☢┃stalker-general

[weary hedge]

Lol 🤣

[neon snow]

I knew the Ibuprofen bottled didn’t look like that

[weary hedge]

I wish it’d rain more.

[shrewd needle]

Rain enjoyer. I like.

[hallow shadow]

I wish lightning was still able to target the player.

I kinda missed dodging that shit.

[weary hedge]

I got struck by lightning in my playthrough

[hallow shadow]

I did, before 1.5.

[neon snow]

It doesn’t anymore?

[hallow shadow]

I don’t think so. It’s within a radius, but not directly.

[wooden walrus]

P sure there's mods on both console and pc for that

[shrewd needle]

Another reason to stay on the older version. 😏

[weary hedge]

I dont know why but I’ve always found it overly comforting.

[shrewd needle]

Same, but probably for different reasons than you.

[wooden walrus]

Oh you can absolutely get nailed by lightning in 1.5.3 lol

[hallow shadow]

IF IT AIN’T RAINING, WE AIN’T TRAINING!

[wooden walrus]

Ask me how I know

[weary hedge]

Probably.

"The rain water taste funny these days"

[shrewd needle]

Still, rain good.

[lucid charm]

Right now my loadout is
-Mosin Rifle fully upgraded except muzzle and foregrip
-AK74-U+Open Collimator sight, Supressor, Coupled AK magazine
kharod+Supressor
Zircon Suit
PA-7 gas mask
Compass, Thunderberry, Liquid Rock, spring, mama’s beads

[wooden walrus]

Rain water and discarded pizzas, the true alpha diet

[neon snow]

I know, I thought it was still in the game but I guess the baby proofed storm

[weary hedge]

Almost makes me want to move to Florida or somewhere in Asia.

[hallow shadow]

Rain is cool, until you live some place like Florida, or (myself) Georgia. Or Korea.

[shrewd needle]

I'll pass on the pizzas, but rain good.

[shrewd needle]

Why?

[weary hedge]

Aye i don’t judge. Gotta do whatchu gotta do 😆

[hallow shadow]

Despite popular belief, even Afghanistan gets super rainy, and muddy and stupid.

[hallow shadow]

Because in the good ol South, all you have to do is wait a few minutes.
It will rain.

[neon snow]

My family keeps going to Florida and I’ve actually started despising that state

[shrewd needle]

Mine is G36 with Beta C-Mag, Glutton, SVU and the normal artifacs.

[neon snow]

Montana was fun tho

[shrewd needle]

I mean why is rain not cool in Florida/Georgia/Korea?

[hallow shadow]

I hated Florida.
It gets to you, in the worst of ways.

[weary hedge]

The people ruin it for the ones who enjoy the ecosystem.

[fickle hill]

MONTANA

[hallow shadow]

Because it’s always raining.

[stuck seal]

Is IPSF supposed to be hostile at malachite?

[fickle hill]

Nope

[stuck seal]

Because my entire playthrough they weren’t until now

[hallow shadow]

Do you not have a Pass?

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/gta-gif-18790546

Man can't even enjoy Florida like he's supposed to...with VICE!

[fickle hill]

There's 3 ways to get into Malachite

[stuck seal]

Literally came back to malachite after a few hours away from there and now all the ipsf patrols are attacking me

[hallow shadow]

I lived in two of the worst counties.
One was featured on “Live PD” for the longest time.
Pasco County.

The second was Pinellas County.

[shrewd needle]

I love 24/7 rain, so I'll take it.

[neon snow]

The nature is cool there if you forget about the massive amounts of invasive species

[lucid charm]

Ugh bring back the PDA pip sound when NPC enter your area. Sick of getting jumpscared

[weary hedge]

Acting like we aren’t the invasive species. Word 😆

[shrewd needle]

Humans are the most invasive of all.

[fickle hill]

This game is tagged with horror

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/bh187-braveheart-charge-attack-gif-19285817

[neon snow]

We’re so invasive that we’re a part of the ecosystem now

[primal nimbus]

I legit have the PDA ‘message received’ sound as my ring tone

[weary hedge]

Lol

[lucid charm]

Omg that’s amazing

[lucid charm]

Sure but it’s mentioned in the intro sequence

[hallow shadow]

My alarm clock is (loud, of course) the sound of Cortana tapping on the inside of Chief’s helmet from H2.

[weary hedge]

Yeah

[neon snow]

I want to do that so bad for my text messages but I have no idea how to on an iPhone

[shrewd needle]

Step 1: Get an Android.

[lucid charm]

I am once again mentioning needing an X-7 suit to be findable inside Sircca for maritime dissonance reasons

[hallow shadow]

It’s in Sounds and Notifications, I think.

Or it has to be per-person.
-iPhone user.

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/android-iphone-gadgets-gif-5152420085917334511

[neon snow]

But I want NODs

[weary hedge]

Yes?

[shrewd needle]

NODs?

[hallow shadow]

NVGs

[neon snow]

Night vision

[hallow shadow]

Night Optic Device

[shrewd needle]

Uh...since when does the iPhone have NVGs in it?

[hallow shadow]

Or, you’re always “nodding” to keep that shit comfortable and centered on your head.

[weary hedge]

Who’s iPhone got nods 🤣

[neon snow]

I hope when nvgs are added the tube is shifted to the right or left of your screen a little

[weary hedge]

Can they even make nvg that small?

[neon snow]

Seal team 6

[shrewd needle]

Probably, since you only need light gathering; the display can be separate.

[hallow shadow]

Realistic NVGs would need a serious Depth of Field tweak.

Gotta only have one portion of the screen actually be NVG, the rest is blurry darkness.

“MuH realism”

[shrewd needle]

Ah, Counter-Strike memories...except NVGs were always useless, for some reason.

[weary hedge]

Night isn't dark enough for nvgs

[hallow shadow]

But some interiors are

[shrewd needle]

True, though made good use of NVGs in Half-Life: Opposing Force, even though it's just a green filter rather than actually lit up.

[neon snow]

Fumbling to get a mag in because your depth perception is terrible with a single tube

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/ghost-recon-absolute-cinema-absolute-cinema-meme-breakpoint-military-gif-10149369369507198375

Absolute NVGs.

[hallow shadow]

Depends on how familiar you are with your gear.

But yeah. You’re not wrong.

[weary hedge]

Let your eyes adjust and they work better. Unless ur using thermals

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/fart-thermal-vision-gif-15269211

[hallow shadow]

NVGs at night (Stalker) will probably help mitigate all that shooting through the brush the NPCs can do, because now they’re brighter.

[shrewd needle]

Never using infra-vision after that, are ya? 😏

[weary hedge]

Mans got every hole spewing out something 🤣

We call that the 3 headed dragon

[fickle hill]

I would if I was in a bush waiting for the intruder

[hallow shadow]

The “Trifecta”

[shrewd needle]

That's disgusting... 😆

[weary hedge]

Cigarettes also give you away.

Also side note rubbing mud on your face/body mitigates detection.

[neon snow]

I have to pay for a custom ringtone and it has to be in the “tone” store. This is stupid

[shrewd needle]

I'd need some bleach after seeing that, NGL.

[hallow shadow]

I gilded my Iron Lord title again.
No longer need Destiny 2.

[shrewd needle]

That's Apple for you.

[weary hedge]

Where can I upgrade the kriss vector?

[shrewd needle]

I know; best defence against thermal vision is to blend in.

[hallow shadow]

Gotta cup your cigarette in your hands to smoke.

[shrewd needle]

Any technician beyond Rostok. Preferably Yaniv.

[weary hedge]

Ok can I slap an acog on it?

[weary hedge]

Even then it’s risky business. Ur better off holding out

[fickle hill]

Yaniv is a one and done deal with everything upgrade wise

[shrewd needle]

Nah, some shit is Bolero-only.

[hallow shadow]

Better make you some Ranger Dip.
Get that MRE coffee in them gums.

[weary hedge]

Exactly.

Better than getting yo shi blown smooth off

[hallow shadow]

Fax

[weary hedge]

I fail to understand why people dislike mres they are actually pretty good

[weary hedge]

Because normal food is better duh

Ok...

[hallow shadow]

I enjoy them.
Some of them.
They’re good for you, but no one asks for MREs.
You just. Deal with em.

Plus, what you really want is the “First Strike Ration”

[weary hedge]

Some of those meals are pretty brutal. I’ve seen prison trays offer more 😆

[shrewd needle]

I thought MREs were supposed to be meals to provide adequate energy?

[hallow shadow]

With that Apple Cinnamon bar.

[weary hedge]

Yeah it’s the taste and texture that’s offputting.

[hallow shadow]

Yes. The average MRE has Circa 3500 calories for the on-mission soldier.

[weary hedge]

Daily calorie is 2000

[lucid charm]

So I’m about to give you some wisdom none of your drill sarn’ts will give you. If you get the chili Mac, the pork rib, or the meatball marinara, don’t worry about heating them up. Just eat

[hallow shadow]

But a soldier burns more.

[weary hedge]

Your ass is moving alot in the field.

[fickle hill]

That soldier is on the walk for 12 hours a day

[shrewd needle]

So, basically nutrient paste moment...

[shrewd needle]

With a combat load.

[hallow shadow]

Wearing all that gear, just *sitting there is a chore.

[weary hedge]

Exactly. Most of it is straight slop 😆

[fickle hill]

Than 24 it can be

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/dog-eating-eat-burger-food-gif-16834603692867166790

[lucid charm]

I’m gonna be honest, I’d rather MRE’s than Hot A’s ANY day

[shrewd needle]

Military thinking of feeding grunts.

[weary hedge]

Is that a bowl of dressing?

[weary hedge]

Fair. That shit ain’t any better

[hallow shadow]

Hot As are ass. Take too much time, excess equipment in the field.

[shrewd needle]

Hot A = ?

