☢┃stalker-general

[quasi schooner]

and you gotta make the man move on, in the zone we don't dwell on hope we dwell on survival and realism

Is there ghosts in this game?

It always confused me how there's sounds of footsteps in certain location at night

[lost needle]

Either cool sound design or the cats mimicing stuff

[quasi schooner]

Imagine they added cats to stalker 2

[quasi schooner]

the sound design is creepy sometimes

[lost needle]

Like non mutated

Omg im witnessing A life in stalker 2

[harsh jungle]

i personally think they should add Honse

[quasi schooner]

Honse?

[quasi schooner]

The Truman stalker

[sharp sierra]

They need to add a few more trade areas and rest areas. Maybe make a series of missions where you retake key areas,. Say Yantar bunker for scientists and IPSF, 1 of the buildings near duga, that building you help duty defend in the cooling towers and so on. Have some nice big battles and have the traders provide missions.

[hoary crest]

Heh, just got a compass out of a stash

[main jewel]

i wonder why gsc made zombies so accurate

[harsh jungle]

Honse

[quasi schooner]

What is a honse

a type of cat I don't know?

[frigid hill]

doughybaby has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[graceful dirge]

Oh bc bullsh1t is such a nasty swear word I forgot sorry @frigid hill

[hoary crest]

I would guess to keep them a credible threat for gameplay reasons

[harsh jungle]

This is a Honse: #🐺┃pets message

[hoary crest]

They'd be kinda useless if they were too inaccurate to kill the player

[quasi schooner]

A horse??? 🗿

[harsh jungle]

yea

[graceful dirge]

Lol was saying unfortunately it's probably a similar bs answer as with #📜┃gsc-answers message >Burer weapons do more damage because telekinesis

[harsh jungle]

people like it when I call them Honse though

[quasi schooner]

what does that have to do with a cat

[main jewel]

me when gsc gives us explanations instead of fixing things

burers make a little sense

but like

zombies

really bro

[quasi schooner]

Why am I locked out of the house, or will it always be locked at night?

[harsh jungle]

a Horse is not a cat

[quasi schooner]

yeah I was talking about adding cats then I thought you were talking about adding a type of cat named honse

[graceful dirge]

I think the simple answer is better fits for gameplay like @hoary crest said ensuring that zombies and burers stay a threat even in the late game, but same with the weapon tiers GSC obviously has more of an arcadey/gamified vision vs. a more realistic/immersive one for the state of vanilla

Not that it's a bad thing overall, but I'm personally not fond of Burers doing arbitrarily more damage as well as zombies being absolute ace shots whilst stumbling firing from the hip

[nova thunder]

Would glocks make sense in the zone? HK stuff does bc of merc’s but for a reskin mod would Glocks go well with the setting? Maybe replacing p99 or Sig .45

[hoary crest]

I dont know that weapon balance has that effect personally. Weapons should be good regardless of tier, its a shame they didnt find other ways of making them more distinct from one another, particularly given some examples they have

[hoary crest]

Dont see any reason why not, its an incredibly mass produced firearm, or rather group of firearms

Odds are there would be a few knocking about

[quasi schooner]

Yes it would

[main jewel]

i dunno i feel like it would make sense for zombies to be less of threat with the progression in this game being you have like crazy gear late game

[graceful dirge]

I think the idea was to make later game progression still feel meaningful by having those weapons have better penetration values rather than giving your first AK the ability to carry you at the end game, but I think they should have removed that tier system all together and instead just had higher tier upgrades for that only available later on. Instead of diversifying weapon choice, it just makes you have to use certain guns at certain points because of either ammo availability & enemy armor.

[quasi schooner]

they are used mostly everywhere, and they are from Austria which is not that far from ukraine.

[main jewel]

at some point zombies just kinda uh get annoying like the rats

bro the amount of rats in the sphere sewers

[marble gyro]

Rats are super annoying

[main jewel]

i dont even shoot or kill them cause they just waste my stamina and ammo

[marble gyro]

I just finished that area on the loner side, and I believe there are more rat spawns than on the ward side

[nova thunder]

And would updating the 74 to 105 or newer line 5.45 platforms make sense. I’m thinking yes.

Replacement of the 74m and AEK models with new ones, then leaving the 74u in as is with new animations might be the move.

LR300 is iconic but I can’t decide if I want to repack it as a 416 like GSC did with S2, or maybe just have a generic AR-15 style rifle.

The grom stays
The vss stays

Are both the SVD and SVU needed, or would it make more sense to replace one with a HK sniper or western style. Mosin wouldn’t make that much since as it would have to stay at the level of SVD being a mid/late tier

[graceful dirge]

I mean, I still think they generally are in some sense because while they may be more accurate than they should be, you can still tank rounds like crazy with high physical protection values on vanilla.

[main jewel]

oh well yeah

i just dont like zombies having better accuracy than even some npcs

zombies are kinda just like bandits at that point

[hoary crest]

The idea makes sense, but they could have had things such as the AK being less accurate than any of the other ARs, but having far higher durability, the 416 having very high durability burn with good accuracy, the MP5 being accurate over the Vector having more potential DPS but with far more recoil and being useless at range, etc etc

[main jewel]

everyone shoots at them

they are kinda annoying

and very accurate

[nova thunder]

I imagined the zombies were being used by the monolith to shoot, and they weren’t actually doing it. But then S2 sorta ruined that head canon

[main jewel]

well really nothing i dont think has ever suggested this

its kinda always been known that psi emissions just fried the guys brains

[nova thunder]

It was just head canon for them being op

[main jewel]

then all they can do is shoot or walk around until their physical body rots away

[quasi schooner]

As long it's not a fully manufactured US gun like the M16, MK47 etc..

[main jewel]

i wonder how zombies even see

ir are able to shoot at you and why

cause these zombies dont eat people

[hoary crest]

Probably like you or I see, just with a puddle behind thier eyes instead of a functional frontal cortex

[quasi schooner]

Although Ukraine is currently using the MK47 so maybe the Mk47

[graceful dirge]

I know we are stuck with the Burer issue for now, but is the zombie accuracy or aggression in some sense something that could be modified ala NPC combat overhaul @fervent zephyr?

[main jewel]

woth how much zombies stumble around gsc shouldve made them like shoot but instead of having like recoil control of a functioning strong human gsc shouldve made the recoil quite uncontrollable for zombies

[quasi schooner]

With all honesty I don't think it matters what headcanon there is with guns, to me it doesn't make sense there' a 50 AE, TAVOR, MAC10, Revolver etc.

[main jewel]

or something like that

[hoary crest]

It would be quite hilarious for them to be shooting ceilings after a couple of shots, but they'd also be a total non-issue if they did

[quasi schooner]

They got like Smith Wessons the hell they even doing in the zone

[hoary crest]

Im more surprised at the number of VSS's and VAL's in the zone given they were menna be only given out to special forces and didnt have huge production numbers

They make sense to be there ofc, but the quantitiy is crazy

Also, why do bandits never spawn with more than half the avaliable arsenal? You telling me they havent managed to get one over on various factions and nick thier shit? Pffft

[carmine star]

Bandits are just the Trash faction

Funny tho to see them in very dangerous areas rocking leather jackets and double barrels

[main jewel]

bandit exos existed fully but were cut

they might come back

[marble gyro]

Please no

[nova thunder]

Yes, in stalker 2 there is no reason for the IWI guns. Also, in the other ones only bandits have the Black Kite (50AE) so sure whatever but I’m working on a console mod pack for EE and I’m getting the objective list down for it rn. So far the black Kite is going to be switched but idk what with yet.

The sig 5.56 is going to stay, but might be swapped with the GP37 in the game.

The high power is getting swapped with the Tokerev.

I want to swap the chaser 13 but idk if I should even. The SFSP14 will be a M3/4 or 1301

[marble gyro]

Bandits in exos sound like a nightmare

What's next bandits with gauss rifles?

[main jewel]

bandit exos are as armored as a berill and they cant sprint

[marble gyro]

Once the vodka hits, I'm sure they'll be able to sprint through anything

[main jewel]

well no the joints in the exo are all rusted

[marble gyro]

Hmm

[main jewel]

the bandit exo is literally scraps from other armors and a rusted ass exo frame

[nova thunder]

The SA avalanche is going to be swapped with the Vintar BC in game but the scope will be an attachment and stuff, then the SA avalanche (now vintar) will be swapped with something else.

There is a bolt action shot gun that I think would be best replacing the over under one in game.

[marble gyro]

So basically a fallout raider power armor

[quasi schooner]

yeah feels a bit Israel pilled, At this point it would make more sense to have the Type 56-1 Type 69 or AK47 over there.

[nova thunder]

Yeah considering the Carmel is the top in class “western” gun in S2

The 417 was cut from the game unfortunately. And that’s why we have 4 unique 416s

Clusterf*** was supposed to be a 417

[quasi schooner]

That to.

[quasi schooner]

yup they wanted to add more Israhell guns.

[main jewel]

exactly

[marble gyro]

Dr Salvador has seen better days

[quasi schooner]

Id rather have them add the CZ Bren 2 instead.

Which is Infact a NATO weapon used in Ukraine

[main jewel]

oxa mod makes it a black g28

[sharp sierra]

Thought it was a reference to the sniper LR300 from SoC

[main jewel]

this

they are practically the same thing

just ones a lr300

it wouldve been nice to use a lr300 in s2

i mean pretty much everyone had them

i wonder were they all went

[marble gyro]

Love that gun

[smoky hawk]

no aura

[nova thunder]

Yeah functionally now you are correct but the cut concept was a 308 rifle

[smoky hawk]

do you have evidence of this?

