Hmm odd I get the notification cannot be used while in combat when I do... maybe it's because it's in my inventory and not quick slotted. I'll have to test when I can play again tomorrow. I don't think I'd replace Swallow and Thunderbolt for my random adventuring, that combo is so good.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |OT| Gwent Player, Monster Slayer, EVEN RACISM
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Hmm odd I get the notification cannot be used while in combat when I do... maybe it's because it's in my inventory and not quick slotted. I'll have to test when I can play again tomorrow. I don't think I'd replace Swallow and Thunderbolt for my random adventuring, that combo is so good.
zkorejo
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Read Bestiary. Move the R3 to right, see the names of the potions/oils/signs that help against that particular monster.
Every question is answered in the game if you look close enough.
Yes. I have never played a Witcher and have done very little RPG gaming and I sunk like 10-12 hours in to this game today. I couldn't put it down. I have probably never played videogames for 10 hours in a single day before, let alone one single game. It is fantastic.
who doesn't love scarfing down a wolf liver in the middle of swinging your sword at a wolf?
Wow story spoilers about the first area
edit: Also turned off the minimap just now... going to try and go without it. I skip so much of the actual scenery cause my eyes are on it.. but man not having monster blips and stuff is going to be rough.
So much tragedy just because a guy was gay. Destroyed the whole damn town and people's lives with it.
edit: Also turned off the minimap just now... going to try and go without it. I skip so much of the actual scenery cause my eyes are on it.. but man not having monster blips and stuff is going to be rough.
hate that when you run out of any sort of Food in the quick slot it won't show up there again if you get some
considering when you put something like raw meat and you run out it auto-selects whatever next food you have on your inventory it's odd that it reverts to nothing when you run out of all food
does that make sense? annoying when trying to regain health by hunting wild life and eating
considering when you put something like raw meat and you run out it auto-selects whatever next food you have on your inventory it's odd that it reverts to nothing when you run out of all food
does that make sense? annoying when trying to regain health by hunting wild life and eating
ColonialRaptor
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I totally misunderstood this until you posted this... Duhhh
Palette Swap
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I thought the recommended potions/oils/signs was a great touch as it makes sense inuniverse, with Witchers being methodical monster hunters and learning about them and their weaknesses.
You just have to look real close lol.
Yeah, it makes total sense. There should at least be a setting that lets you toggle "fill slots with available food" that includes autofilling when going from "no food" to "food available". That kind of quality of life stuff tends to get patched in though.
Mentioned this in the pc performance thread:
ColonialRaptor
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Jumped to quickly, I thought he was a werewolf and never clicked what the reason he thought he was a freak for....
texhnolyze
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Download the files separately from the website?
That's what I did. Galaxy beta is still a mess.
Rawket Lawnchair
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I did not like my 780's performance at first, but it's not bad now. Solid 60fps with most sliders on medium.
The game is beautiful, but I can't help but feel I should wait for a patch. There's obviously so many things that need fixing.
Also, I was hell-bent to play the game using kb+m, but controller feels better for some reason.
The game is beautiful, but I can't help but feel I should wait for a patch. There's obviously so many things that need fixing.
Also, I was hell-bent to play the game using kb+m, but controller feels better for some reason.
Not just that
There's more side quests that keep telling the downfall of the town, and since you talked to the guy you know what caused it.
ColonialRaptor
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That didn't seem to happen for me... I'm not sure what I'm missing... Did more quests start after you completed that one?
It's the herbalist right? Where is the herbalist?
BuggeryBugz
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This has probably been mentioned earlier in here, but I can't read through 100+ pages of OT to check, sorry.
When trying to smoothly pan the camera when not stationary there's a really weird jitter at regular intervals. I can't tell if it's dropped frames or something about the camera controls, but it's really distracting.
Does anyone else have weird camera stuttering issues on ps4?
When trying to smoothly pan the camera when not stationary there's a really weird jitter at regular intervals. I can't tell if it's dropped frames or something about the camera controls, but it's really distracting.
Does anyone else have weird camera stuttering issues on ps4?
toastyToast
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Finally got a Ciri section earlier. She's like a billion times stronger than my Geralt.
What do you mean "you can't eat in combat"? Yes you can.
lordfuzzybutt
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Seeing how so many people are irritated by the combat, I think I will mention a few points.
