⭐┃nospoilers_general

[paper dust]

Interesting.

[pseudo rivet]

Basically, where a Bandit "taxes" other Stalkers, Renegades just straight up mug other Stalkers or kill them for their loot

[restive shell]

hmm seva suit looks kinda dope.. i wonder if i should switch my berill m5 for it..

[paper dust]

SEVA is pretty good.

man these dialogues are so interesting and entertaining

[restive shell]

hmm. van cannot upgrade the seva. is this normal?

[indigo marsh]

Limpid can

[restive shell]

who

[indigo marsh]

I think he is the only one who can fully upgrade the seva

[indigo marsh]

Bandit technician

[restive shell]

oh rip then. i joined stalkers

so berill m5 is better i guess considering i at least can upgrade it... right?

[naive fog]

You can upgrade it at different technicians just not fully

[indigo marsh]

Thunderov can upgrade it up to level 2

[restive shell]

or maybe i should just grab one of the armors from freedom? hmm

[pseudo rivet]

Clear Sky, my beloved

[pseudo rivet]

Each mechanic has their own specialty

[restive shell]

so what's van? doesnt seem special for now

[sacred steppe]

should I have paid those border people? because that was not the outcome I picked...😂

[pseudo rivet]

See what upgrades he asks for

[pseudo rivet]

To be fair, you definitely got more money this way

[sacred steppe]

that is very true

[restive shell]

oh great a quest to get a special medkit... in the military base in cordon...

yeah i think ill not be doing that.. thanks lol

[pseudo rivet]

[restive shell]

ok seriously. 6 shotgun shots and bandit isnt dead. whats the deal here...

i want to like CS but this is ridicolous

[paper dust]

Shotguns are good against mutants. They don't seem effective in actual firefights.

[stuck pewter]

a slug to the head is usually a one shot in CS

[nova wedge]

He just built different

[gloomy knoll]

What ammo you using?

[restive shell]

slugs but i have to hit enemies in the head like 5 times before they die. its so frustrating

and they keep comming for stalker minibases from their main base. its never ending...

[pseudo rivet]

There's your problem

Slugs are unfortunately pretty bad

[gloomy knoll]

I remember using my double barrel hunting rifle that I upped in CS base and I was done with most enemies even at range

[restive shell]

yeah im dropping shotgun alltogether. :p

bandits need to carry more aks for ammo ;p

[pseudo rivet]

Shot is good

Just not Slugs or Darts

[celest goblet]

yeah slugs are a waste of your time with CS weapon accuracy

[pseudo rivet]

Nah, not when it comes to accuracy

The damage is just non-existent

[covert slate]

yeah

that's mainly why i use the alternative ballistics patch from SRP, it makes slugs actually usable

[granite mortar]

USSR gets 145mm pen APHE at 2.3

[indigo marsh]

Definitely Soviet bias

Is the military stupid. Why didn't they use the IS series of tanks against the Monolith

[gloomy knoll]

prob same reason why they abandoned the idea of using ISU's to blow a hole into the concrete of the actual Reactor building

[calm bough]

[gloomy knoll]

big booms not so good with radioactive dust

[restive shell]

lol "hide from emission" my a**.... the house when you enter cordon from garbage doesnt protect you

but stalkers there are chill right after. only i die.. what a great game design

[naive fog]

It's meant to be a solid concrete structure

Ye lemme hide in a shack with no windows

[restive shell]

thats not a shack wtf?

and now after reload im stuck. 3 stalkers block the entrace lol

[naive fog]

Ik I'm just saying

[naive fog]

That's meant to be the requirement

But sometimes it's kinda funky

[restive shell]

yeah i guess i need to hide exactly wehre quest is showing

reloaded a save on zone entrance and emission is gone lol

[naive fog]

Ye those are the only spots

[naive fog]

It'll be back in a sec

Couple mins max

[restive shell]

holy shit. bubble artefact and seva suit from rewards.

[naive fog]

Ye

[restive shell]

I wonder how hard time will bandits have to retake depot..

[delicate chasm]

effortlessly

they'll just spawn there again

[restive shell]

So you can't really wipe someone out completely?

[delicate chasm]

not really

welcome to Faction War

[restive shell]

Huh. I guess the rewards are good and you can restock on medkits/food/bandages from all the enemies

Also when accuracy works.. shooting is still fun as hell..

Also also.. I just watched a pack of dogs kill like 10 bandits coming from depot before stalkers got there lol

Now to find someone who can upgrade Seva Abit. I guess I'll move to agroprom while depot is secured..

[indigo marsh]

Limpid can fully upgrade it but seeing as you killed the bandits, Thunderov can upgrade it to level 2

[delicate chasm]

Thunderov 😭 why couldn't they just keep it Gromov

[silk sparrow]

after Stalker 2 we need Half life 3 right?

[delicate chasm]

no, we need Stalker 3, which would again canonically break the established canon

and have the zone map scrambled

[silk sparrow]

Stalker 3 rumours in 2040

[delicate chasm]

i don't even know if my country will exist by then, hell, if life on Earth as we know will

[silk sparrow]

i still dream about HL3

knowing volvo it will never happens

[delicate chasm]

I mean, what can they really do phenomenal enough? They're waiting for more advancements in VR probably or at least augmented gameplay.. Alyx was a clear hint at that

[silk sparrow]

Index is a clear hint

[delicate chasm]

HL3 will get so much hate simply because people have given it this divine anticipation

and the more time passes, the more they imagine in most abstract terms what it should be, like with Stalker 2

nothing short of THE BEST GAME IN THE HISTORY OF GAMING, I'd assume

[silk sparrow]

this is how it is

[gloomy knoll]

No matter what, I will enjoy stalker 2 and no one can stop me

[silk sparrow]

also nostalgia hittin hard

[gloomy knoll]

The more bugs the better, that Is true stalker feeling

[paper dust]

Give this man a true.

[celest blaze]

[grim birch]

Yknow were 71 days away or 2 months away from stalker 2 release I'm curious when I can pre order it on Xbox or pre orde the physical education in the US

I'm going to take a gues and say maybe mid July pre orders become available to everyone what do you all think?

[lunar ledge]

ok srs has anyone ever drank a non stop drink or even know how it taste like

[grim birch]

One of my friends drank one. Said it was actually pretty good didn't have that weird taste mos energy drinks have an stays pretty true to the flavor

[naive fog]

Id get one but I don't know if eBay is worth it

It's either that or be in Czechia

[mint cave]

ngl stalker 1 is kidna ass

gunplay is appalling

liek the setting tho

[celest blaze]

its not that bad

[mint cave]

it really is lol

[celest blaze]

wrong imo

[mint cave]

heard the third game is alot better tho, ill be giving that a try after the secodn one

[sly cedar]

Clear Sky's starting gunplay is really something special, so it might help you appreciate SoC more at least?

[celest blaze]

i mean i played soc on master with basic zrp and thought it was fine only the IL 98 sucked ass

[spring creek]

highly recommend you mod it to fix the gunplay
unless you're on console
then uhhhh, maybe just play Call of Prypiat :p

[hazy helm]

there is nothing wrong with the gunplay

[mint cave]

ye was thinking of doing that, issue is i cant be arsed to resatrt my campeign lol

[celest blaze]

i think its an issue of new gamers vs old gamers

[mint cave]

game purists when they cant admit the game they liek has issues

[celest goblet]

IDK I feel like its got a distinct charm to the way it plays

[hazy helm]

upgrade your weapons and armour to patch any holes

[hazy helm]

it literally isnt, it is a deliberate system made to force you to engage with the game

[mint cave]

hit registration is terrible, takes multiple mags to kill an enemy, damage is random, sometimes close rande headshot is instant, sometimes full mag

[spring creek]

unless what ive heard about the random chance to hit, especially on shotguns, isn't true
and that it isn't true that you have to upgrade guns for them not to jam
then it has bad gunplay

[celest blaze]

what difficulty are you playing on lol and why are you not always aiming for head

[mint cave]

whatever the normal one is

[celest blaze]

thats why lol

play on master

[mint cave]

what?

