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Remember, blood&wine comes out in 2 days.
Only 91 metacritic score but I'm sure fans of the series will find it acceptable.
torrent when?
>>339243381
>Only 91 metacritic score
But that is amazing.
>>339243381
>Only 91 metacritic
>Only
>>339243381
>Remember, blood&wine comes out in 2 days.
and still no preload or patch
can't wait to download this shit with a gorillion other people at 0.7k.sec on monday morning
>>339243543
>tfw Australian without NBN
Fuck I still have to reinstall the whole game after finishing HoS.
Oh SHIT I though it released on the 7th for some fucking reason
GET HYPED, WE TOUSSAINT NIGGAS NOW
>>339243438
>>339243441
Cdpr set a high standard with w3 and HoS, if bw isnt better and just more of the same its disappointing.
>>339243543
1.2 should be out on monday...
>>339243669
It is going to be hard to top HoS.
I'm going in with slightly lowered expectations, you should to, just in case it isn't as good.
>>339243729
HoS was great, but the ending pissed me off a little bit.Fuck you Geralt, I know I need to find some water you don't need to solve the fucking riddle for me
>>339243849
I just did this too. Would have been more fun if the riddle wasn't so straightforward. I had to reload the game though because I forgot to pick up the Viper Sword.
>>339243729
It's going to be hard to top this scene in particular.
>>339243849
The ending atmosphere was great. Riddle was there to be a riddle.
>>339244076
O'dimm was a ruthless fuck, I loved him.
Too bad the scene in that webm glitched out for me and the spoon stayed in mid air as the guy fell after O'dimm started time again.
Since it's the last entry in the series it's inevitable it will turn into pandering garbage with no real story. Will pass.
The quest with Priscilla and the vampire made me so mad holy shit
Which armor will you guys be getting?
>>339244076
>go to that first meeting spot with O'Dimm at the sunflower fields
>get there at daytime instead of midnight like he said
>kids are sitting in a circle singing a creepy rhyme about Master Mirror
>this song plays in the riddle world
Deepest lore.
Also does anyone know what he said at the very end when he disappeared?
>>339244017
>forgot to pick up the Viper Sword.
fuck
i-it's an easily replaceable sword anyways r-right?
Post more Ciri!
>>339244264
Mainly cat/bear and when I find manticore I'll use that
![tumblr_o6zzkwt6OE1vsq4fko4_r1_500[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/NBMEkAZ.png "tumblr_o6zzkwt6OE1vsq4fko4_r1_500[1].png")
>>339244264
The OG Manticore armor for sure. TW3 is definitely lacking in good looking light armor.
>>339244379
no don't
>>339244514
Don't tell me what not to do!
>>339243436
Pretty much as soon as it releases. There isn't any DRM. Someone just has to extract and pack the patch in a .zip
>>339244309
It's Elder Speech. Basically "Stupid mortal, you think you've beaten me, but I'll be back, you can't kill me."
>>339244606
you stop this
you stop this right now
>>339244309
>"You are primitive. You think you've defeated me but you are wrong. I can't be killed, I will be back"
>>339244681
Make me!
>mfw Grandmaster ursine armor finally looks like the concept art version
Grandmaster Witcher gear looks so fucking beautiful, holy shit.
>>339244309
Apparently it's:
>You are primitive. You think you've defeated me but you are wrong. I can't be killed, I will be back.
>>339244436
It's classified as medium armor unfortunately. You can still enchant it to light armor but still.
>>339244746
i will
just you wait
>>339244697
>>339244606
I don't mean to nitpick
but
between being the Lady of Worlds, running through swamps, going to Avalon, swimming around, etc., how does Ciri always have on a shitload of eye shadow?
Is it oil or bootblack or something? What?
>>339244368
It'll probably be replaced by one of the grandmaster swords early on anon. It's still easily the best silver sword pre-BaW though.
>>339244875
Oh, I'm ready. Come at me!
>>339244882
she just has permanent raccoon face like avril lavigne
>>339244882
Its magic, I dont got to explain shit.
>>339244785
what's grandmaster witcher gear? New stuff or just an extra level of upgrades?
>>339244967
New tier.
>>339244937
Hasn't played for a year. Is there a way to disable Ciri sections?
