>over a 100 years old
>friends with many kings, sorceresses and other powerful people
>still stuck in a unhealthy, dangereous and low payed dead end job
What went wrong?
>>323545702
I wish he became a wizard
>>323545702
It's what his life is all about, fighting monsters.
Mary Sue protagonist
>>323545702
He is only 50 years old, fucking CDPR fucked up the lore.
He didn't choose the thug life, it chose him.
>>323545702
polacks want to be immersed by playing someone with a low-pay deadend job
>>323545829
fuck u dumb german go suck my dick
>>323545702
It's his job, he's a Witcher. He wouldn't be able to do anything else without losing part of himself.
>>323545907
There is a sidequest that shows that witchers are perfectly able to settle down and live a normal, comfortable live with lots of wealth and influence
>>323545702
>job
He was created to hunt monsters. You could as well say that it's a dog's job to bark.
>>323545702
>low paid
Nigga I had more dosh than both Radovid and Emhir put together by the end of the series.
>>323545790
>What Failkowiski wrote
>Canon
Fucking epic man
>>323545702
that is LITERALLY the most interesting thing about his character
he knows all these amazing, powerful people and is revered by many of them but he is still a high end exterminator at the end of the day
it's so cool to come off some king's quest to find his daughter or whatever and then enter the next bumfuck village just to ask some guy all there is to know about recent "animal" attacks, barter a prize and then set out to hunt the monster
i love geralt's character and premise
>>323545790
fagnigger, go read your nerd books
![witcher-3-endings[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/vuvzZ3b.jpg "witcher-3-endings[1].jpg")
He do it for fun.
In the Triss ending she end up making a fuckton of money but Geralt still witchering around for fun.
i am waiting for the enhanced edition to add more bangable girls
>those twins
>that sucubbus in novigrad
>>323545702
>he didn't get best ending
>>323545857
School breaks are real
>>323546412
Why is he not just travelling with a fucking army around Poland and killing all these monsters ? If hes so famous he should be rolling around like fucking Alexander ?
I only played Witcher 2 for few hours before stopping, so I don't really know much about his character
>>323547316
normal grunts can't handle the stuff he faces
he's been trained to fight these things since childhood
>>323545702
>Taken as a child and taught to be a Witcher
>Mutated and trained for much of his early life to be a Witcher
>Went about being a Witcher for his entire life
>Like that's all he did
>Probably the best Witcher in the world, has also trained other Witchers
>Wonder why he continues to do literally the only thing he has known his entire life rather then just lounge around and do nothing
>>323546009
Are you stupid? In that quest you are supposed to kill the guy.
>>323547023
Holy shit this. In 2 they would have been at least one-offs, but 3 had to defang the witching stick even further.
is Geralt Poland's equivalent to Rance?
>>323547421
Are you saying than an army of men would have trouble fighting bunch of goblins, trolls and what ever the fuck else mutants he is fighting ?
>>323547454
Remind me which quest this is
>>323547434
Literally life of a Polish man
> Taken as child to taught to be a Plumber
> Worked and trained for much of his early life to be a Plumber
> went about being a Plumber for his entire life
> Like thats all he did
> Probably best plumber in Germany and Britain combined, also trained other Plumbers
> Wonders why he continues to do literally the only thing he has know his entire life rather then just lounge around and do nothing on benefits
>>323546009
He can always resort to acting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45VAelC_QsI
>>323545702
He likes roughing up monsters and being considered alpha as fuck by others?
>>323545702
He is only a friend of those because he is a Witcher.
The moment he became Geralt the retired mutant, a lot of doors would close.
I got this for $22 on PC did I fuck up. The trailer made it look visually stunning.
>be a monster hunter
>start travelling in caravan
>1000 hours later have some of the sweetest armor and relic weapons with enough money to live comfortably for multiple lifetimes
>can't spend money on anything except food and more weapons and armor
>still live in a tiny mobile home along with my 5 cats
>its only big enough to fit a bed and a box and doesn't even have a bathroom
Its the hunter lifestyle, it sucks dick
>>323548101
No you didn't
Say guise, would you rec this game to a depressed guy? I'd have to force myself a bit to play, how engaging would you say it can get?
>>323545702
He tried to become a bodyguard, said body he was supposed to protect got killed.
Also almost everyone hates Witchers because they're mutants, the only like them when there's monsters that need killing.
