☢┃stalker-general

[shadow token]

Yes

[robust pendant]

Yeah no wonder you are getting leaks lol

Of COURSE you will have bad performance, it makes all sense now

Yeah nvm, just use low textures with native, or use upscaler

Why havent you said that from the beginning 😭 its gaming knowledge 101

[shadow token]

What i was wondering it’s why there is that diference between a 10 meters square than the rest of the map

Are all npcs village like this?

[shrewd needle]

How many have you been to?

[shadow token]

Zalissa only

I just arrive to the second zone a few hours ago

And meet spark for the first time

[weary hedge]

Ppl are too quick to blame the game without knowing the spec recommendations lmao

[shadow token]

Game runs bad

That’s a fact

[weary hedge]

[shrewd needle]

Dude...

I've got a probably worse PC than you and I'm getting 20 FPS minimum everywhere except Rostok.

[shadow token]

Never in my life see a dev working on a game engine update when game was working as expected

Not to mention all the people complaining about performance

[vernal lily]

Stalker 2 trash game, I can't kiss Richter

[weary hedge]

Blame the devs all you want but it’s not like this info is hidden behind bars

[shadow token]

Of course i blame devs, and i think it’s fair since it’s their game

[opaque niche]

You're correct. Arguing with people detached from reality is a waste of time lol

[weary hedge]

And that’s fine. Express your complaint but know it’s openly expressed what the spec requirements should be. This is unreal engine 5 we are talking about

[shrewd needle]

I've got a mid-grade PC and the game runs fine. IDK what he's on about.

And I'm on an older version which is more buggy and so on...

[robust pendant]

Yes, it runs bad. But in this case, its entirely 95% your fault

[shadow token]

Yes

It is, lmao

[shrewd needle]

100%, since no one asked him to pre-order. The other 95% being him not accepting how to run the game better at lower quality.

[shadow token]

Kingdom come runs like touched by god and we cannot be demanding on devs after paying 80 bucks

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/screaming-dj-hunts-shivering-sheep-baaaa-gif-5167561624548843499

[shrewd needle]

I love how you're going on a one-sided rant without accepting that YOU screwed up as much as the developers.

[shadow token]

Seems like you just have to buy and shut up cause people’s gonna be mad for complain about game issues

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/screaming-dj-hunts-shivering-sheep-baaaa-gif-5167561624548843499

[shrewd needle]

PEOPLE TRIED TO HELP YOU, FFS!

WTF is this nonsense? See, this is why people don't help others...

[weary hedge]

No accountability for our actions smh

[shrewd needle]

Both Groudon and I tried to help you run the game properly, but all you do is phucking WHINE!

[shadow token]

We’re talking here you guys are overreacting with memes and weird comments

[opaque niche]

It's their entire life, to be fair.

[robust pendant]

Groudon

[vernal lily]

Don't even know what this conversation is about, so I am just here

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/smash-no-angry-destroy-gif-24163869

[weary hedge]

Hey man I just think it’s amusing all you do is come here to whine

[shrewd needle]

Hey, Groudon...next time we should stick to helping those who'll actually do something, eh?

[weary hedge]

Do something productive for one eh?

[shrewd needle]

Read from here, Faust: #☢┃stalker-general message

[robust pendant]

Im Groudon

[shadow token]

Yes where should i go to complain about stalker 2 performance, to gamma discord?

[shrewd needle]

I know.

[shadow token]

[robust pendant]

Wait, am I Groot?

[weary hedge]

#📜┃ask-gsc
#s2-support
#❔┃seeking-for-advice

There you go champ

[dull osprey]

is my status goated...

[shadow token]

Cool

[shrewd needle]

People: Try to help.
Person: No, but why won't I get what I want?
People: Still try to help.
Person: Man, this sucks! Why are you trolling me with GIFs?```

Also, that $80 comment...I can't even...

[weary hedge]

But fr lmk if you have trouble with those channels. They are pretty straight forward tho.

No hate just think outside the box

[shadow token]

Keep overreacting i’m gonna sleep bye , and thanks for help i apreciate it, it was usefull to be honest

[shrewd needle]

Probably like Davy Jones' chest, except brain locked instead of the heart.

[weary hedge]

[dull osprey]

wish granting it

[shell flax]

wtf happened here

[weary hedge]

Someone had performance issues

[vernal lily]

No idea

[weary hedge]

[vernal lily]

Handed Harpy a flower and got rejected

It's so snorkover

[weary hedge]

Harpoon

[dull osprey]

its okay, harpy still loves you

[vernal lily]

[shrewd needle]

Attitude issues as well.

[dull osprey]

and spelling issues..

[alpine wadi]

Have they patched mutants to be more killable since launch yet?

[vernal lily]

For a second I thought you said likeable, and was about to throw you into the burner anomaly.

[dull osprey]

they're quite likeable

[dull osprey]

mutants are very killable already

[dull osprey]

if you can't kill a bloodsucker then you probably have some skill issues

[vernal lily]

Pet bayun tho

I want a pet cat in the Zone

[ebon blade]

You can't argue with people that say another game runs better:
"Kingdom come runs like touched by god and we cannot be demanding on devs after paying 80 bucks"
As if they are so simple minded, they think all games should perform equally because they demand it.

[dull osprey]

i remember accidentally getting a friendly bayun

[alpine wadi]

Hah. The only mutants I like are the lootable kind. I would reinstall anomaly, but I like having free time to draw and do hobbies.

[hallow shadow]

Does being somewhere that likes me give me better prices?

[lucid charm]

I had a friendly snork once

[dull osprey]

i was doing something for the trader in the pile driver, the bayun was chasing me and doing it's psi stuff, then it ran into the room where i and the trader were.. it literally sat down right after running in.

[weary hedge]

They’ve gone through a few nerfs yes.

[hallow shadow]

Will I pay less, in Zalyssia, as opposed to Zaton?

[alpine wadi]

I mean I beat the game on hard. It was just annoying. Then again, hard might not be the best way to measure mutants.

[dull osprey]

maybe

zalissya generally has a bit worse gear on traders

[hallow shadow]

Fair enough. Thank you.

[vernal lily]

Offer them biscuits, they are probably hungry

[weary hedge]

Good on you going the harder route but yeah they’ve definitely been touched up. Especially blood suckers.

[alpine wadi]

I thought it was down to the individual traders. Might be confusing it with anomaly. I need to play something else. You could always do a tour of the map and write down prices to compare.

[hallow shadow]

I found a Flesh staring down two Canned Food.
My crosshair was green for just a moment. Then it turned hostile.

Guess it thought I wanted its Canned Food.

[alpine wadi]

Sweet. The blood sucker was the biggest culprit. They should not be tanks. Might be time to do a new playthrough. Ward ending was unsatisfying even if I liked the bald guy. Even he got screwed over. Bad end.

[vernal lily]

Fleshies are probably tameable

[weary hedge]

I don’t know if they do this in s2 but in the trilogy they would feed off stalker corpses.

Drag them away too.

[hallow shadow]

I was running between Shevchenko and Sultansk, up along the western side of the water.

[hallow shadow]

This thing looked like it was lured by Canned Food.

[weary hedge]

Do you happen to have a can of spoiled canned food on you?

[alpine wadi]

Mmm. Having mutants eat stalkers and other mutants. Having stalkers hunt and harvest mutants. Doing artifact hunting. Living creatures living their lives. It would be like one big illegal hunting expedition. I want to be able to scrape by by going hunting with a double barrel. Some crazy new mutants to fill out the map zones. I wanna roleplay survival in the wild. With guns.

[shell flax]

S2 has mutants eating bodies now yeah, no dragging corpses yet though

[hallow shadow]

DO YOU HAVE ANY GREY POUPON?

[vernal lily]

Do mutants start limping when you shoot them

Or do they still run at you at 100%

[weary hedge]

Spoiled canned foods makes fleshes temporarily friendly.

[hallow shadow]

Funny.

[vernal lily]

Fleshies look ugly cute, I wish they stay friendly

[weary hedge]

They love the stench of it

[twilit osprey]

Hi, Any idea when Patch 1.7 will be released?

[vernal lily]

let me go ask molt

oh wait, I don't talk to Crimson's mum sorry

[twilit osprey]

Do it Dr Faust 🙂

I wish the A life was fully working 🙁

[vernal lily]

I will never talk to that guy unless he says something first

[alpine wadi]

More importantly. When will the modding kit be out?

[twilit osprey]

Why Faust? everything ok?

[alpine wadi]

It will be my reason to learn to code.

[weary hedge]

Rumored to be after the engine swap

[hallow shadow]

The SDK? It is out.

[alpine wadi]

THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ENGINE SWAP?!

[twilit osprey]

Yes to UE 5.5.4

[weary hedge]

Yes. Primary to help with performance

[ebon blade]

What happened? I was unaware there was a problem.

[twilit osprey]

After 1.8 I hear

[weary hedge]

Early 2026

[vernal lily]

-# nothing

[shrewd needle]

Too true.

[vernal lily]

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/lance-moteur-gif-20472269

[shell flax]

The amount of times I’ve seen these arguments boggles my mind

[ebon blade]

Also, they come from the Anomaly and the Gamma Discord Servers.

