This guide is still valid as of 13.08.24 (13th August 2024) in Stalcraft X. though both the RPD's have been changed a bit. Mostly the damage and the Damage modifiers. Current damage is 29.5 with 650 shots/min. A lot of the attachment properties are also changed/nerfed.
Is there anyway to check the in-depth changes made between the two guns. Currently on the nearing the end of the quest and weighing between the two RPDs. Kindly shitty if I get a crappier version of the same reward after slogging through this awful and tedious quest
Thanks to you, I just finished this quest, for the tunnel part, instead of bringing two crates of RGD5, I bought 3000 or 4000 rubs of M67 grenades(after you level up at bar, those nades are so cheap). Because the blasts radius of RGD is 7.5 meters and m67 has 10 meters with higher damage I believe. I think I only used 20 nades to kill that monster😂
i must say this thing is amazing. i like playing session battles but its very difficult to compete going up against exosuit vss +5 players. I never knew this LMG's bipod actually works at it is miles better than the RPK. i chose Firebrands RPD cuz it doesnt have a laser. my playstyle is limited to defense, but i can keep an angle locked down even with my Seeker Hawk armor
@@MaximumAggro ive been trying to adjust to make sure there are either many friendlies or lots of bushes close by. its sometimes a guessing game for my opponents on when im reloading and some players get scared to push. thanks for making this guide. having a lot of fun
I used the same strat with grenades but diffirenet position for throwing, just in the corner right next to the "wall" with planks, under the whirpools, threw 3 and the thing ran into the whirpool and killed it self, Thanks for the strat
@@MaximumAggro thanks man, i admire your persistence in the path to a blossoming stalcraft-ee, your youtube journey does not stop here, there will twists and turns but i can’t wait to see you make a big impact on the community:P goodluck and keep pushing this sweet sweet content out for us. :)
My second time with my alt Stalker account, I didn't even bother with grenades. I jumped in with my Grizzly, hopped up on a Hemostat and Epinephrine, and killed the tunnel ghoul with five shots. (Incidentally, on my main Bandit character, I had to fight it too, because I couldn't aggro it with grenades and had to jump in after wasting 30 or so. With that character, I killed it with an M1014, and was surprised that it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.)
Nice I have been looking for one in Agro, think its finding named people. I have no idea how I missed it if its in the trailers there lol. I will go back and check.
Thanks for helpful video! Sorry, if I am asking for too much, but can you please check what 2.0x and stronger sights can be placed on hystrix RPD? I know that the white 1.0x from the swamps and a purple 1.5x can be placed as "second sights"(and you will actualy use them instead of deffault), but i am looking for something more magnifying.
um may i ask thou but is porky the guy that gives you a quest to kill a chimera is bandit only or both factions?? and second i pink the hystrix rpd i like it much better than this one because i cant see my own FOV due to the scope.
Man I followed the guide as a bandit (since this one has better light for the grenading bit) and I've just talked to hystrix for the finale and for whatever reason when I return to firebrand he acts like I've not even been to the underground bit yet, can't deliver the quest or anything =( sad panda
Update, idk if me restarting the game had anything to do with it, but it worked now and I was able to talk to Firebrand and continue to follow your guide, thanks for making the vids!
I just finished the quest. Had to cheese the bloodsucker as i died once cuz i had too low hp after the jump. After all the changes, which Rpd to choose ? A friend says firebrand but Hystrix rpd seems to be marginally better with better attachments.
i already completed the cave but forgot to touch the leftover food and when i go back to enter the quest it doesnt let me and already talked with histrix will i not recive the gun should i go talk with fireband ?
arent the combo suits a waste of money and mats? Everywhere i look they say, SKAT-9 with arties is the best suit for general purposes, Centturion is best for PvP and Scientist is good for dailies (placing scanners and the like). Or are you just rolling the combo for the looks?
Combo is great early game, the combat armors don't have enough rad resistance till later in the tier to wear past the dump. Explorer is the way to go late game with artifacts for sure. But all that may change with the update. They ate changing lots of stuff with guns and armor so. Eventually I will have all the armors made.
