⭐┃nospoilers_general

[hazy helm]

that system from SoC was great

[exotic mural]

Everyone who says clear sky is bad also haven't talked to Sidorovich yet

[hazy helm]

also the artifact system is too obtuse in the sense you need to wait 3 hours in a location to respawn arts

[celest goblet]

There aren't any labs

[exotic mural]

Clear Sky has less super enclosed linear sequences and more big open ones

Personally I prefer that

[elder laurel]

Man looks like i just poked a wasp nest with a question i just asked

Sorry for actually wanting answers

[exotic mural]

Exactly. Clear Sky is just a really good title.

[deft stirrup]

did u know bandit radio our beloved came from Clear sky? artefact detectors again clear sky

[jaunty adder]

"Uhhhh, tell me the flaws of Clear Sky"

[exotic mural]

Clear Sky is the thinking man's stalker game

[deft stirrup]

if ur asking for flaws of a game i think u shouldnt even bother playing it

just play the game see for urself then make ur own opinion on it simple easy

[elder laurel]

Well no i just want my expectations to not go higher than it should be you know

[exotic mural]

Or just play the game and dont have any expectations

[elder laurel]

Yeah right

[deft stirrup]

just play the game

[exotic mural]

If you ever have expectations about anything, you will ruin it for yourself

[elder laurel]

Sure sure

[exotic mural]

Don't go into stalker 2 expecting skyrim lol, stuff like that

[jaunty adder]

thanks for the laugh

[elder laurel]

Looks like i just made enemies for life with this one

[exotic mural]

Bro I dont think anyone is going to consider you an enemy for life over discord

[deft stirrup]

play game> talk about game but never play

[jaunty adder]

@elder laurelnah

[exotic mural]

I wonder why wolf allows retard but not the f word

[elder laurel]

Wolf is stupid that's why

[nimble cipher]

.krischaka has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[elder laurel]

Can't wait for any and all swear words to be censored once Stalker 2 comes out

Gotta make the normies feel safe with this one

[nimble cipher]

preacher5624 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[elder laurel]

Well time to finish SOC all the remaining quests just feels like filler

[nimble cipher]

preacher5624 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[elder laurel]

How many warns for the bad word usage before you get punished for it

[jaunty adder]

you want a big dick, respond to Wolf

[deft stirrup]

0

[deft stirrup]

I dont think so wolf

[nimble cipher]

macharian has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[elder laurel]

Gyatt damn

[jaunty adder]

@nimble cipherI'd bop you one, but what's the use?

[hazy helm]

why are you bitching when ppl give answers

[elder laurel]

Hard to feel out the sarcastic answers and actual answers in the internet

[pseudo rivet]

AKM-47/2, my beloved

That's the only one, tbh

[elder laurel]

Nobody seems to talk about COP much

[jaunty adder]

I still don't know what faction to join

[elder laurel]

Why's that

[pseudo rivet]

It's a sandbox and a really small one at that

[elder laurel]

Dem

[pseudo rivet]

Gunplay and armor is really balanced though, so that's awesome

That as well

[hazy helm]

ppl talk about CoP too much

[jaunty adder]

@nimble cipher damn Wolf. I'd bop you one, but what's the use?

[hazy helm]

CoP is the poster child for what the west wants to prop up, as stalker

[pseudo rivet]

[hazy helm]

its a very watered down and boxed in experience to what the other games offered, but maybe thats why they like it

[pseudo rivet]

So, a small game

That's what the West wants

[deft stirrup]

different endings ig

[pseudo rivet]

Fallout style endings

[exotic mural]

LOL

I really will never understand the argument of like "the graphics suck so the game is unplayable" when, genuinely, most of the best games of all time came out 1998-2012

[pseudo rivet]

Real

[deft stirrup]

people play half life but dont play stalker like ????????

[pseudo rivet]

It's scary how many people actually say that

[exotic mural]

Exactly

I had to wrestle my friend to play FNV because he thought the graphics were awful

[jaunty adder]

can Wolf shut up, though

[exotic mural]

Now he is in love

[exotic mural]

say the N word wolf has an extra funny thing he does when you do that!!

(Dont)

[jaunty adder]

I think I'm good with like 50 warnings

[nimble cipher]

.krischaka has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[pseudo rivet]

Tbf, I'm a hypocrite for saying this, but I do think JSawyer is the way to play NV

[exotic mural]

I mean that's literally a developer's mod though

Nothing wrong with it but I still think you should play vanilla first to just experience it

Now, on the other hand, ONLY wild wasteland, no other way

[pseudo rivet]

Eh

Kinda fair?

[jaunty adder]

that sounds kinda gay

[pseudo rivet]

It's just that there are some neat Traits that I'd rather take

[exotic mural]

I think every fnv trait sucks besides WW

"Get +5% small arms damage, unfortunately you die whenever you sneeze"

[pseudo rivet]

It all depends on the build

[jaunty adder]

why take anything other than extra crit chance

[pseudo rivet]

That's a Perk

[exotic mural]

I'm king minmax of ultra stat valley

[pseudo rivet]

Finesse, to be precise

[exotic mural]

The level of virginity to know the FNV perks by name is wild

We gonna get you a GF bro I swear

[pseudo rivet]

Some NV:MP habits remain

[pseudo rivet]

It's too late for me, I collect Warhammer miniatures

[exotic mural]

Nah dude thats the ticket

Do you paint the minis yourself or no

[pseudo rivet]

Yes

[exotic mural]

Easy rizz

[jaunty adder]

gottem

[pseudo rivet]

Although I'm still experimenting with the Dark Angels look, because they literally look different in all the artwork

Thinking Caliban Green and then drybrush Waaagh! Flesh?

[exotic mural]

Never ask a woman her age, a man his salary, a Warhammer artist to be consistent

[pseudo rivet]

Real

[exotic mural]

I think genuinely the only consistent group is the Ultramarines and thats because they're the poster boys

[pseudo rivet]

Also wanted to try chipping by first painting the model grey, then sponge Caliban Green on it to have a more worn look

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, even I am surprised how often people actually do paint Ultramarines

You'd think that them being the poster boys, they'd want something unique

But the same thing has become true for the Dark Angels now

[elder laurel]

Warhammer writers tries not to underinflate numbers for a galaxy spanning war

[pseudo rivet]

With the Lion returned, a lot of people joined the Dark Angels bandwagon, so they're the second Ultramarines at the moment

[elder laurel]

(Impossible)

[pseudo rivet]

And MAN, they absolutely ruined the Dark Angels

[elder laurel]

Old Dark angels were a weird mix of native american medieval european knghts

[pseudo rivet]

YES, I love that

[elder laurel]

Now all that's left is them being green marines

[pseudo rivet]

They still wear feathers in honor of Plains World, though

It's just that it's Arthurian Knights with some feathers now

[elder laurel]

Still got that DAOT Tech daddy emps gave them as special treatment for being the first legion

[pseudo rivet]

Plasma weaponry, my beloved

[elder laurel]

That overabundance of plasma guns didn't come outta nowhere

[pseudo rivet]

It's why I chose Dark Angels

I loved using plasma weapons in DoW

[jaunty adder]

good night everyone. I accidentally broke a magnet, you can tie that into Warhammer somehow

[pseudo rivet]

Then I looked into the lore and their aesthetic and, yeah, Dark Angels it was

[exotic mural]

#en_warhammer

[pseudo rivet]

Goodnight

[silver pagoda]

NO NEW TECHNOLOGY ALLOWED

[elder laurel]

Average Adeptus Mechanicus experience with tech

[pseudo rivet]

So, magnetizing models: Yes or No?

[jaunty adder]

I will not elaborate

[exotic mural]

From the moment I understood the gyatt of kai cenat, it rizzed me

[elder laurel]

He fell off lmfao

[pseudo rivet]

I used to magnetize my Firstborn, but Primaris makes it difficult or plain unnecessary

[elder laurel]

Never watched the guy once but i've seen him plenty last year

[pseudo rivet]

Also, Inner Circle Companions are trash

[granite mortar]

Are the CS combat OSTs made by Mooze?

[pseudo rivet]

Believe so, yeah

[granite mortar]

So based
I may actually like Mooze over Firelake then

[nimble cipher]

preacher5624 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[jaunty adder]

Wolf I’m trying to sleep

I’d bop you one, but what’s the use

[prisma goblet]

80 days..

