First for show the fucking roadmap already.

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Do you have a loicense to be in the Zone?

>>556061649
Expecting GSC to be competent was your first mistake.

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where I post from

>>556064448
Dude, filename
Buildo Yantar

>>556065465
I think that was a statement not a question

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>>556064448
*posts*

>>556057025
If the screen were a CRT monitor this video would be perfect.

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Who are you?

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I'm you but stronger.

>>556077646
I'm the cook.

>>556078902
I'm the Strelook

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They call me... Mogged One...

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THE GUNSLINGER

>>556081309
What are you, deaf? What are you here?

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>>556087735
I've heard you were looking for people to penetrate deep, dark dungeons

>>556064448
I hate buildo yantar lab it's so boring, they should've made a separate level like x-18.

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>>556091869
Gotta agree, having a large surface and underground in one map would ultimately lead to problems. The concept was cool of course, but the underground, while atmospheric, feels unrefined and chaotic.
I like both versions of Yantar, but would prefer build version over the release one still. To be frank I think combining build Yantar with retail version of x-16 (as separate level still) would create one of the most memorable set-pieces in STALKER series.

>>556094549
>chimeras forming a line for food
Ahh yes, the soviet symbolism and legacy just oozing from that screenshot

[hurrrdurr]

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Didn't think I shot him that hard.

>>556095007
>buildo Yantar
Best way to experience this level?

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>>556096653
OLR 2.5 or Vector of Alienation, if you want actual game with some context which will enhence the experience. Any build with with buildo yantar if exploration and curiosity about how things came to be is enough for you, although I would look for later, more refined versions if you were to choose this path (don't).

>>556097431
who?, faggot

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Show me your GAMMA bases.

Ranger station 1/3

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>>556099963

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>>556100134

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strelok posts here

>>556108786
>sitting at an extreme angle from the tv for no reason
>fighting the sunlight you are letting in
jesus that looks painful

>>556108786
>>556112030
also
>windows not authentic watermark
bruh

>>556112115
Fuck you niggwr

>>556100319
I am the strelok stelok said calmllily.

>>556095007
This is my mrmory and a town is fading.
Can't ypu just stop saying weird shit?

>>556096023
Soviet symbolism and lwgqcy. Sidorovich's warm chicken breath

>>556096653
Samovar death [adult swim]

>>556097538
Falling asleep softly to the firestarter grunting asmr, but one thought perturbs my mind. Is my game supposed to launch this way or did i do it wrong? I only talked to the cave miner once

>>556091869
>i hate the game that wasnt released and get upset over nothing
Kinos for this feel?

>>556063820
What is the point of liking a game just to villify the company? it doesn't have to be heavily exploited to be effective.

>>556094709
this is what you do with your time?

>>556077829
fuck off tourist

>>556095918
gamma was truly the beginning of the end. then the war made things worse, and stalker 2 launching the way it did fucked things forever. there are a lot of really cool posters in here, though. really helpful anons that helped me with modding and learning. I love this general desu

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>>556108786
who is more powerful?

>>556120327
read it again retard

>>556120216
coward

My optimum load out in stalker is:
MP5SD6 - Mutants and CQC
Strelok's SIG - Medium and Long distance armored targets

I've tried shotguns, ump-45, high powered scoped rifles etc. and nothing feels as versatile as this combo you just end up with either something more niche for mutants and useless everywhere else or great at long range and harder to use at medium range if you go for more powerful scoped rilfes / VSS. SCAR I guess is also decent, but the ammo is more scarce so would rather stick with 5.56.

What's everyone else's favorite loadouts?

>>556120758
chimichanga passionate flute reed turnbuckle chuckle knuckle hahaa

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>>556128273
>What's everyone else's favorite loadouts?

>>556128273
SA avalanche
just because it's cool

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Love this overpowered meme.

>>556132435
i always stick with it until the end once i gather enough ammo. screw upgrades, screw attachments, 7.62x54 rifle is fine.

>>556064448
r2_gi 1

>>556122750
That recently used napkin gives him the strength to resist any illusions of women being in the zone that a controller might project to lower his guard

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I have entered the Clear Sky limbo in Garbage
Continually being mugged by perpetually coming (still neutral) bandits and killing them afterwards before I can even loot the bodies and get the fuck out

>>556138253
y u no use srp?

