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[DXLelouch153]

yea he seemed like a decent guy so i felt sorry for him
CDProjeckt is great at making characters you'll like regardless of how they act
also the Crones pissed me off so if i see them their as good as dead
also Yrden is broken as fuck
just made that Fiend my bitch the whole fight

 

[LookAtMeGo]

The Quen alt just made the game a whole lot easier.

 

[Cerity]

this game lol.

 

[The Dear Leader]

Finally sailed to Skellige after almost 50 hours, can't wait to get the Ursine armor diagram!

 

[Sodding_Gamer]

I'm at the Get Junior quest and I know have a few quests that require me to go to Skellige and I have a load of witcher contracts and treasure hunts that are way above my level. So I think after the Get Junior questline, I'll be hopping over to Skellige. Just waiting for this XP bug to be sorted amongst a few other fixes. I can wait.... I thinnk?

 

[AusRoachman]

Decided to turn the poi off on the map because I'm worried I willl burnout chasing all the icons . Hoping that eventually most side quests will take you to those areas anyway.

The best times I've had is just randomly exploring the countryside anyway.

 

[Turin Turambar]

The Quen alt just made the game a whole lot easier.

Quen to protect you from the hits, Yrden to slow the enemy down and make it easier to avoid and attack, and patience to wait until both spells are usable, that's what's needed to beat the game, in any difficulty.

 

[Blue Ninja]

What the heck. Just finished [act 2]

Spoiler

Isle of Mists

and jumped forward from early level 24 to mid level 26.

 

[LookAtMeGo]

Quen to protect you from the hits, Yrden to slow the enemy down and make it easier to avoid and attack, and patience to wait until both spells are usable, that's what's needed to beat the game, in any difficulty.

Do all enemies slow down when using Yrden alt? That's where my next point is going towards. So far I only use Yrden for wraiths.

 

[Blackthorn]

Upgraded Dancing Star is goddamn brutal. I lob it into a group of human enemies and there's fuck all they can do. Once the flames die down, sometimes I'll just lob another one

Also ya'll shouldn't neglect the Alchemy skill tree. Having enough toxicity to constantly have decoctions rolling is great, and the poison chance on oils plus the 25% protection makes them much more useful.

At the moment my build is an even split between Signs and Alchemy without a single point in combat. I've always played Witcher games with a focus on magic, potions and bombs so I'm really enjoying having such powerful options on those trees.

 

[Blue Ninja]

Upgraded Dancing Star is goddamn brutal. I lob it into a group of human enemies and there's fuck all they can do. Once the flames die down, sometimes I'll just lob another one

Also ya'll shouldn't neglect the Alchemy skill tree. Having enough toxicity to constantly have decoctions rolling is great, and the poison chance on oils plus the 25% protection makes them much more useful.

At the moment my build is an even split between Signs and Alchemy without a single point in combat. I've always played Witcher games with a focus on magic, potions and bombs so I'm really enjoying having such powerful options on those trees.

Mine's split 75/25 between combat and magic. If I can disable a creature long enough I can just get behind them and Whirl them to death. That DPS.

 

[Turin Turambar]

Do all enemies slow down when using Yrden alt? That's where my next point is going towards. So far I only use Yrden for wraiths.

No, I don't think so, though Yrden alt still has some 'crow control' effect because it makes them stagger.

 

[Rhaknar]

wait wait wait...so

Spoiler

who the fuck was the baby we threw in the oven

in Possession?

did we

Spoiler

just throw a random baby in there lol. They dont mention it and I think Geralt would notice if it wasnt a real baby (I think it was even moving?)

what the fuck Geralt

leaving the quest name unspoiled because it spoils nothing and I dont want ppl to read the actual spoilers thinking its about another quest

 

[Leezard]

wait wait wait...so

Spoiler

who the fuck was the baby we threw in the oven

in Possession?

did we

Spoiler

just throw a random baby in there lol. They dont mention it and I think Geralt would notice if it wasnt a real baby (I think it was even moving?)

what the fuck Geralt

leaving the quest name unspoiled because it spoils nothing and I dont want ppl to read the actual spoilers thinking its about another quest

spoilers for this quest only:

Spoiler

You saw it during a cutscene earlier. It is the kid of the possessed jarl.

 

[Rhaknar]

spoilers for this quest only:

Spoiler

You saw it during a cutscene earlier. It is the kid of the possessed jarl.

