⭐┃nospoilers_general

[hazy helm]

you knew it all along?
Was this a test?

[solid dome]

Anomaly - fix what's not broken

[mortal gull]

Checked it on PDA

Looked like a path

[hazy helm]

I'm pulling my sleeves and fixing anomaly myself
First order of bussiness,cut half of it off

[solid dome]

Cut half of it, sell it on the black market

If you are for real, would it come with broken updates?

Vista was cool

Vova Vist on the other hand, bad

[hazy helm]

Vova Vist was the coolest

[solid dome]

I have different experience with the Holy Run being nothing but Chore Run

[rotund fox]

I completed vanilla COP again and man i forgot how buggy these games are

[solid dome]

Buggy?

[rotund fox]

Ye, for example the dude that comes to replace Tremor after that whole bloodsucker business, i don't know where he is or what he's doing but he isn't on shadovsk

[solid dome]

@glossy blade Can we please kindly ask The Zone to ban these people

Tremor went missing, oh dear

[rotund fox]

I also once had Shadovsk turn hostile to me cause a bandit shot at me first and i shot him back lmao

[solid dome]

Ain't a bug

You got shot, you shot and you got...

Reminds me of this scene if I find it on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8tpWoStiw8

Rofl

"Ship, I've been shot"

[rotund fox]

The guy with the bren had the right idea tbh

[solid dome]

lol

I swear this movie is the best movie out there, period.

No matter how many times you see it, every scene keeps getting better and better

[red sky]

Which edition will you guys be getting for stalker 2? I really want the collector‘s edition for the zone map, art, figure etc but it doesn’t include the digital ultimate edition :(( so idk which one I will be getting. I’ll also have the standard edition for free on game pass

[hazy helm]

Already got the Steam Ultimate Edition

[red sky]

Nicee! See, I want the ultimate edition too but i want the physical collectors edition but that doesnt have the ultimate :((

I wish i could just get the items of the collectors edition without the game and buy it separately

[untold pewter]

It seems odd for the collectors edition to NOT have the ultimate edition.

[red sky]

Yeahh, youre already paying almost $200, why not throw in the ultimate edition for a few bucks

[finite dragon]

i tried a fresh install

worked for a bit

now i have the same issue again

[hazy helm]

anything in your crash logs?

[finite dragon]

ill send you my logs

[rotund jungle]

Im confused why you guys think collectors edition retail dosent come with collectors edition digital

Oh im retarfed im thinking of ultimate edition, so ya collectors is only delux

I wanna know what ultimate art is lol since it states their diffrent in the packages from the others

[solid dome]

"Wait A Month After Launch And Decide Edition" myself

[red sky]

Zam

[solid dome]

Can't trust a company with my wallet which doesn't respect its community.

[red sky]

I can

[solid dome]

Zamn? Yeah.

[red sky]

I have never made a bad pre order

I have a sixth sense

[solid dome]

Never too late to enter dangerous waters

[red sky]

Nope, not for me, I am the Strelok of pre orders

But yeah, i want ultimate edition but also physical edition stuff so idk what to do

[solid dome]

Buy both, you still won't get the game on a DVD

[red sky]

Wdymm, i buy physical edition, ultimate edition and then i also have standard edition from game pass so i have 3x stalker

[solid dome]

I mean you still won't have the game on a DVD, actual files you know

The "I have my DVD with the game on" times are ded

[frail spire]

"I never made a bad preorder"

all preorders are bad, if you think otherwise you're coping

"b-but the game turned out good!"
lol
lmao even

[rotund jungle]

Battlefield 420 was so funny, my friends absolutly begged me to buy that crap on day 1 and a week later they were like “welp”

But i trust stalker 2 will be a good buy, devs showed they cared to me and promised modding tools out of the box which is pretty awesome

Worse comes to worse you can wait a few days before playing it when it releases and refund it if the consensus is awful

[rotund jungle]

For the low price of 300$ you can just get the physical ultimate edition

[devout zealot]

If the game sucks ill be a bit sad but will consider my purchase to have been a donation to people in a war torn country.

Still, I think it will be fun.

[sand condor]

i rarely preorder games

last game i preordered is elden ring

[solid dome]

Lol

[solid dome]

People at times...

[sand condor]

oh

[solid dome]

So you're pre-ordering a game hoping it'll turn out good, and if it doesn't you've donated money you don't even have a clue how were used?

[sand condor]

thats kinda a mistake

[solid dome]

Lmfao

[sand condor]

its a game that you most likely never heard

[solid dome]

Elden Ring?

[sand condor]

f1 manager

[solid dome]

I heard about it, not into sports games - except rally and F1 maybe

[sand condor]

i like management aspects

2nd game i preordered

i never preorder because messes like 2042 and saints row

[fluid abyss]

yeah, it would be nice to know whats goin on with the stalker devs

russia invading certainly threw a wrench into the gears, and I'd imagine they are back up and running at full capacity (ish?) by now(?)

[languid current]

I have a problem with my computer randomly it will just disconnect from the internet for no reason do any of you know anything that could help me out

[hearty vigil]

It isn’t a stalker game at all.

[frail spire]

analandme
Stalker game
Yeah yeah

[hearty vigil]

Nobody ever replaces him lol

What bug are you talking about. Tremor disappears and there’s no medic at Skadovsk anymore.

[frail spire]

Yeah, thats why you hold off the quest until you're really ready to go

[hearty vigil]

You just get free meds.

[river plume]

Anyone know a fix for srp ? Sleeping bag crashes my game

[hearty vigil]

#🔩┃trilogy_modifications

[junior tartan]

is there any mods which can use gunslinger apart from cop and orsg?

[hearty vigil]

#🔩┃trilogy_modifications

[candid tinsel]

For the physical editions, is there a US link you can order from or does it have to be the international shipping one?

[fluid abyss]

@hearty vigil you

why don't you like customizable difficulty

I can understand that "stalker is supposed to be brutal" but the way they're marketing it seems like they could be trying to appeal to a broader audience

I'd rather be able to MAKE the game brutal, as opposed to have to deal with dumb features that make the game more forgiving

[hearty vigil]

Just not a fan of the concept. Not a fan of difficulty levels either. I believe people should all be playing the same game.

It’s not about brutality, just consistency.

[red sky]

Are they hiring?

[fluid abyss]

considering that the e-mail list confirmation email reads

"Confirm your email to be among the first to receive alerts about upcoming emissions, leads to stashes, and high-paying jobs."

probably

[red sky]

I meant if they are hiring at the moment. That just means they might be in the future. Because to be back to full capacity they will have to have hired new people (considering quite a few of the devs etc are in war + lead devs)

[devout zealot]

they have 16 job postings on their website

[red sky]

And not wanting difficulty options in games in general is just idiotic gatekeeping and egotistical

[red sky]

Ah i see thx 👍🏼

[worthy lagoon]

#🖤┃s2-pre-order

[fluid abyss]

game-legends USED to have an option for the US, but as of late they removed the US as a shippable zone

as for ultimate edition retail preorders, I'm pretty sure it has been sold out on game-legends because they were out of it before they removed the US as a ship zone
unless they decide to add more close to release date, idk if there would be more available

[rotund jungle]

Dang just found out about the EAX travesty, real shame it seems like a real improvement too was that how the devs intended everything to sound when making the game? i just finished SOC so not really worth putting it on there but is there a way to get it running on CS and COP?

[rotund fox]

Hm, i could have sworn i remember someone coming to replace him right after you tell everyone he was responsible. Guess that might have been part of a mod or something.

[proven shadow]

Fair enough its a standalone mod

[static quartz]

a

[obtuse crag]

I didnt get it

You mean that you want the game having locations like in clear sky and CoP?

If yes well I dont think so maybe there is but I dont think there is

That you are a new member here imma teach ya smth

SoC and then CS and then CoP thats how the devs wanted you to play it

CS and then SoC and then CoP thats how the lore is

I see that clear sky spoils soc so you already know the story of strelok but ehh we are here for battle not stories

Yeah lore is cool in stalker but doesnt matter if something was spoiled because stalker makes you feel the gameplay than feeling the lore which is pretty cool

[quaint niche]

hey

i am so laughing

i have finished this game 2 times but i dont know how to prepare for cnpp 30meds enough?

i even have gone in cnpp 3 times but

then i ran out of meds and returned in bar with save

so how much meds?

3 crystal artifacts

[rocky trellis]

That would entirely depend on you. pretty sure I went in with 10 only.

was on hardest difficulty too

Just take as many as you can unless you plan to continue?

or just take as many as you can anyway, then you do not have to buy any for a long time.

[quaint niche]

hmm

ammo?

