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Koomaster said:
Poopycock, I already had that treasure.
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Dragon Quest 9 |OT| Last chance* to shine
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Poopycock, I already had that treasure.
I got to the job switching place and realized that any points I dumped into weapon-specific skills were wasted unless I were to dump the full 100 points into them, so I taught everyone the sword's slime-killing technique, switched everyone into level 1 jobs (three with sword access, one mage, just for balance), warped to Coffinwell, ran left to the dungeon that had metal slimes while avoiding all enemies. In the dungeon I just dodged everyone until I saw a slime, and attacked it. Level 1 to level 15 in almost no time. Trade for new level 1 jobs. Did that another four times or so, and everyone in my party had over 100 skill points banked.
I maxed out all of their sword abilities, and now I have a party consisting of two black mages and two white mages who are busting up everything in sight with sword skills that put my old warrior to shame, and don't even need to dig into their spell reserves. I know the game will adjust for it eventually, seeing as how they usually intend you to max out multiple skill trees by the end of the game, but I'm having fun with it for now.
I think I have more little complaints about this game than any previous Dragon Quest, but... this is Dragon Quest, so who cares?
I maxed out all of their sword abilities, and now I have a party consisting of two black mages and two white mages who are busting up everything in sight with sword skills that put my old warrior to shame, and don't even need to dig into their spell reserves. I know the game will adjust for it eventually, seeing as how they usually intend you to max out multiple skill trees by the end of the game, but I'm having fun with it for now.
I think I have more little complaints about this game than any previous Dragon Quest, but... this is Dragon Quest, so who cares?
Well Im heading into the final boss fight next, I have a few quests I could finish but Ill probably just do it another time. I already put alot of time into the other class quests so Im a bit burned out on "go kill x amount of monsters under these specific conditions" etc. I want to do the Sage quest as well but then Id have to level it up so I think Ill just wait till I can find some Metal King Slimes.
Bit disappointed that I've only been able to find the Rusty Sword in the final dungeon. The rest of the gear should be there too right? :\ Oh well
is pretty awesome so thats enough for me.
Bit disappointed that I've only been able to find the Rusty Sword in the final dungeon. The rest of the gear should be there too right? :\ Oh well
Erdrick's Sword
antiquegamer
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Do I have to get to certain point in the game before I can access on-line stuff? (downloading new quest and shop at DQVC)
Fantastical
Death Prophet
You do. You have to get to Quester's Rest in Stornway. It's pretty early in the game.antiquegamer said:
Hours Left
Member
Actually, you have to go further into the game before Sellma shows up at Quester's Rest and gives you access to DQVC.Fantastical said:
I don't remember exactly when, but I believe it's when you unlock the Zoom spell.
antiquegamer
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Gunloc said:
Thanks, play a bit after I posted here and found her show up at the inn. (I just never went back until now)
I can't seem to put this game down, but now my battery is drain so DS is being charged back up.
So aside from amassing points to put in skills, is there other reason to change your job?
Segata Sanshiro
Member
If you earn the stat bonuses on the job-specific line, your character keeps them no matter what job they're on.antiquegamer said:
Apologies if this is common info, but it really helped me out.
A great way to farm metal slimes early in the game is to head over to the Quarantomb. As soon as you enter, stand behind the first big rock in the main dungeon. Three enemies will spawn and run off the screen, and they just keep popping up over and over. Eventually a metal slime will spawn. Fight, rinse, repeat.
It beats the hell out of running around that place trying to avoid the other mobs.
A great way to farm metal slimes early in the game is to head over to the Quarantomb. As soon as you enter, stand behind the first big rock in the main dungeon. Three enemies will spawn and run off the screen, and they just keep popping up over and over. Eventually a metal slime will spawn. Fight, rinse, repeat.
It beats the hell out of running around that place trying to avoid the other mobs.
Ha, I've beaten 130 Liquid Metal Slimes. Ugh.Koomaster said:
The whole grotto monster thing is kinda complicated. But for that one,
it is present in three environments - Nature (cave), Water, and Ice. Depending on environment, it's somewhere between Rank D and B (where A then S are the highest) so it's takes a relatively high level. I found them first in a level 54 Nature grotto. Once you get up to level 45+ grottos, it might be useful to check out an FAQ to see what monsters you can expect - there will be a unique set of monsters every 4 floors of every grotto type, increasing in rank each time.
Echoes said:
Earlier someone recommended changing all your characters to mages and leveling them up enough to get the Wizard Ward ability. That way the first round you have them all cast Wizard Ward, and afterwards you have them all attack!
I did it with just three of my characters and it worked like a charm (I just had the fourth defend).
How often do materials pop up on the map? Or are they all on different timers?
