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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |OT3| Metz Some Ploughing Good Ladies In the Forest

GHG

Member
Just completed the Jenny O the Woods contract.

Fuck me, I think this is the quest that tests whether you have a grasp of the combat or not and use the options at your disposal. This is the quest where the game says fuck you, use your brain and get gud.

"Bad combat" my arse.
 

Philtastic

Member
Is there some reason Igni seems to only work about 30% of the time?

Secondary effects happening (eg. light on fire, knock down) have a chance either directly equal to or proportional to your sign intensity. The higher your sign intensity, the higher the chance that the secondary effect will happen. Also, certain enemies have modifiers for secondary effects. For example, it is very easy to light furred enemies on fire with Igni while enemies with wings almost always get knocked over by Aard.
 

Coreda

Member
I mean the enemy just shakes it off like nothing happened, and they take no damage. Like sometimes they ignite and burn, other times they just smoke a little and take no damage at all

I've read that attacking enemies while they're on fire can cause the effect to be canceled, which is one thing I now keep in mind.

Sinner-Will said:
Burning - Any time an enemy gets "burning" applied to it (excluding certain foes and foes that are heavily resistant -yet still capable of burning-), it halts their actions (movement, attack animations, etc...) for the duration of the burn. However, if you attack an enemy that is burning, you will cancel out the remaining panic effect that results from a burn (and possibly all subsequent DoT damage that would've continued to damage it as well). Basically, having a rune to ignite foes on your sword can be a life-saver, particularly against multiple enemies that aren't immune since it can save you from taking hits and even act like a mild form of CC if you understand to switch targets after igniting a foe, but... if you're just spamming sword attacks on a single-target, you'll tend to cancel out your burn effect quite often via successive attacks following burn procs. Burning TENDS to have the shortest duration of all 3 DoT's, however, against foes that are highly vulnerable to it, it can have a significant duration (often-times leaving a foe crippled in agony until it dies).

Link

And what Philtastic mentioned. When you're low level signs have less intensity, and some enemies are fire-resistant.
 

JohnnyFootball

GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
Just completed the Jenny O the Woods contract.

Fuck me, I think this is the quest that tests whether you have a grasp of the combat or not and use the options at your disposal. This is the quest where the game says fuck you, use your brain and get gud.

"Bad combat" my arse.
Yeah, that was a great battle. Brutal on Deathmarch.
 

GHG

Member
Guys where's the best place to sell stuff like armour and weapons in the game these days?

I have a shit load of stuff in my stash that I will likely never use and want to get rid of for some coin but most merchants I come across will only give me shit money for my stuff.
 
I've read that attacking enemies while they're on fire can cause the effect to be canceled, which is one thing I now keep in mind.



Link

And what Philtastic mentioned. When you're low level signs have less intensity, and some enemies are fire-resistant.

Thanks yea that was it. I got my sign intensity up to 47% with a blue mutagen and then beat the shrieker first attempt after that
 
I got the Axii upgrade that mind controls, so i use it on someone and he turns green and then nothing, just sits there moving around but doesn't attack the enemy. Am I missing something?
 
Hold the button down instead of just pressing it.

Right, I'm doing that. Which is why I said the enemy's name turns green, because it's working. But the enemy is just standing there and not attacking the other enemies.

Maybe it's a glitch or something, from the responses it sounds like it's supposed to be working.
 
I got the Axii upgrade that mind controls, so i use it on someone and he turns green and then nothing, just sits there moving around but doesn't attack the enemy. Am I missing something?
Having the upgrade isn't enough, you need to actually assign that upgrade to one of the spare slots.
 

Denzar

Member
Skellige King's Gambit side quest spoilers below.

Does
Cerys always become queen? Or is this based on the choice of who you help after the berserkers massacre the guests at the feast?
 

Matush

Member
Skellige King's Gambit side quest spoilers below.

Does
Cerys always become queen? Or is this based on the choice of who you help after the berserkers massacre the guests at the feast?
There are 3 outcomes to this. Either she/he becomes queen/king, or someone else is picked (if you won't help either of them).
 

GHG

Member
Anyone guys?:

GHG said:
Guys where's the best place to sell stuff like armour and weapons in the game these days?

I have a shit load of stuff in my stash that I will likely never use and want to get rid of for some coin but most merchants I come across will only give me shit money for my stuff.
 
Anyone guys?:

Not sure if there is a best place to sell, I usually sell to the armorer and blacksmith at Castle on Ard Skellige, since they are right next to a fast travel point.

Always sell weapons to a blacksmith and armor to an armorer to get the best price for your loot.
 
argh stupid double post :/

I prefer to beat him.
What do you mean be be aggressive? How do i make him attack me in melee?

