The Witcher 3

Can people who want to have a PC v Console debate, can you please go somewhere else? It has zero to do with this particular game and it just gets boring as hell.

johnny_ultimate

OK, that's enough of the PC / console argument, people have had their say - and above all CD Projekt have had their say. I'd move the posts to another thread but we've seen where those threads end up so there's no point, it's always the same argument. So let's keep this to the game itself from here on out

Stone Deaf 4evr

Really looking forward to getting 3 now, I'm working my way through 2 at the moment, when I paid a prostitute to distract a guard by giving him head, whilst a group of rowdy soldiers sang songs about shagging someones mother, I thought to myself "this is my kinda game"

Kiith

Pro tip: hold down attack when mounted and the you get a slow motion type effect. Makes hitting enemies way easier, and i've take out some much higher level enemies this way.

Kirby

You can also use Axii to soothe your horse so it wont spook as easily.

Venom

Pro Tips

Some types of weapons and armor can be upgraded when you find the next line of diagrams, so hold onto items labeled Witcher gear as these tend to have much better stats.

Remap dodge from Alt to another key or better still mouse button. It makes SUCH a difference.

Use dodge to avoid small attacks and roll avoid heavy attacks.

There are named versions of monsters in the game which are much harder than normal ones.

You can equip torches to help in dark areas. Use the same way as the crossbow. Much better than Cat potions imho.

Check every merchant you come across as some have very nice upgrades.

There is no buy back option when selling stuff and buying back a mistakenly sold item CAN BE EXPENSIVE!

ZiabR

Am I wasting my time killing mobs? Seem to be getting no exp from the kills?

Randall Floyd

Watch out for that fall damage, an 8 foot fall can kill

Venom

Randall Floyd wrote: »

Watch out for that fall damage, an 8 foot fall can kill

Jump just as you land and Geralt does a forward roll and takes little or no damage

neasyerac

logik wrote: »

Am I wasting my time killing mobs? Seem to be getting no exp from the kills?

You get xp but it's very small and not worth while

Randall Floyd

Venom wrote: »

Jump just as you land and Geralt does a forward roll and takes little or no damage

Nice.

Dr. Mantis Toboggan

I'm playing this on a projector. The small text is killing me. Other than that it's great. It's very rare when i stay interested in cut scenes and the like.

Is there going to be anything done about the text?

neasyerac

So seems mask's are a thing! Was aware you could wear them until I had to do a quest where one was needed

Zero-Cool

Well the devs submitted a patch yesterday with apparently 600 changes. Hoping the text size is one of them.

humanji

logik wrote: »

Am I wasting my time killing mobs? Seem to be getting no exp from the kills?

I think it's only really worth it for the first time, so that they're added to your bestiary. Not sure if killing more gives you more info on them.

Zero-Cool

Man, the devs are busy out answering questions on twitter, looks like the text size is being worked on.

We are looking into this issue right now. Hoping to find a solution soon.

https://twitter.com/Marcin360/with_replies

Kiith

Venom wrote: »

Remap dodge from Alt to another key or better still mouse button. It makes SUCH a difference.

Double tap the direction to do the same thing. That's how i've been using it, and it's much better.

Lahinchians

Kiith wrote: »

I cleared the first area last night. Did absolutely everything i could find, and found some good gear. Currently in Valen now, searching for an emerald to make a kick ass silver sword. Really loving the game. The combat is excellent, and it's definitely the best of the series. Not quite dark souls good, but a big step up from most games. Also love how even random ?'s on the map can have really interesting events. Not finding a lot of sidequests so far, but i only just started exploring Valen.

Inventory is a pain at times, and i've accidentally sold some stuff i shouldn't have when trying to clear out junk, which is really annoying.

Also, the card game is bloody tough.

Did ya find the emerald? Doing a quest where I need to kill a werewolf and my silver sword is doing pitiful damage. Found a blacksmith who sells emerald but for 571 gold. Feck that!

Mr Freeze

I had to glasses recently for work. Sitting at a PC all day.

Fecking had to bring them home so I could see my Witcher 3 inventory descriptions, the text size is crazy. I was straining my eyes to see it.

Washington Irving

Just encountered a very strange/amusing glitch on PC. Geralt keeps jumping at each key press unless in Witcher sense mode or on horseback. Tried two keyboards so no stuck space bar. 8 hours in before it occured.

