☢┃stalker-general

[main jewel]

it seems to be hamsters shelf were all the cut content items lay around

also

[ruby gale]

Maybe, but i dont think hamster has a cabinet in his shop next to a shelf

[main jewel]

i dunno if not then its the guy at yaniv

[ruby gale]

Idk, could also be a random location

[main jewel]

crazy how the had a unusable rpd

[main jewel]

its a trader location

as, the only screenshots people can get are from afar

from a desk

[ruby gale]

I'll look around, see if any are similar

[marble gyro]

That is the Skinniest RPD model I have ever seen

[main jewel]

the duty technician has or had a rpg7 with a bipod attachted

[charred nova]

Looks about right

[marble gyro]

Rpg....with a bipod...did I hear that correctly?

[charred nova]

No rpd

[main jewel]

yea its real small but the one in x7 is fine

[ruby gale]

I mean, it probably has its uses

[main jewel]

yes

[marble gyro]

What

[main jewel]

and its a rpg

with a bipod

[charred nova]

Wait

What

[marble gyro]

What

[charred nova]

[marble gyro]

[main jewel]

the duty tech has it or had it

[marble gyro]

The duty tech must be suffering from irradiation poisoning because why the hell would you want an RPG7 with a bipod???

[charred nova]

For perfect aim of course

[marble gyro]

The backblast would burn you

[main jewel]

ill try to find a more better imahe

[ruby gale]

Thats a stand im pretty sure...

[marble gyro]

Laying down with a rpg, it would burn your backside

[main jewel]

i mean bro

[marble gyro]

Directly having it towards your aşs

Wow........

[main jewel]

no its attached

[marble gyro]

Irradiation poisoning is very real in that world

[main jewel]

its really odd

[ruby gale]

Ehhhhh, I still think thats just a weapon stand

[marble gyro]

[main jewel]

i wonder why gsc would add all these guns and make them unusable

and attachments

[marble gyro]

I dunno, maybe it's a tease for when multiplayer comes out

[cobalt fiber]

Cut content more likely

[main jewel]

considering rhey exist irl

[charred nova]

Dude if they make multiplayer only guns I’ll riot

[marble gyro]

Well I'm glad they cut the bipod for the rpg

[main jewel]

why would they cut stuff thats already sitting in the game for 3 patches, you can still find the ak74 or akm whatever

[main jewel]

they cut the rpg scope too

[marble gyro]

I'm mixed on a scope for a rpg

[main jewel]

as that was technically they whole point of the bipod

[cobalt fiber]

Asking why GSC did or didn’t do something is like having a debate on whether God is real

[main jewel]

was to extra stablize it while crouching

[ruby gale]

Nvm, im dumb, that is hamsters shelf

[cobalt fiber]

We will never know

[main jewel]

and then you would
aim in with the rgo 7v

[charred nova]

It was the fire

My money is on the fire

[marble gyro]

The emission caused the weird

[main jewel]

and boom

[main jewel]

me when gsc didnt spread out their major servers and data bank things

[ruby gale]

All the images I looked at had the cabinets up top cut off

[main jewel]

they literally had them sitting in one room

[charred nova]

Real

[main jewel]

i wish the rpg had more involvement in the game

[marble gyro]

I just want more revolvers

[ruby gale]

I wish it wasnt useless

[main jewel]

and i wish the RPG can one shot a pseudo giant

cause

bro

[hoary tundra]

[main jewel]

why does it take 3 or 4 or sometimes up to 5

i know flesh isnt that resistant

[charred nova]

RPGs are actually not very deadly didn’t you know

[marble gyro]

I mean even in the original it took like 5 on master to kill a pseudo giant

[main jewel]

itssss dumbbbb

[marble gyro]

Like SOC I mean

[charred nova]

A strong solider can easily tank a rpg round to the chest

[ruby gale]

Who was it that had one blow up in his hands?

[main jewel]

is that why in battlefield 6 the thing does like four damage unless its a direct hit

direct hit is a instakill

[main jewel]

it was a youtube guy

[ruby gale]

I know that

[charred nova]

That is fun though

The fact you can snipe people with rpgs is fun

[main jewel]

Vietnam soldiers would cut down the barrels of the rpds to be 6 or so inches shorter

[main jewel]

yess i was doing it in gauntlet

[charred nova]

Gauntlet

[main jewel]

i dont have xbox live so

womp

[marble gyro]

Not even the basic version?

So you at least have online capability

[charred nova]

[main jewel]

i cant find that

everything is attached to gamepass now

[marble gyro]

That's dumb

[main jewel]

https://tenor.com/view/bocchi-the-rock-bocchi-gotoh-hitori-turn-around-stare-gif-8851556409539617853

i know

i hate you micronsor

[ruby gale]

It should be in subscriptions

[charred nova]

Microsoft trying not to be the worst company ever

[marble gyro]

Oh it's xbox gamepass core

[main jewel]

well then they are actively trying to hide it

[ruby gale]

Essential (normal) is $10/month

[main jewel]

i dont wanna pay for any gamepass or something to already use my internet connection for, man i wish the us would ban this microsoft tax on the shit i already pay for

[ruby gale]

Ubisoft premium and fallout 1st are scams though

[main jewel]

that would be the best ban ever

[marble gyro]

Xbox live gold is renamed to Gamepass core

[ruby gale]

Says essential for me

[charred nova]

Microsoft once tried to make pc players pay to play online which blows my mind

[marble gyro]

Yeah, essential and ultimate

[charred nova]

Games for windows live

[marble gyro]

But the whole thing is known as gamepass core

[charred nova]

Please pay 20 bux a month to play your pc game online on Microsoft servers

[ruby gale]

Essential, premium, ultimate

[marble gyro]

Just get essential alexa, and you'll be able to play online with so called friend's again

[charred nova]

Alexa play country roads

[marble gyro]

Alexa play Despacito

[ruby gale]

From the sounds of it I think its an active choice not to

[charred nova]

We need to fund a new pc for lexa

[lost needle]

Did you guys see the new razer ai companion

[charred nova]

It’ll be easy GAMER GIRL IN NEED OF NEW GAMING PC PLEASE DONATE

[lost needle]

Horrible ai slop

[charred nova]

I highly doubt that will ever actually materialize as a product

Razer has shown off many products at ces that vanish never to be seen again

[lost needle]

I fear its already close to being put on shelves

[ruby gale]

You know everyone that donates is gonna be a weirdo

[charred nova]

Well yah we are just stealing there money

[main jewel]

question of the day

why are some oil filters placed in the most outrageous hard to reach places

[marble gyro]

Easier said than done mate

There are some weirdos out there, but it's always something for something ya feel?

[ruby gale]

Because it had to be designed that way for some bs, "convenient or cost effective way"

[main jewel]

and then some of them are so tight on you cant take it off with a simple grip and turn of the hand

[charred nova]

Because engineers and mechanics rarely touch base when designing cars

Though not never

[hazy haven]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ez3OQymiq0 does it have something to do with upcoming DLC? Location showcase?

[ruby gale]

The worst is the mfs that put it right next to the cat/exhaust manifold so you're burning your hand everytime you try to turn it

[charred nova]

Average ford oil filter

[ruby gale]

No, gm does that shit too

[charred nova]

Subaru makes it literally as easy as possible it points straight up

So you don’t even spill any oil removing it

[ruby gale]

Mainly buicks/traverses I think

[main jewel]

dodge diesel oil filter placement got me f’ed up

[pearl plinth]

gladly zone has no cars and promotes walkable infrastructure

[ruby gale]

The hidden wheel well compartment?

