╓☢stalker-chat

[last mesa]

My new PFP

[sick surge]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-gif-22322541

[last mesa]

The Drip is immaculate lol

[lethal steeple]

how do you even appease the modern gamma community with monsters

honest question

you make them tankier and it's boring because they're too tanky

you make the player move slower so that he's more exposed to their attacks and it's boring because you move like a snail

[sick surge]

cant really make everyone happy when it comes to that

[lethal steeple]

you make them spawn in comically large groups and it's boring because it's low brow shock value that's tiresome after the second time you come across it

[lethal steeple]

no but i mean like really

there is no way to improve mutants

at all

it's a dead end

[granite cave]

to be honest i wouldn't mind more monsters problem is getting stalker accurate ones that don't tank the game in itself

[sick surge]

for example i had a 12g saiga with slugs shot a phygaint with 2 mags (24) slugs and still died

[lethal steeple]

like sure the controller is a canvas for improvements due to the monster's basic design

and it has been improved

but what do you do about literally everything else that's just a melee thing

fractures were made lightspeed fast and it not only looks terrible but it also feels terrible due to their attacks fully stunning you for like an entire second

it's dogshit game design

but it just goes to show how much of a dead end mutants are in stalker

hell you even see this being a problem in stalker 2

they tried making them tougher so that they pose more of a threat

and they're incredibly fucking boring to fight because of that

inb4 so let's see YOU take a shot at it then!!!

[left hatch]

so let's see YOU take a shot at it then!!!

[long otter]

I mean tbh you could make them more interesting via enviromental things and AI

Chimeras running out of line of sight and silently trying to get behind you before pouncing again

Doing that sort of fight in a tall grass area would be perfect for example.

GSC could've done allot of shit like that for S2

Anomaly wise tho idk

It really is a dead end as you say

[graceful fulcrum]

I think we all agree that "difficulty" only increasing the enemy HP bar is dump as fk

[lethal steeple]

so is making them spawn in zergs that are 10+ deep

like the chimera/controller zergs in pripyat's outskirts in gamma

content!!!

[last mesa]

I would take away the "Warning growl" from the game, adding more moves to the mutants like strafing on Chimeras and making them more like in the OG series, and lower their health a little, slow them down a little, and make the chimeras and pseudogiants actually rare AF, and spawn in single units, same with controllers and most bloodsuckers. The only time bloodsuckers wouln't be alone is if you find a nest in like underground or something. Make the snorks plentiful, same with cats and dogs, so it doesn't feel like they're small packs since those "Wouldn't" make it, psy dogs are always alone or in pairs. Tushkanos are always in hordes, and that is probably pretty much all of the changes. OH AND MAKE THEM EAT THEIR PRAY AGAIN INSTEAD OF RUNNNING OFF THE CORPSE

[oblique reef]

The main strat against 80% of mutants is the chimera strat

I wonder if lowering Chimera and psuedo spawns would get people to complain the same way lurkers were so rare pre-0.9.3.1

[lethal steeple]

how does most of this tackle the issue presented

besides having chimeras strafe

[last mesa]

I mean. With making chimeras, burers, pseudogiants and controllers rare af would be in line with the ingame lore and would make them more difficult since you don't fight them as often so you get stale at it

[lethal steeple]

which i honestly also don't see how it helps

[oblique reef]

It'll affect the ability to craft higher end artis, which is either a good or bad thing

[lethal steeple]

the issue with making monsters rare is that you can not do that in gamma

period

it's ingrained in progression

artefact crafting would need a complete makeover

[fading plinth]

people would swap it back so they can get pelts and money easier if it was changed

[last mesa]

Seriously?

[celest sparrow]

I do believe some of the mutants within Stalker 2 were changed to work better around the environment they were designed around
But for the most part, you just feel cheated out as the constant influx of unavoidable damage is present

[oblique reef]

Well at least S2's a bit more forgiving with its excessive medkit and food spam

[last mesa]

Do you need to fix the armor in S2?

[oblique reef]

Yes, it was a bit too excessive with how expensive repairs were

[graceful fulcrum]

yes

[oblique reef]

Pretty sure that was the first thing people complained about, and what was modded to change

[celest sparrow]

Yeah, it is Arcade elements that really don't play out well cause it doesn't feel satisfying to finish an encounter
Mutant boss encounters end up being "Finally, it's over"

[lethal steeple]

the bloodsucker in the cave AT THE START OF THE GAME

[celest sparrow]

Although I do see the effort on trying to make mutants a threat unlike their counterparts in the Trilogy, which wasn't executed well

[lethal steeple]

yeah an attempt was made at least

[graceful fulcrum]

hated it, it would just stop going after you if you got out of the area and into the anomaly field

[long torrent]

Can mutant ai actually account for target velocity to lead attacks?

Would it be feasible™?

[toxic coral]

Is there even any mods that affect mutant ai specifically?

[oblique reef]

The gimmicks are interesting but kinda poorly executed. Burers being able to pick up guns is pretty damn cool, makes em more unique than the poltergeists

I despised the Bloodsucker scream though

[graceful fulcrum]

when it bugged and started spamming it, mainly when it was more that one

[lethal steeple]

yeah but like it still only addresses one monster

in this case the chimera

[oblique reef]

Psy dogs were already well balanced in the og trilogy, so were the snorks imo (But they're hell in Gamma)

[lethal steeple]

which leaves everything else still as bad as it is

[celest sparrow]

I absolutely fear PsyDogs in S2

[valid kernel]

Is S2 actually any fun yet or is it still bad?

[long torrent]

gamma also disabled getting disarmed I think?

[lethal steeple]

like for example what would you do with the bloodsucker that isn't having it be permanently cloaked

[celest sparrow]

Play it yourself

I found it fun regardless of the issues it had

[valid kernel]

I did on launch it sucked

[lethal steeple]

or what do you do to the anomaly shit fluff variants

like the psysucker

the cats

the lurker

[oblique reef]

It was decent enough imo, I was lucky enough to finish a playthrough mostly unimpeded

[toxic coral]

Then rephrase your question to if s2 changed anything you deemed unfun

[oblique reef]

but the damn Zalissya bugs were annoying

[long torrent]

the jump from the SoC "cutscene"

[graceful fulcrum]

maybe making all the mutants ally of each other? taking only one type is easy but the combination of then would make it hard?

[oblique reef]

Maybe the bayun gimmicks?

[oblique reef]

I think having infighting makes things more interesting imo

[lethal steeple]

#╓☢stalker-chat message

it's that but to a mildly lesser extent

you wouldn't have fun seeing a swarm of monsters beelining towards you

[celest sparrow]

I got 2 Playthroughs into that thing with 90 Hours of gameplay
Honestly loved it

[lethal steeple]

not only because it'd be a bitch to fight against

[oblique reef]

I had 100 with just one

[lethal steeple]

but because you can just strafe aside

throw a grenade at your feet

[toxic coral]

Im cpu bound on it so im just waiting till i upgrade

[lethal steeple]

and reap the rewards

[oblique reef]

The bayuns were an interesting enough idea

[lethal steeple]

i can't even recall what the bayun did to be honest other than speak

[valid kernel]

Okay let me rephrase it then. Do flesh's and other mutants still hunt you down like terminators from across the map? Do mutants still take on average an entire magazine to kill with no reward or loot. Are bloodsuckers still used with the rarity of psuedodogs in the other games? Is there night vision? Do enemies still have perfect eyesight in pitch darkness? Did they finally add Alife?

[lethal steeple]

it was just yet another tanky melee monster

with high ish mobility

[long torrent]

Was the reason for removing disarm from gumma ever discussed?