[nova thunder]

I’m gonna drop the proposal of change list tonight. I’ll put it on a Google sheet or something so anyone can add their own idea.

[hoary crest]

Trash faction yeah, but some dudes who've lasted a while in the zone are gonna have gotten their hands on at least some good stuff, be it through murder or whatever

[marble gyro]

Gsc should change the stat effect description on artifacts from "Radio protecc" to "Radio Succ"

[quasi schooner]

you a modder?

[marble gyro]

Because it's not protecting from rads at all, it just increases the amount that is getting reduced

[nova thunder]

I am reiterating at translated self made film someone made that I trust. I’ll find it rq. So yeah I mean I could be referencing bullshit. But there is a M4162 sounds file in the game that sounds similar to the M14

[hoary crest]

One gun I would really like to see in S2, but sadly probably wont, is China's current service rifle. Its in BF6 an i love it in that

[marble gyro]

Higher amount of rad protect you get from artifacts just means, how fast you recover from being irradiated

[quasi schooner]

I doubt 517 was referring to LR100

[nova thunder]

The only issue with adding weapons which is minor is ammo type

[smoky hawk]

the 416 and the M14 are both in the game rn, and there was no mention ever of the 417 tho

[smoky hawk]

you cannot change configs for the console mods

[hoary crest]

If you can add a weapon, i'd guess you can probably add an ammo type aswell

[nova thunder]

There was some concept art behind it. I’ll find it but I’m not gonna die on the hill. I’ll share what I’m talking about

[main jewel]

was there anything to suggest this, also fun fact the hk416 has its game id name (GunM16_ST_Player) include “m16” cause the original model for the gun was the m16 also the rpd file was sm_mg_mgp when it was changed

and removed in erm 1.3

all instances of the gun

[hoary crest]

I would imagine the hardest part of putting new guns int game is gonna be animations

[main jewel]

poor rpd

[smoky hawk]

are you sure the concept art isnt for the 416 instead? I don't recall there being files for the 417 in any of the leaks

[main jewel]

can we get a true

[nova thunder]

Yeah I guess that could be just the 416 completely and I’m just reiterating speculation

[main jewel]

well then it is speculation

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1398763156213465140/1472630933130842143/attachment.gif

[shell flax]

He might’ve seen something from like, OXA which DOES have a 417

[main jewel]

dude every iteration of the qbz 191 is plaguing the slots in arena breakout mobile i hate that thing

[nova thunder]

The cool thing about the OG games is it had unique weapons like the LR300, groza and the 2 shot AK 94 (although it looked more like AEK, the AC/6, I hated that gun in clear sky)

I don’t want to replace stuff people think is cool shit with generic stuff.

I’ll be making a sheet with proposed changes and adding it, anyone will be able to add ideas.

The one thing that will suck is animations, and specificity the gun sitting in the hands while the character is moving. Everything I’ve done before for X-ray has always been slightly off and it bothers me.

[quasi schooner]

was it named ak94?

[nova thunder]

No it was as AC/62 or something

[quasi schooner]

not AN94?

[smoky hawk]

well on one thing we can agree on, its a shame the M16 was replaced by the 416,

[main jewel]

this is a big true

[shell flax]

The LR-300 at the end of the day is still an AR style rifle, so it would probably be the easiest to add lmao

[main jewel]

the 416 is quite a bore

[nova thunder]

It wasn’t named AN94 but it’s description in the game referenced the 2 shot burst accuracy thing

[smoky hawk]

I wouldve wanted the old M16 so I dunno if you wouldve liked that

[quasi schooner]

gotcha

[shell flax]

Truthfully I think the 416 should’ve been a unique, not a base gun

[main jewel]

Colt Model 601???

[nova thunder]

But the Groza isn’t named groza either so I don’t mind how they choose to name them

[smoky hawk]

yhea

[quasi schooner]

well all of them don't have the license names

[main jewel]

i love that thing

[smoky hawk]

by how they thought it would be cool

[quasi schooner]

as long they look accurate im fine with em

[shell flax]

Also licensing

[charred nova]

M16a1 spotted

[smoky hawk]

they wouldnt have been finned if they used the names of the guns btw

[main jewel]

pth

[nova thunder]

The HK weapons in S2 were so off putting. Like I understand the Mercs have Euro ties (apparently) but the guns were all underpowered. The viper 5 was alright. But the .45 pistol was the worst compared to skifs 😂

[smoky hawk]

the mercs do not have european ties

[nova thunder]

The jam factory GP37

[charred nova]

Slap a scope and a suppressor on it with a mega c mag

[quasi schooner]

almost every assault rifle was underpowered, I always relied on the SVD before

[hoary crest]

Stuff like this is fine, its an AR platform rifle, it can use existing animations, but I can see a lot of stuff being properly bad without animations that fit the operation

[shell flax]

Oh so they aren’t Ukrainian?

[main jewel]

heh

[quasi schooner]

but idk how good they are now that was at launch

[smoky hawk]

from how they sound theyre from all other the balkans but none of the factions have direct tiees with the outside world

[main jewel]

arent the mercs like americans or something they use “nato like” guns

they are something

[nova thunder]

Im going off the loadouts they’ve had in the OG games, having the western guns almost exclusively

[smoky hawk]

unless you mena like dealings with the army

[hoary crest]

They're of western origin in some capacity for sure

Or, their paymasters are more specifically

[shell flax]

Mercs as a faction are zone dudes but they probably ‘recruit’ from all over, I don’t buy the idea they’re hired by other powers though

[main jewel]

maybe they are just like a group of americans, british guys, german guys, and like some other things

[smoky hawk]

this means nothing when it comes to their origins or the ties they have with any group, its just what they use, and it has more to do with the progression you have in the game

[smoky hawk]

literally nothing to indicate this

[hoary crest]

Other than their typical armaments

[smoky hawk]

their masters have no elaborations either

this is all just speculation

[quasi schooner]

I feel like Stalker always added guns based on counter strike, just some random guns that wouldn't make sense or in that sense a stereotype that everyone would follow.

[main jewel]

aint the mercs are just like people from all over

“Drifters and cutthroats from all over the world, nothing's below them. Their motto is "Pecunia non olet - Money does not smell." There are artifacts here and so there's bound to be money. Mercs use mainly Western weapons.”

[quasi schooner]

the new team however seems to be fan of ISR

[shell flax]

Yeah pretty much. Hell in S2 they don’t even seem to be a ‘faction’, just squad loyalty mainly

[smoky hawk]

we have yet to see any stalker with any ties to any country in specific, and if you wanna delve deeper into characters, none of them are specifically from the west or far away from the country of Ukraine, so any speculation of what they may be is out of bounds for the lore

[main jewel]

i just think the main guys are ukrainian or something, and everyone else is just from everywhere

maybe more everywhere in europe

[shell flax]

I’m pretty sure only Deggy & Skif are explicitly given a country of origin

[lost needle]

I mean not really
Even in soc the firsy mercs you see use both aks and lr300s

[main jewel]

i mean actually theres like one guy Ashot he tells you hes from Sochi a russian city

deggy was born in pripyat before the evacuation

ive heard that forester is the only guy from the zone

but not sure about that

something seems fishy

[nova thunder]

international recruitment: Described as "drifters and cutthroats from all over the world." Motto is Latin: "Pecunia non olet" ("Money doesn't smell").
Western/NATO gear: Exclusively use high-end Western weapons TRs 301, IL 86, SGI-5k, GP37, FT-200M and gray-blue suits resembling British SAS. Explicitly stated they use "the best Western weaponry."
Mysterious foreign clients: Work for secretive, high-paying external clients (likely international corporations) on black-ops tasks like artifact recovery and suppressing Zone research data X-Labs
Voice lines & early development: Some Mercs have non-Russian accents (English/French/German) in Russian versions. Early builds had a distinct Western military faction that became Mercs.
Lore consensus: Widely regarded as Western-backed PMCs, contrasting with the Zone's mostly Eastern European factions and Soviet gear.

Canon never says "all are Western," but everything (recruitment, gear, clients, design) points to strong Western/international origins and backing.

[main jewel]

well they are from everywhere

like loners

[nova thunder]

I think that SIN faction would have been interesting

[main jewel]

loners are just people from all over

[main jewel]

only gammatards will agree with you

[quasi schooner]

Isn't there literally a UN based faction?

[nova thunder]

IPSF

[quasi schooner]

Or Related such as International Scientific Group

[nova thunder]

oh that was cut too wasnt it the UNISG or whatever

[main jewel]

this is cut and or modded

therefoe

not cannon

canon

[harsh jungle]

i like the corps

[nova thunder]

Gamma has all that shit but i couldnt ever be bothered

[main jewel]

bro blocked me though so

[quasi schooner]

I think they are two different ones

[main jewel]

he will never know

[shell flax]

Only faction I don’t like is Spark because they’re deranged cultists

[main jewel]

i hope spark is one off faction

[smoky hawk]

Lore Consensus is not an actual backing of possibility, + its just more speculation based on nothing, the high paying clients are most likely The Group, the guys who made the labs, so

[smoky hawk]

also, UNISG isnt a thing, thats fan cannon
UN exists and ISG is not UNISG, UNISG is a delta force like shadow army within the zone while ISG was a lone scientist group that was guided by Scar in the scripted beggining of clear sky, and the UN are eggheads that are scared of the zone

the ISG is not a paramilitary group, and models from the Multiplayer aren't condusive to lore

[quasi schooner]

Yeah there's just UN that was mentioned in clear sky

and some german guy in Freedom.

