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WrightOfWay posted:The Scoia'tel and Monster decks don't have any spies so they can't really compete. Personally I think Northern Realms is stronger because it has much better Bond cards so even if Nilfgaard has slightly better ways to gain card advantage, Northern Realms can do a lot more with theirs and still has pretty good card draw (3 spies and a medic versus Nilfgaard's 3 spies and 3 medics.) Scoia'tel has a helluva lotta medics, which can be hilariously chained together.
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Apr 4, 2016 17:47
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I think you can use the Ancient Elf with Monster or Scoiatel as well, and I suppose you could try to use decoys to pick up enemies' spies. But yeah my monster deck just isn't built out enough to even use yet.
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Apr 4, 2016 18:18
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I keep getting the itch to play this again. But I don't know if I can just start where my save left off. So it might mean restarting. But that means another like 40 hours to get back to the same point. Well, probably more like 20, but still. I don't know what to do oh God.
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Apr 4, 2016 18:32
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Have any of the recent patches tweaked the expansion to make some of the bosses easier? I got stuck on the caretaker and just gave up because I kept losing. Which is really frustrating since I found the storyline fascinating. And this is on the easiest mode. (Yes I suck at combat).
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Apr 4, 2016 18:36
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theblackw0lf posted:Have any of the recent patches tweaked the expansion to make some of the bosses easier? I got stuck on the caretaker and just gave up because I kept losing. Which is really frustrating since I found the storyline fascinating. What level are you, and how good is your gear? I found that once I crafted myself a set of witcher gear, the difficulty pretty much evaporated and I actually had to turn it up. It makes a big difference, if you haven't tried it already.
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Apr 4, 2016 19:05
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From reading the way that some of you were searching for superior oils, is it weird that I'm well into DLC quests yet am still to find some of the basic oils? I never found the beast oil for example. I played a good amount of the side quests and found lots of POIs.
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Apr 4, 2016 19:10
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Rather Dashing posted:From reading the way that some of you were searching for superior oils, is it weird that I'm well into DLC quests yet am still to find some of the basic oils? I never found the beast oil for example. I played a good amount of the side quests and found lots of POIs. Not that weird. My big issue with the game is that as a completionist, it's frustrating to be missing one or two random oils in the chain. It wasn't until my latest playthrough that I even believed that the Killer Whale potion existed.
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Apr 4, 2016 19:17
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Crappy Jack posted:Not that weird. My big issue with the game is that as a completionist, it's frustrating to be missing one or two random oils in the chain. It wasn't until my latest playthrough that I even believed that the Killer Whale potion existed. I have that recipe but what is pissing me off about it right now is I can't find the damned buck wheat or whatever that you need to craft it, and I've tried several different alchemist shops and they haven't had it either.
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Apr 4, 2016 19:30
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Ginette Reno posted:I have that recipe but what is pissing me off about it right now is I can't find the damned buck wheat or whatever that you need to craft it, and I've tried several different alchemist shops and they haven't had it either.
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Apr 4, 2016 19:37
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Ginette Reno posted:I have that recipe but what is pissing me off about it right now is I can't find the damned buck wheat or whatever that you need to craft it, and I've tried several different alchemist shops and they haven't had it either. Buckthorn grows underwater. You can find it in pretty much every body of water bigger than a pond.
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Apr 4, 2016 19:37
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Megazver posted:After I've been to every alchemy vendor in the world and was still missing formulas and a few components, I just consoled up for the rest. I recommend you do the same. Yeah same here. Once I'd done all POIs apart from the Skellige sea treasures I just decided gently caress it and added the last few in.
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Apr 4, 2016 20:26
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I'm so glad I turned all POIs off before even playing the game. Sounds like they turn pretty fun natural exploration into an awful Ubisoft slog from marker to marker...
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Apr 4, 2016 20:33
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Going after POIs in Velen, Novigrad and White Orchard is fine since you often stumble upon side quests you wouldn't have otherwise. Sunken treasures in Skellige? gently caress. Those.
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Apr 4, 2016 20:38
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Strategic Tea posted:I'm so glad I turned all POIs off before even playing the game. Sounds like they turn pretty fun natural exploration into an awful Ubisoft slog from marker to marker... the only part this is true for is the ocean ones in skellige, otherwise you only missed out on stuff.
