Instead I counted at least 10 dodges(usually 2 in a row) and 3 rolls (which you used for crossing distances rather than evading attacks, so much for stamina management).

If you instead played the game as intended by parrying human opponents just like you dodge monster opponents(the way the tutorial explained and loading screen tips repeatedly state) you'd immediately create those attack opportunities without having to move around(changing enemy engagement priority) or ruin your sword and you can parry multiple opponents at the same time leaving them all exposed simultaneously(juggle attacks between them), and if you buy the counterattack skill (or even the counterattack mutation) then a single parry->counterattack will do the damage of multiple regular attacks(or even kill them in one blow) which is far more efficient, engaging, and fun than spamming fast attack until their stamina wears down(or having to take stamina regen pauses in between spamming attacks).Д¬lick to expand.In a 50 second fight against 5 melee opponents and one archer I counted a single parry, no counterattacks, arrows blocked or reversed, never kept your guard up, not a single block. If you spam fast attacks against human opponents all you're going to do is quickly ruin your sword by clashing steel against steel as they will usually keep blocking your blows until they run out of stamina allowing you to get a regular hit or two in before they start blocking again(or sometimes they interrupt and counterattack your spam), all the while you're exposed to others during those spam attacks. TL DR less hp bloat across the board.Д¬lick to expand.The game might not outright kill dumbasses for playing like dumbasses (it does need to sell to them) but it doesn't reward them for it either and it definitely doesn't mean you should play like one. Finally, the massive HP multipliers from 'red skull' (enemies that overlevel you by 5+ levels) have been entirely removed. Additionally, my upscaling formula also helps prevent HP bloat issue with enemies that are scaled up 10-20 levels as well as preventing generic Blood & Wine enemies from becoming absolute killing machines due to being upscaled over level 50. At the same time most enemies do more damage to Geralt. Enemies have less HP across the board on deathmarch (HP multiplayer has been reduced being identical to the second hardest difficulty) and average human enemies get less hp with every level as well. In general the combat is more lethal towards both Geralt and monsters. You CAN disable level requirements for equipment using ESGO, a mod that this pack includes.ДЈ. Alchemy is more or less identical to what it was in Witcher 1, barring a few things like potion durations being influenced by the respective skill.Дў.

Click to expand.I go over most of these points in OP but here are some short answers:ДЎ.

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