Keep on moving, don't stay in one spot for too long or you'll get hit by his aoe attacks. Get rid of all the other ads before you focus on the mage. Keep on dodging his ranged attacks and move in closer to him. If you have whirl unlocked you can put a lot of damage on him before he teleports. Use signs, crossbow and bombs to disrupt his magic attacks.

Hanged man's venom for extra damage on your steel sword. Echidna decoction to heal you every time you cast a sign with stamina.
 

GHG

Member
Not sure if there is a best place to sell, I usually sell to the armorer and blacksmith at Castle on Ard Skellige, since they are right next to a fast travel point.

Always sell weapons to a blacksmith and armor to an armorer to get the best price for your loot.

Cool thanks. Not got to Skellige yet so I guess I'll hold onto my stuff for now.
 
Finally finished the botchling story quest in Velen on Death March. God damn what a horribly designed quest.

I originally tried this at level 5 when I first got there. Got absolutely decimated on the first pack of wraiths, 2 hours later and I hadn't even beaten the first batch. To make matters worse there is 0 maneuverability in the area, and you have to sit through 1 minute of loading screen and 2 minutes of bullshit leadup to the fight. So you get like 30 seconds of fighting for every 3 minutes of waiting. Complete shit. I would have kept trying but then I read there is no checkpoint after you beat them, and the next pack is twice as hard.

So I went and did basically everything else in Velen and then some of Novigrad. Got to level 11, full Griffin gear + Griffin silver sword, farmed up materials for a Reliever's Decoction, made Enhanced Specter Oil, and completely melted them.

From what I've read this is one of the hardest fights in the game on Death March, so hopefully I'm in the clear from now on.

Definitely feels good to have that over with though.
 

ColdPizza

Banned
Finally finished the botchling story quest in Velen on Death March. God damn what a horribly designed quest.

I originally tried this at level 5 when I first got there. Got absolutely decimated on the first pack of wraiths, 2 hours later and I hadn't even beaten the first batch. To make matters worse there is 0 maneuverability in the area, and you have to sit through 1 minute of loading screen and 2 minutes of bullshit leadup to the fight. So you get like 30 seconds of fighting for every 3 minutes of waiting. Complete shit. I would have kept trying but then I read there is no checkpoint after you beat them, and the next pack is twice as hard.

So I went and did basically everything else in Velen and then some of Novigrad. Got to level 11, full Griffin gear + Griffin silver sword, farmed up materials for a Reliever's Decoction, made Enhanced Specter Oil, and completely melted them.

From what I've read this is one of the hardest fights in the game on Death March, so hopefully I'm in the clear from now on.

Definitely feels good to have that over with though.

Yup. Those fucking wraiths. The game is cake after them.
 
Bought the strategy guide today thinking it would tell me where to find various items, have merchant inventories, etc. What a complete pile of shit. Useless guide. Big ass list of weapons, and absolutely no information whatsoever about where to obtain them. Literally the only reason I even wanted the thing
 

Philtastic

Member
Finally finished the botchling story quest in Velen on Death March. God damn what a horribly designed quest.

I originally tried this at level 5 when I first got there. Got absolutely decimated on the first pack of wraiths, 2 hours later and I hadn't even beaten the first batch. To make matters worse there is 0 maneuverability in the area, and you have to sit through 1 minute of loading screen and 2 minutes of bullshit leadup to the fight. So you get like 30 seconds of fighting for every 3 minutes of waiting. Complete shit. I would have kept trying but then I read there is no checkpoint after you beat them, and the next pack is twice as hard.

So I went and did basically everything else in Velen and then some of Novigrad. Got to level 11, full Griffin gear + Griffin silver sword, farmed up materials for a Reliever's Decoction, made Enhanced Specter Oil, and completely melted them.

From what I've read this is one of the hardest fights in the game on Death March, so hopefully I'm in the clear from now on.

Definitely feels good to have that over with though.

This is one of the big reasons I'm a firm believer that typical RPG elements should have been left out of this game. Leveling and inventory/equipment are the absolute worst aspects of this game where the former arbitrarily limits what quests you can do (leading to your frustrating situation. Also makes things you out-level too easy) and the latter is just annoying to manage given how many items there are in the game. This game really should have played more like a character action game, especially since Geralt is a legendary witcher, while retaining a customizable ability tree for different play styles. The Witcher 3 doesn't need a leveling system because the story and quests are compelling enough reasons to progress through the game.

