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Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen PC |OT| Wolves hunt in 4K
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LurkerPrime
Member
Yeah, I think that's Lisa. I'll have to check the owner next time. She's been a huge help with all the buffing and healing and occasional firebomb. Tharp... uh... Daddy or whatever's Wulf is the other pawn (the one looking away from the image because of how damn stoic he is)--and he's also great, save that pawns absolutely suck at that charge-up melee move.
I haven't sent either back in a long time simply because of how good this group has worked out--a mage to keep the party alive and provide support (Lisa); a heavy, blunt-damage warrior to break armour and undead (Wulf); a tanky dude that will draw fire to him (Irval, my pawn); and my Arisen, Goreman, who is a killing machine with dagger and bow.
texhnolyze
Banned
So, what's your main/usual party composition, gaf?
My character is an assassin/mystic knight, and my main pawn is a fighter/warrior who is focusing on small monsters. I always bring a mage with me for healing and an archer/strider for the big monsters. It's quite balanced for most situation, I'd say.
My character is an assassin/mystic knight, and my main pawn is a fighter/warrior who is focusing on small monsters. I always bring a mage with me for healing and an archer/strider for the big monsters. It's quite balanced for most situation, I'd say.
Does interacting with the pawn rift stone "rest" them to update them for others? Or do I literally need to sleep in a bed?
Projectjustice
Banned
Anyone using my pawn Adah? Shes a Mage now with lots of powerful magic Level 37.
Lux R7
Member
i'm doing a second BBI run mystic knight + 2 fighters and a warrior. Hell in a cell!
Crimsonclaw111
Member
I'm still shocked Capcom released RE0 not even a few days after. Looks like Dogma was the right horse to back for them.
lucebuce12
Member
Just came upon a pack of goblins and I could've sworn one of them said " who let the dogs out".
Assassin with Warrior pawn and I've pretty much stuck with Mage/Sorc for rental pawns the entire game.
I figured two magics is a nice counter balance to two melees and I have my bow for any flying/weak spot based stuff. Maybe I should mix it up and swap the Sorc out with a Ranger or something.
Palculator
Unconfirmed Member
I'm glad she was helpful but I actually sent her down the path of Sorcerer last night because she has had Mage maxed out for ages now and actually has all the skills/augments unlocked. So enjoy those heals while they last, because once you send her back she won't have them, heh. She got a way cooler outfit in the process, though, so swings and roundabouts I guess.
I'm kinda boring in the sense that I just cover all basic directions, usually. I'm currently levelling Warrior and my Pawn is Sorcerer so I get a Mage for healing and something Strider-ish as the second Pawn. If I or my Pawn were levelling other vocations I'd similarly include vocations/paths not covered by me or my Pawn.
Cannon Goose
Member
My Arisen is a Mystic Knight at the moment (formerly Warrior/Fighter) and my main Pawn is a Ranger. I always hire a Sorcerer for the mayhem they can cause and a Mage for the healing, however I'm probably going to stop hiring Mages and just put whatever into that extra slot. Healing with items is so quick and inexpensive so I'm starting to not really feel like I need the Mage around anymore.
SchrodingerC
Member
Aww, someone finally chosen my pawn to go adventuring.
Thanks to a Paully for choosing my pawn!.
Thanks to a Paully for choosing my pawn!.
Currently still rocking Fighter (one more stamp? until maxed out) as my Arisen, Mage as my pawn and fighter/strider as other pawns. Should maybe swap the latter some day, I think I've been using Terra's pawn since forever now lol
Fakeknowledge
Member
Just started this, just beat the
Are there any must do things at this point?
hydra
Are there any must do things at this point?
Palculator
Unconfirmed Member
You found Suda51's Pawn.
That was not your imagination! It's hilarious... I wonder if the devs left it in as a joke
Has anyone hired a mage pawn named "Sidekick"? After sleeping I keep getting the music that says someone used my pawn, but I get no screen with gifts our messages
So lonelyKCroxtonJr
Member
My pawn is getting a good amount of love I made the same one as I did on PS3, a female mage focused on support, she got a ton of love on PS3 too.
