so just disable the question marks and nothing else?
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |OT3| Metz Some Ploughing Good Ladies In the Forest
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so just disable the question marks and nothing else?
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Deleted member 17706
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Finally came back to the game to dig into the Hearts of Stone expansion. Some really good stuff in here so far. Really makes me wonder how CDProjekt manages to pump out such high quality content in seemingly such a short time.
90+ hours played now with no real end in sight, especially once the next expansion comes out. Pretty sure this might edge out Bloodborne for my game of the year.
90+ hours played now with no real end in sight, especially once the next expansion comes out. Pretty sure this might edge out Bloodborne for my game of the year.
Psychoward
Banned
speaking of hearts of stone, is it recommended I play that before or after finishing the main quest?
RespectThySole
Member
Yeah that's fine. Also, make sure to loot alcohol so you can meditate.
They really are efficient. I can't wait for Blood & Wine. Hearts of Stone has my favorite quests in the game.
Since the expansion is unrelated to the main plot, you can play it during the main questline or after as long you got to the recommended level (30 for NG/60 for NG+).
Though I recommend playing the expansion after the main quest.
RespectThySole
Member
I recommend doing it after.
Psychoward
Banned
Are you able to play after the main quest tho? Is hearts of stone selectable from the main menu or does it show up ingame?
I'm lvl 27 and currently on Final Preparations. Should I finish the main story or do whatever else I can? My side quests are grey except for one and the expansion says I should do it at 30 making me want to do whatever side stuff I can and do that at 30. Not sure what the best way to do it would be. If I do a lot of side stuff now I doubt I'll play the whole thing in NG+.
RespectThySole
Member
You can still continue playing the game after the main quest ends. Hearts of Stone shows up in game, but it is also selectable from the menu if you want to create an autoleveled Geralt for it. (Level 32)
I don't believe they've said anything officially about that yet, but I imagine Blood & Wine will probably get the same treatment.
I have a question concerning the start of the mission where you enter the Isle of
mists. It says in advance that certain side quests will fail if you venture beyond this point, so I ventured on, saw which side quests failed and reloaded the game to do those. One of those was A Deadly Plot. I've done it, and it's also marked in the completed section of the quests menu, but I just ventured beyond the point of no return, and it says again that A Deadly Plot has failed. I then look in the quest section, and now it's been put in the failed section. Did I miss something? Must I do anything further after I've escorted Thaler to his wagon? I had a feeling the mission wasn't over yet, but since it was marked as completed I had no further objectives for that mission.
Not known yet, though I wouldn't doubt that CDPR will release a physical version of Blood and Wine with two Gwent Decks (Northern Kingdoms and Nilfgaard)
edit: beaten.
Jay Shadow
Member
Yes
Both
It's part of the game world, North-East of Novigrad, but can also be done stand alone with a pre-levelled Geralt if you select it in the main menu.
Ok, this is weird. I just read the mission description in the failed quests menu, and the two totally contradict.
I
saved thaler in the game,
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he thus abandoned the task, and roche and dijkstra never mentioned the unfortunate matter again
Wtf, that's completely the opposite of what I did? And I feel like I'm missing out on a hugely important (side) quest now? What should I do now?
Killer Queen
Banned
I've played for an hour and I'm already in love with this game, but I've already spent way too much money this past week on games and other things so I'm thinking of only buying the $10 dlc but how much content does it add?
RespectThySole
Member
20 hours or so. It's definitely worth it.
I'm only about 10 hours in, but like RespectThySole said, learn enemy patterns and weaknesses (oils, signs, etc), and dodge/roll.
Psychoward
Banned
seemingly completed the quest blood gold in velen, looted the treasure chest and the blood trail doesn't go any further, but the quest refuses to complete for me :/
is this a common bug?
i reloaded and it fixed itself, all good
is this a common bug?
i reloaded and it fixed itself, all good
Coreda
Member
Could have been a patch, not sure why they'd change it. From a quick search looks like someone else experienced the same thing.
Not a huge deal though. Picking up all the loot you find and selling it to merchants, blacksmiths and such becomes the better way of fattening Geralt's coin sack
so few questions on that
What exactly carries over on NG+
What level is Hearts of Stone at and when do you unlock the ability to play it. I'm about to start over here completely no NG+ on another platform.....going to fix my ending that I jacked on the first go around lol.
also does NG+ work with the DLC and scale correctly.
So oils and potions and stuff can always be refilled for free when I meditate? I'm on the 2nd of the 4 difficulties right now.
