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[lime gull]

Ahh, so they're kind of like the secret inventory chests in Skyrim. Just a quirk of getting an ingame mechanic to work.

[old jungle]

exactly!

[tiny olive]

They're more obvious in CS in my observations

[gaunt burrow]

I'm very interesting in the snow area ngl

it has potential

[old jungle]

yes

[tiny olive]

What do the devs use on making the maps anyway? There's no something similar to Hammer for STALKER, lol

Must be proprietary

[old jungle]

there is a program, though I don't remember its name

modders will know

[lime gull]

Same. I love snowy zones, I'm curious what could possibly be lurking there. I really hope it's Limansk, as strange as that would be.

[tiny olive]

I saw Zone Operator using Blender, but i think it was for a different purpose

[lime gull]

It would make sense if the shift of the great swamps from the left side of the map to the right side is legit, could be that the 'new' limansk is also over there, past the 'north perimetre', but it could also just be a mystery, like a big wall that leads to belarussia, who knows tho.

The legend regarding the X-lab purposes & repurposing is very interesting

[gaunt burrow]

Indeed

Bit offtopic but what do y'all think mercs role will be in S2?

[lime gull]

I'm not sure we'll even see them, but if we do, I suspect they'll be back to their old roots; Trying to fight the Ward & claim important research for themselves. Maybe that's what the "A glimpse" group from the ARG are, a group of mercs seeking to undermine SIRCAA by stealing their research

[gaunt burrow]

Wouldn't be their first rodeo

[lime gull]

If the ChAZ is as protected as it looks to be, I suspect it must be significantly more difficult for illegal mercs to enter the zone.

I'm kind of hoping that if the mercs do make a return, we get some variety. Like groups from different countries & alignments.

[gaunt burrow]

I have the theory that mercenaries are hired by people associated with the C-Consciousness. They could want to recover some lost parts of their past research, or simply cover their tracks so that the government wouldn't find out who they were and what they were doing.

We know that mercs tried to steal data from the scientists who "dug something up" during SoC events, and generally became active around the time when the SBU launched the "TRUTH" project, which aimed to uncover the secrets of the Zone - and that doesn't seem to be a coincidence.

[lime gull]

I always thought one unified "merc" force didn't make much sense, espescially since they look like they are SAS. I think it'd be more interesting if there were Russian, Nato & other countries backing their own groups of mercs.

[lime gull]

I really just chalked that up to coincidence, I figure the Mercs are informed and given missions from outside agencies, such as the U.S's CIA, or the U.K's MI5, etc. They show up in the zone to try to steal these documents because they are aware of the relevance they might have to the rest of the world. After all, in the Enter the Zone trailer for S2, we hear Davlin on the radio comparing the discovery of the noosphere to a new space race.

So it's not unlikely that all of the world's countries are actively trying to recreate some of the experiments that the X-labs conducted.

[lime gull]

I just can't imagine any of the C-con survivours wanting to actually help the c-con. The majority of them joined CS and then got wiped out.

And plus, they don't exactly have an infinite source of money to be hiring these outside of the zone agencies. Not to mention the issues with contacting people outside of the zone.

but who knows, that's really just my opinion.

[gaunt burrow]

Statementents like that makes it look like that the whole mercenary faction is intended to represent westerners in principle and that mercs talk with western accents in the games is simply false. That's just a misconception. First of all, mercs in Shadow of Chernobyl have Armenian accents (some of them). Proof: https://vocaroo.com/1cshY0LisMNx (Voiceline of random merc NPC) https://vocaroo.com/1kjCQ2bp2mm9. (Voiceline of Mercenary Ara)

[lime gull]

I'm going off the weapons & armour they have, and the iconography.

[broken latch]

There's a tool within local files if I remember correctly

[gaunt burrow]

Mercs in CoP were buying equipment from corrupt Duty quartermaster Morgan

[broken latch]

And all of the important guides are on russian

[lime gull]

And I don't actually think they are supposed to be all westerners, I think they're just a stand-in for a variety of different nationalities' secret services.

[gaunt burrow]

"Incoming message reads: "I managed to arrange something about the weapons and that greedy bastard is going to sell us his faction's stock. It's gonna be fairly cheap but we’ll have to haul ass to Jupiter. Vulture.”

[broken latch]

Must of been the wind

[lime gull]

It would make sense that some of the mercs would make connections with stalkers in the zone, espescially if they have to be there for a prolonged period.

[gaunt burrow]

Plus 1 dialogue of Hogs mercs implies that some of them used to be stalkers before

"Leshiy's group completed a really important assignment right before the Emission - they found a very rare artifact. We even contacted the client to let him know the goods are on their way, but Leshiy never made it back. We're mercenaries and we got a code - without it we're nothing. A contract must be executed. Period. If we screw up a job that's our reputation down the toilet, and no serious client will ever give us work again! That'd leave us wandering the Zone as stalkers again."

[lime gull]

Yeah, that's why I have a hard time viewing them as one unifed force. But I guess they might literally just be a collection of stalkers and military groups sent into the zone to extract information.

[gaunt burrow]

Mercs in CoP are definitely more unified in all fairness. We can learn that from reading PDAs so I won't delve too deep into this. But nonetheless here's 1 example:

"The final incoming message reads: "We're kicking heels by some old workshops. I sent two boys ahead to scout the road for you. Then again, we'll wait here until the client's courier shows up - the air is a hell of a lot fresher here. Tesak" - Description of "PDA of Hook the mercenary" ("Tesak" is Russian word: Тесак. This is just a mistake of a translator who simply transliterated the name instead of changing it to Hatchet)

[lime gull]

It would make sense that they'd unify more with time, espescially if some of them are stranded in the zone or are just flat-out former stalkers.

[gaunt burrow]

Plus description of merc suit in SoC says "Merc faction"

[lime gull]

Strange that there's not much recruitment of the mercs though.

and in all of the ARG, there's not one mention of them.

I suppose the bias towards the mercs being westerners comes from the SAS-like look of their navy blue uniforms and the use of nato weaponry, as well as the cut UNISG.

[gaunt burrow]

Yeah, plus them using NATO weaponry

[lime gull]

It's not difficult to assume that the UNISG concept was scrapped and melded with the mercs.

[gaunt burrow]

Although, not all mercs have NATO guns as well

[old jungle]

oh, did you watch that theory I sent you last time?

[lime gull]

That specifically is why I think of them as a group of various special forces that banded together to form a faction within the zone for their own survival.

[gaunt burrow]

For example mercs that tried to take over Rookie Village in Shadow of Chernobyl only had AKMs

[lime gull]

Yeah. I mean, AKMs would be easier to source within the zone too, considering it's proximity to Russia & the old soviet bloc.

[gaunt burrow]

Mecheny's vid? I kinda forgot

Gonna check it out

[lime gull]

I've got to google this now

[old jungle]

yes, I think you will like it

[gaunt burrow]

Perfect video before the shower

[lime gull]

Found it

[old jungle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdsBtFm_ILo&t=2s

[gaunt burrow]

Going afk to watch this

[lime gull]

hahaha, what if the 'worse than military' place on the map is actually a big merc base.

[old jungle]

I heavily doubt it

[lime gull]

It's just a silly thought 🤡

[old jungle]

but who knows, could be

[loud gate]

[old jungle]

[lime gull]

[gaunt burrow]

About the beginning, when he asks "who is hiring them?" We do know about that a bit. I mean Leshiy's and Hog's clients are known

[lime gull]

Nb4 Terragroup exists in Stalker canon

[old jungle]

keep watching

it gets better

[broken latch]

Why does ward seem like a useless faction

It's like the home association in america

[lime gull]

Because we know so little about them

I suspect they exist purely to be a guard dog for SIRCAA

hmm, that's certainly a thought... Yeah, I guess I never considered that The Group might be spread across Soviet Russia.

[deft stirrup]

am bored

[lime gull]

Have you tried scaling one of the brainscorchers to get a good look at the zone?

[deft stirrup]

mm no

[red spruce]

Play the old world addon, play as a bandit and disguise as a loner

[gaunt burrow]

Nothing really implies that corporation Leshiy was talking about sponsors the mercs tho. It very well could be other corporation(s)

Not the one Leshiy was talking about in his dialogue

[deft stirrup]

i played old world its meh

[red spruce]

Then play it harder

[broken latch]

Stop recommending people anomaly

[old jungle]

I guess anything is possible

[red spruce]

But it has a silly old world paintjob on it :<

[deft stirrup]

im just bored of having nothing to play

[broken latch]

Mid

[broken latch]

Try dead space series

[red spruce]

There was this one Mod that is often described as... painful

[broken latch]

https://tenor.com/view/dead-space-tormentor-introduction-jump-land-gif-27431215

[deft stirrup]

screw that i aint never running that until i get the pc

plus not a huge fan

[deft stirrup]

i played A.R.E.A

[wild wharf]

So question, I am playing SoC for first time. (I am playing on master difficulty) anyone got tips?

