Current Events > Playing The Witcher 3 for the first time *ongoing spoilers*

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Just found a sword called Longclaw

Hmmmm
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Fucking hell, I just got done playing Gwent with Dijkstra. I believe I counted a total of 14 spy cards that were played during the course of the match.
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Oh my god, oh my god, another troll.
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"Boom. Can you elaborate?"

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOM"

Turdy dump. I can't fucking breathe
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Spy cards are so good, man. A lot of people like Northern Realms, but I always did Nilfgaard. One of the leader abilities you get lets you play a card from the opponent's graveyard, which is useful, since spies you give the opponent go into their graveyard after a turn ends. This lets you get more hand advantage easily and rob them of some (they can resurrect spies via medics).

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I'm playing about 70-30 between Nilfgaard and Northern Realms now. The Nilfgaard deck has worse spies, but I like that it has more medic cards.
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Well that's some extraordinary bullshit. I finally got the dragon card with the scorch effect, and then a few minutes later I fell off a 3 meter drop that instantly killed me, and the damn game had never bothered to autosave after I won the card.
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Triss wants to let herself get captured and tortured. I think I have a better idea: just walk in and kill every witch hunter in the building.
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Naturally, my plan works perfectly. Who needs subterfuge when brute force will suffice?

And Triss burns the whole place to the ground. All's well that ends well.
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If you don't do the conversation with the witch hunter stooge, then you miss out on this screenshot:



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Hol' up, how do you get those glasses
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I think they're missables only found in the Hearts of Stone DLC. They carry over on NG+, though.

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Oh, okay, I haven't done any DLC yet.
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I think you have to buy 'em in the brief window they're available, so have some fat pockets for later on.

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I had so much damn money at the end of the game. Never really had to spend it

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I'm sitting at 8000 crowns right now. There's hardly anything to spend money on besides Gwent cards and witcher gear maps
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I can't take my eyes off of Roche's chaperon. It's magnificent.
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Radovid is definitely playing with a few pawns short of a full chess board
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UnholyMudcrab posted...

I'm sitting at 8000 crowns right now. There's hardly anything to spend money on besides Gwent cards and witcher gear maps

You'll need the scratch once you start upgrading Witcher gear. It ain't cheap.

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Duly noted.

Currently running with cat gear for every piece except chest. I wasn't much of a fan of the short sleeve look.

Wait, no, I lied. I have assassin's gloves because of the critical hit chance.
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cat gear was my favorite. I think I used that for most of the game (upgrading it, of course)

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Hoo boy

Whoreson Junior is, uh...

He's a bad, bad man

That's some Countess Bthory type shit
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ThyCorndog posted...

cat gear was my favorite. I think I used that for most of the game (upgrading it, of course)

I was also a cat man.

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Yeah, fast attacks just seem like the best way to fight
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Compsognathus posted...

You'll need the scratch once you start upgrading Witcher gear. It ain't cheap.

All of the witcher gear or just a set? I went with the Ursine gear and it made no noticable dent in my money.

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I've passed by the same alley and been attacked by Whoreson's henchmen like four times now. You'd think they'd get the message eventually.

And while I'm making random musings, in the theme that plays at night in Novigrad, there's a bit that sounds exactly like the tone that plays at the beginning of an Emergency Alert System broadcast. It's really thrown me off a couple times when I wasn't paying attention.
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VioletMassacre posted...

There's a quest in Hearts of Stone that really drains your money, but it's not really important.

Yup, this and the new tier of Witcher gear in Blood & Wine is where all the money goes.

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Is the Gwent important to play when you meet someone in new location?

Oh nooooo

Was playing a guy with the Monsters deck, and he drew a hand that had all 5 of his vampire cards right off the bat. Poor bastard was down to 2 cards in his hand after like 3 turns. I almost felt sorry for him.
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Alright, someone correct me if I'm wrong, but my impression of Geralt's past with Triss is that she tricked him until sleeping with her when he lost his memories.

It just doesn't seem right to pursue a relationship with her given that knowledge.
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Helped the mages escape Novigrad, and got to kill a few more witch hunters in the process.
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Now helping to make a play. Quite interesting.

These characters are delivering every line about Dudu with utter sincerity, and it's kinda surreal to listen to. What a name.
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Finally rescued Dandelion. Finally time to go to Skellige, I guess.
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UnholyMudcrab posted...

Finally rescued Dandelion. Finally time to go to Skellige, I guess.

Skellige took me forever because I wanted all the treasure before I advanced the story. Even with really good saddlebags and weight capacity maxed, I had to constantly run back to the armorer/blacksmith to free up space. And then they'd run out of money...

Hopefully you don't hit bugs where it won't let you dice underwater or move at top speed in the boat

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Ope, there's a quest about Gwent. Gotta put the Skellige voyage on hold for a bit
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SuperExcitebike posted...

Hopefully you don't hit bugs where it won't let you dice underwater or move at top speed in the boat

I've had the diving bug happen a couple of times so far. Saving and reloading fixed it, though.
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-Is it 1358 yet?

-No.

-Then fuck off
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It's especially frustrating when you're way out in the middle of the ocean though. I just let the monsters pull me under when it happened

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tagging for the future. Love skellige

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I do not have high hopes for the safety of this voyage

Edit: I am unsurprised at the outcome of this voyage
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So they're Irish vikings. That's an interesting combination
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Oh no.

Widow immolation is a bad, bad first impression to make, Skellige.
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UnholyMudcrab posted...

So they're Irish vikings. That's an interesting combination

that's basically iceland

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UnholyMudcrab posted...

in the theme that plays at night in Novigrad, there's a bit that sounds exactly like the tone that plays at the beginning of an Emergency Alert System broadcast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0irPXloF-A

what fuckin country uses this as their emergency alert system

if i hear this i aint evacuating im going back to bed

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PatrickMahomes posted...

UnholyMudcrab posted...

in the theme that plays at night in Novigrad, there's a bit that sounds exactly like the tone that plays at the beginning of an Emergency Alert System broadcast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0irPXloF-A

what fuckin country uses this as their emergency alert system

if i hear this i aint evacuating im going back to bed

Alright, it's not that track. I just know that every time I heard it, it was in Novigrad at night.
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Ah, it was the Bits theme I was thinking of.

https://youtu.be/y5md6QutuzA

The specific sound I'm talking about happens at 1:40.
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UnholyMudcrab posted...

Ah, it was the Bits theme I was thinking of.

https://youtu.be/y5md6QutuzA

The specific sound I'm talking about happens at 1:40.

ha ok yeah i see what you're talking about

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I've gotten a lot of mileage out of this Nilgaardian outfit. This is the third time I've used it so far.
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