JerseyToughGuys
Tough Guy
Xbox wasn't working last night. Some sort of bug with Live. Was briefly envious of the PC guys.
Yea, side quests seem to be more for gear / ingredients / the occasional skill point. I tried to grind - not happening.For those at low level, you get tons of XP for doing the main quest. Very little XP for side quests.
I'm fine with that personally. Most of my quests/contracts are for much higher level than I'm at so I ignore those, pick one for my level and proceed to mostly ignore it while I wander around, explore, kill stuff, and look for traders and gwent players.For those at low level, you get tons of XP for doing the main quest. Very little XP for side quests.
This is why I say it's not a true open world game.How the heck do you level up in this game? Only the main quest and side quests? Im in Velen and only level 4. I played for three hours today and barely got anything done. The ?s i goto all have enemies at level 9 so hard to accomplish them. Most of the side quests are MUCH higher than my level. So basically Im stuck doing the main quest for now until I level up?
Yea, there are definitely places you don't belong. And the game is different in that the side quests give very little experience (so far anyway - I'm level 10).This is why I say it's not a true open world game.How the heck do you level up in this game? Only the main quest and side quests? Im in Velen and only level 4. I played for three hours today and barely got anything done. The ?s i goto all have enemies at level 9 so hard to accomplish them. Most of the side quests are MUCH higher than my level. So basically Im stuck doing the main quest for now until I level up?
And some of the side quests are hilarious. Often Geralt us saying exactly what I'm thinking at the time "Um, ok, I've never done a frying pan quest", "Do I really have to ring this stupid bell?" ...Yea, there are definitely places you don't belong. And the game is different in that the side quests give very little experience (so far anyway - I'm level 10).This is why I say it's not a true open world game.How the heck do you level up in this game? Only the main quest and side quests? Im in Velen and only level 4. I played for three hours today and barely got anything done. The ?s i goto all have enemies at level 9 so hard to accomplish them. Most of the side quests are MUCH higher than my level. So basically Im stuck doing the main quest for now until I level up?
That said, the quests are excellent, and very different.
Remember that you not only have to choose a skill, but you have to equip it to work. And the equip slots open as you level as well. This means you shouldn't "waste" skill points by choosing more skills than you can equip.I picked this up late last week, and I'm having a slightly hard time getting into it. I like that it doesn't hold your hand, but it throws an awful lot at you all at once in terms of alchemy, the inventory, combat, etc.
Anybody have any suggestions on what I should prioritize when I level up? I'm only at level 3, but I haven't spent any of my points yet since I wasn't sure what's good and what's not.
Not sure. I went through it the second way (completing the full mission to release / save the soul)Could somebody explain what happened in the Tower Full of Mice quest?
I went to the Tower Full of Mice quest and I when I first did it I got locked inside and then I was attacked by the ghost thing and was killed. I restarted and then this wasn't triggered the second time.I ended up going back to that characters boyfriends place and left. The ghost then killed him. What happened???
If the tag wasn't obvious, this is a major quest spoilerThe Bloody Baron quest line ends with an interesting twist (depending on one particular choice you make). I will spoiler the trigger I guess:
The choice hinged on what you did with the demon / soul trapped under the tree. I chose to free it and there were consequences. I can't see replying this, but I am curious what the other side of the coin would have entailed.
The Bloody Baron quest line ends with an interesting twist (depending on one particular choice you make). I will spoiler the trigger I guess:
The choice hinged on what you did with the demon / soul trapped under the tree. I chose to free it and there were consequences. I can't see replying this, but I am curious what the other side of the coin would have entailed.
The Bloody Baron quest line ends with an interesting twist (depending on one particular choice you make). I will spoiler the trigger I guess:
The choice hinged on what you did with the demon / soul trapped under the tree. I chose to free it and there were consequences. I can't see replying this, but I am curious what the other side of the coin would have entailed.
