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Lugaloco posted:For the Cat School Gear Quest, where the hell do you go to explore the passages under Temple Isle? I've looked around everywhere for some sort of entrance but can't find anything. Cat school quest: Start out at the waymarker for the square on the temple island. Head west until you come upon the small paved streets running roughly along the cliffside. Follow those as far downward as they go until you see a rougher path hewn directly into the cliffside below it. Jump down on that, follow it northwards, and you'll reach an illusion covering the passage entrance.
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"Look at his eyes, they're like a kitty cat's!"
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# ? May 24, 2015 21:32 |
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I seem to remember someone saying that one should hold on to the Kaer Morhen armor that you start with, because it can be upgraded later - any truth to that?
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# ? May 24, 2015 21:32 |
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Any tips for Family Matters lubberkin path? I'm getting absolutely wrecked by the second wraith encounter. With all the god drat obstacles in the courtyard, I keep getting caught and gangbanged by the group of wraiths, despite using Yrden repeatedly. Im level 8 on Death March. Maybe I need to gain a few levels but it's level 6 and I don't feel I should be having this hard of a time. What are people doing that's working best? One or two wraiths I have 0 issues, but this is frustrating.
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# ? May 24, 2015 21:33 |
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Who Dat posted:Any tips for Family Matters lubberkin path? I'm getting absolutely wrecked by the second wraith encounter. With all the god drat obstacles in the courtyard, I keep getting caught and gangbanged by the group of wraiths, despite using Yrden repeatedly. Im level 8 on Death March. Maybe I need to gain a few levels but it's level 6 and I don't feel I should be having this hard of a time. What are people doing that's working best? One or two wraiths I have 0 issues, but this is frustrating. Specter oil, Yrden and Axii were my go to's. Heartily recommend drinking some Tawny oil to be able to spam them more regularly. Remember when a wraith pops out behind you a single alt-dodge isn't enough, he follows the swing up with two more.
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# ? May 24, 2015 21:36 |
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Andrast posted:When you are binding the swipes, toggle the "Scan Code" option on in the binding window. Thank you! I would have never found that. Now I can Witch like a pro.
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# ? May 24, 2015 21:38 |
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Where did the DLC download links go?
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# ? May 24, 2015 21:40 |
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Solartide posted:I bought 1 Mahakman Something because I remember a recipe using it. Upon rest, it used that instead of my 25 Alcohests. Yeah same thing is happening to me - it's not using my stack of 30 or so alchohests and using all the other stuff.
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# ? May 24, 2015 21:57 |
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Putting a level 33 boss at the end of an area with level 5 mobs in is really loving flow breaking.
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# ? May 24, 2015 22:00 |
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Just happened across the diagrams for the enhanced Griffin trousers, and got a Cockatrice kill too. Also the Yrden sign is loving useless and doesn't do anything. I cast it during the Cockatrice fight and the drat thing ran through it like it was nothing. Wasn't slowed wasn't damaged in anyway. Guess I'll be buying another damned respec potion once I can get the Cat school gear and just do full blown physical damage with it. lite_sleepr fucked around with this message at 22:03 on May 24, 2015 |
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poptart_fairy posted:Putting a level 33 boss at the end of an area with level 5 mobs in is really loving flow breaking. Talking about the Cockatrice west of Oxenford? Come back for it later. There's even loading screens saying that you should come back later if you stumble across something that's too difficult.
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# ? May 24, 2015 22:03 |
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Broken Cog posted:Talking about the Cockatrice west of Oxenford? Come back for it later. Hence "flow breaking" rather than "game breaking". I just dislike it when you can follow a quest right through to the end but the final target is mathematically impossible for the player to defeat.
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# ? May 24, 2015 22:08 |
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What level was the quest, and was the cockatrice actually part of it or was it simply an incidental monster encounter?
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# ? May 24, 2015 22:09 |
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poptart_fairy posted:Hence "flow breaking" rather than "game breaking". What quest is that? The Cockatrice I mentioned is just guarding a treasure. Edit: Ahahaha, you stumbled into the abandoned mine, didn't you? I did the same thing on my first run through that area. Just come back there later, it's one of the highest level quests in Velen.
