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[jersoc]

Does this game not support WPA? I can't get it to work and I see no advance setup.

freakin lame if so.

 

[Gospel]

Well I finally picked this gem up today. Ran into of a bit trouble at Gamestop, though.

When I asked the clerk if they had it, he told me they only had one copy and it was a pre-ordered one. Then he said he'd sell it to me only if I preordered Call of Duty Black Ops, a game I had no intention of buying full price.
Needless to say, looks like I've been had and will be getting Black Ops :lol

 

[Link Man]

It's more along the lines of, "I'm obsessive and my party has to be perfect."

I'm thinking of just continuing to put the points into sword and shield on my minstrel until I can switch him into a Warrior, and just remaking my party into maybe a Priest, Mage, aaaand... Not sure what the last one will be.

I really do wish there was a way to change my points. I should write a letter to Mr. Hori... Wonder if he can read in english? :/

Martial artists are pretty nice in this game (think Alena from DQIV, but with skills).

Well I finally picked this gem up today. Ran into of a bit trouble at Gamestop, though.

When I asked the clerk if they had it, he told me they only had one copy and it was a pre-ordered one. Then he said he'd sell it to me only if I preordered Call of Duty Black Ops, a game I had no intention of buying full price.
Needless to say, looks like I've been had and will be getting Black Ops :lol

You know, that's just wrong.

 

[kai3345]

Well I finally picked this gem up today. Ran into of a bit trouble at Gamestop, though.

When I asked the clerk if they had it, he told me they only had one copy and it was a pre-ordered one. Then he said he'd sell it to me only if I preordered Call of Duty Black Ops, a game I had no intention of buying full price.
Needless to say, looks like I've been had and will be getting Black Ops :lol

just go back and cancel your pre-order

 

[PusherT]

What are the chances that Enix would sell the DQ franchise to Nintendo? If thats a little extreme how about a Nintendo-Enix-Armor Project collaboration? I just ask because it seem like Nintendo of Japan is real close to the Enix side of SE and Hori had some of biggest success with Nintendo.

 

[Door2Dawn]

You go up the tower to deliver it to the Yggdrasil tree.

What tower?

 

[Gravijah]

Round 2... K-mart has 4 copies. Off I go!

 

[Sqorgar]

When I asked the clerk if they had it, he told me they only had one copy and it was a pre-ordered one. Then he said he'd sell it to me only if I preordered Call of Duty Black Ops, a game I had no intention of buying full price.
Needless to say, looks like I've been had and will be getting Black Ops :lol

I'm no lawyer, but that sounds illegal to me.

 

[Foxix Von]

Well I finally picked this gem up today. Ran into of a bit trouble at Gamestop, though.

When I asked the clerk if they had it, he told me they only had one copy and it was a pre-ordered one. Then he said he'd sell it to me only if I preordered Call of Duty Black Ops, a game I had no intention of buying full price.
Needless to say, looks like I've been had and will be getting Black Ops :lol

The eff? Get the district/store managers number and complain. That's not right under any circumstance.

 

[Crash Station]

Well I finally picked this gem up today. Ran into of a bit trouble at Gamestop, though.

When I asked the clerk if they had it, he told me they only had one copy and it was a pre-ordered one. Then he said he'd sell it to me only if I preordered Call of Duty Black Ops, a game I had no intention of buying full price.
Needless to say, looks like I've been had and will be getting Black Ops :lol

What Kai said. Cancel the pre-order when someone else is working there.

 

[Teknoman]

What Kai said. Cancel the pre-order when someone else is working there.

You can cancel it at any time really. No rule that says they cant give you your money back. Also they should've received at least 5. I was the only one who preordered at my Gamestop, and we got in 5 copies. Its really not a big RPG centric area.

 

[firex]

What are the chances that Enix would sell the DQ franchise to Nintendo? If thats a little extreme how about a Nintendo-Enix-Armor Project collaboration? I just ask because it seem like Nintendo of Japan is real close to the Enix side of SE and Hori had some of biggest success with Nintendo.

0.00000001%

 

[grandjedi6]

Does this game not support WPA? I can't get it to work and I see no advance setup.

freakin lame if so.

The DS does not support WPA, only the DSi does. A game has to be DSi exclusive in order to utilize WPA.

What are the chances that Enix would sell the DQ franchise to Nintendo? If thats a little extreme how about a Nintendo-Enix-Armor Project collaboration? I just ask because it seem like Nintendo of Japan is real close to the Enix side of SE and Hori had some of biggest success with Nintendo.

0%. Would be an insanely stupid move.

Nintendo's inclusion would be pointless but if you want something there's Dragon Quest Swords which was partly developed by the Nintendo-affliated (but not owned) Genius Sonority.

and, You're Wrong.