[main jewel]

i wonder why people think unisg and sin are real and i wonder why people want them to be real

they are dumb

[quasi schooner]

Mercernaries are assumed to be in a contract with Western or foreign corporate to steal artifacts and stuff

that's where Tarkov got its inspiration with the lore about PMC's tasked with stealing valuable intel.

[main jewel]

is this guy serious

[smoky hawk]

UN is also mentioned in SOC, but the UN in Stalker is more like a joke, their expeditions to the zone were very mishandled and always stopped by small bumps like bandits

[smoky hawk]

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

[marble gyro]

Hey Lexa, so like there is a bandit near deaf meadow in lesser zone that instantly aggros towards me after saying "Come here I need help with something" turns out he is looking for his brothers body that has a goldfish in the middle of the anomaly field, he is also a side quest

Did I do anything wrong?

[main jewel]

might be a bug

just kill him

[marble gyro]

Ah that sucks

[main jewel]

his buddys body has a artifact

he agros if you loot his buddys body too

[quasi schooner]

I never got to play SOC Vanilla because of a strange keyboard and mouse issue where I can't interact with anything, but nice to know they were also mentioned in there to.

Isn't the UN In tarkov also sort of a gig considering they have borders but also get screwed over by scavs (bandittos) sometimes

[smoky hawk]

yhea but I dont understand the push for Tarkov here considering these games have nothing in common

[lyric lichen]

i mostly hear it from people who play alot of anomaly/gamma, i agree, they are dumb

[quasi schooner]

What I'm trying to say I guess is that tarkov is a solid reference for even Stalker lore no matter how bizarre it sounds I believe the tarkov devs knows tons about the stalker lore. they share lots of similiarities overall.

[smoky hawk]

no, not it isnt

[nova thunder]

I think crazy forest banits would be neat but its whatev

[main jewel]

is this guy serious

[harsh jungle]

I should try the golden deer route in full fr fr

[quasi schooner]

You can't deny the scavs are pretty much the Bandits tho factions in Stalker, while Stalker features more sci-fi diverse roster of factions, Tarkov is more grounded in terms of what factions they bring.

[marble gyro]

Thanks lexa

[smoky hawk]

I can, actually, deny that that is the case

[marble gyro]

It's a shame that it's bugged, but whatevs more loot for me

[smoky hawk]

its like saying the bandits in Fallout are basically the Savs in Tarkov

yhea

they are bandits

[main jewel]

your welcom

[quasi schooner]

They are more like raiders tho.

but same thing pretty much

[nova thunder]

Tarkov is right here. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Stalker is over here. things just look similar, doesnt mean corralation

[smoky hawk]

I guess you can say Fallout is a good Reference for Tarkov then

[quasi schooner]

The tarkov devs took a great amount of inspiration from the stalker games. even if they are not correlated.

[shell flax]

What

[marble gyro]

Fallout raiders are the scavs you face in tarkov sure

[nova thunder]

Stalker took inspiration from a book.

[quasi schooner]

Lore wise I'd say they are less indifferent compared to Tarkov between Stalker.

[marble gyro]

There is a saying heard, "One who knows nothing, understands nothing"

[smoky hawk]

I dont think so, especially because Tarkov really has very little to do with Stalker

[quasi schooner]

But the name itself tho

[smoky hawk]

sorry?

[main jewel]

bro blocked me but someone tell him that nikita wanted to capture the atmosphere stalker had

[nova thunder]

i think the in Spyro the Dragon the way he can shoot fire out of his mouth is like the burner Anomolies. check mate

[quasi schooner]

They named the game after Andrei Tarkovsky.

[smoky hawk]

no not really

[shell flax]

Tarkov is a game all about the gear, extraction, the story takes a massive backseat (Also stress simulator )

Stalker is story driven first & foremost

[smoky hawk]

what does that have to do with the games

have you seen the movie?

[main jewel]

oh well thats what im reading

[smoky hawk]

or read, the book

[main jewel]

all im seeing from google and random sites is atmosphere

[quasi schooner]

I have not seen the movie yet.

[smoky hawk]

there is a discrepancy in people who HAVE read and seen the movie and book, and those that havent
bc if you do you find out, stalker is REALLY far removed from both
and Tarkov has pretty much NOTHING to do with any of these 3

[quasi schooner]

Yeah the tarkov thing is far fetched forgot the city itself is named Tarkov.

[shell flax]

Hell, Tarkov is part of Contract Wars. It has literally nothing to do with Stalker

[marble gyro]

Oh wait I said it wrong

"One who knows nothing, can understand nothing"

[smoky hawk]

its not just that, for the books and movie, these are more so, organised and mysterious, the zone is seen more as an alien thing and its a lot less action like, and the zone has a bigger research value, the book is actually all about critique of research standards as the zone is actually a research bubble that is controlled by the gov and the plot is actually that Red is being replaced by a bot that will do his job for him so now he needs to go undercover to still be able to live in the slums made outside of the zone
Stalker at its beggining, resembled these a lot more, but as things got further developed, they dropped the tones of inspiration more and more to the point that now, its just that both have zones where reality breaks down really

[marble gyro]

He blocked me too, but it's alright he can still see the blocked messages, but he has to click into them

You prove him wrong, and he'll block

[shell flax]

I have no idea if he blocked me & Idgaf either way

[marble gyro]

Yoooooo I never knew this before!!!

[hoary crest]

If he's blocked all of us, this chat must be real boring at the moment

[main jewel]

all im reading is that in one of some content creator interviews nikita said he wanted to capture the atmosphere

[marble gyro]

Free AR416 at deaf meadow followed by bloodsucker jumpscare

[shell flax]

Nikita also has an astronomical habit of talking out of his ass

[main jewel]

can we get a teue

true

[shell flax]

Unheard edition anyone?

[hoary crest]

Legit

[hoary crest]

You wouldnt be able to hear it over the sound of flatulence anyway 😄

[shell flax]

I’m just happy my buddy gifted me it, Nikita ain’t getting money out of me

[hoary crest]

Yeah I mean, thats a W, good stuff

[shell flax]

Granted at least Nikita ain’t as bad as

THE SNAIL

[hoary crest]

Ahh yes, the most exploitative company in gaming

[main jewel]

i got scammed

[hoary crest]

And the poorest when it comes to financial management

Which is really quite an achievement in and of itself

[quasi schooner]

I agree they are vaguely different lore wise, I'm just saying Tarkov takes aspects from Stalker and some basic lore elements, while excluding the Advanced ones such as the Sci-Fi Diverse Factions, Anomalies, Lovecraftian Horror elements. etc..

[hoary crest]

Considering they're up against ubislop

[main jewel]

CAN WE GET A BIG FALSEEEE

[smoky hawk]

it sounds far fetched to say taht Tarkov is inspired by Stalker when pretty much nothing seems to seem like it, even the looks and feels of the games are stark differences that don't really make the quote understandable
by that same metric you can say that anything that is bleak and made in eastern europe passes the check to be an inspiration for tarkov

[smoky hawk]

what does it take?

[hoary crest]

Afaik, Tarkov's biggest influence was DayZ tbh

[shell flax]

I love this obsession that Tarkov takes stuff from stalker when it’s PART OF ITS OWN SERIES

[main jewel]

aint dayz a freaking arma mod crow

[hoary crest]

It was originally, yes

[shell flax]

Tarkov is part of Contract Wars

[main jewel]

and rust kinda just copied it

competitor my ass

[hoary crest]

Rust is ass tho

[shell flax]

Rust is krokodil infused hemorrhoids

[main jewel]

its funnt

rust doesnt even look identical to what it was previously

back when it was a dayz clone or trying to be

[shell flax]

So random thing: if click blocks the whole mod team, what happens then?

I’m assuming he just gets thrown out

[hoary crest]

I would assume he gets yeeted, thats the normal procedure yeah

[marble gyro]

Wasn't there zombies at one point in rust?

[hoary crest]

Yeah, its called the playerbase, they're still there

[shell flax]

No idea, rust is a worlds first case of cancer that’s actually contagious, that count?

[smoky hawk]

someone blocking the mod team doesnt constitute a ban

[main jewel]

i mean eh

[hoary crest]

It is in a lot of servers

[smoky hawk]

thats pretty weird

[hoary crest]

Not really, if you've garnered the habit of blocking mods, you're probably a troublemaker

[shell flax]

Probably because if they block the whole team, they can’t be warned anymore

Honestly though, I see both sides. It technically isn’t a rule break.

[smoky hawk]

blocking someone isnt really an act of trouble, if you do do trouble, youll be banned but thats what you do that influences it
all that happens when you block a mod is that now, you wont be able to see his messages, nothing else changes, so you cant really complain if the mod tells you to stop and you dont

[hoary crest]

Of course, its just what it represents I think for most people

[smoky hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/i-don't-know-idk-idk-about-that-gif-7336250873949261946

[shell flax]

FAFO as usual

[marble gyro]

[smoky hawk]

I use the block pretty much if you are annoying I dont really care

[plain fiber]

I was achievement farming, what'd I just walk back into?

[hoary crest]

Chat, are we gonna do the edge thing again? 😄

[lyric lichen]

tim you walked another stalker-general classic

tarkov edition

[marble gyro]

No but it does mean he'll get bored and leave out his own leisure because there will be no one to talk to, to prove him wrong

[main jewel]

what edge thing

[smoky hawk]

thats the persons choice to do so

[plain fiber]

So...a Tarkov fan came into to start some shit then or...?