[lost needle]

Nothing special, its just a fact about a place near the duga in the real chernobyl

[main jewel]

yur but also some of the older ones got them in like little hiding spots

shoving your hand in a fender well sounds not nice

[charred nova]

Like maybe I’m missing something but why can’t all auto makers just do this

[ruby gale]

Dodge/ram trucks have always been retarded when it comes to oil filter locations, let's just have it hidden above all the steering/stability components so that way you have to snake your hand up and spray brake clean on everything after

[harsh jungle]

stuff should be easy fr fr

except for some games maybe

[main jewel]

because well urm uhm urm some people just dont know how to design vehicles for people who wanna repair them themselves

[ruby gale]

Because normies can work on their car and dealerships cant scam you on a $70+ oil change

[main jewel]

true

[charred nova]

Yah that’s lame

[ruby gale]

I know because I use to work at a dealership, IT SUCKED

[main jewel]

the dealership scams are sad

[charred nova]

Dude I love modern car manuals I was looking at the one for a 2019 Subaru forester we had for school

The manual literally gas lights you into not doing the repair

As if it’s trying to talk you out of doing it saying

Oh it’s really hard you should take it to a dealer instead

[lost needle]

Love the thumbs up here

[main jewel]

im glad my local shop does stuff for free if they had lots fun working on the thing, or they have relatively cheaper prices

they work on really old cars alot alot so they can afford to do this

[charred nova]

Not my car just a random photo on google

[ruby gale]

Oh yeah, manuals dont tell you shit except, "idk, take it to the dealership"

[lost needle]

Oh mb

Still tho its very funny

[charred nova]

Didn’t even list all the fluids the car used some of them just said call a dealer

[marble gyro]

I have a dodge challenger V6 oil filter is in a stupid location

[ruby gale]

Where i am we make about $1m off tire sales a year so things are as cheap as we can make it while still being positive

[pearl plinth]

i can't post image of tavria having a spare wheel under the hood directly in front of the driver, so it can crush driver's skull in place of airbag in case of a car crash

[main jewel]

one of the manuals i saw for a chevy violently tells you to take it to the dealership

[harsh jungle]

i dont have a car since i dont have my license

[main jewel]

like

[marble gyro]

Luckily I know a couple of mechanics that owe me a solid to change them for me

Other than that I do maintenance myself

[main jewel]

TAKE JT TO A DEALERSHIP OR YOUR TRUCK WILL SUFFER THE ARABIAN DIRT CAR SYNDROME or something

[ruby gale]

Isnt that like ford mustangs with the stupid plastic cover that doesn't fully come off?

[harsh jungle]

dont need to do maintinance if i dont dont have a car

[main jewel]

but they ar fool

cool

[marble gyro]

Yeah man

[ruby gale]

I hate ford mustangs, at least 2015 and up

[harsh jungle]

im not trusted with an automobile

[charred nova]

I’d own a corvette

C4 and c5 corvettes are pretty rad

[main jewel]

ford does this to you btw

[marble gyro]

Hahahaja

[ruby gale]

To check the transmission fluid you have to reach above it, do you know the trick to checking transmission fluid?

[charred nova]

That’s actually crazy

[marble gyro]

That's....ughh, that looks like a pain

[ruby gale]

Oh yeah, the escape special

[main jewel]

we are all killing engineers who through stuff together and call it a day

[ruby gale]

I just hate working on ford in general

[fickle hill]

LMAO UNLUCKY FIND

[main jewel]

the jeeps wheres waldo ahh filter

[marble gyro]

I don't think it's the engineers fault, more like the idiot that designed them in the first place

[main jewel]

design engineers and experts

[ruby gale]

They have a major issue with wheels getting stuck to hubs and needing a sledgehammer to remove them

Ford

[main jewel]

i saw a video of a guy doing this

[fickle hill]

You wanna know where the torque converter bolts are for a 2013 Nissan SR?

[ruby gale]

The amount of times ive beat a Ford wheel with a hammer is crazy

[marble gyro]

If it ain't broke, break it

[ruby gale]

But the worst vehicle? The jeep renegade

[harsh jungle]

ive seen jeeps with rubber duckies

[main jewel]

dumb trend

[harsh jungle]

i think its cool

[marble gyro]

I'm going to sell my challenger and get a Ram 1500

[ruby gale]

The jeep renegade is a giant Italian POS

[ruby gale]

Do not

[marble gyro]

Why?

High maintenance?

[sacred cedar]

This man looks like he won't survive a day in the zone

[fickle hill]

I seen F250s with the thin rims and covered in lights to be a wanna be light house

[ruby gale]

They like to break

[charred nova]

please get out of this chat

[harsh jungle]

why

[charred nova]

people who buy jeeps are all the same

[main jewel]

thats quite literally degtyarev

[ruby gale]

I cant talk on the jeep ducks, my grandma has some

[sacred cedar]

Who?

[main jewel]

thats THE degtyarev

YOUR A BUMM

[harsh jungle]

so is ur mum

[main jewel]

deggy is like the best stalker character

besides nimble

[charred nova]

jeeps are just such shit cars the fact people still buy them is proof people will buy literally anything even if its the worst thing you could possibly waste money on

[sacred cedar]

Oh yeah well ur a stupid dumb egg so what do you know go cross the street or something

[main jewel]

i wanna buy a decommed military one for around 4000-6000 bucks

[ruby gale]

Jeep sucks because its mostly Italian now

[main jewel]

cause apparently they sell decommed military vehicles in the us for cheaper than usual vehicles

the us

governmen

[fickle hill]

I saw a hummer in Hawaii on facebook market place for that price

[charred nova]

fiat........

[main jewel]

theres probably some underlying problems with itt then

[harsh jungle]

i think im gonna be a good hater

[ruby gale]

If im getting any kind of decommissioned vehicle, its a 2011 caprice

[charred nova]

most of our military vehicles are kinda total shit

[main jewel]

no your gunna be like conquerer if you go down this path

[ruby gale]

Alfa

[main jewel]

thsts why they are cheap

[harsh jungle]

nah im gonna be a hater

[main jewel]

but lowkey kinda sick

[charred nova]

aren't they the same thing

[main jewel]

just to sit in

[charred nova]

ls swap then your good

[harsh jungle]

i wasnt hater enough before

[ruby gale]

I dont think so, one sec

[main jewel]

i thought your genuinely supposed to do this and swap other parts before driving it at all

[ruby gale]

Fiat no longer directly owns alfa romeo

[charred nova]

well the diesel they used at least in the humvee and the gear box and drive train are kinda just total trash

diesel gets like 6mpg even with all the armor plating removed

[harsh jungle]

the van at the place i go to gets like 7 mpg

[ruby gale]

Hummers in general just kinda suck

[harsh jungle]

i dont like hummus

[charred nova]

yah it was a fad i remember well

[ruby gale]

[marble gyro]

I always wanted a hummer

[ruby gale]

They aren't great

[marble gyro]

Just a big ass show vehicle

[fickle hill]

Have you seen the UFO editions?

[harsh jungle]

hummers look kinda silly

[ruby gale]

They tend to leak oil pretty bad from what i remember

And rust pretty easy

[marble gyro]

And they have like what 10miles per gallon?

