|
John Charity Spring posted:The jump from Witcher 1 to Witcher 2 was the biggest one but he's definitely at his best in 3. Why is the scar on the wrong eye?
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 17:48
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 30, 2024 10:32 |
|
|
Shooting Blanks posted:Why is the scar on the wrong eye? pictures flipped, thats why his swords are on his left.
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 17:50
|
|
|
The Witcher expansions are about as effectively important as if you're playing an MMO - if you like the base game at all, you should go all the way. The difference is that there is an end and levels are tuned to gate the main questline, and the stories in each expansion is mostly self contained except for B&W.
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 18:01
|
|
|
CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:30+ hours of gameplay in B&W? Let's not get crazy here. It took me about 30-35 hours to do most of the side content (not all) and the main quest in Blood & Wine. I don't think I was particularly slow in general - the main game was about 90 hours for me.
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 18:07
|
|
|
John Charity Spring posted:It took me about 30-35 hours to do most of the side content (not all) and the main quest in Blood & Wine. I don't think I was particularly slow in general - the main game was about 90 hours for me. This sounds about right..just checked and I've got 138 hours in the game, which covers the main game (including most side quests plus the Gwent stuff) and both expansions.
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 18:11
|
|
|
Am I missing something about the combat? I'm on the second lowest difficulty and die every fight. I'm up against 4-6 mobs, there's no way I can defend against all of them especially if they have ranged, and every time I attack it puts me into the middle of them.
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 18:47
|
|
|
I picked this up on Steam recently in a sale, and am trying to get the graphics right so this is playable. It defaulted to High, but the camera was by default super twitchy and the blur super disorienting. I've fixed those, but now I'm trying to figure out which setting I need to adjust so the voice acting actually matches the lip sync. Usually Visimir will finish speaking words before the second half of his dialogue even loving animates. Using a GTX 660 Ti, incidentally.
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 18:55
|
|
|
pisshead posted:Am I missing something about the combat? I'm on the second lowest difficulty and die every fight. I'm up against 4-6 mobs, there's no way I can defend against all of them especially if they have ranged, and every time I attack it puts me into the middle of them.
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 19:01
|
|
|
I don't dive straight in, I try to draw them off but it doesn't work I just get bumrushed, and there's always a ranged one who kills me from afar.
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 19:08
|
|
|
pisshead posted:Am I missing something about the combat? I'm on the second lowest difficulty and die every fight. I'm up against 4-6 mobs, there's no way I can defend against all of them especially if they have ranged, and every time I attack it puts me into the middle of them. Invest in the Aard and learn how to roll.
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 19:13
|
|
|
I know how to roll and dodge, it just doesn't seem to help me. I guess I'm just bad at games.
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 19:21
|
|
|
If you can tell me more about what sort of groups you've having trouble with I can write a whole lot of dumb words about this video games combat. As to ranged dudes specifically, get the parry ranged ability immediately and just watch those fuckers, a perfect parry will send it back at them instead of just elsewhere.
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 19:29
|
|
|
pisshead posted:I know how to roll and dodge, it just doesn't seem to help me. I guess I'm just bad at games. Use a combination of Quen and Tawny Owl. That will give you some protection against enemy bowmen. Also, always target bowmen first, because they are always isolated as they try to take potshots at you. Alternatively, position yourself so the enemy melee fighters are between you and the bowmen. They aren't great shots, and they do a hell of a lot of friendly fire damage.
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 19:32
|
|
|
pisshead posted:Am I missing something about the combat? I'm on the second lowest difficulty and die every fight. I'm up against 4-6 mobs, there's no way I can defend against all of them especially if they have ranged, and every time I attack it puts me into the middle of them. Well there's your problem, getting surrounded is very bad in witcher 3, attacks to your back deal a ton of extra damage and if any stuns go through you'll die even to low-level groups. Always try to control your position to have all enemies on one side from you - not only it means no more backstabs, but also makes them a great group target for aard or igni signs, or bombs.
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 19:39
|
|
|
Also don't get greedy: three blows at max, pull back, go again
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 20:32
|
|
|
Never roll, always dodge. Just do it over and over again, get the invulnerability during dodges skill and max it out. The combat is fluid enough you can just hit circle a few times and strafe around humanoids to group them together, then use a quick attack to hit a few at once. Also, always use dodge to move closer to enemies when initiating a fight, and dodge towards the archers. Seriously I only roll away from AoE stuff from big dudes. Dodging is infinitely better, and doesn't consume stamina.
