⭐┃nospoilers_general

[hazy helm]

based for retconning CoP

we should kick it while theyre down

[normal ocean]

Turns out the Major did all the bandit quests and made the zone worse off

[hazy helm]

based Deggy

[main tangle]

i mean we saw helicopters and we know the game starts with hermann driving the truck so, there could b

[normal ocean]

Now you get enough bandits for tons of faction wars like Chad Clear Sky

[broken latch]

https://tenor.com/view/gato-gato-lamiendo-gato-paleta-lamiendo-gif-15858928605675053640

[loud gate]

No there are no vehicles

[cyan canopy]

or simple thing: You cant drive it

[hazy helm]

faction wars is not a returning mechanic in S2

[normal ocean]

...do Stalker fans forget vehicles were literally in the first three games but not usable by the player.

[main tangle]

non player ones i meant, no either ?

[normal ocean]

good

[loud gate]

non-player, yes, kind of

but like, I wouldn't expect to see trucks randomly drive on roads lel

[main tangle]

yeah that's what i meant but only maybe in cutscenes of special events

[ornate rampart]

and about that it could be a missed opportunity imho, still not 100% on it myself

[main tangle]

yeah exactly

[ornate rampart]

at least depending on what you imagine faction wars to be in the first place

Like if you can join X faction and then alter your rep standing towards another faction/s then it's ok to officially "not have them" since it's just you vs them (no any fellow X AIs helping you), then I'll take it

Cause I don't pretend to have CS factions wars added in again (even in a working state), cause mods could cover that field hopefully

[main tangle]

i loved the CS faction wars tbh, although it's buggy and janky sometimes, it made the world very much more dynamic

[azure dock]

Please stop drip feeding us imagery and drop the A-Life 2.0 video already!

[leaden sentinel]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl-shadow-of-chernobyl-chornobyl-chernobyl-gif-3707974255428954678

damm

[fair hatch]

2 more months till november. Gotta keep the interest for the "average consumer" 😉

[polar orchid]

imagine if stalker 2 had released on 5th september we would all be playing it now 😩

[cyan canopy]

i wonder what gonna happened in november if the game almost released now

[tiny olive]

Happy Beard Day to You

[cyan canopy]

better prepare for massive chats

[polar orchid]

delayed again in october

[cyan canopy]

[polar orchid]

stalker 2 coming first quarter 2025, then its may and still no release

[cyan canopy]

Stalker CoP birthday would come in the next months

[worthy lagoon]

STALKER 2 will release in November

[celest blaze]

Ong

[polar orchid]

we hope so

[finite dragon]

It's only a 2 month delay

[karmic vale]

High chance that it will be released

[cyan canopy]

so what we need is reach the playtime to the peak like Half Life was

[karmic vale]

From what people say there were no bugs in gamescom

[cyan canopy]

but the floating gun in the trailer still on my head

[broken latch]

That just means they weren't found

[finite dragon]

No bugs?? In MY stalker???

[karmic vale]

Yeah

[finite dragon]

Blasphemy

[karmic vale]

That means they are improving

[broken latch]

Bugs and stalker go together like cereal and milk

[fair hatch]

^

[karmic vale]

I dont eat cereal

[broken latch]

Metro fan^

[finite dragon]

I guess stalker devs just stopped pouring milk

[karmic vale]

Huh

[tiny olive]

Bloodsucker milk

[finite dragon]

They just scoop the cereal out of the box

[karmic vale]

No? I dont own metro

[finite dragon]

Wait stalkers nest right they make nests

[broken latch]

So it's just a blank empty space with bugs?

[finite dragon]

That implies there are male and female bloodsuckers

[celest blaze]

Why would people clown react the announcement?

[cyan canopy]

[tiny olive]

😳

[broken latch]

Why are you a cat

[finite dragon]

They made bloodsuckers even more scary

[celest blaze]

Why aren't you 🤨

[cyan canopy]

More like 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓀𝓎

[tiny olive]

Ashot, probably: I want a Goth Baddy Bloodmommy

[karmic vale]

They made them less hot because freedomers cant stop using them

[broken latch]

Because I'm lord protector of cats and the cat land

[celest blaze]

Based AF

[karmic vale]

I am simply a kobold

[broken latch]

https://tenor.com/view/tuxedo-cat-uni-stare-look-cat-gif-10563445165587254274

[cyan canopy]

Friendly bayun mod

[tiny olive]

Stalker 2 should add a button that lets us pat the bayun

[celest blaze]

ONG

[cyan canopy]

then i'm happy

[karmic vale]

https://tenor.com/view/kobold-thumbs-up-smile-cute-friend-gif-15793928

[tiny olive]

Don't forget the button to pat the pseudodog

[finite dragon]

Ew no

[nimble cipher]

issabelletheaussie has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[broken latch]

Stalker 2 should add Maxwell and Uni

[tiny olive]

Pat the chimera, and pat the pseudogiant

[cyan canopy]

Blind dog is cute

[tiny olive]

Screw the snorks though

[karmic vale]

Blind dogs are creepy

[finite dragon]

I will not do that

[cyan canopy]

bro why you want petting a corpse dude?

[tiny olive]

My grandma's old pet dog looks like a clean Pseudodog

[tiny olive]

Read the sentence again lol

[broken latch]

It's not a corpse if it's alive

[tiny olive]

Happy Beard day to you

[static compass]

Beard

[normal ocean]

Let us pet the Bandits

[tiny olive]

Pet Sultan's smooth, round, and creamy bald head

[cyan canopy]

i like you cut g

[tiny olive]

Battle of the Bald

Sultan vs Yoga

(Not sure if Yoga is totally bald or he just looks like one)

[cyan canopy]

nah Sidorovich or..

Fanatic?

[tiny olive]

Bald Strelok

[nimble spruce]

Hey now he has a receding hairline

Don’t be hair-ist towards him

[celest blaze]

streloks hairline looks like that because he has ALOT of testosterone

[cyan canopy]

Lebedev hair

[nimble spruce]

Fax

[cyan canopy]

i mean head

[celest blaze]

Dr. Phil ong

[cyan canopy]

Lebedev deserve his dead

[normal ocean]

NGL I am still baffled what happened with him in Clear Sky.

How is he bald in clear sky but has hair in shoc

Did he get a rare artifact that brought his hair back

[tiny olive]

He sold artifacts to Manscaped

Use code "Sidorovich"

[normal ocean]

I half wonder if they just never told whoever was updating his model that CS was a prequel and not a sequel

Or how Clear Sky uses beta SHOC weapon designs oddly enough

[tiny olive]

Well, maybe because he never got out of the bunker that much, so you know, no regular barber visits

[normal ocean]

(Mainly the Makarov/AKU having wooden instead of synthetic furniture)

Like it's presumably intentional for Pripyat but in Clear Sky they still use the SHOC icons

[tiny olive]

Probably

[normal ocean]

I wish we knew more about Clear Sky's development since it seems it could rival the stuff in SHOC's

Alot of reused main quest steps and the odd abscene of bar for instance.

[main tangle]

look up Anarchy Cell Documents you might find it interesting

[normal ocean]

I've given a look at that, I mean more them actually putting it into practice

[main tangle]

ah okay

[fast stratus]

Hi

[pseudo rivet]

I know

[granite mortar]

._.

please
pay attention to what Lebedev says at start

borders change, new areas open, old ones disappear

its not odd absence
its just the way Zone works

[dense hatch]

you WILL read the lore dumps

[rocky trellis]

Beard still doing great, but where's my pal Owl?