[celest sparrow]

Play it

[toxic coral]

There were ai changes recently, cant attest for the rest tho

[graceful fulcrum]

no need for groups exactly, if rarer mutants made groups like a burer helping shield a bloodsucker kind of thing

[oblique reef]

infighting sounds like a good way to make decisionmaking imo. Like, would you rather kill the Burer or the Controller its fighting?

[valid kernel]

S2's entire opening is basically just a giant sign going "If you loved the original trilogy you're gonna fucking HATE this"

[long torrent]

just let burers steal your gun

[celest sparrow]

Nah

[toxic coral]

Idk where you get that at all

[graceful fulcrum]

if they stopped fighting on the first shot and focused on you would be nice

[toxic coral]

I actually liked the opening

[lethal steeple]

how

watch it be the cutscene

mark my fucking words

[valid kernel]

Because the entire opening gives the exact same vibes as getting power armor and fighting a fucking deathclaw in the first half hour of fallout 4

[celest sparrow]

It does not?

Like ???

[lethal steeple]

???????????????

[harsh sandal]

It's already a B to fight again

[valid kernel]

Here's some flashy cutscenes and an AR and AK's and go fight a bloodsucker and woah look at the blowout and heres a poltergeist spooooky

[lethal steeple]

that's just insane really can we go back to talking about game design

[valid kernel]

It's a shitty rollercoaster

[harsh sandal]

Imagine, 3 bloodsuckers and a chimera

[celest sparrow]

Are you just hating to hate

[harsh sandal]

All try to kill you at once

[celest sparrow]

Like damn

Here's some common weapons you might find shortly after the game starts, learn how to kill stuff

[lethal steeple]

sangre pan y circo

[valid kernel]

I ain't hating to hate there's absolutely no restraint or nuance

[graceful fulcrum]

bloodsuckers trying to grab you as a priority

[harsh sandal]

Oh do I need to mention how fun when a sucker effortlessly hug you when there are also 2 other suckers and a chimera around?

[valid kernel]

they just throw everything big and flashy at you in the first ten minutes like they gotta jingle keys in your face or something

[celest sparrow]

It's such a stretch of a comparison though because the Power Armor in Fallout 4 heavily trivialized the battle against the Deathclaw

[lethal steeple]

i really don't get the point of this

is the village in re4 bad too

[twin slate]

quick question just because ive never tried it if you get the psy helm and don't turn on the mm and bs will you still take damage in RF?

[celest sparrow]

Apparently a basic AK is the equivalent of given the player Power Armor in terms of Power Scale

[fading plinth]

i love the re4 village

[lethal steeple]

because it's also a flashy "get gun go ham" thing that ends with a cool cutscene

[harsh sandal]

You die

You dont take damage

[valid kernel]

No because the village in RE4 is a tense onslaught in a survival horror game?

[harsh sandal]

You just die after a short time

[toxic coral]

Call of pripyat starts you with an ak too, starting with an ak isnt bad

[valid kernel]

If they gave you an rpg and an a machine gun and started throwing mutated BOWS at you in the village then yeah I'd complain about that too

[harsh sandal]

Ah then no

[toxic coral]

And you don't even get to keep it anyways so

[lethal steeple]

clear sky's entire tutorial section is one big "get gun go ham" flashy section

that even has an emission midway through it

[harsh sandal]

Also dont say something misunderstanding like dont turn on mm or bs, bro we have to turn them off XD

[valid kernel]

CS has one cutscene where you get recked and then gives you a makarov to go shoot bandits

Not the same at all

[twin slate]

I meant turn off my bad? I never tried usally I just bum rush mm and bs but I was wondering

[lethal steeple]

bro's forgetting about the sawn off and the guns you get during the shootout

the same way you pick up the ak in stalker 2

but in this case you even get to repair it

to steamroll the tutorial

[valid kernel]

Except a sawn off shotgun is a beginner gun you can get in the first firefight of any of the trilogy??

[lethal steeple]

kinda grasping at straws just to avoid saying you just don't like stalker 2

[harsh sandal]

Yeah basically you need psyhelm for MM, MM for radar and BS, and BS for the rest of the map. Without BS you can only access whatever from AW to the south

[valid kernel]

What is your argument here?

[lethal steeple]

it's not that i don't like the game YOU shouldn't like the game

[fading plinth]

the stalker 2 tutorial needs that ak because i am not fighting the first bloodsucker without one

[celest sparrow]

I kissed the Bloodsucker

[fading plinth]

me too

[valid kernel]

My point is there shouldn't BE a bloodsucker in the tutorial

[fading plinth]

he kissed harder

[lethal steeple]

oh now that's the point

cool

[fading plinth]

soc has a bloodsucker early game too, i dont think its that big of an issue

[twin slate]

Ive done the MM and BS missions so many times its honestly just becoming a chore but thanks

[celest sparrow]

Then say that you absolute troglodyte

[graceful fulcrum]

they made stalker 2 for "everyone" and that's the problem

[celest sparrow]

[valid kernel]

This guy gets it

[harsh sandal]

Yeah it's not hard, just in case you haven't played the game on the newest patches

[lethal steeple]

so like what

let's cut it straight to the bone

should it have been gamma

[valid kernel]

MY POINT is that the intro is way too flashy and over the top and shows off all this fancy shit

That's the first thing I said numb nuts

[celest sparrow]

Okay so it no longer is about the Bloodsucker

gotcha

[lethal steeple]

and not about the game "being for everyone"

[twin slate]

yeah this is my 3rd playthrough on this patch its not hard or interesting or fun lol I feel like its a chore

[lethal steeple]

despite that guy fully getting it

[valid kernel]

Rage bait used to be believable

[harsh sandal]

Well at least not the 2 sins inside MM

[lethal steeple]

criminally insane behavior

[harsh sandal]

[valid kernel]

I'm sorry you can't draw a line between something being way too flashy and lacking nuance and being too casualized. Because those AREN'T comparable at all

[lethal steeple]

can we go back to discussing game design and the dead end of monsters in anomaly

and how you can literally not improve them

[fading plinth]

from what i remember the tutorial is just like you walk around putting your big metal thingy on the floor, dodge some anomalies and fight a bloodsucker, and then get into a scuffle and thats all right? i dont think it shows off 'all the flashy stuff' straight away

[twin slate]

the only good part is BS and thats because of all the fat loot mono drops

[harsh sandal]

Thank god they will move them to another spot on the next patches

[celest sparrow]

You fight a Bloodsucker, a group of Bandits, a singular Poltergeist which you can avoid btw

[fading plinth]

i dont even remember the polter lmfao

[celest sparrow]

Yeah cause you can avoid it

[last mesa]

Agreed

[graceful fulcrum]

We all can agree that Stalker 2 was a good Gamma advertisement

[fading plinth]

i liked the dogs running away if you killed too many or killed their leader, that was pretty swag is that still in gamba

[celest sparrow]

Who's we

Other than the other guy that happens to agree with you

[last mesa]

Nope. It still happens, just rarely because you need to run outta stamina for them to throw your weapon away, and if it's light enough it supposedly makes it harder to do so, but that is unconfirmed

[lethal steeple]

no

[valid kernel]

Honestly I don't notice that in gamma as much as the original trilogy. Usually they all just have a suicide mission. Like in S2

[fading plinth]

well they should bring that back then

[lethal steeple]

it isn't unconfirmed

the weight of the gun affects the stamina drain the burer does

the lighter it is the less stamina you get drained

[fading plinth]

snorks are real easy to put down with headshots so i dont really mind em

[lethal steeple]

where did you even get that from

[last mesa]

Ohhh! So that's how it works!

