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[MihowZa]

Played the Baron in Gwekt for an hour.

Almost hit the bugger!

 

[Mr. Hyde]

yeah I've died to this griffin at least 15 times.

I'm only level 2, maybe that's the problem? I can't do enough damage.

Bolt it while it's in the air and it ends up falling down somewhat stunned. Whack it to hell and back before running for dear life to prepare for your next round of attacks. Make sure you stay moving and rolling away from his dives at you.

 

[Virdix]

Yeah I was indoors and my hair was still blowing while talking to a peasant, lol.

I haven't seen anyone reply to you guys, but if you look at the windows you'll see they are just open spaces in the wall, wind gets in.

 

[erawsd]

How do we find out how many hours we've played?

Inventory> character stats (right trigger on controller)

 

[Veritigo_X]

yeah I've died to this griffin at least 15 times.

I'm only level 2, maybe that's the problem? I can't do enough damage.

Are you using the right sword? You should be using the silver sword. I beat the griffin at level 2 so it isn't that.

 

[Shredderi]

So are potions and consumables the only way to heal on the second hardest difficulty or can I rest somewhere?

 

[Virdix]

Is there a trick to getting Gwent not to crash the game on PS4? I want to get into it since people seem to love it. My friend has never had Gwent crash his game

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

I am never finishing this game. So many question marks to discover!

 

[Ultimadrago]

Gwent: also known as "Reminder of why I suck ass at Hearthstone."

The amount of Gwent matches I've lost by 1 point...anyways beat Stjepan finally after 10 fucking years. On to the next one!

 

[Chitown B]

Are you using the right sword? You should be using the silver sword. I beat the griffin at level 2 so it isn't that.

how do I choose a sword? Is it left and right on the D-pad? I thought it auto chose whichever you needed.

Also seems like sometimes the crossbow just doesn't shoot even when equipped, so I would keep getting hit.

 

[RoadHazard]

How do we find out how many hours we've played?

You theoretically press the right trigger on the Character screen, buuuut:

For anyone who wants a somewhat accurately recorded playtime: Don't suspend and resume this game (at least on PS4). The game stupidly counts suspended time as playtime, so by just suspending for a day your recorded time will be waaaaay off.

But not only that. I wanted to fix my playtime (which sat at 1 day and then some due to the suspend/resume thing), so I loaded a save from just before I suspended the game yesterday. But hmm, it also looked off. 12-something hours instead of the 4-ish I actually played last night. Had to go back a couple of saves to get one with the correct playtime. How could that be? I hadn't suspended the game in-between those. So I experimented a bit, and it turns out that while you're in the pause menu the in-game time absolutely flies by. Like, many times faster than real-time. So leaving the game paused will also completely screw up your recorded playtime. It should obviously be the other way around, that time doesn't pass at all while the game is paused, but something is clearly wrong here. If you're in the map/inventory/etc menu (which also pauses the game) time seems to pass normally though (but doesn't stop), so that's the thing to do if you have to leave the game for a little while. Pausing is a big no-no if you want an accurate playtime by the end of it all.

I don't know, maybe most people don't care about this, but I like knowing at least approximately how much time I've invested in a massive game like this. And that feature is currently completely broken, unless you've very careful. No more suspending this game for me, and no more pausing it for longer than it takes to change whatever I need to in the menu.

 

[midasmulligan]

Played the Baron in Gwekt for an hour.

Almost hit the bugger!

Is this on the ps4? Is the gwent bug fixed?

 

[Mr. Hyde]

how do I choose a sword? Is it left and right on the D-pad? I thought it auto chose whichever you needed.

Also seems like sometimes the crossbow just doesn't shoot even when equipped, so I would keep getting hit.

You have to hold the crossbow button down and aim at the Griffin before letting go to release a bolt.

Left is steel sword and right is the silver sword, if I remember correctly.

