What is best weapon you use and what armor?

[Sergeant]

what u advice ?

[🎀Hara🎀]

stalker was never the type of game where there is best weapons and armor.

sniper rifle is best against humans any will do
shotgun is best against mutants any will do
LMG is great against everything if you have the ammo

some suits are better against bullets
some suits are better against radiation
some suits are better against electricity
some suits are better against poison

there was exosuits in the older games that let you carry a crapton but it was offset by a huge weakness to electrical damage.

in short. use whatever works for you

[St.Black_Label💎]

If not cheating
It depends on how many bullet [type] you have

I just found a best suits [not from any mission]

[rustypup]

Zero mention of artefacts? Not a STALKER.

Best weapon is the most effective at this point in time - mostly because of upgrades.

You balance your armour but you NEED artefacts - especially rad, bleed and weight

[HerbertWess]

I am still early in the game, out of the dumps and onto the sawmill i think? I generally enjoy using AR14, shotgun to my dismay are very samey in stats but for obvious reasons, get a pump action or better asap (using an M80 cracker atm), because the last thing you want vs a bloodsucker is getting stuck reloading, and tourist armor atm, using ball weight and blue flower artifacts mostly. Try to conserve armor pen ammo until you know what you are facing. Dying to a psi mutant stealing your shotgun then kinetically blasting you with it is embarrassing (that really caught me off guard the first time).

Tbh, i tend to switch a lot just to test, and don't hesitate improvising places around the map where i drop stuff and just mark it for later use. This game is pretty special in that area, no need to get too attached to stuff. And whatever you do. Do not. Get. Overencumbered. You are dead meat in the open if the death storm comes and you cannot run because you are too heavy. Well, that and nasty anomalies where your best option is probably gonna be to run for the hills. With cover if possible.

[Uncle David]

I use the Valik Lummox's AKM-74S it's a scoped AK that we can get early and the M860 Cracker. I got the Lynx sniper rifle recently I think it's a unique SVDM-2 though I don't have too much ammo for it like 30 rounds and want some more so put it in the stash for now. Got much more AK ammo.

[Father Lamb]

I've been John Wicking it with pistols for the most part lmao Just like the stalkers before it :D

Armor? The tourists armor is my choice.