>>323548101
yes you did. its a singleplayer game that you can get for free
>>323547316
Because hiring an army is way more fucking expensive than hiring one witcher that can do the job just as well for a lot less money
Geralt often worked for fucking peanuts, too. People treated Witchers like shit book-wise
>>323545702
>probably makes shitloads extra doing gwent and winning fight tournaments
>clearly wouldn't enjoy being a lazy retired bum
>>323548238
fuck off faggot
>>323545702
The mutation process stripped away his emotions.
Shit game. Complain about cutscenes some more but overlook this trash.
mutants aren't exactly popular.
haven't you seen xmen
besides things in W2 really screwed him up
>>323548280
Yeah I know that but updates from GoG have been smooth. I got MGSV for free though.
>>323547512
He's pollack Hugh Jackman.
>>323548238
Start lifting, eating and sleeping better. Get a job.
>>323545702
>What went wrong?
He's an aspie
>>323545857
hahaha REKT
>>323548312
>gwent
>canon
You mean dice poker
>>323547729
Yes. Why the fuck would most creatures even show up against an army?
And army has to leave one day since you can't supply it with booze and girls to rape forever.
>>323547729
Yes. And it's canon
>>323548369
No it didn't, Witcher's deliberately hide their emotions to spread the myth that they have none. Read the books
>>323548608
Are you saying that monsters in witcher have common sense and reason ? Then how come they don't form their own society's, culture, nation. They are fucking monsters, army led by Geralt comes, kills them all and fucks off, there Poland din't have mutant problems ever since, the end
>>323548705
>>323547187
Fuck the books. This is the new canon.
It's what witchers were trained to do from childhood and the only lifestyle they've known of.
>>323548608
Besides an army would cost a fuckton of money to supply in weapons, armour. Especially silver swords.
>>323548813
There's literally no point in having an army when one man can do it just as well. Besides if they just got rid of all the monsters he'd have no job and would probably end up being a farmer or just a hired blade in terms of a mercenary (for a kingdom) that he never liked either
>>323548809
>when Geralt was telling that priestess who took a vow of silence the pains of being a Witcher
made me want to hug him
>>323548310
It was also expounded in the Cat and the Wolf quest where the dude was shafted figuratively and literally for killing a leshen.
>>323545702
He does eventually settle down in the epilogue depending on which path you take. I think its more that hunting monsters is simply a way of life and despite the grumbling, the whining of peasents, Geralt is doing his part to make the world a safer place. It's an inherently 'good' profession and Geralt is an inherently good person.
Also there's the Path or whatever. Which is the main way they operate. Everything about Geralt screams like the ideal man.
>>323547729
>mobilizing an army and putting your own assets at risk everytime monsters trouble your village when there are mercenaries bred to fight monsters that will do it better on the cheap
>>323548949
>>>323548949
Yeah man, good point, im sure people in Witcher's world be like "We can't band together and kill all the monsters, poor ol Geralt will be outta a job"
>>323548981
I see someone in this thread at least knows a bit more about canon, that's good.
Personally I read all the books besides season of the storms (that Sapkowski mostly wrote to get more $$$ after the success of the Witcher games) and some questions asked here are completely retarded.
>>323549043
Thats so fucking stupid, I have no words, this is literally Why din't they just go to mordor on eagles tier
>>323549150
When non-professionals take that job they're often killed because they know fucking nothing about the monster they're facing, what would be the best way to kill them or just lack the proper equipment. It's way less risky to just hire a professional.
Imagine your PC breaks down and you're not a computer specialist. Do you attempt to fix it without knowing shit or do you pay money to get it fixed by someone who's experienced in that profession?
>>323549239
But for real tho
Why dint they just go to mordoor on eagles?
>>323545702
Geralt is too much of a principled idealist beta male.
>>323549239
A lot of the small monsters can be taken out but not the larger and more powerful ones, shit like leshens and vampires for instance. It just isn't worth the effort in most cases to fling men at something until it dies when you can just use one person instead.
>>323549561
if he is beta, why would anyone want to be alpha
>>323545702
Geralt lives for the thrill on the path. He's even more of an adrenaline junkie than he wants to admit and tries to explain it any way he can. Muh friends, muh Yen, muh wild hunt, muh Ciri, muh school, muh war, muh wild hunt again. He has had countless opportunities to turn his life around and settle down but he just doesn't want to. Which is why the threesome ending with Ciri as the empress makes the most sense of all.
