☢┃stalker-general

[north thistle]

My brothers showed me the errors of my previous ways

[main jewel]

🍼

[north thistle]

Bro… LET ME MONOLOGUE PLEASE

[main jewel]

that mean bucko

[north thistle]

And they opened my eyes to Monolith

[main jewel]

JUST WRITE THE WHOLE MESSAGE AND SEND IT

[north thistle]

AINT NO ONE GONNA READ AN ENTIRE DAMN PARAGRAPH

[torn gate]

You should stay where you belong and let the ogs handle the South

[torn gate]

I would

[north thistle]

Now as I was saying

And my eyes were opened to Monolith

And now my purpose is to spread the faith and the truth

[main jewel]

it would stilll be a paragraph tho but like.. slightly separated

[torn gate]

You're a Jehovah's witness?

[north thistle]

Would you kindly stfu? Im preaching here.

[vapid galleon]

why did you leave us Monolith? why? we are waiting for your commands

[north thistle]

That Monolith is the one, true power of the Zone

[vapid galleon]

Legend of the Zone

[north thistle]

bro

[main jewel]

blagh blagh blagh i am blind blagh blagh blagh it is you who cannot see, blagh blagh blagh oh monowif daddy i cant aim so please send the coords to my head cause i need assistance cause i cant find enemies for garbage

[vapid galleon]

#📸┃screens_and_videos message

[north thistle]

WHY WONT YOU PEOPLE LET ME DO MY FCKING J*B?

IM THE DAMN MONOLITH HIGH PRIEST! LET ME PREACH

[vapid galleon]

so much vibe

[north thistle]

who tf just changed my name

@ebon blade

[torn gate]

Bleh bleh bleh I can't push the monolith out of my borders bleh bleh bleh I'm a terrible border guard

[vapid galleon]

[plucky quiver]

I agree with bro

[torn gate]

Better than kots

[main jewel]

blagh blagh blagh i am a monolith blagh blagh blagh, i listen to the coords my master gave me cause im a useless carcass, blagh blagh blagh i am monolith, i am useless without my brothers from completely different brothers

[torn gate]

I might download this for next playthrough ngl

[ebon blade]

Forwarded from @main jewel

[main jewel]

i forgot to grab my suppressor for my 416, im trying to speed run the missions on veteran so the three captains can load so i can my g28

[north thistle]

Im gonna slime your ass when we meet in the Zone lil bro

[torn gate]

Dumbass

[north thistle]

I swear, you pmo

[main jewel]

do not slime on me

[north thistle]

Talk in sh about the Monolith

Heresy and Blasphemous!

[torn gate]

Don't slime on women slime on men

[north thistle]

Why not both?

[torn gate]

Women are gross

[torn gate]

The monolith demands it

[north thistle]

Y’all sum heretics fr fr icl

[main jewel]

yall are literal sad useless husks that the only reason faust wants to go back to the monolith is cause yall have no literal other purpose than to be expendable soldiers that die without a single thought or memory in mind

yall protect some stupid rock

[north thistle]

Exactly why we are based

[north thistle]

I once thought the same thing too

But then my eyes were opened

Monolith is more than just some rock

[torn gate]

That stupid rock is more useful than the empty city you're guarding

[north thistle]

Plus at least we actually enjoy ourselves

[torn gate]

Which btw you couldn't even guard it from 3 different factions from getting in and having a war in there

Go back to the North Corp boy

[main jewel]

based isnt a i wanna go back to what i did before because i have no real purpose or use other than to die protecting some rock that grants bull knuckles

[north thistle]

Yes it is 🗿

I even have an entire meme on it

[main jewel]

ngl pripyat is so much cooler than having a voice in your head cause nobody wants to talk to you

[torn gate]

At least you won't get lonely in the zone

Unlike the average Corp member

[north thistle]

#🤨┃stalker_memes

[ebon blade]

Forwarded from @north thistle

[main jewel]

yur

[sterile radish]

[main jewel]

i responded to it in the meme channel

[north thistle]

Im tired of mfs dissing Monolith

[north thistle]

“Monolith aint bout this, Monolith aint bout that!”

STFU, you mfs don’t know sh

[ebon blade]

Let's stop fighting. talk about your game.

[weary hedge]

What even is a monolith

[north thistle]

It’s basically like a vertical rock

[weary hedge]

Wack

[north thistle]

https://tenor.com/view/hiding-the-doge-nft-peeking-sneaky-own-the-doge-gif-26548460

[north thistle]

https://tenor.com/view/kabangu-upset-annoyed-gif-14814728

[weary hedge]

Monolith isn’t real

[main jewel]

its a big blue vertical rock that brainwashes you or kills you to protect itself, it literally uses you and takes away your freedom

as like a human being

[weary hedge]

That’s crazy. Who would want that

[north thistle]

Counterarguement

You suck so your opinion doesn’t matter

[torn gate]

It's peak

[north thistle]

Dont get me wrong tho

[main jewel]

noone, it just happens to people who wanna find miracles or people who try to capture it or destroy it

[north thistle]

The Corps is a good faction imo

[torn gate]

I feel this stopped being a joke and y'all are serious about it now

[main jewel]

in the center if the zone

[north thistle]

Then we should stop

[sterile radish]

arent you the one persisting it?

[main jewel]

i wish they did more than suck on pripyats hotel

[weary hedge]

Join bandits instead

[north thistle]

That’s not important

[sterile radish]

yes it is

[north thistle]

Nuh uh

[torn gate]

A Chad would

[sterile radish]

elaborate

[north thistle]

I don’t need to, Monolith said so.

[main jewel]

i wonder how being a bandit works anyway, you put on a badge and now everyone hates you and shoots you

[weary hedge]

We drink vodka and rob losers

[torn gate]

Join freedom instead and kiss a bloodsucker

[north thistle]

Freedom, Bandits, and Monolith are all goated factions

[main jewel]

thats my dog

[torn gate]

Don't forget stalkers

[sterile radish]

cute pitbull

[north thistle]

Ahh yes ofc

[north thistle]

How rude of me!

[torn gate]

Yes

[weary hedge]

Only lame faction is ward everyone else is chill

[north thistle]

@sterile radish you’re a IPSF supporter?

[north thistle]

What about ISPF?

[main jewel]

i wish bandits were cooler like they wore other factions armor or pretended to be them and stuff

[weary hedge]

IPSF is the same as military

It’s just reskinned

[main jewel]

i feel like bandit’s ability to steal and hide out of sight should be explored more

[north thistle]

Yeah but AI just feel like the change was unnecessary

[weary hedge]

It’s because of the current situation going on in Ukraine

Either way tho they chill

[sterile radish]

yeah. they’re basically the military, just not as badass as in the trilogy

[north thistle]

Wait has anyone ever wondered how stinky all stalkers in the Zone must be??

[vapid galleon]

Cheeki Breeki everywhere!

[north thistle]

They asses probably never shower

[vapid galleon]

@ebon blade pls send the meme man

[torn gate]

I wish IPSF had more importance in the beginning of the story

[torn gate]

They don't shower or brush their teeth

[sterile radish]

i mean, theres literally a region named garbage..

[north thistle]

STANK AHH

I smell them through the screen

[weary hedge]

Facts. They should’ve done more with the military

[sterile radish]

they have no choice, really. most of the water is radioactive

[torn gate]

With most of the factions tbh

[weary hedge]

Still got more fleshed out then duty tho lmao

They really got the short end of the stick

[torn gate]

They deserve nothing

[weary hedge]

OG duty and zulu carried the faction

[sterile radish]

are the IPSF just a private company specifically sent to protect entry in-and-out of the zone?

[vapid galleon]

@ebon blade

[weary hedge]

Nah like I said they are reskinned military. IPSF: International Perimeter Security Force. They are essentially NATO tho containing Germans, Italians and Americans

[main jewel]

i wish the bandit jacket could be upgraded to be really powerful

i wore that for more than half my playthrough so far

[sterile radish]

i see, i thought that too

[weary hedge]

Yeah, it’s pretty dope

[weary hedge]

https://stalker.fandom.com/wiki/International_Perimeter_Security_Force

Here’s more info about them

[fervent island]

Are UA military re-skin.