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>>556139661
I have SRP installed
Some things in Clear Sky just can't be fixed

>>556138253
CS was a mistake

Is the Escape From Pripyat modpack for Anomaly still a thing? I remember a lot of bitching about it in this general years back.

>>556122750
The beer cans add a lot of immersion

>>556139927
No.

>>556139927
Nah

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>>556141827
>>556142337
Yes

>>556095007
It just needed tech they didn't bother with, much like how they never had an LOD system until S2. It could have worked as all one level, just unloading the aboveground section entirely while below ground and vice versa.

>>556138253
>Clear Sky
>Garbage
checks out

Why does 45. ACP have no armor penetration in stalker anomaly?

Even more bizzare is that Hydra-shock has armor penetration when it's suppose to be a hollow point round? Is that a bug did they get the penetration values the wrong way round? Sure it won't penetrate as much as 9mm but it should still penetrate.

>>556139927
Trvke

>>556156349
Kek

>most clear sky mods require you to own the original game
i understand the meme now, it comes from stupid poorfags seething

>>556158159
I think it's just video game balance logic. Normal ammo and AP ammo.
Hydra shok rounds actually have both a penetrator and expanding area by the way.

>>556158920
>she thinks its a meme
>she doesnt know about the repacks
embarassing

>>556159320
>repacks in current year
trans man outs itself as poor and also retarded

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I am satisfied with my Clear Sky product.

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>>556138253
Become one with the grenades, Neo

>>556097538
Thanks

>>556162665
>last guy gets the drop on you
>completely fucks it up
Paid actor.

>>556095007
Having the underground and surface as one level never works well. Lost Alpha did this in Agroprom and the whole time you can hear the military shouting at you like they're one floor above you.

>>556176172
That sounds ridiculous.

We love Clear Sky here. Only redditors hate it.

We love Gamma here. Only redditors hate it.

>>556186083
>>556186374
This is literally reddi tt incarnate. What have you become?

We love Holden here. Only redditors hate him.

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On the shitter rn. Feels like a Whirligig coming out of my ass!

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>>556167038
Fuck that gave me Limansk PTSD. All these years later I still say CS on master is the hardest fucking ending to a shooter I've ever played.

I haven't played Clear Sky in years.
And I'm okay with that.

Get out of here Stalker!

>>556160229
>using the available free gog copies makes you poor
anon pls, use better b8

>>556145676
> much like how they never had an LOD system until S2
what

>>556138253
>free loot bug

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This snork jumped me but I ducked under its jump, then whipped around and shot it dead. I feel like such a chad right now.

Controllers in S2 are wild strong

>>556203193
did you teabag it afterwards?

>>556203494
Use grenades and shotgun slugs to the head. They're slow and can run away from grenades, that was always a weakness of theirs. You can also get the benefit of staying out of their direct line of sight.

>>556205687
>and can run away from grenades
and can't*** run away from grenades. Sorry, typo.

>>556205250
Of course.

>>556132092
>SA avalanche
you mean the VSS Vintorez.
we don't use the scared of being sued so we changed the names to this nonsense here.

>>556207524
well, you're a chad then

>>556207940
that's the AS val, idiot

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>>556208738
I wouldn't know, I dont use the bullshit fake names

>>556211317
>>556096023

Finished the campaign in 2. It honestly pissed me off as much as I loved it. Too many times did it think you were close to the end, just to go "lolno, lots more to go!".

I was ready to be done with the game after killing the Warden commander, but it was still like 2 hours left which just made me exhausted. On top of that an absolutely shitty boss fight.

>>556213413
nice blogpost

>>556213413
It did drag on too long yeah. Even if the game wasn't released in a buggy mess with missing gameplay from the trilogy, the story still wasn't very satisfying.

>>556202673
People really don't know this? How long has the OT been out and people still exist that don't realize every OT game renders all objects at the same level of detail regardless of distance?

>>556218773
>game renders all objects
what are these specific "objects" you are talking about?

