S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Series Megathread: The Zone will stop the Russians

[🦇Pachira🦇]

[QUOTE='[Green];43192565']So the options I've received so far are...

- Sawn off only (for ShoC, thinking of doing it with some bitching mod for added difficulty, liking this idea)
- 1 magazine per weapon (added difficulty if i can't use the same weapon twice, ergo i can only fire 8 shots from a makarov and after that makarov is banned, also liking this if done in ShoC)
- knife only AA2 (i hate knife only runs, reminds me too much of the soup agroprom, but will be done in ShoC)
- 5.45 challenge in redogs (CoP screw my microphone for whatever reason so i'm not to happy about this)

Which one sounds most fun? I remember Dark Souls getting a mod that randomizes your weapon every 7 seconds and the 1 mag per weapon run sounds a little bit similar, having to change your playstyle on the go.[/QUOTE]

Knife only would be a little easy if you are doing vanilla ShoC considering it is godly

[[Green]]

[QUOTE=Etcetera;43192595]I think this one sounds the most interesting. Possibly double-barrelled shotguns only, if you want it a little easier (though of course their availability depends on the mod).[/QUOTE]

All double barreled sounds too easy though, sawn-off is shit enough to warrant a playthrough.
Extra difficulty if no binoculars, grenades or knife allowed either.

[Thomo_UK]

Bolt only

[[Green]]

[QUOTE=Thomo_UK;43192716]Bolt only[/QUOTE]

Joking aside that's technically impossible since you [I]have[/I] to kill some shit to get past ShoC campaign.

[Gum]

Bolt-action only

[[Green]]

[QUOTE=Gum;43193084]Bolt-action only[/QUOTE]

There are no bolt-actions in vanilla tho. LURK could get a mosin nagant sniper, STALKERSOUP could get a ~TRG~ and uh...I think OGSE has a nugget too.
oh and i [I]could[/I] go Misery TRG all the way. The trick would be no weapons whatsoever until the TRG is received. The bad side is that it's Call of Pripyat and my microphone would create terrifying static.

[alxnotorious]

How about explosives

or silenced weapons only?

[Gum]

[QUOTE='[Green];43193129']There are no bolt-actions in vanilla tho. LURK could get a mosin nagant sniper, STALKERSOUP could get a ~TRG~ and uh...I think OGSE has a nugget too.[/QUOTE]

Exactly

[Hammer7]

[sp]Full Complete playthrough on Easy.[/sp]

This is gonna be the most mentally cruel challenge.

[[Green]]

[QUOTE=Alxnotorious;43193154]How about explosives

or silenced weapons only?[/QUOTE]

So solid snake?
Integrated silencer weapons would be rough, meaning I'd have to use explosives quite exclusively until I get a Vintar/vintorez.

That could be interesting.
Silenced weapons like an LR300 with a silencer is basically not different whatsoever from a normal LR300 so any silenced weapon would be kind of too easy.

[QUOTE=Hammer7;43193182][sp]Full Complete playthrough on Easy.[/sp]

This is gonna be the most mentally cruel challenge.[/QUOTE]

I would feel bad for the bandits.

[etcetera]

[QUOTE='[Green];43193189']So solid snake?
Integrated silencer weapons would be rough, meaning I'd have to use explosives quite exclusively until I get a Vintar/vintorez.
[/QUOTE]

You can grab a 6P9 in the trailer near the start of the game. From there, there are a few unique weapons with integrated silencers sprinkled about the areas before the bar. Once you get to the warehouses, of course, getting a VSS or VAL is easy enough.

[alxnotorious]

[QUOTE='[Green];43193189']So solid snake?
Integrated silencer weapons would be rough, meaning I'd have to use explosives quite exclusively until I get a Vintar/vintorez.

That could be interesting.
Silenced weapons like an LR300 with a silencer is basically not different whatsoever from a normal LR300 so any silenced weapon would be kind of too easy.[/QUOTE]

Silenced [I]or[/I] explosives.

In my thinking, since silencers reduce the stats of the guns they're on, it's basically a handicap for everything except stealth-based gameplay, and STALKER's stealth mechanics aren't the best, so it'd still be challenging even if you try to avoid confrontation.

Explosives might be even harder because they're harder to come by early on, and they're not direct or silent.

You could try both though; might be an interesting combo. (Or it might make it too easy.)

[[Green]]

[QUOTE=Alxnotorious;43193418]Silenced [I]or[/I] explosives.

In my thinking, since silencers reduce the stats of the guns they're on, it's basically a handicap for everything except stealth-based gameplay, and STALKER's stealth mechanics aren't the best, so it'd still be challenging even if you try to avoid confrontation.

Explosives might be even harder because they're harder to come by early on, and they're not direct or silent.

You could try both though; might be an interesting combo. (Or it might make it too easy.)[/QUOTE]

it's p easy to mass grenades to be honest and once you get the train rolling it ain't stopping.
I had completely forgotten about the little peashooter 6P9. That would make it more viable and unfortunately easier.

[etcetera]

[QUOTE='[Green];43193445']it's p easy to mass grenades to be honest and once you get the train rolling it ain't stopping.
I had completely forgotten about the little peashooter 6P9. That would make it more viable and unfortunately easier.[/QUOTE]

I think integrated silencers only would strike a nice balance between "challenging" and "watching Green reload the same small combat fifteen times because he keeps blowing himself up".

[Muukkis]

[QUOTE='[Green];43192996']Joking aside that's technically impossible since you [I]have[/I] to kill some shit to get past ShoC campaign.[/QUOTE]

Technically it's not since you could go the route that the 15 minute speedrun took but most likely it'd just get you killed repeatedly at the Sarcofagus if nothing else and it would be a little pointless / boring. The bolt used to be damaging in the earlier builds though. And in CoP SMRTR-mod which replaces the bolt with throwing knives.

