SDCowboy
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Hmm...I like you ending better. Though, Ciri becoming a witcher with Geralt isn't bad either.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |OT2| Wanted to find Ciri, but everything Gwent wrong
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Cpt.Underpants
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Fuckin hell spoiler tag this shite
BannedEpisode
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Doesn't bug me but if this is an ending you should spoiler it friend
Reluctant-Hero
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OniBarubary
Banned
So I'm super surprised at the strength of the writing and voice acting in this game, specifically the Bloody Baron.
I must be going soft in my old age or something because
Kinda hate that the game made me feel that way bout someone who does that. Oy, that's strong writin it is.
I must be going soft in my old age or something because
I couldn't help but feel sympathetic for the poor wife beater. My stomach turned at that revelation but everything about his miscarried child and Tamara and being cheated on and blaming himself and taking responsibility for it all just kinda made me feel for him.
Kinda hate that the game made me feel that way bout someone who does that. Oy, that's strong writin it is.
SDCowboy
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OMG I'm so sorry. I thought I clicked it. Thank you for editing it out.
CrispyGoomba
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I feel like I'm going to catch an accent by time I finish this game.
cantona222
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Yeah. That's What I did to fix the bug. Replaying the 3 missions I lost with the bug wasn't that long when skipping the cutscenes.
Intheflorsh
Banned
Wu-itcha!
KINGofCRA5H
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Just got the stragety guide from Amazon... my god. This thing is kind of overwhelming.
There. Is. So. Much. Stuff.
There. Is. So. Much. Stuff.
There is one.There really needs to be a spoiler thread where we can discuss the game freely. This one has become a sea of white bars.
They're a really good read. Read them after I played the first game (they've been out here in Germany for a while) and it was totally worth it.
Damn Roach, always sticking his nose in my business. I was just done talking to this innkeeper when I noticed something strange on the wall. Won't leave me alone even on my second playthrough.
That's one needy horse you got there
Witcher 3 going after the AC Unity crown of most horrific faces
(no worries though, that's only caused by a mod)
(no worries though, that's only caused by a mod)
Mr. Smiley
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There really needs to be a spoiler thread where we can discuss the game freely. This one has become a sea of white bars.
There are two spoiler threads.
N7Commander95
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Shit sorry, thought i got rid of that gif
SDCowboy
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So I'm actually starting the game properly now, I've only hopped into it for a few minutes till now.
I'm on the quest for this Griffin, helping people along the way, getting to grips with the plethora of game systems to wrap my head around.
Question though, my inventory is starting to get really full, what should I sell? I am at 49/60 weight. I know there is a mod to make weight irrelevant but I want a clean vanilla experience. I have a bunch of swords that I should probably sell but all the different stat differences confuse me. Like my default Witcher sword has lower damage but +25 armour piercing. How much of a damage increase would I need to sacrifice the piercing? I also heard the Witcher weapons are worth keeping? I don't have a clue what to do with all this in my inventory D:
I'm on the quest for this Griffin, helping people along the way, getting to grips with the plethora of game systems to wrap my head around.
Question though, my inventory is starting to get really full, what should I sell? I am at 49/60 weight. I know there is a mod to make weight irrelevant but I want a clean vanilla experience. I have a bunch of swords that I should probably sell but all the different stat differences confuse me. Like my default Witcher sword has lower damage but +25 armour piercing. How much of a damage increase would I need to sacrifice the piercing? I also heard the Witcher weapons are worth keeping? I don't have a clue what to do with all this in my inventory D:
What the fuck...that looks glorious!
IAmRandom31
Banned
Just happened across the entire Griffin set of diagrams. No doubt won't be able to use them for god knows how long though.
No wait just looked and they are lv 8! I'm level 8! HALLELUJAH!!!
gonna get the hell out of here and build me a set of armor
No wait just looked and they are lv 8! I'm level 8! HALLELUJAH!!!
gonna get the hell out of here and build me a set of armor
Hank Scorpio
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Anyone else not use Roach at all? I go everywhere on foot.
Also can we please gey a quicksave button for PS4? Autosave is terrible.
