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[WanderingWind]

I have a really hard time trying to get into the combat. I'm in Broken Bones difficulty, and I really hate the fact that even the most random of cannon fodder enemies can flatten my health through no fault of my own. I hate the fact that they have unstaggerable attacks, that they can break out of a combo whenever they damn well please, that their attacks land despite me clearly dodging/rolling, can initiate said unstaggerable attacks at any instant, and can spam heavy attacks one after another. It makes a lot of the enemy encounters simply a dice roll.

That combined with the clunkiness of the action timing (the really awkward pauses in attacks, sign casting, and dodging) has me really close to just lowering the difficulty permanently. I don't mind hard games, in fact I'd prefer hard games and would've loved to play through W3 on Hard (played through Witcher 2 on Dark), but man, they really freaking screwed up the combat here.

I disagree with literally all of this. I never felt the combat was cheap or that I got hit when I didn't deserve it. Every monster has a pattern and the different types of humans have them, as well. Recognizing them is half the battle, preparation is a good chunk of it and well, getting good at dodging, using signs on the fly and crowd controlling with bombs made the combat extremely satisfying. Especially for a open-world RPG of this size. When we compare it it's actual competition, TW3's combat comes out so far ahead of anything else as to be silly.

Granted, its competition is Elder Scrolls, Risen, Two Worlds, Gothic and uh...Fallout 3/NV? But still.

 

[m_shortpants]

Started the D

Spoiler

andelion

quest chain and it just split into like 5 different threads.

This game is great.

 

[Rhaknar]

I disagree with literally all of this. I never felt the combat was cheap or that I got hit when I didn't deserve it. Every monster has a pattern and the different types of humans have them, as well. Recognizing them is half the battle, preparation is a good chunk of it and well, getting good at dodging, using signs on the fly and crowd controlling with bombs made the combat extremely satisfying. Especially for a open-world RPG of this size. When we compare it it's actual competition, TW3's combat comes out so far ahead of anything else as to be silly.

Granted, its competition is Elder Scrolls, Risen, Two Worlds, Gothic and uh...Fallout 3/NV? But still.

Competition is Bloodborne reading this thread,
since that's now a rpg aparently

 

[Chitown B]

got zero XP for A Dangerous Game. Wonder if the XP bug hit me.

P.S. I could look at Triss' legs for hours.

 

[Vintage]

Does in-game timer shows correct playtime? Because mine shows 4 days, and I only just got to Novigrad. I don't remember playing for 96 hours...

 

[Rhaknar]

Does in-game timer shows correct playtime? Because mine shows 4 days, and I only just got to Novigrad. I don't remember playing for 96 hours...

No

 

[Braag]

Fuck it, I've been stuck at lv.18 for ages now despite having done loads of quests in Skellige but for the past two days my exp bar has barely budged.
Seeing as the patch is coming next week... I'll probably just use add the exp which I've been missing manually.

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

Do you need to have played the previous games in order to get into the story in 3?

 

[Rhaknar]

Do you need to have played the previous games in order to get into the story in 3?

Not really. 2 of the main characters weren't even in the other games

 

[flipswitch]

Even severed limbs fear Geralt.

 

[Regret Upon Approval]

With regards to the person who wanted to keep up to date tweeting at CDPR about Ciri.

https://twitter.com/Evazorek/status/606404370821971968
https://twitter.com/thetathetatheta/status/606409465592745985

Not really. 2 of the main characters weren't even in the other games

And some major characters in the game prior aren't even acknowledged.

 

[Vintage]

No

Damn, there's no way to know how much time I spent on this game then

 

[Atraveller]

Do you need to have played the previous games in order to get into the story in 3?

No, but I suggest you play 2 so you would enjoy 3 more.

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

Not really. 2 of the main characters weren't even in the other games

No, but I suggest you play 2 so you would enjoy 3 more.

Thanks!

 

[toastyToast]

Thanks!

Read the character bios though. They tend to be short and aren't written like a dictionary.

 

[Chitown B]

Yeah it's a f'ing werewolf. Hard to kill something when I'm doing something like 100 damage and it instantly regenerates 101.
Edit: Fucking bulll shit!
Edit 2: Fuck these load times!

just throw a bomb at it that is its weakness. Like vampires with poison puff balls. that'll do it.

 

[Rhaknar]

Fire solves every problem

Burn those motherfuckers

 

[Sober]

Nah, Yrden is hilarious, watching packs of monsters stumble in and then you just dance around them while they can't do anything.

