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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |OT| Gwent Player, Monster Slayer, EVEN RACISM
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Can someone explain upgrading gear and pots? Is it just a case of getting higher level and finding the tier 2/3/4 recipes? Or can it be done at any time?
ColonialRaptor
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Exactly!!! I am loving it so much, it's like the perfect witcher game. I imagine how it could improve and honestly the only way to improve it with more advanced technology using something other than triangles to render 3d graphics.
MassiveNights
Banned
The quest design in this game is astonishing.
wanderingprostheyltite
Member
Good to hear. Love me some Nordic inspired lands and mythology to explore.
Yeah, performance isn't perfect but it's certainly better than most open world games last gen while looking better and being many times the size. It's impressive, no matter the platform.
On the second question why not? Makes the game much more fun when you have to manage food. Makes not getting hit that much more crucial, don't just run in like a idiot get hit and walk off with regenerating health, getting hurt costs me gold and time.
RenegadeXV8
Banned
The quality difference in sidequests and world design between Witcher 3 and Dragon Age 3 is ridiculous. CDPR puts Bioware to shame.
I have no idea how they both scored so similar in reviews.
I have no idea how they both scored so similar in reviews.
M.W.
Gold Member
Someone here said it took them 45 hours.
Thanks don't really use GOG so I don't really know where they put DLC stuff.
RightChandMan
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Dragon age felt like a chore in every aspect...combat, going from quest to quest, exploring.
I found exploring in the fallouts/skyrim fun and engrossing. I also liked the combat as well in those games.
Story is not the most important aspect to me in a video game, but it always helps when its good!
Pathetic
shinobi602
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The first
is kicking my ass badly. Just keeps regenerating health.
Wild Hunt boss
Doing the Baron Blood questline at the moment and wow did not see that coming.
This game is certainly going places.
Keira Metz is awesome btw, I think I love nearly all the sorceresses in these games.
Quicker you kill the spawns the less time he has to regen. Think I managed to kill him after two waves.
Miscarried baby demons plus domestic abuse all in one quest.
Keira Metz is awesome btw, I think I love nearly all the sorceresses in these games.
Quicker you kill the spawns the less time he has to regen. Think I managed to kill him after two waves.
Think of every plant as $1 sitting there waiting to be sold. Those plants are all worth one crown each. You could theoretically earn 200+ crown by grinding herbs.
I'm about to run into the witches. Any advice on how to not get lied to/screwed over in conversation?
Reckless Onion
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I think i'll go for the cat armor,the buffs you get from that suit me the most. I just hope it looks as awesome as the bear armor.
Well, wait no more! Exploration is a lot of fun in W3 and you stumble from one interesting thing onto the other. Deactivate the showing of undiscovered POIs and you are good to go.
Combat is another thing, were people are in disharmony. If you use a controller you may find Geralt less responsive than with kb+m and some Souls veterans are not so happy with the combat in general. But I'd say its fun and most agree I presume.
RenegadeXV8
Banned
I'm playing on Death March (so I didn't kill him particularly fast), and he only summoned two waves.
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
As you can probably guess you need to pound out the damage fast enough to counteract it. Try stamina potions to keep your spells regenerating fast and pick your poison. (I liked shield since it bought me more time to lay down the damage) Make sure you have the faster acting healing items equipped to both slots so you can get the most out of that rush at the start. Once his health hits just under halfway the regen effects seem to slow down significantly and will buy you the little time you need for some breathing space before finishing it off. Provided we're thinking of the same boss here anyway, so far in I've almost forgotten the order of them now.
justjustin
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Excuse my laziness-- probably already been answered-- but is it only possible to import a completed Witcher 2 save file? There were a billion too choose from on the list and all the times and dates were screwed up on them. I tried to pick the one with the latest time and date but now I'm not so sure.
There isn't a trophy/achievement for getting green checks for all steps for all quests is there? I just noticed I missed a step on a quest and its marked red, boo, only one Ive missed.
I'm really not liking the performance problems on the ps4 version. There's been a couple of instances where it felt like it was in the low teens frame rate, and one of those times it was against one monster, a foglet. The Towerful quest felt bad to inside the tower frame rate wise.
I'm really not liking the performance problems on the ps4 version. There's been a couple of instances where it felt like it was in the low teens frame rate, and one of those times it was against one monster, a foglet. The Towerful quest felt bad to inside the tower frame rate wise.
