No.Genuinely apart from the terrible gameplay, the stupid card game is another reason why FF8 was a terrible FF game. Any time one of those idiotic card games gets put into a videogame I roll my eyes. Power to anyone that can tolerate that shit.
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No.Genuinely apart from the terrible gameplay, the stupid card game is another reason why FF8 was a terrible FF game. Any time one of those idiotic card games gets put into a videogame I roll my eyes. Power to anyone that can tolerate that shit.
Yeah i got my eye on it now, i wish it was on the Switch tho but it doesn't matter i'll probably buy it on PC later on seems very good.
I don't think it's necessary for quests, apart from the specific Gwent quests to get cards, i've never had to win a Gwent game to progress a quest although there are some where you can do it but i think it's optional.
I played gwent 2-3 times, got rekt, and decided that my Geralt just wouldn't be a gambler. I don't get the system.
man, I'm completely overwhelmed in fights by the shear amount of button commands for attacks, magic attacks, escapes etc etc.
When I fight against 3 enemies at once it can get a "bit" frantic. The commands feel more like from a turn-based RPG atm.
I hope it gets better over time. urgh
I'm normally more a simple man when it comes to real-time fighting.
I'm all for minigames in games but card games are a instant turn-off for me.
When I fight against 3 enemies at once it can get a "bit" frantic. The commands feel more like from a turn-based RPG atm.
I hope it gets better over time. urgh
I'm normally more a simple man when it comes to real-time fighting.
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I'm all for minigames in games but card games are a instant turn-off for me.
Don't sleep on Gwent, you scrubs. There's a reason it became it's own game on several platforms: players fucking loved it and spent hours playing it in-game. They made actual physical decks you could buy, too (I own them).
I hate cards games, too, especially in games. Gwent is a special little thing, though.
I hate cards games, too, especially in games. Gwent is a special little thing, though.
Hated Gwent and I really tried getting into it on PS4. But it has to have some kind of thing I'm not getting, else there wouldn't be a standalone Gwent game. Whatever, I don't like spending time on side activities in games like these anyways (except for good side quests), so I guess Gwent isn't even for me in the first place, really.
I've tried multiple times to play Gwent and I just can't get it. I just don't understand the system. I'm a reasonably intelligent guy but Gwent makes me feel as dumb as rocks. I guess I need to buy more cards to improve my deck (or make one of the other decks?) but every time I try a game something happens that baffles me.
Also, Silver sword update; level 9, still no new silver sword, still on the original Witcher silver sword. Where the fuck are they?! I'm sure on my PS4 version I had multiple different silver swords by now.
I spent like...80% of the main quest completely ignoring Gwent, because fuck some dumb card minigame. And yeah. It fucking rules.
I couldn't get into the Final Fantasy mini games (Tetra Master felt completely random), so was skeptical about Gwent - but it is actually well made, has a certain strategical depth and becomes addictive.
I do the following atm: Buy all cards from traders and do Gwent missions as this gives you high-level hero cards, build a northern kingdoms deck with only high-level cards, few weather cards but clear weather as leader ability, and special cards - especially low-level spies (drawing extra cards feels like cheating), the horn, the healer for secondary rounds, the decoy (reuse healer multiple times). Then make sure to have sufficient attack cards in any individual round, and make sure your opponent ends up with none in later rounds (sometimes this means strategically losing a round). Play the same rows as your opponent if possible to avoid weather and don't use your best cards right away, start low.
I do the following atm: Buy all cards from traders and do Gwent missions as this gives you high-level hero cards, build a northern kingdoms deck with only high-level cards, few weather cards but clear weather as leader ability, and special cards - especially low-level spies (drawing extra cards feels like cheating), the horn, the healer for secondary rounds, the decoy (reuse healer multiple times). Then make sure to have sufficient attack cards in any individual round, and make sure your opponent ends up with none in later rounds (sometimes this means strategically losing a round). Play the same rows as your opponent if possible to avoid weather and don't use your best cards right away, start low.
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I don't hate it. I just don't understand it. I often get trounced by other players who suddenly pull a special card up their ass and I'm like..."Wuuuh?"
I also do not know where all the "low level Gwent players" are.
I managed to craft some really cool school of the Griffin gear but man... finding some of these crafting items is annoying lol
It's part of the charm, you don't double your units values or pull out a powerful yet destructible unit until you are sure the opponent most likely doesn't have a destruct-best-unit special card...
low level players are smiths in the first locations and the like, the more you reach new shores, the better they are at the game in these new places. With topcream being the special players (those with a gold "round of gwent ?" texts).
Get into the habit of buying stuff you need from merchants and selling back your crap. Pick up everything and find saddle bags to hold more stuff. The swords sell for more as time goes on. You'll be finding swords that sell for a few hundred.
That also means I'll sell off some of my alchemy supplies just to wittle down a merchant to zero. I'm up to 20k in coin.
You are a Witcher, you are supposed to be broke lol.
Everyone starts poor and you will get more money as the games goes by , in the meantime;
1. Loot everything!
2. Save up to buy the bigger saddle bag asap.
3. Sell swords and armor and low level runes to blacksmith, and useless crap to merchant. They sell for more that way. Those lesser runes worth quite a bit at the start of the game. Sell them for money, dont bother upgrading them, you will get better ones later if you even plan on using them.
4. Once you hit Novigrad, sell all the useless books and notes to the book store.
Thank you!
Another question. How am I suppose to loot when there's a guard?
Start by playing at taverns and merchants and winning or just buying all the cards you can from them. These matches are easier than the special missions for Gwen, typically, and a good way to practice and build up a quantity of cards.