[hoary crest]

Get your mind out of the gutter, i mean the edgelord pisstake 😄

[main jewel]

i was not thinking abt that

[lyric lichen]

basically someone said tarkov is inspired by stalker or whatever, didnt really follow it

[main jewel]

i was just curious what u ment

[lyric lichen]

then chaos ensued as usual, then person blocked mod or whatever

[hoary crest]

Even if you weren't, it was a golden opportunity, i have no regrets

[quasi schooner]

The Genre where you go inside a bordered mix of moscow and st peterburg there's one faction who have to retrieve the information of a Research Facility who are possibly funded by Black Agency while the PMC are tasked to steal it from Russia. then there's the Scavs who are there to Steal and kill also trying to take territory after the Blackout in Tarkov.

It's just the basic elements in the lore of Tarkov that can be compared to Stalker, Although the lore in Stalker is much more complex and intricate, I'd say Tarkov is just a straight forward grounded version with multiplayer that doesn't feature as much lore as Stalker does, People even call it the Stalker Multiplayer.

Even the layout of the maps is very stalker ish or maybe that is just very slavic aesthetic, idk maybe I'm just pulling the strings a bit too far.

[hoary crest]

No, the blocking happened earlier because he was getting trolled to fck lol

[lyric lichen]

oh

[plain fiber]

I mean...is it not? I've never bothered to play it and have no real interest in doing so, but when the first trailer came out, the first thing I thought was "Well, this looks S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-inspired.".

[main jewel]

bro might be pulling things out his ass

[quasi schooner]

And you have this market dealer where you sell your loot and buy from. you have a huge border around the city preventing you from escaping. and things.

[marble gyro]

He was being rude and it led to the trolling

[hoary crest]

It was very funny tho

[quasi schooner]

I guess you can only compare their contrasts not the lore itself, basic elements is as far as it goes.

[shell flax]

No, Tarkov is a realistic extraction shooter that’s part of Contract Wars

[smoky hawk]

the "Genre"? but, this has nothing to do with Stalker? nothing is analogous to stalker unless you mean to say the Exclusion zone is analogous to the War Zone, but, in Stalker, the Zone is a space where the laws of physics are breaking down, in Tarkov, its a literal war, nothing else, are you saying that, theyre close bc its called a "zone"? what about the division? or any other game?
and the aesthetic is is nothing close, Stalker is hard sci fi, unless you mean architecture which still doesnt have very muhc the same thing, since Stalker is representative of Soviet Blocks while Tarkov is Modern Day Westernfied Russia

[plain fiber]

So it's part of an already existing franchise?

[shell flax]

Yes

[plain fiber]

Huh.

I had no idea.

[lyric lichen]

honestly never cared about tarkov, was gonna try it like wayy back in 2016 or so, but never got to it, then i heard the mass cheating that happened etc

[shell flax]

I play PvE exclusively

[smoky hawk]

any online game has a mass cheating problem nowadays

[hoary crest]

If theres one thing Tarkov has, its cheaters

[hoary crest]

Yeah, but like its particularly bad in Tarkov

[shell flax]

Chilling in solo runs is surprisingly fun

[smoky hawk]

just like in any popular game yhea

[hoary crest]

No, not like any popular game, thats what im saying, its riddled with them

[plain fiber]

Well I thought the first trailer had a sort of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-esque vibe to it but with a greater emphasis on combat, so I was intrigued.

Lost all interest when I found out:

1. It wasn't on Steam and wouldn't be for a while.

2. PvP, which I've grown to despise.

[hoary crest]

Its really fckin bad dude

[shell flax]

Mainly because I ain’t got some fucko screaming ETA VEST, META GUN’ in my ear every match

[lyric lichen]

the only pvp i really do now (which isnt much) is mainly rts games nowadays

[shell flax]

It’s on Steam & it has a (buyable) PvE now.

Like I said, my buddy gifted it to me but it’s up to you personally if it’s worth it

Pve also doesn’t have wipes which
Thank god

[quasi schooner]

Yes their Zones are different, It's more that it is a Zone that two are stuck in, you did mention Division so I guess that part isn't a Original Idea from Stalker.

[shell flax]

Except the UN is actively evacuating people from Tarkov

[plain fiber]

Aren't the devs in favor of the Russo-Ukrainian war or something? I remember hearing there was some controversy or another surrounding them.

[shell flax]

I haven’t heard anything about that, I think Nikita had some interactions with some fuckos who were but no idea

[smoky hawk]

this idea of a "zone" is a recurring theme in many media, one example is Encased, which is inspired by Fallout more so than anything
https://store.steampowered.com/app/921800/Encased_A_SciFi_PostApocalyptic_RPG/
the idea is an analogue of Sci Fi stories from the 40s-50s with the trope of the Utopia in a Bubble, that is separate from the world

Steam

Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG

A tactical sci-fi RPG set in a dystopian environment allowing you to fight enemies, explore the hostile wasteland, level up your character and join one of the factions – made up of survivors - in the shattered world and cut off from the rest of society.

Enrolling in one of the five wings of the CRONUS Corporation - each with its own features…

Price

$29.99

Recommendations

4095

[plain fiber]

Doesn't it also have a really invasive anti-cheat or am I thinking of something else?

[shell flax]

Nah, not that I see

[plain fiber]

Huh.

[hoary crest]

A lot of multiplayer games do nowdays, but Tarkov isnt one of them

I will say though, that despite its issues, BF6 appears to have excellent anti-cheat

[plain fiber]

Alrighty, maybe I'll consider Tarkov one of these days.

[shell flax]

I’ll say this: PvE is probably the only thing in Tarkov I can slightly recommend. PvP & Arena are

A I D S

[quasi schooner]

Yeah so I changed it to contrasts rather, I refute my statement about Tarkov being strongly inspired by Stalker lore.

It reminds me of how people blissfully call anything souls like.

[plain fiber]

It's got dodge-rolling and stamina management? It must be a Souls-like!

[quasi schooner]

Exactly this ^

[plain fiber]

Though there are ones that are very clearly taking inspiration from Dark Souls, even if it's nothing but the combat.

[hoary crest]

I wonder if Fromsoft will learn their lessons with the followup to Elden Ring and make it less spammy

[plain fiber]

I've started seeing Sekiro-like used too for games that have a similar/the same parry mechanics.

[quasi schooner]

That is if they don't play any different.

[plain fiber]

Less spammy?

[quasi schooner]

bloodborn as well there was this game they called bloodborn 2 before bloodborn 2 was released.

[plain fiber]

Bloodborne still fell under Souls-like as far as I know.

[marble gyro]

It did

[hoary crest]

IE; less obtrusive auto-tracking bullsh!t, less movement ashes, less hyperarmour etc. Elden Ring's balance is appaulingly bad

[quasi schooner]

It has its quirks but bloodborn isn't really your traditional soulslike.

anything that has machinery, blood and dark atmosphere is lowkey now considered bloodborn

[plain fiber]

I want them to move away from that more traditional Souls combat system. The games that tried to do more with the combat e.g. Bloodborne, Sekiro, and Armored Core VI. I haven't played Bloodborne, but the combat in Sekiro and AC VI felt so refreshing and satisfying.

[plain fiber]

This is the first I'm ever hearing of "Bloodborne-like" being a thing. I know people are jokingly calling The Duskbloods Bloodborne 2, but that's all I've seen.

[quasi schooner]

Phantom Blade Zero is trying to do something similar as well essentially reinventing combat

[hoary crest]

They wont, they'll piss off thier core audience by doing that. Souls combat is gonna remain much as is, just with small evolutions each time

ACVI is a weird one tho, like its a good game, but my god does it have zero skill expression

[plain fiber]

How so?

[quasi schooner]

Adding features that combat games I doubt allows you to do, such as being able to parry while simultainously attacking, two inputs at once.

[hoary crest]

Hardlock, terrible balance. Its literally stat-check; the game

[plain fiber]

I was asking Paydirt about AC VI, my bad.

[quasi schooner]

Ah. nvm

[plain fiber]

I got through the entire game for all endings without using hardlock. On PC it's very enjoyable.

[hoary crest]

Its also too fast to work in a multiplayer environment because its P2P

[hoary crest]

I play it on PC, the PvE is the fun bit of the game, play one online match tho? Yeah no, a fun game devolves in an actual sh!tfest

Like i said, stat check; the game

[plain fiber]

Your problems lie with the PvP then it sounds like?

[hoary crest]

You stack big numbers and win, if you dont stack big numbers, you absolutely wont

[marble gyro]

Like dark souls PVP it was also stat check and gear check

[hoary crest]

Very much so, but thats a big part of the game

[marble gyro]

Unless you were a God at the game that can fist anyone and anything

AC VI gave the freedoms to have whatever build you wanted, faster beats tanky

[hoary crest]

Not really, souls combat is a knowledge check first and foremost and your fundamentals matter a whole lot more than what gear you bring, at least it used to, which kinda lessened in ER, not entirely, its still ultimately a skill based game, but there is a lot of stuff that circumvents the need for good fundamentals

[hoary crest]

Not vs a real player it doesnt

Its fine vs the bots, you can run whatever you like, but again, it falls apart in a multiplayer setting

[marble gyro]

Faster does beat tanky, especially with a melee build that has high stun output

[plain fiber]

So I'm asking about the PvP over on the AC Discord and they're saying it's not like that anymore, though I'm getting a bit of conflicting information without much detail.

One person says "Yes and no.", another person says "Not a stat check anymore.".

