☢┃stalker-general

[pseudo gate]

I've a question
Is the ward hostile to you if you don't give them pda at the garbage?
Need to know beforehand

[terse warren]

Not to mention Strelok has full command of all of them

[naive field]

“If I disagree it’s bad”

[proven hollow]

I'd say the hold Strelok has is maybe slightly tighter than the C-consciousness had in SoC, but in no way is it absolute

[terse warren]

No they're only hostile after Chemical plant escape

[terse warren]

I never said that it's just a fact

[pseudo gate]

Okay, so I can give pda to both parties, have a badge to do Icarus and have chemplant as a base and still go with scar?

[terse warren]

Why make the point of him closing off the zone seem important only to back step later

[terse warren]

Yes but Scar won't actually help you if you have the badge

Not in the first meeting anyway

[proven hollow]

That's why I say you'll go into a very closed off zone in the next game, one that is much more desolate but still has groups of survivors that finally managed to make contact with the outside world again

[terse warren]

It would just be lazy writing

[pseudo gate]

Does he help you at all?

[terse warren]

Then that would make it seem like Strelok isn't doing what he sacrifices his body to do

[pseudo gate]

I think if I get badge I loose 1 mission in Zaton

[terse warren]

Which is protect the zone from outside forces

[pseudo gate]

The one with bloodsucker lair

[naive field]

Because it would still have a drastic impact on the zone, and coming back X years later to see how the stranded stalkers shaped the zone in isolation would be a good way to spin the play space

[terse warren]

You just can't work with spark in the first encounter is all

[pseudo gate]

So at the mill

[urban mortar]

Lmao Metro style guns and weapons in place Stalker 3, or super gauss weaponry everywhere saying there'd still be scientists in the zone

[proven hollow]

he can't, just like Scar can't make the shining zone a reality beyond illusion, just like Skif can't just simply go back to his apartment without being watched or even controlled by the zone

[terse warren]

Not particularly no and again Strelok is pretty dead set on the whole "Nobody in or out" rule

[pseudo gate]

I just want to have chemplant as temporary base to explore south

[terse warren]

Again why make it seem as if he can if you're only gonna backpedal it seems a little lazy to me

[terse warren]

Yeah chem plant isn't a base until literally the option that chooses whether or not you get imprisoned

[proven hollow]

how is that backpeddling, the whole running theme of the game is that everyone is chasing some un-obtainable version of the zone, trying to control it in some way, and all of them getting lost because of it

[terse warren]

Backpedaling wasn't the word I wanted to use there tbh

[pseudo gate]

And Icarus quests are available only with the badge?

[naive field]

Don’t backpedal your word selection

[terse warren]

Quiet I have a hard time with words I'm dyslexic

[terse warren]

Yes I believe so

You can't enter without one I don't think

[pseudo gate]

Hm,are they worth it....
Eh, probably no

[terse warren]

Most definitely no

[pseudo gate]

I've done then on the ward path

[terse warren]

It is however a faster and easier way through the early game

Just flash that badge and boom quest skipped

[pseudo gate]

I'm not looking for that because it's my 3rd run and I'm exploring everything I can

[terse warren]

Ok

Then go for whatever you feel like broslice

[pseudo gate]

Wanna go duga before story to do that school side quest

[terse warren]

Ok :)

[pseudo gate]

Never done that before

[terse warren]

Me either actually I didn't explore the duga much tbh I probably should

I just hated that place bc of the Faust boss fight

[pseudo gate]

It's just inconvenient because of no bases

[terse warren]

Yeah true

[tropic crane]

My intrusive thoughts tell me to ask GSC for Candy as Food to be added in Stalker 2 just BECAUSE

[naive field]

You can actually see where they started to cut content lol

[feral sigil]

Metro gunplay was too clunky imo the weapons handling was crap

[pseudo gate]

I don't think they let you into malachite before story

[terse warren]

I'd prefer something like coffee

[tropic crane]

Instant Coffee in Zone, Sounds nice

[terse warren]

You can if you get a malachite pass

Or have the Ward badge

[pseudo gate]

But where can you get that early game

[tropic crane]

Really would wish to take a Metal Cup, and you choosing what warm drink to put it over the fire to cook
Chocolate Milk, Tea, Instant Coffee

[pseudo gate]

Maybe you can bribe your way through, I don't remember

[terse warren]

Fr it would also be a mechanic for the fires around the Zone

[proven hollow]

aren't there those guys northwest of garbage at some point? in that car maze?

[terse warren]

Somewhere near malachite some people have them

[tropic crane]

Hooo shiiiii good idea, gonna go suggest that over they forums

intrusive thoughts FTW

[pseudo gate]

That opens after the story bit with duga

Quest to save a doctorant

[naive field]

There should be a quest in chem plant, to activate a device for some guy

[terse warren]

No pretty much everywhere besides the Duga and Pripyat are explorable outside of the lesser zone

I believe

[naive field]

I killed him after because he set me up to be ambushed by bloodsuckers and he had a pass

[tropic crane]

I really really wish we could climb the Duga after the Faust Quest

[terse warren]

Oh yeah that guy he's a douche

[terse warren]

In that quest you blow it up

[pseudo gate]

Which guy?
Like a scientists that asks you to dissolve a body in chem anomaly?

[tropic crane]

The smaller one, not the giant one

[terse warren]

I feel like any way up goes with it

[terse warren]

He asks you to start a device that attracts mutants

[pseudo gate]

Ah, moongose guy

[terse warren]

Yeah I think

[pseudo gate]

Wanna hear a funny story?

[proven hollow]

those malachite guys are a bunch of nerds anyway, you can just shoot them

[terse warren]

I extort him for money then kill him for his loot

[naive field]

He contacts you on the radio when you’re close, north of the base if I remember correctly

[terse warren]

Real they hate you later anyway so it doesn't matter

[pseudo gate]

I know a guy who is a reference for moongoose, because the nickname moongoose is a nickname if a real guy who worked with GSC, and they put this npc as a reference
And I know this guy

[terse warren]

Nice

[pseudo gate]

Common circle of friends in Kyiv and such

I'm super envious, I also want to be in the game.....

[terse warren]

Real

Me too. You guys think of I get good enough at guitar I'll be added as a background character?

Definitely not but it'd be baller fr

[feral sigil]

So when you guys think the new engine update is coming

[terse warren]

Becomes famous please GSC add me in game now see I'm famous

[terse warren]

Probably beginning of next year or before Christmas A or B

[naive field]

Probably 2.0 if I had to guess

[proven hollow]

q1 2026 i think

[naive field]

But that’s exactly what it is a guess

[terse warren]

Maybe On Christmas who knows

[feral sigil]

Niiice

[terse warren]

Likely

[terse warren]

Division enjoyer

[feral sigil]

Hell yeaaa

[bright ether]

Rat swarm is so cuute ❤️

[naive field]

lol deploy an engine update on Christmas what could go wrong

[terse warren]

Yeah right lollll

[terse warren]

Ew

Gross.

Grenade go Boom rat go Splat

[urban mortar]

There's a place in the Duga for a unique sniper with like 2 or 3 giants and a bunch of rat swarms

[terse warren]

Dr. Seuss fr

[terse warren]

He was a bad guy let's be real

[cedar panther]

True . i surely hope so I've seen the zone as it is now i want new places to discover 😅

[terse warren]

What sniper is it?

[terse warren]

I debunked the generator theory

Well.. the game's endings did

Kinda.

[terse warren]

?

[cedar panther]

Cavalier i think

[terse warren]

Oh word ? What's the base variant?

[urban mortar]

Well we have places we've been before like Limansk that Nimble? I forget is trying to get into that we know might have some batshit crazy stuff going on, that our only theory on why we can't get access to it is cause Deg wanted to cut off access to Pripyat more but there's easier ways to do that, and Scar does mention a place called the cold plains or whatever that could be more snow themed

[urban mortar]

M701 Cavalier hiding in a ceiling on some breakable planks

[terse warren]

Not nimble it was the guy who smuggled people into Pripyat

[terse warren]

Nice I gotta grab that later then

[cedar panther]

I could still be possible tho since there is no new game+ so the events of the ending do not happen before you could possibly go there

[terse warren]

I mean yeah I guess but for people who got the ending it would be kinda repetitive

[urban mortar]

Gotta shoot them down, just remember, rat swarms and giants are not a fun combination

[terse warren]

Fr

RPG go boom

10 rockets say I win these

[naive field]

I want them to keep expanding on the expedition mode to create a more robust survival mode.

