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[Applesauce]

Geralt without the mini ponytail is best Geralt.

 

[NecromorphTX]

Merchants of Novigrad has got to be my favourite track off of the OST so far. I've been humming it all day, it just catches the mood of walking around the big sprawling city so well.

The Witcher 3 has a really good soundtrack, Projekt CD Red made an excellent good work here.

My favorites so far are:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPxohOex3_g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsqTbZ_wq4E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goFrFxXSg7o

 

[tuxfool]

What I like about the way BioWare handles relationships (past the "bother them enough to trigger a relationship" phase) is that even though the end result is about as binary, they allow you to specify your character's motivations. Your character can be in love, they can be horny, or they can simply care about someone and not necessarily feel like having sex right now.
Here, I felt like I was forced to choose between two lies to avoid getting locked out of my preferred outcome, and that sucks.

The reason Bioware can do these things is because the MC is usually a blank slate without a prior relationship with any other character in the world.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Witcher gear is the stuff that is worth crafting correct? Are those the green items? I crafted a couple of green swords (one of each)

witcher gear, mastercraft, ends up being the best gear basically.


edit: you know I was trying to think of a good time to play the game again. Once the second expansion hits I'll probably have the urge to play again and go with Yen instead.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

Cool. Doesn't change the fact I read a lot of "omg I'm 20 hours in and I'm still in the first zone" comments

Also I'm playing on the second to last difficulty if that matters

Edit: don't get me wrong I WANT you guys to be right

I spent probably about 6 hours total in White Orchard, give or take an hour. I'm probably somewhere between 70 and 80 hours in now, can't be too sure, the timer fucked up on the PS4. The hype is real.

 

[Beefy]

Mutagens with the same color as the talents in that column buff the talents?

That's a fucking cool system

Apart from there are no yellow mutagens.

 

[Ciastek3214]

In regards to the whole Familiy Matters main quest and a potentially 'better' ending:

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I've read several reports that you can save both the orphans and Anna if you set free the tree spirit from the ancient oak before receiving the Whispering Hillock quest from the crones. Apparently by doing the quest out of order the spirit will take vengeance on Dunharrow, free the children(they end up in Marabella's school for orphans in Novigradand), Anna still winds up insane but the Baron will take her to the blue mountains looking for a cure instead of hanging himself. Can anyone confirm this?

I can confirm.

 

[tuxfool]

They played 15 hours of Gwent.

How? I don't think there are any Gwent players in that area?

 

[Rhaknar]

Apart from there are no yellow mutagens.

You had to ruin it

 

[JohnnyFootball]

Another question:

Is there a more effective way to refill your health other waiting for these stupidly fucking slow food items?

 

[Intheflorsh]

Another question:

Is there a more effective way to refill your health other waiting for these stupidly fucking slow food items?

If you're playing on the lower two difficulties, meditate for an hour or more.

 

[DukeBobby]

Another question:

Is there a more effective way to refill your health other waiting for these stupidly fucking slow food items?

Swallow potion.

Or meditate if you're playing on a difficulty below hard.

 

[Blooddimond]

Another question:

Is there a more effective way to refill your health other waiting for these stupidly fucking slow food items?

different foods have different regen rates. Other than that, the Swallow potion increases HP regen, there's a ability (Sun & Stars) that gives you passive HP regen, and below blood and broken bones difficulty meditating regens HP.

 

[CoolOff]

So, regarding Family Matters, I keep hearing the phrase The Baron and

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the entire town died.

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Is this a reference to Downwarren or the Barons residence?

The first one happened to me along with one of the two main outcomes, but people seem so

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upset that people in the town died which makes no sense to me if it's Downwarren, and made me wonder if there is a separate outcome where more people die in Crow's Perch.

 

[Beefy]

You had to ruin it

I find it weird myself.

 

[NecromorphTX]

In regards to the whole Familiy Matters main quest and a potentially 'better' ending:

Spoiler

I've read several reports that you can save both the orphans and Anna if you set free the tree spirit from the ancient oak before receiving the Whispering Hillock quest from the crones. Apparently by doing the quest out of order the spirit will take vengeance on Dunharrow, free the children(they end up in Marabella's school for orphans in Novigradand), Anna still winds up insane but the Baron will take her to the blue mountains looking for a cure instead of hanging himself. Can anyone confirm this?

Fuck, too late

 

[tuxfool]

Another question:

Is there a more effective way to refill your health other waiting for these stupidly fucking slow food items?

There is a decoction you can get that fills instantly 30% health, and another that fills health as you do more damage.

 

[Venom Fox]

Right, I got to Skellige and no quests failed (thanks everyone).

But how do I get back to Velen? Fast travel?

 

[Reebot]

How? I don't think there are any Gwent players in that area?

Just a joke.

 

[JohnnyFootball]

Swallow potion.

