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[RandomSeed]

Just did

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The last wish

quest !

Damn the water in this game is like the worst I've seen in years OMG ...

It looks terribaad, almost glitchy ...

I find that clear water is fine, but there is some funky surface texture on many water sources that looks like crap.

 

[Augemitbutter]

I had a full beard when I went to Skellige. When Yen told me to get some decent clothes, I figured I might as well get a shave too since there was a barber in town.

During the wake she commented that she liked that I had let my beard grow. In other words she says the same thing whether you're clean shaven or have a full beard.

Disappointing.

exactly the same happened to me

 

[JohnnyFootball]

It feels like they beat the behind the scenes roll check. Usually trying again, when there is an enemy closer to them made it work.

That damage bonus is no joke. What could take me 7 hits to kill the commander/boss in the group, his lacky can do it 2 or 3.

Axii is so fucking good

Yeah, I heard it's a life saver in Death March.

 

[RandomSeed]

I had a full beard when I went to Skellige. When Yen told me to get some decent clothes, I figured I might as well get a shave too since there was a barber in town.

During the wake she commented that she liked that I had let my beard grow. In other words she says the same thing whether you're clean shaven or have a full beard.

Disappointing.

She's talking about Geralt's crotch beard FYI.

 

[JohnnyFootball]

If you were to make a list of the most vile despicable people in gaming I'd have to think Whoreson Junior would be on the top of that list.

 

[Lord of Castamere]

Dark mode was way easier in W2. Feel like death march plateaus and declines in challenge much deeper into the game than dark ever did(which pretty much got stupid easy after the tutorial).

*shrug* I had more issue with W2. I played it on 360 though. Not that the W2 was that difficult with Quen maxed, but it was a challenge at every step regardless. The ghost section particularly. Nothing has been much of a challenge so far in W3, but coming directly from Bloodborne may have helped.

 

[Sai]

If you were to make a list of the most vile despicable people in gaming I'd have to think Whoreson Junior would be on the top of that list.

Can't believe there was even an option to

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spare him

.

 

[His Majesty]

Can't believe there was even an option to

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spare him

.

I

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spared him. I'd rather have him on the run for the whole criminal underworld for the rest of his live than give him a quick death. That option works out pretty well though. You can visit him later on with Ciri. He is a beggar and kids are throwing rocks at him.

 

[Philtastic]

Finally finished the Jenny o' the Woods contracts. Only took

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3 thunderbolts, Spectre Oil, alternate yard, +10% fast attack perk, a bit of apple juice, and getting to level 12

. I still think the quest was a bit hard to be marked as Level 10, but it sure was satisfying to finally finish it.

Once you figure wraiths out, it's ridiculously easy. I happened to record this fight, and you can see just how easy it is. I decided to try out the wyvern decoction because I thought that it was going to be a much more drawn out fight from what other people had said but that wasn't the case. I probably would have gotten more damage out of a thunderbolt potion. I also accidentally threw a bomb instead of using my crossbow but, yeah, pretty easy when you realize that positioning is key.

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Stand on the outside of your Yrden so that you start hitting it on Yrden's edge, thus you can hit it 4-6 times in a row, dodge back, then do another 3-4 hits before the wraith teleports.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU2S_6vjSek

Because your experience doesn't transfer directly to another persons experience, and vice versa. Like, when people sit and think "Oh man, this combat is terrible, how can people like this?" for people like me it's the exact opposite thought process. How can people be seemingly so bad at the combat that they call it "dreck, absolute pits" and "inexcusable". Using these descriptors for Wild Hunt's combat systems is so alien and bizarre to me, because on my end it's almost the exact opposite: functional, responsive, strategically diverse, with a clear process of learned skills implemented to improved performance and reward. And again, that's not to argue against room for improvement, but when I think of bad, poorly envisioned and implemented, broken, frustrating, or low quality combat systems, I do not think of Wild Hunt. The combat experience on my end was very, very satisfying, the major criticism being that it became too easy towards the end.

This is pretty much how I feel about people who say that the combat is so bad but I worded it poorly earlier in the thread. I can't even imagine someone who regularly plays action games being so bad at this.

 

[Augemitbutter]

Can't believe there was even an option to

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spare him

.

why not? i actually.....

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spared him in my playthrough. if you want to know more about that ending: you can visit him with ciri before the final battle and see what became of him. he's filty, poor and he will die a slow death.

 

[LonelyGreyWolf]

If you were to make a list of the most vile despicable people in gaming I'd have to think Whoreson Junior would be on the top of that list.

Maybe, but imo his voice actor was a completely wrong choice and he acted a bit more cowardly than was fit. Also, a very minor detail, but if you choose to

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kill him, Geralt will say he will kill him only for laying a hand on Ciri. Geralt come on, I'm killing him for far more than just that.

 

[Hank Scorpio]

Who is this idiot Dandelion? Awful VA. The quests involving him in Novigrad are terrible so far. So much useless busy work. Just want to get this all done and head to Skellige.

