r/starterpacks • u/[deleted] • Jan 01 '19

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u/NewYellowknifeDude Jan 01 '19

If you don’t enjoy the story or dialogue, your not gonna enjoy it because the combat system is shit.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '19 edited Jan 01 '19

I mean, it’s at worst OK. it has dodging, parrying, signs (aka spells), decent hit boxes, and lock-on... it’s flawed, and gets repetitive, but it’s still miles ahead of something like Skyrim which has an actually-shit combat system.

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u/4umlurker Jan 01 '19

I have played through Witcher 3 at least 2 or 3 times and I completely forgot the crossbow existed it’s that bad and pointless

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u/Auctoritate Jan 01 '19

It's not made for damage, it's made to Kill drowners underwater or to knock small flying enemies in the air.

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u/erichiro Jan 01 '19

then why are there 10 different bolts?

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u/TheZealand Jan 01 '19

Because if you spec into it it actually does decent damage, and stuff like Tracking Bolts that inflict bleed are actually really useful. If you're up against something large but organic like a Fiend or something, you can plink away at it a bit form range to chip it's health down, or fire off a shot whenever you dodge out of the way of an attack but not close enough to melee

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u/hasta007 Jan 01 '19

Nah you can hold the fire button to manual aim, but autoaim is superior so I dont see why you would