[shell flax]

The Ward roasting the shit out of them will always be funny

[sterile radish]

hell yeah. i read about them a while back when s2 barely released

[plucky frigate]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-maytech-monolith-prayer-gif-16869366242639767810

noooo inbed fail

[sterile radish]

@weary hedge a bit late, but congratulations on becoming a moderator!

[stark crescent]

Teccy became a mod?

Damnit. He beat me to it. I knew jack was bribable.

[weary hedge]

Preciate it dawg

[vapid galleon]

Cheeki Breeki everywhere!

[wild epoch]

heresy

[north thistle]

I promise you brother

[wild epoch]

Go tell the rock youre sorry

[north thistle]

I was only offering praise where I saw fit

[north thistle]

“The rock??”

You cannot be disciplining me about heresy when what you said was plain blasphemy

[vapid galleon]

bro's a spy

[north thistle]

Plus, I’m the Monolith High Priest. I OUTRANK you.

Now apologize for your sins, brother @wild epoch

[vapid galleon]

Legend of the Zone

[north thistle]

Why do you keep spamming this?

[hardy totem]

Hello, Stalkers!™

[stark crescent]

you!

[vapid galleon]

[stark crescent]

turning everyone in a mod, just so they can evade the requirement to post gifs!

[vapid galleon]

you can't understand

[hardy totem]

Yes, it is me. The secret crowner of moderators

[north thistle]

Huh?

[hardy totem]

You have uncovered my dastardly plans to cover the entire chat in gifs

[north thistle]

Why can’t we use them in the first place tho?

[hardy totem]

If you allow white-names on a large public server to post files shit gets out of hand real quick

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-maytech-monolith-prayer-gif-16869366242639767810

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/trash-garbage-pile-welcome-gif-5346947976611020031

[stark crescent]

color racist!

[ebon blade]

If you allow purple-names on a large public server to post files shit gets out of hand real quick.

[vapid galleon]

women shouldn't be in Zone

[stark crescent]

you take that back, sir

[hardy totem]

If you allow purple-names on a large public server to post files shit gets out of hand real quick.

[vapid galleon]

no. this is something that has clear boundaries.

[stark crescent]

the zone would improve by having battlemaid catgirls roaming the zone

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/philthy-philm-dump-out-your-bag-tearing-rip-explode-gif-22392542

[vapid galleon]

shut your phucking mouth

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/kiss-funny-filaki-gif-9801398

[wild epoch]

First off, the rank Chungus, OUTRANKS all monolith. For I conquered both Uranus and Pluto for the Space Rock to be happy. Secondly I get to call it a rock.

[wild epoch]

First time offenses I'll let slide priest, don't do it again.

[north thistle]

https://tenor.com/view/james-doakes-doakes-curious-suspicious-questioning-gif-14390669560130901665

[wild epoch]

When you aren't sure if he outranks you but you can't prove it.

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/james-doakes-doakes-curious-suspicious-questioning-gif-14390669560130901665

[wild epoch]

out here hating for free in the zone

[sharp lake]

tejas is this games ultimate fan

he wins

[vapid galleon]

fan as hell

being a Legend of the Zone

[main jewel]

nnnnaahh

[wild epoch]

tbf, theyre not in the zone so we don't know if they would improve it or not until it happens

[stark crescent]

yes, brother

[chrome jetty]

Zero Investment mod makes STALKER better

[wooden walrus]

I still think a vtuber dub would be most delightful

[chrome jetty]

Pippa dub

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/tts-cease-and-desist-gif-18135041

[stark crescent]

catgirl...

why does it look like she is missing her neck

[ebon blade]

This looks like a Mod made just for your desires.

[stark crescent]

desires? nothing so selfish as that. its for the benefit of the entire zone, i assure you

[wild epoch]

got that is cursed af

[stark crescent]

it is. x-ray engine was not made with catgirls in mind

[ebon blade]

However, that is always on your mind.

[stark crescent]

not always

[stark crescent]

see? its you with the dirty mind

[ebon blade]

I just killed it tonight. Trying to get a better look at it.

[wanton blaze]

Evening Stalkers. Daylight savings time hit the US. Im at work an extra hour.

So hopefully everyone else is having a good one

[stark crescent]

thats not how it works tho

[vapid galleon]

xDDDDDD

[wanton blaze]

It went from 2 am back to 1 am for the daylight savings rollback. I get paid for that extra hour I gotta do.

[vapid galleon]

@wild epoch @north thistle shot this heretic

[wooden walrus]

you're late

we've had the daylight switch like a week ago

(this has been the rare occasion where I'm not on a night shift when it's switch time, I just relized last week when I noticed my car's clock was an hour off lol)

[stark crescent]

i wouldnt have accepted it personally. an hour extra free time seems more valuable than an hour of extra work

[wild epoch]

tbh i forgor about daylight savings, but at least it counts as 1.5x pay at work

[dreamy dagger]

Day 347 wondering around not having any more side quests to even do...

questing in the Zone can often sux. Oh, also about the Bloodsucker Lair. I entered and found its full of needles n shit. Whoever's the new Cocainer dealer in town, must be having quite dope a' supply.

[ebon blade]

Do you know what happens if you fail to clear out the Bloodsucker Lair in Zaton, at the ending credits in Call of Pripyat?

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-ho-ho-what-are-you-doing-michael-che-saturday-night-live-whats-wrong-with-you-what-you-doing-gif-21183307

[wild epoch]

Get your cheeks tookin

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/leon-get-in-that-ass-curb-your-enthusiasm-jb-smoove-larrydavid-gif-9943806

https://tenor.com/view/lordoftherings-soitbegins-gif-4545856

The Wack Chat Therapy kicked in!

Where is Dr. Faust?

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/killer-klownsfrom-outer-space-halloween-pie-face-clowns-scary-clowns-gif-5397737

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/ghostface-scary-movie-yes-uh-huh-nodding-gif-2176364453709427429

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/dog-scared-horse-car-window-gif-8056585856956009063

[vapid galleon]

[sterile radish]

poltergeist is hitting that

[honest ferry]

when is expansion in cant wait no mo

I need CNPP and Limansk

[wooden walrus]

gonna be a while most likely

[stark crescent]

next month is first dlc

its called "the way of the zone"

[wide robin]

stalker 2 coming off gamepass on november 15th haha wow typical even when it goes up in cost

[wanton blaze]

Jeez what, only a year on Gamepass?

Im glad I dropped Xbox. Lotta good memories but absolute morons running the company

[vapid galleon]

you serious?

[stark crescent]

https://tenor.com/view/forky-what-no-toy-story-gif-15578581

[vapid galleon]

why do you make fun with people?

[wild epoch]

https://tenor.com/view/dis-is-da-wae-this-is-da-wae-this-is-the-way-da-wae-ugandan-knuckles-gif-25797533

[stark crescent]

cause its fun to make fun with people

[vapid galleon]

you will be destroyed by Monolith if you continue make fun of people with no reason

[wild epoch]

Althought you wear the patch of a free stalker, I lord Chungus of the Chimi accept you brother.

[vapid galleon]

[spring gust]

Guys, you know what true fear is in Stalker 2?

[dry thicket]

no

[wanton blaze]

Misjudging a ledge and breaking Skifs legs

[vapid galleon]

with f***ing 60kg bag

[wide robin]

yeah for real GSC gonna loose so many players, broken promises and still not sign of multiplayer or dlcs

[spring gust]

Being 1kg away from max weight and being told an Emission is coming

[vapid galleon]

throw the sausages

[spring gust]

Hahaha. Hah.

NEVAH!

[vapid galleon]

throw the sausages man... leave the sausages. You're gonna die

[spring gust]

https://tenor.com/view/energy-kyle-monster-drink-soda-gif-14275608

Awwwwwww cmon!

[wanton blaze]

If its not nailed down its

MINE

[spring gust]

Haha yes.

I think this game needs a mutant that lurks on ceilings.

[stark crescent]

no, brother. not fun of people. with people.

[vapid galleon]

🤝

[kindred fable]

Agree. Would be nice to have some anomalies to. You know, something hanging from the ceiling that hurts you when you touch it or go under it, just like that one anomaly from CS and CoP

[wicked magnet]

#⭐┃nospoilers_general message

#☢┃stalker-general message please ban this guy he is disgusting

[acoustic orchid]

Who needs banning?

[wicked magnet]

Krezzin

[acoustic orchid]

What has been said?

