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I played through the game at launch and I remember maxing out one tree and making a huge dent in another. I recall maxing signs and taking most of the talents in swords, after filling in the training tree so I'm pretty sure you get a ton of points to spend on whatever you want. If a talent sounds cool, take it because even if it turns out to not be as awesome as you thought it was, you still get so many points you can afford to mis-use one here and there.
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Just got this after having finished the first game just last week. There's a lot of stuff I really like in this one. It's obviously an absolutely gorgeous game, the combat stands head and shoulders above the first game and I can think of few games that had such... believable dialogue. Still, I think I won't pick it back up until the Panel Tweaks has been updated to work with the Enhanced Edition or there is a new, similar mod which fixes the most glaring UI issues (the tiny, slowly scrolling tooltips in the inventory in particular is just plain inexcusable)
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Apr 24, 2012 18:43
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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.
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Apr 24, 2012 18:44
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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 19:01 on Apr 24, 2012 |
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Apr 24, 2012 18:50
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etalian posted:On the other hand it will punish you will the classic cave maze exploring level. You've got one of them on Roche's path too after you cross the mists to the Dwarven side of the map. Seriously - gently caress whoever thought those Dwarven mines were ever a good loving idea.
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Apr 24, 2012 18:57
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The maze on the Roche path was far worse I recall, took loving forever
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Apr 24, 2012 18:57
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There's an awful lot of candor in this setting. It's quite refreshing.
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Apr 24, 2012 18:58
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^^^ What does that even mean? If you mean the thread, well that's a weird thing to say. If you're talking about the game, then you are in for a treat everyone is a lying douchebag.Ravenfood posted:Every tree seems invaluable, which is nice. My first play through I went swords/signs and I can't imagine not having Heliotrope and a nice Axii/Yrden/Quen, then realized that Axii can be duplicated by Red Haze bombs, good use of parry/riposte can cover most quen situations, and Yrden shares similarities with a quick snare set after a roll. The only swordsmanship talent I have is the first level roll distance in crease  To the dude who asked if alchemy was good, yeah all talents are pretty good and you probably won't gently caress yourself up, but alchemy is poo poo for a first time player. The counter ticking down in dialog can gently caress you up and you need to really plan ahead for things. You get a ton of points in the game and if you really want to do alchemy, make sure to get some combat skills early on in either the signs or sword tree. That said, Heliotrope with Berzerk mode is hilarious. You like 2 shot Greater Rotfiends with light attacks and it lasts forever. All of the passive bonuses you get for being poisoned are really great but further cement the fact that you alawys need to be poisoned. A swallow and random potion of choice is usually good to get you there but I like to customize my mix for certain fights. But I guess I hosed up because I didn't get the bomb talent and barely use them.
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Apr 24, 2012 19:54
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God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title
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I only ever go full swords and never put a single point in anything else. Nor do I use potions or signs (I might Aard someone if I remember I can do that, but not likely.).
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Apr 24, 2012 20:11
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My first playthrough I maxed out both Swords and Signs with like 2 or 3 points in Alchemy... granted, I only got Heliotrope basically right at the end before you fight the army of Nilfgaard guys while rescuing Triss, but still... it made that specific fight all the more ridiculously badass.
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Apr 24, 2012 20:20
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beer_war posted:Still, I think I won't pick it back up until the Panel Tweaks has been updated to work with the Enhanced Edition or there is a new, similar mod which fixes the most glaring UI issues (the tiny, slowly scrolling tooltips in the inventory in particular is just plain inexcusable)
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Apr 24, 2012 20:27
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So how IS the frame rate on the 360? Does it dip in town and the other places it does on my PC?
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Apr 24, 2012 21:02
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Samurai Sanders posted:So how IS the frame rate on the 360? Does it dip in town and the other places it does on my PC? I finished chaper 1 and had no problems at all. The only thing I noticed was some tearing, but not enough to really bother me.
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Apr 24, 2012 21:09
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Cheap bastard way to beat Letho part 2: Chug anything that increases Vigor regeneration beforehand. Aard him, four hit sword combo, Aard again, four hit sword combo, and repeat. Battle was over in seven seconds.
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Apr 24, 2012 21:18
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Coughing Hobo posted:Cheap bastard way to beat Letho part 2: Chug anything that increases Vigor regeneration beforehand. Aard him, four hit sword combo, Aard again, four hit sword combo, and repeat. Battle was over in seven seconds. Remember, Geralt isn't the kind of person who wants a fair fight. Think of him as Leon in The Professional, dirty tricks are his stock in trade.
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Apr 24, 2012 21:22
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So, the name of the game is, "break the game before it breaks you," huh? I am familiar with this philosophy. It usually crops up in Disgaea games.
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Apr 24, 2012 21:30
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Samurai Sanders posted:Fifteen or so grapeshots thrown in rapid succession so he gets locked into trying to cast Quen over and over again but fails also does it. This was my strategy after getting my rear end beat a few times. I don't remember it taking quite that many bombs, but I might have gotten a couple sword hits in first though.
