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May 14, 2021 22:14
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*pushes glasses up and sniffs* Umm, actually, you'll find that in The Witcher, or should I say "Wiedzmin", they call hand crossbows Gabriels, after the inventor, Gabriel of Verden.
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May 14, 2021 22:35
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Wassup, first time playing the game crew. Just finished the main Velen quests, and will try to get some sidequests done before hitting up Novigrad. I'm already level 11 but honestly the question marks haven't been that bad so far- though point taken regarding Skellige later.
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May 15, 2021 04:17
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Chieves posted:Wassup, first time playing the game crew. Fwiw there is a lot of Velen that is much higher level, the main quest has you return much later on If you haven't already you can buy the maps that lead you to the Griffin gear set pieces. Iirc that has a level req of 12 and is a good excuse to do some exploring and side questing in Velen. Google where to buy the maps it won't spoiler anything and they aren't obvious otherwise. Unremarkable documents in a couple random vendor inventories. Griffin set will be a large gear upgrade too. Novigrad is quite a shift in tone and pacing. As mentioned you can hop the boat to Skellige basically right away if you want to check it out, might as well check out that option. 1000 gold fee is "refunded" on landing. Oh and go do Trollolol's quest just west of Oxenfurt 
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May 15, 2021 17:52
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Yeah about maps, it is best practice when arriving in new settlements to check out the merchants and buy any and all maps they sell. All are useful, many unlock scavenger hunt quests.
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May 16, 2021 02:58
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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https://en.cdprojektred.com/news/happy-10th-anniversary-the-witcher-2-assassins-of-kings/ CDPR posted some fan art for the 10th anniversary of Witcher 2.
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May 18, 2021 21:13
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Arcsquad12 posted:https://en.cdprojektred.com/news/happy-10th-anniversary-the-witcher-2-assassins-of-kings/ They also put up tons of goodies up on GOG for free for the next ~40 hours, including a 90 minute Witcher 3 concert. The Witcher 3 pack contains all soundtracks (Wild Hunt, Hearts of Stone, Blood and Wine) in MP3 and FLAC. Massive. https://www.gog.com/game/the_witcher_goodies_collection quote:extras Here's a glimpse at the contents of the Witcher 3 goodie pack: 
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May 18, 2021 21:43
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What the heck is "The Witcher Adventure Game"? And was Thronebreaker fun? I never picked that up and its $6 right now.
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May 18, 2021 21:50
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It's a computer boardgame, no idea how it is, never played
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May 18, 2021 21:53
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Thronebreaker is the Gwent game, but more of a puzzle game. You walk around the map and get into battles/encounters that are resolved by Gwent. Except that most of them aren't actual games, but some challenge like "destroy all the cards in their third row in 4 turns," so if you don't play the cards you're dealt just right, you lose. I got sick of it after having to look up the answer yet again.
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May 18, 2021 22:03
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Thronebreaker is great, even if you don't like the gwent it's still good as a visual novel (and I'm pretty sure there's a difficulty option to just skip the battles). Definitely worth the $6
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May 18, 2021 22:04
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pik_d posted:And was Thronebreaker fun? I never picked that up and its $6 right now.
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Wait so Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales and Gwent: The Witcher Card Game are both Gwent??
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pik_d posted:Wait so Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales and Gwent: The Witcher Card Game are both Gwent?? Yes. Thronebreaker is single-player and Gwent:etc is multiplayer.
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pik_d posted:Wait so Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales and Gwent: The Witcher Card Game are both Gwent?? Thronebreaker uses Gwent as a puzzle game for "combat." It's got a pretty great story. Gwent: The Witcher Card Game is a multiplayer trading card game. Same idea as Magic: The Gathering.
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May 19, 2021 00:41
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Fritz the Horse posted:Fwiw there is a lot of Velen that is much higher level, the main quest has you return much later on Done on all accounts! My pattern has been to pretty much find all Gwent and Shopkeep things in a given area before doing anything story related. Is the Griffin Set a good long-term set of gear? I already have independent drops that outclass it, and with more slots. This was also brought up a few pages ago, but I'll echo that I was also ready for a change of pace regarding story tone. Parts of it were shifting too far on the "bleak for bleakness sake" spectrum. That said, I still think the Bloody Baron was a great character with just the right amount of pathos and willingness to change. And both troll quests I've found helped as well!
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May 19, 2021 03:11
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Chieves posted:Is the Griffin Set a good long-term set of gear? I already have independent drops that outclass it, and with more slots. How to fashionsouls Witcher 3 Start off in the Starter gear and upgrade it in White Orchard. Keep that until you get the Griffin set (if you struggle then put on whatever random gear you find until you can wear Griffin.) Get the Cat set when you get to Novigrad, wear that until you go to Skellige Get the Bear set and wear that whenever in Skellige. Go to Kaer Morhen and get the Wolf set, wear that from now on unless you are back in Skellige in which case switch back to Bear. When you go to Toussaint get the Manticore set and wear that. You are now a fashionable Witcher.
