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[wbacon]

Sweet! Can you also look into putting in a timer for the load screens with story text? I'm playing on an SSD (Samsung 850 EVO) and all of the intro story text flashed by before I got past the first line.

I hear the screenshot feature works pretty well (^^) j/k

The game loads stupendously fast and scales very well on SSDs compared to mechanical drives. Unfortunately, touching critical code (such as data I/O) that's fundamental to all aspects of the game is probably out of the question as it may introduce new bugs.

 

[Unai]

You can change your vocation in your hometown too.

Spoiler

Visit the docks at night, and talk to the person there

The first time you talk to that person she takes you to BBI.

 

[Cyrano]

I hear the screenshot feature works pretty well (^^) j/k

The game loads stupendously fast and scles very well on SSDs compared to mechanical drives. Unfortunately, touching critical code (such as data I/O) that's fundamental to all aspects of the game is probably out of the question as it may introduce new bugs.

I'm also using an SSD (think it might even be the same model?) and haven't noticed the issue of the game loading past critical text or events unless I was manually advancing it.

And yeah, boy do SSDs make this game load fast.

 

[Suikoguy]

The first time you talk to that person she takes you to BBI.

True, and you can change your vocation by talking to her there.

 

[garath]

Alt + F4

Yeah, that would be nice too. Though you can always Alt+F4.

Meh. Then you have to save and continue then alt-f4. Still more cumbersome than a simple save and quit to desktop.

Better though.

Anyone with an Nvidia card have any luck with downscaling?
The game does not see the higher resolutions created by the Nvidia driver.

I had seen this in the past, and set the windows desktop res to the desired resolution before starting it, but that does not work here either.

I haven't had any issues with the game seeing my higher downsampled resolutions. Only keeping them. Make sure its the general page that has the downsample multipliers set and not a game specific one in the nvidia control panel. There is no game page for DD that I can see in the panel.

I see the higher resolutions in the video settings in DD no problems but if I go back to it after restarting the game it shows a lower resolution. I'm not sure if it really is a lower resolution or it's really my 4k but just defaults to lower if I go into the settings so I just ignore it now. It looks like 4k so I'm happy.

 

[Rhaknar]

shadow fort quest was sweet. its a travesty that this duke thing only requires 2 of the wyrm quests, missing out on the others (if one does) is a crying shame

 

[Gbraga]

Really digging messing around with ENB (first time user)

Absolutely disgusting

 

[roadrunn3r]

Meh. Then you have to save and continue then alt-f4. Still more cumbersome than a simple save and quit to desktop.

Better though.

Esc - I - E wait 2s Alt + F4

 

[Baalzebup]

shadow fort quest was sweet. its a travesty that this duke thing only requires 2 of the wyrm quests, missing out on the others (if one does) is a crying shame

Players choice. They only time I've ever skipped on any of them was when I was doing the speedrun mode. It's not like you have to skip the others if you don't want to.

 

[Lanrutcon]

Magic Archers are terrible.

I gave it a fair shot, but seriously: moment you get to a boss you might as well break out a good book because 99% of their skills are useless. Then you have go back to Thousand Kisses and Strider/Assassins have better versions. Richochette Bolt is amazing, but it's the only good skill they have and it only works in small rooms.

Trying to kill a Condemned Gorecyclops with a Magic Archer was the most painful thing I've ever had to do in this game. Never again.

 

[Dizzy-4U]

Man, BBI. What the fuck? Like 3/4 big ass wolves with like 7 health bars each....

 

[Baloonatic]

Any way to get the permanent character edit item before post game? A mod that enables it?

 

[Dre_G_Writer]

 

[Ogawa-san]

Trying to kill a Condemned Gorecyclops with a Magic Archer was the most painful thing I've ever had to do in this game. Never again.

Sixfold/Ninefold Bolt to the head?

 

[DaciaJC]

is there really a reason to play at /fear the night when you can infinitely port back to town and rest and port back again?
I feel the endless ferrystone broke a quite interesting mechanic in this game

Not really, that's why I play with a certain house rule: can't use the ferrystone unless my party and I are physically standing near/in a portcrystal. I've only found one portcrystal and I put that near the Witchwood, so any quest taking me to the Greatwall or Shadow Fort can leave me pretty vulnerable at night.

 

[Cyrano]

Magic Archers are terrible.

I gave it a fair shot, but seriously: moment you get to a boss you might as well break out a good book because 99% of their skills are useless. Then you have go back to Thousand Kisses and Strider/Assassins have better versions. Richochette Bolt is amazing, but it's the only good skill they have and it only works in small rooms.

Trying to kill a Condemned Gorecyclops with a Magic Archer was the most painful thing I've ever had to do in this game. Never again.

Magick Archers are the most mobile characters in the game (Sunflare allows for sequence breaks) and one of their abilities makes you and your party invulnerable to damage. Which maybe won't seem all that important until BBI but it's definitely significant.

 

[The Silver]

Magic Archers are terrible.

