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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |OT| Gwent Player, Monster Slayer, EVEN RACISM
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toastyToast
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used Axii on him and told him to never come back. Hopefully that works out lol
It's because you're heading the wrong way. You're not supposed to take the more difficult situations in the east or north on right away, you're supposed to turn around and head west where the enemy levels are lower.
I dont get the cardgamelost my game in the introduction!
Lots of videos on youtube about playing Gwent.
boredandlazy
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OK thanks. As for simulating witcher 2 saves, if I have absolutely no idea what's happened in the previous games am I better off not simulating the save?
Definitely simulate. For maximum quests, say everyone lived.
cantona222
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I give p. I'll buy the game today.
Mopping up points of interest way over-leveled. A pack of cannibals closing in. I deflect one arrow back and kill the first archer. Do the same to another. My first sword swing sends three cannibals flying into pieces. That final cannibal who charged me after seeing that was one brave mother fucker. So I put away my sword and beat him to death.
I've fund it helpful during some indoor battles when I want to stop two or more from flanking me.
I've fund it helpful during some indoor battles when I want to stop two or more from flanking me.
The only time I've used lock on in this game was at the very beginning when it shows you how to lock on. Just aiming or moving towards the enemy or enemies you want to hit always works for me, so well that I don't even think about it. Was the same way in W2, though this time I'm playing on PS4 with a controller, and it still manages to work.
thequickandthedead
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Is the Gangs of Novigrad quest worth doing? I just failed it by progressing the story.
Thanks. I thought I'd see what was around while making my way to the crossroads! I took down several waves, but eventually they overwhelmed me. Still getting used to the combat, and haven't experimented outside of the standard weapons/signs yet.
Ray Wonder
Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
Interested in hearing the answer to this as well. I failed it recently too.
megatronium
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I no longer have an orange marker for this quest. I've done everything mentioned here.
Ray Wonder
Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
Does anybody have a worthwhile Monster deck? Mine is pure shit. All close combat low # cards. If anyone has a blizzard card, I get fucked.
They really need to change it so you can redo a failed quest.
Not really.
Did you visit casino and fighting arena? In Gangs of Novigrad you visit them also, but with group of dwarves and kill everybody inside.
MichaelFassbender
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You can get some coin out of it. I did half, and he still paid me 180 crowns. Not bad for a job half-done.
i recall just getting a cash reward from the dwarf leader. Nothing special. No real story relevance (as far as i can tell)
It's basically just the "swordfighty" approach to finding W
horeson
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Just ran into an amusing side quest at level 30 on Skellige. It's called A Tower Outta Nowheres.
A pretty hilarious nod, to be honest.
It involves a mage who's been locked out of a tower's access due to a system called a Defensive Regulatory Magicon (DRM) because he's not the owner of the tower. And during the quest, you look for a book that abbreviates to GOG (Gottfried's Omni-opening Grimoire).
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Priscilla is a qtpie :3
I think my complaint with the XP stuff is that it seems so imbalanced. Certain quests can single handedly gain me an entire level(even certain sidequests), while others grant me piddly amounts of it.
Love listening to that song in English and French on Youtube, it's great ^^
Mister Wolf
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For those that hate when the enemy starts blocking
there is a focus attack like slash that you charge and release in the swordmanship tree that powers through any guard and does tremendous damage the longer you hold it. It has completely changed how i fight since getting it.
MichaelFassbender
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That whole scene where you hear her perform in the tavern was really well done. Definitely a bravo moment. Song is quite beautiful.
btw. do the rewards of "Guarded Treasure" PoI on the map scale to your level (up to a certain max. lvl) ?
i've beaten multiple guardians of such treasure who were 6-8 levels above mine and always received loot i would have been able to equip straight away.
not like i care a lot, since i'm going all out feline gear anyways. still, would be interesting if clearing Velen in its entirety at lvl 16 actually cost me a good item or some coin from resale values.
i've beaten multiple guardians of such treasure who were 6-8 levels above mine and always received loot i would have been able to equip straight away.
not like i care a lot, since i'm going all out feline gear anyways. still, would be interesting if clearing Velen in its entirety at lvl 16 actually cost me a good item or some coin from resale values.
