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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |OT3| Metz Some Ploughing Good Ladies In the Forest
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OdysseusVA
Banned
Err I entered a Monster Den that had a Ghost Warrior? and managed to climb a ledge that wasn't marked as being able to. So, I go further in this cave and come across 3 more. Should I continue exploring? Im hoping is not part of a main quest.
Edit: Looks like its part of a quest. Reached a wall I couldn't breach.
Back I go!
Edit: Looks like its part of a quest. Reached a wall I couldn't breach.
Back I go!
Wolf Akela
Member
I think I'm enjoying the side quests and exploration too much. I've got 18 hours and I'm still at the Bloody Baron quest line. I want to get stronger so that I can do Fake Papers more easily on this difficult (Blood and Bones?).
OdysseusVA
Banned
Dammit
My boat is stuck on an island that doesnt have a fast travel post lol How does Aard not push this dinky boat
My boat is stuck on an island that doesnt have a fast travel post lol How does Aard not push this dinky boat
OdysseusVA
Banned
I now know what it's like to give birth 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ40uWI55NM
I could have reached a fast travel by swimming with the time it took me to free the damn thing, but Im stubborn.
Edit: Annnd when I zoom out to view the map I see a boat that I had swapped from early on on the other side of the island. Awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ40uWI55NM
I could have reached a fast travel by swimming with the time it took me to free the damn thing, but Im stubborn.
Edit: Annnd when I zoom out to view the map I see a boat that I had swapped from early on on the other side of the island. Awesome.
Wolf Akela
Member
Oh jeez ran across a Grave Hag (Lv97???) and got killed. I just snuck around her and picked off the loot from behind. I had Quen and Yrden up with Axii at hand in case things go south. The loot was disappointing for a Lv28 quest, and I'm Lv6!
I am Error
Member
Thanks mate! I really appreciate it.
I'm having a odd things happen when moving the character or selecting items. After I let go of control stick the character keeps on walking or when trying to pick an item in the menu it goes way past the item I want. Anyway to fix this? I don't recall this happening before.
mindfreak191
Member
If you're playing with a gamepad then it's stick drift, meaning your left stick is either covered in dust (inside the gamepad) or your gamepad is slowly dying....
Blue Ninja
Member
From what I read, they also cut most of the sex scenes they recorded. They had like, what, 16 hours of mocap data recorded? I think I even saw someone on Reddit post that some of the original data was still left in the game's files.
It's the only game where it does it, All the other games are fine. I really don't feel like replacing the controller for a third time.
Any chance update 1.12 update screwed something up?
mindfreak191
Member
I doubt that the patch messed something up. Try loading up another third person game and walk in all directions and see if the same thing is going to happen. I had the same thing happening to me, at first it was only happening in TW3, but latter it started in MGSV and other games, I managed to fix it by opening my gamepad and cleaning the dust around the sticks, but in the end after about a month and a half I had to buy a new one. Try running this command "joy.cpl " and go to the calibration screen of your controller, see if you'll notice any "flickering" when moving the analog sticks.
Royal_Phalanx
Member
No idea why they did that, it's pretty obvious that they reused the same animations over and over again. I felt that CDProjekt censored themselves a lot in the Witcher 3 which is a bit of a shame coming from a European developer.
I have high hopes for Blood and Wine after finishing Hearts of Stone. The story blended moments of light hearted fun together with really sad moments very well. What would we most like to see from Blood and Wine?
Agreed. I completed the game and never needed a torch or cat potion once.
Oracle Dragon
Member
76 hours and the game is finally done... terrific experience. Some questions though about the story/lore I just couldn't piece together:
I really enjoyed the majority of the game, though some things I wish were a bit different:
What are the Wild Hunt? The characters call them wraiths... but they seem to be quite alive Elves? But they are not the same elves as the ones in Geralts world? According to one of the loading screens, there was some kind of Conjunction which brought monsters, magic, elves into Geralts world. And then when it was over the elves were stranded there, and oppressed by the humans. But the elves who are part of the wild hunt, and their entire civilization, are from their home world and were able to be the dominant (only?) race with a thriving culture? Is there a reason they are so much larger and more powerful than the elves in Geralts world?
I really enjoyed the majority of the game, though some things I wish were a bit different:
- The Battle for Kaer Modan was great, and recruiting all those allies was a lot of fun (shades of ME2). But, only a few of those allies have a further part in the story. It would have been more meaningful if some of those allies could have been killed during the battle depending on your plan and your performance.
- I played totally blind and ended up with Ciri living and becoming a Witcher. There is pretty much no chance I will have the time to replay for different endings, so I watched the others on Youtube. It seems like Ciri becoming the Empress is supposed to be the "good" ending, but her and Geralt seemed much happier in the ending I got. In the Empress ending Geralt should just be happy for her and come by and visit now and then, I don't see why it had to be a total break.
