⭐┃nospoilers_general

[spring abyss]

The friend of stalkers or the beard achievement (one of us)?

one of us is just for the beard, a friend of the loners is what changes the relationship with them

[mossy spruce]

One of us

[mossy spruce]

Idk man, i was a friend with every living Stalker in the zone, including Yanov

[spring abyss]

So, thats it, you need the friend of loners one

[mossy spruce]

In Yanov it was still fine, they were all green, in Skadovsk everyone went from green to yellow

[mossy spruce]

Oh yeah, i just googled it, i got that one too

Weird ass game, bruh

[spring abyss]

you have to do a sequence of quests to be friends with the loners, help beard with the bandits' weapons business, report the magpie to the loners and there's one more that I don't remember right now

[spring abyss]

yes and there is a possibility that you can do it and not get the achievement because this game is completely buggy

[mossy spruce]

DUDE I HAVE IT

[nimble cipher]

The Xmas Rat Do Be Stalkin#1668 has been warned

Reason: Capital letters

[mossy spruce]

bruuuuhh

[spring abyss]

"the friend of stalkers" achievement

[mossy verge]

To date, my question has not been properly answered

on how many pieces 2 Heart of Chornobyl Ultimate Edition limited is the firgu with which number from x to xxxx

[hazy helm]

can you repeat that?I didnt get it

[mossy verge]

my question was simply on a lot of pieces the figer is limited worldwide and and the Heart of Chornobyl Ultimate Edition

at
Metro Exodus Spartan Collector's Edition
the figure was limited worldwide

[hazy helm]

I cant understand what you wrote,wdym pieces?its a figurine,Im pretty sure its just one which is the figurine itself
The distribution of the game is limited only to the sites they are distributing to you can check them at #🖤┃s2-pre-order

[mossy verge]

I just wanted to know if the figure is limited if so, a lot of pieces worldwide example 1 of 1000

example

[hazy helm]

the Figurine is only available thru preorders,preorders are limited,as long as you get the preorder tier with the figurine youll get it

[mossy verge]

Luckily I have my pre-order, the big one with everything that goes with it, I had the first part through play and was immediately happy

[hazy helm]

ok,then youll get it

[mossy verge]

back then at was Metro: Exodus | Spartan Collector's Edition Unboxing was limited to 500 pieces worldwide, so the question was how many pieces are limited

@hazy helm

[hazy helm]

man I told you,as long as you get the preorder you get the bonuses,I dont know how many there are

[mossy verge]

everything is okay, chill

[agile tangle]

can i change faction reputations by using debug mod?

[hazy helm]

think you can in SoC

and CS,dont think so in CoP

[spring abyss]

In cop you can join the gopniks tier S cult of the holy adidas drip

[clear ore]

Odd question but, I just pre-ordered STALKER 2 about twenty minutes ago, but I still haven't received the pre-order confirmation email. I did it on the stalker2.com website through xsolla. I remember when using them last time, they would send a small less-than-one-dollar charge that you would have to say correctly to verify your card. I checked with my bank, and they got the small charge - however through xsolla, it never asked me for the charge, and instead proceeded me through to the "Thank you for Pre-Ordering Stalker 2" screen on stalker2.com. I don't see the full $110 charge, nor do I have the receipt email.

I was wondering if anyone else has had this experience, and if I should hold off, or try and do it again. Thanks for the help!

[worthy lagoon]

@glossy blade might know how to help you out

Wait for his answer

[clear ore]

I appreciate the help!

[dry imp]

[sand fiber]

purely on random but try breaking wooden creates on different locations

there are some in x-16 and bar, and you can get an artifact by doing a quest for barkeep

[maiden fog]

I think he was asking how many will be produced.
Like how when Elden Eing collectors edition was announced, it was said there would be like 5000 available worldwide or w.e

[swift slate]

It’s better not to pre-order now, there may be a lot of troubles with the game at the present time, I’m talking about money, you can lose it with a small chance, make a pre-order in the 2-3 quarter of 2023, maybe everything will subside by then.

[autumn parrot]

i hope that stalker 2 has the authentic Misery Vibe(TM) that i know and love

[autumn parrot]

meaning cool radio songs on a terrible radio in skadovsk and everything being gloomy and depressing and all the npcs insulting you

[spring abyss]

I hope not

[autumn parrot]

why

[spring abyss]

Misery is a bad mod

[autumn parrot]

misery is the best way to play call of pripyat

[spring abyss]

♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️

[autumn parrot]

i bet you play on stalker difficulty lmao

[spring abyss]

♻️♻️♻️

[autumn parrot]

exactly buddy, cope

[spring abyss]

[autumn parrot]

what i meant was that on harder difficulties they should give the true Misery Vibe difficulty wise and to have the Misery Vibe there with everything else from the start

[spring abyss]

Ahahshshshs

[autumn parrot]

Misery Vibe is love, Misery Vibe is life

[spring abyss]

Misery is sh*t, master + vintar>>>>>

[autumn parrot]

"i found a strange artifact at the dredge station" vs "here's your trinket, i soaked up so many rads that i will have to do chemo soon"

[spring abyss]

The funny thing is, you think misery is stalker

[autumn parrot]

also i found a copy of that one 1925 book made by that AH guy in call of misery kek

[spring abyss]

Misery shshshsh

[autumn parrot]

misery is the real chad experience, the gun animations are so dogshit that it adds to the vibe

[spring abyss]

Chad - misery, you can only pick one

[autumn parrot]

well, they may be subpar but at least they don't clip through anything, animations clipping through stuff is triggering af

[spring abyss]

?????

[autumn parrot]

have you even passed misery dude

[spring abyss]

Wtf do you talking about?

[autumn parrot]

exactly bro

[spring abyss]

Those misery players ahssjshsh

[autumn parrot]

cope and go play misery

[spring abyss]

like another guy said "I hope it has the sh*tting mechanic and it takes 5 minutes, so it will be an experience closer to misery"

[autumn parrot]

what are you even talking about

[spring abyss]

Do you even play misery? Ahahshshsh

[autumn parrot]

are you retarded

i thought dolg were supposed to be not retarded

[spring abyss]

Looks like you can't take a joke, see you later

[autumn parrot]

cope

[autumn parrot]

what

[carmine crest]

dolg is desperate for new members :D

[rain ether]

I refuse to torture myself so i'd rather stay away from that

Vanilla SoC is best

[autumn parrot]

just try misery brother, it's based

[upper elm]

hey guys did anyone complete gamma questline before? I am having trouble finding a sample anomaly

[devout canyon]

ⁿ⁰

[hazy helm]

I really really hope not,Misery sucked lmao

[autumn parrot]

misery is the best way to play stalker cop

[hazy helm]

damn man,I am really sorry for you,let me play to your memory the one where you had a good opinion

[autumn parrot]

what

[hazy helm]

Misery isnt the worst,if you want to truly have a bad bad time you can play SHOCKER,but misery has too many flaws and is pretty mid

[autumn parrot]

misery is the best way to play stalker cop dude, fact

[hazy helm]

Ok,tell me why then

[autumn parrot]

the misery vibe is unmatched, only issues are the fact that jupiter plant has way too many mutants and the poltergeists are busted

[hazy helm]

Th "vibe"?too bad I play videogames and don't view gameplay on YouTube

[autumn parrot]

yes the vibe, i have beat misery 2 times and one other time with misery gunslinger

[hazy helm]

Misery is just bad to play,it suffers from modders megalomania and most mechanics don make sense and are useless,the weapon rusting mechanic and having eac weapon have 3 or 4 variants is a very dumb thing,artifact containers and the added pseudo artifacts are useless,the new consumables aren't good and the supposed class choosing at the start means absolutely nothing

[autumn parrot]

the vibe of the based immersive radio in safe zones, the amazing dialogue where people just insult you, and the unmatched feeling there is when you get to chill in the skadovsk is great

[hazy helm]

literally the same in the OG,which is better than misery

[autumn parrot]

listen my friend, you are somewhat out of touch if you think og cop vibe is anywhere similar

i was going to say mentally damaged but the mods are really not going to like that

[hazy helm]

cope and seethe my friend

These nu "survival hardcore realism" mods really aren't it chief,I'd rather play something that's close to stalker

Misery started a trend ,and I'm sick of it

[autumn parrot]

trend of micromanagement bullshit? yes

i tried stalker gamma, apparently you need to individually fix every single gun part to get your gun fixed and traders do not even sell guns because reasons

stalker misery is the ultimate hardcore mod and majority of the new stuff coming out isnt it, morons that say stalker anomaly has "misery mechanics" are retarded

[hazy helm]

Grok wanted you to grow intimate with your weapon thru scavenging parts and slowly taking care of it
I mean,I don't care about anything in GAMMA but yknow,for anyone who wants "muh realism survival hardcore taticool",I have to concede

