☢┃stalker-general

[main jewel]

also its best to start a new game with it tho

[cyan sparrow]

I will do so, with a FreePlay mod.

[main jewel]

you dont have too but its better

[cyan sparrow]

wdym? xD

[main jewel]

its silly

silly sticker who is reacting

[cyan sparrow]

actually, got copy of a lootable and crafting mod, let's goo

[main jewel]

@vernal lily real funny bro.. almost as funny as a second shift

[cyan sparrow]

DrFaust unmuted? xD

[main jewel]

WHY WAS BRO MUTED

and why are you still able to react as a mute

[cyan sparrow]

btw

[main jewel]

7 hours was too much btw

[cyan sparrow]

how many hours you got on lootable?

[main jewel]

the sleep mute wasnt worth it

[main jewel]

i dunno

i just know alot about its stuff

[cyan sparrow]

Did you experience any game breaking bugs? Or it's safe to invest more than 20h

[main jewel]

the lighter if you run and close the lighter in a fast way it leaves a small bright ball of light that lights up a pretty big area in a pretty big immersion ruining way

if you have too much

like if theres too much light, cause the balls dont despawn

[cyan sparrow]

Modder aware?

[main jewel]

kyne knows about probably i dunno do yuo @median sapphire
anyway theres light five little flames lighting up zalissya like a chrismas tree so i dont go there much anymore

they probably wont try to fix it until way later on they deserve a well needed break

[cyan sparrow]

Understandable!

[main jewel]

yur

just use the flashlight even tho the lighter is cool

or find a headlamp

[cyan sparrow]

lighter i need to find as wll ?

[main jewel]

also i believe other headlamp mods wont work with it

[main jewel]

mhm! you can craft some too

the tutorial was treacherous without light

i wonder if you can play the tutorial in day time if you sit around long enough

i wonder what happens if you strike the heli that goes to garbage with a rpg

[cyan sparrow]

following up question, does the stuff respawn?

[ebon blade]

If you have the food, you can wait out anything.
Remember that drinking makes you hungry.

[shrewd whale]

Quick question, do the exoskeletons come with sprint upgrades or no. I bought it in Rostok but found out that I can't sprint with it and technician there doesn't upgrade it.

[ebon blade]

Take it to Yaniv Station.

[shrewd whale]

I don't think I even have it "unlocked" yet

guess I'll store the exoskeleton for now then since I'd like to run away from mutants

[ebon blade]

Which Exo do you have by name?

[shrewd whale]

Liberty

[ebon blade]

That's the second best Exo.

[shrewd whale]

I'd hope so because buying that made me broke

[ebon blade]

What suit were you wearing before you bought it?

[shrewd whale]

Combo of Mask-1 helmet and PSZ-20W Convoy

[ebon blade]

Did you get the free PSZ-20W Convoy?

[shrewd whale]

Yes

I still have them since I wasn't too sure about the exo so I didn't sell the suit that I had before

[ebon blade]

The PSZ-20W Convoy is really not that great of a suit.
The Ward armors are really a disappointment in my opinion.

[shrewd whale]

I haven't found anything better just yet

[ebon blade]

SEVA-V, SEVA-I, SSP-100, SSP-100I, SSP-100M. The first two are free.

[shrewd whale]

I'll keep an eye out for those

[ebon blade]

Rostok, Yantar, STC Malachite.

[ebon blade]

@shrewd whale These are all the stats before any upgrades.

[median sapphire]

Yeah. I do know if it. Probs will disappear if you close and open the game again.

[golden gulch]

1.7.2 when?

[crude hawk]

Probably in 2026

Since there meant to be new dlc coming in 2026 from what I read on the internet

[tranquil mantle]

Any theories on what the dlc will be?

[crude hawk]

From what I read and heard since people already made videos about it there is gonna be 3 new areas and new quests and stuff

And new quests between duty and freedom it's on chrome so u can search it up on there

[tranquil mantle]

I'd have to imagine the new areas would be the CNPP and maybe some of the old Jupiter locations? I'd definitely love some freedom/duty content

[crude hawk]

I want 2026 to be here already so it comes out faster I hate waiting 😂

[proven hollow]

patience is a virtue

[crude hawk]

Yup

[feral sigil]

Yo

[vapid galleon]

asking for 1.7 every day
1.7 releases
asking for 1.7.1 every day
1.7.1 releases
asking for 1.7.2 every day

[golden gulch]

Burers and Poltergeists still throwing craps through walls.
And the game need way more improvement and more contents.

[indigo stone]

Hello, please add nuclear burgers to this game, thanks

[hardy totem]

There already is

He's the first person you meet in SoC

[vapid galleon]

[steep bloom]

Gang i found a strange keycard

And its mission related too, why do I keep finding mission related things around the map😭

I was just exploring and some people asked for help but they were zombies once I got there

😭

[marsh iron]

(it's an open-world game, it's cool to stumble upon things unexpectedly while exploring - are you asking where it's for?)

[steep bloom]

I agree but the problem is that at least let me be able to put it in stash cause they weight me down and I'm stuck with em until I reach the mission and I also feel like this mission is preatty far into the game

Cause its a Lab keycard

Malachite it says idk what it is, only readed lab or sum

I got 3 of em now😭

[ebon blade]

Those don't weigh anything. I have 10 of them.

[steep bloom]

Ye but the psy radiation generator does

And it weights like 2 or 3 kg

Wich for me is a lot cause for now I still have to get artifacts etc that help me manage weight

[ebon blade]

That's not a key card. That's not what you were first complaining about.

[steep bloom]

I mean I was talking in general, I said I found a keycard rn, another mission related object I can't remove from my inventory and they keep weighing me down

Like all of thoose together

[ebon blade]

Spend more time hunting for artifacts than collecting junk that weighs you down.

[steep bloom]

I love exploring i can't help it bro😭

Can u blame me? The in game world is spectacular

[ebon blade]

Remember that most objects don't magically appear in your inventory unless you place them there.

[steep bloom]

Ye but I fear that thooss stuff if I leave it there it will disappear

So better to take it with me and then place them in stash later than leave it there

[ebon blade]

Items you see in stashes will not disappear if you don't take it. Only bodies will vanish.

[steep bloom]

Ye they were on bodies

[ebon blade]

The psy radiation generator you gave as an example was not on a body.

The key cards that weigh nothing are on a body.

[steep bloom]

Ye but the keycards were

Problem is i took the psy thing long ago whitout knowing and I already saved

[ebon blade]

It sounds like you want to spend more time complaining than exploring.

[cyan sparrow]

Lets complain together!

[cobalt fiber]

nothing new then!

[steep bloom]

No?

[feral sigil]

Hello stalkers hows everyone

I just bought legends of the zone trilogy for ps5 this time

It says upscaled,enhanced lets see how those games hold up

💪

I read somewhere that Soc guns have no recoil

Is this true for vanilla ?

[weary hedge]

Any official notes on the dlc ?

[feral sigil]

Nah no notes bro

Dlc and engine update releasing together would be nice

I dont care about multiplayer at all

There are games out there that do it better anyways

I have bf6 and arc raiders i am gucci for a couple of years

I am playing stalker games for the single player experience, which is still unmatched in terms of atmosphere,gunplay,immersion

No other game out there does it better

Plain and simple

[river chasm]

Only real dlc news is that the first story expansion will release next year sometime

[steep bloom]

Peak

[steep bloom]

Arc riders peak

Wanna buy it, lowk they deserved best multiplayer game of the year

[feral sigil]

How are the controls ? I know soc and cop were developed for m/k

[steep bloom]

Idk about the original trilogy, I have em but didn't play em much, but overall they were good I'd say

They were in ps plus if u have it btw

Idk how much u paid em but I got all of em for free

[feral sigil]

Nah its okay bro i want to support the devs

[feral sigil]

39,99

[steep bloom]

Damn

[steep bloom]

No btw ye I approve totally, + its your choice

[feral sigil]

I also bought stalker 2 ultimate for 109,99 on ps5

That was one month ago tho

Or whenever the launch was

Trust me bro i played thousands of games in my life

Francises like stalker dont come often

Maybe 4-5 i love that much in all gaming

Like i am crazy fan of metal gear,shenmue,fromsoftware and stalker

Thats it

So i gotta show my support whenever i can if you knoq what i mean

Oh i forgot remedy too

The metro games are good too

Because they teach you that humanity can be cruel in an apocalypse too

See i dont judge a game only by the gameplay and looks

But the meaning behind it

Metal gear 2 message was huge too

But not many people can grasp it

[steep bloom]

