☢┃stalker-general

[twilit dome]

hmm, i think that kharod fires better and looks cooler. And you can change calibers sooo

thx for helping me decide

[bitter plover]

i think that one has little higher fire rate and other little higher dmg

but they end up on the pretty same DPS

[astral otter]

I think the dnipro looks cooler, but the kharod is a fun gun, and feel nice to mix it up.

[charred nova]

TRUE

[spark lake]

1.9 this week?

[vernal lily]

It's Tuesday

[charred nova]

Me when 2.9 soon

[river chasm]

It will release When It's Done

[robust pendant]

As Newell said "these things, they take time"

[spark hedge]

“Ish ChEwsDaY”

[dreamy dagger]

Why are people calling it 1.9 when officially it won't be called that?

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/higgs-monaghan-death-stranding-2-higgs-ds2-gif-12637044712214846610

[river chasm]

Because it's still a patch. Stories Untold wasn't marketed as 1.8 but everyone was calling it that anyway

[dreamy dagger]

Yall in the wrong yall

I'm waiting for 2.0 to get my cock hard

Until then its... dead

[dire heart]

can I not get the combatamt if I side with the ward?

[river chasm]

Personally I do not really care what people call it. I finished Stories Untold and liked it and will do the new quest when this patch releases but then I will also be waiting for 2.0

[twilit dome]

what is stories untold exactly?

[river chasm]

It was a new side quest line added back in December

It was ~4-5 hours and pretty good

Also feels like it's teasing some elements in the expansion

[dire heart]

I need to progress to get the unique spas 12 from the arena right i cant just run there and do the arena?

[charred nova]

Yah you gotta progress a bit

Or it will cut you off about 2 fights from the end

[slender abyss]

Can I upgrade my nvg gen 3b?

[river chasm]

I think 3b is the most advanced in the game

[slender abyss]

Ok can I upgrade it like at all or no? Just wondering if I can or not

[river chasm]

I don't believe so but I haven't gotten one myself

[dreamy dagger]

Siding with Ward is like siding with Trump & Tate... all at once

AVOID!

[slender abyss]

Oh ok srry for asking it in here a few times

[dire heart]

I already sided with strelock last run plus being evil is fun

[dreamy dagger]

Being evil is no fun, brodmane

Being evil is dangerous in this world of constant grief

[river chasm]

It's worth doing a ward playthrough at least once imo because it does explain some things scar is too loony and dramatic to explain to you

[still current]

Krezzinium

[dire heart]

plus im not convinced that scar isnt still brainwashed by c consciousness

[river chasm]

Plus the cutscenes with dalin and korshunov are gold

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/dr-evil-austin-powers-gif-9140683

[still current]

I'll throw you a dlc

[dreamy dagger]

Agatha Strip Club Xperiences?

Lock me in there without any weapons but you can't take the only one I have. ITS BUILT IN!

[still current]

A psi device

[dreamy dagger]

Can't take away my shifter stick!

https://tenor.com/view/laughing-quintero-jesus-quintero-los-socos-de-cemento-risitas-gif-18238996613441764633

Bruh its insane its been 1 year and something and I never seen Agatha ingame

[still current]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-2-stalker-scar-spark-meme-gif-6112129495284371231

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/chris-tucker-rush-hour-aw-gif-23422317

@waxen marten If next update is coming next week, when is Q1 2026 Roadmap coming?

[proven hollow]

a-life when though?

[proven hollow]

also krezzin relax

[bitter plover]

there is no roadmap in Ba Sing Se

[proven hollow]

First eat your first roadmap, then maybe you get a second one

[golden gulch]

Host of Cope better be cumming soon

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/russell-westbrook-westbrook-basketball-player-american-basketball-player-nba-gif-6454275910963113646

Ba Sing Se?

Never go to Vietnam, guys...

[bitter plover]

damm, Krezzin is noob and doesnt know true Avatar. Tourist

[dreamy dagger]

I don't like anime, why hate?

[bitter plover]

bcs its avatar

[dreamy dagger]

I'm a grown ass man

[bitter plover]

that needs pills

[dreamy dagger]

I care about

1. Tits, Ass & Puss combo
2. 1
3. 2

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

[bitter plover]

I know bro, i know

[dreamy dagger]

Anime is for neckbeards

[bitter plover]

there is that daddario gif ready somewhere in your chat bar, i know

[visual mortar]

krezzin you'd love anime then

[dreamy dagger]

Nobody taking himself serious like sanime

[twilit dome]

not an anime. Its a cartoon

[visual mortar]

and you're addicted to porn

[dreamy dagger]

I see you identified yourself here

[dreamy dagger]

Paste the link of the last porn video I watched then!

YOUZA ONE POOR LIAR!

[visual mortar]

oh idk I can't do that

[dreamy dagger]

Oh hell yeah you got caught being a neckweirdo

[visual mortar]

its much too graphic

[serene barn]

why would they have the link to the last video you saw.

[dreamy dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/snatch-bad-moment-timing-gif-17264314

[marble gyro]

Wtf is with you people

[dreamy dagger]

Watchu saying, Purpleman

Another day in the office!

[vernal lily]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1454235718875480291/1482681808960098376/1773569290283.gif

[stark crescent]

Ok. And now?

[stark crescent]

You have been here for 4 months and you still havnt figured that out? Pfff. Wannabe stalker

@dreamy dagger show him the latest porn vid you watched

[marble gyro]

Has it really been 4 months?

Felt like I joined like a week ago

[stark crescent]

And you became a mod before me, who has been here since 2019

[marble gyro]

Huh....interesting

[shell flax]

[twilit dome]

tf am i supposed to do against faust? are his hp infinite?

[marble gyro]

You shoot him

[twilit dome]

duh

[smoky hawk]

LAMP

[twilit dome]

shoot his lamp?

[vernal lily]

Shoot his dumb ass lamp

[shell flax]

Direct impact with an RPG

[marble gyro]

Throw a pineapple surprise

[vernal lily]

The large ones around him, and the one on his hip

[shell flax]

Strip the lamp for copper

[ruby gale]

What is this, crackhead Olympics?

[vernal lily]

I didn't eat enough sand this morning

[shell flax]

No that’s Cincinnati

[ruby gale]

You dont have a hip flask of sand as backup?

[ruby gale]

I was thinking florida, or the classic Detroit

[vernal lily]

Always forget to prepare backup sand, have to remember next time.

[shell flax]

Florida is the methhead cup and Detroit is the Fent World Series

[vernal lily]

What about Ohio

[dire heart]

so scar is basically the real main character because hes naturally gifted?

[shell flax]

Cincinnati is the crackhead city of Ohio

[vernal lily]

But that's just one city, unless it acts like the powerhead

[shell flax]

It’s the heart of it

[ruby gale]

If by naturally gifted you mean clinically insane, yes

Anyways, thats my time here for the day or so, see you next time

[twilit dome]

is it normal to get faust necklace thingy twice?

[barren canopy]

@twilit dome yeah

[dire heart]

hes naturally gifted with naturally psy resistance

[serene barn]

well yeah but he's also been fried what, 2-3 times by emissions that did in fact, do damage to his body.

[dire heart]

wasnt the brain damage from the c consciousness stalker program?

[serene barn]

no but surely being turned into a C-Con agent can't have been good for his brain after having been hit by emissions 3 times lol.

[serene barn]

During Clear Sky, Scar is caught by an emission like 3 times if not 4 i am not certain there.

[dire heart]

probs all of the above then

but considering hes survived that much psy exposure hes very gifted

[marble gyro]

Scar is like super human to withstand emissions

[dire heart]

we sure hes even human

[serene barn]

like i remember the start of the game when he's hired to guide the scientists around and an emission happens out of the blue. then he wakes up and is sent to a camp somewhere and fights off some boars i think it was in the swamp and then an emission happens again while he's got no shelter. i can't remember if there's a 3rd time after or if the 3rd time is just at the end when the mega emission happens which hits almost all of Clear Sky on the attack of the CNPP?

so not only does Scar survive being hit full on, by an emission. but he does it 3 times.

[dire heart]

he built diffrent

[serene barn]

the Monolith though seem to be immune to emissions due to their brainwashing iirc.

[dire heart]

he could very well be a c consciousness experiment or maybe clear sky used him as a experiment

[marble gyro]

3rd time he gets hit and by the time he wakes up, he is in skyrim in chains

Amd becomes the next dovahkin

[serene barn]

like i remember when i saw him in 2 and felt like, that was such a spin on his char

and then i remembered, dude's been tripple fried by emissions, so i decided that was enough reason to let his new personality slide.

even more so when i found out what was done to him.

[marble gyro]

Bro is just built differently

[serene barn]

because apparently, Clear Sky also did things with him.