[floral elm]

I hate this vine anomaly, although something more akin to tentacles in metro would be nice

Hi Dave

[wicked magnet]

Open the link above

[wicked magnet]

Sexual harassment

[golden gulch]

Just a lovely reminder about how a base Korra one shot doggos but none of the ARs could.

[acoustic orchid]

Cannot see it buddy?

[wicked magnet]

#☢┃stalker-general message

[acoustic orchid]

Wow 😳

[plucky quiver]

[floral elm]

https://tenor.com/view/low-tier-god-mods-crush-his-skull-gif-2213796137681918706

[plucky quiver]

[floral elm]

Wow you funds artifact, congrats

[plucky quiver]

why did the mods change my name it makes no sense 😭

[floral elm]

Yea same buddy, same

I still dont know what bunker master is

[plucky quiver]

its supposed to be Skif

[floral elm]

But it is my fate now

[plucky quiver]

I mean I could just leave

[plucky quiver]

then join back

[floral elm]

Ok, skittle based on skif is kinda funny

No

Its cowards way out

[plucky quiver]

your point being?

[floral elm]

We are now skittle and bunber blaster 88

Until we earn them back

[plucky quiver]

https://tenor.com/view/disgusted-tooth-guy-stalker-stalker-2-heart-of-chornobyl-chernobyl-gif-9172559518915644769

[floral elm]

I still hope we will see this guy one day

In game

[plucky quiver]

who knows

Strelok is chill fr

[floral elm]

[plucky quiver]

thats why his ending is peak fr

[floral elm]

Yes

He is also extra handsome while pulling off the wildest mail pattern blindness hairline in fiction

[full seal]

is it worth playing cleart sky? i heard its really bad

[north thistle]

Dont listen to them

Clear Sky may not be a good Stalker game, but it isn’t bad

Just be careful with that RPM gunner near the checkpoint

[full seal]

near what checkpoint?

[robust pendant]

You'll find out

But yeah, its good, just not SoC.
If you want some bug fixes even, use SRP mod

Oh, and when you reach that RPM guy, just go back to the swamps and go to the north, go to Cordon through there

And well, people complain about the bleeding, but thats because they never break boxes and stashes

In master, where you get the least loot, I was able to find like 30 bandages very quick

Oh, and be sure to upgrade your weapons with accuracy when you are able

Other than that, just give it a go, its cool

[full seal]

i went through the cordon

it was very easy

[floral elm]

CLEAR SKYYY RAHHHH CLEAR SKYYY

[true spindle]

Is it just me or is Stalker 2 terribly optimized

[frigid hill]

doughybaby has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[true spindle]

9800x3d, 5080

[graceful dirge]

Oh can't tag GSC managers anymore what

[true spindle]

And its struggling at 3440x1440

Omg the fps is so bad

[frigid hill]

doughybaby has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[true spindle]

Jesus christ why did they choose unreal engine.

[graceful dirge]

Wow what am I saying that is getting wolfblock

https://www.reddit.com /r/stalker/s/HH8cjHP4Tv is it true s2 leaving gamepass

[full seal]

holy its hard to hit headshots

[robust pendant]

At first it will, then its easy

[full seal]

no like i aim at their head and the bullet goes in a different direction

[robust pendant]

How many are you getting

[robust pendant]

Yeah, thats why I said "upgrade accuracy when you can"

[full seal]

ok thx

[true spindle]

40fps

At high settings

On Ready Or Not I get 140fps constantly

[graceful dirge]

The bot is pretty goddamn useless when it bans you for a word that's not a profanity, but then it doesn't go to tell you what you said that was not allowed

[robust pendant]

Well, yeah, the optimization is bad, but Im sure you can play around it.
First, Im sure the resolution here is the problem cause Im seein another benchmark and at "normal" 1440p (not the 3440 you have) they get about 70fps with DLAA

So either try to use dlss quality, or mess with the settings, or google the optimized ones

But yes, it is bad, and there will be an engine update coming soon

And also, it wasnt really the choice of using unreal what made it bad, its the fact that they didnt optimized it

[true spindle]

It shouldnt be a problem tho, I run other games maxed out at 90-100fps

[robust pendant]

ARC riders and Silent Hill F are pretty optimized games on unreal 5

[robust pendant]

I know it shouldnt be a problem

But it is

Thats why Im giving the alternatives

Or, wait for the engine upgrade

[stark crescent]

you are talking to people who have already, for as long as the history of stalker 2, discussed how terribly its optimized.

but still. trying to play any game at 4k with current gen engines and such is a tough battle. some do it fine enough. others dont.

[robust pendant]

Thats 4K?

[robust pendant]

I dont think that is 4K

If it is tho, it would make more sense lol

[stark crescent]

3440x1440 is wide screen 1440p. its almost as bad as 4k

[robust pendant]

Ah, lol

Then yeah, figures why.
Just use DLSS

[stark crescent]

dlss with the fsr 3.1 option

[robust pendant]

Like, I was getting crazy, cause you were getting much less fps than someone in 1440p with same card and cpu on youtube

[true spindle]

I had it on dlss

Didnt help much

[stark crescent]

if you want fps, then also enable the seperate fsr 3.1 option.

[robust pendant]

Theres also balanced and performance

Will look worse, but hey, it is what it is.
Otherwise, lower some settings

[true spindle]

Dang the game needs optimization

[robust pendant]

indeed

[meager crag]

Try writing @everyone

[graceful dirge]

Was just trying to inquire if Stalker 2 is actually leaving GamePass this month like it says on Xbox and think that should get an @ everyone announcement if true because it only tells you if you manually navigate to the leaving soon section on gamepass, definitely gonna take a lot by surprise

[shell flax]

I imagine it’s leaving after the PlayStation launch

[meager crag]

I know, @everyone might be the banned word

Can you check it out if it is?

[frigid hill]

doughybaby has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[graceful dirge]

Ah yep

I'm also realizing that I'm not getting a notification for it leaving gamepass because I do own the game outright, but apparently there is a pop-up for those who don't saying it's leaving November 15th; that's pretty terrible to have it leave right before the year anniversary though I understand it's probably part of the contract still sucks for those who've been using that alone to play

[fickle echo]

Xbox is getting mod support right?

[subtle spindle]

console already has mod support

its just that mods arent added very quickly since they all need to be manually tested by the devs

[sick shale]

hopefully doesn't end up like vermintide 2's modding scene on the steam workshop

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/eric-andre-wtf-what-shock-shocked-gif-27464349

Dark Messiah and Wank of Magic

https://tenor.com/view/what-you-saying-denzel-washington-training-day-cigarette-gif-4823415

[stark crescent]

if only steam was accessable on consoles

but alas. those greedy companies need to keep their own stores. competition would break them

[dreamy dagger]

Wachu need consoles for, Jeruzman...

[stark crescent]

not me. but for all those misguided folk who use them

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/popcat-popcatsolana-gif-12843622636763429310

[plush apex]

cost effective

like yeah an xbox series x costs about like what 400 bucks and a PC that can run stalker 2??? oh boy

[elder obsidian]

Hello Stalkers any news about 1.7 ?! Why everytime i sell something my inventary goes messy again 🙁

[stark crescent]

if ur on pc, press...s or c, cant remember, to sort your inventory again. also works on the bigger inventory. need to hold the key then

[dreamy dagger]

I have news about 1.7: it won't get us erected.

[elder obsidian]

i mean .. on PC i put ammo, meds , food, artefacts by line in order but when i sell something everyhing goes messy again.. its a bug or something. Hope they fix this on 1.7 and they put some Mask animations.

[stark crescent]

hmm. you manually put stuff in order to your own wishes. but then it all gets sorted by default. you mean that?

[elder obsidian]

YES. that rigth

Also in my stash cant put order too. when i close it goes by default again. it sucks

[inland mantle]

Guess stalker is leaving gamepass. Rip, there went my reason to play

[stark crescent]

what do you mean, leaving gamepass?

[stiff tide]

i love when i get the 5fps bug and cant use any menus so i loose my unsaved progress

[dreamy dagger]

Money needed, bruh. GreedSC Game World.

https://tenor.com/view/laughing-face-itstommylove-stalker-stalker-2-laughing-gif-5825873400318228145

Max Krippa is broke?!?!?!