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I finally got to Yanov on Master. Sight for sore eyes, I tell you what. I've still been using the predator and other early gear because it's way cheaper to repair and keep maintained. Hopefully with being able to get the wear and tear upgrades for the kharod and the saiga I can finally use those.

>>556224938
That building needs some exterior maintenance.

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My first playthrough. I am enjoying it. I am probably mid-late game. I've just made it to Rostok.

I think my biggest issue is a-life. It ranges from either devoid of life at all to absolute pandemonium from the amount of shit it spawns in. I was recently near Malachite, and I was exploring this little fenced in refinery area. I had the ward, who I am hostile to, randomly show up. Not sure if they were already there or what, but then a duty patrol rolls in, and what I am assuming was bandits, and snorks. I don't know who was already there, and who spawned in. No idea. But the cherry on top was an emission hit, and everyone stopped what they were doing and ran for the only building in the entire industrial graveyard we were in that the game certified as "safe". I couldn't see shit because I'm too cheap to buy NVGs. All I heard was shooting and screaming. When all was said and done, I was the last man standing. I don't know what happened.

>>556227620
>couldn't see shit because I'm too cheap to buy NVGs
I got some as a quest reward for helping a guy in Zaton right out of the starting area.

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>>556228745
There're also some gen 3 NVG's in the eastern part of Yantar, iffin' ya know where to look.

>>556227620

The Rostok area is chaos reminds me of SOC, it's really what most of the game should feel like

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>>556229558
At the moment Wild Territory has a bugged spawn that often spawns too many A-Life NPCs. I guess it contributes to the chaos.

>>556229558
>>556230995
Realistically how many stalkers would be in the Zone? A thousand? I feel like the number of people entering the Zone every day would be less than the folks getting wasted by anomalies and mutants, especially since the games are like two decades into the Zone's creation. The Faction Wars are over, most of them were exhausted in it, Duty is down to dozens of men from the looks of things and Freedom maybe has a hundred left. Ward is the only big one since they're sanctioned and they probably have about two hundred spread around the southern zone. One thing I did like about anomaly was that you could modify the pops of stalkers and mutants alike. I had stalkers to .5 and mutants cranked all the way up. Makes it feel more feral. You see other stalkers fighting for their lives more, too.

>>556207940
>>556211692
faggot

What do you guys think Anomaly Anthology, is it any good? Are all of the storylines in one playthrough or separate

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>>556236613
>anomaly mentioned

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>>556233891
>no argument
>just ad hominem

asspain - check
concession accepted

>>556242123
what argument do you want? the fake names and ejection ports on the left side of the guns are part of the franchise, like it or not. saying that we don't use them is like saying that we don't use the established names of mutants, locations or characters.

>reading is hard
>the post

Engagements were way more difficult in the previous games because the weapons were nowhere near as good and limited on purpose it made human NPC engagement way more difficult.

Stalker 2, pretty much has a weapon set for every playstyle so the only challenge is really the mutants, anomalies and emissions.

My only criticism of the new game is they should have focused more on character building and meaningful missions that affect the zone.

>>556232032

I ran all the factions through grok and the fact that everything is happening in about a 25 mile area it basically came up with 500 people in the zone max that's on the high end most likely 380 to 400

>>556138253
>Continually being mugged by perpetually coming (still neutral)
How? They normally lower your relations when you kill them. It only takes like 2 or 3 squads to become hostile.

>>556232032

Oh yeah and it said 50 Stalkers

>>556228954

Nice setup but you might want to liquid rock that shit so your gear doesn't wear down as much costing you a fortune

>>556167038
>camp in one spot
>enemies throw grenades at you
>people who complain about "bad AI" will complain about this

>>556211692
Gamma tourist

>>556224938
ugh every screenshot of this game looks hideous

>>556211692
Avalanche gets a pass by virtue of working in both languages
>aVALanche
>lavina == snezhny VAL
Otherwise I agree, most of those fake names are pretty unimaginative
>>556218773
What do you think r1_ssa_lod_b does then?