[hoary crest]

Brother I got to S rank in ranked. I played a good bit of that game. With the introduction of hardlock the skill gap already got closed to a massive degree vs 4A, and the stat difference massively benifits heavierweight ACs because the speed differential is just not big enough for LW ACs to shine

[hoary crest]

Its cope. Trust me, its cope

They've been coping about it since release

[plain fiber]

Dual Etsujins my beloved.

Light biped, dual Etsujins, Pile Bunker, and usually a plasma missile launcher.

[hoary crest]

It has some fun builds, for sure, its just not very well thought out

[plain fiber]

Well that build destroyed pretty much everything in the campaign for me.

Tried experimenting with a heavy tank build after that and I couldn't stand how slowly I moved.

[hoary crest]

Yeah you can rinse the campagin with whatever you like, the campaign is fine. I just wish From would focus a little more on multiplayer balance because thats usually a rather large component of thier endgame activities an its something they really seem to struggle with

[hoary crest]

Yeah I never enjoyed tanks in that either, sure, you're nigh unkillable, but its not fun to play

[plain fiber]

Well The Duskbloods is a multiplayer game so we'll have to see how that pans out.

I think they've been trying to do more with multiplayer judging by their most recent projects. You have ER: Nightreign serving as a testbed for some new CO-OP stuff, and then Duskbloods which I think will be PvPvE or something?

[hoary crest]

Duskbloods is going to flop

An the reason for that, is because its on a platform people play on thier work wifi and public transport. A peer to peer game running on inconsistent connections because its a portable console is going to be an absurdly miserable experience

[plain fiber]

Are we sure it's going to be P2P though?

[hoary crest]

Its a Fromsoft game

[plain fiber]

You know they've used servers before in the past right?

[hoary crest]

I'm not sure they have actually

AC and Souls have always been peer to peer

[plain fiber]

I swear I remember reading that at least one title of theirs did actually have proper servers for multiplayer.

Maybe I'm misremembering.

[hoary crest]

There may have been, but as far as I know, there hasnt been, an there is no indication that its going to change for Duskbloods

[marble gyro]

Duskbloods being nintendo switch only is a huge eyebrow raise

[plain fiber]

It could. Like I said, I think that Nightreign and Duskbloods show that FromSoft is trying to be more involved and focus with multiplayer.

[hoary crest]

Either way, you're still looking at hugely variable and potentially very inconsistent connections, which even with a robust dedicated server network is still going to be nigh unplayable

[hoary crest]

A massive one, yeah

Absolutely zero people in the souls PvP community have any faith in it being worth the time, or indeed the horrific amount of money Nintendo ask for their underperforming device

In fact, its kind of a meme at this point

[plain fiber]

We don't actually have a release date for it yet do we?

[hoary crest]

Not yet, but looks like its gonna be this year

[plain fiber]

Yeah, the only thing I could find was that it's 2026.

[marble gyro]

Actually, switch 2 is on par to a early stage ps5

[hoary crest]

If its only a timed exclusive for Switch, then it might have some hope, but there is no indication of that either, so yeah.. at least for the PvP side of the community, its probably not gonna be worth picking up

[hoary crest]

Where did you get that information?

[marble gyro]

Visually and physically playing it, it's really freaking impressive

[hoary crest]

There was footage going around of it recently with a 250ms input delay.. thats not representative of a household console

[plain fiber]

I wanna know what Nintendo offered that convinced From the exclusivity was worth it. Maybe Nintendo was going to be handling the networking side of the multiplayer? How do their first-party titles do with that?

[little hatch]

Is multiplayer still coming to stalker 2?

[plain fiber]

No idea, don't care. Would prefer if it never came unless it was CO-OP or an extraction mode or something more interesting than a basic, old school DM/TDM/CTF like it's been rumored to be.

[hoary crest]

I am extremely skeptical of it being comparable to a Steam deck, extremely

[marble gyro]

Cyberpunk, runs really solid, final fantasy 7 runs more stable than a steam deck

[hoary crest]

They probably wanted a bit of the Elden Ring pie and coughed up a decent incentive for From to make it. An no idea regarding thier first part titles, the last Nintendo console I used was a gameboy 😄

[marble gyro]

Like performance wise on steam deck, remake runs all over the place, but on switch 2, it's a solid 30 frames

[hoary crest]

Like i said, I'm extremely skeptical given a lot of the reports have not indicated that, again a 250ms input delay is not representative of a home console

[quasi schooner]

what stalker 2 needs is a battle royale 🗿

[plain fiber]

Last Nintendo console I personally owned (still own actually) is a Wii. I also have a bunch of older Gamecube titles from back when I had that.

[plain fiber]

*ties you up and tosses you into an anomaly for daring to even suggest such a horrible thing.*

[hoary crest]

My sister had a Wii, what a strange console that was

[plain fiber]

Console makers were really into motion controls for a period of time.

[quasi schooner]

toss me into a harmless one please

[hoary crest]

Yeah, dunno why that became all the rage. Very odd

[robust pendant]

It legally has to, so yeah. Just don't expect CO-OP, it won't happen

[hoary crest]

We wont see multiplayer till the game is feature and content complete is my guess tbh

[marble gyro]

Must be a drift or something, because there are reports of it being 33ms input delay

And when I play mine, it's hardly even noticeable

[plain fiber]

Didn't they remove all mention of multiplayer from the game's marketing material towards the end of last year?

[hoary crest]

https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/1piegpl/input_delay_on_skyrim_switch_2_edition_is_terrible/

This is a game from 2012

[robust pendant]

Didn't the deluxe and ultimate edition of S2 include multiplayer things?

[feral kettle]

Tried Searching but the keywords apparently didn't play with it right. Is there any solid word for being able to custom name save game files?

[robust pendant]

If that is the case, then a legal battle can occur if they dont drop it afaik

[plain fiber]

They did, though without multiplayer it's not like you actually get them.

[robust pendant]

No, but you should get them, that is the money you paid for

[quasi schooner]

Battlefield 6 phantom edition is laughing right now

[plain fiber]

Meh, I didn't care about it tbh, I got the Deluxe and then Ultimate editions for the other stuff.

[robust pendant]

I know nothing about it tbh

[marble gyro]

That's skyrim, plus also switch 2 edition is the unstable anniversary edition which also exists on current gen

[robust pendant]

Then again, they promised multiplayer and people paid for those, so yeah

[hoary crest]

Dice are being incredibly slow with adding to BF6, but long term, it'll probably end up being very good. Its just got a map problem at the moment and boi some of them are bad

[hoary crest]

Sure, but its still an ancient engine, it should be very easy to run. People have complained about delay in other titles though in the comments

[plain fiber]

GSC has their own legal team so I'm assuming risks like that were considered. It might have just been a thing of "We'll add it later down the line, so let's remove mention of it for now so people don't keep asking about it.".

[quasi schooner]

oh boy where do I start.

Initially they had shown very tacticool guys in their phantom edition store image, after EA released the skins to the people who bought the edition the skins looked completely different they were more toned down cartoonish versions of what they initially advertised.

[hoary crest]

Either way, regarding Duskbloods, its a PvP game on a portable console. Its gunna suck

[plain fiber]

Ancient engine doesn't necessarily translate to better performance on modern hardware.

[robust pendant]

Mfw EA, right?

[hoary crest]

No, but its skyrim. It shouldnt be remotely taxing for something with as much power as a home console

[quasi schooner]

Yup EA Dice.

[plain fiber]

Yeah, but Sin mentioned it's the Anniversary Edition which is apparently unstable.

[marble gyro]

Titles that don't have a switch 2 edition I bet, look at the game pokemon violet/scarlet in comparison it runs way better on switch 2 than switch 1, resident evil ports run the same as switch 1 because it does not have a switch 2 update they are ported, LOZ breath of the wild and tears of the kingdom run amazing if you get the switch 2 upgrade

[hoary crest]

As I said, number of people complaining about issues with other games in the comments of that

[marble gyro]

Switch 2 edition skyrim, is as of now the highly unstable version, Bethesda is even making a switch 2 fallout 4 port which the base game is still highly unstable

Even oblivion is coming out on switch 2, now that I'm curious if it even will run or not

[plain fiber]

Fallout 4 was unstable?

[marble gyro]

Anniversary edition update makes it crash like crazy

[plain fiber]

When I played it it was on below minimum-spec hardware and I don't think I ever got a crash.

Oh, Anniversary Edition. Can't speak on that.

[hoary crest]

Christ looking at the specs yeah no this is not even remotely comparable to a Ps5

Like seriously leagues apart

[marble gyro]

We'll see if Switch 2 can run a UE5 port of oblivion

[plain fiber]

Remember when Nintendo actually had decently powerful hardware and it was the freaking Gamecube of all things?

[marble gyro]

If it can, then this home console is leagues better than any other handheld out there

[marble gyro]

Yeah, take metroid prime 1 for example, it ran 60 fps no drops

Ps2 could not even get close to that, or xbox og

[plain fiber]

And it looked gorgeous.

Star Wars: Bounty Hunter had better graphics on Gamecube than on the PS2 version.

[marble gyro]

Especially re4

[hoary crest]

Resi4 was on the gamecube? Wild

[marble gyro]

Yeah

[quasi schooner]

the one with the worst controller

right next to N64

[marble gyro]

Had the exclusive separate ways before it came to ps2

[hoary crest]

Which one was the abomination that expected you to have three hands? 😂 😂

[marble gyro]

N64

[plain fiber]

I do find it strange that the Gamecube must have had trouble with Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory considering how powerful it was. That version of the game had parts of the same level split up by loading screens whereas the PC version (and one other I think) didn't.

