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Someone please post a screen of the griffin armor so I can see how much of a moron I'm going to look like as a signs build. Everyone says it's bad and it does look pretty bad but all the screens I've seen was done in lovely dark lighting. That being said is feline decent for signs? I'm playing on Death March so I'm trying to min/max as best I can.
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Baron Bifford posted:There's a trait called "Rage Management" that allows me to substitute Adrenaline Points for Stamina when casting Signs. Is it good? It's okay - it's bad for signs where you need stamina to keep them up(like alt igni) since obviously if you're using adrenaline, you don't have as much and there's an opportunity cost to draining it anyway that makes it not worth it. It is still in my list but I'm going to take it out soon - my increased stamina regeneration has kind of made it feel obsolete. Maybe it would be better again if you took the one that made casting signs give you adrenaline or any sort of increased adrenaline gain.
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May 27, 2015 18:02
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Speaking of Skellige quests, at the end of the succession chain what happens if you go with Hjalmar instead of Cerys after the bear thing? Does Birna get away with it? It seemed like he was just going to go attack the wrong people because he's an idiot but it would be funny if he got it right by chance.
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May 27, 2015 18:03
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Lord Lambeth posted:Does that only happen if Adda is dead in witcher 1 because otherwise... There really aren't a whole lot of other political marriage options for Radovid though, to be fair. Henselt had no heirs, Stennis was the only remaining royal of Aedirn. Actually the situation is pretty rickety for all the kingdoms in the series right now. Still, it seems like Radovid is more focused on winning than on continuity of his reign.
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May 27, 2015 18:05
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http://www.gosunoob.com/witcher-3/best-armor/ Think this site has all of them with stats. Cat armor looks nice and I think it should be the most useful because you'll probably use fast sword attacks the most. The tooltip also says light armor boosts stamina regen so that should help signs too.
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May 27, 2015 18:08
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So there is a quest that leads you to "Ghosts of the Past". I stumbled upon it by accident and thought the devs had decided to go "Hey, you! Surprise Letho!.
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May 27, 2015 18:08
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Nakar posted:I think her death is canon because Foltest has a succession crisis that shouldn't exist if Radovid is married to his daughter, and Radovid is able to propose marriage as an option which wouldn't make a lot of sense if he were married. But I'm not 100% sure. In the second game Foltest mentions that succession is still a problem despite Adda being alive because Temarian royalty would not accept a Redanian(Radovid, who marries Adda) on the throne. Maybe Radovid just doesn't want a incest baby anymore. 
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May 27, 2015 18:09
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Lord Lambeth posted:In the second game Foltest mentions that succession is still a problem despite Adda being alive because Temarian royalty would not accept a Redanian(Radovid, who marries Adda) on the throne.  " if Adda died. Otherwise he'd just be assuming protectorate status over Temeria without an excuse.Or maybe he got rid of his wife, it's not like that'd be hard.
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May 27, 2015 18:12
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Avalerion posted:http://www.gosunoob.com/witcher-3/best-armor/ Thanks for that. Overall none of them look bad. Just depends. Griffin aesthetically looks the most "armored". I'll probably go for it anyway.
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May 27, 2015 18:18
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Nakar posted:Weird. Maybe he only throws in the "and I might just marry her too If you don't save Adda or don't import, Radovid is unmarried and thus is free to pursue his romance with Anais. If Adda is his wife, he takes Anais "as his ward" ostensively to set her up as a puppet later and to rule Temeria as regent/a vassal state. At least, that's what W2 claims. W3, it's irrelevant as Temeria rolls over like a wolf eating an Igni to the face. (never. gets. old.)
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May 27, 2015 18:20
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Arguably Radovid's poo poo is also irrelevant, the question is just how many Nilfgaardians will have to die to crush him. And they got a lot of Nilfgaardians.
