⭐┃nospoilers_general

[hidden stratus]

Thanks

[hard ember]

this is so strange (in Call of Pripyat) Zaton's repair guy, Cardon, is allowing me to upgrade both branches of a upgrade tree now.. is that.. allowed?

another strange thing is that Cardon has some tier 3 upgrades grayed out

[gaunt burrow]

Does it says "technician can't perform this modification"?

[hard ember]

it's just greyed out

[gaunt burrow]

Did he received all 3 tools?

[hard ember]

yes

i gave him both the base repair kit, the fine repair kit, and also the calibration kit

[gaunt burrow]

Strange

[hard ember]

cus I was gonna upgrade the Sphere M8 helmet to gain IR vision--and that tier 3 item was grayed out

[gaunt burrow]

Check Nitro or Novikov

Ik that Nitro can fully upgrade tactical helmet (except 1 modification. That can be upgraded from Novikov)

Not sure about Sphere helmet tho Nvm I'm dumb. Thought you were talking about Sphere M12, which is different helmet

[hard ember]

i think this was caused by a patch

i'll turn off this option in the patch

i think M12 has up to gen-3 of NVG,
while M8 has up to gen-2 of NVG + IR scanner.. like that?
(mah bad, corrected)

[gaunt burrow]

08 has first generation night vision, 2 if you'll get "Second generation night vision device"

M12 can have third generation night vision if you'll upgrade it fully

08 can also be upgraded to have infrared scanner (something like binoculars. Draws rectangles around enemies)

[hard ember]

what's purpose of drawing rectangles around enemies? help you not lose track of them in the shuffle?

[gaunt burrow]

Its pretty useless (imho)

[gaunt burrow]

In sphere 08 helmet I mean. Meant that infrared scanner upgrade. hope this won't cause misunderstandings

Binoculars are pretty useful and can detect many enemies

[mortal agate]

Ay quick question do bandits respawn infinitely in garbage in clear sky? Im trying to push for depot and I killed like tons of them but they keep coming lol

[gaunt burrow]

If you aren't in any faction then bandits will keep respawning even after you'll drop their faction strenght to 0, however there is a way to stop them respawning. @sly matrix knows about that more

[mortal agate]

I'm a loner

[sly matrix]

I really need to make that video...

[mortal agate]

I'm participating in the war currently

I could make a house out of the bandit corpses

[gaunt burrow]

Real

[stark pond]

I find it funny how Strelok looks like a 45yo dad of 2 with an alcohol issue, Scar looks like a neanthertal but Degtrayev looks like a male model with a bad haircut

[sly matrix]

@mortal agate I wrote down an explanation on how to get loners to occupy the depot somewhere in #📸┃screens_and_videos , I'll see if I can find it and link you to it

[gaunt burrow]

All of them look like Chads

[stark pond]

Strelok might have been a Chad 20 years and 25k bottles of vodka ago

[gaunt burrow]

Still is

[wild wharf]

That's actually reasonably accurate in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R Cinematic Universe

[vapid current]

All of them look IRL stalkers

[hazy helm]

when a factions base is captured, a squad will periodically respawn to try and retake it to try and get into the faction wars game again

[stark pond]

Oh yeah. Also fun little theory, due to Scar's heavy bleeding he might be a hemophilic, which may mean he is inbred. Which may also be the reason he could tank 2 emissions due to his inbred anathomy. It's my headcanon

[wild wharf]

This just escalated from 0 to 100 very quickly!

[gaunt burrow]

Bruh

[hazy helm]

its a gameplay consensus
stop overthinking balancing reasons man

[gaunt burrow]

No comments

[stark pond]

Lete have my fun man

But yeah it's gameplay

[mortal agate]

Ye I meant before the main base is captured

[hazy helm]

they will keep sending squads to try and retain the point but there should be a timer cooldown, be faster

[mortal agate]

Good to know

[drowsy schooner]

You're already kinda the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. version of "ScreenCrush"! 🙂
Keep up the awsome content and I hope you make more "theory" videos once we get a proper story trailer with Skif

[wild wharf]

So guys hear me out, A pseudogiant is essentially a bunch of fleshs somehow combined together and bam, Pseudogiant. That's my theory

[gaunt burrow]

The answer can be found in the PDA encyclopedia entry in SoC:

"The pseudogiant resembles a massive, drop-shaped abdomen with a pair of disproportionately large limbs. The limbs are arms and legs at the same time. The creature uses them to move around and grab its victims. An adult pseudogiant can weigh up to two tons and stand 2 meters tall. Their clumsy appearance might be deceiving, since they can move very rapidly if needed. Their muscles are exceptionally powerful and their bones are as hard as steel. The creature's brain is protected by a sturdy (up to 10 centimeters thick) skull, while many complex functions are controlled by the spinal medulla. Another astonishing feature of the beast is its ability to create local shock waves, which damage all living things in the vicinity."

Flesh is basically a mutated pig. Even all fleshes combined won't have such thick skull and such hard bones

[wild wharf]

Oh ,I know about the flesh is mutated pigs, it's just that the Pseudogiant practically looks the same amount of ugly, looks like fleshes got mushed into one, and both are weird as hell. So that's why I thought that.

[gaunt burrow]

Pseudogiants were humans once, judging by their human foot hanging from their lower back or their face. They even have a bald spot

My guess would be humans mixed with various type of animals

[gaunt burrow]

https://youtu.be/IiHJJgUv_tE?si=6nZT2waX4HjMTTBh

Saw that in my recommendations. Interesting stuff

[hard ember]

@gaunt burrowright it says "The technician cannot perform this modification" when the tier 3 upgrade is greyed out. This happens with both the guy in Zatan and in Jupiter

[gaunt burrow]

Novikov can perform 1 upgrade only from third upgrade line

[hard ember]

ah i see

[gaunt burrow]

So go to him

[hard ember]

so of all the upgrades in tier 3, he can only calibrate one

[gaunt burrow]

Pretty much

[hard ember]

what's your favorite armor(s) in the map 3 (pripyat)?

[gaunt burrow]

In CoP I'm not sure. In SoC and Clear Sky tho it's SEVA

[hard ember]

ah ok ok

thanks for the insights much obliged ^___^

[gaunt burrow]

Anytime

[hard ember]

what i mean is.. what's a good armor for dealing with major fire fights?

mebbe the Berill-5M is good for mutant melee attacks?

[gaunt burrow]

Definitely exoskeleton

Especially if you upgrade it

[hard ember]

coool i will try ^___^

[spring apex]

nice

only if upgraded with sprint module from cardan tier 3. otherwise it will be very hard

[indigo marsh]

I don't really like the exo

Even with the spring upgrade

I prefer mid game or berill for endgame

I used the cooler looking CS armor for CS

[hard ember]

this is so weird, the three bodies that are suppose to be at the marker for "Radio Interference: find the missing squad"--a mission in Pripyat--is entirely missing...

hmm mebbe i explored Pripyat too much and messed up the corpses 😦

alright i'll try to be more careful and replay pripyat map exactly as mission log provides

[hidden stratus]

Based on how chat has been these past months I feel like the only one who didn't ran into any issues back during my first playthroughs.

[hard ember]

ah you must have played CoP correctly, as intended ^___^

[hidden stratus]

I guess so, except for the time when Strider kept getting obliterated by snorks on that mission

[hard ember]

mhmm

i wish i have a sixth sense about these things, i can stray very far from the game designer's original intent >___<

[nimble barn]

I’ll give the devs one bandage if they put stalker 2 on ps5

[hidden stratus]

It probably will. They haven't denied the release. To my knowledge they haven't really talked about it either.

Don't remember where I saw it but I believe it is a timed exclusive for xbox. Then it will release on ps.

[nimble barn]

What’s the point of timed exclusives if it is gonna come out anyways

[calm bough]

to sell more consoles lol

[nimble barn]

I guess so because I was planning on buying a series x if it didn’t come to ps

Even if it’s only timed if it’s more than 6 months I’m gonna just buy one

[hidden stratus]

Why not just upgrade to a pc?

You would save hundreds in the long run.

[thick bolt]

who knows and writes these?

Or is it strelok coming up to the mutant, examining it, writing all that all within you pressing f (inspecting it)

[thick bolt]

dont buy console tbh

save up for a pc, start cheap, add more and more parts later

Ive got a whole bunch of unused electronics in my house

Galaxy s7 edge (the ied yes)
laptop (asus l410)
other phone

I might sell my ps5 for a pc along with these

they wont sell for much but eh

[smoky patrol]

should i join duty right before going into lemansk so i can buy 9x39 ap?

or will i find a lot of freedom

[hidden stratus]

You wont find much in either freedom or duty. Bunch of all bark no bite wannabe soldiers who are nothing but a nuisance to everyone

[regal sapphire]

9x39 is best

[pulsar sluice]

Not fully true. Duty bois gut areas of mutant hives like a hillbilly gutting wild hog.