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Apr 4, 2016 20:40
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Strategic Tea posted:I'm so glad I turned all POIs off before even playing the game. Sounds like they turn pretty fun natural exploration into an awful Ubisoft slog from marker to marker... Not really. When I'm out and about, or on my way to a quest, I'd take scenic routes to visit some POIs along the way. Then I might stumble upon something else, or get involved in a different quest. 2 hours later I forgot what my original intention was.
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Apr 4, 2016 20:42
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Missed stuff is just fodder for the inevitable thousand playthroughs I'll do in the future though! 
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Apr 4, 2016 20:56
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Arcsquad12 posted:Scorch cards can mess yourself up if you aren't careful. That's why I favor the unit card that only scorches the opponents melee line Always play like your enemy has a scorch or two ready to go. It's for this reason I prefer using hero cards to draw out a scorch early. The computer will realize it's behind and try to scorch your 5 strength guy as you have 10 hero cards laughing at him. You need strength in other normal cards (spy cards own) but hero cards are a great insurance policy against the CPU deciding it gets 3 scorches.
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Franz von Dada posted:Sunken treasures in Skellige? gently caress. Those.  I did em, took like one evening. Just throw a movie on your laptop/ipad and just pick em up.It's like picking up the hidden packages in GTA or the riddler trophies in Batman. It's dumb, there's no reward, but can be done in one night when you know where they are. The best part about the sunken treasures though is that you don't have to worry about being overburdened because it doesn't affect you getting in and out of a boat and swimming. I was literally thousands in weight at the end and there is a fast travel right near a port for you to fast travel to whereever and sell all your poo poo. Crappy Jack posted:Not that weird. My big issue with the game is that as a completionist, it's frustrating to be missing one or two random oils in the chain. It wasn't until my latest playthrough that I even believed that the Killer Whale potion existed. My game definitely glitched out and I will be forever without two superior oils. I can say, with certainty, that the game does NOT give you everything no matter how many chests you open.
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Apr 4, 2016 22:28
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WrightOfWay posted:The Scoia'tel and Monster decks don't have any spies so they can't really compete. Personally I think Northern Realms is stronger because it has much better Bond cards so even if Nilfgaard has slightly better ways to gain card advantage, Northern Realms can do a lot more with theirs and still has pretty good card draw (3 spies and a medic versus Nilfgaard's 3 spies and 3 medics.) It's kinda strange that neither have spies. Especially the monster deck, what with some monsters being shapeshifters or being really good at hiding. I'm just bummed because those cards look the coolest 
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JetsGuy posted:Always play like your enemy has a scorch or two ready to go. It's for this reason I prefer using hero cards to draw out a scorch early. The computer will realize it's behind and try to scorch your 5 strength guy as you have 10 hero cards laughing at him. My strategy is built around the foltest siege master card. Dump my hero cards to mess up tell enemy and force him into playing his scorch cards. I like using blue stripes to trick them into burning a high value target. Then I have two onagers with tight bond, the medic and yennefer to draw up the blue stripes to pull another scorch. Once their scorch cards are gone I play the twin onagers and foltest's siege card. With the medic that's seventy four points in artillery alone.
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Apr 5, 2016 00:16
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i think gwent owns why is it named after part of wales though?
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Enjoying this so far, but did I miss something or does the Precious Cargo give you no 'decline a reward' option? I know Witchers charge, but it felt weird not to have that option.
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ThomasPaine posted:i think gwent owns Agreed, I'd love a mobile version.
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theblackw0lf posted:Have any of the recent patches tweaked the expansion to make some of the bosses easier? I got stuck on the caretaker and just gave up because I kept losing. Which is really frustrating since I found the storyline fascinating. He is maybe the hardest boss in the game so, not that weird. It may help to watch some videos of the fight on youtube -- here's a vid from my favorite LP (just turn it off before the end of the fight to avoid spoilers), it starts at 18:20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAnH0C-P8sA
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God, I hate it when I inadvertently over level myself for most of my contracts and secondary missions, I get so caught up doing other stuff that I just forget about them. Now I have too many that are about 10 levels below me or thereabouts.  Should I even bother with them at that point or save them for a new game? I just got to the part of the story where you're tasked with recruiting help to defend Kaer Morhen from the Wild Hunt, hell, I don't even know how much more of the game I have to go with until I hit HoS content or what I'm meant to do with quests that I fall behind with.
