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Dragon Quest 7: Fragments of the Forgotten Past |OT| Roman numerals are hard
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Teriyaki Blues
Member
Just stand under the drops.
I think there's a Mini Medal guide in a Sticky on the GameFAQs board. I don't remember what the fragment unlocks, but it is probably something post-game.
Look to the right of the bed in the back of the weapons merchant house. You can backtrack if you want to, or just Zoom there the next time you're in the Present.
And press the action button... I was trying to use the pitcher itself from the inventory menu. Kind of poor UI design!
Megalosaro
Banned
I read about some guy having a glitch when a revisiting
at.
vanished from his party. And they can't them back.
the area Maribel leaves the party
Maribel
So I just finished up DQV today and I'm already giving sideways glances to VII. My experience with the series is limited to V and IX, having loved both.
I was particularly impressed with the ambitious plot arcs of DQV (by 1992 JRPG standards) but grew exhausted with the tireless encounter rate and limited soundtrack. In IX, I loved the distinct vignette that each town offered.
How would a DQ aficionado compare VII with V and IX?
I was particularly impressed with the ambitious plot arcs of DQV (by 1992 JRPG standards) but grew exhausted with the tireless encounter rate and limited soundtrack. In IX, I loved the distinct vignette that each town offered.
How would a DQ aficionado compare VII with V and IX?
LunarKnite
Member
So, I'm around 12-13 hours in. Just finished up
and definitely taking my time with it. Still using party chat after 80% of NPCs and every event. I love Ruff and Maribel's comments. Though I feel as if Keifer's lost a bit of his edge at this point, but that might be more so me liking Ruff and Maribel more as time goes on.
Looking at Nintendo's quick start guide, I'm in the last leg of the journey before I finally get to AllTrades Abbey. At this point I'm starting to get bored of the battles, unfortunately. So far, with rather minimal grinding, at least for me, I've gotten through the game without much fear of death. Only on two separate occasions has a single party member died, and that was either due to a lucky critical, or a double attack.
Since you loved the vignette stories of DQIX, than you will absolutely love the ones in DQVII. I found the ones in 9 to be weaker overall than the ones I remember and reached in 7, though 9 made up for it in gameplay and sheer content. As for a comparison between DQV and DQVII, both probably hold the two best storytelling in DQ. Honestly, these 3 are the cream of the crop for DQ games in my opinion.
Faraday Castle (E.L.L.I.E.'s so precious)
Looking at Nintendo's quick start guide, I'm in the last leg of the journey before I finally get to AllTrades Abbey. At this point I'm starting to get bored of the battles, unfortunately. So far, with rather minimal grinding, at least for me, I've gotten through the game without much fear of death. Only on two separate occasions has a single party member died, and that was either due to a lucky critical, or a double attack.
Since you loved the vignette stories of DQIX, than you will absolutely love the ones in DQVII. I found the ones in 9 to be weaker overall than the ones I remember and reached in 7, though 9 made up for it in gameplay and sheer content. As for a comparison between DQV and DQVII, both probably hold the two best storytelling in DQ. Honestly, these 3 are the cream of the crop for DQ games in my opinion.
Sir Griffith
Member
Man thin air is quite ridiculous! Completely trivializes normal encounters lol
MissDeviling
Member
DQ seems to have been translated by Plus Alpha in recent entries, who seem to use British English. Guessing this entry was their work, too.
This one was localized by Shloc, but they're also British. British English has been the standard for the series since DQ8.
Elaugaufein
Member
For the medals: I believe that there's only enough "missable" medals to stop you getting the last reward which is an (admittedly rare and hard to get but still obtainable) Monster Heart , so you should be able to get everything else, so it's likely worth it for that.
There's a complete list of medals in the Mini Medals - English List thread but the town names all use the PSX / Japanese town names, however the locations are all updated for the 3DS version (eg Haven).
Edit: Aw, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to post twice. 
Awesome! I just finished that area too!