[hallow shadow]

It’s a phrase for “cooked food” but. It’s literally hot prison food.
Marmites.

[lucid charm]

You might get “biscuits and gravy” or you might get meatball marinara, but there’s at least a small chance it won’t be shit

[weary hedge]

Fresh, frozen, or refrigerated meals served hot to soldiers in the field or dining facilities.

In other words prison food.

[hallow shadow]

Breakfast Hot As are the worst.

[lucid charm]

Ugh, field eggs 🤢

[hallow shadow]

Our straight out the side of a trailer.

[hallow shadow]

Always ask for hard boiled eggs so you know they’re real.

[weary hedge]

I’ve seen fast food prepped better 😆

[lucid charm]

Bruh I was looking forward to the defac after every FTX

[hallow shadow]

I didn’t really get that option, until I was in Germany.

We would go to the field, out in Graf.
But every so often, we would go on post to get some nice DFAC chow.

Otherwise, we got what we got.

[shrewd needle]

Fair, makes more sense what Hot As are, but if they're refrigerated and all, I presume the availability and quality is better?

[lucid charm]

Pfffffff

[hallow shadow]

Quality is subjective.

[shrewd needle]

Rammstein?

[weary hedge]

No. It’s actually Great Depression era slop.

[lucid charm]

Btw don’t bother asking me about what number an MRE was, I didn’t remember it back then, I don’t remember it now lmao

[hallow shadow]

Availability? Also… Depends on your unit.
Almost every unit that can go to the field can bring a Meal Truck.
But it’s extra logistics that actually impacts your FTX negatively. (In my opinion)
Joes are all lined up, waiting to eat.
Instead of just ripping an MRE open, and Charlie Mike.

[valid thunder]

Slava Ukrop!

[hallow shadow]

Same. That shit was just “food” to me.

First Strike Rations are better than MREs anyway.

[shrewd needle]

FTX?

[hallow shadow]

Field Training Exercise

[shrewd needle]

So basically, no good food unless you go off the base to a restaurant or something.

[hallow shadow]

Yep. Now you get it.

THEY SAY THAT IN THE ARMY THE CHOW IS MIGHTY FINE!
The chicken jumped off the table, and killed a friend of mine!

[lucid charm]

THEY SAY THAT IN THE ARMY THE COFFEE’S MIGHTY FINE

IT LOOKS LIKE MUDDY WATER AND TASTES LIKE TURPENTINE

[weary hedge]

Yup. Even then those places got old but better than what they give you.

[hallow shadow]

Most soldiers go buy POGie Bait before going to the field.

[shrewd needle]

What's the world come to when the military can't feed quality food to its 'grunts'? 😔

[weary hedge]

Freedom

[lucid charm]

I lowkey miss army coffee, this civy shit is so mild

[hallow shadow]

The nutritional quality is there. The caloric needs are met.
We can taste that shit later, Private, HURRY UP!

[weary hedge]

Discipline, apparently.

Also convenience. The tax funds are sure there tho…

[hallow shadow]

Army coffee can clean an engine, for sure.

[shrewd needle]

They're reserved for those poor defence contractors. Those young, fledgling independent companies need capital infusion.

[hallow shadow]

Army coffee? You mean dark carb-cleaner?

[lucid charm]

Remember fuzzy, military grade just means there’s a 50% chance it’ll kill you faster than the other guy

[shrewd needle]

So has been told by Mewtwo and Zev and others as well.

[hallow shadow]

“It comes down to the Ten Percent Rule, Privates. You must be ten percent smarter than the equipment you are operating.”

[lucid charm]

Gods this reminds me of my first nickname

[weary hedge]

Also gotta take into consideration they wanna make tools out of us. Feelings and taste are not relevant under such circumstances🤣

[hallow shadow]

Mine was Mach 5, or Golden Arches.

[shrewd needle]

Doesn't stop the equipment from blowing up in your face.

[hallow shadow]

I have a receding hairline, and I was one of the fastest runners in my company.

[shrewd needle]

Yep...tools need lube. 😏

Not taste.

[hallow shadow]

Yeah it does. If you can operate it.

[valid thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/yawn-boar-pig-hog-summer-gif-10546652396781305870

[shrewd needle]

I mean malfunctions and such.

[hallow shadow]

Those are rare, and almost always user-error.

[lucid charm]

PewPew. My drill caught me explaining how selective fire works to other soldiers (because they’d never handled a weapon before)

[weary hedge]

We’ve been maintaining and operating our equipment for years. You will not see that often if ever.

[shrewd needle]

WTF? They don't know what fire selectors are?

[shrewd needle]

That's a fair point.

[lucid charm]

Never underestimate the stupidity of privates

[hallow shadow]

The M4 Carbine comes in Semi, Burst, Safe.

Army almost never lets you use burst (during training)

Safe/Semi is all the average soldier knows.

[shrewd needle]

But like...even games have better simulation of those!

[hallow shadow]

The M4A1 comes Semi/Auto/Safe

[weary hedge]

Also our reliability is no myth. It seriously holds up.

I need a cigarette

[shrewd needle]

Why no burst? Like...it's there for a reason, no?

[hallow shadow]

I’m out smoking. Come, brother. Join me.

[lucid charm]

Semi is Pew Pew
Burst is PewPewPew
And automatic is PewPewPewPewPew

[shrewd needle]

Automatic be like...instantly losing control because you're not used to recoil.

[lucid charm]

Hence the nickname

[hallow shadow]

Suppressing.

[shrewd needle]

I mean, if you don't train with it, you can't use it effectively...

[hallow shadow]

Burst is generally a waste of ammo, unless you have a good shot.
Semi, or die.

[primal nimbus]

Automatic is (to my understanding) more for spec ops since they’re more up in people’s faces

[lucid charm]

Automatic for suppressing

[hallow shadow]

In lieu of an automatic weapon.

[primal nimbus]

That’s why the AEK is for the Russian Spetsnaz and not infantry

[lucid charm]

And even then it’s controlled

[shrewd needle]

Well, I mean training soldiers to use burst properly...

[lucid charm]

Burst is stupid, and it was created to keep soldiers from blowing all their ammo in a panic

[weary hedge]

Might aswell burst in automatic that’s the thing.

3 round burst is the best because if you aim for the sausage the next round hits chest and the last round hits head. (Because of recoil)

[hallow shadow]

You only get 30 rounds in a magazine.
I have 200 in my drum.
You can stay on semi, and not burn your ammo.
That’s my job.

[primal nimbus]

Would rather semi suto

[shrewd needle]

I know, but don't they still use M4s and not all being M4A1s?

[primal nimbus]

Aint M4 and M4a1 the same?
-# Wait-

[hallow shadow]

Only some units.
Average Joe only has a Carbine.

[hallow shadow]

No.

[shrewd needle]

A1 = automatic.

[lucid charm]

Man I still don’t get SAW mag math.

[primal nimbus]

Just dawned on me with that

[stuck seal]

How do you escape vortexes now?

[hallow shadow]

I loved my SAW, I just hated carrying it.

[weary hedge]

M4 carbine yeah but you won’t see grunts holding one🤣

[lucid charm]

Run and jump

[primal nimbus]

Thats why they slapped an A1 on M4 lol

[stuck seal]

Nope, did that, still take full damage

[primal nimbus]

We shoot M4s only. Been trying to shoot M18 lately but kept getting rescheduled

[lucid charm]

You need to be lucky and your timing needs to be perfect

[weary hedge]

I thought the military uses the ar416

[shrewd needle]

So what, all the enlisted ones get M4A1s and the officers get pistols? Kind of confused about the armament.

[primal nimbus]

USMC does

[hallow shadow]

If you’re caught, start sprinting.
There’s a literal split second you can dip before it cuts you.

[weary hedge]

Or is that a civi model

[primal nimbus]

The Army wants to go autistic snd use the XM7

[shrewd needle]

HK416 is not adopted except by special forces. HK417 is now the M27 IAR.

[stuck seal]

Got perfect timing, every time, always, before I used to be able to escape and take less damage, now everytime I do it it gives me full damage

[primal nimbus]

Only Europe has the HK416

[hallow shadow]

Regulars get M4 Carbine.
Officers are issued pistols, not every soldier.

Medics, MPs, Officers, and Command NCOs.

[weary hedge]

My favorite rifle is the mk14ebr

[hallow shadow]

The high-speed guys get the M4A1s.
Rangers and shit like that.

[stuck seal]

It feels like stalker 2 has a list of rules and every day it chooses a random rule from the list to completely forget about

[shrewd needle]

I thought the SOCOM or something ordered HK416 with conversion kits for 7.62?

[lucid charm]

Back to stalker 2 for a second, I hate that on console the interaction and reload button are on the same button, so I accidentally reload when I’m just picking stuff up. It messes up my ammo count

[weary hedge]

I’m not sure what every rank is authorized to use. Just the average grunt loadout.

[hallow shadow]

I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST ME

[primal nimbus]

Idek then. The Seals used the 416 to kill Bin Laden

[shrewd needle]

No, that's fine, just wanted to get the idea.

[hallow shadow]

I hate slapping my gun when I wanna pick up something.

[weary hedge]

Mewtwo might know. I know he was an MP. Not sure if they heave the clearance to that kind of info.

[lucid charm]

Nah man, it’s the same reason I prefer using coupled mags over extended since I was never trained to use mag math with large mags

[hallow shadow]

The average soldier is issued a weapon.
No one asks you what you want.
You fill the role your squad leader assigns you.

If you’re the Designated Marksman, you might get a Mk14, you’ll most likely just get an M16 with an ACOG.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, that's what I'm saying; they got the 416 and then ordered but cancelled the 417.

And then they later ordered conversion kits for the 416 to turn them into 7.62.

Also, the 417 has been adopted as the M27 IAR to replace the SAW.