[stark crescent]

why would they leave gamepass...because they need money...

[shell flax]

I imagine the contract is expiring with the PlayStation release coming up

[inland mantle]

Yeah I’d never pay for a game that launched as poorly as it did, and definitely wouldn’t pay full price by the time it got fixed, I’d buy on a 75% off sale

[dreamy dagger]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1171602505382236231/1301581471714246687/itstommylove_final_press_gameplay_reaction_hype_31_based_2_3.gif

[shell flax]

I’m starting to realize the guy just says shit at this point

[stark crescent]

well, i personally cant really complaint. i did spend 400 bucks on the physical deluxe edition before refunding it. but in another situation, sure. the game released without fullfilling promises. if i didnt buy it from the start and waited, and had read all the reviews complaining about its sorry ass state, i would not have bought it.

[unreal reef]

Gents, is the Legends of the Zone trilogy worth grabbing?

[smoky hawk]

Krezzin?!?!?! no...................

[shell flax]

I’m assuming I’m late to the party on this one

[inland mantle]

Not only did the launch not fulfill promises, but came with the most unplayability I’ve personally seen. When it launched I couldn’t play it until a couple patches in, and even then it wasn’t a good experience. It’s missing so much content and the world feels empty

The new nvg were nice though, even though the new stealth mechanics aren’t very good

[meager crag]

Standard Trilogy? Yes. LotZ Trilogy? No. Although buying LotZ also includes the TrilOG

[stark crescent]

well, for me it was playable. my biggest concern back then was that the mission of zalyssya was broken as hell. which did indeed took 3 patches to fix.

i sometimes actually miss the random group of hostile stalkers spawning up my ass. it made more sense than the scripted groups walking around now

gsc might call it AI. intelligent. intelligent? what is intelligent about a random script that spawns a group of npc's, give it another script to run in a random direction, giving it another script to engage everything thats hostile. how is that intelligent? thats windows 95 programming

maybe if its was the early age of gaming, where they actually had to program the scripts. but now, they just click on some basic scripts in the unreal mod tool and they are done. thats not Alife.

any rookie programmer can work with unreal or unity and call it a game

[unreal reef]

Why shouldn't I grab the LotZ?

[meager crag]

You shouldn't if you want to play the Enhanced Edition

The OG games are funnily enough better

[main jewel]

me when gamepass is 30 dollars and stalker 2 is like 40 to 60 bucks

gamepass is stupid anyway

[meager crag]

Or save money by not having either

[inland mantle]

Wdym? Gamepass for me is $22 CAD and stalker base game is $79….and gamepass I can play any games from Ubisoft+, EA play and any other games on gamepass lol

Hell, I just bought saints row 4 because it was on sale for $5

[dreamy dagger]

Wazzaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[dreamy dagger]

Who the f with a brain in his skull would buy Ubishitoft, Electronic Ass....

Better spend them money on hoes to get better entertainment, bruh

[meager crag]

That's your idea of entertainment? Don't sound like any form of entertainment to me at all

[main jewel]

it used to be 40 something but the base game here is 60 bucks and the gamepass ultimate is 30 bucks

[dreamy dagger]

You get the full picture in front of you, full access, no half-assed sheith... you can pull out any time! No need to install any launchers n crap. No refund policies. Dismount your Cordon, leave the building.

[main jewel]

im assuming you can only get stalker 2 on game pass ultimate

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/nglswt-rare-nglswt-nglswt-twitch-gif-25792143

[inland mantle]

They’ve got some games that are good to be fair. Any of the old Ubisoft games are usually great, same with ea. bf6 is pretty good. But every game company now is dogshit. It’s why so many old games are being remastered. Saints row games, halo 1,2&3 reportedly being remastered, oblivion etc. everything new is buns now so they are trying to make money off old games

I’d buy a proper Skyrim remaster in a heartbeat

[dreamy dagger]

They dont. Those 2 studios should be Jihad'd out of existence. My own opinion.

[stark crescent]

lord of the zings?

[dreamy dagger]

Lord of the Zerglings

[inland mantle]

Lord of the Zir’s

[dreamy dagger]

@meager crag Keep changing my nicknamer. Only Agatha can judge me.

[meager crag]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1188461429683134565/1311348835947122708/dalinlike.gif

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/swag-gandalf-lotr-gif-5399053

[inland mantle]

Well to be fair, EA has literally been Jihad’d with the Saudi sale

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/prison-break-john-abruzzi-i-kneel-only-to-god-gif-23638275

[meager crag]

Then act like it

[main jewel]

me when i present the thumb of wonder and inspiration

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/heman-skeletor-supervillan-fabulous-awesome-gif-18950732

[unreal reef]

Bazinga

[stark crescent]

https://tenor.com/view/milkman-gif-10834272

[versed reef]

https://tenor.com/view/he-man-i-have-power-sword-gif-14809824

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/i-don't-need-itstommylove-stalker-stalker-2-convinced-gif-17079191942148165487

[stark crescent]

they added new characters to zenless zero since i last played it

i swear. every update they add new characters with bigger balloons

[violet dune]

anyone tried arc raiders?

[wooden walrus]

Zzz is just thinly veiled hanky material at this point yes

Well it always was in general honestly, the more degenerate you are the better you fit on that's game's demo

[floral verge]

Wrong chat mb

[stark crescent]

i mean, most of those gamba games are. even that new anime gta style game

[dreamy dagger]

Thats like playing Fortnite, get serious or leave the building nao

[wooden walrus]

They mostly harvest the power of horni to bring over the kind of people who will spend way too much money on digital thighs yes

[drowsy scarab]

I want to replay Call of Pripyat. What's the best modded experience for a replay at the momen? I played SoC with Radiophobia 3 and Clear Sky with LFO. -- Maybe Anthology 2.0? Im looking for a similar experience like Radiophobia 3.

[wooden walrus]

Good luck. I tried a few mods and couldn't get it working

There's no big modpacks a la radiophobia that I could see so you gotta cobble them together, but people speak highly of gunslinger to start with

[stark crescent]

thank god i havnt spend anything on this game. or any kind of such games. its free to play, and free to play it is. i usually stop playing once the grind starts to feel like a job

[wooden walrus]

I can't remember exactly what I tried to get working but in the end I just went feck it and straight into anomaly

[wooden walrus]

I personally think gacha games should be illegal. But that's me.

[robust pendant]

#🔩┃trilogy_modifications message

[wooden walrus]

Like, making a game engineered to extract as much money as possible from human addiction is already objectionable

Making it so you are encouraged and to a point forced to gamble on top of it? Yeah no

[stark crescent]

yea, but it tickles the neurons of lonely gamers who just wanna look at beautiful gals. especially in this society where male loneliness is becoming a real issue.

you wanna solve gacha games, better to solve societal problems

ban dating apps, and gooner sites like OF

[shell flax]

Are you getting philosophical over a gooner gambling game

[stark crescent]

im old, so yea. i look more deeply than a shallow 20 year old's brain can handle 😛

[wooden walrus]

I mean at least in of you're just paying for a service. Way too much and to someone who will never pay attention to you but eh

To a point you are paying for a service

[shell flax]

‘Shallow 20 year old’

Brother I’m nearly 30

[wooden walrus]

The heights at which videogame based whale harvesting can get is truly mind boggling

[stark crescent]

didnt mean you specifically.

[wooden walrus]

But yeah, fools and money getting separated and all that

[stark crescent]

well. some are more sneaky about it. fortnite kids spending hundreds on vbucks. or roblox/boblox. gacha games is for the sophisticated gamer, but its hardly the top of the iceberg

or any paradox game! the huge amount of DLC they have made for games like stellaris.

there are many schemey ways to make money. and at the end of the line, thats what it all comes down to. its a company, its goal is making money. they make a product that appeals to the crowd, and hten they sell as much of it as possible.

[dreamy dagger]

@meager crag GAJUNAS IS ALIVE, just went in playing... ETS2

[meager crag]

Yep

[north thistle]

Time for the daily gospel

“Condemn the heretic; for they shalt pay for their insolence and their wrongful ways.”
2 Monolithians 11:14

[wooden walrus]

Yeah I mean I've had a flight simulator arc myself lol

However this becomes a matter of content you purchase and the price you pay it for, gachas add gambling on top of that

Gachas, lootboxes, whatever

[stark crescent]

You pay for a reward you have a real chance of not even getting

[wanton blaze]

Train sims are the worst at that oh my god. It seems almost cheaper to make a model railway over most sims

[molten knot]

Who sells nvg gen 2?

