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Cobalt-60 posted:More like a kick in the dick. Emotionally charged, but the fact that it depends entirely on 4 random conversations? With no indication whatsoever that they were important, or even what the "right" answer was? If I read that in a book, I'd be posting it in a bad book mockery thread (one of them). FWIW If you finish Hearts of Stone before the main story and you don't interfere with Gaunter & Olgierd at the end he'll owe you a favor, and one of the options is that he will tell you exactly what you need to do with Ciri for the best possible outcome. Spoilery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prmhoy5tjP4 Horace Kinch fucked around with this message at 16:22 on Nov 2, 2020 |
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The horse thieving choice doesn't count towards the ending, right? I recall it not counting, but it also seems like something that would count because it's similar to snowball fight and trashing Avallach's lab.
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Nov 2, 2020 16:42
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chaosapiant posted:Play the DLCs now! Hearts of Stone has better writing than even the main game, and Blood and Wine is a beautiful place to explore and a much need vacation for Geralt. I'll amend this suggestion (which is a correct one), and just mention that you should save B&W until after you're done with HoS and everything else you want to get done in Velen/Skellige. The reason I say this is because once you hit fantasy France, you will never want to go back to the the poo poo strewn land of swamp Velen. It's just so much brighter and nicer, and feels more complete if you head there and decide "yep, never going back to shitfarming dirtville".
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Nov 2, 2020 16:44
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Look Sir Droids posted:The horse thieving choice doesn't count towards the ending, right? I recall it not counting, but it also seems like something that would count because it's similar to snowball fight and trashing Avallach's lab. It does not. There are only 5 that count Snowball fight or drinking Refusing cash from Emyr or not Wrecking the lab or not Going to see Skjall's grave or not Sending Ciri in by herself or going with her.
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Nov 2, 2020 16:49
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Can't overemphasize how nice Toussaint is. I've used to just ride around at leisure pace from quest maker to another just enjoying the views. And people having problems more in line of "how to get ancient viagra" instead of "should we let the tree monster purge the weak"..
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alex314 posted:Can't overemphasize how nice Toussaint is. I've used to just ride around at leisure pace from quest maker to another just enjoying the views. And people having problems more in line of "how to get ancient viagra" instead of "should we let the tree monster purge the weak".. ive been slowly doing my first modded playthrough on PC but i've been ignoring tons of side content and contracts in order to get to the DLC faster lol
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Nov 2, 2020 17:00
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I'm slowly closing in on clearing the map of ? marks and all the quests/contracts I can do in Velen on my first playthrough. Just hit level 20 but some of these remaining contracts are showing as mid30s so I may have to come back. I just love riding from one point to another and seeing weird poo poo on the ride. There are so many encounters that I don't think are part of quests or markers, but still flesh out the world even more. It's fun.
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Nov 2, 2020 19:24
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People say not to get caught up in clearing ?s but I really enjoy it. I can see how if it's something people feel compelled to do, it would be joyless, like anything people feel compelled to do. I'm not tracking down all those siren-poo poo-spattered barrels in Skellige, though, that poo poo's for losers.
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Nov 2, 2020 19:31
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Halloween Jack posted:People say not to get caught up in clearing ?s but I really enjoy it. I can see how if it's something people feel compelled to do, it would be joyless, like anything people feel compelled to do. It is worth checking out ?s on islands in Skellige though. There are some remote little islands with interesting stuff. Nothing huge, but might be worth it if you like cruising around. gently caress sirens though.
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Nov 2, 2020 19:41
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For every really cool thing I come across, it seems like there's one or two generic bandit camps or drowner nests. That's okay by me, though--the core gameplay is still enjoyable enough to see how stylishly I can murder a group of bandits. The worst ones in Velen are definitely the sunken treasure stuff, so if Skellige is just dozens of those... yeah, I may pass on many.
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Nov 2, 2020 19:43
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i typically did the question marks when i was hurting for cash, wanted some experience, or was trying out a new combat build. i know quests give better experience by far but if i was within a few levels of a new set of witcher gear then i always tried to get them on before questing so geralt would look fly in cutscenes.
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Nov 2, 2020 19:43
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Outside of Velen, the ?s get really boring. The coastline of Velen actually has kind of an implicit story to it. There's a bunch of wrecked ships and several camps of cannibals. So I just assumed they wrecked there, started eating each other, and never bothered to walk two minutes East. Also some of them carry food on them, which seems like sacrilege for cannibals. They must not be super committed to the lifestyle.
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Nov 2, 2020 19:44
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With Velen in general you have the overarching theme of war's actual impact on people, especially civilians. You can't really treat loot drops as part of the narrative. Otherwise I can't have any sympathy for this peasant who lets his children starve while a Greater Runestone is just sitting in a sack in his hovel. Fritz the Horse posted:It is worth checking out ?s on islands in Skellige though. There are some remote little islands with interesting stuff. Halloween Jack fucked around with this message at 19:52 on Nov 2, 2020 |
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Look Sir Droids posted:Outside of Velen, the ?s get really boring. The coastline of Velen actually has kind of an implicit story to it. There's a bunch of wrecked ships and several camps of cannibals. So I just assumed they wrecked there, started eating each other, and never bothered to walk two minutes East. Also some of them carry food on them, which seems like sacrilege for cannibals. They must not be super committed to the lifestyle. There's also something with dinosaur / dragon? fossils in the river on the east end of Velen. That always seemed like a cut quest chain. Toussaint is also well worth exploring thoroughly. Plus it's gorgeous.
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Nov 2, 2020 19:54
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Bad Dads coming into the thread and complaining about the ending they got will never not be funny
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What? I don't get why my daughter is mad I took money from her rear end in a top hat biodad to find her and bring her back to him. She should understand that finding her was expensive, and new swords aren't free.
