[Typographenia]

Flotsam... I accidently said no to Gaspar's request for my participation in his little experiment... oops. Am I missing much? Think I made the wrong decision for letting the alchemist have the incense formula too, lol

You're missing out on an interesting sidequest. If you want, you might just reload the save before your last and say yes. I'm glad I did it, at least.

[Phonomezer]

You're missing out on an interesting sidequest. If you want, you might just reload the save before your last and say yes. I'm glad I did it, at least.

Hah, good because I just died and it reloaded before that little interaction :P

[VindictiveGnome]

I finished Act II last night. The whole ending there and the boss/enemies was just phenomenal. My FPS took a huge dive when I was defending the walls of Vergen.

[Blue Ninja]

Any way to remove hoods? I'm wearing the Kayran armor set and don't really like that flopping hood. :lol

[Confidence Man]

There are mods that remove the hoods, I think. I remember seeing them at one point.

Found it: http://witcher.nexusmods.com/mods/223

[VindictiveGnome]

Any way to remove hoods? I'm wearing the Kayran armor set and don't really like that flopping hood. :lol

I got my first armor set that doesn't use a hood in Act II. It's called Armor of Loc Muinne.

[Complistic]

You're missing out on an interesting sidequest. If you want, you might just reload the save before your last and say yes. I'm glad I did it, at least.

This is true. But if you're looking at it from a role playing perspective, is geralt really to let two complete strangers inject him with something. They won't even tell him what it does lol.

[Spookie]

Fuck a duck I forgot how hard boss fights can be. Especially at the end of Act I. I just wish it gave you more of a warning so I could potion up before hand.

[subversus]

This is true. But if you're looking at it from a role playing perspective, is geralt really to let two complete strangers inject him with something. They won't even tell him what it does lol.

I think witchers are pretty fatalistic.

[Complistic]

I think witchers are pretty fatalistic.

I'm pretty sure geralt, at least canonically doesn't believe in fate. Though the lady of the lake quest in tw1 lets you decide for your own geralt.

[subversus]

I'm pretty sure geralt, at least canonically doesn't believe in fate. Though the lady of the lake quest in tw1 lets you decide for your own geralt.

I think the word isn't quite right. I meant he is not afraid to die because he learnt not to give a fuck.

[Grisby]

The exact location is west of the Inn. A building that you can only get in on the second floor with a staircase on the right side of the building. Edit: Beaten.

Take the stairway immediately to the left of the inn when facing the main entrance. The doorway at the top of the stairs is the Blue Stripes HQ. edit: Post below says west of the inn. That sounds right, although I can't remember the exact orientation of the map.

Thanks guys, I'll check it out. I swear I was in there before.

[Typographenia]

This is true. But if you're looking at it from a role playing perspective, is geralt really to let two complete strangers inject him with something. They won't even tell him what it does lol.

I'm just trying to help my buddy, Gaspar, out a little! >: D

[Arjen]

Started this yesterday, and i'm absolutly loving it. Combat was a bit difficult at first, but i'm starting to get the hang of it.
Opening cinematic was one of the most awesome things i've seen in a long while.

[eshwaaz]

I'm still only in Chapter 1, but I am absolutely in love with this game. I'm savoring every moment, trying to find every sidequest and just soak in the world. A strong, believable sense of place is hugely important to me, and Witcher 2 excels here. I'm impressed every time I start up the game.

A few months ago I'd tried to play Witcher 1 for the first time - I didn't have a capable PC until then. I got a good ways into Chapter 3, and just couldn't keep going. There were aspects I really liked, but I found so many aspects to be unrefined and unintuitive that playing became a chore for me. Still, it was totally worth playing as much as I did, if only to provide me with enough knowledge about the story and characters to make 2 more accessible and meaningful.

Back to playing. If Witcher 2 keeps up at this level of quality, it will easily be among my favorite RPGs of all time.

[Eggman]

I keep getting a feeling I'm doing something wrong. I seriously can't finish a battle if I'm on Normal since I keep dying. Is it my sword? I try using signs, dodging, blocking and I suck.

I'm currently doing the "In the Claws of Madness" side quest and the wraiths are kicking my ass.

[INDIGO_CYCLOPS]

I keep getting a feeling I'm doing something wrong. I seriously can't finish a battle if I'm on Normal since I keep dying. Is it my sword? I try using signs, dodging, blocking and I suck. I'm currently doing the "In the Claws of Madness" side quest and the wraiths are kicking my ass.

Are you using the silver sword? I imagine you are... Trying using specter oil, it can be applied during combat. Cast quen before fight if you haven't. Otherwise just patience, parry/riposte and aard or igni. Wraiths are definitely a pain. Also before the first fight meditate and drink a potion or two.

