[Lurtz_Of_Orthanc]

Which set of choices do you intend to use on your first playthrough of The Witcher 3? I have reposted my guide to the major choices for your convenience so we can most easily compare each other's approaches - and since CDPR says they read the forums, they can get an idea of which choices were most important to people and what players want to see have an impact (or at least be acknowledged) in TW3.

Currently, I'm planning on using a path with the following choices.

SPARE ARYAN
GIVE SWORD
CHOOSE IORVETH
SAVE MOTTLE
LYNCH STENNIS
GO WITH PHILIPPA
SAVE SILE
DISENCHANT SASKIA
SPARE LETHO

As for minor choices along the way, I'll definitely help/romance Cynthia, be nice to all trolls, and generally butcher humans and save Elves wherever possible. Malena gets slaughtered though.

Here's the list of major choices to select from. I've removed the descriptions so it's easier for you guys to make a list of fundamental decisions as shown above, if you need a reminder on the basics of these decisions, see the link in my signature.

SPARE ARYAN/KILL ARYAN

GIVE SWORD/HELP ROCHE

CHOOSE ROCHE/CHOOSE IORVETH (Unlocks Flotsam Choice)
->SAVE MOTTLE/PURSUE LOREDO

SPARE STENNIS/LYNCH STENNIS

KILL HENSELT/SPARE HENSELT

SAVE TRISS (Iorveth)/GO WITH PHILIPPA

SAVE TRISS (Roche)/SAVE ANAIS (Unlocks Anais Choice)
->GIVE ANAIS TO RADOVID/GIVE ANAIS TO NATALIS

SAVE SILE/LET SILE DIE

SPARE SASKIA (Iorveth-Save Triss)/KILL SASKIA (Iorveth-Save Triss)/DISENCHANT SASKIA (Iorveth-Go With Philippa)

SPARE DRAGON (Roche-All)/KILL DRAGON (Roche-All)

SPARE LETHO/KILL LETHO

For an example of what a Roche path would look like, here's the Roche path I would use if I decided to play TW3 with Roche initially.

SPARE ARYAN
HELP ROCHE
CHOOSE ROCHE
SPARE HENSELT
SAVE ANAIS
GIVE ANAIS TO NATALIS
LET SILE DIE
KILL DRAGON
KILL LETHO

[Risue]

I believe the original playthrough I had involved :

KILL ARYAN
GIVE SWORD
CHOOSE IORVETH
SAVE MOTTLE
SPARE STENNIS
SAVE TRISS (Iorveth
SAVE SILE
SPARE SASKIA (Iorveth-Save Triss)
SPARE LETHO

looking at it now... apparently I have issues killing people... 'cept for Aryan, he was arrogant.

[Aditya_the_warrior_within]

So I guess I'm also in the majority with Iorveth/Triss, but will depend if that is my canon playthrough on TW3. This game is going to take a dam long time by the looks of it.

[atcgamer]

I think i have a good neutral choice for Geralt which i consider fits his political neutrality, personal story, and romance with Triss

+Spare Aryan, too much blood has been spilled.. there's no need for more death
+At the cave, tell Roche that he just wants to go back to the witcher path with Triss and get away from the political bullsh*t
+Give sword to Iorveth, let him and Roche duke it out.. geralt's true target is Letho
+Go with Roche because Geralt needs to save Triss and recover his memory (plus kill the commandant because of the injustice he brought)
+Leave Iorveth to his fate in the siege, Geralt doesn't owe him anything
+Spare Henselt, It's harder to forgive and Geralt doesn't want to become his own enemy
+Uncover the plot by baron Kimbolt and count Maravel to John Natalis
+Save Triss, keeping his word to Roche at the cave that he doesn't want to be involved in politics (and reveal nilfgaard's plan to destroy the northern monarchies)
+Let Sile go (gotta tap dat ass)
+Geralt will never kill dragons, NEVER
+Let Letho go, He's merely a tool and our true target is nilfgaard

[The White Hawk]

SPARE ARYAN
HELP ROCHE
CHOOSE ROCHE
KILL HENSELT
SAVE ANAIS
GIVE ANAIS TO NATALIS
SAVE SILE
SPARE DRAGON
KILL LETHO

[Lurtz_Of_Orthanc]

Interesting that people like Iorveth/Triss. I suppose it's the most 'neutral' path, but I guess saving Triss was important to a lot of people. This implies that there definitely needs to be a path where you choose Triss over Yen in TW3.

[Guy N'wah]

I've already figured out my first three; they are

1. Go with Roche, Henselt dies, rescue Triss. That's my "canon" game and what I believe is the most neutral, hands-off, path. Though my Geralt is neither judge, jury, executioner, or instrument of the vengeance of the gods, he will not stand in the way of Roche's revenge. But when it comes time to decide who to rescue in Loc Muinne, he figures Triss needs him and Roche can take care of himself.

2. Go with Iorveth, Stennis lives, heal Saskia. This Geralt cannot abide an injustice or let a curse stand. Iorveth's cause is noble, if quixotic; Stennis cannot justly be condemned; and lifting the spell on Saskia is witcher's work that Geralt cannot hand over to Iorveth to attempt alone.

3. Go with Roche, Henselt lives, deliver Anais to John Natalis. This is Geralt as patriot of his adopted country. He loathes Henselt, but he realizes he would only be replaced by chaos or worse. He realizes the importance of Anais to her country and convinces Roche that it is Temeria's best chance.

[Lurtz_Of_Orthanc]

First three, nice. I'm aiming to have the most people alive for my first playthrough, but I figured my second playthrough would be rethought based on what actually turned out to be important in TW3. Especially since TW3 playthroughs are wont to be 50-100 hours, if CDPR speaks the truth.