What a cheeky pervert Ciri is.
>>339244882
Well Yen taught her to do it and you never see that bitch with a clean face
>>339245085
Grow a pair of balls that should do it
I don't think theres a combined 1 hour of Ciri gameplay in game
Wonder if its possible to make a mod that replaces ciris english va lines with japanese lines.
>>339244918
okay
here it comes
>>339245182
Could pretend shes pic related.
>>339245308
Where?
I don't see it.
>>339245382
right there
look behind you
>>339245182
surely no-one is this much of a weeb
>>339244882
I think in the first official witcher book Yennifer tells a young ciri that since they life in a men controlled world it is always smart for women to look as attractive as you can.
So ciri probably asked her to cast a spell of eternal make up on her
>>339243381
Never played the games, only read the books, but GOD, I HATE CIRI'S DESIGN SO MUCH
>>339245410
You really think, I'm gonna fall for that?
>>339243381
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ye3zyzoZ7o
Comfy thread themes.
>>339245182
What are you a fucking weeb?
>>339245506
her design is okay, her english VA is ass
>>339245507
keep the shitposting in the dedicated shiposting threads
>>339245549
i mean you'll probably want to look at this
it's shocking
So will it be a midnight release or 10am PDT release?
>>339244785
The boost for grandmaster griffin armour looks fucking awesome
>giving coolest ability to ugliest armour
Why do devs do this?
>>339244076
Totally Coldsteel.
>>339245640
>no vanity armor slots
This would solve the problem in every game with tons of armor, yet it's in hardly any of them.
>>339245601
>her english VA is ass
You're ass.
>>339245615
You're boring.
I think, I'll leave.
>>339245601
Second outfit looks like from the B&W screenshot.
>>339245601
>short platinum blonde
How did that even come into being?
>>339245737
goodbye forever
>>339245757
what is a lesbo bandit with special snowflake hair colour?
>>339243436
>>>/r/eddit
Kill yourself.
>>339245864
>read ashen hair 999 times in books
>in-game ciri is a platinum blonde punk bimbo
Would've dropped the game like its hot shit and its the best game I played in years
>>339245153
>Well Yen taught her to do it and you never see that bitch with a clean face
ACTUALLY.. Triss showed her to use make up. It was in Kaer Morhen.
>>339245730
At least there will be mods to swap the boosts hopefully
>>339245946
I remember them talking about it though with Yen, temple of melitele maybe
>>339243586
Even with NBN, the speeds suck
>>339245998
They weren't talking about makeup.
>>339245998
I guess both happened but I also only remember the Yen part
>>339245005
how does that work with legendary gear?
>>339243381
Daily reminder that Ciri is literally a man-hating murderous lesbo bandit that has killed dozens of innocent people for fun.
>>339246142
Not like death means much in witcher universe.
>>339246142
>>339246142
>It was just a phase!
>>339246056
Stacks on top again. There are now 5 tiers instead of 4, that's it. But they have cool bonuses now
Manticore
Three items: Bombs profit from critical chance and damage bonuses
Six Items: Alchemy items get an additional charge
Wolf
Three items: You can use up too 3 oils on one sword
Six Items: Bombs can be thrown immediately
Bear
Three items: If a Quen sign bursts, there is a 5% chance for each bear school item to cast a new one for free
Six Items: The damage of Quen abilities will be tripled
Griffin
Three items: After casting a sign for stamina, a second sign can be cast during the next three seconds for free
Six Items: Yrden traps are 40% bigger. Within a Yrden trap, Geralt gets a massive stamina regeneration, sign intensity and damage reduction boost
Cat
Three items: Heavy attacks increase the damage of light attacks (5% for each cat school item) for 5 seconds
Six Items: Hits in the back do 25% more damage and stun the enemy.
>mfw entering this thread and realising people actually play Witcher 3 for autistic loot grinding
Jesus Christ
Is everything going to die in 1 or 2 igni casts in the expansion? Or am I going to have to swing my sword again?
>>339246142
>man-hating murderous lesbo
I wouldn't say man-hating, she wanted to fuck some boys her age a few times.
Mistle was just safer and less threatening after she just escaped her rape and murder at the hands of brigands about a dozen times.
Anyone who uses the excuse >muh books is an idiot.
