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Where's a good weaponsmith in Velen?
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May 22, 2015 06:02
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Goddamn bears.
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May 22, 2015 06:04
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Skellige is a cool place. 
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May 22, 2015 06:06
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cheesetriangles posted:
what armor is that and where do I find it
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May 22, 2015 06:06
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if your geralt isn't a loving addict smoking rocks
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Airfoil posted:Goddamn bears. Bears are pretty easy really. They're not particularly quick, and they're easy to attack for a long time after they try to hit you. Stick Quen on just in case, quick-dodge out of the way when they come for you, get a few hits and and then wait for them to lunge again.
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May 22, 2015 06:06
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If you stick to a bear's side it's pretty much helplessKurtofan posted:haven't gotten a new continue screen since the end of the bloody baron's questline, weird. You only get them for specific quests that progress the plot in some way. Go to Novigrad, you'll end up with a new one soon enough.
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May 22, 2015 06:08
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NeurosisHead posted:what armor is that and where do I find it It's the Ursine witcher armor. All of it is found on Skellige.
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May 22, 2015 06:13
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Voyager I posted:Confirming that my brief attempts at the lock mechanic have been utterly disastrous. I discovered this by accident in the noonwraith fight, where you lose lock-on every time you get blinded or she disappears. It made the fight a lot easier because it meant you weren't locked into targeting the one illusion while the others bit you on the arse and gave her all of her HP back. Then I Yrden'd all over the place and went from doing 12-15 a swing to 120+ a swing and mowed her down. Felt bad about having to kill her, I honestly thought it would be nicer to just banish her and let the poor girl rest  also I'm doing something super wrong with bears because I'm seriously only hitting for 10 per swing. Not sure what their weakness is that would make them any quicker to kill, but they're not a particularly taxing fight, just long. I've been Brave-Sir-Robin-ing them after killing the first one. Memento fucked around with this message at 06:18 on May 22, 2015 |
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May 22, 2015 06:15
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Memento posted:I discovered this by accident in the noonwraith fight, where you lose lock-on every time you get blinded or she disappears. It made the fight a lot easier because it meant you weren't locked into targeting the one illusion while the others bit you on the arse and gave her all of her HP back. Then I Yrden'd all over the place and went from doing 12-15 a swing to 120+ a swing and mowed her down. Felt bad about having to kill her, I honestly thought it would be nicer to just banish her and let the poor girl rest Killing it is the same thing as banishing it. You did alright by it.
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May 22, 2015 06:18
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Drifter posted:Can you block monster attacks? Drowners hit me no matter what I try. Dodging's fine, but I'd like to counter them. Not reliably enough that you should bother.
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May 22, 2015 06:19
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Orv posted:Not reliably enough that you should bother. I can counter anyone with a sword no big deal. It's just I've tried to block drowner attacks and I've never been able to. You're saying it's actually possible?
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May 22, 2015 06:19
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Sorry for being a fartknocker, but does anyone know how to start the Enhanced Ursine Armor quest? I've completed the basic one (but didnt find the Court record book or w/e that was mentioned, it apparently wasnt essential?)
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May 22, 2015 06:20
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Comrade Flynn posted:Where's a good weaponsmith in Velen? Novigrad, which you can swim/boat to if you don't feel like getting a pass. I've liked all the alternate sign forms so far. I was using the alternate yrden today and having a magic turret you can drop while doing other stuff is really fun. I'm kinda tempted to get the rest of the alternate forms (have aard and axii left) but I just unlocked the sign intensity abilities. Any opinion on what I should invest in? I tend to use aard on mooks and igni on tougher opponents the most right now.
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May 22, 2015 06:22
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Dandywalken posted:Sorry for being a fartknocker... How did you get this game? It's rated M, for Mature! Do your parents know you're up this late? Put your mother on the tubes, now mister!