[wooden walrus]

yeah lol, I mean with a "StuDy LeVeL" plane model you can kinda argue that there's a whole lot of systems complexity and phsyics simulations going for it. Trains, and I'm sorry for train fans, have it harder to justify dropping money on one of those.

simulators in general are geared towards rich people who more usually than not are involved with their respective transport industry and can afford it, so ynow

[shell flax]

Rostok

[sick shale]

(my fear when I reach the point they get gauss weapons in OXA prototype)

[molten knot]

Did he sell it first time?

[shell flax]

It’s luck based afaik

[primal nimbus]

Birch sells but its rng

[sick shale]

So anyone got a shield of duty exo?

[main jewel]

i believe its unobtainable now or atleast only found in the duty trader really rarely

[serene hawk]

They're taking Stalker 2 off Gamepass? Unfortunate.

[stark crescent]

Its weird they can simply take games off it and you cant play it any more.

If only there was a way for you to own gsmes more reliably.

[robust pendant]

I like this sentence, because you never said "forever"

You actually acknowledged what people generally dont

[serene hawk]

Oh yeah man, it might come back in a few years. You never know.

[robust pendant]

Lets hope, yeah

[still edge]

funny enough there is a way to own a game forever, its starts with the P-letter

[serene hawk]

Purchasing! 😀

[still edge]

no, the other one.
and its free

[serene hawk]

Paying with someone else'scredit card? 😀

[still edge]

nop, no money needed

[serene hawk]

Pworking on the development team?

[still edge]

nop

[robust pendant]

Purchasing it through GOG

Checkmate liberal

[serene hawk]

Well, I give up! Gosh darn.

Seriously though, I'd never pirate a game I genuinely enjoy playing.

[still edge]

no money involved i said

and its warranted when some devs act funny taking away the game you purchased

[grim wharf]

Interesting Stalker is leaving gamepass when is that

Still planning on buying it eventually anyway

[violet dune]

if you like game and thinking to play more with mods, etc. just buy on discount

they doing discounts almost every few months

gamepass is more like: you finish game and you go to next one

[empty hare]

Is it? Do we know when

[serene hawk]

November 15th I believe

[frigid hill]

breadnbutter_968 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[empty hare]

?? Whatd i say?
Said "guess im setting aside $50"

[serene hawk]

They find monetary values to be a bad word? I dunno

[obtuse veldt]

And I'm here wishing to see that Lymansk DLC and CNPP and Iron Forest

[empty hare]

I just wanna explore CNPP

Reactor #4 core needs a hug

[obtuse veldt]

Hopefully new weapons, unique gear and more rebalancing on placements and story related missions to a new game ending

[grim wharf]

Welp I know what I'm definitely buying soon lol

[obtuse veldt]

Something tells me Lymansk is going to be important to reach out the Foundation before anyone.

[grim wharf]

Legitimately Stalker 2 was one of my handful of incentives to get gamepass premium and prior gamepass ultimate

[violet dune]

forza6 next year

ultiamte banger, should be on gamepass

[grim wharf]

I'm not incentivized by forza

[violet dune]

ohh. i love forza, chill rides

[grim wharf]

I was only incentivized by like 3 games and stalker was one of them

[violet dune]

also gamepass getting expensive

[grim wharf]

I'm still only incentivized with the $15 option

They made a $30 option and I'm not even remotely incentivized

So for me the $10-$15 passes are actually a better deal it's cheaper and I'm not worried about day one games and stuff

[violet dune]

do they even have games for 30 a month worth playing?

[grim wharf]

I'm a multiplatform person so it's not about exclusives I just don't rapidly download games like that

[violet dune]

i was wondering in general

[still edge]

but isnt it cheaper to just buy the game tho?

[shell flax]

The fifty bucks thing is censored to catch spam bots preemptively

[hearty axle]

Boys do we know if ue5.5 update is coming this year?

Also why won't they go straight for 5.6?

[plain star]

Yooo i did a clean re-install of S2 game and im still not able to get achievements wtf should i do lmao

[empty hare]

Ahh gotcha, makes sense

[robust pendant]

No one knows

And why not for 5.6? No one knows

Maybe because they have started the work with 5.5.4 already

[hearty axle]

Thank you for the answer Gordon Freeman from Team Fortress 2!

[coral shadow]

CNPP will not be a dlc, it got just cut out of the game and it will come as a free update (in my opinion)

as for every other part of the map, like lymanks and jupiter

[plain star]

imma commit mass murder at zalissia if yall dont answer me

[coral shadow]

see if you have any mods on

[plain star]

i didnrt, had an engine,ini file for performance and still none. sent a email for support to SCG and got an answer saying " just reinstall bro lmfao"

i did a clean re.install and then hit new game and still no achievements

even got some achievements removed b4 that one update

[coral shadow]

that's stalker for you then, everyone here has different anomalies(bugs)

[plain star]

dayum yk what imma actually enjoy the game then with mods, without that bs headshot and Medkit SFX

ty for your answers

[iron wind]

after playing EE SoC I feel like the AI gets too much praise, its still dumb and Alife generates very random stuff sometimes

so I guess its on par with S2 AI more or less

maybe its just the EE being bugged or smth, but that's what I observed after playing it during the last couple of days

[still edge]

alife works only in v5.5

alife 3.0 with "some small improvement"

[hearty axle]

How does that make sense?

[fickle hill]

Bigger number equals smarter IQ of AI

[hearty axle]

I don't think UE 5.6 deprecated anything AI related

[still edge]

i dont know, do the math

[still edge]

there is no ai related features, just a spawner with 100m radius from the player

[robust pendant]

They are joking

[hearty axle]

:( I've realised

[stiff tide]

anybody has any news on stalker dead air? :DD

i loved that mod

[robust pendant]

No news since years, and seems like there wont be

They do seem to have a discord tho, you can join it

[fervent island]

the last news was in february saying that the progress on the development is slow

[robust pendant]

Ah, really? lol, thought it was kinda dead

[fervent island]

He wouldn't found smth more, that server on DA thingis is like: "development dead" or "in progress".

[stiff tide]

development being slow is atleast not abondened i guess

i cant find the discord tho

[fervent island]

Yes, like other bigs freeplays in development.
The "most closed" thingi to DA 1.0 is Dead Air Book of The Deads i guess (not translated).

[robust pendant]

I can give you the link if you want

Idk if sharing discord invites is allowed in the server, Im guessing its not

[ebon blade]

Send it in a DM.

[wide robin]

Exactly a big F you too GSC if they dont renew it

No dlc, no multiplayer so why would anyone buy it at full price when your likely to experience a game ending bug on a playthrough.

Just screams greed not enough work actually being done behind the scene's to even warrant paying full price

[jagged zinc]

I was surprised S2 is being taken off of GP after a year

[wide robin]

Its corporate greed or they just need to renew the licence/deal

[ebon blade]

Why complain if it's being taken away and it didn't live up to your expectations?

[jagged zinc]

They should've had more time to develop the game some more but Microsoft was pressuring GSC to get it out last year

[wide robin]

I didn't say it didn't live up to my expectations did I?

[ebon blade]

This.

[jagged zinc]

It lived up to mine since it was my first time playing a stalker game and wanted a better survival setting compared to something like Fallout etc

[wide robin]

Brah.. just because im saying the obvious doesn't mean i didn't love the game

Im going off everything as a whole

Other people's experiences etc

[ebon blade]

It's frequently on sale, so you don't have to pay full price.

[jagged zinc]

Accusing a studio of something doesn't really help your case ngl

Quantum break had its license expire with GP and Remedy renewed it so we don't know what to expect so it's a bit unfair to say that unless you work at said studio to know the ins and outs of it

[wide robin]

What's unfair? I don't understand your point? Me saying its either A or B , nothing wrong with putting pressure on game studios for the right reasons on a discord server 🥱🤓

[jagged zinc]

And doesn't GSC have different devs and stuff nowadays compared to when the original games released? Whole different era

[wide robin]

Yes but that has nothing to do with this game

[jagged zinc]

Saying something in a Discord server isn't doing anything to a studio.

