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[Dre_G_Writer]

I see freeze monster

if I threw a water fl;ask on an enemy does it increase the chances of freezing them with ice spells?

hhmmm, you know what, im not even sure about that. I know throwing water on them makes electricity much stronger and increases chance of stun. Never thought about freezing though. Logically, it makes sense.

 

[Steel]

you dont.

These quests from the guide, do you naturally go to these places? I havent been to any of these places and the guide lists them as "Stage 2" quests

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Of Merchants and Monsters -Ancient Quarry- Talk with Alon, by the northern quarry entrance.
No Honor Among Thieves -Ruins of Aernst Castle- Talk to Maul (An Uninvited Guest is required for an alternative outcome).
Thick as Thieves -Ruins of Heavenspeak Fort- Talk to Betiah, near the main gate as a woman or a man dressed like a woman.

The quarry is a shortcut you can unlock if you do the quest in question. That being said, nothing brings you directly there. One of the main quests brings you through the area for one of the two thieves quest, and the other one you'll be passing by a lot on the way to other quests.

hhmmm, you know what, im not even sure about that. I know throwing water on them makes electricity much stronger and increases chance of stun. Never thought about freezing though. Logically, it makes sense.

Check the wiki for the drenched status effect; it does decrease frost and freezing resistance.

Holy crap this game needs a horse or easier fast travel. I have 2 of those ferrystones but I mean the game is huge and you run out of stamina after 10 seconds of running.

There's an infinite ferrystone in the inn in Gran Soren, look in storage.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

how do we know what quests are within our level to do?

you don't but think logically if it's an area you haven't been to as part of the main quest yet, probably not a good idea to try and head there.

Also daily reminder that always carry one of your portstones with you, whenever you hit one of the escorting mission locations plop one down there. Plus it's a good idea to have some in key locations (shadow fort, witchwood exit, etc...)

 

[Admodieus]

Holy crap this game needs a horse or easier fast travel. I have 2 of those ferrystones but I mean the game is huge and you run out of stamina after 10 seconds of running.

Agreed this is my biggest pet peeve right now

 

[MUnited83]

If she's an 8ft tall 500lbs woman that saves my ass continuously, yes!

Nice to see people are actually using her

 

[arts&crafts]

There's an infinite ferrystone in the inn in Gran Soren, look in storage.

I will check it out. Also I have 2 port keys ,do I have to place them somewhere to be able to fast travel there?

 

[Morrigan Stark]

you dont.

These quests from the guide, do you naturally go to these places? I havent been to any of these places and the guide lists them as "Stage 2" quests

Spoiler

Of Merchants and Monsters -Ancient Quarry- Talk with Alon, by the northern quarry entrance.
No Honor Among Thieves -Ruins of Aernst Castle- Talk to Maul (An Uninvited Guest is required for an alternative outcome).
Thick as Thieves -Ruins of Heavenspeak Fort- Talk to Betiah, near the main gate as a woman or a man dressed like a woman.

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1) Yes. One of the story quests (Wyrmhunt missions) you can pick (and by far the most fun IMO, with the Catacombs one) takes you to the Shadow Fort, which is reaaaaally long to reach on foot from Gran Soren taking the long way around. The Quarry cuts across the mountain and takes you directly into that area.
2) Sort of. Several side-quests are tied to the Witchwood and the ruins of Aernst Castle are near that area.
3) Yes, Heavenspeak Fort is on the way to the Great Wall which is a place you'll go to in the story. You can skip the fort by crossing Soulflayer Canyon though. I would recommend you explore both. But if you want to do Thick as Thieves, do not kill

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the Cyclops near there! It's the thief leader's pet, lol.

I will check it out. Also I have 2 port keys ,do I have to place them somewhere to be able to fast travel there?

Yes, you can place them on the ground on the world map. You can also pick them up later so don't worry about permanent placement.

 

[TheMan]

Holy crap this game needs a horse or easier fast travel. I have 2 of those ferrystones but I mean the game is huge and you run out of stamina after 10 seconds of running.

ideally someone would mod in infinite stamina that would only decrease when you are in battle.

edit: http://www.nexusmods.com/dragonsdog...ogma/ajax/moddescription/?id=9&preview=&pUp=1

infinite stamina while running, sounds like it may also give infinite stamina while grabbing onto enemies, which IMO is not something i'd want.

 

[Grief.exe]

I will check it out. Also I have 2 port keys ,do I have to place them somewhere to be able to fast travel there?

Yes.

 

[Lux R7]

Still on BBI, no hydra quest done yet
Got some good stuff, lvl 39, done with fighter, starting mystic knight

Also, Luce wants to help you! She's stronger now, lvl 39, Carnation, some good armors and more power!

Let her help you!

