╓☢stalker2™-chat-not-gamma-keep-waiting

[slim moth]

and we all know if it were up to the devs things be different but corpos don't play video games

[wanton arch]

it's Korshunov

[normal sentinel]

They got forced to sign a treaty with freedom and freedom took Rostok

[wanton arch]

Korshunov is the Duty Descendant

[orchid zealot]

No but they're both government funded

Ward is the zone police essentially.

[wanton arch]

the main reason why the ward being called as

Duty off brand

[normal sentinel]

Ward is basically what Duty wanted to be

[wanton arch]

Despite his action are valid

[orchid zealot]

Duty is literally an off brand military

Lol

[normal sentinel]

Except funded by shady NGOs

[silver orchid]

Fun fact:
several retcons on HoC are by read wiki zone chronicles instead of check the actual xmls files of the trilogy or simply play the trilogy

[shadow stirrup]

I'd prefer to see the original trilogy factions play a major role in S2 instead of rebranded versions of them

[wanton arch]

former IPSF if we follow the current lore even idk

[orchid zealot]

Well no

Dutys founding happened after a failed military operation

A captain said fuck the military

And made his own

[wanton arch]

consider you see ISPF during operation monolith ?

oh shit

wait

[orchid zealot]

That's why duty has close ties with the military

[wanton arch]

hold up when ISPF created

[orchid zealot]

It was founded by ex military or rather rogue military

[silver orchid]

I mean, IPSF just are UA Military with a different model

[wanton arch]

dude idk why the strider memory showcase has to give us IPSF fighting in whatever strelok moment even

[normal sentinel]

S2 seems to play heavily on the theme of decay in the Zone, there’s a lot more stories of betrayal and treachery in the loner faction (varying side quests), freedom and duty both lost their purpose, noontide is trying eek out an existence, scientists got eclipsed by SIRCAA and their financiers

[shadow stirrup]

was faust in the original trilogy because i don't remember him

[late kernel]

No

[wanton arch]

strider does

[silver orchid]

According to GSC, isn't funny anymore have to kill pixels on form of UA Military

[shadow stirrup]

yeah I always make strider a freedomer in Cop

only faction that makes sense to me in S2 is noontide

[wanton arch]

sob./

[orchid zealot]

Sircaa are still government funded they're just advanced ecologists

[wanton arch]

i mean by default ecologist are just bunch of scientist formed bunch of group inside the zone

[orchid zealot]

Waitimg for thr mod to replace ipsf with UA again

[wanton arch]

the malachite is just other Group

not a faction

[normal sentinel]

I think SIRCAA is more independently funded by whatever shadowy group is controlling it

Ecologists in the original games were funded by Ukraine

[orchid zealot]

Bruh no

Ecologists have been government funded from the beginning

[shadow stirrup]

the worst part of supporting ward is fucking dalin i hate him

[wanton arch]

the spark can be considered as Ecologist group even ( i can be outdated on the lore)

[orchid zealot]

They're still tied to the Ukrainian government ejther wag

[wanton arch]

the Sparks in zaton

[orchid zealot]

Either way*

[normal sentinel]

Any official org in the zone is tied to the Ukrainian government technically

[wanton arch]

SIRCAA is the one that got funded by the government def

[normal sentinel]

Idk how much SIRCAA is beholden to it though

[wanton arch]

why people hate dalin tbh

hes honest af

[shadow stirrup]

he's stupid

[orchid zealot]

Considering they're in Ukrainian territory lol. Probably a lot

[wanton arch]

waiot

that could be a spoil

[silver orchid]

ISKRA was a ecologist group

initially

[shadow stirrup]

yeah i just got a spoiler but its alr

[normal sentinel]

Dalin looks like a fool because of his failed endeavors and optimism

[shadow stirrup]

i don't mind spoilers

[silver orchid]

In both, CoP and in HoC concepts

[wanton arch]

you when through korshunov or ward ending right

yup

[shadow stirrup]

he looks like one because he is one

[wanton arch]

i mean im pretty sure Scar made the Spark group is to support other Eco until the ward came in

[slim moth]

he literally fucks everything up

[wanton arch]

hes a the blackcat

[shadow stirrup]

then korshunov deals with his bullshit

[wanton arch]

he fuck up shit but it's not his intention

like he is not the one spreading those device out

[slim moth]

impulsive af

[wanton arch]

"it's the other one "

which im not going to say

[white moat]

is game good yet

[silver orchid]

don't compare a dark kot with scar

[wanton arch]

nah i mean

Dalin is a "Blackcat"

all he do just bringing shity luck to surrounding thim

[slim moth]

not gamma enough

[wanton arch]

and himself some time

( mostly himself )

[white moat]

good thing I hate GAMMA

[wanton arch]

Poor dalin

[slim moth]

then you'll love it

[normal sentinel]

Sort of, most of his stuff is sabotaged through so it's not entirely his fault

[slim moth]

that's true that's true

[normal sentinel]

I've only just started the duga storyline but it's pretty obvious what happened at SIRCAA wasn't his fault

[wanton arch]

it's not his fault at all

[shadow stirrup]

don't ruin my excuses to hate dalin

[wanton arch]

the alpha artefact that hit skiff house

[normal sentinel]

Lmao

[wanton arch]

who the fuck can calculated that

[shadow stirrup]

I don't like his face.

[wanton arch]

i mean it's a valid point

[silver orchid]

Is this gamma enough

[wanton arch]

people do hate a character through a face

[normal sentinel]

You could just say you hate him because he's a dweeb

[wanton arch]

yup

[shadow stirrup]

fair

[normal sentinel]

[slim moth]

you need a reshade

[slim moth]

that's better

[shadow stirrup]

||if u kill herman and nimble ur fucked up btw||

[normal sentinel]

||Didn't kill Solder and was happy to see it actually has an impact later||

[wanton arch]

i did not kill anyone

[shadow stirrup]

well he annoyed me so I did

[wanton arch]

https://gif.fxtwitter.com/tweet_video/G6ejxTUbIAA8xNK.gif

[normal sentinel]

"I have no enemies" playthrough

(except the hundreds of bandits, they had to die)

[shadow stirrup]

also who the fuck is that woman in sircaa

she just shows up and she looks important

[normal sentinel]

Agatha?

[nocturne smelt]

Except all those Bandits, IPSF soldiers, Mercs, Monolith and potentially noontide.

[shadow stirrup]

ig

[normal sentinel]

Pretty sure she's an important character

Basically one of the directors

[normal sentinel]

They shot first tbf

[nocturne smelt]

It's eluded too that she is a representative of the shadow group that was a part of the original X labs.

[wanton arch]

headquarter of the SIRCAA

fucking met us through bunch of

idk

projector ?

[nocturne smelt]

Hologram?

[wanton arch]

could be ?

[normal sentinel]

Lmao

[shadow stirrup]

dayum

[wanton arch]

until we have decision to kill Herman

[shadow stirrup]

korshunov x agatha???

[normal sentinel]

Agatha has some uncanny valley feeling

[shadow stirrup]

the only ship in stalker universe

[normal sentinel]

Idk if it's intentional or the result of seeing a cougar in the zone

[shadow stirrup]

she gets TOO close to my face man

[wanton arch]

shes def too old

like idk GSC prob trying to build that one woman relying on Australium

[normal sentinel]

I think part of it is intential

She's kind of freaky

[wanton arch]

Maybe.

i don't see the freak

i could be dull and did not get the hint

[nocturne smelt]

Pretty much. I mean they both have been involved in the zone for a long time. It's literally talked about how Korshunov was thecommander of the Granite squad.