 

[TimeEffect]

I was in Novigrad and got attacked by

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Whoreson's henchmen

Who is that, and what did I do wrong? I cant remember

 

[Hobbestetrician]

Who is this idiot Dandelion? Awful VA. The quests involving him in Novigrad are terrible so far. So much useless busy work. Just want to get this all done and head to Skellige.

Just wait, man, his quest gets pretty spectacular soon.

 

[TimeEffect]

Who is this idiot Dandelion? Awful VA. The quests involving him in Novigrad are terrible so far. So much useless busy work. Just want to get this all done and head to Skellige.

He's Geralt's best friend from previous games, a bard, and narrates the story/characters/quests/bestiary

 

[tootsi666]

Who is this idiot Dandelion? Awful VA. The quests involving him in Novigrad are terrible so far. So much useless busy work. Just want to get this all done and head to Skellige.

He's your best friend

 

[evlcookie]

Is there any reason to find all the points of interest once you have hit level 30? It feels like all of the treasures are pretty much worthless.

There also doesn't seem to be any secondary quests around that level, The only ones I have left are ones I haven't finished at very early levels.

I'm guessing it's time to ride the main quest home?

 

[Cpt.Underpants]

Will telling Djikstra a

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bout the Emperor's troubles with the merchants have any ramifications?

Yes or No?

 

[Die Squirrel Die]

Just wait, man, his quest gets pretty spectacular soon.

Eh, it's only really his quest by default, he has very little to do with what's involved in it.

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It's much more Priscilla/ Joachim's quest.

Having gone into the game without any prior knowledge from either the previous games or the books I have to say Dandelion's been the only character so far that I've had difficulty feeling connected to. It might be the VA that's throwing me, it just doesn't work for me.

 

[AuthenticM]

Do merchants give predetermined gwent cards when you win against them or are they random ? And do they give multiple cards on repeat wins ?

 

[Lord of Castamere]

Sooo is Eye for an eye glitched? Is it being patched?

 

[Sub Zero]

Do merchants give predetermined gwent cards when you win against them or are they random ? And do they give multiple cards on repeat wins ?

Random. And it's one card per merchant, if you beat them more times they'll give you random items from their stock

 

[Jay Shadow]

Sooo is Eye for an eye glitched? Is it being patched?

I think that might be the mission that's getting hotfixed next week.

 

[Hobbestetrician]

Eh, it's only really his quest by default, he has very little to do with what's involved in it.

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It's much more Priscilla/ Joachim's quest.

True, you just have to do his stuff first to activate it.

 

[CarbonFire]

Just wait, man, his quest gets pretty spectacular soon.

His main quest

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Cabaret

starts way too slow, but man, does it go places. I do think it would have been better had they gotten to the point quicker.
Specifically, they could have cut the whole

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Halfing artist

side quest, and nothing really would have been lost.

 

[AuthenticM]

Random. And it's one card per merchant, if you beat them more times they'll give you random items from their stock

Ok, so how do I obtain the hero cards and other high-level ones ? Do I have to play against merchants and pray that they give me one when I win ?

 

[erawsd]

Ok, so how do I obtain the hero cards and other high-level ones ? Do I have to play against merchants and pray that they give me one when I win ?

No, the hero cards are mostly won from the "Gwent" quests that has you taking on special characters.

 

[xezuru]

What happens when you get the next tier of a craftable but haven't crafted the former yet?
From what I can tell it completely replaces the recipe.
I haven't been able to craft one of the vanilla potions, and now I have the enhanced version and the only remaining ingredient is the vanilla...

 

[Hank Scorpio]

He's Geralt's best friend from previous games, a bard, and narrates the story/characters/quests/bestiary

He's your best friend

Just wait, man, his quest gets pretty spectacular soon.

Haven't played the other two games but he certainly doesn't strike me as someone I would have associated Geralt with having as a bestie. Seems a pretty pathetic character. Is he supposed to be the comic relief? Again, his VA is awful imo. Same with Lambert and Triss to a lesser extent.

I don't think having Vesimir's VA voice old Dandelion in the load screen narration was a great idea either. Was very confusing.

 

[Phenomena]

This question mark at Spikeroog/Svorlag at the top of the mountain how do I get there? It's on the otherside of the haunted house in the Possesion quest.
It's driving me crazy.

 

[Verger]

I don't think having Vesimir's VA voice old Dandelion in the load screen narration was a great idea either. Was very confusing.

Is that so? Huh, I actually didn't notice. But yeah old Dandelion's voice just doesn't work. For a Bard he sounds so utterly disinterested in the narration. Barely any emotion.

 

[AuthenticM]

No, the hero cards are mostly won from the "Gwent" quests that has you taking on special characters.

Ok. Thanks.

 

[bearythebear]

Haha, doing quests in Skellige and Yen is such an asshole... Can't help lovin' her though.