[quaint niche]

@rocky trellis which should i prioritise more? ammo or a meds

also

it is pretty hard to carry enough to make me last to game ending. i mean good ending

[rocky trellis]

well, for sure need to have enough of both. if you die, you're screwed. If you run out of ammo, you're screwed.

And ammo too would highly depend on what weapon(s) you use

I think suitable amount of ammo for assault rifles was around 400-500 for me, but I didn't run out of them

if you're running low, you can always pick ammo from enemies and use their weapons if they do not drop the ammo type you use.

I had to do that one a first major mission. I played call of pripyat first, so I didn't expect to need that much ammo.

[quaint niche]

yes but i use vintar bc i tried nato guns like ft2000 and even gp37 and they are unreliable and for vintar rifles they run out too quickly

[rocky trellis]

uhh... I think you're firing too fast I believe. I often use single fire at long range

short bursts at medium, and full auto only at close range

having an accurate gun helps with saving ammo

[candid tinsel]

Dang, wanted to cop one for my birthday

[quaint niche]

yea but still not enough i cant set keybinds to quickly set firing mode

can you recommend them?

[rocky trellis]

I've set mine to a mouse key, mouse 4 for firing more, mouse 5 for reload

[quaint niche]

like v?

damn i have crappy mouse

[rocky trellis]

then just have to select a key that is easy to press quickly...

[quaint niche]

i dont have any ideas

[rocky trellis]

V could work

just need to remember to actually use it

[quaint niche]

dang it where is cristal at tunnel at freedom base

[quaint niche]

i hate exoskeleton because it is slow but i have no other choice

oh and i found crystal nevermind

[waxen wraith]

There are over 300 employees working in GSC right?

[broken talon]

500+outsource, if I remember correctly.

[waxen wraith]

Ah ok

[mossy shard]

Will there be more places in the US to place a retail Ultimate Edition PC pre-order in the future? The $350 one. There aren't any retailers in the US that sell the PC Ultimate edition

[solid dome]

It's 2030 and Stalker 2 still has to make it to the market

[frail spire]

It's 2040, Scam Citizen released, but no word from Stalker 2

[solid dome]

If so this could be the biggest fail ever

Bigger than Skyrim & FO4 combined

[frail spire]

Nah it won't be that big

[solid dome]

Definitive Epic Fail yo

[frail spire]

but I do expect some shenanigans

like some outsource poo leaking gameplay by accident

since we're talking microsoft as well

[solid dome]

It's obvious what's outsourced

The artworks we were shown so far

Keen eye can tell

How much people work on Scam Citizen?

As of 2020-12, CIG has a total of 695 staff. 512 of whom are developers - Google

Make it 600-something actual devs.

Skyrim was 250

If ST2 is 500... I don't believe the count, naw.

[red sky]

Mark my words: STALKER 2 will be the game of all time

[fluid abyss]

if it ever comes out

[red sky]

It will release tomorrow

[solid dome]

STUCKER 2

Stuck in time loop

[mild owl]

It was only 300+ and that included any outsourced stuff

[fluid abyss]

stuck in in-dev

[frail spire]

Stalker 2 but it's just SoC with CoP QoL features and CS faction wars with updated engine

[solid dome]

and propaganda all over

No, thanks, OpenXRay ftw

[mild owl]

Would give them some slack, considerin everythin that happened this year

[fluid abyss]

true but the lack of transparency is concerning

[solid dome]

It's not concerning

It's like screaming in agony

[fluid abyss]

?

[solid dome]

It's a person screaming in agony in the distance is how the lack of transparency sounds

Can't use the war as excuse for everything

War this, war that

[fluid abyss]

war is fine and all but pls tell us whats actually goin on

blue balling ur longtime fans hurts

[solid dome]

Lawyer up, GSC...

Man up for once

Remember what the 2 guards in the Metro 2033 menu were saying?

It's NOW or NEVER

[mild owl]

I mean the reason for the last delay was pretty clear in the last dev dairy, some of the devs includin the AI lead and one of the OG’s for ALife are fightin a war

[solid dome]

We ain't talking delay

[fluid abyss]

probably not the best reference to make, a better one would be to make is to refer to cp2077's marketing and all of the hype -as well as the subsequent letdown- that followed

[solid dome]

We talking about showing the actual product without putting make up on top, be it 10 second piece of video, gif even...

Even 5 sec gif would work

[fluid abyss]

I think fans will understand delays and all, but so far we have zero evidence the game actually exists. Only models and mockups of what the game could look like.

[solid dome]

Instead we get what, an upload containing one track from the game with looping video in the background

Get real, damit

This ain't serious

It's trolling your customer base

Wonder who would they blame if the game turns out a miserable attempt need lots of patches?

Customers for not preordering? Media for no coverage? 🤣

[fluid abyss]

The game was set to launch mid-late April of 2022, and the Russians came in late February.
Supposedly, these guys were in the last 2 months of development, meaning that game should have been mostly done. Yet we don't have any actual gameplay footage, regardless of if its still in alpha.

Now the April release date being a farce by the marketing team to generate hype, just to move it back later (regardless of invasion), is not unthinkable. Kind of scummy, but not out of line for what you'd expect from marketing. It is pretty hard to predict when a game is going to be ready, and you might as well generate hype while you're at it.

[solid dome]

Basically

If Quartz knows what's wrong so does everyone

[fluid abyss]

not the YT comments lol

[solid dome]

Except YT comments, sorry

Forgot about that part

[mild owl]

This sounds like it was made around March 2021 when they showed weapon models and teeth, we have seen multiple clips havin cutscenes and also screenshots for the game as well as the intro for the game.

What would be the point of hirin 300+ people and get deals with Microsoft only to make a fake game? If it’s shit there’s pretty much everythin sayin how this game is real

[fluid abyss]

I'm not saying the game is fake per se, I'm saying that we have no way of knowing what the game is like because we haven't seen anything aside from cutscene trailers

consumer confidence is a pretty important factor when deciding whether to buy something

[solid dome]

Weapon models, teeth (lol), multiple clips consisting of cutscene material and screenshots are not representative of the actual product, my man.

You can show a car's speedo but if you don't show how the actual car looks and handles, you won't sell it

Meantime.. since when we can use the Shi- word again?!

[frail spire]

The game is definetly not fake, but them not showing anything means that they're either moving at a snails pace or they're going to keep quiet because they plan on adding something that literally everyone will hate

[fluid abyss]

I've only heard the 300+ people thing on this server and I'm not sure what you mean about "deals with microsoft", you got anything that I can confirm/read up on?

[frail spire]

like when a company makes an mmo and during the alpha/beta testing the game is good but then at release theres microtransactions up the ass

[solid dome]

Last paragraph: hell yes

[frail spire]

Example, diablo eternal

[mild owl]

They delayed in January to December before the war, not surprisin since that’s just a problem with every studio nowadays, hell even Nintendo with Zelda had some major delays.

If they already delayed till December before the war one can only imagine how many setbacks the war made

[solid dome]

He means potential funding from them which nobody ever confirmed - no?

[fluid abyss]

yeah, so I want there to be more transparency

[frail spire]

Theres a lot of people who tested the game early and said it was good and had no microtransactions and blizzard asked the players to list stuff that would make the game better, then at release they paywalled everything the players suggested

[solid dome]

Lol

[frail spire]

So yeah, saying nothing at all isn't a good omen

Like, I don't know who works at PR but they probably are aware of this so they'll double down on being silent and NDA

[solid dome]

NDA Game World

[fluid abyss]

like I don't think any long time stalker fan would care if the game gets delayed to something like 2024/2025 (even if that may be a bruh moment).
As long as the people can SEE what's going on, there wouldn't be so much skepticism (and there would be clear feedback from the community regarding specific features, such as NFTs)

[mild owl]

GSC has it on the faq channel for stalker 2, they said it’s about 300 people

[frail spire]

people who actually played stalker don't care about the game being delayed but they ask for actual proof because we already had the nft issue

[solid dome]

Don't you wonder why they said that number and what made em do it?

[fluid abyss]

ah, gotcha

[frail spire]

what would have happened if they didn't paid attention to their community?

the game would have had nfts on launch, lmao.

[solid dome]

As if they pay attention to their community atm

[fluid abyss]

(unlikely) game theory: they built a large chunk of their game around NFTs and they are now rewriting everything

[frail spire]

I'm sure they do, it's just that they can't be very open about it because current videogame industry is about doing everything your fans hate as much as possible

either that or microsoft has a gun on their heads and is trying to force microtransactions into the game

hence the skins you get from preorders

[fluid abyss]

so long as the preorder skins aren't too cool or too ugly, I don't think most people will care

[frail spire]

also selling skins means that they'll probably crack down on modding regarding models, and since we're talking about unreal engine it's gonna be really bad

[solid dome]

Oh noes

Where dem Unreal moddin' enthusiasts now

[frail spire]

First step valve did after moving from CS 1.6 to CSGO was banning custom skins for example

[fluid abyss]

yeah but can't you still do them

like replace certain skin files to show something else

[frail spire]

It's not about if you can't or cannot DO it

See rockstar, no one cares what rockstar wants or doesn't wants, people will find the way, but it's the issue of being a dick about it

[solid dome]

Similar like Blizzard banning custom maps or whatever the exact case was with WC3 Refunded

[frail spire]

They did what?

