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

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GrandHarrier

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1stStrike said:
I need to see some video oof someone using assassin with sword skills cause. I'm still pretty skeptical. I was really not happy with the sword at alll =

Also, I already destroy everything I come across. I've been going oon exploration ventures to try and find something difficult to fight.
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It could just be a matter of style preference. I just find the sword to allow me to retain more control over my character, it lacks the wild swinging of alot of dagger skills. Not only that, but the twist and pull attack of intimate strike has a time slow down mechanic, which can be awesome at giving you a moment to survey the battlefield.

Swords also sport a higher attack than daggers. When I made the switch it was like 100+ or more.
 
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GrandHarrier

Member
Snarfington said:
Dumb big-bosomed woman wanted me to escort her from Cassardis to the Encampment JUST before nightfall. She kept stopping for every little bloody thing. Jeez that was annoying. Does she do that for everyone?
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All escorts are dumb. But they don't wander alone ahead so you can just sleep till morning.
 
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Anteater

Member
The Barnaby escort was actually pretty decent, I think he just follows lol, I thought they would be wandering around on his own but I was able to just kill shit on the way (no big monsters though).
 
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Noaloha

Member
Are there two-handed axes/clubs in the game, or is it just swords/maces/daggers/staves/bows?

I've just started and I'm pretty much playing Dragon [Quest VIII]'s Dogma, with my main as (a surprisingly accurate-looking) Jessica, plus main pawn Yangus (not as accurate-looking but serviceable).

I'll be sad if Yangus won't get a big bastard-axe at some point.
 
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GrandHarrier

Member
So, anyone know about how far into the game it is when you are ready to meet the duke? The guy inviting me is freaking me out with the whole, "FINISH EVERYTHING ELSE NOW OR ELSE!!!"
 
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whalleywhat

Member
GrandHarrier said:
So, anyone know about how far into the game it is when you are ready to meet the duke? The guy inviting me is freaking me out with the whole, "FINISH EVERYTHING ELSE NOW OR ELSE!!!"
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He just means the other quests he offers. If meeting the duke is the last thing on the list, you're good. Also,
get ready for some baffling nonsense.
 
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GrandHarrier

Member
whalleywhat said:
He just means the other quests he offers. If meeting the duke is the last thing on the list, you're good. Also,
get ready for some baffling nonsense.
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Thanks!

1stStrike said:
I'm watching this guy stream right now:

http://www.twitch.tv/cupstv

Pretty good. He's venturing out at night in some pretty hairy territory.
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Night time is pro time. Better to brawl through mobs of wolves/undead/goblins/bandits then endlessly running through boring.
 
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Mik2121

Member
Man, I feel like I'm doing it all wrong :p

I got my main pawn killed right now and I guess I need to get back to town to get her back, but I'm quite far right now... I just killed a cyclops with about 1/4 of my health bar and no healing items, so it took me forever (just kept throwing all my equipment against him, lol!).

Anyway, now I'm on 'Very Heavy' and gotta make my way back to town, but I'm mighty scared...

Also, barely started playing... is there somewhere to leave all my items instead of bringing everything with me all the time?
 
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Salaadin

Member
When do I get heavy plate armor? Im level 25 and the Armor shop in Gran Soren is still only selling me thick cloth armor and some chainmail. I want to look badass :(
 
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GrandHarrier

Member
Mik2121 said:
Man, I feel like I'm doing it all wrong :p

I got my main pawn killed right now and I guess I need to get back to town to get her back, but I'm quite far right now... I just killed a cyclops with about 1/4 of my health bar and no healing items, so it took me forever (just kept throwing all my equipment against him, lol!).

Anyway, now I'm on 'Very Heavy' and gotta make my way back to town, but I'm mighty scared...

Also, barely started playing... is there somewhere to leave all my items instead of bringing everything with me all the time?
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Go to an Inn and put it into storage. It's a universal storage system.
 
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famousmortimer

Banned
As the pawns get smarter the game becomes much easier, which is neat. I feel like we are training some sort of AI construct that is going to become sentient and take over the world.


My only complaint at this point is that the pawns really need to STFU. Telling me 10-20 times that a guy is weak to fire, when I'm already shooting fire at him, is straight up goddamn mothereffin annoying. Like if you want to say it at the start, fine. If I still don't seem to have caught on - say it again - fine. But don't say it 90000000 times when Im already using fire.



It really drives me nuts. I've sat down with my pawn like 15 times and each time I tell him to talk less. It does nothing.


Grrr.



Otherwise an amazing game though. Im level 23 or so now, doing some of the main quest - some of the side quests and just generally loving the game. The DLC quests are a fucking joke though. Oh, capcom...
 
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GrandHarrier

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famousmortimer said:
As the pawns get smarter the game becomes much easier, which is neat. I feel like we are training some sort of AI construct that is going to become sentient and take over the world.


My only complaint at this point is that the pawns really need to STFU. Telling me 10-20 times that a guy is weak to fire, when I'm already shooting fire at him, is straight up goddamn mothereffin annoying. Like if you want to say it at the start, fine. If I still don't seem to have caught on - say it again - fine. But don't say it 90000000 times when Im already using fire.



