What class and setup you really enjoy? Thread - MISERY mod for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

hiI just got the idea to make this threat, just for fun
I am not looking for the best weapon and class combination, just what you really enjoy
I myself chose Sniper class but not because I like sniping, I just feel the abilities and skills sniper has, fit the survival game best I am running around with karabiner 98 (AP rounds only since from the description the tissue damage is the same as non AP rounds) and with sawn-off shotgun (it's durable and best suited for close quarters - for me )I am wearing the classic army suit with bubble helmet (the seva suit helmet), the only downsite is the lack of protection against fire, but I bought a eco-suit for that (in order to finish the platau helicopter quest)the only other thing that bothers me with this setup is the weight of the equipment, I am not talking about weapons but suit and helmet (19Kg + 11Kg !!!!)but I see no alternative I tried the hejkal suit (ghilie) but I think it's not well suited into the zone (almost no armor or anomaly protection + no helmet)I know carrying two weapons is not advised and I am saving my newly found and upgraded nikonov 94 in the chest (with AP ammo) for late game, but I am still not enjoying the assault rifles as I'd like to - they are great for downing stalkers but bad against muties, with the exception of snorks those jumping f*ckers and also I love the durability of the kar98 and sawn-off nikonov-94 is not best at this I know many people argue against kar98 because of the lack of reload animation but the mosin is just wierd, it doesn't have AP ammo and I just seem to miss almost every shot with it, don't know if it's the scope or my aim or some bug....what do you guys think? do you have any hint or advice for me ? share the setup you enjoy

USS Sniper
Karabiner 43 +30 AP rounds
TOZ 34/ TOZ34 Decorated +30 Buckshot shells
Pistol of your choice +30 rounds
Sunrise suit + Weight reduction upgrade
PMK gas mask + Psy protection
Camelback, Titanium frames
Kevlar plate if expecting combat
2 antirads, 1 rad protect, 1 psy block, 1 antidote, 1 caffeine tablet pack, 1 sleeping pill pack, 1 epinephrine shot
4 bandages, 2 medkits, 2 improvised stimpacks.
2 cans of food when going out, eat bloodsucker goulash when in a base
Water canteen
Military battery pack
UPD
3 RGD-5 grenade

My usual low-mid game/ role play setup, It provides a challenge without being too challenging and has everything I need for a day in the zone.

I like the recon the best cause of the quick movement, superiour bonus from drugs and artefacts and the possibility to fight close and mid/long range battles. The quick speed allows me quickly dash out of an ambush into cover or deep shrubs.

I start with a sunrise suit or that coat that is similar both of which can hold 3 artefacts (with upgrade). Later move to the freedom suit that can hold 4 art slots. I always use the heavy pps helmet of 10-11kg, cause of the psy/toxic/rad guard. I haven't found any better armour better for a recon is extremely limited in its choices, as all armour is medium. I don't use biosuits at all bonus from heat artefacts can make it so I can manage any fire area, just got to be careful of getting hit by fire anomalies. I hate it I need a seva suit to enter pripyat

For weapons I use the Storm, frasier (mp5 for .45 ammo) and additionally Snag Aksu and a freedom lr-300 that I replace with the FAR-15 when I go to pripyat.

From nimble I buy the storm I add a x5 scope/silencer and use for mid to long range sniping, the weapon uses the 7.62x39 round, which I buy as you don't find enough of it. It comes with an integrated grenade launcher, being a modified OT-3 It is my main snipe riflethat when on auto also works just as good on spray function.
Also from Nimble comes the frasier is slightly better then the UMP though lacks the 3 bullet option (always use on auto), it handles mutties very well and most stalkers, all if you use the DU ammo. The ammo weighs a lot but I like switching between weapons for the secondary spray function.
The Snag AKSU ( be sure snag does not pick it up, if you spare him) is just cause you find so much 5.45 ammo and it is a nice low recoil high fire rate spray gun.
The lr-300 I use for the same reason as the ammo drops a lot and it has low recoil. I later replace with the FAR-15 and recently discovered that this weapon is hard as I can even handle high end mercs with the cheap ammo somewhat. It has a damage/acc output close to the storm and became my favourite.

