⭐┃nospoilers_general

[pearl olive]

thank you sir may i have another??

[visual warren]

like in game, we literally see a space anomaly open up and a bunch of corpses drop out if it. where exactly were they?

[deft stirrup]

to do it u just give him the compass for the mission thing but then click ESC then repeat

[gaunt burrow]

unknown

[deft stirrup]

could be anywhere

[visual warren]

yeah man that's why i hope they go into it

[deft stirrup]

wait were they in the oasis?

[visual warren]

it seems like such a cool angle to explore to me

[deft stirrup]

mmmm doubt it

[pearl olive]

@deft stirrup yepp strolled outta there with a lotta rifles

[deft stirrup]

cus in the oasis its still like repeating path and there is no escape

[quick sentinel]

only thing i had understood about lore of SoC in my 1st hour of gameplay is. protagonist of game is some sorts of grave digger/undertaker on quest to find his boss who gave him this job

[deft stirrup]

i could carry onl 22

[deft stirrup]

i think if u really wanna know whats going u should finish the game?

and also read the encyclopedia explore more talk to stalkers/important npcs or just general stalkers

[gaunt burrow]

Other than Forester and Tachenko & his squad Leshiy and some other mercs also ended up in a space anomaly after an emission

[quick sentinel]

it was meant to be joke. take care stalkers. goodbye

[gaunt burrow]

"A space bubble, brother, is one of the shitties shits to ever grace the Zone. They are a recent phenomenon. If you pop inside a bubble, boy, you're in for some real trouble. Anywhere you go, any path you take, you always come back where you started. I haven't even heard of it until I got into one myself. An emission hit us, and our whole group came right into a space bubble. We spent days walking in circles! Some of the guys were ready to shoot themselves. They said, hey, there's no way out of this, so why not just end it right here...Some were seeing things, terrible things. I kicked and cursed trying to make them keep on walking. I can hardly remember all of that...Man, I still can't believe we got out. Thank you so much for helping us." - Leshiy

[deft stirrup]

this reminds me of that place in the bloodsucker village with the soldier's body

[gaunt burrow]

the "some were seeing things, terrible things" line could imply that you won't have any peace in a space anomaly not just because you don't know the way

but also because you may see some f*ckery

[deft stirrup]

if u try to go in u cant and also reminds me of the railroad embankment at the end with the soldier's corpse again

[visual warren]

i just hope there's a mission where you have to travel inside of a space anomaly to get something and then come back out. i'd like to see what the bubble is actually like. because we know it transports you to another world, where you can't be seen and can't even communicate over radio with others.

[deft stirrup]

u can commuinicate over radio done in CS

u just need the perfect signal

[visual warren]

oh maybe, i mean the fact that when tachenko went inside, his team lost communication with the rest of duty basically. they were physically in some other location removed from normal space where they could communicate with eachother but not with the outside

[deft stirrup]

thats why signals matter

the antenae like tower in the army warehouses in CS where the military is where u have to go on top of it to get the signal

[visual warren]

oh shoot i do remember that

i just wanna go inside one lmao

[gaunt burrow]

that transmitter was also used to communicate with the outside world. another interesting piece of lore

[deft stirrup]

ok so its like super strong big boy

[visual warren]

yeah i remember that mission with forester now. so okay you need a really really strong signal to connect

could that just mean that the space anomaly puts you somewhere really really far away?

[gaunt burrow]

Basically a veryyy strong transmitter, Compass artifact and someone who actually knows how to use it, like Forester

[deft stirrup]

this is offtopic did u know they banned the Pope from playing hell divers even tho thats his job

[gaunt burrow]

Want another screenshot?

[deft stirrup]

they really gotta add like punching in S2 but i doubt they will but i wanna punch up some mutants and stalkers

[visual warren]

those are good screens, thanks. it makes it even more interesting to me, that the space anomaly puts you into some kind of pocket dimension that looks like the regular environment but clearly is separate somehow. a facsimile world

even forester didn't know he was in one himself for a little while

[gaunt burrow]

I myself am fascinated with space anomalies. Space anomalies in the trilogy surprisingly were recent occurence - Forester said "I didn't know it was a new anomaly"

so they appeared around in late 2011 (if Forester is telling the truth)

[visual warren]

oh yeah. good catch. space anomalies are fascinating to me too. really hope they're in s2

[indigo marsh]

@gaunt burrow ||The monolith doesn't exist, right?|| SoC spoilers

I am pretty sure it's a no

Actually it is a no

But women in the zone are as real as the Monolith because there is the one in "On Loneliness"

[gaunt burrow]

Nothing, it's just a projection, a hologram of sorts. It was powered by the six generators that the player destroys before meeting with the C-Consciousness representative.

Doctor in SoC describes it as "an illusion, manufactured in a lab", and Strelok in CoP says that it is "just a lie, a device that clouds your mind"

[indigo marsh]

What do you think about the folklore tab

Based of reality or fiction

[gaunt burrow]

Depends on which entry are you asking me about

[indigo marsh]

On loneliness

[gaunt burrow]

"On Loneliness" entry is basically dude who's simping very hard

[indigo marsh]

He is so relatable

[gaunt burrow]

Another thing about Monolith - you can even hear a voice announcing that the installation's power level is decreasing: https://vocaroo.com/11X8FoIJttS5

It likely disappeared after the generators were destroyed.

[indigo marsh]

Isn't that a canned level

[gaunt burrow]

wdym?

[indigo marsh]

The generators map is cut content if I remember correctly

[gaunt burrow]

oh no, voice announcing that installation's power level is decreasing is in the actual game

[indigo marsh]

You mean like the gas powered generators

[gaunt burrow]

in the room where you meet C-Consciousness representative, you gotta destroy 6 generators powering the entire Monolith: https://imgur.com/j3j3dCE

during that process voice will start announcing

[indigo marsh]

Like the come to me voice

[gaunt burrow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwZxo4UAXao (watch the beginning)

[indigo marsh]

Also do you play mods?

[gaunt burrow]

Like Strelok in CoP said "just a lie, a device that clouds your mind"

[gaunt burrow]

never played a mod

[indigo marsh]

Most people try atleast owr or a graphic mod after multiple playthroughs of stalker

So it's kinda impressive you have played it alot without even a graphic mod

[gaunt burrow]

I don't mind graphics at all tbh

[indigo marsh]

The gun textures are a bit dated

Other than that it's pretty good graphically

[timber needle]

Just beat SoC first time on xbox

That final level is a buttfuck

[granite mortar]

Yo, how is buttfuck allowed word bere but f*ck isnt

[sly matrix]

Wolf ain't gonna 1984 someone for mentioning his favourite pastime

[granite mortar]

Zamn

Didnt know Wolf was into this shit

[loud gate]

@nimble cipher Explain yourself

[sour veldt]

George Orwell type shit

[granite mortar]

Yeah, buttfuck this shit

[gaunt burrow]

Lmao

[wild wharf]

Wolf is essentially the True Dicta- uh I mean the glorious ruler of the zone. (Wolf, please don't feed me to the Psuedogiant).

[sour veldt]

A little too intimate

[worthy lagoon]

lol

[sour veldt]

Janny your machine sucks

[wild wharf]

This is escalating from 0 to 100 very swiftly

[hard ember]

it's only intimate if you do this all on the sandy beach

but nothing is as intimate as my wet dream, that aliens will drop in and make a human centipede properly named XiPutJongKhamenShenko

[warped ice]

Ok I’m actually going to play and finish SoC

[warm linden]

What

[warped ice]

I haven’t actually finished it

[sand fiber]

huge mistake!

[warped ice]

It must be done

[sand fiber]

never

[warped ice]

😞

[thick bolt]

me too

The game is so fun, but you feel a feeling

Im gonna describe it as, you and the game have the same magnetic thing

[lime gull]

I basically steamrolled through SOC after I beat COP

Then I did the same to CS

[thick bolt]

nice

[lime gull]

completing SOC felt very satisfying

[hidden stratus]

Did they make any sense? Since you played them out of order?

[lime gull]

Yep

When I met Strelok I was like, ah okay this is some experienced stalker guy who made it to the center of the zone, cool.

then when I played SOC and found out who he was I was like, woah, pog!

[hidden stratus]

"Its that guy from that other game"

[thick bolt]

did you ever get spooked in soc?

[lime gull]

Ehhhhh not as much as the Xlabs in COP tbh but they where very creepy

[hidden stratus]

If it makes it any better you wouldn't had understood the story any better if you were to play it in order.

[lime gull]

to this day in Gamma I have severe apprehension in going to them

[lime gull]

I felt like the story for the games were all pretty straight forward tbh

[hidden stratus]

That's good. Uncommon for someone to understand what is going on in their first playthrough. Especially whilst playing it in a different order.

[lime gull]

tbf I think I was looking into lore stuff as I was playing them, got really intrigued by the lore & gave COP a try, then enjoyed it enough to excuse playing SOC and then CS when I finished SOC and still wanted more.

I think I played SOC & CS modded, but it was like. Basic stability mods & nothing that interfered with the game's plot or gunplay. Then when I finished CS I started playing lots of Gamma.

[hidden stratus]

And you will, Less than 4 months left.

[lime gull]

I knowwww, I'm so excited.

I'm really eager to see what's changed about the zone and it's inhabitants.

I've been keeping up with the leaks and teasers too, I find a lot of enjoyment in trying to investigate what the plot of the game might be before it releases.

[hidden stratus]

Yeah, those leaks really did a number on my hype for the game when they first released so long ago. Back when there was very little news about the game.

[vapid wadi]

Hi, can anyone give me a help with a bug in my stalker shadow of Chernobyl?

[median shuttle]

my clan is an old survarium clan, we would like to know if the Survarium pvp game will be incorporated into the S.T.A.L.K.E.R game, if so we will have more than ten players at the beginning, I don't speak English I use a translator - PTBR

[broken latch]

If you played CS zrp then gunplay changed

[vapid wadi]

you're not the only BR here... amigo

[granite mortar]

Heresy!

