⭐┃nospoilers_general

[hearty finch]

Oh, nah, i just wanted to say that the stash near Jupiter Power plant has a SGI-5 in it

a stash

[twilit flower]

when it dawns on you that the feeling that you thought you forgot something turns out to be the AP ammo

[plucky hamlet]

That's good to know!

[winged dust]

Out of curiosity, someone in another server mentioned this game would be 'live-service;' er. What exactly does that entail before I go mashing the preorder?

[plucky hamlet]

AP ammo is the thing i forget to use even if i'm a bit way too rich

[long harbor]

commit GP-25 Koster grenade launcher

[plucky hamlet]

Commit RPG

[wicked sleet]

@winged dust means there will be constant updates for the game for a period of time, nothing fancy

[hearty finch]

but sir, its right in my face

[long harbor]

virgin rpg

[long harbor]

I don't care

[plucky hamlet]

Chad knife

[rocky zodiac]

I haven't heard of any live service stuff, I mainly heard about the NFT news recently

[hearty finch]

Chad RG 5 grenade

[winged dust]

...wouldn't that just be every other game with a dev team?

[hearty finch]

but there are 2 RPG7 rounds stashed in the tunnels leading to Pripyat

[long harbor]

it literally took me a single grenade to take out a poltergeist

[hearty finch]

serious ?

[long harbor]

yes

[plucky hamlet]

what if NFT was just a trick to make people discuss the game more actively to make it a bit more popular

[hearty finch]

nononon, Psuedogiant

[long harbor]

it's prob the most powerful thing in the game

[hearty finch]

the Hefty Fella

[twilit flower]

may either relate to the game being released broken and needs a constant stream of updates... or the multiplayer introduced after release? 😄

[long harbor]

prob just gonna take 2-3 grenades to take out 1

[wicked sleet]

@winged dust basically yeah, it's better in a way that there's a roadmap that developers follow, you know what you get in the future

[long harbor]

he's only got 2 legs though

[hearty finch]

2 legs that go fast !

whenever i see that thing all i think to myself is "Oh Lawd he commin"

[long harbor]

get your battle-hardened legs

[long harbor]

i literally stash all my loot and just commit sumo with him

you've got da speed, boi

SPEED

[winged dust]

Every mutual o.g. STALKER fan I know of personally told me they were dropping their interest in the game after the NFT thing and I just made the rounds with the twitter screengrabs saying they're off now. But if the live-service thing was sketchy in some way I was gonna walk that back.

[hearty finch]

Chad 1 on 1 fighting

[long harbor]

knife vs pseudogiant

[plucky hamlet]

2-3 grenades? Damn i remember i've spent for about 6 of F1 on that one only, but again, probably i'm just not lucky enough

[long harbor]

*rifle grenades

[wicked sleet]

@winged dust i wouldn't worry, nothing sketchy about that

[hearty finch]

a fight to be seen

[plucky hamlet]

Aaaah well yea understandable have a good day

[winged dust]

I don't think I've ever actually used a grenade in a STALKER game. :S

[hearty finch]

very useful when put to max potential

[long harbor]

i used to bring like 20 of them on my first ever playthrough

[winged dust]

Aside from underbarrel grenades on modded weapons like in SGM

[fickle bison]

CATCH A GRENAAAAAADE

[rocky zodiac]

I've used the hand grenades a lot. I don't really remember there being grenade launchers

[twilit flower]

what do you fear more, a whimpy, thick skinned pseudogiant or an enlightened, iron-clad nosorog Monolith

[hearty finch]

I wish CoP had the Bulldog 6 launcher

[wicked sleet]

using grenade launchers and automatic weapons ? 0/10 would not stalk with

[plucky hamlet]

I've used them to check if there is anomalies somewhere in front because i had overweight

[long harbor]

prob the monolith

pseudogiant chase you, but the monolith dude just light your arse up

[winged dust]

Man I dunno what crazy bastard made SGM but I hope there's a contemporary to it for STALKER 2

[twilit flower]

good choice, you have potential

I will put in a good word for you, Dutyer

[rocky zodiac]

Bruh I'm going to have to replay CoP soon

[hearty finch]

The Hefty monolith dude

[winged dust]

Nothing put a smile on my face quite like walking in on Hawaaiwan blaring Ma Baker by Boney M from a crappy radio

[long harbor]

ok screw it im replaying clear sky

[rocky zodiac]

Based

[twilit flower]

have fun!

[wicked sleet]

i just did a week ago, still so much broken it's actually fun lol

[long harbor]

yeah dw this is my 4th playthrough

i love clear sky lol

[winged dust]

Never played Clear Sky. At the time I got into STALKER everyone said to avoid it because bugs made it unplayable

[hearty finch]

very based

[dusty sable]

Hey everyone
||Have a wonderful day||

[rocky zodiac]

I dont remember it being that buggy

[plucky hamlet]

Honestly i've got not that much bugs to actually say "UNPLAYABLLEEEE!!!111"

[wicked sleet]

@winged dust true about the bugs, but real stalker will play it nonetheless haha

[north juniper]

It was with first versions, now it patched well

[rocky zodiac]

I know I had one quest break on me but that was it

[winged dust]

Oh god this server has a Mee6 bot...

[twilit flower]

monolith gets 10 more members for every clearsky playthrough, so keep it up.

[plucky hamlet]

I really like all of the parts of Stalker, including CS

[plucky hamlet]

Same really

[long harbor]

not much bugs lol, only the doomed economy and the faction wars glitch are prob the only bugs i've seen

just fix it with mods, it'll be fun

[rocky zodiac]

Oh yeah it was the faction war thing that I had bugs with

[wicked sleet]

it's fully playable now, but if any of you remember the state of the game was in when launched..

[hearty finch]

yeah I wish there was some mod where i could side with the Military in CS

[long harbor]

you can't win as a freedom member

[north juniper]

Play in SoC ver 1.0000 then you’ll see what mean “bugged stalker” 😂

[twilit flower]

just use sky reclamation project

[hearty finch]

[rocky zodiac]

Lol yeah I think I was a freedom member

[plucky hamlet]

Luckily i've not seen that period... i guess?

[long harbor]

and you will never

[plucky hamlet]

Sounds like a good mod, but more officially

[hearty finch]

Military naice, helikopter spin

[wicked sleet]

@plucky hamlet there was a game breaking bug every 10 minutes you progressed

[hearty finch]

With my experience, didn't see any

[twilit flower]

it was like the meat grinder, the unfortunate souls were the first one to go into it, to provide a better life for the ones to follow later

[wicked sleet]

well not now after countless patches

[plucky hamlet]

Now i can understand those people which complain about it... but damn, i've completed this part for about 5 times, and had no problems like that. Today it's playable, at least for me

[plucky hamlet]

Yep

[plucky hamlet]

Patch

[hearty finch]

i see

[winged dust]

SoC 1.0: designed in x-ray, coded with stolichnaya

[fickle bison]

Thinking about the STALKER 2 poppy field. Image zone based heroin

[north juniper]

Exactly 😂
“Outfit repairing with electrical anomalies”

[hearty finch]

dang, do you guys think a RTX 2080 or a 3070 will be able to run Stalker 2 on High?

[plucky hamlet]

Salary: one hundred dallars
Salary bonus: Jigulevskoe pivo

[twilit flower]

could be very valuable as zone medicine

lots of heavy injuries in the zone

[wicked sleet]

yeah i always wondered why there were no 'real drugs' in stalker universe, zone seems like a right place for it lol

[plucky hamlet]

Just get at least 4 keys artifacts from different parts of the whole Zone

[plucky hamlet]

oaoaoaooao mmmm

[winged dust]

Mighta been a cultural thing or something to do with ratings

[north juniper]

But peeps, all we know that all bugs in stalker series has only one explanation - “It’s a Zone, stalker”

[plucky hamlet]

It's not a bug, it's anomaly

[modest phoenix]

Freedom uses them for free but never give to Hero :(

[north juniper]

It’s not a bug, just anomaly activity

[winged dust]

Which reminds me, how strict is the swearing rule here because I have no gauge on what normal people consider obscene.