[barren canopy]

Well, whatever went on and gave Scar brain scrabblies, they added an Aim Bot.

[dusky pawn]

His programming is also clearly malfunctioning or just being hard on him

[dire heart]

sounds like he needs be put out of his misery

[dusky pawn]

He has dreams about marshall's life and it might be that his hesitation at the end is due to marshall's personality

Even his boss fight OST is basically a musical reenactment of marshall's memories of the raid

[barren canopy]

All he does is want a nice zombie friend to share some toast. It's why he keeps making them and leaving his little heart all over the zone.

[dusky pawn]

You can hear gunfire, screams, marching

[coarse yew]

Is there any actual female stalkers in S2 or are they just shopkeepers and story characters?
Idk why so many chuds got mad about it.

[dusky pawn]

Mavka but thats dlc

Ohh wait u mean random npcs
No

[serene barn]

i think it's because they unlike normally, transfered the memories of someone else, into his head.

[coarse yew]

Played the main story multiple times, never came across a female

[serene barn]

so his brain is clashing with 2 sets of memories, one is his and another isn't.

[dire heart]

i dont think being a female stalker that goes out and fights would um end well

[coarse yew]

Girlboss the zone, stalker

[serene barn]

at the moment, no there isn't any female stalkers. a thing i feel like makes no real sense.

[dusky pawn]

Yes its likely the intended explanation
While the emissions and programming itself just add to it

[dire heart]

why is strider like a walking tank when under monolith control

[dusky pawn]

There would likely be a handful but this isnt really a place that would be popular among the girls

[barren canopy]

@dire heart I am sure the Wish Granter probably stops all pain from being sent to his body, along with pushing his muscles, etc beyond normal limits. There is a great cut scene in the game showing basically what happens when youre in the Monolith fold.

[dire heart]

ya but it seems like other monolith arent as jacked as him

like when u leave circa and fight the one monolith guy

[barren canopy]

@dire heart Strider is just built different? I mean it does turn Khors who is childlike into a straight killer.

[serene barn]

when the monolith "switch" is flipped, they get rid of their emotions, it's like combat mode.

[vernal lily]

Every monolith is a walking tank, Strider just looks thick

[dire heart]

ya but all the normal monolith arent like nearly as unkillable as strider

[barren canopy]

Doesn't help that Skif is a short king. Everyone around him,except Scar is a good 6 inches taller.

[serene barn]

at what point did Strider seem unkillable?

[dire heart]

i more ment like strong

[barren canopy]

@serene barn probably when the Signal happens and he tries to suck start a rifle.

[dire heart]

like when u leave circa theres a cutscene with skif hand to hand fighting monolith vs skif hand to hand fighting strider

[serene barn]

he is just strong, the monolith are trained in both ranged combat and hand to hand i feel.

[reef birch]

ai made coverart for the box set face wtf

[serene barn]

another thing is that Strider isn't just a monolith soldier but he was literally a higher up, most likely meaning his training is a step above the other's.

[charred nova]

me when they @everyone for a products most people can't even buy

[dark grotto]

95% of the player base cant use it lmao

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/hideo-kojima-gaming-controller-gif-894713486585618634

[tranquil jewel]

Is it just me or do the announcements they put out like the one today or the Xbox promo for the DLC read increasingly like they were written by AI

[dire heart]

just take out a high intrest loan and go in debt to buy it

[charred nova]

I can't even buy it

even if i wanted to

its only for people who live in ukraine

[smoky hawk]

https://tenor.com/view/lets-go-gambling-gif-3937562841362806777

even as a collaboration this is iffy asf

[proven hollow]

i can't take mol1t's baits anymore

[visual mortar]

taking out a loan and going gambling

[frigid axle]

i have a doubt that the cover of the S2 book has an AI Pic but i cant prove it yet

[vernal lily]

thought you said Molt's balls and got scared

[dire heart]

gamble to make the money then or ruin your credit score with a loan you cant pay off

[waxen marten]

unfortunately we don't have separate ua tag as we have for media

[cursive light]

Normal thing in all games)) you cant make those stuff for whole world

[waxen marten]

I thought about how not to tag everyone, ultimately we decided with ehm, we ball approach

[proven hollow]

no, those i can take

[frigid axle]

oh jack remember me, im the dude u nicknamed Zedlepplin, i terminated that acc and it should go away soon

[smoky hawk]

I assume GSC isnt even making them

[dire heart]

i went into debt to buy the dlc

[smoky hawk]

I assume they just gave the license

[charred nova]

Fair

[barren canopy]

Us in the States just have to suffer in our on little niche game.

[waxen marten]

[proven hollow]

dw bro we definitely aren't all heartbroken

[vernal lily]

ballin

[waxen marten]

imagine dying coz of discord ping

gonna be painful

[charred nova]

i am dying

[odd sky]

"АТБ" my beloved

[charred nova]

Im bleeding out on the floor

ping shot me right through my computer screen

[dire heart]

when can i do the mission to get the clusterfuck?

[frigid axle]

Awful game, everyone ping for book, absolutely unplayable, reimbursed

[proven hollow]

i swear GSC just payes this guy to ragebait, based

[leaden rapids]

Hey guys, so I started playing Anomaly Vanilla for the first time some days ago and i was so excited but when i started doing the first missions, I could not get like engaged, do you guys recommend me something?

[stray sierra]

that discord ping stabbed me

[odd sky]

Bye bye "Silpo"

[charred nova]

🥀

[barren canopy]

Speaking of dying.. Odds of finishing my current master permadeath run. Just left Wild Island..

[proven hollow]

play good story mods instead of a senseless sandbox

[serene barn]

i feel like that ping is just in the pile of others that i don't really care about lol.

[golden moat]

I have a question. If I buy the ultimate edition right now, Will I get Cost of Hope or do I have to buy it separately when it comes out?

[frigid axle]

start with lighter mods and then go full anomaly

[waxen marten]

this is why I made the next pacth not coming this week post instead of staying silent /s

[charred nova]

[frigid axle]

ultimate edition includes all future dlcs and dlcs

[charred nova]

Mol1t is the final boss of rage baiting

[burnt bridge]

What day 😅

[waxen marten]

https://giphy.com/gifs/rvappstudios-tuesday-happy-love-you-x4DbsICbJbTcw6bMrj

[regal sinew]

If you buy the ultimate edition you will have the DLCs paid for, so ‘free’ when they release.

[golden moat]

Thank you so much

[vernal lily]

Tomorrow's April 1st, Molt might be scheming

[stray sierra]

you get the "anomalies" for free

[serene barn]

uh did you try to read what the ultimate edition comes with?

[frigid axle]

and a coffe

[proven hollow]

hey, april 1st is no laughing matter

[barren canopy]

Taxes due

[waxen marten]

I gonna rename discord To STALKER G.A.M.M.A

[stray sierra]

Thanks for reminding me to mute him

[leaden rapids]

Like what?

[proven hollow]

do it

[vernal lily]

I beg you to do this for real

[charred nova]

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

[calm ocean]

cossacks 4

[foggy olive]

New unreal engine engine

[frigid axle]

anything that fits your game style in nexus, download what you like, get the habit, play, then download more mods similar to anomaly, and then after you understand mostly what you need to do or you play style, then you go full anomaly

[serene barn]

i wonder if the engine upgrade thing is actually gonna be good for the game.

[waxen marten]

Chornobyl Engine

[vernal lily]

Damn, what could a lil' guy like him ever do

[thorn orbit]

[charred nova]

STALKER 2 combat evolved

[foggy olive]

UE 7.0

[frigid axle]

unreal Engine 67

[burnt bridge]

Is 1.9 engine update in disguise

[odd sky]

Stalker oblivion lost 2

[regal sinew]

Thomas the jank engine.

[frigid axle]

nah it would be visible

[smoky hawk]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1289741628256292967/1376268242175393832/attachment.gif

[dire heart]

tbh the monolith armour looks so cool

[vernal lily]

Saykee typing up a storm

[proven hollow]

Stalker OP2.3 when tho

[remote thorn]

can i dm you about something wrong with my phone

[serene barn]

ngl "Oblivion Lost" sounds like a cool title.

[leaden rapids]

Thank you🙏🏻

[stray sierra]

idk like promise me the world, tell me he loves me. We get together for dinner, then as we were about to kiss, he tells me april fools. The whole restaurant points and laughs. He leans in and whispers in my ear "no 1.9 this week" and I break down crying?

