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finite dragon
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Also sidor looks much younger in SOC compared to anomaly

tired anvil
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CS Sid best

finite dragon
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At least he has hair in Soc. I will check CS once i complete this

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I just dont want to go to x18 again because that place made me literally scream

tired anvil
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I dont recall much hair on him in SoC

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Kek

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Wait till you see X-8...

finite dragon
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Am i forced to go there?

tired anvil
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Im CoP

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Document quest, you get forced to get docs and there are 6

finite dragon
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I just skipped my way all into army warehouse to get some decent weapons

tired anvil
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Nothing happens if you get all 6 which is the most kek part

finite dragon
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Instead of getting x18 docs

tired anvil
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So you can leave with 3 I think

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But still the most annoying area in the whole series

finite dragon
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Welp

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I just love how the developers made the game

tired anvil
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Fun fact, stalker2 was originally being made in 2010

finite dragon
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Your fear isnt from ghosts or dumb stuff it is fear from what you will encounter and the darkness

tired anvil
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Got canned in 2012 and company got shut down the same year

finite dragon
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Oof

tired anvil
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GSC has a fun story

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Spawned the company that made the Metro games if you ever tried those

finite dragon
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Metro sounds like a stalker rip off yea lol

tired anvil
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Its a linear shooter

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Made by SoC devs that left GSC basically a year before release of SoC

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A lot of people who enjoy Metro like Stalker and vice versa, though personally I am not a fan

silk viper
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I've played both metros

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Its a good game, very story driven

tired anvil
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both
Arent there 3 though?

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Metro 2033/redux
Last light
And Exodus

silk viper
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But yeah, linear shooters arent usually my thing

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Oh sorry

tired anvil
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I found 2033 a bit boring and didnt really try the others

silk viper
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Forgot about the new one, havent played exodus

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Yeah LL is better

finite dragon
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Now lets ask the greatest question in history

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What the hell is a pseudodog

tired anvil
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Well to put it simply

silk viper
tired anvil
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A Zone doggy

finite dragon
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Down doggy

tired anvil
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Magical hybrid doggy, but they chill

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There's 2 characters that have them as pets

finite dragon
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Chill? CHILL?

tired anvil
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CHILL as heck

finite dragon
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They are the most thing that worries me after snorks

tired anvil
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Guess you haven't met a Pseudogiant or Poltergeist yet

finite dragon
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I did

tired anvil
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Haven't seen a Chinera or Spooky Burer Man yet that's for sure then

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Since those are only in CoP

finite dragon
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Nope

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No chimeras in SOC?

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Y A Y

tired anvil
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No Chimeras nor Spooky Burer Men in SoC nor CS

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CS has smth else for you

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The name is Vova Vist

finite dragon
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Wait isnt that an ecologist?

tired anvil
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An icon in the community

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Mah

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Nah*

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Kruglov is an Ecologist who is pretty cool

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Vova Vist is a Military dude

finite dragon
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Gotchu

exotic bramble
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rip that random dude who got killed by that controller in the jupiter tunnel
should've just hidden behind a wall smh

finite dragon
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Okay so i aim at the head and shoot

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All the bullets fly around the target and when i aim next to the target not even on it the bullets hit it

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The target is stationary bruh

tired anvil
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rip that random dude who got killed by that controller in the jupiter tunnel
should've just hidden behind a wall smh

Rip that random dude in the Controller cave in CoP who tells you to go away

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Poor lad

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Also yeah SoC aiming can be a little weird tbh

exotic bramble
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rip the dude who put a stash in that car under the gas station

tired anvil
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Rip CS cry

exotic bramble
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when strelok dies during the final CoP mission
oof

finite dragon
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Wait wont i kill him in soc

exotic bramble
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yes

tired anvil
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You will

exotic bramble
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strelok must've been either piss drunk or massively braindead if he survived that PSY field because oh jesus christ

tired anvil
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Dude escaped Scar, his luck is bound to run out

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Sorta

exotic bramble
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must've been a lit party in the monolith brainwash room

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when strelok wakes up in the village the next day

tired anvil
exotic bramble
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carrying only 50kg of vodka

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priorities

gusty trench
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40 rubles

tired anvil
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Gotta love stacking up on Rubles in CS then the big bang happens

exotic bramble
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2000 rubles, an AK and 2 mags
out into the wild east

gusty trench
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Not as bad, as starting with only a jacket 🤔

exotic bramble
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spent half my money on bread and the other on owl

finite dragon
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Most of my money goes on med kits and bandages in anomaly lol

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Also can i strip an enemy off their armor in SOC?

tired anvil
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Nah

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Cant do that in any game sadly

finite dragon
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Muh exoskeleton nooo

silk viper
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And repairs.......

tired anvil
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Most of my money goes on med kits and bandages in anomaly lol
Probably going to end up doing the same in CS

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Who knows

exotic bramble
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i only use bandages and sausage

silk viper
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Diet sausage

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❤️

exotic bramble
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tactical snack

tired anvil
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Welp anyway, sleep time. Hope you have fun with your adventures in SoC Joseph

exotic bramble
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why do i always end up with 20 grenades that i will never use

finite dragon
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Gn

silk viper
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sell em?

exotic bramble
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i made enough profits selling grenades to buy an exoskelethon

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also farming them skadovsk med supplies

silk viper
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xD

gusty trench
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Most of my money goes on med kits and bandages in anomaly lol
Well. Since they have cost of pack of shotgun shells, use sniper rifles always use cover

exotic bramble
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sniper rifles pfff...
i use my 230 ruble broken makarov to snipe monolith from across the underground

silk viper
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xD

exotic bramble
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good thing that gunslinger mod added neon sight outlines so i can atleast see who im shooting

silk viper
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I love my SV98

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One shots everything

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Even exos

exotic bramble
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i never had an AK in STALKER jam
mmm

silk viper
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lol

exotic bramble
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i like the gunslinger controller suicide animations though, the grenade ones look the best

silk viper
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One of the few things I dont like about anomoly, I wish there were more npcs wandering about doing their thing

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Hardly seeing anyone here in Zaton here but there were numerous squads around in CoP

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There were also like 30 or more people on Skadovsk at night now theres barely a handful

silk viper
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lmfao this controller had weed on him

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dude was about to get lit

amber halo
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Just up the numbers of npcs

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You can do it in settings

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And you can mix gunslinger with anomaly ?

finite dragon
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lolno

still ridge
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@exotic bramble there’s a grenade suicide?

silk viper
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Oh?

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Is that under extra settings?

wary cove
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Spawned the company that made the Metro games if you ever tried those
also spawned the company that made survarium, if I'm remembering correctly

No chimeras in SOC?
Not officially in the game, but the model exists in the files. You can sort of unlock the "radar ghost" chimera via modding https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtFqzwd_IWU

golden galleon
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just found out controllers can actually run and jump

silk viper
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How do you get recipes for repair kits?

past shuttle
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just found out controllers can actually run and jump
@golden galleon wait what

opaque parrot
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@golden galleon lol how?

finite dragon
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Stalker 2 looks way too dull and despressing

golden galleon
past shuttle
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ok let us check

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@golden galleon bro thats just a ghost

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and i thought you meant the real one

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@finite dragon we will see

balmy forum
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I hope there will be some dark cloudy storms, give a nice grim feeling weather at times

hazy raven
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I wonder how is player´s rank calculated? By kills or by quests done? 🤔

pseudo rivet
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I believe it's kills

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Easiest way would be Faction Wars

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If you play CS, that is

silk viper
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How do you get recipes for repair kits in anomoly?

