Jesus, sounds like leaving and leveling up a bit more would not do much good. I'll likely just plow on ahead then and level up more as I go.
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Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen |OT| deep down darkness
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Jesus, sounds like leaving and leveling up a bit more would not do much good. I'll likely just plow on ahead then and level up more as I go.
RyanardoDaVinci
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The boss monsters have to scale to whatever level you were when you first arrived -- there's just no way anyone under 170 would be able to survive, otherwise.
Makes sense. Your experience at level 200 sounds identical to mine thus far. Started at level 58 and am now level 70. I'll just brave the depths and venture forth.
If the monsters are a complete joke for me I'll know why then! Because I entered then immediately bailed at high 30s, planning to go back once I hit the 50s. I just wanted the messages to stop appearing.
Eppy Thatcher
God's had his chance.
qft
Even some of the normal mobs have to have some type of scaling to them. The new ogres alone (which are all over the godamned place) I can imagine rocking groups of 60-80 into paste rather quickly... especially as Ryanardo says - when they are in tiny dark fucking rooms and they decide to throw two of them at you along with a small river through the center of the arena which basically guaranties that you'll be fighting in near pitch black conditions.
Simply no way.
Anyways... i got some new gear the other night (crescent armguards) and i love em. The look and the way they shoulder guards sit on my Arisen are great. Just the type of new armor i was hoping to find. I'd love to get a full set and see whats up... anyone else stumble on some winners?
(also still love the Mistletoe Circlet... I have a hard time taking it off. I feel like i jacked Tim Curry of his unicorn horn in Legend and just superglued the bitch to my forehead :lol ... it's great.)
hmm, I guess I'll start on normal then, so I could get through the initial areas quick and start the expansion area.
Or when your sorcerer casts Maelstrom after you have already been hit with blinding debilitation and have no eye drops, lol. Insane.
Snapshot King
Member
Uh oh. I did the same thing. Only at level 6. I never fought anything though.
Yea it's recommended to pick up all the notice board quests (except for the escort), since they're all kill x or collect items kind of deal and they don't expire.
Thanks, and that's what I've been doing. Just wanted to make sure before I progressed too far.
This is just getting stupid, at first the "oh, im actually dying in dd now, this is fun!" was kind of cool, but fighting that necro-dragon is awful. I have 2k hp, every swipe hits me for 800-1000 damage. Pawns are useless to the point where all you can do is laugh(keep casting those spells that take 20 seconds to set off in front of the enemies face.) And most importantly, the pitiful damage that bosses take, earlier someone said that it took him 40 minutes to kill the dragon, awful. I had the dragon down to 2 bars after 20 minutes and failed to evade a swipe that ended up killing me. So even though I had complete control for 19 minutes and grew bored of the fight, one mistake ruined everything. The bosses would have been much more interesting if they were designed to be ~10-15 minutes long.
MegaKungFuRadio
Member
I'm tempted to turn on parental controls just to filter out some of the stupid names people give their pawns.
Snapshot King
Member
Welp, the game sure doesn't scale down if you go in there at an early level, so no worries there. I just tried going in at level 20 and got instantly killed by the first pack of enemies.
Hmmm... I'm escorting mercedes to the shadow fort, a quest I got from the bulletin board.
A bandit hit her and she fell down motionless. The fight's over, she's just laying there. Uh, I think maybe she's dead. But the quest hasn't changed or failed, and if I recall correctly, this is an important npc to the main questline... So.... What?
A bandit hit her and she fell down motionless. The fight's over, she's just laying there. Uh, I think maybe she's dead. But the quest hasn't changed or failed, and if I recall correctly, this is an important npc to the main questline... So.... What?
Good, just what I wanted to hear.
Incidentally I just looked through the list of approved names and picked those, so mine would be the same regardless.
Eppy Thatcher
God's had his chance.
Anyone else noticed that not only can you stand near open flames and dry up faster from drenched status in DA but also that...when you dry off...your lantern automatically lights up again?
I'm not insane right? I've never noticed this in almost 500 hours of vanilla dd....
I'm not insane right? I've never noticed this in almost 500 hours of vanilla dd....
MegaKungFuRadio
Member
Yeah, I did the same thing. I hate coming up with names.
Try not to use pawns that have those costly spells. I don't see the use of it really. I managed to take it down as a level 65 ranger. Tenfold flurry + holy affinity works pretty well. Once the mages ignited the dragon, I switched to oil arrows too. Its attacks are definitely deadly though. If it bit me while charging, it was almost an instant kill.
MagicWithEarvin
Member
So... when I get the game (I think I'm in my 20s or 30s), should I head to Bitterblack and head back out so that the enemies are locked to whatever my level was when I entered? I really don't want to get beat up too badly, haha.
I don't think it works that way, they have to be scaling to your current level whenever you're in there.
Exploring Bitterblack.
Pawn: Watch your step or it's possible to catch an ailment without noticing!
*Walks into incredibly sketchy-looking blood-colored sewer water*
Pawn: I am poisoned!
Sometimes I wonder why I keep these brainiacs around.