Awesome! I just finished that area too!
The exclamation mark pop-ups are unintentionally comical sometimes.
Guy: "Everyone... My father is dead."
Villagers: *SHWING* !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I got stuck for a while there so bad. Seemed like I always missed to trigger the next event by not talking to this one specific person, and then it took me ages to find the place with the skull in the present. Ended up looking up a map on Woodus.com because nothing is labeled on the world map in this game.
Quite often the party chat would say "let's check out the river!" and then I ran around looking for something that wasn't there.
I love how deeply old school this game is, but two things I would love are
an actually useful map and an optional quest marker like in Bravely Default.
Guy: "Everyone... My father is dead."
Villagers: *SHWING* !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I got stuck for a while there so bad. Seemed like I always missed to trigger the next event by not talking to this one specific person, and then it took me ages to find the place with the skull in the present. Ended up looking up a map on Woodus.com because nothing is labeled on the world map in this game.
Quite often the party chat would say "let's check out the river!" and then I ran around looking for something that wasn't there.
I love how deeply old school this game is, but two things I would love are
an actually useful map and an optional quest marker like in Bravely Default.
RPG_Fanatic
Member
Casino Log 7:
Managed to win 5 copies of all the basic monster class hearts that can be won at lucky panel in the present first casino.
Slime IIIII
Berserker IIIII
Rockbomb IIIII
Jawtoise IIIII
Mimic IIIII
Chimaera IIIII
Time to head back to the job grind.
Managed to win 5 copies of all the basic monster class hearts that can be won at lucky panel in the present first casino.
Slime IIIII
Berserker IIIII
Rockbomb IIIII
Jawtoise IIIII
Mimic IIIII
Chimaera IIIII
Time to head back to the job grind.
Ahhh god damn the mimic game in this is some next level shit. Soon im probably gonna be too afraid to talk to npcs.
Shloc is a great name.
Looks like they're the ones that did DQ Heroes and Ni No Kuni so clearly a very talented team.
Shloc is a great name.
Looks like they're the ones that did DQ Heroes and Ni No Kuni so clearly a very talented team.
Does anyone know the class level caps for each of the different areas please?
I'm currently level 21
after alltrades abbey and I'd like to use the area to level a bunch of the different basic classes.
At 21 the classes are still levelling.
I'm currently level 21
in the desert area
At 21 the classes are still levelling.
(Gold stars means it's mastered right?)
GODDAMN-ONI
Member
been like 10 hours since that scene happened and I need to know
Do we ever know what happened with
and the old man?
just the way that part ended came out super creepy especially when the village becomes
and they seem to fail at their mission.
Do we ever know what happened with
Felix
just the way that part ended came out super creepy especially when the village becomes
The Haven
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Spotted this on gamefaqs man, can't speak to how accurate it is but her either it is anyway
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/688276-dragon-quest-vii-fragments-of-the-forgotten-past/68880250
Baloonatic
Member
I believe they did what they said they were going to do.
Travel to other villages and warn them of the grey rain.
RPG_Fanatic
Member
Thinking about it, I feel like getting monster hearts is easier in tablet dungeons. On that note, I was lucky enough to get a tablet via the internet trade with Goodybags. Also had Jawtoise and Berserkers, but those can be gotten via Lucky Panel.
Dandy Crocodile
Member
All 3DS models have the ability, via the web browser, to post screenshots to Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr. The N3DS has a button for the site easily accessible in a menu though.
It can still only do actual screenshots saved as images though, which many games can't do. Miiverse can post screengrabs which allows it to work for many more games, like DQ7.
BossDarkseid
Member
I'm Level 25 and just finished the
stuff, and Hero hasn't levelled up his job for a while. Warrior, he's been on "needs to win 5 more battles" for an island or so
Does the winning battles etc refer to my level being too high, does Hero have to get the final blow etc?
Yggdrasil
Does the winning battles etc refer to my level being too high, does Hero have to get the final blow etc?
