Optimal quests order ?

[pokerhabs]

Hi, I have been googling alot for this and yeah, found alot of people asking the very same question... Only answers I found where links to '' XP Farming glitches '' and '' complete walktrough and guides '' and some links to XP mods...

So, since it never really answered my question, I was wondering if there was an optimal XP quest order or it never really matter since at the end, for the same amount of quests/markers we all end up with pretty much the same amount of XP, no matter the order of the quests.

[FoxScribbles]

It really doesn't matter. The only time it really changes if you want max XP is if you do Skellige before you finish Novigrad's main story as Velen/Novigrad quests are generally lower in level than Skellige's. Basic story order goes: White Orchard, Velen, Novigrad, Skellige - then it's basically "follow the main quest" time. But you will outlevel a lot of Skellige if you try to finish every quest in Novigrad first. Skellige tends to have higher quest levels.

Once you finish the main stories in both those areas, you'll end up bouncing around zones.

If you have Hearts of Stone though, there will be question mark areas way above your level in Velen. So you can't actually finish all of them.

But either way you go, you will be pushing the main quest into low XP, green territory if you do any amount of side questing. Gaining XP really isn't much of a problem in the game.

That said, if it is your first time through, doing Skellige slighty out of order with Novigrad or doing it concurrently has benefits. Namely, it allows you to experience both main romance options of Triss and Yen. If you finish one of their personal quests before the other, you'll have to make your firm yes/no. Many a player has regretted this.

So, for your first time through, I'd suggest playing through both areas concurrently so you get to experience both ladies without getting yourself in a predicament. Without spoilers, they'll both ask you to help them with something after you've done your quests that deal with figuring out what went on with Ciri. Triss will ask you back to her home. Yen will ask you to meet her in a bar. These start the quests where you HAVE to make a romantic decision at the end.

[Pulptenks]

just play the game and finish... later play a +NG and make a "order" of progress

[pokerhabs]

All-right, thx !

Yeah, I do have both DLCs and I am on my very first playtrough. I see some DLC related sidequests that are about 20levels higher than what my Geralt is. Thats why I was wondering about some XP optimal quests order, because I wanted to know if the way I play at the moment would ''gimp'' me later...

The way I play is really simple : I choose whatever quests/contracts that are near my level, prioritize the lower of em, then I just grab Roach and trying to completed the most ''? Markers'' on the way to the objective.

Then, I learned about the weird leveling system and started to think that I did all wrong and feared that I would complete everything and be like 10-15 levels below someone who also completed evrything, but with an optimal guide...

[FoxScribbles]

Originally posted by pokerhabs:

All-right, thx !

Yeah, I do have both DLCs and I am on my very first playtrough. I see some DLC related sidequests that are about 20levels higher than what my Geralt is. Thats why I was wondering about some XP optimal quests order, because I wanted to know if the way I play at the moment would ''gimp'' me later...

The way I play is really simple : I choose whatever quests/contracts that are near my level, prioritize the lower of em, then I just grab Roach and trying to completed the most ''? Markers'' on the way to the objective.

Then, I learned about the weird leveling system and started to think that I did all wrong and feared that I would complete everything and be like 10-15 levels below someone who also completed evrything, but with an optimal guide...

There is no "wrong" way to play the game. Sadly, there are quests that are below your level when you finally unlock a zone. (See the Wolf School gear set question recently.) Just have fun and do whatever quests are in your level range or below. Enjoy the game for what it is.

[pokerhabs]

Originally posted by HibblyJibbly:

Originally posted by pokerhabs:

All-right, thx !

Yeah, I do have both DLCs and I am on my very first playtrough. I see some DLC related sidequests that are about 20levels higher than what my Geralt is. Thats why I was wondering about some XP optimal quests order, because I wanted to know if the way I play at the moment would ''gimp'' me later...

The way I play is really simple : I choose whatever quests/contracts that are near my level, prioritize the lower of em, then I just grab Roach and trying to completed the most ''? Markers'' on the way to the objective.

Then, I learned about the weird leveling system and started to think that I did all wrong and feared that I would complete everything and be like 10-15 levels below someone who also completed evrything, but with an optimal guide...

There is no "wrong" way to play the game. Sadly, there are quests that are below your level when you finally unlock a zone. (See the Wolf School gear set question recently.) Just have fun and do whatever quests are in your level range or below. Enjoy the game for what it is.

allright thx !

Yeah, I am having a blast playing this game and to be honest, I am ok with gaining zero XP for lower level quests, I do them anyway just for the immersion and lore.

Like I said, I was wondering if there was an optimal way to choose your quests to gain the highest possible level from every quests/contracts... Or if it really never mattered the order of quests/contracts, we all end up with pretty much the same level.

[v0]

Originally posted by pokerhabs:

All-right, thx !

Yeah, I do have both DLCs and I am on my very first playtrough. I see some DLC related sidequests that are about 20levels higher than what my Geralt is. Thats why I was wondering about some XP optimal quests order, because I wanted to know if the way I play at the moment would ''gimp'' me later...

The way I play is really simple : I choose whatever quests/contracts that are near my level, prioritize the lower of em, then I just grab Roach and trying to completed the most ''? Markers'' on the way to the objective.

Then, I learned about the weird leveling system and started to think that I did all wrong and feared that I would complete everything and be like 10-15 levels below someone who also completed evrything, but with an optimal guide...

i tried it two ways and end result was pretty much same. first went for challenge so i did quest 5-10-15 lvls above mine. ofc eventually you need to do lots of low level quests too. second time i tried to always do green quests preferably below my level because those're ones that'd get xp nerfed first if i level up. end result was lvl 34-35 in both cases without expansions. havent tried doing main story first however...

[MaximumEffort]

In games like this, with a soft capped max level, you are always bound to reach max levels regardless. Been this way since BG and even in DA.

Just how its done. No wrong way to go at it. Just try to finish some quests as close as possible to the recommended level or you'll find them to be way too easy

[pokerhabs]

Originally posted by v0:

Originally posted by pokerhabs:

All-right, thx !

Yeah, I do have both DLCs and I am on my very first playtrough. I see some DLC related sidequests that are about 20levels higher than what my Geralt is. Thats why I was wondering about some XP optimal quests order, because I wanted to know if the way I play at the moment would ''gimp'' me later...

The way I play is really simple : I choose whatever quests/contracts that are near my level, prioritize the lower of em, then I just grab Roach and trying to completed the most ''? Markers'' on the way to the objective.

Then, I learned about the weird leveling system and started to think that I did all wrong and feared that I would complete everything and be like 10-15 levels below someone who also completed evrything, but with an optimal guide...

i tried it two ways and end result was pretty much same. first went for challenge so i did quest 5-10-15 lvls above mine. ofc eventually you need to do lots of low level quests too. second time i tried to always do green quests preferably below my level because those're ones that'd get xp nerfed first if i level up. end result was lvl 34-35 in both cases without expansions. havent tried doing main story first however...

Thx, pretty much what I wanted to know !

[Takashi]

There is a Guide for this, you can check it out
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2458536389