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

No spoilers but has anyone started NG+ and played enough to see if anything is changed or the difficulty ramps up at all?
 
Me being a total hero:

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While coming back through the woods after an escort, I found a typical pack of goblins. I killed them and got on top of a rock and found even MORE goblins, being mutilated by this guy.

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They shortly decided a truce and all focused on me right afterwards. How nice.

Dresden said:
Fuuuuuuuuuuck I forgot to get a pickaxe.

Also escort missions are a fucking pain. As a mystic knight it's not difficult keeping shit off them, but they're so slow to catch up.
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They seem to teleport to you along with your pawns at times. Not really sure on the logic of it, but I sprint ahead a lot.
 
Kaijima said:
No spoilers but has anyone started NG+ and played enough to see if anything is changed or the difficulty ramps up at all?
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Looking through the guide, there are some new enemies that show up around the world and some of the stronger ones that are only at The Tainted Mountain will be roaming around as well.
 
See You Next Wednesday said:
spoiler me!
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Sure thing.

Wyvern- Post game Bluemoon Tower and post game Estan Plains They are like Drakes, but look a bit different, try to stay airborne and have lightning breath attacks.

Gorechimera- Normally only beyond the Rift and on the Tainted mountain. In post game they are also on Seabreeze Trail. Double the hit-points of a normal Chimera and look different as well.

Hellhounds- Normally only beyond the Rift and on The Tainted Mountain. Post game they will be in The Estan Plains, Manamia Trail, and Seabreeze Trail. They breathe fire, they are bigger and have 9,000 HP, as opposed to the 2,500 HP of Dire Wolves.

Other enemies like Drakes and and Skeleton Lords will be in more areas as well.

*Edited with a tad more info and corrections.
 
man this game is rad

i love the fact that it's all true adventure, like if you don't plan when you're making a trip you'd be fucked sometimes. The feeling of going out to a far place, getting stuck out in the dark with your lantern and then, poof, suddenly running out of oil and realize that you've just entered some type of advanced darkness, and that fear will be your new friend unless you can last until morning.


Reminds me of that scene in Lord of the Rings when they're in moria and it gets dark, then all of a sudden the light comes on and they're surrounded by goblins. The feeling gets my palms all sweaty and shit
 
Ahh shit, I think I might have goofed here. Can someone who's beaten it clarify for me:
just had that battle with the sorcerer dude and he got smashed by the dragon. He said to go talk to the dragonborn, but I went downstairs and there was an exit door. After exiting it said something about starting a quest and that I needed to slay the dragon....did I just accidentally skip to the end quest?
 
So by all accounts, this is basically the RPG people have been wanting all this generation? Because I'm really interested in buying it.
 
shintoki said:
So by all accounts, this is basically the RPG people have been wanting all this generation? Because I'm really interested in buying it.
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Not sure about waiting for and such, but it's like a old school RPG grafted onto an open world setting with lots of bad writing and sick action.
 
shintoki said:
So by all accounts, this is basically the RPG people have been wanting all this generation? Because I'm really interested in buying it.
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It depends on what you want from an RPG. This has, by far, the best sense of pure adventure I've gotten out of a game.
 
Just finished the Witchwood escort quest. I feel bad for the
granddaughter of the witch. Seemingly living alone, having to fend for herself,
and my pawns happily smash her jars and steal her supplies.
 
Amir0x said:
man this game is rad

i love the fact that it's all true adventure, like if you don't plan when you're making a trip you'd be fucked sometimes. The feeling of going out to a far place, getting stuck out in the dark with your lantern and then, poof, suddenly running out of oil and realize that you've just entered some type of advanced darkness, and that fear will be your new friend unless you can last until morning.


Reminds me of that scene in Lord of the Rings when they're in moria and it gets dark, then all of a sudden the light comes on and they're surrounded by goblins. The feeling gets my palms all sweaty and shit
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Yep, I think a lot of reviewers on deadlines simply did not have the time to dive down into the depths with this game. Which is unfortunate, as it is clearly designed to be something that requires that kind of in-depth attention. It practically begs you to think, to spend time preparing and playing it in order to discover and grow.

The saying that some role playing games are vast, clear and beautiful oceans that are only an inch deep comes to mind. In the case of Dragon's Dogma, the waters are not only deep, but are dark and have hidden dangers, complexity and secrets to be found. But only if you dive down deep beneath the murky surface to find out what is actually there.
 
Carcetti said:
The screenshot option insists on Facebook so I just had to take a phone pic.



Only when I had bought the glasses from the rift shop I realized that I was Hermione from HP (mage/sorcerer 24). Big man in the middle is the main pawn. I just love how varied and realistic people you can make with this game.
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I have the PS3 version and the screenshots go directly to the hard drive. I can either post them to the pawn community through the browser from the game or stick a USB drive in the PS3 and copy the screens, post them on facebook directly or on an image site, and then I link them. I do the USB thing, even though it's kind of annoying having to rename them.

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Trying to figure out if I should move into Mystic Knight stuff after mastering both Sorcerer and Magick Archer.

Seems like a logical next step.
 
Lucent said:
I have the PS3 version and the screenshots go directly to the hard drive. I can either post them to the pawn community through the browser from the game or stick a USB drive in the PS3 and copy the screens, post them on facebook directly or on an image site, and then I link them. I do the USB thing, even though it's kind of annoying having to rename them.
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Can't do that with the 360 version? That sucks.
 
ironcreed said:
Yep, I think a lot of reviewers on deadlines simply did not have the time to dive down into the depths with this game. Which is unfortunate, as it is clearly designed to be something that requires that kind of in-depth attention. It practically begs you to think, to spend time preparing and playing it in order to discover and grow.

