Post SIRCAA, this game sucks!

[Ty]

I've had nothing but high-praise for this game and its atmosphere, that is until I got past SIRCAA.
I have nothing. No ammo, no meds, all of my equipment is broken, yet the game insists on throwing Monolith patrol after Monolith patrol at me, all equipped with high damage gear.
At this point, I'm entirely soft-locked and unable to leave Zalisya let alone even play the game in general without being hunted down.

Not to mention, the Zalisya quest itself is STILL BROKEN and extremely unbalanced. The first wave is no problem, despite getting 4-6 enemies spawned right on top of me multiple times. It's afterwards, as I got spammed with squad after squad trying to go kill Uncle Lyonya. And on top of all that? I'm being chased by two relentless bloodsuckers who are acting like I'm the only food they've seen in months. Additionally, the quest just never ends still. I'm left to either defend the town forever or leave and lose it to Monolith.
I'm just so unbelievably unprepared to deal with the amount of bs that's lazily thrown my way after such a combat-intensive quest.

As a long-time fan of the series, and a major fan of this STALKER 2 (before the SIRCAA questline,) I'm just left in utter astonishment on how this was even okayed before they released the game. It just feels broken and like I wasn't meant to get this far in the game. And honestly, had this game come out in Early Access and locked away everything SIRCAA onwards for future updates, I think I would've been okay with that.

I'm at a loss for how I should even progress at this point, maybe the best option is to just boot up anomaly and forget this game exists until this mess is sorted out.

[John Nightreign]

Publicado originalmente por Ty:

Publicado originalmente por x Princess Leliana x:

Equip a high damage rifle (lynx is amazing), hide behind cover, pop them in the head. They go down in 1-2 shots at most.

If only I could get to my storage box with my Lynx in it. Even if I could though, I have no ammo for that too.

My point is being missed. It's not that the game is too difficult. I've been having a very comfortable time completing this game on Vet, and even swallowed my pride and turned down the difficulty just for this part.
My point is that the bugs surrounding the Zalisya defense and the horrible A-Life system we have rn (on top of just not having anywhere to sell, buy or repair) has soft-locked me completely.

My options to continue are:
1) Sit and Defend Zalisya forever due to it being bugged
2) Give up on Zalisya and let it fall to Monolith (while also getting patrols spawned on me as I try to get away)
or 3) Reload my pre-SIRCAA save and lose hours of progress.
None of these options are reasonable for a full-priced and fully released game.

People egging you on with "skill issue" aside, there isnt really anything you can do. You kinda screwed yourself by getting to that point with so little supplies, and it kinda baffles me how you got to that point. Im playing on veteran and even post sircaa i have multiple guns with 700+ rounds of ammunition in my stash. It really isnt hard to stockpile ammunition in this game.

[Grubbs008]

If you think that's bad, wait until you get to Pripyat.

[Ty]

I think people are just choosing to ignore certain parts of my post lol

Publicado originalmente por John Outlast:

Publicado originalmente por Ty:

If only I could get to my storage box with my Lynx in it. Even if I could though, I have no ammo for that too.

My point is being missed. It's not that the game is too difficult. I've been having a very comfortable time completing this game on Vet, and even swallowed my pride and turned down the difficulty just for this part.
My point is that the bugs surrounding the Zalisya defense and the horrible A-Life system we have rn (on top of just not having anywhere to sell, buy or repair) has soft-locked me completely.

My options to continue are:
1) Sit and Defend Zalisya forever due to it being bugged
2) Give up on Zalisya and let it fall to Monolith (while also getting patrols spawned on me as I try to get away)
or 3) Reload my pre-SIRCAA save and lose hours of progress.
None of these options are reasonable for a full-priced and fully released game.

People egging you on with "skill issue" aside, there isnt really anything you can do. You kinda screwed yourself by getting to that point with so little supplies, and it kinda baffles me how you got to that point. Im playing on veteran and even post sircaa i have multiple guns with 700+ rounds of ammunition in my stash. It really isnt hard to stockpile ammunition in this game.

