☢┃stalker-general

[wild epoch]

who doesn't take the hint that we're using no-spoiler text coverage just out of the courtesy of the fellow discordians.

[fickle hill]

You got #⭐┃nospoilers_general

[wild epoch]

I know there is a no spoilers general, but I'm still covering it because most of them hang out here.

[fickle hill]

That's little timmys problem

[full wigeon]

Idk man, it's courtesy right? But you do you

[fickle hill]

Hey man I was just putting it out there since why pick the same choices just to get an ending then if you picked a save and take 30 extra minutes just to get the other thing

[full wigeon]

My data sucks ass, I might be 20 messages behind

[fickle hill]

Maybe

[wild epoch]

That final bit in the credits, the message from GSC

[fickle hill]

Get him outta here @ebon blade

Another lamb to the slaughter

[cyan mulch]

How this always happen to you

[ebon blade]

Do you know what happened to me?

[fierce nexus]

[robust pendant]

Not a demake, more like an AI remaster and thats it

[fierce nexus]

Glorp be with you, stalkers

[shell flax]

Burer?

[ebon blade]

Yep. I was going after some Bandits and ran into not one but two Burers.

In previous Patches, this area would have been two Bloodsuckers.

[fickle hill]

Soon it's gonna be a couple of Chimeras

Thats when exploring the zone will only become more fun

The hunter becomes the hunted when you forget your machine gun

[wild epoch]

A true hunter always brings a shotgun

[still vortex]

Never played any of the stalker games but is it worth getting stalker 2?

[wild epoch]

yes

youve been in this server for almost a year, surely you have some type of opinion for yourself

[robust pendant]

What are you looking for in S2?
And what are your specs?

Also, would recommend playing the trilogy, ngl. At least, SoC

[still vortex]

@wild epoch yeah been here for a minute kept my eye since it launched but seen that it wasn’t in a good state so I held off from buying it

[robust pendant]

Maybe you could wait a bit more for the update. Its not in a bad state per se, but theres an update and an engine upgrade incoming. It could help a lot

[still vortex]

@robust pendant honestly just looking for something that’s fun to play I’m really into survival games so S2 looks amazing but I’m running a 4070 with a i7-13700kf

[robust pendant]

1. Idk if it is a survival game per se, really. Theres not many survival elements. Its more like a shooter with a couple of rpg elements
2. what resolution is your monitor?

[still vortex]

@robust pendant 2560x1440.

[robust pendant]

Well, at least on performance, you wont have that many problems. Maybe you'll need to tweak the settings a bit. If you really want to be safe, wait for the engine upgrade. If you like the game, cool. If you dont, you can refund

Or you can always turn on dlss quality

[still vortex]

@robust pendant is the story missions pretty long and is there a lot of side missions ?

[violet dune]

to explore everything it took me 120+hr

[robust pendant]

Yes and mostly yes

35 hours or so only on main mission, 120 or so to complete fully

And this is if you are a bit impatient

[violet dune]

to complete fully you need to replay 4 times

[robust pendant]

Actually nvm, you will have a bit of a struggle

50-60 on heavy areas unless you tweak settings and/or use dlss

Most benchmarks I see just crank it up to epic or high

[still vortex]

@robust pendant After completing the quest is there other stuff to do in game or no? Btw thanks for answering my questions been looking at S2 for a minute now

[wild epoch]

There is no free roam after the last mission, you have a point of no return where the game warns you that you will be locked into the final mission if you continue

[robust pendant]

I remember some people asking about the freeplay too, but because they thought that SoC had freeplay. When thats only included though a mod

[still edge]

they used ai? broooo no way

[robust pendant]

Yep way

[still edge]

thats insane 🤦‍♂️

[robust pendant]

The story is basically hiring a company to do it. They did improved the engine with multithreadding and some cool effects but their AI upscaled stuff. At launch it looked even worse than rn

It is in a decent state and its got some cool QoL features, but thats it. I see no reason to play them over the vanilla games

[still edge]

the fact that someone can get paid for using AI tools to make the work for them sign me in

[north thistle]

The Monolith wishes to share his wisdom with you all.

He told me to tell you all that the best way to shut your homies up is to kiss them.

You can trust this because I am the Monolith High Priest and definitely know what the Monolith said and wants.

[wild epoch]

[north thistle]

Sidorovich is a Monolithian spy btw

[primal nimbus]

Bull

[north thistle]

Trust me bro

[north thistle]

Monolith said so, so it’s true

Honest

[vernal lily]

honse

[fierce nexus]

Fellas

I just had a burer rip the texan out of my hands and kill me with it

Peak

[atomic trout]

I want a m1a2 Abrams

[atomic trout]

How did you let that happen

[fierce nexus]

Well, it yanked it out of my hands

And when I tried to pick it up, it lifted it in the air and point blanked me

[atomic trout]

LmOoo

[fierce nexus]

Shotgun to the face hurts

[atomic trout]

I'm new to stalker are they the little dwarf things

[fierce nexus]

Burer dead now

I win

[fierce nexus]

Yes

[atomic trout]

Well done

Do you know what monster is making the load groaning sounds in lesser zone

[fierce nexus]

What you mean

[atomic trout]

When I'm just roaming around I hear this monsters like low deep growl/groan but I'm not sure if it's an actual monster or just the games sound

[fierce nexus]

Just the game's ambient audio most likely

[atomic trout]

Ah dang I wanted to go kill it , what's a touch mutation to kill ?

Tough *

[fierce nexus]

Tough mutants to kill?

[atomic trout]

Yeas I want a challenge

[fierce nexus]

The chimera can definitely be a challenge

It's one of the strongest

[atomic trout]

Where do you find that

[fierce nexus]

Pseudogiants too

[atomic trout]

I'll put this on my list too

[fierce nexus]

There's one in the Night Hunt mission

Aside from that, I've found them in the swamps around Zaton

They're kind of rare, but they are hard to fight

[fierce nexus]

Might also be worth checking out the Arena in Rostok

[main jewel]

this server gets attacked by scams everyday golly

[still edge]

searching for success stories of games going through ue5.1 to 5.5 , some games are gettings 30%- 50% fps increase just by updating the engine

Gray Zone Warfare, Direct Contact, Backrooms Rec.

im kinda pumped for the ue5 engine update after finding this info

[wide timber]

sorry

[north thistle]

It’s okay bro 😊

[lost kindle]

What's up with all the negative reviews on steam? Why do people care about that weird MISERY game so much when you can just play stalker and be happy?

[fickle hill]

They got the death grip on the orbs

The magic orbs is what they cling to

When there's a game there's hogs and horse riders

[still edge]

mostly Z-guys, my guess

weakest rage bait

[mossy ginkgo]

u, aight

[still edge]

try again

[mossy ginkgo]

berserk is overated

[still edge]

try again

[lost kindle]

Hmm well gsc probably has reasons. Personally I took one look at MISERY and I immediately didn't wanna play it. Stalker with boring ahh survival mechanics.

[ebon blade]

Take all conversations about other games to en_offtop.

[lilac hornet]

What’s your guys thoguhts on stalker lost alpha mod?

[wicked magnet]

Which one?

[lilac hornet]

DC

Is lost alpha supposed to be hard?

[mossy ginkgo]

"they have their reasons" like just erasing my comments, just like that reasons, cool

[mossy ginkgo]

nice

[lost kindle]

There are always raisins. If the raisins are good or not is a different matter lol

[mossy ginkgo]

totally agree tho, that makes the take down just even more senseless

[lilac hornet]

@mossy ginkgo nice pfp

What is it

[vernal lily]

Kiwi

[lost kindle]

Birb

[vernal lily]

I am considering getting one, most accurate depiction of a kiwi bird without it being too ugly.

