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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |OT3| Metz Some Ploughing Good Ladies In the Forest
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Philtastic
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Secondary effects happening (eg. light on fire, knock down) have a chance either directly equal to or proportional to your sign intensity. The higher your sign intensity, the higher the chance that the secondary effect will happen. Also, certain enemies have modifiers for secondary effects. For example, it is very easy to light furred enemies on fire with Igni while enemies with wings almost always get knocked over by Aard.
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
cpp_is_king
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Thanks yea that was it. I got my sign intensity up to 47% with a blue mutagen and then beat the shrieker first attempt after that
cpp_is_king
Member
I got the Axii upgrade that mind controls, so i use it on someone and he turns green and then nothing, just sits there moving around but doesn't attack the enemy. Am I missing something?
Ruthless_Barbarian
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You need to upgrade it to the second tier.
cpp_is_king
Member
I am using the alternate form already. It says "enemy becomes an ally and deals 20% more damage ". And when i use it, he does change colors (name turns green). But he still doesn't attack enemies.
WadiumArcadium
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Hold the button down instead of just pressing it.
cpp_is_king
Member
Right, I'm doing that. Which is why I said the enemy's name turns green, because it's working. But the enemy is just standing there and not attacking the other enemies.
Maybe it's a glitch or something, from the responses it sounds like it's supposed to be working.
endlessflood
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Having the upgrade isn't enough, you need to actually assign that upgrade to one of the spare slots.
cpp_is_king
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Yea was doing that too. I figured it out, it was just a weird quirk in the AI where it wasn't working for that particular enemy. It's been working fine ever since.
I've been having trouble with my yrden upgrades lately. Not firing.
WadiumArcadium
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Yeah, it can be either.
There are 3 outcomes to this. Either she/he becomes queen/king, or someone else is picked (if you won't help either of them).
JustSomeone
Member
In heart of stone, how do i beat the olifieri mage? He teleports whenever i get near him
Be aggressive and he will try to take you on in melee.
Also, you can run away from the fight.
JustSomeone
Member
I prefer to beat him.
What do you mean be be aggresive? How do i make him attack me in melee?
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Ruthless_Barbarian
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argh stupid double post :/
Keep on moving, don't stay in one spot for too long or you'll get hit by his aoe attacks. Get rid of all the other ads before you focus on the mage. Keep on dodging his ranged attacks and move in closer to him. If you have whirl unlocked you can put a lot of damage on him before he teleports. Use signs, crossbow and bombs to disrupt his magic attacks.
Hanged man's venom for extra damage on your steel sword. Echidna decoction to heal you every time you cast a sign with stamina.
Keep on moving, don't stay in one spot for too long or you'll get hit by his aoe attacks. Get rid of all the other ads before you focus on the mage. Keep on dodging his ranged attacks and move in closer to him. If you have whirl unlocked you can put a lot of damage on him before he teleports. Use signs, crossbow and bombs to disrupt his magic attacks.
Hanged man's venom for extra damage on your steel sword. Echidna decoction to heal you every time you cast a sign with stamina.
GHG
Gold Member
Cool thanks. Not got to Skellige yet so I guess I'll hold onto my stuff for now.
cpp_is_king
Member
Finally finished the botchling story quest in Velen on Death March. God damn what a horribly designed quest.
I originally tried this at level 5 when I first got there. Got absolutely decimated on the first pack of wraiths, 2 hours later and I hadn't even beaten the first batch. To make matters worse there is 0 maneuverability in the area, and you have to sit through 1 minute of loading screen and 2 minutes of bullshit leadup to the fight. So you get like 30 seconds of fighting for every 3 minutes of waiting. Complete shit. I would have kept trying but then I read there is no checkpoint after you beat them, and the next pack is twice as hard.
So I went and did basically everything else in Velen and then some of Novigrad. Got to level 11, full Griffin gear + Griffin silver sword, farmed up materials for a Reliever's Decoction, made Enhanced Specter Oil, and completely melted them.
From what I've read this is one of the hardest fights in the game on Death March, so hopefully I'm in the clear from now on.
Definitely feels good to have that over with though.
