Yeah I got email saying shipping this morning but expected tomorrow or Tuesday due to bank holiday on Monday. Found it at mine after work today got my Gwent cards now find a cheap place to buy the decks from HoS.
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Yeah I got email saying shipping this morning but expected tomorrow or Tuesday due to bank holiday on Monday. Found it at mine after work today got my Gwent cards now find a cheap place to buy the decks from HoS.
nightmare-slain
Gold Member
The Hearts of Stone physical edition is still listed on the GAME website for either £13 (PC) or £20 (PS4).
http://www.game.co.uk/en/the-witcher-3-hearts-of-stone-with-gwent-cards-only-at-game-778995
I got mine off eBay and it cost £35.
SpaceBridge
Member
Hello, I just got a ps4 and was curious about Witcher 3. Watching some reviews and reading impressions; there appears to be performance issues on PS4. Have those been fixed?
Tempted but with already just buying HoS off psn when released not sure. Think going wait and see how they going to release the new Skellige deck if they do it at all
nightmare-slain
Gold Member
it's nothing to worry about. the main issue is that you'll notice the framerate drop while in the city areas. there are very rare occasions where the framerate will drop when casting spells (lots of particle effects) or when certain enemies appear. for example, when wraiths spawn they tend to cause the game to freeze for a second sometimes.
let me just add that all these issues also appeared for me while playing on PC. so i guess it's just down to the game itself.
there is a known bug on PS4 (not sure about PC) where if you don't fill all 4 consumable slots then the game will start to stutter and experience heavy frame drops after a while. CDPR are aware if it and it will most likely be fixed in the pre expansion patch which is due out any time now. even then it's not a huge issue because you'll fill these slots up real quick.
seriously though if this has put it off...don't let it. the game runs fine on PS4. I've put well over 100 hours in so far and have really enjoyed it.
ah, alright. well you should go to http://redeemgwent.com/ and all you need to do is send an image showing that you own the hearts of stone expansion. a screenshot of the transaction in your PSN account will be fine. you can get the monsters/scoia'tael decks for £10. shipping to the UK cost about £6. the only thing is that you will need to pay VAT when it arrives but it won't be much.
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CHANGE LOG FOR PATCH 1.20 HAS BEEN RELEASED!
http://wpc.4d7d.edgecastcdn.net/004D7D/mkt/document/Changelog-1.20-ENG_l9fczl2s3h.pdf
- Improvements -
 Adds book titled 'A Miraculous Guide to Gwent' which displays number of gwent
cards missing from player's base-game collection and information on where to find
them, thus facilitating completion of achievement titled Collect 'Em All. Tome in
question can be obtained either from gwent playing scholar in Prologue or from
merchant near St. Gregory's Bridge in Gildorf district of Novigrad.
 Adds option to display herb names above available interactions.
 Adds option in Options/Gameplay to enable enemy level upscaling. If foes are too
easy to defeat due to level difference, upscaling will render them a challenge. Change
will not affect experience point gain, loot, or quest rewards. Option can be enabled
or disabled at any time, even during combat (however, Vitality/Essence of foes is
then fully restored).
 Adds option in Options/Gameplay to disable automatic drawing and sheathing of
sword.
 Increases incidence of, and thus chances of finding, several monster-based
ingredients required for crafting high level alchemy formulae.
 Improves Player Statistics panel, adding maneuverable Geralt model. Improves
visuals in panel for better readability.
 Adds new functionality to books and scrolls. When first collected, they can be read
immediately using single button without need of navigating to Inventory panel. All
found but not yet read books and scrolls are stored in Quest Items and Other
categories. Once read, books and scrolls can be sold as their content is saved in
Books section of Glossary.
 Improves overall visuals in Character Development panel.
 Improves Inventory whereby items are divided into additional subcategories within
their grids: weapons and armor; oils, potions and bombs; quest items and others;
food and equestrian gear; crafting and alchemy. Additionally, introduces redesign of
tooltips enabling their resizing with single button. Also, item comparison is easier
than ever given addition of summary of changes in stats.
 Improves Inventory navigation when using gamepad. Slots are divided into sections
and right stick can be used to jump between them.
 Improves Crafting panel in merchant shops. Adds option to purchase missing diagram
components directly from Crafting panel when talking to merchant, as well as clearer
descriptions and option to resize item descriptions.
 Introduces redesign of Repair panel in merchant shops. Adds single button enabling
players to repair all equipped items.
 Improves Remove Upgrade panel in merchant shops.
 Improves Quick Access Menu whereby it can be accessed in one of two modes, with
action either paused or slowed depending on button used.
