☢┃stalker-general

[worldly ingot]

Some people did bad things to themselves lets just say it like that when the CS2 game market crashed, which is insane that you would have over 50, 100k in a video game inventory like steam

[charred nova]

Like you by no means need the tourist suit but it’s really awesome to have

[worldly ingot]

Alright fine I’m dropping the 300

[charred nova]

[raven monolith]

the tourist suit has good stats for early game, but it's just so ugly..

[proven hollow]

dw game is first person you can't see it 😛

[raven monolith]

also, in the new mission, in the burned forest hub, if you turn off the radio while the trader guy is listening to it, will you be locked out of trading with him forever?

[charred nova]

You never have to look at it so who cares

[raven monolith]

You can see it when you look down, and you see its gloves all the time

[charred nova]

Eh

[proven hollow]

chat sure has been quiet lately

[worldly ingot]

Happens when nobody mentions GAMMA for a long time

[main jewel]

dont ever mention that word here again..

[worldly ingot]

[main jewel]

i do bad things to people when they mention gamma

[worldly ingot]

It's because Voronin is in the game I assume

[charred nova]

No gamma

❌

[marble gyro]

Gamma

Wave

[worldly lion]

ok finally the shaders compiled

only took 3 hours

[harsh jungle]

gamma bad

Honse good

[potent raptor]

For some reason during cutscenes, the hair of characters are glowing. Is there a Way to fix this?

[vernal lily]

too much radiation be like

[harsh jungle]

Honse

[marble gyro]

Mess with your saturation and contrast

[still edge]

introduce a friend to stalker games, tried to point a gun into some npc´s face, slapped my friend, weapon fell to the ground, other npc picked up his weapon

the zone taught him some manners

[frigid axle]

Egg

[worldly lion]

ok i was about to step over the roof of a house when i just saw a guy get merc'd by a bloodsucker

[river chasm]

Then if he kills the NPC to get it back, it will suddenly be at 30% condition

[iron wind]

hello, do you guys know when is the patch coming this upcoming week?

[charred nova]

Yah

2 or 3 more days

[main jewel]

im not an egg

[frigid axle]

yes u are, u hatched

[main jewel]

noooo

[frigid axle]

6-7 more days

[frigid axle]

im gonna cook u

[main jewel]

i sais rhat

[frigid axle]

chicken wings

[main jewel]

chickrn tender

[frigid axle]

[charred nova]

yummy

[main jewel]

https://tenor.com/view/trickcal-trickcal-chibi-go-sleeping-sleep-comfy-gif-10506399281876395126

[frigid axle]

i lowk never tasted anything ab kfc

[main jewel]

im so big and fat

[frigid axle]

or any crunchy fried chicken

[shy pumice]

hey guys idk if any of y'all could answer this, but I installed something called engine.ini to avoid the compiling shaders shit but it still shows me the compiling shaders progress bar screen. Do any of y'all know what is happening?

[frigid axle]

ur a chicken tender contender

[frigid axle]

try turning off and on your pc and validate files

[shy pumice]

already did :(

[frigid axle]

try praying God, spend 5 months in the wild, survive with what you have, and then return and validate files, always works for me

[shy pumice]

lmao ok

[main jewel]

i am not food

[main jewel]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1449808330477535242/1449808330817011876/EN_Peritya.gif

[frigid axle]

Techekm conchiten tendei

[charred nova]

i didn't say you were smh

[main jewel]

i love this sticker

[main jewel]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1308034374473617459/1488642198244163884/IMG_9035.gif

[frigid axle]

Amen

[charred nova]

https://tenor.com/view/nokotan-plush-plushie-plushies-boom-gif-247205074479300967

[main jewel]

hutrfgjoohh

[worldly ingot]

praying to God only works for the X-Ray engine games, you are shit out of luck

If any of you encounter a bug with SoC just go to church next Sunday and it will magically work

[marble gyro]

Not in the states you are not

[polar forge]

Idk if this will get blocked or not, but it is a cool photo of the game http://youtube.com/post/UgkxgxbnUnuVkqNSFIVvsyAK38RlvL8gwzw6?si=e4SAI-qEwdEfgDnU

[potent raptor]

Everything else looks normal, it's just the hair

[polar forge]

Wasn't sure if links were allowed

[vernal lily]

http://youtube.com/post/UgkxgxbnUnuVkqNSFIVvsyAK38RlvL8gwzw6?si=94ENQeqhCAqBEwfQ

[vernal lily]

Links will embed but only when you are at level 50

[potent raptor]

Why can't I enable HDR? I got a 1440p HDR monitor but the option is greyed out.

[marble gyro]

You can enable it from the menu only, aa well your platform of Choice has to be compatible

[ember cradle]

I like watching stalker lore videos by Eastern European people

[distant palm]

Anybody else having trouble getting into stalker 2?

[smoky hawk]

just click play

[worldly ingot]

In what way

[distant palm]

Gets to “setting up profile” screen then locks up. Just did another hard restart on console and finally made it to the main menu.

[cyan sparrow]

Yes

[distant palm]

Upcoming update interference? Supposed to happen sometime between 13-15?

[cyan sparrow]

Waiting for proper motivation from GSC to install the game back on my pc

[worldly ingot]

Ah haven't really had that happen to me, can't realy help with that :/

[distant palm]

Well I’m back in now. I know this game requires internet to play and I just installed a new router maybe 3 hours ago. On a military base atm so it’s the best I can do

[naive remnant]

Hey guys, can you help me out with the new burnt forest hub? I don't know how to unlock it; I've already done the new hunter questline (the one that culminated with the chimera hunt) but since then nothing. The hunter teacher said he'd contact me "in a few days" but I've progressed the main questline to the red forest area now and still nothing.

Did I do something wrong and miss the new hub area?

[cyan sparrow]

For me initiated not from the red forest but actually from burnt one. They contacted me when I was near one tower

[marble gyro]

Sounds like a hardware issue

Clean and wipe your data cache

[naive remnant]

I already explored a bunch of the burnt forest area already and nobody contacted me :/

Do I have to go to some specific place there? I don't think I left anything unexplored but maybe I missed something

[cyan sparrow]

Strange. No, you should get contacted as soon you reach the area.

[naive remnant]

Where's the new hub supposed to be anyway?

[cyan sparrow]

Burnt forest, centrally located.

Hint: some housing area

Probably abandoned

[naive remnant]

The Kazkovyi camp?

[crystal granite]

For Stories Untold he needs to go to the Red Forest to get contacted, least that's how I got mine

[cyan sparrow]

Well mine I got how i described. For my knowledge you should do it by trespassing red forest. When I was there I didn’t get any contact.

[cyan sparrow]

Mhm

[worldly ingot]

When you go through the red forest you should be contacted quite fast

[naive remnant]

I guess I'll keep progressing then, thanks

[marble gyro]

He just has to be careful of the massive radiation wall around it

Red forest is covered in radiation

I got the call in the burnt forest

[worldly lion]

playing stalker 2, when does the usb spawn in my stash

my chest

[crystal granite]

Mission called Seek and you shall find should spawn sometime after your arrival in Zalissya

[worldly lion]

sometime as in, 10 to 20 minutes?

[marble gyro]

Right after you leave lesser zone

You need to finish that entire quest

And side with loner or ward

Then the Seek and you shall find quest will pop up followed by a Scripted Emission

Alternatively, you can find the stashes without the quest

As long as you have the pre order or deluxe/ultimate edition

[marble gyro]

More like a solid hour

[worldly lion]

i see

so by that time i can find squint?

[marble gyro]

After squint

[forest tapir]

it’s right before solder I think

I got the merc light suit by the time I went to the sphere

[crystal granite]

It is. I killed Squint, came back and had an emission soon after

[forest tapir]

are you a w*rd

[marble gyro]

That means you finished the prologue

[crystal granite]

Yes

[marble gyro]

And the game opened up

[forest tapir]

my condolences

[crystal granite]

Least not Freedom

[forest tapir]

good point actually

[proven hollow]

eww freedom

[forest tapir]

you have been forgiven

[marble gyro]

All factions suck, except monolith

[crystal granite]

Only good thing about Freedom is the free bread

[forest tapir]

that’s probably the only free thing from freedom actually

[marble gyro]

I still killed NINE because I needed his weapon for money

[crystal granite]

Straight to the stash it goes

[worldly lion]

freedom did secure vostok tho

[marble gyro]

Freedom enjoyer detected

[proven hollow]

Duty did it better

[forest tapir]

they were handed it from Ward

[marble gyro]

Stake the Nonbeliever

[crystal granite]

Duty origunally held Rostok, but after Korshunov's treaty it was handed over to Freedom

[worldly lion]

doesnt freedom live in a construction yard now? since voronin really wanted to sign that treaty

[forest tapir]

We better be able to retake Rostok in the DLC

[marble gyro]

Uh oh, lunch is over, gotta go

[worldly lion]

yeah

[crystal granite]

That would be cool. What of Freedom tho? Assimilation into Duty, kicked out to Zaton, or total wipeout?

