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I'm starting to love Witcher 3 now, absolutely. I initially hated Velen, but now after several quests which I thought were simple kill/fetch types, it became super interesting.
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Especially the one where Letho showed up! Talk about unexpected!
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I beat a Witch-hunter to death with my fists. And some bandits. Also got the perfectly-timed arrow deflection and made a bandit kill himself with his own shot. "Accidentally" pissed off some city guard witch-hunters in Novigrad. Killed them. Killed a bandit by sweeping him off his horse. Stole his horse and rode away on it. Learned that diving the future through cheese is actually something one can do.
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This game is Made of so much awsome, all the little side quests all the odd creature's, that fat goat looking thing that lives in the basement of a building... So awsome
I'm enjoying witcher, but I've found a problem that I can't seem to get an answer to anywhere.
Basically, sometimes my runestones / glyphs just won't go into swords/armor, respectively.
The equipment has empty upgrade slots available (of course), but when I click on the rune/glyph, it won't even let me mouse over the equipment to try inserting it. The game just gives me a message to the effect of 'no available slot for that type of upgrade'.
That makes me wonder if weapons can only accept specific types of runes/glyphs, this would explain why, for example, a quen glyph will fit in my boot but an aard will not.
Is there perhaps a level requirement on runes/glyphs? Or some other reason that runes/glyphs cannot be applied to equipment with an available and open upgrade slot?
Because I was staring at a shiny new sword with 2x upgrade slots and a fresh runestone, but I couldn't get the rune in the sword, and it's a bit annoying that I can't figure out why.
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The only restriction is that only Sign rune stones can be put into armour and only offensive rune stones can be put into swords. I've never encountered a situation where I couldn't slot the correct type of rune onto a piece of equipment.
His Master's Voice wrote: The only restriction is that only Sign rune stones can be put into armour and only offensive rune stones can be put into swords. I've never encountered a situation where I couldn't slot the correct type of rune onto a piece of equipment.
That's my issue, though. I checked, and I've got a runestone that won't fit into a sword with 2x empty slots. I only recently learned that runes can only go in swords and glyphs in armor, and thought that might be my problem, but it's definitely a rune and a sword that's not matching up.
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His Master's Voice wrote: The only restriction is that only Sign rune stones can be put into armour and only offensive rune stones can be put into swords. I've never encountered a situation where I couldn't slot the correct type of rune onto a piece of equipment.
That's my issue, though. I checked, and I've got a runestone that won't fit into a sword with 2x empty slots. I only recently learned that runes can only go in swords and glyphs in armor, and thought that might be my problem, but it's definitely a rune and a sword that's not matching up.
What kind of rune is it? I'm wondering if its an issue of silver sword vs steel sword.. I don't think you can put the rune for experience gains on humans on a silver sword.
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Kap'n Krump wrote: I'm enjoying witcher, but I've found a problem that I can't seem to get an answer to anywhere.
Basically, sometimes my runestones / glyphs just won't go into swords/armor, respectively.
The equipment has empty upgrade slots available (of course), but when I click on the rune/glyph, it won't even let me mouse over the equipment to try inserting it. The game just gives me a message to the effect of 'no available slot for that type of upgrade'.
That makes me wonder if weapons can only accept specific types of runes/glyphs, this would explain why, for example, a quen glyph will fit in my boot but an aard will not.
Is there perhaps a level requirement on runes/glyphs? Or some other reason that runes/glyphs cannot be applied to equipment with an available and open upgrade slot?
Because I was staring at a shiny new sword with 2x upgrade slots and a fresh runestone, but I couldn't get the rune in the sword, and it's a bit annoying that I can't figure out why.
If the mouse-over on the runestone says "insert into a piece of equipment", then it only goes into armor. If it says "insert into a sword", it will only go into a sword. They're not universal items.
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Turns out that even though it had 'runestone' in the name, I guess it was actually some kind of glyph, in that it went into armor easily enough. I'll try selecting the item to see if it says equipment or sword, but text is super small on my peasant box, which I'm hoping will be fixed soon by their patch.