[nimble cipher]

weaponsremorse has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[lethal crater]

Bro I am slowly making my way through chronological order. I am running clear sky right now… bro wtf They can snipe you with a Makarov from the swamps while You are physically in the garbage. But when I am literally inside someone’s face with a 12 gauge, nothing happens when I pull the trigger. They just laugh and kill me
The x-ray engine itself is the zone
🤬🤬🤬🤬
🥲🥲🥲
Also My dumb ass has not found a single magik rock
And I am like 15 hours in
🙃

[hidden stratus]

You have to use the artifacts detector

The artifacts are usually in obvious areas where you would think they would be. Or in the map i think they are mapped.

And put some respect on Clear Sky. Scar is in it.

[smoky patrol]

go to top of the swamp area and get the veles asap, every other detector sucks and isnt worth it. and prepare to get sniped and grenaded in open areas cause you're playing unmodded clear sky :)

[stark steppe]

I have a xbox for alan wake 2, AC6 and stalker 2

because it was literally cheapear than buying a new pc

[mortal agate]

Idk why but I love clear sky even tho it has many faults its good

[spring apex]

i like it. it has constant firing unlike any other

[lethal crater]

I basically softlocked saved right now in the dark valley I have zero health, and I die when I load last save yaaayy

I might just fing quit

And no one near me HAS MED KITS AHHHHHHHHHGG

Welp restarted

Rip 15 hours of my life

[mortal agate]

What gear did you have

[hidden stratus]

Isn't there commands?

[mortal agate]

Yeah but I dont think that you can do godmode in vanilla

[lethal crater]

A lot of good gear lol

I’ll just speed run this shut to get back as quick as I can

My dumb ass just did get heals

[mortal agate]

I had a issue with the faction wars so i also lost like 10 hours of progress

[lethal crater]

Yee

[mortal agate]

Welcome to clear sky

[hard ember]

i'll reply to this in #ef_offtop

[finite dragon]

if i pre order stalker 2 for series x on sep 5th will shipping take weeks?

god i hope it wont be delayed again

[deft stirrup]

Load ur autosave

[deft stirrup]

What was the issue

[deft stirrup]

U cant rush faction wars btw u need to follow the mission markers

And objectives

[loud gate]

Missing dot after R

[finite dragon]

I finally chose to play clear sky

It's awsome

[deft stirrup]

Nice

[lethal crater]

No I restarted the effiing game

[nimble cipher]

weaponsremorse has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[mortal agate]

Already solved i was using abr mod and it broke faction rewards removed it and it works fine now

Now im just playing with srp and got no problems

[deft stirrup]

Nice

[mortal agate]

Honestly even without gunplay enchancing mods clear sky is solid

I hated the gunplay at first but with upgrades its fine

[deft stirrup]

Inf money glitch if u talk to forester when u give him the compass then leave the conversation and repeat it u get inf vintars to cell

Veri secret

LightReaver u good ur typing for quite a while

[ornate rampart]

I don't know how they work tbh. Where are you preordering from? I'm tempted to do the same from amazon but I'm not sure if I should it this time mostly because it's valuable and they may conveniently lose the package or even mark it as delivered when it's not.
Not by chance I still have a package I ordered for mother's day because of the latter case which sucks balls.

[gaunt burrow]

Different people have different PDA entries I guess, since PDA entries can be unlocked after looting dead bodies

[granite mortar]

Same

[gaunt burrow]

Its usually random but sometimes not. For example you might receive random PDA entry from random dead NPC but "Monolith soldier's PDA", "On the test of faith.", "A convert in the Black Forest", "On those who got to the antennae" and "On the fighting in the Dark Valley" entries you'll get only from dead Monolithians @thick bolt

While in diary section Strelok himself writes PDA entries

[granite mortar]

Omg

Black Forest?!

[gaunt burrow]

Build remnant I guess

"Where did you naive boys come from? There's a war going on, right? We’re fighting Freedom bandits! We have regular skirmishes with their fighters in the Wild Territory." - Plichko (this dialogue is also build remnant because there are literally 0 Freedomers in Wild Territory)

In fact, it feels like most of these PDA entries are from an earlier time in development

[ornate rampart]

ot: about this I recalled in CS there was this monolith outpost in the ||army warehouse zone|| that you could aggro and kill them from afar but never be able to loot their corpses because of the psy emissions insta killing you.
Is there a way to disable it or I'm just limited to free cam my way out to check what's there?

[gaunt burrow]

No way of disabling it afaik

But yeah it sucks not being able to loot those corpses

[granite mortar]

Isnt it the forest in south east corner of Garbage?

[gaunt burrow]

There is no mention of a "Black Forest" anywhere in the entire series (except that entry)

[granite mortar]

So you say Jekan made the name up?
Heresy!

[gaunt burrow]

like I said before, it literally feels like most of these PDA entries are from an earlier time in development

"Mobile Science Lab" being considered as an actual faction in SoC I assume is another build remnant

[loud gate]

WIP name or code name for Ecologist

[gaunt burrow]

still it makes no sense why "Mobile Science Lab" is in factions entry

it'd make more sense if there would be a PDA entry called just ecologists/scientists for example. Mobile science lab could just be mentioned in that PDA entry, instead of it having its own PDA entry

SoC is basically unfinished game. you have dialogues that are literally build remnants, like this one

[gaunt burrow]

.

Or Baldy in his dialogue saying "Not everyone has the balls to fight the next monster and that's a pity!" You can't even fight mutants in the arena, just human opponents

[stark steppe]

I was thinking, isnt the scientists place a mobile lab
"A mobile bunker, which can be airdropped by helicopter, and is home to Professor Hermann, Professor Ozersky, and their expedition. The bunker was deployed around Jupiter less than one week before the events of the game" - The wiki

[gaunt burrow]

yes, both Sakharovs mobile lab and scientists bunker got dropped by a heli

"Hermann is the boss around here -he's a professor from some institute, probably a secret one... He organized the expedition, so they dropped this bunker in here almost immediately after the Brain Scorcher was disabled. He was also the one to recruit Garry and us - he pays well and even promised us an official permit for entry into the Zone" - Dialogue of Topol

But that "Mobile Science Lab" entry in SoC says "no stalker has ever been inside one" which is literally false info

because back in Clear Sky events Strelok was inside that lab, as well as Yantar stalkers that literally got hired

Ghost was also in that lab

Also 1 more thing @stark steppe

Wiki (at least EN Wiki) isn't entire accurate when it comes to the lore and cut content

https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/1bgzd0x/misconceptions_caused_by_wiki/ I even made a post about that

[stark steppe]

Interesting, tho i just played stalker at face value

Wouldnt be suprised it had entries that lead nowhere or made no sense, tis life in the zone

[gaunt burrow]

For example Wiki says that "Strelok was one of the first stalkers" when trilogy literally never mentioned when he actually entered the Zone

[stark steppe]

Wasnt he the first to breach the center or something? its been awhile

[gaunt burrow]

Technically Mikluha (mentioned character in SoC) also managed to bypass the Scorcher

[stark steppe]

Thats new to me

[gaunt burrow]

1 sec, I'll mention you in #📸┃screens_and_videos

[spring apex]

the "What's new in the zone" button

[stark steppe]

Slap dat zone button, find out whats new!

Madlad just vibing in the zone

[gaunt burrow]

Mikluha isn't known by majority of players because he's only mentioned by Red Forest/Radar NPCs

so thats pretty understandable

[stark steppe]

Imagine being one of the people to breach the zone and you just vibe in the middle because your stuck
kek

[loud gate]

Hello stalkers

[sly matrix]

Goodmorning

[finite dragon]

I wish u all a good day be well

[finite dragon]

Morning

[loud gate]

Thank you Ilaman

[granite mortar]

Who are you and what have you done with Ranjid?

[sly matrix]

Ranjid hacked his account to spread his blessings lol

[finite dragon]

this whole time ranjid was me, i send the blessing with this acc by mistake, its too late now

[granite mortar]

[hard ember]

@stark steppe given that the bunker has to be pretty thicc in concrete, lead plating, and armor plating, perhaps no heli could have pulled that off, so it's probably

1. a a very light bunker "frame/shell" light enough to be dropped by heli, the heavy stuff comes later, like concrete, to be pour into said frame,
2. more flights to drop concrete pouches and also lead/armor plating
3. while some construction engineering/combat engineering squad has been on-site to fill the concrete into this mobile bunker frame
   no? what do you think?

[gaunt burrow]

scientists actually do receive equipment from the military: "The troops are bustling about - searching, digging. Before the propellers used to fly only to Yantar - protected the scientists, carried supplies and technology. But now they're practically invading - planning all sorts of expeditions, driving around on APC's. Already saw them on the Agroprom and in the Dark Valley. Don't understand it." - Dialogue of Random Agroprom Loner in SoC

both bunkers seem to be pretty durable as its said in "Mobile Science Lab" PDA entry that "the lab is capable of withstanding a lot of damage"

that's Yantar lab but I assume the same thing applies to scientists bunker in CoP too

[spring apex]

can't they just pull that shi with two mi-6s

[granite coral]

I wish you all mother truckers a good day, be well.