It really drives me nuts. I've sat down with my pawn like 15 times and each time I tell him to talk less. It does nothing.


Grrr.



Otherwise an amazing game though. Im level 23 or so now, doing some of the main quest - some of the side quests and just generally loving the game. The DLC quests are a fucking joke though. Oh, capcom...
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Haha, yeah! I've sat down and told my pawn to stfu unless it's important a dozen times in the knowledge chair. So now she talks like 1/10th as much as the untrained peons im forced to endure
 
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MeisaMcCaffrey
Anyone finished The Watergod's Altar? Kinda stuck there. Lvl 32 now, and some of the 'high' magicks are jaw dropping. I clobbered a Cyclops with a lightning whip...

Nvm finished the quest.
 
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GrandHarrier

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1stStrike said:
Too bad helmets cover it up. I really want to take my helm off my pawn, but I'm a stat whore. :(
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Go with the leather circlet. It may lack in physical defense but makes up for it in massive resist buffs AND you get to see your hair.

Fully upgraded its like 25-50% in 3 categories, if I recall correctly.
 
Lord Panda

Lord Panda

The Sea is Always Right
Guys I need some help.

I've a level 20 sorcerer and I was just minding my own business until I got ambushed by a dragon (looks eerily like THE main dragon) at Devil Wood ... how the hell do I beat it. I'm on a routine noticeboard escort mission (to Shadow Valley I think - prize is the Gryphic Victory) and this big bastard is the way.
 
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slaughterking

Member
famousmortimer said:
My only complaint at this point is that the pawns really need to STFU. Telling me 10-20 times that a guy is weak to fire, when I'm already shooting fire at him, is straight up goddamn mothereffin annoying. Like if you want to say it at the start, fine. If I still don't seem to have caught on - say it again - fine. But don't say it 90000000 times when Im already using fire.
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It's even better when they keep telling you that and then continue to enchant your weapon with ice.
 
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GrandHarrier

Member
LordPanda said:
Guys I need some help.

I've a level 20 sorcerer and I was just minding my own business until I got ambushed by a dragon (looks eerily like THE main dragon) at Devil Wood ... how the hell do I beat it. I'm on a routine noticeboard escort mission (to Shadow Valley I think - prize is the Gryphic Victory) and this big bastard is the way.
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Go around it. I'm like 36 and the best I've managed is 3-4 out of 7 life bars He is doable,
you have to go for his heart
, but otherwise a wandering asshole.
 
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Arcteryx

Member
LordPanda said:
Guys I need some help.

I've a level 20 sorcerer and I was just minding my own business until I got ambushed by a dragon (looks eerily like THE main dragon) at Devil Wood ... how the hell do I beat it. I'm on a routine noticeboard escort mission (to Shadow Valley I think - prize is the Gryphic Victory) and this big bastard is the way.
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Run and don't come back. You'll need to be mid 30 with an awesome party(with loads of curatives) to do it.
 
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Baconsammy

Banned
I'd love to have been at the development meeting in which it was decided that the pawn chatter in its current form was a good thing. Because there's nothing I enjoy more than hearing "Their attacks are relentless" over and over and over and over and over in EVERY single battle. I swear, some of the design decisions are so brilliant that they make you wonder how the same people could have made some of these bat-shit stupid decisions as well.
 
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Delio

Member
Did my first escort quest which went smoothly enough. Ran into a Chimera along the way but by now those things are rather easy to take down with a single Bolide spell.

BTW is there a site that lists what each vocation gets in terms of augments?
 
Lord Panda

Lord Panda

The Sea is Always Right
Arcteryx said:
Run and don't come back.
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That's what I love about this game - it encourages players to run and hide to live another day :)

I came across it during the day so I can only imagine what it would have been like to fight this bastard during the night.

GrandHarrier said:
Go around it. I'm like 36 and the best I've managed is 3-4 out of 7 life bars He is doable,
you have to go for his heart
, but otherwise a wandering asshole.
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Yeah that's what I ended up doing. His pursuit range is surprisingly large. Thanks folks :)
 
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Mik2121

Member
Baconsammy said:
I'd love to have been at the development meeting in which it was decided that the pawn chatter in its current form was a good thing. Because there's nothing I enjoy more than hearing "Their attacks are relentless" over and over and over and over and over in EVERY single battle. I swear, some of the design decisions are so brilliant that they make you wonder how the same people could have made some of these bat-shit stupid decisions as well.
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You know not everybody is in charge of all the decisions right? :p

The combat system is great but the relationship stuff is a bit weak, and probably whoever came up with the combat system didn't come up with the idea of having the NPCs talk all the time...
 
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GrandHarrier

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LordPanda said:
That's what I love about this game - it encourages players to run and hide to live another day :)

I came across it during the day so I can only imagine what it would have been like to fight this bastard during the night.
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My first encounter with it at night: "My, that's an impressive fire spell the goblin chief has--OHFUCKDRAGON."
 