[deft stirrup]

search for artefacts loot stashes make money do all side quests explore maps talk to the npcs

[broken latch]

Not the remake, the triology has low requirements because it was originally for consoles. My potato laptop runs them all above 60 FPS. I thought I wouldn't like it much but fell in love as fast I did with stalker. First game is more based on horror, 2nd on horror and action and 3rd mostly on action

[red spruce]

Getting too close to enemies can break their AI (has a Chance not to work tho)

[wild wharf]

Ah ok, thanks for telling!

[deft stirrup]

oh and also dont forget to read encyclopedia

[wild wharf]

I usually also combine this with stabbing them, (Yes, at times I may have some british tendencies)

[deft stirrup]

sorry its just not something appealing to me

[broken latch]

What genres are you into?

Or types of games

[red spruce]

Exactly

[deft stirrup]

i recommend get a few body shots when they do stunning animation then get a headshoty

[deft stirrup]

really not much i never got the chance to play much games

[wild wharf]

For me, well obviously I played stalker soc. I also played starcraft, helldivers, and new vegas. Those are my top games

[deft stirrup]

i dont like fallout too its just not my type of game either

[red spruce]

Professor... I am sorry to inform you that there is still a spelling mistake in your name

[wild wharf]

Respectable opinion, I can understand that

[deft stirrup]

there is only 2 games id play rn or 3 stalker anomaly Gamma edition Radiophobia 3 and S2

[wild wharf]

Ok if I may ask, where is it?

[deft stirrup]

Professor* not professer

[red spruce]

Exactly

[deft stirrup]

or are u going for the slavic aproach

[wild wharf]

Thanks!

[red spruce]

We need more discord users as stalker npcs

[deft stirrup]

my steam library is just a wasteland

[wild wharf]

Bam, fixed it

[deft stirrup]

i have Gmod and terraria my friends gifted me those 2 games even tho i never play them

[red spruce]

Excellent :3

[wild wharf]

Tbh, I am considering becoming the monolith preacher. Why you may ask, well as one freind quoted "Radical Islam:Zone Edition".

[red spruce]

The big funny (probably not, the preacher repeats 5 scentences for his entire life)

[deft stirrup]

i wanna say something but i really dont want to at the same time cus it feels wrong

[oblique prism]

Hello

[wild wharf]

Always worshipping the monolith, even in death, he still preaches

[deft stirrup]

ello

[red spruce]

Hai Nimble

[deft stirrup]

how bad is it to pirate the stalker series

[red spruce]

Public execu-

(Pls dont pirate the games, theyre like 5 Euros for each)

[deft stirrup]

its not really the money thats my problem its the fact that my parents dont like using money digitally

[wild wharf]

No, cover them in pitch, set em on fire, and toss them into the grand canyon.

[oblique prism]

I bought the games on gog.com

[deft stirrup]

id buy the games if i had a source of which i could

[oblique prism]

I recommend that

[red spruce]

Still, you cant just ask that in the same Server where literal GSC members are active

[wild wharf]

For me, I just bought the games on steam

[deft stirrup]

i mean i am pretty young

[granite mortar]

Do we?

[deft stirrup]

i really do not have a way to buy games other then asking my parents

[granite mortar]

Paysafe cards

[red spruce]

We all dream of annoying Sidorovich.

[deft stirrup]

what

whats paysafe

[granite mortar]

Basically single use paper credit cards with predetermined amount of money on them

[deft stirrup]

well we dont got that in my country we dont even have steam giftcards or whatever

[granite mortar]

You go to a shop, buy Paysafe card for 5€ and then when you pay online you enter a code thats om the card

[deft stirrup]

thing is we dont have a gaming shop type thing

[granite mortar]

Its from Google and is present in pretty much all countries, you can buy it everywhere

[deft stirrup]

i checked a local tech shop they had like PS giftcards

[deft stirrup]

never seen a paysafe card

[granite mortar]

Supermarkets, bus stations, betting offices etc.

[wild wharf]

We have to annoy him for the funny, it's a thing that must be done.

[broken latch]

You can buy paysafe anywhere, it's like buying credit for phone

[deft stirrup]

well i dont live in the best slavic city

[granite mortar]

Theres a lot of people who can be annoying, the question is who deserves to be Sid, in both the good and the bad way

[deft stirrup]

we dont got that in my country

[broken latch]

Even village shops have this

[red spruce]

Mol1t.

[lime gull]

I don't think it's a big leap to suggest that corporations like the one that Leshiy talks about sponser the mercs, though.

[granite mortar]

You live in Vatican or what?

[granite mortar]

Yes

[deft stirrup]

Bulgaria

[red spruce]

Im glad we came to an agreement

[broken latch]

Then you have it, pretty sure

[granite mortar]

Close enough

[deft stirrup]

i live in a relatively small city

[granite mortar]

Look up paysafe map, it will show you all shops that sell it in your vicinity

[granite mortar]

I live in 5k city and theres like 8 shops selling those

[deft stirrup]

ye the only place they sell these cards are in the capital

[granite mortar]

Damn

[deft stirrup]

great so basically i live in the other end of the capital inside the country

[gaunt burrow]

I don't fully agree about these basic assumptions about mercs though. I wouldn't say that most of them are foreigners, the presence of German and other western accents is a myth, there aren't any lines spoken with such in the games. Three unique merc characters are voiced with Armenian accent in SoC, but that's about it.
Hog, one of the merc leaders, mentions that if they screw up with their contract, no one will hire them again and they will be "wandering the Zone as stalkers again". This implies that some mercs used to be regular stalkers before they joined the 'syndicate'.
I assume that most mercs are locals, and that they aren't in the Zone temporarily just because they are being paid for accomplishing some task in it - instead, they are actually settled here, just like other factions. But they possess connections with clients from the outside and are taking contracts (and supplies) from them

[granite mortar]

Lord had blessed us with lore

[gaunt burrow]

Mercs (some of them) in SoC have clearly Armenian accents. Proof: https://vocaroo.com/1cshY0LisMNx (Voiceline of random merc NPC) https://vocaroo.com/1kjCQ2bp2mm9. (Voiceline of Mercenary Ara)

[lime gull]

Rather than being outside agents themselves, they're more like a proxy faction of locals who are given supplies by outside agents.

[deft stirrup]

maybe ill be able to buy them because im going to travel to scottland and imma have to go from Sofia to there-sofia is capital

[old jungle]

I absolutely agree with you. However, I find the point about the group having connection over the world very interesting, and it would make sense they would try to cover up or get back the research

[gaunt burrow]

Not that bad of a theory tho, in all fairness. I always assumed that they are being hired by the remnants of the Group/people assosiated with them who want to cover their tracks or recover research.
This could be also why mercs targeted Kruglov, since he and his team were researching the psi-emitters created by the Group in the past. Some loners and Dutyers in SoC also mention that mercs have generally became more active recently, and that they seem to be focused mostly on scientists. I think that it's a reaction to the fact that the Ukrainian government began to uncover some of the Group's secrets within the project Truth
Also, Serbin and his people are wearing the scientific suits. Besides the scientists who are researching the Zone, such suits were also worn by the Group members who worked in the labs before the disaster took place, as evident by their corpses that can be found in X-18. This supports the theory that Serbin could be their representative

[old jungle]

Exactly, you're very on point!

[lime gull]

Yeah, that's a good point.

[granite mortar]

Kaymanov real?

[indigo marsh]

Nlc 7?

[old jungle]

Yes, he is.

[granite mortar]

Hell yeah

[lime gull]

They certainly would need to be tipped off about the locations of the labs & these researchers.

[gaunt burrow]

Yep

[lime gull]

I guess my issue with the theory is where the financing and weapons are coming from, since the 'group' individuals would need to be pretty wealthy to fund all that gear for, essentially, a bunch of stalkers. Afaik, we stop the mercs from completing most of their goals in the games.

It's also strange they wouldn't invade the X-labs and take the docs from them before anyone else could

[gaunt burrow]

Aight cya guys later

[old jungle]

bye Matt

[lime gull]

See ya

[old jungle]

I think they did try, for example in X-16 there are many zombies wearing merc suits

[lime gull]

Mmm, good point... Is it military or mercs who blow up the lab tunnel in Dark Valley?

