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Dragon's Dogma |OT| For the night is dark and full of terrors

Arcteryx

Member
Weapon stat question:

My pawn is a Strider who has two sets of daggers available:

Scalding Razors (2 stars)- Strength 268, Magick 385

Saurian Bane (3 stars)- Strength 304, Magick 161

Seems to me the Scalding Razors should be the ones to have equipped, right? The 385 magick comes from fire damage that they deal in addition to the 268 regular damage, right?

I'm just questioning it because those Saurian Bane daggers were DLC. You'd think DLC weapons would be top-tier but maybe not? I don't know.

Nope. The current DLC weapons are geared more towards fighting specific monsters, rather than all monsters. You should see a specific bonus to fighting Saurians(guessing from the name of the daggers).

Have you tried dragonforging them? They might get a bigger than normal boost from that.
 

Seraphis Cain

bad gameplay lol
So me and my pawn are both in full Dragonforged Abyssinal gear, with Dragonforged weapons.

NOW the game's starting to get just a little bit ridiculously easy. :lol
 

Schwabe

Member
lol in postgame there is a notcieboardquest at the pawn guild
deafeat 10 vile eyes
reward: 1 million G :eek:

and there i go, chamber of sorrow i'm coming!
 

Clear

CliffyB's Cock Holster
Quick question: Some of my high-end gear isn't showing certain upgrade steps from Caxton? (Item is just ??? and so greyed out) Is this because I only gave him a Silver Idol or do I need to find a better NPC for upgrading?
 

Arcteryx

Member
Quick question: Some of my high-end gear isn't showing certain upgrade steps from Caxton? (Item is just ??? and so greyed out) Is this because I only gave him a Silver Idol or do I need to find a better NPC for upgrading?

I'm pretty sure you need to encounter the item first, as I had this problem up to a certain point and then it suddenly went away in post-game.
 

Moofers

Member
Nope. The current DLC weapons are geared more towards fighting specific monsters, rather than all monsters. You should see a specific bonus to fighting Saurians(guessing from the name of the daggers).

Have you tried dragonforging them? They might get a bigger than normal boost from that.

I don't know what that means. I just met the Duke for the first time at lvl 29 today.
 

Clear

CliffyB's Cock Holster
Arcteryx said:
I'm pretty sure you need to encounter the item first, as I had this problem up to a certain point and then it suddenly went away in post-game.

No idea what I'm missing then. Thought I'd pretty much covered the entire map and I've farmed every area in the Everfall.
 
I don't know what that means. I just met the Duke for the first time at lvl 29 today.

When you defeat a dragon, there's a chance your weapons & gear will be enhanced above 3 stars even if you never enhanced the gear, i got all my remaining gear Dragonforged by the Ur dragon.
 

Seraphis Cain

bad gameplay lol
Starting to get a bit bored with post-game. As much as I'd like to get the Grim set, just because it looks awesome, I don't really feel like hanging around
Everfall
much longer. Think it's about time to finish up and hit NG+.
 

Amir0x

Banned
hahaha <BlueMoonTowerSpoilers>
seems my salomet's grimoire forgery or whatever it's called came to bite me in the ass lol. "I have come to return the favor to you, ser! See if this Griffin likes my MAGICAL BOOK!" *casts* "Oh what the fuck it failed!? How can this be!? Not that I suspect you, Arisen, but..."

biggest lol i had all game
 

OSHAN

Member
hahaha <BlueMoonTowerSpoilers>
seems my salomet's grimoire forgery or whatever it's called came to bite me in the ass lol. "I have come to return the favor to you, ser! See if this Griffin likes my MAGICAL BOOK!" *casts* "Oh what the fuck it failed!? How can this be!? Not that I suspect you, Arisen, but..."

biggest lol i had all game

Happened to me as well. Book just didn't work, bro. No reason to suspect anything...
 

Anteater

Member
I'm doing all the npc quests in new game+, man I think I've missed every single one of them in my first game... I actually am enjoying the story quite a bit this time
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I'm doing all the npc quests in new game+, man I think I've missed every single one of them in my first game... I actually am enjoying the story quite a bit this time
KuGsj.gif

I'm starting to understand the structure. Basically after every "Main Mission" quest you unlock new NPC stories. If you don't know what your "Main Mission" is you can look in the Chronicle. Escort quests to a certain region allow you to revisit old locations. I escorted someone from Gran Soren to Blood Water beach, on my way back I found missions in the Bandit hideout and back at Cassardis. So I use those to make a general sweep so to speak of the area. I have it down to a science, I hope I can get as much as I can. Start "Main Mission or End Main Mission" look at the notice board. Search Gran Soren, if nothing is there. Then revisit all other populated areas where you can engage NPCs.

