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[Instro]

So I got to the abbey today, where can you find lava lumps? Looked around the island for them but havent seen any yet, Ill just head to the trade tower for now I guess. Are there any metal slimes in there btw?

 

[Kuraine]

So I got to the abbey today, where can you find lava lumps? Looked around the island for them but havent seen any yet, Ill just head to the trade tower for now I guess. Are there any metal slimes in there btw?

In the lower-right corner of the island the Abbey is on, there is a bit of a reddish indent in the mountain wall where lava lumps are located on the ground.

That's from memory anyways, so correct me if I'm remembering wrong~

 

[Yaweee]

All day in canvassing mode on a college campus, and not a single hit. Booooooo!

 

[ryan-ts]

Holy Hannah Montana there's an easy bubble slime farming spot!

You'll find it in the Bowhole


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miqYHdl79eQ

 

[Aeana]

Holy Hannah Montana there's an easy bubble slime farming spot!

You'll find it in the Bowhole


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miqYHdl79eQ

I saw one there when I was down there and spent the next 15 minutes trying to actually get into an encounter with one just so I could have it added to my bestiary. Have to fill out the whole list! (._. )

Looks like a neat trick, though.

 

[Freyjadour]

Holy Hannah Montana there's an easy bubble slime farming spot!

You'll find it in the Bowhole


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miqYHdl79eQ

There goes challenge for a while

I'll probably be spending many an hour there.

 

[ryan-ts]

There goes challenge for a while

I'll probably be spending many an hour there.

Well the trick in the video wasn't working but all I had to do was sit right at the bottom of the stairs that goes up (literally right beside the stairs going down you see in the vid), just hit the x button and wait for a bubble slime to appear.

 

[theMrCravens]

Holy Hannah Montana there's an easy bubble slime farming spot!

You'll find it in the Bowhole


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miqYHdl79eQ

lol.
That's the exact same grinding spot I used in the JP version.
Makes sense others found it though, it was pretty obvious.

 

[Link Man]

In the lower-right corner of the island the Abbey is on, there is a bit of a reddish indent in the mountain wall where lava lumps are located on the ground.

That's from memory anyways, so correct me if I'm remembering wrong~

Upper-left corner. The lower-right corner holds iron ore.

Or NW lava lump, SE iron ore (and S royal soil), to be more clear.

 

[Salsa]

You know what i dont like ? the fact that important stuff of the story progression (getting to the point where you can change classes, the alchemy pot, etc) makes itself available only for the host player. I know it makes total sense but there`s been 3 times already when my friend had to leave my "world" to go through the same quest, same monsters, same everything in single player to get what he already got in my game. After he does that he can use the alchemy pot and change classes just fine in my game. Oh well.

 

[Easystride]

Anyone else think the priest at the church in Batsureg is awesome? I especially liked his lines after reviving a character. :lol

 

[JKTrix]

You mean... I don't have to run around in circles to get a Metal spawn in an area where I know there are Metal spawns?

Otherwise I was pretty disappointed in the 'ocean' music too. I liked when 8 used 3's flight music, but this just feels different.

 

[TheFLYINGManga_Ka]

Ugh, yeah, whoever said the game slowed down with 4 party members was right. That got really annoying when walking around town.

Yeah. So it's not just me then.

I guess it's expected when there's too many things happening on the screen, especially with a game with this much stuff in it.

 

[Forkball]

Is it wrong that I took all the items from the default party members they gave me and then erased them from existence?

And for people complaining about the tag mode, it's just something that's not going to work in America. It works well in Japan since the larger cities are rather dense so you could just wander around a crowded subway station and maybe get a hit. But no one in the states will have DQ running at the mall or something.

 

[Aeana]

It also works in Japan because the game sold a kathrillion copies. I will be totally shocked if it cracks 150k here.

 

[Crazymoogle]

Is it wrong that I took all the items from the default party members they gave me and then erased them from existence?

Nah its fine. Besides for some reason the pre-gens have an item or two that other gens don't (particularly, I noticed the priest had a hat while the priest I made on my own didn't?)

 

[ryan-ts]

For people who have beaten the game

Spoiler

a celestrian mentioned a secret area where I can get items in the observatory, do you know where it is?

 

[bluemax]

In the lower-right corner of the island the Abbey is on, there is a bit of a reddish indent in the mountain wall where lava lumps are located on the ground.

That's from memory anyways, so correct me if I'm remembering wrong~

Those are Iron Ore, Lava Lumps are on the Western Side of the island:

http://ih.gyoruspy.com/SA/dq9_materials_e.jpg

I've acquired like 4 so far. They're by far the slowest spawning item in the game.

 

[Reluctant-Hero]

Curses! The DQIX servers are still borked and I cabt get the DQVC to update! =(

 

[Gravijah]

Man there are so many mobs in dungeons, I stop to look around and one has spawned right on me!

 

[BooJoh]

Here's my party as of now. I just got to Bloomingdale.

Crappy webcam pics ftl.

 

[GeekyDad]

Holy Hannah Montana there's an easy bubble slime farming spot!

You'll find it in the Bowhole


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miqYHdl79eQ

Holy shit, and that guy did like 700 or so damage to it. Was that the gladiator class? I haven't changed over to one of those yet. Either way, his party looked badass. And nice little metal bubble slime find too, of course.