He's the witcher! THAT'S WHY
>>323549239
>>323549043
The thing is, in the books witchers aren't exactly highly respected, they're just pest control. Monsters are relatively rare and the witchers have to scrape by. That goes out of the window in the games, where every crevice seems to be jam packed with werewolves and shit.
>>323545702
That job is the only thing he can do right, just like a soldier...
>>323549239
You would really suck as a king, a viceroy or anything that is even related to governing people.
>>323545702
>over a 100 years old
First mistake.
>friends with many kings, sorceresses and other powerful people
Strike two.
>still stuck in a unhealthy, dangereous and low payed dead end job
And you´re out.
Why explain to you you could easily have absorbed be casually paying attention
>>323548445
Identifying everything as aspergers is a real life symptom of aspergers.I´m joking, you are just dumb.
>>323545702
Doesn't he enjoy being a witcher though? Hunting monsters is something he's good at.
>>323549239
Are you a fucking idiot or just autistic? Why I'm the fucking fuck would monsters, creature that are see tidally just monstrous animals, stick around while an army of 100+ drunken men March into their territory? Even if you jammed an army into a cave to kill a troll I can almost guarantee 90% of them are gonna get massacred. Watchers are specially trained and have to prepare oils for their blades, potions depending on the situation and sometimes it requires time sensitive objectives as well as bait. You can't bait a fucking giant monster if you have 100+ guys stampeding around you fucking nigger.
>>323545790
He's over one hundred in the games.
They wrote the story for the games so that their cannon.
>>323550540
He just enjoys helping people provided he's interested in the job to begin with
>>323546009
Well that guy didn't enjoy his comfortable so much when my bro Lambert cleaved him in two.
>>323550612
Fuck tablets. See tidally = essentially
Watcher = fucking guess
>>323545780
I assume you're baiting, but for the purposes of having a discussion, I'm interested in hearing how you think a character that went through a grueling training process, has suffered defeats and lost friends due to his own mistakes, has significant character flaws, and is largely the pawn of forces larger than himself, is a mary sue?
>>323549159
You are so far up your own asshole. Well done on having read the books you sound very proud of yourself. Pity they are a tragedy of literature.
>>323551202
At least I'm not sprouting bullshit
>>323545790
He spent 40 years on the stupid fucking island with Yen after his 'death' before the Wild Hunt went all swiggity swooty.
Play the fucking game dumbass.
he's a witcher, he's earned the respect of the people in charge because he's a useful and dangerous ally, but the common people fear him as a freak too much for him to ever get a regular old job.
>>323547187
>>323548921
>settling down with the sociopathic pathological liar
"no thank you"
>>323551651
Fuck the game.
>>323549150
>Hey guys lets band together and try hunting those horrors that we don't know where to find, how to kill and how to defend against. I am sure if we find enough tough looking folks those scary as fuck abominations will stop hiding and fight us like proper gentlemen.
>>323551449
You are full of shit
>>323545702
b-but he loves it
>>323551876
what are you doing here fampai go get laughed off /lit/ instead of shitting up this board
>>323547729
They would actually. Have you even played Witcher 3?
A lot of contracts take time and preperation to complete. Most monsters can also only be harmed by silver weapons and silver weapons seem both expensive and very rare. Some things, like wraiths for example, are bound and need to be investigated to properly banish them.
Then you get hardcore things like golems that could crush regular soldiers with ease.
Witchers are trained for this shit since birth and have the knowledge to do it. Most soldiers are just conscripted bumblefuck peasants that don't know their arse from their elbow and just have the smallest bit of training for killing other humans which is as simple as sticking your sword into them. You can't just throw hundreds of soldiers at them and think they will magically solve it just because "there's a lot of soldiers."
Witchers are much cheaper overall and pretty much guaranteed to solve any monster problems had.
Most NAVY SEALs aren't in their job for the money, either.
>>323551964
t. shitposter
>>323545702
>friends with many kings, sorceresses and other powerful people
95% who just wanted to use him or/and we're shitty people
>>323549239
Why bother having special forces when you can just throw an army at whatever problem you are having?
Like what is the fucking point special forces cost like twice as much as an average soldier so you could just send like 20-50 times the number of soldiers as you would special forces and not have to bother with it.
YOU DENY THE WEAPON IT'S PURPOSE JACK
>>323548432
You mean Huge Action.
>>323551847
This, Triss is the fucking worst.