[shrewd needle]

I know, I was just asking what weapons were issued.

[primal nimbus]

Idk what the Marines are cooking with it, but its better than the Army adopting the XM7.

[lucid charm]

Iirc British operators use the 416, never used one myself though

[hallow shadow]

Ew. The XM7.

[primal nimbus]

Exactly

[hallow shadow]

Such an ugly gun.
At least it’s not the OICW

[shrewd needle]

In December 2009, a modified version of the HK416 was selected for the final testing in the Infantry Automatic Rifle program, designed to partially replace the M249 light machine gun at the squad level for the United States Marine Corps. It beat the three other finalists by FN Herstal and Colt Defense. In July 2010, the HK416 IAR was designated as the M27 IAR and 450 were procured for additional testing.
Guess I was wrong about the 417.

[weary hedge]

Why the heck wouldn't they just give people what they want?

[primal nimbus]

The germans are using it to replace their G36s

[weary hedge]

I hope ur not serious 😆

1000+ guns and youre issued junk

[hallow shadow]

Because it’s not Call of Duty.
Everyone has a purpose.
No one gets to be an individual.

[lucid charm]

Are…are you serious?

[weary hedge]

"Release the tools of labor"

[primal nimbus]

Ah yes, I love the logistics of maintaining 7 different fing guns

[shrewd needle]

The HK417 was adopted as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M110A1_rifle

[weary hedge]

Buddy thought he could spend some cod points on a shinier gun 🤣

[lucid charm]

Can you imagine giving a private fuzzy a 203 though

[hallow shadow]

M110 is a DMR

[shrewd needle]

I mean, shiny good; can't beat chromed barrel lining.

[shell flax]

Trying to be some wannabe CoD character is a fast way to get you and your buddies slapped

[shrewd needle]

I know, I was just telling Rick that they did adopt the 416 and 417 in the US Military.

[weary hedge]

Fking hell man lmao

[hallow shadow]

That’s how it goes, in MP land, actually.

[primal nimbus]

Fuzzy suppressor

[hallow shadow]

The average MP fireteam Carrie’s more firepower than an infantry team.

[primal nimbus]

Thats more the Marines

[shell flax]

I genuinely don’t think I’ve heard a more gamer brain rot take in my life

[primal nimbus]

The Army’s adopting the XM7

[shrewd needle]

Yea, just saying, that the 416 became the M27 IAR and the 417 is the DMR above.

As for Army, well...I thought the rounds were very hot?

[lucid charm]

Wait really? Maybe it was just my unit but we didn’t give a soldier a 203 during deployment until he was AT LEAST an actual private

[weary hedge]

Urp. Infantry the meat shields and sector holders

[hallow shadow]

Driver- SAW, M9
Gunner- Crew-Served, M4/320, M9
Team Leader- M4/Shotgun, M9

[shrewd needle]

Driver using a SAW is funny.

[primal nimbus]

The Marines:

We all using the HK416/M27.

[hallow shadow]

Not for MPs.

If I have to dismount, I’m the suppression on the ground. My gunner has a turret.

[shrewd needle]

Also, I'm confused, why don't y'all like the XM7?

[lucid charm]

Heavy

[hallow shadow]

It’s ugly, and impractical, and expensive.

[primal nimbus]

https://www.twz.com/land/army-captain-slams-new-xm7-rifle-as-unfit-sig-sauer-says-otherwise

[shell flax]

Also just got an image retention scare on my monitor, damn near shit myself thinking it was burn it

[lucid charm]

And it’s heavy

[stuck seal]

Why is there an x there

[hallow shadow]

Way heavier than an M4.

[lucid charm]

Experimental

[shell flax]

Gonna turn it off for the night and hope for the best lmao

[stuck seal]

Nuh uh thats clearly it’s a reference to the x labs

[weary hedge]

Probably for the best lol. Don’t wanna risk it

[primal nimbus]

Sig also made the XM7. Given Sig’s reputation, I ain’t confident about the XM7.

[shrewd needle]

Also, I read that the 6.8 X 51 was too hot for the guns?

Extreme levels of pressure burning barrels out?

[primal nimbus]

Well, the type of 6.8x51

[shrewd needle]

Yea, yea, I mean the SIG's.

[shell flax]

It would be funny as hell that Kyle Crane would be the thing to kill my monitor

[hallow shadow]

That, and ammo has weight.
A mag of 6.8 weighs more than a mag of 5.56.
Now strap 7 to your 45lb vest, and start sprinting.

[primal nimbus]

The, type being 6.8x51 Fury

[shrewd needle]

I mean, it's better than 7.62 X 51...

[hallow shadow]

To you.
Bigger isn’t always better.

Every round has a purpose.
Bigger boolet isn’t always the solution.

[lucid charm]

Ngl I always dealt bad for you guys.

[shrewd needle]

Didn't they ask for that round for extended range or something? Since 5.56 was falling short?

[primal nimbus]

It falls on reliability too

[hallow shadow]

For who?

[lucid charm]

Saw gunners

[weary hedge]

Probably gunners. Y’all have a load…

[primal nimbus]

Little do they realize, 556x45 is still ample enough for the job

[hallow shadow]

I loved my SAW.
I was just a little guy, and it sucked.

[hallow shadow]

But, once I became a Team Leader, I carried an M4/Acog/M9

[hallow shadow]

Just get a longer barrel.

[weary hedge]

You ever met a ranger? If so what are they like?

[shrewd needle]

True, but Wikipedia lists an interesting argument (I guess the one that the Army uses):

The M7 was designed to fire the 6.8×51mm SIG Fury cartridge in response to concerns that improvements in body armor would diminish the effectiveness of the 5.56×45mm NATO round used in the M4 carbine and M249 SAW and increase their lethality and effective ranges compared to common, battlefield rounds such as the 5.56×45mm NATO and 7.62×51mm NATO.
I thought 5.56 AP rounds would still work?

[hallow shadow]

They’re effing scary.
I met some in Savannah City.

[primal nimbus]

Yeah, in the Moscow Metro. Nice guys for a Roadside Picnic

[weary hedge]

Still haven’t came across one. I am curious tho.

[primal nimbus]

556 for basic reasons

[shrewd needle]

Fair point.

[primal nimbus]

Iirc the round has issues of its own

[lucid charm]

I have a lot of respect for rangers. Cav worked with them a lot when I was in

[hallow shadow]

There’s a Ranger Bat on Stewart, where I was.

I went partying in Savannah.
There was like a squad sized element of Rangers. Drinking, too.

One of their buddies got grabbed by a couple gamgbangers.

So all the Rangers in the bar rolled out, and went door to door, bar to bar, shop to shop, looking for their bro.

It was GLORIOUS.

[weary hedge]

I bet. Yall are in the shits.

[hallow shadow]

Rangers go hard. That Tan Beret does, too.

[weary hedge]

That’s fking rad. Damn.

[shrewd needle]

The over-pressure, of course, but I get your point about SIG's unreliability.

[weary hedge]

Their uniforms go incredibly hard. I’m jealous.

[hallow shadow]

I wish I was I went to Ranger school.
But, I would’ve been fried, because they hate MPs.

[primal nimbus]

Heck it.

We use 5.7x28mm AP rounds as standard anti armor

[weary hedge]

Same. I wonder what the average field days like for em.

[hallow shadow]

My SAW had some weird metal tip, for AP.
Or, purple paint.

[weary hedge]

Ww2 weapons just hit harder

[hallow shadow]

Because the bullets were bigger.

[shrewd needle]

That works (as does the 4.6 X 30, I suppose).

[weary hedge]

We're such panzies now

[shrewd needle]

7.62 X 51 will knock down an armoured soldier easily.

[weary hedge]

Okay bud😆

[hallow shadow]

How so?

[weary hedge]

Ur barking up the wrong tree

[hallow shadow]

Homie must not be American.

[weary hedge]

Smaller round yeah I know better penatration blah blah

[stuck seal]

Do you think blind dogs even know what a tree is

[shrewd needle]

You do know how bullets work, right?

[weary hedge]

Yes

[lucid charm]

They know what a gun is…somehow

[weary hedge]

Or living an overly comfortable life.

[stuck seal]

Somehow

[shrewd needle]

Yea, so 7.62 = over-powered for the job.

[primal nimbus]

We would’ve taken 5.7x28mm (designed by the Belgian FN Herstal) as adopted in NATO but the Germans (HK especially) got pissy that their 4.6x30 got beaten

[hallow shadow]

Easier to fire.

Have you tried to sustain accurate fire with an automatic .45 like a WWII trooper?
Or with a 30.06

Smaller round means less weight, more ammo, and more accurate fire.

[weary hedge]

True

[hallow shadow]

We aren’t “pansies”. We work smarter, not harder.

[shrewd needle]

TBF, both are similar performance, so honestly, both should've been adopted, depending on which feels better to their own military.

[hallow shadow]

We also wear more armor than those guys did.
I wore more kit than a WWII soldier.

[weary hedge]

Yup. We should be grateful death isn’t as common. Can’t believe that has to be said.

[stuck seal]

Smaller round means I can have like 500 of them when I have to fight like a platoon of monolith all in one office building in pripyat

[primal nimbus]

We bound to lose another Vietnam like war since we adopting battle rifles

(We entered Nam with M14 battle rifles.)

[shrewd needle]

Or...just have infinite weight and carry thousands of 7.62 X 54 mmR.

Beat everyone with over-powered hammers.

[stuck seal]

Why are they all in that one office building? I guess it’s the holiday so everyone’s working overtime

[shrewd needle]

TBF, I suppose 7.62 can have a place in urban warfare to punch through walls? Just wondering.

[stuck seal]

Yeah we should beat people with hammers

[shrewd needle]

Yes, SVD is a long hammer. And 7.62 X 54 mmR = long nail.

