The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

[Xant]

You guys obviously havent tried aard on humanoids then. Knockdown for instakill? 

Never worked when I've tried it, do you have it upgraded?

[SirCymro_Crusader]

You guys obviously havent tried aard on humanoids then. Knockdown for instakill? 

Works on wolves as well!

Igni on horseman is all one needd.

Why would you use fire on horse? Aard knocks them off for an insta kill

[Nightmare798]

Works on wolves as well!

Why would you use fire on horse? Aard knocks them off for an insta kill

Funny, igni does the same thing...

Never thought about using aard, as it normally barely staggers enemies. Thought horses would not even flinch...

[Molly]

Funny, igni does the same thing...

Never thought about using aard, as it normally barely staggers enemies. Thought horses would not even flinch...

You obviously haven't fought a Golem yet. Aard makes them kneel for a moment... easy 4 hits in.
Yrden for Wraiths is a must.
Axii feels a bit useless but that's the only one really.
I actually use all of them more or less.

[Tor!]

Never worked when I've tried it, do you have it upgraded?

Ive got an 80% sign bonus atm, but no upgrades in aard. If I hit a group of say 3-4 atleast one will go down to the ground and allow for a quick finisher.

[SeQuel]

You obviously haven't fought a Golem yet. Aard makes them kneel for a moment... easy 4 hits in.
Yrden for Wraiths is a must.
Axii feels a bit useless but that's the only one really.
I actually use all of them more or less.

Axii is the mind control one right?

It's not that useless, if you use Axii on a Human you can usually get a 1 shot animation thing, very useful for shielders or polearm users. If you get the second ability for it you can mind control a enemy and they act as a decoy which is nice in large groups, also the speech checks that you can pass with it gives some diversity. I like it.

Personally I've been playing a Mage build using Medium Armor since it gives Sign Intensity. So far I've mainly been speccing into Quen, Igni and Axii. Didn't feel like the knockback skill was to useful but I could be wrong. Also the slowdown skill is nice for wraiths but outside of that nothing dodging can't solve.

[Molly]

Yea, just tried it and it actually is very useful for crowd control and gives mentioned 1 hit kills. It actually good

On a different note: Those 3 witches in the swamp with the children? That is great great character design if I ever saw one. They actually gave me a shiver

[SirCymro_Crusader]

Yea, just tried it and it actually is very useful for crowd control and gives mentioned 1 hit kills. It actually good

On a different note: Those 3 witches in the swamp with the children? That is great great character design if I ever saw one. They actually gave me a shiver

Havent found them yet

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Also if anyone wants good loot - do the lvl 33 Missing Brother Witcher Contract - some good loot and you dont have to kill the boss

[Xant]

Spoiler for good loot

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Also if anyone wants good loot - do the lvl 33 Missing Brother Witcher Contract - some good loot and you dont have to kill the boss

... Yes you do?

[SirCymro_Crusader]

... Yes you do?

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The Big Arachas thing....nope, you can run through the entire area collecting loot from chests and under water without attacking it once, you have to get really close to it for it to attack you, I got armour, weapons, horsey stuff, and didnt once hit the beast

[Kafein]

Am I alone thinking the Milfguardians really are the good guys here, especially considering their name, clean shaving and bowing techniques?

Game is gorgeous running on SLI 760s. There doesn't seem to be too much micro-stuttering although I'm fairly sure there is. I'm not getting good performance with Ultra settings at 1440p, but the game is stunning with a mix of high and medium settings anyway so I don't really mind. Seems strange considering what other people have said though.

[Nightmare798]

Am I alone thinking the Milfguardians really are the good guys here, especially considering their name, clean shaving and bowing techniques?

Game is gorgeous running on SLI 760s. There doesn't seem to be too much micro-stuttering although I'm fairly sure there is. I'm not getting good performance with Ultra settings at 1440p, but the game is stunning with a mix of high and medium settings anyway so I don't really mind. Seems strange considering what other people have said though.

The basis of Witcher universe is the extremely vague sense of morality. I honestly thing they are just like any other kingdom tbh. I mean yeah they seem to have refined court behavior, but I do not think that extends anywhere beyond the upper class.

Although to be honest I have yet to see a nilfgaardian soldiers openly picking on a civilian for example, but still, the peasants have their perspective on the story which they shared fairly early.

[Christo]

missed the last 10 pages or so

good read with the drama and all that

[Golem]

Is the game shite or am I just not playing it right?
I mean the combats pretty good, the quests aren't too generic, the story is okay. What am I missing. I just don't feel it blends together well, I guess.

[Molly]

I have to disagree on the "not blending well" sentiment.
Every single quest I've done yet fits perfectly into the huge world they've created. And I have yet to come across a kill-and-fetch quest.
Every single quest has a little story to it which is believable inside the Witcher 3 world.

I am still in Velen tho, haven't even visited one of the bigger cities, just little villages yet.

@Crymoar those Witches are part of the main questline - if you're doing a lvl 22 quest, dafüq did you do?
They are connected to the Bloody Baron in Velen.

Am I alone thinking the Milfguardians really are the good guys here, especially considering their name, clean shaving and bowing techniques?

Game is gorgeous running on SLI 760s. There doesn't seem to be too much micro-stuttering although I'm fairly sure there is. I'm not getting good performance with Ultra settings at 1440p, but the game is stunning with a mix of high and medium settings anyway so I don't really mind. Seems strange considering what other people have said though.

Playing with vsync@30fps with nearly all Ultra. I don't need 60fps in a singleplayer game. What fps are you talking about?