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[Thatonemoor]

Does anyone else also get a glitch that gets rid of your auto saves? I've had to reset my Xbox 3 times now and continue playing from my last physical save :/

 

[littlemagician]

I actually have to gather 1000 coins to get to a certain place.

 

[sam777]

I got the pass off the shady merchant to enter Novigrad but the game doesn't seem to register that I have bought it off him, so I can't progress through to Novigrad is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?

Thanks

 

[diamount]

Wow, so those shirtless witch hunters were really tough.

 

[WetTreeLeaf]

does anyone know what armour this is?

That looks like the Calvary armor.

 

[bidguy]

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so i chose the "i saved triss" option when asked, does that mean she wouldnt appear in the game if i hadnt ?

 

[Tacitus_]

does anyone know what armour this is?

Armour from the 2013 build that likely doesn't exist in that form anymore. It's probably the starter armor.

Probably Cidarian Cavalry armor

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so i chose the "i saved triss" option when asked, does that mean she wouldnt appear in the game if i hadnt ?

No, she gets saved whether you do it yourself or not in W2.

 

[therealminime]

I am a fan of this armor, not much color variation in most of armors, nice to find something that looks a little different.

 

[ebevan91]

Anyone else get graphical bugs when you throw a grapeshot at (mainly) humans and they explode everywhere?

 

[Soi-Fong]

I got the pass off the shady merchant to enter Novigrad but the game doesn't seem to register that I have bought it off him, so I can't progress through to Novigrad is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?

Thanks

Spoiler

You could have just done a pretty easy quest for the pass..

 

[littlemagician]

Is there another way to Skileigie?(spelled wrong)

 

[RoboPlato]

Regarding Griffin gear:

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The blacksmith I have been going to in Velen is too low of a level to craft the griffin silver sword for me. I haven't yet traveled to Novigrad. Is there someone there who can craft it? I've got all the mats and I am far enough along to where I have some quest leads in Novigrad.

Oxfort has a good blacksmith. Make sure you find the blacksmith and not an armorer.

 

[WetTreeLeaf]

I am a fan of this armor, not much color variation in most of armors, nice to find something that looks a little different.

Oh that looks good, but is it heavy armor? I dont use heavy armor.

 

[ebevan91]

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so i chose the "i saved triss" option when asked, does that mean she wouldnt appear in the game if i hadnt ?

Spoiler

I chose went with Roche to save Anais or whatever it was. Triss is still in. At the end of TW2, if you went to save Anais/Saskia, Triss is found safe with Letho.

 

[UpDownLeftRight]

Is there another way to Skileigie?(spelled wrong)

Not that first time. It shouldn't take long to summon up the cash though if you just loot some junk and sell it off.

 

[sam777]

Spoiler

You could have just done a pretty easy quest for the pass..

Well I got it half price but seems like a bug has happened.

 

[littlemagician]

Ugliest creature I have seen so far has to be the hag

 

[GarciaHotspur]

Is there a new game plus at the end of the game ?

 

[julesodies]

Is there a fast way to drink your potions/use oils from your inventory? Constantly de- and equipping them for specific enemy types is such a pain, especially without a decent inventory manager.

 

[Augemitbutter]

some of these quests don't work that well on death march. i was trying to do the

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entry pass quest

protect this guy etc. but the ghouls kept coming and my damage was miserable. you know what happened. now i need to find another way, lol.

also getting distracted by the card game. i challenge everyone right away. the balance is much better naturally. got a few supercards early, or at least i think they're good this far in.

 

[foxtrot3d]

I guess I'll ask again, is their a downside for being overlevelled mean to the point where a quest is grey? I suddenly got overlevelled later in the game and decided that it must mean that it was time to continue doing the main quest instead of doing more side quests. But, I don't know if that is what the game wants. I'm afraid I'm playing the game wrong when I ignore all the side content to do a main mission because I'm like 4 or so levels above the suggested level.