The Bloody Baron quest line ends with an interesting twist (depending on one particular choice you make). I will spoiler the trigger I guess:
The choice hinged on what you did with the demon / soul trapped under the tree. I chose to free it and there were consequences. I can't see replying this, but I am curious what the other side of the coin would have entailed.
I keep going back to her cabin with high expectations, especially after I did nonsense errands for her. But alas, zip nada zilch.Was there any way to bang the chick from the bath tub early in the game? She was hot.
The blonde? Name is Kiera I think, I did her quest line and banged her at some point.I keep going back to her cabin with high expectations, especially after I did nonsense errands for her. But alas, zip nada zilch.Was there any way to bang the chick from the bath tub early in the game? She was hot.
Yes. Then I realized that they all said what level they were for right there on the build screen and felt like an idiot. Worst is the armor I built was for a level 21 and I'm only level 6, so I sold it back. No way I'm lugging around 5 pounds worth of armor for the next 40 hours of gameplay.Anyone else screw up and build some sick armor only to find out you can't wear it for quite a few levels?
Yep. End up chasing her down to some body of water and then you bang her and she leaves while you're asleep which is perfect.The blonde? Name is Kiera I think, I did her quest line and banged her at some point.I keep going back to her cabin with high expectations, especially after I did nonsense errands for her. But alas, zip nada zilch.Was there any way to bang the chick from the bath tub early in the game? She was hot.
Load your deck with as many frost cards as you can before the match as you ideally want to have 1 or 2 as the vast majority of her cards are up close. I use the northern realm deck with the leader that gets rid of any elemental powers and got her on the 3rd or 4th try.I mentioned earlier that this game wasn't clicking for me. Well, I sat down yesterday around 8:00 am to play, having just finished the tutorial area the previous evening, and I would up playing almost continuously until 9:30 pm, with only meal breaks stuck in there. I guess that means it clicked.
The combat is pretty so-so, but the storylines are a lot of fun. The conclusion of quest with the orphanage in the woods was almost worth the price of the game itself. Like Bucky, I killed the tree and loved the outcome when I went back to the orphanage.
Also, Gwent is hands-down the best game-within-a-game I've encountered. If you watched me play W3, you'd think it was about an aspiring Gwent player who occasionally had to kill a monster because it was standing between him and an innkeeper two towns over who might have a worthwhile card to sell. The AI is really easy to beat at this point, and my deck is grossly overpowered for almost everybody I encounter. The only person I haven't been able to beat is the woman who hangs out with the master armorer, because she has a stacked monster deck that completely overwhelms me when it starts summoning in helpers. I'm sure the end of the main storyline will involve my plucky underdog character finally beating her when I really need to, and her telling her goons "Pay that man his money" a la Teddy KGB. Maybe they'll be a dragon or something mixed in there along the way, but she's obviously the main villain in the game.
That's a good idea, I don't normally use weather cards -- all the opponents seem to rely heavily on them, and I just the pull the rug out with the same leader card you're referring to. But yeah, now that I think about it, your description of her deck is right and she would get wrecked by whatever weather card wipes out the front row.Load your deck with as many frost cards as you can before the match as you ideally want to have 1 or 2 as the vast majority of her cards are up close. I use the northern realm deck with the leader that gets rid of any elemental powers and got her on the 3rd or 4th try.I mentioned earlier that this game wasn't clicking for me. Well, I sat down yesterday around 8:00 am to play, having just finished the tutorial area the previous evening, and I would up playing almost continuously until 9:30 pm, with only meal breaks stuck in there. I guess that means it clicked.
The combat is pretty so-so, but the storylines are a lot of fun. The conclusion of quest with the orphanage in the woods was almost worth the price of the game itself. Like Bucky, I killed the tree and loved the outcome when I went back to the orphanage.