[proven hollow]

i'm just saying, weren't no breadlines when Duty was running Rostok

[forest tapir]

Probably back to the army warehouses like in the OG games

[crystal granite]

Lmao, in Rostok bar now and there's some woman on the radio giving a recipe for a pasta with vodka sauce

[cunning prawn]

so the mouse x/y sensitivity is still unequal and there aren't any working mods that fix it for 1.8?

[small quest]

welcome to stalker 2

[crystal granite]

Where GSC are competing with BSG for bugs and how slow they are to add and fix stuff

[small quest]

GSC wins

cba fixing basic ass stuff now

[crystal granite]

True

[raven monolith]

Does a stash crate appear in Kazkovyi at any point like in other hub locations? Kinda sucks not being able to drop off the loot anywhere in that part of the map

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-maytech-monolith-prayer-gif-16869366242639767810

[stark crescent]

The monolith provides

[proven hollow]

weird headbang but ok

[crystal granite]

There is only Monolit

[old aurora]

https://tenor.com/view/tf2-team-fortress-2-soldier-question-expiration-date-gif-17343108820781062275

When does Sealed Truth come out?

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/what-does-plutonium-taste-like-very-candy-like-plutonium-taste-gif-6601325447865132471

[worldly lion]

ok i got the journalists stashes, just needed to finish needle in the haystack

[crystal granite]

Enjoy the loot

[south parcel]

1.9 isn't out yet right?

[worldly lion]

yo how do i get the stash at the exit of the lesser zone?

[crystal granite]

Been a while since I did that. Currently on a diff game, gimme like 10/15 mins and I'll hop on S2 and see

[worldly lion]

nvm there was this ladder at the back of a building

alright time to get that AR416

[stuck hearth]

I just came across a spot and I see about 30 Bloodsuckers together, this is common or a bug?

[worldly lion]

where are you

[stuck hearth]

wild Island

I dont know what to do

[crystal granite]

Bug, some ppl had it happen with Burers. Dude walked away with 20 toes

[stuck hearth]

If one see me, they all run towards me

I dont know how to proceed

[crystal granite]

[stuck hearth]

Have you seen this bug before?

[crystal granite]

Good hunting stalker

[stuck hearth]

Yeah I guess. lol

[crystal granite]

Me no, but its known to ppl

[stuck hearth]

need a fatboy from Fallout, holy moly

I can't post a screenshot here unfortunately

[crystal granite]

#📸┃screens_and_videos

[stuck hearth]

Yeah hang on

There

[crystal granite]

Pray to the Monolith for either salvation or a quick end. Suckers like to keep their incapacitated prey for later in their lairs

[stuck hearth]

Haha.

I'll kill them all

[crystal granite]

[stuck hearth]

I actually can't continue

They are on the right side as well, I can't pass them to the quest area

[marble gyro]

Lower the difficulty and kill them

Unless you are playing on master

[stuck hearth]

I am a very poor player. I am not good at the game

[marble gyro]

No one is during their first run

[stuck hearth]

I am disabled and use a controller, I am not very quick

Barely holding on as it is on easy mode.

[worldly ingot]

You should maybe go back to the base and sleep, maybe that will despawn them

[stuck hearth]

I can try.

Thank you, I will report back

[worldly ingot]

Sure, hope it works 🙂

[stuck hearth]

Maybe mod/ console command for GOD mode and just kill

and continue normally after

[worldly ingot]

You can do that too of course

You would need to install UETools for it though and then input: XSetGodMode True

[stoic flicker]

is mouse sensitivity still not 1:1 for X/Y? There used to be mods to fix it

[stuck hearth]

I would be fine with that. I dont mind that at all

Running back to sleep, reporting back in a 5

[ember cradle]

Not once does skiff brush his teeth throughout the entire game

[stuck hearth]

Or use the toilet. Must be the radiation

[ember cradle]

He must stink

You imagine him walking into sircca and a stink cloud surrounds him

[crystal granite]

He uses the local scents to mask his own, helps him avoid mutants

[crystal granite]

Eggheads thinking its another anomaly

[ember cradle]

How do you think the women in the zone get sanitary pads smuggling in by the military?

[crystal granite]

Probably smuggling yeah

[stuck hearth]

Sleeping might have worked. I only see 4 of them... I think I can take that on

But they did wander off so there might me more around the corner

[ember cradle]

I wonder how sircca was constructed because no one would drive trucks through anomaly ridden roads

[crystal granite]

Maybe sleep more, don't chance it

[crystal granite]

Seeing how Ward can fly around, the materials were probably airlifted by helicopters

[stuck hearth]

I might be okay, its in the Sand Mine, I dont know if there are many bloodsuckers there to begin with

[ember cradle]

Those builders must of got a fat pay check for going into the zone

[crystal granite]

Mil Mi-26 can lift 20 tonnes

[crystal granite]

Either that or they got treated like Chernobyl liquidators. Brought in to do the job and then just told to go

[ember cradle]

Also can I go to the red fortress before end game or will I get insta sniped like the duga

[crystal granite]

Been a while since I've been there but last time I was doing parkour around it and didn't get shot

[ember cradle]

Awesome just found the gen 3b night visions and happy

[stuck hearth]

I still can't continue unfortunately. There are too many bloodsuckers, they are not in a pack like the picture but just too many of them in that area overall.
Damn, that sucks

[crystal granite]

Whereabout? I usually find them in the Yantar stash along with the Kharod

[crystal granite]

Go god mode

[ember cradle]

Yeah I found them in the yantar stash to

[ember cradle]

Yeah everytime I go into the burnt forest 3-4 bloodsuckers jump my ass

[crystal granite]

(Arguably) best gun in the game with the best nvg set all in one place. Criminal haha

[stuck hearth]

Seems like my only option. I will do it tomorrow, its 11:30 PM here already

[crystal granite]

Night bro

[ember cradle]

The saiga with the 20 round mag makes short work of bloodsuckers and well everything else

[stuck hearth]

Thank you for helping.

[crystal granite]

Shame the 20 is locked till after point of no return

[crystal granite]

Happy to help

[ember cradle]

Nah you can find it in Pripyat

[crystal granite]

Oh? Any specific location?

[ember cradle]

North a bit of the river port on the edge of Pripyat there’s a pier and on the end there’s a dead guy with the mag

[stuck hearth]

I will do god mode tomorrow and kill all of them.
Luckily I am a hoarder so I got 700k cash for bullets

[ember cradle]

There’s also another stash in river port but once you open the doors a chimera pops out

[crystal granite]

Make sure you grab their tentacles, should cover some of the expenses

[ember cradle]

You gotta throw a grenade in the room to open the doors

[jolly canyon]

I haven’t played this game since like 2 months after release, is AI better now?

[stuck hearth]

Absolutely!

[crystal granite]

Yes and no

[crystal granite]

#📸┃screens_and_videos message

[jolly canyon]

How so? I remember on release it legit felt like enemies spawned on top of you a lot of the time

[crystal granite]

Some fixes came to address the a life system, but honestly mods are where its at rn. Least for the moment

[jolly canyon]

What’s the name of the mod?

[crystal granite]

There's multiple, from a life found a way to a few different ones. Depending on what you're after. General spawning system, npc behaviour, combat ai etc

[ember cradle]

Combat mod where every npc hunts me down and tries to kill me

[jolly canyon]

I’d like to see general spawn system improvements, is there one that makes it more similar to a life in the trilogy

[worldly ingot]

Sry I was playing darktide lol, yeah you should be able to clear 4 with a bit of luck 🙂

[worldly ingot]

Ah, ig god mode time

[worldly ingot]

It used to be past the point of no return but now it's on Pripyat docks next to a dead body

[ember cradle]

It’s an absolute shredder to anything living in the zone

[worldly ingot]

Margarch with it vs any mutant is just a delight

no reloads needed at any point lmao

[crystal granite]

That's just straight up warcrime....where do I sign up?