 

[Forkball]

Ok I just created my party. I'm a minstral, and I created a martial artist, mage, and priest. I want to change my character's class to a warrior ASAP. When can I do this? I'm at the Wight Knight part of the game.

 

[rush777]

So what did you guys choose between a Theif and Ranger?? I've been leveling swords with my theif and I love everything about it except the damage I'm doing.

Also is it worth going whips with my mage who will be going to sage when available? I just don't have many useful spells and with all of the grinding I'm doing it would be nice to have an AoE that doesn't use MP.

 

[Gravijah]

So what did you guys choose between a Theif and Ranger?? I've been leveling swords with my theif and I love everything about it except the damage I'm doing.

Also is it worth going whips with my mage who will be going to sage when available? I just don't have many useful spells and with all of the grinding I'm doing it would be nice to have an AoE that doesn't use MP.

I've been using whips on my mage, but I plan on going minstrel for a while... after that, no idear.

I need to take pictures of my party, but 3/4 of them are wearing knickers.

 

[Aeana]

So what did you guys choose between a Theif and Ranger?? I've been leveling swords with my theif and I love everything about it except the damage I'm doing.

Also is it worth going whips with my mage who will be going to sage when available? I just don't have many useful spells and with all of the grinding I'm doing it would be nice to have an AoE that doesn't use MP.

Yes, absolutely. Whips will still do very respectable damage on a mage as long as the whip is kept up to date and skill points are dumped into it so the attack power goes up. That's what I've been doing.

 

[Hex]

So fantastic that a week in and the DQVC is already screwed.

 

[Reluctant-Hero]

So fantastic that a week in and the DQVC is already screwed.

Seriously. I hope NOA catches on to this quickly. I would think the DLC is a big selling point.

 

[BooJoh]

So what did you guys choose between a Theif and Ranger?? I've been leveling swords with my theif and I love everything about it except the damage I'm doing.

Pretty sure the ranger has the highest natural deftness in the game, so if you want to steal a lot that's something to think about.

 

[DrForester]

Just beat

Spoiler

Levaithan

Characters abotu lvl 19. Any good metal slime spots now?

 

[john tv]

I used that liquid metal slime spawn trick many, many times in the JP version. Great for leveling before you start picking up the really good treasure maps.

 

[rush777]

Cool, thanks for the info, man what a tough choice... Theif or Ranger.

 

[TheChaos]

Cool, thanks for the info, man what a tough choice... Theif or Ranger.

I chose ranger for my fourth char with a boomerang. Those things are awesome for crowd control and they don't do half-bad damage against bosses.

Edit: Love this game but a find myself cursing the game when I go to the next town and find a bunch of weapons/armor better than the stuff I spend a bunch of time alchemizing. Aargh!

 

[SpeedySwaf]

Concerning alchemy...is getting most of the ingredients a matter of stealing from the right monsters and finding them on the map? Is there an easier way of doing it, or will you have to be really patient with most of the recipes?

 

[kai3345]

Was in tag mode for 9 hours, not a single hit.

 

[lobdale]

Where the hell is the lizard?

 

[Stencil]

No hits in Tag mode around Uptown/Downtown MPLS this afternoon.

 

[Aeana]

Where the hell is the lizard?

Spoiler

Go to the left side of the palace (outside) and clap.

 

[lobdale]

Spoiler

Go to the left side of the palace (outside) and clap.

Old school.

 

[carlos]

Anyone else think the priest at the church in Batsureg is awesome? I especially liked his lines after reviving a character. :lol

The almighty's always got your back, dog!

 

[rush777]

I chose ranger for my fourth char with a boomerang. Those things are awesome for crowd control and they don't do half-bad damage against bosses.

Edit: Love this game but a find myself cursing the game when I go to the next town and find a bunch of weapons/armor better than the stuff I spend a bunch of time alchemizing. Aargh!

How is the Ranger for stealing? is he noticeably better or worse??

And Totally agree with the new town comment.

 

[brandonh83]

So I was looking up some FAQ's and it seems that at the point I'm at, I should have more than just my lead character in my party... how do you get others?

Spoiler

I'm fighting Morag in Brigadoom and she keeps paralyzing/charming me and I can't do shit

 

[Aeana]

So I was looking up some FAQ's and it seems that at the point I'm at, I should have more than just my lead character in my party... how do you get others?

Spoiler

I'm fighting Morag in Brigadoom and she keeps paralyzing/charming me and I can't do shit

Talk to Patty at the inn in Stornway and call up friends to create new guys.

 

[leehom]

How do I share treasure maps??

 

[brandonh83]

Talk to Patty at the inn in Stornway and call up friends to create new guys.

wait so I have to get new party members via wifi? that's the only way?

 

[Aeana]

How do I share treasure maps??

Tag mode. Talk to Erinn and choose to canvass for guests. It'll ask if you want to take a map with you.

 

[Reluctant-Hero]

Where can I find the tortoiseshell ingredient? But not the armor, Tortoise Shell.

 

[Aeana]

wait so I have to get new party members via wifi? that's the only way?

Patty has nothing to do with wifi. You create characters in the game.

It seems, with how many people are having trouble with this, that "call up friends" was a poor translation choice.

 

[leehom]

Tag mode. Talk to Erinn and choose to canvass for guests. It'll ask if you want to take a map with you.

Who and where is Erinn? NM I found her, trying it now thx.

 

[Aeana]

Who and where is Erinn? NM I found her, trying it now thx.

The girl from the first town... she's at the inn in Stornway.