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Blood & Wine and patch 1.22 is released!
New Region trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEJT5XRftOU
Launch trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP-ZsLYGJfQ
Patchnotes: http://wpc.4d7d.edgecastcdn.net/004D7D/mkt/document/Changelog-1.22-ENG.pdf
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Downloads:
>Latest patch, free DLCs, The Witcher books(first 5 are official, the remaining fan translations are of varying quality) and short stories
http://f.wtcg.pl/
Links:
>Pastebin containing Witcher gear locations, TW1+2 and books info
http://pastebin.com/qhpfPiqJ
>Console Commands Currently broken
http://www.mmo-game.eu/witcher-3-debug-console-commands/
>Where do I find Gwent cards?
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15RUB-aG3Y2mRY3oWyNY1TlfDTRE-ySgNURUfTpMH0XQ/edit?usp=sharing
http://www.gwentcards.com/
>Witcher lore series for newfriends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrrzVp2HIMk&feature=youtu.be&list=PL7pGJQV-jlzCMqEAP49QApVHNJeZxxdL9
>All vanilla Gwent cards ready to be printed out
http://imgur.com/a/gV1y5
>Redirect to the current thread
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Cyberpunk 2077
>First trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P99qJGrPNLs
>Creator about Cyberpunk 2077's world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYxt7cwDk4E
Previous thread: >>147700264
I'm going to impregnate Cirilla
>>147935179
fuck off, Emhyr
>>147935371
Geralt, please could you contain yourself just once?
>>147935179
Ciri is for hugging, and nothing else
LASSIES GOT TITS
They are not ________. They are not stupid.
>>147935521
no
>>147935745
Americans
>you'll choke to death on three pounds of steel
What did they mean by this?
>OOOOOOODDRRRIIIIIN!
>>147936398
Thatyou'll choke to death on three pounds of steel
I just now beat BAW so I was on a witcher media blackout over spoilers, missed out on all the discussion. what's the general consensus on BAW vs HOS?
>>147936398
That you will meet an horny Imperial Guardsman.
>>147937502
Kys yourself
>>147937502
In short, BaW had a better world and side quests, HoS had a better story.
They were both still loved though and BaW in general was really massively hyped and got good ratings everywhere. Imo after HoS it was a bit of a let-down in the story department, but clearly I'm in the minority so meh.
>rats on ng
>rats with thousands of HP
>rats with skull level
>rats that are literally more powerful than some bosses
this...
this is a fucking joke right?
this is just fucking stupid
>>147938318
rude
>>147938593
they are op so that triss wouldn't look pathetic for needing geralt's help against them
>>147935062
Did Regis masturbate himself with Dettlaff's hands?
>>147938739
there's a mod which fixes this obvious game bug right?
surely the devs aren't retarded enough for this to be intentional
>>147938796I don't know
>>147938836
no idea, i haven't played the main game for a year
but yes the devs can be retarded at times so it's hard to say if it's a bug or not. i'm inclined to say that according to them it's probably working just as intended
Hello I'm new.
What does Yennefer smell like?
sure love getting stuck on trees
I still can't believe how poorly Roach controls
>>147939159
Penises.
>>147939159
Istredd's cologne
>>147938836
>obvious game bug right?
Yes
Options -> Enemy scaling -Off
>>147939224
As Istredd loved Archaeology (<3) i just think she smells like dirt and old bones.
>>147937502
I liked BaW a little bit more than HoS just because it gave me a new beautiful region to explore. They're both great and imo more interesting than the main game.
Is there rule34 of the Crones?
>>147939194
i'd take away some of their goty awards just for the abhorrent horse controls tbqh
I have to do a school project that consists solely of making a trailer for a book. I'm doing it about the Witcher books but i have no idea about what to make it. What kind of short story would you do /vg/?
>>147942468
The ones involving Ciri, it really gives a super emotional response. And it has a happy ending in the short stories too!
>>147943421
Hmn.. I planned on doing some sort of contract or something like in the cinematic trailers but that could work too
>>147942468
Just do a fight between Geralt and three-person gang which hunts Yen and Ciri in Blood of The Elves, if I remember correctly. The head of the gang was "Professor", and Geralt cut them all to pieces and then said to the bartender "If ever you will see any comrades of these bandits asking about their fate... Then tell them they got bitten by a White Wolf"
>>147939289
What's the general consensus on Enemy Scaling though? Is it recommended for a new player for a completionist playthrough?
>>147942468
I'd draw a few scenes in minimalistic style, then use a similar zooming effect and subtitles like the game does to create motion.
>>147944204
fuck no. Leave that shit. The game is good without lvl scalling and I have no idea why actually they implemented it. It fucks the game in a few places - a LOT of people talk about stupid RATS being unbeatable on higher difficulty lvls. Also one guy had problems with Djinni when he was 7 lvls higher than the quest... And for me Djinni was fuckin' easy when I played without any lvl scalling.
>>147944412
>The game is good without lvl scalling
Okay then. Any solution for the "underlevelled quest rewards" issue? I tend to play slowly and explore every single corner before advancing the main plot even further. It just feels natural to take a breath every once in a while instead of chasing some pre-defined goal like a maniac 24/7.
>>147944412
they added it because people had been complaining about how easy it was to get overleveled and lose the challenge since release. honestly they should have just scrapped the whole concept in development and replaced it with proper scaling from the start that's tweaked not to screw the player over in stupid ways
>>147944761
If you walk around and grind the game then why are you surprised that you get overleveled?
That happens, of course, but when I played it I did ALL the sidequests I could before main quests (mostly in order in which game tells you to - as you have quest lvl in your journal, I did lowest lvl sidequests first) and you know what? My challenge didnt dissapear. Bosses and unique monsters often were a challenge even if I was few lvls above them.
They were easier, of course, than if I would go to them being equal in lvl, but they still can kill you in few seconds if you arent careful.
