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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |OT2| Wanted to find Ciri, but everything Gwent wrong
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Conor_Fool
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Thanks for the tips, everyone. And yes I played Dark Souls and didn't get my ass kicked this bad. Completely different combat mane
Hell yeah, I'll start leveling up some spells (maybe quen for now) as I've been leveling up basic abilities and combat abilities thus far
Philtastic
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A couple of other people have already given some good advice. I'd add on that, if you're being 2-shot on normal difficulty, you're probably fighting something significantly higher level than you, so you should probably run away from those. For a visual version of much of the advice that you've been given, you can see my video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFm5qHBRcuU
Get comfortable dodging (don't bother attacking yet) and rolling, get a feel for how Geralt moves and how enemies move. See if you can figure out when an enemy will attack. If you can survive indefinitely against the enemy, you've probably gotten a good handle on avoiding damage so start throwing one swing in then dodging out. Once you're comfortable with that, try 2 swings and dodging out which is about the most you'll usually get in before the enemy dodges out or another enemy tries to interrupt you. If you can do that while surviving, the rest of the combat is about efficiency where you mix in signs and possibly bombs to both do more damage and create openings for your sword.
Without lock on, I can very rapidly switch to targets distant to my lock on rather than cycling through them, and I don't have the camera automatically rotate when I dodge/roll which helps me keep my eyes on the whole battle. Lock on also makes the camera follow the opponent as they circle me which might make me lose sight of some enemies. Overall, I find manual camera control with the soft lock to be superior for multiple opponent fights.
Quoting for exposure and further testing, especially since some people want to get some serious witchering done this weekend.
The Dear Leader
Banned
The Bloody Baron quest chain aka mini game unto itself was quite the roller coaster, had a lot of twist and turns, really well done.
Majukun
Member
yeah,the absence of interesting loot is startin to becoming irritating..pretty much every single sword or armor i find is inferior to the "animal sets"..they could have done a better job in this regard..i understand the sets must be cool to justify entire quests around them..but they could have limited their superiority to the bonus percentage and still making you find something with more armor or attack power...
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
For someone who specializes in fast attacks and dodging, cat/feline gear is the way to go, right?
Actually, in fact there are three outcomes to that particular quest. I can't confirm if the third is actually plausible but reading around its presumed so.
Don't read the below text if you haven't even touched the Baron's questline.
Apparently if you convert the dead baby to a Lubbering and free the spirit the Baron does not hang himself and Anna does live. They go off to the mountains, but I'm not sure what happens to the witches. I spoiled myself accidentally looking through the IGN guide but this is the current path I'm on, so I'll update as to whether it actually is a third outcome.
Gotta say, CDPR have a crazy amount of outcomes even for side quests. Just, hats off to them as this is one of, if not the best RPGs ever made and I doubt it'll be contended for a long time.
Damn, so I picked up some random level 20+ Crossbow and level 20+ crossbow arrows, whilst in Velen, only problem is I'm only level 10. Both are taking up a combined weight of about 5-6kg in my inventory, and right now that's a nuisance to me. Is there any way I can drop or store them somewhere, where they're guaranteed to stay for the entire game?
the_batman
Banned
apparently you can drop them at any location you can revisit and they'll stay there forever.
Majukun
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no guaranteed place..someone said that if you drop them on a fast travel point,they stay there in the future..but i never tried...if you try let me know wince i'm gonna dump a lot of books in that case.
I thought this might be the case, but I'm scared to try it in case an update or patch resets or messes with it. Hmmm..
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
It's scary though, who knows if a new patch, respawn or anything might screw that up. Apparently you can also put them in any chest, but I don't know, could be consequences. Arrows aren't too expensive though so it's worth a shot.
Obliterator
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I'm working my way through the Bloody Baron quest line and I just can't even believe what I'm witnessing.
The level of writing in this game is another fucking tier man. It just is. No fucking game touches this level of dialogue. I have had several moments where I just cant, the emotions in this quest are just brutal and so deep and so complex.
