Turin Turambar
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Don't buy food. Explore, there is a lot of free food as loot in there. Crates, houses, chests, etc, loot everything.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |OT| Gwent Player, Monster Slayer, EVEN RACISM
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Don't buy food. Explore, there is a lot of free food as loot in there. Crates, houses, chests, etc, loot everything.
I guess I've been doing it wrong haha. I'll look into those tonight.
ChasingComets
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General question for anyone who's far enough into the game to tell: how much is carried over from the 2nd game using an import save? Is it just the big decisions, or do you actually see significant amount of continuations of the smaller, subtler ones? (Like the blue stripes tattoo)
I'm asking because my PC is only able to handle the game minamally, to the point where I'm actively considering picking up the ps4 version for a better experience. If it's only the big decisions (that you can recreate without an import) then I might just jump for it.
I'm asking because my PC is only able to handle the game minamally, to the point where I'm actively considering picking up the ps4 version for a better experience. If it's only the big decisions (that you can recreate without an import) then I might just jump for it.
31GhostsIV
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Yeah I find this a bit weird - I think i've had around 9 ability points to spend so far, yet I can only have three perks active at once?
My main annoyance with the game is the save system though (PS4). Exploring, gathering countless items and revealing areas on the map... only to die and have to do it again because I forgot to manually save every two minutes.
truestatic
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What's with the gear that gives you +xp % from humans or +xp % from monsters. If you don't get xp from either to begin with, why does this stat exist. Is it a holdover from before they made the decision to only give XP from quests and the like?
You do get experience from killing things, note your experience before and after killing something.
I thought the same thing but I checked before and after killing a Drowner and had 5 more exp.
truestatic
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I believe that anything that relates to a quest goes in the quest item slot, and gets removed to the appropriate OTHER slot once you've completed the quest. They're all quite light so they don't weigh you down much, but I think if they aren't in your quest item slot you can dispose of them safely.
Well I'll be damned. Thanks!
I have more than enough trouble fighting the controls underwater.
Bam Bam Baklava
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texhnolyze
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Sniffynose
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PS4 here, I've had rain a few times, but other times it's just zomg windy out /shrug
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
I'm not all that far, but the significance varies. The series never billed itself as something like Mass Effect where save imports and story continuation were, for better or worse, a critical selling point. It's still largely its own story set some time after The Witcher 2 ends, enough to write out some of the decisions you've made.
For example (early game spoiler), I took the Iorveth path so Radovid and Henselt split Termeria, however by the start of Wild Hunt
Henselt has already gone to war and died on the frontline, making it irrelevant so far that he was alive. I have no idea if this context changes if you took the Roche path
There are returning characters though. I just finished a quest arc for a character from The Witcher 2. It was simple, but still really great to see them show up, and the context of encountering the character was surprising. I also wonder what implications my choices within that quest will have.
truestatic
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I did, and there was a couple nice touches and worthwhile rewards, but it's certainly not necessary.
I'd say clear it out.
All the quests there are fun and interesting. There's also not THAT many where you're gonna end up wanting to hang yourself like in Inquisition.
ColonialRaptor
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Crazy, I can't believe I finished this area without ever speaking to her. I think i might need to do one last ride around the map to make sure I've got everything.
truestatic
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Can confirm that Henselt died in battle on the front lines of a war against Radovid in my Roche import.
i have a question:
Kotaku wrote this in their "tips for playing article"
Keep Your Witcher Gear Around
Speaking of that, even if you find a better piece of equipment than the custom Witcher gear youre carrying, dont get rid of the Witcher stuff. Youll need that gear as a component for the higher-level upgraded versions you can craft down the road.
is this true?? did i screw myself out of awesome gear if i sold my witcher sword for example?
i usually kept my best gear around and quickly replaced it if i find something better. (Usually just sell my old or useless gear)
Kotaku wrote this in their "tips for playing article"
Keep Your Witcher Gear Around
Speaking of that, even if you find a better piece of equipment than the custom Witcher gear youre carrying, dont get rid of the Witcher stuff. Youll need that gear as a component for the higher-level upgraded versions you can craft down the road.
is this true?? did i screw myself out of awesome gear if i sold my witcher sword for example?
i usually kept my best gear around and quickly replaced it if i find something better. (Usually just sell my old or useless gear)
Tried, failed. Oh well, I didn't need that treasure...much...
Original Man
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Wow this small text is annoying as hell. Please fix it
I know a lot of them are from the bounty boards, if I drop the document will I have to go back to that board to pick it up again, or will it stay in my quest log?
Ultimadrago
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Any easy location to find Drowner Brains? Doing it for the Swallow potion quest
truestatic
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The chest armor you start with is a component for a better piece of chest armor that you also start with the plan of. I found a set of (boring set name spoiler)
Superb Ursine Armor
Enhanced Ursine Armor
intheinbetween
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wtf, TW3 freezes very frequently for me. it started freezing in the tub scene, it got frozen for 10 secs while the sound still worked, then the animation speeded up (fast forwarding) until it reached the right time for the sound/music, and after 10 secs it freezes again. this happens during the tub scene and right after that when controlling Geralt.
my rig is: i2500k, 8GB, 970, W8.1.. so I don't think it's a matter of hardware. I also installed the latest NVIDIA drivers, so I don't know where this issue comes from
my rig is: i2500k, 8GB, 970, W8.1.. so I don't think it's a matter of hardware. I also installed the latest NVIDIA drivers, so I don't know where this issue comes from
truestatic
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There's a guarded treasure chest on the beach near where you started the game, southeast of the Ford, by the Ransacked Village. Drowners there.