[lost kindle]

Oh it's a plushie! I thought it was the actual bird in their pfp lol

[vernal lily]

[stark crescent]

Hello stalkers!

[wicked magnet]

It is one of the best mods, and yes, it is more difficult than vanilla.

[wicked magnet]

https://youtu.be/tPz5RCUjI1s?si=c2HkpL8chPGvIm-U

A rather superficial video

[burnt bridge]

Hey @acoustic orchid when do you think we will get 1.7? 😅

[tacit ingot]

@acoustic orchid

[ebon blade]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtDAK7Umk7A

[stark crescent]

Hey jammer, when do you think we will get 1.7

[burnt bridge]

Hmm I’m gonna guess the 16th

[stark crescent]

Cool

[burnt bridge]

Welcome 🤗

[golden gulch]

Any updates on the upcoming Master Mode?
I'm curious about what they gonna do to the ballistic, given how they said(did they?) "if a bullet can drop you it can drop your enemies".

[wicked magnet]

I think we should expect announcements this week. There should be some kind of PR before the release.

[lunar spoke]

Soon™

I really wish the Master difficulty will be a total overhaul. The penetration stat being removed, the guns dealing damage depending on the caliber and the late-game armor not being that efficient. I hated how late-game was just a bit more hardcore Call of Duty with bullet sponge enemies

[dreamy dagger]

Hey jeruz, when do you think we will get 1.9.9?

[honest ferry]

Monolit

[gaunt jungle]

Why did Stalker 2 have to run on UE5, the random ass white dots (when not radiated) keeps making me think my GPU is failing

UE5 is such an ass engine

[eternal mountain]

is there a prior reason for you being cautious of your gpu failing?

[gaunt jungle]

Nah, it's a 3080 but the casing it's in prevents dust and shit from getting in, so it's not really needed to be cleaned, it stays at stable temps and everything

I am planning on getting a new PC though by January

With a 4070 super

[eternal mountain]

yeah i remember back in the day my pc was ridden with dust and one day my gpu up and went

[eternal mountain]

woudnt 3080 be more performant that 4070?

[gaunt jungle]

The 3080 is 10 gig

The 4070 super is 12 gig

[eternal mountain]

aight seems like 4070 is 10-15 percent faster and uses less power also

bought my 4080 couple years back, still works like a charm

[gaunt jungle]

Plus the 50 series has major issues still

Melting plugs and shit

[eternal mountain]

melting plugs has been the norm from generation to generation, my 4080 has a power adaptor that takes 3 cables from my psu and turns it into one

[gaunt jungle]

My 3080 is reliable though, stays at a stable 24-33C when doing shit like old games, YouTube, etc

And when stuff like Stalker 2, it sits at 66-75c

[eternal mountain]

i mean its normal, considering that your gpu uses its max power (around 300 watts i presume), that obviously turns into warmth

[fickle cosmos]

: ]

[left quest]

Is ps5 gonna gets the same mods as xbox?

[dreamy dagger]

No update yet

[eternal mountain]

prolly nah, playstation hates mods

[dreamy dagger]

Deadliest Catch....

[gaunt jungle]

Knowing Sony, unlikely

[fickle cosmos]

it's quite probable

[left quest]

NOOOOOOOO

[fickle cosmos]

Playstation generally just gets a control remapping and some basic removals that sony doesnt like and then they fire away

[left quest]

:(

[gaunt jungle]

FO4 on PlayStation mods are genuinely complicated ass

[dreamy dagger]

Soystation and Mods?

https://tenor.com/view/laughing-face-itstommylove-stalker-stalker-2-laughing-gif-14359181878798494170

[frigid hill]

johnlisakthebullsquid has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[wild epoch]

wolf'd

[gaunt jungle]

My GPU is healthy though, it's just UE5 games that have those occasional white dots

[dreamy dagger]

Unreal is crap, fight me

[gaunt jungle]

Played RDR2 yesterday and everything was normal

[eternal mountain]

yeah stalker 2 uses software raytracing, also called lumen, and its artifacting hard

[gaunt jungle]

Hopefully UE6 will be less shit

[eternal mountain]

perhaps the engine upgrade can fix it, but overall its not that bad

[wild epoch]

man said ue6

[eternal mountain]

sad of the state gaming is going where artists have more reign than actual engineers, but stalker 2 looks real good at times

[wild epoch]

were probably 8-10 years away from ue6

[dreamy dagger]

Anything past Ureal 3 sucks Timmy Tencent's cockaroo

[gaunt jungle]

Some games on UE5 run well without glitches like that, Poppy playtime for example, same engine, no artifacts, uses lumen and everything. ...it does have its own issues, but no white dots

[dreamy dagger]

Unreal isnt fitted for massive scale open world games

[wild epoch]

Thats also a very linear story that doesnt have a whole world opened 24/7

[dreamy dagger]

Its more of a benchmark tool type of engine

[gaunt jungle]

True

[dreamy dagger]

I aint lying

100% Krezzined checked fact

[wild epoch]

Oblivion remastered is practically microsoft/bethesda seeing what they could do in ue5

[gaunt jungle]

You can turn off lumen...but then it looks like shit

[dreamy dagger]

Xray 2.0 or GTFO

[gaunt jungle]

I really really REALLY hope they aren't going with Unreal for future games

[wild epoch]

CryEngine always been better but has its own set of problems.

[eternal mountain]

bro what? unreal engine is just a really adaptable/modular engine

[dreamy dagger]

By the time S2 gets into shape you'd have done X-Ray 2.0 from scratch

[gaunt jungle]

The Creation engine is shit and old, but easily moddable

[eternal mountain]

they ran the original oblivion game with unreal engine handling the rendering, thats it

[gaunt jungle]

One thing that would be awesome, stalker devs and Bethesda collabed for a Fallout spinoff

[wild epoch]

I mean I know why, but still going to frame it this way. Why after 10 years, they didn't just make Xray 2.0 with stalker 2.

[dreamy dagger]

Are you nuts? Fellout?

[wild epoch]

Hard disagree

[dreamy dagger]

Fellout is the TEMU STALKER

[gaunt jungle]

Hehehe, stole that poor fricks rifle

Shouldn't have trusted me to fish it out of the water idiot

[wild epoch]

One portion of the collab is going to suffer and just make a worse game all together.

[stark crescent]

My prediction is gonna be early summer. June most probably

We will get 1.9 before they will send off the physical editions

[wild epoch]

I wonder what 2.0 is gonna be, re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-balance of A-Life 9.9, where taking the zone back with this one

[gaunt jungle]

Would love a mod that adds Metro weapons

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/staying-lebowski-gif-23617308

If it doesnt happen by summer, I'm gonna ban the word STALKER in my house, uninstall everything and just block GSC

FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUKKKKKKKKKKKK..........

[stark crescent]

Would probably take some time. Especially adding custom reloads.

[gaunt jungle]

I would play the VR spin-off, but....giant spiders in VR

[wild epoch]

comes crawling back within a week because of the toxic krezzin relationship angle with GSC

[stark crescent]

I wouldnt mind the bastard gun in stalker

[gaunt jungle]

That's a big NOPE from me

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/vaas-farcry3-hello-insanity-chris-gif-13181187

[little mantle]

Guys, im planning on visiting Russia, and i got 2 choices to go to:
Chelyabinks
Vladivostok

[gaunt jungle]

Stay safe considering the shit that's happening

[dreamy dagger]

You go to Mars instead

[wild epoch]

metro guns make a lot of sense, also surprised we dont have any ram shackled guns or pipe weapons. There is just no way that everyone has pristine off the assembly block weapons.