[shrewd needle]

Engine swap. For performance. 😏

[hallow shadow]

I thought 5.5.4 was Q4-25?

[weary hedge]

Problem fixed

[twilit osprey]

Any clue when 1.7 will begin testing?? I need a really active world...not vast amounts of forest

[shrewd needle]

Explains a lot, NGL.

[weary hedge]

Corvette engine in a Honda civic

[shrewd needle]

Can't beat that V8 powah!

[alpine wadi]

The Stalker mod kit is out?! I missed it. I have to catch up.

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/fire-car-corvette-blown-engine-blow-out-gif-17859669131485120125

Funny you mention Corvette... 😏

[weary hedge]

Holy shit what happened 🤣

[hallow shadow]

Yes. That’s how we have mods.

[shell flax]

We have pages of mods on Console and Steam Workshop

[shrewd needle]

Engine swap gone wrong. And I thought drag races were tough, but man...

https://tenor.com/view/top-fuel-kifluggs-fire-engine-fail-gif-24765303

[weary hedge]

Sorry I thought you were talking about an expansion on the kit. Yes it is.

[shrewd needle]

Now that's a proper Top Fuel explosion.

[vernal lily]

How my pc is like when I try to run Stalker 2 without geforce now

[weary hedge]

Oof. That’s gotta hurt.

[shrewd needle]

Me casually doing 80 Celsius on GPU and 84 on VRAM because heavy game.

[shrewd needle]

That's got to be what, 10,000 HP?

That's basically aircraft jet engine explosion moment.

[alpine wadi]

I guess you are right. There are mods. Like the hunting one. Favorite by far. Just. Expected something bigger. Then again it's been over a year..still, time to study.

[twilit osprey]

Back again baby boos

[shrewd needle]

Welcome to Intel GPU + dust + sealed shit so I can't clean it + heavy game.

[twilit osprey]

What mod can I add that improves the A life at this time?

[weary hedge]

Lots

[twilit osprey]

1 brotherman...not lots

[weary hedge]

Do they mimic the trilogy? No

[twilit osprey]

Oh well

[shrewd needle]

The trilogy is unmimicable.

[weary hedge]

Most popular one is Shay’s living zone

[twilit osprey]

Thank you Tec sir 🙂

[shrewd needle]

Shay comes to life as a Bloodsucker/Bandit and wipes you out.

[weary hedge]

Ur welcome

[weary hedge]

If you have any questions or want to interact with said mods in chats visit #1387351701702574150

[twilit osprey]

Thank you again tec for your kindness...I appreciate it and you

really man

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cat-blush-silly-cat-juice-cute-gif-6133838172443289075

[shrewd needle]

Nah, he just wants you to suffer from extra enemies constantly hunting you. 'Cause a real stalker always gets swamped!

For GIF

[weary hedge]

No problem. I know I’d want the same

[twilit osprey]

Do you know when 1.7 will be beta testing?

[shrewd needle]

No date.

[weary hedge]

Depends on the level of SLZ. It can get hectic for sure

[twilit osprey]

I asked GSC about UE 5.5 and the A life and UE 5.5 and Customer support said that UE has nothing to do with the A life system

They did mention a patch 1.7 & 1.8 however

[shrewd needle]

A-Life = AI system, so yes, it's got nothing to do with the engine.

[ebon blade]

What mod can I add that will crash my game all the time? (what we hear)

[weary hedge]

Tis is true

[shrewd needle]

Don't even need modifications for that.

Just run the game and wait for memory leak.

[weary hedge]

& is why I’m a vanilla bean but if you wanna do the mods hold off on the updates til ur mods are up to date.

[twilit osprey]

I told GSC support that in the Wild Island, some mutants had points in their bodies but I couldn't harvest them

[shrewd needle]

Or...be superior like me and never update. 😏

[weary hedge]

Do you remember what patch ur on lol?

[twilit osprey]

Aside from that once out of Wild Island, the radiation is killing me

[vernal lily]

Don't you have the power of GOG or something. I am stuck with Steam.

[shrewd needle]

v1.1.3.

[twilit osprey]

Yes Patch 1.6

[weary hedge]

Damnnnn

[shrewd needle]

Skill issue. GOG always superior. 😏

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/emoji-emoji-disintegrating-emoji-disappearing-meme-21st-century-gif-24891417

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/emoji-emoji-disintegrating-emoji-disappearing-meme-21st-century-gif-24891417

GOG deserves the money. GabeN doesn't.

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/gaben-steam-sales-gabe-blick-gif-16852418

[twilit osprey]

I think the area was Cordon

[weary hedge]

What happened?

[twilit osprey]

I am hesistant to play Stalker 2 because of the 1.7 and 1.8 & A life updates now 🙁

[weary hedge]

What a-life updates?

[twilit osprey]

I was on the Cordon and I ran out of anti rad shots and used bandages and

[vernal lily]

a life more like

[twilit osprey]

medical kits to survive

GSC mentioned that A life improvements would be coming with patch updates

[weary hedge]

Why are you getting rads?

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/gaben-steam-sales-gabe-blick-gif-16852418

[twilit osprey]

In my communication with them

I don't know why.......

[weary hedge]

Do you have an artifact equipped to your belt?

[twilit osprey]

Maybe the artifact I mounted ...........daarn it man

noooo

[weary hedge]

Make sure to keep an eye out for lead container upgrades for ur suit or other artifacts that provide protection for such

[vernal lily]

hm

[twilit osprey]

daang it

I thought my saved files were corrupted

I removed all mods from the mod folder and reverified the files for Stalker 2 as well......lessons learned guys

I don't understant why GSC doesn't tell owners of the game that the next series of patches, since improving/expanding A life, will break saved games?

The integrity of the saved files won't "fit" with the new programming will it?

[shell flax]

They literally do at the end of steam patch notes, they warn you mods may break

[twilit osprey]

No Leaper.......saved files, not mods being broken

[shrewd needle]

Updates will break things; that's a given, regardless of anything else.

[weary hedge]

Replaying GTA IV

[twilit osprey]

Well...A life as it is makes the Zone look like a forest trip with occasional encounters........very empty IMHO

[shrewd needle]

I miss that game.

[shrewd needle]

Because it's not A-Life, it's just regular AI spawns with combat interactions.

S2 AI = Counter-Strike AI right now. Nothing more complicated.

[weary hedge]

Niko, cousinnnn!

The soundtrack in this game is great

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/niko-gif-18981911

[weary hedge]

Reminds me of the times in middle school my homie would make remakes off it

[twilit osprey]

I understand.........But A life should be there and creating dynamic things

[shrewd needle]

Yea, well...S2 is missing a lot of shit.

[north thistle]

Not as much as Bandits miss their shots

[shrewd needle]

They don't miss in S2.

[twilit osprey]

Thanks Bra

[north thistle]

Damn they finally sobered up

[twilit osprey]

Does anyone know if GSC is working with modders now?

[weary hedge]

Aye no bandit slang bro

[twilit osprey]

Like Shay?

LOL

[north thistle]

I would’ve guessed that Freedom would have quit their weed habit before the Bandits got their sh together but damn…

[north thistle]

Btw I think you mean slander

[weary hedge]

Yeah thanks

They may be zone trash but at least they know they are

[twilit osprey]

I ordered the Ultimate Physical and Limited set too

[north thistle]

I feel like there is an insult towards Monolith in that sentence, but I can’t pinpoint what exactly makes me come to that conclusion

[weary hedge]

The moral of the story is know ur place

[ebon blade]

If you add Mods you cannot loot mutant parts.

[twilit osprey]

I just downloaded Shays LZ complete and the Mutant physics fix mod too

Tejas Stalker I didn't know that........ohhh

[shell flax]

It depends on how outdated the mods are

[twilit osprey]

Oh...no I just downloaded each and they are up to date

[shell flax]

Though I’m finding mods that mute Honta

[twilit osprey]

I will retry Stalker 2 now

I will only play up Garbage on the map until 1.7 & 1.8 come out.....tired of deleting saves 🙁

[weary hedge]

Good luck and have fun. Hope it works

[twilit osprey]

Thank you again Tec ..........What is CCON?

[weary hedge]

An organization of scientists in stalker. The server is just another place to chat abt stalker

[twilit osprey]

Ohh

[weary hedge]

Yeah

[ebon blade]

It's just common sense, that when new patches come out to fix problems in the games, and
you are adding many mods to alter the base game, you are creating conflicts with those fixes.
GSC is not responsible for creating patches that will work with hundreds of mods that are made
by various people. Every new patch that comes out, you should remove all Mods before downloading.

[twilit osprey]

I understand about removing mods but I didn't read or see anything that said harvesting mutant part was disabled IF any mod was added

[ebon blade]

Because you are new here, and mutant parts skinning is new to the game too.
You had to be here, when parts were added and Modders couldn't retrieve them.

[twilit osprey]

Simply wonderful........well, thank you for letting me know......You're appreciated.....Dang it man, another thing I missed

[ebon blade]

No problem. You're welcome. Always nice to help people with good manners.

