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Trimson Grondag 3 posted:There's nothing new in the GOTY if I have the base game plus season pass right? Make sure you get the free DLC though.
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AlternateAccount posted:Yen is a power-hungry, short-sighted user of people. Yen isn't necessarily short sighted, she just doesn't see other people as being... people. They're more like mildly annoying pets, which have to be tolerated I suppose and can occasionally be taught a useful trick. Ciri is pretty much the only exception to this.
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The Lone Badger posted:Yen isn't necessarily short sighted, she just doesn't see other people as being... people. They're more like mildly annoying pets, which have to be tolerated I suppose and can occasionally be taught a useful trick. She's pretty decent on the mage scale from Visenna to Vilgefortz. That scene with the money bag in season of storms is genuinely one of the most funny things that I've read in a long time, but husssshhh, no spoilers.
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Aug 30, 2016 10:47
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Also worth mentioning is that Yen is far far older than she appears. After wandering about seeing what happens in the Witcher world, I think you get pretty tired and cynical of the poo poo going on.
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Aug 30, 2016 11:28
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JaucheCharly posted:She's pretty decent on the mage scale from Visenna to Vilgefortz. Well ok if you judge her on the 'mages' scale she's halfway to sainthood.
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Aug 30, 2016 11:35
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Damnit, GOTY patch broke the Indestructible Items mod.
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Baron storyline spoilers: Running into the courtyard and seeing him swinging from the tree was a goddamn punch to the stomach. Sorry buddy 
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Aug 30, 2016 15:31
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The Lone Badger posted:Yen isn't necessarily short sighted, she just doesn't see other people as being... people. They're more like mildly annoying pets, which have to be tolerated I suppose and can occasionally be taught a useful trick. This is a good way of putting it. WMain00 posted:Also worth mentioning is that Yen is far far older than she appears. After wandering about seeing what happens in the Witcher world, I think you get pretty tired and cynical of the poo poo going on. She's ~100 or so. About the same age as Geralt. Geralt's jaded, but not in the HEY gently caress IT way. Yennefer's entirely gotten to a point where people are just marginally useful tools. I know we're getting into BOOK TERRITORY, but consider what Yennefer is introduced doing and why she's doing it. That's only a few years before TW3. Is Triss aware that Yennefer/Geralt's love is entirely the product of magical genie shenanigans?. It might explain but perhaps not excuse some of her actions in the first two games.
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MikeJF posted:Damnit, GOTY patch broke the Indestructible Items mod. Yeah, I'm glad I copied and renamed my Witcher folder beforehand, so I can keep playing before any mod updates.
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Yen was abused as a child and tried to kill herself. She also was tortured nearly to death by Vilgefortz because of her love for Ciri and Geralt. She is a tough woman who dont take poo poo from anyone, rejected the lodge of sorceress and all she wants to do is retire with Geralt while he makes bagpipes or something like that. She also has shown affection to Dandelion and Zoltan and even forgave Triss for date raping Geralt. I wish CDPR touched more on the backstory of Yen and her relationship with Ciri, thats my only grip on my favorite game ever. So yes, maybe she is a little bitchy sometimes but also she is a fierce woman.
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DoctorGonzo posted:Yen was abused as a child and tried to kill herself. She also was tortured nearly to death by Vilgefortz because of her love to Ciri and Geralt. She is a tough woman who dont take poo poo from anyone, rejected the lodge of sorceress and all she wants to do is retire with Geralt while he makes bagpipes or something like that. She also has shown affection to Dandelion and Zoltan and even forgave Triss for date raping Geralt. I wish CDPR touched more on the backstory of Yen and her relationship with Ciri, thats my only grip on my favorite game ever. So yes, maybe she is a little bitchy sometimes but also she is a fierce woman. One of my favorite scenes with Yen is when After necromancing Skjall, and killing the tree, the priestesses freak out. Regardless of the choice that you make as Geralt, she immediately steps forward and says "He had nothing to do with this, he tried to stop me, he failed." Whatever she does, even if he's complicit, she doesn't want Geralt catching any flak over it.
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10 Beers posted:One of my favorite scenes with Yen is when After necromancing Skjall, and killing the tree, the priestesses freak out. Regardless of the choice that you make as Geralt, she immediately steps forward and says "He had nothing to do with this, he tried to stop me, he failed." Whatever she does, even if he's complicit, she doesn't want Geralt catching any flak over it. Also in the books When Vilgefortz was searching for Ciri mind reading Yen she directs him to Geralt, that was her main memory at the time
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Aug 30, 2016 16:26
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Does anyone have a list of mods the new patch (inevitably) broke?
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AlternateAccount posted:This is a good way of putting it. Also worth remembering that many mages were born a deformed or defective to a point of being effectively worthless as noble sons or daughters, and treated as such growing up before being traded to a mage for a favor or just to get rid of them quietly. Only after they get to a point of being magically adept are they fixed and made beautiful. You have a whole profession of people who are beautiful and powerful but came from backgrounds that are just rife with abuse, social isolation, and degradation from their families. Throw onto that mages' apprenticeships promoting a dehumanization of non-mages and you get a group that is pretty hosed up. AlternateAccount posted:Is Triss aware that Yennefer/Geralt's love is entirely the product of magical genie shenanigans?. It might explain but perhaps not excuse some of her actions in the first two games. Yup. She makes a ton of coy references to it in Witcher 1. At the very beginning of Chapter III, Triss tells Geralt that "the last time (she) felt this way, (Geralt) and a sorceress were playing with a genie". Omnicarus fucked around with this message at 17:12 on Aug 30, 2016 |
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Aug 30, 2016 17:02
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DoctorGonzo posted:Yen was abused as a child and tried to kill herself. Which book does this come from? So I guess the only conclusion is that Shani is the only not-horrible romance option in some way?