[hoary crest]

Ok, a mate of mine back in the day had one of those an it was truly bamboozling how to work it lol

[plain fiber]

Gamecube controller was fantastic, what are you on about?

[marble gyro]

Because ubisoft never cared to optimize their games

[hoary crest]

Ubislop

[plain fiber]

Sad.

[quasi schooner]

That's just Splinter Cell Chaos theory in general it was a bit scuffed the PC version has the same issue.

[marble gyro]

They made great games, but I honestly don't remember a good game that ran decently made by ubisoft

[plain fiber]

I think I do remember the framerate having noticeable drops on the Gamecube version. PC version runs a lot better I find.

[marble gyro]

Hell even far cry 2 was unstable

[hoary crest]

I remember Farcry 2 and 3 were good, then they proceeded to do the same thing for the next 20 odd years with no iteration other than graphics

[quasi schooner]

It did, funny enough the third one had better performance on the GC

[plain fiber]

Gamecube controller was the most ergonomic console controller I've ever used. Only thing I ever found that came close for me was the Playstation controller though I've never touched the 4 or 5.

[hoary crest]

The PS5 controllers look like they could be pretty decent to be fair

[marble gyro]

It's okay

[hoary crest]

I wonder if they've gotten over the issue of making controllers for people with tiny hands yet though. They look nice in pictures, but who knows in practice

[marble gyro]

Personally ps3 controller was away better, better battery life, better feeling, not weighty

[hoary crest]

PS1 through 3's controllers are too small for my liking

4's was a bit wider, but still pretty small

[quasi schooner]

they are pretty much the same ps4 features the motion sensor ps5 just a bit sleeker

[marble gyro]

Death is definitely huffing on something because holy cow he couldn't be any more wrong

[plain fiber]

That might be why I liked them then. I've got weird hands.

[quasi schooner]

You're a mutant?

[plain fiber]

In glove sizing terms, my hands themselves (as in my palms and such) are XL, but my fingers are L.

[quasi schooner]

you're going to be mistaken for a Chinese guy who practiced the palm punch on a concrete block.

[plain fiber]

I mean they're not that short.

Maybe it'd be more accurate to describe my hands as wider than most. They're probably not dissimilar to how my feat are.

[quasi schooner]

For a moment I thought you described them as something akin to swollen

[plain fiber]

I've got Slavic meat hands.

[quasi schooner]

A true stalker then.

[plain fiber]

Well my mom's side of the family is Ukrainian so...

[quasi schooner]

yes very slavic design

[plain fiber]

My dad's side of the family is Italian, and people say I looke like him, which I do, but I think I look more Slavic than Italian. Plus I had some dude just straight-up ask me if I was Russian.

[quasi schooner]

Well not to offend, but Russians and Ukrainians do look similar they are after all slavics

[plain fiber]

I've definitely got a Slavic nose, and if my hair hadn't thinned in the way it did, I'd have that stereotypical hairline too. See: Niko Bellic, Strelok, etc.

[quasi schooner]

The receeding hairline 😭

[plain fiber]

I started balding at 16, and unfortunately the hair is too thin for me to have that Slavic Widow's Peak as I like to call it.

[quasi schooner]

Damn, and I thought i had it rough

[plain fiber]

But from what hairline I can still see, if the hair was thicker I would absolutely have a head like Strelok's.

Welp, it's 20:26, off to bed.

[quasi schooner]

The Arrow shape style

[plain fiber]

Well, rounded arrow but yes.

[quasi schooner]

Instead of a sharp chin that can cut through wood, It's a sharp hairline that penetrate steel

[plain fiber]

I'll have to judge my chin once I've lost the excess fat.

[quasi schooner]

Keep working out 🫡

[hoary crest]

Well I found the 7.62 barrel swap for the AK in OXA and can finally use the 7.62AP I've been hording... Hugeee difference

[kindred fable]

Hope we'll get at least some news the next week...

[wet halo]

Ok, some higher power told me to empty the arena body, move it to the door and fill up with goodies I want to keep - and it worked

[harsh jungle]

the more i learn

the more i forget

[plucky meteor]

This actually made me laugh.

[quasi schooner]

https://giphy.com/gifs/funny-reaction-oof-moment-comedy-NUNEBzrAYzbwjTlPP3

[plucky meteor]

HAHAH

No giphy

[quasi schooner]

: (

is it possible to find a artifact without a tracker? like the moldy one

[plucky meteor]

I think so....

[shell flax]

No, you need a detector to make them visible

Outside of preplaced, non respawning ones on corpses

[quasi schooner]

I hope so my dumbass stored it in my chest and the house is locked because of the mission now I don't have a tracker

[plucky meteor]

You dont carry two?

[quasi schooner]

I only have one and that one was broken

[plucky meteor]

Damn.

[quasi schooner]

that's the one that is stored inside the house

[plucky meteor]

Time to load a prev save or track another. (Pun intended)

[quasi schooner]

now you're just gonna taunt me with those trackers

[plucky meteor]

Someone's tracking the convo

[quasi schooner]

get out

[plucky meteor]

But ill track mud everywhere

[quasi schooner]

I just want the artifact so I can unlock my house : (

[plucky meteor]

Backtrack

:3

[quasi schooner]

too late I am 9 saves above 🗿

[plucky meteor]

Oof

Anyways. Im gonna go to bed. Im done with this daytrack.

[quasi schooner]

maybe you should track the amount of hours you sleep

[plucky meteor]

Good one. Nini

[quasi schooner]

night

[plucky meteor]

Hehehe

[quasi schooner]

oh nvm they don't care about squint

Im gonna kill him instead

[marble gyro]

So like I always avoided this room in the mission the price goes up at garbage, is there anything beneficial aside from a poison cloud and glass shards?

Nvm, it's worth, I found a ssp99 ecologist suit

Bank I tell you

[main jewel]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1398763156213465140/1472630933130842143/attachment.gif

[marble gyro]

[river harness]

Has there been any updates on when we are getting the dlc?

[robust pendant]

Nope

Estimates say march, but they are estimates

Maybe april, maybe more

[river harness]

☹️

[charred nova]

According to the new video may be in June

[violet dune]

2029 June

[marble gyro]

There is no June 31st

6.31 is month then year

[robust pendant]

Oh, thats cool then

[marble gyro]

These journalists stashes just make me believe that GSC love the monolith

[fickle hill]

Da Monolith

[pseudo coral]

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh it disgusted me.

[shell flax]

I think it’s just a cheeky way to say July first

Or a typo

[marble gyro]

6 is June tho

[shell flax]

Yes, and June only has 30 days

[marble gyro]

Exactly

[main jewel]

why would they not love the most favored and liked faction

[marble gyro]

So as I said before, it's most definitely a lore dump and not a official date teaser

[main jewel]

why i say that 6.31 is the date for operation monolith as june is early summer and operation monolith happens early summer 2012

[main jewel]

anddd

maybe in this game world

there is a 31

in june

trust

[marble gyro]

Or it's the year 31

[main jewel]

bro

thats too far

[marble gyro]

For game time? Could be a time skip

Because stalker 2 is like in 2021 right?

So chances are there could be a timeskip or retcon

[main jewel]

maybe

or maybe get this

a gsc designer

who made that

genuinely thought

theres 31 days in june

think about it

or maybe we are just all stupid

[marble gyro]

Like how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop, the world may never know

[marble gyro]

I am smart

Stick, cobra, porthole Infinity

1708

I AM SMART, no help required

[main jewel]

guys

conquerers mute

ends

in like

it ends on 2/22

its 2/16 basically

[marble gyro]

Oh...

[main jewel]

yeah

🌩️

he hasnt left the server

[sterile radish]

expected him to get in trouble tbh

[main jewel]

i wonder what he has to say

[sterile radish]

what’d he get mute for anyway?

[main jewel]

lowkey i forgor

[sterile radish]

ah ok

[marble gyro]

Being an ass

Hmmmmmmm......might be a death alt

Flashbangs suck

[placid jungle]

have they done any optimization updates? i haven't played in months so i am just wondering

[marble gyro]

Nah, runs like slag heap

[placid jungle]

ok

[marble gyro]

Totally not putting another 100hrs

[placid jungle]

where do i ask if my specs and run this game (im not the best with knowing what my pc can and can't run)

[marble gyro]

Steam page

Community forums

[placid jungle]

ok

[mighty violet]

i bruteforced my pc that can only run low settings run medium-high settings

[main jewel]

if it blows up

im not sorry

[mighty violet]

it doesnt blow up but it drops fps every 30 minutes when not reloading

(reloading saves)

[marble gyro]

That means you have a toaster for a pc

Consider upgrading your Ram

[mighty violet]

my specs are listed on my steam profile which i have linked in my bio

[mighty violet]

i wish but the current prices though

[placid jungle]

im hoping my pc won't be the equivalent to a reactor meltdown when i run the game (my pc is mid to low end in todays market)

[mighty violet]

whats ur spec

[placid jungle]

3050ti laptop gpu 16 gigs of ram and a intel core i7

[mighty violet]

which version of the i7

which generation

ram speeds? monitor resolution?

[placid jungle]

i7-11800H 2.30 ghz

[mighty violet]

oof.

[placid jungle]

1920 x 1080 144.03 hz

for desktop mode

[mighty violet]

okay so uh

your specs is fairly similar to mine, you can probably run on low settings

[placid jungle]

low is fine to me

[mighty violet]

be aware that you'll probably have to play somewhere with cool air

[placid jungle]

i mean i have a thing with fans in it under my pc

[marble gyro]

Goodnight stalkers

[placid jungle]

gn

[placid jungle]

i have a question for you thats off topic where do i put it

[mighty violet]

#💬┃en_offtop

[marble gyro]

Can't sleep, nightmares seeping in

[proven hollow]

nightmare about what?