Do the places of haunting icons go grey? i found one near some F town. It was a guy hacking at a rock with a pickaxe. I'm not sure if there's more there or if those icons never go grey.
Also these runes that cost over 1000 coins are outrageous. I have 5000 coins, but I really don't want to spend a huge chunk of it on a single rune.
Also these runes that cost over 1000 coins are outrageous. I have 5000 coins, but I really don't want to spend a huge chunk of it on a single rune.
Yes. I think pretty much everything can scale down.
I really hate scaling. If you have to include it, also include some way for the player to bring the weapon's stats back up, otherwise it can easily turn into a punishment for exploring rather than a reward...
i believe that guy was merely meant as an indicator that there was something hidden behind the wall of rocks (which you clear with Aard or
the illusion-clearing talisman
Ray Wonder
Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
Ah, ok. Seems like I didn't miss too much. Although Cleaver did seem like he might have been a cool character.
Yeah, I agree. I failed a protection quest in Novigrad that I wanted to do over.
Primethius
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Exploring villages is really starting to get on my nerves. Controlling Geralt in confined spaces.... good god, it's awful.
And the combat system, while vastly superior to TW2's, is really starting to show the variety of flaws it has.
But man, Gwent, now that's a game. Fuck Witching. I'm a Gwent player now. Level 7, exploring the Isles, looking for Gwent players. Tis the life.
And the combat system, while vastly superior to TW2's, is really starting to show the variety of flaws it has.
But man, Gwent, now that's a game. Fuck Witching. I'm a Gwent player now. Level 7, exploring the Isles, looking for Gwent players. Tis the life.
Moff
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as I understood it, the gangs of novigrad is an alternate way to do the quest wehre you need to find whoreson.
witthout the gangs you infiltrate the locations, with the gangs you simply kill everyone in the locations.
I failed the gangs quest, too, because I prefer infiltration, so I don't know if there is anything more to it after that.
the reward is being able to cross that PoI off my map
yesterday i went to clear 2 "highlvl" (lvl 22) basilisk or wyvern nests in eastern velen just to find out that they were part of some lvl 23 witcher contract quest there as well.
Similarly, i keep "stumbling" upon parts of the treasure hunt quests.
Exactly. The problem is the quest exp scaling; If I do a level 10 quest at level 13 that is not too long and requires no combat, I shouldn't get good exp, but instead I gain an entire level, which would likely be the same outcome if I did it at level 9 or 10. Happened to me during one of the main quests in Novigrad.
Like I said, it's not a huge deal, but it does hurts some of the rewarding aspects of the game for me.
You should use them to kill loads of wraiths and get emerald dust.
Take your time, I say. I only went there briefly, picked my jaw from the floor and went back to finish all the remaining quests in Novigrad/Velen.
Finally found my way up to the mountain with the huge tree and theres a cave entrance. Bloody locked and need a key.
Wait...the big twisty tree?
Force blasting that door won't work?
Ray Wonder
Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
Same here. Just long enough to play some gwent.
If you want, may want to do a couple quests first though.
But that's coming from me. Probably around 70 hours played now, level 14, just did the bathhouse part in Novigrad. Haven't touched Skellig or outside part of Novigrad/North of Velen.
It might be the honeymoon phase speaking, but I'm seriously considering if this isn't one of the best games ever made. Awesome protagonist, memorable characters, great writting, wealth of compelling side quests, huge, atmospheric world, beautiful graphics and music, tons of stuff to do, great combat system, etc.
It just brings me back to my favorites open world games ever, Red Dead Redemption and Xenoblade (if you consider that open world), but Witcher 3 might even surpass those.
Ray Wonder
Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
Wow, you must be going over this game with a fine tooth comb. I'm lvl 15 at 35hrs. I wish I had enough time to do that. Sometimes I find myself rushing through sidequests, and not really paying attention to what I find at places of interest. I usually find it's "run to question mark, quickly loot/kill whatever is needed, open map, mark new question mark, repeat."
You do realise that was a piss take quest?
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