Witcher 3 DLC...free?!Follow

I have time to post because, frankly, the game doesn't grab me in that "all my free time belongs to you" sort of way.

Yeah, I've heard that if you do all of every zone you will over level. My head to Novigrad quest is level 10. But I felt like I still had too much to do in Velen. Like good fun stuff, contracts, and sidequests with story character NPC's etc. I have not even gone walking about to hunt ?'s in Velen just hitting them up as quests take me near.

I'm farming lesser red mutagens so I can make a greater red mutagen and get the stupid fun powerful extra attack bonus. I site I found recommended a place out by the orphanage in the swamp that has a level 16 Fiend. The Fiend always drops one mutagen, but the color is random. It respawns after a quick two hour meditation. I've killed it about thirty times now and I've still got two more mutagens to go...

Each Witcher school item can be upgraded three to four times. Right now I'm using most of the Enhanced Griffin set. I still need to get the diagrams for three of the pieces. The stats increase and they change appearance. The build on each other though, so you need to craft the base item to get the Enhanced, then the Superior will use the Enhanced, and if there is a Mastercrafted version, it will use the Superior.

Edited, May 30th 2015 4:38pm by Turin

So I started on Blood and Bones difficulty thinking it was "normal". I died so much in the beginning, but once you hit a certain tipping point you can take things on 10+ levels ahead of yourself, especially if you plan ahead with the right oils/potions. And get good at knowing whether you should evade or dodge roll.

I found the potions tree to be overpowered though. The first one in the second rank down heals you 5/10/15/20/25% each time you use a potion. In combat I use Thunderbolt + Swallow (Or the heal one) Ive completely stopped using food at all.

Im currently 32 nearing the end I think. I did all the contracts I found, did most of the side quests. I missed a few that my wife ran across though. I did 80% of the ?s in Velen/Novigrad and just gave up In Skellig there are just so many. The morality choices are a pain they are never clear cut it seems and I've had me being nice come back to bite me in the ***.

As for red mutegens, don't ghouls drop them? Its pretty easy to find their nests. I may be wrong though. Atm Im in full Masterwork Feline gear (Light gear) with that Yellow talent that increases crit dmg 25% each piece of light gear, combined with the first talents of the top 2 rows of red. So my light attack crits a lot for considerable dmg.

I'm definitely going to replay with different choices after my initial play-though.

I've only gotten to wrapping up the Baron/Crone story lines and the "Haha, all your choices suck nice going idiot" cut scene. Level 10. Gonna hang around Velen for a bit and knock out some assorted side quests and contracts.

I've gotten good at demanding payment from everyone. Hey, it's my job. It's like calling pest control: "Hey, I have a possum in my attic nesting in the box of Christmas ornaments and need you to get it out. Oh, also, my kid has the fever so maybe you just want to do this for free? That's a thing you guys do, right? Free pest control for a sob story?"

Crafted full Griffon except for the steel sword. Short one monster eye, time to go hunting. Also got a bad **** samurai haircut and a shave to mutton chops, because reasons. Oxenfort was pretty cool. :)

Social justice police here. Homeless vagrants can have many types of beards, stereo typer.

Also It turns out I had 11 Nekker eyes, I just did not realize I could deconstruct them to generic monster eyes. *derp

Full Griffin now! Fear mah signs intensity.

Edit: Rawr +84% after I picked up the medium armor skill.

Edited, May 31st 2015 1:43pm by Shojindo

What the Christ is the replacement birthrate in Witcher-land? I'm constantly tripping over piles of children's bones, children being sold to witches, children being eaten by monsters, children murdered by soldiers, children dying from some ritual or test, children left to wander the wilderness, etc. You probably have to have fifteen children for one to reach adulthood in this God forsaken land.

Edited, May 31st 2015 9:03pm by Jophiel

Like guppies and puppies. Pop a bunch out and one of them is bound to make it.

I'm at 18 right now, but have stopped playing until they fix the XP bug. I did gather up all of the diagrams for the Cat set, but I'm sticking with Enhanced Griffin for now. Though I've already replaced both swords, so I don't know how much longer the rest will last.

I haven't really had problems with the xp bug. I've outleveled tons of quests anyway so If i was to be shorted a bit on a main it would be no big deal to me.

As for the DLC... I did not realize that either Joph. Not that I have been missing having it, but good to know if I want to dink around with it.