[urban mortar]

I'm sticking to my guns tho, we're likely getting Limansk, sunken hospital, Jupiter plant, CNPP, generators and iron forest first DLC and hopefully... Hopefully a direct route from Cordon to the Swamps

[cedar panther]

You mean spirit

[terse warren]

Yeah him

[terse warren]

I think Definitely Lemansk I highly doubt generators and hopefully Iron Forest and the CNPP

[fallen latch]

Do we know the song richter has on his player?

[terse warren]

Yeah if (when) you kill him in the ward ending

[naive field]

All that sounds pretty ambitious for a first dlc, but it’s GSC so they would probably try anyways and then run out of time

[urban mortar]

Yeah and forgot about Jupiter, can't forget that and hopefully we'll get access to more X labs

[terse warren]

Yeah the labs would be cool

Level 17!! Yay

[urban mortar]

I mean half of them we don't even need story for just access too

[fallen latch]

I know, but im wondrring if anyone knows the song name off the top of their head

[terse warren]

Yeah

[terse warren]

Google does

[naive field]

I think it’ll be like one new region and a suite of new features

[serene barn]

that sounds like a lot to expect from just 1 DLC

[fallen latch]

Damn alright, thought id come to the real ppl first before likely getting a clankers answer

[serene barn]

when 2 has been promised

[terse warren]

Yeah but I expect a few explorable locations

[terse warren]

Just ignore the Google AI response it isn't that hard

[vernal rampart]

Is it worth buying this game guys? At 26 usd. Or should i wait

[terse warren]

Buy it

Good game and cheap too go for it

[urban mortar]

I mean I don't think it's that much, for all we know CNPP and Generators and probably iron forest are on the map just not explorable, Limansk might not be and so that and sunken hospital are the only real new things not currently on the map at all just teased and honestly more than likely we'll get Limansk and that focus over there rather than CNPP and Jupiter and such anyways, even Richter tells us CNPP is useless now so

[vernal rampart]

Wht bout bad AI and bugs?

[terse warren]

They'll be patched sooner or later and there are many game breaking bugs at all

[vernal rampart]

Hows AI?

[terse warren]

The CNPP and Iron Forest are needed for full map achievement which I have btw 😎

[terse warren]

It's a little aimbotty but not terrible

[vernal rampart]

Ok

[waxen lance]

You need the best rad protective suit and a lot of anti rads to get to CNPP

[terse warren]

Yeah

And Iron Forest is discovered at its checkpoint entrance

I doubt that achievement is actually supposed to be attainable right now anyway

Which means that Iron Forest and CNPP are likely DLC locations for sure

[waxen lance]

It always was intended to be attainable

[urban mortar]

Yeah and so it's expected of us to go there, and get that achievement, so it's likely we'll get them either for FLC or a DLC

[terse warren]

Idk man there is no proper path to the CNPP

[terse warren]

Yeah

[terse warren]

I had to go through the very irradiated water from the cooling towers side

[waxen lance]

You just need to be close enough. You can discover CNPP in Janow

[urban mortar]

It's expected but idk feels like we have more mystery and interest going to Limansk

[terse warren]

Idk how I managed but I did

[terse warren]

I Insta die with max rad protection and all rad protection artifacts

[terse warren]

Lymansk*

🤓

[urban mortar]

We don't know why we have no access too it just that someone blew all the tunnels and raised the bridge, to it, Spirit just thinks Deg blew the tunnels and raised the bridge for funsies basically

[vapid galleon]

Lemonsk

[terse warren]

No

[urban mortar]

Lamonsk

[terse warren]

Lymansk!!!!

That's literally the spelling they use in the game ;-;

[waxen lance]

You need to get close to the Bridge of Death in Yaniv, walk under it and go as far as you can towards East side of the map

than you get CNPP on your map\

[terse warren]

I managed from the cooling towers on release week

Going across there was slow but also lowk easier

[urban mortar]

I accidentally got it while bumbling around I honestly forgot and didn't pay attention to it

[terse warren]

Although I don't think the path I took is possible anymore nor was it intentional

[terse warren]

Loll same here tbh I was going around Cooling Towers and thought "can I make it across here" and actually did XD

I got very close to insta cooking though

Like dangerously close lmfao

[urban mortar]

Well I mean if they instead of taking us to Limansk and focus inwards, I'd like some inward map expansions still, and just more weapons and items in general, make the weapons especially feel less...tiered and more like the originals with redundant weapons even enough to where people can say they like these weapons and also can have favorite weapons

[terse warren]

One step in a specific direction and I was cooked more than toast in a broken toaster

[cedar panther]

You can go from garbage to iron Forrest and likely from there to the cnpp . but time will tell

[terse warren]

I know

[terse warren]

I said that earlier when I mentioned the Iron Forest checkpoint

Well kinda

[urban mortar]

Cause rn, it's just a debate on which 5.56 or 5.45 tier you like, early game, mid game or late game

[terse warren]

It's in Garbage so like :/

[dreamy dagger]

Day 372 and I mean, what the hell, it'll soon be 373 days without knowing what happened with Noah's companion dog...

[terse warren]

Yeah a or b and tbh the Kharod is fugly

[terse warren]

Who?

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/the-sopranos-christopher-moltisanti-chris-chrissy-paulie-gif-9531064177512057248

[urban mortar]

[terse warren]

Lol

I am not in the know ;-;

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/ie-internet-explorer-walking-dead-gif-19330001

Ghostrunner's own reaction to reading the chats

[terse warren]

My first Stalker game is S2 broslice

I've said this 8 times I think by now

[dreamy dagger]

Mans entered the chat but left clueless

[terse warren]

I guess

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/itstommylove-stalker-2-realization-reaction-streamer-gif-10415583761422740201

[vapid galleon]

[stark crescent]

Hello Stalkers!

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/sit-down-and-shut-the-fuck-up-serious-face-itstommylove-stalker-stalker-2-gif-10217618476561091871

[stark crescent]

Yes, sir!

[dreamy dagger]

Sit down, we're having cornbread and honey

[stark crescent]

Thats so corney, honny.

[dreamy dagger]

Peanut Butter has been stolen by the bandits overnight

[stark crescent]

[dreamy dagger]

2 jars of the finest

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

[stark crescent]

I dont care about peanut butter. Gimme something else.

[dreamy dagger]

2 weeks old bread is fine?

Put some butter on top, folk

[stark crescent]

Only 2 weeks? Ive eaten bread that riped for 2 years in the zone. The radiation keeps its sterile.

[dreamy dagger]

Oh wait I can offer you a Weedzzin's Еssential Оil - new aroma edition

Smells like Steak Artifact mixed with Jellyfish!

[stark crescent]

I will shoot some bandits for thst

[dreamy dagger]

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

[primal nimbus]

Imma turn my Kharod to 545. Just gonna sell all my 556. A 15% spread decrease can just be cancelled out by a spread upgrade I hadn’t made yet.

[dreamy dagger]

@primal nimbus You'd die on that will, will you?

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

[stark crescent]

Will will?

Will will smith smith will smith?

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/surprised-face-itstommylove-stalker-stalker-2-surprised-gif-15688616067313078428

[primal nimbus]

It was the title of ‘King of the Stupid Hill’ like I asked the mods. Then a mod removed the stupid part. Doesn’t help now that there’s some people that is more stupid than me, here.

[dreamy dagger]

I made a willstake, sowwy!

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/denzel-washington-explain-it-to-me-gif-10559334

[primal nimbus]

Stupid Hill King.
Then became Hill King.
I think there’s people more stupid than me.

[stark crescent]

Who are they? I will educate them

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/smile-happy-hey-there-eyebrow-raise-eyebrow-gif-13050784

They b messing with us

[stark crescent]

I will make them do calculus like an indian girl forced into mathematics

[primal nimbus]

1 example was that argument 2 weeks ago.

One of the topics involve the Brits.

I won’t elaborate further.

[stark crescent]

The brits....

You want me to educate an entire nation on the topic of online safety? Thats a a hard pass

[primal nimbus]

And the term ‘Woke’.

All in this server.

[stark crescent]

Woke? Dont remember that one

[bright ether]

Ooh, I just noticed that the hotfix did hotfix the crash that occurred for me when I was switching the gamepads. I sent like 10 crash reports of this one

[stark crescent]

Can you link?

[tropic crane]

Well suggested the Hot Beverage mechanic to GSC Forum for the Campfire
Hope they will take notice on it

Also suggested to climb the Duga againt after the Faust Quest

[stark crescent]

Drink coffee at the camp fire?

