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Other decks are also very powerful especially if you use alternative leaders for them. For example Northern Realms have much better spy's than Nilfgaardian deck and their alternative leader version that gives you free horn for siege units is excellent as is their ability to get additional card every time you win a round. I won all the Gwent challenges in Novigrad with it including that high stake tournament. I found them about equally matched in terms of spies, while Nilfgaard had a far superior card draw and quite a few more heroes. I admit that Siegemaster Foltest is quite useful however. Edit: Then again much depends on the luck of what cards you can acquire.

Yes one can't look at the Maypole being erected on the green in the same light either, surprising how much of that kind of stuff veins through society.

Just found the Cat Witcher school equipment, and the quest to acquire it is very interesting, not too much use of the idiot vision as it requires actual exploration and a methodical amount of exploration to find. My enhanced Griffin school swords are better but i've sold them on as i'm specialising in the Cat style for this playthrough. Realised that i've amassed twenty five thousand Orens as well, my autistic looting may need to be toned down a touch. Pro tip: The Nilfgaardian Gwent deck is probably the strongest you'll find, and experience in it may be needed when challenging the practised players of Novigrad.

Entering Novigrad at last, so far i'm obviously impressed, it's no Vizima but then again what is?

Absolutely fascinating, the gentleman certainly captures a certain style of cinematography, that one can see in the films he worked on. Edit: Personally I thought that the best Punisher adaptation was the video game using Mr Thomas Jane's vocal talents, better than all three of the films in my opinion.

I always thought the accepted wisdom was that daggers stab and knives slash, for instance my grandfathers Sykes Fairburn has no edge to slash with but a point that could stab quite handily. I'd personally not like to use either against anyone with a sword, spear or any kind of armour, unless I was delivering the coup de grace.

I think most of the criticisms raised so far have been valid and reasonable, however travelling north of the Pontar I have noticed that the lands are mainly settled and monster free, so logically I think that the greater density of dangerous encounters in Velen is intentional to reflect its place as a no mans land. Edit: Good Lord have you seen Geralt's face when he suffers high toxicty, it's rather disturbing like in the fifty two and a half trailer and the original games intro, black veins and chalk white flesh. Rather offputting.

Pity, i'd prefer to give my money to GOG when purchasing Hatred.

I've got to say that some of the side quests are absolutely fantastic, they stand head and shoulders above the competition and really spring to life if one refrains from using the idiot vision too much.

It's quite funny, during my last trip to York I noticed all of the street names ending in -Gate, such as Goodramgate, and upon further investigation found out it is simply the Old Norse for street. In the mentioned case: Guthrum's Street, one of the legendary sons of Ragnar Lodbrok. It quietly pleases me to walk through such history and see it enduring after a millenia. I also recieved some good news today that made me quite happy, my lads maths has improved immeasurably. I attribute this to introducing him to the Fire*Wolf Demonspawn choose your own adventure novels, they have a lovely complicated mathematical method of resolving combat as well as some fantastic riddles, and since beginning playing them I have noticed him solving problems with far more efficacy. This has worked far better than his lessons, during which he is actually encouraged to use a calculator, which I find simply ridiculous as he was not even being taught his times tables.

That sounds about right to me, castles have been held against sieges with far fewer numbers, i'd also probably add twenty five to fifty or so constables of the town whom probably report to the local lord, handle the incoming mercantile vessels, maintain the peace, bully the peasantry etcetera, and can at a pinch serve as footmen. Personally i'd add quite a few more squires, from all ranks of life, whom are serving the gentry. If forested the land might also have wardens, longbowmen and such whom can provide archery services during wartime as well as scouting and skirmish. There will probably also be an economy built up around the castle, whorehouses, gambling dens, merchants catering in what the peasantry would regard as luxuries and such. A pity what happened during the End Times. Edit: If the lord of the town is of sufficient standing, a Baron or such, he may well have landed gentry and knights technically under his command in his fief. Whom may of course have their own retinues.

Agreed, and it was basically the system they had in the first game, simple and elegant. Bring a smith a number of rare ores and he will forge the sword you desire, without all of the pointless junk cluttering up ones inventory.

Nonek you do realize that just because a particular women hasn't experienced sexism in the gaming industry that doesn't mean that sexism doesn't exist in that industry, you know that right? I'm sorry Bruce but i'm going to take the word of a vastly experienced industry veteran over a false narrative published in a gossip blog like Polygon by barely literate, corrupt, pseudo intellectuals. However you are free to believe the opposite and that developers are sexist, racist and what not, and boycott their games as a method of protest. My own experience states that every developer i've met has been quite liberal, usually highly educated or clever, and interested in pleasing their audience rather than harassing women or trying to create a hate group. Thus i'll state once more that I don't believe that developers are the sexist monsters you would have them be, and that such an attitude is harmful to the industry as a whole, as well as any woman looking to enter it.

It's a step up in the grimdark stakes, even from the previous two iterations.

Letho, I really didn't expect the Viper to be cast aside, an unwise move in my opinion. Edit: Despite all of my criticisms I still think this is so far my game of the year, and possibbly the last few years as well. Strange how I can overlook so many flaws, I don't think i'm overhyped but simply really enjoying myself, and i'd revise my score to maybe a 9 out of 10. However the ending(s) may change that, and the latter portions of the game.

