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Beat Dragon Quarter for the first time, No restarts.

F

Ferrio

Banned
Suck it down keebler and scott!

finishedDQ.jpg



Oh a question, will my ants still be the same? I shoved my fairy tear into the item box since I knew I was close to the end, so I should have it when I start again.
 
S

Scott

Member
Ferrio said:
Suck it down keebler and scott!
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Hey, I never claimed you couldn't beat it in one play, I just said you'd have a hard time doing so on your first try. :p

Anyway, it's kind of odd to see you come out of it with a relatively poor D-Ratio. I'm assuming you just didn't get many pre-emptive strikes, used hard saves a couple of times, and the like. Plus your gametime is double what's needed for a 1/4 Ratio. I guess it all adds up.

For reference, here's the D-Ratio order:

1/8192 (starting)
1/4096
1/2048
1/1024
1/512
1/256
1/128
1/64
1/32
1/16
1/8
1/4 (best)

And unfortunately, with that D-Ratio, you probably won't be able to enter many new areas at all... If that was mainly what you were after, you'll probably have to replay it a time or two before you see notable progress in that area. Sorry. :\

But still, congrats! Now go pump up the party with that XP, enjoy the easy starting game, and all the new SOL scenes. Have fun. :p


And damn, now I want to play this game again...
 
B

belgurdo

Banned
The way boss battles drag on, I'm tempted to go grab an AR and do away with the D-meter and save counter too. But I'll preservere because the story's pretty enriching when I have to work for it.
 
S

Scott

Member
Wario64 said:
What was your end d-counter?
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92%

<Scott> last few bosses give you a hard time?
<Ferrio> I smote them with dragon stuffs
<Scott> Ah, so you did end up using it. What was your % after the elavator boss?
<Ferrio> But before I got the last fights (right after the little girl fight) I had NO meds or nothing and everyone was hurt as hell. i had to run past stuff
<Ferrio> Luckily I was still able to get the chest In the room I ran through..... then the last slew of bosses I dragon form killed, but then the very last fight I was at 92% and I thought I was screwed
 
M

Musashi Wins!

FLAWLESS VICTOLY!
Someone briefly explain to me how to play this game "correctly". I really want to get out of it the respect it gets on GA. I say this as a newb, not someone who beat it and scoffed at it.
 
G

Gattsu25

Banned
Musashi Wins! said:
Someone briefly explain to me how to play this game "correctly". I really want to get out of it the respect it gets on GA. I say this as a newb, not someone who beat it and scoffed at it.
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Play
Play
Die
Restart
Play
Play
Play
...
Win

The innovation!
 
F

Ferrio

Banned
Well so far I've coasted through 2 hours through the replay with nothing even coming close to hurting me. I'm still pissed I won't be able to do the secret dungeon, I'd need an ungodly amount of party xp to burn through to get through it.. It's insane.

The SOL scenes are nice too, I still foggy on what the hell the whole story is about.
 
F

Ferrio

Banned
Hey dammit, MORE DQ LOVE.

So has anybody beaten the secret dungeon? I know what's at the bottom and I wonder how awesome it is.
 
G

Greenpanda

Banned
Ferrio said:
Hey dammit, MORE DQ LOVE.

So has anybody beaten the secret dungeon? I know what's at the bottom and I wonder how awesome it is.
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I got down to floor 45, but I was running out of healing items and had already used a chunk of my D-Counter, so I decided to bail. Still ended up with a great D-Ratio at the end of the game, though.

I'm sure I'll finish Kokon-Horay completely on my next swing through the game. Still shooting for that 1/4...
 
F

Ferrio

Banned
Greenpanda said:
I got down to floor 45, but I was running out of healing items and had already used a chunk of my D-Counter, so I decided to bail. Still ended up with a great D-Ratio at the end of the game, though.

I'm sure I'll finish Kokon-Horay completely on my next swing through the game. Still shooting for that 1/4...
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When you exit the dungeon does your D-counter go back to what it was before you entered?
 
G

Greenpanda

Banned
Ferrio said:
When you exit the dungeon does your D-counter go back to what it was before you entered?
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Yes. And your D-Counter goes to 0% when you enter the dungeon. So, you basically have an entirely separate D-Counter for the bonus dungeon. (You go in, the D-Counter goes to 0%, you leave, the Counter goes back to what it was before you came in.)
 
G

Greenpanda

Banned
Ferrio said:
Wish your party xp would go back to what it was, I used up 5k of it to test out the dungeon.
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Yeah, the one thing I don't adore about the game is that getting the best performance out of your party (beating the bonus dungeon, getting 1/4) necessitates a lot of cycling to build up party XP, which isn't at all interesting and is rather out of step with all the strategy in the rest of the game.
 
F

Ferrio

Banned
The requirements to get 1/4 are INSANE.

I'm already 5 hours into my new game and no way I'd get it under 8. I guess you have to run through every room not fighting anything...
 
K

keeblerdrow

Member
I've met all the requirements for a 1/4 ratio, but the playthrough I had going for it got interrupted by an electrical storm and I had to save and quit. So I missed the 1/4 by one save and have a 1/8 ratio right now. There's essentially no difference between the two.
 
G

Greenpanda

Banned
Ferrio said:
The requirements to get 1/4 are INSANE.

I'm already 5 hours into my new game and no way I'd get it under 8. I guess you have to run through every room not fighting anything...
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For what it's worth, not all the time you spend playing the game gets factored into the time the game uses for grading purposes. I know that any time that you spend in the bonus dungeon does not count, at least.
 
F

Ferrio

Banned
Greenpanda said:
For what it's worth, not all the time you spend playing the game gets factored into the time the game uses for grading purposes. I know that any time that you spend in the bonus dungeon does not count, at least.
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That's good, I just smacked around the captain and still haven't hard saved.

I think what I'll do is I'll save right before the last boss battles, and fight them and then do a restore after those battles and do that a god awful amount of times and rack up some party XP then try to tackle the dungeon.
 
G

Greenpanda

Banned
Ferrio said:
I think what I'll do is I'll save right before the last boss battles, and fight them and then do a restore after those battles and do that a god awful amount of times and rack up some party XP then try to tackle the dungeon.
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That's the best way.

Still awfully tedious though :(
 
F

Ferrio

Banned
Ya, it's going to bump my time up a shit load though. Then hopefully I'll have enough party XP to bump up my guys to insane levels on my next play through.
 
W

Wario64

works for Gamestop (lol)
Ok, I'm actually gonna sit down and beat this game. I finally got past those 3 consecutive bosses at the end of the Frozen Road...my save game has been at this spot for like 7 months now :p
 
G

Greenpanda

Banned
Friend said:
While we're still on the subject of BOF, any news on the next installment of the series?
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Given DQ's sales, I haven't been getting my hopes for any future installments at all :p

.... :(
 
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