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[Majukun]

I don't know if I'm afflicted by the bug because all my main quests have been gray for a while... still doing all the gray quest before going forward.. and I'm still over leveled for most of the things I found wondering around... the game has already too much xp to give, so probably people that stopped playing it should come back.. at least until the game stops giving xp at all...

 

[Rootbeer]

Man... I just got this game yesterday and was planning on playing it A LOT this weekend.

I know they are saying it's not a big deal but reading some posts it seems like it could be frustrating.

Now I"m not sure I even want to play right now.

 

[Mad Season]

Wow, that's one utterly selfish and entitled comment.

That wasn't me btw

 

[Haint]

Wow, that's one utterly selfish and entitled comment.

Well that's how things work in the real world. Business in general. If you've got a deadline for a job/project that has to be done, it's tough shit that you've got to miss holidays, work overtime, etc... Your boss/client doesn't care about your reasons or excuses and they're not going to throw you a pity party. What that guy's saying is no different from what most people on this board have had to put up with in their own job at one point or another. I'm sure he's been on the receiving end himself before.

 

[Danielsan]

Couldn't take the waiting any more yesterday and did some Novigrad main story quests. Zero XP on at least 3 quest lines, and 500 XP on one of them in between. So much for hoping the bug would set itself straight.

 

[ChasingComets]

Well that's how things work in the real world. Business in general. If you've got a deadline for a job/project that has to be done, it's tough shit that you've got to miss holidays, work overtime, etc... Your boss/client doesn't care about your reasons or excuses. What that guy's saying is no different from what most people on this board have had to put up with in their own job at one point or another.

It's no reason to be rude when the developer already said they're working through the holiday weekend, without making a single excuse. This isn't the same deal as owning to your boss/client work that has a deadline; if we're making work analogies, it's closer to dealing with stubborn customers at a sales desk.

 

[Laughing Banana]

Wow, that's one utterly selfish and entitled comment.

It would be selfish and entitled if the guy in question gets the game for free.

As for me... more Bloodborne then before properly starting this one, eheheheh.

 

[Deleted member 471617]

Even though im disappointed that it's going to be another week or two before the patch comes out for PS4, at least CDPR is working on the issues where as many developers wouldn't even bother or it would take them months to do so. Not only that but I seriously doubt that CDPR wants to work through a long weekend off yet they are because they actually care.

The Witcher 3 is my first game in the series and while it's "on hold" since im waiting for the patch, I don't mind it as I have other games to play and The Witcher 3 will still be here waiting for me to play it. Not only that but they said that it's going to be a huge patch so I wonder if it's going to include more than what was previously mentioned and listed.

 

[badb0y]

I don't care, I do so much nonsense in this game I am over-leveled most of the time for my main quest line.

 

[Wind's Howling]

Even though im disappointed that it's going to be another week or two before the patch comes out for PS4

Nah, it will most likely be next week on thursday or friday.

 

[Laughing Banana]

Nah, it will most likely be next week on thursday or friday.

And then those with a region 3 Chinese/English/Korean retail copy, like yours truly, would have to wait even longer, just like the previous patch.

 

[OrlanisWorks]

So next week...

That ain't stopping me. There's gotta be XP mods out there if it happens to plague me.

 

[Cyborg]

When does a mission go grey? If you are a to high level?

 

[Ray Down]

When does a mission go grey? If you are a to high level?

Yeah

 

[whiteape]

When does a mission go grey? If you are a to high level?

Yeah

Does that mean something? Less XP or anything?

 

[Bigby]

Does that mean something? Less XP or anything?

No XP at all. The new patch will make it 5 XP for grey quest.

 

[kriskrosbbk]

I started the game 2 days aho .Still in WO but and I am 3rd level now.All quests gave me XP.Is the bug observed in higher level areas?(PS4)

 

[Piku_Ringo]

They seriously need to patch this mess as well.

 

[valkyre]

I started the game 2 days aho .Still in WO but and I am 3rd level now.All quests gave me XP.Is the bug observed in higher level areas?(PS4)

To me the bug engaged when I started Pyres of Novigrad quest.

Since then I am not awarded XP for any main quest I complete. I do however still get XP for secondary quests and Witcher contracts.

It really sucks that the game was shipped with so many issues... the game needed at least 2 more months of development. I love the game but I am dissappointed by this sloppy release.

Game has serious performance issues on PS4 on several occasions, tons of bugs, broken quests, XP glitches, NPC glitches, save corruption issues etc etc... all in all... game was not ready for release. And I dont think it will be considered ready for release even when the next patch arrives....