[cobalt fiber]

Dunno he’s just being edgy

[sturdy verge]

Are the new side quests good/worth to do? i havent played stalker for awhile 😄

[gritty helm]

should i turn off turbo boost because my cpu reachs 88 celsius when gaming?

[wicked magnet]

Oh shit, Molit is back

[proven hollow]

i'd wait until the next patch for a replay

@waxen marten how was your holiday?

[sturdy verge]

Mol is the best 😄

[sturdy verge]

will do, thanks for the heads up

[hybrid tangle]

Wassup guys, I'm back from the zone.

Just killed Strelok and Strider nothing much

[stable warren]

What’s yalls fav faction other than free stalkers

[sturdy verge]

or Sin if it was implemented, yours?

[modest notch]

bayun whiskers r worst than chimera

[shell flax]

Morning

[stable warren]

…

Yall disgust me to an extent but like I say that respectfully

[proven hollow]

we speak the truth and you hate us for it

[marble gyro]

Goodmorning

[quasi schooner]

The scientists

[harsh jungle]

hi

[harsh jungle]

I do like the Corps too

[hybrid tangle]

Monolith.

[quasi schooner]

Killing Squint was satisfying 🗿

He had me waste 4 hours so I just ended up killing him regardless, even after telling him I'll help him escape

But little did he know I helped him escape life

[marble gyro]

Duty

[marble gyro]

Hey

[harsh jungle]

Lorenz fire emblem three houses is ugly

[marble gyro]

His trait is not good either

[quasi schooner]

The audacity to tell someone at your level to fetch a moldy artifact like a dog, Squint may be the same as the Wardens or worse he treats stalkers the same.

[marble gyro]

Personally I use Bernadetta

She is nice, cute and shy, and has killer bow skills

Also loves cake

[unkempt juniper]

when multiplayer?

[quasi schooner]

Soon they confirmed battle royale.

[pseudo coral]

Instead of battle royale they should look at Arc Raiders, and make some sort of S.T.A.L.K.E.R version of it.

And maybe they shouldn't do multiplayer at all and just create a standalone new game for that too.

And in my wet dreams I wish S.T.A.L.K.E.R. devs and Metro devs would create a game together.

[plucky meteor]

Gm stalkers.

[vagrant pewter]

Or be creative & make their own thing vs. cloning lightning in a bottle that dillutes itself every time its copied?

[quasi schooner]

Good morning rotting bunny

[plucky meteor]

Hehe. Clicked the wrong one

[quasi schooner]

Battle royale was needed can't wait to launch from a bandit van yelling cool lines like cheeky breeki as I am deployed into the battle zone.

[quasi schooner]

My name was swapped without consent so I call it the non consent name.

[pseudo coral]

Good morning old man.

I believe you're so old now you tagged me 😄

[quasi schooner]

Late 20's

[pseudo coral]

Lol I knew it.

[bronze holly]

What! When did they confirm this and where?

[quasi schooner]

I tagged you in response of the battle royale.

[quasi schooner]

I had a dream

[pseudo coral]

Yeah the first one you tagged me twice I was just trolling.

[quasi schooner]

Or a nightmare

[hoary crest]

Whilst this is mostly true regarding extraction shooters, Arc Raiders does certainly feel quite original and not watered down. It has the typical extraction shooter problem of being full of cheaters tho

[quasi schooner]

Oh sh.

[plucky meteor]

I cant wait till someone finds a diamond exo and a Sledgehammer... and absolutely is going to blitz everyone...

[quasi schooner]

A beer will make you run 20 miles per hour.

[hoary crest]

Battleroyale...

Spot the CoD player

[marble gyro]

So a lot of people are speculating that x labs are returning and if I remember correctly, didn't the X labs get blown up the last time strelok was down there?

[quasi schooner]

You'll be like a super powered radiation peter griffin

[robust pendant]

unless it's an S2 lore, no

[hoary crest]

No reason to think there arent more of them that havent been uncovered yet

[robust pendant]

not according to what the trilogy says at least

[plucky meteor]

Imagine a extraction shooter stalker style.

[hoary crest]

I'd say GSC still have wiggle room to add plenty of new reasons for them to be found

[marble gyro]

Hmm maybe, because I could have sworn we did that when we went to yantar in Shadow

[robust pendant]

he turned off the machine, didnt destroy the place

[hoary crest]

I would rather a DayZ style environment because it would result in a lot of faction play in a survival setting, but ho hum, we're probably getting Deathmatch/TDM

[robust pendant]

the only place he "destroyed" (he didn't, just filled with water) was one of the underground in agroprom, not the one you go in SoC but it's connected

[quasi schooner]

What will you be extracting

[shell flax]

Red (guy who saved Strelok in SoC intro) sealed off the entrance to one of the labs offscreen but thats it

[plucky meteor]

Artifacts?

Guns?

[plucky meteor]

Honestly. That sounds fkn dope tbh.

[quasi schooner]

Bombs?

Gems?

[hoary crest]

Yeah, it would work very well, but that also requires a lot of work from the developers so its super unlikely to happen

[quasi schooner]

It's yours my friend.

[hoary crest]

Its very difficult to shoehorn in multiplayer to a single player style environment at the best of times

Bolt on solutions, as i understand it, are mostly not very good

[vagrant pewter]

most of them have loads of ppl trying to make the game theirs & will exploit & break it to do so. Happens even more when it's new vs. established security protocols. They do react fast to known issues in Arc Raiders.

Having a moment is not as difficult as holding onto the moment.

[plucky meteor]

Maybe a mod?

[hoary crest]

Eh, I dont know about fast, but its not a glacial pace of development for sure. Though it always seems to be exponentially worse in extraction style games because there is an element of loss

[hoary crest]

I kinda doubt it tbh because such a framework would need consistently active dedicated servers

[plucky meteor]

True true

[marble gyro]

Really? Because didn't we have to escape the place before it blew up? Or was that like a contamination containment thing?

[vagrant pewter]

Unlike most who play them, I am part of a growing philosophy in those - you own nothing. You just borrow stuff from the game. It helps be less irrate when ur ganked up the bum by ppl needing to feel superior.

[stable warren]

gng its been like 2 days since completing soc and i alr forgot why did strelok go to the center again? to find strelok (before knowing it was him) right?

[robust pendant]

no, you had X amount of time to turn the miracle machine off before it fried your brain. after turning it off, you were free to roam

[robust pendant]

to find answers, yeah.
did you talk to guide and doc?

if you didnt, then you missed a big part

[stable warren]

yeah i did i just forgot why exactly he had to go to the middle, whether it was cus he wanted wishgranter/meet ccon or cus he thought strelok was there

initially as in. after meeting doc and guide then yeah

[hoary crest]

You an me both, I dont suffer from gear fear, but its still extremely annoying ending up in a lobby where people are doing anything they can to not risk thier shit when you are doing so

[robust pendant]

he didn't know who he was, he started roaming the zone, slowly remember who he was and which was his goal. when he finally realised, he decided to finish his goal, which was to go to the center and destroy the monolith/ccon so he can live in "peace", without knowing if he was right or wrong

[marble gyro]

Ahh

Time for work, see you all later

[hoary crest]

Laters Sin

[plucky meteor]

Something I would love to see is more way to interact with world. More destructability, more ways to heal, (cigarettes maybe? Maybe heal slowly? They could reduce the sleep function maybe? Reduce hunger? ) maybe ways to physically put markers down in game? More ways to store things.

[hoary crest]

These are the sorts of things you'll be needing mods for

If you're on PC, I recommend looking at OXA

[vagrant pewter]

You just have to read the game schedule - it is always bad when new content drops, when expeditions are ennounced, etc. Major rush to hit the goals etc. I just sit back & watch some streaming of it for a few days & let all the emo kiddos fight in the school yard til they either get detention, bored or the gf takes them away.

[stable warren]

supposing you didnt meet doc, why was he trying to go to the middle. was it to meet strelok or for wish granter

[plucky meteor]

Xbox

[hoary crest]

I'll just wait until it has a notable dip in player count an go back to it then, Id rather be fighting turbo-sweats that cheaters an exploiters

[hoary crest]

Unfortunate

[plucky meteor]

Indeed

[quasi schooner]

cigarettes should help your recoil management

[plucky meteor]

Reduce anxiety and calming? Would that be an explanation?

[quasi schooner]

yup and stress.

[vagrant pewter]

The expedition function ensures they remain for forseeable future tho. So the dip u seek won't happen without a major incident. It will take the next arc raiders release to see that happen. However, even Helldivers 2 maintained significant playership.

[hoary crest]

Ah yes, cigarettes reducing stress.. until about 2 hours later when you need another one at which point your stress levels exponentially increase 😄

[vagrant pewter]

same with eating chinese food

[plucky meteor]

Counter point, yes.

[hoary crest]

Christ knows how tbh, HD2 is a sh!thole of a game

[quasi schooner]

Hell divers 2 is just that good

might be the multiplayer game of this year. after getting 100k players again

[plucky meteor]

But is Skif not downing energy drinks and alcohol every 4 minutes?

[quasi schooner]

or best ongoing

[hoary crest]

Was never a fan of Chinese food, Indian though? Different matter entirely

[quasi schooner]

yes.. he is starving like the whole africa.

