Mr. GOH! Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 I have been consistently impressed with this game after playing a dozen or so hours. So far, I've been playing Geralt as someone who tries to avoid causing any ruckus, and I haven't had too many consequences of my game choices come back to bite me in the ass. It seems like I can minimize the harm done by my decisions if I avoid acting like a white knight and instead act cautiously. I am wondering about one of my decisions, though: Reveal hidden contents In the Tower of Rats quest I refused to bring the specter's bones to the town and instead brought the peasant back to the tower, where the specter killed him and lifted the curse. Is this the best outcome? I suspected something terrible would happen if I removed the bones from the island. I also love that Geralt's hair continues to wave about in the breeze regardless of whether he's indoors (well, all dangly objects seem to be affected by the wind even indoors) or if I've paused the game to go to the game menus. Witcher hair is powerful stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted June 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 Reveal hidden contents I took bones with me and I turned my back, heard a scream and went back to find Graham dead n his house full of rats. In general not sticking your neb in folks affairs, generally remaining neutral is meant to be the witcher way. But not always best way to play the game (and I'm becoming increasingly aware of how I'm not playing it. I've been in the Witch Hunters faces a bit too much*). Also in most "how things turn out" it's much the same result, just with how you go about doing it. *GOH ain't far enough for this but Reveal hidden contents also ironically getting involved in a plot to kill Radovid, something you spend an entire game trying to distance yourself from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 (edited) @Tower: Reveal hidden contents I talked to the guy and had him bury the bones. Seemed to solve things. S: @Radovid: Reveal hidden contents I just did a mission for Radovid while trying to kill him. I tend to do what's right in most situations, unless someone's being a cunt to me. Although I helped a witch hunter once. Edited June 5, 2015 by TheMightyEthan fixed broken spoiler tag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted June 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 On 6/5/2015 at 2:51 PM, Saturnine Tenshi said: @Tower: Reveal hidden contents I talked to the guy and had him bury the bones. Seemed to solve things. S: Did you not pop back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 Maybe, maybe not. I noticed some boards were yellow that weren't before. Haven't gotten around to them because I'm working on finishing the quests I already have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 I'm also finding out that I'm quickly leveling beyond many sidequests and Witcher contracts. I think I'm around level 9, but I have a good number of level 6,7, and 8 quests, including most of the main quests, that are still pending. :\ Also: Reveal hidden contents I was very amused by the guards who wanted to see some sort of pass to let me into Oxenfurt, since there's no penalty (that I've seen) from just swimming or sailing across the river. I made zero effort to get a pass and have no plans to go out of my way for now that I've activated the Oxenfurt sign post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted June 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 Yeah that happens, I think game is mostly balanced on doing main quests with bit of hacking bits up on the way. As for passes, I got onto Novigrad a similar way. You get stuff eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 (edited) You level up a hell of a lot faster as your level progresses. After about...oh, maybe 10-11, I was getting EXP for 300, 500, sometimes 1000 points. I'm level 31 right now and nearing the end of the game, but I don't want it to be over. Edited June 5, 2015 by Dee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted June 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 New patch breaks mutagens. Need to drop it to craft another, so you can get up to the "greater" types. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I__N6foEE1E Patch notes: "Deploys Bovine Defense Force Initiative" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 Overwhelmed by the sheer amount of content, and concerned about being overlevelled for quests - is being overlevelled just going to make everything really easy? I'm only level 7, but there are at least five secondary quests, a witcher contract, plus two separate main quests I can go on, and they're all around my level - trying to strike a balance between sidequesting and following the main quests is quite tricky, particularly when a lot of the side quests are so bloody big. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 (edited) I've been fighting level 30+ contracts at level 20. It's certainly manageable if you're careful and don't mind dying a dozen times before you work out the best strategy, then a few more after following it. I'm playing on medium difficulty, though. Edit: Finally decided to visit Skellige. It's stunning compared to Velen, and Velen already had a lot going for it. Edited June 6, 2015 by Saturnine Tenshi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 So many hard decisions! Question: Reveal hidden contents Should I kill the squirrels, let them go, or turn them in during the woodland beast contract? I chose to not fight them but then turn them into the Redanian army. Hope that doesn't fuck me down the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 I encountered that but made a different decision. Haven't seen any repurcussions... yet. Then again, I'm not too far into the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 I'm approaching the very end of the game, I'm level 31 and have a ton of quests for levels 5 - 12, my advice to anyone is whenever you hit a new level, go complete all the quests you have at that level, as you won't want to be doing those quests when you're in your 30s. And every time you find a new notice board, just pull all the notices off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 My first voyage in Skellige was eventful. I mistook them for a flock of birds at first. http://imgur.com/a/I3dlG 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted June 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Someone managed to get an nice "then and now": http://imgur.com/a/5PouS God was Kaer Morhen some nostalgia. "I remember fighting a Frightener there". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDDQD Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Nice, some actual continuity. I remember being disappointed when revisited locations in Dragon Age Inquisition looked nothing like those from Origins. Got the game, btw. Starting my playthrough this afternoon, just a couple more hours 'till I'm off work... *sigh* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 The water in the game has been acting up for me lately. I get flat water with nothing but normal maps. Apparently it's some issue with 1.05. : \ I avoid sailing because of it. Looks like I'm playing Morrowind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted June 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Someone took even more "now and then" for Kaer Morhen. It's pretty cool CDPR have managed to keep much of it the same, at least in layout and structure, while vastly improving the look and fidelity of it all. Also I think I've managed to get near everyone with Gwent so far. Hilariously broken game, but pretty high up there as far as in-game mini-games go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 I really need to improve my Gwent deck. I don't even have enough cards to play anything except the Northern Realms, and I feel like I'm hitting a ceiling as to how effective that deck can be against advanced scoi'atel and monster decks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Northern Realms works best once you get more siege, and once you unlock the spies and cards that can pull cards from the graveyard. I'd also suggest packing lots of decoys once you see opponents start to use spies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 I only have one medic card, sadly. I have a shitload of siege cards, and a couple of uniques. Still get schooled by robust squirrel and monster decks. I also don't like to stack my deck with decoys, but I guess I'd better. What really kills me are decks heavy on muster cards, though. I can deal with Nilfgaardian spy-heavy decks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 A good number of NPCs you encounter near end game will have spies. If you don't use decoys to take advantage of it, you'll end up at a huge disadvantage due to hand sizes. As far as the monster-summoning decks go, I've found that the field effects tend to work best against them. Or cards that destroy monsters, as they'll destroy everything of one strength. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Played for hours and hours, only just discovered that you can use the right thumbstick to switch between windows for shopkeepers/inventory... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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