[untold dagger]

Hi

[wicked sleet]

@winged dust so the usual, executing people left and right in a place that seen the worst nuclear disaster in the history of mankind is okay, but don't you dare snort something up your nose haha

[plucky hamlet]

In Clear Sky one guy in the freedoms bar suggests some weed, but damn, no way to use this opportunity ;(

[untold dagger]

Will anyone be able to answer my question about Stalker please I’m kinda new to this series

[wicked sleet]

go ahead

[plucky hamlet]

Go ahead x2

[sudden meadow]

go ahead x3

[untold dagger]

Hi so will Stalker 2 characters speak English ? As I’ve only seen gameplay with them speaking Russian ?

[wicked sleet]

pretty sure both languages will be up for grabs, same as OG trilogy

[wanton cosmos]

What is NFT integration?

[untold dagger]

It’s not happening now

[wanton cosmos]

yea got that from the annoncment just dont understand what it means

[covert slate]

i thought they were speaking Ukrainian?

[north juniper]

Anomaly mod - there’s some joints u can find in corpses 🌚

[plucky hamlet]

English mother lover, do you speak it?!
Sorry. But somewhat i think there will be translation for it... i mean, look, russian chat is not as active as this one i guess

[plucky hamlet]

They are, but what actually restricts devs to make localisation

[wicked sleet]

pretty sure there has to be an english translation now that microsoft is backing gsc

[covert slate]

i mean i'm sure they'll have english voice acting, the other games do

[north juniper]

GSC has info that there will be 3 voices for 3 localisations - Russian, English and Ukrainian

[wicked sleet]

not that i will use it lol, no english allowed in my zone

[untold dagger]

Will it have lip syncing for English ?

[north juniper]

In Steam as I remember right

[sudden meadow]

probably, since they're using motion tracking

[covert slate]

i would use non english voice with english subs

[north juniper]

Let’s hope that Unreal Engine 5 can do it

[plucky hamlet]

tolko russkiy tolko hardcor

[plucky hamlet]

oh sorry i mean ukranian only but i don't know one

[north juniper]

Atmospheric original sound of characters? 🌚

[untold dagger]

Stalker 2 is on unreal engine 5 ?!

[wicked sleet]

yep

[north juniper]

Lol yes 😂

[plucky hamlet]

I bet it can

[covert slate]

yeah it's what i'm used to in Anomaly, non english with subs

[untold dagger]

Wow that’s why it looks so good then xD

[plucky hamlet]

Yep

[north juniper]

You thought that is XRay 3.0? 😂

[sudden meadow]

lol

[covert slate]

they wish

[plucky hamlet]

Don't forget there is artists which worked on all that stuff for a long time

[untold dagger]

Lol , it will be probably be the first triple A game on unreal engine 5 then

[north juniper]

Yes

[wise drum]

Would like to see the NFTs

[wicked sleet]

looks good, but it's currently the most demanding engine for real-time features

[wise drum]

Not in game tho

[covert slate]

there's a few games on UE 5 already

[north juniper]

GSC cancel this idea

[wicked sleet]

depends on the variety of graphical settings, you could run OG trilogy on a calculator thanks to the static lighting setting

[wise drum]

Not in game just want to know what they planned, I'd hate to have them in game

[north juniper]

What? I know only about tech demo of Matrix

[covert slate]

Fortnite made the move to UE5

[untold dagger]

Same

[untold dagger]

Not yet

They are working on it

[covert slate]

yeah it did

it's for the new season

[fair iris]

now im def gonna preorder stalker 2

[plucky hamlet]

Static lighting and not heavily detailed environments... damn i bet if you will disable lighting and other graphical effects in Stalker 2 - it still will lag on weak PCs for sure

[fair iris]

stalker 2 better have monolith

[twilit flower]

as much as I've enjoyed the immersion of not understanding much when stalkers tell their stories by the campfire, I welcome the idea of actually being in on their jokes for once. would be extremely great if the rus/ukr voice actors would to the english va, too

[fair iris]

or i riot

[sudden meadow]

i cant wait to join multiplayer and have some dude shouting at me for shooting him in the noggin

[hearty finch]

I wish Stalker 2 to have more military

[fair iris]

yall think ultimate edition is worth it? thinking bout getting ultimate for the season pass

[north juniper]

I guess they just want to increase some finances, but hope they have enough money for exlude “economy” of development

[twilit flower]

well it had monolith wearing npcs being blasted by a gauss rifle in the trailer

[sudden meadow]

well you have cops now

[wicked sleet]

@plucky hamlet well I'm not worried i just built myself a new pc lol

[hearty finch]

More helicopter

[plucky hamlet]

Youtube gaming for life

[fair iris]

I want to play as monolith 😔

[untold dagger]

Is there any stalker 2 trailers with English ?

[sudden meadow]

subtitles

[twilit flower]

same, I read somewhere as monolith being a choice of faction to fight for somewhere in the story, but who knows

[hearty finch]

What

[winged dust]

Ok I did some more digging and the only mentions of live-service I can find here are people complaining about live-service and not an actual announcement.

So... is it or is it not live-service?

[sudden meadow]

the ward

[fair iris]

Main reason i play anomaly, coc and escape from pripyat is just to rp monolith and roam around

[hearty finch]

Hmm yes

[untold dagger]

I really do hope this game has full English and English lip syncing 🤞🤞

[twilit flower]

I hope monolith gets a big comeback, not only from the manpower aspect but story/leadership itself

[wicked sleet]

i was thinking about the monolith faction being joinable, would be cool if you could somehow sneak in there and live among them incognito

[hearty finch]

I hope we get more insight of the life of thr military grunts and so on, on taming the zone

[plucky hamlet]

Just imagine that accurate lip sync of russian audio lines when people are talking on ukrainian or english

[sudden meadow]

that would be cool but im good with having some ukranian too

[fair iris]

not even icognito i just want to join them

like you can join the bandits in clear sky

[harsh igloo]

Diginal preorders are just as bad as nfts

[twilit flower]

we always knew the crystal wasn't an illusion afterall, c-con just was hiding their biggest secret afterall, right? it's an omnipotent alien crystal, but you simpletons may call it god for sake of simplicity 😉

[wicked sleet]

@fair iris wouldn't made any kind of sense though, monolitians are pure fanatics

[fair iris]

so am i

your point is?

[long harbor]

and hopeully the english voice acting isn't weird and funny

[sudden meadow]

are the monolith just basically drunken, irradiated modern crusaders

[long harbor]

like in cs i keep laughing over the same line "Or you will die!"

[wicked sleet]

@fair iris well if you wanna sit around praying and occasionaly blindly following suicide orders, carry on i guess lol 😄

[fair iris]

sounds like the life

[hearty finch]

I will be glad to the day when I can call in a Military Helicopter on a Monlotih position

[twilit flower]

fanatics, or in fact people desperatly fighting for the truth?

[hearty finch]

Fanatics

[sudden meadow]

radiation has gone to your head

[fickle bison]

Fanatics

[wicked sleet]

@twilit flower we don't know for sure, remember the monolith group you find under the bridge in cop ?

[twilit flower]

my nosorog exoskeleton has excellent radiation shielding, thank you very much.