[hardy bear]

stalker hype revitalisation time

[worthy lagoon]

Real

[silver pagoda]

SKIF?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
JUST LIVING A LITTLE, I MEAN, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT VIEW!
COOL
WHOA! STAY AWAY FROM THE EDGE!
YOU COULD FIND ANYTHING YOU WANTED HERE SKIF
MONEY, A BULLET, A FRIEND, AN ENEMY... DEATH
EVEN YOURSELF
IF YOU EVER GO TO PRIPYAT, THE FIRST RIDE ON THE FERRIS WHEEL IS ON ME
OK

[calm bough]

Good day Stalkers

[deft stirrup]

you shouldnt have come here stalker

[jaunty junco]

I have some information that may well be of used to you stalker

[deft stirrup]

come up and we'll have a chat if not then i suggest you take off before we get angry

what are you deaf? what are you here

[gaunt burrow]

now you'll be WORM fuuuuuud! 🪱

[regal sapphire]

Anyone who can hear me. We've been attacked by a gang of bandits. We need help! Brothers help us we're in deep sh*t! Bandits have gone mad! Is there anyone near by dammit! We're dead meat!

[gaunt burrow]

I said come in, don't stand there

[deft stirrup]

you cant go there

[regal sapphire]

x2

[deft stirrup]

guess the charcater from the line

[gaunt burrow]

Black ravens, black ravens circling above grave

[deft stirrup]

so what are you after?

[gaunt burrow]

Petrenko

[deft stirrup]

what are you deaf? what are you here?

[gaunt burrow]

Voronin

[calm bough]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q231auzl8d0

[deft stirrup]

"hiccup"

if u dont know his name just say what he is

[gaunt burrow]

don't recall that tbh

[deft stirrup]

dutier at the bar

the drunk guy that hiccups

[gaunt burrow]

ahh

[deft stirrup]

so how's it going?

[deft stirrup]

guess the character

[gaunt burrow]

damn, I don't remember that too XD

[deft stirrup]

barkeep

[gaunt burrow]

I remember Sid's lines tho

[deft stirrup]

guess this one too "still alive? thats great"

[gaunt burrow]

Barkeep

[deft stirrup]

hey marked one come over here we need to talk

[gaunt burrow]

Fanatic

[deft stirrup]

yep

hells about to break loose run marked one run

[gaunt burrow]

Kruglov

[deft stirrup]

yes? yes?

[gaunt burrow]

Sakharov XD

[deft stirrup]

wait no it was hello hello mb

[gaunt burrow]

It's hello hello btw

[deft stirrup]

ye i messed it up for another guy

"please dont shoot me"

[gaunt burrow]

Agroprom deserter?

[deft stirrup]

mm or in clear sky cordon under the bridge near the rookie village

[gaunt burrow]

I think it's "Don't shoot! Please!" (that deserters line)

[deft stirrup]

u right

"za rabote"

its from a faction like all the faction members use it sometimes

[gaunt burrow]

ra rabote? you mean razbalotem?

[deft stirrup]

ig ur right i didnt understand it when they said it lol

[calm bough]

howdy ho

[deft stirrup]

stalkers in COP

by stalkers i mean loners

[gaunt burrow]

random NPCs say it

[deft stirrup]

ok hard mode "thats enough chit chat"

"there is a fly in the oilment" or whatever it was

[gaunt burrow]

Fly in the oilment = Lebedev

[sweet belfry]

stalker

[gaunt burrow]

I think enough chit chat line is also said by Lebedev but I don't remember for sure

[deft stirrup]

yes it is from lebedev as well

[sweet belfry]

kill strelok

[deft stirrup]

"the other indicators couldnt be better its outstanding" or whatever it was lol

[gaunt burrow]

Kalancha/Beanpolev

[deft stirrup]

are you ready to help "redacted" once again?

[gaunt burrow]

Are you ready to help Freedom once again line, said by Chekhov

[deft stirrup]

yes yes

"ill be there in a moment"

[gaunt burrow]

Gray/Novikov

[deft stirrup]

yes

"oh what do i owe"

[gaunt burrow]

you mean to what do I owe the pleasure line?

if so then it's Foresters line

[deft stirrup]

ye i tried to cut a lil bit

i dont remember this one perfectly

come by any time this place is so boring

[gaunt burrow]

Cold

[deft stirrup]

"holy cow u are as pale as a vampire you need to visit the bar"

[gaunt burrow]

Suslov

That's actually pretty cool line I assume many ppl don't know about

since its said before Scar will have a convo with Cold

[deft stirrup]

ye

novikov and suslov and lebedev say like to go visit the barman

[gaunt burrow]

Lebedev will also say: "You head over to pay the barman a visit. Have a good drink and come back then. No use talking to you now - you look like a controller has rearranged your brain."

[deft stirrup]

lol

[finite dragon]

Hello guys.

[gaunt burrow]

Hi bro

[deft stirrup]

elo

"die you freaking muties" or whatever it was i forgor

[gaunt burrow]

Noah

Brb gotta eat

Cya for now guys

[deft stirrup]

cya

[finite dragon]

How are you doing?

[sweet belfry]

kill the strelok

[thick bolt]

Get out of here, stalker x3

[gaunt burrow]

I'm fine thanks for asking. how about you bro (also, sorry for late response)

was eating and wasn't paying attention to Discord

[finite dragon]

No problem. I go to school now. 😭

[gaunt burrow]

Good luck

[deft stirrup]

oblivion lost remake is so weird

[gilded glacier]

I said come in, don't stand there x2

[thick bolt]

(sorry for my bad understanding of what they say) arujiubrau x4

The say it when you pull a gun to their face

[gilded glacier]

i don't know what it means either but i like the way it sounds

[gaunt burrow]

In translation he's saying "put away the gun" or "lower your weapon" or other variations

[gilded glacier]

"put that shooter away" said duty while holding a knife

[sweet belfry]

kill the strelok

[gilded glacier]

disable strelok's psy protection

[desert drift]

za monolith

[earnest bear]

yesss finely managed to plant the Swedish flag on the media announcement. right next to the Ukrainian

[twilit walrus]

mfw I get a ping in this server hoping it’s a new announcement but it’s just #📺┃media

[next venture]

I dont know where I should put this but I am very disappointed. I preordered the PS5 ultimate eddition and now it got cancled. As every other ultimate eddition is sold out I get nothing but just the game. This is very unpleasent. I also contacted the publisher but for weeks now not a single word.

[marsh pond]

Get out of here stalker

[amber tendon]

write to CM

also wait

[hazy helm]

you got it from a 3rd party website?

[amber tendon]

stalker 2 wasn't announced on sony platform....

[next venture]

no official game store where I live.

[next venture]

yes it was

[twilit walrus]

when?

[hazy helm]

bro you got scammed LMAO

Stalker 2 isnt gonna be on PS on launch

[amber tendon]

you got scammed, it was never announced

[hazy helm]

whatcha smokin

[spring apex]

i feel something bad about that lol, rip

[twilit walrus]

yeah

how much did you pay for it? @next venture

[next venture]

I payed nothing just preordered it. The game store is usually in contact with distribution channels and sometimes this happens. I am just disappointed that I cant order another eddition now

[hazy helm]

no news on physical release of SLuTZ

[twilit walrus]

hm

[amber tendon]

lmao

[spring apex]

nice abbrev

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/spiderman-funny-laugh-gif-11964564

#🖤┃s2-pre-order

these are the official preorder points

if its not there its not official

[granite coral]

The new video!

[next venture]

I know but I can still be disappointed about that this happended. I never wrote that GSC or any other party for the game made something wrong

[amber tendon]

so wait what are you mad at if you didn't spend any money

[hazy helm]

I mean I aint the one who tried to preorder a game edition that doesnt exist

Stalker 2 PS5

[deft stirrup]

oblavian loste remade

[wispy girder]

Hello everyone Is there any information on when we can expect the collector's edition of the game to be available for pre-order in Hungary?

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/eh-meh-jim-jim-halpert-the-office-gif-25317293

[wispy girder]

okey i read pre order room

[next venture]

I am not mad. Disappointed does not mean one is mad

[onyx prawn]

doing super good in soc

i finished my game and because zrp allows freeplay I can keep playing

got over 140k rn and managed to get my hands on 4 batteries and 4 shells

[hazy helm]

yhea,an unfortunate addition of ZRP that is not optional

[onyx prawn]

so if I equip them I can repair my suit by standing inside of electros and burners

[onyx prawn]

I like it

I get to discover stashes and other stuff while not having to worry about the main quest

[heady forge]

Amazon UK stores still got ultimate edition if anyone was suffering (PC) @next venture

[next venture]

nope nothing. Gives me the message that it is not available anymore from the seller

[tulip wyvern]

I wonder if we will meet the legendary Yuri Semetsky in STALKER 2

[sand fiber]

lmfao

[hard ember]

oh cool i reached the conclusion of Call of Pripyat ^___^

so i guess the best place to pause the main story is ||c4'n the kindergarden door?|| if i want to enjoy the open world a lil moar?