[fading plinth]

psuedos are just bullet sponges, not very awesomesauce, bloodsuckers have that stupid fucking grab

[lethal steeple]

the bloodsucker grab is terrible game design

[last mesa]

Well I heard the lighter the gun the harder it is for a burer to pull it from you from somewhere, but I never got to confirm it myself

[celest sparrow]

Watch someone lose their shit when we add the Tutorial framework into GAMMA by crying how Grok is appealing to the casual audience

[fading plinth]

i hate the goddamn grab

[lethal steeple]

but that's like 90% of their shtick

[celest sparrow]

Yeah this sucks ass

[fading plinth]

the invisible fast enemy you can only hear can insta grab you and basically kill you

unless your like max health etc

dont like that, remove bloodsuckers and replace them with sentient darkscape cars that ram you

[lethal steeple]

myself

i'm like the only guy that has said it here

[fading plinth]

those tiny little goblin fuckers are so rare i saw like one once in yanov

[last mesa]

Here. I remember hearing it in a youtube video. Not sure which tho

I may be misremembering as well, but good to know the base principle is there

[lethal steeple]

karliks too are the worst kind of filler

because they're a riff on the psysucker

which is already filler

[valid kernel]

https://tenor.com/view/ill-ill-game-kick-kick-baby-ill-kick-baby-gif-7990992481821437555

[lethal steeple]

inb4 but they're a cut monster from soc they're not filler

[celest sparrow]

Karliks really do be there

[fading plinth]

what are those like hooded controllers

[lethal steeple]

hooded controllers

[valid kernel]

Just another controller skin

[fading plinth]

oh fr thats dead

[last mesa]

The stocky, short ones are burers lol

[valid kernel]

Controllers have a lot of different models for some reason

[fading plinth]

yea ik them i mean the tall ones

i always assumed they were different cuz they had a different skin lol

[harsh sandal]

They missed the chance to make a female controller

A sexy one

[valid kernel]

They spared the world from a great sin

That's what they did

[lethal steeple]

for caca i would actually get rid of a lot of monsters

[celest sparrow]

You're getting a female burer instead

[fading plinth]

pyrogeists are in gamba arent they?

[celest sparrow]

yeah, rare variant

[harsh sandal]

[celest sparrow]

but we are removing Poltergeists from random spawns

[fading plinth]

wat ones

[valid kernel]

I wish they'd bring back the poltergeist actually having bodies

[lethal steeple]

cats, pseudodogs, karliks, fractures, psysuckers, lurkers

because they're just filler

[valid kernel]

Dunno why they ever changed that in the og

[fading plinth]

yeah thats sounds fair enough

[toxic coral]

Why?

[harsh sandal]

At least we have lurkers in metro

[lethal steeple]

because a poltergeist in the open does nothing

[harsh sandal]

[lethal steeple]

other than turn your screen blue

[celest sparrow]

They really don't do much in most maps

[fading plinth]

lurkers are actually just chimeras with less health

[lethal steeple]

they are

literally

[fading plinth]

trash, begone

why are there so many in garbage and like nowhere else

[toxic coral]

Thats fair, wilds territory ones at least have some styff to throw

I mostly see random ones there anyway

[toxic coral]

That is in fact, exactly what they are

[fading plinth]

the issue with monsters is other than weak trash monsters youd never really see a powerful one unless it was scripted so they all feel a lot less interesting

[toxic coral]

[fading plinth]

in the og trilogy i mean

[celest sparrow]

well the strong mutants were really just boss encounters

it was proper for them to be scripted

[valid kernel]

Even gamma seems to be a little bit too liberal with the rare mutant spawns sometimes

feels off watching a giant fight two chimeras a hundred meters from a stalker stronghold just to walk another couple hundred feet and find three controllers

[ripe lagoon]

nah grok said he will change them
before patch release surely

[valid kernel]

These fucking things are supposed to be the rarest of the rare

[celest sparrow]

surely

Oh yeah, he did want to change them

[toxic coral]

if you can limit them to only spawning in certain zones, like i said i think WT has enough garbage for them to throw

[lethal steeple]

yeah but if you tone spawns down

or god forbid make them make sense lorewise

you're not ever finishing your belt build

[valid kernel]

Or just make it so hide isn't an ultra rare spawn when every animal in the zone has SKIN.....

[celest sparrow]

[toxic coral]

realism arugment strikes again

[lethal steeple]

it's still an rng mechanic

like sure increase the odds 10 fold

it's still subject to rng

if the pelt was guaranteed then it would be boring because it's guaranteed

[twin slate]

better knife improves quality and spawn chances

[ripe lagoon]

pretty sure they have a smart respawn there, random spawns won't make much difference

[lethal steeple]

it the parts were guaranteed it would be boring because it's guaranteed

[celest sparrow]

it only improves the quality

[valid kernel]

Yes I know I have a kukhri

[lethal steeple]

dare i say it would even be unimmersive

because who's to say one of my shots damaged the skin/part a little too much

[celest sparrow]

what does improve the spawn chance is the hunter kit ig

[lethal steeple]

to the point it's unsalvageable

[twin slate]

half of gamma in unimmersive lol

is*

[lethal steeple]

yeah but people insist it's the most immersive and realistic shit ever

unironically so

and actually shield behind keeping things immersive

[twin slate]

I wished it was more immersive

[lethal steeple]

so having parts be more common isn't immersive

[granite cave]

crashed, but no log was generated

[celest sparrow]

i eated it

[celest sparrow]

"But I only shot the head so the rest of the body is still intact!"

[valid kernel]

Eh, gamma is still more immersive then most

there's a fine line between horse shit and immersion

it's when something is horse shit AND unimmersive that it's annoying

[lethal steeple]

not only that but the fact that you're meant to take on mutants with shotguns (specifically regular buckshot) and hollow point bullets

[granite cave]

damnit Anon my .log is turning into mdmp's instead

[lethal steeple]

or explosives

all of them extremely destructive to any game

[celest sparrow]

ask in #🔨base-gamma-support idk what your problem is

[lethal steeple]

it makes sense and is immersive that loot is rare from mutants

people would bitch and moan about it not being the case

wait they wouldn't

[valid kernel]

Tell Grok I want my in depth hunting and harvesting mechanics implemented next update

[lethal steeple]

because it's only immersive if it makes the game easier for me

[valid kernel]

I want hunter call of the wild zone edition

God that would be so cool.....

[lethal steeple]

even rdr2's arcade hunting would be an improvement

[fading plinth]

yeah i was thinking about that

would give a reason to repair weapons with lower caliber bullets and stuff too

[oblique reef]

Can I delete MDMP files? They're clogging up my logs folder

[last mesa]

You wanna know what is unimmersive?

The fucking grass textures bugging out

[toxic coral]

Wym

[last mesa]

Not even mentioning busyhands

[last mesa]

You know that bug where your grass just looks weird, as if it was changing while you walk towards it with a lot of black patches and square textures?

[toxic coral]

No, ive had grass shimmer as if it was reflective tho

[last mesa]

Restarting the game fixes it for a few minutes, but every time I go to JU and come out the grass is fucked again

[last mesa]

Huh. That's weird

[toxic coral]

I still was never able to fix that either

It was very subtle so i just dealt with it

[last mesa]

Well mine is not subtle at all

this kind of grass

[lethal steeple]

what the fuck is even wrong with the grass

[last mesa]

Turns into this

[lethal steeple]

it's literally normal

ah idk

never happened to me when i played in dx8 because of aesthetics

[toxic coral]

Oh yeah i have no familiarity with dx8

[last mesa]

Yeah. Weird issue

My silly ass in Radar just having fun lol

[clear wren]

do armor exchanges not work?

[oblique reef]

Some armors aren't exchangeable, check this if it can be https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OWE25Go9kSao5-IDOS4ZWkBtLfyEF_hPLJz7QQR2lqY/edit?gid=1796045690#gid=1796045690

[clear wren]

which of the mercenary ones are worthwhile?