@@MaximumAggro yeah, early game you cheaply get over the 100 rads with the combo, but wouldn´t the scientist suit make more sense? don´t know what resistances are required in the north, if the combo is enough and you can still wear trizip/hellboy it is indeed better. But if it is the Sience suits are kind of a waste too..
The scientist suits just have so little melee and bullet protection you get torched wearing them early game. There are some areas in the north that you kind of need a scientist suit to enter. I would hold off making too many different suits until after they roll the update out, and we see exactly what all they are changing, though, to be honest.
@@MaximumAggro it's in cordon , photon-2 The quest involves someone (I forgot the name) needing you to go to the east side of cordon (as always ) and talk to someone that left his package during delivery before someone else took said package and wants you to give him food and his mate his pistol case from the repair guy in photon-2
@@Y10HK29 As far as canned meat you can find it in containers out in the world. (Barrels/boxes/crates) you get some early on from quests that you should still have unless you ate it.
I know I'm late but just wanted to share my story, used 100+ grenades and still nothing happened. I gave up and then just jumped into the hole and shot the ceiling with my shotgun, suddenly a bubble appeared. spend a lot of money to buy grenades, damn it
EASY BLOODSUCKER STRAT: You don't need to bring grenades, just jump towards the hole, but not into the hole. Stop early on the ledge riiiiight before it, by allowing the black hole in your way to slow you onto it below as you try moving out of it. This ledge is right below the truck, next to the hole. From here, just shoot at it from above.
@MaximumAggro finally got it! Does actually work, I saw another comment that a fella used the m67 and I used maybe like 16 or 18 and finally got it! Thank you sir you have won your self a sub! Great content btw 😀
And then there is me, making the worst case Scenario. Talking to Firebrand saying his Brother didn't exist, because i thought i safe traveling time and wanted to talk to Hystrix after Firebrand, but i got Firebrands RPD and couldn't talk to Hystrix. Can i contact support for that? I really hate how the Game doesn't warn you.
Most likely they wont let you change it, but the RPD is kind of bad now anyways since they removed the stacking damage ability off them so regardless which you get I wouldnt use it as my main weapon
@@MaximumAggro I don't know what you mean by Stacking Damage, but it was weird to see very different Damage Values from your Videos and my Game. Do you think they would reset my Character, so i can reuse the Name i had? And thanks for making those Videos, they really help a lot, didn't know they hide so many things from you.
Just threw two full cases of grenades a him and did zero damage... Jumped in the pit only to get stuck and instantly died.. I dont like that quest, i've been trying for two night in a row and just keep dying.
This game has genuinely the worst quests of any game I've ever played. Incredibly tedious, zero respect for your time. I've had to run back and redo so many quests 5+ times. It's completely awful design. I enjoy this game, but at the same time, it doesn't deserve to be played.
After you do them the first time it's ridiculous easy the next time. I beat the main story and all side quests in 24 hours play time and that includes some battlepass task farming
This guide is still valid as of 13.08.24 (13th August 2024) in Stalcraft X. though both the RPD's have been changed a bit. Mostly the damage and the Damage modifiers. Current damage is 29.5 with 650 shots/min. A lot of the attachment properties are also changed/nerfed.
Is there anyway to check the in-depth changes made between the two guns. Currently on the nearing the end of the quest and weighing between the two RPDs. Kindly shitty if I get a crappier version of the same reward after slogging through this awful and tedious quest
Imo the hystrixs is still the better of the 2. Has the better attachments of the 2.
Thanks to you, I just finished this quest, for the tunnel part, instead of bringing two crates of RGD5, I bought 3000 or 4000 rubs of M67 grenades(after you level up at bar, those nades are so cheap). Because the blasts radius of RGD is 7.5 meters and m67 has 10 meters with higher damage I believe. I think I only used 20 nades to kill that monster😂
Nice! Yeah I didn't even look at the radius of the other grenades. Good tip!