>>556252921
The LOD that is in OT is the various detail sliders. Whatever you set it to, all items in the game tied to that setting are rendered at the same quality no matter the distance. You're telling me people really haven't used the binoculars that get whined about being missing from S2 so often and noticed faraway items are exactly the same quality as what's next to them? There's no LOD pop-in, no change in visual fidelity based on distance to object, it's not there.

>>556224938
Why is your saturation cranked so high? That reminds me: I wonder if there's anything unique or interesting in dialog at places like Yanov if you go there pre-SIRCAA. I forgot to check that place and Malachite in this playthrough, but did get a glimpse at Duty's shitty base and Rostok.
>Sevchenko just gets abandoned entirely even though a box and a marker for Bobber are still there

>>556252806
Kys pidor

>>556257051
the OG's have a lod system, what you're describing is the system that has changed over generations of video game engines.

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>>556266317
>another gpt post

>>556266809
the fuck?

The only system I think the OT has is that it will stop rendering smaller items completely at a certain distance based on some setting.
Isn't all of the level geometry one model? There's no way for it to have LODs.

>>556248523
With an AK instead of the Kharod an excursion usually cost me about 5k in repairs when it was all said and done. Between my mission payouts and loot scrapping I'd still make about 7-10k in profits between excursions with that setup. The spas was almost as much as everything else in repairs so I shelved it, same with the saiga. We'll see how the kharod does.
>>556260962
Weird bottle makes you drunk and the screen gets super saturated. I was at like 139/140 of my inventory weight.

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>>556252806
Nah it's alright.

>>556281329
>using lower tier weapons in later tier areas
You lose a lot of damage and armor penetration doing that. Ironically, the AKs are largely on the lower end of the durability spectrum in my experience.

>>556282565
>Ironically, the AKs are largely on the lower end of the durability spectrum in my experience.
They are but they're cheap to maintain repair. Like 1600 tops, a kharod would be over double that. The actual scripted sale value of the weapon directly affects the cost of the repairs.

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Getting the weird bolt is going to be a bitch in master, isn't it?

>>556286286
it's actually not very dangerous at all but it is very tedious

>>556286778
I've done it before on veteran when the game came out and I remember savescumming at the top because sometimes you can miss the bolt. On master I have one chance, otherwise I have to do it all over again.

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MOTHER FUCKER.

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Got it on the third try, motherfucker is coming from back behind your head over your right shoulder and you have a split fucking second to grab it.

is it a mod or a setting that gives you a chance to recover upgrade kits from upgraded gear you disassemble? i swear i remember that but i can't find it now

>playing anomaly again
>hate darkscape
>hmmm it's been so long since I've done a quest in darkscape maybe I should take one it can't be as bad as I remember
>take assassination quest
>takes fucking ages to get to the target and get killed by bloodsucker, and cats as I have weak armor numerous times
Yep I remember why I hated it.

>>556292429
spawn in a car and drive to the destination and then back. it's not even cheating, darkscape was made for driving

>>556290016
What does it do?

>>556298009
Basically you get three free hits from an anomaly but then you have to charge the fucker in a blowout.

>>556286286

It would be cool if in s2 random anomaly tornadoes would appear sometimes and tear through areas

Weird ball has to be the best very powerful bullet resistance with a increased weight trade-off as long as you're not getting constantly tapped in the head you should be fine, you remove the weight by unequipping it

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>>556252806
I'm far from glazing STALKER 2, I find myself on the criticizing side of community more often to be honest, but the one thing I that nu-GSC got right are the visuals and style which are pretty close to the originals. From environments to gear, including old and even new armors, they just feel like they belong in this world with the original roster. Few could have done it better imo.

>>556305858
For me as a packrat the weird bottle is the single most important one.

>>556305923

True I am enjoying it, I will say the criticisms are legitimate the world does feel largely empty with nothing interesting going on very much outside of the main plot but it's visuals are solid and it's Style almost seems identical to soc

>>556306158
Yeah I'm largely in the same boat, but it's leaps and bounds better than what it was on launch. If, or when, they get a-life sorted out the game will be 10/10.

