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 H.B.M.C. wrote:
This game is so much fun!

Except when you come across 5 Level 7 bandits and you're only level 3, then it's really damned tough, but I got through them in the end!

I had the same

 Necros wrote:
I hate bandit archers :( Can't they see I'm busy killing their friends and just leave me alone for a minute?

I'm up to 17 now, kinda disappointed though that I let some quests get to the bottom of my list and now I can't get XP for them.. if the name turns gray in your list, you're too big and you won't earn xp. So I'm going back and doing them all, gonna try and stay on top of em now. Looks like it's a range of like 5 levels or so, level 12 is still green but level 11 quests are gray.

You'll get xp still, least i have, its like 5 xp, a pittance, but not nothing

 Enigwolf wrote:
Crossbows 2-shot drowners in the water? They do pathetic damage on land. How does them being more effective in water make sense? lol

But yeah, I'm on the 3rd hardest difficulty level, and every round of combat stopped feeling tactical... it felt more like Quen/hit hit hit/Quen breaks/roll roll roll till I can cast Quen again/repeat.

The crossbow is super-effective underwater because it's your only option for dealing with the drowners and other nasties that hang around treasure chests. On land, you have swords, Signs and environmental hazards for dealing with foes.

There's a random trigger for the tutorial on using the crossbow underwater... I had collected five or six underwater treasures the hard way (that is, swimming in there real fast, grabbing the loot, and high-tailing it to shore while drowners claw at me) before I got the tutorial to use the crossbow. That made things way, way easier, and I took on a brief career as a scuba-salvage specialist.

Also, those random Guarded Treasures (both on land and in the sea) and Bandit camps can offer some *crazy* gear upgrades. I've found probably half a dozen Relic items in those, which are way better than anything else I've found.

Speaking of crazy gear, what's the most over-levelled item or diagram you've found so far?

I've had a diagram for the Harpy, a level 37 relic sword, since I was about level 6 or 7.

I think that's my top-most item as well.

I've been out of video games for almost 6 months aside from levelling occasionally in Guild Wars 2. I think it was AC Unity that killed it for me. I tried to rekindle it with Driveclub, which lasted about a month. Then Shadow of Moror, but I think it was just too similar to AC.

Grabbed this for my PS4 last night. Hopefully this is the game to rekindle my video gaming.

I think, from a background/story perspective, it might help a bit if you've played the previous entries in the series. That, at least, provides a much more in-depth history to you of Geralt and most of the major NPCs (Yennefer, Zoltan, Dandelion, Triss Merigold, the Wild Hunt, etc.) and helps explain a lot of the references that come up in conversations with people.

 Psienesis wrote:
I think, from a background/story perspective, it might help a bit if you've played the previous entries in the series. That, at least, provides a much more in-depth history to you of Geralt and most of the major NPCs (Yennefer, Zoltan, Dandelion, Triss Merigold, the Wild Hunt, etc.) and helps explain a lot of the references that come up in conversations with people.

It's even better if you've read all the books

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 Psienesis wrote:
I think, from a background/story perspective, it might help a bit if you've played the previous entries in the series. That, at least, provides a much more in-depth history to you of Geralt and most of the major NPCs (Yennefer, Zoltan, Dandelion, Triss Merigold, the Wild Hunt, etc.) and helps explain a lot of the references that come up in conversations with people.

It's even better if you've read all the books

Or worse, like Game of Thrones and Lord of the Things were on-screen.

 Enigwolf wrote:

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 Psienesis wrote:
I think, from a background/story perspective, it might help a bit if you've played the previous entries in the series. That, at least, provides a much more in-depth history to you of Geralt and most of the major NPCs (Yennefer, Zoltan, Dandelion, Triss Merigold, the Wild Hunt, etc.) and helps explain a lot of the references that come up in conversations with people.

It's even better if you've read all the books

Or worse, like Game of Thrones and Lord of the Things were on-screen.

Well, I read all the books, and I'm enjoying it a lot so far - the games continue the story from the books, so I'm really excited to find out what's going to happen. It's also quite fun to see some minor characters from the books appear, such as Keira Metz.

