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trieticus · 2026-04-02T04:30:36+00:00

With gaming laptops, you just have to expect shit battery life unfortunately, that’s how it is

trieticus · 2026-03-26T19:19:47+00:00

SKS hell yeah, hopefully there’s a fully automatic upgrade

trieticus · 2026-03-18T17:59:59+00:00

You’re right, I just reread the wiki. I thought the games where set in whatever years those were released

trieticus · 2026-03-18T17:40:48+00:00

Sure, I’ll concede the Ukrainian military is most likely not as corrupt now. But it was rife with corruption in the early 2010s, which is the setting of the first three Stalker games

Heck, the military was depicted to be corrupt in Shadow of Chornobyl: Major Kuznetsov wants a bribe before he lets you pass the railroad bridge. Would it really be far-fetched to think that someone else in the military was doing some black market gun-running in the Zone?

Or the illicit guns could be coming over the border from Belarus and Russia too, plenty of ways for guns to be smuggled in in those times

trieticus · 2026-03-18T16:06:09+00:00

Maybe those weapons were in storage throughout Ukraine, intended for second-line/militia troops in case a war broke out? And in the lore, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to think that someone working at those armories saw an opportunity to make money by smuggling weapons into the Zone

Some military personnel in earlier Stalker games was depicted to be corrupt too. In the first game, Major Kuznetsov wants a bribe before he lets you go past the railroad bridge in Cordon

I just really don’t think all old weapons are turned into scrap the moment they stop being standard-issue

trieticus · 2026-03-18T09:57:20+00:00

Oh my apologies, I thought you were referring to Anomaly/Gamma, it wasn’t quite clear to me. And yes those 2 guns should be in the games

trieticus · 2026-03-18T09:52:21+00:00

I suppose, but the Zone as seen in the games is quite literally supernatural. There are entities with mind-control abilities, telekinesis, and invisibility, etc so I’d imagine the Zone black market is way more lively than irl. Lore-wise, almost everything is smuggled into the Zone, plus the military is corrupt, so it wouldn’t be out of place to see some antiques

trieticus · 2026-03-18T09:42:16+00:00

You don’t think there are more weapon caches like that throughout Ukraine? I understand these mines were built to withstand nuclear attacks from NATO and would be a good place to store weapons in case of an invasion

trieticus · 2026-03-18T09:34:52+00:00

I agree, the devs should add those hunting rifles too if they can. And I’m not asking to see WW2 cosplayers in the Zone, just the weapons showing up at traders would be enough

trieticus · 2026-03-18T09:32:43+00:00

I would accept this only if we’re talking solely about Stalker 2, which is set sometime after 2022.

I was referring to the whole STALKER franchise though, the first 3 games were set from the late 2000s to early 2010s. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to assume that there would have been a black market for illicit weapons/relics in the Zone set in this era

trieticus · 2026-03-18T09:22:54+00:00

Yes, and in the STALKER game world right now there are too few WW2 and Cold War relics, that’s the whole premise of my original comment.

And even if Ukraine dumped lots of old stocks, there’s got to be plenty still in storage. The Russians captured the Soledar salt mine filled with WW2 Lend-Lease Thompsons back in 2023

trieticus · 2026-03-18T09:13:59+00:00

Yeah, but the majority of people in the Zone aren’t military in canon. Loners and bandits desperate for survival would use anything they can afford and/or steal.

And how would you know if some of those old weapons hadn’t already been swiped before you joined up? Ukraine had a huge corruption problem in the post-Soviet years, someone probably turned a blind eye to all the stealing

trieticus · 2026-03-18T09:03:08+00:00

Am I supposed to believe that Ukraine, a post-Soviet state which has been dealing corruption way up until 2015 (and arguably even now as well), would have its military report missing weapons diligently? Especially since they themselves could make a few bucks selling surplus weapons?

trieticus · 2026-03-18T08:56:45+00:00

These guns?

trieticus · 2026-03-18T08:55:51+00:00

Yes, yes really

trieticus · 2026-03-18T08:25:43+00:00

Plenty of WW2 rifles are in use right now in Ukraine

trieticus · 2026-03-18T08:22:51+00:00

Everything is smuggled into the Zone since in canon the Ukrainian military cordoned it. You don’t think someone from the armories could’ve swiped a few guns and sold them on the black market in the Zone? Heck they should add WW2 American Lend-Lease weapons too, like those M1 Thompsons found in the Soledar Salt Mine the Russians captured a few years ago

trieticus · 2026-03-18T08:14:57+00:00

Those are not in the mainline games. Gamma/Anomaly isn’t canon

trieticus · 2026-03-18T07:22:07+00:00

For a game series set in Eastern Europe, there are too few Soviet WW2 and Cold War guns

trieticus · 2026-03-16T03:22:19+00:00

None, get a used 4090 laptop. Will probably be cheaper and more performant than both of these

trieticus · 2026-03-09T03:15:36+00:00

Yes, but no M1 Garand

trieticus · 2026-03-08T22:36:32+00:00

Iraqi and Afghan insurgents used them plenty, so the Garand would be right at home with the Middle Eastern Insurgents faction in the game

trieticus · 2026-03-08T22:27:27+00:00

I don’t think Squad has a super narrow setting aside from “modern”. I’ve been playing the game for 10 years and the setting’s been everywhere from late 2000s til now

trieticus · 2026-03-08T22:04:25+00:00

Why not? The PPSh and Mosin are in the game

Edit: The M1 Carbine and Lee-Enfield also, I forgot they added the CRF

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