[twilit osprey]

Thank you

Yes, being a scumbad to complete strangers or anyone is not the way I want to be known by

[ebon blade]

It's difficult to realize that a person that used to be spelled as Gonta, pronounced with a G,
Is now spelled in Ukrainian as Honta, and you wonder, is it pronounced with an H now to be correct?

[shell flax]

Nope, still same pronunciation

[weary hedge]

Good mentality.

[shell flax]

You’re already miles better then the randos who only join to whine and raise hell then

[shrewd needle]

"Sir, would you like to invest in my totally illegitimate scheme supported by the great Mr. Beast to earn $2000? Please look at these 4 images and follow the procedure to the letter."

[shrewd needle]

Oh, look...a Bandit bonking me!

The biggest scam-gang in the Zone bonking me for one tiny scam.

[twilit osprey]

How do we play the game in Ukranian but get English subtitles? I went in and adjusted things but couldn't get it quite right

[weary hedge]

empty your pockets fool!

[shrewd needle]

You picked the wrong pockets, fool!

grabs baseball bat

https://tenor.com/view/gta-gta-sa-grand-theft-auto-grand-theft-auto-san-andreas-gta-one-liners-gif-17459582

[weary hedge]

Goons never fail to crack me up 😂

[twilit osprey]

no "Big Smoke".....nooo

[shrewd needle]

IKR? They're the best!

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/big-smoke-big-wrong-house-gif-12391029

Man trying to grieve his mother, and almost getting assaulted to death by a fat Smoke.

[weary hedge]

Big smoke an opp. He did my boy CJ dirty

[twilit osprey]

Good night all.........share soon

[weary hedge]

Good night. Take care

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/gta-sa-gta-san-andreas-grand-theft-auto-san-andreas-gta-grand-theft-auto-gif-17464590

[shrewd needle]

Night, man. Take care.

Honestly, I like Smoke as the bad guy...like, he's one of the core GSF members and all of them are connected emotionally, via memories, gang life and what-not...

And he's the one, least expected, who betrays them. Kind of sad, NGL, regardless of other things.

[weary hedge]

Exactly. He makes a good bad guy and I hate him for it.

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/gta-gta-sa-grand-theft-auto-grand-theft-auto-san-andreas-gta-one-liners-gif-17461332

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/ah-shit-here-we-go-again-gta-sa-cj-gta-again-gif-20425950

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/ah-shit-here-we-go-again-gta-sa-cj-gta-again-gif-20425950

"Rollin' Heights, Balla Country. Now I ain't been Grove Street for five years, but the Ballas won't give a shit!"

You know...this kind of makes sense. Smoke's so fat, he basically was just a natural Balla (baller). 😏

https://tenor.com/view/gta-sweet-smoke-you-wide-i-mean-you-wide-youre-wide-gif-23787999

[wanton blaze]

Anyone else wish Freedom had a PSZ variant like the Wolfhound or Falcon?

[shrewd needle]

They do? It's called the Bulat.

[wanton blaze]

Am I blind where is the Bulat

[weary hedge]

Never trust a fat guy in the hood. He a double faced snake. Or a teddy bear in disguise 😏

[shrewd needle]

One is in the Chemical Plant or Burnt Forest. Else you can buy one at Rostok.

Use MapGenie to find it; easy.

[shrewd needle]

Teddy Snake. 😏

[wanton blaze]

I am infact brain scorched how did I miss that

[shrewd needle]

Welcome to the Zone, stalker.

[ebon blade]

You've never wanted to choose a Faction?

[weary hedge]

Lol

[wanton blaze]

I tend to put myself in world to see where I might fit, and its usually was loner but honestly, Freedom is a vibe I rock. Maybe not 100% aligned but more than Duty or Spark

[shrewd needle]

Nope. I'm always a lone wolf, and choosing a faction locks me out of everyone else. Say, if I'm Freedom, then Duty is locked out. If I'm Military then everyone hates me. If I'm scientist, then I just die. 😏

[weary hedge]

Love that for you stalker 💪

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/zach-galifianakis-one-man-wolf-pack-i-need-to-think-of-myself-as-one-man-wolf-pack-gif-11070792

[ebon blade]

Lone Wolf = Loner

[weary hedge]

You’d make a good renegade amnesia. A smart one at that

[vernal lily]

[shrewd needle]

Loners are too identifiable. Same patch, same groups, same everything.

[shrewd needle]

You, sir, are the true renegade, for suggesting that group of low-lives!

[shrewd needle]

Hey, I just like having everyone available, you know?

[weary hedge]

True. But in a sense they are the definition of lone wolves and keeping to themselves

[shrewd needle]

And also the kind who'll stab someone in the back, unlike others who'll at least have the courtesy of shooting you in the face.

[vernal lily]

Yes, everything is simple being factionless

[shrewd needle]

Me, I'll only betray people like Lex the Legend. 😏

[shrewd needle]

Precisely. Because I AM the faction.

[weary hedge]

That’s a fair point

Maybe we need a new faction that doesn’t have an identification. Call them the wanderers

[shrewd needle]

That's...just a faction?

[vernal lily]

Not a new faction, because then that would just make them Loners

Loners can technically be factionless

[weary hedge]

I suppose so. I’m surprised there isn’t faction less stalkers in the zone

[vernal lily]

Ditch Sidobinch and embrace free will

[shrewd needle]

Except basically all the stalkers have the Loner patch on them, which defeats the point of...you know...loning around.

[shrewd needle]

At least the Gaffer is better, NGL.

[weary hedge]

Mutants don’t have a faction

[shrewd needle]

Yes, they do. It's called 'enemy'. 😏

[weary hedge]

Mutant lives matter

[vernal lily]

What I meant is Loners can eventually just not adhere the patch and go out there on their own. Easier to do with factions that don't really have leaders.

[shrewd needle]

Damn...now I'm imagining a group of stalkers doing MLM protest outside the Ward's base. 😏

[weary hedge]

Lmaooo😂

[shrewd needle]

True dat.

[vernal lily]

Yeah, he's a chill guy

[weary hedge]

I think it would be chill to hang with mutants if they didn’t want to rip my face off

[wanton blaze]

I get free fresh bread though. Is nice

[wanton blaze]

Lose an arm trying to pet the blind dogs

[vernal lily]

I'm opening a bakery in the Zone

Free kvass too

[weary hedge]

Could be worth

[shrewd needle]

Even better...do it at both the Chemical Plant and the Cement Factory.

Imagine, protests all across the Zone!

"Anomaly Lives Matter! Artifact Lives Matter! Mutant Lives Matter! Radiation Lives Matter! Monolith Lives Matter!"

And then Korshunov tears his non-existent hair out trying to deal with the 'wokeness'. 😏

[wanton blaze]

Im still wondering if the blind dogs could be tamed with food. Not redomesticated but at least bribed to be not hostile.

[vernal lily]

Doctor basically did that

forgot that guy's name

[weary hedge]

There’s a crazy man in cop who had a pet pseudo dog same with doc

[shrewd needle]

Doctor and Noah did that. People do tame mutants (well, dogs, at least), just not so many.

[weary hedge]

Now that would be awesome

[shell flax]

Noah

[wanton blaze]

Kinda what got the thought started. Throw a boar or 2 carcass at them and have guard dogs

[vernal lily]

I want a pet chimera

[weary hedge]

Sorry I forgot his name. Been a minute

[hallow shadow]

I need a Far Cry 4 Bait System.

I wanna chuck a Snork Vertebrae over a fence line and watch a pack of Boar tear through Varan’s hideout.

[vernal lily]

Bro imagine taming burers

[shell flax]

All good, I only remembered because I watched a Vati video about him recently

[vernal lily]

those dumbass midgets

[weary hedge]

I’d have a meal with a burer if given the chance

[shell flax]

Slavery

[wanton blaze]

That would be so fun and could be tied to Honta's Hunting school

[vernal lily]

Zone is about to take another dark turn

[weary hedge]

Why can I actually see that being a plot🤣

Ward/sircaa putting control devices on mutants

[shell flax]

Burer slavery or the bait stuff

[vernal lily]

You think controllers can be reasoned with somehow, bait them with something

[shrewd needle]

Burers are not dumb at all...they're basically human-level intelligence dumbed down by lack of AI.

[vernal lily]

They are smart enough to be wearing jeans all the time

[weary hedge]

Gotta assert dominance with a bigger brain

[shell flax]

Also, Shay’s NPC interactions/ LZ gold plus bartender sells everything is hilarious because loners seem to default to Bartenders

[vernal lily]

Just me not liking them

[shrewd needle]

Time to go G-Man on you and lock you in a room with 20 Burers.

[shell flax]

They’re even dumber in the trilogy

[wanton blaze]

Using a Burer to steal all the guns from the IPSF

[weary hedge]

The one mimicking a crying child. I knew some creepy fker was gonna be there just not a burer lol

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-2-stalker-scar-spark-meme-gif-6112129495284371231

[hallow shadow]

“Nice to see you, Skif. It’s been a while.”
“Thanks, Korshunov.”
“Here’s the situation, Skif. A pack of Bandits with enough brain cells to rub together and start a fire have been domesticating Burers out in Yantar.”
“They’re.. What? How?”
“We don‘t know that, yet. That’s where you come in.”