The books are z-tier Fantasy that is barely above paranormal romance.
In the context of their own medium, the game is objectively better.Yen still best tho
>>339246346
You could always stop playing on easy.
They should have let you bang Astrid as Ciri, or maybe that waitress you visit in Novigrad.
That would have been super progressive!
>>339246373
>don't wanna get raped....
>I'd rather get FISTED by a PSYCHOTIC BULLDYKE
Poor thing.
>>339246407
>You could always stop playing on easy.
Not that anon.
But I'm playing on Deathmarch atm and it's just "cast Igni, wait, cast Igni, wait, cast Igni, wait".
Amusingly enough the bigger monsters die way faster than the little fuckers.
>>339246497
There's a different between cheesing Igni on death march and killing everything with it on easy.
>>339244882
Can't you find a recipe for some basic eyeliner or some shit in Yen's room? I bet it's not that hard to make something from nearby plants.
So the credits of Heart of Stone are rolling right now and I've got to say that Vlodimir von Erec quest was some of the most fun I've had in a videogame in a long time.
>>339246613
Next play undertale and have even more fun.
>>339246407
>death march
>igni ticks for 1.5k on same level archgriffin
>watch it fall over after 2 casts
???
>>339246669
>play Undertale
Yeah no fuck off
>>339246571
There is?
Please explain.
The only difference I've noticed so far, is that I had to dodge a few more times than on the lower difficulties.
Start of the game was a bit bumpier, too.
>>339246493
>FISTED
Didn't happen.
>Only 91
America.
>>339246713
You mean you wished it didn't happen.
Your waifu got her cervix punched by a rug-munching outlaw.
>>339246669
Yen is the best but she was pushed so much that it's not even funny.
>>339246831
She is the canon choice
Triss is just a side bitch
>>339246831
She is clearly the canon choice in w3, triss didnt even have a chance.
>>339246707
Not him, but is Igni better on higher difficulties? I'm playing normal and I find myself barely using it.
When can we download it?
>>339246882
God I really didnt like Yen. She looked good bud was a total bitch to talk with.
>>339245945
>instead she's white as snow like Geralt so normies can make the fake FATHER DAUGHTER connection
Thank god there's a mod to fix it
>>339246272
does that mean that once you install the expansion you need grandmaster instead of master to craft legendary base?
>>339246871
Triss is a hunchback.
Fucking Triss is fucking retard-pussy.
Why would you fuck retard pussy? That's gross.
>>339246831
This.
Her scenes are 400% better, her dialogue is better and her quests are better.
Not to mention that her design is fucking 10/10 and they got rid of Triss's great design from W2.
>>339247061
theres new blacksmith that can craft the grandmaster stuff in toussant
>>339246346
Igni was nerfed a long time ago.
Also sword is much more powerful than magic on this game.
>>339247041
>im 12 years old and cant read between the lines
>>339247061
Legendary bases were always crafted from scratch anon. I still have my mastercrafted normal armors in the stash in ng+.
>>339246893
You need to ramp up your sign damage quite significantly for it to be effective. I'm at around 250%. Depending on the gear I'm wearing.
If you're sign damage is at 0% it's just a semi useful skill to push one or two guys out of the fight for a few seconds.
And it does damage based percentage wise on the max health of the enemies.
>>339246571
This, by level 25 igni had a 100% chance to cause burning. Makes the superior petri's philtre redundant
>>339247041
You crazy?
Even in the first scene, when she's got reasons to be pissed at you, it's obvious that she loves Geralt and Ciri.
>>339246882
Went with Triss on my first playthrough and with Yen on my second.
Overall, I have to say I like Yen better.Shaniis better than both though. AndCiriis the best.
Not enough Yen/Ciri bonding scenes desu
>>339246497
use swords and tou won't have to wait
>>339247194
How does Triss's content compare to Yens?
I assumed it was worse because Yen plays a bigger role in the story and you spend more time with her.
>>339247218
>she doesn't call her mother
CDPREEEED
Gone through 5 playthroughs and i still haven't found the sleeping vampire telling you to fuck off
>>339247251
They went back and added in quite a bit because of butthurt on the forums
>>339247218
Geralt is the cool dad in that family. Yen has to be the adult.
