I'm at the point where the spirit posses me and i have to fight the Draug [captain] and avoid the fireball and the arrows,but there is no option to save after the ghost release me and i have to face the boss...

Sick of retry all from the point where i have to fight 2 group of ghost soliders.. ridicolous that the dev didn' t allow the save after the 2 fight..

It isn't really hard , just avoid arrows and artillery , aard him and slash , he has low HP.

Quen to be safe,run around during artillery and stuff,wait for him to charge,dodge,heavy attacks at the back.2-3 charges and you hitting him and he is dead.

That was the only place in the game where I dropped the difficulty to easy. I DESPISE all the sequences that force me to take control of a different character, and the fact that you can’t save is almost worse.

Anyway, on easy those two groups of ghost soldiers take 45 seconds and you can go right back to hard afterwards.

That was the single instance where this game pissed me off.
The fact that you have to do the entire possession sequence again every time that boss kills you, witch takes ages if you didn't go for the swordmans path.
Major oversight by the devs. There should be a place that allows you to save/drink potions before the Draug.

Boss is super easy once you figure it out tho.
Just trap it with Yrden and attack from behind.

It depends on your type, i thought this was going to be a hard boss, but it ended up very easy.

I was a mage -- so Aard + Quen with Strong blows was my tactic, and i won in 1 try without dying. -- although i should also mention I was playing on easy -- I know . . . shameful, but i always have all my first playtroughs to be set on easy.

another suggestion is this mod: http://gamemodscore.org/downloads.php?do=download&fileid=135

I didnt used it on my first playtrough, but now im on hard, and with this mod, is all fun and games :) -- yeah i know . . . its cheating, but its a replay so mods are allowed on second playtrough :)

Indeed the inability to save during "combat" was one of the worst aspect of The Witcher 1... it's sad that they kept it that way in The Witcher 2...

I used quen and grapeshot bombs

I did it on my 2nd attempt on normal. I just barrel rolled lots when he was getting ready to charge and using fireballs. Then you can easily beat him by using Aard and strong strikes.
His Hp is very low. He just hits hard so you have to be careful.

not sure. They'd probably work, but I only had grapeshot loaded in the pockets. I thought about dragon's dream, too, but I forgot to make any after I bought the formula. (meanwhile, I had 15 grapeshot, so I figured I was safe from running out of those, mid-battle)

I'm playin on hard mode Xd and don't like to lower the difficulty level,sound like a cheat to me. XD ; anyway thank you for your advices i've killed that Draug.

well what worked out for you ? did any of our comments help ? i mean you could mark one as answer. whom evers that was close enough. the GrapeShot perhaps ? it sad to see a thread go unsolved . . . (^_^)

The draug was rather easy on normal. Wait for him to charge->step/roll aside, slaughter him from behind. Every now and then, he's remarkably silent what indicates an impending barrage at your spot. Added Quen to help in case the barrage got Geralt.

That portion of the game was awful. I never like when devs make you play someone else after you have acquainted yourself with another person for the last 20+ hours. It breaks the flow of the game and it takes away from the enjoyment. But that is just me.