@@MaximumAggro u can kill them in 10 grenades
@@heyamika6519 I was not that lucky lol
@@heyamika6519 Yeah i was shocked, bought 40 Grenades and only used 12.
i must say this thing is amazing. i like playing session battles but its very difficult to compete going up against exosuit vss +5 players. I never knew this LMG's bipod actually works at it is miles better than the RPK. i chose Firebrands RPD cuz it doesnt have a laser. my playstyle is limited to defense, but i can keep an angle locked down even with my Seeker Hawk armor
The 100 round mag is very nice, if you get caught in a reload though...it's no bueno.
@@MaximumAggro ive been trying to adjust to make sure there are either many friendlies or lots of bushes close by. its sometimes a guessing game for my opponents on when im reloading and some players get scared to push.
thanks for making this guide. having a lot of fun
Liked, heres my comment and have been subbed.
For those that have yet to do this quest, the damage has been nerfed.. 😢
Thanks for the tutorial man I really appreciate them
I used the same strat with grenades but diffirenet position for throwing, just in the corner right next to the "wall" with planks, under the whirpools, threw 3 and the thing ran into the whirpool and killed it self, Thanks for the strat
Totally worth doing!
Thanks boss! Was waiting for this!
If you wanted Hystrix's you can just side with him at the end. You can skip to the gun comparison chapter to see which you want.
@@MaximumAggro thanks man, i admire your persistence in the path to a blossoming stalcraft-ee, your youtube journey does not stop here, there will twists and turns but i can’t wait to see you make a big impact on the community:P goodluck and keep pushing this sweet sweet content out for us. :)
very helpful video
Good stuff! I’ve just started to get into this quest line.
If you wanted Hystrix's you can just side with him at the end. You can skip to the gun comparison chapter to see which you want.
My second time with my alt Stalker account, I didn't even bother with grenades. I jumped in with my Grizzly, hopped up on a Hemostat and Epinephrine, and killed the tunnel ghoul with five shots.
(Incidentally, on my main Bandit character, I had to fight it too, because I couldn't aggro it with grenades and had to jump in after wasting 30 or so. With that character, I killed it with an M1014, and was surprised that it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.)
granade trick still works, It took me like 24 nades
literally was about to go do this quest right now lol. thanks!
CORDON!?!? im bringing nothing extra and suiciding, thanks for the heads up lol
You aren't guaranteed to go to Cordon, it seems to be pretty random, My other stalker got ported to the Dark Valley I think.
mine got put in the forest literally 100m away from firebrand
That was nice of the game haha
i got placed in the middle of the forest thermal town. i sprinted and barely made it out
@@notanonymous3976 Yeah I have been dropped there before as well, thankfully I had a suit with over 100 Thermal lol
amazing guide save me couple hours! (out of 5 becuase i wasnt lucky at the underground cave and the snork always came after me xd)
For anyone wondering, the granade trick still works;
I bought 40 m67 nades
took 30 for the kill, but wanted to be safe.
Around 7K RUB, but got the rpd
Nice!
@@MaximumAggro Thank you for the guides
22.09.24 still working method with grenades (not as on vid but still) thanks man appreciate your help
There's a bandit questline you mist I think! It starts in argo in the trailers where the notary quest is
Just southeast of where you do the cooking
Nice I have been looking for one in Agro, think its finding named people. I have no idea how I missed it if its in the trailers there lol. I will go back and check.
@@MaximumAggro I haven't quite done it yet, but if you make a video on it, it would be great! I'm sure there are more hidden bandit quests
This is for stalkers
@@kadensmith7321 No it's not, it's a bandit quest and Maximum ready has a video on it
Thanks for helpful video!
Sorry, if I am asking for too much, but can you please check what 2.0x and stronger sights can be placed on hystrix RPD? I know that the white 1.0x from the swamps and a purple 1.5x can be placed as "second sights"(and you will actualy use them instead of deffault), but i am looking for something more magnifying.
Nothing bigger than the panorama 1.5x sight can be put on it.
