Asking bc duty keeps wandering into electro anomalies near the freedom base and im trying to get close enough to get their 9x39
#⭐┃nospoilers_general
split mortar
pseudo rivet
You could've made the Freedom snipers kill them, which would also give you free gear way easier and faster
split mortar
Problem is they wandered into the electro anomalies
pseudo rivet
There's always the option of killing them
It won't damage your reputation with Duty, seen how they've disobeyed orders
split mortar
No no they literally wandered into the anomalies and died
pseudo rivet
Cool
split mortar
Trying to get near enough to loot them, thabks for the info thoigh
finite dragon
thing is
SOC is such slavic jank that even killing skull's squad leads to duty being hostile to you anyway
because they're technically considered duty members
hushed aurora
Yeah
That happened in My playthroughs
Not a problem tho seeing how satisfying wrecking Rostok is 
copper sky
are you guys sure? it never happened in my playthroughs
shadow drift
happened to me
used to wreck rostok all the time but then it became way too annoying to deal with bartender
man if bartender was in a loner-only place it would be much better
otherwise it kinda forces you to not go against duty, while going against freedom pretty much has no consequence aside from maybe having to get rid of the people at the barrier
brisk swan
Anybody know what song that's in the latest teaser?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu5mCXFHI0E
gusty trench
@brisk swan Сплин - Линия жизни
brisk swan
<@174561217950515200> Сплин - Линия жизни
It doesn't really sound like that.
brisk swan
I'll check.
finite dragon
Attention! You are approaching the secured perimeter of a ecological disaster's Zone! Illicit crossing of the perimeter is a criminal act!
fervent junco
i love it, better shjort than more than 5 min
u have to see yourself what there is to find
brisk swan
Guitar version
Do you have a link for the official guitar version? When I search it like that I get bunch of amateur hour videos from randos.
gusty trench
Do you have a link for the official guitar version? When I search it like that I...
https://youtu.be/aUmG6A4akJQ - Original
https://youtu.be/s3NDDUlGWVA - Karaoke
https://youtu.be/36JISnzPvY0 - on the guitar
brisk swan
Thank you, stalker.
Here's a sausage for your inventory
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/stalker/images/f/f1/DietSausageCS01.jpg
shadow drift
watched the trailer frame-by-frame
not too much to see aside from a humanoid shadow on a wall during the pda part
gusty trench
Today is the day when Zakhar Bocharov was born. Let's celebrate it and tell him some kind words.
Because of him we have the render of Батон and the new emoji of him -
https://vk.com/caxap_91
weak shuttle
Hey I've forgotten- will Stalker 2 be survival based, or story, campaign type
gusty trench
NDA.
Open-world survival game with a story of the character named Скиф (en. Skiff, Scythe)
gusty trench
Slythian
lyric sky
Guadañero
pliant python
Hey I've forgotten- will Stalker 2 be survival based, or story, campaign type
with mods Stalker 2 can be whatever honestly
with as dedicated as the OG stalker scene is i wouldnt be shocked if they jump on 2 early
quaint shard
What do you think who will be the new protagonist
gusty trench
Skiff. A loner
robust forge
Isn't it Skif?
pseudo rivet
Skif
robust forge
Like someone with a disability tried to say Skiff
pseudo rivet
wicked current
skeef
pseudo rivet
Skif.
gusty trench
In Russian it's Скиф
wicked current
does it mean anything?
gusty trench
Dunno about Skif/Skiff/Skeef
robust forge
That's a weird stock tbh
Skif can be related to Skiff
Which is that weird thing
Uhh
pseudo rivet
That's a weird stock tbh
It's got wrappings around the stock
robust forge
Skiff is a light rowing boat for one person apparently
robust forge
Thank you Star Wars from warping my perception of the english language again
robust forge
Yup
gusty trench
Skifs (Скифы) is some ethnicity (Scythes). Also could be a boat or some weapon.
wicked current
thanks.
robust forge
Modern postapo is doing everything in retard talk
So it might have been Skiff anyways
I just hope that it will have at least some of sci-fi elements
And not just black and browns with rain
pseudo rivet
Metro and Misery come to mind
wicked current
we could get a more chaotic zone in this one.
robust forge
Not really Metro
Metro had some colours
S2 is just black and different shades of crap
Smeared all over the screen
pseudo rivet
Maybe the newer ones do, but I never really saw color in 2033
robust forge
Just... Compare Anomaly to Metro 2033
pseudo rivet
Anomaly is more colorful
robust forge
I know that 2033 doesn't have that much colour but compared to Anomaly it's a hecking pride parade
wicked current
everytime i see the room with the PDA, i get blood moon flashbacks from breath of the wild. 
pseudo rivet
Sell weapons
lyric sky
Yes but simple aks are like just 3k
pseudo rivet
Good thing there's plenty of them
robust forge
Quests are also a thing
lyric sky
Well, i should use companion + car and fill them with guns?
robust forge
Most of the good guns are either from quests or caches
wicked current
S2 is just black and different shades of crap
i guess that depends on the weather. every shot from the first trailer has been foggy, and lighting has a huge role in colour.
maybe we will get some colours when there's more sunshine.
pseudo rivet
X on there being any
lyric sky
Yes, human eye can't see colors properly when it's dark
pseudo rivet
Eh, that one is overrated
wicked current
i know, basic stuff right? 
pseudo rivet
It's not like my vision suddenly turns to grey
wicked current
so you're expecting a grey sort of wasteland crimson?
robust forge
Let's turn up that contrast to 11 and go with it
wicked current
that would be dissapointing for me too.
pseudo rivet
I was referring to Kenzy's "Human eyes can't see colors properly in the dark" thing
But I do think it'll be dark and oppressive
robust forge
I just want a damned exclusion zone, but with funny air
lyric sky
Human eye sees better when colors are green than in other colors, that's why x ray is green.... I remember when I used to play Rust, at the night we used to change the hue of the monitor to green, and was an amazing trick
pseudo rivet
X on there being any clear days
robust forge
Yup
wicked current
yea yea.
pseudo rivet
Which I actually really liked about the Zone
wicked current
but would you like that-
robust forge
I mean
wicked current
interesting.
pseudo rivet
It lets you know that there's still a normal world around the Zone, y'know?
