Been reading the book, really dont like how the game handles guards

[Viridian]

a lowly pikeman should be nothing against Geralt of Rivia late game. the most dangerous thing in this game isnt any of the bosses, its the over level-scaled guards if you piss them off and decide to face them.

[Fryman]

The scaling in general is pretty brutal once you get to the DLCs or a second playthrough. Which is kind of nice, since it means you can't just Griffin Quenspam your way through the entire game.

[worm_master]

Actually u can, U can spam your way though the game, with nothing but Aard, Igni an Yrden, You dont even need a sword any-more, finished "long live the king" at lvl 4 with nothing but Igni, cleared "Enchanting has a price" at lvl 3, with nothing but Yrden

[Viridian]

Originally posted by worm_master:

Actually u can, U can spam your way though the game, with nothing but Aard, Igni an Yrden, You dont even need a sword any-more, finished "long live the king" at lvl 4 with nothing but Igni, cleared "Enchanting has a price" at lvl 3, with nothing but Yrden

yes but if you read the book geralt is a swordsman before hes a witcher. He's 3 digits old by this point in the game and stacked on stacks a 24 year old middle aged pikeman with basic training should be nothing and yet lvl 100 ngp geralt gets bodied by a halfwit that even read. i mean i know pike were supposed to level the playing field against skilled warriors but the game goes overboard but thankfully it doesn't present much game-play where fighting the scaled open world guards is a must.

[worm_master]

swords, signs, my point is the guards arnt tough :-) they r no harder then any other NPC's an compared to other NPC's, like Aracnamorphs, guards are a walk in the park.

[Valden21]

OP, you're making it sound like Geralt died in a 1-vs.-1 situation, and that's nowhere NEAR what happened. He was up against a mass of rioting peasants, and he took a pitchfork in the gut because he didn't see the kid that had the pitchfork. Yes, witchers are really good in a fight, but not against large groups of armed people; that's the case for BOTH the books AND the games. Against monsters? Yes. Against small groups of enemies? Again, yes. But against a small army? Without help, absolutely not.

[Viridian]

Originally posted by Valden21:

OP, you're making it sound like Geralt died in a 1-vs.-1 situation, and that's nowhere NEAR what happened. He was up against a mass of rioting peasants, and he took a pitchfork in the gut because he didn't see the kid that had the pitchfork. Yes, witchers are really good in a fight, but not against large groups of armed people; that's the case for BOTH the books AND the games. Against monsters? Yes. Against small groups of enemies? Again, yes. But against a small army? Without help, absolutely not.

steam forums never ceases to amaze me. its like none of us are playing the same game or reading the same thread. i was talking about 1-3 not an army. yes i know how odds work, a single pikeman shouln't be able to break geralt's parry just because hes 10lvls higher than you are because of how the game scales. the leveling system already has other issues but how it handles the open world guards isn't in line with the books

[Valden21]

Many games HAVE to have some sort of mechanism in place if the player decides to go full murderhobo. Games aren't fun if there's nothing really to do, and rampaging around like Godzilla is a sure-fire way to bring about such a situation. Geralt certainly has that capability, but just because he can, it doesn't mean that he should. This is in no way specific to W3, either; it's a common thing in video games. Yes, the guards are over-powered, but only if you do something that specifically makes them that way, and the game warns you if that's about to happen. In other words, this is on you, OP.

[Shortylax]

Or u can install mods and get rid of all levels(monsters,gear etc).

[vee-kay]

Originally posted by Valden21:

OP, you're making it sound like Geralt died in a 1-vs.-1 situation, and that's nowhere NEAR what happened. He was up against a mass of rioting peasants, and he took a pitchfork in the gut because he didn't see the kid that had the pitchfork. Yes, witchers are really good in a fight, but not against large groups of armed people; that's the case for BOTH the books AND the games. Against monsters? Yes. Against small groups of enemies? Again, yes. But against a small army? Without help, absolutely not.

Who says The White Wolf doesn't know how to handle an army?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2FXLGk18Pg

;-)

[vee-kay]

Originally posted by Viridian:

Been reading the book, really dont like how the game handles guards

A lowly pikeman should be nothing against Geralt of Rivia late game. the most dangerous thing in this game isnt any of the bosses, its the over level-scaled guards if you piss them off and decide to face them.

Many of the greatest emperors and toughest warriors have fallen to the blade of someone they may have considered below their power or skill level. Their death could have been due to a rebellious peasant participating in a coup, a traitorous bodyguard who betray the Crown, an assassin sent to kill silently & stealthily, or a family member or friend desirous of revenge or power, etc. Death comes to all humans and living beings, sometimes when they expect it the least.

And even a metahuman, a mutant such as a Witcher (even if it is the greatest Witcher of them all - Geralt, the White Wolf who defeated King of the Wild Hunt, who was literally Doom incarnate) - can die at any time if the circumstances do not go in his favor.