indigo-cyclops
Member
This is insane, I've seriously been installing this game for 3 hours. It's @ 90% right now.
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Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen |OT| deep down darkness
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Big Chungus
Member
Any way to change my characters looks?
I made my guy too fat and ugly.
I made my guy too fat and ugly.
I haven't played in a year but I seem to recall there being items you can buy that let you change your appearance. I also remember barber shops and stuff.
Happened to me too. I turned off the ps3 despite the warning, deleted the corrupted data from the unfinished installation, disabled Media Servers (this is apparently the culprit), and then installed again and it worked a treat the second time.
Yes. Costs RC.
There's art of metamorphosis you can buy at the encampment, it allows you to change their appearance, it's one time use though, and costs 5k RC
http://dragonsdogma.wikia.com/wiki/Art_of_Metamorphosis
indigo-cyclops
Member
Was the install file still on your drive after you did that, or did you have to download again?
Big Chungus
Member
Is 5000RC a lot?
There's no overlap in sword skills between Assassin and Mystic Knight, save those that both share with the Fighter. Mystic Knights also use mystic shields, which are a completely different equipment class from the regular shields that the Fighter and Assassin use. The discipline points you earn carry over between classes, so you can use discipline you earn as an Assassin for Mystic Knight skills.
Short answer is that it doesn't matter what equipment you use as an Assassin; you'll be earning discipline no matter what, and that carries over between class changes.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
Are you guys talking about installing the digital version? Because I don't see any install options on the disc version which is odd since I expected that to be kind of a major thing.
edit - Oh I see it's a ghost install
hmm, I don't think so, you just need someone to rent your pawn
SixMachine
Member
Well not if you have had your pawn around for a while ( remember coming back from month of not playing and getting a couple hundred thousand). But if you are starting fresh it might take some luck since you might need a bunch of people hire your fresh pawn. Have people on gaf hire your pawn. You can gain RC pretty fast if you have your friends just take your pawn out.
jacob armitage
Banned
This may have already been posted (i'm in a rush so i apologize if it has) but EBGames in Canada has a promotion at the moment where if you trade in 1 game worth $15 or more, you can get this for free.
I popped into a store earlier and the fellow told me about it. Seems pretty great and didn't seem to be promoted well, so i thought i'd mention it here!
I popped into a store earlier and the fellow told me about it. Seems pretty great and didn't seem to be promoted well, so i thought i'd mention it here!
Deified Data
Banned
Bad news, guys!
I was wrong before. I said that if you upload your vanilla data once you'd be able to restart as many times as you like after that and still receive the bonus for importing, but that is apparently not the case. Either the game has a maximum amount of times you can restart after importing your data or I encountered a glitch, because after fiddling with the difficulty and restarting for a third time tonight I did not receive any of the bonuses - no outfits, no RC, and most importantly, no infinite ferrystone.
Not quite sure what to do now. If I restart again maybe I'll get my bonuses back. If not, perhaps if I popped vanilla DD back in and started a new game and imported that I'd be good to go, but that sounds like a pain in the ass.
I was wrong before. I said that if you upload your vanilla data once you'd be able to restart as many times as you like after that and still receive the bonus for importing, but that is apparently not the case. Either the game has a maximum amount of times you can restart after importing your data or I encountered a glitch, because after fiddling with the difficulty and restarting for a third time tonight I did not receive any of the bonuses - no outfits, no RC, and most importantly, no infinite ferrystone.
Not quite sure what to do now. If I restart again maybe I'll get my bonuses back. If not, perhaps if I popped vanilla DD back in and started a new game and imported that I'd be good to go, but that sounds like a pain in the ass.
nikos
Member
Awesome, thanks for clarifying!
How do you upload your save for import?
Deified Data
Banned
If you have vanilla DD data it gets uploaded automatically when you start Dark Arisen, but apparently there's a limit to how many times you can restart and get the bonuses from that data...
Snapshot King
Member
I ran into a similar issue, where I loaded my game first then started a new game, and didn't get the bonuses. I deleted my Dark Arisen saves, and then it redetected the old saves and gave me the bonus when I started a new game. It seems to only apply the very first time, whatever you do.
That seems kind of asinine, though I wonder if they plan to sell the DLC later?
Deified Data
Banned
I'll give this a shot tomorrow. Too tired to try it now.
Crazy thing is with all the fiddling around I did tonight I must have restarted at least 3 times. Why it decided to take my bonuses now I do not know.
It sounds like a glitch to me, personally.
Ahh yeah ok. I'm fucked. Oh well. Time to start a new play through...
StunandStab
Member
You just have to delete your DA save data and it will redetect your DD save data when you start DA.
Sanctuary
Member
The early levels only felt rather rough to me as a Mage, prior to Miasma. The other classes had no such difficulty unless running into Uber_Bandit_OfDoom_01. Post was not nearly as bad as many made it out to be either, and was a rather refreshing change of pace.
NoSkillz187
Member
How do I know if it's okay for me to sell some of the stuff I pick up? There isn't a junk section for items.
Now that people are collecting some hard numbers it looks like the weapons you get for
are indeed the strongest weapons of their respective types, unless there are weapons new to Dark Arisen that are more powerful.
killing the dragon
tiny raptor
Member
No, he had JPN Dogma and bought NA Dark Arisen.
endlessflood
Member
You mean when rarefied?
Baloonatic
Member
Now I'm really confused. If I start a brand new game with Dark Arisen will I get the save transfer bonuses or not? Or do I have to use a character/save game from the original?
That is my understanding, yes. Rolling a new character in DD: DA will not yield the perks.
Transfer bonuses are effectively a reward for owners of DD:Vanilla getting the updated game.