[autumn parrot]

stalker anomaly is not "taking what was good of misery and combining it with blahblah" it is just call of chernobyl with more stuff

[autumn parrot]

like if people want to spend irl days fixing the holy scar h up or something then i don't mind but i would rather not have micromanagement simulator, i never got to see if dead air had something similar but it was pretty cool

a nice edge it had over anomaly is that if you shoot a bandit in the chest with an ak the bandit ACTUALLY DIES unlike anomaly where you need to burst him like 5 shots to kill him

[hazy helm]

Honestly if you need to play anomaly just install Old World and have a good time

[autumn parrot]

"why yes bandits have so much meth in their system that they survive 5.45 shot to the chest without even flinching"

[hazy helm]

Basically the only mod that I can recommend

[autumn parrot]

i uploaded a video to vimeo about the Authentic Misery Vibe

it was too big for discord so that's why i had to upload it

[hazy helm]

Sure sure,not being able to walk 5 feet without being irradiated or having a great chunk of health taken out from an idiot 100m away who you couldn't have possibly spotted BC the fog was too dense

[autumn parrot]

both of those never happened to me in misery

[hazy helm]

Well,at least Misery Atmosphere was better than the OG,CoP had almost no Atmosphere at all

[nimble cipher]

Капитан Тянка#7441 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[autumn parrot]

anyways check this out https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/776076711

[hazy helm]

No thank you

[autumn parrot]

"why yes a vimeo link is going to give me a trojan"

[hazy helm]

I have played misery more than once to know it's flaws and minimal strengths

[autumn parrot]

you simply do not understand the Misery Vibe yet

[hazy helm]

Don't worry,I know,I just don't want to watch it
I also don't use Vimeo BC I think Streamable is more reliable

[hazy helm]

ho the misery of the situation

[autumn parrot]

only issues are that anomaly fields just murder you, i had to godmode through jupiter plant because 3 chimeras, 3 burers, controllers and also poltergeist in lab x18

mutants are fine everywhere else but they really bumped it up in the jupiter plant

[hazy helm]

Any mod that has Chimeras as regular mutants is instantly worse by their inclusion
They were cut for a reason,BC they suck

[autumn parrot]

weren't chimeras in vanilla cop as well

[hazy helm]

They weren't regular mutants,they were confined to mission which is ok

[autumn parrot]

like dude the actual difficulty part isnt what is so great about misery, it's the entire vibe of the whole thing, the depressing atmosphere and the crap sounding music on the radio and the dudes hanging out in the safe zones and all that, i can't explain it but it is great

[hazy helm]

like I said,Misery gives some atmosphere to the nonexistant atmosphere in CoP,but it keeps taking Ls in the gameplay department

[autumn parrot]

i liked the fact the enemies arent total bullet sponges

[hazy helm]

never had a real problem with them enemies health's

[glossy blade]

Hey, can you DM me with an update on your purchase confirmation delay?

[clear ore]

Sure thing!

[solid dome]

Still not there

[solid dome]

Cause I feel how bad it is

[finite summit]

cope

the only thing you can do

[solid dome]

I don't need to cope
I have a cape

[amber tendon]

Blankie install

[solid dome]

Cape Krezzin has been located @finite summit and... droned

[rotund fox]

No it isn't, it depends on what you even mean by "ultimate hardcore"? Difficulty wise OP is just cancer to go through, NLC for the inventory management gimmick.

[solid dome]

stalker misery is the ultimate hardcore misery

[mossy spruce]

If Stalkers accidentally shoot at me, does that affect my relations with them?

I'm playing CoP btw c:

Ah okay

Hmmmm, okay

But just to clarify, if a npc ACCIDENTALLY shoots me, not the other way around

Example, i'm going to Pripyat in CoP, and a friendly dude shot me in the leg twice, and patched it up, no problem, does it affect my relations with his faction? In this case, Stalkers?

Yes, exactly

I had a bug recently which turned all Stalkers from green to yellow, and i wasn't sure what bug it is and i had to turn the game back several hours, i REALLY don't want it to happen a second time, you feel me?

[sand fiber]

no

[mossy spruce]

How sure are you?

[sand fiber]

it depends on a stalker if i recall correctly

it doesn't matter anyway

[lament dew]

does anyone have a guide for anomaly's warfare mode

[hazy helm]

go to anomaly's server,they are a lot more knowledgeble on this stuff,I mean anomaly info

[lament dew]

can you send me the link, idk where to find it

[hazy helm]

in the very same page you found Anomaly

[mossy spruce]

wdym?

[potent hinge]

hi there o/

@lament dew oh you there too

[hazy helm]

[viral valve]

Greetings

[hazy helm]

Heyo

[viral valve]

I dislike burers

They always break my weapons and force me to spend my rifle grenades

So, as a revenge, i'll make a armoured suit specially crafted to deal with them and Controllers

[hazy helm]

they are a COP only mutant and even then are rare so

[viral valve]

I'm playing Gunslinger, which makes them worse

[hazy helm]

True
Gunslingers tweaks to mutants suck

[viral valve]

The fact i love to collect a platoon's worth of ammo doesn't help either

[granite coral]

hey guys I have a question

https://game-legends.de/en/S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-2-Heart-of-Chornobyl-PC-4020628680718

[hazy helm]

Game legends no longer ships globally

[granite coral]

this website says the release date is 9th December?

[hazy helm]

Placeholder

[viral valve]

It was postponed to 2023 i think

[granite coral]

yes it's says 9th December 2023

I hope it's not true :/

[hazy helm]

Like I said it's a placeholder

[granite coral]

hmm good then

[hazy helm]

yhe I hope they postpone to 2024

[granite coral]

you must be lost your mind 😄

[hazy helm]

I am completely sane,realistically I'm betting the game to be released Q4 2023 or Q1/2 of 2024

[granite coral]

it's sucks then 😱

[hazy helm]

Mhe,even before th war I was anticipating a postponement

[granite coral]

if they postpone the game to 2024 no one buys the game anymore

[hazy helm]

hahahaha,you'd be surprised

@rotund fox best soup mod?

[carmine crest]

stalker 2 is duke nukem forever 2

[solid dome]

Its Dec 1st and no presents by our lovely Griga

If this isn't violation of human rights, I'm a plank of wood

Am I wrong?

[dry imp]

[solid dome]

Goddamit, @dry imp

You keep trolling me here, all day long

[dry imp]

come to arizona

[solid dome]

I prefer to go Alaska so I freeze to death

[carmine crest]

i just want 12 days of stalker 😢

[dry imp]

why not die of heatstroke

[solid dome]

In Arizona?

Yeah drag me to Mojave and.... let me suffer

Breaking Bad way of suffering

[dry imp]

the mojave is not in arizona

we're the sonoran desert

[autumn parrot]

misery gunslinger is better than vanilla gunslinger however it makes the guns a little bit more bullet spongey for some reason

[autumn parrot]

i remember in 2021 or 2020 i heard the stalker 2 news (2022 release tease on the website thing) and thought "wow i graduate that year, it's such a long time away" now look at the release date kek

[hazy helm]

Id rather play vanilla COP than either Misery or Gunslinger tbh

[rotund fox]

I just played OP i dunno

[hazy helm]

damn

[autumn parrot]

yeah because you're a casual

[rotund fox]

NS 2016 is probably good too, it's a lot more restrained then the usual soup insanity

[autumn parrot]

isn't stalkersoup that one mod where you can flip people off and they shoot you

[hazy helm]

whatever you say

[hazy helm]

yyhea still last time I tried playing it it kept crashing when I walked past the train stop

[rotund fox]

[autumn parrot]

it's not like gunslinger is one of those difficulty overhauls that you are so scared of lol it just adds guns and animations

[rotund fox]

I know OP has the most amount of content, which is what most people play for i would assume

[hazy helm]

it does more,it changes balancing and takes it upon itself to cahnge mutants
it's additions arent welcome
I wanted a simple weapon animation replacer not this

[autumn parrot]

"nooo this is too hard wahwah"

[hazy helm]

nha

[spring abyss]

I don't know what happens to these devs who promise the world but after version 1.0 of the mods they never even release blogs of future updates. rip dead air.. i mean dead flops

[rotund fox]

Yes

[limpid salmon]

Stalker, I'm trying to sneak around, but my backpack is dummy full, and the sound of artifacts keeps alerting the bandits!

[fallen adder]

Damn bandits

[limpid salmon]

luckily theyre all half drunk and cant shoot

[spring abyss]

me gusta

[dry imp]

what

[finite summit]

#bots

[dry imp]

so... how is this stalker and why do we care?

[inland kraken]

Simple, Ecologist stuff

[dry imp]

true

although i don't imagine most stalker can do math that well

these are people who probably dont have much of an education and went to the zone to get cash

they dont even have jobs

exactly

which is why we need the zone to be real

so then i dont have to go to school

[finite summit]

real and true ^

[dry imp]

but do i fight people and mutants over it???

also no duty irl

[jagged grail]

More people than mutants

[inland kraken]

Bandits

[jagged grail]

Well, maybe its time to create it, kinda?

