This reply is kind of late, but nonetheless:RageGT said:Sorry guys, that is just the Novice Witcher talking. A Seasoned or a Master one may tell you that there is nothing easier than the Prologue fights, including the ballista, the Nekker's cave right off the boat then again and again and again, every now and then, for mutagens and farming some xp...
What you describe is just the problem I brought up: For a novice Witcher, the Ballista or the Nekkar cave will be very challenging, or even too difficult - but, let's say, the fights against small groups of Nekkar in the forest will be just right, or the fight against the scoia'tael when arriving in Flotsam, or the fight against the bandits on the graveyard.
For a seasoned Witcher, the Ballista or the Nekkar cave may be fine, but what about those other fights? If the difficulty in the Nekkar cave is fine for you, aren't the fights against small groups of Nekkar in the forest too easy and rather boring?
As I said before, the problem isn't about the game being "too easy" or "too difficult" - if that seems to be a problem for you, just change to a lower/higher difficulty level. The problem is that the difficulty level is inconsistent - no matter what difficulty level you select, it will either make several fights way too easy or several other fights too difficult.
I found them really tough at first, too. x_x killed me many times before I decided to choke Geralt with potions, soaked his blade on oils and run like a batch a couple times. Wraiths are like the toughest monster for me in the game.mcolan said:The two wraiths in the small room of the hospital were impossible to defeat. They hit very hard; there is insufficient room to run around to buy time to heal. I tried for hours, gave in and read hints online, and eventually progressed only by switching to the easiest setting, the only one easier than Normal, which was entirely too easy.
The first time I played the game, I died literary 15 times before I found a way to kill it. It was the first few days after the game was released so I couldn't find any useful info on how to beat that thing...Damn flying rocks! In fact, I raged at my mouse then took a break like 2 times. (You know it's not nice at all when a female gamer rage. >_>) but anyway, after I beat it the first time, Kayran is never be a problem anymore. It just repeat its steps every time you face it and became the easiest boss in the game.mcolan said:The Kayran was also too difficult. I managed to lop off two tentacles, but never the third. On several tries I found that getting hit once took 80% of my total vitality. I found a place to hide and heal, but they don't work after lopping the second tentacle. After about four hours of trying over three days, I read hints, discovered a Kayran trap, but found it only slightly better compared than the Yrden sign, because it only works for one tentacle. I doubt I would have found the Kayran trap without reading hints online, but again, I don't find it very useful. Eventually I gave up and switched back to the easiest mode, killed it, and went back to Normal. Again, it was much too easy on the easiest mode.
I don't have any problem with Nekkers in the cave though. REPPED R-R-R-R-R-R!!!! , guts the Nekker, makes more bomb. WIN-WIN!
I think the combat is a bit troublesome with larger groups during the first hours, since Geralt hasn't got any of his special skills yet.
Some simple drowners could mean sudden death if you're not careful.
It's also kind of illogical that Geralt has to start all over again in terms of developing his swordsmanship skills.
I think some of the basic riposte moves and defensive stands should have been available right from the start since within the first game you already developed a lot of sword skills, and the 2nd game comes after it, so it makes no sense within the story that he actually has to start all over again in that regard.
Some simple drowners could mean sudden death if you're not careful.
It's also kind of illogical that Geralt has to start all over again in terms of developing his swordsmanship skills.
I think some of the basic riposte moves and defensive stands should have been available right from the start since within the first game you already developed a lot of sword skills, and the 2nd game comes after it, so it makes no sense within the story that he actually has to start all over again in that regard.
One thing that some people fail to realize is that a backstab will cause 200% extra damage on Geralt and even with Quen on, sometimes that is a killer hit right there! TW2 is not a game where we can face multiple enemies head on. They will hit us from behind and even a low Nekker can get a killer hit with that 200% extra damage.
What I don't know is if the description is right. Impregnation says extra 35% on mutagens effects but it in fact gives us 100% (Greater Critical goes from 3% to 6%). If that same math works on the backstab damage, we're screwed! hehe
For instance, it doesn't matter how experienced with the game we may be, if we enter that area near Lobinden's river shore where the Drowner spawn in huge numbers and just try to hack our way through them, unprepared and over confident, it's a painful death waiting for sure. =)
What I don't know is if the description is right. Impregnation says extra 35% on mutagens effects but it in fact gives us 100% (Greater Critical goes from 3% to 6%). If that same math works on the backstab damage, we're screwed! hehe
For instance, it doesn't matter how experienced with the game we may be, if we enter that area near Lobinden's river shore where the Drowner spawn in huge numbers and just try to hack our way through them, unprepared and over confident, it's a painful death waiting for sure. =)
Hard difficulty is... hard but when you finish game on this level you will be satisfied. When you play on sudden death difficulty you must used traps, signs, petards, baits... and this is very fun!!! But you must be a patient man because when you died in act II on sudden death, you could be very angry....