Here's another question: every so often when fighting humans, geralt does a finishing move, and the action slows down and it feels like the game wants me to press something so he'll do something cool. And I'll mash the attack buttons, and though sometimes he chops off a head, more often the corpse will slide off my sword and I'll feel a little disappointed.
here's an example: At about 5 seconds, the action slows and I feel as if I should be able to press something to do something cool. But maybe it's just an end-of-combat cinematic thing.
Kap'n Krump wrote: Turns out that even though it had 'runestone' in the name, I guess it was actually some kind of glyph, in that it went into armor easily enough. I'll try selecting the item to see if it says equipment or sword, but text is super small on my peasant box, which I'm hoping will be fixed soon by their patch.
Here's another question: every so often when fighting humans, geralt does a finishing move, and the action slows down and it feels like the game wants me to press something so he'll do something cool. And I'll mash the attack buttons, and though sometimes he chops off a head, more often the corpse will slide off my sword and I'll feel a little disappointed.
here's an example: At about 5 seconds, the action slows and I feel as if I should be able to press something to do something cool. But maybe it's just an end-of-combat cinematic thing.
Happens to me too, I keep buttonmashing as well. I think it's just a cinematic thing. I love that you don't take damage during the finishers, though.
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So, what's the status of redania in the game? I'm about level 15 and running around novigrad, if that gives you an idea where I am in the story.
I know that the northern kingdoms aren't doing so great with the niflgrad invasion and all, and that temeria has been conquered and occupied.
Come to think of it, I think that redania and kadweden kind of teamed up and are currently opposing nilfgard, or something to that effect, right?
Basically, someone just asked me to help assassinate radovid because he's being a murdery crazy person, but the entire point of the second game was the unintended consequences and repercussions of killing kings willy-nilly, so I'm trying to evaluate how good an idea that will be. And if he's commanding the lions share of the force opposing nilfguard, I'm thinking killing him maybe not so great an idea.
Even if he does like burning people.
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Kap'n Krump wrote: So, what's the status of redania in the game? I'm about level 15 and running around novigrad, if that gives you an idea where I am in the story.
I know that the northern kingdoms aren't doing so great with the niflgrad invasion and all, and that temeria has been conquered and occupied.
Come to think of it, I think that redania and kadweden kind of teamed up and are currently opposing nilfgard, or something to that effect, right?
Basically, someone just asked me to help assassinate radovid because he's being a murdery crazy person, but the entire point of the second game was the unintended consequences and repercussions of killing kings willy-nilly, so I'm trying to evaluate how good an idea that will be. And if he's commanding the lions share of the force opposing nilfguard, I'm thinking killing him maybe not so great an idea.
Even if he does like burning people.
I don't know if you spoke to the Ambassador right after you meet Yen for the first time in the game, but he explains that Nilfgarad was doing well against both nations, until winter started setting in. Then Redania, castling up this whole time, marched east on their erstwhile allies, and basically after a few skirmishes, they surrendered and joined Redania, which is why Nilfgaard is having an issue trying to take the north now.
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Redania is effectively the only remaining Northern state opposing Nilfgaard. As you said, Temeria is no more. Kaedwen, following the death of Henselt during AoK, has been taken over by Radovid in an act of "neighbourly help". The smaller states further north either don't want anything to do with the war, like Kovir, or are irrelevant.
Without spoiling anything, Radovid is quite possibly the only man who can stand against Nilgaard. He clearly intends to unify the North much the same way Nilgaard took over the South, even if the official word is that pre war borders will be reinstated. He's also demolishing the intellectual elite of his country in a fit of lunacy caused in no small part by years of abuse at the hands of Philippa Eilhart.
Ok, thanks a lot. Now that you mention it, I did talk to the ambassador after meeting yen, but it had been a while since I played AoK and a lot of the names, places, and countries were so much gibberish.
But yeah, I recall the bit with redania taking over kadwen.
