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[slimgrin]

When Geralt asks Lious merc about monster contracts in Flotsam, Merc says just fill out form H12. Geralt responds: "I don't need to, I have immunity." Has to be some tongue-in-cheek medical reference to his immunity from disease, right?

Modifié par slimgrin, 23 juin 2011 - 03:59 .

[DragonRageGT]

slimgrin wrote...

When Geralt asks Lious merc about monster contracts in Flotsam, Merc says just fill out form H12. Geralt responds: "I don't need to, I have immunity." Has to be some tongue-in-cheek medical reference to his immunity from disease, right?

google'ing for H12 I found

Interim Guidelines on the Hazardous Characteristics H12-Ecotoxic

Technical Working Group to finalize its work on hazardous characteristics H12-Ecotoxic, under Annex III of the Convention. The Technical Working Group at its sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth sessions undertook, under the leadership of Denmark, to prepare and finalize the work. As its twentieth session in May 2002 the Technical Working Group adopted the document entitled “Development of ecotoxicological criteria for the characterization of hazardous waste working document for the Technical Working Group (Basel Convention): Criteria for ecotoxicity of waste according to the Basel Convention, Annex III H12, Ecotoxic-Interim Guidelines (August 2002).

By its decision VI/26, the Conference of the Parties at its sixth meeting in December 2002, adopted the Interim Guidelines on Hazardous Characteristics H12 (Ecotoxic). In the same decision, the Conference of the Parties invited parties to monitor the use of the Interim Guidelines, with a view to improving or updating them, as necessary.

But yes, he is immune to ecotoxic hazard as well! hehe

[csfteeeer]

Mesina2 wrote...

I am not impressed with this game.

And I really can't force myself to beat this boring game with poor control response and uninteresting cliche dark fantasy setting.

WTF?
Seriously Man?
Oh S**t, get ready for a Flame Storm.

[slimgrin]

My third run is on hard, and so far I feel it needs to be a bit more difficult. Maybe I should try a re-balancing mod. Hope they release a toolset for this game. It begs for extensive modding.

Anyone found junk items usefull yet, such rings and flowers were in TW1? 

Modifié par slimgrin, 23 juin 2011 - 06:07 .

[gastovski]

csfteeeer wrote...

Mesina2 wrote...

I am not impressed with this game.

And I really can't force myself to beat this boring game with poor control response and uninteresting cliche dark fantasy setting.

WTF?
Seriously Man?
Oh S**t, get ready for a Flame Storm.

Sarcasm or death penalty.

[rasblak]

Maria Caliban wrote...

rasblak wrote...

k177sh0t wrote...

New York Times took a notice on Witcher 2

Well-written piece indeed. Makes me a proud owner of the game. Yet, nitpick...

"But a few rough edges can’t obscure the brilliance and importance of The Witcher 2."

brilliance, yes, but 'Importance'??? what's that supposed to mean that The Witcher 2 is 'important'?

I can't tell if you disagree with the Witcher 2 being important or if you've just never encountered the word importance before.

I think it's obvious enough that I don't speak English and I cannot have encountered the word 'importance' before

See, going to school is 'important'; those who don't, they'll feel the consequences, as will society.
I'm just thinking that 'important video-game' sounds like an.. no wait, I don't speak English, I haven't encountered the word 'oxymoron' before either

[Vandergrift]

@ Silmgrin
So try on Insane it will be thrilling play-through.
@rasblak
Importance, for the genre yes. Brilliant game at right time it introduced new way for RPGs. TW1 do it first but it wasn't THAT good and was new franchise from new developer from central Europe(many believing it is from east Europe), so it haven't this hm... Impact, but nevertheless Dragon Ages borrowed some ideas from CDPR, it was good if they recognize good things in other games. Maybe they recognize meaning of Quality and implement that in DA3. I just want at least two non jRPG dev teams going with story driven RPG's. Look what no competition do to Bioware and i will not say about EA that was decision of BW and it is BW problem. I want quality gaming in spite of EA ass.

Modifié par Vandergrift, 23 juin 2011 - 09:27 .