brazen hawk
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f_monolith stalker 2 hype f_monolith

pseudo rivet
brazen hawk
hazy raven
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One thing which is weird in Stalker:SOC - psi emitters damaging physical health instead of mental one... 🤔

pseudo rivet
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There's only one health bar

hazy raven
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There are two in SOC, unlike the addons.

pseudo rivet
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Nah

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That blue one is your armor

hazy raven
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Though Mental one is barely used. As I think in vanilla game even controllers mostly damage physical one. I don´t know if I mistake it with another game, but I think that SOC was originally supposed to have weapons based on mental health damage. But as they weren´t implemented and mental health wasn´t thus used, it was cut from the addons.
And not true instead of inventory HUD. Another weird thing - on HUD blue bar is armor. But in inventory, it´s mental health. Which on HUD is instead showed as a head with a 🧠 inside. 🤔

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I wonder why devs though that it´s great idea to use same bar for two things. Unless they forgot to cut the mental health in SOC.

pseudo rivet
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Well

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I mean

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If they were to use a mental health bar, then it "technically" shouldn't restore, due to the psi-emissions permanently affecting your brains

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Besides, you go dum-dum

hazy raven
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It regenerates itself. OGSE mod makes that you can restore it with Vodka I think or some item. (I wonder if any other mod made Mental health as actual implementation to the game. 🤔 ).

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But yes, as we can see in case of zombified stalkers, it´s impossible to cure fried 🧠 . At least in cannon way. (As in OGSE mod it´s possible to cure yourself from being zombified with help of Jellyfish artifact + Ecologists at Yantar).

hazy raven
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Though wait, I forgot about one quest in COP, where a controller zombifies player´s companions and if the player kills the controller fast, he unzombifies them.

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So in cannon rarely zombified stalkers can be cured of the effect, at least when under control of controller.

native ibex
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The real mental health mechanic stems from slowly waking everywhere

solid dome
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I'm about to take Reginald for my new labor man

meager plover
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Duty f'ing sucks
change my mind

odd remnant
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TOZ-34 is the most powerful weapon, too bad it only has two bullets in the chambers

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Behind the explosives and GAUSS RIFLE and some other guns

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But it's a solid gun

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You can even use it as a sniper

exotic bramble
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s l u g r o u n d s

sweet karma
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why do slugs suck so much ass in soch

finite dragon
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@silk viper kill people and you find recipes

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Military guys are racked as heck with them also SOC weapons suck

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They literally hit if you aim next to a stationary target

solid dome
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PMm gang would like to have a chat with you, Joseph

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In specific, Crimsong

tired anvil
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Crimson is idle, do not disturb

finite dragon
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Im disappointed

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I joined freedom to get weed yet none of them sells weed

tired anvil
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Clear Sky

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The bartender in CS is literally named Ganja

finite dragon
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I have been scammed in soc tho

tired anvil
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Just blame it on THQ

finite dragon
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Can i clean the duty base south of army warehouse easily

solid dome
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Why blame it on THQ? For not adding enough ganja?

tired anvil
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Because THQ cut a lot of stuff from SoC

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So if it's lacking something, blame it on THQ

finite dragon
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Soc has only 10 items lol

tired anvil
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Ever heard of the blondie from California who was sent to Kiev to fix SoC?

finite dragon
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Artifacts and guns not included also ammo

tired anvil
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Then threatened to not pay anyone

solid dome
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I dont agree, blame it on Ganja for smoking out the weed in the storage room

tired anvil
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Nah

finite dragon
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He do have a point tho

tired anvil
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I guess CS takes place before SoC

finite dragon
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If it takes place before soc then why am i playing soc first instead of cs lol

tired anvil
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Trust us it's better

solid dome
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You dont know CS takes first place in terms of order?

tired anvil
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Joseph is new to the series as a whole

solid dome
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Ah

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Ye, CS > SoC > Cop

tired anvil
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But yeah, CS takes events before SoC, though it's better to play SoC first

pseudo rivet
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CS chad

tired anvil
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Mainly due to game features and because you would somewhat spoil SoC for yourself if you played CS first in ways

solid dome
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Crimesong appears on the barrier of the Freedom base, asking questions

pseudo rivet
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Crimesong?

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Jailhouse Rocker

solid dome
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Question 1 echoes in the distance: "Which type of weed is more healthy, yellow or green?" - asks Crimson, in response a Freedomer goes: "Dawg, we ain't lawnmowers"

pseudo rivet
finite dragon
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If it smok and make u high it good crap

pseudo rivet
solid dome
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I picture some stoned Freedomers in S2 talking nonsense in an interesting way

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Hesitant on Ganja's radio

pseudo rivet
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Wat

solid dome
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With so much playhours, it has to be dead already

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Ganja, man, he had the Freedomers song playing on his radio next to him

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All day long, 365 days a year

tired anvil
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Unless they changed bases

pseudo rivet
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Kek'd

native ibex
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Joseph should come on over to Anomaly mod

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It's got weed in bags and in paper

tired anvil
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Joseph is already playing the Anomaly mod

native ibex
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A fine citizen of the zone

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Despite being a dirty, long-haired hippy

silk viper
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Is stealth not a thing in Anomoly?

hazy raven
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Is it even implemented in COC/Anomaly? 🤔

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Not sure about vanilla COP. 🤔

silk viper
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It is in CoP yes

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thats the whole point of the sound and vision meters on the minimap

native ibex
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I didn't know thats what that was for

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I thought it was to let you know that something was following you

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Coming to get ya

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What I love about Anomaly is that if you aren't friends of the Mercenaries, they will send parties of well armed members to hunt you down in certain regions

silk viper
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Lol

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Had a merc attack me at the scientist outpost while I was trying to buy things from the trader, so I killed him and for some reason a single ecologist aggroed me and wouldnt stop, but if I shot him the entire camp turned on me

hazy raven
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When NPCs attack you for no reason...

silk viper
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Rip

wary cove
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When NPCs attack you for no reason...

Does Jack's Bandits have some script that made them react to the player carrying their leader's Eliminator? They attacked me while carrying it, the funniest part is that I didn't even killed Jack, I found him dead and just picked up the gun

hazy raven
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I had inventory full of grenades. And no use for them, as enemies do my job instead with their grenades for me...

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Got roaster in fire anomaly. My curiosity killed me.

finite dragon
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I’m screwed man

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I just wasted like 50 rounds on freedom and 15 monolith come up

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HOLY JEESUS HERES ANOTHER 7

silk viper
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xD

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WE WILL CLEANSE THE SIN OF THIS WORLD

finite dragon
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I demolished them all

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true chads run around with a knife

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Stabbity stab

tired anvil
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Definitely a good tactic against the Spooky Burer Men

finite dragon
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I went from 38 kg of loot to around 50

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I demolished at least 15 freedom and 30 monolith

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i had a hard time destroying the duty base south of the army warehouse

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they all have exoskeletons and their guns hit like a drunk uncle ;-;

timber flame
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Why would you try to stop duty

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None shall stop duty and their quest to destroy the zone

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Best stalker factions and why

finite dragon
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best is freedom

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at least you don't get morning wake up drills, no WODKA no showering, no sleeping, if you lose your gun you get spanked

tired anvil
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Also got Ashot and Yar yeah_stalk

finite dragon
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when i get a good gun i'm gonna clean off the duty base in rostok

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while playing DOOM OST in the background

tired anvil
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There is a faction wars system in Clear Sky, you could join Freedom and wipe Duty left and right

timber flame
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Why not Clear Sky

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Also Freedom, more like

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Freedumb

finite dragon
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Man why would you join freedom

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how can i get a good exoskeleton in SOC

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You legit can’t go to the bar