[granite mortar]

With SRP the gunplay changes are optional patch

[finite dragon]

Wsg y'all

[finite dragon]

4 months left till release

damn time is going so fast lmao

[hard ember]

ZRP/SRP/PRP can be a huge life saver I find, I haven't tried SRP but I imagine it's in the same spirit as the others. They make great security blankets... People say they keep the vanilla games vanilla but some of the changes are pretty amazing quality-of-life stuff... If you aren't careful, these patches can double as cheats that can ruin the survival horror game design that tries to keep your avatar squishy: being squishy and petrified is actually one of the big appeal of a survival horror so be careful not to turn on every option in these patches..

For me the key quality-of-life adjustments are:

1. carry weight (it makes for fewer trips, in SoC you have to leg it, there's no fast travel, it's a great walking simulator but if you had to make 100 trips instead of 20 trips it can get old quick--so I can now carry more, but to prevent it being a cheat I make sure that my core kit is essentially the same 30 kg a NATO soldier mule'n it in Afghanistan might carry in real life--so I still gotta be frugal with my resources in a prolonged fire fight)

• no armor heavier than a SEVA**
• two ARs (+scope/+suppressor)**
• 400 rounds, 200 rounds ap/bp**
• 9~12x med-kit/anti-rad/bandage**
• 6x food**
• 3x energy drink/others**
• only enough artifacts that can fit in the 5 artifact slots / only those artifacts needed for the mission
  ** switch up to suitable/moar-serious alternatives, if very challenge'n mission

2. weapon repair [i did this only for SoC] (this is optional, and being 100% repaired is kind of cheating cus you'll head shot more easily, but i prefer to cosplay as someone who gives a sh*t about gunsmith'n and baby'n the weapon)

3. armor repair [i did this only for SoC] (if i didn't use the patch's armor repair, i would have done a bazillion quick saves anyway, what's the difference--again i see it as QoL, saves me time)

For giggles www.popularmechanics(dotty)com/military/research/a25644619/soldier-weight/

(sorry for the novel)

[finite dragon]

I wish u all a good day be well

[silver pagoda]

Ιf stalker 2 has TDM and usual respawn modes from 1990 then you will still wont find anybody to play against because people will drop it within 3 months, TDM and all those modes from back then are boring as hell

[grim palm]

slurping down a snork finger

[deft stirrup]

Hop on artefacthunt SOC

We doin the pool

[silver pagoda]

Ι'd rather play more open ended modes than boring small maps with TDM format or typical CSGO bomb format, this aint 2005

[deft stirrup]

Imagine faction war style

Goal is overtake the opposing factions base

Hella fun

[silver pagoda]

yeah that would be badass, or something like HUNT showdown's mode which is extraction but nowhere near tarkov's boring loot goblin gameplay

[deft stirrup]

I think im most hyped about cooperative gameplay

Like playing the story mode with a friend would be crazy

[silver pagoda]

i hate co-op games without pvp, all it does is making the game easier and boring

but a faction warmap style would be so badass man

imagine map of the zone with faction controlled areas and you fight in them, you can join any faction you want, make your loadout etc.

[hard ember]

• the more we add to our wishlist of better technologies we gotta recognize that it takes more code to implement, so unless game dev houses have literally mature code libraries they can leverage for free, that's tens of thousands of lines of code that they can just reliably import and it's done--it's on them to babysit the code and all the bugs that goes with it
• so for story-driven games i think less is sometimes more, if i have to deal with a lil loading screen from time to time (like you see with Guild Wars 2) instead of true open world so that they can shift some of that game engine money$ to better story-telling--i am for it
• if they decided not to do multi-player game engine so more money for story tellin--i am for it
  --i promise myself to go on this co-op video game genre journey in 2018: tried countless co-op games, and turns out most of the time the co-op nature adds little--if nothing--to the story telling, and 80~99.99% of the time no one is doing co-op, so the game was designed to be solo'ed too, so that's all that extra code effort for little to no pay back

[silver pagoda]

If stalker 2 has tdm only modes then I'd rather have them make it fully single player. If stalker 2 has actually good multiplayer mode (hopefully only 1 and good) then I am all up for multiplayer, even more than single player.

Only reason people play TDM modes nowdays are to warmup before their single life mode matches, even then, TDM was done good only in games like Quake and Unreal, where you have significant areas to control of armor/guns and powerups. And the reason it worked is because of also the hyper speed movement that allowed you to travel fast.

@hard ember The only games that implement heavy story in online component are Red dead online 2, STALCRAFT, GTA Online. If you dont make your online an open world then the story takes a hit automatically, can't have story heavy online modes in TDM matches obviously. But faction war style of online mode would serve both purpose, story theme and gameplay much better

[hard ember]

there's probably game engine libraries that does open world for you anyway, doesn't have to be either-or, can have cake and eat it too in 2024

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/fennec-fox-foxinniewi-gif-13342487400836230649

wtf is destiny yappin about

[hard ember]

basically just a smart library that removes the assets as you walk out of the region and loads new assets to the region you are walking into, it's not rocket science

[hazy helm]

wtf are you talking about? do you mean chunk loading? what...

you arent making any sense

[hard ember]

just saying less is moar

an open world bomberman adds nothing to bomberman

[hazy helm]

bro is just yappin

[hard ember]

and also block'n

[hazy helm]

Id recommend not talking about how games work if you dont understand how they do

[silver pagoda]

what do you mean by that? open world pvp games like Tarkov, HUNT showdown are killing it when it comes to actual gameplay, for different reasons but both are open world

[hard ember]

not all of the maps on Tarkov are connected

so not sure if that's open world

[silver pagoda]

what you mean is open world in its entirety

[hard ember]

a sizable world, yes, like Guild Wars 2

[silver pagoda]

its still open ended gameplay, which is what should be

[hard ember]

exactly, a sizable world is gud enuf

[silver pagoda]

Tarkov going full open world would impact directly the gameplay, Gray Zone is fully fully open world

And let me tell you: its damn boring

[hazy helm]

Gray Zone is only boring bc it seems to not have been designed to support a PVPVE designed experience

you can still do smth like that in Open World the designers merely need to know that that is the end point so that they can model the world with downtime and hotspots in mind

[hard ember]

open'er world (where it matters) would probably depend on democratizing high-end hardware, which Stadia/GeForce NOW is attempting, cus then everyone in the map, for an hour, could have a RTX4090, instead of their hobo chromebooks in a seedy cafe--then you don't need to do things like making bullets mainly hit what's within 300 meters cus someone has a garbage PC and can't load big worlds, so many co-op shooters you are basically shooting at.. what?.. 50 meters distance? where as IRL guys are shooting what? 500 meters?

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/rock-one-eyebrow-raised-rock-staring-the-rock-gif-22113367

you can just say if you dont know about the topic, theres no need to yap

[silver pagoda]

GRAY ZONE is boring because you spend 30% of time on helicopter, 50% time running without substance and 20% gunplay, if stalker was this, it would have bosses like pseudogiants, artifacts to hunt, anomalies to avoid, instantly a much better game. it also does not help that Gray zone has small stamina, countless injuries that make you stop playing the game and hide behind corners

[hard ember]

but Stadia is yet another GOOG cancelled project, so that's a non-starter, if a lot of consumers befriended cloud gaming computing then teh game dev/drm/infrastructure people would be washed in money to R&D this to perfection, but maybe 2024 it's too early for that

[hazy helm]

damn didnt peg you as a GSC designer
didnt know Stalker would have this

[hard ember]

so if you are hoping for STALKER in this Ready Player One (2018) future, that future isn't here yet mebbe

[silver pagoda]

I suffer from success what can i tell

[silver pagoda]

i've no idea what you talking about but i dislike streaming games like stadia and shit like this

[hard ember]

yeah i actually don't nkow much, but the software i have written affects 160 million peoeple

so i am always looking to learn, thank you for edumacating me

but if you are going to be just rude, you won't be edumacating anyone

[hazy helm]

lol

[silver pagoda]

vasim is portuguese he is always angry, he did not mean offense

i forgot to feed him anti-rad pills today my bad

[hard ember]

people can be rude if they have track record to back it up

i don't know anything about them, so can't gauge

[hazy helm]

says the greek, do I need to show you a turkish burly men for you to get jealous and go mad with rage?

[hard ember]

bbiab

[hazy helm]

btw

sek

you know of the newest anomaly drama

https://tenor.com/view/el-risitas-juan-joya-borja-ratones-coloraos-laugh-meme-laughing-man-gif-24899295

[silver pagoda]

oh shit, i was thinking day was uninteresting, tell me more

[hazy helm]

basically a guy uplaoded an entire modpack to moddb, about 20gbs packed, 40 unpacked
it is "There are no cheeki-breeki in azure Adidas, increased loot and the player swearing in the voice of the Bear from Escape From Tarkov." but it is basically irrecognizable from other modpakcs
apparently it was based on another modpack from ru called bossman
now both are having a pissing party about who can steal more mods

we need to encase the anomaly fans within a glass tube
they are veri funni

[loud gate]

[silver pagoda]

ΑΗΑΗΑΗΗΑΗΑΗΑΗΗΑΗΗΑΗΑΑΗΑΗΗΑΗΑ Βro

[hazy helm]

wait let me show you in tommy's hideout

[half bone]

i remember xcvb put a script in his mod which was included by sdalger_boss.
the script basically spammed logs or whatever and that caused the game to slow down the longer you play

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/spider-man2-spider-man-j-jonah-jameson-tobey-maguire-peter-parker-gif-26416399

[half bone]

it would search if bosspack string was found

and then initiate the payload

[silver pagoda]

bro why some of the best mods in this community have like the most braindead communities

[quick sentinel]

i'm only one who finds ingame(stalker) food. more appetizing than your average food of real world?? such as diet sausage....also i'm kinda curious how would ingame energy drink taste like

[hard ember]

energy drinks can taste very nice, but just to be safe my stand-by drink are those starbucks bottled chilled drinks (boomer logic)

never been to Kiev nor Moscow wouldn't know what energy drinks are stocked up there