[inland kraken]

Hell nah

[dry imp]

come with me to ukraine

[jagged grail]

I am

[dry imp]

aight

[finite summit]

get the fuсk out of here

[dry imp]

wait hold on

[inland kraken]

WE CAN SWEAR

[nimble cipher]

Delta#5135 has been warned

Reason: Capital letters

[dry imp]

how the hell did you swear

[finite summit]

I can

[nimble cipher]

Tampico#1776 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[finite summit]

built different

[inland kraken]

I've been waiting for this

[jagged grail]

Well no actually I'm no longer in Ukraine, we moved to Spain

[dry imp]

WHAT

[finite summit]

skill issue

[nimble cipher]

Delta#5135 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[dry imp]

[finite summit]

skill issue x2

[jagged grail]

You can still swear

[dry imp]

how the the hell

[nimble cipher]

Delta#5135 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[finite summit]

skill issue x3

[inland kraken]

Nope you can't

[nimble cipher]

𝓐𝓻𝓪𝓰𝓸𝓻𝓷#4346 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[dry imp]

how did

[finite summit]

skill issue x4

[inland kraken]

Stfu

[dry imp]

get the fuсk out of here

its the word, the word is different

[inland kraken]

Yeah you can do some bypass

[finite summit]

thats how you do it

[nimble cipher]

𝓐𝓻𝓪𝓰𝓸𝓻𝓷#4346 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[dry imp]

what characters did you use

[jagged grail]

fuск

[finite summit]

"f" "u" "c" "k"

[dry imp]

so truu

[jagged grail]

Well the c is russian

FUСК

[finite summit]

your k is short

[dry imp]

fuсk

[nimble cipher]

Delta#5135 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[jagged grail]

SeХ

[dry imp]

yeah thats it. i figured it out

[inland kraken]

I see

[jagged grail]

Роrn

[nimble cipher]

Delta#5135 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[inland kraken]

Hmmmmnmmmm

[jagged grail]

Неntаi

[dry imp]

delta:

[finite summit]

your mother

[nimble cipher]

Delta#5135 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[inland kraken]

Dutyer

[dry imp]

you're point?

[inland kraken]

Also piss off I'm trying to figure

Mongrel

[finite summit]

Merc

[jagged grail]

Well, i will stop

[dry imp]

ill leave you to it

[inland kraken]

Renegade

[dry imp]

let me know if you have any questions

[jagged grail]

But i can write no no word now

[inland kraken]

Alright

[dry imp]

he's right you know

[inland kraken]

Renegades useless until death

🧌

[dry imp]

teue

[finite summit]

renegades only good faction

[dry imp]

nearly every faction actually has a purpose

renegades however do not have a purpose

[finite summit]

stfu kys

[inland kraken]

Renegade's purpose is be agressive and stupid

hate everyone

[finite summit]

Renegade's purpose is be based and redpilled

[dry imp]

bandits, being literal rats and scum, have more of a purpose

renegades are literally redditor bandits

[finite summit]

also based and redpilled but less

[jagged grail]

@ivory swallow нашёл баг

[dry imp]

place your bets on how long you think aragorn is going to stay around here

i place $25 on two days

[jagged grail]

I don't know man

[inland kraken]

I bet he's gonna stay here more than that renegade guy who got banned for political shit

[dry imp]

true if you're payingnfor nitro they wont want to ban you

discord loves their money

@finite summit thanks kind stranger

[finite summit]

do you need a phone to be verified?

can't you do that with e-mail?

literally 1984

[dry imp]

just dont have a phone

[limpid salmon]

1986

[mossy spruce]

In CoP, if a NPC shoots me accidentally does that affect my relation with their faction?

Are you 1000% sure?

[carmine crest]

I think if you shoot just once they shrug it off but if twice friends will become neutral

shoot again and they will become hostile

[timid trail]

good evening Stalkers

how's going?

[muted haven]

I may have missed this in SoC but why is there a huge hole in the Freedom base in the dark valley in CS

[mossy spruce]

What if they shoot at you (accidentally)? You're also sure that it doesn't affect relations?

[waxen osprey]

I kinda like the physical collector's edition with statue and stuff, but I see it "only" comes with the deluxe edition of the game. I take it the "2 story expansions" from the ultimate edition can be acquired separately once the game is out?

[hazy helm]

yes

they're like DLC

[waxen osprey]

Okay thanks.

[carmine crest]

nope enemy damage to you will not change anything, even if its friendly fire

[mossy spruce]

Okay, okay

Because the game bugged and had to roll it back hours before, and i REALLY don't want it to happen again

Just making sure :))

[fallen adder]

gtfo

[hazy helm]

They execute ppl and throw them in that hole in SoC,this happened to a dutier,the bandits did in SoC
It was a construction site they probably were gonna start digging a tunnel and then the accident happened

[upper elm]

any stalker gamma experts in here? I need some help with a quest

[hazy helm]

I'm sure stalker GAMMA discord has more experts 24/7

[fallen adder]

is stalker gamma an add on for anomaly or a standalone game?

[hazy helm]

GAMMA is a modpack for a mod that is called anomaly

[fallen adder]

oh I see

[hazy helm]

why you'd download 33gb worth of mods when you can make a single 500mb download and end up with a vastly better experience?who knows

[fallen adder]

who does know

[hazy helm]

I mean I do I played both lmao

[fallen adder]

ok then

[mossy spruce]

500mb download? What are you referring to?

[finite dragon]

ok hear me out, there is no way the mercenaries are just "Mercenaries" like they have to have SOME sort of organization name right? they get imports from western countries and are usually from the west so you'd think they'd have some sort of name

especially for the fact that they are established by western countries

[delicate chasm]

same thing with the bandits... what group of people would call themselves bandits.. that's r*tarded

[finite summit]

they were supposed to be but it was cut

[finite dragon]

the bandits are just bandits because they are a crime organization(s)

but they aren't very organized yk?

[delicate chasm]

so you're telling me nobody else commits crime? lmao

[finite dragon]

well no but that's the main point of the bandits

[delicate chasm]

"bandits" is a stupid name for a group

[finite dragon]

the bandits are usually highly wanted criminals and other people who want to escape persecution

[finite summit]

outlaws?

hoodlums?

[delicate chasm]

literally everyone in the Zone except for the scientists and the military are outlaws

[finite summit]

hooligans?

delinquents?

[delicate chasm]

I'll tell you a secret: a shit ton of loners are criminals outside the Zone too

[finite summit]

yeah but they are good criminals and bandits are the bad ones

[finite dragon]

I get what you're saying but they are less of one organized group and more of several small groups, like the taliban, they aren't one big army that is always connected like duty or freedom or the mercs. I know this bc renegades exist lmao.

[delicate chasm]

And yes, it's been hinted at in CoP mostly, but still unknown who the stakeholders outside the Zone are

[finite summit]

It was supposed to be the western powers but as i said

[finite dragon]

I bet it's connected to PMC Blackwater in some way/something similar

[delicate chasm]

Mercs in SoC are heavily disorganized, not really working with one another. In CS they are presented more like hired loners, in CoP they are a very organized and intertwined force across the whole game.

[finite summit]

However in CoP they were tasked with destroying the documents in X8 so their "clients" might be the ones who don't want that information to get uncovered by anyone

[delicate chasm]

part of the cancelled development stuff involved multiple "bandit" gangs that had actual names, that at least made more sense

[finite summit]

true

[finite dragon]

They don't work with eachother because well, they're hired mercs. The only time they work together is when the whole Mercenary organization is tasked with achieving something either by client or by leadership.

[delicate chasm]

but these dudes have uniform lmao, they're like "yeah, we're the BANDITS, and we all wear black/brown leather, join the club"

[delicate chasm]

"Mercenaries" are just as much of an organization as the "Bandits"

[finite summit]

Remember the time merc fought other mercs in CS

[delicate chasm]

it's a protagonist-centered label, not a name of an organization

[finite dragon]

I haven't finished CS sadly so I wouldn't know

[delicate chasm]

and just a game condition to be honest, reductionism

[finite summit]

and also some mercs tried to destroy Freedom in CS and another group was friendly to them

[delicate chasm]

simpler to make them into a faction with a symbol than explain how and why they operate

I wouldn't think too much into it

[finite dragon]

freedom wounded like 3 of their guys so they responded with the power of god

and lost bc god is dead/j

[delicate chasm]

they lost because Scar is a mutant who feels no hunger and never sleeps

[finite dragon]

lesser human vs god

[finite dragon]

I haven't even got that far into CS, I just know that bc I was literally just looking at the wiki for the mercs bc I'm bored

[finite summit]

bro, spoilers

[finite dragon]

every game I've played has been somewhat spoiled

[delicate chasm]

you're in the wrong place if you want to evade spoilers lmfao

[finite dragon]

I already have seen the ending cutscene to SoC (the good ending) so I don't htink much of this matters anymore

[finite summit]

no i mean he's spoin it for himself

[finite dragon]

on god

[delicate chasm]

I'm so glad I played the games as they came out before anyone could say anything

[finite summit]

I think it was quite a different experience without patches

there were no rookie village stshes

no take stuff in locked lockers bug

the A-Life was much less restricted

[delicate chasm]

The only thing that wasn't my own discovery at first was when back in 2007 I called my friend and said I finished the game (SoC) and he mentioned something about a decoder, so I was like "huh?" "What decoder?" and the thing is, since I never exited the Agroprom underground in the military base, I never got the proper questline and never met Guide.