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You save up 200k and buy it from the bar

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But you can’t go to the bar

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also which guy should i hit up if i need to repair my guns

tired anvil
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None in SoC

timber flame
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Uhhh, just kill some guys

finite dragon
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@finite dragon i think everyone inside the bar is neutral plus if you wear some duty stuff you will never be detected i think

timber flame
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And get new ones

finite dragon
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Your legit in early game

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You simply kill a bandit and take his viper

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is the viper even good lol

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Or carry 4 guns at a time like me

tired anvil
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Meh

finite dragon
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i skip those guns because they don't pierce into anything lol

timber flame
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YES

finite dragon
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It’s only good for close range spraying

tired anvil
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It's alright for the start I guess

timber flame
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4 GUNS IS BEST LOADOUT

finite dragon
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idk what gun i should go for

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It's alright for the start I guess
@tired anvil I much prefer a chaser 13 over a viper

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But a chaser 13 is fairly mid game

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but i want something that can obliterate people and is accurate at the same time

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i don't care about Rate of fire i just want to send people to heck lol

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but i want something that can obliterate people and is accurate at the same time
@finite dragon g-37

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yeah that thing isn't accurate Lol

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In single shots it’s accurate as heck

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wait how can i switch to that

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I just wiped out 40 dudes with it

tired anvil
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Forgot the controls for switching firing modes

finite dragon
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Always keep a shotgun,obakan and a g-37

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Vsl is super good but the ammo is rare unless your in the middle of freedom territory

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i just run around with a suppressed pistol and any good rifle

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i just run around with a suppressed pistol and any good rifle
@finite dragon shotgun is good for letting the enemy charge you and wipe them out one by one

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Chaser 13 is great because it’s semi long range for a shotgun and holds 6 rounds

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i tried to use a saw off but the spread is just DISGUSTANG

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The double barrel is absolutely garbage past 2 meters

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it is lol

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does shooting in single shots while on full auto mode affect the accuracy?

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Nah

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well then why do my bullets fly over and under the targets lol

faint spindle
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Итс тайм лут игр

finite dragon
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G37 is great in single shots at long range because it’s got a built in scope

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i just find the Spread system in SOC Quite Disgusting lol

timber flame
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Gp37 best gun

finite dragon
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well then why do my bullets fly over and under the targets lol
@finite dragon that’s just the engine

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;-;

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I hate it when I’m sitting here aiming at their head from 20 meters away and the bullet just

timber flame
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Tunder ammo 2 hard to find, and yeah, bullet spread is disgusting

finite dragon
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Starts flying leftwards

timber flame
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Like point blank and it just hits the left

tired anvil
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Yep

finite dragon
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i just find the Spread system in SOC Quite Disgusting lol
@finite dragon I’m starting to get the hang of gp37 bullet drop and spread

timber flame
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Also, why do people like ak 74 so much

finite dragon
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Legit I aim slightly towards the right and abt a meter in the air

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Above their head and it usually is a one slap

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Also, why do people like ak 74 so much
@timber flame idk man it’s trash compared to other assault rifles

tired anvil
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Famous

finite dragon
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I’d much rather have an obakan

tired anvil
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That's about it

finite dragon
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The most annoying thing is when you think you cleared an enemy camp out and they just laser you from the back

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And kills you whenever you legit have a stone blood and duty suit on

exotic bramble
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AK74 is easy to find and its ammunition is aswell

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also its modifiable to a nice extent

finite dragon
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AK74 is easy to find and its ammunition is aswell
@exotic bramble obakan uses the same ammo and is quite better

exotic bramble
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yeah but it aint as easily obtainable

finite dragon
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Yes it is

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Past 1/3rd finishing the game their common as hell

exotic bramble
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Yeah but the first stages of the game almost everyone has an AK74

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in CoP you even start with the AK74U

finite dragon
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We’re talking about soc

finite dragon
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i just want a gun that hits very accurately at longer distances i don't care about anything except how accurate it hits

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i want to get my hands on one of the snipers that freedom tower guards have but i don't want to make the faction unhappy lol

tired anvil
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Well, the Gauss rifle exists but you won't get that for a while

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Oh

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Well, that will be somewhat possible if you decide to help Skull

finite dragon
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if i help duty i will get freedom to hate me though

tired anvil
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Nah it's not exactly Duty

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Slightly is but also isn't

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Basically Duty sucks, so a colonel with his whole squad left Duty

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And you will be able to assist them in raiding a Freedom base, if you don't help them, they will attack on their own

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But the option is there

finite dragon
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oh

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i can get my hands on one of those duty rifles but i will just help him for the Rifle lol

tired anvil
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Skull's first mission is to take care of a Freedom sniper, but if you don't help Skull he will get assassinated by it

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So you could possibly get his gun

finite dragon
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yea

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Or you can kill the sniper,get his weapon and then they get screwed from the massive amounts of freedom,which happened in my play through and then take their weapons and the suits in the base> yea
@finite dragon

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Wind of freedom is worth it ngl

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Got you

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I recommend just waiting at the bomb

tired anvil
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I'd help Skull

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It's fun taking on all of Freedom with a few former Duty lads

finite dragon
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The duty will demolish at least half the freedom

pseudo rivet
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No

finite dragon
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And then you wipe the rest out and take their stuff

pseudo rivet
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You're a hecker

finite dragon
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Lick my poop

pseudo rivet
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Gajunas, do as he says

finite dragon
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It's fun taking on all of Freedom with a few former Duty lads
@tired anvil I tried that and I got absolutely pooped on and massacred by like 20 freedom dudes

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The ai of Soc is complete butt at coordinating so they all try to be one man armies and end up just getting killed off easily

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If they stick together then they might actually stand a chance

tired anvil
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Gajunas, do as he says
I'd rather not

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The ai of Soc is complete butt at coordinating so they all try to be one man armies and end up just getting killed off easily
¯_(ツ)_/¯

finite dragon
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I wish they could have done more with the ai

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The only sense of coordination in soc is the liners fighting the bandits at the one barn looking thing

tired anvil
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They did do more

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It also got cut

finite dragon
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Ah

tired anvil
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AI could finish the game before you, but that and a lot of other things got cut

finite dragon
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The ai would stick in groups though

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Rather than players just going up against 30 dudes at once 8 times a day

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Or a mass of mutants

tired anvil
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S2 says it will have A-Life 2.0 so I guess we can expect them to fight each other better as well I guess

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Unless the game breaks

finite dragon
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I like watching ai fight each other

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Especially factions like freedom and monolith

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Who have actual training in tactics but because of the game engine limitations they just use human waves

tired anvil
finite dragon
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Untill 6 monolith in exoskeletons rape them

finite dragon
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you can never steal from the thief

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apply that standard to the monolith and uh uh thing to freedom smile_strelok

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Red forest gay as heck

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first time i went there i got shot to death instantly

tired anvil
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That's going to be your experience going to Cordon for the first time in CS

finite dragon
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are those loners gonna aggreviate me?

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aggreviate the one who has always loved them cry

tired anvil
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You will meet Vova Vist

finite dragon
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well it's probably gonna be just a normal gunfight

tired anvil
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It definitely won't be

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And you won't kill him

finite dragon
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nade spam?

tired anvil
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Nah

finite dragon
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Just crashed man

amber halo
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Where did Monolith got all their sexy gear ?

finite dragon
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I’m in the red forest with one derad

tired anvil
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Where did Monolith got all their sexy gear ?
Made it themselves

still ridge
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Chad monolith engineers

finite dragon
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Ok I’m done with frickin soc for a while I’m going on clear skies

silk viper
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xD

finite dragon
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Either crashes or I get raped by 16 monolith

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Passing me around like a joint or a Vietnamese hooker

silk viper
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CoP is my favorite of the three

hazy raven
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Mine same, in terms of gameplay and general polish.

