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Bitter harvest is BULLSHIT. Stop running into the ghouls quest giver you moron!
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Been trying to figure out whats different since the patch and just realized, the Mastercrafted ursine armor color reverted to superior or something, i like it  only can manage camera phone pics right now The new UI shows actual playtime which I never saw before 
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May 28, 2016 04:18
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I'd been using the stamina-healing decoction (echdina?) to heal for most of the game. It doesn't seem to work all that well in combat but it's very satisfying to charge the health bar back up by making Geralt hop up and down in place. The alt-Quen thing sounds better though, since it saves some decoction space.
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May 28, 2016 04:38
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Fortuitous Bumble posted:I'd been using the stamina-healing decoction (echdina?) to heal for most of the game. It doesn't seem to work all that well in combat but it's very satisfying to charge the health bar back up by making Geralt hop up and down in place. The alt-Quen thing sounds better though, since it saves some decoction space. The Ekhidna Decoction is great for a signs build because you can blast a group or stun a large monster with Aard Sweep, which will heal a chunk of health and give you some space to plan your next move. All builds should probably put points into Acquired Tolerance. A few points lets you run with 2 decoctions and you can still chug potions. My version of Geralt is always so toxic the grass should die when he steps on it.
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May 28, 2016 04:48
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There an easy way to make money at low levels now that the cow killing is gone? I can't afford all these gwent cards plus trying to get bombs/oils/potions
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May 28, 2016 04:56
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mastershakeman posted:There an easy way to make money at low levels now that the cow killing is gone? I can't afford all these gwent cards plus trying to get bombs/oils/potions Explore. Loot chests and monster nests. Sell armor and weapons to blacksmiths and armor maker dudes for more cash than the average merchant. Money is tight for awhile but eventually you will have plenty.
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May 28, 2016 04:58
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Patch on Xbone is pretty good. Performance takes a hit in cities for whatever reason but all the UI improvements more than make up for it.
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May 28, 2016 05:26
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I was going to start a new playthrough but now I think I'll wait for superpatch.
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May 28, 2016 05:31
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mastershakeman posted:There an easy way to make money at low levels now that the cow killing is gone? I can't afford all these gwent cards plus trying to get bombs/oils/potions Git gud and keep killing cows. 
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May 28, 2016 05:34
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Kill wraiths and sell the emerald dust they drop. Selling monster ingredients and craftables like that to the right people is ludicrously lucrative. Also, something surprising. This is my first time playing through with an imported Witcher 2 save instead of a simulated one. At Oxenfurt academy I came across a note left by the two scientists from Flotsam in Witcher 2. Seems their experiment was to try and make Geralt verile again. Possible that he might be able to have children? I know he wouldn't be able to with Triss or Yen because sorceresses are sterile as well, but there could be a lot of mutated bastard children running around.
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May 28, 2016 06:21
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I finally got to the Ugly Baby quest in the main story. I'm almost level 22. I still have a ton of side stuff, in fact I feel like I've actually rushed the main story a bit, but I'm still way over leveled for it. To compensate I bumped up the difficulty to Blood and Broken Bones. I doubt I'll do everything before I finish the main game, although I will probably do some side quests and grab some question marks before I continue on with the main story. I'm guessing I should just save Hearts of Stone for after the main mission? Then after all that I can get Blood and Wine when it's out. This game is really great, I'm actually a little bothered what I'll do after all that. I tried to play Fallout 4 a bit earlier since the Far Harbor came out and couldn't get into it because I knew I could play Witcher.
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May 28, 2016 07:42
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8-Bit Scholar posted:I keep dying to everything. What can I do to die less? I'm level six and pretty much every mob I encounter has a fifty percent chance of killing me, forcing a reset. I feel like I have a grasp on the movement and combat mechanics, but the game isn't purely skill-based, so I'm wondering if there's some specific places I should be spending my Ability Points to make my life easier? Quen and roll around when you don't have Quen.