And despite people calling him crazy, and his hobby of burning people, he seemed pretty lucid in my talks to him. I just thought it odd I met him first in a hut and then a boat which made me think he maybe didn't have much power anymore.
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Kap'n Krump wrote: So, what's the status of redania in the game? I'm about level 15 and running around novigrad, if that gives you an idea where I am in the story.
I know that the northern kingdoms aren't doing so great with the niflgrad invasion and all, and that temeria has been conquered and occupied.
Come to think of it, I think that redania and kadweden kind of teamed up and are currently opposing nilfgard, or something to that effect, right?
Basically, someone just asked me to help assassinate radovid because he's being a murdery crazy person, but the entire point of the second game was the unintended consequences and repercussions of killing kings willy-nilly, so I'm trying to evaluate how good an idea that will be. And if he's commanding the lions share of the force opposing nilfguard, I'm thinking killing him maybe not so great an idea.
Kaedwen was Redania's ally. As Nilfgaard began taking the south, Redania invaded Kaedwen and conquered it. Temeria has been absolutely crushed. Redania/Kaedwen is the only nation-state worth the name with the ability to oppose Nilfgaard for any length of time (Skellige might, because they are like the Iron Isles of GoT, but once the Black Ones land, it's over for them)... so I definitely understand your concern.
However, here's the hang-up that I have with it (and this is also presented to you in the game): Radovid is insane. Certifiably. He also hates wizards, mages, sorceresses, witches, monsters and, of course, mutants. Once he's done burning all the mages he can get his hands on, he's going to turn on the herbalists, hedge-wizards, quicklings, elves, dwarves, hedge-witches and, eventually, witchers. Will life in Nilfgaard be any better? Who knows? But life under Radovid will be hellish.... and probably short. If not for Geralt, definitely for Triss, Yen, and Zoltan.
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I had watched some game play throughs, but just can't get into it, milf guardians and yennifer, stupid fetch quests; I rather replay dragon age inquisition.
Haven't encountered a true fetch quest yet. I've encountered some that start out looking like they will be, but then they spin wildly out of control and the next thing you know, you're on the back of a unicorn, ploughing a sorceress with magic-suppressing handcuffs.
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Big Mac wrote: I had watched some game play throughs, but just can't get into it, milf guardians and yennifer, stupid fetch quests; I rather replay dragon age inquisition.
Thats how I know you haven't played it.
Fetch quests? Hahahahaha.
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Big Mac wrote: I had watched some game play throughs, but just can't get into it, milf guardians and yennifer, stupid fetch quests; I rather replay dragon age inquisition.
Thats how I know you haven't played it.
Fetch quests? Hahahahaha.
Yeah, I can remember having done one--which, like I've said about it before, was part of a chain, and actually had a point and a noticeable effect for doing it--so far, and that's it.
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Several co-workers are playing it right now (i'm backlogged like 3 games in arrears, so this is where i catch up and get the witcher on sale when i'm finally caught up). They all seem to friggin' love it so far.
Finally. My computer is up the witcher is installed and I have stared playing it. I was surprised by how good it looks. Not really too far into it just did a few side quests.
Big Mac wrote: I had watched some game play throughs, but just can't get into it, milf guardians and yennifer, stupid fetch quests; I rather replay dragon age inquisition.
Thats how I know you haven't played it.
Fetch quests? Hahahahaha.
Yeah, I can remember having done one--which, like I've said about it before, was part of a chain, and actually had a point and a noticeable effect for doing it--so far, and that's it.
Yeah but it didn't feel like one.
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It's been such a long time since I played Witcher 2, but Radovid is the King that's in the second part of the game (where you're either in the slum town ruins, or the Redanian military camp), right?
Does anyone else's FPS drop noticeably after like 30 minutes to an hour?
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H.B.M.C. wrote: It's been such a long time since I played Witcher 2, but Radovid is the King that's in the second part of the game (where you're either in the slum town ruins, or the Redanian military camp), right?
That's the Kaedwen military camp and Henselt is the king you meet there.
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