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I just like how funny a lot of the writing is. Like how bloody baron got his moniker because some red dye fell into a river and people thought it was blood. He has a really funny interaction with Geralt about that.
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Did they change the way that points if interest appear on your map? I always thought that local POIs only appeared after you checked a village noticeboard.
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Also, this game still looks amazing?? I just finished White Orchard and i'm already getting way too involved in the new photo mode. Here's a few shots I took: Geralt's ~literal~ dream vacation  Never taken a pan contract before...  Place of Power...I should draw from it 
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My 5700x arrived but forgot I had no cooling paste left. I'll post an update about the perf uplift from 3700x to 5700x, maybe someone will find it useful.
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Mikojan posted:My 5700x arrived but forgot I had no cooling paste left. Pity CDPR didn’t add a benchmark.
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Wiltsghost posted:I just like how funny a lot of the writing is. Like how bloody baron got his moniker because some red dye fell into a river and people thought it was blood. He has a really funny interaction with Geralt about that. Geralt: "Really got an imp problem? Or is that just an imp-erfection on the notice?" Merchant: ???
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deadpan posted:Only surprising change in the new patch was the fisheye effect for Witcher senses defaulting to off in the settings. I turned that right back on; what kind of sicko doesn't want the weird lensing when chasing stuff in Witcher vision? It's me. I'm the sicko.
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Dec 28, 2022 14:41
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I've heard folks tout the Polish dub of the game but I just like the English version better
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Fritz the Horse posted:If you like dadbod you can rock the Griffin set all game, just upgrade it. I think the final upgrades look stellar. I do like the Griffin Armor. In addition to its gameplay benefits, it has the really helpful effect of removing the mental overhead that comes from the truckload of different armor the game dumps on you. I can now say "NO, I'M USING THIS ONE" whenever the game gives me more armor and just stash it to sell or dismantle. Don't even need to look at the stats. The position has been filled, thank you. 
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I've been running with the Griffin armor through its first upgrade, but it's just about Wolf time and I doubt I'll look back after that
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Shard posted:I've heard folks tout the Polish dub of the game but I just like the English version better All of the different audio tracks are exceptional but the English and Polish ones are the standouts. The amount of regional accents in English gives the game opportunities to play with language where it otherwise can't. There's one quest involving an undercover Nilfgaardian spy and when Geralt figures it out she drops her fake accent for her natural accent and it's a seamless transition that is super cool.
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Spergatory posted:I do like the Griffin Armor. In addition to its gameplay benefits, it has the really helpful effect of removing the mental overhead that comes from the truckload of different armor the game dumps on you. I can now say "NO, I'M USING THIS ONE" whenever the game gives me more armor and just stash it to sell or dismantle. Don't even need to look at the stats. The position has been filled, thank you. Don't accidentally throw away the armor that negates poison damage, or the one that negates fire damage. They can be useful.
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For me, as a Polish speaker, it’s Geralt that’s the main draw to the Polish version. I’d say overall I prefer the English dub, but Cockle is a step down imho. With the Witcher 1, otoh, the two dubs (and scripts!) are night and day.
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I'm assuming the localization teams had fun with puns in various places? The imp-erfection example is English specific obviously
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ShakeZula posted:Interesting. I've literally never seen that ending at all, so it might be worth doing if only for the new experience. Might save it for a true "everybody dies/leaves Geralt" run at some point though - betray Roche, don't help the mages escape, don't help either of Crach's kids, let Keira go to Radovid, let Lambert die in the battle, all of it. I've already made that impossible this time around by going for the Recruit Everybody trophy. yeah and none of those feel like things geralt would do. like to get the WORST ENDING, you actually have to work at it and try to be the worst/chud dad.
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The line "If I wanted to see white mice I'd just get drunk" always made me laugh because I thought it was just Geralt being weird, but apparently it's an Eastern European expression that we don't have in the US (or if we do I've never heard it).
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Glad they had some throwaway dialogue about Radovid being dead in HoS because people keep mentioning him and I keep yelling "he's dead!" at the TV
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Hobo Clown posted:Geralt: "Really got an imp problem? Or is that just an imp-erfection on the notice?" Name's Geralt of Rivia. I'm a dad joke teller.
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Weird change I just noticed: they seemed to have capped skills at 3 points that used to have 5, so instead of dumping 5 points into fast attacks right off the bat I just have 2 extra points hanging around while I wait to unlock another ability slot. Not a terrible change to make people diversify a little but there are so few slots it seems like you have to be even more picky about not dumping points into marginally useful RP stuff like Axii mind tricks/etc I wonder if this is gonna mess up all the OP alchemy builds from back when, or if the extra 2 points become available later?