[dreamy dagger]

Check in with the Alliens and the Predator

[wild epoch]

go all the way past russian until you hit japan.

[little mantle]

Wha- why?

[hearty tendon]

I sure wish they did, I have had chronic performance issues with STALKER 2 since release, massive frame drops from random actions and whatnot, especially during cutscenes and right after combat starts

[stark crescent]

Maybe he is part of the east block

[gaunt jungle]

Ngl

Vaas is painfully overrated

[dreamy dagger]

Chungusito, watch out with REDACTED, hes come here to drag people down

[hearty tendon]

Or to Ceres, inyalowda

[stark crescent]

I guess vladivostok then, with its importance as a historical battleground and naval base.

[dreamy dagger]

You better be Esposito here, have in mind

[little mantle]

No??? What??

[wild epoch]

my cutscenes were really janky up until like 1.4, now its just performance in very certain areas and A-Life being weird

[little mantle]

Ok

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/walt-walnterwite-walter-stare-staring-breaking-bad-gif-8185929955267525825

Funk Unreal. Someone go ask McCulkin WHERE IS THE DAMN MULTIPLAYER, MAN! BEEN PROMISED SHORTLY AFTER LAUNCH............

Why lie, man.....

[hearty tendon]

What'd I do

[wild epoch]

Lets be honest with ourselves, what are we truly expecting from Stalker multiplayer?

[stark crescent]

Tdm. Hackers.

[gaunt jungle]

STALKER plushies would be amazing

[dreamy dagger]

Jackasses mode, jank, rank and make bank

[frigid hill]

tiofatdevin has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[gaunt jungle]

Cuddling up next to a bloodsucker or pseudogiant in bed

[wild epoch]

I got wolf'd

[hearty tendon]

Sometimes my game slows to a lagging crawl just from opening my private stash

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/fogel-gif-26556621

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

[stark crescent]

Historically, stalker mp is just 2 teams of players against each other. No mutants. No missions.

[hearty tendon]

At times it's totally unplayable, I can't wait for this engine update already

[wild epoch]

Well yeah i played the clear skys multiplayer

its just tdm

[dreamy dagger]

STALKER 2 mp can be a banger but it wont be cuz GSC has no intend to do it that way

STALKER 2 mp with proper modding support can become an addiction

STALKER 2 mp can be real treasure only if GSC stops lying with their promises

[wild epoch]

Using whats already in the game, it would be nothing more than just a stalker coded CoD

[dreamy dagger]

STALKER 2 MP can funk on the first date if the date is correct

STALKER 2 mp can be extraordinary piece of pie

[wild epoch]

Unless they have some PvE multiplayer.

[proven hollow]

Y'all don't deserve a proper stalker 2 MP

[wild epoch]

False, I've been a loyalist to the series since I could hold a mouse in one hand and a keyboard in the other

[cobalt fiber]

It won’t be pve

[wild epoch]

Let a man dream

[hearty tendon]

PVE would be amazing man

[dreamy dagger]

I will refund this. GIMME PROPER MP OR ILL RE THIS FUND RIGHT NAO!

I mean honestly I dont care about SP anymore

[wild epoch]

They unlock Lab X-19/X-10 and Lab X-16 and just make it a mutant bloodbath with monolith all over the place

[dreamy dagger]

All I want is survival modeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, deep server customization, das all, das auto

[dreamy dagger]

Paying for that bwitch. Money well spent. Survival down the lab with a teammate?

[cobalt fiber]

Pvpve would be good but pve would suck ass

[wild epoch]

Wrong

[dreamy dagger]

PVE would suck cock if we're to put it right

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1308034374473617459/1436767051090890782/yes-yes-yes.gif

[wild epoch]

PvE would go crazy

[dreamy dagger]

PvE would be a banger of a good sex

https://tenor.com/view/big-lebowski-laughing-hysterically-gif-12793962

[wild epoch]

PvPvE, didn't know I was playing tarkov out here.

[cobalt fiber]

If you want pve you’ve got regular old single player

[wild epoch]

PvE with the bois doe

[dreamy dagger]

Instead of having done MP, GSC are pleasing the console makers...

DAS RONG AND U KNOW IT

[wild epoch]

gotta get that premium console koochie before you can make the game good

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/sonnie-wrong-answer-funny-gif-12397277

[main jewel]

would be funny if we had a pvpve type thing but lowkey if gsc does make a mp its probably just gunna be a team death match in the rostok arena or smth

[wild epoch]

1v1 quick scope gauss rifles on rookie village

[cobalt fiber]

Watch them pull some Fortnite BR shit

[dreamy dagger]

Imagine GSC threw its main fanbase into the truck cemetery and went home with the console fanbase...

[main jewel]

and if gsc did a pvpve it would be only successful with a prox chat and even then thats a huge ass update on our toaster devices trying to act stable just by stepping an inch in pripyat

[dreamy dagger]

If that isn't cheating to your wife straight in front of her....

Greed will imprison us all

https://tenor.com/view/greed-greedy-greed-will-imprison-us-all-rush-hour-rush-hour-2-gif-9883095038108814091

[hearty tendon]

Would also lowk be awesome if attachments were universal

[main jewel]

me on console so i cant be a hater

[main jewel]

oxa core, standard, or prototype bud

download it and boom

[hearty tendon]

Why can I not put a collimator sight on an AR416 but there is literally a variant of the gun WITH THAT SIGHT, kinda absurd for vanilla

[dreamy dagger]

Consoles are good but not for Zone use

[hearty tendon]

I'm talking about vanilla

[main jewel]

that change is the least of their concerns

just download any version of oxa 😭

[burnt bridge]

60fps please 🙏

[hearty tendon]

That too

[main jewel]

i get that on my xbox series x, except in pripyat and walking towards the sultansk after the sircaa mission

[hearty tendon]

I have OXA but what does it matter when my fps drops to 1 frame per sometimes when I look at an NPC wrong, or open my stash weird

[burnt bridge]

It’s not really solid 60 tho sorry

There’s tests on YouTube recently runs like 45. Plus you can just tell it doesn’t run at 60. Does in some cases

Would love it

[main jewel]

solid enough for me cause its 55 to 60 in most areas without any problems, especially seeing people who pull out a gun and their game hits -4 fps

[main jewel]

i dunno stalker 2 is supposed to be the highest spec game i guess

and the ps5 will definitely struggle

[wild epoch]

I have a meme for you @dreamy dagger

[main jewel]

anddddd when gta6 comes out ps5 people will be like next to 0

[dreamy dagger]

The Zombie strikes back. They shall answer, whether they want or not. I'll flood their inbox! THEY HAVE TO!

[main jewel]

i dont even want a multiplayee vro

it would be cool but literally unplayable

[dreamy dagger]

Shut your brass, you wankster. Everyone wants a Bloodsucker Bloodbath!!!

[wild epoch]

man i just want the magic of stalker, inside my stalker game, so I can player stalker they way the zone intended

[dreamy dagger]

Sucker? Bath? Hmm!

[dreamy dagger]

Das what I been waiting for ... 3 5 7 days here...

[cyan sparrow]

I can feel the stinge of my GPU's coil whine before the upcoming update! Getting readddyy kamarts!

