W3 stays an RPG, not everything that is in the books is in the games. CDPR does their on thing, of course taking the books as a basis, but nevertheless a basis just stays a basis. Some lore-fans can just use only leather armor. Other can use plate armor, just because from a physical standpoint it's a useful thing.
In the books Geralt doesn't buy many swords, nor does he change many amors, but everything this (even if excluding heavy armor) was done by the players.
Geralt from the books, does not have to be Geralt from game (of course you can play him like this, but you don't have to, THAT'S the sense of an non-linear RPG)
Especially when I think back to TW1 and how much of a fuss they made about Raven's armour being strong without having impact on agility, since witchers don't employ heavy armour that restricts movement.
Heavy armors are not something witchers used so I find them pretty useless, I just hope majority of armors are light, Geralt was a quick master swordsman, not some knight trapped in a can.
Source? The fact that you pick up magic armor pretty much all over the place and at tons of shops. How is this even a question?Source please.
While many things in the Witcher series are not realistic - they make sense in the context and are explained. Like sword on the back. It's not realistic (or at least very uncomfortable) it is explained, that Geralt uses a special technique to draw his sword from the back.
It's good to have choice. I personally we'll be going for light to medium armor, but someone might prefer the heavy style.
This might be bending the lore quite a bit, but for the sake of diverse gameplay it's a tradeoff that is easily justifiable.
It's good to have choice. I personally we'll be going for light to medium armor, but someone might prefer the heavy style.
This might be bending the lore quite a bit, but for the sake of diverse gameplay it's a tradeoff that is easily justifiable.
Source? The fact that you pick up magic armor pretty much all over the place and at tons of shops. How is this even a question?
And special technique to draw a sword from your back? LMAO. A longsword is longer then your arms, on a sheathe like geralt uses it is IMPOSSIBLE to draw unless he takes the sheathe off his back. You are deluding yourself thinking any of this game is grounded in reality "as much as possible"
I cant wait to have Geralt in the heaviest armor I can find.
Magic armor, because it has stats. LOL.
Find me an armor in the game that says, it was infused with magic and we can talk.
Special technique, yes. It was described, as he was launching the sword in the air and catching it. As I said, it's not realistic, but it was explained why it broke the rules of physics (I guess).
Nearly cut myself on the edge of that statement.
Uhmmmm, the stats are magic tho. How the fuck do you suppose armor can make you do more damage, or make you faster?Magic armor, because it has stats. LOL.
Find me an armor in the game that says, it was infused with magic and we can talk.
Special technique, yes. It was described, as he was launching the sword in the air and catching it. As I said, it's not realistic, but it was explained why it broke the rules of physics (I guess).
Nearly cut myself on the edge of that statement.
@MaxItOut
These were enhancements, not glyphs. For example Hardened leather reinforcement, Kayran carapace reinforcement or Dhu Bleidd.
If you mean these ones.
How about we keep this civil?
EDIT: OOOOOOh now I get it, you referred to Witcher 2 didn't you ?
I was referring to Witcher 3 where it's now possible to put glyphs into armor, at least it was shown in the gog twitch-clip.
No offense @Sagitarii , I really get your point that from your perspective Geralt wouldn't use those armors, but then play it like you want to and stick to the lore. But also let us play a Geralt with little bit of plate armor, cause from our perspective he wouldn't loose much of his speed
By civil you meanCivil war on this forum. It is raging for a while and probably this war of attrition will continue after the release.
I hope when the game arrive people will like the game as a whole rather than rage about any small detail that is absolutely necessary and crucial for them.
I personally am not going for heavy and especially steel plated armors, though I must admit that I have a soft spot for the upgraded version of the Bear armor.
While I don't agree with plate armor in the game, there's not much I can do about it at this point. Arguing about it just seems like a waste of time to me.
Not really surprised at seeing them implementing plate armor in the game tbh, saw this happening a mile away. It all started with the crossbow, mainstream prefers variety and choice and CDPR are chasing the mainstream. At least Geralt is still male and not pink haired.
But yeah, getting back to your point and closing it off since it's off-topic. I'm just here to do my job and keep the forums in order, even if I view all this bickering as being kinda pointless. And yes, it'll likely carry over post-release. Nothing we can do about it.
*puts moderator armor back on*