Break their tails off. It's very easy to clear that quest almost as soon as you can get it once you master knocking their tails off quickly. You don't need to level up much outside of trading in your starting weapon and gathering a full party.
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Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen PC |OT| Wolves hunt in 4K
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Haunted
Member
How would anyone know how strong those Saurians down in the sewer are?
I think a lot of the design decisions in this game were made from a position of thinking about this as a world instead of as a game.
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Deleted member 10571
Unconfirmed Member
so is this supposed to happen? Guy on the roof is a quest NPC >_>
GwyndolinCinder
Member
Wish this game was just one massive dungeon of awesome combat, minus the rest of the crap in the game.
Deep down rip
HalfBakedProphet
Member
yup. Jump up on of the adjacent houses and across to talk to him, part of a quest
The Silver
Member
Light hearted? I suppose it does seem that way at the start.
johancruijff
Banned
the UI is my biggest gripe, the quest list is a consequence
So I just installed a SweetFX for the first time ever and it looks wonderful.
Quick question, I installed it through the SweetFX config program, do I need to launch the game through this program every time or can I close it, go into Big Picture Mode and play the game with it always activated? Thanks.
Quick question, I installed it through the SweetFX config program, do I need to launch the game through this program every time or can I close it, go into Big Picture Mode and play the game with it always activated? Thanks.
The Broken Ska Record
Member
Is the audio really low for everyone else? In-game, all audio should be at max, but I have a hard time hearing everything.
texhnolyze
Banned
Yep. Git gud and start parkouring
yeah, it's super low
btw all the guys who are playing for the first time: HOW ABOUT THAT ARISEN THEME/WINNING THE FIGHT THEME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTNfuztCMgM
I dunno, I don't like it when people say this, but... Maybe the game's just not for you? I see where you're coming from and I understand the frustration, but not every game should tell you how hard or easy it'll be beforehand.
Yeah, had to turn the amp's volume up to -20db from the -40 I have it at normally. Almost jumped and fell from my chair when I alt-tabbed to youtube and one of those obnoxious intros started playing on ear-shattering volume.
Pretty much every roof in Gran Soren is accessible somehow. Better find a way up.
N
Noray
Unconfirmed Member
I really fucking hate the way this game just cancels quests without warning. Just had 2 quests fail out because I advanced the main story, despite being given no warning or indication that I wouldn't be able to complete them. I looked at the wiki and they're definitely quests I wanna do. I can't even go back to an earlier save. That really fucking sucks and takes the wind out of my sails.
Sanctuary
Member
How high of a level did you get the Mage? Sorcerers are fucking badass in this game, and it's probably the first game that I have ever played (across decades of gaming across essentially every format) that made me feel like an all powerful caster. In video game form anyway. Their gameplay does have a much spiker feel though. It's all wind up, huge payoff and then lots of downtime. Or you could just get away with charging staff shots, which gets pretty broken with Holy Boon. You also shouldn't have to worry that much about resistances or immunities if you are carrying three elements, or at least two and a non element like Miasma/Maelstrom. Even then, I don't remember much of anything resisting Holy Boon.
That being said, IMO the funnest classes to play would be: Magick Archer (only end game Vanilla, and then all of BBI where they truly shine), Assassin and Sorcerer in that order.
This is playing an Assassin (or Strider):
Well this is fucking annoying, the core skills aren't working on my warrior. I just got to the capital and wanted to try out the warrior but the core skills that give alternates to the basic attacks aren't working. Anyone know if this is a common bug that's easy to fix? A light google isn't showing anything. :/
hobblygobbly
Member
End-game/Post-game it can be.
You get access to The Everfall post-game after defeating the dragon (called post-dragon or post-game), which has many chambers and strong enemies + bosses you must progress through. The overall world changes as well, much more dangerous.
Then there is Bitterblack Isle which is basically like a Souls game, it's pretty big, lots of bosses and enemies,
it has pre-daimon and post-daimon (last boss of BBI) or more clearly, daimon's first and second form. When you kill daimon the first time you need to go through BBI again, it changes it again + difficulty + enemy spawns (new enemies + diff locations) + chest loot changes, etc while you work your way to kill his second form.