[deft stirrup]

i love how theories are thrown around and i can understand almost nothing

[old jungle]

mercs

[wild wharf]

Quite frankly me too

[drowsy schooner]

[deft stirrup]

i mean i know what they are talking about but i just dont really know what to say

[lime gull]

Ahh, hm. I guess that adds some fuel to the fire of that theory, then.

xD

We're just chatting about the mercs

[old jungle]

Sorry, I sometimes get carried away. If you want to learn more I suggest replaying the games and checking out lore videos and articles

[deft stirrup]

but it takes sooo long to do everything

[old jungle]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is a huge universe, no doubt about it

[drowsy schooner]

Anomalous do you have any theories regarding if any of the old factions won't be in the game? Like how the hell can the bandits even survive by just stealing and killing all the time?

[lime gull]

Ah, no, I checked the wiki and it seems like it was the military who interferes at X-18 in SOC. I thought so cuz I don't remember the mercs being there. Unless that was something that happened in CS.

[deft stirrup]

they were there in CS

[old jungle]

I think Clear Sky and Renegades won't be there. Bandits operate a bit like real life mob organisation, they rely on numbers and pyramid-type schemes to thrive

[old jungle]

oh yes, Military storms the lab in SoC but mercs were using tunnels in the area in CS

[deft stirrup]

has no one mentioned the anomaly keeping away the military soldier in CS also that soldier died his friend is the one who gave up the other military guys who is under the bridge next to the rookie village

[lime gull]

Ahh, okay.

[red spruce]

[lime gull]

Bandits, compositionally, are really just a ragtag group of criminals. So I see their numbers kinda bumping up a lot whenever some random stalker decides to be bad enough to get kicked out of whatever faction they where in before

[wild wharf]

Well renegades are probably going to get integrated into bandits. And as for clear sky, two possibilities. All the remnants join other factions OR they try to organize again, but they have a fraction of their power.

[drowsy schooner]

Yeah I get that but that way of surviving does not feel very stable

[lime gull]

It's not, most loners & bandits die

[deft stirrup]

renegades were a faction only there for not being enemies with the bandits so u could join them

[lime gull]

but the implication is that there's a large enough influx of people into the zone to warrant their numbers going up

[wild wharf]

Yeah pretty much to be quite frank

[drowsy schooner]

Right I think that you are right as in there being more rouge and "bad" stalkers out there that turn to killing and stealing of other stalkers but I don't feel like the bandits as a faction will still exist in S2. They might still operate in very small independent groups

[deft stirrup]

bandits were confirmed?

[lime gull]

I would expect that new criminal leadership would replace the old, as it has in the previous games. And we've already seen high quality models of bandits in various trailers, but I wouldn't expect to be able to engage with them much.

[deft stirrup]

in many trailers we get to see shooting at bandits

[deft stirrup]

ye

[lime gull]

To be honest, even the population of mutants in Stalker is questionable. We know without a shadow of a doubt that they are products of the X-labs, not the emissions. So, where are the seemingly infinite number of them coming from?

[deft stirrup]

we could have a few cool quests with enemy factions

[deft stirrup]

its partially gameplay wise

[lime gull]

My best guess is that in S2, the answer is SIRCAA. But why would they be replicating the exact same research that got a lot of the OG Group killed.

[lime gull]

Your right, it's 100% gameplay. If there was an emptier zone, it'd be a lot less exciting.

[drowsy schooner]

Yes you are correct, but I mean that in S2 the bandit faction might be either split into smaller groups or that they are very close to being extinct

[deft stirrup]

well ye it has been seen factions arent truly neutral with each other nor are their own factions neutral between themselves

[lime gull]

But, they also canonized that there are tons of mutants, so much so that a lot of places struggle against apparent waves of them. They are 'controllable', but where are they being produced? I guess there's a secret X-lab just pumping them out on a conveyer belt 🤷

[drowsy schooner]

Wait that't new to me. They hate each other as well? Haha

[deft stirrup]

most mutants come from animals

[old jungle]

we saw an operating lab in the very first trailer

[lime gull]

Snorks, Controllers, zombies & even Bloodsuckers don't seem to be animals to me.

[drowsy schooner]

I thought that the Bandits worked together to scam other stalkers or just straight up kill them

[deft stirrup]

there are lots of instances where loners or dutiers have given up their own faction

[deft stirrup]

bandits are not truly a faction but also are at the same time like loners

[lime gull]

Very true.

[deft stirrup]

X-labs experiments

[deft stirrup]

snorks are mutated soldiers

[lime gull]

I'm aware, but that's my point. They where experiments from pre-2006. It's been like 11 years, where are they still coming from?

[lime gull]

Soldiers from the 2006 incident, yeah. But why are there still dens full of them years later?

[tiny olive]

Snorkers snorking

[deft stirrup]

they arent as many as like normal mutants

[lime gull]

Snorks do be snorkin

[old jungle]

there is this theory that the Zone is "copying" people and mutants

[tiny olive]

Ah yes, the Father Valerian theory

[drowsy schooner]

🤯what

[deft stirrup]

i mean there are more locations now then in the other games like in the upcoming S2 there are much more locations so that could be an answer

[lime gull]

Yeah, there's even a branch of this theory that suggests the Strelok we meet in COP is a clone.

[old jungle]

In an old concept from Anarchy Cell (which became Clear Sky) Scar was supposed to be copied during the emission at the beginning of the game

[lime gull]

I think Anomalous was right tho, I think the implication in S2 will be that SIRCAA is secretly revitalizing these old labs and making new mutants.

[drowsy schooner]

Whaaat

[old jungle]

There would be the original Scar, and a "clone" of him

[deft stirrup]

i think so too

[lime gull]

Charon 😄

[tiny olive]

Assuming Strelok's good ending is canon, then he's definitely a consultant for SIRCAA

[deft stirrup]

thats quite a crazy thing

[deft stirrup]

it is cannon d u h how do u see him in COP

[lime gull]

Unless the design docs from 2011 are canon and he got expulsed soon after founding SIRCAA

[deft stirrup]

thats why the true ending is true

[tiny olive]

He heed the call of the zone, then something something anomaly in his office.

[deft stirrup]

i believe the guy talking to SKIF on the roof is Strelok or it could be Degtayrev

[drowsy schooner]

Damn

[lime gull]

Strelok in a wig xD

[tiny olive]

Nah that's definitely Leon. Resident Stalker

[deft stirrup]

he wears similar armor like in SOC and COP

[lime gull]

Degtayrev has a very iconic appearence though, I'd be more willing to say it's Strelok, but aaahh... It could be Cipher, too.

[leaden ridge]

freaky.........

[old jungle]

I have another theory

[lime gull]

Pls, go on

[deft stirrup]

please do tell

[old jungle]

I will not spoil, you will see in my next video

[lime gull]

FACK

[drowsy schooner]

When will that be?

[tiny olive]

"start talkin' buddy"

[old jungle]

when it is finished 😆

[lime gull]

I look forward to it, then

[old jungle]

I'm currently working on the script

[lime gull]

nb4 it's scar and we're all wrong

[granite mortar]

Can you say "But thats just a theory
An Anomalous THEORY" at end of the video please

[deft stirrup]

anomalous is the game theorist of stalker

[old jungle]

[lime gull]

That's just a theory, a stalker theory.

[deft stirrup]

crazy

[lime gull]

I've hit the spoon limit for the word theory now

looking at the word looks like it's spelled wrong

[hard ember]

newbie question, thinking about upgrading the CS1 armor gifted to me in Clear Sky, is best to put upgrade toward..
a) armor kevlar plates armor or
b) +5 kg carry weight and +30% integrity
i read somewhere.. like.. always do armor.. but not sure if that's also case here with CS..

[lime gull]

Ya know, Noon being used as SIRCAA's cleanup crew is pretty frickin' dismal. I'd hate to be those guys. As if it didn't suck to be zombified, now they've got to be custodians for the world's most dangerous locale.

[deft stirrup]

do side quests then they offer better equipment i suggest tho do their side quests later on after u do cordon

[hard ember]

oh CS1 armor not worth upgrading and using or something?

