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Does anyone use the Grenades? I don't think I've intentionally used one in combat so far. They're just good for selling to me.

Yeah, I like to use the entangle spell from the ranger tree and throw an elemental grenade so they are trapped taking elemental accumalation. Standard grenades also cause knockdown so they are good for disrupting casters.
 
Yeah, I like to use the entangle spell from the ranger tree and throw an elemental grenade so they are trapped taking elemental accumalation. Standard grenades also cause knockdown so they are good for disrupting casters.

Sounds interesting, my current primary weapon has a 10% health return on enemy kills, so I'm kind of utilizing that and playing aggressively, jumping in the middle of groups of enemies with shield bashing and whatnot.
 
Finally weekend! I'm genuinely excited to play a longer session soon, don't have it installed on the main PC so currently waiting for the kids to leave the living room.
How would you all rate it so far? Early-mid game rating 1-10?
 
after all these hours and clearing pretty much every quest in the map, I finally run into brentis for the first time lol, funny how the "welcoming comittee" can be completely avoided.
 
Finally weekend! I'm genuinely excited to play a longer session soon, don't have it installed on the main PC so currently waiting for the kids to leave the living room.
How would you all rate it so far? Early-mid game rating 1-10?
Too early to give a 1-10 rating, mostly cause still grasping it.

But at least I will recommend playing it. To almost everyone.
 
Finally weekend! I'm genuinely excited to play a longer session soon, don't have it installed on the main PC so currently waiting for the kids to leave the living room.
How would you all rate it so far? Early-mid game rating 1-10?
It's a solid recommendation for me; I don't typically like number ratings. Plus, it's still too early and people are getting to grips with everything. This game has been an absolute BLAST for me so far, though, and I've only just now gotten into the first town proper. It and KCD2 are just scratching a specific open world itch for me.

Helps that the game looks incredible too.
 
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Not really, in the very first map you find a flame sword, an electric pistol and an ice axe that you can use to walk on water, burn weed and activate electric switches.
I only found the pistol (or destroyed the other 2, don't remember) but never thought of using it on electric switches. 🤦‍♂️
 
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I hope they fix the skill assigned to the control pad changing all the time, it wasn't a problem before the last patch but now they always change, super annoying.
 
Ah....ok. I'm from Alabama so was curious. lol

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I can see why the number of walking NPCs was kept to a minimum. Looks like he's moving at a completely different frame rate.

 
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Finally weekend! I'm genuinely excited to play a longer session soon, don't have it installed on the main PC so currently waiting for the kids to leave the living room.
How would you all rate it so far? Early-mid game rating 1-10?
Not sure about numerical, but if I had to choose right now an 8 or so. Loving the game.
 
Feels like the game has become real stingy in doling out XP past level 10. What's the level cap on this, anyone know?
 
Gotdamn, this second zone is huge. It feels like a massive chunk, if not equivalent to, the Oblivion map.

I wish you could buy maps to remove the fog of war. Just a convenient thing for me.
 
Any chance if you on nvidia hardware and updated to the new drivers? as they seem to be causing a lot of issues for people with random crashes in ue5 games.

I'm on latest nvidia drivers, yep. I haven't seen many issues with other games though, but then I haven't really been playing any other ue5 games.

In reading on the Avowed reddit, lots of people are having he UE-Alabama crashes, with some reporting fixing it by disabling the nvidia Reflex Low Latency thing. I did so last night and it didn't crash afterwards, for about an hour. We'll see how things go tonight.
 
I dont like how lifeless the world feels. Every NPC just standing around and the few one that moves looks like a jittery mess lol. Coming from KCD2...its jarring. Sidequests are pretty bad aswell
 
Finding this to be really enjoyable. Had read the usual suspects (who haven't played it) claiming it was "trash tier" so was a little nervous, but just hit level 5 and having a great time. Looks great too.
 
I'm on latest nvidia drivers, yep. I haven't seen many issues with other games though, but then I haven't really been playing any other ue5 games.

In reading on the Avowed reddit, lots of people are having he UE-Alabama crashes, with some reporting fixing it by disabling the nvidia Reflex Low Latency thing. I did so last night and it didn't crash afterwards, for about an hour. We'll see how things go tonight.
I havent crashed once in almost 20 hours. I didnt upgrade the driver though.
It seems to something happening more andmore with new Nvidia drivers (causing crashes or problems with the new game the driver is aiming for), so i didnt bother updating.
 
I'm liking the side quests quite a bit, I have to say. Main complaint right now is the economics. Buying one "fine" item costs 3000. Coin for selling stuff is next to nothing. I don't get it.
 