[normal sentinel]

It's more the facial expressions & etc

[slim moth]

in the zone she's maybe a good 7 with strider being a 10

[wanton arch]

i mean some one would hit her IDK

man

Strider is the only one i would hit

[orchid zealot]

Me

[shadow stirrup]

whats the name of that woman freedoms armor trader

[wanton arch]

the argatha look

[normal sentinel]

Lmao

[shadow stirrup]

she's like the only good looking woman in the zone

[wanton arch]

don't blame me when he hit me with that Aryan White Eyes

[normal sentinel]

She?

Jk

[shadow stirrup]

and they say hip left freedom cuz of SA. fuckin duty propoganda man

[nocturne smelt]

Birth I think?

[slim moth]

oooohhh yeaaahh imagine that cigarette breath

[normal sentinel]

Birch

Like the tree

[slim moth]

i wonder if it's menthol

[nocturne smelt]

That's it!

[wanton arch]

you have to see the Tech Priest

i mean

the woman who sell you level 3 NVD

or GPNVG whatever

[orchid zealot]

First Monolithians mentioned pog

[normal sentinel]

What's the Granite squad?

[wanton arch]

it can be a spoil

[normal sentinel]

Ah don't then

I'm in the process of doing the Ward playthrough rn

[wanton arch]

you will know more if you try to go with the ward

yeah

[normal sentinel]

I got railroaded into the Spark path when I played on release but stopped playing right at SIRCAA because of all the terrible bugs, realized I hated Scar and started a fresh playthrough on Ward's side with 1.7

[wanton arch]

as i did most of the trial

[normal sentinel]

Honestly the game got improved a ton

[wanton arch]

well i mean during 1.4+

[nocturne smelt]

Hands down, My favorite faction.

[wanton arch]

eh will do S2 later because i have to hit one of the ending of the tarkov

https://gif.fxtwitter.com/tweet_video/G6ejxTUbIAA8xNK.gif

[orchid zealot]

They're basically just the first set of dudes to become monolith

[normal sentinel]

Thing the only stupid bug I encountered was with the assault on Duga, once you get to the defense segment the Ward squad sits around and does nothing as you're getting hammered by all the enemies

[white moat]

imagine playing Tarkov

[wanton arch]

a part of the biggest spoil btw

[orchid zealot]

TRUE. I am having such a tough time getting through the story stuff lol

[wanton arch]

don't

trying to hit the best ending btw

on PVE and it's taking so long rn i cannot HANDLE IT

[orchid zealot]

Do we even know the steps for the best ending

[wanton arch]

we do

[orchid zealot]

On PVE???

[wanton arch]

if you want the Spoil ?

[nocturne smelt]

What do you consider the best ending?

[orchid zealot]

Yes wheres steps for best ending

[nocturne smelt]

Cause they are all fucked in their own way.

[wanton arch]

im going to post what the dude called Verybadscav

[orchid zealot]

Yeee just dm it to me

[white moat]

theres multiple endings in Tarkov?

[orchid zealot]

Yes now there is

4 to be exact

Debtor, savior, and two others.

[slim moth]

theres a story in tarkov?

[orchid zealot]

Yes.

There's always been bit it's never been implemented until v10

V1.0*

[silver orchid]

||HoC endings are possibly inspired on "Man Made Hell" concepts, soo that has sense||

[white moat]

Oh nice, did they also fix the cheater issue and actually fulfilled their obligations to EoD players?

[wanton arch]

4 endings

[orchid zealot]

Idk about eod but I haven't encountered any cheaters yet personally.

[slim moth]

When i played 1.0 tutorial it sounded like a story lol. i was just being an ass cause i didn't know there was supposed to be one till then.

[wanton arch]

cheater issue is still there

it just people rarely play on PVP

for now

that is why i rather play in PVE

[orchid zealot]

Not even

[wanton arch]

i am not WAITING for 20 MINS

[nocturne smelt]

This is true, But I believe they were talking about Tarkov.

[white moat]

Stalker is my PVE

[orchid zealot]

My raid times are on average 3-5min only scavs have taken up to 20min on lighthouse

[wanton arch]

im in SEA region so it's rare to find a match + server in there are ass fucked

like china server just collapsed

[silver orchid]

the paywalled ending of HoC is skifa being sent to Tarkov exclusion zone, and now he had to escape from tarkov

[orchid zealot]

Oh that explains it

[slim moth]

i love that gif lmao

[wanton arch]

i mean solo PVE is still a challenge because you are def getting hunted by partisan while trying to kill sanitar

Godbless shitty AI

[shadow stirrup]

unrelated but WHY does wiki fandom have so much ads man im trying to read S2 lore

[slim moth]

fuck it, i'd play tarkov with stalker 2 movement

[wanton arch]

wiki fandom..

[orchid zealot]

Ad block my friend

[shadow stirrup]

normally I don't mind ads but holy FUCK man

[wanton arch]

imagine skifa went too deep into the north and he got to the economic exclusion zone

and he has to deal with UN and Black Division

and BEAR

[shadow stirrup]

what was that antenna looking detectors name? its soooo useless

[slim moth]

he heads back to his apartment to fix it up after the zone and finds scavs using it as a shithole

[normal sentinel]

Hilka I think

[wanton arch]

it's to detect in large location

[orchid zealot]

Have you encountered black division? I read people were seeing them in PvE

[wanton arch]

Soon

[wanton arch]

you will see them in terminal

[normal sentinel]

Hilka is still way better than the stupid echo detector

[orchid zealot]

Nah I mean in other maps.

[normal sentinel]

I hated that thing

[slim moth]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-early-gif-18074307

[wanton arch]

and some time you can see them in factory with tier 6 armor and 60 pen ammo

[orchid zealot]

I have been seeing multiple reports of black divison spawning in customs, woods and factory iirc

[silver orchid]

or skifa being sent to extract the sigma artifact on the north of CNPP and then he found that Apocalypse and zombified Sunrise-members are here

[wanton arch]

nah not yet

[nocturne smelt]

It's cool looking but by the time you find one you usually already have a Bear detector.

[wanton arch]

he has to deal with SIRCAA subbranch called TERRAGROUP

if he was with Spark

[normal sentinel]

I just rushed the bar and bought one from barkeep on my first playthrough, this time it seemed like he very rarely sold one ever

[silver orchid]

and in the CNPP there slimes-bombs

[shadow stirrup]

about liquid rock artifact, how do i know which one is real there's a shit ton of them

[wanton arch]

usually unique artefact are like

scripted shit ?

[normal sentinel]

Liquid rock you can get from normal anomaly fields

[wanton arch]

oh that one

[normal sentinel]

I grabbed one that way

[shadow stirrup]

is it any gut

[normal sentinel]

Yeah it's great

[wanton arch]

i mean Oxa prototype 4 boot meta brainrotted my mind

[normal sentinel]

Max radiation, chem resistance, wear resistance stats

[wanton arch]

btw this is what you can find from black division gun @orchid zealot

i don't think spartan helmet can stop this

[slim moth]

In shadow of tarkov you play as john stalker

[wanton arch]

rip the MC from anomoly

ok why S2 have not add more finicky gun to the zone tbh

i mean more variable ammo for the fun

[normal sentinel]

Prolly just due to more work balancing things

[wanton arch]

years now even

and the only new gun is just a random ahh mosin

[slim moth]

dont forget the squirrels

[wanton arch]

GRAH

[normal sentinel]

Massive QOL change

[normal sentinel]

They added the 1911 as well

[wanton arch]

oh yeah

[slim moth]

That's when i knew this game would get the Cyberpunk redemption ark is when they introduced those squirrels bro

I was like "we are so back"

🐿️

[shadow stirrup]

ward needs a cooler logo

[slim moth]

ward armor looks like a padded insanity asylum room

[nocturne smelt]

I saw a hedgehog the other day. Peak.