>>339247194
this "follow me into the woods to do something, you'll never guess what" girl is bestest
>>339247292
Got any examples?
>>339247314
I like the qt3.14 herbalist in White Orchard.
>>339247282
http://imgur.com/a/LZikB
that wasn't difficult
It's not even a quest, he's just there
>>339247251
You have that quest line with Triss in Novigrad where you help her smuggle the mages out. Then she disappears until the Kaer Morhen fight.
Later on you can explore an old elf ruin in a cave with her, iirc. I couldn't do that quest when I went with Yen.
Also, you can mock Yen for throwing out the bed in which you fucked Triss. She goes full on harpy mode and teleports you out into the middle of the lake for that.
>>339247372
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGU8ApMhlSQ
All of this
>>339247314
I've never had bigger blue balls than from this girl, I went back to her house so many times, hoping for a new quest.
>>339247194
I had to pick triss on both playthroughs because the first was before the waifu patch.
And I wanted to like shani but I just couldn't into that accent.
>>339247282
That's a big finger.
>>339247282
he's in the novigrad tunnels/sewers, you need to blast a red wall to get to him.
>>339247379
This game is causing my 100% autism to literally kill me.
>>339247314
>tfw her quest just ends on a retarded note
They could have at least let us keep training her.
>>339247390
Isn't the old elf ruin with philippa
>>339247416
Jesus, absolutely brutal. The same guy gave the base game 10/10 and didn't say anything bad about the main story, so either the story in B&W is absolute dogshit or that fag has no idea what he's talking about.
>>339247405
>>339247390
God fuck that shit, making me go all the way back from the fucking lake. Maybe if she'd stop acting like a butthurt child you wouldn't get mocked.
>tfw didn't save Olgierd
>tfw told O'Dimm that I want nothing as a reward
>>339247127
not what I'm asking
>>339247398
Was hoping for pictures of the butthurt, but thanks.
Also holy shit that doesn't really come close to being the same amount of content you get with Yen.
>>339247535
SHANI IS ____
>>339247578
unworkable
>>339247416
>>339247379
So that's where the cheeky little fuck is
>>339247535
AMERICAN OR BRITISH SHANI, FUCINK PICK ONE
>>339247416
i blasted a couple of walls, found notes, a table, a couple of items, even a skeleton but not a vampire.
does anybody know lover's skeleton with a love letter near a sewer entrance?
Have you guys stopped memeing about this game not being the GOAT of last year yet?
You know, I thought 60 fucking hours of questing was enough for me to go get Ciri without missing anything.
Nope, still missed some retarded nordic dude and fucking LETHO.
Goddamn
>>339247578
1/6th of geralts age
Philippa Eilhart is so fucking sexy, stuck up bitch made my dick hard.
>>339247578
the cutest!
>>339247670
I want her to stamp on my cock and spit in my face
>>339247670
Yeah. The blindfold just made her even cuter.
>no sex scene
why
>>339247653
>people took the painting
>people left Iris trapped in the dream with Olgierd's homunculi pets
let her sleep
>>339247708
>>339247735
Busy taking that BDC (Big Dijkstra Cock)
>>339247791
Fuck that guy. I broke his leg so he isn't having sex with anyone.
>>339247514
There's another one. You have to solve a weird riddle with statues and stuff, kind of similar to the one you did with Keira.
>>339247807
well that's unpleasant
>can't fuck Ves in TW3
>she has one quest where she acts like a stuck up teen and pisses off the rest of the game
Why, WHY...
>>339247791
>Dijkstra
Why didn't that cunt help me out.
Fucking helped him out and his dumb assassin crew.
>>339247912
How many times ves was raped by now?
>>339247578
the best!
Found her strangely attractive and she clearly wanted that witcher dick, constantly asking about Yen
>>339248034
She's mocking Geralt for being hen-pecked.He totally is.
>>339248034
I like Cerys, but her face looks bruised, not made up.
>>339247980
I think just the instance in TW2 if you choose Iorveth's side. I haven't read the books and shit in ages though so I don't remember on that part.
>>339248072
Yeah but he likes it.
One of those "powerful man likes to feel powerless" kind a things.