Absolute peak, playing it rn

[sacred cedar]

tfw in a constant state of mild radiation #📸┃screens_and_videos
This is the true stalker experience

[steep bloom]

I envy u cause I pre ordered it but only have the standard version

I wanna upgrade it in the future

I love the saiga I wonder how could I have played all this time whitout it

The other shotguns were sooo slooooow they actually endangered u in close encounters rather than saved u

[cobalt fiber]

Cracker isn’t bad

[steep bloom]

I love it I have been using a maxed one for now but its slow

Idk why, it does have damage but its slow, instead the saiga is faster and does even more damage

Also saiga has a mag, the cracker needs a blueprint to have one

-# and I know u can get one already with the mag, I have it but I ain't gonna spend money on it to max it when I have one that has already everything except the mag

[cobalt fiber]

Isn’t the one with the mag the one you pick up at the crane in garbage post cutscene with richter

[steep bloom]

But yeah cracker is good, in fact I didn't sell it

[steep bloom]

Ye I just didn't wanna spoil for others

😭

[cobalt fiber]

It’s fine this is spoiler chat

[steep bloom]

Oh ok, well thank god I didn't get spoiled then cause I know nothing about the game, its a blind run

Even when people mention things I don't understand anyways so its ok

[shrewd whale]

Is the Mirage supposed to be pixelated on the map even if I've been there already?

[sacred cedar]

Just found a zombie stalker called Squint on wild island, which is weird because i killed him in lesser zone

[golden gulch]

The shotguns in this game overall is very underwhelming when you think about it.
In real life buckshots are way more lethal and have better range that whatever this series give us.

[hardy totem]

That counts for 99% of FPS games bro

[oblique igloo]

maybe a controller made her reborn as a zombie

[shell flax]

In reality shotguns would layout even exosuits, even if it doesn’t get through the armor

I’m glad they aren’t super realistic by default because guns have never been super realistic in the series

[hardy totem]

in Arma2 DayZmod shotguns are effective up to 40 m roughly, really hits differently

[golden gulch]

After playing CoP, I realized how much I hate the way they handle Berill, Bulat and the PSZ 9 armors in this game.

[shell flax]

I think when people want ‘realistic’ guns, I don’t think they’re ready for the fact that you’d be getting stunlocked when you get mag dumped by even a bandit with a MAC-10

[golden gulch]

Like seriously, why do they have to be full body armors that when equiped,take over your hear gear slot?

[hardy totem]

ikr?

or getting KO'd

[shell flax]

And a Toz would just flat out knock you on your ass

You hate getting knocked over by bloodsuckers? Thats your future if you go pure realism lmao

[golden gulch]

I just wish the Berill, Bulat and the PSZ 9 armors in this game isn't full body armors that took over your head gear slot and most of them don't even give you psi protection.

[shell flax]

You mean like most of the series?

[golden gulch]

At least in clear sky they do give you some psi protection?
And in CoP, the Bulat and Berill give you a free head gear slot.

[shell flax]

I actually prefer it this way, forces you to think on what you want from your suit.

Also Psi damage is such a non issue in 2 it doesn’t bother me

Especially now that Psi block isn’t a limited resource anymore

[golden gulch]

Where to buy them from though?

[shell flax]

Stash hunting and medics occasionally

[golden gulch]

Very annoying to me, taking DOT and seeing illusions that do damage isn't funny 😭

And the Bayun

[shell flax]

Why are you lingering in psi damage spots? And with controllers you kill, harvest and go

The Bayun isn’t effected by Psi protection

[golden gulch]

Try fighting it with no psi protection and it wil put you into sleep pretty frequently, making it harder to deal with them, from what I see they can slow you down too.(You need at least 1 bar)
I was always under the impression that these things can do psi attacks but I haven't been able to confirmed that till now lol

[shell flax]

The Bayun isn’t psi creature though , you gotta kill it before it gets you in a loop

[cobalt fiber]

https://youtu.be/VxzyVeAG00w?si=McjT-ThSvX6Voqfo

This looks insanely good

Soft reboot of the franchise by the looks of it

[cyan sparrow]

Yes seen it, absolute cinema, specially fact that it will be more rpg than turn-based

[shell flax]

My buddy went utterly feral when he saw that trailer, man is a huge RPG fan

And Divinity is his favorite

[feral sigil]

Lets hope for not so element based combat

[cobalt fiber]

It’s likely going to be turn based combat as Divinity always has been

I can’t see them changing that up when their last release (BG3) which also had turn based was well received

[cyan sparrow]

"he new Divinity game is expected to diverge from that style. Larian Studios has not confirmed the combat system, but multiple sources suggest it may be an action RPG rather than turn-based."

[regal sinew]

I’d like for it to be somewhat more realistic in terms of weapon handling, which is the same as you’re talking about tbh.. I just don’t like it how Skif has military experience but when he aims a weapon it sways around too much, like he’s an amateur.

[lost needle]

Walking in a full exo then getting one tapped by a bandit named andrej boobrej using an aks74u thats been in the mud more times than its been shot

[river chasm]

Divinity was originally an action rpg series, before they made the original sin games as CRPGs. Dropping the subtitle suggests a return to their roots

[cobalt fiber]

Multiple sources SUGGEST

Based on nothing but speculation

Usually when somewhere writes “multiple sources…” it translates to the copy paste same old same old outlets that rinse and repeat the same recycled and reworded articles as their competitors

[cyan sparrow]

Got your point, looking forward for more info!

[cobalt fiber]

Yeah we’ll just have to wait for the devs to speak on it because a leak this early is unlikely

Tbh I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s something still being considered

Didn’t one of the final fantasy games also have an option for both combat systems?

A lot more work but also an option

I’m pretty sure it was FF anyway

[golden gulch]

Their ability to force-close your eyes suggest otherwise

[dense sandal]

omfg im at the genarators n theres a emission this is fcking cinema

holy sht this looks so godam cool

[feral sigil]

That parry githyanki mechanic looked so cool

[tropic edge]

chat is stalker 2 still 160 gigs? or have they reduced the size of the game since launch

[feral sigil]

Too bad only emenies could use it tho lmao

[dense sandal]

so genators are reason we hv emissions?

[river chasm]

It's still 165 and probably only going to get bigger if they keep adding stuff

[oak sluice]

I finished the quest but he didnt say anything. Hope its not bugged. But i already have the gauss gun so whatever

[plain fiber]

Oh yeah, anyone else hate how even high anomalous protection suits like the SSPs and the SEVAs don't ever seem to provide complete protection from this kind of crap no matter how high you push it? It feels like the only one that works is radiation protection. Like yes, I know that it will significantly reduce damage, but it never fully eliminates it like it did in CoP. (Keep in mind, I'm talking about ambient/background anomalous damage, not direct hits e.g. being near a burner anomaly but not touching the fire stream, being in a gas cloud, etc.)

Since some people like to ask things like "Why did it take so long just to get night vision?", this might help you understand how AAA game development works compared to indies or things like mod creation. (Not saying that GSC is anywhere near this bureaucratically tied down, just saying a company of their size probably goes through similar processes.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O3ln5KJwVA

[stark crescent]

Wrong gif hold on

[stark crescent]

https://tenor.com/view/girls-last-tour-shut-up-nerd-blah-blah-blah-gif-14539197103579317935

[main jewel]

tbh i dunno

[main jewel]

SPOILER, SIDOR BEATS THE CRAP OUT OF KORSHUNOV IN THE SKIF ENDING.. TRUSTTTT

[shrewd whale]

question, I assume there's the "no return point" but after that is there still "freeroaming" or game will actually end?

[lost needle]

No more roaming after that

[orchid ridge]

No freeroaming. The game ends but you can reload a save pre-point of no return. The game will warn you, and that is a good point to save.

[lost needle]

The game is super linear after it

[shrewd whale]

Gotcha

[charred nova]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/555431196884992000/1435660880263254087/1761537002418800.gif

[shrewd whale]

Hope the game doesn't bug out with the saves though when I get to that point

[charred nova]

Saves are one of the few things that have always worked

[narrow olive]

Should I buy stalker 2 ultimate edition for Christmas?