[Chromie]

csfteeeer wrote...

Mesina2 wrote...

I am not impressed with this game.

And I really can't force myself to beat this boring game with poor control response and uninteresting cliche dark fantasy setting.

WTF?
Seriously Man?
Oh S**t, get ready for a Flame Storm.

Well if this is cliche...I wonder how you even managed to play DA2? You seem to praise that crap.

@Slimgrin there is a mod that allows you to take junk items and craft them into useful things such as getting 3 scissors can be made into Iron Ore.


http://www.witcherne.../file.php?id=85   <--- There it is.

Modifié par Ringo12, 23 juin 2011 - 09:18 .

[Lord Phoebus]

slimgrin wrote...

My third run is on hard, and so far I feel it needs to be a bit more difficult. Maybe I should try a re-balancing mod. Hope they release a toolset for this game. It begs for extensive modding.

Anyone found junk items usefull yet, such rings and flowers were in TW1? 

I suggest playing on insane and saving on hard, that way if you die you don't lose the whole game.  The enemies hit harder and can take more damage on insane relative to hard, so you'll get more of a challenge.

[DragonRageGT]

Lord Phoebus wrote...

slimgrin wrote...

My third run is on hard, and so far I feel it needs to be a bit more difficult. Maybe I should try a re-balancing mod. Hope they release a toolset for this game. It begs for extensive modding.

Anyone found junk items usefull yet, such rings and flowers were in TW1? 

I suggest playing on insane and saving on hard, that way if you die you don't lose the whole game.  The enemies hit harder and can take more damage on insane relative to hard, so you'll get more of a challenge.

Yep but once you died, you have to continue at Hard because no new save game on Insane will reload for that character. The character is flagged. And that is frustrating! Don't go into Insane unless you're prepared for the consequences! =)

The game does not neeed to be more difficult. It's you that improved as a player! And there will be situations where your ass will be handed out to your in a silver plate.

[Lord Phoebus]

What do people think of the adrenaline abilties (Group Finishers, Heliotrope Sign, Berserk), I didn't find them all that useful when I was playing, because by the time they were charged I'd already killed every enemy but 1-3, and by that time it was almost just as quick to finish them off without using them. I was wondering cause I was considering a run where I just pick up upgraded Quen and the vigor upgrade from magic, footwork, position, whirl, riposte from swordsmanship and the bomb, potion and oil upgrades from alchemy. There should be just enough points to get them all and it seems like the end result would be much stronger than what I'd get by focusing on a single tree, any thoughts?

[Costin_Razvan]

I think Berserk and Heliotrope seem very damned useful for bosses...Group finishers are quite meh most of the time...especially since you can easily get the Whirl Talent.

That said; Amplification, Whirlwind and Control over the power seem as very damned good talents to me, but you need to get the finishers before you can get them.

Modifié par Costin_Razvan, 23 juin 2011 - 02:18 .

[Krusty84]

Oh and also a tribute video someone made for the game 

I prefer this video much more: . But still waiting for something better...

[RyuGuitarFreak]

slimgrin wrote...

My third run is on hard, and so far I feel it needs to be a bit more difficult. Maybe I should try a re-balancing mod. Hope they release a toolset for this game. It begs for extensive modding.

Anyone found junk items usefull yet, such rings and flowers were in TW1? 

Yeah, I was gonna ask if anyone had installed the "improved combat" mod. It has maaaany changes and it mentions rebalance too. I can't go away with my opinion that in the late game Geralt is too powerful, even without the overpowerd adrenaline abilities. Anyway, there's a patch coming next week.

[Silverfox4]

Bought it about 3-4 weeks ago. Playing it slowly, but its an awesome game. I am having major performance issues with it. Waiting for the new drivers to come out in the middle of July so I may enjoy it fully.

[KnightofPhoenix]

So I finished Iorveth's path.

First, wow, I did not think the game would be that different. It provides an almost entirely new perspective on the story. I found myself enjoying that path more than I thought I would, though I still prefer Roche's path. for several reasons  But all in all, it was a lot of fun.