[wide robin]

It gets people talking

[jagged zinc]

Vote with your wallet if you disagree with a game that much

[wide robin]

So how is it unfair ??

[ebon blade]

So your plan is to whine on Discord, to make GSC, to keep letting you play it for free on Game Pass?

[jagged zinc]

Not really it's negative and it's not good feedback unless you provide a reason for your argument

Give me a reason why this mechanic should be changed. How will it affect the playerbase long term?

[wide robin]

What mechanic bro is just waffling at this point

[jagged zinc]

Im giving you an example of good feedback instead of complaining you don’t like something like subscription you do not have to pay for. Why complain?

[wide robin]

It should be free on game pass when the game isnt finished after a year of being released thats the point...

[weary hedge]

The game will most likely go on sale for Black Friday. If you don’t think the game is worth buying then ur shit outa luck. Maybe some time down the line they will hop back on the subscription but there’s plenty of other games to play on gamepass. If stalker 2 is the only reason ur subscribed, you are straight up wasting money not just buying the game.

[ebon blade]

You sound entitled. Like you deserve something for free, just because it is not perfect.

[jagged zinc]

I played S2 through GP and I'd happily own a physical copy. Does the game have issues? Yes but what game doesn't? Complaining about it isn't doing anything to move the wheel

[wide robin]

Entitled? Nah. I just don’t reward unfinished work with full-price money. That’s called common sense. Slow brain alert ⚠️

[jagged zinc]

I get $30 for GP is a lot so I can see the argument there but no one is forcing you to keep paying for it

[ebon blade]

No one is making you buy it. Go away and find another game to complain about.

[jagged zinc]

Maybe supporting would help the game get finished quicker

You gotta understand GSC was put through hell because of the war so a little slack is warranted

[weary hedge]

According to him the games in a poor state anyway so maybe he should move on

[wide robin]

Im gonna buy it regardless i speak for the people who cant afford it

[jagged zinc]

Blame Microsoft for being the petty ones

[robust pendant]

This one has slightly much more issues than most tho hehe

[ebon blade]

Let them speak for themselves. They don't need you to speak for them.

[jagged zinc]

I mean people can spend their money how they want

[weary hedge]

Buddy you literally said “why would anyone buy the game” stop switching up

[shell flax]

Not sure how a contract expiring is Microsoft being petty, if GSC wants to put it back on Gamepass it’s up to them

[jagged zinc]

Not the renewal. The development of the game and Microsoft was pressuring them to get it out

It should've had more time

[robust pendant]

I think I did the decision you should've done MFFM:
Didn't like it at release so I didnt buy it and kept playing mods I like

[wide robin]

Yeah other people not me you fking retard

[robust pendant]

Woah woah woah, we insulting now?

[jagged zinc]

Who's the other people?

[robust pendant]

Truly, a masterclass in Ben Shapiro debates!

[jagged zinc]

Keyboard warrior at its finest

[weary hedge]

I think I struck a nerve. Maybe you should think before you speak brah

[robust pendant]

Fight, fight, fight, fight

[shell flax]

[robust pendant]

When the multiplayer comes out, 1v1, no weapon attachments, Final Destination (Pripyat)

[jagged zinc]

I don’t know why someone should complain if they don't like something. Just stop and move on to something else if it's that bad of a game to you

[stiff tide]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-funny-cat-funny-smile-happy-gif-7621419476068285580

[full seal]

after replaying clear sky, stalker 2 A life looks really bad in compmarison

[robust pendant]

Speaking of complains!

But yeah, CS AI its pretty alive, cause thats the game about really, faction wars

[full seal]

yep

[jagged zinc]

Btw GSC, add binoculars #complaint

[full seal]

why cant they add it to the new game?

[jagged zinc]

Different engine

[frigid hill]

l3aperjr has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[robust pendant]

They havent properly developed it + its really demanding in hardware

[jagged zinc]

Affects performance and the games performance isn't too great atm

[shell flax]

I imagine binos is coming after the engine upgrade

[full seal]

just adapt it to the new engine

[robust pendant]

And its of course not a copy paste, you need to work on it from the groundup

[jagged zinc]

It's not that simple

[full seal]

they alread have all of the old code just adapt it and place it in

[jagged zinc]

That's why I said the game needed more time

[shell flax]

‘JuSt CoDe It’

[stiff tide]

i think the open world also plays into alife being a different beast to implement now

[jagged zinc]

Oh for sure

[robust pendant]

1. its not a simple copy-paste
2. the game's performance isnt in a good place already, imagine with a fully dynamic AI

[jagged zinc]

The old games were smaller maps so it was easier on Alife

[robust pendant]

Also, the games are different

[jagged zinc]

Compared to release, S2 runs so much better

[robust pendant]

So maybe NOC behaviour is much more perfomance heavy in unreal than in xray

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-funny-cat-funny-smile-happy-gif-7621419476068285580

[full seal]

they have 500 employees and they are acting just like microsoft with minecraft (releasing 1 update a year that is not even big)

[shell flax]

Source: his ass

[full seal]

nah u can search it up

[stiff tide]

WOLF???

[weary hedge]

Huh? We’ve been getting updates every 1-2 months

[jagged zinc]

Maybe if GSC implements whatever version of UE5 to S2, it'll improve things

[robust pendant]

Idk, they are clearly working on something if they are not doing it. Either trying to implement it, or the engine update/ps5 release/etc

Also, yeah, its got much more updates than minecraft

[shell flax]

The slow update pace argument is always funny to me, because we’ve had fair consistent ones

[jagged zinc]

Minecraft adds one block or a mob no one asked for and calls it a day

[robust pendant]

But well, I prefer to not defend any millionaire company

[full seal]

ye but they just implemented old features

[ebon blade]

GSC has been working on the game non-stop as long as it's been out, 11 months now.

[robust pendant]

Again, idk, Im not them and I dont know their priorities

[full seal]

monster hunting? Night vision?

[shell flax]

Cherry picking

[robust pendant]

I wish I could control their priorities lol, but I cant

[full seal]

nah tell me one thing that was released in the last 6 months that is new to the tnire franchise

[weary hedge]

https://support.stalker2.com/hc/en-us/sections/32829092940049-Patch-Notes

[stiff tide]

what would your top priority be?

[full seal]

by this i mean something that wasnt in the old games

[robust pendant]

Change the story and not pay anyone to make the enhanced edition with AI :trollemoji:

[shell flax]

‘No updates for almost a year!’
‘It isnt new!’

Are you just here to switch up your stance or something?

[full seal]

nah but what am i cherry picking?

everything they do is just re release old things

[fickle hill]

It could be cotton picking

[ebon blade]

The ARG mystery. No new content like this was added to the original trilogy.

[shell flax]

You are complaining about a lack of updates and ignoring updates because ‘not new to the series’

[full seal]

that was in the release

[shell flax]

Wrong

[stiff tide]

visor rain droplets?

[full seal]

no im saying that they could have just added it straight away with release

[weary hedge]

If you compare everything to the old games, you will only find yourself running in circles

[full seal]

its just sad that it has been 15 years since the last game

[full seal]

i understand if they would release it 5 years after the latest game

[weary hedge]

Sure but why linger on it. You know GSC is updating the game but it will never be identical to the trilogy

[full seal]

true

[shell flax]

GSC dissolved for a while brother, they couldnt realize it back then

The company was dead for years

[full seal]

oh well my 5 minutes of blabber are done im gonna go continue playing CS

either way im impressed with the graphics

[full seal]

dubs

[robust pendant]

Enjoy them while you can, CoP doesn't keep up well after CS lol

CoP graphics suck tbh

[proper mural]

you know you don't have a place to tell of errors. if you used a artifact sensor specifically the second or third with the rounded viewer you could make it show him tuning to a gravity ball then showing energy used and then throwing the bolt would then initiate it and make it a mini game with a scrolling bar you have to hit it at just the right time or you would land fast and hard killing yourself but doing it right moves you and then slows you down so you just have a small drop. premedding for this would then solve height issues.

[fervent island]

Yes, just two devs of OL and SoC are part of the new GSC, any other dev don't worked on the OGs.

Tho, GSC would take more devs of the OGs, but seems that they don't want more devs of the old-GSC.

