☢┃stalker-general

[sick shale]

I tend to find the kora to be better myself once you get out of lesser zone

[lost fjord]

Used to be, crazy that it was in the first place

[sick shale]

otherwise the Rhino & APSB exist

[hallow shadow]

Aussies do have some crazy strict stuff.

[lethal geode]

Hi everyone,
I’ve already asked this question several times in the GSC Ask section, but I haven’t received any response from the developers, so I’m trying my luck here.

My question is: Will there be any DLCs?
I purchased the version that includes all future DLCs, but so far there hasn’t been any mention of them — and considering the game has been out for almost a year, I thought we might have at least some information by now.

My second question is: Do you plan to add anything like a base or a shelter for the Skif?
Some kind of personal place to store gear or rest would be great.

Thank you to anyone who has any answers. And if not, please just understand that I’ve been trying to ask the developers for a long time without any success.

[sick shale]

due to the 9x18 AP ammo prior to it's change or?

[hallow shadow]

“Skif’s Slightly Buffed Pistol”
One tap machine.

[sick shale]

Wait, no airsoft guns??

[lost fjord]

The only place in the country where weed is legal is in the ACT, where all the politicians stay, i have a working theory that all the ministers have a blunt rotation up in parliament

[hallow shadow]

Makes sense.

“Liberty for me, but not for thee”

But we can’t get too far into that kinda talk.

[thorn niche]

True

[hallow shadow]

No airsoft isn’t a bad thing.

Only thing they’re good for is shooting soda cans.

[lost fjord]

1 - yes there will be dlcs, the clouds on the map partna bit more with every upsate, it takes time gsc is stretched thin

2 - probably not, itd be cool tho

[lost fjord]

Yeah i know, its just funny to imagine Albo smokin a bong with Rudd

WA parliament probably does that to, you have to be insane to open a speech with "to the Sigma's of Australia"
Get me off this godforsaken rock man

[thorn niche]

Rough

[hallow shadow]

Sigmas are a myth.
Anyone referring to themselves by the greek alphabet is most definitely not that thing.

[lost fjord]

If only the Greeks could see us now

[hallow shadow]

“Omg I’m such a lambda male teehee”

[hallow shadow]

With how horny the world is… They’d probably.. Chuckle.
In disappointment

[lost fjord]

"Im on that delta grind!"

[lost fjord]

I cant even scroll on twitter for 5 minutes without seeing someone shirtless, male or female

[hallow shadow]

We need the Covenant.
To come. To earth.
And glass our shit.
Big. Floating. Disco Ball.

Buuuuut. I’d rather be a Tyranid.

We are all equal, under Hivemind-chan

[lost fjord]

I have to ask for a nickname dont i
I want to have a ragebait nickname
Mods, can you make my nickname "Metro > STALKER"

(i love both games I just wanna ragebait)

[oak junco]

not ragebait if its true fr fr

[lost fjord]

Last light > GAMMA

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/wrizz-monkey-monkey-sigma-gif-14012962261800188400

[hallow shadow]

“TarkovSux”

[oak junco]

GAMMA > all stalker games

[weary hedge]

Do u actually

[lost fjord]

Guys.. gulp i think.. stalker.. shadow of chornobyl.. PLAGIARISED Stalker GAMMA 😱

[lost fjord]

Give me the nickname, i want to ragebait

[weary hedge]

Which one

[hallow shadow]

ACKSHUALLY Gamma released first.

[lost fjord]

"Metro > STALKER"

[sharp lake]

mario kart > stalker

[weary hedge]

Do you still want “amw” in it

[hallow shadow]

My left big toe > Stalker

[lost fjord]

Put at the end amw in brackets

[hallow shadow]

Please!

[lost fjord]

Oop, please, mb i need to work on manners again

[hallow shadow]

I’m being funny. I’m sorry.

YOU GOT IT

[weary hedge]

Nice name

[lost fjord]

No its fine dw, i genuinely do need to work on ot i can sound demanding

[thorn niche]

Nah, order everyone around

[lost fjord]

Thank you ! :D its a 100% objective fact

[thorn niche]

Assert dominance

[lost fjord]

Monolith ahh statement

[thorn niche]

😔

[hallow shadow]

“Objective”

[lost fjord]

Oh wait have you guys played that stalker inspired co-op game that came out recently? MISERY, its really fun with friends, and solo its pretty good

[hallow shadow]

Never finished any metro game. I tried one of them. Found spiders.
Returned the game.

[lost fjord]

Aussie here, valid i hate spiders

[spring gust]

Exodus was legit awesome

[thorn niche]

This is my first stalker game

[hallow shadow]

Same.

[thorn niche]

Yall have the worst of the worst, so valid

[weary hedge]

At least it isn’t gamma

[sharp lake]

trying to buy exodus but it's the website is in another country and my bank declines the card 🙁

[spring gust]

The spiders in Exodus were horrendous

[hallow shadow]

It’s literally just a Red Back.

It’s not that bad.

[lost fjord]

Agreed, my only complaint was there wasn't like an open world undergroud
Dude id love for there to be a metro game where its all in the metro ofc, but its all open world metro tunnels dudeee id love to fully explore metro tunnels like that

[spring gust]

If they made a Metro game like Stalker 2 - I'd be there in a heartbeat.

[lost fjord]

An A-Life system in metro would be awesome

[hallow shadow]

Jet Set Radio Future

https://tenor.com/view/jet-set-radio-jet-set-radio-future-sega-xbox-gif-25538638

[weary hedge]

I still needa play metro last light

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/jet-set-radio-jet-set-radio-future-sega-xbox-gif-25538638

[lost fjord]

Also this is an idea: imagine with an a-life system in metro, you hear three loud shots ring out from deep within the tunnel, and a loud scream for help. Five minutes later you find where they came from. A man, lays dead on the floor with a weak pistol still in hand. You can see on the ground next to him his wallet lays open. You inspect to see a photo of him, arms wrapped around a woman standing infront of him, and a child, maybe two years old piggy backing and holding his head, all smiling.

Is this a good idea

[weary hedge]

4A Games needs to hire you

[lost fjord]

i came up with an entire like metro game idea notepad ill grab my two favourite ideas rq

I want the first station the player starts in to be the one
Maybe spend a few hours of the game as that being your main base, sell, buy, hang, just chill, nice relief from everything
One day you hear whispers of an attack from another station, but this has happened before, and literally no attack came, so you brush it off and go exploring
You come back and you find the people you cared for brutalized, skin peeled off and used as decoration to ward off anyone there to cause trouble
You could have stopped this, you may not be the best trained individual in the station but you certainly have the most money. You could have funded more bullets for the people trying to fight it off, you could have helped, but instead you wandered off just to get some bad loot and a few Hryvina

I want it to be so brutal it doesnt line up with any specific faction.
Also, when you come back to the station, i want there to be no music. I dont want there to be much music in the game, but it is essential this part has none to help sell the atmosphere. No dramatic piano, just the faint sobs of someone bleeding out, maybe a prayer, the sound of someones lungs collapsing, or the crackle of a bonfire that wasn't put out during the massacre

Idea number 2:
The map would be made of paper that the player character draws out when you find new stuff (when yhe map updates instesd of more just appearing you see s breif sketching animation), when the massacre first happens no change on the map is seen, after a while the name of the station is crossed out, and then the station is completely gone over with pen so you cant see it, and finally its messily cut out with a pocket knife

Holy text wall my bad but

Yeah i think i cooked with this ngl

I put a little bit to much thought into this considering I don't think this would ever happen unless i was the one who directed the game but whatever its fun to think abt

Thank you for coming to my ted talk

[weary hedge]

Nice. You could honestly make a metro novel/book with these kind of ideas.

[lost fjord]

TRUE I SHOULD

I wish metro was as moddable as stalker id honesty use my preexisting modding and prohramming skills to make this a thing

I dont think its as moddable as stalker anyways

Okay its past midnight im gonan goto sleep

Goodnight Zone!

[weary hedge]

I couldn’t tell you, I’ve never actually modded any of the games

[weary hedge]

Take care

[thorn niche]

Night night, sleep well

[vapid galleon]

cdecl

[spring gust]

Interesting. Just made it out the swamp, about 40K on repair and then made about 40K all up. So, broke even I guess. But came out with a bunch of artifacts, an RPG, several weapon mods and extended magazines and a crapload of ammo. I hope I never have to go back there.

[worldly lion]

Are you talking about Stalker 2

[spring gust]

Yus

I really want some better armour, found so many suits but nothing is beating what I have now. It's the SEVA suit, think that's the name but has really good physical protection.

[sharp lake]

GSC is helping me fix my item box. I'll be back in the zone soon 🙂

[floral elm]

nice

[sharp lake]

damn stalker 2 sold over a million copies in 2 days

[floral elm]

Yup

Wonder how ps5 sales will go

1.7 will definetly land right before 20th so that'll help

[stark crescent]

whats wrong with it then?