I gave it a fair shot, but seriously: moment you get to a boss you might as well break out a good book because 99% of their skills are useless. Then you have go back to Thousand Kisses and Strider/Assassins have better versions. Richochette Bolt is amazing, but it's the only good skill they have and it only works in small rooms.

Trying to kill a Condemned Gorecyclops with a Magic Archer was the most painful thing I've ever had to do in this game. Never again.

Dude magick archers sixfold/ninefold bolt is one of the best skills to use again condemned gorecyclops, they are weak to ice.

 

[Anteater]

i'm still looking fabulous

i'm not quoting it

 

[Rhaknar]

there was a tunnel in

Spoiler

shadow fort

that seemed to lead to some goblin...place (it even gave a achievement), but I didnt persue it because I was in the middle of doing the

Spoiler

fort ques

t. Is that zone it leads to optional or you eventually go there?

I really should have left a portstone at the fort ffs >_>

Dude magick archers sixfold/ninefold bolt is one of the best skills to use again condemned gorecyclops, they are weak to ice.

this. I dunno what the fuck that dude is talking about, I destroy ogres. And Richochet works in big rooms too, not just small rooms. It only really doesnt work in outside areas. Hell I was bouncing shots between the castle walls in Shadow Fort and it worked

Later. And yeah, you really should put a portstone there.

son oif a bitch I knew it. You even get one there >_<

 

[Baloonatic]

there was a tunnel in

Spoiler

shadow fort

that seemed to lead to some goblin...place (it even gave a achievement), but I didnt persue it because I was in the middle of doing the

Spoiler

fort ques

t. Is that zone it leads to optional or you eventually go there?

I really should have left a portstone at the fort ffs >_>

Later. And yeah, you really should put a portstone there.

 

[SilentRob]

there was a tunnel in

Spoiler

shadow fort

that seemed to lead to some goblin...place (it even gave a achievement), but I didnt persue it because I was in the middle of doing the

Spoiler

fort ques

t. Is that zone it leads to optional or you eventually go there?

I really should have left a portstone at the fort ffs >_>

A quest from the quest board in the Pawn Guild in Grand Soren leads you back there.

 

[Cyrano]

Dude magick archers sixfold/ninefold bolt is one of the best skills to use again condemned gorecyclops, they are weak to ice.

Yeah, the folded bolt spell is one of the best against single targets in the game. Especially useful in bringing down dragonkin.

this. I dunno what the fuck that dude is talking about, I destroy ogres. And Richochet works in big rooms too, not just small rooms. It only really doesnt work in outside areas. Hell I was bouncing shots between the castle walls in Shadow Fort and it worked

Ricochet can even work outside if you get creative about... well, "walls" so to speak. Angle the shot toward the ground and between rocks or outcroppings. It will use those as walls and while you won't get as many bounces as while inside, 3-4 is often enough for many outside enemies.

 

[Suikoguy]

I haven't had any issues with the game seeing my higher downsampled resolutions. Only keeping them. Make sure its the general page that has the downsample multipliers set and not a game specific one in the nvidia control panel. There is no game page for DD that I can see in the panel.

I see the higher resolutions in the video settings in DD no problems but if I go back to it after restarting the game it shows a lower resolution. I'm not sure if it really is a lower resolution or it's really my 4k but just defaults to lower if I go into the settings so I just ignore it now. It looks like 4k so I'm happy.

Thanks for the reply. I do have everything set right, as I use the global setting by default.
At least FXAA4HQ does not look terrible. I wish it has MLAA or something.

 

[fr0st]

Magic Archers are terrible.

I gave it a fair shot, but seriously: moment you get to a boss you might as well break out a good book because 99% of their skills are useless. Then you have go back to Thousand Kisses and Strider/Assassins have better versions. Richochette Bolt is amazing, but it's the only good skill they have and it only works in small rooms.

Trying to kill a Condemned Gorecyclops with a Magic Archer was the most painful thing I've ever had to do in this game. Never again.

Get ninefold not bruh. And a better bow.

 

[razgriz417]

Looks like it's fixed, thanks KarmaCow for using Keira, she brought back 10k RC

 

[dragonzdogma]

that's the real MEGATON! right there.

 

[yamo]

Got a gaffer on my friends list who is already lvl 200. Is it even possible without cheats?

 

[Messiah]

Got a gaffer on my friends list who is already lvl 200. Is it even possible without cheats?

You can transfer your PS3/Xbox360 save using a converter.

 

[Admodieus]

Did the

Spoiler

Griffin quest/fight

today, really awesome setpiece. Being a Magic Archer with explosive bolt made short work of him.

Only problems I've had in this game so far are with Golems. I need to climb on them and use my daggers to damage them, but it just takes forever to kill them with my relatively lower strength and stamina running out.

 

[Sinatar]

Got a gaffer on my friends list who is already lvl 200. Is it even possible without cheats?

People have imported their saves from the console version.

 

[Vuze]

I can certainly ask. Might be a bit more challenging as that'd require some UI tweak in the options menu. It may also have unintended knock-on effects depending on whether you're using an XInput or DInput controller. Either way, no promises but I'll bring it up to the dev team.

Thank you, much appreciated!

