⭐┃nospoilers_general

[lyric fractal]

must be expensive to get such weapons into the zone

this is where my theory comes in

[finite dragon]

They should have one. Because they are ridiculously well equipped for anarchist faction

[lyric fractal]

Freedom knows about the zone expanding, the leaders blame it on duty propaganda to prevent members from leaving

the members most likely pay taxes of some sort for equipment that freedom gets

the leader could be taking some cash from it to later drive off into the sunset with millions

[empty vector]

Unsure if this is the best time to ask this but is a day one GOG release something GSC is willing to look into?

[lyric fractal]

a smart move and its kinda believable

[lyric fractal]

I think you should ask the staff

i like when freedom gets angry and starts complaining about duty armor being heavy

I mean yeah its a heavy duty (no pun intended) vest

thats capable of stopping rifle rounds

[finite dragon]

About the Zone expending thing. I honestly believe that it expending was just a matter of time. If you remember one of CC's members asked Strelok to join and said that eveb they have a hard time controlling the Zone

[lyric fractal]

of course its heavy

[ashen axle]

Intoxicated Seafarer#3631 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[lyric fractal]

Fail

[hasty iron]

Bruh

[lyric fractal]

The zone was expanding even when c con was controlling it

Thats true

I have a dialogue

[hasty iron]

Dont care bout the UN zone is for everyone

[lyric fractal]

One second

[finite dragon]

If even CC had a hard time controlling it already then it was inevetable

[open lintel]

best to ask this in #🔍┃ask_gscarchive , higher chance of getting an answer

the PR guys constantly read that channel for questions

[lyric fractal]

Tell that to the zone getting angry because of the amount of people in it

[finite dragon]

Strelok just made the whole process faster

[lyric fractal]

causing a third disaster and all of those people dying with a high chance

if you dont care about the humanity might as well start with your beloved faction

[hasty iron]

Wouldnt that help you too because there would be less people going into the zone

[finite dragon]

Doubt that tbh

People are well aware of dangers of the Zone yet are still going there

[hasty iron]

True

[finite dragon]

For money obviously

[hasty iron]

Might as well enjoy the zone while its less dangerous then

[finite dragon]

You can literally make ridiculous amount of money there

[hasty iron]

Oh for sure

[finite dragon]

That's why tons of stalkers are coming daily

[lyric fractal]

</string>
<string id="oso_what_next_1">
<text>That depends on you. The Zone is growing. We're trying to restrain its expansion but humanity seems to be intent on hindering our work. Our resources are not limitless and bodies connected to C-Consciousness eventually die. If you join us, we can restrict the Zone's growth. If you decide otherwise we cannot make a credible prognosis of the outcome.</text>

here

[finite dragon]

They tried 2 games to kill Strelok but then asked him to join

If they really did cared about humanity then they wouldn't have tried to kill him on the first place

[sand fiber]

There's no way of knowing if it's the truth and they weren't simply lying to Strelok

[lyric fractal]

c con is just trying to seem like theyre the ones that will save everyone

[lyric fractal]

either way its the most reliable source

[sand fiber]

Kalancha's and Lebedev's theory wasn't correct either

[lyric fractal]

youre not going to believe dozens of stalkers complaining about dangerous mutants near the zone borders will you?

[solid dome]

@empty vector MS won't let em have GOG version

[lyric fractal]

(some of which were usually seen near the zone center before)

[solid dome]

Considering MS are as anti-consumer as they are

[empty vector]

And yet MS are allowing EGS release despite probably being anti-Epic themselves?

[solid dome]

MS can suck a dwick

[sand fiber]

Ahem, i forgot that S2 exists and growing Zone is actually a canon now

[empty vector]

Though, I think that's more with how Epic Games gave the STALKER 2 devs an Epic Games benefits cheque unrelated to EGS exclusivity

[lyric fractal]

🧐

[finite dragon]

CC's original cause may seem reasonable and even good at first. But when you really think about it then they literally tried to take feelings like greed, anger and etc from them

[lyric fractal]

me when freedom prefers the zone wonders over human lives

i cant stop laughing for real

[finite dragon]

Not to mention it not only didn't worked, but backfired terribly

[lyric fractal]

of how stupid they may be from time to time

[finite dragon]

And made then Zone we all know

[still ridge]

I don’t think it’s egs exclusive?

[finite dragon]

That's full of mutants, emissions and etc

[empty vector]

It isn't, but I remember GSC Game World disclosing that they got a cash injection from Epic Games before the re-announcement at Microsoft's E3 conference.

[finite dragon]

I mean, it was kinda obvious in CoP

Considering that emissions were literally happening daily

[solid dome]

You mean that other cash injection

Lmao

[sand fiber]

Eh? It's centre of the Zone, this is just how things are

[finite dragon]

Fair point

But on another hand, even in the center, back in SoC and CS, emissions weren't happening daily

hell, there are just few scripted emissions in SoC

[still ridge]

CoP there’s multiple a day

lol

[finite dragon]

Even worse

[still ridge]

there’s also more mutants

[sand fiber]

They would've implemented them as a mechanic if there were more time.

[finite dragon]

Speaking about mutants, didn't Trapper in CoP said that there are just few Chimeras left? But for some reason in-game tons of Chimeras spawn

[sand fiber]

(actually all three games are just slices of a one full game that gsc weren't really able to realise)

[finite dragon]

[finite dragon]

It's just odd that game even spawns more Chimeras after Degtyarev killed 2 of them in sidequests

[solid dome]

Talking chimeras

[sand fiber]

Like seriously, all 3 games are in one form or another just concepts from S:OL desdocks with additional details

[solid dome]

I still haven't killed a single one my last playthrough

[sand fiber]

[solid dome]

I think I'm cursed

I was once pinned down and killed but never saw them again

Walked all over Pripyat multiple times during daytime and nighttime

I call bs with those things

[finite dragon]

Even in sidequests?

[solid dome]

Yeah

Finished the game seeing it only once

Lol

[lyric fractal]

I'm back ok so

Clear Sky died saving the world

[finite dragon]

Most of the Chimeras were spawning at Yanov for me. But the fact that they were spawning is alread weird

[lyric fractal]

Imagine how angry the zone would get because of strelok

Third disaster (horrible

[sand fiber]

Wait-wait-wait, but there's like a quest designed around killing chimera

[finite dragon]

Didn't it? That last emission in CS changed the Zone a LOT

If we see it's condition in SoC

[still ridge]

The longer you go without finishing the game, the more chimeras and giants will spawn naturally

[solid dome]

Who gave that?