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Shame only that GSC was in none of the trilogy able to do faction relationships right. In SOC, almost all relationship are preset and linear, in CS, it´s more about joining one faction in its war (unless there are relationships outside of it) and in COP relationship seems to be group-based rather than faction based.

silk viper
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Yeah....

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Agreed

native ibex
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Eh

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Everone has their agenda

glacial quartz
#

Wouldn't it have been extremely cool if we got a stalker made with 4A engine

tired anvil
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4A Engine is a modified X-Ray Engine, so you have Metro I guess

glacial quartz
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Is it? O_o

tired anvil
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Yes

glacial quartz
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Is it? O_o

tired anvil
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Yes

native ibex
#

Metro is running on the X-Ray engine?

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That explains the jank of 2033

tired anvil
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A modified version of it basically

glacial quartz
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That's incredible!

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The graphics of metro look so good for a stalker game, it just crossed my mind today

lyric forge
#

bruh Fiend wont leave Rostok so I can kill him.

still ridge
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2033 only, non redux @glacial quartz

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Iirc there’s SoC textures in 2033

glacial quartz
#

How come there's relevance between the metro series and the stalker engine?

tired anvil
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Perhaps the fact that the people who made Metro made SoC

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4A Games was founded by GSC workers basically a year before SoC was launched

hazy raven
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I remember reading rumours that GSC blamed 4A for using older version of X-Ray engine as their own. True is, that one of the first alpha versions of Metro 2033 more looks like Stalker mod in tunnels than standalone game.

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But the most relevance is that 4A devs were people who originally were working at GSC on Stalker:SOC, but eventually left GSC for some reason. I think that there was some conflict between some developers and their boss or something.

glacial quartz
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Are you serious????

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Then why didn't stalker get promoted through 4a engine? It would have been the twin of metro franchise?!

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Man this is so sad to hear... Because if it would have worked out then we could've gotten stalker games with metro quality

tired anvil
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Stalker came out before 4A engine

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All 3 stalker games came out before the first Metro game

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Also maybe because GSC had the X-Ray engine, and not the 4A engine

glacial quartz
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Yeah I mean if there wouldn't have been any conflict between the devs back then

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I am sure with combined efforts there would have been a potential for an even better engine than x-ray and 4a

tired anvil
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Well, GSC was making the original stalker2 on a new engine

glacial quartz
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However, not really sure what to think of it if stalker 2 is being made in UE4, just feel like it feels home somewhere else

tired anvil
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Original s2 was going to be a different type of engine one way or another

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So nothing too new

glacial quartz
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I hope at the very least they can give the authentic rustic vibe to the environment

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Which x-ray was especially good at providing

tired anvil
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I think they'll manage

glacial quartz
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I have no doubts at all, I am buying the game no matter what, but it's always sort of worth mentioning what could have been

silk viper
#

Are there traders other than the repair guy at the post in red forest?

glacial quartz
#

Stalker has the environment and freedom for the player, meanwhile metro has the looks and style

still ridge
#

Exodus will have nothing on S2

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metro bad cuz linear story and no proper exploration

glacial quartz
#

I do agree on that. Metro has potential but it will never be close to stalker

still ridge
#

well iirc the sequel to exodus is in development so we’ll see what it can do

tired anvil
#

Exodus will have nothing on S2
Exodus has nothing in the trilogy GWcmeisterPeepoEZ

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Also they had ideas to make Metro in America so I consider Metro slightly a joke now

still ridge
#

I mean...

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That could be interesting, it would be a new perspective with new characters

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different mutants because different parts of the world

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@tired anvil depends on how they do it

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it wouldn’t necessarily be bad, in fact, it does have potential

glacial quartz
#

Nah

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Apocalypses in the USA are boring as hell

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We prefer countries who are used to harsh environments and lifestyle such as russia

hazy raven
#

Metro and Stalker are two different games anyway. Metro is to me more spiritual successor to Half-life - a linear FPS, story based. While Stalker is open-world FPS, with dynamic world through the A-Life AI. Only thing which might be similar is that both games are post-apocalyptic, but in case of Stalker it´s only zone, not entire world, like in Metro. And probably the mysterious atmosphere.

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I didn´t play Exodus though due being Epic and then playing other games, so idk how it´s more open levels compare to open world of Stalker. But it probably doesn´t have anything similar to A-life.

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And closest thing which Stalker also has with Metro are some Metro mutants implemented in Anomaly mod. smile_degtyarev

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Also one thing which is opposite in universe of each franchise- in Stalker, stalkers don´t go much into underground due it being more dangerous than the surface (especially labs). Metro, at least 2033, has it opposite. People live in underground, because on surface, aside of the radiation, are the most dangerous mutants.

still ridge
#

exodus has 3 explorable locations

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all of exodus’s maps are relatively small

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The first two are probably the size of zaton and Jupiter

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If I remember correctly

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and the third is the smallest

finite dragon
#

@tired anvil any news

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i know for sure that mooze isn't in stalker 2 which is a damn shame

tired anvil
#

There's your news smile_degtyarev

placid cedar
#

how did STALKER 2 even get this Popular

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most people don't even know the other STALKER games but everyone knows about STALKER 2

tired anvil
#

Stalker is pretty popular in the Eastern European/CIS community, not sure about the American market

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Other than that I guess the trailer at the Xbox live show sparked some light

gusty trench
#

Stalker isn't as popular in the Western Europe as in the Eastern or Russia.

still ridge
#

Who would have thought

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A game created in Eastern Europe, taking place in Eastern Europe, built around Eastern Europe, is more popular in Eastern Europe than anywhere else

tired anvil
#

Whilst also advertised a lot in Eastern Europe

still ridge
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Featuring Eastern Europeans

glacial quartz
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Westerners lack proper taste

open lintel
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balmy forum
#

Just from the suggestions, Stalker 2 could be goty... I want it now haha

finite dragon
#

Having a blast on the beginning of clear skies

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Reminds me of a mix of fallout 4 and far cry 5

balmy forum
#

If they have co-op I hope it would function that your character can be used from your single player campaign in the co-op, think it would be kinda interesting

cobalt briar
#

would def be interesting

balmy forum
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Yeah, if in your SP campaign you're hated by a faction, that would cross over to the co-op so your friend could go to that factions camp if he is liked by them but you wouldn't be able to ect... Could be a nice dynamic between co-op an single player

silk viper
#

Where can I get recipes for repair kits in Anomoly?

open lintel
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stashes and dead bodies iirc

silk viper
#

Hmm

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Been looting all I see but still haven't found any

open lintel
#

yeah, the drop rates for everything in anomaly are incredibly low, not just those but for everything in the game. Ammo/ meds / etc.

silk viper
#

Yeah I've noticed....

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Been playing over a week now

open lintel
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in my personal version, I amped up all the drops by quite alot, with good variables on % chance for stuff to drop

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takes about an hour or two to modify that in though with the way the code is written. It's a nightmare xd

silk viper
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Can you change specific drops or categories?

open lintel
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What do you mean?

