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Quite a long bit to be honest. You're entering Disc 2 of the original game. I'd say there's like 5 to 7 hours left depending on your pacing
But yeah if you're dedicated you can make it till next week, but it'll be kinda hard
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Dragon Quest 7: Fragments of the Forgotten Past |OT| Roman numerals are hard
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Quite a long bit to be honest. You're entering Disc 2 of the original game. I'd say there's like 5 to 7 hours left depending on your pacing
But yeah if you're dedicated you can make it till next week, but it'll be kinda hard
If it is around the 10 hour mark than it is doable until the 23rd for me. Thanks.
Need a little help. Just finished Wetlock.
Thanks in advance.
The only two fragments left are in a whirlpool in present day, according to the "next tablet" guide in the menu, but I'm looking for the sizzling stone. (this next part was faq assisted) I talked to my uncle and he told me to go to the rich guy's mansion in El Cielo, so i did, then I went to Grondal after that and the maid told me he went back to his Prime Palazzo, so I went there but he's not there. Do I need to finish the whirlpool part first or something else?
Thanks in advance.
Megalosaro
Banned
He has another home in El ciclo too. Former mayor home.
He won't be there but I think you have to talk to an npc in order to catch the event flag
Mechanized
Member
Man this game really drags... dunno if it's my mood or what but 30 hours in it just feels tedious.
Megalosaro
Banned
I feel it's pretty bris personally. I always feel like I'm Making progress
Teriyaki Blues
Member
You have to have the correct key.
Some chests can not be opened even after you have every key. Some may need a story/NPC flag or are just there to look pretty.
archnemesis
Member
You can reach the Likeness through a portal hidden inside the giant urn in the center of Al-Balad.
Finally done with the game,
didn't have any chance against my over-levelled party.
To be honest, this remake made me like Dragon Quest VII less. I can't tell if it's because I already played it before or because I was expecting more. It still absolutely a fantastic game, but I'm not sure I would still rank it over VI, VIII and especially V anymore.
Now for post game, I kinda want to do it, but can you beat the optional bosses without monster classes? I really don't feel like grinding jobs anymore. Leveling is not a problem since I made a Metal King Slimes + Metal mannequins table.
Orgodemir
To be honest, this remake made me like Dragon Quest VII less. I can't tell if it's because I already played it before or because I was expecting more. It still absolutely a fantastic game, but I'm not sure I would still rank it over VI, VIII and especially V anymore.
Now for post game, I kinda want to do it, but can you beat the optional bosses without monster classes? I really don't feel like grinding jobs anymore. Leveling is not a problem since I made a Metal King Slimes + Metal mannequins table.
I talked to the guard outside that house, which I think prompted the magic in grondal. I dunno. I'm going to try another tablet first to see if that does anything
Have you looked in his trophy room in his primary home? He should be standing in front of the stone. Took me a while to find him.
Edit: In other news, I have
have awoken all Spirits and can roam the world freely again. Before I go in the final dungeon I'd like to make Maribel a Druid and maybe Ruff a Hero. Hero is Hero and Roland (don't know his english name) is a paladin which I think is wuite fitting story wise. Both Ruff must master another advanced class and Maribel just started Sage. Where is a good place to grind battles for the job mastery? Don't think the slime dungeon will do. Hero is lv 36 and the others are above 30, too.
Agent Unknown
Member
Great, I'm way behind in the game (level 16) and just found out I've reached the limit of Traveller's tablets I can download from the bar, was hoping I could keep them all and beat them gradually later at my leisure. Guess I better get cracking on advancing in the game if I want to beat and enjoy all the DLC, so annoying they put a cap on the downloads.
Edit: Also want to say it would have been easier to finish the first few batches of DLC tablets if 95% didn't require being leveled between 15-20 right out of the gate.
Edit: Also want to say it would have been easier to finish the first few batches of DLC tablets if 95% didn't require being leveled between 15-20 right out of the gate.
Grondal. Even though it's slimes, they still count. Plus Liquid Metal Slimes and King Metal Slimes. Use Hatchet Man to one shot them and level up fairly quickly.
Teriyaki Blues
Member
Whistle is the skill I use the most, bar none. Effortless job grinding mechanic if you want to do that.
Counting Sheep makes it extremely easy to cheese some boss or event battles if you choose to use it,
If I recall correctly, they also get a version of a magical protection spell that makes one boss in particular a cakewalk.
It is also a prerequisite class for Monster Masher, having that is great if you're into the monster collection subquest.
Counting Sheep casts sleep on every enemy for 0 MP, it works almost every time and early in the game there are very few enemies that immune to it. And even though it doesn't work on bosses, it's still useful against ones that summon extra enemies. Wooly Blanket too is great against bosses with ice attacks.
