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[Elhanan]

I have no sympathy for the whole "alistair dumped me!" mindset. Alistair tells you constantly he doesn't want to be King because he sees a king as doing his duty first. Not foreseeing him dumping you to me is willful blindness. You make him king when he really doesn't want to be and then get upset that acts like a decent one? You have to persuade him into being a bit selfish in keeping you as a mistress (which my girls even my HN preferred. The freedom of a mistress vs the burden of queenship? Ha easy choice.) But the dumping? Made perfect sense if you think about Alistair as an individual. Especially unhardened Alistair. Then you're just throwing him in with the wolves.
 
I really didn't find that balanced but I accepted that level of grim was just not for me.
 
My only issue with DAI is too much was relegated to the background (mostly politicking) and Cory was too much of a fool to be seen as an actual threat after Haven. Haven was very well done moment of darkness then overcoming it. It's just the rest of Cory really fell flat with how much of a fool he was. If Cory had remained competent I think it would've helped DAI's too cheery feeling immensely.

Didn't see Cory as a fool, but one that foolishly allowed himself to remain ignorant of the changes made since he was imprisoned. Ego was his downfall; well that, and bringing his Magic Jar to the last battle.

[Ryzaki]

Didn't see Cory as a fool, but one that foolishly allowed himself to remain ignorant of the changes made since he was imprisoned. Ego was his downfall; well that, and bringing his Magic Jar to the last battle.

XD

 

I can't believe he had on stockings like the wicked witch. That's just so lulzy.

[TheOgre]

Going with Yen means beta Geralt. No thank you. Triss has my back, I have hers. No unnecessary baggage.

Triss is more likely to let Geralt die for the sake of the world where Yen is very protective and willing to burn the world for him.

Triss doesn't truly love Geralt like she does.

[KBomb]

I have no sympathy for the whole "alistair dumped me!" mindset. Alistair tells you constantly he doesn't want to be King because he sees a king as doing his duty first. Not foreseeing him dumping you to me is willful blindness. You make him king when he really doesn't want to be and then get upset that acts like a decent one? You have to persuade him into being a bit selfish in keeping you as a mistress (which my girls even my HN preferred. The freedom of a mistress vs the burden of queenship? Ha easy choice.) But the dumping? Made perfect sense if you think about Alistair as an individual. Especially unhardened Alistair. Then you're just throwing him in with the wolves.

 

I really didn't find that balanced but I accepted that level of grim was just not for me.

 

My only issue with DAI is too much was relegated to the background (mostly politicking) and Cory was too much of a fool to be seen as an actual threat after Haven. Haven was very well done moment of darkness then overcoming it. It's just the rest of Cory really fell flat with how much of a fool he was. If Cory had remained competent I think it would've helped DAI's too cheery feeling immensely.

Willful blindness? Jesus Christ, he doesn't even wait until he is coronated, he doesn't even wait until the end battle is over. It's, "Oh, I am going to be king in about 6-7 months and I might die tomorrow, but I can't be seen as your boy, so get to steppin'."  I told him in front of Arl Eamon that I was going to make him king and he still slept with me and began a relationship with me. It isn't like the king thing only came up at the Landsmeet. I made it clear to him what was going down. He could have dumped me then, but didn't. So, yeah--did I believe if he were king our future would be happily ever after? No, I figured somewhere down the road--possibly in the epilogue--that we'd go our separate ways. Did I think he was going to dump me five seconds after I made him king in front of witnesses and then act like we were never anything but two crazy wardens on a whirlwind adventure? No. He isn't king at that moment.  At that moment, he is a ****. His first duty at being king was being a complete ****. 

 

And nah, I wouldn't be anyone's mistress. I'd rather walk away and leave him to play with his scepter. If I'm not good enough to be by your side, you're not good enough to be in my bed.

 

As for the bolded, are you talking about TW3? It had quite a few happy or at least brighter moments. It had a lot of comedy, as well as a few happy endings and even some sweet moments. 

 

I absolutely agree with your last statement.

 

 

Triss is more likely to let Geralt die for the sake of the world where Yen is very protective and willing to burn the world for him.

Triss doesn't truly love Geralt like she does.

As for you....

 

[Ryzaki]

Willful blindness? Jesus Christ, he doesn't even wait until he is coronated, he doesn't even wait until the end battle is over. It's, "Oh, I am going to be king in about 6-7 months and I might die tomorrow, but I can't be seen as your boy, so get to steppin'."  I told him in front of Arl Eamon that I was going to make him king and he still slept with me and began a relationship with me. It isn't like the king thing only came up at the Landsmeet. I made it clear to him what was going down. He could have dumped me then, but didn't. So, yeah--did I believe if he were king our future would be happily ever after? No, I figured somewhere down the road--possibly in the epilogue--that we'd go our separate ways. Did I think he was going to dump me five seconds after I made him king in front of witnesses and then act like we were never anything but two crazy wardens on a whirlwind adventure? No. He isn't king at that moment.  At that moment, he is a ****. His first duty at being king was being a complete ****. 