[hearty finch]

My RPG-7 also has a loaded rocket in

But that aside, didn't ingame lore suggest monolith get thier weapons from a old armory near CPP

[twilit flower]

you are saying this, look below. gauss rifle slug has blown a hole into your armor

[wicked sleet]

that must be quite an armory for a power plant xD

[hearty finch]

Heh, more of a military base near by

[long harbor]

simply brainwashed by the funny rock

[fair iris]

SLAVA MONOLITA

[hearty finch]

Unfortunately Truth is there are more serving monolith in the zone the military, but Military stalkers are around, but just how many, no one knows

[wicked sleet]

@long harbor yes but now we know they can get unbrainwashed

[long harbor]

strider and his friends were prob a special case

[wicked sleet]

literally lol

[long harbor]

cause monolith soldiers crack their own necks when being interrogated

[wicked sleet]

idi ko mne

[hearty finch]

Well that was one example I think

[twilit flower]

vrag monolita!

[long harbor]

you what?

[wicked sleet]

is what wish granter says

nvm gotta go to work brb

[hearty finch]

Tvoi put zacershon chelovek, idi ko mne

[long harbor]

bruh

si si si

[hearty finch]

Wish granted voice sounds intimidating

[long harbor]

SoC menu music is epic

[twilit flower]

don't pretend you wouldn't make that one little secret wish.

[long harbor]

woah woah..

[fickle bison]

I wish monolith would get some bitches

[hearty finch]

My wish it to get a RTX 3090

[long harbor]

there's no bitches in the zone, unfortunately

wait what's the bot doing?

we're swearing

[twilit flower]

ah yes, Dutyer, I've heard it before. "I want the zone to disappear".

[ashen axle]

MurphyFJ#4852 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[twilit flower]

you will get what you deserve

[long harbor]

i hope you die

[fickle bison]

Nvm the bit doesnt recognize bitches

The bot*

[hearty finch]

Unless this is just some fun rp, woah

[long harbor]

oh wtf

[twilit flower]

When I die I will do it to honor the Monolith

[long harbor]

i think i still have arsenal overhaul mod in my clear sky folder

[deep snow]

o monolith why have you left us

[long harbor]

monolith have a lotta bitches

[twilit flower]

monolith isn't gone, heathens just have interrupted our connection

[hearty finch]

Should there be Faction chats

[long harbor]

willingly to die for their senpai

[twilit flower]

they will pay tenfold

[hearty finch]

Like EX
Monolith HQ
Duty HQ
With each person of that faction having access to only their said factions chat ?

[sudden meadow]

the monolith see the monolith whenever they rub their eyes and see the sparkles

[long harbor]

nya, monolith senpai~! >~<

[sudden meadow]

lol

[long harbor]

silence strikes

[twilit flower]

then, a voice.

a light.

[long harbor]

No, stop.

Not monolith propaganda again

[twilit flower]

a holy crystal. redemption. enlightenment. truth.

[sudden meadow]

radiation speaking for you

[long harbor]

[deep snow]

bro who is supplying the monolith

[hearty finch]

Ted

[deep snow]

'right off the bat if i have the moneys i can buy a fn200

[hearty finch]

How could you

[long harbor]

they kill everyone they see on the way 💀

[twilit flower]

@deep snow welcome, brother.

[deep snow]

nah but like fn2000's dont just apear

who is selling them to us

surely fn realises we are anti nato

[long harbor]

mercenary have these

[deep snow]

but we get supply shipments

[hearty finch]

While the Monolith Freedom and duty chew at each others feet
The Military, Scientists and Clear sky chill

[deep snow]

but from whom?

[long harbor]

ok im off to kill some bandits in the swamp, goodbye

[twilit flower]

the enlightened have agents all around the world

[hearty finch]

The Belgians

[long harbor]

they got it outside the zone, go inside the zone, get shot, dies

[hearty finch]

I will enlist in Monolith if STALKER 2 doesent have much military involvement

[twilit flower]

people serving the truth all around the world

[sullen fable]

it will propably

[finite dragon]

wait they legit canceled NFTs for Stalker 2?

[hearty finch]

Very nice

[sullen fable]

ye

[finite dragon]

dammit - now i have to reorder the preorder i cancled yesterday

[twilit flower]

not everone who sees the light will remain to guard the crystal within close proximity, some may leave the zone and serve the crystal in equally important ways

[finite dragon]

thats actually a great light at the end of the tunnel that they reacted that fast

[hearty finch]

How come Strelok butchered throughout almost all your squads in the zone ?

[twilit flower]

it was the will of the monolith

[deep snow]

he had insider knowlege

and plot protection

[sullen fable]

he had like 50 medkits

[deep snow]

and med kits had inta heal in those days

[hearty finch]

Skill issue is what I see

But monolith have more dudes and it's undeniable

Well at least in the zone

[deep snow]

well when you spam liquid meth and med kits with infinate ammo after spending all ur money so you dont get the rich ending

its kinda hard to die

[sullen fable]

skill of course

[hearty finch]

But then Duty has also been reduced to a shell of its former self

Same with freedom

[twilit flower]

strelok was blessed by the crystal and upon him were bestowed great powers of the monolith. a fighter of the monolith. in the end the crystal decided strelok's path would be one of great turbulence, leading to many hardships. but fear not, brother. the holy crystal has a plan for each one of us. we will prevail.

[dawn hazel]

Hello stalker 🙂 👋🏼

[hearty finch]

Does monolith have working Light Armored Vehicles and Working Helicopters?

[twilit flower]

yes

of course

[finite dragon]

how comes that the Military dummy is asking how Monolith couldnt hold Strelok while military couldnt either and they got their asses kicked by Mono aswell - hecc they lost their entrance checkpoint to a single stalker who had almost no equipment while a whole company was stationed there

[sullen fable]

they have a wish granter of course they had it

[twilit flower]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Atm0GwWs6lw

[sullen fable]

but what can do if guy fast

[hearty finch]

True

Both sides lost many to strelok

[sullen fable]

we need to nerf strielok

[deep snow]

didnt yall loose to like every faction so far

like yall are doing nothing but wasting ammo

[finite dragon]

i mean that strelok guy managed to pull old files and data from the secret labs that we scavaged with military escorts for years and thought we had everything relevant found and yet - that guy drops PDAs and half archives to Sakharov every week. that guy is a walking miracle himself

[sullen fable]

they havent lost to duty yet

[deep snow]

bro the military ambushed strelok in the labs and he still kicked their asses

[hearty finch]

Mightve, I more sympathize with the military trapped in Pripyat

[deep snow]

yall are the same thing

yall are just slightly more competent

[hearty finch]

True, but strelok plowed through the Red forest as well

[deep snow]

he plowed thru everything

[sullen fable]

: 3

[deep snow]

he plowed thru the army ware house

[twilit flower]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrynL2WeRzE

[hearty finch]

Also true, same with military at agroprom

[finite dragon]

heard that guy managed to survive even the tons of Bloodsucker packs in swamp

[deep snow]

boy yall force kids to die by mutants

did you even have a choice to be in the zone

or did big daddy Ukrainian government tell you to be there

[hearty finch]

So the BTR that came from CCP was a monolith BTR and not the military?

[finite dragon]

Bring on the NFT, I am not butthurt like the rest.

[twilit flower]

it is not my place to question the origin of the tools of the monolith, but be assured they serve the will of the holy crystal

[hearty finch]

Hmm yes crystal

[deep snow]

atleast our crystal has proven its power

[finite dragon]

Let some rich guy get scanned and be in the game for a sum of money. Capitalism.

Why hating

[sullen fable]

yeah it can whisper sum cool stuff to only you

[wicked sleet]

come to our side, we have women ?

[deep snow]

it turned strelok to metal

it made him blind

[finite dragon]

What is the crystal, actually?