Apoleptica
Banned
But meditating is basically the witchers version of taking a nap, it would make sense that if Geralt takes a break he should recover at least some vitality. Otherwise the higher difficulty makes the act of meditation almost pointless.
Hobbestetrician
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Came in here with the exact same question.
Meditation restores potions/oils those are crucial for for me on Death March, but yeah I can kinda see your point, sort of a artificial way to up the difficulty, I do really enjoy having to manage food tho.
RespectThySole
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Where can I obtain cursed oil? And any tips for the
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botchling fight
Zomba13
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So yeah, 22 hours in and a handful of crashes (PC, seems stable enough for me now) later and I' ready to move onto Novigrad. Well, I say ready. I mean I've done the main story stuff in Velen and some side stuff. Still got about a million ?'s to look at and a dozen (probably more as there are still notice boards to check) or so secondary quests and Witcher Contracts to do.
I'm level 10 and still not a fan of this skill system. I can kinda see what they were going for but I feel like it limits you experimenting due to the limited slots and point requirements. Like if it was any other game where you didn't slot abilities and just bought them then I could put a point into the shield one that pushes back just to have that ability while also keeping my improved fire (which seems kinda shit). Or if it was just slots and you got skills through level up then you could do more mixing and matching. I will definitely buy a respec potion when I find one though. I feel I won't be happy with a build until I have all the slots unlocked and I can settle on my 12 skills.
Playing on PC I'm using the "no" weight mod because I haaaaaaaate weight limits in games, especially in games where you are encouraged to loot everything for crafting/alchemy mats. This just makes me less stressed out about having to dump all my useless weapons every quest and being picky not to pick up every single item. Again, I know why they did it but I hate it. I used a no weight mod in The Witcher 2 and didn't feel my gameplay experience was being robbed.
Also, that Baron quest eh? (Super duper choice and consequence spoilers. Don't read until you finish the quest)
With the difficulty I'm playing on the one up from the default and I don't really miss healing from meditation. Your potions restock so if you're on deaths door just down all the Swallow you have one after the other and rest an hour and you use any hard alcohol you have to refil them and any bombs or oils. It does seem a bit silly not to get any health back when a Witcher heals wounds fast but I get it. If you make it so you get like 5% an hour that would kinda fit the world but gameplay wise there is no difference from resting for 1 hour or 24 so it'd be a pointless thing.
I'm level 10 and still not a fan of this skill system. I can kinda see what they were going for but I feel like it limits you experimenting due to the limited slots and point requirements. Like if it was any other game where you didn't slot abilities and just bought them then I could put a point into the shield one that pushes back just to have that ability while also keeping my improved fire (which seems kinda shit). Or if it was just slots and you got skills through level up then you could do more mixing and matching. I will definitely buy a respec potion when I find one though. I feel I won't be happy with a build until I have all the slots unlocked and I can settle on my 12 skills.
Playing on PC I'm using the "no" weight mod because I haaaaaaaate weight limits in games, especially in games where you are encouraged to loot everything for crafting/alchemy mats. This just makes me less stressed out about having to dump all my useless weapons every quest and being picky not to pick up every single item. Again, I know why they did it but I hate it. I used a no weight mod in The Witcher 2 and didn't feel my gameplay experience was being robbed.
Also, that Baron quest eh? (Super duper choice and consequence spoilers. Don't read until you finish the quest)
I freed that tree spirit because I didn't trust the Crones and it seemed reasonable enough, I took the killing innocents that got close as a self defence mechanism that it just used on any human and seeing as it gave Geralt a warning I assumed maybe they got the warning too. When it ended up actually saving the children I thought it'd be a good (well, good enough) spirit and just want to get revenge on the Crones before going off and doing whatever but NOPE, meet the Baron at the village and almost everyone is dead with huts burnt down. 
And to top it off the Crone blamed Anna for it and cursed her and even if you break the curse she still dies and then the Baron hangs himself. I guess though, in the end only two people died from it Anna (who I think would have wanted the children safe) and the Baron (who took his own life due to the grief) and more than two children lived whereas the other way would have had the kids die (still don't know why the Crones wanted them) and only two people live (maybe?). Like Geralt said in the painty-cutscene thing, it was the lesser of two evils but I'd still rather not have to choose.