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can you add certain items to drop? yes

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or do you mean, specific drops as in, what items % then yes

silk viper
#

Gotcha

open lintel
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that's actually the only way it works

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there is no "All drops % chance"

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you have to edit every single individual items drop chance, based on what faction and rank of the NPC in one big file

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and then ofc you can also change how much of that item drop

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so you would have a 0,0 number
the first being how many rolls , and the second of how much you get per roll

silk viper
#

Yeah looked for quite some time earlier trying to find where the variable for the repair multiplier is set because it always defaults to 1 if I try to set it lower

open lintel
#

so if you have a 3, 15
it rolls three times for a maximum of 45, and a minimum of 0

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^ (ammo would be a good example of the above)*

silk viper
#

interesting

open lintel
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what are you looking for exactly?

silk viper
#

Just want to make repairs more affordable since Im not finding recipes to do it myself

open lintel
#

so basically make the cost of repairs at technicians cheaper yes?

silk viper
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Right

open lintel
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brb, ill find it for you

silk viper
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It defaults to 1 no matter what in the game settings

open lintel
#

have you edited any files? What do you mean it defaults to 1 in game settings, I am unaware of any settings in game that change prices for mechanics

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:o

silk viper
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Its called Repair cost coefficient in Esxtra settings

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If I try to set it lower it goes right back to one

gusty trench
#

I know what's wrong. After changing settings you have to save it. Just tap F5

silk viper
#

Reload the game?

gusty trench
#

Nope. Quicksave

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I had this kind of issue. Like. If you'll die after changing smth in the setting tab - it resets to default

open lintel
#

hmm, hopefully that works :), wasn't having any luck finding the file to edit to change that xd

silk viper
#

Yeah I didnt either

gusty trench
#

Maybe it's problem with amd or nvidia software 🤔
It re-writes in-game settings

silk viper
#

I dont have any profiles set for the game

finite dragon
#

yo guys will stalker 2 have mod support?

silk viper
#

Yeah still no luck

timber flame
#

What if scar is stalker 2 protagonist

open lintel
finite dragon
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@open lintel thanks dude 😄

finite dragon
#

@silk viper load yourself with 150+ rounds for your AEK and go around slaughtering military men

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you will get a lot of decent drops to get back the round money plus you will find a lot of useful stuff

gusty trench
#

@timber flame
Not really. Every game has new protagonist with unique history, so using previous protagonist in new game will look like they made their game only to get some money on franchise's name.

timber flame
#

They used strelok twice

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Wait no

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My bad

still ridge
#

Not necessarily

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It would only work with strelok though, not degtyarev

timber flame
#

Yea

silk viper
#

Yeah I kill all groups I find and loot

still ridge
#

And not scar since he’s dead

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Or is he? Think_about_it

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Mans has that emission resistant blood

timber flame
#

But one more emission would have fried him

still ridge
#

I know, but considering we never know if he died or not he may still be alive

finite dragon
#

wait strelok is dead?

open lintel
#

should not be, but if you mean as far as stalker 2, that's an unknown.

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since anything is possible as far as the story goes

arctic nymph
#

wait strelok is dead?
@finite dragon no

finite dragon
#

why can't i just find him to kill him for god's sake

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do i have to travel to the reactor in SOC?

still ridge
#

He’s very hard to find

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but easy to kill

finite dragon
#

bruh

viral sandal
#

hello

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I started playing shadow of chernobyl, and its my first game, any tips to start off?

golden galleon
#
  1. Don't sell things to sidorovich
pseudo rivet
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@viral sandal
Don't fight when it's not needed
Avoid getting shot
Shoot the enemy before they can shoot you
ALWAYS carry enough Medkits and Bandages
Press Control to crouch, press Control + Shift to low crouch. Both of these increase your accuracy
In combat, Q and E allow you to look around corners
Always check the bodies of your victims and get enough loot
Be sure to unload the weapons of your enemies by right-clicking on them and then unload them
When you use things like bolts or grenades, hold the right mouse button to increase your throwing range

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Oh, and make multiple save files, along with saving often

viral sandal
#

oh yeah, i do know some of these but the grenade and unloading thing is something I never knew

pseudo rivet
#

Have fun

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If you need any help, feel free to ask

dense phoenix
#

man

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the dev team seems super small ngl, im impressed at how they were able to make such a good game

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when you think about, STALKEr is basically the russian gmod

pseudo rivet
#

It's not CoC

dense phoenix
#

someone should make a mod that turns the gunplay into a tedious task lol

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like everything on the gun requires one or more button presses

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think reciever, if youve ever played that game

viral sandal
#

gunplay is already tedious as is

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But its still fun.

dense phoenix
#

yeah but the i m m e r s i o n

viral sandal
#

not gonna lie the game is already immersive and scary

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immersion is already at its best

tired anvil
#

I like how you have a pic of the game already

viral sandal
#

yeah

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I got to x-16, stuck there.

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used to play CoC before, but SoC is much better to me

tired anvil
#

Ah so you're not completely new

viral sandal
#

yep

hazy raven
#

That makes sense in terms of story mode, because COC copy pastes SOC story, but SOC does its own story, of course, better.

gusty trench
#

Anomaly's story is based on plots of all games in series. 🤔

hazy raven
#

Anomaly doesn´t use story of COC though, it instead uses the story from the Lost to the Zone trilogy addon + adds its own fourth part for one secret faction.

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And it also uses DoctorX Questlines for randomly generated faction story (just random side quests mixed into a "storyline").

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Though why there are no questlines for zombified stalkers? 😦

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(Story mode option is disabled in Anomaly for the faction.)

tired anvil
#

Maybe if they could do more than primitive human actions they would have a story

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Tbh they do less than primal humans lol

viral sandal
#

anomaly looks great, but I am not an experienced stalker

gusty trench
#

Get out of here, stalker!

tribal mango
#

do not let others harm your fun. anomaly is neat, i like its warfare system but i wish i could do both story with the warfare, having its own campaign a bit like clear sky

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@viral sandal give it a try if you want the crunch. don't let inexperience get you down, it is hard work in the zone

viral sandal
#

I am already having a blast with SoC though, I went in blind with CoC and I had to load my quicksaves a lot

tribal mango
#

such is life in the zone

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sometimes, you see a monolit with a gauss rifle climb up a wall

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sometimes you see a dog run through flame park ok. other time you walk on a wood and it kills you

languid harbor
#

I went from unmodded clear sky to anomaly which was pretty hard but yeehaw 🤠

viral sandal
#

clear sky is already hard

tribal mango
#

hide in the swamp until you can get started*

viral sandal
#

if anomaly is even harder than cs, i might wait a while till i am experienced then

tribal mango
#

anomaly has the swamp, what helped me start there is the warfare menus

languid harbor
#

the military in cordon are really annoying in cs

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scuffed gunplay

tribal mango
#

yes, you are rewarded if you pass. this is why i head north through the bandits

tired anvil
#

It's pretty easy to pass him though

tribal mango
#

i can deal with bandit, i can not deal with military. when i was a rookie i spent hours trying to get through the military

languid harbor
#

thats what i did, somehow managed to get past with reloading 5 billion times smile_scar

tribal mango
#

this is why i head to the military, once they shoot at me, i go back and head north. (to start the quest) then go in through the pipe, come out, kill robbers, have a fun day. bandits have no home in cordon

tired anvil
#

You need to get past the machine gunner

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The Holy Run

tribal mango
#

it is a testament to advance beyond rookie

tired anvil
#

Yeah, which you failed I guess

tribal mango
#

i passed

tired anvil
#

I thought you went around

tribal mango
#

i just go north now once my pilgrimage was done)

hazy raven
#

In Cordon it´s especially BS that GSC had "great" idea of putting Rookie village next to a military base. So rookie stalkers there might go 🥥 and suicide attack soldiers at the base. Which is especially problematic if you have any mod which adds quest givers to Rookie village (like OGSE).
But yes, I remember having problems with surviving the quest in the Agroprom Research institute building when getting documents from military.

lyric forge
#

The Holy Run
@tired anvil
Those give me horrible flashbacks kek

hazy raven
#

It seems that GSC didn´t completely fix multiplayer of Stalker:COP - as when I click on "Forgot password", it links me to non-existing Gamespy page. 🤦‍♂️

solid dome
#

Steam version?