This means in each fight I can use all the bombs, potions and oils I have and then meditate afterwards to immediately get it all back? It says it uses Alcohol, but where is it taking that from? Thanks!
This means in each fight I can use all the bombs, potions and oils I have and then meditate afterwards to immediately get it all back? It says it uses Alcohol, but where is it taking that from? Thanks!
What carries over in NG+:
Player level (If you're not level 30 or above, your character will be bumped up to 30 on NG+)
Your gear on the inventory (Including the ones on the stash).
Crafting/Alchemy ingredients
Alchemy recipes (Potions, oils, bombs)
Money
Food and drink
What doesn't carry over:
Quest items
Crafting schematics
Gwent cards
Monster trophies
Books and letters
Difficulty level (You'll be able to re-select your difficulty level on NG+)
Points of Interest, Signposts, etc...
Anyways, for Hearts of Stone:
You need to be at level 30+ to play the expansion on non-NG+ playthrough. And yes, the expansion also scales up to NG+, therefore you need to be at level 60+ to play Hearts of Stone on NG+
As long you have any alcohol in your inventory (Dwarven Spirit, Alcohest, or White Gull), your potions and bombs will be automatically refilled after meditation.
And oils don't count since they have certain amount of charges depending on their quality (20 for standard, 40 for enhanced, 60 for superior). You can refill the oils on your sword anytime you want.
Excellent
not looking forward to going after all the POI's again.......gggrrrrr. Skellige as much as I love the music, atmosphere and scenery is a dread grabbing all the interest points.
There a guide online that tells me which POI's i can just skip due to them being just loot caches and not containing key items or witcher gear?
Thank you! And just to confirm re: the alcohol on my inventory, it doesn't actually remove 1 of them each time they're refilled via meditation does it? So as long as I have 1 in my inventory I can infinitely refill them each meditation? Why does that seem too good to be true to me? Haha.
When you refill your potions/bombs after meditation, it takes 1 alcohol from your inventory.
But since there are plenty of places where you can hoard tons of alcohol (Like Dwarven Spirit for instance), you don't need to worry about whether you should re-fill your potions/bombs
@ViciousDS: I would turn off the Points of interests and not bother exploring them if I were you.
It's a glitch, that I thought was fixed in the last big patch. :/
The smaller sized notes on the board are just world-building.
don't you get really good gearsets from the POI's though? I would feel as though I'm missing out.
sackboy2197
Member
I was messing around a bit with the Debug Console; for whatever reason, I can't change the appearance of Ciri, either if I'm playing as her or if I spawn her around. I tried spawning Triss and the command does work for her. Am I missing something? D:
Witcher sets are by far more superior than any gear you get in the game. You can find them through treasure hunt quests (Which can be initialized by buying the maps from certain blacksmiths/armorers)
POI's on the other hand varies. They could be hidden treasures, an abandoned settlement, monster nests, or god forbid smuggler caches like in Skellige *shudders*
Psychoward
Banned
I'm still not sure whether I should turn off undiscovered locations on the map or not. Hmm.
Anyway is there any reason to use the alternate Igni other than it looking cool? It seems like it covers a smaller area and it's obviously slower to cast. Does it do much more damage or something or what
Anyway is there any reason to use the alternate Igni other than it looking cool? It seems like it covers a smaller area and it's obviously slower to cast. Does it do much more damage or something or what
This question is coming from someone who doesn't know much about The Witcher 3. I have a younger brother who is into games like Skyrim, Fallout, etc. though from what I can tell they aren't has "hardcore" as The Witcher.
I've asked him if he wants this game since it's on sale but he said no, it doesn't look that great to him. He's said this same thing about plenty of games that he ended up loving. So the question is, should I gamble and buy it for him while it's on sale hoping he'll like it because he likes Skyrim and Fallout or are they nothing alike?
I've asked him if he wants this game since it's on sale but he said no, it doesn't look that great to him. He's said this same thing about plenty of games that he ended up loving. So the question is, should I gamble and buy it for him while it's on sale hoping he'll like it because he likes Skyrim and Fallout or are they nothing alike?
Psychoward
Banned
I don't really know what you mean by hardcore, Skyrim and Fallout definitely have more interactivity with the world and less overall guidance than Witcher 3. They're just different games really, Witcher 3 still has action combat, it's not like you're throwing him in to Baldur's Gate.
If he liked open world games like RDR or maybe more dialog driven rpgs then I'd say definitely gamble on it though.