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May 19, 2021 03:26
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drop your towel before taking the clothes in Vizima go back to recover your towel after talking to Emhyr equip the towel and no other clothing
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May 19, 2021 03:32
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Chieves posted:Is the Griffin Set a good long-term set of gear? I already have independent drops that outclass it, and with more slots. One big advantage to sticking with Griffin (even if you don't go deep into Signs spec) is the generic Griffin School Training ability. It's extremely good, massively boosts your stamina regen when wearing all-medium armor. You will get Wolf armor eventually which is another medium armor Witcher set that has balanced stats rather than being focused on Signs. And yes, Velen is the bleakest area. There's plenty of grimdark stuff in the rest of the game, too, there just isn't much variety in tone in Velen. fwiw once you've completed Velen main quest and moving on to Novigrad you're maybe 20-25% done with the base game (not counting DLCs) if you were fairly thorough with side quests. Fritz the Horse fucked around with this message at 04:19 on May 19, 2021 |
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I think I burnt out on the game. I got to Skelleige and watched the girl get onto the funeral boat to be immolated for... some reason, and now I'm on the docks after talking to Yennifer. Apparently I need to change into new clothes before attending the wake. But I just don't have the drive to do it anymore. Great game, I'll probably go back to it sooner or later, but something about it just ground me down in the last part of the Dandelion quest. Also Dandelion sucks lol.
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May 19, 2021 18:26
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At pretty much every phase of going through Skellige, I was left with the conclusion that viking culture is horrible and disgusting. Although I think the game is siginificantly less self-aware about that then than it is about the plight of Velen dirt farmers or the suffering in Novigrad. I think what stood out to me most about that moment wasn't the distraught woman sacrificing herself, but the fact that the other people at the funeral complain about the guy's older wife not being the one killing herself, as is apparently the custom. Casting her as such a horrid shrew of a woman for daring to live after her husband's gone instead of killing herself like a good girl. Ugh.
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SlothfulCobra posted:I think what stood out to me most about that moment wasn't the distraught woman sacrificing herself, but the fact that the other people at the funeral complain about the guy's older wife not being the one killing herself, as is apparently the custom. Casting her as such a horrid shrew of a woman for daring to live after her husband's gone instead of killing herself like a good girl. I'll be honest, I've grown kind of weary about how the game treats women. I had contention earlier in the scene where Triss has to get tortured to complete a quest. People in this thread pointed out she's doing it willingly and isn't a damsel in distress, which is true, but she was still written into that situation when she's supposed to be an incredibly powerful sorceress with a ton of mage friends. It's like the writers completely ignored all of that just to ensure she was in that position and we got to hear a woman scream and plead for mercy. Also I know this is a dreary medieval world but holy poo poo it's the rapiest game I've ever played. Then there's Dandelion, who we're supposed to sympathize with? Dude's a lovely self-absorbed womanizer who doesn't seem to have any useful skills other than telling self-aggrandizing lies and tricking women to sleep with him, but no, I just spent 10 hours in the game busting him out of prison. Also Kiera needing to be saved from rats, that was just an eye-roll in an otherwise fun quest. I'm probably being overly sensitive or reading too deeply into it or whatever, and I don't think the writers hate women, but after ruminating on what I've played it's just how it all hits me.
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HoboTech posted:I'm probably being overly sensitive or reading too deeply into it or whatever, and I don't think the writers hate women, but after ruminating on what I've played it's just how it all hits me. You're not being oversensitive, Witcher games have always had a misogynist streak. TW3 improved on earlier Witcher games, but there are still things that grate. I would say, however, that you've got burnt out just at the point of the game where we''re finally shot of Dandelion and women are going to start getting better parts.
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The Triss scene is pretty obviously meant to be manipulating the player's emotions and get you to break, which it does its job in that respect, but it's definitely not doing any favors for the character. The gross moments do also kinda put you more into Geralt's shoes as a constant outsider who doesn't really share the values of the locals, but they're not fun. Especially the more mundanely terrible things. It's one thing to be at a big party in Velen towards the end hearing how the peasants worship the abominable three witches and rely on them to fertilize the land, and take part in a...suspicious soup at the end of the party, but when it's just people on the street calling all women whores or commenting on how many times to beat their wives, there's nothing interesting about that, and it veers a little into cartoonish. The most cartoonishly awful is probably Whoreson Jr., which was just ridiculous and sick. There's just no point to that.
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Well, made it further than I ever have before, finishing up novigrad related stuff and gathering the cat school weapons and armor. The quest to gather the armor was a fun, pleasant surprise. Was expecting it to be more of the same hum-drum loot everything from some ruins sorta thing.
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Yeah the scavenger quests are all pretty good. E: unrelated, what's the deal with the big siege tower on Ard Skillige? I don't think I ever bumped into an explanation for that one PittTheElder fucked around with this message at 01:14 on May 20, 2021 |
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Oh man, the whole dandelion cabaret into carnal sins quest-line was cool as hell. I killed the preacher guy even though I knew he was innocent, he just seemed like a dick and I wanted him to die. Still stuck dicking around the novigrad/oxenfurt area. Most of the secondary quests are finished up and I'm a little under-leveled to tackle any of my remaining contracts, so guess it's about time to head to skellige. Need to get out there and find the upgrades for the griffin/cat school armor. Kinda digging how fast my stamina recharges with the cat school armor. The bleeding bonus chance on the swords is a nice plus when buffed with whatever rune stones add an additional bleed chance. Still struggling to find a really useful decoction. Kinda like water hag for the added attack bonus at full health. Kinda liked griffin initially, but with judicious use of quen and basically dodging most attacks it seems less useful. Still missing a bunch of mutagens to craft some of the other ones tho. Also, what the hell do adrenaline points do? I'm like 30-ish hrs in and still don't really know what the hell they're for. I've skipped the skills that allow me to use adrenaline in lieu of stamina to cast signs. Was that a mistake?