[tropic crane]

Yes

Instant Coffee, Tea or Hot Chocolate would be awesome small detail around the campfire

We got UE5 sooo its possible

[stark crescent]

Hot coco in the zone does sound nice

[tropic crane]

Especially the campfire next to the Duga

Or in Rain under a bus station to drink some Tea

uhhhhh that was a awesome intrusive thoughts idea that came in my head

[stark crescent]

You know what, its indeed weird they never did more with the bus stations in the game

Could be a nice gathering spot for stalkers

Most of them are still intact

[tropic crane]

Some have campfires

[hardy totem]

In SoC there's a bussstop at the front of the depot at the garbage that's used as hangout

In CS it's also used sometimes, if a squad is blocked further up their intended path

[waxen lance]

I wish GSC made remakes of OG trilogy on CoP engine

instead of The legends of the zone

[primal nimbus]

@stark crescent This was an argument that lasted like 3-4 hours long. Eventually the topic went to the Brits.

[proven hollow]

aah, the good guys?

[robust pendant]

Why? So they run worse?

[primal nimbus]

My brain hurts trying to comprehend allat

[robust pendant]

Idk why making remakes tho, you have the original games there. They just needed official bug fixing

[proven hollow]

The British controlled a third of the world, and out of the goodness of their hearts they allowed all those other countries to exist

[feral sigil]

https://frvr.com/blog/news/stalker-2-devs-explain-the-games-first-dlc-will-explain-old-and-new-mysteries-while-offering-a-new-cinematic-experience-for-fans/

[robust pendant]

So, the exact same thing that the base game does?

[pseudo gate]

They also talk about alternative POV
Project Y is canon confirmed

[unique locust]

i think they mean that it's going to be different protagonists

which i hope doesn't mean that the DLC zones are closed off areas that we will be unable to explore as skif

[robust pendant]

[desert furnace]

Oh Monolith, where are you?

[proven hollow]

in our hearts forever

[desert furnace]

We will not forget you oh Monolith

https://tenor.com/view/monolith-preacher-games-stalker-gif-19391373

[spare canopy]

https://youtu.be/1jg-ILC-bCI?si=KW8_8kKSX6msc9NZ

This vid popped up on my feed regarding game engine's.

Rather interesting

[bitter plover]

its not bad video, its good in its given info, but the overall topic is much more complex than that.

[spare canopy]

Of course, I wouldn't disagree with that, but interesting none the less.

[paper trail]

do we know anything about patch 1.7.1's arrival?

[dull apex]

Oh yay, it do be turkey day

End my suffering. O'Monolith, why?

[river chasm]

No real news. It'll release When It's Done

[paper trail]

no shit I thought they would release it when I want it

[golden light]

is anyone else still waiting for there ultimate editon of the game from final boss its been no joke a full year and i saw they did yet another reprint of it and it seems some of those people are getting theres but im sitting here with nothing and out my money and when i reach out to final boss i get nothing back or an auto reply saying nationwide shipping volumes are causing delays but again its been a year now with nothing to show for it

[weary hedge]

Is there any news on the artifact spawn bug?

[proven hollow]

nothing beyond "known, working on it"

[weary hedge]

Thx all i wanted to hear good thing that they are fixing it

[river chasm]

It was announced a while ago that due to issues with the manufacturing or something it'll be delivered in February

If you're talking about the second run at least

[loud vector]

Did they change accesibility to Dalin safe in SIRCA?

[loud vector]

artifact spawn bug?

[proven hollow]

artifacts can spawn underground, making them impossible to pick up

[loud vector]

Ahh that.

I though there was issue with the spanw rates XD

[south prawn]

There was an update a while back where they indicated there was a delay and they should be shipping beginning of 2026

[river chasm]

It didn't open for me on my recent playthrough if that's what you mean. Probably a bug I should have reported...

[weary hedge]

Is there anyway for me to drive in CoP

[river chasm]

No. But the maps also aren't that big

[weary hedge]

Ik i just wanna drive

[river chasm]

I know there are plenty of mod packs out there that add vehicles but not any that just add vehicles to the base games

[weary hedge]

Does anyone know if i have to keep all the artifacts in order to get the "collect all artifacts" achievement or do i just need to pick them up and sell them?

[languid dirge]

They need to fix the artifacts spawning in the ground.

[languid dirge]

You must store them in your personal box

[robust pendant]

Its coming in patch 1.7.1 (supposedly)

[river chasm]

Seems like it should be a high priority fix. It's quite annoying when it happens

Though it is very hilarious when you find bandits halfway into the ground ass-up

[bitter plover]

ngl, it gives me chuckle every time

[pseudo gate]

1.7.1 was planned this week, so either today (unlikely) or tomorrow (unlikely)

I think the problem with collision all over the game is bigger than simple hotfix, but it was not a priority until it got worse

[proven hollow]

no, what mol1t said was referring to the 1.7.05 update earlier this week when they said hotfix this week, might very well be next week

[bitter plover]

the issue ppl have is artifacts spwning under ground. They dont care about anything else. ITs not that they would have to fix whole colision thing. THey just need to change artifacts.

Btw, they said, that they are working on issues, but that doesnt mean, that these issues will be in hotfix. Ppl just expect it, but they never said, what exactly will be there

[pseudo gate]

Probably true
When ch only reinforces my point that it's bigger problem

[pseudo gate]

I care about all the bugs, but I agree that artifact spawning one is the most annoying because it semi disables one of the core systems in the game

[bitter plover]

i have it same

[violet dune]

new mutants in DLC?

[plain fiber]

Hey stalkers.

[plain fiber]

Almost certainly. I'm really hoping we get more cut content restored with them too, especially the Korogod Forest.

[violet dune]

they said NDA answer for this.

[robust pendant]

NDA means there will be (65.2% confirmed)

[violet dune]

i just hope it wont be some super rare mutant there you only can encounter few times in the game

NDA means they thinking about it

[plain fiber]

Btw, I remember seeing an interview with GSC from a few months ago where they were talking about the DLC, and apparently they consider both Clear Sky and Call of Pripyat to be DLC.

If that isn't some sort of translation error, we might be eating really good with the DLCs. It would also mean that GSC has the same interpretation of DLC as FromSoft where it can potentially mean something the size of an entire freaking game; basically the old-school expansion pack style.

[robust pendant]

Wow, a 38$ DLC?

Truly an amazing thing to be expectant

[plain fiber]

I'm not sure if I understand your point?

[robust pendant]

Cause CS came out at 38$

So Im making fun of it

[violet dune]

i dont think they would sell this type of DLC for 30$

[ancient fractal]

What will the dlc be about

[cyan sparrow]

If the DLC will be at size like Shadow of the Erdtree then i'm willing to pay even 40$

[violet dune]

Ultimate edition covers both DLC

[ancient fractal]

And what will the multiplayer be about

[plain fiber]

Depends on how big it is tbh. Shadow of the Erdtree was around that iirc, and that's literally an entire game.

[violet dune]

forget multiplayer

[robust pendant]

Not Co-op, thats confirmed

[ancient fractal]

But I wanna loot ans kill with friends

[cyan sparrow]

Well it would be phenomenal to get such DLC in size.

[robust pendant]

Nope

[ancient fractal]

Why not 😔

[violet dune]

you wont loot or kill with friends, it will be random TDM or FFA

[robust pendant]

They have confirmed, they never wanted Co-op

[ancient fractal]

Nobody wants this 🥀

[violet dune]

this is why i said, forget multiplayer

[shell flax]

Because GSC confirmed, repeatedly, there will be no coop

[robust pendant]

Ever since Shadow of Chernobyl is a thing, they've confirmed no coop

[ancient fractal]

I'll make a mod

[plain fiber]

I can't imagine multiplayer would have a story unless they do decide to go for the CO-OP route, and even then it wouldn't be needed if they just did CO-OP freeplay or something.

[violet dune]

No way GSC would put both DLC under ultimate while they thinking to make those DLC the size of CS or COP

[ancient fractal]

Coop could just have skif and a random stalker he pays

[violet dune]

Skif + Ritcher

[ancient fractal]

Not possible

[violet dune]

Brokeback Mountain DLC

[robust pendant]

Skif + Degtayrev

[ancient fractal]

🫃

[ancient fractal]

Skif and smartass

[violet dune]

Skif + Krezzin

and Scar their guide

[ancient fractal]

Scar my goat 🙏

[plain fiber]

What's been GSC's most recent statement on multiplayer? I remember reading a relatively recent interview where they seemed less hostile to idea of CO-OP, but they didn't give a definitive statement.

Also who knows if it was a translation error or something.

[ancient fractal]

Did they say why they're doing tdm?

[violet dune]

i never seen any statement after launch. They said MP will be shortly added after launch

[ancient fractal]

Some armor that comes with the deluxe packs says transferable to multiplayer

[violet dune]

New interesting sidequest > MP

[plain fiber]

I get the impression that they might have decided to do more with the multiplayer than just simple DM/TDM/CTF.

[violet dune]

anyday everyday

[ancient fractal]

Will there be a battle pass with the mp

[plain fiber]

I agree with you though, I'd prefer that single-player content be the primary focus.