Wonder if he stuck around with bandits

[granite mortar]

I sure hope Owl is dead

[rocky trellis]

He had better wares than Beard

[normal ocean]

Yeah but the devs are the one who made that lore in the first place

[loud gate]

You can see him in the Trailer

[rocky trellis]

Wait which trailer?

[loud gate]

https://youtu.be/g6HH5kKLAlw?t=119

[fast stratus]

I want to play satlcraft

[granite mortar]

they literally explained why its not odd in the game

[celest blaze]

dont

[granite mortar]

Dont
for love of God
DO NOT

[fast stratus]

I did it was so good

[normal ocean]

Yeah but I'm wondering if that was always the case out of game or if they had to do it since they didn't have time to revamp bar

[fast stratus]

Too late

[granite mortar]

its literal p2w slop

[celest blaze]

fr

[fast stratus]

Isn't any mmo p2w

[granite mortar]

once you reach bar you will go exclusively against guys with endgame premium gear

[celest blaze]

that's when he is gonna quit

[granite mortar]

no
paying increases your progression speed
in Stalcraft you straight up get endgame gear and go against midgame players

[hardy turtle]

Hey, I just saw that stalker 2 is announced at Brazil Game Show 2024, will the demo be available? If it is, I will attend

[dense hatch]

the second you get to the bar it immediately sucks

[hardy turtle]

could anyone confirm this pls?

[dense hatch]

do you mean the demo at the game show?

[hardy turtle]

yeah

[rocky trellis]

Nice! His shop looks better, but it does look like it could be skadovsk?

[granite mortar]

it probably is

man I wish small stuff like traders changed more

[rocky trellis]

Suppose that means bandits do not open fire on sight, if that shop is still in skadovsk

[dense hatch]

they should

having as much combat as CoP would suck

[old jungle]

ask in #📜┃ask-gsc

[hardy turtle]

thx brother

[loud gate]

Please send me link

[rocky trellis]

At very least think they should start neutral, but if you kill a few squads they would become aggressive, like when you pick a side in Yanov

[granite mortar]

wait they said "lets crawl to his new bar"
it might be in Schevchenko
maybe bandits finally took Skadovsk

sure would be cool development

[nimble spruce]

I don’t think it’s skadovsk

[old jungle]

definitely Shevchenko

We saw it in TTOO

[finite dragon]

Brevs I got a question, when you buy a "ultimate physical edition" for pc do you recieve like a key for the game or how does it work?

[nimble spruce]

The post mentions that “Zaton was a nice place” so sounds like he’s somewhere else

[old jungle]

Steam code

[granite mortar]

[finite dragon]

ah thanks man cuz I wasnt sure

[old jungle]

apparently we will receive it via email too so that we can play even if the order had not arrived yet

[finite dragon]

uuf thats nice

[granite mortar]

I still gotta pre-order ._.

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[finite dragon]

still not sure whether I will get it lol, prolly will cuz I been waiting for this game for like well few yrs lol

[old jungle]

Thanks, you too Ranjid

[finite dragon]

God Bless

[old jungle]

it's sold out anyway

[rocky trellis]

The extra campfire content for pre order sounds cozy

[naive fog]

Same to you man

[finite dragon]

wait rly? shit ig im late lol

[old jungle]

in most countries at least, but they are working on restocking

[granite mortar]

other physical editions are still available, no?
its just ultimate thats sold out

[finite dragon]

Ill find out when i try to buy

[loud gate]

Oh, please send link

[hardy turtle]

https://www.brasilgameshow.com.br/lista-de-expositores/

[loud gate]

SPONSORS AND EXHIBITORS 2023

2023

[hardy turtle]

thank you for pointing out my regardness

[loud gate]

I thought I missed something, but no, it's from last year.

[old jungle]

😆

[hardy turtle]

I b-lined to the list and got a neuron activation when I saw stalker 2

[old jungle]

Mozi never misses

[granite mortar]

Mr. Anomalous?
Do you think Ganjas "Good stuff" will actually arrive next week

[old jungle]

[granite mortar]

omg
cat

[naive fog]

[hardy turtle]

hey I'll make my own bsg2024 at my house then, I'll invite gsc

[old jungle]

[finite dragon]

ah ye last question, will my rtx 3060 and i5 run this game smoothly?

[old jungle]

sorry, no idea

PC requirements are on the website

[finite dragon]

on the older trailers the games graphics looked roided up

[finite dragon]

stalker website?

[old jungle]

yes

https://www.stalker2.com/en

[finite dragon]

i found on steam, i should be fine. Hopefully

[loud gate]

depends on res

[finite dragon]

prolly 1080p or 1440p

[loud gate]

1080p should be more than fine. 1440p, should be ok, especially if you plan on using DLSS

[finite dragon]

yeah fair enough, thanks

I hope I manage to pump up the desired 60 fps lol

[still ridge]

Yes

[finite dragon]

ye cuz the trailers presenting those graphics gave me a heart attack lol

[dense hatch]

I'll be waiting for a demake mod

[finite dragon]

hahah

lets hope the game dosent end up like fallout 76 in it's initial phase

"no bugs in stalker, just anomalies"

[dense hatch]

they took an extra 2 months to stomp bugs

so it shouldn't be too rough

[finite dragon]

fair enough

[dense hatch]

76 got rushed out a bit

[finite dragon]

ye thats true

well cd projekt red took their time with cyberpunk for years and well

it was something, but tbf I put my trust into the dev team of stalker

[oblique thistle]

Almost all of the old trailers are renders and not actual ingame footage

[lean quiver]

Redflags everywhere

[dense hatch]

old trailers?

[dense hatch]

there was literally a 35 minute deep dive

[lean quiver]

''deep dive'' pff

[dense hatch]

[sand fiber]

^person who only knows 2 games

[lean quiver]

might as well be called developer commentary on trailer

[loud gate]

???

[dense hatch]

smartest gamer I guess

[lean quiver]

shallow dive

what bothers me the most is we barely know anything about AI and A life

[sand fiber]

grok yourself

just stop watching trailers and play the games when they release

it's the only path to happiness

[lean quiver]

You know what Nozar, i think you are right

weird i know

[finite dragon]

Wdym

[sand fiber]

actully still wrong, you should wait like a couple months :3

[sand fiber]

hmmm yes this is truly the fallout 76 of cyberpunk

[finite dragon]

I mean Im hoping it dosent end up like that

But ig i wont know unless I play ofc

[dense hatch]

I'd rather they didn't explain all the mechanics of the game

learning how that stuff works is part of the fun after launch

[finite dragon]

Uuf

[dense hatch]

they don't even look that good too

like the comparison between the new and old clear sky outpost in the swamps

[lean quiver]

Massive downgrade

but hey they had to optimize for Xbox S

[dense hatch]

it went from 2016 to having actual style

instead of following the awful visual trend of GRAY AND BROWN

[lean quiver]

consoles definively aren´t holding back pc gaming

[finite dragon]

Tbf maybe for the better

[dense hatch]

definitely for the better

even just for performance

[finite dragon]

