☢┃stalker-general

[smoky hawk]

I hope they do

[shrewd needle]

I blame GSC. The lost decade of 2012-2022. 😔

[wooden walrus]

and I do think that fleshing out this rep system should be a priority over stuff like a-life

[smoky hawk]

amnesia, they were not making the game beetween 2012-2018

[wooden walrus]

but I also think having an actually competent game director should take precedence over a-life too so hey

what do I know, I'm only playing the game.

[shrewd needle]

Exactly. Mis-management... 😔

Liquidated company = bad.

[shrewd needle]

TBF, no one would deny that.

[wooden walrus]

idk, you seen the steam community?

[winged ivy]

"waaah wheres the crafting????"

[wooden walrus]

don't see much than midless parroting of the same a-life shid over there tbf

"the zone has lost its SOUL brothers, it's SOUL"

watch more on my new pretentious youtube channel where I say big words with a sleepy voice

[shrewd needle]

Nah...I don't use Steam beyond claiming free games.

[winged ivy]

its so over
billions must play GAMMA

[shrewd needle]

TBF, not wrong. The Noon died. The Zone truly lost its soul...especially with the death of Strider. Man died for a dream...

[smoky hawk]

a-life is a base, you cannot build a house on top of a base that you will throw Away, youre asking for the house to be destroyed before putting the new base in

[wooden walrus]

arguing that what happens in 99% of the play area takes precendence to what the player actually interacts with is wild

see that's what I mean when I say most of the a-life complaints are sophistry

[winged ivy]

the only thing i ever been impressed with in stalker games is combat ai
not a-life

[wooden walrus]

you're playing a videogame and not enjoying it because you're worrying about how many people would be cranking their hog back at garbage rn

[fickle hill]

In the back of the Jupiter suparmarket

[winged ivy]

thats like the only complaint i really have with S2, they are a bit too slow rn

[smoky hawk]

im arguing that any of the work that is done on this director will most likely need to be thrown out and redone if they do want to put in the true alife system

[wooden walrus]

I'm arguing an a-life system is window dressing to begin with

not that a background simulation is window dressing mind you

I'm talking about this "b-but muh points on a map" level of backgorund simulation

[smoky hawk]

i don't care if you think its meaningless to simulate the fight beetween a single sick dog and a wounded bandit in the depths of the swamps the reality of it is that no matter how much you abhor the people who do care for it GSC promises the system and has yet to deliver the system

this is a black stain on the game, a game that was known for having this kind of simulation

it was one of the selling points back then as well

[shrewd needle]

False advertising was the problem.

[wooden walrus]

and that's why hype ruins games

[shrewd needle]

Yep.

[smoky hawk]

it wouldve been a problem even without the hype since youre eliminating one of the core things that make stalker so interesting and unique

[wooden walrus]

would you be happier if s2 hadn't come out until a-life was implemented?

[smoky hawk]

yes

[wooden walrus]

cool

[shrewd needle]

I think they should've called it 'Early Access' rather than a full release.

[wooden walrus]

ignore stalker 2 and this channel until it does

pretend it doesn't exist, be happy with your life

[smoky hawk]

why should I

[shrewd needle]

Why are we fighting? 😆

[wooden walrus]

because a-life is coming and none of your bellyaching will make it come any faster

[shrewd needle]

Both you noobs need to be thrown in the arena. Fight chimera with bare hands. 😏

[wooden walrus]

I'm happy with s2 as it is, could be better? Sure. Is my experience ruined because this particular feature isn't there? No. Do I think this world is better because it has stalker 2 on it? Yes.

[smoky hawk]

your whinging and whimning about people whinning is the same as the people whinning
and yknow, you saying that does make me want to complain even more

i shall.ping you when I want complain

[wooden walrus]

If the lack of a feature caused me so much anguish I'd just not talk about it or bother with it.

[smoky hawk]

so anyway

[wooden walrus]

oh no if only there was an ignore feature in discord

[smoky hawk]

@wooden walrus around 80 quests were cut bc of VA, suxks

they shouldn't have even had VA to begin with

[shrewd needle]

WTF? 80 quests?

[smoky hawk]

around that ammount yhea

these quests were for the later half, they would include quests for noon, and the other factions

[shrewd needle]

Thanks, GSC... 😒

[smoky hawk]

i aint mad against gsc for this one

i blame, the gen z

see, they can't read, so they need VA

this isnt a joke, if GSC releases the game without VAs to back all the NPCs up they would be ridiculed

unjustly, mind you

[shrewd needle]

But what was the problem with VAs?

[wooden walrus]

probably getting bombed put a bit of a damper on the whole development process

just a guess

[smoky hawk]

due to troubles with retakes, reschedules and war they had to axe what didnt have a VA yet

[shrewd needle]

They were in Poland long before that, I'm pretty sure.

Also 2018-2022...well...

[wooden walrus]

that entirely depends on how the game was planned out

[shrewd needle]

Kind of where the originals win; every dialogue was basically a text screen.

[wooden walrus]

usually you don't record the voice lines at the very start of a project

[smoky hawk]

nha, even now, 30% of GSC remains in Ukraine

[wooden walrus]

but yeah I do think that going so hard on every dialog being spoken, while ambitious, was ultimately not a good decision

[shrewd needle]

This, though.

[wooden walrus]

now that we're getting the narrative tools on the sdk I wonder if there will be a way to somehow reintroduce that content in the game

[smoky hawk]

people alreadg were doing that but, if the new update fixes multiple bp, nee content is a thing that would happen

[wooden walrus]

actually heck, I wouldn't be against using AI voices if they must go that hard for voice lines to begin with.

[smoky hawk]

no

just

read

you already use discord

[shrewd needle]

I'd take this, NGL.

[wooden walrus]

yeah me too tbh

[still current]

Well, I believe the ZDK will take a while to reach the point where you can manipulate existing content efficiently

Existing cut stuff

I mean

[wooden walrus]

like I hate to generalize but usually eastern european developed games tend to have this focus on aesthetics that ultimately end up encroaching on the core experience

[shrewd needle]

True dat.

[shrewd needle]

Aesthetics?

[still current]

I found some pretty good AI cloning modules that produce near perfect duplicas

[wooden walrus]

I would argue having all ingame convos be over voice instead of text is kind of an aesthetic decision

[still current]

It would be perfect if not for potential copy right issues

[shrewd needle]

That's just modern games. Everyone wanting the 'high quality work' to 'show'.

[still current]

Managed to fully duplicate skif and korshunov voices

[wooden walrus]

and ethical concerns regarding using ai generated content. But honestly, some games like brew barons have ai voices and I wouldn't have noticed until I was told

[still current]

Near perfect

[wooden walrus]

the main problem with this is that it puts VOs out of work which, fair.

[smoky hawk]

not really, the decision to do this has to do with this being a Triple A title made to be as innovative as possible
having Voice Over everything is a standard of big games since Bethesda, since Oblivion, that was 20 years ago or so, if they didnt have VOs over everything, they would be ridiculed for it, they were basically forced to due to perception

[shrewd needle]

You need the VA to actually record their voice for the AI to work. And life-time royalties are good pay.

[wooden walrus]

I was going to add "recent ones" to my previous statement but I did a quick headcount and I can find at least 20 year old games that do this

[smoky hawk]

the reason why games have switched to this model is because of Dragon Age, Oblivion and Mass Effect

[shrewd needle]

Even older. HL from 1998 has full voice acting...no text.

[still current]

I honestly wouldn't hesitate to include such thing in a free mod content. Idk if that falls under copyright criteria, but well, it would be a shame if it is

[wooden walrus]

yeah but I would argue that doesn't get on the way of any other aspect of the game. There are some other games that go for these kinds of aesthetic decisions that eventually take time from other stuff and in the end kinda hurt the final quality of the product. At least imo.

that's my point, not against those decisions in general, but when doing so kinda screws over other stuff

[wooden walrus]

I personally think if a game that uses AI voices wouldn't be able to afford voices otherwise it's fair play. But you can always make that excuse so it's a bit of a slippery slope

[hoary crest]

Its knowing when to, and when not to

In a mod? Sure, I wouldn't expect a single person doing something in their free time to pay a VA however much it costs, that would be absurd when the content is going to be free anyway. For a company that can afford it? Yeah.. you're kinda obliged to keep the industry afloat by actually paying a real person

[wooden walrus]

I know if someone made an AI generated english dub for s2 I'd install it in a heartbeat lmao

sorry stalker 2 english VAs but you're in a terrible, terrible dub

[shrewd needle]

Well, like I said...gamers wanting the 'high quality work' to 'show'...you know, the whole 'we need to see the studio having done real work' for $70 games these days.

[hoary crest]

The voice acting isnt bad, not at al in many cases, its just wrong. Shouldnt be english being spoken in teh zone

[shrewd needle]

I mean, it's the same reason why games and movies set in different areas with different languages have characters speak in English.