Basically the end-game is what you want. The end-game of DD is what is strong about it. The Gransys questing before those two parts of the game is the weakest part (in my opinion).
texhnolyze
Banned
How high of a level did you get the Mage? Sorcerers are fucking badass in this game, and it's probably the first game that I have ever played (across decades of gaming across essentially every format) that made me feel like an all powerful caster. Their gameplay does have a much spiker feel though. It's all wind up, huge payoff and then lots of downtime. Or you could just get away with charging staff shots, which gets pretty broken with Holy Boon. You also shouldn't have to worry that much about resistances or immunities if you are carrying three elements, or at least two and a non element like Miasma/Maelstrom.
That being said, IMO the funnest classes to play would be: Magick Archer (only end game Vanilla, and then all of BBI where they truly shine), Assassin and Sorcerer in that order.
This is playing an Assassin (or Strider):
I think I'm stick being mage. Already played as assassin before so now is the time for new gameplay experience.
Sanctuary
Member
Ice is extremely good against
red drakes, especially the first you can encounter in Devil's Grove.
Can't really do it on a blind playthrough, but for consecutive playthroughs I like to stick with Fire since it's generally the most useful early to mid, then switch to Holy as a primary, only going to Ice (any reptillian) or Dark (humanoid) as needed. I never bothered with Lightning, since it has the most limited use, and you can just use the spells for greater effect.
Lanrutcon
Member
All the elements have a place. Ice, for example, murders Saurians. Lightning stuns Cyclops. Holy kills undead (even incorporeal).
I like to roll with ice, personally.
Sanctuary
Member
After you play an Assassin (or any of the Strider advanced classes), there's not much reason to bother with any other physical class unless you're playing Mystic Knight. Warriors are probably the worst class in the game, even if they can be great in limited situations, or if you just want to tank the entire game as a Fighter. Fighters can output decent damage, and have decent mobility too, but they don't really compare to the Strider classes.
Anyone know if there is some compatibility issue with using enbs and steam link? I see all these great screenshots but the ones I've used trend to be really blown out.
I will note that I see a big difference in the way my monitor and tv render the game by itself, without any enb.
I will note that I see a big difference in the way my monitor and tv render the game by itself, without any enb.
endlessflood
Member
It's definitely not easy, in fact it's probably the biggest difficulty spike in the game short of visiting the Drake early. It's there for a reason though, and that's to put the fear of God into the player and emphasize the importance of tailoring your strategy to your enemies' weakness.
Also for those who are still in the early parts of the game, don't forget to keep heading back to the starting town after each quest, even though the game is pointing you towards Gran Soren. Otherwise you'll miss out on some very cool quests.
SkyTurnsRed
Banned
30 hours already?! Good lord. Impressive. I have... Three.
Dre_G_Writer
Member
That's what the DLC, Bitter Black island is. It's just one massive ass dungeon with levels, that goes deeper, and deeper. It's like Diablo one, the deeper you go, the more chaotic it gets. Your going deeper and deeper into hell.
Fire is most effective in the early game, but later in the game, it becomes the less effective. Once you get to that point in the game, you'll notice it.
I wish they made more use of some of the environments though. I absolutely loved the blasted alpine landscape and the deep woods. After hours of BBI and Everfall, I would take random side trips to balance out the scenery.
Hmm, i just got to gran soren. Is it worth the walk back to the village to check it out again?
Iirc, yep.
You can just use the eternal ferrystone from your storage to warp between both locations endlessly.
Ivory Samoan
Gold Member
Really good once you get your head around the crazy deep lore Obsidian has created - I rate it right up there with Baldur's Gate II (just shy of PST level story, but debatably cooler/deeper base lore).
There are some truly humorous/dark/sad/fun stories in Pillars, and I too think about them when in Gransys...but then I hit another boss fight and my yearning for more story stuff washes away with the awesomeness of Dragon Dogma's combat!
