Repair costs

[LuckyCatPhil]

I am loving the game in the early stages of involvement, once I got past the initial difficulty bump of the tutorial level and some kinda obtuse controls.

Just a question - am I doing repairs in the Village incorrectly? It seems to be super expensive to repair anything via Lens' shop, to the extent that its not worth repairing and selling found guns; so anything marked "Red" I'm thinking of dumping when found (as "Red" equipment cannot be sold without repairs).

Um, is there a trick to this? Any advice appreciated

[OldManSkills]

There is no trick or advice unless you want to exploit the money selling glitch. The economy atm is busted you dont make enough money to repair your guns and armor even with artifact hunting. Do not repair armor or guns just useu new stuff you find. Good luck

[VYM]

Why? Great prices and economy!
Repair AK for 5800, then sell it for 1800, then buy 18 slugs or 18 7.62 bullets, lmao.

[hypersot]

Afaik, there is an update planned to fix that.

[Azrus]

Yeah, don't bring red guns back. As you've noticed, repairing an item costs more than it adds to the sale value, so you should never repair something that you plan on selling. So only bring back guns that are yellow durability or better. Honestly, once you get a little further in you'll frequently hit your carry capacity with yellow weapons before you return to town.

Repair costs are high, but unless you're intentionally walking into grenades and anomalies, it is absolutely not true that you spend more money on repairs than you will be earning. Snag anomalies when you can and bring guns back to sell and you should be fine.

[Jere]

Yeah I don't why people are trying to defend the economy in this game:

bring back a backpack full of loot, Lens offers you 3,000 ISK. Want that slightly better jacket upgrade? Lens wants 20,000 ISK. Go talk to the tech about repairing your weapons and gear damaged from your last run, that'll be 3,500 ISK.

This isn't "realism" -- if it were, the stalkers would simply murder Lens and take what they need instead of letting him offer 10 cents on the dollar for anything you want to trade.

[Pixelica]

Your real enemies in this game are not mutant and robber. It's them, the vendors. They want you poor and dead, then they send another naive stalker to retrieve your stash and belongings from your dead body.

[Wehr Wulf]

Originally posted by Pixelica:

Your real enemies in this game are not mutant and robber. It's them, the vendors. They want you poor and dead, then they send another naive stalker to retrieve your stash and belongings from your dead body.

That was pretty good XD

[Elenoe]

Originally posted by Pixelica:

Your real enemies in this game are not mutant and robber. It's them, the vendors. They want you poor and dead, then they send another naive stalker to retrieve your stash and belongings from your dead body.

they have infinite money tho. One bullet should be enough to solve all your problems with other vendors and technicians.

[Slackerdude74]

I agree the repair costs are crazy high, and I use a mod(below) to lower the costs of repairs.
- https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/77

[Flash]

Originally posted by Slackerdude74:

I agree the repair costs are crazy high, and I use a mod(below) to lower the costs of repairs.
- https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2heartofchornobyl/mods/77

You love to see it.

[Herr von Stein]

Originally posted by hypersot:

Afaik, there is an update planned to fix that.

What? The Money Glitch?