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

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aku:jiki

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Man, Novigrad is just way too big for me. I love the fact that they built a city so huge that still feels so alive and organic, but I can't deal with how large it is. It's my next big area to really go through and I'm putting it off because there just aren't enough hours after work to do it all in one go, it's going to take so many hours to systematically go through every alley and check every door... Time to "work from home" tomorrow!

loaf of bread said:
can you get better horse blinders? I haven't found any.
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Yes, all horse bits have upgrades.
 
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Evo X

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Staf said:
Really fancy switching to a light armor + alchemy build from my medium armor + sign build. Anyone have any experience with the former build? Any fun?
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I love light armor. Wearing the full Cat gear right now. If you max out fast attack and purchase the skill that adds critical damage for every piece of light armor, you turn into a killing machine. Pair it with the Katakan Decoction, which increases critical hit chance, and enjoy slaughtering everything in your path. :D
 
artsi

artsi

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I just finished painting this, dunno what to do with it so leaving it here in case someone wants to look at it, or something.

#TeamYen

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Braag

Braag

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Warablo said:
I sitll don't know why we can't store things, display trophies or change horses for different colors and stuff. Little RPG things like that.
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This game needs some sort of storage system badly. I can't stop hoarding all this stuff.
 
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LegendX48

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Dunno if this counts as a spoiler so I'll tag the name just in case. Anywho, wasn't expecting them to namedrop
Shani
, kinda wondering if she's actually in here now lol.
 
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Verger

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See, now I sorta wish we had seen Yennifer in the previous games to some degree.

But then again, I suppose her almost "mythical" status given by Geralt and his musings of her in those games sorta setup her introduction well.
 
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Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
So that first notice board...most of those aren't quests? I only had the quest to go find the dude and the contract, and i picked up like 6 papers there. Sorry but my OCD itches with stuff like this
 
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leng jai

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Just got to Skellige. I have to admit getting a bit emotional after seeing how beautiful it is and how perfect the music becomes. This is my favourite game of all time, no doubt in my mind anymore.
 
OmegaDL50

OmegaDL50

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Obliterator said:
Here's 2 shots from tonight's session so far

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I recognize that first picture as being Keira's house.

I have a question though.

How do you take pictures without Geralt in them. I see some of these scenery shots. Is it a camera thing, I have never managed to get the camera to not focus on Geralt. So how are you guys taking these scenic pictures without Geralt in them?
 
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Obliterator

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Rhaknar said:
So that first notice board...most of those aren't quests? I only had the quest to go find the dude and the contract, and i picked up like 6 papers there. Sorry but my OCD itches with stuff like this
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Lots of posts on notice boards are just to give some world building, humor, and interesting tid bits of lore. They won't all activate quests, only some.
 
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Obliterator

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OmegaDL50 said:
I recognize that first picture as being Keira's house.

I have a question though.

How do you take pictures without Geralt in them. I see some of these scenery shots. Is it a camera thing, I have never managed to get the camera to not focus on Geralt. So how are you guys taking these scenic pictures without Geralt in them?
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Using Cheat Engine and enabling free cam
 
Braag

Braag

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LegendX48 said:
Dunno if this counts as a spoiler so I'll tag the name just in case. Anywho, wasn't expecting them to namedrop
Shani
, kinda wondering if she's actually in here now lol.
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That reminds me, some elf in the
quest to find Dandelion
mentioned
Kalkstein, the alchemist who had a major role in the plot of TW1 and helped Geralt a lot. Apparently he was also burned also at the stake... it kinda made made me sad when I learned about it.
So yeah, fuck
Radovid and his witch hunters
.
 
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Jindrax

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Some story/gameplay that's been annoying me little spoilers:

I absolutely hate the crzppy sequences where I HAVE to play as Ciri. It's annoying an breaks up the pace.
It happens so many times. Hey yeah I did she Ciri. She did this this and this. I'm like ok fine.
But no. Game fades to white and I actually have to play that shit after he just told me what happened. Why!?
 
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Sober

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Now that I have like 6000 crowns, 50 hours played and I'm still only in Velen/Novigrad, I guess it's time to go back and play Gwent instead!
 
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MSMrRound

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Question...about the "Precious Cargo" sidequest, I caught up to the merchant on horseback, but then I'm stuck with a long loading screen. Did I encounter a bug or..?
 
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dedhead54

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It sucks that the playtime is so inaccurate. Since day 1 I have been saving and quitting to the main menu before putting my PS4 in rest mode. On the second day I randomly jumped up 10 hours (at the time it doubled my play time, up to 20 hrs). Today when I left for work my play time was around 40 hours. When I got home and started playing, I checked and suddenly was at around 80 hours. It doubled again, and I had not left the game suspended. Quit to menu before putting PS4 in rest mode. At this point I am not even going to try to keep up. (although I guess it basically doubled so I can always just divide in half to get an estimate of where I'm at).
 
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Jintor

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I'm looking for PC deals. GMG is offering for like $36 or $37 or something, anywhere lower? Preferably with a Steam key but I'll take what I can get.
 
