⭐┃nospoilers_general

[wraith socket]

Just realized we are in the same Faction.

[sly matrix]

ya'll rascals

[naive fog]

True

The cheeki breeki calls

[raven grove]

I still need to order a hood for my trench coat, cosplay will be complete. Probably gonna run it with my JP Sauer SxS or a Steyr M95 lol

[raven grove]

[cyan canopy]

train of bandoots

[naive fog]

Me and the boys fr

[gaunt burrow]

me and the boys on our way to take your money

[naive fog]

Me and the boys on our way to rush a shop and take all the kvass

[naive fog]

Me and the boys at a dance party doing the 'group shuffle' (we're shy)

[raven grove]

Remember to dump vodka into the punch bowl

[wraith socket]

Call of Pripyat.

You can always tell my CoP screenshots by my 7 8 9 0 hot keys. I've actually seen someone make a meme out of this.

[naive fog]

Hella relatable

Me and the boys in a squat circle

[wraith socket]

Clear Sky. Playing as a Merc:

I know I repeat this a lot. However you can play complete games of Clear Sky AND Call of Pripyat (as a Merc) without killing a single Bandit anywhere. Isn't GSC great for making it that way to a player who thinks before shooting?

Okay. Enough of Bandits. Snag wants to play the guitar:

[somber comet]

Which stalker game has the best PDA map?

[pseudo rivet]

Clear Sky by a mile

It's extremely detailed

[cyan canopy]

SoC

[rocky trellis]

That is a contraption that can only be from eastern Europe, no doubt about that

[gaunt burrow]

Clear Sky imo

[granite mortar]

Peak Sky

[gaunt burrow]

Common Peak Sky W

[granite mortar]

Peak as always

We thank you, oh Jekan, for revealing the cunning plans of your enemies to us.
May your light shine down on the souls of the brave soldiers who gave their lives in service to your will.
Onward warriors of the Jekan, avenge your fallen brothers, blessed as they are in their eternal union with the Jekan.
Bring death to those who spurned the holy power of the Jekan
Oh Jekan, we do not hear you, why have you left us, oh Jekan? We await your orders, oh Jekan.

Guys do I have that Unmodded rizz no cap on Limpidi level 5 Mlyaaaaa Demosfenat Grok Oh?

[celest blaze]

ONG

[worthy lagoon]

@granite mortar fight the turrets at the Dark Valley

[granite mortar]

No

[worthy lagoon]

No balls

[granite mortar]

Golden ball
Theres only one
Makes sense you cant have multiple Gold Balls
So yes
No Gold Balls
Only Gold Ball

[warm linden]

Hey I got a problem with SOC, I walked into rostok and everyone started shooting me for no reason

Is it because I finished the quest where I had to kill duty near freedoms base?

[sly matrix]

no, that one doesn't damage your reputation with duty

[floral lagoon]

yall i got a question, Military S.T.A.L.K.E.Rs are S.T.A.L.K.E.Rs that were hired by the military or Military units who were especially trained for the zone?

[sly matrix]

both

[warm linden]

Ah, I have zero idea why they opened fire on me then

[sly matrix]

did you at any point kill anyone at rostok?

[warm linden]

nope

welp, duty is dead now

[sly matrix]

don't worry, they chose this

[warm linden]

I'm annoyed about how much ammo I wasted fighting a faction because of a game bug

[sly matrix]

don't got any hard-saves from earleir?

[rugged void]

i am addicted to soc, freeplay is craz with zone reclamation, i got every unique item, almost every artifact, like 5 exoskeletons and more its craz

[dense hatch]

[cyan canopy]

glad you like SoC my friend

[rugged void]

soc is like an unlimited game bcuz everything respawns and unlimited quests

[rugged void]

unlimited mony and loot

[cyan canopy]

what artefact you wear?

[rugged void]

i usually use the endurance artifacts my usual set is 2 best endurance artifacts and 3 mamas beads

[gaunt burrow]

most likely yes

[gaunt burrow]

no? you sure?

[sly matrix]

hmm. well, as sure as you can of anything on the wiki

[gaunt burrow]

https://stalker.fandom.com/wiki/Destroy_the_Duty_company according to Wiki it does but still unclear how true that is

[sly matrix]

but I've never found evidence of the opposite being true

odd

last time I read into it this article was fairly specific...

[gaunt burrow]

Duty usually was never hostile to me after I killed Skull and his squad but that was mainly because I completed Kitsenkos sidequest "Purge the dog lair"

and I know for a fact that this sidequest of Kitsenko increases your relation with Duty

[sly matrix]

If the player does not attack any Duty members during this mission, instead leaving it to the Freedom squad to kill them all, no reputation is lost with Duty even if he is seen alongside the Freedom stalkers.

might have misinterpreted this sentence at some point, idk

[gaunt burrow]

hold on I think I might know what the issue is. will test something in SoC

[indigo marsh]

Vanilla or SoC GA?

[dense hatch]

freedom usually loses though

[indigo marsh]

Create a save before they engage duty

[lilac lily]

Or if you're got nerves of steel and free time o' plenty roll up one of them red barrels up to Skull's squad and shoot at it when the battle starts

Them getting killed by the explosion doesn't affect your relation with Duty

[pseudo rivet]

So what if you lose reputation with them? It's only Duty

[sly matrix]

Real

Also, quicksave whenever freedomside makes a kill, quickload whenever dutyside makes a kill, easy

[indigo marsh]

So it's mostly going to be F7, F7,F7,F7,F7

[worn oar]

[indigo marsh]

[sly matrix]

Damn straight

[pseudo rivet]

[sly matrix]

Why else would I play stalker if not to make my F7 key beg for mercy?

[granite mortar]

Everyone knows these barrels are made to blow up the Freedom armoury guard and using them for anything else is violation of SoC terms of service

[lilac lily]

Noooo

You drop an armor and use it to jump over him

[granite mortar]

No

You spend 10 minutes pushing 2 barrels up the stairs to blow up the guard

Michael Bay style

[sly matrix]

You can also use a chair to push him asside

[granite mortar]

Lame
Explosions are better

[sly matrix]

objectively, yes

[worn oar]

Deadly anomalies, dangerous mutants, anarchists and bandits, none of them will stop duty in its triumphant march towards saving the planet. Join duty and save the innocents

[naive fog]

👍🏻

[worn oar]

! Warn polski finger

[naive fog]

[worn oar]

Haters

[dense hatch]

you can just stab the guard

[wraith socket]

Beautiful Romania.

[wraith socket]

Did you kill Renegade Duty or Duty respawns in the AW?

[wraith socket]

Yes, what I prefer to wear before I get the 4th Mama's Beads in Pripyat.

[wraith socket]

Quick Saves and Quick Loads overwrite each other and are limited in number. They easily corrupt and can produce bugs. Always make Manual Saves.

[spring apex]

that rogue duty squad damages reputation yeah.

[wraith socket]

How to empty out the entire Freedom Armory without killing anyone.

[spring apex]

also some of them always check on the freedomer corpse from the beginning everytime player spawns in AW. its funny dragging the freedomer corpse all the way to freedom base and the dutier chase it all the way

[gilded flower]

I just drop my suit and jump on it

[wraith socket]

Very risky. You can drop it wrong and get stuck.

[gilded flower]

I'm expert

[spring apex]

real

[wraith socket]

I'm wearing the Tourist Suit so I can carry the most loot. Makes no sense to take off my suit and be unable to move for being overloaded.

[gilded flower]

:3 EXOSKELETON

[wraith socket]

Waste of money. Cannot sprint.

[gilded flower]

config editted

[wraith socket]

You didn't tell me you were cheating. I have no advice for cheating. Do anything. Spawn all the items on you and forget the armory.

[gilded flower]

cheating ? I don't

sometimes I do small glitchs

[wraith socket]

What do you mean by "config editted"?

[gilded flower]

or if I'm so tired..killing someone and put everything in his body and grabs it to nearest stash

[gilded flower]

Replace Flase with True

[wraith socket]

On which function?

[gilded flower]

Spirint

[wraith socket]

If you are changing the files from how the game is vanilla, then it is no longer vanilla. It is your choice. Don't mind me.

I only give advice for SoC without the files edited and without the ZRP Mod.

Don't mistake for what I say as implying you are doing anything wrong. Modding is fun.

