LostMyNarbles
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |OT| Gwent Player, Monster Slayer, EVEN RACISM
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.She'll be back as you progress in the main quest. Just finish up Skellige and the following quests and it'll become obvious when she'll show.
You've gotta play the long game with it. It does seem like it should be brute force sometimes, but a lot of how you win is actually to strategize and recognize when you're going to lose a round. Don't be afraid to throw a round. If they've got you down, and you know you've got to waste a bunch of cards to get back, save some unit cards and wait for the next one. And don't throw down your most powerful cards until you see what they're doing. You want to try and counter what they're throwing at you. Start with a spy card if you have it, or a lower card to try and get them to play their hand. It's a game of cat and mouse, really.
Sakura
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Mainly I just wanted to see Triss and Yen in the same room together to see if there were any kind of antics over Geralt romancing her.
where at the end it seemed to suggest you could turn the crystal over to Triss instead of King Rado-dude, but if I can't find her I guess I can't do that eh
I'm glad I wasn't the only one that thought that was odd.
Did that quest earlier today, was actually sprinting even though i know the game would wait. After that quest i made a decision to do another quest based on my hatred of the Eternal Fire.
Im scared of the game ending.
LostMyNarbles
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Well he does
talk about the corpses as he's walking up to his room, there probably wasn't much else to say.
Sakura
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Ha ha, I was thinking the same thing.
I chose that option because I was like, there is no way I am going to let this monster continue doing what he is doing, but then Geralt's reaction was not what I was expecting at all.
BakkaGames
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For those who already completed the main quest, how far am I in?
I just saved Dandelion
You've a long ways to go. Long.
Finished the game - or rather - the main story. Still got some odds and ends to finish up, POIs to visit et cetera. Clocked in 68 hours, but a bit of that is rethreading since I bugged out a primary quest at one point. Oh and got Gwent to play.
As for my ending
All in all, probably the best ending I could've gotten. The only thing I regret is
Oh and on the last boss
As for my ending
Told Emhyr that Ciri was dead and then bought her a silver sword. Geralt spent some time traveling with her, teaching her all he knew, before retiring with Yen to a small hut somewhere.
Radovid is dead (good riddance) and Temeria became a vassal of the Empire, while Skellige got a bright future under their queen.
Radovid is dead (good riddance) and Temeria became a vassal of the Empire, while Skellige got a bright future under their queen.
All in all, probably the best ending I could've gotten. The only thing I regret is
that I couldn't put a sharp stick up Philippas arsehole, but eh, I'm sure Emhyr will do that if she tries to.. well be herself.
Oh and on the last boss
he was such a push over. He put on his batvoice mask and went all "come then, show me your moves" and he himself moved like he was treading in a tar pit. I had more trouble with his mage lieutenant, who I still one shot but had to use potions on him.
Outtrigger888
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Lady's of the wood or bloody baron? Does it matter which one I start first?
Yes, the rune is refunded to your inventory.
Shit, I haven't even met him yet. Even longer...
20 hours in, and unless this game implodes in the latter stages, this is easily shaping up to be my favorite WRPG of all time set in this medival/magical setting.
The way this game treats it's side quests... some of them have more weight to me than the main quest, and that's a testament to the side quests (kind of a detriment though too I guess).. is amazing.
The way this game treats it's side quests... some of them have more weight to me than the main quest, and that's a testament to the side quests (kind of a detriment though too I guess).. is amazing.
Last Hearth
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I think games like this and Planescape Torment and KOTOR tells me that I prefer these kind of games with a focused and defined protagonist because they allow you to tell a really coherent and tight story. Games like DA where you can be one of a million different things invariably means a very generic story where they can shoehorn in a variety of different characters, which leads to the main story always being rather by the book.
Mashin Haters
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uhm.... so when can i do this in the game?
Inkvoterad
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lawwwwwwwwd thats a sexy armor.
Looks like whirl and... maybe rend? I don't have that one yet.
MichaelFassbender
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If you think you're missing out, the brothels are always there to avail yourself of!
The twirling is the 3rd row of fast attack talents in the sword tree IIRC. Or was it fourth. It isn't that good vs even leveled monsters but damn if it doesn't look good.
VE3TRO
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Man just arrived in Skellige. What a beauty. Also just hit level 14 so luckily I got all the Feline gear just before so I can rock that for awhile.
