Multiplat The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Tales of a legendary card playing, camomile drinking adventurer

[gaskin]

Aren't the resistances to damage higher for the grandmaster gear? Or are you saying they changed it?

They are supposed to be but when you start an NG+ it basically brings down the stats of the grandmaster gear to the regular basic gear so you don't start OP. You then have to craft the legendary version of the gear in NG+.

 

[Sixpence]

They are supposed to be but when you start an NG+ it basically brings down the stats of the grandmaster gear to the regular basic gear so you don't start OP. You then have to craft the legendary version of the gear in NG+.

That's what I expect from a NG+, being OP and running through the story again with all the good shit you picked up in your first play through.

Failing that, I think I'm just going to start again from scratch.

 

[Sixpence]

dwwaino Quick question about running specific builds, I see lots of examples of the full build and what skills to use, but for early game do you just select the most helpful ones and then re-jig later to the build you want? Or just work your way towards it from the start?

I picked up Gourmet first and have another skill point waiting. I think I'll put it into Quen and then maybe Survival Instinct.

 

[dwwaino]

dwwaino Quick question about running specific builds, I see lots of examples of the full build and what skills to use, but for early game do you just select the most helpful ones and then re-jig later to the build you want? Or just work your way towards it from the start?

I picked up Gourmet first and have another skill point waiting. I think I'll put it into Quen and then maybe Survival Instinct.

Yeah you've got it correct. There are a few that will be more worthwhile early. Gourmet and upgraded Quen. With Gourmet now though you probably don't need to go that deep into Quen. Another handy one I found early on as well regardless of eventual build is light attacks since you'll be doing a lot of those. You can later respec or as you'll probably start swimming in more skill points than you have skill slots you can then grab the ones you want for whatever build.

I'm pretty sure the first 4 I went with on my current playthrough were Gourmet, Quen (just first level to 3/3), muscle memory and precise blows. From there I started on my alchemy skills as the slots opened. I've since dropped the Quen skill from my setup but still rocking the other 3 in one tree with a red mutagen with the other trees maxed out alchemy with green mutagens. I think it's finally time to drop gourmet though as I've got so much health the regen is so small lol. It's just a nice quality of life addition to passively regen health outside of combat.

 

[Sixpence]

Yeah you've got it correct. There are a few that will be more worthwhile early. Gourmet and upgraded Quen. With Gourmet now though you probably don't need to go that deep into Quen. Another handy one I found early on as well regardless of eventual build is light attacks since you'll be doing a lot of those. You can later respec or as you'll probably start swimming in more skill points than you have skill slots you can then grab the ones you want for whatever build.

I'm pretty sure the first 4 I went with on my current playthrough were Gourmet, Quen (just first level to 3/3), muscle memory and precise blows. From there I started on my alchemy skills as the slots opened. I've since dropped the Quen skill from my setup but still rocking the other 3 in one tree with a red mutagen with the other trees maxed out alchemy with green mutagens. I think it's finally time to drop gourmet though as I've got so much health the regen is so small lol. It's just a nice quality of life addition to passively regen health outside of combat.

Cheers for that! For Quen, do you mean Exploding Shield or Active Shield?

 

[Atavistic]

dwwaino Quick question about running specific builds, I see lots of examples of the full build and what skills to use, but for early game do you just select the most helpful ones and then re-jig later to the build you want? Or just work your way towards it from the start?

I picked up Gourmet first and have another skill point waiting. I think I'll put it into Quen and then maybe Survival Instinct.

Gourmet and then Griffin school techniques are really useful at the start.

 

[dwwaino]

Cheers for that! For Quen, do you mean Exploding Shield or Active Shield?

Exploding shield because it's handy crowd control when you get swamped by stuff like bandits or drowners early game. Prior to the gourmet skill you'd go deeper into Quen to return health when using the alternate sign but that's not really required anymore. Even exploding shield isn't that necessary if you just want to sink points into either combat or miscellaneous skills early which will reap the most immediate benefits.

 

[Donnie Darko]

Always take the 3 axii skill points early. They give you a lot of extra dialogue options through the game .

 

[Lance Uppercut]

finished the base game last week, about level 31. I tell you what, I knew Whirl was good but I forgot how good it is. I heartily recommend dumping points into red even if you aren't going to use most of them, just to get and equip Whirl. It's sooo good.

Beat that damn Toad Prince without too much drama - the Superior Golden Oriole is amazing (the one that heals you instead of taking poison damage). Unlocked Touissant again, so gorgeous.

Just did that quest where Geralt is possessed. So bloody funny.

On another note, mapping dodge and roll to the back buttons on the Dualsense Edge is verrry niiice [/borat]

 

[Sixpence]

Defecatin' to the sunrise, downright glorious!

 

[dirty2]

Defecatin' to the sunrise, downright glorious!

Is this in the right thread? Lol

 

[Sixpence]

Is this in the right thread? Lol

It's a quote from Johnny the Godling.

 

[dirty2]

It's a quote from Johnny the Godling.

It is! Nice

 

[bourbons]

65 hours, only just hit Skellige

This thing has destroyed my life once again lol

 

[Atavistic]

A sexually explicit modification included in the next-gen version of The Witcher 3 was reportedly added unintentionally.

Did any of you guys notice the monster junk?

 

[bourbons]

A sexually explicit modification included in the next-gen version of The Witcher 3 was reportedly added unintentionally.

Did any of you guys notice the monster junk?

Next gen vag!

Nope can't say I've noticed.

 

[Atavistic]

I did a bit of searching on Reddit and it's apparently the Crones (the younger versions, not the older ones).

 

[bourbons]

I did a bit of searching on Reddit and it's apparently the Crones (the younger versions, not the older ones).

Thank god

edit: wait do you actually come across them as their younger versions in the world? I thought they were just in a painting.

 

[Sixpence]

I believe it was some Bruxae as well.

 

[dwwaino]

Look, I may have already researched this...

 

[dwwaino]

Thank god

edit: wait do you actually come across them as their younger versions in the world? I thought they were just in a painting.

You can fight them along the main story path.

 

[Atavistic]

Look, I may have already researched this...

Extensively?

 

[Quivorir]

Isn't the game rated R? Whats the problem?

 

[dwwaino]

Extensively?

Last night I found a NSFW Reddit thread with examples...

 

[dwwaino]

Isn't the game rated R? Whats the problem?

More that it was just completely unintended