[vernal lily]

Damn, what can a man do to get MORE than 7 HOURS of SLEEP

[robust pendant]

no

[river chasm]

If you want to buy the game you can buy the standard edition now and the upgrade whenever the DLC is actually out

[oblique igloo]

yes it's not worth it unless you want some more armor and weapons but in my opinion it's not worth it

[narrow olive]

Should I wait until it goes on sale then?

[sacred cedar]

No buy it now, multiple times preferrably Super Deluxe Big Penus Ultime Edition

[pseudo coral]

MEDAAABOOTTSSS

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/medabots-angry-metabee-gif-24629850

[river chasm]

Game will most likely be on sale around christmas if it isnt already

[stuck grove]

goes on official discord
asks this banger of a question
answer is no

at this point it's like asking Bill Gates himself if you should buy Windows laptop

[plain fiber]

Huh, said there were two pings for me here and I only see one.

[indigo stone]

Hi, when fishing mechanics?

[cyan sparrow]

Firstly pole dancing nuns at any bar

[cyan sparrow]

Billy uses only Apple products

[wet portal]

@ebon blade I FIXED IT

[drowsy agate]

Guys, if anyone here playing on a PS5 Pro, hit me up in DMs if you’ve got some free time to take a couple of screenshots on Garbage

[jolly jewel]

Anyone else find rare artifacts harder to find than legendary ones? Already have 2 compass but can't find a nightstar

[main jewel]

if you do a couple certain endings i believe theres areas where you can just staight up walk away from the mission cause the mission is set outside

like theres one at the red fortress thing where you need to talk to richter or go up the fortress and im pretty sure you can just walk away

[wise depot]

I hope we get freeplay

[main jewel]

theres a mod like that

[plain fiber]

I'm hoping that they plan on doing more with a freeplay mode than just "run around with all of your high-end shit and explore areas you've already looted".

I'd honestly want something more akin to Anomaly/GAMMA in terms of how it plays.

[river chasm]

Yeah agreed. Though I think ideally it could also open up the world to some more dramatic dynamic events or changes than the story can allow. One of the things I did not like about anomaly and its derivatives is how static the world feels over time

[steep bloom]

Ok I'm seeing weird stuff😭

Like, average in the zone but still weird

[dire zinc]

Anyone know where i can report bugs to the devs with screenshots?

some really weird stuff going on lol

[steep bloom]

I saw a random floating orb/sphere, (i saved cause u could never know) it sucked me and it teleported me to the other side of the map😭 hey at least I got a blueprint tho

I saw, u know when u hyperjump on star wars? That same stuff

[plain fiber]

#s2-support Follow the link here.

[dire zinc]

Yah but i need to send a screenshot and im not seeing the option to do so

i have like 200 endless spawning enemies in the rostok railyard

nvm found it

[smoky hawk]

maybe, just dond do it

[dire zinc]

Just sucks cuz im like at the end of the game and am now kinda softlocked because of this

[robust pendant]

Do you want me to lie to them? I cant

[dire zinc]

I am actually completely softlocked now. kinda regretting the deluxe edition at this point. such a good game with so many problems still

[smoky hawk]

Bill Gates would tell you to install FreeBSD

[stuck grove]

After SIRCAA the game will spawn legendaries more often to buff the player for exo-boi spam

[dire zinc]

or literally spawn stack NPCs on top of eachother hundreds of times over.

[icy hill]

Is their anyone I can talk too to trouble shoot why stalker2 will not open?

[jolly jewel]

I'm not even that far yet, I'm still in zaton

[stuck grove]

Hmm, I do get uncommon artifacts but occasionally I will roll rare or very rarely a legendary, got 1 thunderberry and 2 hypercubes on veteran diff

just do a farming run around Lesser Zone and Garbage areas

[charred nova]

Based

[neon schooner]

Still waiting for engine update

[weary hedge]

Can anyone tell me the songs being played on the radio by Birch in rostok?

[charred nova]

Next year

[neon schooner]

Uuggghhhhhh

[dire zinc]

honeslty over a year since launch and the game is still in this state i wouldnt be holding my breath

[sacred cedar]

Stalker 2 is so hilarious man, i just finsihed hot on the trail when you return to the noontide base and the cutscene triggers between Strider and Faust, and just as Faust was leaving with his people a blowout happened and now theres a bunch of dead noontiders inside and outside the door

#📸┃screens_and_videos

[proven hollow]

yeah that happened for me as well

[dire zinc]

as much as i love GSC this title is honeslty in a really bad place, theres like no reason to have like 100 hr playthrough on veteran to be stopped because of glaring technical bugs

[proven hollow]

aah, just like the OG games 😛

[dire zinc]

except those you COULD complete even with the bugs

even clear sky ive been able to get through without as many problems

[sharp gulch]

I mean... many, if not most, people have been able to complete this game as well

you just got the shit end of the stick, same as some people who played the OG Trilogy and also had the similar issues youre having now

[dire zinc]

definitely not

considering less than 30% have even made it to the faust fight

havent

[sharp gulch]

dont go by Steam stats for that my man... there probably like another 30% that didnt even finish the first region. If the game was actually unfinishable for most, it would be pretty obvious on the macro conversation of the game

[dire zinc]

i mean steam stats are really the only stats to go by, so im definitely gonna look at em

[sharp gulch]

not saying that it is excusable for the current state of the game, just trying to dismantle your anecdotical argument here

the game is 100% finishable, but you can get some bad rolls of the bug-dice, and hard lock your progress

[dire zinc]

spending this kind of money on the deluxe edition and getting this kind of experience is definitely inexcuseable

[stuck grove]

I don't know man, Zalissya is pretty nice place, don't care about Solder or those detectors. I never left Lesser Zone opting to sit at the campfire and listen to jokes of my fellow stalkers

[dire zinc]

Love this series and this world, i even LOVE stalker 2 but this is ridiculous

[oblique igloo]

they didn't even finish the prologue because they were just thinking of a post-apocalyptic FPS

[sharp gulch]

i dont think its ridiculous. Its par for the course for GSC.

[cyan sparrow]

I preordered Ultimate on GOG, fisnished once, then i bought on Steam st version, finished twice, now i bought Ultimate upgrade, and running another run in beetwen with break for modded fun.

it's possible to finish the game.

[dire zinc]

And im very happy youve been able to, but this has been the worst stalker experience ive had out of the entire series

[cyan sparrow]

ngl hard to believe.

[sharp gulch]

Im out here thinking this is probably the best STALKER game with the worse release

[dire zinc]

Best stalker game in terms of world and visual fidelity for sure but its held together with duct tape at this point

[sharp gulch]

Quests and ALIFE are definitely put together with bubble gum and vibes. We've peaked at the files... it is monstrous. Everything else is prima

[dire zinc]

You dont have too, thats your business.

[oblique igloo]

worst release because unfortunately in my opinion Microsoft pushed to release it anyway even if it wasn't ready just to monetize

[sharp gulch]

MS didnt push anything. GSC just ran out of MS money. They are theyre own publishers

MS asked them to make the game a Xbox exclusive at launch on Game Pass, in exchange for money, allegedly

[dire zinc]

I actually love that lmao

[oblique igloo]

but it could also be, but in my opinion Microsoft also pushed GSC

given the situation that the study was in at that time, the transfer caused the loss of important components for the war

[sharp gulch]

Yeah i mean im sure they had some opinion on when the game should come out, but GSC had the reigns at all times. I just wished they wouldnt have lost everything in the Prague offices fire

[umbral mantle]

https://tenor.com/view/skif-stalker2-gif-11276455135754715443

[oblique igloo]

However, it is important and the game is getting better and better. Of course, there are still things to do, but in the meantime it is much more enjoyable now than it was 4 months ago. There were no disputes over the territories, the area is a little more alive with the 17th, and the work done cannot be denied.

[sharp gulch]

exactly

[white valley]

||How do i beat Scar in his boss fight?||

[fickle hill]

Find button wait for scar to enter general area around button press button and see if he's stunned shoot him

[oblique igloo]

but the cigarette mod, that is, it is worth having, it can give a little more immersion in the sense that it is really worth it

[dire zinc]

this would basically mean unplayable then. if bugs are so bad that they can break your player bases ability to complete the game id say thats a pretty glaring tell

[shrewd whale]

So giving that Stalker 2 is my very first stalker game, are there choices where if I choose choice A then some faction will be majorly pissed and hostile towards me and if I choose choice B then some other faction will be all cranky?