[finite dragon]

ok luckily I don't now anything about the C something I forgot what it was called and I have no clue about the wish granter besides that it is just making whoever is near it so irradiated that they hallucinate and die at least I think idk really

I have just seen the ending cutscene (both good and bad actually) so it's really not a huge deal because I don't understand the backstory

and I learned who strelok was and what he did in cs so that wasn't spoiled for me 😁

[delicate chasm]

You're pretty much fine yeah

[finite summit]

he loses in the bad one and wins in the good one

[delicate chasm]

Enjoy the game for the gameplay and the lore in the details

I still play it 15 years later so...

[finite dragon]

whatn

[finite summit]

sry gtg

[delicate chasm]

unforgiven

[finite summit]

[finite dragon]

I learned how to use mo2 for anomaly and finally more than 3 mods didn't crash my pc bc it's mo2 ig?? so I kinda stopped playing the main 2 games (I don't play pripyat bc I entered and got a migraine 💀 ) bc I played them for like 5 days straight and got burnt out

[delicate chasm]

I don't have a clue what you're talking about, I don't play mods

[finite dragon]

mo2 is a mod organizer and it's the only thing that lets me use like 20 mods without crashing that's all you need to know

[delicate chasm]

horrifying

[finite dragon]

to you

I like realistic textures 😱

[delicate chasm]

it's an illusion of realism

Vanilla gang here

[finite dragon]

I won't judge for enjoying vanilla, but maybe you should try mods sometime. Only downside is you might get addicted to using them and it'll feel impossible to play without them but that might be a just me thing.

[delicate chasm]

I've played mods of all sorts before, since the earliest days when there was AMK, Priboi story, and other og mods like that, and I don't play them anymore because nothing gives me the same satisfying feeling as playing vanilla and finding new details after so many years

[finite dragon]

respectable 👍

[delicate chasm]

I did have a few exciting moments in Prosectors Project 1.6, in Misery, in Dead Air, and maybe in a couple others, but I never finished them because gameplay would become too tedious or buggy and I would lose interest

The most recent mod I had fun with was Snowy's Restoration Addon (1.0) because it kinda turned CoP into a blend of all three games, with SoC's hud, CS's upgrade system (a little more balanced, I think), and other things like restored mutant body parts that the vanilla CoP lacked big time

but it has its issues and like most other mods I abandoned it

[sage mauve]

anyone bought the retail version

[fluid abyss]

why

[sage mauve]

looks cool is it worth it / how do you get it

[dry imp]

are you in the US

[sage mauve]

ye

[dry imp]

then you cant get it

[sage mauve]

oh

feels bad

[fluid abyss]

it used to be available

but I suspect that it was temporarily marked as unavailable when the game's release date bounced back to TBD

been like that pretty much ever since

I do know that the ultimate retail edition sold out on game-legends before they marked it all as unavailable, so unless they're going to restock before they go back available, idk if you'd be able to get it

[lyric reef]

oh i noticed they changed reorganized the discord since then
do you know if the limited/intermediate version is available for retail preorder in the US?

sorry for butting into your conversation i just got into this discord to see about preorders

[sage mauve]

so what was it before tbd

[lyric reef]

before feb24 the release of stalker 2 was supposed to be april 28 2022

[finite dragon]

Get oud of here stalgker :DDDDDDDD

https://tenor.com/view/spurdo-dancing-bear-gif-9357521

[sand fiber]

[finite dragon]

[delicate chasm]

ah yes the get out of here stalker

that's fresh

[finite dragon]

I think it's funny

😁

[delicate chasm]

well I'm genuinely glad

[finite dragon]

Thank u fren. Hope you are well 😄

[finite dragon]

Playing soc and I'm at the 100 rads bar

[autumn parrot]

misery in the skadovsk is better vibe

[finite dragon]

Doesn't stalker misery suck or something

Or it's hard

[autumn parrot]

no everyone who says it sucks is a retard

[autumn parrot]

it's more realistic than hard, there are some busted moments but only two (jupiter plant and lab x18 poltergeist, both of which i had to godmode through)

[finite dragon]

Oh cool

[autumn parrot]

themiserymod.com

try it, it will change your goddamn life my friend

[finite dragon]

Stalkers vanilla weapons have grown on me

[autumn parrot]

dude misery weapons are just as awful animation wise, it'll feel right at home

[autumn parrot]

https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/776076711

and look at how amazing the Misery Vibe is

[autumn parrot]

by the way it's misery + gunslinger that's why the guns are different

listening to music on skadovsk and peacefully trading stuff after long day is the best thing ever

[finite dragon]

That is cool

[autumn parrot]

i know, it's fantastic and the mod is only like 5gb or something

[autumn parrot]

like i said, don't be ashamed to godmode through these two parts, you will see exactly what i mean when you run into them

[split solar]

Will there be any update of when we will see the Collector's Edition available for USA PC? Game Legends won't allow shipping to the US.

[crisp gazelle]

Hey im playing thru shadow of Chernobyl for the first time and i installed ZRP but im still getting pretty frequent crashes any idea why?

[amber tendon]

zrp?

[crisp gazelle]

zrp mod, (zone reclamation project)

its supposed to fix crashing and bugs

@amber tendon

[amber tendon]

i played vanilla with like encountering 1 crash

it really just depends on how lucky you are

try to deinstall zrp

[hazy helm]

Old World

[sand fiber]

What are the logs?

[crisp gazelle]

what do you mean?

[hazy helm]

Send the crash logs so we can see what's the issue

[sand fiber]

Crash logs

[crisp gazelle]

not really sure how to check those

[amber tendon]

crash logs are either saved in documents or folder where your game is

search for them

[sand fiber]

My Documents > stalker_shoc > logs

[crisp gazelle]

found the logs not really sure what to look for tho theres a ton to read

[amber tendon]

this

[sand fiber]

Send the whole of the last log

[crisp gazelle]

All 14820 lines of it???

[sand fiber]

what

[solid dome]

plus the 14821th where Strelok is cursing at you

[crisp gazelle]

my logs document for the game is 14820 lines long in .txt @sand fiber

[sand fiber]

Oh wait right, send the FATAL ERROR part

[hazy void]

Send the part where it has FATAL ERROR

[solid dome]

Strelok: "You goddamn slav, how could you, you useless prick..."

[sand fiber]

[hazy void]

you thief stealing my messages 😡

[crisp gazelle]

i have to find that first ive restarted the games quite a few times already

[sand fiber]

It's in the end of the log

[hazy void]

open the log as notepad and press F3 then enter FATAL ERROR, it'll find it

[crisp gazelle]

FATAL: Too many lmap-textures (limit: 8 textures or 32M).
Reduce pixel density (worse) or use more vertex lighting (better).

[sand fiber]

It should look like
FATAL ERROR

[error]Expression : 0
[error]Function : CPostprocessAnimator::Process
[error]File : E:\stalker\sources\trunk\xr_3da\xrGame\PostprocessAnimator.cpp
[error]Line : 221
[error]Description : noise.grain cant be zero! see postprocess
[error]Arguments : nightvision_bad.ppe

[crisp gazelle]

it just says it cant find FATAL ERROR idk if it erased cus i re installed zrp

[sand fiber]

seems like your pc can't handle stalker lol

change settings to low i guess

[crisp gazelle]

i have 3080 lol

tbh u could prob run stalker on an air fryer

[sand fiber]

how many gigs of ram do you have

and are you using dynamic lightning

[crisp gazelle]

16gbs also yes

[sand fiber]

are all logs the same? and did it say the same thing before installing zrp?

[crisp gazelle]

i didnt know how to check the logs until after reinstalling zrp i guess ill just wait and see if the issue persists then check logs again but so far hasent been an issue

[sand fiber]

welp

[crisp gazelle]

yea.... i appreciate the help tho ! ill report back with findings if it happens again

[mossy spruce]

Don't know it, will check it out though :)

[muted haven]

How many megabytes?