[charred nova]

less

[marble gyro]

Sheesh

[harsh jungle]

how bout 5 miles per gallon

[main jewel]

side eye, thats probably why its cheap also you can buy decommed helis too for a somewhat lower price than usual you just have to have a license to fly n stuff

[harsh jungle]

i am just spewing crap

[charred nova]

like to put it in perspective it costs over 400 dollars to fill the humvee with fuel

[ruby gale]

If i could own 1 car to know inside and out, itd be the renault GTA/A610

[charred nova]

and that wont even last 300 miles

[harsh jungle]

id want the invisible boatmobile

[charred nova]

could get a gyro copter and fly around like your in rust

[main jewel]

well ywah

[main jewel]

rust mini

[harsh jungle]

i dont like motorcycles

[main jewel]

i hate flying minis to large rig

[ruby gale]

I actually do like motorcycles, I just dont want to own one because iowa weather sucks for owning one

[charred nova]

its too bad there so insanely dangerous

[harsh jungle]

i havent seen many motorcycles around here tbh

[main jewel]

i kinda wanna do a gsa auction or a us marshalls service auction

[main jewel]

pov me nose diving in a noseless heli straight into the sea

[charred nova]

yes apparently in real life they are super easy to get into a ww1 bi plane style death spin and there is no way to recover from it

[main jewel]

they should go eat a stick

[ruby gale]

[harsh jungle]

i have seen a couple cybertrucks and those look STUPID

[main jewel]

the only eject there is is to pray

[charred nova]

[ruby gale]

I've actually seen a Delorean in my town before

[main jewel]

they sre built dumb too, but say something not everyone ever says

[harsh jungle]

me after crashing my ship into port

[charred nova]

i recently saw one for the first time the other day as well

they are so cool

[main jewel]

i have yet to find one

[ruby gale]

They are a lot more majestic in person

[charred nova]

yah i didn't get a great look at it i just saw it for a brief moment as it drove be me going the other direction

[harsh jungle]

i wanna crash my ship into port again

[main jewel]

why would anyone buy this

[charred nova]

scrap metal maybe?

[main jewel]

they have a cool hl 60 sim tho for auction

h 60l sorry

[ruby gale]

Because why not

[harsh jungle]

some people have the money to buy silly stuff

[fickle hill]

We're going on a trip to place in Vietnam it spraying time little commandotine

[harsh jungle]

wait we're spraying agent orange?

[main jewel]

texas my state also has the highest number of auction locations n currently auctioned stuff

[main jewel]

i mean it would be a cool spawn place for an airsoft match

like a hostage recuse

RESCUE

[marble gyro]

Recuse

[ruby gale]

Auctions dont really happen in iowa, unless its a farmland auction, lot of toy shows though

[nova quartz]

anyone else have this wierd bug where you can be under weight but the moment you load, not pick up, load a grenade launcher round you gain 2kg?

[nova quartz]

thats becasue Iowa is not a state, its a cornfield

[charred nova]

we got lots of imports around where i live since we got new port news

[ruby gale]

Parachute 2 feet out of the back of it

[charred nova]

i actually went to new port news once and i gotta say its fucken breath taking

[marble gyro]

Bro this ain't pubg

[harsh jungle]

i gotta find something new to hate

[charred nova]

like its hard to really comprehend seeing it like parking lots complete full with over 10k cars maybe all just people who work there

not to mention the actual massive ships docked there

[ruby gale]

Idk, my neighbor looks like he's got good stuff

[marble gyro]

Hate to hate

[ruby gale]

Hate to love

[main jewel]

sad

[harsh jungle]

i hope that makes me a certified hater

[charred nova]

airborne role play

[main jewel]

holy 🥹

[charred nova]

that looks like it works

[harsh jungle]

i cant afford that

[ruby gale]

Airborne school is insanely strict in the military

[main jewel]

it probably does thats why its 400k 🥹

THE ZERO BIDDERS GOT ME DROOLING

INSTANT WIN IF I HAD THE MONEY

[fickle hill]

Damn bro

[charred nova]

but how would you get it home and where would you put it

[fickle hill]

Better yet what use would you get from it Contraband smuggling?

[charred nova]

im gonna be like the guy from lord of war

[main jewel]

ITS ONLY 5000????

[ruby gale]

Why does all the fun stuff gotta be expensive

[charred nova]

that is probably more than 5k dollars worth of scrap metal

[main jewel]

also theres a ford in there somewhere that was owned by a random Sargent

💔

noones buying that

[main jewel]

true

[harsh jungle]

buy it then

[main jewel]

but also 5k worth of fun

[charred nova]

couple weeks with an angle grinder and we will be ballin

[fickle hill]

You're only in the end gonna be putting more money into it than scrapping

[main jewel]

im seeing alot of 25 dollar hvac systems

[ruby gale]

Yeah, most likely you won't profit, even junk cars only get couple $100

[main jewel]

theres some dentist stuff

and these guys

theres also a 300 buck 2011 CHEVROLET MALIBU

[charred nova]

yah but thats a plane made of high grade aircraft aluminum

[main jewel]

50 DOLLAR LAWN MOWERS, THE ZONE WOULD LOVE THOSE

[charred nova]

thats definately worth more than your average car

[main jewel]

A 500 BUCK 2016 FORD EXPLORER

[charred nova]

does it run

[main jewel]

IT LOOKS SO CLEAN AND BRAND NEW ON THE OUTSDIE

it looks like it does

[marble gyro]

"Only"

Sheesh man, I barely have 20 to my name

[charred nova]

mate 500 bux for a semi modern car

thats a steal

bet it will go up a bit though

but if you got that for under 10k that is probably a steal

[marble gyro]

500 usd or euro?

[charred nova]

usd

[main jewel]

theres a 25 dollar box of army fatigues

[charred nova]

hell yah sweat clothes

thats exactly what i wanna bid on

[marble gyro]

It might have a busted fuel pump and a bunch of other stuff, including C stained seats and shıt

[harsh jungle]

ewwwww

[ruby gale]

Eh, if its $500 theres something wrong

[charred nova]

your forgetting its an auction

its not being sold for 500 dollars

[main jewel]

1000 bucks for a 2017 and 2018 dodge ram

[charred nova]

thats just the starting bid

[main jewel]

well also

people aren’t auctioning these at all says the 0 bidders

[ruby gale]

I dont trust it

[main jewel]

i mean

getting them

or bidding

so like

it’s technically a steal

and if you can work on them and fix them

its a fun projecy

[charred nova]

where is the military surplus rx8

[ruby gale]

Theres a few rx8s for sale here

[main jewel]

FOR 100 BUCKS THIS WOULD BE A COOL PROJECT

[charred nova]

rx8 is so funny only car you buy with like 50k miles on it for only 3k

[main jewel]

TUFF TUFFFF

[marble gyro]

Bidding can also go up depending on how deep people's wallets go

[ruby gale]

Theres a shinka special

[charred nova]

shinka?

[ruby gale]

Until you probably cant find parts for it

[fickle hill]

That's near me

[marble gyro]

85 chevy

[charred nova]

i mean its got an big block v8 probably plenty of parts for that

[fickle hill]

Someone has a special edition dodge around here as well

[charred nova]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1823543904963750 65k miles

[charred nova]

oh its auto thats why

[main jewel]

also someone is selling a 1986 AM general M944A1 chassis

chassis for one of these bad boys

speaking of that

i want more zone vehicles

ehat if

theres a side mission

to infiltrate and destroy a ward or ipsf convoys

n stuff

to get loots

the rpg can finally be usefull

@charred nova we are all buying this right

[charred nova]

dude you know what it looks like

the fucken delivery car from the lore axe

[main jewel]

THATS SO TRUE

i wonder where all the meat is stored in that rhing cause

what in the hell thwy front areas are so thing and small

[charred nova]

its all in the back cus its electric

why the bed looks so wacky to fit the batteries

[main jewel]

i wonder why anyone designed this thing

does it even work?