[normal sentinel]

https://tenor.com/view/its-it's-squeek-its-squeek-it's-squeek-gif-15777889701904733073

[slim moth]

like a pillow

[shadow stirrup]

it always resembled me something so that's what it was

[slim moth]

looks like they wanna give out hugs

[shadow stirrup]

it looks cool imo

protection against dog bites

[normal sentinel]

The ward armor partly reminds me of medieval armor

It's quilted armor

At least the legs are

[slim moth]

I think if they went with a different color than fucking white it'd be a lot cooler

cause yeah, it looks like quilted armor

but white it looks like a pillow

[normal sentinel]

Ward's sleepiest soldiers

[shadow stirrup]

the legs are paddled/protected but the dick is not for some reason

why

[slim moth]

quick access

[nocturne smelt]

It does have a Gambison look to it.

[normal sentinel]

It's because Wardens have balls of steel

[slim moth]

dont ask me how i know

[normal sentinel]

No need

[slim moth]

https://tenor.com/view/uhhhhh-gif-18728531

[wanton arch]

WARD ARMOR!!!!

jk it just a rig

[slim moth]

what in the fuck

[normal sentinel]

Pouches for everything

[wanton arch]

BAZILLION OF GRENADES!

[slim moth]

one of those has got to be for cookies

which one tho

[nocturne smelt]

That's a lot of m203 grenades.

[wanton arch]

nope it just whiskey

and uhh bunch of wallets

[normal sentinel]

Little pouches for bolts & sausages, large pouches for tourist delight cans and grenades

[slim moth]

https://tenor.com/view/dagnabbit-gosh-darn-it-simpsons-aw-rats-oh-shoot-gif-23684703

[wanton arch]

not gonna lie the shit does look like what ward would wear

[normal sentinel]

Blood sugar maxxing

[slim moth]

ward look like they would get 5 star MRE's

[wanton arch]

i ain't paying 100k roubles for one Iskra or MRE

inflation dawg

[slim moth]

and have a strict rules about drugs and alcohol while on duty

[normal sentinel]

The chemical plant is the comfiest base in the zone barring SIRCAA

[slim moth]

I don't think i've seen a drunk ward

[wanton arch]

non tbh

[normal sentinel]

Never seen a ward doing the public urination animation, coincidence?

[nocturne smelt]

To think it used to be sparks base.

[wanton arch]

they are the Goons

[slim moth]

i have shot one

his pee still streamed

miracles of the zone

[normal sentinel]

I saw phantom pissing a few times

Funniest bug

[slim moth]

i miss the space program ragdoll sometimes

[nocturne smelt]

The walking and pissing animation was a good one for a bit.

[normal sentinel]

Think my favorite bug is sometimes the springboards will launch you across the map and you fail to take any environment damage

[slim moth]

i cannot get that technique down consistently

[normal sentinel]

Idk how it works but I've gotten launched around a few times

[slim moth]

and i feel like it's either this new update or master that increased the anomaly effect radius cause i feel like im 3 feet away and get sucked in

idk. maybe just me

[normal sentinel]

Anomalies feel a lot more dangerous now, I started off on veteran and got filtered by the fact that springboards 1-shot you

[slim moth]

everything fucking hurts

[nocturne smelt]

Electrical are still my bane.

The merc ambush in that one electrical field is still the most bullshit encounter lol

[slim moth]

dude the floating gravity anomaly thing when getting across the giant mining thing fucking sucked especially with campfire saves

[nocturne smelt]

The one you need to like bounce off of?

[normal sentinel]

I tried the campfire save option, got killed in the prologue and got sent back to the intro cutscene

Promptly started a new game lol

[slim moth]

it's like a trail of them and you're hovering in the sky to get to the other side

[nocturne smelt]

I think I remember that, It's near red forest.

The mining dredge.

[slim moth]

mining dredge

[normal sentinel]

GSC devs living their dream by putting more platforming puzzles in S2 than there are in a mario game

Some of the platforming puzzles are honestly crazy in this game

[warped monolith]

I have a severely schizoid love-hate relationship with platforming segments in first-person games

(and I never played Mirror's Edge)

[slim moth]

classic

[normal sentinel]

Lmfao

[warped monolith]

super smash bros stalker

there goes the dude's loot

[normal sentinel]

2 buckshot, a sausage and vodka bottle all lost in time

Like tears in rain

[slim moth]

nah that was MHM

[warped monolith]

also obligatory whine about you playing with english VA

[slim moth]

i needed that shit lmao

[normal sentinel]

Max Glue couldn't stayed glued to the ground apparently

[slim moth]

i agree ukranian is better

[warped monolith]

I'm trying to remember which game it was, but when funky physics glitches such as this happened, the game would spawn a generic bag thing on the ground with the npc's loot so you wouldn't lose it.

[slim moth]

it happens in S2 as well

[warped monolith]

oh? neat

[slim moth]

with mutant and humans it spawns a back pack lmao

[warped monolith]

did that happen with this specific guy, too?

[slim moth]

if they walk into a anomaly and get disintegrated.

[warped monolith]

oh, so only if the body is destroyed?

[slim moth]

i just couldn't find him lol

[normal sentinel]

What mods are you using in that video

[slim moth]

oh that was forever ago mate

[normal sentinel]

Aah

[slim moth]

mostly MHM and oxa standard and a bunch of QoL stuff that are not updated or have been there since the benninging

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymZT6QxI8Fc

[normal sentinel]

I'm curious how Shaytech's A-life mod is

Probably will try it out once it's updated

[nocturne smelt]

It's pretty good so far.

Have no complaints.

[normal sentinel]

What's the functional difference from vanilla?

Just a smoother experience?

[slim moth]

ALIFE Director is turned off so dynamic close spawns within 100 meters shouldnt happen except some scripted shit

so overall should be more natural lair spawns. im sure avaunt could explain better

[nocturne smelt]

It unlocks all creatures regardless of where you are, Adds new factions patrols, Changes how the spawn bubble functions, Etc.

[nocturne smelt]

Almost off, It's still there.

[normal sentinel]

Sounds pretty interesting

[nocturne smelt]

It's very natural feeling is the best way I can describe it.

[normal sentinel]

The only thing I've noticed in vanilla now is factions will take over some points but they never seem to set up shop there for long

[slim moth]

Gives me FaW vibes compared to earlier Shay Living Zone

[nocturne smelt]

I love the feeling of showing up to a POI and finding corpses all over and wondering wtf happened.

Then you get ambushed by something that took over.

[slim moth]

it's made this play through VERY different from the last one as far as traveling to and from places between the story cause more people move around and die and shit.

[nocturne smelt]

Yeah the zone feels more lived in now.

Rather then random shit being thrown in your path

Oh! Shay's Alife also heavily changes wants and needs.

[normal sentinel]

Wants and needs?

[nocturne smelt]

So like mutants like caves and shit, dogs like open fields, Each faction has like different goals in how they patrol.

You'll see scientist in the field.

That type of stuff.