[autumn parrot]

old world seems like completely easy pussy mode for normies lmao

[autumn parrot]

however, i must admit that anomaly itself is more for the casual playerbase since the hardcore side of anomaly believe hardcore = micromanagement out the ass

[hazy helm]

cope and seethe little man

[autumn parrot]

you cope, easymode peasant

[hazy helm]

I'm not the one flaunting

[autumn parrot]

i still don't get why gsc decided to do the full ruscancel by literally not even releasing the game in russian, they're going to lose so, so, so much money

"why yes, not selling stalker to the evil russians will win the war effort and won't result in the majority of people that play our game (russians) just pirating the game"

[hazy helm]

They would end up pirating the game anyway,it's very hard to actually buy games online nowadays around those parts

[autumn parrot]

it's called steam, oh wait they sanctioned it

[hazy helm]

Yes

[autumn parrot]

i don't get it, do they think that russians trying to buy games on steam are directly aiding the war effort by doing it

or russian women trying to buy like jewelry on amazon or something, are they aiding it

[hazy helm]

I'm not on the Devs heads,not going to comment on it

[autumn parrot]

"oh no, i can't buy the new call of duty game on steam, that will hurt the war effort"

[finite dragon]

💀

[autumn parrot]

"those evil russians, they can't buy games on steam anymore, that will teach putin"

[finite dragon]

that's dumb lol

why would they do that, there's no reason

[autumn parrot]

the man's been in power for like 20 years, pretty sure "it's your fault" doesn't really apply

what do you expect them to do, go french mode? you can't just do that at the drop of the hat

[hazy helm]

I mean I would comment but the servers no politics rule only applies to us plebs

[finite dragon]

he's been doing the same stuff for 20 years it isn't surprising ngl but like this is just petty tbh

[autumn parrot]

anyways let's go to off topic

[finite dragon]

we should stop yeah

even in off topic, politics ⛔

anyway do yall think the mercs will be revealed who they are in stalker 2

[autumn parrot]

i just hope they don't dumb anything down

[finite dragon]

probably why they are taking their sweet old time

[autumn parrot]

they should make the mercs be the literal cia or something that would be totally epic

[delicate chasm]

doubt that it will be to the same extent as the mercs are in the original trilogy.. probably just some group with a name that ~hires~ mercs to do their bidding

[finite dragon]

bro I'm not doing this again with you 😭

[delicate chasm]

we're not doing anything... 🤨

[finite dragon]

I'm just theorizing to the most I can, pure imagination, let me dream man

[delicate chasm]

I'm just saying that I think the whole faction thing is going to be heavily revisited

[autumn parrot]

dude they should do truly branching pathways

[delicate chasm]

like I'm not shutting you down here man lol

[hazy helm]

as it should

[autumn parrot]

with all factions having an ending and even a way to join monolith or something and just end the game with genociding all other factions

[nimble cipher]

Капитан Тянка#7441 has been warned

Reason: politics in offtop

[hazy helm]

Ho hey molit how's it going

[glossy blade]

lol, it is #⭐┃nospoilers_general

whatever

[finite dragon]

it'd be sick if it turns out it's a foreign PMC group that is mostly disorganized but are all connected via supplies and leadership and the people in it are different intelligence agency special operations groups. Kinda like the CIA special activities division but less connected.

just theorizing ik it's stupid

[delicate chasm]

You mean the most important chat in this Discord?

[hazy helm]

That would be dumb

[autumn parrot]

imagine if they make the mercs just a ton of foreign pmcs under one uniform

[hazy helm]

You mean #👥┃faction-choice

[finite dragon]

obv, but like let me dream come on you don't have to completely ruin my stupid adhd brain theories

[glossy blade]

Hey, Friday time, what would you expect.

[delicate chasm]

If you can, read the local folklore in SoC's PDA

[hazy helm]

Kyriu Dancing
But I don have image perms

[glossy blade]

#🖤┃s2-pre-order

[delicate chasm]

hm, btw. Are retail copies going to be available in Canada aka Canuckistan?

[finite dragon]

alr, I'll check it out the next time in a millennia that I play SoC

[delicate chasm]

aka Canuckistan

[glossy blade]

jebaited

[autumn parrot]

i would have pre ordered stalker 2 but 1 i was too busy buying my girl an engagement ring and 2 i dont think physical edition is available for us

[delicate chasm]

jebaited what

jebaited means jail bait

[finite dragon]

I would buy stalker 2 but I live in a ghetto in north-east washington state so ain no way I can afford that

[autumn parrot]

what would be the best thing ever is if stalker 2 had that misery dialogue where everyone just insults you

[finite dragon]

I'll ask for it for christmas

[glossy blade]

just baited me into working I meant

[autumn parrot]

that would unironically be immersive and fun as hell

[glossy blade]

No memes involved in this chat

[autumn parrot]

wat

[delicate chasm]

yeah get to it

[hazy helm]

This chat is just a big meme

[glossy blade]

At the moment only Xbox version, nothing new.

[autumn parrot]

hey molit what do you think of misery dude

see, vasim here thinks it's too difficult for his casual mind but i think it is the best way to play call of pripyat

[glossy blade]

But we are actively working on getting as much coverage as possible for release.

[hazy helm]

Misery is easy but it's not good,it's different

[glossy blade]

Will see what future has to offer

[autumn parrot]

it's different and it's the best

[hazy helm]

It's not the best but not the worst
SHOCKER exist and that's one of the worst
Misery be mid,lower tier

[glossy blade]

One time I tried to be funny I got accused of being

[autumn parrot]

my brother in christ, misery is 10/10 mod

[glossy blade]

#⭐┃nospoilers_general experience

[autumn parrot]

my friend have you experienced the Misery Vibe yet

[hazy helm]

how about you allow ppl with legend of the zone role to post images on #⭐┃nospoilers_general channel?

[autumn parrot]

sir vasim does not understand the Misery Vibe as it seems

[hazy helm]

5/10,6-/10 if being generous

[finite dragon]

any of you guys play anomaly? I'm trying to find a mod I see everyone use but I can't seem to find it

[delicate chasm]

So basically if I want my swag maxed out out here, what should I order?

[autumn parrot]

it's not my fault if you do not understand the Misery Vibe but i do

[hazy helm]

An Etsy made stalker suit

[autumn parrot]

dude just play call of misery

[hazy helm]

I've experienced worse,can't complain,but vanilla cop do be better

[finite dragon]

bro did I ask? I literally don't care that wasn't my question and no I'm not going to because I don't have the time nor effort to install it

[delicate chasm]

Woven by sentient silkworms in Japan? I wouldn't settle for anything less.

[finite dragon]

if you're gonna respond be helpful

[hazy helm]

The finest fabrics on Taiwan I assure you

[autumn parrot]

here's that modern warfare 2 aesthetic

[hazy helm]

if it's anomaly it's either gamma modpack,expedition 2.0 modpack or BAS

[autumn parrot]

"i don't have the time to install a 5gb mod"

[hazy helm]

So tired

[glossy blade]

Misery is a solid one. I think that modifications are optional. Some players like them, some players does not. Vanilla version brought you to mods anyways.

[glossy blade]

too much work for me

[hazy helm]

Aye

[hazy helm]

shall drink to the dream

[autumn parrot]

gamma = micromanagement hell, bas would be extremely good and is but it just triggers me that they still have vanilla guns, havent tried expedition

but what's really 'special' is that provak modpack i keep hearing about

[hazy helm]

BaS is pretty bad
Bloated out the wazhoo and with buggy mechanics that shouldn't be here to begin with

[autumn parrot]

"a mod that adds guns that have mw19 tier animations and great sounds and effects and are balanced well is bad" are you retarded

[hazy helm]

Provack is bloat incarnate,bundled together with a lifetime of whiplash

[finite dragon]

I don't even have time to play stalker I just have time to drop a mod into my MO2, so no I don't have time as of right now because I just woke up 30 minutes ago after taking a "nap" and it was 2am so now I have to get ready for school then get home then study then pass out and THEN I can install bc it'll be the weekend

[hazy helm]

too many useless gun variants that shouldn't be here yes

[nimble cipher]

Wolfskopf#9067 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[finite dragon]

😠 no bad word

[hazy helm]

[delicate chasm]

It was a good bad word

[autumn parrot]

i rather have a lot a lot a lot of guns, to the point where everybody uses the gun that they prefer

[finite dragon]

🤬 stop swearing mr

[hazy helm]

it's bloated,and thins out th selection way too much,from gun ammo to which parts you use,it makes anomaly worse

[autumn parrot]

like dude i want to have hk433, sg550, hk416, all m4 variants, macv-sog colt commando, m16 burst, every single nato gun imaginable, and then the same for all the aks

[hazy helm]

now if it took guns away,we would start talking

[delicate chasm]

Cursed

[glossy blade]

You can check #🖤┃s2-pre-order and settle on what suits you best, or alternatively you can decided on the budget you would have for the pre-order, put it aside and wait for more suitable options later on.