[gilded flower]

I can drop everything I have and walk with nothing in stalker

[gilded flower]

bro playing as kruglov

[tender torrent]

https://youtu.be/KL4RQx39CSk?si=Qovg036-ZMtPHBiG

[tender torrent]

Gameplay S2 Night Gamescom No commentary

[balmy tinsel]

are stalker physical preoders still out of stock?

[lethal orchid]

Check your local stores @balmy tinsel

[frail rover]

They started?

[lethal orchid]

GSC has no way of knowing unfortunately

[pearl jacinth]

installed the new gpu. we win

[dense hatch]

using a GPU, we lose

[stuck pewter]

now you'll be able to run stalker shadow of chernobyl

[dense hatch]

I just have 25 blackberry phones hooked together

[primal crater]

a raspberry pi

[sand fiber]

SO TRUE BESTIE

[dense hatch]

for real

[pearl jacinth]

this is the next generation of pc gaming indeed

[warm linden]

I didn't kill them no

Usually in vanilla SOC I was fine killing duty in AW
But when I did it in SOC gunslinger they decided they had a problem with me

Not like I can check faction relations, I'm super annoyed since I'm missing out of quite a bit of content because of something I never had a problem with before

Welp I'm gonna have to delete my save and restart the game over something I had no idea about
That's gonna put me off stalker for another couple months

[indigo marsh]

I think it's because of a mod moment

[warm linden]

so hard to find a decent mod without it changing or breaking something

[indigo marsh]

It is easy to find good mods tho

[warm linden]

I won't know unless I test all of them which is frustrating

[indigo marsh]

Most of them are story mods

[warm linden]

Yeah but I'm not looking for story mods though

Besides that this is extremely offtopic

[sand fiber]

meow

[pearl jacinth]

RRAAAAAAHHHHH

[warm linden]

I'm a bit annoyed at having to reply to messages I was pinged in at 5 in the morning

[warm linden]

Hallo

[sand fiber]

haiii :>

[wraith socket]

Okay. I found all my folders on all the early Stalker builds starting with 2002.

[indigo marsh]

This is the stalker channel tho

[indigo marsh]

Build agroprom

I don't really see a big difference between vanilla agroprom and build agroprom

[sand fiber]

yeah, except gaining more territory it literally didn't change

[indigo marsh]

The swamps in the north?

[wet lark]

Hey yall my friend just got stalker soc on pc and im tryna get some good mods for him, what would yall recommend

[grim palm]

[pearl jacinth]

vanilla for first playthrough

[wet lark]

Yeah but its crashing hard for him

[pearl jacinth]

specs?

maybe ZRP would fix some things. dunno tho, never tried it.

[wraith socket]

I just created and uploaded a new video: https://youtu.be/F26cnsU_Qao

[rugged void]

wait theres 4 mamas beads not 3?

[wraith socket]

Yes, the hardest one to get is the 3rd one in the Wild Territory.

[rugged void]

i only got the one from near x 18, rostok factory and the stash in pripyat

[wraith socket]

You have to be there, when one specific NPC of Veteran rank shows up and is killed in the Wild Territory (I do not kill him but wait for others to do that) and then looting his body activates a specific stash that contains it. It is a very small window of opportunity that most people miss.

Dark valley is first one, Pripyat stash is 4th one.

[rugged void]

whats the second one or third one

[wraith socket]

The third one is what I just described in the WT

[rugged void]

i got the wild territory thing

whats the second one

[wraith socket]

Snitch gives it to you as a reward for killing Master Stalker.

[rugged void]

well snitch doesnt have any quest in my version

its glitched

[wraith socket]

If you go into the AW before the WT and Yantar, you may get Master Stalker killed prematurely.

[rugged void]

wats AW

[wraith socket]

Army Warehouses

[rugged void]

yeah i kind of did that cuz i wanted to do freedom quests

[wraith socket]

That's just it. People have no idea how many tasks will vanish for doing things out of order.

One time in Garbage, I came across two Bandits in a dead end area and I killed them. Later I found out they were there for a task Sidorovich gave. No Bandits there, no job from Sid.

[rugged void]

eh doesnt matter i have like 5 night stars which are basically mamas beads with radiation

and im usually wearing an exoskeleton to bring back more loot so stamina doesnt matter

[wraith socket]

Ignorance is bliss. If you don't know what your actions do, by doing things in a type of free-play type of attitude (going to AW early) you never know how many jobs may become unobtainable in your game.

[rugged void]

but that quest can be repeatable if not going to aw early right? so its possible to get more mamas beads

[wraith socket]

It's only available for killing a specific NPC. The camp where Wolf goes, after delivering the dynamite to Colonel Skull, is where 2-3 NPCs appear in the game. All of them are related to specific tasks that can be given.

[rugged void]

eh i usually play at lower levels of game like garbage or kordon so no difference

cuz the quests there are easy, less travelling, almost same money.

[wraith socket]

That's good. Too many people rush through the game and miss over half of the content.

[rugged void]

i already completed main game and playing freeplay with zrp

collected almost all no negative effects artifacts

[wraith socket]

The ZRP is a huge Mod. It retards spawns and makes your game no longer vanilla.

[rugged void]

well i turn off almost all of the new features i only use it for freeplay after ending

[wraith socket]

The creator lies to everyone and convinces them it is needed for bug fixes. The ZRP has created more bugs than it ever fixed. That's why the creator has been working on it for 15+ years.

[rugged void]

yea but it has freeplay

thats what i want specifically from that mod

[wraith socket]

So free-play is just going back to do what you have already done.

[rugged void]

well cuz without freeplay before i just stalled a lot and tried to do every possible thing before going to cspp

[wraith socket]

One game I went around in the Zone and had free-play so to speak, before finally entering Pripyat for the first time, one year later (game time) after the game started.

[rugged void]

idk i just like freeplays in games after ending

[wraith socket]

It is better to finish a game and start a new one to do things better and get jobs you missed, than running around in free-play (after CNPP) and not seeing or doing anything new.

That's just my opinion. Do as you please.

[rugged void]

you havent seen how much stuff i collected and put in bar's box

[wraith socket]

Here are my Rostok stashes before going to Pripyat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejReJAtM5iI&t=7s

[rugged void]

lemme check mine

[royal dome]

Does anyone know if artifacts in clear sky respawn on the console version. I got robbed by bandits while looking for fang and really need the money.....

[wraith socket]

There's about 80 artifacts in the game.

[royal dome]

I've been to every previous anomaly and no luck...

[rugged void]

ok, u have more guns than mine, but still not better armor than mine since i went out to cspp for some loot and since i have freeplay i got better loot

[wraith socket]

Of course. Remember I have not gone to Pripyat yet. This is what I have only going as far as the Red Forest.

[rugged void]

its worth cuz it has the artifact place where you can find a lot of artifacts

[wraith socket]

The purpose of my actions was to see if the game would remain stable for a whole year. No ZRP.

[sand fiber]

yeagh but only every 2 days (and you have to spend them in the location)

[royal dome]

@sand fiber it's been 3 weeks dude

[wraith socket]

Don't call her a dude.

[rugged void]

oh ok but ima go start a new playthrough or smth or just complete some quests in kordon with current playthrough

and just turn up my current difficulty to masters cuz its becoming too easy at experienced

[royal dome]

Pardon, I call my own mother that sometimes.... anyways, it's been 3 weeks.

3 whole weeks just running circles around the great swamp, the cordon, agroprom..... no luck. Is there any chance of finding the jerk that took my money?

[wraith socket]

Did you get robbed at a level changer or at the Flea Market?

[royal dome]

The flea market after the long and tedious journey of helping freedom

[wraith socket]

You shouldn't get you money back unless 1.5.10 changed that.

[royal dome]

........

Okay, imma go cry now.

[rugged void]

btw what is normal starting time after starting a game in soc

[wraith socket]

May 1, 2012

[wraith socket]

It happens to everyone. When I have started new games, I spend all my money on upgrades at the Freedom base. When I get mugged at the Flea Market, they get 0 rubles from me.

[pearl jacinth]

"wanna donate to the poor?"
"i AM the poor."

[royal dome]

I did that. They only made off with my .45 (I stashed all my stuff right before) but now the bandits are sore at me and I need some armor repair and am broke..... the only reason I'm still alive is my healing artifact

I be dominant on call of pripiat though..... I just wish SOC and CS were like that.