Could that be why everyone is pissed off about me in chemical plant?

[dire zinc]

there are choices that affect certain things in the game yes

[shrewd whale]

so chances are that I made some choice way back and now everyone at chemical plant plant is cranky

[sharp gulch]

same as the original games

[dire zinc]

This is in no way an acceptable argument though

[sharp gulch]

i think youre still thinking im arguing against the game being a broken mess. My argument was against your point that this game is somehow unable to be finished and more fundamentally broken than the OGs

[dire zinc]

almost 20 years ago i can let slide ya know, early dev team in an experimental engine they created sure. But a mature team now using UE5. You lose me at that one chief.

[umbral mantle]

Tbf, UE5 is a shit engine

[charred nova]

Your missing the critical detail here

[sharp gulch]

The game is a beautiful broken mess. Arguing against that is idiocy.

[charred nova]

Gsc of old is not the gsc of now

They are basically entirely different dev teams

[dire zinc]

Whether thats the case or not it is truthfully inexcuseable

[sharp gulch]

bruh the current GSC is a bunch of new comers, only the upper management had experience. Also one of the first studios to use UE5

[charred nova]

Sure but stalker 2 is basically the first major game new gsc has ever made

[dire zinc]

This is in no way a proper argument as to why they charge for a fundamentally broken product

[sharp gulch]

Youd be surprised what you can get away with charging for

[charred nova]

People paid for star field

People will buy anything

[oblique igloo]

They also had a war, they had to transfer some team members, they went to fight, they had to replace important people within the team, and it's already a bad thing that Stalker 2 came out in mediocre condition.

[umbral mantle]

Could be worse imo, could be Starfield or Cyberpunk 2077 at launch

[dire zinc]

Like i get it you love the game and thats fine i have love for it too but lets be real about it atleast

[dire zinc]

Im aware of this but it couldve been put on hold for the release. we are over a year since launch

[charred nova]

Like okay look at it like this the game should have come out in 2027 for it to be finished

[dire zinc]

might as well have used the early access stick

[charred nova]

But it likely wasn’t their choice

[eternal cosmos]

Hi guys!!

[charred nova]

Microsoft like put a hard deadline

[river chasm]

I just feel like they reached the point where they absolutely could not delay it any longer than they already did and had to launch. They haven't said exactly that but they have said pretty close to that

[oblique igloo]

hiii

[sharp gulch]

Seems like youre salty the game broke down for you, which is totally in your right. But youre also now bringing to game down to a level that it doesnt belong. There is absolutely no game like stalker 2 on current modern gaming, they pionereed when they did the bulk of development, while dealing with the war and their shit burning up in their office fire

[dire zinc]

None of this stops an early access release though

[eternal cosmos]

How are you all today?

[river chasm]

The several years of selling preorders for the game probably does though

They were not selling an early access product

[sharp gulch]

they wouldve been sued to oblivion my man

[charred nova]

Yah I mean if they said it was an early access

[dire zinc]

The cope is hard here. i love stalker 2 but the games technical state is un acceptable even you just said that things are held together with bubble gum and vibes

[oblique igloo]

we are discussing the game of the release bugs that is broken a healthy gamer discussion

[charred nova]

That would have been better

[river chasm]

They just had to make the most out of the bad situation

Which is how life is a lot of the time so

[eternal cosmos]

As always xD, any news about new patches or dlc?

[dire zinc]

The argument is fair if youre not gonna release a product in an acceptable state atleast use the early access schtick

[charred nova]

1.8 will probably drops before end of year probably will probably bring a bunch of new bugs for console and engine update next year

[eternal cosmos]

Yay new anomalies

[oblique igloo]

that men of little faith must be said will bring good content and fix existing bugs

[charred nova]

It will bring a fair amount of new content

As for bugs I can’t say

[dire zinc]

even when the game is "functioning" there is glaring issues with AI. i dont hate the game and i dont hate GSC but we cant just ignore issues with the game

[oblique igloo]

😅

[sharp gulch]

i dont think anyone is ignoring anything

[dire zinc]

I mean youre doing alot of defending the issues so im thinking maybe you are

[charred nova]

No one is

[dire zinc]

Its not unfair to expect a functioning product after dropping over 100 dollars

ive had the game since release day and issues then are still issues now

[visual mortar]

dude everyone is agreeing with you

this isn't a controversial opinion

[charred nova]

Yah literally we all agree with this

[sharp gulch]

i havent defended anything, but only argued about you saying that the game is unacceptable or incompletable

You talked like you got scammed by GSC

[dire zinc]

I mean im softlocked right now out of a 100 hr playthrough

[oblique igloo]

I also think they know very well that AI is not the best and they will certainly fix at least what they can but they are certainly not ignoring anything

[charred nova]

The reason we don’t riot about it is because gsc is still updating the game

[dire zinc]

so its pretty incompleteable

[visual mortar]

reload a save

[sharp gulch]

bruh even skyrim TODAY can soft lock you on quests

[charred nova]

If gsc just said get owned losers we are out of here then yah fair game

[sharp gulch]

im sorry you got that issue... but its not a singular issue to STALKER to imply"This game is a scam"

Im sure you can fix your softlock, with a previous save or using console commands

[dire zinc]

I know they are working on it and thats great but like damn man and i never said it was a "scam" just that the current state of the game for the price they charge is definitely not good

[sharp gulch]

gather some of the details on which quest you are and what youre missing, place it on #mods-help-center , and maybe someone there can give you the console command to start the next chain of quests

[visual mortar]

aren't you the one that chose to pay 100

it was a standard game price

[sharp gulch]

60 bucks... while full priced games are now 80 bucks.

[dire zinc]

Not a fair argument lol people arent aware of game issues before launch day

[visual mortar]

that is a fair argument you chose to spend money

[sharp gulch]

okay okay lets take a few steps back

[visual mortar]

they didn't force it on you

[dire zinc]

licking the boots i see

[visual mortar]

you spent more than standard

[visual mortar]

no you're just being stupid

[eternal cosmos]

I payed 360PLN for ultimate preorder and i would still do that cause i could consider myself a diehard fan of stalker, besides i would give them as much time as they want to fix the game 😄

[sharp gulch]

guys guys we're about to regress on this conversation to insults... lets just take a breather

[dire zinc]

Its definitely not stupid to be upset about something i was essentially sold on from marketing materials to be great to end up with an experience ive had

this guys goofballin here

i supported these devs more than the average player so whatever there brother

[harsh jungle]

Honse is pretty based

[visual mortar]

its definitely stupid to say something is overpriced but willingly pay a more than standard price

[charred nova]

The moment you start calling people boot lickers you already lost

[eternal cosmos]

yeah

[visual mortar]

i lick feet but that doesn't mean anything

[sharp gulch]

the game need work, alot of work, which the devs are currently doing. And to do that they need a whole lot of business, meaning releasing their game, getting hundreds of thousands of "early access" testers, and locking in. in 12 months, the game has had MAJOR strides in the work done. We can only hope that they keep the momentum

[dire zinc]

I never said the game was stupid do you not have the ability to read? i want this game to succeed more everyday just as everyone else here im simply bringing the fact the games state is horrible

[visual mortar]

bro what

areyou able to read?

[cyan sparrow]

You should buy the art book is dope! As well can be delivered to PL

[visual mortar]

i mever accused you of that

[radiant plover]

it sounds like you are not able to read.

[visual mortar]

3rd grade reading level

[eternal cosmos]

I can't in this time cause i lost a JOB

[cyan sparrow]

Oh, sorry for your loss

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/rage-bait-or-fact-call-it-jjba-gif-4356782155168095918

[sharp gulch]

okay the purple name people are here to agravate everything. Im out of this convo. @dire zinc youre right on a lot of things man, i just hope GSC keeps their work up and delivers the best STALKER game for most

[charred nova]

Bro lucky vasim didn’t show up hahahaha

[visual mortar]

8/10 elite ragebait

[dire zinc]

wild coping in here, throwing insults at people for just wanting the game to be in a better place after a year is wild

[cyan sparrow]

You guys fall for his ragebait

[dire zinc]

Appreciate your input Ace youve been great

[eternal cosmos]

Yeaah hard times, but i'll get to that! I really wanted to buy collector's edition but that's too much for me haha.