[sharp lake]

all my items disappeared

[golden gulch]

It seems like the main quest vision of truth is still bug with my save, which was made before 1.6.
You can still get 2 pendants from ||Faust after killing him|| and it still block the quest from progressing after using it.

[stark crescent]

wow. cant you just return an autosave and see if its still there? stuff shouldnt just disappear like that

you havnt accidentally clicked on emptying it, so all the stuff is now in your inventory right?

[sharp lake]

I have a save with my items still in my stash HOURS before the bug happened. I feel like im part of the dev team helping them figure out this bug.

[golden gulch]

Loading a save and it'll still there.
So be cautious when you loot his body, take only one.

[stark crescent]

i dont understand what you are saying here

is this like a reference to something? im not sure what you mean. im not that cultured. you are trying out a random reference like that, people wont get it

[sharp lake]

get out of here stalker 🙂

[quaint umbra]

Don't tell me what to fricken' do!

[stuck grove]

hey, in which channel I can discuss spoilers? this one?

[hardy totem]

Yes

[robust pendant]

NO spoilers until I buy AND finish the ENTIRE game (in about 4 years)

[viscid shale]

Wssupp guysss !! ^^

[plucky pasture]

Where patch notes

[bitter plover]

its not out yet. So no patch notes

[vapid galleon]

I'm waiting for DLC, GSC: #📰┃announcement message

[plucky pasture]

Check announcments

[violet dune]

MASTER DIFFICULTY: I hope it wont be 1hit = death and mutants are super sponge there you wont have bullets anymore to kill it

[bitter plover]

Its just teaser for what is comming in 1.7. ITs not announcement, that its out

[viscid shale]

gets ignored

[bitter plover]

rip

[vapid galleon]

Master Difficulty == taking bullets your body like rain, spam bandage and kit, peek and get stun. repeat.

[polar junco]

Please God make enemies +Skif less spongy

[graceful dirge]

If master difficulty continues in the slop vein that veteran is to stalker with damage values, I'll probably just stick to Better Ballistics + mods

[karmic ice]

Ok time to spam quicksaves for every one second I move on Master difficulty

[violet dune]

Better Balistics actualy nailed it with this

[hot tulip]

You and I both know that's exactly what it's going to be

[hearty tendon]

I wouldn't mind enemies mowing me down in just a few shots if they weren't such bullet lasers, I wanna turn a corner and get obliterated in one shot by a shotgun and sent flying

[smoky hawk]

i dont think youll ever be in with Stalker balancing

[wicked magnet]

it should be hardcore

[reef birch]

Is 1.7 out now or is it coming soon ?

[smoky hawk]

coming

[vapid galleon]

Master Difficulty == taking bullets your body like rain, spam bandage and kit, peek and get stun. repeat.

[smoky hawk]

on the horizon

[violet dune]

i dont mind to die fast, but i dont want to put 5 full mags into bloodsucker. its just no fun

[plucky pasture]

Today or tmr ?

[graceful dirge]

Just give me Metro's Ranger Hardcore glass cannons as Better Ballistics does, not fond of especially post-SIRCAA insane volume of trading rounds both to kill and die

[polar junco]

Oh really? Maybe I give it a try then. I seemed to have fixed an issue I had with my mouse that made playing games terrible, which I largely attributed to stalker 2 until I played another game lol. Perhaps with A Life functional I will enjoy another playthrough.

[smoky hawk]

I wish I knew

[reef birch]

1.7 on Ps5 release date right ?

[vapid galleon]

[dreamy dagger]

Another uninteresting post

[bitter plover]

not date yet. ANd deffinitely not that soon

[smoky hawk]

i could give you a different game man

[meager crag]

Soon™

[vapid galleon]

Master Difficulty == taking bullets your body like rain, spam bandage and kit, peek and get stun. repeat.

[wanton blaze]

Master Difficulty? That's awesome. Hopefully the people who want it enjoy it I am NOT touching it

[hot tulip]

This. It's gonna take 50 buckshot to kill a bloodsucker and you die in one swipe i guarantee it

[dreamy dagger]

Hyping a basic feature in a shooter

[smoky hawk]

maybe

[vapid galleon]

IT IS

[smoky hawk]

is it?

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/adult-swim-the-eric-andre-show-doppelganger-laughing-confused-gif-24946572

[vapid galleon]

it is

[graceful dirge]

GAMMA pls

[wicked magnet]

play on easy difficulty

[smoky hawk]

GAMMADezznuts

[smoky hawk]

i cannot confirm or deny anything

[hot tulip]

Don't argue with him he's a d rider you're not gonna get a genuine discussion

[violet dune]

brother is not about EASY. i already play veteran with BB which kills you in 2 bullets. Its about balance

[vapid galleon]

Europa Universalis gonna release in 10 minutes and we are still talking about trash Stalker 2 update.

[gilded bone]

Anything else in the update or just a new difficulty?

[graceful dirge]

Go to the Europa discord then 🤷‍♂️

[vapid galleon]

you didn't understand

[smoky hawk]

maybe

[smoky hawk]

there is more to it that I cant say

[vapid galleon]

me, him?

who shouldn't argue with who

[smoky hawk]

hes mad I got a diff opinion than him

it is what it is

[gilded bone]

Blink if a life is fully incorporated. Never blink again if it’s new weapons

[cosmic valve]

never heard about that game

[dreamy dagger]

They keep hiding stuff as its something sensational, lmao

[floral elm]

oh boy 1.7 teasing season is starting

[vapid galleon]

then you are a game culture less guy???

[bitter plover]

take pills pls

[floral elm]

cant wait for more info about the patch

[tulip ingot]

Fix the game, fix the mod compatibility FIX FIX your game ... no more stalker on game pass ... you want me to buy a game that STILL not working ...nearly one year After release ... FIX THE GLORY STALKER 2 COULD BE !!!!!

[left oar]

Broo I love master diff but I’m already at sircaa in my current playthrough ;_;

[slow crypt]

I hope there's no artificial difficulty...

[hot tulip]

Well...how bout a new difficulty nobody asked for?

[left oar]

Your weapon accuracy reverts to shadow of Chernobyl levels

[smoky hawk]

that would be rad

[violet dune]

let us craft sticks and pickup rocks

[drifting bear]

He dies after 4-5 shots from SPAS ( veteran ), I don't see the point in balancing him further 🤷

[slow crypt]

Why are they introducing a new way to make it harder? If their AI is incapable of even pretending to be intelligent?

[dreamy dagger]

See how they dont talk about the important features like the Binocs rather hyping with the most generic stuff...

[smoky hawk]

Master difficulty was one of the main wants when the game released without it

[tulip ingot]

Well ... tue difficulty is good to add ngl...but tue game doesnt work At all ... crashes, aiming not working...

[prime harness]

Any ideas what master mode will be about? I'm afraid it's just npc stat increase

[violet dune]

yes, but on master they could change it

[bitter plover]

sure nobbody. WHen it was one of most asked features

[drifting bear]

perhaps

[tulip ingot]

Why do we have mods if they dont work at all with the core game ...

[dreamy dagger]

NPC diff scripts run through AI generator to increase values

[left oar]

They’re definitely going to include only master mode and no bug fixes guys

[elder obsidian]

Give me Binoculars !! More Controller Binding for PC !! Equipment Stats and Controle Sleep Time and Gas Mask Overlays Please GCS make it REAL. Good HUNTING STALKERS 1.7 is almost HERE

[hot tulip]

A "working" master difficulty in a living zone is what was wanted, not laser beam AI that most likely will just be flat accuracy and bullet sponginess

[slow crypt]

Honestly, the fights in Stalker 2 are so awful that I don't care about this.

[smoky hawk]

I dont know, ban all modders

[hot tulip]

Exactly

[floral elm]

whats intresting is that you (probably, correct me if I'm wrong) could change master diff anytime during playhtough in OG, adn it wont be possible in S2

[prime harness]

💀

[bitter plover]

Binocs important and master diff generic? lmao

[smoky hawk]

thats not what you said ppl didn't want

[slow crypt]

Stalker: SoC is literally more fun than Stalker 2 in combat, and that's considering that in SoC the bullets travel in the opposite direction to where you fire.

[smoky hawk]

true

[nocturne hatch]

1.7 release date to be announced first feature,Master Difficulty = a bee sting can insta-kill you

[hot tulip]

I shouldn't have to specify "working and polished" a year into the life cycle.

[dreamy dagger]

Master diff is basic FPS feature. Not every FPS has binoculars as usable item. Binocs are for Exploration/Cinematic enjoyers. You ain't one of them, Tlapman.

[obtuse veldt]

I'm going to enjoy watching people cry about Master difficulty now

[smoky hawk]

i think we can all agree SoC is series peak

[violet dune]

with BB mod. you die from every anomaly and npc kills you with few bullets, bloodsucker swing most of the time kills you or leaves you with 20% health, but to counter this you kill them very fast. This is the balance i think its fair. you kill fast and they can kill you fast.