And about weak rewards - well, just play further and be happy you have good equipment, you will find better one eventually, not every quest has to give you new best sword or armor, right?
This game is made in a way that your character is mostly a glass cannon. If you're good with dancing around, you can kill everything, it's just a matter of patience. But if you do it and break your own experience then you have only yourself to blame.
>>147945703
same person, continuing:
Equipment system in this game is specific and I agree that it could be made other way. But as it is you will mostly have best equipment you can for your lvl and that's that. If you dont, something will drop quick. If you have - then you will find shit, as already you've got the best you can. It's just like that.
And about quests - it's made to give you a choice. You don't have to do everything to be able to finish the game. Sounds like common sense, right?
So that's the ,malus. If you DO everything, then you WILL get overleveled. It's that or that.
But seriously, I didnt notice being overleveled to be a serious problem which devoids the game of challenge.
Damn, I don't know how high lvl you have to be for the Arachasae to be easy enemies. They attack in horde, can immobilize you, poison you, and their attacks do a lot of damage.
Damn, in this game dogs can be serious threat.
So can anyone care to explain to me why exactly Gaunter O'Meme is literally the best antagonist evurr for you guys?
He's literally
>muh Faust hommage - the character
>>147947738
>Bait the post
Would you prefer SPACE elves mister?
>>147948136
I would greatly prefer a Dragon who brings the apocalypse and raises the undead. And he should also travel through time. I'd call him Balduin or something.
That would be much more nuanced and interesting than this fucking spoon autist
>>147945703
>>147946430
>all these uncalled implications and unnecessary tone
Either way, thanks for the detailed posts. Maybe I should have worded better but grinding is not my thing, I merely do what feels natural and try to grab every opportunity to earn a little extra. I'm currently replaying W2 and comfortably finished both Floatsam and the area around the Camp in literally 3 in-game days each.
Sounds like I have nothing to be worried about in W3 though, despite the whining about certain issues here and there. And since I wanted to play it without absolutely any guide or tips or anything whatsoever, it was important to know that my time not going to be wasted by unfortunate game design. Again, thanks for the input!
>>147947738
never felt about him that way... Still, he is something else that most games accustomed us to.
>>147948467
Cliche: The Videogame
>>147948136
They would be more interesting if CDPR wouldnt change them. Their elite troops were called Red Riders - so no sauronese black typical villain armor. Also, Wild Hunt was an illusion which they used when they wanted to steal people for their experiments - humans were afraid of the army of undead galloping through the heavens, so there was no reaction.
In books they were only interested in more lebensraum for their kind and slaves. And they treated Ciri as their property, as she was effect of their own genetical experiments (which got fucked up when their special genetic lamb, Lara Dorren, gave her ass to filthy human)
something about the crones questline just blows me away, their design alone is fucking stellar
now if only the antagonist was of this quality instead of wild hunt being scary space elfs
Just finished Witcher 3, what a fucking ride. Honestly the best game I have ever played, but now I feel empty inside.
Going to grab one of the expansions soon, should I go for HoS or just straight for B&W?
Also, any games to temporary fill the hole untill I get the DLC?
>>147950202
Do HoS first, then B&W.
Which ending did you get?
>>147950202
HoS first. I wozld say that it is arguably better written than the main quest of the base game. It's a quick 10 hour DLC with very memorable moments quests and characters. The main characters Olgierd von Everec and Gaunter O'Dimm are fantastically written. Also, B&W is supposed to be Geralt's last quest, so playing HoS first is mire logical
>>147950408
Ciri is a witcher, Radowid is dead and Yen is with me.
Dunno if there's more.
>>147950742
Dijkstra or Roche?
>>147950912
Oh, Dijkstra is dead too
>>147950912
Thaler
>>147950007
It's because the theme of the crones is awesome. Seriously, the soumdtrack is amazing and contributes so much to the general athmosphere
Did the books or games ever make you cry? If yes, which parts?
If the Northern Kingdoms are supposed to be fictional poland, why are so many character and location names German?
>>147949080
Sorry for the tone, I just have the feeling that people are trying to find a problem which I didnt feel at all when I played. And I really tried to do everything that's possible in this game, I am big fan of Witcher universe. And I'm rather a strict person, so if the game was bad or had problems I would be first shouting with anger about that. Like I shout a lot about Fallout 4. I loved old fallouts and DAMN I AM ANGRY about what bethesda made with this universe.
And when I'm thinking about overleveling this game... Well... I find it hardly possible. W3 does not give you experience for enemies (i think?), only for quests. And a lot of sidequests give a very symbolic exp rewards (like 8 points, while amount for next lvl is always 1000)... The biggest exp rewards are for main quests, they can give even a two or three lvls for one quest. depending on how powerful you already are.
>>147951448
Books: nope
Game: nope, but it was close when Vesemir died, rest in peace grandpa.
>>147951519
you'd never ask that question if you knew history
sapkowski is also a massive history buff so thats why, anything about poland will inevitably be about germany because the territory switched hands more times than you can count
germany wasn't even a thing back then anyway
>>147951448
They made me cry thinking why I was wasting my time making virtual characters romance
guys just finished b&w, got syanna and anarietta to make peace andhave incestuous lesbian sexhappily ever after, but my life is meaningless now
>ywn listen callonetta's wolven storm for the 1st time again
>ywn get drunk with your witcher bros and dress yennefers clothes
>ywn have a snowball fight with ciri
>ywn get possesed by a ghost and go to a wedding with shani
>ywn visit the painted world and help iris
>ywn go to the land of a thousand fables andfuck syanna without gravity
>ywn go to a secret mission with anarietta
>ywn help triss hunting rats and follow her to the labyrinth andkiss her tenderly
>ywn retire with yennefer in corvo bianco
>ywn live in toussaint
>ywn play the witcher for the 1st time again
why even live ;_;
>>147951519
Only Redania is based on Poland, look on the crest.
