mothra on 27/2/2008 at 15:07
some do have nightvision ;)
but i always hated sneaking up to a bandit with apparently NO nightvision or other equipment and getting insta-killed by his pistol. this does not happen now.
you can actually sneak up, turn on your flashlight and laugh about them panicking :)
but don't take it for granted, they still exhibit some funny behavior. i think those things won't even be solved
with a proper SDK. but it's much more I ever dreamt of when I first played this amazing game.
ah, and another tip: Try out PRIBOI STORY
a great mod where you play as an military guy uncovering the secrets of the zone.
you can drive TANK !!!! (no shooting though)
Mingan on 28/2/2008 at 03:35
Where's that damned armor? I've looked into all the houses that I could but no dice. The leather jacket amounts to walking nekkid in the field.
driver on 28/2/2008 at 08:09
Starting armour: The house that Wolf is standing outside of has a ladder to the loft. Climb this, but don't go inside, instead edge along to the left and get onto the roof (It's a bit tricky so it'll take a couple of attempts). From there, sprint across the roof and jump to the next house in front of you. At the far corner of the roof is a hole that's too small for you to climb through, but you'll see a wooden crate. Shoot it and inside is the Merc armour.
Scots Taffer on 28/2/2008 at 13:20
Well, since I picked up that STALKER suit and got myself some high-powered rifle with scope and grenade launcher, I hate to say it... but it's starting to get easy, even on Veteran. Maybe I was just out of practice but I am creaming these guys now, walk into a room with 5 bandits, lob a grenade, takes out 3, headshot the other 2. Too easy.
Just heading in for the X16 lab now...
ZylonBane on 28/2/2008 at 15:39
Bandits are absolutely the bottom of the food chain when it comes to human enemies. Wait until you start running into guys with decent armor and high-powered automatic weapons.
EDIT: Wait, now that I think about it, the high level bandits (the ones that wear the big grey cloaks with the hoods) can put up a good fight.
steo on 28/2/2008 at 20:34
You were pretty lucky to get a grenade launcher that early on.
Scots Taffer on 28/2/2008 at 23:37
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
EDIT: Wait, now that I think about it, the high level bandits (the ones that wear the big grey cloaks with the hoods) can put up a good fight.
Those are the dudes I've been wasting, I got the grenade launcher gun from one of them.
It's still all good though, atmosphere over everything so far and man, I nearly shit my pants when going into an abandoned building just off the factory where a pile of corpses lay in a room, then a fucking bloodsucker decloaks, screams and attacks me from behind.
Bjossi on 29/2/2008 at 00:54
Quote Posted by steo
You were pretty lucky to get a grenade launcher that early on.
It never happened to me before, and I have kicked many bandit butts.
Scots Taffer on 29/2/2008 at 01:03
Okay, so when you go hunting for the key from Bostrov you go into that derelict factory building and on the upper part of the main building (where Bostrov is in the basement) there are a bunch of elite bandits up there and one of them had the rifle I'm talking about. It was a section where there were about four or five bandits in the locality.