It's not Fallout
robust forge
I can hear the constant moans of uhh... you exactly know what coming from the west
"Dood, it's so dark and moody and sad. I can feel like in slavistan now"
wicked current
that's one of the things that stood out for me as a kid, that compared to fallout in stalker there was green fiolage and sunny moments.
lyric sky
I've only played vanilla soc, ogse, and now ogsr, and then I want to try anomaly... Some day ill play cs or cop
pseudo rivet
Which is bruh
wicked current
i know it's an retarded comparison, but it's what worked for me.
lyric sky
Slavistan
robust forge
I mean
pseudo rivet
But yeah, I loved the clear days in STALKER
robust forge
Compared to FPSes in general, Stalker has a lot of colours
pseudo rivet
Phlog is cringe, this guy's name is stating facts
wicked current
but both are radiated hell-holes, and i discovered them at about the same time.
quaint shard
Yes
robust forge
And I like that in some places it looks like soviet technicolor
pseudo rivet
Fallout still has less radiation than STALKER
robust forge
Same used in Tarkovsky's stalker
And many other eastern european movies from that time
forest ledge
pseudo rivet
Might be because of how many years have passed since the Great War, but it still feels off
sullen dragon
https://images-ext-1.discordapp.net/external/qyP2UiB8cLAY6ewAzCxF0r9DoHjbCJ7oEju...
I thought it was strelok return 3
wicked current
well i mean, fallout universe...
sullen dragon
but we got an interesting skiff name who sounds like peanut butter
wicked current
i do not know how long it takes for radiation to fade away after a nuclear explosion...
robust forge
Depends what payload you're using
pseudo rivet
Well, the Great War included more than just one nuke
wicked current
yes.
forest ledge
i do not know how long it takes for radiation to fade away after a nuclear explo...
depends lol
wicked current
yes, that too.
robust forge
But after 200 years the nuclear fallout would be the last thing of your concern
grand pendant
gsc just put ign trailer on premiere and cut it in like 20 seconds
wicked current
i actually forgot where i was gonna go with this...
pseudo rivet
Fallout and STALKER radiation difference
wicked current
oh yeah,
gusty trench
wicked current
but somehow radiation still plays a big role in fallout, even after ~200 years.
gusty trench
I wouldn't say so
pseudo rivet
To be fair, there's still plenty of radiation in Fallout, but humans have adapted to them
Technically, an Enclave soldier or Vault Dweller would have a terrible time above ground, yet that isn't the case
quaint shard
Yeah
grand pendant
Mitchell's wife does, but yeah
pseudo rivet
sullen dragon
pokes fire with ak 74 stock
pseudo rivet
Also, somehow FEV got combined with the other species or something?
Never knew how that changed anything
sullen dragon
eats 
robust forge
I mean
I am more concerned about the structure of FEV
And I'm still not sure how exactly does it transmit
It's a virus, right?
grand pendant
it's the name, yeah
pseudo rivet
Forced Evolutionary Virus
robust forge
Yeah...
Oh
Great
So people who say FEV virus are uhh... Special
It's like saying tfw when
But going back
wicked current
i mean, vats?
robust forge
I think so
pseudo rivet
Yeah
wicked current
||green goo stuff, dipping of people||
pseudo rivet
Those vats contain FEV
robust forge
I can fill a bathtub with water
Yet it doesn't make it transmittable
Unless you drink it ofc, but that's another story
Still, how does FEV work
Just...
Ugh
wicked current
hmm, yea.
gusty trench
I'm sure that FEV is based on some real science facts and information, but if you go deeper into that it's nonsense
pseudo rivet
But yeah, I don't know a lot about FEV
I do know that's how the Super Mutants at the Capital Wasteland got created, though
wicked current
it's just slime that infects people.
pseudo rivet
They steal Wastelanders and turn them into Super Mutants, in a way trying to survive despite them being sterile
Which I think is pretty neat
robust forge
That's how most likely anything in fallout mutated instead of mutating into a giant pile of tumours
wicked current
radiation plays a huge role in the mutation results.
pseudo rivet
Well, some mutants were genetically created
Like Nightstalkers and Cazadors
Super Mutants were created with FEV
Same with Centaurs
And of course Nightkin
robust forge
Deathclaws too
pseudo rivet
But I don't know about the rest
robust forge
And I mean
wicked current
well, i was more talking about radiation-FEV relationship.
robust forge
There's a difference between engineered and mutated
Imo everything in fallout is mutated
pseudo rivet
Yeah, Deathclaws were also created by humans
grand pendant
FEV does mutate a lot
robust forge
Well, except vaults and stuff
grand pendant
or it did
wicked current
FO1||that's why the master was looking for fresh, non radiated humans when making his army of muties. wastelanders get brain damaged when disposed to FEV||
pseudo rivet
Molerats were also made by humans
CODENAME: CLOACINA
Development Report
Development of the Mutant Undermining Lifeform continues apace, and our chief bio-engineers are certain that they will be able to perfect these living weapons in time for deployment into Red China.
Once covertly released into an enemy's environment, their aggressive qualities, dangerous hunger, and pervasive breeding should severely undermine the infrastructure of the location in short order, softening the target for ground invasion. At this point, the genetic kill-switch can be activated, allowing for easy reclamation -- not including a significant, one-time clean up effort.
Current MUL development primarily uses genetic stock of rodents, particularly the common sewer rat, and progress has been significant. FEV testing has been rejected, however, as the results are sterile.