[visual mortar]

he did just call us bootlickers for disagreeing with him

[visual mortar]

no self awareness either

[dire zinc]

I mean your argument was i shouldve just not bought it which is wild lmao

[visual mortar]

🥀

[sharp gulch]

just... try to get some help on the quest softlock. There are way to circumvent the quests. That or the least hacky way which is going back on a save

[visual mortar]

that isnt the argument

[main jewel]

my nitro disappeared

[visual mortar]

the argument is buying it at $60

but you paid over 100

[dire zinc]

Literally what you pretty much said "noone forced you to buy it"

[main jewel]

that means no more purple…

[radiant plover]

agruement was
YOU decided to spend 100 dollars on it when YOU could have spent 50-60$ on it

[visual mortar]

i said no one forced you to buy it at THAT PRICE

[dire zinc]

so youre saying you wouldve poreferred me not buying it and not reporting bugs, i spent the money i did on it to support a dev team i love. that doesnt mean ignore issues

[visual mortar]

i lick boots but i can read

[visual mortar]

alright but everyone agrees with that

why are you arguing about it

[cyan sparrow]

Something new for me purple?

[dire zinc]

apperently you did not

instead you called me stupid for having an argument for a better state of the game

which is wild

[radiant plover]

Noone called you stupid

[charred nova]

Well that’s not true

[visual mortar]

i did

[dire zinc]

^

[visual mortar]

[radiant plover]

oh i missed that

[dire zinc]

I love this game and this series and i WANT it and GSC to prosper

[visual mortar]

you are making a big deal about something everyone agrees with then call people bootlickers when they pointed out you spent a lot of money

[visual mortar]

so what's the problem

[dire zinc]

I called you a bootlicker because youre only argument to the game having issues was that i shouldve just not supported the team

[cyan sparrow]

I agree that the game is awesome even if there are flying bugs through the walls

[dire zinc]

like ignoring issues was the only way to debate here

[visual mortar]

what? that wasn't an argument i just pointed that out

i wasn't ignoring issues

liek four times before that i said everyone agreed with you

why are you acting like you a gathering a mob with normal ass opinions

[visual mortar]

disgusting motor vehicle

[main jewel]

watch this

[charred nova]

Well yah it’s a jeep

[visual mortar]

i HATE jeeps

[dire zinc]

Honestly over the convo at this point there is obvi a serious misunderstanding of one another here

[weary hedge]

Average jeep owner

[visual mortar]

you got that right

[fickle hill]

Ah a classic own a jeep and spend more money then you should of

[cyan sparrow]

Is it modern male car?

[charred nova]

No only lesbians buy jeeps

Everyone knows this

[weary hedge]

Lesbians and bisexuals

[visual mortar]

that or Subarus

[dire zinc]

was just about to say subawus

[visual mortar]

never seen a male jeep driver

[charred nova]

Automatic Subarus and manual Subarus are not the same

[fickle hill]

Idk Jeep has upped their game in terms of gas usage

all wheel drive can get you 25 mpg around town

[charred nova]

Jeeps are some of the most unreliable cars on the road today

[visual mortar]

its a shame because jeeps have a potential to look so badass but they don't

[cyan sparrow]

Damm Weep owners

[charred nova]

Literally one of the worst modern cars you could buy

[charred nova]

My Subaru gets better than that

[fickle hill]

Well people aren't the smartest

[weary hedge]

There’s some older models that go hard. I owned a beater but it consumed gas like crazy

[charred nova]

Yah people will read the jeep is a terrible car you shouldn’t buy it

And then buy it anyways

[main jewel]

okay i got nitro again

[charred nova]

Truly phenomenal

[main jewel]

[fickle hill]

Pretty much

[charred nova]

There’s no oh but if you do x or y it’s not so bad

No it just sucks

This isn’t a rotary or boxer situation

There isn’t an upside

[fickle hill]

I was hearing some of the Cheapers Jeepers the front springs will last you 3k miles before they need to be replaced

[charred nova]

Or the gear box explodes

The gearbox on the newer ones are just awful

[fickle hill]

[charred nova]

I’m sorry sir that will be 5k dollars for a new gearbox please

[main jewel]

the car i want the most rn is a 1975 lada vaz 2101… currently theres one singular one being sold here in the usa for just under 10 thousand usd

[charred nova]

Not worth it cus it will be unfixable

Due to Russian tariffs you literally can’t get parts

[main jewel]

true

but still augh

i NEEEDDD ITTTTT

[charred nova]

There dog shit cars

Go buy a yugo

[main jewel]

I DONT CARE IT LOOKS NICE

[charred nova]

It looks like any car from the 70s

[main jewel]

way better than all these electric toasters in the toad

[empty hare]

I will be traveling by foot from Rookie Village to Yaniv, with stops in Zalissiya, Garbage, and Rostok tonight. My plan is to hit every anomaly field on that route, with a detour towards Cement Factory, wish me luck stalkers

[main jewel]

road

[charred nova]

That’s a Datsun 100

[main jewel]

lowkey i dont like the curve in the back

[weary hedge]

Good style but not something you’d wanna drive ona day to day basis

[charred nova]

It’s the car from my summer car

Yah driving a car with less than 100 hp around on roads is a good way to get killed imbr

Unless it’s like a kei truck that weighs almost nothing

[main jewel]

if i had another choice i kinda want a 1972 ford f100

but like

[charred nova]

Go buy a yugo

We actually had yugos in the USA

They had dealerships and everything

[main jewel]

where would i even get parts for it tho

[charred nova]

No where

[main jewel]

also erm WHERE WOULD I FIND ONE id assume i gotta get real lucky online

[charred nova]

Or Serbia

They also used fiat engines so

They are super unreliable

[weary hedge]

At least you pick ford

[charred nova]

[main jewel]

ill just move to serbia

[fickle hill]

1.3 L?

[main jewel]

i already own a ford and its slowly turning into a fix or repair daily thing

it used to be just fine

[charred nova]

It’s a fiat

I have no doubt it’s unreliable

[weary hedge]

What model

[fickle hill]

Oh

[fickle hill]

What year is it?

[charred nova]

Then buy Japanese

[fickle hill]

Year and miles will say quite a bit

[main jewel]

a 2004 ford explorer

[charred nova]

Go buy a Toyota or a Honda

Will last forever

[weary hedge]

Bruh just get a CRV at that point lmao

[charred nova]

What you expect me to tell you get a Subaru

[fickle hill]

I would be skeptical on a Honda because parts can be rarer and problems will be different than anything we learned that on a 2016 Honda CRV with it's CVT transmission

[charred nova]

[weary hedge]

Hondas best suvs

[charred nova]

First problem cvt

Go get a Honda with a manual

[fickle hill]

Not even that the problem was the pump couldn't put pressure and they're really rare here

[charred nova]

Oh you like in Europe right

[fickle hill]

No Montana

[charred nova]

Oh

[fickle hill]

American mountain boy

[charred nova]

Idk I don’t deal with autos

If it doesn’t have a clutch pedal I’m out

Like bro you could be fucken ballin in a prelude

[fickle hill]

Yeah

[charred nova]

This could be you right now

Think how cool you’d be

[main jewel]

gah.. i just want something more classic, reliable n stuff.. i wonder why car brands dont make cars that have that classic look anymore.. (yes its probably for some safety reason or to make your ugly spaceship looking shit box more inexpensive or to like meet cafe standards but idgaf they are so damn ugly and smooth and so gray, white, black, and gray.)