[oblique reef]

The most notable ones are probably the Merc SEVA and the Merc Woodland exosuit

[clear wren]

any of the medium ones any good?

i've got a berill-5m lying around i can try to exchange

[oblique reef]

Merc exchange doesn't give their berill version it seems, go check the armor exchange sheet if you want more detailed info

[clear wren]

gotcha

[small ermine]

[clear wren]

every trade gives the LTS-J man

getting effectively railroaded into using it if i want to keep my mercenary fit

[small ermine]

You are picking the same option

It's always the same reward

[clear wren]

so if i want a different one i've gotta find it

[small ermine]

Yes

[blissful ivy]

damn that knife looks better than kukri

i need it

[oblique reef]

It's the OTs-2, I've been running it over the Kukri cuz I can't stand how huge it is

[rigid stream]

looks ugly tbh
i'd rather with the knife yeah

[last mesa]

I would run monolith blade if not for the fact it doesn't spawn in anymore

[oblique reef]

A lil ltx changing can fix that

I gave the Monolith blade to the Monolith start

[last mesa]

I mean. The functionality would be limited, unless you also made it give 85-99% pelts and double checked if it can skin muties, or the thick skinned ones at least

[oblique reef]

It's still pretty good for giving you decent-ish pelts until you can get your hands on an OTs-2. Far better than what other factions would get

[stark wyvern]

dead chat lmao

[blissful ivy]

just sayin, invictus chat was more active

[stark wyvern]

true

[blissful ivy]

[stark wyvern]

#BringBackInvictusChat2025

[blissful ivy]

i dont want a hashtag, i want my home back

[desert dagger]

Fr

Literally the best channel in the server is gone

[last mesa]

whats invictus chat?

[stark wyvern]

chat to talk about invictus

[last mesa]

what is invictus

[stark wyvern]

it got vaporized some time ago and people didnt like that

a achievement, which its do the LL storyline at the hardest difficulity, with no debug, and only 2 lives

[last mesa]

ahh

sick

[valid kernel]

Mfs can't even let a man craft some shit in his own hideout

One moment you're scrolling on your phone crafting a stove, the next six burly americans are screaming in your ear and punching you in the back of the head

What the FUCK IS GOING ON

I just wanna do some interior decorating you PRICKS

[valid loom]

Same but bandits

[valid kernel]

My entire fucking tower is just filled with corpses now

[valid loom]

Just head to Zaton for a bit and come back, itll clean itself.

[stark wyvern]

cant catch a break huh

one time they are trying to stop you from rotating a lamp, the other they dont want you to decorate your hideout

[valid loom]

Best have a perimeter wall

Or block the door

[valid kernel]

Yeah I obviously fucking need one

I thought being a stones throw away from the largest stalker base in the area might help but apparently fucking not

[radiant sage]

Nah, because fuck you in particular says the game

[valid kernel]

"That mf just put down his pool table! Get his ass!"

[radiant sage]

Maybe its one of those bounty hitsquad thingy mabobs

[valid loom]

Unless mercs have neg relations to Freedom that is, its auto defense if its the random ass Duty guy or Monolith or the rare UNISG hit squads

[valid kernel]

THERE"S MORE OF THEM WAITING DOWNSTAIRS

[lunar cloak]

I did it I turned it off... but at what cost

[twin slate]

sin is annoying

[valid kernel]

What the FUCK did I do

[radiant sage]

Obviously something bad

[valid kernel]

Nine fucking fully kitted out mercs

Like I just got my first barret off this one dude

[stark wyvern]

you stole their favorite hideout spot

[radiant sage]

Topkek

[stark wyvern]

they wanna tkae it bakc

english 101

[valid loom]

How bad is your individual and home faction relations against them in the PDA?

[valid kernel]

I'm loner

Its been beef on sight the whole run

[valid loom]

Not as annoying if they killed the bandits and they too dies. Free loot, when you happen to pass by.

[twin slate]

yeah but their like roaches you find one you find 15

[valid kernel]

It's MY tower and you CAN'T have it!

About to make some Forest effigies outside my front door with these pricks

[granite cave]

i know it doesn't show it, but checking just in case: Volat Emerald decays over time right?

[stark wyvern]

no

[granite cave]

oh nice so i can make a compass without worry then

[stark wyvern]

yea

all artifacts that arent a perkifact dont decay over time

[blissful ivy]

bro i mean like just put a box in front of the stairs

[lunar cloak]

why are mercs and free stalkers under a ceasefire after I turned off BS?

is this normal?

[granite cave]

are you in outskirts?

@lunar cloak

[stark wyvern]

yea

[lunar cloak]

thats lame I liked killing loners

gotta show them who's boss

[stark wyvern]

what's stopping you from still shooting them after the ceasefire

just point gun to head and pull trigger

[blissful ivy]

just do living legend, then you can just murder them if you want

[lunar cloak]

!EXPERT

[dawn marten]

Expert Toolkits can ONLY spawn in the northern part of the zone, meaning, only in these maps: Limansk, Jupiter, Zaton, Pripyat, Radar, Red Forest, Outskirts, Deserted Hospital, CNPP South and CNPP North.
The rest of the Zone won't spawn them.

We also have a "visual" guide: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YJUwO5sAnzh3UFWZJS82oz6_QTkmcnBBJDpFnG_XIro/edit#gid=1715435812

[oblique reef]

https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/1012510897136222293

[lunar cloak]

10 laminsk stashes no expert tools game is rigged

[sick yoke]

Required for Mercs to do the main quest

Strelok is loner after all

[blissful ivy]

laminsk

[last mesa]

stalker gamma shitpost on my tt fyp, app knows me too well🙏

[signal gulch]

whats the eta on the next update? i see hes done a ton of work with armor rebalancing already.. i dont want to start a run if a big update is about to drop

[signal gulch]

ah good memories when that was in the highest difficulty starting gear

[last mesa]

Ive heard two weeks but take that with less than a grain of salt

id say a couple weeks fasho though

[buoyant vapor]

What do you guys generally do in between MM and BS ? Like when you know you are way better geared than you were when doing MM but still scared to go to Radar....(I am not doing storylines so kinda bored atm whilst I gather enough ammo and weapon+armor upgrades to do BS)

[harsh sandal]

Literally what you said

Preparing better gears

Feel boring while doing that? Stop preparing and do BS, it's not like you will lose anything

Unless you are doing invictus

[small shell]

like 20 magazines of rifle caliber and youre set for radar, really

if anything, your worst enemy is the enforced visual filters and shit

not the monolit

[solar chasm]

pretty sure that's way outdated

!tools

[dawn marten]

To get a yellow stash, finish 7 tasks, then keep doing things that will get you stash coordinates (e.g. more tasks, opening PDAs, looting bodies). You get a 50% chance of receiving a yellow stash each time. This resets upon finding a yellow stash - then you need to do 7 more tasks, and look for more stash coordinates afterwards. _ _||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​||||​|| _ _ _ _ _ https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1098945649929617478/1313545970549526649/image.png?ex=67508683&is=674f3503&hm=acbe9b90a681d4c21c9e8f847bd919eb0dd8bd9b7e44b1af7a1d35527456e780&

[buoyant vapor]

funny enough as I typed that msg in, in-game Lukash sent out invite for defending barriers from monolith, it was fun to test my latest gear.....and I came across some new weapons too (I recently added FWP, doe I am not sure if all of em are from FWP)

are these shotguns good? rate of fire wise? is the reload time as bad as the protecta ?