[deft stirrup]

isnt that the basic one

it has no gas mask right

[hard ember]

basic one is Leather Jacket

oh is it possible to get a SEVA in Clear Sky too?

it's hard to get cash in greater swamp so i wanna spend them upgrades a lil smart

[deft stirrup]

seva in CS isnt really worth all that much

[old jungle]

I'd argue it is because it allows to use 5 artifacts

[deft stirrup]

to earn fast and quick money you will need to get further into the zone

[deft stirrup]

yes but i found it difficult with the armor resistance

[old jungle]

I upgrade it at the Bandit technician

[lime gull]

Simply go fast and do not get hit

[deft stirrup]

i never keep my neutrality with the bandits i always become hostile 😆

[deft stirrup]

i have an exoskeleton with upgrades to the brim and im a tank i tank 5x45 like its 9x18 or 9x19

[hard ember]

in Clear Sky, if a Tier 2 upgrade gets all greyed out, it's because of...?

[old jungle]

When I made the no-armor challenge I found out that it does not change much, armors protect very little in CS

[deft stirrup]

so you see the yellow lights that light up when u put ur mouse on an upgrade u need those to get the finnal upgrade

[old jungle]

you need to have the 2 proper tier 1 upgrades for it

[deft stirrup]

i wanna do a bandit run i feel like bandits are super cool in CS

[hard ember]

ah ok ok

[deft stirrup]

so basically u can join all factions like bandits duty freedom and loners each having their own enemy

[hard ember]

mebbe i spend it on +50% durability and +50% integrity?

[deft stirrup]

integrity and bulletproofing is basically lowering the dmg and the bleeding %

[deft stirrup]

u can do only 2 upgrade paths u either do anomaly protection or bullet protection

[deft stirrup]

also to actually have a chance at beating the game you HAVE to join a faction to get good equipment and cash

[hard ember]

okay i spent it on
#1 armor x2
#2 +30% integrity
#3 artifact container x2
had to go without nvg, hopefully once i exit great swamp i can still get a nvg helmet

[lime gull]

I don't think I ever joined a faction in CS but I managed to beat the game, so...🤷

[deft stirrup]

i suggest u watch the youtuber Gopher and his stalker clear sky playthrough

he gave up on the gaem

[old jungle]

skill issue?

[hard ember]

thank you for all the hints (@deft stirrup @old jungle and friends) much obliged

[deft stirrup]

he had the clear sky suit with the gasmask i forgot the model name a vintar and an obokan and an AKM

[deft stirrup]

np

his main issue was healing supplies due to him constantly bleeding

im truly amazed how he did it

his gear was attrocious yet he still managed to do it partially*

[hard ember]

i see

i am just gonna suffer the greatest FOMO and google the crap out of these stalker games >___<

[deft stirrup]

stashes in great swamps have lots of supplies so i suggest u loot most before you wander off

[hard ember]

yep that's what i have been doing

[deft stirrup]

i sent the video where he gave up in the screens and videos channel

[lime gull]

I died so many frickin' times during that part but I didn't give up xD

[cloud swift]

Hello all, first time playing SOC - I'm trying to get into the sarcophagus, but literally just get dominated by helicopter explosions nonstop. I'm on novice, but holy shit feels impossible

[lime gull]

tbf tho I think I had a sig arrow and a seva suit at that point

[lime gull]

That's the scarmophogus for ya

Try killing the monolith RPGers on the rooftops

it's difficult but do-able.

[cloud swift]

Yeah got them, it's the helicopters

[lime gull]

weird, never had issues with the helis myself, but I also ran from cover to cover the whole way to the entrance

I did get blown to smithereens a lot tho

[deft stirrup]

dont run into the missiles

[cloud swift]

lol @deft stirrup thanks

[hard ember]

i use cover, watch where the helis fly, if they have sight of me, i stay in cover

[cloud swift]

i mean i go cover to cover but they're blowing me up inside

Theres times where i don't even see the heli and just explosions none stop til i'm dead

[hard ember]

helis seems to go away after you get out of that iniatial parking lot with all the snipers

[deft stirrup]

imma show u what was my end gear

[hard ember]

so i had to move forward, progress past the parking lot

[cloud swift]

I'm wondering, what's the minimum suit I could complete this in?

[deft stirrup]

@lime gull check #📸┃screens_and_videos

[lime gull]

holy sh*t

you were ready to face all of monolith lol

[deft stirrup]

i abused the machine gun

my only problem is that i didnt have enough healing supplies

and i also had too much weight to put useful artefacts on

[drowsy schooner]

I hope that S2 has a very cozy feeling when you sit at a firecamp with other stalkers

[deft stirrup]

did u check the release date trailer coziest thing ever

[lime gull]

I think the artifacts I had were healing and blood stopping ones, but I beat it like, 5 or 6 months ago and barely remember xO

[deft stirrup]

i had to have weight artefacts so i could actually move

[lime gull]

Haha

[drowsy schooner]

Yes exactly that is what I mean. It reminded me of the cozy camps in rdr2

[lime gull]

I didn't use an exo so I didn't need to worry

[deft stirrup]

i found the coziest thing in SOC in the rookie village the campfire throwing bolts inside the campfire

[drowsy schooner]

Will there be firecamp tales/jokes in english as well?

Because that would be so good

[lime gull]

considering all the bandit shouts are in english, it's safe to assume yes.

[deft stirrup]

i really need english voices

[lime gull]

I'm excited for the english dub but tbh I think the second time I play it'll be with ukr voices. It just feels wrong to play stalker with every character sounding like they just got off a plane from England.

[drowsy schooner]

Do they shout cheeki breeki in english as well hahah

[lime gull]

nah, afaik.

[deft stirrup]

ask anomalous he played the demo

[drowsy schooner]

I might actually play in ukr first with eng text because we finally have SUBTITLES. Tbh I kinda like the english being true english and not with fake accents that the actors have to make just to sound russian/ukrainian

[lime gull]

I'd rather they just have real ukrainian va's who can speak english do the va's, but what's done is done and I'm fine with that.

[drowsy schooner]

Totally but that might be harder to find

[lime gull]

I suppose

[drowsy schooner]

He's gone

[deft stirrup]

sadge

[drowsy schooner]

Although I might not even play S2 at all, still haven't decided if I should get a PC or XSX. I am craving for that long and uncut gameplay reveal on June 9th

[deft stirrup]

i think PC could be as ammersive as Xbox

[grim palm]

noms a plate of Blanquette de Snork

[hard ember]

PCs are so fiddly sometimes sigh, if you can, get both,

• use console: games that aren't big on modding
• use pc: games that are often modded

[calm bough]

[fervent ice]

in my first playthorugh of soc i never got an exo at all

except in the endgame

i used the ssp 99m

best anomalous protection, not bad armor to begin with, and can be boosted by artifacts

[stark steppe]

My memory of exo was slapping dogs with my knife

[fervent ice]

my endgame artifact setup was one mamas beads, one spring, one kolobok and two moonlights

there were also 4 pellicles in my inventory for suit repair

endgame loadout was a bunch of scientific and army medkits, a lot of bandages, vintorez, sniper trs301, big ben, and a sawn off dbl barrel

i also had a meatchunk as backup if i ran out of meds

[indigo marsh]

I didn't use artifacts on my first run

[fervent ice]

i didnt even know artifacts existed until garbage

[indigo marsh]

I just sold them all

[fervent ice]

same

i thoguht the health regen artifacts were supposed to increase your health level, so i just stacked a bunch of meatchunks and stone blood early game

i thoughjt that would give me infinite health or something like that

[indigo marsh]

I didn't run them because of their disadvantages

[fervent ice]

i was constantly dying in agroprom and thats when i realized i have negative everrything haha

and i missed gunslinger's stash, i was constantly dying in the research institute, because i didnt know the stealth way, and my ak scavenged from a soldier was jamming very three shots

lmao first time shadow of chernobyl moments

[indigo marsh]

I am replaying (modded) it and for my pripyat run I have a crystal, 2 meat chunk, and the flash.

Also in the modded run I have SoC GA and it has CoP style artifacts

[fervent ice]

socga is okay, but again, i wish they could keep it more vanilla

[indigo marsh]

The stars are different

[fervent ice]

i dont want upgradeable guns or repairable guns

[indigo marsh]

I mean only 4 guys speechs are changed/added

I like the repairable guns

[fervent ice]

unique weapons are bettter than upgrades systems

guns just become the same when you fully upgrade them

[indigo marsh]

There is a unique weapon tho (gunslinger AK)

[wild wharf]

What Is that, i never tried it.

[fervent ice]

oh yea its kind of cool, but a bit too tactical

gunslinger is a tacticool mod though, so cant really complain

[indigo marsh]

I switched it out with the AK 74ub as soon I as I got it

Then replace it with a m16a2

The m16 feels the best to use

[fervent ice]

the hud puts me off though

too modern

oblivion lost: remake gunslinger addon

OLR GA

[indigo marsh]

Isn't it a mix of SoC and CoP?