[charred nova]

probably i mean its just electric

looks pretty simple too

[main jewel]

i hate electric things

[charred nova]

me too

[main jewel]

id still drive that tjo

as its funny

[charred nova]

i mean its just an electric kei truck

but kei trucks are rad as hell cus they got 5 speed manual gear box

[main jewel]

do not put that and a kei truck in the same boay

boat

that thing could probably carry one dishwasher effectively

[harsh jungle]

aight I’ve found enough things to hate

[main jewel]

“aight ive found enough ways to be annoying”

dont do this to yourself deg

[harsh jungle]

don’t be a hater? or annoying?

[main jewel]

going out of your way to hate is dumb

[charred nova]

hating things i have no control over makes me feel better

[harsh jungle]

fair but sometimes ya just gotta hate

[main jewel]

well font be like a specific person in this server…

[harsh jungle]

I won’t

I do hate some people but not all people

[ruby gale]

What happened here, I was busy finding dumb/cool shit to show jack

[harsh jungle]

i stopped becoming a hater

otherwise idk

[charred nova]

anyways kei trucks kinda growing on me

a few people in town over from me have them

and there kinda cool

one guy even had the model i want but with out the super charger

[harsh jungle]

those do look kinda cool

I did have to google to see what they looked like tho

anyways I gtg

[ruby gale]

I've only seen one on my way home from work

[charred nova]

there are a ton where i live but the good ones are fairly rare

[marble gyro]

Peace and chicken grease, have a goodnight

[ruby gale]

Looking through old pictures on facebook makes things kinda sad/nostalgic

[charred nova]

real

[ruby gale]

So many family members i no longer see and old houses/locations from a simpler time

[charred nova]

[ruby gale]

[hybrid tangle]

Is it scripted spawn, everytime I go to Duga region, Emission always spawn.

[cyan marlin]

https://image.hmn.com/RPNsfAHNXJA8b6IPdDl9WrUYJ1I=/820x545/filters:format(webp)/uimage/155931955.jpg

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/lada/vaz-21051/2746346.html

[cyan marlin]

+1, why only moving death truck in 1st game intro

me want scary self-driving death truck

[stoic lily]

Playing Stalker with classical music hits different

[mystic temple]

Cool kino tag

[stoic lily]

thanks

i can send you the link if you want it

[mystic temple]

That would be cool

[stoic lily]

k i sent it

[tiny basin]

anyone else getting troble with the pda bugging out and not being able to open?

what is the keyboard button for the pda?

[brazen cloak]

Something I've found confusing is the classification/names of grav anomalies in Stalker 2. It might just be confusion between anomalies in S2 and ones in the original trilogy, and other games. You've got the whirligig (hard to see, forms tornado that lifts up and explodes victim) ... springboards are everywhere and easier to spot, orbs of distortion that grab and slap you quickly, easy to escape from ... if S2 has vortexes, I haven't seen them, or I've avoided them. Did vortexes just get cut from S2?

[slender veldt]

Can we please get a fix on knockdown animation being bugged. Bloodsuckers are literally a coin flip on instant death because of the animation for Skiff getting up gets reset. Meanwhile the bloodsucker can just attack you infinitely and kill you off of one knockdown. All while wearing the best gear in the game.

[somber sapphire]

anyone know if you can get on top of the crane in the cooling towers?

[wanton blaze]

Not without a noclip mod. Its textures arent solid either so at the top you may be able to stand but walking down you will fall though. Or at least I did when I tried it a couple updates ago.

[main jewel]

they are in the water tho very rare to see

as theres not many water areas

the only one that can manage to touch you is in a big electrical puddle way north of the clear skybase

you have to dodge it and electrical damage to get to an artifact

[vernal lily]

P I think

[tiny basin]

thanks

[limpid lodge]

Dose anyone know when stalker 2 deluxe edition is on sale I want to play the game again after it got removed off game pass on xbox

[wanton blaze]

Now, does anyone know what the style of house the general house ruins are called? With the central fireplace and usually 2 or 3 rooms?

[marble gyro]

So I killed a pseudo giant with skifs pistol

Took exactly 750 shots

It got stuck on terrain textures

So I just lit it up and took advantage of its disability

[main jewel]

https://tenor.com/view/bocchi-the-rock-bocchi-gotoh-hitori-turn-around-stare-gif-8851556409539617853

i guess bro

was it all the same ammo or

a mixed variety

technically this info can be useful

[fickle hill]

Looks nice

[little locust]

Is there any way of stocking up on expanding darts before the swamps? Wreck seems to sell them but very rarely, can't seem to find them from viktoria at malachite either. On veteran.

[marble gyro]

Was in a match, it was AP

[wanton blaze]

I never really saw it until after the SIRCAA missions

[feral sigil]

Morning stalkers

[weary hedge]

@mortal skiff ey

[dreamy dagger]

Man anyone has an idea how I can hide the Monolith Uprising channels from the list?

The dropdown icon doesnt do anything 😄 Gets me mad

[vernal lily]

Click on 'channels & roles' > browse channels > uncheck everything under Monolith Uprising

[dreamy dagger]

Nevermind, "Show all channels" option hides wha tyou dont need

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/ehehe-laughing-cat-cat-laughing-silly-cat-gif-16961599182308150028

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-helpless-gif-26137556

[dreamy dagger]

Man, lil kid screaming "Maaam"

Come on now, man, you know what we do. WE FREE HIM!

[cobalt fiber]

LET ME IIIIN OUUUUT

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-yeet-pulling-cat-awake-gif-20539221

[little locust]

Darn. Last time I went to the swamps there was an army of psuedogiants. Wanted to be prepared with a fully upgraded saiga and expanding darts. I'll just load up on the other ammo types or see if I can get a mod. Thanks for the answer.

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/shocked-shookt-shook-omg-oh-lord-gif-9306558

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/kitten-drama-queen-dramatic-lol-funny-gif-16473598

I love dramatic kittens...

[vernal lily]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1238814259547344937/1457310953963257897/eve.gif

[cobalt fiber]

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1DCzP1Yggg/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Lmao

Guy is living in a modern labyrinth

[shadow token]

What’s the main use of the drag body mechanic? Can you use it as a meatshield or something like that?

[wanton blaze]

I'd still recommend the hike to Yaniv station as they tend to have the more rare ammo available on the store stock rotation.

[vernal lily]

We can drag bodies now in this game?

[cyan sparrow]

Can we drag out sidorovich?

[kindred fable]

Practically none. That mechanic is used in one random encounter, that's all I know

Maybe it's useful for some stealth where there are guards walking around? Never tried it

It was probably added just because originals had that mechanic too, lol

Just a cool lil feature

[little locust]

I was able to get 30 darts from Wreck in Yaniv but the ammo type never restocked. I tried sleeping multiple times, rechecking his stock between side missions/main story missions and never seen that ammo type again.