Spoiler

no it isnt, Ceryl comes around the corner of the house with the old druid with his real baby alive and well. I guess she could have removed him from the back of the oven or something?

 

[Turin Turambar]

Spoiler

no it isnt, Ceryl comes around the corner of the house with the old druid with his real baby alive and well. I guess she could have removed him from the back of the oven or something?

That's my interpretation,

Spoiler

there was a room adjacent to the back of the oven, and the old druid came from it.

 

[Super Stardust]

Decided to turn the poi off on the map because I'm worried I willl burnout chasing all the icons . Hoping that eventually most side quests will take you to those areas anyway.

The best times I've had is just randomly exploring the countryside anyway.

POI should have been off by default, it's way better when you encounter those places naturally

 

[Leezard]

Spoiler

no it isnt, Ceryl comes around the corner of the house with the old druid with his real baby alive and well. I guess she could have removed him from the back of the oven or something?

Spoiler

I think there was a hole in the wall or something similar prepared. It was necessary that everyone thought he killed the real kid, and that it survived.

 

[toastyToast]

Spoiler

Yeah, I think there was a hole in the wall or something similar prepared.

Yeah something like this

Must have been

Spoiler

a pretty good plan, made me do a double take for real. Cerys the GOAT

 

[Papercuts]

Just entered Skillege at lvl18....

Legit shook at the area.

Time to hunt down the Gwent players...

The bastards in Skellige were hoarding all the monster cards.

 

[linkboy]

Skellege rocks, probably my favorite part of the game.

 

[Lifejumper]

I wonder what the level requirement for the expansions is. Hope I wont be overleveled. I guess they could do level scaling.

 

[LookAtMeGo]

No, I don't think so, though Yrden alt still has some 'crow control' effect because it makes them stagger.

Cool thanks

 

[RageWaffles]

On my second playthrough and making different choices in quests this time. I can't believe the difference in difficulty between two paths of the same quest!

"Family Matters"/Baron spoilers:

Spoiler

So, I killed the Botchling. That fight alone was pretty tricky. But after that, I have do a thing where I'm fighting 6 or 7 wraiths at a time. It's absolutely insane.

and having to skip through dialogue before each attempt/death makes it much more painful.

 

[Michał Jaworski]

Just completed (3rd difficulty lvl), checked every single question mark, did all the side stuff I could find. 111h 46min later I'm lvl 35 and all things considered - landed with pretty decent ending. Great game, definitely gonna try 2nd playthrough on Death March.

 

[fedexpeon]

So, anyone knows where to find anymore Doppler?
I let one escaped with his life during the Imp quest, and now I am missing a Doppler mutagem after 100 hrs.
This game taught me to slaughter every weird creatures now since I can't complete all the potions in the game.
So learn from my mistake, don't be merciful because if you do your gameplay is screwed.
If a quest wants you to save/kill an ancient beast, kill it.
KILL IT FOR THE LOOT!

 

[CHC]

Alright all you people claiming that the Griffin Armor was soooooo cool looking really tricked me good... I spent hours gathering all the crap to make it and it looks way sillier than my Temerian Armor :-(

It's not horrible but ehhhh.

That said the treasure hunts in this game are SOOO fucking good. I love how it's not all in one place, you follow the trail of someone and find out their story. And gathering all the stuff to make gear.... the crafting took a while to grow on me, but now I love prowling the coasts looking for drowners to kill and then dismantling all their body parts into stuff like powdered monster flesh. So addictive.

 

[Nordicus]

Do all enemies slow down when using Yrden alt? That's where my next point is going towards. So far I only use Yrden for wraiths.

No, I don't think so, though Yrden alt still has some 'crow control' effect because it makes them stagger.

Yes, it does slow enemies down, it's primary Yrden's main function. You can see the precise percentage in your character stats

 

[glaurung]

So, anyone knows where to find anymore Doppler?
I let one escaped with his life during the Imp quest, and now I am missing a Doppler mutagem after 100 hrs.
This game taught me to slaughter every weird creatures now since I can't complete all the potions in the game.
So learn from my mistake, don't be merciful because if you do your gameplay is screwed.
If a quest wants you to save/kill an ancient beast, kill it.
KILL IT FOR THE LOOT!

Hmm. I got pissed off at that doppler who

Spoiler

took Geralt's form to irk him.