Well, yeah see? publishers are full of mentally challenged people

[solid dome]

They did something about custom maps I can't exactly remember making fans mad

[frail spire]

I don't blame them, because someone can exploit legal loopholes to actually rob them from money

[solid dome]

Aha

[fluid abyss]

instead of focusing on getting money through specific avenues (mostly microtransactions) they should focus on getting money through making the game appealing to play

Garry's Mod didn't make tens of millions of dollars by cracking down on what you can and can't do, they got there by allowing almost everything

[solid dome]

Agreed

[fluid abyss]

honesty -> transparency -> respect -> reputation -> sales

[broken talon]

They've delayed the release even before the war has started. But yeah, the possibility is high that the initial release date was for hype and preorders.

[solid dome]

It was like that decade and a half ago. Not anymore, sadly...

How about we change topic

We can't change crap even if we want

[fluid abyss]

personally although its kind of scummy, I think it's "fine" so long as the game turns out good

[glacial quartz]

No trailer showcase for stalker yet?

[fluid abyss]

yeah but SOME people in this server can

[solid dome]

Trailer showcase happened, gameplay didn't

[glacial quartz]

I mean the event that happening atm

[solid dome]

Which event?

[glacial quartz]

Idk what it's called, tons of games being showcased and revealed

[solid dome]

Tokyo Game Show? 😄

[red sky]

I still dont know how i should buy the game 😭

[solid dome]

TGS covers mostly asian games

[glacial quartz]

Ah okay thanks

[solid dome]

Buy it in pieces

[fluid abyss]

Steam, Game-Legends, country specific preorder options in #🖤┃s2-pre-order

[red sky]

I know

[glacial quartz]

Preorder it to help the devs

[frail spire]

how about just wait and see

[glacial quartz]

I pre-ordered it long ago

[solid dome]

Or preorder it and get wreck'd

[red sky]

But i want the physical deluxe edition but the ultimate digital edition

[frail spire]

instead of dumping like $100+ bucks

[fluid abyss]

yeah but I feel like more people would be inclined to buy in if they actually knew what they were getting

[frail spire]

without even having a gameplay trailer

[solid dome]

^

Preorder something you didn't even see what it is

[glacial quartz]

I don't care about the game as long as it's an anomaly in new gen graphics and moddable for the foreseeable future. Worth my money

[solid dome]

Gamers in 2022

[glacial quartz]

I am tired and sick of modding a game from 2007

[solid dome]

Kekw

[red sky]

Lol everyone traumatized because they pre ordered a red flag 2 years ago :))

[frail spire]

Literally the kind of people that ruined the industry lmao

[solid dome]

F-yeah

[glacial quartz]

It's my fault for corrupt companies that keep making half assed games?

[red sky]

Us gamers are an oppressed minority

[solid dome]

If the game flops, it'll be because Youtube fanatics and Anomaly bootlickers

[frail spire]

You say this while playing a half assed mod

Literally

and I play it a lot mind you, so it's not like I'm biased

[glacial quartz]

There are many games that come out good but gamers think they're so special they complain about everything that comes out despite not laying 1 hour on the game

[frail spire]

You know what happened when actual gamers didn't complain and welcomed having more people into their hobby?
They destroyed it

[glacial quartz]

You have a meme profile pic and named ghost of Kyiv, infact you're the problem with the world bro as you are one of the guideless sheep who follow the media

[fluid abyss]

judging by the chad pfp and my experiences with him I'm pretty sure he's being ironic

[glacial quartz]

Maybe wake up someday and do something special with your life and you'll find a meaning in it

No offense bro.

[frail spire]

Everything I say it's unironic and I'm a threat to society

[fluid abyss]

yeah, exactly

[glacial quartz]

You're not a threat but your darn IQ is

[frail spire]

Imagine going for personal attacks when faced with the fact that anomaly sucks ass which is told to you by another person who also plays the same mod

[red sky]

[solid dome]

https://tenor.com/view/hahaha-happiness-enjoying-having-fun-good-vibes-gif-13487652

[glacial quartz]

It's not even about anomaly i just like the aesthetics of stalker in a vast open world fashion and enjoy modding my game

[frail spire]

It's ok dude, you'll get anomaly 2 when modding for S2 comes up

[red sky]

[frail spire]

Until then you'll enjoy an actual good game without weapon parts mechanics, hopefully

[solid dome]

Anomaly 2 SDK

[glacial quartz]

For some it's enough, but maybe for you, you'd need a fully fledged game to your taste Mr "Chad of Kyiv"

[frail spire]

If S2 goes well I'm sure people will work on another anomaly

[glacial quartz]

What a empty-headed entity lmao

[solid dome]

Anomaly 2 SDK. Install it and you'll be able to use a lot of tools limited to the Map Editor. Good luck and good night.

[fluid abyss]

Pretty sure the underwear-hat Chad, "Oy vey", "Officer I'm gonna say the N-word", "Ghost of Kyiv" Veteran Bandit is not being serious

[frail spire]

Not really, my only boxes to tick are "no microtransactions, monthly podcasts talking about how the whole project is going and no paid shills"

I literally don't care about anything else

[red sky]

Guys will Stalker 2 have furry waifus

[frail spire]

I don't even care about preorders because those have a functions and a purpose when not abused by the devs and publishers

[solid dome]

Yeah, for you it will

[red sky]

Not that i want that just hypothetical question

[frail spire]

We won't even have women, thank god, so don't hold your breath

[mild owl]

I mean the intro had the first women dialogue in the entire franchise so anythin is possible

[frail spire]

What if they're radio silent because they'll add women lmaoooooo

[red sky]

Sam

[mild owl]

There was a literal woman speaking on the intro for stalker 2, the last thing GSC has showed

[frail spire]

Can't wait for people to do a pile of dead female stalkers posted daily in here when that happens

Yes, women exist, no one ever denied that

[red sky]

Guys i am insider from csg world gaming and i can confirm that we have added catgirl anomalies

[frail spire]

Just no in the game because they have no place there

Use them for whatever the hell else you want

[fluid abyss]

stalker already has bloodsuckers, you can't improve on perfection

[red sky]

I beg to differ

[digital glacier]

Can't wait for the only woman in the zone to be a scientist in a safe zone lul

[frail spire]

I wouldn't mind a female reporting calmly telling my tales of exterminating every weedomer on the map

[solid dome]

They will be in the game cause the gamers nowadays are buncha wankers

[digital glacier]

Muh female sdalgerz

[mild owl]

That I could say maybe, the woman in that intro seemed more like an outsider, so maybe there’s very little to no women in the actual zone

[frail spire]

I mean, thats the only way you'll have an actual woman in the game, to be a scientist that never leaves the bunker because they'll get instantly kidnapped and sold around

[red sky]

Stalker 2 added women, smh they had to make it political

[fluid abyss]

imo I don't have a problem with women in the zone, I just would find it questionable if they had an unusually high presence in the zone

the zone isn't the post apocalypse, so there's nothing that would guarantee an approximate 50-50 split

[solid dome]

Media will also explode, STALKER 2 is against gender equality, etc, etc

[mild owl]

But idk, I do think GSC can deliver a great game and they have showed clips of the game itself, combat sections (yes the AI was shit) and the artifact hunt were pretty much full gameplay

[frail spire]

I mean, if they add women they have to then come out and say "ok all the women you see in the game are the trash of society just like their male counterparts" because thats what stalkers are at the end of the day

[digital glacier]

yes generally speaking the bandit faction alone would be enough to keep most women outside the zone, never mind the horrors and other dangers inside it

[frail spire]

and theres no way they'll say that in current year

[solid dome]

Tf, artifact hunt?

[mild owl]

But at the same time I don’t work for GSC so they’re not payin me in order to defend them so yeah, prob won’t talk much of it

[red sky]

Realistically speaking, only few women would be crazy enough and willing to become stalkers in the zone.

