The Witcher 3 Discussion Thread!

They added difficulty slider after 1,10. Not sure how it changes it though. I have mine put on hard, but don't really see any difference. THen again, I have plenty of heroes in my deck.
One of the better tactics (provided you have spies and decoy cards) is to spam spies on first round, get bunch of cards and then surrender.
If opponent starts using his/her spy cards you use decoys and use them later on him/her.

Also, dat Triss on your avy...

 

I have plenty Triss' screenshots. Gotta reload a few times to capture her perfect moment.

On another note, I just came back to White Orchard.

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The innkeeper is no where to be found and so is the man that will play Gwent with you when first come there. And there is no innkeeper in that inn. There are 2 NPCs playing gwent but I cannot join them.

 

Lol, I'm not that desperate .

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So you completed White Orchard main story part. She'll be in somewhere in Novigrad later, but won't sell any cards later. I think after she is gone someone else sells them.
But let that be a lesson to you - always check innkeepers/merchants for cards, especially in the beginning of the game.

And just for the heads up, GOG has a 50% off on TW3 (and some other deals on TW games, except TW3 Expansion Pass).

 

it's kinda a hobby. Not Triss but taking screenshot when playing video games. She just happens to be my favorite so, a lot.

And yeah, I couldn't care less about Gwent when I started and I was so wrong.

 

Same here .

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Just finished the main Hearts of Stone quest.

I haven't seen a better story from any other developer so far. Screw Stormcloaks vs Imperials; in The Witcher 3 it's all the small decisions, every single one of them that count. Every single decision is a Hobson's choice. They're equally as bad.

I'm half regretting

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killing the thief instead of Horst, who seems like a bigger scumbag

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I

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saved von Everec and got two excellent swords. Nice.

 

The fact that you are even comparing the two are worth a slap or two...

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I killed them both

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Ditto.

 

Sooo TW3 won game of year. As if any other game was going to win.

 

I will be honest with you, for a minute there I though Fallout 4 might win it. Butthesda has deeper money pockets you know...

 

Skellige is SO beautiful. How did I manage to miss it in my first playthrough? The mountains, the villages, and the people, even their accent. Starting to fall in love with that accent. In Dota 2 there is a hero with similar accent too, only that she sounds funnier.

NG+ is truly a different experience. I appreciate every bit of it. CDRP announced two expansions but is there any chance there might be more in the future?

//I didn't know CDRP decided to learn to make video game because they wanted to make their Witcher game. That's something.

 

From what I read on official forums, no. There might be a fourth Witcher game, but for now they are focusing their attention on the second expansion for TW3 and then on Cyberpunk. What comes afterwards nobody knows.

 

I hope there would be another (other) expansion(s) for TW 3 (more characters from TW 1 and 2) though I haven't bought Heart of Stone. Definitely bought it after I'm done with Skellige.

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Are them ? marks in the sea all smuggler's cache? That'd be a major pain.

Watched Cyberpunk teaser, look pretty awesome but well, modern stuff isn't my thing.

 

I'm looking forward to (hopefully) a PC-exclusive Enhanced Edition with DX12 and greatly improved meshes (low-poly garlic - gaaah), textures and performance. TW3 still crashes occasionally on my OCed GPU.

Also, I had this great idea. The two Hindu epics are excellent RPG material - I've just been researching them. Lots of side stories, a huge plot; excellent character development as well as a vast, detailed area to explore. It'd be great if CDPR went eastbound and took a look at these epics.

 

A lot of people (including me) would be totally down if they would continue releasing "episodic content" - HoS type of addons for a tenner. They already have a base in the form of TW3, all they need is a good script, VO, and maybe some additional assets. Have main team working on Cyberpunk, and leave a smaller one on making addons for TW3. Shut up and take my money!
Of course it depends if CDPR are themselves down with this sort of thing. I personally wouldn't want to force CDPR to make more TW3 content if they don't want it. Sure I want more (as do others), but it's always better to end on a high note than turn into crap. A few devs I heard (forums, live streams) said that they are a bit tired of TW and would like to try something else. And you know how it goes, once you are tired of something, quality has a big chance of going downhill.

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Yeah, those question marks in the water are some sort of treasures (hidden, smugglers, etc.). And as someone who collected them all, I confirm, they were a major pain in the bun to collect...

Those are other things that they mentioned they had no plans for, though could be partly possible. I can see them releasing a GOTY like version of TW3 down the road, maybe with few fixes (and luckily no additional bugs), but there haven't been any official confirmation on DX12.

 

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actually the console can do that. How many opportunities have I missed not knowing that I can use photo mode and free cam together?

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B&W first screenshots

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holy crap it looks awesome. Did they reveal where it might take place? And it adds a whole new area like Dragonborn DLC of Skyrim?

also just found out it's scheduled to release in the first half of 2016, not the first quarter anymore

 

It was already known for some time - Toussaint.

(it's at the bottom of the map)

 

that might be a quite big map. So hyped.

 

prize for modding contest hosted by CDRP. Looks like Witcher sword.