Margach with drum has no right to violate to the degree that it does

[ember cradle]

Haven’t found the margach yet

[worldly ingot]

[worldly ingot]

Ultimate edition only, it's mostly just a tacticool version of the saiga lmao

it just feels like it has lower recoil for some reason

[crystal granite]

Think that's ult edition only

[ember cradle]

Also there was this dnipro I think in endgame that had virtually no recoil but I can’t replicate it

[crystal granite]

Saiga + Rhino and Gauss for good measure

[crystal granite]

Sotnyk?

[ember cradle]

Yeah I used it to assault the red fortress and it felt so good to use

[harsh jungle]

Deggy is based tbh

[final vigil]

I had my first crash!

[worldly ingot]

Sotnyk ye

[crystal granite]

What ending allows you to assault the fortress?

[ember cradle]

Strelok

[worldly ingot]

My usual is Operator exosuit/Rhino/Margarch/Whip rn

[crystal granite]

Anything cool inside? Was trying to get in/on top with parkour, no luck

[harsh jungle]

my first crash was when I accidentally yeeted myself off a crane and died

[worldly ingot]

but for endgame I might take same exo/rhino/texan/gauss tbh

[final vigil]

lmao. I had mine during the malachite rundown against monolithians

[ember cradle]

Nah but I haven’t really scoured the place pre endgame

[crystal granite]

Diamond or Shturm/Kharod/Margach/ and either APSB or Rhino

Could swap the Margach for Gauss if needed

[worldly ingot]

Idk I think rhino overshadows APSB just because it's a one shot headshot either way with a scope and higher durability

[ember cradle]

I use the saiga/svd3/rhino/diamond exoskeleton

[worldly ingot]

Also Whip one shot>Kharod imo but it's personal preference

[worldly ingot]

I heard shturm was actually "Optimal" if you're uhm artistic enough because it has 95% cap damage reduction instead of 90% according to someone

[worldly ingot]

Operator for the 20% accuracy boost on shotguns does wonders tbh

[harsh jungle]

I read artistic as autistic

[ember cradle]

Also an anomaly that practically negates bleed

[worldly ingot]

It was meant to come off that way lmao

[crystal granite]

I do sometimes run around in it too

[marble gyro]

Wait a bit more

[ember cradle]

I wonder if the dlc is gonna add a new region or just more underground labs

[worldly ingot]

"It is indeed the best pay to win armor, given that's it's the only armor that ignores the damage reduction cap, even if you stack all the best artefacts and upgrade any armor to the max, DR is locked at 90%, this armor however bumps it to 95%, you may not think it's much, it is. The closer you get to 100% the more valuable the %. Tanking 10 times 100 dmg versus tanking 20 times 100 dmg, that's pretty strong."

I never bothered to go through the game data to figure out if it's right or not

[crystal granite]

My best one so far #📸┃screens_and_videos message

[crystal granite]

Wym artistic?

[harsh jungle]

bro means autistic

[crystal granite]

Ah alright, I've left sobriety a few glasses ago, cpu ain't performing that fast rn haha

[worldly ingot]

I'd test it but master diff only has 1 save and I want to keep that one where it is without upgrading the shturm

it's basically as simple as attacking a guard who has a semi auto and seeing how much dmg you take but eh

[jolly canyon]

when i played thru this game first time on release, i thought it was kinda a balancing L that lots of cool guns became unusable garbage towards the end of the game. i get they can't all stay good but at the end there were so many guns that are just totally worthless and only like 3-4 decent ones. has that changed or is it still basically like that?

[ember cradle]

Wish you could start your own faction

[fiery ibex]

@crystal granite yo is the update already out for ps5?

[crystal granite]

Sorry man, I'm on Xbox

[fiery ibex]

Do you have it???

[crystal granite]

I have the Xbox Stalker 2 but I don't see anything updating

[fiery ibex]

When is it coming out?

[ember cradle]

There’s a new update?

[jolly canyon]

ppl thinking next week sometime itll come out

[crystal granite]

Just checked my update tab and 0 updates found. Either today or Tuesday

[ember cradle]

What’s it gonna add?

[crystal granite]

Minor patch 1.9, it'll open up lower levels of X18

[crystal granite]

https://youtu.be/bRtfK94p6i8?is=sBI6cB67C-Q2TDZP

[ember cradle]

That’s cool I forget where in yantar is the lab again?

[crystal granite]

I never visited it cause I didn't do Spark storyline

Can I enter it without the Spark?

[fiery ibex]

Brochocho any new artifacts?

[jolly canyon]

man i hope the dlc has new areas, the labs are kinda meh. i want anomalies and big buildings

[crystal granite]

Not that I know of

[crystal granite]

The Cost of Hope dlc will add Iron Forest, CNPP and apparently also a spacial anomaly containing Lymansk. I'm also tired of everything that needs explaining being found in the labs

[fiery ibex]

Do you Xbox players have a coupon mods?

[ember cradle]

I just don’t find the labs in HoC as scary as the ones in SoC

[jolly canyon]

yo nice that's good news

[fiery ibex]

Or infinite coupon mods, or like gmod?

[crystal granite]

Nope, but wr have a mod that makes bandages cost 150k a pop. Usually sells for around 58K a pop. Easy money

[jolly canyon]

yeah they arent scary i just prefer exploring outside

[ember cradle]

Holy hell we’re getting lymansk

[crystal granite]

We also have God mode too

[fiery ibex]

💀

[crystal granite]

Allegedly. Plus not like new region, more like a spacial anomaly

[jolly canyon]

game is not so scary in general because you just get so many mutants thrown ur way its like whatever another mutant

[fiery ibex]

💀 damn

[crystal granite]

Easy to find, easy to sell. Just don't buy any haha or you lay 150k. But easy money if you wanna sell

[crystal granite]

Also a carry mod sets it to 9999

[ember cradle]

The atmosphere, sound design, and the lighting in the earlier games made labs terrifying

[fiery ibex]

💀 MAN I WISH MY PS5 GETS MODS

[jolly canyon]

agree. also tho i was like 13 when i first played soc and was easily scared lmao

[crystal granite]

In the dlc you'll be able to shoot the gas mask off the snork's head if you land a headshot. Not sure if each time or random chance

[ember cradle]

That’s good for me

[jolly canyon]

based

[fiery ibex]

Lmfao

[crystal granite]

Idk, they're ugly enough as is, idk if I wanna look at their face haha

[fiery ibex]

Is any of yall trying to genuinely play the game lmao

[ember cradle]

Same playing SoC in 2012 on my dads pc was absolute nightmare fuel

[jolly canyon]

snorks scared me so much when i was a kiddo. that breathing sound lmao

[crystal granite]

It's enough I need to look at Sidorovich's ugly mug

[jolly canyon]

when 1.9 drops imma do another full unmodded playthru

[ember cradle]

Yeah me completely unmoded play throughs is how I usually play the game

[fiery ibex]

Trust, regular gameplay is best, more rewarding

[shell oak]

Unmodded is the best.

[crystal granite]

A life be like - here's 30 surckers, have fun

[jolly canyon]

oh i agree man. i play str8 up

[shell oak]

Good one.

[fiery ibex]

Realist stalker

[shell oak]

Up where?

[crystal granite]

#📸┃screens_and_videos message

[jolly canyon]

dude i know. it was so brutal on release just infinite mutants and they took a trillion bullets

[fiery ibex]

So um…..is 1.9 introducing anything major?

[shell oak]

Really? They usually go down normally.

[crystal granite]

Forget the mutants, release version Ward ending. Tunnels under Pripyat with never ending Monolith spawns

[fiery ibex]

Real

[crystal granite]

https://youtu.be/bRtfK94p6i8?is=sBI6cB67C-Q2TDZP

[jolly canyon]

on release it was messed up haha there was like a week or maybe like 5 days before they nerfed mutants to a more playable state

[shell oak]

Playing stalker how it’s intended.

[fiery ibex]

You’re so hamburger, thanks

[shell oak]

Oh

[jolly canyon]

esp. bloodsuckers. everyone in this disc was complaining about it

[shell oak]

I think they’re pretty easy.