[exotic mural]

I dont play stalker with music because I think the atmosphere is harmed

Also being able to hear enemies is crucial imo

[gaunt burrow]

I don't think so tbh, but who knows

[deft stirrup]

no

[gaunt burrow]

thanks bro

[deft stirrup]

no like 99% that it wont happen since u have infinte bolts and just like u get to see how they are thrown

[granite mortar]

Oh matt
Why have you left us

[broken latch]

Congrats on master @gaunt burrow 😁

[gaunt burrow]

thanks bro

still weird to see my nick in orange ngl

[deft stirrup]

chrome-extension://dgmmkgcekaojdahccnopdhdalgkddijf/johncena.html

[deft stirrup]

best chrome extension

[naive fog]

Just found out the only shop I can find that sells the stalker energy drink is in Czechia

And only ships there

Absolute moment

[deft stirrup]

i wish i could buy nonstop energy drink

[naive fog]

Same

Like tf am I gonna do now

I can only get it from eBay now

[deft stirrup]

travel there

[naive fog]

Nuh uh

[pseudo rivet]

@gaunt burrow
Is there an SA Avalanche stash as soon as Zaton or area around Jupiter?

Pretty sure it's Pripyat only, right?

[keen rune]

[gaunt burrow]

there's Avalancha in one of Kopachy village stashes

1 sec I'll link you the video, brb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRA9NU0QQ7I 7:48-55 @pseudo rivet

[pseudo rivet]

Awesome, thanks

Now, what do I need to use? The Vintar BC, SA Avalanche or both?

[pseudo rivet]

Ah yeah, I totally forgot about this one

[deft stirrup]

i wanna challenge myself in a way give me an idea im gonna beat SOC fully but i need some kind of a challenge

[gaunt burrow]

whatever you want tbh, doesn't really matter

[pseudo rivet]

Aite

Feel like I dislike the Vintar BC the most, so I'll try that

[deft stirrup]

where the mercs....

[celest blaze]

Oh yeah mercs

[narrow jungle]

Bandits, mercs, renegads, clear sky;

[celest blaze]

Just learned that doctorX has died rip that sucks

[gaunt burrow]

Clear Sky without Scar was losing to RENEGADES

[celest blaze]

Also this ^

[gaunt burrow]

they aren't even/shouldn't even be in top 5 strongest faction

[narrow jungle]

but it deserves to be in list anyway

like honorable mention

[celest blaze]

We save them hard we also carry them through Limansk

[gaunt burrow]

mercs aren't professional either. Hog and his mercs were literally on the verge of going back to Cordon

[deft stirrup]

im sorry but i magicly disabled my HUD in SOC while i was using the demo record

[gaunt burrow]

not even mentioning their other f*ck ups

[deft stirrup]

how do i undo

[gaunt burrow]

like them getting sloppy with Garry in CoP, them discussing important info in the open causing Yar to eavesdrop their convo etc etc

[elder laurel]

I mean wonder why clear sky wasn't in either SOC or COP

[gaunt burrow]

because it got eliminated at CNPP

[elder laurel]

As an actual faction

[deft stirrup]

they didnt exist in SOC and COP- in cop only 2 members cause like they died all of them

[gaunt burrow]

Only remaining survivors of Clear Sky we've seen don't seem too keen on recreating the faction

[celest blaze]

Also didn't most get wiped out at the end of CS

[gaunt burrow]

they're busy with their own problems. Besides Cold in his dialogue directly mentioned that Lebedev is the glue holding the group together

"You know why you've never heard of it? Because too many people want to know about it, and the fewer that do the better! Lebedev is our leader - the man is a rock if I've ever seen one. He's the glue that holds our whole group together. Then there's Beanpolev, professor Beanpolev. He's like a walking encyclopedia and a calculator in one - knows more about the Zone than... well, anyway... Our technician's called Gray, and he can make you a rifle out of an empty can, with ammo to boot. He could use some spares, but apart from that... And finally we have Suslov. He's a trader, but he ain't like others of his trader. He won't try to rip you off or screw you - he knows what stalkers go through to get their loot, and he respects that."

[elder laurel]

For a faction named right after the game they sure don't seem to win alot

Neat they dont got the plot armour

[deft stirrup]

thats why scar exists omg

[gaunt burrow]

Description of CS-3a body armor in CoP confirmed that faction got eliminated: "Once used as standard by Clear Sky assault squads, after the factions elimination this armor serves as a reminder that even an excellent protective bodysuit cannot guarantee you safety this side of the perimeter. The armor is capable of stopping a pistol bullet, while the wearer is also well protected from anomalies. Comes with a built-in artifact container."

[celest blaze]

They are scientists

In the beginning of cs they even mention they arent good fighters

[gaunt burrow]

???

[celest blaze]

Aren't *

[narrow jungle]

mostly simple free stalkers whom joined in CS, but commanders were scientist

[gaunt burrow]

It wasn't a faction consisting of brilliant scientists and researchers who acted independently, like many people think. Clear Sky contained many stalkers that were interested in researching and studying the Zone, but didn't know much about the purpose of that research in the first place, nor about real plans of their leaders.

"Like everyone else here, we observe and collect data. I think Beanpolev and Lebedev have learned more about the Zone than the rest of us combined. They rarely tell us, common soldiers, about it though. We just worry about our immediate priorities, while they keep track of the bigger picture." - Dialogue of Clear Sky member

[elder laurel]

Yeah wasn't the og members scientists but the rest after are just stalkers

[celest blaze]

Fair my bad on that

[gaunt burrow]

most of their members weren't even told about real plans of their leaders

[deft stirrup]

valid

[gaunt burrow]

not to mention sloppy recruitment

[deft stirrup]

but no way military has better gear then Duty tho-only in some cases

[gaunt burrow]

"I joined Clear Sky by accident. I was sinking in a marsh one day when these guys pulled me out and took me to their base. I had a chat with Lebedev, and the man made a lot of sense. He knows more about the Zone than others would care to hear about. The clan seems to have a worthy goal, so I joined up and started doing what I could to help." - Random Clear Sky NPC

[gaunt burrow]

its directly implied that Duty gets their weapons from military

[deft stirrup]

so does everyone lol besides bandits and mercs

[gaunt burrow]

no? Freedom has its own suppliers

[elder laurel]

Well Duty directly sucks off to the military

[deft stirrup]

not really they have pretty rough past

[gaunt burrow]

Ashot's dialogue

[celest blaze]

Duty is doing the militaries job for them

[elder laurel]

Also Freedom having alot of nato weapons is weird

[deft stirrup]

duty and the military arent best buds

[gaunt burrow]

"Well, I have my suppliers, but I don't share that info with anyone. I got enough problems as it is: my kindness will be the end of me. I'm good to people, polite to my clients, and the selection of goods in my shop is better than in a supermarket. On top of that, the prices are real low, like a winter sale in May, so I'm a popular trader in the Zone. Not with everyone though. The Asubers brothers from the black market added me to their little black list 'cause I'm a competitor. You know the reward they put on my head? You could vacation for a year with a new girl every night on that much cash! A couple of fellas around here liked the Asubers' offer...and the vultures liked the taste of their flesh too. The boys around here keep me safe, and I'm no wimp either." - Ashot

[deft stirrup]

its not it suits them

freedomers having nato weaponary and duty having 5x45 weapons with some cases being 9x39-plus freedomers have SVDs'

[gaunt burrow]

Military should be number 1 tbh. Like, Monolith occupies strategic locations in the center of the Zone, which is very difficult to reach in the first place

that's why military had trouble with Monolith. plus emissions, mutants etc

[deft stirrup]

military technically is really number 1 since they have an infinite supply of men and gear plus helicopters and all vehicles plus tanks

[gaunt burrow]

in a grand scheme of things military is number 1

but in the Zone a lot of things give them trouble

[deft stirrup]

they have the tanks too not real tanks but like

[elder laurel]

The Monolith tards have the advantage of using the zone to their advantage

[gaunt burrow]

"Loner" is also not really a proper faction

[elder laurel]

Not to mention CNPP and Pripriyat in general is very hard to take control considering the amount of anomalies that act as a natural defense

[gaunt burrow]

They seem like a faction only in Clear Sky. But even there they aren't a proper faction. at first glance, they appear to be a full-fledged faction under the command of Father Valerian. However, Valerian's group operated only in the Cordon and the Garbage. What's more, stalkers who formed it banded together only because circumstances forced them to do so, and it didn't last for long. Lore-wise, not every free stalker in the Zone was associated with Valerian's group - the diggers from the Garbage, Orest's group from the Agroprom, stalkers at Yantar, the Army Warehouses and the Red Forest weren't affiliated with stalkers from the Cordon, even though they all belong to the same group gameplay-wise

[elder laurel]

Only reason why Monolith isn't number one is that outside of CNPP and Pripriyat they dont seem to go anywhere else

[gaunt burrow]

they have many advantages yes but its not a fair fight

1 emission alone in SoC ended whole military operation

monolithians before trilogy also used to be a stalker faction

meaning they already knew the Zone better than the military

also, military still managed to take over Laundromat in CoP, which was previously owned by Monolithians

[gaunt burrow]

without Degs help also

"We lost another man, a Senior Lieutenant, in Pripyat while fighting Monolith forces for this building" - Fragment of Kovalsky's dialogue

if they lost a man thats hardly hidden

you forget the fact that they might get deconverted if they'll go to the South

Strider and his group possibly "woke up" not because the Monolith was disabled, but because the Scorcher was turned off; in another PDA entry from Shadow of Chernobyl, one Monolithian describes that he began to feel doubts about his faith when he was at the Dark Valley:

Brothers, the Monolith put my faith to the test, and I nearly strayed from the path. But I withstood! Glory to the Monolith! Its trials strengthen us! We were on our way back from the Dark Valley, and I fell behind. Evil grabbed at the opportunity and started tempting me. And... I doubted. The image of truth became distorted; the enemy whispered into my ear lies about how the Monolith uses us as slaves. But then I realized - it's a trial! I remembered the glory and the splendor of the Monolith. I regained my inner strength and my confidence. Since then I have no fear of any trials and know no doubts. Glory to the Monolith!