As some developer said, FEV is just a thing, which you can be used to explain all weirdness of the Fallout like mutants and etc. They wanted to use Radiation instead. So it doesn't make a lot of sense to research it, it's just a MacGuffin.
grand pendant
i remember it was explained to a degree, someone replay vault 87 and read every line of text real quick
pseudo rivet
Here you go
Although, this is a different strain of FEV
Super Mutants are also more yellow-ish, which is cool as heck
So, the reason why Vault 87's entrance is so radioactive is because it got a direct hit from a nuke
Nevermind, that was the cut-content section
Still, you can consider it being true if you want
grand pendant
i'm gonna consider suicide stalkers being completely canon
tired anvil
Interesting convo I stumble upon. Why's that?
robust forge
Somehow organically originated from a rant about S2
pseudo rivet
I was talking about the difference between STALKER and Fallout radiation, which let to us talking about Fallout mutations
grand pendant
if you asked about what i said, bc a folklore story tells about a stalker who wired explosives to his vest, so if anyone tried to take it it would blow up
pseudo rivet
But Gajunas is likely talking about suicide Stalkers
tired anvil
Yep, suicide Stalkers
pseudo rivet
@grand pendant
Suggest it to GSC
gusty trench
Suicide Stalkers? Canonv
pseudo rivet
Oh brother
gusty trench
"overused"
We can say it about every celebration, btw
tired anvil
Almost, but yes
gusty trench
CoP has two stalkers that commited suicide... Scadovsk medic Tremor after some questline and Tachenko before the events of the game
At least two stalker kill themselves in the stalker builds - one after going through Brain Scorcher with his comrades (Рябой) and the second one was a random stalker on Cordon. He found an artefact but he was somehow hit by the Psi Anomaly, Controller or Brain Scorher
And not a single stalker kills himself in CS 🤔
pseudo rivet
Stetsenko too
gusty trench
Oh wait. In CoP one of the Tachenko's soldier killed himself too after killing 2 of his comrades.
pseudo rivet
So three suicides in CoP
tired anvil
@pseudo rivet it's gonna be the school btw
pseudo rivet
Retarded
tired anvil
Looking at some comparisons from CoP. Seems too possible for it not to be
gusty trench
Some people call it a hospital
tired anvil
Are you talking about this?
pseudo rivet
At least, I don't remember a wall there
tired anvil
I can just send you in some screenies that one dude took
gusty trench
Have you thought that it's an absolutely different building of Pripyat?
fossil quail
they have an ABC-book on the floor there
gusty trench
CoP developers have created only one microdistrict of the city
tired anvil
I assume Crimson means no staicrase here
solid prism
Interesting
tired anvil
Others say this makes it more legit
It's a hard topic when in proud Eastern Europe all the schools, canteens, kindergartens, palaces of culture etc look identical in design
gusty trench
It's where you have to defend ex-Duty member Zulu's ass?
solid prism
But the outside is different in S2
pseudo rivet
Yeah nah, if that's the place, they changed it
solid prism
more depth?
tired anvil
Yep
solid prism
if tha's the case we're talking about one the most immersive games ever
tired anvil
Judging by the design of the building, it makes sense for a stairway there
gusty trench
Others say this makes it more legit
Also. Looks like the whole wall of school was destroyed - in the teaser there's only one hole
tired anvil
And it's not impossible that they wanted to save time so they slapped a wall and didn't add the staircase detail
pseudo rivet
Because that part at the staircase has both pillars and not a direct wall to the right
tired anvil
Also. Looks like the whole wall of school was destroyed - in the teaser there's ...
I'd say it rather looks like a lower floor with some roof left
pseudo rivet
If it's the 2nd floor, then there's the problem of the third room being "caved in"
But as we can see in the trailer, it's not that high
So yeah, it's either not that building, or they changed the area
tired anvil
Mind going over here in CoP?
solid prism
and who knows how much the building has changed over the years..assuming many years have passed
tired anvil
I forgot what's actually to the right when going forward
grand pendant
it clearly isn't the same place, and if it is, they just changed the hell out of it for no reason. No much discussion to this
tired anvil
Thanks
gusty trench
Btw. Check the doors behind. There should be two of them like in the teaser
pseudo rivet
I'll post them in #📸┃screens_and_videos
tired anvil
Why not here?
pseudo rivet
Alright, here it is
tired anvil
Wonderful
tired anvil
'grats
pseudo rivet
As you can see, there's a hallway over there
foggy minnow
Damn its basically that place
tired anvil
Lacking a pillar
Welp, guess it's 50/50 on a new building or a retcon
Hoping for the former
pseudo rivet
Actually, now I'm looking at it, there is a hallway there
tired anvil
Replaced by the light. Though I'm not willing to guess that they were too lazy back then to do that
pseudo rivet
Skif entering through a door seems weird, though
tired anvil
And pillars were a normal thing
hallow solstice
Y’all think stalker 2 is gonna merge all the maps like anomaly or make a brand new massive map?
Or maybe merge them all and add stuff. I imagine it’ll probably be that tbh
tired anvil
Seamless open world is all I'm saying
grand pendant
seamless open world with some old locations and prolly new ones
hallow solstice
Also when they say biggest open world to date
gusty trench
Seanless open world
hallow solstice
They mean in stalker or every game ever??
grand pendant
one of the biggest open worlds to date
tired anvil
They say one of the biggest
hallow solstice
Ambitious
gusty trench
They were saying the same during CS development
tired anvil
I'm not disappointed with CS
gusty trench
I'm not either.
solid dome
Skif entering through a door seems weird, though
It seems weird. Its an in-engine teaser. Nothing final. They may even change the whole scene including the PDA.
At this point I think the game is in pre-alpha
tired anvil
X
grand pendant
i would remove the gameplay part
solid dome
Considering they released 2 in-engine trailers
tired anvil
They also had an in-engine render over a year ago
I doubt it's in alpha phase, definitely past that
gusty trench
Nice Батон
tired anvil
Over 2 and a half years since announcement of development + unknown amount of time or work before it
grand pendant
if s2 doesn't have bread eating animations i'm refunding
tired anvil
quaint shard
I just wanna see new Sidorovich and Beard
tired anvil
Bold of you to assume that they aren't dead
grand pendant
sid's grave
quaint shard
:(
gusty trench
It's almost 2021 and they haven't added render of Kielbasa yet.
tired anvil
Smh they said 2020 is going to be a big year but only gave us this 
Waiting for the release date before the year ends
gusty trench
Well. It's enough for me.
tired anvil
Yea agreed. Save the goods for 2021
gusty trench
Not a lot, but at least we have it
tired anvil
Let this god forbidden year end already
pseudo rivet
It seems weird. Its an in-engine teaser. Nothing final. They may even change the...