[oblique reef]

They're equivalent to the RAPTR, which is one of the best 12 gauge shotguns in the game. Dunno how rare the AA-12s are but Frosty balanced them to be similar. The reload also isn't as bad cuz it's mag fed, nothing will be as bad as the Protecta lmao

[small shell]

the 20 gauge shotguns

i dare say they are worse than the protecta

[oblique reef]

The 20 Gauges are actually pretty damn good. They're really accurate, you'd be surprised at how many people stan the TOZ-106 (myself included)

They're actually somewhat "realistic" at how tight their pellet spread is, you can snipe bandits from a reasonable distance that a 12x70 would never hit

[buoyant vapor]

also is the G36K better than the various M4s recoil wise? I remember some old YT guide saying that it has basically no recoil

[small shell]

"reasonable distance" to me is when i pull the slugs out or just switch to pistol
plus, shotguns to me be for mutant clearing, 20 gauge just didnt feel that good against mutants

unless theres gonna be a way to dispense 20 gauge but fully automatic soon

that would make me turn my perspective

fully automatic machine shotgun pistol in 20 gauge sounds incredibly peak and funny

[oblique reef]

This is pretty good performance for a shotgun with a PU scope

[small shell]

me when funni oswald man shot last guy in the dick

very rude

[oblique reef]

I'm doing testing rn and the TOZ feels much more accurate than a Mossberg with an ACOG and slugs

[harsh sandal]

But pen like asss

[oblique reef]

Still pretty good for early game though.

[last mesa]

thats my budget sniper rifle right there

[harsh sandal]

4 rounds one maybe, 2 rounds? Nah

[last mesa]

if you find yourself worried about pen while using a toz you're in the wrongggg area

[oblique reef]

You can also throw all balance out the window and use Artigrok 20 gauge slugs

[harsh sandal]

Yes I am cuz I do silly challenges

[last mesa]

fair enough lmao

I remember when I first discovered debug, rookie village didn't stand a chance

[oblique reef]

Lowkey wish there were more 20x70 shotguns, hell I wish the Saiga-20 butcher was a real drop

[little summit]

Gamma update?

[daring crown]

20ga beneli would be peak tbh

imagine a rechamber

?

maybe

I'm going to test 20ga m1014 in debug

okay, It's not bad at all

off to #╙🖇mods-making-discussion to figure out upgrades i guess

[harsh sandal]

Just give me chimera hunter already

[lyric tree]

were hydros nerfed? have not played the last 2 big updates ...

[random grail]

No but it will be in the next update

Hydrashock

[lyric tree]

ty

[solar chasm]

also only very slightly

[lyric tree]

thanks one lasst question, the quick melee is bugging up and just not pulling the knife out.. any ideas?

[solar chasm]

known issue

[lapis wraith]

Shameless promo, but #1375708186828345416 can be used for free now

[nimble ingot]

Oh you done Local LLM support?

[lapis wraith]

Not local

Remote

And free

Read last msgs rhere

I explain

[nimble ingot]

Rats, hoping for a local

[lapis wraith]

I mean I can, though iirc there already is a local option

I use Gemini there for free, or deepseek

So I don't see a point

[nimble ingot]

I got models already on my pc, I use local ports myself.

Just eliminates the need for an internet connection and run straight from the source.

[lapis wraith]

Local models destroy the gpu

[solar chasm]

goddamn

[lapis wraith]

Kinda hard to play when something else is eating the gpu

[nimble ingot]

If you use big ones yeah, but small ones like llama for example wouldn't be too much overhead.

[lapis wraith]

They will if you want to run them fast

Small llamas are terrible

[nimble ingot]

But ofc like normal generation bigger chance of hallucination/garbled shit etc

If it's simple conversational shit though could escape with smaller models.

[nimble ingot]

Thank you for the fork though! Don't want to sound ungrateful. Good job

[lapis wraith]

How big are you thinking for local?

Like I am thinking at most like 7B

[nimble ingot]

7B is the limit really you don't need more.

[lapis wraith]

Having tested myself - you do. But eh, you do you

I rather use deepseek

Not like I can run local model without killing the fps lmfao

[solar chasm]

this shit is wild

[lapis wraith]

Is it though?

[nimble ingot]

I'm running 14GB of VRAM myself and GAMMA doesn't cap it.

So there's wiggle room.

[solar chasm]

i mean like no when you logically think about things but like cmon

[nimble ingot]

Average user though yeah you'd have to compromise if it's like 8GB of VRAM

[lapis wraith]

It's also about the token per second speed and how much gpu will that eat

[nimble ingot]

Exactly yeah. Can limit the responses.

[solar chasm]

live ai gen responses modded into games is nuts

[lapis wraith]

It's also faster than you can think

With Gemini thinking disabled

Shit is lightning fast

[nimble ingot]

Yeah I bet, if there's a local version already I'll have a peek at it.

[lapis wraith]

It was before i got there I think

On dev branch

[nimble ingot]

I'll just open it up to LAN and port it forward that way. As opposed to 127.0.0.1

[nimble ingot]

Crazy times we live in.

[lapis wraith]

It is fake here tbh

Modding that fully into stalker is turbo mega quad aids

Would need a lot of engine edits to be in any way usable

[nimble ingot]

Oh like how it works in inzoi

That sorta integration?

[lapis wraith]

What

This is not stalker 2 channel

[smoky totem]

I am very sorry

[solar chasm]

makes sense

[buoyant vapor]

look in Southern stashes.....I have found 3-4 so far....disassembled all but one and sold their parts (trying my best to keep the world clean from early on and not hit the 65k item limit), just today I found one in wild territory.

[harsh sandal]

Literally what I'm doing

I haven't done BS so it's all southern stashes, more than 150 stashes

[solar chasm]

hmmmm... loadout decisions

nah actually, i'ma use the loadout which has 2 of my favourite guns in it

[dusk summit]

Anyone knows where to find the flea market scientist's pda in the Last Dawn quest? Looked all over and jackshit

[river parcel]

I haven't done that quest but have you checked the emission shelter underneath the flea market?

it's around the back facing dark valley, had a stash in there once when I didn't know it existed yet

[dusk summit]

Just looked there again and the PDA was there lmao. Just since everything is gray af I couldn't see it. Thank you mate

[versed badge]

Nimble can upgrade the 1911, what are these guns like?

[solar chasm]

#1 is the coonan, #2 is the strayer voigt

[versed badge]

thats sad, I hoped it would be special variants

[solar chasm]

wish grok would let me rework his options...

[flat plover]

Is the deagle the one with the "from some media guy" upgrade.
Or am I remembering that wrong.

(Nimble upgrade.)

[crystal fiber]

No one stops you from making an addon

[solar chasm]

yeah i should just make one

lemme find the list i'd decided on...

hmmm, i'd need to go over this again

some of these just aren't good inclusions

but also it'd need some loadout changes as well

[dusk summit]

Nimble upgrades are shit tbh. I just buy upgrade kits from whoever else

[solar chasm]

current list:

pistols:
glock 17 to bruder
deagle to steppe
usp to .45 match overwatch (with loadout nerf)

CQC
ak74u to tactician
Mp5 to frasier
saiga nerd to saiga merc
aug for thales? (with RoF buff?)

rifle
9A91 to sr-3m vikhr
m4a1 to M4a1 "protector"? (potentially needs loadout nerf?)
g36 for g36 merc
AK12 for RPK-16

sniper
m700 to deer hunter
SV98 to SV98 custom

[leaden hinge]

Does gamma come with reshade in first install? I press home key but the menu doesn't open

It already looks and performs good, just wondering

[rigid stream]

disabled by default if you wondering

[frank oxide]

9a91 to SR-3M Vikhr

Funny trade if you think of differences in looks between the 9a and 3M, with the Vikhr being much closer to a AS Val in looks

Nimble takes the gun and thinks for a bit "Hm.. this is all wrong.."
tosses it into a bin and pulls out some old AS Val parts kit that he tunes into a SR-3M Vikhr mock-up

[solar chasm]

rofl

yeah that one doesn't make much sense

maybe a vss-as val trade?

or a vss/as val - sr-3m trade

[oblique reef]

Can the nimble trades be edited? I've got some modded guns that would be cool to add for myself

[solar chasm]

NimbleTrade.script

in darkasleif's nimble upgrades guns mod

depending on how in depth you want to go you'll also have to modify the text files in that mod

[mild wing]

brb, gonna add a PMM -> AMB-17 trade

[oblique reef]

KS-23 for Drozd sounds interesting

[solar chasm]

idk, i've tried to do guns which are good but not best in class (aside from the pistols)

and drozd is kinda just

the "best" 23x75

[oblique reef]

Are the special AK74s BiS?