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May 22, 2015 06:23
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Dandywalken posted:Sorry for being a fartknocker, but does anyone know how to start the Enhanced Ursine Armor quest? I've completed the basic one (but didnt find the Court record book or w/e that was mentioned, it apparently wasnt essential?) There are no quests for the Enhanced/Superior/Masterwork witcher diagrams. Drifter posted:I can counter anyone with a sword no big deal. It's just I've tried to block drowner attacks and I've never been able to. You're saying it's actually possible? I seemed to block them occasionally but I haven't even tried in almost two thirds of my game time so it might have just been mistaking animations/SFX early on.
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May 22, 2015 06:23
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Archimago posted:Wow that Baron questline... I just finished this as well. I made the same choices as you for the same reasons and felt wrong about it the whole time. That said I've always loved exactly that about the choices in these games. The Baron was really growing on me towards the end despite his obvious and many failings but I think the fact that he was pretty much Robert Baratheon helped a bit That whole quest line was so well done. Crappers fucked around with this message at 06:29 on May 22, 2015 |
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May 22, 2015 06:25
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GatewayOfLastResort posted:I've liked all the alternate sign forms so far. I was using the alternate yrden today and having a magic turret you can drop while doing other stuff is really fun. I'm kinda tempted to get the rest of the alternate forms (have aard and axii left) but I just unlocked the sign intensity abilities. Any opinion on what I should invest in? I tend to use aard on mooks and igni on tougher opponents the most right now. Yeah the Magic Yrden is great, it farts lightning every second or so at enemies within the radius. Unrelated, but I don't really get people complaining about the setting. Yeah it's pretty grimdark but holy poo poo this feels like Witcher 3: Peasant Misery Simulator. There are a ton of sidequests everywhere and none of them feel of the shallow MMO "go kill dudes and collect bear asses" or other generic mold. There are all these villages dotted everywhere with a kinda believably-sized peasant population and the quests somehow manage to always feel pretty meaningful and do a lot of world-building. Edit: like, I kinda care about these poor miserable fuckers.
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May 22, 2015 06:28
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Drifter posted:I can counter anyone with a sword no big deal. It's just I've tried to block drowner attacks and I've never been able to. You're saying it's actually possible? With most enemies you can tell whether an attack is blockable or not, but drowner animations seem harder to get a read on for me as well.
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May 22, 2015 06:28
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cheesetriangles posted:It's the Ursine witcher armor. All of it is found on Skellige. Aww, that's a heavy armor, isn't it?
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May 22, 2015 06:29
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Are there benefits to supporting one of the sides in the war?
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May 22, 2015 06:31
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The quick dodge to the side seems to work with drowners. If you roll around it takes too long for you to recover and they land on you.
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May 22, 2015 06:36
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cheesetriangles posted:It's the Ursine witcher armor. All of it is found on Skellige. It's worth mentioning that upgrade plans for it can be found very early in the story. I got plans for the superior version from the bear cave from the pellar's goat escort quest.
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May 22, 2015 06:39
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Oh, Roche. Just doing Roche things.
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May 22, 2015 06:41
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Ice Fist posted:Oh, Roche. Just doing Roche things. Roche is feeling a little...horse today by the looks of things. 
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May 22, 2015 06:52
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Pellisworth posted:Yeah the Magic Yrden is great, it farts lightning every second or so at enemies within the radius. Yeah, the Rock Paper Shotgun diary day two summed up the misery and war-torn-ness pretty well: I got a man hanged. What are people using to take screenshots in non-Steam versions? My copy came free with my jraphics card, with the caveat that I add it to my GoG account and play it through there. Galaxy doesn't have a screenshot button that I can find yet, and apparently Dxtory doesn't take screenshots either?
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May 22, 2015 06:52
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So I finally got the time to install this yesterday and try it out for a few hours. Just gotta say that this game is pretty drat good; I haven't really played a decent first/third-person open-world fantasy RPG since Skyrim (Risen 3 doesn't really count, sadly) and this delivers in every way. I still have to see if it raises the bar as everyone keeps saying. Also, it's actually playable on 1600x900 at a mix of low and medium settings. I'm running a i5-2500k @ 4.5GHz with a mildly overclocked Radeon 6970 @ 890 MHz. That means I can hold out on the upgrade a few more months until Skylake and new GPUs drop. Thanks CD Projekt RED!