That would be rad, I never use the pawn commands.
Or alternately it would be cool if RB/RT/LB/LT could be used as a modifier for the dpad. As in, normally dpad is pawn commands, but with the modifier it would be item hotkeys.

That would be super duper.

Woah, that would be perfect indeed! Though probably better to use items as default and pawn commands with the modifier.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

lol @ the idea that Magick Archers are bad for BBI. It's literally the best class for the whole place.

i'm still looking fabulous

Put a shirt on.

 

[Anteater]

i've never gotten beyond lvl 100

honestly you have to like grinding to get to 200

 

[yamo]

You can transfer your PS3/Xbox360 save using a converter.

People have imported their saves from the console version.

I see, thanks!

 

[Anteater]

Put a shirt on.

i can't help it when the shirt is on my right arm :V

 

[Soodanim]

Magic Archers are terrible.

I gave it a fair shot, but seriously: moment you get to a boss you might as well break out a good book because 99% of their skills are useless. Then you have go back to Thousand Kisses and Strider/Assassins have better versions. Richochette Bolt is amazing, but it's the only good skill they have and it only works in small rooms.

Trying to kill a Condemned Gorecyclops with a Magic Archer was the most painful thing I've ever had to do in this game. Never again.

Outside of one enemy who's immune to magic bolts, Magick Archers become the most OP, high DPS class in the game. Immolate + Thousand Kisses and Ninefold Bolt + a magic buff move will destroy everything you come across.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

i can't help it when the shirt is on my right arm :V

Sure you can... by equipping something else.

If you wear it for the stats, fine. But don't pretend it looks good. 'Cause it don't.

 

[Suikoguy]

I don't seem to remember her offering the service while you're at the pier and talking to her is what leads to going to BBI, so I'm not sure why you replied to my comment, since you're basically just repeating what I said with different wording.

Whoops, BBI is that place. I'm terrible with Acronyms.

 

[Gbraga]

i'm still looking fabulous

i'm not quoting it

Looks awesome!

Can't wait to get some nicer looking gear. Bought all of the equips you can buy at Cassardis already, let's go, Fashion Dogma.

 

[dragonzdogma]

Did the

Spoiler

Griffin quest/fight

today, really awesome setpiece. Being a Magic Archer with explosive bolt made short work of him.

Only problems I've had in this game so far are with Golems. I need to climb on them and use my daggers to damage them, but it just takes forever to kill them with my relatively lower strength and stamina running out.

you are probably carrying way to much items (your daggers suck , aka they need to be upgraded), if you run out of stamina from climbing there are items that restore stamina.
Also jump and climb, don't just start climbing from the foot. There are ways to climb straight to their face when they do certain moves or if you are close to a high leveled rock.
Also if you continue to attack on of their legs they will eventually stumble and let you hit them on the face.

 

[Lanrutcon]

Dude magick archers sixfold/ninefold bolt is one of the best skills to use again condemned gorecyclops, they are weak to ice.

I'll go give that a try then. Went in with Hunter, Explosive and Richochette. Going to dump Hunter because it can't hit shit anyway.

 

[Anteater]

Sure you can... by equipping something else.

If you wear it for the stats, fine. But don't pretend it looks good. 'Cause it don't.

but my right arm looks good!

this is the beginning of the game so there aren't much alternatives lol

 

[bati]

What's the best use for Gold Idol if you're playing physical damage focused classes?

On a related note, fuck Symone.

 

[Revolutionary]

Well this sucks. Online suddenly broke for me. Loading my save leads to an endless "Accessing Server" loop unless I disable Online from the options beforehand.

However, there is a silver lining: there are no more loli pawns walking around in my game.

Edit: fixed by resetting pawn data with Sectus' console save tool

 

[Morrigan Stark]

What's the best use for Gold Idol if you're playing physical damage focused classes?

On a related note, fuck Symone.

Caxton, definitely.

Giving the idol to Madeleine is only worthwhile if you are playing a) female characters and b) magic-oriented ones.

And yes fuck Symone lol.

 

[jonjonaug]

What's the best use for Gold Idol if you're playing physical damage focused classes?

On a related note, fuck Symone.

Give it to the blacksmith, give silver/bronze idol to Madeline.

Keep in mind that having an idol in your inventory lowers shop prices. What you want to do is make a forgery of it, then give the original to the shopkeep of your choice (giving the forgery won't expand their inventory). Keeping the forged gold idol in your inventory will still give you the discount.

 

[dragonzdogma]

I miss my old pawns (all star team) so much....

Where can I download the PS3 save converter?

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Caxton, definitely.

Giving the idol to Madeleine is only worthwhile if you are playing a) female characters and b) magic-oriented ones.

And yes fuck Symone lol.

Madeleine gives you the magic daggers though which are still plenty useful for non magic classes.

 

[yamo]

However, there is a silver lining: there are no more loli pawns walking around in my game.

But this is the best part of the game.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

Madeleine gives you the magic daggers though which are still plenty useful for non magic classes.

The kunai? They aren't that good really. They are potentially found elsewhere and are soon outclassed anyway.