#

Dont forget your password for Stalker, ever

hazy raven
#

It´s lost somewhere in the Zone now... smile_degtyarev

solid dome
#

You wont miss anything tbh

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Except bunch of russians running around and swearing

hazy raven
#

Yep. I don´t care. I just wanted to check if anybody plays COP multiplayer for fun. I just wonder if COP has different MP maps than SOC. 🤔

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As SOC doesn´t require registration to play MP online (aside of CD-Key, generated by Steam).

solid dome
#

It's a "lil" better but still, abandoned

#

Mainly russians

#

THQ should have let GSC do a survival mode

hazy raven
#

That would be nice.

#

Survive in a map full of anomalies and mutants. Or maybe enemy AI stalkers.

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With day/night cycle. (Which is already in MP).

solid dome
#

Somewhat

hazy raven
#

Though didn´t they not implement A-Life into MP because it was hard to sync?

solid dome
#

Instead THQ took the money and... ran

hazy raven
#

And bankrupted later anyway.

solid dome
#

Thief Headquarters!

gusty trench
#

THQ has died

hazy raven
#

Now GSC publish their games themselves. At least in case of original trilogy.

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Though CS was published by Deep Silver, not THQ.

finite dragon
#

helo

hazy raven
#

Funny how Deep Silver later took Metro franchise as new publisher. And hi.

finite dragon
#

i have a problem

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im playing stalker cs

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and i there are 2 artifatcs in a room, i cant see them, but they are there, but if i die, the artifact is behind me ( only one )

#

ok

#

so what do i do

#

ill sent the artifact that appears when i die

hazy raven
#

I wonder how is going to work Gunslinger mod in Stalker:COP. Going to try it out.

finite dragon
wary cove
#

If electro artifacts in CS appear at midnight like in SoC, maybe that's the issue?

finite dragon
#

oh

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thanks

wary cove
#

I haven't played CS in years so I don't remember well, sorry

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That, or it's bugged feels_bad_bandit

finite dragon
#

yes i got it

hazy raven
#

Started COP, went into fire anomaly without decent equipment.=Got roasted.

exotic bramble
#

gg

hazy raven
#

Again I reminded myself how AI cheats in Stalker. Stalker using same gun as me, which is hard to hit enemy for long distance and he is able to snipe me with it fine.

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Also greande hits me through wall.

hazy raven
#

Got that one quest where you have either choose to help robbers rob loners or backstab robbers. I chose to back stab then so I put.... a double barreled shotgun without any ammo in (forgot reload it before...). 🤦‍♂️

wary cove
finite dragon
#

I got outplayed by the stalker in dark valley telling me to buy gauss for 800 roubles

#

Well played GSC

wary cove
#

Been there, done that

tired anvil
wary cove
#

Got that one quest where you have either choose to help robbers rob loners or backstab robbers. I chose to back stab then so I put.... a double barreled shotgun without any ammo in (forgot reload it before...). 🤦‍♂️
kinda happened the same once when doing the waste processing station mission. Left the SVU ammo in Skadovsk so I had to walk all the way there to pick it up feels_bad_stalk

solid dome
#

Started COP, went into fire anomaly without decent equipment.=Got roasted.
@hazy raven

lul

#

@tired anvil Sorry to disturb you. Anyways, can I have some of that roasted meat from Regi?

#

I feel its quite delicious. I can go and collect his corpse myself if nobody around.

tired anvil
#

You're lucky I'm not Collector

solid dome
#

Sosig again tonight then

viral sandal
#

is Microsoft the publisher of ST2?

tired anvil
#

Not exactly

#

They are cooperating with GSC, but last time I checked on the Microsoft website it said that the publisher is GSC

hazy raven
#

I thought that GSC created their own GSC Publishing division for it, so they publish it themselves. 🤔

#

Though on Xbox it´s of course going to be published by Microsoft.

timber flame
#

Huh

hazy raven
#

They already self-public all three Stalker games on Steam. SOC and COP used to be published by THQ and Clear sky by Deep Silver. Now they are all published by GSC publishing.

timber flame
#

So will Stalker 2 be on steam?

hazy raven
#

Interesting though... SOC is published by GSC Game world.... COP too, but CS is published by GSC World Publishing.
And it will eventually be on Steam, question is if it goes Epic or not.

#

But they already have created Gog.com page for Stalker 2 in Gog Galaxy client.

#

So it seems that they also plan to release it on Gog. 🤔

finite dragon
#

tfw i complete a task and i have to travel from X-18 to Cordon in 11 in-game minutes to claim my prize or otherwise the task fails.

#

if i could save time in a bottle feels_bad_stalk

hazy raven
#

You can travel fast directly from Dark Valley.

tired anvil
#

I thought that GSC created their own GSC Publishing division for it, so they publish it themselves. 🤔
They did
Though on Xbox it´s of course going to be published by Microsoft.
A game being on Xbox doesn't mean it's published by Microsoft
They already self-public all three Stalker games on Steam. SOC and COP used to be published by THQ and Clear sky by Deep Silver. Now they are all published by GSC publishing.
They were published by GSC and THQ, Deep Silver, bitComposer at the same time

hazy raven
#

At south part of the area. Though it´s only one-way route.

timber flame
#

If it goes epic I'm going to die. It'd be nice if they added a car, like the cut section from SOC

finite dragon
#

it's 11 minutes, by the time i'm at the bridge near X-18 it halves up

#

11 ingame minutes actually bruh

tired anvil
#

GSCS Game World publishing handled the Eastern European and CIS publishing of the game

#

THQ did the rest

hazy raven
#

@tired anvil bitComposer? Never heard about this one. 🤔

tired anvil
#

CoP

#

Which is why different cover arts exist as well

#

Everyone is used to this one, this is the THQ one

#

This is the GSC one

#

So yeah, GSC Game Publishing published at the same time as THQ, it wasn't just one of them

#

It was a double effort job

#

What are you confused about?

hazy raven
#

Interesting that GSC and THQ both published same game. 🤔

tired anvil
#

Same goes for the rest of the trilogy but yeah

#

THQ, bitComposer and DeepSilver

shadow palm
#

Admin pleas shoche duty for bandit I mis

tired anvil
#

-takerole @shadow palm Duty

iron heathBOT
#
Auttaja

Duty successfully removed from Д-Р Клеф#9913.

hazy raven
#

Somebody is going to have Cheeki breeki moment, I see...

iron heathBOT
#
Auttaja

Bandits successfully given to Д-Р Клеф#9913.

shadow palm
#

Thanks

finite dragon
#

more like morning wake up drills and getting rekt by freedom all night and day smile_strelok

timber flame
#

breeki

tired anvil
#

Well not exactly if he left Duty

shadow palm
#

Shiki Briki

finite dragon
#

wait he's a bandit

timber flame
#

Duty is nice, but resaerch is also nice, so join CS

tired anvil
#

CS GWmemetownOMEGALUL

finite dragon
#

i just want to be against everyone

shadow palm
#

Duty in clear sky best

timber flame
#

Okay, most of us may be dead, but we might come back

tired anvil
#

Join Monolith Joseph

hazy raven
#

Funny is that in COC Freedom is neutral with Bandits.

finite dragon
#

i can't join monolith bruh

tired anvil
#

I can give you the Monolith role

hazy raven
#

So in case of COC you are fine.