 

[Daffy Duck]

I've not played this in over week now, since I found out about this bug, it's a crying shame as I love this game but I want it fixed, I just cannot miss out on XP.

 

[Danielsan]

To me the bug engaged when I started Pyres of Novigrad quest.

Since then I am not awarded XP for any main quest I complete. I do however still get XP for secondary quests and Witcher contracts.

It really sucks that the game was shipped with so many issues... the game needed at least 2 more months of development. I love the game but I am dissappointed by this sloppy release.

Game has serious performance issues on PS4 on several occasions, tons of bugs, broken quests, XP glitches, NPC glitches, save corruption issues etc etc... all in all... game was not ready for release. And I dont think it will be considered ready for release even when the next patch arrives....

Likewise for me. Pyres of Novigrad it when this whole mess started.

 

[SeanTSC]

I am greatly looking forward to the "This game gives too much exp" complaints once people who have decided to put off playing start again and they run into the times when the main quest just dumps 8000 exp on you at all once and you unintentionally out level everything at various points.

There's a lot of times when this game won't give you anything and you think you're missing some and then BAM, few levels at once and you're just like "what the fuck?"

 

[valkyre]

I am greatly looking forward to the "This game gives too much exp" complaints once people who have decided to put off playing start again and they run into the times when the main quest just dumps 8000 exp on you at all once and you unintentionally out level everything at various points.

There's a lot of times when this game won't give you anything and you think you're missing some and then BAM, few levels at once and you're just like "what the fuck?"

I personally havent put off the game, but, are you implying that this glitch is a good thing?

 

[SeanTSC]

I personally havent put off the game, but, are you implying that this glitch is a good thing?

Not at all. It's just that the game dumps truckloads of exp on you unexpectedly. Sometimes I'd be just getting nothing at all from story quests for a while and then DUMP, many levels. I think there's something really weird with it and maybe not as many people are getting the bug as they think they are and are just hitting some sections where the game doesn't drip exp out to you for a while before suddenly giving you a lot.

 

[Wind's Howling]

I understand people's frustration not being able to progress further with a low level on harder main quests, but isn't there enough to do in terms of side quests and treasure hunts that you can do 'before' the Pyres of Novigrad quest, so you are effectively stronger?

Pyres of Novigrad is the starting point for getting no exp. right, or does it just happen' on random?

Though I also understand where people marathon or pump hours upon hours into this that eventually you can not progress further. Guess I am just sort of lucky that I can not play so often, so once I do I have plenty to do before doing the main quests.

 

[Danielsan]

I am greatly looking forward to the "This game gives too much exp" complaints once people who have decided to put off playing start again and they run into the times when the main quest just dumps 8000 exp on you at all once and you unintentionally out level everything at various points.

There's a lot of times when this game won't give you anything and you think you're missing some and then BAM, few levels at once and you're just like "what the fuck?"

I've been hearing about this. Perhaps the game bug causes XP from certain quests to accumulate and then doles it out in one giant XP dump later on.

 

[mclem]

The amount of XP you get in Acts 2 and 3 is nuts. I started out Act 2 at level 23 and by the time I finished it in a few hours, I gained 5 levels.

...doesn't that mean you gained 22 levels in act 1? How come that's not the headline?

Or do you not start at L1?

EDIT: Or are sidequests handled distinctly from the Act progression?

 

[Dirtyshubb]

I understand people's frustration not being able to progress further with a low level on harder main quests, but isn't there enough to do in terms of side quests and treasure hunts that you can do 'before' the Pyres of Novigrad quest, so you are effectively stronger?

Pyres of Novigrad is the starting point for getting no exp. right, or does it just happen' on random?

Though I also understand where people marathon or pump hours upon hours into this that eventually you can not progress further. Guess I am just sort of lucky that I can not play so often, so once I do I have plenty to do before doing the main quests.

I haven’t yet gone to Skellige(SP?) and by the time I had read about the XP glitch (And realised it had been affecting me) I had done a lot of the side quests already. Afterwards I decided to do everything I could other than main missions and right now I have pretty much done every point of interest, side quest near my level, treasure hunt and witcher quests. Basically all I have left is main missions to do before leaving and I have found that they are the ones I am not getting any xp (My main source) so if I carry on I am pretty screwed.

Because of this I haven’t played the game since Sunday and pretty much have to wait for at least 1.5 weeks to play my game now.

I really do appreciate that things happen that aren’t expected and that CDProjectRed are working hard to fix things but it really has soured an otherwise fantastic experience I have so far had with the game.

