Lanrutcon
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Periapts.
PSA: You can stack 4 of the same kind at any time. With 4 defense periapts on he won't kill you. With 4 strength periapts on you can Hundred Kisses his heart to death in seconds.
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Periapts.
PSA: You can stack 4 of the same kind at any time. With 4 defense periapts on he won't kill you. With 4 strength periapts on you can Hundred Kisses his heart to death in seconds.
I'm with you with the cutscenes, but then again it's widely known that DD is mediocre at best on every aspect outside combat.
But the rest? I'm gonna sound like DD Defense Force now but if clipping, pathing and some camera issues are enough to call a game janky then well, what game isn't?
Jesus, you can't even control the camera in MH without a N3DS or a circle pad - no, dpad/touch screen don't count, I'm not a crab. But call it janky and people will scream bloody murder.
arts&crafts
Member
undu
Member
Same here, but somebody sent me a cursed weapon which got me the darkening storm, I'm trying to dragonforge it.
Angelus Errare
Banned
Clipping and path finding issues are par for the course in 3D vidyagames.
I'm ready to do the last mission before
, so I decided to hold on it, grabbed my lvl 1 Ranger vocation and travel around the world to clear all of the map while I level it up.
Fun times! and damn is Ranger good! I knocked down a Chimera that was jumping to me with that charged shoot (like in that gif with the warrior dude).
Grigori
Fun times! and damn is Ranger good! I knocked down a Chimera that was jumping to me with that charged shoot (like in that gif with the warrior dude).
MH4U is infinitely less janky than dragons dogma in every way imaginable (I played with a circle pad pro). They are not even on the same level, especially with collision detection.
Most of that is due dragons dogma being a bigger more ambitious game, which almost always comes with jank.
Edit: Here is a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-CmJ2h8mwU showing some of what I'm talking about. This shit happened constantly, and frequently caused the AI to path is strange ways and aggro enemies far from me and die.
Reizo Ryuu
Member
What exactly was janky about "The ramblings of an upjumped zealot makes for tedious listening.."?
Or "Some welcome the end with arms outstreched...while others come to face death incarnate, arms in hand."
I'm hard pressed to ever skip those cutscenes.
They probably did do everything without anyone telling them what to do because they are badass.
Just because a game is MTF, Unreal, CE3, or whatever have you, doesn't mean that massive amounts of work doesn't go into these ports.There's plenty of crap ports from last year done by other companies that run on "PC centric" engines. There's a reason why QLOC's name is sang from the tops of mountains. They do what other port studios can't do. Nixxes and Avalanche Studios are also up there.
arts&crafts
Member
okay I killed the dragon, took an hour but thank god that is done
Reizo Ryuu
Member
Well, the reality is that the workflow capcom osaka with MTF dictates a pc version existing first, this is not the case with Unreal or CE.
It doesn't matter if it's not released, or released later, the pc version is built first and then ported over to consoles. So it doesn't matter if QLOC is a "port" studio, there was nothing to port.
Damn, these .298 binaries are so sweet. I'm over 39h of game time and I'm only level 16, lol.
what enb config are you using?
Hah hah hah. Okay. Batman was made on PC first too bro.
Reizo Ryuu
Member
This is the first time in 500 hours I've seen this.
Also AI aggro'ing enemies just means their inclination tells them to go do that; if you are running around with pioneers or scathers then yeah, they are going to aggro anything and everything.
Cannon Goose
Member
Gorecyclopses - spooky from afar and up close.
Psychoward
Banned
I was going to defend myself saying it was just an opinion and that I didn't like playing as MA but then you already picked up on that in the first part of your post. I'm not saying MAs aren't good but I really dislike playing as them.
Defaults to 3 stars if they die.
Angelus Errare
Banned
I personally find Strider to be better in BBI than MA. Helmsplitter EVERYTHING!
Reizo Ryuu
Member
Well that's fair I guess.