tired anvil
#

Close enough

shadow palm
#

On shadow of tshernobly doom

timber flame
#

Freedom, more like Free-dumb

finite dragon
#

it just kinda sucks you can't be a mono in SOC

hazy raven
#

You can... if you get killed by ||Brain scorcher|| (sort of).

shadow palm
#

Moonlit no - said strlok

tired anvil
#

Can be a Mono here Monolith

timber flame
#

death truck go kaboommmmmmmm

hazy raven
#

Though you are more than Monolith, you are S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Secret agent of Monolith.

timber flame
#

Which SOC ending do you guys like the best

finite dragon
#

wait SOC has multiple endings?

tired anvil
#

7

hazy raven
#

Yep. 7.

tired anvil
#

Don't spoil Joseph

timber flame
#

WHAT

finite dragon
#

am i gonna kill strelok in any of them?

tired anvil
#

Oh right Cheeki also never ciompleted

timber flame
#

I THOUGHT THERE WERE 3?

tired anvil
#

completed*

hazy raven
#

Yes.

tired anvil
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am i gonna kill strelok in any of them?
In 6/7

finite dragon
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how about that 1

timber flame
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I may have gotten sidetracked with chasing dogs and trying to save everyone as possible

tired anvil
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That one special where you don't kill him

finite dragon
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we become homies for life?

timber flame
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The special ending is the one where you don't die

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This is why I love stalker

tired anvil
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In ways you do

finite dragon
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but i always die tho

hazy raven
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Then play better... Or get better equipment... If you have enough space left.

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As Stalker later turns from scavenging sim into a walking/standing sim.

tired anvil
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play better
Aren't you the one who never completed Clear Sky GWchadLENNYTHINK

hazy raven
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I don´t care. But unlike Fallout, Stalker isn´t about random critical hits.

finite dragon
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trust me if guns weren't this inaccurate i would've died a hell ton less

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but hey at least CS and COP have better gun accuracies and repairing systems

hazy raven
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I found them same in all games. In COP worst though (I wasn´t able to hit anybody with sniper rifle or Gauss rifle, forgot that one quest at Pripyat).

tired anvil
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CS introduced something new and fun

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You'll suffer in The Swamps

hazy raven
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If you mean one-hit swamp bloodsuckers...

tired anvil
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No, I don't mean bloodsuckers

timber flame
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The svu in soc was horrendous

hazy raven
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Also at least from COC and OGSE I remember that swamps are annoying. Player can go only through specific paths or if he goes into water, he glows. Swamps in Zaton seems like GSC tried to make better swamps.

timber flame
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At least 4 me

finite dragon
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in CS i will probably get a shotgun if almost the entire combat is in short range

tired anvil
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Well

finite dragon
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that's when i finish SOC i'm already at X-18 lol

tired anvil
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Vova Vist certainly won't be short range

finite dragon
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and i'm sure i won't be finishing this game any soon lol

tired anvil
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¯_(ツ)_/¯

hazy raven
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There are still tons of content after X18.

finite dragon
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the only thing preventing me from completing X-18 is the floating things and stuff plus i once reached the bottom stage but i forgot to quicksave which lead me to start again from scratch

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i went like hell no then went to chill with my freedom homies lol

tired anvil
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Just shoot the “floating things”

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Oh wait

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You mean actual objects

hazy raven
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Oof.

finite dragon
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yes lol

tired anvil
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Yeah so, there's a mutant called the Poltergeist

hazy raven
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You can easily dodge them or run through.

tired anvil
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He makes them float

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He also doesn't see you

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He only hears you

hazy raven
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Really? Never knew that. 🤔

tired anvil
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So crouch walk and he won't hear you, so he won't be able to hurt you with the objects

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Since he won't have any indication of where you are

hazy raven
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I always just ran through. smile_strelok

finite dragon
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X-18 is a jumpscare fest

tired anvil
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X-8 also neat

finite dragon
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the two cloakers just jumping at you in a row

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i'm not going to X-8 without a Bulldog 6 because i can lol

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i'm not touching the map of it without the bulldog 6 with 30 or 40 grenades lmao

tired anvil
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Not sure if you will enjoy using a grenade launcher in rooms as wide as elevator shafts

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That's X-8 for ya

finite dragon
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PAIN

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i will probs get gauss before that probs

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right?

hazy raven
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If X-8 is ||Brain Scorcher||, that sucks. For me worst dungeon - almost empty and then full of human enemies. That´s part where SOC starts going downhill for me.

tired anvil
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Haha, no

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Reginald, you mentioned not completing only CS right?

hazy raven
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For me dungeons in SOC are X18>X16>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>||Brain Scorcher||>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>||CNPP||.

tired anvil
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X-8 isn't even in SoC so idk why you brought up ||Brain Scorcher||

hazy raven
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I have confused the numbers. Because that´s x-something too, I think X-19.

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X-8 is in COP, reused Warlab and it´s nice. My second favorite probably after X-18.

tired anvil
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The one with 4 Burer bois

hazy raven
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CS has Agroprom Underground again and only one and idk how it´s good or bad.

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I explored its section in COC and it was...OK.

timber flame
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Agroprom is the controller one, right

lyric forge
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Yes

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Well there are two controller ones.
One in a program underground and I think the other underground somewhere else idk

hazy raven
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In SOC.

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Also Bloodsucker one.

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(There is the infamous encounter with Bloodsucker.)

tired anvil
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“The pushy pully mutant”

finite dragon
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wait what does CNPP have in it?

tired anvil
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Exoskeleton and some other good stuff

finite dragon
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Why does good stuff have to be in the worst parts bruh

tired anvil
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So that by the time you get it, you couldn't enjoy it smile_scar

finite dragon
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great point smile_scar

hazy raven
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CNPP has much more things than you can ever imagine... smile_strelok

finite dragon
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a heck ton of pseudogiants?

hazy raven
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Unfortunetaly, nope. Something worse, but similar.

tired anvil
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It has some stuff you will like

finite dragon
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is there a way to pause time in the game

hazy raven
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Yep, press Pause button.

finite dragon
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i want to turn in a task before it fails lol

hazy raven
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Pause/Break. On your keyboard.

finite dragon
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oh ty

tired anvil
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You can press Escape on your keyboard lol

hazy raven
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Ah, nope. You can´t. As Pausing the game also pauses the cursor.

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And you can´t give in the quest in pause menu. As you can´t process the conversation.

finite dragon
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well gotta let this one fail i guess lol

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like i literally completed it and all i have to do is speak to sidorovich lol

tired anvil
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Classic

hazy raven
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Like in real life - you complete some thing, but after a deadline, so nobody cares about it anymore, or you´ll have some penalty. smile_strelok

finite dragon
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the thing is the deed is done but all i have to do is to speak to sidor to claim the reward

hazy raven
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Like in real life. You finish some stuff, but don´t give it in in time. And nobody cares about it anymore.

tired anvil
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Did you find Gordon Freeman btw

finite dragon
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who

tired anvil
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Like the half life dude

hazy raven
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He probably wasn´t in ||Wild Territory|| yet.

finite dragon
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i know gordon but where

hazy raven
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So he couldn´t.

tired anvil
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Guess not

finite dragon
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Rostok Wild Territory?

tired anvil
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Yes

finite dragon
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I hate clear skies ai

tired anvil
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Why

finite dragon
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They laser my arm with an ak74u

hazy raven
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Same in COP.