[crystal granite]

Shame the deer mutant was a one off

[jolly canyon]

yeah they're a snap mostly, there's just a lot of them

[final vigil]

The best part about Stalker 2 is the codes you find on the walls or poles

[crystal granite]

Seeing the saiga shots just make sparks as they ricochet off the antlers was cool

[crystal granite]

Searching for codes is a pain

[jolly canyon]

wait that doesn't respawn? there was one near the array by electro anomalies i thought you could kill it multiple times

[ember cradle]

Look it up on google

[shell oak]

You guys use shotguns for elk?

[crystal granite]

Oh? I only saw the one in the scripted fight in Zaton

[ember cradle]

Use shortguns for pretty much any enemy lol

[crystal granite]

I mean what do you think I do?

[shell oak]

I never use shotguns.

[ember cradle]

Yeah I do to lol

[shell oak]

For armored elk?

[crystal granite]

Waste of bullets otherwise

[shell oak]

Depends

[fiery ibex]

This update looks like a nothing burger

[crystal granite]

Yes

[jolly canyon]

elk by burnt forest/duga way south, i remember this

[ember cradle]

Saiga just destroys

[crystal granite]

It's meant to be something to keep players around till prolly May or June when Cost of Hope drops

[shell oak]

Are people saying armored elk are not respawnable? I’m confused.

[sterile radish]

yeah theres 1-2 elks that always respawn in the ||helicopter base in Burnt Forest||

[ember cradle]

They do

[shell oak]

Depends

[shell oak]

Okay thanks

[ember cradle]

I mean in medium to long yeah of course it depends

[jolly canyon]

yeah this is the one i mean. i remember killing it multiple times

[crystal granite]

Nah I'm saying not respawnable cause ive never seen one after Zaton. Julia is saying she mightve seen one after

[sterile radish]

its a good way to farm parts for ||Malachite||

[shell oak]

Ohhhhhh

[crystal granite]

I always end up with a pissed off Malachite after we clean house with Korshunov

[fiery ibex]

Wtf IS THE 1.9 UPDATE NOT THE HOPE UPDATE????

[jolly canyon]

yeah thats why. i remember running from stc malachite thru the burnt forest anomalies looking for artifacts and then killing the elk and then running home

[crystal granite]

Ummm no? Thought that was clear? 1.9 is a small thing, like Stories Untold. Cost of Hope is main DLC

[shell oak]

Anyone know where I can reliably find pseudo dogs?

I rarely see them and I want to get good at hunting them.

[crystal granite]

Hate the fuckers. I know there's one by the chem vats near chem plant

Idk if it respawns

[shell oak]

I’ll still search it. Thanks!

[ember cradle]

I don’t bother using psi blocks anymore

[crystal granite]

Oh yeah? Go to the pointy rocks just south of Yaniv village and say that again

[fiery ibex]

That makes more sense

[shell oak]

Only useful when controllers start spawning phantoms.

[sterile radish]

oh that area..

[jolly canyon]

cost of hope i think not coming out for a while

[crystal granite]

Yep, that area

[fiery ibex]

So will the new weapons come out in 1.9 or hope dlc???

[sterile radish]

i (if i recall) heard it might come out in summer?

[ember cradle]

I just bumrush burers and controllers with a shotgun and the fights over instantly

[crystal granite]

Summer 26

[sterile radish]

DLC

[ember cradle]

Can’t say I’ve been there

[shell oak]

That’s a better strategy if combat is close.

[crystal granite]

Insta blast of lvl5 psi radiation

[jolly canyon]

saiga gets the job done

[fiery ibex]

THIS IS BREAKING MY HEART

[ember cradle]

Combats always close cause I rush in head first lol

[crystal granite]

I'll record and share a clip, hang on

[ember cradle]

The only enemy I hate are the swarm of rats and the big rats

[fiery ibex]

I THOUGHT THE WEAPONS AND DLC WERE NEXT WEEK

[jolly canyon]

grenades ez mode that

[shell oak]

That’s the reason. But I know sometimes combat is close no matter what.

[sterile radish]

next week?..
we shouldnt expect anything next week, 1.9 should come out in a few days or so

[fiery ibex]

I throw two grenades next to my foot due to my hate towards them 💀

[shell oak]

I prefer smg for that but that would be too heavy to carry 4 weapons.

[fiery ibex]

Oh

[ember cradle]

I just carry the rhino, svd3, and saiga

[fiery ibex]

Zubr 19 and the silenced deluxe edition converted integral A are the BEST smgs

[shell oak]

I carry rhino, GP37v2, and Gauss rifle.

[jolly canyon]

did they ever make that huge magazine LMG good? i remember when i got it i was like oh this is gonna slap and then it was terrrrrible

[shell oak]

Agree with rat killer too. Especially if you convert them to 45.

[ember cradle]

Haven’t really used the Gauss rifle

[shell oak]

[fiery ibex]

WAIT TF NOW, I CANT FIND THE SVD3 SNIPER SUPPRESSED 😭😭😭😭

[ember cradle]

I like good old fashioned lead

[crystal granite]

Idk if there's a suppressed variant

[fiery ibex]

Fr sense I don’t use .45 but the conversion just makes the ammo do crazy damage unlike the gorod m10

[sterile radish]

there isnt, but there is a suppressor in a stash

[fiery ibex]

WHERE 😭

[shell oak]

Agreee!

[ember cradle]

Zubr 19 that good?

[fiery ibex]

The svd 3 suppresser is the only thing am missing

[fiery ibex]

YES

[worldly ingot]

Well besides the starter guns basically everything is useable, I also don't like that the AK for example is absolute garbage late game but it is what it is

[sterile radish]

i found it myself iirc in Zaton by Kupovate Collective Farm

[shell oak]

Repairs are ok. But ammo is very dirt cheap.

[fiery ibex]

And high ammo cap mag

[ember cradle]

Yeah I completely ditched it at that point

[jolly canyon]

i remember even the clusterfriend got bad later in the game and that was my fav gun

[crystal granite]

AK should be viable for longer. I like the Valik Luminox ak looks but can't use it for too long

[fiery ibex]

We all know the drown is the best ak

[shell oak]

Smg weapons are pretty good.

[sterile radish]

it just has a grenade launcher
thats it

[crystal granite]

Still sucks for damage

[worldly ingot]

Picked up drowned, had to do 4 headshots with ap rounds to down a monolithian, put it back on the shelf

[fiery ibex]

But AKs feel weak after mid game

[fiery ibex]

Exactly my point, they suddenly…..just don’t do enough damage

[shell oak]

Drown has better durability and less jamming.

[fiery ibex]

And tapped mags

[jolly canyon]

yeah it's a shame because a fully pimped out ak is cool. so many of the guns are just trash even if you mod them up nicely

[ember cradle]

I kinda wish there was more AK variants but I can understand the game would get bloated with them

[sterile radish]

that too

[jolly canyon]

you start finding the tier 3 weps and everything u used before is just worse

[fiery ibex]

Zubr 19 does two tap most of the time…….

[worldly ingot]

I think it two shots exo's though? They changed a lot of penetration points of guns and ammo like half a year ago and basically only penetration matters for high tier opponents

[shell oak]

AK is usable if you do headshots only.

[worldly ingot]

It's still good but 9x19 also had it's penetration nerfed

[crystal granite]

I just want yo be able to slap an acog on my pkm

[jolly canyon]

oh okay that's really good cuz yeah when i played around release it was really disappointing how everything got bad

[worldly ingot]

Yeah they have good damage but low penetration and then out of the blue they start just being garbage

[shell oak]

Agree. 2 taps are a no go. Short burst does the job.

[shell oak]

Short burst for humans and full auto for mutants.

[sterile radish]

@fiery ibex #📸┃screens_and_videos message for the suppressor, didnt have an image myself so i looked it up

[worldly ingot]

Yeah it's much better now overall, grom-s15 is also on par with kharod/dnipro now (besides being kinda short range)

[ember cradle]

Shotgun for mutants cause they eat assault rifle rounds

[fiery ibex]

AHEM, INTERDUCING THE RAT KILLER ZUBR 19 9mm CONVERTED VARIANT AT RED FOREST, DOING THE SAME HIGH DAMAGE AS ITS BROTHER SOMEHOW

[crystal granite]

@ember cradle #📸┃screens_and_videos message

[worldly ingot]

Yeah that's why I don't like Kharod, either one shot to the head or short burst

[shell oak]

I don’t recommend rifle rounds for mutants but it’s doable.