("On the test of faith")

Monolithians don't have a reason to invade the south, and it also wouldn't be wise to do - if they started to pose a threat, the military would probably quickly deal with them (the only reason why they haven't done that already is because Monolith occupies strategic locations in the center of the Zone, which is very difficult to reach in the first place). The lack of psi-emitters in the south could also be a problem for the above-mentioned reasons

Their troops sometimes go below the Scorcher, as evident by the PDA entries describing their presence in the Dark Valley; this venture likely had something to do with the lab X-18 (in which a Monolith suit can even be found). Between the events of Clear Sky and Shadow of Chernobyl they also went to the lab X-16 at Yantar, and had a fight with the military there - this raid likely had something to do with the psi-emitter that is present in the underground.

So they only go south for specific purposes, and not to simply kill their enemies

Their attack on the Barrier can also be explained

"I also found documents regarding the "Psi-Brain" mechanism. The whole neighborhood was under the influence of that piece of trash - it zombified everyone who came within range. I learned that there is another mechanism in Lab X19, and that's what is likely to be the Brain Scorcher. I also learned that these mechanisms are not always operating at full strength. There are periods when the power is lowered to cool down the apparatus." - Fragment from "One More Puzzle" PDA entry in SoC

During these periods people could try to bypass the Scorcher (this is probably how the former Freedom leader Mikluha, who is mentioned in Shadow of Chernobyl, managed to get to Pripyat before the emitter was disabled), so when it was cooling down Monolithians had to attack the Barrier in order to stop any potential daredevils

[pseudo rivet]

Strelok: Exists
Monolithians: Die

[pseudo rivet]

To be fair, Monolith Suit is probably a build remnant

[gaunt burrow]

Yeah, but Monolithians still have no reason to invade the South

only on important missions they go below the Scorcher

[pseudo rivet]

Right, Strelok isn't canon

[gaunt burrow]

even PDA entry about them said this: "From its inception, the group strives to block all progress towards the center of the Zone, protecting the Monolith from other stalkers."

[finite dragon]

Yo, the multiplayer ist coming after the game release i saw on the official website. Anyone knows if its coop or something like team deathmatch?

[gaunt burrow]

Aware, doesn't excludes my point

also Freedom and Duty should be close, 1 Army Warehouses loner in CS descripted these factions as "most powerful clans"

[gaunt burrow]

I'll send SS 1 sec

[deft stirrup]

no one knows

[deft stirrup]

it probably wont be either but idek

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, not one we know of, at least

With Freedom having a defensive hold and not being able to advance towards the Scorcher, sending in a sniper and slowly picking off the enemies one by one would be more tactically sound than throwing bodies to the meat grinder

[gaunt burrow]

Also, Monolith in Clear Sky was only recently emerged

"Well, we've been here a while, so we keep a pulse on things. Recently the Monolith faction turned up out of the blue. Some time ago I had a contract on a few Monolithians. Those guys are something else, I tell ya. Always going on about the Monolith, a genetic module, whatever it is. So, then they get up and leave on some kind of pilgrimage, beyond the Radar. We thought that was it - rest in peace, you silly bastards. But lo and behold - our pilgrims come right back, even crazier than before. Now I'm wondering as to what they got hold of, there in the center of the Zone. Could they have found the actual Monolith? Or did they find jack right alongside shit, and the frustration of it all made them go completely haywire? Hey, with those psychos - who knows." - Hog

"I heard a stalker clan by the name of Monolith that was supposed to have gone missing reappeared. One day they stopped messing around, like everyone else in this place, and all made a move for the center of the Zone to look for the Wish Granter. Nobody heard a word from them for a long time, and now they're back. Thing is, nobody is all that happy to see them, because all they do is shout moronic slogans and attack everyone on sight." - Random Army Warehouses Stalker in Clear Sky

them getting supplies by someone is not confirmed tbh

Thing is that even rookies know that they gotta get 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

And lastly, C-Consciousness Representative said "From the moment the Zone was formed, many people have tried to get to its center". Many people seem to think that Brain Scorcher only turns people into zombies, but it seems that it was also capable of converting them to Monolith:

"Brothers, as we were patrolling the outskirts of the Dark Forest we came upon an unfaithful loner. We did not kill him, seeing as he was already on his way to conversion, although he was still half-way in his animal state... Such is the wisdom of the Monolith: once again it revealed to us the true countenance of our enemies." - PDA entry called "A convert in the Black Forest"

plus Monolith used to be a stalker faction before (dialogue provided above)

so it can be assumed that they already had decent weapons

there's also dialogue of yantar loners saying that uniforms of older monolithians looked similar

[pseudo rivet]

CoP, the survivors of Operation Stingray found a warehouse full with ammo for literally every kind of weapon found in the Zone. They speculate that they must be getting supplied from the outside

[gaunt burrow]

yeah but thats just their speculations

[pseudo rivet]

Yes, as I said

And they curiously enough got better weapons after CS, including Gauss Rifles. Wonder what's up with that

[gaunt burrow]

"I heard a whole faction went missing in the Zone. You ever heard of Monolith? Well, they used to protect the Zone from others, but they made a move towards the center right before the Emission. Nobody has heard from them since, but recently some real aggressive stalkers have been attacking from where the Scorcher is, killing everyone and asking no questions. I know because I saw them myself around the military warehouses, and I reckon they might be those same Monolithians who disappeared. It wouldn't surprise me, because their uniforms looked real similar." - Dialogue of Yantar Loner (keep attention to the last phrases)

[gaunt burrow]

There's a theory that they simply found Gauss Rifles. You can find multiple documents in CoP referring to the production and transportation of dozens of gauss rifles

Due to anomalous activity, transportation of item 62 over open ground is not feasible. Use the underground Pripyat 1 underpass for delivery. The plan of delivery and subsequent sealing of the underpass has been sent to Department 1.

• Letter concerning deliveries of item 62

Schedule for deliveries of item 62: 07/14 - 20 units (one damaged); 07/21 - 32 units (2 damaged); 07/28 - 26 units (one damaged). The consignment note concerning losses en route has been sent to the plant administration, with a copy sent to the repair workshop.

• Delivery schedule

[pseudo rivet]

Speaking of CoP and Monolithians, remember how Kovalsky said that the Monolithians used Gauss Rifles in 2006?

[gaunt burrow]

I don't think they can make them simply because nothing suggests them having the ability to do so

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, Item 62 was never finished, but was finally completed thanks to using a Flash to power the weapon

[gaunt burrow]

I can see that happening tbh

another thing to add here is the fact that Monolith suit mentions it being of similar structure as stalker suit: "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" - Description of 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)

[deft stirrup]

stalker 2 vr

[gaunt burrow]

good point also

yes, afaik in older builds Monolith had a base at the Dark Valley

Monolith Suit in Lab X18 can be explained by few things: 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. Or simply its just build remnant

[pseudo rivet]

This though

[gaunt burrow]

lemme check

[pseudo rivet]

Yes, the Second Disaster

First of all, Monolithians didn't even exist during 2006

Secondly, they got the Gauss Rifle around 2011-2012

[gaunt burrow]

#📸┃screens_and_videos guys

[stuck pewter]

ccon was before 2006 iirc

they were who caused the second disaster

[gaunt burrow]

yeah

"No, we had nothing to do with that. Most of us were only starting out in science back then. The Chernobyl Zone was not used as a testing site for experiments until 1989.

