Why do so many of these potions not actually work?

[Saint]

Drowner Pheremones don't work, Diterium Bombs don't work, Pops Mold shows up once in the entire game... Great game but so many "tools" are worthless.

[tonypa]

Drowner Pheromones and Pops Mold and quest related items.

Not sure what you mean by Dimeritium Bomb not working. You can not craft them? You are unable to throw them?

[Saint]

Originally posted by tonypa:

Drowner Pheromones and Pops Mold and quest related items.

Not sure what you mean by Dimeritium Bomb not working. You can not craft them? You are unable to throw them?

Actually Drowner Pheramones are not a quest item, they are gold and marked as a potion as opposed to the Chort Lure and pops mold, which are brown and marked as a quest item. In addition, my complaint IS that they're only useful in those quests.

No, they straight up don't work. Pretty particle effect, thanks, but no enemy in the game is effected by them beyond being staggered. It claims it dampens magic but I've seen leshens conjure animals, attack, and crowport away while standing in Diterium. It seems to do nothing to Elementa, despite all of them across the board being "weak" to them... I used it on Kiera Metz during her fight but guess what? She still could cast magic! It's only use is to stop Geralt from casting signs.

[Janthis]

Could be a bug? Drowner pheronomes work in my game. You first get them as part of a quest, but you can use it as a potion afterwards and drowners won't attack you.

As for dimeritium bombs, they're not that useful because you don't fight too many magic users in this game. One place I found them very useful was the ifrit in the Witcher's Forge quest. That guy was murdering me with his fire-based attacks. Once I chucked a D-bomb at him he could only throw basic punches, which made the fight much more manageable.

Do you have mods installed that could be interfering?

[Exarch_Alpha]

Just chop the damn things, who cares about drowners once the game is obvious. Use oil and Thunderbolt if someone is having trouble with drowner packs.

[Dark Knight]

Yea D-bomb doesn't work... Even I've faced it

[Saint]

Originally posted by Exarch_Alpha:

Just chop the damn things, who cares about drowners once the game is obvious. Use oil and Thunderbolt if someone is having trouble with drowner packs.

Because that's boring? Drowner packs are easy... THAT'S EXACTLY WHY Pheramones would be useful. Do you honestly think I've gotten that far in the game without having the combat system down? It's because they're easy that I want the ♥♥♥♥ to work.

[Saint]

Originally posted by ionutz1280:

Do you have mods installed that could be interfering?

Nope. Hunter's Config's all I got, and it's purely graphical in nature.

[Janthis]

Originally posted by Dark knight:

Yea D-bomb doesn't work... Even I've faced it

Not sure why, it works just fine in my game.

[WolfEisberg]

Yeah the D-bombs work in my game as they should. Also the Drowner Pheromones only work on the drowners that are actually labeled as "drowner" over their head. It does not work on drowned dead and Mucknixers which are a different variety of Drowners and look similar.

[Exarch_Alpha]

Originally posted by Saint TEC Walker:

Because that's boring? Drowner packs are easy... THAT'S EXACTLY WHY Pheramones would be useful. Do you honestly think I've gotten that far in the game without having the combat system down? It's because they're easy that I want the ♥♥♥♥ to work.

Dude, you barely lose a minute or two to kill a pack of drowners. And as said above the pheromone won´t work versus "cousins" of drowners which appear when you are mid level (drowned dead appear circa level EIGHT).

For someone who thinks that is smart you are actually not smart. Go ♥♥♥♥♥ about something else and delete this thread. It makes you look stupid.

[Saint]

Originally posted by Exarch_Alpha:

Originally posted by Saint TEC Walker:

Because that's boring? Drowner packs are easy... THAT'S EXACTLY WHY Pheramones would be useful. Do you honestly think I've gotten that far in the game without having the combat system down? It's because they're easy that I want the ♥♥♥♥ to work.

Dude, you barely lose a minute or two to kill a pack of drowners. And as said above the pheromone won´t work versus "cousins" of drowners which appear when you are mid level (drowned dead appear circa level EIGHT).

For someone who thinks that is smart you are actually not smart. Go ♥♥♥♥♥ about something else and delete this thread. It makes you look stupid.

Did I say Drowner Pheramones don't work on drowners, or did I say they don't work on Mucknixers, Drowned Dead, etc.? Oh, that's right, I said ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ drowners. Piss off, kid, you're too retarded to read properly AND don't know how steam works. Let me enlighten you. I said ♥♥♥♥ doesn't work, and you can't delete a thread once 5 replies have been made. Please, give me more to make fun of.

[Saint]

Originally posted by eisberg:

Yeah the D-bombs work in my game as they should. Also the Drowner Pheromones only work on the drowners that are actually labeled as "drowner" over their head. It does not work on drowned dead and Mucknixers which are a different variety of Drowners and look similar.

"As they should"
Describe that.

And yes, I know how Drowner Pheramones are *supposed* to work, thankyou.

[WolfEisberg]

Originally posted by Saint TEC Walker:

Originally posted by eisberg:

Yeah the D-bombs work in my game as they should. Also the Drowner Pheromones only work on the drowners that are actually labeled as "drowner" over their head. It does not work on drowned dead and Mucknixers which are a different variety of Drowners and look similar.

"As they should"
Describe that.

And yes, I know how Drowner Pheramones are *supposed* to work, thankyou.

I keep what ever I am fighting in the cloud and they can't use their magic abilities.

You are not the first one to complain about the pheromones not working, and everytime someone said that they were using the pheromones when a drowned dead or mucknixers, or any other creature they have to fight is among the the drowners. The pheromones only work when you are not in combat, don't have your sword out, and walking.

[Ivar]

I've had D-Bomb work for me, but it is very situational and I tend to avoid using it because the effect it has on geralt. It is funny that according to lore, that thing should be disabling tons of enemy types but then it would be way overpowered. It should work on the Hunt, it should work on Keira, but I don't think either is the case.

I'll tell you what really doesn't work: bait bolt.

[Saint]

Originally posted by eisberg:

Originally posted by Saint TEC Walker:

"As they should"
Describe that.

And yes, I know how Drowner Pheramones are *supposed* to work, thankyou.

and walking.

Alright, that's something new, i'll give that a shot.