The Swamps are Broken and terribly designed.

[CheapNoodles]

Coming back late game to (over 65 hours into the story) to get attachments I had missed, lead me to the misfortune of realizing none of the emission shelters work. Literally no spot in the swamp except for the scripted Chimera chase will protect you from emissions. I hate the swamps and I equally despise whoever thought it was okay to ship the swamps as is. Fix your ♥♥♥♥ GSC or don't rely on dumb scripted events like that. Literally most of the shelters I tested for emission resilience all failed when the map says its safe......

[Lisu]

Yea, once I got done with the main quest line in that area I'm not ever going back.
I was lucky to have found all the upgrade schematics there on my first run, so not going there ever again.

[Sparhawk122]

I've no doubt that entire area will get an overhaul in one of the upcoming patches. It's just too broken and the whole area needs a clean sweep.

[Foxrun]

I love the swamps.

[seven_stars]

The swamps are horrible. But most real life swamps are horrible. There is a shelter in the south near the church that did protect me from an emission. But I don't know how many there are outside the 2 bases in the area. There are some concrete buildings that could be shelters, and some underground areas as well, but I have not tested them in emissions.

[CheapNoodles]

Originally posted by Foxrun:

I love the swamps.

Found the masochist

[Zankem]

What chimera chase? I went to the swamp once for the psi mission and don't recall a chimera.

[CheapNoodles]

Originally posted by Zankem:

What chimera chase? I went to the swamp once for the psi mission and don't recall a chimera.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ8RAkmuiGU

That is all I am leaving you with.

[CheapNoodles]

Originally posted by Zankem:

What chimera chase? I went to the swamp once for the psi mission and don't recall a chimera.

did you actually get past the swamps buddy?

[CheapNoodles]

Originally posted by Sparhawk122:

I've no doubt that entire area will get an overhaul in one of the upcoming patches. It's just too broken and the whole area needs a clean sweep.

tired of broken incomplete products being shipped. No wonder there is no innovation in the gaming industry yearly.

[Nite69]

the swamps aren;t that many locations in this anyway, it felt bigger in stalker clear sky

[Zankem]

Originally posted by CheapNoodles:

Originally posted by Zankem:

What chimera chase? I went to the swamp once for the psi mission and don't recall a chimera.

did you actually get past the swamps buddy?

Well, that video was a bunch of nothing. Shut down everything and went to the end and entered the cellar when an emission was incoming. Nothing chased me at any point when I was there. Even spent some time grabbing the RPG and had to pop hercules to truck back to the nearest technician.

[𝕊𝕋𝕌ℝ𝕄-𝕂𝔸𝕋]

have you sent a bug report to GSC?

(I'm guessing not at this time, but will do now I've asked, just so he can come back and say "yes").

[n0mad23]

Marked shelters are generally safe, but not totally. If you stand too close to some walls for example, those rays are coming right through. Best bet is to stay put once you find a spot that has the "seek shelter" icon disappear.

I'm pretty sure there are enough shelters scattered around the Swamp that if a stalker doesn't panic and make too many mistakes, should be able to get to safety. The only spot I've been blocked from so far is in Cordon, but that's a Lab and I suspect it'll open later in the story.

I raced through the Swamp mission and only paused once to do artifact hunting, so I know I'll be going there again just for that. Didn't care for the CS Swamp map, and feel about the same with this one. Not much to see, lots of amphibians singing. Easy to get totally turned around between reeds.

It really, really sucks in the Swamp in the dark, and it's even worse if it's stormy.

[lockwoodx]

The one safe spot in the swamp has a flashbang anomaly guarding it. Devs go out of their way to troll players in stalker 2 at every opportunity.

[Sparhawk122]

Originally posted by lockwoodx:

The one safe spot in the swamp has a flashbang anomaly guarding it. Devs go out of their way to troll players in stalker 2 at every opportunity.

Is their damage PSI?