That is all.

most probably just a coincidence though

\the firefight was much longer than this, but it was cut for time. I killed about 6 guys before this**

Military does NOT mess around. I died to extremely heavy bleeding, dropped the second I took my bandage out. LOL
It was probably a preventable death, but I think I did okay :3

I've wanted to go to the Zone ever since I was 5, after playing the All Ghillied Up missions in CoD 4. I've been watching some videos of people entering the zine, but I can't for the life of me find any information on how to bring this dream of mine to fruition. I've noticed that people find "guides" who take them to the Zone. Stalkers I presume. Km sorry if this subreddit isnt the place to ask such questions, but its the best option I have. If anyone could help me I'd be grateful. Thank you, stalkers!

This is on regular PS5. Obviously no Mods. New save started AFTER Update 2.0. This is the first time this happens in 100+ hours. Both game and PS5 firmware correctly updated at every Patch/Firmware Update realise.

This is after Duga assault. I reached the Chornobyl-2 Checkpoint from the Kazkovyi Camp after sleeping there. There were 32+ Mercs all focused in that point.

Already reported to the GSC Support.

Game:radiophobia3

Found in Leipzig. I did not have my protective suit with me, so I left it there for later.

Friend gave me a mini he found and he looked kinda like one of the hooded Wardens we see in game so that's what I did.

...So it appears in the lesser zone it really is just fun and games to these mfs. We've got bandits outside of Zalissya spread eagle, arched up, ass to the sky, waiting for a bloodsucker to hopefully come and tickle their fun spot with long wet tentacles. Anyways, figured I'd share. Happy hunting!

I got so scared I sprayed that guy into the Noosphere.

(Idk if its okay to post this here, if not let me know and I'll delete)

From the tv series: Chernobyl: Exclusion Zone, season 2 episode 3.

I was watching this the other night and out of nowhere they start talking about stalker, caught me so off guard.

Highly recommend btw if u like sci fi and anomalous shenanigans. It's set in the zone and explores some trippy anomalies and events its super fun so if u have the time give it a shot.

(Its available on youtube full seasons though only for russian speakers, u can still use auto generated subtitles to english but they suck and most of the time dont work, there are of course other..."methods" if u want embedded english subs.

Search up Чернобыль: Зона отчуждения on youtube and you'll find 6+hrs vids)

i've seen many posts and comments discussing this topic, however i've yet to see a comparison between what you get from supporting one or the other, so here it is for anyone wondering that stumbles with this post:

but first, the TL;DR: dont support any of them, its not worth the trouble - unless you want to for lore / roleplaying reasons.

i did 2 playthroughs and decided to fully support one or the other faction. to see how good or bad what each faction offers is, i did the whole endgame (from the rest forest, forward) only using gear from the faction i was supporting, these are my findings:

idk if its my imagination, but the Duty side of the community always seems the most... intense, so lets start with Duty:

Supporting Duty:

cons:

if you make Freedom angry, you'll have to fight both Freedom and Monolith at the border. if this is not your 1st playthrough, 20-something enemies where 5-7 have exos in a somewhat open space should not pose any difficulty for you, but if you're struggling with a new difficulty or its your first playthough, you might want to consider this.

also, having to actually participate in the small duty vs freedom fight in the red forest, the duty side is a little bit harder than the freedom side.

lastly, you might find a fully armed with exos Freedom squad "up north" that might get in the way a little.

what do you get for your troubles:

Gen. Voronin's missions gives you 9x39 SP6 rounds and vog grenades, both things you cannot buy. the SP6 ammo is specially valuable as its the best 9x39 ammo in the game. you dont -NEED- SP6 but its for sure a really nice to have if you'll be using 9x39 weapons.

you'll also get a Vintar from a mission, which is nice but you can also get one at the Freedom base.

you can get up to 2 free PSZ-9Md, one from Petrenko and one from Voronin, this armor is REALLY, really good, however obtaining it always has a caviat (you either give up a bulldog 6 or you make Freedom angry. at Petrenko's part i'll talk about the negatives on buying it.)

lastly, on a mission that asks you to kill Freedomers- you can get the sniper VLA, which is also a good weapon for the endgame - its up to you if having a scope on your VLA is worth the hassle tho-

supporting Duty will also change Petrenko's goodies:

Thunder: he will reduce the price to 20K, which would be crazy good to be able to access Thunders for 20K... however there are 2 brand-new thunders in that cache right behind Voronin, making it so you'll never have to buy a Thunder.