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# ? May 24, 2015 22:10 |
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It's the Missing Brother quest in Velen. Level 5 mobs, but a level 33 quest surrounded by other level 5 mobs. It's only the final boss that's 35+. Man, stuff like this annoyed me in Morrowind too. Broken Cog posted:Edit: Ahahaha, you stumbled into the abandoned mine, didn't you? I did the same thing on my first run through that area. Just come back there later, it's one of the highest level quests in Velen. I did and yeah, bah. I know I'm in the minority but stuff like this really, really annoys me. It's acceptable in something like, say, Bloodborne where player skill has a much larger impact but doing 50 damage to something that can one-shot me due to the vast level difference is very, very annoying. poptart_fairy fucked around with this message at 22:15 on May 24, 2015 |
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PRESIDENT GOKU posted:Just happened across the diagrams for the enhanced Griffin trousers, and got a Cockatrice kill too. Yrden seems to work badly against bigger beasties, especially ones that can fly. It's best against roughly human-size and smaller stuff and especially wraiths of all kinds, as well as slow big things like trolls or golems. Magni fucked around with this message at 22:13 on May 24, 2015 |
# ? May 24, 2015 22:10 |
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Is there a better/faster way to amass tons of alchemy ingredients than tediously walking from place to place and mashing "E"? Someone needs to port over that mod from Skyrim that just grabs stuff automatically as you walk by it. Also: Is alchemy even worth it in this game?
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Hot Tip: Flying creatures seem to respond badly to being axii'd over bodies of water.dorkasaurus_rex posted:Is there a better/faster way to amass tons of alchemy ingredients than tediously walking from place to place and mashing "E"? Someone needs to port over that mod from Skyrim that just grabs stuff automatically as you walk by it. I've done a pure alchemy build on B&BB and it's been working extremely well. Being able to chug ANY potion mid combat and instantly restoring 25% of your max health is nuts.
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# ? May 24, 2015 22:12 |
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dorkasaurus_rex posted:Is there a better/faster way to amass tons of alchemy ingredients than tediously walking from place to place and mashing "E"? Someone needs to port over that mod from Skyrim that just grabs stuff automatically as you walk by it. If you're playing on the first two difficulties you can mostly ignore it. Just randomly grabbing stuff occasionally will give you enough to get the basic potions/bombs/gear. Above that and it is pretty critical for the bonuses and abilities, as well as crafting the best gear. Also you can buy most stuff you need for pretty cheap rather than collecting it, and the vast majority of random plants on the ground are worthless.
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# ? May 24, 2015 22:14 |
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this downgrade is just a mess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ9zjVN_3qs
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# ? May 24, 2015 22:16 |
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Ever since i got to about level 11 the game became a lot easier on the second highest difficulty for some reason. I'm not sure if it's a scaling issue with gear and levels or if i'm just outleveling the quest line though.
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# ? May 24, 2015 22:17 |
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This game can be a bit buggy at times, but goddamn does it nail the timing perfectly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZdwspLYRcU Then Geralt's hair detached from his head and floated several feet behind him as he walked. Any other game and this would be weird, but I can easily just say "a sorceress did it" and roll with it here.
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# ? May 24, 2015 22:19 |
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Is there some trick to traveling by boat? When I get into one, I can't do anything but walk around in it. edit: Ah, thanks. lol @ being able to accelerate a sail boat at will. PirateBob fucked around with this message at 22:24 on May 24, 2015 |
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PirateBob posted:Is there some trick to traveling by boat? When I get into one, I can't do anything but walk around in it. There should be a button prompt at the very back when you're standing in it.
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# ? May 24, 2015 22:21 |
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I have to say I really, really dig these Witcher contract missions. They feel like a medieval CSI: Geralt. You can really buy he has years of experience working with this stuff and his deductions are usually believable.
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Sykic posted:This game can be a bit buggy at times, but goddamn does it nail the timing perfectly. Crystal clear. And that was the first bug to really make me laugh.