Yeah exactly, graphics arent the main factor of a good game, Im mored hyped for the gamrplay

[dense hatch]

making it able to run on console means that hopefully it'll be easier to run for those who don't want to pay an absurd amount for a full rig to run it

[finite dragon]

Thats exactly what I'm thinking aswel, like I have a fairly good PC but I dont feel like turning it into an air fryer

[lean quiver]

absurd amounts if you buy pre build stuff, if you buy by parts is not that expensive

[finite dragon]

Still not many can afford it

[celest blaze]

Depends tbh

Enthusiast tier builds still pricey

My gpu is still 1000+ dollars here

[lean quiver]

Yeah but that's 4k ultra category

basically luxury

[celest blaze]

True

Prebuilds are honestly such a scam

[lean quiver]

you can get a RTX 3060 very cheap these days

[celest blaze]

Mfs also like to cheap out on the PSU and potentially grenade the entire pc

[lean quiver]

hahaha yup

[celest blaze]

Here's a 4080 but we are going to give you a psu which may commit suicide so have fun

[dense hatch]

the lower the price gate the better

[finite dragon]

I suppose so

Alr brevs gtg, Have a good day and God bless you.

[celest blaze]

More people need to abandon Sony and Microsoft so the cheaper it is the better

Consoles are honestly a rip off lol

[deep flower]

So Degtyarev side with the bandit in the cannon ending?

[celest blaze]

No

[spring apex]

for that one, don't even know which is canon

[deep flower]

phew, is all the good ending cannon?

[dense hatch]

I hope not, wouldn't really be interesting

[deep flower]

what ending do you think is better being the bad one?

[slender crown]

from the post in #📰┃announcement am i to understand there is no more skadovsk?

[old jungle]

Skadovsk is now held by the bandits. Probably Beard and stalkers relocated to Shevchenko

[slender crown]

good, one more reason to not go there i hate zaton

[old jungle]

why?

[broken latch]

Scary

[slender crown]

ugly

[deep flower]

I personally love Zaton, lots of bush to hide

[spring apex]

clear sky swamp be like

[slender crown]

yeah... not like everyone can see you but you cant see anyone

[pseudo rivet]

Zaton is pretty open, so it's pretty good for sniping

[slender crown]

i hope stalker 2 dosent make bushes invisible for enemies

[pseudo rivet]

Not to mention how easy it is to farm artifacts there

[slender crown]

40% of the map is somewhat open

[slender crown]

only good thing about zaton

i wouldve hoped it would get nuked i hate zaton and great swamp so much

[pseudo rivet]

I don't mind either, tbh

Actually, what even is my least liked map?

[old jungle]

difficult question, right?

[slender crown]

darkscape

[pseudo rivet]

Darkscape isn't in the Trilogy, at least not enterable

[broken latch]

My least favourite map is probably the garbage

[hardy turtle]

Zaton is my fav area, specially cuz of the soundtrack, the ambience is so cool

[sand fiber]

buildo swamps save me...
save me buildo swamps...
build 1935 swamps save me....

[hardy turtle]

I’m replaying on my wife’s ps5

[pseudo rivet]

I think either Lake Yantar or Jupiter? Yantar is a bit too small and Jupiter is just so empty

[old jungle]

Hospital

[broken latch]

Pripyat outskirts night ost

[sand fiber]

in terms of atmosphere the best location is CoP's Pripyat ngl

[pseudo rivet]

I love Deserted Hospital, but its single purpose is to be a sort of shootout you have to get through. It's meant to be linear, which is kinda sad

Agroprom is definitely my favorite area

[old jungle]

indeed, the concept is cool but the execution not so much

[pseudo rivet]

The Northern parts of Agroprom might be empty, but they're empty with character

[dense hatch]

if we're talking about worst map I'd put forward the original red forest

not the linear section of it but the actual forest part, it's both ugly and kinda empty besides the helicopter

[pseudo rivet]

I actually kinda like Radar

[dense hatch]

anything outside of the main path

[exotic mural]

Been having a ton of fun playing Stalker 2

[old jungle]

[pseudo rivet]

I can imagine

How is the Plasma Incinerator, by the way

I'm really looking forward towards playing as a Dark Angel in Stalker 2

Uh-huh, right

So, with that much money, you must obviously be a wealthy alt

[exotic mural]

No I just commit fraud and steal from banks

[pseudo rivet]

wealthy alt confirmed

[oblique thistle]

If I wanna play gray and brown I'll just play skyrim man

[sand fiber]

i don't think skyrim's gray and brown

[oblique thistle]

Mostlt gray but at some places it is a little brown

[sand fiber]

if anything it's white&blue

[oblique thistle]

That's fair I guess to be honest if anything Stalker anomaly is mostly gray and brown

[sand fiber]

that's because anomaly is bad ;3

[still ridge]

Not really dude

[oblique thistle]

You better listen to Ryan Gosling

[lean quiver]

Again, i'm talking about purely graphical quality not graphical style

[nimble spruce]

Broski never visited Riften

Literally autumn forests

[celest blaze]

Riften nature goes hard AF

[static compass]

[dim topaz]

The only downgrade that matters is that whirligigs turn fleshes into tomato paste instead of guts and bodyparts flying everywhere like they showed before that

[dense hatch]

same thing tbh

[gilded flower]

Agroprom

S.A.D.

[indigo marsh]

Rostok

[finite dragon]

I love Stalker trilogy, and all the soundtracks that have been released by HoC, but I really like CS/Dark Valley ambience and Radwind pt.2.

[loud gate]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9ED1UUhe-8

[worn oar]

[acoustic smelt]

What's the deal with the Shadow of the zone movie? The site says "STREAMING UNTIL SEP 6" if you buy the poster, so is it just permanently gone now or what?

[rocky trellis]

What you mean? Whenever I visit garbage, there's plenty of action. All the garbage isn't a pretty sight, but it's pretty easy to ignore it

As for Darkscape, not sure if it was cut out specifically because it's boring and serves no purpose, or is it boring and serves no purpose because they cut it out before it got anywhere

[granite mortar]

its slop
thats the deal

[granite mortar]

it was cut since its a car map
and when cars got cut, there was no reason to keep it around

[rocky trellis]

No wonder. It's just absolute pain to walk through since there's almost nothing to see

[granite mortar]

thats because it never was fully realized

[worn oar]

Cutcontent detected

[granite mortar]

but in mods like OGSE or Lost Alpha its pretty good

[worn oar]

It's still there tho? The level file

[worn oar]

SoC garbage feels better tho

[granite mortar]

I will break bad

[indigo marsh]

But that means he is currently fishing goodly

[jovial monolith]

Wait is there a shop in SoC? I’ve gotten pretty far in it and haven’t seen any shop menus or anything 😭

[pseudo rivet]

Where are you currently?

[jovial monolith]

In the tunnels after disabling the brain thing

[pseudo rivet]

Bro legit missed Sidorovich and Barkeep

[jovial monolith]

Do they actually have shop menus oh my god

I searched and haven’t found any even when speaking to the barkeep

Am I like mega blind😭

[indigo marsh]

Stan Edgar music was kinda fire

[pseudo rivet]

There's also Sakharov, Skinflint and Colonel Petrenko

[jovial monolith]

I’ve been wondering how I use my money this whole time, cause like I didn’t see the point in doing side jobs if I couldn’t use my money😭

Time to use the 68k I’ve been sitting on ig

[rose moth]

this is another level of autism, in the best way possible

[pseudo rivet]

Have fun spending

[indigo marsh]

You can trade with random NPCs for some bread and meds but they aren't very useful other than a quick single or double med kit buy

[naive fog]

Skinflint is broke

I just robbed the armoury and have to walk to rostok

[rose moth]

congrats on habar?!?!?!