[worn oar]

?wdym

[hard ember]

if i don't want to be on the story rail to extract

[drowsy schooner]

Do CS and CoP have scripted jumpscares like the first encounter with a controller/bloodsucker in SoC?

[worn oar]

Just don't engage in the evacuation mission if you want to explore the zone more!

Don't speak the colonel in laundromat

[hard ember]

i went as far as getting the C4 because in my previous play through that missing squad was literally glitched, missing when i arrived

so now i have to carry the high explosive with me, 3.5kg of it

i'll live 😉

[granite mortar]

Thats not a jumpscare

[hard ember]

they are probably talking about the skulls flying at their face (from the controller).. probably asking before letting their kids play it

[worn oar]

What is you active mission rn?

[hard ember]

i am gud, no worries ^___^

i'll probably look around for deals on the other two stalker games

[worn oar]

jumpscares

[hard ember]

as well as reading the novel Roadside Picnic ^__^

[sour veldt]

Is it me or do artifacts barely show up on the svarog detector

[indigo marsh]

They are tiny

The symbols

The green thing

They are smol

[worn oar]

Smol :kek:

[drowsy schooner]

They are scripted and for new players, unexpected scares. I wanted to know if CS and CoP had any before playing them

[worn oar]

They are not exactly scripted

[drowsy schooner]

Do they not always happen?

[worn oar]

These are normal encounters that are supposed to make you piss your pants

[worn oar]

Well, they are simply guided spawns tied to a strict gulag

[drowsy schooner]

Hahaha true. Such is life in The Zone

[drowsy schooner]

But does CS and CoP have any of them? Atleast those you know of

[worn oar]

Gulag means restricted area in this context

[worn oar]

Well, yes

[drowsy schooner]

Which one has more? I have seen a couple where a mutant jumps at your face from the swamps in CS

[worn oar]

For me, the best and most scary encounters are in SoC

CoP does have some good encounters

And a pretty nice underground mission that fu*cks up your adrenaline level

[drowsy schooner]

You mean in the labs?

[worn oar]

in SoC. It's the catacombs encounters

[drowsy schooner]

Lol can't wait. I've heard that the CoP is the shortest but with the best side missions

[worn oar]

In CoP, well? I'll let you know on your own

But there are at least 3 good encounters

2 of which will show you something new

[worn oar]

I mentioned ||the underground mission|| keep that in mid hehe

You'll know when the time is right!

[drowsy schooner]

So hyped for a blind playtrough of CS and CoP. I kinda spoiled the story of CoP when watching a yt video but other than that I know nothing

[drowsy schooner]

Damn you teasing me 😭

[worn oar]

all 3 games are worth it

[drowsy schooner]

I actually didn't even know that there were 3 games until the trilogy came out on console. I always thought S2 was a sequel to SoC

[worn oar]

SoC was the most popular tbh

[drowsy schooner]

But in reality it is a sequel to CoP? I actually don't get who Skif is and which game he is from

[worn oar]

Skif is a new character! I'll only say that

[drowsy schooner]

Like completely new? I don't remeber him from SoC?

I mean is he created just for S2?

[worn oar]

Anomalous dugout and Spartan Mozi are a must to follow if you want to know more about stalker 2

[worn oar]

Yeah! He is a new stalker

You'll see few familiar ones and plenty of new characters

[drowsy schooner]

I think that I watched a video of anomalous but he didn't really hint at a clear answer since the trailers have been hiding Skiff's backstory

[gilded glacier]

We don't know it. Only speculations

[finite dragon]

Good hunting stalker

[worn oar]

We all know limited information buddy! Anomalous is a lore master and he's trying his best to dig things out

It's all based on speculations

And official data!

[stark steppe]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-2-gif-11181720790740859008

[worn oar]

ItsTommylove too

[stark steppe]

Damn, embed failure

[worn oar]

We all take dissecting work seriously haha

We actually gave a lot of time to dig things out ngl

[ornate rampart]

agreeing on this.
CoP has more human encounters than probably any of the other 2 prequels yet the tension especially in the last map was still there

[stark steppe]

Stalker 2: I was monolit? Who was i shootin!

[drowsy schooner]

Yup and I kinda like that. I hope for a bigger story trailer that still keeps things very vague but informs a little bit more about the main story or something more about Skiff.

[old jungle]

Hello! Sorry to bother but the name of the character is Skif (with only one f)

[drowsy schooner]

I love that guy! So funny and charming

[stark steppe]

Chornobyl be blessed

[worn oar]

typo

I just noticed

Thanks buddy :kek:

[drowsy schooner]

Gotcha 👍

[old jungle]

[worn oar]

Misha has gone crazy

So did i

[loud gate]

They love you, my G @vernal magnet

[worn oar]

who doesn't?

[old jungle]

of course, who wouldn't

[loud gate]

My friend - Deer

[old jungle]

oh, you too? 😆

[worn oar]

Definitely

[worn oar]

It's part of the mutation, no wonder

[drowsy schooner]

Anomalous will you do a ranking tier list of the stalker games once S2 comes out?

[old jungle]

I don't think there is a point ranking masterpieces

[loud gate]

True, but CS is still better than ShoC

[gaunt burrow]

Clear Sky my beloved

[normal tiger]

what's the best way to replay CS

(with modern, QoL improvements/mods)

[loud gate]

With SRP and no other additions

[worn oar]

sky reclamation project

[ornate rampart]

ngl I enjoyed CS far more than I initially expected. I bet what most players hurdle have to go through is the start where your weapons are pellet guns without any mod

[gaunt burrow]

Skif's backstory isn't known yet. However I and many others speculate that "Enter the Zone" trailer is beginning scene of the game

[worn oar]

And when I woke up, I had nothing but my birthday suit

[gaunt burrow]

Seems like Hermann is the one who helps Skif get in the zone

[ornate rampart]

also, coming from SoC people expect to see sidorovich smug face and the rookie camp right away, instead they have to deal with the depressing swamps

[hard ember]

svarog detector is a gawd-send

• sometimes artifacts don't come back after an emission,
• after i pick Zaton clean of artifacts, i'll go play in Jupiter a lil, and then to Pripyat, like that, artifacts refresh after after a while (i do this same vendor-hop b/c i'll pick the traders clean of their AP/BP/+P+ ammo & launcher grenades)
• ||scientists can send you on a mission: which helps earn you a free updated-status-on-the-pda's-map about whether most anomaly spots in Jupiter map have artifacts available||
• you might want to walk around the entirety of the anomaly area and scan all of it, just to be complete

[worn oar]

Doubt that

[old jungle]

Why?

[gaunt burrow]

@worn oar

[worn oar]

The way I see it. Hermann just helped him after he got into the zone

[old jungle]

oh I understand what you mean

[worn oar]

We are still not sure if that's the intro cutscene

I believe that the game starts in the tunnel

[gaunt burrow]

Ye it's not a fact, just speculations

[worn oar]

Then comes the demo part

[gaunt burrow]

But still seems plausable to me

That description is a big giveaway

[worn oar]

That vid is most probably a teaser and nothing more than that? I won't expect the devs to throw such a big thing head on from the start

[gaunt burrow]

Plus Hermann driving the truck has SoC opening cutscene vibes. S2 starting with that could be a very nice reference to SoC

I mean trailer is literally called "Enter the Zone"

[worn oar]

The starting area in my opinion is the tunnel then skiff goes to Zalissya (and that's the demo segment)

[worn oar]

That was the first trailer wasn't it?

Well, who knows? Who knows

[gaunt burrow]

Not sure tbh

[worn oar]

can't wait to know actually

[old jungle]

not at all

[worn oar]

Yes yes! I remember now

It's not

[old jungle]

It's the 3rd (or 4th if you count Skif Teaser)

[worn oar]

Yes true

What do you think about it tho?

Do you agree with Matt's theory or mine?

[old jungle]

I believe it will be part of the beginning of the game

beginning cutscene probably

[worn oar]

#📸┃screens_and_videos message

I believe this is the start point

From BAB

[old jungle]

yes, probably starting point of gameplay

but I think there will be an opening cutscene before that

[worn oar]

Hermann is likely to intervene later after the emission part when the demo ends

[worn oar]

Obviously

But I think it's not what we got

Because a game intro is too much to be shown in a video

[vernal magnet]

Hey thanks bro I love you too

[worn oar]

That's why I'm not biting that idea wholly

[worn oar]

Not just him brotherman! We all do

[vernal magnet]

And They and I love you

[loud gate]

It was literally called "the intro"

[loud gate]

I love myself too, usually.