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# ? May 24, 2015 22:26 |
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dorkasaurus_rex posted:Also: Is alchemy even worth it in this game?
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# ? May 24, 2015 22:29 |
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Ravenfood posted:Alchemy is very worth it even if you don't invest in the skill trees for it. That is also worth it, by the way, but so far all the skill trees seem to be pretty good. Decoctions are where it's at, combined with the talents that increase your toxicity ceiling based on how many recipes you own. I've got a decoction that gives me health on hit, one that increases my maximum health with each kill, and one that gives me damage resistance every time I take damage. There's a ton of other ones too that give awesome and powerful combat advantages, alchemy owns.
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# ? May 24, 2015 22:33 |
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Any recommendations for what to do with excess piles of crafting materials? I'm hesitant to sell them because I have no idea when I'm going to need like 20 steel ingots and some meteorite metal, but also, I'm sitting at a baseline of 40/130 carry weight just with crafting materials and food now, and that's not great. Should I just sell most of them and worry about getting what I need when I need it? Or are there some especially rare ones I should hang onto and sell others?
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# ? May 24, 2015 22:34 |
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poptart_fairy posted:It's the Missing Brother quest in Velen. Level 5 mobs, but a level 33 quest surrounded by other level 5 mobs. It's only the final boss that's 35+. Heh I did the same thing. That boss must have one-shotted me a dozen times before I thought to look at the recommended level.
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# ? May 24, 2015 22:36 |
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Harrow posted:Any recommendations for what to do with excess piles of crafting materials? I'm hesitant to sell them because I have no idea when I'm going to need like 20 steel ingots and some meteorite metal, but also, I'm sitting at a baseline of 40/130 carry weight just with crafting materials and food now, and that's not great. You sell things in an open world game?
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# ? May 24, 2015 22:36 |
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8-bit Miniboss posted:You sell things in an open world game? Not yet! But jeez, would it kill games like this to have a stash somewhere?
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# ? May 24, 2015 22:43 |
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Somewhere there is a storage bin, and I will be able to drop off my piles of flowers and ore there, and crafters will auto-use them from the bin just like in Monster Hunter.
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# ? May 24, 2015 22:43 |
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Wow, did I ever totally blow the Bloody Baron group of quests. Got the worst possible outcome for everybody involved. Those poor villagers...
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# ? May 24, 2015 22:46 |
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Also, does anyone know how exactly the Armor stat works? My question is mostly: let's say I have two pieces of chest armor. One has 75 Armor and +5% resistance to slashing, piercing, and blunt damage. The other has 63 Armor, but +20% resistance to piercing and bludgeoning, and +34% resistance to slashing. Is the higher Armor stat on that first piece going to trump the higher resistances on the other? Or the other way around?
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# ? May 24, 2015 22:46 |
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Was that a Pulp Fiction reference in Zoltan's card quest?
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# ? May 24, 2015 23:03 |
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Aw Geralt I wanted to bro it up with Moorhis and his awesome accent kind of feel like the game is blue balling me by giving me the option to go talk to the emperor and then have geralt go "nope no want the badass general to help me"
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PirateBob posted:Is there some trick to traveling by boat? When I get into one, I can't do anything but walk around in it. Pumping the sails can technically do that for you...but yeah, i found that pretty funny as well. Must have a hidden motor underneath. Can you imagine how hilarious the boats would be if it relied on actual wind.... "oh you want to go that way...not with a head wind you dont...sail round the other island"
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# ? May 24, 2015 23:10 |
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Harrow posted:Any recommendations for what to do with excess piles of crafting materials? I'm hesitant to sell them because I have no idea when I'm going to need like 20 steel ingots and some meteorite metal, but also, I'm sitting at a baseline of 40/130 carry weight just with crafting materials and food now, and that's not great. I've been periodically selling anything above a stack of ten assuming I'll never need more then that of anything to craft items.
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Has anyone else had any problems getting lesser red mutagens from monsters? I've got like 4 greater blue/green mutagens, but only found 2 lesser red's throughout the game.
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