You still have the starter gear? Why? You should have done stuff in White Orchard for new gear, and bought some weapon/armour blueprints.I did everything in White Orchard, and crafted better weapons and armour. I think I was level 5 by the time I even got to Velen.
Quote from: BritishLemön on May 24, 2015, 12:56:44 PMYou still have the starter gear? Why? You should have done stuff in White Orchard for new gear, and bought some weapon/armour blueprints.I did everything in White Orchard, and crafted better weapons and armour. I think I was level 5 by the time I even got to Velen.Yeah I kinda suspected so. Back to White Orchard then.
Quote from: Madman Mordo on May 24, 2015, 12:57:39 PMQuote from: BritishLemön on May 24, 2015, 12:56:44 PMYou still have the starter gear? Why? You should have done stuff in White Orchard for new gear, and bought some weapon/armour blueprints.I did everything in White Orchard, and crafted better weapons and armour. I think I was level 5 by the time I even got to Velen.Yeah I kinda suspected so. Back to White Orchard then.Yeah. Make sure you do the Witcher contracts and the other random side quests on the notice boards. Explore the undiscovered locations on the map.The better gear is almost always a craftable item, so make sure to go to peddlers and the blacksmiths to see if they have blueprints for gear.The Viper School Witcher sword is the best silver sword you can get from White Orchard, but it's only craftable from a blueprint you get from a side quest.
Quote from: BritishLemön on May 24, 2015, 01:02:56 PMQuote from: Madman Mordo on May 24, 2015, 12:57:39 PMQuote from: BritishLemön on May 24, 2015, 12:56:44 PMYou still have the starter gear? Why? You should have done stuff in White Orchard for new gear, and bought some weapon/armour blueprints.I did everything in White Orchard, and crafted better weapons and armour. I think I was level 5 by the time I even got to Velen.Yeah I kinda suspected so. Back to White Orchard then.Yeah. Make sure you do the Witcher contracts and the other random side quests on the notice boards. Explore the undiscovered locations on the map.The better gear is almost always a craftable item, so make sure to go to peddlers and the blacksmiths to see if they have blueprints for gear.The Viper School Witcher sword is the best silver sword you can get from White Orchard, but it's only craftable from a blueprint you get from a side quest.I've completed basically every quest though, and I've only just scraped into lvl 3. I'm guessing the undiscovered locations are quests too?
Don't bother with going back to WO. Just make sure you do all the low level quests, follow the Keira Metz subplot, find the Griffin school gear and don't go to Oxenfurt or Novigrad until you've levelled up to at least lv 10 in the rural areas.
a little annoyed with the loot system, it just lacks a lot
I was told this game was going to be leagues above DA: Inquisition, and so far it's about as enjoyable as Fable III is.
Quote from: Sprungli on May 24, 2015, 07:19:12 PMDon't bother with going back to WO. Just make sure you do all the low level quests, follow the Keira Metz subplot, find the Griffin school gear and don't go to Oxenfurt or Novigrad until you've levelled up to at least lv 10 in the rural areas.His problem is that he has the starting gear still, which he should've ditched a while ago. He needs to go back to WO to get better gear so he doesn't get arse raped in Velen.
Quote from: Sprungli on May 24, 2015, 07:19:12 PMDon't bother with going back to WO. Just make sure you do all the low level quests, follow the Keira Metz subplot, find the Griffin school gear and don't go to Oxenfurt or Novigrad until you've levelled up to at least lv 10 in the rural areas.That's the thing though, even the low level quests in Velen are infuriating. Hell, I got bumraped by a pack of lvl 5 wolves for a fetch quest the other day. It's not even the difficulty that bothers me. It's the fact that acquiring gear is an absolute puzzling chore.It's pretty annoying. Why the fuck should I have to do side quests just to get powerful enough to complete the main quest? And why don't main quest missions reward me with gear for that matter? Isn't the whole point of an RPG about choice?I really hope the game gets better as I progress, because I'm not particularly impressed with some of the design choices so far. I was told this game was going to be leagues above DA: Inquisition, and so far it's about as enjoyable as Fable III is.
Quote from: BritishLemön on May 25, 2015, 07:57:58 AMQuote from: Sprungli on May 24, 2015, 07:19:12 PMDon't bother with going back to WO. Just make sure you do all the low level quests, follow the Keira Metz subplot, find the Griffin school gear and don't go to Oxenfurt or Novigrad until you've levelled up to at least lv 10 in the rural areas.His problem is that he has the starting gear still, which he should've ditched a while ago. He needs to go back to WO to get better gear so he doesn't get arse raped in Velen.Tbh I managed fine with the default torso amour up until I got the griffin armour, the more he explores the more he'll find. And as long as he never tries buying his armour and weapons he'll be fine, the trick is to get everything crafted-the dwarf at crow's perch is great for armour. For weapons, there's one in a village somewhere that's not half bad too. I only ever bought ingredients for my armours and weapons, better that way.
Quote from: Madman Mordo on May 24, 2015, 08:12:06 PMI was told this game was going to be leagues above DA: Inquisition, and so far it's about as enjoyable as Fable III is.lolInquisition is designed really bad. It's padded as fuck with shitty MMO-esque side quests just to make it longer than it actually is
Quote from: BritishLemön on May 25, 2015, 07:55:28 AMQuote from: Madman Mordo on May 24, 2015, 08:12:06 PMI was told this game was going to be leagues above DA: Inquisition, and so far it's about as enjoyable as Fable III is.lolInquisition is designed really bad. It's padded as fuck with shitty MMO-esque side quests just to make it longer than it actually isYeah well at least it has cohesive non clunky combat.
