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Silvergun1000 posted:When do you start seeing heavy armor? I'm up to Novograd now and I haven't seen a single piece. I got this heavy chestpiece from a quest in southern Velen. 
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Ghosts of the Past: Ahhhhhhhh Lethoooooooo 
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Is it even possible to win the first match in the Passiflora Gwent tournament? Seems like the AI always just plays Avallac'h into nothing but hero cards.
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Harrow posted:Honestly, I don't know what this game wants from me on Blood and Broken Bones difficulty. Why can an equal-level enemy (I'm 6, it's 6) kill me in two hits? Three hits if I put Quen up. I just don't get the point of this. I wanted this challenging, not "save before every battle because you die in three hits, and if you get hit once you'll probably get hit again." The point is learn to dodge that shiny pointy thing called a sword. If you lock on to enemies their healthbar will flash right before they attack, that's where you actually dodge.
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May 22, 2015 02:57
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Lord Lambeth posted:The point is learn to dodge that shiny pointy thing called a sword. If you lock on to enemies their healthbar will flash right before they attack, that's where you actually dodge. It will flash without lock on, and when fighting groups you never want to lock on.
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May 22, 2015 03:00
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Mokinokaro posted:You have the oil recipe. It's "specter oil." Also, another minor spoiler relevant to (I think) all ghosty wraith types: if you drop a Yrden while within the trap effect they become "corporeal" and take dramatically increased damage. I can see why some people would dislike the combat. I think it's pretty good, but would agree they could stand to tone down the emphasis on dodging and rolling constantly. While it does add mobility and a sense of franticness to the combat, it's also a little disorienting and makes everything kinda random and chaotic. It's also really frustrating in enclosed spaces or complicated terrain, I get monsters stuck in objects a fair bit. Maybe if parry were stronger so the option to block blows is as attractive as hit-roll-hit-roll-hit-sign-roll-hit.
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Parry is probably how it is to prevent Aard from becoming even more OP. EDIT: \/ the camera needs to be tied more to targeting in general. Even on consoles it would help a ton. Mokinokaro fucked around with this message at 03:06 on May 22, 2015 |
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May 22, 2015 03:03
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Bugblatter posted:The concepts behind the combat are good, but the execution of the control systems is pretty bad. It's mostly frustrating because its half way to being a really good system, but an unpolished implementation of animation locked attacks and some dodgey target locking really spoils it. The targeting system is for me the biggest culprit. ItŽs extremely annoying when you point to a mob with the mouse, swing and geralt goes and decides to ballet with a mob on the complete opposite side and miles away.
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The game really is better on a controller from what everyone keeps saying about KB+M stuff. And yes Geralt, astonishingly you do know what rain looks like still, just like every other time a front has rolled in five minutes ago. 
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Lord Lambeth posted:The point is learn to dodge that shiny pointy thing called a sword. If you lock on to enemies their healthbar will flash right before they attack, that's where you actually dodge. Orv posted:It will flash without lock on, and when fighting groups you never want to lock on. I mean, is the "take less damage if you get hit while dodging" ability basically mandatory? I feel like an idiot for not beelining for it and leveling some Signs stuff instead. Because against groups, there's only so much that dodging can do--eventually I'm going to get tagged mid-dodge or mid-roll. And against single big enemies, like this level 6 Gargoyle I just killed after five tries, it took the distance of two rolls to get away from its ground-pound that dealt 75% of my vitality all at once. I basically had to constantly have Quen up or I had no hope. I had all of these problems in The Witcher 2 and eventually ended up turning the difficulty up to Hard because I finally got the rhythm of it, but somehow this feels... harsher. I feel drastically underequipped and I have no idea how to fix that--I'm not finding many weapon diagrams and zero good armor diagrams.
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Looks like nexus got around to putting up a mod site for Witcher 3 No nude mods yet.
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Harrow posted:I mean, is the "take less damage if you get hit while dodging" ability basically mandatory? I don't think so, since I've been playing on the same difficulty and I've managed to not hear of this skill. Groupwise, I have found igni really good at getting people to back off and give me breathing room. I don't know what else to say but to explore. This game rewards exploration really hard. edit: whoops, double post
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Harrow posted:I mean, is the "take less damage if you get hit while dodging" ability basically mandatory? I feel like an idiot for not beelining for it and leveling some Signs stuff instead. Because against groups, there's only so much that dodging can do--eventually I'm going to get tagged mid-dodge or mid-roll. And against single big enemies, like this level 6 Gargoyle I just killed after five tries, it took the distance of two rolls to get away from its ground-pound that dealt 75% of my vitality all at once. I basically had to constantly have Quen up or I had no hope. Even on Death March I'm not dying in one or two hits to most things except super monsters. Something you need to keep in mind about group fighting is that your dodges and attacks always need to keep you outside the group. Short dodging diagonally to anyone attacking you, specifically diagonally towards the far edge of any group of enemies, is always the right play. Even in enclosed spaces, the only time you want dodging into a sword to be a possibility is if they put you up against a wall, and then Aard, burn an adrenaline for Quen and roll through the group to get clear. And if it's clear a dodge isn't going to get you clear, take the parry instead. I don't think the dodge invincibility is mandatory by any means, the only things I think are mandatory are Sun and Moon, the arrow parry ability and the adrenaline for Signs ability. Orv fucked around with this message at 03:15 on May 22, 2015 |
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Dodge more *short dodge not roll*, use potions, bombs crossbows and signs that aren't quen I barely get touched in any fights anymore once you get the flow and use your full toolkit.
