Castor Krieg
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DLC servers are still working badly - I get two packages with Polish VO and Polskie Głosy (same thing, but in Polish).
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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings |OT| Plough 'Em All
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Riposte said:
Riposte reposting on riposting, the end is nigh. Here's what the manual says:
After getting the Riposte skill, you will be able to effectively impressively counter
enemy attacks. You begin the counterattack with your block up (holding the E key)
when an opponent will try to land a blow on you, the icon on his body will turn into
a sword icon for a moment, signifying the best opportunity to counterattack. At this
point you should press LMB and Geralt will make a dodge and a dynamic riposte.
You guys should read it. Pretty much every bit of info you need you'll find between the in-game journal and the manual.
I started playing Witcher 2 with a system of E8400 overclocked @ 3,6 GHz and a 8800 GTS. It sucked. Even at 720p and most settings off or low, the performance was not really good and the game looked like a XBox game. Since i had this graphics card like 3-4 years it was ok for my spend 300 euros on a GTX 570 OC, which i expect to hold out as long as the GTS.
Having more power, the autodetection still told me that my system is low end. Ignoring it, i switched to Ultra, deactivated Ubersampling and now i have about 35 FPS average @ 1280p
It looks fantastic and it plays noticable smoother than before. Prior to updating my graphics card i got raped. I died like a dozen times at the ballista fight on hard, switched to normal, died a couple times more. I restarted the game on normal with the new card and now i am the one who is doing the raping. With the better performance i seem to be able to dodge easier and time my attacks better.
Now i just need to get the new cpu fan and htpc case. The cpu is getting way to hot now (distance to TJ Max was down to 19° C while playing) and my case has been annoying my quite some time.
Having more power, the autodetection still told me that my system is low end. Ignoring it, i switched to Ultra, deactivated Ubersampling and now i have about 35 FPS average @ 1280p
It looks fantastic and it plays noticable smoother than before. Prior to updating my graphics card i got raped. I died like a dozen times at the ballista fight on hard, switched to normal, died a couple times more. I restarted the game on normal with the new card and now i am the one who is doing the raping. With the better performance i seem to be able to dodge easier and time my attacks better.
Now i just need to get the new cpu fan and htpc case. The cpu is getting way to hot now (distance to TJ Max was down to 19° C while playing
) and my case has been annoying my quite some time.Callibretto
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anyone ever use the lock on feature? I found it pretty useless, focusing on 1 enemies only is a sure recipe to get surrounded, also, it's much better (and cool looking) to switch enemies every 1 or 2 hits during combos. similar to Batman combat, Geralt's animation as he switch target, spinning, rolling, backstab animation as he cycle through enemies is a sight to see, and it flows really really well. maybe it's also because I'm already level up enough, but I got into 4-5 nekker fight and and it went by really fast, I think higher combo string give higher damage or something (although there's no combo counter so it's hard to tell)
Callibretto said:
I use it all the time. It is super useful to make sure all the hits you want to land on an enemy lands on that enemy and noone else. Lock on is super simple to turn on/and off with the controller so I just turn it on mid combo and turn it off when my combo is over.
Callibretto said:
Also switching between light and strong attacks keeps your momentum going while swinging and increases the damage you dish out.
Animator said:
Yeah I changed the bind for locking on to middle mouse button and I tend to switch in and out depending on the situation.
toastyToast
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Take a cat potion, it makes the trail pretty easy to follow.IZZO said:
btw
he went left out of Flotsam into the woods.
Callibretto
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Animator said:
oh well, I use keyboard and mouse and toggling alt button for every enemies whenever I want to switch target is cumbersome for me, it's easier to just rotate the camera with mouse and select which enemies to hit that way.
edit: is there ways to cycle target during lock on?
MickeyKnox
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First playthrough finished.
This.
Fucking.
Game.
Man.
This fucking game. I bought it 3 times, and it was totally worth it.
This.
Fucking.
Game.
Man.
This fucking game. I bought it 3 times, and it was totally worth it.
MickeyKnox
Member
I wasn't disappointed by it, questions were answered goals were met, new and bigger things were set up, felt like the second book in a fantasy series ending.BeeDog said:
Callibretto said:
It can be useful to lock on if you're trying to hit a specific enemy with something without risking changing target. Not just with sword swings, but also certain Signs, daggers, etc. Or if you're up against two relatively tougher enemies like wraiths, and you want to keep targeted on just one to kill them first.