[hallow shadow]

Yeah, but 5.56 also can penetrate.

[lucid charm]

5.56 can punch through most walls though

Walls are concealment, not cover

[stuck seal]

I can also punch through walls

Drywall but still

[hallow shadow]

Hiding behind a car won’t even save you from 5.56

[shrewd needle]

Car, I know, but then car panels are thin. But walls are much thicker than car doors, no?

[stuck seal]

Some walls

[hallow shadow]

Not really.

[stuck seal]

Like the walls of my thick skull, those are pretty thick

[hallow shadow]

Depends on the wall.

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/punching-punch-punch-wall-punched-the-wall-hole-in-wall-gif-15401058

[weary hedge]

I wonder what it takes to qualify as a combat medic.

[stuck seal]

Doing the training course???

[shrewd needle]

Not needing to be patched up in a hostile area.

[hallow shadow]

Gotta have a nice GT Score, first.
Medic has a literal intelligence requirement.

[weary hedge]

Ah.

[hallow shadow]

Check you ASVAB scores.
Even an MP has an intelligence requirement.
Had to have at least a 99.
Medic, when I joined, was 110.

I only had a 107, so I couldn’t get Medic.
I took MP.

[weary hedge]

Well I’ve got the bseps school ahead of me soon. So hopefully I can reach that number.

[hallow shadow]

Noice. I hope it works out.
Are you a grunt?

GOOD OL ELEVEN BANG BANG?!

[weary hedge]

Field artillery. Rushed through my first ASVAB and took what I got. Dumb decision I know but I was in a bad spot 😆

[hallow shadow]

Fisting ain’t a bad job.
Queen of Battle, right there.

[weary hedge]

I suppose lol

[hallow shadow]

Bro, calling for fire has to be some of the coolest shit.

And it’s nowhere near as easy as video games make it to be.

[lucid charm]

I had 106 general technical and 97 in combat operation
Would have had higher but…how was it stated…”I wasn’t social enough”? Whatever that means

[weary hedge]

Hell no. There’s a-lot of steps to it. Depends what ur doing on the squad tho.

[weary hedge]

Came out perfect for all the meps shit. I just lack the intelligence on asvab. Truly born for the grunt life lol

[hallow shadow]

Hell, calling in a MEDEVAC is touchy, when shit starts flying.

Still. Only need the first 5 lines, at a minimum, just to get the bird in the air.

I hope you remember what your grid coordinates are, private.

[weary hedge]

Don’t wanna accidentally hit our own dudes😆

[hallow shadow]

Land Navigation was fun.
Honestly. Reading a military map was probably my favorite class.

Private, how many North’s are on a map?

[lucid charm]

I had 2 points higher than necessary to join the rangers, but there’s were no slots available for enlistment, that doubled with general reluctance to put women In combat roles In the first place I went with the second closest option

[lucid charm]

Land nav was a fun field trip

[hallow shadow]

When were you in?
I was 11-17.

Women were just barely getting accepted into combat roles, like Engineer and Scouts.
Very few women actually made it through Ranger school.

[weary hedge]

Yup. Same place. Job availability was terribly selective. Even got pressed into what I am now because I was told it’s the last slot.

[lucid charm]

17-2021

[hallow shadow]

Ohhhh. Dang.

I got out when you got in. Shucks.

Yeah, it’s so weird that “only men are allowed to die for this country”
My mom invaded Iraq as a Supply Sergeant. It wasn’t a joke.

I’m glad women are getting their chance for it.
In my day, Military Police was the closest a woman got to combat.
We were one of the only Co-Ed forces.

[weary hedge]

Had no idea it was that strict. That’s insane.

[hallow shadow]

Functionally (in a tactical sense), in the field, MPs operate much like Scouts.

We had a Cav Bat in my BCT that we deployed with. Their training looked a lot like ours, and the other way around.

I wish they let me Spur Ride, though.
I’m sure I would’ve made it.

[lucid charm]

One of my favorite uncles was taken out by an Al-Qaeda rpg when I was still in highschool. I guess I wanted in to take something back. Of course I didn’t admit it when I was in, but…y’know

[hallow shadow]

Yeah, dude.
From when I was in, women were just getting green lights for Combat Arms.

The average male soldier was not cool with it.
As an MP… I hated answering calls to Infantry and Engineer barracks because the only 3 women in the company are being harassed.

[weary hedge]

I feel a similar way. My father was heavily affected by the military because his squad was taken out besides him so he carries this guilt.

[hallow shadow]

I joined cause of my mom.
And not the navy, because of my dad.

He was never there.
Dude was always “sailing” somewhere. Called that shit a “deployment” like it wasn’t just a glorified presence-patrol.

[lucid charm]

I hate boats, giant steel coffins.

[weary hedge]

Yup.

[hallow shadow]

But, a ship makes good food.
Depending on the Fleet.

[weary hedge]

IED

[hallow shadow]

Some galleys are BANGIN

But. Nothing beats Air Force chow.

[lucid charm]

I’d rather eat cheap shit over being one of 10 women on a boat full of 100+ horny men. At least my squad knew better than to try anything

[stuck seal]

Most boats have like 1,000+

[lucid charm]

See^

[hallow shadow]

That’s a real fear, dude.
As an MP… Like… Dude. I’ve responded to SAs of all kinds.
Men. Women. Kids.

I feel sooo bad for military women, sometimes.

[lucid charm]

Maybe someday I’ll tell you why I was forced out my unit one day

[hallow shadow]

One day, when you’re ready.

[weary hedge]

I can only imagine. Military is full of sick fucks.

[hallow shadow]

It really is, man.
Dude. Some of the scenes I’ve responded to.
The people I wasn’t allowed to brutalize.

Makes me effing sick.

[lucid charm]

All I’ll say for now is after we came back from overseas I was transferred to a supply unit after I refused to do certain…things for my XO

[stuck seal]

Ok so ipsf don’t attack at yaniv

But they attack at malachite

[hallow shadow]

That’s fair.

[weary hedge]

I bet.

[hallow shadow]

Wait… Like. As a whole faction? Like a war?

Or just a patrol?

[stuck seal]

What kind of wonky faction relation is this

Malachite was friendly like two days ago and now it’s not

[hallow shadow]

I feel like IPSF would be cool with Scientists.
I thought I was Ward who gave them a hard time.

[lucid charm]

Aren’t the IPSF at yaniv actually just deggy’s guys wearing a different uniform

[hallow shadow]

You probably shot someone on accident.

[stuck seal]

No there are IPSF at yaniv

[weary hedge]

Heard and seen to much nasty shit heads to show respect to a majority of the crowd.

[stuck seal]

I did not shoot anyone by accident

[hallow shadow]

Then like… How did a whole faction decide you suck, all of a sudden?

[stuck seal]

It’s just stalker 2 being stalker 2, I assume it’ll be fixed eventually

[lucid charm]

Which version are you playing on?

[hallow shadow]

That’s fair.

[stuck seal]

Or maybe just staying out of malachite for some time maybe fix it

[stuck seal]

Latest

[hallow shadow]

Yeah. Go sleep a couple sleeps at Slag Heap or something. Let it die down?

Maybe find someone to pay off?

[weary hedge]

Pretty sure there’s a rep system.

[lucid charm]

Can I post Spotify links here?

[hallow shadow]

Probably in Offtopic.

[weary hedge]

Not sure. I know you can in #💬┃en_offtop

[stuck seal]

Yeah but the rep system acts through the whole map, not just one region

[hallow shadow]

How did Harpy get hurt?

[stuck seal]

Bomb

[hallow shadow]

I can find ZERO lore on her debilitating injury.

[weary hedge]

Yeah I dont know if the IPSF groups act differently tho.

[hallow shadow]

Oh no.
Harpy got rocked by an IED?

[weary hedge]

Guys im feelim lonely should i join monolith

[stuck seal]

IPSF does act differently depending on the region, but the two regions where they’re not hostile by default are malachite and yaniv

[hallow shadow]

Are these AI Gen?

[stuck seal]

I’ve noticed that a lot of stalker stuff have been ai generated over the years, this community is the highest user of ai I’ve seen

[lucid charm]

Music tastes for stalker gaming in #💬┃en_offtop if you wanna listen

[ebon blade]

Did you think Birch is a fictional character?

[hallow shadow]

I like the radios in the Hubs.
Stalker radio slaps.

[stuck seal]

I always get bad draws on the radios

[hallow shadow]

Well, yeah.

She’s in a video game.
And that photo doesn’t look like a screenshot.

[stuck seal]

Usually the radios are on channels that I’m not a big fan of

[weary hedge]

They’ve gotta be. There’s alot of ai indications 😆

[hallow shadow]

I wait for the metal, or the turbo-polka.

[ebon blade]

Everything in the Zone is real.
If you don't believe it, that's exactly
what the world Govt's want you to believe.

[hallow shadow]

Like her shoulder pockets.
What in the absolute dog sack is up with her pockets?

[weary hedge]

Movie hopper is a well known ai generator.

[hallow shadow]

Vicky, my beloved.

[weary hedge]

https://youtube.com/@movie_hopper?si=uCHwlTu-Rr1CaGO3

[ebon blade]

That's what they want you to believe.

[lucid charm]

Birch for My gey little heart

[weary hedge]

Huh😆

[hallow shadow]

Yo, this Vicky is BUFF!
Effing STACKED

[ebon blade]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L84XaALbBo

[lucid charm]

Actually, no. Harpy

Harpy

[stuck seal]

Speaking of this, who would you even go to to reset IPSF rep??? With freedom you talk to myklukha, with duty it’s voronin, loners it’s, it’s someone, with bandits it’s either sultan or the guy in slag heap, but with IPSF I don’t think there anyone

[weary hedge]

I always get shade for it but. Sonya 🥰

[hallow shadow]

Harpy goes hard.