Just saying it doesn't make sense
tired anvil
Has a knob like a radio
What I find interesting is the no signal message in it
Guess Imma loose signal in Crimson's cave idea
Stuck in tunnels for 3h 
pseudo rivet
B-b-b-ut this i-i-i-is the Pip-Boy 3000, which is b-better than the Pip-Boy 2000!
tired anvil
Tbh I like the new PDA
grand pendant
9th generation ipad be like
tired anvil
Lmao
grand pendant
seems too big
gusty trench
I find it kinda strange, but the more games become technological, the less they're developed properly, and the less they look playable.
pseudo rivet
Nintendo Switch PDA
tired anvil
I don't see how that's strange
Tons of promised features + more work + lack of funds + less done work + dumb advertising + more stress = big mess
Aka Cyberpunk
gusty trench
Doesn't it mean that the game industry is degrading again?
pseudo rivet
Honestly, the green and yellow light on the PDA looks too bright
Plus, it's shaped like a star
gusty trench
Like it was way back in previous century?
solid dome
Just saying it doesn't make sense
The in-engine teasers or the actual Skif concept?
pseudo rivet
The door
solid dome
GSC door?
grand pendant
wdym skif concept?
solid dome
You guys see things I don't cause of the goddamn monitor anyway
frail fox
Hello
grand pendant
hello
solid dome
wdym skif concept?
Nevermind. I put it wrong.
gusty trench
Concept of "New Game - New Character" works. So I was right.
grand pendant
sure, tauruso
gusty trench
grand pendant
yikes
solid dome
this looks better than metro
If you're judging the overall concept based on a render...
This will look nothing like in the final game
pseudo rivet
Yikes Moment, man
gleaming dust
we never know.
gusty trench
Anyway. Seems that Skif is also a popular character of many mods and books (where he mostly plays the role of the merc).
Btw, Скифы died thousands years ago and they were popular for being good archers "skuda (bow) - ta". Maybe it says anything.
grand pendant
it's in tarkov too
pseudo rivet
Remember Slyth?
grand pendant
idm that, common nicknames are cool. Boutta get my man Tuna, Raven, Screw, Skull
gusty trench
🤔
grand pendant
also that upgrade
gleaming dust
I mean metro is one of the most detailed games of all time, with MW and a few others as rivals. This has the feeling of being one of the most demanding, detailed games. And I like that.
solid dome
Why even mentioning Call of Crab in this server I can't....
hushed aurora
Kek
pseudo rivet
grand pendant
if so i wish they had a para-FAL
tired anvil
Inb4 Skif is Scar
pseudo rivet
Where his Vintar BC at?
drowsy burrow
is there a gameplay teaser without the ign logo?
pseudo rivet
Probably GSC's own channel
gusty trench
drowsy burrow
solid dome
is there a gameplay teaser without the ign logo?
Gamersyde maybe
Full 1080p if they uploaded already
grand pendant
Where his Vintar BC at?
did you just assume their gender
pseudo rivet
Scar hella alpha male, yo
solid dome
hazy raven
Happy New year to everybody. 🎆
rare rain
Holy moly the trailer looks good, can’t wait to preorder it
red ledge
🎆
gray moth
defo dont preorder
red ledge
if its on steam ill preorder it day 1
gray moth
im super hype too but... not enough for pre order
wicked current
cyberpunk was doomed to "fail" because of the huge hype and rushes.
grand pendant
carl, my son, you have 70 dollars. No you must choose:
s2
sex
wicked current
i think it was pretty obvious that people were gonna get dissapointed.
wicked current
and you see, S2 and CP77 are games of different scopes too.
red ledge
as long as gsc dont promise things they cant do, it's gonna be good
drowsy burrow
i only hope that the A-life makes a return
grand pendant
it will
red ledge
yep
pseudo rivet
A-Life will be back
wicked current
as long as gsc dont promise things they cant do, it's gonna be good
bruh imagine if the main character isn't named skif 
refund.
drowsy burrow
kill skif
pseudo rivet
stoic sigil
S trelo K 's I ndividual F reedom npc
grand pendant
best part of S:OL is that is so different from stalker that they could just make it 
stoic sigil
stalker oblivion lost was the right way to go imo.
Build from Stason, that's what's really cool
Do you play it?
wicked current
-7 documents which different factions would like their hands on. makes for great conflict.
grand pendant
i doubt stason has anything to do with even the oblivion lost solyanka mashup
wicked current
best part of S:OL is that is so different from stalker that they could just make...
just, hell yeah...
grand pendant
never heard of that actually
it's coc but some stuff taken from MLR, pretty crasy and meh
stoic sigil
I always liked this strange atmosphere of unity with the unknown in the stalker
Words can't describe it
grand pendant
apparently mlr dev got out off stalker modding bc stason took some of his work and everyone think is original from stason. but i can't confirm that
stoic sigil
Those who lived in the CIS will unfortunately experience a wider range of emotions
wicked current
it certainly is special, the atmosphere.
stoic sigil
Those who lived in the CIS will unfortunately experience a wider range of emotio...
Just because the place in which we live in most cases looks like locations from the game
tired anvil
stalker oblivion lost was the right way to go imo.
Where it beats you?
stoic sigil
I have an abandoned factory near my village. My friend and I called him Jupiter
When we were children we were often there and once
tired anvil
What if I don't live in CIS but the location looks the same to my area? 
Remember, not all former Soviet lands became CIS
stoic sigil
As usual, we climbed over the fence, climbed into the workshop, then climbed onto the roof
We decided to have a snack
And then I heard the dogs
wicked current
Where it beats you?
where it beats me? i didn't catch your phrase here...
stoic sigil
It turned out that the plant was not completely abandoned and was guarded.
wicked current
what makes it special for me?
stoic sigil
We were quickly caught and forced to gut our backpacks
grand pendant
what makes you prefer it over retail
wicked current
right,
tired anvil
where it beats me? i didn't catch your phrase here...