>>323552158
Dont forget the psychological part, average conscript in witcher games is the equivalent of a dumb dark ages peasant, which are the least reliable people to deal with anything supernatural
>>323545702
The closest king he had as a "friend" was Foltest and even Geralt knew the asshole would turn on him the moment it suited him. He was viewed no differently from a Sorceress and if anything went wrong they were the first person blamed like as happened so many times before.
That's a big reason why he wanted to go as soon as possible after the battle. Besides the fact he has said so many times before that he hates politicsEven if he does keep willingly getting involved
>>323552483
Sorceresses were fucking cunts that did everything they could to get and abuse power.
>>323552396
Most would shit themselves and run the moment they see a wraith or werewolf brutally murder their friends.
Knights would fair better but who would waste throwing some of their best soldiers to deal with a pest problem as opposed to that local witcher who could do it for a pittance?
>>323552343
shani a best
>>323552585
Witchers and Sorceresses are both viewed as freaks for their otherworldly powers. Regardless of their motives, they're the easiest scapegoats to blame because they're "different".
>>323552158
>Witchers are much cheaper overall
I agree with everything you said but this. The mutations, potions, equipment and training that goes into a single witcher is fucking ridiculous.
>>323552005
loose hair best hair cut
>>323552617
Siegfried went around hunting monsters. It was basically his hobby. Regular dudes can do it to some degree if they know what they are doing. Would take a pretty well prepared and organised squad I would imagine though.
>>323552617
Yeah that's what I mean
Even most knights would probably soil their plated pants when faced with some of the more hardened shit Witchers face
>>323552708
I think you have a problem with reading because it literally means that Witchers are cheaper TO HIRE.
>>323552708
I do believe he means /hiring/ one witcher is cheaper then sending a bunch of amateurs
>>323552708
I mean hiring one. Based on the amount Geralt gets on average, it's pretty low.
>>323552702
The lodge could pretty much be blamed for everything though.
>>323552831
>I think you have a problem with reading
I think you have a problem with writing. You didn't mention hiring in your post. You said overall. You're right though, hiring one is cheap as fuck.
Shame there are hardly any left though due to how hard and expensive it is to make a witcher. You'd think that would make them in high demand and more expensive.
>>323552831
>>323552865
>>323552896
hire hivemind
>>323552896
This. Based on the first game he's cheaper than hiring a Royal Huntsman.
>>323553012
It was not me who posted that but from context you could figure that out easily.
>>323552708
Witchers may take ages to create and train, but overall hiring one to hunt down a monster is cheaper and has a greater chance of success compared to grabbing a bunch of random mercenaries to try and do it.
Just liek in the real world, a pest exterminator takes plenty of time and money to train and buy the equipment used for his job; but hiring one for an individual job is still a lot cheaper than trying to get all the tools you need yourself.
>>323552803
>siegfried
>regular dude
>>323552945
They can, and after the witch hunts started they're probably lower on the ladder of freaks than even Witchers in the North seeing how they have to actually hide. Keira even says that her life could depend on the mood of some peasant getting pissed off and pointing the witch hunt to her hut.
I want Shani to sit on my face whilst she strokes my penis!
>>323553332
>giant Shani
>>323546230
Player's wealth =\= Geralt's wealth. Geralt was always a poorfag according to lore. He wasn't an autistic merchant who sold everything that wasn't nailed down. His only income was from the contracts, which he spent for gear maintenance and travel supplies.
>>323553465
>giant
>just a low floating camera
>>323553468
tbqh that's all I did and I still ended up with stacks
Geralt is like a school teacher
Fuck the pay, someone has got to do it and iirc he admits that he enjoys a good fight
>>323549239
>>323549493
THEY DIDN'T HELP THE HUMANS BEFORE BECAUSE THE EAGLES WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WAR YOU FUCK TARDS, THEY DON'T LIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EARTH OR WHATEVER.
>>323553468
Nah in the books he has decent amount of money, he just likes to dress up and expends his money too fast he likes hunting monsters too if take in acount the part of the books in tousant.
>>323553789
>implying the angle doesn't make her seem huge
>implying it doesn't look like Geralt barely comes up to her ankles
>>323553889
He often has to pay for Dandelion's fuck up outside of toussaint so that kinda balance his wallet.
If most monsters are basically animals, why don't Witchers use hunting weapons, like spears or bow and arrows, instead of swords?
>>323547187
>Guests were always welcome, no matter the day or hour.
Is this supposed to be good? Geralt doesn't exactly strike me as a socialite.
>>323554156
I guess they use swords because the often fight in enclosed spaces, terrain with bad footing and need to climb often.