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May 28, 2016 09:06
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8-Bit Scholar posted:I keep dying to everything. What can I do to die less? I'm level six and pretty much every mob I encounter has a fifty percent chance of killing me, forcing a reset. I feel like I have a grasp on the movement and combat mechanics, but the game isn't purely skill-based, so I'm wondering if there's some specific places I should be spending my Ability Points to make my life easier? Try starting fighting like this; Hold the parry button during the fight and evade hard hitting-attacks with the dodge. The roll is for moving quickly between/away from the enemies. Use the blast skill to open up shielded enemies. After you got that down, start playing around with counter-attacks (parry when enemy health bar flashes) to open up their defenses instead and use the crossbow before/after dodging/rolling between enemies to wear some random sucker down a bit further. Mix and blend all the tactics and become a murdering ballerina in no time!
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May 28, 2016 10:52
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Tell me about the runewright. Last time I played HoS, I didn't really experiment with him. Tell me what is good to get.
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May 28, 2016 11:04
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Lareine posted:Tell me about the runewright. Last time I played HoS, I didn't really experiment with him. Tell me what is good to get.
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May 28, 2016 11:53
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Lareine posted:Tell me about the runewright. Last time I played HoS, I didn't really experiment with him. Tell me what is good to get. A ton of stuff. I used fast attack skills so getting the blacksmith enhancement always on plus extending range of whirl was huge. As to money in early game , I was hoping to just plow through main quests, darn!
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May 28, 2016 13:33
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Levantine posted:Bombs are the best. My favorite way to end White Orchard is to just toss a bomb as soon as that final fight in the bar starts. It's such incredible overkill and just showers in the Inn with gore. The innkeep lady's reaction makes a lot more sense after that. Hahaha I'm doing this on my next run.
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May 28, 2016 16:53
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Lareine posted:Tell me about the runewright. Last time I played HoS, I didn't really experiment with him. Tell me what is good to get. I got the one where alt-Yrden spawns a normal Yrden every time it hits. It trivialized pretty much everything I've fought since.
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May 28, 2016 17:43
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So I finished Hearts of Stone. Did I goof by choosing to help the immortal guy? People are mentioning O'Dimm giving out spectacular rewards and all I got was a saber.
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May 28, 2016 17:49
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Palpek posted:The Undvik armor set is also pretty epic looking. Yeah, Undvik armor is pretty rad. That plus full beard + hair makes you the Skellige-est witcher. I noticed you can buy higher level versions of the armor if you check back with the blacksmith at Crach's castle later. Not sure if the other special non-witcher armor sets do that.
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May 28, 2016 18:09
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Mizuti posted:So I finished Hearts of Stone. Did I goof by choosing to help the immortal guy? People are mentioning O'Dimm giving out spectacular rewards and all I got was a saber. Nah, it's all crap.
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May 28, 2016 18:35
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Mizuti posted:So I finished Hearts of Stone. Did I goof by choosing to help the immortal guy? People are mentioning O'Dimm giving out spectacular rewards and all I got was a saber. Did you also find the Viper sword while you were in the Shadow Realm™ finishing the bet with O'Dimm? You can't get that if you side with him over Olgierd. WhiskeyWhiskers fucked around with this message at 18:42 on May 28, 2016 |
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May 28, 2016 18:40
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The saber is pretty dope, too.
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May 28, 2016 18:44
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oh my gosh Johnny is so ugly he's adorable and he's got quite the potty mouth!
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May 28, 2016 18:58
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8-Bit Scholar posted:oh my gosh Johnny is so ugly he's adorable I can't wait to replay Velen once the DLC and patch hit. So many great characters and quest chains. Bloody Baron / Family Matters Keira Pellar and Princess The Crones Johnny BOATS GUARD BOATS
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May 28, 2016 19:06
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Pellisworth posted:I can't wait to replay Velen once the DLC and patch hit. So many great characters and quest chains. You forgot Yontek the village idiot.