[nimble cipher]

wolfskopf has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[hazy helm]

if a shot connects, it hits, the game does not feature hit chance
you will suffer from innacuracy at long ranges and problems with guns unless you invest in them, which is intended and good design

[spring creek]

oh no ive heard this stuff
ive heard so many arguments over this

[hazy helm]

🫳 the gunplay is the most developed of the 3 and is at its best in CS, with close range skirmishes that force you to effectively use cover and engage with the out of combat systems to gain an upper hand

[celest blaze]

theres actual charts

master is the most balanced way to play

[hazy helm]

get out of early game

[hazy helm]

Master is the hardest way to play, it isnt balanced

[delicate chasm]

17 years of playing vanilla SoC, killing anything with anything. Never had an issue. I also play tactical shooters and all sorts of games with what gunnuts call "proper" or "realistic" gunplay.

[celest blaze]

i just like to suffer

[delicate chasm]

To put it simply, skill issue

[mint cave]

im well into the game...

[hazy helm]

upgrade your suit and weapon and get better ones

yes

you need to USE the mechanics to get better weapons

[mint cave]

my suit isnt the issue, its the guns

[delicate chasm]

it's your skill

[hazy helm]

ok, fight at closer ranges and upgrade the guns

there are many flatness and accuracy upgrades

[sly cedar]

Guns feeling awful before investing in upgrades isn't compelling, it feels bad missing 90% of your shots as fodder enemies match towards your defense point single-file.

[hazy helm]

either that or you cna take the approach of, if its close, I can kill it faster, and upgrade capacity and fire rate

[celest blaze]

how are folk missing so much

[mint cave]

i basically always make sure to fight at clsoe range, doesnt change how sometimes headshots are instant kill and sometime take over a magazine directly into the head...

[spring creek]

all i know is my partner played clear sky on console and couldn't bear to continue
and she loves the other games

[celest blaze]

fair

clear sky is very love or hate game

[spring creek]

i love it too, but only with mods

[hazy helm]

at the start of the game every gun youll have is intentionally underpowered, the contrast being that in CS as opposed to the other gmaes you can get mid-late level guns with full upgrades by grinding and searching around the level
as you get better guns youll deal more damage as well as being more accurate, the upgrade system is there to make guns more viable before stepping up to the next tier

[jaunty junco]

Tbf I ended up liking it with mods to fix things and improve others

[hazy helm]

makes sense you were talking bullshit if you never played the game lol

[delicate chasm]

then you don't love it

[spring creek]

god damn purists

[delicate chasm]

no, it's just math, not even purism

[hazy helm]

lol

check my moddb sweetie

[sly cedar]

Saying it gets better doesn't mean the intentionally bad weapons feel good. I'd rather have a flatter power curve to avoid things starting so weak.

[spring creek]

can't i prefer more modern gameplay styles that're more freeing than forcing you to feel worthless at the start

[delicate chasm]

it's like if you told your girlfriend "i love you, but you need to lose some weight and put on these clothes only i prefer, and also wear some more makeup"

[hazy helm]

Clear Sky forces you into a harsher enviroment to flex gameplay, this isnt an issue about the game, its merely good design that the game forces you to engage with its miriad of systems, a person may or may not like what CS has to offer but it is wrong to call it bad

[spring creek]

"it's good design" why is it not fun then

[hazy helm]

🤷‍♂️ I dont know, no one ever said you couldnt play mods, sounds like a strange thing to get buthurt about

[delicate chasm]

skill issue

[hazy helm]

it is extremely fun

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

[jaunty junco]

Your opinion

[spring creek]

are you reading the chat?

oh god damn no images

[delicate chasm]

Wait is LadySarrin the girlfriend of Corvid

[spring creek]

yeaj

[hazy helm]

your opinion may be that its shit but I have given various arguments as to why it is good game design while you have given none as to why it isnt

[delicate chasm]

oh my god

[spring creek]

i summoned her

[mint cave]

exactly, even if the gunplay is intentional, i dont liek it

[spring apex]

tf is this lol

[delicate chasm]

modded gf

[jaunty junco]

I have my opinions, you have yours

[hazy helm]

yes yes I am
and to me it sounds like you are grasping at straws to get offended

[jaunty junco]

Idk why people are so fired up

[spring creek]

they really love their vanilla game

[hazy helm]

you gonna fire back with any other arguments or are you gonna point out useless shit again

[spring creek]

calm down god damn

[hazy helm]

https://www.moddb.com/members/vasim1

🤷‍♂️ I dunno man, Im just a little whiny fgucking purist

[sly cedar]

The "gameplay" of letting NPCs mostly shoot at each other until you grab some upgrades isn't that harsh. It feels more like some sort of hazing ritual for new players.

[spring creek]

well you definitely are whiny

[wraith sonnet]

hey stalkers, how has the zone been treating you all?

[delicate chasm]

bad vanilla gunplay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WfpMFQlFrA

[dim topaz]

Hot take but I kinda understand when people say the guns in the og trilogy are inaccurate as hell. (But to whine about it is just skill issue)

[rose heart]

I love discord get to watch a bunch of children arguing over a game hahahaha

[jaunty junco]

Pretty good, almost finished my run of SoC, just gotta get past the scorcher

[wraith sonnet]

nice

[delicate chasm]

one of us, one of us

[hazy helm]

the game forces the player to engage it more slowly at the start by making engagements closer range, you are intended to use a lot of cover and move frequently, as the grenade throwing encourages being fast, ppl of course, may play diff, there are a wide variety of playstyles but the most effective is always to fight yourself

[wraith sonnet]

the guns being inaccurate lead to some funny moments for me

[hazy helm]

what should we just give handjobs to each other and fear any kind of conflict?

[spring apex]

stalker early game struggles huh

[dim topaz]

Sounds nice ngl

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/bonk-gif-26414884

[spring creek]

[hazy helm]

lmao

[jaunty junco]

Ive missed a point blank shotgun shot from 3 feet once, even though the iron sight was on his sternum

[hazy helm]

take another

[jaunty junco]

Leather jacket too

[delicate chasm]

skill issue

[jaunty junco]

Surrreee

[sly cedar]

While players might take their time like that, Clear Sky aren't the most intelligent fighters around, so they're happy to charge ahead and give you bonus loot dying.

[wraith sonnet]

the zone is a cruel mistress

[jaunty junco]

His didnt miss lol, blew me across the street

[delicate chasm]

that is because it's your skill issue

the bandit had skill

[spring apex]

what shotgun and what game

[jaunty junco]

Sawn off, vanilla clear sky

I think i even have a clip

This was on xbox

[hazy helm]

it is very easy to farm the faction war system, as is intended, this is the easiest and most efficient way to make money and get equipment altho after swamps, to actively participate in it youll need to join a faction
my recommendation is to linger in the swamps until you can buy some sweet clothes and raid quite a few stashes, there are TONS of goodies in them, never underestimate them
The first stash that you buy from Nimble has a Chaser 13, a mid-late game shotgun, and youll get enuff money for armour and upgrades so you can enter Cordon overpowered

[jaunty junco]

Now I know your just wanting to start an argument

[spring apex]

oke xbox i can't imagine how hard to aim in that thing lol

[wraith sonnet]

honestly, for an apocalyptic zone filled with reality breaking anomalies and mutants that can tear you apart, really happy to go back in and see how the years have treat it

[covert slate]

you and me both

[jaunty junco]

Its hard but swear on my mother the iron sight was on the renegades sternum, pellets should have killed him but I saw the pellets dance around him

[dim topaz]

SoC and CoP are completely fine imo but the shotguns in clear sky are terribad

[jaunty junco]

Exactly what made me wait till i got pc and modded it

[wraith sonnet]

didnt clear sky really insetivize you to upgrade your guns and armor?

[jaunty junco]

And I enjoyed the game in the end

[dim topaz]

You shoot a guy and the pellets bend around him like Wanted

[sly cedar]

I already made it past the military checkpoint, with a decent chunk of gear on me. That's how I know the super-early game is goofy versus what you can be doing just a few upgrades later.

