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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |OT2| Wanted to find Ciri, but everything Gwent wrong

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tycoonheart

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friday said:
Witcher Bros fun -
I have been in khare morhen for a minute and did the quest where you hang out with the other witchers and get super drunk,
it was so much fun. Honestly, I would love a Witcher game where you just pickup monster contracts and then get lit with your bros at night.

Love this game.
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Went through that quest last night. Laughed the entire way through.

Especially when
your bros get you to use Yen's communication thing to invite Triss and her friends

Too funny.
 
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Rixxan

Member
i'm level 20 and just got to skellige, i'm feeling very little challenge even on death march - any recommendations? haven't died in a long time

or will things just start to pick up difficulty wise?
 
R

Relix

he's Virgin Tight™
I need to find that picture of two Roaches. I whistled and somehow two came popping from different corners, same gear and all.
 
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Courage

Member
Rixxan said:
i'm level 20 and just got to skellige, i'm feeling very little challenge even on death march - any recommendations? haven't died in a long time

or will things just start to pick up difficulty wise?
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I can see you having trouble with 2 of the boss fights depending on how you're upgrading Geralt, but it'll remain the same other than that.
 
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Jingo

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LurkerPrime said:
For a while there I regretted extending Aard's range. But then I started fighting flying enemies, and, boy, was that a good decision!

Two birds with one stone.

Just refer to the crafting/alchemy menus when you need to - no need to memorise.

For the ingredients:
  • Herbs come from the environment or herbalists (located in some villages and most large towns).
  • Monster parts are named after the monster they belong to and will randomly drop from said monsters.
  • Crafting supplies like metals or leathers can be bought from blacksmith/armourers or acquired by disassembling weapons or armour.
  • Silver is rather rare and can be acquired by disassembling silver swords.
  • Disassembling items is a good way to get the other items not listed here. Be careful doing this, because it will only break down a crafting ingredient into a lesser form.
  • Strong alcohols (for making potions) seem to be pretty much any alcohol you can buy... I don't personally understand this aspect myself. You'll find more than you need by looting points of interest.

For crafting/alchemy diagrams:
  • Find them at treasure sites or points of interest, generally as the big chest contained within, or even off the beaten path somewhere. Far as I'm aware, they're randomly generated so there's no specific place to find any one diagram.
  • Witcher gear is the exception to the above. The diagrams are at set points in the world. Also, if you have green (witcher) gear, don't sell it because you can upgrade it down the road.

For dealing with encumberance, the main things hogging up your inventory will be animal pelts or excess equipment. Just sell or disassemble them while keeping my above tips in mind. And one other thing, junk-classified items will say whether they have a crafting purpose or can be freely sold.

Hope this help.
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It sure helped , thank you, i even took a photo to this post just to keep me on track :D
 
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Rixxan

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can someone explain how to start the wolf school gear quest?

i tried buying the 1st and 5th maps from hattori in novigrad as indicated but he doesnt seem to be selling them, im confused
 
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Khasim

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Rixxan said:
can someone explain how to start the wolf school gear quest?

i tried buying the 1st and 5th maps from hattori in novigrad as indicated but he doesnt seem to be selling them, im confused
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I got the first diagram quest from the Kaer Trolde armourer. Try there. You also need to have visited
Kaer Morhen
before you start the quest, as all parts of the first set are there, and so some for the enhanced version. Same if you want to start the Ursine treasure hunt before going to Skellige - you won't get the quest unless you've already been there.
 
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aku:jiki

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Rixxan said:
can someone explain how to start the wolf school gear quest?

i tried buying the 1st and 5th maps from hattori in novigrad as indicated but he doesnt seem to be selling them, im confused
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What level are you? I've noticed merchants I've been to 100 times gain new diagrams sometimes as I level up, so maybe you're still too low level to get them?

Edit: Wait, I'm stupid, you have access to Hattori meaning you're clearly not like level 5... Dunno then.
 
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wild wild rice

Member
Elandyll said:
Main quest boring me to death as I arrived in Skellige and still playing Columbo trying to piece back past events and finding Ciri.

