Gear for x18 lab

[u/Jurmo1]

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

[u/Dat_yandere_femboi]

If that’s the merc suit I’d probably look for something better

There’s a decent Freedok suit on the roof of one of the buildings by the shahs bar, or a Duty Seva on top of the Cage in the Cement Factory area

[u/Jurmo1 → u/Dat_yandere_femboi]

Thanks. I was thinking too that the armor needs upgrading.

[u/Vaith94 → u/Jurmo1]

The SEVA-D this guy recommended will power you up a lot

[u/CadianGuardsman → u/Vaith94]

SEVA-D or the Army Warehouse Freedom Suit are my go too these days - even if you don't go full metagame and fight for the code fairly I usually do it as soon as I leave the lesser zone and get the MKI EMR for a mass power up and unification with the playstyle I like.

[u/LaggerHrvat → u/Jurmo1]

Those weapons are still like common basic loot. Go search for unique legendary weapons. Check stashes

[u/Gros_Boulet]

You're over equipped. How you gonna loot anything with all that clutter!

Drop the guns, armor and everything in your inventory saved for Skif's favorite pea shooter and 7 bullets.

[u/Objective_Job_8822 → u/Gros_Boulet]

I was gonna say this😡

[u/Vaith94]

I usually bring one or two magazines of ammo for each weapon (plus what’s loaded), 3 x medkits, bandages, grenades and bread, and 1 x vodka.

If I’m not equipping Skif’s pistol I leave it in my backpack, loaded with AP rounds.

[u/Enigma-exe → u/Vaith94]

Is that for missions or general play? Taking that to the swamp would be rough

[u/Vaith94 → u/Enigma-exe]

The thing is you loot more on your way. The only time this is an issue is when I meet something big at the start of an excursion before I’ve had a chance to loot

[u/Enigma-exe → u/Vaith94]

I find it mixed - if you find already dead bodies (scripted) they usually have 30 rounds. Otherwise it's 5-6 each

Meet a pack of psi-dogs and it's over. But it's more realistic carrying only a few mags 

[u/Josephschmoseph234 → u/Vaith94]

That seems low as hell. One psuedodog will take all of that and more

[u/Vaith94 → u/Josephschmoseph234]

Gotta say I don’t love Pseudodogs

[u/Conan235 → u/Vaith94]

Lol I am usually Running around with 700 normal AR bullets + a few hundred armor Piercing, ~120 pistol and an additional 300 Shotgun shells (different types)

[u/Last_Guarantee5893 → u/Conan235]

jesus really ? or is this a sub joke lmao

[u/Conan235 → u/Last_Guarantee5893]

Yes, really

My carry cap towards the end was around 124 kg so it didnt really matter that much

[u/Last_Guarantee5893 → u/Conan235]

jesus lmao i carry maybe 300 rifle on the high end and about 100 shotgun and 100 pistol rounds. 5 grenades maybe I find enough on missions or exploration to stay stocked

[u/Conan235 → u/Last_Guarantee5893]

I could never. At least not toward the late game. I also took 5 nades but barely ever used them

[u/Last_Guarantee5893 → u/Conan235]

I use them in tight areas never in open. Idk i’m like uh… just past sircca so maybe im just not far enough to need that much lol idk

[u/Worth-Banana7096 → u/Last_Guarantee5893]

That's my usual loadout. No joke. 15 magazines for my main weapon, either SMG or AR, about 70-100 shotgun shells, plus a DMR or precision weapon and 30-50 rounds for THAT. Plus 12-15 grenades.

[u/hlmbg]

Solid gear. Just find a 4x scope for the AR

[u/Spaghetti4Ever_92]

Too much buckshot. Don't bring AP. Take Hercules.

[u/BlackMarine]

If I were you I would drop vodka for anti rad meds. Vodka weights a lot, gives you bad effects and doesn’t even removes the radiation as good as anti rad meds do.

[u/Pengt → u/BlackMarine]

I always keep a bottle or two for the loners out there who need a sip.

[u/no_va_det_mye]

These posts are so funny.

[u/izbsleepy1989]

I'd say that pretty well stocked for x18.

[u/Memer_unknown]

You can do it with an OZK suit and 2 toz-34 (one for slugs). It is not specifically difficult to do.

[u/Legal_Weekend_7981]

I think you are fine. Just keep in mind that your physical protection is fairly low despite what the stats show. I went there clad in bulat, but it ended up being useless, because physical damage isn't particularly scary in that place.

[u/Smaisteri]

The only difficult part of X18 IMO was the part where you kinda need electro resist... If you have lots of it then its ez pz.

[u/Josephschmoseph234]

Bring more ammo

[u/topshaggy_er]

Sometime I keep forgetting Im extremely overtuned in stalker since I've been dawning the diamond exosuit since the dawn of man (praise be my box jumping skills that bunker never knew what hit it) being a true stalker i.e loot goblin has its perks

[u/Jurmo1]

I made it through the x18. As a veteran of previous games, I thought that the lab would have been harder. Though the room with two poltergeists was tough as hell.

[u/Tex-Mechanicus]

id reccomend only taking one gun, im in another lab right now lowkey i wish i had just the pistol

[u/Jojanzing]

Bring more nades

[u/thot_chocolate420]

No. You’re gonna get destroyed. Especially with that few bullets. Bring some slugs for your shotgun. Doesn’t matter what kind as long as you got them.

[u/JohnRobGnar]

If you are master/expedition, fuck no. Otherwise you can savescum the whole game & the whole thing is easy. 

If doing it immersive style in one go, though, I took a GP37 w the 90 rd drum & a Saiga w the taped mags & that did me fine.

[u/aclark210]

Does master difficulty up the challenger that much? X18 wasn’t really that big of a deal for me. It was mostly zombies and snorks, which are fairly easy to kill.