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Deakul posted:God, I hate it when I inadvertently over level myself for most of my contracts and secondary missions, I get so caught up doing other stuff that I just forget about them. You're almost always going to be overleveled for some of your quests. Just have a nice relaxing time doing the quests and slaughtering some noobs with ease for a while. You're about halfway through the main quest, maybe about 60% depending on if you already did all the recruiting in act I.
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Supreme Allah posted:He is maybe the hardest boss in the game so, not that weird. It may help to watch some videos of the fight on youtube -- here's a vid from my favorite LP (just turn it off before the end of the fight to avoid spoilers), it starts at 18:20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAnH0C-P8sA I found the caretaker pretty simple on blood and bone with a signs build, and I'm not a gifted gamer. Just watch for his helpless states and burn all his summons with fire. My nemesis was Iris' last nightmare. I'm embarrassed to admit I dropped the difficulty there after too many fails on the fourth and fifth iterations. Nasty bastard.
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:You're almost always going to be overleveled for some of your quests. Just have a nice relaxing time doing the quests and slaughtering some noobs with ease for a while.  I have a little over 100 hours put into the game so far and I'm only about half way?! Mother of christ what a huge game.
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Accordion Man posted:The main story speeds up like crazy after Kaer Mohren so its not as long as you might think. That being said there are multiple opportunities between these quests to get lost on witcher contracts.
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Accordion Man posted:The main story speeds up like crazy after Kaer Mohren so its not as long as you might think. Did you do all side quests before that point? Because that would explain why it seems to speed up, since you're only focusing on the main quest, while before you were doing like billion different things at once.
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Deakul posted:God, I hate it when I inadvertently over level myself for most of my contracts and secondary missions, I get so caught up doing other stuff that I just forget about them.
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I quite like that some contracts/side quests become trivially easy because it reinforces the idea that you're a super badass monster hunter. It also makes the hard fights feel way more epic by contrast.
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Apr 5, 2016 10:29
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Go back and do grayed out missions. Rewards probably won't be much, but even random side quests and contracts have engaging stories. I almost missed out on Wild at Heart because it was grayed out but I decided to go back and do it on a whim. That made me decide to never miss any quests.
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You're going to grey things out. There's way more potential experience available than you need and greying quests out is just the game's way of keeping you from ludicrously overlevelling yourself for the main story. Just do all the quests regardless - this is the kind of game where the material reward for doing them isn't the point.
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The OP should really have a bolded first paragraph that reads 'Don't sweat, The Witcher is great not because of the loot or combat, or the huge game world. It's great because of the stories you find in the game, both large and small, and how you get to interact in it'
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MikeC posted:The OP should really have a bolded first paragraph that reads 'Don't sweat, The Witcher is great not because of the loot or combat, or the huge game world. It's great because of the stories you find in the game, both large and small, and how you get to interact in it' You should write box blurbs pal
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Palpek posted:Don't sweat about greyed out levels, your main source of xp is the main story and that will always outlevel you for the other content. Just do those side-quests for the stories. It's a shame they went with the idea of greying out though as it feels like you hosed something up as a player or that you shouldn't bother with the quest anymore and there's no reflection of that in actual gameplay. Yeah, fair enough. I've realized that the little stories are still worth it. I just still need to get the tangible rewards idea out of my head since the game's loot and reward system really does leave a lot to be desired, hope it gets a revamp or something if they do an Enhanced Edition.
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I definitely felt this way until around lvl 17 or so when it seemed like I always had a new Witcher set to upgrade. I still don't disagree because some swords are really cool looking and have some pretty good stats, and here and there I would take an armor or damage hit if it was rather negligible. I think if anything, stats could use some more variety, at least for relic gear. And man, glyphs for armor don't seem really worth it to a non signs build, but it's not been too much of a problem. At lvl 36 doing HoS and it's just nice not to be carving up everything in 3-5 seconds
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