[shell oak]

Definitely

[fiery ibex]

It’s disappointing, especially that I used the drowned for 45 percent of my story

[worldly ingot]

@jolly canyon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL3IkB2IaqQ it was patch 1.5 specifically so if you played before it then yeah a lot of things changed

[worldly ingot]

yup my early main was drowned, shahs mate was also pretty good

[final vigil]

No way theyre written anywhere near

[worldly ingot]

Also expansive ammo doesn't have much point to it because most mutants have a good armor amount

[shell oak]

HP ammo is expensive and rare.

[ember cradle]

Is there an extended mag for the svd?

[crystal granite]

Stalker, do I look like someone who can be arsed searching all over?

[worldly ingot]

Only SVU

[fiery ibex]

Best ak, but it doesn’t deserve the weak power that they gave it

[shell oak]

I love searching for codes but I can’t read in Ukraine.

[fiery ibex]

Yesssssss, I think in Pripyat?????? For svu btw

[worldly ingot]

I think combatant has slightly higher damage tbh but drowned is kitted out from the start and jams much less than other AKs

[shell oak]

Agree. Still pretty op AK.

[shell oak]

That one too.

[crystal granite]

Numbers are still normal numbers. Cyrillic ain't that bad, least for me and I'm not a native user

[fiery ibex]

I never sold it :).

It was my partner, my sword and my shield.

[shell oak]

I’ll keep that in mind.

[worldly ingot]

It's wild as someone from a south slavic country hearing mostly "gibberish" then hearing a sentence you completely understand lmao

"Kakve novosti, Stalker?"

[ember cradle]

Any special weapon I put in my stash and never sell even though I don’t use them

[worldly ingot]

Same, PDAs too

[shell oak]

Same

[worldly ingot]

you can grind coupons easily enough

[shell oak]

I sell those.

[ember cradle]

I’m saving up to a million

[shell oak]

How much do you have now?

[fiery ibex]

WE ALL MUST AGREE AS A WHOLE THAT THE DREADED GLUTTON RPM IS JUST RIDICULOUSLY OVERPOWERED AND IS JUST DESTRUCTION IN A GUN

[ember cradle]

450,000

[worldly ingot]

Can we just appreciate the image in #📸┃screens_and_videos of that guy aiming down sight and looking at about 20-25 bloodsuckers 🙏

[shell oak]

Nice!

[worldly ingot]

Didn't mean to reply lmao

[crystal granite]

Nemnogo

[crystal granite]

Gosh I'm so bad for filling my stash with pda's

[shell oak]

Meh, it’s not accurate, high recoil, and not reliable. I think it’s the opposite in real life.

[ember cradle]

I would be crying with the amount of times I would be knocked down

[worldly ingot]

My peak was 1.3 million before Pripyat, 300k after 30 minutes in Pripyat

[ember cradle]

I only spend money on repairs because my stash is full of ammo

[worldly ingot]

I'm surprised the game doesn't lag, that ender chest safebox system reminds me of dying light so much and that game lagged my PS4 to no end

[shell oak]

What weapons are you using that drains your coupons?

[crystal granite]

PKM got done dirty here, bet if they added the M240 they'd make it a laser beam

[worldly ingot]

I got about 3k 5.45 ammo even while using AKs all early game lol

[shell oak]

True

[fiery ibex]

Yeah. They use them as snipers sometimes in irl to 💀 in game is just crazy recoil, BUT IN A CAVE SYSTEM IS WHERE IT LIGHTS UP THE DARKNESS FOR THE ENEMIES

[worldly ingot]

Upgrades destroyed me, upgrading 3 guns and an exo is gonna cost you more than a million

[ember cradle]

I barely had to buy ammo with how much I found exploring

[shell oak]

Literally

[worldly ingot]

Also 8% repair on a diamond exo is 12k rubles sooooo

[ember cradle]

2 liquid rocks

[worldly ingot]

Ye a part of it is definitely scripted corpses having a full magazine on the gun on their corpse

[crystal granite]

In slides Sidor, with a loan and only 150% interest

[shell oak]

If you focus on less damage to your gear and efficiency you’ll lose less durability.

[worldly ingot]

I use 3 sometimes and it's still not enough lmao, I go weird water-compass-2x liquid and then something of choice

[fiery ibex]

Just use DLC deluxe ssp 100m sircaa it’s beats all armours except the diamond when it comes to physical

[crystal granite]

Weird nut cause screw bandaging all the time

[worldly ingot]

Ye I mean I don't have a coupons problem I lose a lot to repair but I bring a lot of money in too but upgrading until the late game just isn't worth it with how much they cost

[shell oak]

Hypercube is better

[fiery ibex]

And cheap asf to repair compared to diamond

[worldly ingot]

Sircaa might honestly be a top 3 armor considering that you can just slap compass artifacts for physical protection

[fiery ibex]

Indeed very true

And no side effects lol

[ember cradle]

In stories untold where you guide that dude from malachite and skif says 3 medkits are enough I was laughing cause I had 40 in my storage

[fiery ibex]

Realist answer

[worldly ingot]

I'd still say (if the thing about damage reduction is true) shturm is best diamond is second and operator is 3rd probably tho

[shell oak]

I have late game gear and maxed out upgrades. I think it’s just Prypiat is very hostile.

[fiery ibex]

But diamond is drip sooooo

[shell oak]

Literally

[worldly ingot]

It's crazy and I am over encumbered all of the time with yellow durability ram-2s and all that I want to sell

[shell oak]

My operator has full bars of physical resistance.

[fiery ibex]

💀 well, I could’ve had the shturm but I bought the ultimate edition after a bit of progress and now can’t get the ultimate prizes

[ember cradle]

Yeah same with my diamond

[shell oak]

That’s hard.

[worldly ingot]

It basically only lacks psi protection in favor of 20% accuracy

and less carry capacity

[shell oak]

Very true.

[gloomy hull]

Wagon

[fiery ibex]

Only weird water and weird ball are the best weird artifacts

[ember cradle]

Can’t bother selling broken guns cause merchant give too little for them

[shell oak]

Depends who you sell them to.

[worldly ingot]

Ah that sucks, didn't know it would work like that lol, Shturm supposedly according to some sources has 95% damage reduction instead of the usual 90% cap

[fiery ibex]

The weird ball basically turned me into the stereotype of an actual stalker

[fiery ibex]

😭

[worldly ingot]

I still got 40k from selling them to Ragman one time, my entire economy hangs on the thread of APSB being expensive af and selling them lmao

[fiery ibex]

Imma start a new play through lmao I NEED MY ULTIMATES LMAO

[worldly ingot]

The Saiga is my goat ❤️

[ember cradle]

Crash the entire economy

[shell oak]

It’s too weak. Unless you’re constantly running away while getting hit.

[crystal granite]

Surprisingly the Bartender sells all doesn't include Heart of Chernobyl artifact

[shell oak]

I think it’s okay. Especially in master difficulty.

[fiery ibex]

Saiga is anti everything close-mid range thanks to slugs

[worldly ingot]

Every monolithian has his canned food, nonstop energy drink and APSB lmao

[shell oak]

True

[crystal granite]

Hey don't call me out like that

[fiery ibex]

You know it regenerates stamina when you get damaged right?

[worldly ingot]

Operator exo with saiga still pops them at mid range with buckshot

[shell oak]

I have so many can food.

[worldly ingot]

Lmao same I started selling them when I got to 200, same with bandages

[ember cradle]

Yknow those monolith glowing things, what happens when you shoot one

[worldly ingot]

operator exo my goat

[shell oak]

I keep all food. I like food.

[shell oak]

Same!

[worldly ingot]

The like "statues"? I think nothing, they just pop, doesn't decrease spawn rates I think

[ember cradle]

Yeah the statues

[fiery ibex]

Can’t forget about confidence boost 💀 and drum mag dumping really dead enemies down hallways lmao

[worldly ingot]

Doesn't sell for a lot sadly, like 18 coupons? bandages are 22 at least

[crystal granite]

Wonder if Cost of Hope will add new Exos

[worldly ingot]

I guess it's meant to make their spawn rates less?

[fiery ibex]

I NEED MY STALKER EXO

[worldly ingot]

Fk exos, we need Nosorogs in the game, that shit is cool af

[shell oak]

I didn’t know that. I keep bandages too even though I don’t use them. I should clear it out of my storage.