 

[TimeEffect]

Haven't played the other two games but he certainly doesn't strike me as someone I would have associated Geralt with having as a bestie. Seems a pretty pathetic character. Is he supposed to be the comic relief? Again, his VA is awful imo. Same with Lambert and Triss to a lesser extent.

I don't think having Vesimir's VA voice old Dandelion in the load screen narration was a great idea either. Was very confusing.

Yeah Triss was too plain for me

She also doesnt look as well modeled as Yen. Nor does she have the hot accent

 

[leng jai]

Serious question here - does anyone honestly think the combat is good (or even works) against multiple enemies in smaller indoor areas? It's fine for the most part outside where you have room to move but indoors is just horrendous. I mean you can still win with cheese tactics but it's not enjoyable at all to me.

 

[UnluckyKate]

Serious question here - does anyone honestly think the combat is good (or even works) against multiple enemies in smaller indoor areas? It's fine for the most part outside where you have room to move but indoors is just horrendous. I mean you can still win with cheese tactics but it's not enjoyable at all to me.

in confined spaced, I tend to only use parry and magic. I think dodge and roll don't work at all

 

[Gorger]

This question mark at Spikeroog/Svorlag at the top of the mountain how do I get there? It's on the otherside of the haunted house in the Possesion quest.
It's driving me crazy.

It was driving me crazy too, so I started jumping like crazy to the left of the entrance, near the cliff where it kinda seems like you can get a grip and suddenly he reached onto something.

After I got up I tried to find the alternative route, but I didn't find anything obvious, I really don't know the legit way of getting too it.

 

[Hank Scorpio]

If you were to make a list of the most vile despicable people in gaming I'd have to think Whoreson Junior would be on the top of that list.

When you finally encounter him in his room there is a

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prostitute hanging from the ceiling. When you use your witcher senses her body highlights red but I couldn't get Geralt to comment or examine her or anything. Is this a bug?

Kept thinking maybe there was a sidequest involving someone looking for her

.

 

[Phenomena]

It was driving me crazy too, so I started jumping like crazy to the left of the entrance, near the cliff where it kinda seems like you can get a grip and suddenly he reached onto something.

After I got up I tried to find the alternative route, but I didn't find anything obvious, I really don't know the legit way of getting too it.

Thanks! Guess I have some Skyrim jumping to do..

What's up there though? Seems like a Placeof Power but if it's just som treasure I'm a little dissappointed.

 

[Gorger]

Serious question here - does anyone honestly think the combat is good (or even works) against multiple enemies in smaller indoor areas? It's fine for the most part outside where you have room to move but indoors is just horrendous. I mean you can still win with cheese tactics but it's not enjoyable at all to me.

Upgrading the third light combat skill makes any fight involving multiple enemies effortless. Looks awesome watching Geralt dancing around with his blade cutting them up like they were made of butter. Works great for nekkers, drowners and humans without shield.

 

[JohnnyFootball]

Serious question here - does anyone honestly think the combat is good (or even works) against multiple enemies in smaller indoor areas? It's fine for the most part outside where you have room to move but indoors is just horrendous. I mean you can still win with cheese tactics but it's not enjoyable at all to me.

No it sucks ass. I discovered that the key is to just keep the block button engaged the whole time. They become more manageable then.

If you can buy yourself enough space, using Axii and turning one into an ally can be VERY handy.

 

[Majestad]

I'm just a couple hours in but this is already great. I just fought the gryphon and that was awesome. I assume I haven't seen nothing yet.

 

[Gorger]

I'm just a couple hours in but this is already great. I just fought the gryphon and that was awesome. I assume I haven't seen nothing yet.

That's an understatement

 

[RadioactiveLobster]

Main Quest/Early Skellige Spoilers (Missing Persons/Nameless/Calm Before the Storm)

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So just finished up these 3 quests, found the guys body, supreme bitch Yen did her thing, killed the garden. Is there a way to let his sister know that he wasn't a coward? That he helped Ciri. I genuinely felt bad for the guy, he didn't flee and didn't deserve to be cast out and killed. His family should know the truth.

Dammit, there's something in my eye...

 

[tryagainlater]

Any consensus on what difficulty is best to start on?

 

[GreyOcelot]

Any consensus on what difficulty is best to start on?

at least blood and broken bones

 

[KorrZ]

Any consensus on what difficulty is best to start on?

Death March for sure. I started on Blood & Broken Bones and it feels a bit too easy once you get a few hours in.

 

[Gorger]

Any consensus on what difficulty is best to start on?

Try Death March first, it's difficult in the beginning but gets fair as you progress. If it's too hard make it one step easier and play until you're a couple of levels higher and then take it back to Death March.

 

[Jay Shadow]

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Is there a way to let his sister know that he wasn't a coward? That he helped Ciri.

Much later on.

 

[AuthenticM]

About the trophies the player earn by killing enemies in contracts: can I safely sell them to any merchant if I do not want them ? Is there some special merchant who buys them for a better price ?