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First time I encountered a Leshen it was guarding a treasure chest in Velen and 9+ levels higher than me. Obviously I just couldn't pass up some treasure in the middle of a loving forest. I managed to sneak around to the treasure chest and loot it without it noticing me. Then I saved and ran at it with Geralt screaming "Come at me bro" and was basically one-shot before I could land a single igni cast or a sword strike. I was concerned that it would regenerate health like some monsters do on my next attempt and found that Mr. Nature God Demon Elemental surprisingly didn't. About 15 minutes of Geralt doing a 5k or two in the process, I looted the body and continued to make it a marathon as Geralt ran half-way across Velen. That was when I think the werewolf decoction would have been rather handy.Litany Unheard posted:One thing I love about the Witcher is how most of the critters you encounter are drawn from actual folklore. Leshen, chorts, lubberkins, etc.
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Ravenfood posted:That's a Leshen. They're super cool. Huh. That article had a link to Chorts, which in turn had a link to Chernobog. The more you know!
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Aug 7, 2015 08:09
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I just found out about Emhyr's original plans for Ciri. Somehow I don't think I'm going to be taking her to see him after all. Unless I can arrange for him to be on fire at the time. The Lone Badger fucked around with this message at 09:48 on Aug 7, 2015 |
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Aug 7, 2015 09:46
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Wow, started reading up on the two expansions and combined they're supposed to be about as long as The Witcher 2? That's nuts. Really looking forward to the first one.
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Aug 7, 2015 10:59
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necrobobsledder posted:Bruxa I thought were a little twist on bruja being "witch" in Spanish as well. Bruxa is also the name of a mythological creature in northern Spain folklore.  As far as I can tell it's basically just a witch, though. I'm not sure if the word bruja is derived directly from the former or the result of different myths.
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Aug 7, 2015 11:55
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Also, the name "Pesta" appears to be taken from Norwegian folklore (there may be similar characters in other countries). She is an old crone that personifies the Black Death. She carries a broom and a rake, where she uses the first, everyone dies. If she uses the rake, some survive. The one in the game is simply a green Wraith that spreads disease in the location she haunts, though.
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Aug 7, 2015 12:12
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Kopijeger posted:The one in the game is simply a green Wraith that spreads disease in the location she haunts, though. Because all the rakes in the area are broken and stored in the containers
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Aug 7, 2015 13:18
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Pyromancer posted:Because all the rakes in the area are broken and stored in the containers "Aww poo poo I broke my rake. Better put it in my dresser." -Me. "WHAT AN AMAZING IDEA FRIEND, WE WILL ALL DO THE SAME." -Everyone.
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Aug 7, 2015 13:26
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I wish loot containers were more consistent in what they contained. Cool stuff in chests and jewel boxes, trash in bags and boxes. But nah, everything can be found anywhere.
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Aug 7, 2015 13:42
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Here I am just walking to my main story quest and I walk into this town on the way. Weird, this town is completely deserted. Then an explosion happens at my feet. Use witcher sense and the town is full of traps. Eventually, something happened that I really did not expect. Ran into Letho, he set the traps. hosed up his plans, but sent him to Kaer It is so insane that I just happened to run into that town. Without a quest, witcher contract or even a question mark. I just saw the traps and started investigating.
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Aug 7, 2015 13:43
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Patch 1.08 is live.
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What's that patch for? Edit: Thanks, appreciate it. I'm super tired, I thought I was posting in the Destiny thread, too. Ularg fucked around with this message at 14:23 on Aug 7, 2015 |
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Aug 7, 2015 14:18
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quote:PERFORMANCE: I loaded a save to see if missing achievements would be given retroactively, but it looks like you'll need to complete them again with the patch installed. Noooooooooooooooooo 
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Aug 7, 2015 14:22
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They should have just changed the equipment requirements back to what it was instead of adding that potion because that is a silly way to fix something, especially when the gear wasn't overpowered to start with
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Aug 7, 2015 14:32
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Litany Unheard posted:I loaded a save to see if missing achievements would be given retroactively, but it looks like you'll need to complete them again with the patch installed. Noooooooooooooooooo Steam Achievements Manager is my friend.
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Aug 7, 2015 14:40
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Litany Unheard posted:I loaded a save to see if missing achievements would be given retroactively, but it looks like you'll need to complete them again with the patch installed. Noooooooooooooooooo Really? I read that as achievements getting unlocked retroactively but I see now it can be understood both ways. So if you've done a contract with a related achievement, you're hosed until you do another playthrough?
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Captain Scandinaiva posted:Huh. That article had a link to Chorts, which in turn had a link to Chernobog. The more you know! It's been slow at work this week, and I love folklore and stuff like that, so I've been Wikipedia-ing my heart out. I already knew about Chernobog thanks to "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman, but I also learned that Svarbog, Veles, and Perun are all deities in Slavic folklore, too! e: In retrospect, I bet the people that monitor internet usage at work put me on some kind of list. It's all European folklore and stuff about Nazis, Nazi hunters, and WWII. 10 Beers fucked around with this message at 15:04 on Aug 7, 2015 |
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Aug 7, 2015 15:01
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Manatee Cannon posted:They should have just changed the equipment requirements back to what it was instead of adding that potion because that is a silly way to fix something, especially when the gear wasn't overpowered to start with 
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Aug 7, 2015 15:28
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Well a combination of Windows 10, new drivers and the patch means my game runs beautifully, no more micro stutters in Novigrad! Still some slight pop in though of people and some textures but less so than from before about parch 1.04 ish. Feels much smoother all round from the quick play I just did.
