Lanrutcon
Member
He was very easy once you got him to the final phase. It was more of a cinematic experience than a serious fight.
Now the fucker sitting at the end of BBI...he'll give you a run for your crystals.
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He was very easy once you got him to the final phase. It was more of a cinematic experience than a serious fight.
Now the fucker sitting at the end of BBI...he'll give you a run for your crystals.
Reizo Ryuu
Member
tfw your pawn comes back with 3 star ratings and saying "how did I perform? I tried my hardest :]"..."I know you did bao, I know :<"
To everyone renting pawns Be Aware: The rating you give to the pawn you rent effects the rift crystal reward the player on the other end gets(IIRC).
I feel like whenever I get 3 stars in everything the person renting the pawn just kept hitting A to get through the pop-ups, because they usually also don't come with any comments.
I feel like whenever I get 3 stars in everything the person renting the pawn just kept hitting A to get through the pop-ups, because they usually also don't come with any comments.
Snacks the sober sea lion
Member
What's the fastest way to kill Cyclopes? Done a lot of just shooting them in the eye for 3-5 minutes.
I prefer to stab them in the taint over and over
Maboroshi Daikon
Neo Member
So that's what scrag of beast is!
RyanardoDaVinci
Member
Did you jump into the big hole?
Anything with lightning damage does wonder. And shooting them in the eye with the right skills will end them pretty quickly too.
I did. each floor takes me to the eye boss.
is it a story boss? I thought it was optional.
LurkerPrime
Member
A few charged arrow shots to the eye will either stun, blind, or topple them. Difficult to do against armoured cyclopses; there's only a few times I've knocked the head armour off before killing them.
Electricity spells work better though--it's full-on stun city.
Now you've done it!
But really, against big monsters I'd agree, definitely; against smaller enemies it's more of a toss-up.
Char Aznable
Member
so i'm lvl 36, am i ready for bitterblack isle?
Lanrutcon
Member
I find killing packs of a dozen or so small monsters by summoning a hurricane which tosses all of them 50 meters into the air quite satisfying
Reizo Ryuu
Member
Yes the first time you get a scripted room.
RyanardoDaVinci
Member
You have to beat that boss, iirc. Then each of the 15 doors opens to similar dungeons with different enemies. Your goal in the new Everfall is to collect 20 wakestones.
Wakestone shards will drop pretty regularly in there, or you can kill the Ur-Dragon to get all 20 in one shot. Fighting the Ur is different if you're connected online, his health is immense and damage done to him is shared across all connected players, but if you play offline he is much easier.
Wakestone shards will drop pretty regularly in there, or you can kill the Ur-Dragon to get all 20 in one shot. Fighting the Ur is different if you're connected online, his health is immense and damage done to him is shared across all connected players, but if you play offline he is much easier.
MutonCommander
Banned
So can anyone fill me in on what the deal is with the apparently massive amount of content in this game? I just reached Gran Soren, here are my questions:
1. There's a purple quest marker that appears at Cassardis. What is it?
2. At what level should I start Bitterback Isle? After I'm done with the main quest?
3. What's the expansion content? When and how do I access it?
4. What do people mean when they say that post game is the real Dragon's Dogma?
1. There's a purple quest marker that appears at Cassardis. What is it?
2. At what level should I start Bitterback Isle? After I'm done with the main quest?
3. What's the expansion content? When and how do I access it?
4. What do people mean when they say that post game is the real Dragon's Dogma?
arts&crafts
Member
Do you only see friends on there or can anyone on the internet see it? I dont think anyone has ever used mine, only 4 of the people in the gaf group are my friends though.
That's when I went in. Because of the way defense works the only thing I had that could even put a dent in the enemies there was charged strikes as a warrior. I made it work anyways and came out with some cool stuff. I got stopped cold by the first 'boss' though. Save your RCs for weapons.
Funny thing is the first (and best) best item I found in there was an Archstaff, and I've yet to try out any magic classes yet. So my pawn carried me for a while with tornadoes and shit everywhere, felt weird man.
I suppose my cyclops hammer may trivialize the rest of the game but at this point I just want to power through this stuff and get more Bitterblack in. I went back and fought the Drake that had ambushed me a few times earlier and I didn't feel like I was COMPLETELY overpowering it so maybe it'll be fine.
