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I don't know about Galaxy but on GOG itself the manual only has a description of the HUD.
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Anyone else getting worse performance after the 1.05 patch? Mouse control feels kinda weird too.
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Jun 10, 2015 15:09
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Fhqwhgads posted:Is there an online game manual like there was for W1 and W2? I'm still a bit confused when it comes to crafting (potions refill? What?) and the like, and some basic odds and ends in the inventory and wouldn't mind reading an actual manual if one exists. I can't seem to find one online. Go to Glossary->Tutorials. That should have what you want.
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Ice Fist posted:I never made decoctions in my game because I recall that someone in this thread mentioned they never regenerate, and if they were corrected I didn't notice at the time. I didn't see the point so I never wasted time getting them. I now know they were wrong and wish I had done them. That's my story. Decorations didn't regenerate like potions originally, that was fixed and now they do. They're like SUPER potions. Fhqwhgads posted:Is there an online game manual like there was for W1 and W2? I'm still a bit confused when it comes to crafting (potions refill? What?) and the like, and some basic odds and ends in the inventory and wouldn't mind reading an actual manual if one exists. I can't seem to find one online. Yeah, alchemy changed between Witcher games. It goes like this: Craft potion once: you have it forever. If you need to refill, as long as there's alcohol in your inventory, your potions refill. There are formulas that allow you to upgrade a potion, once upgraded they stay upgraded. Decorations are super potions that have extreme toxic effects but also extreme benefits. Trickier to craft but they also refill like regular potions now. Snuffman fucked around with this message at 15:37 on Jun 10, 2015 |
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Jun 10, 2015 15:32
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Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:What allies? It's me and three enemies in there. If you really, absolutely cannot do it, just go to Cleaver and get yourself a posse of angry dwarves to help kick in the door.
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Jun 10, 2015 15:35
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Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:Maybe you're thinking of the fight in the Bathouse. I'm talking about the one in Junior's Casino, or at least the one I have in the casino since I don't know if you can avoid it or not. Axii. Aard is also good because it can knock dudes down and you can score instant kills on them. Axii gives you a similar chance but only hits one guy.
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Jun 10, 2015 15:36
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Manatee Cannon posted:Cool, I'd test it myself if I had a save near that but no dice OK, Test complete. Quest order of Keira-->Hillock-->Crones-->Baron-->Return Results: Thunderhorse freed ...and it slaughtered Downwarren in the start of the "Return to Crookback" quest  --reason given was that they were trying to kill it when it was trappedCrones chatted with, gave me the dagger, said to talk to DW ealderman ...said I "took care of it" and he was all ears. Crones accepted it and spilled on Ciri Told the Baron I knew where his wife was, and then immediately got a prompt to tell him I've already met her. Geralt's pretty quick on the uptake. Baron fast-waddled out to the village, met up with his Flaming daughter, and then headed out to the mountains with wife in tow. Orphans were just said to be "gone"--not explicit if they were freed or eaten. So the baron lived, he has his wife, downwarren's slaughtered, but the fate of the kids is a bit nebulous. Might be freed.  OAquinas fucked around with this message at 15:43 on Jun 10, 2015 |
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Jun 10, 2015 15:41
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Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:What is up with this fight in the Novigrad casino? Three guys on all sides, in a very closed-in room where you can't dodge or maneuver well at all.... it seems basically impossible to do on the hard difficulties even when I'm 4 levels higher than the recommended level for this quest. I can't even see all three of them at once so one of them hit me from off screen while I try to use a sign or something. I didn't realize this until afterwards, but if you talk to Cleaver in the bath-house, he'll send you on a questline that will reward you with a bunch of dwarves as backup in either the casino or arena fights. The game doesn't prompt you to do this at all, I only found out because I got a Failed Quest notice when I'd taken that whole storyline to its end.
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Jun 10, 2015 15:45
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OAquinas posted:OK, Test complete. Check the school in Novigrad. If there's a note there about their arrival they're ok, otherwise RIP.
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Jun 10, 2015 15:46
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PhyrexianLibrarian posted:I didn't realize this until afterwards, but if you talk to Cleaver in the bath-house, he'll send you on a questline that will reward you with a bunch of dwarves as backup in either the casino or arena fights. The game doesn't prompt you to do this at all, I only found out because I got a Failed Quest notice when I'd taken that whole storyline to its end. It sets it all up in that bathhouse scene where they talk about whoreson - cleaver says he's going to attack him and to feel free to head there if you're going to help.
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Jun 10, 2015 15:47
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:It sets it all up in that bathhouse scene where they talk about whoreson - cleaver says he's going to attack him and to feel free to head there if you're going to help. See I don't remember him saying that at all, I thought he said something like "If you want to find Whoreson, you'd better do it before I find him".
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Jun 10, 2015 15:51
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OAquinas posted:
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PhyrexianLibrarian posted:I didn't realize this until afterwards, but if you talk to Cleaver in the bath-house, he'll send you on a questline that will reward you with a bunch of dwarves as backup in either the casino or arena fights. The game doesn't prompt you to do this at all, I only found out because I got a Failed Quest notice when I'd taken that whole storyline to its end. You know, I did that, but I went to the casino there was no backup at all. As for winning at Gwent to avoid it, I won twice and the the scene trigger so I don't know how much better I could have done. I had one loss in between them, but I looked like I could just refight that guy so I'm not sure what's going on there.