Sorry. You wrote about OL being on the right path from the get god. I asked if you meant when the game was supposed to beat itself before you if you were too slow and stuff
stoic sigil
They found nothing except vodka and bacon
And they let us go, we never appeared there
wicked current
well i really like the concept. it has the same feel like the water chip in fallout 1, where you have a well done time limit. it creates ingame tension, where factions would go into conflict to obtain secret zone documents.
i also love the scrapped locations.
there are also a bunch of neat ideas sprinkled here and there.
tired anvil
This was a yes or no question
wicked current
so it's a yes.
grand pendant
my problem with timed games comes with the limitation of exploration, but if the time isn't real or absurdly large like fallout 1 it's kinda homo
wicked current
We were quickly caught and forced to gut our backpacks
policemen?
tired anvil
I spent hours looking around at the Swamps
wicked current
my problem with timed games comes with the limitation of exploration, but if the...
well, that can always be adjusted by the developers.
grand pendant
72 hours in cordon gang
wicked current
fallout 1 does it right, cause 100 days are enough to explore most of the wasteland.
grand pendant
that's the problem, unless you usually sleep through your playthroughs, it won't fail. So that limitation is an illusion
wicked current
they could achieve that in stalker too, without doubt.
rose arch
euyyy
grand pendant
also the "ayo get your son fast!!!" or "find your father quickly!!!" but take it easy and help settlements
wicked current
well not really.
i hate when games don't have real consequences.
in fallout 1, it's game over.
tired anvil
So this is why you love Dark Souls so much
rose arch
wow so excited for stalker 20
wicked current
but if let's say duty got a piece of the important documents, that would make for a great conflict.
maybe the only way would be to get them by force?
grand pendant
was stalker 2 good, froggy?
wicked current
but that's how i see it.
grand pendant
i just don't think open world, survival rpg games work well with time limits on the main quest that won't let you play the game after you beat such quest
even in fallout 1, time only advanced when moving between locations, so it was more of a travel limit
wicked current
but it can done be right! it can be done really poorly, but man, if such mechanic is done right then it really shines!
and it's probably really difficult to execute, i get that.
grand pendant
yeah it can, at the cost of not letting you complete everything. Like Pathologic 2, making you prioritize which quests will you take
wicked current
oh yeah.
wicked current
well,
i guess i'm just going on about my perfect vision of stalker. which was the oblivion lost builds and the different concepts gsc had in mind.
sullen sierra
i see
wicked current
but i'm done.
sullen sierra
also saw something about time limits?
wicked current
yeah, secret zone documents were a sort of mcguffin in the early development.
npc's could obtain those and beat the game before you.
a time limit, if you will. creates nice tention.
sullen sierra
ye im not exactly fond of this
but maybe something like there was in call of pripyat in jupiter
when you got one set of documents mercs showed up and tried to stop you
or even more accuratly in zaton when you get that wierd artifact
sharp frost
Happy new year from aussies
sullen sierra
happy new year comrade
shadow drift
can we get a smiling skif in 'ere
abstract kayak
nice
bleak zinc
NIce
finite dragon
Hello
visual cove
hello
abstract kayak
hello
bleak zinc
how
abstract kayak
si
finite dragon
What's up?
abstract kayak
Very nice
steep fiber
Hello
finite dragon
i wonder what GPU we need for stalker 2
with the current turbulence on hardware market it will be quite interesting what impact stalker will have
bleak zinc
nice, my computer is going to burn
shadow drift
same
my crappy laptop wont be able to handle the game prolly
bleak zinc
lets hope for good optimization
livid spindle
b
finite dragon
I have change my config for stalker 2
Now i have a phenon x4 955 oc at 4.5ghz (with a coler master hyper 212)
And a 660 twin frozr
On a mini itx XD
errant orbit
Gonna have to get two industrial fans to handle the heat my gpu is going to emit
finite dragon
@bleak zinc Unreal is one of the most used engines, you can have low level developers and they can still pull off a great game thanks to the internet and tons of help on forums and other portals to get help
finite dragon
I had in mind to build a new rig tho in oct. with new gpu and 5000 ryzen - no chance, paperlaunch after paperlaunch plus work-from-home poop made a mess out of that plan and some last-last gen GPUs like 1060, 1070, 1660ti etc. are spiking over their release price again which is totally absurd. same for even Ryzen 3000 and PSUs
grand pendant
ole reliable 1650 super
finite dragon
had my build planned to be a 2000€ build with 5900x, 6900XT, 32gb ddr4 4000mhz and 2 sabrent rocket 4.0 - now thats worth more like 3200-3800€ depending where u try to get scammed
happy new year
now fork over the master role chump
bleak zinc
i have a RX 580 with 8gb of vram, and a 9th generation i5
i hope it runs
because im not in the condition for upgrading my rig
finite dragon
u should be fine, not on max but good - I have a laptop tho with i5 8250U and a hybrid Radeon520 which depenign on driber is enabled/hybrid/dedicated or a R5 M330... its a total mess that HP sold
I struggle with Anomaly on DX8 with grass on zero, shadow to lowest and detail reduced already...
past shuttle
The greatest anomaly we have come across, 2020
past shuttle
@finite dragon Huh?
opaque yacht
Wouldn't say greatest, just as bad as the Brain Scorcher
finite dragon
rock just vanished
finite dragon
now mcculkin is the boi that responds the most
pseudo rivet
He responds, yes
tired anvil
Rock was here both yesterday and today
past shuttle
I love these emojis
finite dragon
warm lance
They're great
frank condor
untold temple
jolly garnet
uh did someone notice that at the end of the teaser the black screen it's beccause a burer throw a chair at the character ?
merry sluice
You know, having a chair thrown at your face violently will likely knock you out
chilly iron
I really hope Stalker 2 will live up to at least the fun of previous games.
And that it's moddable.
bleak zinc
chair toss
tired anvil
uh did someone notice that at the end of the teaser the black screen it's beccau...