[north thistle]

Happy Thanksgiving y’all!

[ancient fractal]

Thanksgiving isn't in Australia

[north thistle]

Oops my bad didnt mean to do that Gordon

[violet dune]

i wont play coop (no friends), they wont make extraction shooter(would be flop, it requires a lot of resources to make it half decent), i would might play survival (wont happen, no logic in the zone)

[north thistle]

I know, just saying to my fellow Americans

[umbral lodge]

Happy Thanksgiving fellow stalkers

[ancient fractal]

Closest thing to stalker multiplayer is arma mods

[north thistle]

Finna be eatin good till I look like Jabba the Hutt

[umbral lodge]

Im searching for nods

[ancient fractal]

Swamp

There a shack in the swamp, with floorboards you can break

[umbral lodge]

I'll have to make a trip

I was debating heading for the gen 1 nods at chemical

[ancient fractal]

Never used gen 1

[plain fiber]

Just be aware that it's only accessible through the ruins of the Clear Sky base.

[brittle trout]

Gen 1 nvgs are pretty good honestly, it's the field of vision that really changes between gens

[plain fiber]

Did you just never do the mutant hunting side quest?

[umbral lodge]

Clear sky base aka home

[brittle trout]

Thank goodness the stuff isn't as crusty as in the og trilogy

[umbral lodge]

Oh thank god

[vernal rampart]

Wtf man. I just started playing. Found the first artefact and got killed by mutant. Now game restarts from scratch. Just because i was on expedition. Thats too long a save gap

[plain fiber]

I like that the NVGs function more realistically i.e. if you're in a pitch black cave with zero light sources, the NVGs will be useless.

[ancient fractal]

What one

[brittle trout]

Worst comes to worst exit to main menu and savescum it that way

[plain fiber]

Are you at the start of the game?

[ancient fractal]

Night vision realistically only needs a minuscule light source to work

[vernal rampart]

Yes

Should i just not play in expedtiin

[ancient fractal]

Then don't complain and be happy it wasn't at the end

[plain fiber]

The one in Zaton with Honta.

[ancient fractal]

I did that

Some quests didn't give me anything though

[plain fiber]

Well yeah, but I'm talking about caves and other areas where there's literally zero light.

[brittle trout]

Yeah dying during the introduction might imply you should start a lower than master difficulty, non-expedition save

[vernal rampart]

That mutant gave me stress. Gotta play Microsoft flight sim now

[plain fiber]

Weird, you should have gotten Gen 1 NVGs from that quest line.

[brittle trout]

There's no shame in playing veteran it's been the hardest setting for over a year and still is a challenge

[vernal rampart]

Playing veteran. Expedition. Will restart veteran non expedtion

[brittle trout]

Good call

[ancient fractal]

I played my first run on vet, took me 40 hours, now I'm replaying on story

[plain fiber]

I've beaten the entire original trilogy on Master but I hate how Vetern functions in S2. Last I knew, it straight-up gimps player damage to 75% and increases enemy health/armor and damage, which I'm just not okay with. OG Master difficulty simply put the player on a move even playing field with the rest of the in-game world, it didn't outright gimp you.

I'm not a fan of it tbh.

[brittle trout]

Idk how long my first run took me but it was upwards of 100 hours, found every single stash, artifact, and gun there was to find. Not doing this again lmao

[vernal rampart]

I should then play at master?

[ancient fractal]

I'll do that, on story mode

[brittle trout]

Ditto, we need the OG trilogy damage scaling system

[ancient fractal]

What does "ditto" mean?

[umbral lodge]

Im playing on veteran

[brittle trout]

It was hard but fair, having to shoot a monolithian right in his face 5 times with an ak just sucks

[umbral lodge]

I thought master was gonna be like og stalker

[feral sigil]

You need serious skills to reach the end on veteran

[vernal rampart]

Whys that

[feral sigil]

Reflexes,aim,map knowledge

[ancient fractal]

Because it's hard

And you get diddled by every enemy

[vernal rampart]

On veteran?

[umbral lodge]

Veteran feels enjoyable honestly

[ancient fractal]

It is

[umbral lodge]

All ya need is a mosin

[plain fiber]

Early Game: TOZ-34

Mid-Game: VSS Vintorez

End-Game: Dnipro or Kharod

I really hope this is pretext for further weapon rebalancing. I miss how just about every weapon was viable until the end-game in CoP and I really think it would be better if damage/penetration was connected more to the weapon's caliber rather than its tier.

We also need a Fort pistol and a Western equivalent to the AKS-74U; a bottom-tier but not completely useless assault rifle. (The HK-416 is not that, it's supposed to serve as a modern equivalent to the LR-300 from the trilogy; both it and the AK-74 should be more powerful.) 9x39 weapons need to be end-game-tier again too.

[ancient fractal]

Until you fight a pseudogiant

[ancient fractal]

Kharod

[plain fiber]

It's not, it's essentially an equivalent to Hardcore Mode from Fallout: New Vegas.

[umbral lodge]

My mosins for human enemies, and the 860 is for everything else

[plain fiber]

Lol, thank you.

[umbral lodge]

Thats a great comparison actually

[plain fiber]

Ugh, I can never remember what the real-world name of the TRs-301 is.

[umbral lodge]

I miss my enfield

[hardy totem]

LR-300?

[ancient fractal]

Grrr I was gonna say that

We might just be a hivemind

[brittle trout]

We used to have the l85 and the Sig 550 as well?

[plain fiber]

YES! Thank you!

[ancient fractal]

When my dad was in the army he preferred the SLR over the SA80

[brittle trout]

There's no point for an English lemon to make its way into the zone but a Sig 550 would make sense for Merc units

[plain fiber]

Skif's honorary pistol should be a Fort variant too, not a Makarov. He's a former Ukrainian Marine, he should have a Ukrainian pistol. I saw someone in a video mention that this is a real thing that's done, and it should be a Fort.

[ancient fractal]

Skif is a fictional character

Maybe the Ukraine army didn't use it

[hardy totem]

I thought the Fort was more of a police pistol

[umbral lodge]

I also wish we had a couple more shotguns

[plain fiber]

Pretty sure it's used by the military too, it's got a ton of variants.

[ancient fractal]

Revolver shotgun

Will the gryojet be added

[shadow token]

This update has been awesome but needs another hotxif asap, artifacts spawn under the ground, and the gameplay mechanic of the weigh is broken

[umbral lodge]

I mean we have that with the rhino just wish you could put a stock on it

[pseudo gate]

-AK74U
-SPSA
-charod/dnipro/M701

[umbral lodge]

Or I'd like a full size boomstick

[ancient fractal]

M2 briwning

[shadow token]

A glock

There is no glock, everyone has a glock

[ancient fractal]

Most mid gun ever

[plain fiber]

Well that one comment I saw claimed that a blinged-out Fort is a real reward for Ukrainian military members. Also check out the Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPC_Fort?wprov=sfla1

It mentions that the army does use it.

[shadow token]

Still relevant

[ancient fractal]

Only real men love the gyrojet

[shadow token]

You can make the semi and the auto

[brittle trout]

Imho hunting rifles would make more sense than military guns

[hardy totem]

Fair enough

[brittle trout]

Would make early gameplay more interesting too

[umbral lodge]

A berreta

[ancient fractal]

With a switch

[umbral lodge]

Or the p99

[shadow token]

Galil

[ancient fractal]

Minigun

[shadow token]

Sv92

[brittle trout]

Not saying it should be misery but more powerful single shot or fixed mag weapons in cheap calibers would help tremendously with killing some of the more annoying mutants

[ancient fractal]

Lamborghini

[plain fiber]

Page for the Fort-12 also says: "The Fort-12 was produced to replace the Makarov pistols in Ukrainian service."

[shadow token]

I like the fort

[ancient fractal]

I dont

[shadow token]

It has that modern gun vibes

The pm looks old

[umbral lodge]

Or sks

Also why isn't there no ak47

[shadow token]

What i really hope is that they add diferent body types to allow modders to use those animation to make everygame we want

Cause gun animations are top tier on stalker 2

[plain fiber]

We need more crazy shit that helps remind people of the alternate-history/timeline setting that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. exists in. More weapons that never left small-batch production or prototype stage and more crazy-but-grounded tech please. See this video for context: https://youtu.be/Ip3DEMn1nHQ?si=NndBohw5SXcBtwrX

[shell flax]

47’s (as in the OG 47’s) are actually really rare and they’re apparently so old now they’re falling apart

[umbral lodge]

That actually tracks seeing as the rifles like the akm are the more modernized ak

[shell flax]

Also 7.62x39 got scrubbed a few patches back so we won’t see any guns using it for a while

[brittle trout]

7.62x39 AKMs would make sense though

[shadow token]

There is an Scar with that caliber too if im not wrong

[plain fiber]

Like, you could fully justify seeing shit like the Pancor Jackhammer or the H&K G-11 in S.T.A.L.K.E.R..