Baloonatic
Member
That is my understanding, yes. Rolling a new character in DDA will not yield the perks.
Transfer bonuses are effectively a reward for owners of DD:Vanilla getting the updated game.
Bah, I wanted to start over. I guess I'll just play through the intro and then transfer that save.
All the numbers I've seen are either base stats or Dragonforged stats. Haven't seen any info for the new upgrade tiers. Drops from
the Ur-Dragon
the dragon
Dragon's Dogma
I assume the disparity remains after ascending beyond Dragonforged.
Eppy Thatcher
God's had his chance.
So I'm on maybe my 3rd or 4th trip down digging the enemy variety rocked a few bosses sideways got some fresh new gear
and I'm happily trotting down through the 2nd or 3rd larger courtyard that normally has a boss....this time...all I see are some goblins. Meh whatever...kill kill kill hahahaha this is easy BAM... Screen goes wavy and green then
This shit is fantastic. Post game at least this shit is plenty challenging. It was fast! Lol..back to work!
unicorn helm! Mistletoe circlet. So good
a Fuck all huge gorewolf shows up outta nowhere and goes to town. He was flinging me up above the freakin trees...
This shit is fantastic. Post game at least this shit is plenty challenging. It was fast! Lol..back to work!
Shadow Ranger
Member
Probably already answered, but is Bitterblack available post game or only before?
The Isle is available before. Head to Cassardis at night.
Snapshot King
Member
So the basic path I suppose, for my brand new game is go through the vanilla game, kill
and do everything up to
and then taking a trip down to bitterblack.
The Dragon
killing the Seneschal
shiftplusone
Member
dont I get to make my own pawn later?
I seem to remember that from the original demo
I got to make my actual character finally and playing on hard is fun as heck
glad I picked this up, looking forward to playing more
I seem to remember that from the original demo
I got to make my actual character finally and playing on hard is fun as heck
glad I picked this up, looking forward to playing more
You'll get to make your main pawn as soon as you reach the encampment just north of Cassardis.
Eppy Thatcher
God's had his chance.
...... Moonbeam gem talk here....
....
Gotta find em all. Now now now.....
Is this what pokemon feels like? Holy shit I'm 5 again....
just opened my first door. Dragons glaze? Wat? Famed for the soul piercing chill of its ice enchanted arrows?!?!
Gotta find em all. Now now now.....
Is this what pokemon feels like? Holy shit I'm 5 again....
denshuu
Member
This is wrong. Perks apply to new characters.
Snapshot King
Member
But only if making a new character is the first thing you do.
denshuu
Member
I doubt it. I just made started a 2nd New Game without deleting my savge so I'll know once I reach the Black Cat.
2 more days mate
Mine shipped yesterday. Expecting it any minute now.
Snapshot King
Member
Whaddya mean? The eternal ferrystone is in the storage bin at the Inn at Cassardis.
I'm an expert
Formerly worldrevolution. The only reason I am nice to anyone else is to avoid being banned.
Finally got in 2 hours with it this morning, few observations -
- fuck me the UI/hud during the tutorial is terrible.. pawn subtitle placement is terrible.. tutorial window is terrible.. its just a mish mash of garbage on screen. the menus themselves are also pretty robust so it'll take a bit to get used to it all
- the game looks pretty bad on ps3. You would never guess this is a current gen game by a big name developer by the textures/cg. I'm not even a graphics whore, the game just looks average
- except my character's ponytail. Tressfx my ass, that shit waves around like crazy. It's awesome. I love my ponytail.
- the combat is very quick, very fluid, but fuck me I had no idea what was going on in the tutorial. I'm climbing monsters, the pawns are climbing the monster as well, they're grabbing monsters for me to hit, spells flying everywhere, pawns talking over each other. Hopefully I just get used to filtering all the info quickly.
- Not being able to attack with your sword while your shield is up will be a BIG change from the Souls games. I realize there's shield abilities as well, but just that reflex of L1->R1 swing I'm gonna have to get rid of.
It seems like a pretty good game so far, literally just stepped out of the first city since I was running around doing the beginning quests. I don't think I'm gonna like how EVERYTHING is lootable.. fish..buckets..garbage.. not to mention my fuckin pawn loots shit as well. Oh god. Inventory management.
- fuck me the UI/hud during the tutorial is terrible.. pawn subtitle placement is terrible.. tutorial window is terrible.. its just a mish mash of garbage on screen. the menus themselves are also pretty robust so it'll take a bit to get used to it all
- the game looks pretty bad on ps3. You would never guess this is a current gen game by a big name developer by the textures/cg. I'm not even a graphics whore, the game just looks average
- except my character's ponytail. Tressfx my ass, that shit waves around like crazy. It's awesome. I love my ponytail.
- the combat is very quick, very fluid, but fuck me I had no idea what was going on in the tutorial. I'm climbing monsters, the pawns are climbing the monster as well, they're grabbing monsters for me to hit, spells flying everywhere, pawns talking over each other. Hopefully I just get used to filtering all the info quickly.
- Not being able to attack with your sword while your shield is up will be a BIG change from the Souls games. I realize there's shield abilities as well, but just that reflex of L1->R1 swing I'm gonna have to get rid of.
It seems like a pretty good game so far, literally just stepped out of the first city since I was running around doing the beginning quests. I don't think I'm gonna like how EVERYTHING is lootable.. fish..buckets..garbage.. not to mention my fuckin pawn loots shit as well. Oh god. Inventory management.
Wind's Howling
Member
I hope you can get over the graphics, inventory management and pawns talking because if not you might as well return the game. The combat is where this game shines, everything else is decent.