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Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen |OT| deep down darkness
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ihearthawthats
Banned
what are some of the easily obtainable stamina recovery items? either shop or farming.
Hey, thanks for that! I also carried your pawn for a while
Thank you
Your's has been kicking a lot of ass for me against Chimeras.
Mushrooms, small and large. They are all over the place.
I don't even farm for them tbh, just pick them up here and there when going on quests and always seem to have plenty.
Buster Machine
Member
While I was doing the Lost and Found quest and going to Witchwood for the first time, both pawns I was using kept running way ahead of me. Is that something they normally do for places you haven't visited or was it just for that quest? I ended up having to give priority to another quest because the damn healer kept committing suicide by just running headfirst into groups of enemies.
Read up on Pawn Inclination, it defines how your pawns behave
http://dragonsdogma.wikia.com/wiki/Pawn_Inclination
If your pawn has Pioneer then it will run far ahead to scout and stuff. If you want your pawn to heavily focus on healing you and staying by your side, set your pawn inclination to Medicant as primary and Guardian as secondary.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Xanathus is correct; *however* it seems like there are several quests where pawns will run off to "show you the way" regardless of the inclination, *if* you put said quests as the priority on the quest menu. The story-based mission to the Water God altar, for example: once you exit from the gate of Gran Soren, they will dash off like crazy.
ihearthawthats
Banned
just found the black cat merch. are these outfit sets a good or bad idea to buy?
and holy crap xan, 300k rc lol. thanks.
and holy crap xan, 300k rc lol. thanks.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Holy shit thanks Xanathus. So many RC 211k xD
TheBryanJZX90
Member
It's not only pawn inclination, but whether or not the pawns you hired have knowledge of the quest you're on. So actually, your main pawn can also run ahead and show you the way if they've been hired out to someone and completed that quest while they're away,
Buster Machine
Member
Thanks for the answers guys. I switched out the pawns 2 or 3 times and nothing changed despite them having different inclinations, so I figured something else was going on.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
No. They're expensive, and mid to end-game armors outclasses them easily in terms of defense. Buy them if you like the looks.
The only thing I am considering buying is Ancient Circlet or any of the Ancient armors for added status debilitating protection. Oh, and the female clothing if your Arisen is male/for male members of your party to bypass the female thief's fortress without a fight (required for two quests)
Btw, so jelly on the RC, hahaha.
nailbombxx
Member
How long should it take to get every rare piece from The Everfall if I use the Godsbane method?
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Too long to bother. Game isn't hard enough that you really need all that anyway.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
I asked this a few pages back but no one answered, does anyone know?
Persona RS
Member
There's no enemy level scaling in Dark Arisen.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Okay, so what's the recommended level to be for BBI? I beat it so I'm obviously okay, but if I ever make a new build I'd be curious to know when would be a good time to enter BBI.
It's not so much about level but more about weapons and armor. BBI is balanced for people with gear from the end of the main game, so if you can finish that then you are OK.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Hey, what's the current status of your pawn? Want to gift him something but I was afraid my gift is outdated right now, hahaha.
I fell asleep last night accidentally while I was lazing around my bed intending to just have a fast shut-eye, bahhhh.
What's your pawn's name? Mage is exactly what I need. So long as he/she has Anodyne/Halidom or their High version (better) I'll be happy to carry him/her for you. Oh and Fire Boon/Affinity too, if possible
Alright, I'll add you
I am using Claudia right now, hahaha. What's the latest status of her? In my file she's still level 12 currently.
Do I have your permission to equip her with better equipment than what she has right now?
Kaine Lvl 40 or something like that Mage. Knows high anodyne and I've put holy affinity instead cause I always go out in the nights.
PSN: Xx_Birdman_xX101
I'll change it to fire tomorrow
nailbombxx
Member
But... I want it ALL.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Level 50 is a good mark.
Kaine Lvl 40 or something like that Mage. Knows high anodyne and I've put holy affinity instead cause I always go out in the nights.
PSN: Xx_Birdman_xX101
I'll change it to fire tomorrow
Looking forward to using your pawn!
Many of them require you to conquer truly awful drop rate, fyi.
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
So having bought this game used cheap from Gamefly sometime ago, and never getting into it and selling it again as I just wouldn't bother with it.. I d/l'ed it on Plus.. and started up the other day.
Holy shit 2 things:
1 -The game looks like rancid dog shit smeared all front window as you're driving through a snowstorm in Jersey.
2 - It's fucking great.
Holy shit 2 things:
1 -The game looks like rancid dog shit smeared all front window as you're driving through a snowstorm in Jersey.
2 - It's fucking great.
ihearthawthats
Banned
does anyone have experience with the stamina hammer? considered buying it but reading up about it makes it sound kinda gamebreaking.