[shell flax]

7.62x51 is what you’re thinking of

[feral sigil]

Bros asking the same question every day

[shell flax]

Which IS in game (308)

[brittle trout]

Well hey we had the protecta in cop

[shadow token]

Oh, probably is the same as the 417 could be?

[brittle trout]

Can't think of a worse gun to take in the zone

[shell flax]

The LR-300

[plain fiber]

The Protecta?

[plain fiber]

Also the L85A1.

[brittle trout]

The eliminator shotgun iinm

[shadow token]

Uggg

[shell flax]

I love the gun but good god the LR would have an incredibly bad day in the Zone

[shadow token]

Mp7 would be cool also with the long stock of course

[plain fiber]

To be fair, it doesn't have great durability in the games either. Remember though: alternate timeline.

[shell flax]

I think it would be neat if, instead of adding a shitload of AKs, they add two uniques chambered in 7.62

Alpha AK for a super modern look

An old fashioned AKM for the classical look

[plain fiber]

I still liked using it though, at least until I found a G36. God that gun was so freaking good in CoP; fully upgraded it became a laser-accurate, almost zero-recoil bullet hose.

[thick kite]

Huloooooo

[plain fiber]

Please no, I don't want new weapons to be exclusively uniques. Not saying we can't have them, but if they give us new guns I want to be able to see NPCs using them too.

[shell flax]

Ok AKM as the actual gun, Alpha AK as the unique

[plain fiber]

Speaking of, I want to see the guns on the NPC's backs/belts like in the trilogy. Not a fan of how they just disappear when they're holstered.

[thick kite]

Dude I really really just wanna play it but sheeeit i live in a shit country

[plain fiber]

Yeah that would work.

[shell flax]

It helps it would give people a stroke seeing ‘Modern Slop’ in the Zone

Despite the fact quite a few of the well known guns in the trilogy were modern

[cyan sparrow]

You mean when pole dancing nuns at any bar? or when hotfix on hotfix?

[plain fiber]

Well, modern for their time.

Also, in regards to "shitload of AKs", we only really need two or three more AKs at most; an old-school AKM, the AN-94 or maybe something that could serve as a more modern equivalent, and a truly modern AK like maybe the AK-12 or something.

[shell flax]

Hell I remember people shitting themselves that the Mosin ‘wouldn’t fit the zones themes’

[plain fiber]

I also want the SIG-550 and F2000 to come back too, or at least give us modern equivalents. (No, the fully kitted-out Kharod doesn't count.)

[shell flax]

Look up an Alpha AK real quick

[feral sigil]

The dude asking best weapons for early mid late game

[plain fiber]

Wait, that's a real thing?

[shell flax]

Yes

[cyan sparrow]

You told him stick yes?

[shell flax]

That was a community manager gathering data brother

[plain fiber]

You mean Mol1t? The community manager? Or is this someone else?

Also he only asked that once like a day or two ago, my response was just late.

[feral sigil]

Mo1t

[cyan sparrow]

lmaoo

[shell flax]

Yeah, he’s an actual GSC employee

[plain fiber]

Yeah, he's a community manager, an employee of GSC. He's asking that question to gather statistical data, he's not asking for help.

[feral sigil]

And why is he asking the same question every day then

[plain fiber]

He's not?

[feral sigil]

Ah ok

[plain fiber]

That's the only time I've seen him post it.

[hardy totem]

Wouldn't be surprised if they put some of the trilog guns in the DLCs so people will buy them

[shadow token]

Guys is it normal that the tourist suit feels like much better than all the suits i found? I have like 10 suits and all are worse than this one

[shell flax]

Im almost certain he’s beaten the game at least once

[dapper haven]

Anywhere to get cheap .308 or where some spawns? I'm going poor buying it

[brittle trout]

I'm afraid Steve might have been too close to a controller

[plain fiber]

Or he got exposed to a psi-anomaly.

[cyan sparrow]

Wait!

You guys enjoy Master so far?

[robust pendant]

You should probably pin this, in case someone reads it and can answer

[shell flax]

I got a run on the back burner until mods get fixed

[plain fiber]

Have you upgraded it or is it base stats?

[shadow token]

The suite comes updates with more weigh and more stamina but it’s really good as base, even has 3 artifact slots

[shadow tangle]

I have a bug on the main quest Forge of Progress, but im stuck at the part that says "Follow Dr.Kryvenco" after getting in th building and following him it doesnt let me talk to him. Pls help idk what to do, i tried to use a previous save but still not work, any idea on how to fix it

[shadow token]

Feels very unbalanced to be get on early stages of the game

[plain fiber]

Haven't touched it yet. Still need to finish my current playthrough, I only just got back to the story after over 140-ish hours. Just finished SIRCAA the other day.

[plain fiber]

There are other suits that are better, but it's a solid mid-game suit. Sounds like you picked up one from a stash if it already has upgrades.

[brittle trout]

It's good but it's nothing phenomenal, when the monolith hits the fan you'll have to find better to survive

[plain fiber]

Yeah, you'll be shredded to pieces once the Monolith return.

[vernal rampart]

Can u be sold in game?

[plain fiber]

What do you mean?

[brittle trout]

Lmao what

[vernal rampart]

Selling for money in game

[shadow token]

I get recently the zircon(this is on spanish so idk is it named like this on english) it’s a monolith suit i get on the main story missions but it’s a little bit better overall but 7 kg instead of the 3 on the tourist

[vernal rampart]

??

[plain fiber]

It's an equivalent tier to the Sunrise suit; your generic stalker suit.

I don't understand SeatPants' question.

[feral sigil]

Cant mo1lt tell us when the engine ulpdate is ?

[brittle trout]

Honestly the monolith variant of all suits is objectively superior, albeit a lot more expensive to run

[shadow token]

I have the sunrise too, still worse than the one i get

[feral sigil]

Someone ask him

[shadow token]

#📸┃screens_and_videos message

[plain fiber]

No set date yet. Probably won't happen until early next year. Engine upgrades are a massive undertaking and you do not want to rush it.

[shadow token]

Sorry about the quality

[feral gust]

why not hotfix yet 😭

[shell flax]

He’s a CM, not a Dev

[feral sigil]

I bet you he knows tho

[robust pendant]

He doesnt

Not even the devs know

[foggy olive]

I think he has this information but he won't tell anyone because of the NDA

[plain fiber]

They probably have an idea, but it's one of those things that you really don't want to promise a delivery date for unless you're absolutely sure.

[dapper haven]

Have any Europeans had a Non Stop in real life? They cost $30 to import one fan on Amazon but I'm really curious if it's anything special or just another Red Bull type drink

[charred nova]

Honestly he might know

But no matter how much you beg he wouldn’t tell you

[hardy totem]

[robust pendant]

I bet you 10000000000000000000 social credit no one knows when

[plain fiber]

Uh....that shows the Zircon suit having slightly better stats than the Sunrise.

[plain fiber]

It's just an energy drink from what I understand.

[charred nova]

There is for sure a rough timeline

[hardy totem]

I wamt the screen helmet back

[plain fiber]

Yeeeees!

[robust pendant]

Yeah, S2 was supposed to come out in 2021.
They are very bad at timelines

[charred nova]

I can’t tell you how I know but

You’ll have to trust me I know

[robust pendant]

CONFIRMED

[hardy totem]

I wanna be that one dopey fucker with a bandit jacket and a screen helmet

[robust pendant]

NDA BROKEN, GET THIS MAN

[plain fiber]

They've gotten way better since launch. They delivered on everything from the first roadmap, and there's only like...3 things on the current roadmap that haven't been delivered on, but those three things make sense for having delays.

[shell flax]

Ok so if we don’t get the upgrade before March, we blame Jack

[charred nova]

I’ve not even confirmed anything

[robust pendant]

Kinda fair.
Kinda

[robust pendant]

You just confirmed that its a true thing.
LEAK.
Humongous LEAK

[charred nova]

That there’s probably a timeline?

[vernal rampart]

Hi. Can we sell u in game to earn money?

[charred nova]

That’s all I said

[robust pendant]

Yeah, leak. All leaked. The sun is even leaking

[shell flax]

https://tenor.com/view/speak-english-pulp-fiction-do-you-speak-it-gif-16440534

[robust pendant]

Im so good at making jokes, holy

[vernal rampart]

It is English

[feral sigil]

If the engine update goes well and all the bugs are gone this game will be one of the best games of all time

[vernal rampart]

I meant can we sell a player in game. Like one of players here

[plain fiber]

No, you cannot.