[gilded flower]

I play stalker with 3gb ddr3 and intel pentuim r and ati readon 3450 hd

I'm that one renegade with no home

[pearl jacinth]

i double dog dare you to try to play stalker 2 when it launches

[gilded flower]

I gonna comparss all textures till game became 1 GB

[royal dome]

Note to self: A grenade launched at the 6 snorks on the ground in front of you MAY be a bit excessive and most definitely self destructive...... please learn from my mistakes

[pearl jacinth]

did they all jump at you

[royal dome]

Well, I had planned to hit one at a distance and was not exactly paying attention.....

[pearl jacinth]

leappilled snorkmaxxer

[royal dome]

Managed to get them all with a shotgun...... then got fried by the fire in the underground and get this: Flaming Snorks! Another lovely day in the zone!

[pearl jacinth]

he wishes to share his warmth

[royal dome]

You know, I used to think that the zone hated me for trying so hard to pillage as much wealth from it as I could, now I'm convinced that it hates me for being a woman.....

[pearl jacinth]

a woman?! in the zone?! incredibly rare occurrence

[royal dome]

Is that sarcasm? Lol

[pearl jacinth]

yes and no
there's a line of dialogue in one of the games where a bandit talks about how there is not one woman in the zone

he talks about getting desperate to the point where he starts seeing mutants in a certain way...

quite an interesting fella!

[royal dome]

Where's he at? I've got a personal score to settle with the bandits

[pearl jacinth]

forgot

[spring apex]

check around garbage bandit

[royal dome]

I've gotten to where I hunt them for fun

[spring apex]

its a random generic dialogue from random bandits lol

we got a woman gamer stalker here though @(Tremor) and kira

[royal dome]

I wouldn't know. They tried to Rob me on the way to agroprom and caught me in a bad mood. The rest of the faction has been trying to kill me ever since.

Which sucks, I spent a lot of money on their trader at the garbage

[wraith socket]

Not really. I have known many female Players just as good as anyone else.

[royal dome]

I agree

There's no way it was only me. I'm a bit of a klutz. Been killed by many anomaly

[wraith socket]

Clear Sky is about remaining a Merc and the friends you make along the way to help you on your mission:

If you join a Faction after leaving the Marshes, you gain instant enemies.

[royal dome]

I never joined any of them. If I had my preference, I'd remain a loner.

[cyan canopy]

based

[royal dome]

Wait, how did you become cool with the renegades?

[wraith socket]

I made the mistake of joining the Loners my first game. I didn't know better because I had come from SoC where you are a Loner. It's a learning experience.

[rugged void]

just started a soc master playthrough and got thunder 5.45 from the bug

[wraith socket]

It's not really a bug. It's there for a reason.

[rugged void]

from what ive heard sidorivich selling it is a bug

[wraith socket]

I have a friend that will use that gun the whole game.

[rugged void]

no deterioation for unique weapons in zrp modifier button feeling juicy🤑

[wraith socket]

A bug is when something is broken, not when you do things in a certain sequence to obtain something most people don't know about.

[rugged void]

well yeah they messed up what sidorovich sells before first quest

[wraith socket]

I'm not here to argue with you. I can only tell you what is in the vanilla game. Choosing to heavily modify it by adding the ZRP Mod, makes my advice not align with your Mod.

[rugged void]

i only use the features the developers planned but cut out and again added by zrp, repairing, sleeping bag, etc.

[wraith socket]

Yep. The Creator of the ZRP added a huge amount of things cut, things he thought that should be there and things over the 15+ years he kept tweaking on his Mod.

[rugged void]

i guess bye bye im going back to playing my new playthrough i just created and not mess up by going to AW early

my first master difficulty playthrough btw

[wraith socket]

He tries to convince people it is a must, and you cannot finish the game without his huge mod. He's a very deceptive person that I know personally.

I pleaded with him to release a version of the ZRP with only bug fixes, but he refused.

[rugged void]

i think he does it like this for like 15 years:create features, features, massive amount of bugs, bug fix, bug fix of the bugs that the previous bug fixes created and on and on and on

[wraith socket]

Yes, NatVac has created more bugs in 15+ years than he ever fixed.

[rugged void]

why doesnt he just release a full update fully for fixing bug fixes

[wraith socket]

Because he is an egotistical assh*le.

[rugged void]

but what are the main bugs

i havent seen any bugs while playing with zrp

[granite mortar]

I have seen more bugs in ZRP than in vanilla
Well
One bug but it happened so often and was so annoying

[rugged void]

what happened in the bug

[granite mortar]

Bodies and objects stop rendering
Corpses just disappear

[wraith socket]

I'm just telling you what I know about the ZRP since it first came out in 2007.

[granite mortar]

It wasnt that bad but then alive Monolithians started doing it in CNPP
They go invisible, hitbox is gone too
Then they re-appear and mag dump you

[rugged void]

the rendering thing is in vanilla if i remember but you can loot the corpses before they dissapear

[wraith socket]

I've learned not to make a manual save in Pripyat, that tends to crash your game. Wait until you return back to the RF to make a manual save.

[rugged void]

knife stabbing to the head, thats what i did

[granite mortar]

I mean, they would just randomly disappear and re appear in random intervals and under various angles

Their hitbox is gone
You cant see them
You cant hear them
You cant hit them

[rugged void]

then just run to sarcofag or if about cnpp 2 just run to next teleport

i hate monoliths with rockets they end my armor durability so fast

[wraith socket]

I'll let you all talk. My video is almost done uploading.

[royal dome]

I just got an Xbox achievement for dying by 5 separate anomalies....... I feel useless

[granite mortar]

You cant run when theres Monolithians and half of them is invisible

The bug is extremely annyoing and makes sarcophagus borderline unplayable

[wraith socket]

It was so much work to get my 40 Companions from the Pripyat Outskirts into Pripyat. 😮‍💨

[honest bridge]

Me and my homies going to sell all my entire artefact collection to Barkeep be like:

[warm linden]

and me

[warm linden]

bro is making a new bandit faction

[granite mortar]

Renegadis gods of zona

[honest bridge]

Renegades mentioned, status: based

[wraith socket]

Actually I'm a Loner at the moment. Started as an Ecologist, switched to Bandits, then Mercs and now Loners, all in the same game.

[granite mortar]

Eww mercs

[warm linden]

bro joined every faction

[wraith socket]

4 down, 4 to go.

[warm linden]

bro needs to be studied

[wraith socket]

My entire game is being recorded and uploaded from the beginning to where I am now on Day 129.

[granite mortar]

Obligatory daily Jekan prayer:
We thank you, oh Jekan, for revealing the cunning plans of your enemies to us.
May your light shine down on the souls of the brave soldiers who gave their lives in service to your will.
Onward warriors of the Jekan, avenge your fallen brothers, blessed as they are in their eternal union with the Jekan.
Bring death to those who spurned the holy power of the Jekan
Oh Jekan, we do not hear you, why have you left us, oh Jekan? We await your orders, oh Jekan.

[honest bridge]

[honest bridge]

Jekan

[granite mortar]

[wraith socket]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_4uRpwnYOE

[honest bridge]

Anyone hop on Stalker COC here?

[pseudo rivet]

@wraith socket
What is, in your opinion, the use of the Shagohod easy movement system?

[wraith socket]

Looks like it might move too slow:

[pseudo rivet]

I doubt it's merely a MGS3 reference

Besides, we've got Iroquois as well, if we can count that as one

Or perhaps they intended for the upgrade to do something else and placed some other improvement there for some reason?

[warm linden]

offtopic

[pseudo rivet]

literally on-topic lmfao

[royal dome]

I have most unfortunately discovered (while trekking through the red forest) that the movie had it right.... sometimes the straightest path in the zone is not the best

[warm linden]

I'm gonna throw you off a roof in pripyat, shadohod is not even stalker smh

[pseudo rivet]

I mean, the only real purpose I can think of for that upgrade is to be better protected against a Burer's energy draining attack, but like, only to recover from it a little bit faster. Nothing special

[pseudo rivet]

You clearly don't know your games, then

[warm linden]

It's not stalker though? it's metal gear which isn't a stalker game smh

[pseudo rivet]

See? You don't know

[warm linden]

killing you rn

[pseudo rivet]

Play CoP

[warm linden]

I did, dumb dumb

you have to be trolling

[pseudo rivet]

Then how come you don't know what I'm talking about, dum-dum?