I originally had her a mix of support and attack, but I recently changed her to full on support and buffing, gonna see how it goes.
Also, I usually ran with a sorcerer in my group, but I'm gonna see how leaving a sorcerer out of the group goes. I feel like they make the game a little too easy once they have access to the higher skills.
I made the same one as I did on PS3, a female mage focused on support, she got a ton of love on PS3 too.I originally had her a mix of support and attack, but I recently changed her to full on support and buffing, gonna see how it goes.
Also, I usually ran with a sorcerer in my group, but I'm gonna see how leaving a sorcerer out of the group goes. I feel like they make the game a little too easy once they have access to the higher skills.
texhnolyze
Banned
My pawn is getting a good amount of love
I originally had her a mix of support and attack, but I recently changed her to full on support and buffing, gonna see how it goes.
Also, I usually ran with a sorcerer in my group, but I'm gonna see how leaving a sorcerer out of the group goes. I feel like they make the game a little too easy once they have access to the higher skills.
Yeah, this is why I never hire sorcerer pawns anymore.
Perhaps they're perfect for hardmode NG+ later, as I've never done that before.
CAAAAAAAAAAAW
Member
Well then. Beat the last boss on BBI,
. One of my cursed things was some thong >_>
Of course it went on my pawn immediately. I like the cape I found too:
Too bad the witch hat covers up her nice hair...
Daimon or whoever
Of course it went on my pawn immediately. I like the cape I found too:
Too bad the witch hat covers up her nice hair...
KCroxtonJr
Member
Yeah, probably hardmode or even the later parts of BBI I'll grab a sorc if things start getting out of hand lol
LurkerPrime
Member
Speaking of pawns, I'm curious: what do y'all look for in a pawn, anyways? Like, how deep does your analysis into their abilities go?
For me, at first, appearance piqued my interest with level as the decider; now I check out skills and level and don't really care about much else. A mage with the healing spell has a huge leg up on the competition. Also, I generally check out friend's pawns first, unless I come across a cool one in the world--my favourites list is my second filter, and specific level lists are the last one.
Eh, maybe I'll go mage/sorcerer some time. I last did it in the mid-teens, so there weren't many skills for either to take advantage of.
For me, at first, appearance piqued my interest with level as the decider; now I check out skills and level and don't really care about much else. A mage with the healing spell has a huge leg up on the competition. Also, I generally check out friend's pawns first, unless I come across a cool one in the world--my favourites list is my second filter, and specific level lists are the last one.
Eh, maybe I'll go mage/sorcerer some time. I last did it in the mid-teens, so there weren't many skills for either to take advantage of.
Palculator
Unconfirmed Member
I'll be switching her back to Mage as soon as. I was farming vocation ranks near the Greatwall Encampment and I didn't want her XP to go to waste on an already maxed vocation so I put her on the most natural unlevelled one.
N
Noray
Unconfirmed Member
I look at their skills, mainstat, augments, inclinations, and gear. It's amazing to me how many people at HIGH LEVEL, like 50+, have pawns with no augments, or not enough to fill the list, and unupgraded skills. Some people really neglect their pawns. Sometimes I'll see an amazing pawn and it'll be like, acquisitor/pioneer or some shit. Deal breaker.
If you want a good pawn (currently a Fighter), add me on steam, same username.
LurkerPrime
Member
Done. If you're not the Bat Man MGSV dude I've made a terrible mistake.
And man, the inclination stuff is tough. I know it influences a lot, but I have so little idea on how to control it. The inn chair doesn't do much. So I can't blame people for doing terrible things with it.
N
Noray
Unconfirmed Member
You can buy potions that change pawn inclinations for 250 RC at the Encampment. I highly recommend reading up on what's good on the wiki.
I roll with a Strider / Mystic Archer and a Mage pawn (for healing). I then pick a Fighter / Warrior pawn and a Sorcerer pawn.
