The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

[Falka]

for now settling on a pure swords build with both Whirl and Rend, Fleet Footed, Razor Focus and Resolve.

As many pointed out Fleet Footed seems to be either bugged or just plainly useless. I fail to see when - if whenever - it works, so skipped this skill. Made a pure melee build, with no signs, and only 2 points in alchemy. I despise ranged in all games and in all forms, always go for melee builds, that's why I don't play FPS With nilfgaardian armor, which I still use at lvl 18, I have to admit I quite often have a hard time dealing with bigger groups of enemies, if I don't use whirl. With whirl everything is easy 

[Angantyr]

I haven't tested it, and I did see people say it didn't work as intended, but Fleet Footed seemed to make a difference back when I first took it, but maybe it was just placebo.

Niflgaardian armor is probably the best looking armor in the game, also reminiscent of Witcher 2. In general I think player armors looked better in the prequel. I also kind of miss the more gaunt Geralt, but I guess he's gained a few pounds with age. Ursine looks great especially in standard and superior versions, and in cold weather, but it's a bit bulky for a Witcher armor.

Is your two alchemy points in Frenzy?

[Xant]

I liked Nilfgaardian armor otherwise but I couldn't stand looking at the fluffy shirt, just doesn't fit Geralt at all.

[Angantyr]

I would've liked to see a return of these two:

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[Xant]

Yes, it's really weird actually how 95% of the armors in TW3 are very non-Witchery when TW1 and TW2 had plenty of good choices. Well, TW2 did, TW1 had two armors in total IIRC? But those were both good.

[Daunt_Flockula]

Overdriven is level 16, so presumably he has more alcohol than he can ever use. You not realizing that meditating replenishes stocks also seems to have no bearing on the difficulty, considering everyone else knows it by now.

Vanilla swallow has always been more than enough for more.

He is level 16 and that seems to be the main problem for him. He got there to easily as he said it himself and cranking up difficulty won't probably make much of a difference for him now. He will only have to get used to harder hitting enemies, which can be done in a short period of time. I am level 17 and the early struggles with practically everyone handing my ass to me were the most thrilling experience.

On another note, I have a kind of spoilery question about Est Taiyar. Duly spoilered. Not a big spoiler actually, but you are warned.

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There is that magical barrier/portal in the catacombs entrance, which seems to be impossible to pass through. No hints so far. Does anyone know what to do with it? If it is going to be related to a quest, it is enough just to say so. No need for too much detail.

[Overdriven]

Overdriven is level 16, so presumably he has more alcohol than he can ever use. You not realizing that meditating replenishes stocks also seems to have no bearing on the difficulty, considering everyone else knows it by now.

Vanilla swallow has always been more than enough for more.

Level 19 now. But yeah I have mass stocks of alcohol. When you find some pretty much every time you loot something it's impossible not to run out.

[Falka]

Is your two alchemy points in Frenzy?

I was unclear, I meant 2 "active" skills in alchemy tree. In total I put 4 points in alchemy: 1 in Acquired tolerance and 3 in Frenzy.

[Overdriven]

How many of you ended up in jail on Skellige? Curious if there was any way to avoid that 

[Mala]

i/we have bent a few rules but this has never caused a tour to the prison.

[Overdriven]

It seemed a bit glitchy. I'd just done the lighthouse quest and went to get my reward in Arinbjorn when these 2 idiots decided to pick a fist fight. The guy who gave me the quest joined in and even though I was winning it for some reason Geralt decided to fall over, pass out mid fight and when I came back everyone was now fighting with swords. So naturally I had to kill them, the quest guy then died and the peasants saw fit to take me before the Jarl to have me judged. Only issue was I was thrown in prison first. Bribed one of the guards to get a trial faster and then the Jarl came up with some dumb ruling and requested I go and find his son in some dream cave place.

It spiralled very quickly that one  Even if it did seem a bit glitchy for whatever reason the depth of events like that is impressive.

[Mala]

ohh, that one. yepp, then i was in the jail, too.
geralt gives a hit to avoid this (never take a detour to a tavern )

well, my version was that we have nearly won the fist fight, then someone had drawn a knife and things turned ugly.

[Angantyr]

A massive open world game like this should have an auto run key, I'm destroying my fingers.

[Araxiel]

A massive open world game like this should have an auto run key, I'm destroying my fingers.

You mean auto-sprint?

[Angantyr]

Not for sprinting, just a key that you can press once and your character will run by himself until prompted otherwise. Like in other open world games.