If it's Kovalsky....

I had an issue with that bastard

[finite dragon]

Trapper and Gonta

[solid dome]

Oh

I haven't done it then

[finite dragon]

There are 2 Chimera sidequests actually

[finite dragon]

Bruh

[solid dome]

[lyric fractal]

Itd be even more massive

[sand fiber]

b r u h

[lyric fractal]

Clear Sky weakened it by disabling the psy shield thing strelok had

[finite dragon]

I guess that psy defence he had in the end of CS also helped him to some extent, from fully getting brainwashed by CC

[solid dome]

Yeah

[sand fiber]

Um?
Clear Sky were wrong, that emission was caused by C-Con.

[finite dragon]

Btw

Thing I don't really understand is, Why did Strelok suddenly need a psi helmet anyway when his group had made it to the NPP twice without one?

Im not 100% but I think in this case it was to survive against emissions specifically.

But then again that's just my speculation

[lyric fractal]

Im pretty sure lebedev knew it

He is a former c con scientist after all

[sand fiber]

Because that time he was rushing through Radar and... uhh i don't remember what Выжигатель is called in english localisation

[finite dragon]

Brain scorcher

[sand fiber]

Ah yes

[sand fiber]

He is a former member of a science group which also happened to include future C-Con founders. He knows neither about Zone's true nature nor C-Con.

[lyric fractal]

Fair enough

[finite dragon]

Strangely enough that CC representative you meet in SoC looks a lot like Lebedev

[sand fiber]

Nah, it's literally just slightly green Doctor's model

[lyric fractal]

Meth

[earnest urchin]

make C-Con great again

[exotic bluff]

hey i have a question

how do i jump to an unclimbable ladder

that is too high

[sand fiber]

Ahem?

[sand fiber]

What ladder? Where is it?

[exotic bluff]

the lab

[sand fiber]

What lab?

[finite dragon]

Rather no

They were wack from the start

[exotic bluff]

lemme dm pic

[sand fiber]

I believe you don't need to climb it lol

[exotic bluff]

huh

but the exit is in the other side

[sand fiber]

What's this lab? X-16?

[exotic bluff]

yep

nvm figured it out

[sand fiber]

noice

[golden token]

still clinging to an imaginary sequel?

[sand fiber]

?

[untold python]

Yea it’s gonna be awesome

[earnest urchin]

still clinging to your long dead imaginary Empire?

[astral slate]

guysss I have radiation my health is going down

how can I heal

going to die almost no medkits

[fluid abyss]

is this in Clear Sky

avoid the swamp water, that stuff's radioactive

[astral slate]

the first game

[fluid abyss]

oh, well still

you can cure it by using anti-rad meds or drinking vodka

[astral slate]

I don't know but I think because of radiation my helath is going down

[sand fiber]

^

[fluid abyss]

stay away from large metal things in the meantime, since thats irradiated too

[astral slate]

drinking vodka? hahahaha

Do I need those

[sand fiber]

Yeah.

[astral slate]

I don't have any vodka or antirad meds

only usual meds

is radiation passes after some time

[sand fiber]

It does.

[fluid abyss]

most stalkers usually have at least 1 bottle for sale

[astral slate]

I used like 7 medkits so fat

and like 15-20 bandages

[sand fiber]

That's a lot of money...

[astral slate]

I died

oh :/

[sand fiber]

Should've just bought some antirads from Sidorovich

[astral slate]

who is he

in this damn game looking for everywere for some vodka this is hillarious

[sand fiber]

That trader in whose bunker you wake up.

Are you sure you're playing the first game?

[astral slate]

yes positive lol

can I sell the guns to someone . I got overweight lol

[sand fiber]

To Sidorovich.

[solid dome]

STALKER is dead

Deal with it

[astral slate]

but he is soo far away. is there fast travel

[vernal magnet]

Call of pripyat was fun whatcha mean

[astral slate]

or do I need to walk to beginning lol

[vernal magnet]

Stalker never dies. It just hibernate for 15 years. You know this lol

[finite dragon]

In SoC no

It got added in the next games

[sand fiber]

No. Locations aren't that big, really.

[solid dome]

Its dead for me already

#NoNewsNoCrap

[earnest urchin]

who asked

everytime Krezzin asks weird questions in ask_gsc the news get delayed

[solid dome]

Can't ask more weird questions

[solid dome]

Strelod did

[solid dome]

I'm losing patience over here

100 years already, even the Pope spoke out

[earnest urchin]

news this month or next

[untold python]

Pray it doesn’t get the “game for everyone” treatment where the core mechanics are dumbed down to appeal to younger audiences

[earnest urchin]

won't

[untold python]

Can I take your word for it

[soft ice]

I’m a designer at GSC and I can confirm it won’t

[simple root]

100% reliable

[fluid abyss]

I want to be absolutely ABUSED by the game's AI + mechanics when it comes out

[mint remnant]

[fluid abyss]

I want stalker 2 to mommy dom my gaming experience

I'm talking absolutely BRUISED and BATTERED

I want to be barely standing, afflicted by almost every negative status effect , and out of ammo by the time I'm through with the first area of the game

I just really want to be BRUTALIZED by how HARDCORE it'll be

[knotty sedge]

Massive bottom energy

[undone ridge]

Hey uh

We still getting the game right?

