The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

[Merad]

Where is there a new game + confirmed?

All but confirmed.

People have found several references to it in console commands, equipment config info and other settings. IIRC one person on reddit found something suggesting that it would one of the final free DLCs but I can't find a link ATM.

 

[GoodRevrnd]

not sure if its instakill, but it could be when you slice a guy in half, or lop off an arm ...

So just a cosmetic effect then. That's what I assumed but sometimes I see comments that make me think it might actually do something.

 

[cmdrdredd]

What does chance to dismember actually do? Is that basically instakill?

Dismemberment is an instant kill but it's different than the instant kill perks. The difference is a dismemberment can come on the first hit, the second hit, the 15th hit. Once it activates, you win and an arm or head gets lopped off. An instant kill can only occur on the first strike. If you get an instant kill the game will go into slow motion. Instant kill can also apply to crossbow.

 

[StinkyPinky]

Gotta say it's pretty bad they haven't released a hotfix for that XP bug. I tested it myself, it definitely exists. I got no experience for doing a secondary quest 3 levels above me, just 25 experience for doing a witcher contract 3 levels above me, and then a whopping 250 experience for doing a quest one level above me. I have no idea what's going on.

I think I will just stop playing until the patch which really sucks

 

[RockinZ28]

Gotta say it's pretty bad they haven't released a hotfix for that XP bug. I tested it myself, it definitely exists. I got no experience for doing a secondary quest 3 levels above me, just 25 experience for doing a witcher contract 3 levels above me, and then a whopping 250 experience for doing a quest one level above me. I have no idea what's going on.

I think I will just stop playing until the patch which really sucks

If you get any XP you're fine. Many of the side quests only give a few points.

It's when you complete a quest that's not grayed out in the menu and receive no XP you're bugged, especially for the main quests.

I'm just continuing on. Been waiting for that patch for too long now, and doesn't appear it'll even be available until next week. Hoping this isn't an indication this bug is too deeply rooted, and can't be remedied without starting a new game after the patch or something.

 

[zinfamous]

If you get any XP you're fine. Many of the side quests only give a few points.

It's when you complete a quest that's not grayed out in the menu and receive no XP you're bugged, especially for the main quests.

I'm just continuing on. Been waiting for that patch for too long now, and doesn't appear it'll even be available until next week. Hoping this isn't an indication this bug is too deeply rooted, and can't be remedied without starting a new game after the patch or something.

yeah, but Stinky says he's getting 25xp for a contract 3 levels above him. I seem to recall Contracts being very decent XP--though I think it depends on which xp is granted--I think the contract kills gives the bulk (which you don't explicitly see on the screen), then turning in the contract might be a very small amount. Honestly, it isn't something I have really noticed.

That being said, I know I'm bugged with the green level quests. Seems anything 3 or two levels below is effected; but it hasn't been an issue for me in terms of gameplay yet. I keep telling myself I need to max out difficulty, and I keep forgetting to do that.

What annoys me about this is that it should be, and I suppose is, considered a very major bug, and it should have been hotfixed immediately. Delaying it for a major patch, to allow extensive testing to insure nothing else is broken, is completely stupid.

What you do is release the hotfix immediately, then if the patch might cause more issues, break the hotfix, whatever, you delay the patch with all the testing.

I don't care if it doesn't effect the gameplay in a huge way for me, I also really don't think the CSR should be saying "This will not effect our designed level progression in any way." Further, I don't really care about the people on CDPR forums bitching that this has ruined "80 hours of play!" "The game is completely unplayable!" (...none of that is true for a rational human being).

All that aside, this is a serious bug that should have been addressed immediately. CDPR has handled this in the worst way they possibly could.

 

[sze5003]

I doubt it will require a new game if it's patched. I would not take it if that was the case as I don't have the time. I haven't been affected yet but I did only earn about 25xp for a side quest that was 4-5 levels below me. I'll continue for sure since I'll just keep exploring. But for the most part I can't do many of the other contracts as I'm nowhere near level 23 or 30.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Once the patch is out, gift yourself a couple levels via the console and continue on.