[leaden rapids]

Stalker Booty Lost

[frigid axle]

well thank me after what you experience, i dont even have a pc and i Uninstalled S2 two weeks ago for storage

but mostly yeah get acquainted with a lot of mods before trying a bundle giant of mods out of no where

[vernal lily]

dayum, no kvass for you

[stray sierra]

damn i cant send gifs. This day keeps getting worse

[leaden rapids]

I Run S2 at 1600x600 and TAA at ultra performance with graphics at Low, ask me your questions🫩

[frigid hill]

kirylow has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[proven hollow]

kiry behave

[dusky pawn]

Piss off

[proven hollow]

so rude

[leaden rapids]

I Will, that is even more stalker to play so its better

[visual mortar]

mold

[charred nova]

sir only the table may swear in general chat

[charred nova]

MOLD MAXXING

[vernal lily]

That one mono who helped khors literally overpowered skif for a moment and stabbed him
Skif who can hold his own against fuсking korshunov
- Kiryłow

[frigid axle]

oh my heavens did you actually say piss? so out of class

When's stalker 3?

[vernal lily]

dropping tomorrow

[frigid axle]

doubt it

[leaden rapids]

John Stalker the 3rd

[visual mortar]

the bombs

[frigid axle]

Real

[vernal lily]

pocket sand

[harsh jungle]

I am having a great mental debate

[harsh jungle]

guys do you think I should get a meme signed at 11 am on Friday or go to a photo shoot at 11 am on Friday

[vernal lily]

who's signing the meme, and what's the photo shoot

[visual mortar]

i think you should have free will

[harsh jungle]

Mark Whitten, the voice actor of Seteth and the photo shoot is fire emblem

[harsh jungle]

I can’t decide tbf

[proven hollow]

Free will is overrated, come join the Monolith

[barren canopy]

If I had free will, I wouldn't subject myself to hundreds of hours of S2

[visual mortar]

who's forcing you to do that

[barren canopy]

@visual mortar personal pride? I want to get a full permadeath run with all side quest.. Someone always tosses a branch in my spokes at the end.

[vernal lily]

I personally think a photoshoot would me more memorable if you're asking me, but it's up to you.

[barren canopy]

Best I have is a sub 5 lowdeath on Master.

[charred nova]

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

[frigid hill]

cupcake8718 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[dire heart]

when does the mission for the clusterduck appear

[vernal lily]

when does the mission for the cluster fuсk appear?
- Cupcake

[dire heart]

ya lol

the sniper assult rifle thing

[vernal lily]

uh

[barren canopy]

It's the battle for the Sultanansk.

[vernal lily]

maybe someone else cna help

[dire heart]

think thats its name

[vernal lily]

interesting

[barren canopy]

You basically need to do Beard, Sultan, and Sonyas side quest, the Sonya will ask for a hand, and it will lead to the Cluster.

[regal sinew]

During the 3 Captains side quest.

[dire heart]

can I do it from start of the game or does it appear after a certain main quest?

[barren canopy]

@dire heart If you really want to go to Zaton early, however, that rifles maitnence is insanely expensive if you're just starting. Now, I think the final part has a trigger tied to the main story.

[dire heart]

I do dislike how wepons break so fast

[barren canopy]

Only reason I hit Zaton early is for the Limited Non-Stop, and the 3 anomalies to farm. Heck, I have 9 out 10 before doing the first story quest out of Lesser.

[regal sinew]

Buy wear and tear upgrades. It slows down the degradation.

[barren canopy]

My thing is, I take Camp K almost immediately from starting the game, so you have the best mutant farm pre Pripyat. Makes upkeep nothing.

[dire heart]

cant wait to get my hands on the g3 thats going to be my main wepon

[regal sinew]

Sell mutant parts at STC Malachite for some decent bank.

[barren canopy]

I have my Dnipro, S3 Sniper, and Siaga within 2 hours of leaving the Lesser Zone. I set myself up really well.

[dire heart]

do mutant parts sell for more at malachite?

[regal sinew]

X2 chimera ears sold for 52K or something on Master.

[barren canopy]

@regal sinew dont sell, turn in. You can make 300k+ an hour pre pripyat at a conservative estimate.

[dire heart]

turn in where?

[regal sinew]

It’s like a special orders thing.

[barren canopy]

@dire heart Victoria at Stc Malachite

[dire heart]

ah oki

[barren canopy]

Running guns is for suckers, and if youre running reds... oh boy

[dire heart]

so i should save all my mutant parts then sell em all to her in bulk?

[regal sinew]

I don’t get what you mean, I do the special orders for Victoria for the mutant parts.

[barren canopy]

@dire heart save save save, dont ever sell them, just do her turn ins, if she isnt asking for what you have. Sleep twice and the list refreshes

[oak shale]

Tomorrow is A-life 2.0 releasing

[serene barn]

not a lot for that gun unfortunately. it's been coded to have significantly less item health and or higher wear than other 416s

[spark hedge]

sup nerds

[barren canopy]

@regal sinew oh, I get that, just sounded like selling, instead of filling her orders is all, just clarification, apologies man

[serene barn]

red guns? i stashed those and sold em occationally. especially the higher tier guns.

[regal sinew]

Ah, I use the modified Fora ‘Lullaby’ that comes with the Ultimate edition and I’ve pretty much used that religiously, has 2 or 3 wear and tear upgrades with an integrated silencer and is a head popping machine with the RNBW x2 optic.

[barren canopy]

@serene barn only ones I save are m701s and Gauss, otherwise, its a lot of wasted weigh when you are exploring. I try to stay under 40 kilos at all times, mobility is key in most fights

[spark hedge]

is there a stalker 2 multiplayer mod yet

[regal sinew]

If there was you’d have probably heard about it.

[serene barn]

it is a lot of weight but when you can stash guns in containers and plop a marker on them, it works out. there's a lot of money in batch selling even high tier reds.

[barren canopy]

@spark hedge I wish, I would love to bring people into the game and show them my routes for gearing as soon as you leave the Lesser, along with strats i use.

[spark hedge]

Fr, a Stalker online game would be cool though like fallout 76 even tho 76 is a downgrade

[barren canopy]

@serene barn dunno, I have got real particular about it. Early game, sure, run weapons, but once you geg certain places open, like Camp K, mutant farming is the only thing worth your time.

[regal sinew]

I had like 200k coupons before I even left the Lesser Zone just from stash runs and selling yellow conditioned items.

[serene barn]

the clusterfuck is a modified 416, which means it's a low tier gun and those don't have a lot of options for modifications either but the gun is really solid for being a 556 slinger

[barren canopy]

Like, personally, I have well over 1k hours, beat the game a ton on Master, actually only play on master, and am close to a true permadeath run, my best was 3 deaths

[regal sinew]

Yeah I have it, I just don’t use it lol.

[barren canopy]

And I do all side quest and explore.. lol

[serene barn]

i stopped playing before they added in mutant skinning and other things lel.

[barren canopy]

So my routes and playstyle are really tuned at this point. I love this game too much sometimes.

[twilit dome]

do artifacts respawn after an emission?

[barren canopy]

@twilit dome kind of.. its hard to explain

[regal sinew]

I run the Lullaby, Margach D-12MT and the Hunter sniper. Snuck into Pripyat early just to grab my journalist stash because I think it sucks they locked the dopest shotgun an sniper behind the last few hours of the game.

[serene barn]

they're supposed to in S2.

[barren canopy]

@twilit dome basically you need to emission to respawn the field, however, time and distance from it also matter. So if you just harvested, dont expect it to respawn, etc.

[twilit dome]

there is a shotgun in the journalists stash in pripyat?

[barren canopy]

It took 4 emission cycles for my first compass on my current playthrough, and I hit every anomaly in the zone.

[serene barn]

i remember when the Holemaker was hella good.

[barren canopy]

@twilit dome the best looking Siaga in the game

[regal sinew]

Yep, an exo armour, the sniper and shotgun all in one stash.

[twilit dome]

alr thx

[barren canopy]

Now we have, a fully nodded Siaga, Dnipro, s3 sniper, falcon armor, compass, 2 liquid rocks, 2 hyper cubes, etc, and just left wild island. Looking good for this run.

[regal sinew]

I don’t use the exo armour though I just stick to the 9I

[barren canopy]

Yeah, most armors are viable all game

If you have the artifacts to match.

[serene barn]

that exo is only a reskinned of the basic one iirc.

[twilit dome]

what do hypercubes do?

[regal sinew]

Reduce Bleeding iirc.

[barren canopy]

Ruby exo is fantastic you can live with the weight.

[serene barn]

i remember back when the unique guns from those journo stashes were literally just, worse versions of the gun

[barren canopy]

Reduce bleed and max thermal, plus, outside the weird bolt, its the one thing that keeps you from getting one shot on master from Poppers

And poppers are stupid on master, always 2 and instantly explode.