[hazy helm]

https://nonstop-energy.com/#en/original

[loud gate]

I can assure you Kyiv is full of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. NonStop Energy Drinks

[hard ember]

kekekeke ^ 🙂

[granite mortar]

Like if SoC map had no transition points but was one big map where shit would load and unload as you walk by, meaning while you were at Yantar it wouldnt load other maps but if you went to the Wild Territory from there Yantar would slowly unload and WT would load

[amber tendon]

all of the ukraine has it and now it's been delivered to other countries as well

[hazy helm]

this is just chunk loading, its not some sort of "smart library"

[granite mortar]

OMG chunk loading like in Minecraft

OR
StalCraft

[silver pagoda]

Stalcraft pog join bandits

[quick sentinel]

only if gifs had always worked

[loud gate]

https://tenor.com/view/ryan-gosling-critics-choice-awards-side-eye-confused-clapping-gif-14741917063569043913

[hard ember]

this village in Hokkaido can identify with us stalkers, they know the feels of having just one super mart without driving 30 minutes www3.nhk.or(dotty)jp/nhkworld/en/shows/4026196/

also that one sherpa in Slovakia can identify with me running across SoC too www.bbc(dotty)com/travel/article/20210420-the-last-sherpas-of-europe

[indigo marsh]

I don't think olr had any drama

[thick bolt]

Just did the kruglev escort mission along with the rad measurements mission too, I have to say I have never seen such an atmospheric game in my life

but the zombies are bullet sponges, I can just headshot them but they are spongy

[tiny olive]

I hate the machine gunner

I hate the machine gunner

And i don't want to use the other detour
And I'm playing on no first aid kit run on a master difficulty session

[devout canyon]

wow

can't believe someone beat call of pripyat in just 14:16

[indigo marsh]

They mind is purely focused on killing unconverted stalkers from a range and they forget to breathe

They probably don't feel the pain

[sour veldt]

[thick bolt]

something probably happens when they start convulsing on the ground

They might feel that, any way, taking them out is the best option

[indigo marsh]

They might feel pain when they die also

And it's probably they are feeling pain but they can't react to it like a regular person does

But this speculation not canon

[thick bolt]

Yes.

[worn oar]

[hard ember]

yeah i like how it's a great place to practice staying calm and squeeze off individual shots on the zombies' noggin

they aren't always wearing tanky helmets so theres' that going for us

[thick bolt]

I normally dont shoot headshots in fps games

I bet ill learn in my time at Yantar

[thick bolt]

Where are you at shadow of chernobyl? storywise

[hard ember]

i am practical, if it's emergency--i'll just full auto ap/bp/+p+/sp-6 on the thorax, if a stray bullet makes for the skull all the better, if i got moar time, i'll click on heads

[thick bolt]

cant you just say chest

[hard ember]

i ||just got done grabbing Ghost's PDA||

[thick bolt]

Ooh I am about to do that too, then Ill head to x16

[hard ember]

you have a problem with thorax or you have a probblem with me? XD

[thick bolt]

I dont know, but chest is more known than thorax

[hard ember]

yeah i know, i wish people just said chest, just trying it for variety

don't get upset dawg

thecontentauthority(dotty)com/blog/chest-vs-thorax

[thick bolt]

not upset

😠 🔥 🔥

[hard ember]

kekekeke 🙂

[finite dragon]

hey boys and girls

[thick bolt]

hey

[hard ember]

what up home slices

@thick bolt re: ||Ghost's PDA..i hope i am not backseating but the three switches you have to pull don't show up in the UI as controllable--so just try to active them and they'll switch||, it threw me off, a smol curve ball but whatever

[sour veldt]

Skibidi

[thick bolt]

alright, when i get to those i will

[finite dragon]

i hope the pc version of ghost of tsushima has pc physical copies too

[humble walrus]

Hey guys, I am new to Stalker and I was playing Clear Sky, however I am stuck on the mission 'Eliminate Snipers on the Hill'. I have reloaded save files multiple times and am still not sure what to do.

[sweet belfry]

stalker 2 game of the year

[pearl olive]

Limansk bridge right? They can be hard to see.. couple of snipers at the hightest point sometimes behind rocks.. but you can usually see at least a silhouette to try and sneak a headshot in..

[humble walrus]

I got passed that and crossed the bridge, did i have to go back and shoot someone?

[granite mortar]

Yeah, teh snipers are on a hill above the tunnel

Use binoculars to spot them easier

[humble walrus]

Thanks For the Help!

[granite mortar]

np

[tiny olive]

After 40+ or so consecutive unsuccessful attempts, i ended up doing a detour.

[indigo marsh]

https://youtu.be/6WxmriSqAYM?si=NlRULkJsrhSPgI7c this video from anomalousdougout
helped me out with the mg nest if you still want to try it or for a second play of clear sky

[granite mortar]

I dont get why people hate the MG so much

its not THAT hard

[sour veldt]

[calm bough]

only 112 days yall until release

[tiny olive]

Normally yes it is not hard

But I'm subjecting myself to an eternal punishment of only using food for healing in master difficulty (and you can't bind quick food in CS, unlike in COP)

[pearl olive]

my man's got a LOT of bread and Delight

[tiny olive]

Honestly i had like 3 or 4 close calls of escape, only to get headshots from the MG

And the gunner isn't named Vova Vist, but...

German Dad

(Sending a screenshot in #📸┃screens_and_videos )

I can't please everyone, and some called me a "rookie" even when i finished Master COP with Makarovs only, so, I'll show em. Pride, Bread, and Sausage.

[sweet belfry]

can you still buy physical collection edition in NA?

[loud gate]

Yup

[sweet belfry]

yeah I guess we have to wait till its out and in country before we can pay? I ended up ordering the digital ultimate edition awhile back instead

I imagine hte collecetors edition will have a hefty price

[loud gate]

You can order from various stores like Amazon when it's in stock.

[sweet belfry]

so it has been in stock for some people right?

[loud gate]

To check prices, there is https://www.stalker2.com/en/preorder/physical

[indigo marsh]

Oh. Your f ed bro. Can't do the mg nest unless you are incredibly lucky or skilled

[loud gate]

I don't know, check your local stores for yourself.

[sweet belfry]

lol I thank you but i have been for months and never seen anything but I heard others were getting it

[thick bolt]

does kruglov have anything more than a pistol and a shout in his loadout?

[broken latch]

He can pick up guns and be a deadly turret

[tiny olive]

The main problem is in CS, i can't run while the inventory is open, which is odd

[tiny olive]

One time i gave Kruglov an RPG

[thick bolt]

so you carried an rpg from the old factory in dark valley to yantar

nice

[broken latch]

There's one in wild territory

[indigo marsh]

What are you running

[broken latch]

From Mercenaries that shot down the helicopter

[thick bolt]

oh right, couldnt find the body that shot it down

[tiny olive]

Wolfhound has one

[thick bolt]

you mean what game? soc without mods

im pretty new

[indigo marsh]

No what guns are you using

[broken latch]

https://tenor.com/view/sleepy-kitty-sleepy-cat-sleepy-sad-sad-cat-gif-13665137351453051889

[tiny olive]

Ultimate challenge: give a gauss rifle to Kruglov

[broken latch]

Ultimate challenge, make him knife enemies

[thick bolt]

suppressed pistol
obokan with that duty scope for zombies and stuff
the merc's gun (rs301 or somethoing like that)
I might drop obokan now that i have enough ammo for the rs301
scientist armor

[indigo marsh]

Give it to krgylov

The an 94

[broken latch]

Green or orange armor

[thick bolt]

the one you first get when you get to the mobile lab (orange)

I had monolith armor before

[indigo marsh]

The abakan is called the an 94 irl

[broken latch]

If you bring krugkov safely to the bunker you will get the green version that is the 3rd best armor in the whole game, not counting uniques

[tiny olive]

Ngl, scientist suits are underrated

[broken latch]

There's also freedom wind suit in the truck in front of the bunker

[thick bolt]

ok my memory might be failing me, I got the armor once i talked to the scientist

[thick bolt]

Yes of course, I will sell it not drop it

[indigo marsh]

Are you done with the mission, if not give it to him

[broken latch]

Just drop guns, sell only artifacts

[thick bolt]

that is what ive been doing I have like 61k rubles

[broken latch]

You only really need 10k

[thick bolt]

I will sell it before i get to the lab

[indigo marsh]

What about rare ammo for stock piles

[indigo marsh]

Also no shotty

Shotty is peak

[broken latch]

The loadout you're gonna wanna use for the red forest and above is: green scientist armor (free) vintorez BC(free) ammo for it (500 rounds free) Streloks ak (free) 1000+ rounds for free, medkits and bandages free from corpses

[thick bolt]

I have shotty, shotty is love, shotty is life

[broken latch]

There is plenty to go around for in the map

[thick bolt]

well i sold streloks ak, shit

[broken latch]

Get something that fires fast

[thick bolt]

tbh rs301 is doing the job for me, but it jams ever 2 rouns

escorting kruglov with a gun that jams alot isnt fun

[broken latch]

I forgot the names of ammo, but I generally suggest to use light green ammo and abakan since you will find both more of it and it's ammo up north

[indigo marsh]

Not enough for red forest, pripyat, or Cnpp 😭

[broken latch]

Just learn to hit your headshots

[thick bolt]

obokan (abakan)'s ammo is the same as ak74, the light green is for the rs301 and I think il86

[indigo marsh]

I think I know what's wrong and why I am running out of rounds

https://media.tenor.com/mhTqHVRqafIAAAAM/diagnosis-skill-issue.gif

[thick bolt]

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

[indigo marsh]

Embed fail

[thick bolt]

Alright tahnks for the info

[loud gate]

Cool mosaic art

Now I wonder where in the Zone we'll find it

[glossy blade]

In the middle of nowhere

[loud gate]

[violet thorn]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-following-video-game-gif-17964670

[hazy helm]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1053471338372800522/1088230376259977256/A_nu_shvidko_vpav.gif

[loud gate]

Nice tease at Cossacks 4 I guess?))))))