Loki - you won't be disappointed mate, it's one of the best video gaming experiences I have ever had. Story-telling is excellently done, graphics are beautiful, fighting is not without its flaws but a lot more cerebral than most other similar games.

 Necros wrote:
I hate bandit archers :( Can't they see I'm busy killing their friends and just leave me alone for a minute?

There is a skill you can get where your 'block' also deflects arrows, which is very useful. You can approach with your block raised until you get a good bearing on where the shooters are, then manouever behind some terrain to finish off the other guys.

Triss or Yen?

Yeah I just noticed that skill last night, gonna grab it when I get my next point. I pretty much just added stuff for my fast attack, persuasion and fire signs so far. It's fun melting things.

Sometimes I wish it was a little more Skyrimish... meaning that there's a lot of people that I wish I could kill, but can't :(

A little amusing thing I noticed a few days ago (slightly NSFW language-wise):



The line is funny, but what's funnier is the NPC in the top-left corner, peering in. Throughout the entire conversation he just stood there watching, occasionally shaking but never looking away.

 Manchu wrote:
Triss or Yen?

I went with Triss.

Yen's haughtiness can be really off-putting at times

 Manchu wrote:
Triss or Yen?

Yennefer, naturally.

 Manchu wrote:
Triss or Yen?

Ahem, both?

 Enigwolf wrote:

 Manchu wrote:
Triss or Yen?

Ahem, both?

You can always try

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 Enigwolf wrote:

 Manchu wrote:
Triss or Yen?

Ahem, both?

You can always try

I've read it online...

 Enigwolf wrote:

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 Enigwolf wrote:

 Manchu wrote:
Triss or Yen?

Ahem, both?

You can always try

I've read it online...

Spoiler:

If you go for the threesome, you end up alone in the end :(

 Manchu wrote:
Triss or Yen?

I just finally met Triss last night, as I've spent a lot of time going through the content in Velen before getting to Novigrad at about level 13. I'm taking my time with this game and enjoying every moment of it. Of course, I know the choice will have to come sometime, but given that my Geralt has been with Triss through both of the first two games, I think I'll stay with the red-haired sorceress. Of course, that still didn't stop me from dallying with every willing lady in TW1, and with Ves and hookers in TW2, and Keira Metz so far in TW3.

Besides, from the few scenes with Yennefer in the beginning of the game, I certainly see no connection between the two. Maybe that will come later.

I miss Ves. She was cool in that bro way.

 Enigwolf wrote:
I miss Ves. She was cool in that bro way.

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 Enigwolf wrote:
I miss Ves. She was cool in that bro way.

Spoiler:

If, after White Orchard and when you've enabled the The Witcher 2 save thing, you tell the Nilfgaardian General you helped Roche, Ves appears in a quest or two.

YESSS

My new Relic sword, found in a chest somewhere, allowed me, at level 17, to wtf-spank a level 26 Royal Wyvern, because the base abilities of the sword, coupled with the runes I have in it, proc chain-stuns, freezing, burning, bleeding and poison effects.

I'm really looking forward to finally getting reunited with Dandelion and Zoltan. I know they must be in the game somewhere, and I'm sure it will involve getting Dandelion out of some sort of trouble he got himself into.

 Tannhauser42 wrote:
I'm really looking forward to finally getting reunited with Dandelion and Zoltan. I know they must be in the game somewhere, and I'm sure it will involve getting Dandelion out of some sort of trouble he got himself into.

... that is actually a huge quest-chain in Novigrad. Like... epically huge. I've spent 3 days working on it, with some side-treks to wipe out witch-hunters and plan regicide.

ETA: Oh, and plough whores. Because I'm sure there's an achievement for that.

Oh, the Dandelion chain is hilarious at times, like:

The sidequest you get afterwards is pretty grim, though...

I'm hoping I get to fight the giant chicken at some point... the taxidermy wasn't cutting it. The reward from the cheese-mage mission, though, is epic. I'm just going around, setting fools on fire now.