>>147951448
I think seeing Iris and Olgierd on a portrait, all happy together almost brought me there.
Also the No place like home quest almost made me cry from laughing. It's so rare to see legitimately funny moments in games, the industry takes itself too seriously most of the time
>>147951526
>Like I shout a lot about Fallout 4So do I anon... So do I
>>147951943
kys yourself faggot
>>147952265
>kys yourself
>>147952356
sorry
Is there a logical reason to help Olgierd at the end of HoS?
I found him charismatic and felt sorry for him as he was crawling away from O'Dimm, but the more I think of it, he should'nt have been saved by me
>>147952434
Sorry for what
>>147952536
autism
>>147952535
>siding with the devil
standable gwent when
Why is Skellige so comfy guys? Just slowly walking around, looking at everything down below while standing on the top of a mountain and listening to Fields of Ard Skellig makes me want to lie down and drift away into peacefull sleep.
Will I ever be more comfy than that?
>>147952784
standalone*
mind what the fuck
>>147952535
Because sympathy and
>>147952702
This
>>147952702
Well Gaunter O'Dimm could seriously fuck up Ciri, Yen and Triss should Geralt cross him. I feel it's out of character fro Geralt to risk his family to save Olgierd von Beckham, a random asshole
>>147952784
beta in september on xbone and pc
>>147952886
agreed man, skellige is one of my favorite vidya locations, the atmosphere is just incredible
>>147952535
O'Dimm is a threat to everyone.
>>147953258
As I see it, you only temporarily banish him, so as soon as some other idiot summoned him, he is free again and will probably come after Geralt and his family
Olgierd has a good Gwent card and that's it. He's a total asshole otherwise.
>>147951973
Actually nothing is based at all. The crest was made by CDPR and all Poland references are ours alone.
Sapkowski never said he based it on anything and never made any graphic material. I think he did describe Redania's coat of arms as eagle, but well, there's a lot of countries which have this animal in their crests and it does not mean it's exactly like Poland.
>>147951979
Yeah, Olgierd's old residence was pretty sad place. I felt for that ghost, damn.
>>147949080
You don't need any guide for playing it. Just get along for the ride. And don't get angry when you don't get the best possible outcome for everything - that's the game is about. It's not a modern rpg in which you cannot make any mistake - here you really CAN fuck things up if you dont think and listen - and that's were the fun is. Your first walkthrough does not have to be perfect.
There's no way you can make a game impossible to finish anyway, if you fuck something up someone will die, someone will suffer, but it does not block you in any way ever.
Choices will be hard and you will be in doubt, And that's exactly how it should be, DONT check the consequences on the internet before making decisions. You will be surprised and you will have fun.
>>147952106
great pic : D
>>147952535
That depends on you. Olgierd is not a moral person. He left his wife and made her suffer, and her only fault was that she loved him strongly. He killed and maimed and found fun in it. He was more interested in playing around than anything else.
>>147952886
Dont, you will freeze to death
>>147953258
damn, he is a fucking devil. But he is not a vengeful person. He finds pleasure in fucking with people, that's all.
>>147953038
honestly i get that feeling a shitload of times
you are going against the witcher code
most of contracts are about people not about monsters and geralt ends up doing something he did not sign up for
while i love the game it does not reflect the feeling that you are a mutant and you belong nowhere but with your kin and ciri
i find the romance part shit too, both are bitches
Is this bitch in blood and wine? Barely started it.
>>147953850
>>147954292
why are you asking for spoilers instead of finding out yourself?and yes she is
>no Iorveth in Novigrad
>no Shani as third romace option
>Dandelion and Zoltan are barely in the game
>Roche looks like a retard now
>Roche is suddenly fine with becoming a vassal state of Nilfgaard
>Dijkstra is suddenly a powerhungry brute
10/10 game everyone
>>147953925
Well, If you read the books you will know there is no witcher's code, Geralt made his own. And as he had amnesia... Maybe he just does not remember it.
Will Iorveth and Saskia get some story in the Gwent game?
>>147954292
There is a woman who looks a lot like her, but I dont think they're the same person. Also they're different monsters (in trailer that's lowly vampire). However she sings the same song, but in different circumstances.
>>147952535
Olgierd is a dick, but O'Dimm is even more of a dick. That was my line of thought.
Help, Ciri is going to rape me!
>>147954835
Didn't want to miss it. Is it a main sotry quest or random contract?
I'm still mad I didn't get to see the vodjanoi city in Witcher 1. Niw we finally have the technology for bitching underwater cities yet vodjanoi aren't even in Witcher 3 :(
>>147954986
throughout the game we are being told by literally all witchers that people dont like them, try to avoid pay and even after helping they dont respect them
im no bookfag but something wrong here
i would have loved a less emotional game
i just want to get contracts, track monsters down, kill them, get paid
70% of the quests meme you
ciri part is ok i guess because she is one of them but the rest sucks dick
>>147954861
>no Iorveth in Novigrad
They fucked up I agree, but nobody cares about scoia'tael anymore
>no Shani as third romace option
Geralt got his memory back, he's not going to romance a literally who girl
>Dandelion and Zoltan are barely in the game
At least they shine whenever they're shown on screen
>Roche looks like a retard now
???
>Roche is suddenly fine with becoming a vassal state of Nilfgaard
There's no other way honestly, he did what he could
>Dijkstra is suddenly a powerhungry brute
Well, he was a spy and spies like to get more powerfull
>>147955570
it's part of the main quest
>>147955679
have you played tw1? because what you're describing is very close to tw1
>>147955679
Well, it's like in the books. Theyre about a monster hunter with scruples and philosophing a lot about how world is shitty and people are whoresons. Games are no different.