Also, Gwent is hands-down the best game-within-a-game I've encountered. If you watched me play W3, you'd think it was about an aspiring Gwent player who occasionally had to kill a monster because it was standing between him and an innkeeper two towns over who might have a worthwhile card to sell. The AI is really easy to beat at this point, and my deck is grossly overpowered for almost everybody I encounter. The only person I haven't been able to beat is the woman who hangs out with the master armorer, because she has a stacked monster deck that completely overwhelms me when it starts summoning in helpers. I'm sure the end of the main storyline will involve my plucky underdog character finally beating her when I really need to, and her telling her goons "Pay that man his money" a la Teddy KGB. Maybe they'll be a dragon or something mixed in there along the way, but she's obviously the main villain in the game.
damn, now I am curious. Might have to read the spoiler now.I mentioned earlier that this game wasn't clicking for me. Well, I sat down yesterday around 8:00 am to play, having just finished the tutorial area the previous evening, and I would up playing almost continuously until 9:30 pm, with only meal breaks stuck in there. I guess that means it clicked.
The combat is pretty so-so, but the storylines are a lot of fun. The conclusion of quest with the orphanage in the woods was almost worth the price of the game itself. Like Bucky, I killed the tree and loved the outcome when I went back to the orphanage.
Also, Gwent is hands-down the best game-within-a-game I've encountered. If you watched me play W3, you'd think it was about an aspiring Gwent player who occasionally had to kill a monster because it was standing between him and an innkeeper two towns over who might have a worthwhile card to sell. The AI is really easy to beat at this point, and my deck is grossly overpowered for almost everybody I encounter. The only person I haven't been able to beat is the woman who hangs out with the master armorer, because she has a stacked monster deck that completely overwhelms me when it starts summoning in helpers. I'm sure the end of the main storyline will involve my plucky underdog character finally beating her when I really need to, and her telling her goons "Pay that man his money" a la Teddy KGB. Maybe they'll be a dragon or something mixed in there along the way, but she's obviously the main villain in the game.
It's pretty cool, and useful for crowd control (it usually takes two guys out of the fight for about 10 seconds - one usually dies too.)Thanks for the advice on this. I just started to build up the brainwash one. I never used it in combat before, but I like stunning them and then getting a nice critical hit on them while they're dazed. Cant wait to get them to be my ally during a fight.Character building is fun.
I'm building out two signs - the shield, and the brainwash one. Combat = see enemies, get up shield. Wait for stamina to return, and brainwash one enemy to be your ally. Dive in / carnage / heal shield when needed. Back off, rinse/repeat.
Good times.
What Golem? It have a red skull next to its name? If so you need to level up some.Im pretty much stuck. I cant beat the Golem and my steel sword is damaged. This is dumb
in the Kiera quest. Anyway I beat him by lowering the difficulty to the default lol. Pretty cool questWhat Golem? It have a red skull next to its name? If so you need to level up some.Im pretty much stuck. I cant beat the Golem and my steel sword is damaged. This is dumb
I said that, but yea, once you need to, branch out.Ok so somebody above said its stupid to go wide on the skill trees, its better to go deep. But you cant open the 2nd level of the skills tree without going wide, right? It says 8 skill points in that branch requires to open the second level.
thanks. Yeah Im not a big fan of this system. I dont get the excitement in leveling up like I did in Skyrim.I said that, but yea, once you need to, branch out.Ok so somebody above said its stupid to go wide on the skill trees, its better to go deep. But you cant open the 2nd level of the skills tree without going wide, right? It says 8 skill points in that branch requires to open the second level.
What I meant was don't take skills you can't equip (like I did in the very beginning)
I like them both - Skyrim eventually allowed you to really get good at a ton of stuff. Here, you won't be.thanks. Yeah Im not a big fan of this system. I dont get the excitement in leveling up like I did in Skyrim.I said that, but yea, once you need to, branch out.Ok so somebody above said its stupid to go wide on the skill trees, its better to go deep. But you cant open the 2nd level of the skills tree without going wide, right? It says 8 skill points in that branch requires to open the second level.
What I meant was don't take skills you can't equip (like I did in the very beginning)