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What's wrong with Keira? Also Shani wouldn't work because she'd get old and die way before Geralt. There's a reason he's sticking to sorceresses - similar life expectancy.
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AlternateAccount posted:Which book does this come from? The World of The Witcher chapter III: "The Magic and Religions of the Continent" By Yennefer of Vengerberg and Dandelion.
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10 Beers posted:One of my favorite scenes with Yen is when After necromancing Skjall, and killing the tree, the priestesses freak out. Regardless of the choice that you make as Geralt, she immediately steps forward and says "He had nothing to do with this, he tried to stop me, he failed." Whatever she does, even if he's complicit, she doesn't want Geralt catching any flak over it. On the other hand she had nothing to loose doing that, and if Geralt got caught in the fallout too it could make their mutual goal more difficult to accomplish.
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Dammit they patched the bottle seller. Anyone knows what are the best places to sell stuff?
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The only mod I can't live without is auto-oils. Anyone know whether it survived the purge?
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Worthless piece of trash Galaxy shot my installation, now it's downloading 13GB of god knows what. If you don't have the game yet, do yourself a favour and buy it on Steam even if it's 5$ more.
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Palpek posted:What's wrong with Keira? I liked Keira. She's head strong, sarcastic and doesn't take Geralts nonsense in regard to Yen. I'd like to think I did her, but she totally did me to get her own way. I'd say she is one of my favourite characters, but honestly everyone is so fantastically well written that I love them all.
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She is well written as a selfish, manipulative, unethical person
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Aug 30, 2016 20:49
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Palpek posted:What's wrong with Keira? C'mon, man, don't cockblock Lambert.
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Digirat posted:She is well written as a selfish, manipulative, unethical person lol. Guessing you killed her?
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Rather Dashing posted:The only mod I can't live without is auto-oils. Anyone know whether it survived the purge? Seems fine to me.
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DoctorGonzo posted:The World of The Witcher chapter III: "The Magic and Religions of the Continent" By Yennefer of Vengerberg and Dandelion. i think it's also mentioned in one of the shorts in sword of destiny but i can't remember, it's definitely a earlier book, no later than blood of elves i think.
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Vikar Jerome posted:i think it's also mentioned in one of the shorts in sword of destiny but i can't remember, it's definitely a earlier book, no later than blood of elves i think. In The Last Wish Geralt sees trough Yen inmediatly and he realizes she was a hunchback.
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DoctorGonzo posted:In The Last Wish Geralt sees trough Yen inmediatly and he realizes she was a hunchback. He also is projecting his own prejudices about sorceresses onto Yen during that whole scene, so it is so nice when she smacks him down and reveals she knew exactly what he was thinking right before humiliating him.
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Huh, it's almost as if the writer had it in mind from day one that these two characters were made for each other.
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Omnicarus posted:You have a whole profession of people who are beautiful and powerful but came from backgrounds that are just rife with abuse, social isolation, and degradation from their families. Throw onto that mages' apprenticeships promoting a dehumanization of non-mages and you get a group that is pretty hosed up. More great social commentary on the roles forced on Eastern European women imo, especially in the more traditional society where the only path to power was through men. Women who have come up from nothing to positions of power on personal charisma and intelligence often waded through some poo poo. Doesn't help that concubines are pretty much trafficked women and princesses don't always have it much better.
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So, I see they have added a limit to level scaling. I am thinking of starting a New Game+ after setting Geralt to level 100 and using level scaling so I can play the game without levels mattering. Good idea?
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Aug 31, 2016 00:44
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Anything must be better than the level system currently in NG+, it feels even less thought-through than the regular game level scaling.
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What's different about it? I was thinking of doing NG+
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Digirat posted:What's different about it? I was thinking of doing NG+ Nothing, and that's the problem. Levels mostly serve to gate your progress, you need to be within the level range of the monsters you're fighting or it gets super hard. When you start NG+ you're already decked out with all the ability points you really need and good gear etc. But, your progress is still level-gated, and levels are meaningless, which makes the world feel much less open. I'd much prefer a character progression system where you got ability points and cool loot from quests, but levels didn't exist at all. If CDPR wants to gate progress, do it with quest objectives rather than the very tacked-on XP/level system in W3. For example, I can't progress beyond Velen until I beat the boss which requires me to do a favor for Keira to get a rare ingredient for blade oil. I can't progress beyond Novigrad until I do some favors for the crime bosses because they control all ships coming through the port and they're well aware Geralt is in town, he's not exactly a subtle character.
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I fixed my graphics issues, in case anyone else has a similar thing after upgrading their video card ever I used a program called DDU to scrub my computer of old nvidia files and then reinstalled my drivers completely and now it works fine. Glad that both it got fixed and also that I wasn't crazy imagining it was running worse than my last card
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I played Witcher 3 a bit but had to sell it. Just picked up the GOTY edition so what should I know about the DLC and everything? Just play the game as normal and get the DLC naturally when it appears? Long thread, so I apologise if this has been covered.
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Expansions are both late game/post-ending content, there's free dlc that adds a few quests that you can do whenever, but you might want to turn off the alternate costumes it also installs (from the main menu.)
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Sound as a pound. Cheers mate. Time to dive back in.
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Thank you for the new thread title.
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