Also can we please gey a quicksave button for PS4? Autosave is terrible.
curiouscharles
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question - does anyone on PC play with chromatic aberration on?
kept switching back and forth yesterday and it was becoming distracting.
it seems to blur the edges of everything which kind of hides the game's imperfections - but it almost gives me a subtle subtle headache when on...
kept switching back and forth yesterday and it was becoming distracting.
it seems to blur the edges of everything which kind of hides the game's imperfections - but it almost gives me a subtle subtle headache when on...
LonelyGreyWolf
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Nope, use Roach all the time, and while I'd also enjoy a quicksave button, to be fair it only takes three seconds to do a manual save so it's not exactly a big hassle.
I don't want to spoil anything, but the answer is no, not at all. I'd do the "Baron" quest first though.
Admiral Woofington
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nope
Allforce
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I feel like I've already hit a wall in this game and I only just got to Velen.
I'm Level 4, did every side quest I could find and "?" icon on the map in White Orchard. Now I'm in Velen and have met Keira. After that it seems every single ? I run into or Witcher Contract is recommended for Level 10 and up.
Do I just shoot for main quest stuff now? The next one is recommended Level 6 but I'm still at 4 with almost half the bar to go to get to 5.
And I still have SO MUCH SHIT in my inventory that I'm constantly having to find a guy to sell off stuff to. Game is fun but absolutely daunting, there's so many potions and decoctions and parchments and notes and alchemy crafts that I have no idea where to even start with some of this stuff. I don't think I've made a single potion outside of "Swallow" for some lady in White Orchard for a quest.
I'm Level 4, did every side quest I could find and "?" icon on the map in White Orchard. Now I'm in Velen and have met Keira. After that it seems every single ? I run into or Witcher Contract is recommended for Level 10 and up.
Do I just shoot for main quest stuff now? The next one is recommended Level 6 but I'm still at 4 with almost half the bar to go to get to 5.
And I still have SO MUCH SHIT in my inventory that I'm constantly having to find a guy to sell off stuff to. Game is fun but absolutely daunting, there's so many potions and decoctions and parchments and notes and alchemy crafts that I have no idea where to even start with some of this stuff. I don't think I've made a single potion outside of "Swallow" for some lady in White Orchard for a quest.
SkinnerSw33t
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Yeah, it's dumb. Love the game, but this is a pet peeve. I did find out that rolling prior to impact mitigates it some, but I just try to avoid falling altogether.
Super Stardust
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Need some help beating the wild hunt
any tips to kill the guy with the ice staff? I weakened him with Ciri but the ice balls he shoots are destroying geralt
His Majesty
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Morkvarg is cursed to be reborn every time he dies. You have to find a way to lift that curse.
EroticSushi
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I waste so much damn time enjoying the view in this game.
Philtastic
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I'm going to preface this by stating that I have only put 22 hours into the game (a relatively small amount for this game, ha) and have only gotten to level 7 while playing on Death March.
Your Quen objection is exactly my point: you succeed at the game but in the most boring and one of the least efficient ways possible. It's like playing Batman and saying "I'm going to ignore using my gadgets and combo meter abilities and just jab and counter all the time". That mostly gets the job done but makes for a really boring game. Great, you put Quen up, you do 2-3 swings, get hit, shield breaks, then dodge around until Quen is back up. Or, if you've upgraded it, you go on a swinging spree as your stamina drains and, when you run out, you just dodge around while you wait for your stamina to regen. Waiting for Quen means that you have a significant amount of downtime which is boring. And if your Quen isn't going down because you're dodging, well, you're not actually using it. Successful use of Quen requires you to be hit. Let me repeat that: you need to get hit for Quen to do anything. Quen has its place mostly against slow opponents with large, sweeping attacks that are difficult to dodge but have large recovery times, thus Quen eats the one attack it can do and lets you go on the offensive. Against faster enemies, you're better off using signs that actually let you go on the offensive for longer while dodging incoming attacks which you can see coming due to your superior positioning. It does, in fact, boil down to you being bad at the game since Quen requires you to get hit. The real trick for someone who is good at the game is to have no downtime whatsoever: you are either dodging/parrying an actual attack, repositioning, swinging your sword at them, using a sign, or throwing a bomb, never waiting for stamina to use Quen.