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neorej

ERMYGERD!
The music and sound design in this game is fantastic. The way the music moves with the tension in the scene, to the amazing sound effect you get when you complete a quest... This beast is a thing of beauty.
 
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leng jai

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neorej said:
The music and sound design in this game is fantastic. The way the music moves with the tension in the scene, to the amazing sound effect you get when you complete a quest... This beast is a thing of beauty.
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The only bad sound is when you die and get your eardrums blown out.
 
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dedhead54

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neorej said:
The music and sound design in this game is fantastic. The way the music moves with the tension in the scene, to the amazing sound effect you get when you complete a quest... This beast is a thing of beauty.
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I've been using headphones (Sony Gold's) and when I first traveled in to Novigrad I pretty much shed a tear. Sound was so fucking good. Music, crowd noise, horse trotting on cobblestone. It seriously was one of the greatest gaming experiences i've ever had when I first rode in to the city on horseback. And the excellent sound design is one of the major reasons why.
 
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toastyToast

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TheFatMan said:
So far the side quests in Skellege have been even more amazing than the ones in Velen/Novigrad!

Spoilers!

The "Kingmaker" quest line with the Jarls son and daughter was amazing. Easily replace the Keira Metz storyline as my favorite quest in the game so far! I want more ice giants!
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Both those quests were great. Especially
Hjallmar's

#teamcerys though
 
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Chance Hale

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Yennifer looks too much like my sister for comfort.

Triss all the way

Yennifer is pretty funny though when she isn't treating Geralt like a dog.
 
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Evo X

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Jintor said:
I'm looking for PC deals. GMG is offering for like $36 or $37 or something, anywhere lower? Preferably with a Steam key but I'll take what I can get.
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I've got an extra Nvidia/GOG key from my Titan X. I'll sell it to you for $30 if you want. PM me if interested.
 
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-Snooze-

Banned
I'm about 14 hours in and have done nothing but side quests ... I struggle to see where they go from here.

How do they improve on the Witcher 3, This is presuming the enhanced edition eliminated the small control issues etc that we have now.

I'd be happy if they just developed a few expansions instead. Old school sized expansions.
 
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toastyToast

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neorej said:
The music and sound design in this game is fantastic. The way the music moves with the tension in the scene, to the amazing sound effect you get when you complete a quest... This beast is a thing of beauty.
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It's great. I didn't care that much about getting to Mexico in RDR but the the first trek in Skellige whew

The
funeral right after
was surprisingly moving owing to the music. It's part of the soundtrack if anyone wants to check it out. Not linking because youtube recommendations are the devil
 
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diamount

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-Snooze- said:
I'm about 14 hours in and have done nothing but side quests ... I struggle to see where they go from here.

How do they improve on the Witcher 3, This is presuming the enhanced edition eliminated the small control issues etc that we have now.

I'd be happy if they just developed a few expansions instead. Old school sized expansions.
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They are doing exactly that.
 
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Klocker

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Damn. 37 hours in and got hit with Xbox one save glitch can not even get game to load menu screen. ��

Should have read the op more carefully. Restarted and got a save to load, lost about 1.5 hours of play time
 
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Kojirospath

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From my interactions so far I must say I much prefer Triss to Yen. Great character so far. Yen seems really unlikeable but to be fair I only saw her during the intro.
 
Denton

Denton

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Adrian Chmielarz addresses criticism of his criticism of Polygon's review:

https://medium.com/@adrianchm/the-boy-who-cried-white-wolf-part-2-5b331951a7

Liked this part especially, about why he called the review poisonous:

Why is it poisonous to gamers?

Because lies and misrepresentation from the influential press may result in creators’ self-censorship. Not every developer has Rockstar’s or CD Project’s balls of steel. Some are not going to want the risk of adult story-telling touching controversial subjects when it’s going to be met with loud and unjustified accusations of sexism and misogyny, racism and homophobia, ableism, classism, ageism and all other -isms that the “progressive press” loves to use or megaphone.
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Scarphace

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I feel like the counter for how long you played on my ps4 is wrong. It says I have around 80 hours played but I know I havent played that long. When I left it on standby overnight I think the counter jumped. Anyone else having this problem?
 
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mgs2master2

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Scarphace said:
I feel like the counter for how long you played on my ps4 is wrong. It says I have around 80 hours played but I know I havent played that long. When I left it on standby overnight I think the counter jumped. Anyone else having this problem?
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judging from my play time I would say its off about 1 day and 8 hours. just from me though.
 
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curiouscharles

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guys, i'm really enjoying this game, like really enjoying this game.

haven't played much other than Titanfall since last year [with a few short breaks to dabble in other things], but i'm totally engrossed by this freaking game.

just finished the Hattori quest in Novigrad [a recommended level 26 quest-line done at level 13, lol], and now have access to a mastercraft swordsmith!

*was wondering - does anyone know where to find / how to unlock a mastercraft armorer now? i've looted some great recipes but haven't found the quote/unquote "mastercraft" armorer yet.

much obliged in advance for your help!

[ed: playing on PC, not that it matters]
 
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MBison

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Just started this, amazing.

Is there a site for character skill builds? Nervous about spending ability points and want to know some good bang for the bucks :)
 
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