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Dragon Quest 9 |OT| Last chance* to shine
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flyinpiranha
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flyinpiranha said:
Hate to quote myself, but anybody know the answer? I searched and couldn't really find anything.
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
If it's the same as how DQVC handles it, they'll be stuck in the "Extra Quests" sections.flyinpiranha said:
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
I'd imagine so.. especially with online-only items.levious said:
Preference really, before you invest points in a category, play around with each and see which suits your playstyle. Remember that you can change weapons mid-battle: Misc. -> EquipmentDuane Cunningham said:
I have my sage switching back and forth between bow/boomerang all the time depending on the amount of enemies on screen.
Woo-Fu
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zigg said:
Just change classes. 1-40 goes quick on liquid metal slimes. Skill points can be spent on any skill tree from any class, just not the class you got them from.
If all you need is six points zoom to the abbey, change to a lvl 1 class, zoom to any of the higher levels on the overworld, couple combats later you'll have your skill points.
Hours Left
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Skull Cap 12000MrPliskin said:
Skeleton Suit 15000
Skeletal Slacks 10000
Legacy bosses drop certain things at different levels. IIRCForkball said:
Baramos
Thread on another forum which talks about this. Scroll down to see what all the different legacy bosses drop at different levels.
Got the boat recently and the magic key so I've been exploring and going back to open chests/doors and doing smaller quests, not really following the story.
What class is best to uprade to Paladin?
I just got the quest, and I don't have anyone with Whipping Boy yet, although my main guy is a Warrior (put all points into swords), so thought it would be quicker to change my Priest temporarily to Warrior to get Whipping Boy (rise in levels quicker from 0 than 23 - current Warrior's level).
What class is best to uprade to Paladin?
I just got the quest, and I don't have anyone with Whipping Boy yet, although my main guy is a Warrior (put all points into swords), so thought it would be quicker to change my Priest temporarily to Warrior to get Whipping Boy (rise in levels quicker from 0 than 23 - current Warrior's level).
BitchTits said:
I don't know if you can use Whipping Boy w/ Paladin, but it could work well since the Paladin has high defense and HP. Also Priest to Paladin is a good transition although you lose multiheal, but I never had to use multiheal anyway.
Edit: Also for LMS's I use the Uber Falcon Blade w/ metal slash, Spear w/ multithrust, Bow w/ rain of pain (I think that's what it's called). This will 9/10 kill an LMS in one round especially since I had my party boosted with martial arts agility.
ExtraKr1spy
Banned
BitchTits said:
Thief-->Ranger--Martial Artist--> Paladin is what I did so I could get a bunch of Agility bonuses. Around level 38 you should have 100 skill points to max out a class' trait/skill tree. I also maxed out the Sage skills for -25% MP use.
I'd personally keep one warrior in the party since they have both high attack and high defense. For paladin, a support or weaker attack character like mage, martial artist, ranger, or thief can be good candidate for paladin. Once you have Forbearance, you won't need Whipping Boy, especially if you have a warrior to take care of that in emergency cases.
Re: Whipping Boy, IIRC it was needed for the quest that gives you the Paladin class, I didn't mean I wanted to have a Paladin with the Whipping Boy ability 
At the moment I have Warrior, Thief, Priest, Mage. I was thinking of keeping the mage for another magic using class, so maybe I'll change Thief or Priest once I complete the quest.
At the moment I have Warrior, Thief, Priest, Mage. I was thinking of keeping the mage for another magic using class, so maybe I'll change Thief or Priest once I complete the quest.
Oh man, another day, another handful of Lucida Shards! Why must so many recipes call for these acursed things?!
Finally decided to dip into my savings account, spent a few hundred thousand gold going around the world buying a bunch of stuff so I could do some alchemy. I'm up to 54% completion in my alchenomicon; I'm also 50% in my wardrobe completion! \^___^/
I also realized I had 99 mini medals sitting around; I uh, hope that it doesn't max out there where any more you collect get sent off to the ether never to be seen again. Should have paid more attention to how many I had; but I collect so many in grottos now that they aren't even that special. I ended up spending most of them buying some orichalcum; although it would be useful if that guy sold some Lucida Shards instead. ¬___¬
Finally decided to dip into my savings account, spent a few hundred thousand gold going around the world buying a bunch of stuff so I could do some alchemy. I'm up to 54% completion in my alchenomicon; I'm also 50% in my wardrobe completion! \^___^/
I also realized I had 99 mini medals sitting around; I uh, hope that it doesn't max out there where any more you collect get sent off to the ether never to be seen again. Should have paid more attention to how many I had; but I collect so many in grottos now that they aren't even that special. I ended up spending most of them buying some orichalcum; although it would be useful if that guy sold some Lucida Shards instead. ¬___¬
BitchTits said:
You don't really need to progress from class to class in this game. And points earned in one job can be spent in any other job.BitchTits said:Re: Whipping Boy, IIRC it was needed for the quest that gives you the Paladin class, I didn't mean I wanted to have a Paladin with the Whipping Boy ability
At the moment I have Warrior, Thief, Priest, Mage. I was thinking of keeping the mage for another magic using class, so maybe I'll change Thief or Priest once I complete the quest.