[stuck seal]

Would’ve been cooler if they had you know, real actors and cgi work but eh

[lucid charm]

Shade deserved my friend, she’s a traitorous snake

[hallow shadow]

Sonya?!

[weary hedge]

The YouTubers description literally says they use ai…

[stuck seal]

I know… that’s why I said it would’ve been cooler

[hallow shadow]

She asks you to murder her boss, and it never crosses our minds she could hire someone else to smoke us?
She’s bad juju.

Sidorovich, with a cup size.

[ebon blade]

You must be zero fun at parties.

[weary hedge]

Oh. Thought you were insinuating that credit needs to be given 😆

[weary hedge]

Won’t catch me at any if that gives you the answer ur looking for lol

[stuck seal]

Nah I meant like a real film would’ve been amazing but I guess ai generation is free and fast

[hallow shadow]

When I hear AI, I think Halo. Cortana.

When I see what we have? I laugh soooo hard.

[stuck seal]

Y’all out here talkin bout some nonsense I’m out here keepin my eyes on the prize (“prize” being the stalkers out in the zone that are absurdly caked up for no reason GSC why do you do this)

[hallow shadow]

Current AI is on track to being like Shodan.

[ebon blade]

I just think these are cool, regardless of how they are made:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESMXomzaglQ&t=72s

[stuck seal]

I think they’re dumb because I’m not in them

[hallow shadow]

Richter is also my beloved.

[stuck seal]

Richters the kinda guy you think is weird at first but then you’re getting absolutely drunk with him and kicking major butt

[hallow shadow]

10/10, Richter can be in my fireteam.

“Ahh, a little fireworks, huh?”

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/dancing-like-nobody-is-watching-richter-dancing-richter-slag-heap-stalker-gif-12313168116865261724

[weary hedge]

Playing some edge of fate rn. Honestly not as bad as I thought it’d be. Feels like a worse version than lightfall tho.

[hallow shadow]

I thought the whole campaign was ass.
I main-lined it, just to be done.

[stuck seal]

Edge of what

[hallow shadow]

I just be in Destiny for the PvP.

[hallow shadow]

Edge of Fate, Destiny 2

[weary hedge]

Really just feels like they a juicing a dry fruit lol

Like I said i dont care for the story i just wanted to shoot things

[stuck seal]

Edging Destiny 2

[hallow shadow]

That’s why I only do PvP.

[stuck seal]

Wonder how long that games been around, it’s been at least five years

[weary hedge]

I like the connection they brought up with the old world stuff.

[hallow shadow]

Yup, with Ikora and the weird government stuff?

Apparently she was a spook.

[weary hedge]

I don't feel like playing destiny 2 tonight

[weary hedge]

you on rn?

[hallow shadow]

So was Lodi.

[weary hedge]

Not surprised. Never liked ikora for this suspicion.

But I’m not that far into the expansion so give me a bit to figure this out 😆

[hallow shadow]

I did all my grinding for the day.

I gilded my Iron Lord title, and logged off.
Went farming other players to feel good.

[stuck seal]

The cosmodrome reminded me of metro and stalker which is what made me pay attention to the first Destiny

[weary hedge]

wanna play stalker 2 for a little

[hallow shadow]

My ELO said I was “Top 20%” for Iron Banner Control.

[weary hedge]

Word

[hallow shadow]

I’m a damn menace, on console, in PvP.

[weary hedge]

Hell yeah. That’s what’s up.

[hallow shadow]

Next week, when Iron Banana is gone, I’ll finish up finally getting my Flawless title.
I’m 3/5 requirements done.

Start farming people in Trials of Osiris.

[ocean thistle]

[hallow shadow]

I have all the guns I really want out of it. I’m just hoping they cycle some old ones, again.
I want my Shayura’s Wrath (Adept) and Aisha’s Embrace (Adept)

[hallow shadow]

Isn’t that just adjacent to the STC, in Malachite?

I feel like I’ve been in that exact spot, shooting at mutants, too.

[weary hedge]

Looks like those are duties guys.

[ebon blade]

East of STC Malachite. Energiya Vehicle Station. A favored spot of mutants.

[hallow shadow]

Woo! I was close!

[ebon blade]

They were all killed. There's four times more Snorks there than in the screenshot.

[hallow shadow]

When I showed up, it was three Suckers.

[shrewd needle]

Always 2 dogs and one BS for me.

[weary hedge]

Typical duty. Poor guys tho.

[lucid charm]

I can’t wait for NVG’s to drop. No hud at night is stupid unfair

[ebon blade]

There were several Flesh too.

[hallow shadow]

You’d think they could actually kill mutants, with all that shit they talk.

Duty is just a meme.

[shrewd needle]

How do you even get so many at once?

[weary hedge]

Sounds like an encounter too big for their britches.

[hallow shadow]

Snorks are pack animals.

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/vanellope-talking-watch-your-step-wreck-it-ralph-gif-13002965

[hallow shadow]

Damn, dude. That’s a Warzone down there.

[weary hedge]

Flesh packs seem to always get the best of the NPCs lol

[shrewd needle]

NPCs are not the best against each other, NGL.

[weary hedge]

Very true.

[hallow shadow]

I like when mutants in-fight.
I let the Fleshies kill the dogs, and I kill the Fleshies.
It’s easier that way.

[shrewd needle]

"Now I'm become death, destroyer of the Zone."

[ebon blade]

I always approach this place from the rear. There's some broken stairs to hop onto the roof from.

[shrewd needle]

Best when it's a Psy-Dog...those fighting other NPCs means I can focus on shooting 'em.

[hallow shadow]

I hate Psi Dogs.

[shrewd needle]

Fair point.

[lucid charm]

Same

[hallow shadow]

Worst gimmick ever.

All of the Psi-Mutants are just a bunch of “campers”, and it’s a damn shame.

[weary hedge]

I’d rather fight a chimera or giant.

[shrewd needle]

I mean...ever since the original trilogy.

Fortunately, they're rare and easier to deal with the Beta C-Mag.

[hallow shadow]

There’s no nuance. It’s always just hiding in the one spot you cannot get to, and spamming Psi BS at you.

[lucid charm]

Why is my sunrise suit giving me cat ears

[hallow shadow]

I have Skif’s Slightly Buffed Pistol.
I technically only ever have to shoot something once.

But that means nothing when every Psi-Mutant is programmed to hide at the opposite end of the Zone from you.

[shrewd needle]

Cat lady.

[hallow shadow]

It’s not just Eco-friendly.
It’s Neko-Friendly.

[lucid charm]

Pspspsps here skiffy

[hallow shadow]

Tried that shit on a Bayun, once.
Had to reload my save.

[lucid charm]

You mean mini chimera with psychic powers

[shrewd needle]

Wrong neko.

[hallow shadow]

But for real, we need an NPC companion system.
If the entirety of the zone gets to roll around like gang busters, then let me at least have one extra gun in the fight, to trade Aggro with.

[shrewd needle]

NGL, Skif is totally a non-agile cat. Yevhen Catenenko.

[hallow shadow]

Aisha Clan-Clan (Outlaw Star) is the only Catgirl for me.

[shrewd needle]

Says the SAW guy...

[lucid charm]

Or…and hear me out…have friendly factions ACTUALLY do something when you’re in trouble

[hallow shadow]

SAW isn’t in S2, and is technically a crew served weapon.

[shrewd needle]

Then what is the PKM? A pistol?

[hallow shadow]

It’s not a SAW, and still a crew-served.

[lucid charm]

Pretty sure pistol is more accurate, no?

[shrewd needle]

Uh...LMG = longer barrel = more accurate, no?

[lucid charm]

I meant in stalker 2

[hallow shadow]

Sure. You deal with that recoil, and tell me how much easier it is to line up a shot.

[shrewd needle]

Also, what I said was a jab at you being a SAW operator...in S2, Skif is supposed to be the tank and the one-man army. So you get the aggro and the guns.

[hallow shadow]

Also. Bigger bullet, more kick.

Longer barrel means more range.
Accuracy is a user thing.

[shrewd needle]

I'd love to, if I could... 😔

[hallow shadow]

Machine guns aren’t for precision fire.
People only do that in movies and video games.

[shrewd needle]

Fair.

[shrewd needle]

That's 'cause games have no sense of real military workings, short of simulation, so suppression isn't a real mechanic.

[hallow shadow]

Hell yeah it is.

You ever hid behind a rock?
You’re suppressed.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but game NPCs are meant to be a challenge, so they don't hide. They flank you and keep coming at you even if they're getting shot at.

[hallow shadow]

Only NPCs don’t experience suppression.
Skif does, though.

[shrewd needle]

Exactly. Meaning while Skif can hide...when playing as Skif, it's just simpler to use the LMG as an over-powered AR.

[lucid charm]

I love when you line up your scoped weapon and the NPC suddenly ducks the moment your crosshair is on them

[shrewd needle]

That's suppression at work. 😏

Also, sniper...so patience.

[hallow shadow]

This game is guilty of the MOST input reading.
The BLIND EFFING DOGS

[lucid charm]

Not when you haven’t fired a shot

[lucid charm]

Ughhhhhh

[hallow shadow]

It’s artificial difficulty, and it makes me want to vomit.

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/pedro-pascal-academy-awards-oscars2023-oscars-im-watching-you-gif-27688479

[lucid charm]

Absolutely filthy. And they shouldn’t know to hide either

[hallow shadow]

Dogs are the most dangerous enemy in the game. Followed by Rodents.

[lucid charm]

Psidogs are worse imo

[hallow shadow]

Literally because they know you’re aiming, and intentionally bounce in a way to destroy that.

Whoever programmed that input-reading needs to fist fight those dogs.

[shrewd needle]

Eh, dogs are pain at the start of the game.

Once you get a rifle, it becomes easier.