[worn oar]

love you mozi haha

[vernal magnet]

work is so busy today i need to find time to finish Anomalous map video

halfway through it

[old jungle]

it's alright, work is more important

[gaunt burrow]

Hi Tom

[vernal magnet]

is it?

[gaunt burrow]

Sup brother?

[old jungle]

If it's how you survive, yes

[vernal magnet]

i wont remember what i worked on today in a week but ill remember an anomalous video for months

[vernal magnet]

Aloooooha

[old jungle]

Btw we need to plan the next podcast

because you know what's coming

[worn oar]

More data is needed for that

[indigo marsh]

I'd say it's sequel to the trilogy as a while but if it had to be one game it was a sequel to it would be SoC.

[old jungle]

don't worry, we will have soon 👀

[worn oar]

Hehe boay

I'll never worry with you and the boys around man

The bar brothermen are always ready to dissect content

[old jungle]

yes it's actually very impressive

[indigo marsh]

Dead sky is going to come out soon (before S2 ends) and if you don't mind a virus(the microorganisms not a computer virus) mechanical, then you could try Last Fallout Overhaul(LFO)

[hard ember]

Green Man Gaming is having a sale on the trilogy i think, i had to carefully key in s.t.a.l.k.e.r. into isthereanydeal

[sour veldt]

I hate it

[gaunt burrow]

Finished the trilogy for the fourth time in this year

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[gaunt burrow]

Likewise

[gaunt burrow]

i'm burned out. gonna take 10-11 day break

[sour veldt]

Thanks man

[old jungle]

Enjoy, the Zone will call you back when the time comes.

[old jungle]

You too Ranjid!

[umbral jay]

sup

[gaunt burrow]

Hi there

[umbral jay]

shower when ?

[gaunt burrow]

XD I shower daily

[umbral jay]

what's new ?

[gaunt burrow]

nothing much tbh. same as usual, wbu?

[gaunt burrow]

showering at night is one of my favorite things

[umbral jay]

same

[umbral jay]

school, and i need to motivate me to continue stalker cop

[gaunt burrow]

man CoP ending always makes me emotional lol

Can't help but shed a tear or 2

[gaunt burrow]

At which part of CoP are you rn?

[deft stirrup]

i cried at the credits

"detski smeh" "vreme umirat"

[thick bolt]

and then devouring whatever is left of the day prior

with a carton of milk (milk is good)

[tawny helm]

anyone know when / if / how the ultimate package will be available for purchase?

[deft stirrup]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[finite dragon]

Steam

[ornate rampart]

that's what I'd like to know as well tbh

[finite dragon]

Probably

[ornate rampart]

he probably meant the physical one obv

[finite dragon]

Idk tbh

[gaunt burrow]

Gotta be honest I actually don't like milk

[ornate rampart]

I understand they might struggle keeping up with the physical supplies but they could literally sell so many more ultimate copies

I've seen them being listed on ebay at double the price which is insane and I'm not going to cave to scalpers

[thick bolt]

admins, warn him for speaking offtopic!1!!1
i used to also not like milk

[umbral jay]

need to find a path to pripyat so jupiter underground

met two burer for a quest near that, these mf just throw my weapons away i hate them

[gaunt burrow]

Knife them. Want me to show you a vid?

Can mention you in #📸┃screens_and_videos

[umbral jay]

nah dw, i will do that next time

i will learn how to do it

[thick bolt]

watched a vid once, guy was holding an rpg and those guys had it fly into the roof and explode

[umbral jay]

xd

but they have a spell that can cancel/throw away grenades and bullets no ?

[thick bolt]

to be honest im still playing shadow of chernobyl

1st playthrough and havent played anything else

[deft stirrup]

best strat run into their face and shotgun them

[umbral jay]

i did that

[deft stirrup]

they just throw it back at you

[gaunt burrow]

Waste of ammo tbh. Knifing them is better

Plus they can't take knife from your hands as well

[deft stirrup]

pew pew bang bang

[umbral jay]

i have the eliminator

[ornate rampart]

use the vintar, ez

[umbral jay]

cool asf

[deft stirrup]

vintar isnt really optimal for a mutant

or mutants

[umbral jay]

vintar vs chimera

[thick bolt]

vintar I see it useful in like places with only humans

like the buildings at pripyat or something man i dont know i havent gotten that far

[deft stirrup]

then go there

[umbral jay]

vintar in the sarcophagus was the thing

[gaunt burrow]

Ye for mutants I'd recommend Eliminator shotgun honestly (except Burers. I just knife them instead of wasting ammo)

[ornate rampart]

you can still safely cheese them dead from afar

[thick bolt]

i have to go thru lab x18

[deft stirrup]

there aint so much spoace

[gaunt burrow]

Vintar is good vs human enemies

[umbral jay]

what about zombies

[deft stirrup]

zombies in SOC and CS eat ammo like its lunch

[gaunt burrow]

Can be used against zombies as well

[umbral jay]

i use a rpg vs dogs

[ornate rampart]

I always preferred the carabiner over the eliminator

[deft stirrup]

grenade launcher

[deft stirrup]

i prefered the toz 34 i think its one of the best shotguns

or the so called Hunting Rifle

[thick bolt]

i found a rpg ontop of one of the buildings at old factory, I was too fat to move around though

[umbral jay]

cool too

[gaunt burrow]

Eliminator always carries me in Jupiter Underground

[deft stirrup]

get bulldog from freedom

[gaunt burrow]

Very useful shotgun. Especially if its upgraded

[umbral jay]

i use a svdm-2 vs rodents

[deft stirrup]

bananza

[gaunt burrow]

My favorite NATO guns in CoP gotta be GP37 and Strelok's SGI

[deft stirrup]

i never really used NATO weapons

[gaunt burrow]

I use either those or 9x39 guns like Avalanche, Tunder and Vintar

[ornate rampart]

I swear when I always find these types of weapons I save them when needed only to literally never use them even after I finished the game.
If there were stats of the most weapons and ammo types used during the 3 games I probably kept choosing the most basic ones, the TRs 301 being always at the top of the list

[drowsy schooner]

Is there a way to put subtitles on in SoC on console?

[deft stirrup]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[drowsy schooner]

I might be thinking of Metro

[deft stirrup]

subtitles werent int he original games so idek

[sand fiber]

SGI 5k is the most aesthetically pleasing imo

[deft stirrup]

ahem toz 34

[drowsy schooner]

Yeah you right, I was thinking of Metro

[deft stirrup]

toz 34 the goat it has range dmg not much on the ammo reloading but its fairly quick

[gaunt burrow]

Theres 8X Scope in Clear Sky, Dark Valley Freedomers have a sidequest about obtaining it. Its description says "An excellent scope with a special mount that is probably only compatible with a hunting rifle."

But you actually can't attach it to Hunting Rifle which is so dissapointing ngl

I have screenshots as well

[sly matrix]

especially because the hunting rifle with dear rounds has kindof beastly accuracy, if you know how to use it

[granite mortar]

This is the only thing preventing clear sky from being 10/10 game
It would also fix the gun accuracy issue as Toz is the best gun in the game

[deft stirrup]

also toz 34 confirmed in stalker 2

[solid dome]

**Only 115 days till the divine intervention, called STALKER 2. **

[deft stirrup]

theres one thing im concerned about stalker 2 and that is will i get a pc that will run that game

[granite mortar]

115 days untill another delay you mean

[deft stirrup]

[hard ember]

in Shadow of Chernobyl, the first trader--Sidorovich--they have a box right next to their desk, is that box for me? or will my stuff get lost?

[gaunt burrow]

My PC will explode just by thinking about S2

[deft stirrup]

all boxes are for u no one uses them

[hard ember]

ah

[solid dome]

STALKER 2 IS CUMMING

[thick bolt]

so is food, no one eats

[deft stirrup]

even stashes can be used as ur own stashes

[thick bolt]

steal all the food you want

[hard ember]

are there stashes that spawn stuff? so that the spawning would over-write my stuff?

[deft stirrup]

no it just stacks on top

if u had stuff it would just be put in with the stash and ur stuff im pretty sure

[hard ember]

ah ok ok, don't have to stress about that i guess

[deft stirrup]

i mean some boxes dont have actual stashes so u can use them if u want

[solid dome]

Anyways inspire yourselves, stalkers

**STALKER 2 IS COMING
NIGHTS ARE LOOMING

WE PACK OUR BAGS QUICK
OUGHT TO BUST A TRICK

WALK INTO THE ZONE
WITH NO REAL MONE

WE GOTTA SCORE BIG
HUNT MUTATED PIG

STALKER 2 MAKE US RICH
JUST WE KEEP ON PREACH**

[thick bolt]

No need to worry about stashes and stuff in this part of the game

[gaunt burrow]

Thats a part I always find unrealistic. How come literally no one reacts to main character stealing food?

