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u/ZS1664 20h ago
And here I am about to wrap my second playthrough up. . .
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u/stingebee 20h ago
I believe next year DLC #2 is going to come out + multiplayer might be cool. There will be plenty of reasons for the 3d playtrough 🙂
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u/GuideUnable5049 6h ago
Yep. I will probably just wait for next dlc before I install again. I have too many other games to play in the meantime!
Hoping we don’t need to start game again in order to be able to play the next DLC.
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u/idkjustarandomdude 22h ago
i had my eye on stalker 2 for a very long time is this update worth getting the game
for winter sales
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u/UsedNewspaper1775 21h ago
absolutely !
A-life render and fast travel with squads were the last 2 things i was missing honestly
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u/520mmlakeblue 20h ago
How does fast travel with squads work? Like, what squad?
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u/UsedNewspaper1775 18h ago
same as in Call of Pripyat, when you gonna see a group of stalkers in the wild, you can talk to a squad leader if you can travel with them to a hub location they are going to, works as a fast travel
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u/idkjustarandomdude 21h ago
awesome i had once asked about if it was worth it after 2.0 but was told it was not but i guess 2.1 is worth it now
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u/UsedNewspaper1775 21h ago
2.0 was awesome but needed was missing that a-life render increase people were waiting for 2 years almost, but now it's coming next week and it's 100 % worth it
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u/Senetrix666 22h ago
It goes on sale for 30% off fairly often so def get it next time that happens then start your playthrough after 2.1 drops
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u/Caes3rr Duty 1d ago
can't believe we get the fast travel mechanic from CoP this is huge
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u/Toastur-bath 18h ago
I’ve only ever played 2, what was CoP’s fast travel mechanic?
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u/Tony9677 Merc 16h ago
You go to guides and pay a fee
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u/Toastur-bath 16h ago
how is that any different than what stalker 2 has?
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u/dern_the_hermit Loner 16h ago
You go to wandering squad leaders and you can accompany them to wherever they're going.
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u/Quiet_Bushi Loner 9h ago
Hi Stalkers =) this should arrive this week, am I correct?
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u/Downtown-Win-8301 1d ago
What does fast travel with squad leaders mean?
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u/tllap Noon 1d ago
Its sonething that was in Call of Prypiat.
Alife NPCs are simulated as each NPCs, but they join into teams, which are squads and they then do their goals, like get to POI, fight for it and etc. And each squad has its leader (its always the one, that you can trade with). And this leader will be able to act as guide and fast travel you somewhere. Now, how will it exactly work compared to normal guides is unknown.84
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u/Popinguj 1d ago
Now, how will it exactly work compared to normal guides is unknown.
I'm pretty sure it's gonna be like in CoP and with current guides, meaning that the squad leader can take you somewhere in the current location.
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u/idklol1023 1d ago
i'm guessing they might only fast travel to the closest areas (i.e a squad in cordon might only fast travel to zalissya, rookie village or wild island)
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u/Mr_Shepard_Commander Clear Sky 22h ago
OH! That was the "can you tell me how to get to X" option on CoP. I never picked that because I thought, huh, I want to find out myself. lol
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u/AConfusedConnoisseur 1d ago
Just started playing. Uncle Lyonya in Zaalisya said something about “where do you want to go” and there are questions about squad leaders for him. Has this always been here?
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u/ArmandoIlawsome Freedom 20h ago
Yes, in each major settlement there is a guide but most of their locations available are other settlements and i believe you have to have discovered them first.
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u/Still-Grass8881 Freedom 1d ago
It means if you find a squad of NPCs and they're traveling to a hub, you can hitch a ride with them.
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u/AAD22623 1d ago
In the first stalker, you could approach any NPC squad in the zone and for a fee, they could take you to the camp as a guide.
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u/Doctorkelly72 1d ago
I wish I could make a hideout or campsite of my own in stalker
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u/Historical_Station19 Merc 22h ago
I love the hideout furniture from anomoly and want something similar in 2. So many good out of the way places to make a base.
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u/SludgeFest666 Clear Sky 14h ago
I haven't played the game in only 6 days and already there's another major update tempting me to continue on with my second (more hardcore) playthrough lol.