Yep, most noticed
Can even see the Burer
merry sluice
Chair goes BRRRRRRRR
jolly garnet
uh ok so I'm late
jolly garnet
just saw again the video
merry sluice
can't see him nowhere
jolly garnet
it's in the red
behind the chair
make HQ at 0.25 and you'll notice his beautiful face
night hemlock
Woo
mystic hazel
Re
still zodiac
Idk if I agree
solar minnow
happy new year stalkers, and rip to everyone we lost in 2020 😦
light quiver
let's hope there are more artifacts to find in 2021
tame silo
woo
rose arch
can i run Stalker Anomaly? GT 730 DDR3, AMD Phenom 2 .. Im not looking for your opinion "oh what a trash old pc" jeez idc it can run most stuff and the old stalker games the best
solar minnow
can i run Stalker Anomaly? GT 730 DDR3, AMD Phenom 2 .. Im not looking for your ...
yes i think so, i used to run it on a really bad pc
rose arch
that might have sounded a bit rude.. im sorry
solar minnow
but you should ask that to anomaly discord, they have updated the game since then
lyric forge
I just saw the short gameplay vid, damn that looks nice.
rose arch
yep
and the atmosphere.. The STALKER series all games in general have this almost comfy atmosphere. And it hits me even more because im in a country so close to ukraine.. Wow
STALKER is awesome
lyric forge
Yeah hope the game turns out good and not half done glitchy politically centered game trying to appeal to everything in existence for sales. Hope for the best!
river ember
Boys I want to see the models for the factions so badly
The day I see them drop a monolith npc pic is the day I nut eternally
quiet flicker
so does the new fb post mean the game will release in 2021 or what?
they're being cryptic
bleak zinc
yes'nt
grand pendant
they probably don't want to say it outright in case smth goes wrong, but everything indicates 2021
quiet flicker
yeah they said ''we are entering the center of the zone next year''
but you're probably right, they're being cautious because they don't know themselves
grand pendant
i'm sure some dev said they do have a date, but won't release in case they need to delay it
bleak zinc
well, in ukraine its 2020
grand pendant
not a dev but a pr guy
quiet flicker
well, in ukraine its 2020
Yeah? Which would mean 2021
quiet flicker
that's what I'm saying
but before writing that, they indicated that they have a long way to go and they wrote ''we've just entered the perimiter'' so I'm confused
bleak zinc
that maybe is because they dont want to insinuate nothing
quiet flicker
yeah, also if they don't know if they can pull off a 2021 release, that means it's gonna release late 2021 at the earliest
bleak zinc
well, it will probably get modded so the game its better
but im confident that GSC will make a good stalker
grand pendant
yeah, mind that
finite dragon
hello
grand pendant
howdy
finite dragon
good wbu
quiet flicker
but im confident that GSC will make a good stalker
possibly, but the teaser gives me high budget story driven vibes
I don't know
bleak zinc
well, stalker has been always story driven
quiet flicker
metro = story driven
stalker = gameplay driven
lone leaf
All I know is nobody better whine about dates being pushed back.
bleak zinc
we'll see when it launches
lone leaf
We've seen what that does
tired anvil
I feel like a lot of people don't count the lore and stuff to the story
quiet flicker
I personally don't
for example
almost everything that happens in metro is story...it's all scripted and cinematic
it's linear and the whole game tells a story
tired anvil
No swearing btw
hushed aurora
Like a movie of sorts
quiet flicker
I forget
tired anvil
And I'd agree if the sidequests and stuff were like AC where it's just bring smth back
But when they genuinely add something, I don't quite agree
grand pendant
the lore is part of the story, the main quest is just the main plot
quiet flicker
there0s no cutscenes and pre meditated events in stalker, only in minimal amounts
hushed aurora
I prefer Stalker's story telling tbh
grand pendant
you gotta work your definition of story telling, bc if you think story is only told through cutscenes there's smth wrong
quiet flicker
@tired anvil how do quests in SOC add anything to the story? They're literally just that: bring something back, kill this guy, rid area of mutants
hushed aurora
It approaches more to live it rather than it being told to me
quiet flicker
now for COP I'd agree but that advances the lore, not the plot of the game
lone leaf
Sandbox storytelling requires an inquisitive player who works for it. If you wait for it to come to you you'll have a bad time, that's the tradeoff.
hushed aurora
Which i think is nice
grand pendant
Sid's sidequests explain how people organize trips to the Zone
quiet flicker
the plot of the game is actually very minimal
lone leaf
I've run years of D&D hexcrawls with the same results.
tired anvil
Well, if you ignore quests in SoC you can completely miss the canon ending
hushed aurora
^
grand pendant
Sakharov's sidequest explain the use of mutants parts outside the Zone as well
Barkeep's sidequestes explain marauders, mercs relations with bandits
Freedom's sidequests explain mutant breeding in WT
and much more
hushed aurora
Its all in reading bro
quiet flicker
but that's lore...I guess we have different definitions of story driven
grand pendant
lore is part of the story my man
hushed aurora
What does define the story? The lore does
hushed aurora
Lmao what
lone leaf
That said if that's not your deal it don't make you a bad person or whatever, it's a preference thing. Some people like having the story handed to them with just a few choice-input points.
grand pendant
if it encourages story like stalker, then yes
lone leaf
But yeah that wouldn't be stalker's style.
grand pendant
bc you missed story doesn't mean it isn't there
lone leaf
I like how this game kinda feels like the world happens around you
quiet flicker
I didn't ''miss the story''
lone leaf
And your story is dependent on how much you go look into it
quiet flicker
stalker is all about the setting and atmosphere...the last of us is all about the story etc
hushed aurora
I like how this game kinda feels like the world happens around you
Yeah exactly
quiet flicker
there's a difference between the two games
hushed aurora
You are living it rather than being told it
grand pendant
oh really, can you explain how many times in total Strelok went to the CNPP?
pseudo rivet
quiet flicker
2
grand pendant
4
lone leaf
But yeah having GMed for both Sandbox and Interactive Railroad players I'd never dump on someone for liking one over the other, I just enjoy the box a lot more.
grand pendant
do you know when was the Zone created?
pseudo rivet
||April or June Gang?||
quiet flicker
but that's just the lore
tired anvil
oh really, can you explain how many times in total Strelok went to the CNPP? <:s...
