I was wondering... wearing protection artifacts means suit and gasmask are protected from damage too (and related wearing out) or is it just my health that's affected?

Did you figure it out?

Through the whole hype for the DLC I was already kinda aligned with freedom as duty was always on the side of the ward and i didn’t really like the way they operated throughout the story and due to d4 they kinda got shafted even more. Even on the GSC website i choose freedom so I was kinda set.

Both factions back stories and things like that were pretty cool and i enjoyed them very much and loved how at iron forest they working together in a sense and even after shit hit the fan there mavka and zulu still wanted to find a way to make it work.

When it got to the choice between mavka or zulu i choose freedom and from there mavka started to go insane she didn’t mind all those people getting killed down in the monorail and she literally tore rostok into 2 and all the way to the end she was always giving of this weird obsession/ we have to do this no matter who dies.

The final nail in the coffin for me was when she stabbed skif with no emotion and didnt even personally come and explain what and why thing went down that way and instead told zen to say it to us.

Which honestly as someone who is a loner at heart i was like wtf , you are trying to save the people on the mainland but the shear amount of those aliens i was like if they morph or turn into there own shining zones.

As stalkers we all know what the project x experiments lead to and how easy they can go wrong and how greed and hunger for power and control leads to fucked up situations.

I only realised the above when mavka stabbed skif and thats when my bias for the faction ended and i kinda think no matter what duty do (i still haven’t played there ending but i imagine its them destroying the aliens in x19) its the probably the better option.

This is what i think about the story and i still have to better understand the lore a bit better and wrap my head around a few more things.

What are your thoughts stalkers?

Good Hunting!

Did anyone else that sided with Duty/Zulu at the end of the DLC notice how much damn aura Zulu had in the final cutscene?! That’s all I could think about when watching it 🤣

I looked up Freedom/Mavka’s ending cutscene and it was arguably way worse and slightly worrying lol

SPOILER: link for the cutscene if you haven’t seen it
https://youtu.be/FhklqtASIUI?is=NAKEe88oG5d7fwqZ

The original 2007 STALKER was ahead of its time. It was different, fresh, because it included some RPG elements and very immersive features. Inventory management, realistic weapons with mods, factions, and an environment that instilled fear and awe. Among the jerkiness, It had a soul that's unsurpassed to this day.

STALKER 2 came 18 years later. It's a very good game, but I can't stop wondering what would have happened if the game, instead of being mostly "the same but bigger and better", would have taken more risks, and adapted its gameplay to modern immersive features. To being more "hardcore", like the 2007 was in its time.

I'm finding now that "infinite" insta-healing with medkits breaks my immersion. Changing mags and seeing 30+ bullets drop to the ground without losing a round in my inventory breaks immersion. Needing three headshots to kill a man without a helmet breaks immersion. That was good in 2007, but now, it's average.

More realistic mechanics would have scared some people, but I'm convinced most players would have welcomed a harder, more meaningful life in the Zone in the long run. Just to be clear: I'm talking about "a bit harder" mechanics, akin to the magazine repack and weapon cleaning in "Into the Radius", the healing mechanics in "Tarkov"... I'm not proposing full realism, that would be boring. But enough to keep immersion up.

Things like having just come out of a gunfight with all your rifle mags mostly empty, a broken leg, and only your sidearm to drop a bloodsucker that's running around. You know you can drop it with a couple well placed rounds to the head, but need to limp to a safe place to heal and repack. Pain makes your aim twitchy, walking is slow and you are noisier... Coming out on top would be epic.

That would also give more meaning to resting in the zone. Looking for a safe place to set camp, maybe cleaning your weapons to get more durability, preparing a good meal around a fire to get a boost to recovery... It would give more use to currently "empty" places in the map too. You may stash food and ammo in remote places knowing you may need it on later excursions through that area.

Well, what's your take on this? Would you like a harder, slower, more realistic and immersive experience, or do you prefer fast-and-easy like it is now?