 

[M.W.]

Not all the notes on the notice boards are quests are they? Only the ones with the little insignia are, correct?

 

[fquick]

[advice]

Nah, you were spot on. It's def. the part you mentioned but I see the confusion. Thanks for the input good sir.

 

[Thatonemoor]

Seriously I just lost all my progress from a 2 hour play session cause the game keeps losing my save file whenever I die sometimes.

 

[Dominator]

Anybody else get stuck on the Dirty Funds treasure hunt quest? Thing still doesn't work for me. Every few missions I do I go back to it and I just still can't progress passed the "read what you've found" even though I've read everything.

 

[Afrodium]

I actually have to gather 1000 coins to get to a certain place.

Go to some of those question marks on the map. I had ignored them until yesterday when I noticed that they're the best way to get sweet loot. You should find a number of swords that will sell for 200-400 gold, so just equip the best thing you find and sell the rest.

 

[Ark]

You can quickly take a HUD free screenshot if you go back from the main menu (escape) to the game.

Ah awesome. Thanks!

 

[Raptor]

has anyone see the blood spray after a chopped of limb or head like in the demo they played before it was released?

I havent seen that

 

[Serrato]

has anyone see the blood spray after a chopped of limb or head like in the demo they played before it was released?

I havent seen that

Like that? That's my own screenshot by the way.

 

[Basileus777]

I guess I'll ask again, is their a downside for being overlevelled mean to the point where a quest is grey? I suddenly got overlevelled later in the game and decided that it must mean that it was time to continue doing the main quest instead of doing more side quests. But, I don't know if that is what the game wants. I'm afraid I'm playing the game wrong when I ignore all the side content to do a main mission because I'm like 4 or so levels above the suggested level.

It just means the combat in the quest will be really easy. There's nothing really worth worrying over with this.

 

[Chance Hale]

Where is the Wild at Heart boss located? Left long ago because I was underleveled and it's gone from my map now

Edit: The marker that is, somewhere in the Blackbough forest :/

 

[bananafactory]

What's the difference between steel sword and silver sword? Which is more important?

 

[foxtrot3d]

What's the difference between steel sword and silver sword? Which is more important?

Steel is for humans, Silver for Monsters. The game should automatically pull out the appropriate sword in a combat situation.

 

[diamount]

Seriously I just lost all my progress from a 2 hour play session cause the game keeps losing my save file whenever I die sometimes.

The game only autosaves for quests, if all you did was destroy monster nests, bandit camps then it won't autosave. Keep F5'ing.

 

[Basileus777]

Anybody else get stuck on the Dirty Funds treasure hunt quest? Thing still doesn't work for me. Every few missions I do I go back to it and I just still can't progress passed the "read what you've found" even though I've read everything.

It's a widespread bug.

 

[Afrodium]

Does that quest with the guy who challenges you to a duel over Maid Millberry go on as long as you want it to?

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I wanted to keep him alive to see how long it could go and because I didn't think he deserved death for being foolish, but he challenged me in Novigrad with two friends and Geralt brutally decapitated him at the end of the battle.

I guess that quest is over for me.

 

[MrRoflWaffles]

Steel is for humans, Silver for Monsters. The game should automatically pull out the appropriate sword in a combat situation.

and if you're not sure what counts as a monster, everything requiring use of a silver sword will have a silver health bar too.

 

[Raptor]

Like that? That's my own screenshot by the way.

See in this video https://youtu.be/N4ony2r0QFs?t=524

The blood sprays a little after the body part was cut.

 

[bananafactory]

Steel is for humans, Silver for Monsters. The game should automatically pull out the appropriate sword in a combat situation.

and if you're not sure what counts as a monster, everything requiring use of a silver sword will have a silver health bar too.

Thanks guys

 

[foxtrot3d]

Does that quest with the guy who challenges you to a duel over Maid Millberry go on as long as you want it to?