I even forgot to get my reward from the keep because I was shocked at the Baron's fate. He was a bad man but he genuinely regretted it and I believe he'd have been a better person going forward. Sadly it took him losing his wife and child to realise the error of his ways. I just hope the new people in charge of Crows Perch aren't dicks. That sergeant guy seemed kind of a dick.
And to top it off the Crone blamed Anna for it and cursed her and even if you break the curse she still dies and then the Baron hangs himself. I guess though, in the end only two people died from it Anna (who I think would have wanted the children safe) and the Baron (who took his own life due to the grief) and more than two children lived whereas the other way would have had the kids die (still don't know why the Crones wanted them) and only two people live (maybe?). Like Geralt said in the painty-cutscene thing, it was the lesser of two evils but I'd still rather not have to choose.
I even forgot to get my reward from the keep because I was shocked at the Baron's fate. He was a bad man but he genuinely regretted it and I believe he'd have been a better person going forward. Sadly it took him losing his wife and child to realise the error of his ways. I just hope the new people in charge of Crows Perch aren't dicks. That sergeant guy seemed kind of a dick.
With the difficulty I'm playing on the one up from the default and I don't really miss healing from meditation. Your potions restock so if you're on deaths door just down all the Swallow you have one after the other and rest an hour and you use any hard alcohol you have to refil them and any bombs or oils. It does seem a bit silly not to get any health back when a Witcher heals wounds fast but I get it. If you make it so you get like 5% an hour that would kinda fit the world but gameplay wise there is no difference from resting for 1 hour or 24 so it'd be a pointless thing.
bonesmccoy
Banned
Meditating refills potions/oils/items/bombs. I'm playing on the 2nd hardest difficultly and I use it all the time.
Now, I'm not sure if you meditate during the day with the Sun and Stars perk that your vitality regenerates. I should test that.
wanderingprostheyltite
Member
That's pretty cool thanks for the info. If you're on pc there's a mod that increases carry capacity to like 9000 or something.
Apoleptica
Banned
It's so much more fun when you make decisions for yourself as if you were in the game, with no guide and no way of knowing exactly what your decision will lead to, also makes it easier to live with the repercussions. Going online to look for the results of every decision ruins it.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
This advice is for if you try to lift the curse and not fight the botchling. You dont need cursed oil, you need spectre oil. Wraiths will swarm you twice, I reccomend buffing your weapons and armor at the benches before talking to the Baron to activate the quest. Make sure you have plenty of the potion that lets your stamina recharge quicker and plenty of swallow.
Alpha Centauri
Member
Ohh boy is there a twist there. Go with your gut. I'll give you the answer, but I'm gonna recommend exhibiting some self-restraint and skipping over it.
here's the massive spoiler.
If you free the spirit, the spirit kills all the villagers but the 4 kids escape. The witches blame Gran, who you realize is the Anna, wife of Bloody Baron. The witches curse Anna and kill her. Bloody Baron finds out, and hangs himself.
texhnolyze
Banned
CDPR are a bunch of wizards indeed.
Totally digging this game, every little thing is interesting. It's definitely one of my favorite RPGs of all time so far, and I've only played for like 15 hours and reach the first big town Oxenfurt.
He's a totally okay guy!
Runs very well. Minor issues only.
And no you don't. The box comes with a lore booklet if you want to read up. But it's so well written that the plot, characters and quests work fine with no previous knowledge.
1. It'll save your bacon against any flying enemy in the game.
2. You'll find better ones.
3. You'll find better bolts for it.
4. It's very useful for hunting food.
TW3 has the most engrossing open world I've ever seen in a game. And i'm an open world fanatic.
Super Stardust
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Just unlocked quens second form, best sign ever. Especially on death march
Zomba13
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If you're getting stopped at a check point, remember its an open world. Open. World.
I think a lot of that is thanks to the heavy influence Slavic mythology has on the game. It gives the designs a somewhat familiar feel, but with just enough of changes to make it feel like something "other" to make the designs trigger the uncanny feeling.
For instance, the gryphon has every feature we expect of a gryphon. But the black mane of hair and the way it moves makes it unfamiliar enough to unsettle the viewer. The feeling is even more pronounced in the humanoid creatures like drowners, and the ghosts. It makes me feel like CDPR could make a pretty effective horror game.
Hobbestetrician
Member
Should you see the Baron before going to the witches/tree?
well now I just rode away dammit
MassiveNights
Banned
Nose Master
Member
Prolly asked a hundred times but: Where do I access the beard/hair and armor DLC?
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