Seems pretty balanced because I can pivot on both roles (ranged and close combat) depending on the needs.
I'm doing the same at the moment, though I've started to get into Ranger for the Strider offshoot class. I guess it's a pretty boring setup, but it works.
Gotta get those cheevos.
And yet the thong remains gender-locked...
Palculator
Unconfirmed Member
I can't confirm it myself as I haven't used ENB but this poster a few pages back reported good results:
ENB with high precision rendering + subtle noise effect = NO MORE BANDING
you can actually even see details that you couldn't see before, and it looks even better in-game, you don't see all those little specs as much as you do in this screenshot.
I assume ENB since it seems to actually enable a higher color depth instead of applying a filter/shader across the whole image to hide the shortcomings which tends to result in loss of details. I'm not too much into this, just what I gathered from reading several posts on the matter.
Comparison shots would be nice. So much love for the game in terms of graphical enhancements
Cannon Goose
Member
I wound up not using ENB after all solely due to the fact that HDR needs to be set to High for it to work. Why is this the case? That setting makes all of the lights enormous and overly bright at night.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
/deadThe best part about Dragon's Dogma is having a Waluigi Arisen + a Wario pawn and an acquaintance making a Waluigi mage to compliment our melee prowess. Diversity!
Look at this handsome devil.
You're adorable.
Yeah I was just in the Rift trying to get pawns and ugh. Tons of them have unupgraded gear, have the silver ring equipped (whyyyy), bad inclinations (more forgiveable since it's a bit more obtuse but still), terrible skills loadouts... Surefire way not to get hired, guys.
Added you, I'm going to bed but I'll probably give your pawn for a spin tomorrow.
Oh and Liquid, I hired your orc lady for a while.
Let me know if you get a message. I think I gifted you uh... some potion or something. Don't have much. :\Visit the Black Cat for some cross-dressing-allowed lady outfits...
I still haven't missed with ENB for this but you should be able to tweak all that back to normal settings or settings you prefer yourself using ENB.
4k (well close enough to it) + a basic sweetfx profile is doing it for me for the time being. I'll get on the ENB train when I start a new char.
Thank you!
Soodanim
Gold Member
Just had my first CTD. I probably only lost 10 minutes of progress as I wanted to change to Warrior before doing the mine tunnel.
Using a Warrior is worth it just for hitting all of the stones from anything minable in one swing. No more waiting for my pawns to use pickaxes because I'm too lazy.
Using a Warrior is worth it just for hitting all of the stones from anything minable in one swing. No more waiting for my pawns to use pickaxes because I'm too lazy.
texhnolyze
Banned
Don't worry, there's a mod for that.
This mod is a must for those who are using ENB imho, as it forces you to set HDR to high and it's very distracting.
Don't Blind Me.
Mod
Vanilla
ENB updated once again, without version change:
Sounds to me like the overly bright lights are a bug caused by the second renderer bug he mentions.
http://enbdev.com/mod_dragonsdogma_v0297.htm
Boris just made a pretty throughout post explaining why.
http://enbseries.enbdev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=68768#p68768
Sounds to me like the overly bright lights are a bug caused by the second renderer bug he mentions.
johancruijff
Banned
found my first drake in
he(it?) was trashing me, ressed a couple of times my pawns
i managed to expose his heart
and then he fled
DevilFire Grove
he(it?) was trashing me, ressed a couple of times my pawns
i managed to expose his heart
and then he fled
Palculator
Unconfirmed Member
This is such bullshit. Happened like twice to me yesterday after I got him down to ~15% of his last health bar. Fucker needs to grow a pair.
toastyToast
Member
Can't seem to get anyone to hire my pawn. Got a couple hires early on but it's been pretty dead since then. Fairly decent gear Sorcerer with scather. He doesn't have Maelstrom so you'll definitely be able to see
http://steamcommunity.com/id/toasty_T/
http://steamcommunity.com/id/toasty_T/