[granite mortar]

Such is life in the zone

[deft stirrup]

no one minds me using a glitch to go past the freedomer protecting the supply of bulldog and armors

[thick bolt]

yes especially the military border in the cordon (train underpass) theres a ton of food all for you

[gaunt burrow]

That too lol

You can literally jump above that Freedomer guarding the armory and access it even without killing anyone

[deft stirrup]

random stalker fact: did u know if u spam F while not holstering ur gun and trying to talk to an npc they will punch you

[gaunt burrow]

And that guard still won't become hostile

[deft stirrup]

to get in break the lock with yo knif

i dont even know if u can access it if u join freedom and do all their missions

[thick bolt]

ill try that

[gaunt burrow]

Been there, done that. Got punched many times

[thick bolt]

can you recommend me any music to listen to while playing?

[deft stirrup]

random stalker fact: stalkers will use the weapon u give them or pick it up if u drop it into them if its better then their own weapon lets say they have a PM then if u give them an AKS they will use it from now on

[deft stirrup]

i dont recommend playing with no audio and only music cus u need to use sound A LOT in stalker

just turn on music from the game

also if u wanna be extra cool in CS turn on Dynamic music or in COP same thing applys

[thick bolt]

I dont think i will be playing cs and cop after i finish shadow of chernobyl

[deft stirrup]

why

[thick bolt]

my laptop is low end and i experience a whole lot of frame drops while playing

[deft stirrup]

SOC?

[granite mortar]

Any guitar cover of any commie song will do

[deft stirrup]

damn thats crazy so a game from 2007 still gives u performance issues

[thick bolt]

alright

[granite mortar]

Personally I like cover of Pack of Cigarettes by Kino

[thick bolt]

yes, and its not because of the astonishingly good game engine

[deft stirrup]

i never had actual performance issues its more my laptop

[versed crypt]

Hello gang

[warped ice]

Every now and then I think about that post on the stalker Reddit where someone asked how to stalk somebody else

[thick bolt]

Alright, Ill make sure to try that

[versed crypt]

Bye gang

[deft stirrup]

bye

[granite mortar]

https://youtu.be/kTovQ0MR59U?si=UiUqkk8MV2NgpLr9
Here, its a good one

[deft stirrup]

and also hi

[granite mortar]

Bye

[deft stirrup]

what light setting are u using

static basic or dynamic

[thick bolt]

ive set it all to lowest
only thing ive done is pick the lowest resolution to match my screen

[granite mortar]

Perfectly lowest
As all settings should be

[deft stirrup]

broda how old is ur PC/laptop

[versed crypt]

Hello! Just checking in TBH, anyway bye fr

[deft stirrup]

bye

[granite mortar]

Bye fr

[deft stirrup]

ur settup older then the game my guy

[thick bolt]

man i dont know, its pretty new but not for gaming (asus l410 if you are wondering)

[thick bolt]

brother the fact that my old win7 8gb ram monster of a laptop could run it better

[deft stirrup]

why do u have a windows 7

[thick bolt]

old

I have win10 now

[deft stirrup]

get some acer laptop or something coola

[mortal agate]

Shame it got abandoned

[deft stirrup]

dont get the expensive ultra gaming ones just more basic

[thick bolt]

saving up for a pc

[deft stirrup]

custom or prebuilt?

[thick bolt]

since i play games, pc is much better than laptop
custom

[granite mortar]

Get AMD, just like in Stalker the red team is better

[deft stirrup]

stalker really is intense on the RAM the most cus of like A-life n stuff

[thick bolt]

honestly speaking I know jackshit about building pcs other than the basics

[deft stirrup]

i dont know anything myself

[thick bolt]

I know what it needs to function though

[deft stirrup]

i have 0 idea on pc components n stuff like that or how to build one

[thick bolt]

whats the main difference?

[tawny helm]

get ddr5

[granite mortar]

Price to performance, AMD wins there against Nvidia (gpus)
For processors its upgradability, AMD is on first gen of new sockets meaning after few years you can still get a cheap cpu as an upgrade

[deft stirrup]

what

[thick bolt]

i understood like

[deft stirrup]

thing sounds like a riddle i couldnt understand anythin

[granite mortar]

To put it simply, AMD offers more FPS/$ than Nvidia

For graphics cards

[deft stirrup]

ye but im an Nvidia fanboy

[thick bolt]

in gpu alr

[deft stirrup]

in stalker is actually in the loading screen when u firstly boot up the game

[sand fiber]

the only thing Nvidia has going for it is stability

[thick bolt]

i might seem like an idiot for asking, what are the nvidia rtx 3090/ 4080/ 4090 called? are they gpus

[deft stirrup]

yes

[thick bolt]

ah alright

[granite mortar]

When it comes to processors with intel you wont be able to upgrade, they are on last generation of their socket, next gen processors will have new one (they wont be compatible) meaning if you get intel now to upgrade it later you will have to switch multiple other parts of the pc

[deft stirrup]

i think CPU is the little silver thing the intel stuff

[sand fiber]

they are called nvidia rtx3090/4080/4090

[thick bolt]

sure

[granite mortar]

AMD is on first gen of their new socket meaning you can upgrade just the processor without needing to change other parts

[deft stirrup]

why and how

[granite mortar]

Yes, gpus

[deft stirrup]

whats a socket

[granite mortar]

I explained it in the previous message

[thick bolt]

so if they make a new processor, its accessible with old sockets

[sand fiber]

the thing in your motherboard the CPU goes in

[thick bolt]

sort of like backwards compatibility

[sand fiber]

they differ between companies and cpu generations

[granite mortar]

Basically a hole you plug the cpu into, next generation cpus wont fit into the current hole. Meaning if you get current gen you cant buy a new cpu in future and put it in the computer

[sand fiber]

yes

[granite mortar]

Because it wont fit there

[thick bolt]

yes that thing that hammers down got it

[deft stirrup]

my question is how do i build that pc like minecraft style i dont play minecraft*

[granite mortar]

Just search a video on youtube, people explain it well nowadays
Or just pay someone to do it for you

[sand fiber]

but with AMD for future upgradability you have to make sure you aren't buying a motherboard with the cheapest chipset

[thick bolt]

alright thanks for all the advice

I just realised we arent talking in off topic

[deft stirrup]

this whole pc stuff is like school man i dont like it

question where do i even get parts

[thick bolt]

online

[deft stirrup]

no like

i doubt my country has like actual shops for pc parts n stuff

and i really really do not wanna buy prebuilt cus god those are expensive

and im not sure if i can even get them in my country

[sand fiber]

what's your country

[deft stirrup]

bulgaria and i live in quite a small town

i mean my country is made out of small towns

[cunning onyx]

Another patch soon for console? I was fighting FLESH today and they all decided to jump 60 feet into the air when they spawned in...

[deft stirrup]

crazy anomaly u found lol

[cunning onyx]

Didnt need them to be MORE creepy XD

[gaunt burrow]

Gosh I love shaving

Removing facial hair is pretty satisfying

[granite mortar]

Alza maybe? They operate in Hungary and thats even bigger hellhole

[granite mortar]

Grrr
Anomaly mentioned

:(

[broken latch]

Sir this is en_stalker

[atomic coral]

Bro imagine if skibidi toilet was in stalker 2

[visual warren]

ukranian guy in the video posted in media says long gameplay reveal will be coming out next month? real???

[granite mortar]

You are saying it like if it isnt supposed to appear

[finite dragon]

Guys the only way to make S.T.A.L.K.E.R. scarier is to make it take place in London

[granite mortar]

Oi chap
That artifact ya got there looks bloody lovely
Would be shame if someone stabbed you and stole it wouldnt it?
Anyways
This conversation is getting pretty uncomfortable aint it bruv?
How about you just hand me the arti chap?

Im sorry for my behaviour bruv, I didnt have my mornin' tea yet
What a terrible mornin

[gaunt burrow]

Lol

[granite mortar]

I mean
The first DLC for Return to the Zone basically takes place in London
Its a swamp with armed militia, cultists and some weirdos who rush at you from a bush with knife in hand and stab you to death

[indigo marsh]

Oh, can't post pics in en_stalker, I'll just use Google lens to get the text from the image

[indigo marsh]

markedmatt Today at 4:06 PM

Look at the sigmas you've become. Look at how L rizz you are, how skibidi toilet you are! You are woke among sussy soyjacks!

I gave you gyatts in ohio!

[gaunt burrow]

Real

[granite mortar]

I get now why Matt is officially cool

[indigo marsh]

It's almost a day since you posted it

[gaunt burrow]

You guys gotta admit that "look at the sigmas you've become" line goes hard

[indigo marsh]

It's actually more than a day

It's the best screen shot you have given me

Better than all the screen shots in #vanilla-and-lore

[gaunt burrow]

Want a real reason? Cuz I told hornyposter to delete himself/herself from existence. Then @dire dagger Gave me that role

[granite mortar]

You made it further than anticipated
But then you havent met Frank Skibidi either
Your ride is over Sigma
Time to die

[granite mortar]

Damn
Last time I told that to someone in stalker related server I got muted for 24 hours

[indigo marsh]

Death is a better alternative to fanam tax

[granite mortar]

I think I could push more crap into that text

[indigo marsh]

Kill the skibidi-toilet

[granite mortar]

You made it further than Ohio frfr no cap
But then you havent met Frank Skibidi either
Your gyatt is over Sigma
Time to rizz

What am I doing with my life

[finite dragon]

I'm just imagining 007 with a knife stabbing somebody instead of the boodsuckers

He is british right?