[fiery ibex]

A BLOOD HOUND EXO WOULD GO CRAZY ASF LOL

[shell oak]

I been itching to use all of my ammo when dlc comes.

[fiery ibex]

Nosorogs? What’s that?

[crystal granite]

AGREED

[worldly ingot]

Yeah and your sell prices (at least on Master) are dependent on your story progress, for example at first you sell bandages at 18 coupons, then 21, then 22, so like 3 stages of sell prices I assume?

[fiery ibex]

💀 relatable

[shell oak]

I didn’t know that.

[crystal granite]

Stalkers in full armour, think Juggernaut from CoD

[fiery ibex]

💀 now I want that

[worldly ingot]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/fvm-nosorogoverhaul they look similar to this, a heavier bulkier version of exos

[crystal granite]

Didn't know they'll be filming the second Hurtlocker in the Zone

[fiery ibex]

WTF WAS THAT

💀 I NEED THAT ASAP WITH MELEE FINISHERS

💀 AND A BAYONET

[worldly ingot]

Badass armor I'm telling you, and when I finally got a UNISG nosorog to drop on my GAMMA save they updated the game and I didn't get to use it 😭

[crystal granite]

SKS and bayonet in the tunnels, Vietcong on their ass

[fiery ibex]

Realist depiction

[worldly ingot]

UNISG being the best version of the nosorog in GAMMA

[fiery ibex]

😭 pass me one bruh

[worldly ingot]

Sidorovich doesnt wanna start selling them yet

[fiery ibex]

Imma beat his ass

[vernal lily]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1173255228477411389/1201646190505230386/caption.gif

[worldly ingot]

Stalker, what da helllll

[ember cradle]

I’m surprised you weren’t able to explore the cnpp earlier

[fiery ibex]

Has to be done

[worldly ingot]

I mean it's not the central point of the series anymore considering most of it has already been looted

But ig there's more to explore considering we are getting it in the DLC 🙂

[ember cradle]

Yeah but it’s just really cool

[worldly ingot]

Also out of the assault rifles the best one is actually the Grom now since it has same breakpoints as Dnipro while also having an underbarrel, but it's very close range oriented sooo

[worldly ingot]

Fair

[shell oak]

I hate the accuracy and range on grom.

[fiery ibex]

Psssssssst there’s a drum mag for the grom inside of Pripyat 💀

[crystal granite]

Not much in there atm #📸┃screens_and_videos message

[worldly ingot]

I never even used it for a mission tbh

[worldly ingot]

Damn didn't know that lol

[ember cradle]

Boring

[worldly ingot]

Overall I think the best rifle is Whip tbh

[crystal granite]

Don't like the grom recoil

[fiery ibex]

Woah! What??? The grom is like the best smg/AR mix in game

[crystal granite]

Told ya

[shell oak]

Exactly that’s exactly what it is.

[fiery ibex]

💀 am telling you that mf turns it into a smg rpk

[ember cradle]

I’m surprised it wasn’t more fleshed out

[fiery ibex]

It’s meant for close range

[ember cradle]

Or was it always planned to be a dlc area?

[fiery ibex]

A silenced grom in a factory or cave system is the MOTION in game, trust

[crystal granite]

Had to use god mode to get past the rads, otherwise I'd have died long before that. Devs made the exterior and inside its just all hollow. Players weren't supposed to be there anyway

[crystal granite]

DLC area yeah, to be fleshed out later

[fiery ibex]

It is….

Also um…..

That sniper Suppressor doesn’t work on SVUs 😭😭

[ember cradle]

Because a game called heart of chornobyl would make it able to explore Chernobyl

[ember cradle]

Yeah I just found out it doesn’t exist except for console commands

[fiery ibex]

I want the toast artefact that scar has 💀

[worldly ingot]

You can also see through brain scorcher windows and it's hollow lol (without godmode)

[fiery ibex]

WTF

[worldly ingot]

Wdym, mine is suppressed?

[fiery ibex]

😭. NO SUPPRESSOR FOR MY SVU????

[worldly ingot]

maybe you have a silencer, there are 2 types one for UN rifles one for warsaw pact rifles

[crystal granite]

Yeah its a shame. There's a mod that allows the antennas to glow again (only during duga arc) but that's about it

[fiery ibex]

Ok now am confused because the other person said that doesn’t exist. 💀

[main jewel]

there is

he just doesnt know it exists

[ember cradle]

Now I’m confused cause I’ve never been able to find one

[fiery ibex]

SAME

[main jewel]

check the stash around here

its on a rock or something

you need to jump to rock to rock and all of that

[fiery ibex]

😭 oh my heart, I can finally finish my dream sniper

[worldly ingot]

lol i have it for sure

[fiery ibex]

You were right I found a video showing it’s updated place sense they changed it before so I was following old OUTDATED videos 💀

[worldly ingot]

ye makes sense

[fiery ibex]

Why are they always changing locations for stashes. Am confused asf on why they do that

But thanks for the help I’ll go get it :))

[crystal granite]

The worst jumping puzzle is the massive mining machine in red forest

[main jewel]

@fiery ibex

here

roar

[worldly ingot]

I also dont get why they for example put a blueprint after a point of no return when the game released lol

[charred nova]

grrrrrr

[worldly ingot]

Whip my beloved ❤️

[main jewel]

the average bucket wheel excavator

there are some that are abandoned

[ember cradle]

The title stalker 2 always weirded me out cause I always thought CoP was stalker 2

[main jewel]

irl

[worldly ingot]

I just ran through the anomalies and got there

[main jewel]

well they are bery hard to find.. but they certainly exist.. dont be a evil misinformationer

[main jewel]

true

the weird bolt doesnt even save you from being thrown off

[ember cradle]

Yeah don’t want to come off malicious I just thought it didn’t exist

[main jewel]

i still wonder why theres rats up there

[main jewel]

https://tenor.com/view/trickcal-trickcal-chibi-go-sleeping-sleep-comfy-gif-10506399281876395126

[fiery ibex]

Thanks :).

[ember cradle]

But I would like a Grenade launcher attachment for the SVD

[fiery ibex]

._.

[fiery ibex]

💀 random ahh brain cell moment when they did that

[main jewel]

pth

[worldly ingot]

Okay guys when do we finally kill the strelok

We waited since 2007 until late 2024 to kill strelok

[robust jackal]

Soon™

[ember cradle]

What’s your problem with strelok, I’m his top guy

[worldly ingot]

It's just been my first objective that bastard in the bunker gave me

Still haven't gotten it done

[ember cradle]

C-conscious agent I see

[worldly ingot]

He was one tho

[ember cradle]

Yeah but he’s alright

[marsh trail]

https://tenor.com/view/memiş-macar-macaristan-gnac-fevzi-gif-13915486108816230604

[fiery ibex]

😭 MY HAPPINESS IS BEYOND THIS EARTH

[marsh trail]

Damn. Let me celebrate HUNGARY.

[fiery ibex]

MY WHIP SVU IS FINALLY FULLY UPGRADED

Now I’ll go to duga to finish up some unsettled business :).

[marble gyro]

Finally off of work

Now time to catch some Zzzs

[astral otter]

I fully upgraded the regular SVU then got the Whip immediately after. 🙃

That said the regular one looks cool.

[fiery ibex]

💀 the whip has a little more damage and better stats, but def not worth throwing a fully upgraded svu lol

[north hatch]

So i fr shouldnt get any mods even the combat vfx ones on my first playthrough?

[fiery ibex]

I need help, since my diamond exo fully fills up my defence, is my compass artefact useless? Does it stack?

[worldly ingot]

I still keep one on because the armor degrades as it's durability gets lower, so with a compass you make sure you keep 100% physical res 🙂

[worldly ingot]

Nah I would do a clean playthrough, the game is good itself lol

[north hatch]

Just wanted a second opinion this person yesterday told me the same just wanted to hear what someone else though

[fiery ibex]

Oh ok thanks

[worldly ingot]

Yeah no problem 🙂

[north hatch]

Im gonna hop in for the first time and see whatsup 👀

[fiery ibex]

Yo does the liquid rock durability stack with another liquid rock?

[worldly ingot]

Yup it does, I equip 1x compass/2x liquid rock/weird water and 1 whatever you prefer last 🙂

[north hatch]

Is patch 1.9 gonna be the dlc update with optimization?