[dreamy dagger]

357 days of boreSTOCtownALKERdom

[main jewel]

i want a actual playable multiplayer thats like a pvpve type deal in the zone but thats probably not accomplishable anytime soon, the most we may get is a team death match but i dunno gsc seems to pull some bs and rock with it and everyone becomes happy for a week

[wild epoch]

Engine update with either be saving grace or 200 more bugs being introduced.

[main jewel]

its going to add bugs..

[dreamy dagger]

Survival mode sounds like our deal, brodski

[main jewel]

thats how engine changes go

[dreamy dagger]

Pick an area, try to survive within. Could be Agroprom, could be Jupiter, etc.

[main jewel]

imagine a dayz experience just in stalker which is generally better cause dayz is lowkey kinda eh now

[dreamy dagger]

Imagination can do wonders here, only if you have will to have such

[hearty tendon]

Almost as if millions of CPUs cried out in terror, and were suddenly bottlenecked...

[main jewel]

pripyat if they expand it more north

[wild epoch]

You're defending generators and each one summons waves of mutants with eventually a squad of mercs showing up to cash in on your hard work.

[dreamy dagger]

Hella, killer choice and formula

[dreamy dagger]

Hella, killer choice and formula X2

[cyan sparrow]

You'll immediately lose the sense of loneliness in the game, where it's meant to be.

[dreamy dagger]

If GSC dont want to do MP justice, just let modders do it if you cant cash out

Lol

[main jewel]

stalker 2 is anything but loneliness more like boring asl

[hearty tendon]

Stalker 2 tower defense, where you earn koupons to place stalkers around a maze to pop balloons before they get to your base

[main jewel]

boring as in walking and stuff

[wild epoch]

The original mp was practically faction wars

[main jewel]

and all side quests dont feel like side quests

add more sidequests gsc

make a infinite generated arena

[cyan sparrow]

You didn't played Starshiet

[honest ferry]

1.7 when

[dreamy dagger]

I'm missing my WC3 TD hours

[wild epoch]

just let me blow up the zone and rebuild it in my image

[dreamy dagger]

You Bob Ross already?

https://tenor.com/view/painting-bob-ross-gif-5675661

[wild epoch]

Brother man, Im Con Goss

[main jewel]

let us have a new game plus

[dreamy dagger]

5th cousin of Gyan Rosling!

[dreamy dagger]

Mozi said thats a joke

[wild epoch]

i dont know if that would work

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/patrick-star-spongebob-squarepants-laugh-hardyharr-happy-gif-3480885

[wild epoch]

hobo phase is pretty important

[dreamy dagger]

More endings is better than NG+

[main jewel]

the stalker 2 story is a joke

[dreamy dagger]

4 endings only? What is this sheikh....

[main jewel]

just give us a gameplay wise newgame plus or smth

[wild epoch]

You take that back, story was good

[dreamy dagger]

@bitter plover Let Mozi know

[main jewel]

or a way to disable the last mission

[main jewel]

its fine for stalker but it couldve been bettet with certain things left out

[dreamy dagger]

Stalker 2 Story is joke cuz its a woke bloke

[cyan sparrow]

woke?

[main jewel]

why do we even have a 2nd duty vro

[dreamy dagger]

STALKER 2 story is woke cuz its missing CNPP, fight me

[main jewel]

instead of faction wars we got a bald voronin

[wild epoch]

It a woke my pants if thats what you mean

[proven hollow]

Stalker 2 is woke af, the whole idea that Ward, Duty and Freedom have rights or power is ridiculous

[cyan sparrow]

Low bait uhhhh

[main jewel]

why didnt they add that anyway the cnpp is the identity of the game bro

[wild epoch]

||But we got the red fortress||

[main jewel]

its the most recognizable thing besides sidors chicken scene and the tattoo

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/wack-thatswack-hannibal-burress-ericandreshow-gif-20565184

[wild epoch]

sidors chicken scene is the most iconic piece of gaming cinema

[hearty tendon]

I like that they atleast mentioned Redrick

[dreamy dagger]

Where is my Red Riding Hood....

Fake fortress i'm saying

https://tenor.com/view/eric-andre-oh-i'm-saying-it-parental-advisory-explicit-content-explosion-gif-14707931321504110743

STALKER 2 is dead in the water without dismemberment

Popping suckers heads on a Monday afternoon is another kind of deal

[wild epoch]

you got anomalies for that

[dreamy dagger]

Popping suckers heads?

[wild epoch]

popping the whole body like a meat pinata

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/itstommylove-stalker-2-crazy-reaction-youtuber-gif-2521131310976783877

T-Minus 8 days until the Soystation 5 STALKER 2 accident!

[wild epoch]

Can't wait

[dreamy dagger]

New countdown in a'ffekt.

[wild epoch]

Honestly I want playstation to suffer because they wont give us P.C. enjoyers anything until a full year or two after a games release now

A whole year and MAYBE we get ghost of yotei

[dreamy dagger]

Man I'm about to walk out the door and kill the sun. I can't see shizz on this mahfooker IPS monitor....

[wild epoch]

me a 3rd shifter enjoying the darkness of my house

[main jewel]

the fortress thats barely enterable

[wild epoch]

ill enter your fortress

[dreamy dagger]

Tell him, souljabwoe

[main jewel]

THE RED FORTRESS IS BARELY EVEN ENTERABLE

[dreamy dagger]

And secure his princess?

[main jewel]

YOU CAN ONLY GO ON THE ROOF FOR A STORY STANDPOINT

[dreamy dagger]

Thats straight wild

[main jewel]

YOU DONT EVEN NEED TO REACH THE COOLING TOWER REGION IN I THINK 2 ENDINGS

you could go the whole game without even touching the duty base, the cooling towers

[dreamy dagger]

STALKER 2 is so limited its quite uncomfortable

[main jewel]

loek brruh

[cobalt fiber]

All caps is wild

[wild epoch]

gotta make a point with the all caps

[dreamy dagger]

Make tht point stand out, bruh

[cobalt fiber]

🗣️

[wild epoch]

brb gotta walk my fish

[main jewel]

im so passionate on the flaws of this game that make this game uncomfortable to play if you really think about it

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/laughing-quintero-jesus-quintero-los-socos-de-cemento-risitas-gif-17313888877365676846

[foggy olive]

if you play sitting down it's a little more comfortable

[cobalt fiber]

Maybe put a cushion underneath

Some fluffy socks

[main jewel]

but i like clenching my cheeks when a pseudo giant almost kills me while i try to grab that red dot m701

[dreamy dagger]

No I'm standing on the side wall, glued to one of those post-soviet round chairs that are adjustable in height and I'M FIGHTING FOR MY FRIKKIN LIFE!

[main jewel]

its called the m701 i think, the gun specifically mot the unique name cavalier

[dreamy dagger]

Man STALKER 2 is just a budget 4chan take

[foggy olive]

and I like to play with my feet and what? the main thing is to sing and heal while playing

[cobalt fiber]

Wish we could have killed richter ngl

[main jewel]

well i do have fun, but like, so many missed opportunities LIKE PRIPYATTT

[main jewel]

how do we tell him

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/richter-being-bored-skadovsk-richter-stalker-stalker-2-gif-4240652349306697108

You kill Rizzler, all women disappear from the Zone

[main jewel]

we do kill him in the ward ending

and we get his cassette walkman

[cobalt fiber]

Just a good old headshot the first chat you have

[dreamy dagger]

The Rizzler is the main pimp!

[cobalt fiber]

No prisoners

🗣️

[main jewel]

and his song in our pda

[wild epoch]

can't let the zone rizzler die

[dreamy dagger]

Whats his song? Little Lies?