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May 22, 2015 07:03
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Memento posted:What are people using to take screenshots in non-Steam versions? My copy came free with my jraphics card, with the caveat that I add it to my GoG account and play it through there. Galaxy doesn't have a screenshot button that I can find yet, and apparently Dxtory doesn't take screenshots either? It won't let you take screenshots through the steam overlay either and I can't even use my global keybinds, the game is weird like that. I wanted to take a screen shot of a field covered in dead sheep. Livestock in some areas respawn instantly, it's actually pretty profitable considering how much hides sell for.
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May 22, 2015 07:04
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I used fraps to take that shot.
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May 22, 2015 07:05
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Just had sex.
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May 22, 2015 07:14
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 Just had my first glitch... no one had faces and was moving like a Garry's mod character.
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May 22, 2015 07:16
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Ice Fist posted:I used fraps to take that shot. I've been meaning to download this for a while, guess now's the time! No glitches at all for me, it seems the only reasonably-repeatable crash I've had is from reading quest books and notes in my inventory. I just F5 now every time I'm going to read one, and with the barely-there load times (seriously, super impressed with their speed) it's almost not an issue at all.
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May 22, 2015 07:19
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For the people who don't like the sex, what is it you exactly don't like about it and how far along are you? It's rough at the start, but as I've grasped the techniques, like feinting and causing them to come towards you as you dodge out of the way and maneuver behind them to stab them is extremely satisfying.
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May 22, 2015 07:20
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Orv posted:There are no quests for the Enhanced/Superior/Masterwork witcher diagrams. This is incorrect, you get treasure hunt quests for them as well, same as the basic diagrams. Gotta buy them treasure maps, man!
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May 22, 2015 07:25
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Poetic Justice posted:Just had sex. Me too...now to play some Witcher 3 
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May 22, 2015 07:27
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Poetic Justice posted:For the people who don't like the sex, what is it you exactly don't like about it and how far along are you? It's rough at the start, but as I've grasped the techniques, like feinting and causing them to come towards you as you dodge out of the way and maneuver behind them to stab them is extremely satisfying. Once you learn to slow down to get the most distance out of your penetration it really helps. Mixing it up is always a good idea too so you can better take on multiple guys. Especially with the secondary igni. Just whip it out and spray it all over everyone's faces. As long as you have the stamina it's a great finisher. randombattle fucked around with this message at 07:30 on May 22, 2015 |
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May 22, 2015 07:28
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So I just finished the tower quest. Dang.
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May 22, 2015 07:35
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Poetic Justice posted:For the people who don't like the sex, what is it you exactly don't like about it and how far along are you? It's rough at the start, but as I've grasped the techniques, like feinting and causing them to come towards you as you dodge out of the way and maneuver behind them to stab them is extremely satisfying. If you're a sex noob, you'll want to make sure you have protection with Quen. If you're pro like me, you just go in without. Keeps things spicy. Also, make sure to coat your weapon with various oils at all times. Really makes things easier.
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May 22, 2015 07:37
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Okay so I'm missing a few normal versions of a bunch of potions and bombs and have no idea where to find them. I have the enhanced and superior recipes for them and I'm wondering if maybe I missed the recipe's in a dungeon or a merchant somewhere. I originally assumed they were random drops but I've stopped seeing any schematics a long time ago, are they in White Orchard somewhere out of the way? I'm missing stuff like Petri's Philter, Dragonpuff and Samum among others.
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May 22, 2015 07:38
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Tip for fighting bears: use strong attacks. Fast attacks seem to do little damage. Tip for fighting drowners: use the short dodge backwards instead of to the side. They seem to have quite the horizontal range on their clawing attacks. Tip for life in general: buy the Witcher 3. It's really very good.
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May 22, 2015 07:54
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Patch 1.03 has smoothed out performance for me, less dips. GTX780 with 352.86 drivers and 2500k at 4.4Ghz Only played for a couple of hours but its hot as balls so far. Only annoying thing is having to mash escape multiple times to get out of the inventory/journal, and if you're moving the mouse then it overrides escape.
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May 22, 2015 07:57
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