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slaughterking

Member
Mik2121 said:
You know not everybody is in charge of all the decisions right? :p

The combat system is great but the relationship stuff is a bit weak, and probably whoever came up with the combat system didn't come up with the idea of having the NPCs talk all the time...
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That's what directors and producers are for. At least someone should have a bit of an overview. :p
 
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Arcteryx

Member
Baconsammy said:
I'd love to have been at the development meeting in which it was decided that the pawn chatter in its current form was a good thing. Because there's nothing I enjoy more than hearing "Their attacks are relentless" over and over and over and over and over in EVERY single battle. I swear, some of the design decisions are so brilliant that they make you wonder how the same people could have made some of these bat-shit stupid decisions as well.
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It's really not that bad if you take the time to use the chair properly. My main pawn only talks when there is new quest info or a new combat tactic/environment is found. Otherwise she is pretty much dead silent.

There are a LOT of poorly managed pawns out there though :(. I've seen quite a few with their options set to search for loot first during combat/do other weird stuff(like medicant as a Strider...that doesn't even make sense).
 
Lord Panda

Lord Panda

The Sea is Always Right
Arcteryx said:
It's really not that bad if you take the time to use the chair properly. My main pawn only talks when there is new quest info or a new combat tactic/environment is found. Otherwise she is pretty much dead silent.
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The Chair of Knowledge definitely helps with my sanity. I had to get her to sit down a few times though because the options would sometimes differ and offer a bit more customisation. Compared to the Foreigner Pawns, my Pawn is relatively quiet.
 
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Grisby

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Meisadragon said:
Anyone finished The Watergod's Altar? Kinda stuck there. Lvl 32 now, and some of the 'high' magicks are jaw dropping. I clobbered a Cyclops with a lightning whip...

Nvm finished the quest.
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When/where did you actually pick up this quest? I wandered in there and did some clearing out but didn't press on too far.
 
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Noaloha

Member
Meisadragon said:
Anyone finished The Watergod's Altar? Kinda stuck there. Lvl 32 now, and some of the 'high' magicks are jaw dropping. I clobbered a Cyclops with a lightning whip...
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Eeep.. I just walked in here a moment ago at Lvl 9.

Run away!

Save and walk forward until I die.
 
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ixix

Exists in a perpetual state of Quantum Crotch Uncertainty.
Arcteryx said:
It's really not that bad if you take the time to use the chair properly. My main pawn only talks when there is new quest info or a new combat tactic/environment is found. Otherwise she is pretty much dead silent.

There are a LOT of poorly managed pawns out there though :(. I've seen quite a few with their options set to search for loot first during combat/do other weird stuff(like medicant as a Strider...that doesn't even make sense).
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Poorly managed? Balderdash. My pawn mines ore, collects mushrooms, sifts through battlefield detritus in the very heat of combat and never shuts up about it. Shows moxie.

If y'all ain't turning your pawns into sticky-fingered sociopathic chatterboxes you're missing out. Endless entertainment, that.
 
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GrandHarrier

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ixix said:
Poorly managed? Balderdash. My pawn mines ore, collects mushrooms, sifts through battlefield detritus in the very heat of combat and never shuts up about it. Shows moxie.

If y'all ain't turning your pawns into sticky-fingered sociopathic chatterboxes you're missing out. Endless entertainment, that.
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My pawns primary personality traits is "Guardian". I wonder if that means she'd stab your pawn in the face to protect me. Then again her secondary trait is "Nexus", so that'd conflict with it. Some asimov robot law conundrums going on in here...
 
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i nerini del buio

Member
Spent the last 4 hours wandering around. The game world is bigger than it looks!

And god I love this game. One moment you're just standing there watching the wind blow through the grass and trees, herds pasturing, dreamy music, and the moment after you're fighting a chimera, a clan of bandits and a pack of wolves all at the same time with the drums of war playing in the background
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And I love, love, love my loyal pawn. HIT HIM WHILE I'M HOLDING HIM!!! *he's holding on the back of a huge ass troll*
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NoirVisage

Banned
WAIT..

for escort missions, can i use the PORTAL STONE to set a fast travel point at say the healing springs, get a healing springs quest, then teleport straight there?
 
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ironcreed

Banned
GrandHarrier said:
I've taken to getting pawns 5+ my level so they stay around and useful longer.
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That is what I do as well. I am currently at level 30 and am rolling with two hired level 35 sorcerers that absolutely go nuts. For instance, one casting Maelstrom, and the other casting meteor... even on cattle. Slabs of meat lying everywhere in the aftermath, lol.

What was even more nuts is when they were doing this against undead and skeletons down in the catacombs last night. Tornadoes, giant pillars of ice and meteors down in catacombs for crying out loud. The spells are insane.

Between them, me as an assassin and my warrior pawn, this is the most powerful I have felt thus far and I love that feeling of growth. But then I went and faced the Drake out of curiosity and realized that I still have a long way to climb. That is what it's all about, though. Love this damn game.
 
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