Slaughtered him like a common goat. No idea whether I got the mats though.

 

[Blue Ninja]

Goddamn at that final mission in Act 2. Just goddamn.

 

[Rhaknar]

so since im about halfway through, but in that "time to finish the game" mindset, some thoughts:

- what we all suspected, with the xp fixed (in my case with the mod, but hopefully with the patch for everyone), you get "too much" xp, especially if you do everything. You WILL outlevel content very fast

- in the same mindset, with the limited slots for your "spec", you will outgrow a use for skill points very fast (and by very fast I mean around lvl 22-ish if youve also been getting the power points from shrines

- I still want to get my masterwork gryphon set so im ok with it, and I do have a lot of level 26ish quests, but still, in general, Ive outlvled content by a great deal at lvl 24, so for those worried with challenge, that might be a problem

- speaking of the gryphon set, it looks MUCH better "in person" than in pictures. Immloving the superior set, with the shiny gold parts and chainmail and shit. Bear is probably still the best one but these sets look much better in game.

- I still want to do all the quests and contracts, because I love the voice acting and story / cutscenes around them, but Im deffinitely NOT getting all the PoIs in Skellige like I did in Velen. Not only is Skellige a pain to traverse, most of the PoIs seem to be underwater, and theres just no point really unless youre a real completionist (and im not THAT much of a completionist). Plus like I said at the start, im not bored of the game, but I am starting to get into that "ok time to hit the home stretch" mindset (steam says I have 60 hours) if you know what I mean. For example, im usually just choosing the "yellow" speech options now, instead of clicking every one before advancing.

anyway, to be continued

 

[Momentary]

Alright all you people claiming that the Griffin Armor was soooooo cool looking really tricked me good... I spent hours gathering all the crap to make it and it looks way sillier than my Temerian Armor :-(

It's not horrible but ehhhh.

That said the treasure hunts in this game are SOOO fucking good. I love how it's not all in one place, you follow the trail of someone and find out their story. And gathering all the stuff to make gear.... the crafting took a while to grow on me, but now I love prowling the coasts looking for drowners to kill and then dismantling all their body parts into stuff like powdered monster flesh. So addictive.

The upgraded version looks better. I wasn't too keen on the first tier of the armor.

 

[Sir Garbageman]

Tower of Mice questline question:

Spoiler

So it looks like I fucked up and released a plague maiden :/ Does this have far reaching implications? I knew the ghost was acting weird but I had no idea it could've been that bad. Should I go back a save or two and finish the quest a different way or roll with the punches?

 

[LonelyGreyWolf]

There's a well-made Youtube video where a dude shows what all version of Feline, Griffin and Ursine armor looks like.

Speaking of which, I just got to level 14 yesterday and immediately put on my first Feline gear. Sogood.gif to be out of the ugly trash I was wearing before and into these awesome clothes. Dat attack power increase too.

 

[gdt]

- I still want to do all the quests and contracts, because I love the voice acting and story / cutscenes around them, but Im deffinitely NOT getting all the PoIs in Skellige like I did in Velen. Not only is Skellige a pain to traverse, most of the PoIs seem to be underwater, and theres just no point really unless youre a real completionist (and im not THAT much of a completionist). Plus like I said at the start, im not bored of the game, but I am starting to get into that "ok time to hit the home stretch" mindset (steam says I have 60 hours) if you know what I mean. For example, im usually just choosing the "yellow" speech options now, instead of clicking every one before advancing.

anyway, to be continued

Shame on you

 

[valkyre]

Have you guys encountered an issue with shadows sometimes that they seem to draw right in front of you as you walk? It is mostly noticeable indoors. It certainly doesnt look normal since shadow lod is quite good even on consoles. But when this happens you see the shadows draw right next to you.

Anyone else?

 

[panda-zebra]

Turned a girl down, she took it badly... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baodbFtX2Lk

 

[neorej]

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!

Apply Cursed oil to your sword. It'll do Crit Damage on nearly every strike. Also; Igni. Igni the shit out of him.