And small bows aren't powerfull enough.
>>323554156
Silver swords are specially made for Witchers, they usually outdo most melee weapons due to the magical shit in them or w/e.
Witchers incorporate all sorts of weapons and potions into their combat, shit like bombs, crossbows, they also often use the terrain to their advantage.
I think it's also meant to be dishonorable to fight with particular weapons, because there's a set of rules that come with being a Witcher or some shit.
The Witcher life is generally considered to be fucking shit. In the Witcher world there's supposed to be a rapidly declining amount of monsters, and this is even reflected in the game's writing. There's only 50 monsters every mile for gameplay purposes. For this reason Witchers are losing their demand quickly so they get paid shit. Also, Witcher training fucks your body up and makes the rest of society think you're a freak. Most Witchers hate their lives like Lambert. Geralt just enjoys the job and doesn't care about the poverty, but honestly with all the other shit he does like working for kings all the time, he probably isn't that poor.
>>323554610
Cant you put the same shit into a spear?
I mean, I spear is basically a sword with a really long pommel.
And who cares about honor when fighting mindless monsters?
>>323554156
Sword gives better mobility. How many fucking backflips do you think you're going to do with a spear.
>>323555108
What's the point of doing backflips?
>>323554965
>And who cares about honor when fighting mindless monsters?
The witchers do apparently, It's an ancient order that is upheld pretty highly by all witchers.
Also, they need a free hand for Signs. This is the primary reason, a polearms usually needs two hands.
>>323555170
>>323554965
Also, witchers from different schools use differen't main weapons.
>>323555108
A shit load of them actually. Why do you think pole dance exist and Sword dancing doesn't ?
>tfw wolf and cat quest
>>323545702
>payed
ITT: kids who didn't "payed " attention in skoolz
>>323555168
It's just an example of the general mobility that Witchers rely on to kill multiple monsters, outweighing the usefulness of a spear.
>>323555256
No matter what spears won't give the same mobility as swords
>>323554835
Lambert is just a drama queen.
>>323555340
Well, a spear isn't that much heavier than a sword, I doubt it would restrict Witcher mobility that much.
And the benefit of beeing able to hurt the monster while staying out of its range is pretty huge
>>323554610
There is no witcher code.
>>323555434
How do you know that? Are you a HEMA enthusiast?
>>323555531
>>323555170
>>323555237
Refer to these.
>>323555531
A silver spear would be pretty heavy
>>323555270
Goddamn it.I let the witcher go after hearing him out, and took the little girl to her closest relativesStill wonder whether that was a good decision.
>>323555602
Not him but I'm a HEMA lad.
And spears are fucking hard to move around. No joking there lad.
>>323555727
You're the butcher of Blaviken, of course it was the right decision. This shit just happens sometimes. The world is a pretty shitty place.
Also I help Witchers over anyone else. Same reason to help Letho and let that reformed Witcher go. You don't have many brothers left and everyone hates you, so you need to watch each others' backs.
>>323555727
After reading the note I was convinced letting him go was the better choice,but holy shit did he go overboard.
>>323555325
kek
>>323555931
>butcher of Blaviken
So I haven't got into the books yet myself, but it seems like Geralt did some fucked up shit. I can't remember number 1 very well, but I remember shit got heated.
>>323555646
Not much heavier than a silver sword desu
>>323545702
he just dont really give a fuck
>>323545780
Nah. O be Mary sue you need to beast everyone at everything. Gerald is always fucking up despite trying his earnest best. Not even the strongest Witcher either.
>>323555753
I dunno, the spear guy doesn't look any less agile than the sword guy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8RWLxlzTiM
>>323548238
I'd say give it a try. It can be depressing sometimes, but lighthearted as well.
>>323554610
There are no rules for the Witchers, Geralt makes them up whenever he needs to cover his ass
>>323555995
Shit just happens in the world, as >>323555931 said. It can't be helped I suppose.
>>323556084
They were bandits, didn't look like it to everyone else though.
>>323556084geralt preemptively fucked up a bunch of bandits who were gonna slaughter civs to force geralt's wizard friend out of hiding: to everyone else, it looked like the mutant just flipped his shit
>>323556292
He's actually not that good. They're using a fucking horrible example of a fight. That buckler is useless by all regards. He's on the offensive constantly because that buckler is outranged by almost all possible equations.
If you hit a rag doll ofc you're gonna look pretty agile.