I originally tried this at level 5 when I first got there. Got absolutely decimated on the first pack of wraiths, 2 hours later and I hadn't even beaten the first batch. To make matters worse there is 0 maneuverability in the area, and you have to sit through 1 minute of loading screen and 2 minutes of bullshit leadup to the fight. So you get like 30 seconds of fighting for every 3 minutes of waiting. Complete shit. I would have kept trying but then I read there is no checkpoint after you beat them, and the next pack is twice as hard.
So I went and did basically everything else in Velen and then some of Novigrad. Got to level 11, full Griffin gear + Griffin silver sword, farmed up materials for a Reliever's Decoction, made Enhanced Specter Oil, and completely melted them.
From what I've read this is one of the hardest fights in the game on Death March, so hopefully I'm in the clear from now on.
Definitely feels good to have that over with though.
Yup. Those fucking wraiths. The game is cake after them.
cpp_is_king
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Bought the strategy guide today thinking it would tell me where to find various items, have merchant inventories, etc. What a complete pile of shit. Useless guide. Big ass list of weapons, and absolutely no information whatsoever about where to obtain them. Literally the only reason I even wanted the thing
Philtastic
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This is one of the big reasons I'm a firm believer that typical RPG elements should have been left out of this game. Leveling and inventory/equipment are the absolute worst aspects of this game where the former arbitrarily limits what quests you can do (leading to your frustrating situation. Also makes things you out-level too easy) and the latter is just annoying to manage given how many items there are in the game. This game really should have played more like a character action game, especially since Geralt is a legendary witcher, while retaining a customizable ability tree for different play styles. The Witcher 3 doesn't need a leveling system because the story and quests are compelling enough reasons to progress through the game.
On the topic of this wraith fight, I had actually recorded this in May last year when the game came out but didn't post it because it's a huge spoiler. Now that the game has been out for so long, here's a video of me beating them at level 5 on Death March on my 4th attempt. The quest design is fine, especially since this is an optional branch of the quest. You may not be as good at the game as you think you are. Keys to the fight were Yrden to slow them down as well as timing dodges and rolls for when they teleported behind and doing so toward unobstructed directions. Potion use helped keep Yrden up and my health high. It is a difficult series of fights, and you can hear my relief at the end
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8OXUqTIhxk
Half the fun is exploring (and trying not to get killed) and finding treasure.
Most of the Witcher sets I found were because I randomly happened upon them while exploring. I wouldn't trade that sensation for anything.
GHG
Gold Member
This is one of the big reasons I'm a firm believer that typical RPG elements should have been left out of this game. Leveling and inventory/equipment are the absolute worst aspects of this game where the former arbitrarily limits what quests you can do (leading to your frustrating situation. Also makes things you out-level too easy) and the latter is just annoying to manage given how many items there are in the game. This game really should have played more like a character action game, especially since Geralt is a legendary witcher, while retaining a customizable ability tree for different play styles. The Witcher 3 doesn't need a leveling system because the story and quests are compelling enough reasons to progress through the game.
On the topic of this wraith fight, I had actually recorded this in May last year when the game came out but didn't post it because it's a huge spoiler. Now that the game has been out for so long, here's a video of me beating them at level 5 on Death March on my 4th attempt. The quest design is fine, especially since this is an optional branch of the quest. You may not be as good at the game as you think you are. Keys to the fight were Yrden to slow them down as well as timing dodges and rolls for when they teleported behind and doing so toward unobstructed directions. Potion use helped keep Yrden up and my health high. It is a difficult series of fights, and you can hear my relief at the end
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8OXUqTIhxk
Heh... I really like the levelling aspect of the game. It's great when you discover something that is too strong for you and you have to just back away and come back later once you are strong enough.
Without it exploring the world would get boring IMO. This is why vanilla Skyrim never really held my interest for too long.
The game structure is perfect as it is.
cpp_is_king
Member
I found most of them myself as well, but i was looking for a specific relic weapon and alchemy formula to prepare for a fight. Anyway what good is a list of items with no clue how to obtain? Just makes no sense
Aren't alchemy formulas (at least advanced ones) RNG based?
cpp_is_king
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I'm not up to the highest level ones yet, but for the enhanced ones I've googled a few times to find the merchant who sells them or the guarded treasure that they're on and have always found them
Fair point. I don't even think I had spectre oil my first attempt that those wraiths.