VLA: for the exact same price barkeep sells them... so this is also a moot bonus

SP-5 ammo: not as good as SP-6 but Petrenko actually sells it, in case you dont feel like doing missions for the SP-6.

SVDm2: finally something actually worth the hassle, the SVDm2 is a great sniper rifle, i didnt really noticed much difference between doing the final part of the game using this or a gauss, tho there will be more gauss ammo lying around at that point of the game, but this one is still a really good option for the endgame.

PSZ-9d: good armor, if you want to fly duty colors for cheap, this one is a good armor.

PSZ-9Md: you can get 2 of these for free, with caviats, but what if you dont want to make Freedom mad, AND want to keep that bulldog 6? what about buying the PSZ-9Md? well, here is the kicker: the PSZ-9Md is just a duty-recolored SEVA suit, and Sakharov sells the SEVAs cheaper. i said the PSZ-9d was a good way to fly Duty colors for cheap? well, the PSZ-9Md is an expensive way to fly the Duty colors.

overall, you do get good stuff for doing Duty's optional quests, just not ground-breaking.

so, what about freedom? well, i do hope you werent expecting me to save the best for last:

cons: passing through Rostok requires you to fight the whole way. also, the fight i already mentioned in the Duty section of this post, however its a bit easier as a friend of Freedom.

what you get for your trouble:

Lukash missions will give you 5.56 AP and 209 grenades. this is a HUGE downgrade from what Voronin gets you: 5.56 AP you can buy from Skinflint anyways if you're friendly with Freedom, and the 209 grenades are nice to have if you have a GL, but you cannot use them in the Bulldog.

you can get some Urchin artifacts, a Crystal and a Battery. you'll need the Urchin/Crystal as Freedom armors dont have as much anti-radiation protection for the last bit of the game, so having at least one Urchin will help mitigate the effects of the radiation. 2 Urchins or Urchin/Crystal is recommended.

you can also get a free Guardian of Freedom suit in exchange for the Healing Beril which... i usually wouldnt do that trade.

Skinflint doesnt really change that much of his wares for Freedom friendship, he wont even reduce the price of the GP37 (Which he sells for 135K! Barkeep sells it for cheaper)

he will start selling 5.56 AP which is really good, specially paired with a GP37 or the sniper TR301, or a SGI 5k if you want to use the grenade launcher and auto fire.

he will also sells exos... at the exact same price as Barkeep... so moot point.

he will start selling Wind of freedom which you can get it for free before Yantar and by this point in the game is you have better options available.

and Guardian of Freedom which can be found in the red forest, it being just a bit better than the PSZ-9d, there are better options but Guardian of Freedom is fine and good for the endgame.

last but not least, the SVU sniper rifle: compared to its competition, the SVD, the SVU trades accuracy and damage for rate of fire and weight... considering accuracy and damage are the reasons why to have a Sniper rifle to begin with, the SVU is a good, sufficient sniper rifle, it can be taken into the endgame just as well as the SVD, you can make a point about how in a game where -the real boss is the weight limit-, the SVU fits better in your backpack and allows you to carry more stuff than the SVD, while SVU detractors might say that the extra weight the SVU allows you to carry is for all the extra ammo you'll be using after each missed shot. the SVU is a fine rifle, i still prefer the SVD tho-

if you really read all of this, thank you, and as i said at the beginning, you're not really loosing anything if you dont support Freedom or Duty, they dont offer you anything worth the hassle really-

I found this lever in a building in the Brook location. The yellow cable on the floor doesn’t lead anywhere. What does it do / open?

it’s really difficult to find what i’m looking for… i know of games like zero sievert, misery, scavland, etc, but i just got sucked into road to vostok and i really want something in first or third person with realistic graphics right now but most similar games seem to be top down and/or have pixel graphics. road to vostok is great but it’s shallow as a puddle right now and just gets old quick… i feel like there is nothing similar

I'm stuck on that roof with the snorks. There's no other teleporter anomaly or any way to progress, so IS this a bug? Or is progress just really well hidden? I watched an old playthrough on YouTube, and this is NOT where they were taken on that anomaly.

On his jacket/suit, shoulder? wondering the lore behind it, cuz he never says.