Inceneration, Bleeding and Poisoning effects are allowed to be active at the same time. Silver throwing daggers are considered as silver weapons for damage calculations against monsters. Removed 50% Hit Points condition for throwing enemy off height with Aard.Дecreased Riposte damage multiplier to 1.0, but added 30% enemy parry chance debuff. It discouraged some players from using Signs becaused it decreased GeraltвЂ™s sword DPS. Removed Fatigue penalty that decreased sword damage and damage reduction on block when Vigor was spent on Signs or Parry. This makes the game easier, but it is an intentional reward.ДЄdded potion overdose and heavy overdose debuffs on toxicity thresholds 55 and 65. An exceptional armor and weapon remains valuable. Items imported from The Witcher savegames are of the same quality as in the first game. Players need to choose between max damage and protection. Heavier armors impose small damage penalty on Geralt. GeraltвЂ™s armors are split into 4 categories: leather jackets, heavy leather jackets, combat jackets and heavy combat jackets. Learned skills should have as big impact on GeraltвЂ™s badass factor as items. Moved the weight of character power from equipment to character development.

A barechested bandit wonвЂ™t survive more hits than a knight in platemail just because the bandit was encountered later in game.Дecreased the disproportion in stats between starting equipment and late game equipment. Following this pattern allowed to created consistent rules that every character follows. He recalls lost memories as a part of character development.Д®ach enemy is balanced according to his constitution, combat skill, combat style, weapon and armor type. Geralt no longer buys witcher specific recipies from random merchants. This encourages role-playing without worrying about missing experience. Riposte doesnвЂ™t require Guard Stance to activate, only attacking in a timed window.Д¬hanged riposte animations ( NEW ANIMATIONS, DUH ) to prevent Geralt from sliding on enemies.Д®xperience points are given only for progressing through quests, not for killing enemies. Remaining passives are changed to make them more attractive.ДЄll skills now have one level ( previously 2 ).ДЄard and Igni Signs have been changed from projectile to cone area of effect. Removed many passives from skill tree to replace them with more active abilities. No need to go through Training tree before unlocking other branches. Geralt now starts with core witcher skills already learned.

While using Guard Stance Geralt channels an active Quen shield.ДЄbove listed changes to defence mechanics decreased importance of rolling in combat.Дecreased the number of skill to ensure quality over quantity. Monster attacks still cannot be parried with a sword. Geralt and his attackers are no longer bouncing off parry. Geralt automatically parries enemy sword attacks and deflects incoming arrows. Static Guard Stance is no longer required to parry enemy attacks. Geralt can block while moving ( NEW ANIMATIONS ). Up to 50% increase in repsonsivness per NPCs animations.ДЄdded strafing while being locked on an enemy and walking. Up to 80% increase in responsivness per GeraltвЂ™s animations.

Witcher 2 riposte tutorial