- In a similar vein, neither of the romance endings seem to fit Geralt. He makes a point that he is only happy roaming as a sword for hire, killing monsters and accepting contracts. He even says this is the reason why he doesn't go with Ciri if she becomes the Empress. Yet he settles down to the quiet domestic life with either Yenn or Triss. Doing this blind I thought I was being clever by getting them both at once, so I was certainly in for a surprise
- I played totally blind and ended up with Ciri living and becoming a Witcher. There is pretty much no chance I will have the time to replay for different endings, so I watched the others on Youtube. It seems like Ciri becoming the Empress is supposed to be the "good" ending, but her and Geralt seemed much happier in the ending I got. In the Empress ending Geralt should just be happy for her and come by and visit now and then, I don't see why it had to be a total break.
- In a similar vein, neither of the romance endings seem to fit Geralt. He makes a point that he is only happy roaming as a sword for hire, killing monsters and accepting contracts. He even says this is the reason why he doesn't go with Ciri if she becomes the Empress. Yet he settles down to the quiet domestic life with either Yenn or Triss. Doing this blind I thought I was being clever by getting them both at once, so I was certainly in for a surprise
I really enjoyed the majority of the game, though some things I wish were a bit different:
- The Battle for Kaer Modan was great, and recruiting all those allies was a lot of fun (shades of ME2). But, only a few of those allies have a further part in the story. It would have been more meaningful if some of those allies could have been killed during the battle depending on your plan and your performance.
- I played totally blind and ended up with Ciri living and becoming a Witcher. There is pretty much no chance I will have the time to replay for different endings, so I watched the others on Youtube. It seems like Ciri becoming the Empress is supposed to be the "good" ending, but her and Geralt seemed much happier in the ending I got. In the Empress ending Geralt should just be happy for her and come by and visit now and then, I don't see why it had to be a total break.
- In a similar vein, neither of the romance endings seem to fit Geralt. He makes a point that he is only happy roaming as a sword for hire, killing monsters and accepting contracts. He even says this is the reason why he doesn't go with Ciri if she becomes the Empress. Yet he settles down to the quiet domestic life with either Yenn or Triss. Doing this blind I thought I was being clever by getting them both at once, so I was certainly in for a surprise
I got the same endings you did playing blind and I'm happy I got those. I feel the same way about
Ciri ending up as empress
funkystudent
Member
Heart of Stone playthrough going well.
This happened
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1LnHhUdnL0
Then I fast travelled to Oxenfurt and got a "your save is corrupted. We are going to make a new one" message.
Then 15 seconds later the game crashed.
Also getting some hitching whenever it autosaves when travelling around which wasnt there when I played before. I hope my PS4 is ok.
Other then that the DLC seems fun. Combat encounters are a but hard as someone who hasnt touched the game in about 6 months though.
This happened
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1LnHhUdnL0
Then I fast travelled to Oxenfurt and got a "your save is corrupted. We are going to make a new one" message.
Then 15 seconds later the game crashed.
Also getting some hitching whenever it autosaves when travelling around which wasnt there when I played before. I hope my PS4 is ok.
Other then that the DLC seems fun. Combat encounters are a but hard as someone who hasnt touched the game in about 6 months though.
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
How is that possible? My understanding is that enemies many times above your level are actually immune to your attacks.
OdysseusVA
Banned
Why oh why wasn't "sprint" for the boat communicated to the player? Clearing out the smuggler caches around Skellige would have gone by so much quicker 😢
They're not. It just takes a really long time to kill them.
Edit: Actually, Wolf Akela may have confused the level "??" with "97" but pre-edit still stands. It's very time consuming.
They're not. It just takes a really long time to kill them.
Edit: Actually, Wolf Akela may have confused the level "??" with "97" but pre-edit still stands. It's very time consuming.
Wolf Akela
Member
Yeah, I probably misread the level with "??". Text is red and tiny.
I didn't kill it. I just ran past it, sneaked to grab the chest them immediately ran away. No way I'm gonna spend hours killing it.
I didn't kill it. I just ran past it, sneaked to grab the chest them immediately ran away. No way I'm gonna spend hours killing it.
Coreda
Member
Unlike the enemies the loot scales depending on your current level. That is, the stats. Unsure if the items are also somewhat randomized.
mindfreak191
Member
76 hours and the game is finally done... terrific experience. Some questions though about the story/lore I just couldn't piece together:
What are the Wild Hunt? The characters call them wraiths... but they seem to be quite alive Elves? But they are not the same elves as the ones in Geralts world? According to one of the loading screens, there was some kind of Conjunction which brought monsters, magic, elves into Geralts world. And then when it was over the elves were stranded there, and oppressed by the humans. But the elves who are part of the wild hunt, and their entire civilization, are from their home world and were able to be the dominant (only?) race with a thriving culture? Is there a reason they are so much larger and more powerful than the elves in Geralts world?