Few things though that I felt could have been better:
- The Scoia'Tael. You do fraternize with Iorveth to the point where you feel he's your bro (not as much as Roche imo, who helps you even if you side with Iorveth). But you don't get to know the Scoia'Tael. In Act 1 and Act 2 Roche, you get to know the Blue Stripes and befriend them (on involving a hilarious quest), but in Act 2 Iorveth, the elves still treat you like **** (and some even want to kill you). It's true that in Act 2 Iorveth, you get to befriend Dwarves and go on an epic quest together. But that's just dwarves (who are awesome by nature), who don't seem to like the Scoia'Tael. So I think befriending a few Squirrels, especially elves, would have been good. 

- The Battle of Vergen: It was fun in the beginning and end, but the middle (essentially a repetition of fighting on the wall) was meh. And cinematically, it was weak. For instance, when Iorveth and his archers show up and fire a volley, you only see them hit 3 Kaedwenis. When Saskia makes her speech, which was great I htought, it also lacked a cinematic feeling to it. When Henselt surrenders, he is accompanied by only two guards. Where is his army? Nit picking about warfare aside, the battle felt lacking cinematic wise. It was still fun, thanks in large part to the epic music, but it was somewhat dissapointing.  I prefer the battle of La Valette Castle. Actually, I thought the battle was more well done on Roche's path.

If those two were better, I would have enjoyed Iorveth's path a lot more. Probably still nto a much as Roche, because his path makes more sense to me and I greatly prefer Act 3 with him. 

That said, Iorveth's path offered a lot as well on Philippa (great character), the political situation in Vergen (with the pesant mob)...etc. So all in all, it was great, but I thought it had two more or less big flaws.

Modifié par KnightofPhoenix, 23 juin 2011 - 04:50 .

[Monica83]

This game is absolute brilliant i finished it many times now is really awesome hows the story change and hows the character your meet have their personality.. I loved more ivoreth path and Saskia.. But i also like the roche part.. Very cute situations in both the storylines..I also loved the variety of quest or sidequest...
Now i have only to say: This game is pure art....

[Archaven]

RageGT wrote...

Lord Phoebus wrote...

slimgrin wrote...

My third run is on hard, and so far I feel it needs to be a bit more difficult. Maybe I should try a re-balancing mod. Hope they release a toolset for this game. It begs for extensive modding.

Anyone found junk items usefull yet, such rings and flowers were in TW1? 

I suggest playing on insane and saving on hard, that way if you die you don't lose the whole game.  The enemies hit harder and can take more damage on insane relative to hard, so you'll get more of a challenge.

Yep but once you died, you have to continue at Hard because no new save game on Insane will reload for that character. The character is flagged. And that is frustrating! Don't go into Insane unless you're prepared for the consequences! =)

The game does not neeed to be more difficult. It's you that improved as a player! And there will be situations where your ass will be handed out to your in a silver plate.

I can't believe there are trolls that thrashing the combat down about how difficult, how cumbersome of the combat, how click-fest the game is and kept on bumping up his own thread to make developers believe him he is right.

When are selfish folks going stop whining and insisting developers to make the game they wanted it to be? I buy it if majority wins. But such folks are getting irritating the more you read in the forums.

I don't think developers will actually think about making the game harder or anymore hardcore looking at the rate of so many idiots in gog forum complaining.

[Costin_Razvan]

Personally the one thing that will always put me off about Iorveth's path is that it makes no logical sense as to why Geralt would side with him.

The guy helped kill Foltest, then he tried to kill you, three times even! ( the initial ambush, leading you into the Arachus then that ambush after the Arachus where would have killed you if not for revealing what Letho had done ). He's slaughtered thousands of people to try and kill all humans.

I am not disputing he changes his ways for Saskia...because he does, but I just can't make sense as to why would anyone help him...that he trusted you when he allowed himself to be shackled? Well he did not trust you...in fact he threatened to kill you...painfully...if you betrayed him.

To me Geralt owes Roche his life and freedom, to Iorveth he owes nothing.