The level of writing in this game is another fucking tier man. It just is. No fucking game touches this level of dialogue. I have had several moments where I just cant, the emotions in this quest are just brutal and so deep and so complex.
Majukun
Member
how do you put things inside a chest?
Opus Angelorum
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The Xbox One patch mates a huge difference, stuttering is long gone.
These are some pretty bad ass arrows though. I think they're like +20 silver attack or something. Which is considerably higher than what I'm getting right now (+6 to +8 silver attack). And the crossbow too (+17X% attack).
Majukun
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yeah,....but it's gonna take a good chunk of the game to get to lv 20 froim where you are..you will probbaly find something equally powerful along the way
I never noticed the stuttering but now a bunch of stuff is loading in slow. Not only details of people's clothes but Dandelion's entire cabaret took a minute or more to pop in right under my feet. :/
True, I'll probably risk it. I was going to leave it inside the Armory store in Oxenfort. What do you guys think, good location to test it?
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
Sure, or just next to a quick-travel mark. I'm thinking of trying it out too with some low-value high-weight stuff that I might need later, but that isn't too big of a loss if I lose.
Turin Turambar
Member
I did that with the griffin armor, left in the ground near the blacksmith in Crow's Perch.
It disappeared. :/
Not good....
the_batman
Banned
well if you buried it, you have to dig it back up.
My fellow Death March brothers, what skills are you rolling with? I've finished everything in White Orchard without single skill point.
All I do is...
But seriously. I now realise I should use my skill points. So far I've put 3 into Quen, becuase Quen is love, Quen is life. Don't know what else to prioritize. Fast attack and strong attack? What about signs, aside from Quen. I don't wanna screw this up.
All I do is...
But seriously. I now realise I should use my skill points. So far I've put 3 into Quen, becuase Quen is love, Quen is life. Don't know what else to prioritize. Fast attack and strong attack? What about signs, aside from Quen. I don't wanna screw this up.
hmm the problem with fucking around doing a million sidequests is you forget what happened hours before. Im doing this baron quest (since I now outlevel it) and everyone in there is afraid of me and the guards attack me. says its because of what happened at the crossroads
remind me, what happened at the crossroads? was that the
? I dont remember killing anyone there but I guess we did? lol
Im using flamethrower hands because fire is life, not qwen, and also the mind control because the game, like the souls games, doesnt really handle multiple opponents well imo so I like to control one of them from a distance and let it either kill another one, or die itself from fighting the others
remind me, what happened at the crossroads? was that the
inn where the innkeeper lady gets her face smashed in by the girl and we intervene
My fellow Death March brothers, what skills are you rolling with? I've finished everything in White Orchard without single skill point.
All I do is...
But seriously. I now realise I should use my skill points. So far I've put 3 into Quen, becuase Quen is love, Quen is life. Don't know what else to prioritize. Fast attack and strong attack? What about signs, aside from Quen. I don't wanna screw this up.
Im using flamethrower hands because fire is life, not qwen, and also the mind control because the game, like the souls games, doesnt really handle multiple opponents well imo so I like to control one of them from a distance and let it either kill another one, or die itself from fighting the others
LonelyGreyWolf
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Infinite_Daremo
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Got the XP bug. Stuck in a Ciri quest line now where nothing is rewarding xp. No prior saves. Whole weekend to play and I see no point 
My fellow Death March brothers, what skills are you rolling with? I've finished everything in White Orchard without single skill point.
All I do is...
But seriously. I now realise I should use my skill points. So far I've put 3 into Quen, becuase Quen is love, Quen is life. Don't know what else to prioritize. Fast attack and strong attack? What about signs, aside from Quen. I don't wanna screw this up.
