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Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen Steam pre-order is LIVE

Steel

Banned
So beside your primary pawn. Pawns you hired don't level up with you? So basically you just hired new pawns every now and then.

I see that there is a feature to bookmark pawns you used in the past. Why?

The experience that pawns you hired get is put toward giving the people that made them rift crystals and rewards. The reason you'd want to bookmark pawns is that, once you put them back in the rift, they're updated to reflect the level that they've gotten to while leveling up with their master, so you may want to hire them again.

Can someone explain the multiplayer? What can you do? Just download other people's characters?

Other people's pawns. You can make a special currency by hiring out your pawn, too.
 

nowai

Member
I think that is a bit odd. I got mine quite a long while ago, which was fairly surprising since usually they wait till a few days before launch. Contact their support

Same experience with me. I got my code straight away and activated it on Steam about 10 days ago.
 

Shadownet

Banned
It depends on the sort of ability. There are some abilities that are basically fire'n'forget (like Cloudburst Volley), but there are others that have a continuous use (like Sixfold Arrow). The ones that have a continuous use are usually better spent actually using repeatedly as opposed to firing off a single salvo.
For example Scarlett Kisses. I have to press LB to go into bow mode, then if I press Square, it will arm Scarlett Kisses. Pressing LT will fire it. But after that, it doesn't go back to normal arrow. If I keep pressing LT, it will keep using Scarlett Kisses. I have to let go of LB to unarmed the ability. I'm not sure if any other abilities of the bow is the same or its just SK.
 
For example Scarlett Kisses. I have to press LB to go into bow mode, then if I press Square, it will arm Scarlett Kisses. Pressing LT will fire it. But after that, it doesn't go back to normal arrow. If I keep pressing LT, it will keep using Scarlett Kisses. I have to let go of LB to unarmed the ability. I'm not sure if any other abilities of the bow is the same or its just SK.

Working as intended.
 

Grief.exe

Member
So beside your primary pawn. Pawns you hired don't level up with you? So basically you just hired new pawns every now and then.

I see that there is a feature to bookmark pawns you used in the past. Why?

So for classes that uses bow. Unless I'm missing something, when you use a special ability. (Using a controller)

It continuously lock in that ability until you actually let go on Left Bumper. And while you're holding LB, your stamina doesn't recharge?

Kinda pain in the ass to LB zoom in with a bow, use ability then having to zoom back out and then in again to shoot normal arrows.

Fooken hell man, just play the game.
 
So I impulse bought this and I really have no idea about anything on this game (rip grammar).

What's the best way to have fun when it becomes playable?
 

Shadownet

Banned
Fooken hell man, just play the game.
I was just wondering if it is working as intended or did I missed something.

I used to play Rift as an archer and you press a button to fire an ability not to armed it then fired with a different button.

But I guess that's the way this game works.

Edit: sorry I meant Threefold Arrows. I mistaken it for the dagger ability Scarlett Kisses.
 

Dizzy-4U

Member
Sent an invite to everyone, I think. Since the pawn shop will probably be full with magic pawns, I'll probably roll with a ranger or warrior.
 

DigtialT

Member
So I impulse bought this and I really have no idea about anything on this game (rip grammar).

What's the best way to have fun when it becomes playable?

It really all depends on your playstyle. You can change classes whenever just by talking to a guy at the inn in the second town(castle), so feel free to experiment to find the best match for you. Be warned though, that the equipped class determines how your stats grow on level up. So if you were a warrior up to level 10, you will have more strength and defense but less magic then if you had decided to be a mage up to level 10.
 

vg260

Member
So I impulse bought this and I really have no idea about anything on this game (rip grammar).

What's the best way to have fun when it becomes playable?

Just pick a character play style that appeals to you, and when upgrading moves, choose the ones that look most fun, really. You can switch around later and not stress out about how to level.
 
So I impulse bought this and I really have no idea about anything on this game (rip grammar).

