Why doesn't he just carry around the silver sword only and use it for everything?
Silver is soft so it's ill-suited to fighting against steel armour and weapons, and it's more expensive so you'd rather not risk damaging or breaking it.
>>343061785
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>>343061785
This.
What a stupid question. Silver doesn't make a good sword, monsters are just weak to it.
>>343061785
Why not make a blend of Iron and Silver?
Or make one side of the sword Iron and the other side Silver?
>>343061785
why not just plate a steel sword with silver
>>343061985
It's already a steel core coated with silver.
Swinging it at armored enemies would strip away the coating in no time.
>>343061434
Why didn't he just carry a gun?
>>343061785
Make a double-edged sword with a Silver end and an Iron end
>>343062073
Do you know how expensive silver bullets are?
He's not throwing swords at monsters.
Why didn't he just carried a Yen on his pocket?
>>343062378
>Do you know how expensive silver bullets are?
you end up with more money than you know what to do with pretty quickly
also im collecting wolf anuses and harpy ovaries or whatever so it wouldn't be hard to just dig the silver out
Why don't he just carry double-sided silver-steel sword like this?
>>343063045
Just give Geralt a fedora while we're at it
>all those fags who didn't read the books
There are certain types of monsters that are vulnerable to steel rather than silver but the devs didn't bother to actually implement that.
He doesn't carry that steel sword for humans since it's not his job to kill them. The fact that steel is good against humans is just an added bonus.
>>343063159
Silver or Steel fedora
Why doesn't he just go home and stop fighting?
>>343063196
>the devs didn't bother to actually implement that.
I was playing the other day, and the succubus is weak to steel
>>343063309
Silver for women, steel for men
>>343062378
>do you know how expensive silver bullets are?
Pretty affordable actually.
>>343063196
lol reading is for nerds
>>343061785
Also in the books he carried just the steel sword on his back. His meteorite-silver sward was kept wrapped up in a blanket, and all of his bombs, oils, potions and decoctions were kept in a wooden box. He would break all that shit out and meditate as he drank his potions and whatnot in a specific order.
There was also something I noticed when I turned the music off in the third game, the sound the sword makes as he swing it, it makes a faint ringing sound, that's something that was described often in the books.
>>343063045
there's a reason why nobody ever used this kind of weapon
it's a retarded design that wouldn't work in battle
>>343062094
now you just have a shitty sword that is only half effective against monsters and against armored people
The real question is, why only swords?
I haven't read the books but is there mention of witchers using anything else but swords? I find it weird there is no halberds or even daggers for you to use, a polearm sure seems more suited against shit like fiends
>>343063196
This. Besides, he used a runic sigil sword at one point, and used only it.
>>343063438
double the blades = double effectiveness in combat
try and prove me wrong idiot
>>343063397
>it makes a faint ringing sound, that's something that was described often in the books.
the attention to details.
i don't read novels, but I gathered there is a sense of tradition in being a witcher, honor and nobility, akin to the samurai
>>343063495
>is there mention of witchers using anything else but swords?
yes witchers specifically specialise in swords
>>343063495
Rule of cool most likely.
The only realistic explanation I can find is that witchers are constantly on the road and need to be versatile. Swords fill both of those criterias.
>>343063495
He's used daggers, axes, bows, even a fork as weapons in the books. Depending on the situation he's had to improvise. Most of the time he tries to not fight, he isn't a gung ho character.
>>343063632
>i don't read novels, but I gathered there is a sense of tradition in being a witcher, honor and nobility, akin to the samurai
...not really, they are just a family of freaks rejected by the society.
>>343063196
>hurr burr read the books!
>NO NOT THAT BOOK! The English translation is an abomination, it completely rapes the author's dialogue style!
Fuck off.
>>343063045
why would he? if you're carrying two blades around, they might as well be separate weapons. its not he ever really fights humans and monsters at the same time
>>343063773
Only after you stop pulling shit I never said out of your loose ass retard.
>>343063495
in W3 there are axes and a few random weapons you can find, like a fire poker, a wooden sword or in HoSA spade
>>343063495
You can use other weapons in the game. Why swords though? Probably due to the witcher fighting style revolving around them.
>>343063738
because they are edge lords, nobody likes edge lords.
>>343063738
Do you think witchers would post here?
