Last night I began the hybrid reverse in earnest... I finished Poet Under Pressure at 17, and then I decided to start Skelliga for map access and Practium in Alchemy. The issue was, there's a few actions that will reset your gear. At 16 I decided to really be ready for B&W underleveled... I had already runed my Blade of the bits. I got the Feline silver doing something else, I remember now... Junior's, behind a breakable wall. I saw req was 17,and that reminded me that Griffin enhanced was only 18. So, I upgraded the set... added a slot to the chest and silver, then I runed them. Arrow Deflection was the top priority as I mentioned earlier. Then I wanted to put Dumplings on the Silver... which are unique rune stones. So, I had to get the plans. Originally, I was going to switch to Feline, but I haven't met Kiera yet... there's probably other ways to get in, but I don't have the eye... I'm trying to avoid most major ****, everything I can... I want basically the full game after I leave B&W or it defeats the purpose. So, I couldn't get the plans I needed yet. Griffin I could... and there's a Wolf potion, usb card consumable that lets you equip and use equipment +2 for 2 in-game hrs. And even when it expires you keep it on... unless... Your gear gets reset, I knew that it could happen but didn't remember all the conditions... like if you get a haircut, it will take your armor off. And when I traveled to Skelliga... so I was in a bad way for a min, one sword... naked otherwise. I still refused to do anything major for that level... so I did some fistfights, and that got me back over 18. Then I grabbed a potion of clearance and respec'd... I removed Gourmet, because although Dumplings synergizes with it it, I don't need to heal for 20 mins... I'd rather have an extra slot. I have ultimate vanilla Yarden, so slept on... and Igni... to compare and contrast their utility and efficacy per the feedback I'm doing. Igni is OP as ****, I don't even have it maxxed out yet. I used Yarden for the mine fight before B&W and it really is amazing against extremely overleveled enemies. In fact, I killed Golyat with it... I had to reset that fight because not what I wanted. I bought the game again, ultimate edition... so a fresh set of achievements and one has you bullseye the Goliath through a slit on his bucket helmet in the eye. It's a little tricky without slowdown... which I spec'd for in the past. Still, only took 2 attempts. And now I'm in B&W. My number 1 priority is get Excalibur asap... I need to do the feats of valor to be worthy for the fight. Then, imo... I'll have arguably the 2 best Swords in the game. Here's a link to the first topic. [url]https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/265235640?sort=0&page=0[/url] I'll chronicle my playthrough... as I'm doing it anyway for CDPR. Igni needs to be pulled back in the Witcher 4, and I don't think time should stop going into your inventory. There's bomb glitch too... that randomly prevents me from throwing them... and that needs to fixed for W4... I've lost more than a few fights. Because everything basically one shots me right now, like .25 secs can force a reload. And getting stuck trying to literally throw bombs has meant I've taken hits... that effectively make me reset the encounter... and that's been a little annoying. And I want one higher difficulty... we'll see if that analysis holds as I enter B&W at 18. More updates to come. 😇👍💠