[robust pendant]

And, some old devs dont seem to care for working at GSC again, for "treatment issues"

[ebon blade]

1311987340381782017

[valid umbra]

anyone know why i run into a building while emision going all the ppl "green cross hair" kill me?

[ebon blade]

What location or building where you at when this happened?

[valid umbra]

near the brood,. i just killed em all

[ebon blade]

The Brood should go hostile if you enter their compound. They're Bandits.

[valid umbra]

ok thatl do it

[ebon blade]

Did you kill the Shah?

[valid umbra]

yeh

[ebon blade]

Was there a dead Freedom soldier among the Brood's men?

[valid umbra]

AHHHH no idea

[ebon blade]

You don't pay attention to the dead or who you loot?

[valid umbra]

not totally lol

[ebon blade]

Now is a good time to start doing that.

[valid umbra]

dont even knkopw what freedom is

[ebon blade]

This green uniform.

[valid umbra]

didnt see any

[ebon blade]

There was a whole side quest involving the Brood and the Shaw.
I guess you're not getting that since you killed them all prematurely.

[valid umbra]

na guees not

[ebon blade]

Are you making any manual or quick saves?

[valid umbra]

yup

i could go back and not run in there lol

[ebon blade]

Then why not go to a save before the Emission.
Go to the Slag Heap for shelter instead. it's safe.

[valid umbra]

how long do ya have to get to safety?

[ebon blade]

If you were near the Brood, you should have enough time to sprint to the Slag Heap.

Use energy drinks to help your stamina as you go.

[grim wharf]

@wide robin leaving gamepass isn't a be all end all plus I still really wanna support the devs

[wild epoch]

@ebon blade do you know if ||star has a lootable body with the guass rifle he finds in Happiness for Everyone?|| <-- spoiler

[stark crescent]

Hello, Stalkers! ©

[burnt bridge]

My god so much tea being spilled

Stalker could have a lot of things worked on to make people buy the game with no questions. But it has had flaws which will put people off buying it. I think the main thing to take away is stalker keeps getting better and improving and that will keep on going. So if you don’t want to buy the game and vibe along until the glory days. Don’t buy it then. Ukraine is in deep shi and a company advertising for traction on game pass then later asking people to buy the game is standard. Plus they need help so why not buy and help out the devs that make the game you wanna cry about costing money (you must love it)
Thanks GSC for continuing to improve the game for your community and thanks for focusing on console more

[ebon blade]

That's farther in the game that I am. However, you can always make a manual save, do
whatever you want to do to find out, and then afterwards reload your save before you did it.

[grim wharf]

People are just mad they can't play a pretty good quality game for $15 anymore

[wild epoch]

Tbh I thought you've like 5xPlaythrough the game with how much knowledged you have.

[grim wharf]

I just play to explore the world then again that's me playing any open world game

[ebon blade]

He wants other people to complain, so he can keep playing it for free and not have to buy it.

[burnt bridge]

Me too we all have our different play styles but that what’s great about stalker we can choose our path

[wild epoch]

They had to make a game during a war, that was an insta-buy for me, to support them and those they've lost cause of it. (yes if you don't know, we've lost some devs along the way)

[grim wharf]

To my knowledge the devs got a cut from Microsoft putting it on gamepass

[burnt bridge]

I try for a gamma play style but hey people hate that

[ebon blade]

I've been playing my first game for 11 months now.
I paused the main mission so I can explore everywhere,
within reason, that does not compromise the main mission.

[wild epoch]

I see I see, good way to experience the game, truly.

[grim wharf]

I'm a stalker for life why would I leave

I know the physical copy of Stalker 2 for Xbox isn't worth it though because the full game isn't even on it

[ebon blade]

You know what I mean. He wants to pay his low Xbox Game Pass fee per month,
and get access to as many games as he pleases, without having to buy any of them.
His reasoning was, because it was unfinished and had flaws, GSC should keep getting
their tiny cut by remaining on Game Pass, so he is not forced to buy it, since he likes it.

[shell flax]

I use Gamepass to demo games and then buy them if I like them, if I don’t? I uninstall and move on

[grim wharf]

The game is 144GB the max for a Blu-ray is 125GB if I recall so they could have 17ish GB on another disc but they didn't

[burnt bridge]

Honestly it sounds like that’s the main game he plays so your just wasting $30 on hundreds of unused game

[grim wharf]

Same

[burnt bridge]

Just buy it

[grim wharf]

I used gamepass to test if I'd actually like a game

If I liked it I eventually bought it

[burnt bridge]

Yeah that’s fair

[grim wharf]

Good examples are Subnautica, Subnautica Below Zero and Outer Wilds

[shell flax]

Truthfully I don’t like a large Gamepass mentality if ‘oh it’s leaving, I can’t play for free anymore. TRASH’

[grim wharf]

I actually bought the echoes of the eye version of Outer Wilds

[grim wharf]

Same

[burnt bridge]

Game pass is definitely nice for that aspect. Just doesn’t make sense for someone to demand a game to stay semi free. That’s the main point of gamepass for traction

[grim wharf]

I prefer to support good games and the devs behind them

[shell flax]

Yep. Hell one game I picked up cause it got hyped on Gamepass, 33 Immortals? Absolutely fun as hell

[grim wharf]

Everytime I planned on buying Stalker 2 though something always came up

[shell flax]

I bought ultimate edition after about three hours of gameplay (and then the trilogy on console and PC ) because i realized ‘yep, I’ve found my new series’

[grim wharf]

Like this time it's my 2TB original Xbox HDD dying so I have to spend $70 on the HDD and I have to spend another $15 to ship my original out for a homie to clone it

[vapid galleon]

[grim wharf]

I'm wanting to clone the original because I have a ton of projects on it like way to many that if they just go away it's a lot of work lost

[burnt bridge]

GSC if you see this can we get a hardcore loot/guns/progression mod for Xbox 😅. We haven’t had a mod in a while and that would definitely make up for it. No pressure tho

[grim wharf]

So $74 for the 2TB HDD 256MB cache SRM HDD then $15 to send out my current original xbox HDD

[grim wharf]

Original Xbox meaning 2001

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/hello-funny-wave-chicken-gif-13330039

[dreamy dagger]

Nobody buys HDD anymore, not even Kweezin

[dreamy dagger]

GSCare only for your money rn

[shell flax]

1.7 is knee deep in testing right now and multiple modders have said they’re cooking so I imagine something is happening to the SDK

[grim wharf]

It's a 2001 console where trim protection doesn't exist and the highest transfer rate is 133mbps

[wild epoch]

money = updates, updates = a refined stalker experience

[dreamy dagger]

You going back in time?

[wild epoch]

if i could i would suppport the mmore

[burnt bridge]

I like the way your talking

[dreamy dagger]

Money = vacation, updates = squirrels

[grim wharf]

The original xbox is one of my more favorite consoles @dreamy dagger

[wild epoch]

OMG THEYRE GIVING THE ZONE SQUIRRELS?!?!

[grim wharf]

Enough so I have 3 revisions

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/scared-face-itstommylove-stalker-stalker-2-scared-gif-14170336792069150724

[burnt bridge]

I’ve seen squirrels 🐿️

[shell flax]

I love seeing people ignore the huge updates only to focus on the most asinine stuff, it’s genuinely hilarious at this point

[grim wharf]

@dreamy dagger the only console from the time to do real HD output

[burnt bridge]

And snakes 🐍

[grim wharf]

PS2 and GameCube weren't capable of 720p 16:9

[burnt bridge]

Does wanting hardcore overhaul fall into this?

[shell flax]

You’re asking for a mod, not flaming them for an update that was months ago

You’re fine

[burnt bridge]

Okay cool I was about to see myself out lol

[grim wharf]

My main original Xbox I actually RAM upgraded and I can actually force some games into a higher resolution than a stock system

[burnt bridge]

1.7 = master-mode?

[vapid galleon]

dudeeee, there's no cooler thing than right now. WOAW

[weary hedge]

How’s my favorite Kweefer doing ? @dreamy dagger staying kruzzy in the zone I hope

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/sheriff-buford-t-justice-gif-15447160602487846277

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/oastudent-outcast-gif-23087357

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/bandit-gif-23595873

[dreamy dagger]

We kweezsting around. Do some kwests, clear some nests, etc.