[solid trench]

Has anyone asked for weapon fov for console yet? Any word?

[vernal rampart]

How?

[shell flax]

Because Stalker 2 isn’t multiplayer

[vernal rampart]

But after connecting to internet?

[charred nova]

Stalker 2 isn’t multiplayer

[vernal rampart]

Like i sell u. I earn money. Then ur id finish in game

[charred nova]

The game isn’t multiplayer

This game isn’t like borderlands

[shell flax]

(Thank god)

[charred nova]

Why would anyone want to trade real money for I game stalker loot

[vernal rampart]

Hows borderland

[plain fiber]

Oh, like character selling in an MMO? His question is confusing the hell out of me.

[charred nova]

I personally don’t like borderlands

[shell flax]

I thought the dude meant whole ass selling stalkers into slavery

[charred nova]

I find the humor extremely dated and unfunny

[feral sigil]

I made like 2k euros selling wow chars back in the day

[shell flax]

Wait is he trying to buy accounts

[plain fiber]

I did too! The way his questions were worded made it sound like that.

[charred nova]

I’m honestly not sure

His first language clearly isn’t English

[plain fiber]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 doesn't have accounts anyways, and even when MP is added it wouldn't have them either. This isn't an MMO.

[feral sigil]

Yea he means sell the characters

[charred nova]

Yah

[feral sigil]

Level them up and sell them

[charred nova]

Unless gsc adds csgo loot boxes

[shell flax]

MkXGoroXray.Gif

[river chasm]

Pokemon but you're collecting bandits to walk out and die for you

[plain fiber]

To be fair...there is apparently a thing where you can buy runes and in-game items for your Elden Ring character with real-world money.

I've never looked into it because it seems sketchy as hell, but it is apparently a real thing.

[shell flax]

It’s also against From’s TOS and can get you banned

[plain fiber]

Makes sense.

[charred nova]

Like why would you even do this

Stalker 2 loot is all the same

[plain fiber]

Honestly, just grind for runes in Mohg's palace while listening to a podcast like a normal person.

[charred nova]

Why would you pay money for stalker 2 loot

[shell flax]

Like it reminds me of the paid carries in Destiny because you’re too lazy to learn something

Which also gets you banned

[plain fiber]

People are weird, lazy and stupid Jack. You're a Discord mod, you should know this.

[feral sigil]

People pay a fortune for diamond rank overwatch chars

[dreamy dagger]

People are wack, woke!

[feral sigil]

Diamond means like the top rank

[charred nova]

Yah but this is a level of stupid I can’t understand

Stalker 2 isn’t a game with any value

[dreamy dagger]

Overwatch is for neckbeards

Fortsh/te is for losers

[plain fiber]

Oh believe me, it breaks my brain too. Like that guy has to have zero knowledge of the game/franchise to even be asking that question.

[charred nova]

Selling ranked overwatch characters makes sense

Selling wow characters or gold

That all makes sense

Selling rare borderlands loot even that kinda makes sense

[shell flax]

RuneScape gold selling

[plain fiber]

That's probably I had such a hard time understanding what he was asking. Regardless of the broken English, the question made zero sense for S2.

[shell flax]

I once saw an account someone was trying to sell for six figures that only had Dragon gear and two million gold

[plain fiber]

Right!

These are multiplayer games and Borderlands has randomized loot/weapon drops, so some sort of real-world economy building up around that stuff does make some sense.

[feral sigil]

Well there are 2 billion gamers in the world i bet you could find a couple interested to pay for stalker loot lmao

[dreamy dagger]

STALKER 2 is for chads

[plain fiber]

And we would be totally justified in relentlessly mocking those people.

[charred nova]

Find the lowest iq players on the planet fr

[still current]

[plain fiber]

Is that guy even still here or did he leave?

[shell flax]

He’s here, on something called Volanta

[frigid hill]

timothy6952 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[plain fiber]

???

Hmm....

[shell flax]

Fucktangular

[plain fiber]

and/or

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/what-the-fuck-are-you-talking-about-leonardo-dicaprio-leo-dicaprio-gif-10857428

[plain fiber]

shitty?

Alright, I have no clue what I said that triggered Wolf there.

[shell flax]

Remove the question mark

[frigid hill]

timothy6952 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[shell flax]

Yep

[plain fiber]

So shit is fine but adding "ty" to it isn't?

Pretty sure I've said it before with no problems too....

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/eh-meh-jim-jim-halpert-the-office-gif-25317293

[weary hedge]

Damn looks like new mutants isn’t out of the picture

#📜┃gsc-answers message

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/seagal-steven-seagal-carrot-eat-gif-13722967

[charred nova]

I do not concern my self the bot filter

I could say literally anything

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/i-think-i-have-broken-something-ouch-i-broke-something-broken-bone-that-hurts-gif-22375827

[dreamy dagger]

shi77y

Learn to spell, brodmans. You are casting the spell the wrong way.

[charred nova]

Literally no one could stop me

Until mol1t banned me

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/chef-cheeky-oops-smirk-ainsley-harriott-gif-15985791

[feral sigil]

[plain fiber]

Oh yeah, someone asked earlier what the DLC is going to be about.

As of right now, we don't know for absolute sure, but we seem pretty confident that it involves Lymansk. I believe the war between Freedom and Duty will be involved as well.

[dreamy dagger]

Its not Limannesk

[charred nova]

Someone’s been reading the forbidden texts I see

[plain fiber]

What makes you say that? Everything involving the ARG points to Lymansk and there's also that radio near the bridge that was found before the whole thing started that explicitly states the signal came from Lymansk.

[plain fiber]

Actually no, this is all based on stuff I've read on Reddit, watched on YouTube, and my own personal speculation.

[charred nova]

Did the arg conclude

[plain fiber]

I think it's still ongoing, but they've hit a roadblock. @spark cypress Hey Vati, you're involved with the ARG right? Is it still ongoing or no?

[dreamy dagger]

The radio part was never ARG thing

[weary hedge]

I remember some bois made a whole server for it but I forgot to ask for an inv. @graceful dirge is the arg still going on?

[dreamy dagger]

It was there since 1.0

[vernal rampart]

Hi, can i sell u

[dreamy dagger]

Yeah, sell me, but only on Ebay

Anything less than 9k is a ripoff

[vernal rampart]

How much?

[dreamy dagger]

I come with full package. Liver, kidneys, intestines, etc etc

[charred nova]

This guy is so confused

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/the-fuck-is-going-on-itstommylove-stalker-stalker-2-oh-shit-gif-8199956501715076767

[shell flax]

Chief you’re in the wrong market, move on

[dreamy dagger]

Let him sell me, brodmans

Wonder how much he will put my brain for

@vernal rampart We doing it?

[vernal rampart]

Hi

[weary hedge]

Squid games moment

[vernal rampart]

U eat mutant?

[dreamy dagger]

Yes I eat snork brain, sucker tentacles, flesh ribs, tushkano eyeballs

[vernal rampart]

Whoch part most?

[dreamy dagger]

Flesh ribs with tomato sauce is GOATED

[vernal rampart]

Where do you like?

[dreamy dagger]

The Perimeter

[vernal rampart]

Sky rim?

[spark cypress]

No new info yet, we stop on the Yantar
Hello!

[dreamy dagger]

Skywim?

[dreamy dagger]

LIMANNESK IS A LIE

[plain fiber]

Appreciate the response! Love your work.

[plain fiber]

I didn't say it was part of the ARG.

[vernal rampart]

Guys, is the games exploration more random and fun than rdr2?

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/funny-what-hiding-watching-jumpscare-gif-16018131635149446672

[plain fiber]

Anyone who's played RDR2 able to answer him?

[vernal rampart]

Who hasnt played rdr 2 damn

[weary hedge]

No💔

[feral sigil]

Rdr2 was super boring for me

[vernal rampart]

Why not

[vernal rampart]

https://tenor.com/view/what-rihanna-huh-say-what-wait-what-gif-11237452528281494434

[feral sigil]

Nice cinematograpy tho and a couple of cool scenes

[lucid heart]

Top five shit game for me. Zero gameplay mechanics

[terse warren]

L take

[weary hedge]

I mean it has more pois but you’ll run into more instances with npcs exploring in rd2

[foggy loom]

Look for "stalker 2 1.7 A-life" videos on youtube and you will get the gist of it I think
it's getting better but not perfect

[vernal rampart]

A-life?

[plain fiber]

*sigh*

[vernal rampart]

As-hul-life?