[hazy helm]

you are the problem

[autumn parrot]

did you just complain about a mod having weapon attachments

[delicate chasm]

This is one of those things where the budget is irrelevant -- I will get whatever I choose to get, but it's a matter of availability

[hazy helm]

No,I complain about a mod having too many ammo types for gun variants that change absolutely nothin and are there just to bloat the loot pool and hard drive

[finite dragon]

he is the problem 100%

[autumn parrot]

it's not bloat, it's "suiting more people's playstyles"

[autumn parrot]

oh i'm sorry that i'm not a literal casual like the rest of you, i want to have a lot of guns and content

[delicate chasm]

And what I was trying to say is: A reasonable opinion? F*cking radical. BURN THE WITCH.

[hazy helm]

a playstyle does not change between one usin a AK74 to a AK74S,they shouldn't have different variants it's useless

[autumn parrot]

you do realize that for example for the mercs real life pmcs don't all use one gun

[hazy helm]

A playstyle does not change when you use a SCAR that is equal to the M4 which itself is equal to the LR300,it's useless

[autumn parrot]

in a real life pmc most of the time if they let you buy your own stuff like the mercs in stalker do, it's "use whatever nato pattern gun you want, does not matter as long as it's nato"

[finite dragon]

this is gonna be dumb as hell but this is why I don't use BaS, it's too much for my adhd anxiety brain and it freaks me the hell out, and I'm not a "casual" I also like lots of tacticool realistic guns and attachments but sometimes it's just too much yk?

[hazy helm]

well good thing this is a game now isn't it

[autumn parrot]

i also have adhd so moot point

[glossy blade]

I mostly played vanilla anyways

[finite dragon]

how do you not get over stimulated from all the choices?

[delicate chasm]

Neither do the mercs though? O_o

[hazy helm]

based Devs

[finite dragon]

[autumn parrot]

i just aim for hk416 tbh, i just use a rifle until i get what i want, for army/duty it's usually just aiming for an94 or another good ak pattern and for mercs it's hk416 or something similar

[delicate chasm]

Where is SurDno when you need him to start a sheit storm about vanilla superiority

[autumn parrot]

i play ironman every time in anomaly at least so usually i don't get very far since i get jumped by some monolith

[hazy helm]

he left BC too many shtstorms about vanilla superiority

[finite dragon]

I do also play anomaly on debug mode bc I'm bored so that might be part of the reason, I do really like tacticool stuff but something like misery I can't download bc I don't know how to mod pripyat

[delicate chasm]

Oh, I know. For me it was a rhetorical question 😄

[autumn parrot]

oh, misery is really easy to install

[autumn parrot]

it's literally a .exe setup, point it at the cop file and you are done

[finite dragon]

I probably have time actually bc since I woke up so early that I prob won't go to school today

[hazy helm]

invite him again so we can laugh about it
Only logical solution

[finite dragon]

send

[autumn parrot]

https://themiserymod.com

[delicate chasm]

I'm sure he's got at least 20 twink accounts registered on this server

[hazy helm]

Lurking about,sneaky one

[finite dragon]

twink accounts 🤨 twinks???

[autumn parrot]

i tried misery + gunslinger and it was really cool but the only issue was that for some reason the guns seemed to do a little less damage and it got annoying

i was used to misery guns killing enemies in a few shots but it took slightly more in misery gunslinger

[delicate chasm]

Twix

[hazy helm]

I would like Gunslinger more of it gave me the option to only install gun animations and nothing else tbh

Gun models and animations

[finite dragon]

twinks tho... 😏 🥵

[autumn parrot]

"i want my game to be super easy casual mode" is all you have been saying

[delicate chasm]

I'm not sure what your reference is

Anyways gotta hit the hay, ttyl hooligans

[finite dragon]

do you know what a twink is

[autumn parrot]

gunslinger itself barely even changes anything, it's basically vanilla

[finite dragon]

oh lawd he don know 😭

[autumn parrot]

gunslinger is the best vanille-type cop experience

[finite dragon]

look up the definition of a twink, you'll get it 😏

[hazy helm]

you'll never really read what I said since you don't want to,so be it

[autumn parrot]

"noooo more simple, i dont want all this CONTENT i only want a few guns and no content"

[finite dragon]

where did you even get that LOL 😭

[hazy helm]

I wouldn't call skins that bloat the size "content"

[finite dragon]

average stalker player brainpower 💀

[autumn parrot]

how the hell is extra textures and graphics bloating the size

[finite dragon]

god damn this man really is the problem you were right vasim

[autumn parrot]

it literally improves the game, you need to redefine bloat in your head

[hazy helm]

like I said having 20 variations of he same gun that change nothing but looks and name of the gun are bloating th file size of many mods

[autumn parrot]

but at the same time it increases immersion

not every gun in the zone is going to have the exact same everything

[hazy helm]

you make absolutely no sense since immersion isn't created by the ammout of guns a game has
I am more immersed playing Underrail than while playing CoM

[finite dragon]

ok I gotta agree with him on this, having a few variants of the same gun is kind of nice especially if they say, have a camo, or are alternated in some way (ak-74, ak-101, ak-103)

[hazy helm]

Immersion is not equal to "realism",and realism does not necessarily lead to immersion

[finite dragon]

upgrading from 47 to 103 is fun and realistic because people would rather a 103 than the 47

[autumn parrot]

why yes having an ak105 that is customized and that mercs prefer to use because of 45round mag and other stuff, that's just bloat

it makes perfect sense to be included in the game

saying that variations of guns to give people more options on what to use is bloat just makes you look retarded

[hazy helm]

the game lets you have 45 round mags as an upgrade path,which is good,having the AK103 being equal to th AK74 but be a different model,texture and animation does not make me more "immersed"

[autumn parrot]

it gives people more options on what to use

[hazy helm]

if I give you the choice between 3 equal tools to do one job,you'll say it doesn't matter BC they're all equal

[autumn parrot]

pretty sure in the modern era bitching about file size isn't really valid

[hazy helm]

Just BC the tools are in different colours doesn't mean they change,I should've just given you the one tool

[autumn parrot]

for example if you give me the choice between hk416, hk433 and m4a1 even though they muh do the same job i'd pick the hk416 because i prefer it in person and it lets me use the stuff that i want to use

[hazy helm]

I will die on this hill,games DO NOT need to be this big

[autumn parrot]

it makes you look really stupid to complain that games have more content to give players more freedom of choice to use exactly what they want to use and personalize their own gear to how they want it to be

[hazy helm]

"content" when they're just reskins of the same gun pasted over

[finite summit]

spamming

[autumn parrot]

every single gun in misery improves the experience

just because you are some kind of moron that cries about file size doesn't make it not improve the experience

[finite summit]

how many do you actually use?

[hazy helm]

There is this thing called gun balancing,CoP is really good at it,tho you only play Misery so you wouldn't know

[autumn parrot]

that does not matter, everyone can use whichever gun they want

[finite dragon]

@hazy helm I don't think you understand how your thought of immersion may not be the same as others. I understand how you feel it is not immersing (while maybe realistic), but to us having variations of the same gun makes it feel like there is more things in the zone, more to explore, more to learn (gun-wise). No they aren't all equal. The AK-74 and the AK-103 are different guns as in one is more modern and shoots differently. That's like saying you shouldn't have the AK-74M because it's still "an ak" so they only add the AK-47 or AK-101 because according to you an AK-47 and an AK-12 are the exact same gun despite one being soviet era and another being in the past 15 years.