[naive fog]

Thanks man, I still have a couple weeks

[rose moth]

sickk

i found a rusted barrel in the woods and i might use it as a fire pit

for a larp

[naive fog]

Poland moment

[rose moth]

real

[rotund widget]

Wild Territory in a heartbeat, lol. Always looked like a hotchpotch of all kinds of stuff to me, making little sense to be a separate location in general.

[tulip vapor]

😦 Best map. But I only love it because of a mod bug

[normal ocean]

I'd say ig my least favourite is Swamp?

The issue is Swamp (at least in CS Vanilla) only has like 2 guides

[rotund widget]

I just don't understand its lvl design & inhabitance much. Like, it's an extremely small location, but you have Mercs, Bandits, dogs/fleshes, snorks, zombies & whatever else that could be spawned there coinciding within like 100 m² 😁

[normal ocean]

So despite it's relatively short length, you end up having to take so much time zigzagging to reach Clear Sky base and back

[naive fog]

Mine is abandoned hospital 🤷🏻

Or whatever it's called

[normal ocean]

Like the other CS bad maps like Hospital are bad mostly due to how they're used I feel

[naive fog]

It's literally just a line

[normal ocean]

Swamp would be annoying to traverse at all if you have any business with Clear Sky since you A: need anti-rad artifacts to walk in the water and B: water slows you down alot

[full fern]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cat-timelapse-cat-waiting-cat-videogame-cat-play-gif-946782003036605499

[naive fog]

Swamps is way better

[granite mortar]

Swamp is peak

[naive fog]

True

[granite mortar]

The Swamp is literally Great

[normal ocean]

If Swamps had more guides it'd be less annoying

[naive fog]

Skill issue

There's a ton of em

[normal ocean]

Since at least once you take over the swamp, the one guide is at the Cordon exit into machine gun fire (Agroprom entrance is pretty far from them.)

[granite mortar]

Wrong
Navigating the swamp is peak since you gotta think a bit doing so

[naive fog]

There is a guide at like every CS squad

What are you on about

[normal ocean]

At least last time I entered from Agro, there was no CS squads at the top of the map.

[naive fog]

Ok

[normal ocean]

I don't fully hate swamps but it's the area I go back to the least in Clear Sky

[naive fog]

Doesn't mean theres 1 guide

[normal ocean]

Since all there is to do is visit the CS base

And if no guide nearby/you need to save money then it's gonna be a decently long walk

[naive fog]

And what do you do in other areas you do side quests, bit of main story, shoot enemies and get artefacts 🤷🏻

And stashes too

[normal ocean]

Yeah but there's not really any side quests in Swamp

and if I recall, Swamp doesn't have good Artifacts + Clear Sky Artifact respawn bug on vanilla

[indigo marsh]

4 side quests

[granite mortar]

theres Meatchunk

worth 20K
also bunch of guaranteed artifact spawns

https://discordapp.com/channels/504587323577729024/504592685428899851/1281147577139728405

[indigo marsh]

The cave

[indigo marsh]

NS and mods based on them have caves

[loud gate]

https://youtu.be/W8n4akfAJro

[indigo marsh]

After exiting d valley they bandits asked me to be robbed. I didn't listen to them and the squad commander asked the squad to kill me but they were still neutral with me

I also spared the 2 fang bandits and I went close to them after this happened and they were neutral

The bandits love me

[indigo marsh]

Just realized this says chiki breeki

[solid dome]

Chiki Grokki

All Grokine on your end, @granite mortar ?

[granite mortar]

yes

[broken latch]

You don't even know the joy it brings me when you make these

[solid dome]

Grokonderful

[granite mortar]

Groktastic

[solid dome]

Whats Grokin, @broken latch ?

[loud gate]

Heh, this one was fun to make

[solid dome]

Grokmppecable

[worthy lagoon]

@granite mortar

[granite mortar]

[indigo marsh]

[worthy lagoon]

Grok yourself

[indigo marsh]

[granite mortar]

thats my line!

[indigo marsh]

Omg kot

[granite mortar]

omg where?

[indigo marsh]

No where

[granite mortar]

[indigo marsh]

Sir crispy, you were right

3rnd burst rules

[pseudo rivet]

Hella

[indigo marsh]

On the viper

[pseudo rivet]

Which weapon we talking about?

Ah, Viper 5 fr

[granite mortar]

omg
kotcloud

[pseudo rivet]

Upgraded for accuracy and silencer?

[dense hatch]

aren't silencers garbage in the trilogy

[pseudo rivet]

Yes, but kinda no

[dense hatch]

It's like a -20% all round nerf

[pseudo rivet]

While it does reduce a lot of stats, it also reduces recoil which allows for rounds to hit the same target more reliably

That and obviously them silencing the weapon

[indigo marsh]

Handling, recoil and rate of fire

[pseudo rivet]

Second

[indigo marsh]

So assault upgrade

Also with 15 additional rounds and a caliber change

For clear sky btw

[indigo marsh]

It is more accurate than auto but has slightly less Dakkas per second

But it's a pretty good trade

[pseudo rivet]

I upgrade it like this

I also keep it in 9x19mm

[indigo marsh]

I am talking about Clear sky

[pseudo rivet]

Oh, just noticed

[indigo marsh]

But it should be pretty similar

[pseudo rivet]

Nope

[indigo marsh]

Huh

[pseudo rivet]

The Viper 5 is bad in CS if you upgrade it for accuracy because it has reverse recoil

[indigo marsh]

I would have assumed so

[indigo marsh]

That's hilarious NGL 🤣

[pseudo rivet]

Try it out in CoP

Upgraded like this

[indigo marsh]

I am not playing CoP again

[pseudo rivet]

Too bad

[indigo marsh]

Without mods

And if I do replay it again with mods, it's defo not going to be with cumslinger

[pseudo rivet]

Me who doesn't play mods

[indigo marsh]

Zaton looks pretty good with absolute nature

[pseudo rivet]

[sand fiber]

PLAY GOLDSPHERE

[indigo marsh]

It makes it look not ugly

[rocky trellis]

wth, it looks nice as is

[dense hatch]

THAT'S WHAT IT IS?

[indigo marsh]

Misery is a mod

[dense hatch]

zaton looks terrible it's so bland and empty

the places between landmarks

[pseudo rivet]

I won't play Chymo, that's weird

[pseudo rivet]

Hella

[dense hatch]

scam em

[indigo marsh]

That's gamma tho

[dense hatch]

thanks I'll actually use it now

[granite mortar]

no 9x18 conversion

[pseudo rivet]

I played it for an hour or so

[rocky trellis]

there is a lot of tall grass, touch it, it's real

[pseudo rivet]

Correct, because you want to headshot with this thing

[indigo marsh]

It's groksphere not goldsphere

[pseudo rivet]

You'll have to get used to the iron sights of the Viper 5, but that's really easy

[dense hatch]

nah, I have real, real grass to touch

[pseudo rivet]

They're not aligned correctly

[granite mortar]

https://discordapp.com/channels/504587323577729024/561139727638593566/1056564019122683904
we have come full circle

[dense hatch]

how did his taste sour so much in 2 years

[indigo marsh]

Wdym?