[granite mortar]

I think so

Well
Anyone with a knife is british

[gaunt burrow]

LOL

[finite dragon]

James Bond 007 IS infact british

[granite mortar]

Damn
Thats bloody lovely innit?

[finite dragon]

Thou is so factually correct bruv

[granite mortar]

Splendid

[finite dragon]

I am arriving

[granite mortar]

[gaunt burrow]

What would be the plot?

[indigo marsh]

If agent 47 was major degtyrev, how do you think he would do the investigation of operation fairway

[gaunt burrow]

Thats assuming that 47 would have the same experience as Deg in the beginning? (CoP intro subtitle says that Deg is formerly experienced stalker)

[granite mortar]

Get rid of the bodies (helicopters) so nobody can trace them back to him

[indigo marsh]

It's a scenario so it can be whatever, make him a rookie or a experience stalker

[hard ember]

is there more than one major trader in Shadow of Chernobyl?

[gaunt burrow]

If he would be experienced stalker like Deg in the beginning then he would finish the operation imho

But even if won't have any real experience in the Zone then he's still pretty OP tbh

[indigo marsh]

What factions would he help and what would he carry?

[indigo marsh]

But with experience he is kinda op

But he only had experience against people not mutants

[gaunt burrow]

Professional hitman and former top agent of International Contract Agency. He has pretty good training

That automatically increases his chances of survival and success

[indigo marsh]

Information is key and what if he has minimal or no idea about mutants

That would be more interesting

[gaunt burrow]

I'd say depends on which mutant he'll encounter. He logically should be able to take flesh or few blind dogs for example

But stronger mutants like bloodsucker and controller I don't think so (at least in the first encounter)

[indigo marsh]

What faction would he help bandits or loners, freedom or duty, or would he stay neutral.

I'd say duty but I am biased

[gaunt burrow]

He's professional hitman so I think he'd fit in merc faction pretty fine

[indigo marsh]

That or the SSU

[gaunt burrow]

He's also deadlist assasin but even that may not help him if he would be in the Zone with 0 info about mutants, anomalies and other things

[indigo marsh]

I would think he would use a suppressed pistol and dogs would be easy to deal with but maybe later he will take something more heavy duty

[gaunt burrow]

Could be yeah

[gaunt burrow]

Deadliest* imagine a scenario of him dying from anomalies lol

[indigo marsh]

I mean he might help sultan so he could gets some connections with the bandits

[indigo marsh]

I mean let's assume he knows that there are emissions, anomalies, and he is aware mutant creatures exist but not any more detailed

[gaunt burrow]

I saw in Wiki that he also lacks empathy. My best guess is that he would either be merc or loner

[indigo marsh]

If he were to pick up a heavier weapon what would you think he would take. Atleast earlier in his zone adventures

[gaunt burrow]

Bandit maybe but he seems too professional to be a simple bandit tbh

[indigo marsh]

He doesn't need to fit a traditional faction he could be a free stalker

Just like deggie

[indigo marsh]

That's true

[gaunt burrow]

Honestly dunno. I'm generally not familiar with his weaponry

I could see him taking pistols and some shotguns tho

[dire dagger]

As was the will of the council

Meaning me

[gaunt burrow]

Like mossberg shotgun

[indigo marsh]

Probably something more light weight or suppressed

[dire dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/melting-aluminum-electromagnet-science-trick-gif-3541212

Anyway back to driving

[gaunt burrow]

Cya

[indigo marsh]

What do mean by that

[dire dagger]

I have to get home@

I only responded cus I stopped for gas

[gaunt burrow]

Perhaps even Sieger 300 Ghost sniper

[indigo marsh]

Oh, I thought you were texting and driving

[gaunt burrow]

Remember assasination sidequests in SoC? @indigo marsh

Theres a pretty high chance of 47 doing such tasks

[indigo marsh]

One shot?

The one assassinating mercs?

I didn't do it

I think you or someone else sent me a video on it on c con

[gaunt burrow]

Nah I meant tasks like "kill rookie stalker" "kill the sales representative" etc

[indigo marsh]

I read CoP 💀

[gaunt burrow]

Np

[indigo marsh]

But I remember doing the sales rep one I listened to him play on his guitar for a while while sneaking and after he finished the song I killed him

It was so sad

[gaunt burrow]

Professionals have standards moment

[indigo marsh]

Or I might actually I sat down with him while he was playing the song and then I talked to him and killed him

[gaunt burrow]

Some assasination sidequests actually increase your reputation (at least according to EN Wiki)

https://stalker.fandom.com/wiki/Kill_the_stalker_called_Scarecrow

[indigo marsh]

Kill the sales rep does it too.

[gaunt burrow]

Like this one. But its actually pretty weird that your reputation won't get worse after killing Scarecrow

[indigo marsh]

Apparently he has companions but he was alone for me and in the area close to the derailed train

[gaunt burrow]

Considering the fact that Scarecrow is mutant hunter, and "Mutant Hunter" achievement in CoP says "Good hunters are held in high esteem among stalkers."

[indigo marsh]

I am replaying SoC and might do that mission

I am doing a freedom run

[granite mortar]

So basically the plot or Goldsphere is that a ||newcommer by the name of Jekan makes contact with Stalkers and heads to the Zone in search of Wish Granter. He gets captured by the army but managed to escape at cost of his stuff being left at the checkpoint. He quickly makes friends at the rookie village and doesnt hesitate to do dirty work as well as help others find their friends and help Wolf to be accepted back into thr village. After angering Agents he lures them into the Iron Curtain anomaly with help of Skidan (local trader)
Beyond the anomaly he meets a scout and a soldier who survived a helicopter crash. They then head to Garbage where another scout who knows how to disable the anomaly lives. The way there isnt without problems tho, first at northern checkpoint of Cordon they meet Shustrila and Tyrsa, two bandits who demand a kings ransom to let them pass, they use a weird man with high tech suit to kill those who dare to opose them. Thankfully Jekan has a flashdrive from one if his encounters with the Agents, he gives it to the man who then breaks free and disappears while the bandits escape. The group makes their way to Garbage where they need to go around drifter anomalies, clouds of black smoke that drift and block the path. They manage to get through and mert local scout, he tells them that to destroy Iron Curtain they need rare artifact called Path Finder, he also suggest Jekan should repair an old BTR in order reach Rostok and later Pripyat where the Wish Granter is. To repair it he needs a new gearbox, the only place where one cam be located is a factory in Dark Valley to which the entrance is blocked by anomalies.||

[hard apex]

Hello, is there a mod that allows you to put the PMJ in the pistol slot?

[granite mortar]

||Giving Jekan even more reasons to get the Path Finder. Jekan quickly finds three spheres that together make the artifact and heads to Dark Valley. There he meets local scout, he tells Jekan about Ratslayer and his group who haf key to the factory, unfortunately they all died while clearing a mutant rat nest. Jekan retrieves their stuff and makes fuel for flametrower which he uses to destroy the nest and retrieve the key. Hr then makes his way into the factory where he is knocked out by controller. He quickly discovers theres entire colony of these mutants living there. With help of some of them he organises an uprising and takes over the factorys lower levels where he confronts scientist who was presenting himself as god to the controllers. Jekan takes the gearbox and heads back. There the scout asks him for help, he has seen a massive artifact at the unfinished building, the problem is someone setup turrets to guard the location. Only way in leads through old bridge where a moving anomaly is. It can be made harmless tho with help of special artifact, sucb artifact is in posession of sentient mutant. Jekan finds this mutant and gets the artifact in exchange for painkillers for thr mutant who turns out to br a victim of cruel experiments. Jekan amd scout make their way into the construction site where they are captured by agents and scout is killed by them. Jekan meets the man from the checkpoint again. The man now explains everything, he is working undercover trying to sabotage evil maniac called Chief Scientist who wants to use small psy installation crystals to start a world wide conflict and usurp power. Jekan excapes with the man whos name is now Abdul. They go to Garbage where they repair the BTR. Garbage Scout asks Jekan to investigate disappearance of Dyatlovs group, Jelan quickly finds the fate of the group and reason behind it all. He finds their safe and gives it to scout who needs tools to open it. Such tools can be found at Agroprom.||

[gaunt burrow]