I started SIRCAA with more than enough Ammo, Meds, whatever I'd need. The problem isn't that I didn't prepare well enough. While I don't remember how much I specifically started with, I know all of my gear was 100%, I was carrying at least 25 Medkits, and at least 400 rounds for my AK. All of my gear is FULLY UPGRADED too (wanted to fight the Chimera that's near Clear Sky base)

Now that I'm finished with SIRCAA and stuck outside of Zalisya, all of my gear is 25% or less, I have almost zero ammo, and 2 Medkits with 50 bandages.

Clearly too many bootlickers to try and have a real conversation about how certain parts of this game are still flawed and how this game was obviously RUSHED, and it becomes especially obvious at this point in the game. The vibes from pre-SIRCAA and post-SIRCAA are completely different, and with the quarter-baked A-Life system spawning enemies right behind it, it doesn't help in making this any less frustrating.

[John Nightreign]

Publicado originalmente por Grubbs008:

If you think that's bad, wait until you get to Pripyat.

Pripyat isnt even bad though? Plus by the time you get there the game is basically over anyways. I wasnt a fan of how late you can get there so on my second playthrough i cheesed my way into pripyat early and its a much better experience.

[Wasian Ling]

Skill issue

[John Nightreign]

Publicado originalmente por Ty:

I think people are just choosing to ignore certain parts of my post lol

Publicado originalmente por John Outlast:

People egging you on with "skill issue" aside, there isnt really anything you can do. You kinda screwed yourself by getting to that point with so little supplies, and it kinda baffles me how you got to that point. Im playing on veteran and even post sircaa i have multiple guns with 700+ rounds of ammunition in my stash. It really isnt hard to stockpile ammunition in this game.

I started SIRCAA with more than enough Ammo, Meds, whatever I'd need. The problem isn't that I didn't prepare well enough. While I don't remember how much I specifically started with, I know all of my gear was 100%, I was carrying at least 25 Medkits, and at least 400 rounds for my AK. All of my gear is FULLY UPGRADED too (wanted to fight the Chimera that's near Clear Sky base)

Now that I'm finished with SIRCAA and stuck outside of Zalisya, all of my gear is 25% or less, I have almost zero ammo, and 2 Medkits with 50 bandages.

Clearly too many bootlickers to try and have a real conversation about certain parts of this game are flawed and how this game was RUSHED, especially at this point. It is incredibly obvious, and I'm looking forward for when it gets fixed.

I didnt ignore any parts of your post. i fully saw the part where you clearly didnt handle the zalisya fight well. You clearly didnt use cover at all if all your gear is so damaged, and you clearly didnt go for headshots because you have no ammo. I take back what i said before, its 100% a skill issue. but hey atleast you have enough bandages.

[Ty]

Publicado originalmente por John Outlast:

Publicado originalmente por Ty:

I think people are just choosing to ignore certain parts of my post lol



I started SIRCAA with more than enough Ammo, Meds, whatever I'd need. The problem isn't that I didn't prepare well enough. While I don't remember how much I specifically started with, I know all of my gear was 100%, I was carrying at least 25 Medkits, and at least 400 rounds for my AK. All of my gear is FULLY UPGRADED too (wanted to fight the Chimera that's near Clear Sky base)

Now that I'm finished with SIRCAA and stuck outside of Zalisya, all of my gear is 25% or less, I have almost zero ammo, and 2 Medkits with 50 bandages.

Clearly too many bootlickers to try and have a real conversation about certain parts of this game are flawed and how this game was RUSHED, especially at this point. It is incredibly obvious, and I'm looking forward for when it gets fixed.

I didnt ignore any parts of your post. i fully saw the part where you clearly didnt handle the zalisya fight well. You clearly didnt use cover at all if all your gear is so damaged, and you clearly didnt go for headshots because you have no ammo. I take back what i said before, its 100% a skill issue. but hey atleast you have enough bandages.

I mean if you COULD read you woulda known that, but you can't and that's okay! Maybe next discussion post you'll get it right.

