Let's hope so! I know I'd like to bring some of my gear along, even if only for a level or two.
You'll be able to choose your past choices through in-game dialogue options, when talking with a certain character, at the beginning of the game.
That covers choices from Witcher 2 only, or from both games?
Witcher 2 only AFAIK.
I kinda doubt that gear will be transfered. What about console players, how would it work for them?
This is good news, though, what does that mean for item imports? Will they just magically appear in our inventory?
Items won't carry over at all, as far as we know.
You get the best sword in The Witcher 2 and you transfer it to The Witcher 3 and suddenly Geralt can't use it anymore, level 30 sword. You not going to get to get to use a good sword at the start of the game. So either way, pointless carring over items to The Witcher 3. If you want item nostalgia, just replay The Witcher 2.
I liked their approach in Witcher 1 > Witcher 2..I used Raven's Armor and the two swords I imported for the prologue and half of chapter 1.
It really gives at least a material sense that you have imported your saves into the final game alongside your choices, if you get what I mean...even if the items are downscaled to level 1..it doesn't matter..what matters is the fact that YOUR Geralt with YOUR gear is continuing from the point where Witcher 2 ended.