[wraith sonnet]

man the artifacts really coming in clutch

[hazy helm]

in all of stalker shotguns have filled the role of mutant sweeper much better but the shotguns in clear sky are still very performant, they are outclassed in utility against humans

[delicate chasm]

no, I want to defend a beloved's game reputation from low-skill modrot fiends

[hazy helm]

yes

[jaunty junco]

He just laughed at me and made me a cosmonaut

[hazy helm]

plus

artifacts

[spring apex]

use hunting shotgun for early game

[dim topaz]

They are good for onetapping boars in the swamp and then for selling

[jaunty junco]

I figured that out quick

[wraith sonnet]

yeah, wonder what stalker 2 is going to be like and how the rest of the guns are going to feel like

[hazy helm]

I always save the AK for the last Renegade outpost

I always get a nice restock of 5.45

[wraith sonnet]

have a feeling that there might be some more guns due to the 10 years passing

[dim topaz]

Don't you get like 180 rounds for it

[delicate chasm]

they have shown us quite a few new guns

[hazy helm]

more guns have been confirmed and we have seen them already, we can see for example a Mac-10 from one of the images last year

a bizon has been shown several times

[dim topaz]

New gauss rifle looks like something out of Singularity

[hazy helm]

you get some ammo for it at the start of the game, not a lot, but at the outpost at the southwestern most point of the map you can get 90-120 if I recall

[sly cedar]

I'm curious what the power scaling will be like in S2. So many people have been playing hardcore mods for years, that they forgot the original STALKER games let you get really strong by the end.

[jaunty junco]

The animations on it made me weak, love it already

[wraith sonnet]

kinda want a uskp match

[wraith sonnet]

nice

[jaunty junco]

Seeing strider made me happy

[dim topaz]

Does anybody have lofi monolith beats to headbang in a trance in front of an effigy to?

[jaunty junco]

I got you

[spring creek]

YES

[jaunty junco]

Actually cant send links thay arent mine, but theres a monolith radio on youtube thats good, has a prayer at the start

[dim topaz]

Nice

[jaunty junco]

Even on spotify but without the praying and mid song voice lines

[wraith sonnet]

just been listening to the soundtrack while exploring the zone. love dirge for the planet

[loud gate]

skill issue detected

[hazy helm]

if you arent self promoting its fine, links wont embed but they are fine

[spring creek]

jesus christ let it go

[dim topaz]

Dude the first song is literally what I thought would be in this

[jaunty junco]

Just ignore them, if you do theyll go away

[sly cedar]

Hearing the version with no praying and voice lines would be so sad. I guess it's for when you want to feel like the last member of your squad after Strelok blitzed the CNNP a 4th time.

[rose heart]

Check out zone operator on YouTube he does a radio playlist for each faction the monolith one is pretty good

[jaunty junco]

Thats the youtuber

[hazy helm]

zone operator... seems strangely familiar...

tho... not for the best of reasons

[loud gate]

we both know, Vasim.

[loud gate]

He took the bait

[jaunty junco]

I like playing it while doing warfare with monolith

[hazy helm]

how many enemies have you made by now

[stuck pewter]

spotify users when their unlimited stream of ads gets interrupted by a song from their playlist

[loud gate]

What enemies?

[dim topaz]

We have no enemies

[loud gate]

[loud gate]

@hazy helm Having the same pfp was the best idea ever

[jaunty junco]

Just realised its Gosling

[hazy helm]

Ill prob go back to NLC7 Fang after a while

[loud gate]

WE'LL*

[loud gate]

SIRCAA Gosling

[hazy helm]

can you say no to his face?

[loud gate]

yes

Also, go to sleep, it's 4:15

[hazy helm]

its 2:20]

and I have ring of elden

[covert slate]

9:19 p.m.

[loud gate]

one mf woke up, one is going to sleep, and one is going to smash his keyboard

[loud gate]

NVM

[hazy helm]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/778259546241237004/871403718657069056/1627564377917.gif

fuck messmer

I hate the dude

[dim topaz]

10am here, just got done with night shift, bout to head home and cozy down with some gamma

[covert slate]

[celest blaze]

[floral brook]

Hey guys. I finished the part of the main quest line for SoC that involves getting into Streloks stash n stuff. However I can't get through the Duty checkpoint to get to the Bar. The 2 other quests I have (which are "Steal Military Documents", and "Defend Stalker Camp") need to be turned in at the Bartender. I'm afraid I've soft-locked the game on myself. Yes I'm on console, yes it's my first run

[celest goblet]

So after visiting strelok's stash, you also took the documents from the big building in the military base?

[floral brook]

Not yet

I've got to do that first?

[celest goblet]

Yes. Once you do that then you can get the Duty guys to let you through

You should have come out in the base from the agroprom tunnel anyway so I imagine you had to fight most of them

[floral brook]

Fight? No. Run and waste 3 energy drinks? Yes 😅🙃

[deft stirrup]

But u cant say no

[timber violet]

70 days.

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[fluid abyss]

Isn’t Strelok just a nickname? For all we know his name could be Bob or Binky

[versed crypt]

His name is Gavin 3

[paper dust]

You gotta steal military documents. Otherwise Duty guys won't let you pass.

I'm absolutely loving Clear Sky so far.

[pseudo rivet]

Clear Sky, my beloved

[paper dust]

I'm surprised bandits out of all people have a minigame where you gotta shoot and kill crows.

Flayer's game.

[silver pagoda]

[covert slate]

love me some clear sky

[paper dust]

Ok so Borov in Clear Sky is just a skinny barman. how did he became so fat in less than 1 year?

[covert slate]

he hit it big

or the divorce hit him

[paper dust]

Also Yoga is absolute piece of shit.

screw that guy.

[gaunt burrow]

hello guys

what's up bro? I was taking a break

[paper dust]

Hello, Matt.

[gaunt burrow]

sup??

[jaunty junco]

Hello

How do you level up from novice? Just talking?

[gaunt burrow]

pretty much

[jaunty junco]

Thought so

[gaunt burrow]

you'll get experienced rank once you reach level 10

[jaunty junco]

I gotta keep yapping

[gaunt burrow]

veteran at 25, master at 50 and legend of the zone at 70

[paper dust]

I'm fine, thanks. Want to ask you something, though. Yesterday me and other people had an argument. It was about game not warning you, player about point of no return. I'm interested about your opinion on that matter, since you seem experiened.

[gaunt burrow]

Well I have seen a lot of people who didn't know about point of no return and as a result they had to start a new game. This is why I suggested "Game warning player about point of no return" suggestion in #📜┃s2_suggestions channel

I can even show you a picture of 1 member of this discord who had the same issue (me and him interacted also)

seems like people who play the trilogy for the very first time struggle with that problem a lot

[sand fiber]

whaaa

they didn't do manual saves?

[gaunt burrow]

want a screenshot of 1 such accident? brb

I mentioned you, check it out

@sand fiber

[sand fiber]

oh

well that's a lack of auto-saves problem tbh

[gaunt burrow]

1 little tip @paper dust

restock on your supplies often, its a must

[worthy lagoon]

That's basically you

[hazy helm]

yes

[gaunt burrow]

Scar is a mercenary but he has no connection whatsoever with the so called mercenary faction. Oher mercs don't really treat him as one of their own. This is particularly visible in dialogues with Hog, who calls Scar a "merc", just like most of the other characters do, and when explaining to him what will happen if they fail their task, i.e. clients won't trust the mercs no more, he doesn't seem to take Scar into account at all - as if it didn't apply to him

Other characters also don't treat Scar as a member of the mercenary organization. Chekhov for example doesn't suspect him of any contacts with the hostile mercenaries in the Dark Valley, and he's not surprised by his willingness to assist in eliminating them, all the while being surprised that the mercs attacked another faction

It's also worth noting that if you join any faction, then its emblem will be visible in the PDA and UI; however, if you'll be factionless, then the emblem used by the mercenaries won't be visible anywhere. This further suggests that Scar was a merc only by profession and had no connection with the organization. Of course, it can be assumed that there are other 'mercenary freelancers' in the Zone, but we only know about Scar

[paper dust]

Understood. Thanks for the explanation.

[gaunt burrow]

Thunderov actually sounds better than Gromov (imho)

[cunning onyx]

Yikes.... Just tested my first mod on ps4 version and the game crashed XD

not a great sighn

yup the "Ultimate mod" completly crashes the game...