[shell flax]

RPG rapid fire, no mercy

[hallow shadow]

“How do you expect me.. to?”
“Simple. You take that Plot Armor Pistol of yours, and sneak into that facility.”

[vernal lily]

I lobe Clear Sky

[shell flax]

Also, give Burers an ability to catch RPGs in a mod

Full on Neo your ass

[hallow shadow]

Dastardly.

[weary hedge]

Broo some force unleashed shit lmao

[vernal lily]

Imaging shooting a burer with an RPG, then it just does a comical 360 and goes after you instead.

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-2-stalker-scar-spark-meme-gif-6112129495284371231

[shrewd needle]

Reminds me of that Grapple Gun from Doom 3: Resident Of Evil...you could basically take Revenant Rockets and shoot them back.

[hallow shadow]

I’d just use a Portal gun.
Make the Burer fall forever. Problem solved.

[shell flax]

You aren’t safe either, Kazzz found out NPCs can use RPGs

[hallow shadow]

HELL YEAH

[weary hedge]

If they actually gave npcs rpgs more commonly but not super common the gun could have a use

[hallow shadow]

Bro. We in the rice paddies.

[shell flax]

Monolith and Ward should have RPGs

[hallow shadow]

Sparkers would, too. The shifty little shits.

[vernal lily]

Someone ought to make a mod where I can smoke Sido's bunker

[weary hedge]

Turn the mf zone into a warzone lol

[hallow shadow]

I’ve been begging for this. I hate Sido.

[shell flax]

Sparkers should use stealthier kit imo

So give them suppressed SVUs en masse

[weary hedge]

Finally someone who understands guerrilla warfare tactics

[hallow shadow]

Dude. Imagine how varied a firefight would be.
You’re just trotting along, and bam a bunch of Mercs equipped like a military squad, firing at you (rockets no longer purchased separately) flying in out of the trees and shit.

[shell flax]

RPGs fit the blunt force tactics of the Monolith and the militant mindset of the Ward more

[hallow shadow]

DMRs, AKs, a couple Shotguns, SMGs? R P G

[shell flax]

And Mercs too actually

[weary hedge]

Corps would also use them

[shell flax]

Scavenged from monos probably

[weary hedge]

Gotta compete with the gauss somehow

[hallow shadow]

“Permission to raise spirits? How do you make a baby Bloodsucker fall asleep?
You R o c k e t”
-A Warden, probably

[shell flax]

I think duty should have more CQC stuff since they mainly hunt mutants

TS12

[weary hedge]

Tho if we go off deggy finding the schematics for the Gauss rifle I think some of corps would be equipped with some

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/loki-falling-tom-hiddleston-falling-gif-13421519

Too bad the rest of the movie wasn't this good.

Taika Waititi should never make movies, NGL.

[weary hedge]

Doctor strange is a good character

[shrewd needle]

True, though the MoM got ruined a bit.

[hallow shadow]

I saw Iron Man 3 on bootleg, downrange.
Couldn’t see release.

[shrewd needle]

That was also meh.

[hallow shadow]

It was cooler than watching the sand blow.

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/burnt-xion-xion-boom-xion-boom-gif-1973026945088999008

[primal nimbus]

[weary hedge]

It did, tho it had a unique take. I thought the part where he controlled a dead version of himself was so cool.

[spring gust]

Has anyone been having audio issues recently? I started a new playthrough with the NVG update, and every few moments my audio cuts out and then comes back.

[north thistle]

Hey what y’all know about Warrior Cats?

[vernal lily]

I used to read that series when I was a kid

[north thistle]

Why don’t you read em anymore?

[vernal lily]

No idea tbh, I think I just lost interest

[north thistle]

That’s fine, it happens

[vernal lily]

Might pick it back up for nostalgia reasons now that you mention it

[north thistle]

(:

[north thistle]

What?

Im pretty sure that Warrior Cats is about of wild cats who are a forest cult who fight each other over sum stupid sh

Basically

[shrewd needle]

https://tenor.com/view/dr-strange-multiverse-of-madness-whoa-zombie-wtf-gif-25649469

[vernal lily]

They have clans, or some are clan-less. They have all these terms for these although I think I forgot most of them. I think pet cats are called kittypets.

Some clans are rivals, some aren't

[north thistle]

Yeah I know that

I was just making fun of it a lil

[fickle hill]

What its like to get bitten by a snake in Australia

[north thistle]

Terms in Warrior Cats:
Kittypet- Pet cat
Twolegs- Humans

Thunderpaths- Roads

[shrewd needle]

Am I supposed to know how you know that?

[fickle hill]

More parz

[north thistle]

Twoleg nests- Houses

[vernal lily]

There's an Aussie in chat

[shrewd needle]

Only an Aussie and not a bossy. 😏

[vernal lily]

[ebon blade]

Why are you using a Duty sticker? I thought you were Monolith.

[north thistle]

Let me do as I wish

[ebon blade]

Now you are using a Spark sticker.

[shrewd needle]

He's neither Duty, nor Monolith. He's 14.

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-2-stalker-scar-spark-meme-gif-6112129495284371231

[north thistle]

Tbh, Spark and Monolith ain’t to different

Both are fanatics who believe in something that don’t really exist

[vernal lily]

Star 😩

[wild epoch]

when you hit that point in the story

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-2-stalker-scar-spark-meme-gif-6112129495284371231

[shrewd needle]

Star got Scarred by his Duty to the Freedom of the shining.

[fickle hill]

https://youtube.com/shorts/LfVm_wtu_A4?si=ePchkxCCd9_-mzsI here's your average Australian animal

[shrewd needle]

https://youtube.com/shorts/LfVm_wtu_A4

[fickle hill]

[vernal lily]

[north thistle]

[north thistle]

Sh breaking my heart gng 🥀

[fickle hill]

Bro is locked into that short

[shrewd needle]

That's just nature; Komodos rule.

[shrewd needle]

PHUCK YOU! 😆

I thought it was a 30-second short!

[fickle hill]

[shrewd needle]

But nah, Komodos rule. More powah to 'em!

Now I wonder...what'd mutated Komodos in Skif's ending be like?

[fickle hill]

Wdym Australia would turn into a helldivers experience

[north thistle]

@vernal lily Also I was quite disappointed Redtail died so early on in the series

He sounded like he would’ve been a good character later on

[shrewd needle]

Helldivers = too much democracy.

OTOH, Komodos = lizard people = winning!

https://tenor.com/view/people-of-earth-blink-twice-reptilians-making-you-do-this-gif-15851315

[weary hedge]

Similar in the sense of being biased in their movements (doing it for the zone) other than that, no.

[shrewd needle]

They do it for the Zone and the Zone does them in 6-feet under. 😏

[weary hedge]

Yep. Even tho that end cutscene is a hallucination, it would be truly amazing if it was real.

[shrewd needle]

TBF, it would've bene real had Faust and the Board not been screwing around.

[ebon blade]

Did you get the reference in the gif I posted? That was an Australian actor.

[fickle hill]

Unfortunately I have not even with how much my father likes those kinds of goofy movies

[shrewd needle]

Also, Dalin getting screwed in every way unless you kill Korshunov and man basically did nothing except try to do the right thing.

Dalin literally gets the shortest end of the stick, unfortunately. Skif has the excuse of being a mass-murderer to get his fate, but Dalin's only fault is his (very normal) arrogance instead of malice or ulterior motives.

[weary hedge]

Yeah, I know. It’s a real shame.

[shrewd needle]

Actually, now I'm wondering...if Spark was right about the Shining...maybe Dalin's father IS actually alive and only remains 'dead' due to the Noosphere being separate from the material world?

Along with the Representative and the rest of the C-Consciousness. Maybe that's why Faust was helping Spark, but both he and the Board screwed each other and everyone else.

Maybe Faust WAS going right and the Board didn't want it (or vice-versa).

[ebon blade]

I bet your father knows who he is.

[fickle hill]

I bet

[shrewd needle]

Ask him.

[ebon blade]

Ask your father if he knows Yahoo Serious.

[weary hedge]

It’s possible. There is a theory out there that Strelok didn’t actually kill the representatives, c-con only made him think he did in order to keep him wrapped around their finger, but there’s not enough structured lore out there written by GSC to actually go off things like that.

[shrewd needle]

Apparently homeless and destitute now.

[ebon blade]

Yeah, I was just reading that on Wikipedia.

[shrewd needle]

That makes sense, TBF (considering he lands in a lush green field similar to the one in X3 when you're there in S2)...maybe that's what it was?

Interesting theory, NGL.

[shrewd needle]

Same, actually. 😆

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/tip-hat-greetings-hello-cowboy-crocodile-dundee-gif-15925711679672395797

I guess I should have used a Crocodile Dundee gif.

[weary hedge]

Damn. I wonder what happened.

[shrewd needle]

Considering there was a certain personal incident in 2007, it might've been the start of a decline, till 2020 when he got evicted and fined for rent.

[ebon blade]

The movie "Monster Hunter" is on TV. I can't believe how terrible it is.
It is supposed to be based on a video game, I think.