[slow crypt]

Anomalies are instant kills (an anomaly doesn't render and you accidentally kill yourself)

[slow crypt]

At this rate, we'll be playing Destiny 2, not Stalker 2.

[floral elm]

It's literally anomaly/gamma gameplay though

[smoky hawk]

dont start it

[slow crypt]

At least in those mods the proximity sensor actually works

[smoky hawk]

they wont shut up if you do

[violet dune]

Death = New game.. this is HC

[dreamy dagger]

Where is the frikkin Encyclopedia - releasing STALKER on Playstation is a first and newcomers wouldn't know shit without watching YouTube. Good work, GreedSC...

https://tenor.com/view/sidorovich-laughing-sidorovich-stalker-gsc-game-world-gsc-gif-10511308776135339550

[karmic ice]

Nah not iron man mode

[frigid hill]

vladmihail has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[slow crypt]

Imagine wanting to replay that shi tt prologue

[hot tulip]

Gives me fallout 4 survival vibes. Glitchy as absolute hell and dying to absolutely nothing

[slow crypt]

It seems that the organic compound we expel as waste is taken as an insult by Wolf.

[violet dune]

THE ZONE

[floral elm]

you can skip it via mod

[nocturne hatch]

i would say CoP was peak of the OG because of the introduction of new mechanics and a new way to complete missions & side missions

[floral elm]

also new mutants

[smoky hawk]

what a bleak sectence
its grim

[slow crypt]

stalker area besto mod for hardcore gameplay

[sweet swan]

cant believe they removing stalker from pc gamepass i was gutted

[sterile radish]

just wait for the winter sale

[slow crypt]

Did anyone pay for Game Pass to play this beta?

[deft coral]

Time to buy the game

[hot tulip]

They want you to buy the glitchy mess before they try fixing it

[slow crypt]

Besides being the basis of the best mods so far

[sweet swan]

il stick with the trilogy or anomlay/gamma

[smoky hawk]

not even right lmao

tsk tsk

[smoky hawk]

i dont see NA7 on the list sweetie

[sterile radish]

? stalker 2 isnt as bad as before; considering the fact 1.7 should also be released later this month

[floral elm]

before 20th most likely

[hot tulip]

As would anyone with a brain tbh, S2 just isn't worth full price rn. Maybe 20 in it's current state

[floral elm]

so like 2 weeks

[bitter plover]

every game had some peak aspect

[nocturne hatch]

but SoC atmosphere is unique in the OG trilogy, you get acces to the famous labs and level design and such

[smoky hawk]

CoP had peak of the Marianna Trench

a kind of peak true

[sweet swan]

AND NOT TO MENNTION AMAZING ALIFE

[floral elm]

CLEAR SKYYYY CLEAR SKYYY BEST GAME EEE

[nocturne hatch]

and cheeki breeki iv damnke at night

[floral elm]

CS is literally the best in trilogy

[slow crypt]

I love that people were expecting a Stalker update in the style of Cyberpunk 2.0; we're just a few months away from its first anniversary and they haven't even finished adding the cut and promised content.

[elder obsidian]

I just finished COP and this is the best of all no doubt. The IA is just a masterpiace and the Atmosphare is unique.

[slow crypt]

The least replayable, and with the most broken mechanics too

[bitter plover]

SoC had most simple Alife of all OGs. What are you talking about

[elder obsidian]

i think 1.7 is ready to deploy NExt Week

[hot tulip]

I think people were kind of expecting the game to function at this point tho

[smoky hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/its-grim-its-peak-its-mid-old-man-it's-sunday-gif-8453053925671532900

[delicate raptor]

i think s2 is great and they have done a good job adding and improving things

[floral elm]

from what I recall Cyberpunk 2.0 dropped in 2023... CP realesed in 2020

[sweet swan]

i ment the trilogy

[smoky hawk]

SoC had alife
S2 doesn't

thats saying a lot

[delicate raptor]

not even true at all

[slow crypt]

I was referring to the first major update that came 8 months after its release; I don't remember if it was 2.0 or had another name.

[bitter plover]

they were taking about SoC tho, BUt okay

[smoky hawk]

ok, whats your explanation

[bitter plover]

Classic Vasim

[hot tulip]

No he's kinda right s2 a life is trash for being their "main" selling point

[smoky hawk]

some things change, some stay the same

[delicate raptor]

soc has basically the same level of offline tracking as s2

[smoky hawk]

S2 doesn't have alife

[nocturne hatch]

grim because of his big maps ? xD but yeah was considered a bit of downgrade in terms of graphics back in 2009, but was better optimized too, Clear Sky in 2008 had the best graphics with DX10 and wet surfaces

[delicate raptor]

there’s no offline goals or anything in soc

[hot tulip]

Which is why it's trash

[bitter plover]

yeah, i think Krezzin need to take more pills than before. Hes more and more Schizo

[smoky hawk]

S2 doesnt have NPC tracking outside loaded chunks this isnt true

[smoky hawk]

you are quite wrong

[delicate raptor]

a life actually hit its stride with cop and mods

[floral elm]

we are getting to philosophical aspects of a life

[winter oar]

as a rookie diff level enjoyer, master sounds lovely<

[floral elm]

[smoky hawk]

you have no idea what your talking about
CoP simplified and commodified Alife to its dumbest state
CoP has the worst Alife of the games

[slow crypt]

There is no truly functioning persistent offline system; enemies even spawn right in front of you. What we have is a kind of theater where, when you pass through certain areas, sporadic and very fake events are generated.

[proven hollow]

yeah always a group of bandits at garbage, always a group of mercs in the construction site in wild territory, always a group of snorks in yantar around the lab and always a group of zombies around the facility, that was peak a-life 😂

[whole turtle]

Finally we getting Master difficulty

[floral elm]

Clear sky is true A life 🩵

[hot tulip]

Fallout 4 random encounters

[elder obsidian]

So everyone in the zone is trying to get some Artifacts Right ?! Why in S2 nobody is searching with Detectors like COP ¿? that the BASE of STALKERS

[delicate raptor]

https://tenor.com/view/bait-thats-bait-tom-hardy-mad-max-gif-5055384

[rugged hornet]

16 more days until PS5 release 😇

[robust pendant]

What being wrong looks like:
||Jk, love what you want||

[floral elm]

Becouse Clear sky is ,,a" LIFE

[slow crypt]

At least Fallout 4 was fun.

[winter oar]

now we need master diff w ironman enabled

[smoky hawk]

im sorry that you opinate on matters you dont understand

[whole turtle]

Fr. Would be fun

[slow crypt]

For me, the people who reached 1,000 hours in Stalker 2 are psycho paths who need to be studied.

[robust pendant]

Also, yeah, idk where you got that, but CoP is literally the worst

[delicate raptor]

it’s the truth man, soc truly barely had a proper a life system lol

[smoky hawk]

Todd has you by the balls

[robust pendant]

Not even subjective take, it was dumbed down

[slow crypt]

At least with Skyrim, yes hehe.

[floral elm]

300 endings

[sterile radish]

im not a 100% sure, but i think master IS ironman mode

[winter oar]

https://tenor.com/view/preston-garvey-fallout-fo4-another-settlement-gif-16895459270352605670

[proven hollow]

gonna start my second playthrough when 1.7 hits

[floral elm]

I think I'm gonna too

[hot tulip]

F4 is a fun fps, s2 is a dead world that yeah looks great but sucks to actually play

[smoky hawk]

SoC had Alife in it's most basic form
NPCs are simulated outside of loaded maps, they move around, and they are permanent, S2 doesnt, an NPC despawns as soon as they are unloaded from the chunk, and its still a random spawner
so yes, SoC has Alife, S2 doesnt

[robust pendant]

CS has the best alife actually

[nocturne hatch]

in SoC we found NPC's from specific locations to another location, for example Wolf was found dead on a barrel fire at Army warehouse in the middle of the map

[whole turtle]

If that will happen then i will gladly play the game for the 5th time

[proven hollow]

haven't really played since my first playthrough in release so kinda interested in where its at right now

[robust pendant]

Or the most active at least

[sterile radish]

hell yeah brother

[floral elm]

CLEAR SKYYY RAHHH CLEAR SKKYYYY

[delicate raptor]

there absolutely is offline persistence in s2

[hot tulip]

And die to some unexplainable bug and lose your file

[smoky hawk]

joop, in this chat you have never had a most repugnant opinion
f4? a fun FPS? your momma would be sad

[smoky hawk]

and yet when you deload a chunk the NPC is gone
the isnt

[slow crypt]

I won’t start another playthrough until they decide to fix how the combat feels in this game. Considering how average the story is and how poorly it runs, I’d rather play Stalker-themed DayZ RP servers.

