God, I can't wait for Blood and Wine. From what little we know so far it sounds like everything more I could have wanted from a Witcher game and the perfect ending to the series.
are the DLCs meant to be played after finishing the main story? Or are they soemthing meant to be done in a re-play and completed before finishing the main story arc?
are the DLCs meant to be played after finishing the main story? Or are they soemthing meant to be done in a re-play and completed before finishing the main story arc?
They're their own thing. You can play them whenever.
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are the DLCs meant to be played after finishing the main story? Or are they soemthing meant to be done in a re-play and completed before finishing the main story arc?
Hearts of Stone could be played whenever, but I kind of feel like you should play it before you finish the main game.
Blood and Wine sounds like it's meant to be post-game.
are the DLCs meant to be played after finishing the main story? Or are they soemthing meant to be done in a re-play and completed before finishing the main story arc?
They're their own thing. You can play them whenever.
If it weren't so upper-level in terms of content, I'd say it's intended to be started upon reaching Oxenfurt, except you obviously can't do that because you'll be like level 7 and not 30 (or whatever). But it definitely makes that eastern part of the map feel way more relevant and lived in.
I got the season pass and if so far it's more of the same I'm very happy. The depth and solid conviction in the main and even the side quests is excellent.
Just got to velen so yeah a couple of things to keep me busy.
think I've crashed more than 20 times during this fucking wedding alone, this expansion is garbage quality
Do you have an Nvidia card? The expansion has had some issues with the Shield service, even (especially) if you don't have a Shield. Turn off the service and that may help. It did for me anyway.
edit: in preferences, just unclicking the box under SHIELD for "Allow this PC to stream games to SHIELD devices"
does that turn it off?
I did that, didn't help, still crashing. can't finish wedding
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No. Whether you're on Win 7, 8, or 10, the easiest way to get there is to click on the windows search (or Cortana in 10) and type "Services."
Arrange the list by name.
Find "NVIDIA Streamer Service" and double-click it.
Change the startup type to Disabled.
Reboot.
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Getting more into the 3, I really like this combat system. Much improved from 2.
But god damn this Xbox One performance. I'd rather have the game look like shit than be almost constantly under 30 frames and have the worst pop-in on a console I have ever seen.
Is there a reason I shouldn't root for and help the Nilfgaardians? Despite their horrid disdane of beards, I find I like them better than any lord or religion from the North.
Getting more into the 3, I really like this combat system. Much improved from 2.
But god damn this Xbox One performance. I'd rather have the game look like shit than be almost constantly under 30 frames and have the worst pop-in on a console I have ever seen.
Is there a reason I shouldn't root for and help the Nilfgaardians? Despite their horrid disdane of beards, I find I like them better than any lord or religion from the North.
That is a valid way to play the game, though you might want to know Geralt's personal history with the emperor. (Book spoilers)
Emhyr is Ciri's biological father. He once attempted to kidnap her and force her to wed him because of the prophecies that surround her. Basically he's a messed-up fucker... but then, so is Radovid. You can understand why Geralt would have serious reservations about Emhyr when Ciri is involved, but you can play things out a few different ways when it comes to the geopolitics involved.
Want to find me on a gaming service? I'm SwashbucklerXX everywhere.
Getting more into the 3, I really like this combat system. Much improved from 2.
But god damn this Xbox One performance. I'd rather have the game look like shit than be almost constantly under 30 frames and have the worst pop-in on a console I have ever seen.
Is there a reason I shouldn't root for and help the Nilfgaardians? Despite their horrid disdane of beards, I find I like them better than any lord or religion from the North.
That is a valid way to play the game, though you might want to know Geralt's personal history with the emperor. (Book spoilers)
Emhyr is Ciri's biological father. He once attempted to kidnap her and force her to wed him because of the prophecies that surround her. Basically he's a messed-up fucker... but then, so is Radovid. You can understand why Geralt would have serious reservations about Emhyr when Ciri is involved, but you can play things out a few different ways when it comes to the geopolitics involved.
