Tips for a Witcher 3 noob?

Thanks. Do you recommend bumping the difficulty for a better time? I just recently 100% God of War on “Give Me God of War,” but this game already seems way more complex. Alternatively, is the story good enough to just focus on that?

Figure out how mutagens work and make sure to actually slot your skills. I went through the first quarter of the game wondering why I couldn’t use any of the alternative spell forms like a dumbass

Definitely more style preference than strategic necessity though there are several skills and perk combinations that can make the game way too easy imo. I liked magic the most so I just specked hard into that, alchemy becomes pretty damn OP when you earn enough perk points, and the fleet footed perk trivializes a lot of fights since it’s basically unlimited i frames. Pretty sure you can buy (maybe craft) potions that reset all your perk points in case you want to respeck later.

ETA: you can max out all skill trees, but there’s a limited number of skills you can slot at any given time so they wouldn’t all be active. So let’s say you max out magic tree, if there’s a spell that you don’t really find yourself using then it would be better to slot a more useful perk from alchemy or combat trees.

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Is it all just extra crowns and loot or are they worth discovering?

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Many of them are worth discovering and really adds to the local color/lore of where you currently are.

You'll start to get a feel for which quests are important and which ones are just fetch and return for coins ones.

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Be patient with it. It took about 10-15 hours for it to really suck me in

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That long? Might be my problem. I've tried so many times.

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Any tips for a newbie

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You will inevitably come across an enemy called a "fiend". It's big so you can't miss it. Looks like a deer/bear cross with elk antlers.

If you see it, be sure you have learned the Superior Cat alchemy formula and drank it before you attack. Fiends are very rare but very tough especially if you're of lower level without enhanced School gear. As if they're not already badass and tough enough, they hypnotize you. Superior Cat prevents hypnosis. If you go in without it, a fiend will 100% hypnotize you and wreck your shite within moments of your immobility.

Aside from that, the rest is more fun just to run through and figure out for yourself.

The Blood and Wine expansion is stunningly beautiful with a great story in a new land, and you get your own property that you can invest a little coin in and have a really nice home and vineyard.

The Hearts of Stone expansion is the single most enveloping quest line I have ever played. In any game. Ever. Period. The depth of the characters and story is unbelievable. I won't post spoilers and would advise you to not look up any videos on it that may spoil it either. Just make sure you're leveled up properly with strong equipment and as much alchemical knowledge as possible and dive in.

Just writing this is going to make me fire up W3 again tomorrow and start up another playthrough. This will be #5 but still absolutely worth the time.

Take your time in white orchard. The game is pretty much over once you kill the griffin

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Tips for a Witcher 3 noob?

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Combat is fun, but in all honesty the story is so immersive and impressive that you'll consider it almost secondary.

You can enjoy the storyline without ever playing the first two games (I never did and loved 3).

The expansions are worth it, IMHO, especially if you can get a package deal. They really do add a lot.

There are legit funny moments as well. It isn't ALL doom and gloom.

Revisit places. In some of them, you'll see the repercussions of your actions.

The Baron of Blood quest arc (no spoilers) is, IMHO, the single best quest I've played in many years.

Gwent is a fun side thing, but one word of advice - play it and learn it. There is one quest (again, no spoilers) where you'll need to know WTF you're doing with it.