[pseudo rivet]

Not before, but Duty was created in 2006

[gaunt burrow]

Duty was a thing even in 2006

Shulga in CoP talks about his friend Lenya and him coming to the Zone as soon as it got created

Shulga also got rescued by Duty. Here's the dialogue: "That's a boring story and there's no heroism involved. As soon as the Zone appeared, Lenya, a friend of mine, decided to come here and check it out. I was a field officer at the time and Lenya was in the intelligence service. Now, we weren't suckers or anything, but we ended up in a real mess. We crawled for hours, wounded and bleeding, until finally Duty picked us up. I made it, Lenya didn't. I had no friends in the Zone, so I decided to stick around here, with Duty. Plus, I've had a thing against the Zone ever since."

[pseudo rivet]

And them getting help from Duty

[granite mortar]

New update for the reviews in Pinned at #🔩┃trilogy_modifications dropped

[lilac wind]

is it me or silencer are real bad on pistol ? can't kill a bandit to the head with one
soc

[granite mortar]

Skill issue

[lilac wind]

right like i could miss it when i am 5m in his butt *not moving

[exotic mural]

Stalker 2: Heart Of Chornobyl

[granite mortar]

now you have to have a massive skill issue to pull that off

[lilac wind]

reloaded like 20 time to try its not a skill issue

[exotic mural]

Duty is crazy because they were created due to a massive L and to this day all they do is take massive Ls

[pseudo rivet]

Like, yeah, Duty got founded after the first raid, but Kovalsky says the Monolithians already existed back then

[exotic mural]

Do we have a definitive answer of who the original monolith members are?

Just residents of pripyat that never left?

[gaunt burrow]

not really but Strider and his boys were from original monolith faction

[pseudo rivet]

Former Monolithians

[gaunt burrow]

monolith used to be a stalker clan in fact, but from older monolith we only know Strider and his boys

[exotic mural]

I guess maybe they came to chernobyl before the zone was established and just sort of got napped by ccon

Like how irl people explored chernobyl when you weren't allowed in

Maybe?

[pseudo rivet]

And it seems like Strider mentions what the old Monolithians thought the Monolith to be, which is very interesting

[gaunt burrow]

they protected the Zone back then

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, what Matt said

[gaunt burrow]

"I heard a whole faction went missing in the Zone. You ever heard of Monolith? Well, they used to protect the Zone from others, but they made a move towards the center right before the Emission. Nobody has heard from them since, but recently some real aggressive stalkers have been attacking from where the Scorcher is, killing everyone and asking no questions. I know because I saw them myself around the military warehouses, and I reckon they might be those same Monolithians who disappeared. It wouldn't surprise me, because their uniforms looked real similar."

[exotic mural]

So why does monolith even try to push into the barrier anywho? They just want to control the entire zone?

[pseudo rivet]

Lmfao

[exotic mural]

It seems futile tbh

[pseudo rivet]

They wanted to reach the center

[exotic mural]

They're already on the center

[gaunt burrow]

monolith before trilogy wasn't

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, because the Army Warehouses is definitely the center

[gaunt burrow]

in fact Monolith in Clear Sky is only recently emerged

[exotic mural]

I'm talking about the ones that are attacking Army Warehouses

From Red Forest and Pripyat

[gaunt burrow]

this tbh

[pseudo rivet]

You mean "push towards the Barrier"

[gaunt burrow]

if we're talking about Monolithians attacking the Barrier

[exotic mural]

Yeah but they're still attacking the barrier while the brain scorcher is very much active

[celest blaze]

ngl id love a prequal to it all during the og monolith time

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, that's because the Monolith is stupid

[gaunt burrow]

Scorcher isn't always operating at its full strenght tho

[gaunt burrow]

heres proof

[exotic mural]

Seeing the zones creation would be cool

[gaunt burrow]

Mikluha literally managed to bypass the Scorcher (his freedomers too)

[celest blaze]

fr

[pseudo rivet]

Basically this

[exotic mural]

Yes but monolith is attacking while the scorcher is up, so they're obviously not trying to hold the barrier, they want to get into the warehouses

[stuck pewter]

this is false

there is no evidence that the old monolith were even among the first stalkers in the zone

[exotic mural]

enter chat

say you're wrong

leave

[nimble cipher]

penguan has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[exotic mural]

gotem

[celest blaze]

lol

[pseudo rivet]

Neat-o

[stuck pewter]

anyway

[exotic mural]

The wish granter (baby gronk) in the middle of chernobyl (ohio)

[celest blaze]

what would a stalker game set in the late 80s early 90s be like?

[stuck pewter]

the old monolith is was simply just a stalker faction that was subtly being guided by the ccon

[gaunt burrow]

no? Their troops sometimes go below the Scorcher, as evident by the PDA entries describing their presence in the Dark Valley; this venture likely had something to do with the lab X-18. Between the events of Clear Sky and Shadow of Chernobyl they also went to the lab X-16 at Yantar, and had a fight with the military there - this raid likely had something to do with the psi-emitter that is present in the underground.

So they only go south for specific purposes, and not to simply kill their enemies

[exotic mural]

I am NOT reading this dawg

[pseudo rivet]

There'd be no Zone

[gaunt burrow]

in fact 1 Monolithian began deconvering

[celest blaze]

oh

[stuck pewter]

you did not have enough time to read all that

[exotic mural]

Chernobyl incident

[celest blaze]

sorry i forgot the zone is newer then the melt down

[exotic mural]

So true

[gaunt burrow]

your goofy aah should read more dialogues tbh

[stuck pewter]

i mean

[gaunt burrow]

instead of speaking nonsense. Monolithians don't have any REASON to invade the south

[exotic mural]

Saying this with a frank horrigan pfp is crazy

[stuck pewter]

they do quite literally assault the barrier in SoC

[gaunt burrow]

1 even began deconverting. Read PDA entry called "On the test of faith"

[exotic mural]

This was my question, why they doin that

[gaunt burrow]

because Scorcher is NOT always operating at full strenght

Mikluha, mentioned SoC character managed to bypass it likely because of that reason

[exotic mural]

Yeah except in SoC it is

[celest blaze]

1999 could work

[gaunt burrow]

"We found a hero - the main guy from Freedom. Everyone thought that he went back to the Big Land, but actually he took a small team and somehow made it past the scorcher. Now there's a man." - Dialogue of Red Forest/Radar Freedomer NPC

[pseudo rivet]

Not just Mikluha, but his entire squad. No one died, in fact

[gaunt burrow]

exactly. likely because they choose the specific time where Brain Scorcher was operating at its lowest capacity

[stuck pewter]

theres no evidence for that pretty sure

[pseudo rivet]

That or they got "compromised"

[gaunt burrow]

???

[stuck pewter]

the brain scorcher was just active

[gaunt burrow]

SoC's PDA entry literally says that Scorcher is not always operating at full strenght

wtf are you even on about lol? Read PDA entry called "One More Puzzle"

[exotic mural]

But it is

[gaunt burrow]

it isn't lol

[exotic mural]

But it is

[stuck pewter]

i think you're blowing smoke outta your ass

[gaunt burrow]

"I also found documents regarding the "Psi-Brain" mechanism. The whole neighborhood was under the influence of that piece of trash - it zombified everyone who came within range. I learned that there is another mechanism in Lab X19, and that's what is likely to be the Brain Scorcher. I also learned that these mechanisms are not always operating at full strength. There are periods when the power is lowered to cool down the apparatus." - Fragment from "One More Puzzle" PDA entry in SoC

literally in SoC

[exotic mural]

Matt, when was the last time a woman has made eye contact with you

[gaunt burrow]

stop going off topic lol

[exotic mural]

LOOOL

[gaunt burrow]

you're making things up

[exotic mural]

no

[gaunt burrow]

read more dialogues next time and PDA entries

[pseudo rivet]

Mosin sniffer doing his usual and refusing to admit he's wrong or then start making personal comments

[gaunt burrow]

real af

[pseudo rivet]

We love you for who you are

[exotic mural]

I take this chat very seriously

[stuck pewter]

clearly

[exotic mural]

You guys should too

[pseudo rivet]

To be fair, if we're serious and go all lore nerd on your ass, you'd tell us things like "Have you ever had a gf?"

[exotic mural]

Yes

[gaunt burrow]

makes false accusations about the lore, gets proven wrong, gets angry and stalkers making personal comments

literally Mosin

[pseudo rivet]

What else to expect from a Mosin sniffer?

[gaunt burrow]

good point

[exotic mural]

So do yall explore eachothers bodies or all you just a virtual couple

[gaunt burrow]

point proven

[stuck pewter]

being a dick is quirky

[pseudo rivet]

I explore STALKER lore

[exotic mural]

<:3

[gaunt burrow]

real

[stuck pewter]

i explore the neighbors farm for more chickens to steal

[exotic mural]

Romanian Grindset

[gaunt burrow]

bro doesn't know lore he himself invented then 💀

that's crazy

[pseudo rivet]

Bro did the same with NV

[exotic mural]

What is the lore behind your shower schedule

[stuck pewter]

to be fair

new vegas fans never even know their own game

[pseudo rivet]

F3 Gang

[stuck pewter]

like ever

[exotic mural]

Shoot NCR rangers

[gaunt burrow]

I shower everyday. mostly at night. how often do you perform that action?

