I actually like the controls
It can be a tiny bit annoying trying to loot stuff, but I just hit the walk key and then you can easily amble up to stuff instead of running in at 100MPH
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |OT| Gwent Player, Monster Slayer, EVEN RACISM
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I actually like the controls
It can be a tiny bit annoying trying to loot stuff, but I just hit the walk key and then you can easily amble up to stuff instead of running in at 100MPH
Sir Garbageman
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Where is a blacksmith capable of forging a viper sword in Velen? Finally got some emerald dust.
Majukun
Member
well..sometimes they are a little excessive in that
like when i had
to talk to keira trying to dissuade her from bring alexander's researches to the wrong hands..you are given two choices
-it's a suicide
-i can't let you do that
both might mean the same thing based on how you look at them,but one ends up in you killing keira,the other not killing her and still getting alexander's reaserches
-it's a suicide
-i can't let you do that
both might mean the same thing based on how you look at them,but one ends up in you killing keira,the other not killing her and still getting alexander's reaserches
since there is no real difference between the two statements,you are basically making a shot in the dark
Majukun
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for the viper one you can just go to the guy on the nilfgaardian camp in white orchard
Stahsky
A passionate embrace, a beautiful memory lingers.
I think I'm closing in on the end. Or right at it.
Should I expect some credits real soon, or do I have more to go through?
fuck irl, i wanna keep playing dangit
I'm at kaer morhen, about to slay some cold motherfuckers with a ton of friends
fuck irl, i wanna keep playing dangit
GwyndolinCinder
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Still got like another 1/3 left
Stahsky
A passionate embrace, a beautiful memory lingers.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
How far am I into the mainline quest ?
Novigrad: level 11 or 12 quest
Novigrad: level 11 or 12 quest
I have to find this dodo guy so he could be Menger and free Dandelion
Not reliably, no. Some things will stick around for quite a while, but some things aren't kept at all. I know I dump all my books on the same merchant but he only has about half of them in stock now and I've sold hundreds of random bandit sword to another guy, and he has some of them in stock but not all of them. The whole thing seems kinda random.
I wanted to keep my books and notes too but it just screws up the inventory way too much. I read everything and then sell it now.
Gravemind IV
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Central Nilfgaardian Military Camp
On another note, without any spoilers, I have read the first book and I went through some recaps of the first two games. But I am definitely not seeing the whole 'Nilfgaard is the absolute evil' theme going on. Perhaps from the North's point of view, but Radovid and the rest of the north are arguably just as bad. Sure, Nilfgaard are conquering left and right but at least there is some modicum of order to be found. Meanwhile, the entirety of the North has been disassembled, plenty of prejuidice to go around, Radovid isn't beyond witch hunting and all that. Yet, it seems Geralt (maybe due solely due to Emhyr?) absolutely favours the North. Personally, I would like it if the North's culture could be maintained, but getting rid of the immensely corrupt governance, wouldn't do anyone wrong.
Contract - missing patrol
Damn. That's one massive base of operations. The second I rode into it, I got stopped by one of the soldiers. Apparently, the girl (his lover) that I had tried to save back at White Orchard using a witcher's potion had fallen into some kind of catatonic state. After all this time, some random soldier walks up to me and doesn't know whether to thank or curse me for what I did.. Damn, that's rough.
On another note, without any spoilers, I have read the first book and I went through some recaps of the first two games. But I am definitely not seeing the whole 'Nilfgaard is the absolute evil' theme going on. Perhaps from the North's point of view, but Radovid and the rest of the north are arguably just as bad. Sure, Nilfgaard are conquering left and right but at least there is some modicum of order to be found. Meanwhile, the entirety of the North has been disassembled, plenty of prejuidice to go around, Radovid isn't beyond witch hunting and all that. Yet, it seems Geralt (maybe due solely due to Emhyr?) absolutely favours the North. Personally, I would like it if the North's culture could be maintained, but getting rid of the immensely corrupt governance, wouldn't do anyone wrong.
Contract - missing patrol
Case in point. Apparently the quartermaster had issued a death squad to execute some POWs in the forest. I did confront the quartermaster with it, but I don't see why Geralt wouldn't want pay for the. He completed the contract, found the missing patrol and slayed the Wyvern. He did his Witcher duties, why would he go all moral on the Nilfgaardians while the North are probably doing things that are just as bad?
The perfect Dark
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Sephiroth_GR_
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That is interesting. Only quests though right? there aren't any new areas?. Still this game feels gigantic. It's not exaggeration to say that you probably need 100-200 hours to see everything.
Kenzodielocke
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quoting for new page
Stahsky
A passionate embrace, a beautiful memory lingers.
Well, I was just told I have another 1/3 to go before I finish and I'm way beyond that quest. So, you got quite a ways to go.
Blue Ninja
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Just came across a Fiend. 6 Levels higher than I, but some good Quen usage coupled with fire bombs took it down quick enough.
Shame I can't loot it. Its corpse started glitching and rolling down the mountain. No loot option available.
EDIT: Lol, I made my way back up the mountain and its corpse reappeared, coupled with loot.