>>323556292
>>323556586
Slap the spear to the side and it's over, get rid of the fucking buckler.
What the fuck is Gaunter O'Dimm? Guy is basically Satan.
Geralt is definitely not getting paid enough to deal with that shit.
>>323550612
Yeah senpai, baka, why send a fucking army to kill monsters when we have Sephirowski guy, he and his excalibur will take care of it
Ill have you know I have 300 confirmed mutant kills etc etc
>>323556292
You can't carry a silver spear and a steel spear around at same time.
>>323550167
Most likely, if you are implying that as a King I would let fucking monster mash roam around my country, Did I ever tell you about the king that rules this land ? Yeah the one that allows monsters to eat us, yeah, he was a good friend
>>323556742
Speaking of which, does Geralt ever deal with anything more powerful than O'Dimm in the books? O'Dimm seems to imply that he can't deal with the hunt or something, which I find puzzling since Eredin proved to be pretty pathetic.
>>323556940
>He doesn't duel wield spears
I do it in every game that lets me.
>>323552250
Nothing bands together people as a cause that everyone can get behind, national or cultural supremacy, religion or common threat of something, if there ware Rich Piana tier mutants running around forests and caves you bet your fucking ass all the kings, princes and emperors would a mass fucking armies to stamp that shit out that keeps kids awake at night, not send one fucking guy here and there, unless in the books the creeps are so thin and far in between that Geralt has to run around the world like Hellsing hunting them down individually
>>323556742
>Gaunter O'Dimm
>G O D
>>323557082
How you manage to climb without puting the spears in the hammerspace.
>>323557253
Spooky.
>Books are required to read!
>Character has amnesia.
So are bookfags just deaf, is that why they read so much?
>>323556586
well, I am not a sword fight expert, but how would you fight against a spear?
Your enemy has a better range than you and just can keep thrusting the spear in your general direction until he hits eventually
>>323557464
When he stabs you move to the side and grab, come down with a slash and it's over.
Depending on the skill of the spear user and how fast they can pull that shit out though. Most of the time I can grab that fucker tho.
>>323551651
Then how come dandelion looks so young?
>>323557009
He doesn't really take on extraplanar godlike entities, really. Strongest person he's killed was probably Vilgefortz, the strongest mage alive.
>>323556940
you could use something like this, with silver spearpoint and steel axe, for example
>>323545702
You have a machine in front of you with access to all of the knowledge of the world and the ability to make you rich; you use it to play video games and talk about video games, also look up trap porn.
I find your choices odder than his.
>>323557539
how the fuck are you gonna grab the spear?
He is just gonna thrust and pull back immediatelly, there will be no time for you to grab the spear
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5w2Mh6CyXo
LETS GET SOME HEMA GOING BOIZE.
>>323557750
what should i look up? not the op but I always want to learn stuff just don't know specifically to start with
>>323557750
Thread
fucking rekt u nerd
>>323557787
Over extending.
>>323545702
I imagine Geralt did some crazy shit after Witcher 1, must've been nigger rich with all of those orens and really lived like royalty while serving King Foltest. Because by the end of that game I was fucking rich and then I carried over my Witcher 1 save to 2 and i was dirt poor again.
I don't recall being particularly wealthy by the end of Witcher 2, you really blow your wad in that game over some expensive weapons and armors that various shop owners make available to you. So it makes sense that he's still doing tons of random work in Witcher 3 again.
I do agree with you, OP, for as old as Geralt is, he really should have his priorities straight. He should've bought a loft in Vizima at the end of Witcher 1 at the very least as a permanent homestead. Ideally, bought Triss's house with the portal.
Sharing a castle with other people at Kaer Morhen at his age is pretty pathetic.
>>323557464
Theyre easily parriable and too hard to get back to your stance. If you have a group of spears then youre golden but 1v1 its swords.
>>323557819
Holy shit, saber fights look cool as fuck
>>323558021
One of the guys at my club forgot to put on his rubber tip.
It was pretty nasty, his sabre went right through the other guys fucking arm like it was nothing, lucky he's a doctor.
>>323556291
Who's the strongest witcher canonically then? I haven't read the books yet
>>323557696
It was ilegal for civilians to carry this things around the rennisance sword where ok alsoyou can keep two swords sheated and have both hands free with a pole weapon you have to carry it in hand it all the time, if you think about a short spear why not just carry a great sword since those are better against multiple opponents.
>>323557664
He banished a fish god in the first game.