[warm linden]

actual troll, shadgohod isn't in stalker lol

[pseudo rivet]

Unfortunately for you, it is

[warm linden]

source rn

[pseudo rivet]

Check the Exoskeleton wiki page

[warm linden]

why would I check the wiki? Isn't that where misinformation usually is

[pseudo rivet]

This isn't

But if you want to boot up CoP and check the Exoskeleton's upgrades, be my guest

[wraith socket]

It's my fault. He is talking about something named that in Stalker and I'm the one that found that picture on google.

[warm linden]

guhhhhhhhh

[wraith socket]

Just about every page on the Stalker Wiki has missing or incorrect information. I accept that since it has always been that way.

[wraith socket]

I am unfamiliar with what you are talking about.

[pseudo rivet]

That's fair, nobody really picks that upgrade

[wraith socket]

What Mod is it from?

[pseudo rivet]

The Shagohod easy movement system is a T3 upgrade that increases your Energy Recovery. Nobody ever picks it because the alternative allows you to sprint

[pseudo rivet]

I'm afraid I don't do mods, so you can almost always assume with me that I'm talking Vanilla

[pseudo rivet]

Oh, CoP by the way

[wraith socket]

That's why I like CoC and CotZ. It's like you're playing CoP with all the levels from all three games.

[pseudo rivet]

Meh, I tried CoC and it wasn't Vanilla enough. That and enemies were extremely bullet sponge-y

[wraith socket]

I always choose sprint. I don't think I paid any attention to the other option.

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, figured

I wonder if it even has a real purpose

With you not being able to sprint in the first place, you can't really make use of it other than jumping or to recover from a Burer's energy draining attack

[pseudo rivet]

Except a fourth generation Exoskeleton

I feel like it was originally intended to increase your carry weight or perhaps even reduce your Exoskeleton's weight even further

But they changed it to Energy Recovery

I mean, despite the quality of CoP's upgrade system, there are a couple of upgrades which do nothing, add things not mentioned in the description or doesn't add something that is mentioned in the description

I would've liked an automatic SVUA-2

[wraith socket]

Better than the CS upgrade system though.

[pseudo rivet]

True, yet also alike

[wraith socket]

You do know you don't have to wear the SEVA suit in the Pripyat Underground?

[pseudo rivet]

Yes, I've already done it once without any armor at all and only a PMm

Took like 30 minutes or so?

[wraith socket]

I've done it in Exo, in Wind of Freedom and the Stalker (Sunrise) suit but never in my underwear.

[pseudo rivet]

Did you manage to fix the Mera Scope?

[limpid lake]

Hey guys, in the new stalker 2 game, with multiplayer coming soon after release, is this going to be mmo?/pvp?

[pseudo rivet]

PvP

[wraith socket]

There was some bug where if you put a red or green scope in a stash, it would revert to a normal basic scope. Is that what you mean?

[hazy helm]

all we know, is, there is not going to be any COOP nor will it be like DayZ

[sly matrix]

Can't stand disproportionate bullet spongyness. Completely put me off from Borderlands as well

[pseudo rivet]

Not that one. The Mera has a magnification of 1.6x to only 2x, I believe. It should be 1.6x to 4x

[pseudo rivet]

Fair, although I like Borderlands a lot

Both 1 and 2

Which one are you referring to?

[sly matrix]

Only tried the first I think, but futuristic weapons struggling to take down local wildlife was just aggrevating tbh

[pseudo rivet]

BL1 is based tho

Like, you can definitely kill Pandoran wildlife with relative ease

[sly matrix]

The rest of the game seemed fun, no doubt. But that part of the game-play I sadly just couldn't get passed.

[pseudo rivet]

But do remember that they've adapted to the harsh life on Pandora and have natural armor because of that

[wraith socket]

Now I understand:

[pseudo rivet]

Was all your equipment at the right level?

[pseudo rivet]

Yep, that one

[sly matrix]

Yeah

[pseudo rivet]

Which class?

[wraith socket]

Does it actually work? Or were they just coming up with stuff to fill up the choices?

[pseudo rivet]

I believe it does, but it feels like an odd choice in general

Why increase Energy Recovery if you can't even sprint?

[spring apex]

jumping and walking while being overweighted reduces stamina a lot too so probably to counter that

[pseudo rivet]

Walking doesn't

Just jumping

[wraith socket]

It is a bit ridiculous how low the weight can be upgraded to:

[pseudo rivet]

It's the lowest weighing armor in the game with the upgrade, yeah

Second lowest would be the Sunrise Bodysuit

The Leather Trenchcoat has no real use, sadly

[wraith socket]

Yes, the Sunrise suit was a better choice before Pripyat since you could sprint. An Exo is just a walking dinosaur, too slow to get out of the way of a mutant swarm.

[wraith socket]

Very true that jumping reduces stamina no matter what your weight is.

[spring apex]

no? check it out, walking reduces stamina when being overweighted

[spring apex]

[wraith socket]

Yes, that too. I was just saying that jumping will make it reduce no matter what. For example in SoC, with a stated weight limit of 50kg, if you keep it under 40kg, you don't get the reduction if you start running, like you do over 40kg.

The most valuable thing to first get in SoC is stamina artifacts. Luckily there are some in the Cordon.

[spring apex]

can't really relate. my first gameplay of SoC is using the button to make time flow faster and just wait at one place to gain stamina. but i think newer version get rid of that button

[pseudo rivet]

Swarms aren't a problem if you've got an RP-74 and explosives

[pseudo rivet]

It doesn't

[wraith socket]

You may have not seen the swarms I have. My first game of CoP was over 880 hours.

[pseudo rivet]

I'm always carrying 20 to 30 KG in CoP

[pseudo rivet]

Trust me, I have

It's honestly one thing that's great in CoP

[wraith socket]

I wish I had recording software back then.

[pseudo rivet]

I've got a screenshot as well, but I'm not on PC

[wraith socket]

I've seen Discord on my phone but it is very difficult to work with, other than replying to tagged posts.

[pseudo rivet]

It used to be better in the past, but they downgraded it

[wraith socket]

In what way?

[pseudo rivet]

Obviously the old one being less tanking on your mobile. I'm too used to the new Discord so I don't even remember

[wraith socket]

Yay! I found it. I've been looking for this for weeks. I wrote this on how to deal with the Bandits in Clear Sky. @gaunt burrow

[pseudo rivet]

I mean, is it really that hard?

[bold sphinx]

Or, other plan; turn them into Swiss cheese

But the entire plan is actually really well written

[wraith socket]

Yes, anyone can shoot them but if the Bandits are not your ally, you cannot get the third-tier upgrades to the two types of SEVA suits.

[bold sphinx]

Genuinley helpfull

[wraith socket]

Don't approach the red circled areas if controlled by Bandits. Avoid the blue circle until the Bandits are turned green. @gaunt burrow

[spring apex]

more points to not chose that upgrade

[wraith socket]

Helpful map of all the locations in the Marshes. I love the Marshes.

It's not helpful Discord changes all these posts to WEBP files. Grrrr.

[wraith socket]

Why? The SEVA suit is the rock star of Clear Sky.

[crisp ruin]

You can blame Google

[wraith socket]

Yes, WEBP files have become the new standard.

[crisp ruin]

Once we're was gonna have JPEG XL, the better version of JPEG

and can opened as jpeg even

but Google came in and this happened

[spring apex]

no no, i love SEVA clear sky. i was refering to Exoskeleton upgrade in CoP that increases stamina regen instead of enabling sprint

Sir crimson's message

[wraith socket]

Yes, there are plenty of stamina artifacts.

So, Call of Pripyat Players...did anyone here try to collect guitars, harmonicas and PDAs from any squad leaders?

[crisp ruin]

we cannot even play the guitars or harmonicas, getting is useless

[spring apex]

i did once but thats just on accident

i see you keep the gas tank even

[wraith socket]

Call of Pripyat, when it first came out, if you would sprint up to a squad leader and open the trade dialogue, you had mere seconds to purchase their guitar, harmonica and PDA. Often you would have time to get only one of them. If you were slow, or never tried to run up to them to do this, you may have never seen this exploit. Can you play them? Of course not. That's not the point.

Different game when I was wearing an Exo: 73 guitars.

Notice how one is "Loner Stalker" and the previous one is the cringy "Free Stalker"?

[wraith socket]

Yes, once I realized I didn't need to use the gas, I never used it again but kept it. However in CotZ, once you get the gas, you cannot remove it other than using it.