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Aug 7, 2015 15:38
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Manatee Cannon posted:They should have just changed the equipment requirements back to what it was instead of adding that potion because that is a silly way to fix something, especially when the gear wasn't overpowered to start with I think the issue is that their item generation engine determines level requirement directly from item stats. Changing this would be a lot a work.
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Aug 7, 2015 16:01
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Moridin920 posted:Is the download/patch getting flagged by your anti-virus unbeknownst to you? Sometimes they won't like some random thing about a patch and will quarantine a file or something without popping up to tell you. Turning my antivirus software off while installing it made no difference. I really hope this doesn't apply to 1.08. EDIT: And I see 1.08 is out. Wish me luck. The Sharmat fucked around with this message at 16:09 on Aug 7, 2015 |
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Aug 7, 2015 16:06
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How about PS4 trophies, were those busted in 1.07? I beat the game on PC and have a PS4 copy I'm being crazy enough to play...
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Snak posted:I think the issue is that their item generation engine determines level requirement directly from item stats. Changing this would be a lot a work. I think they only changed the requirements for stuff like the Witcher gear so they really could just drop it back to what it used to be (there's a 3-4 level increase across the board for that stuff now). I've used it before they did this and never felt overpowered.
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Aug 7, 2015 16:57
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Anti-Hero posted:How about PS4 trophies, were those busted in 1.07? I beat the game on PC and have a PS4 copy I'm being crazy enough to play... I definitely got my Death March trophy while playing on 1.07, so unless I just got lucky or it only affects certain trophies, you should be good.
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Crappy Jack posted:I definitely got my Death March trophy while playing on 1.07, so unless I just got lucky or it only affects certain trophies, you should be good. Cheers, it sounds like only the gwent collector trophy was busted on consoles while nothing worked on PC.
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Aug 7, 2015 17:12
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I had made a shortcut to the EXE file so that I didn't have to log into GOG Galaxy every time I wanted to launch the game, but now the game doesn't launch through that. It also apparently doesn't launch through GOG Galaxy, so I guess Patch 1.08 broke everything. edit: I keep trying to Verify/Repair but they're having server problems I guess because it keeps failing. CVagts fucked around with this message at 17:41 on Aug 7, 2015 |
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Aug 7, 2015 17:31
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The Sharmat posted:Turning my antivirus software off while installing it made no difference. Same exact error. This has been reported a few times on the official forums with no solution that worked too. Guess I just can't play this game anymore.
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Aug 7, 2015 17:47
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After 1.08, I'm having a lot of achievements pop as I play. Unfortunately, any achievements for completing contracts will have to wait until New Game + (unless I use SAM), but for the achievements involving counters (e.g. kill 50 enemies with the environment, discover 100 fast travel points, Axii 10 enemies and have them kill each other), it seems like the game keeps a running tally. I the first time I did something to add to the counter for each of those achievements, the game was smart enough to realize I was well past the required number and awarded an achievement.
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Aug 7, 2015 18:03
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dog nougat posted:I just got killed by some crazy monster walking upright with antlers, it one-shotted me by making wood/roots come out of the ground. It was kinda spooky. A friend of mine had the exact same reaction when he ran into that thing. He texted me WHAT THE gently caress I RAN INTO SOME SORT OF DEER-WOODS CREATURE AND HE'S CREEPY AS HELL! It was funny to me especially because I had just killed two back to back.
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Does anyone know what this "streaming.cache" thing actually is? Is there somewhere I can download it separately myself instead of relying on these buggy piece of poo poo patch setup things to do it?
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Aug 7, 2015 19:06
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I had the deer-woods creature on the run until the wolves came...
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The Sharmat posted:Does anyone know what this "streaming.cache" thing actually is? Is there somewhere I can download it separately myself instead of relying on these buggy piece of poo poo patch setup things to do it? If you PM me and remind me I can probably send you mine when I get home. It kind of sounds like a temporary file to me, but I don't know. Did you try finding the patch installer on the hard drive, and running it manually as administrator? It might be a permissions issue.
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I don't have private messaging. Edit: And yes I've run it as an administrator, turned off all my antivirus software while trying it, uninstalled and reinstalled, tried running the patch from different drives, made sure I have enough hard drive space for the temp file (assuming it doesn't need more than 130 gbs of free space, which I think is a safe assumption) etc etc. Nothing works.
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Aug 7, 2015 19:29
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Well if you bug me at a moment of my convenience I'll do it, sorry that's not very helpful, sucks to your rear end-mar.
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Aug 7, 2015 19:42
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"GRAPHICS: Fixes an issue where interiors would sometimes not display properly on the minimap." Sometimes? From about 1/4 of the way in I never saw an interior on my minimap. it was really loving annoying in caves.
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I still can't play this game. I patched it to 1.08, did Verify/Repair and waited for it to download 7 gigs of whatever, and it still won't open when I try to play it.
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Aug 7, 2015 20:20
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Curiously, I can open the game and play it when the patch fails to install properly, and it will claim to be the proper version on the bottom left corner. But I can't install any DLC and the game itself is unplayably slow and has constant 5 second freezes every few minutes.
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Aug 7, 2015 20:26
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Skelliges Most Wanted still bugs out for me on PS4. Kill werewolf, he freezes and sound loop of his roar.
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Metanaut posted:Skelliges Most Wanted still bugs out for me on PS4. Kill werewolf, he freezes and sound loop of his roar. Yeah, that one's not affected by this patch. Hopefully 1.09 does it.
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