Oh I just got it

Discord was being discord for a second

[granite mortar]

[indigo marsh]

[fallen birch]

1660S Will the stalker pull it off?

[sand fiber]

hmhmhmmh

[sand fiber]

yes but on 1080p mid-lows

[fallen birch]

https://tenor.com/view/xluna-high-five-gif-25422702

[granite mortar]

I dont think they played stalker in 1660s
thats long time back
347 years before stalker came out to be specific

[indigo marsh]

Who said playing the stalker games

[ruby warren]

Wonder what kind of mods they played back then

[granite mortar]

there was a good one called Witch hunt

[ruby warren]

I heard of one called the crusades but it sounds a little too edgy for my tastes

[loud grotto]

When I get kids I will tell them about stalker

[granite mortar]

human kids?
or half snorks?

[loud grotto]

If I managed a woman can handle the levels of autism that I have

[sand fiber]

an example of a bad parenthood!

[loud grotto]

If there's a hole, then that's acceptable

[indigo marsh]

[sand fiber]

date transgirls or sumthin

your autism will be outmatched

[loud grotto]

Nah bro hell, I hate those lgbtq types

Attack helicopters prounces

[granite mortar]

errrrmmm
No politics in #⭐┃nospoilers_general

[loud grotto]

Where is the politics?!

[dense hatch]

prounces

[sand fiber]

y'know you're right you'll never find a woman

[loud grotto]

That's more relaxing than hearing I'm gonna marry a trans

[granite mortar]

what about wosnork?

[loud grotto]

How the baby is gonna born

[sand fiber]

NO SNORKFUСKING IN EN_STALKER

[loud grotto]

Wait is there a trans snork in the zone ?!

[sand fiber]

you adopt 'em

[loud grotto]

Or a snork identify as freaky/naughty

[dense hatch]

you were somehow born and your mother was a sock

[loud grotto]

I want a baby out of my balls
I want to look at him and know this fella came out of my balls

[loud grotto]

Don't talk about my mother or I will talk about yours

[dense hatch]

I have 2 fathers meaning I'm twice the man that you are

[granite mortar]

thats gay

[dense hatch]

wait really

[granite mortar]

no
actually its manly

[dense hatch]

HELL YEAH

[ruby warren]

Raised by pure testosterone

[loud grotto]

Means you have YYY

That's a down syndrome with more testo

[dense hatch]

I actually went to the YMCA

[loud grotto]

I think you are American to be this stupid

[dense hatch]

I'm armenian actually

[loud grotto]

Oh then it's not a talent, it's just a skill issue I guess

[dense hatch]

*ok

you misspelled it there

[ruby warren]

Ohkay*

[dense hatch]

oh right

[loud grotto]

A friend of mine asked me who is sterlok

[celest blaze]

yikes

[loud grotto]

Big yikes moment

[celest blaze]

non cat pfp users being not based as usual ong

[dense hatch]

you're in a computer game max

[loud grotto]

Computer 🤓

Pc 🗿

[indigo marsh]

Both are weird

Mobile is best

[dense hatch]

did none of y'all play max payne?

[celest blaze]

no

[granite mortar]

rel rel

[ruby warren]

I played 3 but not 1 and 2

[dense hatch]

I should commission this avatar with car ears

[celest blaze]

gay, straight or trans it dont matter what DOES matter is if you like clear sky or not

[rocky trellis]

Not my business what you guys play in your own room in your free time...

[dense hatch]

this is the one exception

[sand fiber]

LIBERAL clear sky be like
professor WOKErev
GAY Chekhov
mercenary scar
NON BINARY Yoga

[dense hatch]

the only game I will criticize you for disliking is clear sky

[fair jackal]

i had to make a list of games i wanna return to or start on because i couldn´t decide what to do.

[rocky trellis]

When in doubt, flip the coin. When in massive doubt... spin the wheel

[ruby warren]

Or just stare at your library debating on what to play till you run out of free time

[granite mortar]

thats just regular Peak Sky

[celest blaze]

me fr

torn between skyrim, gates of hell ostfront, civ 5 and another but idk what i wanna play lol

oh war thunder

[ruby warren]

I wanna play space maureen 2 but I aint gonna shell out 100 bucks to play it early so I've been playing space maureen 1

[celest blaze]

modern gaming is so costly

[rocky trellis]

Been recently fighting against valve. Gaben and his lordship for so long have been increasing the backlog of games to play and unfinished games... but this year is different. I've actually managed to reduce the number of unfinished games by... 1 or 2 games? Finished more, but more games also joined the party. It's something at least

[indigo marsh]

Need to grind 6.7 before the next event starts

[dense hatch]

rimworld has been really fun to start playing

[sand fiber]

i kinda want to finish OLR 3 but ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh all the technical difficulties

so instead i downloaded Darkwood & Peripeteia :3

[celest blaze]

hows that going so far

[celest blaze]

ill have to check that out

[rocky trellis]

Just wait a few years and grab it 50% off. Very few games are worth it to buy on launch full price anyway

[indigo marsh]

No one is grinding the current event

[indigo marsh]

Just need to get the super Pershing and the T34

I have the jumbo Pershing already

[indigo marsh]

It's free tho

[rocky trellis]

modern gaming isn't that expensive if you pay smart, only buy your personal 10/10 games on launch, get rest of them on sale later

[sand fiber]

stop buying games :3333333333333333

[ruby warren]

I pretty much only buy like 4 games a year near launch lol anymore

[dense hatch]

I usually go for replayability

pay 15 dollars for a game I'll dump several hundred hours into without getting bored

[rocky trellis]

For me it was less than 1 game a year (on launch) for about 10 years. Only recently started buying a little bit more than 1 game on launch a year.

[ruby warren]

I’m buying the expensive version of Stalker 2 because the console version of the trilogy went super hard and I love depressing Eastern European vibes

Gamepass is honestly a godsend for me, been playing so many games I wouldn’t have touched otherwise

[sand fiber]

insanity

[dense hatch]

gamepass is great

being able to actually play a full game before buying it is super helpful

[rocky trellis]

If all games suddently became free, don't think that would change at all what games I'd play. Already bought all of the ones I want to play and occasionally we get new good games like stalker, Elden Ring, baldur's gate 3 ect. And sometimes with good luck find a nice indie game

[dense hatch]

indie is great

[sand fiber]

for fuсk's sake just pirate shit :3

[dense hatch]

what if I want to support small developers

[sand fiber]

do that

[ruby warren]

Pirating stuff on Xbox is a little hard to do

[sand fiber]

console moment

[celest blaze]

i dont like pirating tbh

also i dont usually buy new games i buy on sale

[rocky trellis]

For PS2 it used to be fairly easy if you got the right stuff despite of being 100% physical

[dense hatch]

if it's over 50 USD I personally don't see a big problem with it because paying so much is absurd

it's like buying a movie ticket for a movie then seeing another movie

[sand fiber]

and i don't like paying random publishers for abandoned 5 year old vidya that should cost two dollars