[fluid abyss]

I would imagine the sheer danger & no police to stop any crimes (even those of a sexual nature) would discourage most women from approaching the zone, at least without an entourage of trusted (and heavily armed) friends

[frail spire]

It will unironically do more harm than good to add women just not for the reason people thinks it will

[digital glacier]

getting a few women scientists here and there in some of the bases would make sense though

[mild owl]

The artifact hunt on the gameplay trailer of 2021

[frail spire]

Theres only 2 ways women can be in the zone, one being somewhat believable and the other being an stretch

[fluid abyss]

scientists would make sense because they would likely be guarded by well-paid mercenaries

[frail spire]

the reasonable way is by having a scientist

[solid dome]

Do not give them ideas

[digital glacier]

exactly, not to mention being a scientist is an actual job that exists outside the zone too

[frail spire]

the other which is going to be a stretch, is to have ONE female character thats the right hand of a bandit leader, like, one really mean b*tc

[red sky]

Yeah, women generally wouldn’t be as crazy as men to enter the zone, anarchy resulting in all kinds of shit against them, probably barely any women would be there

[frail spire]

the kind of women you would rather die than to spend more than 5 mintues alone with them

[digital glacier]

if they got assigned there and didn't decide to quit their job it's their problem, same thing applies to all scientists in the zone now that I think about it

[fluid abyss]

I mean I don't really care so long as the game doesn't turn into a harem RPG

[frail spire]

Strelok and his band of hoes

[mild owl]

Anomaly, detector, bolt and artifact. It’s all there from that clip

[fluid abyss]

only men would be dumb enough to willingly enter a zone that would probably kill them for money

[red sky]

Yehh thats what i mean

[digital glacier]

or desperate enough

[frail spire]

I mean, there could be one woman but she would need to be really, really insane, like, monolithian-tier insane

if not be worse than sultan

[red sky]

Or the sanest twitter user would suffice

[fluid abyss]

lmfao

Strelok straight pimpin'

[frail spire]

See, I wouldn't have issues with women in the game if they were written as an actual character and not just the token stronk female

[solid dome]

Dude, Where Are My Hoes?

[frail spire]

but I cannot trust current year devs regardless of studio nor publisher to do this

Because they will, without doubt, f it up

[solid dome]

That moment people of colour are added to the game!

[frail spire]

and we kinda have the proof already with uhh metro and the gf you get later on

[fluid abyss]

I mean so long as it isn't forced, I wouldn't care for the occasional rare black man to be in the game

[red sky]

Hello it is me, well written woman that had love trauma and decided to enter the zone to get rid of aggression and is unnecessarily rude to everyone

[frail spire]

she has no character, shes just there

[solid dome]

It is almost always forced

[frail spire]

She literally exists only to talk for the main character

[digital glacier]

I mean they could have a few tough af women running around as stalkers too, but they gotta be in the right factions

A woman that's in Duty for example sounds hella questionable

[solid dome]

Sluts Inc. - new faction

[fluid abyss]

fr, dingus falls into an irradiated shelter through a hole next to a tree

[fluid abyss]

barrack bunny

[solid dome]

Lmao

[frail spire]

Also if they add a scientist woman it has to be a hag that makes you think shes the zones witch

[solid dome]

Lmao x2

[red sky]

They should add joe biden

[frail spire]

and has to have visions even when inside the bunker while giving you cryptic messages during missions

[fluid abyss]

nah a witch-like character could just be an old lady who simply never left the zone ever since the chernobyl incident

[digital glacier]

Maybe if Wardens are actually an official body, backed by the state, or something of the sort you could have a few women stalkers there, they are supposed to be the Zone "police" after all

[fluid abyss]

sort of like Noah or Forester

[frail spire]

Maybe they reveal forester had a wife and shes a shaman

[solid dome]

Keep giving them such ideas and it may very well happen, damn you

[frail spire]

I could totally see that being a cool thing for it to happen

[red sky]

I have so many great ideas 🤩

[fluid abyss]

maybe... maybe forester has a wife and its a female bloodsucker

[frail spire]

Maybe they could make a dlc where they show the zone before it became as such and you play as forester

[digital glacier]

How the hell do you manage to think of stuff that's so incredibly cursed yet highly interesting like this?

[frail spire]

they could have forester have a darkwood moment where he sees the woods turn into the deranged hellhole the zone is

[digital glacier]

I'm pretty sure he's aware of what a nightmare the zone is, been a while since I played CS though, can't remember for sure

[frail spire]

Or, we could have an easy dlc and they could just add wave mode in which you play as forester in his home or something and your only weapon is a k98 or a mosin

or some old ass hunting shotgun

[solid dome]

Gimme this

[digital glacier]

this is a pretty good idea for a mod ngl

[solid dome]

It is, fo sho

[frail spire]

wave mode can also work in one of the bunkers that you have to keep safe

[digital glacier]

I'mma steal it to train in using the mod tools when (if) they come out for S2

[frail spire]

from the unending swarm of zombified stalkers

[fluid abyss]

"stories of the zone" DLC, where you can play short stories as various random stalkers, with the context being that the gameplay resembles the stories NPCs can tell each other around campfires

[solid dome]

Also worth having in mind

[digital glacier]

Tbh I kinda wanna see what the community will come up with for new artefact based weapons like the gauss

like, using a fire anomaly artifact for a flamethrower is sth basic that comes to mind

[fluid abyss]

The Obese Man: the Fat Man from Fallout except it lobs artifacts at people

[digital glacier]

kek, uses compass fragments to teleport them out of existence

[solid dome]

Come on, lol 😄

[fluid abyss]

some kind of nutso space anomaly grenade that sucks up all NPCs in the blast zone into a foggy pocket dimension, then they are forced to kill each other until one remains, who is then let out and materializes where they were at when they got hit

[solid dome]

Sweet Jesus, Quartz

[proven cargo]

would be fun with fruitpunch shotgun shells

[frail spire]

Kolobok mace

[digital glacier]

fruit punch would make for a good grenade launcher too now that you mention it

[frail spire]

It's just a kobolok tied to a stick

[proven cargo]

isn't Kolobok a healing artifact tho?

[fluid abyss]

bury an artifact inside of a fireplace and witness horrendous side effects as unsuspecting stalkers set fire to it

[frail spire]

It causes bleeding

[proven cargo]

ah, ok!

[frail spire]

The artifact de-rads you but you suffer bleeding effects harder so yeah

[digital glacier]

inb4 Gravi sledge hammer that sends enemies flying lol

[fluid abyss]

a snare and about 4 dozen anti-gravity artifacts that'll lift the victim into the sky forever (or until they break the rope and come falling back down)

[proven cargo]

in Clear Sky, and CoP the Kolobok heals you while radiating you

(is why I got confused)

[frail spire]

antigrav artifacts can be used to be able to use a howitzer with two hands

[solid dome]

lol

[fluid abyss]

fuse a bunch of bleeding artifacts with an exoskeleton suit to make a horrifying barebones Iron Maiden, anyone who gets into it immediately starts bleeding out

[digital glacier]

Can I use them throw crashed helicopters though?

[solid dome]

Lmao

[frail spire]

If you tape enough artifacts to it sure

which artifacts were the ones that reduced psi res?

make a net out of those and whenever you catch someone they'll go into a ravenous madness while crying for you to kill them

[fluid abyss]

an anomalous artifact reader that lures people into walking straight into anomalies

[solid dome]

This guy's full of absolutely brilliant ideas I should say

[proven cargo]

now that's evil. I've sacrificed myself many times just to grab an artifact in acid anomalous areas.

[frail spire]

anomalous mine: it's just a floating mine that floats around old battlefields and outposts

you know, like poltergeists but they explode

[solid dome]

Dancing mines then

[fluid abyss]

Poltergeists that take over limbs of a long-dead stalker, they appear to be a standard zombie at first, but shooting them makes the "man" split apart into multiple pieces that relentlessly beat you to death

[frail spire]

reminds me of the limb spiders from darkwood

[solid dome]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=129kuDCQtHs
Anomalous mines anthem

[proven cargo]

I wonder why bloodsuckers are invulnerable when they're invisible, anyone got any ideas?

[fluid abyss]

I don't think they are?

[digital glacier]

They are not

[frail spire]

They're not, you just miss

when they go invis is the time you have to gun them down because they beeline for you

[digital glacier]

Only invulnerable bloodsuckers you might find are the ones in the abandoned village at army warehouses and even then it's just a bug

[proven cargo]

guess it's a quirk of SRP then, cuz whenever they'd cloak, they'd literally become immune to bullets. When they uncloaked, they die to like 1 shotgun blast or 3 AP rounds, but when cloaked you could empty mags into them without anything happening
(This happened not only in the swamps, but also in the building outside the freedom base)

[frail spire]

ah yes, new mechanics that at no point are being told to you

because modders have skill issues

[proven cargo]

like the minimap's NPC counter, or the armor "hp" number in the inventory?