 

[VE3TRO]

Inventory> character stats (right trigger on controller)

Thanks. 25 hours already. >_>

 

[Liquidsnake]

Hi everyone,

I hope you are all enjoying the game, how is it? I passed at the last min.

 

[Peff]

So I experimented a bit, and it turns out that while you're in the pause menu the in-game time absolutely flies by. Like, many times faster than real-time.

So THAT'S what was up with mine. That is one odd bug.

 

[midasmulligan]

Is there a trick to getting Gwent not to crash the game on PS4? I want to get into it since people seem to love it. My friend has never had Gwent crash his game

Same problem here...been trying to track this thread to see if it's been fixed yet

 

[woen]

You theoretically press the right trigger on the Character screen, buuuut:

Ok so this is why I have 1 day, 2 hours, 55 minutes and 21 seconds ? What. The. Fuck.

Still in beta the game is.

 

[hemo memo]

What is this sign found in caves when use the witcher senses?

 

[Kiraly]

For anyone who wants a somewhat accurately recorded playtime: Don't suspend and resume this game (at least on PS4). The game stupidly counts suspended time as playtime, so by just suspending for a day your recorded time will be waaaaay off.

But not only that. I wanted to fix my playtime (which sat at 1 day and then some due to the suspend/resume thing), so I loaded a save from just before I suspended the game yesterday. But hmm, it also looked off. 12-something hours instead of the 4-ish I actually played last night. Had to go back a couple of saves to get one with the correct playtime. How could that be? I hadn't suspended the game in-between those. So I experimented a bit, and it turns out that while you're in the pause menu the in-game time absolutely flies by. Like, many times faster than real-time. So leaving the game paused will also completely screw up your recorded playtime. It should obviously be the other way around, that time doesn't pass at all while the game is paused, but something is clearly wrong here. If you're in the map/inventory/etc menu (which also pauses the game) time seems to pass normally though (but doesn't stop), so that's the thing to do if you have to leave the game for a little while. Pausing is a big no-no if you want an accurate playtime by the end of it all.

I don't know, maybe most people don't care about this, but I like knowing at least approximately how much time I've invested in a massive game like this. And that feature is currently completely broken, unless you've very careful. No more suspending this game for me, and no more pausing it for longer than it takes to change whatever I need to in the menu.

Where can I even see what my playtime is?

 

[RoadHazard]

Is this on the ps4? Is the gwent bug fixed?

No new patch, so I'd say no, but this bug oddly only seems to affect some people. I played through the tutorial game without issue, with passing and everything. Haven't played again though.

Thanks. 25 hours already. >_>

Are you sure? Read my reply to you above.

 

[Kuro]

What happens if

Spoiler

you don't take the gold from the Nilfgaard guy

at the end of white orchard?

 

[lordfuzzybutt]

Hi everyone,

I hope you are all enjoying the game, how is it? I passed at the last min.

It is one of the best games made this generation. No doubt.

 

[Veritigo_X]

how do I choose a sword? Is it left and right on the D-pad? I thought it auto chose whichever you needed.

Also seems like sometimes the crossbow just doesn't shoot even when equipped, so I would keep getting hit.

Mr. Hyde covered everything I was going to say. This boss is all about learning the game's mechanics.

Hi everyone,

I hope you are all enjoying the game, how is it? I passed at the last min.

It's amazing. You've made a huge mistake.

 

[Dresden]

What is this sign found in caves when use the witcher senses?

illusions

you'll get an item that breaks them in the main questline

 

[hemo memo]

illusions

you'll get an item that breaks them in the main questline

Thank you.

 

[SJRB]

Good lord, Velen is such a piece of shit. Can't wait to get to Novigrad.

 

[RoadHazard]

Where can I even see what my playtime is?

Press R2/RT on the Character menu.

Ok so this is why I have 1 day, 2 hours, 55 minutes and 21 seconds ? What. The. Fuck.

Still in beta the game is.

Yep. Some aspects are clearly rushed.