 

I bet one of those nude mod authors will get this prize

 

sadly it's a contest about Christmas theme (costume for some characters for example). But hopefully someone will make some sexy santa costume for the ladies.

anyway, it's a nice gesture from CDRP to encourage modders.

 

Oh man, please no more "sexy" costumes for the ladies... I still can't get over how bad those DLC costumes were...

 

real sexiness with a touch of modern style. It could be fun. I don't think there is any costumes more fitting than their current ones anyway (not that there are many other alternative costumes).

 

I seriously think this game has ruined gaming for me. Every game I've played since playing TW3 just seems boring, not as well polished, and lacking a certain something. It really sucks

 

You know that a game is really good when it makes everything else look crappy in comparison.

Really, kudos to CD Projekt RED. I hope they release an Enhanced Edition... And I can't wait for Blood and Wine and Cyberpunk 2077.

 

Looking back at this thread... Everyone who's commented has gone off to play other games. Once I get my laptop back from servicing (GPU has been acting up), I'll go back to TW2 to refresh myself on the story.

 

this game is quite long but somehow it still feels short. Since I started NG+, I've always felt it's gonna be over very soon. I play for only around 1 hour each day and have resort to limited fast travel.

also, a question about Kaer Morhen.

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is there anything to discover in Kaer Morhen except for Witcher gears? I didn't go around much in my first play through and I only find Wolf School diagrams. Also, as I remember, only after I've get Uma from the Baron, could I gain access to Kaer Morhen, correct? That means I've to finish The Last Wish with Yennefer and potentially A Matter of Life And Death with Triss, which also means I've to choose n̶e̶i̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ either or both of them - classic dilemma. Planned to procrastinate the romance but I want to get Wolf School gears asap too .

 

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You gain access to Kaer Mohren quite late in-game, once you get Ciri, if I remember it right. Besides Wolf Gear you can find Triss' earring in the castle yard and then give it to her back.

 

Are you playing on Death March? IMO, anything below Death March really gimps the game.

 

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Aw, that's too bad. Still wearing the master craft Wolf School gears from my first playthrough except for the swords.

Yes, but I did play on the second easiest difficulty then switched to the second hardest difficulty in my first playthrough. Don't really notice any difference except that I die faster and I can kill faster too so the game is somewhat easier. I think one way to make the game harder is some mod to modify Quen sign (or constrain from using it).

 

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What, no Viper Armour from Hearts Of Stone?

 

I don't have Hearts of Stone yet. Have other school diagrams but Wolf School looks best.

 

What are you waiting for then? Get it! Get it NOA!

 

I must discover every ? mark first or else I will never do. Only those on the sea of Skellige left.

 

This may take a while...

 

think I've like 60 marks left. But if I get some free time in my winter break, I might buy it. Want to complete the questline in a few consecutive days.

 

Oh man, main quest line in HOS is so good. I've completed the whole add-on in two seatings. Once I started playing it, I couldn't stop.
Good thing weekends exist.

Anyway, today I found a quest I previously haven't seen before. I was so happy, for about 10 minutes (yeah, it was one of them short quests)...
Now I'm sad again...
Should check a guide, maybe there are more things I've missed.

 

That's one thing why I try not to use fast travel too often. Riding on Roache's back is too good to miss out (not a big fan of sailing tho, got my boat sunk in the middle of the sea once). It frightens me one day I'll be in your shoes.

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The only thing you could miss is those ! mark quests, right?

 

Nope.
By the way, I also don't use fast travel, except for traveling between maps.

 

what else?

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I mean quests that are easy to miss. You couldn't miss contract quests in general. Secondary quests which relate to the main quest can't be missed either. ! quests are secondary quests. 2 types of secondary quests? Don't really count racing and boxing quests. Treasure hunt are from those ? marks so it's on the map. There is witcher gear quests but those are from the diagrams that can be bought. Want to make sure I don't miss anything too. Well, Letho's dead in my NG+ so guess I don't do his quests. Pretty interesting how there is still some difference in NG+ even though I didn't import the Witcher 2 save.

 

It was just unmarked. Maybe it was a secret quest . I did learn about it from forums.

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It was located in KM

 

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is this the one when you go to a ruin and there are the ghosts of a boy training to be witcher with another witcher? Don't really remember how it goes but I did it when looking for witcher gears.

 

Nope.

 

well, thanks. At least there's that one after I make up my mind with Yen and Triss.

 

What's there to make up - the right choice is obviously Triss .

 

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if I really choose then I'd choose both but I want to do something different to see how it affects the ending. But my conscience would be eating me if I refuse either of them.

 

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It doesn't really change much - a slight different dialogue here or there and a different storybook ending. That's all. Also, if you concider to choose both

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DO NOT!

Cutscene is funny though.

 

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I did choose both in my first play through. And yeah, got my hope up. Figure it would only slightly different at the ending but still though I really incline to repeat that choice again.

 

This thread has become literally just two or three people - doesn't anyone here play this game anymore?