Just checking

[knotty sedge]

Yes

[undone ridge]

Aint got nothing else to live for

https://tenor.com/view/yes-sweet-hell-yes-pump-it-gif-3532253

[simple root]

thats the true way to live

[fluid abyss]

only at first

then you start to get used to the zone's feel

then you start to RISE UP like a true gamer

[ashen axle]

QuartzTrooper#8087 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[short pecan]

just go through all anomalies

[fluid abyss]

in CoP I just take day trips in a circle hitting 3-5 anomaly fields

[ornate compass]

Help Hermann and the scientists, they inform you of some hotspots and when you finish their tasks they even tell you if there's an artifact there

[glad temple]

I definitely think that easy will get easier and harder will get WAY harder

Since modern games have more mechanics to abuse you with

[fluid abyss]

I want hard to be hard, just not downright impossible (such as super tanky enemies)

[glad temple]

But be more leveled in the fact you can’t get locked

[glad temple]

Such as that

[fluid abyss]

"enemies one shot you while it takes forever for you to kill the basic grunt!" is such a stupid difficulty tweak

stalker is okay overall in this regard tho

[glad temple]

That’s why I liked hard mode in stalker

Made enemies easier to kill, but in turn everything and everything WILL kill you

It’s more like instead of difficulty change it’s more like realism change

[fluid abyss]

yes

[glad temple]

I trust they know their audience and will keep it that way

[strange remnant]

Hi guys,can you help me? I need authorized to WeChat

[fluid abyss]

what

I don't think this is the right channel bruh

[astral slate]

Hello friends . What is stalker anomaly

Is It the 4th game?

[coarse reef]

It's a mod

[astral slate]

Oh..for which one

[coarse reef]

It's a standalone mod but it's based off cop iirc

[finite dragon]

bobby shmurda fortnite

[fierce trench]

Based on CoC, which is based on CoP.

Neither Anomaly nor CoC are based, though.

[finite dragon]

anomaly is good

[ocean grove]

Hello!

When will you be able to buy the xbox game?

[sand fiber]

[sand fiber]

You're able to pre-order it right now.

[ocean grove]

will you give me a link?

[sand fiber]

https://www.xbox.com/games/stalker-2

[ocean grove]

thank you

@sand fiber In Wikipedia Stalker 2 will be released in 9 December 2022, then why is 28 April 2022 on the xbox site?

[sand fiber]

Release date was delayed to the 8th of December. It simply hasn't been updated on Xbox site yet.

[ocean grove]

Ok

[astral slate]

which artifects should I use friends

for the first game

can you reccoment me somethings

[sand fiber]

Mainly those that increase your health and stamina. With some builds you'll be able to run indefinitely, and with some repair your armor with anomalies

[astral slate]

oh stamina health and endurance than

btw can I buy some ammo from someone

I'm out of usefull ammos

I don't want to go whole the way back to the seller : D

[sand fiber]

Traders. Barkeep, Sidorovich, people at Duty and Freedom bases.

And, of course, you can loot corpses

[astral slate]

where are those traders and barkeep lol

I'm just stuck somewere.. I entered a tunnel than get out inside of a enemy area. runned inside of an hospital collect something and I have no idea what to do next now lol

[sand fiber]

Sidorovich is at Cordon, Barkeep is at Bar (duty base is also located here), and Freedom base is at warhouses.

[sand fiber]

So you're at Agroprom? You need to find Strelok's stash and steal some documents from military base

[astral slate]

I stealed the documents

what is..the stash

I am not sure I faund It or not yet lol

[sand fiber]

When you rescued Mole he showed you where the entrance to Agroprom's catacombs is. Inside those catacombs there's Strelok's stash which you need to find.

[astral slate]

oh..I guess I have to go that scary place again. I was there but I couldn't find anything . in the end something scared me and I escape going up with to ladder

[sand fiber]

That was controller.

[solid dome]

Controller?

Blasphemy!

[sand fiber]

😳

[astral slate]

I dunno he pulled me and told me to call him "daddy"

[finite dragon]

😳

[astral slate]

is there a way to increace carried weight

I just had enaugh cheat or not I want to increace It : D

[sand fiber]

In SoC specific armor can increase your maximum weight capacity, like exo skeleton, but otherwise nah

[supple thicket]

yo

the devs of THE stalker are here?

[finite dragon]

Aye

You can ask question(s) in #🔍┃ask_gscarchive channel

[supple thicket]

ok

i have a confession

i play COP cracked

[finite dragon]

Not the worst crime

[supple thicket]

oh ok

[grand pendant]

there are devs here, but none of the ones in green are devs

[supple thicket]

i see

no one talking in here?

i used to play Stalker as a kid

brings back memories

when i found out its coming back

[finite dragon]

Sometimes a lot, sometimes rarely

[supple thicket]

i see

[sand fiber]

Depends, but usually everyone discusses stalker in #💬┃en_offtop

[supple thicket]

yea

what mod should i play?

im downloading call of Chyrnobyl

[quick dune]

no mod

[supple thicket]

i played those already

[sand fiber]

Depends on what you want. Story, freeplay, absolute chaos.

[supple thicket]

all?

LOL

[quick dune]

then go for vanilla trilogy

[sand fiber]

So you want absolute chaos? Well, try out OP-2.2

[quick dune]

he said he wants all of the above

[sand fiber]

story*chaos=chaos

[supple thicket]

all that

for this?

[hazy helm]

[grand pendant]

op2 is a very good mod to wait for s2 honestly

you probably won't even finish it by the time s2 comes anyway

[supple thicket]

op2?

whats that

[worthy lagoon]

You poor soul

[supple thicket]

;-;

just say it

[grand pendant]

as i said, a mod

[sand fiber]

A soup-mod.

[quick dune]

try the vanilla mod bro

[sand fiber]

He has already played vanilla games.

[quick dune]

and?

[supple thicket]

i see

[grand pendant]

he's SurDno's son

welcome back btw

[worthy lagoon]

Who

[warm goblet]

Hi chat

[grand pendant]

a guy with severe autism

but based nonetheless

[sand fiber]

[warm goblet]

[finite dragon]

Hey

[warm goblet]

Yo

So uh

[sand fiber]

Vanilla supremacist.

[worthy lagoon]

I already see enough autistic kids in my work that makes me realize that being autistic isn't worse than being stupid

[astral slate]

well I would gladly hack for that : D

I download something and It makes my limit over 9000

[worthy lagoon]

Bruh

[sand fiber]

eeeeh i'd suggest playing without that

[supple thicket]

what do you work?

[sand fiber]

[worthy lagoon]

Imagine needing to cheat in STALKER

[supple thicket]

as

[worthy lagoon]

No one of your business

[supple thicket]

aight my bad

[worthy lagoon]

:sealSmug:

[supple thicket]

no need to be aggressive

[worthy lagoon]

Goddamn Discord

[supple thicket]

i used to work in SNL

[astral slate]

I am keeping all the artifects because of the quest but I can't even walk for 5 second after that

[supple thicket]

SaturdayNightLive

Im now an influencer

[finite dragon]

Influencer of?