Quote from: Sprungli on May 25, 2015, 09:00:45 AMQuote from: BritishLemön on May 25, 2015, 07:57:58 AMQuote from: Sprungli on May 24, 2015, 07:19:12 PMDon't bother with going back to WO. Just make sure you do all the low level quests, follow the Keira Metz subplot, find the Griffin school gear and don't go to Oxenfurt or Novigrad until you've levelled up to at least lv 10 in the rural areas.His problem is that he has the starting gear still, which he should've ditched a while ago. He needs to go back to WO to get better gear so he doesn't get arse raped in Velen.Tbh I managed fine with the default torso amour up until I got the griffin armour, the more he explores the more he'll find. And as long as he never tries buying his armour and weapons he'll be fine, the trick is to get everything crafted-the dwarf at crow's perch is great for armour. For weapons, there's one in a village somewhere that's not half bad too. I only ever bought ingredients for my armours and weapons, better that way.I know how to play the game.He should explore WO to get better weapon and armour diagrams. It'll help him not suck complete dick in Velen.
Quote from: Madman Mordo on May 25, 2015, 09:24:47 AMQuote from: BritishLemön on May 25, 2015, 07:55:28 AMQuote from: Madman Mordo on May 24, 2015, 08:12:06 PMI was told this game was going to be leagues above DA: Inquisition, and so far it's about as enjoyable as Fable III is.lolInquisition is designed really bad. It's padded as fuck with shitty MMO-esque side quests just to make it longer than it actually isYeah well at least it has cohesive non clunky combat.lmao. You literally hold a trigger and occasionally press an action button. So no, it doesn't have well designed combat. TW3's combat actually requires you to do something. You just suck dick at it.
Quote from: Madman Mordo on May 25, 2015, 09:24:47 AMQuote from: BritishLemön on May 25, 2015, 07:55:28 AMQuote from: Madman Mordo on May 24, 2015, 08:12:06 PMI was told this game was going to be leagues above DA: Inquisition, and so far it's about as enjoyable as Fable III is.lolInquisition is designed really bad. It's padded as fuck with shitty MMO-esque side quests just to make it longer than it actually isYeah well at least it has cohesive non clunky combat.You mean MMO combat that requires little effort.You sound like one of those people that would praise Skyrim
Witcher's ridiculous hit detection for enemies/press a button and wait five years for a response combat.
Quote from: Madman Mordo on May 25, 2015, 12:11:53 PMWitcher's ridiculous hit detection for enemies/press a button and wait five years for a response combat.wat
Quote from: BritishLemön on May 25, 2015, 12:13:07 PMQuote from: Madman Mordo on May 25, 2015, 12:11:53 PMWitcher's ridiculous hit detection for enemies/press a button and wait five years for a response combat.watThe hit detection is off the fucking charts. Either my game's glitched or the enemies have been purposefully designed to hit you regardless of whether you evade or not. The Griffin fight was particularly bad for this.
Quote from: Madman Mordo on May 25, 2015, 12:15:02 PMQuote from: BritishLemön on May 25, 2015, 12:13:07 PMQuote from: Madman Mordo on May 25, 2015, 12:11:53 PMWitcher's ridiculous hit detection for enemies/press a button and wait five years for a response combat.watThe hit detection is off the fucking charts. Either my game's glitched or the enemies have been purposefully designed to hit you regardless of whether you evade or not. The Griffin fight was particularly bad for this.You get hit if you dodge too late. You should use roll too.Use Aard and Igni to knock them away/stun them after you dodge. Upgrade Quen so it knocks away enemies after it's destroyed. Counter enemy attacks just before they connect.I had zero problem with the Griffin.The combat really isn't the problem here.
Quote from: BritishLemön on May 25, 2015, 12:26:07 PMQuote from: Madman Mordo on May 25, 2015, 12:15:02 PMQuote from: BritishLemön on May 25, 2015, 12:13:07 PMQuote from: Madman Mordo on May 25, 2015, 12:11:53 PMWitcher's ridiculous hit detection for enemies/press a button and wait five years for a response combat.watThe hit detection is off the fucking charts. Either my game's glitched or the enemies have been purposefully designed to hit you regardless of whether you evade or not. The Griffin fight was particularly bad for this.You get hit if you dodge too late. You should use roll too.Use Aard and Igni to knock them away/stun them after you dodge. Upgrade Quen so it knocks away enemies after it's destroyed. Counter enemy attacks just before they connect.I had zero problem with the Griffin.The combat really isn't the problem here.Nor did I. The hit detection was patently flawed though. As is the combat in general.It is possible for this game to have criticisms by the way.
Quote from: Madman Mordo on May 25, 2015, 02:42:55 PMQuote from: BritishLemön on May 25, 2015, 12:26:07 PMQuote from: Madman Mordo on May 25, 2015, 12:15:02 PMQuote from: BritishLemön on May 25, 2015, 12:13:07 PMQuote from: Madman Mordo on May 25, 2015, 12:11:53 PMWitcher's ridiculous hit detection for enemies/press a button and wait five years for a response combat.watThe hit detection is off the fucking charts. Either my game's glitched or the enemies have been purposefully designed to hit you regardless of whether you evade or not. The Griffin fight was particularly bad for this.You get hit if you dodge too late. You should use roll too.Use Aard and Igni to knock them away/stun them after you dodge. Upgrade Quen so it knocks away enemies after it's destroyed. Counter enemy attacks just before they connect.I had zero problem with the Griffin.The combat really isn't the problem here.Nor did I. The hit detection was patently flawed though. As is the combat in general.It is possible for this game to have criticisms by the way.I have my own problems with the game, you know.The map sucks because it's so zoomed in, the movement is a bit clunky, the camera stutter is annoying, horses don't control very well, just to name a few.The hit detection is fine. I've literally had no problem with the combat, because I have thumbs.