[frail spire]

I'm pretty sure those are explained though

Now you reminded me of the helmet with a radar as an upgrade

God I miss that item, it was such a scrub crutch

[proven cargo]

not in CS, unless maybe the dude in the chair at the clear sky base explains all the HUD elements to you. Don't remember if he does, cuz it's been so long ago since I've bothered with that tutorial part of the game

[frail spire]

Still, the npc counter isn't as bad as what you just described

[digital glacier]

These games are old enough for HUD elements to be explained in a booklet, just a reminder

[solid dome]

Wasn't it only Sidor introducing you the HUD elements?

[frail spire]

True

[proven cargo]

I mean, literal trial and error to understand what an everpresent hud element is telling you is pretty wack.

[proven cargo]

wait, Sid is also tutorial?
I thought he was just lore and mission stuff

[solid dome]

Lol

[frail spire]

I got it pretty quickly though, it wasn't some yank ass mechanic with deep meaning

[solid dome]

Sid's everything

[frail spire]

It was just "oh yeah theres npcs around"

[proven cargo]

true, it just made me annoyed that I could never understand what it was until like 3/4 into the game XD

[frail spire]

Which you would know anyways because you heard a bleep whenever an new npc got into range

and you would instantly see the number change

[proven cargo]

I'm dense, okay? like lead

[frail spire]

It's good they got rid of it though

[digital glacier]

Ngl, if they remove this mechanic in S2 I will not miss it, removes tension

[frail spire]

having a counter telling you how many enemies are around you makes play safer

instead of the intended "I did something stupid and died"

[worthy lagoon]

Skill issue

[proven cargo]

Isn't SoC the only one where an NPC counter and NPC locator would be allowed due to lore?

cuz sid (iirc) gives you that stuff on your pda

[frail spire]

I haven't played vanilla games in a long ass time so I wouldn't know

[proven cargo]

know for a fact you aren't given that stuff in CS, and don't think it happens in CoP, but maybe the military has access to that stuff and equips its spec ops people with it or smt?

[digital glacier]

Not wanting to see how many people are in my vicinity is a skill issue how exactly? I want LESS info, not more

[solid dome]

Instead of using binocs to tag enemies and literally wallhack. Counter's ten if not thousand times better.

[proven cargo]

the only info I could accept being on the minimap is friendly locations, but it'd have to be an upgrade, cuz it improves situational awareness decently

[frail spire]

They could bring the radar helmet back but nerf it's range to literally the next wall

[solid dome]

NPC counter's essential

If we have the binoc tagging in ST2 I'll refund, seriously

[frail spire]

or, just make it work with mutants

[solid dome]

(If I ever buy...lmao)

[digital glacier]

idk, I really doubt people in the zone would want their location to be so public, doesn't make much sense even with the pda network

[frail spire]

and not stalkers

[proven cargo]

the binoc in CS is nice, cuz it'll just tell you, sometimes, whether what you're looking at is hostile or not XD

[frail spire]

oh yeah I remember there was the enemy tagging on scopes too iirc

[proven cargo]

was really useful in the swamps when you wanted to avoid having to fight renegades, and wasn't sure if an outpost was safe or not

[frail spire]

That was so bs dude

[fluid abyss]

imo the binoc is fine, it lets you tell friend from foe in a slightly futuristic/technological way without having it be a super obnoxious hud compass like in skyrim

[proven cargo]

I feel like not marking "spotted" enemies would be a very smart move from GSC

[fluid abyss]

maybe have the binocs be a purchasable item like the artifact detector

[frail spire]

I mean, you could have ids embed into patches that are read by the binocs or the pda that would let you know friend from foe

[fluid abyss]

start with a dinky pair of simple binocs, upgrade to one with NVG tracking

[frail spire]

That could be a way they could explain you knowing whos aligned with who

of course you wouldn't be able to tell from affar

[fluid abyss]

maybe instead of the binoculars tagging the whole enemy, it would tag the PDA (or whatever pouch their PDA is stored in)

[proven cargo]

just telling me if they're hostile so long as I have them focused in the binoc is fine to me. Could maybe mark the entire outpost or whatnot as hostile, just to make navigating the map easier, at least until the outpost gets overtaken by a different faction, then you'll need to recheck

[digital glacier]

honestly just making sure the suit designs display the faction patches more prominently and having standard colors for the factions would be enough in most cases to make the binocs just zoom and not tag anything

[fluid abyss]

nah, I wanna avoid having tons of HUD icons and stuff, even on maps

[frail spire]

Yeah I think they should do away with being able to tell friend from foe

[digital glacier]

and I agree that Far Cry style wallhack tagging doesn't really fit the game

[fluid abyss]

just remember which outposts are hostile, or check everytime you swing close

[frail spire]

and just see the names and let the player f it up by shooting an ally

[proven cargo]

I meant more in the sense of you getting a transparent red circle covering the outpost or smt, but I fully understand that it'd be an iffy thing

[fluid abyss]

Fallout 4 does this thing with red/green health bars, but the issue is that more "neutral" NPCs sometimes have red health bars despite being friendly to the player

[frail spire]

I try doing that nowadays with mods, just remove both crosshairs and being able to identify things

[solid dome]

That could be better instead, here's those binocs, right click to tag enemies.

[frail spire]

So I actually check their suits and patches before shooting

Like you're kind of meant to do

[fluid abyss]

yeah, but you should only be able to see enemies when you are using binocs

[proven cargo]

oh yeah, would be nice if the devs were to take inspiration from that one zelda game for the ds where you have to mark stuff on the map and whatnot, use it for notes, and such like

[fluid abyss]

don't want to turn it into some soft wallhack

[frail spire]

I wouldn't want marking stuff tbh

it would turn into another asscreed game where you tag everything

[proven cargo]

lets you personally draw on your pda safe areas and artifact areas, etc. as well as various notes you want to track

[frail spire]

or god forbid the add the ubi map towers

[digital glacier]

Honestly it always felt like the binoc ID thing was there only because the graphics were too low res to distinguish patches

I still just ID from suit type + colors, can't see the patches most of the time

[solid dome]

Sounds like cool thing to have

[solid dome]

Hell naw

[fluid abyss]

I liked the ID thing because it let you easily observe firefights from afar, being able to tell where every NPC in the fight is (before swinging by and looting the corpses)

[digital glacier]

The Ubi map towers are the exact opposite of what a stalker game should have, the zone is ever changing after all, no way you should just "reveal" all interest points like this lol

[digital glacier]

Yeah it was useful, I just think that nowadays the same result could be achieved in a less intrusive way is all

[proven cargo]

this is a snippet of how you'd end up using the map in that game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTI4NTx2bIg&t=8m35s

[fluid abyss]

arma 3 jank flashbacks

[solid dome]

It may not fit. In the end, people will take whatever you shove up their throats.

[digital glacier]

yeah this looks quite cool, though maybe just having a selection of icons you can drop might be a bit easier to use (esp. since the game is coming out on console too)

[proven cargo]

true.
(Man I hate that the game is being developed for xbox and not a system with gyro. console plebs ruin everything)

[digital glacier]

I just blame microsoft for not trying to improve their controller beyond making a better d-pad

[proven cargo]

yep, true enough.

oh yeah, back to the topic of women in the zone:
hopefully the reason for there being women in the zone is something more along the lines of "some people when exposed to an anomalous field, or, some anomalous fields warp people, such that the people don't die but rather become anomalous", meaning that certain stalkers are legit scary af to fight or maybe even be in the vicinity of due to this, instead of there being women in the zone solely cuz "muh inclusion", cuz the zone is mostly for people that either have no other choice, or think Australia is too hot and not lethal enough.

[solid dome]

I'm okay if no women at all

Women do exist though

No need to reinvent them over again

[proven cargo]

wdym, I'm not allowed a burer gf?

[hollow atlas]

https://tenor.com/view/no-maidens-megamind-no-bitches-meme-gif-24995150

oh no embeds right xD

[solid dome]

We've all done the embed thing

It's inevitable

[rotund jungle]

Uhhh i think you misunderstood me lol i was talking about EAX, the sound option in all the games that cant be used anymore

[solid dome]

Last time I tried, EAX was working alright

[rotund jungle]

Oh? Hmm well for me and most people its unusable without like 5 diffrent mods and im not even sure if it works on cop and cs

Was made for windows vista era

[solid dome]

Huhm

I had it enabled last time and it seemed to work, as no crashes and such happened

[rotund jungle]

Wait did you actually notice if it was working though? You can flip on the button all youd like but without the mods it wont work for preetty much everyone

[solid dome]

What does change if you have it enabled? Echo, etc?

