8 anymore they just sell a fake 22lr G36

[jade mulch]

Is the apsb any good, can I make it full auto?

[shell flax]

Not without mods

[jade mulch]

You can say that about most guns

[spare canopy]

where the hell do you find the veles?

[shell flax]

Truthfully dude, with how expensive the 416 is, the G36 would be bank breaking

[static lark]

They don’t even give us SL8 anymore

I mean it was hot garbage… didn’t take G36 mags, didn’t look like a G36, etc etc

But like damn they only give us a fake 22 plinker G36 now

[shell flax]

You could get it converted to a G36 but you’d be selling multiple organs

[static lark]

Give us a civilian version of the MP7 please HK

[shell flax]

You’d be paying a premium on the ammo alone

[static lark]

At least we get the USP

[shell flax]

But I agree

[weary hedge]

Fnx in s2?

[hallow shadow]

This Harpy lady is hilarious.

But at least she can help me upgrade my stuff.
Now to go find these schematics.

ALL THE NPCs HAVE SVD2s! WHYYYYY

[violet dune]

they saw tiktok trend

[hallow shadow]

Dude. Everything is shooting at me with sniper rifles.

But. I’m off to find this extended rifling schematic.
Google says I can’t change calibers until Pripyat.

But this rifling extension is due west of me.

Next, is Falcon upgrades. Gotta find those.

Groups of Bandits all running SVD-2
Jesus Christ.

WHAT IS THIS PLACE?!
Why does it hurt so much?!

What happened to Harpy?
Why can’t she roll out, anymore?
Does anyone know what her injury is?

[hallow shadow]

Scorpion EVO is a beautiful weapon.

[fallen latch]

wait until you encounter ward squads, literally all shooting at you with pkm's

[hallow shadow]

I, currently, am Ward.
Does this end up happening, anyway?

[primal nimbus]

The random Monolothian squads with DMRs and Snipers:

[primal nimbus]

If they’re your enemies, then yes

[fallen latch]

oh well that's good then
and yes, i have encoutnered multiple of that

[fallen latch]

monolithians with gauss guns:::::::::::::::

[hallow shadow]

I’ve heard the horror stories.

I need to find me a good Falcon replacement, it seems.

[fallen latch]

yup, you'll see em in due time :]

[hallow shadow]

I have SIRCAA unlocked, but I haven’t gone there, yet.

[fallen latch]

honestly, that is one of the best armoured suits before prypiat that's easy to get, there is one clear winner that i can think of but it's not available until a certain point after where you are
you'll be fine for sircaa with ur falcon tbh, also make sure to bring lots of ammo to sircaa coz there's no way to resupply

lots of other loot there too, so leave weight to spare as well

[hallow shadow]

I’m just trying to get my Dnipro caked up before I go in.
Saiga, too.

[primal nimbus]

Diamond exo, my beloved

[primal nimbus]

Managed to get that worked out, but I run around with Dnipro and Mosin

[fallen latch]

before Pripyat
(they put the one before pripyat inside the bunker so you can't just go and get it)

[fallen latch]

yeah, the saiga is my essential

[primal nimbus]

I know but I managed to get into Pripyat after killing the Mono sniper and then crossing over.

[fallen latch]

the corps out to get yo ahh

[hallow shadow]

Is the Kharod better?
I don’t wanna waste the Koupons to try upgrading it.
But on base-stats… It’s definitely fierce competition to Dnipro.

[fallen latch]

it does far less damage but it's a lot more versatile

[primal nimbus]

I’ve been wondering that for a long while

[primal nimbus]

Versatile like accurate or?

[weary hedge]

Ur using BB so yes

[hallow shadow]

I don’t need a Noob Toob.
I want precise face-popping power.

[fallen latch]

pros:
can attach nade launcher and underbarrel shotgun
more common 5.56 ammo compared to 7.64 by 54r

cons:
less damage

[fallen latch]

can do more stuff

[fallen latch]

vanilla, that is

[hallow shadow]

My Dnipro is still 5.45, that upgrade is in Pripyat, I think.

[fallen latch]

yeah true, overall im talking
you can attach an m203 or holemaker to the kharod, which makes it a lil more of an all round gun