And if you aren't waiting for stamina for Quen, well, then you are playing well enough that you don't need it, so use something else that let's you go on the offensive for longer!
The incentive is to kill things more efficiently. In this wraith example, sure, you could throw up Quen and do your 2-3 swings until the wraith counters and breaks your Quen then dodge around OR you could use Yrden and do 5-7 swings since the wraith is too slow to break your combo. With Yrden and no other wraiths around, you can do one long combo and kill it whereas, with Quen, you might have to set that up more than once if you're not horribly outleveling the wraith. Or you're not actually using Quen since you're dodging its attacks, in which case, Quen is a waste. And the animations aren't actually random: they trigger based on how far away you are from the enemy. If you are right in close, he does a quick slash which may involve a turn but it has similar timing to the simple slash. If you are a couple of feet away or more, he does the longer leap and slash. The only one that I haven't quite figured out how to do consistently is the roll and stab. There is also a group attack style in the sword tree: whirl. Here's a gif that someone posted in OT1:
VE3TRO
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What do I need to do to lift the curse? I've done all objectives. I called out Einar being a liar and killed him now all I have left is a repeat of "Get rid of the werewolf in the garden"
Finally made it to Novigrad. Playtime is bugged, I think due to ps4s rest mode, but I'm guessing I've played about 20 hours.
Some of my initial astoundment at the game's quality is starting to wear off. Been finishing up all the level appropriate side quests in Velen and I'm starting to get sick of wandering around in detective vision pixel hunting for red.
Nethertheless I'm still loving it. I continue to be amazing by the quality of the writing and presentation considering how much of it there is, and the combat while not the best I've played is still pretty good and engaging. And like countless people have said, I think this is the most well realised open world I have experienced.
Few quick questions.
- When I run out of a potion and go to craft another one, it says 'you already have this item' even though I'm on 0/3 or whatever. What's up with that?
- I assume there's no way to stop yourself overleveling? I'm feeling pressured to ignore some sidequests else I'll be to overpowered when I get back to the main story.
- I'm at level 11, about how far in is that?
Some of my initial astoundment at the game's quality is starting to wear off. Been finishing up all the level appropriate side quests in Velen and I'm starting to get sick of wandering around in detective vision pixel hunting for red.
Nethertheless I'm still loving it. I continue to be amazing by the quality of the writing and presentation considering how much of it there is, and the combat while not the best I've played is still pretty good and engaging. And like countless people have said, I think this is the most well realised open world I have experienced.
Few quick questions.
- When I run out of a potion and go to craft another one, it says 'you already have this item' even though I'm on 0/3 or whatever. What's up with that?
- I assume there's no way to stop yourself overleveling? I'm feeling pressured to ignore some sidequests else I'll be to overpowered when I get back to the main story.
- I'm at level 11, about how far in is that?
His Majesty
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Wolf in Sheep's Clothing spoiler:
I convinced Einar to give me a fang that could lift the curse on Morkvarg. Sounds like there is a second way to lift it. Have you tried feeding him his own flesh?
AuthenticM
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ok, about that XP bug about which I talked earlier, here's an article on Kotaku citing a game dev who says it's a bug and they intend to correct it: http://kotaku.com/witcher-3-glitch-preventing-xp-gain-for-some-quests-1707449766
therealminime
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I'm not quite finished yet, but I am nearly there I'd say. I've got 65 hours clocked, maybe 5-10 left to finish it all off. And I've still got 12 or so side quests and 12+ Witcher contracts. 100 hours is fast approaching.
The female Master Armourer at Crows Perch makes me laugh everytime she says Geralt! In her accent. Also every keeps saying Whoreson, afraid I'm going to start using that as a insult to someone haah
Hold the button used to activate signs instead of pressing it. Alt mode signs are modified versions of your signs, ingame explanation should give you a pretty good impression of what they do.
Fun fact: In Germany those guys are called "Hurensohn". This is an actual insult over here (suprise suprise, it means "son of a whore"), so seeing them gives me a nice giggle every time
-Thanatos-
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For potions they get automatically replenished when you meditate if you have alcohol.
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