People are really loving my Melissandre pawn. I got over 150k RC after logging back in today.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/ezekial45
http://steamcommunity.com/id/ezekial45
Electricity ends up even being too powerful
. If you yourself have a staff and a electric spell and one of your pawns do too, you can basically stun-lock the cyclops the whole fight BBI is the expansion.
Purple quest markers IIRC are BBI quest markers.
Yes, play it after the main quest, and maybe a bit after as the main game has a decent chunk of post-story content that will get trivialized if you do it kitted out in BBI gear.
Yeah, the game can't see your groups, but it can see your friends list.
So if you add friends from the GAF list you'll get more rentals in theory because rentals from friends cost zero RC.
RyanardoDaVinci
Member
1. Leads you to Bitterblack Isle.
2. After the main quest, lvl50+.
3. See 1.
4. Killing the Dragon is not the end of the game.
arts&crafts
Member
LurkerPrime
Member
I find killing packs of a dozen or so small monsters by summoning a hurricane which tosses all of them 50 meters into the air quite satisfying
Oh good point. The variety gives it a big edge.
I imagine playing through as an Arisen fighter or mage will completely change how I approach everything.
Not sure if it's yours or not because I imagine it's a popular name these days but I've used one by that name a ton as she's generally almost always around my level range when most repeat pawns or friend pawns either are too slow or way out pace me.
StarlordDial
Member
So I'm currently pondering on when to start new game plus ? Is it better for me to start it after the main quest and not do everfall or?
Lanrutcon
Member
Did you get a Bitterblack Weapon Level 2? If so, then I took her through BBI.
you have to do everfall to get to new game+
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
What? No, hard mode isn't NG+. It might be meant for NG+ but you can play the whole game in hard mode on the first playthrough including BBI. I did it on PS3.
lolFull of conviction as he may be, I don't think Wario gave this strategy much thought:
At least his famous last words cracked me up.
Post pics of your Wario pawn! Your Waluigi Arisen was hilarious.
Indeed. And you can still get the cloak anyway.
Wear the set of captain's armour that you wore for breaking into Blighted Manse, visit the Duke's manse at night, wait for the patrols to start and the guard next to the door to leave and loot the chest lol.
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So glad I had placed a port crystal there though...
On the PS3, I lost pawns to Death often in BBI. He's a pain. Yeah I did run when I wasn't ready, but sometimes pawns derp around and try to fight him and stand there while he's charging his scythe and -_-
Oh I ran into him yesterday. I was looking for male archers. But I think I ended up hiring someone else.Guys you should hire my pawn
https://steamcommunity.com/id/drillingbutter
All his stuff is dragonforged and he knows how to handle himself!
RyanardoDaVinci
Member
For anyone exploring post-dragon and wondering what exactly you can find:
Here's the chambers of the Everfall and what you'll find inside:
0. Confusion - mandatory, any door you enter will bring you here. Evil Eye.
1. Anxiety - Lich, Undead, Skeletons.
2. Absence - Inky Saurians, Magi, Hellhounds, Grim Goblins.
3. Hesitation - Snowy Saurians, Undead, ArchHydra.
4. Apprehension - Gore Chimera, Wights, Undead / 2 Cockatrices, Grim Goblins, Vile Eyes.
5. Remorse - Grim Goblins, Golem, Cyclops, MERCHANT.
6. Tragedy - Succubi, Gargoyles, Phantasms.
7. Lament - UR-DRAGON
8. Fate - Drake + Harpies or Chimera + Gore Chimera + Lich summoning Hellhounds / Succubi, Gargoyles.
9. Distress - Direwolves, Snow Harpies, Wyrm.
10. Estrangement - Golem + Cyclops + Ogre or Metal Golem + Wight / MERCHANT, Undead, Phantasms.
11. Woe - Lich, Fell-Lords, Undead.
12. Sorrow - Tentacles, Vile Eyes, Grim Goblins, Evil Eye.
13. Resolution - Ogres, Undead, Cockatrice, Inky Saurians.
14. Inspiration - Phantasms, Magi.
15. Hope - Bloated Undead, Hellhounds, Gore Chimera, Magi.
The Chamber of Fate encounter with the Chimera+Gore+Lich+Hellhounds is arguably the toughest fight outside of BBI.