[exotic mural]

Bomb Camp McCarren

[stuck pewter]

you're a new vegas fan? play the game unmodded then

[exotic mural]

Uhhhh idk maybe once a year probably lol

[pseudo rivet]

Point proven

[gaunt burrow]

bro is more radioactive than Chernobyl itself

[pseudo rivet]

If only he actually meant it

[exotic mural]

I'm serious I never troll

[gaunt burrow]

everyday EXCEPT when I'm sick or have headache

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, you take your trolling very serious

[exotic mural]

Bro always is sick or has a headache...

[gaunt burrow]

if under "always" you mean like only once/twice a year then yeah

[stuck pewter]

hop on duolingo

[gaunt burrow]

Hop on Terraria

[exotic mural]

Hop on Ryd

[pseudo rivet]

Hop on LEGO Universe

[exotic mural]

Not a real game

[pseudo rivet]

Why are you always wrong?

[exotic mural]

Proof its real?

[pseudo rivet]

Wikipedia page of LEGO Universe?

[exotic mural]

Send link

[celest blaze]

western psyop

[gaunt burrow]

would you even bother reading everything within that link? I assume you won't so what's the point?

[exotic mural]

What link

The dude from zelda?

[gaunt burrow]

no, the link saying that Mosin weapon is wacky

[exotic mural]

Mosin goated weapon

So epic that it has been used in over 100 years of warfare

[pseudo rivet]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Universe

[exotic mural]

Russian army has awful logistics and have to fall back to old reliable (grandpa's mosin that hasn't jammed since 1892)

[gaunt burrow]

(Spoiler alert: he won't bother reading any of that anyways)

[exotic mural]

Virus

[pseudo rivet]

Exactly

[gaunt burrow]

you said something thats true. chat is this real?

[stuck pewter]

duolingo

[pseudo rivet]

But duder too lazy to look it up himself, so I win for actually taking the effort

[exotic mural]

Sending virus is against TOS

[pseudo rivet]

Neat

[celest blaze]

Anomaly is a virus

[pseudo rivet]

Hop on LEGO Universe

[celest blaze]

Join STOC and save humanity

[stuck pewter]

anomaly is the vaccine

to the BORING trilogy

[celest blaze]

AYO MODS

[gaunt burrow]

[pseudo rivet]

Vanilla Gang

[gaunt burrow]

Vanilla Gang fr

[celest blaze]

Gamma gang fr

[pseudo rivet]

Can't wait for Coconut flavor, tho

[celest blaze]

Based

[exotic mural]

I like chocolate

Stalker is a tarkov ripoff

[gaunt burrow]

[pseudo rivet]

Did you know that the cancelled STALKER 2 was turned into Survarium and both are set place in the same universe?

[celest blaze]

Can't wait for tarkov 2

[exotic mural]

Tarkov 2: heart of norvinsk

[gaunt burrow]

real?

[exotic mural]

Costs $250 for the standard edition. Edging Nikita edition costs $3999.99+tax

[pseudo rivet]

No

[stuck pewter]

whos nikita

[gaunt burrow]

🗿

[stuck pewter]

krushchev?

[exotic mural]

Think of the greediest man alive and now make him a Russian arms trafficker, fat and on cocaine

[gaunt burrow]

Buyanov

Tarkov creator

[exotic mural]

(Yes, anything tarkov related that you have bought since 2022 has been going towards the war)

[stuck pewter]

so krushchev

[exotic mural]

Probably worse than kruschev bro

[pseudo rivet]

@gaunt burrow @exotic mural
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEORQGVFTnc

[stuck pewter]

what are krushchevs long lasting effects on georgia

[exotic mural]

Virus

[pseudo rivet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkIbtA8Zi4w

[exotic mural]

The country: economic struggle

The state: made the residents xenophobic

[gaunt burrow]

LEGO had no business to go so hard

[pseudo rivet]

LEGO Universe Gaming when?

[stuck pewter]

BORING https://youtu.be/y6BcERgn8Ig

[pseudo rivet]

Imagine being so boring, you don't like LEGO

[exotic mural]

I can't believe miquella sexually assaults Melina in the dlc

[pseudo rivet]

Oh wow, speaking of LEGO Universe, I just got a ping we're getting a new update

[exotic mural]

Miyazaki took the berserk reference too far

[gaunt burrow]

"Berserk reference" 💀

[gaunt burrow]

[exotic mural]

Are we actually supposed to support the guy who is modeled directly off of griffith, named "lord of the eclipse", with an alter ego mysteriously darker made by the dude with an entire series inspired by berserk

[gaunt burrow]

Zone in 2009 already had 100-300 stalkers. CoP's intro

[exotic mural]

Zone in 2020 has a confirmed population of 8,612 stalkers

1 woman and 1 black guy, talk about a lack of diversity.

Can I make skif a chubby latinx queen

[primal lake]

https://youtu.be/gY522kvxzdA?si=MN03EItiEORcxyIX

[gaunt burrow]

lack of diversity? really? trilogy literally had Georgian NPC vano, 2 Armenian NPCs (Ashot and Merc Ara) and literal Gordon Freeman

[exotic mural]

All of them are the same nationality

[stuck pewter]

whos the woman

[gaunt burrow]

:fp:

[exotic mural]

The earth is ruled by albania and they rent out the other countries. If albania wanted they would take them back but they're nice and dont

[gaunt burrow]

Georgians, Armenians and Americans aren't slavs lmao

[celest blaze]

A trader

[exotic mural]

Bro has never been to america

[gaunt burrow]

And I don't even want to go there

[celest blaze]

No they may be same color but different countries

[exotic mural]

My coworker Ivan Vodkavich would like to have a word with you

[stuck pewter]

but we're not the same color

[exotic mural]

Yeah they're all crakkkas idc

[granite mortar]

Imagine not being slav smh
laughs in commiebloc

[gaunt burrow]

no offense @stuck pewter

[celest blaze]

Oh I mean In game only

[gaunt burrow]

?

[pseudo rivet]

We only know they were foreigners

[gaunt burrow]

Orest said "The first stalkers who came here told of very strange zombies whose muttered speech resembled English. So there you go..." but he never mentioned first zombies being americans

[exotic mural]

Stalker 2 should have UN intervention and allow me to shoot the antichrist

Much like what I do in real life, would be very immersive

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, spoke English, but they could just as well be Australian or something

[gaunt burrow]

yes but they weren't even confirmed to be first zombies

[stuck pewter]

one of the first

[pseudo rivet]

Ten years prior to 2011?

[gaunt burrow]

"You know, even before the Zone became what it is now, it was still a real shady place. That was right after the original 1986 disaster. It was all secret back then, but the information slowly leaked out and all sorts of rumors started to spread, one scarier than the next. Some saw mutants not far from the Chernobyl NPP, some came across ghosts in the deserted villages. A good number of years passed rather quietly, but then a real nasty story went down. Some foreign morons came over to tour the Zone. Mostly men, but some women too - bored aristocrats looking for some extreme apocalyptic exotics. I don't know who they tipped off, but a bus of people went right into the Zone. So it went, and so it vanished - along with all the police escorts. That story raised such hell that the Zone became totally off limits. However, the first stalkers who came here told of very strange zombies whose muttered speech resembled English. So there you go..."

[stuck pewter]

whos the woman

[gaunt burrow]

That was right after the original 1986 accident

[jaunty pebble]

I assume there will be some sort of a small UN Representation from SIRCAA

[gaunt burrow]

your math doesn't adds up, bonk

[exotic mural]

Wouldn't you like to know

[gaunt burrow]

actually nvm, you are probably right about them being first zombies tbh

[pseudo rivet]

Don't remember a date ever being named

[gaunt burrow]

full dialogue said that they went into the Zone even before first disaster

[gaunt burrow]

and then first stalkers heard strange mumblings resembling English

you're right about that 1 @finite dragon

[exotic mural]

If you have under 100 hours in clear sky, refrain from yapping

[gaunt burrow]

out of all of us you have lowest hours in Clear Sky lmao

lowest amount of hours*

[pseudo rivet]

15.5 hours

Damn, guess I ain't got the right to yap

[exotic mural]

No

[gaunt burrow]

100 hours is nothing. pump those numbers up

[pseudo rivet]

Legit rookie numbers

[jaunty pebble]

IMO, if you have played atleast 2/3 of the OG games and finished them you have right to yap

[pseudo rivet]

Nope

[stuck pewter]

no

[pseudo rivet]

3/3

[stuck pewter]

3/3

[gaunt burrow]

3/3 fr

[pseudo rivet]

That or you want to ask about lore and such, which we're always welcome to provide

[jaunty pebble]

I would also say 3/3 but we all know X-ray engine likes to crash a lot so that’s why I said finishing 2/3

[pseudo rivet]

Legit skill issue, ngl

[exotic mural]

I've only played anomaly

[jaunty pebble]

You have no right to talk

[celest blaze]

3/3 get that drewski take out of here

[gaunt burrow]

Lmfao

[pseudo rivet]

If your game crashes a ton, you're playing with mods

[exotic mural]

Its just too easy.