[supple thicket]

thats what i think atleast

[astral slate]

I might downgrade to 100

[supple thicket]

i make comedy skits

[finite dragon]

Ahh

[supple thicket]

i also make music

[astral slate]

only carry weight

[finite dragon]

That's pretty nice

[supple thicket]

and post it on my 2nd channel

ty

[finite dragon]

Sell some

Mainly useless artifacts you won't use

[sand fiber]

Sell some things, drop things that you don't really need.

[supple thicket]

or swallow a lot of hercules

u can also use one of them

that has carry weight

buffs

🤷

[sand fiber]

He's playing SoC

[supple thicket]

so?

hercules doesnt exist there?

[finite dragon]

Nope

[supple thicket]

if so

[finite dragon]

Only in CoP afaik

[supple thicket]

stash em

[astral slate]

There are fire things block the door

and they don't die how do I kill them

I'm just randomly turning around

[tired anvil]

Shoot the main fire ball going around

In case you haven't done that in these 20mins it took to reply lmao

[supple thicket]

i have a question

i just installed coc

how do i add addons to it?

[still ridge]

by playing the originals

[finite dragon]

[supple thicket]

;-;

[long harbor]

theres a tutorial

just google it

[supple thicket]

ok

[long harbor]

its really simple so dw

you just need some space

[solid dome]

SWALLOW HERCULES?

[supple thicket]

;-;

[solid dome]

You obviously can't picture what will happen after that

Schwarzenegger will be summoned up with Godmode enabled

[remote mango]

hello

how to download Stalker anomaly thats what i meant

[hazy helm]

Buy it in either steam or GOG first

[remote mango]

I already got stalker

just gotta get ANomaly zoooneee

time to download useless mods

[hazy helm]

what

Anyway

[remote mango]

i just got stalker yesterday

[hazy helm]

You should start with Shadow of Chernobyl,and I recommend your first play through to be vanilla

[astral slate]

someone killed freedoom fighters named petya screw . what happens if I kill him

[vernal magnet]

🤨

[ashen axle]

Banoona man#0217 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[remote mango]

wait

ohh wrong mod i meant stalker anomaly

flip sake

[vernal magnet]

Please tell us you finished the original trilogy already

[knotty sedge]

[remote mango]

i keep saying accidently ANomaly zone

[vernal magnet]

Did you finish shadow of chernobyl, clear sky, and call of pripyat

[remote mango]

yea shadow of chernobyl

[vernal magnet]

Guards, come take this heretic that doesn't finish vanilla games to the dungeon pls

@still ridge

[remote mango]

i already finished the original

what do you mean

[still ridge]

Highly recommend playing the other 2 games

Before playing anomaly

[remote mango]

ah k

but i played 1 one them

[still ridge]

well

Better than not playing any of them

[remote mango]

im trying to play anomaly zone but uhh everytime i press play it the game does'nt load

[coarse reef]

you have to finish the 2 other games first

the feature is locked until you do that

[remote mango]

ah shits

[astral slate]

Why does duty killing freedoom fighters

[finite dragon]

They're against one another because these factions have different goal

Duty's main goal is to fight and destroy the Zone, while Freedom's is to exist with the Zone and make it accessable for everyone

[vernal magnet]

Well played lol

[astral slate]

What is zone. What's their purpose

[finite dragon]

The Zone," is the 60 km wide area of exclusion that was set up around the Chernobyl NPP following the 1986 disaster and extended by the second Chernobyl disaster in 2006.

[astral slate]

I kinda feel like duty's group is the bad ones here

[finite dragon]

Real bad is C-Consciousness

It screwed up big time

[sand fiber]

Uh it's not, it may be corrupt but not the worst thing you can encounter

[astral slate]

I feel more confused than ever but thank you friends. You always gave great effort to explain hahaha

[finite dragon]

Stalker lore itself is pretty confusing tbh

But you're welcome

[tired anvil]

They are

[hazy helm]

At least it's not monolith

[plucky lava]

JOIN DUTY! (We have cookies)

[astral slate]

I am even more confused now :D

[hazy helm]

Basically Duty wants to shot the zone until it disappears,Freedom pretends to sit around and dawdle their fingers "studying" their drugs until the zone consumes everything,none is righ but each thinks they have the solution,the conflict is a lot more nuanced but their fans are both really dumb so

[finite dragon]

Dutyers bang eachother while Freedomers bang mutants

[astral slate]

All I wanted to be the good guy not joining a cult hahaha

[finite dragon]

Both factions are crap anyways

Renegadis Gods of Zona

💪

[hazy helm]

Choose loners,can't be the bad guy if you don't follow any ideology

[astral slate]

Is there any bad retrubution or good retribution thing in the game

For example if I kill stalkers is my retributuon will effect against other stalkers

[astral slate]

So far gonna do that but still trying to understand tf is happening :D

[finite dragon]

Kinda. In SoC there's reputation criteria. If you'll pointlessly kill everyone left and right and do other bad things it will become worse

[astral slate]

I still have to play the other games probably

[hazy helm]

The ideologies of both gt clearer the more you interect with them,and talk with them

You're reading the dialogue right?

[finite dragon]

But whole stalker faction still won't be enemy to you

[astral slate]

So if I kill some loners nothing bad will happen

[astral slate]

I do sometimes but I didn't do too many sidequests

[rough elm]

One or two loners, maybe

Best not to make enemies

[finite dragon]

Your reputation will decrease a bit and if other loners were at the area where you killed him, they will become enemies too

[hazy helm]

Just generally taking with random stalkers and watching out for how they conduct themselves tells you a lot about the kind of faction they are

[astral slate]

How do I become friend with loners than

[rough elm]

Do quests

Gain rep for being a reliable dude

[hazy helm]

To befriend one guy,when he is almost dying,this is rare but sometimes enemies lie down and ask you for a medikt kit,give it to em and a neutral guy will become your allie

[finite dragon]

You can't become a friend with the whole loner faction

But you can become a friend with some loner members

[hazy helm]

Loners aren't a "faction",they're sporadic single groups of random guys without any ideological ties to the major factions,the term loner is an umbrella term for unaffiliated,now CS loners that's another story but that's not important in SoC

[finite dragon]

From factions, you can fully befriend only Duty and Freedom in SoC

[gusty trench]

Army, Scientists and Loners aren't factions from one perspective.