[dense hatch]

buy a small indie game for a fourth of the price

[celest blaze]

i usually get old or indie games

stalker 2 is my "newest" game i bought

[dense hatch]

I'm fairly sure that WaW is still being sold for 20 bucks

absurd

[rocky trellis]

Indie games often have more fun gameplay anyway, just graphics not "competitive" with AAA obviously. But then there's some exceptions where it looks both amazing and has fun gameplay

[celest blaze]

damn lol

[ruby warren]

CoD world at war? That was like 40 bucks not too long ago lmao

[dense hatch]

indie seems like it's usually better stylization

[sand fiber]

obscure masterpieces on itch io made by mentally ill lesbians my beloved

[rocky trellis]

[dense hatch]

deadass

[sand fiber]

CoD 1 costs like $20 😭😭😭

don't ping the role :3

[dense hatch]

you can just ping one that's online and it usually works

[celest blaze]

[ruby warren]

The older I get the less I care about graphics tbh. Dont get me wrong I still enjoy it when a game is eye candy but It really isnt a priority anymore for me

[dense hatch]

like the original half life compared to the second one

[sand fiber]

OOO I LOVE INDIE GAMES SO MUCH WOW INDIE SO COOL
errrmmmm what do you mean made by lesbians

[celest blaze]

lesbians? in my game???

[dense hatch]

in the year 2030 95% of all indie developers will be lesbians

[jaunty pebble]

In my horror game?

[sand fiber]

Fact checked by real artists^

[rocky trellis]

your example just is oddly specific 😂

[celest blaze]

lol

[acoustic smelt]

@kind breach sorry to bother, could you please look at this and the messages after it
#⭐┃nospoilers_general message

[dire dagger]

Muted him for a while

[hazy helm]

I jsut got here

who pingeed me twice

[dire dagger]

Mate posted an anti gay comment

That’s all nothing to exciting

[frank egret]

I am not a fan of homosexuality but I would not go persecuting people for it

[nimble cipher]

kryomaani has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[celest blaze]

that's fair tbh

[frank egret]

Love the people dislike the sin

[sand fiber]

ain't a big fan of heterosexuality we should ban it tbh

[dense hatch]

TRUE

like the master from fallout 1

[celest blaze]

what other folk do in the bedroom aint my buisness so i dont think about it tbh

[celest blaze]

ONG lets make the unity

[dense hatch]

I'll shove you into a jar

[ruby warren]

Super mutant time

[acoustic smelt]

Is a while ten seconds or something since I still see him talking?

[celest blaze]

😳

[dire dagger]

What ever my opinion on the matter is doesn’t matter

[frank egret]

It is my religious view.

[dire dagger]

The rules are the rules

[celest blaze]

they havent spoke in awhile

[dire dagger]

It was 24 hours

[sand fiber]

well damn bro your religion sucks

[frank egret]

The reason Satan is ruling the earth right now is because God gives us the choice between him and the world

[celest blaze]

HEKS was the one saying it

[dire dagger]

Look man

With all due respect

[dense hatch]

shut up

[dire dagger]

Please don’t talk about religion

[frank egret]

☦️

[dire dagger]

It’s a hot bed for making everyone upset

So just keep it your self

[frank egret]

Does your constitution have freedom to practice religion

[celest blaze]

we should talk about why clear sky is the best stalker game

[frank egret]

Free speech, maybe?

[dire dagger]

What ever I practice or support doesn’t matter

[pseudo rivet]

It has Renegades

[dire dagger]

The rules are the rules

[dense hatch]

discount bandits

[celest blaze]

that only applies to gov protection

[pseudo rivet]

[celest blaze]

private buisness is different

[frank egret]

Welcome to commustalker

[acoustic smelt]

I'm talking about the other one here #⭐┃nospoilers_general message

[dim topaz]

Free speech is not freedom of consequence

[frank egret]

I’ll be glad to accept those consequences

[dire dagger]

Heks?

I literally muted him idk what your on about

[acoustic smelt]

NozAr above it if discord is showing the wrong message

[wild wharf]

What the hell happened here?

[ruby warren]

No hes mad that nozar mentioned trans girls

[dire dagger]

There literally trans

[wild wharf]

Ykw, uh... imma just dissappear for now

[celest blaze]

transgirl isnt a mutable word lol

[dire dagger]

Why would I mute them for making that comment

[pseudo rivet]

Ayo is this where the fun is at?

[acoustic smelt]

why would you mute them for calling transgirls autistic...? What?

[dire dagger]

Maybe it is

[dense hatch]

that's what they are

[pseudo rivet]

Nuh-uh

[dire dagger]

Dude they are trans

It’s clearly a joke

[ruby warren]

Because people existing is apparently political

[dire dagger]

[dense hatch]

the renegades are literally only used because you can join the bandits

[grim palm]

[celest blaze]

i am political ( you will believe what i believe )

[pseudo rivet]

Okay, instead of assuming what Kryomaani meant, what did Kryomaani actually mean?

[rocky trellis]

You saying that a person can't be both autistic and trans... or what?

[dense hatch]

they gave an amazing icon for the most nothing faction

[frank egret]

Transgenderism (in my belief) is delusion

[finite dragon]

[celest blaze]

lets relax

[dense hatch]

y'all I love clear sky but it's got the worst unique faction for a villain

[dim topaz]

So how about we talk about Scar being back eh? That's really cool right?

[dire dagger]

[ruby warren]

Theres some wild takes in this server lmao

[frank egret]

Alright

[dense hatch]

by a MILE the renegades just having absolutely nothing

[celest blaze]

renagades coulda been so much better

[dense hatch]

even the mercs in CoP are better

[frank egret]

If anyone here is LGBT God bless them

[acoustic smelt]

@dire dagger is this message acceptable?

[dense hatch]

and they're a nothing faction

[frank egret]

I’ll accept dying on this hill

[celest blaze]

chat is spicy today

[pseudo rivet]

Gotta respect a man who's willing to die standing

[pseudo rivet]

Fr

[dense hatch]

although CoP and CS work on giving them more character compared to how they're just extra bad guys to shoot at in SoC

[dire dagger]

I would say please don’t make those comments again and if they comply I would say thank you for understanding and moving on with my day

[dense hatch]

also how NATO weapons are introduced, which is neat

[dire dagger]

Finally found my hammer

[dense hatch]

also scopes to a lesser extent

[dire dagger]

I hate this thing it blends in with everything

[dire dagger]

Damn 50 dollar dead blow hammer

[dense hatch]

I think the first guaranteed scopes you can find are in wild territory

I forget about bullet

but I don't think he spawns until you get the quest for the dark valley lab

[ruby warren]

Ngl i didnt realize until after I beat the game that the renegades were a different faction from bandits

[rocky trellis]

They just different flavor bandits, kinda like freedom

[dire dagger]

We real mechanic hours

[dense hatch]

they have almost the same uniforms don't they

[frank egret]

Turn that filter part into a dp27 magazine

[rocky trellis]

there's also rich bandits at the border, feel free to shoot them on sight

[frank egret]

Sell on airsoft website big profit

[pseudo rivet]

They have the exact same outfits, actually

[ruby warren]

I had to play nice with the bandits until I had my SEVA suit upgraded, then it was kill on sight

[dense hatch]

just checked yeah

[dire dagger]