[solar chasm]

i don't wanna give any RD guns

either

[oblique reef]

SVD to SVDS comes to mind too

[solar chasm]

yeah that's also one i'm mulling over

that one it kinda feels like

if you can do it

when you reach nimble

you're probably upgrading your "best" gun

which is another thing i wanna avoid

[oblique reef]

I just remembered with the KSG23 it won't be the best anymore

[solar chasm]

essentially i want nimble to offer options to bring your other slots up to par

yeah which makes it much more likely for me to include

[oblique reef]

It's still a big money sink to get the Drozd and the Boar combined

[solar chasm]

yeah'

especially as i'd up prices

[oblique reef]

SA-58 to OSW?

[solar chasm]

hell naw

same thing as the SVD to SVDS

[oblique reef]

I feel like if we want Nimble to actually be useful, a lot of loadout overhauls need to be done because everybody and their grandma has a super specialized custom built AK74 PMC or M4 Protector

[solar chasm]

yeah

[oblique reef]

This is especially bad for pistols

[solar chasm]

true could add the PMC

yeah it's really bad for pistols

[oblique reef]

It'd probably extend the hobo phase too cuz now you have to wait or truly get lucky to find your favorite rifles in the south

I'm actually warming up to the idea of loadout nerfs, these custom guns need to be special

[crisp pewter]

how many tasks does one need to get 1000 goodwill?

roughly

[last mesa]

20

50 per task

[oblique reef]

Also depends on what tasks you take

[river parcel]

yeah the amount of goodwill you get varies pretty drastically

if you're not in a faction hub, bad luck can make it take forever to gain it. you can be stuck turning in plastic jars and killing boars for 10 each

or you'll get lucky with some clear area and missing squad quests and get it done in an hour

[harsh sandal]

What about double barrel to chimera hunter?

[oblique reef]

It's already a thing?

[river parcel]

I can't believe the game still hasn't given you one

[harsh sandal]

No idea

I think there was a kit like that before?

[oblique reef]

Well it's your lucky day

[last mesa]

Ngl both of these are great

[harsh sandal]

Well it's in the north

[oblique reef]

I thought you were up there already

[last mesa]

Short reload time, 2 shells and pretty good accuracy. Snipe monos with AP slugs, bandits with standard slugs and boars with buckshot xD

[harsh sandal]

No lol I'm struggling against BS with just 12 gauge db

Most of the monolith inside wearing heavy and exo doesn't make it any bettter

Not enough time hence I need chimera hunter

[harsh sandal]

Actually I could try to fast travel there, grab that upgrade and travel back to the south before my brain explode right?

[oblique reef]

Hopefully the timer resets upon getting the guide. Who knows?

[green shale]

afaik nothing resets the timer

[harsh sandal]

Map change?

[green shale]

haha no

[harsh sandal]

You mean BS timer?

[green shale]

yes

[oblique reef]

Well you gotta be fast

[green shale]

the 11m you get to shut down BS. if you leave and come back in, you're on however much time you had left

[oblique reef]

What about the headache scripted death timer?

[harsh sandal]

Meh then it's not a problem, I already reloaded the entire BS so no time lost

[green shale]

i vaguely remember the reason there isn't a mod to let it reset is that it would require significantly reworking how those functions work + writing a new one that would let the BS countdown timer actually reset

[harsh sandal]

So how many time do I have before my brain explode in the north without BS?

20 secs I believe?

[green shale]

that is just a scripted death and you can't extend or change that

that is different to the BS timer, which is what I thought you were talking about.

[last mesa]

My laptop be like:
32% CPU usage
93% GPU
94% VRAM
94% RAM

40 to 60 fps idle, down to 15 in larger gunfights with occasional stutters xD

[vast pumice]

meanwhile, im re-installing the game for the 2nd time

...make it 3rd time!

[last mesa]

Damn! XD

[vast pumice]

all i did was update and then the game just started crashing on loading a save file

ran checks on anomaly and gamma and everything seem fine

time for a clean install

[last mesa]

Bruh

Save is incompatible

Across the updates

[vast pumice]

new game also crashes

[last mesa]

Oh

[vast pumice]

[last mesa]

That's weird

[harsh sandal]

[vast pumice]

knowing myself, i missed a step somewhere and everything broke beyond repair

not the first or the last time this happens

[green shale]

if it's this i will laugh at you #│🔧troubleshooting message

[vast pumice]

that will be hilarious if it is

just gotta wait for bottles to regain consciousness again and ill try

yeah, even the translation layer is broke

last thing i did before shit went down is increase the VRAM

no, first vram THEN update

[latent obsidian]

Is there a way to play multi ?

[desert dagger]

No

Not to my knowledge anyway

[latent obsidian]

:(

[white spade]

Someone knows if you can increase endurance skill via console command? need to test something

[lethal steeple]

yes you can in the functor executor in debug

[white spade]

ty

[vast pumice]

NOPE, still crashed no wait, the patch was unticked. okay wtf. imma try again. this time, I KNOW the patch is ticked.

[mild wing]

i've found an old clip of me committing kms to wipe the saves after messing up some invictus settings

any idea why the DoT effect was so much faster the 2nd time around?

[vast pumice]

MY EYES!

[mild wing]

what, you don't like green?

[vast pumice]

not when its rapidly blasting like that

[wicked grotto]

heyo, does anyone have mod re-enabling m4 butcher and ar15 hera?

[blissful ivy]

not bad

needs more green tho

[vast pumice]

@green shale nope, still crashing even tried the other save fixes

but thanks anyway, fam. i do appreciate the suggestion!

[nimble ingot]

I know that feeling.

[green shale]

i mean it depends on the error message my guy.

[vast pumice]

its fine, its fine imma reinstall completely fresh, hope the initial problem that started this thing is gone and if not, i'll just deal with it till i get a new rig in the future.

[green shale]

you know if the issue is with the save itself, no amount of reinstalling will help

[vast pumice]

oh i already gave up on the save. no biggie, not a whole lot of progress was done there.

i was trying to figure out the fps drop issue for days. im giving up on that as well. like, i tried everything at this point.

[mild wing]

the most peaceful day in red forest

[last mesa]

I have not expected the increased ZCP spawns to make the Limansk a literall warpath in MS

I just fought like 30 Sinners in a single checkpoint. Holy fuck

• Some monolith goons

[vast pumice]

holy fuck

[last mesa]

At this rate I won't have enough inventory space for all of the loot before the deserted hospital! XD

[mild wing]

what are the values?

[vast pumice]

doesnt grandpa sell backpacks?

[mild wing]

you mean the forester?

