Witcher 3
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DoctorSpooge_sl
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Le sigh - was really enjoying this game
Finished Family Matters and started wandering north to Novigrad. Level 12, all quests contrqcts etc level 10 and lower cleared.
Then I pick up another fucking 15 on the way to Triss and still have like 4 noticeboards in southern and eastern Velen I haven't even visited. This is the kinda shit that ruins western rpgs for me - my inner completionist gets overwhelmed.
Finished Family Matters and started wandering north to Novigrad. Level 12, all quests contrqcts etc level 10 and lower cleared.
Then I pick up another fucking 15 on the way to Triss and still have like 4 noticeboards in southern and eastern Velen I haven't even visited. This is the kinda shit that ruins western rpgs for me - my inner completionist gets overwhelmed.
Fogel
Mr. Poopybutthole
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Yeah this game will kill anyone with any type of complex/OCD/completionist/hoarder. I was doing good keeping up on stuff through velen/novigrad, but once I hit skellige and saw the map and POI's in the middle of the fucking ocean I said fuck it and plowed through the plot quests full throttle.
But the witcher contracts are so good and well written. If it's not a super serious one they tend to be funny. Grumpy Geralt is best Geralt. "Ughh, Always the same old shit.."
DoctorSpooge_sl
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The other problem is the retarded xp system. For about half the game now my policy has been to choose the lowest level quests available for fear of running out of xp later. The problem - aside from robbing the game of any challenge - is that it doesn't appear to be sustainable. There's no way I'll not have to contend with boring, gray quests
Edit: wtf it omitted like half my post. Whatever.
Fogel
Mr. Poopybutthole
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I noticed the same thing and by level 16 began out leveling quests faster than I can complete them, and I'm sure I even missed a few notice boards or "!" quests. And once you out level stuff by even a little bit they become incredibly easy even on death march. I'm hoping someone can put together a decent balance/overhaul mod to smooth things over before I do another play through
Zaphid
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You can't run out of xp, the game soft-caps around 35 simply because everything gives 1-10xp per kill and the main/sidequests can probably get you to 30 on their own. Best gear requires lvl 30-32, after that there are a few craftable swords that are barely better than witcher gear but that's about it and the bump in damage is very small. You don't need to hoard more than 10 of any monster material, sell off the rest. The game even soft caps your character progression once you fill out all the skill slots. I think they have done excellent job curbing the min maxing in favor of actually playing the game intuitively.The other problem is the retarded xp system. For about half the game now my policy has been to choose the lowest level quests available for fear of running out of xp later. The problem - aside from robbing the game of any challenge - is that it doesn't appear to be sustainable. There's no way I'll not have to contend with boring, gray quests.
Edit: wtf it omitted like half my post. Whatever.
Evernothing
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Joeboo
Molten Core Raider
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Anyone have an issue with multiple mods not working simultaneously?
If I run the .bat file to enable the "all hairworks besides Geralt" mod, then it nukes my custom carrying weight mod, and vice versa. Running the .bat file from one basically erases the other. Seems odd.
If I run the .bat file to enable the "all hairworks besides Geralt" mod, then it nukes my custom carrying weight mod, and vice versa. Running the .bat file from one basically erases the other. Seems odd.
Vorph
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Progression still feels completely wrong, even if it more or less works out in the end. They should have just made it linear and had people go from White Orchard to Velen to Novigrad to Skellige to Kaer Morhen--which is the only way that makes sense from a story standpoint--but instead they felt the need to give the illusion of choice and made areas overlap to such a degree that it is impossible to not have a large number of quests go grey. Even using the mod I posted a few pages back with my rewards.xml that unfucks the bugged quests and Skellige as a whole, you will still end up with grey quests (but at least it is easier to ensure that main quests and critical side quests never do).
And curbing min-maxing didn't actually work, since the game becomes completely trivial even on Death March no matter what you do, short of not upgrading gear, spending skill points, or using alchemy.
Fogel
Mr. Poopybutthole
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Don't see the point in trying to stop min/maxing. The hardest difficulty levels technically should be there for the min/maxers and as Vorph mentioned this isn't the case. I was able to beat death march without potions or socketing my gear, some of which was the griffin set I crafted back at level 16.
Dandai
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Are there many missable cards? I'm afraid to search too much for fear of spoilers.Finally got the "Card Collector" trophy..
now I can enjoy the game without worrying about missing a card.
DoctorSpooge_sl
shitlord
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Just beat the old lady in Novigrad in Gwent, whereupon Geralt asked her if there was any other competition to look for, whereupon she answered affirmatively, whereupon I didn't receive a new or updated quest! Anybody remember what she said? All she does now is offer me prostitutes.