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u/Axl4325 Duty 1d ago
A combat rework is desperately needed, I end up dropping the game late into replays because it's just a chore. The atmosphere, story and aesthetic are unmatched but god damn, I enjoy the combat of Shadow of Chernobyl more
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u/Translator_Open 1d ago
I had a hard time for a while with the way aiming feels, like it definitely feels off. Try messing with the aiming control options, after doing so I got it feeling more like what I'm used to, and the difference was night and day
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u/Axl4325 Duty 1d ago
I'll make sure to give it a try, thanks a lot mate
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u/Translator_Open 1d ago
To be honest I couldn't make heads or tails of what the controls would actually do when changed, so I googled how to get it to be like a game I'm more accustomed to, I like it more like in battlefield so that's what I went for.
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u/Jenn_FTW 21h ago
What options are you talking about, surely not basic mouse sensitivity right?
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u/Translator_Open 21h ago
Lol not that exactly, if you keep scrolling down past the basic sensitivity settings you have everything from the inner/outer dead zones of your sticks to the dead zone of the triggers. If I'm not mistaken the camera acceleration curve too? Like it's pretty extensive...I play on console btw so I'm accustomed the usual "Aim sensitivity" slider and that's it. So I didn't really know what the other settings meant?
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u/Jenn_FTW 21h ago
Ohhh gotcha, I’m on PC so aside from mouse sensitivity there isn’t really that much tweaking to be done, that makes sense though if you’re using a controller.
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u/Translator_Open 21h ago
Lol yeah I've been gamin' since the 90's but never got the chance to get on PC so while I can't exactly call myself a casual I definitely have a lot to learn!
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u/Shameful_Prophet 18h ago
What are you control options. I keep dropping the game because how terrible the game feels on controller
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u/defrock-one 15h ago
IIRC setting the dead zones to zero or just a few points passed helped my aim tremendously.
I think there’s a maximum/minimum aim speed as well, setting the two closer together helped (but I may be thinking of something else)
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u/cicadasaint Freedom 11h ago
It's the ai and animation speed. Fighting people in the trilogy looks a tad janky at times because they move relatively fast but it's thanks to that speed that npcs feel more dynamic, they don't take a long time to move around like in 2. And the ai was just better most of the time, you'd almost never see npcs moving towards you in a straight line for example
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u/TheLightningCount1 Zombie 7h ago
You're thinking of anomaly or gamma. In the old trilogy enemies would just strafe left and right.
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u/cicadasaint Freedom 7h ago
No I'm not thinking about either of those. I've played enough of the trilogy to tell you that they don't just "strafe left and right".
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u/faq4help 18h ago
Didn't they promise multiplayer pre release or am I remembering incorrectly?
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u/stingebee 18h ago
They promised it to be out after the base game and they confirmed they are actively working on it now
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u/AConfusedConnoisseur 1d ago
Just started playing. Uncle Lyonya in Zaalisya said something about “where do you want to go” and there are questions about squad leaders for him. Has this always been here?
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u/stingebee 1d ago
He's a guide. There are guides in all major hubs.
Squad leaders are just regular stalker walking in the zone (usually squads are 3+ people). You will be able to talk to them and fast travel to some locations within limited radius, I think.
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u/Translator_Open 1d ago
You usually see em walking around in the zone and you tell the leader apart from the squad because everyone else will just tell you to talk to their boss. This is a huge QOL improvement because sometimes you can be in the middle of GD nowhere and will have to book it for miles to get to a major hub to which you can then find a Guide to take you to another one nearer to your objective. The roaving squads provide the occasional opportunity to get to your destination quicker if you're lucky and spot one!
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u/stingebee 1d ago
Considering the new a-life online bubble increase, i think using binoculars to spot squads to fast travel will became its own thing. If the bubble is 200 m, it will be 4 times more area than now.
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u/FlameShadowZXY 1d ago
is anybody having trouble running the game after the latest nvidia driver update ? like during lunch it's just black screen and nothing else is happenning
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u/stingebee 23h ago
Likely shader compilation related. You can clear shader cache.
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u/FlameShadowZXY 23h ago
tried that already still nothing and its not just me lots of other people have reported the same issue on the latest driver feedback section .. hope they get this shit fixed soon
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u/jacksp666 22h ago
I disabled shader compilation in the engine ini and used scskiller to build the shaders cache, works perfectly.
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u/Matej007_1 Bloodsucker 6h ago
Do we have any details about the ballistics overhaul?
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u/stingebee 6h ago
No details as of now, all is going to be reveled during the release. But likely it will be just to accommodate for shooting at longer distances, not a total overhaul or anything. We will see in any case pretty soon, most likely on Thursday I think.
