What is up with the "Wild Ones" fight in "Evil's Soft First Touches?"

[tom]

There's a point in the Hearts Of Stone expansion pack where you meet a band of cutthroats (alleged soldiers). Insulting one of them results in a fight, but I can't use signs or even my sword, even my punches seem ineffective. I get beaten easily despite having 2 levels up on this guy, and I've tried it several times.

Am I doing something wrong or is this fixed fight part of the "story?"

[Noobi]

What level of difficulty do you have?
What level are you?
Are you talking about the Knights of the Burning Rose?
Bugs happen in the game, this is a fact. if you have a higher level, not a lot of difficulty in the game, then try to start by saving a little earlier that you made, maybe the bug will disappear, if that is it.

[tom]

I'm level 34, playing on the second-lowest level. The fighter, this guy: https://witcher.fandom.com/wiki/Zorin

Is level 32. Normally I would blast him with Igni or Aard, or even Axxi, or whack him with my sword, but NOTHING WORKS during the fight. It's "punches only" it seems like.

I don't know if this is a "bug" or if I have to lose the fight to progress in the quest.

[riad5]

duh, it's a fist fight scenario.... you can't use signs or anything during the fight, just block his attacks and beat him.

[tom]

@Riad5 - that makes sense, guess I'll have to work on my punching and blocking skills

[charly4711]

And in fist fights you can easily get beaten by toons of lower levels than yourself, if you're not used to it. I recommend watching a few Youtube videos on fist fights in TW3. It's a lot about side-stepping, blocking an opponent's light attacks and then using strong attacks yourself, in the right moment. Especially the strong attacks (which I next to never use when sword-fighting) were a revelation to me.