marxeil
2661
OK, so whats the deal with the dragon part in the prologue? I’ve just finished getting incinerated for the 10th time in a row. Any trick to that part?
I loved the 1st Witcher, but not feeling the same for this one.
I never know how to help with that because I didn’t have problems with it. Use Quen for a shield, and stay close to the NPCs. There seem to be danger zones where you can take damage from the flames, but I’m not sure where.
flyinj
2663
I HATED that part. Totally random deaths. Invisible death volumes all over the place. I have no idea how I finally got through it.
That is, however, the worst part of the game. I have no idea what they were thinking with that, as the rest is utterly fantastic.
Just keep banging on it.
ShivaX
2664
I wouldn’t really recommend playing on Hard in the prologue if its your first time. Once you get past that switch to whatever, but the prologue has some just brutal moments (notably the fire thing). The best way to get through it iirc is stick with the group and watch what the dragon is doing before going across. Once you hit the end of the gauntlet you’re fine.
That dash through burning buildings is easily the low point of Witcher 2. It’s not very long though, so just set it to easy and plow through.
As I recall the basic trick is to just plow forward as fast as possible, and not pay much attention when it looks like you aught to go.
Foxstab
2666
I played the prologue on normal. Experienced no difficulties what-so-ever (the dragon is mostly repeated pattern QTE, so after being incinerated once I got the hang of it). I wonder why you guys are getting screwed with it (consolitis creep?).
The Ballistra part wasn’t a problem, either. Although, having read the wiki, I somewhat regret hitting my mark. Oh well, I’m a killer.
As for saving, there are auto-save checkpoints practically throughout after every quest tree branching (dialogue decision you make/next quest phase progression step). Although I quick save often, because I’m a scared little rampaging killer rabbit animal. Also, I like re-doing shit and checking the other branch (for example, if you intentionally fail Little Sisters and get Maverick killed, you get a cool sword diagram for killing the demon Bullvore…or at least with my modded game it does drop it, if you rescue him from the ghosts you get dick and some xp).
Pro Tip for Kayran fight: Only the tentacles with glowing orange spheres on them are effected by Yrden. You need to chop 'bout 4 or so, then QTE left click IIRC when he swings the remaining one at you, your avatar jumps on it and then you tap Lclix like mad to stab the until the next QTE sequence that comes immediately after where you have about 3 seconds to tap Spacebar or game over. So be alert, or eat gravel for four times like my dumb ass.
Afterwards, you just evade the tentacle slam and rush (quen for shield helps) to the top of the broken bridge piece (go left to climb on it) until you’re on the top of the Kayran, you just left click to toss some bomb in his head/mouth/whatever and that’s it.
Foxstab
2667
Just finished it. Pretty sure I’ve yet to explore it thoroughly and I need to play Iorveth’s path (played Roche’s) and see what alternatives I can take.
But damn it was fun!
Can’t wait for Witcher 3.
There’s definitely a need, and possibility, in there for it to be more albeit of an open world ala Baldur’s Gate. A really terrific game.
Be sure you do. If you haven’t spoiled yourself on a wiki, you’ll be blown away at the different perspective to the story. Go down a different skill tree while you’re at it.
liminal
2671
I’ve spent just over an hour in Flotsam so far, and I’m really enjoying Witcher 2 for its characters, story, production values, combat system, character development system, and sense of place. I’m not enjoying the excessive amount of loot hoovering. There are far too many loot-able surfaces in this game. After going out of my way to loot, say, 85% of the game world so far, I figured I’d already have the inventory gunk I need to successfully craft a silver sword. Not so. I’m missing silver ore and timber. I don’t want to have to loot every single container that I come across just to do this. I don’t want to have to loot everything just to keep up with the economy and crafting.
Could you guys tell me how to handle looting in the Witcher 2? What sort of strategies you use to keep the game from turning in to a repetitious cycle of using the medallion and left clicking on all the orange auras in in every single area you visit? Or, alternately, how much looting can I skip without damaging my game experience? I apologize for not wanting to work through the previous 66 pages in advance. If there’s an answer to my questions already, please link me.
Thongsy
2672
A lot of the loot is just junk. I say loot to your heart’s content. But sell off stuff if you’re not going to use it. I tend to hoard loot and items in games too but eventually I just sold off a lot of stuff. I looked at what I had and if I needed it for something and if not I sold it unless it looked important. Also you can usually buy stuff you need too so I really wouldn’t worry about it too much in the grand scheme of things.
Timber is very common. You get some from every log pile. Most of those are in houses. Silver ore is fairly rare. I’m not sure how frequent it is from the crates around town. You might have to wait until you stumble upon some.
In general, I’d skip looting the town for now and just grab everything you can outside of town. You can skip most of the plants if you don’t plan to craft a lot of potions. But the crates in dungeons and the forest usually have decent craftables and useful items. Then if you need some common items to craft with, you can rummage through houses.
Unfortunately it’s a bit annoying to have to stop and use the medal to identify crates in dungeons and the forest until you learn to recognize them. But you don’t need to vacuum up everything in the game unless you’re trying to build Dark Mode item sets.
Imryll
2674
“Vacuum up” … indeed. Thank you, Tim, for describing my gaming style so perfectly.
Yes, Silver is precious. Hoard it. Iron is more common, but at the beginning of the game you’re going to need more than is readily available.
JMR
2676
Is it worthwhile to play the first The Witcher before starting the second one? I bought the enhanced edition of the first one and so far I’m not digging it. Does it get better or do I get a hall pass for skipping it?
Do you have the second? I’d start with that and only play the first if you love it. Life is short, backlogs long…
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