[hoary crest]

Yesnt

Stalker is not the franchise to be putting that mentality in, would lose part of its core

[wooden walrus]

I'll freely admit I haven't heard much of the english dub myself, but the little I have strikes me as it being badly directed, and badly executed

[still current]

Just a capped sample (removed part of it cuz it mentions a friend's ass lmao)

[wooden walrus]

the performances don't quite match what the character on screen does, have no nuance, and feel disconnected from each other

also maybe it's me but they straight up feel like recorded with different microphones

[wooden walrus]

I mean you can tell it's AI but yeah I get it

[still current]

Well, I managed to refine it to a point where you can certainly mistake it if capped carefully

[wooden walrus]

but then again I've also heard bad opinions about the ukr dub, which to me is more than fine but on the other hand I don't speak ukranian so a ton of it goes over my head

[still current]

It's just I finished my trial lmao

I could add moods

Skif's voice was perfect

Most of his comments are "oh great" kind of vibe

[weary hedge]

Same goes for English. A lot of the voice acting feels forced 😂

[still current]

Which does not require much

[still current]

UA dub is often suitable for the tone of scenarios

Unlike most of the EN one

[hoary crest]

I had a thought...

[wooden walrus]

right, that's what I meant

[hoary crest]

given binoc's are on the way, reckon that means an increase to NPC render distance?

[shrewd needle]

Noticeable, but close.

[still current]

Special characters did definitely get some good attention in EN, but rest was meh

Too emotion lacking

[still current]

Not necessarily, but the engine update will definitely mean that

[hoary crest]

Makes sense to get the two done about the same time then, should be good

[weary hedge]

EN in trilogy was perfect

[shrewd needle]

What EN? All they had was Bandits yelling while throwing grenades right at your face. 😏

[still current]

Not a single counter argument from me. It was really perfect

[weary hedge]

I wonder why they didn’t bring a lot of those voice actors back

I dislike how most characters have little to no accent in their tone in s2

[wooden walrus]

I can't remember if the source I read that from was official or not

but there was an argument about how reactions were split down the middle regarding a slavic accent dub vs a native one

[weary hedge]

Really? Sheesh

[wooden walrus]

regardless of the decision, I do think that a neutral american accent would be much preferrable to british accents

(i'm sorry limeys but your english is wrong)

[shrewd needle]

NGL, British accent has character. Americans be like...bland as shit.

Yes, I say that as an Indian and most Indians talking English = cringe accent because they don't learn.

[wooden walrus]

you kinda want bland on a media production, that's my point

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/why-huh-but-why-gif-13199396

[weary hedge]

Agreed. Americans are very blunt but can be good at portraying emotion just not here in s2

[wooden walrus]

a recognizable voice is only good if the performance is good

unfortunately most performances in the s2 english dub aren't very good and the delivery being distinctive kinda hurts them even further

I wouldn't object a tommy wiseau only dub of the game though so idk what I'm talking about

[weary hedge]

Exactly. I wanna feel what they are saying like they are actually experiencing the zone

[wooden walrus]

you are TEAHING ME APAHT faust

[shrewd needle]

They are. They're experiencing being zoned out. Maybe some pharmaceuticals were involved. 😏

[weary hedge]

At least scars va is ok

[shrewd needle]

Probably hired Steven Ogg's British counterpart.

[weary hedge]

Lmao i love Steven Ogg😂

[shrewd needle]

Best performance.

[weary hedge]

GTA V wouldn’t be the same without him

[shrewd needle]

NGL, I loved the performance, but not the character of Trevor. Doesn't fit the GTA world, TBF.

[weary hedge]

Neither did I but he added a lot of life to the game and I found him funny

[shrewd needle]

Yea, definitely some good parts.

[still current]

@shrewd needle another sample btw
#🤨┃stalker_memes message
Not refined, just the draft with no edits at all

[shrewd needle]

Yep, needs refinement...and variations in the voice, but close enough, NGL.

[still current]

Aye

Would definitely work for cutcontent missions missing sounds

[shrewd needle]

Agreed. Or just use text; who even needs a VA.

[weary hedge]

Literally. I can name a handful of games that do this

[shrewd needle]

3 of those being the STALKER trilogy. Sidorovich basically too lazy to talk.

[still vortex]

Is it worth getting stalker 2?

[weary hedge]

Yes

If ur looking for an open world game with tons of exploration and a dark twist on the apocalyptic genre with different play styles to cater ur needs this is your PB & J

[still current]

Text is mostly there if I'm not mistaken

I haven't seen anything

It's just what some modders said in that matter

[winged ivy]

yes, but dont expect EFT or Gamma mod pack

otherwise you'll find yourself disappointed due to lack of features that were never in franchise to begin with

basically the correct answer should be - play trilogy first

then you can play S2 and after that you might as well have some fun with mods without getting spoiled

[bold smelt]

does stalker general fw MASH

[winged ivy]

what

[shrewd needle]

No, I'm talking about how, in the trilogy, basically all missions were just text-based conversation. No dialogue, no VA, just...reading.

[bold smelt]

the show

you know

one of the most iconic tv shows of all time

[echo nimbus]

@weary hedge did u see the sekiro anime trailer bro

[hallow shadow]

The… What..?

Where?

[bold smelt]

Mewtwo definitely fw MASH

[weary hedge]

No way? I gotta see this

[echo nimbus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRjuAemfaQE

[hallow shadow]

No. I don’t.

[echo nimbus]

@hallow shadow @weary hedge here btw

[shrewd needle]

Embed for easier viewing.

[bold smelt]

Boring

Why
Youre like 30 and 30 year olds love MASH

[tardy rain]

that show ended in the 80s

[hallow shadow]

I turn 34 this year. MASH is boring.

[bold smelt]

Reruns to this day

Do you at least fw gilligans isle

[hallow shadow]

No.

[bold smelt]

Boring

[hallow shadow]

Whatever you say, man.

No. I don’t watch A-Team, or Emergency! Either.

[bold smelt]

What about hogans heroes

[hallow shadow]

I was a battered child, and those were my (adopted) dad’s favorite shows.

Who is hogans hero’s?
That stupid yellow guy that died?

[bold smelt]

The show with colonel klink

Bob crane acted as the main character

[hallow shadow]

“Im a bish, I’m a lover
I’m hulk hogan, HEY THRE BROTHER!
I’m a sinner, I’m a saint”

I really don’t think you understand how much I tried to avoid TV when I could.

“Boring” isn’t what I call my childhood trauma.
I got smacked around to the MASH theme.

[bold smelt]

Damn

[visual mortar]

[visual mortar]

[hallow shadow]

Weren’t all those shows the pinnacle of recycled footage, anyway?

They watched the same scene.
Over, and over again.
Like Sir Lancelot storming the castle in Monty Python (Holy Grail)

[visual mortar]

isn't your pfp starship troopers

[sharp sierra]

How many mercs are too many I've killed about 40 exo and wolfhound mercs and a giant at duga and they are still coming! Send help

[visual mortar]

we need more bodybags

[sharp sierra]

They keep spawning lol

[hallow shadow]

Yeah, why?

Are you mad I don’t like MASH, or..?

Or do you not understand the difference between an Intro-Scene, and the literal practice of recycled footage (as used by shows like A-Team, and Emergency!)

Because they are not the same.

[sharp sierra]

I am going to have to go to an earlier save this is impossible lol

[weary hedge]

Finally more sekiro content god damn

I’ve been yearning for this moment

[shrewd needle]

Original link by Jett, I just embedded. Happy to help. 👍

[hallow shadow]

So like… That’s a real studio, making that?

That’s not just some super cracked out artist playing with our feelings?

[echo nimbus]

pretty sure given that it was announced a while back i believe

[hallow shadow]

I was today years old.
I didn’t even know who asmondgold was until this morning.

[weary hedge]

You’d do better without that knowledge 😂

[hallow shadow]

That’s what everyone said.
I half expected to catch flak for it.

[visual mortar]

idk man, your pfp is starship troopers

[hallow shadow]

“You don’t know who this random Internet personality is?!”
Instead, everyone was “bro you’re blessed”

[hallow shadow]

They also have funny twirly mustaches drawn on them, and they’re asking “would you like to know more?” In French.
obviously this means I take it seriously.

[weary hedge]

He’s basically a homeless dude who makes a bunch of money criticizing others and playing video games

[hallow shadow]

That’s what I heard.
I was talking about artifact farming, I found two Rat Kings in a row, and Handsome Jack was like, “bro, GSC added asmondgold to Stalker 2?!”

“..wut? Who?”

[weary hedge]

A nobody don’t even worry about it😂

[visual mortar]

and his "criticism" is just awful opinions

[weary hedge]

Yeah he’s a big sheep with tunnel vision. He’s chronically online so such is expected

[tepid dew]

anyone have any clue when the stalker 2 physical bundle gets shipped out?

[chilly bloom]

Buh

[violet dune]

any stalker news on gamescom?

[wicked magnet]

Nothingburger

[weary forge]

no

[fickle hill]

All buns no patty

[shell flax]

It’s the first day for christs sake

[hallow shadow]

Yeah, I heard there’s a VR version.
Complete with live isotopes in the headset, for immersion.

The Super Duper Edition comes with actual AK casings.