[autumn parrot]

i have passed cop, i completely steamrolled through it

instant healing lol

[finite summit]

just because they can does not mean that they will

be hones how often do you use a specific type of pistol

[finite dragon]

All you've been saying is "oh they're all the same why does it matter" when that's just factually and statistically wrong

[autumn parrot]

took me 45 minutes to beat the merc base in misery, rewarding as hell, i steamrolled right through it in call of pripyat

[autumn parrot]

that legitimately does not matter

[finite dragon]

Upgrading from an AK-47 to an AK-12 is fun because you go from dogcrap to modern day

[autumn parrot]

one person could prefer 45acp pistols, one person could prefer 9mm ones, its their preference

if it was up to me i would want there to be different variations of 1911 yes

[potent bluff]

Bruh, I use only 2-3 weapons from my playthrough

[autumn parrot]

having a kimber 1911 with a 17 round magazine would be badass

[finite summit]

then what's the point of increasing the file size by adding tons of guns that nobody will use

[autumn parrot]

nobody cares about file size retard

if you care so much just don't install the mods

you guys have to be trolling at this point

[finite dragon]

well there is a difference between guns, you guys need to stop attacking him for him version of what he finds immersing and realize we all are different and have our own thoughts (who could've thought 😱 )

while I don't directly agree with him you guys needa get off his ass

[autumn parrot]

if you want vanilla experience, just go play call of the zone

[potent bluff]

He called other ppl retard

[autumn parrot]

call of the zone even has the exact vanilla guns, i played it for a while, it's good

[hazy helm]

the AK74 and AK103 and AK105 and AK104 are all equal in game terms,stalker is the furthest thing from realistic and I want guns that play Into the balancing,having guns preform different jobs corresponding to what hey do best and worst
For example,the AK is more durable but Less accurate and less damage while the LR300 has more damage and more accuracy but it's less durable while being rarer on the ammo
Just BC the AK has 300 variants it's not going to make you more or less immersed,it makes the game worse for it since you're thinking out the gun pool,especially more if each of those variants has different ammo variants
Being immersed just means you're giving your full attention to the game,doesn't mean realistic or unrealistic, Disco Elysium is for example a very immersive game,it's not even an FPS focused on realism

[autumn parrot]

good for me, who cares

[finite summit]

but his thoughts are wrong and he has to be cyberbullied for it

[finite dragon]

almost like I would too if I was getting attacked over an opinion

[hazy helm]

if you want to put new guns make them different and actually have a place,not just a different colour ak or M4,

[autumn parrot]

walk into an actual gun store, are they just going to sell a thousand of the exact same gun? no

[autumn parrot]

"why yes different variants and more content is just bloat for muh file size"

[finite summit]

ever been to a gun store?

[autumn parrot]

yes, i own guns, ever touched grass?

[hazy helm]

you have 5 different skins for the AK,my brother in Christ it's not content

[autumn parrot]

different variants = more guns = more content

[finite summit]

judging by the fact that you play misery you clearly never did

[finite dragon]

dude just walk away, you aren't gonna get out of this without either being warned or muted so just quit while you can

[finite summit]

more = better?

[hazy helm]

ok,so if I give you AK1,and AK2 and AK3,each has different textures,are they different,does that give the game more content?

[autumn parrot]

like, i found a copy of mein kampf in misery, that's immersive as hell

[hazy helm]

PFFFFF HAHAHAHAHAHAH

[nimble cipher]

Vasim#5301 has been warned

Reason: Capital letters

[potent bluff]

MISERY, king of items bloat

[hazy helm]

I'm Not wasting time with you moron anymore ahahbahaha

[autumn parrot]

yeah sure retard go cry about file size

[hazy helm]

Good joke tho

[hazy helm]

my latest cope, Calipso Protocol weights 88Gbs and has 70gbs to download

[finite summit]

yeah sure retard cry about tons of content being useless©️

[potent bluff]

[autumn parrot]

could have just said "oh i prefer stuff to be simpler and not so many guns" instead of attacking me for it, if this server allowed you to go full mw2 i would but it doesn't so

[finite dragon]

Those 4 guns don't have to be the same though. In Anomaly which I play they are not all the same. I don't know why you are putting words in my mouth but it's immature. I never said that we should add 100 different variants of the same guns for "immersion 🤓 " but only the MAIN variants. AK-47 should be uncommon but not very good compared to the rest of them because it's a soviet weapon, AK-74 should be the most common and staple AK, the 103 should be a gun that you might find or buy just to have something better than the 74, and the AK-12 should be what you are striving to get or get near endgame. Having variants with useless properties is so stupid and this guy is absolutely dumb, but having a few guns with slight to major differences is a nice touch for people like me who don't wanna bloat their game but don't wanna have 1 gun to use in the category of AK.

[finite summit]

cope

[autumn parrot]

yeah like pretty sure the army all have ak74m in anomaly

but nooo there being only one ak in the entire game is the perfect non-bloat

[finite dragon]

bro why are you talking LMAO you literally have the worst talking points and can't argue for your life

[autumn parrot]

saying "oh this gun is bloat because it's useless" isn't really good talking point but saying "i prefer stuff to be simpler" makes you not seem like a dumbass

[finite dragon]

and @hazy helm I do understand your point of having 1-3 guns of a gun type because that's how you like it but I perfer having 3-5 because I like progression with not only story and armor but guns. I don't want the same ass gun the whole game then get an endgame gun and not have to worry.

[autumn parrot]

see how one of them is clearly stated as something to start an argument while the other one is just conversation

[hazy helm]

Said guns are pretty much the same in anomaly tho,same upgrade paths and very minimal changes which means,no matter what you use,it'll be the same,if you are to blindly play with any of them you wouldn't be able to spot the difference
It makes anomaly worse for it since anomaly wants you to find loot parts for your guns and thinning the loot pool for 6 different possible types of parts for the AK will make the system worse

[autumn parrot]

yeah i want to use different ak variants, i don't care if they are they same

if you were a gun nut then you'd really appreciate all the different variants in the games

[finite summit]

do you actually use all of them?

[finite dragon]

oh my god would you shut the hell up jesus christ you are the most annoying person I've ever met just get th ehell out already

[hazy helm]

I wouldn't care if they made all those guns completely different with drawbacks and things they're good at but,having too much guns means you'll end up with some being basically the same

[potent bluff]

[autumn parrot]

which doesn't really matter to me, i just want to have a ton of guns in the game

[finite dragon]

I agree with that 100%, I just wish games would do a better job at that

[hazy helm]

Which is why I'm against a lot of guns,you'll end up with repeated ones,you should focus on less guns and give these guns a lot of depth than 100 guns with no depth of choice

[autumn parrot]

i'd gladly download 100gb stalker mod with a ton of extra stuff in it and nice quests and all that, it would be the goty

[finite dragon]

yeah, I just wanna find a game or mod which differentiates the guns

[finite summit]

goty
...

[hazy helm]

If Stalker 2 exceeds 100gbs I'm not downloading it

[autumn parrot]

you did see that you need at least 150gb ssd right?

[autumn parrot]

are you blind or did you not read that in the requirements?

[hazy helm]

one can dream one can dream

[autumn parrot]

lmao you really are retarded

[hazy helm]

Maybe I never got checked out who knows

[autumn parrot]

as graphics in games get better the file sizes get bigger, inb4 you desperately look for a potato graphics mod to get your holy file size out

[finite dragon]

bro what is your issue like are you just an asshole to everyone or is this your awful personality, I bet you're just like this no wonder you have 0 friends go touch some goddamn grass loser

[hazy helm]

you can still get good graphics without Gargantuan file sizes,spot MGSV

[finite summit]

since when do mods decrease game file size?

[autumn parrot]

OS Version:
Windows 10 / Windows 11
Processor:
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X / Intel Core i5-7600K
Memory:
8 GB
Graphics:
AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Disc space:
150 GB SSD

[finite dragon]

you don't have to be a dick to everyone, if you don't wanna argue just leave the convo bozo @autumn parrot

[autumn parrot]

this is the minimum

[hazy helm]

Bloat on file size has to do with spaghetti code,uncompressed assets and in the case of multiplayer games nowadays skins

[autumn parrot]

sure yeah muh bloat

[finite summit]

he has to be a dick to others to distract himself from the fact how miserable he is

[hazy helm]

games still ship with uncompressed textures and sound files

[autumn parrot]

everything is muh bloat, new games could actually be the size of morrowind if they just compressed them

[finite dragon]

lol yeah, can we just get a mod to deal with his sorry ass bc this is genuinely getting on my nerves

[autumn parrot]

oh i'm sorry did i trigger you even though i never even said anything to you

[hazy helm]

No not really but they would be a lot lot LOT smaller on the size yes

[finite summit]

@Сracker Jack ban please

darn

[potent bluff]

@dire dagger I summon you

[finite dragon]

when you call people that I see as very nice and respectable people retards, I don't like you, plus I don't wanna be grouped up with your dumbass bc you're talking points are awful and you'r opinion is bad

[autumn parrot]

i think you need some 09 modern warfare 2 to toughen you up a little bit buddy

[finite summit]

never called him retard multiple times?

