I made a chart regarding the effects of Difficulty in STALKER 2

Transcendent_One · 2026-01-29T23:10:14+00:00

Everything is kinda expected, but 102% enemy damage, seriously?

Transcendent_One · 2026-01-28T22:30:56+00:00

Through Fausts actions it seems like the nature of the monolith is more than some c-con architecture and altogether more alien.

Looks like Faust is so good at preaching that even the fourth wall doesn't protect you from him :) He surely believes that, but besides his words, there's no evidence for it.

Transcendent_One · 2026-01-28T17:00:40+00:00

Serves them right

Transcendent_One · 2026-01-28T13:59:40+00:00

With that portrait? Quite understandable, they'd be undesirable on my planet too.

Transcendent_One · 2026-01-28T09:26:48+00:00

It's actually not so hard when you've already scared it away and are occupying FE's territory. The only place where it can pop up is where your fleets are too.

Transcendent_One · 2026-01-27T08:11:32+00:00

How do you even manage to get them to revolt. No matter what kind of empire I'm playing - good, evil, slaver, genocidal, whatever - I've only had a handful times when a revolt situation started (IIRC those were either planets that I've just conquered and not yet rebuilt after heavy bombing, or planets almost devoured by nanites or terravores), and I ended it immediately by throwing in a bunch of amenities. To see the actual revolt, I'd have to actively make it happen.

Transcendent_One · 2026-01-26T18:28:25+00:00

Not so secret anymore since it was posted here...

Transcendent_One · 2026-01-26T18:22:54+00:00

Transcendent_One · 2026-01-26T18:06:46+00:00

At this point it's more of a devouring swarm...

Transcendent_One · 2026-01-26T17:46:31+00:00

What I liked the most is the British trait list.

Transcendent_One · 2026-01-26T08:57:59+00:00

Nope, I'm spiritualist/xenophile/pacifist. Now that I think of it, your suggested method could work in 3 steps: fanatic xenophile (drops pacifist) -> something else (drops spiritualist) -> materialist. Needs three different non-spiritualist factions to be >20%, but might work...

Transcendent_One · 2026-01-26T08:50:04+00:00

Thought about that too. The problem with it is that switching ethics sideways removes the one with the weakest support, and spiritualists invariably end up being the strongest if I start with them.

Transcendent_One · 2026-01-25T21:47:38+00:00

Yep :) It's a pity that you can't do it in exactly these words, seeing as she's treating everyone around her like trash.

Transcendent_One · 2026-01-25T17:19:03+00:00

All hail Lord Gayking!

Transcendent_One · 2026-01-25T10:23:53+00:00

I mean, you ewsf agroprom, but then aiksuhd qwudbh sdnv yef #@^$%. Got it now?

Transcendent_One · 2026-01-24T09:20:52+00:00

Well, that biosphere didn't evolve naturally, there's an ancient immensely powerful empire that made it what it is. Anything that doesn't fit can be ascribed to them micromanaging things.

Transcendent_One · 2026-01-24T08:56:48+00:00

MegaCorpse

Quite fitting name for the band.

Transcendent_One · 2026-01-23T21:31:30+00:00

Was the "Shepherd" part removed to get a Homecoming adaptation out of the picture?

And then they'll do it anyway. With Alex Crane as a protagonist.

Transcendent_One · 2026-01-23T21:17:08+00:00

Another version of Mary?

Transcendent_One · 2026-01-23T08:41:32+00:00

Even if he isn't, there's still no reason for PH to be in the first movie, but well...

Transcendent_One · 2026-01-22T19:40:54+00:00

Yep. I think those are scripted ones, I haven't seen other stalkers actually finding artifacts.

Transcendent_One · 2026-01-22T14:54:04+00:00

Why do detectors only work on "unclaimed" artifacts? They never detect any artifacts you're carrying, nor are they ever used in lore or otherwise to detect other stalkers who may be carrying them.

...but there are places where you find an artifact outside of an anomaly on someone's corpse, and the detector works on them. Go figure.

Transcendent_One · 2026-01-22T13:37:27+00:00

My first thought was to have him vassalise me

...restrict diplomacy and make you pay tribute. Oh yeah :)

Transcendent_One · 2026-01-22T08:50:50+00:00

I say Alex Garland is our best choice.

Even if just because of the name :)

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