Noonan

I wasn't planning on getting into it. I spent many hours farming Triple Triad cards in FF14. Going to skip the card game in W3.

slop101

I've heard Gwent is good, but outside of the 2 or 3 mandatory games, I never tried it out. They did make it completely optional.

I would say hit every notice board and the NPCs who give quests and tackle the side missions, main missions, contracts and treasure hunts that you have in the order of their listed level. Should be simple enough to track.

brainee

Sounds like you're doing fine. There's no wrong way to develop a character. And later you'll have access to a way that let you respec your points if you change your mind.

Just have fun with it and try not to spoil yourself with the consequences of game-changing decisions. Overall, I think your Geralt pretty much gets what he deserves based on the choices

If anything, there's almost too much to do. I'm pretty anal about games liking to clear all quests and explore all areas. Playing that way had me quickly over leveled. Don't blow too far past the suggested level of the quests you really want to do or you may make them unsatisfyingly easy (even with a bump up in difficulty level).

You don't "farm" cards for Gwent. You just play people, win, and get their "victory" card. I didn't bother with sweating out the hard to find cards. Plenty of cards that are easy to find that will give a powerful deck and succeed in all the Gwent quests. At least try it and see if you like it. There are a few Gwent-related quests that are fun ... but you'll need to build up a solid deck.

Other than that, sounds like like you're

gr8vette

Does anyone have a link to a page explaining how the Inventory Screen in Blood and Wine works? I get most of it, but the area for consumables has 4 slots and I can only seem to get two to work. Up and Down on dPad to get to the first two slots. If I put items in the other two slots, I cant seem to get to them. Am I missing something?

Noonan

I still know very little so it's very possible I'm wrong. I assumed that the items in the other slots would auto fill into the Up/Down buttons when the others were consumed and none left.

gr8vette

That was my thought too, but it didn't seem to be doing that when I last played. I will run some tests this weekend.

brainee

I play on the PS4 and that took me a while to figure out. A press of the up/down on the left controller pad consumed the equipped item. But holding it switched it out for another fast consumable.

Noonan

I'm so addicted to this game. I feel like it's the exploration RPG I've wanted since Morrowind, which Oblivion and Skyrim never delivered on. Up to level 13 now but still working on lvl10 quests. I think I may give horse racing a try soon.

One question, without spoilers if possible; do all major decisions have consequences for later in the game or just for the resolution? For example, the Baron (pretty much the only major decision I've made); does the outcome effect anything later on or just how his story ends? I used an old save to watch both scenarios. Ended up keeping the one where he's left trying to find a healer.

slop101

Short answer; yes, but to varying degrees - small decisions might have small consequences, but not always. And whle some storylines might have multiple outcomes, some only have one. It's pretty convoluted and tough to track. Best advice is to play and choose not how you would choose, but to get inside Geralt's head, understand him as a character and make decisions that you think he would make. You know, role play.

Noonan

Yeah, that's what I've been doing. I was very tempted to stick with the other outcome for him but I assumed it may have eliminated potential further story later on.

brainee

I'm at the big branching decision of the Blood and Wine DLC. I think I'm going to go with:

Just curious ... how long will it take me to go back and play the other choice (just to see what it's like)?

brainee

Yeah, don't sweat the choices ... just go with it. The things that are really going to have an impact on your ending are:

brainee

I just finished. Only did the one path so far:

That final boss battle:

Got the same ending as you (including the epilogue)

Noonan

Thanks. I'm still working on "finding" Ciri in the story. Most of my play time is doing side missions/hunts. I'm level 16 and just finished Broken Flowers which is set for level 11.

Noonan

Curious how far I am into the story; could someone give me an idea?

I just met Dandelion and did the side story for Triss. I haven't even started the part to go to Skellige, which is a level 16 quest. Although, i have actually traveled there a few times for side quests. I'm up to level 19. Not counting all of the many hours of side story, how far is this into the main?

slop101

One-third, maybe a bit more (not counting the expansions).

mattysemo247

GOTY edition coming August 30th. $50.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01K6...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

TheNightFlier

Pretty cool thing for CDPR to do for the fans.

mndtrp

I recently started this game, maybe 10-12 hrs into it at this point. Pretty impressive so far.

joeblow69

So the Game of the Year edition of this is on sale for PS4 for $20 ... I had a question...

How hard core of an RPG is this? If I put it on easy, is it easy enough for an old fart whose gaming skills are rapidly declining? Are the bosses battles really tough?

mhg83

I played it on Easy. You can still get killed but I only died a few times. You might be overwhelmed by the size and scope of the game. It's a huge time commitment. I had to stop playing for that reason Going to eventually go back to it. Great game.

brainee

I’m an old enough fart to remember playing Pong in the 70s, and with the exception of a couple of bosses didn’t have much of a problem (mostly played on the hard “Blood and Broken Bones” setting).

The game is very lenient with being able to save and switching difficulties. Id think everyone interested will be able to find a difficulty level that suits them.

EinCB

Where?

gryffinmaster

You'll be fine, especially with the difficulty dialed down. In terms of stats and gear, it's not that hardcore of an RPG at all. Dialogue and choices are what give The Witcher its role-playing reputation.

mattysemo247

It's on sale this week on both PSN and XBL. Perfect timing too because it just got a PS4 Pro enabled patch.