[sand fiber]

[hazy helm]

Army is a gov organization
Loners are small groups of unaffiliated stalkers
Scientists are literal scientists on the govs payroll,they aren't stalkers
Mercenaries are small groups of clandestine well armed forces doing jobs for higher paying jobs with secret employers,different from loners since loners are more focused on being a normal guy

That's it

[plucky lava]

I switched to duty cause military wasn’t working out for me

[finite dragon]

Duty is literally Military but worse

[plucky lava]

but I had good rep with their trader

That’s basically the main reason

[hazy helm]

Cope harder

[astral slate]

Thank you for all the info. I think I won't be joining anyone so far

But if I kill some people from duty do I become their enemy

[tired anvil]

Yes

It's best to join nobody imo

[plucky lava]

Become a loner

[astral slate]

But they have nice weapons lol

[tired anvil]

You can get the best weapon in the game by not joining anyone ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[hardy hazel]

what is update on stalker 2 till now ?

[tired anvil]

Yes.

[quick dune]

how about no war

[tired anvil]

Just delete the comment and you'll be better off

Rules

[hardy hazel]

ok

[vernal magnet]

Bingo, welcome to freedom

[sweet cove]

Duty>freedom cuz the zone seems kinda dangerous to be used freely 😳 idk my take

[fluid abyss]

well yeah that's where the whole "understand the zone and coexist with it" comes from

surface level freedom take fr fr

smh

[finite dragon]

Duty makes it worse. That's the thing

No matter how many mutants they'll kill, Zone will spawn even more

[hazy helm]

the more mutants they kill,the more the zone spawns

[flint hawk]

Speaking about Mercenaries, I've heard that members of that clan are actually members of one syndicate

[finite dragon]

Zone itself is a living organism, and they are not only fighting it blindly, but are trying to destory it without even having decent kind of tactics

[hazy helm]

that's from COP and that's just an anomaly,mercenaries arent a concise clan like I said,it just so happens that in COP theres a webbed group working through the mercenary chief that is a proxy to some higher contractor

[flint hawk]

That argue doesn't make sense imo bcause mercenaries are the best )

[quick dune]

mercs are just as generic as stalkers

[finite dragon]

Not a fact. Scar for example was more of a freelancer type merc

Maybe he used to be in some syndicate but during CS events he wasn't in 1 for suee

[hazy helm]

the groups themselves are smaller ones,they are just being paid off by a head mercenary making a webbed group

it rly isnt that hard to get when you realise that factions are kept together by ideology,the difference that duty or freedom arent kept together by mere money and dont work as a fractured sect of smaller groups with individuals,but rather are kept together due to a belief and goal that goes beyond collecting money,besides,factions actually work like factions

[flint hawk]

Well, he was more like hired stalker

[flint hawk]

No. In PDA in SoC Mercenaries were described as "the most mysterious clan in the Zone", so that's it. Plus according to the lore (more correctly, information about Mercenaries from PDA in SoC) they have the base somewhere deep in the Zone (Dead City from the builds) and it's hard to believe that some small group will have the base in very dangerous place

[flint hawk]

Yep, that can be

[quick dune]

that description would more fit monolith tbh

mercs are just mercs

[flint hawk]

Lore is the lore

[hazy helm]

well my argument was just wrecked,still,with the level of actual interectivity they had in SoC/CS Id say the one I wrote would be more likely and the best
But thats nothing but Headcanon if its not supported
thanks for correcting me

[finite dragon]

It actually would, but well

It B wat it B

[flint hawk]

Well, the problem is that a lot of content was cut from the SoC during development

[hazy helm]

aye,a sad thing,altho I cant say Id have as much love for the series if they went harder with the RPG stuff

[main marsh]

hello

nobody voice tonight?

[modern mason]

There is usually nobody in voice

[main marsh]

I thought I did something wrong

[modern mason]

Nope

[flint hawk]

Well, I can for a while

[soft ice]

@quick dune I’m playing anomaly

Way better than the original games

[quick dune]

don't care

[modern mason]

[hazy helm]

how humuliating

[vernal magnet]

Freedom > Duty. Because they actually contribute to the zones balance by holding off Monolith while Duty LARPS at a checkpoint outside of a mutual free bar and pretends to do something while Chad freedomers bang out drugs and good times

[tardy socket]

I need people to take this survey for a highschool assignment but I want to got approval from the staff to do it, is this a valid reason to ping them? I apologize if this is out of nowhere

[vernal magnet]

I wouldn't ask these channels to do a survey. That could be seen as spam. I'd do your survey on a Facebook poll on a stalker group

[tardy socket]

Want me to dm you the link then?

[vernal magnet]

What is your assignment exactly

I would just ask your question here and farm the replies

[tardy socket]

Gather data based on a ten question survey and organize the data based on the awnsers

I'm using Google forms

[vernal magnet]

Don't ping GSC role. Ping a mod and they'd point you to the right action

[tardy socket]

What channel should I ask them then? Here or somewhere else?

Off top perhaps?

[vernal magnet]

Melomaniac or SeanMungo can answer you through DM

DM them

[tardy socket]

Done, if don't reply it means one of two things. I got kicked or they said no on the link lol

[tired anvil]

@tardy socket what's the survey about

I stg if you say the situation in that one place

[tardy socket]

Videogame quality in 2021

[tired anvil]

Okay wow that's a surprise

I think the mods will allow you, they're pretty chill with stuff like that

[tardy socket]

I'm still waiting for their approval, i don't want to get banned for misinterpreted reason like the last server i was in when I posted a cat who dipped his head in mashed potatoes

[tired anvil]

As a former janny here I can tell you they won't do that, but yea, doesn't hurt to wait

[astral slate]

I haven't seen the zone but seems very harmfull. I think I won't sport freedom. Humans become zombies in a way better destroy this madness somehow

I just finished lab16 mission

And things die really slowly now

:(

[tired anvil]

I mean, depends on how fast you get the detectors, but it's not that hard

[tired anvil]

Attacking the Zone like Duty wants you to only makes it more scary, so Freedom is better in this regard

Ah, my bad

[astral slate]

