platypotamus
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Mockingbird said:
This was not true for the Gladiator Graduator quest.
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This was not true for the Gladiator Graduator quest.
Oni Link 666
Member
I'm at Wormwood and I found the thing by the statue, now what?
platypotamus
Member
I just got my first treasure map. This excites me far more than it probably should.
platypotamus
Member
Yeah, I need to level some more before tackling that treasure map, I think. Party average is lvl 20. It wasn't going well.
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
I got three sainted somas, an ethereal stone and a red afro.keiichi said:
Lucky pendant?! Oh man I need so many of those.
Wow,
absolutely totaled my party the other day. I am a bit behind in equipment too, since $$ has been really hard to come by lately. I might have to... do the unthinkable... GRIND! Time to turn in my DQ fanboy badge (shaped like a Slime of course) 
Goreham-Hogg
Mockingbird
Member
Got a few more accolades today -- almost at 200!
Poor Jessie looks ridiculous in the DQIII Priest clobber:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v459/Oxxboy/Pick Up/Photo0041.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v459/Oxxboy/Pick Up/Photo0041.jpg
Portugeezer
Member
I am 32 hours in, on the tiger looking boss (I think in the Gittish empire) with the sword, he gets 2 fucking turns!!
I grinded a bit, still can't beat him, never had a problem with the other bosses. Usually beat them first time.
I grinded a bit, still can't beat him, never had a problem with the other bosses. Usually beat them first time.
Oxx said:
F1 is later today so I'm glued to TV and I have to go out to Mosely this evening otherwise I'd have been in town. Oh well - good luck on the hunt! My inn shall remain empty too.
And yeah - that Tiger boss took me by surprise and made me go off and change back to my main classes.
Easystride
Member
Finally got my hat today for purchasing the game at Best Buy. Since I don't believe anyone has posted pics of it, I will.
Front
Back
Well, I've never been one to wear a hat before, and this one certainly isn't going to change that.
Front
Back
Well, I've never been one to wear a hat before, and this one certainly isn't going to change that.
Saargabath
Member
Finally got that Masayuki map from a friend. 200 MKS killed!
I can't help but think that an all MKS map would almost break the game.
Sure, the main objective of the post-game is to increase your numbers so that you can defeat enemies with higher numbers and find equipment with better numbers, but for some reason I'm not sure if such easy access to huge amounts of XP would be satisfying.
Sure, the main objective of the post-game is to increase your numbers so that you can defeat enemies with higher numbers and find equipment with better numbers, but for some reason I'm not sure if such easy access to huge amounts of XP would be satisfying.
Easystride said:Finally got my hat today for purchasing the game at Best Buy. Since I don't believe anyone has posted pics of it, I will.
Front
Back
Well, I've never been one to wear a hat before, and this one certainly isn't going to change that.
I haven't got mine yet,
here's hoping they didn't run out by the time I picked my copy up (on launch day, after being a part of BB's Gamerzone rewards club)... maybe it just didn't get mailed to me yet.Oxx said:
Depends on what your goal is. I don't think I could have a shot of filling up the defeated enemy list without having access to a MKS floor grotto and revoking several times. Lvl. 90+ grottos might also be a hard level to reach. If you're content with either tons of hours doing pure grinding to revoke or just not seeing the highest stuff in the game, then MKS-only floors aren't necessary.
In short, if your goal is simply to beat the game, then spending time on MKS-only floors might not be as satisfying. (e.g.
the final boss wasn't too hard after 40+ hours grinding on MKS-only floors :lol
like Hoimi tables or that Lvl. 86 grotto
Depends on what you want to get out of the game, I'd think.
At about 190 hours I'm not really sure what I want from the game.
I've earned enough skill points to max-out all the non-weapon skills, so I'm not sure how much I want to grind anymore.
I guess aiming for the higher-level maps is the next focus, but I don't really know if it's easily obtainable (Main character has revocated 2x. I've been mainly getting maps in the 80s; I haven't fought either
yet).
I do like to see as much as possible, but I have never really been much of a completionist.
I've earned enough skill points to max-out all the non-weapon skills, so I'm not sure how much I want to grind anymore.
I guess aiming for the higher-level maps is the next focus, but I don't really know if it's easily obtainable (Main character has revocated 2x. I've been mainly getting maps in the 80s; I haven't fought either
Tyrannosaurus Wrecks or Greygnarl
I do like to see as much as possible, but I have never really been much of a completionist.
Grampasso said:
Random luck, I'd think. There're thousands (hundreds of thousands?) of possible grottos in the game. I've gotten around 70 myself with no MKS-only floors. (Done quite a few where I start a new floor, first enemy is a MKS, get hopes up ... and next enemy is something else.
