Not that my opinion should count for anything, given that I've never read any of the books, but the Elder Blood version of Yennefer is clearly my favorite. Seems to me they tried to give her a bit more of that attitude a lot of people here felt the first version was missing (plus the hair's black now) without straying too far from the first version and/or going full Morticia Addams. Works for me.
i'm still hoping someone in theyr right mind understeand how batshit CREAZY was the change of appearence with Eredin and give us via DLC or toolkit the option to revert it back to it's old vgx glorious self
i also wan't a secondary character in the game,no matter who, who looks and eacts exactly like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOtpeYERu9w
including the music when he walks. he could be a swaggerish Bard-mage walking with swag while he plaays he's magical instruments of music swaggerness
i also wan't a secondary character in the game,no matter who, who looks and eacts exactly like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOtpeYERu9w
including the music when he walks. he could be a swaggerish Bard-mage walking with swag while he plaays he's magical instruments of music swaggerness
Haven't read the previous 71 pages, but....
Borch NEEDS to be in this/ or the baby dragon. Also, so does Istredd
Both characters would add tension between Yennefer and Geralt.
Borch NEEDS to be in this/ or the baby dragon. Also, so does Istredd
Both characters would add tension between Yennefer and Geralt.
Well, I agree about Borch. As for the baby dragon, she was one of the main players of The Witcher 2's events: Saesenthessis or better known as Saskia. Since there's an option to kill her, I'm kind of sceptical about her appearance in The Wild Hunt, but she might get a cameo at least if you kept her alive in your playthrough, or at least she might be mentioned.
Another reason why I don't like Yennefer.
She wanted Geralt to put his life in great danger and slay a dragon with utmost cruelty which went against his moral code, just so she could extract an ingredient that would possibly cure her infertility.
Who did she want to have babies with ?
Geralt was still infertile.
A lot of fertile guys around Northern Kingdoms, i guess
Yeah, I didn't not kill the dragon on my playthrough. I kinda assumed that the dragon was the baby anyway.
And the southA lot of fertile guys around Northern Kingdoms, i guess
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Taken from the DLC thread, http://forums.cdprojektred.com/threads/32289-The-Witcher-3-Wild-Hunt-16-free-DLCs-for-everyone!?p=1512280&viewfull=1#post1512280.
tsuchinokoultimate you keep trying to use a very authoritative and supposedly objective rhetoric in a discussion that comes down to taste. To demonstrate with your own example:
But there's a second part to this discussion about Eredin's armor. So far we kept debating whether his new look is more\less "badass", based on the hidden assumption that the final boss, the leader, the big bad guy or what have you, has to look "badass" (whatever that means). Or that the King needs to be significantly differentiated in design from his captains.
And I don't necessarily agree with either of those premises to begin with. Sometimes a relatively plain looking character who proves to have tremendous skill has a much stronger impact, than the epic looking one. And I see no issue with Eredin looking more or less like the rest of his captains. I think he's noticeable enough, only in a subtler manner, rather than an "in-your-face" way.
tsuchinokoultimate you keep trying to use a very authoritative and supposedly objective rhetoric in a discussion that comes down to taste. To demonstrate with your own example:
I found that Oni chap very boring, going by appearances alone. Overly bulky, evil laughter, excessive power, shiny silvery-fiery hair, weird floating balls around him... it just screams too much, for me. I don't find that design tasteful, or badass, just gratuitously "intimidating" - or trying to be. And the end result is something I find uninspiring.
But there's a second part to this discussion about Eredin's armor. So far we kept debating whether his new look is more\less "badass", based on the hidden assumption that the final boss, the leader, the big bad guy or what have you, has to look "badass" (whatever that means). Or that the King needs to be significantly differentiated in design from his captains.
And I don't necessarily agree with either of those premises to begin with. Sometimes a relatively plain looking character who proves to have tremendous skill has a much stronger impact, than the epic looking one. And I see no issue with Eredin looking more or less like the rest of his captains. I think he's noticeable enough, only in a subtler manner, rather than an "in-your-face" way.
This discussion isn't going towards any productive direction, but I'll give it another shot.
Now, you say that Eredin is going for the intimidation factor. We can argue that, but, eh, I don't think that's really crucial. So for the sake of this discussion, I'll say - fine, he's trying to be intimidating. Thing is, intimidation can be achieved in many ways. And throughout the years, I found very few characters who by their appearance alone I felt intimidated, while I found more and more characters who solely thanks to their behavior kept me on the edge of my seat. John Doe from Se7en was as plain looking as you get, but he put goosebumps on my skin. Col. Hans Landa wasn't all that different in looks, if at all, from any other Nazi officer - but he chilled me to the bone. Tywin is physically nondescript, but I don't dare disobey him.
So even if Eredin wants to intimidate, it'll be better achieved through his behavior alone. Any excessively flamboyant piece of armor or physical trait might distract, and unwittingly diminish the impact of his personality. I don't think it's a simple formula of "write a creepy person and then just slap a bulky armor on top of it and it's intimidation x2".
