Earth Elemental Decoction

[F4TES]

What precicely are 'vitality draining critical effects' ?
Coz right now, I have no idea what this decoction actually does!?! :)

[TheDONG]

Originally posted by Axelrand:

What precicely are 'vitality draining critical effects' ?
Coz right now, I have no idea what this decoction actually does!?! :)

status like bleeding, poisoned, etc

[F4TES]

Thanx TD but I'm still confused coz in it's definition it says 'the resistance increases the longer it's applied' Well, the only bleed, poison etc resistances I have are in armor or runes & glyphs & they're applied full time. As it uses 'applied' this suggests me taking something but I don't have any potions that increase resistance to bleeding, bludgeoning or slashing etc. There is Golden Oriel for poison, but that's the only thing I can apply that has a resistance, & it's only useful against very few specific enemies. No, it's stil not making any sense to me yet. :)

[thebigj_a]

Originally posted by Axelrand:

Thanx TD but I'm still confused coz in it's definition it says 'the resistance increases the longer it's applied' Well, the only bleed, poison etc resistances I have are in armor or runes & glyphs & they're applied full time. As it uses 'applied' this suggests me taking something but I don't have any potions that increase resistance to bleeding, bludgeoning or slashing etc. There is Golden Oriel for poison, but that's the only thing I can apply that has a resistance, & it's only useful against very few specific enemies. No, it's stil not making any sense to me yet. :)

What? Your comprehension of words needs work.

"Increases the witcher's resistance to Vitality-depleting critical effects applied during combat."

It increases your resistance when they (the critical effects) get applied to you. By an enemy. You don't have any armor that sets yourself on fire, do you?


Seems pretty useless, to me. What good is gaining resistance after you're already poisoned? There are way better decoctions.

[F4TES]

Hmnn... thebigj_a. As I now understand what the devs were getting at in their description of said decoction, I still think my question was justified & that my english comprehension is perfectly sound thanks. Had the devs worded it 'vitality depleting critical effects suffered/inflicted/undergone/experienced during combat' then it would have been clearer. How often do you say 'I'm going to apply some bruising/bleeding to him' eh? :)

[DanIce]

the best ones: troll + katakan + water hag

[F4TES]

Danice. I guess we all have our own preferences. I use Leshen + Ekimara + Chort mostly. :)

[DanIce]

Originally posted by Axelrand:

Danice. I guess we all have our own preferences. I use Leshen + Ekimara + Chort mostly. :)

I will look into it, thx man, I used Ekimara few times, but mostly i was going for max dmg, just finished the game 2nd time with level 35, enough points to put some to alchemy tree too with, 3 decoctions were giving me 10k hp buffs total :)

Roll and dodge (took me awhile to master ALT) works like magic, so i barely get dmg from enemies ^^

[cgillmore85]

The only one I ever really use is the Fiend one. Cause I'm a looting ,robbing killing machine

[F4TES]

Yeah, once you make 240 points in your toxin allowance, it makes a difference! For the longest time I was stuck at 239, how frustrating was that! :) Mind you, if you've loaded 3 decoctions then need to use Golden Oriole, your buggered. :)

[Hach]

Man I've played for 100+ hours and haven't crafted a single decoction I should really look into it

[F4TES]

Definitely Hach, as I think they count towards your toxicity total, especially if you choose the boosting perk in the green tree. The one that says boosted by no. of known potions, well worth getting that one as opposed to the one that just gives a straight 30 boost. :)

[thebigj_a]

Originally posted by Axelrand:

Hmnn... thebigj_a. As I now understand what the devs were getting at in their description of said decoction, I still think my question was justified & that my english comprehension is perfectly sound thanks. Had the devs worded it 'vitality depleting critical effects suffered/inflicted/undergone/experienced during combat' then it would have been clearer. How often do you say 'I'm going to apply some bruising/bleeding to him' eh? :)

I never say "I'm going to inflict some bleeding on him" either.

Status effects are "applied" in rpgs all the time, going back to the early days of pc rpgs. I suppose they could've used "procced", but that would be painfully meta.

I might have been snider than I intended. My point was that the grammar of the sentence gives it only the meaning it has. It can't really mean anything else, including what you'd thought.

[F4TES]

It's cool thebigj_a. I'm ok with robust argument. :)
I still think that decoction description could've been worded better & while I take your point about ' inflict some bleeding' we would say 'inflict some damage' & I'm afraid I have to disagree with ' the grammar of the sentence gives it only the meaning it has. It can't really mean anything else,' Sadly, language, written or spoken, is fraught with multi-meanings, intended or otherwise. Texting & posting are good examples of how sometimes people can get an unintended meaning from the written word, all too easily. :) I do accept that once the intended meaning of 'applied effects' is understood, it does make a kind of sense, but I maintain that more precise wording would have made it more obvious. :)