 

[Fliesen]

I don't know if I'm afflicted by the bug because all my main quests have been gray for a while... still doing all the gray quest before going forward.. and I'm still over leveled for most of the things I found wondering around... the game has already too much xp to give, so probably people that stopped playing it should come back.. at least until the game stops giving xp at all...

you're most likely not.

i'm in a similar situation.
if you went 100% through velen (meaning, doing all the sidequests and clearing most of the PoI on the map), you've already outleveled the main story by a lot.

The main story in Skellige is lvl 16 / 17, which is where you'd be if you hadn't done longer sidequest chains, like the

Spoiler

Dandelion

one. Remember how long you had that "Destination: Skellige" quest in your quest log? There might be people who go there straight away, which is why making the story quests lvl 20+ would also screw up story progression.

I think that's pretty much working as intended.

 

[SeanTSC]

I haven’t yet gone to Skellige(SP?) and by the time I had read about the XP glitch (And realised it had been affecting me) I had done a lot of the side quests already. Afterwards I decided to do everything I could other than main missions and right now I have pretty much done every point of interest, side quest near my level, treasure hunt and witcher quests. Basically all I have left is main missions to do before leaving and I have found that they are the ones I am not getting any xp (My main source) so if I carry on I am pretty screwed.

Because of this I haven’t played the game since Sunday and pretty much have to wait for at least 1.5 weeks to play my game now.

I really do appreciate that things happen that aren’t expected and that CDProjectRed are working hard to fix things but it really has soured an otherwise fantastic experience I have so far had with the game.

It's pretty hard to actually get "screwed" in this game. Even on the highest difficulty you can kill anything Green that's higher level than you quite easily, imo. Not to mention, if you're really hard up for exp, it's completely viable to just find one of the farm spots and go at it.

For example, if you were so inclined, you could go from 25-36 faster than doing quests could get you there.

 

[SlickVic]

Frustrating this hasn't been fixed yet, but the fact this patch was delayed seems to hint it may be have introduced new bugs or issues that they still need time to correct. And if that's the case, certainly makes sense for them to avoid a patch that fixes 1 issue and creates 2 new ones. Alternatively, for whatever reason, this is a very hard bug for them to pinpoint a definite cause and fix it.

Just fingers crossed I don't run into this issue before the patch actually comes out.

 

[Discotheque]

...doesn't that mean you gained 22 levels in act 1? How come that's not the headline?

Or do you not start at L1?

EDIT: Or are sidequests handled distinctly from the Act progression?

i'm level 21 and still only on act one as well.

 

[SeanTSC]

What exactly is considered the Act 1/2 split point?

 

[locke_21183]

I didn't get any EXP for "Pyres of Novigrad".

But then I started the "Destination: Skellige" quest very soon after, as I need to go there to carry on one of the Novigrad side-quests and figured I might as well do that. And doing the first part of "Destination: Skellige" (talking to the guy in the bar and getting access to the boat) DID give me 100 EXP.

So is there a chance that it's not only limited to the main-quest, but only to the Novigrad portions?

 

[Turin Turambar]

I didn't get any EXP for "Pyres of Novigrad".

But then I started the "Destination: Skellige" quest very soon after, as I need to go there to carry on one of the Novigrad side-quests and figured I might as well do that. And doing the first part of "Destination: Skellige" (talking to the guy in the bar and getting access to the boat) DID give me 100 EXP.

So is there a chance that it's not only limited to the main-quest, but only to the Novigrad portions?

I don't think so. Some quests are affected, others aren't, but I don't think it's related to location.

 

[MurkyZebra2417]

I didn't get any EXP for "Pyres of Novigrad".

But then I started the "Destination: Skellige" quest very soon after, as I need to go there to carry on one of the Novigrad side-quests and figured I might as well do that. And doing the first part of "Destination: Skellige" (talking to the guy in the bar and getting access to the boat) DID give me 100 EXP.

So is there a chance that it's not only limited to the main-quest, but only to the Novigrad portions?

every 100 Gold spent is 10xp. You got it for paying the 1000, Not the quest

 

[jesu]

I understand people's frustration not being able to progress further with a low level on harder main quests, but isn't there enough to do in terms of side quests and treasure hunts that you can do 'before' the Pyres of Novigrad quest, so you are effectively stronger?

Pyres of Novigrad is the starting point for getting no exp. right, or does it just happen' on random?

Though I also understand where people marathon or pump hours upon hours into this that eventually you can not progress further. Guess I am just sort of lucky that I can not play so often, so once I do I have plenty to do before doing the main quests.

I got the bug during the Baron's quests, but then got XP on the very last one of his.
Then I didn't get any for Pyres Of Novigrad and the one after that.
So it's a bit random.