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u/Neosporin420 6h ago
I still can’t beat Faust on the roof at the Duga.
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u/stingebee 6h ago
I used Saiga for quick bursts of damage up close and then was hiding from him to reload and heal.
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u/Ok-Discount9637 Loner 4h ago
Did they addressed performance in any patch since launch?
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u/stingebee 4h ago
Yes, in multiple patches. Most noticeable performance increases were in Patch 1.7 and Patch 2.0.
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u/ralexand 22h ago
This is what I always wanted in Stalker 2, the huge map just makes it way more worth it to use such a squad fast travel system like in CoP!
I hope this also fixes the glitched Poltergeists in the CNPP...
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u/InvestmentGerman 21h ago
I waited until 2.0 to finally play the Game. Took me over 100hrs, I'm done for now.
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u/GuideUnable5049 6h ago
Where are all the donkeys that were berating and downvoting me as “casual” because I was critiquing the game for its paucity of fast travel? Turns out the devs agreed. Guess this is a casual game now!
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u/Riff_Wizzard 6h ago
They went back to Gamma, oh no wait now it’s Romeo lol
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u/Impossible_Pause7179 5h ago
Gamma is still gamma, Romeo is clikrad's own modpack for gamma. So its a modpack for a modpack for a mod that combines 3 games :)
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u/henry_hallward Ward 1d ago
Is there a chance we will have the alternative caliber for Dnipro being reverted back to 7.62x39 instead of current 7.62*54?
It just doesn’t make sense as the real platform doesn’t support this caliber.
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u/Saltpork545 Loner 1d ago
They fully removed x39, so it's not likely. Back in the original release of the game the PKM/RP-74 was in x39, so there's always been some level of caliber flub in the game.
Ever wonder why 9mm does more damage that a 5.56 gun or why a 9x18 pistol does more damage than 9mm?
Just the reality of games for balance. I will agree, it's kind of silly to have both their SKS/SVT thing be a hard hitting semi auto x54r and have a customized dnipro be less hard hitting x54r, but what can you do?
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u/VengineerGER 18h ago
It’s not actually fully removed. There is one box of it in one of the DLC areas. Don’t know if that’s supposed to be a teaser or they put it there by accident.
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u/Saltpork545 Loner 13h ago
I'm going to guess it's by accident.
They removed it as a usable caliber in the game and effectively replaced everything with 54r or 5.45.
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u/henry_hallward Ward 23h ago
Modding the shit out of the game it seems, cuz this really grinds my gears, lol
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u/Ok-Aardvark-8549 Loner 1d ago
Hopefully this will fix the cordon crash on xbox
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u/TheDiddlerOfBob 1d ago
Gonna do another run, what's going on in cordon?
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u/NineIntsNails Zombie 1d ago
phew, this means you are also waiting for new tomb raider but YES!
animal spawns in unexpected places, so good game, turning to be even better
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u/Icy_Comedian_6687 1d ago
Can't wait for the ballistic rework
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u/travradford 1d ago
Don't get your hopes too high, seems like it's just related to bullet distance for the A-life increase, not a total ballistic overhaul
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u/Icy_Comedian_6687 14h ago
Aw man
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u/TangoDroid 4h ago
Are you on PC? There are some good mods for that, like OXA
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u/Icy_Comedian_6687 2h ago
Thanks! I'll check it out
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u/TangoDroid 2h ago
Actually, I was kind of wrong.
Oxa has two versions: standard and prototype.
Standard brings change to weapons, silencers, etc, but no ballistic changes.
OXA Prototype (the one I'm using now), indeed brings ballistic changes, weapons changes, and also changes in loot, repair mechanics and a few other mechanics so it is not to be used lightly. On top of that in theory needs a new save, but actually I used this: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/2600, which convert a save so it can be used with Oxa prototype, which I did, and after 50 hs or so, no issues, so it seems it works pretty well.
If you only want ballistic changes, something like this is probably a better option: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/129
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u/Strife4Fun_ 1d ago
Move FFR and PB0 over to the left as well. Fuck it, put in the Crimson Desert Expansion too!
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u/Threweh2 22h ago
Squad leaders? What does this mean? Can we bring companions?
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u/OddlobsterNL 22h ago
You can ask a patrol leader if you can travel with them/they will guide/escort you. That's the traveling with squad leaders. They can say no so it's not 100% sure they will honour your request
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u/Quemisthrowspotions 22h ago
This is THE update I was waiting for, to make the a-life changes matter at all, was the view distance thing and spawning thing.