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 20:36
|
|
|
pisshead posted:Am I missing something about the combat? I'm on the second lowest difficulty and die every fight. I'm up against 4-6 mobs, there's no way I can defend against all of them especially if they have ranged, and every time I attack it puts me into the middle of them. Don't worry, you'll be slicing and dicing like a witcher before too long. Combat's not that hard once you get the hang of it, but there's no limit on how many enemies can attack at once like in Asscreed or the Batman games, so it can punish you really hard if you approach it wrong. The important thing is to stay in control of the fight. If you feel overwhelmed just run away. Geralt is a bit of a glass cannon in any build compared to most RPG characters. Definitely gently caress ranged enemies forever though, I feel you. Prioritize archers and run/roll into their grill and hack them to pieces. The quen bubble shield or Yrden trap will both block arrows but ultimately you have to kill those guys. Some advice in no particular order: Combat in the Witcher 3 is less about technically excellent button pushes and more about tactics. Use your mobility and tools to control the pace of every fight. Split up every group fight into multiple one-on-one fights by moving, using signs and bombs as crowd control. You start the game with every tool necessary in this regard, but better bombs and signs are available. Side-step (dodge sideways) is your best friend. Most enemies in the game can be killed by nothing more than side-stepping and light attack. Don't bother with blocking except to get a counter-attack. You sacrifice too much mobility for blocking to be worthwhile. Leaping attacks and attacks with big windups are usually unblockable. Move towards your targets a bit when attacking, to get a soft lock on the thing you want to attack. Consider using hard lock if you keep attacking the wrong target. Dodge cancels out of any and all attack animations. Use it when you make a mistake. Don't feel like you have to attack into a group. Toss a bomb or flash them with the fire sign if they're being obstinate about splitting up. Don't forget you can hold down A to run while in combat. If you feel like groups of fast enemies are applying too much pressure to even hit and sidestep one, back off and use crowd control. ----- Specifically for archers, get your Quen shield or Yrden trap because it's much better than the arrow-blocking skill. Dive on them and kill them. Axii them if you can't dive on them. Throw Devil's Puffball or Samum to stun them. Humans by far the most common ranged enemies, so spam Axii if you're having trouble with them. Arglebargle III fucked around with this message at 20:42 on Sep 5, 2016 |
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 20:39
|
|
|
Also for the love of god use a controller if you're trying to use a mouse and keyboard, it is three times easier
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 20:41
|
|
|
Transmetropolitan posted:Also don't get greedy: three blows at max, pull back, go again are we talking about Witcher combat or sleeping with sorceresses
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 20:42
|
|
|
Also get Blizzard, it makes fights against groups pretty easy. It appears to do nothing but once you kill something time slows down and you can go on a murder spree.
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 20:43
|
|
|
In other news, I started reading the books and hooooly poo poo is the Witcher world sexist. Makes Ice Queen Yennifer a lot more understandable. She's willing to play the badguy because people seriously treat her like poo poo. No wonder Triss gets pushed around, Triss is way too eager for approval. Also it's clear in the books that Yen is deeply hurt when Geralt disappears on her to go wandering, and that's the source of her anger at him. She's a bit of a loner herself, Geralt is the only person she's ever opened up to and trusted, and then one day he just disappeared with like a note on the table and didn't see her for three years. In Witcher 3 he's disappeared again and turned up loving her best friend. So yeah she's got an attitude.
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 20:51
|
|
|
Not to mention Yen was kidnapped for awhile by a bunch of rear end in a top hat dimensional elves. Yen has good reason to be rather bitter.
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 20:59
|
|
|
Arglebargle III posted:In other news, I started reading the books and hooooly poo poo is the Witcher world sexist. Makes Ice Queen Yennifer a lot more understandable. She's willing to play the badguy because people seriously treat her like poo poo. No wonder Triss gets pushed around, Triss is way too eager for approval. The best is when Yen starts a letter to Geralt with "Dear Friend". The game also has this.
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 21:23
|
|
|
Accordion Man posted:Not to mention Yen was kidnapped for awhile by a bunch of rear end in a top hat dimensional elves. Yen has good reason to be rather bitter. AFTER a promise of eternal life in paradise with her beloved. Just puts salt into the wound, IMO.