 

And nah, I wouldn't be anyone's mistress. I'd rather walk away and leave him to play with his scepter. If I'm not good enough to be by your side, you're not good enough to be in my bed.

 

As for the bolded, are you talking about TW3? It had quite a few happy or at least brighter moments. It had a lot of comedy, as well as a few happy endings and even some sweet moments. 

 

I absolutely agree with your last statement.

 

 

As for you....

 

It is. You put someone who literally begs not to be made king on the throne and get surprised he doesn't want to repeat his father's mistakes. His is a bastard you remember? One who had a crappy life because of it?

 

And Alistair is not a forward thinker that's pretty obvious. Plus he was probably hoping Anora would remain queen.

 

And he was king at that moment. A king who was thinking of his future queen and how he'd look. He flat out tells you it'd get harder if he did it later.

 

But you don't have to be a mistress that's the freedom of choice.

 

Yeah but I didn't care to go through all that meh to reach it.

[KBomb]

It is. You put someone who literally begs not to be made king on the throne and get surprised he doesn't want to repeat his father's mistakes. His is a bastard you remember? One who had a crappy life because of it?

 

And Alistair is not a forward thinker that's pretty obvious. Plus he was probably hoping Anora would remain queen.

 

And he was king at that moment. A king who was thinking of his future queen and how he'd look. He flat out tells you it'd get harder if he did it later.

 

But you don't have to be a mistress that's the freedom of choice.

 

Yeah but I didn't care to go through all that meh to reach it.

I wish it would have given us the freedom of choice to kick him right in the charlie horse.

[Ryzaki]

I wish it would have given us the freedom of choice to kick him right in the charlie horse.

 

Now *that* I can agree with. Or at least curse him out for not doing that in private. It's not like he couldn't have waited til you were alone at Eamon's estate to do the dumping but I get why he did it he was swamped, and blurted it out in a typical clunkhead Alistair fashion.

 

What gets me is how no one says anything not even a "classy Alistair" remark from Morrigan.

[TheOgre]

I wish it would have given us the freedom of choice to kick him right in the charlie horse.

If you are a vengeful sort you could make him feel very guilty by being a Mage hero, who sacrifices herself to "kill" the arch demon.

He is very torn up over your demise XD I'm the vengeful sort,

[Ryzaki]

If you are a vengeful sort you could make him feel very guilty by being a Mage hero, who sacrifices herself to "kill" the arch demon.

He is very torn up over your demise XD I'm the vengeful sort,

 

Oh man the US ending with a romanced Alistair always chokes me up.

 

But honestly I'm glad I prefer hardened Alistair over normal Alistair. Plus mistress ending to me fits the situation perfectly you take what happiness how you can instead of the ideal way. Plus I marry him to Anora and they grow to respect one another if he's hardened. Best of a bad situation there.

[TheOgre]

I imprison Anora every time.



Xd

[Ryzaki]

I find her too useful to always imprison.

 

Now if I could kill her it'd be a non issue. She'd be dead by the next day.

 

Alas your only choice is to leave her alive which allows her to scheme. I'm not in the mood for that drama.

[Corto81]

I've begun my NG+ playthrough. It is my 5th playthrough in total.

I'm still finding wonderful thing I had missed before, and I'm still completely blown away by the game.
Graphics, artstyle, sound, VA, story, writing, etc....

 

This game has such a rate combination of soul-soothing Skyrim-like free-roaming and intense (at Deathmarch) Souls-like combat, combined with excellent, adult writing...
I just can't get over it.

[slimgrin]

I've begun my NG+ playthrough. It is my 5th playthrough in total.

I'm still finding wonderful thing I had missed before, and I'm still completely blown away by the game.
Graphics, artstyle, sound, VA, story, writing, etc....

 

This game has such a rate combination of soul-soothing Skyrim-like free-roaming and intense (at Deathmarch) Souls-like combat, combined with excellent, adult writing...
I just can't get over it.

Souls combat? it's ****** cake after lvl 10 or so. CDPR should have been busying themselves with a new difficulty mode like they did for TW2, not pansy ass NG+. 

[Lawrence0294]

Souls combat? it's f*cking cake after lvl 10 or so. CDPR should have been busying themselves with a new difficulty mode like they did for TW2, not pansy ass NG+. 

Actually, many people have reported that NG+ is quite harder than the original game.

[MoonDrummer]

Triss is the one with the kind heart and courage and actual manners.

YennWaifu thread defense inc..!!

"If I'm to choose between one evil and another, I'd rather not choose at all."

[Das Tentakel]

Rayla was the only woman for Geralt (RIP) and Deamvend was the only real King (RIP).

 

Nonsense!

Abigail the witch is the True One. Just check out her romance card (the uncensored one*). Perfection !

 

 

 

 

* I personally went 'Eep!' when I saw that one. Still, witchers don't mind bonking succubi (whether white succubi or soc - succubi of colour - so...)

[Corto81]

Souls combat? it's f*cking cake after lvl 10 or so. CDPR should have been busying themselves with a new difficulty mode like they did for TW2, not pansy ass NG+. 