[plucky meteor]

So would that not be like cigarettes? How is he not addicted

[stable warren]

Sry if ts a stupid question, I lowkey haven’t been sleeping recently and I forget everything lol

[hoary crest]

He's slavic, alcoholisim isnt an addiction, its a way of life 😄

[quasi schooner]

he's an alcoholic I guess.

[plucky meteor]

So cigarettes wouldn't matter then?

[robust pendant]

for the wish granter mostly, but because he already went through all the trouble that he did, so he wanted to make a wish

[robust pendant]

it's not, dont worry

[hoary crest]

Make up your own headcannon for that, if you're downing a bottle of vodka in one sitting, spending your day eating cured meat and drinking condensed milk by the can, I would imagine you'd be struggling to breathe whilst running long distances 😄

[vagrant pewter]

Good firms will have studies commissioned so they know player counts needed for retention. Odds are very good even with competition, until the company screws the pooch, ppl will remain as long as new shiny object comes in helping them pew pew & epeen. They will never be Roblox & thank the lord for that as the lawsuits & criminal investigations proceed.

[robust pendant]

but yeah, its just that he doesnt have a clear goal until he helps/kills people, thats why the choices on the wish granter are different

[plucky meteor]

I wanna see more customization. Ways to change your weapons look. Maybe like, leaves or dirt on it. Camouflage

[plucky meteor]

Fair

[hoary crest]

I jsut want an AK with wooden furniture tbh

[vagrant pewter]

Im still in a 25 year+ game myself & we have a multi server community going. Persistence & growth is not easy. Thankfully I have Final fantasy XIV to help keep XI going

[quasi schooner]

like MGS?

[alpine charm]

i wanna be ninja

[quasi schooner]

you're that ninja?

[plucky meteor]

Ehh. Maybe

[quasi schooner]

you customize it through rolling and getting shot

[alpine charm]

im gonna chop chop, chop chow down all the way to china town

[quasi schooner]

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgkefnwlpkA)

Ninja Please.

[alpine charm]

come up off that purse ho, ninja please

[quasi schooner]

NINJA POWA

[alpine charm]

[frigid hill]

federaloni has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[quasi schooner]

just use Ninja my Ninja

[alpine charm]

ig i cant say the b word but yes ninja power

[frigid hill]

2024_98_25_h has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[alpine charm]

ninjas man

[quasi schooner]

I can't even say 4ss

[alpine charm]

[quasi schooner]

bench 4ss mf

[alpine charm]

we gotta use proper pro nouns and keep it PC

no swearing on my channel

[quasi schooner]

True PC teacher will be pleased.

[stable warren]

Ah. Iirc, he does most of the expedition cus the barkeep tells him to go to other places, but after giving the barkeep the documents from the agroprom institute, why did strelok just agree to do the rest and go to lab x-18 or whatever it’s called? I mean sure he wanted to learn more abt strelok but barkeep never said anything abt strelok there. Unless sidorovich did and im forgetting

[cobalt fiber]

Everybody circumvents the bot, not everybody does it excessively. You two are examples of the latter. Give it a rest

[potent knot]

Call me an RTX 5090 the way I keep it PC

[alpine charm]

do you love and support israel and thank them for their service and appreciate everything they have sacrificed for us?

[quasi schooner]

https://giphy.com/gifs/IOI-agent-47-moms-spaghetti-hitman-chef-J9Flz5OIX7SQg6KLtB

[alpine charm]

no contribution of my tax dollars are enough for great papa yahu

[quasi schooner]

wha you mean hitler 2.0?

[alpine charm]

+$60,000 checkings account

[alpine charm]

-$60,000

[quasi schooner]

https://giphy.com/gifs/emoji-dissolve-dissolving-F3t0lZJV7wVJwqgi5Q

My mossad funding gone makes me mo ssad

[robust pendant]

because you now know about the brain scorcher, and for you to go to the zone, you need all the documents. you find the first one in x18, the next in x16, and from there you go to the center

and from the documents and ghost's audio log, you get more information, not only about you, but the brain scorcher too (where it is, what it does, etc)

[cobalt fiber]

Continue with the same bs when your mute is up tomorrow and it’ll be a month @alpine charm @quasi schooner

[robust pendant]

you basically do all this because you want to know who you are, but you aren't doing it for free, barkeep wants them and its almost a suicide mission

[shell flax]

methinks track is in no mood for dumbshit today

Nearly level 40

[cobalt fiber]

2 levels away

Well

1 and a half

[stark marsh]

Rusty makarov or perfect and new SA80?

[sleek hemlock]

When will the update come out personally I'm starting to get a bit tired of media pings on mods I can't even access because I'm on PS5 lol

[stable warren]

Yeah but I lowk forgot when did he learn strelok was supposed to be in the center

Or wait nvm it was at agroprom im lowk stupid

[smoky hawk]

ha!

[sleek hemlock]

Yeah yeah pc good yada yada

The ram shortages hurt everyone lol I got what I could afford at times

[robust pendant]

dont worry, happens, game is quite long and theres a lot of walking too

[smoky hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/scar-stalker-pibb-xtra-clear-sky-gif-14605512341377138525

if you say so

[robust pendant]

about june, probably

although thats for the dlc, idk if there is a planned updated beforehand

[sleek hemlock]

Id love a PC you think I don't hate console lmao

[robust pendant]

also, just ignore molt (like, go to his profile and hit ignore)

[sleek hemlock]

Fair

[robust pendant]

you dont get his pings this way

[hoary crest]

Lmfao, you made Deathguard leave 😄

[mighty violet]

mol1t is back??

[mighty violet]

just uncheck the media ping

#media-notifications

[sleek hemlock]

Ty done

[mighty violet]

i dont like media ping cuz its boring 99% of the time lol

[shell flax]

He’s still here, he just blocked you I think

[harsh jungle]

huh

[pseudo coral]

Failure to load profile banner though so could be true.

Sips on applejuice

[cobalt fiber]

Not anymore

As of 5 minutes ago I banned him

[shell flax]

So the age old question: was it actually Deathguard or did we find a new one?

[cobalt fiber]

Not sure lmao

[shell flax]

Oh well lmao

[hoary crest]

Lmfao

[shell flax]

Track trying to catch up to Jack on kills this month

Though does an alt & main count as two or one, since it’s the same dude

[cobalt fiber]

Well he was circumventing with that other dude with the “ninjas” shit

And then started reacting watermelons

Good enough a reason if you ask me

[shell flax]

Bro didn’t even try to hide it

Actually nah I think we found a new one then, as far as I know even Rog didn’t try that stuff

[cobalt fiber]

Yeah rogg wasn’t racist

[shell flax]

Man had some class at least

Welp, what’s done is done

[mystic temple]

now then…what next?

[shell flax]

Honestly I’m just messing around til the range opens up later (if the fog doesn’t stay as bad as it is rn )

[mystic temple]

That’s so real

I might SBR one of my AKs

[shell flax]

Cordoned off DNR range or not, I ain’t shooting if I can’t see ten feet in front of me

We do have indoor ranges but I don’t feel like paying 25 bucks today

[mystic temple]

Indoor ranges Lowkey suck imo

Poor air circulation, can’t go past 10 ft, can’t pick up brass (bc the place sells it), and all you do is just stand there

[shell flax]

Nah, not the one near me. They have really good ranges & you can pick up your brass

If it doesn’t fall across the line of course

[mystic temple]

Of course

I’m already driving an hour one way to that indoor so I just go to the outdoor one at that point. At least at the outdoor one I don’t get charged range fees

[shell flax]

Hell they have full autos for rental, everything from a SAW to a god damn Sten lmao

[mystic temple]

Eh I’ve shot full auto enough and enough different guns to where it doesn’t excite me anymore

[shell flax]

Truthfully it’s more the novelty for me, no one I know has the stuff to get one so it’s cool

[mystic temple]

Real

I occasionally go to competitions and afterwards we all show off our cool toys so that’s when I shoot that stuff

Oh and one of those absurdly short barreled mosins

[shell flax]

Still saving up for a gun at this point, last job didn’t work out so back to the search

[mystic temple]

What are you looking at?

[shell flax]

870

If I had the money though I’d go full goofy with something like a DP-12 I’m gonna be honest lol

[marble gyro]

Dp 12 is an interesting gun

[shell flax]

In every video I’ve seen on it I’ve seen one dude have a malfunction (Which could be because of editing but oh well)

[shell flax]

Also apparently Standard manufacturing is making a version that can volley fire

Both barrels at once

[violet dune]

molit is back, DLC dropping tonight bois!

[weary hedge]

?

it is coming in June

[hybrid tangle]

I got a job guys.

[harsh jungle]

I’m gonna go insane

maybe on my Dimitri fire emblem arc

[marble gyro]

Isn't Molit like a community mod or something?

And not an actual dev?

[graceful dirge]

He's the community manager. Think of him like our liaison of direct information from the devs

[cobalt fiber]

Responsible for community engagement, promotion, events etc.

[marble gyro]

Ah, so the hype man

[shell flax]

Right on cue lmao

[graceful dirge]

More like the only one who can give us some slice of new information without breach of NDA like from individual testers

[shell oak]

Is adding a holographic sight on Skif’s pistol too OP? It’s hard to aim with that thing. The iron sights are so tiny.

[shell flax]

Obligatory Skill issue

But yeah, Skif’s mak is tiny for people not close up to their screen

[shell oak]

I am close to the screen. It’s okay. But hard on moving targets. Especially if they’re mid range.

[mild haven]

Having never held a PM irl, I heard people saying Skif's pistol was too small

Is that true?

[shell oak]

No idea. All I know is the iron sights are tiny.