I'm over leveled anyway, gonna go back to Velen and do the side quests, treasure hunts and Witcher contracts.
As I can only play a couple of hours a day I won't get too far before the patch is out.

 

[Wagram]

Is this bug on both consoles and PC at the moment?

 

[Turin Turambar]

Is this bug on both consoles and PC at the moment?

Yes.

 

[Rosur]

Any idea when this is gonna be fixed as don't really want to put time into it atm with this bug plus still need to finish Arkham Asylum and City before Arkham Knight comes out.

 

[ViciousDS]

you're most likely not.

i'm in a similar situation.
if you went 100% through velen (meaning, doing all the sidequests and clearing most of the PoI on the map), you've already outleveled the main story by a lot.

The main story in Skellige is lvl 16 / 17, which is where you'd be if you hadn't done longer sidequest chains, like the

Spoiler

Dandelion

one. Remember how long you had that "Destination: Skellige" quest in your quest log? There might be people who go there straight away, which is why making the story quests lvl 20+ would also screw up story progression.

I think that's pretty much working as intended.

Well then I definitely had the xp bug going into skellige. I did every question mark I could level wise and all side quests that weren't red. I arrived in skellige only level 17....which means I probably should have been 3 levels higher due to all side activities.

 

[Orin GA]

Any idea when this is gonna be fixed as don't really want to put time into it atm with this bug plus still need to finish Arkham Asylum and City before Arkham Knight comes out.

no one knows, but CDPR said they are working on it.

 

[LonelyGreyWolf]

What exactly is considered the Act 1/2 split point?

Probably when the game says "Act 2".

 

[SeanTSC]

Probably when the game says "Act 2".

Wow, how did I not pay attention to that popping up. I guess when you put 220+ hours into something you have to miss something simple. ><

 

[LonelyGreyWolf]

Wow, how did I not pay attention to that popping up. I guess when you put 220+ hours into something you have to miss something simple. ><

Act 2 begins when (not really a spoiler and this has been unmarked in the OT many times but JUST in case):

Spoiler

you find Ciri

.

 

[Dirtyshubb]

It's pretty hard to actually get "screwed" in this game. Even on the highest difficulty you can kill anything Green that's higher level than you quite easily, imo. Not to mention, if you're really hard up for exp, it's completely viable to just find one of the farm spots and go at it.

For example, if you were so inclined, you could go from 25-36 faster than doing quests could get you there.

While that may well be a viable option, it also changes the flow of the game dramatically since this game has not featured any grinding at all. All i have been doing is the specific quests/tasks and to then have to spend time grinding wouldnt be great.

Also, i have no idea how much XP i have lost so i would then run the risk of grinding too much etc. and once again change the flow of the game.

Basically i want to enjoy the game how its meant to be enjoyed, not have to change how i play to accommodate bugs and glitches. Like i said before, i do appreciate that this isnt intentional and they are working very hard to fix it but it isnt as minor as some people like to act.

 

[Hendrick's]

Man... I just got this game yesterday and was planning on playing it A LOT this weekend.

I know they are saying it's not a big deal but reading some posts it seems like it could be frustrating.

Now I"m not sure I even want to play right now.

You'll be fine in the first area. Just play the hell out of that.

 

[Blue Ninja]

I just finished Act 2 and the final missions bumped me up from level 24 to level 28. Maybe I just got lucky, but this glitch really doesn't seem that bad.

 

[mf.luder]

Hmmmm, with this slight delay maybe I'll look into that wolfenstein prequel. I think I experienced this bug on a quest today.

 

[SeanTSC]

While that may well be a viable option, it also changes the flow of the game dramatically since this game has not featured any grinding at all. All i have been doing is the specific quests/tasks and to then have to spend time grinding wouldnt be great.

Also, i have no idea how much XP i have lost so i would then run the risk of grinding too much etc. and once again change the flow of the game.

Basically i want to enjoy the game how its meant to be enjoyed, not have to change how i play to accommodate bugs and glitches. Like i said before, i do appreciate that this isnt intentional and they are working very hard to fix it but it isnt as minor as some people like to act.

I get that attitude, but I just think it is really minor. The game literally rains exp on you at points and there is no good "flow" to the difficulty even if you don't get hit with the bug. Unless you're like purposely bee-lining the main story quests only and skipping most of the world (which is huge) and somehow get hit with the bug more than anyone has ever reported you can't really get under-leveled or anything. It is extremely easy to over-level yourself in The Witcher 3 unless you're just intently skipping out on stuff.

There's also no "How its meant to be enjoyed" in an open-worldish game, imo.