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May 28, 2016 21:14
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Cream-of-Plenty posted:Literally 15 seconds after receiving an ancient and legendary sword from a goddess, Geralt does this with it. Its a murderstroke!
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May 28, 2016 21:25
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The best characters are clearly all the trolls.
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May 28, 2016 21:25
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I'd be curious to read the books now. Is this a very long series? Is there any particularly good single entry to pick up?
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May 28, 2016 21:35
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the last wish is a collection of short stories and is probably your best introduction. It also introduces you to dandelion and Yennifer
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May 28, 2016 21:37
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Swedish Horror posted:The best characters are clearly all the trolls. P much just because what humor the game does have is usually really campy, there's something charming about troll humor just being literally retarded. 8-Bit Scholar posted:I'd be curious to read the books now. Is this a very long series? Is there any particularly good single entry to pick up? Agreeing with forums poster 'man whore', just read them in order and see if you like them. The Last Wish is a short collection of short stories, some will be more enjoyable than others based on what you think of Geralt as being. The second and final short stories collection is called Sword Of Destiny, I'm reading it now and I think it starts off more interesting to someone who is coming from the games. There are then I believe 5 novels that are actual a linear story, with I think 4 now as of recently out in English by an American publisher for like 8 dollars a book on Amazon.
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May 28, 2016 21:38
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8-Bit Scholar posted:I'd be curious to read the books now. Is this a very long series? Is there any particularly good single entry to pick up? I think that even in translation it's better written than ASoIaF, at least when the epic part of it kicks off, in the third book. I like ASoIaF, too. It's good.
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May 28, 2016 21:40
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Jack of Hearts posted:I think that even in translation it's better written than ASoIaF, at least when the epic part of it kicks off, in the third book. I like ASoIaF, too. It's good. The ending of the saga feels kind of rushed to me. But at least it HAD an ending.
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May 28, 2016 21:45
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I dunno if Blood of Elves has a better translation now but I read it when it came out in English and it was abysmally done. The Last Wish is good though.
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May 28, 2016 21:58
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:Did you also find the Viper sword while you were in the Shadow Realm™ finishing the bet with O'Dimm? You can't get that if you side with him over Olgierd. Nope! Go figure that he'd troll the player by hiding that in a timed obstacle course.
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May 28, 2016 22:04
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Oh dear. I guess I hosed up the Fyke Isle quest. I brought the guy the ghost lady's remains expecting that we'd go back to the tower, because I'd seen that happen in some LP playthrough I'd viewed to get some info on the game. Instead, the guy takes the bones, tells me to piss off, I do so, the game says the quest's complete, then he screams. Lady's a ghost monster, flies away, Geralt grumbles. THEN I check her bio in the glossary and the game suggests that this event may have led to an entire city dying of an outbreak of plague.drat game. Way to make me feel bad. 
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May 28, 2016 23:26
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8-Bit Scholar posted:Oh dear. I guess I hosed up the Fyke Isle quest. I brought the guy the ghost lady's remains expecting that we'd go back to the tower, because I'd seen that happen in some LP playthrough I'd viewed to get some info on the game. Instead, the guy takes the bones, tells me to piss off, I do so, the game says the quest's complete, then he screams. Lady's a ghost monster, flies away, Geralt grumbles. THEN I check her bio in the glossary and the game suggests that this event may have led to an entire city dying of an outbreak of plague.drat game. Way to make me feel bad. You just got pesta'd 
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May 28, 2016 23:28
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Man Whore posted:Its a murderstroke! You can also murderstroke people in Witcher 2 as one of the finisher moves.
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May 28, 2016 23:35
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It's nice this game has such generous autosaves though. I guess the developers don't mind you save scumming, given how easily you can get killed by everything.
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May 28, 2016 23:40
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8-Bit Scholar posted:It's nice this game has such generous autosaves though. I guess the developers don't mind you save scumming, given how easily you can get killed by everything. The game deletes your old autosaves however to prevent this. The nice thing is you can set the intervals for when it saves, however.
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May 28, 2016 23:43
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