3, don't add Marked One's hard work to Strelok's bullcrap
lone leaf
||The C-Consciousness program precedes the Chernobyl explosion, doesn't it?||
pseudo rivet
No
hushed aurora
Wasnt it the other way
pseudo rivet
Chernobyl Disaster happened first
grand pendant
but that's just the lore
it's shown in cutscenes, literally shown in-gameplay being part of two quests too
hushed aurora
Psure its after
lone leaf
Ohhh
hushed aurora
Yeah
lone leaf
I thought the program caused the initial blast, maybe I got that mixed up
pseudo rivet
The explosion made a good cover-up for the scientists to experiment all sorts of stuff there, plus they could still use the CNPP for energy
lone leaf
Ok yeah that makes sense
grand pendant
ayo
pseudo rivet
No way
pseudo rivet
Bruh
grand pendant
new year's miracle
lone leaf
Local gopnik ruins everything
pseudo rivet
No, that's SoC
lone leaf
lmao
hushed aurora
Kek
rotund ruin
which is a better modification for a shotgun flatness or recoil
grand pendant
flatness
bleak zinc
Flatgun
pseudo rivet
Well, flatness would allow your shotgun to shoot farther, allowing your shotgun to become quite devastating, but recoil could become more useful in close-quarters
So, it's up to you
rotund ruin
i only wanted to know because i just stripped a shotgun off of a fallen zombied stalker and i was trying to decide on what i should choose for modifications
grand pendant
i would say reducing recoil in a shotgun is not gonna help at all, honestly
pseudo rivet
Which shotgun are you upgrading?
rotund ruin
a chaser 13
grand pendant
then again, i always use the ToS 34 lmao
yikes, horrible shotgun
you def need flatness
rotund ruin
but i do have a sawed off but its fully modified
pseudo rivet
I'd go for an SPSA-14 or an Eliminator
Although, the sawed-off shotgun can definitely be pretty strong if you have a lot of stamina
finite dragon
Sincerely sorry if I jumped into the middle of any ongoing conversations but just a few words.
Since 2021 just hit here. I just want to say that I'm happy and grateful to have a chance to experience this masterpiece of a game and get to know and be a part of this wholesome community of stalkers. You guys have made this year of mine became more colorful, memorable and awesome. 2020 was a trying year for all of us to various degree but until the very end, we did persevere. Now we will carry all of our biggest hope and anticipation into the year of 2021. Looking forward to the adventure ahead. Thank you all and Happy New Year, Stalkers.
pseudo rivet
Happy New Year
dreamy island
Happy new year stalkers
still ridge
🎊
rotund ruin
dido on the new part
grand pendant
to you as well
rotund ruin
well i guess its hunting time to look for an eliminator or SPSA-14
grand pendant
for now you can honestly do better with a hunting rifle
or shotgun, whatever you're playing
stark shadow
😃 hello
grand pendant
hey
stark shadow
pseudo rivet
Heya
stark shadow
Kolbasa
rotund ruin
to be honest what ever has enough stopping power
pseudo rivet
An RPG-7u, honestly
grand pendant
then the hunting rifle
pseudo rivet
But for the best efficiency in combat, I'd go for the Eliminator
rotund ruin
what sort of ammo does the hunting rifle take
pseudo rivet
Although, be careful about it's RoF, because you'll go through ammo pretty fast with it. Reloading also takes a while
grand pendant
every shotgun uses the same ammo
rotund ruin
oh so the hunting rifle is just a shotgun? ok then i have a few rounds of 12x70
grand pendant
what are you playing btw? i assume at least CS or CoP
pseudo rivet
CoP
rotund ruin
CoP
rotund ruin
Fair enough
pseudo rivet
Second best accuracy, highest mag size, high RoF
rotund ruin
plus few stalkers are giving me trouble so a scoped weapon is what i need considering i cant get close enough without being turned into swiss cheese
grand pendant
it's a shotgun with high spread so the scope is meh
finite dragon
i don't trust some of zone stalkers
rotund ruin
yeah that is a pretty good rule to live by when traveling around in the zone
rotund ruin
ok now that is scary if mercs and bandits can disguise as loners
screw everything that can already kill you that is worse ugh especially if it were in SoC where bandits and mercs dont care and will just shoot on sight
finite dragon
At least you can shoot them as you like. In CS you have to play nice with the damned bandits if you want to fully upgrade your SEVA
rotund ruin
i think an automatic firing mode for chaser 13 is pointless don't ya think considering its bad already
finite dragon
At least Chaser is durable enough compared to the Western guns
rotund ruin
yeah you have a point
rotund ruin
with my armor i really don't have to worry considering i have a decently upgraded exo well enough to get me by most situations
wait
is it tho
rotund ruin
it is a western shotgun but i don't believe its a winchester model though
finite dragon
IMFDB said it's an Maverick 88
grand pendant
it is in the internal files
wpn_wincheaster1300
maverick is still western anyway
rotund ruin
are you sure you don't mean a different shotgun chaser 13 is closer to a maverick than a winchester1300
then again internal files don't lie most of the time >->
grand pendant
it definitely isn't a winchester1300, but that's it's name
maverick 88 is indeed the closest
rotund ruin
yeah because i don't think there ever was a winchester model that was a pump action like the chaser 13 or there was tbh i forget most of the time
nvm fact checked XD i hate having a bad memory -_-
Chaser 13
(Mossberg 88/Winchester 1300) wiki says its a mossberg 88 from what i know
the ingame code is just wacky i guess
or it was poor translation either way
this went offtop real fast anyways guess im going for an eliminator correct?
finite dragon
Absolutely
Even though it has a lower damage offset and a shorter range, it will pretty much carry you through the game too
Until you get your hands on Strelok's SIG
rotund ruin
is that better or like the holy grail of weapons in CoP
finite dragon
What better?
