Guess I'm going to visit White Orchard again then. Also realized I ignored the question marks on the map, will be exploring those again while I'm down there.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |OT| Gwent Player, Monster Slayer, EVEN RACISM
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Guess I'm going to visit White Orchard again then. Also realized I ignored the question marks on the map, will be exploring those again while I'm down there.
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SaberVulcan
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Every time I counter against humans I mess it up, so I have just stuck to dodging... which was how I played Witcher 2 anyway. Quen + Rolling.
Novingrad is huge, can i have the address pls?
Fair enough. Quen + rolling is a super tactic anyway
I got the timing down quite early and it works well for me. Basically know that they're going to do it, stand there, and pull that trigger the moment they start swinging. I ignore the red flash of their health bar, I just use the animation as a key.I don't really know, man. This is a weird thing, and I'm not sure how I feel about it. I guess this makes you really think about which abilities you will choose?
My problem is that I constantly forget to swap abilities in and out depending on my circumstances. So I love Axii for influencing dialogue, but I always forget to block it back in on my character screen.
Seems like one of the less well-thought-out aspects of the game from an ease of use perspective.
This guy gets it. I only bring up BB because the quick-step dodging is so similar and some don't seem to use it enough.
SocksAndShoes
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Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Tips.
- Unlike other RPGs where you pick a build and roll with it (eg: mage vs fighter), all your skills and equipment and signs are useful. Don't be all "oh I don't do alchemy". You don't need to invest any points into signs and alchemy for all of these things to be immensely useful.
- With the above in mind, the skill slots are basically buffs, tweaks, or enhancements to existing stuff. That's how character building works in this. You can swap your active buffs (aka, what you've unlocked) in and out. So for example if you're doing a monster run that has zero human enemies, you could swap out your arrow deflection buff (if you've unlocked it) for some other active buff.
- Oils do not have a cooldown and will stay on your blade until you replace it with another oil. Ergo, it makes no sense not to coat your blade in something for a free buff. Your steel sword especially should be coated with the oil that enhances damage to human opponents (if you've got it).
- All alchemy (oils, bombs, potions) are permanently in your inventory once crafted. All are refilled every time you meditate. Craft everything you can as you might find it useful.
- Going back to point one: seriously, use your fucking equipment.
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- Unlike other RPGs where you pick a build and roll with it (eg: mage vs fighter), all your skills and equipment and signs are useful. Don't be all "oh I don't do alchemy". You don't need to invest any points into signs and alchemy for all of these things to be immensely useful.
- With the above in mind, the skill slots are basically buffs, tweaks, or enhancements to existing stuff. That's how character building works in this. You can swap your active buffs (aka, what you've unlocked) in and out. So for example if you're doing a monster run that has zero human enemies, you could swap out your arrow deflection buff (if you've unlocked it) for some other active buff.
- Oils do not have a cooldown and will stay on your blade until you replace it with another oil. Ergo, it makes no sense not to coat your blade in something for a free buff. Your steel sword especially should be coated with the oil that enhances damage to human opponents (if you've got it).
- All alchemy (oils, bombs, potions) are permanently in your inventory once crafted. All are refilled every time you meditate. Craft everything you can as you might find it useful.
- Going back to point one: seriously, use your fucking equipment.
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I'm wearing a moderately badass black/red tunic right now and I haven't even been to see the bloody baron yet. At least it isn't clown-looking like the ones in White Orchard.
I can't remember where I found the diagram for it but I'm pretty sure I found a finished one in the "wandering in the dark" dungeon.
bitcloudrzr
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Really sucks to go through the game, make the choices that you think are right and then get the worst ending.
I've absolutely got the combat down, now. I was definitely approaching it too actiony, now I'm far more controlled. It's a ton of fun, I like the combat.
I really think this is one of the worst inventory management systems I've seen in an RPG in quite some time.
I really think this is one of the worst inventory management systems I've seen in an RPG in quite some time.
I think it works well, although a loadout system so you could quick switch between a selction of builds would be a great addition.
0.1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55
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which tabs are blade oils in...?
I could swear I have a few, but I can't find them.
I could swear I have a few, but I can't find them.
Yes yes yes – although I think that oils get dropped from your weapon whenever you meditate or fast travel. I've got a feeling they disappear after time, too – I put an oil before the fight with the Shrieker, had to blow him out of his lair, and by the time I got to the fight my oil was gone.
Good idea, that would probably fix it for me.