) The "special" ones I have (
e.g. few different MKS-only floor levels with best being a Lvl. 58 water grotto, that Lvl. 86 with the mapped out S/A-rank chests
Oxx said:
Highest current level in any job
grind some job
to Lvl. 99
I have a Lvl. 99 Minstrel on my hero that I'm not going to revocate
I had to finally shelf this, just couldnt get into the basic class combat and having to open the ones I wanted was too much of grind. I didn't feel any sense of exploration either, tiny mini maps, no surprises, definitely took a hit for multi features. Guess I try go back to this down the road with fresh eyes but I really want my DQ6.
someguyinahat
Member
gotee12 said:
I just bought the game today after realizing I hadn't spent a gift card I received from a friend at Christmas.
I'm enjoying it quite a bit so far, but I did want to touch upon this point. As the kind of guy who had to subsist on "aliens" in TWEWY when looking for visitors to try to evolve certain pins, and someone who likely won't even head out with DS in tow, how important are guests in DQIX? Will I be missing terribly much?
Heretic Kazuma
Member
They're not every important, imo. I went through the entire main game without guests, and the inn changes are superficial in nature. Most of the good stuff are covered via DLC anyhow.someguyinahat said:
I have a grotto item question maybe somebody will be able to clarify.
I'm working on a grotto called Diamond Snowhall of Dolour Lv. 79. When I use the Grotto Calculator, on the "Monsters & Items" tab, after I enter the relevant information (starting monster rank 8, non-boss floors 15, boss Sir Sanguinis, level 79, and then the ice tab, all of the entire item section below is white (none of it is grayed out).
Is that saying that I have a chance of getting S level treasures in these chests? I've gotten B level items for sure (Pruning Knife, Pentarang) and one time I got an Orichalcum, which according to the calculator has to be either A or S.
As far as revocation, my main has revocated three separate jobs once each, so 1 would be the factor there.
I'm working on a grotto called Diamond Snowhall of Dolour Lv. 79. When I use the Grotto Calculator, on the "Monsters & Items" tab, after I enter the relevant information (starting monster rank 8, non-boss floors 15, boss Sir Sanguinis, level 79, and then the ice tab, all of the entire item section below is white (none of it is grayed out).
Is that saying that I have a chance of getting S level treasures in these chests? I've gotten B level items for sure (Pruning Knife, Pentarang) and one time I got an Orichalcum, which according to the calculator has to be either A or S.
As far as revocation, my main has revocated three separate jobs once each, so 1 would be the factor there.
I just thought I'd drop by and mention that last night in multiplayer, I made the rarest grotto boss in the game (yes, that's right,
) dance. Twice.
I can quit this game a happy man now.
But yeah, we took him on 4-5 times and have more Yggdrasil leaves than we know what to do with now. :lol I was talking him up because he kept Magic Burst/refilling on me and Disruptive Waving me to no end when I first beat him on my own, but then our first fight he hardly did shit. :lol
On the second-to-last time our host decided he was going to scour the grotto for chests instead of Vanish-running to the bottom, so we amused ourselves waiting for him by giving each other birthday cakes and kitty litter as well as using Wear-With-All to dress up my male character in the dancer's dress. This game is such a riot in multi.
grotto Greygnarl
Greygnarl is busy boogieing!
But yeah, we took him on 4-5 times and have more Yggdrasil leaves than we know what to do with now. :lol I was talking him up because he kept Magic Burst/refilling on me and Disruptive Waving me to no end when I first beat him on my own, but then our first fight he hardly did shit. :lol
On the second-to-last time our host decided he was going to scour the grotto for chests instead of Vanish-running to the bottom, so we amused ourselves waiting for him by giving each other birthday cakes and kitty litter as well as using Wear-With-All to dress up my male character in the dancer's dress. This game is such a riot in multi.
FINALLY, the final dungeon! Characters are at level 39-40... yay. I think I'm just gonna do the
postgame sidequest, and a few of the mini-quests... but doubtful I am gonna play this one much beyond the regular game. Not that I don't like the game (it's better than 99.9% of other games out there, especially lately), but... it's definitely not my favorite in the DQ series.
-don't care for the music much at all, that battle theme is my least favorite yet
-scenario only starts getting good way at the end (and some parts are taken wholesale out of DQ5 and 7 storyline :O )
-waaaay too many bosses (one thing I liked about former DQ games, was that )
-I actually needed to grind a few times in the game!
-some of the quests are pretty annoying and the description of what you need to do to succeed with them are poor
Tower of Nod
-don't care for the music much at all, that battle theme is my least favorite yet
-scenario only starts getting good way at the end (and some parts are taken wholesale out of DQ5 and 7 storyline :O )
-waaaay too many bosses (one thing I liked about former DQ games, was that )
-I actually needed to grind a few times in the game!
-some of the quests are pretty annoying and the description of what you need to do to succeed with them are poor