[shrewd needle]

In 2012, Resident Evil director Paul W. S. Anderson was then-rumored to be in talks to direct a film adaptation of the Monster Hunter franchise. Anderson stated he had discovered the Monster Hunter series on travels to Japan around 2008 and had become a fan of the series, and considered a film adaptation as a "passion project". Within a couple years from his introduction to the games, Anderson said he had started discussions with Capcom about securing the rights to make the film.
And, of course, his wife stars as the main lead!

[weary hedge]

I just looked it up. That’s rough.

[ebon blade]

I gotta keep in mind, if I was 14, I might think it was great.,

[dull osprey]

gang tweaking..

[shrewd needle]

I mean...game-based movies are...well...an acquired taste.

I've only seen two game-based movies and that is the Prince Of Persia and man...it's actually good. Others might disagree, but it's honestly well-made.

Same with Need For Speed; they actually made the movie nicely.

[dull osprey]

btw guys... i found a whole google document related to monolith praise, a manifesto by the monolith, and multiple "proverbs" written in the name of the monolith lol

[weary hedge]

Bro says gang tweaking then proceeds to say this

[weary hedge]

[shrewd needle]

"For the Monol-...let's tweak!"

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-duty-stalker-dance-gsc-gsc-gameworld-gif-22307630

I'm sure the Monolith can dance tweak better.

[weary hedge]

😂

[dull osprey]

im monolith fr..

[north thistle]

My meme is recycled 😔

[stark crescent]

Oh I wish I was back in the Zone, where the Stalkers wander free,
Away from this Monolith strife, in the land of anomalies.
Where the Scar runs deep and the Bloodsuckers creep,
In that dark and dangerous land, oh I long to be.

Back in the Swamps where the Snorks do lurk, and the Pseudogiants roam,
Away from these concrete halls, I want to be back home.
Where the Pripyat air is thick and the Emissions flare,
In that irradiated haven, oh that's where I long to be.

[shrewd needle]

Strelok's poem as he was in SIRCAA.

[dull osprey]

in the swamps where SIN roams..

[weary hedge]

I like this.

[ebon blade]

I've seen so many gamed-based movies I've lost count. Some are good but most are bad.
I think when I started watching this and seeing who the main character was, played by
Milla Jovovich, I just get fatigue with her being in so many similar movies like this.
Don't get me wrong, she was great in the 5th Element, but there are just way too
many Resident Evil movies. Then I read she is married to Paul W. S. Anderson
and it explains why he casts her in so many movies that he directs. I did
not know that. I'm just watching the movie to the end to see how bad
it is, since I have never heard of it, despite it coming out in 2020.

[shrewd needle]

Very nice typing. 😏

And honestly, even I was surprised, but yea...realized later. I guess the duo just...make things work for each other.

[ebon blade]

Don't give up your day job.

[stark crescent]

[shrewd needle]

I've seen some of Anderson's movies, though, and Event Horizon and Death Race are quality. The former...'nuff said. The latter is all style, no substance, but the action is good.

Especially the second race in the latter where Statham casually does his Transporter thing by driving in reverse without crashing.

[ebon blade]

Just realized I was confusing Paul W. S. Anderson with another Director named Paul Thomas Anderson.
Paul W. S. Anderson did one of the better Alien-Predator movies: Alien vs. Predator (2004) another
obscure movie I liked: Soldier (1998), the two you mention and unfortunately 6 Resident Evil movies.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, there's 2 of them, and I keep getting confused between them as wel.

And I haven't seen the Alien series, much less Alien vs. Predator, though I did see the 2010 Predators. With Adrien Brody.

[ebon blade]

That was decent, with it taking place on another world.

[coral shadow]

Brother i did another version of my S2 challenge which is way more fluid and fast to set up now than the past version

the objective changed and it takes like 3-7 mins to set up

[weary hedge]

Damn I didn’t even notice this was you because of the change. I almost finished your challenge (I’m a little past killing Strelok.) but decided to take a break.

[coral shadow]

oh wait, maybe you're doing another other challenge?

[slim orbit]

Coming from a hopeful console STALKER, how close could stalker 2 get to anomaly or any of the other mod packs from modding, or is it too early to say with the current limitations

[shrewd needle]

True; it actually showed the 'being used as game' part. Good action too, to an extent.

But mostly...the psychological nightmare...

[coral shadow]

i have a little mod pack if you want

[weary hedge]

Hold up. Did you make a deathless challenge awhile back?

[coral shadow]

yep, it was called Road to Prypriat

[weary hedge]

You made a subreddit about it

[coral shadow]

though im confused, i thought i didn't mention anything about completing the story

[slim orbit]

Im listening

[weary hedge]

I honestly forgot. Just kept playing lol

[coral shadow]

wait to my new challenge if you want an experience about exploring and surviving instead of doing the main missions

[coral shadow]

true stalker, but by the way the new version is waaay more fluid, harder, with Main missions Removed, and cooler, i hope you finish that game soon then 🍞

[slim orbit]

In stalker 2? Or the other ones

[coral shadow]

2

[slim orbit]

For consoles as well or pc only?

[coral shadow]

i can dm you the details of it

[coral shadow]

both

[slim orbit]

That would be dope

[weary hedge]

I’ve been holding off until master releases

Should be this upcoming patch if the rumors are true

[coral shadow]

dam, true Stalker enjoyer

[weary hedge]

One must learn to survive in the harshest environments if they wish to teach others the ways of the zone - some wizened stalker probably

[stark crescent]

how come a game as simple as a visual novel can auto detect my sound, but stalker 2 cannot...

[wooden walrus]

'cause it hasn't been programmed to

same applies to it refusing to use hdr when not in fullscreen

[stark crescent]

i start stalker 2. i forgot to turn on my sound system first, so it wasnt detected by windows yet. i turn on my sound system. stalker 2 didnt recognise it. i had to restart the game before it detected sound.

[wooden walrus]

yeah and it doesn't have an option to detect the default audio device so it'll stay locked to the device it last used when you open it

[stark crescent]

which is either a non existing spif output or a monitor

[wooden walrus]

game has a whole lot of annoyances that wouldn't be that hard to correct I agree

just lock it into the default audio device and let windows handle it

[wanton blaze]

Looking into it, and depending how much Fleshies actually decay, they could be viable for butchering as they are supposed to be originally pigs. Anyone want bacon?

[wooden walrus]

there's a mod called uhh... extended mutant loot or whatever, which does let you harvest meat from mutants

it's a bit abstract since it doesn't include cooking (though I think craftable zone does let you cook with it)

and it's actually pretty well integrated since, for example, bloodsucker meat has psyrad reducing properties

I mean it's weird asf but it does balance out the utter lack of psiblock in the wild and in shops

[wanton blaze]

I legit thought they were originally someone related to snorks, some kind of hybrid mutant that has human meat, but they're supposed to be formerly pigs. Something with the faces mostly threw me off.

[wooden walrus]

I mean I can see how someone woudln't draw the immediate parallel since boars are pretty much 1:1

but stalker games in general suck at mutant design

[north thistle]

This is what I get for taking a nap

It’s 4:25 AM and I can’t sleep

[coral shadow]

yo i actually added a monolith loadout in my challenge, wanna see what it contains? i want an opinion by a true believer

[wanton blaze]

I've been bored at work and just come back to considering what would be viable food wise in the zone outside the standard staples. I even wonder with seeing fish myself how much they'd be possible more in universe itself over gameplay.

Imagining a barbecue day at Rostok during a bunch of Arena matches for example. Stalkers having a fun time

[north thistle]

Oh? Please do go on.

[ebon blade]

Where are you on the East Coast?

[north thistle]

In the Southeastern area

[coral shadow]

Ex-Monolith Believer:
] GP-37 with Extended mag( 230 Norm ammunition).
] APSB with around Norm 100 ammunition.
] Detector: Echo
] NVG: GEN 3A
] Armor: Corundum Suit
] Artifact: Lantern
°Consumables: Every Medkit you can buy, Not any Food,Water,Radiation drug or Booster.

[north thistle]

Think Georgia, Florida, Alambama

[wanton blaze]

Miami

[ebon blade]

Alambama does not exist.

[wanton blaze]

Anyway, i still have 4 1/2 hours of work

[north thistle]

I have to say most of it is good

But I’d personally switch out the ASPB for a USP, but I’m just being nitpicky

[coral shadow]

i didn't make it overpowered nor underpowered, it's balanced among the other loadouts

[north thistle]

Yeah, that’s understandable

[coral shadow]

other loadouts have an USP and a gambit

[north thistle]

Ahh okay then I understand

[wanton blaze]

I wish Gambit wasnt story locked

[coral shadow]

it isn't, just install bartender mod

[wanton blaze]

Actually a couple uniques I wish the same. Spitfire and Gangster come to mind

[north thistle]

Btw what does the latter artifact do again?

[wooden walrus]

still, stalker 2 has this weird fascination with just giving you guns as part of story progression

which is intensely weird for a game that's supposed to be kinda open world

[ebon blade]

Look to the north and see half a dozen Burers. No thank you.

[coral shadow]

both medium good things, i forgor

[wanton blaze]

Dude which Burer clan did you piss off

[north thistle]

I think medium weight and medium fire resistance

[wooden walrus]

when you get into it it's got a ton of design dissonance between a linear and an open world game, like it can't decide what it should be

[north thistle]

But strong radiation

[coral shadow]

nah, it doesn't have cons

[ebon blade]

After fighting 12 Burers I ran out of 308, and wasn't ready for 6 more.

