THE WITCHER 3: WILDE HUNT

[OnlyRegret]

I barely haggled.
I was a Geralt with a pure heart and tried to be nice as possible.

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Bailed on Witcher 1 and 2 after a few hours, going on 10 hrs with this. Started barons quest line, but got t sidetracked collecting gwent cards. Shit tier ccg but I can't help myself.

[doctavius bonbon]

After I did the first questline with Kiera I explored a bit and found Fyke island and all the spooky ghosts. Thought it was p cool, just a cool spooky place, nbd.

Then I went back to Kiera later on and got her second questline and she was like "Let me tell you about this haunted island."

And to my surprise Geralt was all "Yeah, been there, wasn't so bad, nbd"

The fact that he totally acknowledge that I found the place was really impressive to me.

In this case, the proximity of the island to where you first get the boat really kind of encourages you to explore it, but it was pretty cool that Geralt has dialogue for stuff like this across multiple quest lines.

[Rufus]

Aaand finished. Kinda glad I don't know how long it took, haven't poopsocked a game this much in a long while.

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I got the Witcher ending. Ciri "dies", Nilfgaard wins the north, Temeria however is free, Geralt and Yen live happily ever after.

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Now I've got a strong desire to play the first two games again.

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What do whores do?
My dad told me they do things mum wont
My mom hates to do the laundry
So thats what all the gentlemen do at the Passiflora? Get their laundry done?
I looked through the window once saw them all parading in their knickers
So why does my dad say the Passiflora is the best cause its got the dirtiest whores?
Adults are strange

[fistfulofmetal]

The Crones of Crookback Bog tho

[Eel O'Brian]

Killing me with these random quest levels. Finish a level 18 quest, unlock a level 10 quest. Some of these side quests should really scale up with you, or at least the loot should. I'm not convinced Poland understands numbers.

[Great Rumbler]

Skellige is so good, might already be one of my favorite RPG locales after just a few hours of roaming around.

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Sailed out to a small island as part of the quest to find master smithing tools for the dwarf smith at the Bloody Baron's castle. Immediately came upon the remains of a small settlement that had been partially destroyed, no one around. Wandered through a very narrow canyon with high cliffs on either side until I finally found a path. The path turned around a corner and I found a huge long ship under construction, guarded by a massive ice giant that was feeding raw meat to sirens and the survivor crew member of a doomed voyage, who had been forced to build the ship for the giant so that it could sail out and fight the gods at Ragnarok. Spent a few minutes talking to the survivor, who talked to the skulls of his former crew mates. Geralt noticed an arm that had been gnawed on. This wasn't part of my quest, so I pressed on. As I moved higher into the mountains, I found large footprints in the snow leading away from my destination. Getting a bit nervous now. Near the peak of the mountain, I found a large structure. Some of the walls had been destroyed, debris was scattered everywhere. Inside I found the giant's...pantry.

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[OnlyRegret]

Can girls be witchers too?

I's a witcher, HAI-YA!

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LELELELELELE

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[Rufus]

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Well, she doesn't need the mutations because she has her blinking magic, right? No reason to risk killing her with the process, either.

The part where she goes to destroy Caranthir's staff is pretty cool. Aim at enemy, blink, dead, aim at enemy, blink, dead. It was like Flicker Strike from PoE.

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[Mr. Gundam]

The Crones of Crookback Bog tho

Got to them last night. Wow.

Off to Novigrad. Hopefully I'll beat this game in July at some point.

[Eel O'Brian]

It just FEELS so random, though. "See that red? Don't go to this area unless you're level 18.  Oh, you're here? 18 already? Guess what, you've just discovered a level 12 quest - but don't worry, it's already greyed out for you."

[Rufus]

It makes it seem like there's an invisible breadcrumb trail for you to follow, some optimal path were everything makes sense and you actually get to use the shit you find.

[OnlyRegret]

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Well, she doesn't need the mutations because she has her blinking magic, right? No reason to risk killing her with the process, either.

The part where she goes to destroy Caranthir's staff is pretty cool. Aim at enemy, blink, dead, aim at enemy, blink, dead. It was like Flicker Strike from PoE.

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Spent a good 10 minutes just slaughtering shit as her before even bothering to go after Caranthir.
http://imgur.com/LsXa1Tt

Ciri just recks everything. She is OP.