As a sniper I'd myself use a Saiga or Armsel protecta, and carry with my 100 or so shot ammo an extra 50 slugs. Slap a scope on either of them and you can hit heads relatively easy on 25-50 or even 75 yards and below 25 use shot, beyond 75 you might as well snipe. If you ever get the Sig550s you are in heaven, it is hard to get as only high stalkers have it.

Edited by: Nyayr

Maximus_Sparticus wrote:
Pistol of your choice +30 rounds
Sunrise suit + Weight reduction upgrade

Camelback, Titanium frames
Kevlar plate if expecting combat
1 sleeping pill pack,

My usual low-mid game/ role play setup, It provides a challenge without being too challenging and has everything I need for a day in the zone.

I was never a fan of pistols in Stalker games, seemed obsolete with one exeption GP 100, but when I realized that I am unable to hit the target while panicking I went for the sawn-off

aren't the fine tools needed for the weight reduction upgrade? because since I remember where the fine tools were in Zaton, I don't know if I'd dare to go into that area with this setup (me trying to avoid spoiler )

really interesting for me are the titanium frames, kevlar plate and camelback, I never actually thougth about using these, is it really that good/usefull?

and the last thing, sleeping pills, why? I never found the usage of these, you can sleep whenever you want (except for blowout) so why carrying them around?

I forgot to adds I start with 3 fireballs and later on try to get 2 eye (or higher) and 2 shells (or higher), as this gives me blood reduction, psy bonus and stamina boost. Weight isn't any issue if you always pumped up on einefrine

For assaulter mid game I usually have:

CS3-A+Sphere M12+Two carbon steel plates+Titanium frame

AEK-971+M1911

2 medkits

1 morphine

bloodsucker goulash+akvatabs.

Titanium frames, Kevlar and cammelback do make a difference imo, I managed to get the tools with this setup. As for the sleeping pills? they weigh nothing and like to role play way too much

Edited by: Maximus_Sparticus

On my first Misery character which is a Sniper.

Used the TOZ66 for a while until I looted a Saiga-12K, with a NSPU3 scope it great for scouting while still having close range burst for sneaky mutants.

I started out with the 98 karbiner, then found a Dragonuv-Alternate which I found useless, sold that and bought a Karabiner 43, then I repaired a SG 550-Customized that dropped off a friendly guy but it was too powerful so I went back to the K43.

I found Pistols utterly useless, so nothing to report there.

2 UDP's - Aluminum frames - 3 Stimpacks - (no bandages since I find them useless) a few F1 grenades - Antibiotics - Akvatabs - several packs of smokes and a few joints.

Why would you chose a K43 over an SVD?

The SVD has expensive ammo that could be and also is heavier to handle. The sig550s that is overpowered compared to even the regular sig550, as it is a sniper version of it. I personally am also not found of dragunovs they are extremely loud, slow rate and handling.

Nyayr wrote: The SVD has expensive ammo that could be and also is heavier to handle. The sig550s that is overpowered compared to even the regular sig550, as it is a sniper version of it. I personally am also not found of dragunovs they are extremely loud, slow rate and handling.

Exactly this. The ammo for it is just way too expensive - the damage model doesn't justify the cost. I found I was killing faster and cheaper with the K43. Plus, the SVD is big, heavy and ugly. (seems to be using very dated textures)

I also didn't like the scope designs for it. If you don't want a NV scope the normal scope is horrible.

Edited by: Daniel_stark

Daniel you can find alternative scopes here on the forum. As for model, yeah it's quite ugly,oddly enough the nimble version is even uglier

As for recon i usually enjoy FN Fal Para, or LR-300/M4A1 coupled with m1911 pistol.
For assaulter it's usually AEK 973/SIG SG550 Strielok version without any sidearm, as it's not really necessary.
For sniper i usually go for SVU/M14 or some bolt action love like SAKO/M24, coupled with saiga 12k or mossberg 590 "predator".