The only problem is that CDPR has gone to such lengths to whitewash references to the novels(especially compared to Witcher 1) that the two incarnations are almost irreconcilable. Hell, Nilfgaard doesn't even feel like antagonists in this game at all, compared to their portrayal in the novels - and especially compared to the northern kings.
Yeah they want to conquer the north... but there isn't anyone up here that gives you a whole lot of reasons to care.
I feel like this has to do with CDPR deciding to go on their own, disconnected direction with the story after what the author of the novels said about the games, but that's tangential.
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They allude to it well enough in the game, but I think it's more that The Witcher 3 is largely a personal story. There is end of the world bullshit happening, but the story is very much about Ciri becoming an adult and Geralt reconnecting with her.
I was having some crashing issues myself after the Hearts of Stone patch (and I haven't even started the Hearts content yet), but I seem to have fixed them by disabling the in-game overlay in GoG. Apparently it got stealth-activated at some point. That also allowed me to run the game from my Steam client again, which I prefer for screenshotting purposes.
Want to find me on a gaming service? I'm SwashbucklerXX everywhere.
So I played 7 hours or so perfectly fine. But now my keyboard controls suddenly stop responding for a few seconds at a time randomly. Very frustrating. Any known issues/solutions?
Getting more into the 3, I really like this combat system. Much improved from 2.
But god damn this Xbox One performance. I'd rather have the game look like shit than be almost constantly under 30 frames and have the worst pop-in on a console I have ever seen.
Is there a reason I shouldn't root for and help the Nilfgaardians? Despite their horrid disdane of beards, I find I like them better than any lord or religion from the North.
That is a valid way to play the game, though you might want to know Geralt's personal history with the emperor. (Book spoilers)
Emhyr is Ciri's biological father. He once attempted to kidnap her and force her to wed him because of the prophecies that surround her. Basically he's a messed-up fucker... but then, so is Radovid. You can understand why Geralt would have serious reservations about Emhyr when Ciri is involved, but you can play things out a few different ways when it comes to the geopolitics involved.
The only problem is that CDPR has gone to such lengths to whitewash references to the novels(especially compared to Witcher 1) that the two incarnations are almost irreconcilable. Hell, Nilfgaard doesn't even feel like antagonists in this game at all, compared to their portrayal in the novels - and especially compared to the northern kings.
Yeah they want to conquer the north... but there isn't anyone up here that gives you a whole lot of reasons to care.
I feel like this has to do with CDPR deciding to go on their own, disconnected direction with the story after what the author of the novels said about the games, but that's tangential.
If you wander around the world, there is plenty of evidence that the Nilfgaardians are scum. The major difference between The Witcher 3 and earlier games/books is Radovid. He changed the Northern kingdoms from poorly managed feudal states - which sucked even when ruled by good intentioned rulers - to an aggressively expansive fascist state that is just gearing up for multiple genocides.
I thought it was a good storytelling device that twisted the status quo in a believable way. It definitely sets up the series of hard choices at the end (should you even decide to play politics) in a better way than the standard good vs. evil faction choices you get in RPGs. I especially liked that the two "best" choices in terms of geopolitics involved deep personal sacrifice.
the thing you learn about in the witcher series is that people are assholes, and aside from very very rare exceptions, assholes in power have a massive increase in the amount of suffering they cause.
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I really like how the quests are done in this. Many times I'm finding that what seems as a easy quest becomes less clear cut than would first appear.
The dynamic of two sides of a story is very well done.
Also
The crones and killing the evil spirit. I am not sure if it was the right thing but I released the spirit into the horse, I considered it the lesser of two evils but I may be wrong.
I really like how the quests are done in this. Many times I'm finding that what seems as a easy quest becomes less clear cut than would first appear.
The dynamic of two sides of a story is very well done.
Also
The crones and killing the evil spirit. I am not sure if it was the right thing but I released the spirit into the horse, I considered it the lesser of two evils but I may be wrong.
No choice in that part is perfect but
you can see one of the results of your choice later in Novogrod.
I really like how the quests are done in this. Many times I'm finding that what seems as a easy quest becomes less clear cut than would first appear.
The dynamic of two sides of a story is very well done.