[lucid charm]

They have all the same problems as blind dogs, but they are infinite

[hallow shadow]

Psi-Dogs, Controllers, and Poltergeists are just “campers”. I hate that shit, too.

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/dizzy-flores-isabel-flores-isabelle-flores-dina-meyer-starship-troopers-movie-1997-shots-fired-shot-shooting-shooter-gun-automatic-semi-automatic-gif-19729176

[lucid charm]

Like in what world should blind dogs be more of a threat than a pack of bloodsuckers

[shrewd needle]

Me firing at dogs be like...

[shrewd needle]

Technically, both are equal, because a single dog is nothing, but a pack is worse than a Bloodsucker.

Bloodsuckers are supposed to be scary because they catch you unaware. Open combat means BS will lose instantly to dogs.

[hallow shadow]

I hate that.
It’s sloppy.

I literally should be able to just smoke a blind dog.
Not watch it literally hop out of the way of my muzzle that it cannot see.

[lucid charm]

I’m so glad BB means I can keep using the 74U later into the game

[shrewd needle]

Dogs can smell you.

[hallow shadow]

BB makes SOFMOD viable, and I love it.
I just need OXA to come to console, so I can put a Collimator on my AKS

[lucid charm]

Ah yes, they can totally smell me ontop of a crate

[hallow shadow]

They can totally smell me shouldering my rifle, to line up a shot.

[shrewd needle]

Smell is smell.

The 'top of crate' part is honestly cringe, since IDK why they made enemies to run off once you climb up.

[lucid charm]

Still waiting on an AKM with wood furnishing. It’t literally in the game, we just can’t use it

[shrewd needle]

No, but they can smell you and circle-strafe around the radius where you are. Which is the point.

[hallow shadow]

What?

[umbral herald]

Maybe they (the blind dogs) see like Faust does (you know, in that cinematic) 😅

[hallow shadow]

No. It’s effing not, nerd.

How do they see I’m aiming at them. And jump OUT of my sight picture?

[lucid charm]

Go to Rostok, go see the old man merchant, he has an AKM leaning against the wall. It has wood furnishings

[shrewd needle]

No, it's explained in the trilogy that they've lost their eyes but their smell has become exceedingly sharp.

[hallow shadow]

THEYRE BLIND, you non-combative goon.

The can’t smell where my eyes are pointing, Private!

FRONT LEANING REST POSITION, MOVE

[umbral herald]

They should be knocking into crates, walls, and everything else as they zip around you. And they don't.

[shrewd needle]

Part of it is AI goof, part of it is normal doggy behaviour.

And yes, even I find them annoying, but...eh, chalk it up to Zone evolution.

[shrewd needle]

Like I said...lore...their sense of smell has become their sight, so that doesn't happen.

[hallow shadow]

Ooohhhh. Man.
I need it.
I hate AKs (aesthetic), but I would rock it.

[hallow shadow]

No dude.

[shrewd needle]

Contrary to this, I want the AKs in polymer, straight out of Shadow of Chernobyl.

[umbral herald]

Sorry friend, but to me that is either a stretch, or unconvincing* implementation.

[hallow shadow]

I’ve never seen that AK, before.
I’m so ashamed.

[lucid charm]

SEE It’s right there

Taunting me!

[hallow shadow]

I’ve always wanted to kill Hamster for his Spas.

[lucid charm]

Give me my favorite rifle GSC AND MY SOUL IS YOURS!

[hallow shadow]

1.6 brings new mods, or a new mod-approval system. Yes?

[lucid charm]

I just love the AKM so much

[hallow shadow]

I want a Honey Badger.
.300Blk would absolutely demolish the Zone.

[lucid charm]

Maybe, and with it hopefully an X-7 suit inside Sircca

[hallow shadow]

Given how close most fights are? It would smoke nearly anything.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, not the best implementation, but still.

[hallow shadow]

Let’s put it this way:
I’ll stand on a barrel with a paintball gun, and tie a blindfold around you.

See how many paints you can dodge.

While trying to attack me.

[shrewd needle]

Again, I'm just saying from a lore perspective.

[lucid charm]

From a lore perspective we should be able to find an X-7 suit before meeting up with strider inside Sircca

[hallow shadow]

I respect the lore. Their smell and hearing are immutable.

I can handle always being found.
I can’t hide from predators like that. No one really can, unless properly scent-masked.

But they CANNOT and SHOULD NOT be able to do the things they do.

[hallow shadow]

They survived?

[shrewd needle]

I can agree with that partially.

[lucid charm]

I’M NOT DROPPING THIS

[hallow shadow]

Or are you somewhere else now?

[shrewd needle]

Don't need to; I agree with you.

[ebon blade]

One did inside. All those outside were killed.

[hallow shadow]

Poor bastards.

[lucid charm]

It’s not even the best suit in the game so what’s the harm. You can find the corundum suit almost immediately after which is OBJECTIVELY better

[ebon blade]

What's the big deal about the X-7 suit?

[hallow shadow]

What IS an X7 suit?

[lucid charm]

So for ever cutscene inside Sircca and Strider’s flashback POV cutscene, that’s the suit skif is wearing

No matter what your gear is

And it annoys the hell out of me lmao

[hallow shadow]

Ahhhhh.
“Immersion”

[shrewd needle]

Well, it's supposed to be the X-7 suit...made for working in X-7...

I guess lore-wise...but I'll shut.

[shrewd needle]

Also, look what I found.

Yes, you can cope.

[umbral herald]

Be happy he's not peeing. 🤭

[lucid charm]

Lore wise, it’s the suit he IS wearing when the wish granter turns back on

[hallow shadow]

Cope about what, dude?
It’s an entire different weapons platform from anything I’ve ever used.

I don’t really care about it, dude. You don’t know how to practically apply firearms to a situation.
It just “looks cool” to you.

[shrewd needle]

How?

[ebon blade]

No Psi Protection. Other stats aren't bad.

[hallow shadow]

But that suit looks cool as hell.

[lucid charm]

Because of his hands and arms, also it’s the suit in strider’s flashback

[shrewd needle]

You're trying to apply real-life situations in a game where those situations don't happen, but anyways, point was a suppressed LMG. Could definitely use it.

[hallow shadow]

Aside from that dookie Psi stat.

[lucid charm]

Corundum suit is stronger

[shrewd needle]

Huh, so all those cut-scenes are basically filmed with the X-7 suit on...?

[umbral herald]

That always felt weird to me. As soon as I first saw the psi illusions come at me near X7.

[weary hedge]

I wish. That’s suit is sexy.

[lucid charm]

Yep! And that’s why it annoys me.

[hallow shadow]

Cool, dude.
I’m happy for you.

I know it exists.
But a suppressed LMG (conventionally) makes no sense.

[shrewd needle]

In real life, true. In a game...

[shrewd needle]

Damn...I guess they just used the same models to make it easier to animate. Since doing it with whatever you're wearing at the time might've been extra work.

[lucid charm]

I can totally see Sircca experimenting on the suit or something so when you go down to investigate the anomalies that being where you find it, in the Sircca labs

[hallow shadow]

So… Is there no counter to Fly Traps? I’m just fat for a second?

[fallen latch]

that's coz it doesnt have a helmet, yet the game blocks you from using a helmet with the suit for some reason so you can't even get psi prot

[hallow shadow]

MORRI!
It’s been a while.

[fallen latch]

hheyyy :D

[lucid charm]

If you’re lucky and skilled enough you can sprint jump right out of it

[shrewd needle]

Yea, or maybe Dalin could give it to you considering the experiment.

Either works for me.

[hallow shadow]

That would make me mad as hell.

[lucid charm]

Fr, might actually give me incentive not to blow his brains out

[hallow shadow]

I forgot to take off my artifacts when I first got there.
Got myself, and the two NPCs killed.

[fallen latch]

yeah, it's becuase you only get to use the suit ingame at the ending and they didn't put much effort into it
the game tells you to use it coz you have to for some reason (according to the game) yet you don't actually have to, i just used my exo last time

wish the x7 suit got more love

[hallow shadow]

Hmmm. I’ll be mindful of that.

[ebon blade]

That makes the suit worthless.

[fallen latch]

yeah it's dumb, it's just a cooler looking guardian of freedom suit ngl

[hallow shadow]

I love my Guardian of Freedom.
Best Early Game suit ever.

[fallen latch]

hell yeah it's the best coz FREEDOM

[hallow shadow]

I’ll never not glaze that suit.

[umbral herald]

Wait. Didn't they change it so that the X7 suit doesn't allow a helmet? I'm pretty sure I didn't need one in my latest playthrough.

[fallen latch]

you can't put a helmet with it

[umbral herald]

Sorry, yes, you cannot equip a helmet with it is what I meant.

[fallen latch]

the true best early game suit is the zircon suit, it's on wild island and you can put 5 artifact slots on it with 2 shielded

[lucid charm]

Zircon my beloved

[fallen latch]

ikr, it's really good
just begins to fall off coz lack of armour

wind of freedom suit my beloved
still trying to put together an irl replication of it and I still cannot find remotely a jacket, belt or set of suspenders that look close

[lucid charm]

Even then, I wear it into Sircca most of the time and while free roaming after unless I know I’m going to be getting into heavy combat, then out come the corundum suit

[fallen latch]

yeah fr, it's good up until pretty mid game

[hallow shadow]

I wiped my save. Or I would’ve walked into SIRCAA with my Falcon and Dnipro.

[lucid charm]

Like Zircon+PA-7 gas mask is SUCH a good combo

[fallen latch]

i meannnn
you would have wiped the floor with them

[weary hedge]

Try the mac 10 next. It’s a fun gun 😆

[fallen latch]

zircon sphere m20 is where its at for me

[hallow shadow]

I probably would’ve.
But… I don’t know what 1.6 is gonna do with any mods and such.