And freshly washed pants, because… These NPCs are gnarly.

“I just washed my pants”
Like the Amish? Brother, I haven’t seen a single laundry machine, or dishwasher in the entire zone.

[fickle hill]

Let alone a bucket of water

Fresh from cooling towers

[hallow shadow]

Right?

[wooden walrus]

gamescam amirite guys

[fickle hill]

[hallow shadow]

I do hope it goes well.

No. Time to save-scum Electrical Field and Poisonous Hole.

I want Liquid Rock, and Thunderberry.

Already found weird water, and got zooted by the Yaniv tornado (twice)

[fickle hill]

Did you get weird bolt though?

[hallow shadow]

No. I died twice, and left.

[fickle hill]

WOw

[hallow shadow]

I wasn’t interested.

I became the flying dead guy.
Like… Nah.

[fickle hill]

You know what's sad you had to be with the tornado to get the artifact in the process

[hallow shadow]

I tried.
I found a case of Red Bull, and really did my best to stay in the eye.

Skif is just the least physically capable Marine I’ve ever met.

[fickle hill]

I guess you couldn't handle Florida

[hallow shadow]

I used to live in Florida, and it’s really overhyped.

Florida is either a retirement home, or a rehabilitation facility.
You’re either 16, or you’re 60.

[fickle hill]

Same but that besides the point

[hallow shadow]

Hurricanes ≠ Tornadoes.

[shrewd needle]

I'll be honest...you can just walk without rushing through it and get the artifact.

[hallow shadow]

That silly platforming was optional?

[shrewd needle]

Man lifts the PKM and shoulders and aims it properly...that's good enough, TBF.

[hallow shadow]

Cause I went to go find two Rosin artifacts for my belt. Just for the endurance.

[shrewd needle]

No, the platforming is essential, but you never have to run except for the final climb up the sloped crane.

[fickle hill]

Let alone the Glutton with 500 bullets on the ready

[shrewd needle]

20 KGs of hell. And that's just one loaded weapon.

Not counting the rest of the ammunition and the other survival equipment.

[covert stirrup]

Guys, check Wplace website with this game location, it's amazing haha

[wooden walrus]

it's the reddit mspaint thing they do

the memes channel is full of screenshots of it

[covert stirrup]

It's a world map that let's you draw stuff on it, real world map. And area around Prypiat and Chornobyl has handful of Stalker memes. Best one i've seen yet

[covert stirrup]

Yeah basically MSPaint but world map haha

[shrewd needle]

Ah, it's the 'Place' thing...

[wooden walrus]

Me: "I'll leave all the loot I have on the safe in Sukhin's office and come pick it up later"

the door in sukhin's office: 🚪

[fickle hill]

A closet or the hidden door

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/congratulations-played-way-to-go-gif-20642385

[wooden walrus]

I don't think you can even access the office where the secret door is

[fickle hill]

Not without the key from Solder

[wooden walrus]

I mean after solder gives you the key

once you're done with the mission, I think that door closes and never opens again

I mean it's fine I only had guns to arm a small country it's ok

[shrewd needle]

Can I say how funny it is that you can find enough guns to arm an entire country in the Zone but still never manage to raise a revolution?

[wooden walrus]

if only everyone didn't carry 4 spare bullets on them

[shrewd needle]

That's solvable.

[stark marsh]

How it feels playing stalker 2 with atomic heart OST?

[weary hedge]

Time to start another vanilla playthrough

I am strictly going to use military equipment only

[fickle hill]

Well weapon wise you can choose anything

[echo nimbus]

bro i'm gonna crashout legit this mission asks me to not kill anyone so i don't even have my gun out and i still failed lmao bugged game

[still current]

[hallow shadow]

The mission for the Icarus guys?
He literally says to kneecap them.

That being said. Only one guy made it out alive, when I did it.
This game is insane, man
I get shot at from the most oblique angles, and there isn’t a dude in sight.

[wooden walrus]

o b l i q u e

𝓸𝓫𝓵𝓲𝓺𝓾𝓮

[weary hedge]

Yes I have scars on my knees

[hallow shadow]

“O Fortuna!
Velut Luna
Statu variabilis

Semper crescis
Aut decrescis

Vita detestabilis

Nunc obdurat

Sorry. That song goes hard, and I’m almost positive yall have heard it.
In a movie, most likely.

[hallow shadow]

Fancy words, magic man.
But how did you get that font?

[dark zinc]

Dlc?

[grave heath]

odentes fortuna yuvat

[hallow shadow]

The mechanic of: Get shot in the back by group of guys that wasn’t there 5 seconds ago, just for opening loot.
Is an absolute killjoy.

Especially when Skif turns around slower than a broken clock.

[hallow shadow]

May you find what you seek!

[grave heath]

as hans said

[hallow shadow]

I mean, I know that means “fortune favors the bold”, I just hope you find it, if you seek it.

[grave heath]

i hope we all find it

[hallow shadow]

But dude. That song absolutely slaps.

[grave heath]

and no yanking mutant pizzles out there

[hallow shadow]

But how do we make more bloodsuckers?

If the labs are closed, and Duty is actually doing their job…
Where do they keep coming from?

[grave heath]

i have no idea sir mewtwo

[hallow shadow]

Mewtwo also goes hard.
“I see now that the circumstances of one’s birth are irrelevant, it is what you do with the gift of life that determines who your are”
-Mewtwo

But.
I need to find me one of these Liquid Rocks.

If I have two of the same artifact on my belt, do they stack?
I’m running Gravi, Rosin, Rosin, Rat King.

Is this a waste?

Or could I be wearing four Rosin, and just have all the endurance and weight?

I love how the gate-guards at Malachite have massive CONES attached to their muzzle.

[echo nimbus]

No w the doctor

[hallow shadow]

Ohhhh.
Yeah. I got a mission from the Doctor at Icarus.
Sent me out to go find some escaped patients.

“Shoot them in the legs”

Brain Scorcher is a place?

I thought it was a thing.

[unkempt vault]

Yes.

[hallow shadow]

Well. This place is kinda cool.

[unkempt vault]

Technically it’s called X10

[hallow shadow]

Ahhhhh.

[unkempt vault]

The lab is in the collapsed train tunnel unfortunately. All of the labs are inaccessible.

[weary hedge]

Is there a sdk for stalker 2 yet?

[shell flax]

The name makes sense now

[unkempt vault]

If it isn’t sussy Jack

[weary hedge]

I'm just use to the fact that alot of my games have legal things

So that I'm not allowed to edit things

That would be a horrible way to go to prison. The boys in the yard would murder my 5'9' 180 ass

[hallow shadow]

POLTERGEISTS COME IN DIFFERENT FLAVORS? What?!

[wooden walrus]

you have to lick them first to find out

[hallow shadow]

There was an orange one, a green one, and a regular one. All chilling at Brain Scorcher.

[unkempt vault]

Regular, fire, electro, chemical

[hallow shadow]

Ohhh man.

Well. That was a new experience.
Ghosts throw fireballs, now.

[unkempt vault]

Next element is иди ко мне

(Or приходь до мене)

[hallow shadow]

I uhh. Yup.

[unkempt vault]

Clusterf*ck is missing too

[hallow shadow]

Just found a Burnt Sponge.

[hallow shadow]

Oh no! That’s not a bad rifle, if you’re running Better Ballistics.

Do you have a bug/glitch?

The BB version of the Cluster hits just as hard as a Dnipro (without upgrades)

It’s one of the only Uniques I hang onto.
That’s my DMR.

Is there a unique Dnipro? Or Kharod?

I’d assume they’re locked behind Pripyat.

[proud fulcrum]

I just started stalker 2 a week ago I just wanna know what's the best gun to rock with Bb on console?

[hallow shadow]

As an Xbox player.. Almost any gun viable.

Your damage is mostly based on caliber, and type of ammo.
5.56 is gonna hit like 5.56, but hits much gooder if you’re using higher quality ammo.

Your AKU isn’t a joke, anymore.

But the best weapon to look for depends on who you are.
I recommend the Dnipro.

[proud fulcrum]

Hmm nice I tried playing controller but my right stick is broken haha so I play mouse and keyboard

[weary hedge]

Pc master race

[hallow shadow]

It is one of the most powerful rifles in the game, and the ammo for it is everywhere.

Once you get far enough, you can just run AP ammo in it, the whole time.

[weary hedge]

Does the game ask you if you want to play the ending? Like a point of no return

[proud fulcrum]

I think I'm on the main missions that are in red forest and above can you find ap in shop vendors everywhere?

[hallow shadow]

I honestly don’t know.
If you’re afraid of being cut off from the normal “freedom”, progress up until it says “Go to SIRCAA”

SIRCAA is your mid-game point, and it wipes a bunch of side-missions off the map.

[proud fulcrum]

Oh I passed that haha I'm not a big side mission person on my next playthrough I'm aiming to 100% the game 🙏🏻

[hallow shadow]

The drawback to this is: You’re carrying around the Scanner Device you had in the Intro, and counts against your carry weight.