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 21:24
|
|
|
Arglebargle III posted:Don't forget you can hold down A to run while in combat.
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 21:34
|
|
|
Arcsquad12 posted:Use a combination of Quen and Tawny Owl. That will give you some protection against enemy bowmen. Also, always target bowmen first, because they are always isolated as they try to take potshots at you. Alternatively, position yourself so the enemy melee fighters are between you and the bowmen. They aren't great shots, and they do a hell of a lot of friendly fire damage. Oh right, it's been a while. Quen, not Aard. And yeah, use a controller.
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 21:47
|
|
|
Spoilers because I haven't yet finished blood and wine and maybe someone else hasn't. I'm kinda late to playing it but already completely immersed in the drat expansion. Just had the part with the artsy-fartsy party and Orianna seemed familiar. Then I recognized her from the trailer. Oh poo poo oh poo poo oh poo poo. Can't wait to see what happens after the party 
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 22:42
|
|
|
Well that's the base game done. I'll probably wait a while to start the expansions so as not to burn out.
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 22:45
|
|
|
There are a few episodes in the books I wish the games would do. Geralt gets hired to hash out an argument between a duke and his mermaid girlfriend about who has to transform so they can live together.
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 23:06
|
|
|
Star War Sex Parrot posted:Well that's the base game done. I'll probably wait a while to start the expansions so as not to burn out. Probably a wise idea...I went through the base game and HoS really quick, but definitely started to get burned out during B&W.
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 23:11
|
|
|
Arglebargle III posted:There are a few episodes in the books I wish the games would do. Geralt gets hired to hash out an argument between a duke and his mermaid girlfriend about who has to transform so they can live together. Lots of the story elements are referenced in W1, including this story. There is even a similar quest where you can broker peace between a water people and the local villagers.
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 23:43
|
|
|
Arglebargle III posted:There are a few episodes in the books I wish the games would do. Geralt gets hired to hash out an argument between a duke and his mermaid girlfriend about who has to transform so they can live together. The ending of that story. God drat. Team Essi Daven
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 23:57
|
|
|
DoctorGonzo posted:The ending of that story. God drat. Team Essi Daven this. that whole story is loving great. i was kinda hoping the vodyanoi would turn up properly in witcher 3 or something since other than that story and witcher 1 they felt kinda wasted. edit: oh yeah i forgot they turned up in season of storms but eh gently caress that book. or rather gently caress the fan translation. Vikar Jerome fucked around with this message at 00:02 on Sep 6, 2016 |
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2016 23:58
|
|
|
Priscilla seems like a rough analog to Essi in Witcher 3, but CDPR failed to make everyone cry in a few minutes of investment. Is there a reference to her in the first Witcher game though? Technically she should be in rough proximity to Geralt around the time.
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2016 00:37
|
|
|
Made it back to the point where I stopped (by skipping basically every line of dialogue) and Yen is not mysteriously absent from her room this time  Man, I'm not gonna say I'm not using mods at all anymore but I tell you what, my days of fast-traveling from anywhere I please are over
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2016 01:23
|
|
|
I have to say the books do a great job of veering between crapsack world and buddy comedy. I think the Witcher 1 game takes place around eight years after Sword of Destiny, meaning Essi is in a grave outside Vizima. 
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2016 01:36
|
|
|
Arglebargle III posted:I have to say the books do a great job of veering between crapsack world and buddy comedy. A lot more than 8 years I think. It's 5 years after the last novel and those are chronologically after sword of destiny. I'd use Ciri's age as a guide. Maybe not a lot more now that I'm thinking about it.
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2016 02:20
|
|
|
Ciri is 10 in Sword of Destiny and maybe 20 in Witcher 3, which takes place about a year after Witcher 1. In any case Essi has been dead for five years or more as of the first game.
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2016 02:23
|
|
|
The Catriona plague is what's going on in Vizima during Witcher 1 I thought. Are there multiple plagues or does the plague last for years?
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2016 03:15
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 30, 2024 10:32 |
|
|
necrobobsledder posted:The Catriona plague is what's going on in Vizima during Witcher 1 I thought. Are there multiple plagues or does the plague last for years? Yes.
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2016 03:17
|
|
