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Elukka posted:Geralt wearing plate armor is kinda weird. I noticed this as well.  I guess there is some role playing value to being the white knight.
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Do we know about the controls yet?
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May 7, 2015 18:38
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Holy gently caress that trailer.
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May 7, 2015 18:46
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CottonWolf posted:Alchemy looks like great fun. Signs seem to look like they'll only be really useful if you spec that way. Axii mind control is on the second level of the skill tree for example. Yeah but even if you specialize on signs, they don't sound as interesting as the alchemy or even the sword tree.
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One thing I noticed with that GOG Q&A stream is that armor affects stamina (the new vigor) regeneration. Stamina regenerates quickly in light armor, slowly in heavy armor. So the skill that increases sign intensity and stamina regen when you wear medium armor isn't limiting Sign-focused builds to that one armor type- rather, it's offsetting some of the decreased regen speed and giving you extra power to make up for it. Going Signs with light armor is still an option if you want to be all zippy.CottonWolf posted:Alchemy looks like great fun. Signs seem to look like they'll only be really useful if you spec that way. Axii mind control is on the second level of the skill tree for example. From what I've seen, signs have been buffed at the base level to the point that non-Sign builds will actually get good use out of them. Not constant use, but Aard can actually push back an entire group of enemies, Aard/Igni are cone attacks, Axii is an instant stun, etc..., which are all very good compared to Witcher 2, where signs were pretty anemic without points invested. And for people who go Combat, there are several good ways to boost signs without needing to specialize in them. There's a Combat skill that lets you cast Signs with adrenaline points, so you'll be able to use them regularly (even if you're wearing heavy armor) just by hitting things, and there's a general skill that makes adrenaline points also boost the strength of signs. Every combat skill boosts Adrenaline generation, so either of those skills synergizes well. ...I totally didn't pause the Q&A video fifty times to look at skill descriptions. Why would I do that?
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May 7, 2015 19:03
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One week and 5 days more to go. Also, that Ciri gameplay looks kickass.
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May 7, 2015 20:06
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Holy poo poo, the subtle effects on the Aard casting at ~1:09 look so loving cool.
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May 7, 2015 20:07
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Captain Oblivious posted:Don't agree with that at all. Just because "modern 21st century human rights and society" isn't an option doesn't mean there isn't a good choice. What's great about the Witcher 2 isn't that every ending is some flavor of EVERYTHING SUCKS FOR EVERYONE FOREVER and to take that from the endings is a pretty big misread. It's that you do make a difference for somebody but you can't change the fundamentals of society. Good choices are relative. I meant more that people say "well, they aren't terrorist groups because they aren't in modern day earth." Or the secret police. Or some other equally shady thing. I just mean none of that is very subtle at all. The game is very direct about everyone being a scumbag. Except Zoltan, he's awesome.
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Spite posted:I meant more that people say "well, they aren't terrorist groups because they aren't in modern day earth." Or the secret police. Or some other equally shady thing. I just mean none of that is very subtle at all. The game is very direct about everyone being a scumbag. Except Zoltan, he's awesome. The problem with calling them "terorrists" is implying that their actions are abnormal in the context of the societies they live in/amongst. It doesn't just fail to meaningfully describe something, it's actively misleading. It's like calling the chevauchée of the Hundred Years War "acts of terror", or Prince Edward a terrorist. It's more of an emotional condemnation than a useful description. In other news it seems a bit odd that the PC minimum requirements are so high for a game that runs on the 360 and PS4. Oh well. Hopefully the conversation to set what happened in TW2/1 is reasonably effective if I play it on PS4.
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May 7, 2015 20:30
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May 7, 2015 20:45
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May 7, 2015 20:52
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cheesetriangles posted:I look forward to playing this game for 500 hours. At some point you'll have to leave the tutorial area.
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May 7, 2015 21:15
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I can't wait for Witcher 4 where you play as Ciri and she bones all the dudes and finally you have equality in gaming.
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Doing that would be equality for the hetero crowd but the LGBT still will be left out in the cold. I bet Cyberpunk 2077 will allow you to bang any and everyone.
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May 7, 2015 21:42
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The Witcher 1 and 2 are 85% off on steam right now!
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Jimbot posted:Doing that would be equality for the hetero crowd but the LGBT still will be left out in the cold. In Catholic Poland there is only traditional morality. Repent ye sinners, repent!