[whole turtle]

I do not mind the bugs

[winter oar]

ngl in stalker 2 i wish if u sleep enemys wouldnt just be frozen cuz when enemy fight ai and i sleep then when i wake up they still all fighting

[frigid hill]

joop_loopgames has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[smoky hawk]

so sad joop

[winter oar]

😂

[whole turtle]

I hope online will be added soon

[delicate raptor]

i promise this isn’t the case, are you referring to just the visual online bubble? because npcs do not disappear from existence, they’re still there, just offline. just like
how a life has always worked in the past

[slow crypt]

Yeah, with 90% of the NPCs disappearing and half of them forgetting their purpose. Imagine leaving their range, coming back, and they stop shooting because they forgot what they were doing. That’s not persistent.

[hot tulip]

Let me try that again. You will when you lose an endgame file to some unexplainable g a r b a g e

[delicate raptor]

online bubble should still be extended tho

[floral elm]

Lots of changed, definetly, I did my second playthough on 1.5 so depending on DLC news im gonna do another playthorugh on 1.7

[versed salmon]

So 1.7 is out now?

[nocturne hatch]

in Clear Sky we could see both mutants and human a life on other maps xD

[smoky hawk]

no, I am referring to the chunks, the world is separated into chunks and only those close to the player are loaded in, as soon as an NPC walks off the loaded chunks they are gone, Visual barriers has no bearing in this discussion

[slow crypt]

no just spam

[floral elm]

not yet

[sterile radish]

has never happened to me since release. pc only?

[smoky hawk]

this isnt offline existance

[smoky hawk]

offline existance is permanency in an unloaded state

the game doesnt have that

[floral elm]

It exists in shining zone

[whole turtle]

In the older games the Alife existed very well. In S2 it aint yet mastered

[delicate raptor]

idk what to tell u guys, with shay’s mods you can even see the npcs on your map moving around in entire other zones lol

[slow crypt]

Exactly, that’s why in the mods you can see all the squads from the different maps moving in different and separate ways.

[delicate raptor]

there’s absolutely offline persistence

[floral elm]

He knows

[hot tulip]

It doesn't exist at all, that's the problem

[whole turtle]

Depends. I had Alife appearance in S2.

[smoky hawk]

shay extends the loaded chunks but he doesnt add alife, bc there isnt one and you cant add it thru scripts, theres a fundamental lack of system that support alife being real

[sterile radish]

it exists.. just not the best in its current state

[nocturne hatch]

Call of Chornobyl mod was the mod foundation to Gamma and others mods dear boys and gals, because in CoC there was even warfare mode that worked

[slow crypt]

It’s like saying Far Cry 3 has a-life because the NPCs load where they’re supposed to load at that point.

[proven hollow]

Hearing people who have obviously never played the original games talking about a-life is hilarious tho

[whole turtle]

I even replayed the og games before S2 came out. Just to have the feeling back

[serene barn]

is anyone excited about the master diff?

[smoky hawk]

Stalker 2 has the Nav Mesh coupled to the map geometry ehat this means is that by deloading the geometry you deload the nav mesh and it's informstion, along with any NPC that was in its spot

[karmic ice]

Tourists ikr

[floral elm]

yup

[whole turtle]

Yes

[slow crypt]

The worst part is that it’s not even Stalker 2’s main problem; the artificial intelligence is straight-up crap.

[deft coral]

Mayhaps

[sterile radish]

its funny seeing people whine

[nocturne hatch]

i love it the CoC because it was so close to vanilia CoP

[hot tulip]

Not how much it's gonna break stuff

[serene barn]

you looking forward to having to sell a limb to repair your things? it was already bad on Veteran lol

[slow crypt]

venezuela mod =

[floral elm]

its just gonna go back to how things were on launch

[whole turtle]

Who repairs stuff? Just go along with the jams

[floral elm]

Drowned is very good for it

[dreamy dagger]

They have cut out more than they added

[floral elm]

it has like the least amoint of probability to jam

SO if you want not to repair a gun its the best choice

[whole turtle]

Sadly havent found an NVG yet

[slow crypt]

It's that simple

[delicate raptor]

ok thx

[slow crypt]

There are practically all missions, areas, weapons, characters, etc. that have been cut.

[bitter plover]

We dont know for 100% what was cut and what was planned to be at DLCs my man (only some things we can know for sure) SO no.

[dreamy dagger]

Never will forgive GSC for actually having a chance to introduce CNPP as a fully explorable building yet didnt care to add it cuz they can squeeze money out of it as probable future DLC...

[whole turtle]

Ok. I wanna hear most peeps favorite gun so far

[oak junco]

Me

[slow crypt]

The leak literally contains material specifying what was DLC and what wasn't.

[floral elm]

Dnipro for efficency, lullaby for vibes (it lookes great)

[dreamy dagger]

They can always say they didnt cut it but left it as DLC, which is still partially cut on the drawing board, so yeah.

[smoky hawk]

dont advertise or talk about the leak in the server or youre not getting a trial

[delicate raptor]

that would suck, maybe it will be part of a free update instead of dlc, no point in getting mad just yet

[hot tulip]

Why would they add the main attraction when they can charge you

[dreamy dagger]

Maybe they left CNPP for STALKER 3, kek

[bitter plover]

[serene barn]

i wonder if the Buket is still like, very high tier for what it is. didn't cost much to repair iirc.

[dreamy dagger]

Real

[whole turtle]

Respect. I prefer the AS-Val with the MK14

[floral elm]

Its still very good

[nocturne hatch]

farming artifacts and approach more carefully will do the trick on Master, but also Master is made for those who love to play slow and suffer through playthrough

[dreamy dagger]

30 euro for CNPP DLC

https://tenor.com/view/whats-that-dave-chappelle-saturday-night-live-looking-around-whats-that-noise-gif-19226519

[karmic ice]

As Val Enjoyer

[bitter plover]

thats how games are made tho my man you have to plan for DLCs from begining.

[whole turtle]

Always. Used it in all Vanila games

[floral elm]

I hope with rebalance they wil buff it (along lullaby). Overall make weaker wepons stronger

[jaunty token]

Will Master Finally Bring The OG Stalker Difficulty Back Or Is It Gonna Be Bulletsponge²

[hexed agate]

So I asked 2 quesions last month about the games and upgrade pricing, they havent been answered and I dont know if CSG is avoiding the question

[hot tulip]

I wanna glitch my way through CNPP and not have a good time, better pay half the base game price

[slow crypt]

Okay, I'll keep that in mind, although honestly, GSC is going to have problems with that in the future; it reflects badly on them as a company.

[floral elm]

As Val was top tier in OG

[bitter plover]

OG master was bulletspongy tho

[floral elm]

Also Ram 2 is amazing addition to guns in stalker 2, really fits the vibe

[proven hollow]

if it's a 30 euro DLC with a large mission with 10-20 hours of story set in CNPP and surroundings and some extra stuff i'd pay for that tbh

[whole turtle]

Yup. Loved the gun

[dreamy dagger]

Not by cutting the main story element for future content, lol.

[karmic ice]

Me too, I asked some decent questions but to no avail smh

[smoky hawk]

Ram 2 is ugly as sin to look at, its a brother to the Kharod, which also looks like a abomination

[jaunty token]

Mayhaps But When You Can Stagger Enemies With One Shot And Follow A Headshot While They're Staggered It Changes Stuff A Bit

[slow crypt]

I'd rather pay the modders to fix this mess than pay for DLC.

[smoky hawk]

they really did western weapons bas

[bitter plover]

sure buddy

[oak junco]

Same let the clowns mald

[delicate raptor]

i will pay for gsc to crush my balls in a vice, personally

[nocturne hatch]

OG Master was piece of cake,yeah it was hard but also rewarding

[smoky hawk]

by all means, I would thank you

[frigid hill]

krezzin has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

vrelik has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[slow crypt]

dlc area

[oak junco]

Id pay gsc to let me blow out some freedoms back

[floral elm]

Stalker always had a knack for obscure guns, Im all for it

[dreamy dagger]

To blow some Freedoms?

[oak junco]

@hot tulip stay lurking in the shadows clown

[floral elm]

make striker come back it was also impracitcal as hell IRL but undebniably cool

[whole turtle]

The Gauss Rifle looks way better now

[smoky hawk]

all of Stalker guns were cool, a shame that all futuristic weapons nowadays look like shit

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/laughing-face-itstommylove-stalker-stalker-2-laughing-gif-6737247334911736165

[smoky hawk]

[oak junco]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1308034374473617459/1408885149575151626/Sidorovich_ould_you_pay_me_in_advance_crop1_final.gif

[smoky hawk]

what did he do?

[dreamy dagger]

Why would Dee-Lite want to blow Freedoms?

[slow crypt]

Honestly, the modders have created more content, stories, adaptations, and material for Stalker than GSC itself. I don't see the point in giving money to a corporation that's destroying the community.