[fluid abyss]

Scar is a mercenary, as in merc (loner) and not merc (British)

[gaunt burrow]

despite being a mercenary he generally acts like a regular stalker

[paper dust]

@gaunt burrow is merc Ara in Shadow of Chernobyl Armenian?

[gaunt burrow]

Yep. other than his clearly Armenian accent, name "Ara" is commonly used in Armenian language

some mercs in SoC are Armenians as well. Here's their voiceline https://vocaroo.com/1cshY0LisMNx

[pseudo rivet]

Nothing much, Vintar BC worse than SA Avalanche, our orchestra won first place in the Netherlands, I got accepted to study at a Conservatorium and I found this funky new Pepsi flavor

[gaunt burrow]

glad to hear

[granite mortar]

Is it?
Im pretty sure I only restocked in CS before going to Red Forest

[gloomy knoll]

I remember never having a problem with bandages / medkits, then I stood in the sarcophagus on SoC with 0 all of a sudden

man that sucked

[naive fog]

Ye raiding the CNPP with no bandages on master is a vibe

[gloomy knoll]

ah good times

I never got back into the games after I started with GAMMA

[naive fog]

Damn you started with gamma?

[gloomy knoll]

I had a few playthroughs

[naive fog]

Same

[gloomy knoll]

So I got used to the overly complicated workings and the normal game suddenly felt so...

[naive fog]

It's hard to get out I have 7 playthroughs

[gloomy knoll]

Mundane LMFAO

[naive fog]

Still tho back to the CNPP I've raided it in Gamma with no bandages or ibuprofen or yadulin and shit

Hard no crosshair 💀

[gloomy knoll]

If you got an exo it aint too bad

[naive fog]

No exo

I had an exosuit if anything

But no proper exo

1911 on .337 and a modernised AKS-74U

Oh ye and a sledgehammer

[gloomy knoll]

I did raids into Prypjat till I got my Monolith Nosorog

And I used the AK 105 typically

[naive fog]

I hate how rupture works in gamma

[gloomy knoll]

No mutants scare me except of boars in Gamma

[naive fog]

Like no way a Monolith exosuit still can't take tushankos

[gloomy knoll]

And controllers because the Psi Protection is ass

[naive fog]

I love how they did controllers

With the Doom 3 sound effects

Absolutely perfect

[gloomy knoll]

Man I would have to smoke all 25g of cannabis I am nowadays allowed to carry with me to even look at a controller

[nova wedge]

Do you think the controller would get secondhand high from it

[naive fog]

The shock when fighting controllers in the open in generators is funny

[naive fog]

Yes

[gloomy knoll]

I'd smoke with him probably

[finite dragon]

eating noodles rn

[naive fog]

If they can mind control and stuff then ye

[naive fog]

Just finished soup

[finite dragon]

chicken soup?

[gloomy knoll]

Me in Generators: "All good, all calm. The COntroller just got oofed by the Pseudogiant..." Hears the 3 chimeras spawning behind

I did up the mutant spawnrate fyi

[naive fog]

Na I don't remember how to spell it but it's a Polish soup that has like chicken, pasta, carrots and a bunch of spices and stuff

[finite dragon]

ey ich esse nudeln mit schnitzel und maggi

[gloomy knoll]

Wilder mix

[finite dragon]

ich weiß

[naive fog]

Bro same except the only thing I get are zombies

That's what the sledgehammer is for, training strength too

[gloomy knoll]

Man Z's are like Hulk sometimes

Like, man what do they do to break BOTH OF MY LEGS with one hit?!

[finite dragon]

kuchen tv

[naive fog]

Ik the damage and shit is so off in gamma one of the reasons why I quit

Also tf did I do to my spawn rates when basically the only mutants I saw were zombies and psysuckers

I was lucky if I saw a flesh or dog

[gloomy knoll]

I just did overall mutant spawnrate and reduced the savearea

[naive fog]

I just added more types of mutants 💀

[granite mortar]

Ewww
Gamma mentioned
Eww

[finite dragon]

what kind of mutants

[naive fog]

All

All the ones turned off

[finite dragon]

[naive fog]

Womp womp

[gloomy knoll]

Cant remember all the types that you could add there

Was it in Gamma where you had the Librarians from metro? Lmfao

[naive fog]

I got kinda nervous at pseodo giant jumpers but I added it anyways

I've been off the gamma for a while tho

Started crashing like crazy and shit and then I just quit

[granite mortar]

[naive fog]

OWA is more fun anyways

[granite mortar]

Yeqh but its nowhere near to proper standalone

[naive fog]

The cheeki breeki is just

[granite mortar]

Dont get me wrong
OWA is the best version of Anomaly

But still...
It suffers from lot of same issues

[naive fog]

Ye

I have a bunch of stuff to do but after I do them Imma play RTTN

I gotta finish this CS playthrough, play CS again

Finish RDR2 or at least play it for a while

And then replay the entire metro trilogy in Russian with English sub

[granite mortar]

[naive fog]

Ight gtg play CS seeya

[granite mortar]

[naive fog]

Yes

[hushed tide]

Mods on consoles are actually popping off didn't think mods would come out this fast

[gaunt burrow]

well for me it is at least

the more the merrier

[granite mortar]

Crazy

[celest goblet]

Can chew through a lot of shotgun ammo in red forest. I did also restock before Limansk but it turned out not to be too necessary

[celest blaze]

Trust me you want alot of ammo for cs endgame

[celest goblet]

Everyone is rocking SP-6 or AP 5.56/5.45 so having both a Vintar and FT-2000M meant I was never in too much danger of running dry

[restive shell]

People said the same about SoC but I ended with like 700 ammo for one of the guns when finishing the game.

Is CS similar when it comes to endgame?

[celest blaze]

CS endgame has more monolith I was flying through it more so then soc

[restive shell]

Please tell me ending is a big faction war vs monolith where your faction helps out? That would be kinda cool 😅

[celest blaze]

Haha I won't wanna spoil it but it was a good ending I liked it

[restive shell]

I just hope there won't be any more of the equipment stealing as it happened in garbage

Hmm. Does the third game have the faction war mechanic?

[celest blaze]

No sadly only clear sky

[restive shell]

Aww

[celest blaze]

I hope faction war comes back for stalker 2

[gloomy knoll]

Cant wait to farm freedom again

[celest goblet]

You will indeed be fighting a lot of monolith later on, they're pretty much the endgame enemy in all the games

[restive shell]

You wouldn't kill ganja. You monster

[gloomy knoll]

I had been killing thme all

[restive shell]

Then again, I haven't met duty yet so not sure how I'll like them in CS

[pearl olive]

they're still tacticool bootlickers

[celest blaze]

I only sided with duty for 9x39 ammo

As val my beloved

[dim topaz]

Duty is based. I've been duty like 90% the time

[pearl olive]

duty are dorks

[celest blaze]

Next cs run I'm wiping duty out

[loud gate]

[dim topaz]

no u

[celest blaze]

I wonder how the faction wars are like in the standalone mods

[gloomy knoll]

I dont join a faction for their belief, I join them for my own gain

[loud gate]

BASED

[celest blaze]

[loud gate]

Dolg, dorks, dogs, all start with D

[dim topaz]

I can only speak for anomaly but it's broken af there, I had like 100 monolith soldiers pouring into rostok once

[celest blaze]

Ngl that sounds kinda fun like a PTSD sim

Lore accurate monolith strike groups

[dim topaz]

It was fun at first, but it just got tedious, you could literally see mounds of monolith corpses and they woiuldn't stop coming

[celest blaze]

[gloomy knoll]

Did they come via wild territories or the other way?

[dim topaz]

they came from army warehouses

[pearl olive]

RTTN feels like that sometimes.. i'm only 20 in-game days in, only been to 4 or 5 areas of the map and had to kill 300 bandits

[gloomy knoll]

Open field, pogger area to kill them

[celest blaze]

Jeez that's alot of bandits

[dim topaz]

nah they were already at the corner

[pearl olive]

entering cordon from garbage im garunteed to fight 5 or 6 at the checkpoint, 2 or 3 at the bridge, and 10-12 at the place by the grain elevator its kinda ridiculous.. also 15 bandits minimum at the train yard in garbage every time i pass through

[celest blaze]

Man that would get old fast

[pearl olive]

at first yea.. soon as I got a PSO scope on my AK i was fine.. went from wasting ammo like crazy to 1 shot each

now its just become normal. Helps me stay fed as well

[restive shell]

How harder is anomaly/gamma compared to base SoC / CS? I heard lots about those two mods..