[hazy helm]

embed fail

[hazy helm]

that would be so cool

I want Cossacks 4

btw

@glossy bladeany plans to release Alexander on GOG?

[violet thorn]

guys how do you even get good in cossacks 3, i played like 50 hours and still suck so hard

[glossy blade]

Not now

[loud gate]

What about tomorrow

[glossy blade]

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/tigger-cant-sleep-sad-emotional-gif-12332801

[loud gate]

Trust in the process

[amber tendon]

nlc

[quick sentinel]

this could be just me but...this stalker game kinda feels lonely when you explore the zone alone. by yourself

unless this is main part...essence of this series. that every stalker is loner and we're not supposed to stick together

[broken latch]

Yes that's the whole thing about stalkers atmosphere

[hazy helm]

the new game wont have coop nor companions no

[quick sentinel]

it's kinda weird because you see people creating communities in game and yet your only one who is shown to be truly alone. such as bandits attacking together. just saying

[red spruce]

@wild wharf PROFESSOR KRUGLOV?

First we had Ashot, then Major "", and now Kruglov

We are slowly materialising the Stalker universe using discord accounts

[icy tiger]

Bruh if I click on kruglovs account it says “suspected to be apart of terrorist organization” did kruglov join freedom?

[red spruce]

His mere presence can kill civilians

[quick sentinel]

mere presence of strelok in the zone camp could easily cause stalkers to kneel and bow to him as their new deity

[red spruce]

Nah it would be like Vash the Stampede, nobody would believe he's actually the Real strelok

[quick sentinel]

btw. somewhere in Alternate Universe the marked one is still trying to find strelok

[hazy helm]

not the atmosphere devs wnat to create and encourage

[thick bolt]

will I need to go underground ever again after going through x16?

or grab documents

[quick sentinel]

what is with your profile description

[thick bolt]

this is the second time someone in this server talks about that

[quick sentinel]

your description says that you're an part of online terrorist organization group

[indigo marsh]

The first one was @wild wharf

Then he added it do his description

[indigo marsh]

It is just this text in the description User is suspecte a part of an rorist organization. Pleaseport any suspicious

[quick sentinel]

is this description based on warning that was posted on accounts by discord moderation or is it just some sorts of joke???

[indigo marsh]

Joke

[thick bolt]

lies

I had it first, he asked me about it and he was fooled, then he took it from me

[indigo marsh]

I know, he was the one who asked you

[thick bolt]

oh i just understood

[indigo marsh]

I remember that exchange it happened yesterday

[wild wharf]

Hippity hoppity, your description is now my property!

[finite dragon]

just finished stalker soc, vanilla on master diff. what a great game.

i HOPE that in stalker 2 hoc, they keep the washed out, eerie atmosphere.

in the trailer it looked kinda bright and colorful.. but thats just my simpleton hope and observation

[half bone]

hopefully the optimization doesn't turn out like it was in soc

[loud gate]

Maybe because life is also quite colorful

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

[half bone]

isn't soc literally like that

[granite mortar]

He sure is

[loud gate]

It is quite very colourful yes

Real life isn't quite like Anomaly, there's no gray filter

[granite mortar]

Unless you live in Britain that is

Speaking of Britain, isnt it where the Stalker movie takes place?

[loud gate]

You're trying to tell me that Anomaly and Britain are the same.. no wonder they both suck..

[granite mortar]

Yeah
Only difference being the amount of people who want to stab you, in that regard the Zone is safer

[wheat moat]

GSC 👋, Will measures be taken against Danil Nexus? Russian voice acting was removed due to his actions.

[loud gate]

[granite mortar]

Noooo, poor Dalin

[loud gate]

Please don't insult Dalin like that.

[granite mortar]

No idea who Danil

[loud gate]

Human waste

[granite mortar]

Oh damn
Good thing Dalin is human based

[loud gate]

Basically guy who leaked S2 and also impersonated GSC and filed strikes

[granite mortar]

People will call Dalin cringe because he said superemission
These people forget that superemissions are a concept from Clear Sky (objectively best stalker game)

[loud gate]

Funny cause he filed strikes against his own group

[granite mortar]

Damn

[deft stirrup]

"well hello there"

[livid ridge]

Anyone know how to preorder the ultimate physical ?

[loud gate]

[loud gate]

#🖤┃s2-pre-order

[deft stirrup]

"pleasure doing business with an honnest stalker"

[half bone]

Didn't play SoC for some time, usually I have CoP installed with OpenXRay for modding purposes.

[granite mortar]

What does MFB stand for? If its not Mother F*cking Bee Ill be really sad

[deft stirrup]

massive free blood

[livid ridge]

I found nothing in Germany to preorder...or is it sold out ?

[deft stirrup]

prob sold out cus i had a friend from germany that preordered it

[deft stirrup]

idek

[livid ridge]

https://igabiba.com/products/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-2-the-heart-of-chernobyl-ultimate-edition-xbox-series-x

Anyone know this shop ?

[granite mortar]

Dont you have Alza there?

[livid ridge]

Alza ?

[granite mortar]

Yeah

They are in all of V4 I think so they may be in Germany too

[deft stirrup]

wouldnt it be cool if S2 had like quick time cutscenes

i know it prob wont exist but it would be hella cool if its metal gear rising revengence style

[drowsy schooner]

It would be so awsome.
Cutscenes are actually one of the few things that I'm the most existed about. I wonder if a cutscene plays for the first time interacting with a mutant or during some side quests. I really hope that they didn't only plan cutscenes for the main story stuff.

[sand fiber]

are you both like from 2012 or something

[deft stirrup]

metal gear rising revengence

button mashing my beloved

[sand fiber]

the only good cutscene implementation i can remember was in Cyberpunk

[deft stirrup]

lol

[plain temple]

Does anyone know if Stalker 2 will have coop ?

[hazy helm]

it wont

[half bone]

i don't want any of that modern gaming shiet

[sand fiber]

what

[half bone]

p2w elements, no optimizations, etc.

i'm also a big hater of ue5

[sand fiber]

those are not modern features

[half bone]

they have became a part of modern games, nowadays

[wild wharf]

For me, a I really hope that they COMPLETE the game, I'm not saying they can't add updates. Just that they shouldn't leave it have baked like COD Vanguard

[sweet belfry]

rtx rtx rtx

[runic pier]

does it actually matter much if i do my first playthough on stalker difficulty rather than the higher ones or should i swap over/restart on master or whatever

[hazy helm]

you can swap diff on the fly in the options menu

[runic pier]

does the extra loot i've gotten actually matter

if not i'll just swap it now

[hazy helm]

not really

[hard ember]

Sniper TRS the headshot machine, so accurate (SoC)

[runic pier]

ok so i'm trying to do the quest to get the gun for the drunk dutyer guy, but i've found out that one of the guards at the building in the center of garbage has stolen it so i'm wondering if there's a way for me to kill him and take it without angering the rest of that group or if i'll just have to do it anyways

[finite dragon]

Day 699990 of waiting for stalker 2 meme of Chernobyl

[raven grove]

I have 44 duty patches in anomaly.. I only take about half..

[red spruce]

1. Shoot him
2. Run
3. Pray that the Xray engine doesnt give a shit this time :3

[raven grove]

Or just.. you know.. kill duty

[finite dragon]

i realised that there are very few games where colonization is the main focus. i don't mean games like civilization where you create cities on teritories ocupied by anyone. i mean games where you colonize teritories ocupied by people like the american teritories. the best one of the few games i found is imperialism 2. i played it as a kid and waiting for a sale so me and my dad could buy it

[versed crypt]

There's not many games about it because why play a game of it when you can do it IRL?

The real game

[honest bridge]

Doubt that Xray engine wouldn't crash(like always)

[finite dragon]

Not funny

[raven grove]

British simulator

[versed crypt]

Yet to find British stuff in a British museum...

[raven grove]

[sly matrix]

Chat ded, rest in ripperoni

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[sly matrix]

Cheers m8

[granite mortar]

#📸┃screens_and_videos message

😭

[amber tendon]

it's a bot

[granite mortar]

My entire life has been a lie

[amber tendon]

ranjid never wrote anything besides usual copy paste

[granite mortar]

😭

But he always writes it at different time

[amber tendon]

can be randomized too

[granite mortar]

I wish for Ranjid to be real

[sly matrix]

He is real, as long as you believe

[quick sentinel]

is military always hostile to us??? I've been thinking to kill them at some point and idk

[gaunt burrow]

In SoC and Clear Sky yes, in Call of Pripyat no

[quick sentinel]

they have nice weapons. it would be shame...if someone were to...take them

😈

[broken latch]

In soc military is only friendly at the first bridge at the cirson

[indigo marsh]

That military gear is good for early game, if you are talking about the bridge

[quick sentinel]

i meant military camp under bridge. just nearby where you start game

[indigo marsh]

Yeah the bridge checkpoint at cordon

It's good loot for early game and the 74u should do you good until the 74

As long as you have enough equipment for health and ammo or are skilled enough to do it, you should storm it

[red spruce]

I love sprinting into the military checkpoint by the rookie village, dying 30 times, succeeding via save scumming and feeling like I did something

[indigo marsh]

But when you do after some time you the guards will be replaced by spetnaz

[finite dragon]

Hey. A new day has arrived.

[quick sentinel]

I don't understand how army is supposed to protect you and they kill everyone inside zone

[indigo marsh]

They are supposed to protect the outside world and seeing how you bring highly radioactive artifacts of mysterious origins and that are possibly deadly, you start to see why.

[quick sentinel]

so they consider Marked One from SoC as someone who entered the zone illegally or what???

[loud gate]

All stalkers entered the Zone are illegal

[indigo marsh]

Except

||Deggie|| CoP spoiler from the first 2 mins of the game

[loud gate]

Degtyarev isn't a stalker, he's still SSU

Just undercover

[indigo marsh]

And mili stalk

Depending on what they did earlier before they became mili

[quick sentinel]

cool so army is tasked with giving free death sentence to whoever enters zone. and we don't even know how the marked one had entered zone to begin😂

[loud gate]

Yes, we do. Have you watched the intro cutscene?

