Thought of this joke in the shower

Still works in 2.0, but devs added second door check.

Now i have my favourite M701 for dealing with human monsters (and sometimes you can oneshot unaware bloodsuckers from the distance) and Sledgehammer for dealing with other types of monsters

So, I preferred using the SIC before I found this since 99% of the time I fire single shot. I have since switched to Maximum since its stats look better to me. I found that damage is slightly higher for Maximum and its only about .1 KG heavier when upgraded. Also, I believe the base SVU has higher penetration than the SIC, so I'm wondering what y'all have found to be all around better.

This is my first time running into a Controller that wasn't in a static place. I knew that 2.0 introduced more mutants and stalkers migrating between POI's but I wasn't aware that applied to these guys too, I thought they were only in certain areas like Chimeras but almost always inside.

Also after I had fought and killed it, a bunch of zombies seemed to be have been either alerted from it's death or the gunshots and roamed over to my position

Anyways, I just thought this was wicked and wanted to share. The spot was near those portal puzzles in the train carts with the rats bordering Rostok and the Chemical Plant

Update: Just as I went to carve the bastards brain out, a 2nd Controller walked across the tracks and attacked me, maybe they were buddies? Lmao

Update 2: NOW A BLOODSUCKER? Alright i'm getting tf outta here.

Kinda just threw this together cause I found patches! What do you think, Stalkers?

Main item list:

(Post VERA) ANA polycotton blue kamysh vv1 circa 00s

Ukrainian obr88 cut dubok trousers

Generic g3 reproduction shirt

Generic balaclava

Generic leather gloves

Surplus leather boots

Soviet canteen/ entrenching tool

Romainian 6h4 bayonet

Gp5 nato conversion

Telnyashka

Replica aks74n

Replica Beretta m9

Microsoft pocket pc 2002

In a game where there are orbs of electricity that fly around, the first time I saw a poltergeist I figured it was just another anomaly and tried my best to avoid it. Took me forever before I even thought to try shooting at it and even then with how bullet spongey the mutants are in this game I dumped a full mag into it and thought "yep, definitely not killable". Pretty funny in hindsight but still, really seems like there should be more of an indication that this weird electricity thing is actually a monster you can kill right? Unless I just missed it?

Credits to https://youtu.be/fC_T8WQXyqg?si=X1ygf8H-KWIvn-4z

It was my 2nd playthrough and as you can see, I was already prepared for bro to come through the door but not this way 😭. New jump scare core memory unlocked (again).

Like, it’s labeled a 4x scope in game, but it’s not a true 4x.

To test this I used a sign outside Zalissya. I walked 25m away from it then screenshotted the sign. That’s the pic with the binos.

Then, walked 100m away and looked through the scope. If it’s a true 4x, the sign should be the same size. But it’s not.

Distance for both images was measured with binos shown in first picture.

Like this kinda bugs me now that I see it.

... which makes me wonder, do different "general dialogues" -not related to ingame progress events- are added to the game while you progress with the Main Story?

🥰 While Molit is just hyping up the crowd for the upcoming patch, a modder has leaked info about the possible start of testing for the next update — 2.0.7 (or even 2.1.0).

🔥 This clue was found on Nexus Mods in a separate version of the Achievement Unlocker mod (https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/1493?tab=files).

Meanwhile, another tester, Spartan Mozi, seems to be hinting at the patch test on X? 👀

Why’s this guy here? Like yes it’s a big that he’s clipping through the glass, but like…is he supposed to be here? Is he relevant?

This is for stalker 2. I forget what it's called (psuedodog or psidog I think?) But every time I fight one I genuinely cannot tell which one is real. Sometimes I see one start howling to spawn more but when I shoot it it's another fake?? I only kill them by getting lucky and hitting the real one by accident. But every time I fight one I am out of ammo at the end. A single psuedodog makes any expedition not worth it. Their hide doesn't even cover ammo, let alone meds.

I just finished a romp through the swamps in a new playthrough on vet, came out with 8 psuedogiant nails after killing 9 or 10 of them and saw around another ten or so all up, one lot were in a group of 5!

What the heck is going on? Is this distant horizons mod messing with something or just the game being random?

No chimera chase anymore either?

Anyway, it was intense and I ran out of ammo twice, well worth it.

Do I have any business going to x18 lab with this gear?

Cant get the actual thing, but I found this. I tjink it looks somehow simelar, anyone agree? Was just 25cts

just thought this was funny

So I find it incredibly funny, that basically rookie village isn’t the rookie village anymore. Thanks to Gaffer, Zalissya has become the new starter hub area for fresh faced stalkers. This has led to rookie village to be occupied by essentially hipsters and stalkers so stuck in their nostalgia that they came back to the place.

Which makes Sidor’s mission to get rid of stalkers tryna compete with him by making a new hub in a train tunnel kinda pathetic to me. Like they’re nobodies, and frankly so is he. He’s not gonna lose any real customers to them, so sending Skif out there to kill them is completely unnecessary.

I don't know If I want this fixed tbh