[rotund jungle]

Ya like if your in a tunnal the outside world will become properly muffled, and tons of reverb and stuff just makes the game sound super natural you can look up a example on the youbbers

[solid dome]

I think it worked then

Windows 10, pretty beefy PC

[rotund jungle]

🧐 oh wait mabye you already have a mod thats enableing its own form of eax then i was talking about vanilla

[solid dome]

Nope

I haven't used addons (mods which either enhance already present mechanics or add new mechanics) in years

Plain vanilla, Steam release

[jaunty mason]

Is there any benefit to using slugs and dart shells instead of buckshot?

[obtuse crag]

No but dart shells saved my ass agianst the pseduogiant and many mutants and bandits but.slugs are garbage

[jaunty mason]

Switching to your sidearm is faster than reloading

Except in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

[frail spire]

slugs can be of use against armored stuff

because it crushes armor while buckshot does less damage, or something like that, can't remember right now

[obtuse crag]

Switch ma ass switching to your grenade is faster than switching to your pistol

[jaunty mason]

buckshot deals more damage by having more projectiles

it says that it can instakill medium grade armor at point blank

[obtuse crag]

I am.the dude who shot.down 20 bandits.heading to the depot with buckshots in 400m distance

[frail spire]

You're implying bandits have anything but leather jackets or poorly welded metal sheets

[jaunty mason]

cap

[jaunty mason]

400 meters sounds very cap

[obtuse crag]

Man idk I was on the faaat

Far that I only see theme and fog

[knotty flare]

so... are there ghosts in Anomaly or is my PC haunted?

saw what looked like a fracture walking upright behind a truck in graveyard then vanished

[frail spire]

not as far as I know but there may be a script or something

there was a warfare mod that had a random quest being you trying to rescue a rookie loner who barricaded himself from a bloodsucker

after you kill the bloodsucker you go in and only find a new sunrise suit

and a pda message saying "Thank you"

ogsr has the whole quest about looking for bones as well

wouldn't be weird anomaly has some spooky stuff like that

[knotty flare]

im thinking what happened is the game tried to spawn a fracture, wigged out and despawned it but i swear to christ the WAY it did it

like off in the distance it just walked across this burned out truck and vanished as it crossed the cab

[frail spire]

You're right, we're talking anomaly here, no way that has something as immersive as mutants doing spooky stuff

[rotund jungle]

oh sorry it took me awhile to get back but your positive its actually working? i dont wanna say your lying it just dosnt make any sense how it would be working unless your set-up is from back when it released or somthing

i mean like i think the whole reason it dosnt work is the steam versionm literally removed the files nessicary for it to work so... ya sorry its just hard to belive yours is actually working

[slender socket]

👈

☠️

[finite dragon]

Anyone know why stalker has bin taken off the xbox store

Stalker 2 I mean

I am guessing it is because of the war and they weren't going to make their release date entirely or any release date for that matter until the war is over

Or all of their work got destroyed in the chaos and had to start from scratch

[broken talon]

That's Microsoft policy. Until the devs tell us a new release date, Microsoft won't bring S2 back to Xbox Store.

And no, the devs moved all their PCs to new studio in Prague.

[devout zealot]

I tried to follow up on this and could find no information except people on forums and reddit repeating the original story about gsc considering it.

Gsc website doesn't indicate they're not in kyiv anymore

The original story was that earlier in the year they had investigated a move to Prague but nothing after that

[red sky]

Guysss i have problem and i cry so much

[broken talon]

Well, they've shown it themselves. How they packing PCs and moving from Kyiv office.
You can even find their new address in Prague.

[broken talon]

What happened?

[red sky]

Stalker 2 and imdk :(( i ask evryday

Idk which version because no possiblo

[broken talon]

You mean you don't know what version to preorder or what?

[red sky]

Yeah, i will pre order once the release is near and ive seen gameplay but my problem is:

I want:
Collectors edition RETAIL
Ultimate edition DIGITAL

But the collectors edition comes with the deluxe edition and the ultimate RETAIL edition is too expensive

So what I do?

[devout zealot]

It's just odd to me they would be hush hush about it. I'm not saying it's improbable, but every time I search for articles it always comes back to the same march report from that one Czech outlet about it being somethung that might happen.

The Google address is not listed on their site nor do their job postings mention Prague or anything like that. So I don't know! I'd love to ask.

[broken talon]

I guess, it's a reputation issue. At the beginning of the war they've declared that they'd fight and some of the devs really went to fight, for example, AI programmer Dmitry Yasenev.
But then, as they've shown us in "Development during the war" trailer, they've decided to move almost all the main developers and only few decided to stay in Ukraine and work from home.

[obtuse crag]

Man another 560km

Why does this happen to me

[sand condor]

no point promoting games if its not coming this year

[sand fiber]

simply not possible, i bet almost all of the materials are somewhere in cloud

[frail spire]

This isn't a hello games thing where their stuff got done by a literal inundation

[silent crescent]

Hello everyone

Phone typing

[rocky trellis]

anything beyond 50 with buck is complete cap. Even at that distance you can probably empty 50 shots just to kill a bandit lol

[solid dome]

As far as I can remember, I think so. Last time I replayed SoC was in February-March

Once I get back to the PC I'll test and report back, right now I'm not able to @rotund jungle

[warm goblet]

Quick Save addiction gives me pain

[finite dragon]

"F5 intensifies"

[hoary pecan]

Hello I was about to pre order the Ultimate edition of Stalker 2 but it doesn't let me add it to cart in the suggested website. Any other edition seems to work fine. Anyone know anything about this? I asked about this earlier and also sent a DM to staff but no response. Any info would be easing my nerves <.< Edit: Also maybe worth mentioning its the retail version

[fluid abyss]

probably sold out, but idk for sure cuz im not staff

[solid dome]

I'm not staff either. Still, whats the rush?

If you can't preorder today, try tomorrow, else try in few days, even a week

The game isn't coming out in a month anyway

Everyone rushing to preorder like it's a matter of life and death

[fluid abyss]

It's a matter of getting or not getting the preorder tho

[solid dome]

If he doesn't get it now, he'll do it at a later point

[fluid abyss]

if it's available later

[sand condor]

do hope theres ammo types on stalker 2

from buckshots to 12g

[hoary pecan]

The thing is theres a chance I can't afford it like lets say 6 months from now on. Who knows what happens. Now when I could afford it I would definitely like to preorder it right away. You see not everyone is a millionaire

[solid dome]

If it's not, he'll die. Gamers, doe, gamers...

[fluid abyss]

although I understand what you are saying, "I might be broke in the future so I want to spend most of my money now" sounds like a terrible financial choice

[solid dome]

Like you won't have the money?

Save the money then, put em aside, in a box and even stick a note on top if you will

[solid dome]

Damn right

DId you prorder by the way, @fluid abyss ?

[fluid abyss]

perhaps

[solid dome]

Wise one, won't straight up tell if he did or not

[red sky]

I still cant decide and still am crying

Does anyone know if theres a deluxe to ultimate upgrade?

[solid dome]

Ping-pong Molit

You can ping-pong Tapik as well in case

[hoary pecan]

Aight well was just asking for info not financial advices

nor arguments

[solid dome]

You got no info so you were given financial advice

Better than nothing

[hoary pecan]

Sigh..

[solid dome]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[hoary pecan]

Dw will be asking later again

[worthy lagoon]

?

[worthy lagoon]

From which website are you pre-ordering it? Where are you from and which version you are trying to pre-order (Xbox or PC)

[red sky]

Ok

[finite dragon]

Hi, I have a sorta odd question and I can't find answers anywhere so I decided to try the discord. Is there a "troubleshooting" channel or something here?

[ashen axle]

johngotti#8435 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[finite dragon]

My problem very specifically relates to stalker, not sure what it is.

[worthy lagoon]

you can ask in #💬┃en_offtop

[hoary pecan]

https://game-legends.de/S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-2-Heart-of-Chornobyl-Ultimate-Edition-PC-INT-4020628673611
This is exactly what I was going to order

[velvet verge]

so i got the stalker games and i have no clue what im going into i played call of pripyat for like 5 mins

but i saw theres a multiplayer mode and i would like to know how that works

[worthy lagoon]

oh, oof, i don't know then

[hazy helm]

of the OG games?team deathmatch on dedicated servers,nothing more

[frail spire]

I think there was a mod but thats all I know

Try asking in the modification channel

[rocky trellis]

uh... that only changes what you can't afford in 6 months. Are you sure what you wouldn't be able to afford in 6 months isn't more important?

[long harbor]

i go nut when a game doesn't have quicksaves and the funny saving system

[mint coral]

Does sideovochivh give you unlimited side missions in SOC?

[peak minnow]

Yes

Most of the trades give you infinite side missions/fetch quests

[silent crescent]

are ya'll just playing the base games or play anomaly or EFP

[worthy lagoon]

vanilla is the best

[silent crescent]

never played it lol

i always played EFP if i'm being honest

[worthy lagoon]

that's not STALKER

[silent crescent]

i'll buy the 3 base games tho when i get my money from school

[brazen patio]

I did it STALKERS.
I beat CoP on Master Difficulty.