Also
The crones and killing the evil spirit. I am not sure if it was the right thing but I released the spirit into the horse, I considered it the lesser of two evils but I may be wrong.
Just in case, Bloody Baron end quest spoilers here.
Yeah, I kinda did the same thing. Trick is I was doing my best to save everyone else, but didn't give half a shit about the Baron. He was a drunken broken leader of what's basically a street gang, and he was the BEST part of his little shit squad. I wanted to get his things in order and then...
Turns out the fat asshole saved me the trouble, plus I can now kill his men with impunity whenever I see them causing problems.
I'm curious to see what Black Beauty (which is literally the horse's name when you free her, noticed that) does later on. Part of me really hated the village mantra of 'we're willing to give up our privacy and freedom and an occasional child if it means we have one up on the rest of this godforsaken swamp', so I didn't weep for them that much. She seemed like someone who wanted to be feared and left alone rather than the Crones treating the humans around them as cattle, and part of me dug her 'nature is nature, fuck off if you don't like it' attitude.
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I really like how the quests are done in this. Many times I'm finding that what seems as a easy quest becomes less clear cut than would first appear.
The dynamic of two sides of a story is very well done.
Also
The crones and killing the evil spirit. I am not sure if it was the right thing but I released the spirit into the horse, I considered it the lesser of two evils but I may be wrong.
Just in case, Bloody Baron end quest spoilers here.
Yeah, I kinda did the same thing. Trick is I was doing my best to save everyone else, but didn't give half a shit about the Baron. He was a drunken broken leader of what's basically a street gang, and he was the BEST part of his little shit squad. I wanted to get his things in order and then...
Turns out the fat asshole saved me the trouble, plus I can now kill his men with impunity whenever I see them causing problems.
I'm curious to see what Black Beauty (which is literally the horse's name when you free her, noticed that) does later on. Part of me really hated the village mantra of 'we're willing to give up our privacy and freedom and an occasional child if it means we have one up on the rest of this godforsaken swamp', so I didn't weep for them that much. She seemed like someone who wanted to be feared and left alone rather than the Crones treating the humans around them as cattle, and part of me dug her 'nature is nature, fuck off if you don't like it' attitude.
The thing is (MASSIVE ending spoilers here)
If you kill Black Beauty, the kids will die - but eventually so will their killers, the hags, thanks to the main story. If you let Black Beauty live, she'll be free to terrorize the countryside for a very, very long time
I really like how the quests are done in this. Many times I'm finding that what seems as a easy quest becomes less clear cut than would first appear.
The dynamic of two sides of a story is very well done.
Also
The crones and killing the evil spirit. I am not sure if it was the right thing but I released the spirit into the horse, I considered it the lesser of two evils but I may be wrong.
Just in case, Bloody Baron end quest spoilers here.
Yeah, I kinda did the same thing. Trick is I was doing my best to save everyone else, but didn't give half a shit about the Baron. He was a drunken broken leader of what's basically a street gang, and he was the BEST part of his little shit squad. I wanted to get his things in order and then...
Turns out the fat asshole saved me the trouble, plus I can now kill his men with impunity whenever I see them causing problems.
I'm curious to see what Black Beauty (which is literally the horse's name when you free her, noticed that) does later on. Part of me really hated the village mantra of 'we're willing to give up our privacy and freedom and an occasional child if it means we have one up on the rest of this godforsaken swamp', so I didn't weep for them that much. She seemed like someone who wanted to be feared and left alone rather than the Crones treating the humans around them as cattle, and part of me dug her 'nature is nature, fuck off if you don't like it' attitude.
The thing is (MASSIVE ending spoilers here)
If you kill Black Beauty, the kids will die - but eventually so will their killers, the hags, thanks to the main story. If you let Black Beauty live, she'll be free to terrorize the countryside for a very, very long time
... Or until someone pays Geralt to deal with her.
And a big part of why the Nilfgardians seem less scummy in this game compared to the books is explained in the game itself: Emhyr doesn't have the financial support anymore for an all-out war, so they no longer have the resources to just kill everything in their way.