 Adds functionality whereby crossbow bolts can be switched via Quick Access Menu
rather than being equipped from Inventory.
 Adds counter for bombs and crossbow bolts to Quick Access Menu.
 Improves region maps by adding pin filtering, more intuitive quest tracking, and a
region overview for faster navigation.
 Adds three new custom pins allowing players to mark areas for future reference.
 Improves Adrenaline Bar which better displays number of stored Adrenaline Points
and their status.
 Improves display and behavior of Buffs, displayed in more intuitive manner showing
time left, strength percentage, stacks, charges, or permanence where applicable. Buff
icons now blink for approx. 10 seconds before expiration. For improved visibility,
names and exact expiration times for all effects are only visible when Quick Access
menu is active.
 Changes icons for decoctions, rendering them recognizable at first glance.
 Changes icons for oils, rendering them recognizable at first glance.
 Changes gwent card icons in shops, rendering factions recognizable at first glance.
 Changes icons for mutagens.
 Adds feature whereby equipment exceeding player character level can be previewed
on character.
 Improves sorting in Journal whereby active quest tab is always open and tracked
quest is at top of quest list.
 Improves quest item visuals so that Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine quest items
are now tagged with blue and red exclamation points, respectively.
-Gwent-
 Quest titled Collect 'Em All is now marked as failed if player does not succeed in
collecting Milva, Vampire Bruxa and Dandelion gwent cards during gwent
tournament in quest titled A Matter of Life and Death.
-Visual-
 Fixes PC-specific issue whereby there was no change in appearance between Nvidia
Hairworks 3-day beard (stage 2) and full beard (stage 4).
 Fixes issue whereby Geralt's clothing was not properly restored after sex scenes.
 Fixes visual issue whereby guards holding torches would have inverse kinematics
when animated.
 Fixes PS4-specific visual issue whereby texture of water puddles would not fade
properly.
-Gameplay-
 Updates description of Superior Blizzard potion. Potion now slows time for a short
period whenever an enemy is slain. Additionally, during this period actions do not
deplete Stamina if 3 Adrenaline Points are available.
 Fixes issue whereby indicator for Oil charges would appear incorrectly in New Game
Plus mode.
 Fixes issue whereby Flood of Anger skill could endlessly increase Sign intensity.
 Fixes issue whereby Ciri could be missing her scabbard in certain situations.
 Fixes issues whereby damage from Northern Wind bombs could be calculated
incorrectly.
 Fixes issue whereby pool of experience points would invert to negative value when
player reached level 70 cap or used Potion of Clearance.
 Fixes PC platform-specific issue whereby only the 'E' key would open Stash chest
despite user manually changing relevant key binding.
-Hearts of Stone-
 Fixes issue whereby Rotation Runestone effect would not appear correctly in Hearts
of Stone expansion.
 Fixes rare issue whereby foliage in Velen and Novigrad would disappear upon
completion of Hearts of Stone expansion.
 Fixes rare issue whereby a chest in quest titled From Ofier's Distant Shores in the
Hearts of Stone expansion would not contain relevant diagrams.
 Modifies Vitality cost of Olgierd's Saber to 15% in Hearts of Stone expansion.
 Fixes issue whereby trap door in herbalist's hut in Hearts of Stone expansion could
not be opened.
 Fixes issue whereby bandit camp north of Zuetzer Castle in Hearts of Stone expansion
would not gray out correctly.
 Fixes issue whereby question mark would not disappear upon exploring Kilkerinn
Ruins in Hearts of Stone expansion.
 Fixes issue whereby treasure hunt titled Sword, Famine and Perfidy could not be
completed.
 Fixes rare issue whereby an infinite loading screen could occur after speaking with
Olgierd subsequent to completing all tasks requested by him in Hearts of Stone
expansion.
 Fixes visual issue involving reflection on river's surface in new location added for
Hearts of Stone expansion.
-Other-
 Fixes issue whereby Vivaldi could fail to appear in Novigrad.
 Fixes issue whereby interaction could be missing from chests containing loot in quest
titled Scavenger Hunt: Wolf School Gear.
 Fixes rare issue whereby Triss could be rendered immobile in quest titled Now or
Never.
 Fixes issue whereby treasure hunt titled Shortcut could not be completed.
 Fixes issue whereby treasure hunt titled Freya Be Praised! could not be completed.
 Fixes issue whereby treasure hunt titled Unlucky's Treasure could not be completed.
 Fixes issue whereby treasure hunt titled 'The Things Men Do For Coin... could not be
completed.