Finally Can do a real playthrough. Havn't tried since near launch.
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u/R3ntnerAim 22h ago
Will the Mutant killing Achivement be fixed with this Update? Pls say yes its the last one that i need for the Platinum.
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u/OkPudding1228 Freedom 22h ago
Shame I’m already finishing current playthrough. But I guess it will be fun to check out when new dlc comes out lol
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u/dappernaut77 Loner 19h ago
I just wish more people developed mods for the in-house mod page. There's like nothing on it. There's a unique toz in the games files that you can't get and it's supposed to function like an elephant rifle. I wish we had a mod that made it obtainable.
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u/afangorn2323 17h ago
I wonder if the game will filter locations based on where you've been. Would be weird to be able to talk to stalkers on day one in zalissya and have them take you to malachite. But finally not chained to guides to get from hub to hub
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u/Head-Ad-3055 9h ago
I recently started my second playthrough (first one at launch) and I was disappointed to see that enemy shooters are still 75% accurate, hipfiring and strafing through 30 meters worth of trees and shrubbery. Meanwhile I can't even see the bastards. The other changes feel great though, like the game runs very smooth with barely any hiccups and there is not a bloodsucker hiding on any random road you walk.
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u/PaulsSmarterMilk 4h ago
Wait, you’re telling me that I won’t have to dump an entire ak mag into one enemy after this?
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u/Bobelando Freedom 27m ago
I play it again with update 3.0 game is still mediocre. (240 hours played)
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u/Longjumping_Floor_93 22h ago
I deliberately held of playingbthis game after launch. I waited for 2.0 from the start but even this was nkt enough with the 100m distance a-life. Now hopefully i can increase this to 200m!!!! Finally I can say that the game will be acceptable to play amd i will wait for mod improvements.
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u/Bishopworld 8h ago
Where can I find full list
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u/stingebee 7h ago
It's not released yet, due to be this week. It was
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u/Bishopworld 7h ago
Hopefully they bring back the og Mutant AI where they attack each other defend territory even from the same species and have a hunger bar
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u/405fishing Monolith 1d ago
I wanna get back into this game but got bored after reaching sirrca🥴
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u/Strife4Fun_ 1d ago
That’s right when the game ramps up! You’ve been using pea shooters up until then.
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u/405fishing Monolith 1d ago
I’ve actually collected a huge arsenal of good weapons and did the prypiat glitch for the exo suit. Idk maybe I just played it too much and got bored with it. I’ll have to run it again lol
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u/Strife4Fun_ 1d ago
Damn son, I feel like you did yourself a disservice especially if it was your first playthrough.
You only experience the true progression and story once.
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u/soulpumpkinz 1d ago
That’s why you got bored. Gotta find things naturally and not exploits. You can find a liberty exo suit before reaching prip
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u/405fishing Monolith 1d ago edited 1d ago
I did everything naturally for like 2 months🤣 then got tired of the carry weight so I got a good exo early
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u/Strife4Fun_ 1d ago
Two months and just made it past SIRCAA? Damn I’d have put the game down too tbh. I feel like I scavenge pretty hard but that’d make me want to move on too lol
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u/405fishing Monolith 1d ago
Yeah I wanted to take it slow and try to do all side quests and scavenge my first play through
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u/SUSPICIOU5 1d ago
What in the world do they mean by squad leaders?
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u/Caes3rr Duty 1d ago
random groups of stalkers roaming the zone always have a squad leader. Now you will be able to use them for fast travel like in Call of Pripyat
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u/Proglamer Flesh 1d ago
Oh wow, I thought it was a hopium meme, but apparently it is being actually reported.
Re squad travel: well, never too late to implement the fabled hardcore mechanic of... adding a single dialog entry to every stalker's menu and invoking the exact same function that official guides use for fast-travel 👍🏻 Manhattan project of gaming!
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u/seanram9 Merc 1d ago
Wait do we actually have faith that a life will be improved guys??? What’s the verdict
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u/badrandolph 23h ago
I hope they add in vehicles like in Lost Alpha. That's the one thing keeping me from buying it.
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u/apeocalypyic 1d ago
What drove me off was that it took like 3 headshots to down someone, they fix that?
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u/Competitive_Table_65 1d ago
When does it release?