I really enjoyed the majority of the game, though some things I wish were a bit different:
- The Battle for Kaer Modan was great, and recruiting all those allies was a lot of fun (shades of ME2). But, only a few of those allies have a further part in the story. It would have been more meaningful if some of those allies could have been killed during the battle depending on your plan and your performance.
- I played totally blind and ended up with Ciri living and becoming a Witcher. There is pretty much no chance I will have the time to replay for different endings, so I watched the others on Youtube. It seems like Ciri becoming the Empress is supposed to be the "good" ending, but her and Geralt seemed much happier in the ending I got. In the Empress ending Geralt should just be happy for her and come by and visit now and then, I don't see why it had to be a total break.
- In a similar vein, neither of the romance endings seem to fit Geralt. He makes a point that he is only happy roaming as a sword for hire, killing monsters and accepting contracts. He even says this is the reason why he doesn't go with Ciri if she becomes the Empress. Yet he settles down to the quiet domestic life with either Yenn or Triss. Doing this blind I thought I was being clever by getting them both at once, so I was certainly in for a surprise
Those who say that the
"Ciri becomes empress of Nilfgard"
"empress"
To further explain my point:
Since I've read all the Witcher books, Ciri becoming the empress is the worst thing that can happen to her. During the course of 7 books all that she wants is to be free and to stay out of politics, since everyone wants to catch her and impregnate her (since she has the Elder Blood running trough her veins). Geralt spends 7 books trying to find, and protect her, and there are countless times in the books where she talks about how she want to become a female witcher, not to mention that she despises the idea of living in a castle again with royal people all around her. Letting her become the empress is straight up failing as a "father" and sending your child into an unhappy future. Yes, she would be an empress of the mightiest empire, but she wouldn't be happy.
endlessflood
Member
It's important to note that
she chooses that particular option herself, of her own free will, if it gets offered to her. The only way she doesn't choose it is if the offer is never made to her in the first place.
mindfreak191
Member
Yes, but only if
you go against her wish not to see her real father. So it's again Geralt failing in hearing out what Ciri wants, and therefore it's a bad decision.
Elysium-777
Member
You don't actually go against her wish.
You just mention that Emhyr wants to see her
"Well, he is your father",
It's not like Geralt told her "You better go, or no Gwent for a month"
mindfreak191
Member
As far as I recal
she wakes you up in Kaer Morhen to go kill Imlerith, you get the option to mention Emhyr to her, I can guarantee you that every book reader or anyone who has some time invested in the actual lore of the Witcher series choose not to mention the meeting with Emhyr to Ciri.
mindfreak191
Member
Ou shiiiiiitt
EDIT:
Not getting hyped, it's the same site that announced several false release dates for the expansion :/
MadYarpen
Member
This image uses resources already published (screen + WIII logo + B&W logo).
"Well, he was planning to rape you, murdered your family along with the entire city you lived in and traumatized you for life, but he did take advantage of your mother in the world's most convoluted eugenics con scheme, so technically he is your father."
MadYarpen
Member
Yikes. Didn't know it was that bad.
Man, the real story of Ciri, Geralt and Emhyr is wild. You should read the books. Sadly, now a bit spoiled. But still the best ever.
in the 2nd playthrough I went for
empress
Ciri going witcher path
was so bitter-sweet
Tenacious-D
Member
The ice-skating animations are actually left in the files. One of the lead developers mentioned in a Eurogamer article that there's a chance the mechanic could be completed and added in one of the expansions:
I made a post about some of the cuts when the game came out, although I made a few mistakes and we've learnt more since then. There's also a thread on the forums where we've talked about it in detail, in case anyone is interested.
I'll mention some of the larger cuts here:
Iorveth, Isengrim and the Scoia'tael faction in general were going to have a much larger role in the story. The lead writers actually said they would show up, in this interview. Specifically stating that: "Iorveth is not the man he was before". I'm surprised there wasn't a bigger backlash when this content didn't make it, I guess I was the only one who was disappointed. The scenes in Kaer Morhen between
Roche, Ves and Letho
q403_10_letho_vs_roche_iorweth
There was going to be a big Wild Hunt Infiltration sidequest, where Geralt would have used some magic bauble to take on the appearance of a Hunt soldier. This questline would have developed Eredin and the Hunt, expanded on their backstory given them the much needed characterisation that they needed, especially if you hadn't read the books.
The
Sabbath
Crones and Imlerith's
The originally planed ending was also very different, and
Ge'els
gas world you visit during 'Through Time and Space'
Carathir's
Coreda
Member
There was a thread on this. Apparently it got quite far as a concept. I love how many varied things were considered.