Or meditate if you're playing on a difficulty below hard.

different foods have different regen rates. Other than that, the Swallow potion increases HP regen, there's a ability (Sun & Stars) that gives you passive HP regen, and below blood and broken bones difficulty meditating regens HP.

I'm looking for a more (less stupid) way to refill my health during battle.

 

[Ghostmaster]

Right, I got to Skellige and no quests failed (thanks everyone).

But how do I get back to Velen? Fast travel?

Yep

 

[Rhaknar]

I find it weird myself.

Yellow is the health stuff and passives correct? I guess that's why

 

[kamineko]

I'm looking for a more (less stupid) way to refill my health during battle.

There's a potion that instantly restores health, if that counts as more intelligent.

EDIT: Petri's Philter.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I'm looking for a more (less stupid) way to refill my health during battle.

You can get swallow and eventually upgrade it where it refills your health faster than food as long as you don't get hit.

 

[jpd1408]

What items effect weight in the inventory other than the weapons?

 

[Flipyap]

The reason Bioware can do these things is because the MC is usually a blank slate without a prior relationship with any other character in the world.

But here CD Project makes much bigger changes to relationships of a well-defined character with prior relationships.
BioWare's dialogue options only provide more context to very similar choices.

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I don't see why Geralt couldn't justify not letting Triss go due to everything they went through in Novigrad (as opposed to being suddenly in love with her), or why he couldn't leave Yennefer without rewriting one of the longest-running plot thread with a single dialogue choice (they both did it before).

 

[Venom Fox]

Yep

If I go back to Velen will I fail any quests in Skellige? Sorry to be a pain in the arse, I just hate failing quests and I haven't failed any yet.

 

[BoxManLocke]

What items effect weight in the inventory other than the weapons?

Medium/heavy armors. Repair kits can take some place as well if you keep a lot in your inventory.

If I go back to Velen will I fail any quests in Skellige? Sorry to be a pain in the arse, I just hate failing quests and I haven't failed any yet.

No.

 

[Ghostmaster]

If I go back to Velen will I fail any quests in Skellige? Sorry to be a pain in the arse, I just hate failing quests and I haven't failed any yet.

Nah, just certain main story quests fail other missions. Unless they are the immediate danger ones. (Like the one where you need to defend the corpse robbers)

Also since you haven't failed any quests, be warned that there is a sidequest in Skellige, I think it's called "The Cave of Dreams" or something, that can mistakenly go into the quest failed category. I completed the quest and far later on I found out it was filled under failed quests. Probably a bug, so check the log after you finish it just for any case.

 

[ThomasAnderson]

80 plus hours of enjoying this game came to a screeching halt due to a late game mission.

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who thought following the elf guy from portal to portal was a good idea? I died several times trying to make it through the damn snowstorm and said fuck it.

All the quest have been top notch till this point and there's no way to just leave and restart at the same point.

 

[foxtrot3d]

Her reasoning isn't because

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she doesn't want to make it work or doesn't want to get hurt

Her train of thought and reasons stem from:

(Universe/novel and romance spoilers from Witcher 1/2)

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- Yen and Geralt were transformed into soul mates at one point way before the games
- While Geralt and Yen were in love basically because they didn't have a choice, Triss also fell madly in love with Geralt.
-She's best friends with Yen and while she doesn't want to get in between the two, she still loves Geralt.
- In Witcher 1 and 2 Yen isn't in the picture so it's just Triss and Geralt.
- In this game you find Yen and she's trying her hardest to let go of you because she thinks Geralt only has 'happily ever after' eyes for Yen. You can choose Triss instead.

That's not exactly right concerning Geralt and Yennefer.

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I found it odd the game actually explicitly stated what "The Last Wish" was but it's seems pretty clear from the novels that it simply tied their fates together, like Ciri. They aren't forced to fall in love with each other but they are bound by fate, which effectively in the books means the characters keep meeting up with each other no matter how many times they try and separate and go their own way. Again, just like Ciri who is bound to Geralt by "Destiny" despite his initial reluctance to accept this fact.

 

[VE3TRO]

131 hours... I havent even completed Act 1 yet. Doing too many side quests and hunting treasure.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

80 plus hours of enjoying this game came to a screeching halt due to a late game mission.

Spoiler

who thought following the elf guy from portal to portal was a good idea? I died several times trying to make it through the damn snowstorm and said fuck it.

All the quest have been top notch till this point and there's no way to just leave and restart at the same point.

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go through the path on the right. There are several houses to take shelter in. Also some cutscenes to bring your health back up. Save in each safe spot.

 

[kamineko]

80 plus hours of enjoying this game came to a screeching halt due to a late game mission.

Spoiler

who thought following the elf guy from portal to portal was a good idea? I died several times trying to make it through the damn snowstorm and said fuck it.

All the quest have been top notch till this point and there's no way to just leave and restart at the same point.