[north thistle]

I must be getting it mixed im up with another artifact the

[coral shadow]

the build is great mostly because you have perma death in the challenge and you can easily die

[wooden walrus]

besides it feeling weird, I do think that stalker 2 in general has this terrible habit of just throwing shit at the player as freebies, either as a reward for just continuing the story or the slightest amount of exploration

[wanton blaze]

Partner from the Defending Zalissya comes to mind. You can't keep it if you give it, and if you dont grab it then and there you cant get it period without mods

[wooden walrus]

which hurts both replayability and it makes the entire thing feel kinda unrewarding tbh

[coral shadow]

but i made every loadout have its own advantages and cons

[wooden walrus]

yeah or drowned

[wanton blaze]

Actually gambit has a majoe gripe for me. The SIRCAA section. Better make a massive detour to drop off your Swamp goodies or hope.your stuff is max repaired and you dont get into prolonged fights.

[wooden walrus]

it's so weird that the game locks the attachments drowned has until much, MUCH later, and hands you this kickass rifle for free and with no repercussions as essentially part of the story

[wanton blaze]

While I agree and Drowned is my favorite. Outside being a jerk to an NPC, there's nothing serious about getting it

[wooden walrus]

I'm of two minds on the story sections in stalker 2. On the one hand I think they are really well designed, fun, and ambitious. On the other hand they just don't work with the open world design that the rest of the game wants to utilize lol.

[coral shadow]

oh a candy (drowned)

[weary hedge]

Listening to a light thunderstorm has always helped me. But yeah naps will fk with ur sleep-wake cycle.

[north thistle]

Oop wait, my brain is starting to tire out now

[wanton blaze]

I'd rather a single stash box in the room would solve 90% of my issues, but that's for GSC to decide

[coral shadow]

true, by the way i added a loadout you might like, it includes 2 boomsticks as primaries, though it's a very insane one

[weary hedge]

I’m listening

[north thistle]

Me too

I am also intrigued

[coral shadow]

Free of thought:
] 2 Boomstick Shotguns as primary and any possible Shotgun ammunition you can buy in the Camp you choosed to spawn in.
] No sidearm
] No ARTF Detector
] No NVG
] Armour: Leather Jacket
] No Mask
] 1 artifact of any rarity
°Any possible sausage,bread and bottle of vodka you can buy
°Any possible healing item you can buy(Boosting items like Hercules are excluded)

[wooden walrus]

they just need to balance out settlements better across the map. Baffles the mind that one of the most story dense sections of the game has no settlements nearby (outside of skadovsk which is a fair distance away)

[north thistle]

Personally I would’ve went with the bandit jacket, but this is fine too, adds challenge

[wooden walrus]

Also I do hope someone mods in a more nuanced storage solution.

[coral shadow]

bandit jacket already has been used for The Exiled Bandit loadout

[wooden walrus]

the magic resident evil chests aren't bad but it's kind of a copout

[north thistle]

Armored Bandit Jacket

[weary hedge]

I like it. Tho the merc suit or any bandit suit would fit the style more. I’ll throw this in my notes

[north thistle]

Btw are you allowed
To upgrade your suit?

[coral shadow]

hmmmmmmmmm maybe, i could put the default bandit jacket to the Exiled loadout and put the Armored one to the free of thought

[coral shadow]

obv, this is the starting loadout

[wanton blaze]

Friend of mine joked about a skyrim house thing of Skif repairing a Zone home ruin and the player can display unique weapons and some armor sets. A trophy house

[north thistle]

Ah ok, just wanted to ask

[coral shadow]

it's part of a bigger challenge

[wooden walrus]

People are kinda drawn to the idea of base building, I don't see the point, but I understand the appeal.

[north thistle]

Usually my load outs are either stealth or tank and there is no in between

[weary hedge]

I’d love to build a little shit shack to throw all my junk in. Maybe tame a flesh to guard the place

[coral shadow]

the loadouts i mentioned were for a survival exploration playthrough with no main mission, with the objective of exploring all the main locations of teh zone

[north thistle]

So tourism?

[wanton blaze]

I mean Skif went to the Zone to get a new Home. Who says he cant build one instead?

(Granted what he means by a 'home' is definitely influenced by the ending you look at)

[coral shadow]

Survival, if you die the playthrough is lost, so no auto-save, no using previous saves as advantage, you need to explore all the zone without dying

[north thistle]

Hmmm you’ve given me something to think about

[coral shadow]

i can give you the full subreddit challenge

[north thistle]

I think I might take up this challenge

[wooden walrus]

yeah yeah it's more the fact that basebuilding in general is something that can hardly be slapped on top of a game. You need to build around it and make it the point of the game

[weary hedge]

He makes some good challenges

[coral shadow]

sure, ill send you the link in dm, think about it

[wooden walrus]

even in games where basebuilding forms a resasonable part of like fallout 4, it feels weirdly tacked on

[weary hedge]

Almost finished a deathless run

[wooden walrus]

(or that bethesda space game that is so memorable I can't remember the name of despite having actually beaten it)

[north thistle]

I would’ve been able to complete a deathless run if my game hadn’t lagged and killed me because it didn’t register the stupor

[wooden walrus]

star... cakes or whatever

[wanton blaze]

Definitely and, frankly, Stalker 2 doesnt fit the base building style of game.

Though a trophy apartment in Pripyat before the Point of No Return could also be funny

[wooden walrus]

I could see there being designated purchasable hideouts though, why not

[coral shadow]

that's neat, even though it wasn't exactly what the challenge was about, doing a deathless run is still impressive

[wooden walrus]

every hub in stalker is kinda empty and underutilized so you could easily make a purchasable hideout for convenience on each

[north thistle]

@coral shadow Alright, I’ll give it a shot tomorrow

I’ll just go ahead and delete my first game play through to make room

Wait it is already tomorrow

So later in the day I will try

[coral shadow]

Sure, but it will be VERY harsh, i still need to add more loadouts since the combinations are a lot

[coral shadow]

Seems great

[north thistle]

It had to be on Veteran right?

Cuz if it ain’t I don’t want to do it

[coral shadow]

difficulty is any, the challenge is already hard, you choose which diff

[north thistle]

Oh ok

[coral shadow]

but i assure you that you can get easily 2 tapped even with a good armor in veteran🙏
Good luck stalker i guess

[north thistle]

I know brother… I know that ALLL too well…

I still remember the Battle of Duga

[coral shadow]

dam

[north thistle]

Im never using Better Ballistics for that ever again

[coral shadow]

btw i think the zone is less harsh, the Debug game start makes it way calmer

[coral shadow]

lmao fr I've died to Faust thousands of times on rookie mode with BB🪦

[north thistle]

IKR 🥀 😭 🙏

[coral shadow]

@weary hedge which loadouts you suggest me to add since i added some base ones?

[weary hedge]

Mac-10 and the APSB. Stalkers should learns how to adapt with peashooters

[coral shadow]

M10 gordon is already in the lone wolf load out, and Apsb in the Ex monolith loadout

[weary hedge]

What guns haven’t you used?

Unique variants ?

[coral shadow]

Groza, Zubr, rhino, dnipro and sum others

[coral shadow]

i did use unique variants on loadouts

i thought about adding the spitfire but its ammos are too rare

oh i also didn't use any shotgun apart from the boomstick

[weary hedge]

Have you made a military loadout?

[coral shadow]

yup, lemme show

Retired Military Soldier:
] AR416 with Granade Launcher and Acog X4 Scope (220 Perf. ammunition and 5 HEDP granades)
] Gambit with Extended Mag (90 Perf. Ammunition)
] Detector: Echo
] NVG: GEN 3B
] Armor: Berril-5M Armored Suit
°Consumables: 5 sausages, 1 water, 1 Military Grade medkit and 2 base ones, 1 anti-radiation drug

[boreal gyro]

wrong and lame take

[weary hedge]

Ahhh okay, you could make another spec ops variant and have it include the Buket-S2 and special. Or even make one with the combatant

[coral shadow]

I could use the X-7 armour to make a spec ops loadout, but for that one i was thinking about more of a stealth one with the night stalker

[boreal gyro]

shotgun slugs need a major buff

[coral shadow]

the armor is already op, i cant add too much things

[boreal gyro]

slugs have extremely short range for what they should be capable of, also should do a lot more damage

[coral shadow]

theire rubber slugs

that's why they don't do much in s2

[weary hedge]

That would be cool

[coral shadow]

the buket could be a good combination with the night stalker

[weary hedge]

Could also make one around the MK1 rifle

[coral shadow]

i forgor which one was it

[weary hedge]

Yeah i believe Russian spec ops actually used that weapon for certain operations some time in history.

[coral shadow]

yupp, tho the loadout will lose in a lot of things

[weary hedge]

For sure. You’ll have to be up close and personal lol.

[weary hedge]

I was incorrect. It is primarily intended for internal security and police units. I was thinking of the pp-2k

Would make a good gun for a ward loadout instead.