Bethesda PTSD.

[fallen latch]

it'll probs eff it up but it's not like they won't be fixed real quick
3 DAYS TILL 1.6 WOOOOO

[lucid charm]

I can’t take the sphere helmet seriously. I know you can’t see it in game, but I feel like it makes skif look like some kind of bobblehead

[hallow shadow]

Three days, confirmed?

[fallen latch]

kinda LOL

[fallen latch]

yup, by mol1t himself

[hallow shadow]

Ohhh shit.

[lucid charm]

I’m a cyberpunk player, so I’m alllll about that Barbie doll game lmao

[fallen latch]

me too, got quite a few hundred hours in that game
gave up coz i got sick of trying to update all my mods after the game updated

[hallow shadow]

Fashion Souls is a thing.

It’s partially why I hate the gated-damage. (Vanilla)

[fallen latch]

it's too much man, i couldnt keep track of em all no matter how hard i tried

[hallow shadow]

BB makes it bearable.

[fallen latch]

im gonna try doing BB in my next run

gonna be 1.6 and I think i'll do ward from start to finish

[hallow shadow]

Makes early game a little tense. Be prepared.

[fallen latch]

at least my guns will do logical damage tho

[hallow shadow]

So will theirs, and everyone knows that every NPC has a higher armor rating than Skif, at all times.

[fallen latch]

besides, you can still stash ur tutorial guns before the cutscene and get them back after nimble knocks you out

[fallen latch]

so you cna start the game with multiple full power rifles and ammo

[hallow shadow]

It’s an absolute nightmare.
They get to plaster me with AP through the rice paddies at 100m, but by the time I loot them it’s four bandages and some basic ammo.

But after they ate more rounds than I did, and I had to heal four times.

Does GSC play their game?

[hallow shadow]

PC? Console commands?

[fallen latch]

they too busy making it

[fallen latch]

no, there's a stash in another room in that lil house skif gets stuck in with the ward soldiers, and before you place the scanner down at that location you can stash all ur stuff then get it back once it's done
it's been a thing forever

[wanton blaze]

Ive done a cheat run of just giving myself a Mosin and Toz34, its super fun

[hallow shadow]

Ohhhh. Yeah.
I knew that.

[fallen latch]

yup, LOL
it's super nice, not even op too
you just get a couple ak's and an ar at the start of the game

[hallow shadow]

I think they patched the AR out.

I can’t ever claim the 416, only the ammo.

[fallen latch]

really? worked for me last time, which was somewhat recent
I'll have to check that

[hallow shadow]

I can pick it up, in the bunker. Drop it in the safe. But, post-scene, only ammo is there.

[wanton blaze]

Ak superior
Me who runs to a G36 the instant I find one

[fallen latch]

strange, it's no better a gun than the ak74 :/

[wanton blaze]

Also got the Veteran from the Preorder again and, it's having some weird bugs. Cant reload, or aim down sights, and then the game crashes.

[fallen latch]

oh my god
that gun is such a letdown in general
isn't it still the exact same as a vintar?

[weary hedge]

Spitfire is fun

[hallow shadow]

“We’ll take Zone down, with a handful of rounds!
And Richter, we’re going down swinging!
I’ll be your number one with a Boolet.
Loaded Scar complex, cock it, and pull it!”

[lucid charm]

Late game AK74U my beloved

[fallen latch]

richter my husband

[wanton blaze]

Its technically worse. Its slightly heavier

[hallow shadow]

Joint custody?

[fallen latch]

cannot wait to use a aks74 in the late game omg
with a gp25? hell yeah

[wanton blaze]

Richter, the boy, the man, the Goat

[hallow shadow]

“Some fireworks, huh?!”

[lucid charm]

Oh I like using it and the mosin for max economic responsibility

[wanton blaze]

Me who keeps the Drowned every time. I might be a dick but launcher and dual mags? Its top tier

[fallen latch]

[fallen latch]

yeah, it's not even his gun
I love drowned

[winged cobalt]

hello StOlKrZ

[weary hedge]

Duty man. How you been

[shrewd needle]

Found an interesting video, good watch.

[wanton blaze]

Still doing my wandering run, and I admit the Duty base in Concrete Forest is actually pretty cool.

[winged cobalt]

There is no better duty base than Agroprom and Rostok once were

[wanton blaze]

I hope we get more of them in the DLC, cause outside the bandit clear out, what else can Skif do with them

[hallow shadow]

“All the Zone things,
Cheeki, Breeki
I’ll take one round
Your gun, best shot.
Always, I know.
Dogs dodge all my shots.
Watching.
Waiting.
Psi dogs are hating.

Say it ain’t so, I will not go
Into SIRCAA, it’s hellhole
NA NA NA NA NA NA!”
-Snork 182

Blegh, I miss my drum set.

[winged cobalt]

drum set

[hallow shadow]

I went to college for singing, but I prefer the drums.

[winged cobalt]

maybe you can do vocals and play the drums

[hallow shadow]

And I do more screaming, anyway.

[hallow shadow]

That shit is hard, and I’m ambidextrous.

I play a right handed kit, with my left hand.

[weary hedge]

I got lost on the way to college, sir!

[winged cobalt]

ambidextrous? damnnn

[hallow shadow]

Drums are why.
So. Funny story.

[winged cobalt]

were you born like that or developed it?

ohh lol

[ebon blade]

Do you mean the Cement Factory?

[weary hedge]

Concrete forest😆

[wanton blaze]

Yep. No idea why it's locked as Concrete Forest in my head

[hallow shadow]

Development.
I was like 13, watching some Linkin Park music video.
I was MIND BLOWN. “Why does this guy cross his arms like an idiot, dad?”
“He’s right handed”

That shit looked so weird, and I never understood left/right dominance. So I literally taught myself how to play the drums with both hands because I hate watching single-handed people cross their arms on a kit.

Like that movie “The Other Guys”, I only did ballet to make fun of the dancers.

Then? The MP corps required I learned to shoot with my non-dominant hand.
I’m born a righty.

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/big-boy-pants-gif-3795736135343994910

[hallow shadow]

“When was your last Desk Pop?”
“Uhhhh… September ‘08”

So yeah. Teenage me didn’t understand the concept of right or left handed until I saw a drum set.

Then, I trained it out of myself.

[winged cobalt]

Did y'all finish the game btw

[hallow shadow]

Nah. I wiped, to start over with 1.6.

[winged cobalt]

ohhh i seee

[hallow shadow]

Good things come to those who wait, I hope.

[ebon blade]

What hand did you use to write with in Elementary School?

[hallow shadow]

Right.
I could write with my left, just not as legibly.
There wasn’t much difference, but I favored my right.

I was born a righty. I taught myself the rest.

Then, the army is always “non-firing hand” this, and “non-dominant” that.

So I never really lost it.

[weary hedge]

Patience is virtue.

[ebon blade]

That's what being right-handed or left-handed is all about.
The hand you favor is the one you use and become more astute with.

[hallow shadow]

But I’m pretty sure I’m left eye dominant.

I’m quicker on the draw, right handed.
More accurate, left handed.

[hallow shadow]

I didn’t understand that, as a kid, though.

[ebon blade]

I always thought it was strange watching left-handed people write.
They would smear ink or pencil lead all over the paper as they wrote.

[hallow shadow]

I always thought it was cool. Something they learned how to do.

But yeah. Their papers were always a mess

[wanton blaze]

Could be worse, Im right Eyed. My vision is off center cause of ocular damage, left eye is all but lazy

Best way to describe it is that there is a black mesh over my left eye if I try to look through only it

[hallow shadow]

Nooooo. I’m sorry.

My eyes are the best.
I was stabbed with a plastic fork in my right eye as a kid.
Didn’t penetrate. Scratched the surface.

I have 20/13 in that eye, 20/10 in my left eye

[wanton blaze]

Wear helmets kids, and dont eat pavement while riding bikes with your cousins

[hallow shadow]

At least. Last time the army gave me a vision test. In 2017.

PPE exists for a reason.

[weary hedge]

so who wants to play destiny 2?

[hallow shadow]

Not unless you wanna go into PvP.
I’m here to throw hands, not that BS story.

[weary hedge]

don't care for the story myself but i think pvp is pretty much broken

[hallow shadow]

The only thing Bungie still has going for them is their gunplay.

Oh, I crush with this new Scout Rifle meta.

[wanton blaze]

I dont hate myself enough to pick up Destiny 2 again.
I played Destiny 1 at launch through to 2, preordered 2.

Im a Red War vet; and frankly, couldnt afford the constant season changes and needing to buy expansions.

I miss Crimson though, my beloved

[hallow shadow]

You’re really not missing out.
In fact. I wish I could go back, and never have bought any of the second game.

[ebon blade]

Just because you may be right-handed does not mean you have to be right-eyed,
Same for which foot you favor to kick a ball with, however, it does make things
a lot easier when shooting a rifle to have your dominant eye the same as your hand.

[hallow shadow]

I was a Goofy footed skater, as a kid.

Left foot forward. Right foot back, to push.

Well. I did that for control.
Speed? I used my left to push, right to anchor.

But the right foot was always rear.

[wanton blaze]

I played from launch to Witch Queen, and just, got bored. When the dungeons became seperate purchases? I bounced.

Then I fell into the Division 2 for a long while. Another game I played off an on since launch in 2018

Hilariously it was the Stalker 2 outfit crossover that got me interested in Stalker

[weary hedge]

Almost done with this new expansion.

[hallow shadow]

Man. I heard Division 2 got new DLC. Can’t bring myself to pick it up.
I’d rather play Breakpoint.

[wanton blaze]

m o o d

[weary hedge]

SomeExpert6748

[hallow shadow]

My Destiny name is a birth control joke.