[fervent ice]

what is a mix?

[indigo marsh]

The hud

[fervent ice]

yea, but its too sharp

[indigo marsh]

I liked it

[sand fiber]

Anomaly Lost Remake: G.A.M.M.A.

[sage lynx]

Will by progress save if I switch devices?

[fervent ice]

go make it haha

[sand fiber]

no

[sage lynx]

Thanks

[indigo marsh]

But I preferred the clear sky hud without the radiation dial

[fervent ice]

hip moment OMG SHES CANON LIKE GSC CMON

[sand fiber]

wait there's apparently steam cloud now???

maybe will, maybe not, back it up anyway

[fervent ice]

yes, but i would still recommend hard saves due to the way stalker saves things

[sage lynx]

I aint risking

But ur right

[fervent ice]

its easy to overwrite, i almost lost my first soc run

[indigo marsh]

Replace hip with the bat mobile mod is the best . (I have never tried the mod, I have tried anomaly for 5 hours but it was boring )

[fervent ice]

what music do you guys listen to when playing stalker?
for me its either the base ambient music, metal, or country haha

[sand fiber]

the best mod for stalker is Dark Souls 2 ReShade

[indigo marsh]

Kino or firelake

Or usually no music at all

[sand fiber]

uhhh the only games that i listen music to while playing are minecraft and souls series

[indigo marsh]

I only use music for CoC

[sand fiber]

apex sometimes too

[indigo marsh]

I have tried Global war which has music but I'll continue after I finish my SoC GA run

[sand fiber]

oh wait does listening to fallout radio count

[indigo marsh]

I was actually going to play priboi until cpuyuri had a problem with installing SoC GA so I got it and I decided to play SoC GA

[fervent ice]

dancing on the ashes of the world...

[wild wharf]

Imma say Kino

[wild wharf]

I actually like that stuff too, people in my school say that I like "Old peoples music" boy are they missing out

[indigo marsh]

I meant I listen to kino or firelake when I play stalker if I decide to play music

[fervent ice]

they got filtered

[indigo marsh]

It wasn't meant to make someone have to make a hard decision between kino or firelake 😥

[fervent ice]

all the kids just listen to kpop or whatever pop/rap star thats hot rn

[wild wharf]

Yeah, I mean for me, if they like it cool, just don't shit on others people's preferences, that's my thing.

[sand fiber]

firelake has only like four songs that aren't black metal so it's an easy choice

[indigo marsh]

Dirge for the planet is peak

[sand fiber]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky2LdbRbfE8 have you heard this btw

[hard ember]

silly question, is the little safe next to the jail cell in the stalker's camp in the Cordon map of the Clear Sky game safe to use?

[sand fiber]

also intro in this is pcool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DN9ZNeckJI

[indigo marsh]

It's cool but not the same as the lady singing dirge for the planet

[indigo marsh]

Are you talking about the one with the fort 12

If yes then yes

All the stashes are safe to use in CS

Well not some one the ones in garage near radiation hotspots

[hard ember]

coool thank you for the head sup

[solid dome]

Sup-sup

[indigo marsh]

Just make sure the stash is not close to a radiation hotshot

[solid dome]

Wadd-up

[sand fiber]

krezzin changed his pfp???

[solid dome]

Wazaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

[sand fiber]

no way

[solid dome]

Yes, only here, exclusive new PFP

Anomalous PFP bro

Prepping for the PR madness next month

[hidden stratus]

Krezzin got his own logo now

[solid dome]

Previous one I made myself too

[clear ibex]

Hellloooooo

[hidden stratus]

Half life 1 was honestly better than half life 2

[clear ibex]

im here to show a small STALKER animation i spend about two moths making. i just finished it.

i cannot send it

[hidden stratus]

in screens and videos it should let you post it

[clear ibex]

ok thx}

[covert slate]

if it's an animation you made post it in the fanart channel

#🔮┃fanart_and_cosplay

[clear ibex]

depends on taste. but yeah, hl 2 is way out there compared to the grounded hl 1

and it has only one alien weapon.

[hidden stratus]

which was op

i meant the hl1 one

[clear ibex]

ok

[sand fiber]

so untrue

[hidden stratus]

The arcade style gameplay and straightforward story was what makes it better

You accidently start an alien invasion, you end it.

[cloud swift]

Alright so I made it to the wish granter... interesting ending

am I missing something here

[hidden stratus]

Do not follow such poorly constructed illusions

There is more, you just need to look better

[cloud swift]

@hidden stratus so do I load back into my last saved game?

[hidden stratus]

Yes, that was not the canon ending

And that's all I will say, the rest is up to you

[cloud swift]

@hidden stratus i loaded back in and same ending

hmmm

[hidden stratus]

Follow your mission log

Do not seek the wish granter

It is not real

[wild wharf]

Heretic! The wish granter is real, it will totally grant your desires!

[hidden stratus]

It is a poorly constructed illusion, cannot even grant something as small as to cure a headache. FALSE GOD.

[lime gull]

The wish

[lime gull]

Wdym I asked for immortality and it made me an eternal statue of steel, clearly operating as intended

[hard ember]

making past the beginning stages of Clear Sky i think--as ready as i'll ever be for venturing into garbage, even upgraded (almost completely) a IL86 for accuracy

(not sure where to find flash stick to unlock soft trigger which is required for the Tier 3 +30% accuracy)

[indigo marsh]

Also before going to the garbage go on a shopping spree

Make sure you don't have any money on you

Or as little as possible

Buy ammo or repair/upgrade your guns and your armor

If you don't want to the garbage rn be greedy as possible and when you want to go spend

Alternatively you can do some murder

[cloud swift]

how the hell do I get out of sarcophagus

[runic pier]

i'm trying to do an assassination but my target is in the space between the transitions to another area, is there any way for me to get him out or is it just hoping he eventually goes to wherever he's trying to

[cloud swift]

See if you can lure with by throwing the screw

also don't listen to me, I'm clueless

[solid cosmos]

they probably mean that this person is like in the center of two level transitions, thus unreachable by the player until they pop out at the other side

[wild wharf]

How dare you disrespect the holy monolith!

[runic pier]

yes, this

i'm assuming he's just travelling somewhere, but he's also not moving so

[lime gull]

You might have to wander around for a while

[fervent ice]

wait until autocomplete

[solid cosmos]

Go sleep somewhere, see if he'll move, unless you're playing vanilla shoc or cs, then uhhhhhh 🤷

[amber tendon]

Change locations

Sleep or wait

[warm linden]

I put on cheeki breeki and started downing vodka, monster energy and cocaine after fighting some gopniks for their clothes and broken PM

[amber tendon]

down key schizophrenic behavior

[warm linden]

I died from drinking and lost a life

[amber tendon]

play vanilla

gain life

[warm linden]

vanilla what?

[amber tendon]

stalker

[warm linden]

nuh uh

anomaly I can get drunk like a good gopnik

[amber tendon]

just like in og trilogy

[sand fiber]

you can't

Pripyat' is a point-of-no-return

[old jungle]

The CNPP is the point of no return, you can go back from Prypiat

[amber tendon]

Guys miracle machine has turned me into platinum statue, how can I go back

[broken latch]

Not if you accidentally trigger a level change at the stadium

Didn't even enter the stadium and got teleported

[old jungle]

Well, yes. Once you are at the CNPP you can't go back. But as long as you are still in Prypiat you can.

In order to avoid skipping the stadium, use the side entrances.

[red spruce]

Please, atleast play the old world addon if youre gonna play anomaly...

Otherwise I might have to compress you into a .zip

[fast stratus]

hi

[warm linden]

do it

[red spruce]

Alright...

[prisma goblet]

Stop the propaganda

[red spruce]

Stop me

[red spruce]

Done

[broken latch]

[red spruce]

Am I gonna be executed now?

[loud gate]

Please just play vanilla

[warm linden]

real :3

[red spruce]

I do play vanilla, but when I play anomaly, I play it with OWA

[loud gate]

Better question

Why do you play Anomaly?