RandomSeed
Member
Both are good. In general, the normal igni is useful if you want to cast a sign and then remain mobile to follow up with sword attacks on enemies that didn't get set on fire, while firestream is great to lockdown enemies, or to bait enemies to approach you, walking into the stream and setting them on fire. Stamina cost and use also plays a role. Normal igni will drain your stamina, while you control how long you use the stream.
Couple little tips if somebody doesn't know is to learn to love the tawny owl potion, and if something is burning, let it burn. Hitting them with another spell or attack will remove the burn effect, and prevent the fire damage ticks from continuing.
RespectThySole
Member
I prefer Alt Igni myself and originally it was superior, but it did receive a nerf a couple patches ago so they're basically on equal footing now. It just depends on your playstyle, RandomSeed covered that pretty well.
They're definitely not the same, but he'll probably like it.
His Majesty
Banned
The Witcher 3 isn't really hardcore in its mechanics. Contrary to Skyrim for example it does require attention in regards to dialogue and plot developments. If he's into that, go ahead and buy it for them. Skyrim and The Witcher 3 are both RPG's but are completely different games at the core.
I have a question about quests so far. I'm only about 6 hours in I guess? I just arrived in
, and so far it seems way bigger than the first area.
Anyway, the way I usually like to play RPG's when I get to a new area is try and explore the land as much as I can and do as many side quests as I can before continuing with the main story, so that I don't miss anything if quests or places become unavailable in the future. (This is why I was stuck in the damn Hinterlands forever in DA:I)
Now, I am noticing that I'm out leveled almost everywhere. I'm only level 5 and seeing 10-13 enemies a lot, and getting crushed.
Basically, in this game should I be progressing with the main story first until it's about time to go to the next area, then at that point try and do all the side quests? Or vice versa? Or a mix of the two ideally?
Velen
Anyway, the way I usually like to play RPG's when I get to a new area is try and explore the land as much as I can and do as many side quests as I can before continuing with the main story, so that I don't miss anything if quests or places become unavailable in the future. (This is why I was stuck in the damn Hinterlands forever in DA:I)
Now, I am noticing that I'm out leveled almost everywhere. I'm only level 5 and seeing 10-13 enemies a lot, and getting crushed.
Basically, in this game should I be progressing with the main story first until it's about time to go to the next area, then at that point try and do all the side quests? Or vice versa? Or a mix of the two ideally?
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Velen is technically the main map of the game. White Orchard, where you started, is the "small" prologue area. So yeah, Velen is fucking gigantic.
But what you're describing is accurate, yes; if you're finding side quests (or quests in general) too high level, too difficult, then progressing the main quest will help bring you up to speed. Remember that quests are marked with a recommended level too, giving you an idea of what is/isn't doable at your skill level (it isn't always accurate, but it's a decent guide).
Wild Hunt is indeed structured in a way that deters "clearing out" areas. Reason being that it's more true open world than something like Inquisition. I too fell into the early pitfalls of clearing out the Hinterlands before moving on, because I didn't want to miss anything (I did ween myself off this though). Wild Hunt is instead a whole bunch of quests and stuff scattered across the map, with no uniformity on difficulty and challenge. So it's not like the bottom half of Velen is easy, and the top half is hard. You'll find easy stuff all over the map, and hard stuff right where you started.
Due to the nature of design it's pretty much inevitable that you will miss something, come back later and find it only to realise you're significantly over levelled and it's a breeze. But in the grand scheme of things there's not a whole lot that gets entirely cut off. A handful of quests become inaccessible after a certain point in the story, but if you just arrived in Velen you're a long way from that.
AFAIK arriving in Velen you basically have three leads to try and locate Ciri. These are your three main objectives, and each will lead you all across the map, and can be completed in any order.
RespectThySole
Member
I'm 82 hours in, and just about tosearch for the sunstone
I really have the feeling that the game is nearing the end, and I don't want it to stop.
I know that feeling man. At least you have the expansions to look forward to!
Gah! Just finished the main story finally and got the "bad ending" which soured my experience slightly seeing I'm usually all for the suprhappyunicornsandbunnies-endings. Tried to revert to an earlier save too to see if some of my choices changed things but it seems the ending had been decided by my decisions much earlier on. Cool design though and this is definately my GOTY regardless and I look forward to starting the expansion and maybe finish off exploring and completing some of the remaining Contracts.
To all you people who got the game for christmas, enjoy and stick with it. This is one game everyone should experience.
To all you people who got the game for christmas, enjoy and stick with it. This is one game everyone should experience.
Not to tell you how to play but complete the "Looking For Ciri..." quest line in both Velen and Novigrad before leaving for Skellige. The change in environment will be incredible.