One of my favorite moves to pull with a lock-on is a backwards roll followed by hitting forward + attack, which makes Geralt then do a front roll followed by a thrust. I use that to set up combos. But generally as far as swordplay I roll around and then hit the direction key towards the enemy + attack after the roll, and Geralt will smoothly transition into an attack.
This type of tactic becomes even more effective as you increase the rolling distance.
toastyToast
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God damn it, I probably spent around 1000 oren all up buying the equipment to make the Kayran armor. Then, as soon as I start the next chapter I see the Dragon Scale armor for sale which shits on it from a great height.
I would have had enough money if I didn't bother with that ploughing armor.
I would have had enough money if I didn't bother with that ploughing armor.
cj_iwakura
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That had to have been the toughest prologue in any game, ever.
Also:
Wow, Poland.
Also:
Wow, Poland.
MickeyKnox said:
Hey, MickeyKnox,
I can't play the game until next week but i'm dying to know if Yennefer and/or Ciri appear in the game. I don't mean only in flashbacks but fully fleshed characters like Triss or Dandelion or other important NPCs. Don't be too specific. I don't want to spoil myself too much. Thanks.
cj_iwakura
Member
I almost feel bad that the game manages to run on this 8400. Like I'm doing it a disservice.
(Is there a way to get screencaps? Print Screen didn't work.)
(Is there a way to get screencaps? Print Screen didn't work.)
My issue was that said set up things weren't set up or presented well enough. It felt like the game just got cut. I had an empty feeling when the credits rolled, only for it to be even worse whenMickeyKnox said:
a cutscene shows up after credits that ended up being absolutely nothing.
Arozay
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Just beat it.
End spoilers:
My only complaints are:
-Chapter 3 was barely a chapter, and the game ended too early even with sidequests
-Weight limit and lack of storage hurt crafting
-Mutagens were handled poorly
-Drinking potions through the meditate screen was annoying (should have just confined alchemy to there).
-Medallion use should have been a toggled vision state or something (or item highlighting separate to that)
-Journal/inventory and the handling of the menu's was a downgrade from the first
But I hope they can pump out a sequel (or stand-alone expansion, etc) faster with the same engine.
End spoilers:
Went to save Triss, didn't kill Sile (accident), killed dragon, didn't kill Lethos. My choices were all over the place. Yeah I'd have to say that my epilogue was an anti-climax... just walks off.
My only complaints are:
-Chapter 3 was barely a chapter, and the game ended too early even with sidequests
-Weight limit and lack of storage hurt crafting
-Mutagens were handled poorly
-Drinking potions through the meditate screen was annoying (should have just confined alchemy to there).
-Medallion use should have been a toggled vision state or something (or item highlighting separate to that)
-Journal/inventory and the handling of the menu's was a downgrade from the first
But I hope they can pump out a sequel (or stand-alone expansion, etc) faster with the same engine.
VisanidethDM
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HeadlessRoland said:
I'd... sort of answer you, but luckily I was out last night and catching up with the thread I've seen the kind of insanity you've spouted at other members. Really, calm down. We like the game, there's no need to cry.
Wiedzmin movie. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0300657/ if that's it.DieH@rd said:
Castor Krieg
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Anyone had this? I started on Hard, and cannot add skill points. I couldn't on lvl 2, so I thought maybe lvl 3 will fixed it, but nothing. Everything is greyed out.
Did anyone find the fight against
I used potions and everything and still kept dying so i just changed the difficulty to easy and it was way too easy. :/
Most of the time it was just the animations being too slow and unresponsive.
CDPR needs to play-test difficulties better.
Letho annoyingly hard on Normal?
I used potions and everything and still kept dying so i just changed the difficulty to easy and it was way too easy. :/
Most of the time it was just the animations being too slow and unresponsive.
CDPR needs to play-test difficulties better.
Castor Krieg
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Kyaw said:
It was rather easy for me, he only has two skills, plus his swords attacks are easy to dodge. Just go in with potions and you should be fine.
I was having trouble, and died a lot. But it was really easy when I tried this strategy: go straight after him as soon as the cut-scene ends. Attack some to get him staggered, then lay a Yrden trap at his feet, hopefully he gets stun-trapped without his own shield up. Then I just lay into him with strong attacks, and lay down more Yrden traps at his feet whenever the other was about to where off. With my Tawny Owl up, I didn't seem to run out of Vigor.Kyaw said:
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