[normal sentinel]

That’s cool

I haven’t seen any eggheads in the wild besides the zombies

[nocturne smelt]

They are restricted in vanilla

Shay had to manually add them.

[normal sentinel]

That’s not surprising

They basically exist for a few side quests and that’s it

[nocturne smelt]

Noontide just took over a bandit lair in cement factory in my game.

[normal sentinel]

Vanilla?

[nocturne smelt]

Shay's

[normal sentinel]

Is it working with 1.7?

[nocturne smelt]

The version I have is, But I don't believe it's public yet. Not sure about the older versions.

He just released RDA 2.0 today so maybe soon for Alife.

[normal sentinel]

I don’t think there’s a public version for 1.7 yet

By the time it’s ready 1.7.1 will prolly be released tbh

[nocturne smelt]

It's possible, But proper testing takes time to avoid tons of people having issues.

[normal sentinel]

That’s true. Looking forward to trying the a-life mod, seems pretty compatible without having to start a new game

[nocturne smelt]

Yeah, They are usually drop in mods. Can remove them anytime normally also.

[hushed garden]

Elf life?

[split crown]

Stalker space program be like

[split crown]

yeah I truly don't understand how people can suffer like that. The English VAing in S2 is abysmal - and not even in the janky, funny kinda way either.

[normal sentinel]

Bandit space program

[slim moth]

well i try to keep my UI very minimal and subtitles coming on everytime someone speaks is annoying.

[split crown]

I'm extremely used to reading subtitles in various formats, so it doesn't bother me at all personally

[slim moth]

its funny cause i love subtitles for tv shows. Cannot stand it for games

well certain games

[split crown]

tbh, even when people are speaking English in shows, movies, games, etc., I still prefer to have subtitles on because it's hard to understand what some people say at times.

Especially depending on if there's a lotta noise going on, if someone's speaking quietly, or if they're speaking super quickly and so forth.

[slim moth]

my immersion for movies/tv isn't the same for games, that's for sure.

[nocturne smelt]

I use english and subtitles lol. Double the chance for me to understand something when my Son is running around like a lunatic.

[hard wyvern]

https://youtube.com/@youtubecreators?si=aeA0mYn_GHQ6hFYA

[outer shard]

Alright so I'm new to the stalker series I got into it after stalker 2 got on the ps5, I think I'm mid game but I think it's fucking crazy I mag dump someone with my fully upgraded AK in the head and it doesn't kill them

That's just fucking insane to me

[slim moth]

Ha. Vanilla

it sucks

[nocturne smelt]

Damage is tied to the weapon in vanilla. You may want to look for a better version of whatever your using.

Also... AP ammo is king in Vanilla.

[outer shard]

Fuckin hate sonys mod restrictions because this shit is making me want to stop playing the game.

[slim moth]

im not buying the ps5 version till there is mod support lol

[nocturne smelt]

Understandable, What AK are you using?

[outer shard]

I fully upgraded and still using the combatant

[nocturne smelt]

Prob want to look into finding a Fora if you want to stick with 5.45.

Dnipro would be the 5.45 endgame version.

And use AP if you can afford it. It's really night and day.

[outer shard]

Yeah I used a Fora for a little but and still had the same problem

[nocturne smelt]

What difficulty are you on?

[outer shard]

Alright thanks for the advice I still think it's bullshit that a bandit in leather can take a full mag

[nocturne smelt]

Oh it's definitely bullshit.

[outer shard]

Stalker

[slim moth]

i think veteran should be more balanced in vanilla right?

[nocturne smelt]

I think you get hit with dmg penalties the higher you go.

I could be wrong on that.

[slim moth]

i thought your damage output was greater tho too

i could be wrong

[nocturne smelt]

I honestly have no basis for comparison, I've only ever played on Vet and most recently master.

[slim moth]

same

[outer shard]

I also hate that my shot gun is confetti at mid range but the npc and hit my ass perfectly at mid range

[nocturne smelt]

This is what google AI says:

Not sure how accurate the info is.

[nocturne smelt]

omg, You should have played at launch lol. They would straight snipe you from 90m away with shotguns.

Was insane.

[outer shard]

Goddamn I'm supposedly using the best shot gun in the game but I'm getting sniped by the cracker or what ever it's called

[nocturne smelt]

Yeah, Vanilla balancing is interesting lol.

[outer shard]

I like the game it's just the balancing just fell hard after early game

[warped cedar]

Having some issues with the "School of life" task and Honta just... refuses to give me the voiceline to continue the quest after killing the mutant he requested. Any ideas?

[normal sentinel]

How late are you in the game?

Bandits shouldn’t really change from early game aside from more renegade suit ones showing up

[outer shard]

The second mission after killing faust

[normal sentinel]

Oh yeah that’s why

[outer shard]

Dark Times

[normal sentinel]

Enemies get heavier armor

You have to headshot them with AP if you’re using early weapons

Or find ones that do more damage

[outer shard]

I only do headshots but I'll use ap ammo from now on

I've now given up on automatic rifles and now I'm running a saiga and a svd

[normal sentinel]

If you’re running the AK it might take 2-3 ap rounds but yeah ammo types are really important unless you have a really high damage weapon

Sledgehammer works well too

If you completed arena

[outer shard]

Well good thing I have the saiga because I sold the sledgehammer lmao

[normal sentinel]

Lmao

Saiga is fine

The biggest thing the game neglects to tell you is some weapons are inherently more armor piercing than others

It just gets lumped into the damage stat

In something like gamma it’s more intuitive because higher caliber weapons are generally more effective and damaging

Whereas it’s kind of gamified progression in stalker 2

[nocturne smelt]

Even with automatics... I always flip the giggle switch to semi.

[outer shard]

Right now I'm just using stalker 2 to get into the series it's probably bad to do so but I already bought the game

[normal sentinel]

It’s a good entry imo

The trilogy vanilla is pretty janky

People got spoiled by mods

[outer shard]

Also how the hell am I supposed to tell who's friendly everyone looks the damn same and I accidentally keep killing my faction members

[normal sentinel]

Point your crosshairs at them and see if it turns green

If it doesn't fire at will

Ran to some tunnels to hide from an emission and found Freedomers holed up chilling

Cozy

[warped monolith]

I kinda can't do that because even though I can "speak" english fluently, I don't understand it spoken very well

so the subtitles will stay on during sex

[normal sentinel]

Nvm comfiness ended

Lmao

[nocturne smelt]

lol, They self destructed.

Was your company that bad?

[normal sentinel]

Apparently

Dude saw his buddy melted in acid and decided to join him

[slim moth]

he was gonna probably loot him and walked through the acid lmao

[normal sentinel]

Yeah I think so lmao

Average Tarkov player

[outer shard]

I got my first exo suit but for some reason my radiation keeps going up

The rad protection is high and I'm using artifacts to keep radiation down but I'm gaining it very fast

[rain rapids]

کیر

[normal sentinel]

Where at?

[knotty onyx]

I see no issue with starting with stalker 2.

Starting with SoC can be rough if you don't have an affinity for old games.