 

[BigJonsson]

Can someone explain Witcher Gear? I'm level 14 and don't think I've worn any yet......and the diagrams I have are for level 25ish gear

 

[MurkyZebra2417]

Fuck it, I've been stuck at lv.18 for ages now despite having done loads of quests in Skellige but for the past two days my exp bar has barely budged.
Seeing as the patch is coming next week... I'll probably just use add the exp which I've been missing manually.

I just installed the xp fix mod. It Works great.

 

[Rhaknar]

Can someone explain Witcher Gear? I'm level 14 and don't think I've worn any yet......and the diagrams I have are for level 25ish gear

That's the third tier of the witcher gear

Fist tier is lvl 7, second lvl 14

I just installed the xp fix mod. It Works great.

Yup xp mod is legit

 

[BigJonsson]

That's the third tier of the witcher gear

Fist tier is lvl 7, second lvl 14

And you need the previous tier to upgrade to the higher tier?

 

[Exuro]

And you need the previous tier to upgrade to the higher tier?

Yep. Goes Regular, Enhanced, Superior, Mastercrafted. If you don't have any of the gear check out merchants/blacksmiths for maps and reading them will give you treasure hunts on where to find the pieces.

 

[flipswitch]

Not sure what to think of the forced fist fights you get into and how you can't use weapons...it's right on my back why can't I use it!

 

[s_mirage]

One of my biggest complaints: When a higher level quest directly leads to a lower level quest. Like... why?

I just did a Witcher contract that was level 17 in Skellige and it lead to a really cool quest line directly afterwards, but that line was level 14 for some reason.

I think I know the quest you mean because I had exactly the same reaction. IMO the quests could do with some rebalancing.

 

[Rhaknar]

Yep. Goes Regular, Enhanced, Superior, Mastercrafted. If you don't have any of the gear check out merchants/blacksmiths for maps and reading them will give you treasure hunts on where to find the pieces.

Or just read a guide since its the same shit. In fact, it's arguably harder to find it with a guide than with the quests since you don't have the breadcrumb

 

[misho8723]

I have a really hard time trying to get into the combat. I'm in Broken Bones difficulty, and I really hate the fact that even the most random of cannon fodder enemies can flatten my health through no fault of my own. I hate the fact that they have unstaggerable attacks, that they can break out of a combo whenever they damn well please, that their attacks land despite me clearly dodging/rolling, can initiate said unstaggerable attacks at any instant, and can spam heavy attacks one after another. It makes a lot of the enemy encounters simply a dice roll.

That combined with the clunkiness of the action timing (the really awkward pauses in attacks, sign casting, and dodging) has me really close to just lowering the difficulty permanently. I don't mind hard games, in fact I'd prefer hard games and would've loved to play through W3 on Hard (played through Witcher 2 on Dark), but man, they really freaking screwed up the combat here.

I totally disagree with you on this - I love the combat in W3.. I fight as much as I can, even though I don't receive any XP and mostly the items I get are crap It's just so good.. but if you do not enjoy it, well, you have the right to.. on the other hand, I enjoyed the combat in W2 and here it's even some levels better, so yeah

 

[LookAtMeGo]

Damn! I was just fighting the

Spoiler

ice giant

and my friggin game crashed. One more hit and he was dead. Errrrgh

Edit: he dead now. Poor Vigi.

 

[Cyborg]

I love my shild sign so amazing and saves me so much health/food!

 

[malfcn]

For the Yennifer alt pack..can you choose how she looks? Not sure how the DLC works in this game. I haven't even started the game yet.
But I noticed it's all little freebies and decided to grab them.

 

[frontovik]

Are you playing it on PC? If you go to Settings there should be an option to manage DLCs. You can turn alternate costumes on/off.

 

[Sober]

For the Yennifer alt pack..can you choose how she looks? Not sure how the DLC works in this game. I haven't even started the game yet.
But I noticed it's all little freebies and decided to grab them.

As far as I can tell, I don't think so. I just uninstalled it from Steam for her to use her original outfit.

edit: beaten from above

 

[malfcn]

Are you playing it on PC? If you go to Settings there should be an option to manage DLCs. You can turn alternate costumes on/off.

When I start, finishing up TW2, I will be on Xbox One.

 

[Deception]

It's just amazing how my playthrough on the Xbone and the PC have been completely different. This game has so much depth that each time feels like a different game essentially.

 

[Dantis]

Do we know when this week's DLC will be up on UK PSN?

 

[Carbonox]

Where do you get the Ciri card from?

There is a secondary quest where you have to play Novigrad Gwent players. Ciri will be given to you if you beat the last person of this quest.