[Gattsu25]

I keep getting a feeling I'm doing something wrong. I seriously can't finish a battle if I'm on Normal since I keep dying. Is it my sword? I try using signs, dodging, blocking and I suck. I'm currently doing the "In the Claws of Madness" side quest and the wraiths are kicking my ass.

Silver sword and dodge. Those bastards hit like trucks.

[universalmind]

I keep getting a feeling I'm doing something wrong. I seriously can't finish a battle if I'm on Normal since I keep dying. Is it my sword? I try using signs, dodging, blocking and I suck. I'm currently doing the "In the Claws of Madness" side quest and the wraiths are kicking my ass.

Keep at it and you'll start to see the patterns in the AI fighting styles. Drink potions, use oils, bombs and try to get the best gear in the act as soon as possible. 2 points in increased dodge speed, wait for them to attack, roll behind them and strong attack or two then roll away. 2 points into improved Aard. Don't needlessly use signs. Your damage output is based on your vigor. One point into counter-attack is great if the enemy is fast or has a lot of armour and blocking skill.

If that doesn't help, just keep Aarding them and evading until they get stunned then 1 shot them.

You can always practice in the arena too.

[Eggman]

Thanks for the tips guys. Should I be using the silver sword for now? My alternative is a "Robust Long Sword."

[toastyToast]

Yrden is your friend

[EatChildren]

Thanks for the tips guys. Should I be using the silver sword for now? My alternative is a "Robust Long Sword."

Silver does extra damage to monsters/undead/weird shit, steel does extra damage to humans. You should switch between the two depending on your opponent. Check the stats, and go with whatever does the most damage and better special attributes

[Hobbestetrician]

Thanks guys, I'll check it out. I swear I was in there before.

Gotta go at night and maybe even progress past a certain point in the main quest. I went in there at midnight early on in Act I and the event hadn't started but went back later and it had.

[Desaan]

I keep getting a feeling I'm doing something wrong. I seriously can't finish a battle if I'm on Normal since I keep dying. Is it my sword? I try using signs, dodging, blocking and I suck. I'm currently doing the "In the Claws of Madness" side quest and the wraiths are kicking my ass.

You should try the wraiths on dark mode, one shotted. If you don't get one shotted you bleed to death unless you have the vigor to get quen up. The trick with the wraiths is either you Axii one and gank the other or you spam Aard and hope for a stun finisher.

[GillianSeed79]

I know someone else mentioned this before, but is any one else getting extremely long loading times on the PC EE version? Skipping the opening cinematic, it takes several minutes for the title screen to come up for me, as well when loading extra content like flashbacks and such.

Any fixes for this?

[Piecake]

Was not really a fan of the combat in the Witcher 2 when I first played it, but I have a feeling that the reason why was i was playing with KBM, not a controller. It just felt so unintuitive playing an action rpg without a controlloer

Going to give it another shot now that the enhanced edition is out with a controller this time (still PC version)

[Felix Lighter]

I know someone else mentioned this before, but is any one else getting extremely long loading times on the PC EE version? Skipping the opening cinematic, it takes several minutes for the title screen to come up for me, as well when loading extra content like flashbacks and such. Any fixes for this?

Clean out your saves folder. Backup the ones you want to keep somewhere else and delete the ones you'll never use. Maintaining the saves folder is important because the game creates an endless stream of autosaves as you play.

[Solo]

It's sad/funny/awesome that Witcher 2 will get more GAF GOTY love in 2012 than in 2011.

[squidyj]

Yrden is your friend

this. Wraiths are tough in act 1 because they hit hard and you can't knock them back on their heels, you keep going at them with fast attacks and they still manage to stab you good. Locking them up in traps and hitting them with aard is the best way to keep them from mangling you.

[Aklamarth]

Flotsam is the most "organic" place ever designed in a game. Great stuff.

[Unregistered007]

It's sad/funny/awesome that Witcher 2 will get more GAF GOTY love in 2012 than in 2011.

Why is it sad? I don,t have money for high end pc so I was waiting for360 version.

[Inferno313]

I beat this last night on 360. It was my second time as I played through it on my laptop last year when it first came off.

First off, the 360 port is great. It was much more enjoyable than playing at 20 fps at low settings on PC. It looks and runs quite well.

Secondly, I knew about how chapter 2 worked. But I was blown away as to how different my two experiences were. Definitly give this one at least two play-throughs guys.

The new EE stuff was great too. The new mainquest in Act 3 felt like it always belonged there, not out of place at all and the Dandelion recaps were nice too.

Also, I can't wait for Witcher 3 after seeing some of the new stuff at the very end. ;)

[Eggman]

I can't believe how stupid I am; I didn't notice how steel/silver can affect your enemies. Seriously, the difficulty of this game is significantly reduced now that I know about it.