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Apr 24, 2012 21:34
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Well, well, well, remember how some of you guys were asking for some bigger UI text? Just released: Comfy Couch - Increases text size of many elements, most notably the journal, loot tables, quest text, the combat log (thank loving god) and NPC one-liners. First playthrough safe! Namnesor fucked around with this message at 00:24 on Apr 25, 2012 |
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Apr 24, 2012 21:49
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Coughing Hobo posted:Well, well, well, remember how some of you guys were asking for some bigger UI text? Just released: edit: one thing I've often wondered, if there are any Polish speakers here, is there something about the Polish language that makes things likely to be translated to -er in English? Witchers, drowners, nekkers, Yennefer... Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 23:05 on Apr 24, 2012 |
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Apr 24, 2012 21:54
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I just finished Chapter 1 and went through the first quest of Chapter 2, about how far into the game am I?
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Samurai Sanders posted:edit: one thing I've often wondered, if there are any Polish speakers here, is there something about the Polish language that makes things likely to be translated to -er in English? Witchers, drowners, nekkers, Yennefer... I don't think there's anything in the mechanics of Polish that makes english translations end in an -er suffix. Its just the way things worked out. (Yennefer is Yennefer in polish also)
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Apr 24, 2012 23:22
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I just started and oh god I have no idea what's going on.  There's a king and bastards and stuff? I read the wikipedia article on Witcher 1. So this king is the who almost got killed in Witcher 1? And his daughter is the one that got turned into a monster and then ended up trying to help the guys wanting to take over the kingdom?
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Apr 24, 2012 23:28
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Capsaicin posted:I just started and oh god I have no idea what's going on. All correct, but only the assassination attempt matters to the current story.
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Apr 24, 2012 23:35
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InvisibleHand posted:I don't think there's anything in the mechanics of Polish that makes english translations end in an -er suffix. Its just the way things worked out. (Yennefer is Yennefer in polish also)
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Apr 24, 2012 23:36
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Foltest has a legitimate daughter, Adda, and two bastards (at least?). If you saved his daughter in witcher 1, she's married to the King of Redania, which means she's taken off the line of succession. I think the 360 version has her dead, though I'm not sure.
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Apr 24, 2012 23:39
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Is parry/block worth using? I didn't bother with it at all in my original playthrough, but I'm thinking of trying it again on dark mode now that quen is nerfed and the whole fatigue thing is in.
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Apr 24, 2012 23:48
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Cityinthesea posted:Foltest has a legitimate daughter, Adda, and two bastards (at least?). If you saved his daughter in witcher 1, she's married to the King of Redania, which means she's taken off the line of succession. I think the 360 version has her dead, though I'm not sure. Yeah, the default has her dead, though I can see why. It took a pretty obtuse method in The Witcher 1 to keep her alive instead of killing her outright. I remember there being a bug in one of the early versions of TW2 where the chief of Lobindon is telling the story of Geralt and Adda's first encounter, and he always mentioned that she was killed, despite her being alive and well in my game. folgore posted:Is parry/block worth using? I didn't bother with it at all in my original playthrough, but I'm thinking of trying it again on dark mode now that quen is nerfed and the whole fatigue thing is in. Definitely, but keep in mind that there is no counter prompt in Dark mode. You have to base your timing on your opponent's attack.
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Beanpants posted:Definitely, but keep in mind that there is no counter prompt in Dark mode. You have to base your timing on your opponent's attack. Yes there is. EDIT: Also hell yes Comfy Couch works on the combat log, too 
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Is the content in the 360 version the same as on the PC? Does it have all the same nudity and salty language and such? edit: I asked because apparently the 360 version isn't coming out in Japan, where they have much stronger rules against that stuff, but only on consoles. Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 00:53 on Apr 25, 2012 |
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Apr 25, 2012 00:48
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Yes, it has everything. The only real difference aside from graphics is that it has way more doors, and pretty much every door is a loading screen.
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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 03:09 on Apr 25, 2012 |
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DMBFan23 posted:I just finished Chapter 1 and went through the first quest of Chapter 2, about how far into the game am I? Around 30% the real meat of the game is in the second Act while the final Act is really threadbare and doesn't take much time to finish.
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Apr 25, 2012 03:24
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Didn't they say they buffed the 3rd act for the Enhanced Edition?
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Apr 25, 2012 04:13
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Lotish posted:Didn't they say they buffed the 3rd act for the Enhanced Edition? Yep. But apparently it's only an extra 2-3 hours worth of stuff.
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Apr 25, 2012 04:23
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'only'.
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Apr 25, 2012 04:37
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Chapter 3 is fairly similar no matter which side you spent chapter 2 on, right?
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Apr 25, 2012 04:39
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In terms of gameplay, it's two quests per path that equal out to about an hour or two of extra content. Beyond that, however, there's a good amount of expanded conversations, a lot more information about the location of Act 3, and the ending has a lot more meat to it.
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Apr 25, 2012 04:40
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Samurai Sanders posted:Chapter 3 is fairly similar no matter which side you spent chapter 2 on, right?
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Samurai Sanders posted:Chapter 3 is fairly similar no matter which side you spent chapter 2 on, right? Not really. The main quests are still separate, but the two paths share the location and side quests.
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Donny posted:Not really. The main quests are still separate, but the two paths share the location and side quests. Yup it's sort of disappointing after the Chapter 2 experience for this reason. At least you can arm wrestle a steroid addicted junkie.
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