Thread:Byte Me/@comment-35068016-20180321181708/@comment-35068016-20180322140110

You may be right about 1.3003 (I've been eyeballing it). However, I'm going to press through 1.4005 for now. LA is like getting a new STALKER game...which rocks, flaws notwithstanding. Everyone has their 'Goldilocks' version. This one is too hard, this one is too easy, this one is juuuuuuust right. Every version has technical issues and some 'questionable' story or quest ideas and it's painfully obvious there was some alcohol or drugs in use when the 1.4005 economy was developed (4K rubles or whatever for leather binocular pads but I only get 125 for this rifle? Seriously???). Then there's the inconsistent weapon effectiveness, but my least favourite are the craptacular 'find the tool kit' distraction errands. So the dude with the fully kitted out custom gun and hot rod exoskeleton needs me, a new guy in town in a Goodwill potato sack jacket, to go find him some kids tools so he can thread a barrel? Sheesh. In my opinion, this is silly for many reasons and a big distraction from exploration, immersion, and story. But ok, fine...[stomping off to do tool and goody run]. Anyway, after poking around a bit last night I realize this is definitely NOT a DC fan club wiki. But..I'll hang out. I'm interested in Lost Alpha, as a whole, not the fracture of politics that resulted in the different versions, including the economically maligned DC 1.4005. The same politics killed STALKER 2 and gave us Survarium. ouch. Other than the economy and tool runs, I'm enjoying the LADC world. Like I said, anyone coming to the game will inevitably land on 1.4005, for better or worse, then naturally find their way to this wiki. However, the DC is different and is obviously causing some minor headaches with this pre-DC wiki and everyone's hard work. I'd suggest a flag or disclaimer on the front page or something to alleviate tension. Something like "the Directors Cut 1.4005 may differ substantially from information in this wiki" or simply "this wiki does not apply to the DC...good luck". ha ha. I will most definitely peek in over at ModDB, however, if someone's mind is made up about their creation, not much can be done about that. We like it or move on (or backwards to 1.3003). Plenty of other mods out there....Roadside Picnick anyone?