[hot tulip]

Too busy glitching my way through s2 to bring up how people's points are trash

[oak junco]

Clown reacting en mass

[proven hollow]

get gud

[nocturne hatch]

even animation when recharging it it looks so well done

[smoky hawk]

HO NO, THIS PERSONS DOWNVOTTING ME, THIS IS SO REDDIT UNWHOLESOME

[dreamy dagger]

Done with this bot

[oak junco]

https://tenor.com/view/i-want-the-zone-to-disappear-strelok-wishing-strelok-dreaming-strelok-cnpp-gif-11447586418020739844

[jaunty token]

[smoky hawk]

lol

[whole turtle]

Agreed. I hope we will get more guns. The Kora looks really well done aswell

[oak junco]

Wolf fell off after changing to S2 version

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/laughing-neil-degrasse-tyson-startalk-lol-thats-funny-gif-21983702

[whole turtle]

Im kinda surprised im still a novice

[hot tulip]

So did stalker 2 in general

[oak junco]

Fr sadly

[floral elm]

Then dont, lol

[dreamy dagger]

Wolf can suck my 2 nuts after my routine morning jogging session

[hot tulip]

Tends to happen when you release way too early

[oak junco]

I personally woulda waited until 2027 or 2028

[hot tulip]

True, releasing the alpha they did really hurt the hype

[dreamy dagger]

Stucker 2?

[jaunty token]

Game Falls Off Incredibly Hard After Everyone Gets Exos

[hot tulip]

I'd say sucker 2, but I'd crash while setting up

[dreamy dagger]

Stucker 2 sux?

[nocturne hatch]

what version was S2 when it was launched ? i don't remember, 1.1 ? since then GSC released 7 patches if my memory is right, improved stealth,added NVG's expanded radius bubble and fixed many bugs / glitches,added random econunter, etc

[floral elm]

1.0

[jaunty token]

Absolute Slog . Shit From An Ass Type Shir

[nocturne hatch]

i mean its not bad for 1 year old game with this big map ever

[hot tulip]

Having to hit 4 armor piercing headshots sucks

[dreamy dagger]

Game is weak?

[slow crypt]

You’ve got short films over an hour long, hundreds of story-driven mods from Reborn to alternative , and even some more serious ones like Dreamcatcher. They’ve created modified versions of the engine to improve modding and performance. Then you have the CoC community, Misery, Anomaly, Spanish-speaking mods in development like Vessel… I could go on for a long time with all the content that’s been created.

[jaunty token]

The BASE Is Strong But The GAME Is Buns

[hot tulip]

Cool plan, horrible execution

It's just a bad game atp

[floral elm]

I know, I'm saying nobody forces you to buy stalker 2 or dlcs or whatever

[hot tulip]

Set up a fantastic snipe, ap rounds, John F Kennedy a guy...and he turns around and beams you down

[nocturne hatch]

for me 1.0 was heaven,because of being able to snipe granite squad from the first floor

[floral elm]

you can just play mods or wait for stalker 2 mods to be released

if you dont like base game

[dreamy dagger]

Weakest game ever

[slow crypt]

And what does that have to do with what I said????

[floral elm]

,, I don't see the point in giving money to a corporation that's destroying the community."

[sudden rapids]

Is 1.7 out?

[drifting bear]

Not yet

[hot tulip]

No

[nocturne hatch]

no, probably with PS5 release

[floral elm]

nobody forces you pal

[dreamy dagger]

Nope

[hot tulip]

Give it like 2 weeks, then another week for the inevitable hot fixes its gonna need

[sudden rapids]

These announcements are pure clickbait lol

[dreamy dagger]

Way too much for this small dev to handle

[hot tulip]

Kinda yeah

[floral elm]

same I think they realese it before to get hotfxes ready

[karmic ice]

I'm waiting for the faction wars that was promised (Freedom vs Duty) in S2.

[hot tulip]

There's a whole section of game about that. Ended up being cut.

[nocturne hatch]

who said that ?

[slow crypt]

There's no point in dwelling on that when I didn't say otherwise; it's a typical response from a famboy

[sudden rapids]

Did I hear femboy? 👀

[floral elm]

huh?

[sudden rapids]

Misheard whoops

[jaunty token]

Pull Up Brainschorcher Sissy Hypnosis NOW

[slow crypt]

I don't see myself buying something, Don't buy it if you don't like it. It's like, okay? Mr. Obvious

[karmic ice]

Just name the game C.U.T.K.E.R. 2 atp

[delicate raptor]

got ur hopes up

[frigid hill]

robolord123 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[sudden rapids]

Yeee 😩

[floral elm]

someone goe too pent up from all the arguing

[hot tulip]

Wolf is just tasing people

[frigid hill]

robolord123 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[hot tulip]

Got him again

[delicate raptor]

this guy is such a prick

[karmic ice]

Wolf you are on a roll lmao

[jaunty token]

Wolf Hates Monolith

[floral elm]

he is on a killing spree

[floral elm]

RAMPAGE

[proven hollow]

Let's all just look forward to 1.7 and have a sn0rkin good time

[hot tulip]

"Killamanjaro!"

[proven hollow]

there we go!

[sudden rapids]

🫃

[hot tulip]

As it breaks every mod and makes files a pain to open

[karmic ice]

Oh right forgot about that lol

[hot tulip]

And then crashes

[floral elm]

my favourite word

[delicate raptor]

yea i’m really excited for 1.7, but better ballistics is like completely necessary for me to enjoy this game so i really hope that doesn’t break

[proven hollow]

they can't silence the truth forever

[floral elm]

I do hope weaker wepons will perform better

[hot tulip]

It did when 1.6 dropped. That and Better death animations

[floral elm]

I think with rebalance there is uge chance that'll happen, gotta give time for the modmakers to deal with it

unless it wont be about guns i dunno

[hot tulip]

Have modders fix GSC's stuff for them again

[floral elm]

I mean, basic balisstics is a mod so yeah thats up to them to fix

[sudden rapids]

Gsc should cancel stalker and make Cossacks remake

[fickle thistle]

is the game still broken

[hot tulip]

Oh I thought you meant 1.7 in General breaking stuff, I really assume the lowest of them atp

[floral elm]

actually I'd like cossacks remaek

[hot tulip]

Yeah

[robust pendant]

It wont ever be truly fixed entirely if thats your question

But what do you think its broken exactly

[fickle thistle]

damn

[sudden rapids]

same. i'd buy

[floral elm]

the softlocks are gone for the most part but the game still lacks more quests and A life

[sullen ivy]

1.7 is out ?

[hot tulip]

Yeah it sucks pretty bad rn

[robust pendant]

Not yet

[floral elm]

not yet

[sudden rapids]

he looks so dreamy there 🥰

[floral elm]

Wolf after running a killing spree here

[hot tulip]

No, 2 weeks probs, the like 2 weeks for competent programmers to fix it

[slow crypt]

They'll be waiting to see if a mod comes out that fixes something.

[floral elm]

[nocturne hatch]

hey this is cardan boyfriend

[floral elm]

fact status: T R U E

[sudden rapids]

best thing of living in the zone is that massive daydrinking is socially accepted

[floral elm]

we need cigaretes now

and later meth

[graceful dirge]

They had to know that random announcement post with no further info would result in so much 1.7 out?? dialogue rip

[sudden rapids]

gamma has fent

[floral elm]

I want skif to be addicted to crack but be able to run halfway through map witout losing stamina

[nocturne hatch]

cigars could reduce radiation and improves stamina regen ?

[cobalt fiber]

cigarettes reduce stress thus recoil

[floral elm]

Probably devrese it if all but maybe decrease PSI impact

[hot tulip]

Most of us expect nothing at this point

[floral elm]

It gives skif +10 aura but after prolonged use he gets lung cancer and dies (fifth ending)

[graceful dirge]

...and we're still let down

[hot tulip]

Kinda yeah lmfao

[jaunty token]

Wrong. Make Weed Increase Psi Protection. Thoughts?

[nocturne hatch]

because of the NDA,have patience guys

[hot tulip]

And wait for a broken update that'll ruin my save files and break every mod I've put together to make the game playable and fun

[cobalt fiber]

All I am permitted to say is

[jaunty token]

This Message Was Written By Freedom Hands

[cobalt fiber]

Fishing update is coming

🐟

[sudden rapids]

yahooooo!

[nocturne hatch]

it will not ruin older saves

[sudden rapids]

i want to have an animal farm with tamed fleshes. when will we get this expansion?

[cobalt fiber]

Updates and mods compatibility is something you gamble with in any modded game

Let’s not pretend it’s only stalker

[sudden rapids]

Stardew Valley x Stalker 2 collab

[karmic ice]

Animal Farm?

[hot tulip]

1.6 broke every file i had

[hot tulip]

I assume the lowest of them atp

[nocturne hatch]

maybe mods, but save files didn't at least on my PC and i've started a new playthrough with mods on 1.5.x update

[hot tulip]

1.6 destroyed my series x save files, even an unmodded one

[cobalt fiber]

mods game
modders don’t sort out their creations as soon as update drops
its GSCs fault!!!!!

