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Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen PC |OT| Wolves hunt in 4K
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Admiral Woofington
Member
I mean friends not having pawns it's fine, you can always just get random pawns at your level which is free, but you gotta change them more often.
Using my friends pawns is half the point of the game.
SchrodingerC
Member
Admiral Woofington
Member
I agree, but while I'm waiting for more people I still need pawns lol.
And unfortunately out of the few I have out so far, 95% of them are female mages and I need a warrior as well.
Nero's Neptune
Member
I DO have HDR set to low, as that's the intended setting for the game. Maybe that's a huge performance killer?
KCroxtonJr
Member
I only played a little bit of warrior on PS3, so I decided to check it out again and see whats up....it has been surprisingly fun. The battles play out a bit different, which is pretty nice actually. I still want to be able to have 6 skills though lol.
Is anyone else that's using a Dualshock 4 having difficulties with what buttons it's displaying on the guide? It just shows me the numbers 1-4, rather than Y or Triangle for whatever reason.
Curious if anyone else has run into this yet? It's not a huge deal, but I'd prefer something else
I had the same problem. But apparently if you put it in exclusive mode.
Make sure you start DS4Windows before starting Steam, DDDA, FRAPS or any other program. It should give you Xbox Prompt. It might be a bug, I'm not sure.
Just plug in your controller and then launch DS4Windows. After that you can start the game. If you dont get the yellow/red warning. You're good.
CAAAAAAAAAAAW
Member
So I was wandering around escorting the forest wench somewhere, when I spotted a cyclops along the nearby cliffs. I approached it slowly, so I wouldn't be stuck fighting it in some awkward lump of rocks, when suddenly a DINGDINGDING YOU DID A QUEST HOORAY thing speeds by. Silly cyclops walked off the cliff and finished my kill3cyclops quest without me even having to do anything :/
Yeah, I've been trying to find some bulkier pawns to help out(strider/mage for my own characters), but all the gaf friend pawns that showed up have been female mages, aside from one. And that one was half my level the last time I checked.
Cannon Goose
Member
If I enable the debanding shader in GeDoSaTo then it makes all my other shaders not work. Is this happening to anyone else?
Admiral Woofington
Member
Im part of the problem and have a female sorceress but mine was themed to Witcher 3 and I wanted to be Geralt lol.
Regardless I have a friend in my list who has a female warrior but has hasn't put any skills on her.
KCroxtonJr
Member
Core skills are...the skills in the core skills section of the menu. lol
HalfBakedProphet
Member
Your first non-tutorial chimera fight
Half the time I was picking up dead pawns
Half the time I was picking up dead pawns
KCroxtonJr
Member
Man, I really hope we get some awesome enemy spawn mods. I want to be fighting a chimera out in the wild, have a griffin swoop in, and then a cyclops wander into the insanity.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Just wait until you're near end game of the base game when you see them walking around and Kill them in like 3 minutes.Your first non-tutorial chimera fight
Half the time I was picking up dead pawns
Nero's Neptune
Member
JUST
HalfBakedProphet
Member
Farming normal drakes in a few seconds with BBI gear is where it's at mang
Part of what makes this game so good is the struggle against strong enemies early on. It gives you a very clear picture later on about how powerful you've become.
the real Dragon's Dogma starts here
JUST
Protip:
use the environment to your advantage
texhnolyze
Banned
Is this Dragon's Dogma? Lol.
Nero's Neptune
Member
He actually ran off the edge.
Forgot how hard those fuckers are without a god pawn. Whenever I'd bring my main pawn along on an alternate save she'd just about one-hit the bastards.
zerokoolpsx
Member
Died several times starting on hard mode. I might be over level 10 once I reach Gran Soren lol. Hmm, might go back to normal? Anyway, got a foil Death card. Surprised it drop.
Apparently theres no way for me to have normal loading times with any ENB presets, tried multiple, guess i'll settle for vanilla downscaled from 4k, not that i complain but its just... weird.
Anyhow, im really really early into the game, just going to Witchwood at lvl 11ish, is it normal that some bandits are 5 times stronger than others? Some sword&board guy was pretty much 2-3 shotting me and my companions, had to spend half the time ressing them, while like, the archer or dualwielding guys died in a few swings. Just felt a bit out of place or that i was missing something.
Anyhow, im really really early into the game, just going to Witchwood at lvl 11ish, is it normal that some bandits are 5 times stronger than others? Some sword&board guy was pretty much 2-3 shotting me and my companions, had to spend half the time ressing them, while like, the archer or dualwielding guys died in a few swings. Just felt a bit out of place or that i was missing something.
LucidMomentum
Member
This game is the business.
I thought the landscape was a but sparse traversing the opening area for quests, but then I entered the path to the forest during dusk, fighting bandits and wandering into the forest at night, and then the atmosphere set in and I spent way too long playing tonight.
Still haven't left the starting area, but I already know this game is going to be worth my time. I don't need a lot of story, just enough to make the missions not feel like meaningless busywork.