Inventory management seems annoying lol. So many parts/different healing items..

[celest goblet]

Harder than base game, partly because you have a lot of mechanical bloat to get used to, they are not too hard compared to some other mods

Easier than RTTN or OP-2 I would say

[pearl olive]

totally agree.. the base games are pretty easy, anomaly a little tougher. Both of them MUCH easier than a lot of standalone mods

[celest goblet]

Like with the base games you just have to learn how they want you to play them and then success can come consistently

[warm linden]

I find it is quite difficult to find good mods for clear sky

[restive shell]

I assume they are both based on the third game so I'll get used to some mechanics when I get to playing that soon.

[warm linden]

your options are extremely limited for clear sky mods

[warm linden]

completely different to how the trilogy works

[restive shell]

Even the third game? Crazy

[warm linden]

anomaly is a mod built on top of a mod built on top of a mod, and gamma is a modpack thrown on top of anomaly

[celest blaze]

Yeah gamma and efp are their own beasts

[warm linden]

so yes, extremely different to the mainline games

[pearl olive]

yea there's tons of mechanics/items in anomaly/gamma that aren't in the base games that can take some time to learn

[celest blaze]

I'd make sure to play the trilogy first before touching gamma or efp tbh

[warm linden]

If you want a beginner freeplay mod I recommend call of chernobyl

[celest blaze]

Call of the zone is great aswell

[pearl olive]

that's my next adventure

[warm linden]

Just as a reminder there are no repair kits in any of the stalker games, repairing would not be introduced until clear sky

[celest blaze]

I'm bouncing between gamma and cotz until stalker 2 comes out

[loud gate]

More tedious than "harder" tbh

[pearl olive]

hoping it's a little more chill than RTTN... im loving it but its the most PTSD i've had in stalker

[warm linden]

especially with the body health system, a single hit early game is enough to wipe you

[celest blaze]

I wish doctor x didn't pass away

[warm linden]

I'm waiting until dead sky comes out

[celest blaze]

(Doctorx is responsible for cotz and some awesome mods)

[loud gate]

I'm afraid it won't release until September

[warm linden]

should be out within the next couple months

[warm linden]

[pearl olive]

is dead sky anything to do with dead air? and do i need to play dead air first?

[warm linden]

dead sky is a currently in development mod for clear sky

[gloomy knoll]

I saw vids from dead air

[warm linden]

think of gunslinger for COP, basically that for clear sky

[gloomy knoll]

It looked like a fever dream

[celest blaze]

Even if it comes in Sept I'm still gonna play it dead sky devs doing hard work I gotta play it

Clear sky is my favorite so dead sky I'm gonna fall in love with

[warm linden]

dead air looks alright but I personally prefer gunslinger, although the gun selection is limited

example is you don't have the spas 12

[celest blaze]

Oh what

[warm linden]

yeah, very little shotgun selection other than the saiga 12

[celest blaze]

I liked call of pripyat complete mod

[warm linden]

gunslinger is a very good mod but they limit your options in terms of weaponry

[celest blaze]

For balance reasons? Or aesthetics?

[warm linden]

no idea

[celest goblet]

There was a pretty small span of time between the original games so most mods are either on the original because it was first or on CoP because it's the most advanced version of the engine

[warm linden]

so far the best mods for clear sky are either SRP, Complete or Arsenal Overhaul although arsenal overhaul changes the entire game

[warm linden]

COP is also the most finished out of the trilogy

[hazy helm]

COP is the barrest and most empty of the trilogy

all they could do with such a small dev cycle

[warm linden]

SRP is the best mod for clear sky however as it's mainly a bug fix mod that changes the game very little if not none, there are optional mods included as well

[celest blaze]

I'm impressed with what they could achieve all things considered

[warm linden]

ye, didn't really feel good to play plus there wasn't much to do with only three regions

[celest blaze]

I do wish cop had more time and devs

[hazy helm]

yhea, concepting and scripting the entire game in 1 year isnt that easy, but they were able to do it

a shame they had to cut out so much due to it

[gloomy knoll]

Keep in mind

[hazy helm]

but I feel like even if they had it wouldnt really fall closer to the others

[celest goblet]

It's pretty short but I think it let them refine some of the core mechanics some more. Plus the most interesting side missions imo

[dim topaz]

CS was way less feature-complete than CoP

[gloomy knoll]

Stalker was not meant to be as it turned out to be in the start. Devs worked on a pretty different game before

[hazy helm]

CS has way more features than CoP

for example

[warm linden]

CS is the most disliked out of the trilogy so it doesn't get much love in terms of mods

[hazy helm]

CoP completely butchers the AI due to a limited time window and scripting necessities

[hazy helm]

no not really, the reasons are technical

[warm linden]

oh, I heard a lot of hate for the game so I thought it was due to a difference in popularity

[hazy helm]

why would you choose to mod 1.5 when if you want a mod like SoC you mod 1.0 and if you want a more rail roady mod you would just gun for 1.6, there is very little beneficiary to using 1.5

its easier to use 1.0 and 1.6 depending on waht you want to use, more support for them

[warm linden]

I don't understand technical stuff so you are gonna need to translate for me

[dim topaz]

The entire gameplay of CS feels like a wild goose hunt, it never feels like you're given any time to freely explore the areas, and when you do it's mostly infested with enemy AI and not much else

[warm linden]

each stalker game feels super different from one another, at least to me, so I don't really have a single experience I can call good

[hazy helm]

the numbers are related to Xray versions, 1.0 is SoC, 1.5 is CS and 1.6 is CoP
SoC is mainly used to attain a certain playstyle while CoP has worse AI due to how much was ripped out of it, but is a lot more contained and so used for railraody mods

[dim topaz]

For me the best is SoC for the nostalgia, CoP for the gameplay

[warm linden]

the stalker games just mostly bore me, they aren't really consistent to me and it just seems like they are struggling to figure out what they are

[warm linden]

CS has pretty good gunplay all things considered

[dim topaz]

wait why are you here thená

[sand fiber]

nah, SoC and CoP had a pretty good idea of what they are

CS on the other hand

[hazy helm]

in many of its systems and gameplay conventions, CS tried to be a natural progress from SoC, the upgrade system, the AI, the combat, the artifact system, in many ways it is
CoP streamlined and simplified the formula to a very bland paste, getting rid of the harder aspects of CS and SoC

[warm linden]

Oh I'm sorry would you rather not hear my personal opinion about games I have a lot of hours in?

[warm linden]

CS ai screwed me over several times with them pushing me out of cover

[dim topaz]

that wasn't sarcasm, it sounded like you didn't like the games

[warm linden]

bored ≠ don't like

[dim topaz]

[sand fiber]

CS tried to be a natural progress from SoC
statements dreamt by the UTTERLY delusional

[hazy helm]

many of the balancing of CoP is just, shit, it is designed to require the least ammount of effort from the player, either due to a conscious decision by the team who were scared that a player who only cared about story would be bothered by the more simulation and hard systems, or due to a lack of time to implement and test them

[warm linden]

I was mainly unsure about anything and everything

[hazy helm]

CoP is much like a carnival ride, very little resistance, you pass thru a parade of flashy things but very little substance

[warm linden]

It's very very easy to become OP quickly in COP, that was my main problem with the games, plus there wasn't nearly enough danger to the player

[dim topaz]

that sounds more like CS to me lol

[hazy helm]

CS has various systems that force you to engage with the game

[warm linden]

In CS you are under constant danger from mutants and other stalkers

[dim topaz]

CS feels like a linear action game where the zone is just a setpiece

[hazy helm]

CoP allows you to bend over backwards and do whatever you want

[dim topaz]

some people like that aspect of stalker

[warm linden]

I had the least deaths in COP compared to the other games

[hazy helm]

Stalker SoC is also linear in its story and action focused

[warm linden]

That isn't something I like personally

[hazy helm]

in fact all the games are Linear Action games with side activities, CS has these

[dim topaz]

and that's completely fine

[warm linden]

artifact hunting in CS is mixed for me

[warm linden]

I lost interest when I saw strelok teleporting around like a crackhead

[hazy helm]

I wouldve prefered for artifacts to be more abundant and randomly spawning, but at least the system in CS is better tahn the one in CoP

[gloomy knoll]

"Artifacts are rare!" SoC: How about... no?

