Posted May 29, 2015
This is the first quest that Geralt's response has really annoyed me. I meet the elves by handing over my weapons; negotiations go south, so I end up incapacitating the lot of them with my fists. And pick up my weapons ready to hand in the quest.
A little bit of background. I have finished the Witcher 1 in the past, but I have never managed to finish the witcher 2 after many restarts (I got up to chapter 3 first playthrough (Roach path) and then restarted going the Scoia'tael path through towards the end of chapter 2 before gibing up). So I decided to simulate the witcher 2 save having decided to side with the Scoia'tael.
Alright, I think to myself, I don't really want to get any more non-humans into trouble. It is obvious that these Scoia'tael are a fairly rogue group, so I will just go and tell a little white lie to the commander (The 'monster' threat is eliminated, so their caravans should be safe).
On talking to the commander he then proceeds to turn off his brain and spill all the friggin gory details, where the hell is my bloody input. I just have to listen to him say the very thing I wanted to avoid all along, ARGH!!
While your at it, perhaps you want to point out the locations of non-humans you have come in contact with along the way eh?
F**king idiot, argh!
This is one of those decisions that could of had a better outcome if Geralt had just been a little more thoughtful with his responses. I know that there has been praise for the gray morality choices (the Baron quest for example was brilliant), but a forced gray choice which could of had a more positive outcome had Geralt used a smidgeon of common sense grinds my gears.
EDIT:
For myself, the best option was to abandon this quest. I met with the elves, let them do their thing then reported to the commander that I didn't find a monster.
I could of reported on the Scoia'taels actions, they are pretty aggressive elves after all and I doubt they would treat innocent humans that stumble upon them any better; but I really have no choice since Geralt has no option to lie about what he finds unless I attack the elves (I guess this is an oversight for this quest).
If I betrayed them (as I would like to, they aren't a particularly nice group of scoia'taels), more non-humans will suffer. So let someone else deal with it, I want no part of it (and the quest completion log seems to agree with that stance).
Bummer though as this quest is the first i've come across that I have felt is missing an important option.
A little bit of background. I have finished the Witcher 1 in the past, but I have never managed to finish the witcher 2 after many restarts (I got up to chapter 3 first playthrough (Roach path) and then restarted going the Scoia'tael path through towards the end of chapter 2 before gibing up). So I decided to simulate the witcher 2 save having decided to side with the Scoia'tael.
Alright, I think to myself, I don't really want to get any more non-humans into trouble. It is obvious that these Scoia'tael are a fairly rogue group, so I will just go and tell a little white lie to the commander (The 'monster' threat is eliminated, so their caravans should be safe).
On talking to the commander he then proceeds to turn off his brain and spill all the friggin gory details, where the hell is my bloody input. I just have to listen to him say the very thing I wanted to avoid all along, ARGH!!
While your at it, perhaps you want to point out the locations of non-humans you have come in contact with along the way eh?
F**king idiot, argh!
This is one of those decisions that could of had a better outcome if Geralt had just been a little more thoughtful with his responses. I know that there has been praise for the gray morality choices (the Baron quest for example was brilliant), but a forced gray choice which could of had a more positive outcome had Geralt used a smidgeon of common sense grinds my gears.
EDIT:
For myself, the best option was to abandon this quest. I met with the elves, let them do their thing then reported to the commander that I didn't find a monster.
I could of reported on the Scoia'taels actions, they are pretty aggressive elves after all and I doubt they would treat innocent humans that stumble upon them any better; but I really have no choice since Geralt has no option to lie about what he finds unless I attack the elves (I guess this is an oversight for this quest).
If I betrayed them (as I would like to, they aren't a particularly nice group of scoia'taels), more non-humans will suffer. So let someone else deal with it, I want no part of it (and the quest completion log seems to agree with that stance).
Bummer though as this quest is the first i've come across that I have felt is missing an important option.
Post edited May 29, 2015 by Jamie.monro