Anomaly WP, on Nexus mods for Stalker 2 will give you the SKS and about 320 other items and various weapons it looks like it is still being actively updated for bug fixes

I was a little disappointed that the SKS wasn't included in the normal game but the ukrainians are a little but mad at the Russians right now obviously

>>556306841
The SKS sucks. There's a reason the AK replaced it. The biggest issue with anomaly and all the misery derivatives are the item bloat.
>320 new items
Jethuth Cwithe.

>>556290016
>>556298009
forbidden sounding rod

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>>556306158
>>556306158
>Style almost seems identical to soc
Yep, I had the same impression for most of my playthrough.
>world does feel largely empty
World is currently the second of my biggest grips, I will spare myself writing another rant about it which I shared with too many of my friends right now. But the first grip is the retarded story with obnoxious "fan service", I was ready for some retcons and corrections, after such a long time they are bound to happen, but holy fuck out of all the people who were on the team the ones which CLEARLY didn't play original games turned out to be writers. They even had me hooked, but after SIRCAA they basically said fuck it and decided to burn their new ideas and old lore altogether. What a bunch of hacks holy shit I will never get over it. I might enjoy S2 after dozens of patches, hell I even enjoyed it on release thanks to all the slavjank mods I played over the years which desensitized me, but until they won't fix the story (hopefully in the upcoming expansions) I will never talk about it in context of real continuation. S2 story currently is not canon for me.

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>>556305923
>>556306158
>>556306701
>>556310041
>all these reddit comments
Kill yourself, samefagging shill.

>>556311382
>new thing bad
Ivan is mad his toaster can't run it.

>>556311689
always the same faggot rebuttals from you people

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>556311382
Is someone starving for (you)s? Too bad faggot, I'm all out.

yeah you thought I wouldn't notice that, would you?

>>556306841
Protip: It's not pre-2016 /k/ in here. Pretending the sks and mosin are the ultimate god guns because they used to be cheaper than dirt is no longer a thing people do. The SKS is shit in any mod that has it, too.

>>556318961
It didn't even come with a scope in the last mod I played that had it. >:(

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Doing well the AR is a little underpowered but it works

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>>556318961
This. Faggots just live perpetually 10 years in the past on this site when le heckin moist nugget! was the most epic gun and the subject of every spooky /k/ innawoods tale.

>>556324378
how do i unsubscribe from your shitty blog?

>>556324584

You act on the thoughts you've been having for years and follow through

>>556324770
>>>/lgbt/
You're lost.

>>556324378
>the AR is a little underpowered
Unless you mod the game that's all of them.
They all fire nerf darts that only suddenly turn into real bullets if you're specifically shooting a human in the head.

>>556327050
Use AP ammo and it cuts through their body armor.

>>556327189
Body armor like leather jackets and shirts?

>>556324378
I've noticed the various AR416s in the game, base and uniques, all have this sway to them I don't remember them having on release. That's with close range optics. I don't know how you can stand throwing an ACOG on something like that.

>>556329815
Learn how to play videogames.

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>>556327189
>basic bitch tier guides
Fuck off back to r/stalker, seriously. What the fuck is this? First time playing an FPS game? Tourist? Fuck off.

>>556331221
>be sub-DSP tier at videogames
>think you're entitled to post a retarded opinion with no repercussions because it's the new game and OLD GOOD NEW BAD
>start crying when someone tells you how to git gud

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>>556331402
NTA you newfag fucking retard

>>556331496
>noooo you can't give useful information on how to beat a game you have to say kys and post barbecue sauce
You're trying far too hard to fit in.

>>556331768
>sauce mentioned again
This general is truly cursed.

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Entering Agroprom, first day is ending, already killed 73 people.

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Shieeeeeet, now we're gaming.

>>556335334
>>556336185
You playing vanilla?

is there any old world addon equivalent but updated?

>>556307404
sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who actually enjoys the crafting and extra items in these mods with how often this is mentioned kek. Also the SKS is a piece of shit but I like seeing the rookie loners with crappy old guns

>>556324421
What are you even on about, this site has melted your brain

stop youing random blacks and give me my fucking answer>>556349063

>>556349063
check out old world custom, it looked nice but it for some reason every mutant had the psysucker effect and I didn't understand what mod caused it or how to turn it off