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Too good 

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Went to Skellige at level 19, dont want to be too overleveled for the main quest.

Goddamn what a beautiful area, arrived at dusk, the music, the scenery... So good.

@eel, thats a rare occurance imho and It feels as these are there so that people that walk about and discover places will have stuff to do

[fistfulofmetal]

Having to find specific upgrade diagrams is an interesting idea and I think it gives a pretty good incentive for exploring and stuff. However I feel if that was the direction they wanted to go with they should have included a way to storage certain weapons/armor so you can come back to them at another time. Even if it was a storage box in Novigrad that you had to earn or spend a bunch of coin to purchase.

[Great Rumbler]

If anyone has skipped over the quest to help Dandelion open his caberet, go do it immediately. It's seriously one of the best quests I've done so far.

[Human Snorenado]

If anyone has skipped over the quest to help Dandelion open his caberet, go do it immediately. It's seriously one of the best quests I've done so far.

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Priscilla

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[Great Rumbler]

That was a turn I did not expect.

[Joe Molotov]

I went to Carl's Jr. a few days ago, and my cup was covered with Geralt and had a $5 off coupon for The Witcher 3. Even tho it was just Carl's Jr and not a premiere restaurant like Taco Bell, that's a level of treatment usually only reserved for Call of Duties.
You made it, Poland.

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If anyone has skipped over the quest to help Dandelion open his caberet, go do it immediately. It's seriously one of the best quests I've done so far.

This sounded lame so I left it, will do after main story now though

[Eel O'Brian]

Re: Dandelion's cabaret quest:

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Did you question the Reverend before you killed him? If not, load up an earlier save and do that bit over. It leads to a whole new ending section.

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[Cerveza mas fina]

Why didnt I go with Triss

 

[fistfulofmetal]

The way the Bloody Baron and Crookback Bog questlines intertwine and and then culminate is kind of amazing.

[El Babua]

Saving my waifu decision till I head to Skellige and spend time with yen.

Right now, she has to do quite a lot to top Triss.

[toku]

Re: Dandelion's cabaret quest:

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Did you question the Reverend before you killed him? If not, load up an earlier save and do that bit over. It leads to a whole new ending section.

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What was it?

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I discovered the religous higher vampire and fought him.

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[Eel O'Brian]

Re: Dandelion's cabaret quest:

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Did you question the Reverend before you killed him? If not, load up an earlier save and do that bit over. It leads to a whole new ending section.

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What was it?

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I discovered the religous higher vampire and fought him.

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That's it, but if you kill the Reverend of the eternal fire who is torturing the prostitute without questioning him first, you never find out that the coroner is a vampire. The character bio says he gets away.

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Yennefer 4 eva

I dunno, what has yen done for me lately

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Yennefer 4 eva

I dunno, what has yen done for me lately

she wasn't with you shootin in the gym thats for sure

[OnlyRegret]

Yen is so motherly towards Ciri

[toku]

Yen is so motherly towards Ciri

Triss woulda been a better mother. *100 Emoji*

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Look at us discussing waifus

[OnlyRegret]

Yen is so motherly towards Ciri

Triss woulda been a better mother. *100 Emoji*

lolno

Anyone read the books?
I heard Triss was a real shitter towards Ciri in them.

[fistfulofmetal]

I'm a little over 30 hours and I have a bunch of stuff left to do in Velen (high level contracts). I'm in Novigrad and finished off the quest:

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Triss gets tortured and kills Menge

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Is Skellige just a populated and dense as Velen in terms of content? The latter areas of Witcher 2 were pretty light in content compared to the early stuff.

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Wow Fistful, I clicked on the spoiler and that never happened in my storyline,

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did that shit myself

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What if Netflix would snap up the rights to a Witcher show?

 

[Rufus]

There is less land area obviously, but there are still quite a few quests there. Not as many, though they retain their quality.

Tip: some merchants sell maps that unlock the signposts. Only use those to avoid sea travel, don't hop around using the signposts once you're on one of the islands. There's stuff on the roads and off to the side that you won't see otherwise.

[mjemirzian]

Great game, really enjoyed it. I only wish you could fast travel from anywhere after being out of combat for like 30 seconds (to prevent abuse). Riding around the same places can get tedious after putting 100+ hours into it.