On the topic of this wraith fight, I had actually recorded this in May last year when the game came out but didn't post it because it's a huge spoiler. Now that the game has been out for so long, here's a video of me beating them at level 5 on Death March on my 4th attempt. The quest design is fine, especially since this is an optional branch of the quest. You may not be as good at the game as you think you are. Keys to the fight were Yrden to slow them down as well as timing dodges and rolls for when they teleported behind and doing so toward unobstructed directions. Potion use helped keep Yrden up and my health high. It is a difficult series of fights, and you can hear my relief at the end :p

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8OXUqTIhxk
 

ColdPizza

Banned
Bought the strategy guide today thinking it would tell me where to find various items, have merchant inventories, etc. What a complete pile of shit. Useless guide. Big ass list of weapons, and absolutely no information whatsoever about where to obtain them. Literally the only reason I even wanted the thing

Half the fun is exploring (and trying not to get killed) and finding treasure.

Most of the Witcher sets I found were because I randomly happened upon them while exploring. I wouldn't trade that sensation for anything.
 

GHG

Member
This is one of the big reasons I'm a firm believer that typical RPG elements should have been left out of this game. Leveling and inventory/equipment are the absolute worst aspects of this game where the former arbitrarily limits what quests you can do (leading to your frustrating situation. Also makes things you out-level too easy) and the latter is just annoying to manage given how many items there are in the game. This game really should have played more like a character action game, especially since Geralt is a legendary witcher, while retaining a customizable ability tree for different play styles. The Witcher 3 doesn't need a leveling system because the story and quests are compelling enough reasons to progress through the game.

On the topic of this wraith fight, I had actually recorded this in May last year when the game came out but didn't post it because it's a huge spoiler. Now that the game has been out for so long, here's a video of me beating them at level 5 on Death March on my 4th attempt. The quest design is fine, especially since this is an optional branch of the quest. You may not be as good at the game as you think you are. Keys to the fight were Yrden to slow them down as well as timing dodges and rolls for when they teleported behind and doing so toward unobstructed directions. Potion use helped keep Yrden up and my health high. It is a difficult series of fights, and you can hear my relief at the end :p

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8OXUqTIhxk

Heh... I really like the levelling aspect of the game. It's great when you discover something that is too strong for you and you have to just back away and come back later once you are strong enough.

Without it exploring the world would get boring IMO. This is why vanilla Skyrim never really held my interest for too long.

The game structure is perfect as it is.
 
Half the fun is exploring (and trying not to get killed) and finding treasure.

Most of the Witcher sets I found were because I randomly happened upon them while exploring. I wouldn't trade that sensation for anything.

I found most of them myself as well, but i was looking for a specific relic weapon and alchemy formula to prepare for a fight. Anyway what good is a list of items with no clue how to obtain? Just makes no sense
 

Matush

Member
I found most of them myself as well, but i was looking for a specific relic weapon and alchemy formula to prepare for a fight. Anyway what good is a list of items with no clue how to obtain? Just makes no sense
Aren't alchemy formulas (at least advanced ones) RNG based?
 

ColdPizza

Banned
I found most of them myself as well, but i was looking for a specific relic weapon and alchemy formula to prepare for a fight. Anyway what good is a list of items with no clue how to obtain? Just makes no sense

Fair point. I don't even think I had spectre oil my first attempt that those wraiths.

I didn't even know you could parry the wraiths until after I finished the game, lol. I was always under the assumption that you can parry humans but had to dodge and roll monsters.
 

aravuus

Member
Decided to do Hearts of Stone right now, instead of waiting for Blood & Wine to come out and doing them one after the other. How much content am I looking at, here? 5-10 hours of quests? Are there any new side quests (well, I suppose HoS is a bunch of side quests in itself, but you know what I mean) and if yes, does it say somewhere they're HoS quests?
 

ColdPizza

Banned
Decided to do Hearts of Stone right now, instead of waiting for Blood & Wine to come out and doing them one after the other. How much content am I looking at, here? 5-10 hours of quests? Are there any new side quests (well, I suppose HoS is a bunch of side quests in itself, but you know what I mean) and if yes, does it say somewhere they're HoS quests?

There are main quests and secondary quests and a whole bunch of ?...if you devour all of these things in total, and explore, it'll last you more than 10 hours easily.
 
Decided to do Hearts of Stone right now, instead of waiting for Blood & Wine to come out and doing them one after the other. How much content am I looking at, here? 5-10 hours of quests? Are there any new side quests (well, I suppose HoS is a bunch of side quests in itself, but you know what I mean) and if yes, does it say somewhere they're HoS quests?

There are a few secondary quests but the bulk of the content are the main quests. Also every new quest is shown in blue in your journal.

It took me around 18 hours to complete. I'm a slow player though.
 
This is one of the big reasons I'm a firm believer that typical RPG elements should have been left out of this game. Leveling and inventory/equipment are the absolute worst aspects of this game where the former arbitrarily limits what quests you can do (leading to your frustrating situation. Also makes things you out-level too easy) and the latter is just annoying to manage given how many items there are in the game. This game really should have played more like a character action game, especially since Geralt is a legendary witcher, while retaining a customizable ability tree for different play styles. The Witcher 3 doesn't need a leveling system because the story and quests are compelling enough reasons to progress through the game.