And yes, Witcher's are widely hated. Theyre a dying relict of ancient times, in which humans had to fight for every inch with monsters. Most people fear and despise them because theyre different and from ordinary folk' point of view insanely powerful.
>>147956405
Do they even make witchers anymore? I know that wolf's school doesn't and they also said that only a few from cat's school remain, but what about the other schools?
>>147956810
Never see a gryphon or bear, while viper withBIG GUYalso has problems with the school so yeah its implied witchers are dying out.
>>147955925
no i havent
>>147956405
it was clear after the first quest that its not the monsters sometimes who are the fiends but common mang some of those creatures can tear you apart in a split second
i mean sure sometimes men piss them off but making every other quest that way got tiring
not to mention rewardwise saving monsters was always the better option even if they slaughtered an entire village
somehow the concept of being a witcher (no emotions and shit) has gotten forgotten midgame
>>147955701
Yeah, I didnt like Scoia'tael, but I still found it strange that Iorveth does not show his face.
>Fuck Iorveth, I want Isengrim Faolitiarna, who was called Iron Wolf. Shame he was killed for warcrimes in the books
Shani was just a one-time fuck in the books, just a student of medicine who was fascinated with our witcher. Also fucking her made Dandelion (who was her friend) confused and that's the only time i think in which Geralt outfucked his musical friend
And Dijkstra for my personal taste was made just fantastic. In the books he is shown as VERY inconspicuous person, and I think it's greatly visible in the game, as he surprises you a lot with his knowledge and keen thinking.
Still, the part in which he wants to kill Roche and Thaler was kinda stupid, I suppose CDPR needed to tie loose ends and were out of ideas how to make it climatic.
>>147956810
No. Other schools are only in the games, in the books they're mentioned only few times and without any specifications. I remember only one reference, and that was when Bonhart wanted to scare Ciri and has shown her his medallions (she said to him that Geralt will find and kill him) - three witcher's medallions, for each one he killed. There was a Wolf, Cat and a Griphon.
Books tell that the secret of making witchers is long lost with the mages who made them (and they were killed by religious fanatics. Kaer Morhen was besieged and taken, and all people inside slaughtered - most witchers were in the wild at the time though)
>>147957759
witchers having no emotions is just religious propaganda
>>147957350
Well shit, a few years more and there could be no witchers anymore. Who will kill all of those big ass monsters that regular humans fear to even see?
Maybe they'll start to make witchers again then.
>>147957803
The thing with Dijkstra at the end was pretty retarded yea, probably wanted to make the build up to the end more epic
I mean who would leave his good friends to die just so that a crippled retired spy can rule a kingdom.
>>147958293
How do you explain what Geralt said after Vesemir died then? Something like: can't cry, dunno how.
>>147958554
>can't cry, dunno how.
he meant that literally, the mutations changed his physiology so he's unable to cry
>>147958554
>Books tell that the secret of making witchers is long lost with the mages who made them
I think that at one point in the books its mentioned that kaer morhen is still stocked with grasses and mutagens so technically they'd be able to make a new witcher but I figure it would be far more dangerous than it even normally it is
They'd have to get a wizard involved to start making new witchers again and wizards are fucking cunts
Besides the whole theme is that theres less and less monsters and witchers are becoming obsolete
>>147958820
While being translated to english the sentence lost it's meaning
In polish he says that because he's a witcher he doesnt have emotions and does not know how to cry
>>147959145
I think it makes a lot more sense in English honestly. Why would Geralt bother with that bullshit "no emotion" stuff to Ciri just after Vesemir died?
>>147959145
then he's bullshitting because most of the books and games are about him getting into trouble because of his emotions
>>147958874
>Besides the whole theme is that theres less and less monsters and witchers are becoming obsolete
where do you get that from?
the game itself was creating a rather worrying future
way too few witchers left, vesemir ded (still dont understand why they killed him off, i mean i understand that the old wise guy always dies in american movies but come the fuck on) and honestly there is very little the world knows about monsters compared to witchers
so nobody to rebuild the school, other schools ded too
>>147959381
>>147959145
This no emotion stuff is VERY inconsistent in the games anyway. Lambert is bitter yet cares deeply for his witcher bros, Geralt has about as many emotions as any normal human has and Vesemir is also seen showing grandfatherly love for Ciri. Yet Letho is a prime example for emotionless witchers. The two cat school witchers you can kill during W3 are also emotionless. It seems the good guy witchers have emotions for the sake of the story
>>147957759
Yeah, the "it's not always the monsters who are really bad" theme is a important in the books.
And the concept of no emotions for witchers is kinda mixed. Geralt can surely get angry or sad, he does that in the books (Shard of Ice). He can definitely love. But he does react a lot more calm than normal people would. Books kinda make it like you're not sure if the "no-emotion" part is true or just a myth (one of the other myths popular among the folk is that the witcher will fuck everything that moves)
I dont ask how saving monsters is better reward-wise.
Also, Witchers are almost immortal. They can die from their wounds, but they age A LOT slower than normal people.
Actually Vesemir is really old - he is (was) the last of the people who remembered making witchers. He couldnt restart the process though, as he was only a swordfighting teacher.
>>147958554
Books suggest that normal humans were able to fight most of the monsters if they attacked them en masse. Witchers were just an ultimate weapon, a wunderwaffe, if you like, a way to make human domination assured.
>>147958874
yeah, they do, and they mention also that there is no person alive which would have any idea how to use that equipment.
And proccess of making a witcher killed eight boys out of ten, so think what could happen if someone would try to go "try-and-miss" on that.
>>147959508
Well he does have emotions, maybe not as many or as strong as humans do, but he does feel love, I mean if he didnt felt anything he would not bound himself with yennefer right?
>>147959892
>(one of the other myths popular among the folk is that the witcher will fuck everything that moves)
but it's true in the first game, when he was full amnesia mode so it might be true, at least in games
>>147959751
>...Anonymous
>07/09/16(Sat)23:45:08 No.147959751
>>>147958874 #
>>Besides the whole theme is that theres less and less monsters and witchers are becoming obsolete
>where do you get that from?