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May 27, 2015 18:23
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I will probably lose all my money and friends to do so, but I will own a bar one day and call it the "Cunny Goose". i would also like to agree with whomever pointed out that the reason why the world seems so lived in and deep is that video game people did not create it. They took what was written and maintained the tone (also, they have some pretty good art designers). This makes Dragon Age Inquisition (which i liked) look like horse poo poo, in every conceivable way.
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May 27, 2015 18:24
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Yeah, I'm a bit sad that the "minor" choices such as Adda etc don't really amount to anything. It's understandable (and to their credit I don't recall CDP ever going on about how everything would have an impact on the ending; looking at you Bioware...) but given how generally thought out the political situation is it would've been nicer if your actions with the various nobles, Kings and Queens had more of a ripple effect rather than simply being ignored outright. Build talk, anyone had much success with cat/viper? Light armour and more mobility and quick attacks? poptart_fairy fucked around with this message at 18:28 on May 27, 2015 |
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May 27, 2015 18:24
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Comte de Saint-Germain posted:No, I instantly pointed out that they have some pretty reprehensible practices, like slavery, and you ignored that. That's when I brought up pedophilia. you need to go take a breather or run some laps or something bud
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May 27, 2015 18:26
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Baron Bifford posted:There's a trait called "Rage Management" that allows me to substitute Adrenaline Points for Stamina when casting Signs. Is it good? It lets you chain-cast signs, which is cool. I'm trying to respec from a medium armor build to heavy armor built around adrenaline and signs since the ursine armor boosts adrenaline gain and looks amazing while the griffin armor is not pretty and has stupid looking shoulder spikes. If you don't go griffin, though, not only will you take a big hit to intensity, you'll lose out on the crazy stamina regen boost from griffin school techniques (it's way bigger than 20%, it more than doubles my regen). At least with the ursine set and the adrenaline gain abilities, you do get adrenaline really fast. I'm waiting for the flood of anger ability, since that seems really cool and like it will make up a lot for lower sign intensity.
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May 27, 2015 18:27
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Quote-Unquote posted:I had to reload after I got stuck in a waist-high, four foot by one foot pool of water, the edges of which were steep enough to prohibit jumping or climbing out. Roach watched mournfully as I struggled in vain to escape my watery grave. That happened to me too and i believe it be the exact same hole! I was fighting at the time so half of my movement options werent even available.
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May 27, 2015 18:29
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I could swear there was a line or maybe a journal entry in TW2 about divorcing Adda first. Either because of being a filthy foreigner or an incest baby or a royally hosed-up (ha!) chick, or some combination of the three. We can expect that if she were alive, she'd be banished to some horrible convent with her tongue cut out or something because Witcherverse.
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May 27, 2015 18:30
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Heithinn Grasida posted:It lets you chain-cast signs, which is cool. I'm trying to respec from a medium armor build to heavy armor built around adrenaline and signs since the ursine armor boosts adrenaline gain and looks amazing while the griffin armor is not pretty and has stupid looking shoulder spikes. If you don't go griffin, though, not only will you take a big hit to intensity, you'll lose out on the crazy stamina regen boost from griffin school techniques (it's way bigger than 20%, it more than doubles my regen). At least with the ursine set and the adrenaline gain abilities, you do get adrenaline really fast. I'm waiting for the flood of anger ability, since that seems really cool and like it will make up a lot for lower sign intensity. I'm thinking of doing a similar thing, or just mixing and matching the Ursine and Griffin sets. Probably Griffin legs, boots, and gloves, with Ursine chest for looks and for a small boost to Adrenaline generation (without losing TOO much from Griffin School Techniques). Griffin armor really does look kinda lovely and I'll take a small hit to Sign intensity and Stamina regen just to have a better chest piece. That and Razor Focus should be helpful, I think. Currently I know I'm probably always going to have Razor Focus, Fleet Footed, Rage Management, Griffin School Techniques, and probably Muscle Memory slotted. I'm probably going to have to drop Sun and Stars (which is going to put a big strain on my food supply) just to make room for the intensity abilities and alternate modes for Igni, Axii, and Quen, along with Quen Discharge.