On the topic of this wraith fight, I had actually recorded this in May last year when the game came out but didn't post it because it's a huge spoiler. Now that the game has been out for so long, here's a video of me beating them at level 5 on Death March on my 4th attempt. The quest design is fine, especially since this is an optional branch of the quest. You may not be as good at the game as you think you are. Keys to the fight were Yrden to slow them down as well as timing dodges and rolls for when they teleported behind and doing so toward unobstructed directions. Potion use helped keep Yrden up and my health high. It is a difficult series of fights, and you can hear my relief at the end :p

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8OXUqTIhxk

Was Death March your first play through? Fwiw when i went back at level 11 I didn't even get hit, so I could have done it at much lower level, i was just put off by how imbalanced it was at the recommended level.

Part of it is that when i went back i had more experience and was just better since it was my first play through, so I suspect I could do it at 5 or 6 now. But i think it should have been later in the game after people learn to play better. Or put more lower level wraiths in the game to give people experience fighting groups of them.

At the very least you should be allowed to save between fights or have a checkpoint. 3 minutes of waiting for ecery 30 seconds of playing is just bad design


Unrelated question: After i beat the game, can i use my same character to begin HoS in the same world with all the choices ive made and it just picks up where the story left off? Or is it different?
 
At the very least you should be allowed to save between fights or have a checkpoint. 3 minutes of waiting for ecery 30 seconds of playing is just bad design


Unrelated question: After i beat the game, can i use my same character to begin HoS in the same world with all the choices ive made and it just picks up where the story left off? Or is it different?

You can manually save any time you want when not in active combat. Also you can set the auto save time to a lower number so it saves more often.

Yes you can use the same character. Decisions from the main game don't affect HoS.
 
You can manually save any time you want when not in active combat. Also you can set the auto save time to a lower number so it saves more often.

Yes you can use the same character. Decisions from the main game don't affect HoS.

You explicitly cannot save between the two wraith fights, it's blocked even though there's no active combat
 

aravuus

Member
There are main quests and secondary quests and a whole bunch of ?...if you devour all of these things in total, and explore, it'll last you more than 10 hours easily.

They will all be marked blue in quest list

There are a few secondary quests but the bulk of the content are the main quests. Also every new quest is shown in blue in your journal.

It took me around 18 hours to complete. I'm a slow player though.

Thanks for the replies! Should have most of Saturday to myself, can't wait to properly delve into it
 
You explicitly cannot save between the two wraith fights, it's blocked even though there's no active combat

If you're referring to the botchling quest, then yes you won't be able to save until you clear all the wraiths, and it makes sense because that instance is a continuous one where you need to transport it from one place to the other.
 

Deadstar

Member
What's the best way to level up quickly? I'm level 27 and I almost have all of the side quests and contracts done but I'm still so far from the dlc level requirement of 32. I realize I can access the quests but the enemies are way too hard even if I drop the difficulty. I haven't finished the game yet because I wanted to do the dlc first since apparently the game is "over" after you beat it and you can't just keep going to finish any sidequests or dlc you didn't do.
 
What's the best way to level up quickly? I'm level 27 and I almost have all of the side quests and contracts done but I'm still so far from the dlc level requirement of 32. I realize I can access the quests but the enemies are way too hard even if I drop the difficulty. I haven't finished the game yet because I wanted to do the dlc first since apparently the game is "over" after you beat it and you can't just keep going to finish any sidequests or dlc you didn't do.

edit: i'm an idiot
 

Deadstar

Member
Play crucible, and do crucible bounties.
Do the strike playlist, and you can replay all the story missions if you want, though they won't give out a lot of xp.

Bounties will reset in 8 hours, so you can pick them up again from the tower.

What.....? Are we talking Destiny or the Witcher? What is the crucible?
 
What's the best way to level up quickly? I'm level 27 and I almost have all of the side quests and contracts done but I'm still so far from the dlc level requirement of 32. I realize I can access the quests but the enemies are way too hard even if I drop the difficulty. I haven't finished the game yet because I wanted to do the dlc first since apparently the game is "over" after you beat it and you can't just keep going to finish any sidequests or dlc you didn't do.
You can do Hearts of Stone after you finish the main game - that's when I did it. After you finish the main game you're dropped back in the world. Any quests tied to characters are probably voided (due to the chain of events triggered by the ending) but other stuff should still be available to do (most side quests, contracts, etc.).
 

Coreda

Member
You can do Hearts of Stone after you finish the main game - that's when I did it. After you finish the main game you're dropped back in the world. Any quests tied to characters are probably voided (due to the chain of events triggered by the ending) but other stuff should still be available to do (most side quests, contracts, etc.).

This is correct. Not sure where the impression came from that one can't continue post-ending.
 
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