[finite dragon]

I thin you need to get off your discord mod gamer chair and go sit your fatass in some grass

[autumn parrot]

i love how somebody that has barely been in the convo is crying while everyone else is just vibing and banting

[solid dome]

Keep telling yourself that

[hazy helm]

Realistically even lower tier new CPUs have good enuff audio encoding to deal with compressed audio files,and the systems we use to deal with the audio of said compressed files got better so the reason new games don't use them is most likely BC Devs forget to convert them before releasing

[finite dragon]

bro I was literally in the chat before you dumbass 💀

[autumn parrot]

anyways i'm going to go play some assassin's creed, i only have brotherhood, revelations and valhalla left and i will have beat them all

rather do that than just argue all day, i have no classes tomorrow anyways

[finite dragon]

this kid doesn't touch grass I'm right LMAO

[hazy helm]

I pray for you soul,I know the nu AC's aren't particularly fun

[autumn parrot]

i enjoyed origins and odyssey, only parts i didn't like are the levelgating

[finite dragon]

🤓

[hazy helm]

yhea Levelgating sucks,good luck

[autumn parrot]

the levelgating is so stupid, i spent more time sidequesting in origins than i did in the main story, which was only like 16 hours long

[finite summit]

and yet you're the one telling people to touch grass

[autumn parrot]

in origins if they are a few levels up from you you straight up do like no damage to them thus forcing you to level up

[potent bluff]

He said he has a gun but he's still a kid

[hazy helm]

nu AC inherited the bad part of many RPGs and ran with it

[finite dragon]

this guy is the type of guy to brag about how he played BO2 and MW2 back when it was toxic so he's quote based and redpilled and Z fighter

this is the type of mf to post russian war edits

[autumn parrot]

i used to run a donbass telegram channel a long time ago actually

[finite dragon]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL AINT NO WAYYYYY

[nimble cipher]

oliver..#0001 has been warned

Reason: Capital letters

[autumn parrot]

but that was a pretty long time ago, i don't really care anymore

[potent bluff]

The situation is good now?

[finite dragon]

BRO IS REALLY A LOSER 😭

[nimble cipher]

oliver..#0001 has been warned

Reason: Capital letters

[finite summit]

+15

[autumn parrot]

where

[potent bluff]

Here

[autumn parrot]

with your emoji use i assume you're literally 14 or something

[finite dragon]

question do you have a girlfriend?

[finite summit]

you'd know how a 14 year old would act

[autumn parrot]

i bought her an engagement ring today actually, yes

[last pine]

No way he uses emojis in Discord😳😳😳

[finite summit]

of course you did

[finite dragon]

if I was 14 I would have said the n word already or something super edgy

[autumn parrot]

sure yeah

[finite summit]

proof?

[hazy helm]

Congrats,you gonna propose or just preparing?

[autumn parrot]

proposed actually

[solid dome]

It's 02.12.2022, five 2's and NO WALLPAPER YET. Come the f on...

[autumn parrot]

went good

[hazy helm]

Congrats man,happy for you

[finite summit]

rejected?

[autumn parrot]

anyways boyos, i am off to ac brotherhood, it feels real good to not suffer through enemies and kill them easy

[finite dragon]

praying for his downfall right now

[hazy helm]

Theyll post on 28 Dec,it's my bday

[solid dome]

Go play your Ubisoft crap (heh), mate, enjoy tho 😛 @autumn parrot

[hazy helm]

Good luck

[autumn parrot]

indeed homies

[finite summit]

may God have mercy on your soul

[solid dome]

If we don't protest, we'd be abused way beyond grave. Rise up, fight for the Zone!

[finite summit]

did you take your copium today?

[solid dome]

I took my mintium

[finite dragon]

we all know anomaly players are 15 year olds who are poor come on man! anyways despite praying for your downfalll, enjoy (I was just trying to get a rise out of you just don't call people retards)

[finite dragon]

eating conserta like it's those valentines day heart candies

I took 50mg of conserta from when I was 5 to when I was 12 and now I have irreversible changes to my mind 😆

[trail plume]

I had a quick question about the ultimate physical edition for US. Is anyone able to purchase this from the game legends store?

[dire dagger]

Hello what’s the problem

[potent bluff]

the situation is good now. sorry for tag :b

[dire dagger]

No worries sorry I’m working was late to the party haha

[finite summit]

mmmm working

[sand fiber]

have you played cnpp section of soc?

[viral hazel]

Does anyone know how/why SoC messes up my shadowplay for other games?

[sand fiber]

because x-ray is dark forgotten slavic magic never meant to be run on modern hardware with modern software

[hazy helm]

for other games?if the game is using DX9 it should be compatible

[sand fiber]

so you noticed all the military at cnpp, pripyat' and radar right

[viral hazel]

It works for CS and CoP, I don’t know why

[hazy helm]

Newer versions of DirectX

[sand fiber]

don't you remember how you hear radio transmissions at cnpp

because you were playing with english localization i guess

[viral hazel]

Ah

[sand fiber]

then i don't get you

[finite summit]

I think he was supposed to get info about operation "Mono;ith" from one of the bodies

hold on

here https://stalker.fandom.com/wiki/Operation_Monolith

[sand fiber]

the whole sequence of the military rushing to the cnpp is amazing tbh

[finite summit]

True

a bit dumb but very spectacular ngl

[sand fiber]

not so dumb considering ssu knows of the labs and do not wishes of any stalker getting to the center of the zone whatever lies there

[finite summit]

Actually yeah. Maybe they were preparing in advance for such an opportunity

Yeah it's "Radar" in russian

and "Red forest" in english

[last pine]

Arent these two different locations

[finite summit]

yes and no

radar is red forest in SoC
and red forest in CS is a different red forest

[last pine]

Radar is in SoC and Red Forest in CS

[finite summit]

so am i

[finite summit]

yeah it's just that they decided to call radar "red forest" in end localization

reasons

[last pine]

U mean that in Radar the part of the map with the huge amount of radiating shit and trees is Red Forest or smth?

😵‍💫

I didnt play much SoC so i dont really remember whats there

[finite summit]

I remember it was supposed to be just large pyles of radioactive garbage(referencing what happened to real red forest) during the development but was replaced with regular forest in retail

[last pine]

I completed it a few times, i mean that comparing to CS and CoP that i played most of the time, i dont remember much of that game's stuff

Also i hate Strelok

[finite summit]

based

it's really sad that they didn't end up killing him is S2 2011

hope they will in this iteration

[sand fiber]

Radar was Red Forest only in builds, and Red Forest in CS is the actual red forest

[finite summit]

💀

[sand fiber]

there was planned to be a stalker 2 and it was in an active development from 2009 to 2012

[finite summit]

Im talking about the time they tried to make Stalker 2 in 2011 and failed

[sand fiber]

we have builds and desdocks from that

[last pine]

Hope they will give me the opportunity to unload a PKM in his head

[finite summit]

give

[sand fiber]

you're literally russian/ukrainian speaking there's nothing stopping you from finding yourself

[finite summit]

it wasn't even half ready in 2011 so Grigorovich decided to scrap it because he felt they couldn't make it good

[finite summit]

laziness?

[sand fiber]

not really if i recall correctly

grigorovich is just a greedy ass as any capitalist is

[finite summit]

and that too

[sand fiber]

by the way @pallid dune how are you playing with russian localization, are you learning it or there are subtitles?

based on 2006 firing of lots of SoC developers, shady capitalistic practices in regards of advertisement, 2012 gsc shutdown, and recent stalker 2 nft incident (to be fair that was griga junior)

why are we even in en_offtop at this point

ah so you know the languages but aren't too good at actually speaking?

well yeah new gsc has nothing to do with neither soc devteam nor cs-cop devteam

uhhh no i just expressed weirdly

i mean those who left/were fired in 2006 founded 4A and cs-cop were made without those

[hazy helm]

VERY different lmao

[finite summit]

yes and no

[sand fiber]

they mean in terms of development team

[lost sleet]

4a is creator of metro 2033, isn't it?

[finite summit]

yes and no

[sand fiber]

yes

[hazy helm]

I will keep barging into conversations and wildly misunderstand arguments

[finite summit]

yes and yes

[lost sleet]

i remember something about it.

[hazy helm]

Do not stop me

[sly matrix]

as we all should

[lost sleet]

but i didn't play metro.

[sand fiber]

grindset

[finite summit]

🛑

[hazy helm]

Does it matter?

[sand fiber]

play it, 2033 in both redux and original is pretty great

[finite summit]

I only played the original

[sand fiber]

i don't like last light as much but could be of a political bias at the time

[finite summit]

really liked it

never got to the next games

[hazy helm]

Not anymore,no unless you go yar harr

[finite summit]

but now that i know it was political i feel like i really should

[sand fiber]

a lot of changes, arguably some of them were hurtful to the atmosphere

[sly matrix]

anyway, if current GSC has nothing to do with either previous teams, what have they worked on before this?

[sand fiber]

Kazaki 3? griga jr hired more people after that i think

[hazy helm]

the AI isn't Braindead and some levels are wildly different,the entire look and balancing is also different

[finite summit]

Based Metro Last Light
https://cs7.pikabu.ru/post_img/big/2018/04/15/8/1523798865172558846.png

[hazy helm]

Depends on your PoV

[sand fiber]

arguably original is beter because of that 2010 feeling

[finite summit]

agree

[sand fiber]

i'd call it more of a eastern european 2007 feeling but whatever

[finite summit]

old = better

[sand fiber]

mmm not low poly

something else

ever played the first witcher?

[finite summit]

Oblivion Lost(not stalker) builds are top tier

[finite dragon]

wsg

[sand fiber]

it has that feeling too, while i was playing i was reminded of SoC constantly
btw play it but avoid russian and ESPECIALLY english dubs