If you have the quest I doubt you still need the note that started it. I think - I THINK - that any quest essential items will be in the quest item tab. I don't want to make guarantees though because this is all just what I've discerned in my play.
Oh, the one
north of the nilfgard camp
Those 4 were alright. Healed twice.
They hang out on the shore of the burned downed down farm. You get a quest for there on the notice board.
Two questions.
1) I've equipped my torch, it shows in the slot on the hud below my food/potions, how do I use it? Tried every control.
2) say I want to craft a potion that requires a certain plant, how do I find said plant?, surely there must be some other way than just randomly picking every plant till you find the right one?
1) I've equipped my torch, it shows in the slot on the hud below my food/potions, how do I use it? Tried every control.
2) say I want to craft a potion that requires a certain plant, how do I find said plant?, surely there must be some other way than just randomly picking every plant till you find the right one?
Only 4 hours in yet, and god I'm already hooked! So happy this turned out the way it did. And I think the complaints about the controls are a little overblown by some. It feels pretty good to play actually imo (xbo). The combat is great fun. But what really drives this home are the quests. I love how you can already see that there will be implications to your actions later down the line and how all the stories are interwoven.
Can't wait to get home from work again and finally continue my journey
Can't wait to get home from work again and finally continue my journey
You're gonna have to download the DLC from US store.
Chubzdoomer
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This is really nitpicky, but has anyone else noticed the super brief "hitch" after every couple steps your horse takes?
It's fine when galloping, but when walking there's a noticeable hitch or stutter just before the horse takes another two steps. It's as if the walking animation hasn't been looped quite perfectly.
As someone who's very sensitive to small details, this really irks me. Surely I'm not the only one who's noticed it!
It's fine when galloping, but when walking there's a noticeable hitch or stutter just before the horse takes another two steps. It's as if the walking animation hasn't been looped quite perfectly.
As someone who's very sensitive to small details, this really irks me. Surely I'm not the only one who's noticed it!
Intheflorsh
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I really don't find the combat bad at all, I like that you have a large amount of defensive options and you have to be strategic about what you use for which enemies. Feels a hell of a lot better than anything in W2 anyways.
truestatic
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Select it on the radial menu and then use it like you would a grenade or your crossbow.
I agree, By the time I was done with Witcher 2 the combat felt amazingly shallow and easy to break. The enemies in this are at turns extremely aggressive and evasive, they're much more satisfying to fight in that regard.
Ah okay, but will I have access to the dlc on my UK account?
1) Shouldn't it be R1?
2) Find a herbalist
Doesn't work with R1, appears in the L1 menu though, but you can't select it.
Does access to a herbalist come with progression?
Ultimadrago
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Wait there's a quest for the swallow potion? I just crafted it by getting the components. Did I just screw myself out of the west?
I stated to get that unpleasant Assassins Creed / DA:I feeling near the end of the starting zone grinding all those question marks on my map.
Once I arrived in the next zone I disabled them and a lot of other hand holding and the game is awesome again.
Such a horrible idea, why do 100h+ rpgs need to point out every stone on the road these days? It ruins the experience.
Anyway, combat is just awesome, balance is great as well. Playing on "hard", I remember the quest where I got some baked apples and it was literally the frist time I was happy in a singleplayer rpg that the quest reward was food.
Fighting the monsters is great as well, preparing and the correct use of all the tools is key which is what it should be all about.
Stumbled in a cave with a lvl 33 quest in the second zone (thank god for disabling those question marks, I was lvl 5) and it took me a while to realize that I should not be here.
Used a cat-potion because it was so dark you could not see 5m and got in a fight with 10 ant-monsters and a queen or something killed 3 of them and ran as soon as I had used all my swallows.
Its stuff like this that makes a great rpg.
Once I arrived in the next zone I disabled them and a lot of other hand holding and the game is awesome again.
Such a horrible idea, why do 100h+ rpgs need to point out every stone on the road these days? It ruins the experience.
Anyway, combat is just awesome, balance is great as well. Playing on "hard", I remember the quest where I got some baked apples and it was literally the frist time I was happy in a singleplayer rpg that the quest reward was food.
Fighting the monsters is great as well, preparing and the correct use of all the tools is key which is what it should be all about.
Stumbled in a cave with a lvl 33 quest in the second zone (thank god for disabling those question marks, I was lvl 5) and it took me a while to realize that I should not be here.
Used a cat-potion because it was so dark you could not see 5m and got in a fight with 10 ant-monsters and a queen or something killed 3 of them and ran as soon as I had used all my swallows.
Its stuff like this that makes a great rpg.
There's a herbalist in White Orchard and quite a few in Novigrad/No man's land.
Mendax
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guys can I somehow cook/bake my food? I feel like eating raw wolf liver and raw meat isn't right..
afaik dlc is never cross-region.
afaik dlc is never cross-region.
truestatic
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