[tame lodge]

Could do radiophobia 3

[nova lake]

Radiophobia isnt a good option if you wanna start

[kindred violet]

Honestly just start with S2

See if you even like stalker as a concept

[tame lodge]

idk guess im too jaded

played the originals around the time they released

had em on cd

and gamma changed how I look at stalker that I dont even know anymore

[nova lake]

[tired flicker]

Gamma isnt stalker tho, gamma is gamma

[tired flicker]

Probably why most of the people got disappointed about S2 in this discord too, they were expecting gamma 2.0 and instead they got the trilogy 2.0

[kindred violet]

Yep

[tired flicker]

I came into stalker 2 expecting stalker and I received stalker. Also helped that I paid attention to system reqs and made sure I got system reqs and like with any other on release game, I waiting for the 1.0.1 patch to start playing instead of playing zero hours release

[tame lodge]

When did I say that

I know what gamma is and what stalker is

[tired flicker]

Then you need to retrain your brain

[tame lodge]

Why do I

Im not complaining S2 is worse than gamma

[tired flicker]

Then you won't treat s2 as gamba 2

[tame lodge]

Or trashing on it cuz its not

But im not trying to

[tired flicker]

I mean I was just going off of that last comment

[tame lodge]

Well yeah it showed me the modding potential but yeah stalker 2 i like for what it is

Just waiting until its done to play

[tired flicker]

I've finished the game I 1.0.3 after starting in 1.0.1, now I restarted in 1.7 and honestly it's finally there pretty much

[tame lodge]

Though i do wish the world would be more filled with quests atleast

Rest can be changed with mods

[tired flicker]

I'm just waiting for OXA prototype to re-release craftable and lootable zone patches for 1.7.1, that's when I'll start off a new redo of the story

And December/January 1.8 releases UE5 upgrade, will be finally be able to increase shadows on foliage without killing fps, because RN it just blends and doesn't offer proper shadows until you go to epic, but that also increases shadow range from like 5m to 300m

[kindred violet]

We shall see

[tame lodge]

What i hate is the indoors lighting when theres a long hallway theres always a light at the end

Thats blurry and grainy

Idk if thats lumen or what but

Yeah

[wanton arch]

it's lumen

like low quality one...

like there should be option to turn it off and using lower bounce lightning

[tame lodge]

does this mean there isnt?

[wanton arch]

for S2 it's 100% there and cannot be turned off

but you have option to have higher quality ray tracing lumen

wrong one

idk what is your PC spec but most of player in S2 have to deal with low quality Lumen

which it showing "Blurry" and "Grainy"

you have to increase the quality ( really demanding )

[tame lodge]

B580, R5 5600X, 32GB RAM, playing 1440p High with XESS on quality hovering 60fps and more without FG

[wanton arch]

and you do not have option to switch it

B580 is what i consider as mid range card

check your lumen setting

if you want good lightning with a cut in few performance you have to increase the lumen quality

[tame lodge]

also how is FSR3 vs XESS in S2? cuz in most games I think XESS is better picture quality wise but at release I think it was worse a bunch performance wise

[shadow stirrup]

THE GUIDE IN MALACHITE IS FUCKINGONE I'M NOT WALKING ALL THE WAY TO RED FOREST MAN

[tame lodge]

idk how it is with recent match

[kindred violet]

Lmao

It's not THAT far

[wanton arch]

FSR3 vs XESS uhhh

[kindred violet]

Just take the northern bridge

[wanton arch]

you prob need to show your gameplay

i have not see any XESS footage update on the newer driver

[tame lodge]

it was fine but it all felt a little blurry still, idk if thats just how stalker is if not using native aa or idk

[wanton arch]

i mean it's just upscaling

[tame lodge]

but it can be used for AA aswell

no?

[wanton arch]

partial yeah

you can still use SMAA with upscaling

but it's depend on what game we talking about

idk if S2 have it

[tame lodge]

im gonna go check

ill make a screenshot too

[kindred violet]

S2 is fun because you only get AA when upscaling is active

[wanton arch]

darnation

i mean fair you don't need AA when you have Upscale

[tame lodge]

so I might aswell play with upscaling with native res at 1080p

[wanton arch]

but like other AA option are much more low cost than certain upscaler

[tired flicker]

It's not doing upscaling unless you reduce resolution from native tho, DLSS with DLAA native gives me the best image quality

[kindred violet]

Well yeah, because it just does AA if you do native

S2 would greatly benefit if you could control these kinds of graphics options separately

[tacit glacier]

So
A random thought

UE5 is apparently really VR friendly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI2kUXjCTo8

You know what that means
STALKER 2 VR

[icy basin]

Finally
Autism POV

[tame lodge]

this is with high settings, 1440p at XESS Quality

motion blur off

[outer shard]

Restok

I had to take off the exosuit because of the amount of rads I was getting and the rads didn't go up when I had no armor so this is probably a bug

[knotty onyx]

If you get less rads after taking armor off you might want to double check your artifacts.

[shadow stirrup]

just watched a video from 11 months ago about stalker 2s problems and most of em are still present

just disappointing

[warped monolith]

yeah it still needs more time in the oven

it's better now, but not quite there yet

[icy basin]

Honestly I'm surprised it's improving at all, knowing GSC

[shadow stirrup]

the first 20 hours was good but it was all downhill onwards

I personally wouldn't consider S2 absolute dogshit unlike some stalker fans

[kindred violet]

I mean anyone calling it absolute dogshit is disingenuous anyway

It's just smeared with dogshit

[old star]

new to stalker games, tried out heart of chernobyl like total of 2 hours and graphics didn't impress me all that much,, especially guns, im a gun nerd, is weapon handling and animations better in Gamma?

[kindred violet]

[warped monolith]

I think that's a bit subjective

can only advise you to install gamma and see for yourself

or watch videos

[steel maple]

depends what you mean by "better," the guns are more direct copies of IRL weapons but the animations are, in my opinion, great but too professional

i like it when skif misses the mag well lol

[warped monolith]

b...b-but muh military background

[steel maple]

also looking for some advice: I've heard the vanilla weapon balancing is kinda bad, should i keep playing with Better Ballistics or switch to vanilla just to try it out?

[steel maple]

i've known ex military who could barely operate anything other than what they had standard issue i am not surprised if he fucks up a reload lol

[warped monolith]

in vanilla the weapons are tiered, so two assault rifles chambered in the same caliber will do different damage because one is an early game weapon and the other is a late game weapon

[steel maple]

argh i always dislike that, I'll probably stick to this mod then. it's not even a realism thing for me i just prefer horizontal progression

or being able to use my favorite gun cuz it looks cool

[warped monolith]

same-ish

I am a stubborn mule and I'll use the AS Val for as long as I can

granted it's generally considered a mid/high tier weapon but it's definitely not the best

[steel maple]

that gun has so much sauce i don't blame you

[old star]

Love to hear that, first boot in a couple minutes

[warped monolith]

a few years ago I was watching a tarkov streamer and he asked in chat "what gun should I use"
I said "as val"

he started shitting on me saying the gun isn't great

he played it anyways

killed 6 players with it

[steel maple]

integral suppression with a subsonic round gotta be my favorite gender

i want my barrel's silhouette looking like it'd be sold on an adult website else i don't want it

[steel maple]

if you play fallout 4 with tactical modern gun mods you'll like it (mostly being sarcastic i hate those things but like gamma)

[old star]

im new to these open world games all together tbf

just wondering which faction to pick currently

[onyx radish]

Clear Sky Supremacy™

[steel maple]

Loner or Clear Sky if it's your first time in the Zone

[old star]

i was leaning towards military

[warped monolith]

military is a bit hard for first timers, most other factions are hostile to you

but ya, play your game. you're gonna get rekt a few times starting out either way.