[serene barn]

i can't remember if Poppers even does primarily fire damage or if the fire is secondary and the main source being physical

[twilit dome]

now, just after emission, should i re-visit "ribs" (just looted it) or not?

[barren canopy]

It's primarily fire from my testing

[smoky hawk]

bleeding will not reduce until you can admit CS is good

[barren canopy]

@twilit dome I would come back to it, put in some good distance and a little bit of time, should respawn then

[spark cypress]

https://giphy.com/gifs/not-my-job-2mUpRq04FE98s

[barren canopy]

And smack those people on YouTube who try and explain artifacts.. My God the misinformation.

Just because you got a chocolate bar from that anomaly doesnt mean its the only spot, etc.. They need a kick.

[dire heart]

what guns even use 762x39

[barren canopy]

@dire heart Dnipro! RPM, Eastern Block Sniper Rifles

[burnt bridge]

[smoky hawk]

none, there is no reason to add it

[regal sinew]

CS is good. I’ve never denied that lol.

[barren canopy]

@regal sinew its a great DLC

[regal sinew]

I love all the OGs.

[barren canopy]

Dnipro only after you snag the mod from the White House in Pripyat, but it one shots exos with a header on Master.

[frozen crown]

DO you have to wait for Shaders Compiling every game or can skip them? It's getting a bit old lol

[dire heart]

they need add a akm akms are cool

[serene barn]

none do currently as the ammo was removed from the game and the ones that did was changed into 7.62x54

[smoky hawk]

why

[dire heart]

but I have 762x39

[barren canopy]

@serene barn yeah, I was just thinking of 762 in general

[serene barn]

most sources of 762x39 was removed but some are left. but it's useless other than selling it.

[dire heart]

ya i got it from thr noontide stockpile

[serene barn]

the RPM-74 machine gun used to take it but this was changed to reflect the fact the gun CLEARLY uses x54. and the Dnipro conversion used to use x39 but this was changed in the same update to use x54 too even if that makes no sense.

[regal sinew]

I just let it compile since it only takes a couple minutes but from what I know you can skip it as long as you haven’t recently updated graphics drivers recently then you will need to let it compile.

[dire heart]

kinda hate the balancing for this game

[smoky hawk]

it makes sense, big boolet shoots big damage

if it didnt make sense, it wouldnt compile in the editor

[dire heart]

I hope the g3 in the dlc atually hits like a 308 and isnt just a 556 gun but now it uses 308

[burnt bridge]

Mods 🤗

[serene barn]

it doesn't make sense to change the ammo for the Dnipro when i'm pretty certain than you cannot load 762x54 into a 545 mag

[smoky hawk]

it makes a lot of sense actually
its a config difference, a few lines in the code

very easy

[serene barn]

it's the same type of logic that bothered me when the RPM-74 used 762x39 despite clearly being modeled as if shooting 762x54.

[twilit dome]

a burer just ripped my rhino out of my hands and shot me with it like wtf now i know why they do that

[serene barn]

so many things in the game that isn't realistic, yet it feels like it would just be easier for some things to make them work correctly.

we heal from having been shot in seconds and losing blood isn't a concern unless you die from it. we just refill super fast.

[potent knot]

Load it vertically

[smoky hawk]

sorry did you want like, GZW or Tarkov stuff?

[potent knot]

Its Zone, we aint gotta explain nothin

[serene barn]

but man, making your guns use the right ammo just seems like the correct choice when you've already got the ammo type in the game

[smoky hawk]

just because you can introduce any ammo type in the game doesnt mean you should

[serene barn]

like why would you make something wrong on purpose like this, i just don't get it, it's so out of touch

[potent knot]

Yes but if the ammo already exists in the game why not use it?
The Rhino using 9x39 rather than 9mm is fine cause .357 is technicslly a 9mm bullet just more powerful so for balancing reasons 9x39 makes sense;
But why swap a round that already exists for another that its not used in?

[smoky hawk]

you could add .357 to the game, I can give you the texture for it here
should you tho?

[dire heart]

how do I reset the malachite girls parts orders?

[marble gyro]

Add a 30-30 lever action

[serene barn]

idek what round the revolver is supposed to use because it seems like a mix of at least 2 revolvers and the rounds are shaped like 9mm or something

got that rounded tip n all.

[smoky hawk]

the point is, you can create any type of round in the game, its a game item, and the game uses ammo boxes for icons so its really easy to just hand make the textures in 2 hours, but should you?

should there be obscure ammo that is only used by a single gun taking up loot tables?

[shell flax]

Understood release the 4.6 ammo

But no I agree

[serene barn]

i don't think i am seeing how that means that it makes sense to remove an ammo type from the game just to make a gun use a bullet it's magazine cannot fit

[shell flax]

7.62x39 was only used by a gun you needed an upgrade you only get in the final stretch of the game, so it essentially was worthless

[serene barn]

like i don't know if 762x39 is that much bigger than 545 but surely 762x54 is much larger and makes no sense to make the Dnipro use somehow. when the 762x39 just felt much more fitting lol.

[shell flax]

Stalker has never been 1-1 accurate on guns though. The 9x18 Viper in CS, the shotgun with a gravi stuffed in the barrel.

[serene barn]

that's what i touched on before when i said we heal bullet wounds in seconds

[shell flax]

Hell S2 is the most ‘realistic’ it’s gotten in vanilla

[smoky hawk]

when 1.0 released x39 was prohibitively inexistant to use, it was so rare some people never even came accross it, and as such, these weapons never saw use, so I am asking you, should x39 exist knowing that because its such a underutilized caliber and that it wont exist many of in loot? or should the weapon just be rebalanced so that it uses more common and easier to balance ammo?

wether or not the model fits says jackshit

quite frankly

the question is completely diff and I can only see you ignore it

[serene barn]

like i literally said that i understand that some things work because it's a game but i don't get the idea of changing something in a way where it doesn't make any sense to have been changed. the RPM was clearly modelled to shoot 762x54 and thank god it now does. but why change the Dnipro's conversion from using an ammo type that you already put in the game to another that just doesn't make sense because the gun can't fit it.

they literally removed most of the 762x39 in the game when they could just have left it in for the Dnipro

[shell flax]

For an upgrade you only get in the last couple hours of the game?

[serene barn]

or idk, give us the RPD that was flaunted in the game but we never got lol.

[dire heart]

fec I accidentally sold lynx instead of my normal svd

[potent knot]

My point was for some things its fine (eg. For .357 not existing and a substitutebeing used), but for others where the ammo already exists in game, why not just use the correct ammo?

[shell flax]

Vasim exiting the conversation seeing people not read his messages

[smoky hawk]

is your entire argument that the real life gun isnt like that and so the game shouldnt?

[serene barn]

right like a mag for 545 is close enough that i will let it slide that it's able to use 762x39, but making it use a much larger round just feels weird to me.

[potent knot]

As far as I can see the Rhino is just based off of Colt Python or Taurus Raging Bull so some kind of 9mm round (.38 cal) makes sense

[smoky hawk]

why is it fine for some things? like I said adding .357 is easy as fuck

[shell flax]

I think GSC should replace the 7.62 upgrade with the 5.56 variant to spite the people complaining about it

Still realistic

[serene barn]

my argument is they should've just left the ammo type, and kept the Dnipro conversion using the ammo already in the game, that also is close enough in size. rather than remove the ammo and then change the Dnipro to use a round it most likely can't even fit

[smoky hawk]

so it is what I just said

[serene barn]

it's like if you took a bizon and magically made it shoot .50 bmg

[smoky hawk]

and what if I made

[serene barn]

idk how my argument is supposed to not be valid lmao

[smoky hawk]

if we say that .50 is as findable as 7.62x54 in the game, what would be the problem with a pp bizon that fires .50?

[dire heart]

just add a akm then u have a easy to make gun that uses 762x39

or add a conversion for the normal.ak

[potent knot]

Cause if the round exists in the game already and would take 0 effort to just assign to a gun, why not use it?
Its not like you need to make damage values and whatnot and rebalance a new round for the game.
If theres a close equivalent its easier from a game design perspective to use it.
But if you already have 5.45 for a gun that uses 5.45 but then arbitrarily make it use x54R it makes you kinda scratch your head and ask, why?

[burnt bridge]

Sks

[smoky hawk]

how would the AKM differ from the AK74 and the M14?

[golden gulch]

The unique RPM Glutton still shooting 7.62x39 till these days

[burnt bridge]

Slighter more damage. Less travel speed. Not the m14 tho

[serene barn]

that it doesn't fit the gun? breh what the helli is supposed to be remotely wrong of me saying that if you can make a gun use an ammo type that makes sense given the gun's size and all that. then you should just stick with it feeling close enough to making sense. lol

[smoky hawk]

#☢┃stalker-general message
basically should you keep a rare caliber that is very sparsely used or should you change it to be easier to balance

[potent knot]

Damage values? Following common game design conventions to not confuse players?