[Dueldogg]

KILL ARYAN (Geralt doesn't care about politics, he needed to win the castle quickly and he did it)

GIVE SWORD (Geralt never leaves anyone unarmed in a battle)

CHOOSE IORVETH (It looked as a faster way to find Triss)

SAVE MOTTLE (Screw politics, if Geralt can save some lives for sure - he will)

LYNCH STENNIS (Once again, screw politics)

SPARE HENSELT (Screeeeew politics, it's not my decision, nor my burden to have another man's life on my shoulders)

GO WITH PHILIPPA

LET SILE DIE (Because filthy magic, that's why)

DISENCHANT SASKIA (And not a single dragon was killed that day)

SPARE LETHO (He saved Yen, he spared my life, and even now he saved Triss. I owe him, big time)

[Aver]

I'm definitely gonna use my save from the first playthrough - Roche and Natalis. Roche because really loved his personality. Natalis because he really impressed me in the books even tho he had only a little cameo. Calm tactician that makes cold, calculated decisions. Like when he ordered Mahakamian unit to fill the gap in the lines after Bruggian units fled from the battle, even tho he knew that most of them will die executing this order as they were surrounded by heavy heavy cavalry, but he also knew that they are the only ones that for sure will hold the line. Description of them fighting their way through was the only time when I had goosebumps reading a book.

Also it means something if all kings let their jointed armies to be led by someone else knowing that he will get all the fame instead of them.

[Lurtz_Of_Orthanc]

Aver, I'd be inclined to take the Roche and Natalis path if I didn't feel that Temeria will inevitablly be rendered somewhat irrelevant due to TW3's focus - fighting the Wild Hunt, exploring Nilfgaard, and mucking about far to the south of Vizima, La Vallette Castle and the rest of it.

I noticed nobody has yet voted for Roche/Radovid - KOP clearly hasn't arrived yet ;P

[ReptilePZ]

I'm going to use the save from my first playthrough of TW2. And that playthrough used the save from my first playthrough of TW1. I like to use that because I believe the first time you play the game, you have no idea how your choices might affect the plot while after that you've got a better idea so you're not making a genuine decision based on what the character knows but based on what you know.

So I'm going to use:

SPARE ARYAN
GIVE SWORD
CHOOSE ROCHE
SPARE HENSELT
SAVE TRISS
SPARE SILE
KILL DRAGON
SPARE LETHO

[Aver]

Lurtz_Of_Orthanc said:

Aver, I'd be inclined to take the Roche and Natalis path if I didn't feel that Temeria will inevitablly be rendered somewhat irrelevant due to TW3's focus - fighting the Wild Hunt, exploring Nilfgaard, and mucking about far to the south of Vizima, La Vallette Castle and the rest of it.

I noticed nobody has yet voted for Roche/Radovid - KOP clearly hasn't arrived yet ;P ›››

Than you don't know that TW3 is not happening in Nilfgaard? They already confirmed locations. http://en.thewitcher...see-in-tw3-map/

[Lurtz_Of_Orthanc]

Aver said:

Than you don't know that TW3 is not happening in Nilfgaard? /> They already confirmed locations. http://en.thewitcher...see-in-tw3-map/ ›››

Wow. Somehow I had Skellige way further south in my head. Thanks for clearing that up. I could have sworn they said we'd see the capital city of Nilfgaard at some point...huh.

[RSIK4]

going to stick with roche and trisssI like the characters, I kept as many alive as possible to see what happens to them in TW3

[Wichat]

Gonna wait for the trailer. I've got more than 5 different ends to choice...

[thedawner]

Roche's path with Aryan and Sile alive, Triss saved(for the sake of the other mages. I hated seeing them massacred at the end), the dragon dead and... uh still debating whether to let Henselt live or not. Will most likely do the former, I guess, since Roche's hot temper needs to be reined in from time to time. For his own good.

I doubt the characters left alive(with a few exceptions) will make any drastic differences besides, maybe, a few cameos here and there but oh well I hope it won't be the case.

Imagine with the dragon dead, her daddy is going to be so pissed.

[Gibb_Geralt]

I've played Geralt a few times, and my favourite playthrough, in terms of his thought processes and ideology, was the one where he sides with Iorveth out of a want to find Triss asap, but ends up saving Saskia after witnessing an ideal that he never thought possible (Races united under Vergen). Didn't even plan the playthrough out like that, that's just how i saw his character develop, and it was awesome.

One of the few characters i've controlled in an RPG where i was surprised by how i molded him.

[Lurtz_Of_Orthanc]

Gibb_Geralt said:

I've played Geralt a few times, and my favourite playthrough, in terms of his thought processes and ideology, was the one where he sides with Iorveth out of a want to find Triss asap, but ends up saving Saskia after witnessing an ideal that he never thought possible (Races united under Vergen). Didn't even plan the playthrough out like that, that's just how i saw his character develop, and it was awesome.

One of the few characters i've controlled in an RPG where i was surprised by how i molded him. ›››

That's pretty much how I felt when I first played it, and the general outline of what I'm going with for TW3.

[MarcAuron]

With a neutral import from Witcher1

Roche/Triss
Aryan alive.
The sword desicission, will seriously not comment on it , was to angry. I remember trying not to react at all.
Steniss is dead obviously,
Told Roche that I don't care.
Let Malena live.
Trolls alive
Sile Lives.
Henselt dead.
Save Triss.
Help Iorweth at the Siege, just to make sure He's alive
Spare Dragon
Spare Letho