But as for recon, misery lacks a SMG variety. There's just 3 smgs in the mod, the PPSH, UMP45 and MP5. More of those and i might give recon more love, although i like silenced pistols and stealthy kills.

@Daniel_Stark - Personally, I love the SVD. But I use the SVD Alternate where I can detatch the scope if I wish (Eventually planning to buy the Lynx so I can have a backup SVD with a better scope for longer distance, though I must admit, the 5.0x scopes don't seem to zoom in any more than 2.6x scopes.) So I can move from night vision to ironsights to short range scopes on the fly depending on my situation.

I only use headshots with the cheaper ammo, which isn't terribly expensive if you wait for it to appear in Beard's Inventory (Personally I sided with the stalkers in both ambushes, so his prices aren't bad for me on ammo, he has low stock but when he does have it, it is far cheaper than owl.) And save up my yellow striped AP rounds for dealing with mercs who have great armor. Even a chest shot, one or two rounds from AP SVD rounds tends to drop a merc.

My own experiences, I switch between a SVD and a VSS sniper with a Saiga and or 1911 as backup weapons.

(Also, the alternate has SSSSSSSSEEEEEXXXXXXXXY textures )

Edited by: Coldavoral

Coldavoral wrote: @Daniel_Stark - Personally, I love the SVD. But I use the SVD Alternate where I can detatch the scope if I wish (Eventually planning to buy the Lynx so I can have a backup SVD with a better scope for longer distance, though I must admit, the 5.0x scopes don't seem to zoom in any more than 2.6x scopes.) So I can move from night vision to ironsights to short range scopes on the fly depending on my situation.

I only use headshots with the cheaper ammo, which isn't terribly expensive if you wait for it to appear in Beard's Inventory (Personally I sided with the stalkers in both ambushes, so his prices aren't bad for me on ammo, he has low stock but when he does have it, it is far cheaper than owl.) And save up my yellow striped AP rounds for dealing with mercs who have great armor. Even a chest shot, one or two rounds from AP SVD rounds tends to drop a merc.

My own experiences, I switch between a SVD and a VSS sniper with a Saiga and or 1911 as backup weapons.

(Also, the alternate has SSSSSSSSEEEEEXXXXXXXXY textures )

Lol are we playing the same game ?

The Dragonuv-Alternate has no "Iron-sight" without a scope and the textures look like a Minecraft gun lol.

PS: Im playing 2.1 nothing edited or modded.

Recon, no armour - kinda forces you into guerilla tactics - hit and sprint and then sprint some more hehehe. No night vision makes it exciting when the light fades or underground ...

Can outrun most things but not a pack of dogs so always try and avoid them otherwise it's a quick death !

SIG P220 Alpine and .45DU shells takes out most mutants (3-shot burst is good) and is pretty effective headshotting NPC's, ammo is relatively cheap and easy to source.

LR-300-ML, was lucky enough to loot a modern version which wasn't too badly damaged so repaired it and use with either a x1.6 scope for close work or a x4 for scanning the map or longer range headshot attempts, also just got a x1.6 night vision scope which should help.

@daniel_stark. Same. Zilch modifications beyond MISERY 2.1. The SVD alternate profile has a detachable scope and improved textures over the heavily scraped and scratched vanilla texture. I believe the lynx uses the same textures

All other SVD profiles have a fixed scope i.e. lynx and the original scratched up version. Would love the ability to gave no permanent scopes but some weapons dont have an unscoped model

Ps. The alternate SVD profile looks cleaner. Has darker metal and cleaner wooden furniture with a description stating that it is a later model with slighly better quality parts (not the lynx which was hand made in the desc)

Edited by: Coldavoral

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Maybe I would have given it a second chance if it had Iron-sights, but at any rate 200r/round isn't viable for me.