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Jun 10, 2015 15:52
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Yeah, I don't think there's any way to get through the casino without a fight, the different branches just determine where the fight takes place and against who. And the whole place erupts anyways, so who knows. But yeah that fight sucked.
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Jun 10, 2015 15:54
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When you're done with the game don't forget to look at the 200-page art book pdf that comes with it, it's really good. Probably a little spoilery though so leave it until you're finished.
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Jun 10, 2015 15:59
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OAquinas posted:OK, Test complete. Heh. All ears. Thanks for the update, I guess it works?
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Jun 10, 2015 16:02
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OK, anyone know where this dumb pig quest is?
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Snuffman posted:Decorations didn't regenerate like potions originally, that was fixed and now they do. They're like SUPER potions. Yeah, this I couldn't wrap my head around at first. I was like "Wait, I have enough ingredients, why does it say I already have this potion?" I was not aware of the refilling until this thread. I guess in a way this will help make me use more potions since I'm never going to be worried about 'running out', or obsessively picking up every plant I see because what if I run out of Swallow ingredients??
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Fhqwhgads posted:Yeah, this I couldn't wrap my head around at first. I was like "Wait, I have enough ingredients, why does it say I already have this potion?" I was not aware of the refilling until this thread. I guess in a way this will help make me use more potions since I'm never going to be worried about 'running out', or obsessively picking up every plant I see because what if I run out of Swallow ingredients?? instead obsessively pick up the alcohol you need to refill it every time. nothing hurts like getting to the bottom of a cave and not having any potions left for the hard part
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Fhqwhgads posted:Yeah, this I couldn't wrap my head around at first. I was like "Wait, I have enough ingredients, why does it say I already have this potion?" I was not aware of the refilling until this thread. I guess in a way this will help make me use more potions since I'm never going to be worried about 'running out', or obsessively picking up every plant I see because what if I run out of Swallow ingredients?? Now if only it would stop doing it for every item. It takes so much effort to upgrade Mutagens because I have to keep dropping them, then sifting though my pile of same looking icons to make sure I have the right ones still. Also is there any reason to hold onto the MONSTERNAME mutagens after I have crafted their Decorations? They are chewing up space and are worse then killing a few Neckers and upgrading a Minor COLOURNAME Mutagen.
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Jun 10, 2015 16:18
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I can't believe I'm 43 hours into this game and haven't left the second area and the map is still full of poo poo to do.
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Jun 10, 2015 16:46
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How do I find these free DLC quests? Are they just randomly on the map somewhere? There's supposed to be a several more coming and I don't want to miss out on them.
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CJacobs posted:I'm fairly certain that over my now 75 hours of playtime, I have never won a single game of Gwent. I've won ROUNDS of Gwent, sometimes the first round and sometimes the second but never the last one which ends in my basically immediate defeat. I am such poo poo at Gwent and I've got all these fuckin Gwent quests that will just stay in my log forever and arggghhh I wish you could abandon quests in this gameeee Tell me more about how you won the first and second round of gwent but haven't won a single game.
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Superior northern wind bomb, anyone know where to get the recipe for this?GrossMurpel posted:That's interesting. Have you tried using it several times? Yea, think he "issue" with melt armor is that most of the things you fight don't actually have any to melt, so it's good but kind of situational. Basebf555 posted:How do I find these free DLC quests? Are they just randomly on the map somewhere? There's supposed to be a several more coming and I don't want to miss out on them. They appear as any other, look out for those exclamation marks or check notice boards.
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I got past the casino fight by picking different dialogue options, which got me a fight with way more open but in a more wide open area, so I could actually dodge around and stuff. I'm stuck at a different problem now. I'm on the part of the question in junior's arena that says "Search the arena for information about Whoreson." There's no yellow area on the map to focus the search so I've been looking around the place and can't find what the quest wants me to see. What am I supposed to look for here?
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Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:I got past the casino fight by picking different dialogue options, which got me a fight with way more open but in a more wide open area, so I could actually dodge around and stuff. I'm stuck at a different problem now. I'm on the part of the question in junior's arena that says "Search the arena for information about Whoreson." There's no yellow area on the map to focus the search so I've been looking around the place and can't find what the quest wants me to see. What am I supposed to look for here? There's a key and note somewhere near that chair where Igor was sitting
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Whoreson should show up, at which point you do your thing and trail starts with Igor's stuff. The place is one of those hidden doors, so look for a switch on the arena level.
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Exmond posted:Tell me more about how you won the first and second round of gwent but haven't won a single game. Probably not in the same game. It took me quite a while after White Orchard to actually start winning at Gwent. The monster decks in particular are ruinous until you pick up some decent cards to deal with them. After a while they're a bit trivial but opponents are tough with just the starter deck.