Such a great couple of Fantasy RPGs: we are spoiled at the moment.
I am seeing what you mean, already getting a darker tone the more I play (loving it!).
I'm worried about getting overleveled, it's my nature to end up grinding in this kind of game. I'm only at 30 right now but I'm having fun finding big monsters out in the world. It's just that I want to experiment with new skills and such which makes me want to grind for more discipline.
I ended up with an all-female party at some point and ended up sticking with it after doing so seemed to unlock a quest line - some female bandits are my buddies now.
But yeah I love it when they do that. I just absolutely murdered 3 of them in a row because they kept grabbing my ladies and then they'd eat a bunch of indomitable lashes.
I ended up with an all-female party at some point and ended up sticking with it after doing so seemed to unlock a quest line - some female bandits are my buddies now.
But yeah I love it when they do that. I just absolutely murdered 3 of them in a row because they kept grabbing my ladies and then they'd eat a bunch of indomitable lashes.
Sanctuary
Member
I don't know if I could say it's up there with their best work, but it was definitely good, and had Obsidian stamped all over it.
Haha, is that my pawn? That or we have very similar tasteLevel 103 Strider. Once you get Dragonkin farming down, the levels just flow.
So I chose strider to get the endurance augment and grit before I move to magic but I was wondering if it would be worth swapping to ranger for a bit. I've never played DD before but I did hear people suggesting that grabbing the extra endurance would be helpful during early levels and grit seems perfect if I'm always casting. Is there any other augments I should aim for before swapping to Mage? I'm level 15.
MR ARCADE FOREVER
Member
How do you play online? Is there a way to invite friends to play as pawns?
Not exactly a screenshot from nightime but here's a screenshot on a darkish cave:
Before:
After:
regarding link, I used this , though by default it's absolutely terrible. The bloom and sharpening there are absolutely hideous. I used the instructions on that to remove the sharpening, the bloom and the blue filter it introduces. I might upload it myself on the nexus.
So the online system is busted, right?
Rift Coins, ratings, quest/enemy/area knowledge, items, and feedback that your Pawn should be coming back to you with are not actually being tracked.
Confirmed this with a friend. We each used each others pawns, left some items in the inventory, gave some ratings, and left some feedback but it never got tracked.
A shame too because that is the heart of the multiplayer component.
Anyway, port is great. I made a steam controller config that is designed for quickly getting headshots as an archer (just search for '[G25]') and holy shit do I find it effective. Warning on those: It assumes that you are familiar with the controls as it mixes mouse and gamepad controls so the control button prompts in the bottom right of the screen aren't always consistent.
My pawn is level 30 iirc and I recently switched it over to a Mage so I'm in the process of building up its class affinity/ranks. I fucking love this game.
One thing that I did forget is that the Lost and Found quest is time sensitive. If you guys get that quest, do it ASAP. 😞
Rift Coins, ratings, quest/enemy/area knowledge, items, and feedback that your Pawn should be coming back to you with are not actually being tracked.
Confirmed this with a friend. We each used each others pawns, left some items in the inventory, gave some ratings, and left some feedback but it never got tracked.
A shame too because that is the heart of the multiplayer component.
Anyway, port is great. I made a steam controller config that is designed for quickly getting headshots as an archer (just search for '[G25]') and holy shit do I find it effective. Warning on those: It assumes that you are familiar with the controls as it mixes mouse and gamepad controls so the control button prompts in the bottom right of the screen aren't always consistent.
My pawn is level 30 iirc and I recently switched it over to a Mage so I'm in the process of building up its class affinity/ranks. I fucking love this game.
One thing that I did forget is that the Lost and Found quest is time sensitive. If you guys get that quest, do it ASAP. 😞
demented waffle
Member
Appears that I'm stuck. Is a giant orangish Q on the first pawn encampment but no quest inside and I can't get through the gate to get to soren.
No online play fam
Not exactly a screenshot from nightime but here's a screenshot on a darkish cave:
Before:
After:
That looks very good.