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Spite posted:I meant more that people say "well, they aren't terrorist groups because they aren't in modern day earth." Or the secret police. Or some other equally shady thing. I just mean none of that is very subtle at all. The game is very direct about everyone being a scumbag. Except Zoltan, he's awesome. I think "everyone is a scumbag" is also a bit overly simplistic. Very few of them are scumbags 100% of the time. Hell, even Henselt, absolute prick that he is, makes a good case on some things when you confront him in Vergen. Except for y'know, the part where he's a rapist. Captain Oblivious posted:The problem with calling them "terorrists" is implying that their actions are abnormal in the context of the societies they live in/amongst. It doesn't just fail to meaningfully describe something, it's actively misleading. I think "terrorists" is a useful descriptor when used as "person/organization that makes deliberate direct assaults on specifically civilian targets for the purpose of inspiring fear in the enemy's general population" rather than "guy fighting a war that I don't approve of". But hardly anyone seems to use it that way these days. Of course by the latter definition, both Roche and Iorveth likely qualify as terrorists. And yes, our whole concept of civilian vs. combatant is somewhat different than the characters in the game or the participants in the Hundred Years War, but we still have it. cheesetriangles posted:I can't wait for Witcher 4 where you play as Ciri and she bones all the dudes and finally you have equality in gaming. Jimbot posted:Doing that would be equality for the hetero crowd but the LGBT still will be left out in the cold.
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My applicable reaction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfL4OLNgOok&feature=youtu.be&t=102
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Jimbot posted:Doing that would be equality for the hetero crowd but the LGBT still will be left out in the cold. Ciri would probably bang all of the men and all of the ladies so it's ok
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May 7, 2015 22:06
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People will still find a reason to be mad.
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May 7, 2015 22:09
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People will always find a reason to be mad
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cheesetriangles posted:People will still find a reason to be mad.
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May 7, 2015 22:11
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cheesetriangles posted:People will still find a reason to be mad. Yeah but I'd be happy and that's pretty much all I care about when I play videogames.
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May 7, 2015 22:18
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I'm very upset about no Geralt dong. People will always find a reason to be mad.
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May 7, 2015 22:49
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I'm not personally upset by it, but I am willing to be upset on behalf of all gamers that wanted to see Geralt's albino dong.
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The Sharmat posted:I'm not personally upset by it, but I am willing to be upset on behalf of all gaymers that wanted to see Geralt's albino dong.
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May 7, 2015 22:53
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I thank you for being considerate.
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Don't worry, all this poo poo will be un-ironically said when the game comes out because of the "problematic" content.
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May 7, 2015 22:57
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The Witcher Nexus will get you your Geralt dong mods soon enough for W3. They got your back.
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May 7, 2015 22:57
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I'm personally upset about no Geraltdong  .
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I think the sex in this one is handled much much better than in the previous games. People will still get upset, because it's the internet, but it's no big. And honestly I learn a lot when people get butthurt on the internet, so even if 99% of it is chaff 1% of it makes us more considerate people, so whatevs.
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They had to leave out the G-dong because you can only carry 300 lbs in your inventory, and with it you'd've been down to 185 right off the bat. It was for gameplay design reasons. I think for the best.
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May 7, 2015 23:03
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I still don't really see why the sex in the second game was made such a big deal of anyway. It was pretty stupid in the first one though for the most part. The nurses wanting a threesome with Geralt in the middle of a burning city block was pretty hilarious.
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Drifter posted:They had to leave out the G-dong because you can only carry 300 lbs in your inventory, and with it you'd've been down to 185 right off the bat. Just another reason to remove the inventory weight limit
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Is there any other pros for playing on Dark difficulty other than the outrageously expensive armors and weapons? Seriously, I might go through the trouble of just looking for a trainer that gives infinite cash rather than grind it out. I thought I had read a year or so ago that the higher difficulties dropped more/better mutagens, but I can't find any info that backs that up. I wish I could throw things quicker as well.
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May 7, 2015 23:10
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It's harder. That's pretty much it.
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Captain Oblivious posted:It's like calling the chevauchée of the Hundred Years War "acts of terror", or Prince Edward a terrorist. It's more of an emotional condemnation than a useful description. I don't remember those from either game or the books.
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Dark Mode wasn't that much harder. You just had to dodge a lot more and use all your tools in your arsenal in the beginning. After you get your first set of Dark armor you could slack off a lot more.
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