[serene barn]

you've gotta be joking...they removed almost all sources of the ammo type and forgot to rechamber the unique gun into using the ammo it's modelled to use lol.

[smoky hawk]

I mean you can just say you dont like the gun not using the real life caliber that its real life counter part uses, but I also dont find it a very compelling argument

[smoky hawk]

how could it confuse players if stalker tells what caliber the gun uses when the weapon is hovered on?

[serene barn]

and why isn't it compelling to you? lmao

[shell flax]

Because it’s nitpicky at best

[smoky hawk]

first world problems

[opaque niche]

yeah bro most of the world doesn't discect video game guns like this lol

[serene barn]

like dawg what. "oh it's not compelling that you want a gun to use a type of ammo that it can actually fit into the barrel and or the magazine"

[potent knot]

I think that comes up to how you want players to usr that weapon.
Do you want them to have a gun that maybe does more damage than others with that caliber but that caliber is made hard to find? Or do you want players to use the gun? If its the latter then why not just make that caliber appear more often? That should also not be too hard to do

[smoky hawk]

most people would ask for a complete ammo and weapon damage rebalance before asking for a single caliber to be readded so that they can pretend

[dire heart]

in game the ak74 doesnt use 762x39 so either add a conversion or add any of the other 762x39 ak give it more power more recoil longer range etc because that would be cool

[serene barn]

people want a rebalance because they wanna use certain guns further into the game than previously was doable because of the changes that GSC had made with STALKER2 where it's clear they've given guns a tier and have moved away from guns being sidegrades of each other.

[dreamy dagger]

I'm here since 1903

[shell flax]

Using this logic, the shotgun conversion for the rhino doesn’t make sense, mounting the optic on the 74u dust cover would make holding zero ungodly rough and so on

[burnt bridge]

Lol thought that was standard knowledge. Longer range ehhhh

[smoky hawk]

7,62x54 is already expensive and prohibitevely hard to use as a caliber for a machine gun, and is used by a lot of guns so it can show up in a lot of places + it requires you to either stock up or not use it entirely for machine guns, because there isnt a lot
the same model cant be applied to x39 because it doesnt have a lot of weapons that use it

[stark crescent]

you rpg that mofo. and if you are on survivor mode, you rpg him in the freaking face, AGAIN

[twilit dome]

a bit too late, but thx

[serene barn]

i got to terms with that being just how it is now. but i just think it makes sense to keep a thing if that thing is close enough to reflecting realism, than to needlessly change the thing to something that now makes even less sense

[stark crescent]

you are never too late.

[stark valley]

ngl the biggest logic issue in stalker 2 is ,,oh huh im a broke stalker but i carry eunough ammo/weapons to buy a city but im a hobo stalker so its fine ,,

[smoky hawk]

you didnt give me a answer to my question

[smoky hawk]

you are as broke as you want, it is your bad life choices

do you really need to hold that much 9x18 in your stash?

[stark crescent]

you want to know how to akm differs from the ak 74?

[stark valley]

stash? nah my back is my stash

[opaque niche]

yes wtf don't tell me what I do and don't need. I also need my 600 energy drinks tyvm.

[charred nova]

It doesn’t in real life either

Because then it wouldn’t be an ak74

[dire heart]

it would differ from the ak74 because its a diffrent calibar and the m14 isnt a assult rifle it isnt full auto like say the akm or any other 762x39 ak

[shell flax]

Look I’m a gun nut but if I let the idea a gun isn’t ‘correct’ get to me (the Malyuk has 3 separate versions so oh well) I likely would’ve painted my ceiling after black ops 2

[burnt bridge]

What in the psi hallucinations is happening in here

[dire heart]

ya i kinda messed up saying dat

[charred nova]

Just add a ton of conversions to every gun

[smoky hawk]

the AK74 in the game is the work horse for early to mid game while the M14 fills the niche of a mid range option before you can encounter SVDs and the like, what would the AKM bring to the niche that would set it apart? if your answer is that its a harder hitting AK74 then why dont they just buf the AK74 with upgrades? if its a shittier M14 why would it exist when we have the mosin?

[serene barn]

isn't the M14 just a worse SVD

[stark crescent]

i personally think the mosin is a bad gun in the game. its damage does not do its round justice

[harsh jungle]

sorry for the late reply lol but I did do the fire emblem photo shoot last year but all I got was crappy photos

[serene barn]

or a Worse SVU for that matter.

[smoky hawk]

yhea, pretty much

[charred nova]

Tbh the m14 is really bad in stalker 2

It uses a very expensive and rare ammo and doesn’t have good damage

[serene barn]

how does the Mosin compare to the M700

[stark crescent]

m14 is also a bad gun in real life. it kicks like a mule. it has grouping issues.

[serene barn]

or Super 700 i forgot what the gun is called

[charred nova]

Tbf it’s the mk14 not the m14

Which is improved significantly

[stark crescent]

still not a first choice for any military involved, because there are better alternatives

[marble gyro]

Isn't the m700 chambered in 308?

[stark crescent]

ingame, yea

[burnt bridge]

Still the shi

[charred nova]

That’s accurate

[smoky hawk]

the M700 has better upgradability and despite having 10% less pen it has like, 250% better damage so

[serene barn]

yeah like the EMR is, however it's the only other Bolt Action Rifle

[charred nova]

Yah it’s massively better

[serene barn]

so the M700 is fairly enough, a better Mosin

[charred nova]

Only down side low fire rate

[still current]

[charred nova]

Which the svu fixes

[stark crescent]

the m700 comes in a variaty of calibers. for ease, i guess the devs chosen 308 winchester. personally, i would have seen the .338 lapua magnum, just because the name of that round is awesome

[charred nova]

While having almost the same damage

[serene barn]

i remember using it with the Holemaker but then they nerfed the Holemaker into the ground. have they touched on it since then?

[smoky hawk]

yes but its the Mosin is the early game option for mid to far engagements, you dont get the M700 until Mid to Late game meanwhile you can get a M14 early to mid game

[charred nova]

If they did that should have gone for the awm

[smoky hawk]

from the M14 you snake into 2 paths

DMRs or Snipers

[potent knot]

Its only decent in the start, and even then you have better options

[smoky hawk]

from the M14 either you get the SVDs for DMRs or M700 for Snipers

[charred nova]

It’s ammo is super rare early on which makes it kinda hard to use

[serene barn]

yeah i just asked about how it compared to the Mosin as it's the only other bolt action. i can't remember places where you find the EMR at other than on the tower thing at the Military base in uh, i forgot what region it's in now.

[vernal lily]

If that's the case then maybe go for the signing

[dire heart]

add gun because gun cool why else is there a reason to add gun like it doesnt need fit a niche like theres a bunch of guns in game that dont have a niche or fit a role in the game they just add them because they are cool guns

[serene barn]

i remember wishing the EMR was stronger given it's ammo is rare and expensive.

[charred nova]

I mean if we added guns cus there cool we’d have the 1895

[potent knot]

This is true, but we'd need to know what the game design philosophy is for it.

[charred nova]

[smoky hawk]

for reference, the M700 is found like, Yaniv to STC Malachite while, the M14 can be found as early as Army Warehouses

[stark crescent]

sadly, the m14 is a late game normalized gun. you get the svd way before the m14

[smoky hawk]

well yhea yknow, now we know why you aint working for GSC

[dire heart]

they are adding a g3 thats going to be basically the same role as the akm would be so does that have a niche?

[serene barn]

i feel like i remember Mercs using the "M14" plenty, wasn't super hard to get ammo for at least from those guys.

[smoky hawk]

for min maxing and if you map shit out you can count the hidden special SVD as early but I tend not to since its prohibitively expensive to repair and maintain at that stage of the game and youre likely to NOT do so

[smoky hawk]

do you think the G3 they showcased would be as early game as an AKM?

[potent knot]

If you ask me I think it makes sense to add guns that are: cheap, readily avaliable in Europe
As thats what could probably be easily obtained by STALKERS

[smoky hawk]

or do you want the AKM to be a mid to late game weapon?

[serene barn]

i wonder if the G3 whatever, is gonna perform similarily to the "M14" does on full auto.