Basically, you just decide what party balance you like. I prefer something that leans away from magical attacks towards physical attacks myself, but everyone is different. Some people really like magical attacks. Then, you stick with that party for the rest of the game. You temporarily change classes to whatever low-level classes you feel like toying around with, simply to farm skill points. Then you warp back to Alltrades, bounce though the entire job list looking for abilities to spend your points on, and then change back to your real setup.
So I think your question should be, "Ranger class is now available and I think I want one. How should I alter my main party balance (currently Warrior, Thief, Priest, Mage) to best fit one into my group."
And it might not always help, but you can press Y at any point to get an idea of where you are in the story.eznark said:
Man, just saw a youtube vid from that crazy powerful guy (lv 99* gladiator) of him fighting a Platinum King. 240,000 exp! That's insane! Its at the end of this video.
PS I hate Darkonium Slimes.
Took on my first legacy boss this morning, surprisingly easy. Other than the occasional crit attack for 350, I wasn't ever really in danger of dying. Got his 20% drop on my first try, then fought him at level 1 a few more times before realizing that the super rare drop is the same forever, so I need to start giving him his exp back. But it's such good exp!
ExtraKr1spy
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ManeKast said:
Anything you learn via skill points transfers(Weapon skills of course require you to equip said weapons). What doesn't transfer over is anything you learn via leveling up(ex. Mage learns X spell at level Y).
Don't spread points into all of your available weapons recklessly. You get more bang for your buck by picking one unique weapon for each character, and focusing your points exclusively on that one, because weapon skills and bonuses only have an effect while you have that type of weapon equipped. You can't have two weapons equipped at the same time, so powering up two weapons is a waste. And your powered-up weapon can be equipped with other jobs once you finish investing 100 points in them. Your shield can be equipped at the same time as a weapon, so it's okay to power that one up if you'd like.ManeKast said:
Each character can put points into four different weapons/shields (whatever they can normally equip), and the fifth slot is there for job abilities. Job abilities and bonuses are permanent and always carry over. You can throw as many points as you like into your #5 job-specific skill. It's always a good idea.
Points can be earned in any job, and spent in any other job (after you get the option to change jobs). And don't bother tossing your "loose change" points into a skill until you have enough points built up to actually get the next ability, because you might change your mind about where you want to spend them. But if you have the points, there's almost no wrong way to spend them.
For the Minstrel, I put all my points into Swords, but Fans or Whips may have been more interesting. I gave everyone Swords, but that got kind of boring. I initially gave my Priest some points for Wands because I wanted the MP absorption, but several people suggested that Spears are better for a Priest, and I think I would agree.
flyinpiranha
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Man, I'm kind of bummed about the whole canvassing thing. I don't know many people with the game besides my girlfriend who we play co-op all the time but not being able to "canvass" for more maps is a little irritating.
I looked for meetups but both of us are pretty busy. I guess we'll just hope they show up in the DQVC as we're both checking that daily.
I looked for meetups but both of us are pretty busy. I guess we'll just hope they show up in the DQVC as we're both checking that daily.
I'm starting to get burnt out on the post game again. Took me about 50 grottoes until I saw my first grotto exclusive regular enemy (not including the MKS map). It's also starting to get real frustrating when I complete a level 45 map and get rewarded with a level 31 map. Then I beat the level 31 map and I get a level 19 map. Fuck that. And in 50+ grottoes, a 10% fire claw drop from a Nemean I beat is the only rare drop I've ever scored.
I might try to do some more quests, but it seems like pretty much every quest I haven't done yet involves getting some rare item that involves tedious grinding and little exp reward, which I have no interest in.
It's also still really annoying that no matter what I do I can't connect on Wi-Fi with my DS anymore.
I might try to do some more quests, but it seems like pretty much every quest I haven't done yet involves getting some rare item that involves tedious grinding and little exp reward, which I have no interest in.
It's also still really annoying that no matter what I do I can't connect on Wi-Fi with my DS anymore.
Raw64life said:
I can relate to a degree. I'm still playing though, and I'm actually really enjoying the quests now, for the most part. It just feels like my progress is so slow, since I work full-time and can only play for a couple of hours each night.
Here's one tip you might consider: If you have a thief in your party, their coup de grace is guaranteed loot after the battle ends, which just nabbed me a fire claw from Nemean a little while ago. I got really lucky on Equinox (didn't have a thief at that time though) and got his 10% and his 2% at the same time, but I think during that play session I had a red slime on the loading screen. I don't know if that method gives you a chance of getting the 2% drop, or just the 10%, but I'm thinking it could be either.
Have you tried any of the legacy maps though? I just fought
Baramos
I can't seem to get my DS online either.