What's the best way to have fun when it becomes playable?

well I mean, it's not like you purchased a bad game if you enjoy RPGs, particularly action RPGs. If you do you'll be right at home, the combat is amazing. Even if not it's a game that GAF as a whole loves, so that's another good indicator of quality (jokes aside).

We can't really tell you a best way to have fun, because it's a game where depending on what you prefer you'll have different playstyles. I will say this though, this is one of the only games where using a bow is genuinely fun so if that's something you're interested in try the Strider class which is bow and daggers. If you prefer magic, or sword and shield, there are those options too at the beginning.

Once you reach level 10 and the main area of the game, you'll be able to switch to another class, including advanced classes.

Is there a Dragon's Dogma Gaf Steam Group?

Not right now, but maybe it's a good idea to make one as it seems like adding friends would be easier than having to type every individual name.
 

vg260

Member
So if I understand correctly, this game polls both the keyboard and controller at the same time and has 1-5 key mapping.

So if you have an Xbox one controller + chatpad you could use that, plus 1-5 at the same time?

Also, the Elite controller paddle would work wonders for sprinting in this game.

Elite+chatpad could be great. (although windows 10 required for the elite app)
 

Anteater

Member
So I impulse bought this and I really have no idea about anything on this game (rip grammar).

What's the best way to have fun when it becomes playable?

My advice is experiment with different classes, it's not like other RPGs where you stick to develop a single build, you can change your class at the inn, you also max out a class quick so there's really no benefit for sticking to it once you've played around with all the skills, unless of course you really enjoy that class. Same could be said with hiring pawns, try hiring mages with different skills and see their effects on monster. Like having two sorcerer pawns with the same skills for example would allow them to duo cast a spell (it'd speed up casting), etc.
 

Grief.exe

Member
So if I understand correctly, this game polls both the keyboard and controller at the same time and has 1-5 key mapping.

So if you have an Xbox one controller + chatpad you could use that, plus 1-5 at the same time?

Also, the Elite controller paddle would work wonders for sprinting in this game.

Elite+chatpad could be great. (although windows 10 required for the elite app)

Same concept with DS4 and the touchpad.

Configure each swipe direction as a different hotkey.
 

Steel

Banned
I'm still going back and forth on using a steam controller or an X360 controller for this. On the one hand, the extra paddles on the steam controller would be great for item hotkeys... On the other hand the placement of the main buttons on the steam controller is less than ideal.
 
Some screenshots of a basic ENB config:
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Vuze

Member
Talking about controllers, does the game use the dpad for anything important? I heard it's just pawn commands. Are these needed? Thinking about remapping them for item hotkeys since I want to use the XO controller.
 
I'm trying to remember what items were used often so I can setup my DS4 macros.

It was largely just consumable hp/stamina potions right? I don't recall any other items that would necessitate hotkey usage. Oh and the lantern.
 

Karak

Member
I'm still going back and forth on using a steam controller or an X360 controller for this. On the one hand, the extra paddles on the steam controller would be great for item hotkeys... On the other hand the placement of the main buttons on the steam controller is less than ideal.

While working on the review I have switched around to various configs and I personally find the 360 controller to be better. Thats just me. But for longer play it just works.

Looks good but load times become horrendous. Might have to put the game on my ssd

You should be doing that.
 

tebunker

Banned
I was just wondering if it is working as intended or did I missed something.

I used to play Rift as an archer and you press a button to fire an ability not to armed it then fired with a different button.

But I guess that's the way this game works.

Edit: sorry I meant Threefold Arrows. I mistaken it for the dagger ability Scarlett Kisses.
On PS3 you could do both, spam the button that "arms" the attack or arm it and spam the attack button
 

Blade30

Unconfirmed Member
Speaking of Controller

Q) Will I be able to manually remap buttons when using a gamepad? [*NEW* Jan.8]
A) Yes and No. For XInput-compatible controllers (it'll display as Xbox 360 controller in-game), there are six presets you can choose from. For DirectInput-based controllers such as DualShock 4 gamepad, you can manually reassign individual buttons as you see fit.

Any way you can change the API for the X360 controller to DirectInput?
 
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