The saying that some role playing games are vast, clear and beautiful oceans that are only an inch deep comes to mind. In the case of Dragon's Dogma, the waters are not only deep, but are dark and have hidden dangers, complexity and secrets to be found. But only if you dive down deep beneath the murky surface to find out what is actually there.
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I mean I don't care what reviewers think anyway, the game media is basically completely lost as far as I'm concerned. Until they stop being in the pockets of the game companies, I can't trust them even if I wanted to.

I will say there's definitely big issues with the combat system that could have been ironed out, but they're not showstoppers most of the time. And yeah, the framerate actually does get quite bad and not exactly infrequently (PS3 version).

But in terms of what I like in games, it's very perfectly suited. Very minimal story, must rely on own instincts, must plan out journeys in detail, tons of exploration and definitely not linear, and a fairly good level of difficulty - I mean it's not Dark Souls or Demon Souls, but it's satisfying enough. It feels rewarding to make it places, which is really the type of difficulty games should be aiming for.

shintoki said:
So by all accounts, this is basically the RPG people have been wanting all this generation? Because I'm really interested in buying it.
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For me, it's definitely the type of RPG that I'm glad this gen has brought. But it really would depend on your tolerance for slow traveling. The game really requires you to walk everywhere unless you find a way to stock up on prohibitively expensive travel stones, and they only fast port you to that Gran town. So basically the majority of the game you'll be hoofin' it, and you'll be repeating your routes over and over again, so if that's something you can't suffer, then avoid.
 
Do Hoes, shovels, hammers & spades do anything like Pickaxes?

I noticed a lot of random hay stacks in the field that I can't dig into when I'm standing over them. Maybe I need something on me to do that?
 
Amir0x said:
The game really requires you to walk everywhere unless you find a way to stock up on prohibitively expensive travel stones, and they only fast port you to that Gran town. So basically the majority of the game you'll be hoofin' it, and you'll be repeating your routes over and over again, so if that's something you can't suffer, then avoid.
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There is a way around this.
Finding a Port Crystal & making copies of it at the Forgery store & you can have permanent teleport spots at every corner of the map.
This will cost a lot though.
 
branny said:
You're not. Some enemies just aren't very susceptible to some types of damage. I've come across a few enemies that render me useless as a magical damage dealer. It's why you should strive for a balanced party with pawns that know what they're doing.
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I understand that, but I seem to be doing essentially no damage, to anyone except the very weak.
PrinceOfApathy said:
What are your strength stats? Looking at, at level 20?
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I'm level 28, strength 244 (dagger) & 238 (bow).
 
See You Next Wednesday said:
There is a way around this.
Finding a Port Crystal & making copies of it at the Forgery store & you can have permanent teleport spots at every corner of the map.
This will cost a lot though.
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I found one crystal which I placed near the Bluemoon Tower. There's no way in hell I'm removing that from there. Btw have you successfully made copies of it?

And yeah, I think I'm attached to my main pawn now. Spent 200k on her.
 
So, I've decided to go for mystic archer after maxing out my assassin and strider on my main. I feel like it's going to be easy mode, but it's the only other class that appeals to me. I figure that once that's maxed out I'll be done.

I moved my pawn back to fighter after maxing him out in warrior and he's a boss now - tons of strength and survivability, so he's definitely a super tank. I also hooked him up with the haw armor/sword as well so he looks really cool.

Now to try and find a new bow... from what I gather magic archer bows are extremely hard to find and I haven't found any merchants selling them (aside from the basic one) =\
 
heh, that soul flayer dungeon is pretty good, as mentioned before. In short time, I've gotten chimera armor, a triple hammer, and a griffon cape. All equiped on my never used Pawn, Nick Saban. Apparently, people don't like Nick Saban.
 
Arcteryx said:
Hard to describe but:
on the first level underground, on the map there are two ladders, on the left ladder there is like a rock bridge going N with water on the ground. I found it next to some crates in that big opening space at the northern most part of that area.
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Didn't find it, but found this online

The game guide is very brief with this answer:
"This purse gets around. Look for it in the Blighted Manse or near bodies of water, like the nearby spring".
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A few questions:

Do I have to dismiss my main pawn to have it available for others to use or is it available automatically when I'm not on?

Generally do you find a lot of the equipment out in the world or is it a game where you really have to buy stuff?

I found a what looked like a quiver called Blast Arrow or Shot or something, but I don't see it in my inventory and can't see a way to change out quivers.
 
Confidence Man said:
A few questions:

Do I have to dismiss my main pawn to have it available for others to use or is it available automatically when I'm not on?

Generally do you find a lot of the equipment out in the world or is it a game where you really have to buy stuff?

I found a what looked like a quiver called Blast Arrow or Shot or something, but I don't see it in my inventory and can't see a way to change out quivers.
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1. No, many other people can use your pawn at the same time.

2. Seems like you find better stuff than you can buy, but I am just tooling around a lot and haven't made it very far yet.

3. It's under tools. You equip and put it away the same way you do with your lantern.
 
This is one of those games that will be loved at launch but those buying after a few patches will love it even more.

I'm sure the cost of those crystals will come down in a future patch once they listen to the community.
 
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