 

[SeanTSC]

- I still want to do all the quests and contracts, because I love the voice acting and story / cutscenes around them, but Im deffinitely NOT getting all the PoIs in Skellige like I did in Velen. Not only is Skellige a pain to traverse, most of the PoIs seem to be underwater, and theres just no point really unless youre a real completionist (and im not THAT much of a completionist). Plus like I said at the start, im not bored of the game, but I am starting to get into that "ok time to hit the home stretch" mindset (steam says I have 60 hours) if you know what I mean. For example, im usually just choosing the "yellow" speech options now, instead of clicking every one before advancing.

I hit every single POI in Skellige, it was a total pain. I ended up just "triggering" the Smugglers underwater chest crap at one point though and not actually getting them. Seems like the Smugglers stuff never, ever gives recipes, just vendor fodder so pointless anyways. The non-Smugglers points are worth checking out though, since you can get recipes/schematics from the others.

Then I got my Platinum and decided hrm, I'm going to really go for 100% and hit every Smugglers point. And then I ended up rolling my cash over 65k unknowingly and ended up having to load a 1 hour 40 minute old save to get before that point heh. Definitely not going to go back and get all the Smugglers points now.

 

[ICKE]

I'm going to start exploring the seas on my second playthrough.

I just wished there was a way to slow the current pace of leveling and tone down the amount of loot (value).

 

[valkyre]

Apply Cursed oil to your sword. It'll do Crit Damage on nearly every strike. Also; Igni. Igni the shit out of him.

And moon bomb to prevent his health regen.

 

[CHC]

Tower of Mice questline question:

Spoiler

So it looks like I fucked up and released a plague maiden :/ Does this have far reaching implications? I knew the ghost was acting weird but I had no idea it could've been that bad. Should I go back a save or two and finish the quest a different way or roll with the punches?

I can't answer the first question but as for the second... Always roll with the punches. My logic is that the developers went to the trouble to make quests with meaningful outcomes and consequences, it's worth it to see them through one way or another. Plus often the results are not what you expected. Doing something good might bite you later, something "bad" may have unseen benefits.

 

[SeanTSC]

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

Beat the level 48 Archgriffon in Skellige at 36 on Death March. Pretty easy mob though.

 

[Blue Ninja]

I'm going to start exploring the seas on my second playthrough.

I just wished there was a way to slow the current pace of leveling and tone down the amount of loot (value).

And people stopped playing because of the EXP glitch, heh.

I could just have gotten lucky, I guess. I've only noticed a few MQ's not giving me EXP. The final missions of Act 2 bumped me up 4 levels in the span of two hours.

 

[ICKE]

And people stopped playing because of the EXP glitch, heh.

I could just have gotten lucky, I guess. I've only noticed a few MQ's not giving me EXP. The final missions of Act 2 bumped me up 4 levels in the span of two hours.

Yeah, I have a really hard time understanding that unless you are just going for the main quest. There is so much content and areas to explore, the final third was basically a breeze in my first playthrough (death march).

 

[roytheone]

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!

Also, don't forget to temporally upgrade your gear at those weapon and armor upgrade stations. It is some free extra damage and armor, and it had made the difference between life and death for me on multiple occasions.

 

[moojito]

Love this game, but the horse slow speed movement is annoying.

Only just realised yesterday that you can loot monster nests after you blow them up :<

 

[artsi]

Hopefully the new patch is coming soon. I've already finished the game on Death March and don't really care for the EXP bug, but I'd like to have a patched game before starting a new run.

 

[SeanTSC]

MAlso CDPR really dropped the ball here, pretty much 98% of "?" mark in Skellige are underwater chests with sirens waiting to kill you. If you add swimming is really bad in W3, this killed pretty much the whole fun I was having by fully exploring the map. The loot is garbage, so there are really no reasons to clear those marks.

Yup, Smugglers marks super suck, don't even have a chance for recipes/schematics in them (at least not in the shitloads that I opened).

As for underwater mobs - you can instantly kill them with the ridiculous 1-hit kill, auto-tracking, shoot from any position Crossbow! Press the fire button while underwater water and it will instantly kill any mob within range regardless of your and its position. It's really silly how Crossbows work underwater, but I guess it makes underwater mobs 10000% less stupid.

 

[Moff]

Also CDPR really dropped the ball here, pretty much 98% of "?" mark in Skellige are underwater chests with sirens waiting to kill you. If you add swimming is really bad in W3, this killed pretty much the whole fun I was having by fully exploring the map. The loot is garbage, so there are really no reasons to clear those marks.

easily and by far the worst part of the whole game. they should have simply been cut.