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I was wondering where the 20 extra points came from in the old save I reloaded. Got one of the last three achievements I was missing (all skills in a tree). Now I just have to finish the game on death march. Having a hell of a time finding which save is my last one - I'd reloaded to get different endings in Blood and Wine, and have access to New Game+, but I just can't find a 'finished' save. Guess I'll push through and finish the quests I have lined up and then prep that save for the deathmarch NG+.
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Wolfsheim posted:Weird change I just noticed: they seemed to have capped skills at 3 points that used to have 5, so instead of dumping 5 points into fast attacks right off the bat I just have 2 extra points hanging around while I wait to unlock another ability slot. Not a terrible change to make people diversify a little but there are so few slots it seems like you have to be even more picky about not dumping points into marginally useful RP stuff like Axii mind tricks/etc I was wondering about that ! I'd been looking at cool builds online on account of being lazy, and they all had 5/5s instead of 3/3s in their skills ; I'd assumed it was an NG+ thing (I don't loving 'member how it used to be, it was 10 years ago !)
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Hobo Clown posted:The line "If I wanted to see white mice I'd just get drunk" always made me laugh because I thought it was just Geralt being weird, but apparently it's an Eastern European expression that we don't have in the US (or if we do I've never heard it). You have a very similar one about seeing pink elephants though
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:You have a very similar one about seeing pink elephants though yeah, i assumed it was something like that. after watching alot of videos done by super bunny hop on the witcher and just other videos in general, so i assume alot of the "weird" sounding stuff is just polish/eastern europian cultural things i dont know about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQHsmiFJqJc&t
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:You have a very similar one about seeing pink elephants though Yeah, saw that when I looked it up. I've never heard anyone use it in real life, though I guess it explains that scene from Dumbo and my early childhood ideas of what drinking is like
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I've reached the point where I can set enemies on fire and have my stamina fully regenerate before they finish  ing. I barely even have to use my sword anymore and it's glorious.
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have you tried the Yrden lightning turret yet it's super nice against big monsters and wraith types
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You know in all my time with this game I've never really tried out the alternative versions of any of the signs. Maybe I'll give them a shot this time
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One of the best things about the yrden lightning turret is that it also shoots down projectiles. No more getting webbed by arachnomorphs or pincushioned by crossbow bolts.
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I keep wanting to do mage Geralt but it seems like it'd be a real pain for the first six or so levels (and who knows how painful with the ability point cap changing). Maybe worth trying on NG+...
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I’ve installed a mod that deflates the value of crowns by lowering most buying and selling costs by 75% but keeps rewards the same so each crown is worth more. It makes the little quest rewards feel valuable and my wealth more earned rather than from selling a bunch of swords I found. Nostalgia4Infinity fucked around with this message at 01:23 on Dec 29, 2022 |
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Is it just me or does the Heart of Stone mobs have ridiculous amounts of health? I don't remember regular lvl 33 Fallen Knights being as tanky as Eredin.
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Is there a way to tell Geralt to stop using the harder-to-get alcohols to refill his potions? I got Dwarven Spirit for days and he keeps emptying out the Alcohest
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MikeC posted:Is it just me or does the Heart of Stone mobs have ridiculous amounts of health? I don't remember regular lvl 33 Fallen Knights being as tanky as Eredin. I noticed the same thing except this is my first play so I assumed it is normal. Everything has a ton of vitality.
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Hobo Clown posted:Is there a way to tell Geralt to stop using the harder-to-get alcohols to refill his potions? I got Dwarven Spirit for days and he keeps emptying out the Alcohest Only on PC and only if you mod it in.
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But then again you can use blizzard/aard and kill every knight with one shot and take no damage
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Yrden lightning turret is great. Especially since my quick stamina refill means I can just plop one down and be back in the safety of my active Quen in no time. I just wrapped things up in What other alternate sign forms are worth investing in? I tried messing with Puppet, but it just doesn't last long enough to be worth the time it takes to cast it. Alt Igni just seems like a novelty that doesn't do anything the base sign can't do. Alt Aard could be useful if you're surrounded, but if you're surrounded, you've screwed up already. I'm thinking I might just invest my remaining points into increasing the range of Aard, and then maybe the thing that grants it damage.
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Aard Sweep has saved my bacon a bunch of times and igni flamethrower is just cool as poo poo. Utility? I have no idea, but I can shoot fire from my palm so I don't care.Nostalgia4Infinity posted:I’ve installed a mod that deflates the value of crowns by lowering most buying and selling costs by 75% but keeps rewards the same so each crown is worth more. What mod is this? Haven't found a mod yet that feels balance wrt the economy.
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Hobo Clown posted:Is there a way to tell Geralt to stop using the harder-to-get alcohols to refill his potions? I got Dwarven Spirit for days and he keeps emptying out the Alcohest IIRC Alcohest is what it is supposed to use, it just has a qol mercy thing of using other booze if you are out
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