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So I'm officially further into the game than I've ever been before, but I encountered what I think was a bug. When trying to get into the monastery in the tutorial there's supposed to be a fire so you can meditate and drink the potions, right? I remember it being there from the first time I played (back when the game made my computer crash every five minutes). This time it wasn't there, so I had to fight all the drowners in the dark. That happen to anyone else?
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Apr 24, 2012 13:09
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Lotish posted:So I'm officially further into the game than I've ever been before, but I encountered what I think was a bug. When trying to get into the monastery in the tutorial there's supposed to be a fire so you can meditate and drink the potions, right? I remember it being there from the first time I played (back when the game made my computer crash every five minutes). This time it wasn't there, so I had to fight all the drowners in the dark. That happen to anyone else? It's dark and you are supposed to drink the cat potion in order to gain you sight in the dark. I don't remember a fire.
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Apr 24, 2012 13:11
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You can meditate anywhere as long as there are no enemies around. Hold ctrl and select the center icon to start meditating. This game would be downright unplayable if you needed a fire...
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Apr 24, 2012 13:15
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God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title
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Yeah, I'm a little confused by this fire thing. It sounds like you're under the impression that you need fires to meditate. If that's what you're saying, then I think you're thinking of Dark Souls. In Witcher 2, you can mediate anywhere as long as there's no enemies around. VVV Ahh, I see. Lycus fucked around with this message at 13:30 on Apr 24, 2012 |
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Apr 24, 2012 13:18
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Or he's thinking of Witcher 1 where you did need a fire to meditate.
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Apr 24, 2012 13:29
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That, or the Witcher 1, where you did need a fire to meditate. e:f,b Did they ever tone down the Cat potion effects, by the way? I always avoided using them in my original playthrough since the loud heartbeat effect was annoying as hell, though this did make a certain part later on rather difficult to navigate.
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Apr 24, 2012 13:29
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I always hated Cat potions because I couldn't see the lights from my wolf medallion, making looting harder. And I must have my monitor set brighter than other people, because the game never seemed dark enough for me to feel like I needed them.
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Apr 24, 2012 13:35
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Exodee posted:That, or the Witcher 1, where you did need a fire to meditate. e:f,b You still get the heart beat sounds etc. It only last 5 minutes so it's now awful.
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Apr 24, 2012 13:41
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drat, I don't suppose there is a mod that changes this, is there? The Cat potion in the original Witcher was far less obnoxious.
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Apr 24, 2012 13:46
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Exodee posted:drat, I don't suppose there is a mod that changes this, is there? The Cat potion in the original Witcher was far less obnoxious. So was drinking potions, really.
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Apr 24, 2012 14:29
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Jetfire posted:As far as horrifying moments go, Roche's path has it won with (pretty big spoiler) walking into the tent filled with hanging Blue Stripes whereas when I played Iorveth's path last time Dethmold's end was incredibly boring. Nothing like Roche carving his junk into a vagina in the middle of his BDSM session. Seriously, night and day there. For me Iorveth's path wins the most horrifying moments, only because of Philippa getting her eyes gouged out. That seriously made my stomach turn. 
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Apr 24, 2012 15:27
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Fuzz posted:Roche is seriously one of the few genuinely likable characters in these games... Zoltan and Dandelion are two more. That was a large part of why I ended up siding with him my first playthrough, he was so much more likable than Iorveth. And the Roche path for Chapter 2 is more depressing and close to the ambiguous nature of the world than the rebels heroically beat the odds story from the other path. But people new to the game it's really worth it to replay Chapter from both sides since it adds much more interesting story depth to the game and the alternate paths are really fleshed especially for the quests design feels different enough despite having the same overall goal.
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Apr 24, 2012 15:30
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Omnides posted:Or he's thinking of Witcher 1 where you did need a fire to meditate. I'm not sure cause you don't need to meditate to drink potions in the first game. I'm reasonably sure there aren't any drowners in the tutorial section of the first game either. I think you just fight Salamandra and the Frightener or a Salamandra Mage. Torsade de Pointes fucked around with this message at 15:56 on Apr 24, 2012 |
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Apr 24, 2012 15:53
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Riso posted:So was drinking potions, really. 