 

[zinfamous]

Once the patch is out, gift yourself a couple levels via the console and continue on.

exactly. It's really not a big deal in the end in terms of gameplay. 3k xp via deve console and you should be fine.

as for the console players...well, wtf would they play this game on a console?

I'm not one for stupid conspiracies like this, but I half think that the reason for not hotfixing was that this would be difficult for console players? ...or is that no longer a thing because this current gen is more or less perma online and patches and fixes arrive just as they do through steam?

I still have a PS3...but haven't loaded a game on that since ~2010.

 

[RockinZ28]

yeah, but Stinky says he's getting 25xp for a contract 3 levels above him. I seem to recall Contracts being very decent XP--though I think it depends on which xp is granted--I think the contract kills gives the bulk (which you don't explicitly see on the screen), then turning in the contract might be a very small amount. Honestly, it isn't something I have really noticed.

That being said, I know I'm bugged with the green level quests. Seems anything 3 or two levels below is effected; but it hasn't been an issue for me in terms of gameplay yet. I keep telling myself I need to max out difficulty, and I keep forgetting to do that.

What annoys me about this is that it should be, and I suppose is, considered a very major bug, and it should have been hotfixed immediately. Delaying it for a major patch, to allow extensive testing to insure nothing else is broken, is completely stupid.

What you do is release the hotfix immediately, then if the patch might cause more issues, break the hotfix, whatever, you delay the patch with all the testing.

I don't care if it doesn't effect the gameplay in a huge way for me, I also really don't think the CSR should be saying "This will not effect our designed level progression in any way." Further, I don't really care about the people on CDPR forums bitching that this has ruined "80 hours of play!" "The game is completely unplayable!" (...none of that is true for a rational human being).

All that aside, this is a serious bug that should have been addressed immediately. CDPR has handled this in the worst way they possibly could.

Yea, is what it is I guess.

That's why I really don't care about this XP bug anymore. It's not worth waiting for this patch to me. Enjoying the game too much to delay questing any longer, even though I haven't received any XP for main quests since leaving White Orchard.

 

[zinfamous]

Yea, is what it is I guess.

That's why I really don't care about this XP bug anymore. It's not worth waiting for this patch to me. Enjoying the game too much to delay questing any longer, even though I haven't received any XP for main quests since leaving White Orchard.

holy shit that's awful

I think you can really only max out at level 4 or 5 in WO, right? I know I finished every possible thing on that map.

 

[RockinZ28]

holy shit that's awful

I think you can really only max out at level 4 or 5 in WO, right? I know I finished every possible thing on that map.

Yea think I was 5 when leaving WO. I'm up to 15 now, done a ton of stuff in Velen, Novigrad and just started some side quests that took me Skellige. No trouble so far even with the missing XP. I suppose you'd miss out on plenty of XP anyway. Unless you were to locate every single quest first or follow a guide, and then complete them in level order since you're meant to not receive XP once you're 6 levels over the intended level.

 

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[Merad]

What annoys me about this is that it should be, and I suppose is, considered a very major bug, and it should have been hotfixed immediately. Delaying it for a major patch, to allow extensive testing to insure nothing else is broken, is completely stupid.

What you do is release the hotfix immediately, then if the patch might cause more issues, break the hotfix, whatever, you delay the patch with all the testing.

It's pretty obvious that they either haven't gotten it fixed yet or have run into complications related to it. When the bug was first found they basically said "wow this was a major screw up, sorry we'll get a fix ASAP." A couple days later (end of last week) they said the fix was coming this Monday. Monday passed without a patch and they've been tight lipped ever since.

C'mon, CDPR already pushed three patches in the first week after launch. Do you really think they would hold back the xp fix just so they could having two more patches close together?

 

[Gryz]

The fix is part of a large patch, with many other fixes. Fixes take time to develop. But that's not just it. You need proper testing too. You really do. There is no way around it. Of course with all the impatient kids and impatient grownups, there is extra pressure. But no company should skip on their testing, just because of some customers whining.