[worn oar]

Yeah

[wraith socket]

The "Loner Stalker" game had Garik. The "Free Stalker" game changed that to Garry.

[worn oar]

Are these shots from retail ?

How much time between the two?

[wraith socket]

"Loner Stalker" game is from 2009, translation by the GSC Forums Community on the Russian version. The "Free Stalker" game is from the International 2010 version, by the clowns GSC hired to translate it to English. I blame the translators, not GSC for changing many things, since they didn't even know the game and were just doing it by how they felt about the original words. Mainly people's names were changed.

[worn oar]

Shit

Names are supposed to be proper nouns

[wraith socket]

Limpid my man.

[eternal arch]

Anyone knows whats up with preorders of physical ultimate collector edition? Im waiting for it for last 2 year and I cant pre order anywhere. Game is almost out...

[wraith socket]

You don't have to kill Tuna. He will turn into an ally later.

[wraith socket]

How can something be out that doesn't exist? Maybe I'm misunderstanding, since many people said the pre-order was sold out or their order was cancelled for the physical edition.

[eternal arch]

What do you mean?

Well, i find it weird since for the last 2 years I am actively trying to preorder it every now and then. And the webpage says the same.. to fill a form and i will be contacted by email.

[wraith socket]

People all over the world have told me they ordered it, they've been waiting for months or years and suddenly their order gets cancelled from sellers. I'm not talking about GSC's page.

[eternal arch]

I am trying it in 3 countries. Netherlands slovakia and czech republic. As far as i know studio is located in czech.

[solemn perch]

I finished Stalker call of pripyat finely

[pseudo rivet]

Should be easy to avoid

[solemn perch]

I got an amazing ending with only thing left not in a good way was the fact I couldn't finde cardans freind joker

His first freind I found randomly by falling into a nearby pit

[wraith socket]

In my first game, I saw Flayer through the crack in the fence and shot him. Big mistake I did not realize this until much later.

[pseudo rivet]

Dunno, there should be a reason why it's there

[wraith socket]

Flayer operates the mini-game on the Bandit Base.

It's my bedtime. Been great my fellow Stalkers.

[pseudo rivet]

Goodnight dawg

[finite dragon]

where i can found glowing pit anomaly in darkscape?

[dapper finch]

Aaaah I'm so hyped seeing the reactor 5/6 building. That's the place I most wanted to see in a stalker game. "Red fortress" is also a cool nickname.

[finite dragon]

yea i think its the one of the most beutyfull place in the game

[granite mortar]

In Czechia only the 60 and 80 dollar editions are available

[eternal arch]

Thats sad. I was so stoked. As I mentioned I am literally waiting for around 2 years to get the collectors edition and it apparently does not exist

Why is it still on gsc site tho?

[granite mortar]

GSC doesnt know how many copies are left
Sellers must know their stocks

Personally I would just get the 80€ edition while they are available

[finite dragon]

i think its still on stock

[solemn perch]

Yall know a good call of pripyat mod that works on a toaster of a laptop?

[dense hatch]

do you mean for CoP or using it as a base

[solemn perch]

A mod to replay cop

I finished soc vanilla then replayed it with ZRP+owr+double damege

Thees are a small but cool mods combo that runs smoothly with game staying vanilla

[eternal arch]

The physical ultimate edition? For me it says: "Right now we're still working on setting up the delivery of the physical editions to you. Leave your details below, and we'll notify you when the physical editions will be available in your country" its been saying this since it was announced years ago. I fill the form every month or so but i havent ever received any notification

[finite dragon]

oh

then i think its sold out

[dense hatch]

probably complete

I don't really enjoy CoP that much personally so I don't replay it much

[finite dragon]

or they are preparing new copies

[dense hatch]

I guess maybe gunslinger if you want to see what all the hype is about

[finite dragon]

"delivering" so maybe they will relase new copies

it seems like they will

are you ordering from oficial site?

maybe try order it from steam

or g

og

but i recommend steam

[eternal arch]

Yes official site. I Really hope so but the game is almost out so its a little bit fishy for sure. I am stalking it constantly since announcement. I AM filling out the form that I am interested in 3 different countries every month. But its very weird that even in czech republic it was not available in whole 2 years? On steam is not physical ultimate edition i think

[dense hatch]

not really, could just be supplier issues

I doubt they can get it literally everywhere with all the demand

[solemn perch]

It took me quite some time to get used to cop

The graphics were ass compared to Soc

And the gameplay was not any better

And the flat world was..... Meh

But I enjoyed exploring and talking to npcs but text walls gave me a stroke for a while

[finite dragon]

i think you have to ask gsc

[solemn perch]

I still see soc as my favorite and after a cop moded replay I'll see what clear sky is about

[dense hatch]

[solemn perch]

atleast playing alongside strelok was cool at the end

My dumb ass bugged the game by trying to change config so exo can run...then got the upgrade for exo to let me run at the last mission... Ended up walking like a turtle the whole mission while carrying the LMG

[civic dirge]

hi guys, do i need to install all patches for true stalker?

or just 1.5

[dense hatch]

have you tried uninstalling true stalker

[civic dirge]

lol

is it about its creators?

[dense hatch]

no it's just not very fun

the most impressive thing is the new area and the terrains but the gameplay and quests are rather lacking

[granite mortar]

Its mid as fuсk

[dense hatch]

yup

[granite mortar]

Quests gud
Story lacking

[dense hatch]

the main quest is garbage

[granite mortar]

Yeah
Sidequests gud tho

[dense hatch]

sidequests are alright but the entire "getting knocked out" thing got old after while

[granite mortar]

It should be illegal to get knocked out and lose your items more than 3 times in a 20 hour mod

In Goldsphere you get knocked out a bunch too but its usually because you are held captive and the story needs you to not have items for a while

[dense hatch]

I still don't enjoy that but it's not terrible

It's not like dead money, the worst FNV mod

[granite mortar]

Its 7/10
6 when you consider what they were capable of doing

[dense hatch]

dlc* I was thinking of the frontier

my beloved

[indigo marsh]

I mean it should be called a mod

[indigo marsh]

But you do get your stuff back

[sand fiber]

I LOVE DEAD MONEY
I LOVE THE CHARACTERS
I LOVE THE NARRATIVE
CHRIS AVELLON SUCK MY GOCK

[indigo marsh]

The point of dead money is letting go ||of this poverty ||

[dense hatch]

I LOVE RED CLOUD
I LOVE 4 BILLION SPEAKERS
I LOVE 2 VIABLE BUILDS
CHRIS AVELLON IS ASS

[sand fiber]

i didn't have the best gaming experience with dead money tbh

had to spawn in eghhh dino i think (that ghoul) to get a good ending and he barked every 5 seconds during the ending slides

all because i """insulted""" him in one dialogue

which is so cool he's such a bіtch :3

[indigo marsh]

I killed him

So that was pretty good

And I think I got the good ending for the rest of the crew

[dense hatch]

yeah the trick is kinda neat but it's annoying that you can't do anything to fix it

[crisp ruin]

Good to see someone fallout fan

[indigo marsh]

This is en_fallout. But fallout players are rare.

[crisp ruin]

Specially New Vegas

I hate the Toddverse one

[indigo marsh]

I haven't really played fallout or seem to get into the 3d fallouts since I played STALKER. Everything I need is in Stalker.

[granite mortar]

Yes
As I said, it only happens when the story needs you to NOT have your items for some time

[indigo marsh]

Also usually you get REALLY cool things when you lose your stuff for a bit. Like ||suit which lets you use agent pew pew or the Galil as another example||

[indigo marsh]

NGL ||those were the most kino parts. Like in the radar, yantar, and d valley. Agroprom and radar is the closest to those in terms of kino story.||

[granite mortar]

Rel rel

[worn oar]

[dense hatch]

is that a term for the bethesda games or for fo3

[finite dragon]

Do someone know where is glowing pit anomaly in darkscape?