I really like how the quests are done in this. Many times I'm finding that what seems as a easy quest becomes less clear cut than would first appear.
The dynamic of two sides of a story is very well done.
Also
The crones and killing the evil spirit. I am not sure if it was the right thing but I released the spirit into the horse, I considered it the lesser of two evils but I may be wrong.
Just in case, Bloody Baron end quest spoilers here.
Yeah, I kinda did the same thing. Trick is I was doing my best to save everyone else, but didn't give half a shit about the Baron. He was a drunken broken leader of what's basically a street gang, and he was the BEST part of his little shit squad. I wanted to get his things in order and then...
Turns out the fat asshole saved me the trouble, plus I can now kill his men with impunity whenever I see them causing problems.
I'm curious to see what Black Beauty (which is literally the horse's name when you free her, noticed that) does later on. Part of me really hated the village mantra of 'we're willing to give up our privacy and freedom and an occasional child if it means we have one up on the rest of this godforsaken swamp', so I didn't weep for them that much. She seemed like someone who wanted to be feared and left alone rather than the Crones treating the humans around them as cattle, and part of me dug her 'nature is nature, fuck off if you don't like it' attitude.
The thing is (MASSIVE ending spoilers here)
If you kill Black Beauty, the kids will die - but eventually so will their killers, the hags, thanks to the main story. If you let Black Beauty live, she'll be free to terrorize the countryside for a very, very long time
Massive Ending spoilers
Except for that one Crone... unless you really mess up with Ciri.
Found his wife and picked the right doll so she transformed back before dying then when I came to get barons payment found him hanging at a tree, cinema unfolds by saving the kids and returning his wife while both good ends with him killing himself? I know he was a bastard of a man but a shame really.
Least I got his gwent card I suppose.
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And a big part of why the Nilfgardians seem less scummy in this game compared to the books is explained in the game itself: Emhyr doesn't have the financial support anymore for an all-out war, so they no longer have the resources to just kill everything in their way.
I really like how the quests are done in this. Many times I'm finding that what seems as a easy quest becomes less clear cut than would first appear.
The dynamic of two sides of a story is very well done.
Also
The crones and killing the evil spirit. I am not sure if it was the right thing but I released the spirit into the horse, I considered it the lesser of two evils but I may be wrong.
Just in case, Bloody Baron end quest spoilers here.
Yeah, I kinda did the same thing. Trick is I was doing my best to save everyone else, but didn't give half a shit about the Baron. He was a drunken broken leader of what's basically a street gang, and he was the BEST part of his little shit squad. I wanted to get his things in order and then...
Turns out the fat asshole saved me the trouble, plus I can now kill his men with impunity whenever I see them causing problems.
I'm curious to see what Black Beauty (which is literally the horse's name when you free her, noticed that) does later on. Part of me really hated the village mantra of 'we're willing to give up our privacy and freedom and an occasional child if it means we have one up on the rest of this godforsaken swamp', so I didn't weep for them that much. She seemed like someone who wanted to be feared and left alone rather than the Crones treating the humans around them as cattle, and part of me dug her 'nature is nature, fuck off if you don't like it' attitude.
The thing is (MASSIVE ending spoilers here)
If you kill Black Beauty, the kids will die - but eventually so will their killers, the hags, thanks to the main story. If you let Black Beauty live, she'll be free to terrorize the countryside for a very, very long time
Massive Ending spoilers
Except for that one Crone... unless you really mess up with Ciri.
Not really; Weavess is killed by Ciri off-camera if Ciri survives the ending. You know that because Ciri's holding the amulet Weavess took from her when she got away
It's quite a nice detail that escapes from a lot of people who finished Witcher 3, myself included!
I just finished all the Baron's missions. He said there would be money, but I wouldn't know because I repaired my sword and now I'm broke.
I'm always broke. Whatever money I scrape together goes into repairing my weapons and armor. Now I'm trying to find a boat to Skellige and I don't have money to pay the fee to see the King of Beggars area. How do you have money in this game?
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Such as? It'd be nice, but unfortunately they've already mentioned some specific characters won't be appearing.