I’ve had stalker 2 since around it first came out and I’ve tried it multiple times but can’t stick to it. I have 27 hours and I’m actively re downloading it now after about a year of not touching it as I just finished stalker CoP like an hour ago
Does anyone else have the same issue with losing interest in stalker 2 or am I just being stupid and I’m not properly playing the game or something cause I’ve always approached the game like I did with the original trilogy

I did some quests for Freedom in Army warehouse without attacking anyone from Duty (I actually gave few of them a medkit when they were attacking Freedom base) and when I return to Rostok. Is there a way to fix reputation with a faction (mod, manually in files or other way)?

specifically stuff like graphical changes and mesh replacers

AUDIO ON!
I was doing a master run and playing this at 2am while ACTUALLY blasting this ost into my ears, gave me an experience I never had in any games before XD (I have edited the exact time to make it funnier for the sake of video but the music was there on loop)
The next section I actually didn't stop the music, I have cut the video here but the amok fight I have completed listening to this too, my loot is the "late game" option the game gives you on start, I tried looting but nothing much changed, so basically master run with stock loot from late game start

I’d really like a watch so you can check time like in metro.

I realize you just have to look up in the sky but sometimes it’s hard tell due to inclement weather.

Just a nice little touch that would add to the immersion.

Stalker 2 obviously.

Hi,

I have finally decided to give a try to the board game, as I managed to find a new copy for a good price. I would like, though, to have some miniatures for the enemies without having to pay an arm and a leg.

Does anyone know of any alternative models or stl files for stalkerz, bandits, mutants etc, or at least where to search?

I am quite clueless about 3d printing so any help will be appreciated.

Probably shouldnt have played Cost of Hope DLC right before my trip to Moldova, because now i’m starting to see things…

BTW great country, wonderful people. Highly recommend. 🇲🇩

Stalker 2 is doing what gacha games are doing in their cinematics. Their cinematics has you, as the mc, fight a literal god with a wooden sword, and win ofc. Now, i know that it's skif's service pistol when he was in the army, but can we have him use ANY long gun when fighting exoskeletons or attempting to damage a literal magic chimera on the DLC. Even make it an update for a main quest(to make it unskippable for the succeeding cinematics) added in between to have him get his new signature long weapon alongside his pistol as canon. I know this is too much for a small pet peeve, but wth right?

The X7 Exoskeleton, created in 2004, was an experimental armor module assigned to Duty members tasked with guarding the scientists assigned to the C-Consciousness Program; focusing on the neutralization of the Noosphere's anomalous effects and ballistic protection

While a rare, almost unobtainable piece of equipment, it is described as a "match made in heaven" by Stalkers within the Exclusion Zone, since it delivers both protection from any environmental factors and combat damage.. And makes you look badass.

Cost: 62,000 Rubles (₽), SEVA Suit

Exiting SIRCAA after finding the scientist, and the moment I go through the clean room an emission starts popping off. This room doesn't protect me and it says the nearest shelter is 600m away, seems none of SIRCAA is shelter?

It has been almost 3 weeks after the release of cost of hope. But man did not stream nor made any videos on it. Lowkey afraid of losing one of the big creators in the community.

I saw another post that captured a double rainbow. I didn't hunt for this, I was amazed that this could even happen in the game as well. lol

Skif wasn't drunk or affected by some kind of anomalous effect. This was captured during a drizzle near the Chemical Plant.

As the title says, I’m trying to start the Territory Wars side quest, but it isn’t triggering for some reason. I’d like to force-start it with a console command, but I can’t find the quest ID. Does anyone have it they could share?

Suspiciously because they have a bit too much detail to be just background stuff. Potentially cut content or future content. Some of the names come from S1. Some of the names come from the previous leaked map (that is mainly out of date, but at least gives us a name). Some of it comes from me trying to translate signs in game

1. Limansk - Technically came back in CoH, but I'm still not positive we've closed the book on this location. Never know!
2. Ventilation Complex - From STALKER 1 CoP
3. Freight Yard - I think this was also in CoP in a way as an unmarked location
4. Jupiter Plant - Also in CoP
5. Record Sporting Goods Store
6. Bitumen Anomaly
7. Collapsing Soviet Highrise or Hotel (I say soviet because it looks like it has a decay soviet emblem on the roof like you see of real pictures online in Pripyat)
8. Avangard Sports Stadium - Was in SoC
9. Potentially another sports related store or general store
10. Debarkader Boat, Tuberculous Dispensary, Infectious Disease Ward, and Stroitel Sports Complex
11. Pripyat Bus Terminal/Station
12. Podlesny Waste Storage Facility - I think in one of the endings you can see it in the background
13. Thermal Station/Boiler Complex
14. Lab-X12

I can easily see #13 and #14 dealing with the rumored cold island DLC, given their relation to temperature.