[jaunty pebble]

Oh I am totally counting Clear Sky in my opinions

[pseudo rivet]

The games aren't THAT unstable

[jaunty pebble]

YOU HAVE TO play CS

[gaunt burrow]

yeah people tend to exaggerate

[exotic mural]

I skipped this one

[celest blaze]

based but still must complete all 3 aswell as read the book and watch the movie

[exotic mural]

I was told not to so I didn't buy it

[gaunt burrow]

books and movies got nothing to do with the trilogy

[jaunty pebble]

True, but some days you just have a bad day and can’t play

[stuck pewter]

who needs to play stalker when i can play peak (東方夜雀食堂)

[celest blaze]

true but its based still

[pseudo rivet]

Nice bait, but you're only making it worse for yourself

[gaunt burrow]

they're optional

[pseudo rivet]

Then don't and wait for the next day?

[exotic mural]

I'm going to lick your boyhole in ways you didn't know was possible 👅

[stuck pewter]

dj peach cobbler be like

[celest blaze]

??

[gaunt burrow]

boys release the shower emojis

[pseudo rivet]

No you're not

[exotic mural]

Did he actually skip CS?

[celest blaze]

🚿

[pseudo rivet]

100% agreed, alongside Neutrals

[exotic mural]

I dont think he did

[stuck pewter]

he was going to until he got a ton of shit for it

[exotic mural]

Good. Very good.

[pseudo rivet]

He actually was in this server

[celest blaze]

add the totally anomaly canon faction UNISG as a role

[jaunty pebble]

Drewski? He did at first but people bullied him enough to make him put the link on it

[exotic mural]

I'm gonna go get lunch bye

[stuck pewter]

you know your bait opinion of "i dont have any time to read text or LORE, i just play to shoot at people and complete the game"

[gaunt burrow]

akshucally diggers in the games are depicted as "Loner" 🤓

[exotic mural]

No I'm Drewski #1 fan

[stuck pewter]

thats like, actually how he plays stalker

[exotic mural]

So true

[gaunt burrow]

🤣

[celest blaze]

READING in my EASTERN EUROPEAN LIFE SIM???

[gaunt burrow]

good one ngl

[pseudo rivet]

Yet they're Diggers, so make them their own thing. Same thing with Loners. Loners are lone wolves, so they should also be a sub group of Free Stalkers

Because why would "Loners" be in groups?

[gaunt burrow]

lorewise yes, gameplaywise no

but gameplaywise even "Zombified" is a faction

[pseudo rivet]

Exactly, so make it loregical

[gaunt burrow]

would you guys consider "trader" a faction?

not a proper faction to me

[exotic mural]

No

They're mainly independent

[gaunt burrow]

funny thing is that in Clear Sky only Sid is in trader "faction"

other traders are in their factions

[pseudo rivet]

To be fair, Traders are more of a group

Just a very small group

[granite mortar]

So far we know 3 members of Trader group I think and only one appears in CS

Rest are just faction members selling stuff, not part of the group

[gaunt burrow]

Sid and Barkeep. which one is third?

[granite mortar]

Beard I think, Im not totally sure about him

[gaunt burrow]

Beard in CoP is depicted as "Stalker"

[granite mortar]

damn

[gaunt burrow]

@pseudo rivet Is there even a different between neutral stalkers and loners? Strelok in SoC and CS for example is "Loner" while in CoP he's "Stalker"

[pseudo rivet]

In-lore, yes

[gaunt burrow]

I meant gameplaywise

[astral valve]

I like diet sosig

[pseudo rivet]

Loners are, like the name says, lone wolves. Neutrals are, ironically, aggressive towards Bandits and the Military

[gaunt burrow]

Nimble who was "Loner" in SoC is also "Stalker" in CoP

[pseudo rivet]

No

Merc asf

Yeah, but you can say the same about Degtyarev

It's a gameplay thing

Free Stalker, akshually 🤓

[gaunt burrow]

Deg being neutral towards bandit is (or at least) does seem like a gameplay thing tbh

Even in Clear Sky if Scar joins loners bandits will automatically turn hostile towards him

[pseudo rivet]

From what we've seen in SoC and CS, the Free Stalkers who were aggressive towards Bandits were usually called Neutrals. Even Bes refers to his group as Neutral

It's an ironic name

[gaunt burrow]

In CoP it was Free/Neutral stalkers
So people kinda assumed it was the same thing

[pseudo rivet]

Or we're just thinking too deep about it and GSC never thought of it

[gaunt burrow]

trilogy does a bad job explaining that tbh

pretty poorly explained

[pseudo rivet]

I just do it like this:

Free Stalkers has smaller groupings

Artifact Hunters
Mutant Hunters
Diggers
Neutrals
Loners

Same "grouping" different ways of life

[elder laurel]

I mean both the book and movie can give alot of context to why the stalker trilogy is why it is

Stalker 2 definitely will Steal get more inspirations from both

It's neat

[plain agate]

does anyone know if game legends ships to the US? ( I was late to the preorders of the ultimate Edition :( Im trying to get the collectors physical edition) at this point I might just buy the digital since I cant find a retailer selling the ultimate version for the US.

[pseudo rivet]

@gaunt burrow
Alright, started the Vintar BC playthrough. No problem with me using pistols as well, right?

Vintar BC will be my main either way

[gaunt burrow]

nope, no problem with that

[pseudo rivet]

Awesome

Already got the Vintar BC and sold all the other weapons since I don't need them

And I got the Tools for Basic Work right off the bat

[gaunt burrow]

how do you like it so far?

[pseudo rivet]

For now, it's alright, but definitely not a sniper rifle or an IL 86

Then again, I only shot 5 bullets and killed 2 zombified Stalkers so far

It's too early to say

[gaunt burrow]

nice. good luck

[pseudo rivet]

Aye, thanks

You'll definitely have a better time with the IL 86

[gaunt burrow]

I might use IL even in this playthrough

if not during the story then in freeplay at least

[pseudo rivet]

CoP?

Of course, CoP is the only game with actual freeplay

[gaunt burrow]

yeah. i just finished pripyat 1 underpass leve

level* with all my teammates alive

[pseudo rivet]

Nice, PMm only, no armor?

[spring apex]

bruh i legit completed no armor run in pripyat underpass by playing "the floor is lava" for the whole tunnel

[worn oar]

@gaunt burrow you have beaten me to the Master rank

[covert slate]

who'da thunk posting all that lore would rank em up so fast

[worn oar]

Yeah! That's the thing. He kept being active while I was taking random times off

I'll join him soon

I'm 2 or 3 levels away

It's actually 1

If I'm not mistaken

Bandits are bandits, man! Lore wise, the majority are leeching of other zone residents.

There are still some fairly equipped bandits in the zone.

It is possible, but it'll need quite the work.

[loud gate]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/524231625039413249/1252311539399000105/image.png?ex=6671c181&is=66707001&hm=4a7dada788b609fda8b29ffc2231681d1b0956c3610cfd71645f27d7d1a7901c&

bruh

[indigo marsh]

Cuz they are low life criminals

[worn oar]

uncut gameplay

[indigo marsh]

There is a bandit with an exo in Limansk so some of them do use their contacts

[exotic mural]

Anomaly fans being retarded because they are retarded anomaly fans and are retarded (they're retarded)

[worn oar]

Leech work

[exotic mural]

I'm raw and cut does this count

[indigo marsh]

It doesn't make sense for low level crooks to be armed with expensive armor and guns

[exotic mural]

No I'm stalker (designated by the court)

[celest blaze]

come stalker we have a zone to take

why play anomaly when CoTZ exists fr

[indigo marsh]

That means you're not a good sdalger

Muh graphics or sometin

[exotic mural]

Legally recognized stalker because my ex wife has 4 restraining orders on me (they dont work, Sharon! 😇)

[celest blaze]

graphics are nice but not everything imo

[indigo marsh]

Muh Gun disassembly and drewski said its immersive

[celest blaze]

ngl i dont like pushing graphics on old 32 bit engines they become so unstable

there is nothing fun about cosistent crashes

[exotic mural]

Anomaly players are too poor to afford Tarkov, the game they want, and stalker, they game they cant comprehend

[worn oar]

Uncut gameplay vs a well made trailer that gave an absolutely satisfying look to not just one place, but multiple ones. Well, I'd definitely say that what we got is better than an uncut gameplay set in a specific area.