First of all, the fighting style. I saw some people complain about how Geralt spins around a lot when he fights. Well it is because he is trained that way. That is how witchers of the Wolf school fight. As you can see in the tutorial segment at Kaer Morhen, when Ciri trained with the pendulum. Take a look and you will see that is exactly (also depicted in the books) how they are trained with their footwork, strikes and hits patterns.
Secondly, Geralt is not a tank. He isn't the chosen one with powers over all like other games. He is a highly trained, mutated hunter in a world of tons of more powerful beings than he is. And as a hunter, preparation comes first. Knowing weaknesses of monster is how they win, not by using brute force. So if you jump head first in a fight, you die like the rest. Because that is not how a hunter do things.
So, learn a monster weaknesses, attack patterns, prepare yourself and fight smart.
For example when dealing with drowners, learn how to read their attack windups and dodge accordingly or use igni to push them back, jump in dealing damage and back up before you got retaliated. Blindlessly spamming lmb will get you killed especially on higher difficulty and if you are outnumbered.
In this game specifically, I really love how CDPR manage to make me feel like the Geralt in books fight. So if you despise it because it is not how you want it to be, then tough. Because the devs stay true to the source and that is how it should be. Learn it or leave it I guess.
First of all, the fighting style. I saw some people complain about how Geralt spins around a lot when he fights. Well it is because he is trained that way. That is how witchers of the Wolf school fight. As you can see in the tutorial segment at Kaer Morhen, when Ciri trained with the pendulum. Take a look and you will see that is exactly (also depicted in the books) how they are trained with their footwork, strikes and hits patterns.
Secondly, Geralt is not a tank. He isn't the chosen one with powers over all like other games. He is a highly trained, mutated hunter in a world of tons of more powerful beings than he is. And as a hunter, preparation comes first. Knowing weaknesses of monster is how they win, not by using brute force. So if you jump head first in a fight, you die like the rest. Because that is not how a hunter do things.
So, learn a monster weaknesses, attack patterns, prepare yourself and fight smart.
For example when dealing with drowners, learn how to read their attack windups and dodge accordingly or use igni to push them back, jump in dealing damage and back up before you got retaliated. Blindlessly spamming lmb will get you killed especially on higher difficulty and if you are outnumbered.
In this game specifically, I really love how CDPR manage to make me feel like the Geralt in books fight. So if you despise it because it is not how you want it to be, then tough. Because the devs stay true to the source and that is how it should be. Learn it or leave it I guess.
ColonialRaptor
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Yeah I did that.
Guess I just didn't connect the dots properly.
is it possible to end white orchard without having to kill all those punks in the bar?
Kwansu Dudes
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I'm enjoying the game so far, but the inventory management is awful. I must be missing some sorting options or something.
Its excellent
If you take the time to get into it you wont be disappointed
But if you dislike RPGs as a whole I would say rather just watch some lets plays
$60 is a lot for something you might hate
If you go to the herbalist after the end, she talks more about that town. Basically the lord was going on drunken rampages cause his gay son killed himself (he did kill hismelf right?) who was the lover of that hunter. So the rampages are going outta control, so these people move off into their own settlement. Lord comes by one day, the woman calls his son gay, he goes ballistic and torches the town
So played the first two hours yesterday. God. So much stuff to do, I don't even...
Started on the more difficulty level too, but switched back to normal. I don't want to die to four ghouls over and over again at the beginning of the game and waste 20 minutes on looting a chest with lame ass loot. Once I get a better hang of the game I might switch back.
But games this big... man. I need a new way of playing, because I'm afraid I'll get impatient, and even though the side quests have a nice story and the main quest can be cool, I'll just skip through them because I want to get those dialogue options over with.
Started on the more difficulty level too, but switched back to normal. I don't want to die to four ghouls over and over again at the beginning of the game and waste 20 minutes on looting a chest with lame ass loot. Once I get a better hang of the game I might switch back.
But games this big... man. I need a new way of playing, because I'm afraid I'll get impatient, and even though the side quests have a nice story and the main quest can be cool, I'll just skip through them because I want to get those dialogue options over with.
GAF a few questions :
I'm maybe more then an hour in.