Which means I've beaten the entire trilogy on Master.
I feel so complete.

[proven cargo]

nice job!

[frail spire]

Good job, you have been promoted to almost human

[shell ivy]

cop is probably the easiest out of all of them

but good job for doing clear sky master

[finite dragon]

love it

btw, is chimera on master difficulty deadly?

[brazen patio]

Little bit.
At least the one you hunt by yourself for Trapper is.

The other ones were pretty simple

[finite dragon]

Ohh alright, which one? The one at izumrodnoye or at ventilation complex?

or both is hard?

[brazen patio]

Yeah, ventilation complex. I didn't really struggle with any of the others. Trust me, the pseudogiants and burers pose much more of an annoyance.

At least for me they did.

[finite dragon]

Honestly the izumrodnoye mission is probably one of the easiest missions in the game

[long harbor]

-angry diehard fan noises-

[crystal bane]

The one where you kill the wounded chimera?

[finite dragon]

Yeah

You sneak up upon it, and shoot it. As simple as that.

[sand fiber]

why just why

that's the reason i hate english speaking community

[crystal bane]

I never thought I would agree with somone who has an antromorph profile picture

[sly matrix]

let's be real, people who never played vanilla are worse

[brazen patio]

Hey, as someone who speaks English and is very bad at it, I take marginal offense to that.

[sly matrix]

also this

[crystal bane]

True.

[rocky trellis]

Not so sure about that. The only hard part about the 2 older games is that there's more enemies, meaniwhile individual quality of enemies in CoP seems to be higher.

[crystal bane]

Ever tried killing a burer in Gunslinger?

[rocky trellis]

that's a mod

[crystal bane]

It doesn't change the game completely tho,just some tweaks.

[rocky trellis]

they die to 1 shot to head with shotgun in anomaly

[crystal bane]

Abd they're nearly immortal in Gunslinger

Mfs pull an energy field 24/7 and yeet your gun away when they're not protected

[rocky trellis]

well at least it doesn't make you fight 2 of them at the same time... right?

those 2 are plenty annoying in CoP. Takes forever to pick them 1 by 1.

[crystal bane]

It does.

Grenades don't work either,mfs are just too strong

And by the way,if a controller looks at you for too long,he makes you commit last save

[rocky trellis]

that's just bs... at least they don't grab your grenade and throw it back hahaha... ha... ha... seen that happen

[crystal bane]

I was about to go nuts and kill them with the RPG in Volkhov AA Complex when I last played it.

[hearty vigil]

what is wrong with ya

[silent crescent]

hmm

[finite dragon]

play vanilla or i will be sad

[silent crescent]

rip

no vanilla :(((((

[finite dragon]

Sniff You sure?

[silent crescent]

after i buy the bundle i'll play vanilla too

but im poor asf now

[finite dragon]

https://www.g2a.com/?gname=operagx-desktop-no

[silent crescent]

anything for Duty broders

[finite dragon]

broder, kil sone

You can get it for like 3£

The whole bundle

[silent crescent]

i'll just get my credit card in a few days

[finite dragon]

Man I tried EFP and I just gave up

[silent crescent]

after it i'll buy it

EFP is great i really enjoy it personally

[finite dragon]

Any difficulty changes?

[silent crescent]

i like the more realistic things and the things taken from tarkov

[finite dragon]

It's literally tarkov in the stalker universe

[silent crescent]

yea pretty much

[finite dragon]

It looks pretty fun but I never got the hang of it

[silent crescent]

maybe thats why i love it

i love tarkov and shit

[finite dragon]

I used to play a lot of tarkov but it slowly just stopped being fun

[silent crescent]

why?

i wonder how Stalker 2 anomaly will look like

[finite dragon]

The thing I've come to hate about tarkov is the fact that it often doesn't matter about skill or tactical advantage

[silent crescent]

or how it would look like

[finite dragon]

If you've got enough loot of course

What I think was the last nail in the coffin for my enjoyment in tarkov is just how op helmets are

[silent crescent]

cough cough cheaters

[finite dragon]

What

[silent crescent]

tarkov has a shit ton of cheaters thats what i meant

[finite dragon]

Yeah that too

The fact is that Stalker is unpredictable, Tarkov is just gambling

[silent crescent]

honestly i really love this faction system in stalker

i always love when the whole "war" isnt only 2 sided

[finite dragon]

Tarkov is an amazing concept but excited a bit weirdly

[finite dragon]

I mean tarkov is kinda like that too

[silent crescent]

USEC and Bear

[finite dragon]

But it doesn't have an effect on gameplay

[silent crescent]

thats all and doesnt matter only the voice lines

[finite dragon]

Scavs, rouges, lone scavbosses

[silent crescent]

are these count as "factions"?

[worthy lagoon]

G2A is a scam

[finite dragon]

Well they fight eachother ingame

[silent crescent]

well yea maybe

[finite dragon]

Wait what?

I got metro last light off it with no issue

[silent crescent]

i think he meant the prices and shit

[worthy lagoon]

G2A doesn't give any money to the developers, they were also accused for fraud because many people used key generators

Yes you get the game key

[silent crescent]

but there's always a chance that you get a key that is already in use

[finite dragon]

So there's a 30% of getting a pirated game?

[silent crescent]

for some reason

[worthy lagoon]

Yes, but the point is that G2A won't give any money to the developers

[silent crescent]

i'll just buy the games on steam when they are on sale or some shit

[worthy lagoon]

My suggestion is either buy it on GOG or wait for Steam sales

[finite dragon]

I thought they buy it off the devs on discounts, then re sell it

[worthy lagoon]

No lol

[finite dragon]

Isn't GOG and G2A the same thing?

[silent crescent]

i wait for a sale last time i checked the bundle was like 10-15 euros/dollars

[worthy lagoon]

Two different platforms and companies

GOG is an official seller of the game just as Steam is

[silent crescent]

i'll get 41$ from school anyways

[finite dragon]

Who knows, maybe the war will end and we'll get a celebratory discount

[worthy lagoon]

GSC usually does sales once in two months, around that

They always announce it in #📰┃announcement

[silent crescent]

oh okay

[finite dragon]

But seriously, the trioligy is great

[worthy lagoon]

And the money you use to buy STALKER sometimes also goes to the Ukrainian war effort or other humanitarian support

[finite dragon]

I've played the story of Anomaly and it's just not the same

[silent crescent]

thats great to know i can expect when sale will be

[silent crescent]

well thats nice since i live in hungary

[worthy lagoon]

Always check #📰┃announcement for that, they usually ping everyone for that

[silent crescent]

right next to Ukraine

[finite dragon]

Do you guys think the triology and anomaly will die after stalker 2?

[silent crescent]

nah

its going to be like cs 1.6

[finite dragon]

Sounds about right

[silent crescent]

the trilogy will be a cult game imo

[finite dragon]

Too much love has been put into the games

[silent crescent]

less players will play it then stalker 2 but it will still have its respect

and ppl will come back for nostalgia

[finite dragon]

I'm honesly a bit scared of Stalker 2

[silent crescent]

and about anomaly

im pretty sure that they'll make it into stalker 2

same for EFP and Gamma

[finite dragon]

Maybe the two dev teams will collab

What scares me about stalker 2 is the fact it's gonna be on the the main page on twitch

[silent crescent]

YEAA

a shit ton of ppl i know is waiting for the game

im scared that ppl will hype it too much

[finite dragon]

I hope it's not going to be a game that will have a huge hype, and die within months like RE8 or 2077

[worthy lagoon]

The trilogy won't die and will never die, Anomaly obviously, but maybe there will still be the people who will play EFP because they are a skill issue in EFT or just don't want to pay for it, and the EFP/Anomaly players will be disappointed when they will realize that STALKER 2 won't be an Anomaly 2

[silent crescent]

thats literally what i wanted to say btw

[silent crescent]

me playing EFP all day

[finite dragon]

It might have it's own difficulty, or ingame modes that will resemble it

[finite dragon]

I mean I kinda stopped playing EFT because I was bad at it.