Personally I don't mind the bug. There are so many quests to do at any level, I am happy if I would miss out on xp. Otherwise you outlevel half the content quickly. And then your only 2 options are: 1) skip a lot of quests, or 2) always do quests when you are way over level.

If I could have it my way, I would actually want an option to completely *freeze* my xp. As soon as I have quests under my own level, I would freeze my xp. Only when I have only quests that are higher than my level, then I would unfreeze xp again.

This is not an MMO. Xp is not an issue. You're not competing with anyone. Efficiency is not an issue. Maximizing gear, level, whatever is not an issue. As long as you can do all quests, and enjoy yourself.

 

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[escrow4]

At Level 24, no issues. Some side quests only give a tiny amount of XP. Clearing out Skellige contracts except the really high levelled one and maybe some question marks than returning to the main quest. I have to say the beginning of finding is rather bland as main quests go; even finding Dandelion is rather meh. I was expecting more. No I and II had tightly focussed plots this is all over the place. And where is Nilfgaard? Camping in the bottom of the map? Won't they attack/skirmish?

 

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[Mem]

Gotta say it's pretty bad they haven't released a hotfix for that XP bug. I tested it myself, it definitely exists. I got no experience for doing a secondary quest 3 levels above me, just 25 experience for doing a witcher contract 3 levels above me, and then a whopping 250 experience for doing a quest one level above me. I have no idea what's going on.

I think I will just stop playing until the patch which really sucks

Do the grey quests(assuming you have some of those 6 levels or more below you),you don't get xp for those anyway(ie quest completed XP ),only a few very low xp for mobs kills during those quests.

Velen is a pretty big area to explore,especially when you have Witcher contracts,secondary quests,treasure hunt ones and random ones you find on the way.

I've a few like 7 to 8 levels below me so doing those,throw in exploring and you can still play while waiting for the patch.

I still have Skellige to explore and do,I'm at level 20 half way to 21.

 

[StinkyPinky]

Well, just played a main quest and got zero experience for it. The game is effectively broken for me. Really annoyed - guess I'll just play GTA 5 in the meantime

 

[cmdrdredd]

exactly. It's really not a big deal in the end in terms of gameplay. 3k xp via deve console and you should be fine.



as for the console players...well, wtf would they play this game on a console?



I'm not one for stupid conspiracies like this, but I half think that the reason for not hotfixing was that this would be difficult for console players? ...or is that no longer a thing because this current gen is more or less perma online and patches and fixes arrive just as they do through steam?



I still have a PS3...but haven't loaded a game on that since ~2010.

The Xbox one and ps4 download and install game updates when the system is in rest or suspend mode. There is a prompt when you start a game if it has an update as well.

 

[Mem]

Well, just played a main quest and got zero experience for it. The game is effectively broken for me. Really annoyed - guess I'll just play GTA 5 in the meantime

NM,official patch is out.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Patch v1.05 is now available.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Well put. This is not a game breaking bug at all. It's bordering on a non-issue. If it's ruining the game for you then I think you need to reconsider the way that you're playing the game. It seems like a petty gripe when there are other serious bugs that actually halt quests altogether (or so I'm told - I've been very lucky to have played the game 1.8 times through without coming up against a single quest bug).

I hit many quest bugs that render quests locked and unfinished. The reason this happened was because I discovered a location before I started the quest. The quest started when I found the location but it did not trigger the npc so the game knew I had accepted it. So basically I didn't talk to the npc first and the game said I already started the quest but the npc thinks I didn't. This also happened if I killed a monster that was for a contract I didn't accept. I ended up getting the prompt to go accept the reward and the npc was never triggered for me so I could not interact with them. There is a specific order that quests need to go in. Exploring all the map locations kind of ruins a few of them. I think they should have hidden the locations that require a prerequisite from the world map. Maybe they can patch in fixes for these though.

 

[Mem]

Patch v1.05 is now available.

Yep mine updated already on Galaxy but I forgot to check lol ,283mb size.