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I wanted to keep him alive to see how long it could go and because I didn't think he deserved death for being foolish, but he challenged me in Novigrad with two friends and Geralt brutally decapitated him at the end of the battle.

I guess that quest is over for me.

I

Spoiler

Axii'd him at that point and him and his two friends went away, haven't encountered him since althought I don't know if he's gone for good.

 

[Philtastic]

So have people figured out yet how not to button mash during fighting? I have no clue how to predict Gerald's moveset. At least I think I don't have a clue. Sometimes he spins. Sometimes he thrusts. As a consequence, I button mash my way through fights.

In The Witcher, you'll get punished for button mashing. You have to use a mix of swordplay,magic,parrying,stepping aside and rolling over. If you dont do that you'll get hurt real bad. I assume you haven't played the first two games right?

I played the 2nd one. I use magic and as soon as my Quen is out I retreat to get a new one. But, and I guess so it goes after playing a lot of Bloodborne, there seems to be less control over how you swing, and how to time your attacks.

The way he swings seems mostly based on how far away from the opponent you are. If you're ~2+ metres away, he spins while leaping forward. If you're 1 metre away, he does a step and spin. If you're right in their face, he does a quick swing that can repeat very quickly. You'll almost always be alternating between the quick slash and the step & spin because your first hit will knock them back, thus he needs to close distance again. It's usually not worth trying to chain above 3 attacks since they briefly become immune to sword knockback so, unless you combo in a sign after those first 2-3 attacks to stagger them again, you're probably going to get hit by a counter-attack. If you don't have the stamina for a sign, I recommend doing 3 hits, dodging twice (or rolling) to maneuver behind them which also uses up most their knockback immune time while dodging their counter, then striking again. Of course, you generally won't be doing more than 2-3 strikes anyway because you'll be fighting multiple opponents who won't let you attack with impunity.

Edit: The thrust, I think, is mostly when you attack behind you from a distance so he rolls and thrusts for reach. Not entirely sure if he ever does the thrust for other directions.

 

[Onimusha78]

Anyone seen their Witcher 2 choices have a big influence on story/quests? Simulated my choices using a guide and then watched a 6hr Witcher 2 video on Youtube where the uploader matched my choices. After sitting through that instead of playing the game I hope so lol

 

[m_shortpants]

So how are you guys playing the game? I was doing the main quest around Velen and any side stuff I happened to run into, but when I tried to go to some question marks a lot of them were just way too high level for me. Notice boards are the best place to start side quests right?

 

[EatChildren]

How this game has this much content, and this many quests, is just unbelievable. I'm floored. What the fuck CDPR.

 

[foxtrot3d]

It just means the combat in the quest will be really easy. There's nothing really worth worrying over with this.

So XP isn't any less for doing a quest when you are seriously overleveled? In any event, it seems I'm approaching end game wish I knew I didn't have to worry about this before I started back on this final part of the main quest.

 

[toastyToast]

Do you have the skill equipped?

I need to go into conversations with the axii skill up?

 

[diamount]

How this game has this much content, and this many quests, is just unbelievable. I'm floored. What the fuck CDPR.

Yeah, the big delay did wonders it seems.

 

[RankFTW]

Simple solution for QUICK SAVE on GAMEPAD:

- download antimicro (it maps gamepad keys to keyboard; opensource free)
https://github.com/Ryochan7/antimicro/releases

- set xbox guide button to F5

have quicksave via gamepad

im using dualshock4 (ds4tool) works same way

if you have xbox popup after pressing guiden button - just uninstall xbox app

Thanks for the heads up this works great.

 

[Vidpixel]

Sorry if it's been mentioned already, but here's a nice tip that I just recently figured out: swiping up on the touchpad brings up your map immediately. Saves yourself a two-step process of clicking it in and going in the menu.

 

[cslesce]

How to increase or where to find Geralt's capacity increased from 60 to 90?

Thanks.