[thick bolt]

on the topic of that, what is marked one doing driving a truck full of military dead bodies in the cordon?

[spring apex]

he didn't drive

[pearl olive]

you got your work cut out for you Mozi

[loud gate]

He wasn't the one driving.

[pearl olive]

might need Matt in here as backup

[indigo marsh]

That's a spoiler to the ending

[thick bolt]

ah alright

[indigo marsh]

For both SoC and CS

[thick bolt]

wait wdym

[indigo marsh]

They will explain it

[thick bolt]

okay dont tell me alrighty

[quick sentinel]

they were being taken to the flavour town🤡

[thick bolt]

is it that

||stalkers are tourists delight theory||

I heard that somewhere

[loud gate]

[quick sentinel]

better theory. stalkers are groups of homeless people and drug addicts who enter zone to make money for the next "quick fix" or for vodka

[indigo marsh]

It's bodies of stalkers

Mostly and maybe a bit of military off screen

It was a guy in a duty uniform

[thick bolt]

ah alright

[granite mortar]

Except for Jekan

[calm bough]

[amber tendon]

his cover works like bright pajamas in a dense forest

never change Degtaryov

[quick sentinel]

I think duty is like private militia rather than official army

[gaunt burrow]

their attitude shows "enemy"

just because you can talk to Kuznetsov doesn't mean he's friendly/your friend lol

[quick sentinel]

they could share bottle of vodka and become friends after next 6 shots

[loud gate]

bkenny, have you played the games in the first place?

[quick sentinel]

no but it's how I imagine what duty is

[loud gate]

[gaunt burrow]

wdym? Marked One isn't driving that death truck in the opening scene of SoC. Person in Duty uniform does (likely another Marked Agent)

[quick sentinel]

knowing Ukrainian and Russian culture. the best way to make friends is to jug few bottles of vodka🤣

[thick bolt]

ah alright

i have to get thru lab x16 now

[quick sentinel]

unless I'm wrong about Slavic culture

[indigo marsh]

He reached the bridge checkpoint and probably not further

[quick sentinel]

I been trying to kill bridge soldiers. given up

[indigo marsh]

What are you equipped with

[pearl olive]

you talk about playing NLC7 and you can't figure out how to pass the cordon bridge?

[indigo marsh]

Nlc 7 would filter you the first 30 seconds

[pearl olive]

big time

[indigo marsh]

From what I have heard nlc 7 is harder than AREA

[broken latch]

Friendly and friend are two different terms

[pearl olive]

i'll admit.. my first playthrough I probably had a tough time with the cordon bridge mili... mostly because I thought you had no choice but to fight them

[gaunt burrow]

Kuznetsov and other soldiers guarding the bridge aren't friends neither friendly towards Marked One, all of their attitude is displayed as "enemy"

[broken latch]

Just power through the electric tunnel like a man

[gaunt burrow]

only soldier that doesn't have enemy attitude in SoC is Agroprom Deserter (although his faction is technically Loner)

[thick bolt]

first time round me and a loner killed them all it was fun

[broken latch]

Friendly enough to let you bribe him

[quick sentinel]

as long as you blowie your fellow stalkers with doing tasks for them. they will consider you as "friend"

[pearl olive]

don't mind the corpses.. or the floor... or the things hanging from above

[broken latch]

There is nothing that spamming Y can't do

[indigo marsh]

He is just corrupt and so the soilders under his command. If you kill them those who will replace him will not be that corrupt

[quick sentinel]

I like fact how nobody of characters are immortal in this game

[broken latch]

Yes they are

Sidorovich

Barmen

[quick sentinel]

yeah only those where you can't pull your gun out

[thick bolt]

sidorovich can be turned into a cat in that portal in cnpp

[broken latch]

Sakherakov

[thick bolt]

also do i sell my obokan before going to x16?

[broken latch]

You can actually

[broken latch]

Keep it

Use it

[pearl olive]

Sid likes catching grenades at the end too at a certain part

[thick bolt]

okay

[broken latch]

Barmen is straight up immortal

Same as skharakov

[thick bolt]

kruglov is immortal in that underpass and the lab but mortal anywhere else

[quick sentinel]

you can actually gun down wolf instead of doing quest for him

[gaunt burrow]

That part is canon for me

[indigo marsh]

And anger the entire base?

[pearl olive]

Gotta give him a real reason to say What the HELL?

[quick sentinel]

I don't see any issue with leaving base

[indigo marsh]

You need to go back

For the story

[quick sentinel]

story: "please scratch my back because I'm too lazy...and I'll help you out"

[indigo marsh]

[pearl olive]

sometimes you have to actually play the game for the story to unfold..

[indigo marsh]

You expect a business man to save your life and give info about for free

And he barely knows you

[quick sentinel]

if I had to imagine what would happen If intro truck didn't crash. marked one would probably get taken hostage to ||some sorts of sex dungeon||

[gaunt burrow]

[pearl olive]

Maybe try roblox bkenny? Im just getting the vibe itd work out for you better

[granite mortar]

Anyone got contact on modder who goes by Great_Day on moddb? I need to talk to him

[quick sentinel]

I'm just messing with you

[wraith snow]

WHAT

[quick sentinel]

do not bother to take me or anything I say seriously

[pearl olive]

its alll goood @quick sentinel i think you should keep trying to play SOC until you get the hang of it.. its over before you know it.. then you can cheeki breeki until your fingers bleed and no one here will make fun of you for it

(you don't have to fight the mili at the bridge BTW)

[indigo marsh]

He knows, he tried to befriend them

By trying to drink vodka with them

[pearl olive]

they're a cheap date.. what like 500 rubles?

[broken latch]

You can kill him at any time

[thick bolt]

i was talking immunity to other things than your gun but yes

[indigo marsh]

Cheap if you have atleast gone to the other side of cordon. expensive if you are still in the rookie village.

Unless you are wolf

[pearl olive]

especially if you let them try and charge you more than once

[indigo marsh]

I mean are the rookies stupid, why are they populating the rookie base when they can just not be rookies by not living there

[warm linden]

I love soc, the only game I will replay every couple years or so

[pearl olive]

they just love Sids prices

[indigo marsh]

Also are sid, wolf, and fanatic considered rookies since they are in the ROOKIE village

[warm linden]

Bro I'm getting charged 25k to repair a gas mask when the buying price is 27k

Thank you stalker my beloved

[pearl olive]

Sidorovich is evil I swear... a necessary evil, but evil nonetheless

[indigo marsh]

m12 sphere is 6000 RU

[pearl olive]

oh you need money for this?? why don't you go a couple miles into the zone and then go underground to the bloodsucker tunnels for me quick and ill give you a few bucks... see you soon

[red spruce]

You talking about clear sky mechanics or anomaly?

[indigo marsh]

Probably anomaly

[red spruce]

Because SoC doesnt have mechanics

[warm linden]

anomaly

[red spruce]

And if you wanna play anomaly, use the old world addon.
M12 Sphere for 12k

[indigo marsh]

Wdym van lives in cordon

You just need to consume some vodka to see him

[red spruce]

Boot up Stalker old world
look at trader
"10k Rouble for duty suit"
happy

[red spruce]

Are 3 bottles enough?

[indigo marsh]

And some shrooms

[red spruce]

Who do I start seeing first, Jesus or Van?

[granite mortar]

Who said they are 2 different people?

[red spruce]

Thats funnier than any of the answers I would have expected

[pearl olive]

Did krezzin finally yeet himself into an anomaly? Haven't seen his name in over a week..

[quick sentinel]

are purple icons on map side activities??

[pearl olive]

SOC?

[quick sentinel]

yes

[granite mortar]

Stashes

Iirc, havent seen a stash in SoC for some time

They are green in CoP for some reason

[red spruce]

Possibly

[pearl olive]

yep def. stashes.. they'll be hidden from plain view obviously but somewhere around the icon @quick sentinel

[thick bolt]

egghead

[red spruce]

Yes, duty guy?

[raven grove]

Protect our eggheads, they will spread word of the zone

[red spruce]

:3

[warm linden]

:3

[raven grove]

Fun Anomaly fact, the VSS, then rifles chambered in 7.62x54mmR or 7.62x51mm NATO are great for tapping duty heads

[indigo marsh]

Duty is chiller than freedom

I am talking about in peak sky

[sand fiber]

false

[indigo marsh]

True

[solid dome]

SKIF?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
JUST LIVING A LITTLE BIT. I MEAN, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PLACE!
MM-HMM, NICE.
HEY, DON'T GO NEAR THE EDGE!
YOU CAN FIND EVERYTHING HERE, SKIF... FRIENDS, ENEMIES, MONEY, DEATH. A MIRACLE. EVEN YOURSELF.
WHEN YOU GO TO PRYPIAT, THE FIRST RIDE ON THE FERRIS WHEEL IS ON ME!
OKAY.

[indigo marsh]

Duty always says bro and drinks vodka and chills with the bros, while freedom is unfriendly you until ||you meet the leader|| and ||Ashot and yar are exceptions to the rule|| (CS spoilers)

[red spruce]

Peak sky is a fitting name, the most fun of the 3 games in my opinion

Too Bad the old world addon completely disregarded CS elements

[gaunt burrow]

Freedom in CS was on edge cuz it was getting attacked regularly by mercs

[indigo marsh]

I mean duty was attacked regularly by mutants which are harder to deal with than personnel at least for me

[gaunt burrow]

Duty at least knew that mutants were attacking him, Freedom didn't (until Scar got Lingov/Commandant's PDA and Freedomer's PDA)

[sand fiber]

the CS heresy has spread too far

it's a shame

[gaunt burrow]

Freedom at 1 point thought that Zone itself was against it: "Well, well, finally we meet face to face. My name is Chekhov, and I'm the boss around here. The recording on the PDA you found clears things up a bit. All the exits from the Valley were sealed off, but our outposts and patrols just kept getting hit! A few times we had a patrol leave the base and get slaughtered in no time. The boys started thinking that we offended the Zone somehow and this was some sort of punishment. We even tried putting together protection charms against ghosts and all... But as we now know there was nothing mystical about it - the commandant gave away all our movements...Frigging rat!"