[old star]

thats for sure 😂

[warped monolith]

have fun, cry tears of blood, punch the wall

elevate your blood pressure

[nova lake]

best game in series for the worst faction in the story

[old star]

small question, can i still do story with azazel mode?

idk how azazel works in terms of.. Quests and story line once you die?

[warped monolith]

I think not... you might as well ask these questions in #╟🔰☢newbies-chat

[old star]

oh nice

thanks

[nova lake]

No

[warped monolith]

also if you want to access more channels such as stalker-general and such, do this:

[fallen iron]

_ _
@old star, remove your Newcomer role to:

• gain access to the restricted part of the server;
• ask for help/support with custom modlists (enabled/disabled mods in MO2);
• download additional mods for GAMMA;
• talk in the #╓☢stalker-chat (you'll need to be Rookie in order to post in this channel first)

▶️ Go to #⏩start-confirm to remove the role, but ONLY after you have successfully installed AND launched at least once the mod pack.

[outer shard]

I see they have the stalker trilogy in a bundle on ps5 might buy that

[outer depot]

The dastardly Merc sniper in Wild Territory when I only have an SMG with a red dot and buckshot for my shotgun

[steel maple]

if you wanna do a "fuck everyone" run that'll kick you in the balls a bit less, bandits are also an option

[warped monolith]

and monolith, of course

[shadow stirrup]

and sin

[steel maple]

nah sin is miserable too, at least monolith have basically the whole north to themselves

[steel maple]

this mod makes this shit harder than any anomaly modpack i've played LMAO

i like it though. when i played vanilla on the game's release it felt way too easy to just do the "good guy" help loners when they're in trouble stuff, now im actually weighing my options

[maiden comet]

anyone running stalker 2 craftable zone and lootable zone mods as they are update. cant seem to get them working.

[silver orchid]

Imagine Stalker Space Program on VR

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-funny-cat-cat-funny-cat-flashbang-flashbang-gif-8479999063609699416

[normal sentinel]

Lol

[late kernel]

UE5 and VR = unplayable performance

[slow cave]

Real

For stalker 3 they need to go back to an in house engine fr

[silver orchid]

if ever stalker 3 is a thingi

I feel that S3 will be smth like METRO 5

[normal sentinel]

In 10 years

[late kernel]

Oooooor they could switch to the nvRTX branch of UE5 that strips the engine from the shitty Lumen and Nanite, and add proper LOD, Lighting and optimization method with the option of turning on RTX whenever you want, but GSC isn't that good.

Because switching to an in-house engine means you have to introduce and train any new potential employee to actually be able to use it, and that costs time and money

[slow cave]

That’s true but

It’s worth it to not have a broken unoptimized game fr

They will know the problems and fix them easy

Ue5 is very new to them

[slow cave]

Oh yeah

I mean waiting a year for early access to start showing signs of ending has me waiting forever so why not wait longer

[slim moth]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFnYKbbfV8s&t=4s
very interesting. You can see the lumen struggles to update lighting when looking around where RTXDI is able to just seamlessly look around without weird blobby shaders

and just straight up looks better holy shit

[pure needle]

me looking for an artifact that glitched under the ground

[slim moth]

start diggin

[late kernel]

https://tenor.com/view/that's-what-i'm-talking-about-house-good-for-you-hugh-laurie-exactly-gif-4075998263476295678

[slim moth]

like UE5 CAN be optimized. but people just wanna run shit out. but ik S2 was dealt with a shitty 5.1 engine.

man.. that's 5.6 lumen? and it's still blobby

[silver orchid]

looks more real than the reality

[slim moth]

https://tenor.com/view/getting-suck-in-ignace-aleya-shocked-suck-inside-screen-black-hole-gif-18038872

[normal sentinel]

Accurate

1.7.1 not out until next week

[slim moth]

ik

they lied

they said this week

let em cook

[hollow wyvern]

https://tenor.com/view/gjirlfriend-gif-14457952604098199169

[hollow wyvern]

great.. now I have to play one of my other 2592 games.. ugh.

[normal sentinel]

Ikr

[slim moth]

what in the fuck

[normal sentinel]

I wish this was an actual enemy

[slim moth]

who is cooking this

[normal sentinel]

It’s been too long since I’ve been jumpscared in stalker

[slim moth]

i get jump scared all the time.

by lightning

[normal sentinel]

I get jump scared in gamma but it’s a monolith gunning me down with an incredibly loud rifle

[hollow wyvern]

You mean the thunder or the lumen? .. At the end both are valid

[slim moth]

lol definitely both

U+ makes it wayyy more tolerable.

[hollow wyvern]

Yes! But still. Got an 5080 and would love some RT

[slim moth]

i just got a 5070ti and it's a night and day difference in how lighting works from 4070s

even with same settings. just completely renders differently.

[hollow wyvern]

Got a 7900 XT before. 😅

[slim moth]

i was happy with my 4070s on every game but S2 which sucked

probably didn't help i was on a ryzen 5 5600x before too

[fluid lake]

Sidegrade tbh

Unless you really can't stand fsr3.1

[slim moth]

FSR does not look very good

to me

[hollow wyvern]

I know I know but NVIDIA is better for my HDR Monitor.. and RT

[knotty onyx]

I tried fsr with my 7900 xt and it looked pretty bad, but that was before AMD added fsr 4 support the the 7 series.

[hushed garden]

Fsr4 looks like ass for this game

[raven current]

Guys anyone else having this fckng problem? I have an active pc game pass and still can't play

[tame lodge]

the game isnt on gamepass anymore

[raven current]

???

Since when

[tame lodge]

november 15th i think

[raven current]

wtf

[fluid lake]

Did you ever mess around with renoDX or tonemapping / color pallet reshade shaders while you were on amd?

After familiarizing myself with color spaces in general it's a lot more fun to have so much control

[golden hazel]

What injecting the Sidorovich Fent does to a stalker

[hollow wyvern]

No sorry.

[normal sentinel]

Meeting with Colonel Korshunov after the Duga assault for the 1st time, that was a feel

[slim moth]

I very much enjoyed the ward path

[normal sentinel]

I was surprised by how much things diverge from the Spark path, even early game

It's not massive changes but enough that it's clear they put effort into it

I thought I was in for an easy SSP-99 but then the whole factory x-lab assault isn't even a thing in Garbage as Ward

[slim moth]

yeah, im happy that they actually lead to different missions and different results

[viscid flame]

Sooo downloading from the mediafire link has a tracking trojian in it?

[nocturne smelt]

Assume your talking about Gamma?

[viscid flame]

yeah, whats going on with that?

[warped monolith]

Better ask in

uh

#╟🔰☢newbies-chat

[nocturne smelt]

You'll have to ask in a Gamma channel.

[slim moth]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl-monolith-tik-tok-tik-tok-dance-gif-3948875391628105368

[normal sentinel]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-maytech-monolith-prayer-gif-16869366242639767810

[slim moth]

that's a good one

[split crown]

What am I looking at here, gamer

[slim moth]

brother. someone said "nice fake" but it doesn't look like AI to me

i think someone is cooking.. gulp new mutants

which hell yeah if true

if anything, just a bigger slower slightly tankier blood sucker could work with that model.

I think we need to focus on sky mutants, personally

[nocturne smelt]

The one safe place, I never have to look up.

[slim moth]

imagine that shit being compromised by giant bird/bat mutant.

