What Factions yall hope for?

[Astolfo's Bussy]

so what factions do yall think will be joinable and tell me why you want to join them (btw the only correct choice is duty)

[Serpiko82]

I have bad news for you, early info seems to suggest that Duty took a bad blow in events following CoP, and is currently reduced to near irrelevancy with most of their former stronghold and territories being taken over by other factions.

(Which makes sense since their "police" role with government sponsorship has been taken by the Ward).

[SMLFFF]

According to the developers it will not be possible to join factions

[Astolfo's Bussy]

Originally posted by Serpiko82:

I have bad news for you, early info seems to suggest that Duty took a bad blow in events following CoP, and is currently reduced to near irrelevancy with most of their former stronghold and territories being taken over by other factions.

(Which makes sense since their "police" role with government sponsorship has been taken by the Ward).

i will single handidly revive duty

[Astolfo's Bussy]

Originally posted by SMLFFF:

According to the developers it will not be possible to join factions

:(

[Mike]

Originally posted by SMLFFF:

According to the developers it will not be possible to join factions

Where has this been confirmed from the devs?

Its a staple in the STALKER series for there to be some type of choice of faction you want to side with, wheather its you literally joining them like in Clear Sky, or its you "siding" with them like in like in CoC/CoP, both of which effected your standing with them.

So is it more like CoP where the player can interact and do missions for certain factions, but they are not "joined" with them (like a Mercenary)?

I have not looked much into this games systems but I assumed factions would play a big role as they did in the other games. Only Clear Sky had the option to join up with certain factions from my memory, but in all games your affiliation with each faction was effected through story decisions, who you attack, who you help (side missions),..etc, so I hope that aspect is still here, along with the a-life system that made these games so immersive.

[Svara]

The monolith !

[Jaynoble55]

Who is Astolfo and why is he busy?

[StormhawkV]

Originally posted by Mike:

Its a staple in the STALKER series for there to be some type of choice of faction you want to side with, wheather its you literally joining them like in Clear Sky, or its you "siding" with them like in like in CoC/CoP, both of which effected your standing with them.

So is it more like CoP where the player can interact and do missions for certain factions, but they are not "joined" with them (like a Mercenary)?

I have not looked much into this games systems but I assumed factions would play a big role as they did in the other games. Only Clear Sky had the option to join up with certain factions from my memory, but in all games your affiliation with each faction was effected through story decisions, who you attack, who you help (side missions),..etc, so I hope that aspect is still here, along with the a-life system that made these games so immersive.

You can only work for them, not join them. Same as in SoC.

Also: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1643320/discussions/0/4626979978390549283/?ctp=2#c4626979978390557650

[Mike]

Originally posted by StormhawkV:

You can only work for them, not join them. Same as in SoC.

Also: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1643320/discussions/0/4626979978390549283/?ctp=2#c4626979978390557650

This is perfectly fine imo and as I expected. Only Clear Sky allowed you join some of factions so as long as we still get to interact with them in different ways the CORE Stalker experience will still be there

[Darth Sirius]

Royal Norwegian Air Force

[Rahro]

Originally posted by Mike:

Originally posted by SMLFFF:

According to the developers it will not be possible to join factions

Where has this been confirmed from the devs?

Its a staple in the STALKER series for there to be some type of choice of faction you want to side with, wheather its you literally joining them like in Clear Sky, or its you "siding" with them like in like in CoC/CoP, both of which effected your standing with them.

So is it more like CoP where the player can interact and do missions for certain factions, but they are not "joined" with them (like a Mercenary)?

I have not looked much into this games systems but I assumed factions would play a big role as they did in the other games. Only Clear Sky had the option to join up with certain factions from my memory, but in all games your affiliation with each faction was effected through story decisions, who you attack, who you help (side missions),..etc, so I hope that aspect is still here, along with the a-life system that made these games so immersive.

You couldnt join any of the factions in any of those games, merely pick who to help and who to shoot at.

[JackSlader]

It's funny how after decades development teams still can't improve their games, they spend too much time trying to sell the game with visual enhancements and rely on modders to do the job for them.

[Mike]

Originally posted by Rahro Uth:

You couldnt join any of the factions in any of those games, merely pick who to help and who to shoot at.

This is false. In Clear Sky you were essentially a mercenary and you 100% could join Duty, Freedom, Bandits and Loners, it was part of the whole "faction wars" mechanic of that game.

This simple wiki will explain how it worked in CS https://stalker.fandom.com/wiki/Faction_Wars

Now in CoC and CoP you were merely "siding" with certain factions and doing odd jobs for them, but you were not really able to "join" them.

[Xafron Chi]

Originally posted by Jaynoble55:

Who is Astolfo and why is he busy?

lmfao

[Frosty]

Well i hope UNISIG (united nations international science investigation group) will be there, and sin.