I don't suport duties actions but freedom simply tries to makes zone take control . Zone makes people suffer in a way It is too dangerous to leave the control

Can I get some weapon suggestions. 5.56 ammo is too expensive is there any budged good weapons

The first game

I'm noob

:D

[tired anvil]

Zone only hurts people who hurt it)

[astral slate]

I haven't been in there yet but I see all this zombie humans. Aren't they creation of zone

[vernal magnet]

Imma need that cat in the mashed potatoes for my meme collection friendo

[tired anvil]

The entire game is set in the Zone. So, technically you have been in it

[astral slate]

Zombie humans seems to just suffer

[tired anvil]

Yea, the ones you kill actually cry for their mothers sometimes

[finite dragon]

[finite dragon]

They do

At this point death will be better for them

[astral slate]

But I tought they were talking about diffrent kind of zone

[vernal magnet]

Freedom doesn't advocate for everyone to flood into the zone, they advocate for an individuals right and freedom personally to do so. Which I agree with, the government can create the zone out of tragic hubris but philosophers and adventure seekers can't? Hogwash. People are free to risk their own lives at whatever peril the zone holds. Duty doesn't have the right or authority to dictate anything

[tired anvil]

Nah, the entire map is in the "Zone"

[vernal magnet]

Except they are the byproduct of the brain scorcher. 🧠 which is the fault of C-Con. Not even the zone

[finite dragon]

CC is the real villain here

It was their frick up that made the Zone like that

Not really

He just made the whole Zone extension process faster

But it was just a matter of time

Apparently it is canon

[tired anvil]

Yes, but not with every emission

Like some say

[astral slate]

All this other mutated animals and all. They all turned because of the zone . My toughts is this diese to over but I also not suport the way of duty they seem to be a group that abuse their authority later on. Also just trying to destroy without plans won't gonna do much against this zone. I need to learn more about the lore before this . It seems terifying to me

[finite dragon]

Aye

[tired anvil]

Tbh idk

[tired anvil]

I feel like you'll like one specific faction in the next Stalker game

[astral slate]

Oh..good to know. But I think while going center we see more stronger enemies and stalkers

[tired anvil]

A certain Clear Sky, if you will

[finite dragon]

Because of C-Con* it literally created the Zone filled with mutants, anomalies and etc

[tired anvil]

Bruh don't spoil

[astral slate]

who are they

[tired anvil]

Let him learn the lore himself, if he gets the good ending he'll find out

[finite dragon]

Insert Walter crying GIF

[tired anvil]

You'll see later

[finite dragon]

Yeah, sorry

My bad

[tired anvil]

Either dies or disease

[finite dragon]

Aye. Better to restock on your supplies before you'll go on important missions

Otherwise it'll be too late and you'll have harder time

[astral slate]

Thank you for the suggestion but how will I know if I am about the start last mission

[tired anvil]

It will be obvious enough

You sorta just progress north through the map in the game

Eventually without going back south

[finite dragon]

Barkeep is chad

[astral slate]

One more thing..

Who sells most ammo and kits

[finite dragon]

Charismatic one though

[astral slate]

It only sells like 300 ammo. I tried to kill zombies with knife . It was soo hillarious scary and funny

[tired anvil]

You can get enough ammo by looting bodies

[finite dragon]

Or by picking up guns of your enemies and unloading them

Also helps

[astral slate]

The ammo I got for bad weapons

[vernal magnet]

Ward?

[astral slate]

I mean from corpses

[tired anvil]

Clear Sky

[astral slate]

.

[vernal magnet]

Man nobody belongs in here that don't know the lore lol

[finite dragon]

You're too strict

[tired anvil]

Well, someone is learning

Literally just got into SoC

[finite dragon]

We all were beginners afterall

[astral slate]

Do I need to go this fat guy again

[tired anvil]

Yea Tommy, we'll see how much lore you know after seeing what I saw

[astral slate]

He is soo far back

[finite dragon]

To Sid? I honestly dunno since I also don't know your quests

[vernal magnet]

That's fair, but he's gotta learn by playing the games

[finite dragon]

But if you're not lazy feel free

[vernal magnet]

This is the place where we dissect the games

[tired anvil]

He B, just asking a thing from time to time

[astral slate]

Also I realized zone is spreading. In every place I see more and more mutants

[vernal magnet]

True true

[finite dragon]

Because you're getting closer to it's center

That's why

Closer you are to it the more likely you'll encounter more enemies and mutants

[astral slate]

I mean there was a place near the town after I return from quest I saw new npcs around like mutants and invincible monsters

Itclooks like mutant number has increaced while proceeding

[finite dragon]

Pretty much

[astral slate]

Which game is best between this 3

[vernal magnet]

True True. Atleast he's not an anomaly bro am I right?

[finite dragon]

All are unique on their own

[tired anvil]

It's spread in the past, but it's not spreading with each day. It only spreads after huge emissions, something you will see in the future

[finite dragon]

Imho there isn't such thing as "best stalker game"

All of them are a masterpiece

[tired anvil]

There's Clear Sky

[vernal magnet]

Shadow of chernobyl. Each game is terrific though

[finite dragon]

It being the best game is honestly subjective

[vernal magnet]

And granted wishes allegedly

[astral slate]

I enjoy this one soo far even It bugs sometimes

[tired anvil]

It being the best is factual*

[vernal magnet]

Lol truth

[astral slate]

Which one is the second game

[tired anvil]

Clear Sky

[vernal magnet]

Clear sky

[tired anvil]

Also the best one

[astral slate]

How is the 3th one

[tired anvil]

Also good

[finite dragon]

Pog

[vernal magnet]

Good Ole Cheesta Nyeba

[tired anvil]

Better than the first, weaker than the 2nd imo. Though this is a very unpopular opinion

For many it's the best

[astral slate]

So first game is the worst for you

[tired anvil]

For me, yes

[vernal magnet]

COP better than SOC? Heresy

[tired anvil]

Imo yea

[astral slate]

It's diffrent for everyone else probably. Lol

[tired anvil]

Yea, for sure

[finite dragon]

Basically just a matter of preferences

[vernal magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/i-dont-believe-you-whatever-lies-gif-3602502

[tired anvil]

Here's one of the many reasons why Clear Sky is the best 😉 (extremely minor spoiler, but you can open it without missing out on anything)
http://prntscr.com/Eet5L-Xf6pas