I think I'm going to go on fast tracking mode (just going from one objective to the next). Bummer :(
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I've been fast tracking since I got to Novigrad and it's really not helping. This game just feels like it goes nowhere no matter what I do. And then fast tracking of course makes the game feel even MORE mundane (holding run/trot to go from objective to objective on the mini map isn't fun in the slightest and it quickly starts to feel like a waypoint simulator.) This game has lost all sense of momentum, though I think this is the "point" of the wild hunt. It just doesn't feel all that wild to me unfortunately. Everything in Witcher 2 felt so much more significant and I can't help but blame the open world at this point.

I'm breaking out of Novigrad and heading to Skellige in an attempt to rekindle interest. it may just be that this isn't the game I'm looking to play at this point in time so I'll let it rest if Skellige doesn't grab me.
 
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Relix

he's Virgin Tight™
Yeah Novigrad was a low point. Everything dragged after Velen. Just got to Skellige and I find the setting more interesting.
 
S

SomewhatGroovy

Banned
My advice for those of you feeling boredom and find the game tedious at some point is to jump over the fence. If you're singling out the storymode, go do some side quests; if you're burning yourself out on sidequests, do the story.

I made this same mistake (doing too many sidequests) and got to Skellig and it changed my view of the game. Also take some time to explore. The biggest game changer, for me personally, was going into Options and turning all the display, save for the mini map on occasion, off. Exploring the world and running into new sights, dungeons, quests and just living organically in the world was the best thing I did.

Definitely make getting to Skellig a priority though. I kept ranting about how much I hated all the plot line in Novigrad and Velen. That was 80 hrs ago. Game has way too much to offer.
 
Garuda1One

Garuda1One

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aku:jiki said:
If you're at the end of the Novigrad questline at level 13 and after 30 hours played, you're rushing the crap out of the game and clearly haven't done a lot of side content at all.

I started Novigrad at like 70 hours.
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dude, next week is arkham, and next month is my wife delivering my first baby..

priority aside, i need to finish this game.. but i really really want to try all the quest.. and treasure hunt is addicting..
 
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aku:jiki

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Exentryk said:
There is a bug in Gwent where if the 4th Commander's Horn gets played, it doesn't get discarded and stays in the active card pile, thus giving free turns. This can be abused to get easy wins.

http://youtu.be/5RU7tmwgIx8
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That strategy requires that you draw all 3 of those cards, though, and the only way to raise the odds of that happening consistently is to draw and play as many spies as possible...at which point you're already winning and don't need exploits.
 
Exentryk

Exentryk

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aku:jiki said:
That strategy requires that you draw all 3 of those cards, though, and the only way to raise the odds of that happening consistently is to draw and play as many spies as possible...at which point you're already winning and don't need exploits.
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Don't forget the leader Seigemaster card that acts as an extra commander. But yeah, when you get your deck with multiple spies and all, you don't really need to use this cheat.
Still, be good if the devs fixed it.
 
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AuthenticM

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Ok, I now firmly believe that there is a bug in the game preventing the Additional Content section of the tutorial from appearing in some cases, perhaps when the game is set to a language other than English. Here's a screencap of the section:

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That section is nowhere to be found in my game. I'm playing in French. Can anyone here go in their tutorial to see if they have it ? And what is the language of your game ?
 
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LurkerPrime

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AuthenticM said:
Ok, I now firmly believe that there is a bug in the game preventing the Additional Content section of the tutorial from appearing in some cases, perhaps when the game is set to a language other than English. Here's a screencap of the section:

4jICJhh.png


That section is nowhere to be found in my game. I'm playing in French. Can anyone here go in their tutorial to see if they have it ? And what is the language of your game ?
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It's nowhere to be found in my game; English, GOG version. So it's probably some bizarre bug.
 
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Vitor711

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AuthenticM said:
Ok, I now firmly believe that there is a bug in the game preventing the Additional Content section of the tutorial from appearing in some cases, perhaps when the game is set to a language other than English. Here's a screencap of the section:

4jICJhh.png


That section is nowhere to be found in my game. I'm playing in French. Can anyone here go in their tutorial to see if they have it ? And what is the language of your game ?
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Holy sh*t - I totally don't have that section in the tutorial at all, despite the game telling me to look there.

I thought it was pretty obtuse that I had to look up a guide online in order to find a merchant to buy a map from so that I can THEN go and look for the armour.
 
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Verger

Banned
I'm about 45 hours in and just did the Novigrad Dreaming quest and met Mr. Lambert.

I have a feeling I've still got a long way to go with this game since I've not even tried to get to Skellige yet.