Also using Clairvoyance on an leaping downward spear Suarian = God Like.
 

Noaloha

Member
Metal Golem, at night, enclosed in a lantern-drenching river valley, with a character who has neither ranged attacks nor a double-jump = well fuck you too, game.
 

Anteater

Member
I'm starting to understand the structure. Basically after every "Main Mission" quest you unlock new NPC stories. If you don't know what your "Main Mission" is you can look in the Chronicle. Escort quests to a certain region allow you to revisit old locations. I escorted someone from Gran Soren to Blood Water beach, on my way back I found missions in the Bandit hideout and back at Cassardis. So I use those to make a general sweep so to speak of the area. I have it down to a science, I hope I can get as much as I can. Start "Main Mission or End Main Mission" look at the notice board. Search Gran Soren, if nothing is there. Then revisit all other populated areas where you can engage NPCs.

Also using Clairvoyance on an leaping downward spear Suarian = God Like.

Yeah, that's pretty much it, I also missed a lot of notice board quests too since they refresh after each main quest
 

Anteater

Member
BUT THE SKY LOOKED THE SAME TO ME

I swear that stupid song never left my head since the game came out, they'll never top this in the sequel.
 

Noaloha

Member
You aught to find a balanced party.

Ought. But yes. I stopped caring about the actual fight when I realised it wasn't possible to win without strider/assassin/ranger (ranged magick doesn't seem to be working in the slightest).

80% of my frustration was just trying to find a way to walk away from the encounter. That river valley was trolling the shit out of me.
 
Ought. But yes. I stopped caring about the actual fight when I realised it wasn't possible to win without strider/assassin/ranger (ranged magick doesn't seem to be working in the slightest).

80% of my frustration was just trying to find a way to walk away from the encounter. That river valley was trolling the shit out of me.

There's no shame in fleeing from a battle.
 

Noaloha

Member
There's a little bit of shame when you opt to use a ferrystone to flee because you can't find your way out of a small river.

This game does berserk enemies so damn well.
 

Grisby

Member
Went ahead and beat the game.

That ending was insane and fulfilling at the same time. I need that end end credits song, the one with the lady. It's nuts how the game can have so little story but still manage to tie in all of its principal mechanics in an interesting way.

Well, for a game anyways.
 

ixix

Exists in a perpetual state of Quantum Crotch Uncertainty.
Ought. But yes. I stopped caring about the actual fight when I realised it wasn't possible to win without strider/assassin/ranger (ranged magick doesn't seem to be working in the slightest).

80% of my frustration was just trying to find a way to walk away from the encounter. That river valley was trolling the shit out of me.

At one point in the
Catacombs
after
killing the remnants of Salvation on one of the return trips
my pawn used "aught" in the "ought" sense. And I was all like how could you make that mistake that is your favorite word ever you should know better.
 

AgentP

Thinks mods influence posters politics. Promoted to QAnon Editor.
I switched from maxed out magic archer to ranger. I instantly went from god to noob. Is it worth the clawing back to the higher ranks with archer? I'm thinking of going to something like the magic warrior guy instead.

If you switch back to your old vocation, you get everything thing back as it was for free right?

My pawn is now a maxed sorcerer, jebus what a beast. We were fighting a bunch of the lizard guys and a chimera. It was a cluster %^&* due to my ranger weakness, but then she brought down the upgraded meteor storm spell and laid waste to everything, even the chimera was dead.

When do the dungeons respawn? I assume after so many days the beasts come back fully. I need one more troll.
 

deim0s

Member
Switching back to your old vocation retains everything you know up to that point. 100 kisses is goooooooood while clinging to weak points. Spam that shit.

Try resting for 3 days for big monsters.
 
I switched from maxed out magic archer to ranger. I instantly went from god to noob. Is it worth the clawing back to the higher ranks with archer? I'm thinking of going to something like the magic warrior guy instead.

If you switch back to your old vocation, you get everything thing back as it was for free right?

My pawn is now a maxed sorcerer, jebus what a beast. We were fighting a bunch of the lizard guys and a chimera. It was a cluster %^&* due to my ranger weakness, but then she brought down the upgraded meteor storm spell and laid waste to everything, even the chimera was dead.

When do the dungeons respawn? I assume after so many days the beasts come back fully. I need one more troll.

You keep everything when you switch back & forth between vocations.
The Ranger class has a kick ass machine gun like attack called tenfold arrow that you can unlock midway through. It is VERY powerful. It also has a very useful zoomed in sniping attack.

I think enemies in dungeons respawn after you sleep at a inn. Chests respawn in a weeks time.
 

Moofers

Member
So what makes for a good gift? I'd like to start showing my affections toward Mercedes, but I want to make sure I give her appropriate stuff. Any pointers?
 
