The Witcher 2 - Full Combat Rebalance 2 Mod Patch

It has been a while since I posted about the Full Combat Rebalance mod for Witcher 2. The mod has been updated to version 1.2 , and now is the best time to finally try it.

Here are the details , and thanks go to Kostas for sending in the information.

FCR2 v1.2 - 07.12.2013

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CORE CHANGES

• By popular request, made Geralt strafe while walking without the need to lock on target.


ENEMIES

• Fixed elite kingslayers not counterattacking.
• Geralt will bounce off draug's and gargoyle's parry.
BALANCE


• Introduced level scaling in order to provide adequate challenge in mid / late game. Enemies scale their health using simple formula:
health = health * ( 1 + playerLevel * healthMult )
Health multiplier can be easily accessed and edited under name enemy_health_mult_* in geralt_basic.xml file.
• Increased adrenaline generation rate.


ECONOMY


• Added missing meteorite ores in shops.
• Added Grapeshot schematic to Cedric in Flotsam, Isidor in Henselt's camp and Earso in Vergen.
• Added Gadwall recipe to Marcus in Henselt's camp.
• Decreased the number of Naeve Seidhe silver swords available in game.


FIXES


• Fixed negative skill points value after playing a tutorial and wrong skill calculation after using skill respec.
• Fixed dragon fire attacks ignoring Quen.
• Fixed Resonating Crystals not working in The Secrets of Loc Muinne quest.
• Fixed Geralt t-posing after casting Quen in fistfight stance.
• Fixed potion overdose full screen effect appearing on cutscenes and dialogues.
• Fixed issues caused by entering cutscene while casting Quen Sign.
• Fixed Geralt not being immortal during finishers.
• Fixed negative effect of White Raffard's decoction not vanishing with Alchemist skill.
• Fixed Deireadh sword not showing correct damage.
• Fixed Thunderbolt potion recipe.
• Fixed Draug Armor and Kingslayer Armor schematics.
• Fixed Wolf potion and Ysgith rune instakill chances (was 0.02%).
• Fixed Summer and Winter DLC skills not being added to Geralt.
• Fixed Roche Commando Jacket item name.


OTHER

• Installer deletes Arena files from previous mod versions. Old files were creating confusion while activating the mod with User Content Manager.
• Included mod's source files in installer.

More information.

They are dead to me:

BALANCE
• Introduced level scaling in order to provide adequate challenge in mid / late game. Enemies scale their health using simple formula:
health = health * ( 1 + playerLevel * healthMult )

Why wouldn't they just beef up mobs in the last chapter? That seems like the obvious fix.

In any case, anyone have thoughts on this? I plan on revisiting Witcher 2 before 3 comes out, as I still haven't played the second path for scenario 2.

Originally Posted by Dajjer
They are dead to me:

I'm not too fond of the concept of level-scaling myself but I think it's generally agreed upon that the difficulty curve of Witcher 2 was highly uneven. The challenge the nekkers of Floatsam posed was strikingly bigger than that of any regular enemy of Ch2 or 3.

Heh… I had the exact same reaction when I saw that. I won't be trying this mod unless be removes the level scaling.

This would bother me also but you know you can edit it out, or change it to whatever you want. I guess people didn't read this part.

Health multiplier can be easily accessed and edited under name enemy_health_mult_* in geralt_basic.xml file.

Originally Posted by Couchpotato
This would bother me also but you know you can edit it out, or change it to whatever you want. I guess people didn't read this part.

Or maybe people don't feel like having to manually edit every enemy in the game.

Originally Posted by JDR13
Or maybe people don't feel like having to manually edit every enemy in the game.

Well if your going to be lazy there is nothing you can do about it.

I have a solution use one of the older version if your willing to have bugs. I wonder how many times I can use that winking symbols in my post?

I'm joking around JDR so don't take it seriously. Well that makes five how about six. There we go. Woops! make that seven. No eight.

Seriously though I agree with Kostas he added it to make the game harder, and I understand not everyone likes level scaling.

Every enemy? Should it just be a single global variable that affects every enemy? Bad design. Phooey.

It sounds like based on the above that it is just one variable you edit.