>>323553812
>only 20k bucks
What a fucking pleb. I finished TW1 with 250k, king sucked dick at dices.
>>323557990
I seriously doubt that. The spear wielder can move his spear like a billard queque, thrusting and pulling back again and again, he can do it as often as he likes and he has to hit you only one time.
>>323557905
By oeverextending, you would put yourself out of balance and be very vunreable to coutnerattacks
>>323546009
Who the fuck would do that when you can travel the world being a stone cold badass fucking all the sorceresses.
>>323558238
Have you used a spear before?
You do realise that it takes a lot of energy for you to constantly retract the weapon that quickly without it getting slapped out of the way. It happens all the time at my club.
>>323558112
>great sword since those are better against multiple opponents
in video games, maybe.
>>323555727
I decided to fight him simply because I wanted to know what it would be like to fight another witcher. I hadn't had much challenge in the game up to that point and the only other witcher fight (Lambert's side quest) was pretty easy considering I had help during the fight.
And yknow what, I wasn't disappointed. The way he's able to blind you and then use similar signs to you was pretty awesome.
>>323558370
I dont see how having my spear slapped out of the way would hinder me. I could retract it just the same.
And I think you would need far more energy for slapping my spear aside than I would need to simply move it back and forth
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>>323550612
>>323558238
Spears arent that agile. A short spear could be used like that but then youve sacrified length. Spears are trash 1v1. Also a spear would be a horrible weapon for a witcher.
>>323558356
That might be nice in a video game, but it wouldn't be so nice in real life where you cant safe and have to sleep in wilderness with little hygiene all the time
>>323558548
Go to a club and see how easily smashed your theory gets.
It's really not hard for me to move into the side and wrap my arm around the spear.
But this is getting very off-topic, I'm gonna stop posting.
>>323558385
Thrusting is sure way to get yourself killed when fighting multiple opponents since there is good chance of you weapon getting stuck in the opponent also swordsmen with big swords where often hired as bodyguards and to defend siege weponry and greatsword manuals have numerous tecniques to deal with numnerous opponents.
>>323545702
he is 100 years old because he does that low payed dead end job.
Dont look at them(Witchers) as some fuck-all merry swords for hire, look at them as some really,really conservative and narrow-minded greylag friars, they have strict conduct of behavior and they are indoctrinated since childhood.
People hate them, when they walk thru village they spit behind them(think when Jehovah witnesses come to your neighborhood, most people would beat them if they know they could pass unpunished)
and they know that if Withcher is near, probably some monster or curse(some unnatural bad thing will happen) is near.
Also, do you even know how do they hire new Witchers?
If Witcher helps someone and that someone does not have anything to pay with,
they can come and collect firstborn child.
This is just another layer of hate people feel towards them, they really need to look menacing and bad to be left alone.
>>323553812
>>323558210
Damn, you guys had a boat load of orens.
Here is the screenshot I took at the very end of my Witcher 1 playthrough, right before the credits roll.
I HATED dice-poker by the way. I hate random shit like that with a passion.
>>323558631
can you post any sparring videos where sword wins against spear 1v1?
Cause I have never seen such thing
>>323558548
Have you ever used a real spear nigger? Or have you just swung a stick around and thought youre a medieval kkkool dude.
You know how some characters always manage to fuck up the "good" things they have and wind up doing what they were trying to avoid doing?
Geralt is that kind of guy.
>>323558792
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJcTD5qIZJ4
Go to the knife scene.
>>323558754
If you were good you could easily rob everyone out of their orens.
Best way to get that sweet meteor gear in first act 2 early.
>>323558731
fighting multiple opponents is a sure way to get yourself killed full stop
>>323545702
>>323550614
Vesemir literally says "You're nearly a century old yourself" in white orchard
>>323558949
It seems to me that more often than not, the knife guy gets stabbed.
And he is clearly on the defensive, having to relay on the spear guy making a mistake
>>323558548
surely you realise if you want to do some damage you need some force behind the spear, even if the point is razor sharp.
>>323559162
MMMMMM
>>323559221
It really depends if the opponent wears armor.
If not, I would imagine litghtly touching him would be enough to cause bleeding wounds
>>323559104
Witcher combat is quite realistic thought
>>323559162
This guy is clearly some fucking neckbeard who's never done hema in his life.
Do you want me to post spear lewd for you anon?
>>323558998
There are many accounts of twohanded swordsmen being outnumbered coming out victorious and kind of expected to at least in Spain and Portugal, my point is that witchers often fight alone and outnumbered why they would use a thrusting weapon that is bad when fighting outnumbered.