 

[kai3345]

They shouldn't have even offered to sell you a pre-ordered copy in the first place

 

[Hex]

What are the chances that Enix would sell the DQ franchise to Nintendo? If thats a little extreme how about a Nintendo-Enix-Armor Project collaboration? I just ask because it seem like Nintendo of Japan is real close to the Enix side of SE and Hori had some of biggest success with Nintendo.

Not a chance in hell.
DQ is big enough in Japan to make Enix boatloads in sales and merchandising.

 

[JKTrix]

What tower?

The Observatory, where the Yggdrasil tree is. You can get there by summoning the train from one of the glowing blue trees on the world map.

 

[Sammy Samusu]

This game reminds me of Majora's Mask.

AND I'M FINALLY HOME! *hug Nintendo DS Lite Gloss Silver*

 

[Yottamole]

What are the chances that Enix would sell the DQ franchise to Nintendo? If thats a little extreme how about a Nintendo-Enix-Armor Project collaboration? I just ask because it seem like Nintendo of Japan is real close to the Enix side of SE and Hori had some of biggest success with Nintendo.

Something like this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itadaki_Street_DS#Itadaki_Street_DS

 

[kiryogi]

Yay started. Got my copy before work but didn't get to play until way late last night. Had to catch up on the Evo finals first.

Thinking about it. I should have went with the meaner looking eyes. Oh well. I have 3 other chars to do that with.

 

[PusherT]

Something like this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itadaki_Street_DS#Itadaki_Street_DS

Doesn't have to be DQ or Nintedno franchise related. Could be just an all new original project. Something co funded by both companies would be pretty neat.

 

[Teknoman]

Really liking the Grandia style addition of running around/ up to the enemy or ally during battle. DQ IX battle theme is awesome too

 

[Boney]

Round 2... K-mart has 4 copies. Off I go!

Hope you can't get until I do.

 

[Gravijah]

Hope you can't get until I do.

Good news! I have DQIX sitting right next to me!

Bad news! I can't find either of the DS'!

 

[ryan-ts]

Looks like I'll finally have to grind a little, damn you Zere Rocks boss!


but bless Zoom for it is all merciful....straight to Zere Rocks I go with full MP.

 

[Knux-Future]

Just got it about a hour or so in and yep this game is good. The last DQ I played was DQ3 for the gameboy and I didn't finish it. I'm actually liking the world so far despite my character looking high all the time. Hope it keeps it up.

 

[Gospel]

:lol I'll probably head out to cancel the preorder sometime this week when the weather cools down. At least I got a poster out of it, I guess

In the mean time, DQ action!

 

[Door2Dawn]

The Observatory, where the Yggdrasil tree is. You can get there by summoning the train from one of the glowing blue trees on the world map.

I've been talking to the tree but nothing happens, am I suppose to talk to someone else?

 

[Hex]

Loving this so far, it is crazy how far some of you are already
This is the most fun that I have had playing a game in a while now and that is no small feat.
Even the little touches make this great.

 

[theMrCravens]

I've been talking to the tree but nothing happens, am I suppose to talk to someone else?

You have to go far south-west of Alltrades, to the port town.
There's no specific cutscene that tells you to go there, but some NPCs will tell you they saw a "flashing star" down south. (yeah, I talk to every NPC I see)

 

[JKTrix]

I've been talking to the tree but nothing happens, am I suppose to talk to someone else?

Oh, I didn't even go to the tree after I got my first fygg, I just kept 'moving'. I went to the tree just now and it doesn't do anything. Just carry on with the game (the boat in Porth Llaffan will take you somewhere new).

 

[lobdale]

I went ahead wandering through the new continent and saved the little town with the fish lady and opened up the next part but I am still just wandering around the continent looking for that stupid priest! Where is that little bitch!

I can't enter the huge tower and someone in the first castle has said he was talking to the bar lady about a fygg, and she said he was talking to the martial artist, and he said he was talking to the bar maid! AAAAAAH

p.s. the game whips ass

 

[Deleted member 22576]

Grabbed the last copy!

 

[Aeana]

I went ahead wandering through the new continent and saved the little town with the fish lady and opened up the next part but I am still just wandering around the continent looking for that stupid priest! Where is that little bitch!

I can't enter the huge tower and someone in the first castle has said he was talking to the bar lady about a fygg, and she said he was talking to the martial artist, and he said he was talking to the bar maid! AAAAAAH

p.s. the game whips ass

One of the NPCs at the abbey tells you that

Spoiler

you need to bow in front of the door to the tower in order for it to open. And IIRC someone there also teaches you the bow party trick.

 

[Gravijah]

Grabbed the last copy!

I no longer feel quite so bad about my laptop. ;p

 

[Lost Fragment]

Oh god, the puns.

 

[lobdale]

One of the NPCs at the abbey tells you that

Spoiler

you need to bow in front of the door to the tower in order for it to open. And IIRC someone there also teaches you the bow party trick.

Oh god I am such an idiot, I thought that NPC was talking about shooting a bow, not bowing.