GSC showed us a lot of stuff without spoiling anything

An uncut gameplay can't do that

Ah yes sorry

[nimble cipher]

baseddlite has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[indigo marsh]

If stalker was made according to gamma fans then it would be another extraction shooter

[celest blaze]

tarkov devs are average scummy russians and games full of hackers so dont wanna support that

[loud gate]

yes, it absolutely can lol

[celest blaze]

break free

[worn oar]

Unless it was carefully chosen well

[celest blaze]

imagine charging 250 dollars for single player mode

thats crazy

[worn oar]

I wasn't able to finish my answer lol

[dense scarab]

So Windows randomly decided to delete the game

[loud gate]

well, you can have the player go trough some forest fight 3 bandits and some mutants and emission comes.. you don't really spoil anything

[celest blaze]

lets hope stalker devs keep their word about ultimate users actually getting future dlc as promised

[worn oar]

True!

either way, haters will still hate haha

[loud gate]

HUh?

[worn oar]

While we will hype

[covert slate]

they ain't slimy Tarkov devs, so we will

[worn oar]

Dumm dumm! You know the context. Ppl wanting an uncut gameplay but even if they get that, they'd still hate and find reasons to criticize

[celest blaze]

fr i was taken aback by that haha that was such a scummy move they did 💀 "erm guys its an expansion not a dlc! ☝️🤓 so you'll need to buy this now"

[loud gate]

Oh. Of course.

[covert slate]

i like how eventually they caved in and gave people something, but the damage was already done

[celest blaze]

i dont even think EA or activision would be that bold

[worn oar]

Anyways, anthing new, brotherman?

[loud gate]

No

[covert slate]

i've thought about this sometimes, gotta show them kids how Bandits get the job done

[celest blaze]

based af strelok hitting a 360 no scope on a brotherhood of steel paladin while goku dabs on them

[elder laurel]

Wait

[gaunt burrow]

"Guys LOOK! Strelok from Fortnite is so famous that they made a game about him"

[elder laurel]

How the hell did i miss the meet with the doctor?????

[celest blaze]

😭

[elder laurel]

Like how is that somehow skippable

[celest blaze]

they even made a movie and book about the fortnite guy

[elder laurel]

I'm at the very tail end of the game and somehow i missed it

[gaunt burrow]

shouldn't be skipped if you want to get the true ending

[elder laurel]

Yeah i'll meet with the lad

[gaunt burrow]

for true ending you gotta meet Guide first, then Doc and then Doc will tell you everything

after that meeting follow that questline

[celest blaze]

i gotta replay SoC for the true ending

[covert slate]

my first playthrough of SoC i got the true ending

[elder laurel]

I have not been in that place for so long i forgored the entrance to it

[celest blaze]

i got the turned into a statue ending

[gaunt burrow]

real. same here

[hazy helm]

@gaunt burrowdid you know, that the game actually has women in it
they are called mercenaries, because theyre a buch of pussies

[gaunt burrow]

🗿

[elder laurel]

Gayyyyyyy

[hazy helm]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/759914588883648515/1248047840098385941/ezgif-1-8a0e7cc444.gif

[celest blaze]

yall forgetting that merc that fought bravely in limansk gave their life so you could push towards the NPP

[hazy helm]

Im glad theyre dead

[celest blaze]

damn bro

[elder laurel]

Anyway i bulldozed through an entire group of army lads and bandits and i was sandwiched between the both lmfao

bandit weaponry can't pierce through my Kruglov Suit

[worn oar]

[gaunt burrow]

why sad?

[celest blaze]

its kinda fitting bandits are just groups of criminals they arent duty or anything

[worn oar]

Did you watch the presskit version of the trailer frame by frame, man?

[hazy helm]

not yet, waiting for the presskit to update

last I checked it hadnt

[loud gate]

incredible it's been there since the hour it dropped lmao

[worn oar]

It was updated after the trailer drop

[hazy helm]

I downlaoded the trailer presskit and it wasnt there shit you not

lemme redownload it

[worn oar]

check again!

[gaunt burrow]

bandits are scum (despite some of them being ex stalkers)

[loud gate]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/524231625039413249/1252318552934056018/image.png?ex=6671c809&is=66707689&hm=013dc317e9c893492cbc74212523c07f9b8a0858ca931c0518f490e30fb61ce8&

[worn oar]

You can see the woman in the trailer that way

I saw her earing

[hazy helm]

I downloaded the pack in the presskit website

[worn oar]

Why? Just get the trailer

[indigo marsh]

They also run a concentration camp, so they are a lot worse than scum

[gaunt burrow]

real

[hazy helm]

when I went to see it was the only thing that it had there

this is new

[loud gate]

Vasim, TELL ME, what mushrooms do you consume

[hazy helm]

dude Im being completely series, this UI is new

[worn oar]

He may have checked it before the show haha

[loud gate]

??? huh

[silver pagoda]

helo mr basim can u herp my famiry get nomad digital visa

[covert slate]

mans been eating burnt fuzz

[worn oar]

Nvm mozi! You are on mushrooms too

[loud gate]

Rahmi, why would Vasim check the press if the trailer wasn't even released, are you on mushrooms?

[worn oar]

It is! Now get that trailer downloaded and enjoy what you see

[worn oar]

true! Haha you have a point

Shit!! MOZI 2/ RAHMI 0

[gaunt burrow]

I like that. you know what else I like? wasting them

all my homies hate bandits

[granite mortar]

I love bandoots

[loud gate]

Stop taking stuff from Krezzin

[worn oar]

:kek: it's airborne

Being a bandit is like being a naughty punching bag for everyone to punch

[exotic mural]

Shoot duty members

Beat a duty member to death with the stock of your rifle

Stah a duty member in the neck

Throw a grenade at the feet of a duty squad

Fire an RPG at a duty outpost

Push a duty member into an anomaly

[worn oar]

Punching rookies doesn't even count

@granite mortar he gorked me

He knows little

[stuck pewter]

Gork

[worn oar]

Granma is for abominaliers

[wild wharf]

Truly a gork moment

[worn oar]

never been this insulted before

[wild wharf]

We all eat bolts, nothing has changed.

According to my calculations, you will die because you eat artifacts. Your anatomy can't withstand the sheer power of them.

[worn oar]

Weird? When I last checked, bandits were eating bullets and boots

[granite mortar]

Grok yourself
I wont let you gork rahmi

[wild wharf]

But bullets are so crunchy!

[granite mortar]

Also Rahmi
Rap battle with Krezzin when? 🥺

[worn oar]

Or hmm let's say boots and bullets cuz it rhymes better

[wild wharf]

Yes, the people demand it @worn oar

[worn oar]

Not if it's between the eyes

[wild wharf]

Then just jump to get em in your mouth! So you can eat em

[worn oar]

Krezzin got overdosed from hype! I don't know if he recovered yet

[solid dome]

I give load of fvcks

[gaunt burrow]

ayo

[wild wharf]

Matt! You turned orange!

[worn oar]

I was stealing you

[wild wharf]

Congrats matt

[granite mortar]

Omg they are both here
Rap battle now

[gaunt burrow]

I'm Picke Rick Orange Matt Kruglov

[gaunt burrow]

thanks bro

[granite mortar]

He ate the Jellyfish artifact

[wild wharf]

Soon I shall be purple Kruglov

[granite mortar]

Try make me Grokker!

[gaunt burrow]

[granite mortar]

Time to leave Veteran rank

[wild wharf]

😦

[gaunt burrow]

Soon you and @indigo marsh will join veteran ranks

[indigo marsh]

What color of protective suit does kruglov wear

[gaunt burrow]

green

[granite mortar]

Green

[wild wharf]

I wear the green SSP suit-99M

[elder laurel]

It's green as hell you color blind or something

[solid dome]

As long as you don't do it in a shady, cunty manner.... I'm fine with that

[granite mortar]

Could be olive or lime actually

[elder laurel]

Anyway i hope the green SSP suit returns in Stalker 2 Kruglov's suit is unironically one of the best

[wild wharf]

I mean technically, IT kinda is a bit olive

[elder laurel]

Well whatever the colour it's on the green spectrum prob

[wild wharf]

Yeah there's a reason why i can take so many bullets

[granite mortar]

Erm
Spectrums dont exist

Your mom is a green variant

[elder laurel]

More like green palette

[indigo marsh]

I don't really focus on kruglov, I focus more on getting money for 9x39 rounds

[wild wharf]

Gold! Young man watch your tongue!