>when you kill the Djinn with Yennifer and have the choice to crush her
Every time. She should stop being a complete bitch and maybe then I'd stop going for my qt redhead K-Stew gf
Are there any mods that make the combat not utter shit and piss easy? It's the only reason I haven't gotten into the Witcher games.
Triss literal roastie
>>339248218
How do you know the combat is utter shit and piss easy if you haven't gotten into the games yet?
I want this meme to end
>>339248192
Ever notice how Yen is way more crushed than Triss is? Even though you get to shit on Triss like 40 times?
She never gets that upset.
I've gone entire playthroughs without using a single oil for my blade. It's just a fucking chore and most of the time you'll be in combat before you even have a chance to apply it.
Will the shilling make the game not shit?
>>339248332
Triss is used to it
>Feline Crossbow level requirement is 29
What
>>339248332
>she's probably banging Dijkstra on the side
>>339248325
Because I've tried all three games and watched more than enough to know the combat is obscenely shallow and repetitive, everything outside of the combat interests me but it's just unplayable when a large portion of the content will be focused around awful combat.
>>339248192
>didn't even bother doing her shit quest because she was already being a cunt
I've got better shit to do like collecting Gwent Cards on Skellege.
>>339248192
Triss fucked Lambert
>>339248114
She gets raped if you choose roaches side. I assume Henselt kills the blue stripes no matter who you pick, since it has nothing to do with you.
https://youtu.be/Rk5oSZ1NrcQ
>finish helping cerys and the other guy
>fuck yeah time for my reward
>oh shit some legendary sword
>check it
>worse than my current sword
THANKS CRACH
How can anyone not choose Triss?
>>339248465
>you don't get to comment to Lamberts face about fucking sorceresses when he hooks up with Keira
Missed opportunity.
>>339248437
You can stop
Witcher 1 is has the only terrible system that never breaks free of repetition, because it's a rhythm game.
The combat isn't GOOD in 2 or 3, but it's serviceable. Crank up the difficulty and stop bitching about it, we all know it's not the best shit, but it doesn't fucking have to be.
The games do everything else well enough you should manage to overlook one aspect of it rather than piss and moan eternally.
>>339248363
You can apply it in combat and 50% damage makes a big difference against bosses
>>339248475
I swore it was Iorveth's side and you save her with Roche before she gets raped. Either way I think that's the only instance in TW2 of her getting raped that I can remember at least.
>>339248192
>>339248363
I've used it a few times early game on werewolves or on some random contract just to make it go faster.
>>339248554
Because she's shallower than a cats asshole?
Because her manipulative ass basically misled Geralt for years?
>>339248509
Best soundtracks time?
https://youtu.be/ue-ER61uE_o
>>339248598
>that face in the last panel
Triss would look a lot better if her hair wasn't such a bright shade of red.
>>339244882
It's charcoal and egg whites, Yen teaches her to make it in the books.
>>339248590
On roaches side you come back to the camp after finding roache was leading the plot against Henselt and she's been raped and all the blue stripes are hanging in the canteen
>>339248738
>God I hope she doesn't vaporize me right now
>>339246827
Keep dreaming faggot.
>>339248770
Her VA is also way worse than Yen's.
At least W2 Triss didn't sound like an obnoxious child.
>>339244379
ok
>>339248770
SHE
A
QT
>>339248668
There are only a few months between w1 and w2 and triss tells you about your past on the boat from vizima to flotsam. Also none of the witchers at KM tell you about yen either
>>339248875
>>339248875
DAUGHTERFU IS FOR HUGGIN NOT FUGGIN
>>339248875
Wow.
I'm super not OK with this.
>>339248893
Doesn't Geralt remember something about loving a sorceress and Triss tells him it's her?
wanna fuck the shit out of that girl godling
>>339248979
>>339248875
hello delete this please
>>339248218
Deathmarch difficulty
>>339248598
I dunno if it's me smoking weed all the fucking time or this game being so massive, but when the fuck did this happen? a djinn?
>>339248681
https://youtu.be/fEFAMMq5S0k
>>339249027
If you work hard im sure one day you'll achieve your goal.
>>339249132
Book shit.
They are bound together by a wish.
Yen breaks it in order to find out if her love for Geralt is true. It is.
>>339248979
This would be great if he didn't flinch and blink.