GOD

 

[RoboManus]

Where did you guys get the pointy hat

I want to make a Slood.

 

[BooJoh]

Okay so I just read some things that make me feel better about the skill system. You can apparently max 24 of the 26 skill trees if you level every class to 99 on a single character. You should expect to have

Spoiler

less than 400

skill points by the end of the game. Also,

Spoiler

once you get a class to level 99, you can apparently reset that class to level 1 while keeping your skill points. Effectively allowing you to max every skill tree if you put the time into it.

I'm hoping all of this info is true, because that makes me feel a lot better about the fact that I'll probably never want to start the game over for fear of losing DLC or tag maps, etc.

 

[Llyranor]

So re: the job system, if I understand this completely, only skills (and weapon skills if both classes have it) carry over from previous jobs to your current one, right? Spells don't, nor do weapon skills that aren't available with the current job. Are any other (passive?) abilities passed over?

Overall, how would you compare the job system to other non-DQ ones out there?

 

[lobdale]

Okay so I just read some things that make me feel better about the skill system. You can apparently max 24 of the 26 skill trees if you level every class to 99 on a single character. You should expect to have

Spoiler

less than 400

skill points by the end of the game. Also,

Spoiler

once you get a class to level 99, you can apparently reset that class to level 1 while keeping your skill points. Effectively allowing you to max every skill tree if you put the time into it.

I'm hoping all of this info is true, because that makes me feel a lot better about the fact that I'll probably never want to start the game over for fear of losing DLC or tag maps, etc.

You got a long long way till level 99, and especially till level 99 with all your characters. Stop stressing about whether or not perfection is theoretically possible and just enjoy! Do you really think you'll play the game for That Long anyway?

 

[BooJoh]

You got a long long way till level 99, and especially till level 99 with all your characters. Stop stressing about whether or not perfection is theoretically possible and just enjoy! Do you really think you'll play the game for That Long anyway?

I have no idea. :lol But since I'll probably never want to wipe my save and start over, I just want to make sure I won't/can't mess up my character.

 

[Parham]

I have never played a JRPG before, other than Pokemon and Final Fantasy X. I feel like I'm missing out by not, at the very least, giving a couple games from the genre a try. For that reason, I am contemplating either buying Chrono Trigger or Dragon Quest IX. Which one would be a better starting point for someone who is relatively new to traditional JRPGs?

 

[Gravijah]

I have never played played a JRPG before, other than Pokemon and Final Fantasy X. I feel like I'm missing out by not, at the very least, giving a couple games from the genre a try. For that reason, I am contemplating either buying Chrono Trigger or Dragon Quest IX. Which one would be a better starting point for someone who is relatively new to traditional JRPGs?

Chrono Trigger for the first time? Man, play that. That's my second favorite SNES RPG ever (which is saying something) after EarthBound. Hard to go wrong with a Dragon Quest, though!

 

[Hex]

I have never played a JRPG before, other than Pokemon and Final Fantasy X. I feel like I'm missing out by not, at the very least, giving a couple games from the genre a try. For that reason, I am contemplating either buying Chrono Trigger or Dragon Quest IX. Which one would be a better starting point for someone who is relatively new to traditional JRPGs?

DQ IX seems a little more beginner friendly but then I have not played Chrono since the SNes days.
(I have it on DS just have not reached that point in my backlog yet)

 

[Zerokku]

I have never played a JRPG before, other than Pokemon and Final Fantasy X. I feel like I'm missing out by not, at the very least, giving a couple games from the genre a try. For that reason, I am contemplating either buying Chrono Trigger or Dragon Quest IX. Which one would be a better starting point for someone who is relatively new to traditional JRPGs?

Dragon Quest IX is good. Really good. But play chrono trigger first. Its an absolutely amazing game.

 

[Gravijah]

Since I'm still trying to find my DS... Are there job levels AND character levels? Like, once I hit character level 99, no longer able to level up jobs?

 

[Teknoman]

Man :lol cant take a good picture of my character to save my life.

 

[ryan-ts]

Someone stuck on a staircase needs my help! Does anyone know where I can get some special medicine? I ran across some earlier in the game but I had to use it in a boss battle.

 

[Link Man]

Since I'm still trying to find my DS... Are there job levels AND character levels? Like, once I hit character level 99, no longer able to level up jobs?

Job level and character level are the same. When you switch jobs, your character reverts to level 1. If you switch back to a previous job, your level returns to that which you had when you last held the job.

Someone stuck on a staircase needs my help! Does anyone know where I can get some special medicine? I ran across some earlier in the game but I had to use it in a boss battle.

Go back to the inn in Stornway, you can make some in the alchemy pot there.

 

[Gravijah]

Job level and character level are the same. When you switch jobs, your character reverts to level 1. If you switch back to a previous job, your level returns to that which you had when you last held the job.

So I can basically level everything to 99 if I really wanted? OK, life is goooooood.