[charred nova]

What state you live in

[fickle hill]

Since I have a lift I am not a fan of super low cars

[main jewel]

texas

[charred nova]

Dude you can get like any old car you want

Why you complaining

[main jewel]

realistically i can go more west to find abunch of old cars yea

[charred nova]

I live in the fucken rust belt

[fickle hill]

It's all over my town my boss is selling a 1971 chevy pick up

[charred nova]

That car is likely lowered to be fair

[main jewel]

like right next to my house theres this guy with a nice teal 1967 ford f100

[weary hedge]

You just have a specific taste. You aren’t going to find a lot of reliable retro cars that fit that criteria for cheap. But if you got money there’s alot of toys in Texas

[charred nova]

The prelude is super cool though

It has mechanical 4 wheel steering

[fickle hill]

I am sure my mothers 2022 toyota Camery XSE sits super low my father can barely get the lift on it

[main jewel]

well actually most people rn are keeping them unless their wife tells them it sucks ass. even then alot of the old cars people sell you might have to do extensive repairs and such if you move farther north or down south closer to louisiana

usually tho there are many hidden gems around

[charred nova]

Go on Facebook marketplace

Set distance to 500 miles

And start searching

I drove 600 miles

To buy my other car

[fickle hill]

Yeah you might find an old dodge

[main jewel]

well here in yeehaw land they are actually marketed for cheaper than alot of newer cars so

[charred nova]

Drove all the way to Virginia Beach from Boston Massachusetts

[main jewel]

and newer cars anyway look weird

[charred nova]

Was worth it though car was nearly totally free of rust

[fickle hill]

Well I have a 23 F150 XLT so I have my own opinion

[charred nova]

Plus they don’t have pop up headlights

And pop ups headlights are baller

[fickle hill]

Sucks that I been hearing Toyota slap a 4 cylinder in their 25-26 tundras and 4 runners

[charred nova]

Well no one is selling v8s anymore

Not even inline 6

[weary hedge]

Not them Russian ones🤣

[main jewel]

yea they have f-ing spotlights

[weary hedge]

Absolutely horrendous in most brands

[main jewel]

LITERALLY IM ON THE ROAD AT NIGHT AND I FEEL LIKE THE SUN IS SHINING ON THE BACK OF MY HEAD

[charred nova]

Not to mention Texas has dirt cheap import cars

Dude I saw a 1997 fd rx7 for 28k in Texas

With like 50k miles

Fucken crazy deal

[cyan sparrow]

So do i flex with my v50 2005 volvo

[fickle hill]

My boss has a V8 dodge I think my mothers camery is also a V8

My 03 Honda is a 4 cylinder

[main jewel]

also NAPA auto parts supposedly has parts for lada’s of many kinds

or at least its a section on the website

[charred nova]

Quality is probably dog shit

[main jewel]

theres three on the other side of town

[main jewel]

well you never know, you also dont know if they just have that section there to trick you into buying their special weathertech floormats

[charred nova]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/738716802519517/?ref=search

[fickle hill]

Depends you only have 4 auto stores in america that I know of Auto Zone, CarQuest, O'rileys, and NAPA so it's hit or miss

[charred nova]

Don’t like Napa much

Their tools are terrible

Had to use one of their torque wrench’s for school

[main jewel]

never in my life have i ever stumbled apon a carquest

[charred nova]

Worst designed tool I’ve ever used

[fickle hill]

I guess it just depends on the location

[fickle hill]

There's a bit in Montana my father loves them

[charred nova]

We have O’Reilly’s autozone and advanced auto

And some local shops

[fickle hill]

Ah

[charred nova]

Privately owned shops are fucken goated though

I found a shop on route one in Massachusetts that sold in a brick and mortar store fucken redline fluid

RED LINE GEAR OIL

in a real store

[fickle hill]

Nice

[main jewel]

i enjoy some of the shady local autopart shops out there with random names that are usually (location) auto shop.. theres one i used live right next too and jts actually really good lots of little things around

[charred nova]

I’m just telling you though

Paying 10k dollars for a Soviet shit box is not worth it

I’d pay maybe 2k dollars for a lada

As a pure novelty

[fickle hill]

You could also assemble anything from scratch

[main jewel]

i will assemble one of those funky looking middle eastern cars

[graceful dirge]

Buy yourself a nice late 70-early 90s Mercedes-Benz and keep it for life like the old heads before ye

[main jewel]

i mean the funky poor area middle eastern cars btw

[fickle hill]

Get a diesel load it with a International engine and you will be good to go

[charred nova]

Don’t do this

Buying an old luxury car is top 10 worst ideas of all time

[fickle hill]

So is a chevy

[main jewel]

where can i get Volkswagen combi kombi however you decide to spell it

[charred nova]

ive only worked on old chevy engines

idk how the cars are them selves

[main jewel]

do they even exist anymore i feel like after scooby doo they are like extinct

i mean the older ones

[fickle hill]

The newer chevys are using some thin oil of their engines

[charred nova]

well yah

everyone is

[fickle hill]

gotta change after 2k around town

[charred nova]

i mean my subaru tells me to use 0w 20 oil in it

don't even bother with that

i just put in 5w 20 or 10w 30 instead

[fickle hill]

My 23 wants 5w 30 it's the same with the camery

[charred nova]

if you use 0w 20 it will burn off a quart of oil every 1 to 1.5k miles

[graceful dirge]

Idk man I did that 10 years ago with an 84 190E as my first car and still dailying that baby. The diesels are even more reliable, frankly I have three of them now (W201, W123, W124) and all under $5k they've been great cars. Some decent ownership history and personal level of DIY a must but it's way overblown "how hard it is to keep them on the road" especially the Golden Era of Mercedes was extremely well-built

[charred nova]

idk guy in my class got a free 2000 mercades i forget what one but

[graceful dirge]

I bet a manual everything W123 240D could drive across the Zone and back

[charred nova]

told me many hellish stories of trying to fix it before he finally just gave up and sold it for 300 bux

[graceful dirge]

Well there's the problem right there Y2K curse lol, the last great ones really were among the generation that started in the '80s & ended in the '90s

[charred nova]

like he was telling me it apparently had hydraulic power seats or something like that

which is just like

why

[fickle hill]

YEAH WHY

Hydraulic is crazy

[graceful dirge]

Truly the evils of "planned obsolescence" even my 40 year old electric seats still work fine

[charred nova]

yah

[graceful dirge]

Mercedes used to be a car you'd buy for life, now it's a car you buy for the wife

[fickle hill]

Only to deal with a 30 hour work time or a $30K bill

[charred nova]

one of my auto teachers use to make a killing work at a Mercedes dealer

[fickle hill]

Lucky

[charred nova]

not for me my cars gotta be made in japan

[fickle hill]

Hopefully International still makes good engines and I can find a Allison conversation kit for the tranny

[tranquil mantle]

It really feels like guns do 10x more damage the second a Burer starts using one

[cyan sparrow]

He throw the bullets before firing pin

[tranquil mantle]

Luckily my Rhino with hollow points goes brrrrr

[stuck grove]

Isn't this because of the distance? He grabs your gun and you get blasted from it within 2 meters. A bandit with TOZ-34 will do pretty much the same thing if you walk in his face.

[tranquil mantle]

Yeah in reality I think it's most likely that, and the fact that a Burer just keeps shooting, when most human enemies fire in bursts

[still current]

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/drift-drifting-japan-japanese-driftstreet-gif-20863810

[gentle citrus]

https://youtu.be/g7MpS0X9Ru0?si=giN-nfLw9bvMgL-v

Imagine you got this

[charred nova]

meh

i wouldn't care that much

[sacred cedar]

turn on compass and stashes back on master
game suddenly feels fun and rewarding

Incredible how easy that was

[eternal cosmos]

i did that right away, imo it was more annoying than hard...

[sacred cedar]

Until we get a dedicated "Press Button to hold PDA in Map mode" for navigation on Master im keeping the compass on, hell its not really hard without it but not being able to see unlooted corpses in this game is horrible you can barely see them with the camo

[eternal cosmos]

yeah

[feral sigil]

Hello my friends

Everyone gucci

[brazen pulsar]

Do I have to purchase both upgrades to get all the content or if I just get the ultimate edition I will have all content

[eternal cosmos]

I JUST SAW the litlle bit of old stalker in stalker2, i've got mission to kill bandits (little side-side-quest) and they got killed by random other stalkers.... My heart just melted

[feral sigil]

I started cop today the atmosphere is peak ,the world feels so alive bro damn they dont make them like this anymore

The gunplay is so cool too

[eternal cosmos]

First time cop????

[feral sigil]

Like if you keep firing without control you shoot the sky

I love this

[feral sigil]

Yep

[eternal cosmos]

Brother i wish i could play it first time...