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Adrenaline, with the right skills, can essentially be used as a second stamina bar. There is a really, really nasty build you can make using the Bear armour, Whirl, and the runes that treat heavy armour as medium. Whenever you land a hit, you earn adrenaline points. Medium armour regenerates stamina fastest with the right runes. Whirl lets you hit targets fast and repeatedly. When your stamina is exhausted then you can use the passive skill to let adrenaline be used in stamina's place, so you essentially charge a second stamina bar's worth of Whirl attacks while doing the first whirl. Katakan is a useful decoction for increasing your critical damage. Nightwraith is hilariously broken because it increases your max health with each kill and the buff remains active as long as the decoction is popped. Arc Hammer fucked around with this message at 04:53 on May 21, 2021 |
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dog nougat posted:Oh man, the whole dandelion cabaret into carnal sins quest-line was cool as hell. I killed the preacher guy even though I knew he was innocent, he just seemed like a dick and I wanted him to die. Can still kill him and get the actual culprit. The bishop still tortures and rapes women, totally deserves it.
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Oh drat. That sounds pretty dope/ridiculous. Dunno if I've even gotten to hunt to find the bear armor yet. Stuck at work right now, so just sitting around thinking about massacre-ing witch hunters and the errant monsters that dare cross me. I'm also really hoping I get to run wild through novigrad and kill those pricks from the church of the eternal flame later in the game. Was really hoping after killing the last 2 dudes that it'd be heading in the right direction, but got back and they were setting up pires everywhere  WhiskeyWhiskers posted:Can still kill him and get the actual culprit. The bishop still tortures and rapes women, totally deserves it. 
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SlothfulCobra posted:At pretty much every phase of going through Skellige, I was left with the conclusion that viking culture is horrible and disgusting. Although I think the game is siginificantly less self-aware about that then than it is about the plight of Velen dirt farmers or the suffering in Novigrad. “Heed our ways, drifter!”
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I've just started playing it because I finally have a good PC and when I told my brother that I can run it on the highest settings he just laughed that it's no surprise because the game is so old  anyway, I have whole brand new world of witcherin' before me and I've somehow managed to survive these 6 years without seeing many spoilers, so I'm pretty excited!
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macabresca posted:I've just started playing it because I finally have a good PC and when I told my brother that I can run it on the highest settings he just laughed that it's no surprise because the game is so old gently caress yeah! we are super good about spoilers in this thread and love chatting with people as they experience it. Feel free to bother us with questions, we all have the responses memorized at this point lol
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macabresca posted:I've just started playing it because I finally have a good PC and when I told my brother that I can run it on the highest settings he just laughed that it's no surprise because the game is so old You owe it to all of us to post impressions in this thread. We feed of this poo poo.
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lol, great! for now I don't have many impressions or questions though, just trying to get a hang of controls. the combat tutorial was kinda funny because Vesemir was shouting at me to stop showing off or something while I was just standing still because I couldn't figure out how to do a heavy attack
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macabresca posted:lol, great! for now I don't have many impressions or questions though, just trying to get a hang of controls. the combat tutorial was kinda funny because Vesemir was shouting at me to stop showing off or something while I was just standing still because I couldn't figure out how to do a heavy attack there's a good spoiler-free newbie guide in the second post of this thread and tbh don't worry too much about heavy attacks, the most important things for combat is 1) keep mobile dodge dodge dodge and 2) consult bestiary to use the right tools, use alchemy liberally all your alchemy items are "containers" that recharge with a unit of alcohol when you meditate, you don't need to farm ingredients. so go hog wild with bombs and potions and poo poo the first few levels are the toughest and wraiths are a bit tricky at first. the basic rhythm of combat is get in a few quick attacks, use a sign or bomb or something, then dodge back, rinse repeat. you don't want to get greedy and stay in melee more than a few swipes. Quen sign is a good backup to absorb a stray hit or two but your best defense is to not get hit
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macabresca posted:I've just started playing it because I finally have a good PC and when I told my brother that I can run it on the highest settings he just laughed that it's no surprise because the game is so old Here's a little tip I'd like to give everyone new to the game: Early on you will feel strapped for cash. Luckily, there's an easy fix. In the first village, White Orchard, there's a pen of cows to the left of the town entry. You can kill the cows, loot their hides, meditate for an hour and they will respawn. Repeat a couple of times and then sell the hides for some start-up money. They are, quite literally, cash cows. MooooOOOOoooo.
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mcbexx posted:Here's a little tip I'd like to give everyone new to the game: 
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