[vast pumice]

aye, can always make a few stashes and move shit later

[mild wing]

he has the same setup as the butcher iirc

[last mesa]

Full one on the ZCP main tab with spawns adjusted for 24 hour spawns, along with 0.65 squad size and 0.2 squad variance

[dusk summit]

Yeah, all this is completely worthless imo. I got an svd so

SV98 without silencer attachments is meh

[oblique reef]

Which is why loadout changes might be needed. If only higher ranking NPCs dropped the "nickname" guns it might give Nimble more use

[dusk summit]

I say make Nimble's upgrades be actual uniques only available to him. And with him being able to modify a bit more weapons

[oblique reef]

That means having to remove a lot of guns from the pool to make them exclusive, which can upset a lot of people, or having to make a lot more unique guns specifically for him, which can take a while.

[dusk summit]

Second option would be the best one. Good things are worth waiting for

Cause really. Got me svd, got me m4 with a grenade launcher and kickass optics, got me ump45 for when I don't wanna spend precious 5.45, got me ks-23. Simple assss

[last mesa]

Is that Duga radar?

[oblique reef]

The same can be said for the loadout change suggestion. If most NPCs have common variants of rifles, it'd make getting up north more exciting. A lot of people get bored after BS cuz there's not much else to do. Having Nimble be able to upgrade their favorite M4 or AK74 into a PMC or Protector might make the gameplay loop more refreshing for the north. We can also keep his uniques as is

[harsh sandal]

I dont think weapon upgrades will make the game less boring

[oblique reef]

I'm just trying to make Nimble more useful

[harsh sandal]

[last mesa]

I wonder if there is a way to make XRay recognize attachments on guns as upgrades in the workshop. Like it did in the "True Stalker"

[harsh sandal]

You can always do special quests if you are bored after BS

[last mesa]

I know there is a possibility to make more optics attachable with an upgrade, that being the MP-Rex one

[oblique reef]

I'm not saying I get bored, but it'd prob extend the hobophase just a bit longer

[harsh sandal]

Nah

I wont call post BS hobophase

[oblique reef]

Well if you only have an AKM or an AK74N you're not really in endgame territory just yet

[harsh sandal]

Agree that it could feel a bit tedious to play after BS. But if anything, it's the game progression, it's not that good.

That's why they are making or remaking the main story

[oblique reef]

That sounds like a hell of an undertaking, lets hope it pays off

[buoyant vapor]

I dunno if its post traumatic confidence or what, but BS doesn't feel that hard anymore....like I did it an hour ago....and have been thinking about my last couple of BS runs...its not as scary as people hype it up to be.

like if grok really wants to make it scarier, I think GAMMA needs a meds and ammo rework.....cuz like, thos monolith were just standing there man....some of em weren't even shooting at me, felt like a warcrime and what's up with the underground area not being jam packed with monolith ? (last couple of runs been really light with monolith inside the lab)

[harsh sandal]

I mean you are used to it now

[oblique reef]

That's cuz it was nerfed several times iirc

[harsh sandal]

It got nerfed because of the game progression, one again, game progression moment

[oblique reef]

A competent player can clear BS in 6 minutes, less so if they memorize the layout

[buoyant vapor]

yeah.... "BS" as the big thing in GAMMA has begun loosing its kick for me

imho, its become a bit more fun fighting the mutants instead of other stalkers

[harsh sandal]

It really depends

On when and where you fight them

[buoyant vapor]

well at least the pseudo giant runs away and tries to lure me into a pack of dogs/cats in Truck cemetery once he gets low on health....unlike that dumb monolith guy who just gets stun locked after you hit em with one FMJ and another to kill

[oblique reef]

The evil stair snork in MM

[harsh sandal]

[buoyant vapor]

just ran past em (thank Grok you can save scum in "labs" for now)

[oblique reef]

Iswtfg if I can't save at all in labs i'm gonna cry

[harsh sandal]

The evil stair game crash and then snorks spawn on top of you after you load a save there

[oblique reef]

You know BS is a joke when a snork on a staircase is more dangerous than 50 monolith

[harsh sandal]

I find it a chore tbh

Sins inside MM, however

[oblique reef]

I had a UBGL ready for them during my invictus, I wasn't taking chances

[harsh sandal]

[last mesa]

I feel like Monolith should be buffed

At least in BS

[oblique reef]

I shot the bottom of the catwalks like 4 times to make sure they died

[harsh sandal]

[oblique reef]

Nerf the path to BS but shorten the timer to 7 minutes

[harsh sandal]

No?

[dusk summit]

True. It is a bit boring after BS

[harsh sandal]

If anything, buff them after BS

[last mesa]

Yeah. Them having fucking SMGs to hold one of the most important strongholds alone is pathetic

[oblique reef]

Pripyat should be dangerous dangerous

outskirts is also kinda dead after the first few times you go there imo

[harsh sandal]

Wdym my current BS is full of heavy armor monolith with freakin expensive ar and lmg

[oblique reef]

I only ever see rookie Monolith in Army Warehouses

[last mesa]

Outskirts yeah, but Pripyat is very dangerous if you're not acquainted with the mono spawns and patrol routes

[last mesa]

The fuck?

[celest sparrow]

Yeah

[last mesa]

Mine had vityazes, MP5s and Kar98s xD

[harsh sandal]

There is a reason I desperately want a chimera hunter

[nimble ingot]

Agree.

[buoyant vapor]

are you sure you are on higher difficulty setting ?

[last mesa]

Maybe a couple shotguns, but actual ARs were rare af

[oblique reef]

Well I'm glad my BS Mono are stacked

[celest sparrow]

Difficulty doesn't affect loadouts

[last mesa]

Yeah. Hard Survivalist

[sick yoke]

Difficulty doesn’t affect loadouts yeah

[oblique reef]

ZCP on default?

[harsh sandal]

The second guy is already a master exoskeleton with a freakin 7.62x51 rifle

[sick yoke]

It’s just rng

[last mesa]

Way higher than default. Main on 1

[buoyant vapor]

progression difficulty does doe, right? if with tourist progression difficulty you run straight to BS early game, would it not be easier?

[last mesa]

Although Spawns are every day, not 6 hours

[sick yoke]

No

[harsh sandal]

And of course it has to be on the run that all I have is a sawoff and a toz-34

[celest sparrow]

It does not

[harsh sandal]

While most of mine use AR

Worse, big calibers

[celest sparrow]

7.62x51 hurts a lot

[dusk summit]

Ks-23 ftw. Best shotgun

[harsh sandal]

Me after losing half HP in a blink of an eye with 70% ball res

[dusk summit]

Mood

[last mesa]

Aaaand my game crashed.

God fucking dammit

[vast pumice]

!0days

[dawn marten]

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[normal mist]

Does anyone know how to cement HUD FOV? Since it drops from 0.65 to 0.45 upon aiming

[green shale]

!nozoom // yeah by swearing off free zoom basically

[dawn marten]

@normal mist
Remove zoom on right-click (ADS):

Mod Config Menu -> Free Zoom -> set ADS multiplier to 1
Remove FOV change on equipping pistols:
Mod Config Menu -> Free Zoom -> set pistol multiplier to 1
Sidenote: Check your HUD and HUD FOV sliders in Settings>Visual>Basic and set them back to default if Free Zoom messed them up.
Default values are as follows:
FOV: 80
HUD FOV: 0.65

[normal mist]

oh noes

[scenic maple]

is there any way to get a knot artifact

[normal mist]

I don't have freezoom

[scenic maple]

on any other faction?

[normal mist]

I went from anomaly server to here to back there again

[blissful ivy]

i never swore off free zone and mine stays...

[normal mist]

nobody responds

[normal mist]

cause I'm playing anomaly

[scenic maple]

bc will knot artifact always turn into lucifer?

[blissful ivy]

then why are you asking anomaly questions on here?