[weak urchin]

Does anyone except me in the Zone use nerf-guns ? I just watched 3 guys vs 1 flesh, they magdumped several shotgun at him and didn't kill it 🥲

[coarse falcon]

Yes

[vernal lily]

I hope I can at least drag dead bodies into his bunker

[shadow token]

Damm seems like a wasted oportunity, maybe in the future they add some kind of rescue jobs that involve this mechanic

[weak urchin]

Is the burer on the|| Duga journalists stash|| some kind of sick joke ? ...

[foggy olive]

You like it?

[weak urchin]

Oh yeah lots of fun

[foggy olive]

Sound's like you have a good disco party , don't you ?

[primal nimbus]

Just watched this dude named Sava Beaver full on tank an emission outside that camp in Burnt Forest

[still current]

[still current]

Sava beaver indeed

[primal nimbus]

The power of Polish Shitpostery saved him

[rose void]

I use it to clean up camps. Like if there are dead bodies around a campfire, I'll drag them away and hide them in bushes or behind a building.

[harsh jungle]

I think they should add Honse to the Zone

[carmine star]

he needs to be harvested for study

[primal nimbus]

There was a Freedomer back in like 1.0 that survived an Emission, in Rostok. I guess that was whatever he was on. For Sava? Yeah, I think its the Polish Shitpostery.

[stark crescent]

all hail the monolith

uhum. @frigid hill ALL HAIL THE MONOLITH

why isnt the monolith being praised?

[shell flax]

Event ended

[pearl thicket]

He has left us

[hoary tundra]

Glory to Monolith

[stark crescent]

its not the same...

[hoary tundra]

Wolf is free now

[urban meadow]

Wolf finally took his damn meds

[hoary tundra]

We took the Zone from you, and you took the Wolf from us

[ruby gale]

Was tired of the auto reply, it was kinda annoying

[harsh jungle]

same

[urban meadow]

damn bro, you geekin, sit your ahh down and take a chill perc gawd dayum.

[hoary tundra]

Hah?

[urban meadow]

I mean…
Meow :3

[hoary tundra]

Meow uwu

[ruby gale]

Im done connecting Spotify to the work radio to listen to ozzy, i take my leave

[hybrid tangle]

STALKER anomaly is lowk better than STALKER 2 for me.

[smoky hawk]

yhea some people just aint right in the head yknow

[hybrid tangle]

yeah, I mean, am I tripping, But STALKER Anomaly makes me want to play, While STALKER 2 is, uh, not that much

[smoky hawk]

yhea you are

[hybrid tangle]

also Anomaly doesn't have visual-breaking light leaks ykyk, I have no idea how they messed up UE5 Lumen software ray tracing.

[edgy gazelle]

any1 in here never downloaded tiktok b4?

[hybrid tangle]

me?

[edgy gazelle]

Never downloaded?

[hybrid tangle]

yes, NEVER downloaded

[pearl thicket]

I avoid brainrot at all costs

[edgy gazelle]

Ima dm u rq

[smoky hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/anton-chigurh-no-country-for-old-men-ok-oops-javier-bardem-gif-10579690

for what?

a scam most likely

[edgy gazelle]

I swear ony everything, i dont scam

[charred nova]

That’s what they all say

[ruby gale]

[edgy gazelle]

😢

[ruby gale]

I gwt to drive my favorite shitbox at work, the mailbu maxx

[harsh jungle]

stalker 2 is better than stalker anomaly to me

[edgy gazelle]

I needed 1 new user for a reward but tiktok keeps giving me an error everytime i have someone new download, its disappointing

[hybrid tangle]

He did not scam, he stole my data information, and my pc, my ability to speak, and my family!

I have no mouth, and I must scream.

[edgy gazelle]

You werent supposed to say anything 🤫

[charred nova]

Bro is some kind of ccp op

Trying to get people to install Chinese spyware

[hybrid tangle]

I feel offended, I have a piece of chinese in me T_T

[harsh jungle]

sounds fishy to me

[edgy gazelle]

I was gonna try and post an image of what it says on tiktok but i cant post images here

[hybrid tangle]

man get back to the zone and figure out why your helicopter fell >:)

[harsh jungle]

I am still in the zone 😉

[harsh jungle]

skill issue

[edgy gazelle]

🥺

[hybrid tangle]

I send my friend an AI slop video to annoy him, and he replied with "I'm blind, But it's you who cannot see."

[stark crescent]

you got that quote from an instagram thot or something?

no way did you come up with that yourself. where you got it from

[cobalt fiber]

It’s a quote from the game bro..

[ruby gale]

[torn gate]

Funny looking cat

[ruby gale]

[torn gate]

Rainbow cat

[ruby gale]

[feral sigil]

Hello stalkers

[ruby gale]

[tiny basin]

Quick question.. Is there a way to see faction reputation?

[cobalt fiber]

No

[ruby gale]

Only if they're already colored on the map

[tiny basin]

so it just shows up over time then?

[ruby gale]

Some trader hubs will be green or red

Otherwise white is neutral

[cobalt fiber]

It’s a very basic system and your faction related choices are few and far between

[tiny basin]

Okay thanks for the info. Seems a bit difficult to gauge your reputation until its good or bad then

[torn gate]

It isn't too hard to get good rep with factions tbh just do a couple of missions for them

[hybrid tangle]

my friend play STALKER 2 too lol

[cobalt fiber]

Mans best friend

[feral sigil]

love that gun

[cobalt fiber]

I missed the OGs

EE ain’t so bad after all

Nice getting to play them in 4k res

[stark crescent]

nah man. no way. no self respecting stalker would say something so cheesy

[feral sigil]

i play ogs on a daily basis

like half or an hour a day

[hybrid tangle]

Man's Dead Friend

L for dying, L for dying in the zone, L for dying next to a dog

[primal nimbus]

S2 AK74 < SoC’s AK74

[ruby gale]

Counter argument, ak47>both

[cyan sparrow]

Objective, Stalker 2 > Gamma

[cobalt fiber]

It’s literally a quote from Faust

https://tenor.com/view/theo-von-disgusted-gross-no-gif-23840311

[hardy totem]

https://tenor.com/view/clint-eeastwood-disgusting-coffee-gif-10049773

[stark crescent]

Who is faust? I only remember a guy with a latern who took an rpg to the face

[fickle hill]

Lantern boy

[ruby gale]

I need to get a sweatshirt that says staring is rude on the back of it, everytime I turn around at work someone is staring a hole into the back/side of my head

[stark crescent]

What is so special about your head?

That needs so much staring?

[urban meadow]

His boss music goes pretty hard, such a shame his boss is mid.

[torn gate]

His boss fight is kinda a pain in the ass more than anything

[marble gyro]

Morning

[potent raptor]

Can I put a grenade launcher on my rifle If I already got a grip on it?

[harsh jungle]

stuffs rigged

[bleak finch]

Found mika and snail artifacts just floating inside a bus, on labirynth - is this like normal?

[marsh iron]

yes

[ruby gale]

If the m203 says it can be attached in its description then yes

You'll just lose the benefits from the grip until you detach the m203

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/star-trek-star-trek-tos-hello-chat-gif-23878314

[main jewel]

holy krezzin junpscare

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/interesting-oh-really-star-trek-spock-gif-3875116

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-looking-around-nervous-licking-lips-looking-left-and-right-gif-4422173576542573890

[main jewel]

https://tenor.com/view/bocchi-the-rock-bocchi-gotoh-hitori-turn-around-stare-gif-8851556409539617853

[pseudo coral]

https://tenor.com/view/friday-the-13th-jason-voorhees-jason-hockey-mask-gif-12379477332482868445

WOW I DONT GET TO SEND GIFS HUH

[cyan sparrow]

Did you ever played The Witcher?