[charred nova]

I mean would explain why they choose the g3

Considering they made some 10 million g3s

[smoky hawk]

wether or not a gun makes "sense" has not real bearing on why they should or shouldnt appear as the series has always choosen guns on wether they are "cool" first and foremost
for this same reason the AKM shouldnt make an appearance while the G3 makes sense
the AKM can be said to be a visual copy of the AK74, while the G3, is a new gun

[serene barn]

i wonder if the G3 we saw in the trailer, is a unqiue one. i kinda hope it is in the sense that the full size one just looks nicer lol

[dire heart]

I don't think the akm should be early should be a mid midish late game high cal full auto rifle thats hard to handle but hits hard and has decent range while the other guns in comparison are far easier to handle

[stark crescent]

im reading up on hte wiki rn. appearently, the g3 is a lisenced spanish weapon. the CETME

[charred nova]

It was licensed by so many companies

[serene barn]

isn't there already a model sort of, for an AKM? doesn't Ragman have one?

[smoky hawk]

if you look closely at the G3 in the art work it kinda looks like a wooden handguard so I am guessing theyll use a cold war G3 as the base G3 and the souped up TATICOOL on is a unique

[potent knot]

Again, I said if you ask me 😄

Otherwise we would not get gems like the AN94 and the PB

[charred nova]

G11 when

[stark crescent]

hk21. belt fed g3

[shell flax]

[potent knot]

Never cause theres like 1 in existence

[charred nova]

Nah they made a good handful

[faint prism]

I wonder how auto AR with .308 would work
That's like 7k koupons for a single mag on Master
And I guess I found <200 .308 rounds overall

[potent knot]

There is one left in existence

[smoky hawk]

so, wouldnt the G3 make more sense for a volume of fire DMR role with a wider platform and newer stuff? as opposed to the AKM, that still uses most of what the 74 does

[charred nova]

I’m pretty sure I’ve seen more than one example

[serene barn]

do we know yet if they're making a new ammo type for the G3 or?

[shell flax]

Also AK47 variants are actually not that common compared to the G3 iirc

[shell flax]

The g3 is 308 though

Why would they make a new ammo

[charred nova]

That’s the other thing gsc won’t likely make new ammo types

[stark crescent]

search up the sig sg 510. that thing looks like an overengineered stoner XD

[serene barn]

i forgot is 308 is just another term for 762x51 or if there is a difference.

[charred nova]

They might remove more

[potent knot]

Correction, there are less than 20
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a26811332/g11-rifle/

[serene barn]

but the gun model says 762x51 i think? or maybe i just remember wrong

[shell flax]

We don’t need a bunch of ammo types

[shell flax]

Similar idea, one is just higher pressure iirc

[potent knot]

Technically there is a difference but practically there is no difference

[dire heart]

the akm makes sense for a mid game version that doesnt have access to attachments while being cheaper to maintain and run while the g3 would be more expensive more customizable and late game

[charred nova]

Wikipedia says they originally made 1000 or so

[potent knot]

t. Have an M1D Garand in 7.62 NATO and its perfectly fine to shoot it with .308

[serene barn]

sounds like a 556 and 223 thing

[smoky hawk]

Mid game you can use the M14 or can try to obtain a SVD, plus, the G3 would be mid to late game

[potent knot]

Yes and no

[charred nova]

It’s probably a better m14 with full auto

That’s more controllable

[potent knot]

Wikipedia also claimed no SVTs were made in 1945 until I corrected it with a reference to a page showing how to identify your SVT was made in January of 1945

[serene barn]

i really wanted the EMR to be more controlable in full auto lol. i hope the G3 will fit that

[charred nova]

I mean i feel like that’s a pretty bold claim to lie about but eh I wouldn’t be surprised

They made 1000 g11s source uh me mum

[dire heart]

m14 and svd dont have full auto and have access to scopes also akm would be cheaper to run but there doesnt need be like a specific niche just for a cool gun theres plenty of guns already in game that have like no niche or use case other than a personal preference

[serene barn]

me mum told me they made 6 of them

[potent knot]

Not saying they lied about production numbers, but my point was more so of how many are.left in existence;
Let alone the ammo

[obtuse veldt]

hmm i saw on the DLC trailer, they returned the Svarog detector

[charred nova]

I mean in theory you could make the ammo

[odd sky]

I'll go bankrupt with new collaboration....

[serene barn]

the EMR, the M14 as you call it, does actually have a full auto upgrade for it. in the game at least.

[charred nova]

Assuming the feds don’t come raid your house

[obtuse veldt]

What new changes the svarog will have? (hopefully detecting the real artifact in the PSI anomalies)

[potent knot]

That being said this is only technically true as the order to stop production was given January 5th 1945

[charred nova]

Its smokeless powder plus a bonding agent of some kind

[potent knot]

• • maximum estimated amount based on the 1945 serial numbers observations (all four known 1945 rifles have ДГххх serials).

[smoky hawk]

the M14 has full auto, besides, for the window in the game you want, the G3 would fit it from the DLC
and like I said earlier, if you want a gun in the game bc its cool, then the G3 is the better pick because its a new gun, the AKM is similar to the AK74 and it wouldnt bring any diversity to the game

[dire heart]

its only stuck to like 20 round mags though isnt it?

[serene barn]

the G3 we see with the short barrel n stuff in the trailer says it uses 7.62x51 Nato on the gun. i feel like if they're just going to make it use the existing 308, they could've just made the model reflect that but we'll see

[charred nova]

The coolest gun would be the 1895 JUST SAYING

[serene barn]

yeah? if you get the big mag at least.

[harsh jungle]

I mean, yeah I have the $40 in cash but I’m gonna feck up what I want to say to the guy

[serene barn]

the AKM is also just another AK pattern, would rather have the G3 than an AKM i feel, new style of gun is nicer.

[dire heart]

is it this balistics mod I have installed or do all the 556 guns just have crazy recoil?

[potent knot]

I like both so I'd be happy with either

[visual mortar]

rare crash sighting

[charred nova]

Crash should argue in general chat more often

[smoky hawk]

yhea, basically, the main sticking point

[potent knot]

Why would you encourage that

[charred nova]

You actually know something about guns where as most of these people don’t know shit

[obtuse veldt]

To make general more active

[potent knot]

You bored at work too?

[visual mortar]

yeah

[serene barn]

it's not that i dislike the AKM because i don't. but i would just rather have a nice looking G3 that shoots 308 or 51 if they do that. than i would have an AKM. if i had to have a 762x39 slinger though i'd demand the RPD that was supposed to be in the game as it's displayed in a few locations in the game itself.

[potent knot]

I would post my guns here but alas I cannot at the moment

[charred nova]

Dm me the photos

I’ll upload them

[potent knot]

Having fhe vz61 in game would be baller

[serene barn]

i wonder how the HK443 will do if that's what it is.

[main jewel]

an rpd

[smoky hawk]

horrifying, app destined for talk and discussion used for talk and discussion

[empty hare]

Maybe a slightly lower tier Kharod type rifle?

[potent knot]

Theres even a few calibers to choose from for it (I owned it in .380 acp)

[serene barn]

i do like the Kharod but idk which one i think is cooler.

did like that i could use both of the undermounted things on it.

[empty hare]

The kharod is a little too short barreled for my taste

If the HK443 has a 16" barrel ill never use anything else

[serene barn]

i used to run around with the M203 but barely used it

[empty hare]

Im actually using a G36 with the underbarrel shotgun in pripyat and its working great with AP rounds

[gloomy hill]

Yeah, kharod with under barrel grenade launcher looks ugly

[potent knot]

The Polish RAK would be cool too

[serene barn]

the Holemaker shotgun used to be muuuch better. in a way it didn't make sense because it was better because it took the penetration stat from the gun it was attached to instead of using it's own lol.

[potent knot]

I think its funny that the Vector comes in 9mm by default rather than 45

[static swift]

do we know Strelok's real name?

[empty hare]

Lol yeah ive found it to be somewhat lackluster, although 5 shells from point blank works on 99% of enemies

[potent knot]

Yeah its John Stalker

[serene barn]

it doesn't even use slugs. i feel like it should've been able to if we wanted it.

hell or the Darts which does significant damage to some of the mutants.

[violet dune]

Some rumours say GSC going for 5.7 UE upgrade... from where these rumours? never seen anyone mentioned 5.7, its a bit unrealistic imo

[shell flax]

Those rumors have one source: their ass

[empty hare]

Wait really? Ive just been using shells the whole time, hadn't even tried

[shell flax]

GSC has been explicit it’s gonna be 5.5.4, maybe 5.6 if possible but this close I’m assuming 5.5.4

[bitter plover]

just missinformed ppl. There isnt any evidence for that.

There are literaly ppl saying now, that "GSC said, that UE update will come after DLC".
Ppl are just brain dead or trolling

[violet dune]

imagine engine update after DLC 🧠

[bitter plover]

they would deffinitely rather delay DLC

[serene barn]

it only uses buckshot shells. i do feel like it would've made sense to make it able to use all Shotgun Shell types.