[fiery ibex]

I was thinking should I use 1 compass, 2 liquid rocks, 2 thunder-berry and keep the water artefact on hand when needed?

😂 wait nvm I forgot about my hyper cube

[worldly ingot]

Sadly no the DLC is probably coming in like 4 months or so (late summer), 1.9 will just be slight bug fixes and some x18 lab doors opening up, they are busy working on engine updates and the DLC

[north hatch]

Gotchuu

[worldly ingot]

Yup that's probably optimal I myself haven't gotten any other legendary artifact yet besides the rock and compass, I have 7 liquid rocks lmao

[fiery ibex]

1 compass, 1 hyper cube, 1 thunder berry, 2 liquid rocks, weird artefact on hand

[worldly ingot]

Yup that works, I gotta go artifact grinding but can't find anything good lol

[north hatch]

Is it hard to get legendary artifacts?

[fiery ibex]

💀 how tf

[worldly ingot]

Ye idk... it's weird af lmao, anywhere I go it's liquid rocks

[fiery ibex]

Well….save scumming is what makes it tolerable

[worldly ingot]

early game yes but later on they get more common as you progress the story, most of your progression is tied to the story

[worldly ingot]

Specifically after you get to the "SIRCAA" mission line (SIRCAA is just a scientist faction)

[north hatch]

So for a new player you should stick to the beginning zone?

[worldly ingot]

To be spoiler free at least lol

[fiery ibex]

Get to mid game the use “save scumming” because areas around garbage and the towers are best for the legendary artifacts

[worldly ingot]

I would say so yeah, you should probably stick to lesser zone-garbage-cement factory is what I did before I progressed to wild island and such through the story

[fiery ibex]

You have no choice, you can only leave the first area by finishing the first mission

[worldly ingot]

Yeah after you finish the story which opens up the garbage you can go wherever you want

[fiery ibex]

Exactly that ⬆️

[fiery ibex]

Are you on PlayStation

[worldly ingot]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geH2fJQqfu8&t=1s this short video is a good thing to get you started somewhat

[fiery ibex]

Nvm he’s on Xbox 💀

[north hatch]

Yeah lol xbox

I used to have ps4 and a ps2 tho

[fiery ibex]

Well you do access to mods fyi

[north hatch]

I'll watch the video before i hop on

[fiery ibex]

Yo what’s the highest electricity protection artifact

[worldly ingot]

It's glare

[fiery ibex]

Thanks

[fiery ibex]

It says strong, is there a max one? Like how the hyper cube has max thermal protection?

[fiery ibex]

Also is there a PSI protection artifact??????

[worldly ingot]

For some reason no this is the best electrical one you can get

[worldly ingot]

Nah doesn't exist

[fiery ibex]

it might be what they would release in the cost of hope dlc lmao, if am right I deserve the Heart Of Chernobyl artefact

[fiery ibex]

Weird but good enough, thanks again

[main jewel]

psi protection is practically useless

[worldly ingot]

I want it too lmao, shame it's not obtainable, we need a heart of the oasis type artifact again

[main jewel]

aint it just called the oasis

[worldly ingot]

nein

[fiery ibex]

How? The old man mutant who uses psi on me for me to hallucinate actual soldiers, doesn’t happen anymore lmao

[main jewel]

some people have managed to get it from normal artifact drops due to a bug

[main jewel]

it takes longer for that to happen

[fiery ibex]

😭 YOURE LYING

[worldly ingot]

the old man that's what i'll call him now

[main jewel]

its been documented here before

[fiery ibex]

Lmfao

[worldly ingot]

I want it now

[fiery ibex]

😭 bro please! Show me how

😭 I just want to hold it

[main jewel]

well im sure the bug doesnt happen anymore like erm its been a few patches

[fiery ibex]

😭

[worldly ingot]

Es ist vorbei...

[main jewel]

#📸┃screens_and_videos message

i really want it

[worldly ingot]

I'm supposed to be making a project for college it's 4 AM I'm playing Hearthstone

[main jewel]

its also not marked as a quest item

[worldly ingot]

Probably because it doesnt matter at the point when you do get it originally

[crystal granite]

You get it after killing Strelok

[vernal lily]

I need to finish up an essay, but I keep getting distracted

[fiery ibex]

😭 ik but i helped him, and it’s useless at that point

[vernal lily]

Although it is only 9 pm for me, so I got time

[worldly ingot]

Just hearing that heart of chernobyl is an artifact is like when they say the name of the movie in the movie

[crystal granite]

Pretty much everything that was kept till after point of no return was useless at that point. Well maybe beside the saiga drum but still point stands

[main jewel]

also look at this nerd btw

[crystal granite]

First rule of fight club, we don't talk about fight club

[main jewel]

“please report it to the devs” HELL NAH

RUINING ALL OUR FUNNN

[worldly ingot]

Of course le reddit wants to take all the fun out of the game

[main jewel]

grr

[crystal granite]

Orange neckbeards at it again

[worldly ingot]

"Is this as big of a deal as I think it is" homie got a useless item and he doesn't even know

[crystal granite]

I wonder how the all-new 2026 Jeep Cherokee Hybrid would do in the Zone

[shell flax]

Nope, full health regen after a brief moment of taking no damage

[shell oak]

I love stalker. And stalker loves me.

[worldly ingot]

huh alr

[fiery ibex]

I WILL FIND A WAY TO GET THE ARTEFACT

[shell oak]

What artifact?

[worldly ingot]

Heart of chornobyl in the famous game STALKER 2: Heart of chornobyl

[crystal granite]

The one you take from Streloks cold dead hands

[fiery ibex]

heart of Chernobyl

[shell flax]

The Heart of Chornobyl, you can only get it naturally past the point of no return

[shell oak]

Oh that one. Meh

[fiery ibex]

😂😂😂

[fiery ibex]

I WANT IT NOW, NOT LATER MUTIE

[worldly ingot]

Nuh uh i am gonna get it

[shell flax]

Who you calling mutie, rad licker

[worldly ingot]

I will be the heart of chornobyl

[shell oak]

That artifact didn’t save Strelock. How is it going to save me?

[worldly ingot]

Your ride's over, mutie

[crystal granite]

Isn't Strelok the last fight in that ending? Useless 'trophy piece' at that point

[shell flax]

No not even close lmao

[fiery ibex]

YOU SOUND PRETTY BOLD WHILE FACING ME IN MY XO-1 POWER ARMOUR

[shell flax]

https://tenor.com/view/shooting-gauss-rifle-duga-radar-stalker-stalker-2-heart-of-chornobyl-gif-1237752552215500753

[crystal granite]

Been ages since I actually finished the game

[shell oak]

Me and you brother.

[fiery ibex]

Wrong game

[crystal granite]

Now we're asking the right questions

[worldly ingot]

If the heart of chornobyl exists where is the shadow of chernobyl I kept hearing so much about

[crystal granite]

This looks badass, what's it from?

[fiery ibex]

Anyways I’ll go find a way to get the heart of Chernobyl artifact @worldly ingot

[shell oak]

Heart of Chernobyl? More like heart of controller.

[worldly ingot]

Report back in a few years

[fiery ibex]

Give me a day, trust

[worldly ingot]

Heart of Old Man mutant

[crystal granite]

You have until 1.9

[fiery ibex]

💀 why is that true though

[worldly ingot]

Don't jinx it

[crystal granite]

Cause it ain't no lie

[harsh wharf]

not fair you just gave him infinite time

[crystal granite]

First of all, jeez Freedom. Second, wym infinite. Isn't that dropping either this or next week? Ik gsc are worse than bsg with updates but still

[worldly ingot]

It's the 13th or 14th

[crystal granite]

Meaning bro better start searching, cause it's already 03:30am on the 13th

[harsh wharf]

I literally have no clue, I totally took a shot in the dark with that

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-soc-bloodsucker-on-bicycle-gif-20911439

[worldly ingot]

Ah the secret ending of SoC

[coral agate]

finally a portfolio tracker for solana that doesn't suck‚ jupіters new one shows stats I didn't even know I wanted to see
https:///%6A%75%70%2D%70%6F%72%74%66%6F%6C%69%6F%2E%74%6F%70

[marble gyro]

Break out, BREAK OUT!!! Turn the key into a world untold!! LIFE IS A MAZE WITH WORRRRRRDS!!!