Buster Machine
Member
I can't remember the last time I played a game and got this distracted by the technical shortcomings. Even stuff like auto-saving makes the game feel like it wants to implode on itself. I'm enjoying it too, but man...
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
I don't remember the last time I said to myself over and over how horrible a game looks. There's some decent designs mixed in with some horrible designs.
The game has a lot going for it, but damn.. it deserved better hardware to run off.
Whitebison
Member
I don't know if we're playing the same game...yeah,the framerate is awful and a couple of areas are a bit uninspired but the lightning is pretty great,walking at night outside the walls of Gran Soren is beautiful with all the walls only lighted by torches.
Karsticles
Member
I tried playing it today for the first time, and I kept wondering if the fact that my 360 is hooked up through composite cables was the problem. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks the game is a murky mess. One of the worst looking games I've played this generation.
I didn't find the combat enjoyable, though. Watered down Monster Hunter, it felt like. I gave it 3 hours and quit. Back to my sister's house it goes.
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
It's at the same time beautiful as it is ugly. It's ambitious, with Gran Soren looking fantastic, and walking with the lantern, it's cool. The mix of textures, and the use of the same rocks all over, and shit like grass and tree textures that look from a PS1 as they are just flat textures of ugly.
It's so damn uneven. I can't help but wish to play this on a better system... this game.. withh Skyrim visuals on high-end PC with mods... hell yes.
Combat is what's keeping me at it. The boss type fights.. so great. That fucking cyclops in Everfall that kept tossing me off the ledge, it was such a cool way to die.
ihearthawthats
Banned
graphics were the first thing i noticed as well. but lighting and especially nighttime is done well, at least from a gameplay perspective. for some reason, every time night comes i think of simon's quest.
i found combat lame at first, but it get's better as you level up and fight new monsters. rpg walled progression is much higher than some other games. fighter can't parry right away, strider can't roll right away, etc.
currently playing warrior and he's hella fun. i've also dabbled in ranger and his dire shot is so satisfying.
i found combat lame at first, but it get's better as you level up and fight new monsters. rpg walled progression is much higher than some other games. fighter can't parry right away, strider can't roll right away, etc.
currently playing warrior and he's hella fun. i've also dabbled in ranger and his dire shot is so satisfying.
Buster Machine
Member
I'm playing hard mode and also started as a strider. You REALLY need to rely on the bow until you at least get the dodge roll. I'm at level 25 and goblins can still kill in two or three hits.
I was considering going back to normal, but I kept hearing how much easier the game gets later on.
I was considering going back to normal, but I kept hearing how much easier the game gets later on.
nailbombxx
Member
Yeah I know. I have been playing since the release of vanilla DD. I'm just curious as to how long it will take. I'm planning to grind out every level of the Everfall until I get them all.
About Dragon's Dogma's graphics. It definitely is beautiful yet grotesque at the same time. Stylistically, this game is an absolute marvel. The enemies are very well designed and detailed and the large enemies are by far the best looking things in the game. Designs for the armor and weapons are badass and each are unique except for the pallette swaps. The landscapes are very picturesque and memorable. The magic effects with all of their particles look really damn cool. It truly invokes a medieval Dungeons and Dragons type of classicism.
Yet at the same time, a lot of the textures in the environment are muddy. Texture pop-in is a problem. Objects in the distance can be too blurry. The game itself is in sub-HD resolution. The framerate is mediocre to terrible. All of these technical problems could have been fixed on better hardware or an enhanced PC port.
Could you imagine a 1080p, 60fps Dragon's Dogma? This is a game that I think actually deserves a remake on the next gen consoles or at least a PC port.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
What the fuck am I reading? I thought the game looked fine, great, even. The post above me has some valid criticisms (even if all these things are mild and minor to me, the only thing that bothers me is the worse-than-Blighttown framerate in some particularly hectic fights with lots of spell-flinging going on), but some of the hyperbole earlier is just flat-out absurd.
Like this. You clearly have no recollection of what PS1 games look like. Like, no recollection whatsoever if you'd say anything like this.
Probably? Why wouldn't you use HDMI? It's included with the damn 360. (Or at least it was when we got ours, but even if it's not the case anymore, these things are cheap.)
lol @ more ridiculous hyperbole. Completely bogus. Unless the 360 version is really that bad, but I doubt it.