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/turd-ferguson-burt-reynolds-snl-will-ferrell-chewing-gum-gif-12466109

[grim wharf]

@dreamy dagger actually just posted screenshots of one of the games on off topic

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/druski-say-what-looking-looking-around-hmm-gif-4501036034231879030

[dreamy dagger]

Talk to the spirits!!

[weary hedge]

Good kruzzing

[vapid galleon]

https://tenor.com/view/dolg-stalker-stalker-game-gif-25931282

[dreamy dagger]

I aint gon offtopic, man. I'm driving down Stalker-General, bud. If I let go off the wheel, JESUS WILL TAKE THE WHEEL!

[vapid galleon]

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/smokey-and-the-bandit-gif-10693454

Listenup, you moose twit. The spirits have to be calm first!

[burnt bridge]

Do we have a suspected release for 1.7?

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/pow-right-in-the-kisser-the-honeymooners-ralph-kramden-jackie-gleason-gif-10520618395296634103

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/agreed-yes-jesus-big-lebowski-you-said-it-gif-16043495319918779883

[shell flax]

I’m betting the 20th on the PS5 release

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/look-in-your-heart-miller's-crossing-gabriel-byrne-john-turturro-gif-1881975286956997631

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/spiritual-meditate-meditation-peace-zen-gif-11176079

[burnt bridge]

That would make sense around that time. Damn always in this anticipation state 🤣

[shell flax]

Truthfully I think they’re kicking it into high gear to try and hit as many targets as they can before 2026 rolls around

[burnt bridge]

Imagine engine upgrade before the end of the year that would be blessed

That did have it on the roadmap but game with Dave told me NO

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/um-jammer-lammy-parappa-the-rapper-lammy-katy-kat-gif-25757821

[shell flax]

Dave is great but he has been wrong before

Just keep that in mind

[burnt bridge]

Maybe he is secretly a GSC spy and it’s genius marketing strategy to keep up on edge

Yeah idk haha he is cool tho

I like his videos just the last few were a bit 😬

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/flap-jack-flapjack-sea-water-drink-drinking-gif-2427827673360449292

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/dance-world-of-warcraft-dance-wow-druid-ent-form-the-twist-chubby-checker-the-twist-tree-dance-gif-27495534

[burnt bridge]

https://tenor.com/view/willem-dafoe-laugh-crazy-car-gif-22580177

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/jeremy-clarkson-top-gear-ummm-oh-dear-grand-tour-gif-25951998

[burnt bridge]

How

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/willem-dafoe-laugh-crazy-car-gif-22580177

[burnt bridge]

https://tenor.com/view/i-don't-know-idk-idk-about-that-gif-7336250873949261946

Some black magic discord user behaviour

https://tenor.com/view/thumbs-thumbs-up-kid-thumbs-up-meme-brent-ramobjust-gif-19399510

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/shaq-shaquille-o'neal-nba-basketball-tnt-gif-2291429436710376944

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/22jump-street-jonah-hill-here-i-am-gif-15244651

[burnt bridge]

I give up

[dreamy dagger]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1171602505382236231/1258521542766235668/Stalker_Food_Review_6.gif

[weary hedge]

Jammerdammer stalking it up

[burnt bridge]

Teach me how to do it so I’m not a noob

[dreamy dagger]

Jammerdammer lockin tf in

https://tenor.com/view/jean-claude-van-damme-dance-dancing-gif-11171131

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/fight-club-gif-232248345825342653

[burnt bridge]

This is painful 😓

https://tenor.com/view/pesado-dios-mio-stressed-problematic-oh-no-gif-12622815322168322147

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/down-syndrome-zesty-fruity-throwing-it-back-dance-gif-15965227205546625105

[weary hedge]

Rule number 1 you don’t talk about stalk club

[burnt bridge]

RAHHHH wizards

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/miles-bron-edward-norton-make-face-funny-point-gif-27292090

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/pesado-dios-mio-stressed-problematic-oh-no-gif-12622815322168322147

[burnt bridge]

I GET IT NOW

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/book-comic-dont-kno-dont-know-dunno-gif-13217439721585877778

[burnt bridge]

YALL DONT TRUST ME

[ebon blade]

You have to reach Rank 50 to post Gifs.

[burnt bridge]

I am not family like some

Oh word

[weary hedge]

Get to grinding stalker

[burnt bridge]

Damn I have some time to get gud

[ebon blade]

Just keep yappin'

[weary hedge]

@dreamy dagger can teach you the ways of the yap-fu

[burnt bridge]

Well I would yap with gifs but ya know

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/maitredj-80s-dancing-jumping-excited-happy-gif-23585745

[ebon blade]

Moderators will usually post them for you, when you can't.

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/rush-hour-jackie-chan-chris-tucker-gif-5721501

[burnt bridge]

I’ll be like you guys one day You’ll know the name

[ebon blade]

Your Local Village Shaman, might post them for you too.

[dreamy dagger]

Yappers?

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/kung-fu-panda-gif-24482418

[dreamy dagger]

Yappin n rappin fo life

[dreamy dagger]

When the fake chinese prank fails... you go kung-foot

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1171602505382236231/1327570305769672774/el-risitas-los-sacos-de-cemento-with-jesus-quintero-jesus-quintero-laughing.gif

[torn gate]

I see that stalker 2 is gonna leave game pass

I'm gonna die now

[burnt bridge]

Oh no

[grave wyvern]

This is good, now I don’t feel ripped off 😂

[ebon blade]

Only $32 right now. Delivered tomorrow. https://www.amazon.com/S-T-L-K-R-Heart-Chernobyl-Xbox/dp/B09F1D1WXJ/ref=sr_1_1

[torn gate]

Would be great to have a PC or Xbox series x/s but sadly I'm a poor bastard and have a decade old Xbox one

[burnt bridge]

Didn’t even know it could run on that no way

[torn gate]

I use cloud gaming which is only possible with game pass

Which stalker 2 is leaving soon so I'm gonna have to buy a new Xbox or PC now 🥲

[ebon blade]

Buy a used Xbox. The new ones went way up in cost.

[burnt bridge]

Bro do you get like 3fps??

That’s gotta be borderline unplayable surely

[torn gate]

Surprisingly it works well

Cloud gaming is surprisingly good at its Job 😭

[burnt bridge]

Crazy bro I guess there’s no hdr Once you get a new Xbox you’ll see a crazy difference

[torn gate]

Definitely I ain't paying 600-700 for a new Xbox

[torn gate]

I probably will but I gotta give credit where its do cloud gaming is surprisingly not bad at running new games on sh!tty old consoles

[burnt bridge]

I never even thought about that didn’t even know you could. Crazy

Cloud gaming stalker to an Xbox one I mean

[torn gate]

I didn't think so either but either the cloud gaming servers are miracle workers or my Internet was working overtime

[burnt bridge]

Your a smart fella

[torn gate]

I'm still sad that stalker 2 is leaving game pass tho

At least I got atom fall to keep the stalker spirit alive in me

[dreamy dagger]

Its alwys on the p___ate pass

[main jewel]

uh good, mf 30 dollar gamepass can suck it cro

[torn gate]

It's still 20 bucks for me

[main jewel]

30 dollar ultimate

ita still a ripoff no matter how much money

[torn gate]

If you had a game pass ultimate subscription before the price rise it stays 20 dollars

[main jewel]

ah

[torn gate]

Probably but hey I ain't paying 30 bucks so I ain't complaining

Yet

[torn gate]

I'm a good little consumer

I love extreme capitalism

[wooden walrus]

It's not a ripoff but honestly I don't think any of the upgrades are worth it

you might be surprised to learn that I think that of basically every edition upgrade on every videogame ever

[wooden walrus]

bruh the name on the sticker 😭

[dreamy dagger]

Gas Guzzler?

[ebon blade]

Actually they were overrun by Snorks.

[dreamy dagger]

Horny Snorks arount the Block.

Make sure you sleep against the wall at night AND AVE A BUCKET ON TOP OF YOUR TOP HEAD

[wooden walrus]

having a directional dodge like in darktide would be lowkey dope ngl

though I'm going to assume you'd need in-engine scripting to get that to work to a reasonable degree

[stark crescent]

cursed

[dreamy dagger]

Snork-a-ling-a-ding-ding-link

[dreamy dagger]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ND7EfcgTQs&list=RD0ND7EfcgTQs&start_radio=1