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.

[cckkcckk]

Originally posted by Ty:

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

Hm. Very interesting.

[atrox]

Originally posted by Ty:

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.

Sadly I have to agree with this part.

Starting to believe GSC didn't expect players to get past SIRCAA after a few days - so they'd have a few days to fix it - but then were overwhelmed with more urgent issues.

No way past SIRCAA state was playtested thoroughly.

[SHOKKERZ91]

How can you even run out of medkits in this game? They are everywhere and every second enemy has one to loot. Do you not loot enemies or do you toss every medkit you find into the next river?

However your stand about the random bs spawns is valid. The game shouldn't spawn enemies directly in your back so they can spot you instantly. This needs to change.

Also, the buggy missions are a pain. I currently have a progression block at Duga with the ward. Guess that save is on ice for a while lol.

[Ty]

Originally posted by John Outlast:

Originally posted by Ty:

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.

Again, missing my entire point for this post. Write me another paragraph why don’t you?

[ImHelping]

Originally posted by SHOKKERZ91:

How can you even run out of medkits in this game? They are everywhere and every second enemy has one to loot. Do you not loot enemies or do you toss every medkit you find into the next river?

However your stand about the random bs spawns is valid. The game shouldn't spawn enemies directly in your back so they can spot you instantly. This needs to change.

Also, the buggy missions are a pain. I currently have a progression block at Duga with the ward. Guess that save is on ice for a while lol.

You have already answered your own question about "How could you run out of healthkits so fast?" even if you are willing to eat the weight loss of carrying 30-40 of them on departure. A lot of the time life is great! Then sometimes the game decides "you have enjoyed more health supplies than god for too long, ♥♥♥♥♥"

[Ty]

Originally posted by SHOKKERZ91:

How can you even run out of medkits in this game? They are everywhere and every second enemy has one to loot. Do you not loot enemies or do you toss every medkit you find into the next river?

However your stand about the random bs spawns is valid. The game shouldn't spawn enemies directly in your back so they can spot you instantly. This needs to change.

Also, the buggy missions are a pain. I currently have a progression block at Duga with the ward. Guess that save is on ice for a while lol.

I had a decent amount of med kits coming out of SIRCAA. The problem came from the AI having laser beam aim and, as you reiterated, those same NPCs just spawning 20ft behind me.

[Ehrgeiz]

Consider playing on rookie, I hope you are not playing on anything above. Just beat the game and it was an amazing ride. One of the best in the last years.

[All Day I Dream About🪓]

I had zero issues with it cause at that point in my storage I had dozens of upgraded guns, armor sets, artifacts, thousands or ammo and truckload of meds, food and whatnot. And there is a chest right next to the bed at Zallisya in the main building that is available after SIRCAA. I just grabbed some AP ammo, my favorite Vintar and took care of every single enemy.

Edit: Also playing on Veteran.

Another edit: Also super easy to defend there cause of buildings and sh*t around you that you can use as a cover.

[WhineyThePoo]

*sniff sniff* Yup, I smell skill issue

[Rav]

Try to have more coupons so you could repair your weapons and buy ammunition.

[Ty]

Originally posted by All Day I Dream About Sax🎷:

I had zero issues with it cause at that point in my storage I had dozens of upgraded guns, armor sets, artifacts, thousands or ammo and truckload of meds, food and whatnot. And there is a chest right next to the bed at Zallisya in the main building that is available after SIRCAA. I just grabbed some AP ammo, my favorite Vintar and took care of every single enemy.

Edit: Also playing on Veteran.

Prior to the repair changes, I had to sell almost everything from my inventory every time I made a loot run just to make ends meet. I don't think I saved any armor sets because of my need for money so my full-upgraded sunrise suit is unfortunately all I have. I wish I could just travel to another tech or trader, but I can't do that without getting ambushed by a horde of mutants or some Monolith kill squad that got beamed to my location.

A-Life being quarter-baked is the primary issue in this situation, on top of the fact that Zalisya is just generally not in a good state (Monolith wave spawned right behind me when I turned around). Prior to SIRCAA, it wasn't an issue because it'd just be some Bandits or Ward guys, but now that it's actually well-equipped bloodthirsty soldiers the problems with A-Life are too obvious to ignore.

[Grubbs008]

Originally posted by John Outlast:

Originally posted by 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.

Which that quest to defend is still broken.

[Del-Dredd]

Originally posted by Ty:

Originally posted by 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 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

Use Single Aimed Shots and not the spray and pray approach you will do a lot better and not burn through Ammo so quick. Spray and Pray is the American way so do not do it.

[Ty]

Originally posted by Del-Dredd:

Originally posted by Ty:

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

Use Single Aimed Shots and not the spray and pray approach you will do a lot better and not burn through Ammo so quick. Spray and Pray is the American way so do not do it.

Been doing this the whole game with my AK, actually upgraded it specifically so it'd be a better "DMR" than a full-auto.

[OfficerTerror]

your bad. womp womp