[deep snow]

it tell us things we shouldnt know about

[hearty finch]

I need artifacts not women

[deep snow]

how do you think we ambush yall all the time

[twilit flower]

tbh, I doubt anyone got a problem with that really. it hurts the common user much less than withholding quest, skins etc to sell tiered game packages

[deep snow]

it tells us when you will be weak

[finite dragon]

I like to rob civilians

[deep snow]

if you joined you would hear its lovely voice too

[twilit flower]

alien crystal given by the stars. it can grant you your most secret desires

[hearty finch]

Has anyone here finished the Metro Exodus ?

[finite dragon]

Me all endings

[finite dragon]

Yes.

[deep snow]

but my only desire is to serve it

[twilit flower]

that is what I'd call an enlightened view, brother

[hearty finch]

Very nice. Just wanted to see if there are any Metro Fans around here

[finite dragon]

I love metro

[hearty finch]

There is a Official Metro Discord server, but it's like 6k people

[hearty finch]

Yes

[twilit flower]

and maybe all we ever wanted, subconciously, was to serve such a grand entity.

[finite dragon]

Last light was the best in My opinion

[hearty finch]

For me it was Exodus, I loved the Caspian portion

[twilit flower]

what could be more glorious than to serve the holy monolith?! I doubt anybody could give a satisfactory answer to that.

[finite dragon]

The last level was 💤💤💤

[deep snow]

unfortunately i lack such power to wipe the heathens from the earth and to bring back peace to the zone

[finite dragon]

Sam's story was a banger

[hearty finch]

Sidorovich's eternal love

[hearty finch]

Definitely

[hearty finch]

Volga portion was alright, but Caspian was the biggest and most opportunistic

[deep snow]

sid is a exploitive pig who only wishes for money

[twilit flower]

well... I will have to commune with the crystal about that one... damn...

[hearty finch]

Sid will drag you to his basement

[deep snow]

the monolith will smite him if he ever left his basement

[finite dragon]

They need to add child soldiers to stalker 2

[wicked sleet]

[hearty finch]

Monolith has no interest in Cordon

[twilit flower]

already got the rats

[tardy sandal]

wow GSC.. that you take out the NFTs and actually listen to us fans despite it would cost you money means really a lot... huge respects!

[deep snow]

only becuase yall areso underdeveloped that most of you die in the cordon

[wicked sleet]

face me monolith filth

[finite dragon]

In anomaly yes ur right

I'm trash

[deep snow]

want a tip

[hearty finch]

Yeah, most loners come for artifacts and sometimes never return

[finite dragon]

Sure

[deep snow]

fueled by greed

[twilit flower]

the whole zone is blessed, do not mistake the monolith's wisdom with weakness

[deep snow]

this is coming from a veteran and not a monolith

join the ecologist

decent gear

[finite dragon]

No I want to be a capitalist

[deep snow]

good spot

you can be

sell all of ur stuff for a profit

[finite dragon]

Imagine having a leader ☠️

[deep snow]

the ecos buy artifacts for more anyways

[hearty finch]

Never mistook it, just said monolith doesn't have interest in cordon

[deep snow]

and mercs dont hate you

[finite dragon]

I hate mercs free gear

[deep snow]

duty and freedom like you aswell

[finite dragon]

Cringe i shoot everyone

[deep snow]

feel free to kill mercs then

you can do that too

[finite dragon]

Still no

[deep snow]

while selling your stuff for more and getting good quests

thenm join monolith

[finite dragon]

Cringe cult

[deep snow]

your existance is to serve the monolith by killing all of the filth

[finite dragon]

Still cringe tho😬

[deep snow]

it is kill kill kill for to sake of the monolith

[finite dragon]

For the sake of money u mean

[hearty finch]

I shall watch to see which faction prevails I'm the truth

[deep snow]

there is alot of profit to be made

[finite dragon]

Engineer gaming

[twilit flower]

who are you to judge what the crystal desires and what it does not? it is not limited by the desires and sense of time that you are. refrain from making such asinine assumptions. you will submit.

[wicked sleet]

let them fight it out, reap all the rewards haha

[hearty finch]

How come I don't see monolith men in cordon

[wicked sleet]

they are monolith, they just doesnt know it yet

[hearty finch]

I only see loner, Sidorovich my beloved and dogs

[wicked sleet]

poor newbies

[twilit flower]

it is all going to the plan of the monolith.

that you can be sure of

[ashen axle]

Ted Kaczynski#4299 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[finite dragon]

I just call in a kill streak

[hearty finch]

[deep snow]

atleast freedom has weed

[finite dragon]

Ac 130 above

[raven raptor]

Cussings prohibited at any form'

[deep snow]

oh

boring

[raven raptor]

Sorta

[deep snow]

its a game where you are killed in grousome ways

[finite dragon]

What is this kindergarten haha

[raven raptor]

i won't

[hearty finch]

1984

[twilit flower]

brother, bask yourself in the glory that is the monolith. do away with the shortcoming of the unbelievers.

[finite dragon]

This boy trippin

[deep snow]

all shall warship the monolith

they are also way cooler dressed than anyone else in the zone

cant wait to see the great monolith in 8k

[twilit flower]

the crystal is what every human has secretly wished for all their existence.

[hearty finch]

If I server the crystal, will my RTX 2060 somehow run stalker 2 at high settings ?

[wicked sleet]

we don't know yet

[twilit flower]

imagine what it could accomplish if there were not misguided forces hindering its work towards enabling human kind's enlightenment

[hearty finch]

I will actually have a pre mature chernobyl under my desk If not so

[deep snow]

just wait for the next riots that will probably happen next year

steal a new pc

[hearty finch]

Yes sir

[deep snow]

and praise the monolith

[hearty finch]

No sir

[deep snow]

for those heathens do not deserve the right to bask in the glory of it

[twilit flower]

if you submit to the truth that is the holy mo

[deep snow]

you will see true glory

[twilit flower]

nolith, you shall be granted more than an rtx 2060

[wind flicker]

Big ups to GSC for actually not going through with the NFT thing

[wicked sleet]

3090 or i will not join

[hearty finch]

Yes

[twilit flower]

you are limited by the 2060, you shall see all that is possible with the holy monolith (rtx included)

[deep snow]

omg a company actually listening to the fanbase.

just like the monolith listens to us as we listen to it

[wind flicker]

Thats pretty god damn cool too

[twilit flower]

well, they are the ones who proposed it. wouldn't have provided the fans any advantage

so them taking it back is zero sum at best, imo

[wind flicker]

Alot of people cancelled their preorders though

Steam forums were on fire

[twilit flower]

I doubt the fanbase would have had a problem if they just auctioned these items the usual way

[finite dragon]

Reddit too I think

[wicked sleet]

and i think those cancelled feel pretty stupid rn

dont be hasty

[twilit flower]

why?

the fact they canceled may be the reason gsc submitted

[sleek light]

We did it lads. NFT is no more!

[hearty finch]

If GCS made Patreon and had your name put in the end credits of the first few months of it being open

[twilit flower]

talk is talk

[hazy helm]

Yhea but,it's Reddit,they'll be angry about something

[hearty finch]

I'd personally gladly do it

[wicked sleet]

yeah reddit was burning red hot

[hazy helm]

When are they not

[sleek light]

Or even a contest for fans to participate - prize being inclusion in the game

[wicked sleet]

i mean stalker reddit is pretty chill compared to some

[wind flicker]

Its just that slapping the NFT tag on it wasnt the best decision

[finite dragon]

Only chads don't care

[hazy helm]

I mean all the items they were gonna sell were fungible since they'd be locked and untradable once the game was out so the name was somewaht misleading s

But they still were NFTs

The tag was 50/50

[wind flicker]

They wanted to hop on that NFT hypetrain

[brazen hemlock]

Great day for gaming and for Stalker fans

[hazy helm]

You Juan how are ya bro

[twilit flower]

yes the discussion was civil. the nft thing was about hype and money. it brought publicity, and bad publicity is still publicity, but when your upcoming game is surfacing in the news with a very bad connotation (and nft is being increasingly controversial, with a lot of growing negativity) coupled with 120$ pre orders being canceled in relativly high numbers...

