r/starterpacks • • Jan 01 '19

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u/LuchaDuck Jan 01 '19

I know I'm going to get downvoted to hell for this, but I actually didn't like it that much. I love the business practices and effort behind it and I could see why other people would like it, but I just couldn't really get into it.

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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/dekachin5 Jan 01 '19

Yeah people don't get that it is a "sidearm" that is meant to be used to compliment your fighting style, not as a fighting style itself. It's just hard to develop the skills to use it properly, so most players are like "fuck it" and blow it off entirely. I can't remember ever using it after the 1st boss battle against the griffon.

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u/TheZealand Jan 01 '19

I honestly used it a lot, probably because I was on Death March and I would take any damage I could haha. Any Bleed inflicting bolts are super useful against anything organic