 Fixes issue whereby treasure hunt titled Temerian Valuables could not be completed.
 Fixes issue whereby quest givers for contract quests titled Deadly Delights, Jenny o'
the Woods, and Phantom of the Trade Route could occasionally fail to appear.
 Fixes issue whereby players could not speak with an NPC in quest titled Novigrad,
Closed City.
 Fixes issue whereby an ifrit in quest titled Redania's Most Wanted could not be
reached.
 Fixes issue whereby quest titled Hey, You Wanna Look at My Stuff? could not be
completed through interaction with relevant merchant.
 Fixes rare issue whereby interaction was inactive on treasure chest in quest titled
Take What You Want.
 Fixes rare issue whereby, under certain conditions, the Francesca Findabair the
Beautiful gwent leader card was not awarded as intended.
 Fixes issue whereby a witch hunter in quest titled Novigrad, Closed City could prove
immortal.
 Fixes issue whereby certain bandits appearing in quest titled Get Junior would have
empty health bars.
 Fixes rare issue whereby, under certain circumstances, objective titled Gather Allies
would fail incorrectly in quest titled The Isle of Mists.
 Fixes issue whereby players could not start a New Game Plus despite having
completed the game.
 Fixes rare issue whereby services provided by master armorers were not unlocked
properly.
 Fixes issue whereby Sukrus would fail to appear by van Hoorn's warehouse in quest
titled Of Swords and Dumplings.
 Fixes issue whereby players could not talk with Fergus and complete quest titled
Master Armorers.
 Fixes issue whereby door to bathhouse could be locked during quest titled Get
Junior.
 Fixes rare issue whereby forktail in quest titled To Bait a Forktail... could prove
immortal.
 Fixes issue preventing completion of minor quests titled The Soldier Statuette and
The Nobleman Statuette.
 Fixes issue whereby two Zoltan gwent cards would appear beneath the Hanged
Man's Tree.
 Fixes issue whereby players could not complete quest titled Contract: The Griffin
from the Highlands if attempted to do so after completing quest titled Master
Armorers.
 Fixes issue whereby interaction with Roche was impossible in quest titled An Eye for
an Eye.
 Fixes issue whereby Sigismund Dijkstra gwent card could not be acquired from the
Bloody Baron under certain conditions.
 Fixes rare issue whereby werewolf could disappear during quest titled Wild At Heart.
 Fixes rare issue whereby infinite loading screen could occur during quest titled King's
Gambit.
 Fixes issue whereby quest giver would fail to appear in quest titled Contract: The
Creature from the Oxenfurt Forest.
 Fixes issue whereby Kurisu would fail to appear in Freya's Temple during quest titled
Taken as a Lass.
 Fixes issue whereby interactions were blocked during exploration upon completion of
quest titled Disturbance.
 Fixes issue whereby cockatrice would appear underground in quest titled Contract:
Shrieker.
 Fixes rare issue whereby an infinite loading screen cold occur after talking to
Avallac'h in quest titled On Thin Ice.
 Fixes issue whereby Sven would respawn despite having been killed in quest titled In
the Heart of the Woods.
CopperPuppy
Member
Honestly, and maybe I just don't have an eye for this stuff, there was never a point during my 80+ hours (and counting) on PS4 where I said, "Hey, this game isn't performing well." Nothing ever stood out or was noticeable. The game performs fine.
SoraanTribal
Member
Ah cool, thanks for the info! The story isn't affected that much with who you choose I assume? Just a personal preference?
Nice, nice.
MadYarpen
Member
Yes, game is smooth. Jump in.
OdysseusVA
Banned
Novigrad is where you'll notice the drops more, but for the most part it's fine outside of the city
RandomSeed
Member
I see they added the option to repair equipped gear in the patch, but this mod has item stack splitting? Oh hell yes. Will have to check out the updated version after the patch drops. Thanks.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Some answers based on questions:
-the only conflicts to romance in the game is
. Every other sexual encounter is fair game though it's pretty scummy lmao. Not to say Im not an asshole, I slept with the HoS romantic interest because why not if no consequences but I felt bad about it.
-as to the enchantment to make your armor into light armor, imho it isn't worth it for anything you lose your runes so meh
-the only conflicts to romance in the game is
confirming you want to be with them verbally instead of denying one to be with the other between Yenn and Triss
-as to the enchantment to make your armor into light armor, imho it isn't worth it for anything you lose your runes so meh
PanicFreak
Member
Hey everyone!