[wind flicker]

To be fair there now seems to be more hating NFTs than in support of them. And rightfully so, I'd say

[hazy helm]

Member ya from yesterday

[brazen hemlock]

Great

[hazy helm]

I am not denying that

[brazen hemlock]

What?

[hearty finch]

Well alright was nice hanging out here

[brazen hemlock]

Yeap I'm kinda new to Discord

[hearty finch]

Night folks

[twilit flower]

bb

[wicked sleet]

stay cheeki breeki

[hazy helm]

I remember talking with ya yesterday bro

[brazen hemlock]

But I followed some stuff

[sullen fable]

good morning

[hazy helm]

I was forgotten?such a shame

[brazen hemlock]

Yeap

[twilit flower]

the main thing about stalker 2 nft was just the question of... why??? the answer is simply a pr stunt. note the METAVERSE.

judged the situation wrong, and it backfired

maybe a month or two ago it would have went better

[wicked sleet]

hey as long they admitted the mistake, we should be glad

[twilit flower]

for sure, good to see they went back on that. at least.

[hazy helm]

Problem now for most ppl is what else is happening,to them the nft thing was shady as all hell,a big red flag

[wicked sleet]

what else ?

you mean people are still worried ?

[twilit flower]

it's about the mindset of management, the executives

being disconnected from the needs of the fanbase

[wicked sleet]

yeah we know all about grygorovich's mindset xd

[cedar forum]

Some think that they might come back to it after release.
But I think it's very unlikely

[twilit flower]

maybe, showing a tad bit too much of a greedy mindset

[wicked sleet]

@cedar forum that would be against Steam TOS, I don't imagine GSC is willing to give that market up

[twilit flower]

what does it imply?

@wicked sleet could be, but their initial nft plans would have concluded before release

we don't know how valve reacted, maybe they would have been ok with it

[wicked sleet]

that's my point, they were gonna conclude it before the release, cause they won't be able to do it after

and valve is strongly anti-nft so i read

[craggy bronze]

https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/ria06x/the_absolute_state_of_this_sub_right_now/ btw

[twilit flower]

yes, but they canceled it from the get go

gsc that is

I think it was the fanbase's outrage

[wicked sleet]

@craggy bronze i mean there was always going to be a catch, i don't think anybody was so naive as to expect the clean OG trilogy, especially with microsoft money pouring in

[twilit flower]

people canceling their preorders, maybe making a bit of too much a ruckus on social media

myself, I do play with the though of preordering at some point, but the nft thing really soured it for me

100% before the cancellation

still suspicious

[cedar forum]

Stalker 2 sus

[wicked sleet]

i still have my collector edition pre-ordered, would have probably bought it either way just to complete my collection

[fickle bison]

Missions, whole campaigns locked behind a pre-order paywall

[twilit flower]

with all the pre oder special version boni

[fickle bison]

why does he act like they wont be available for purchase later?

[twilit flower]

marketing^

fear of missing out

[craggy bronze]

lol

[twilit flower]

you won't get the missions without paying more than the standard version

that IS a scummy move imo

[fickle bison]

you wont get ONE mission

one side quest

[craggy bronze]

Yeah you have to pay 110 euros if you want all the multiplayer skins lmao

[wicked sleet]

it is and trust me i can't believe myself for defending it, though some of you may not be aware how lucky we are to even get another stalker game, i still remember 2012 cancellation vividly, man what a crapstorm that was

[craggy bronze]

Stop shilling for companies, thanks.

[cedar forum]

I wonder what will the multiplayer be like?

[twilit flower]

it works, and people accept it nowadays. gsc is far from being the first to do this. it's standard. but maybe that is also the reason ppl rebelled so much about the nfc inclusion, even if it was minor. it's a slippery slope. now it's pre-release nft, then you're used to it and everything is blockchain (not that it hurts the user especially, but it's just one more thing games do generally not need now)

[cedar forum]

Will it be modes like Deathmatch, survival, PvP or something??

[graceful elm]

I'm feeling like the cancellation of NFT is gonna be a shakeup of their roadmap, because the announcement includes "...whatever the cost is", so I presume it was seen as a budget increaser, so cutting it may involve a huge delay to the release date. I hope not but may happen. I just wish they be transparent and tell us that they need the extra so coming up with a legit plan for purchasing merchandise or sth that not include NFT, I guess the fanbase can provide that being non-NFT, am I right? 🙂

[craggy bronze]

We don't know anything about multiplayer lul

[cedar forum]

Sad

[wicked sleet]

@cedar forum probably same as OG stalkers

though it would be cool to get some tarkov-themed mode

[craggy bronze]

Dude they don't need money 3 months before release lmao

[fickle bison]

no coop, so most definetly Team deathmatch

[brazen hemlock]

It's better than we have

[craggy bronze]

The game is already done

[twilit flower]

I remember back in the day when players reacted to microtransactions like stalker fans about nfts. the dust settled, mtx went from being cosmetic to gameplay relevant

[hazy helm]

[deep snow]

i really want to build a pc case based off of somthing n stalker

bu idk what to base it off of

[hazy helm]

Base ir off the monolith

[cedar forum]

I'll just watch stalker 2 on YouTube cuz I don't have a PC xDd

[hazy helm]

The wish granter

[fickle bison]

I dont get why GSC is allergic to showing the game, until like 4 months before release

[wicked sleet]

@deep snow https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3a/52/9c/3a529cf7f0601e503b022801d9d68d97.jpg

[hazy helm]

Sad

[brazen hemlock]

Tbh this is the best possible

[fickle bison]

they did the same with Cossacks 3

[craggy bronze]

Maybe because it has issues

[graceful elm]

where did they said the game has "gone gold", or it's done? please share so we know it's not gonna get delayed.

[craggy bronze]

Cossacks 3 wasn't exactly extremely well received

[deep snow]

https://theandrewbailey.com/fileImmutable/AUt7gtIQ/post/2014_Chernobyl.jpg

[cedar forum]

Not really I don't care tbh

[twilit flower]

unless they got paid very generously by their crypto buddies, then why should it? they can sell these items the conventional way and ppl won't complain

[deep snow]

thats my new pc case

[fickle bison]

lmao just show the game with game breaking bug and call it the STALKER experience

[twilit flower]

and gsc got microsoft behind them

[wicked sleet]

watch it being delayed to christmas 2022 in march lol

[craggy bronze]

They didn't, but either the game is delayed by 6 months or the content is 100% finished

[twilit flower]

talk about a potentially deep pocket

[brazen hemlock]

Microsoft could buy GSC if they work well with Stalker

[deep snow]

that really came out of nowhere

[brazen hemlock]

They did it with Double Fine

[cedar forum]

I guess they really hate spoilers like they said.
But the community gets worried because of that

[craggy bronze]

You can show gameplay without spoiling lmao, this is just a cop out

[hazy helm]

It's not a partnership it's just a publishing exclusivity deal

[craggy bronze]

Aka a partnership

[hazy helm]

The game will launch for ps later tho

[cedar forum]

Yeah, didn't think about that while writing

[brazen hemlock]

Btw, when do you think they will release the multiplayer?

[wicked sleet]

hate spoilers riiiiight, that's why SoCh was leaked (playable) even before official release, all the builds, E3 demos etc. were out for grabs

[brazen hemlock]

Did they say something?

[wicked sleet]

man they don't give a crap about spoilers

[brazen hemlock]

How is gonna be? F2P?