 

[arts&crafts]

Spoiler

1) Yes. One of the story quests (Wyrmhunt missions) you can pick (and by far the most fun IMO, with the Catacombs one) takes you to the Shadow Fort, which is reaaaaally long to reach on foot from Gran Soren taking the long way around. The Quarry cuts across the mountain and takes you directly into that area.
2) Sort of. Several side-quests are tied to the Witchwood and the ruins of Aernst Castle are near that area.
3) Yes, Heavenspeak Fort is on the way to the Great Wall which is a place you'll go to in the story. You can skip the fort by crossing Soulflayer Canyon though. I would recommend you explore both. But if you want to do Thick as Thieves, do not kill

Spoiler

the Cyclops near there! It's the thief leader's pet, lol.

Yes, you can place them on the ground on the world map. You can also pick them up later so don't worry about permanent placement.

Sweet, time to make my way back to the starting area to drop a port key

 

[Arkanius]

do not click on this if u want to discover everything by yourself without tips

a tip/riddle for newcomers dagger users:

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search on the spearhead on the hill.

Where, how, why?

 

[Morrigan Stark]

Also, Luce wants to help you! She's stronger now, lvl 39, Carnation, some good armors and more power!

Let her help you!

Equip her with less silly looking gear and I might. Exposed midriff on a warrior, SMH

Sweet, time to make my way back to the starting area to drop a port key

There are some permanent port crystals. Cassardis and Gran Soren have them, so don't waste your port crystals there.

 

[swazzyswess]

Holy crap this game needs a horse or easier fast travel. I have 2 of those ferrystones but I mean the game is huge and you run out of stamina after 10 seconds of running.

I usually carried like 500 mushrooms and constantly popped them when sprinting. the stamina meter was definitely my biggest pet peeve with the game.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

So many people using aelinore's outfit on their pawns lol

Too be fair I guess it's a pretty good set for starters.

 

[Sarcasm]

So I can't make videos if I am using ENB =(

 

[Lux R7]

Equip her with less silly looking gear and I might. Exposed midriff on a warrior, SMH

yeah but that armor exposes males too. Not my fault. And clothing doesn't protect you.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

for anyone using daggers, I'd forego buying the regular daggers that the shops sell and just wait for the elemental/magic ones. I have two of the main three so far. I'm not buying

Spoiler

kunai

because I remember them sucking, but maybe they are useful for a specific boss.

 

[Sora the Cat]

http://www.nexusmods.com/dragonsdogma/mods/7/?

Thank you SO much!

 

[Golnei]

Equip her with less silly looking gear and I might. Exposed midriff on a warrior, SMH

It's for ~mobility~.

 

[Baalzebup]

Sweet, time to make my way back to the starting area to drop a port key

No need, there are permanent portal spots both at Gran Soren and Cassardis.

 

[arts&crafts]

No need, there are permanent portal spots both at Gran Soren and Cassardis.

Even better. Thanks.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

yeah but that armor exposes males too. Not my fault. And clothing doesn't protect you.

I wouldn't hire a male pawn wearing that either

 

[Lux R7]

I wouldn't hire a male pawn wearing that either

oh well ok but that's its design, not my fault really, that's a good armor

 

[Lux R7]

Where, how, why?

 

[Admiral Woofington]

part of the reason I'm not giving my triss or geralt the best armor is either because it looks silly or ugly as fuck. Plus I want to keep them looking somewhat appropriate until the armor sucks too much, not an issue right now since I leveled up their current armor to 3 stars.

 

[Steel]

part of the reason I'm not giving my triss or geralt the best armor is either because it looks silly or ugly as fuck. Plus I want to keep them looking somewhat appropriate until the armor sucks too much, not an issue right now since I leveled up their current armor to 3 stars.

Yeah, if you're playing on normal armor won't be too big of an issue for awhile.

 

[ExoSoul]

Seems like you can move them too, but they are indefinite.



Gedosato is a must right now.

Inject SMAA, debanding, and HUD removal.

ENB is still in the early days of optimization, but it's there.

Waiting on preset by Zexen

Oh you're using GeDoSatTo and ENB in one go? More to learn....
But yeah, those presets are dreamy.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Yeah, if you're playing on normal armor won't be too big of an issue for awhile.

yep. If I ever do a NG+ in hard mode I'll consider worrying more about armor, but so much of the armor for light weared males is ugly as fuck. At least Madeleine sells good looking stuff for females that Triss can use luckily.

 

[Steel]

yep. If I ever do a NG+ in hard mode I'll consider worrying more about armor, but so much of the armor for light weared males is ugly as fuck. At least Madeleine sells good looking stuff for females that Triss can use luckily.

There're some pretty nice looking(but expensive as all hell) armors at the Black Cat, too.

 

[Rhaknar]

I keep hearing about this black cat, does that unlock later or did i just completely missed it in gran soren?