Segata Sanshiro
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Nah, the slowdown is there in the Japanese version too, and it's pretty much the same. The text speed thing is weird though. It's instant in the Japanese version.Oxx said:
JustAnotherOtaku
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Up to the snowy school and my first attempt at the boss there ending in utter defeat. Still, I had planned on levelling a bit before fighting him - just didn't think it would be so soon 
My party is ~lvl 26 and I'm thinking I should grind to ~lvl 30 before trying him again. Does that sound right for anyone who has reached this point?
My party is ~lvl 26 and I'm thinking I should grind to ~lvl 30 before trying him again. Does that sound right for anyone who has reached this point?
I'm around the same point, but I haven't fought the boss yet.
I was naturally drawn to 'grinding' the surrounding area after getting all those awesome-sounding alchemy recipes from the books in the school. Found some useful materials, but came up short looking for Royal Soil. I guess that quest didn't necessarily mean that there would be some nearby.
I think my party ranges from 24-35 at the moment.
I was naturally drawn to 'grinding' the surrounding area after getting all those awesome-sounding alchemy recipes from the books in the school. Found some useful materials, but came up short looking for Royal Soil. I guess that quest didn't necessarily mean that there would be some nearby.
I think my party ranges from 24-35 at the moment.
Woah there's a huge jump in difficulty after the figs.
The bosses went from doing 30-40 damage to doing 60-70 plus you get crit all the time. Only ones that survive are ones with max pally skills (two characters). Luckily one of those is my main healer. I'm glad I'm decided to go max pally with 2 character inside of spending it on priest skills and weapon skills cause I'd probably have to go grind some.
Speaking of which when do you get multi target heal?
The bosses went from doing 30-40 damage to doing 60-70 plus you get crit all the time. Only ones that survive are ones with max pally skills (two characters). Luckily one of those is my main healer. I'm glad I'm decided to go max pally with 2 character inside of spending it on priest skills and weapon skills cause I'd probably have to go grind some.
Speaking of which when do you get multi target heal?
ExtraKr1spy
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Do you have to kill a Stenchurion that spawns at the ocean or can you kill any stenchurion?
I've been killing stenchurions around Gittingham palace for 2 hours and the mirror (quest item) hasn't dropped.
Do you have to kill a Stenchurion that spawns at the ocean or can you kill any stenchurion?
I've been killing stenchurions around Gittingham palace for 2 hours and the mirror (quest item) hasn't dropped.
Easystride
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I went through the entire game with swords on my Gladiator. It makes a very good combination with the Uber falcon sword and falcon slash. However, I eventually also maxed out my axe skill for farming Metal King Slimes. If I were you, I would focus on putting points into some other class's skill sets before putting any into axes.Wichu said:
Got 3 of my characters to level 99.
Looks like I have a lot of grinding ahead of me. :lol Hopefully I can find a grotto with Platinum King Jewels.
I de-leveled my thief back to 1, which awarded me with an accessory that increases steal success rates. Re-leveling her is going to be a daunting task though. I want to get the accessories for my other characters, but I don't want to just drop my whole party to level 1 at once.
Looks like I have a lot of grinding ahead of me. :lol Hopefully I can find a grotto with Platinum King Jewels.
JeTmAn81
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Does anybody else wish there was some way of knowing approximately what level you need to be before tackling boss characters? I find it incredibly frustrating to waste ten minutes on a boss only to get blown away by its second set of much more powerful attacks. My preferred game philosophy is one that doesn't require you to do the exact same thing more than once, and knowing what's required to get past a challenge would really help with that.
My game finally arrived! And I have a few questions after starting out:
Really loving the game so far.
First off, I just came back from examining the landslide. I just got some skills points, and I put all three into sword skills. Is that advisable? And should I continue to dump them into one catagory, or spread them out? Also, how skimpy should I be about upgrading equipment? I have enough for the better sword in town, should I just go for it when I have the cash?
Really loving the game so far.
This game is pure addiction. Spent today's commute hunting down new monsters that were missing from my compendium so far, and I even managed to get two quests cleared in the process.
Which is good, since I had reached the open quest limit, and getting the third fygg a little while ago likely opened up a bunch of new quests to pursue!
Sooooo goooooooooood!
Which is good, since I had reached the open quest limit, and getting the third fygg a little while ago likely opened up a bunch of new quests to pursue!
Sooooo goooooooooood!
You're pretty much all way ahead of me :lol but for those of you who have access to a DS flash card, I was wondering if you might like to try something.
Someone else probably thought of this (and hopefully it actually works), but it seems to me that if you dumped your original card ROM to your flash card, got your friend to dump his/her save and send it to you, ran both copies of the game on two DS's and tagged each other, then sent the modified save back to your friend who restored it to his/her game card, you could pull off a long-distance tag.