So, now that people have played this for a while: I'm currently contemplating my next PS4 game since I'm almost done with Bloodborne.
Should I wait until this is patched and get Dragon Age: Inquisition first, or is the PS4 version good enough(tm) to pay full price for before the framerate patch comes out?
Should I wait until this is patched and get Dragon Age: Inquisition first, or is the PS4 version good enough(tm) to pay full price for before the framerate patch comes out?
Sick, thanks for the hint. There's never enough herbalists...
Go for TW3 asap. AFAIK this is a better game than DA:I, and it runs excellently imo. Only twice have I been bothered by the performance in over 20 hours of playing. This is totally opposite to, say, AC Unity, which was so dodgy from day 1. TW3 is in a different league. It's fine and 100% playable.
SaberVulcan
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Yeah, it's another one of those far-too-common scenarios where the combat is designed around a console controller as the primary.
Usable (cog wheels)
Oils dont seem to stay forever in my experience. I use grindstones/oils all the time and they definitely do not last forever.
FoxnHurley
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Countering is really easy. Just watch for the opponent's health bar start to glow red, then press L2. The window period for you to successfully execute the parry is pretty generous.
The trick is to learn the variations of attacks that the human opponents has and what can be parried. For instance, you're not going to be able to parry any attack from opponents wielding a large Axe. You'll have to rely on dodging and using your signs.
captainnapalm
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I never use lock on. I want to be free to respond to enemies on the fly. It's easy to aim where you want to strike or cast a sign. And you actually need that freedom with multiple enemies to keep repositioning yourself and striking at the right moment.
I feel totally in control of the combat now after 15 hours playing. I can even take down higher level dudes. Also love how they've thrown the execution animations in, feels very natural and fluid along with the normal combat animations.
I feel totally in control of the combat now after 15 hours playing. I can even take down higher level dudes. Also love how they've thrown the execution animations in, feels very natural and fluid along with the normal combat animations.
Blue Ninja
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The (velen spoilers)
Cockatrice fight is pretty easy... But so far I've always screwed up somewhere around the end, allowing the fucker to get the drop on me. Should probably be more patient.
Well, so far every quest I did even if it was just ''go kill that monster'' always have a little story around it. Some sidequests are really huge too. I don't remember getting '' go fetch me 5 Nekkers blood just because '' so far.
Thanks for the impression. People are going crazy when it comes to performance and graphics for this game and man, you just don't know what's hyperbole and what's true.
Ok after letting my daughter play some and ride the damn horse up north and wanting to drown him in the lake I took over and some walking later there was this kinda structure building and I instantly remembered where I saw it, it was the place where you find the Viper Steel Sword diagram ;D
Now I dont know where are the other part or the "Read the Report" part either lol.
Now I dont know where are the other part or the "Read the Report" part either lol.
IchigoSharingan
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Of course it is, but 'janky' is a non-word for lazy people and I don't think it accurately describes the combat in W3, which I'm liking more and more every time I play it.
Now that I have a better handle on it I restarted on the highest difficulty last night and mostly caught up to where I was before the restart. I also turned the minimap off. I'm gonna be playing this game for months.
Sqrt_minus_one
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The regen skill works for me on PC - it's slow though, so you really need to watch the health bar to see it tick up.
They are fairly common loot but the easy way is to just buy it from a merchant. I think the Barmaid has some, so does the guy you save from the griffin. I'm pretty sure the herbalist has some as well.
I feel like I'm never rolling in combat anymore. Rolling is pretty much only reserved for when I'm completely overwhelmed or I'm fighting a big monster with a large swipe range, like the Gryffin. Sidestep covers almost every need, it's very effective.
The enemies are all made with highly specific attack patterns that you can exploit, and you should be using signs to limit large groups.
The enemies are all made with highly specific attack patterns that you can exploit, and you should be using signs to limit large groups.
That's really cool.
I've skipped several games because I don't bother with bullshit fetch quests. I'm much more interested now.
Only played TW2 for a few hours though, so hopefully that doesn't hamper TW3.
I makred it on the map: http://i.imgur.com/Kd7htw5.jpg
FoxnHurley
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Dwarfen spirit (a liquid used as an alchemy component) can be found in objects that you can loot. Search chests, boxes, drawers, baskets (pretty much anything that is highlighted yellow when you use your witcher's sense) that you come across in the world. You'll come across one eventually.
Outtrigger888
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Game runs fine and looks amazing, most impressive ps4 game imo.
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I think I found one in one of those campsites away from town, or just buy one from an herbalist.
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