[wild epoch]

If you aint Scar-pilled, why are you even playing stalker 2

you gotta love the zone for all it's flaws and it's perfections

[main jewel]

uh a weird little song composed of like 5 instruments

[main jewel]

its not the zone flaws its the developers

[wild epoch]

Through the zone, all things are possible.

[main jewel]

WHY DID THEY CUT MOST OF PRIPYAT

[foggy olive]

definitely a lie, Soviet chairs are a stool and 4 legs without a back, or a wooden board that makes your ass hurt from sitting for a long time (I say this as someone who sat on one in reality)

[wild epoch]

thats what C-con wants you to think

[dreamy dagger]

Ping Molit, this is a MAJOR QUESTION to be answered.

[wild epoch]

however i wont forgive them for cutting this

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-stalker2-dance-man-of-culture-gif-21968528

[main jewel]

im not pinging molten skin

[wild epoch]

@dreamy dagger do me a krezzin favor kweezor

[dreamy dagger]

Nah I have here round chair thats straight from post-Soviet era. You can adjust its height. Its like older than me!

[main jewel]

ill just wait

until dlc.. cause everygame has to have a dlc to be complete…

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/the-big-lebowski-larry-walter-booba-jones-car-wreck-gif-3559585

[wild epoch]

post that gif for 500

[dreamy dagger]

Imagine @main jewel Imagine cutting CNPP for a DLC!

[wild epoch]

dont even say that, because 101% thats why we don't have access

[dreamy dagger]

@wild epoch What do I get in return?

Level 3 Alkaholic boost?

[wild epoch]

Weird nut (not broken)

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/risitas-el-risitas-juan-joya-borja-issou-jesus-gif-12145166

[main jewel]

cutting a major plot point of the game

[dreamy dagger]

Okay I will be that missing nut to tighten the Zone

[main jewel]

they chose to move the monolith to sircaa cause they realized they cut the cnpp so we couldnt go in there anyway

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-stalker2-dance-man-of-culture-gif-21968528

[wild epoch]

thats why theres so many bugs, someone left the weird nut in the tornado

[main jewel]

its also a hologram mind you

like that is obviously not the real monolith

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/deathrow-kenney-chappelle-gawd-pimps-gif-18789088

[wild epoch]

Idi ko mne.

[drifting bear]

These are probably the very chairs that no ordinary person ever saw during the Soviet era

[wild epoch]

However at the end of the day, we all know why we got what we got. Lost quite some devs along the way.

[vapid galleon]

nice one

[foggy olive]

What weapon are you using?

[vapid galleon]

WE ARE COMING DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME!?

[honest ferry]

they brought exoskeleton for us to try out damn

[stark crescent]

No

[stark crescent]

Shout louder. I do not understant

[honest ferry]

one step closer to monolith

[stark crescent]

Monolithian scum

[spring gust]

Do Bloodsuckers not care about AP rounds or something? I just emptied a shotgun's worth several times over, and it was like, "Naaaaaaah..."

[stark crescent]

Mutants have hp. No armor. Ap rounds are able to deliver full damage through armor.

[charred nova]

https://www.kkinstagram.com/reel/DQ4WNxJESSI

Guys this is big news

Fishing in stalker 2 for free

[mystic coral]

I’ve been there (duga) nobody danced.

[charred nova]

Yah there’s nothing in duga at all

[mystic coral]

Nice waltz by the way

[proven hollow]

@bitter laurel why no patch yet? 🙁

[charred nova]

Bugs probably

[lilac hornet]

Handsome jack hey

[buoyant garnet]

🪲

[tall wraith]

Are these the devs that lied about A Life 2.0 to sell more copies than removed everything about it right before release so they wouldn't get in trouble?

[tall wraith]

deleted message says yes?

[coral shadow]

yep

it was not a mistake, it was done on purpose if they deleted it

but you know, fake it until you make it

[charred nova]

Nah I deleted it cus I miss read bros join date

You kinda gotta decide for your self on the a life 2.0 business it’s been talked about to death at this point

You can look it from the angle of it was a genuine mistake or you can say it was fraudulent

Both angles are valid

[robust pendant]

The most conspiracy theory ever made

[tall wraith]

Well Im more of an evidence guy, I dont think ya can decide something contrary to what actually happened

[robust pendant]

I get "they wanted to sell more", not "removed right before release"

[coral shadow]

both

[charred nova]

Fair again I frankly don’t care anymore

[tall wraith]

They removed mentions of it from steam before release

[charred nova]

I’ve listened to nearly 12 months of people complaining about a life

[coral shadow]

i mean theire not directed to ya

[robust pendant]

Ok nvm that seems more valid

[tall wraith]

Well we aint getting another Stalker game for atleast 10 years so people gonna complain

[charred nova]

No saying that just saying I’m tired of trying to tell people it’s one way or another

[lilac hornet]

Hey guys what difficulty do y’all play on

[robust pendant]

Normal

[charred nova]

Like screaming into the void it doesn’t matter

[bitter plover]

Master

[coral shadow]

why can't it be a mistake and a fraudulent attempt at the same time?

[lilac hornet]

[charred nova]

It can be

[charred nova]

I know

[spring gust]

Interesting

[charred nova]

And I have bad news

A life is never coming

Not the way people want it

[tall wraith]

It was fraud that they tried to play off as a mistake lol

[charred nova]

ITS NEVER coming

[coral shadow]

brother your Christmas hat is being hidden by the helmet

[charred nova]

This is the fact of the matter

[thick smelt]

wouldn't doubt that for a second

[bitter plover]

i think it is

[charred nova]

One day the illusion of a life might be good enough you stop noticing

[coral shadow]

A life is just a fever dream, it never existed

[robust pendant]

FOREVER NEVER

[charred nova]

This is true actually

[charred nova]

The illusion of it might arrive eventually

We get closer every update

[robust pendant]

The update is called Clear Sky, from 2008

[coral shadow]

nah it will never arrive imo, wanna bet that a MODDER makes it before GSC?

[thick smelt]

if they ever release the tools to be able to do so

[charred nova]

Modders are artificially limited far as I’m aware by the fact your not able to edit the size of the spawn bubble

[robust pendant]

Just play AMK for SoC

[coral shadow]

i mean modders have half of the tools as of rn

[charred nova]

It’s hard capped at 100m

[coral shadow]

im on console

[robust pendant]

Uuuuuuuuuh, skill issue

[coral shadow]

That's a little permission they gitta give

[charred nova]

In 1.0 and 1.1 Shay had a mod that would boost the size of the bubble

He apparently had it working up to 500m with little performance hit

[vapid galleon]

[robust pendant]

This fr?

[charred nova]

Though it broke a ton of shit apparently

[robust pendant]

I mean, obviously

[thick smelt]

imagine having that bubble set to the entire map, you'd get 1FPH Frame per hour

[robust pendant]

But really? Little performance hit?