[violet dune]

Engine update before DLC or most likely with DLC

[serene barn]

i saw a video where a guy suspected the DLC trailer was on an updated version because of glass being transparent

dunno how much truth there is to it.

[violet dune]

they cant make transparent glass in 5.1?

[static swift]

Oh okay

[violet dune]

i think Vice City had transparent glass

[bitter plover]

Imo, it depends when will DLC actually come. If it will be begining of summer, it will come with DLC. If DLC will come at the end of summer, it will come before DLC

[violet dune]

but definatly not after DLC. this would be insane 😄

[bitter plover]

yeah, not happening

[smoky hawk]

@charred nova what if instaed of the G3 they put in the game the FAL, and the upgrade tree you convert it to a Olin Winchester Salvo

[bitter plover]

what the frick is that

[smoky hawk]

some guy stappled 2 FALs together and tried to pitch it to the US

in 5.56 mind you

[bitter plover]

lmao

[potent knot]

Why would you do that

[charred nova]

That would be awesome

Or the fal LMG

[smoky hawk]

same reason behind the AN, in the 50s a thought permeated armies that, you can make a soldier more accurate by firing the same round twice

[potent knot]

No I mean why woupd you add that to the game

[smoky hawk]

rule of cool

[potent knot]

Im well aware of the history

[smoky hawk]

as opposed to the G3

[potent knot]

Then they should add the vz 61

and P90

[marble gyro]

Saw one of those in vegas

[smoky hawk]

P90 yes

and make it 5.56

that would become a shitstorm, which would be fun

[serene barn]

there's a FAL lmg??

[potent knot]

Now you can turn your gun into an anti-aircraft gun 2x as fast!

[marble gyro]

Can you believe that it's like $799?

[charred nova]

Yes

[potent knot]

Theres a G3 SAW too.

[charred nova]

Apparently the set up was

You would carry 60 30 round mags

[bitter plover]

why P90 tho. It was never in game and it would absolutely not make sense

[charred nova]

Or 20 round mags

[bitter plover]

even this crazy Fal would make more sense

[charred nova]

Seems insanely impractical

[smoky hawk]

its in 7,62x51 of course

[potent knot]

See what this guy said:
#☢┃stalker-general message

[marble gyro]

The electrical taped mag is ghetto af

[charred nova]

It’s not my gun

[bitter plover]

[charred nova]

Those are photos of crashes

[smoky hawk]

the P90 has more precedent than any other gun because it was cut from Clear Sky

[potent knot]

Oh 100% but I thought it would be funny to jungle mag it

[charred nova]

Or photos crash sent

Is that your gun

[bitter plover]

it was cut tho

[serene barn]

what's it called?

[smoky hawk]

and we shouuld, uncut it

[marble gyro]

How much did it run you anyways?

[smoky hawk]

L2A1

[bitter plover]

ohhh, but the ammo issue

[smoky hawk]

for example

[smoky hawk]

what issue? use 5.56

[bitter plover]

[smoky hawk]

[potent knot]

I bought it for 829.99 CAD + Tax, so about 940 CAD

[marble gyro]

Like without the mag, pretty sure they sell them without mags for a bit cheaper

[gloomy hill]

I want fn fal in s2

[potent knot]

It came with 1 magazine iirc

[serene barn]

you mean the HK21 or something else?

[marble gyro]

Goddamn!! So like mid 500???? Damn that's cheap

Over here in Vegas they go for like 700+

[potent knot]

Im ngl it was a piece of shit and I sold it for 1900 CAD

[smoky hawk]

yhea the m/968

[marble gyro]

Lmao based

[potent knot]

Mine was a CSA variant

The Zastava ones might be better, but the best are the original mil. ones afaik

Whats neat about the CSA ones is you can apparently drop in the giggle bits

[gloomy hill]

CSA like Czechoslovak army?

[serene barn]

not me forgetting that not all LMGs are belt fed lmao.

[potent knot]

CSA - Czech Small Arms
Its a manufacturer

[serene barn]

i can't tell how i feel about this L2A1 LMG.

[potent knot]

https://www.csa.co.cz/sa-vz-61-pistol

[bitter plover]

Mavka is holding normal G3 in her hands in that DLC pic

[potent knot]

~685 USD including tax

[gloomy hill]

Oh, I thought you bought it from Česká Zbrojovka

[marble gyro]

Still cheaper than here

[serene barn]

uhm, okay? who was talking about that?

[smoky hawk]

its charming

[bitter plover]

mis read what was og message

[serene barn]

eh, idkkkk

[gloomy hill]

Are guns in USA so expensive?

[marble gyro]

Looks like a one of those model toy guns

[potent knot]

Nope, seperate entity.
Which is why I imagine the military ones are better

[serene barn]

guy told me about an FAL LMG, then someone told me there is a SAW version of some G3.

not talking the game.

[bitter plover]

yeah, i know now, as i said, i misred og message

[smoky hawk]

I know they aint adding the m/968 to the game but, it would be the coolest

[serene barn]

isn't that just a HK21?

[marble gyro]

What are the odds of a Chinese LMG making its way to stalker?

[smoky hawk]

no its Portuguese made and tested

[bitter plover]

it should be pretty the same. Only different ammo and being automatic

[marble gyro]

Like the type 88, would be cool if it were to just spawn in

[potent knot]

Different factory
Different manufacturing standards
Different end result.

[serene barn]

m/968 has the same sound like when my dad told me they had G3 style guns but their designation for them was like M62 or something

[potent knot]

Some of the parts in the CSA one are plastic not metal too

[bold smelt]

The confederate states of america

[bitter plover]

The documentation is same tho. Depends on variant you had, it also can use exactly same ammo. CSA is making it based on original documentation. But as you said, the standards can be different.

it should be pretty the same tho

[gloomy hill]

Oh wait, I saw this thing when I was on Portugal military exhibition in Faro. I remember even back then arguing with a one man because he was showing me bullets with Russian letters and trying to prove that its NATO bullets

[serene barn]

i'm trying to think of other lmgs i'd wanna see in S2 but idk if i feel like they'd fit in.

[bitter plover]

I wanted Bren. But not happening i guess, bcs we are getting HK instead

[serene barn]

like the MG4 is cool i think but idk if i think it'd fit in.

if i have to think about someone hauling a gun around, i wouldn't wanna use a Bren in stalker i feel lol.

30 rounds and prolly a bit awkward to handle on the go

not that i think a fully loaded PKP isn't but it shoot shoots spicy round and is useful against mutant hordes

[serene barn]

gag

[potent knot]

Should, and yet QC for mine was hot garbage.

[bitter plover]

eh, i meant new Bren, not the old one. SHould have clarified, since you ppl talked about LMGs and i started with something else

[charred nova]

It’s not real I don’t think

[bitter plover]

damm

[potent knot]

Hot

[charred nova]

But it was Theorized to fire this

Which is suppose to be straight cases 5.56

[potent knot]

Just because something "should" like that due to the technical package being the same doesnt mean the end result is in the firearms world (and manufacturing in general)

[serene barn]

there's a new bren?

[potent knot]

Yes, 1,2 and 3

[bitter plover]

yes, Czech assault rifle. Bren 1,2 and 3. Second one is now used by Ukrainian forces in Ukraine

[serene barn]

oh

i was thinking Bren from like, WW2?

[bitter plover]

as i said, should have clarified, that i mean new one and not old one

[potent knot]

CZ Bren, not Bren LMG

Though technically also Czech

[bitter plover]

yeah

[serene barn]

yeah yeah

[bitter plover]

partially

[charred nova]

A goated pick would be this

[serene barn]

VHS i think?

[charred nova]

Yes

It’s super cool

[shell flax]

Dear god it’s beautiful

[serene barn]

it looks modified to take those mags but idk lol.