[wanton arch]

https://tenor.com/view/cheekibreeki-cheeki-breeki-intensifies-stalker-bandit-radio-stalker-clear-sky-gif-24295015

[slim moth]

i asked in ask-GSC on official server and molt be ignoring it

https://tenor.com/view/damn-you-gif-8690903

[normal sentinel]

I doubt it’s ai but could be a mod? Dunno

Have they added any new mutants since release?

[nocturne smelt]

The added a squirrel

[normal sentinel]

Huge

I saw one at SIRCAA on their perfectly green lawn and assumed it was just a thing there

[slim moth]

squirrel was the comeback from GSC i needed to know they were gonna fix A-life

[normal sentinel]

The zone is more alive than ever

added squirrels

[slim moth]

i didn't even see them till 2 or 3 patches after they presented them

[normal sentinel]

Current a-life iteration is hilarious tbh

Some areas you come across are just mass graveyards of multiple factions

[slim moth]

I think it's just overtime, the bodies just stack over the poi that they fight over

[normal sentinel]

For some reason I found over a dozen ward and bandit composes at the yantar bunker

Corpses*

Must hold untold secrets of the zone

[nocturne smelt]

I saw a hedgehog the other day

First time after playing 700 hours.

[nocturne smelt]

lol, Prob got killed by something offscreen.

I believe they are simulating offline combat now. Or it at least feels like it.

[slim moth]

there are fucking hedghehogs

[nocturne smelt]

See, This was my reaction as well.

[normal sentinel]

They definitely are, I’m curious how it’s weighted / calculated. Saw several dead exo wardens inside the bunker like sardines in a tin can

Bandits are just gigachads I guess

[nocturne smelt]

The shotgun bois will mess you up lol.

[slim moth]

can i pick up hedgehogs and use them like a impact grenade

[nocturne smelt]

Sadly, I do not believe that is a feature at the present time.

[normal sentinel]

Modders will fix it

[slim moth]

good good

[silver orchid]

On the patch 1.4 or smth was datamined that apparently the gonta quests was supposed to have a special bloodsucker

Imo GSC it's working on the variants of mutants per region that they promised

[slim moth]

if true then hell yeah

and it makes sense to put region variant versions of mutants.

[silver orchid]

I remember that i saw concept arts of the boars and bloodsuckers (each one three variants)

[slim moth]

swampy mossy blood suckers and red forest dyed

[silver orchid]

And this is +- like a thingi that the trilogy had

The mutants on the trilogy have three variants according to the maps:
Weak, Medium and Strong

[warped monolith]

I had no idea they planned to do this kinda thing. neat

[silver orchid]

and some mutants have differences from weak to medium/strong, like the boars and some bloodsuckers (the swamp monster or smth for example)

[slim moth]

i feel like mutants should almost be inconsistent considering the amount of radiation, tumors, and growth variation that could accure

[silver orchid]

check this

is a official concept art of that thingi

[outer shard]

Hey so I got this bug in stalker 2 and it when I put my armor on but I'm ticking radiation damage I've tried taking it on and off but it ain't working

How do I fix this

[solemn horizon]

same 😭

[nocturne smelt]

Didn't Clear sky or COP have the Bloodsucker variants?

I remember seeing the swamp ones before.

[outer shard]

Im soft locked I think

[silver orchid]

SoC and CS had variants with visual differences

In SoC there a quest where we meet the existence of a "mutated bloodsucker"

In Clear Sky we have the creature of the swamp, that comes from Great Swamps and can appear in Agroprom

[nocturne smelt]

Probably the second one I'm thinking of.

[rare gulch]

Compiling Shaders now. Haven't played since launch. Any mods people recommend?

[silver orchid]

Imo i will like have more variants but i wouldn't like that one of 3 or 4 be much different visually from the other variants

[nocturne smelt]

Maybe with mods in the future they can have them spawn based on lair location.

Ie. Swamp bloodsuckers in zaton/great swamps.

That's if GSC or mods add them in the first place.

[rare gulch]

Has anyone encountered this type of crash on S2 fresh install no mods?

[nocturne smelt]

No... That almost looks like a GPU failure.

[split crown]

Real

[normal sentinel]

Faust boss fight has been interesting

||I didn't expect the controller mechanic but should have known||

[slim moth]

im a big hater on the faust fight

feels gimmicky

[normal sentinel]

The second phase is honestly pretty tough on veteran

[slim moth]

im the opposite. i find the first phase to be bs where the second phase is a bit easier. i mean, the fight DOES make sense it's just janky.

especially with frames being all over the place

[normal sentinel]

Are you supposed to get 2 pendants from him or is that a bug lol

[weary crystal]

does anyone by chance have the "COLD LIGHT" PRZ reshade file by chance? got unlisted on nexus

[slim moth]

its probably only available through his PRZ graphic thing

[silver orchid]

I mean, almost everything sounds better on paper.
On decent stalker-boss fights i just can think on that helicopter above Hospital and imo is very complex for GSC make a decent "human-boss fight"

[rare gulch]

Yea thats what I saw when I looked it up.

[shadow stirrup]

I remember a dialogue with a noontider, he said he liked to secretly get outside during emissions, said it felt like "home"

cool dialogue

[onyx oracle]

I installed again stalker 2 for the new updates, but everytime I luanch the game it crash

[ivory merlin]

So Gamma works with STALKER 2 now? From the 'one click installation' from GOG?

[viscid oxide]

Stalker 1*

[ivory merlin]

https://www.gog.com/en/game/stalker_gamma

MOD author just released it on GOG.

[icy basin]

!gog

[fallen iron]

@ivory merlin
"Does the GOG release mean I need to buy CoP or S2 to get GAMMA updates in the future?"
No, it's just a way to support the developers and get an easier install procedure.
You can still use https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1092852637847789699 like always.

Linux now? What about macOS?
No sorry, back to the dungeon https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1315449108797980762

[icy basin]

It still only needs Anomaly and will never work on STALKER 2

Oh who am I kidding

[viscid oxide]

Idk about the NEVER statement, in a few years with improved mod tools things similar to gamma might start to appear

[summer vapor]

Do you mean modpacks?

[viscid oxide]

I know about the collections on nexus, but they are very limited by what can be achieved

[icy basin]

Maybe, but unlikely from Grok

[prime shell]

i thought they were fixing the artifacts going underground, it is worse then it ever was... was mainly the lesser zone gas anomaly for me that was fucked, now it is almost every anomaly i go to...

[nocturne smelt]

Yeah, I gave up on even trying to get them. The only way is to no clip with console and I'm not doing that every time.

[prime shell]

yeah just had to noclip two, probably one of my favourite things is going on a big anomaly expedition after a couple of emissions though =(

[nocturne smelt]

Agreed, I enjoy it also. Hopefully they figure it out.

[prime shell]

indeed

[remote eagle]

if reading so cool why there is no reading 2?

[remote eagle]

[shadow stirrup]

if stalking is bad why is there stalker 2?

[warped monolith]

ppl might get confused because the gog version "requires" CoP or HoC

[nocturne smelt]

Why would they have it tied to an HoC purchase?

Just another way to prove a purchase because anomaly is open source?

[tame lodge]

idk if I softlocked my game

was doing the stash quest where I put vodka in them but I stole from them

then the npc confronts me I kill him

and when i try to go to slag heap im shot on sight

[nocturne smelt]

Go somewhere else and sleep. Aggro should reset after a while.

[icy basin]

It's just a choice
Do you want to buy CoP again or S2 again, two of the newest games in the franchise

[tame lodge]

ok ty

[nocturne smelt]

There must be a major price difference in the 2. I guess it's an option for people who don't own HoC yet.