I'm thinking about getting this game but I don't have as much time to play as I would like. I looked at howlongtobeat and I figure I could allot 45 hours for the main quest but I was wondering what the "can't miss" side quests are in the game. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I'm thinking about getting this game but I don't have as much time to play as I would like. I looked at howlongtobeat and I figure I could allot 45 hours for the main quest but I was wondering what the "can't miss" side quests are in the game. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
MadYarpen
Member
All side quests which branch from the main storyline, that's for start.
Essentially, any side quest where the initial quest description has a character's name on it. Which is a shit ton of them.
Witcher 3 does the Rockstar thing where although you've gotten what you want from a character and can proceed with your story, their questline is still half-finished and completing it is optional
NICE! I'll definitely use level scaling and draw my swords manually from now on.
When will the patch hit?
You are up to date. You wouldn't get more patches just for having the expansion packs.
1.20 is what blood and wine will be using and even if you only own the base game you will still get the patch with all those changes.
Wolf Akela
Member
When will the PS4 version get the patch?
Love the repair all equipped button. They also finally fixed the wolf school gear chest bug.
Edit: Oh wow, so apparently
Love the repair all equipped button. They also finally fixed the wolf school gear chest bug.
Edit: Oh wow, so apparently
they even tucked a Letter of Apology beside that chest from C. de PR.
Coreda
Member
Updated OP with latest patch notes and thread.
Interesting. There will be a grandmaster blacksmith in the expansion?
Personally I'm not a big signs user atm so I went for the enchantment. Crafted 6 greater runes for the other armor pieces so we'll see how it goes. 100% poison resistance from the Viper set is very nice, The resistance stats are crazy really; compared them to my other mastercrafted Witcher gear and all around it's a nice increase.
Interesting. There will be a grandmaster blacksmith in the expansion?
Personally I'm not a big signs user atm so I went for the enchantment. Crafted 6 greater runes for the other armor pieces so we'll see how it goes. 100% poison resistance from the Viper set is very nice, The resistance stats are crazy really; compared them to my other mastercrafted Witcher gear and all around it's a nice increase.
OdysseusVA
Banned
Is there any light armor in HoS I should on the look out for? Currently have the best Feline set equipped.
Admiral Woofington
Member
master witcher armor is the best there is, outside of maybe the viper set which is technically equippable at level 39.
OdysseusVA
Banned
Those are medium sets, right? Looking for light armor
Admiral Woofington
Member
what I'm telling you is that the DLC didn't have any light armor that I saw, and even if there was it wouldn't be better than your mastercrafted cat armor.
edit: I stand corrected below, maybe that's better than cat armor I wouldn't know I'm a heavy/medium guy.
Intheflorsh
Banned
The Ofieri armor tied to one of the sidequests looks really cool.
Edit: This one- http://www.gosunoob.com/witcher-3/ofieri-armor-locations/
Coreda
Member
I wish there were more Ofieri items, like the ornate sheath seen beside the merchant at Upper Mill.
Also worth noting with one of the enchantments mentioned in the discussion above any armor can be treated as light armor, which is what I've done to enable the light armor perk. Consumes three rune slots, so whether it's worth it is up to you.
OdysseusVA
Banned
Intheflorsh
Banned
It was better than my mastercrafted Griffin set, so I'd imagine it's better than the Cat set. The mastercrafted sets are sadly going to be completely obsolete in the next expansion. I was even finding better common gear at the end of HoS.
Coreda
Member
A way to craft custom gear or weapons would be fantastic. Wondering if that grandmaster blacksmith hinted at in the patch notes adds something like that. I want more slim hilted swords with nice pommels!
Admiral Woofington
Member
yeah but next expansion has the
grandmaster sets
Intheflorsh
Banned
Nice, didn't know about that.
I don't want to go back to the Griffin set though, it looks so dumb. Hopefully there's an upgrade for the Viper set.
OdysseusVA
Banned
oh god
the question marks are back
the question marks are back
Coreda
Member
Admiral Woofington
Member
uhm (spoilers based on previews/posters on gaf)
there's not, but on the upside the grandmaster bear armor looks swag as fuck
Mediking
Member
Thanks! I appreciate it!
That is the one haha...I was also not expecting that, but a very memorable scene indeed.
Don Draper's Hat
Member
Why hasn't my Xbox One game been updated? Bullshit!
OdysseusVA
Banned
Question marks are cleared once more!
Are/Were you set to auto-download updates? Mine automatically updated earlier today.
I think they went ahead and pulled the patch if you're not able to get it.
Don Draper's Hat
Member
Oh balls. Guess I have to wait then.