[indigo marsh]

Id say in CoP duty gets more relaxed again

[wild wharf]

Personally, I usually take 8 bottles, and some weird mushroom shrooms Sakharov gives me

[red spruce]

Kruglov???

[gaunt burrow]

Duty wasn't exactly relaxed in CS either

[wild wharf]

In the flesh

[indigo marsh]

I am doing a freedom run in SoC GA and while defending against the Monolith, a chimera ambushed me

[red spruce]

Clear sky was just a competition for who has the better faction yappers and radio music

[indigo marsh]

They were chill towards scar

[red spruce]

I cant wait to accidentally kill you through Bugs in SoC

[indigo marsh]

But they were on edge when deal when outside of base

[wild wharf]

For me, I prefer Duty in SOC (I've only played Soc) for access to the bar area.

[wild wharf]

Why! What in the name of the monolith did I do to you!

[gaunt burrow]

Except Duty members in their dialogues called him "son" and 1 even said "take your questions and shove 'em, buddy." #📸┃screens_and_videos for full dialogue

[indigo marsh]

||I felt so bad for the guy that got kidnapped by bloodsucker||

[wild wharf]

I mean, in Clear Sky. All the factions went HARD when it came to propaganda

[indigo marsh]

The son thing is not a bother for me

[red spruce]

Nothing, its the will of the Xray engine

[gaunt burrow]

Mitay, Duty trader

[indigo marsh]

Except that one guy

[wild wharf]

The funny engine that decides to crash my game when I am fighting the local Ukrainian Gopniks.

[indigo marsh]

Bro predicted me

[wild wharf]

Oh yeah, I think I remember that guy. Was it that one loner from SoC that was in the dark valley?

[red spruce]

Exactly

[indigo marsh]

No ||the dutyer who helps you get to the base||

[granite mortar]

Hes back!
Krezzin-Kounciousness has blessed us with its presence

[indigo marsh]

According to the English wiki he is a 💩 to every one

But he is kinda annoying

Don't mind slipping some lax in his drink

[gaunt burrow]

That's a fact, Zvyagintsev also has very funny dialogue about him: "Don't mind him, that's our local dumbass Mitay. As one professor would put it, he's "nothing but a vulgar swine!" No garden is without its weeds, and Mitay is the designated weed in ours. He'd be a perfect fit for the Inquisitor's zoo - would complete the collection as the top show freak. Sometimes I wish a pseudodog would adopt him... But really he's much better off as a trader. If he spent his days in the bar he'd spent more time getting his ass beat than actually drinking - or worse. Even considering that manhandling is a sure way to wind up in the cooler, that wouldn't stop most."

Duty barman Kolobok also called him imbicile in his dialogue: "Well, for one thing, it does exist. And given that, we definitely ought to clear a path to it. A single clan should have enough muscle to get it done. But if all the clans joined forces, we might even be able to get through the Scorcher. The way things are now, each faction knows something, but they'll die before they share it with one another. Each faction is holding on to their secret. Add to that an imbecile as bad as our Mitay and you've got real dead heat. Sidorovich is the only one collecting intelligence, piece by piece. Hard-headed as they come, heh. But then again, it's Sidorovich: don't expect something for nothing."

[indigo marsh]

Duty base is always cooler than freedom. In SoC there was 100 rads bar but in CS they had the shooting range.

Agroprom would be a nice place to live if there wasn't that army siren in SoC

Beautiful murals on the building

And it's in decent shape

[gaunt burrow]

100 Rads Bar hits the spot

I'm not really a big fan of Agroprom tho

[indigo marsh]

It has a nice view

[thick bolt]

agroprom is alright

[indigo marsh]

It's rostok, agroprom, cordon, army warehouses, then swamps in order as the best bases

Based on vibe

[gaunt burrow]

In what way? bad shit always happen there. In Clear Sky Duty was regularly getting attacked by mutants and even Orest & his stalkers were under attack of mutants and bandits

in Shadow of Chernoby military tried to destroy Mole and his group

[indigo marsh]

Based on the vibe there

[thick bolt]

im talking storywise, its an alright place

the mole hideout place, underground and military base

the underground is basically showing new players what the zone is

you kill a mutant, kill the soldiers and kill another mutant

[indigo marsh]

Lore wise it's agroprom and freedom base suck

Only rostok and swamp are good

[thick bolt]

what is swamp? is it in soc or cs only

[hard ember]

sup 🙂

[indigo marsh]

No

CS only

Cordon is good as long as you keep kuznestov but I don't keep him

By killing kuznestov you actually help the military because ||spetnaz come replace them and they are significantly less corrupt||

[ebon tree]

Is there any chance the audio problems on PS5 are going to get fixed?

[loud gate]

There hasn't been any update recently, but there should be one big one which will add modding.

@ivory swallow Any patches coming to consoles planned or just working on the big modding update?

[ivory swallow]

Work in progress ofc, we will keep you informed

[loud gate]

This is your answer

[long harbor]

yo do you guys think stalkers wash their foreskins?

[covert slate]

[long harbor]

and yk how's the toilet problem in the Zone? because there's like 500 dudes in there with no toilets

except for the toilets in like CNPP or Dark Valley buildings

I swear if you're just unlucky enough you'd step on sh1t every once in a while

and then have to scrape it off using the ground or concrete floor because toilet papers are expensive

like, just imagine a realistic zone dude, how much time does it take for the place to be full of plastic and junk?

[indigo marsh]

There are toilets tho

[long harbor]

or do they just throw the plastic into anomaly??

Actually I have an idea, we should use the anomalies as our garbage disposal spots

just imagine dude, all the toxic plastic justdisappearing in the meat chunk anomaly

[indigo marsh]

You can see the ||mercs near the mobile lab in CoP take a dump in them during emissions|| Spoiler for CoP

[long harbor]

yeah dude obviously it's your mouth

[long harbor]

real

[indigo marsh]

They don't call me potty mouth for nothing

[long harbor]

yk what'd be funny? walking up to a duty or freedom checkpoint and throw sh1t at them

[nimble cipher]

inever._ has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[long harbor]

they'd mistake that for a grenade or something

[long harbor]

Wolf really out here banning people from swearing 🤓

it's the Zone dude we throw racial slurs at each other on a daily basis

[indigo marsh]

I am not banned lol

[long harbor]

read me sentence again, wench

bro I swear the Wish Granter melted a part of your brain and took away your reading comprehension

someone come kill this guy it's a crime to keep this guy alive

[indigo marsh]

That's what I get helping the scientist at yantar

[long harbor]

woah they're lobotomizing people now??

[indigo marsh]

And money too

[long harbor]

bro money's such a joke, I use them to wipe my a$$

[indigo marsh]

I actually became color blind too

[static compass]

So, any chance we get a new trailer at summer games fest or the Xbox showcase??

[long harbor]

imagine the monolith working as a cult and have to BUY their own gear because their great wish granter can't just give them an AK

[indigo marsh]

Except for green

[static compass]

Praise big rock

[raven grove]

Furbrain activated, I read that wrong.

[gaunt burrow]

I don't think they wash at all tbh

Hygiene in the Zone is most likely non existent

[static compass]

Shower = rain

[indigo marsh]

Maybe except soldiers, mercs, and duty

They can afford it

[long harbor]

ok would your pp burn if you dip them into the Swamp water??

[gaunt burrow]

Scientists are probably cleanest folks in the whole Zone, assuming that they have a functioning shower in their bunker

[long harbor]

"they can afford it" 🤓

[long harbor]

imagine all the body hair coming down that drain 😍

[hard ember]

the thing tho is that these showers are killing good bacterias along with the bad

[indigo marsh]

They probably too focused on research too shower

[gaunt burrow]

why would you dip your pp in radioactive water

[hard ember]

our body is prob healthier thanks to abundance of good bacteria

[long harbor]

cause mine is weak and itchy

[long harbor]

"good bacteria" are you suggesting that our mortal enemy is GOOD?

someone throw this mfer in a meat chunk anomaly pls 🙏

[indigo marsh]

It's fun just like pop rocks in your mouth but instead of you mouth it's in your foreskin

[hard ember]

just saying, modern medicine have-to/has-been take care to laser focus on the bad stuff and leave the good stuff alone

[gaunt burrow]

Hygiene would probably be absolutely horrific in the zone. The water is radioactive, so you're going to glow in the dark unless you use your precious distilled water. Soap is a precious commodity, it's not like anybody is going to risk their lives smuggling it in. A rookie stalker might bring a bar or two with him in his pack, and that's the extent of the supply. You could make good money if you slice a bar into tiny cubes and sell them to the other stalkers.