Whys a life guys

[foggy loom]

but I think the game is still super atmospheric and immersive
A-life is Stalker's own AI system where the npcs have their own cycle of interacting to the world

[proven hollow]

Yeah I also dropped rdr2 on the account of just being boring... as in not interesting enough to be worth the time

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/skyrim-shuffle-dance-twirl-honey-gif-14307666

[plain fiber]

Doesn't RDR and RDR2 require a Rockstar account even to play the single-player?

[dreamy dagger]

TWURL, BABY, TWURL

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/skyrim-gif-13159234429162360207

[plain fiber]

@vernal rampart Vatislavovych has a video covering the recent A-Life updates in 1.7 and does a good job breaking down how the system worked in the original trilogy. Strongly advise watching it.

[feral sigil]

The game was overhyped because of rockstar plain and simple

[vernal rampart]

Dont do this guys. It doesn’t look good on a stalker community

[plain fiber]

What?

[vernal rampart]

We must be responsible citizens

[vernal rampart]

Link please sire

[smoky hawk]

hmm? was going on

[dreamy dagger]

TWURL, BABY, TWURL

[proven hollow]

agreed, we need to be responsible sn0rkers

[vernal rampart]

Sn0rt3rs

[dreamy dagger]

Its called Search Bar

[proven hollow]

eww, no, what is wrong with you?

[plain fiber]

People are allowed to have their own opinions my dude. Not liking RDR2 won't negatively impact people's perceptions of the community unless they care way too much about others' opinions.

[vernal rampart]

Thats aristotlic

[proven hollow]

i will give credit where credit is due, rdr2 was great for falling asleep to

[smoky hawk]

RDR? well it is a rockstar game so, I can tell it wont be good

[plain fiber]

Read Dead Redemption.

[feral sigil]

Check this guy too https://youtube.com/@gamewithdave?si=nWQyPC_voYL8Nd09

[plain fiber]

It's a really easy video to find, just search "Vatislavovych stalker 2 patch 1.7" on YouTube or something.

[vernal rampart]

Hes done PhD on stalker

[plain fiber]

Nah, that's Anomalous Dugout.

[vernal rampart]

Anomalous? Means?

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/john-marston-smoke-john-marston-cigarette-john-marston-badass-john-marston-sigma-john-marston-rdr1-gif-2267861863257535866

[plain fiber]

That's the name of his channel.

Anomalous - Deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected.

[foggy olive]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc1OTaj4V8k&t=326s here you have

[vernal rampart]

https://tenor.com/view/emoji-iphone-gif-17152614785314653590

[plain fiber]

@vernal rampart Here's the video I mentioned.

Thanks Spn66!

[vernal rampart]

Ive seen this

[plain fiber]

Then you should know what A-Life is.

[vernal rampart]

I did watch the video but never knew theres something called a life

[plain fiber]

......

[vernal rampart]

Now its clear

[plain fiber]

It's literally in the video thumbnail...

[vernal rampart]

You arent wrong really

[plain fiber]

Moving on...

[proven hollow]

That's like saying you just watched a video on how to boil an egg and then say you don't know what an egg is 😛

[vernal rampart]

We live our lives everyday but do we knows whats life actually

[feral sigil]

Alife is something rockstar could only dream about ..

[vernal rampart]

Why that

[shell flax]

You missed this guy trying to find out if he could sell accounts

[proven hollow]

sure we do, it's everything we experience

[plain fiber]

It's literally in the video title, in the video thumbnail, explained within the video itself, etc.

Like, I don't know how much clearer Vati could have been.

[vernal rampart]

Experience is life, then do we not live when we sleep

[dreamy dagger]

Anomalous Dugout FTW

[smoky hawk]

i find it quite simple really

[proven hollow]

wdym you experience sleeping as well

[plain fiber]

Also dreams.

[feral sigil]

I dont mean fund it i mean coming up with the concept

[smoky hawk]

he probably rejects the concept of the Soul

[vernal rampart]

How do you know you experienced it

[shell flax]

Is this dude an A.I

[foggy olive]

no problem and combat AIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6s2YdFhaZE

[vernal rampart]

Depends what the concept is

[proven hollow]

next he's gonna tell us he rejects the concept of the father, the son and the holy ghost 😮

[smoky hawk]

I dont really care for your pseudo intellectualism

[feral sigil]

Thats why i love gsc so much they brought revolution to gaming

[vernal rampart]

No but you got tontell

[vernal rampart]

How so?

[plain fiber]

Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't A-Life inspired by F.E.A.R.'s AI system? It has an acronym for a name but I can't remember what it is.

[spark cypress]

Thanks bro

[vernal rampart]

How about comparison to far cry?

[plain fiber]

Oh yeah, I finally got around to subscribing to you today. Keep up the good work, I love your video style.

[spark cypress]

GOAP

[spark cypress]

Not inspired, taken some part as core for stakers

[plain fiber]

Yeah that's it! Thank you.

[spark cypress]

Mutants have other AI

[plain fiber]

Well that's what I meant, apologies.

[strong onyx]

dont ask metro devs what they were doing in 2007.

[vernal rampart]

Hi vats. How would you summarise stalker 2 in one sentence?

[proven hollow]

Mutants should have the same AI tbh, wanna see a rodent with a sawn off flying through the air due to the recoil

[plain fiber]

Lol, he's a person not an LLM.

[feral sigil]

Love your channel bro

[vernal rampart]

Games scary?

[plain fiber]

Hmm, let me try:

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is the long-awaited sequel to the beloved cult classic S.T.A.L.K.E.R. franchise and is currently in unofficial Early Access.

[spark cypress]

Hi!
A game that evolves and gets better and better with its atmosphere and meaning

[strong onyx]

negative ghost rider.

[spark cypress]

Hi!
Thanks!

[plain fiber]

S2 is atmospheric and can have some creepy moments, but I wouldn't call it scary.

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/doug-walker-nostalgia-nostalgia-critic-office-stop-gif-27668178

[strong onyx]

you forgot the part where it is optimized like a baked potato.

[proven hollow]

I'll try as well:

Slav jank 2.0

[dreamy dagger]

STALKER 2 is shallow without Survival Mode.

[spark cypress]

Patch 1.7 add not bad optimization

[strong onyx]

I'm used to jank, I play Star Citizen. You guys get it easy over here. 😛

[strong onyx]

At least they fixed some of the CPU issues.

[plain fiber]

I'm really hoping that GSC expands on the game's survival mechanics and make them matter outside of Master difficulty too. They don't need to be as extreme as in Master, but I want them to actually affect the gameplay rather than just be kind of....there.

[lucid heart]

Arma 3.. worst jank of them all and one of the best games ever.

[strong onyx]

I can actually utilize my full GPU in hubs now, which I could not do before and yet I have a 7800x3D.

[plain fiber]

10+ years and almost a billion dollars and Star Citizen still hasn't left alpha.

[strong onyx]

Best game I've ever played.

[proven hollow]

well, if reforger is any indication of how arma 4 is going to run then i got faith though

[strong onyx]

hands down the most impressive game from a technological standpoint I've yet seen.

[cyan sparrow]

Hmmm my 7800x3d seems not struggle much anyways after 1.7, where i wish it could.

[proven hollow]

isn't star citizen just a giant scam?

[lucid heart]

Agreed.

[strong onyx]

no.

[cyan sparrow]

Yes.

[proven hollow]

so maybe?

[strong onyx]

its a full game, they just added a new star system.

[cyan sparrow]

I would say state of art scam.

[foggy olive]

at the "Rostok" factory without a frame generator I finally have 45-69 frames instead of 39-55 so yes there is an improvement

[plain fiber]

It's in-between imo.

[strong onyx]

You've clearly never played.

I dunno how someone can outright call something a scam when they've never even touched it.

[lucid heart]

My position is, enjoy the game without investing in it and you'll be alright. The moment you start tossing your bank account at it, they got you.

[plain fiber]

What's been happening with Star Citizen almost happened with Roberts' last game Freelancer too. Only reason it got out the door was because the studio got acquired by Microsoft who said "No, you're not going to keep developing the game in perpetuity, get it out the f'ing door.".

[strong onyx]

You have to buy it in the first place, game aint free.

[proven hollow]

paradox got me a few times though, with stellaris 😛

[strong onyx]

Cloud Imperium Games is independent.

They have over 1,000 employees.

[cyan sparrow]

The well for whale, i'm very critic about their methods, and will not play.

[plain fiber]

You know what he means; buy the game but don't spend any money on what are effectively NFTs.

[proven hollow]

and now i'm looking at warsails for bannerlord....

[strong onyx]

NFT's...? That- Huh- what-

[plain fiber]

I'm not talking about Cloud Imperium, I'm talking about Roberts' last studio Digital Anvil.

[strong onyx]

its a PLEDGE bro...? the game is crowdfunded lol. has been since day one.