[dim topaz]

That's SoC my man

[gloomy knoll]

Yeah sorry when reading shit I sometimes type out what I read instead what I think

[dim topaz]

Artifacts in SoC are like, you look out your window and see 2 meat chunks and 3 jellyfishes bouncing around

[sand fiber]

that's literally the end of the game

[hazy helm]

you can find a plentyful ammount of artifacts, but CoP, artifacts are largely useless and too farmable

[sand fiber]

i should replay CS tbh

[warm linden]

Like I said, I lost interest because I felt nothing was consistent

[hazy helm]

you can easelyn make a fortune farming and sleeping for artifacts

[warm linden]

I was not sure what stalker was and I don't think the games had a identity just from how much I had to deal with

[hazy helm]

at least, in CS, to effectively use and game the faction system you need to commit and choose a faction to fight for and thus gain rewards

Stalker is a Fast Paced Action FPS game with a focus on Exploration and Story, it is a Sci Fi game

[warm linden]

be me
kiss sidrovich
wake up
crops are ready to harvest after the latest rainfall (emission)
find a rare bubble in the fields, gonna sell that at the pawn shop
farm around 29 jellyfish and 35 stoneblood
mix both in a soup making black tar heroin
good soup

I'm sorry I could not resist

[hazy helm]

good soup

[pearl olive]

compared to what? having a lot going on doesn't mean the game itself is confused.. they had a pretty specific 'identity' and they nailed it 100% imo

[warm linden]

I was very confused playing them

[sand fiber]

whyy

[warm linden]

good soup

[gloomy knoll]

I played the games as a kid and wasn't too confused

[warm linden]

everything just blurred for me

[celest blaze]

Based

I wish srp fixed the ending

[nova wedge]

If I have to play cs again in recent time I'm going to 📴 myself

[sand fiber]

it'll only give me more reasons to hate the thing

[wet lark]

The balancing for how the guns were early to mid game could have been worked on, but the progression in the game and how you moved through the map all felt very fluid and smooth to me

[nova wedge]

It's not BAD I just happened to have a Really terrible time with it

[wet lark]

Thats why cops my favorite

[pearl olive]

what do you mean?

[celest blaze]

It's very buggy

[dim topaz]

Overall I like all 3 games

[pearl olive]

I had that experience too thought it was just me

[celest blaze]

First time it crashed second time it bugged out and couldn't be done so I had to do it a 3rd time

[gaunt burrow]

Vist will kill Nozar a lot and give her more reasons to hate CS

[celest blaze]

I almost gave up and just watched cs ending on YouTube

[nova wedge]

What where it drops you in cnpp and you get to run around while everyone is dead

[pearl olive]

SOC did that to me.. first ever playthrough using ZRP and the portal sequence corrupted everything

[hazy helm]

I once again, shill anomalous dugout, for being able to press the x key while playing CS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WxmriSqAYM

[celest blaze]

I will admit I turned cs ending to easiest just to get it over with as 3rd time was NOT FUN

But overall I liked cs alot

[warm linden]

I love him

[wet lark]

What left you unsure of the game?

[nova wedge]

It will always astound me though that the faction war thing is in such a game where it's like GO GO GO NOW GET STRELOK uhh you can fight with duty also if you feel like it on the side

[celest goblet]

Sometimes Vist will just randomly headshot you but yeah you can just sprint past him with a few medkits generally

[spring apex]

u can glitch the ending by shooting strelok, quicksave and quickload again. strelok will just freeze in place

[warm linden]

Vist is a god of war and death

[dim topaz]

try getting past here on Master

[gaunt burrow]

Yeah I don't think Scar even joined any faction lorewise (except Clear Sky)

[hazy helm]

I did, it was very easy

[warm linden]

you can

[gaunt burrow]

given the urgency of the story

it would be illogical for him to join any faction and waste his time on faction wars

[warm linden]

He never joined any faction, he only helped clear sky due to mutual interest

[pearl olive]

the people filtered by Vova didn't deserve to sit by the fire in Cordon

[warm linden]

He wanted to get rid of strelok so the emissions stopped and his nervous system didn't get cooked, clear sky was gonna get him to strelok

[celest blaze]

Based tbh

[gaunt burrow]

his nervous system was f*cked either way

Beanpolev directly said that only thing he can do is reduce negative impact on his body

[warm linden]

He probably figured that if he took out strelok his problems would be solved, he held onto that tiny hope

[celest blaze]

Only thing scar could do is escape the zone but that doesn't happen

[nova wedge]

Terminal seven scar mod

[pearl olive]

I like to think Scar made it

[gaunt burrow]

All you are getting now is a little more time until the point where your nervous system begins to break down

[gloomy knoll]

I highly doubt it if Clearsky didn't make it either

[gaunt burrow]

Scar's time was limited from the very start

[celest blaze]

Rip clear sky

[gaunt burrow]

I never understood that either tbh. he could just leave the Zone

once and for all

[celest blaze]

If I knew the next emission could kill me I'd just run lol

[gaunt burrow]

but I guess plot

[celest blaze]

True would ruin the story

[gloomy knoll]

Question is if you can make it out as easily as we think of it. Letting people enter the Zone is one thing, but exitting?

[gaunt burrow]

As soon as Beanpolev/Kalancha said that Scar should've just left honestly

and go to the nearest hospital in the big land

[celest blaze]

I feel there's gotta be ways out that aren't surrounded by military

[warm linden]

I wish my nervous system was fried

[celest blaze]

Tunnels etc

[nova wedge]

They should have doubled down and made scar have visions of his death but he still continues deeper

[gloomy knoll]

Judging by the danger the zone is, there might be loopholes, but finding them is gonna be hard

[warm linden]

Hell the game could have ended at sidrovich

do a favor for him or pay him enough money, you could get smuggled out of the zone

[gaunt burrow]

there's no way Scar with all his experience wouldn't know paths leading to the big land

I'd imagine he also has/had a lot of money stashed somewhere

[warm linden]

we know very little about scar to begin with

[gaunt burrow]

yes but dialogues reveal that he's experiened

[warm linden]

scar has a vss vintorez, ain't no way bro doesn't have a stash of money somewhere

[nimble cipher]

cheekibreeki. has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[gaunt burrow]

in his convo with Cold he said "I'm no stranger to the Zone"

[gloomy knoll]

vintorez and a bad coat

[gaunt burrow]

Wolf also noted that it isn't his first day in the Zone when Scar asked him about Sid

[warm linden]

Scar also recovered pretty fast from being literally cooked alive

[dim topaz]

Playing SoC and CS back to back. I thought the implication was that C-con brainwashed Scar with those big emissions to hunt down Strelok, and talks about his nervous system was just a convient coincidence or part of their plan for him.

[gaunt burrow]

In his conversation with Valerain he can say "Sure. I've been in the Zone a long time."