Edit: Although I'm having trouble finding the source, and to be honest I'm not sure which ones they called out
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They're their own thing. You can play them whenever.
Hearts of Stone could be played whenever, but I kind of feel like you should play it before you finish the main game.
Blood and Wine sounds like it's meant to be post-game.
If it weren't so upper-level in terms of content, I'd say it's intended to be started upon reaching Oxenfurt, except you obviously can't do that because you'll be like level 7 and not 30 (or whatever). But it definitely makes that eastern part of the map feel way more relevant and lived in.
Just got to velen so yeah a couple of things to keep me busy.
Anyfool proof method that will make sure I can complete all without to much hassle would be appreciated.
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I had to rely solely on Igni's flamethrower improvement to take that one down...I have no idea how you'd go about it any other way.
That one didn't give me as much trouble (also alchemy/heavy bombs build), but
So, Death was hard, because Death IS hard.
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Do you have an Nvidia card? The expansion has had some issues with the Shield service, even (especially) if you don't have a Shield. Turn off the service and that may help. It did for me anyway.
edit: in preferences, just unclicking the box under SHIELD for "Allow this PC to stream games to SHIELD devices"
does that turn it off?
I did that, didn't help, still crashing. can't finish wedding
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Arrange the list by name.
Find "NVIDIA Streamer Service" and double-click it.
Change the startup type to Disabled.
Reboot.
But god damn this Xbox One performance. I'd rather have the game look like shit than be almost constantly under 30 frames and have the worst pop-in on a console I have ever seen.
Is there a reason I shouldn't root for and help the Nilfgaardians? Despite their horrid disdane of beards, I find I like them better than any lord or religion from the North.
That is a valid way to play the game, though you might want to know Geralt's personal history with the emperor. (Book spoilers)
The only problem is that CDPR has gone to such lengths to whitewash references to the novels(especially compared to Witcher 1) that the two incarnations are almost irreconcilable. Hell, Nilfgaard doesn't even feel like antagonists in this game at all, compared to their portrayal in the novels - and especially compared to the northern kings.
Yeah they want to conquer the north... but there isn't anyone up here that gives you a whole lot of reasons to care.
I feel like this has to do with CDPR deciding to go on their own, disconnected direction with the story after what the author of the novels said about the games, but that's tangential.
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If you wander around the world, there is plenty of evidence that the Nilfgaardians are scum. The major difference between The Witcher 3 and earlier games/books is Radovid. He changed the Northern kingdoms from poorly managed feudal states - which sucked even when ruled by good intentioned rulers - to an aggressively expansive fascist state that is just gearing up for multiple genocides.
I thought it was a good storytelling device that twisted the status quo in a believable way. It definitely sets up the series of hard choices at the end (should you even decide to play politics) in a better way than the standard good vs. evil faction choices you get in RPGs. I especially liked that the two "best" choices in terms of geopolitics involved deep personal sacrifice.
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The dynamic of two sides of a story is very well done.
Also
No choice in that part is perfect but
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Just in case, Bloody Baron end quest spoilers here.
Turns out the fat asshole saved me the trouble, plus I can now kill his men with impunity whenever I see them causing problems.
I'm curious to see what Black Beauty (which is literally the horse's name when you free her, noticed that) does later on. Part of me really hated the village mantra of 'we're willing to give up our privacy and freedom and an occasional child if it means we have one up on the rest of this godforsaken swamp', so I didn't weep for them that much. She seemed like someone who wanted to be feared and left alone rather than the Crones treating the humans around them as cattle, and part of me dug her 'nature is nature, fuck off if you don't like it' attitude.
The thing is (MASSIVE ending spoilers here)
... Or until someone pays Geralt to deal with her.
#justwitcherthings
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Massive Ending spoilers
Least I got his gwent card I suppose.
It's quite a nice detail that escapes from a lot of people who finished Witcher 3, myself included!
I'm always broke. Whatever money I scrape together goes into repairing my weapons and armor. Now I'm trying to find a boat to Skellige and I don't have money to pay the fee to see the King of Beggars area. How do you have money in this game?