My God, got to the post game last night & I haven't faced a challenge like this in quite a while. Dark Souls is a cake walk compared to what I experienced last night.

The captain that wants to dual you at the encampment was one shoting me with his 3 hit combo. After about a dozen times I decided to come back later.
I step out of the encampment, 7 foot zombies a small army of hell hounds & I was dead in 50 seconds. I literally could not use my curatives fast enough as my health was drain & the wolves were chewing on me.

I had to resort to teleporting to the capital as I could not make the trek on my own.

So
will the guards always be aggro towards me when I approach the castle after i fought with the duke, any quest to settle that?
Also why aren't any the locked gated doors opening after I fight the bosses in those rooms in Everfall?
 

Seraphis Cain

bad gameplay lol
My God, got to the post game last night & I haven't faced a challenge like this in quite a while. Dark Souls is a cake walk compared to what I experienced last night.

The captain that wants to dual you at the encampment was one shoting me with his 3 hit combo. After about a dozen times I decided to come back later.
I step out of the encampment, 7 foot zombies a small army of hell hounds & I was dead in 50 seconds. I literally could not use my curatives fast enough as my health was drain & the wolves were chewing on me.

I had to resort to teleporting to the capital as I could not make the trek on my own.

So
will the guards always be aggro towards me when I approach the castle after i fought with the duke, any quest to settle that?
Also why aren't any the locked gated doors opening after I fight the bosses in those rooms in Everfall?

The locked doors aren't supposed to open. They're just there so Capcom can re-use the same four or five room layouts and block off different paths to make them seem more unique. :lol
 
Oooooh game finished! Though I haven't fought the Ur-Dragon yet, and won't until I reach Gran Soren in NG+ so I can remake my pawn party. I want to at least try it once before putting the game down for a while.
 
I have two questions:

1- I had a pawn named Careen or something, it showed her gender as female, she has tits but she has a man's voice. Is it a bug or something? I am not playing online so its not somebody's work either.

2- Adaro has been following me all around, when i try to talk, he only says:

''Returned from Gran Soren, then?''
''I'm sure word o' your deeds passed around that grand city, eh?''

Is it a bug or something? I am getting annoyed so i will throw him in the sea or something.
 

edgefusion

Member
How do you make weapons?

I also defeated the amber dragon by the shadow keep. I got nothing for it. ;(

You don't make weapons, just upgrade them using the "enhance" option some blacksmiths (like Caxton) have.

Did you wait for the corpse to disappear? Sometimes the loot gets stuck under their body where you can't reach it until its sunk into the ground.
 
Hey guys...

So my power went out while DD was saving, got corrupted and I had to restart ALL over again, which sucks ass.

I JUST beat the game
And was going to meet up with the Duke, whose supposedly in zombie mode or something
.

Can anyone help me restart? I'm looking to add multiple people to my friends list so I can rent their pawn out for 0 RC. My pawn will be a sorc and and my main is a blade wielding Mystic Knight...so if anyone has a well leveled mage and then a ranger/fighter that I can borrow i'd appreciate it.

Thanks. If you could PM me your PSN ID so I can friend you i'd greatly appreciate it (maybe even hook me up with some shop gear?).

My PSN is ssolitare
 

AgentP

Thinks mods influence posters politics. Promoted to QAnon Editor.
I found Soulslayer canyon or something. Lots of gear upgrades int there, just be sure to slide down wet inclines to access some good stuff. I managed to make the cyclops fall of the bridge above me, easy xp. OF course my pawn managed to fall to her death to, so I had to head back to town to revive her.
 

Amir0x

Banned
<Madeleine Quest Spoilers>
So I went to her shop and they said she had run off; she was running from the law. So I found her and then when the guards came to arrest her, I said she wasn't around and they left. Then she asks for 50g, whatev. But I was curious what would have happened if I said she WAS around. So I looked it up and apparently... nothing changes at all? She still says "thank you for saving me"? That is lame as hell, false choices ftl.
 

Pooya

Member
post game spoilers

ok, I just beat the dragon (that black Chimera was a lot harder than the Dragon :0 ) and woah. So I'm right before that tentacle eye monster thing, I have a question, I had a few wakestones in my inventory, but the Inn is gone now, I can access the inventory when I get out of here right?

monsters now look like to be too much for my lvl 44 character now :0 getting those wakestones gonna take a whole lot of time I think :eek:
 

edgefusion

Member
post game spoilers

ok, I just beat the dragon (that black Chimera was a lot harder than the Dragon :0 ) and woah. So I'm right before that tentacle eye monster thing, I have a question, I had a few wakestones in my inventory, but the Inn is gone now, I can access the inventory when I get out of here right?

Yes, the inn is now in the pawn guild
 
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