When I start, finishing up TW2, I will be on Xbox One.

You can change Yen's appearance from non-DLC to DLC and vice-versa in the main menu > Options > Downloadable Content.

 

[Gen.Grievous]

Did everyone overlevel pass the suggested level of the main quests? I'm level 20 while the suggested level for the main quest is 13.

I'm worried that aside from the higher level sidequests/hunts, I'll end up tearing through the main story quests.

Don't worry. You can only overlevel early on in the game. You arrive at a point where you have to start doing the main quests and they jump up in level pretty quickly.

 

[Sober]

You can change Yen's appearance from non-DLC to DLC and vice-versa in the main menu > Options > Downloadable Content.

Since we're still on the subject, I was curious, does her alt costume show up in a certain Act 2 main story quest during the cutscene

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The Battle for Kaer Morhen

or is that pre-rendered, so it uses her original outfit? I didn't have the alt outfit enabled during that part of the game.

 

[usp84]

Can someone explain to me what happened between Geratl and Triss in Witcher 2? Did geralt get angry because she didn't tell him about Yennefer?

Thanks in advance

 

[Vintage]

Nah, Yrden is hilarious, watching packs of monsters stumble in and then you just dance around them while they can't do anything.

Is it really good and worth upgrading? So far I only used it only on wraiths, seems useless otherwise since you limit yourself to small combat area and slowing effect is minimal.

 

[OrlanisWorks]

I'm getting super fucking pissed at human enemies being able to strike through my attacks. It's the same issue I had with the God of War series- you can't interrupt enemy strikes with your own, but they can interrupt yours and land a hit.

 

[Sober]

Is it really good and worth upgrading? So far I only used it only on wraiths, seems useless otherwise since you limit yourself to small combat area and slowing effect is minimal.

I honestly haven't even touched the alt Yrden or leveled up points to use it, but just the base effect is pretty good, especially with a sign build. Alt Yrden looks pretty cool though, especially that video someone linked a while back with them using that to take down the White Orchard Griffin.

Yrden is pretty good on boss-style monsters cause you can mostly use that to give you some extra time to dodge telegraphed attacks. I find it much more useful against shielded enemies too cause it can get you that extra time to get around them easier. Being able to lay down extra traps from the first tier is useful too, extends the area a bit for you.

 

[aku:jiki]

Nah, Yrden is hilarious, watching packs of monsters stumble in and then you just dance around them while they can't do anything.

I should try respeccing for that then. I used Axii for a while but got bored with mind controlling enemies, then I went for Aard and slamming fools for a while and then I specced Igni but was very disappointed in the flamethrower and specced back to Aard. I guess I forgot about Yrden.

Infinite respecs are both awesome and kinda stupid...

 

[Dahbomb]

Just entered Skillege at lvl18....

Legit shook at the area.

Time to hunt down the Gwent players...

 

[flipswitch]

Has anyone taken on and beaten any enemies with the red skull icon on them?

 

[Evo X]

Infinite respecs are both awesome and kinda stupid...

Wait, do you only have to buy that $1,000 respec potion once and it has unlimited uses?

I never bought it because I thought I could only use it once.

 

[Sober]

I should try respeccing for that then. I used Axii for a while but got bored with mind controlling enemies, then I went for Aard and slamming fools for a while and then I specced Igni but was very disappointed in the flamethrower and specced back to Aard. I guess I forgot about Yrden.

Infinite respecs are both awesome and kinda stupid...

Even with a sign/melee build I never found alt Igni that useful. Haven't used alt Axii either. I kinda rather just use Yrden or Axii to deal with shield/2-hander enemies. For Igni, more intensity for better chance of burning effect is probably more useful anyway. Melt Armour was kinda disappointing, I think it's really only for human enemies.

Alt Aard is okay-ish, much prefer to be able to AOE when surrounded sometimes.

 

[DXLelouch153]

just finished The Bloody Baron questchain
jesus christ never before has a game made me cry like that did
and i got the good ending to it

 

[Die Squirrel Die]

Has anyone taken on and beaten any enemies with the red skull icon on them?

I've done it a couple of times. I can't remember what level I was for the first one, but I took down a red skull bear. Then at level 16 I had killed a level 20 Leshen (not red skulled) which for some reason attracted a pack of level 22 wolves (which were red skulled). Af first I tried to run but they weren't giving up so I just focused on casting igni, random hits here and there and a lot of dodging.

 

[ICKE]

just finished The Bloody Baron questchain
jesus christ never before has a game made me cry like that did
and i got the good ending to it

Save your tears and cries of joy for you have but kicked the ball into motion,