[celest blaze]

76, 3 and 4

tbh new vegas is way too over glazed

[dense hatch]

I still prefer, after doing pretty much all the content in both, 3 over NV

[celest blaze]

its a decent game but all these people are swallowing obsidians meat so much

[dense hatch]

just because 3 has tighter exploration and the random encounter system

[celest blaze]

fr tbh

[dense hatch]

4 is my favorite because it has everything I like about 3 while still having some stuff from NV like companions having character

it's such a shame the random encounter system was dropped for NV but it's nice that it came back in 4, and also 76 to a lesser extent

[celest blaze]

same i figured cuz it was due to lack of dev time

[crisp ruin]

For Bethesda games that has Todd Howard in it

[celest blaze]

bethesda games are fine though

NV fanboys are crazy lol

[crisp ruin]

I'm not fanboy but

I'm just disappointed

[celest blaze]

games are fine for what they are

[celest blaze]

lets not pretend new vegas is this rich masterpiece of western media

old world gov vs men in skirts failing to larp rome fighting over a dam

[dawn grotto]

Cant wait to be a stalker

[celest blaze]

fr

[dawn grotto]

yeah she so cute fr

[fathom jolt]

So true

[dim topaz]

Gamma in the media channel, so based

[ruby warren]

I hated 4 until I actually gave survival mode a try, now I have a newfound appreciation for it

[rocky trellis]

What I hear is "...approach the red circled areas if controlled by Bandits." Do not "Avoid the blue circle until the Bandits are turned green"

Loot is loot

[zealous pivot]

Gamma reference?? We ballin

[crisp ruin]

[celest blaze]

ceaser didnt even larp the good parts of rome just slavery, taking women for breeding and crucifying people hard to take mfs serious wearing football equipment lol

based enclave as the antagonist in FO3

[crisp ruin]

[celest blaze]

Realistically NCR smokes dudes with pointy sticks and football gear

[indigo marsh]

Its over

STOC has fallen

It's burover

[indigo marsh]

Roman femboy larp :з

[celest blaze]

[marsh dome]

When trailer ?

[dense hatch]

not including like the 5 they've released in the past 2 months

[loud gate]

Probably next week at TGS

[celest goblet]

If we get one I assume it would be then

[royal dome]

Anyone hate the red forest as much as I do? Freaking blood suckers

[pseudo rivet]

Not as long as I have anything to say about it

And I DO

[fair jackal]

i wonder what type of bloodsucker they will be in 2, in terms of when they can be shot.

[royal dome]

And yall are all wrong. As far as apocalypse games are concerned, it is my opinion that 2nd to stalker, the metro series is by far the best. Fallout is a bit too comical for me.

[pseudo rivet]

STALKER isn't even an apocalyptic game, honestly

So uh

Doesn't really fit on that list

[royal dome]

It is for the people that used to live there

[fair jackal]

Metro is great.

[royal dome]

Okay so metro is first on the list then. I'm just saying fallout is too comical. I did enjoy all of them. I ferment playing the first one on a pentium 2 back in the day. We thought we were in high style with 256mb of RAM 😆

[fair jackal]

i loved the RPK in Last Light lol.

Fallout is comical

but it does have serious things too

[royal dome]

*remember

Doggone auto correct

[rocky trellis]

Fine... locally post apocalyptic game. AKA post apocalyptic but limited to certain areas only... like the entire game area where we play. You know what, why would anything else matter? If the game itself is entirely set in an area that is post apocalyptic, and rest of the world that is not in the game is not, why would it matter?

[pearl jacinth]

gm zone

[fair jackal]

apocalocal setting lol.

[royal dome]

I'm not saying it does, but hey, if definitely has that feel

[rocky trellis]

Would be funny plot twist if Fallout games turned out to be US government just trolling their citizen making it seem like they survived a nuclear war, only to film a reality TV show

[royal dome]

Now there's a thought

[pearl jacinth]

stalker game that consists of the protagonist leaving the zone casually

[fair jackal]

going home seeing the family, bringing artifacts for the kids

[pearl jacinth]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 3: Done with Chornobyl

[pseudo rivet]

Sounds y'ouch

[fair jackal]

telling the kids stories about clearing out a mutant den

[royal dome]

I like the zone. It feels like sort of a home

[pseudo rivet]

Like, comparing Metro and Fallout to STALKER setting-wise makes zero sense whatsoever

[gaunt burrow]

Got it

[rocky trellis]

makes as much sense as comparing Fallout to Metro

[pseudo rivet]

I mean, I thought this was common knowledge, nay, common sense

[royal dome]

Ever read the books? It is mildly comparable

[rocky trellis]

The point of post apocalyptic is ruined landscapes/cities, that is something all 3 games offer

[pearl jacinth]

metro is more hopeful tho, at least the games are

unbeatable human spirit

[pseudo rivet]

In that case...

Portal 2 is post-apocalyptic

[rocky trellis]

it kind of is...

[royal dome]

I'm going to pretend I didn't read that.

[pseudo rivet]

Heck, any game that has urban combat would be considered a post-apocalyptic game

[pearl jacinth]

GTA is post apocalyptic

[pseudo rivet]

So true

[royal dome]

I get the point guys

[pearl jacinth]

maybe the real post apocalypse were the friends we made along the way

[dense hatch]

metro more like midtro

[rocky trellis]

War games don't exactly count since apocalypse implies a single massive event causing all that destruction, unless you drop a damn nuke and you play in an area afterwards... you know kind of like Fallout

[pearl jacinth]

you can't just say that

[dense hatch]

the main villain of the first game are so disappointing

[gaunt burrow]

Ahh that discussion again

[dense hatch]

I'll die on that hill

[pseudo rivet]

Guys

Guys

[rocky trellis]

There was a villain?

[dense hatch]

villains, I guess

Nazis, Reds, and tall dark+spooky

[pseudo rivet]

By that logic, For Honor is post-apocalyptic! (It is, actually. Too bad they decided to fast-forward in time)

[rocky trellis]

I never really considered them that... they were just dangerous, spooky and mysterious, in general unknown entities they were deadly afraid of and wanted to get rid of them due to that fear

[pseudo rivet]

I mean, let's be real. How metal does medieval post-apocalypse sound to you?

[pearl jacinth]

goes hard

[pseudo rivet]

Real

[royal dome]

The books were honestly better. A lot less action but definitely full of that eastern European humor

[pseudo rivet]

Except Ubisoft decided to fast-forward in time to make it less post-apocalyptic

Because Ubisoft

[gaunt burrow]

Stalker was never apocalyptic in the first place. Apocalyptic would mean that whole world in stalker got destroyed, while in the lore outside world is normal (relatively)

[rocky trellis]

If you never see the intact parts of the world, what does it matter for gameplay?

for all we know rest of the world being fine could be a lie

[gaunt burrow]

If we don't consider things such as ppl wearing clothes made from pseudodogs tails, outside world being full of artifacts rest of the world is fine

[gaunt burrow]

Nothing says or even implies that

[royal dome]

Think about that for a second.... what if the zone encompasses the world???

[rocky trellis]

eventually might

[pearl jacinth]

maybe if it really wanted to

[pseudo rivet]

Post-apocalyptic is a setting and, while that means the setting would logically have an effect on the gameplay, STALKER not being a post-apocalyptic game means that it indeed doesn't have an effect on the gameplay, only that the Zone is cordoned off

[rocky trellis]

Also why are you fixated on that it has to be the entire world that has gone to shit?

[royal dome]

I love it, someone call GSC

[gaunt burrow]

Dictionary: describing or prophesying the complete destruction of the world.
"the apocalyptic visions of ecologists"
momentous or catastrophic.
"the struggle between the two countries is assuming apocalyptic proportions"

[loud gate]

Who called me?

Oh, sorry, I had to act like I'm not!

[gaunt burrow]

In the lore outside world is interested in the Zone

[pseudo rivet]

Moment of grandeur fr

[rocky trellis]

you do realize there's more than one definition for each world since people use them to describe multiple things? Sec I'll go find a definition that fits my narrative

[gaunt burrow]

So we know for a fact that it isn't destroyed

[rocky trellis]

Oh look at that, I found a definiton right below yours...
"an event involving destruction or damage on a catastrophic scale"

[pseudo rivet]

I wouldn't call the Zone an event, tbh

[rocky trellis]

I guess it has happened in multiple stages, a series of events started by 1 event

[broken latch]

https://tenor.com/view/djscratchcat-gif-23927338

[royal dome]

HAha! That bloodsucker in the red forest finally kicked the bucket.

Only took me six tries

[rocky trellis]

Bloodscukers aren't the issue... the issue is when you play modded and you get Chimeras, humongous lards and controllers

And not the tame controllers from base game but ones that absolutely destroy you

good when you don't even see them

[royal dome]

I'm hoping the stealth mechanics are better with S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2

If not, I won't be a happy girl

[rocky trellis]

seemed like that got at least a bit of improvement. Not 100% sure if that is what happened, but I think the grass broke line of sight with controller?