What you mean

That filter

[opaque vortex]

Anyone think biome specific mutants will be able to migrate to other regions in S2? Swamp flesh in the red forest for example

[pseudo rivet]

I do wish Renegades were fleshed out a bit more

[indigo marsh]

Same tbh

[pseudo rivet]

Not sure, you could #📜┃ask-gsc and hope for an answer

[dire dagger]

But anyways I’m gonna stop posting and focus on finishing the last 4 valve stems

[indigo marsh]

But from that we know about the swamp loners

[dense hatch]

that would be terrible if it meant late game enemies ending up in starting areas

[frank egret]

The thing at the end of the stick next to that engine thingy

[rocky trellis]

All jokes aside... wonder how military's relationship is going to be in the zone with other factions? In the first games everyone hates them obviously, with very few exceptions. But in CoP they seemed to be just VERY disliked. Might get shot on sight, might not

[opaque vortex]

Way ahead of you👍 most likely NDA though💀😂

[dire dagger]

That’s paper towels

[indigo marsh]

[pseudo rivet]

Here's hoping

[dire dagger]

Idk how that’s gonna work

[dense hatch]

I think they're just not included

ward is replacing them as villains

[frank egret]

The end of the thing with paper under it

[dense hatch]

keep in mind that's entirely speculation

[pseudo rivet]

ISPF exists

[rocky trellis]

well military wasn't villain in the CoP either. I don't think it would make sense for them to pull out completely

[indigo marsh]

The cam shaft?

[dense hatch]

didn't hear of them

[dire dagger]

Idk what your talking about anyway back to work

[pseudo rivet]

They're basically the new military

[dense hatch]

neat

[opaque vortex]

Would be so cool if when they show off A Life 2.0 it shows different mutants and factions roaming to different regions

[pseudo rivet]

Definitely

[ruby warren]

I thought I read somewhere that they replaced the Ukranian military in 2 with some sort of multinational unit and ward was more like the institutes security arm

[frank egret]

Yes

I don’t know what burghamburgehhr I am saying

[pseudo rivet]

From what I've heard, basically, yeah

[rocky trellis]

I think that is very likely to happen due to lack of separated zones, since it's mostly all 1 map

[indigo marsh]

Ward is Sircaa's pet dog

[dense hatch]

that'll be nice, I'm just not sure how they're going to keep progression from being broken immediately

[pseudo rivet]

Ward is cringe

[indigo marsh]

All bark and no bite

[ruby warren]

Sircaa yeah I keep forgetting their name so I just call them the institute lol

[dense hatch]

fallout 4

[indigo marsh]

Shits gonna go down at the institute

[ruby warren]

Hopefully they're more fleshed out than that faction lmao

[dense hatch]

I am so sad about the twist in that game

[pseudo rivet]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/504592685428899851/1276585980823994452/ooooh.gif

[ruby warren]

Ngl I shot him first thing on my first playthrough before he said a word so I had no clue until I read about it online

[rocky trellis]

probably will just gatekeep the best gear with quests/high prices and can't be found on some random loner carrying around. Maybe some good stuff in stashes too... as long as we play close to launch. Here's the good thing... no way to google where are the stashes. And who knows how long some stuff remains unfound

[pseudo rivet]

I'd love to see Bandits playing a bigger role, like they did in CS with the Garbage

[dense hatch]

I was more referring to breaking into wherever the final area will be

[ruby warren]

I mean in completely open world games theres always a way to break the game and become super OP with endgame equipment early on. Pretty much the nature of the genre

[rocky trellis]

I'd imagine they'll take Elden Ring approach and put them into indoor locations/buildings that are a bit easier environment to control

[pseudo rivet]

Depends on the layout of the map and the weapons available

Like, why CoP is so easy is because stashes are open and can be found, no matter what

[dense hatch]

can't wait for there to be a free gp-37 a meter outside of spawn

[pseudo rivet]

I hope GSC learned from that

[dense hatch]

I hope they drop that yeah it kinda killed progression more than the game already does

[ruby warren]

I bet ammo availability will play a big part in keeping the progression kinda linear

[rocky trellis]

CoP stashes weren't anything special in the first zone though. They got significantly better in Yanov tho, that's where things started to break a bit. But nothing too unreasonable, mostly stuff you could afford to buy anyway

never relied on stashes to get myself gear up, not in a single run. they just provided extra cash to fund my gearup

[frank egret]

The gauss gun glitch

[rocky trellis]

oh wait nvm that rpg...

[pseudo rivet]

I mean, SVDm-2 stash in Zaton

[rocky trellis]

but at least it doesn't have much ammo at all until you're close to finishing

[indigo marsh]

Absolute nature spawns you near that gate

[pseudo rivet]

Wow, so it actually spawns you close to CoP? I'd rather spawn inside CoP

[normal ocean]

NGL it'd be funny af if Stalker 2 makes the Renegades a proper faction

[pseudo rivet]

I doubt it, but it'd be neat

[indigo marsh]

Yeah unless yoga returns or some one like him

[finite dragon]

HOLY SHIT GUYS

I was at some guy's wedding party/ceremony whatever idc

Point is it sucked, but at the end when we started leaving

We were like shaking hands withe everyone idk what was happening

And there was this one guy with a bad hairline

And in my head I'm thinking "Awh hell yeah it's strelok"

[rocky trellis]

rename then degenerates and give them fursuits
The most ferocious faction that will end your day if you're not prepared

[dense hatch]

there are no good insect fursuits

[celest blaze]

[finite dragon]

Strelok literally gave me a hug irl

[celest blaze]

Bro.. I'm jealous

[finite dragon]

You should be

[celest blaze]

[indigo marsh]

No one likes insects tho

[dense hatch]

IT'S TRAGIC

[indigo marsh]

They are creepy and crawl over you

[dense hatch]

the closest I've seen is HK cosplays

[rocky trellis]

Exactly, imagine the intimidation value those suits would have. Only the bravest dare to fight back

[indigo marsh]

heckler and koch?

[rocky trellis]

See one of those running at me and I'll find a blood sucker to hide behind of... not that it would do a great job at hidding me

[indigo marsh]

Like From girls Frontline?

[dense hatch]

[indigo marsh]

[karmic vale]

Heckler and cock

[dense hatch]

go on?

you've gotten my attention

[naive fog]

Awtomat Naleśnikow ( idk if it makes sense in English but my Polish bros will understand )

[dense hatch]

automatic pancakes

[naive fog]

Avtomat Kalashnikov✋🏻Noo Awtomat Naleśnikow 👍🏻

[hazy helm]

stalker?