That's unfortunate.
Thanks for checking!
um may i ask thou but is porky the guy that gives you a quest to kill a chimera is bandit only or both factions?? and second i pink the hystrix rpd i like it much better than this one because i cant see my own FOV due to the scope.
Porky is bandit only, and yeah hystrixs rpd is better than firebrand for sure. Just in terms of the mods on it.
i just saw what i just put god damn it i put "pink" instead of "pick"
Haha I figured that's what you meant
Man I followed the guide as a bandit (since this one has better light for the grenading bit) and I've just talked to hystrix for the finale and for whatever reason when I return to firebrand he acts like I've not even been to the underground bit yet, can't deliver the quest or anything =( sad panda
Update, idk if me restarting the game had anything to do with it, but it worked now and I was able to talk to Firebrand and continue to follow your guide, thanks for making the vids!
have you done a guide for into the depths of the past? its a quest you get if you talk to kolya again after doing the quest for the seers abakan.
th-cam.com/video/JFNMoQFpJ5I/w-d-xo.html
There ya go!
@@MaximumAggro ah thanks. keep up the great work.
@@angrybadger2066 Thank you!
I noticed that the damage stat on either RPD in the video says 40 units, but the one I got today says 28.7 units. Is this a nerf?
They rebalanced and changed the damage and stats on all weapons and armor a little while back.
Anyone watching this now you can do the other rpd (witch is better) its the bandit version it works as a stalker. did it myself
You always could, I just showed the stalker side getting the opposite gun so I would have a video on both.
I just finished the quest. Had to cheese the bloodsucker as i died once cuz i had too low hp after the jump. After all the changes, which Rpd to choose ? A friend says firebrand but Hystrix rpd seems to be marginally better with better attachments.
Hystrixs has the better attachments for sure
I as a stalker was tped into pit also I did the boss legit
Hell yeah, nice!
how the fu-
i already completed the cave but forgot to touch the leftover food and when i go back to enter the quest it doesnt let me and already talked with histrix will i not recive the gun should i go talk with fireband ?
were you able to click on the backpack right before the teleport bubble at the end of the cave area?
arent the combo suits a waste of money and mats? Everywhere i look they say, SKAT-9 with arties is the best suit for general purposes, Centturion is best for PvP and Scientist is good for dailies (placing scanners and the like). Or are you just rolling the combo for the looks?
Combo is great early game, the combat armors don't have enough rad resistance till later in the tier to wear past the dump. Explorer is the way to go late game with artifacts for sure. But all that may change with the update. They ate changing lots of stuff with guns and armor so.
Eventually I will have all the armors made.
Combo is used for artifact hunting late game from what I hear.
@@MaximumAggro yeah, early game you cheaply get over the 100 rads with the combo, but wouldn´t the scientist suit make more sense? don´t know what resistances are required in the north, if the combo is enough and you can still wear trizip/hellboy it is indeed better. But if it is the Sience suits are kind of a waste too..
The scientist suits just have so little melee and bullet protection you get torched wearing them early game. There are some areas in the north that you kind of need a scientist suit to enter. I would hold off making too many different suits until after they roll the update out, and we see exactly what all they are changing, though, to be honest.
Have you done the bandit quest where you have to give a pistol quest?
*Pls help me I can't find canned meat
Which zone is it in? Cordon?
@@MaximumAggro it's in cordon , photon-2
The quest involves someone (I forgot the name) needing you to go to the east side of cordon (as always ) and talk to someone that left his package during delivery before someone else took said package and wants you to give him food and his mate his pistol case from the repair guy in photon-2
@@Y10HK29 th-cam.com/video/3sZj0l6-epA/w-d-xo.html should be this one if I recall correctly.
@@Y10HK29 As far as canned meat you can find it in containers out in the world. (Barrels/boxes/crates) you get some early on from quests that you should still have unless you ate it.