Fixed itself on game restart.

2smiggy

Kirby wrote: »

No, it wouldnt mean that. They "lost" zero revenue. You cant lose something you never had.

If I offered you a free Lion to run around in your back garden, you would take it. Because it's cool and its free. That doesnt mean had I not offerred, you would have gone out and bought one.

Pirated software != sales and it never has. There is no correlation there. It's the internet equivalent to walking into an office and seeing the "Free pens here! take one!" People like free stuff.

potential revenue then . I'm sure some of the people who pirated the game , would have bought it if they they were unable to pirate it ?

gravehold

Washington Irving wrote: »

Just encountered a very strange/amusing glitch on PC. Geralt keeps jumping at each key press unless in Witcher sense mode or on horseback. Tried two keyboards so no stuck space bar. 8 hours in before it occured.

Fixed itself on game restart.

I had that at the start too, needed to close and reopen the game

Lahinchians

Washington Irving wrote: »

Just encountered a very strange/amusing glitch on PC. Geralt keeps jumping at each key press unless in Witcher sense mode or on horseback. Tried two keyboards so no stuck space bar. 8 hours in before it occured.

Fixed itself on game restart.

On ps4 and had that. I pressed the jump button while on a ladder to see if I could jump off. He didn't but as soon as I got off the ladder instead of walking around geralt jumped everywhere

tuxy

Speaking of jumping, what's with the weird jump the character often does just as you die?

Kiith

Lahinchians wrote: »

Did ya find the emerald? Doing a quest where I need to kill a werewolf and my silver sword is doing pitiful damage. Found a blacksmith who sells emerald but for 571 gold. Feck that!

No, didn't find it yet. You can get it from killing wraiths i think, but i've not found many since the witch at the well. I plan on scouring Valen for some tonight.

Zero-Cool

Kiith wrote: »

No, didn't find it yet. You can get it from killing wraiths i think, but i've not found many since the witch at the well. I plan on scouring Valen for some tonight.

I think I saw a merchant selling some but can't remember who or where. Also, check with an armourer about dismantling and checking items like rings. I found some nice items by dismantling junk.

Anyone recommend a buyer for the Griffins Head? I see it's worth 250 but I only get offers of about 30 quid from different merchants. I wonder if there's a certain merchant who pays more for trophies?

BlitzKrieg

Kiith wrote: »

No, didn't find it yet. You can get it from killing wraiths i think, but i've not found many since the witch at the well. I plan on scouring Valen for some tonight.

is this the silver sword that you have to be level 9 or something to use it? (not at home so cant check) cause I'm pretty sure I picked up the emerald for it back in the starting area cause I made a really powerful silver sword but I cant use it yet.

neasyerac

The griffins head looks best on the side of the horse I think, well so far anyway. I've done about 10 contracts and it's still the one I use. Some of them Specter wraiths for the contracts can be an absolute pain to kill, out of all the enemies I hate getting a contract on em.

Kiith

The sword i was trying to make is only level 4 or something like that, but it's a massive increase on starter sword. And i know some people got an emerald from the witch at the well, but it's only a chance to drop, so i didn't get it. I may have some loot that i can break down, but it costs a fair chuck to dismantle a lot of items. Need to start getting myself some money.

That 200 orens i took of the dead priest should help :P

Zero-Cool

Patch 1.03 now live for PC

http://thewitcher.com/news/view/1038

Improves stability in gameplay and the UI
Improves performance especially in cutscenes and gameplay
Fixes grass and foliage popping that could occur after density parameters were changed
Improves Nvidia Hairworks performance
Boosted texture anisotropy sampling to 16x on Ultra preset
Sharpen Post-process settings extended from Off/On to Off/Low/High
Blood particles will now properly appear after killing enemies on the water
Corrects a bug where player was able to shoot bolts at friendly NPCs
Improves menu handling
Corrects an issue with Stamina regeneration while sprinting
Fixes a cursor lock issue that sometimes occcured when scrolling the map
Generally improves world map focus
Improves input responsiveness when using keyboard
Corrects some missing translations in the UI
Corrects an issue in dialogue selections
Rostan Muggs is back
Minor SFX improvements


The console version of the patch is coming and will be available very soon.