[still ridge]

This is the kind of stash that will be in S2 though

Go into abandoned complex, see inaccessible stash, look around for other entrances/ways to get in. Maybe fight a few mutants, and get rewarded pretty nicely

[dense hatch]

some stashes being filled at all times would be nice but most not would make it easier to balance

CoP heavily fumbled it when it came to loot in the worldspace

[still ridge]

It’s good for a first time play though

[dense hatch]

abysmal for repeats and uniques

[calm bough]

[naive fog]

AKM-74/2 is Sdalger. Also that one suggestion to add naleśniki from like 2 or 3 months ago

[still ridge]

Why? The only uniques can be bought or acquired through quests

It’s good

[dense hatch]

which actual uniques can be found from quests besides strelok's sgk

also being able to buy uniques from one place instead of actually finding them as a reward for exploring is absolutely abysmal design

it's a real time constraint moment

it's like if in the fallout series you could just buy any unique for dirt cheap

[hazy helm]

CoP does debase uniques by relegating them to Nimble and making it so they can't be very unique bc weapons can be changed caliber thru upgrades, it would be better to lock away caliber upgrades and focus on exploring these aspects with interesting uniques, as it stands, weapons gotten thru nimble are little more than trinkets you get bc its convenient

[dense hatch]

and from the starting town too

[still ridge]

Shotgun from trapper

[dense hatch]

2

[hazy helm]

SOC had the best appraoch to uniques, by having actually unique and interesting guns that you can find

[dense hatch]

exactly

I'm not sure why they mostly abandoned it in the later games in exchange for either very few uniques or just the worst possible system

[still ridge]

That you can’t get unless you kill someone, can’t repair them, can’t modify them, etc

[dense hatch]

2 of those are because it's in SoC and you don't need to kill someone for every unique

[hazy helm]

yes, you must actively weight out options and seek them out to be rewarded with a activelly unique gun that cannot be replicated, and that will change your playstyle

[dense hatch]

SoC also has a mix of a couple being bought and found and killed for

and some as quest rewards, it's objectively the best mix

[hazy helm]

its not like the Unique system is incompatible with the Upgrade system eitheer, you just need to make the Unique guns actually stand out thru features

not mere names

[still ridge]

Which unique is like this lol

[hazy helm]

9x18 Viper 5 for example

[still ridge]

Also, another gunslinger W

uniques have totally different models bar a few

[dense hatch]

in exchange for NOT SOLVING THE PROBLEM THAT WAS MENTIONED

[hazy helm]

Gunslinger literally lacks most weapons

I do not know what youre talking about, the problem is exxacerbated

[still ridge]

Thats just a mod for the base viper in CoP?

.45 viper is the unique

[dense hatch]

the base issue isn't necessarily the look it's just that the way you get them is absolutely terrible

[still ridge]

And it’s actually really good

[dense hatch]

it removes most of the fun of uniques because it doesn't feel like a reward for exploring or a tough fight or doing a quest

it's literally just paying for money for most of the uniques

[hazy helm]

yes and that is a problem if you see it thru the lenses of making Uniques Unique, if your thought is that you want to give complete freedom to the player then not so much, but then you cant cry bc uniques are merely different named guns with nopthing different from their original model

[dense hatch]

the model thing is an issue throughout the games but the distribution one is introduced in CoP

[still ridge]

I felt very rewarded getting the Tide from nimble the first time around

Speak for yourself

[dense hatch]

the first time around and I seriously doubt it was as fun as finding the sniper TRS

[hazy helm]

I felt very rewarded paying some guy an exorbitant ammount for the same gun with a diff name

[still ridge]

is the “same gun” in the room with us right now

[hazy helm]

no bc its in your PC

[still ridge]

Rolling an explosive barrel over to a freedom member and blowing them up?

[hazy helm]

are you gonna say you felt very rewarded that you purchased a MTX next time I see you? lol

[still ridge]

Oh wait that’s the sniper SGI

My bad

[hazy helm]

here they couldve actually done the good thing

and put uniques in the stashes

[dense hatch]

no finding it in the Merc camp in the corner of the map after fighting a bunch of them

[hazy helm]

if the point that you shouldnt do that bc that would make the player too strong at no point
1- you admit there is a problem with stashes in CoP
2- it already is too easy to obtain these weapons since making money in CoP is busted and far too easy and very little time consuming

[dense hatch]

or getting the sniper VLA after doing a bunch of quests for duty

or any of the suits

[still ridge]

You guys are getting upset that the game rewards exploration for first time players

I will say the issues are apparent if you’re a veteran of the series or have played it multiple times

[hazy helm]

but you cant find uniques out in the wild?

[still ridge]

You can find good stashes

[hazy helm]

and you could implement dynamic stashes and still reward exploration

these 2 arent muttually exclusive

[dense hatch]

that is not the same

it's not as cool as finding something you can't anywhere else

esp when most stash loot is incredibly easy to get anyways

[still ridge]

You can’t find an RPG anywhere else in CoP other than the AA complex

Other than shooting some mercs in Pripyat

[dense hatch]

oh the single use weapon because ammo is both expensive and heavy and so is the RPG

[hazy helm]

like SoC had these and still rewarded your exploration, and you could still use the said same dynamic stash sytsem to reward said exploration by running a chance that the stash is populated with stuff depending on how long since you riffled thru it or gotten it as a stash in your PDA

the way CoP does them is just very lazy

[still ridge]

“Single use” yet you can buy ammo for it

[dense hatch]

it's extremely lazy

[dense hatch]

have you tried reading the rest of the sentence

not a soul activity carries it around throughout a playthrough

[broken latch]

Hello cats and stalkers

[dense hatch]

the way CoP does unique weapons is one of the laziest I've ever seen

even Fo4 did it better and that game barely has uniques

you don't just gamble for them at a vendor

[still ridge]

That is CAP

[dense hatch]

YOU KNOW I'M RIGHT

[hazy helm]

FO4 didnt do uniques well

[still ridge]

Yeah you pay a set, unreasonable price, and by the time you can afford it you can literally get other weapons that are better

[hazy helm]

well they did if you want a diablo game but there uniques are more normal

[dense hatch]

except it's not an unreasonable price because money is extremely easy to get and most of them aren't even that interesting

at least fo4 has the decency to spread them about

[hazy helm]

I dunno how hard you think money is to get but even first time players clock in very easely and fast that farming artifacts and sleeping nets you ungodly profits in an hour tops

[ruby warren]

There were actual uniques you could get in F4, but the legendaries were 100x better true

[hazy helm]

max profit speedrun?

[still ridge]

This was talking about fallout 4

[still ridge]

This

[dense hatch]

yeah I didn't think you were talking about fo4 I thought it was a CoP cope

[still ridge]

you can literally get better weapons from killing enemies vs saving up 4000 caps to buy a weapon that’s worse than what you’ll have by that point

[dense hatch]

not really, most of the buyable uniques have extremely strong effects

[still ridge]

You’re the CoPer here

Not me

CoP is peak

[dense hatch]

like double damage for the first shot or 15 extra explosive damage per shot

[still ridge]

Oh also Zulu’s PKM

That’s unique

[dense hatch]

that also stacks with perks

oh that makes 3 named uniques compared to the 2 dozen SoC had that were properly spread

[still ridge]

Point is you can find a better weapon from an NPC by the time you can afford that special weapon from a trader

[hazy helm]

COP is the lowest valley but tahts fine
for there to be a mountain, there needs to be a valley there too

[still ridge]

CoP hate will not be tolerated

[indigo marsh]

The best thing to do with that is to give it to Strelok

[dense hatch]

in fo4?

[hazy helm]

I will aboose my mod previleges

[still ridge]

Yes

[dense hatch]

that entirely depends on being lucky with the legendary system, you can very easily get boned and get an endless pipe revolver as the best drop

[ruby warren]

Overseers guardian was the best unique iirc, straight up double damage

[still ridge]

I got an explosive minigun from a deathclaw before I was able to afford overseers guardian

[dense hatch]

*never ending