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I have had HUGE success using a full griffin/sign build. Currently using enhanced griffin gear (im only level 17) with increased sign intensity runes and glyphs whenever possible. Sitting at ~166% sign intensity with weapon drawn. Igni is extremely good because the burn damage is % based and quite a decent amount. Ive killed monsters and witcher contracts 10+ levels higher than me simply by kiting and using Igni. The alternate mode is also extremely good. Im not 100% sure but it seems to have a higher chance for burning. If im facing a monster 10-15 levels higher, using the basic igni is very rarely going to set them on fire, but the alternate will almost always burn before half my stamina has depleted. Then its just a case of stopping the flamethrower and regenerating stamina before the creature stops burning. Done right you can keep a powerful monster permanently alight burning for high damage with no effort at all. It is extremely satisfying just torching a large pack of enemies with alternate igni and watching all their health melt at once i must say. That being said, all of the signs are very strong if you spec into them. My aard is 100% knockdown which of course means instant kills on every small enemy i might face (for when i get bored of just setting everything on fire), coupled with the stamina regen means no ones going to get up. The alternate Yrden sign is also very good in some cases. It periodically hits things near it providing a little bit of stagger and persists for a good amount of time. Good for giving yourself a bit of room. Ill drop an yrden, then drop an alternate yrden, then switch to igni and smash face. Im thinking of trying out the other schools though. The respec potions are only 1k crowns and im interested in trying out Bear. All in all this game is loving awesome holy poo poo ive been playing it far too much since it came out. Han Solomon fucked around with this message at 18:42 on May 27, 2015 |
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May 27, 2015 18:37
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So I asked this before but what am I doing wrong with Alt Axii? I can't get it to trigger like 90% of the time. I'm using a DS4 and holding R2 rather than tapping but it keeps coming out regular Axii. I want my dominated puppets drat it!
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May 27, 2015 18:37
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Man, I've still been playing the poo poo out of this game and I'm barely level 8. I'm pretty close to filling a sock here. I blame the Gwent sessions.
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May 27, 2015 18:38
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If you are strapped for cash for some reason, you can get your fare to Skellige back. Question: is there a hotkey (PC) for turning off the HUD for screenshots? I don't want to go to the options and toggle everything off everytime. 
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May 27, 2015 18:39
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Levantine posted:So I asked this before but what am I doing wrong with Alt Axii? I can't get it to trigger like 90% of the time. I'm using a DS4 and holding R2 rather than tapping but it keeps coming out regular Axii. I want my dominated puppets drat it! Have you added the alternate axii trait into your character sheet? e: also its a little ambiguous. You hold it down for about 2-3 seconds, and then the monsters name should change to white. To be honest i havent found this to be very useful. Due to monster AI, by the time theyve actually started trying to attack others the effect has almost worn off. Han Solomon fucked around with this message at 18:43 on May 27, 2015 |
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May 27, 2015 18:41
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ButteCysts posted:I have had HUGE success using a full griffin/sign build. Currently using enhanced griffin gear (im only level 17) with increased sign intensity runes and glyphs whenever possible. I'm level 14 and can't wait to get the enhanced set at 15. Also using a sign-heavy build, but one thing: are you slotting the Griffin school techniques skill? Someone argued earlier that it gets worse the higher your level is since the % of it won't scale and it's always 20% increase. Can you get by without slotting it and using that precious slot for another sign?
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Fat Samurai posted:So there is a quest that leads you to "Ghosts of the Past". I stumbled upon it by accident and thought the devs had decided to go "Hey, you! Surprise Letho!. There's some old lady in a village who asks you to go there to clear out her manor of monsters, because she's not built enough to do it herself like a real woman.