[charred nova]

What he said anyway yah

[coral shadow]

wait no, the zone gold NEVER boosted the bubble, it was mentioned, but when i contacted shay, he said that these boosted bubbles will be available only after he gets permission

[charred nova]

Apparently like local interactions

For like getting close to stuff

Would trigger by the bubble size

So things way far away from you would start happening

[coral shadow]

IT DOESNT BOOST IT

[charred nova]

And you’d be unable to do anything

Like the call about monolith raiders

Would happen way way far away

[bitter plover]

There is reason why OGs had 250m bubble. Anything over would cause gameplay to be actually worse

[coral shadow]

nah bro is rage baiting

[charred nova]

You can find the message logs somewhere

[coral shadow]

ogs had 250 because the map was small and less complex built

[robust pendant]

And because it would break

[bitter plover]

no, they had it bigger and they lwoered it, bcs when they gameplay tested it, it caused tons of stuff to be resolved until the player would get even close. The 250m distance was sweet spot

[charred nova]

#⭐┃nospoilers_general message

It also apparently makes memory leaks way worse according to Shay

If you see Shay you can ask him about it

[frigid hill]

redrickshuhart_stalker has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[coral shadow]

"pregnant man emoji"

[sudden rapids]

🐺🐺

[coral shadow]

well then the boosting bubble mod that he implemented somewhere sicurally is in nexus since I've been using Golden Zone from the release of it

[charred nova]

It doesn’t work anymore

As far as I’ve been told anyway

[coral shadow]

was*

was in nexus*

[wicked magnet]

CoP has 150 draw distance

[charred nova]

I need to be able to climb up on a tower and murder some bandits at 500m

You’d have to modify the ai though

[coral shadow]

trees would obscure everything

[charred nova]

Other wise it would try and just blindly shoot you probably at like 500m

[coral shadow]

yea if you can see them they can see you, and they gonna 1 shot you with a infinite ammo boom stick from 500 meters away

[charred nova]

True

I need to be able to cut down trees like I’m playing the forest

[bitter plover]

Let me rephrase it. OGs had max 250m online bubble, bcs that was the treshold, which if you cross, you would negatively affect gameplay experience. I mostly wrote it for ppl to realise, that increasing bubble in S2 higher and higher doesnt necessariily mean, that it will get better. THere is a distance, in which it will get actualy worse. Even if you completely exclude perfomance.

[proven hollow]

it was 150m according to a interview with one of the developers back then

[bitter plover]

I have 250m in my mind whole time. But yeah, there is something about that number deep in my memory, so i guess you are right.
But that actually doesnt even matter, bcs the message is still same. Only different numbers.

doesnt even matter

linkin park starts playing

[proven hollow]

i think the whole discussion is broken anyway since the water is muddied a lot with what people remember from mods but attribute to the base game

[bitter plover]

true dat

[proven hollow]

also because i played a lot of the original SoC, then dived into a few mods, and you simply know where all the enemies are. You know there's bandits at garbage, you know there's mercs in dark territory, you know there's snorks at yantar, you know there's dogs when you enter the bar again and again, it really wasn't as random as some people seem to remember

[robust pendant]

Thats what Im saying!!!!!

But the called me crazy..............

[sudden rapids]

100% true. Also I think I never seen stalkers leave hubs like rookie village eg.

[robust pendant]

Actually, wolf does

But idk if he is programmed to do so or what

[sudden rapids]

But that's kinda scripted I guess

[robust pendant]

Yeah, that

I mean, even if they do move away, I honestly dont give a crap

Never really cared for that

[wicked magnet]

Wolf leaves Cordon after Strelok turning off Radar brain scorcher

[robust pendant]

No, he leaves much earlier

I'm 95% sure

I'm sure, right?

Right?????

[wicked magnet]

Probably

[robust pendant]

After giving part 4 of the x18 docs to barkeep

I KNEW IT! It wasn't ZRP!

[night kestrel]

I am very excited to finally be able to play STALKER 2 on PS5

Since I dont have an Xbox Series or a good PC I had to play it through the Xbox Cloud

[charred nova]

When are they dropping the Nintendo Wii port

[pallid edge]

scratch that, Android F2P port when?

make items P2W and story lock perks behind ads

[charred nova]

That would be based I hope they do this

And add gacha mechanics and loot boxes

[tall hawk]

they need a battle royale

[still edge]

before the locked the render distance in patch 1.1, i was able to edit the render distance and increased it to 250mts or more, and the game did ran really well, -10fps but you could see npcs fighting from so far away, it was awesome , i really felt the game changed alot for the better with long render distance

[sharp lake]

A Hunt Showdown style game in the zone would be cool

[bitter plover]

yeah, thats bcs Alife was more about lairs rather than "having their life"

[bitter plover]

well yeah, it will deffinitely improve a lot, once they will increase it from 100. 100m is just too small

[slow crypt]

we have one

the active matter from gaijin

[still edge]

lair type was locked in most location, the randomness in the SoC was in the roaming npcs mutants, bandits and also somewhat lose aggro range allowing some npc to sometimes move few mts away from their spawn area and encountering enemies they usually dont encounter.
example: some dogs activates loners , they start fighting, and because the dogs made loners move around they encounter the bandits east of Vehicle graveyard. Those random events were most of the randomness the original stalker were able to capture

[little mantle]

:P

[still edge]

#📜┃gsc-answers message

https://tenor.com/view/yes-ben-man-hype-pumped-gif-1583285325096508283

[lean dome]

These gsc answers, they're great

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/boo-boo-this-man-mad-angry-gif-16849857

[north thistle]

The Monolith wishes to share its wisdom with you all

[visual mortar]

everyone ignore this guy quick

[north thistle]

You shall not ignore me

[dreamy dagger]

Yeah, selectively answering people. Typical McCulkin.

[north thistle]

I am the Monolith High Priest

[cobalt fiber]

[lean dome]

Uhhh duh

[visual mortar]

is that even a real position, gonna need to see your Monolith membership id

[north thistle]

Bet

[cobalt fiber]

Get out of here, Stalker

[coral shadow]

• a season pass

[valid umbra]

stalker/ projectzom style game would be sixck

[visual mortar]

truth

[north thistle]

@ebon blade

[visual mortar]

project zomboid with stalker mods

[north thistle]

Just wait, TEJAS can vouch for me

[valid umbra]

is that a thing?

[north thistle]

Trust bro

[visual mortar]

also Tunguska: The Visitation might be what you're looking for

[visual mortar]

dont trust texans

[north thistle]

Do you trust Georgians (like me) 😃

[visual mortar]

nope

[north thistle]

I hope you get gaggleefcked by 40 blind dogs

On your next raid

[valid umbra]

sneaking words past wolf

[north thistle]

Dont we all?

😛

[valid umbra]

that does look VERY COOL!

[north thistle]

I refuse to be apart of a server where the main general chat is dead

[valid umbra]

another reason to buy a steam deck.... hmmmmmmm

[dreamy dagger]

Make the game run only on Samsung fridges then replace the Shader compilation process with 1 min long ad on each start without an option to skip!

[north thistle]

Wake tf up y’all

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/eric-andre-funny-face-gif-12807473

This one is a TEMU priest, avoid!

This one is a REAL priest, consult @still current!

[coral shadow]

yes

[north thistle]

TEMU PRIEST?!

That’s not very nice 😔

[dreamy dagger]

Yes you killed a real priest, took his robe, put some fake Monolith patch and you claim sheith!

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/monkey-goes-insane-whose-toes-are-those-monkey-glitch-gif-27073059

[north thistle]

I have no idea why you’d think that!

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/flesh-holiness-lotr-gollum-upset-gif-15320930

[valid umbra]

poor golly

[dreamy dagger]

I have my Krezzined Stalkers all over the place! I hear the world!

[north thistle]

The who?

[hardy totem]

You running for monolith this year?

[dreamy dagger]

100% natural Krezzined Stalker product!

[north thistle]

Ew a salesperson…

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/rushhour-rush-hour-chris-tucker-gif-18053154

[north thistle]

You’re the one everyone to be avoiding

[still current]

https://tenor.com/view/bad-boy-wow-oww-gif-19143464

[north thistle]

Not me

Im a loyal follower of Monolith 😛

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/denzel-washington-training-day-make-a-decision-alonzo-harris-gif-21646603

[dreamy dagger]

I am running for Director of the Freaky Asylum

[visual mortar]

damn ruff

[dreamy dagger]

Who is running for Pimp of the Zone this year?!