There's just so much to do, heck I still have a good portion of Velen left unexplored.

Speaking of which, I tried to explore the southern area of Velen and I was impressed by just how "different" that area is. I mean, it's still a swamp, but the weather effects seemed to change to give off more fog and clouds (could have just been a coincidence I suppose), but it just felt so very eery and unnerving.

I also liked how once you got past the checkpoints on the way to Novigrad the environment became more "peaceful?" in that you didn't see large swaths of abandoned villages, war torn swaths of land and people and other stuff.

Still in awe about how much is in this game. CDPR deserves so much commendation and hopefully they'll get deserved accolades and awards this year.
 
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Elandyll

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aku:jiki said:
You're not enjoying the main quest so you're going to torture yourself by ignoring all the wonderful side content and rushing the part of the game you don't like? This seems like a very odd decision to me.

If you're at the end of the Novigrad questline at level 13 and after 30 hours played, you're rushing the crap out of the game and clearly haven't done a lot of side content at all.

I started Novigrad at like 70 hours.
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I want to finish the main quest asap instead of dragging it (it also bothers me in the narrative flow, as it's supposed to be a "time sensitive" narrative, and there's so many distractions it doens't even make sense), to arrive at the parts I enjoy more (Gwent, exploring, side quests) instead of having to get back to it periodically and taking forever. Nothing weird here. I just hope I can get back to side quests later.

Also, I need to know how the darn stupid search ends, then it'll be sandbox play.

Honestly, wish they had done a better job on the main quest. As it is, and with so many games coming, it's very unlikely I'll ever replay W3 ever again.

Never say never though, and I guess whatever is left for me to play might surprise me :shrug:
 
Coreda

Coreda

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AuthenticM said:
Ok, I now firmly believe that there is a bug in the game preventing the Additional Content section of the tutorial from appearing in some cases, perhaps when the game is set to a language other than English. Here's a screencap of the section:

4jICJhh.png


That section is nowhere to be found in my game. I'm playing in French. Can anyone here go in their tutorial to see if they have it ? And what is the language of your game ?
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I'm playing in Polish (VO language) / English subs and it appears both in the main menu as a link and in the Tutorial section manually. PC / GOG version.

I'd do a search of the CDProjektRed.com forums via google to check if there's a bug thread, and then post there. Just remember to specify which platform and version you're running.
 
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AuthenticM

Member
LurkerPrime said:
It's nowhere to be found in my game; English, GOG version. So it's probably some bizarre bug.
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Vitor711 said:
Holy sh*t - I totally don't have that section in the tutorial at all, despite the game telling me to look there.

I thought it was pretty obtuse that I had to look up a guide online in order to find a merchant to buy a map from so that I can THEN go and look for the armour.
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Coreda said:
I'm playing in Polish (VO language) / English subs and it appears both in the main menu as a link and in the Tutorial section manually. PC / GOG version.
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So weird. And frustrating. I'm on PS4.

Regarding the armor itself: how do I get to Kaer Morhen ? The first part of the armor is there and it's a level 14 quest. I am level 23. Should I be able to go there by now ?
 
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Deleted member 471617

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Quick question -

Are there yellow mutagens in the game? Or is it just red, green and blue? Thanks.
 
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Zakalwe

Banned
aku:jiki said:
What's supposed to be dumb about it? He's an absolute nobody who happens to have some info about Ciri. Once you extract that info, he's useless both to Geralt and in the grander political scheme.
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He's a good character and there could easily have been more to his story, definitely wasn't an absolute nobody.

Shame if it's true you don't meet him again, imo.
 
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matrixman92

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I fucked up...I fucked up big time. I am with Triss, but everything is pointing in the direction that I am supposed to be with Yen. Now I am at
the ship where we broke the spell, have the option of telling her I still love her, or I dont want to be with her anymore.
Can anyone tell me how bad the second option here is? I already know what happens if you
choose both of them.
 
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Bisnic

Really Really Exciting Member!
Branson said:
Fuck. I'm 44 hours in and trying to find Dandelion in Novigrad. How far along am I if I can take a boat to Skellige?
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I think I did the part you mentioned like over 2 weeks ago, and I play like 3-4 hours every evenings (where I have nothing else to do, which is often) after work.

I'm still trying to find Ciri. Goddamn sidequests and exploration are keeping me extremely busy outside of the main story.
 
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