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Azazell0 posted:I'm level 14 and can't wait to get the enhanced set at 15. Also using a sign-heavy build, but one thing: are you slotting the Griffin school techniques skill? Someone argued earlier that it gets worse the higher your level is since the % of it won't scale and it's always 20% increase. Can you get by without slotting it and using that precious slot for another sign? Yeh i am still using it and have been using it since level 1. Its extremely difficult having such limited options though i know! I think its good because theres only so many places that you can get sign intensity from and a solid 20% is a good amount. I wont pretend to know everything about all of the systems of the game, but to me it seems very worth it. Especially considering a full sign build basically has no use for quen which frees up some slots.
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May 27, 2015 18:48
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ButteCysts posted:Have you added the alternate axii trait into your character sheet? I did have it equipped yeah. I hold the button but it triggers the normal Axii immediately rather than letting me hold it. It's weird.
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May 27, 2015 18:49
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Levantine posted:I did have it equipped yeah. I hold the button but it triggers the normal Axii immediately rather than letting me hold it. It's weird. Well if youre sure youve specced into it and slotted it in, it could be a case of the monster youre trying to use it on? It doesnt work on the big ones, only the minor ones. I havent used it a whole lot so my experience is limited but maybe it doesnt work on everything in the game? Maybe it doesnt work on certain categories of monsters for lore reasons or whatever.
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May 27, 2015 18:51
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It frustrates me to no end that you can't attack any of the priests of the eternal fire. Why the hell not? Those people are loving scumbags but I can murder all the guards I want.
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I thought it was 10% each slot, not 5%, but it's definitely questionable since you are sacrificing a 10% sign intensity increase for your mutagen as well, so it's only a net 10% (assuming the 20% people are right). Who sells the griffin upgrade maps? I have been to every shop and only found one of them. I have a feeling it might be a trapped person but I haven't any idea which.
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ButteCysts posted:Well if youre sure youve specced into it and slotted it in, it could be a case of the monster youre trying to use it on? It doesnt work on the big ones, only the minor ones. I havent used it a whole lot so my experience is limited but maybe it doesnt work on everything in the game? Maybe it doesnt work on certain categories of monsters for lore reasons or whatever. I'll have to test it when I get home. I tried before work this morning on a human and it just triggers a normal Axii. If it's just me, I'm sure I'm just doing something wrong; I'll have to mess with it.
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If I recall, Axii is just bugged. I think someone mentioned editing an ini fixes it?
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:I thought it was 10% each slot, not 5%, but it's definitely questionable since you are sacrificing a 10% sign intensity increase for your mutagen as well, so it's only a net 10% (assuming the 20% people are right). I think it comes down to how many signs you use. Igni is so all-purpose i use it for pretty much all situations. Pepper in a bit of yrden and you should be golden.. Aard is just for shits and giggles really. Basically if i wasnt using Griffin School Techniques, id be using the slot on something that i barely ever use which is still a loss of 10% intensity and 20% stamina regen (which isnt negligible)
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Levantine posted:I'll have to test it when I get home. I tried before work this morning on a human and it just triggers a normal Axii. If it's just me, I'm sure I'm just doing something wrong; I'll have to mess with it. After they get regular axii'd, do you keep holding down the button?
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:After they get regular axii'd, do you keep holding down the button? Maybe that's what I'm doing wrong, I'll have to try it when I'm home.
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Just got patch 1.03 for the PS4.
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May 27, 2015 18:59
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Is there a place where you hoard your poo poo?
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Kurtofan posted:Is there a place where you hoard your poo poo? Im wondering and hoping the same thing. Itll be a pain to carry 3 fulls sets of witcher gear around.
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Drythe posted:If I recall, Axii is just bugged. I think someone mentioned editing an ini fixes it? Yeah, instructions here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3720352&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=149#post445745668 However if you're not on PC that obviously won't help you. However #2 even this fix didn't help me; I have both Delusion and Puppet slotted, and Puppet just doesn't work even with the fix. Not sure what the problem is. Meh, maybe it will work for you. Otherwise just gotta wait for a bug fix.
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You can drop your poo poo anywhere and it won't disappear. I like to drop it beside the signpost for Crow's Nest.
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