[coral shadow]

NAH, im not making all the faction loadouts, i already made the bandit and ex monolith, every loadout needs to be unique

in terms of sense

[coral shadow]

uhh which was the nvg with darker tint? GEN 3A or 3b?

[ebon blade]

Gen 3 is green. Gen 3b is blue.

[coral shadow]

wut

I remember that one of the 2 is baije

[ebon blade]

Blue or Green

[coral shadow]

i meant

item texture, not vision color, i should've mentioned it

the outside surface

the NVG item it self

[ebon blade]

The NVG Gen 3b I have is tan.

[coral shadow]

well i guess i have to use 3b since the blue fits the loadout

[vapid galleon]

I thought you were playing 24/7 because you're constantly uploading videos and there are so many videos on your channel

[vapid galleon]

blue is always best

[ebon blade]

I've been playing the same game for the past 10 and a half months.
All my Stalker 2 videos are from that one game, that I play and upload them.

[vapid galleon]

why do you only play Stalker?

[ebon blade]

I've played other games, uploaded a few of them in there.
However, I really like the Stalker games and Mods best.

My earlier recording software was not as good as I have now.

[vapid galleon]

you really love this game dude

how many hours do you have in S2? (last question promise)

[ebon blade]

According to my saves, I have over 1,200 hours in this game so far.

Here's my main mission status

[vapid galleon]

for me, the time written on Steam is usually 3 times the time written on the save :D

[vapid galleon]

good luck in Zone Stalker 🫡

[ebon blade]

Steam says 1,874 hours in Stalker 2.

I just fought 12 Burers here. The two part video was just uploaded.

[wooden walrus]

...okay?

so you think the game handing you shit for free on specified areas which often supercede entire swathes of gear is correct and based

[boreal gyro]

i like free stuff, it's necessary to survive on veteran mode

the economy is rough on that difficulty

[wooden walrus]

not really no

[boreal gyro]

everything is easy to get once you know where it is

[wooden walrus]

I've played veteran with unlimited, which removes the free shit and adds a very harsh ballistic overhaul on top of it and it's fine

[boreal gyro]

wrong

the main thing the veteran economy does is waste your time

[wooden walrus]

you know,

[coarse falcon]

skill issue imo

[wooden walrus]

for someone who's so ready to call other people's takes "lame" and "wrong" you have some incredibly simplistic and narrow minded views

[boreal gyro]

it's called being correct 🥱

[wooden walrus]

lmao sure kid

[weary hedge]

Play the games how you want. Who cares. It’s single player after all.

[boreal gyro]

exactly

[weary hedge]

Also side note. You don’t have to pick up free shit.

[coral shadow]

i admit that the scripted stashes are a pain since they become super predictable, at least with craftable and lootable zone the Box and backpack stashes change a bit

[wooden walrus]

yeah to me it just murders replayability and even the meta progression

[coral shadow]

yup

[wooden walrus]

during one of my first playhtroughs I remember finding a guardian of freedom around roosevelt's and it kinda made every single armor I could find in that entire area pointless

[coral shadow]

Most of s2 it's just scripted.

Scripted side missions, scripted stashes, scripted events, the zone is planned, not living

[wooden walrus]

I used a mod that randomized static loot, which is a bit of a pain in the butt but it can be done

that mod has been sadly delisted, but unlimited does something similar (though much, much harsher)

it basically removes like 75% of the static loot, and the rest is rerolled

[coral shadow]

Great

i think that's perfect

[wooden walrus]

it also removes a ton of the static weapons, which I don't particularly agree with since it makes some puzzle rewards or some combat encounters kinda pointless, but I'll take that over progression ruining statics

it also kinda introduces a shit ton more changes, some to which I object, but again, it's kinda the least worst option so hey

some stuff it does is great, like it rebalances detectors in a way that I find interesting. And some of its stuff can be opted out, like the ballistic overhaul that you can just slap something else on top of

ofc the star of unlimited is the fact that it removes stashes altogether, and instead replaces it with a pda based system instead

so it kinda balances itself out by the fact that it removes a lot of the static shit, but later on you'll get stashes for uniques instead

[coral shadow]

sounds great, better than finding always the same things

[wooden walrus]

it's not perfect since the game becomes incredibly backloaded honestly

like, pre-sircaa you have a very limited selection of weapons and attachments and without uniques it's kinda... plain.

but then again that's a problem that comes up on successive playhtroughs so idk how much of a problem it really is

[coral shadow]

Lowk for empty playthroughs it's great

[wooden walrus]

I do greatly enjoy that the zone actually feels like the squalid shithole it's supposed to be

instead of skif tripping over loot every 5 minutes

like, you actually want to plan out your dailies and even go out hunt some artifacts for money, which on a vanilla plathrough is beyond unnecessary

[coral shadow]

yup, as i said, for just surviving and exploring the zone without doing any Main mission, the mod is great

[wooden walrus]

and with most stashes gone, you have to actually pay attention to even sourcing food, which is just insane when you consider vanilla

I think it's good overall, however it needs a different system of metaprogression than the vanilla game uses for sure

the hidden rank system tied to story progression vanilla uses is... not great.

I guess it's a matter of letting gsc develop an actual sdk that gives more options

[coral shadow]

another issue that will be fixed, adding more issues

[tall depot]

after 1st playtrough i cannot side with spark at all XDD

[coral shadow]

Fair

[tall depot]

if someone insults my strider he is in line for gaus sifle shoot

[coral shadow]

I forgor my past playthroughs but i enjoyed skif walking through the zone at the end

[golden gulch]

Can we actually blame Filimon for Mykha friends death?

[coral shadow]

the one stalker that didn't let the friend in?

[golden gulch]

The one Freedomer that sold the stash with guns to Adik Pedal(bandit) who end up using that to kill Mykha's friends.

[coral shadow]

i heard those names but i forgor the mission

[serene barn]

is that the loner and freedomer in Wild Territory or what it's called that argue about it?

i felt a little mixed like it's not like he knew and i don't like the idea of holding him accountable for someone else's actions. however i also understand wanting to hold someone who sold someone the means to commit the murders with accountable too.

[golden gulch]

These two argue with each other in Rostok.

[serene barn]

i guess that area is no longer called that

but yeah it's the same ones i was thinking of.

i liked that we can tell the loner that we killed the bandits

and get paid if we did

[tall depot]

its just i cant stand that person, who insulted strider

I love your name amror piercing fin stabilized discarding sabot

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-my-shocked-how-dare-you-shock-shocking-gif-3536734

[golden gulch]

I don't actually get what his business is actually.
Like why are you selling stashes? You mean like stash locations?
Are those stashes originally belong to someone? Were they abandoned?
Is Filimon a scammer?
I really just want to side with a fellow loner, so I did Filimon in.

Oh right there's another detail, if you pick up Filimon PDA, there's a conversation between him and Adik, it said there were fleshes near the stash so potentially Adik wasted all of their ammo on them.

[serene barn]

it feels hard to say if people even own the stashes they have like did they buy the things in them or did they simply learn about it's location then sold it but it wasn't theirs

[topaz plaza]

HELLO LOOKING FOR A BIT OF HELP

im stuck in the swamps after completing the beacons

why am i stuck with a storm constantly when try

trying to go through it to the last objective

[serene barn]

stuck in what way? you're supposed to run to the Clear Sky base to seek shelter as a scripted emission is happening when you get within some distance to the base.

[jade moss]

you have to just run to the bridge. no if buts or whatevers, you literally just gotta have some drinks and run across that bridge into the flashing light bunker

I waisted 20-30 deaths trying to kill the chimera and then another 5 trying to run away

[topaz plaza]

fricking annoying

the chimera keeps killoing me

[jade moss]

yeah it was a nightmare whne I did it. a very very poorly done part of the game I would say

[topaz plaza]

thinking im getting maybe 180 m from the bunker and it kills me

[jade moss]

are you running running or are you being weighed down by anything?

[serene barn]

i remember i tried to fight it but my gear wasn't the best at the time and i hid in the shards but then the emission started and i knew i'd have to reload then just book it to there

[jade moss]

yeah thats exactly what happened to me

I was also carrying 2 HK416s on me as well so everytime I respawned I had to very very quickly dump two guns out of my inventory lmao

[serene barn]

if you're carrying too much you won't have the stamina to sprint long, should consider leaving things in a stash before the chimera.

[topaz plaza]

mid way therough the swamp thats as usefull as a choclate teapot

[serene barn]

if you can't make it to the base then you don't have other options.

you can always come back for it another time, put a stash marker on your map where you leave it at.

i had to leave things in "container" on my way out because i was carrying too much, had to return for it and then haul it back to one of the ship bases

one of my favourite things they did in 2 has got to be the linked personal stash.

[topaz plaza]

i dumped maybe 3 guns. a saiga a svd and a vps

all that quest needs is a radio call telling you to make sure your not encumbered

cheers though ! !!!

also any chance the devs are HP fans??

[hardy totem]

Yeah, there is a reference in there

[empty hare]

Not sure if it still happens but be careful, i ran into a pack of 4 bloodsuckers not too far from that tree

[hardy totem]

Probably untelated

[dreamy dagger]

STALPER 2 MP when

[dreamy dagger]

Who the fucc likes Hewlett-Packard...