Read about this one on the CDPR forums. Wish it was a darker in that part of the game as it lacked a certain punch compared to the tantalizing character introductions. The
Imlerith
Tenacious-D
Member
One of the leads, Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz, said in a PAX AU talk that out of all the cut content they've talked about, the Infiltration quest is his biggest regret, that it didn't make it into the game. They've also addressed that the Wild Hunt could have been done a lot better, so if an Enhanced Edition ever happens, I hope that we see some additions there. I think Eredin actually has more screen time in TW1, which is a bit odd.
Yeah, definitely. The original version was still in the most up-to-date of the leaked internal docs, so it was definitely worked on a lot. I have a feeling that they censored it as well as a few of the sex scenes. Although, that doesn't explain why they decided to go all out with the
Shani scene.
Whoreson Junior
Loredo's mother
I really want to know what happened to Iorveth though. He's mentioned a lot in one of the Alpha bug reports, getting stuck on doors in Triss's house, catching on fire, issues with scenes with Roche and Geralt at the docks ect. I think there's definitely something missing in the Novigrad storyline, and the Scoia'tael's inclusion could have added an extra layer to
Reasons of State
The other missing part of the Novigrad story was that Hierarch Hemmelfart was originally going to show up, and the Temple Isle would have been used to bust
Dandelion
iNvid02
Member
Ou shiiiiiitt
EDIT:
Not getting hyped, it's the same site that announced several false release dates for the expansion :/
Yikes. Didn't know it was that bad.
get hype?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=200864026
I'm assuming (based on the way it was for Hearts of Stone) the recommended level for Blood and Wine will be 35-40?
I recently finished a NG+ and did my second HoS playthrough after it, so I'm currently level 68. Hopefully that's around the recommended area, because I did this NG+ playthrough solely to have my ideal legendary gear ready and all bombs and potions fully upgraded for when Blood and Wine is released.
I recently finished a NG+ and did my second HoS playthrough after it, so I'm currently level 68. Hopefully that's around the recommended area, because I did this NG+ playthrough solely to have my ideal legendary gear ready and all bombs and potions fully upgraded for when Blood and Wine is released.
endlessflood
Member
Yep, turns out it was bullshit.
Wind's Howling
Member
Probably.
NG+ will almost surely sit around the 60-65 starting mark if you want to start Blood & Wine that way.
Does the game level with you then?, as wouldn't the game be a walk in the park if your at level 50+??
Coreda
Member
An Olgierd cosplay guide was released a few days ago, with more to come.
A couple years ago they released cosplay guides for the main characters, providing useful full and up-close in-game renders for graphics comparisons at the time (eg: the previous version of Yennefer, and the general LoD to expect), so it's cool to see it continued for the expansions.
A couple years ago they released cosplay guides for the main characters, providing useful full and up-close in-game renders for graphics comparisons at the time (eg: the previous version of Yennefer, and the general LoD to expect), so it's cool to see it continued for the expansions.
People keep asking this, especially on Steam.
Any sort of good discount on the pass would essentially make Hearts of Stone a freebie to anyone buying Blood and Wine before/at/near Blood and Wine's release, shafting early purchasers.
I have a hard time thinking CDProjekt would do that.
His Majesty
Banned
The bundle is easily worth 50 so you are already getting a 50% discount.
An Olgierd cosplay guide was released a few days ago, with more to come.
A couple years ago they released cosplay guides for the main characters, providing useful full and up-close in-game renders for graphics comparisons at the time (eg: the previous version of Yennefer, and the general LoD to expect), so it's cool to see it continued for the expansions.
No need for a guide, just look at David Beckham.
I'm in the process of finishing the Muire D'Yaeblen contract -all that is left is prepare the Drowner Pheromones potion and use it to hide Geralt's scent. I can prepare the potion just fine, even consume it, but using it has no effect on Geralt. The item gets used without giving an indicator it's been consumed; no icon or timer shows up yet I lose one potion each time.
I loaded an earlier save and restarted the contract from the beginning, yet the same thing happened. Is there a way to fix this bug or should I just let it go and move on? All other potions work fine, it's just the Drowner Pheromones that's affected.
I loaded an earlier save and restarted the contract from the beginning, yet the same thing happened. Is there a way to fix this bug or should I just let it go and move on? All other potions work fine, it's just the Drowner Pheromones that's affected.
Yep, consumed it right in the water hag's lair. I also tried it outside the chamber in different places, yet nothing happened other than losing the potions. I've also unequipped other potions, leaving on the Drowner Pheromones equipped, but nothing changed.
I've already wasted a couple of hours on this contract. Guess I'll move on to the next quest, then.