[hallow shadow]

Then the gun you want is either Kharod, or Dnipro.

If you’re an “assault rifle” kinda person.

[proud fulcrum]

I can find dnipros anywhere. But in your opinion what's better?

[hallow shadow]

That’s a matter of opinion.

The Kharod doesn’t hit as hard, but it’s more versatile and accurate.
If you’re running BB, it still hits super hard.

Kharod is more customizable, Dnipro is strictly for dropping bodies.

[proud fulcrum]

The kharod sounds like my gun. I didn't know you could customize it 😅

[hallow shadow]

You can slap grenade launchers and under-barrel shotguns and stuff on it.
You cannot do that for Dnipro.

But the Dnipro is an absolute killing machine.

[proud fulcrum]

Why not run both lol 🤣

[hallow shadow]

I run Dnipro.
I have a 2x scope, suppressor, and 45rn magazine.

Everything dies in like three shots or less.

[strong onyx]

Best weapon in the game imo.

[hallow shadow]

You can do that, too.

[weary hedge]

Is there a way to turn off auto-lean?

[proud fulcrum]

Where could I find the kharod? Is it in a vendor

[hallow shadow]

Yaniv station sells it.
I also found one for sale at Red Forest.

[strong onyx]

No but there are mods to do that, but I don’t see the point really. It’s a good feature for this game imo.

[hallow shadow]

Yaniv is also the only place I know of that could upgrade it.

[proud fulcrum]

Nice I'll hop on later to get it

[shell flax]

There’s a free Kharod at the Yantar dam behind a code locked door

[strong onyx]

Beat me to it.

[hallow shadow]

What?

[strong onyx]

There’s a free Kharod at the Yantar dam behind a code locked door

[weary hedge]

I find it inconvenient when I’m trying to hold tighter angles which gives you a big advantage against aimbot implemented npcs

[shell flax]

Yep, the Yantar dam at the edge of the water there’s a code locked door you can parkour down to

[hallow shadow]

Well dang.
I’m already out artifact hunting.
I’ll go grab a gun, too.

[shell flax]

Mind Splinter’s cousins

[strong onyx]

Don’t even need to parkour. Just jump. There’s an anomaly that breaks your fall. There’s also a ton of other free crap like the box amazing for the RPK.

[shell flax]

Bigger PKM box mag in there too

[hallow shadow]

I need to find the Stendo Clip for my Sega GT

Saiga. Sorry.

[shell flax]

So I got some bad news brother: those are beyond the Boundary past Yaniv

[hallow shadow]

I humbly request an F in the chat.

That reminds me. I haven’t even touched the southwest of the map.
The burnt forest? And whatever else is down there, in the corner.

[shell flax]

Some Goodies down there for sure

Just uh, don’t bum rush the big military installation

[hallow shadow]

Fair enough.
I’m looking for Liquid Rock, and Side Missions.

Oh, and a Thunderberry.

But I keep getting Rat Kings and Slugs.

[shell flax]

Hey on the bright side: money

[hallow shadow]

Right? I’m trying to upgrade out of this Falcon, to a SSP-100

Needs moar Koupons

[shell flax]

Currently fine tuning my HDR on my monitor

[hallow shadow]

My monitor can do no such things.

[shell flax]

Trying to get my games as pretty as possible in prep for Helldivers next week

[hallow shadow]

1080p@244Hz with some AMD Freesync Premium.
That’s as good as it gets for my Xbox.
Which only pushes 120Hz at most.
So I just slap the VRR button, and hope for the best.

[hallow shadow]

Democracy guide thy aim.

But my monitor is a pretty 32” Curved

[shell flax]

Also, AFaW is trying to kill me

4 Chimera in the last hour

[hallow shadow]

A what?

[shell flax]

Alife found a way mod

[hallow shadow]

So… I found a way to farm Chimera parts.

[weary hedge]

I'm at the boat and there's no nimble with elite weapons?

Lame

[hallow shadow]

One will always spawn at the mirror place, adjacent to STC Malachite.

[shell flax]

I don’t even need to farm em, these bastards want my guts splayed on the ground

[hallow shadow]

Click-clack, and fight back, Stalker!

Nimble almost got shot.

[weary hedge]

!

[strong onyx]

!

[hallow shadow]

!

Like… A Pokemon battle? Did… Did we make eye contact?

[weary hedge]

Wtf? Am I your crush or something?

Get out of here stalker

[hallow shadow]

It’s a Pokémon reference.
They always start the battle with a ! over their heads.

[weary hedge]

I was thinking metal gear for some reason

[midnight herald]

Is there a way where I can get skif’s pistol out of my inventory? i never use pistols

[weary hedge]

We got a pro here

[hallow shadow]

Skif’s pistol isn’t so bad… But it’s also the only gun in the game that enemies can’t yank from your hands

[wooden walrus]

p sure oxa standard makes skif's pistol storable

I mean either that or unlimited but I'm pretty sure it's an oxa thing

[weary hedge]

Hey who was it that posted a video of getting the best armor in stalker 2?

[echo nimbus]

Not at icarus uh not sure if this is a spoiler so I'll type it separately

||kaymanov ask u to go to a monolith base or smt to help strider and he does t want u to kill ppl therr||

[hallow shadow]

Ahhhhh.

Broken Rock is a really pretty artifact.

[unkempt vault]

The one in the swamps didn’t spawn for me this time

[hallow shadow]

Lucky you.

[unkempt vault]

I had an RPG ready for him

I have no way of knowing if it spawned or fell through the map because it despawns after you reach the CS base anyway

[hallow shadow]

Oh, mine chased me into a shack, then an emission came.
I was also being chased by psi-dogs.
Swamps was a nightmare, for me.

[wooden walrus]

oh I thought it spawned after you leave it

well either way I didn't get it either.

[unkempt vault]

No it’s meant to make you run away because if you fight it you won’t have enough time to get into shelter from the emission

[wooden walrus]

ah right, welp I got to that shack and the emission started so guess I got lucky

regardless, right after leaving sircaa I went to a tunnel to drop all my loot and there was a chimera there

I killed it, and when I went back to pick my shi up guess who had respawned

[shell flax]

‘Round two asshole’ - the chimera

[hallow shadow]

Aw man. Another crash.

This game has a fear of heights, I’m guessing.

[weary hedge]

Anybody know where the military armor on the roof of a house in rookie village went? It seems to be missing

[fathom snow]

taco tuseday

[hallow shadow]

For Science!

That dude walked me into a trap.
Shoulda shot his ass, too.

Once I’m done clearing out Chemical Plant, I’m gonna go see if that guy is hanging out in Malachite.

Roofed Warehouse? I guess this place is story-gated?

Weirdest place ever. Empty room, with a button that doesn’t work, and I have to put my weapons away.

[unreal basin]

Button is story locked

Its a Post-Duga thing

[hallow shadow]

Fair enough.
I’m m going into the cave, nearby. My scanner is pinging.

I’m kinda sad I can’t just put four Rosin on my belt, and stack endurance.

But I have high enough Rad-Resistance to wear this Broken Rock on my Falcon.

Physical Protection (Medium)
Radiation (Strong)

I don’t even feel it.

[weary hedge]

The map of the zone is kinda empty. Id like to see more population roaming the country side

It would be cool to see squads getting into firefights

[primal nimbus]

Legitimately had Clear Sky grenade accuracy moments in Metro Exodus

[weary hedge]

Metro is pretty good

[primal nimbus]

Peak writing

[weary hedge]

"I smart"

Sometimes I loose track of wtf is going in most games. That's why I dont care about the story I just wanna commit murder

[hallow shadow]

Tourist’s Breakfast?

[weary hedge]

Vodka duh

[shell flax]

Money

[primal nimbus]

[weary hedge]

Is fast travel in stalker 2?

[primal nimbus]

The guides

[weary hedge]

I'm in the swamp with bonedry weapons

In otherwords no ammo

[echo nimbus]

i just spent like 200k max upgrading my diamond exo suit lmao took a big chunk out of my savings

[weary hedge]

You playing gamma or anomaly?

[echo nimbus]

no on stalker 2

[hallow shadow]

There’s a place actually called:
SID_Locations_LOC_01_Cabin_Name

That’s hardcore.

[weary hedge]

Finally got my “militia lackey” loadout together now time to play the story

[hallow shadow]

It’s in Lesser Zone, right next to where the bridge to Burnt Forest should be.

[wooden walrus]

I don't think Freedom is ever going to beat the mutant kissing allegations guys

[hallow shadow]

I just need you to understand, every time a mutant has kissed me… It has been nonconsensual.

[weary hedge]

Can you blame them? Those blood suckers got some scrumptious looking feet😛

[wooden walrus]

can I not?

[shell flax]

I’m going to tilt all your pc components down ten degrees

[wooden walrus]

could I afford not to treat those freedom bums like the mutant kissers they are?!

it's either handing out fresh bread, or mutant kissing for them

[weary hedge]

More bloodsucker game for me😈

[wooden walrus]

those bloodsuckers may have unreasonably defined glutes but that's beside the point

[weary hedge]

Freedom boyz make due😋

[midnight herald]

Hi this is garfield and no one can come to the phone because a gang of angry gerbils is ransacking the house please leave a message and call animal control

[hallow shadow]

Right? Duty be circlejerking about Freedom, while freedom is just having a good time.
Unbothered.
Irradiated.
Swimming in Koupons.
In their own lane.