Thanks EatChildren.

[Typographenia]

I can't believe how stupid I am; I didn't notice how steel/silver can affect your enemies. Seriously, the difficulty of this game is significantly reduced now that I know about it. Thanks EatChildren.

I still mess it up sometimes because I'll just cast a sign, causing Geralt to pull out my last sword, and I end up wondering why I'm not doing any damage to enemies. I'll finally figure out it's because I'm using the wrong sword type, hahahaha.

[~Kinggi~]

Flotsam is the most "organic" place ever designed in a game. Great stuff.

Im pissed off they replaced the music in town though. Now its some generic track.

[Ciastek3214]

People. There's a poll on Facebook on Roche vs. Iorweth, you know what to do.

http://www.facebook.com/thewitcher

[Snuggler]

I'm focusing on the swordsman path this time, and whirl is an awesome ability. It makes a huge difference with crowds of enemies, especially once you've unlocked the second level that allows you to slice and dice multiple enemies with no damage reduction. The rotfiends, nekkers and harpies in ch. 2 are a joke now.

Anyways, it's really neat to experience the other side of the story, but I have to say that chapter 2 is much better in the Iorveth path. The camp isn't nearly as cool as Vergen, and I miss Saskia :(. I miss all the badass dwarves, too. But I still have a ways to go so maybe it gets better.

People. There's a poll on Facebook on Roche vs. Iorweth, you know what to do. http://www.facebook.com/thewitcher

The people have spoken. Suck it, Roach apologists.

[Eggman]

Did you guys read the book(s)? Thoughts?

[Ciastek3214]

The people have spoken. Suck it, Roach apologists.

Roach is Geralt's horse. Your argument is invalid.

[Typographenia]

Did you guys read the book(s)? Thoughts?

I've only read The Last Wish, but I really liked it. It's just a bunch of short stories, and it has much more of the tone of the first game, but they're enjoyable reads.

Roach is Geralt's horse. Your argument is invalid.

That new video they made showing off what a Witcher was made me wish we could have had Roach in the game to ride. : (

[Ciastek3214]

Did you guys read the book(s)? Thoughts?

I read all of them 3 times. Gotta say they're pretty damn good.

[TronLight]

What the hell is going on with the saving system on PC with this game?
Before, whenever I pressed F5 or "save" from the menù, it saved on a new slot, now it just not work, if I use any manual save I have to restart to me the save work... I tried to disable the Steam Cloud but it's so messed up... What the hell is going on? How can I fix this?

[epmode]

Once you enable cloud saves in the Steam version, it's only a matter of time before your game stops saving properly. I used these threads to disable cloud saves:

http://forums.steampowered.com/forum....php?t=2470784
http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...2655006&page=3

Before starting any of this, make sure that you have cloud saves enabled in the Witcher 2 in-game menu.

Disabling the cloud is annoying as hell. And it might just be easier to use the GOG version instead.

[antiquegamer]

Fuck a duck I forgot how hard boss fights can be. Especially at the end of Act I. I just wish it gave you more of a warning so I could potion up before hand.

Yeah, I wish you could potion up anytime, kinda silly that you could only drink when you are meditating.

Game is hard but fun, I restart several times last night but never feel it was cheating me. Feel kinda like Dark Soul but better.

So how do I trigger the finishing move combat? Is it when I properly block and counter? I guess I should read the manual, haven't done that in so long.

[TronLight]

Once you enable cloud saves in the Steam version, it's only a matter of time before your game stops saving properly. I used these threads to disable cloud saves: http://forums.steampowered.com/forum....php?t=2470784 http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...2655006&page=3 Before starting any of this, make sure that you have cloud saves enabled in the Witcher 2 in-game menu. Disabling the cloud is annoying as hell. And it might just be easier to use the GOG version instead.

Thanks you so much.
There is something terribly wrong with the saving system in this series from the first. lol

Tell me just one thing, the quick save on F5 always overwrite the previous one? I mean, even before the patch? Because I notice this just now.

[VindictiveGnome]

Beat the game. All I can say is that I can't wait for Witcher 3!

[Ciastek3214]

Beat the game. All I can say is that I can't wait for Witcher 3!

It makes me both happy, and pissed off that we won't see it till 2014 or later.

[Chinner]

People. There's a poll on Facebook on Roche vs. Iorweth, you know what to do. http://www.facebook.com/thewitcher

kill the whoresons who don't vote Roche.

[Derrick01]

People. There's a poll on Facebook on Roche vs. Iorweth, you know what to do. http://www.facebook.com/thewitcher

Did my part and voted for Iorveth. They both suck but Iorveth's Act 2 is better.

[Complistic]

Did my part and voted for Iorveth. They both suck but Iorveth's Act 2 is better.

This is a joke I hope.