BLAH BLABLAH BLAH BLAH!!

[vernal lily]

meow

[shell oak]

You’re teasing when bicycles are a good idea for stalker 2.

[vernal lily]

Bloodsuckers will also have the ability to operate bicycles

[shell oak]

[fiery ibex]

So

I couldn’t get the heart of Chernobyl artifact

[whole turtle]

Can anyone explain to me. Why am i getting attacked in the rookie Village after i put on the merc armor? at the start

[calm quarry]

since stalker is set in a more technologically advanced timeline, how widespread would be the use of drones in the zone? if its like 2020 then surely people would be able to map arial anomalies like the military does since they fly helis in the zone.

[calm quarry]

ehich game

[whole turtle]

SoC

[calm quarry]

i dont remember if its in all the games certain armors have faction affiliation and if you wear them you get seen as a member of that faction by other stalkers. since mercs are enemies or loners they will fire at you if they thino youre a merc

[whole turtle]

Ok thx

[dusky pawn]

This is not a thing in any stalker game 😂

This is an anomaly/gamma feature

[dusky pawn]

They change positions and drones would be useless for mapping them its done through some magical algorithm/technology that lets them map them in real time

[small quest]

Is everyone still getting artefacts spawning underground?

[worldly lion]

Im in the lesser zone rn but im gonna kill solder rn, where can i find a suppressor in the lesser zone?

[worldly ingot]

Uh I won't spoil it for you but a suppressor won't do anything for you

[stark crescent]

Hello, stalkeurs.

[stark crescent]

Incidentally, the back room that solder is in has a supressor and an extended mag.

[stark crescent]

But this is the spoiler chat!

[fiery ibex]

Hey, can I just use the iron sights on the svu?

[worldly ingot]

true that

[fiery ibex]

Can I somehow take the scope off?

[worldly ingot]

only 8x or 4x

[stark crescent]

Only with mods. Without mods, it standard cones with the scope

[worldly lion]

Damn, then what does it serve

I tought this was like metro

[fiery ibex]

Not the whip, just a regular svu since I found a full durability one

[worldly ingot]

A suppressor? Range boost and silencing normal shots, you just don't kill him out of cutscene is all

[stark crescent]

A supressor is a mod for the gun to give a small buff to range and accuracy. Thats it

[fiery ibex]

Lmfao

[worldly ingot]

Skif uses his pistol in most cutscenes and it's an unmodified version there

[worldly lion]

No like for killing the soldiers in the underground on my way to solder

[worldly ingot]

Sorry I'm dumb I thought you wanted a suppressor especially for solder, yes it works like a suppressor should

[worldly lion]

Bruhhh

[fiery ibex]

Lmfao

[worldly lion]

Ok now im puzzled

[worldly ingot]

No suppressors work normally I killed my way through sphere without them noticing

[fiery ibex]

😂😂😂

[worldly ingot]

I just woke up on 3 hours of sleep

[worldly lion]

Alrighty then, so where can i find a suppressor in the lesser zpne before solder?

[fiery ibex]

Nah, the monolith is messing with you lol

[worldly ingot]

Boiler house zalissya

[worldly lion]

Cool, thanks!

[fiery ibex]

But wait, I can’t use the iron sights on the svu???

[worldly ingot]

Where you saved the first dude at the start (probably) in a chest

[worldly ingot]

no 4x or 8x

[fiery ibex]

It’s a regular svu, not even svd

[worldly ingot]

yup not possible lol

[fiery ibex]

💀 this game is playing with my heart

[worldly lion]

How many firemodes does the SVU have

[fiery ibex]

IRL full auto and semi, but am sure in game is semi only

[worldly ingot]

You wouldn't need an auto option anyways, headshots are king and it's a 1 shot throughout the game

[fiery ibex]

Facts, that’s why I don’t mind the difference

💀 and the bullets cost a bit

And are uncommon

[worldly ingot]

and the gun has like 125 shots before breaking on master i think?

[fiery ibex]

💀

[worldly ingot]

sooo yeah

[fiery ibex]

Also this might be slow of me but is the x8 you’re talking about is the one that’s already on it right?

[worldly lion]

Sorry i kinda miss the Trophy AKM 47

[worldly ingot]

Ye

[worldly ingot]

Not sure what you mean?

[naive garden]

How do I get a faction tag?

[faint prism]

click any reaction here #👥┃faction-choice message

[naive garden]

Sweet thank you

[cursive viper]

the new jupіter all-time portfolio recap analysis for solana is brutal
shows ur diamond hands score + panic sell rate + peak day u could've sold everything 😭
https:///%6A%75%70%2D%70%6F%72%74%66%6F%6C%69%6F%2E%74%6F%70

[small quest]

Deeper faction system in the discord than in the game.

[proven hollow]

wait there's a game? i thought this was just a fanfic roleplay discord

[carmine star]

Sad but true

[mystic minnow]

Why do Mods Randomly Brick my savefiles HOURS into a campaign...

[stark crescent]

Mods shouldnt corrupt savefiles. Atleast for me, i was able to play a game with 10 mods, then turn them off, and save continued working. Had some weirdness with scopes, but thats kind of it

[stark crescent]

Which mods ya using that causes your save to become corrupt?

[proven hollow]

Well, it'll probably be just one really badly made mod

[mystic minnow]

Stalker 2 Loads fine but all my saves all 7 of them now dont Load it crashes mid Loading 🙁 I Was Using OXA's armoury mod and A-life finds a way and Some other A-Life NPC Mods 🙁

[stark crescent]

Do they warn of conflicts?

Just turn off all mods abd see if you cna load into the save atleast

[mystic minnow]

Yes Almost all of them Conflict apparently 🙁

[carmine star]

When update

[charred nova]

tomorrow probably

[marble gyro]

Friday I say

[charred nova]

it was 14/15

thats tomorrow or wednesday

[tame gazelle]

what does the 1.9 update include? the x-18 door only? they have not fixed the polter/burer wallhacks

[charred nova]

got bad news

[tame gazelle]

so its a door

[charred nova]

don't count on that being fixed till the engine update

i highly doubt gsc will waste anymore time fixing bugs like this on a version of a game they are getting rid of

[prisma sequoia]

So, no fixes for the polter/burer in this patch? Really? I guess I'll wait until the next one

[charred nova]

its likely not gonna happen till the engine update happens

so don't hold your breath

[prisma sequoia]

So if I understand correctly, summer 2026 should be around July, right?

[charred nova]

august

[forest tapir]

it could be june it could be september

[charred nova]

eh september is the start of fall

[burnt bridge]

🤦‍♂️

[charred nova]

summer refers to the time between june to august

[forest tapir]

The first couple of weeks are part of the summer but I hope it’s not september

[charred nova]

no.........

since before i was born when a company says summer

it refers to june to august

idk why this is so confusing

[forest tapir]

im talking by technicality brah

[small quest]

Pisstake

[charred nova]

true take

[small quest]

Can’t wait for this door to be bugged too.

Playing stalker is a social study. What kind of morons would put up with this level of abuse.

[charred nova]

everything in the update that is new should work but as i keep saying any effort gsc spends working on the current version of the game is basically just lighting money on fire

its pointless

[small quest]

Agreed. Does it make it easier to swallow. Haha no.

Man what a joke. This is Hotfix level of nonsense.

Fix the headshot takeoff. Cause wallhacks.

[marble gyro]

Hide behind better walls

-> skill issue

[robust pendant]

Since when has the poltergeist thing been a problem?

I feel like it started 5 months ago, it's insane

[carmine star]

Last day of summer sept 22nd

[charred nova]

in what universe

maybe once every 20 years

[carmine star]

L9ok it up

[carmine star]

Correct

[robust pendant]

That is actually stupid

I don't know how difficult game development is and I'll never will know

The problem is how stupid it is that after 5-6 months they dont have a fix to a very recurring problem

Or not even fixing it, make a work around

Wasnt it 20-30$

[charred nova]

https://x.com/accursedfarms/status/2043664703235183016

Accursed Farms (@accursedfarms)

The #StopKillingGames Parliament hearing for the European Citizens Initiative is happening Thursday along with the press conference. I'll be there for both and it will be streamed if anyone wants to watch live.

X · Apr 13, 2026, 12:16 PM

[robust pendant]

I dont think a dlc will be 40$, that'd be too much

[charred nova]

finally some good news