I'm on 2.1 with no tweaks to textures or weapons, and the alternate Dragunov SVD does have a removable scope and iron sights. It's in the description, even. Also, the 7.62x51 ammo is closer to 130ru/shot; only the AP is ~200/shot. And at class V armor penetration with high tissue damage, that's worth every ruble, since it will oneshot basically everything in zaton.

However, I prefer my airborne SVU with a wicked scope upgrade for unparallelled long range combat to the Dragunov.

cardgame wrote: I'm on 2.1 with no tweaks to textures or weapons, and the alternate Dragunov SVD does have a removable scope and iron sights. It's in the description, even. Also, the 7.62x51 ammo is closer to 130ru/shot; only the AP is ~200/shot. And at class V armor penetration with high tissue damage, that's worth every ruble, since it will oneshot basically everything in zaton.

However, I prefer my airborne SVU with a wicked scope upgrade for unparallelled long range combat to the Dragunov.

The one you loot of Danilla in Zaton does NOT have Iron sights. Must be a bug since you say the Alternate does have Iron-sights ?

Oh and the AP won't one-shot anything, can take up to 5 body shots on just mercs and a few clips for some mutants. Spending 1,000r to kill a merc ain't my cup of tea lol.

Danila can have any weapon, in my experience, i seen him have AK's, Sg550s, lr-85, saiga, same counts for grouse and most found dead stalkers like in the krug antenna.

With ammo it is all about where you hit an enemy. An AP works a lot better against a merc if you hit the torso it requires a lot less shots usually 4-5 on an exo instead of I tested 12-15 or so. Hit their eyes/head and they die easily of most their jaw less. It also takes less shots if you hit their spine, especially from behind. If you ignore the weak spots an AP bullet works about twice as good as a regular, not counting the lower 7.62x39 and 5.56.

There is a weapon mod that handles ammo differently might give that a try. Moddb.com It focuses more on bullet, weapon velocity then the damage output. You see sniper weapons have less damage but better bullets in general.

Edited by: Nyayr

Thanks for the info Nyayr. I think mine and Cardgame's definition of "Iron-sights" differs somewhat, because I just tested 5 different Dragunov-Alternate's (no Iron-sight) - yes obviously you can remove the scope, as I stated originally, but the Iron-sights do not work.

Unless all the Dragunov's in my game are bugged, but I doubt it.

The dragunov alternate, I seen a few guys swear by shooting it at iron sight but I'm no fan of them. If you want to use a dragunov you can get 1 from nimble that is better though the SVU he sells I prefer, cause at can have a silencer upgrade and it is bullpup and has less recoil and double firerate similar to a gw43.

Edited by: Nyayr

Daniel_stark wrote:

cardgame wrote: I'm on 2.1 with no tweaks to textures or weapons, and the alternate Dragunov SVD does have a removable scope and iron sights. It's in the description, even. Also, the 7.62x51 ammo is closer to 130ru/shot; only the AP is ~200/shot. And at class V armor penetration with high tissue damage, that's worth every ruble, since it will oneshot basically everything in zaton.

However, I prefer my airborne SVU with a wicked scope upgrade for unparallelled long range combat to the Dragunov.

Oh and the AP won't one-shot anything, can take up to 5 body shots on just mercs and a few clips for some mutants. Spending 1,000r to kill a merc ain't my cup of tea lol.

body shots

bro, do you even sniper?

I removed the scope and looked through the iron sights. It has them. They look similar to AK iron sights. I didn't fire the gun, so they may be misaligned or something... I just sold it ASAP. I didn't like the SVD's aesthetics or stats or scope ability compared to my SVU.

cardgame wrote: "bro, do you even snipe?"

Fixed.

And yes, lol.

Would be fantastic if someone else could confirm there is no functioning Iron-sight on the Dragonuv-Alternate. I find it hard to believe all the guns in my game are bugged for no apparent reason. Need to chill out a bit Cardgame, we don't have to like the same things.

Dragunov-Alternate doesn't seem to have usable iron sights, i noticed this earlier - it just sort of zooms you in a bit, like fallout 3

i was a bit disappointed - what's the point of being able to remove the scope if you can't use the iron sights?