 

Mmm.

 

Well first of all, i don't consider Souls combat hard, as a Souls veteran. I've played through each of the Souls games at least half a dozen times, sometimes more.

It's the design that makes it great, not how hard it is.

I can speedrun somewhat decently, play through every one of the games with no armor and limited weaponry etc.

This myth of Souls combat being good because it's hard is simply wrong.

 

Now, with TW3. It's responsive, instinctive, non-button mashing (especially if you don't Quen spam and the counter-attack from the monsters hit you), etc.

And yes, on Deathmarch, NG+ seems more difficult than on NG.

[panzerwzh]

Nonsense!

Abigail the witch is the True One. Just check out her romance card (the uncensored one*). Perfection !

 

 

 

 

* I personally went 'Eep!' when I saw that one. Still, witchers don't mind bonking succubi (whether white succubi or soc - succubi of colour - so...)

Essi Daven rules them all! -----Proved by Master Dandelion

[wright1978]

Going with Yen means beta Geralt. No thank you. Triss has my back, I have hers. No unnecessary baggage. 

 

Yep while Yen is an interesting character, Geralt coming to realisation, that Yen is his past and Triss is his present and future is always going to be my take on it after playing 3 games and reading the books.

[MoonDrummer]

Essi Daven rules them all! -----Proved by Master Dandelion

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Smallpox 1- 0 Essi

 

I found her really weird tbh, instantly falling in love with Geralt.

 

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I also found it weird when Triss instantly fell in love with Geralt.

 

Or when Fringilla instantly fell in love with Geralt.

 

Or when Geralt instantly fell in love with Yen. 

 

Or when Cahir instantly fell in love with Ciri

 

Or when Jarre instantly fell in love with Ciri. 

 

The Witcher is weird like that.

[Wolven_Soul]

Ah but that's just it it's an option it's not forced. And you can't really call optional darkness grimdark. I for one tended to kill Conner because I felt the golden outcome of that a bit stupid plus screw Isolde punching her was the highlight of that quest (would've been alot less stupid if you could've left some people behind to keep guard but as it happens it's pretty dumb.) but some of the darker outcomes are also dumb (leaving Redcliffe to it's fate just gives you an army to fight and that should've lead to a critical mission failure for being a idiot). But if that's the direction you want DA to continue in I agree dark outcomes aren't horrible it's when they're forced and the only path that I get annoyed. But I of course love choices so an option for a darker outcome is nice (of course a lot of people will complain about being able to get your cake and eat it too though gotta love that).

 

Oh it does but not as many as DAO. DAO can have people actually listening to an elf and even have an elf become Chancellor (even if not royalty you pretty much have the power of one in such a position especially with unhardened single Alistair) without riots happening and said elf being torn apart. You can become the King's mistress and again you're not torn apart and this is common knowledge. (doubly so for an elven mage. Hero or not people tend to have short memories once safe and yet nope not threatened doesn't have to go hiding because of angry mobs). I mean there's a lot about DAO that has the PC avert the darkness of the setting with their special PC shield. The one time you get a reality slap is if you try to marry Alistair/Anora as anything other than a HN. Everything else that's good mate.

 

Oh I agree, some of the darker outcomes are dumb, just as you said some of the brighter ones were dumb.  

 

The ones that I really enjoyed was where an outcome was darker, but might possibly have been the best thing to do for the sake of defeating the blight.  For instance 'A Paragon of her Kind', deciding whether or not to give Branka that anvil.  Sure, destroying the thing is probably the right thing to do, the creation of a golem is terrible.  But...golems are pretty danged wicked on the battlefield.  Worth probably about ten dwarves.  So giving her the anvil in a way is probably the best thing to do to help stop the blight.  

 

Also....werewolves>than everything.  

 

There were a few of those in DA:O that I really liked.

[Lawrence0294]

Smallpox 1- 0 Essi

 

I found her really weird tbh, instantly falling in love with Geralt.

 

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I also found it weird when Triss instantly fell in love with Geralt.

 

Or when Fringilla instantly fell in love with Geralt.

 

Or when Geralt instantly fell in love with Yen. 

 

Or when Cahir instantly fell in love with Ciri

 

Or when Jarre instantly fell in love with Ciri. 

 

Witcher is weird like that.

You're just saying that because Radovid hasn't instantly fallen in love with Geralt

[Wolven_Soul]

Didn't see Cory as a fool, but one that foolishly allowed himself to remain ignorant of the changes made since he was imprisoned. Ego was his downfall; well that, and bringing his Magic Jar to the last battle.

 

Oh he was absolutely a fool.  During that last fight he just stands there and watches you kill his dragon.  The dragon that he has invested a piece of himself so that he can keep coming back after being killed.  I would think he would place a lot of importance on that thing.  But nope.  

[MoonDrummer]

You're just saying that because Radovid hasn't instantly fallen in love with Geralt

Not yet, still waiting on that dlc. 

[Wolven_Soul]

I wish it would have given us the freedom of choice to kick him right in the charlie horse.

 

LMAO...women scorned and all that.