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Hey, game, if you're going to make Riposting a thing, at least make it nullify the attack first. I just tried to riposte a Wraith, who proceeded to instantly kill me while I was twirling my blade around. Maybe I missed the prompt? I thought I didn't.
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| # ¿ Apr 23, 2012 00:12 |
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| # ¿ May 23, 2013 02:03 |
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Samurai Sanders posted:At least in chapter 1 they didn't do a good job of presenting Iorveth as anything but a bandit in the woods with delusions of grandeur (like probably all bandits in woods have). Loredo was a scumbag but it sure seemed like he had the right attitude towards the Scoiatel at least in that area. Still, looking forward to a hard playthrough with Roche before my final Dark playthrough with Iorveth. I went sword/signs at release and am trying to go sword/alchemy now, anything fun I should try with my 3rd Dark playthrough?
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| # ¿ Apr 24, 2012 15:57 |
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Donny posted:There is some serious hinting (and more than hinting) through the prologue and chapter 1 that Roche is a violent bigot barely concealing constant, seething anger at the world; however, he is a good friend and ally to Geralt, so I am also inclined to side with him over the violent bigot elf who tried repeatedly to kill me and is an actual terrorist who happens to be a good ally and strong supporter of fantasy not-crazy Jeanne d'Arc and your friend Zoltan is at least mildly sympathetic to him
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| # ¿ Apr 24, 2012 16:07 |
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Donny posted:You never find out that extra stuff before your decision, though. I mean, yeah, you're ultimately right - in retrospect, I'd rather have helped Joan of Arc than King Rapey Murder.
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| # ¿ Apr 24, 2012 16:45 |
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Cityinthesea posted:This is my third playthrough so I'm going down the only tree I haven't done; Alchemy. I didn't realize the talent for making bombs/traps twice as strong was one of the first things on the list... It's kinda invaluable in dark mode against Nekkers. I just can't see not putting any points into swords: None of my signs/bombs ever got good enough that I'd feel okay without wading into the fight after a few throws/casts. The other two seem much more supporting that swords unless Igni actually gets good enough to kill things really fast. edit: Unrelately, Letho's Aard hitting for 75 is bullshit. Ravenfood fucked around with this message at Apr 24, 2012 around 18:01 |
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The Kingslayers in Arena mode are such, such bullshit. Even on normal they'll kill you in a flurry and they're always twirling their blades around like assholes. edit: or not. They went down incredibly easy one time somehow. Ravenfood fucked around with this message at Apr 25, 2012 around 02:09 |
| # ¿ Apr 25, 2012 01:15 |
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How does "Taster" work? Are you still limited by the toxicity amount but can suddenly drink 4 potions instead of three? Or does it increase your Toxicity cap too?
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| # ¿ Apr 26, 2012 18:46 |
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So, did they really lower the rate of mutagen drops in a patch? I haven't seen a single greater critical effects mutagen and I figure I'm probably 2/3rds of the way through Roche's Act2. By this point at release I'd had about 10. Figures, if they did, since I finally decided to make an alchemy character at it seems a shame to waste all those slots.
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| # ¿ Apr 30, 2012 20:49 |
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Why did they feel the need to add Dancer to the game? In Lilies and Vipers, they have a cave that gives you Deithwen (again, in case you missed it) and an arbitrarily awesome steel sword too. At least with Caerme I felt like I worked for that damned blade, with Dancer its just "oh, I killed a few nekkers and I get a sword better than one a sorcerer-smith was thrilled to be able to make."
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| # ¿ May 5, 2012 19:30 |
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Capsaicin posted:Floatsam: quote:Where can I get vodka to give to the troll? Every time I go to talk to him, he attacks me.
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| # ¿ May 8, 2012 14:47 |
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Oxxidation posted:Reloading worked, yeah.
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| # ¿ May 20, 2012 01:18 |
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Or just defaults to the cheapest/most plentiful. Yes, I would like to make grapeshot using the one draugr claw I have, not the 100 celandine.