[north thistle]

What..?

[dreamy dagger]

Someone gotta be pimpin' the place

[north thistle]

What the actual fck are you talking about?

[dreamy dagger]

Father Diodor, you don't know crap!

[north thistle]

Because I never heard of any of these things in my life! 😭 🙏 🥀

[dreamy dagger]

Yes yes we know of your naughty wishes, YOU HAVE TO CLEANSE YOUR SOUL

Sall good though

[hardy totem]

We should hold a talent-show: "Chornobyl's next Monolith/Wishgranter™"

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/risitas-el-risitas-juan-joya-borja-issou-jesus-gif-12145166

[north thistle]

Can I be Monolith? 🥺

[charred nova]

No

[north thistle]

[still current]

Ban

[hardy totem]

Only if you dance the best

[still current]

Ban monoliths

[charred nova]

I don’t like you so I’m disqualifying you

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/laughing-quintero-jesus-quintero-los-socos-de-cemento-risitas-gif-17313888877365676846

[north thistle]

https://tenor.com/view/sad-gif-20581738

[still current]

Faustling

[visual mortar]

are you showing up to junguscon 25

[dreamy dagger]

Father Diodor will do striptease as his talent showcase @hardy totem Holy creep!

[north thistle]

The SoC Controllers looked very uncanny

[dreamy dagger]

You will fasho

[visual mortar]

i don't know what that means

[dreamy dagger]

Fasho fasho

[north thistle]

The way they had human-ish eyes and face was just… grotesque

[north thistle]

He’s saying for sure

[visual mortar]

why is this Bulgarian pretending he's from a rust belt ghetto

[hardy totem]

@dreamy dagger wanna be the backup dancer in my entry to the show?

[still current]

you'd need proper knowledge in deciphering to understand

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/drive-ryan-gosling-ryan-gosling-drive-literally-me-ryan-gosling-ken-gif-4477899586321581902

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/homer-simpson-gif-4722034242210669016

[visual mortar]

at junguscon? damn congrats

[still current]

Let him be the sole dancer instead

[dreamy dagger]

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

[still current]

Krezzin, how about a rap contest

[charred nova]

Gentlemen

[dreamy dagger]

I'm winning 1st spot, you 2nd, NO MORE WINNERS CUZ NO MORE PARTICIPANTS

[charred nova]

My day was just made

[visual mortar]

I'd probably overdose on sleeping pills if i heard krezzin rap

[hardy totem]

No no we got to keer this interesting, in a rapping competition he'll just waltz all over us

[charred nova]

My package from leatherman has arrived and they gave me a brand new one

WOOOO

[dreamy dagger]

I been doing my STALKER part for months!

[visual mortar]

wow dude rhats totally insane wow dude damn thats crazy

[dreamy dagger]

100% pure fire verses

[north thistle]

Oh wait I forgot to quote the Holy Monolith Bible for the past few days!

[dreamy dagger]

LEATHERFACE SENT YOU A PACKAGE?!

[hardy totem]

Were you expecting something used?

[visual mortar]

how good is this instrument at pulling out teeth and cranking one out

[north thistle]

“The Loner is a heretic, for they know of the Monolith, yet choose to disobey his call.”
1 Monolithians 2:15

[charred nova]

From what I read online it depends

Some times they would just replace it other times they would fix it

[still current]

How?

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/eric-andre-raise-eyebrows-make-face-got-you-always-i-get-it-gif-17637463

[weary hedge]

Excited for 1.7

[charred nova]

Teeth pulling probably 10/10 cranking it probably 0/10

In a way

[still current]

You should be. It's an absolute banger

[charred nova]

I just made 500 dollars lol

Because a crunch in like new condition is 700 to 800 dollars

[weary hedge]

I’ll be hopping in the zone for my first time since launch.

[dreamy dagger]

You have been voted Pimp of the Zone for 2025!

[visual mortar]

shit gets crazy in the Book of Pripyatan

[still current]

I tested for like 25hrs and I enjoyed it pretty much. I think this patch is the best one so far. I can not share stuff since I can't, but I can only confirm that it's absolutely on point

[weary hedge]

Goodie.

[visual mortar]

the Zone Testament

[sudden rapids]

🎉

[dreamy dagger]

You cant hype me up enough, son

99.8% Disappointedzzin

[still current]

Culkin said it may come next week, so

[dreamy dagger]

Culkin's word doesn't matter anymore

[visual mortar]

hey are you the guy from the game

[still current]

shane

[sharp gulch]

Wow #📜┃gsc-answers finally opened up to alife changes on 1.7

[still current]

Thought it'd be fun to see you bullied in master dif

[sharp gulch]

Guys.... It's hella good. Proof that alife is being worked on constantly and with good results

[still current]

Yeah

Will be for a long while too

I'm sure we may get the true 2.0 after engine upgrade

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/deus-ex-unatco-fact-fact-checked-true-gif-26889068

[sharp gulch]

It's what I'm hoping as well. 150+ render bubble please GSC.....

150m is bare minimum

[still current]

Might be really close. I mean results are all supporting it

Imma bet on it

[sharp gulch]

Yeah it's a safe bet. Can't wait for Early Access to end

[still current]

[charred nova]

2.0 will come q2 next year probably

[still current]

I think q1

[visual mortar]

my preorder comes then

supposedly

[bitter plover]

same

[bitter plover]

🤝

[bitter plover]

you still didnt even play it Krezzin

[visual mortar]

Krezzin doesn't even play video games

[charred nova]

we aren’t inviting krezzin to the testing team

[visual mortar]

the what

the testing WHAT

errm...... THAT just happened...............
.......
.....

[charred nova]

Sorry the mask slipped

My vip memes xtreme posting leaked into main chat

[still current]

Im soft leaking am I not

[robust pendant]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-bicycle-gif-2417979368042725282

[vapid galleon]

WE ARE COMING DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME!?

[charred nova]

I love gas lighting chatters

[still current]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-bicycle-gif-2417979368042725282

[coral shadow]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm sure sure ill keep my eye bals on you general

[still current]

It gets leaked fr, you're going to end up in prison

[charred nova]

True

[robust pendant]

Is the ai better?
Yes or no

[vapid galleon]

[robust pendant]

[coral shadow]

look at GSC answers, its literally written there

[charred nova]

Why it’s important to vibe check all moderators before letting them in the team

If they wouldn’t survive xtreme memes

[robust pendant]

Changes doesnt mean better, checkmate liberal

[charred nova]

They aren’t staff team material

[still current]

you don't need an answer for that! You already can guess and well, imma throw NDA rock even tho the answe is pretty much known

[coral shadow]

I summon c4, checkmate

[still current]

[bitter plover]

idk if opinions can be shared or not but i think its okay, when its so close

[robust pendant]

[still current]

Well, jokes aside, since Culkin shared what he shared, your answe should be yes.

[hardy totem]

Can I say something?