[charred nova]

It’s made in Croatia

[serene barn]

i remember that

[potent knot]

Just a funny coincidence BR(no) EN(field)

[charred nova]

It’s apparently even good

By a lot of people’s account

[shell flax]

Understood BRING OUT THE HK53

[charred nova]

https://youtu.be/SMEawx7TlNQ?si=aFIJzFZrF9DDZmhw

[shell flax]

No but seriously is GSC sponsored by HK, they fucking love their guns

MP5
USP
416
G36
(DLC)
G3
HK433

[charred nova]

Another cool weapon

Would be the alien pistol

As an end game option for a pistol

[shell flax]

Also apparently Ukrainian armed forces use the 416 so yes it fits

[charred nova]

Like I get it but like come on guys

Other companies make guns

[shell flax]

PSA AK47 when

I honestly think that would be the funniest shit ever. People begging for a proper 47 since time immemorial and GSC just slaps in PSA ones

[charred nova]

Or makes it 7.62x54

[shell flax]

The AK308

The straight mag AK would probably piss off so many people and it would be fuckin hilarious

[charred nova]

https://image.akoperatorsunionlocal4774.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Vepr.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1

[normal sail]

I doubt they're sponsored. GSC probably just has a dev who is an H&K firearm enjoyer

[charred nova]

Well yah but like bros gotta try something different

[normal sail]

I agree

[charred nova]

Only like a few left they could even add

Basically f2k is the last one

[normal sail]

what happened to all the LR-300s in the Zone

[charred nova]

Replaced with hk416

[normal sail]

F2000 isn't H&K

[potent knot]

Uhhhhh they mutated

[charred nova]

Oh

[normal sail]

FN Herstal

[charred nova]

I’m retarded

Yah

[normal sail]

basically the lr300's got irradiated and grew tumorous growths that make them look like HK416

[shell flax]

Reminder the LR300 actually sucks irl

[normal sail]

doesn't surprise me

[shell flax]

It’s cool looking but it’s design ain’t great

[normal sail]

GSC should add the zip 22

[shell flax]

Ye of little faith

[normal sail]

that'll definitely work well in the zone

[charred nova]

true they could add like 50 sub variants

[shell flax]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heckler_%26_Koch

[crystal granite]

Based on the trailer, we're getting what looks like an sks. Give me that, a bayonet animation, and point me at the nearest sucker

[shell flax]

PSG1 when

[normal sail]

every hk g3 variant when

[shell flax]

HK53 when

[charred nova]

XM8

i could see them adding

[normal sail]

XM8 is cool

shame it never took off

[charred nova]

oh in 2023 they came out with a new SVD

THE SVCh

would never be added cus its a russian gun developed during and for the war in ukraine

but kinda interesting

[normal sail]

I know a company in the U.S. was in the process of producing domestic SVDs for the american market

although from the looks it doesn't look like it went anywhere

[twilit dome]

would u recommend putting an ACOG on a Dnipro?

[serene barn]

don't see why not?

[potent knot]

Why? Its just a 9mm pistol with better recoil management

[charred nova]

come on bro its not just any 9mm pistol

[potent knot]

Youre not gonna notice the gimmick in game anyway

[charred nova]

could have a really high headshot multiplier or something

[shell flax]

There’s one making US Val’s too

This one isn’t run by a methhead hopefully

[normal sail]

Theres video of the VSS atleast. Insite Armory who was producing the SVD has had their site go dark, they missed their Q4 release window & have stopped responding to messages so only thing i can guess is they went belly up.

[bitter plover]

you act as ammo would determine if the gun is early or end game in stalker

[potent knot]

Yeah thats true, though handguns are pretty useless endgame anyways

[bitter plover]

yeah, thats also true

[main jewel]

6v14

i actually dont like it

it looks weird

[charred nova]

it looks vaguely ak12 like

[main jewel]

also

we will probably never see a dvl 10

its being used by the nasty russian forces for some reason

i genuinely just want the rpd thats it

[odd sky]

There is also a ukr gun showed in dlc trailer

[potent knot]

They could add in an Accuracy International rifle instead

[normal sail]

an Accuracy International Rifle that could fill the role of the DVL is the AWS

wait no it couldn't, mistakenly thought DVL10 was integrally suppressed.

[shell flax]

Honestly we’ll also probably never seen anything based off the AK12 either, unless they make it like, an explicitly captured weapon

Hell, maybe not even the 100’s lmao

[rancid plank]

How toget mods on stalker 2 ps5

[shell flax]

Not a thing yet, Sony is playing drag ass

[rancid plank]

How is there mods on stalker CoP

Older game huh?

[shell flax]

Yes

[rancid plank]

When did they introduce this new rule about mods in video game s

[shell flax]

Sony have always been incredibly anti mod lmao

[bitter plover]

its not new. SOny was always bad about mods in games on PS

[rancid plank]

Sony dumb

[shell flax]

https://tenor.com/view/the-office-michael-scott-wink-yes-gif-12780053

[visual mortar]

[rancid plank]

how’d they get mods on CoP then

or am I just slow

[shell flax]

Because it’s just appearance edits mainly

[visual mortar]

what does cop have to do with sony

[shell flax]

Mods on S2 are much more in depth then EE

[rancid plank]

There’s mods in it

[visual mortar]

oh

idk

modio

[rancid plank]

mod.io

[visual mortar]

man just get a pc

life is saved

[shell flax]

Sony is incredibly cagey about any mods in general and adding outside stuff is a big no from them

[rancid plank]

no am a broke boy boy

[visual mortar]

did you also finance a $1000 console and pay $1400 in interest like Sin

[rancid plank]

it is not a 1000 dollar console

[shell flax]

Come April 2nd the PS5 Pro will be

[visual mortar]

good you completed that test

[dire heart]

the devs should add the g11

[shell flax]

900 big ones

[north hatch]

Is stalker 2 on console getting a engine update soon? And is it worth getting now does console get a lot of mod support like the bullet ballistic and gore mods

[rancid plank]

Pro is already 700 heard they are bumping up the prices to

[visual mortar]

NOPE!

[rancid plank]

To 900 I think

What engine is stalker 2 on

[north hatch]

So its not worth it as of right now?

[visual mortar]

ue5

[rancid plank]

What’s CoP on

[visual mortar]

xray

[north hatch]

I heard it was getting a ue5 engine update

[charred nova]

correct

[visual mortar]

xray was gsc's proprietary engine

[dire heart]

there isnt many mods on it rn tbh but I would say its worth playing its a ok game currently

[rancid plank]

Personally I like CoP more than stalker 2

[visual mortar]

they dropped it because it sucked uberass

[charred nova]

all the real stalker mods are sadly pc only

[north hatch]

Lack of mods is a deal breaker for me

[rancid plank]

winter tales is a good mod

[visual mortar]

good game but xray was an abysmal engine

[rancid plank]

jus turns the game into

[north hatch]

I assume npc's still spawn right behind you huh

[visual mortar]

into the radius i see

[rancid plank]

winter

[visual mortar]

a man of impeccable taste

[north hatch]

I love that game

Into the radius 2 has modular weapons now too

[rancid plank]

What’s that one CoP mod where bandits sneak up on you

[visual mortar]

have you played it recently

is the coop fixed

[rancid plank]

[north hatch]

It runs alright on quest standalone sometimes it flat out crashes or kicks me out but for the most part its serviceable for rn especially since its still EA

[rancid plank]

no one gonna answer me ‘’

[regal sinew]

No mod, just proper A-Life implementation.

[north hatch]

If your on pc im assuming its way ahead of quest in updates so you should have a good time rn

[rancid plank]

that’s not a mod?

didn’t know that

[regal sinew]

That’s just regular AI afaik.

[rancid plank]

Is there a winter mod for CoP ?

[north hatch]

Do you prefer into the radius or stalker 2?

[visual mortar]

entirely different experiences

[rancid plank]

‘’’

[north hatch]

True

Im new to stalker i just heard its similar to into the radius

[visual mortar]

eh not really

[north hatch]

And i been having a curiosity to get it on console but i heard the performance is atrocious on console and now i just found out it lacks mod support like pc so im conflicted

[north hatch]

So its completely different?

[rancid plank]

Into the radius is a vr game or just a normal game?

looking at the trailer

[normal sail]

VR

[rancid plank]

Will not buy thank you.

Anyone here play Metro exodus

[visual mortar]

id say so

[main jewel]

tample

[visual mortar]

well look who it is

[normal sail]

Its a spaghetti coded nightmare

[rancid plank]

no.

[main jewel]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1308034374473617459/1488197652985155745/IMG_9009.gif

[visual mortar]

no what

[north hatch]

Its a vr game

[visual mortar]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1308034374473617459/1488197652985155745/IMG_9009.gif

https://i.ytimg.com/an_webp/0XivZifO5II/mqdefault_6s.webp?du=3000&sqp=CKKvq84G&rs=AOn4CLAvleztzOHCOVR7AxdfZmOvFyP6-w

[rancid plank]

Was asking if anyone played metroexodus

[serene barn]

into the Radius has you play as some guy that we know nothing about, in a place where there's parts of landscape that is seemingly connected in ways it shouldn't be. like there's a wall of fog around the maps and going into the fog will take you somewhere random unless you use the guide ropes to get into another map. you go around and collect stuff and do small objectives and then return to sell the items and buy new gear.

[visual mortar]

megro

metro

[north hatch]

Is that the metro vr game?

[visual mortar]

yeah

[visual mortar]

no that's awakening