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u/PancakeMixEnema 1d ago
Good thing that in a boat you can fast travel to any harbor
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u/Random_Guy_47 1d ago
But if they manage to destroy the boat you're in for a long swim.
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u/PancakeMixEnema 1d ago
Good thing the Crossbow one shots sirens
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u/maxnotcharles 1d ago
Yeah my boat has never been destroyed yet knocks on wood
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u/RecommendationOld525 Princess 🐐 1d ago
Damn you just destroyed the boat by knocking on it enjoy your swim
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u/counterc 22h ago
only under water. if you're in a boat it 2-shots or 3-shots them. if they manage to get onto the side of your boat, the reload time means they WILL be able to damage it.
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u/AdDifferent1268 1d ago
The first time I cleared all of the question marks, I swam for most of them. I got fed up with the boat because it kept breaking on me.
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u/counterc 22h ago
yeah the way to do it is to get near enough to the question mark that it turns into the real icon, and then get out of the boat and swim above water to the treasure. Once the monsters are aggroed, dive under. That lets you one-shot the monsters (as opposed to 2- or 3-shotting them in the boat) and means they're attacking you, not the boat. Kill the monsters, grab the treasures, swim back to the boat, take the boat to the next place, etc.
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u/AdDifferent1268 18h ago
Yeah, I eventually figured that technique out, but it’s still annoying that there are like 100 smugglers cashes
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u/QueepKalm 1d ago
So Many Question Marks . . .
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u/BarristanTheB0ld 1d ago
And all of them the same boring old smuggler's caches
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u/counterc 22h ago
i thought this until i realised even basic Skellige armours can be broken down into Cured Draconid Leather, which is used for all Witcher armours and costs a fortune.
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u/Unterpunk Team Triss "Man of Taste" 1d ago
sirens around the treasures in the sea are straight up cliff racers from morrowind with how annoying they are
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u/ODeinsN 1d ago
The worst thing about Skellige is, that I probably missed a big chunk of the main quest line.
As soon as I got the quest "collect some gold and go to Skellige" I decided to do some side quests quickly, farm some mobs and sell their weapons to get the money as quickly as possible. Since I overleveled some of the open quests I thought, nah I can skip those.
After Skellige, the owl lady with the headstrap talked to me like I was supposed to know her, which confused me a lot.
At the end I wasn't able to convince Dijkstra to join the fight against the Wild Hunt since I didn't finish his quest line, and got the ending with Ciri sacrificing herself.
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u/Alzhan_Void 1d ago
What do you mean "nah I can skip those"??? Have you spent the game skipping any quest that is below your level?? You're overleveled for practically half the quests if you do all the side exploration!
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u/counterc 22h ago
I'll never understand why people buy a $60 game, do none of the side content, then complain about it. Like, if you didn't have the time to do all the side content then fine, but now you've got time to complain online, so you could spend that time on a complete playthrough instead, and see all the rest of the content you paid for.
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u/NPCnr348592 1d ago
This may be an unpopular opinion, but I enjoy doing the questions marks. I usually just play some podcast and just grind away.
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u/counterc 22h ago
yeah grinding wouldn't be in so many games if there weren't a lot of people who find it relaxing, or fun, or like they're working at achieving something, or a mix of all three.
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u/NPCnr348592 11h ago
I like sailing in the game, I like shooting the crossbow, and I like money. Nuff said.
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u/CzarOfTheEast Team Shani 1d ago
This is so fuckin true. I aimed for 100% exploration completion and Skellige sea singlehandedly ruined my experience 😭
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u/InsideHousing4965 1d ago
The weight part is so damn real. I wasn't about to drope none of my loot.
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u/DeathRabbit679 19h ago
Skellige was so underbaked, Ard Skellig was the only piece that felt finished.
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u/jarlylerna999 8h ago
I was like this until I learned i could one shot them, automatically not have to aim. But I was like already 150 hours in before I found that out. Made a point of taking them ALL out then just because i could.
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u/Fun-Abbreviations-66 1d ago
Now imagine stumbling onto the longest quest while exploring "?"