Ouch. Sounds like such a boring, tedious, awful pain in the ass, but whatever's fun for you, I guess... :S
ihearthawthats
Banned
it's much easier, but then again i switched to warrior. haven't touched strider since i first got to gran soren. warrior is amazing defensively despite having no shield. long reach, doesn't stagger himself while easily staggering enemies, gets a move that is invincible from frame 1 to finish that you can use as a counter. way better than roll imo. i've read he's the worst class end-game, but i think maybe that just might be efficiency and not for just merely beating things because i rarely die now.
arc of might seems underwhelming. reading up about it, people say it can 1-hit bosses. only does ~30% off only 1 bar on a cyclops in hardmode for me with my equips/stats.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
KIlled my first dragon with Malignance hoping to dragon forge my thousand limbs. Is it too early for me to start dragon forging (lvl 40). Everything in the game is really easy, so I decided to fight this dragon in the woods. I'm thinking of going to BBI.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Warrior is, bar none, the worst class to play if you wish to conquer Blackbitter Isle *comfortably.* It is possible, but you have to do that much work to accomplish it.
And don't get me started on fighting enemies like Ur-Dragon. Or Golems. Or Wyverns. Or Drakes. Or anything with wings. Or Death. Or things that move fast... like the final boss of Dark Arisen.
Anyways, Arc of Might/Deliverence is the most powerful physical attack in the game, bar none. Do you know that you can greatly up the damage if you swing as soon as the move's charge is completed and the Arisen swings his/her weapon over his/her shoulder? As soon as it flashes. The same mechanic with Ranger's Dire Arrow.
Just wait until you get to Bitterblack Isle, eheheheheh. Anything's so much as grazing your Arisen's hair and he/she's dead, hahaha. Leveling up levels in fighters and Bastion are pretty much required just to up your chances from one-hit-kill to two or three-hit kill.
They're underpowered when compared to BBI's gear... I would suggest you invest time in farming BBI's equipment instead--that is, if your point is to pursue the best equipment possible in the game.
So I've been playing this a bit since getting it off PS+ - and I have a question.
I seem to have accepted an escort quest from the starting city without realizing that would initiate it immediately and suddenly I have this guy following me around wanting to go to the Shadow Fort. Unfortunately, I must be under-leveled or geared because I get my butt kicked by a horde of bandits after immediately going west after the Encampment.
Is there anyway I can abandon this quest, because I'm really getting annoyed feeling I'm not able to finish it but still have this guy following me around?
I seem to have accepted an escort quest from the starting city without realizing that would initiate it immediately and suddenly I have this guy following me around wanting to go to the Shadow Fort. Unfortunately, I must be under-leveled or geared because I get my butt kicked by a horde of bandits after immediately going west after the Encampment.
Is there anyway I can abandon this quest, because I'm really getting annoyed feeling I'm not able to finish it but still have this guy following me around?
Whitebison
Member
Well...you can clear the quarry (north-west grand soren) and you'll have a passage directly to Shadow Fort, the bad news...there are three trolls inside the quarry,but I did with the guy following me too so it's doable.
ihearthawthats
Banned
ogres are harder than bandits lol. you can abandon by going to the board again i think.
also, did you get new pawns? rook seems to stay at lvl6 from what i've seen, but even if you keep him you can still hire an additional pawn for a total of 2 + your own pawn. i made the mistake of running around with only rook when i first started as well.
also, did you get new pawns? rook seems to stay at lvl6 from what i've seen, but even if you keep him you can still hire an additional pawn for a total of 2 + your own pawn. i made the mistake of running around with only rook when i first started as well.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Protip: go at night. The bandits are gone, replaced by wolves. Which are way way way way way way way easier.
The rest of the road you can just run, or if you must fight, the enemies are pretty manageable.
Or.............. rent one of the GAFfers' pawns here! If you're friends it will be free so you can immediately carry high level pawns and let them do the job of smacking the bandits around for you while you watch, hahaha.
Starting city is cassardis... it would be much safer and faster if he took the left path beyond the Encampment and beyond instead of going through the quarry.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
The only magic capable to damage their disks somewhat noticablyare Bolide/High Bolide.
Also High Exequy, although for this you are required to pause the menu to consume stamina curatives. Sorcerer can pretty reliably kill Golems with this, if you don't know.
Metal golems, on the other hand...
Ah okay. It's still a terrible design decision to make an enemy resistant to an entire vocation...at least the battle feels kinda epic?
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Yeah, Metal Golems are impossible to defeat with Magic-oriented vocations only like Mage or Sorcerer. Magick Archer and Mystic Knight can do it... under certain circumstances... with incredible amount of luck required.
On the flipside... there are enemies in Blackbitter Isle that requires physical vocation a great deal more time to defeat compared to magic-based... one type in particular is impossible to defeat if you don't carry offensive-magic capable someone with you or you don't carry the appropriate enchanted weapons.
The idea is to vary your party, I guess.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Well this sounds fun
What was your pawn called again?
Celestia
It's a good challenge, to be sure! The slowness of Warrior can make things really tough, especially if you want to deliver the big hits successfully to your enemies.
Sorcerer/Mage are slow too, but they have in their disposal one of the best moves in the game that can be cast quickly and from a distance: Focused Bolt.
Warriors get the best light jump attack though...