 

[EatChildren]

Hi everyone,

I hope you are all enjoying the game, how is it? I passed at the last min.

Somewhere inbetween "I've sunk 27 hours into this in two days" and "the kind of game I've dreamed of".

 

[aravuus]

Hi everyone,

I hope you are all enjoying the game, how is it? I passed at the last min.

Still only around 8 hours in due to constant freezing etc, but I'm still loving the shit out of it

Amazing game so far

 

[Lunar FC]

For the life of me I cant kill or escort the botchling. Am i just terrible at this game?

 

[Dragon1893]

Somewhere inbetween "I've sunk 27 hours into this in two days" and "the kind of game I've dreamed of".

Sounds about right lol.

Spoiler

only had time to play 5 hours

 

[Mad Season]

Geralt is a pro skater in a half pipe

http://gfycat.com/AcademicRemarkableAlbertosaurus

 

[M.D]

I'm playing The Witcher 2 right now, and I have to choose my path with either

Spoiler

Roche or Iorveth

Does this change anything significant in TW3? I want to side with

Spoiler

Roche

 

[pakkit]

I think people are having trouble with the idea that Witcher is a game where you selectively loot. You can't just pick up everything like Skyrim, but you shouldn't ignore all the food and water that appears in people's houses. You take what you need, and sell what you can at a good price, until you find something you specifically want to craft.

 

[Bl@de]

Game looks, plays, feels like my perfect dream of how a game of this type should be.

I can't even..

Can't..

Agree. Witcher 3 is the RPG I always wanted. I loved every second of my 13 hours (over 2 days^^) so far. I have to force myself to take breaks. I'm sorry Bloodborne ... No GOTY for you.

 

[aravuus]

Geralt is a pro skater in a half pipe

http://gfycat.com/AcademicRemarkableAlbertosaurus

Lmfao

The sliding animation is pretty hilarious

 

[Jolkien]

I found the enhanced hybrid oil receipe, anybody knows where I can get the receipe for the normal one ?

 

[franbatista123]

Still only around 8 hours in due to constant freezing etc, but I'm still loving the shit out of it

Amazing game so far

Out of curiosity, do you have one of these things:
-HBAO+ on
-Framerate cap (30 or 60)
-Hairworks on

 

[-tetsuo-]

save system sucks,had to do a entire dungeon again that took me 60 min

Oh god there are actual dungeons?

 

[Reckless Onion]

Them "armors" tho, feels like i'm hunting for a job as a jester or some shit.

 

[Jolkien]

Oh god there are actual dungeons?

Yes

 

[Onimusha78]

Hope the armuor gets better appearance wise, not a fan of these pyjamas

 

[MihowZa]

Is this on the ps4? Is the gwent bug fixed?

PC

Don't think it's a bug as much as he's better than me and has better cards.

 

[Kiraly]

Press R2/RT on the Character menu.

Cheers!

Another question for the thread, if y'all don't mind: Sometimes I see these tiny red downward arrows appear on the map in the right-hand corner. They disappear just as randomly. What do these mean?

 

[Cheska]

I'm kind of having regrets about simulating my Witcher 2 save, wish I had just gone default and played the way it was intended to be played ._.

 

[CambriaRising]

Can anyone tell me where to get the recipe for Draconid Oil? Need it for a quest. You can spoiler tag if you want.

 

[Summer Haze]

PS4 patch incoming (fixes for stuttering and framerate drops).

http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2015/05/20/new-the-witcher-3-update-development-small-text-size-frame-rate-issues-looked/

This can't come soon enough. Thank God this is being addressed, I'm fucking dying to play this game.

 

[BabyFaceKillah]

Where do I find a journeyman armorer??

 

[aravuus]

Out of curiosity, do you have one of these things:
-HBAO+ on
-Framerate cap (30 or 60)
-Hairworks on

Yes to the first two, I've turned HBAO+ off for now and changed FPS cap to unlimited. Just started playing again, hopefully it won't freeze (as much) anymore.