[mikeb]

You have to farm some cash and stock up. Upgrade your gear and such. I think you just tried to progress too fast and hit a tough part. My only problem with the event was getting back to Rostok with all my loot weighing me down.

[John Nightreign]

Publicado originalmente por Ty:

Publicado originalmente por John Outlast:

I didnt ignore any parts of your post. i fully saw the part where you clearly didnt handle the zalisya fight well. You clearly didnt use cover at all if all your gear is so damaged, and you clearly didnt go for headshots because you have no ammo. I take back what i said before, its 100% a skill issue. but hey atleast you have enough bandages.

I mean if you COULD read you woulda known that, but you can't and that's okay! Maybe next discussion post you'll get it right.

Yeah, and thats why i said theres nothing you can do about it, because you put yourself in that situation. Why are you talking in circles?

[Dat Zorro]

Is SIIRCA some sort of "Point of no return" where everything goes to hell and you become locked into the main quest with some new threats added?

[Pheex]

Huh for me it's the other way around, I've started enjoying the game WAY more after the circaa part. Cooler guns, heading to new zones, story picks up..

I can see your frustration but keep a cool head and just chill and loot some abandoned places or drop the difficulty down. Worst case you're on pc so just use console commands or cheats to boost yourself back to a playable level if you really have to.

I also recommend switching to a different weapon if your ammo gets low.
For example, I always use a rifle and a shotgun. If I were to run low on my rifle ammo I just switch it out to a different rifle that has a different caliber. I stockpile all ammo I find along the way so I have like 1000 ammo of every type in storage so I can just switch weapons and have tons of ammo again while I pick up new ammo for the previous weapon.

[John Nightreign]

Publicado originalmente por Dat Scharger:

Is SIIRCA some sort of "Point of no return" where everything goes to hell and you become locked into the main quest with some new threats added?

Yes and no. Things dont exactly go to hell completely, but it is for sure a point of no return in the fact that once you do it there will be more and stronger patrols to deal with, and also Zalisya will get attacked and you have to defend it.

[Sloop]

After reading through the OP and all the comments following, carefully analyzing all perspectives and taking into consideration all the various complex factors that are a part of this whole situation I came to the conclusion that the biggest contributing factor might be skill, there must be a severe issue with it

[Ty]

Publicado originalmente por John Outlast:

Publicado originalmente por Ty:

I mean if you COULD read you woulda known that, but you can't and that's okay! Maybe next discussion post you'll get it right.

Yeah, and thats why i said theres nothing you can do about it, because you put yourself in that situation. Why are you talking in circles?

I didn't though? I played the game, sorry I didn't realize there was a right and a wrong way to play the game. That at a certain point I have to stock up on 200k coupons, 900 ammo for each fully upgraded gun, and get a full upgraded exo-skeleton.
Next time I decide to play, I'll start a new save and only use Skif's pistol so I can min/max my experience, would that make you happy John Stalker?

Put simply, it's clear you've never played a STALKER game before LOL

[John Nightreign]

Publicado originalmente por Ty:

Publicado originalmente por John Outlast:

Yeah, and thats why i said theres nothing you can do about it, because you put yourself in that situation. Why are you talking in circles?

I didn't though? I played the game, sorry I didn't realize there was a right and a wrong way to play the game. That a certain point I have to stock up on 200k coupons, 900 ammo for each fully upgraded gun, and a full upgrade exo-skeleton.
Next time I decide to play, I'll start a new save and only use Skif's pistol so I can min/max my experience, would that make you happy John Stalker?

Dude its not even about min maxxing. I know you are being facetious but good lord. You use guns you have ammo for, and when you run low (not empty) you swap it out for a gun that you have been collecting ammo for, and repeat. Its not some super try-hard min/max meta strategy, its common sense. Any game, first person shooter or otherwise, where you get to a point that you are supposed to have something, IE ammo, food, meds, and you dont, thats on you and yes, that means you werent playing the game right. Like i dont know what to tell you? The best you can do is learn from the mistake, reload a previous save if possible, and do better.


EDIT: Yes, i have played STALKER before, which is why i know to stockpile my supplies and use them smartly, unlike you.