Read the books, mate
Who is your favorite character after all?
It's gitta be Roche for me. Such a bro
Should I explore all of White Orchard before moving on to Velen?
>Riding Roach down dirt road
>Ground keeps jumping the closer I get
How can I fix this?
>>147960502
crach
>>147960594
yes
at the very least you need the viper swords
I just think that emotions are suppressed, but not killed off completely.
>>147960174
Yeah, that's true in the books too. Still, there's an instance in which folk get an old book written in elfish language (they cant read, but they have an old hag which has memorized everything that is in the book and gives that knowledge to the next girl when she is close to the grave) which describes monsters and there is a page about witchers, which tells exactly "hide all your women and dont get tricked as witchers will try to trick you all the way, though there is no problem the witcher cant solve"
>about monster more or less plentiful
Its more like that: witcher made the world more or less safe for people. Yeah, still somebody more or less often will get horribly mutilated, but you don't have to defend your village day and night from the monsters anymore.
So as it is like that, people dont need witchers anymore. There were religious attacks on them (I wrote earlier about siege of Kaer Morhen), the secret of making them was lost and what witchers are left are dying out.
And as witchers are dying out, monsters are getting more and more space to multiply. Less witchers > more monsters. You know, ecology.
>>147960594
doesnt matter
loot the witcher diagrams, grab the place of powers then move on
>>147960502
If I was to choose someone funny I'd choose Dandelion
But really favorite would be all of the wolf witchers and yennefer, I cant choose between them tho.
>>147960502
The game is fucking beautiful, explore as much as you can m8
>>147960668
>le ebin beard dude
>gets rekt by Eredin without hitting him once
>doesn't have his kids under control at all
Yeah no brah
>>147960502
Ciri, of course. I'm not even memeing
got witcher 3 during this last sale and it's pretty great so far, going through Velen now and there's so much to do.
But it's been a while since I played 1 and 2 so I might be forgetting something, but both the Wild Hunt and Ciri just came out of nowhere, right? I really don't remember it being mentioned before.
just finished Time of Contempt.
When does Regis show up? He's been hyped up a lot in these threads.
>>147961061
books.
Wild Hunt is mentioned in TW1, though. A wraith of the King of the Wild Hunt is the final boss.
>>147960768
I already have them both.
>>147960803
How many places of power are there? Do I just need to find a guide? Really don't wanna use a guide.
>>147961061
The Wild Hunt and Ciri were explained during cutsxenes in Witcher 2. Basically Geralt regains his memory during W2 and also learns about both Ciri and the Wild Hunt.
>>147960790
Just imagine, a higher vampire starts to do some fucked up things, something like in tw3 in Novigrad, the withers have all died out and only thing the villagers are able to do is to call the militia that can't do shit.
They will have to start making more witchers, or think about some other solution.
>>147961213
there's at least 2. One by the cemetery, protected by a wraith and one by the south road near a bridge(IIRC), protected by a Bear.
How can there be a witcher 4 witch Ciri as protagonist if you can get an ending where she dies?
>>147961952
Easy, CDPR chooses the ending where she lives and makes a game about that.
> challenged to a duel by mounted combat
Fuck
>>147962075
So a whole bunch of players are thrown under the bus. Nice
>>147962247
You can die at the start of TW2 if you're not careful talking to Roche, should the games just have ended there?
>>147961325
I just said fuck it and wound up doing all of them. There's actually 4. One in the cemetery protected by a wraith. One on the battlefield where the monster nest is. One northeast of Sawmill and directly west of Mill, protected by another wraith. Then one directly south of Broken Bridge, protected by a big ass, tough bear.
Still got 2 more points to do but I highly doubt they're places of power.
>>147962423
you can also die if you're an asshole to Iorveth
>>147962479
I did every single one in the entire game and only regret the ones in Skellige. The '?' In White orchard are actually some of the better ones
>>147961213
No, you do not need a guide. You dont need to max out this game, this is not dark souls. Just play it and have fun. Nothing bad will happen if you wont explore all of white orchard or wont find all the places of power. There's nothing you can miss which could make game harder or unbeatable.
Still, all interesting places in the game are marked on the map with "?". You get the "?" on the map after looking at the rooster boards.
>>147961307
If they dont murder all the mages then a mage can defend them pretty well. It's told in Lesser Evil that defence of the town from the monsters was one of the duties of resident wizard.
Still, he didnt fight the monsters, he would just use magic to make them go away.
But yeah, that's what its about. People were slaughtered, so they made witchers. Witchers won the war, people got to live peacefully and forgot about the dangers, so they disposed off the witchers. As there is no witchers, monsters are gaining ground and soon people will regret it VERY MUCH.
>>147962479
Have fun, do not try to min max. All "?" are worth looking at, as there is often nice equipment there.
>>147962247
Or just make a simulation of choices like tw 3 did with tw 2, but do not make a dead Ciri a choice
>>147962698
But there arent that many wizards right? And most of them probably wont even care about some shitty village.
Menawhile witchers come in, say what monster, kill monster, rob the people of as much gold as possible and ride off to another village
>leave gwent alone for the start of the game
>start getting into it now in Velen
>already missed stuff
fuck
also what's a good deck early on? that skellige bitch in Crow's nest is tearing my ass apart with that monster deck of hers
>>147963081
Just grab as many special cards as possible and bring lots of spies
I always played with northern realms, just throw some shitty cards and spies at the first round to make the enemy lose cards and then hit him hard in the second round.
They usually dont have any cards left in the third round. Never lost after I started using this strategy
>>147963081
Whatever you do, don't play Scoiatael or Monsters. Northern realms is the best one. Also do yozrself a favor and don't use wheather cards. You only need biting frost for monster decks other than that they are useless. Also use the 2nd foltest card as your leader card, it means you don't need any clear wheather cards either
>>147963006
Yeah, that's true.