Oh, I know that. But when a Nekker hits me for 200 dmg I wonder what was the bonus damage anyway. It seems way higher than 200%! But, been a long while since a nekker hit me for that dmg... but a Dragon hitting me for over 500... ouch... Now, nothing hits as hard as those Operator's gargoyles but by then I don't suffer extra damage from backstabs... if the skill works properly though... I'm never sure of that! Game has a lot of things that doesn't work quite as advertised! hehAnarkiHunter said:You can check damage done by either Geralt or the creeps. There is a damage counter in the game, just enable it from the options.
I find the difficulty level in boss battles to be exaggerated. It caused me much frustration and I only played on normal and easy. I like the fights with normal enemies which are engaging, but I hate having to load over and over and over and over again to get past a boss. It spoils all the fun. I just quitted the game because I got so annoyed with the fight in "From a Bygone Era" in Chapter 3. I think I'll have to spring it over, and that's a negative experience for me with this game.
Didn't play on Easy or Normal, but I thought the Hard difficulty was poorly balanced. It was inconsistent in Act 1, ranging from just right to frustrating and then just got waaaay too easy in Acts 2 and 3. The Operator was the only really challenging fight after Act 1.
Almost every fight can be beaten by a simple Quen, right-click x3, dodge, Quen, repeat "strategy".
Almost every fight can be beaten by a simple Quen, right-click x3, dodge, Quen, repeat "strategy".
RageGT said:Oh, I know that. But when a Nekker hits me for 200 dmg I wonder what was the bonus damage anyway. It seems way higher than 200%! But, been a long while since a nekker hit me for that dmg... but a Dragon hitting me for over 500... ouch... Now, nothing hits as hard as those Operator's gargoyles but by then I don't suffer extra damage from backstabs... if the skill works properly though... I'm never sure of that! Game has a lot of things that doesn't work quite as advertised! heh
Have you been able to defeat him since patch 1.3? I admit I'm quite rusty since I haven't been playing a lot lately but when I loaded an earlier save to defeat him he just kicked my ass ( almost lost my Insane saves, thank God for reloading ).
Game Widow. Can I ask for some advice? I am in the same opinion as you, but I can't see how to adjust the difficulty setting except when starting a new game. How do you change it when you are into a game. It's probably something easy that I just don't see. I hope I'm not that dubm.gamewidow said:I still find it a bit unbalanced. I do just fine on normal, except the boss fights where i'm still forced to drop down to easy (sure, laugh if you like! but i'm sure i'm not alone in this).
Given that on normal mode (again except in boss fights) i'm tempted to even go to hard to make things a bit more challenging, i should not have to drop down to easy for every damned boss fight.
While you're playing the game, hit Esc to go to the menu, then Options/Gameplay. You should be able to do it almost any time within the game, even mid-battle.
I have to agree with him though. If you find the game boring, and keeps spamming Quen, then you can just stop using Quen.Mrowakus said:Hehe, you advice is a little wee bit impractical, my bro. Not using those in boss fights (especially, "roll, roll, roll" part) is impossible against keyran, draug and the dragon. Also, one of my gripes with TW2, in spite of its many undeniable merits, is that it turns into Roll Playing Game pretty quickly. Of course, it is as you say - that you can make fights more difficult by not using in-build features to your advantage. But what's the point? Did the gaming industry fall so low that you have to LARP to make the game challenging?
I'm not saying that it's normal that Quen is so powerful, I'm just saying that we all know that Quen is OP, so rather than complain that game is easy because you use craploads of bombs and Quen, use your sword and no Quen, be a true witcher, and come here saying the game is piece of cake.
People complaining Quen is OP while playing on normal should play on hard.
People complaining Quen is OP while playing on hard should try Insane and then shut up when they get stomped into the dirt and lose their saves ( and monsters do hit harder on Insane, it's not just a gimmick like: Oh Insane = Hard + losing saves if you die, oh no, it's much more then that. )
They nerfed Quen once and it was mostly fine...I pray to God they don't do it again
People complaining Quen is OP while playing on hard should try Insane and then shut up when they get stomped into the dirt and lose their saves ( and monsters do hit harder on Insane, it's not just a gimmick like: Oh Insane = Hard + losing saves if you die, oh no, it's much more then that. )
They nerfed Quen once and it was mostly fine...I pray to God they don't do it again
I find Quen OP in general (it takes away much of the combat fun for me) so I just try to use it as less as possible. Anyway, I think it's all about getting familiar with the game mechanics. The wraith fight at the hospital was more difficult on Normal than on Hard for me, simply because when I played on Hard, I was experienced.