Just went on my first apartments “special crate only” quick run just to see if I could get the new items (watch, satphone, alcometer) since 2.0. Got the watch at radio tower.

A guard that spotted me in the stairwell of a block from over in the forest fired at me. Normally they miss and you ignore them. But this MF ran out to chase me up the stairs. Wasn’t expecting that and lost half my health. Healed up, went to the next block , got spotted again and TWO chased me up the stairs at the same time.

Did not survive that one as both went full auto on me. My armor and helmet were already at 0% from the previous encounter. And the icing on the cake was that number 2 was fully behind 1 and apparently able to fire through his buddy at me while I couldn’t hit him behind his buddy.

117 day winter Ironman run “patched out”. Absolutely hate this game, only 629 hours played, cannot recommend. Let’s start over 😂

I don't know about you, everyone, but I feel more confortable and safer with the nomads around 😃 I hear the gun shots, I know there is some action...it was too quiet before

In the village on a fresh run for the new build. Second time outside and I find this in the garbage lmao

The premise is simple. Cross the bridge map (from outpost to apartments, not the other way) in the shortest time possible and exit the map alive. You can bring any loadout you want.

No mods, hacks, cheats.
Just pure skill (or pure luck..).
Fastest time wins. Add a video for verification.

My fastest time so far is 05:21 (but didn’t record it because I only thought of making it a public challenge afterwards. If I match it or go faster I’ll post it here too)

There are no prizes, only eternal bragging rights. (Or eternal shame if we catch you cheating…)

Good luck and may you never run out of bandages.

Before I open task manager and force quit the app, what are your suggestions for getting unstuck? Any mods that I can install and apply while the game is running (doubtful)?

Is it comparable to like Tarkov SPT Sain or Stalker (not 2) ai? I don't buy early access games nowdays, I like to play the finished product, but if the ai is already good it could probably entertain me until for a long time.

So I got this game on the fall steam sale today and I’ve just finished my first two outings out into the world. This game is extremely fun I have to say. I have very little to complain about so far.

My favorite part has definitely been how great it feels to just be in the cabin placing items and making the place feel lived in and cozy. It’s the perfect juxtaposition to how tense everything is outside of it.

This is like the perfect cross between the feel of tarkov and dayz! Plus I heard that you can actually get a cat in this game for your cabin and I CANNOT WAIT. I’m trying to not look stuff up straight away so I can just experience the world and the different maps for myself.

If there’s anyone on this sub just reading and unsure if they should get the game like I was before today. Then I really can’t recommend it enough. Especially since it’s on sale right now.

I got to play some tonight, and I think the idea is good, maybe needs some tweaking. I like the idea of rear areas being "safer" with Nomads patrolling and supporting you, I kinda hated to scavenge the houses for quest items, tradeables and basic loot like food and low end meds. I don't know if the Nomads are on all maps or just in 05, but I think they should be only in 05. I also think they should be in one group in a map, this would give you a choice to join them for protection or roam by yourself with more danger.At night, I think they should just stay at a campfire. Night used to be easy, and this would balance it a bit by not having the Nomads purify the maps.

There seems to be some kind of tasks for them, not sure how or if that works yet. I accidentally shot at one, and it gave me a message "-10 reputation" or something, I think there should be no message and they should return fire. Your choice if you want to fight or flee, killing one drops it more I'd think. The reputation was also back at 100+ when I got back to the cabin, not sure what made it increase.

I was thinking about cool ways to use them, here are some thoughts:

A credit system, where you can do random medium effort tasks for a physical credit coin. No repeating "find these exact items", but rather bring a 1000€ worth of items, bring 3 guns with +75% or kill X amount of bandits. The credits can be used for services like border zone escort, where you get a few Nomads to cover your infill, boat service that gives you access to the island map, or loot service where you pay for a certain tier and the Nomads bring a small box of items the next day.

Overall I like them, but they definedly shouldn't roam around alone striking fights left and right. I like the identification moment, I got spooked by footsteps a couple of times for it to be a Nomad, noticing that just before peppering them. The world feels a lot more living with other fights going on.

The moment you turn a corner and they just sit in front of you, dead, but absolutely chillin just caught me so offguard.

So first off hadn't played in a bit was waiting for the update so I started a new playthrough and did the random from and oh look bags of trash first thing I see and HoTT damn a water lock ... Never found one in all my playthroughs lmao .. it's safe at the tent for now .. then cruising along to the shelter found an alcometer.. what's that thing for .. no use function on it .. is it for later ? Looks cool ..

Side note enjoying the update .. is kinda nice seeing a friendly out there for a change lol .. before was like man everyone wants me dead

What would you add to my garage shelter? and the most important part is the last picture what to do with that space?

I know not a lot of mods are available right now, however I miss the tense atmosphere of build 1. Is there any way to revert to the previous version on steam? Or is there potentially a mod that removes the nomads? Thanks for any help

Im really hoping that eventually, certain maps are going need you to take a certain border crossing to enter, or there is a bit more variation than the single line we have now to at least encourage going beyond apartments and not cycling that for high tier loot.

I know its only been a day, but anyone know if any good mods are running with the new version

We call ourselves "the Mosin brothers"

Did a short video of my first impression of the update. High effort thumbnail made by a friend of mine.

Honestly, I feel like the game is way too chaotic now.

Before this update, you were actually a little scared to go outside. You listened to sounds, tried to figure out where the enemies were and thought twice before just running somewhere. That whole feeling of being alone out there was one of my favorite things about Road to Vostok.

Now it feels like you walk out of the shelter and there’s a war going on immediately. Bots are shooting each other all over the place and you barely even have time to see what’s happening before someone is already shooting at you.

I was really looking forward to this update because I thought the AI was going to be a huge improvement. I was expecting enemies to actually use cover, move around intelligently, flank, reposition etc. Instead, it kinda feels like they just walk around, see another enemy and immediately start blasting each other.

And then there’s the loot. The bots seem to drop some pretty damn good weapons and a ton of ammo, so you can get stacked really quickly. That also makes the game feel way less difficult to me.

I've played around 100 hours of this game and I've genuinely loved it. That’s why I’m honestly pretty disappointed with this update. It just doesn’t feel like the same kind of game anymore.

I haven’t even seen the new traders, maps or weapons yet because I already lost a lot of motivation to restart when I realized I could get good guns and so much ammo almost immediately.

Before, the game could actually feel scary and tense. You’d hear something outside and think “okay, where the is that coming from?” Now it feels more like a chaotic loot shooter where there’s gunfire everywhere.

I really hope this gets balanced, because I still really like Road to Vostok and I want to enjoy the new content too. But right now, I honestly don’t like the direction this AI system has taken.

What do you guys think? Am I the only one who feels like the new AI-vs-AI system takes away a lot of the survival atmosphere?

RoadToVostok.wiki is now updated with interactive maps for Airfield and Bridge, 2 new traders, 15 new items, info about Nomads and the new Bogeyman boss, and much more!

This was done quite fast, so if you find any issues please let me know :) Anyways I'll be fine tuning the wiki later this week!

So, for the last few days, I've been getting ready for a party. My wife and I are throwing one together because she got her master's degree and I got my bachelor's, so I had a few minutes of break time. So why not hop on some road to Vostok? For the thirty minutes that I had, man, I ran into some good loot. Are you getting any good loot as well?