But that's just the tip of the iceberg

[worthy lagoon]

EFP is nowhere near to how STALKER is

EFP is just a cheap copy of EFT

[finite dragon]

Nah

EFP is the two games merged

It might be a bastard, but it's a cool one

[worthy lagoon]

Nah, EFP models sucks too, you can see that the models (in weapons and players) are like the ones in the trilogy, nowhere near to EFP models

[finite dragon]

I agree

But I wonder if STALKER 2 will be like the triologi in difficulty

[silent crescent]

i love to see ppl saying that my favourite game is trash

🗿 👍

[finite dragon]

It's a good game, just too hard for me, and too little rewards

[worthy lagoon]

It's because you haven't played real STALKER (the trilogy)

[silent crescent]

i have a friend on steam who played 1 min with stalker

[finite dragon]

That's true, I think the everyone should play the trilogy without majorly modding them before starting anomaly, and simular mods

[silent crescent]

HMMMMMMMMM

[ashen axle]

FML001#7245 has been warned

Reason: Capital letters

[finite dragon]

It makes it easier to appreciate what the game is

[silent crescent]

i see

[finite dragon]

It's hard to describe it

[silent crescent]

sorry fam for not wanting to get the games cracked

jk

anomaly is sorta a cracked version

[finite dragon]

by all means don't stop playing anomaly and EFP, but just remember that the Trilogy exists for a reason

[silent crescent]

my first thing will be to buy the games after i get my cred card and get my first payout from school

but just after subscribing to spotify premium

[finite dragon]

I mean, there's good reasons why Anomaly isn't based on CoP

[silent crescent]

i need spotify premium

[finite dragon]

Because the Monolith engine is better, and you can't change the engine

[peak minnow]

Tbh even the originals are mediocre, considering how the games evolved over the years. The only thing that they are still amazing at is the atmosphere. Gunplay is ass, movement is weird and wonky, and most textures are subpar.

Its also the reason why newer players enjoy Anomaly, its more modern and up to date.

[last pine]

Wanna break from the ads?

[worthy lagoon]

You see, gameplay is also part of the atmosphere you know?

Also graphic is

[peak minnow]

Ik

[worthy lagoon]

Yet i find the graphics magnificent

[peak minnow]

Lighting engine is good, along with the ambient sounds, also the campfires add to the atmosphere

[finite dragon]

The graphics for me is either a 0 or a 7/10

Underground the game looks pretty good

[silent crescent]

lol yes

[finite dragon]

Way ahead of its time

[ashen axle]

Zeox#6225 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[peak minnow]

Bruh

i guess you cant say "bs" in a discord channel for a 18+ game

[silent crescent]

hmm

me who's 14 cough cough

[worthy lagoon]

the server is not though

[peak minnow]

I guess

[finite dragon]

Bs

[peak minnow]

Spell it out, no abbreviations, i dare you

[finite dragon]

Bachelor of surgery

[south obsidian]

Do you think the game will be delayed again?

The months leading upto the next game I'll go and play thr previous titles.

[void vortex]

Time will tell

[plain aspen]

Probably. I don't mind if it will get delayed - more time for devs to polish it and recover from stress 🤷

[finite dragon]

realistically, would rain trigger anomaly fields?

[fluid abyss]

yeah most likely

[finite dragon]

Depends on the anomaly i guess. I mean rain is a physical thing but going off that, and depending on size, air particles would also trigger some anomalies

[plain aspen]

Hail would definitely trigger some anomalies, especially if chunks of ice are sizeable enough.

[finite dragon]

thatd be so cool

electrical anomaly fields going insane in a rainstorm

[plain aspen]

Some gravitational anomalies going insane would be funny to see as well

Or watching vapour/steam rise from thermal anomalies

[finite dragon]

chat dead?

[peak minnow]

Considering its around 4 am in the EU, kind of lol

[high panther]

is stalker 2 actually going to ever be released?

[peak minnow]

Probably ....

[finite dragon]

is it still TBA?

[peak minnow]

It says dec 2023, most likely a placeholder till the war calms downs and the devs get back up to speed

I highly doubt they would get back up to speed any time soon, so who knows when the release date is

[warped bramble]

Just wondering how the GSC crew is doing so far?

[long dagger]

Hey

Somebody help

[fluid abyss]

waty

[finite dragon]

playing STALKER whilst listening to your country's traditional folk music is a different experience

[glossy condor]

Idk country music and stalker doesn’t really seem a good fit

[finite dragon]

not american @glossy condor

[glossy condor]

L moment

[finite dragon]

greek

[glossy condor]

Gud food

[broken talon]

I'd like to see what will the devs with do with Zaton's anomalies, considering that Zaton in the trailer is full of water again.

[silent crescent]

Listening to hungarian music? I'd rather to die

[solid dome]

Fill in, boys. Fill in.
https://strawpoll.com/polls/poy9RoL98nJ

It's not a Would You Rather game, it's Would you want to see raw gameplay for reals or should GSC keep releasing the usual "in-engine gамеplay"? poll!

If you want fresh bread, you know what to click

[solid dome]

Zaton gone underwater. Snorks, Suckers, Bandits and whatever elese is out > Hydras, Krakens and Crabs are in. Back to the age of mythology.

[amber sorrel]

a flooded X labs would be terrifying

[vague mirage]

I've always wanted to see that place full of water again. People forget how many little piers, cranes and boats are dotted around.

[broken stone]

Wait, zaton’s underwater? Since when?

[teal fulcrum]

in my opinion, once there was a mod in which the zaton was flooded

[wide aspen]

you can say that iirc

leme try

[ashen axle]

Mahdi Labidi#1101 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[peak minnow]

Lmao

Nice try

[wide aspen]

mhm, you cant, but you can say shit

[peak minnow]

Yea thats why i find it weird lol

[sly matrix]

how else are we supposed to shit-talk?

[peak minnow]

Either make it no swearing or just allow swearing, not some confusing middle ground

[wide aspen]

yeah thats wassup

i remember we werent allowed to say shit, or ass, or hell or any small swear

you would get a strike, i had 9 total

or was it 11, i dont remember

[peak minnow]

At least then you would know what to expect

[wide aspen]

they didnt even ban us, get as many strikes as you can

[peak minnow]

Its like collecting pokemons, or artifacts

[wide aspen]

Yes it was fun

Sadly no morr strikes, u used to type /profile and it would show em

[finite dragon]

piss

[broken talon]

Since E3 2021 trailer,

[broken stone]

I mustve missed it, at what part in the trailer was it?

[broken talon]

And a lot of fire and toxin anomalies underwater,

[broken stone]

Was it at the part where skif uses the gilka detector?

[broken talon]

3:30 of the trailer. When Skif was talking with Stranger,

Just look at the left part of the scene.

[finite dragon]

Hey! I have a small question. I am looking to have the campfire&radio songs of Anomaly and G.A.M.M.A., but I don't want the whole modpacks, just the songs ingame.. is this possible? Thank you in advance! 😁

[proven cargo]

wouldn't this be better suited in the en_modifications channel?
(I have no clue how to help you with this)

[finite dragon]

Ooohh, I'll try posting it there. Thank you!

Anyone know if stalker was delayed again ?

[solid dome]

Yes we know

It didn't even make a sound. It's held captive in the GSCO HQ and what we know is it has to be let go sometime in 2023. @finite dragon

[finite dragon]

Ok, couldn't find any information on it, thank you for the information about the captive

[solid dome]

Yes, the captive seems to be doing alright, just kept in the dark

@dire dagger EVGA has quit making GPUs?!?!??!

[broken talon]

Yup

[dire dagger]

I mentioned this the other day

[solid dome]

I wasn't here until few hours ago

So EVGA goes AMD!

If not AMD... then it has to go down completely as nobody else does GPUs big time.

[obtuse crag]

stalkers

i need a mod for call of pripyat let it be simple please

[broken stone]

gunslinger

[obtuse crag]

Not standalones god dammit

[strange igloo]

Where does one post asking for help finding a piece of official art?

[worthy lagoon]

That's not Zaton though

[worthy lagoon]

Try out Gunslinger

[sand fiber]

depends on what you want

[river plume]

Any mod recommendations for CoP first time run? I did zrp and srp for the last 2 games

[fluid abyss]

vanilla

[frail spire]

Play it as it is

[finite dragon]

The only mod I'd suggest is to get the mod that keeps the game 100% vanilla, but fixes the crashing bugfs

[broken talon]

That's Zaton. You can see Noah's ship, harbour cranes and Shevchenko bulk carrier there.

[broken pine]

im here because i have no where else to go, been trying to finish a quest for hours pretty new to the game so im not sure if its bugged or if im missing soemthing, i have an anomalous study mission in red forest, i have the detector , the spot seems unreachable and the detector does nothing, need insight, thank you

[warm goblet]

My reaction to this information

[hazy helm]

youre playing anomaly right,go to their discord

[rotund fox]

Atmosfear and Absolute nature maybe just to enhance the graphics a bit, also the FOV switcher because standard FOV is nauseating

[obtuse crag]

I See that they removed image attach from en_stalker why?

i killed the entire bandit army and not one of em could penetrate my cs-3a suit this sucks! i was expecting real shit