[wanton blaze]

Brooklyn was awful. Smaller than the Warlord NY map and just, it felt like they phoned it in cause Heartland got cut and they gave up.

[hallow shadow]

Mirena, Kell of the Unborn
(Mirena IUD)

Pro-creampie.

[hallow shadow]

That weird Tower thing, for farming all the sets?
That shit is a SLOG

[wanton blaze]

No, the whole lower new york map, the Brooklyn map feels like Dark Zone sized, its tiny

[hallow shadow]

My name used to be A lvl 5 Mewtwo, but everyone kept throwing grenades at me and shit.

Like pokeballs.
I can’t stand it.

[hallow shadow]

Yeah, the DLC map was tiny, and dookie.
And the story was just a boss rush.

[wanton blaze]

Speaking of the dark zone, it was hot trash for a while. I'll post a screenshot I took a while back of just how trash it got

[hallow shadow]

Ooohhhh. Bad luck.

Dark Zone is a baaaad time.
The PvP in that game is busted

[wanton blaze]

Check the En-off topic

That was the main entrance to the DZ South

[hallow shadow]

Yeah, I’ll take the first Nope-Train out of NotTodayVille.

[ebon blade]

I read that a pre-order bonus was getting this knapsack with a special patch on it.
But I haven't seen anyone mention not getting it or seeing a picture without it.

[hallow shadow]

That’s actually pretty neat.

[wanton blaze]

Its why I desperately hope if we get multi-player, its pvp optional. The Dark Zone is such a cool concept but PvPers, while I dont mind them in different areas that are ment for PvP, really just target players who dont do PvP, cause if you can fight back, 90% of the time they left you alone or cheap shot with spam

[ebon blade]

Do you not have it?

[hallow shadow]

The cool edition? No.
I have gamepass.

[ebon blade]

So your knapsack looks the same except no patch?

[hallow shadow]

Pretty much.

Just green Alice pack.

If there is a logo, it’s probably just the radiological symbol.

[weary hedge]

I did it with hashtags and said player not found

Add me zevtec#4528

@weary hedge

[hallow shadow]

I wish the Destiny 2 Khvostov was like the D1 Khvostov.
So I can slap Semi on it, and troll people with my trigger finger.

It was the only gun in the game that would let me shoot as fast as I could pull my controller.

[ebon blade]

It seems like Skif's real name is Yevhen Martynenko.

[hallow shadow]

Siiiiick

[ripe falcon]

Yes, it is 👍

[lucid charm]

I might get the ultimate upgrade or whatever, just so I can have the monolith seva suit

[hallow shadow]

Faction armor should draw aggro.

[ebon blade]

I like it when you appear out of nowhere. How are you doing my friend?

[ripe falcon]

Doing fine, what about you?

[weary hedge]

Money blocking that shit was a cringe move.

[wanton blaze]

The custom Vector is also top tier

[lucid charm]

I actually agree

Let me be an enemy of the zone

No I like to imagine skif paints like the helmet or the faceplate of his monolith suits after Sircca so nobody shoots him on accident

Like a hand of saurumon type thing

[hallow shadow]

XD

[ebon blade]

Still playing the same game for almost 10 months now.
Getting close to about 1,200 hours in my first game.

[lucid charm]

That image goes kinda hard ngl, a bright red hand print covering half the corundum suit’s faceplate

[wanton blaze]

Gravewalker Skif

[hallow shadow]

“We’re taking the Snorks to Eisengard!”

[lucid charm]

I command thee Kneel!

[hallow shadow]

“Riders of Brohan! MUSTER THE BROHIRRIM!”

[hallow shadow]

I understood that one.

[ripe falcon]

Impressive. I suppose you haven't been to SIRCAA yet?

[ebon blade]

This is where I am at in the main mission.

[winged cobalt]

yEs

[hallow shadow]

Daaaaang

[winged cobalt]

i mean its pretty weird that skif can randomly talk to bandits right

[wanton blaze]

I will never be calm that Warner Bros patented the Nemesis system then closed the studio that owned it

[hallow shadow]

That’s only scripted though, right?
Every other bandit pops off, on sight.

[ripe falcon]

Is there any reason you are not going further? Don't you have the itch to know what will happen next?

[lucid charm]

Don’t you have to actively use a patent for it to hold though?

[ebon blade]

However, I did turn these two Faction bases green.

[hallow shadow]

Hmm. How do you do that? Side jobs?

[winged cobalt]

what that mean

all jobs completed?

[wanton blaze]

Not sure, especially once we see how the whole Nintendo US patent fiasco plays out.

If it ends up you cant patent game mechanics? It should be legal to use Nemesis somewhere else.

But as far as I know now, no one wants to risk a lawsuit

[ebon blade]

It means you get the Trader, Mechanic, Medic, Bartender and other personnel
to be friendly "green" and get the best prices and treatment. Best Faction relations.

[hallow shadow]

“Summoning” pre-dates Nintendo’s claim to it.
Wizards of the Coast would absolutely steamroll that suit.

[winged cobalt]

ahaaaaaaaaaaaa

[lucid charm]

Good luck sueing the Witcher 3, cyberpunk, world of Warcraft, elder scrolls, wizards of the coast,

[wanton blaze]

Im hoping they sue Nintendo for being morons

[lucid charm]

GTA has summoning mounts (vehicles)

RDR as well

[hallow shadow]

Skyrim, too. I forget the horse’s name. But he’s a summon.
I think all mounts are.

[ebon blade]

Most Faction bases are turned green through side-missions,
but some may require some progress in the main-mission.

[wanton blaze]

Akira Toriama had a videogame series before dragonball that had animal summoning anf battling. I forget the name but if Nintendo wants to run the stupid path, they will be brought up

[wanton blaze]

Arvak, the boy

[lucid charm]

If you fast travel they magically appear with you

[hallow shadow]

Hmmm. I visited Yaniv, but never really did any work there.
Just visited Harpy for guns.

Like… I remember playing Might and Magic/Heroes of Might and Magic.

Before Nintendo ever thought of pokeballs.

Nintendo won’t win.

[ebon blade]

I do know that a lot of side-missions disappear once you go to SIRCAA,
so I wanted to explore and go out on my own, while avoiding spoilers
in the main-mission. Have not seen Zaton, Swamps, Jupiter or Pripyat.
I'm more interested in exploring, than the end game reveals or outcomes.

[hallow shadow]

But. If they do… I’m pretty sure l’ll go to jail, because they’ll want the patent for nicknaming your pets.

Zaton ain’t a bad place to look around. As long as you don’t progress into Swamps, really, Zaton is kinda neat.

[weary hedge]

I’m gonna sue Nintendo for being a shit company

[hallow shadow]

But. I admire the discipline.

Nintendo is about to get themselves boycotted.

Even BLIZZARD would shake that lawsuit down.

[wanton blaze]

Wonder if this actually could get them hit with anti-monopoly charges. That is definitely a goal to limit competition to patent game mechanics.

[ripe falcon]

Alright, I understand. As long as you have fun your own way

[hallow shadow]

Every warlock ever would shit their pants in fury.

[hallow shadow]

That happened to Microsoft.
During the Activision merger.

[ebon blade]

I'll get there soon. The best part is my entire game is being recorded and uploaded. I'm on Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl video #1,091.

[hallow shadow]

If they do win, that’s the end of sub genres.
Like Soulslikes.
“Copying” mechanics from Soulsbornes.

[wanton blaze]

I wonder if there is an early way into Pripyat still. I know the train yard way got a mega radation barrier put in.

[ripe falcon]

[wanton blaze]

Exactly. Its going to cause a crash in gaming, probably similar to the Atari crash

Hey lvl 10. Sick

[hallow shadow]

I just hit 38

I just wanna hit 50, so I can use my Starship Troopers and Firefly gifs/memes.

[ebon blade]

Why do you have to wait to reach 50 for that?

[hallow shadow]

Gif perms aren’t open to Plebs (non mods) until 50.

[wanton blaze]

Hey that sticker works

[hallow shadow]

By Slaanesh, NOICE!

[ebon blade]

Duh. Just realized you meant rank not age.
I thought you were saying you were 38 years old.

[hallow shadow]

Oh, no. I turn 34 on a month.

[wanton blaze]

Tzeench will beat the purple perverts. Thousand Sons will AVENGE PROSPERO

[hallow shadow]

Tzeentch would smoke Nintendo on that lawsuit.

[wanton blaze]

I haven't played since mid 9th, I'm still waiting for the TS 10th Codex. WHY DOES DUST IN ARMOR GET BATTLE SHOCK

[hallow shadow]

I’m a Tyranid kinda guy, anyway.

We are all equal under Hivemind-Chan

[wanton blaze]

Back to the Zone, I do hope we get some of the CNPP in a DLC, I wanna touch the 4th reactor ruins

[hallow shadow]

I wish we could drive.

Even if it’s some little bongo truck.

[wanton blaze]

Steals a Ward or IPSF vehicle. Imagining taking a BMP to a Bloodsucker nest

[hallow shadow]

I would.

I’d rather have a Bradley, but still.

That 25 Mike Mike will destroy Suckers.

And Psuedogiants.

[wanton blaze]

There's enough junk yards to make a mostly non radioactive vehicle. The only issue I see is fuel

Give Skif a dirt bike

[hallow shadow]

Just get the STC guys to make you a flux capacitor, or whatever fuel system the Back to the Future guys had.

[wanton blaze]

If I had the money I do have a silly idea I am planning. A model railway based on the zone, using the Soviet era trains and rolling stock.

Train tism doesnt stop

[hallow shadow]

Give Skif a little Honda Grom

[wanton blaze]

Remembering the one little event, the bandits telling Skif to put an artifact on a car to make it run

[ebon blade]

I wonder why there is no Spark badge?

[hallow shadow]

Oh dang.

[ebon blade]

I found it.

The Corps