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| # ¿ May 25, 2012 21:13 |
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SpRahl posted:Before it was nerfed Quen charged adrenalin ridicuasly fast. But yeah now if you want to use heliotrope igni is your only hope.
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| # ¿ Jul 11, 2012 11:53 |
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As long as you have Riposte you can deal with it.
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| # ¿ Jul 24, 2012 16:12 |
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socialsecurity posted:Also you really don't have to parry/ripsote, I never got the timing down and beat dark mode. Being a Witcher is fighting dirty, your actually supposed to use traps and bombs you get/make from looting every square inch you can reach.
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| # ¿ Jul 25, 2012 16:03 |
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Gazmachine posted:I disagree - Axii is awesome if you time when you use it. It turns an enemy against his own men and can be brilliant if a group is approaching. Especially useful when it's a few grunts led by a more heavily armed / armoured captain, as you can Axii the captain and watch him go to work.
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| # ¿ Jul 25, 2012 16:58 |
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Tender Bender posted:You didn't, however, mention an important thing that does impact a Roche Path experience: Odriiiiiin! OOOOOOdriiiiiiiin!
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| # ¿ Aug 15, 2012 12:31 |
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Gort posted:I found this really irritating in Act 1. Loads of the monsters would utterly massacre you if you tried actually staying engaged with them. Lots of times I would have to retreat whereupon the monster would "leash", refusing to follow me past a certain point. I could then throw bombs and knives and stuff at the monster with complete impunity. I could also just heal to full and go in for another fight. One enemy is a quick dodge and heavy attacks, the other is constant hit-and-run combat. I don't know, once you get the idea that you're effectively playing one of three various flavors of RPG thief, its a lot easier game.
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| # ¿ Aug 21, 2012 15:57 |
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Arglebargle III posted:Stuns are your only real tactic. Use Yrden, knives, Aard. Bombs don't really work. Get in for some quick sword cuts while he's stunned and then get out fast. That fight is really hard.
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| # ¿ Oct 4, 2012 18:41 |
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Lycus posted:Honorable mention to (Iorveth's Path/Act 3)having sex with Cynthia while Triss is still being held captive for just being hilariously hosed up.
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| # ¿ Oct 19, 2012 00:33 |
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RBA Starblade posted:I was with the Blue Stripes dude, whoever that was. I must be forgetting or missing something though, I thought Triss was with Letho the entire time after Act 1.
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| # ¿ Jan 11, 2013 22:46 |
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Chickenwalker posted:It's not the Hunt, it's part of Sabrina's curse. If you take Roche's path Henselt tells you this outright. It's not an omen but a manifestation of the curse, like the wraiths.
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| # ¿ Jan 25, 2013 23:09 |
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I must be an idiot, but I can't find Novigrad on that map. Is it somewhere in Nilfgaard and therefore not shown? If so, the area we're going to is going to be loving huge.
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| # ¿ Feb 7, 2013 01:37 |
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steinrokkan posted:It's in Redania. edit: vvvvv could just be a thing that happens after the invasion. Ravenfood fucked around with this message at Feb 7, 2013 around 04:26 |
| # ¿ Feb 7, 2013 01:50 |
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The hell? Dodging is incredibly useful, and stunlocking people is really easy. Are you actually getting off combos, or just madly clicking? And do you have points in the appropriate weapon skill? Fighting fast enemies with strong style is going to be terrible, yes. Alternatively, put all your points into Igni and just burn everything without a problem.
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| # ¿ Feb 14, 2013 20:30 |
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Captain Scandinaiva posted:They've said PC comes first and all that but it seems difficult to produce a game for multiple platforms at the same time while making one version radically different in regards to graphical quality (assuming Playstation 4 and next-gen xbox aren't going to total beasts).
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| # ¿ Feb 21, 2013 16:40 |
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| # ¿ May 23, 2013 02:03 |
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Leb posted:GI keeps releasing these videos at a steady clip, but this is one is especially awesome: Also, seeing the combos from Witcher1 being done by a person was pretty fancy too.
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| # ¿ Feb 24, 2013 19:21 |
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