Which is why that dude's "blame the console manufacturers" is even more hilarious. The game was literally released in this state. Certification process can be quicker (and it is based on comparisons to last gen) but this shit isn't even an issue if CDP fixed the bug before release.
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The Witcher 3 XP bug is getting fixed but not until next week
- Thread starter Mad Season
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Which is why that dude's "blame the console manufacturers" is even more hilarious. The game was literally released in this state. Certification process can be quicker (and it is based on comparisons to last gen) but this shit isn't even an issue if CDP fixed the bug before release.
I can't say I've noticed if I haven't been awarded XP or not. I just hit level 13 and just got to Novigrad because I've been doing tons of side quests in Velen. So maybe I am supposed to be a higher level. I will say it feels like my leveling was very slow throughout level 12.
As a side note, I took on a level 18 Cyclops at level 12 and found him easy-peasy. Same for the earth elementals I've come across. If I have trouble fighting them it's because they whittle my sword durability faster it feels like.
As a side note, I took on a level 18 Cyclops at level 12 and found him easy-peasy. Same for the earth elementals I've come across. If I have trouble fighting them it's because they whittle my sword durability faster it feels like.
Haunted
Member
Witcher 3 at launch is far more polished than either of the previous two games.
RedAssedApe
Banned
about where i am. level 13 and did all of the quests available where i was near the suggested level
well then.
OK cool. So if I have been affected it hasn't been by much. Maybe I will play this weekend then.
I remember not being able to play TW1 stable until it's Enhanced Edition release. For TW2 I couldn't say because my PC wasn't so hot when it came out. But the EE version was smooth as butter.
The money exploits are useless anyway. You don't really need money in this game. I have 20k lawfully acquired crowns and most of my spending goes to dismantling and repairing shit.
Daffy Duck
Member
Damn I was going to spend many hours on this at the weekend, I don't want to miss any XP so I guess I'll just wait until it's patched.
Bummer.
Bummer.
It's been answered few times in the thread already. If you are doing quest (green in colour) that is your level or close to it (up or down) and you don't get any XP once you finish it.... you're infected. Call for help, start freaking out, play Gwent or wait for the patch.
It's certainly bringing to light how fucking terrible it is they make us wait up to a full week for these console patches to be certified. I understand they don't want people's patches to brick systems or screw with the firmware and what not but come the fuck on. There's no excuse for it to take a full week.
BouncyFrag
Member
ClayKavalier
Banned
Do all story missions give experience? I just did the first few story mission in Novigrad and I noticed they didn't give me experience, but they were also pretty short and there wasn't much to them, so I figured maybe they just didn't give experience.
This sucks, I just finished clearing out every single side mission that wasn't way over my level before heading to Novigrad so I don't really have anything to fall back on, and I really don't want to stop playing for a week. Unless I'm going to screw myself out of ever hitting max level or something like that I'll probably just keep going.
This sucks, I just finished clearing out every single side mission that wasn't way over my level before heading to Novigrad so I don't really have anything to fall back on, and I really don't want to stop playing for a week. Unless I'm going to screw myself out of ever hitting max level or something like that I'll probably just keep going.
Windom Earle
Member
Oh great. I wanted to continue playing the game over the weekend. Guess I'll stick to side content for now.
Occasionally stuff will get sped up through cert due to being a major issue. Let's hope this is one of them.
Mad Season
Banned
its not just mainline content..... side quests too
piccio_ssl
Member
completed 2 sub quest and a lvl 24 contract, and fucking nothing
fuck this shit
fuck this shit
HouseStark1575
Neo Member
Currently stuck on kings gambit infinite loading screen.
Im way over leveled for the main missions due to doing side quests. That + a couple of the witched treasure missions makes usre that your are way over the main mission levels. Also not affecting me.
It seems that if you only do main missions and a few side ones and you are affected with this bug, you may be having a hard time to progress correctly. Solution: Make more side missions. Seriously, they are really good. Do them.
Indeed. How they dare to have bugs in their huge open world rpg! This is like the first time this atrocity happens! Why didnt they make a perfect game!
Come on. If only, the speed of the patches coming in shows that they support the game post release much better than any other company (cough Bethesda cough) by fixing stuff as fast as possible.
It seems that if you only do main missions and a few side ones and you are affected with this bug, you may be having a hard time to progress correctly. Solution: Make more side missions. Seriously, they are really good. Do them.
Indeed. How they dare to have bugs in their huge open world rpg! This is like the first time this atrocity happens! Why didnt they make a perfect game!
Come on. If only, the speed of the patches coming in shows that they support the game post release much better than any other company (cough Bethesda cough) by fixing stuff as fast as possible.
Windom Earle
Member
Why? They've done nothing but address issues since the game's launch, and the whole game works start-to-finish without major issues.
I gained 2 levels doing all side quests and one main mission yesterday, in maybe 3 to 4 hours. Wasn't paying attention to the XP though, so dont know if the main quest paid out or not. But the leveling has seemed consistent over the last few days with the new patch... will keep an eye on it now though.
Seeing some people say they are overleveling way too fast makes me think I got hit with it.
I'm OCD about exploring everything and doing all side quests. And I've been having a hard time keeping up with the suggested level for the main story missions.
I had no more missions in my range and did one a few levels higher and got no XP and did find that weird...oy.
I'm OCD about exploring everything and doing all side quests. And I've been having a hard time keeping up with the suggested level for the main story missions.
I had no more missions in my range and did one a few levels higher and got no XP and did find that weird...oy.
Palette Swap
Member
To be fair, short of amnesia, I can't really see how you'd have good will towards CDPR and yet find patches intolerable.
What? I've played the game for 20-25 hours and I am only level 12
JudgmentJay
Member
Reading this thread, I'm really surprised how much people care about a trivial amount of XP loss. There are about a billion quests to do; the game's not going to suddenly become difficult if you miss out on 1/10 of a level from turning in a quest.
It's a big deal for the main quests since that's where most of your XP comes from.
ClayKavalier
Banned
It depends where you are in the game though. I just cleared a bunch of side stuff and I was planning to move onto the story. Now I don't have any side stuff that isn't red.
Are we sure that the loss is trivial? I really don't want to stop playing but I'm worried I'll end up in a situation where it'll be either impossible or really tedious to get to the max level. I don't want to end the game at 29 or whatever and know that I would've hit 30 without this bug.
off duty ninja
Member
I have played the game on xbone for about 8 hours and am still level 3. I have been a couple hundred XP from 4 since I left the White Orchard area. I just assumed that the game was designed to be a slower leveling game.
I am also only on 1.01 so I have no idea if I could be impacted by this or not but I am pretty sure I have completed missions without getting a big XP notification.
iRAWRasaurus
Banned
Just did a mission, I took a look at my XP before and after. I got XP after doing a main story mission. Guessing this only affects a certain (well alot) amount of people?
JudgmentJay
Member
Most side content doesn't give a ton of XP. Unless you did like 20+ quests which would be enough to gain 2 or 3 levels, your lack of quests is probably just stemming from a lack of exploration.
Anyway, the level cap is 70. From what I understand, story content stops at ~level 30, so you won't be hitting the cap without a huge amount of grinding.
Keep an eye on it. I was fine last night, left the game suspended, and the glitch still hit me today.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
It seems to be somewhat random. I've gotten XP from some quests but not others, and I'm not counting the grayed out quests here.
The Inventor
Member
This gives me hope.
iRAWRasaurus
Banned
I will still keep my eye out when I do play later and mention if I stop getting XP.
TheExecutive
Member
Should go into the OP
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