[gaunt burrow]

What happened in the Zone is just an isolated event that doesnt threat to wipe out humankind, though. The story could be considered sci-fi or horror, in the same way as Alien or Lost

Aside from a few hundred, maybe even 1 thousand people in the Zone, life goes on as normal

[rocky trellis]

A single massive volcano eruption could be described as apocalyptic quite easily

especially if you are there to see it yourself

[crisp ruin]

or Fallout

[rocky trellis]

Besides, every Emission certainly feels like the end times have come 😂

[gaunt burrow]

Yeah it does feel like that

[pseudo rivet]

So, like a harmless little storm?

[rocky trellis]

I guess. Thunder storms are just pretty light shows as long as you don't get hit

[granite mortar]

Apocalipse is global event
The volcano would have to be really big for it to be apocaliptic event

[broken latch]

Hello cats and stalkers

[rocky trellis]

Already pointed out that there is more than just biblical definition of apocalypse

[granite mortar]

Hi :3

[gaunt burrow]

Hi bro

[broken latch]

Apocalypse is when nobody of the friends can come hang out

[granite mortar]

Nah
Thats when you invite them to watch X-Men Apocalypse
And they can come, they just dont want to that goofy movie

[gaunt burrow]

I forgot that movie even existed

[nimble cipher]

sirguapo47 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[cyan canopy]

Microsoft Store?

[nova ore]

Holy SHID

😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩

[cyan canopy]

Meh,i should order GOG version

[nova ore]

Yeah idk either lol

[terse path]

Microsoft store

[nimble cipher]

dilfofskalitz has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[pseudo rivet]

Funky

[nova ore]

Haha

[granite mortar]

Lol
Get Wolf'd

[cyan canopy]

Microsoft Store is weird

[pseudo rivet]

Truly a Macrohard Store moment

[granite mortar]

Lol
Get Wolf'd

[native sparrow]

I’d gladly be warned if it’s for me to express my excitement for this game.

[west charm]

Any news regarding physical collectors editions recently?

[thin haven]

has there been any word on the physical edition

[mystic cloud]

Do we get pre order bonus’s if we on gamepass day one ??

[native sparrow]

It’s physical

[azure dock]

Wait, I thought Xbox preorders went live ages ago?

[thin haven]

oh hey, same q

[native sparrow]

It did

Guess they made an announcement after all locations had access

[west charm]

For collectors edition with the fancy statue though?

[rocky trellis]

I guess it's for "xbox" PC store

[ivory gale]

150gb install! 👀

[pseudo rivet]

Nothing yet, currently it's "Get it at a local store if available"

[thin haven]

seems low...

[pseudo rivet]

GSC is looking into it, though

[west charm]

Cool ty

[mystic cloud]

Do we get pre order bonus’s if we on gamepass day one ??

[thin haven]

yea, would really like more info on the phys ed

[rocky trellis]

Unsurprising. Most of the new high bugdet games tend to be 100+ GB

[cyan canopy]

Hard drive killer

[thin haven]

doubtful

[pseudo rivet]

I honestly don't know anything about Gamepass, so I can't answer that

[open gyro]

Same, i was even thinking buying 2 physical edition

[granite mortar]

Since you dont technically own the games from gamepass...
Then no

[rocky trellis]

Probably not, since you're technically renting the game.

as soon as you stop paying for gamepass you lose access

[thin haven]

technically you're always renting the games...

[rocky trellis]

it's not a rent if you do not pay a rent...

[thin haven]

you pay for the game, and you dont technically own it

tho, the UK is changing this up a bit it seems

[royal dome]

The zone is an unforgiving place. I tried to help duty just now against some blind dogs.... they were all killed leaving me about 8 dogs to kill. Then, as I liked the last one, I was eaten by a band of hogs......

[cedar kettle]

I'll have to buy an xbox.. I can't lose the flow that has marked me all these years on PC... but my friend will never handle it and the ps5 unfortunately remains dry.

[pseudo rivet]

Truly a Duty moment

[sour pine]

do we know if game pass user also get the pre order content?

[thin haven]

i dont think i can play this game on anything but a pc

[rocky trellis]

Technically don't own, but for vast majority of games that means nothing since there will be no mafia sent after you if you install a mod they do not approve

[granite mortar]

You own them on GOG tho

[thin haven]

very unlikely, as you are not ordering the game

[royal dome]

Gamepass is nice, that's how I discovered the legend of the zone trilogy..... just don't forget to make a payment

[rocky trellis]

you can still basically do whatever you want with it except make copies of it

[pseudo rivet]

You can always #📜┃ask-gsc, I guess

Not all at once though kek

Just one duderino

[sour pine]

we'll see I guess, because with starfield you were able to get the preorder bonuses even if you dont technically buy the game, since you own it via game pass

[thin haven]

i dont think its very common, but we can be hopeful

[rocky trellis]

Gamepass in general tends to offer extra benefits when it's a game xbox cares about

Obviously can't do it for all games, but seen a few cases of that

[sour pine]

when it's a day one release with preorder bonuses, at least that's how it worked with other games, but since I havent seen anything on the xbox store page, that's why im asking, maybe this time we wont be getting the preorder bonuses

[rotund widget]

Story-driven immersive Sci-Fi FPS, that's right 👌🏻

[rocky trellis]

I guess that is something Xbox has to negotiate for each game to get that bonus. If it's quite common for other games and it's excluded from PS, and in general Xbox seems to be involved with advertising for the game, think it's very likely that there will be pre order bonuses for day 1 gamepass

[rotund widget]

[rocky trellis]

There's just 1 big disappointment with that stalker trilogy... where's the PC achievements? You got them for consoles...

[pseudo rivet]

I mean, is it really needed?

[granite mortar]

No

[rocky trellis]

well yes... I'd jump back into the game to hunt all of them

[pseudo rivet]

Meh

[rocky trellis]

did that for all 3 Metro games recently

[granite mortar]

No you wouldnt
Next question

[spark summit]

#📰┃announcement message Who... who the f- would buy a game on the Microsoft Store?

[nimble cipher]

cappunocci has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[rocky trellis]

My list of 100% achievement games speaks for itself

[granite mortar]

Masochists
Next question

[pseudo rivet]

Good question

Masochists indeed

[granite mortar]

Lol
Get Wolf'd

[spark summit]

https://tenor.com/view/okay-sounds-good-jim-halpert-the-office-good-point-gif-9448071860271729531

[sour pine]

people that plays on xbox🤔 🤔 🤔 🤔

[spark summit]

Right, right... I forgot.

[granite mortar]

Epic embed fail
Laugh at this user

[spark summit]

Slava Monolit.

[pseudo rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/okay-sounds-good-jim-halpert-the-office-good-point-gif-9448071860271729531

[pseudo rivet]

[granite mortar]

Slava Monolitu*

[indigo marsh]

[granite mortar]

Omg
Cat

[spark summit]

Slava Mommylith

[granite mortar]

Slava shower emojis 🚿

[pseudo rivet]

Slava Renegadis Gods of Zona

[rocky trellis]

You may not think of it as such, but achievements are kind of content too. Much better than self imposed challenges that you cheat anyways because there's nothing to make sure you go through with it

[spark summit]

Slava... (Monolith girls in cute skirts when)

[gaunt burrow]

Lads that comment. Shower emoji it

[indigo marsh]

🚿

[pseudo rivet]

This once, I won't shower you too

[indigo marsh]

More showers

[gaunt burrow]

Very kind of you XD

[nimble cipher]

cappunocci has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[indigo marsh]

Horny posting will end

[rocky trellis]

Wait for Japan to make an anime out of Stalker 2, then you'll get a zone full of anime chicks in skirts and guns

[indigo marsh]

I will tho

[spark summit]

F- showering. In The Zone, you simply take the occasional dunk in a radiactive pool and call it a day.