[elder laurel]

But yeah i really love the suit it stands with the exo and military suit as one of the best

[granite mortar]

Mine is Lightning MC Queen
Kachow

[worn oar]

I'll bring you some bloodsucker chicks

[elder laurel]

That 10% more bullet resistance really helps in fire fights

[solid dome]

I'm 101% straight

I don't need transgender bullshith

[granite mortar]

Erm actually
According to my calculations I cant watch my tongue because its in my mouth

[wild wharf]

Isn't that the bandits job?

[wild wharf]

Goddamn it, you're actually right

[worn oar]

:kek: liar

[granite mortar]

Yeah I see it
Now we have to figure out whos Mater

[gaunt burrow]

LOL

stop bullying uncle Krezzin man

[granite mortar]

Matt is that true?

[pseudo rivet]

@gaunt burrow
Vintar BC is either decent or just misses. Mag size is honestly the biggest problem

[worn oar]

Krezzin? Want us to tag on them?

[pseudo rivet]

Doing alright though. I mean, how else? It's Vanilla

[worn oar]

like the old days?

[gaunt burrow]

I'm Master

Master of goofy-ness and silly-ness

[pseudo rivet]

No, you're Matt

[granite mortar]

No I mean
Is your mom Tow Mater from Cars?

[gaunt burrow]

That too

[worn oar]

Crimson is alive

[gaunt burrow]

Akshually she's human 🤓

[pseudo rivet]

Oh, in that case, I'm the Legend in the Zone known for being either chill or wack asf

[granite mortar]

Matt isnt proud of his Cars heritage
Shame on him
Shame

[indigo marsh]

MarkedMatt I noticed that renegades share dialogues with clear sky and stalkers.

[long heron]

what is it like to wear a gas mask?

[wild wharf]

But wouldn't that technically be Krezzin

[pseudo rivet]

The work of the Dark Angels is not done as long as the enemy of the Imperium breathes

[gaunt burrow]

Aye. I actually didn't know about that until Reggash told me that on Reddit

[granite mortar]

Its like wearing a mask
That is gas

[pseudo rivet]

Kinky

[long heron]

lmoo

[wild wharf]

Bro, Cars 1 was a classic, good film

[solid dome]

You mean The Zone? You disrespecting filthy bastard.

[gaunt burrow]

Krezzin is calmer these days

[elder laurel]

Cars 1 was based Cars 2 was well just plainly childish Car 3 was eh

[granite mortar]

Eh
I still prefer the film Yhor

[pseudo rivet]

But yeah, it's just like a big ol' mask, limited vision, breathing can be a bit harder, but that's about it

[gaunt burrow]

new trailer did the job I suppose

[wild wharf]

Especially after his Hype overdose

[solid dome]

Its summer, 30 celsius.

[worn oar]

A true dragon knight as usual!

[wild wharf]

He has to keep his hype levels in check, doctors orders.

[long heron]

ah i see

[wild wharf]

What's Yhor?

[indigo marsh]

Then sharing dialogue with clear sky is expected but I didn't expect with stalkers. I was expecting bandit dialogue or clear sky dialogue but not stalker dialogue.

[gaunt burrow]

Ooof

[granite mortar]

Yhor mama

Gottem

[solid dome]

Mama Jamma

[pseudo rivet]

No, before you stands a Dark Angel, mortal

[wild wharf]

[granite mortar]

Mama Gamma 🤮

[worn oar]

@solid dome are you recovered from the hype overdose?

[granite mortar]

[wild wharf]

Krezzins doctor has him keep his hype levels in check, doctors orders

[worn oar]

Granma

[solid dome]

Can you leave me alone. I'm playing Leisure Suit Larry Remastered.

[granite mortar]

My Granma would make better modpack

[wild wharf]

How do I keep getting bested by a house cat!

[gaunt burrow]

Yeah, although its not intentional. Due to the fact that they don't have their own unique dialogue lines, they will say the ones intended for members other factions in the Swamps, i.e. Clear Sky and the absent loners.

[granite mortar]

Because Im smort
And you dum dum

[gaunt burrow]

few others dialogues that are unused can actually be seen

[worn oar]

okay krezzin.

[wild wharf]

https://tenor.com/view/get-real-get-real-meme-stalker-stalker-game-energy-drink-gif-25080407

[gaunt burrow]

according to my calculations that was very rude

[granite mortar]

Kruglov! Hes taking your job of chief nerd
Bite his toe

[granite mortar]

Embed fail
Post it in #💬┃en_offtop

[wild wharf]

Nope

[pseudo rivet]

Same with Freedom in the Garbage, although weirdly enough, Freedomers over there also have dialogue from the Army Warehouse

[wild wharf]

#💬┃en_offtop message

[wild wharf]

Either way, matt was always the cheif nerd, I'm just the assistant

[granite mortar]

He was and still is chief loremaster

[pseudo rivet]

What am I?

[granite mortar]

While In the Chief Scientist

[indigo marsh]

What about surdno

[pseudo rivet]

Not here, as far as we know

[indigo marsh]

He is not but I have heard him being called a prominent lore knower too

[granite mortar]

Yeah but not chief loremaster

[gaunt burrow]

the dialogue about loners talking about Dutyers (that one where they are complaining about Duty telling them what to do) is also shared between Yantar loners, Cordon loners and Army Warehouses loners

[worn oar]

An Elder

[wild wharf]

Yeah, he's one of STOCs Elders

[gaunt burrow]

plenty of people who know more than I do

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, CS dialogue is kinda funky that way

[worn oar]

He is an elder loremaster!

[gaunt burrow]

If I continued playing stalker after finishing trilogy for 3 times back in 2020 then I'd know a lot more

[pseudo rivet]

[gaunt burrow]

but I came back just in late 2023 (December)

[granite mortar]

Never seen them
So they not real

[pseudo rivet]

Same, I've got some of it still up here in my head, but you've got the screenshots and the copy/pastes

[gaunt burrow]

@pseudo rivet and @old jungle are here so

[worn oar]

Ehmm? 2 are here already!

3 if you count Matt!

[granite mortar]

Never seen Crimson lorenerd tbh
And Anomalous isnt loremaster
Hr is the lore itself

[worn oar]

Anomalous makes it 4

[pseudo rivet]

Mfw

[old jungle]

Don't undersell yourself

[pseudo rivet]

I'm lorenerding all the time

[granite mortar]

Omg Hi Anomalous from the Anomalous Dugout channel

[gaunt burrow]

Reggash on Reddit also knows a lot

[worn oar]

He is being humble haha

[worn oar]

The don't know shit crimson

[granite mortar]

Reneggadash?

[plain mirage]

I need help! How do I know when to explore in the volga map. If I complete the missions will I end up in every area?

[indigo marsh]

I mean mattpatt your the definitely the guy who knows a lot of lore and shares it in STOC.

[granite mortar]

What mod?

[worn oar]

If they only saw how many time I got scolded by you, they'd do

[wild wharf]

It's reddit, so it doesn't count

[granite mortar]

Renegadis god of zona

[pseudo rivet]

Nagash
https://ageofsigmar.lexicanum.com/wiki/Nagash

[plain mirage]

The volga. Metro Exodus first open world area

[pseudo rivet]

Renegadis Gods of Zona

[granite mortar]

Uhhh
Im pretty sure Stalker isnt right place to ask

[gaunt burrow]

honestly tho his posts are actually worth checking

he also knows a lot about cut content, not just the trilogy

[pseudo rivet]

What can he teach me what I don't already know?

[granite mortar]

Yes
Reneggadash

[wild wharf]

What happened to you being smort?

[pseudo rivet]

How the Vintar BC is actually useful?

[plain mirage]

The people who made stalker left and made metro. Where else is a better place to ask. Haven't all of you played the games??

[gaunt burrow]

I learned about a lot of cut content from him tbh

[indigo marsh]

I wanted to try out DCP for LADC bc he said good things about it on Reddit

[granite mortar]

I never played exodus
Also I got more important stuff to do
Like shill over Goldsfera and play story mods

[granite mortar]

No we didnt
Same devs doesnt mean same fanbase

[pseudo rivet]

What about their own official Discord server?

You could try asking around there

[gaunt burrow]

https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/1cqzxwk/a_couple_of_translated_design_documents_of_the/

[plain mirage]

Its literally a copy and paste game.

[gaunt burrow]

this one was pretty interesting read also

[granite mortar]

Erm mods
Can we Grok this guy?

[pseudo rivet]

To be fair, I don't usually read those as I don't want to start combining canon and fake lore