>>343063585
>>343063879
>tfw the warhammers don't have rune slots
>tfw you can't even apply oil to them
Fucking disgrace
>>343063738
They were created to protect humanity against the wilderness after the conjunction of the spheres. They're essentially super soldiers.
The two codes they all abide by is remain neutral, and always collect pay. Geralt gets cheated all the time in the books though, that Agloval faggot in the books cheated him several times in the span of a few chapters. I'm pretty sure he was jewish.
>>343063738
geralt stop shitposting, you have a contract out
>>343063872
You bookfags bring it up every god damned thread.
>The English translation is shit! Read the original Polish or at the very least the Russian or fuck off!
Garnish your face with a prolapsed anus.
Why didn't he just become a sorcerer instead?
>>343063961
>tfw no weapon other than a sword has a scabbard or even a hold, it is just magically on his back
>>343064139
Why become a sorcerer when you can just fuck them instead?
>>343063045
Because he's not a faggot.
>>343064182
Zoltan's axe bothered me every time he showed up. The dwarf banter made up for it though.
>>343062857
>you end up with more money than you know what to do with pretty quickly
In Witcher 3 maybe but in the first 2 games and in the books Geralt is a fucking poorfag that struggles to get by.
>>343064024
>They were created to protect humanity against the wilderness after the conjunction of the spheres. They're essentially super soldiers.
They used to when monsters were a real threat and running rampant everywhere. Righ now there is just a few of them and they can hardly find a job because monsters are rare and can be taken care of by regular soldiers.
>The two codes they all abide by is remain neutral, and always collect pay.
Again, not really.
It's made up bullshit that Geralt told everyone to have an excuse.
>>343063673
witchers use all weapons, but swords are most versatile
>>343063397
That's a ridiculous amount of love from the audio engineer and sound designer. Pretty cool
>>343063045
Shit I thought it was a sword was disguised as windshield wipers
>>343061994
That's what it is already.
>>343064084
>You bookfags bring it up every god damned thread
I didn't.
Your ass is getting even looser, get a buttplug or something if you can't control yourself.
>>343063738
orphans, not rejects generally.
>>343063495
Witches specialize in a dancing blade style. They can use other weapons but their specialty is blades.
>>343064451
>I'm... not like the other bookfags
>*tips fedora*
>>343063931
pshh... nice try kid...
>>343064512
By "freaks" I meant "mutants feared and resented by the general population".
>>343064319
I'm doing my newgame+ just subsisting on the money from witcher contracts, also I don't ransack every building I set foot in. I'll only scavenge obviously abandoned places for supplies. It mostly goes to repairs and food here and there.
What if a monster wore steel armor?
>>343061785
then why do you use the silver sword when fighting gargoyles, earth elementals and golems
>>343064353
>It's made up bullshit that Geralt told everyone to have an excuse.
Nah, not those two, those two codes of conduct are meant to keep a witcher's neck away from the gallows and food in their bellies.
How do I become a witch(male)?
>>343063438
keeping the swords and his back and adopting geralt combat style isnt functional as well.
>>343064732
I don't think it's a rule, maybe it used to be in the past but in the present there is really no organization among witchers, it's more of a friendly advice.
>>343061785
fpbp
>>343064818
The people of my land have already adopted his style and we have been congratulated with victory and honor.
>>343064950
how? his twirls and lounges leave him open for enemy attacks, let alone being a proficient style while fighting in formation along other soldiers
>>343064807
Be cute
>>343064807
Give up humanity, dont mess with politics, roid till you get sterile.
>>343064663
I mean it does get damaged pretty fast when you do
>>343064512
plenty of them aren't orphans
>>343064663
Because they're magic, therefore weak to silver.
>>343063309
Laughed harder than I should have.
>>343064380
>Press one random midi bell or chime in DAW or on 5$ Casio from the 80s.
>Mix it with sword noises.
>Make a handful of new samples for the silver sword.
Literally a 2 minute job.
>>343062094
How the fuck would you balance such a blade?
>>343063918
only lambert,but he is a prick anyway
>>343066579
Lambert probably becomes less of an edgelord after getting the succ from Kiera.
>>343064024
Also the fun fact is the humans that first found themselves in this world post conjunction were even more advanced then we are. Witchers are basicaly a relic of a highly advanced and civilised race of humans that regressed
>>343064604
Zoro?
>>343066230
>hurr duur look at how jaded i am
>don't you wish you were a miserable cunt like me?
Do you even know what sound engineering is you nihilist wannabe?