The combat feels so hefty - each hit has weight and punch to it and the skills are super fun. I need that party from the opening sequence though. I love games that show you what you can do before you start out on your quest.
The soundtrack is great (into free is beyond catchy), the characters interesting enough albeit talkative as anything, and I love the lore attached to small items and the conversations between passers-by.
This game has a lot of heart, and I can't wait to dive into it.
Anyways, here's me and my SO as Arisen and Pawn. If you need a strider, Aria is your gal.
She loved how the character creator worked and she doesn't even play games often. She wants me to keep her informed of her antics in-game, which I find hilarious.
One more for good measure:
It's a tough area, even without the fighter bandits and their charging thrust move that OHKOs you. Took me a good while to navigate it.
There are different classes for the bandits that match your arisen / pawn classes and skill sets. The heavier armored guys are fighters, so I liked stunlocking them by getting them down, grabbing them, and kicking them into my ranger's attacks.
The other guys (archer / strider) I could just combo for the most part.
I love how tactical you have to be about things, yet the pacing of combat and the varied abilities and pawns you have gives you a lot of freedom in how you approach it.
I thought the landscape was a but sparse traversing the opening area for quests, but then I entered the path to the forest during dusk, fighting bandits and wandering into the forest at night, and then the atmosphere set in and I spent way too long playing tonight.
Still haven't left the starting area, but I already know this game is going to be worth my time. I don't need a lot of story, just enough to make the missions not feel like meaningless busywork.
The combat feels so hefty - each hit has weight and punch to it and the skills are super fun. I need that party from the opening sequence though. I love games that show you what you can do before you start out on your quest.
The soundtrack is great (into free is beyond catchy), the characters interesting enough albeit talkative as anything, and I love the lore attached to small items and the conversations between passers-by.
This game has a lot of heart, and I can't wait to dive into it.
Anyways, here's me and my SO as Arisen and Pawn. If you need a strider, Aria is your gal.
She loved how the character creator worked and she doesn't even play games often. She wants me to keep her informed of her antics in-game, which I find hilarious.
One more for good measure:
It's a tough area, even without the fighter bandits and their charging thrust move that OHKOs you. Took me a good while to navigate it.
There are different classes for the bandits that match your arisen / pawn classes and skill sets. The heavier armored guys are fighters, so I liked stunlocking them by getting them down, grabbing them, and kicking them into my ranger's attacks.
The other guys (archer / strider) I could just combo for the most part.
I love how tactical you have to be about things, yet the pacing of combat and the varied abilities and pawns you have gives you a lot of freedom in how you approach it.
hobblygobbly
Member
I hope some time soon someone manages to mod in the Berserk armors... from PS3/X360 game files and such. I really want the White Hawk Armor Set for my Mystic Knight.
It means you're straying too far. The ones near the road should be doable, the ones off of it are likely to cream most people.
Cannon Goose
Member
Here's a couple of screenshots to further illustrate my problem, the first is just the cartoon shader by itself.
And this is with both Deband and the toon shader.
MrTeachwell
Member
With that quote and the dragon I figured I had somehow selected the wrong language options and quit to investigate. Thank you very much for clearing that up.
GamingOblivion
Banned
But... The Claw it makes my hand do kills it for me.
Orthogonal
Member
A wild Hawkian appears. Didn't know you played on PC. Sending an invite so I can hire your Pawn.
Need to play around with GeDoSaTo since I'm getting like 90-100 fps at 1080p, might as well try for a 1440p downsample.
Haunted
Member
Someone said earlier that Hard Mode is intended for New Game+ characters.
Good on you if you can make it work 30+ levels below the recommended level, though!
Aztechnology
Member
Yea but does the game provide any challenge at all if I switch back?
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Is there a way for the game to remember non native resolutions? Sucks having to select it every time with that saving.
Intheflorsh
Banned
That exact same thing happened for me.
Haunted
Member
Well, that's entirely subjective and depends on your familiarity with the combat/pawn system and whether you follow the critical path or tend to go off to explore, I suppose.
Humans in real life are also weak to fire but I hung around my share of campfires.
Unless I'm doing something wrong, but party feels like it needs at least 2 mages -- 1 for the dps and 1 for buffs and heals.. My swordsman is barely doing any damage without the elemental buffs as well as the Strider pawn I'm using.
Edit: Aaaaaand I failed an Escort missions because I got ambushed by a
Edit: Aaaaaand I failed an Escort missions because I got ambushed by a
Wyvern
Weak doesn't mean afraid.
Haunted
Member
I think that's pretty much how everyone beats that guy the first time through. :lol
Yeah, a well balanced party is absolutely crucial in this game. Buffing, offensive spells, and tanking aggro are all important concepts to the combat.
The best is when it does that while you're still grabbing on and you bypass the whole area.
Feels bad saying goodbye to the pawns I'm using just to make a decent party.. Especially now that I'm grinding the 2-hand Warrior.