In chronological order

But it's best to play in release order

As Clear Sky still contains elements that could spoil SoC

[finite dragon]

Clear Sky is also pog because it added Renegadis, Gods of Zona

[vernal magnet]

Ive never seen such heresy in this server before

Wait I take that back

Dynamic music was horrendous lol

The regular soundtrack goes ultra hard

Never forget the first time in CS when I turned dynamic music on and I was like what have I brought upon this cursed land

[astral slate]

I don't know what the hell is that but cool :D

Oh the last one is the worst one in your list

[vernal magnet]

You will find it in a very spooky kindergarten play area outside

[astral slate]

😁 🤝

[tired anvil]

It's a slide, but it's in the shape of a rocket ship, and it has a smile

Hands one probably my favourite thing in the entire series

It's made off of the one in Chernobyl irl iirc

[earnest urchin]

it kind of hyped me tho

[vernal magnet]

It just reminds me of the 2001 aztec ruins build and I have to wonder if the grungy metal is actually leftovers from that era

Cause it sure as heck doesn't sound like my classic Mooze

[earnest urchin]

lol

[stiff citrus]

Try kopachy village or jupiter factory

[soft ice]

I didn’t know that was cs

I did that in coc

Its so funny

[vernal magnet]

right?! its both hilarious i love it but its awful too lol

[soft ice]

It was rly unexpected

I thought it was just gonna be like creepy music in labs

[weak thicket]

very happy to have it sorted

[low gulch]

just fully repaired an ak74m but i forgot to savr

[undone ridge]

RIP

Cant play stalker because Windows 11

[warm goblet]

[winged dust]

Welp. Hope this game comes out eventually. Good luck, devs. For no reason in particular.

[finite dragon]

Oi

[finite dragon]

i have a bad feeling about Stalker 2

Just like RAGE

Nobody didnt mind first game as well

2nd got a amazing hype when published and people forgot the game again

[sand fiber]

What?

[astral slate]

Goodmorninggg

[finite dragon]

uhhh

is there a noclip command in stalker anomaly?

[fast copper]

demo_record 1

[astral slate]

is there a way to repair the weapon and armor in the first game

[finite dragon]

oh go dhow do i disable it

how do i disable it?

[fast copper]

press enter

[finite dragon]

where is the documents in Living legend: Top Secret?

[astral slate]

Guys in first game I get into something like a lab after activating the thing place was full of soldiers there was many of them. I used 2k ammo almost but I see 2 security code needing door there what are they do I need to enter them couse I didn't

[mint remnant]

what lab?

x8?

[tame helm]

he said 2 security code doors and soldiers so i assume it's x18

[mint remnant]

right i meant to say x18 lo

[finite dragon]

yo if my pc can run SoC

can it run stalker 2

[tame helm]

No.

[sand fiber]

of course, 2007 and 2022 games are literally the same

[finite dragon]

[finite dragon]

as i thought

[astral slate]

I died

Wtf

Game end

[astral slate]

I think there is another true ending. How can I get that one

[long harbor]

go to the wiki

[astral slate]

I don't want to get richbwtf

[long harbor]

spend all your money on random junk

you're playing SoC right?

[still ridge]

Yes, you did the end section wrong

[long harbor]

soc artifact hunting is so ez

it's my 2nd day in the zone and my health already have an 800% boost

[astral slate]

I haven't find a tutorial how to get the true ending

My guy wanted to get rich and crushed under stuff

I was yelling the screen tf you doing blow the stuff

I got a rpg

[sand fiber]

[astral slate]

What did I miss for the true ending

[sand fiber]

For the true ending you need to talk to Guide, then Doctor, take Decoder from one of the flats in Pripyat' and with it open a specific door in Sarcophagus

[worthy lagoon]

Skill issue

[astral slate]

From how much save file before do I need to start playing 😢

[astral slate]

Look It's not my fault being rich shut up

[sand fiber]

From before you entered Pripyat'.

[astral slate]

Oh so before the last mission is enaugh than

[worthy lagoon]

You should've checked the task list instead of rushing to the CnPP

[astral slate]

It took me 1 day to finish the whole game

[worthy lagoon]

Okay and?

[sand fiber]

weird lol

[astral slate]

Thats the skill diffrance between you and me of course

[worthy lagoon]

You still did not figure out how to complete the game

[astral slate]

Yes..how did I end up like this I still wonder haha

[worthy lagoon]

At what difficulty have you played?

[astral slate]

Master

Youtuber guy told to play with master

[worthy lagoon]

But you are playing Shadow of Chernobyl right?

[astral slate]

No

I play Alice in wonderlands

[astral slate]

Can I dm for help again my friend 🙂

[worthy lagoon]

Just load the savegame after you disable the Brain Scorcher then you'd get a quest that tells you to meet up with Guide in Cordon @astral slate

[earnest urchin]

kekw

[astral slate]

I don't have the quest meet the guide

I haven't accept the quest from bartender

[earnest urchin]

i never understood why people ask how to play the game in here just PLAY it figure it out

[solid dome]

People are born idiots

Idiots need guidance

[worthy lagoon]

Exactly

[finite dragon]

for some reason

i couldnt find

stitch

by the statue

and i looked

everywhere

i guess he's dead

[sand fiber]

Stitch?

[earnest urchin]

[twilit crane]

still no news?

[sand fiber]

Nah.

[solid dome]

The Stitcher

[cedar forum]

Mad man

[finite dragon]

Sakharov

I heard that he pays the highest price for artifacts

[solid dome]

Still no news

I'm kidding

(And in the same time, I'm not)

[astral slate]

I started from almost the begining and now I'm at the end again

[finite dragon]

How's your progress?

[astral slate]

to get the true ending should I go to the hotel directly or do I go to the antennae first

[finite dragon]

You need to go and see Doctor after listening to Ghost's PDA

That's a first step

[astral slate]

I had a bug of the game . If you don't do "stash" mission and find ghost after that you won't get the thing to trigger the true ending

so I started from the begining and do the stash mission

[tired anvil]

You need to speak to a character called Guide

Then Doc

[astral slate]

I did those than I talked the doctor I mean he talked me

[tired anvil]

Then yea, your next step is the hotel in Pripyat

[astral slate]

do I go to antenne or to the hotel

[tired anvil]

Hotel in Pripyat

[astral slate]

I will pass the shutting down stuff than

alright

[tired anvil]

Uhh I think you still might need to do that

[finite dragon]

ok i gotta ask

Do mercs and freedom hate eachother?