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Apr 24, 2012 15:55
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Something funny happened when I was playing this last night. I accidentally whipped my sword out in Flotsam and some woman shouted "JESUS CHRIST!" 
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Apr 24, 2012 16:00
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So I've already played through the vanilla version of this game, is is worth a reply for the EE? What's been added to the game?
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Apr 24, 2012 16:18
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The Aberrant posted:So I've already played through the vanilla version of this game, is is worth a reply for the EE? What's been added to the game? Some additional quests and additional extras such as more transition cut-scenes. I haven't reached Act 3 yet since supposedly it got the most additional content due to all the whining about the final act being too threadbare.
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Apr 24, 2012 16:22
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The Aberrant posted:So I've already played through the vanilla version of this game, is is worth a reply for the EE? What's been added to the game? Dude, a second play through is worth it just to see the other side of Act 2. Do it.
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Apr 24, 2012 16:30
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I have a question about sword of destiny, the book of short stories. I have the fan translation of all the chapters. What order do they go in so I can put them together in one file and put it on my kindle? I want to read the series without becoming horribly confused.
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Apr 24, 2012 16:46
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Can someone give me a justification for going with Iorveth in chapter 2? I cannot think of any legitimate reason why I'd break up my bromance with Roche. 
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Apr 24, 2012 16:48
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etalian posted:Some additional quests and additional extras such as more transition cut-scenes. There are 2 new quests added to Act 3, one for each path. Iorveth: You meet up with the Flotsam Alchemists and Cynthia again. If you choose to help them Geralt learns more about his past and more about the Wild Hunt. . The "reward" at the end of this one is ultimately useless game-wise but I thought it was really neat ( You get to magically spy for a bit on one character of your choosing, the right option is to obviously pick Dandelion) Roche: You meet up with one of Roche's agents and delve into what happened to Foltest's bastards, namely Boussi. Both are interesting and fairly long but nowhere near to the ~2 hours advertised by CDPR. As with everything in Act 3 you have to complete them before going into the summit.
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Apr 24, 2012 16:53
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Samurai Sanders posted:At least in chapter 1 they didn't do a good job of presenting Iorveth as anything but a bandit in the woods with delusions of grandeur (like probably all bandits in woods have). Loredo was a scumbag but it sure seemed like he had the right attitude towards the Scoiatel at least in that area. Still, looking forward to a hard playthrough with Roche before my final Dark playthrough with Iorveth. I went sword/signs at release and am trying to go sword/alchemy now, anything fun I should try with my 3rd Dark playthrough?
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Apr 24, 2012 16:57
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poptart_fairy posted:Can someone give me a justification for going with Iorveth in chapter 2? I cannot think of any legitimate reason why I'd break up my bromance with Roche. Because picking Iorveth allows you to see some lesbomancy and also hang out with some crazy drunk dwarves. On the other hand it will punish you will the classic cave maze exploring level.
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Apr 24, 2012 16:59
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poptart_fairy posted:Can someone give me a justification for going with Iorveth in chapter 2? I cannot think of any legitimate reason why I'd break up my bromance with Roche. There is some serious hinting (and more than hinting) through the prologue and chapter 1 that Roche is a violent bigot barely concealing constant, seething anger at the world; however, he is a good friend and ally to Geralt, so I am also inclined to side with him over the violent bigot elf who tried repeatedly to kill me and is an actual terrorist.