I'm Level 25 and just finished thestuff, and Hero hasn't levelled up his job for a while. Warrior, he's been on "needs to win 5 more battles" for an island or soYggdrasil
Does the winning battles etc refer to my level being too high, does Hero have to get the final blow etc?
Your level is too high. Each area has a level cap and if you exceed it you'll stop getting job experience.
Baloonatic
Member
I'm Level 25 and just finished thestuff, and Hero hasn't levelled up his job for a while. Warrior, he's been on "needs to win 5 more battles" for an island or soYggdrasil
Does the winning battles etc refer to my level being too high, does Hero have to get the final blow etc?
You're probably too high a level for whatever area you are fighting in.
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/688276-dragon-quest-vii-fragments-of-the-forgotten-past/68880250
BossDarkseid
Member
Ah, ok.
i'll leg it past some battles then. I haven't been grinding but exploring and I don't tend to run away from battles. Cheers
Rock And Roll
Member
Took a few days off from this to read a book but I'm back in. I'm thinking I'm going to start avoiding battles now to give myself a bit of a challenge. That way I should be under leveled and too broke to buy good gear.
Was the original this easy or did I just suck at video games back then?
Was the original this easy or did I just suck at video games back then?
RPG_Fanatic
Member
I am sad that mastering the Jawtoise class did not make me a hero in a half shell.
themagicalkitsune
Member
Can someone clarify what happens after distribution dates are over for the tablets? Do we have to pay to get them, can we get them through streetpass or other means?
Edit: link above me clarified it.
Edit: link above me clarified it.
Once this All Trades Abbey story ends I'll go and sort mine out.
Can someone repost the link which had locations of some of the recruitable people? I think I only have two.
thelooseteeth
Member
OK, can anyone tell me where to use these damn tombola tickets?
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Haha people really don't read the thread for the help, I posted that like 8 posts up. It's even on the same page.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Cheers!
Maybe I didn't want to read 8 posts up?
Oh dear you didnt read my post haha. My link isn't in response to what you asked, I was replying about something else to someone else.
Welp, I really didn't read it that time! Egg on my face - I do apologise.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Haha no worries it made me laugh haha! Should have played it off as being in on the joke
I just finished the all trades abbey scenario btw aaaaah thank god haha. I really enjoyed it but it was grueling. Is this tablet stuff worth doing? It's the one thing so far I haven't bothered with
Haha no worries it made me laugh haha! Should have played it off as being in on the joke
Is this tablet stuff worth doing? It's the one thing so far I haven't bothered with
I'm a bit naive for stuff like that
I just got my powers back - how far am I? It's quite a long line. Are many others this long? Also, the tablets are great for money and loot!
Donniewahlberg
Banned
I'm a bit naive for stuff like that
I just got my powers back - how far am I? It's quite a long line. Are many others this long? Also, the tablets are great for money and loot!
Haha you do have a bit more to do, another hour maybe. No idea man, this is my first time through the game and I haven't moved onto the next scenario yet, playing with the different jobs right now
I feel like some parts of this game are clunky and unnecessarily confusing. People keep mentioning tablet dungeons, but I'm not sure what those are.. Even though I unlocked the Haven (I think?)
I'm trying to keep my levels low so that I can grind slimes once I unlock the Jobs, but it's making some of these boss fights unnecessarily difficult. It would be one thing if I could get gold to upgrade my gear to mitigate some of the damage, but that would result in getting exp and leveling up. Hmmm.
I'm trying to keep my levels low so that I can grind slimes once I unlock the Jobs, but it's making some of these boss fights unnecessarily difficult. It would be one thing if I could get gold to upgrade my gear to mitigate some of the damage, but that would result in getting exp and leveling up. Hmmm.
If you have unlocked Haven, and don't know what tablet dungeons are, it's not the game's fault... because she literally tells you to go check out the downstairs area, where the tablet dungeon plinth is.