[vernal lily]

You need to level up more

[pseudo coral]

Thank you Panzerfaust

[vernal lily]

Wrong reply but yes

[main jewel]

noo

[main jewel]

you gotta be master

or

level 50

[cyan sparrow]

👀

[main jewel]

[cyan sparrow]

Youre jesting right?

[main jewel]

❌

[vernal lily]

I have played Witcher 3 but never finished it

[main jewel]

ive never played it

[cyan sparrow]

It's like the best game all time from my country 👀

[plain fiber]

You just triggered a very annoying section of the fan-base with that sentence.

[main jewel]

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

[vernal lily]

Right now I am hooked on finishing Death Stranding, maybe I will check out Witcher again

[charred nova]

Wrong opinion detected

[main jewel]

banzai damce

[charred nova]

EE IS TERRIBLE

[main jewel]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/866746185456549900/1458763396055826492/IMG_6300.gif

[charred nova]

[cyan sparrow]

The first one or second one?

[plain fiber]

E.G. not hating the EEs, not hating Anomaly/GAMMA, not hating the player-base of Anomaly/GAMMA, etc.

[vernal lily]

First one, I am on PC so can't play the second game...yet

[plain fiber]

You have to hate the same things we do otherwise you're not a true OG fan.

[main jewel]

who says this

[charred nova]

We are the final boss of gate keepers this is the way

[vernal lily]

But man I saw Cliff for the first time in my game and hot DAYUM, I wish I didn't have to keep fighting the guy

[plain fiber]

An unfortunately vocal minority. Thankfully they've calmed down compared to how loud they were earlier in the post-release days. I think a lot of them also ended up banned.

[cyan sparrow]

Oh i see, after the Death Stranding i strongly recommend take a look on The Witcher 3, there is some dope rumors they may push out a brand new DLC where will be bridging the gap to the future W4!

[main jewel]

oh

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/pog-gif-18706773

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/sheeeeet-shit-gotcho-ass-got-yo-ass-the-wire-gif-4468918116432953589

[vernal lily]

Henlo Kwezzy

[plain fiber]

Some of these stashes in Pripyat man...

[main jewel]

i wish stalker 2 had like tarkov levels of gun customization cause holy the lack of attachments is sad

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/labadibidab-itstommylove-stalker-stalker-2-dancing-gif-7412815563336518776

[charred nova]

Don’t let vasim catch you saying that

He won’t be happy

[main jewel]

who is that

https://tenor.com/view/bocchi-the-rock-bocchi-gotoh-hitori-turn-around-stare-gif-8851556409539617853

[vernal lily]

@smoky hawk Hello pal, how's it going

[plain fiber]

I wish they had copied the damage model from GAMMA and the upgrade system from CoP. I hate having guns that magically do less damage than others despite being the same caliber and I hate having suits and weapons that arbitrarily have less upgrades because they're "low-tier".

[main jewel]

i actually despise some of them

[plain fiber]

I'm trying to get this one: #📸┃screens_and_videos message

[smoky hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/bunny-sleepy-gooba-owa-owaowa-gif-2311503198775714764

what

[plain fiber]

I think they're just saying hi to you.

[main jewel]

true

[vernal lily]

Well jack said something might make you angry if you read up a little in chat

[main jewel]

i hate gun based damage

sometimes not even better ballistics can help

[smoky hawk]

people have bad opinions anything else?

[vernal lily]

Nothing else, have a nice day

[smoky hawk]

a nice day

[cyan sparrow]

Additionally, W3 is huge so i started already new PT, where to get you over main game, and existing DLC in about 70h hyhy

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/gato-joia-gif-27503164

[plain fiber]

I don't mind some weapons just being objectively batter than others due to the gun simply being a newer or higher quality model or something, but having to shoot a dude in the head five times with 9x39 AP just because he's wearing an exo is bullshit.

Hell, I just had to pop an exo zombie in the head 3 times with a Kharod. No I wasn't using AP ammo, but I was only....10 yards from him?

[vernal lily]

But then like there's KCD2 I still need to finish...so many games in my backlog, not sure if I can get to them all.

[plain fiber]

I need to finish Cruelty Squad.

[smoky hawk]

I support this, the Kharod needs to be worse

better yet

remove it from the game

[cyan sparrow]

Ohhh another huge game ahead. The issue i have with KCD2 is that the first one didn't catch me at all...

[plain fiber]

Why remove it? Just add more guns and make their damage based off of caliber rather than the BS tier system.

My first playthrough of KCD1 took me....*checks Steam*....222 hours.

[main jewel]

well yur, objectively a pistol that takes 9x19 would be worse than a viper 5 because the pistol would have less effective range n slower fire rate n stuff but the damage of the bullet should be the same…

i wish someone added the glock 19, as its mentioned in a campfire joke, ive heard it in the cordon

[plain fiber]

I'm at 219 hours for S2 and still haven't finished it. I'm one of those psychotic completionist types.

[smoky hawk]

no, the gun needs to be removed bc it sucks

its an awful gun

[plain fiber]

It does? I think the Kharod is great. I appreciate that I can attach a grenade launcher too.

[smoky hawk]

it should never be in any videogame or movie or anything in general

you have so many other guns to choose from

and you choose the abstract art painting gun

[shell flax]

Damn I didn’t know the Kharod was the Calico

[vernal lily]

I finished S2 at around 320 hours, although not because I tried to complete everything. Did a lot of exploring and sitting around while ignoring the main quests.

[smoky hawk]

Im gonna be real

I wouldve chosen the shit tavor

[plain fiber]

Comparing an SMG to a pistol feels kind of like an apples & oranges comparison to me. I do hate how useless every .45 pistol except for the 1911 and the Night Stalker is though.

[main jewel]

gsc when will we get the rpd

[shell flax]

You mean the licensed one that’s already in game?

[plain fiber]

That's also why my playtime is so long; I explored and looted every inch of the map except for Jupiter and Pripyat before I did the Clear Sky base and SIRCAA.

[main jewel]

gsc does this cause gsc is obsessed with single player game balancing

which is dumb

[cyan sparrow]

Oh well damm, that's commitment

[plain fiber]

Behold: my autism.

[harsh jungle]

we all have the tism here bro

[plain fiber]

I'm not joking, I have a clinical diagnosis, though technically it's for Asperger's.

[vernal lily]

I loved playing the guitar in this game tbh, sometimes the vibes are just right

[shell flax]

The tism is going supernova for me lately

[plain fiber]

I'm disappointed no one has tried to play Dirge for the Planet on the guitar in S2.

[cyan sparrow]

My first pt was on preorder from gog around +100h, second, and third pt i done on steam under 300h, but we share same principle. Exploration primarily, and then if on the track somewhere then main story.

[vernal lily]

I tried playing game again at least once, but idk this time around that spark is just not there anymore. I still have yet to finish that Stories Untold thing.

[cyan sparrow]

Stories untold was a refreshing addition to the game, i wish they will add to the zone more, similar content.

[tawny pine]

Hey everyone, I'm in the mission last below. Before doing it (as I think it's the last mission of this game). What can I do before doing it ? I'm planning to visit all point of interest on the map and all stashes. is there others things to do before finishing this game ? Ty

[vernal lily]

The main quest 'Down Below'? You should get a warning saying it's the point of no return. Unless if you have that immersive mode on. I would either just turn back and explore. Or make a hard save, continue with ending, then go back to that save and explore.