Shame I can't loot it. Its corpse started glitching and rolling down the mountain. No loot option available.
EDIT: Lol, I made my way back up the mountain and its corpse reappeared, coupled with loot.
Stahsky
A passionate embrace, a beautiful memory lingers.
I applied Cat in daylight by accident while fighting a Hybrid.
I died.
I got caught in a horse race with the enhanced one on
i now always meditate the moment i leave a cave both in-game and irl
darkwing-buck
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I applied Cat in daylight by accident while fighting a Hybrid.
I died.
lmao
Majukun
Member
just use white honey
Die Squirrel Die
Member
Is there a mutagen level higher than greater? I've already got 5 greater blues, but if that's the max I might as well start selling some.
Sephiroth_GR_
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I applied Cat in daylight by accident while fighting a Hybrid.
I died.
Cat is the most useless potion in the whole game. I prefer using a torch when i'm inside a cave.
did you guys encounter these
bandits at the bridge yet, who try to sell you this relic sword for 500 crowns? i wanted the thing obviously, but was not willing to spend half the money i had...so i killed them and just took it. tried to justify it by saying these were bandits, but i felt not good afterwards, moral-wise
Stahsky
A passionate embrace, a beautiful memory lingers.
you dont understand
Die Squirrel Die
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I find the torch annoying because Geralt puts it away for almost every action, especially in fights. While the cat visual effect is kinda funky, at least you aren't plunged into darkness whenever you cast a sign, or climb a ledge.
RoadHazard
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Is that really the only one? I don't really feel like going back to WO, I've done everything there. Surely there must be someone in all of NML who can forge a proper sword? Don't tell me exactly where though.
Makes sense in terms of realism though. Why would merchants only sell items to you in the entire world? I don't know if it's actually made that way on purpose, or if it's just a matter of the game not keeping track of every item forever (not that it really matters, as the end result is the same), but either way it adds to the world building IMO. You can't sell something to someone and expect him to hang on to it indefinitely, makes sense.
The issue is that there's nowhere to store stuff you don't want to carry with you but also don't want to sell.
DOWN
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thanks
Kenzodielocke
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That fills my heart with joy. The second open world RPG that I found good because of the quests, writing and characters.
Fallout: New Vegas was the first one.
matrix-cat
Member
I'm still four levels away from being able to wear it, but man the quest to get the base level Cat School Witcher gear was really cool.
God, this game. I'm closing in on thirty hours and I still feel like I've barely scratched the surface. The combat really clicked with me today, too, and I'm suddenly looking forward to all the combat-heavy quests I've been putting off. I even won my first few games of Gwent, though my deck is still rubbish and I can't beat any of the NPCs who give out the good cards.
It really plays up the hardboiled detective angle of the earlier Witcher books. You're on the trail of a Witcher from the Cat School who ingratiates himself with this band of travelers, and you visit all the places he's been and comb them for details, following clues in hastily-scrawled notes and journal entries you find on the corpses he's left in his wake. Eventually he runs afoul of an equally ruthless mage, who drugs him and imprisons him in his medieval mad scientist laboratory beneath the streets of Novigrad and performs eldritch experiments on him, delighted with the horrors that the Witcher's enhanced metabolism can withstand. When you finally get there, solving a Zelda puzzle and skirting a big ol' Golem sentry on your way, you find this ghastly creature that used to be a Witcher, and you throw down the way only two Witchers can.
God, this game. I'm closing in on thirty hours and I still feel like I've barely scratched the surface. The combat really clicked with me today, too, and I'm suddenly looking forward to all the combat-heavy quests I've been putting off. I even won my first few games of Gwent, though my deck is still rubbish and I can't beat any of the NPCs who give out the good cards.
Sephiroth_GR_
Member
Yeah, best treasure hunt quest so far.
VE3TRO
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Any locations for the Enhanced Necrophage oil? Got a Hag who's pissinig me of.
It seems to be better when in a fight though.
It seems to be better when in a fight though.
zkorejo
Member
Thank you! It means I am not even 50% in yet.
Majukun
Member
not really..the viper sword is a pretty low level weapon pretty much any blacksmith can forge
if you gonna go to the bst,go to oxenfurt and go to the souh east part of it,there's a blacksmith that can forge weapons up to expert level..don't know how it's called in english though..journeyman level?
Especially since you can't use strong attacks with a torch in your left hand.
I always hate when games distort the entire screen like that. Used Cat once and never again. It's good for when you need it that second of the dark cave but it lasts so long that you end up just missing beautiful art of the game because it's all washed out grey.
I'm around the same point as you and thought I was at the end, awesome to see there's more to come!
Then use the potion that clears it.
lordfuzzybutt
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It's like heaven on earth for me.
Kiraly
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Cant stop taking fucking screenshots haha
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Sorry Yen
It's just easier to press R1 to put away the torch. Swapping out to the menu and then switching to the white honey potion, using it, and then switching back to an actual useful potion is too slow.
SinSilla
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Sorry Yen
You're just a man after all...
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