 

[FiraB]

So many people using aelinore's outfit on their pawns lol


Too be fair I guess it's a pretty good set for starters.

Its stupidly powerful until you get deep into BBI or EL.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

I keep hearing about this black cat, does that unlock later or did i just completely missed it in gran soren?

It's a store past the barber shop, dunno if it's unlocked from the start.

 

[Rhaknar]

Also question for magick archers. How exactly does toss and...toss and trick? Trick and toss? Not sure of the name (im at work), but you do a uppercut and then...what else? The description makes it sound like you should do a follow up.

 

[Steel]

I keep hearing about this black cat, does that unlock later or did i just completely missed it in gran soren?

It's hard to find, but it's unlocked from the start.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

There're some pretty nice looking(but expensive as all hell) armors at the Black Cat, too.

Yeah but funny enough the stats all suck compare to even the hunter's/leather jacket I'm using which I find funny. I'll keep the money on hand for each chapter to see if the vendors update some decent stuff, but I do remember he sells at least one decent looking black light armor for post-game.

Plus the elemetal daggers are expensive, gotta keep up the money for those haha.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

I modded the title screen music for the one in Panzer Dragoon Saga. It sounds so nice now.

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Also modded the atrocious Daimon part 1 fight song for S&O for later, should be gooood

 

[LurkerPrime]

I don't think I've found even half of what's in Gran Soren. The place is a labyrinth.

 

[Stiler]

Ok, so when I first played this game way back on the 360 I played as a fighter.

This time around I planned to go strider and I just got into the deep down quest where you first meet the lizard people, holy crap I do like 0 dmg to them. Even when I focus on attacking their tail/back, literally sit there hitting them like 50 times to see maybe a sliver of health come off.

I am lv 8, is this normal? I remember doing this quest with my fighter when it first came out and it never seemed like a problem back then.

 

[Zafir]

Ok, so when I first played this game way back on the 360 I played as a fighter.

This time around I planned to go strider and I just got into the deep down quest where you first meet the lizard people, holy crap I do like 0 dmg to them. Even when I focus on attacking their tail/back, literally sit there hitting them like 50 times to see maybe a sliver of health come off.

I am lv 8, is this normal? I remember doing this quest with my fighter when it first came out and it never seemed like a problem back then.

I did it at level 7 fairly fine.

Spoiler

Try not to aggro all of them, and target the tails first to chop 'em off.

Did you make sure to upgrade your rusted sword to something better?

 

[johancruijff]

I keep hearing about this black cat, does that unlock later or did i just completely missed it in gran soren?

Spoiler

the first quest of the wyrm hunt will get you there for information

cypher something

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Ok, so when I first played this game way back on the 360 I played as a fighter.

This time around I planned to go strider and I just got into the deep down quest where you first meet the lizard people, holy crap I do like 0 dmg to them. Even when I focus on attacking their tail/back, literally sit there hitting them like 50 times to see maybe a sliver of health come off.

I am lv 8, is this normal? I remember doing this quest with my fighter when it first came out and it never seemed like a problem back then.

it's the first challenge, try having a mage with you with ice buffs. and don't aggro all of them.

 

[Otheradam]

There was an eternal ferrystone in my storage (that is basically a umlimited use ferrystone). I have no idea where it came from. I don't remember this being a thing in the console versions. Maybe it's a pc thing along with all those armors they give you. You guys should check your storage to see if you have it.

 

[Rhaknar]

Spoiler

the first quest of the wyrm hunt will get you there for information

cypher something

What? I did that quest and didnt go there

There was an eternal ferrystone in my storage (that is basically a umlimited use ferrystone). I have no idea where it came from. I don't remember this being a thing in the console versions. Maybe it's a pc thing along with all those armors they give you. You guys should check your storage to see if you have it.

The stone was from importing a save to fark arisen and the armor was dlc. Because there was no original on pc they just give you all of it

 

[Sammy Samusu]

Me after the Griffin quest:

And of course the eneimes just HAD to push one of my pack mule pawns into a pit.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

yeah eternal ferrystone is a lifesaver, having played this game once where you had to run everywhere y'all don't know just how much of a hassle it was. Now I'm putting the port crystals in key locations.

 

[Dre_G_Writer]

Equip her with less silly looking gear and I might. Exposed midriff on a warrior, SMH

What, you crazy, that armor looks bad ass, she looks like a barbarian.

 

[Shadownet]

This game really need a quick save functionality and a dedicated map button so I can bind it to the controller.

 

[Lady Siara]

I have some nice choices but I want even more friend pawns to choose from. If you're around level 24, add me!

http://steamcommunity.com/id/lady_siara/

 

[Cannon Goose]

I think I've finally got my Sweetfx/GeDoSaTo settings sorted out.

Vanilla

My settings

Looks fine at night too, especially with the deband shader on.