[gloomy knoll]

But Clear sky /= C-Con, and its Clear sky telling him he'll be fried soon enough with the next emissions

[nova wedge]

Roaches are pretty hard to micro wave

[nova wedge]

No wait that's ants

[gaunt burrow]

#📸┃screens_and_videos

[dim topaz]

Which could be due to C-cons planning too, give him a timer

[gaunt burrow]

We don't even know what happened to Scar, and even if he got brainwashed there's a very big chance that he would die during transportation

[gloomy knoll]

I kinda doubt C-Con had much to do with Scar's mission to hunt down Strelok

[gaunt burrow]

many Marked Agents don't make it

[dim topaz]

Or what Scar just Coincidentally happens to survive a huge af emission and then another one, and then end up having to hunt down Strelok who JUST pierced into the heart of the zone

[warm linden]

C-Con had nothing to do with it

[gloomy knoll]

dont tell me that

[warm linden]

Most Marked Agents don't even make it back alive

[gaunt burrow]

exactly

[warm linden]

C-Con simply made what we call a receptionist error by assigning strelok to low tier god himself

[gaunt burrow]

"The transports were used to send our Marked Agents into the Zone. They infiltrate Stalker Community and carry out our orders without realizing it. Unfortunately, more than half of stalkers die during transportation. The Zone is very unstable. You are one of our agents sent to kill Strelok, and we're now trying to work out how we made that mistake."

more than half of them don't make it so Scar's chances of surviving as a marked agent aren't big

[warm linden]

Imagine making a mistake so bad that C-Con is trying to figure out how the hell they messed up

[warm linden]

Strelok survived from pure chance, even luckier that the stalker that saved him didn't just loot him and leave

[gaunt burrow]

Strelok is generally very lucky

[nimble cipher]

cheekibreeki. has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[gaunt burrow]

him surviving death truck crash isn't the only moment when luck was on his side

[wet lark]

You mustve been a weird kid to find that out

[warm linden]

wish granter said come to me and strelok did indeed come to the wish granter

[nova wedge]

I DID NOT MICROWAVE ROACHES AS A KID

[dim topaz]

We don't know if he survived, but the ending makes it look like he got captured and marked as an agent just like Strelok

[gaunt burrow]

even if he was turned into a marked agent what are the chances of him surviving the transportation?

only marked agent we know who survived crash of the death truck is strelok

[warm linden]

you microwaved them, you sick bastard

[warm linden]

we can find more remains of marked ones from the death truck up the road in cordon

[nova wedge]

I was thinking of that post that said it's impossible to microwave ants

[gaunt burrow]

they are dead as hell, not in "alive" category

[warm linden]

Just in case I double tapped all of them

gotta make sure you know?

[gaunt burrow]

If the brainwashing process failed, Scar could simply become another zombie

It's also possible that he simply died during the emission, or was captured but somehow managed to overcome the brainwashing process and escaped from whatever laboratory it was taking place in

that's why I love ending of Clear Sky. a lot of room for theories and speculations

[warm linden]

eepy time

night night

[gaunt burrow]

gn

[wet lark]

And I didnt cover up anthills as a kid

[dim topaz]

seems too good of an opportunity to pass up bringing Scar back in Stalker 2 as a cameo at the very least

[wet lark]

It would honestly

[nova wedge]

They should have have him in a tank somewhere

[pearl olive]

a postcard from old man Scar poolside somewhere with strong drink will be good enough for me

[dim topaz]

hell yeah

[paper dust]

@gaunt burrow where can I find dialogues stating that Monolith used to be a stalker faction before?

[gaunt burrow]

In Clear Sky. Loners at Army Warehouses have a dialogue stating that

[dim topaz]

Good ending: C-Con's mission for Scar was to move to the Philippines and settle down, he now lives happily with his 4 kids and hot asian wife

[gaunt burrow]

"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."

[paper dust]

Wow that was fast lol. Thanks a lot, by the way.

Not stalker related topic, but how come you aren't helper, Matt?

[gaunt burrow]

🤷‍♂️

I honestly don't even care. I don't need ranks to be helpful

[loud gate]

@glossy blade When do we make Matt a moderator?

He's probably one of the most active EN members, knows a huge amount of stuff about the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. lore, he's the perfect candidate

He deserves that role.

[sand fiber]

when do we make Mol1t a moderator? i think he deserves it. as a treat.

[fluid abyss]

Counterpoint: British

[gaunt burrow]

appreciate it

[loud gate]

Matt isn't British

[fluid abyss]

Wait no that’s not the Brit flag

[gaunt burrow]

?? I'm not British lol, I'm Georgian

[gaunt burrow]

[fluid abyss]

Nvm carry on

[nova wedge]

LMAO

[dim topaz]

you even mistook the """british""" flag for the """english""" flag Frater meus in Christo

[fluid abyss]

aye man I don’t live over there

I’m on mobile that flag was tiny it kinda looked like the Union Jack

then I was like wait no there’s no blue so I thought it might be the England flag

Then I was like wait the English flag doesn’t have the extra bits

[gaunt burrow]

haha, no worries man

all good

[broken latch]

There is no blue

[nova wedge]

Assigned British

[broken latch]

And it has no diagonal +

[fluid abyss]

yes

[pearl olive]

only thing I know about Georgians is that they're really tough fighters, and they have cool hats

[gaunt burrow]

@paper dust https://stalker.fandom.com/wiki/Older_Monolith_Faction I created this very topic, and @finite dragon edited it later on. you can learn more about older monolith by reading this

[nova wedge]

I like their food

[gaunt burrow]

I believe it contains all mentions of old Monolith faction

[finite dragon]

This article should be deleted

Information merged into main article

[gaunt burrow]

I'd do it myself but I don't know how to merge it

[paper dust]

Wait so why did Hog had a contract on Monolithians? And who hired him?

[gaunt burrow]

we don't know. that information isn't revealted anywhere

revealed**

still very interesting piece of lore nonethless

[silk sparrow]

How many seconds until September 5th?
5,982,020 seconds

[gaunt burrow]

Hi Goblin. long time no see man

how are you? how's life?

[silk sparrow]

lets count to 6M

Life is good, depression is real, Cant wait to go into the zone

What are these chat ranks

[gaunt burrow]

You mean what are these chad ranks?

[finite dragon]

Good morning yall

[gaunt burrow]

Morning

[wet lark]

And they have the misfortune of having a US state named after them

[nova wedge]

You would not believe how many Americans don't even know Georgia (country) exists

[gaunt burrow]

real af

[pearl olive]

There's Americans who don't know Georgia the state exists

[nova wedge]

True that

[wet lark]

Yeah if you said to an American that you live in Georgia, most Americans are gonna assume the state

[primal current]

what is the state of Georgia even known for

[gaunt burrow]

yeah its sad ngl

[nova wedge]

Atlanta.

[pearl olive]

Nothing good whatsoever

[nova wedge]

Actually the aquarium there is really good

[gaunt burrow]

not just sad actually, heartbreaking

[primal current]

amazing

[pearl olive]

couple good bands from there too.. but mostly a dumpster fire it's kind of like Texas..

[lethal orchid]

There are islands off the coast that are nice

Kinda like isolated small towns

Drivers are crap

[pearl olive]

Georgia's state slogan according to a guy I know from there, is 'At least it's not Alabama'

[primal current]

not a very high bar to pass

[nova wedge]

Don't they grow a lot of fruit or something too idk that's what I always think of

You know it's bad when your state is known for growing something

Looking at you Iowa

[silk sparrow]

all i know about Georgians. They made CR7 cry

and their food is S tier

[gaunt burrow]

our food is goated, yeah

so is our wine

[silk sparrow]

yeah

[floral brook]

Supposed to be the Peach state but South Carolina produces more peaches than Georgia

[wet lark]

There is no way you just said Texas is a dumpster fire

[granite mortar]

🇬🇪

[primal current]

browsing twitter, just saw a video of a human trafficing truck getting caught in atlanta 💀

[loud gate]

Soon, some day, some day.

[wet lark]

The algorithim knows

[floral brook]

Ruh roh raggy

Someone's being spied on by the CIA

[pearl olive]

Only people in TX don't realize its a cesspool

[tender torrent]

I will place it as Elhant assistant or some kind of helpers

[gaunt burrow]

what is Elhan't assistant role? @tender torrent

for what it is given?

[wet lark]

You from California by any chance?

[loud gate]

Discord Event

[gaunt burrow]

aha

[loud gate]

It was some kind of challenge if I recall long time ago

[wet lark]

90% of the roles people have idk where they come from lol

[gaunt burrow]

same

[calm bough]

[loud gate]

@gaunt burrow #📰┃announcement message

[gaunt burrow]

NO WAY. Elhant is an actual person and member of this community?

Always thought it was just a name for something

thanks tho @loud gate

[tender torrent]

@gaunt burrow A special role where you can help anyone because you have book-like knowledge of STALKER

[quiet spade]

what do the options in loz look like? is there a video showing them off?

[loud gate]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/830078583275651145/1235240515595796563/Harazd.gif

[gaunt burrow]

[gaunt burrow]

so you gotta know the lore very well then?

cannot say that I have a good knowledge of the lore. I still consider myself a rookie when it comes to lore

[tender torrent]

Not entirely

[quiet spade]

anybody own loz?