[twilit flower]

they would not spoil anything with a bit of gameplay

[hazy helm]

A partnership would mean they would give money to GSC over a long period of time essentially being the biggest backer which isn't happening here

[twilit flower]

don't have to show any main quest stuff

[deep snow]

wait the stalker 2 trailer is age restricted

[craggy bronze]

Tbf this isn't 2010 GSC, afaik 99% of the devs left

[deep snow]

but i can say fvuck in this server

[twilit flower]

the game is probably not finished/polished enough

[wicked sleet]

@craggy bronze as long as grygorovych is leading them, makes no difference i'm afraid

[graceful elm]

I just wanted to point out the fact that they include " - whatever the cost is" in their announcement of cancelling NFT, that tells you something... that it is a shakeup of their plans. Maybe it doesn't include a delay like I presume but it is a financial blast in the face for them apparently...

[craggy bronze]

No that's not what a partnership means

[brazen hemlock]

It's a pretty ambitious game tbh for them

[twilit flower]

who knows. could be a bit of polish, could be a shitshow. we don't know

[brazen hemlock]

64km^2, more than 100 hours of game, 30 writers...

[twilit flower]

remember cyberpunk

[dreamy kindle]

What did he do before the NFT fiasco?

[brazen hemlock]

Nah, Cyberpunk failed due to lies

[deep snow]

i honestly want them to push back the release date

i want the devs to have time

[brazen hemlock]

And CDPR promised too much

[wicked sleet]

@dreamy kindle might wanna google Stalker 2 2012 cancellation, and go from there

[craggy bronze]

Wasn't he the main reason behind Stalker 2 cancellation ?

[dreamy kindle]

Could be a bit of polish
Cyberpunk
Good joke… I mean, the polish part

[dreamy kindle]

Oh, that’s what you were talking about

[twilit flower]

exactly. I got great hope, but unless real gameplay is shown it could be smoke and mirrors. the community swore up and down that it'd be the single most great thing in gaming history and look how buggy and standard it turned out to be

[brazen hemlock]

Cyberpunk is from a Polish company

[wicked sleet]

@craggy bronze apparently he walked into the meeting room where all the devs were celebrating with pizza and beer, first trailer was to be shown internally for the first time, he turned off the projector, said stalker 2 is cancelled and walked out

[craggy bronze]

Lmao just discovered that Stalker mobile was a thing

[dreamy kindle]

Yeah, that’s why I found it funny

[dreamy kindle]

What? Really?

It’s… Real?

[wicked sleet]

yeah it was an old java game

[fickle bison]

yeah, and this was before smartphones

[dreamy kindle]

Wow

[dreamy kindle]

Nice

[twilit flower]

and yeah you're right, the cyberpunk team really shot themselves in their feet by overpromising by an unreal amount

[hazy helm]

Nokia prequel to clear sky

Strelok backstory

[fickle bison]

Walks into launch party, says stalker 2 is cancelled, refuses to elaborate further, leaves

[wicked sleet]

@fickle bison literally what happened though

[twilit flower]

sold many copies with the hype, though. cashed in pretty well, just destroyed their reputation in the process

[wicked sleet]

imagine being a dev there at the time

[dreamy kindle]

Cyberpunk was a pretty decent game, to be honest. The story and the soundtrack… that was AWESOME.

[craggy bronze]

Yeah

[dreamy kindle]

Sigma grindset 💰

[hazy helm]

You guys are like unknowingly new

Hehehe

[twilit flower]

if you compare it to far cry and the like? sure, was decent (so very buggy at first). but it really was decent - mediocre. just look at the ai lmao

[dreamy kindle]

To this server? Yeah. To STALKER? Not really

[twilit flower]

it wasn't anything of note in the gameplay or mechanics department

[hazy helm]

I mean you didn't even know stalker mobile and that was a open secret for a long time,know the monolith indoctrination?

[twilit flower]

story was ok, nothing mind blowing. life paths overhyped and mostly irrelevant

[dreamy kindle]

Quoting DJ „This game hasn’t got bad AI. It has No AI”

[dreamy kindle]

I heard about it but I thought it was just a joke

[hazy helm]

well now you can download an emulator and play kek

[wicked sleet]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A9HwC7Ulwms/SPhSEj8fYpI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/iBwxEqPwq9g/s400/stalker.jpg

[dreamy kindle]

Nice

[wicked sleet]

looked kinda cool for it's day

[twilit flower]

cyberpunk was even reclassified as some kind of story driven action game on their store page. they marketed it as the next gen rpg that will blow all the ones before away

[hazy helm]

When all you could play on the phone was snake it was p cool

[dreamy kindle]

Yeah. I know that.

It was disappointing, but for some reason, I still liked it

[winged dust]

Guess I'll be waiting on people to buy the game and see if it's online-only.

[hazy helm]

It's not I can already tell you

[winged dust]

Meanwhile, CoP mod time.

[fickle bison]

why would you think its online only, the hell?

[wicked sleet]

@hazy helm Townsmen ? Asphalt ? Gangstar: Rio ? Real Football ?

[twilit flower]

hey, I enjoyed it too, for the most part, but it was just a game, not the memorable game that was promised. and lots of times I thought the game was very unpolished

[hazy helm]

No bot deletion the the what?

[hazy helm]

I said it was cool compared to snake comapred to those it's underwhelming

[dreamy kindle]

Yeah, that is true. The soundtrack was awesome, though.

[twilit flower]

true

[wicked sleet]

@hazy helm aaah fair enough carry on lol

[winged dust]

Was a rumor spread in another server. Asked about it here, couldn't get a concrete answer, nothing in announcements and only a vague response from GSC in history.

[wicked sleet]

and what if it was online ? i mean it would be a problem in 2005 but now ?

[winged dust]

...then I wouldn't be buying it.

Ergo the question

[wicked sleet]

okay but why ?

not tryina fight you, genuinely curious

[winged dust]

Why would you need me to be online to play a single player campaign?

[wicked sleet]

you wouldn't just curious why would that stop you from buying the game

i mean people are online 24/7 these days, you pc is connected anyway

what's the catch

[winged dust]

[null]

[wicked sleet]

living offgrid ?

[fickle bison]

Russian language installers dont work with latin alphabets

[winged dust]

[null]

[wicked sleet]

no

fair enough carry on lol

[fickle bison]

N-no of course not haha

damn, he's on to us

[winged dust]

Ukranian?

[deep snow]

yo so i got a meme

idk if its russian or ukranian

anyone want to translate for me?

[winged dust]

Alternate joke answer: French?

[abstract fiber]

i tried dead air back when it first came out. pretty sure it's not been updated once, lol. fun but basically a whole new, poorly-explained, game. did you get the official translation from the vk link?

or maybe you get the translation from moddb and the mod itself from vk

i dont remember exactly, its been like two years

huh, i guess they STILL haven't translated the installer

yeah you're SOL, just hope you do it right LOL

usually installers are straightforward so if you dont change anything it'll be fine

[deep snow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cahwKhdlH18

fi spent money on a fully upgraded pm

[wicked sleet]

just get him drunk

[twilit flower]

cardan going out in the early hours to raid the cnpp

[deep snow]

i did

[wicked sleet]

he's not in a condition to raid a fridge let alone cnpp haha

[deep snow]

mans almost died looking for dead friends

[twilit flower]

then coming back to give back to you your "pristine" shooter

player wondering why the condition deteriorates so much with a "good as new" weapon

[deep snow]

welcome to the zone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NulGgytK5iE

[twilit flower]

doesn't happen within monolith

[wicked sleet]

do you just brainwash the guns so they keep shooting

firing

whatever

[twilit flower]

no, the crystal actually provides real weapons, not 70 year old soviet junk and chinesium copies

[wicked sleet]

eeew good looking and pristine condition weapons 0/10 would not stalk with

[twilit flower]

I bet you wear leather trenchcoat, too. a matter of taste I guess. I will settle with Monolith Exoseva

skill issue 😄

[wicked sleet]

just a regular jacket, AK, makarov, tourist delight and vodka, the only items stalker ever needs

[twilit flower]

install russian language pack

ah, lol

[deep snow]

wait does anyone know the artifact strelok had in that one cutscene

the one where he remebers who he is

[wicked sleet]

https://imgur.com/5pS4lQ0

this ?