[topaz plaza]

near some stones ? i avoided that noise

[empty hare]

I think so yeah, its been a while since i went down there

[coral shadow]

Yo sup, how bad you think the Cuirrass Exo is?

[dreamy dagger]

@oak junco How much days have passed since Limansk was erased?

We were once based...

[empty hare]

I have no idea ive never used it

Going to grab it later this week when i go get the S-15

[coral shadow]

huhh

[empty hare]

The printer cartel will fall...

[dreamy dagger]

HewLETT-itaintno-Pack'(in)ard

[oak junco]

Its gotta be 100+ now

[bitter delta]

Anyone know how to fix white screen and screen skrinking on cutscenes

[dreamy dagger]

Its been 333 days since we spawned outside of Limansk, even though we paid for a trip to Limansk! Turned out we were escorted to LIEmansk!

[oak junco]

Holy shit almost a year 💀 💀 give us limansk back!

[dreamy dagger]

Liemansk us no more!

28,775.000 seconds spent into the Noosphere, albeit it's version 0.2!

Issa shame we wont see CNPP interior soon

How do I know?
I feel it

[coral shadow]

Awh probably

i wonder if there will be mods for that though lmao

[dreamy dagger]

Porting old Limansk to new Limansk?

What if they arent releasing Limansk till UE 6.0?

[coral shadow]

Somewhat., i heard about a modder that wanted to renew or add a new place in the map, he already had plans

i dont remember if it was shay or someone else

[dreamy dagger]

Shaydorovich way too busy for that

GSC... I paid 100+ euro for a trip to Limansk. WHERE MY LEEMANNESK?!

[coral shadow]

someone ate it

[dreamy dagger]

The cake was at the bake?

[weary hedge]

Is there female who plays stalker?

my friend refuses to believe

[dreamy dagger]

Yes, we have WTFSexyHeadphones, the one and only, the queen!

[robust pendant]

your friend is weird and should touch grass more

[dreamy dagger]

What if his friend cant touch grass cuz he has to mow it?

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/908584370070241321/985515091413860362/giphy.gif.gif

[robust pendant]

then talk to the people they are mowing grass to

[coral shadow]

im gonna try out my new loadouts and full challenge now, see yall later

[dreamy dagger]

I'm ouzza here till they add my place.

[weary hedge]

so a female who plays stalker doesnt exist?

[tall depot]

is vintar any better than lavina for sniper gameplay?

[robust pendant]

I'm saying the exact opposite

[shrewd needle]

Is there a way to spare Roosevelt and the Shah when Varan asks you to kill 'em?

[vapid galleon]

[vapid galleon]

yes, shoot Varan instead of going on missions to kill Roosevelt and the Shah

[shrewd needle]

I mean also getting the Shah's stash at Rostok and Roosevelt's at the Cordon.

[vapid galleon]

some things have a price

🫡

[weary hedge]

it was shahs mate

[fickle hill]

You get the shahs mate when you do Hurons quest

[weary hedge]

nah i just took his stash that where i found it shah mate on his stash

[fickle hill]

Weird

[shrewd needle]

No, MapGenie shows another stash at Rostok that spawns in. Same for Roosevelt in Cordon.

[weary hedge]

then mutants attacked me

[weary hedge]

i left roosevelt alive probably

and Shah too

[hallow shadow]

I can’t get to Roosevelt’s stash, in Cement Factory.

It’s on a roof I can’t seem to access.

[weary hedge]

I was very annoyed when I couldnt save zalisya when those monolithians attacked it, the side mission was bugged

[hallow shadow]

I smoked both those dudes. Before I ever found Varan.

[weary hedge]

Varan asked for money and i said wait bro then he gave ne a mission and then i headshot him

he couldnt even raise gun at me

unfortunately most turks are not like that I was a nerd about ottoman history too but i am not a turk

[vapid galleon]

most Turks don't know how rich their own history is and have no desire to learn. I can't say they know much about anything else

I just started with Conqueror, I will read at least one book about each of them

[shrewd needle]

The building has a ladder on the other side you can climb.

But the stash doesn't spawn unless the Shah's spared, apparently.

Also, Borodulin is apparently invulnerable, which sucks.

[hallow shadow]

Shah is dead. Roosevelt was the first one to die.

I went north to Rosie, first.
Then went west for my PSZ-5V and Shah’s Scalp.

[weary hedge]

for me varan was first

[vapid galleon]

@weary hedge where are you from man

[weary hedge]

it was comedy how i killed him bro asked for 20 to 40 k coupons i said hold up for a minute and then headshot him

[hallow shadow]

Varan never spawns until it’s time for him to show up in the story.
At least for me.
I’ve never met Varan on any other terms than Story Mission.

[weary hedge]

Kb 18b

[hallow shadow]

I’m convinced yall make up shit about working for Varan

[shrewd needle]

I think I'll just shoot up Varan's place instead and leave the Shah and Roosevelt alive.

As it is, at least the Brood and Commissary are openly criminal, whereas Varan's a nice-talking piece of garbage that back-stabs me either ways.

[vapid galleon]

what :D

[shrewd needle]

Yes, well, I'm at that story mission, hence the question.

[weary hedge]

i said to varan that i will work for him and then killed him after taking the quest

[shrewd needle]

I'm about to.

[vapid galleon]

@hardy totem

[weary hedge]

then his minions attacked me

ans shared the same fate as his master

[hardy totem]

Done and done

[hallow shadow]

I know he betrays me in the story. But I can never find him before that. He’s always hiding. Or just nowhere.

So I just smoke all three of them. It’s not like I’m committing any particular sin.
No one I’ll miss those guys.

[vapid galleon]

that was fast, very fast

[shell flax]

Newest scam account was here since 2022, why do people fall for this crap

[weary hedge]

amnesia bunker is free on epic games

[fickle hill]

Because people have rocks in their heads

[hardy totem]

I coincidentally opened discord as he posted that. I had him banned as you asked^^

[fickle hill]

There are literal flies flying in their heads

[hallow shadow]

Noice

[vapid galleon]

[shrewd needle]

Very funny...

[weary hedge]

no even worse they have jiggly shit not brain

zuzuzuzuuzzu

[fickle hill]

Even then you know that ball from spongebob? yeah the ball that turns you stupid

[shrewd needle]

@hallow shadow - this is the one; you can see the ladder to climb up. But, as I said, the Shah's stash doesn't seem to spawn normally.

[weary hedge]

How much do you earn as a transmission mechanic?

@fickle hill

[hallow shadow]

Cement Factory?

[shrewd needle]

Rostok...

[shell flax]

Rostok

[fickle hill]

For a body shop full of specialized mechanics it probably be 100-150 an hour

[weary hedge]

I will become an engineer

[hallow shadow]

Not what I was talking about.

Roosevelt’s stash, in cement factory.

[weary hedge]

i have 3 majors phy chem maths

[shrewd needle]

MapGenie says his stash is in the Cordon, though...

[fickle hill]

Wow

[weary hedge]

its requires a lot of common sense in maths especially which i am bad at

specially at statistics

[fickle hill]

If you're planning on switching to mechanics as a back up plan hey it's now always easier than it looks

[weary hedge]

i have mechanics

In maths i have mechanics-1, stat-1, Puremaths 1,2,3,4 which is total 6 units then uni

[fickle hill]

Ah

[weary hedge]

what were ur majors

[fickle hill]

Non I completed high school and went straight into the work force and here I am with an F150 cruising life

[weary hedge]

oh

i bet thats less stressful

than the position i am at and how much do you make a month

[fickle hill]

With the commercial cleaning that's my primary $21 an hour

[shrewd needle]

$21 is high, NGL.

[weary hedge]

how much does a mechanical engineer make an hour

[fickle hill]

Depends on the hours you get

[weary hedge]

or electrical or nuclear or chemical

[shrewd needle]

Still high.

[weary hedge]

engineer? I will become one of these

[weary hedge]

what do you do bro

[fickle hill]

The average salary is $107,761 per year

According to google anyway

[weary hedge]

thatssss aasaa lottt

but theres tax

[fickle hill]

Indeed but hey money is money

[weary hedge]

in the end we get to keep only 2 to 3k

[shrewd needle]

Currently stuck with nothing, but the average income here is US $ 400-600 a month.

[weary hedge]

thats very low even part time pays more

[shrewd needle]

Hence...$21 an hour is high.

[weary hedge]

I am planing to move to a german university after my Alevels

[shrewd needle]

What are you intending to do?

[weary hedge]

Most likely Engineering or AI related work

job is not an issue in germany

theres siemen, mercedes, volkswagen, bmw

audi

[shrewd needle]

No, just asking what field you're interested in.

[fickle hill]

Tell chevy they need to get the starters in better positions

[weary hedge]

Automobile/Or any machine related work/Petroleum/Anything that is fun

chemicals are fun too

wbu?

[weary hedge]

ich liebe deutscher autos

[shrewd needle]

I'm hoping to get into driving; I don't really have the big-brain needed for the more complicated stuff.

[weary hedge]

lol yeah its more stress free

i like technology too

[shrewd needle]

Less about stress and more about simplicity. Don't need much of a brain to do that thing.