Most stalkers probably just don't bathe. Diseases like trench foot, jock itch, and fungal infections are probably rampant

As far as the bathroom situation goes, it's camping rules. Shit a hundred paces away from camp and bury it so no blind dogs come sniffing around. Toilet paper is leaves or whatever moldy soviet era newspapers you happen to find

[hard ember]

yep exactly water is essential--i guess they can chopper/drone in some fresh water daily, they would have to be programmed to fly a particular path so as to ||not hit the daily changing anomaly situation?||

[icy tiger]

The military would probably be looking out for drones or choppers

[hard ember]

then make it a fast drone dawg www.youtube(dotty)com/watch?v=szxRORFl_lc

[indigo marsh]

||There is only one drone in the game|| afaik

And that was in CoP

[icy tiger]

I think they’re talking about the other drone not a plane drone

[indigo marsh]

You mean like a cheapo civilian drone

[gaunt burrow]

It's American UAV afaik

[icy tiger]

Yeah I worded that in the worse way possible

[gaunt burrow]

them using lots of baby wipes is also a possibility

[indigo marsh]

Rq 4, I think. I don't think it had a prop. If it does it a mq1 or a mq9

[icy tiger]

The only factions with choppers are the military and I’m pretty sure duty pays the military to get supplies

[indigo marsh]

It's the rq 9

[indigo marsh]

Yeah I saw a stash names that in a anomaliesdugot video and a screenshot from marked matt

[gaunt burrow]

Speaking of Hygiene in the Zone, I'd imagine Sid with his connections could definitely provide stalkers who have lots of money with things such as soap, toilet paper and such

[drowsy schooner]

I have a problem with weight and don't really know how to balance my inventory in SoC. Any tips?
I'm thinking of just ditching my sidearm and maybe some medkits

[gaunt burrow]

not very unlikely scenario imo

[hard ember]

be like Zoolander wiping off the coal mine with a bazillion make up remover cotton balls

[gaunt burrow]

carry 1 armor, stash all other ones in blue boxes, don't carry a lot of food with you. you can forget about pistols entirely

you basically just need 1 primary weapon, 1 armor, bit of food and medkits,antirads and bandages + ammo

[drowsy schooner]

I've already sold all of the armor I've found 😭

I only have the red suit you get from Duty for geving them the grenade launcher and a black version of the scientist suit

[gaunt burrow]

no big deal. money in SoC isn't really an issue

complete sidequests

[hard ember]

use cover and peek with Q and E key and "slice the room" and wait for target to expose themselves from cover -- on slicing the pie youtu(dotty)be/eSyv1i-QqNo

could save you when insufficient armor

[drowsy schooner]

How many anti rads and bandages should I have? Does the game not get very radioactive closer to yhe end of the game? Right now I've got 15 anti rads and 20 bandages.

[gaunt burrow]

you'll need a lot of antirads for Sarcophagus since it's very radioactive, so before entering Pripyat stadium get tons of antirads

[indigo marsh]

Ditch vodka for anti rads and you can reduce the amount of anti rads by using anti radiation artifacts

[drowsy schooner]

I have so much money, anything even worth buying? Seems like you can just find every item in the game by just doing side quests

[gaunt burrow]

I mainly buy ammo, food and antirads, bandages and medkits

rarely some guns

[drowsy schooner]

Same. Barkeep has the worst prices on armor .

[hard ember]

exactly, lighter food,
lighter antirad

[hard ember]

#toilet-paper-gate-2020

[gaunt burrow]

I definitely wouldn't suggest antirad artifacts in SoC mainly because they have negative sideaffects

more specifically, they decrease endurance

Droplets, Fireball and Crystal all take 18% of your endurace

[wild wharf]

What water, all the average Ukrainian Gopnik in the zone needs is Vodka, and Energy Drinks

[indigo marsh]

I don't mind reduced endurance in CQB

[wild wharf]

No, we barely got funding for that luxury. All our funding was sent to research, and to fuel our addictions to Vodka

[gaunt burrow]

🗿

[indigo marsh]

In pripyat after ||you help the loner squad|| it's mostly CQB and sniping

(SoC late game spoilers)

[gaunt burrow]

Fair enough

[indigo marsh]

Sniping with ||item 62|| is the kinda broken

But firerate is 💩

[gaunt burrow]

for last part those artifacts could be of use

but throught the game I run. a lot

so 3 moonlights for me and 2 batteries for electric shock do the perfect job

since 1 moonlight takes 10% of your electric shock I compensate it with battery artifacts

[indigo marsh]

Until the ||portal part|| (SoC ending mission spoiler)

But that depends on the ending

[gaunt burrow]

btw @indigo marsh did you managed to beat "Protect border" sidequest in SoC by any chance?

[indigo marsh]

Yes but on a modded version

It's on SoC GA

I was attacked by a monolith frontal and a chimera attacking the rear

[gaunt burrow]

this Protect Border quest in vanilla SoC is always bugged, only 1 mutant showed up and quest didn't ended even after I killed it

a lot of times mutants aren't even showing up

[hard ember]

exactly be wise to use artifacts like that when u r sure the negative effects wont be consequential for the current situation

[hard ember]

considering there's calories in alcohol you can skip food too XD

[indigo marsh]

Are you talking about the freedom one with the monolith attack

I am guessing not

[gaunt burrow]

not that one, that quest where you gotta help Cap and rest of Freedomers to defend the Barrier is called "Assist At Freedom's Barrier Outpost"

[indigo marsh]

Or the duty checkpoint in the garbage

[gaunt burrow]

After completing that one another quest will appear called "Protect Border"

[indigo marsh]

Yeah but no mutants spawned only more monolith

[gaunt burrow]

exactly. that's why this protect border quest is bugged

mutants either don't spawn at all or spawn but rarely, and in small numbers

[indigo marsh]

So the mod kept that bug

[gaunt burrow]

and even if all mutants will be killed that quest won't be completed somehow (at least that's always the case in my playthroughs)

[indigo marsh]

Even on my previous playthrough vanilla it was bugged

Only mutants that were near were the boars in between the checkpoint and the crazy guy

Apparently the guy sings a song in RU version

[half bone]

Man From Bosnia

[granite mortar]

Damn

[drowsy schooner]

Is there a way to customize every botton on my controller for SoC on console?
For example the up and down on the d-pad is not used for anything except for zooming with the binocular.

[hard ember]

is there a system-wide way (Xbox/PS5-side, not game side) to remap controller buttons per game, i mean that must be most advanced players want from their Xbox Series X or PS5

must be quite a show stopper to spend half a grand and can't remap buttons

[wild wharf]

Let's go! Now I can say that Vodka is my Drink AND Food now!

[radiant remnant]

[radiant remnant]

this explains a lot about you, Professor Kruglov

[red spruce]

May I force you to play Stalker old world?

[wild wharf]

Look, I may be more smarter then the average stalker, but I am not above my love for Vodka. It's a excellent drink!

[vale trout]

Here's some proof that limansk is going to be in stalker 2. This image is from stalker the board game. The reason i'm sending this is because anomalous dugout and other youtubers are saying that limansk is probably not going to be in stalker. Anyway, here: https://imgur.com/a/tldGVBR

[old jungle]

We don't know if the board game is a reliable source of information when it comes to the game.

[gaunt burrow]

Map Dugout reviewed has a lot of missing places

besides that map may not be accurate to begin with

[old jungle]

Personally I believe Limansk will be there but probably in one of the expansions

[wild wharf]

Wait, I JUST BECAME EXPEREINCED, LETS GO!

[thick bolt]

professor

[prisma goblet]

I think everyday about stalker 2, please lord help me

[wild wharf]

Yes?

[thick bolt]

not proffesser

[old jungle]

Perfectly normal behavior, don't worry

[lime gull]

My best guesses for the DLCS: Limansk and The North Perimeter. Expansions that come with the game: Yantar & Agroprom. Based on nothing but hunch, honestly. I just can't see an area as important as Limansk is being a toss-in for pre-orders. Just too ripe with potential content to be thrown away like that, but I guess I wouldn't be that surprised if it was.

Yantar and Agroprom or another smaller area cut from SoC would make the most sense to me.

[lime gull]

Ah yes, the call of priyat.

[wild wharf]

I suggest you pray to the Monolith

[lime gull]

but TBH I think Agroprom will be in the main game. Yantar not being there seems really strange but I guess with the map changes, it might've moved. Same thing with any other cut locale.

I'd be shocked if the old brain scorcher area wasn't utilized for at least a cutscene or something.

[prisma goblet]

I think its a cult ☝️

[lime gull]

Man, I really cannot wait to explore the reimagined zone... It's been too long.

[red spruce]

Theres a spelling mistake in your name, professor...

[lime gull]

Unrelated professor

[finite dragon]

Who plays imperialism 2 on gog?

[wild wharf]

We thank you, oh Monolith, for revealing the cunning plans of your enemies to us.
May your light shine down on the souls of the brave soldiers who gave their lives in service to your will.
Onward warriors of the Monolith, avenge your fallen brothers, blessed as they are in their eternal union with the Monolith.
Bring death to those who spurned the holy power of the Monolith.

[wild wharf]

What! Impossible!

[gaunt burrow]

Gets unalived by Degtyarev

[loud gate]

[lime gull]

Anyone got theories about what might be beyond the snowy perimeter? 😉

Iscreamcones. We're gonna find out that stalkers have weaponized the cool climate to make anomalous iced treats.

Maybe Limansk is over there since it does seem like they moved a variety of areas of interest around.

Hmmm... The monolith have always had those iconic white suits. Maybe they stole them from a huge factory that makes winter wear in the north?

It is kind of strange that, despite the theory that Monolith is an army of brainwashed stalkers & ex-military, they do have a very obvious uniform. I can't imagine part of the brainwashing process includes bleaching and dying your old uniform. Maybe the initial invasion force that was sent into the zone after the second incident wore those uniforms and they got passed around after-the-fact. Dunno.

[prisma goblet]

Belorussia..

[lime gull]

I mean I do kind of hope to see something akin to outside factions encroaching on the zone, but I'd be surprised if they did go that far.

[gaunt burrow]

Want interesting screenshots from CS?

Give me a min or few and I'll mention you in #📸┃screens_and_videos

[lime gull]

Shoot

[lime gull]

I do vaguely recall seeing a lot of old monolith bodies all across the zone... don't remember anything from CS that showcases the monolith suits tho.

NB4 I missed a huge stockpile of Monolith suits left in a stash in Limansk

[stark steppe]

monlit

[prisma goblet]

I think they'll never show Belorussia for obvious reasons

I wasn't serious

[lime gull]

Ik

[gaunt burrow]

Yk whats interesthing? That Yantar stalker dialogue is interesting in particular, not only because it gives us insight about the older Monolith faction before the trilogy events, but also tells us that uniforms of older Monolith faction looked similar. Dead bodies of Monolithians in Clear Sky, that are scattered over the Zone very well could be the dead bodies of older Monolith faction.

[lime gull]

Huh, that's interesting. So Monolith was a force of 'protective stalkers' who all had a united goal of conquesting the interior of the zone to find and protect the wishgranter, even before brainwashing. And your right, too.

Still begs the question of where they got their hands on those distinctive suits. I guess they might've been some big U.N. expeditionary force but the other stalkers seem to just think they where a faction of zone-obsessed stalkers.