[gaunt burrow]

Nooooo

[spark summit]

Very. Wanna help solve my problem? Unzips

[gaunt burrow]

Its borover

[nimble cipher]

orbel_ has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[fervent junco]

i hope they will deliver the ultimate physical edition to europe in the near time xd

[rocky trellis]

Radiation hotspots are a good kind of shower. Kills all the bad stuff in your whole body and cleanses your soul, trust me

[granite mortar]

Renegadis gods of zona because they wear renegadidas

[gaunt burrow]

"Stop it. Get some help"

[granite mortar]

Lol
Get Wolf'd

[abstract crane]

Wat

[gaunt burrow]

I propose creating a new role for hornyposters. It should be called "In need of a shower"

[earnest bear]

So did they clarify if there will be a Preorder exclusive quest or only ultimate edition exclusive Quest

[pseudo rivet]

All in favor of Matt's suggestion, shower react him

[gaunt burrow]

Mfw

[pseudo rivet]

Deluxe Edition and above, I believe

[earnest bear]

Becouse I think people were taking about a Preorder exclusive quest

Is or was that a real thing or just a misunderstanding

[pseudo rivet]

#🖤┃s2-pre-order message

[rocky trellis]

But there was very confusing question and answer...

Websites imply that that mission has nothing to do with pre-orders, but then the question/answer on #📜┃gsc-answers implied it does

[royal dome]

@rocky trellis achievements are nice until you get one for BEING KILLED BY 5 DIFFERENT ANOMALIES

[rocky trellis]

And the follow up seemed to imply that you can still get that mission if you pre-ordered regular version, but upgrade later?

[royal dome]

It's almost like getting a ribbon for crapping yourself at work

[earnest bear]

#📜┃gsc-answers message

The website meanwhile makes it seem it's just an edition thing

[near token]

Wait is there going to be physical editions sent to canada?

[rocky trellis]

What is confusing about that is that neither steam or their own website say that it's exclusive to pre-ordering

[near token]

I've been worried about if I get a key or disk

[pseudo rivet]

Steam Activation Code

[royal dome]

You can pre-order a physical copy, but you have to register for it. I did for mine.

It comes with some cool stuff

[near token]

Yeah will they come to canada tho

[earnest bear]

Click on the gsc answers link
#📜┃gsc-answers message

[near token]

Ship to canada

[royal dome]

Just not the stalker board game ☹️

[small sparrow]

who wants to kill john lennon with me

[near token]

So that's a yes physical edition does get shipped to canada?

[royal dome]

John Lennon has been dead bro

[pseudo rivet]

Does this answer your question?
#📜┃gsc-answers message

[small sparrow]

[gaunt burrow]

This is stalker Discord sir

[dense hatch]

mmm lemons

[torn geode]

Hey, I have 2 questions. In the Microsoft Store, Stalker 2 doesn't appear as a standard version, but rather as: Ultimate Edition, Deluxe Edition, Ultimate Edition. Is this a bug or is it correct?
And the second question, the Microsoft Store page states that the game "offers in-app purchases." What does that mean? I thought that after they removed the NFTs, they were going to remove all in-game purchases.

[small sparrow]

[granite mortar]

I hate discord
Its so laggy lately
I try to scroll down the sticker keayboard, it freezes and by the time it starts working again it sends 40 random ass stickers

[indigo marsh]

Skill issue tbh

[pseudo rivet]

I've got that on mobiile. It's wack as heck

[granite mortar]

Definitely

[near token]

Well crap still no changes how long ago?

[royal dome]

I got the physical special edition.... they didn't even have it priced when I ordered it

[granite mortar]

Its Groks fault I bet

[gaunt burrow]

I thought I was the only one. On my phone Discord is wayyy more buggy than before

[royal dome]

But then again, shut up and take my money!!

[pseudo rivet]

The question got answered 3 days ago

[indigo marsh]

I have a discord client and it is ok for me

[granite mortar]

Ill takw your money

[pseudo rivet]

Well, HoC does still have DLCs (in the making)

[indigo marsh]

Maybe going to a place with a better signal or plugging in to Ethernet might help

[near token]

That is deeply upsetting I'm a new fan wanting to get some neat trinkets and support the game that sucks

[royal dome]

I just hope they don't delay again

[granite mortar]

Never!

[near token]

Attack the D point!

[granite mortar]

Never!

[indigo marsh]

Affirmative!

[earnest bear]

I hope those are just bugs

[gaunt burrow]

iNeverwilldothat

[granite mortar]

Rel rel

[rocky trellis]

Very unlikely. All the signs are pointing towards a release on time

[pseudo rivet]

Wait, isn't the ' in your name at the wrong place?

[granite mortar]

Probably
Its Kuros doing

[pseudo rivet]

As usual

'Sup Kuro

[rocky trellis]

if they sell a DLC ingame, that too is in-game purchase, I guess

[gaunt burrow]

Wouldn't count on another delay but who knows tbh. At 1 point we all thought that Sep 5 will be the final release date but here we are

[pseudo rivet]

X on another delay, tbh

[worthy lagoon]

The game will feature SP and MP skins, although the method of obtaining such skins and outfits are still not defined, we can suppose that MP skins and costumes are in the marketplace like TF2

[rocky trellis]

wait SP skins too?

[pseudo rivet]

Pretty sure that got mentioned once, yeah

[indigo marsh]

I wonder if it will still be Mercs vs freedom for MP

[dense hatch]

why would you pay for singleplayer skins

I understand multiplayer but why singleplayer

[worthy lagoon]

Yes, costumes too

[pseudo rivet]

That's the most pathetic "B-Baka!" I've ever heard in my entire life

[rocky trellis]

basically only reason to buy singleplayer skins would be to support the devs

since you know... you can just install mods. unless on xbox

[worthy lagoon]

We don't know if these will be behind a pay wall or like behind an achievement/DLCs

[indigo marsh]

Ong bro.

[royal dome]

I'm a story kinda girl. I don't care about outfits or weapon skins

I've always been fascinated by a good story and not just random acts of violence

[indigo marsh]

Killing the enemy in the most goofy skin is kinda funny to me in STALKER

[rocky trellis]

Whaat? I guess you'll never understand fashion souls then... Looking good > stats in Dark Souls/Elden Ring

[dense hatch]

most of that is with gear you can get

[pseudo rivet]

Stats > Looking good

[gaunt burrow]

Real

[dense hatch]

FNV style outfits are great because most gear in that game is viable so you aren't crippling yourself to look neat

[royal dome]

That's just my opinion tho

[trim peak]

Hey guys, is there any retailer who sells the Stalker 2 Ultimate Collectors Edition for PC? The one linked on this Discord doesnt sell it anymore

[gaunt burrow]

As long as it has good story its ok

[dense hatch]

like NCR facewrap armor and a mark 2 combat armor helmet

[earnest bear]

Yea

[royal dome]

@gaunt burrow thank you

[gaunt burrow]

No idea, sorry

[rocky trellis]

But never mention Bethesda ingame store... that is some diabolic hell

[pseudo rivet]

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[gaunt burrow]

For?

[rocky trellis]

here come buy overpriced mods that may or may not be broken!

[pseudo rivet]

Certified Creation Club moment

[dense hatch]

creation club supposedly supports the authors of the mods directly but I have no idea if it's like a 10% cut or something

[royal dome]

Agreeing that story is better

[dense hatch]

stuff is free on there surprisingly often which is kinda nice

[pseudo rivet]

Better than skins? Absolutely, without a doubt

[dense hatch]

like now I have 3000 power armor paint skins

[royal dome]

Has anyone purchased the stalker board game? I want it just to have it

[dense hatch]

also the weapon paints kinda go hard

the faction ones

[gaunt burrow]

Aye. I was always interested in the lore the most

Kinda wish I could erase memory and learn everything again tho

[granite mortar]

Fallout

[pseudo rivet]

Meh, the only ones that seem neat to me are the Outcasts paint, Solar Cannon and the Dogmeat skin transformer, but like, not a chance I'm paying money for that

[granite mortar]

Play fallout now
Stop watching the lore videos

[rocky trellis]

Learning about stalker universe first hand for first time is quite an experience 😂

[dense hatch]

again, wait for stuff to be free or use the free creation club bucks that I still don't know how I occasionally get

[rocky trellis]

I still remember requiring breaks between each outing by the campfire because the world is spooky

[gaunt burrow]

As someone who never played Fallout I can confirm that only Fallout and best Fallout game is new vegas

[dense hatch]

also hasn't played the classics and thinks jet is post war

[pseudo rivet]

Bro has Fallout avatar, yet doesn't play Fallout and calls New Vegas the best Fallout game

[royal dome]

I played it when it first came out. I was a big fallout girl back then, but the incident at chornobyl always fascinated m

[dense hatch]

but 2 is the best one for real for real

[pseudo rivet]

Not only is it ironic, but also simply untrue