>>147963081
Buy yourself some cards from the bartenders and try to win some from common people. After some time you will build a deck (Northern Kingdoms is the easiest to build and play) and learn how to kick ass. Yes, that girl is a pretty hard opponent, but you can always come for her later (You will anyway, as she is the best blacksmith in the game without dlc's if I remember correctly. She makes armor, the best swordsmith is elf in Novigrad). Also, you will find much harder opponents later in the game.
>Crafted items auto-regenerate after meditating if you have alcohol
Pretty lame but kinda nice at the same time.
>>147963081
Try to do all gwent quests so you get the hero cards. Also, spies and tight bond cards are your friends. Northern realms have the better spies and tight bond cards.
>>147963769
avoids the grind a bit.
Also, as most of you havent read the books, I have a revelation for you
>The Witcher's world isnt humanity homeworld.
>It's the planet of the gnomes. After them dwarves have shown themselves and no one exactly know from where, maybe they coexisted
> elves came on white ships from the West and it's not their world either
> humans came here one thousand years after the elves, during conjuction of the spheres (just like the monsters). Also, they have known no magic prior to entering this world. It's also implied that they destroyed their previous world
>>147961325
Welp I was wrong. There was another one for a total of 5 places of power. Glad I went through it all, those 5 points are a pretty big deal.
>>147963769
It saves you a lot of time spent looking for ingredients like in tw 2
I never used potions in tw 2 just because you have to meditate to use them and it was a pain in the ass to make them.
Here it's just make it once and you have it forever. It kind of makes sence honestly
So, just finished Blood and Wine for the first time. Anna and Syanna both lived, was there any way to ensure Regis didn't need to kill Detlaff?
>>147964184
>t was a pain in the ass to make them.
How so? Herbalist's gloves is part of starting equipment since patch, but even without it it's easy to pile up from the most important herbs. Throw the Harvester talent (+1 ingredient) into the mix and you'll never have to worry about vast majority of potions.
>>147963974
they wont matter in the long run, soon you will be swimming in skills you cant use because you have limited space to equip them.
>I actually though that to be stupid design decision and modded it for all skills to be always active, though had to delete the mod as it clashed with Blood and Wine
Also, about Gwent:
>When you will have a lot of cards throw out the weaker ones from the deck as you will get random ten cards out of the deck in every game. Try to have as few cards as possible in the deck and make them to be the strongest you can (so randomizer will give you strong cards each time)
> use a lot of spies and dummies. You can use a dummy to steal a spy enemy throws at you. You can use a dummy to take back used medic card and throw it again on the battlefield and it's skill will work second time (however not all skills work that way). Well used dummies can be strongest cards in that game.
>>147964810
Congratulations, you got the best ending.
>>147965072
But the fact that you can only use them while meditating out of combat made them all useless for me, with the exception of cat potion
>>147965170
Nilfgaard is the best because of that. Gwent is 100% card advantage, and Nilfgaard has the most card advantage because of the 5-6 medic cards and the OP leader ability that allows you to steal one card from their discard pile.
Play a spy, then in the next turn you have a guaranteed spy to play again.
>>147965170
To add onto the dummies thing, dummy+scorch is just brutal, especially against monsters.
>>147965448
you mean decoy + villenthretenment.
>>147965693
Yea, that.
>>147965170
>they wont matter in the long run, soon you will be swimming in skills you cant use because you have limited space to equip them.
not true. Due to the requirement to unlock higher tiers of skills, you need every point you can get even if you won't actually use the skills you unlock.
>>147965352
I don't know, it has never been an issue for me. Durations could have been longer though - speaking about Cat, I had to consume 4 or 5 to clear out the Tunnel of the Founders and finally get theBlood Sword. But since there's a specialization for that (+10% / +40% duration) in the Alchemy tree for that ...
>>147965693
not only the dragon has that power. However I thought I checked that and it didnt work for second time, but maybe I remember wrong.
>>147965835
Well, I suppose it's true, however it's not like you will have any problem to get the last tier skills from at least two trees.
>>147965987
[Row] Scorch only works if the total strength in that row is 10+
What is the best looking witcher armour set in the game? I made a full wolf's armour upgraded to max and it looks pretty sick.
ok, how the fuck can Vilgefortz not only beat Gerrard of Rivia, but completely wipe the floor with him?
Is he buffing his reflexes with spells and shit?
>>147966918
He's a mage, a really power full mage.
Witchers not made to fight mages.
That's it.
>>147967082
in Thanedd he beat Geralt in melee combat though, no visible spells. That should be a witcher's field.
>>147966918
Mages in Witcher universe have near godlike power. Of course he could buff himself with spells. Even the rod he uses is not real, he made it from thin air just before fight.
>>147967159
Wasn't his staff or whatever he was using enchanted with a powerfull spell?
Even Geralt said that it's better to dodge it rather that blocking.
>>147966296
I know is not the best but I loved that armor plate with your crest that u get in the toussaint tournament, along with its matching crossbow and saddle
>>147966918
And also Vilgefortz was one of the most powerful mages alive. Yennefer was totally helpless when fighting him.
So... Vilgefotz did not only beat a Witcher in melee, he also beat a Witcher, a great Sorceress, and a Higher Vampire in a straight fight of three to one. Geralt won in the end as last man standing through sheer luck and element of suprise.
>>147967531
haven't gotten that far yet.
I'm starting Baptism by Fire now, spent the week reading the books.
>>147967419
Well, it might look good, but I cant imagine Geralt actually wearing an armour like that
>>147966296
Wolf / Ursine / Cat look pretty coo (except Grandmaster Catl. I was never a fan of the higher tier Griffin armors because they bulk up Geralt's upper body but leave his legs normal, so it the proportions look insanely off.