[loud gate]

https://tenor.com/view/stephen-a-smith-wait-wait-wtf-what-what-now-gif-13112899

[pearl olive]

nah

[loud gate]

My brother in Christ, you know every piece of dialogue from the game

[spring apex]

man be tapping "what's new" option repeatedly

[loud gate]

What is loz

[spring apex]

legend of zone? idk

[tender torrent]

yet, every image, or every piece of information comes out of you almost instantly, I don't know if you have a whole list of every chapter and know it by heart

[wet lark]

You ever been to Texas?

[pseudo rivet]

Someone mention me?

[gaunt burrow]

I do have collection of if not all then at least 97-98%~ of dialogues but still

I think theres always a room for improvement

[pseudo rivet]

We do basically know almost everything, tbh

[tender torrent]

What are the missing 3 and 2%?

[spring apex]

how do you have a savefile for games to grab screenshots of the triggered dialogue

[pseudo rivet]

My lacking department in SoC, tbh

[gaunt burrow]

I'm trying to find it

no success so far, but for some reason I'm 100% certain that I missed something

[pseudo rivet]

Actually, Elhant is from Heroes of Annihilated Empires

He's an Elf though, so that's cringe

[gaunt burrow]

WAIT WAIT, in CoP you can take Sultan's side and interact with Morgan, right?

[pseudo rivet]

Obviously

And you can also side with Morgan instead

[gaunt burrow]

I don't have Morgan's dialogues because I always took Beard's side and stalkers side

[pseudo rivet]

There's nothing too interesting, tbh

However, did you side with Morgan?

[gaunt burrow]

never

[pseudo rivet]

That one is interesting

[gaunt burrow]

genuinely I never ever took Sultan's and Morgan's side

[pseudo rivet]

Because he tries to give you equipment to keep you silent, basically

But he mentioned something about getting equipped with the weapon of Duty's elite or something like that

[gaunt burrow]

interesting

[pseudo rivet]

I forgot what it was

[spring apex]

you gonna speak to owl to side with morgan

[pseudo rivet]

But something along that line

It's an AC-96/2, by the way

[loud gate]

mybe next playtrough

[pseudo rivet]

So basically the standard weapon of a Duty Sergeant

[loud gate]

Bandits took over the Skadovsk anyway, so there's nothing to gain from helping them

[spring apex]

yeah, an obokan in return for getting harrased by mercenaries all the way through jupiter lol

[red spruce]

Im have found time
Haii :>

[pseudo rivet]

'Sup

[gaunt burrow]

I also don't have dialogues of Yoga accepting Scar into their ranks

[pseudo rivet]

I do, actually

[red spruce]

Haii

[gaunt burrow]

because I never joined bandits in Clear Sky

[gaunt burrow]

hi there

[red spruce]

Hey there, Lore guy

[gaunt burrow]

I might get some of Morgan's dialogues but I will never be able to join bandits in CS out of principle

[granite mortar]

@hazy helm hey about the new mod distribution policies
I suppose non-standalone mods are safe
But what about mods like RTTN? RTTN specifically checks if you have legal copy of CoP installed. Will it also need the links to pages where you can buy the games or is it safe as it is?

[tender torrent]

I remember that you could eliminate a clan from a place, and not see anyone anymore?

where the clan in question can take territory from another clan?

[hazy helm]

if it is standalone, I assume so

Mol1t said that they would lookm at it case by case but I asked their info email and received no answer yet

[gaunt burrow]

mind sharing?

[pseudo rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/south-park-its-gone-gif-4104229

[gaunt burrow]

ok no worries

@pseudo rivet when will you be able to join bandits in Clear Sky?

[red spruce]

I should play counter strike with a Monolith soundboard

[pseudo rivet]

Rn

[gaunt burrow]

from what point?

after which main quest

[gaunt burrow]

I guess i worded it poorly, what I mean is that after what will player be able to join them?

[tender torrent]

You are the enemy of all as bandits no

[red spruce]

Imagine your teammate is shot and goes "я (terrible spelling mistake)"

Wait was that the right word?

[granite mortar]

No :3

[gaunt burrow]

yeah I do want to get some of Yoga's dialogues but on another hand I still can't bring myself into joining bandits

[red spruce]

AHAHA

It was a completely wrong word LMAO

[granite mortar]

Its "ya ranien"
No idea how to write it but this is how it should sound

[red spruce]

Exactly

That one

[gaunt burrow]

OMG! A cat!

[granite mortar]

Me frfr

[red spruce]

You shoot a mf he goes "monoliiit"

[granite mortar]

Omg where?

[gaunt burrow]

here:

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[red spruce]

[granite mortar]

VS
Who would win?

[gaunt burrow]

my money is on

[granite mortar]

[stark plover]

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[pseudo rivet]

After Agroprom, but it does hardlock your game

I believe you can play as normal after either Yantar or Army Warehouses

[wet lark]

Left car

[granite mortar]

Real
We all love

[gaunt burrow]

good point. in Yantar you have to interact with Lefty who's a loner

[pseudo rivet]

Yup

Don't worry, I'm about to do the Bandit quests

[gaunt burrow]

would bandit Scar be hostile towards Sakharov though?

[pseudo rivet]

Don't think so

[hazy helm]

nice easteregg :D

[timber violet]

70 days.

[pseudo rivet]

I can check that as well, but I doubt it

[hazy helm]

yo crim, you remember that kickstarter scam that happened after Stalker 2 was cancelled?

called Areal

[pseudo rivet]

Nope

[hazy helm]

[granite coral]

Summer Sale!

[hazy helm]

a guy was going around 2 years after S2 was cancelled, and made a kickstarter saying he would make the spiritual successor of S2 with his studio filled with exGSC employes
the studio didnt have any and exGSC eomployes and the footage was modded stalker with unity store assets

[pseudo rivet]

Based?

[hazy helm]

I found a guy who stone cold says that Areal was funded and that the now Stalker 2 is the culmination of that Kickstarter, and that GSC are scammers, this shit is beyond schizophrenic

its the entire mental institution

[dim topaz]

Infowars gamer edition

[pseudo rivet]

Lmao that'd be ultra based

Unfortunately literally impossible

[hazy helm]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmSxoXIYr8A

complete utter nonsense from a person who cant even look at wikipedia

[half bone]

I love spreading misinformation

[calm bough]

Stalker 2 sale when

[pseudo rivet]

@gaunt burrow
Just a few more minutes

[half bone]

one of his comment reply's was "Do you work for GSC?", bro's thinking like he's tomygd or something 😭

[hazy helm]

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

you literally cant make this shit up

[loud gate]

Sales incident..

[half bone]

it's real

[hazy helm]

the way he says GSC is pushing ppl to preorder the game with perks if really funny
yes, there is nothing wrong with this model

[half bone]

i mean, every modern game does it

[dim topaz]

stalker 2's editions have to be one of the least predatory I've seen in the triple A market in the last decade

you don't get fomo if you just buy the standard edition

[hazy helm]

I mean as long as its not some predatory thing, which, stalkers editions arent

so its doubly funny

[gaunt burrow]

take your time

[calm bough]

do yall think that S2 is already gone gold or they still working on it?

[covert slate]

do i even wanna know what this is about

[hazy helm]

misinformation

[covert slate]

are people calling him out in the comments?

[hazy helm]

yes

[covert slate]

good, i'm gonna have to open this in a private window so he ain't on my feed

holy hell it's all paragraph mag dumps

[loud gate]

TOOOOO early

[loud gate]

Hey, my comment isn't a paragraph mag dump!

[covert slate]

man you weren't kidding, this is satisfying to read

[loud gate]

NEW GAMEPLAY

[marsh dome]

I'm so looking forward to a surprise in August

[calm bough]

TOO early? eta is in less than 3 months

[sand fiber]

yoooo new footage

cool :3

[loud gate]

YOOOO, IT'S ARMY WEARHOUSES

[wheat isle]

the way hes shooting looks really weird

[hazy helm]

head pull back farther than a anomaly players FOV

[drifting shard]

i cant tell if these videos are pre-rendered or not