[tawny pine]

Yes that one, I prefer to explore first than finish this mission, ty for the response

[harsh jungle]

i also have the aspergers

[storm flame]

What i need to do first, zallysia or wild island after circa

[violet dune]

i want some GSC news 😔

[graceful dirge]

Zalissya will fall if you do not go there immediately after the events of SIRCAA, and failing to defend it means you lose it as a hub for the remainder of the game

Go & help those free stalkers! (unless you are Ward scum)

[neon schooner]

I am still choosing Ward's ending because it's the only one that makes sense

[graceful dirge]

I'll take Shining Zone or Project Y because f*** it we ball

a more genuine take if you must
#s2-lore-discussions message
#s2-lore-discussions message

[charred nova]

I want 20 dollars

[violet dune]

20 💵

[stark willow]

Yo guys, is the integral-a good for the mid-ending parts of the game?

[violet dune]

for me its mid

very fast, low dmg

[stark willow]

I'm starting to like the Ward

[drifting forge]

[stark willow]

I don't know how to react to this

[vernal lily]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/324321571193749516/1381412789716914296/caption.gif

[stark willow]

D:

[cyan sparrow]

It’s okay.

[gentle dirge]

Hi Mates. I cant save my game already lost 1,5 hours of Gameplay. Is there a workaround?

[shell flax]

What difficulty are you on & did you put expedition mode on

[stark willow]

:)

[stark willow]

Nuh uh, you are

[main jewel]

the channel that ruins lives

[cyan sparrow]

Lore?

[main jewel]

yes

[cyan sparrow]

I’m not visiting there

[main jewel]

stalker 2 lore discussions literally has caused people to leave the server or crash out really badly

its a hostile place

[graceful dirge]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-stalker2-explaining-gif-25555840

[main jewel]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-stalker2-explaining-gif-25555840

the guy who got turned into strelok

as this guy was never supposed to be strelok

[graceful dirge]

all these mfs on YouTube comments like "where did Zone Leon go"

[main jewel]

cut from the game

and morphed into strelo

[cyan sparrow]

I like the wind effect, gives sense of the roof more pronounced

[main jewel]

true

[pearl plinth]

too bad foreigners don't know meme "grygorovich cut out very important and needed feature"

or it wasn't known that well

[tranquil mantle]

I feel like they added Strelok last minute into CoP as well

He served like zero purpose in that game

[main jewel]

strelok was the main character of stalker 2 until he got thrown into npc land

[main jewel]

true

he pops up in a whole

and explains the issue with the helis like thid

[tranquil mantle]

yeah he legit just appears and then the game end lmao

[main jewel]

https://tenor.com/view/explaining-jack-black-dewey-finn-school-of-rock-explain-gif-24700075

and then deggy and the military are like

https://tenor.com/view/fig-gif-26092737

and then they fly away

or if your absolutely terrible strelok and the military dies

[tranquil mantle]

After a very lack luster run to the helicopter

[tranquil mantle]

Is that an actual ending lol

[main jewel]

well technically

as they can die to the monolith if you dont kill the monos fast enough

[tranquil mantle]

I was so kitted out by then that the whole sequence was very easy

[main jewel]

yess usually your supposed to eb

be

[tranquil mantle]

Must find tools so guns go brrrr

[graceful dirge]

Very lackluster compared to the endings of SoC & CS especially if you've already cleared out the riverport before the final segment

[tranquil mantle]

The actual ending of CS (not Lymansk) was a very cool set piece but the gameplay of it itself was kinda eh

[pearl plinth]

i'm glad there's no helicopter boss in s2

[tranquil mantle]

Ngl I cheesed that helicopter ez

[violet dune]

its time for Oxide Prototype

[pearl plinth]

helicopter boss in hospital underground ruins of all things

[tranquil mantle]

The section I hated in the hospital was the ambush that shi killed me

[graceful dirge]

The gunfight through Arkham Asylum or shooting Strelok's dumb ass on the ladder at CNPP?

[tranquil mantle]

Gauss rifling Strelok as he slowly walks away

Streloks on like a nice morning walk

[main jewel]

i wouldve loved to shoot korshunovs heli at the duga with a rpg if you side with the not wardens

[pearl plinth]

well, that would've been cool if you were monolithian defending duga against mechanized push on your positions

[main jewel]

the rpg is so gosh darn useless if they didnt cut the pgo 7v and added that sequence thing the rpg would be 10 times better and small story things like that would make the story seem so much more engaging

[main jewel]

the monolith used their gauss rifles usually

[tranquil mantle]

I've never even shot an rpg in any of of the stalkers, there so cumbersome and worth a lot to sell

[main jewel]

use it dor the faust fight

as he goes down instantly

[tranquil mantle]

Oh fr lol

[pearl plinth]

i used it to hunt on pseudogiant in red forest

[tranquil mantle]

Rhino with hollow points shreds Psuedo giants and doesn't weigh 9 pounds

[pearl plinth]

but is it as cool as shooting rpg in his face almost point blanc?

[tranquil mantle]

That's a good point

[graceful dirge]

Was disappointed that outside of scripted segments there really are no helicopters present, would have been cool to have more dangerous areas under particular lockdown earlier on having Ward patrols. I still think it's a missed opportunity that Pripyat should have been an area we were discouraged from entering early on because of the dangers, but could still access without exploits now adding the gameplay element of having to evade Corps who would be hostile till later in game. I get that we didn't have any systems nearly this fleshed out but would have been neat to make particular regions even more risky

[pearl plinth]

i don't think corps would be hostile tho

seems like they just don't want to babysit random stalkers

[tranquil mantle]

I think they try to emphasize the wards lack of major access to resources with the scarceness of helicopters and vehicles

[tranquil mantle]

Yeah but early on we are just a random stalker

[main jewel]

imagine, bro just imagine.. have you played mgsv, it wouldve been cool to see helis roam like they do in mgsv and if you shot them down they would have supplies n stuff, like after every emission there would be one or 2 specialized ipsf helis that help map the zones skies after solder is killed or knocked out,
and maybe sometimes theres ward helis around

so much potential

[tranquil mantle]

Does anyone else think it's weird how worthless the ipsf seems in game?

[pearl plinth]

nah, not really. that's just un type of forces, they don't seem to have any incentive to do complex operations or engage into anything besides controlling access to some locations, unlike ukr military

although we don't really know stakeholders of ipsf, so maybe i'm wrong

i wish we'd get more corps lore tho...

[tranquil mantle]

Who is supposed to pay the ipsf and ward? Different nations I assume

[pearl plinth]

i suspect they're kind of proxy for ssu, given deg's past

much unknown about outside world

[graceful dirge]

Hell yeah frankly those are the kind of elements I dreamt of having in S2 long before we ever saw what the reality of it was, understandably those weren't elements of the original games but as a whole I think they stuck a little too strongly to that mentality for S2 and it would have benefited from looking at these other popular mechanics from stalker mods and other games that have dynamic open worlds, which is evidently possible without muh A-Life (don't crucify me I love stalktuah)

[plain fiber]

I'd equate the Ward to UN troops over IPSF just due to their equipment makeup. IPSF may be international but they sure aren't equipped like it. Ward has a much more international/UN aesthetic and feel to them, especially considering their mixed use of Eastern/Warsaw Pact and Western/NATO weapons.