I've got everything I need on my end to do the tag side of this equation. If anyone out there is willing to send me their save and put back a modified one I send back (actuallyI don't even care if you put it back, but I imagine you'd want to!), I'm willing to try this out. PM me.
Someone else probably thought of this (and hopefully it actually works), but it seems to me that if you dumped your original card ROM to your flash card, got your friend to dump his/her save and send it to you, ran both copies of the game on two DS's and tagged each other, then sent the modified save back to your friend who restored it to his/her game card, you could pull off a long-distance tag.
I've got everything I need on my end to do the tag side of this equation. If anyone out there is willing to send me their save and put back a modified one I send back (actuallyI don't even care if you put it back, but I imagine you'd want to!), I'm willing to try this out. PM me.
Mejilan said:
You get an actual real tag out of it. Experience the social passer-by part of the game without carrying around a DS for weeks trying in vain to get another person playing to walk within 30-100 feet of you and stand there long enough for the data exchange to take place.
Basically, you're replicating your friend bringing his DS and DQ9 over. And if it works, it's guaranteed.
Ah. I used cheats to max out my multiplayer-related stats and get the resulting in-game rewards and unlocks. I don't have the patience for the social silliness and wouldn't even bother had I known someone else locally who actually plays the game. I certainly am not interested in jumping through additional hoops to fake the tags.
It's an interesting experiment though, and I'd be keen on seeing if you can get it to work with someone else.
It's an interesting experiment though, and I'd be keen on seeing if you can get it to work with someone else.
Mejilan said:
Fair enough.
I kind of hate that it's so difficult to do here. But I want to try it.Incidentally, I could make this work with someone playing on a flash card tooI just need the .sav thenbut I'll be needing my prospective tag to swear to me on their mother's honor that they bought the game legit.
Echoes said:
I think I ended up just bringing along my higher level Thief with Warcry and she would keep the Metal Slime pinned down while the Mage flailed at it with her staff. My main character weakened the slime up a bit with Metal Slash for the Mage first. It actually didn't take too long.
If no one jumps at the opportunity by this weekend, I'll volunteer.
I've posted evidence of my purchase in this thread (actually got the game 3-4 days early thanks to a street date-breaking NYC mom & pop shop)! But I could dig up the pics again, if need be! Inripped the game weeks ago and could easily send you my .sav file.
I've posted evidence of my purchase in this thread (actually got the game 3-4 days early thanks to a street date-breaking NYC mom & pop shop)! But I could dig up the pics again, if need be! Inripped the game weeks ago and could easily send you my .sav file.
levious said:
Varies by the method you use.
If you have a DS or Lite and only have a DS-slot flash card, you can use savsender (run a tool called "nc" to start a server on your PC) or Rudolph's NDS Backup tool (run an FTP server on your PC) to transfer the saves back and forth over your local wireless network.
If you have a GBA-slot flash cartridge that supports DLDI, you can use Rudolph's tool again (there's a version for this) to save and restore from the cartridge's flash memory, or another tool like Reinmoon or a few others I haven't tried.
If you have just a DSi, you're just plain out of luck. DSi's DS mode shuts off the power to the card slot when when insert your real game card, so you can't hot swap from homebrew to your game card. Unless... way, way out there: the save type is EEPROM-512k (a 64Kbyte file), so it might work with Datel's old Action Replay MAX DUO, which will even boot in a GBA... but I don't recommend trying to track one of those down unless you're desperate, linking them up to a PC is a chore. I used to use that way back when Band Brothers was new and I was desperate to trade songs with people online
If you plan to have your main character's weapon be a sword, it's great to put points into swords. If you aren't sure what you want your main guy to do yet, you can save the skill points till later.Oli said:
As for upgrading equipment, unless it's a huge upgrade, I didn't even bother. Often I would run across a chest in a dungeon that had upgraded armor/weapon that was being sold in the shop in town.
Just explore as much as you're able and don't be afraid of death.
Die Squirrel Die
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Archetype said:
How do you get Warcry, I'm looking at the Thief's skills and I can't see it?
Die Squirrel Die
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Wichu said:
Ah, that would explain it. I've just finished Porth Llaffan and I want to try open up Gladiator and Armamentalist before moving on.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Success!! The 'Sages in the Pages' quest has been transgressed with finesse!
Now I have an excuse not to finish the final dungeon. Elizabet shall be a boomerang sage.
Now I have an excuse not to finish the final dungeon. Elizabet shall be a boomerang sage.
Shoogoo said:
It can be a bit iffy. Wind Sickles is fantastic (0MP group attacks as strong as physical attacks and +damage to elemetals), Multifist does basically double damage (4 half-damage attacks) and the alter +ATK skills seem nice. However, the +ATK skills are spread out much more than how often you can buy new weapons for the other trees.