[deep snow]

yea that one

it looks like an artifact

[twilit flower]

https://youtu.be/4j7WlR6bRWQ?t=238

[deep snow]

yo hwo you do that

make the vid start at that time

[wicked sleet]

right click on video, send link with time

*copy

[deep snow]

yo thats sick

[twilit flower]

right click the video, and pray to the monolith

the monolith provides to the devoted

[deep snow]

that it does

[winged dust]

You can also just type the time string after the url

[wicked sleet]

^

t meaning time and the duration in seconds

[deep snow]

anyways

what artifact is that

looks expensive

[wicked sleet]

doesn't look like anything from the actual game, if anything it looks like 'unhatched' heart of the oasis lol

[twilit flower]

https://old.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/6i3f74/spoilers_question_about_stalker_soc_cutscene/

yeah I don't remember the heart of the oasis, really, but the initial feeling I got was heart of the oasis

[deep snow]

it doesnt really look like it

[twilit flower]

may just be an unique artifact

[deep snow]

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/stalker/images/8/84/Heart_of_the_Oasis_side2.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20110315050252

maybe we will see it in HoC

[twilit flower]

strelok does imply it may have been in an pretty epic place of the zone

[deep snow]

it looks carved tho

like its loooks like jewerly

[winged dust]

What sort of radiation do artifacts emit, anyway? Is it strictly gamma?

[finite dragon]

You remember the stalker SUV back then Haha
We used to joke that's where all the money to try to make stalker 2 (2012) went

[deep snow]

i would assume it would be mostly alpha and beta

since like like its not ever much of a concern

[wicked sleet]

@finite dragon oh hell yes

[winged dust]

I imagine a neutron emission artifact would probably just kill you outright, heh.

Huh. This tritium pellet emits beta. Is that a concern?

[deep snow]

i wonder if some artifacts will emmit phy emmisions

[wicked sleet]

it's the kind that can get neutralised by vodka haha

[deep snow]

like that one is CoP

[winged dust]

I thought humans are mostly at risk from gamma and neutron. Ah well.

[finite summit]

GSC trmoved the NFT

[deep snow]

for the most part yea u rite

[finite summit]

so cringe

[deep snow]

alpha is only dangerous if ingested

[twilit flower]

probably depends, as the artifact could emit ionising radiation either via its function or just by incorporating radioactive isotopes found in the exclusion zone, which could range from a banana to some reactor-borne graphite

[deep snow]

and beta can at the most giveyou like a sunburn

[glacial ore]

Just make it via more usual ways, I don't have a problem with people wanting to spend some money to be added as cameos.

[winged dust]

Cringe that they thought it would have gone over well in the first place.

[finite summit]

Should've just went on with it

[winged dust]

Mmm, reactor pepper

[finite summit]

Now we lost an excuse for unlimited public rage

[wicked sleet]

there's no graphite you're mistaken

[restive drift]

They just wanted the money

[deep snow]

how do anti rad artifacts work

are they just a black hole for radiation

[finite summit]

They get the money and we get a reason to rage

[deep snow]

or do then just negate it

[finite summit]

it's a win-win

[winged dust]

Eh, plenty of opportunity for it to be a DRM-addled abomination from what I am seeing.

[twilit flower]

alpha radiation particles can penetrate skin (to an extent), so better not wear artifacts close to your balls if you want to leave the zone at some point

[wicked sleet]

probably just a huge iodine pill ? lol

[brazen hemlock]

Why?

[deep snow]

tthats beta im pretty sure

alpha is stopped by paper

beta can somtimes go thru skin

like a dick sack

[twilit flower]

newest research, as far as I know, shows that alpha can penetrate skin in some circumstances

[finite dragon]

Man those were the dark days of being a stalker fan. Also remember this was before COC and anomaly and lost alpha most of the mods everyone loves etc

[restive drift]

a person likes it when people resent and confront each other. A bad trait, frankly.

[finite summit]

they did what the mob told them to

[deep snow]

" Alpha particles lack the energy to penetrate even the outer layer of skin, so exposure to the outside of the body is not a major concern"

[winged dust]

So... I should probably not have a vial of tritium on my backpack then?

[deep snow]

-us EPA

[deep snow]

nah

its fine

[twilit flower]

@deep snow yeah may be true, it's how I learned it too

just read some stuff about it recently, but on the internet lmao

[winged dust]

Nifty. Would not want to injure a pilot with this haha.

[ashen axle]

PhiXX#5832 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[deep snow]

as long as it isnt taped to you 24 7 there is nothing to worry about

and evn then nothing would probably happen

[wicked sleet]

@finite dragon Development scrapped, devs gone, not even a trailer, dark days indeed. All that we got were the leaked animations from the former dev.

[finite dragon]

alpha radiation barely penetrates your skin but when it does, it is going to stay there for a very long time

[pseudo rivet]

Ngl, that was a good thing

[winged dust]

Is there a list of 'bad words' here, somewhere?

[twilit flower]

so it may be sidorovich's bull testicles ( i hope this terminology doesnt offend anyone here )

[finite summit]

regardless of whether NFT will be in S2 the game is now complete trash

[deep snow]

plus the inverse square law or something makes it exponentially less "dangerous" the farther it is from you

[wicked sleet]

please elaborate ?

[sonic rampart]

And why is that?

[pseudo rivet]

Didn't look like a good game

[finite dragon]

maybe

[pseudo rivet]

Same with plot

[finite summit]

Because they tried to add NFT

[pseudo rivet]

Models sucked, too

[winged dust]

Also why on earth would that bit of anatomy be censored; it is how you lot proliferate, haha.

[wicked sleet]

models looked fine judging by the leaked animations, but hey i wasn't there

[deep snow]

tbh i dont really care if they added nfts or not

aslong as it didnt affect the game

it dont affect us

[sonic rampart]

Man, people always whine about whatever they can

[pseudo rivet]

Let us all look back at the dark days of the Duty Exoskeleton

[sonic rampart]

Y'all guys hated it because of NFTs

Now you hate it because they were removed

[deep snow]

nfts are really dumb but they dont affect us

[sonic rampart]

What's the point

[deep snow]

so stop bitching about it

[pseudo rivet]

There is no point

[winged dust]

The concept of NFT's is dumb, but acceptable. Gating content behind crypto though is kinda cringe.

[pseudo rivet]

Which is good, ngl

[finite summit]

The thing is it DID affect the game. With NFTs the game would be a piece of unplayable garbage not worth even looking at

[sonic rampart]

Reddit and twitter people are whining about the quest you will get with better versions of the game

[deep snow]

where was it being added

[wicked sleet]

@pseudo rivet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJN33X99e0E especially the bloodsucker looked nice

[sonic rampart]

This is old knowledge

[deep snow]

where would the nfts be

[pseudo rivet]

Meh

Not really

[twilit flower]

@deep snow you're right man, sorry to have implied this hogwash about alpha. gotta keep skeptical of what you read 😄

[sonic rampart]

Why did people start hating everything about the game all of a sudden

[pseudo rivet]

Because NFTs

[winged dust]

You probably could have ended that sentence on the sixth word. :V

[pseudo rivet]

But they're hating for the wrong reasons

[sonic rampart]

I mean

[deep snow]

nahi only know this becuase my dad worked with radiation and i got really interested

[sonic rampart]

It's a simple side quest

Nobody said it will be a major plot point

[finite dragon]

The game isnt even out yet

[pseudo rivet]

That's literally something that shouldn't be a limited thing

[finite summit]

I actually considered it to be a questionable decision as soon as it was announced but not really a game-ruiner

[wicked sleet]

the additional quest will reveal if cheeki indeed is breeki

[deep snow]

sumks up the cordon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzilnPOO5sA

[winged dust]

It is taking pre-orders, though, which is an invitation to scrutiny.