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Lord Lambeth posted:Looks like nexus got around to putting up a mod site for Witcher 3 The race for nude and never nude mods begins...
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Verranicus posted:I got this heavy chestpiece from a quest in southern Velen. You look like a bell end dude.
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Harrow posted:Honestly, I don't know what this game wants from me on Blood and Broken Bones difficulty. Why can an equal-level enemy (I'm 6, it's 6) kill me in two hits? Three hits if I put Quen up. I just don't get the point of this. I wanted this challenging, not "save before every battle because you die in three hits, and if you get hit once you'll probably get hit again." Be more aggressive. Every Witcher game has been like this. You may notice that you also three-hit or two-hit most humanoid enemies. This is not a game where you and an enemy stand next to each other and trade attacks until you win because you have better HP/damage/resists. Seriously in every game in the series the best way to not get hit is to kill the enemy as fast as possible.
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I'm playing on death march and haven't needed that skill. So far i've only got the passive regen one and a fast attack one, and can only slot the passive in since i'm still level 1. Took down that wraith thing outiside (and then inside) the cemetary last night.
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May 22, 2015 03:19
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Anyone mapped the short dodge, normally Alt to something else? I never use alt in games so it feels unnatural
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Verranicus posted:I got this heavy chestpiece from a quest in southern Velen. I'm using that chest piece myself, or a different, identical one. Also I have gold pants.
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Are the graphics settings pretty extensive? For some reason, Eastern European games normally give you very few configurable settings and are terribly optimized.
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Noctis Horrendae posted:Are the graphics settings pretty extensive? For some reason, Eastern European games normally give you very few configurable settings and are terribly optimized. There's a good amount of options. The nitty-gritty stuff requires some .ini file tweaking.
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Noctis Horrendae posted:Are the graphics settings pretty extensive? For some reason, Eastern European games normally give you very few configurable settings and are terribly optimized. Extremely well optimized.
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I'm really trying to give it the benefit of the doubt, but on console at least, this game has some of the worst controls I've ever experienced. I'm like 5 hours in and just hoping I finally warm up to them but I don't think it's going to happen. I'm willing to accept that it's just me but absolutely everything from the combat, to basic exploration, even little things like looting a box feel incredibly uncomfortable.
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megalodong posted:I'm playing on death march and haven't needed that skill. So far i've only got the passive regen one and a fast attack one, and can only slot the passive in since i'm still level 1. Took down that wraith thing outiside (and then inside) the cemetary last night. The Sun and Stars (or whatever, HP regen during daytime and Stamina at night) is extremely handy for the highest two difficulties where you don't regenerate HP from meditating. Otherwise you have to eat a lot of food and that gets very expensive on top of already pricey repairs. If you're at least half-assed exploring you'll find a bunch of Places of Power and have more ability points than you can probably put in active slots at once, anyway.
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NESguerilla posted:I'm really trying to give it the benefit of the doubt, but on console at least, this game has some of the worst controls I've ever experienced. I'm like 5 hours in and just hoping I finally warm up to them but I don't think it's going to happen. I'm willing to accept that it's just me but absolutely everything from the combat, to basic exploration, even little things like looting a box feel incredibly uncomfortable. I've gotten used to the movement, camera, and combat controls, but looting can be really finnicky. I'm not sure if it's better with a mouse/keyboard, but I'm playing on PC with a 360 controller and looting can be a real pain. I don't have any complaints about there rest of the controls, though. Pellisworth posted:The Sun and Stars (or whatever, HP regen during daytime and Stamina at night) is extremely handy for the highest two difficulties where you don't regenerate HP from meditating. Otherwise you have to eat a lot of food and that gets very expensive on top of already pricey repairs. I'm surprised Sun and Stars is good. I haven't taken it because I did the math and even at 10 vitality per second, it would take me a full three or four minutes to regen to full from half vitality, and that seems like such a slow rate as to be negligible. I'm clearly wrong.
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Just started but I'm going to guess, or hope, that money isn't a thing. I don't want to spend all my money on bread to heal because I'm bad at the combat right now.
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Pellisworth posted:The Sun and Stars (or whatever, HP regen during daytime and Stamina at night) is extremely handy for the highest two difficulties where you don't regenerate HP from meditating. Otherwise you have to eat a lot of food and that gets very expensive on top of already pricey repairs. Sorry, i was responding to the guy who asked if the dodge passive was required, but then it hit a new page and etc... I got the sun and stars when i found that first place of power by the battlefield. NESguerilla posted:I'm really trying to give it the benefit of the doubt, but on console at least, this game has some of the worst controls I've ever experienced. I'm like 5 hours in and just hoping I finally warm up to them but I don't think it's going to happen. I'm willing to accept that it's just me but absolutely everything from the combat, to basic exploration, even little things like looting a box feel incredibly uncomfortable. I really don't get the complaints about the combat controls. The rest I agree with, though I've managed to get used to them enough that they're just an irritation now, but what's wrong with the combat controls?
