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Dragon Quest 9 |OT| Last chance* to shine
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Yeah, you can also use Hatchet Man, but the animation is longer, so over the long run, Thunder Thrust wins. I believe they're both 50/50 on crit hit/miss, so they're pretty much equals. I like the rate at which they connect, though, and DQ9's metal family of slimes don't seem to run away as often or quickly like past games.Atreides said:
I've been grinding my MKS for quite some time now. I don't know what it is about this game that prevents me from getting bored. First I got all my characters to level 99 in their main class, and now I'm working on getting them all to level 45 in every class. I'm about halfway done.
After that I'll probably start tackling quests. This is easily the most I've played one game since I was hooked on WoW from 2005-2007.
After that I'll probably start tackling quests. This is easily the most I've played one game since I was hooked on WoW from 2005-2007.
added_time
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Onagi said:
Is there an easy way to find these guys? I feel like I never see them. Maybe if I find them, I could get more pumped about the game again.
Just need to get a decent water grotto. Most of us have a favorite water grotto map with large rooms you can run around to avoid the other monsters on those floors. MKSs drop rather frequently on those floors, making grinding 'em pretty easy, and tend to show up in groups of 2 more often than not. Sometimes you'll get lucky and run into 3... and kill all of them.added_time said:
You can also get some of the famous Japanese maps floating around there that have the MKS glitch where 1 floor is populated by nothing but MKS spawns. They can have other monsters in their attack mob, but you're guaranteed to at least see 1 MKS per battle. Same with Gem Slimes for money farming.
PataHikari
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It's not a glitch.
There are 8 million possible dungeons that can be created by the grotto system.
Statistically, one that has all of a single enemy on a floor is quite possible.
There are 8 million possible dungeons that can be created by the grotto system.
Statistically, one that has all of a single enemy on a floor is quite possible.
Yeah, makes sense... I stand corrected, and sorry for using the word "glitch".PataHikari said:
As an aside, besides the Gem Slime floors, have folks run into any other single-monster floors? The MKS and GS floors obviously get talked about a lot (as well as the empty ones), but I'd be curious how often it happens with other less significant monsters.
Easystride
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Went to the Best Buy event today. Good to see Nintendo still marketing this game, as well as Dragon Quest 6. The Dragon Quest 6 poster they gave out was surprisingly high quality.
Majima Everywhere System
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So I thought I was going to abandon this game pretty early on, but I just needed to do a bit of grinding with my earlier party members before fighting Wight Knight. It's surprising that you need to stop following the progression of the game and slaughter enemies that early on in the game, so I figured I was doing something wrong.
Once I got past that part, the progression seems more straight forward.
Oddly enough, after I defeated the boss of the dungeon associated with Coffinwell, The dungeon was full of 3 or 4 metal slimes. I ran around the place and was able to kill 3 of them which leveled my entire party up 3 times. That has to be some sort of fluke, right?!?! I was properly using my main character's (minstrel, but maybe all main characters are minstrels) Metal Slash sword skill. The slimes usually stuck around long enough to kill them. I guess it will put me ahead of the leveling curve.
Once I got past that part, the progression seems more straight forward.
Oddly enough, after I defeated the boss of the dungeon associated with Coffinwell, The dungeon was full of 3 or 4 metal slimes. I ran around the place and was able to kill 3 of them which leveled my entire party up 3 times. That has to be some sort of fluke, right?!?! I was properly using my main character's (minstrel, but maybe all main characters are minstrels) Metal Slash sword skill. The slimes usually stuck around long enough to kill them. I guess it will put me ahead of the leveling curve.
Not a fluke. You can actually stand just south of the first crossing in that dungeon and wait for them to spawn in without drawing aggro from any other enemies. It's a great place to level until you get to some more advanced areas where you can hunt the other metal varieties. And then when you get a higher level water grotto, that's when the real power-leveling begins w/ MKS hunts.Class_A_Ninja said:
When do the dlc quests stop? Or have they done so already? I am planning to buy another copy, If I can get one cheap and just leave it saved in Stornway with all the dlc unlocked.
I want to do another run through of the game at some point, But I don't want to be deleting my save game on the copy I have.
I want to do another run through of the game at some point, But I don't want to be deleting my save game on the copy I have.
I was talking to one of my friends today and we got to discussing DQ9 gear and such. I took a shot of my main w/ some of the gear I alchemized during the last 10 hours or so of gameplay:
Hypernova Sword (although I tend to still prefer the Falcon Blade), Soul Sucker, Heavenly Helm, Legendary Armour, MKS Gloves/Boots, and Santa's Slacks. I never got around to making my Godly Gloves, Infinity Trousers, and Sentient Sandals, but maybe someday.