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Gwent outright sucks before you get some cards. The best way to do Gwent (kind of min-maxxy) is to travel to every town/city with a bar, buy cards and buff up your deck before you get started. Otherwise, you can rely on weather to beat monster decks but that's hit or miss too. Until you get spies/decoys, it's hard to win against anyone, let alone the big boys.
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CJacobs posted:I'm fairly certain that over my now 75 hours of playtime, I have never won a single game of Gwent. I've won ROUNDS of Gwent, sometimes the first round and sometimes the second but never the last one which ends in my basically immediate defeat. I am such poo poo at Gwent and I've got all these fuckin Gwent quests that will just stay in my log forever and arggghhh I wish you could abandon quests in this gameeee Here's how I win Gwent: Try to have a spy card in my hand. The more the better. Depending on the other deck, try to get a good weather card. Like for monsters, bitter cold is great. Also try to have a card that lets you draw a discarded one when you play it, and also try to have a decoy. The first round, I just throw it. I play all my spy cards. If they throw a spy on me and I have decoy, I use decoy to take that card and play it right back. Usually this means I'll have at least 12 cards and usually the opponent has wasted 1 or 2. So now you've got an advantage with card numbers. I'm still using the Northern Realms deck, so that also has a chance to randomly draw another card. Now just play smart. Don't throw out the strongest cards and try to spread them out in case they have scorch or a weather card. Usually they will give up quickly in the second round, and I'll still have a card advantage. Then the end round I usually have 3-4 more cards than they do and can win by playing smart. I've beaten decks I've had no business of beating by doing this. Like one monster deck had about 100 points in the front row, and they ran out of cards. So I just used bitter cold and had strong enough cards in reserve to beat that score.
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OAquinas posted:OK, Test complete. So, how do you free the horse before being told by the Crones? Just stumble onto the tree through wandering?
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GuyUpNorth posted:Whoreson should show up, at which point you do your thing and trail starts with Igor's stuff. The place is one of those hidden doors, so look for a switch on the arena level. Whoreson never showed up for me. I found the key and note, but I can't figure out where it's pointing me to.
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Oh poo poo, the Gwent cards DLC is up, I forgot to check the DLC page, this is going to be great.
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For your starting northern deck, getting as many blue stripes and crinford reavers as you can, then holding them in reserve can really make the difference. Even if they hit them with weather, the bonus remains so they're not completely nerfed. And if you horn them each card can be worth a ridiculous point value. Horned 3x Crinfords are worth twice their number in hero cards. But the key is you have to keep and play them together. If you have a medic you can play one early and then resurrect it later, but otherwise splitting them between rounds should be a last-resort option. PFIs are also useful for going against monster decks if you also frost the row due to their bonus. Verranicus posted:So, how do you free the horse before being told by the Crones? Just stumble onto the tree through wandering? Pretty much. Geralt is basically "WTF" through the entire path, and then has a chat with the tree. For a first time player it would be a bit difficult to do, but I deliberately tried to play the Velen story out of order....and hilariously, Ciri's story was told completely in order because of it. Makes me wonder about how this was planned by CDPR. OAquinas fucked around with this message at 17:29 on Jun 10, 2015 |
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Put 3x decoy 3x scorch 3x commander's horn in your deck, choose Nilfgaard, use all the OP heroes (Geralt, Ciri, Yen, Coehoorn, Avallac'h), put all the spies you can have in your deck as well as all the medics, 4x impera brigade, those 10 strength archers and heavy scorpion, 2x young emissaries, Villentretenmerth . Fill the rest with a mix of other cards that you can revive or some 10 strength heroes if you want. At its base, it's still luck-based so if you draw a lovely hand just try to clutch it out or restart. Before you have enough cards to make Nilfgaard good, you can run a North deck with all three spies and some Biting Frost to gently caress over monsters, that should be enough to beat most non-spy spammer opponents. Codependent Poster posted:So now you've got an advantage with card numbers. I'm still using the Northern Realms deck, so that also has a chance to randomly draw another card. When you win, not randomly.
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Gwent tips: - Spies are your most powerful cards. If you can, save your Decoys to use on any Spies your opponent plays on you. You can throw the first round and end up with like 13 cards to your opponent's 8. - You can also use Healers to bring back cards with Spy/Scorch, and their effects DO occur. I don't think you can chain healers together, though. - You can bait Scorch effects by playing out 2-3 cards with different power, and weather effects by playing one in each row. - My deck has 2x Decoy, 2x Commander's Horn, and the 22 strongest cards I have, except for 3 of the 4-power Tight Bond soldiers over some random 5 and 6 power dudes. Cut all your weather effects unless you have a leader that can cheat them into play (and if you do, remember to throw them back if they're in your opening hand). - If you know you're going to lose a round, use your decoys to get back any useful soldiers. The game is really not hard, you just need to plan ahead and know when to give up a round in exchange for having a huge advantage in the match.
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Palpek posted:Oh poo poo, the Gwent cards DLC is up, I forgot to check the DLC page, this is going to be great. Nah it's lame, only changes the graphics on the existing cards.
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PhyrexianLibrarian posted:I don't think you can chain healers together, though. You can.
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mikeraskol posted:You can. Yes, you absolutely can and it's pretty great to do so.
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