[red spruce]

To spawn cars on random npcs

(I actually only play it for my videos, because the trilogy offers limited freeplay)

I dont play it outside of my channel tbh

[loud gate]

It was joke question

[red spruce]

Oh

Just mute me at this point

[loud gate]

This way I don't have to make Spatial Boars trailer for you

[red spruce]

Oh dont worry, I dont even know what footage you need besides boars materialising

[finite dragon]

I played ghost of tsushima on pc. it's a game that i really enjoy. i enjoyed games in the past but not like this. and it's also the best assassin's creed game ever if it was in the ac series. and it's a masterpiece. the only two things that are bad in the pc port are that 1. it doesn't let you see the mouse and keyboard controls so you have to remember them. 2. when i press a button like avoiding an enemy or block an enemy, it doesn't imediately respond which can be problematic, especially on the highest dificulty. but everything else is a masterpiece, even the collectibles(yes, i am surprised too)

[broken latch]

Yes

[red spruce]

I think im just gonna uninstall anomaly and OWA

[broken latch]

Good

[granite mortar]

Because New Levels are cool as f*ck, vanilla sucks ass
Seriously the mod (New levels, not Anomaly) is so cool

[red spruce]

Im just Kind of worried that I will run out of content After a few Videos. Once youve played through the trilogy already, all you can do is replay it. I love replaying them, but it certainly isnt good for content...

[broken latch]

Do challanges

[amber tendon]

there are other stalker like games

you've also made into the radius walkthrough once

[broken latch]

That's basically saying you're a Minecraft youtuber and uploading Roblox content

[red spruce]

but they just arent stalker

[amber tendon]

they don't have to be

[red spruce]

I could do challenges until the end of time, of course, but the bandit camping guides are quite silly

[red spruce]

Im a stalker youtuber. I make stalker videos.

[amber tendon]

you are bound to run into drought after trying to cover almost 2 decade old game

[loud gate]

Dive into modding more

Try challenges, talk about my beloved HoC

[amber tendon]

FUNKe made tf2 videos, now he does essays and song covers

try something new

[red spruce]

Thats why im playing owa... I can mod it into oblivion

[broken latch]

Requirements for having a content makers role is to mostly upload stalker content, and the problem is that they want the content maker role

[broken latch]

Play soc with a gravity gun

[red spruce]

...that exists?

[loud gate]

🫵 LA video

[red spruce]

Sure :>

[broken latch]

If you didn't focus on anomaly owa you'd find it sooner

[red spruce]

True, im sorry

[loud gate]

That's not the point. Kira is a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. youtuber, she wants to make videos on it, not other stuff

[red spruce]

I just dont get why, if im already gonna dive into stalker mods, why I shouldnt include the OWA? Its pretty silly. I know it isnt the original Stalker, but neither is LA. And SoC can have some beautifully deranged mods, but I am still bound to its linear gameplay, making Videos such as the "Bandit camping guide" impossible

I might be coming off as an idiot, but I just love the silly mod I found :³
(For recording purposes, I still play Clear sky a lot)

[tiny olive]

Okay, so Makarovs can kill a helicopter. Takes a few hundred rounds of 9x18 though

[red spruce]

I have the feeling I might have said something terribly wrong

[red spruce]

Knifes can too

[tiny olive]

Glad CS glitched the helicopter and made it stay in a corner lol

[old jungle]

Don't worry, HoC is coming

[red spruce]

[tiny olive]

Alright, time to yeet Strelok

[red spruce]

Time to be depressed in 10 minutes
(If you know, you know)

[tiny olive]

Done and done. Time to edit the full montage

[versed crypt]

Gang...

I have KEBAB

[granite mortar]

Why not into Morrowind?

[tiny olive]

Weird, i can't find the bgm used in the CNPP fight

[granite mortar]

Bgm?

[tiny olive]

Music

It's neither of the three combat music too

[granite mortar]

Damn

Just use fighting unknown, its the best stalker track anyways

[red spruce]

...good question, you ask a bit much there

[granite mortar]

I will not sleep untill Hi_Flyer releases Skyrim Lost Remake

[red spruce]

We will not sleeb until someone mods skyrim into SoC

[granite mortar]

Good thing we at least have witcher

Or rather, w.i.t.c.h.e.r.

[red spruce]

Im making another bandit Camping guide

My most successful videos (without the meme vids) are always something including bandits

[granite mortar]

Bandits are clearly the best faction (right behind dooty of course)

[red spruce]

Theyre just the silliest to watch.
Every video that has a bunch of bandit voice lines is gud :>

[granite mortar]

Yes

[thick bolt]

I might like Monolith more than duty now

the monolith is too strong

[granite mortar]

Same thing, one brainwashes with weird psy voices and the other one with giga based banger of a propagandist speech

[thick bolt]

If you cant beat the zone, join it

[red spruce]

Damm scorched brains, we all know the biggest chads are (were) clear sky

They were so masculine, ||the zone had to remove them to avoid another disaster|| (light spoilers)

[thick bolt]

I did not know clear sky was removed by the zone

[red spruce]

...Did you play Clear sky yet?

If not, I might have given a light spoiler...

[thick bolt]

Nope

Its alright I dont mind spoilers like these

[red spruce]

Do you want me to erase your memory?

[thick bolt]

[red spruce]

I take that as a no. Now play Clear sky

[thick bolt]

im still going through shadow of chernobyl

I might play today

[red spruce]

Clear sky is my favourite game of the trilogy (what I just said is viewed as a criminal offense punishable by death)

[thick bolt]

woah

Then I drop all charges

[red spruce]

Jk, but the community can be a bit special when it comes to the individual trilogy games...

[quick sentinel]

how to increase weight capacity so you don't have to run to traders all the time???

[red spruce]

SoC, CS or CoP?

[quick sentinel]

SoC. I find it difficult to explore zone because I have bare 15 kilos of free capacity once I'm equipped for traveling

[red spruce]

Try to find a suit that increases your carry weight. Sidorovich can offer one (I forgot the name of it) as a reward for when you complete a bunch of his fetch quests

There's also the exoskeleton

[indigo marsh]

Exo is end game 😭

[red spruce]

Yeah, but it still exists :3

[indigo marsh]

I am pretty sure he is not a pripyat or red forest yet

[red spruce]

Besides, you can get a lot of good gear with some harmless abuse

[red spruce]

Speak your wisdom, Krezzin.

Bestow upon us, the HoC copypasta

[quick sentinel]

do u know where I can find wincer meat artifact

[red spruce]

Run through every anomaly field you find and pick up everything that glows. Thats how I do it :>

[indigo marsh]

Do the "Find the Night Star artifact" quest for sidrovich and then you can get the tourist suit which gives you +20 kg carry weight

[red spruce]

Thats the suit I meant at first

[indigo marsh]

You don't need to do a bunch of fetch quest tho

Only that one apparently

[red spruce]

I didnt know wich quest gives you the suit, so I just suggested to do a bunch of them to be sure :3

[old jungle]

yes but the quests appear in a certain order so you have to do others before this one

[red spruce]

Are you saying I was technically correct?

[old jungle]

Yes

[red spruce]

:D

[quick sentinel]

this game would be fun if it had Rpg aspects. like ability to gain level and earn perks

[solid dome]

**STALKER 2 ON OUR MIND
GAME ONE OF A KIND

MOLIT PLAYS AROUND
WITH STONES IN HAND

STALKER 2 ON OUR MIND
GAME OF OUR KIND

FANS WANT TO UPSTAND
MOLIT BREAK NO SOUND

...LETS GO ON A RANT!**

[red spruce]

Thank you

[quick sentinel]

do u know if there are any specific characters that buy weapons besides traders. like sidorovich

[solid dome]

I buy used tin cans

[old jungle]

In SoC? Only traders I think.

[indigo marsh]

No😭. If there are rpg like fallout how can I go fight higher levels (major kuznestov) with just a fort 12. 😭

I don't want it to level scale

[old jungle]

Get good. Or you can play smart and not fight him.

[quick sentinel]

having level and perks system would be nice in stalker game as it could allow you to build character to your own prefferences

[red spruce]

Sometimes, you can get quests from random npcs.
Every now and then, you can get a gun as a reward (or you can find one as part of the quest and keep it)

[tiny olive]

Stat: Zone Rizz - 999

[indigo marsh]

I mean in fallout doesn't the NPC become easy at lower levels and then becomes harder

I kill kuznestov because I enjoy fighting the spetnaz

[old jungle]

I wouldn't know, never played Fallout

[red spruce]

I kill him because he has a funni pistol

[quick sentinel]

do you always start with 50 kilos weight capacity. in each stalker game??

[granite mortar]

Yeah

Problem? Such hardcore badass player like you should know that

[red spruce]

How to fix your carryweight issues:
Step 1: drop everything but your knife
Step 2: do a challenge run
(Yes, this is a joke. No, this is not real advice.)