>>147967593
You will like it.
>Geralt lost his sword after fight with Vilgefortz
>Yarpen Zigrin gave him a legendary dwafr sihil sword
>"Take it, Geralt. Look here. These are Old Runes. It's an ancient dwarf spell against enemies"
>"What does it mean?"
>"Fuck the whoresons"
>>147966918
Geralt should honestly die there, he only survived because the whole saga would be really short without him.
Instead we get him whining about how his knee is fucked up for the next 2 books or something
>>147968040
I'm guessing the next books are almost 100% focused on Ciri then
I don't mind her too much, but I prefer Geralt being a deadpan asshole murderer/deadpan caring father than Ciri suffering in dozens of different ways for 50 straight pages.
Can you still play after getting the warning finding ciri on the isle of mist, or is that a point of no return and you'll finish the game?
Also Vilgefortz was a mercenary before he became a mage, so he did know how to fight in melee.
>>147968023
>tfw dwarfs are the best characters
remember how they were playing gwent, was fun.
>>147968285
They do focus more on Ciri if I remember, but it's more like 50/50 or 75/25 for Geralt tho
Shani is perfection.
>>147968331
you're still far from the ending (3/4 through), but you will not be able to come back for a long while. Dont remember if you will have a chance to stop and do older sidequests.
Also, when you finish the game, it throws you back into the world and you can play after the ending.
>>147968623
Ah, i was worried about exps and stuff, but if i can do them after the main storyline, i got no worries. Thanks!
are the fan translations for Tower of the Swallow and Lady of the Lake bearable?
I noticed that Tower of the Swallow now has an official translation, but nothing for Lady of the Lake.
Who visits Geralt's wine estate if the main quest was beaten and Ciri died?
Does Geralt ever mention that Ciri is dead to Regis or anyone else?
Can anyone explain to me what actually happend on the Sodden Hill? It's supposed to be all horrifying and stuff, maybe I missed something while reading books.
>>147968023
Why are the dwarfs of the witcherverse so cool?
>>147969274
Dan the man comes by if nobody else does
>>147969456
One hundred thousand men with dozens of sorcerers from both sides killed each other, it was a massacre, that is about it.
>>147969456
Well, You've got an invasion aby Nilfgaard. The first one, after that is the second. That one in the games is third.
Anyway, Northern Realms would lose it hard if not for the mages. They (exactly one of them, some guy called Vilgefortz from Roggeveen, who could he be?) forced the northern kings to make an alliance and to stand their ground at Sodden Hill. Also he took few mages there (few dozens, maybe? Thirteen of them fell there). Battle was bloody and terrible, but was won by northerners thanks to the mages. Both Yennefer and Triss took part in that battle. Yen lost her eyesight, Triss lost her hair, which made everyone to believe her to be fourteenth fallen mage (as everyone recognized her because of her beautiful hair and people who knew her died in the battle and Yen was blind). She even got the nickname Fourteenth from the Hill. Also she got something fucked with her tits so hard that even the magic couldnt cure it, but game developers pissed on it with warm stream and gave her a cleavage anyway, ignoring herself specifing in the books that she will never wear it anymore.
>>147970186
The Niilfgaard didnt use sorcerers in battle. They used them sometimes in sieges, but not in battle. That was the reason they corrupted Vilgefortz before second invasion, to make sure second sodden will not happen
>>147969481
They swear a lot and that actually fits their race, I mean seeing a dwarf you expect a miner or a bulider thats well educated and can behave
But then you actually talk to them and they start swearing are bro tier to everyone friendly. This is probably the most realistic representation of dwarfs i've seen
Do you get more skill slots after 30 or what you see in the character tab is what you get?
>>147970383
>The Niilfgaard didnt use sorcerers in battle. They used them sometimes in sieges, but not in battle. That was the reason they corrupted Vilgefortz before second invasion, to make sure second sodden will not happen
They did at Sodden, Fringilla Vigo blinded Yennefer in that battle.
>>147970632
source? I hear that first time. Emhyr hated mages.
>>147970383
So mages saved the whole north and they get all killed off in the game regardless, pretty fucking weak
>>147970693
He hated mages? Didnt know that, I thought he just kept a watchfull eye over them to avoid getting fucked by them like the north was.
>>147970693
Read the books man, her scenes with Yennefer were very tense because of their history.
But if you want proof, here is the wikia page for fringie I guess:
http://witcher.wikia.com/wiki/Fringilla_Vigo
Is my game bugged? Doing The Eternal Battle asSeltkirk, beat the two group of enemies and can't proceed. (No, there's no way of jumping down from the cliffs to the left).
>>147970997
God damn this game looks like shit after playing through tw 3 on ultra
Tried reloading save?
>>147970693
He distrusted mages because he was cursed by one, but he always saw the value in having them, so he lets them be as long as they are closely watched.
Is it possible for the north to win the war with Nilfgaard in tw 3? In my end blacks conquered all of the north.
How are the borders after the north wins?
>>147971623
Yeah, either side with Djikstra or never do the rad assassination quest, basically Redania conquers all the "Northern Kingdoms" and becomes the Empire of Redania.
>>147971197
Yeah, it solved the problem. The script kicked in but the fire balls didn't destroy that wooden structure. Maybe I decided to bait the second group of enemies one by one (so they can't surround me) and killed the last one far from that.
And yeah, W2 is still nice in-game visually but looking at the screenshots themselves makes you notice the dirty details. Funny how it was the best looking DX9 game back in 2k11, a lot of people refused to believe first that it's not DX11.
>>147970871
Checked and there were 22 of them. Well, you know, they can rain fire and throw fireballs and a lot more, but if you stab them with a knife they fall just like any other human.
>Emhyr and mages.
He hated them, but recognized their usefulness, that's why they werent all just thrown into dungeons in Nilfgaard. Reasons are explained in the books very well and there are lot of them. And I cant say I blame him for that.