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Nov 3, 2020 08:40
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Ciri... I did it for the Gwent Cards. Now there's your moral dilemma!
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Nov 3, 2020 08:47
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man, this sidequest in skellige with the cursed jarl who is possessed by the hym. i went along with cerys's plan but i was like "yeah ok whatever" and threw the baby in the furnace being 99% sure it wasn't the baby and thought, there's no way geralt or the monster is stupid enough to believe this what the poo poo! lol i can't get behind their hut to the investigation marker. do i get there later in the story or something or is there a bug? i notice there's a locked door in there and it feels like the wall in that room was open
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Nov 3, 2020 23:31
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The White Dragon posted:man, this sidequest in skellige with the cursed jarl who is possessed by the hym. i went along with cerys's plan but i was like "yeah ok whatever" and threw the baby in the furnace being 99% sure it wasn't the baby and thought, there's no way geralt or the monster is stupid enough to believe this what the poo poo! lol Theres a weak wall you can bust down with aard in the second or third room on the main floor. It opens up to a ledge.
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Nov 4, 2020 00:30
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that's gonna be a problem because the door to the room with the weak wall is locked. i completed the quest. is there a noclip command?
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Arcsquad12 posted:Ciri... I did it for the Gwent Cards. poo poo being a good parent is loving impossible in that case.
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The White Dragon posted:that's gonna be a problem because the door to the room with the weak wall is locked. i completed the quest. is there a noclip command? 
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Nov 4, 2020 03:20
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oh poo poo i'll try that. thanks
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Nov 4, 2020 03:30
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Okay, found some unexplored areas of Velen and whoops I guess they're all like level 35. Getting my rear end kicked at level 21. Maybe I'll finally move on and head to Skellige.
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Nov 4, 2020 04:18
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The entire north/north-eastern edges are high-level and usually involve sideplots for the DLC.
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Aranan posted:Okay, found some unexplored areas of Velen and whoops I guess they're all like level 35. Getting my rear end kicked at level 21. Maybe I'll finally move on and head to Skellige. the hearts of stone DLC adds "new" areas to the north and east of the novigrad area. you wandered into the spots that were added when that dropped.
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Nov 4, 2020 08:07
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I'm certain this is a huge can of worms in the making, but I just chose not to kiss Triss and her response genuinely made me feel bad for a video game character. I'm coming into this from the books but no prior games, so I just felt like I'd have Geralt go with Yen, but oof.
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Nov 6, 2020 00:47
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Wait until you see the scene where geralt rejects yennefer
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I think the book-reader's choice is Yen. The correct choice is Triss. The canon choice is both. 
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Or neither! Sorry ladies, Geralt is married to the path.
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And Tyler Too! posted:Or neither! Sorry ladies, Geralt is married to the path. It's Dandelion, obviously.
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And Tyler Too! posted:Or neither! Sorry ladies, Geralt is married to the path. both is neither 
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And Tyler Too! posted:Or neither! Sorry ladies, Geralt is married to the path. When you witches were partying, I studied the blade. When you were having premarital sex, I mastered the witcher sense. While you wasted your days casting glamours in pursuit of vanity, I cultivated my mutagens. And now that the world is freezing and the nilfgaardians are at the gate you have the audacity to come to me for help.
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Nov 6, 2020 03:44
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i'm permabanned witcher romancestomper58
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Gaius Marius posted:Wait until you see the scene where geralt rejects yennefer I did this my first playthrough of W3, having previously played W1 but not yet read the books, and it's horrible. I'd already picked Triss because I knew her from W1 and when I got to that part I was like "Yup, I hosed up."
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Nov 6, 2020 03:55
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Gaius Marius posted:When you witches were partying, I studied the blade. When you were having premarital sex, I mastered the witcher sense. While you wasted your days casting glamours in pursuit of vanity, I cultivated my mutagens. And now that the world is freezing and the nilfgaardians are at the gate you have the audacity to come to me for help.  Yen: I still have the unicorn. Geralt: Hmm. unzips trousers
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I recently finished the first book, and, um, Yennefer seems totally insane? Like if she hadn't met Geralt, she'd have been the evil sorceress from an 80s movie.
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Avalerion posted:The snowball fight is up there with showing Dijkstra in that the promt does not at all reflect what it will actually lead to. I believe that CDPR has specifically addressed this with CP2077 to make the effect your choices have more transparent.
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Never had a problem with the prompts in the game  I just tried to roleplay a caring dad Geralt. Gaius Marius posted:Wait until you see the scene where geralt rejects yennefer Azuren posted:I did this my first playthrough of W3, having previously played W1 but not yet read the books, and it's horrible. I'd already picked Triss because I knew her from W1 and when I got to that part I was like "Yup, I hosed up." First time playing through the game I saved and reloaded to see what happens, and hoestly... that outcome feels much better. More poignant. The people who made that quest and the empress Ciri ending did a really good job creating bittersweet moments. "we can just sit here for a while"  Of course I went back to my original save, because I actually like Yeneffer and think it makes more sense for them to be together. Halloween Jack posted:I recently finished the first book, and, um, Yennefer seems totally insane? Like if she hadn't met Geralt, she'd have been the evil sorceress from an 80s movie. If she hadn't met Ciri. itry fucked around with this message at 04:55 on Nov 6, 2020 |
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Halloween Jack posted:I recently finished the first book, and, um, Yennefer seems totally insane? Like if she hadn't met Geralt, she'd have been the evil sorceress from an 80s movie. And without Yen, Geralt would be a bitter edgy insufferable prick. Together, they both become the most sincere versions of themselves and also good parents. I was going to make some dumb jokes about this but basically now I just feel real proud of them.
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