[stark wyvern]

yea

[blissful ivy]

yes

[scenic maple]

can i obtain a knot artifact as a free stalker or only sin?

[stark wyvern]

yea, via crafting

[blissful ivy]

any faction

just craft it

[scenic maple]

im going back to my freestalker save

even though I beat the game already

[blissful ivy]

all questlines?

theres like 3

[scenic maple]

i finished living legend

[blissful ivy]

thats only the first questline

you missed 2 of them

[scenic maple]

wished for immortality might've broken the other questlines

[stark wyvern]

!evilrock

[dawn marten]

@stark wyvern Did you think the evil rock could win the game for you?
The evil rock remains evil ||and everything softlocks/crashes you ON PURPOSE.||
Go this way instead: Lost in CNPP?

[normal mist]

Cause 3 servers didnt help me

[blissful ivy]

wait thats not living legend

thats a different one, the uhh the one that sends you all over the map

in living legend you never see monolith rock

[stark wyvern]

you do have a choice to make a wish or leave CNPP at the end of LL iirc

[blissful ivy]

i never saw it

idk i just never picked it

ive gotten to the point i skip through the dialogue

[scenic maple]

i did both

I told sidorvich after I wished

https://tenor.com/view/over-my-dead-body-skeleton-skeleton-coming-out-of-grave-nokiha-productions-meme-gif-5154810210859560628

[valid kernel]

Man what the FUCK

[scenic maple]

will the lucifer artifact really kill you?

[valid kernel]

In the last like hour and a half I've been ambushed by a merc hit squad, a military hit squad, and now a UNSIG hit squad

What the fuck did I DO

[scenic maple]

many many many men

[scenic maple]

you kill alot they'll send people to kill you

i remember monolith sent a hit squad to cordon

[radiant sage]

Bro can't catch a break

[stark wyvern]

gah damn
they really really want that tower by the looks of it

[stark wyvern]

yea, if you dont feed it artifacts it will drain your health

until

[valid kernel]

At least the UNSIG one had the courtesy to wait until I went to zaton

[scenic maple]

i wished

so

actually

will the immortality wish negate the health drain?

[stark wyvern]

only one way to find out

[scenic maple]

i gotta go to doktor

[valid kernel]

The one time I don't have a GL

Fucking six of them all just bunched together....

[last mesa]

I had dropped off Freezoom on my earlier playthroughs, but god damn that's some hot shit now that it's toggleable and doesn't fuck up the FOV too often. I actually like it with sights like the EKP with tiny dots, allowing me to utilize red dots at mid-range even

Although I still prefer scopes with adjustable zoom personally

[valid kernel]

Okay MOST of the custom quests kind of suck dick but even I can admit that controller Sidorovich is funny as hell

[rich folio]

I CAN TALK HERE NOW AGAIN

[valid kernel]

Also neat to see what I actually look like

[blissful ivy]

EKP on DX11 at least is huge

big ass reticle

[last mesa]

Well. On DX8 it looks crisp af

Hold on. Lemme show

[last mesa]

That wastelander outfit is some serious drip ngl

My game crashed right as I loaded a save. Damn. Fuckin' Limansk

[valid kernel]

The wastelander is peak drip IMO

[last mesa]

Agreed. Right with the Skat-9 at the top shelf

Only close contender is pretty much the classic exo and loner Seva with the blue neon armband

All others are below them

[crisp pewter]

how tf are u supposed to tune the rf receiver if u cant even see the MHz half the time

[valid kernel]

Change your hud fov

[crisp pewter]

right thank you

[last mesa]

There are a few ways:

1. Reinstall the DAR mod with your HUD FOV
2. Increase your HUD FOV

[valid kernel]

Fucking sid

[crisp pewter]

love getting one shot by the most basic anomaly right outside rookie village

[blissful ivy]

oh theres other reticles for it

the base reticle on this one if you dont change it is fugly

i never use EKP, i prefer the OKP anyways

[last mesa]

The rookie eater xD

[last mesa]

Well this is the base reticle for EKP on DX8

Imagine if there will be swappable reticles for scopes/red dots in the future

(Ingame. I know in reality it is possible)

[valid kernel]

Fat fuck

[last mesa]

XD

[foggy heath]

faaaaaaaawk

[valid kernel]

Spent like twenty minutes searching the bunker for this bastard only to realize one of the Sid controllers had wandered outside an out of the area

So I had to go hunt it down and kill it

[last mesa]

Man. I love big and long battles in Stalker. Really a good test to my skill, companions preparation and resourcefulness. I had one time lately right before the MS war in Limansk while I was travelling to AW for the day before the offensive. I got stuck by the concrete bath anomaly and fought off squad after squad after squad. Like 5 squads of Sin, 2 squads of Monos, 3 squads of zombified 2 or 3 squads of Mercs, a squad of Renegades and a Squad of Military. All coming in at different times with different numbers with me holed up at the end at the little building behind the gate on the ramp to resupply and organize my stuff with hostiles outside the window, 5 meters from me military squad was engaging sinners, unaware I was there and after they wiped them out another squad of Mercs wiped them out. If not for the corpse limit we'd need at least 3 or 4 deathtrucks xD

[last mesa]

XD

[blissful ivy]

corpse limit?

ive never noticed a limit

[last mesa]

Base game has a setting for a corpse limit. By default I believe it's set to 22, but don't quote me on that

Plus if you've never noticed then what kind of battles have you fought?

Nothing but small skirmishes it feels like

[crisp pewter]

how close ya gotta be before the RF starts beepin?

[valid kernel]

Like a hundred meters or so ish

[vast pumice]

pretty close

yeah, 100 sounds about right

[valid kernel]

ABout half the size of the meadow

[crisp pewter]

so in other words this donut that is telling me where to go has no clue where he actually left the package

[valid kernel]

Only remember that because a lost squad was right at the bottom and my thing didn't start beeping until halfway across the map

Yeah pretty much. those quests suck

[crisp pewter]

this is the path ive taken, he said "south eastern part of darkscape"

[valid kernel]

Rip

[crisp pewter]

this is some god tier ragebait

[celest sparrow]

Good thing we have a cheat sheet

[crisp pewter]

right ill check that out

thank you

[vast pumice]

SPOILERS!

[blissful ivy]

if i can tweak it, then its def max

[broken valley]

is there a command for dat one ?

[cerulean cedar]

i can never find followers

i have no friends

[vast pumice]

you mean 'companions'?

do jobs, earn respect, easy.

[oblique reef]

!rf

[dawn marten]

@broken valley Follow this: #╭📖faq message

[valid kernel]

The first rat I've found in like 40 hours

I forgot they even existed

[cerulean cedar]

my last playthrough i found one and i was already the top stalker and max rep

[vast pumice]

[broken valley]

thanks alot

[valid kernel]

Okay so there was some dead duty guy in the basement of the cement factory that had a "package" on him that's labeled as a quest item. Anyone know what it's for?

[oblique reef]

Did you ever deliver a package to him before? it stays in their inventory upon death so you can loot their spoils

[valid kernel]

I don't think I've even seen a duty guy anywhere in Jupiter yet

Definitely haven't delivered a package to one

[oblique reef]

Maybe it's a Dutyer who moved from the south to the north

[daring crown]

stalker ai best ai

[valid kernel]

Mf made it all the way through the red forest just to die to a few rats and a lurker

[daring crown]

[nimble ingot]

[gray bronze]

its no logner true i think

[last mesa]

Yeah no

It isn't true any longer

This isn't the only one that's outta date

[oblique reef]

Hmm, guess it's not 100% untrue. The dirt and dust thing is the only thing that's misleading

[rain crow]

Did I see that correctly in development?

7 vehicles in Zaton added?

[last mesa]

Why...?