Ouch.
LurkerPrime
Member
I try to be honest and only award 5's for the very best/most appealing combinations.
I'm sorry.
Oh, interesting. I was wondering how that worked.
I'm sorry.
Oh, interesting. I was wondering how that worked.
If I had that experience, I'd agree with you. But in 300 hours on console, I never saw anything like that.
Lanrutcon
Member
They basically have 3 cool tricks:
- 6/9 Shot: it's a ranged nuke. Effective against your generic large enemies.
- Explosive Rivet: works super well if you have some strength pawns with you. Light em up, and your pawns should detonate your shots for you. Ragdolls a lot of problematic enemies.
- Ricochet: This shit in small rooms is borderline cheating. Wanna 1 shot Garms? Maul Eliminators without a care? Stupidly good in BBI.
When I first started playing MA I also posted here that the class felt like poop. Unfun to play, not very effective. Now it's my vocation of choice for fucking shit up. The easiest class to complete BBI with, barring a Ranger with a few hundred Blast Arrows.
so do dragons just spawn all the time in the garden near the start of BBI now? There was one there, I killed it, a cursed one came down, I killed it. Later, I went there again, and there was another one >_>
none were particulary hard im just wondering.
none were particulary hard im just wondering.
Reizo Ryuu
Member
Why does everyone forget about ward arrow...
Nah magic archer does kind of suck.
Oh true it is stupid strong. Very powerful.
But when I just point in the general direction, wait for a lock on or ding and then fire and forget, and watch as some grand effect obliterates the enemy while I sit back and scratch some itchy butt...
It leaves very little feeling of triumph and satisfaction, which is one of the greatest things about DD.
Getting MA skills is always the least enjoyable aspect of a run for me.
Well, except immolation, that is strangely satisfying.
Snacks the sober sea lion
Member
What does the Assassin augment that multiplies damage against enemies "not in battle stance" apply to? I assume enemies that haven't been alerted, but are there any other conditions?
IIRC the agument was bugged on consoles, not sure if they ever fixed it.
It basically just means what you suggest. You can test it without the augment easily on bow characters, like one of the power moves on a Cyclops Arm will cause it to drop a club at the start but might not once combat has started.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Yep. it's basically the go-to place to farm dragonforging, haha. Kill a drake, if a cursed dragon shows up kill that one too (if not, place rancid bait to spawn one), enter the void key door and come back to typically find yet another cursed dragon (I think it's guaranteed even). Rinse repeat.
Reizo Ryuu
Member
Well I generally play as warrior so no argument there.
mere_immortal
Member
What's the recommended level for BBI?
I'd say just go there when you beat the main game. Play a bit of the Everfall, see if it feels too easy, then move on.
Up to the first boss the enemies there aren't particularly notable and should easily be doable for most people 40+ so you can at least do some exploring. Once you get to the boss, probably 55+
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Read the OT ;_;
Lanrutcon
Member
No space for Ward Arrow.
HalfBakedProphet
Member
very nice. Pays to have friends ahead of the curve
There are definitely a few level barriers with BBI. I had to cheese the second sanctum boss with high level pawns because my DFed Dragon's Glaze wasn't breaking the damage barrier. You can even get away with being under level 60 to a point and beat the first boss but...yeah, eventually until it becomes untenable.
By sanctum 3 it just becomes a shitshow if you aren't properly leveled
Reizo Ryuu
Member
Just ditch explosive rivet ;P
Lanrutcon
Member
And miss watching my Strider pawn Skullbreaker 18 rivets on some poor fuck?
Never happening. I've ragdolled a bloated poison undead so hard it flew out of the level.
ThaiGrocer
Member
I, too, can pimp out my follower. I don't feel guilty cos they're not people!Had forgotten to rest in quite some time. Had 2 million rift crystals waiting for me. Thanks renters!
demosthenes
Member
Just learned how to teleport. I like the game much better now.