[feral sigil]

Bro i am telling yoy games like these come once in a lifetime i already can tell its gonna be one of my favorite games all time

And trust me when i say

I AM NOT easily impressed

Like the last time a game impressed me was 2002 dark souls 1

Well maybe alan wake 2 too forgot that one

[eternal cosmos]

Man i can easily say that atmosfere in stalker series is the best of all. I play stalker since i was 5 years old

[harsh jungle]

Honse is based

[feral sigil]

Metro last light was peak atmosphere too but this one is special brother

Unmatched .

Shooting is real hard tho i think i am.gonna need some time to master the gunplay

[eternal cosmos]

Using Chornobyl disaster as a post-apocalyptic scenarios is peak, and i agree with you metro series are incredible

[frigid hill]

steve7xbox has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[eternal cosmos]

Get wolf'd

i feel you brother, you unfortunately can't swear in this channel

[feral sigil]

I was saying that i cant even shoot the dogs bro

[eternal cosmos]

you have worst weapons on the beggining so don't worry

[feral sigil]

Ah okay thats a releaf haha

I killed my first bloodsucker tho

[eternal cosmos]

yeah as fast as you get some shotguns or 5.56mm weapons you will like the gunplay :3

[feral sigil]

But i had help from a dude tho

No i love the gunplay it just takes time to adapt

[eternal cosmos]

it is the best of the original trilogy but some weapons are just shit like makarov or AKS-74U

[feral sigil]

That traitor in the ship tried to shoot me in the back i had to replay that like 10 times

[feral sigil]

Hows soc gunplay ?

[eternal cosmos]

It is okay i think

but too easy in my opinion, then you have Clear Sky when every gun is shit

[feral sigil]

I only got soc, cop

Every encounter is a real challenge and feels so rewarding

You know? Its not like games we are used to nowadays like cod pewpew trash

You see them dogs running to you you gotta think fast and act fast

Use cover,jump,move to the side no free kills here

[umbral mantle]

I started with S2, liked it so much I went back and bought the OG trilogy

[feral sigil]

I wish they would remake og trilogy bro

[eternal cosmos]

I wish modders will remake trilogy in stalker 2 🙂

[eternal cosmos]

I mean first we need fixed game but still after watching anomalous dugout about how protagonists from trilogy would travel on the stalker 2 map i wish we could play og trilogy on the new map

[cobalt fiber]

A remake probably isn’t a far shout from reality but it’s a long way off given they’ve just done an enhanced edition and are far off from having S2 in a finished state let alone working on promised DLCs

[feral sigil]

They propably need more people for that

[proven hollow]

eeh, honestly I think a remake would be a little lost in the mods that have had 15+ years of development already

[cobalt fiber]

The thing about remakes is they’re usually handed off to a third party developer that focuses almost primarily on remakes

[eternal cosmos]

YES we need to give them time but still they need more presure for fixing the game

[cobalt fiber]

SH2 for ex. was headed off by Bloober in its remake

[eternal cosmos]

Bloober ate imo

[cobalt fiber]

I don’t think many third parties would be interested in picking up the original trilogy

[proven hollow]

I really doubt they have the expertise for the xray engine anymore, let alone the will to use it, and let alone the will to transfer the entire game to a different engine

[cobalt fiber]

It’s not as profitable as a huge franchise

That’s the sad reality

Stalker OG trilogy is still very niche

[eternal cosmos]

yeah it is sad reality, but still our universe have many fans/modders that will do their work with "remaking" original trilogy 🙂

[cobalt fiber]

Niche probably isn’t the right word

More a cult following type deal

[eternal cosmos]

yeah more like that

[cobalt fiber]

I’d wager most people who played the trilogy after HoC didn’t see them through to the end

Cos they’re so different

[proven hollow]

stalker OG's definitely aren't in the niche group, niche games are far smaller than that and don't get massive sequels

[cobalt fiber]

Yeah niche ain’t the word

But it’s always had a sort of cult following

[eternal cosmos]

something between that

[cobalt fiber]

It was one of those where people either loved it, hated it or just never even heard of it lmao

There was no “yeah it was kinda good”

It was either the best thing ever, really shit or just never heard of

[eternal cosmos]

Yes i loved that from the beggining so you are right

[cobalt fiber]

Then account for the fact 95% of console players never even knew what stalker was til HoC was announced

[eternal cosmos]

true, but i love the fact that many people from US is in love with Gamma and other mods on anomaly. It is still community even if it is not cannon

this is something like star wars legends or something

[proven hollow]

🤮

[eternal cosmos]

not that big but still a community

top Gamma hater is here

[proven hollow]

Slop

[eternal cosmos]

Still it isn't fact but opinion

but i don't wanna argue on this matter right now

[proven hollow]

Factual slop, independently verified

[river chasm]

I did some nighttime sniping from the top of the smokestack at the agroprom factory. Was pretty fun tbh.

[eternal cosmos]

in S2?

[river chasm]

Yeah

There were some mercs that wandered into the area from the south I got first and then I helped some freedom guys to the north who got into a firefight with bandits

[eternal cosmos]

i love that place, one of the best spots to just sit there and wait for some shitheads to snipe

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/luhmao-little-meow-luhmao-grab-grab-vr-grab-gif-12222958141830498829

[sacred cedar]

You guys think we will get a Stalker 2 remake anytime soon?

[eternal cosmos]

yeah man i think in 2026

[robust pendant]

Stalker 2 is already a remake of Anomaly

[vernal lily]

tomorrow

[sacred cedar]

Can i report bugged stashes on the website or is that strictly for game breaking bugs

[ebon blade]

Fixed what?

[sacred cedar]

You guys know the side mission at the maze with helping the scientist?

I just got 2 eco suits and 2 PSZ Hawks from the corpses around there is that normal?

[vernal lily]

I think I heard Leaper say it also happened to him

[sacred cedar]

and 7 Malachite passes kek

[vernal lily]

7 hours is NOT ENOUGH of SLEEP boy

[weary hedge]

Wolf mute this guy for 326 days

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/tremor-stalker-call-of-pripyat-rpg-gif-16865290063216580545

The iron pan must have been some magic material to knock me out 326 days

[main jewel]

uh yo were reacting to peoples messages cause u were muted i think 3 hours is enough for you

[vernal lily]

because that was my only way of communication while muted

[main jewel]

if you cant sleep the full 7 you dont need more time..

[vernal lily]

NONSENSE

It is NOT ENOUGH

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/pickle-chin-rage-black-kid-rant-tough-gif-16205043

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/those-who-mow-those-who-know-gif-6741124947321800836

[vernal lily]

meow

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cute-cat-cat-dance-cute-cat-dance-ai-cat-gif-15064057413633942575

[ebon blade]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/561153801114091521/1448893234515411055/image0.gif

[vernal lily]

By the Nine, THREE mods in the chat right now

https://tenor.com/view/cat-shocked-cat-funny-cat-cat-gasp-cat-meme-gif-7036751892636847441

[weary hedge]

Aren’t you going to be a mod Dr. Foust

[vernal lily]

NEVER
I am going to be teakin away by 2026 ! ! ! !

[weary hedge]

Ur a tweaker?

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/huh-cat-cat-huh-small-cat-huh-what-gif-2593177363967991691

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/tweaking-wegeekinghard-blud-tiktok-animatronic-tweaking-gif-18331326635054461479

[sharp gulch]

Look at all these mods flexing their embed perms

mods and Faust

[weary hedge]

Peasant

[sharp gulch]

[weary hedge]

Fetch me an ale

[vernal lily]

what type of shit do I have to say to be asleep for several days mate. because 7 hours is LAME AF

[weary hedge]

How does a month in a cell sound

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/batman-thinking-gif-18107621495886085895

What is that cell made out of

[tranquil mantle]

Anyone know if there's high quality 5.45 ammo in the game? I see it for every other ammo type

[weary hedge]

Candy

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/pog-gif-14149886028736974766

[ebon blade]

Some Traders sell it if you need mass quantities. From stashes, more rare and in small amounts.

[tranquil mantle]

Strange I haven't seen it a single time yet, only AP

[vernal lily]

You better not be lyin'

[weary hedge]

Only AP and and HP

[tranquil mantle]

Ah ok, yeah I've seen those but wasn't sure if there was a high quality variant like 5.56 has. Thanks

[wet portal]

Weren't you the one trying to help me get the game to launch

Week or so ago

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/sad-ant-with-bindle-bindle-with-sad-ant-sad-ant-ant-sad-gif-7241997155403641103

[wet portal]

I was the one who couldn't get it to launch no matter what I tried

[ebon blade]

Probably, What fixed it? The new patch designed to help people get past the loading screen?