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The poison part is the worst & you got through that. You can do this. Just run from house to house

 

[orthodoxy1095]

This is true in the books, but the game defines the wish as

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Geralt wanting to "be with her forever", which doesn't make much sense, because it clearly didn't happen by then.
The wish wish never meant to be revealed to the audience and CD Projekt really cheapened that whole subplot with their uncharacteristically simplistic relationship writing.

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Did they define the wish like that in the previous games? If so, that's actually a bit unfortunate. I like the vaguer view of what the wish was, and like you said "be with her forever" doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

 

[Axial]

I can confirm.

Much obliged, dziękuje : )

 

[Admiral Woofington]

That's not exactly right concerning Geralt and Yennefer.

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I found it odd the game actually explicitly stated what "The Last Wish" was but it's seems pretty clear from the novels that it simply tied their fates together, like Ciri. They aren't forced to fall in love with each other but they are bound by fate, which effectively in the books means the characters keep meeting up with each other no matter how many times they try and separate and go their own way. Again, just like Ciri who is bound to Geralt by "Destiny" despite his initial reluctance to accept this fact.

True, but you have to go with the game's logic and interpretation (yen's personal quest spoiler)

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where Geralt can say the magic is gone once they reverse the wish

. It isn't the interpretation the novels use entirely, but it gives freedom to choose as you will. So while sloppy I appreciate it.

 

[Baldwin_the_First]

80 plus hours of enjoying this game came to a screeching halt due to a late game mission.

Spoiler

who thought following the elf guy from portal to portal was a good idea? I died several times trying to make it through the damn snowstorm and said fuck it.

All the quest have been top notch till this point and there's no way to just leave and restart at the same point.

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Staying near fires gives you back health at that point in game. So whenever you can, try to light up a fire inside of houses.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

So, regarding the XP bug, what are we to do, stop playing until a patch is released?

 

[Ooccoo]

I'm in Novigrad and the game shows more technical problems than before.

- Crashed the first time I entered the city
- Textures and other models not loading properly
- Framerate issues
- Sometimes I need to wait for NPCs to appear

Not a bug but lots of locked doors too.

edit: PS4

 

[tuxfool]

Just a joke.

I was wondering if just had massively overlooked something.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

So, regarding the XP bug, what are we to do, stop playing until a patch is released?

if your missions stop giving you exp? Probably. Unless you have a prior save you can reload to see if it fixes it.

 

[Besthelboy]

Broke my no pre order rule twice on this game, bought the expansion pack.

 

[ClayKavalier]

So, regarding Family Matters, I keep hearing the phrase The Baron and

Spoiler

the entire town died.

Spoiler

Is this a reference to Downwarren or the Barons residence?

The first one happened to me along with one of the two main outcomes, but people seem so

Spoiler

upset that people in the town died which makes no sense to me if it's Downwarren, and made me wonder if there is a separate outcome where more people die in Crow's Perch.

In my version it's hinted that

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the sergeant is going to take over Crow Perch and make life more difficult for the peasants. Maybe he ends killing some people to make a point, or they rebel or something?

Otherwise I don't see how it's even possible that people in Crow Perch would die as part of that quest.

 

[Ghostmaster]

80 plus hours of enjoying this game came to a screeching halt due to a late game mission.

Spoiler

who thought following the elf guy from portal to portal was a good idea? I died several times trying to make it through the damn snowstorm and said fuck it.

All the quest have been top notch till this point and there's no way to just leave and restart at the same point.

It's not that hard, poison is far worse, also light fires and stand near them, they restore your health.

 

[Flipyap]

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Did they define the wish like that in the previous games? If so, that's actually a bit unfortunate. I like the vaguer view of what the wish was, and like you said "be with her forever" doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

I'm not sure if they've even mentioned the wish before. Both Yennefer and the Djinn incident were only mentioned in passing prior to Wild Hunt.

 

[Venom Fox]

You know, the only criticism I have of this game is that I fucking hate the map breadcrumb things, it's like it's on crack, heroin and steroids.
Shit just goes mental and points in all different directions.

 

[Ultimadrago]

Gwent was my first addiction. Witcher contracts are my second. It's like that one good part about Final Fantasy XII connected to an actually good game. Tracking down and killing signature beasts for trophies?

Hubba Hubba

You know, the only criticism I have of this game is that I fucking hate the map breadcrumb things, it's like it's on crack, heroin and steroids.
Shit just goes mental and points in all different directions.

Yeah, when there's multiple destinations it seems to disappear and go the other way when you get close to the one you're obviously heading towards. What's up with that?

 

[Gray-Jaeger90]

You know, the only criticism I have of this game is that I fucking hate the map breadcrumb things, it's like it's on crack, heroin and steroids.
Shit just goes mental and points in all different directions.

you can turn it off in the hud options i believe

 

[TimeEffect]

Should new players to the series simulate, or not simulate?