[pseudo rivet]

Anyways

[sonic rampart]

You guys are acting like you haven't seen pre-order bonuses

[twilit flower]

no, I knew better but just read some comment that was formulted eloquently and gave believe to it. need to be so stoic when reading social media, it's mostly sidorovich's finest bull testicles

[pseudo rivet]

Are any of you going to help me kill Ward when the game comes out?

[raven raptor]

Me.

[sonic rampart]

I will

[raven raptor]

Ward sucks

[wicked sleet]

those are the cops ?

[finite dragon]

Nope sorry

[raven raptor]

Yeah, cops at its best

[pseudo rivet]

Pre-order bonuses are still the usual crap they were back then

[brazen hemlock]

Well, I don't see that wrong

[winged dust]

Based pfp.

[raven raptor]

With paranoic leader

[raven raptor]

[brazen hemlock]

It's just skins

[wicked sleet]

well i aint killing no cops, as long as they're not in cahoots with bandits

[finite summit]

I remember when Night In The Woods was having a kickstarter campaign the devs promised a supplemental game that added to the store for those who make a big donation

[pseudo rivet]

I mean, Duty are also cops

[brazen hemlock]

So, fine

[deep snow]

i hate bandits as much as yall do but damn is this a bop https://youtu.be/57q7nP1ie4s

[finite summit]

That had the same wibe

[sonic rampart]

Clear Sky freedom theme is the best

[deep snow]

i like freedom becuase they got weed

but the theme is kinda weak

[sonic rampart]

I like freedom because I prefer them as a faction

[fickle bison]

I have a theory that gsc isnt showing gameplay because its so broken, shadow of chernobyl 1.0 looked polish

[pseudo rivet]

Lmfao

[sonic rampart]

I don't really care about the weed

I like their goals

[pseudo rivet]

Aye

[twilit flower]

you do realise as you concentrate on this you send this tune to every receiver in the mental link, right? it's cool and all, but some of us need to concentrate while defending the monolith.

[deep snow]

same but i choose ecos becuase of SCIENCE

[wicked sleet]

let's not jump into conclusions yet, we can yell and riot after the release if the game indeed is trash

[pseudo rivet]

But Freedom also does SCIENCE

[twilit flower]

catchy, though

[finite dragon]

This

[deep snow]

shvit ur right

my b brother

[fickle bison]

"dear stalkers, ivan tried to walk 10 steps, but the game crashed so bad it bricked the computer. No gameplay this month"

[sonic rampart]

It's pretty sad that the reddit people really believe the boning mutants part is actually cannon

[twilit flower]

just watch that you're not overdoing it. could get cut from the link, brother.

[deep snow]

i heard freedom goons are tryna push past the barier as we try to turn the brain scorcher back on

[twilit flower]

hah, they have no chance

[finite summit]

Guys I think the new faction(Ward) will be revealed to be a "Scientific Institute for Research of the Chernobyl Anomalous Area" puppet in the game. The cypher ARG has revealed them having a sort of cooperation.

[sonic rampart]

Aren't Freedom the second strongest faction in the zone?

[pseudo rivet]

No

[deep snow]

tho if they get caught in there when it get turned back on there will be more zombies for us to deal with

[twilit flower]

we have two snipers positioned by the spots so they won't come through

[wicked sleet]

they're certainly the highest hahahahahha

[fickle bison]

Numbers doesnt equal strenght

[pseudo rivet]

Renegadis Gods of Zona is first

Monolith second

[deep snow]

renagades are just swamp bandits

[pseudo rivet]

I'm not counting Shamans, because they're not really a faction

[winged dust]

Why do I have no memory of this Renegades faction

[sonic rampart]

Shrek wannabes

[sonic rampart]

Ah yes, those guys

[pseudo rivet]

Ever played CS?

[deep snow]

but died to a single merc who had dammage to his nervous system

[sonic rampart]

Where were they mentioned tho

[plucky hamlet]

2 options:

1. You've not seen them
2. You killed them

[winged dust]

Nope. Was told to avoid it.

[sonic rampart]

I don't really remember

[pseudo rivet]

Lmao

[deep snow]

bro i love csgo

[pseudo rivet]

You were told wrong

[fickle bison]

Avoiding clear sky is such a reddit move

[pseudo rivet]

It's an amazing game

[deep snow]

didnt realise it was 5 am

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah

[winged dust]

"It is a buggy, unplayable mess. Just play SoC and CoP"

[pseudo rivet]

Nope

[sonic rampart]

Sad

[pseudo rivet]

It isn't

[wicked sleet]

avoding clear sky was a good advice when it first launched, now it's just a regular broken mess we all fell in love with, totally playable

[pseudo rivet]

It's the most stable one for me

[winged dust]

I suppose I'll look into it.

[finite summit]

Even worse. It's NFT

[deep snow]

duty radio makes me want to kill anarchists

[inland granite]

WoW so GSC was planning to implement NFT for Stalker 2?

[deep snow]

despite me being one

[pseudo rivet]

Yes

[twilit flower]

@winged dust play it with sky reclamation project mod (community bugfix)

[plucky hamlet]

Those guys said you which bugs they have seen specifically?

[winged dust]

Oh, you are staff here. Don't suppose you know if the game (S2) is online-only, more to the point if there is an announcement of that nature.

[fickle bison]

I wonder if STALKER 2 is gonna make the factions and high rank stalkers more distinct in how they fight

[twilit flower]

that way you will keep it vanilla and still have a good bugfixin'

[pseudo rivet]

Eh, no need for SRP, but you do you

[pseudo rivet]

We practically know nothing lmao

[twilit flower]

ok fair enough, that's how I played it and it seemed good

[pseudo rivet]

Doubt that, though

[winged dust]

It was nigh a decade ago. Do not recall.

[inland granite]

Probably just more damage resistance and HP something like that oh probably accuracy too

[plucky hamlet]

But you are the chosen one!!...

[pseudo rivet]

[inland granite]

But doubt they would behaves differently than low ranked stalkers

[pseudo rivet]

I was meant to destroy GSC, not join them!

[winged dust]

I'd preorder the shiniest version right this moment if I knew for sure.

[wicked sleet]

@fickle bison if true i'm gonna miss the AI friendly fire throwing grenades right on the comrades feet

[pseudo rivet]

Heh

Plenty of people who cancelled their pre-order yesterday

[winged dust]

Oh the NFT thing?

[sonic rampart]

Hopefully they actually make a difference between differently ranked Stalkers besides the loot they carry

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah

[finite summit]

They did the right thing

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah

They did

[fickle bison]

I havent, ultimate edition still ordered :)

[winged dust]

Well. I can't say I blame them.

[finite dragon]

Freedom is definitely not the strongest
Was harder gameplay when you sided with them on the older games

[twilit flower]

@winged dust there is fair criticism for clear sky to be made, but all in all it is a must play for stalker fans. good atmosphere, good story. interesting gameplay concepts introduced

[winged dust]

Fine I'll play it.

[pseudo rivet]

It's the best imo

[inland granite]

Well, far as i know GSC decided to not adding those NFT thingy

[winged dust]

Though iirc I never finished SoC

[pseudo rivet]

Especially the lore

[wicked sleet]

Shadow is still best for me, though i love all three

[twilit flower]

it can be viewed as improvement over SoC

[inland granite]

So it's all good now isn't it?

[finite summit]

We don't know anything about the game but now we can tell for sure that it's going to be unplayable trash for sure