I didn't even know you could parry the wraiths until after I finished the game, lol. I was always under the assumption that you can parry humans but had to dodge and roll monsters.
Decided to do Hearts of Stone right now, instead of waiting for Blood & Wine to come out and doing them one after the other. How much content am I looking at, here? 5-10 hours of quests? Are there any new side quests (well, I suppose HoS is a bunch of side quests in itself, but you know what I mean) and if yes, does it say somewhere they're HoS quests?
There are main quests and secondary quests and a whole bunch of ?...if you devour all of these things in total, and explore, it'll last you more than 10 hours easily.
They will all be marked blue in quest list
His Majesty
Banned
There are a few secondary quests but the bulk of the content are the main quests. Also every new quest is shown in blue in your journal.
It took me around 18 hours to complete. I'm a slow player though.
cpp_is_king
Member
This is one of the big reasons I'm a firm believer that typical RPG elements should have been left out of this game. Leveling and inventory/equipment are the absolute worst aspects of this game where the former arbitrarily limits what quests you can do (leading to your frustrating situation. Also makes things you out-level too easy) and the latter is just annoying to manage given how many items there are in the game. This game really should have played more like a character action game, especially since Geralt is a legendary witcher, while retaining a customizable ability tree for different play styles. The Witcher 3 doesn't need a leveling system because the story and quests are compelling enough reasons to progress through the game.
On the topic of this wraith fight, I had actually recorded this in May last year when the game came out but didn't post it because it's a huge spoiler. Now that the game has been out for so long, here's a video of me beating them at level 5 on Death March on my 4th attempt. The quest design is fine, especially since this is an optional branch of the quest. You may not be as good at the game as you think you are. Keys to the fight were Yrden to slow them down as well as timing dodges and rolls for when they teleported behind and doing so toward unobstructed directions. Potion use helped keep Yrden up and my health high. It is a difficult series of fights, and you can hear my relief at the end
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8OXUqTIhxk
Was Death March your first play through? Fwiw when i went back at level 11 I didn't even get hit, so I could have done it at much lower level, i was just put off by how imbalanced it was at the recommended level.
Part of it is that when i went back i had more experience and was just better since it was my first play through, so I suspect I could do it at 5 or 6 now. But i think it should have been later in the game after people learn to play better. Or put more lower level wraiths in the game to give people experience fighting groups of them.
At the very least you should be allowed to save between fights or have a checkpoint. 3 minutes of waiting for ecery 30 seconds of playing is just bad design
Unrelated question: After i beat the game, can i use my same character to begin HoS in the same world with all the choices ive made and it just picks up where the story left off? Or is it different?
Ruthless_Barbarian
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You can manually save any time you want when not in active combat. Also you can set the auto save time to a lower number so it saves more often.
Yes you can use the same character. Decisions from the main game don't affect HoS.
cpp_is_king
Member
You explicitly cannot save between the two wraith fights, it's blocked even though there's no active combat
Thanks for the replies! Should have most of Saturday to myself, can't wait to properly delve into it
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
If you're referring to the botchling quest, then yes you won't be able to save until you clear all the wraiths, and it makes sense because that instance is a continuous one where you need to transport it from one place to the other.
What's the best way to level up quickly? I'm level 27 and I almost have all of the side quests and contracts done but I'm still so far from the dlc level requirement of 32. I realize I can access the quests but the enemies are way too hard even if I drop the difficulty. I haven't finished the game yet because I wanted to do the dlc first since apparently the game is "over" after you beat it and you can't just keep going to finish any sidequests or dlc you didn't do.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
edit: i'm an idiot
What.....? Are we talking Destiny or the Witcher? What is the crucible?
endlessflood
Member
You can do Hearts of Stone after you finish the main game - that's when I did it. After you finish the main game you're dropped back in the world. Any quests tied to characters are probably voided (due to the chain of events triggered by the ending) but other stuff should still be available to do (most side quests, contracts, etc.).
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
lol sorry i was replying to someone in Destiny thread and posted here instead
Just complete the story missions and wrap up the side quests. Main story quest award a ton of xp, you'll go from 27-32 in no time.
Coreda
Member
This is correct. Not sure where the impression came from that one can't continue post-ending.