grand pendant
a TRs-301 is better honestly
rotund ruin
soooooooo that then?
grand pendant
although the normal SGI-5k is based
rotund ruin
just give me a suggestion on a weapon i should hunt for and i will search the entire game for it possibly dying a few times in the progress but hey such life is the zone am i right
grand pendant
SGI-5k or TRs-301 are my recommendatios
rotund ruin
ight this is where it gets real hardbass on bottle of vodka on table knuckles cracked ak cocked exo on its huntin time i got enough ammo to kill half of the renegade and bandit population here in the zone not enough fire power tho but i can make this work
frail spire
You can do that with 9x18 and 9x19 only
finite dragon
You know what they say, if firepower doesn't work...
then MORE firepower
rotund ruin
ah the words of a true stalker
worthy lark
pfft just go and knife everyone
finite dragon
And that's how I won the Arena too
digital crescent
rotund ruin
i just forget to use it sometimes then sometimes i do use it and i dominate every living soul in the area XD until someone kills me yeah sometimes im just not sneeki enough
frail spire
More like, thank god gsc won't waste time trying to pander to console players and we'll have an aids-free modding scene
frail spire
Whenever I think of modded games I always remember how bringing mods to consoles ruined communities like the Skyrim one
finite dragon
Basically the consoles ruined and changed many game's development back then but I'll keep this for off topic
frail spire
"lmao just check the ps4/xbox box"
rotund ruin
we should take this to off topic unless we want mods stepping in then be my guest continue here XD
frail spire
Having offtopic isn't an issue unless it turns into a full blown disruptive argument
rotund ruin
true guess the main rule of thumb is dont go overkill with the offtopic on other channels
finite dragon
Ehem so anyone has any idea for the Exo to spawn in CS SRP. Kinda want that Duty's shiny Tunder but I don't want to kill em
The last time I got it through Faction Wars but it in SRP-less so...
frail spire
Thats something I will try to ask devs, do you have to do something specific to get stuff to spawn into npcs inventories
Like killing an npc before it throws a grenade
Making it lootable
grand pendant
no, think that's just random
finite dragon
Oh just waiting a bit until Duty deploy their Exo
rotund ruin
well i mean you could always just get a spawn menu i think there is one for each game unless you are trying to stay original then i got nothing that can help tbh
grand pendant
you can't take their suits btw
just work for it and buy it
remember, cheating is gay
frail spire
Suits are never lootable unless you're playing mods that allows you to do it
What about shooting guns in npcs hands to make them unusable
finite dragon
And risk getting Duty to go after my head? No thanks
rotund ruin
duty is just another pest in my opinion
grand pendant
based and agreed
frail spire
All factions are a pest
finite dragon
Maybe except Loners
frail spire
I wonder if loners will end up like mercs in the new game
As in, instead of being one big "faction" it's a bunch of independant groups
Like it was meant to be
grand pendant
loners are just bandits with unwritten codes
and they are independant groups
you can't think Vampire's group is tied to others
frail spire
Point taken I guess
I just find hard all loners being in okish terms with sid and barman being the biggest scammers in the whole game
finite dragon
800RU for Gauss, god I was an idiot back then
rotund ruin
ah yes sid and barman
i hate the both of them
and when ever i see them i yell at my monitor just to clarify it yes im strange that way
grand pendant
some loners tried to screw Sid by making themselves look like his "sales representatives" and scamming other loners
frail spire
I mean, sid screws over everyone 24/7 without fail
grand pendant
Smartass group tried to takeover Sid's business
frail spire
Hard to say he didn't had it coming
woeful lynx
RIP those loners
frail spire
True
tired anvil
Sid's a baller, gotta respect the grind
grand pendant
you never really hear of him lore-wise scamming people anyway, maybe you're joking and i am missing smth
frail spire
Buying artifacts at 500 rubles while selling canned food for 2000 ru is hardly a grind just saying
rotund ruin
tbh sid is a grease ball but yeah gotta respect him
frail spire
In fact I wonder where all that money goes considering hes a big merchant
grand pendant
if it wasn't for him stalkers would've been cracked down long ago
at least southern guys
belarussian fellas would still thrive ig
rotund ruin
true
frail spire
It's a symbiotic relationship with sid being mostly on the abusive side
Loners are basically abused wives
They know it but can't leave the rookie village (house)
rotund ruin
not to mention the military border/checkpoint right next to the loner camp in cordon
though the military seem to keep to them selves
grand pendant
that's why they wouod've been cracked down, Sid bribed them to not shoot stalkers
rotund ruin
how sid never leaves his bunker
grand pendant
and apparently only Sid can do that, because Valerian tried to do it and failed miserably, causing a war with the military
rotund ruin
sid has skills i'll give him that
pseudo rivet
Well, that's because Khaletskiy sold out the Free Stalkers to the Bandits, so that's why it all started
rotund ruin
and insane prices on bad equipment >_>
finite dragon
I feel sad afrer seeing how the camp turned out to be in SoC you know
grand pendant
i oversimplified it but clearly relations weren't going well, stalkers couldn't keep up with the money
pseudo rivet
Yet people around Jupiter complain that local traders are much worse than Sidorovich
finite dragon
So much for Loner's great future ahead
frail spire
My bet is that sid is an undercover military officer or something
grand pendant
specially bc that dumbass Shilov just bought stuff from Sid and sold it to stalkers, even though Sid is like 1km away
that's no way to keep a business lmao
frail spire
Yeah
rotund ruin
how is such things possible comrade crimson when barkeep and sidorovich are the worst traders in the zone XD as far as cordon to duty base well the SoC duty base
frail spire
Sid and Barman are the equivalent of Gandhi AI in civ games
They're introduced lore wise as "good" people
pseudo rivet
Well, here's the thing
frail spire
But then the gandhi AI has a +5 in hostility function nuking the whole world
pseudo rivet
There's a goldrush around the parts of Zaton and Jupiter
grand pendant
they were intrduced as businessmen, both clearly state that
frail spire
The way they scam the player is in no way businessmen-like though, sure you can scam people but in the long run you're gonna get stabbed