[weary hedge]

Yessir, freedom could care less that duty even exists. They just mad😂

[hallow shadow]

I finally bought and partially upgraded my SSP-100, but now… I need to find the schematics.

[fickle hill]

Survey or discover

[hallow shadow]

Duty really does like to think highly of themselves, and Freedom doesn’t think about Duty at all.

[hallow shadow]

I think it’s just a regular ol SSP.
I’m currently AFK, but it could be Survey.

[weary hedge]

Niceee. It’s well worth it

[fickle hill]

I am gonna guess survey since discovery is 11kg

[weary hedge]

Spark survey suit

[hallow shadow]

The only thing holding me back from swapping is the lack of Physical Protection, which is locked behind a schematic.

[shell flax]

Me currently in a dick around run

[hallow shadow]

For now, Falcon is still my suit.

[hallow shadow]

I’m missing the schematic for that upgrade.

[weary hedge]

Don’t swap until you have it fully upgraded

Those artifact containers are gonna be clutch bro

[shell flax]

I definitely enjoy the science suit looks but I enjoy the heavy armor suits like the Bulat, Corundum and such more

[fickle hill]

Spark really likes replacing vests

[shell flax]

X7 reign supreme though

[hallow shadow]

I’m giving up on finding this Liquid Rock/Thunderberry BS

I’ll find that shit after SIRCAA, or when I finally go check out Burnt Forest.
Is Duga also Story-Gated?

[weary hedge]

They’ve got a revolution to uphold 😂

[fickle hill]

I guess so

[weary hedge]

That shining zone don’t come cheap

[hallow shadow]

As much as I don’t really roll with Spark, they have really good suits.

[fickle hill]

They need all the Juggernauts they can get

[hallow shadow]

Like, PSZ-5V is like (in my opinion) the best early game suit I’ve found.

[shell flax]

Operator Exo (Ward one) is one of my favorite though, even if the hunting orange frame is a bit goofy

[hallow shadow]

I found a free Bulat in Army Warehouses.

[shell flax]

My main suit there for most of my run

[fickle hill]

Indeed but for me in terms of exploration it would be the duty PSZ since it can hold 2 stam regen

[hallow shadow]

But the Enemy NPC spawns in that place are messed up.

[shell flax]

The Mercs? You’re looting their shit so they ambush you I believe

[hallow shadow]

I found one in Garbage, and didn’t swap out until I found Falcon.

[hallow shadow]

But they just spawn up in the towers? A whole pack of Loners didn’t even see the fight go down.

[fickle hill]

What's interesting you can get all the spark suits minus the exos

[hallow shadow]

But that makes sense.

[shell flax]

If it was anyone but mercs I’d call it into question, but these dudes are near born and bred for that stuff

Would be funnier though if it was like, a huge lump of bandits just standing outside trying to extort you

[fickle hill]

Some mercs will spawn in unclimbable towers

How ever they had to hug that broken ladder

[hallow shadow]

Ever since I cleared Swamps, everything just spawns. Right after I walk out of a building.
Gunfire.
Every time.
Always at an extreme distance, and it’s just unreal.

[hallow shadow]

Bandits, Mercs.
They spawn on me, relentlessly.
I cannot go anywhere without being shot from somewhere I cannot see.

[wooden walrus]

They like themselves some o b l i q u e shi

[fickle hill]

I had mercs repawn near the duga in 5 minutes after I destroyed them with nades

[hallow shadow]

Yeah. Oblique.

I’m glad I taught you a new word.

[wooden walrus]

It is a nice word

[hallow shadow]

Yall can’t tell me, that the moment you get engaged, the first thing you say isn’t “Where, though?!”

[fickle hill]

Point and shoot

[hallow shadow]

But where?!

[wooden walrus]

I play without compass pips or aggro indicators so i usually run in the opposite direction as far as i can

[hallow shadow]

Mfkrs be seeing me from spots I didn’t know I was exposed to.

[fickle hill]

Do it pubg style and hide somewhere and wait for them go around a rock

[wooden walrus]

That doesn't help a lot usually though

[hallow shadow]

Nah, cause they’ll let you run, and shoot you in the ass.

[wooden walrus]

Also unfortunately the ai seems to retain their shrubbery xray vision even with the npc combat tweaks mod

[hallow shadow]

That’s my biggest gripe.
They can see me through anything other than a hard wall.

[fickle hill]

I mean yeah even the bandits are rocking in the scorpion gaming chair you have no idea

[hallow shadow]

Ohhh. I forgot I needed a better chair..

[wooden walrus]

h4xx

[fickle hill]

[wooden walrus]

I still blame a lot of my deaths on the fact that the tv I'm using right now is so incredibly f'd up that it might as well be monochrome

[hallow shadow]

Is it old, or..?

[wooden walrus]

'cause I have had situations where they were right next to me and I didn't realize until they unloaded half an ak mag in my chest

[hallow shadow]

AND THEY NEVER MISS, DUDE

[fickle hill]

Their broken guns are more accurate than my fully fixed guns

[hallow shadow]

And it’s like they’re all shooting premium ammo, and just so happen to run out the second they die.
I loot 3 rounds of basic bish boolets, meanwhile I’m slapping Bandages on like I just got hit with all the AP in the world.

[fickle hill]

It's not even bullets those are plasma rounds

[shell flax]

Truthfully I’m used to Ai going from completely passive to KILL in seconds because of shit like Insurgency, so I see a group of pixels move I immediately raise my gun in that direction lmao

[hallow shadow]

Yup. Same way with Ready or Not.
But I’m surprised you get to see any of them first.

That’s a rare occurrence, for me.

They’re always at the edge of my bubble, and in a direction I’m not looking.

[shell flax]

I’m also on a monitor and series X

[hallow shadow]

Monitor/Series S

Do you have any NPC mods?
I’m running Shay’s Bronze

[fickle hill]

Monolith gauss snipers only hit like SVD while SVD death sniper hit like a railgun

[shell flax]

AFaW and instant aggression fix

[hallow shadow]

Oh my god, the Monolithian sniper teams, dude.
Yaniv is PACKED with that BS.

[wooden walrus]

#📸┃screens_and_videos message
perfect example of my dumbassery

[shell flax]

I’ve got another run with Shays living zone gold going too

[fickle hill]

However they got those rails for those SVDs to assult rifles is beyond the question

[hallow shadow]

I also have the NPC Overhaul/Shay’s Bronze/NPC Interactions (might cut that one, I never trade with random bozos. They never have anything, and not enough coupons to make offloading worth a damn)

[shell flax]

Slap on instant aggression fix

[wooden walrus]

npc overhaul should do the same as instant aggression fix, shouldn't it?

[shell flax]

They’ll still cap your ass for screwing around but I haven’t had someone sniff me out with the hair follicles of their ass cheeks

[fickle hill]

They're able to shove the whole Thomas the tank engine in that clip and just send you to the shadow realm it's even like that if you go to the shack where you would meet the ward for the duga raid you just get hit with a lazer beam from space

[hallow shadow]

The updated version of NPC overhaul includes that.
I’d have to get rid of that mod.

[shell flax]

Are these the border guard NPCs?

[hallow shadow]

Both mods are now the same.
If you’re running NPC/O, the mod author stated you need to remove the IAF

[fickle hill]

Eh some are but the shack for the duga raid is just instant death when you get 15 feet near it

[shell flax]

Ward sniper

[wooden walrus]

thought I read something to the effect in the NPC overhaul nexus page

[fickle hill]

That sniper better be in space because there isn't one in sight

[shell flax]

The border guard NPCs I think Kazz (maybe) said their damage is cranked to like, 500 or something lmfao

[fickle hill]

That's pathetic the snipers at the perimeter don't insta kill you and those are BORDER GUARDS

[hallow shadow]

I got crunched by Border Patrol snipers in Cordon.
Doing the mission for Quiet/Sidorovich.
I went to go check out a Checkpoint, and got smeared by tower snipers.

Right after I cleaned the place out, and started looting, another group spawned right inside, and the Tower Guard (there were two in the same tower) went absolutely nuts.

[wooden walrus]

yeah something happened to the effect, which is dumb, because those barracks are full of cool details

[fickle hill]

Oh the Psi installation

[hallow shadow]

Yup.

[wooden walrus]

there's a cabinet with like, liquidator gear that I haven't found anywhere else that I found was super cool

[fickle hill]

Hope you brought high psi protection suit for that

[wooden walrus]

was just gawking at it when I got ipsf spawning outside and as son as I went out I got nuked by a sniper

[hallow shadow]

And the dudes who respawned, to attack were all running 9x39s, at close quarters.
I had to follow the suppressor sounds.