Pawn: Watch your step or it's possible to catch an ailment without noticing!
*Walks into incredibly sketchy-looking blood-colored sewer water*
Pawn: I am poisoned!
Sometimes I wonder why I keep these brainiacs around.
*walks by fountain, Pawn jumps into fountain.*
Pawn: I'm drenched!
... Yeah, sometimes I wonder about them.
SneakyStephan
Banned
A few shots from tonight. Nothing spoilery.
Is that why the game is letterboxed? So they could put not one but two obnoxious watermarks on screenshots? (I know it's because the game still runs at 20 fps WITH the letterboxing allowing to render at much lower res)
But then sometimes they steal people's wishing pennies from the fountain and you're all like "Yay pawn!"
Given they apparently throw entire bags in I think the whole world might be criminally stupid/psychotic anyway.
Mr.LightMan
Member
So, how many new skills have been added and how do you get to them?
Lee Chaolan
Member
Can't wait to start playing this more today. Actually have some extra time too :3
My god, I have a conversation in here about pawns' love of jumping into fountains, and within an hour I find a fountain of healing water and end up having to bodily toss my pawns in to get them to heal because apparently they are suddenly afraid of water.
It's like they learned the wrong lesson entirely from their repeated poisonous sewer field trips.
It's like they learned the wrong lesson entirely from their repeated poisonous sewer field trips.
Interesting.
I never did the post game stuff, until yesterday. I was going to hang around in the Everfall. But it seems I'm better off going the new content sooner, rather than later.
Lee Chaolan
Member
You're Soaked to the Bone!
Then, of course, as soon as I enter the next area:
"This appears to have once been a sewer."
"Soaked to the bone!"
"Soaked to the bone!"
"Soaked to the bone!"
You guys are so gross, I mean oh my god.
Dick Justice
Banned
I thought Capcom toned down the Pawn chatter? Were they this annoying in the original, or was it even worse? Even after talking to my pawn and telling him to be more reticient, he still never shuts up.
(After leaving the tent with the riftstone at the Encampment)
"There is a riftstone in this tent"
"There is a riftstone nearby"
"We pawns come from riftstones"
(After leaving the tent with the riftstone at the Encampment)
"There is a riftstone in this tent"
"There is a riftstone nearby"
"We pawns come from riftstones"
Go to an inn then it's in your storage (withdraw).
cleveridea
Member
So I havent got up with all the posts, but I read earlier that if you load your old DD save then start a new character AFTER, you wont get the bonus items?
so I have to start again, create a new DD character then go back to dark arisen?
I HATE this ridiculous 1 save slot thing, I didnt want to delete my original character anyway
so I have to start again, create a new DD character then go back to dark arisen?
I HATE this ridiculous 1 save slot thing, I didnt want to delete my original character anyway
tiny raptor
Member
Yay, time to quote days old posts.
nikos, did you get this plan from this video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmjsY8e32GI
So my order will be arriving one of these days, but I have no idea what class I should take on my first playthrough.
Knowing myself I'll probably only play it once and I'm having doubts between a mage and a strider. Anyone has some advice to give or idea on how both classes play?
Edit: watching the video above and it is quite applicable to my situation
Knowing myself I'll probably only play it once and I'm having doubts between a mage and a strider. Anyone has some advice to give or idea on how both classes play?
Edit: watching the video above and it is quite applicable to my situation
Sanctuary
Member
Is it just me, or did they make the beginning hydra about 20x more obnoxious? I always literally finished it in about a minute to a minute and a half with every character in vanilla. In this however, it seems like I'm attacking it forever and my pawns insist on staying stuck inside their mouths until near the end, or until they die. Even once
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Also, I don't remember the elemental boons only lasting 60s. I know you can get an augment later to increase their duration, but they seem so short now that by the time you buff the whole group, you only have a few seconds left on the first one you cast.
They either lied, or it only applies to Bitterblack Isle. So far they are just as annoying as they were in vanilla.
Serious questions: Do wolves hunt in packs? It's a rumor I've heard, and do Goblins hate fire? Can't confirm.
the fight drags on long enough to get the oil barrel (never saw that until DA), the targeting is all screwed up and it doesn't seem to matter how many times you hit the neck...it will just randomly "work".
Also, I don't remember the elemental boons only lasting 60s. I know you can get an augment later to increase their duration, but they seem so short now that by the time you buff the whole group, you only have a few seconds left on the first one you cast.
They either lied, or it only applies to Bitterblack Isle. So far they are just as annoying as they were in vanilla.
Serious questions: Do wolves hunt in packs? It's a rumor I've heard, and do Goblins hate fire? Can't confirm.
You need Magick stat for MK though?
toddhunter
Member
Sorry if this is a really annoying FAQ. But there is nothing that can be done about the size and clarity of the in game text besides fiddling with the brightness a little right?
You sold the Eternal Ferrystone?
I'm an expert
Formerly worldrevolution. The only reason I am nice to anyone else is to avoid being banned.
Oh shit..startin to theory craft class builds.. I'm falling down the hole..