Then you write,
You misunderstood what I described. The adjective I used, intimidating, was put under quotation marks to indicate it failed to delivery. And to emphasize, I followed through immediately after by writing "trying to be". I'm fairly certain that anyone who read my post was under the impression that I found that character's excessively "evil" design to ultimately be unsuccessful in creating something that I could find compelling.
Now, you say that Eredin is going for the intimidation factor. We can argue that, but, eh, I don't think that's really crucial. So for the sake of this discussion, I'll say - fine, he's trying to be intimidating. Thing is, intimidation can be achieved in many ways. And throughout the years, I found very few characters who by their appearance alone I felt intimidated, while I found more and more characters who solely thanks to their behavior kept me on the edge of my seat. John Doe from Se7en was as plain looking as you get, but he put goosebumps on my skin. Col. Hans Landa wasn't all that different in looks, if at all, from any other Nazi officer - but he chilled me to the bone. Tywin is physically nondescript, but I don't dare disobey him.
So even if Eredin wants to intimidate, it'll be better achieved through his behavior alone. Any excessively flamboyant piece of armor or physical trait might distract, and unwittingly diminish the impact of his personality. I don't think it's a simple formula of "write a creepy person and then just slap a bulky armor on top of it and it's intimidation x2".
Then you write,
I had half a mind to argue this, because I don't appreciate presumptions on my account, let alone when they're delivered with a haughty line such as "you would no doubt 100% choose what I'm trying to prove is right". But then I realized that it's not essential to our debate anyway. First, because Eredin is otherworldly as is. Second, even if one of his captains has a more intimidating appearance, I haven't read any convincing argument here that explains why the King has to look significantly more intimidating than his other generals (and I personally find him the most intimidating in appearance out of the Red Riders).
Even if this is so, you aren't explaining why that fear is best gained by an armor's appearance. I even argue that the closer people are to him, the less he needs to rely on appearance, and more on action. Meaning that if he wants to hold his band of Riders by terrorizing them (again, arguable), that still isn't an argument in favor of the bulky armor from before.
Aaaand we hit that non-productivity mark, where I'm being slandered as a liar. tsuchinokoultimate, if you're willing to use such disrespectful rhetoric, the least you can do is get your facts straight - at no point did I project myself into a peasant and say as that role which of those two characters I rather fight. You're making something up. Let's review this. You say-
And that other paragraph is-
I'm pointedly staying away from the Oro-Oni discussion in this paragraph of mine, so at what point am I lying that I, as a peasant, would choose to fight the Oro instead of Oni? At no stage did I say that.
There was one paragraph where I wrote my impression about Oni, but it was in an older post, so I stands to reason that you weren't referencing it. Still, I'll bring it up again-
In this paragraph of mine, I write that I find him boring. I, Eli, 21st century, sitting on my couch. Not I as Eli in a medieval'esque fantasy world facing him for a life or death battle. Heck, I even put in Bold the words "for me". You dub me a liar? What is this other than utterly twisting what I'm saying?
But here's the thing.
You're creating a false analogy here with Ono-Oni and OldEredin-NewEredin. Ono is an unassuming old man. So when compared to Oni, then obviously the latter stands out much more (which I still find dull, as an audience). They're different at the core, opposing sides on the spectrum. That's not our case here for the discussion about the King. If we're comparing Old Eredin and New Eredin, I believe that a peasant will piss his pants from either version. What, will the old design make him piss his pants more? New Eredin = piss until knee, Old Eredin = piss until shin?
My point by ridiculing this is that Eredin is still intimidating, and that even if Old Eredin is supposedly "more intimidating" to a peasant, the difference is negligible. And when the difference is negligible, there are many other considerations that might weigh heavier.
Here's another thing. Let's say for the sake of the discussion that as a peasant, if I'm forced to face someone to fight, I'll prefer New Eredin over Old Eredin (which isn't to say I don't find New Eredin frightening).
So what?
When was it established that Eredin needs to max out the "fear points" in his appearance, to the exclusion of any other consideration? I began my posts to you by saying that I don't agree with the hidden assumption fueling this debate about his armor that he has to look as badass as possible, no matter what, and I'm ending my participation for the night by repeating that line of mine, because it wasn't addressed.
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It's good to say those events happened after Geralt run away from her without saying a word. Than they met again and he though she will jump in bed with him
.. Her desire to have a baby is not about her relationships. I don't think any man can understand that.And she just asked him to do that - when he refused that, she was just sad, nothing more..
If I'm not mistaken Fringilla Vigo appearing in W3 was confirmed some months ago by a dev in this forum. But no idea how to find the post.
Meeting Francesca Findabair would be great. She was mentioned several times in Witcher 2, so maybe the chances aren't that bad.
Short-haired brunettes with green eyes are my only weakness...
Also, she likes books...A lot of books