[quick sentinel]

very funny. you have basic supplies to move through zone and your weight is like 32 kilos

while random characters can carry multiple weapons. rocket launchers. snipers. and still run just fine

[red spruce]

Just to remind you, the game came out in 2007... I dont think they spent a lot of time optimising some random bandits carry limit

Who knows, maybe the bandit didnt skip leg day like a lot of people do

[sand fiber]

uhh not really

all you really need is one gun

you can carry two if you want though

what you don't need is 20 units of each food in the game

[quick sentinel]

lmao I have 3 kits. 3 vodkas. 20 bandages. few artifacts and 2 guns. and I'm like 32 weight

[red spruce]

The artefacts are probably the Main source of weight there. Try selling them, gives a lot of money

[red spruce]

Altough, what do you mean by kits?

[spring apex]

32 is standard weight of all my playthrough

medkits

vodkas i think, what makes it heavy. use antirad instead

[red spruce]

Ah ok

[ebon burrow]

Maybe you should have worked out as much as them, drank your juice, did your situps and your pushups

[granite mortar]

The fook? Basic supplies are like 12KG

[broken latch]

You guys run out of weight?

[granite mortar]

I dont get it

Unless you carry 8 guns then 50KG is more than enough

[broken latch]

Exactly

Literally just carry a ak and a vintorez VSS and you'll be good to go

Armor is optional

[granite mortar]

I know right

[thick bolt]

I always have like red weight at all times

3 weapons, Its alright because I have 2 endurance artifacts

[nimble cipher]

rando4real has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[pearl olive]

wolf its too early for this

[indigo marsh]

any shotty and vintorez are peak combo

[solid dome]

Wolf known to be prick
Sit all day long be dick
All he does is nitpick
How about we say he wack
We throw him off the stack

[pearl olive]

rhyme him into oblivion

[bold sphinx]

I see the profile pic change

[solid dome]

The Zone gifted me new

[bold sphinx]

Tbh the old one looked so much better but this one is good

[red spruce]

The blessed cat pfp person :D

Haii

[bold sphinx]

The cool German drummer person :D

[red spruce]

:D

[bold sphinx]

Hey how’s it going, it’s been a bit

[red spruce]

Decent, just had am existential crisis about a conversion mod an hour ago
Hbu?

[solid dome]

Trying to fake an anomaly effect for your PFP requires hard work

[bold sphinx]

I’m doing good and that’s the typical experience with any stalker mod😂

[bold sphinx]

You did do a good job

[bold sphinx]

My pledge is to never change it, ever.

#⭐┃обговорення-безспойлерів

иди туда

[thick bolt]

alright enough putting off playing the game im gonna play now

by the way, how do i equip the psi helmet? does it work just being in my inventory

for some reason I didnt get the green version but kruglov is safe

[indigo marsh]

Yeah

[thick bolt]

alright

[indigo marsh]

What mod was that?

[red spruce]

The one I wont shut up about

[indigo marsh]

The one made by Chocohex?

The anomeme

OWA

[red spruce]

Exactly

You see, it is a conversion mod of anomaly...
...wich means its contaminated with anomaly

And anomaly is cring

[pearl olive]

I did give it a try @red spruce but the first bandit I shot dropped 4 guns, which brought about MY existential crisis

[red spruce]

Ah yes, the bandit carrying 50 weapons and 130 artefacts, just as GSC intended

[indigo marsh]

I actually prefer CoC with a bit of mods over anomalmeme

[red spruce]

I should get CoC too

[pearl olive]

totally functioning guns as well

[celest goblet]

Road to the North is a pretty good fork off CoC

[red spruce]

30% condition

[pearl olive]

green barrels all around

[indigo marsh]

I've been recommended it because it was a story mod

[red spruce]

I could make a joke that would probably land me in a Gulag

[red spruce]

How true is CoC to original game mechanics/weapons?

[indigo marsh]

Pretty close

[celest goblet]

It does have its own storyline, better than the anomaly one at least

[red spruce]

The anomaly storylines are just fetchquests

[indigo marsh]

Are you talking about rttn or CoC

[celest goblet]

RttN

[red spruce]

CoC

[indigo marsh]

I have heard it's a pretty good one

[red spruce]

Imma try CoC once im home again

[celest goblet]

The economy and difficulty are fairly punishing but that is no different from many mods

[wild wharf]

It has been noted that the gopnik species in Pripyat has adapted to carry unusual weight. Ecologists have noted that this sudden new back strength is used to carry weapons of mass destruction

[spring apex]

coc in vanilla (pure no addon) is kinda weird. like, i always meet a military expert or a chimera the moment i start at cordon

[spring apex]

this reminds me of that real life photo meme where a guy carries like 10 PKM and 20 AKs on his back

[indigo marsh]

It's like a person going back to spawn after getting loot and terrorizing the lower levels in multiplayer games but this time it is the ai

[spring apex]

lol

[solid dome]

Definitely not

[fervent ice]

this monolith exo master dropped 50 trs 301's

all in full condition, some even with all three attachments equipped

but i think thats just a one time incident

[pearl olive]

dear god.. i only saw 3 shotguns and a pistol drop and that was enough for me

[thick bolt]

Guys, I found sakharov selling the green suit for 90k, I have 90k and if i sell my current orange suit I should be left with around 6k and after that Ill sell some artifacts, do I do it?

[bold sphinx]

My dirty mind can never take this seriously

[thick bolt]

Im about to leave yantar so do I do it or do I not?

[bold sphinx]

Yeah

Unless your looking to save for somthing more armoured

[wild wharf]

Woah, that is quite the Questionable thought process you got going on!

[thick bolt]

I dont know anything about armor, I just finished x16 and im about to get the documents to barkeep

[bold sphinx]

Don’t get it then trust me

[bold sphinx]

Being in Australia the blood is rushing to my head

[thick bolt]

alright thanks

[bold sphinx]

Save for an exoskeleton, they are good for nearly everything

Idk how far from that you are though or if your Playing with a mod

[thick bolt]

soc vanilla

[wild wharf]

I can understand that well, I'm from the hellscape which is known as California

[wild wharf]

In SoC Valilla, I got 2 armors. The exoskeleton and the monolith armor. Don't ask what I do with the monolith armor.

[bold sphinx]

Ahh that’s a pity but atleast everything doesn’t try to kill you just the people

[wild wharf]

Essentialy yes

[bold sphinx]

Here everything will even the people with all the stabings happening

We are turning back into England

[wild wharf]

Here, we just got a pretty high crime rate

Plus all the homeless and drug addicts ain't making it look well

[bold sphinx]

Not here but recently knives are becoming a promblem with lots of unstable teenagers stabing people

[wild wharf]

Yeah, im a teen myself, and here, the no sign of respect and the general chaos the kids cause is unimaginable

[bold sphinx]

Lol

Benefit of Australia or mainly Perth is for some reason weed is so easy to get

[hazy helm]

#💬┃en_offtop

[bold sphinx]

I’m not complaining though

[wild wharf]

Same thing for us, somehow drugs is a problem here

[bold sphinx]

Mb

[wild wharf]

Alr, we will move to a different channel, my bad

[deft stirrup]

🥱

[thick bolt]

time to go to the brain scorcher

but before that, we stop by the crackheads at military armory

[finite dragon]

Wish there was a way to mute #📺┃media without getting ping

[loud gate]

Funny cause you can

[glossy blade]

yes, you can

we specifically tag with here in #📺┃media channel

so you can mute channel and do not get pings from it

[thick bolt]

By the way, did you make this for a mod or just a cool visual thing for soc

why are there trailers for soc

It was good though

[loud gate]

Ask Mol1t

[thick bolt]

but you made it

[loud gate]

Ask Mol1t

[glossy blade]

why always me

[pearl olive]

whyyyyyyyyyyy mol1t whyyyyy

[loud gate]

[old jungle]

[loud gate]

Fine.. ask McCulkin

[thick bolt]

[old jungle]

For real though, go check out Mozi's other trailers

[hazy helm]

@loud gateare you gonna do a trailer for each location until the game releases or sum?

[loud gate]

challenge accepted

[old jungle]

[hazy helm]

[deft stirrup]

what do bored stalkers/people do

[thick bolt]

sit by a campfire

[old jungle]

they research the Zone

[spring apex]

sniping zombies

[deft stirrup]

hmmm

[old jungle]

and document their findings

[hazy helm]

drink

[deft stirrup]

i was talking about myself cus i am pretty bored

[indigo marsh]

Play NLC 7

[worn oar]

what a sight

[worn oar]

One can not play Vasim that easily

[indigo marsh]

Since vasim didn't mention it(like he usually does) I am mentioning it

[loud gate]

@glossy blade COUGHT YOU TYPING IN #📰┃announcement

[old jungle]

[broken latch]

https://tenor.com/view/shrek-pitchfork-kill-burn-stake-gif-11227021

[hazy helm]

buy Stalker bundle on sale going for...