@@MaximumAggro yeah that's it
Cuando canjeas la recompensa si eliges la o cono de abajo te da la rpk con mejor skill
Tengo otro video donde me sale el RPD de Hystrix
Stats are cool and all,but which one looks cooler
Hystrix probably just because of the better optic
5:38 i went to the second waypointfirst and then the first waypoint and i gues i mscrewed it up beacuse now i don't get to continue
I know I'm late but just wanted to share my story, used 100+ grenades and still nothing happened. I gave up and then just jumped into the hole and shot the ceiling with my shotgun, suddenly a bubble appeared. spend a lot of money to buy grenades, damn it
EASY BLOODSUCKER STRAT: You don't need to bring grenades, just jump towards the hole, but not into the hole. Stop early on the ledge riiiiight before it, by allowing the black hole in your way to slow you onto it below as you try moving out of it. This ledge is right below the truck, next to the hole. From here, just shoot at it from above.
How do I repair Firebrands RPD?
I just finished this quest and they threw me to the red forest😐
Y recuerden en la Ultima option Antes de.obtener este arma es la Segundo option te la daran con mas modificaciones😂
tried to do this and got killed on the snork part.
Yeah they can be a pain in the ass
Quest the JoJo Bro 4:18 😂
The morale of the story, don't lie?
Or lie and get the better gun lol
Does anyone Know if the grenade trick still works, just tried it with 38 grenades of the rgd and nothing :(
I do not, I haven't tried since the rebalance.
@MaximumAggro finally got it! Does actually work, I saw another comment that a fella used the m67 and I used maybe like 16 or 18 and finally got it! Thank you sir you have won your self a sub! Great content btw 😀
Worked for me
And then there is me, making the worst case Scenario.
Talking to Firebrand saying his Brother didn't exist, because i thought i safe traveling time and wanted to talk to Hystrix after Firebrand, but i got Firebrands RPD and couldn't talk to Hystrix.
Can i contact support for that? I really hate how the Game doesn't warn you.
Most likely they wont let you change it, but the RPD is kind of bad now anyways since they removed the stacking damage ability off them so regardless which you get I wouldnt use it as my main weapon
@@MaximumAggro I don't know what you mean by Stacking Damage, but it was weird to see very different Damage Values from your Videos and my Game.
Do you think they would reset my Character, so i can reuse the Name i had?
And thanks for making those Videos, they really help a lot, didn't know they hide so many things from you.
I doubt they would. Generally once you delete a character that name is gone.
How can I unlock to receive this quest?😊
Talk to captain in the bar
@@MaximumAggro The captain just talk to me why he is call captain
Think there is a dialogue option asking him why he's called captain if you want to know
@@MaximumAggroso hard to see those black hole with regular nvg…
I threw all of my grenades and then jumped in and I see him a one-hundred-percent hp and i died and im not spending 3,600 k rubles to kill him
man i should have helped firebrand i feel sad for ai npcs i got the hystrix rpd
Is the gun good?
The hystrixs rpd is better than the firebrand rpd, but they are both great for PVE content with the damage modifier on LMGs
@@MaximumAggro thanks
ah so this is how it looks, shame. i thought it would be empty for most of its attachments.
Sadly no, they put the rail protectors all over it lol.
869 subs...1k special vid?
Maybe lol, although I have no idea what it would be.
Just threw two full cases of grenades a him and did zero damage... Jumped in the pit only to get stuck and instantly died.. I dont like that quest, i've been trying for two night in a row and just keep dying.
Yeah this quest is one that is kinda poorly designed lol
Same, wasted 2 boxes of nades, did about 50% hp
I just got firebrand RPD us a Bandit.......
Made a Wrong Choice!
@@IvoryChefDJ_Harem_Lover Yeah, but a free gun is still nice.
This game has genuinely the worst quests of any game I've ever played. Incredibly tedious, zero respect for your time. I've had to run back and redo so many quests 5+ times. It's completely awful design. I enjoy this game, but at the same time, it doesn't deserve to be played.
After you do them the first time it's ridiculous easy the next time. I beat the main story and all side quests in 24 hours play time and that includes some battlepass task farming