0. Confusion - mandatory, any door you enter will bring you here. Evil Eye.
1. Anxiety - Lich, Undead, Skeletons.
2. Absence - Inky Saurians, Magi, Hellhounds, Grim Goblins.
3. Hesitation - Snowy Saurians, Undead, ArchHydra.
4. Apprehension - Gore Chimera, Wights, Undead / 2 Cockatrices, Grim Goblins, Vile Eyes.
5. Remorse - Grim Goblins, Golem, Cyclops, MERCHANT.
6. Tragedy - Succubi, Gargoyles, Phantasms.
7. Lament - UR-DRAGON
8. Fate - Drake + Harpies or Chimera + Gore Chimera + Lich summoning Hellhounds / Succubi, Gargoyles.
9. Distress - Direwolves, Snow Harpies, Wyrm.
10. Estrangement - Golem + Cyclops + Ogre or Metal Golem + Wight / MERCHANT, Undead, Phantasms.
11. Woe - Lich, Fell-Lords, Undead.
12. Sorrow - Tentacles, Vile Eyes, Grim Goblins, Evil Eye.
13. Resolution - Ogres, Undead, Cockatrice, Inky Saurians.
14. Inspiration - Phantasms, Magi.
15. Hope - Bloated Undead, Hellhounds, Gore Chimera, Magi.
The Chamber of Fate encounter with the Chimera+Gore+Lich+Hellhounds is arguably the toughest fight outside of BBI.
Snacks the sober sea lion
Member
It's tough to find warrior pawns. There are a lot of mage pawns. Understandably, but I can't have 3 mages all the time.
Nah, totally different. Casting spells here feels way more exciting though. Souls could learn from this; we don't need 4 version of soul arrow in the next game.
and done! well not really lol, but the dragon is dead. that was sure a fucking cool quest / sequence. so, we say this alot on the internet, but for this one is kinda feels more real than usual
does the real dragons dogma begin now?
I still have the BBI stuff to do mind you
does the real dragons dogma begin now?
I still have the BBI stuff to do mind you
Onimusha78
Member
First pawn I used. I think the name made me choose her
LurkerPrime
Member
Lanrutcon
Member
Go in once the Everfall starts being too easy.
It's main game -> everfall -> BBI -> Post-endboss BBI.
Reizo Ryuu
Member
My pawn is nearly always a warrior, she'll even draw all the aggro.
Absolutely. The flexibility of class-switching also gives it a massive edge in terms of gameplay variety within a single playthrough. Whereas in Souls you're stuck with more or less a single template which you can only upgrade in small increments.
In this one playthrough, I've nearly messed around with all classes. All I need to do next is test out the magic classes. And since I already have magic archer and mystix knight at decent levels, I could already boost my staff skills for use even for a lvl 1 mage/sorcerer.
The incredible thing is that all the different playstyles are all fun.
and done! well not really lol, but the dragon is dead. that was sure a fucking cool quest / sequence. so, we say this alot on the internet, but for this one is kinda feels more real than usual
does the real dragons dogma begin now?
I still have the BBI stuff to do mind you
Yes, this is where shit happens. The Everfall is a lot of fun to explore, and it'll give a number of cool drops, plus the new monsters scattered around the world are very challenging to fight.
And yes, BBI is there to explore as well. Go nuts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2MZqLIcnP4
RyanardoDaVinci
Member
The new Everfall is a good place to test if you're ready for BBI. If you can clear the tougher chambers in the Everfall, you should be good for BBI.
The PONR is very obvious and you can't really cross it accidentally: you have to collect 20 wakestones and give them to the female pawn at the top of the Everfall. Just don't talk to her and you'll never trigger it.
The PONR is very obvious and you can't really cross it accidentally: you have to collect 20 wakestones and give them to the female pawn at the top of the Everfall. Just don't talk to her and you'll never trigger it.
Onimusha78
Member
Your pawn only uploads when you rest at an inn right?