>>147970897
I read the books, and I did not remember it. By the wiki page it looks like you're right. That's in the Baptism of Fire. I don't have that one - couldnt buy it - and I got it from a library, so I read it a few times less than the rest.
I always thought Northerners won because they had mages and Nilfgaard didnt, not because northern mages were better than nilgaardian. You know, so much effort into corrupting Vilgefortz and all that.
>>147971741
What about Temeria, in the Nilfgaard end it got autonomy at least
>>147971906
I mean it's not that bad, the characters look good, but just look at that grass and ground texture resolution man...
I too was amazed how good tw 2 looked like when it came out, but after playing the quite possibly the best looking game to date it's just not the same.
Back in the 2011 I would jizz in my pants after playing on your pic related.
>>147971262
Yeah, the curse. But also the death of Pavetta. Remember how he treated that diviner whose job was to find Ciri? With utter disgust.
Who else wants to see Nilfgaard city with Ciri in TW4?
>>147973950
Ahh, The Nilfgaard, City of Golden Towers... Would love to.
>>147973950
>>147974045
It would be a really boring TW game tho, they are all educated and clean in Nilfgaard, most of the monsters are probably exterminated.
>>147974230
I'm not saying the whole game, just partially, like Novigrad
>>147974310
There is a reason why Emhyr is in Vizima (or whatever in english) instead of a royal palace in Nilfgaard
>>147974230
It does not have to be. In witcherverse some monster learn to live in "symbiosis" with humans, Zeugl for example. Also it's not like there arent three or four lesser vampires in Novigrad and Oxenfurt. And a higher one.
Anyway, its 3 a.m in Poland now, so I'm going to sleep. Have a lullaby.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFUsPfuwjpw
>>147973950
That'd be pretty neat. I'd love to see other places like Kovir and Zerrikania too. And with a Ciri game we might get some brief glimpses of other worlds too.
>>147976314
>whenever you fast travel in TW4 Ciri creates a portal and steps through it then steps out after loading
Would be kind of a cool touch.
>>147977385
Definitely, and it beats a generic loading screen.
Although I wonder if a future plot would force her to limit her teleportations, but that's really wild speculation.
I need this
or a ciri based tw4
please cdpr
>>147980190
>telltale
Get the fuck out
>>147991027
quality post
>tfw no cerys gf
>>147993959
>hmm we could put armor anywhere...
>vital organs seem like a good thing to protect so lets put armor on her fucking arms!
>>147993959
>tfw
>>147994939
> protect vital organs with sword
> protect sword arm (partially) with armor
What could possibly go wrong?
>>147993959
>tfw no ciri gf
In TW2 is there actually a hidden attribute bonus if you beat Numa on your first try without steroids?
I've seen a couple posts about it but it doesn't at all seem legit.
>tfw never did treasure hunt quests and now I have like 20 quests for witcher gear and it's bugging me.
>get bad dad ending
I didn't feel this bad when my dog died
>>147997916
Treasure hunts quests are for faggots
Real witchers fight naked and with fists
>>147998683
>lvl 24
>decide that I should craft the next tier of armor so I don't have to go back to the blacksmith when I reach lvl 25
>after crafting the full set, remember that crafting a tier requires the previous tier item
>have to go from lvl 24 to 25 naked and with whatever weapon I could find from bandits
>>147997014
First time I've ever heard about this. So I did some research and there's absolutely no sign of a such feature, no way it's legit.
>>147997014
People meme about it because IIRC, even if you actually keep the cursor in that little bar you can't win. So without steroids it's literally impossible
Except if you're using cheats, like I did in my somethingth W2 playthrough, and I don't remember gaining anything from that
>>147960502
I probably shouldnt be saying this because I dont know too much about his backstory but I found Avallac'h to be my favorite character
>>147999790I actually went ahead and did it.
No attribute gets added. The journal entry just says "Without his enhancers, Numa turned out to be an easy opponent." not worth it desu
Why does she always have her hand in a fist?
>>148002131
She likes fisting.
>>148002131
Who's this semen demon
What does Yennefer's morning milk taste like?
>>148002131
Because she is angry.
We first see her clench her fist when Geralt reveals that she had kidnapped herself and not been kidnapped by anyone else.
Damn it Andrew
>>148006916
The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski is a must-read book.
How does Emhyr's sun medallion keep glowing after dark? What sorcery is this?
>>148007415
Reflecting moonlight
>>148007415
The sun doesn't stop shining just because it's night time, anon
>>147999338
haha, I made that same mistake as well.
I'm going to make fun of Regis' purse.
>>148008667
I'm going to make fun of your fat belly
>>148008889
Joke's on you, I'm a skeleton.
>>148006916
Martin is a shit-tier writter. I dont know what people see in his books, they're boring as hell and full of lowest emotional attacks on the reader (and yes, I read them).
>>148007415
Bling worthy of Emperor of the biggest and most powerful empire in the history
>tfw Ciri's amulet is the Cat she took from dying Bonhart
>tfw when you remember that the amulet you use in the games isnt your own, as it was lost in a fire
> tfw when you remember Ciri took two amulets from Bonhart, Cat for herself and Wolf for Geralt
>tfw when no idea what Geralt did with Fringilla Vigo's amulet and you can't cast illusions anymore
>>148009318
>Martin is a shit-tier writter
Hello Marcin!
>>148009617
Marcin is the Martin of Poland
>>148009569
new iphone wallpaper thanks
>>148009617
Miss. I just dont like Martin's writting.
>Also a disliked Lord of The Rings, but that actually isnt Tolkien fault - there was a lot of drama with fucked up translations of the book and I was unlucky to get that one
>Captcha wants me to find tea on images
>there's no tea on any of them, but there are three with coffee
>smart
>>148010362
>unironically using picture captcha
wew lad