[icy basin]

CoP because Anomaly is a mod of a mod (...) (...) of a mod of CoP
And S2 because it's the newest and supports GSC the most

But also #🖥️how-to-install still exists and requires you to just be able to read slightly more than Hooked on Phonics

(and some basic IT knowledge like what a folder is and where the root of a drive is and how to work archives)

[nocturne smelt]

I mean, That's how I did it when I played Gamma.

But it was the only option then.

How to shut off your firewall. Seems to trip up people the most.

Feel like a majority of the failed installs is all firewall based.

[warped monolith]

might push some extra sales for stalker 2, who knows

[nocturne smelt]

It's definitely possible lol.

[warped monolith]

I lowkey should have bought HoC on GOG but went for steam instead like a moron

[nocturne smelt]

I tend to always get my games on Steam. I like them all being in one place.

[warped monolith]

as bizarre as this might sound, prices tend to be cheaper on GOG, even if by just a tiny margin
being DRM-free is also very attractive imo

[modern temple]

hello guys

I wanna say something

Rostok is a anomaly

and its feature is eating your Ram

thanks, have a good day

[nocturne smelt]

It def has it's perks for sure. I've just always used steam as my game library so i tend to defer to that.

[warped monolith]

thank you for your wisdom

[silver orchid]

HoC is because GSC marketing-guy want eat two times more on the month by copies selled by easy gamba installation

[warped monolith]

yup

and considering this is basically an official endorsement by GSC, migh as well give them something in return

[steel maple]

i was gonna set my Zona Alfa (basically tabletop stalker) campaign in an alternate timeline, but playing stalker 2 has me really wanting to paint miniatures of the Ward and the IPSF

[silver orchid]

more people saying that gamba is pure stalker sovl and spirit!!!

[warped monolith]

[shadow stirrup]

wait, wolfhound is back. didn't he die in shadow of chernobyl?

[nocturne smelt]

Yes and no? It is possible to escort the scientist without aggroing him but unlikely.

But even if he is, Could just be a new Merc using the same callsign.

[silver orchid]

I think that wolfhound is one of the infamous nostalgiabaits

I read that there more "resurrected" characters but idk

[shadow stirrup]

that makes sense

I feel so bad for Strider man

life or death for the merc?

[normal sentinel]

Life

Faust wasn’t so bad after all

He just wanted everyone to find happiness

[wanton arch]

he want the Monolithian to find their purpose.

[hard atlas]

Agreed

[nocturne smelt]

Faust is probably the best character in S2, Followed closely by Korshunov.

[normal sentinel]

Yeah I’ve been impressed by the writing

It’s a pretty interesting story

[nocturne smelt]

The Ward stuff is written really well if you tend to follow their path.

Learn some interesting things during it.

[wanton arch]

if whe shrimply can become monolith

[silver orchid]

nah

how about a noontide route

the gud ending

[wanton arch]

imagine the plot that you went and kill the entire ward during alpha interaction

nah i mean you start wiping the zone with the monolith during Shard Alpha Activation

that is what i want to do

https://gif.fxtwitter.com/tweet_video/G6ejxTUbIAA8xNK.gif

[wanton arch]

good ending would be the ability to actually save strider during red forest

you with him starting a family and adopt lost child within the zone

i mean

[silver orchid]

gud ending would be every monolithian being noontidebros and faust with strider having a formal relationship

[nocturne smelt]

I was really hoping for something like this. I was also hoping against all hope that Skif would be an ex monolithian or something who forgot everything.

[wanton arch]

start the noontide again

you mean the agent

too much hole for this plot tbh

i mean C agents can still become the monolith

[nocturne smelt]

Eh, Anything is possible with proper writing. But this was all before the game was even out and they were putting out their trailers showing skif speaking to Faust and Strider.

[wanton arch]

mostly during that underground thingy

and for faust he just got into his mind

at least sending message before he die

[nocturne smelt]

Ward is probably my favorite path with the options we do have.

[wanton arch]

the only ending that skiff prob got what he need initially

[silver orchid]

tho

don't there another skifa on the strider group

skiff or smth

GSC forget like the half of the group

[nocturne smelt]

Don't recognize the name, But it's possible I guess.

I just want a viewpoint of not a loner for once. Idk.

[wanton arch]

idk tbh i only know one scientist working for Wild island

the only "Loner" you could find during noontide shit is

uhhh

that black dude on the shoreline

[nocturne smelt]

The trader?

[wanton arch]

yeah

[nocturne smelt]

Quiet.

I mean, He is noontide and a former Monolithian.

[wanton arch]

i doubt

[nocturne smelt]

He just separated from them and wanted to interact with other people.

[wanton arch]

did not see his ass during the rise of the monolith

[silver orchid]

initially

[wanton arch]

btw only US being the loner

[silver orchid]

i wanted that the DLCs had a Digger, a Wardbro and a Freedomer

Imo that is way cooler than skifa x2, x3 and x4

[wanton arch]

you are kinda ward if you decide to get the pass

only during spark that you barely get shot by the ward ?

[nocturne smelt]

Kind of, But still looked down at for being a Stalker.

[wanton arch]

nah the benefit of a faction is just

people in that faction care about you

sure you don't get shot by freedomer ?

Freedomer do "hate" them but it's not and outblown war between them

[nocturne smelt]

What are we talking about? I'm confused now.

[wanton arch]

i mean you want to be a ward right

like after the pass and the duga thing you are considered as high ranking in the ward community

[nocturne smelt]

Not particularly Ward but faction choices would be nice.

[wanton arch]

i mean yeah we only have 2 factions choice

being loner or ward special boy

it's ass tbh

spark choice or strelok choice are still turn you into whatever loner

[nocturne smelt]

Idk, I always saw it more as being a Ward "Agent" then an official member. You only get member status after the ending.

[wanton arch]

i mean the benefit of ward agent would not be so differ as high ranking ward

[nocturne smelt]

Right but it's not the point I'm trying to make. Everyone still treats you as a loner regardless of your decisions.

Anyone in any town still treats you as a loner.

[wanton arch]

Treat as you mean Interaction or Being hostile or not

[nocturne smelt]

Free stalkers don't start treating you differently because your working with Ward etc.

[wanton arch]

i mean what im saying is if you are an official part of the faction

what benefit you can gain from it

as in benefit / cons are just interaction of being hostile
or Natural or even Better trading

because having ward badge and helping the ward does improve trade between you and the ward

not only that the dialog is differ when you talk to any ward

without the badge too

[nocturne smelt]

Does there need to be a Carrot on the stick to want to see some dynamic encounters outside of the main story based on your decisions?

[wanton arch]

i mean what you really want to expect more is the dialogs right

mostly dialogs between you and other faction

but not trading or in game mechanic

[nocturne smelt]

I want you to feel like your decisions matter outside of checking a box in the main story I guess.

[wanton arch]

then yeah it just

dialogs i guess

because ward badge and ward affinity does affect other mechanics of the game

it just the dialogs being minimal between you and the ward NPCs/Traders

[nocturne smelt]

It's a combination of things I guess.

[wanton arch]

nah the mechanic part is huge i will be honest

sure it's not like anomoly or other game that relying on it heavily

aka tarkov where Loyalty can determind what the shit you can get

wait for a mod tbh

better term on trader in S2 is like just more stuff you can buy

and less price for tiny bit

[normal sentinel]

So does the freedom / duty treaty get broken in the background during the main quest

I noticed after the Duga arc some NPCs start talking about it