>>323559162
Knife was 5 and spear was 4.
Knife won.
>>323546009
>There is a sidequest that shows that witchers are perfectly able to settle down and live a normal, comfortable live with lots of wealth and influence
Not all witchers are the same, Geralt's biggest problem is that he is a terrible witcher because he can't keep neutral for a fucking minute.
By all accounts he should be dead by now...which he has been already.
>>323559629
There isn't a real Witcher's code, Geralt just claims there is when he doesn't want to do something
>>323559364
not really.
pirouettes and telegrahing your attacks isn't realistic
>>323547316
>why is he not going around in an army
Who the fuck would allow a literal personal army to just go around doing their own thing?
The very reason Witchers are trained to be loners and remain netural always is because when you take a side with someone - you are making enemies as well, which will wipe out the witcher school you came from together with the people you've allied yourself with.
Holy shit /v/ doesn't know shit
>>323559491
>>323558754
I remember how in Witcher 1 you had maybe 4 armors in whole game(im not entirely sure about correct number, maybe less)
but when you get next armor , it was like best feeling ever.
Now in Witcher 3, i didnt even waste time with 20-30 armors, you either go with Witcher gear or you use some midlevel armor until you level up to use Witcher gear.
Even in Witcher 2 , new armor was kinda big deal.
Items were important but it was not MOST important thing in the game, I feel sometimes like i need to chase items in TW3.
>>323559734
Not a code, its simply their training, staying neutral is required for the survival of Witcher schools and to avoid them ending up like the Cat school - high-end assassins.
>>323559491
because one guy winning against several is and was something special, that's why people would write about it.
And when fighting multipe opponents, I would thing your best bet would be to keep as much distance to your foes as possible, making spear the better weapon.
So Alvin/Jaque had elder blood, right? So that means at the end of the Withcer 1, if Eredin get's Jaque's soul, he would take over this world without even needing Ciri?
>>323559345
in battle you would probably be wearing some sort of protection even if it is heavy clothes. the point is unless some force is put into the thrust you wouldn't be able to stop him getting in close and slashing/stabbing you with a much more manageable weapon.
>>323559345
>>323559896
yeah but if we're tlakin ranged boize why doesnt he use a long bow with silver arrows, that out ranges the spear by years.
what now spear fucker
>>323559364
half-hand technique, sly as fuck...
>>323546412
This, and he probably has every means to settle down and become wealthy and influential. He just has an insatiable drive to help people. It's only by the near end of the wild hunt that he even thinks about retirement.
>>323545702
you forgot
> has to imbibe performance enhancing substances in order to stay competitive in his workforce
>>323559884
Ciri is the chosen one though, many people had elder blood.
>>323559769
>>323559769
What a fucking pussy holy shit, what the fuck is the point of all the fame, money and power if you don't use to to prove that witchers are some holy masterace sect of warriors that go out and sort shit, massive merc groups ware rolling all over europe during medieval times
>>323560024
I thought Ciri was just real good at teleporting and shit.
>>323560024
Yeah but didn't Eredin just need the elder blood? Jaque had plenty of that.
>>323545702
In the first game they discuss this, how even though Triss would love to settle down, it's just a pipe dream. He can't stop, it's all he knows how to do.
>>323560012
that was covered by the "unhealthy" aspect
>>323560006
For somebody who enjoys helping people so much he sure as hell doesnt like working for free
>>323560060
>fame, money, power
Those are all the things that make you are target.
The process which makes witchers cannot really mass produce them, so they can always be overwhelmed through numbers.
The only way to survive then is to not make yourself a target.
The point?
The point is the defend humanity from monster attacks, nothing beyond that.
>>323559869
It's worse, the moment you kill the first opponent you are a sitting duck most fencing manuals tell you to avoid using thrusts and use circular cuts when fighting multiple opponents.
>>323558108
Eskel, he's a real Trooper
>>323559896
I would think thrusting weapons are far better at armor penetration than slashing ones
>mfw yen cucked herself then got mad at me about it
>>323560306
Swords are slashing weapons now?
>>323560231
So Witcher can kill a monster, that would easily devour 100 soldiers as said above in thread, having fucking 100 witchers you essentially be the black army of europe
>>323560170
Witchers never work for free, it's just part of their shtick
>>323560468
THEY DO IT FOR FREE
WITCHERKEKS