Mods are a gamble my friend

[nocturne hatch]

litteraly this :))

[graceful dirge]

It's going to be hard 🙂 Jokes aside, we wanna avoid spoilers, mostly. I can say that resources are low. Items are not as durable, and traders are not as economically friendly.

Honestly, this #📜┃gsc-answers response about 1.7 sounds like "hard in all the wrong ways" lmao anyone agree? I understand a lot behind NDA but Nothing with mention of player versus enemy damages really the meat and potatoes of difficulty, and only arbitrary non-combat difficulty spikes added through finding less resources, worse weapon durability and higher prices. Now I can't imagine that's all it will come with, but sure seems from that blurb like it's as some of us feared not the "true" version of Master difficulty we wanted, but gamified one one that takes all of the problems with Veteran and exacerbates them further

[hot tulip]

You know what it's gonna be. You go down in one, they go down in like 10.

[fickle hill]

I don't have a single mod just RAW VANILLA

[cobalt fiber]

We love it raw

😏

[graceful dirge]

I'll stick with Better Ballistics thank the lord for @iron pewter 🙏

[fickle hill]

Monday night raw

[hot tulip]

And it still doesn't work

[hot tulip]

Until it breaks for about 2 weeks once 1.7 drops

[nocturne hatch]

i just used better flashlight made by Ace ? and weather overhaul + better weapon reposition so your weapon don't stay in your face when you're not aiming via iron-sights

immo GSC could add weapon FOV too to adress this issues and a better flashlight

[cobalt fiber]

With the complaint @ every message you’d think people were forced to play the game

[graceful dirge]

I have a lot good to say as well, but with all the time spent on it you'll naturally notice the bad along with that

[cobalt fiber]

I played at launch and personally won’t touch for another ~6 months or so

At which point I’d hope it’ll be where it was envisioned to be

Got all the endings so I’m not missing much in the meanwhile

[hot tulip]

Tbh it probably won't be

[cobalt fiber]

Collar side quest never got done because of bugs though

[hot tulip]

Maybe like another year from now tho

[cobalt fiber]

It’s come a long way vs launch already

[graceful dirge]

On the contrary, I played at launch and have never stopped, still quite not where I'd have hoped it would be even a year on, but I've been glad to be playing along the while in a mostly stable experience whole time on Series X

[ebon blade]

Which one? The Lesser Zone collar job or the multi-level collar job?

[karmic ice]

I just realised I need to disable all of my mods to actually trigger Gonta's quest and even when the mods got updated that quest was still bugged (no audio and interactions with him).

[hot tulip]

Yeah because of course lmfao

[karmic ice]

Wow gsc

[graceful dirge]

Still was really surprised with SDK launch and getting some actually great console mods as soon as we did so I'm continuing to hold out my faith while enjoying what we've got

[cobalt fiber]

Multi level

It’s been fixed since afaik

It was literally one collar at the time where if you’d killed an enemy you couldn’t later loot it

[karmic ice]

Yeah the modmakers for S2 are the only reason I'm considering even touching this game. They all have the utmost respect from me.

[cobalt fiber]

And I’d done mega exploration thus had killed it

Everything else worked bar zalissya at the time though

I tested out a few weeks ago and was blown away by how far the improvements have come along since then

Was going to do a full ward run as opposed to reloading saves at points in which endings change but then got lost in the backlog

KCD2 and Snake Eater had to be done, and finally got Alan Wake 2 since the last oct sales

[frigid hill]

doughybaby has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[karmic ice]

Bruh

[fickle hill]

We got all these 2s but no Iron Giant 2

[karmic ice]

All that for Wolf to...Come on lmao

[floral elm]

He is vicious today

[karmic ice]

You can dm me if u want to lol

[sharp lake]

anyone going to do a master difficulty play through?

[karmic ice]

Will do once it releases

[sharp lake]

id like to see how they are going to implement it

[sudden rapids]

probably yea

[floral elm]

Probably yeah

[sharp lake]

die in one hit from everything and even less money

[floral elm]

Peak stalker experience

[fickle hill]

Have a fresh start grab my AK and shove it in the stash and I will be ready

[dense condor]

they should make master difficulty a paid DLC

[graceful dirge]

...Yeah lmao I think I just wasn't paying attention and dropped an f-bomb in the middle of my message lol, was just generally saying I already had so many hours by the time mods dropped on console I was like wow how have I been doing this for so long without them, BB alone has made the game so much more enjoyable for me

[fickle hill]

That would be crazy

[karmic ice]

Haha no worries man and yeah agreed. It really is enjoyable

[sharp lake]

master difficulty is going to be borderline impossible

[fickle hill]

What's a little challenge?

[karmic ice]

Unless you find the best strategy...

[sharp lake]

theres parts in that game that are just chaos and you cant really do much

[karmic ice]

Sircaa on Master can kiss my

[fickle hill]

Steaming hot buns

It's gonna be funny for those who rock master and they enter Pripyat

That's where the fun begins

[karmic ice]

Lol let's see what anomalies will gsc implement now for early pripyat skippers

[fickle hill]

I mean we did get a literal fireball

[floral elm]

Anomaly ball crusher

[karmic ice]

That's not what I meant but ok lol

[floral elm]

When you get to prypiat early GSC employee will come to your house to perform CBT on you

[sudden rapids]

me when I got baited into the announcement channel for a nothingburger

[karmic ice]

Well jokes on you I have the compass and magic rock artifacts equipped with lead protection in my belt

What CBT?

[fickle hill]

Critical Belt throater

[sharp lake]

all i want is more stamina

[floral elm]

C(l)0ck and ball t0rture

[graceful dirge]

cognitive behavioral therapy aka monolith brainwash

[fickle hill]

GSC will send 3 ghosts their left boot, the gibus, and their right boot

[left crystal]

I hope this difficulty is well balanced

Hopefully no sponges

[sharp lake]

id like to see the player deal more damage

[fickle hill]

What do you mean our bullets will just bounce off metal helmets

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/call-police-calling-call-spongebob-patrick-star-gif-14250970

[fickle cosmos]

I am the Chinese Christmas Clown

[left crystal]

It makes sense to kill with 1 headshot, 2 Max if weapon is weak, anything over that is a turn off they just make enemies better I hope

Player weaker maybe idk

[fickle cosmos]

Damage overhaul perhaps? idk guns don't feel right

[vocal wave]

so master difficulty will make weapons even less durable... what a joke

[karmic ice]

This makes sense, I need the 416 to actually do that in base S2.

[left crystal]

That sounds like it might break the economy a bit

[fickle hill]

Pull up the aim labs and hit your shots

[fickle cosmos]

they need to fix repair costs, buff calibers and certain enemies as per difficulty. maybe like level scaling based on region idk

[karmic ice]

If only it was caliber based damage, then master difficulty would work well for once.

[vocal wave]

It's easier to just not touch master difficulty isn't it

[fickle hill]

Finally someone can think

[fickle cosmos]

It should be caliber-based yes but also weapons should have a damage influence via velocity

[left crystal]

Yeah won't be bad idea but like enemies should get harder with progression too even in some regions that are easy but get affected by events later

[fickle cosmos]

yeah

[vocal wave]

I bet you will need 20 headshots on EXO with AK and it will break in 15

[fickle cosmos]

They should also really put variety in the drops, The enemies drop basically no variation of gear

[vocal wave]

hahaha

[karmic ice]

Total cost to repair 10k koupons lmao

[left crystal]

The game have less guns than the previous games too and a lot doesn't feel like before

[left crystal]

Like I used to love trying different pistols of different calibers

[karmic ice]

True, I need my AN94, the FN2000, maybe add some variants of the AKs (AKM for example) etc.

[sick shale]

I am really hoping master mode is more than just number changes to eco & enemy health/damage

[vocal wave]

but yeah, I don't know how I feel in a worse economy, less durability and worse deals. Feels like a scam lol

[fickle hill]

Dude I find a Saiga and the cooler sniper and saiga at 59% was a little over 6k and the sniper was also at 59% and it was 16k

[karmic ice]

Lmao imagine it in master now

[fickle hill]

59k probs

[sick shale]

yeah

[karmic ice]

Might as well play misery at that point

[sick shale]

Hopefully they do changes more to enemy behaviour (new attacks as a example or changes to attacks for example)

[fickle hill]

Jarvis, Put Stalker stats on enemys and equipment repairs on 99999% impossible

[sick shale]

than to just "You when from needing one mag to kill a blood sucker to two or three, now to five mags"

[vocal wave]

I hope they added more save slots, I already have all 3 full and I'm not deleting one of them over master difficulty

[fickle hill]

6 is reasonable

[vocal wave]

yeah 5 or 6 seems like a good amount

[sick shale]

hmm

I would say 7 here, but 5 or 6 works

[vocal wave]

but yeah, I am not deleting anything 😄

every save has like 60 or 70 hours at least

[sick shale]

at least they made it easier to back up saves

[vocal wave]

I still don't know how to use that part

[fickle hill]

Someone probably has 300 hours just exploring the lesser zone

[sick shale]

saw it in my appdata folder, local section under stalker 2

[sick shale]

Hoping we'll get the RPD here

[karmic ice]

Oh great choice

[ebon blade]

230 for me.