[Brehvolution]

That Hym quest  

[Human Snorenado]

Getting to the end of the line, brehs

srs spoilers below

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Did the quest where you kill Radovid. But then Djikstra tries to have my homies Roche, Thaler and Ves killed? Sorry son, we don't play that. Had to step in.

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[Great Rumbler]

I think this is my favorite track in the entire OST:

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Keep getting 5xp for green quests, this sucks

[Rufus]

Keep getting 5xp for green quests, this sucks

It won't matter. I waited to do story quests till I had done all the side stuff, was 28 when I picked up Uma. A couple quests later I was 30, and I ended with 34 or something like that. They rain XP on you.

There was no bug, this is just scaling.

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Uma? Is this a spoiler?

Im 20 now and think ill just move ahead with the story (on.skellige), dont want to overlevel even more.

[toku]

deadly plot quest is bugged for me lol

[Rufus]

Toku, try this if you've got the same issue:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/702760-the-witcher-3-wild-hunt/71935239

Uma? Is this a spoiler?

Im 20 now and think ill just move ahead with the story (on.skellige), dont want to overlevel even more.

No, not really. It will only make sense once you get there.

FYI, there's a point of no return for some quests (Gwent being one of them, I think) on Skellige. They warn you when you get there and tell you to save. Recommended level is 22. I was 28 when I did that. It's strange like that. It would have made more sense to scale every enemy except the contract monsters and the ones guarding treasures.

[Rufus]

One of the two DLCs that just came out added a wolf school set.

[Human Snorenado]

One of the two DLCs that just came out added a wolf school set.

Seriously hope some DLC or an expansion gives us storage space tho

[toku]

Toku, try this if you've got the same issue:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/702760-the-witcher-3-wild-hunt/71935239

Uma? Is this a spoiler?

Im 20 now and think ill just move ahead with the story (on.skellige), dont want to overlevel even more.

No, not really. It will only make sense once you get there.

FYI, there's a point of no return for some quests (Gwent being one of them, I think) on Skellige. They warn you when you get there and tell you to save. Recommended level is 22. I was 28 when I did that. It's strange like that. It would have made more sense to scale every enemy except the contract monsters and the ones guarding treasures.

Fixed but now im scared to go to skellige. What do I say to Yennefer now that I've already chose my waifu?

[Brehvolution]

There was a time where the same 2 swords for a good 10 levels. Now swords are dropping every quest it feels like.

[toku]

There was a time where the same 2 swords for a good 10 levels. Now swords are dropping every quest it feels like.

And they're all garbage

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Alt Triss

[El Babua]

Skellige not only looks amazing but it's also the best designed area when it comes to exploration.

[Rufus]

Yeah, that felt really forced. I was tempted to reload because it looked like a glitch, but I realized they're just hamfisting (hurr durr) that in there. There's other stuff on Skellige that feels hurried and slapdash, also involving Lugos.

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Really surprised Borys isn't playing this and talking about it after how he loved DA:I

[Human Snorenado]

Finished the game. Clocked in at 96 hours, level 35.

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Got what I guess is the "good" ending? Ciri lived, hung out with Geralt and Yen for a while in White Orchard, went off to become Empress. I wonder if I'd let Radovid live if Emhyr would have been able to conquer everything? Or if I'd let Djikstra take Radovid's place like he wanted to?

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[fistfulofmetal]

40 hours in, finally arrived in Skellige.

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I have so many open quests I can't see myself ever doing all that.

In some respect I would say that is a shame, or "bad" design, but in reality I think this is exactly how such a game should be. The game is so rich on content that playing through it feels natural and real. You won't get to see everything. You won't get to do everything. This is a real world and you're just making your way through it, in any way you want.

[Brehvolution]

I'm at a point now where I'm just going to press on and finish the main story and get it over with. Then restart the game, really explor, and finish all the side/witcher quests.

[sarslip]

I have so many open quests I can't see myself ever doing all that.

In some respect I would say that is a shame, or "bad" design, but in reality I think this is exactly how such a game should be. The game is so rich on content that playing through it feels natural and real. You won't get to see everything. You won't get to do everything. This is a real world and you're just making your way through it, in any way you want.

i wish every game presented itself as the only game you will ever need

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Skjal

[OnlyRegret]

Skjal

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Did you give him a pity kiss when he was in the world of the living or did you claim to be a lesbian?

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