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So, all these dozens of various monster bits and brains that are littering my inventory, do I take these to an herbalist to sell, or do I want to hang on to them? 'Cause I have a lot of poo poo in my crafting materials inventory, and not many crowns.
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Harrow posted:I'm surprised Sun and Stars is good. I haven't taken it because I did the math and even at 10 vitality per second, it would take me a full three or four minutes to regen to full from half vitality, and that seems like such a slow rate as to be negligible. I'm clearly wrong. It's not amazing but it's one point and allows you to regain your health while just ridin' around on Roach. The alternative is buying and eating a bunch of food. Metal Bear posted:So, all these dozens of various monster bits and brains that are littering my inventory, do I take these to an herbalist to sell, or do I want to hang on to them? 'Cause I have a lot of poo poo in my crafting materials inventory, and not many crowns. You can sell most of them, if they're vaulable or higher quality stuff hang onto it. If you have a stack of 5+ sell some of that off. Keep in mind you don't need ingredients for each and every bomb/potion. You craft the item which comes with a number of charges, and then when you meditate your charges are replenished using alcohol. Pellisworth fucked around with this message at 03:34 on May 22, 2015 |
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Harrow posted:I'm surprised Sun and Stars is good. I haven't taken it because I did the math and even at 10 vitality per second, it would take me a full three or four minutes to regen to full from half vitality, and that seems like such a slow rate as to be negligible. I'm clearly wrong. You might get less mileage out of it if you ride from PoI to PoI but as I've been doing everything on foot when not fast traveling or I know there's nothing between the places I'm traveling, it adds up a lot.
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If you're dying for money, you can do something. Dunno if it's a glitch or just something that CDPR didn't expect players to do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVkup06zCs0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sR98XRDTYc
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Arglebargle III posted:Be more aggressive. Every Witcher game has been like this. You may notice that you also three-hit or two-hit most humanoid enemies. This is not a game where you and an enemy stand next to each other and trade attacks until you win because you have better HP/damage/resists. Seriously in every game in the series the best way to not get hit is to kill the enemy as fast as possible. This has never been the case for me. Even the smaller enemies like ghouls or dogs take a good 4-6 hits.
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megalodong posted:I really don't get the complaints about the combat controls. The rest I agree with, though I've managed to get used to them enough that they're just an irritation now, but what's wrong with the combat controls? There's also just some strange design decisions with regards to how Geralt controls. People have mentioned his extreme turn radius and movement issues, but I'm just wondering why there's even a Jump button in this game. If you're running towards a fence or a ledge or trying to scale a cliff, why not just have Geralt vault it automatically if you're holding down Run? Instead you have to deal with his awkward jump, which does not feel good at all to use. This is even worse when you're trying to jump things while on your horse.
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Geralt moves way too awkwardly, which is an issue both in and out of combat (e.g. taking five minutes to reposition yourself to loot the thing you want to loot).
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The main thing that bugs me is that he seems to switch targets against my wishes constantly. Like I'll be locked on to something and he just loving turns around and hits some other enemy for no reason and the enemy I was trying to kill will stab me, which is usually an insta kill on a harder difficulty. Also the whole control scheme just changes when the game decides I'm in combat automatically, and I'll try and run or jump something and he just stays glued to an enemy. it's like the game is trying to play itself for me and failing miserably. It's like Asscreed but somehow even less intuitive . Is there some dumb thing I'm missing or some way to actually manage this stuff manually? I feel like my enjoyment of this game would increase 10 fold if it just had a lock on system similar to Souls and I could just hold a button to go into combat mode instead of it being an automatic thing. The rest of the controls are bad, but I agree they are more of an irritation than anything. The combat just feels totally out of my hands though. Some of the little things are baffling though. Like, loot and interact are the same button and he will just stop dead in his tracks while I'm running to interact with a sign or something, and the horse can't jump a 1 foot fence without hitting the jump button...The list goes on and on though. veni veni veni fucked around with this message at 03:45 on May 22, 2015 |
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Best piece of dialog so far: Geralt: Wait! This xenovox. Can I contact you with it or is it one way? Keira: One way only IŽm afraid. YouŽll have to trust my feminine intuition. Geralt: Your what?  Keira: My feminine intuition!  Geralt: Wonderful... 
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Genocyber posted:Geralt moves way too awkwardly, which is an issue both in and out of combat (e.g. taking five minutes to reposition yourself to loot the thing you want to loot). Yeah, he controls in a really frustrating way. I wish he just moved in the direction you send him instantly instead of having to sluggishly turn. You can't just tap him forward either, he like, takes a huge step and even jumps really awkwardly. There's several times where I'm trying to click on something and literally having to fight with his movements to face it to do so. The game is fun, don't get me wrong, but the movement could've been done better
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