[fickle hill]

Well what do ya know

[sick shale]

we only got the one MG, which is in the later section of the game, plus it wouldn't hurt to get a lighter option

[fickle hill]

Leaving no stone unturned

[sick shale]

anyone here got recommendation for which halo campiagn to start with?

only got MCC to clarify

[bitter plover]

doubt that will happen. 3 save slot limit is bcs of console reasons and they said long time ago, that it wont change even on PC

[sick shale]

sadness

[karmic ice]

Combat Evolved every single time. It's the best followed by reach imo

[sick shale]

so I assume CE than reach or what you mean?

new to halo is why I am asking

[karmic ice]

Ok, hold up lemme give you the order

CE>H2>H3>ODST>Reach>H4

These are the order in release

[sick shale]

k

[karmic ice]

Oh btw there's the Halo Campaign Evolved coming in 2026 if you don't know. It's just a UE5 remake of Halo Combat Evolved.

[sick shale]

I shall be blunt, UE5 has a bit of a sour taste in the mouth considering the state of a number of them I have seen

so I don't mind just doing the one in MCC currently

[karmic ice]

Same thoughts, and that's why I will always prefer the classics. Combat Evolved is a timeless classic that has a soul. The remake.... I'm not so sure.

Yeah and I always play on classic graphics rather than anniversary one

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/halo-teabag-gif-12948320

[karmic ice]

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/halo-gif-12948310

[karmic ice]

[hardy totem]

Man, I used to play Halo CE from my original disc a bunch

[weary hedge]

https://youtu.be/GTQem4e9rGM?si=3IPTco3La1s-Iydd

[vocal wave]

They can keep 3 for them. I don't care

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/master-chief-worship-chief-thicc-rainbow-six-gif-8900329030467100556

[north jackal]

So is A-Life in the game now?

[plain fiber]

Yeah, I'm all caught up on everything in-game. As of right now, it seems like all of the new stuff is happening in the real world.

[left wagon]

How is everyone doing today?

[kindred fable]

Nope

[sage dew]

I hope thw devs understand what master difficulty was in og stalker, cause it wasnt "a challenfe" it was the most fair play possible. Seeing how stalker handles difficulty I suspect the bulletspoges will get spongier.

[north jackal]

Lying bastards

[frozen spoke]

Is S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 heart of Chernobyl worth the money ?

[robust pendant]

It was never fair in the ogs

[robust pendant]

It was just "make it harder and thats it"

[robust pendant]

If you get it at a sale, and you really like the stalker setting, maybe

[sage dew]

Oh yeah ? why?

[robust pendant]

If you havent played the original games tho, Id start for that

[frozen spoke]

I'm on ps5 that's why I'm asking

[robust pendant]

Because it would just make it harder, thats it. You die faster

Its not a fair trade because you also get less resources, much much less

[sage dew]

u fki kidding me ? I was modding stalker back i 2007

[robust pendant]

And?

Just because you know how to mod, doesnt mean you are wrong

[sage dew]

And so I know how it works and I base my argument on facts not emotions

[robust pendant]

And the facts you speak of as bs, as demonstrated here #📸┃trilogy-screenshots message

[kindred fable]

I mean, there's no clear definition for A-Life so technically they are not lying, anything can be A-Life if there's no definition. But if we define A-Life as something that AT LEAST has persistent NPCs - it isn't there yet

[sage dew]

lol but this proves my point xD

[robust pendant]

Also, surdno, one of the biggest stalker lovers which could tell you everything about the game and its builds, have confirmed this: #⭐┃nospoilers_general message

[sage dew]

... kids xD

[robust pendant]

What point? You said it was fair, and it never was

Like, the same chart tells you "oh yeah you die faster and you get less stuff" thats not fair, by definition

[north thistle]

Why are all of these Free Stalker in MY Holy Monolith Bible group chat?

Oh speaking of which…

[kindred fable]

Your lil clan gets eradicated, simple as

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/wow-holy-cow-gif-20790708

[obtuse veldt]

You know.....

He went on the Lost Alpha team...

[north thistle]

“Those who take up arms in the name of the Holy Monolith shall die knowing that their lives are going towards the greater cause.”

• 2 Monolithian 13:14

[ebon blade]

Secret Yantar Underground, related to the ARG too?

[robust pendant]

Oh, so even worse!

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/sidorovich-eating-sidorovich-stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl-soc-intro-gif-15651740733092594213

Yes.

[robust pendant]

Tbf I havent played lost alpha much, I just heard everyone dislikes it. So I cant really state its quality

[weary hedge]

Bruh what a take lmao

[plain fiber]

Yeah man, I've got everything that's been found so far.

[robust pendant]

What?

[frozen spoke]

That's all I needed to see I'm gonna buy it and all the old ones

[robust pendant]

I just said I cant say if its good or bad, cause I havent played it

[stuck grove]

I have switched to Veteran diff around Duga and let me tell you, if GSC increases NPC damage they will instagib you in Lesser Zone. It's already ridiculous with certain boss fights at the end, like that guy melting 80% of my health with AKM-74S or that other guy with Gauss Rifle taking 80% of your health while you are locked in animation trying to push buttons. They need to work on AI, I very often can't tell if I am fighting a human or zombie and even funnier, I think zombies pose bigger threat because they use suppressive fire and actually push you. Stalkers just stand in the open and beg to be headshotted.

I forgot to mention, I had 4 bars of physical resist + Compass (or Hypercube, I always mix those two). So max armor.

[dreamy dagger]

Depends what you seek

[plain fiber]

That's not true at all. Master difficulty in the original trilogy simply put the player and NPCs on more event footing. If anything it was more fair, since you the player no longer had any special bonses, you were just another meat sack like everyone else.

[ebon blade]

I was actually in the Yantar Underfround when an Emission hit.

[robust pendant]

Yeah I dont agree with this

I mean, just making it harder doesnt make it great. You dying faster? Ok, I can get it.
But you barely get any resources whatsoever

[frozen spoke]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-funny-cat-cat-funny-cat-flashbang-flashbang-gif-8479999063609699416

[dense sandal]

so in the cnpp wht are is the big round ball things?

[plain fiber]

Go pull up the chart from the subreddit and paste it here then. Actually... @ebon blade you know the chart I'm talking about right? Would you be able to paste it in here for me? Should be a link in the subreddit side bar.

[robust pendant]

And you already die a lot in stalker, so imagine in master

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-funny-cat-cat-funny-cat-flashbang-flashbang-gif-8479999063609699416

[robust pendant]

Its on #📸┃trilogy-screenshots I just posted it

[dense sandal]

is the sctotcher things?

[plain fiber]

Oh yeah, I forgot about the forward feature! Thanks Tejas.

[dense sandal]

idk what these round ball looking statue things re in the cnpp

theres like 10 of em

[robust pendant]

I always forget it exists

[tall hawk]

those are from the old Target

[dense sandal]

they all destoyed

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/bruh-lol-what-confused-look-gif-14863730

[frozen spoke]

😧

[dense sandal]

are they the brain scortchers?

its crazy that even tho we cant enter the cnpp they actually modeled it

[weary hedge]

Why wouldn’t they

[dense sandal]

most games wont model stuff this well if it has a death barrier

[plain fiber]

I never had a problem with the reduced loot from corpses and containers. As for S2's Master difficulty, it sounds more akin to a Hardcore Mode in the same vein as MISERY or something.

[dense sandal]

anyone know what those round metal things are in the cnpp

[plain fiber]

The generators?

[dense sandal]

that might be theres lik 10 of em near eachother

[weary hedge]

You got a pic?

These?

[dense sandal]

yee

[nocturne hatch]

generators

[dense sandal]

these ones im at are destoyed

[weary hedge]

Yeah those are generators

[dense sandal]

god cnpp look so cool man

[weary hedge]

If you take the spark route you get to go through Death Valley and get a really nice close up of everything

[ebon blade]

Are you talking about the Generators? (where Emissions come from)

[nocturne hatch]

CNPP itself is not the same as Generators

[dense sandal]

wait thy why theres emisiions?? thats so cool

[cyan sparrow]

Ohhh Stalker 2 going away from game pass, and the subscription itself going up to 30$, horrendously and diabolically from microsoft.

[weary hedge]

Nah but CNPP is hella close

[dense sandal]

so that bit goine down is hitting the gennys?