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Apr 24, 2012 16:59
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Donny posted:There is some serious hinting (and more than hinting) through the prologue and chapter 1 that Roche is a violent bigot barely concealing constant, seething anger at the world; however, he is a good friend and ally to Geralt, so I am also inclined to side with him over the violent bigot elf who tried repeatedly to kill me and is an actual terrorist who happens to be a good ally and strong supporter of fantasy not-crazy Jeanne d'Arc and your friend Zoltan is at least mildly sympathetic to him
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Apr 24, 2012 17:07
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Ravenfood posted:fixed that one. Also, Roche never sold me on the idea that he could help me find Letho while Iorveth did. You never find out that extra stuff before your decision, though. I mean, yeah, you're ultimately right - in retrospect, I'd rather have helped Joan of Arc than King Rapey Murder.
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Apr 24, 2012 17:11
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Samurai Sanders posted:At least in chapter 1 they didn't do a good job of presenting Iorveth as anything but a bandit in the woods with delusions of grandeur (like probably all bandits in woods have). Loredo was a scumbag but it sure seemed like he had the right attitude towards the Scoiatel at least in that area. Yeah, I accidentally chose Iorveth over Roche (I'm stupid and chose the wrong option at first.) but I didn't regret it. He's a pretty interesting and chill guy through-out. At first though he is portrayed as being nothing more than a puffed-up bandit though.
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Apr 24, 2012 17:20
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I don't seem to be able to pull of ripostes like they mention in the tutorial--the sword icon never shows up. What am I doing wrong? Also--did my intimidation skill appear just by trying to intimidate someone? Is that how that works?
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Apr 24, 2012 17:32
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Iorveth is significantly less of an rear end in a top hat then Yeavinn in the first game.
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Apr 24, 2012 17:34
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Speedball posted:I don't seem to be able to pull of ripostes like they mention in the tutorial--the sword icon never shows up. What am I doing wrong? On higher difficulty levels the help icon disappears.
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Apr 24, 2012 17:36
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etalian posted:On higher difficulty levels the help icon disappears. I'm playing on Easy!
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Apr 24, 2012 17:36
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etalian posted:On higher difficulty levels the help icon disappears. The tutorial doesn't have a difficulty level in any case.
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Apr 24, 2012 17:38
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Donny posted:You never find out that extra stuff before your decision, though. I mean, yeah, you're ultimately right - in retrospect, I'd rather have helped Joan of Arc than King Rapey Murder.
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Apr 24, 2012 17:45
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Speedball posted:I don't seem to be able to pull of ripostes like they mention in the tutorial--the sword icon never shows up. What am I doing wrong? You must have the skill to do it, it's in the sword tree so you must be level 7+ to get it.
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Apr 24, 2012 17:55
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InvisibleHand posted:There are 2 new quests added to Act 3, one for each path. 
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Apr 24, 2012 17:55
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Magical Zero posted:Actually the real reward is boning Cynthia. Hell yeah The real award is unlocking the pimp achievements.
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Apr 24, 2012 18:11
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Yeah, I was confused. I saw the tooltip say I had to meditate to use potions and was kicked back to Witcher 1 where you needed a fire or an inn. Since I clearly wasn't near an inn I assumed I needed a fire. What is a good spec for someone just getting started? I hear alchemy is pretty good.
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Apr 24, 2012 18:16
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Lotish posted:Yeah, I was confused. I saw the tooltip say I had to meditate to use potions and was kicked back to Witcher 1 where you needed a fire or an inn. Since I clearly wasn't near an inn I assumed I needed a fire. All of the specs are good in their own ways; having extended potion timers is awesome, upgraded signs are awesome, and more swordfighting versatility is awesome.
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Apr 24, 2012 18:26
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Is it best to just go all down one tree over spreading things around for a bit of everything, or is a polymathic jack of all trades approach just as good?
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Apr 24, 2012 18:29
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Lotish posted:Is it best to just go all down one tree over spreading things around for a bit of everything, or is a polymathic jack of all trades approach just as good? I'll say it again: there's no wrong way to spec your talents. You can't gimp yourself in this game, because every talent is useful. Go with whatever seems fun and most useful to your playstyle! I'll repost this from the OP: Coughing Hobo posted:Oh god look at all of these talents I don't know where to put them
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