[fickle hill]

Sounds miserable

[primal nimbus]

939 gang

[fickle hill]

Be aware of the Tbag batman squad

[hallow shadow]

I was wearing a Spork suit.
Either Guardian of Freedom, or Falcon.

Either way. I had to respawn and try again.

[chilly bloom]

Ah

[hallow shadow]

Who?

[chilly bloom]

I have arrived

[fickle hill]

Welcome

[fickle hill]

All the zombies

[hallow shadow]

Nice to see you

[hallow shadow]

The zombies bother me, in this game.

They shoot straighter than The Flood (Halo), and that headshot only crap is just that.

[fickle hill]

[fickle hill]

I hate they take 2 bullets to the head with low caliber

[hallow shadow]

They aren’t undead.
They’re just really deep in the Alzheimer’s Soup.

Enough physical trauma should destroy them, like any other character.
I was heated the first time I ever saw one get back up.

[fickle hill]

The only zombies I like are the ones that mumble with the masks

[ebon blade]

I've shot several Zombies lately, that keep getting back up after going down.
I finally figured out that the way to stop them is to finish them with the knife.

[fickle hill]

Those are rarer than the zombies with no helmets at all

[weary hedge]

Or shoot them in the noggin

[hallow shadow]

I remember having to dome a Blind Dog twice with an AKU, in Vanilla.

I heard the “Crit Squish” and watched it keep on running laps around me.

[hallow shadow]

I put them down, then headshot.
If I can’t land the money shot immediately.

That’s a double tap, by the way.

Shooting someone, they go down, then shooting them while they’re down.

War crimes.

[fickle hill]

We like war crimes

[wooden walrus]

you're a war crime 😳

[fickle hill]

If I could I would grab a stick and a big bent nail and make a paintrain and grab a shield kill Monolith Demo style

[hallow shadow]

Zombies should spawn with RPGs, like how the Flood spawns with SPNKRs

[hallow shadow]

I wholeheartedly wish Skif had more melee options.
Literally, a machete would make me happy.

Cause fighting these rats is a joke.

There’s no real way to do it, so I just have them chase me back to a group of NPCs the shoot them for me.
Since they never miss.

[fickle hill]

Wish we had kill from above kill from below

[wooden walrus]

a shovel like krieg intended

[hallow shadow]

Same with dogs.
I lure those shits to groups of folks.

[hallow shadow]

DID SOMEONE SAY DIE FOR THE EMPEROR?

Could you imagine playing Uno with Kriegers?
“Draw 25, or just die”
Kriegers: You’re kidding, right?

I wish the mutants weren’t coded to know where you’re aiming, and behind hopping around.
Especially the BLIND ONES

“Oh, you think you have a bead on me? IMMEDIATELY PIVOT!”

I need one of those crazy parachute things from MGS:Phanton Pain, so I can extract stuff straight to my stash.

Fulton Device? Is that what it’s called?

Get it from Vicky, and use it on mutants, for her science.

I also need stealth to be a viable option.
Even a suppressed round alerts everyone, and their mutant mother.

[wooden walrus]

I was surprised to see there's still no mod that basically disables shared stashes

[hallow shadow]

What do you mean by shared stashes?

[wooden walrus]

I was thinking it would be a nice idea to be able to contract guides to essentially move your stuff from one hub to the other

[hallow shadow]

Ohhhh

[wooden walrus]

price depending on distance and amount of items

[hallow shadow]

The magical chest that’s always linked.
I personally love having that.

[wooden walrus]

well I mean disabling the fact that certain stashes are magically shared

[hallow shadow]

All it does is hold everything I would rather sell when I’m actually broke.

And my .308 Cluster

[wooden walrus]

I do think they're handy, and to be honest, having to haul stuff around would be a gigantic pain in the ass at certain points of the story

[hallow shadow]

Wait… There’s more than just Skif’s chest that’s shared?

[wooden walrus]

on the other hand, I do think it's kinda cheesy to just have straight up shared stashes

[wooden walrus]

no but skif has a number of chests that are all connected is what I mean

[hallow shadow]

Localized Stashes would make sense.
Since the Vendors only keep their own stock, and what you sell to them.

[wooden walrus]

(I can't believe I'm saying this but) in the original trilogy, there weren't any shared stashes

[hallow shadow]

But, Skif would be burning Koupons just to go back to insert Hub here just to find insert Artifact in his chest.

[wooden walrus]

and since most levels were essentially just a semi-open linear level, it meant if you picked up more than you could carry, you'd have to backtrack and pick up your stuff from a previous chest if you wanted to sell it further on

[hallow shadow]

That sounds like ass, not gonna lie.

[wooden walrus]

yeah I mean I'm sure it would be tricky to balance but you could probably do it. Depends on how masochistic the user is, but definitely that's something I would try making a mod for, not just adding it to vanilla

[hallow shadow]

But… It’s no different from a Player Home in Skyrim.

Given that Hubs are Faction/Reputation based… It would make sense to localize stashes.

[wooden walrus]

I'm having mixed feelings about it myself, like, I've had to squirrel stuff on stashes (which is the one good thing from the fact that you basically keep tripping on them during a playthrough) and having to come pick it up later to sell it. And I do enjoy the menial back and forth

[hallow shadow]

Promotes moving around more.

[wooden walrus]

on the other hand, ngl, just walking back and forth for 30 minutes just to make 10k is ass, objectively speaking

[hallow shadow]

I clear every Purple I see.

That “leave some for later” BS kills me.

[wooden walrus]

but I am mentally ill so please don't hold it against me

[lost wigeon]

To bad we can't put skifs pistol in our stash even if we can't sell it

[wooden walrus]

you can with mods

[lost wigeon]

Yea console sadly doesn't have that option yet

[wooden walrus]

oxa standard I think lets you (either that or unlimited, I think oxa)

[hallow shadow]

I’m running on late-diagnosed Tism, ADHD, and combat/stress induced PTSD.

I ain’t judging.

[wooden walrus]

ah, I'm so sorry to hear that

but, you peasants will probably be able to taste the glory of our lord and savior oxide soon

[hallow shadow]

I have the Cheat Mod for Skif’s pistol.

But even without it.. It’s my only defense against Burers.

[wooden walrus]

oxa core (aka, the console version) should come out relatively soonish

[hallow shadow]

OXA is gonna be a game changer.
I just hope it’s either compatible with Ace’s improved flashlight, or comes with one of its own.
Or NVGs. But… I hate NVGs. (Anecdotal)

In reality, they skew your depth-perception, depending on the model.

[wooden walrus]

on pc at least it is compatible with ace's and it has its own nvgs

[lost wigeon]

Im just glad we even have mods honestly

[wooden walrus]

yeah it's rare

[hallow shadow]

That is the real blessing, though.

[lost wigeon]

Facts

[hallow shadow]

Should I just sell this 7.62x39?
If the Dnipro has been swapped to 54r…
Is this just Koupons?

[lost wigeon]

I wonder when we will get the binos and nvgs

[wooden walrus]

officially, we should get them before end of the year

but that's probably secondary to 5.5 and idk if they'll be able to pull it off in time tbh

[lost wigeon]

Im sure things will move a bit faster after the engine upgrade

[wooden walrus]

that is both the update to the new engine as well as the 2-3 followup patches to fix everything they will inavitably break on the update

[hallow shadow]

1.5.5 has already been announced?
What’s on the menu?

That engine swap has me pumped, though.

[wooden walrus]

brainfart, meant ue 5.5 and I wrote 1.5.5. Somehow.

[hallow shadow]

Maybe I’ll finally be able to teleport to the top of Cooling Towers without crashing.

[hallow shadow]

Ahhhh. Fair enough.

Welp. Time to finally investigate Burnt Forest (and Duga, if possible) before I head to SIRCAA.

Gotta face the music, at some point.

Find my SSP-100 schematics.

[ebon blade]

My chest is so large and full, I wouldn't be able to afford to have it moved constantly.

[hallow shadow]

Make it a dialogue option
(Move all- Consumables,
Artifacts,
Weapons/Ammo
Suits

[obsidian zinc]

Fun fact stalker 2 was the third gsc game releases on 20th of November

That can't be a coincidence right?

[ebon blade]

None of the trilogy games were released on that date, only Stalker 2.

[hallow shadow]

What were the other two games?

[ebon blade]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl - 20 March 2007
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky - 22 August 2008
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat - 2 October 2009
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - 20 November 2024

[graceful fossil]

When is 1.5.3 out on console

[wooden walrus]

Wasn't the preload available since before the weekend

[hallow shadow]

I want to say… Yesterday?

Or this morning.
But it’s already out.

At least. I think it is.

Lemme check my Version number.

Hmm. Maybe not. Because I don’t remember…
But 1.7.1960 (console) looks familiar.

[wanton storm]

does UETools just not work right now?

[lost wigeon]

It's out

Has been since sunday night

[graceful fossil]

When

[lost wigeon]

Sunday night

[weary hedge]

If you want info on updates check #📰┃announcement 👍

[graceful fossil]

Thanks

[weary hedge]

Anytime for a fellow enclave enthusiast

[hallow shadow]

Shit.
All the SSP-100 blueprints are story gated.