Don't. My game tells me if they watching and if I'll get in trouble. But it's usually in few places.
Really enjoying the game so far 40 hours in, the characters are so expressive and interesting. I think it looks fine on the big screen, 90% of my time is on the TV. Still only in Novigrad, I did a ton of side quests/contracts so far, each one has had an interesting story even if the tracking can get a bit repetitive. The pig one was funny, sounds like that was DLC.
Also glad to hear Gwent is not a requirement to beat the game, after playing the tutorial I hope to never ever play a hand again.
Wow, uh, case in point. This sounds like an absolute nightmare, I'm going to stay far away from that.
Also glad to hear Gwent is not a requirement to beat the game, after playing the tutorial I hope to never ever play a hand again.
Wow, uh, case in point. This sounds like an absolute nightmare, I'm going to stay far away from that.
Jesus, nithing is just horrible all the way around.
Dude was a dick and he deserves to die. But not his son. You'll save the son just so he can be poor. But if I let the herbalist die, it kind of justifies his terrible actions.
I need a patch to kill them both
I need a patch to kill them both
I worry about this too but I've learned that I love the actual sword play so I focused on the red ones and some signs. It's so slow upgrading that it's hard to notice big changes.
See which abilities you are naturally using and put points into that. For instance, I don't use devotions, just oils and signs and maybe bombs. So I haven't put much into the toxicity abilities.
I think there's a way to change it down the line if you feel like it's not a good build. So don't sweat it too much.
Do a few General
Invest in the two Abilites that involve making fast and strong attacks better. I upgraded them both 3 times and is destroying people.
Invest in the Delusion spell.
Just getting into the game and it's amazing! However I need some help.
I've just done a quest to get a serpentine steel sword diagram but I can't find it anywhere in my inventory now? It says 'recent glossary entries crafting diagram :serpentine steel sword' but when I go into crafting via the glossary the sword isn't showing? I've checked my filters too. Where is it? It's driving me mad.
I've just done a quest to get a serpentine steel sword diagram but I can't find it anywhere in my inventory now? It says 'recent glossary entries crafting diagram :serpentine steel sword' but when I go into crafting via the glossary the sword isn't showing? I've checked my filters too. Where is it? It's driving me mad.
It should be in crafting menu, maybe try to see it at blacksmith.
Where in the crafting menu? I can't see any diagrams at all? Do they actually show up as physical items you can sell etc? It's very confusing and actually pretty annoying.
Is there even a blacksmith in the first area? I can't find one.
It doesn't take too long to get the hang of it, and witcher 3 Gwent (unlike 'actual' stand alone gwent) is HILARIOUSLY unbalanced, once you get like halfway through the gwent heirarchy you'll never lose again if you just stick with Northern Realms.
When you get a diagram, the recipe is automatically added to your crafting. You can see it at the crafting menu at a blacksmith.
Thanks but why can't I see the sword listed in the crafting menu of the glossary? I can see other swords listed but not this one? How do I even know what mats I need?
Edit for example the viper sword shows up but not the serpentine one. Oh hang on, are they the same thing?
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Err, that's easy for you to say. But who the hell should I play with first/where the hell should I start? Am I too far down the road to "git gud" and get the good cards?
Really? That's a bit silly, I know a viper is a serpant but to call it one thing in one place and one thing in another is just plain weird.
Well I guess that's solved the issue then anyway. Thanks.
Top priority one is the ability where food regenerates health for 24h, you will never have to use a swallow potion again.
I got all giddy and crafted a lovely new silver sword then realised I can't use it until I'm level 37. 37! I'm only level 10.
Still surprised by how good this game looks on Lite, it's a hell of an achievement.
Still surprised by how good this game looks on Lite, it's a hell of an achievement.
I spontaniously turned off almost all HUD elements (like I did on PS4 back when I played on there) except for the Healthbar and such, and I got to say - this is way more immersive to me. That's what I loved about Skyrim & BotW, minimalistic infos and just wandering around.
Same problem I encountered on PS4, though, that some quests become totally obscure due to the lack of directional orientation. I'm still early on in Velen and encountered
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With not directional clue, I have been wandering around the area until I got to where I had to by looking at the worldmap in the menu.
I mean, this is pretty obvious, but still gets me every time.
Facing this issue this early on in the game again made clear to me that, even with me changing the UI to the style I find more enjoyable, the game just isn't made to be played like that and thus it is more of a self enforced obstacle rather than a completely valid alternative.
That said, I obviously knew what I was getting into with W3, so this isn't meant to be to the game's detriment. I just found it interesting - I guess - in terms of the game's design.
Though I got to admit, I'd like W3 to be as intuitively playable without the HUD as with it turned on.
Same problem I encountered on PS4, though, that some quests become totally obscure due to the lack of directional orientation. I'm still early on in Velen and encountered
a priest asking you to burn piles of corpses on the battlefield
With not directional clue, I have been wandering around the area until I got to where I had to by looking at the worldmap in the menu.
I mean, this is pretty obvious, but still gets me every time.
Facing this issue this early on in the game again made clear to me that, even with me changing the UI to the style I find more enjoyable, the game just isn't made to be played like that and thus it is more of a self enforced obstacle rather than a completely valid alternative.
That said, I obviously knew what I was getting into with W3, so this isn't meant to be to the game's detriment. I just found it interesting - I guess - in terms of the game's design.
Though I got to admit, I'd like W3 to be as intuitively playable without the HUD as with it turned on.
The bets are small so you won't lose much but inn keepers and merchants have cards to buy. You can use that to build up your deck.
I'm level 11 and have never used a swallow potion. YMMV.