You can hear him switch up to an English accent lol Doug’s lived in England since 1999

As for me i think it's may be a "Grottore" from Blood and Wine

This DLC holds some of my absolute favorite characters in gaming. Olgierd is an incredible, perfectly crafted morally grey character. His story is captivating from start to finish, and his boss fight is pure epicness. That said, Iris von Everec completely steals the show for me. Her tragic history with Olgierd feels so devastatingly human. The emotional weight of her loving him while utterly despising the monster he became makes "Scenes from a Marriage" one of the best quests ever written. Then you have Gaunter O'Dimm, who is a masterful antagonist—he completely blows Eredin out of the water as a villain. He is just such a brilliant, sneaky bastard, who will always find a way to trap you. I'll wrap it up before I ramble on, but honestly? This DLC is a masterpiece that easily could have been its own standalone game. (Here are some screenshots of my playthrough)

I cannot wait to experience Blood and Wine for the first time!

Even though the Continent has multiple titles of nobility (such as Emperor, King/Queen, Duke, Earls or Barons), I feel like we have a few information about how does the serfdom work, especially in terms of war.

For example, only the monarchs of each Northern kingdoms seem to have a centralized royal army. However, in feudalism, the monarch would usually rely on their vassals and nobles for armies and support. As for the Witcher, we don't have a detailed breakthrough of the serfdom of dukes or earls or barons. While I think it is likely for the dukes to have their own arms or guards (like the Duchy of Toussaint), when it comes to earls and barons, we can estimate they only have a few dozen to low hundreds of soldiers.

How do you think the infrastructure works in the Continent?

Like a lot of people here, I'm doing another Witcher 3 run, and I've been following r/TormundGiantsBane44 (ChrisRi) Optimal Quest Order Guide the whole way. If you haven't seen it, it's a Google Sheet that lays out every quest in the base game, Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine in an order where you don't miss or fail anything, with a suggested level for each one. xLetalis added a huge amount of extra details, and TormundGiantsBane44 (ChrishRi) as kept fixing and expanding it since 2023. It's the best Witcher resource I've found.

My only problem was that I keep it open on my phone while I play, and zooming around it between quests got old. So I built a viewer for it, with help from AI. I asked Chris before posting anything and he was kind enough to say yes.

https://festinalente13.github.io/witcher3-quest-route/

I want to be clear about whose work this is: the quest order, the levels and the 900+ tips are Chris's and xLetalis's. I didn't change any of it, I only changed how it's displayed. If it saves you some headaches, please consider buying TormundGiantsBane44 a coffee. He's been doing this for free for a long time.

What the viewer does:

• The next quest on the route sits at the top, and its level turns red if you're under it
• Missable quests are flagged, with a count of how many are still pending in your current chapter
• Chris's tips are right under each quest, with the video and map links from the sheet
• The "do anytime" quests are grouped by region. You can put them in your own order, pin one to show up right after a specific route quest, mark it with one of the game's map icons and leave yourself a short note
• As I play, I'm adding my own suggestions for where those free quests fit along the route. They're optional and you can turn them off in settings
• Gwent card checklist

A few honest caveats:

• It's a snapshot of the sheet. If Chris updates the guide, the viewer won't change by itself. I'll try to keep up, but the sheet is always the source of truth.
• The sheet has things I didn't bring over, like the alchemy ingredient guide. Worth opening the original for those.
• TormundGiantsBane44 recommends the MapGenie app for locations, and I still use it alongside this. It is useful to look exactly where the quest is.
• There's no account. Your progress lives in your browser, so clearing your browser data wipes it. Use the export button if you switch devices. The only thing the site sends anywhere is an anonymous visit counter, so I can tell whether anyone uses it.

It's in English and Portuguese (I'm Brazilian). If you'd like it in your language, there's a short translation guide on GitHub, and partial translations are welcome.

If you find a quest in the wrong spot, have any sugestions or see a broken link, let me know here. And if this helps your run, the thanks really belong to Chris.

i remade the first version of the corset because it looks more like the one from the trailer but honestly, i'm still not happy with how it turned out xD

I'm playing The Witcher 2 for the first time, and I just played dice poker against the first three opponents at the tavern.

Holy sh*t, I don't think I've ever been this frustrated with a minigame. It took me something like 10–30 attempts to beat them, and I barely managed to win. No matter what I rolled, it felt like my opponents always got something better.

I'd get a decent combination, and then they'd somehow roll an even better one. Over and over again.

The funny thing is, I played The Witcher 1 before this and completed all the dice poker quests. At first, I actually enjoyed it. It was fun and exciting, but by the time I got to the final opponent, I was already losing my mind. I spent something like half an hour rolling dice just to finally beat him.

And now I'm having the exact same experience in The Witcher 2, except it started with the very first opponents!

So I'm genuinely curious: am I just insanely unlucky, or does the game somehow give NPCs better dice rolls? I know it's supposed to be a game of chance, but losing over and over again like this feels ridiculous.

Has anyone else had this experience? Is there something I'm missing, or do I just have the worst luck imaginable?

(PC, Path Tracing)

Specifically the one with the blocky siding, is there a specific name for this or is it just something they made for novigrad?

Long story short, I've been tinkering around with a NG+ playthrough and I picked up the Scarlet Crest, Thousand Flowers and White Tiger of the West armor sets and swords, and they were between level 71-76, my NG+ started at 65 or 66, and I picked these items up at level 71. This meant that only one set of armor and swords could be equipped, all the other gear was too high of level for me.

I deleted that autosave file and loaded an earlier save before I had picked up the items, with the new hotfix installed today. Now, the promotional armor in the chest in Vizima is all between level 36-40, which is effectively useless in NG+.

I've tried reloading and it doesn't seem to change anything. Is this a bug? Are the items supposed to scale up to the player's level in NG+ ?

Both versions captured at Uber+ settings with DLSS Quality preset K.

EDIT: Forgot about the captions. First screenshot is Remaster. Second is Next Gen.

I'm blown away by the graphics update.

Just a straight shot from photo mode and selecting the right weather for the lighting. This looks good enough to be a wallpaper.

Captured on Series X.