To me what was interesting was his comments on Ms Amy Hennig, one of the stalwarts of the industry, and involved in some of the biggest successes of the past twenty years. A woman whom has blazed a trail and yet does not feel that she was at all discriminated against, even though she began working in an era when men were undoubtedly the largest demographic in the field. To hear that she sees the field as a meritocracy is far more believable than Mr McIntosh's sock puppet spouting his uninformed tripe about the evil developers are perpetuating. To paint developers, whom from what i've seen are mostly civilised, creative and frankly liberal individuals, as sexist and repressive has always seemed quite frankly ludicrous to me. If anything the underlying themes of almost all games has been one of undeniable morality, rather than perpetuating the desperately crafted tropes their detractors invent every week. Like Mr Dyack states this is the negative and harmful misrepresentation that may well deter new people from entering this profession. In my opinion of course.

Nonek you have this whole thing wrong but I am not going to go into detail to refute it because the truth is you don't care about the plight of strippers...it would be demeaning to my relationship with the girls if I had to explain it to you Sorry about that It's not me whom you should be apologising to Bruce, however feel free to justify your prostitution to yourself in whatever way you wish, I never expected a straight answer as per usual.

Nobody was aiming or expecting to close down anything, Gamergate was trying to improve game journalism and still is. No you're a hypocrite because you proudly confessed to forcing yourself on Prostitutes Bruce, there is no social justice in propagating a trade that is harmful to women, illegal and dehumanising. As i've stated before your having to peruse Strip Clubs to meet women, and buying of their time is your own affair and perfectly legal. In fact good luck to the young ladies whom are relieving you of your wages.

And how exactly is one supposed to know what is useful later in the game? It really is one of the most glaring flaws, and one they had to address in the second game, so why did they not learn from past mistakes and provide storage from the outset? Personally as i've stated before I would have made Roach's saddlebags the storage, on hand and summonable at all times, this would have been a perfectly accessible compromise. As it is Roach's saddlebags adding to Geralt's inventory is both illogical and counterintuitive. Or Yen might simply have given one a magic box in Vizima, that one could use to access a storage chest in her rooms. Or any of a hundred other perfectly reasonable suggestions. Edit: The obvious joke about groping Yen's chest springs to mind, a very Witcher-ish jape, the game must have infected me.

Yes such Wilde like wit would amuse you I was quite sure. Gamergate? Very well thank you for asking, various publications have had to sack staff whom were blatantly moronic and anti consumer champions, such as Leigh Alexander, Ben Kuchera, Bob Chipman, Jim Sterling etcetera. Many publications have been forced to implement ethics policies because of us. Gawker media a cesspit of immorality and poor journalism has suffered millions of dollar in lost ad revenue. Accountability to the public has become a driving force once more. Several pro conusmer publication prioritising ethics and disclosure have been created. The Escapist actually made an acknowledged full about turn, and prioritised good journalism and consumer championing. Female developers have been enabled thanks to Gamergates funding. Undeniable facts and victories worth celebrating as I stated. RPS and Polygon, I really couldn't care less about: One is the home of an idiot whom laughs at the victims of bomb threats and to all moderate and reasonable people such individuals are scum only to be spat upon. The other is the home of barely literate poor journalism that openly trades in factually disproven lies and a false narrative. Both are rapidly becoming irrelevant, and their childish attempts at humour and awful prose are not the only reasons for this, they are simply untrustworthy and biased. It's because you're a hypocrite Bruce.

Still no storage in game? For the life of me I can't figure out why they are not implementing this, it directly flies in the face of strategic gameplay and enjoyment of the game. Some have suggested leaving inventory on the floor, stating that it will not disappear, I can however state that this is not true. I needed to reload a save from hours earlier after trying this tactic, incredibly frustrating.

Yes I know you still pretend to support social justice Bruce. Gamergates victories are simply victories, they are as I stated worth celebrating as is any moral cause, and personally I wish that there were far more consumer revolts such as this with people fighting against corruption and lies. The world would be a far better place, especially if this spread to journalism as a whole and maybe even politics. Demonisation of the innocent, endemic corruption, the lies of a false narrative parroted by those in power, and their barely literate followers, and most importantly accountability to the common people, these are all things worth fighting for in my opinion. Worthy of celebration as well. You are free to disagree however Bruce, and post however many smileys seem to be amusing and witty to you.

I disagree, various sites have been exposed and forced to implement ethical policies, but these are self regulated and as we see regularly the false narratives, the corruption and the anti consumer bias is still present. There is in the end no accountability, no punishments and no ethical standards to adhere to except what the publications make themselves and can easily weasel around and manipulate to their own advantage. As long as supposedly customer focused sites are mocking the victims of bomb threats, and abusive morons are laughing at their pathetic witticisms, then there is still a problem to combat. Of course the good work against corruption and unethical behaviour is worth celebrating, and those whom have championed the corrupt and immoral have been proven wrong repeatedly in their lies and demonisation. Some are even now trying to weasel their way out of their previous standing, and pretend to be moderate and neutral, when they have been the champions of the liars and immoral. Obviously these are hypocrites, and idiots whom underestimate peoples memories, the kind of people whom at one time stated that a multi billion dollar industry does not need ethical standards like any other form of journalism. Ian Mile Cheung the Neo Nazi has even been trying to appear rational lately, as if his past stance will be forgotten. Amusing how these people have so little bottom that they will desert their cause as soon as they sense a change in the weather, I expected nothing else really though.

There's a good chance that the monsters made a resurgence after the Catriona plague arrived, Ciri caused that by bringing a Bubonic plague flea from our world into the Witcher world, which hopped on a rat aboard the Nilfgaardian ship Catriona. With sickness thinning the population and the dead left to rot, well the post Conjunction creatures might have taken advantage and thrived, because of the sudden scarcity of humans.

Keira Metz has a respec potion, expensive however.