So far I'm doing Quen, Axii, Fast Attack, Heavy Attack and a few random perks (higher vitality, quicker health regen etc. Also did just one upgrade for Yrden which I activate only when needed, just so I get that extra 5 seconds to trap and damage wraiths.
its a seperate quest, it doesnt show what happened in the other. and the completes quests arent in order of completion, and since im doing everything, im not going to go through that huge list to find whatever happened before, fuck it. I was just curious anyway
The bug is only affecting my main quests, maybe try to get to some side content. I just spent all day clearing out the ? marks in Velen/Novigrad.Got the XP bug. Stuck in a Ciri quest line now where nothing is rewarding xp. No prior saves. Whole weekend to play and I see no point
Speaking of the question marks, anybody know how to get to this one? Its on top of a mountain with a huge tree up there as well.
Last one I need and I'm starting to think it might be in the cave, but I searched in there as well.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
It affects side-quests as well.
How dare you not embrase the love of quen. You disgust me with your flamethrower hands...
Actually I almost went with a Igni build because, 1. It looks cool as fuck, 2. It looks cool as fuck and 3. Watching enemies catch fire and slowly burn is the greatest
I think I'll definitely build fast attack in that case. Seems everyone has it in every build, and it's obviously super useful.
How much do you guys use strong attack? I read somewhere that on Death March strong attack is more preferable than fast (unless the situation calls for fast attacking, like with groups of enemies) that's why I'm wondering whether it's worth investing points into strong attack.
And from your replies I'm now torn between Axii and Igni to go alongside my Quen. Damn decisions.
Infinite_Daremo
Member
The bug is only affecting my main quests, maybe try to get to some side content. I just spent all day clearing out the ? marks in Velen/Novigrad.
Speaking of the question marks, anybody know how to get to this one? Its on top of a mountain with a huge tree up there as well.
Last one I need and I'm starting to think it might be in the cave, but I searched in there as well.
All my saves are stuck right at the end of something dandelion related. So I can't load prior to play elsewhere.
Seems to be completely random so its worth a shot. All side quests, question marks and Witcher contracts gave me XP, but no story stuff does.
I would say its not that big of a deal to finish that and have that be the only thing you don't get XP on, but thats my opinion. I would understand if you don't want to risk that. Maybe keep a save where you are now, complete it and see if side content gives you XP. If not then best hope is the patch next week
SpideySenses
Member
Speaking of the question marks, anybody know how to get to this one? Its on top of a mountain with a huge tree up there as well.
Last one I need and I'm starting to think it might be in the cave, but I searched in there as well.
Was eluding me too, so just searched it, seems like it's only obtainable during a quest.
I want a spin-off novel following the adventures of a Troll and a cheeky Godling as the Godling moves from home to new home for various reasons (village develops too much, village outcasts him, village gets destroyed, etc) and the Troll follows as a guardian and a friend.
Troll mind meeting Godling wittyness would be great.
Troll mind meeting Godling wittyness would be great.
the_batman
Banned
LOL and here i thought the fist fighting tournament was getting stale.
Were my favorite moments. And he even left one out. Look forward to it.
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
No, the dude in Vizima Palace is really tough. The average merchants that you meet in the beginning of Velen are much easier.
the_batman
Banned
man, this game AND MGSV only a few months apart.. wow.
Yeah, at first I was confused since the quest marker pointed at a small, lonely island and just said something like "investigate the area". Then I got there, saw the rock troll and immediately knew it was going to be great.
And it was! LOVED it
RageWaffles
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I was getting very nauseated when in Novigrad, because with a controller you can't run and move the camera at the same time. Not being able to see when turning combined with Geralt's movement in general made the camera wobble around a lot. So, on my PS4 I've swapped the X and L2 (edit: X -> L1 is better) buttons and that's made SUCH a difference in the city. (Fucking love this feature.) I'll of course change the controls back when outside the city or when fighting.
the_batman
Banned
bruh, you just have to use the claw technique.
Damn, that sucks its gonna bug me lol
Do you happen to know what the urn looking thing is on the bottom left there as well? There was a treasure right next to that marker but I have no clue what that is.
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