Earning money, how does this work? I'm playing on hard (the one before bloodmarch). I had to buy alot of food and also died and lost coin. NPCs don't seem to give much cash for stuff that you can sell.
Exp only comes from quests right?
Also my first minus.. Why oh why is the lock on cam so short...?! Have to be in the face to actually lock.
I'm maybe more then an hour in.
Earning money, how does this work? I'm playing on hard (the one before bloodmarch). I had to buy alot of food and also died and lost coin. NPCs don't seem to give much cash for stuff that you can sell.
Exp only comes from quests right?
Also my first minus.. Why oh why is the lock on cam so short...?! Have to be in the face to actually lock.
They are skippable, it plays while the game is loading in the background. I'm playing on an SSD and I can button through them. My guess is that on the consoles the game takes longer to load than the cutscene so it seems like its unskippable.
lordfuzzybutt
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I suspect that if you help
the hunter in Precious Cargo
But I do not know if that quest will have such a significance. Probably not.
Is your game and DLC from the same region?
Example: if your game is US, European DLC usually don't work.
His Majesty
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Buy food? Make a swallow potion asap, they are used to restore health and refill automatically upon meditation if you have enough alcohol.
Intheflorsh
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Another pro horsing tip: you can use Axii to reduce its fear meter.
ChubbleDucks
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Death by the Well was brilliant.
especially when you realise noonwraiths spawn at noon. Then figuring out how to deal dmg is by using the magic trap.
Like I said in my post on the previous page... the story telling there was awesome too once you figure out how it connects with the rest of the town. They did a good job of interweaving the narrative with the quests.
m_shortpants
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I think Death by the Well broke :\
No matter what I do, the quest log on the side says
No matter what I do, the quest log on the side says
Follow the claw marks, which I already did. Found the bracelet. Still says that
truestatic
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ColonialRaptor
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I helped the Hunter in precious cargo. No dice.
You know; there is no herbalist on my map
because I got the buckwheat without talking to her first
truestatic
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She's not in town at the place that looks like an herbalist's house, she's off the right of the crossroad before you enter the marsh on the way to the Nilfgard encampment.
31GhostsIV
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Any tips for levelling up faster? I seem to be stuck in Level 3 forever, i've been doing sidequests (next mainline quests recommends a level 5) but the game is really tight on dishing out XP.
I tried to do one of the many over-levelled missions and i'm now stuck at the end unable to kill a monster that's a level 7.
I'm enjoying the game but I really feel like i'm missing something (this is my first witcher game).
I tried to do one of the many over-levelled missions and i'm now stuck at the end unable to kill a monster that's a level 7.
I'm enjoying the game but I really feel like i'm missing something (this is my first witcher game).
GwyndolinCinder
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Really enjoyed the scene with triss last night
, so awkward newcomers wont understand abit though
Before and in rat place
Palette Swap
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Actually, I think patch 1.02 aims to make the game and DLC cross-region compatible. That's what I saw in some release note screenshot. Not sure the patch is live though.
Yeah.
I spent the whole quest hurrying to make sure I did everything during daylight as I figured that wraith would spawn at night and I couldn't defeat it until I had lifted the curse. Turns out it never spawned on my ass when it could have spawned at noon.
Worst monster hunter ever.
Worst monster hunter ever.
Anyone else not a fan of the talent system? Wish we had a normal talent tree rather than having to pick just a few perks.
I want to be able to parry bows and whatnot but why would I ever spend a slot on that when I can have something I'm always using?
Completely takes the fun out of leveling talents.
I want to be able to parry bows and whatnot but why would I ever spend a slot on that when I can have something I'm always using?
Completely takes the fun out of leveling talents.
Bam Bam Baklava
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I love the variety and story but this combat is god damn atrocious. Might lower the difficulty before it ruins the whole thing for me.
Gravemind IV
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Gotcha! Thanks haha.
Man, this game is something else for sure. I was scared when I saw the judder at the opening cinematic and immediately at the part after where Geralt wakes up. It seems to have calmed down though, which is good, so far at least.
I actually felt kinda sad when I was looking for some guy's brother amongst the battlefield. Seeing all those corpses, damaged banners littering the battlefield.. and then that immensely sad music that starts playing, so damn good.
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