I have the Discovery.

[weary hedge]

Still viable just worse than the survey

[wooden walrus]

The shaders are being compiled. God is good 🙏

[hallow shadow]

I found a Compass.

[ebon blade]

Where?

[hallow shadow]

Promin CMD Factory, Chemical Plant

[echo nimbus]

finally beat the game since i had to restart my playthrough goated 🗣️

[weary hedge]

Congrats. That’s a good one🤟

[hallow shadow]

Thanks! Now I gotta run back up to Cement Factory.
Cause sell stuff, and Burnt Forest seems to not have a Hub, and silly Loner here has no Scanner.

[weary hedge]

No hub only a trader if ur looking to unload some goods

[hallow shadow]

Specifically, I need to guide back to any Hub. So I can give this guy my other scanner.
I like my Hilka

[weary hedge]

The hilka detector actually has the largest detection radius out of them all

But lacks a clearer direction compared to the bear and veles

[hallow shadow]

I love it. I spot artifacts from like 100m away.
My entire spawn bubble.

I just dual wield my pistol and scanner, now.

[ebon blade]

You want to give him a detector for a reward.

[hallow shadow]

Yup. I had to fast travel back to Slag Heap, get into my Chest.
Gonna give him my Bear Detector

I’ve never used it, but I don’t plan on using anything other than this Hilka.

Hopefully he’s still there when I get back.

Cause I’m all about some “whole area is wild” kinda stuff.
Burnt Forest sounds haunted as hell.

racks Dnipro bolt
It’s a damn shame, really.

[weary hedge]

I find the red forest relaxing. It’s so beautiful. I wish there were more places like it

[hallow shadow]

Red Forest is somewhere I’ve really only passed through.

I’ve got the western side of it to still check out.

[weary hedge]

It was my favorite part of the original games.

[hallow shadow]

Actually. It’s 0400, and I’m just not gonna make it.

But man.
Thought the update was designed to nix some of these egregious NPC fights.
Or maybe I should drop the Shay’s Bronze mod.
Cause I’m really tired of being clipped from these crazy angles.

The moment I Guided back to Chem. Plant, there’s bandits attacking the Ward gate, and Snorks behind the Vendor/Guide Loner Shack.

It’s like Fallout 3 Fast Travel, where there could be a squad of Black Talon/Regulators waiting for you. Every time the loading screen finishes.

[dreamy dagger]

273 days without proper-proper A-Life 2.0

[hallow shadow]

At the place I found the Compass?

There was Loners fighting a Bloodsucker.
Killed the Sucker, and Mercs spawned at the edge of the facility.
Killed them.
I move out, and there’s Bandits inside, shooting at me and the Loners from windows.

[fervent robin]

https://youtu.be/yFMjQvlyOcY?si=nFciX35CW8Nw2jXT pretty good video about reflections

[weary hedge]

That is definitely the mod spawning in all those people

[hallow shadow]

Then that is getting 86’d when I wake up.

[weary hedge]

Shay’s living zone would be great if the spawn radius wasn’t so small. But because it is. It just creates unnecessary chaos

Here’s hoping that’s included in the big update

[versed reef]

The real A-life was the friends we made along th-

[dreamy dagger]

You messed me up big time, bwoe.

[stark crescent]

Wassup homies

[hoary crest]

IIrc Shay's has multiple versions that allow for more or less spawns

Idk if they're avaliable on console, but you could check

[wanton storm]

Bro there is just so much walking in this game i cant get over how much walking I do

How do people deal with chimera?

I spent so much expanding shotgun ammo on a chimera and it took to long to die

[hoary crest]

Use AP

Or with shotguns, slugs

[dreamy dagger]

wASSup

[hoary crest]

Some mutants have a built in armour rating, I believe Chimera is one of 'em

[wanton storm]

Ah ok, I was using expanding the entire time

[charred nova]

we still a long ways off going to full release

[thin apex]

I few days ago I got access to a rifle with a high mangification optic (like 5X) and decides to see how stable I could be while trading sideways and I made the conclusion that dispite skif being "military trained" bro clearly did not make it out of bootcamp with how poor his control of his rifle is when moving

turns out you don't have to swing your rifle side to side costantly making it impossible to aim when strafing while looking down a high power optic

[dreamy dagger]

473 days?

873?
1283?!?!?

[charred nova]

Maybe 473 days

[dreamy dagger]

Good Gawd why y do dat to me, Jackman...

[charred nova]

I’ve done nothing

[dreamy dagger]

You had me locked in

[charred nova]

Hopefully the engine update is worth the hype

[dreamy dagger]

80 to 140 fps boost for me or I refund
I run Medium at 80 fps atm

[charred nova]

Bit late for a refund I’m afraid

[dreamy dagger]

I do with as my sidekick and force to land back my 💰 then I 🛻 outta the 🏝️ towards the Big Land

[dusky sequoia]

Imagine a stalker 2 PS5 version trailer where they showcase NVGs and Binoculars (let me cope)

[glass tulip]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is officially avaiable to pre-order on PlayStation

[velvet trench]

Good to hear

20/11 release date

[rancid kiln]

I'd be super tempted to get it on PS5.. for that sweet platinum xD

[velvet trench]

Hopefully we get to order the ultimate edition ?

[glass tulip]

I take my statment back yes we have three editions Basic, Deluxe and Ultimate.
Ultimate $109.99
Deluxe $79.99
Standard $59.99

Pre-Order Bonus:
Extended Campfire Content
The Veteran Unique Weapon
The Tourist Unique Armor
Exclusive Backpack Patch

[velvet trench]

Gotten almost all the platinums for the og games

[rancid kiln]

Yeah same cost throughout as steam 👍

[velvet trench]

Sweet im also hoping we get that physical ultimate edition too

[glass tulip]

Ultimate bonuses
-Rhino Revolver
-Viper Monolith
-Fora-221 Assault Rifle
-D12 Smoothboreshotgun
-Ward Exoskeleton

[velvet trench]

I'm glad we gotten a releases date for ps version I cannot wait

[glass tulip]

Ya I think buy it for my birthday :P

comes out ten days after my birthday, be great present for myself

[velvet trench]

Nice birthday present for you

[glass tulip]

ya :p

Well S.T.A.L.K.E.R. I hope to see you on the battlefield when multiplayer comes out.

[midnight herald]

This is my fifth time trying to do the ad astra mission and I keep dying to those emission

[charred nova]

Come back in 2027

[midnight herald]

Or the stupid rat things

[still current]

Grenade

[hoary crest]

Unironically, really hope we get all the DLC story/map content before MP comes out

Also, please let it be hosted servers in the open world and not just deathmatch (absolute copium)

[charred nova]

That’d be co op so

Already confirmed it won’t happen

I’m just holding out for the stalker 2 web fishing port

[frigid hill]

officialmeowmix has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[charred nova]

What

Oh you added fuck

[hoary crest]

Technically yes, technically no

You could co-op, you could also RP a Bandit or Monolithian

Its not specifically co-op, but its also not specifically not co-op

Though, aside from modding ofc, I do think that server based open world "PvP" is the best way to ensure longjevity of the product and keep people buying it for years to come, if they do it right ofc

[frigid hill]

voracity_t has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[hoary crest]

There is a shtload of Stalker styled DayZ servers as an example of how well it could possibly do

[midnight herald]

Is there a certain way to kill the chimera faster ?I’ve been sitting up on a rock, putting mags into him and he’s still alive

Please help

How much health does this thing have?

[lost wigeon]

Ap rounds for assault rifles
Slugs for shotguns

[charred nova]

Then go play dayz

Cus that ain’t gonna be it

[rancid kiln]

Expansive rounds, The information tells you they are good against flesh (Mutants)

[midnight osprey]

I finished the last stage, why can't I go back to the game?

If I play a new game, will all my weapons be gone?

[graceful dirge]

DayZ too full of player management instead of player interaction (besides PvP & unless it's an RP server usually just becomes PUBG kos garbage) imo STALKER version would just be more fun with having better PvE and then faction-inspired PvP that's not so kos-driven

[midnight osprey]

Help me plz

[graceful dirge]

There is no NG+ after the story.

[midnight osprey]

what u mean NG

[graceful dirge]

You can reload any old save but otherwise must find yourself starting a new game on different slot.