[charred nova]

The key is to share opinions in a vague way that allows only people who know to understand

[bitter plover]

as per Prophets comment at Reddit. THere are improvements

[robust pendant]

Ok but, fr, does GSC make you guys legally sign a NDA paper, is it is just "pwease dont say awything uwu"

[bitter plover]

[coral shadow]

bet say something like that

[proven hollow]

bruh the mods just don't know anything about the development

[charred nova]

No really bro

[cobalt fiber]

[charred nova]

I thought i was the lead dev actually

[coral shadow]

omg the genius came, and it's always a monolith

[cobalt fiber]

We didn’t sign an NDA we just don’t like you

[still current]

[robust pendant]

[charred nova]

If I posted real leaks

I would be banned

[proven hollow]

and let's be serious, having a 20+ people mod team actually know something about development would be a community managers nightmare as it'd be leaky as a sieve

[robust pendant]

Just curious, but thanks for the answers lol

[still current]

Not true maybe mods without tester roles yeah

[charred nova]

But I wouldn’t be sued

[robust pendant]

I mean, idk why I even ask them if I wont be buying the game in years anyway hehe

[charred nova]

We don’t know the bigger picture

But we do know about the updates before they happen

[proven hollow]

mods don't know nothing more than you, and they know it no earlier than you, trust me

[vapid galleon]

?

[charred nova]

You would be wrong

[proven hollow]

nah

[still current]

there is something called trust you know?

Also, how come a tester knows nothing if he's testing lmao

[charred nova]

Gsc trust us not to tell the unwashed masses about the the play tests

[bitter plover]

Mods? no. Mods that are testers? Yes

[proven hollow]

yeah, i'm talking about mods, not testers

[charred nova]

I will heavily gas light the masses though

[still current]

Not necessarily, but yeah, generally so

[charred nova]

Because rage baiting people about the updates is really funny

[still current]

But I and Jack are both mods and testers hehe

[charred nova]

[bitter plover]

yeah, i just wanted to write it simple way

[charred nova]

We might get told the day before a big update drops that it’s dropping

But that’s the only extra detail we get to know

[still current]

I don't agree to having mods know more than they should tbh, but I'm also glad at the same time that we know some stuff ahead sometimes.

[proven hollow]

but knowing you guys are testers just raises the following question, will y'all finally test well enough so that they don't need a patch to fix everything broken the day after?

[dreamy dagger]

How do you know? I have my playtime made private last year.

[still current]

Liar

[bitter plover]

Bcs we literaly talked about it?

[weary hedge]

Stalker 2 is leaving gamepass and I’m too broke to buy it 🥲

[dreamy dagger]

When? 2 weeks ago?

I'm a changed man now

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/jc-denton-deus-ex-gif-22280125

[proven hollow]

go play that new game misery it's very similar to stalker, you know, music files, assets and everything included 😛

[weary hedge]

I have one but I gotta help pay rent and buy food

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/fact-check-false-fact-check-false-keepstock-gif-17821176312366660180

[dreamy dagger]

If you convince GSC to refund my copy I'll gift it to you on Steam

[weary hedge]

Why are you refunding?

[visual mortar]

isn't it like WAY too late to refund

[proven hollow]

he finished the game like 20 times already, it's too good, he can't put it down, it's an addiction

[visual mortar]

truhf

[dreamy dagger]

No

[visual mortar]

[dreamy dagger]

-- No Leemannesk
-- No CNPP
-- No Multiplayer
-- No Encyclopedia
-- No Faction Wars

[weary hedge]

Atleast wait until the DLC

[dreamy dagger]

I cant refund anyway

Over the 2hr limit

[hard pebble]

So excited for next week. Finally get to play stalker 2 for the first time and it’s gonna be awesome
Along with ignoring all the bad shit legit everyone’s basically here has said about it

[charred nova]

Only way to enjoy it

[dreamy dagger]

No multiplayer yet is bad sheit?

[charred nova]

Once you seen the leaks it ruins it for you

[dreamy dagger]

KEKLOLMAO

[charred nova]

No one cares about multiplayer

[dreamy dagger]

SP sux

[hard pebble]

I’ve honestly done my best to ignore everything that has Ben said because to me it’s a good game 😝

[charred nova]

You haven’t even played it

You don’t know

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/nobody-believes-you-nobody-believes-in-that-bullshit-serious-face-itstommylove-stalker-gif-365753730393702989

[hard pebble]

What I’ve seen is enjoy to know it will be enjoyable without mods. You probably shouldn’t even be here if all you do is diss the game 🤷🏻‍♂️

[charred nova]

Everyone here disses the game

Cus we are still playing the early access version

2.0 is the real 1.0

[hard pebble]

Oh believe me I’ve noticed

[dreamy dagger]

Ban me then

https://tenor.com/view/rushhour-rush-hour-chris-tucker-gif-18053154

[charred nova]

I’ve played a good 100 hours of the game and I can tell it’s not finished

Hence why I’m not super happy with it

[dreamy dagger]

!ban Jack

[hard pebble]

A 100 hours that’s it? lol

[charred nova]

The game doesn’t have that much content

[dreamy dagger]

@hard pebble Why you sound like Minecraft enjoyer type?

[charred nova]

It’s basically all compressed to the first half of the game

[hard pebble]

I’ve got 2-3k hours in about 4-5 open world games at that point I think your valid enough to give your opinion

[charred nova]

I don’t think so

I completed every quest in the game

[sharp gulch]

Ugh what did I come back to?

[charred nova]

I think I know how much content is in the game

[dreamy dagger]

Minecraft enjoyer tryna convince us STALKER 2 is GOLD

[visual mortar]

interesting take

[sharp gulch]

I'm probably more on the side of the Minecraft enjoyer

[hard pebble]

Thanks man. lol

[visual mortar]

shut up Minecraft rocks

[charred nova]

He’s trying to argue games not unfinished

And I’m saying everything after the halfway point is cut heavily

[sharp gulch]

I think there is no modern FPS studio SP game like STALKER 2

[charred nova]

Some areas had all of their content cut completely

[sharp gulch]

Game is def unfinished

[charred nova]

The final 3 areas have no side quests at all

[sharp gulch]

But is still a great experience

[hard pebble]

Well it looks fun and I believe it will most definitely be fun.

[sharp gulch]

Idk man I have 400 or so hours and maybe only 80 of those are of real gameplay

Most is modding, so I won't say I have to most definite experience and opinion

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/walter-walter-white-falling-walter-white-sad-hank-death-breaking-bad-gif-11929995292147864802

[sharp gulch]

But I think STALKER 2 can potentially be the best Base STALKER experience

[vernal lily]

Minecraft is fine, not sure how well its doing these days

[hard pebble]

Not looking forward to the mod side though Sony is supper restrictive

[frigid hill]

felicheat has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[dreamy dagger]

YOU TOO?!

[still current]

It's good! I have 200hrs

[sharp gulch]

WOLF.

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/wtf-ryno-what-the-fuck-gif-14978263

[charred nova]

The game isn’t terrible

[vernal lily]

Sometimes I go back to it for nostalgia reasons

[charred nova]

It’s just a very 7.5/10 game

[hard pebble]

Thank you. lol finally positive things

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/dog-hawaiiverse-whatthedogson-gif-24142590

[still current]

"Quite subjective opinion, don't fucking Put me to the cross for saying that"

[sudden rapids]

Jeeez 🤣

[dreamy dagger]

Dr Faust has me WEIRDIN OUT

[hard pebble]

Minecraft just constantly has updates these days and then breaks things after, but yeah I do enjoy it

[still current]

Sparrowgawk?

[sharp gulch]

Can someone fill me up on the Krezz lore? This guy well known?

[charred nova]

Minecraft updates usually don’t really do anything

[dreamy dagger]

This chat makes me like...

[charred nova]

They add set dressing content that’s typically useless

[hard pebble]

Minor stuff yeah

[still current]

Yes! An elder

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/breaking-bad-meme-walter-white-tongue-lick-walter-white-licking-gif-13235663215755233337

[charred nova]

After the nether update they got scared of ever changing the game