[versed crypt]

Uh oh

[broken latch]

Is this that kind of the moment?

[hazy helm]

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

[loud gate]

Oh, Mol1t

[quick sentinel]

they drink vodka and chug it down with tourists delight

[deft stirrup]

nice

[quick sentinel]

I'm only curious just what delicacy does tourist delight contain

[raven grove]

People

[quick sentinel]

human flesh??

[raven grove]

Yep

[quick sentinel]

I hope it is tipped with blood of dead virgins

[pearl olive]

he's 14 lol

[raven grove]

Well the actual recipe is: unfortunate Stalker, flesh flesh, dog meat, and it's all boiled in cossacks

[quick sentinel]

bro in zone the blood is ketchup to all food

you can never go wrong with some sauce demomical yaaaeeeyyy😈

[pale drum]

Do any of you have an issue where your games crashes the moment you die (clear sky on Xbox)

[loud gate]

A patch was just released minutes ago

[pale drum]

It doesn’t happen often and normally when I die in spectacular fashion

Saw that and reminded me this place existed which is why I asked. It’s not a major issue and it’s normally pretty funny was just curious

[granite coral]

The new annoucement!

But it is for the first game lol

[sly matrix]

So, consoles get fixes PC doesn't?

[granite coral]

Yup

[sly matrix]

Pc has no update, pc needs no update

[dreamy elk]

any eta given on ps5 enhance for trilogy? No rush much love.

[pearl olive]

i never have any idea what you're talking about, but I can appreciate your enthusiasm

[deft stirrup]

i cant send gifs bruh

[granite coral]

So where is the mayonnaise?

[deft stirrup]

how was mayonnaise made again

[granite coral]

Do you need the recipe?

Just buy it from the market lol

[deft stirrup]

what was that popular mayonnaise brand

[granite coral]

Calve for me

🍔

[raven grove]

Eggs and oil. Mayo is like 70% raw buttnuggets

[deft stirrup]

gawd im hungry i need some fud

[lethal orchid]

Dang no s2 updates

[granite coral]

We are waiting for the 9th June

[lethal orchid]

Why so?

[granite coral]

Xbox Showcase @lethal orchid

[lethal orchid]

Alright

Thank you

[granite coral]

Np

[granite mortar]

Lets settle this once and for all
Is the Limansk Antenna a psy emitter?

[thick bolt]

what is that artifact Strelok is holding in the video that plays after turning off psi emissions in x-16 named?

[old jungle]

we don't know

[thick bolt]

Probably something cut

[old jungle]

In my opinion there is not enough information to conclude on the matter

[thick bolt]

Strelok did pack some cake I wont lie though

[granite mortar]

Either way its cool asset to the map and its sad how no game or mod uses it
With exception of Dream Catcher

[deft stirrup]

wasnt it said it was used to control the minds of the people in it or something like that or is that from anomalous's video

i really cant recall

[sleek dust]

#📰┃announcement message guys

[deft stirrup]

ye i saw

[sleek dust]

if you can see the grammer error , it says like " Here is the new patch for the S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Legends of the Zone trilogy.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl "
while i can see like Chornobyl, its supposed to be Chernobyl not Chornobyl

[loud gate]

It's supposed to be Chornobyl

[sleek dust]

the hell? but isn't that like Chernobyl in the orginal game itself??

[gaunt burrow]

Chornobyl = console versions

Chernobyl = PC versions

[sleek dust]

Oh fk, mb guys

[gaunt burrow]

S2 and console versions are more Ukrainianized

[loud gate]

Corrected*

[gaunt burrow]

in PC it's Bes in other versions Bis for example

[sleek dust]

So the "Chernobyl" word in ukrianian sounds different?

[deft stirrup]

Chornobyl is Ukrainian spelling

[gaunt burrow]

not for me

[loud gate]

Так

[sleek dust]

Aight, now i understand

[gaunt burrow]

for years it was Chernobyl, Agroprom etc. I won't stop calling those locations that even if other versions will have other names

and I don't care what anyone will say

[sleek dust]

same aswell xd

[deft stirrup]

same

[loud gate]

noob

[gray matrix]

@glossy blade what was the bug with helicopter on Wild Territory that got fixed in the recent patch? 🙂

[loud gate]

[deft stirrup]

[gaunt burrow]

I just don't agree with such changes that's all

Ever since 2007 it was Agroprom, Chernobyl etc

[loud gate]

.. So?

[gaunt burrow]

now GSC suddenly expects people to stop calling them what they were called for years?

[gray matrix]

Yeah honestly me too, I am fine with making new names based on Ukrainian spelling, but retconning existing ones in a translation made years ago is weird

[loud gate]

That's not even the point lmao

[loud gate]

retconning what bro, it's the same name

[uncut saffron]

I don't think it matters that much haha, places have different names all the time all over the world

[gray matrix]

They did not even go back and actually retranslated the game from Ukrainian (that would be amazing), just changed the names of characters and places, eh

[deft stirrup]

in my country to spell agroprom its probably агропром basically the same

[celest goblet]

It is really no different from calling Rome Roma in English vs Italian

[uncut saffron]

Exactly

[celest goblet]

The name is no different it is just in a different language now

[loud gate]

This tbh

[gray matrix]

Yeah, and it’s as if you’re suddenly being told to call it Roma instead of Rome lol

[uncut saffron]

You don't have to?

[gray matrix]

That’s the point, some names are different from the original spelling due to historical reasons, Chernobyl was more popular back then because it was a Soviet city during the disaster

[loud gate]

No one is obligating anyone to call it by other name, that's not even the point of these changes

[deft stirrup]

it wasnt really popular it was just more so it was called like that

[deft stirrup]

GSC made it on purpose ofc they wanted to not call it Chernobyl-russian spelling but the ukrainian because of you know what

[gray matrix]

And the games were made in Russian with Ukrainian localization being made later, so it also in much smaller context makes sense why historically the character names were translated from Russian instead of Ukrainian

I wouldn’t mind a full proper retranslation honestly

But going back just to change the names is weird

[uncut saffron]

Imagine getting frustrated over a name change in a game. It's not like they've renamed the whole game to B.A.L.L.S or called Sidorovich Craig haha

[deft stirrup]

i dont think you should be so worried about it man or actually be proud they changed it

[gray matrix]

Not a man but ok

[uncut saffron]

Plus if you're that bothered, I'm sure there'll be a mod for it at some point

[deft stirrup]

its a phrase

[uncut saffron]

Lol

[deft stirrup]

no need to be picky about everything

[loud gate]

The name changes were made to better represent it's an Ukrainian product, which matters even more now with the current War situation.

[gray matrix]

Duh

[uncut saffron]

Honestly I'm just happy we're getting another Stalker entry. Being weirdly picky over one letter seems mental

[deft stirrup]

by another entry u mean the console series or S2?

[gray matrix]

Nobody is confused about why, I think some people just do not think it was necessary or a good decision to retcon the canon name

[uncut saffron]

Both really

[deft stirrup]

the rename doesnt change the lore

[loud gate]

I will go insane if I hear one more time "retcon" and "name" in the same sentence.

[uncut saffron]

I don't think we can change this persons mind

[gray matrix]

It is a retcon.

[loud gate]

It's not

[uncut saffron]

One goose short of a zoo if you know what I'm saying

[deft stirrup]

its not it doesnt change the lore implication

ahroprom is still agroprom

[gray matrix]

Eh, there’s no point in arguing any further. I see your point, I just do not agree with it.

[uncut saffron]

Why exactly though

[deft stirrup]

ur problem

[uncut saffron]

I wanna know what it is specifically that you don't agree with

[loud gate]

"So I see your point it's not a retcon, but I don't agree, it's still a retcon" Lmao

[gray matrix]

Because even if they did not retranslate anything but just changed the spelling (eg Sidorovich to Sydorovych) it would still be a change in the way the name is canonically spelt

[uncut saffron]

Right, hang on

[loud gate]

Are you trolling right now?

[gray matrix]

Is it the same name with the same meaning? Yeah. But the spelling is different, and that makes it a retcon.

[deft stirrup]

no? u still pronounce it the same way it has the same meaning if anything it makes more sense to be like that