It's the Whirl attack ability under Combat.
It's the Whirl attack ability under Combat.
Stratosphere
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So I think I'm going to go with a melee focused build. Is Quen still really good like it was in TW2? What are some other early stills to put points in, other than fast attack?
orthodoxy1095
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I'm just about to start visit Triss for the first time and I'm sitting at 30 hours. I'm pretty sure that a good chunk of those are from my system sitting in rest mode while I napped and ate dinner/lunch over the past few days, but still. Real time is probably around 24 hours still. Amazing game.
-No need for jumping really in combat. I REALLY like the two dodge buttons as well as each have great situational purpose.
-Never lock-on unless fighting a single foe. It screws you against groups. Geralt is pretty capable of auto-targeting or aiming where your stick is pointed otherwise.
-Agreed that consumables could be easier to switch around and dig through for sure. Should have been an option in the radial menu to quickly swap out stuff in your two slots.
That's the mission where you go to (location spoiler}
Skellige.
Edit: My mistake, I thought you were refering to the mission, not the combat technique.
Chance Hale
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Get the ability that lets you cast spells with adrenaline if you want to use quen often. You build adrenaline by playing offensively so having 3 extra spells stored is a massive bonus. Otherwise it's a playstyle thing, poison blades is great for monsters but I'd put points into signs and work towards the puppeteer form of Axii.
Sodding_Gamer
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Damn I need help. Do I kill the
weird hear thing in the tree or, trick it, or do the ritual to free it?!!!
Mashin Haters
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ah i see. currently im only at level 10. I'm having a hard time time choosing to go light armor or heavy. Although i haven't found a lot of heavy armor sets yet. It seems it would be more fun being a bear and just slashing the shit out of everyone like that and occasionally use some spells.
I loved the last boss but only because I felt like a badass perfectly understanding his moveset and deftly dodging that shit, but you are right the mage was a harder fight. I still think the ending I got was the best. Also, despite the fact that I killed Radovid I don't dislike the man. Despite everyone saying he's insane outside of the chess conversation he seems perfectly reasonable and his perscution against mages is justified. The fucking Lodge which included Phillipa Eilhart killed his father and most of the other kings. They are all sceheming cunts who believe they are suerpior to everyone else and deserve to rule over everyone. Radovid was correct to put them in their place although he did go too far.
orthodoxy1095
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Go with your gut. Seriously.
iNvid02
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regarding the tree spirit
its better if you kill it, unless you like destroying lives then its worth a shot
but for a first time playthrough you should be going with what you feel is right or what you think geralt would do, gotta live with those choices
you could tell me this is a new final fantasy
Mashin Haters
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remember all the harm the tree has been doing to the village.
Regarding tree spirit choice
Either way people day, if you kill it the kids die, if you dont, Downwarren dies.
Sodding_Gamer
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Fuuuuu I don't even know. I'm intrigued as to what happens if I do
the ritual. But at the same time this thing isn't human, but I'd like to know what it is haha. Such a hard choice!
the black pearl
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Sometimes I want to hop over something to the side.
Inkvoterad
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Man just arrived in Skellige. What a beauty. Also just hit level 14 so luckily I got all the Feline gear just before so I can rock that for awhile.
It's the Whirl attack ability under Combat.
yeee someone else rocking the short hair and feline armor. Just got the armor and loving it. Short hair and shaved geralt is probably my favourite geralt so far. Haven't tried out all the hairstyles yet.
The song is stuck to me head.
Yeah, this music in this game is awesome.
It's more that you get interrupted if you don't cut them down fast enough.
Aye, I was kinda on the fence about him at first. Taking out the lodge was completely justified and Phil deserved everything she got (and I wouldn't have said this at the end of W2), but he just went nuts with it. Or maybe he didn't reign in his underlings. Burning village healers, alchemists was too much -- actually, I decided to kill him when I heard Kalkstein got burned. When they started hunting nonhumans after running out of mages cemented my decision.
Sodding_Gamer
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Absolutely agreed.
I've never really liked the blank slate a lot of WRPGs go with. Witcher has such a perfect balance of being able to make key decisions, but still having a real character there.
orthodoxy1095
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Let's put it this way, there's a "better" ending, but really people die either way and it's a good example to show you that the world in the game is shades of grey and not black and white.
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