[tired anvil]

I gotta ask too

Have you played CS?

[finite dragon]

playing it currently

[tired anvil]

First time?

[finite dragon]

yes

[tired anvil]

There'll be a mission that answers your question

In the earlier part of the game

[finite dragon]

might have missed it

lol

[tired anvil]

It's a story mission, so you won't

[finite dragon]

i got to monolith already mate

[tired anvil]

🤨

[plucky lava]

[finite dragon]

i dont remember ok

im asking because i had a strange dream

[tired anvil]

Well, there was an entire mission about the Freedom base being ambushed

[finite dragon]

very strange

[plucky lava]

Good

[finite dragon]

that would make sense why i didnt participate

i hated freedom

[tired anvil]

But you literally can't avoid that mission

[finite dragon]

literally as soon as i entered theor part of the zone

they shot at me

i barely talked to the leader and i did nothing lmao

went on with the game

[astral slate]

I finisheddd finally

Got the ending

[sand fiber]

amazing

now play Clear Sky

[sand fiber]

[astral slate]

Yeah downloading that now : D the ending was amazing

was hard.. but was It was great

Ending should be named "wtf marked one"

[astral slate]

which game is harder between those 3

[sand fiber]

CS.

[astral slate]

oh... is clear sky harder than the first game?

[finite dragon]

Definitely

[sand fiber]

A lot harder. Constant bleeding, lack of medkits, instadeaths from a single bullet and a broken economy.

[soft ice]

It’s just more combat

[astral slate]

Military of the fist game at the end was pretty hard

[soft ice]

And a lot of creepy missions like “go find the missing soldier”

[astral slate]

I hope zit gets easier lol

[soft ice]

Where u think ur gonna run into bloodsuckers

But u never do

@astral slate Play call of Pripyat with gunslinger

It has a really boring plot so it’s not worth playing without gunslinger

Good maps and gameplay but boring plot

[sand fiber]

Don't listen to him.

CoP quests are literally one of the best quests in gaming, and main quest is atmospheric as hell.

[astral slate]

Just finished the first game my friend . About to start the clear sky :D

[astral slate]

Is COP the last game

I mean thirth

[sand fiber]

Yeah.

[astral slate]

Did games improve with graphics over time

[sand fiber]

Totally, especially CS. CoP in comparison with CS looks a bit worse, but it's totally fine and works for the atmosphere.

[tired anvil]

From SoC to CS it improved, from CS to CoP it went down a bit, yea

All 3 look alright though

[soft ice]

They downgraded from cs because the cop maps are so much bigger

Try absolute nature it looks really good

You have a nice laptop?

Pc

[sand fiber]

Stop suggesting him bad graphics mods.

[astral slate]

Hahaha great

[soft ice]

How’s it bad

It looks rly good

https://youtu.be/3Sm1q0NYd8Q

[astral slate]

Yeah It's not bad

[soft ice]

Ur really telling me this doesn’t look fire

[sand fiber]

Anything that changes the perception of vanilla games is bad, y'know.

[soft ice]

Yeah obviously anything that modernized the 2005 gunplay and graphics is bad

[sand fiber]

CoP was released in 2009.

And SoC in 2007.

[elder fiber]

Lessons that should be learned by duty....

[sand fiber]

Stalker isn't Morrowind, it doesn't need """modern""" graphics. Hell, even Morrowind doesn't need them, to be honest.

[soft ice]

Yeah but by the time of release it was 2005 tech

You get that

Because of the complicated development

And cop doesn’t look much better than SoC

It has a better style tho

[astral slate]

I saw some stalker anomaly mods they look awesome

[soft ice]

I like misery because it develops the style in a nice way

[astral slate]

I don't know the game tho

[tired anvil]

@astral slate so anyway, what you want to do is save up 15k Rubles and don't leave the starting area of the game until you get a special suit

[soft ice]

@astral slate If you go to the pig farm in dark valley uou can buy a gauss rifle for only 800 rubles

[elder fiber]

Idk bout that one chief

[tired anvil]

He's not even playing SoC

[soft ice]

I thought that was in clear sky too

[elder fiber]

Big step up in graphics from soc to cs and cop

[sand fiber]

No. SoC ultra settings look the same, and probably even better than HL2:E2, CS graphics were literally the most advanced graphics at the time and even further.

[astral slate]

Thank you for the advice. I had enaugh ammo before last quest in first game It was helpfull :D . Still ammo wasn't enaugh but eh..It is what It is

[sand fiber]

And yeah, artistic intent exists.

[tired anvil]

You'll get a suit called CS-3 from doing missions, but save up for one called CS-1, it will help you a lot

[astral slate]

Was this for the first game? I remember bying something for 800 rubbie

[tired anvil]

Yep

[finite dragon]

[empty hull]

Lmao

[soft ice]

I like the cop art direction kinda

[astral slate]

Money is crucal in this game

[soft ice]

And I think misery expands on it

Makes it look like cop but better

More miserable

[empty hull]

I thought Misery looked really ugly

[sand fiber]

Well, in a way so does CoP

[empty hull]

It's just different shades of brown and ochre.

[empty hull]

At least CoP has other colors

[tired anvil]

Yea, it has green in the ending

[sand fiber]

[soft ice]

No that’s deD zone

Dead

Misery has like orange and gray abs shir

And

[empty hull]

Okay I was wrong, I was thinking about a different mod

Misery doesn't look that bad

[tired anvil]

Yes it does

Misery and Anomaly

[empty hull]

I guess it's that over polished look that I don't like

[sand fiber]

anomaly was the worst disaster for EN stalker community

[soft ice]

The zone isn’t a happy green place like in ankmaly

[empty hull]

True

[soft ice]

Anomaly is great

[empty hull]

Imagine playing Anomaly before the trilogy

[soft ice]

Basically all the stalker games plus some and free

[tired anvil]

Anomaly is grey lmao

[empty hull]

That's like playing OP 2.1 before the trilogy

[soft ice]

It’s literally green

Have you ever played it