The Witcher 3

[Burns11]

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Weight is really weird in this game and hard to manage, you get rid of some heavy stuff and the weight doesn't change, and all these different crafting ingredients and such don't help because you never know what you can toss. There is a mod that sets all the crafting supplies weights to zero, I'm tempted to use it.

In the meantime, watch your junk category, especially the animal skins, those things are HEAVY.

[Gerg04]

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Thanks guys. I do a bad job sometimes looking at everything a merchant sells. If I don't see Gwent cards I usually move along lol. Grabbed a 70 lb bag and am good to go now at 130. Thanks again

[The JareBear]

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Carnal sins quest

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So this went 0 to 60 fast, one second I'm helping with dandelions cabaret and then I'm goin full Sherlock Holmes around Novigrad. Another example of great writing and game direction by the devs. I'm still doing the quest, haven't figured it out yet but something about the dude who helps you investigate the body seems off to me

[oneamongthefence]

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Yeah I wouldn't be able to sit below 90 I've gotten two saddlebag upgrades and am up to 160 carrying capacity right now. Keep an eye out at merchants.

So buying saddlebags increases weight capacity? If I see a 30 pound saddlebag it adds 30 to maximum weight not makes carry capacity to 30?

Also you can shoot your crossbow underwater. Made getting the the sunken treasure a breeze.

[CMH]

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So buying saddlebags increases weight capacity? If I see a 30 pound saddlebag it adds 30 to maximum weight not makes carry capacity to 30?

Also you can shoot your crossbow underwater. Made getting the the sunken treasure a breeze.

Yes it increases by the number shown.

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[The JareBear]

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For those on PC so you prefer the low sharpening or high sharpening setting? I'm favoring low at the moment

[kwebbvols4423]

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Level 10, just got to Novigrad. This game just keeps getting better.

[Gerg04]

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Level 10, just got to Novigrad. This game just keeps getting better.

Just hit 11 and have been kind of putting Novigrad off... I think it's time

[FedExPope]

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The game was great...aside from the awkward movement and looting system resulting from the third person camera, and the frustrating horse mechanics. And then the ending...

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I got, apparently, the bad ending, and I looked up the reason why I got it...it's the most arbitrary bullcrap I've ever heard. There's no hint throughout the game that what you do or do don't do affects the ending in the way that it does.

Sort of romance spoiler:

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The game makes you do all kinds of quests with Yen, even if you break up with her. And after the lighthouse scene with Triss, there's one more scene later on that you get with her - and that's it for any interaction with her. You can have [admittedly limited] conversations with seemingly every other semi-major character, including the other members of the Lodge. But with Triss, when you go to talk to her she just says "Well?!" It was very poorly done.

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And the post-plot purgatory is an absolute joke.

So basically, I would give this game a 9/10 until I finished it. Then probably a 5...only because of how good it was before I foolishly decided to do the final quest.

[Hoos]

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Playing with the waypoint guide and mini map turned off has turned this game in to sheer crack for me!!

LOOOVE playing it this way, especially while on foot and relying on my witcher sense to save my arse from the unexpected as I wander the countryside. It makes the whole experience more engaging, and when I find things it feels like more of an accomplishment, without the mini radar tipping me off.....good stuff!!!

And Grrr @ them damn Alghouls!! I still have not killed one.

Finally got my first set of witcher gear too earlier, woot!!

[GOBLUE_08]

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If there's not a mod for it already on PC I'm sure there we will be on soon. Not having a storage space/area kind of bugs me. I wonder if player housing will be introduced in an expansion at some point. As a console version owner, I may be out of luck in that regard.

If enough people want it, there will definitely be a mod if nothing else, and hey Projekt Red said they would be supporting this game for two years so it's possible they add it in. It would be nice to store your old gear and trophies

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[Burns11]

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Ran into the first encounter that I would say is poorly conceived. It's not really a quest, I guess, in the southern outskirts of Novigrad there was a yellow arrow, went there and it was three elves and a merchant in an argument

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Unless I missed something, the elves claimed this guy sold tainted fisstech to some kids, guy claimed he didn't. Only option you have is to ask if he had any fisstech on him, after that you have to make a decision to either let them kill the guy or step in and (likely forcefully) make the elves back off. No option to investigate, no using axii to find the truth, nothing. You have a he said/she said and you are forced to make a decision, with Geralt acting as if he had made some huge moral decision. If it would have just been something you could engage with if you wanted it would be one thing, but when the game pushes you into the confrontation with a quest marker, it needs to be better than this. In a game with such well thought out and memorable questlines, this just isn't up to snuff.

For the record, without being able to investigate I didn't see any reason to intervene. They had no real proof of what he did, but he couldn't exactly mount a defense sputtering racist stuff about elves. It just really bothered me that they made Geralt stand there like he had done some great misdeed.

[Pappy Knuckles]

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Just hit 11 and have been kind of putting Novigrad off... I think it's time

I'm 11 and I just went to Novigrad also. After completing the Merry Widow contract, there wasn't anything left for me to do in Velen that was near my level. I spent the last 1 1/2 hours or so playing this damn shopkeeper in Gwent. Finally got the son of a bitch lol. I hadn't played in a few days, so it felt good to load this back up.

[Burns11]

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Been using a different tactic playing gwent now that I have a couple spy cards. Assuming I draw those cards, and my deck is small enough so I am likely to, I play them both, then usually I have some low attack throwaway or, even better, draw a decoy so I can play and then call back a card. I end up with really low attack, they end up with a moderate amount, and they pass allowing me to score a low attack victory then go all out next round. I slow play a bit, get them to play something powerful, then scorch and attack. Works especially good against monster decks since you need everything you can muster against those. Winning the first round with like 21 attack allows you to go full bore in round two, I have had my attack in that round near 200.

[Pappy Knuckles]

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Been using a different tactic playing gwent now that I have a couple spy cards. Assuming I draw those cards, and my deck is small enough so I am likely to, I play them both, then usually I have some low attack throwaway or, even better, draw a decoy so I can play and then call back a card. I end up with really low attack, they end up with a moderate amount, and they pass allowing me to score a low attack victory then go all out next round. I slow play a bit, get them to play something powerful, then scorch and attack. Works especially good against monster decks since you need everything you can muster against those. Winning the first round with like 21 attack allows you to go full bore in round two, I have had my attack in that round near 200.

The guy I played was pulling out 2-4 spy cards per match. It was kind of crazy. I only have a couple in my deck and I wasn't getting them consistently. 200 attack? Wow, that's pretty sick.