[granite mortar]

||There he meets old man whom he helps to uncover the past and break the bubble. Finding out who the crazy man was in the process, confronting him he finds a way to turn of the anomaly. Jekan and Abdul head to Red Forest where Jekan is confronted by Chief Scientist in his mind. Abdul gets captured and to rescue him Jekan fights his way through hoards of agents and rescues abdul. They then activate old prototype psy emitter and rush towards Pripyat. Entering the city Abdul gets shit by agent sniper and dies, telling Jekan to find the capsule. Through series of various leads Jekan finds a capsule and rushes towards CNPP where the Scientist hides. There in radioactive storm he finds bodies of dead agents to put together a code which he uses to open the door to NPP. There the finally talks to Chief Scientist, he explains to Jekan that he was the Goldsphere all along, powerful supercomputer created and abadonded by Abdul. He has seen all the guards and researchers abadonded and purposeless, he creates persona of Chief Scientist to give these poor souls a purpose. Jekan had a decision to make, use the capsule and cause outbreak of anomalous energy making the zone change violently and grow in size or join Chief Scientist becoming one with the Goldsphere.||

Enjoy Matt

[pearl jacinth]

chat lookin like scp wiki

[granite mortar]

Totally was worth all the time I spent writing this xd

Noo
Wolf deleted one of the messages

Noooo
Entire Agroprom and Rostok gone

[pearl jacinth]

nuked

[granite mortar]

||Jekan heads there and rescues local Scout from evil mutants influence. Together they open the buildings locked doors and search for documents, they search other buildings too, there Jekan meets Redrick who warns him of local scout. Jekan and scout make their way underground with help of documents and find a briefcase, Jekan opens it just like Redrick told him to. Scout escapes leaving Jekan to his death but he is wuickly rescued by Red, they make their way out but Red steps in witches jelly anomaly and burns his leg badly. ||

[gaunt burrow]

"Becoming one with the Goldsphere" one of the moments of all time

[hazy helm]

Reborn lore?

https://tenor.com/view/cat-grab-grab-cat-ocelot-wild-animal-gif-4936036749962752604

[granite mortar]

||Being unable to run he tells Jekan to save himself, Jekan tho starts ventilations and cleans the underground tunnels of bad gases, he saves Red and they both make their way out. They part their ways and Jekan goes back to Garbage. There he and Abdul head north to stop Chief Scientist. They make their way to Rostok plant where they hear call for help on walkie talkie. They find the stranger but on way there Abdul gets infected with Chernobyl plague, Jekan finds searches for medicine and finds a mutated child. Finding keys to underground complex he goes down there and finds local scout, he fights a monster that massacred remains of scouts group. He kills it and finds a doll, after giving it to the child he then shows Jekan where the medicine is. Its not done yet as the person who called for help demands rare artifact to treat Abduls sickness as he is the only one who understand the medicine. They save Abdul and head to old Army Warehouses. There they find another obstacle, large electrical anomaly blocking way to Red Forest. Abdul suggest finding a superconductor to discharge it, Jekan searches the warehouse and finds a weird crazy man, following his notes he finds an old bottle of Frech wine which he drinks. That transports him to nearby village covered in fog, surrounded with forcefield and filled with bloodsuckers. ||

[hazy helm]

its not even my birthday hon

now stop the AI storyteller lmao

[gaunt burrow]

Hold on man slow down a bit

[granite mortar]

Its not AI, I spent 30 painful minutes writing this

[indigo marsh]

You were typing for some time

[granite mortar]

Its 1am here

[hazy helm]

is this what the youngins call, the dead internet theory

[granite mortar]

Hope you can make sense of it, Wolf deleted one of the messages making it a mess

But Goldsphere itself is a mess so I guess its fitting

[gaunt burrow]

Bro why does this Abdul has such terrible luck lol

[granite mortar]

Hehe

So basically the last two messages should be where Matts Poggers reply is

Im gonna get some sleep now
Good night fellas

[gaunt burrow]

Gn bro

[worthy lagoon]

@hazy helm Goldsphere when

[wild wharf]

Gents hear me out...
Monolith is essentially Quote "Radical Islam: Zone Edition".

[sour veldt]

Guys I’m debating whether I should just use the level 2 upgraded Sunrise Suit or my Clear Sky heavy armor in CoP?

I’m playing on the stalker difficulty and have artifacts that give defense to all the anomalies and I want to move faster but not be comprised in terms of armor when I get into firfights

[wild wharf]

Sorry man, I can't really help with that stuff. I've only ever played SoC, so I don't know how it would work

[sour veldt]

[hidden stratus]

What happened to the guy that did the S2 countdown in chat.

[thick bolt]

you might be found dead later today

why? suicide by 2 shots to the back of the head

[high kernel]

Got a VSS Vintorez in SOC

Hell yeah bro

[raven grove]

9x39 is such a cool round. Plus whisper pickle barrel, integral type

[high kernel]

Exactly

Not many other rounds are just naturally armor piercing

Usually you need dedicated AP rounds to do that

[solid cosmos]

They got him

[raven grove]

There was a US company making a proper VSS clone, back when you could actually get 9x39 in the states. Back when suppressors took a year wait

[wild wharf]

Guys hear me out, the renegades are just bandits but WAY worse. (NO organization, even more opposition, weaker weaponry then bandits, no leadership, etc.)

[loud gate]

https://tenor.com/view/ok-and-ok-and-whole-sqaud-gif-22248092

[wild wharf]

They should all just DISSAPEAR they have no right to exist. They are a FOOTNOTE that lasted for like a week in the history of the Zone.

[deft stirrup]

Who tagged me

[sly matrix]

Off-brand legally distinct™️ plot device bandits

[finite dragon]

The fact that valve let gearbox to make THREE expansions proves that valve can count to three. World peace achieved.

[finite dragon]

Why do we even have sin

They r just an off brand monolith

[deft stirrup]

Monolith but arent brainwashed

[finite dragon]

So
Worse?

[gaunt burrow]

Sin is a cut faction. Not canon

[deft stirrup]

They basically do sacrificial stuff

Anomalous has a video covering them

[finite dragon]

Yesh cz they r doin that stuff with full control of thier own mind

[gaunt burrow]

Basically it's more schizo version of Monolith

[finite dragon]

Why were they cut

[deft stirrup]

Too weird

Unsig and sin were cut

[finite dragon]

Unsig had no purpose
We have mercs

[gaunt burrow]

Rationale behind Sin getting cut was to deepen Monolith faction

[deft stirrup]

Unisg was supposed to be in clear sky

[finite dragon]

Yeah

[gaunt burrow]

They were basically just offshot of themselves

[deft stirrup]

Anomalous has videos on both factions u should watch them

[finite dragon]

Alright i will after i finish black yoshis vid

[gaunt burrow]

Final Day is another cut faction, but it was actually mentioned by Barkeep in SoC, so its canon

"He's one of Strelok's men. They say he can sneak in anywhere without being noticed. I heard that he took out the leader of some crazy group... what was the name? Ah, 'Final Day', that's the one. They were pretty wild those boys... Oh, by the way, I heard that Ghost is doing some job for the scientists, so if you're looking for him try by Lake Yantar at the mobile lab."

[granite mortar]

Hello chat

[granite mortar]

Final day is remnants of Clear Sky

100% real
Trust me bro

[gaunt burrow]

[amber tendon]

hell

[granite mortar]

?

[amber tendon]

o

[granite mortar]

Hi

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[gaunt burrow]

Likewise

[granite mortar]

You too Ranjid <3

[finite dragon]

Wait guys is it lore accurate that the brain scorcher doesn't work if you use headphones

Ain't no way so many guys weren't able to afford a 20$ logitech headset

[granite mortar]

Its lore accurate that these headphones can stop the effects when its on cooldown

[finite dragon]

This shit noise cancelling

Does STALKER have any more goofy lore

[drowsy schooner]

Now playing
» [Come to me] «
0:18 ─〇───── 2:24
⇄ ◃◃ ⅠⅠ ▹▹ ↻
By Lil Brain Scorcher

[stark steppe]

Snapple earpods, capable of blocking low brain scorcher emissions

[autumn thorn]

Chat

How To Wear Anti Psy Headset?

(I Passed Through The Psy Effect When Im On My Way To The CNPP In Stalker SoC Because I Don't Know How To Wear It)

[hazy helm]

You don't wear it physically
If you have it on your inventory it's working

[fast stratus]

hi

[finite dragon]

how does marked one get a psy helmet in soc if scar destroyed the psy helmet worn by strelok in clear sky what the heck

[sour veldt]

Sakharov made a new helmet

[finite dragon]

hmm

yantar_general_ucheniy_talk_start_4111 in stable_dialogs_yantar say otherwise

[hard ember]

re: Roadside Picnic--lovely novel, and i am only in the beginning of story

[indigo marsh]

They are mentioned to call of pripyat by nible

[finite dragon]

The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone gets absolutely destroyed by the indomitable human spirit

Literally a waste land filled with radiation and dangerous mutants

[thick bolt]

thats it im going to x18

[sly matrix]

Good hunting, stalker

[thick bolt]

thanks, if i had a good pc i wouldve streamed it

[sly matrix]

Just send updates in chat👌