Talk:The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Guide to Alchemy/@comment-68.207.123.27-20150622044810/@comment-108.170.22.37-20180902233831

The absolute pointlessness of continuing to harvest ingredients just feels wrong and the additional herb gathering chance some equipment confers is almost like the game laughing at you about this. This open world setting where the plants are densely clustered and replenish themselves and fats for blade oils are easily gathered from animal encounters is ideal for the first game's alchemy system. It might have been time-consuming and a chore to casual gamers but it was both immersive and the consumable nature meant they could afford to make it much more effective in gameplay than this watered down version I find a complete waste of time and talent points. Literally watered down if you take comments here about the alchemy items being restored with alcohol alone being homeopathy as valid. Oh, and just to clarify any strong alcohol can be used not just alcohest.