Thanks. Ruff is now a hero because he was always loyal and Maribel is a Druid. Everyone is above level 40 now. These King Metal Slimes, man. Is there a good money grind place? I always tried to fight the
Gem-Slimes
Teriyaki Blues
Member
I caught a Gem Slime and made a tablet with them, Gold Golem, and Goodybag.
It is quite lucrative, but requires you to be at the part where you can make your own tablets, which I estimate to be about 40-50 hours into the game.
After the final, final, final, final, final time you save Nottagen.
Before that, you can look for areas that have monsters that drop expensive equipment and take thieves and pirates for the extra auto-steal chance. You can play a lot of Lucky Panel or Slots and sell Casino items for big cash.
Thanks but I think I won't do that. Went through the final dungeon faster than expected.
Thought you need to summon the four spirits and went through their caves but as it turns out, one is enough. Went with the water spirit.
was a little bit of a push-over but probably because I was overleveled.
Hero and Ruff attacked him with Sword Dance and Maribel casted Kafrizzle nonstop. Roland was healing. Having a character at the command "Focus on healing" can really break the game. He reacted to attacks that I couldn't have foresaw.
Now I'm doing
the Victory Road and that shit is tedious. Why can't everybody important at the shrine, Alltrades Abbey or that big boat. Why do I have to go to everyone?
Game took me about 62 hours. Was my first Dragon Quest and I really liked it.
Megalosaro
Banned
Woolly blanket is great. Stampede used to be great in the psx version until got needed in this version. It used to have an ability that would let you heal as you walk around the world map too.
In this version, you basically use it as a requirement to get to monster masher, which is one of the best classes in the game.
You should go through all 4 paths, as they all offer great items.
Oh, shit, really? I only did the water path, thought I'd got lucky and solved a puzzle! Never tried the other spirits. What are the items?
Megalosaro
Banned
Remember the Saint items used for the statues at the mysterious shrine? It's the real versions of those.
You can beat the optional bosses without grinding for monster classes, but for the first one you'll need a lot of luck. Leveling imo doesn't matter at this point but your equipment + luck is what matters...on the first optional boss. Second one is a little more easier.
Finally finished this, that was a hell of a long journey. Other than the very end of the ending, I thought it was well done too. Since I enjoyed this game, is DQ8 in January a safe buy for someone who has never played it?
Still a ways to go. That character was a maxed out Champion for me well before I beat the game and I didn't do any grinding.
I just finished at 68 hours. That was no grinding, talking to everyone and having to backtrack a couple times for things I missed.
Magicpaint
Member
Yes. DQVIII is also great.
It took me 98 hours and I don't feel like I did much grinding at all. Going to take a break before I even look at the post-game content.
Ready for Pokemon!
I would've loved to, but I summoned the fire guy and the dungeon he teleported me to led to the final boss. I didn't see a way to go back.
Ready for Pokemon!
I would've loved to, but I summoned the fire guy and the dungeon he teleported me to led to the final boss. I didn't see a way to go back.
Megalosaro
Banned
archnemesis
Member
It took me 76 hours to reach the end. I spent extra time at the casinos, but skipped Monster Meadows and the extra monster tablets.
Theanine3D
Member
I'm over 110 hours in and I'm still not done. lol
But a portion of those hours were technically just joblevel grinding. I'm not maxing out all jobs or anything though. I got two characters to Hero and one to Druid. I'm already cheesing my way through every boss with just that combination, so I don't see the point in grinding further.
DQ 8 was the game that got me into the series. It's a masterpiece, IMO. Absolutely worth a purchase.
I figured it was something like that. I was kind of hoping the last dude would destroy me but he was really easy with characters at level 39-35. They were 2 heroes, a druid and a champion. No matter, I want my life back from this game anyway.
Megalosaro
Banned
My go to is buccanham poker. High n low can get you 20k fairly easy
archnemesis
Member
Slots and a good podcast is another approach. You barely have to watch while you're playing.
Just go to the low tier slot machine and keep pulling at max value til you hit about 10000 tokens then go the next station and do the same til you hit like 70k then go the upstairs one and pull until you jackpot. Got up to 3 million tokens that way, If you ever lose enough that you go below where you started for that station go back to the one before.
DQVIII seems to be everybody's fav DQ game since it had true 3-D, cel shading and no classes just fixed characters that learn their own abilities and spells. I think you'll love VIII more than VII. Like somebody pages ago stated, DQVII was made for "purists" of the game that loved class changes, while VIII was made to transition DQ into 3-D and have an alchemy pot that you can make your own weapons.
Sounds like Dragon Quest. I remember thinking the same when playing DQVIII on PS2.
DQV is the best game in the franchise, especially on the DS.