[foggy olive]

already released 🙂

[cyan sparrow]

"Star Citizen is considered a scam by many due to a combination of prolonged development, unfulfilled promises, and questionable business practices. The project has been in development since 2010, with over $800 million raised as of 2025, yet it remains in an "alpha" state"

[terse warren]

Lmao

[proven hollow]

yeah, but i like waiting a few days for hotfixes or just general reviews, not as if i have time to play games before sunday

[strong onyx]

That isn't the defination of what a scam is.

[plain fiber]

"Here's a concept of a ship that doesn't actually exist beyond this single image. $40,000 please."

It's no different from an NFT.

[cyan sparrow]

lmao

[strong onyx]

That's just mismanagement.

[proven hollow]

there's a fine line between incompetene and malice

[cyan sparrow]

The Day Before as well was mismanagement

[strong onyx]

yet theyre doing what they say theyre going to go

theyve added more content in the last year then theyve added in the last ten.

[plain fiber]

I'll believe it when I see it.

[strong onyx]

playerbase is up double.

we also have their financial reports, theyve not just pocketing the cash.

[proven hollow]

sounds like a pyramid scheme with how you're talking, "trust me bro just join it's going to pay off"

[strong onyx]

I'm not asking you to play it, idgaf.

But it is a little dishonest to call it an outright scam when you know nothing about it.

[smoky hawk]

how star citizen is any different from any other MMORPG early access is beyond me
down to the mtx axtually

[strong onyx]

There is no MTX.

[plain fiber]

Lol.

[proven hollow]

there's very few MMORPG's with early acces tbh...

[strong onyx]

This game has none whatsoever.

[plain fiber]

Well, I wouldn't call them "micro" transactions...

[proven hollow]

MMORPG's in general are such a forgotten market

[strong onyx]

Because they aren't one, correct.

[proven hollow]

it's a shame

[strong onyx]

It is a pledge, they just so happen to be giving you something in return.

[smoky hawk]

you can buy ships on the shop

[strong onyx]

You really think a ship is worth $1,000 USD? Hell no.

[plain fiber]

I think SWTOR is still being worked on as is WoW.

[smoky hawk]

most of the MMORPGs that release nowadays are

even from trip A

[strong onyx]

The value they place on their website is not reflective of its value in-game.

[plain fiber]

I feel like I'm listening to a crypto-bro right now.

[smoky hawk]

but they do have it no?

[strong onyx]

Have what?

[cyan sparrow]

"Star Citizen has faced ongoing controversy regarding its pricing model, particularly concerning the high cost of in-game ships and bundles, which are sold through its Pledge Store. The game's monetization strategy relies heavily on player funding, as Cloud Imperium Games (CIG)"

Do they mean whales?

[plain fiber]

The ship? Sometimes they are actually in-game, other times you're paying for nothing other than an image; an NFT in practice.

[smoky hawk]

can you buy ships on their website? yes or no?

[strong onyx]

No.

You can pledge your support for the game and in return they give you a gift.

[cyan sparrow]

Modern fasade of the mtx

[strong onyx]

It's actually written on their website they don't have to give you anything in return.

[proven hollow]

ooh, i'm 100% convinced they've legally covered their bases for this scam

[cyan sparrow]

"While the base game can be accessed for $45, many high-end ships and bundles are priced significantly higher, with some reaching up to $48,000.
For instance, the Legatus 2953 ship bundle, released in early 2024, cost $48,000 and was only available to players who had already spent $10,000 on other in-game items through the Chairman’s Club tier."

[strong onyx]

Right, that's why theyre currently showing off over 200 ships at IAE 2955.

[plain fiber]

Over 10 years and almost a billion dollars invested, yet the game remains in an alpha state. Even if it doesn't meet the textbook definition of a scam, there's clearly rampant project mismanagement.

[strong onyx]

Agreed.

100% it has been mismanaged for quite some time, but it is not a scam.

[smoky hawk]

i guess you call them pledges
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/en/pledge

Star Citizen is a common MMORPG

it isnt a scam

its just EA

[cyan sparrow]

I'm not sure if player base understand what it's behind "pledge your support"

[smoky hawk]

like any other MMORPG nowadays

[dreamy dagger]

Watchu speekin of

[strong onyx]

Despite their mismanagement they have managed to do what they've been claiming they were going to do, slowly but surely.

[plain fiber]

Again, I'll believe it when I see it.

[strong onyx]

Genesis comes out early next year, too.

[proven hollow]

has any noteworthy MMORPG even released in 2025?

[dreamy dagger]

SPEAK LOUDA

[smoky hawk]

china did

[plain fiber]

2025? How about in the last 5-10 years?

I think there's been SWTOR and ESO in that time frame, but I can't think of any others.

[daring pulsar]

Is stalker 2 playable without major bugs yet?

Are all the artifacts still spawning underground and AI still broken?

[proven hollow]

which one?

[graceful dirge]

discordgg 6BZWzPHw7 Yeah sorry I personally haven't been as active on it lately but it is still going on!

[strong onyx]

i thought it was a scam too for a while tbf

[smoky hawk]

the feathers one, quite recently

[plain fiber]

AI has been massively improved since 1.7 dropped. Underground artifacts are a known issue and will hopefully be fixed when 1.7.1 drops.

[smoky hawk]

and in the 5-10 years many many mmorpgs have been release, by either east or west, triple a or indie

very hyped genre

very shit games

[plain fiber]

I haven't really noticed any major bugs outside the artifact thing in my more recent playtime.

[daring pulsar]

Glad to hear about the AI but the artifacts thing sounds like it would have a huge effect on gameplay

[proven hollow]

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers? That's not an MMORPG, it's a singleplayer soulslike

[daring pulsar]

Where Winds Meet he's thinking of maybe

[plain fiber]

It does, but it should be fixed pretty soon.

[cyan sparrow]

I'm currently playing, and got about two without issue in less than hour.

[proven hollow]

last news i remember of MMORPG's is Amazon canceling their lord of the rings MMO

[plain fiber]

I stopped playing MMOs several years ago. They're just too much of a time-sink and I have other games I want to play.

[cyan sparrow]

Single player rulez

[proven hollow]

truth, but i enjoy the generally more mature audience

[smoky hawk]

where winds meet

[daring pulsar]

I used to play EVE Online 10 years ago it was great

[plain fiber]

If I have to have multiplayer, I prefer CO-OP. Less toxicity when you aren't incentivized to kill each other.

[strong onyx]

i forgot about that one

[feral sigil]

Game is fine and one of the best games ever made yall just make some minor bugs a big thing

[daring pulsar]

Mostly based on trading and guild formation

[daring pulsar]

Really? So I can play it now and I won't be bummed out about the bugs?

I own the game just been waiting

[plain fiber]

I played the 30 day free trial before it went F2P. Had a great time and would still be playing it if it weren't for the time-sink.

[feral sigil]

Yea man go ahead

[strong onyx]

game is pretty broken right now...

[plain fiber]

Lol, did you play at launch?

[vernal rampart]

Secs

[strong onyx]

I mean hell, look at the state of modding while we're at it.

[feral sigil]

No

[strong onyx]

they broke tf outta that.

[daring pulsar]

What about the game feels broken? This is the info I want

[proven hollow]

the lack of a sidorivich romance option is honestly really holding S2 back from its full potential

[vernal rampart]

How

[strong onyx]

Okay.

Artifacts are bugged
Mods are bugged
Anti-Aliasing looks like trash.
Foilage looks like trash on anything besides native.
Countless people can't even play because the game keeps crashing.

[vernal rampart]

Tim n tom

[daring pulsar]

I just want to make sure my first playthrough doesn't turn me off

Because ive played just a tiny bit and I love the atmosphere and the immersion, technically the game is amazing

Gunplay and gunsmithing is unrivaled pretty much

[feral sigil]

Dude stop that lol

[plain fiber]

It wasn't just minor bugs, there were major game-breaking issues at launch that took several patches to fix. There were also a myriad of features and gameplay elements that were either unfinished or straight-up missing.

It's gotten way better, but to claim that it was just "minor bugs" and that it's one of the best games ever made is simply not true. I think the game has the potential to be one of the best games ever made, but it's not there yet imo. Really excited for the game's future though and I think things are looking very bright.

[vernal rampart]

Foliage native as in?

[strong onyx]

resolution.

this game has some of the worst upscaling implemtations ive ever seen.

[bitter plover]

my brother, its irelevant. Whatever you can pay in real money, you can normaly buy in game for ingame money. Its basicaly Pay2Skip or wahteer, but its buayble ingame for ingame money too.
Its not scam, bcs they are delivering what they promised. IT takes them much longer and many ppl can be mad about it, but its not scam, bcs they are not taking your money and runing with it without giving you anything