[QUOTE=Etcetera;43193470]I think integrated silencers only[/QUOTE]
Integrated silencers don't give any penalty to accuracy or damage and it would mean that Green could use the VSS,the perma-silenced IL-86 and Bes' silenced AKS-74u which are all pretty good guns. I mean yeah if a Metal Gear Solid-y playthrough is what he wants to do then by all means but it's not that much of a challenge run especially if you go with the VSS at any stage of the game.

I still root for a shotgun-only playthrough with a side order of the makarov except in CoP where the makarov should be replaced with a sawn-off.

[QUOTE='[Green];43193830']It'd be too easy if I had any other weapon on top of the sawn-off.[/QUOTE]
Maybe not in Clear Sky, considering how shotguns are [I]terrible[/I] in that game. With the exception of the TOZ-34.

[[Green]]

[QUOTE=Muukkis;43193632]Technically it's not since you could go the route that the 15 minute speedrun took but most likely it'd just get you killed repeatedly at the Sarcofagus if nothing else and it would be a little pointless / boring. The bolt used to be damaging in the earlier builds though. And in CoP SMRTR-mod which replaces the bolt with throwing knives.

Integrated silencers don't give any penalty to accuracy or damage and it would mean that Green could use the VSS,the perma-silenced IL-86 and Bes' silenced AKS-74u which are all pretty good guns. I mean yeah if a Metal Gear Solid-y playthrough is what he wants to do then by all means but it's not that much of a challenge run especially if you go with the VSS at any stage of the game.

I still root for a shotgun-only playthrough with a side order of the makarov except in CoP where the makarov should be replaced with a sawn-off.[/QUOTE]

It'd be too easy if I had any other weapon on top of the sawn-off. Its terrible range would be exactly why it'd be challenging.

[Loner]

I think silenced only would make for great entertainment, depending on the mod. Vanilla, the 6P9 is pretty darn terrible :v:

[Doneeh]

[QUOTE='[Green];43192660']All double barreled sounds too easy though, sawn-off is shit enough to warrant a playthrough.
Extra difficulty if no binoculars, grenades or knife allowed either.[/QUOTE]

People actually use the binoculars?

[Hammer7]

[QUOTE=Doneeh;43195288]People actually use the binoculars?[/QUOTE]

I use.

[Loner]

[QUOTE=Hammer7;43195338]I use.[/QUOTE]

Same here

[Doneeh]

What kind of stalker are you if you don't just wait for someone else to attack you first? That's just unsportsmanlike.

[Beacon]

damn bandeets

[Loner]

[QUOTE=Doneeh;43195411]What kind of stalker are you if you don't just wait for someone else to attack you first? That's just unsportsmanlike.[/QUOTE]

I always lured the military guys to the bandits to take care of them. Sure, petruha and his crew would be sacrificed, but hey, if it's for the greater goal ...

Plus,

[I]The monolith takes anyone in.[/I]

[kaine123]

I hate when I throw a grenade over a wall and accidentally kill a group of loners who I thought were bandits. I feel like such a dumbass.

[Loner]

I hate it when those same loners are stupid enough to walk into my anomaly traps and become hostile to me :/

[BF2_ROCKS]

Best mod for clear sky that fixes bugs/improve graphics and most importantly adds content like guns and such? I was thinking of playing complete but it dosen't add content. its mainly a bug fixer right?

[werewolf0020]

so, im nearly done getting UE4 access i think its finally the time i give a shot at doing some stalker ish experiment / prototype using stalker content as placeholder!

[Pops]

[QUOTE=Hammer7;43193182][sp]Full Complete playthrough on Easy.[/sp]

This is gonna be the most mentally cruel challenge.[/QUOTE]

Challenge accepted

wait a second, are we talking vanilla or complete?

[[Green]]

[QUOTE=kaine123;43196136]I hate when I throw a grenade over a wall and accidentally kill a group of loners who I thought were bandits. I feel like such a dumbass.[/QUOTE]

I hate it when I alt throw an F1 and it spawns 1m above me, clips with the ceiling and explodes as I try to run away for dear life.

RGD-5s are good just because they don't do that shit.

[B]SPEAKING OF WHICH, REDUX 2.0 BETTER HAVE FIXED F1 ALT THROW[/B]

[Loner]

[QUOTE=BF2_ROCKS;43196183]Best mod for clear sky that fixes bugs/improve graphics and most importantly adds content like guns and such? I was thinking of playing complete but it dosen't add content. its mainly a bug fixer right?[/QUOTE]

From what I've read in the reviews, it's a pretty good mod. Never used it though, so I wouldn't really know :v: I'd say, get one of these instead;

[URL="http://www.moddb.com/mods/cs"]Clear Skies[/URL]
[URL="http://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-cs-reloaded"]Reloaded[/URL] (My personal favourite. Breathtaking visuals, to say the least)
[URL="http://www.moddb.com/mods/mystery"]MYSTERY[/URL] (MISERY adaption to CS)
[URL="http://www.moddb.com/mods/the-warmongers"]The Warmongers[/URL] (contains a lot of crazy muties IIRC)
[URL="http://www.moddb.com/mods/clear-sky-weather-total-conversion"]Oh and for pretty skies go here[/URL]

And [URL="http://www.amk-team.ru/forum/index.php?showforum=31"]here's the russian forums[/URL], you'll SURELY find something here

Recommendations are;
[url]http://www.amk-team.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=11161[/url] (HARDWARMOD)
[url]http://www.amk-team.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=12152[/url] (Shoker weapon mod 2.0)
[url]http://www.amk-team.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=5412[/url] (OGSM CS)
[url]http://www.amk-team.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=8315[/url] (Gun Addon)