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I had them sniping me with that gun from big distance.

finite dragon
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From 10 meters away and then me with my modded ak74 can’t hit the broad side of a barn

tired anvil
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Low crouch

hazy raven
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But I couldn´t do the same... AI in this game is so cheating.... Not mentioning of greandes hitting you through wall in COP.

finite dragon
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Low crouch
@tired anvil that still doesn’t fix how every military dude is a god

hazy raven
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I more found effective to keep moving behind cover. But problem is when there is no cover to hide.

finite dragon
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But I couldn´t do the same... AI in this game is so cheating.... Not mentioning of greandes hitting you through wall in COP.
@hazy raven Grenade spam in cs is gay as heck

hazy raven
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You can do the same though. smile_scar

finite dragon
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They don’t drop grenades early game

hazy raven
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And if you keep moving, no grenade can hurt you. Also I think vanilla game shows you it in HUD.

finite dragon
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Yeah

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When there legit 4 meters away is sucks ass

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i love how snorks can kill you in just one second kek

hazy raven
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Amusing is that in Winds of time (mod) it´s opposite - AI is dumb there - doesn´t notice you and you can snipe them from distance away without them even noticing you. And enemies there love to blow themselves up with their own grenades.

tired anvil
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@tired anvil that still doesn’t fix how every military dude is a god
They won't be an issue if you can kill them fast enough smile_scar

hazy raven
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They usually kill me in two hits, but I didn´t play SOC in some time.

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Kill or be killed...

finite dragon
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yeah one jump then they kick you

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zombie monkeys

tired anvil
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Do you love saving homies in games Joseph?

finite dragon
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yes

hazy raven
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But yep, generally in Stalker you can die fastly. That´s why it´s great to save scum in this game.

tired anvil
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You'll hecking hate Pripyat 1 then

finite dragon
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first homie to save was Tolik

tired anvil
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Depending on how you act in CoP, you will have a lot of not fun saving homies in CoP

finite dragon
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poltergeists somehow still detect me when i'm walking slowly kek

tired anvil
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Walk slowly and crouch

lyric forge
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Throw a grenade at them smile_scar

native ibex
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Poltergeists are just a nuisance. Pay then no mind.

lyric forge
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They’re actually pretty helpful in certain situations

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Despite them trying to throw objects at me constantly in tight spaces, I encountered one outside, simultaneously while it was the dark hours outside.
I was going to raid military base in Cordon, yet I had no NVG to my disposal.
What I had planned was to attract and maintain that of the poltergeist on me because it emits light to help brighten the night up. Since no objects were around, it just followed me about and kept a distance while I picked off military individuals till I had completely wiped them out and looted everything possible. Since it did help me in an odd way, I didn’t bother to dispose of it.

solid dome
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poltergeists somehow still detect me when i'm walking slowly kek
@finite dragon

Usual poltergayst

wary cove
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They're the easiest mutant to get rid of yet I hate them so much

tired anvil
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I'd say Flesh are

finite dragon
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mfw i go from X-18 to cordon to The Bar with no ammo and nothing jumps me

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i love it when the zone loves me

timber flame
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I ran out of ammo on my gp 37 while attacking borov base, and I ended up throwing nades everywhere and dying

finite dragon
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i ran out of ammo while getting out of X-18

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by the way do stalkers who die respawn?, important stalkers that is

tired anvil
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Important ones don't

eager oyster
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Is it a possibility that Stalker 2 will revolve around Monolith faction?

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Or I paid 10$ to the front gate guard guy for nothing?

tired anvil
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We know nothing

hazy raven
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You were probably scammed. smile_degtyarev

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Though I bet that Monolith faction is going to be in the game. At least its remnants.

eager oyster
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but he swore on the soul of his dead mother ... cry

finite dragon
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so basically dead stalkers are just gone forever never to respawn or be replaced?

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so basically you can make an entire faction go extinct by killing all of it's members?

hazy raven
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I think that some dead NPCs (both stalkers and mutants) respawn..

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At least in generic NPCs, their corpses are removed from game after some time. And in Zone there are spawners which keep spawning new Stalkers/Mutants, until there is set population, which is set for each spawner.

eager oyster
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If the Zone expanded Monolith protagonist would be a break-away spin from the tested/true approach of previous installments

hazy raven
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Idk how they exactly work though. So this isn´t like Morrowind, where you can kill entire world, if you want.

eager oyster
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imagine you re tasked by whatever remains of the Brain Scorcher to ... secure the Zone's expansion

hazy raven
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That´s already in one mod. Though differently.

finite dragon
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got you

hazy raven
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In Winds of Time.

tired anvil
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so basically dead stalkers are just gone forever never to respawn or be replaced?
Well the faction members aren't all exactly important

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So yeah

finite dragon
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great

hazy raven
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||Where you are a clone of a stalker Pilot created by Zone, with your imagination making you think that you were sent to the past by Scientists from future and that you need to destroy remnants of the C-Consciusness in order to destroy the zone, but by doing so, you instead enable it to expand unlimitedly.||

finite dragon
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time to take on the entire duty faction south of army warehouse alone

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One man army let's fricking gooooo

hazy raven
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Have cheeki breeki fun.

finite dragon
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ty

tired anvil
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@finite dragon what's your main quest?

finite dragon
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go to X-16

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but i'm not touching that any time soon without a really heavy gun

hazy raven
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Good luck. You´ll now go through the butchered content though.

finite dragon
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wym butchered?

hazy raven
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In Wild Territory you were originally supposed to pick side between two factions. But in final version the choice isn´t there and one of the factions is automatically hostile to you.

tired anvil
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but i'm not touching that any time soon without a really heavy gun
Buy that Gauss for 800 Rubles again smile_degtyarev

fleet canyon
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Lmao have fun in x16

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Such a happy place it is

hazy raven
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Too linear though. 😦

tired anvil
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Could've been Metro ¯_(ツ)_/¯

sweet karma
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god i love the underground labs so so so much

finite dragon
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@tired anvil i just cleaned the entire duty base

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I might consider buying that gauss again but this time i will get my hands red and i will leave with the rifle smile_degtyarev

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But was cleaning the base really worth it?

tired anvil
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I'd say yes because fun

finite dragon
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I have no idea why i did it.

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Well i will save now but this place will be infested with dogs without duty lol

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I will just roll back to the last save probs

tired anvil
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The Zone brings more mutants around Duty

finite dragon
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So without them there will be no mutants in the base?

tired anvil
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Nah mutants still exist, but there's always more around Duty for a reason

finite dragon
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I will go into the wild territory now.

tired anvil
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Alright

still ridge
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We need more labs in S2

finite dragon
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Imo Yantar is probably the creepiest place in the game judging by the massive amount of snorks and zombies there lol

tired anvil
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Frick labs, I want Strider and mutants

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You really hate the Snorks don't you

finite dragon
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Yes

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I hate anything that walks

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Anything that moves*

tired anvil
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Guess you only love Sidorovich

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He is a hunk, I'll give you that

finite dragon
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I don't trust the old man either

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Yeeting a new stalker into a laboratory full of creepy monsters and poltergeists ain't very cool

tired anvil
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Wasn't that Barkeep though

finite dragon
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Sidor asks then barkeep receives but yes the x18 task was barkeep

tired anvil
finite dragon
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He still yeeted me into agroprom underground

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Sidor be lookin kinda hot in that pic doe

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STALKER 2 Graphics

tired anvil
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Man has a business, gotta respect the hustle

stable pasture
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Just business
nuttin personal

dense sundial
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its him

still ridge
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You dare talk bad about labs? @tired anvil

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that’s it, you’re going to X-69

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Have fun

tired anvil
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At least I'll see the new mutants before you 😉 @still ridge

finite dragon
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@tired anvil Boris doesn't trust him

tired anvil
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Who @finite dragon

finite dragon
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Life of boris

tired anvil
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I meant who does Boris not trust