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/eyeroll-smh-wow-what-shocked-gif-20024044

[dense sandal]

ones im looking at are broken but fother where i cant go i see genators that are seem to be intack

[nocturne hatch]

it is but its not meant to be open yet 😄

[dense sandal]

theres alot of gennnys

[nocturne hatch]

inside the CNPP we should have now the golden corridor, Control Rooms,Reactor 1 2 and 3 and 4 (4 should be damaged with huge hole leading to an underground area

im pretty sure CNPP will get itself a special DLC

[weary hedge]

Soon ™

[dense sandal]

isnt the monolith or truth speaker in the cnpp?

[nocturne hatch]

the wish granter ?

[dense sandal]

yeaa wish granter

[nocturne hatch]

of course along with monolith lab

[dense sandal]

and brain scortcher is near malacithe right?

[nocturne hatch]

yeah and some part of it is opened

the old antennas,but lab beneath its closed,same for lab-x19 in lake yantar

[dense sandal]

as a song lyric song zone may kill you but it is beautiful and its your home

[bitter plover]

its comming off as any other third party game after some time (1 year for S2), bcs contract ended

its not like xbox woke up and chose to put stalker off

[dense sandal]

ah contracts funnest things ever..

[bitter plover]

and for GSC, its even better this way probably, bcs many ppl are saying, that they will now buy the game

[dense sandal]

i was happy i bought the collecters editn

my fav edition yet imo

[plain fiber]

20 after 15 and I already feel like going to bed.

Doesn't help it feels more like it's 5 or even 6. Ah, good old Autumn/Winter sunlight schedule.

[fervent spear]

Imagine if they made the myth that master mode makes enemies have less health true for stalker 2

[ebon blade]

One year is long enough to finish the game, if not multiple times.
If you really like it, Stalker 2 is on sale for only $32 on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/S-T-L-K-R-Heart-Chernobyl-Xbox/dp/B09F1D1WXJ/ref=rvi_d_sccl_1/142-9768777-3398408?th=1

[polar silo]

Considering the horrendous state of this game on release it wasn’t great to play for quite a few months and is still slowly getting better

[vapid galleon]

is that a question? or you are just testing us?

[bitter plover]

everywhere. If someone likes it and is now mad, that its comming from gamepass, they should have bought it on sale long ago

[polar silo]

Amazing game now albeit still flawed. Still gonna be buying it but like it launched horribly which really limited that year long on gamepass

[ebon blade]

I've been playing Stalker 2 non-stop for the past 11 months. I'm still on my first game.

[polar silo]

Yea that’s ridiculous

[frozen spoke]

It's a question because I've seen it was recently added to where I can pre order it on ps5 and I wanna know if I should buy it

[polar silo]

You’re in the official stalker discord. The answer is gonna be yes lol

[frozen spoke]

Ight

[ebon blade]

Not if you're having a good time. Most people finishing the game quickly,
only see about 20% of what's in the game. There is so much to explore.

[thorn niche]

Like the same save?

[vapid galleon]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-gif-18174868

[thorn niche]

Cuz if so, me too

[fervent spear]

The game will only get better from here (plus with mods everything is fixable)

[ebon blade]

I constantly make new manual and quick saves as I go.

[polar silo]

Yea 11 months non stop on the same save is absurd. Game doesn’t have enough quests or content without mods to sustain that long of a playtime on a single save

[gusty hearth]

I bet I was fergoten

[ebon blade]

That's not true. Just because you've been to a place once, does not mean it cannot really change in repeat visits.

[frozen spoke]

I got all the stalkers on PlayStation

[astral vault]

when native FSR 4 support?

WHEN°!

[polar silo]

Oh boy shooting 4 Mercs and maybe killing a few mutants in my return visits. Without mods and how spawns work currently the game barely changes on repeat visits past like 5 times

To each their own

[dense sandal]

man imagine co op in stalker 2 wher you can be like pripyat n your friend could be in the swamp

[polar silo]

Be sweet

[weary hedge]

i love cinamonroll!

boka cinamon!

[waxen kernel]

Oh wow, announcement that is gameplay related

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/cinnamoroll-cinnamon-roll-cinnamoroll-sanrio-character-fan-chilly-gif-7252094367905031993

[weary hedge]

oke

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/cinnamoroll-cinnamon-roll-cinnamoroll-sanrio-character-fan-chilly-gif-7252094367905031993

[weary hedge]

what is that supposed to mean mr tejas

[weary hedge]

BOKA CINAMON!!!!! this is the true face of the monolith

[ebon blade]

Just a Loner having a smoke break.

[weary hedge]

duty is the best faction in the game, any takers?

[polar silo]

Wrong

Monolith >

[hardy totem]

not even in the top 5

[polar silo]

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

No gif perms

[stuck grove]

Spark, it's Monolith but with extra steps

[ebon blade]

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

[polar silo]

[weary hedge]

ok? what is the top 5 for you then

[weary hedge]

explain yourself

[ebon blade]

You need to reach Rank 50 to do so.

[wide narwhal]

1.7 update is seriously a difficulty setting!? Thats it. Im deleting this game. Im not downloading another 20gig update for a difficulty that makes the bullet sponges and charges a bullet at used car prices. If this BS isnt spyware i don't know what it is.

[hardy totem]

1. Loners
2. Monolith
3. Freedom
4. Mercenaries
5. bandits

[south parcel]

Hello

[wide narwhal]

@ebon blade why does the game get worse every update

[south parcel]

Which edition of stalker 2 should I preorder for PS5

[wide narwhal]

None

Get cyperpunk.

[south parcel]

I already have cyberpunk

[stuck grove]

[wide narwhal]

Do you have 200g for a walking simulator then?

[still edge]

not gonna lie, im getting kinda excited for 1.7, imagine if they finally add alife to the game , that would be LIT!

[south parcel]

Sure do

[wide narwhal]

Yeah waste your money on this then.

[south parcel]

Is the game not good or something?

[still edge]

actually

1. gooners
2. loners
3. monolith
4. mercenaries
   5.freedom
   6.bandits

[vapid galleon]

1Loners
2Monolith
3Duty
4Mercenaries
5Military

[wide narwhal]

The last update made enemies invincible kf they stand behind a bush

Or a tree branch

[vapid galleon]

one of the best. Duty's lore is insane

[south parcel]

what the heck?

[vapid galleon]

this photo always cool and feel me very deep

[wide narwhal]

You can tell there are a lot of bots here pretending to be users having discussion

[stuck grove]

I think that's for 1.8 at least. I am fresh after beating the game and 1.7 with master difficulty would be great.

I think they will add new weather effects, rework consumables (no more kidney stones for Skif) and maybe also better loot in stashes.

[south parcel]

But overall is the game good?

[wide narwhal]

This game is the very definition of Moving the Goalpost

[still edge]

i want to believe in alife, i neeeeeeed it, if they add it i would be even more happy for many years

[ebon blade]

My biggest complaint is the recent 1.6 Patch, that replaced all the Bloodsuckers in the wild, with Burers.
You run into a Burer out in the open and if you are too close, one wave of its hand, and your health is gone.

[still edge]

what you mean

[south parcel]

I really hope it isn't a broken mess on PS5

[wide narwhal]

Kinda. There is no story, youre playing for a semi realistic shooting sim. But now its just....goofy

[shell flax]

Source: His Ass

[stuck grove]

wut, I don't get wild burers

[south parcel]

Wdym no story

[vapid galleon]

:Loners:
:Free Stalkers:

[wide narwhal]

A life should have been a part since launch. Its been years and they are adding a new difficulty mode.

[south parcel]

Are you pushing bs?

[shell flax]

Yes

[wide narwhal]

To quote a guy here. The story is. "Somehow, monolith returned."

And then you go to the center of the zone again to deal with C-con

[polar silo]

That’s such a high level for gifs oml

[south parcel]

No matter I'm still excited for it

[ebon blade]

That's new just this summer. Before that, you could only do it in screens_and_videos.

[south parcel]

I love the stalker games

[shell flax]

Also I love how this word for word describes Anomaly, not S2

[polar silo]

The story is pretty good man. Each to their own ig but to straight up say it’s garbage and the game is too is just crazy lol

[wide narwhal]

Dude you could tell me that the guy who made stalker anomaly made stalker 2 and I'd believe it.

[shell flax]

ok now I know you’re trolling

[south parcel]

It can't be that bad

[wide narwhal]

Ooh remember strelok? Ooh remember scar? Ooo oh remember monolith. Oooo hope we dont run into those guis

[stuck grove]

bro you were skipping cutscenes? Faust triggered psy-wave from huge-ass radars at Duga brainwashing every ex-monolithian, C-Con is dead and what is happening is the zone is being tampered by SIRCAA

it's ok storyline, you be hating the game because of some bugs or what? sure no alife sucks but it's still pretty gucci 7/10, with alife it might be 8/10

[shell flax]

Hi Deathguard 2.0

[wide narwhal]

I dont want to spoiler but honest to god. How do you say what it is without spoiling.
Yer a guy who wants his apartment back. Thats it for story.

[south parcel]

I'm thinking about replaying SoC

[polar silo]

This channel is fine for spoilers. Or you could use the supper awesome feature of spoilers|| like this||