>Bloody Baron falcon punched his wife so hard she miscarried
>Still gets portrayed as a sympathetic character
Why is Witcher 3 such a misogynistic game?
>>339249132
yen asks for help after you go to that graveyard and bring that guy back from the dead, to talk to
>>339249212
>falcon punched his wife so hard she miscarried
That's not what happened though, did you even complete the quests?
>>339249047
I guess that will have to do
>>339249132
It's a side quest you can do with Yen after you've finished the Skellige main quest line with her.
>>339249047
I don't remember that scene, when that happened and what happened to her?
>>339249212
>Bloody Baron falcon punched his wife so hard she miscarried
She fucking wished.
>>339249212
I found that to be one of the best bits of character writing in the game.
Sounded exactly like my dad.
>>339249212
Didn't she miscarry cos the crones did something to her? Baron hitting her was just a ruse to make it seem like he was the cause?
>>339248780
I might have to replay TW2 I don't remember that at all.
Watch this to understand how witcher 3 Dialogue system is superior to others fe Fallout 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6PUReOuHVw
After you watch this, tell me,Yen or Triss ?
>>339248875
delete this
>>339249206
Or if the blood wasn't three seconds late.
>>339249289
She had a small case of "Some jew stole my soul"
>There are people that actually helped the Crones
KIll yourselves.
>>339249332
I'm not going to watch it, but Yen, because I read the books.
Really Geralt?
>>339249047
>Geralt coming home to his young and sexy wife after a long hard day of witchering.
>>339249047
I wonder if Bioware employees got to this scene and realized how ashamed they should be for releasing DA:I
>>339249332
>Extra Credits
C'mon man
>>339249205
>>339249224
>>339249268
OH shit I said I would meet up with her, went and did one quest and saved my game, went back a day later and the quest was marked as 'failed'. I should've just reloaded a save game but I didn't care about Yen at the time so I said fuck it and went on. so yeah I missed that one.
>>339249047
Legit tho, that scene is kinda a masterpiece.
Just Geralts hesitation to enter is on another level from other games.
>>339249212
Dude what?
She asked Witches from swamps to misscarry... Why dont you understand what you play? Quests are not so obvious like in meme games.
>>339249443
Are you just beginning to realize Geralt is really just a big goof with a heart of gold and his hardcore professional monster slayer persona is just a facade?
I mean we're three games in at this point you should already know this.
>>339249506
Welp, I hope you fucked Triss.
Other wise you fucked yourself.
>>339249506
I missed it first time around too because I thought 'that bitch can wait'... Turns out the quest is pretty good.
>>339249530
Thats a lame scene, you always knew she was alive so what suspense is there?
>>339249479
Dont know this channel, just found this while browsing shit about witcher 3 dialogue system. guy says logic shit. just weird voice.
>>339249634
bioware pls go and stay go
>>339249634
Can't you appreciate it for what it is, in the context of the characters perspective as opposed to a narrative perspective?
>It's a Roach stops dead while running for no reason epsiode
Why is everyone so mean to Geralt?
>>339249604
yeah I was fucking triss at the time. towards the end of the game Yen started growing on me though, I already plan on picking her on my second play through.
>>339249619
yeah same here, thought she was a real frigid bitch but she's also really heartbroken over Geralt.
![[slaps knee].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/iNILt5w.jpg "[slaps knee].jpg")
>>339249332
>Extra Credits
Im sorry, i can't watch that.
I hvae to save my bandwidth for something better before it runs out completely
>>339249858
Because Geralt is a well known smart ass.
>>339249858
What pissed me off in that scene was both options were to lie to him and he sniff you out, either way.
![996f32166e27959723b33a61d7f1f0c6[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Wrx8U3S.jpg "996f32166e27959723b33a61d7f1f0c6[1].jpg")
>>339244794
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>>339244679
>YFW he does come back in B&W at the end to fuck you over
>>339249876
>but she's also really heartbroken over Geralt.
Well, she literally died for him once.
>>339249767
>take advantage of holding X and letting roach do all the work
>misses turns all the time
>will run off the road for no reason
>will slow and stop for no reason
>sometimes when he's called he'll just look at Geralt or walk and then stop 10 feet away so you have to run to him to mount him
Roach is a dumbass sometimes
>Waiting for B&W