[ebon blade]

The lower Zone (beginning) Traders don't have much selection.
You have to go to the northern Traders to see a better selection.

[tranquil mantle]

Yeah I've been everywhere besides pripyat and Jupiter. Seems I was just looking for an ammo type that doesn't exist

[ebon blade]

Which specific type are you saying doesn't exist?

[vernal lily]

<@&1429819918492368916>

[vernal lily]

bet that guy can't knock me out for ONE WEEK

[charred nova]

killed

[vernal lily]

cheese wheel

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/shipment-cheese-wheels-townton-gif-22057792

[tranquil mantle]

High quality 5.45 is what I was asking about. I know AP and HP 5.45 exist but someone else confirmed there isn't a high quality 5.45 round, like there is for 5.56 for example

[wet portal]

I've tried everything. Haven't been able to launch since the second I updated to 1.6

[ebon blade]

I just checked my personal stash to see what I have collected:
6,870 rounds of 5.56 M885
461 rounds of 5.56 HP
1,020 rounds of 5.56 M995 AP
367 rounds of 5.56 MK 262 HQ

[tranquil mantle]

I think we're having a miscommunication, I was asking about specifically the existence of HQ 5.45, not 5.56

[ebon blade]

I see now why I got off track.

[tranquil mantle]

Haha yeah, thanks for trying to help though I appreciate it

[ebon blade]

I just saw the number in your reply.

Let me go back and look.

[ebon blade]

In my personal stash I have collected:
11,496 rounds of 5.45 PS
231 rounds of 5.45 MZHV-13
2,576 rounds of 5.45 PP (AP)

So it looks like you are right, there are not four types of 5.45.

[gentle citrus]

Of a non paid and a truthful stalker, does the zone feel alive?

[ebon blade]

@tranquil mantle
I have not used a weapon using 5.45 in some time, and why I have collected more ammo.
While I do carry a weapon that uses 5.56, I rarely use it.
I use 308 the most, for my MK 1 EMR and 12 x 70 for my Saiga shotgun.
The third most ammo I use is 9 x 19 for my ZUBR-19.

[rough island]

Anyone else still crashing wen using mods on Xbox

[tranquil mantle]

I'm running a Kharod with a 5.45 conversion but am considering getting another Kharod and leaving it 5.56 so I can use the HQ 5.56 rounds.

Not sure though, I do like my current set up with how easy it is to find 5.45 but I would like to use HQ rounds for less weapon degredation while on long trips in the zone

[visual mortar]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1115878071749316738/1439441165865844856/Untitled.gif

[vernal lily]

Now where is that 7+ day iron pan to the head ? ? @weary hedge are you still kickin ? ? ? ?

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/open-season-shaw-movie-hunter-villain-gif-22862740

[vernal lily]

@ebon blade Knock me out bucko I bet you won't do it !

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/walking-dead-negan-twd-the-walking-dead-smile-gif-5342921

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/orange-cat-cat-side-eye-cat-side-eye-orange-cat-staring-gif-4749659952322810298

And yet NOTHING happens. Do I have to talk about SNORKS now

[agile geode]

How do you fix the inventory glitch where it goes to the left

[rough island]

Just don't work for me on Xbox

[harsh jungle]

big iiiiiiiron

[rough island]

Mods I mean

[golden gulch]

How da heck did collect all of that? Correct me imw but 80% of the enemies you fight don't even carry 5.56 guns.

[charred prairie]

So lads I have upgraded to pc but im running into a problem with audio not playing through my headset but output type is through headphones, anyone else run into this or know how to fix

ok which one of you changed my name

[vernal lily]

@weary hedge wakey wakey bucko

still NOTHING

[charred prairie]

never mind i somehow did some black magic and fixed it no idea how, but fr which mod changed my name lmao

[river chasm]

why did I loot 2 of Faust's pendant from his body

[vernal lily]

@ebon blade I know you're still there buddy, get that pan ASAP

[fleet plank]

[vivid idol]

What the hell is up with Monolith after SIRCAA? They are killing me with 2-3 shots of 9mm from an mp5 at 100m

[fleet plank]

Yo dudes the monolith is pretty chill maybe you could like join them or something.

[frigid hill]

shirk has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[ebon blade]

I've been playing my current game for over a year now.

[ebon blade]

No one wants to mute you, because you will stay active here posting emoticons for hours.
It's like, what's the point? You don't want to be muted to help you do something else.

[vernal lily]

Well ASKING for it was LAME af tho

@ebon blade do it dummy, or I will talk about SNORKS

[ebon blade]

Let's hear your best Snork talk.

[frigid hill]

djungelskogbear has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[vernal lily]

OUTR OF MY MISERY AKREADY

@ebon blade

@ebon blade

https://tenor.com/view/meow-meow-meow-aghh-gif-25029089

[frigid hill]

djungelskogbear has been muted for 30 minutes

Reason: nap

Muted until · Dec 14, 2025, 3:10 AM

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[ebon blade]

Krezzin should be back in about 1 hour and 13 minutes.

[vernal lily]

@ebon blade 30 MINUTES

@ebon blade I ain't taking no NAP

https://tenor.com/view/meow-meow-meow-aghh-gif-25029089

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/angy-cat-cute-angry-judging-gif-5664908679004854891

[robust pendant]

92 infractions, lol

[vernal lily]

Man where is that 2 week bang on the head with an iron pan mute ? ? ?

[ancient fractal]

Can I see mine

[vernal lily]

@ebon blade WHERE IS IT

[sacred cedar]

you can still cheese arena gear

Omegalul thanks for the Free Seva and Army Bulat GSC

[weary hedge]

That’s how I get a free super sniper

Revolver too

[sacred cedar]

You already get one for free, its called Lynx

[weary hedge]

Mid gun that also requires some story progression and HQ ammo

[sacred cedar]

Looks cool though

[vernal lily]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/693677322015866890/1177827959588016189/930599498235912222.gif

[weary hedge]

True

[sacred cedar]

Man i'd really hate to get one now i am still in love with my Night Stalker

[frigid hill]

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[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/angy-cat-cute-angry-judging-gif-5664908679004854891

[ebon blade]

https://tenor.com/view/angry-angry-cat-cat-cats-cute-cat-gif-8951430968375206589

[vernal lily]

@ebon blade do it, and never hear from me ever AGAIN, how about that ? ? Better not be 1 week or less ! !

[ebon blade]

I don't understand what you are really wanting. If you don't want to be here, then don't be here.
It shouldn't take someone doing something to you, if you find no pleasure in hanging out here.

[vernal lily]

fine, you're no fun old man. I am done with this, for NOW

[ebon blade]

You are a lot of fun, when you are in a better mood.

[frigid hill]

djungelskogbear has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

djungelskogbear has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[weary hedge]

Potty mouth

[vernal lily]

FINALLY @weary hedge put me out of my MISERY

[weary hedge]

I’m too tired for that

[charred prairie]

has anyone bought stalker 2 off steam with all the dlcs and the dlcs not work? is there something i need to do to enable them, ive got both expansions and neither of them showed up. aka i went to my stash to pick up the journalists stuff and it wasnt there. any help? it was off steam

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/angy-cat-cute-angry-judging-gif-5664908679004854891

[weary hedge]

Why do you want to be muted all of a sudden anyway

[vernal lily]

My end of the year WISH, this has nothing to do with that Kwezzy guy. Yesterday it just got timed right when I decided to freak.

[weary hedge]

Just relax man, nobody want to mute you

[sacred cedar]

You need to do a few main story missions for the flash drive to appear in your stash

[weary hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/david-harbour-jim-hopper-stranger-things-stranger-things-hopper-relaxing-gif-26102556

[charred prairie]

Ok thank you, ill give it a try

[frigid hill]

djungelskogbear has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[sacred cedar]

A side quest should just randomly pop up saying you should check your personal stash

Have you done any quests in zalisya

[charred prairie]

I just got to it passed the bar, maybe I just need to do a few more missions

[sacred cedar]

Well if you just follow the main story you will get it

[weary hedge]

I think you swore @vernal lily

[sacred cedar]

I dont wanna spoil to much but its pretty much at the end of your lesser zone experience