I liked the path. I really did...but I just can't find a good reason as to why I would side with Iorveth in the first place.

Modifié par Costin_Razvan, 23 juin 2011 - 04:58 .

[hangmans tree]

sometimes, in life, people just make irrational decisions and take insane actions. Not every decision must reflect wisdom of a sage and logic of a machine which flags everything as 0/1

[KnightofPhoenix]

Costin_Razvan wrote...
I liked the path. I really did...but I just can't find a good reason as to why I would side with Iorveth in the first place.

Roche's path still makes a lot more sense to me.

But one might want to choose Iorveth because:
- Since he helped Letho, he is more likely to know him and his allies, and their techniques. Plus there is no doubt he is a cunning fox and tactically very competent (to the point where he single handedly turns the tide in the small skirmish with Roche).

- You learn from the Triss / Philippa convo that Philippa is in Vergen, so maybe Geralt wants to meet her? Not sure.

- Before siding with Roche, he tells you he wants to eliminate Loredo. Geralt might see this as a waste of time, whereas what Iorveth wants is to commandeer a boat and free some prisoners in the process, which souns less like a waste of time. Now that said, if Geralt is so keen not to waste time, then fighting for Vergen is a very big waste of time. So I don't know.

So other than idealistic notions and all that, I do not find that siding with Iorveth makes a whole lot of sense. But I would not say it makes no sense whatsoever. But I would have preferred a more fleshed out situation where the 2 choices can be more or less equal on the spot.

Modifié par KnightofPhoenix, 23 juin 2011 - 05:14 .

[DaveExclamationMarkYognaut]

rasblak wrote...

See, going to school is 'important'; those who don't, they'll feel the consequences, as will society.
I'm just thinking that 'important video-game' sounds like an.. no wait, I don't speak English, I haven't encountered the word 'oxymoron' before either

Well, this guy thinks it's important because it might help to raise the bar for storytelling in video games. He's got an article (linked in the Witcher 2 article) 10 years ago on Planescape: Torment that hopes that we'll see more games in that vein. We haven't had that many, and Witcher 2 is one that while not as good as PS:T at least displays similarly mature and complex storytelling, and is a welcome sign that gaming may be growing up as a narrative medium.

[DaveExclamationMarkYognaut]

KnightofPhoenix wrote...

Costin_Razvan wrote...
I liked the path. I really did...but I just can't find a good reason as to why I would side with Iorveth in the first place.

Roche's path still makes a lot more sense to me.

But one might want to choose Iorveth because:
- Since he helped Letho, he is more likely to know him and his allies, and their techniques. Plus there is no doubt he is a cunning fox and tactically very competent (to the point where he single handedly turns the tide in the small skirmish with Roche).

- You learn from the Triss / Philippa convo that Philippa is in Vergen, so maybe Geralt wants to meet her? Not sure.

- Before siding with Roche, he tells you he wants to eliminate Loredo. Geralt might see this as a waste of time, whereas what Iorveth wants is to commandeer a boat and free some prisoners in the process, which souns less like a waste of time. Now that said, if Geralt is so keen not to waste time, then fighting for Vergen is a very big waste of time. So I don't know.

So other than idealistic notions and all that, I do not find that siding with Iorveth makes a whole lot of sense. But I would not say it makes no sense whatsoever. But I would have preferred a more fleshed out situation where the 2 choices can be more or less equal on the spot.

+1

Siding with Iorveth makes a good degree of sense for Geralt as a purely pragmatic decision, at least regarding the goals of rescuing Triss and tracking down Letho. Plus, Zoltan wants Geralt do do this. It doesn't make quite as much sense as Geralt continuing to work with Roche, but it's by far not as bad as Shep deciding to work with Cerberus haha.

[zeypher]

btw a question since a lot of you have done multiple playthroughs. Is upgrading igni sign worth it for a swordsman based geralt? or should i just instead upgrade my bombs. As i want an option for an ranged aoe, so should i go in the magic tree just for igni or upgrade my bombs?

[dewayne31]

the only sign i updated was axii.