[hard apex]

hey who to go to pripyat

[lime gull]

Considering SoC's story, I wonder if a lot of other stalkers where brainwashed. As in, brainwashed specifically for a purpose and "unleashed" to be free to roam in the zone as, essentially, sleeper agents.

[gaunt burrow]

Monolithians having good guns is understandable at least for few reasons 1) they were already a faction before CS events. And it can be assumed they had pretty good weaponry and 2) even rookied buy/want to buy better equipment before going deeper into the Zone

"For now I'm just gaining experience and saving up some coin. As soon as I have enough, I'll buy me a good shooter and armor, and head straight for the center of the Zone. Rumor has it some guys already made it there and found the Wish Granter. That's where I'm gonna go. And when I find it, I won't go wrong with my wish, you can bet on that!" - Dialogue of Cordon Loner in Clear Sky

[lime gull]

Yeah, of course. But they all have the same uniform, even ages after the introduction of the sunrise suits...

Wild theory, but what if the yantar stalker's head is fuzzy because he was wearing a monolith suit around the M.M. Maybe it has bad psych resistance? Lol.

I mean if they all wore those suits before the expedition into the centre, and they all had weird inclinations towards travelling to the centre of the zone for the wishgranter, I guess it's not too wild to guess that maybe their suits were particularly weak to the psi emissions given off by the M.M and B.S.

[gaunt burrow]

I think this is important to point out too

Stalker suit from the Monolith faction. The producer is unknown. Its protective properties are slightly worse then those of the PSZ-9a military bulletproof vest. Its structure is similar to the suit popular with neutral stalkers which combines a bulletproof vest and a radiation protection suit. It provides good protection from gunfire. Its level of anomaly protection is low due to the absence of an air

• Monolith suit

Stalker suit manufactured by "folk craftsmen". It is an effective combination of a light military bulletproof vest and of a rubberized fabric suit. It is reinforced with inserted kevlar plates and provides good protection from weak gunfire. All in all it is highly inefficient for carrying out deep raids and serious operations in the knots of the Zone.

• Stalker suit (Sunrise)

[lime gull]

the weapon selection they have is particularly curious because it doesn't really lean too heavy towards soviet bloc or nato. It's a mix, like you'd expect from a mixed group of stalkers.

[gaunt burrow]

Monolithians despite being fanatics can still think for themselves to a high degree

Their PDA entries in SoC is pretty interesthing

[lime gull]

Yeah, I suppose they must've just had some sweat shops where they make those suits.

Who knows though, if we do get more info about where the sunrise suits are made, maybe we'll finally uncover the snow camo monolith suit mystery too.

[lime gull]

tbh aside from telling us that the suits are made from the typical ingredients stalker suits are made from, it doens't say much. No idea who produced it and it's structurally similar to every other suit neutral stalkers wear, which seems to specifically call out the radiation and bullet protection.

Which would make sense, if your expecting armed conflict and are planning to wade into a super radioactive part of the zone. The lack of anomaly protection is a bit silly I guess but there's not that many in Pripyat anyway.

[gaunt burrow]

Monolith are capable of constructing functioning psi-emitters out of actual garbage

Their engineering and tech should not be dismissed

If you drag any stalker and tell them to just make an antenna out of trash they're not gonna be able to do it

[lime gull]

I always thought that those where just actual psi-emitters covered in garbage, rather than Monolith-made ones, but I suppose your right. Worst case scenario, we don't get an answer directly and we're left to assume they can just make it themselves.

[granite mortar]

Strider

[lime gull]

I guess part of me wonders if they are actually from a pre-second disaster stockpile or something.

Considering the quantity of them, you'd expect to find some spare ones or a location where they actively make them, but we don't get that in the OG trilogy.

The easy answer is, that they just retrofit stalker suits into the monolith suits off-screen though. I guess I just kind of hope that there's more mystery to it.

[gaunt burrow]

It also could be that the suits they use originate elsewhere, before their time. Maybe even originally belonging to the Group

[lime gull]

The idea of finding a huge stockpile of them in an X-lab is really interesting.

[lime gull]

Yeah, that's what excites me tbh. The history of them and what they might've represented before they turned into the brainwashed army we know now.

[old jungle]

It is interesting to point out that two Monolith suits were located in lab X-18. Either the faction stashed them there, or they were here before. A possible explanation could be that such suits were used by guards of the secret facilities in the Zone before the 2nd disaster

[lime gull]

That's certainly an interesting tidbit to think about. It makes a lot of sense, I guess there would be a lot of them around. Would make sense that they'd be bullet proof and radiation resistant too, for travelling around the perimeter of the X-labs.

[old jungle]

Yes, and the C-Con may have plenty of them to spare. It does not explain how the Monolith faction acquired such suits before being brainwashed though...

[lime gull]

True. Well, it is a fact that the old monolith was apparently obsessed with reaching the centre of the zone. Maybe they pillaged a few of the accessible x-labs and found those suits, and wore them as a sort of sign of pride?

I'd laugh if all this hairbrained theorizing turned out to be answered quite simply in S2. Like we find a big truck full of them and discover some exterior faction is sending them to the Monolith en-masse or something, lol.

[gaunt burrow]

"On the fighting in the Dark Valley" PDA entry in SoC:

"I walked in the Dark Valley, a place teeming with unbelievers who haven't seen the power of the Monolith yet. We were on guard duty. The attack came at night. We fought bravely. My brothers stood at their ground as befits true believers, and the Monolith summoned many them that day. But not me. My time had not come yet. My gun was useless and silent. And suddenly the Monolith spoke to me: "You are one of mine, and my power rests with you. Stand strong in your faith and you shall defeat my enemies for my greater glory!" And then I turned into shadow. I bent down and walked around them. Dumb savage spies, they didn't notice a thing. they thought we were dead and were laughing at the empty body shells of our brothers. But i was already behind their backs. And then the power of the Monolith came forth from my hands. And that's how he killed them all. I'm happy to serve you, oh, Light of Perfection!"

Most likely they had some mission to perform and visited X18

Since 1 Monolith Suit can be found there

My guess is that they stashed that suit for some unknown reason

[lime gull]

Maybe it was just left behind?

[gaunt burrow]

Could be, yeah

[lime gull]

I'm sure if they where created for the faction the C-con used to serve, there'd be other stockpiles of them too. Presumably once brainwashed, the C-con directed them to other x-labs to find them.

But to my memory's fault, I can't recall seeing that many old monolithian bodies around the x-labs we find.

[old jungle]

Originally there was a Monolith base above the lab, but this was removed during development

[lime gull]

Ahh, in Yantar?

[old jungle]

no in Dark Valley

[lime gull]

oh, no. Yeah

Hm. That would explain the PDA entry.

[lime gull]

Love your vids btw, I've been an avid watcher since I played through the original trilogy.

[old jungle]

There are many Monolith bodies at the entrance and within X-16. A popular theory is that they raided the place between CS and SoC to put the psy-emitter back at full power

[gaunt burrow]

Honestly it feels like most of these PDA entries are from an earlier time in development

"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)

[lime gull]

considering the amount of intact barrack-style buildings around the B.S. station, it would be shocking to me if they didn't have a base there specifically to protect the psi-emitters. I guess Yantar just had too many mutants & military to contend with.

[old jungle]

absolutely

[lime gull]

Yeah, that's a good point. It's hard to say how many of these details are just loose threads because of cut plots or storylines.

According to the wiki, Lab 16 was a source of regular localized emissions as a result of a faulty cooling system. It doesn't seem like anyone was aware of the psi-emissions given off by the M.M. until SOC, where it's implied that two of Strelok's companions died trying to shut it off after being attacked by a controller. But the piles of military & Monolith corpses strewn about the place imply heavy fighting happened there since Strelok reached the centre of the zone.

[broken latch]

No other explanation which could make it canon?

[lime gull]

I don't think Scar shut the M.M. down, he just fixed the cooling system. So the Monolith must've been there for another reason, perhaps just encroaching south, maybe because they noticed the localized emissions stopped?

[old jungle]

Anything is possible

[lime gull]

It IS a work of fiction actively being added to, so there's a chance we may find out in S2 that the monolith create the suits with a special artifact or something. Who knows.

[broken latch]

Considering that monolith sends skirmishes often to the barrier, it's not far fetched

And from what I remember the bodies were in very suggestive postions

That there was a fight

[lime gull]

It would make sense that they'd fight over the M.M area specifically. Espescially if the military got involved.

[broken latch]

But what about Monolith bodies in the swamps?

[old jungle]

Among a lot of Military bodies, yeah

[lime gull]

It's another component of the barrier that keeps the stalkers from going north, after all. Even if that's not necessarily explicitly it's purpose.

[gaunt burrow]

@broken latch

[lime gull]

Yeah, the bodies from the great swamp are probably remnants of the pre-journey-to-the-centre-of-the-zone Monolithians.

[broken latch]

Tell me more

[lime gull]

Or signs that they did at one point encroach further south than the barriers.

[gaunt burrow]

#📸┃screens_and_videos for more details. Give me a min

[lime gull]

If they where like, THE faction before duty and freedom became a thing, it would make sense that they'd be all over the zone.

[broken latch]

I wouldn't say that they were a usual faction

Just a different variation of the monolith we have today

But waiting on Matt to tell me more

[lime gull]

Yeah, but the dialogue Matt has pointed out to me does seem to imply that they where a pretty extensive faction before they all rushed to the centre and presumably got brainscorched.

[gaunt burrow]

Mentioned you in #📸┃screens_and_videos

[lime gull]

At least the one stalker in Yantar seems to suggest so, who knows tho. That's only a single secondary source of info, we might get totally contradictoral info in the new game. Lol.

Well, I've got to go to work. Thanks for the fun/enlightening/titulating chat about Monolith suits. I'll probably be back tomorrow to stir more talk about something else that's negligable in importance.

[broken latch]

So did the clear sky

But yeah

[lime gull]

True, that's two sources at least.

Three if you include the PDA that makes references to cut content

[broken latch]

The soc description for Monolith faction makes sense even if you look it from old monolith perspective