[main jewel]

they are weird in worthless in the tips too, as its mentioned in the tip section

[main jewel]

corps armor is what i want

[pearl plinth]

i don't think they're neccessary un forces tho, but i can't put my feeling into the words

[main jewel]

as more features of the sdk and zone modding stuff comes out we can expect so much more with modding, also i wish they didnt cut all the duty sidequest as there were supposed to be way more

56 or so sidequests actually got cut from stalker 2

[graceful dirge]

Huge bummer that there aren't any dynamic anomalies in the game in the sense of fields changing after emissions or certain areas becoming more or less impassable, frankly, these are the kind of changes I was expecting Master to drop with after so long but we got it much sooner than I thought and it's the half-baked stat tweak that I feared

[main jewel]

fifty six whole quests cut

[plain fiber]

Well they're not literally UN forces. I'm just saying if we're going to describe any faction as "UN", I'd put Ward before IPSF.

[main jewel]

theres a couple, ones in rostok

its a small 3 anomaly habiting field thats either an acid one or something else

its probably just gsc testing it

[plain fiber]

Like, the Ward's advanced equipment and mixed equipment makeup reminds me of UNISG from Anomaly/GAMMA.

[graceful dirge]

Yeah that is nuts! I remember seeing a few restored through mods though of course without voice acting, really hoping that GSC puts in the work to bring back most of the cut content that could still have a place in the game because it's definitely jarring to compare Lesser Zone & Garbage to everywhere else

[main jewel]

well i mean.. the ward has been around for most of the zones life… being korshunov wearing the armor in the cutscene when the ccon gets activated and the zone forms

[pearl plinth]

i kinda wish anomalies would migrate and remap zone a bit after emissions, forcing player to be more conscious of his route and environment, so people won't shift+w all the zone

[main jewel]

and the ward is like

the regulatory boards army thing

or smth

like that

[cobalt fiber]

So my secret screening at the cinema was Primate

Killer chimp

Quite good actually

[plain fiber]

Members of the Ward have been around for most of the Zone's life, but the Ward as a faction is relatively recent in the Zone's history.

[main jewel]

oh well then frick gsc for having korsh wear the armor in the kaimanov cutscene

womp womp

[plain fiber]

Yes. I always like to describe them as "The private mercenary army of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.'s equivalent of the Illuminati.".

[main jewel]

i call them restricted bums

[pearl plinth]

i call them homophobical slurs

[main jewel]

they cant do anything in the zone other than sit around at their base of oh

https://tenor.com/view/bocchi-the-rock-bocchi-gotoh-hitori-turn-around-stare-gif-8851556409539617853

slurs

[plain fiber]

Does he? I'll have to keep an eye out. Could just be an oversight. Which cutscene are you referring to? Is it one of those flashback cutscenes? I'd have to know how far back it's supposed to be set.

[main jewel]

if i remember its the kaimanov flashback

[plain fiber]

The one where he sabatoges the experiment by shooting the thing with his pistol?

[urban meadow]

Meow :3

[main jewel]

oh wait you cant see it at all

i dunno why i thought he was wearing the armor

[plain fiber]

Huh.

[cobalt fiber]

It wasn’t the best not the worst either

Will defo do a secret screening again

20 days early too

[main jewel]

i will screen you

you will turn into a printed image

[cobalt fiber]

I’ll send you a photocopy of my cheeks

🍑

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/boois-rags-cat-eyes-emoji-gif-7704442463942354243

[main jewel]

proceeds to see the equivalent of hank hill’s negative ass

[charred nova]

Tracksuit probably looks like Hank hill id believe it

[main jewel]

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

[cobalt fiber]

I’ve exposed my face before

[charred nova]

I forgor

[graceful dirge]

Oh wow didn't realize, does the state of what is there change like based on reloading a save or actually with emission sorta thing?

[main jewel]

it changes by emissions

[plain fiber]

Most recent movie I saw was Avatar: Fire & Ash.

[main jewel]

its really cool cause its easy for them to change

as people are indoors

so you cant see them change

[main jewel]

just like your profile picture

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/snail-snipez-z-4-tomato-gif-21669647

[cobalt fiber]

Just trade the gun for a cigar

[cobalt fiber]

Any good?

I have the Bone Temple booked for Friday

I held off in case the secret screening was that

Silent Hill looks 🔥

[vernal lily]

I liked it, watched it in theaters recently.

[vernal lily]

Personally I like the Avatar movies so I am probably biased, but the new one was great.

[cobalt fiber]

We’re eating good with movies recently tbh

I’ve got an unlimited membership so I go to the cinema quite often since last summer

[main jewel]

i ordered a foot long chili meat rocket from sonic with tater tots

[charred nova]

Bros gonna watch the new avatar movie 50 times to rewatch the scene with the crazy lady and the colonel

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-looking-around-nervous-licking-lips-looking-left-and-right-gif-4422173576542573890

[main jewel]

this pork missile is gunna br so good 🥹

[charred nova]

Hype

[main jewel]

meat covered with meat n cheese 🥹

in a bun

[cobalt fiber]

[main jewel]

with tots

[charred nova]

Steak and cheese sub

[main jewel]

i feel so fat

[main jewel]

fetch me their soul

[vernal lily]

You will like Varang I think

[pearl plinth]

i believe grygorovich should add bread baking mechanic into stalker

[main jewel]

i think gsc should add back the rpd

and make a unique and a upgrade that makes it 5.45

[pearl plinth]

eh

i think game lacks nato machineguns. m3 for 7.62 or fn minimi for 5.56

[charred nova]

M60

[pearl plinth]

oh, also 9x19 handguns

i have to waste all those bullets somehow

[plain fiber]

I liked it a lot. I just wasn't aware of how long it was. (3 1/2 hours)

[pearl plinth]

also i think it would've been cool if 9x39 bullets would be truly subsonic, i.e. npcs will have harder time detecting player after firing one. maybe then there would also be a point in adding .300 blackout as a nato alternative, but idk. but hey, that would add more identity and purpose to some weapons in game

[cobalt fiber]

Yeah films recently seem to be pushing the runtimes in general

Used to be most production companies denied projects that were over 90m in runtime

One long one that didn’t feel anywhere near as long as it was is One Battle After Another

I watched that last week and it was great

[plain fiber]

There's officially supposed to two more Avatar films, though apparently Cameron is open to a sixth or seventh if the demand is there. Considering these things keep breaking box office records, I'd say that's probably likely.

[charred nova]

Maybe bro will lock in for the remaining ones

[plain fiber]

Oh yeah, I forgot Cruelty Squad got achievements after I stopped playing it. Guess that's a good motivation to reinstall it tomorrow.

[main jewel]

MMN THAT CHILI CHEESE HOTDOG WAS SO GOOD OUGH 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🤤

when will gsc put more consumables in the game

i feel like there should be levels to the rad meds like how kits are like standard army and scientific

also do gasmasks serve any purpose and protect you from the gas clouds

[charred nova]

I don’t think so other then providing some chemical resist

[frigid hill]

9kupon9 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[coral shadow]

get wolf'd

oh wait that's me

[hoary tundra]

Should I give you the text of your message?

[coral shadow]

sure

[vernal lily]

guys does it ever happen to yall to be just chillin and then out of no where a sh****n of desire to play Stalker comes? like fr I've been abstaining my self from playing it for a lot of time and now i wanna play it again
- ZedLeppelin