[frosty zenith]

Yes, you finished the game, there is no New Game+ as Doughy said and there is no game after credits

[graceful dirge]

Like starting the game again by keeping all the stuff you had at the end of it/in storage throughout

maybe pray for NG+ with PS5 release

[midnight osprey]

thxx guys

[charred nova]

Too bad it’s never happening

https://tenor.com/view/1984-george-orwell-george-orwell-1984-1984-chips-1984-ruffles-gif-7144052804264359069

[graceful dirge]

Well, officially

[hoary crest]

The people are speaking 🤷‍♂️ 😄

[charred nova]

According to my crystal ball your mother will be hit by a car in 3 months so check mate buddy

[graceful dirge]

Died from car crash already

[charred nova]

My crystal ball is always right

[hoary crest]

Jack reddit-moderating today, what chewed up your knickers 😄

[graceful dirge]

What does it say we are to expect along PS5 release

[charred nova]

Nothing I just thought it would be funny

[charred nova]

Even slower console mod roll out

[hoary crest]

Actually, and sad tho it is, its unlikely its worth the supporting mods on PS anyway

What with Sony being utterly phobic of third-party adjustments to games

[charred nova]

As per usual pc always wins

[hoary crest]

Ofc, but at least MS thows their console a bone every once in a while, can't say that about Sony

[charred nova]

Gsc should send me a ps5 and Xbox dev kit

And pay me to manually test all the mods

I’m highly qualified for this

I’ll deny ever mod cus I hate consoles

But in all seriousness someone should probably be given that as a full time
Job

[marble aspen]

sup people
have they fixed a-live system yet?

[sturdy verge]

nice nice glad to see the game coming to ps5 for ps players 🙂

[crystal bison]

it feels so weird hearing skif advertise

[drifting forge]

Nov 20 huh

Final release date i bet

[gloomy citrus]

Hopefully it all goes well.

[charred nova]

We will finally hit open beta

[wooden walrus]

yesn't

[outer spade]

Why do PS5 get exclusive stuff??

[snow garnet]

lmao what happened to the tourist suit

[tawdry oar]

oh it's the same pre-order items from launch

[coral shadow]

Maybe*

[sturdy verge]

really nice that they can also get the early bird special too 🙂

[gloomy citrus]

Damn that sunrise suit with monolith camo is dope ngl

[crystal bison]

Remember, yes pre-orders

[wooden walrus]

because they are better than you

[gloomy citrus]

Never thought it would blend so well

[snow garnet]

are we getting a not orange texture for it?

[sturdy verge]

yeah its there

[tall cedar]

can we get that gun on steam to buy as well?

[worthy bane]

i'd wait a little bit.

[snow garnet]

wait the backpack is different too, its urban as well

[spice phoenix]

PS5 STALKER2? noice, but arent those preorder rewards on PC too?

[sturdy verge]

orange for pc

[worthy bane]

same story as with cyberpunk, gotta wait a bit till it gets polished enough.

[violet dune]

these are the same early birds we got on pc pre-order? right?

[snow garnet]

i think the names aren't right, even the tourist suit description is different from the og ver

[tame gazelle]

yall still selling exclusive bonuses? so collectors out in my mailbox?

[spice phoenix]

Cyberpunk lol i have the giant effing PS4 box

[coral shadow]

i have both a ps5 and a xbox s and bought S2 at full price on xbox but, i feel like the release on ps5 has way more attention than the xbox

[half seal]

Why some people reacting with a transgender flag on almost every stalker news post ? Transgender flag has nothing to do with stalker, its not a country flag and I don't understand the reason behind it.

[smoky hawk]

if Xbox does have haptic feedback and adaptive triggers and motions stuff to do then I would agree

[charred nova]

Yes

[worthy bane]

the answer's pretty obvious if you think about it a little bit.

[graceful dirge]

Why do they show off the Vintar unique model as if the scope can be removed

[snow garnet]

it specifically says its for urban use, unlike the original tourist preorder description which said red forest 🤔 are these actually distinct items only ps5 gets?

[graceful dirge]

same tease with Mosin irons

[wooden walrus]

I would like to think they'll add adaptive trigger support and not be a bunch of doodooheads like atomic heart and keep it exclusive to ps5

[graceful dirge]

Xbox controllers are just flat out lacking those capabilities

[worthy bane]

anyway, did i hear something about modding capabilities on console versions of s2?

[coral shadow]

I don't mean features, i mean like, more effort in the trailer and videos , i dont even remember if the xbox release was teased like this, since maybe it came along the pc release?

[plucky pasture]

Double ping

[spice phoenix]

question you guys... are guns and items or ammo stackable in the same way as STALKER 1? Shadow of Chernobyl

[wooden walrus]

truly, truly tragic

[marble aspen]

XD

[smoky hawk]

no bc they just teased the game as is, the xbox and PC released at the same time

[sturdy verge]

I prefer that orange tourist colour 😄

[wooden walrus]

if two guns are the same durability more or less they can stack, ammo stacks up as long as it's the same type

[coral shadow]

ohhhh that's why

[worthy bane]

.

[gloomy citrus]

Why theres no scope for PS5 pre-order Vintar rifle? @waxen marten

[violet dune]

https://www.stalker2.com/uk its still UA language for me. bugged?

[spice phoenix]

noice... oh ffffk i cant wait to stack up 100000000 guns lol

[smoky hawk]

unfortunatly, they have mods for consoles

[sturdy verge]

Also glad mods work for gfn on pc ❤️

[smoky hawk]

this is, an unprecedented blunder

[snow garnet]

vintar is a different skin just like the suit and backpack i just noticed

[wooden walrus]

faust stole it

[spice phoenix]

also... can somebody tell the developers to do something about the weapons with the same durability stacking if they dont have the same ammo in their mags?

[violet dune]

cuz ps5 pro dont deserve it

[charred nova]

True we should have gate kept harder

[worthy bane]

thats cool

[gloomy citrus]

Well both platforms practically get the same stuff excluding the scope.

[smoky hawk]

I will have to answer for this to my ancestors... we failed brother

[charred nova]

We will be banishes to the 7th layer

[slate epoch]

brothers, its nearly time for a stalker 2 replay. Is night vision goggles in yet?

[charred nova]

[coral shadow]

it would've been crazy if they added the binoculars in the collectors edition but none in the game

[smoky hawk]

no

[oak junco]

Gatekeeping is pretty gay ngl

[charred nova]

Erm no

[slate epoch]

brothers, its not yet nearly time for a stalker 2 replay then

[charred nova]

Gate keeping is based

[half seal]

pretty obvious

[smoky hawk]

is that why your jsuch a huge gatekeeper

[coral shadow]

check new roadmap

[spice phoenix]

by that i mean if i have 2 AKS74Us and one has 24 FMJ/PS and the other has 12 BT, they shouldnt stack together until both are empty or full

[oak junco]

Yes

[graceful dirge]

Haven't stopped playing

[smoky hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/sam-hyde-hydewars-candyman-ghost-of-kyiv-gif-26802433

gatekeep on borhter

[oak junco]

[smoky hawk]

we need it more than ever

[limpid dagger]

$389 for that collector bundle that doesn’t even include the game is kinda crazy

[lofty dew]

will the game run well is my question on the PS5

[worthy bane]

thoughts on anomaly?

[slate epoch]

i have caught the darktide bug

[lofty dew]

Better than stalker 2 right now IMO

[nocturne plume]

Will the PC version receive all PS5 support? Dual sense etc.

[smoky hawk]

child spawn corruptor that will take you on a nice trip to the depths of the forsaken
we need a new crusade to rid the world of such unclean shit

[graceful dirge]

yeah it's good to see they are really trying to get it in the hands of those who missed first wave, but damn I paid like $350 and got ultimate edition of game with it too

[slate epoch]

but will enjoy coming back to stalker soon

[coral shadow]

WAIT 389€??? that's wild, who the hell buys that? the making of all those items it's at MOST 150€ maybe

[limpid dagger]

I wouldn’t expect reality shattering graphics but it should run okay

[graceful dirge]

Thankfully I had it before S2 and sorta burnt myself out of it

[worthy bane]

truth spoken brother

[charred nova]

Welcome to collectors editions

[coral shadow]

it will run it like a Xbox X imo, maybe better

[smoky hawk]

I playtested Darktide and they didnt even give me a thousand special credits as a reward
:(

[charred nova]

It’s a box of paper weights brother

[rancid kiln]

It's a collectors edition, Look up the older COD CE's 😂

[limpid dagger]

I miss when all games did stuff like that tbh the collectors edition of halo reach was sick

[charred nova]

They gave got a fridge bro

[coral shadow]

Crazy

[charred nova]

When gsc giving me a fucken fridge

[graceful dirge]

I am very happy with the ultimate physical edition, the lamp especially they should be selling separately. That's what the people want lol

[wooden walrus]

a FRIDGE? in this ECONOMY!?

[charred nova]

We moderators work hard for gsc we deserve a stalker 2 branded fridge

[graceful dirge]

Atomic Heart fridge that provides... favors

[coral shadow]

But-but.. a plastic case for artifacts!!

[smoky hawk]

I mean the lamp is sick, but its also something I could make in 6 months as a side project with transparent 3d printer filament so

[snow garnet]

sorry best we can do a flak helm that had a nose clipping balaclava for 2 years with a B painted on it

[worthy bane]

is an actual svd included for that price?

[slate epoch]

fatshark hate money

[smoky hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/tazer-tazed-taser-gif-18828524

[wooden walrus]

they really do

[slate epoch]

could be selling fat fashion to all

[wooden walrus]

I just keep asking them if they can accept money from me but they're like ew ew

[dusky sequoia]

No trailer about NVGs gonna kms

[snow garnet]

they actually just recently fixed the nose clipping finally, so half your nose doesnt stick out