Hope folks are still enjoying this game. I put it to rest a while ago, but it's funny how the itch will strike you from time to time!
Hypernova Sword (although I tend to still prefer the Falcon Blade), Soul Sucker, Heavenly Helm, Legendary Armour, MKS Gloves/Boots, and Santa's Slacks. I never got around to making my Godly Gloves, Infinity Trousers, and Sentient Sandals, but maybe someday.
Hope folks are still enjoying this game. I put it to rest a while ago, but it's funny how the itch will strike you from time to time!
I need to get caught up with the quests myself... I ran into some that were just such a pain that it turned me off almost completely to moving on with them, but I think those wounds have healed.donny2112 said:Caught up with the quests and then started on Bowser's Inside Story. After a few more weeks go by, will probably go back to catch up on the quests again.
I'm really into Chrono Trigger DS at the moment, but once I'm done w/ that, I'm going to jump back into DQ9.ghibli99 said:
I can say that I totally turned into a DQ fan after playing the 4 remake, and then 9. I told my sister to jump into it, and from the time she blindly turned on the game in her DS having no idea what it was, she became, like, the biggest DQ fan ever. She's currently playing 8 and bought 6 on release day. So right here are two new DQ fans
I still haven't bought 6, but I plan to do so. I must do my part!
^^^ Thanks. I decided to give it a shot and go for all the orbs I need. Man, after you've been out of the routine of playing for so long, it takes a bit of practice again. Out of 3 Hoimi attempts, I only did one successfully so far. Haha!
That's great!Pyrokai said:I can say that I totally turned into a DQ fan after playing the 4 remake, and then 9. I told my sister to jump into it, and from the time she blindly turned on the game in her DS having no idea what it was, she became, like, the biggest DQ fan ever. She's currently playing 8 and bought 6 on release day. So right here are two new DQ fans
Little Green Yoda
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Just picked up a grotto map with 5 S rank chests.
still need an advanced Ice map to fill out my regular bestiary though
Little Green Yoda
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Wow, the 12th grotto boss is a real prick with his stupid roar. Half the time he freezes my healer in consecutive turns and wipes my team shortly after. Perhaps grinding for that 5% drop with my mid-70s team so I can make use of the EXP gains is a bad idea...
added_time
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I've put 165 hours into this game and I still have no idea what anybody is talking about when I read this thread...
I would have an easier time learning 4 languages than figuring out the stupid grottos. I hope the next game doesn't have them... just *this cave* which is located *right here*
I would have an easier time learning 4 languages than figuring out the stupid grottos. I hope the next game doesn't have them... just *this cave* which is located *right here*
Little Green Yoda
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You don't need to understand every little detail to play through them though. The basic gist is: beat a high level grotto to get better grottoes (having a high level Main Character + revocations helps). There really isn't any strategy to them aside from this. Most of the time you're grinding your highest level grotto over and over until you get a good map anyhow.added_time said:
unless you can manipulate that with the Hoimi table but that's a whole 'nother can of worms
http://www.yabd.org/apps/dq9/grottosearch.php is an excellent resource if you really want to decipher the meaning behind the name. The Grotto Mechanics guide on GameFAQs is also informative but it's a lot of reading. The grotto program above is good to check if a grotto is worth keeping before looking for it, playing through it, and then deciding.
added_time
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Thanks for the tips guys. I came off sounding angrier about the grottos than I actually am. I'm not going to try to fill out the items and clothes or bestiary 100% or anything.
My goal with this game is just to do all the after the ending stuff and also beat all the side missions. Everything was going fine until they gave me side missions that you need to go into grottos for.
I'll just play it cool though and think of it differently from now on. I'll just beat any mission that doesn't need a grotto first. When that is done, I can just explore grottos for fun and just wait until I come across something I need for one of the remaining missions.
My goal with this game is just to do all the after the ending stuff and also beat all the side missions. Everything was going fine until they gave me side missions that you need to go into grottos for.
I'll just play it cool though and think of it differently from now on. I'll just beat any mission that doesn't need a grotto first. When that is done, I can just explore grottos for fun and just wait until I come across something I need for one of the remaining missions.
donny2112 said:Haven't played it in a couple of weeks. Will pick it up again at some point to catch up on the DLC, though.
M&L3 is so good. 2009 was a pretty sweet year for DS RPGs with that and DQV.
Lanbeast said:
At this rate DQIX might be remade by 2025!
Pureauthor
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With the release of the 3DS I decided to grab a second copy of the game so I can complete the stupid Quester's Rest.
So far I'm at 8 out of 30 required guests.
So far I'm at 8 out of 30 required guests.