Played a couple hours more. Some impressions.

It plays so well, I really like the controls, combat is great, dodging/blocking/attacking feels exactly like you want it to feel. And it's challenging. Very very good.
I used dual-wielding sword and axe for awhile, settled for a great sword for now, putting points into dexterity for some extra speed.

I don't think the game is coming even close to anything from Bethesda as a whole, the static nature of it all makes me frown, just feels old tbh. But if I look at it as an unusually chatty action RPG it becomes it's own thing, even a great thing, kind of like how Indiana Jones is it's own great thing even in a world where Uncharted exists.

More impressions. The exploration is fine but the loot is boring. Devs need to start analyzing Elden Ring. Add some weapons or armour as loot with cool specials or bonus buffs. Feels like they usually just throw in materials for upgrades in chests.
 
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2.5GB Patch on Xbox just now, other versions laso seem to have gotten one today.

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I'm liking the side quests quite a bit, I have to say. Main complaint right now is the economics. Buying one "fine" item costs 3000. Coin for selling stuff is next to nothing. I don't get it.

I'm just selling all grenades, accessories and shoes. Breaking down the weapons and armors.

Economy hasn't been that big of an issue in my game so far, at least.

I'm liking the side quests quite a bit, I have to say. Main complaint right now is the economics. Buying one "fine" item costs 3000. Coin for selling stuff is next to nothing. I don't get it.

Yeah, DF came to the same conclusion.

Balanced seems to stick to 40 fairly good in all places. I would say give it a half hour or so, see if you get used to it.
 
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I'm liking the side quests quite a bit, I have to say. Main complaint right now is the economics. Buying one "fine" item costs 3000. Coin for selling stuff is next to nothing. I don't get it.
You shouldn't really have to buy anything, since upgrading is cheaper and has the same result.
If you salvage every common material, you should have enough material to upgrade several things to fine; starting from fine you can just sell it, the money you get buys more materials then, instead of salvaging them.
 
You shouldn't really have to buy anything, since upgrading is cheaper and has the same result.
If you salvage every common material, you should have enough material to upgrade several things to fine; starting from fine you can just sell it, the money you get buys more materials then, instead of salvaging them.

Oh.....I can upgrade from Common to Fine? Well shit

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I'm liking the side quests quite a bit, I have to say. Main complaint right now is the economics. Buying one "fine" item costs 3000. Coin for selling stuff is next to nothing. I don't get it.
I kind of like how scarce gold seems to be, but don't find a lot of interest to buy is the only downside. And yeah - so far loving the side quests! Just wrapping up everything in the first zone now. About to head to the second one.
 
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Oh.....I can upgrade from Common to Fine? Well shit

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You can take any weapon and upgrade it all the way from Common to Legendary.


My current weapon is Level 2 of the Exceptional Tier and once Level 3 is reached, you can upgrade it into the next tier.

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You can take any weapon and upgrade it all the way from Common to Legendary.


My current weapon is Level 2 of the Exceptional Tier and once Level 3 is reached, you can upgrade it into the next tier.

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Damn......I'm really lagging behind you guys

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Game runs like doo doo for Xbox gamepass pc on a 3080.

High settings, 1440p, dlss quality or balanced, can't keep 60fps in town.
 
Damn......I'm really lagging behind you guys

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Yeah if you're exclusively buying new weapons each merchant, I can see why money would run out quick lol. All the plethora of common enemy weapon drops are far more useful for parts than they are for meager sales.
 
Had dropped frames so bad last night on the one camp fighting about 8 enemies I thought my series x was gonna crash numerous times. I'm running balanced with unlocked frame rate and it was the first time I've had that happen after 10 hours of gameplay.


Should I switch to performance or lock the frame rate and stay on balanced?
Leave it on Balanced and lock the framerate. It will give you a stable experience.
 
Yeah if you're exclusively buying new weapons each merchant, I can see why money would run out quick lol. All the plethora of common enemy weapon drops are far more useful for parts than they are for meager sales.

I really haven't bought much. Just don't have much. What level is your character?
 
I really haven't bought much. Just don't have much. What level is your character?

12 right now.

It feels like the Xp gains took a sharp decline for me after level 10, it's taken me around the same time to get 2 levels over 10 as it did to get the first 10, or at least that's what it feels like. But then again, in zone 2 I'm doing far more exploration and have only done one of the story quests, I guess that's where the bulk of the XP comes from.

Leave it on Balanced and lock the framerate. It will give you a stable experience.

Yeah, that's exactly what I'm doing as well. Balanced with locked 40 for a consistent smooth experience, no sudden lurches up then back down.
 
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