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Dragon's Dogma |OT| For the night is dark and full of terrors
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Have you gone to sleep? Sometimes it takes a while to update I guess.
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
maybe i'm not getting the quest system. i pick a main quest, then put "show me on the map" and it is always out in the middle of nowhere. how are you supposed to identify where you need to go?
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Question about the "Justice Done" quest inside the Catacombs:
Is it better to kill the Salvation leader or set him free?
Snapshot King
Member
Are we talking about the same Soul Flayer dungeon? Because the one I went to only had a gargoyle as a top tier enemy, and I sure never found the cool stuff you guys are talking about.
It's the one that gives you a shortcut past the ladies thieves fortress to the Great Wall.
It's the one that gives you a shortcut past the ladies thieves fortress to the Great Wall.
Baloonatic
Member
Summon them back at a Rift Stone.
Just those wyrm hunt quests maximillan gave you. Like the 4 he gives you.
Any penalty? Lost gear?
Hah, nevermind, I decided I had just saved, so I just off to my doom...
Just to land in deep water, causing me to pop back next to my dead guy. But at the bottom of the dungeon.
Thanks, I finished all of those already so I should be good.
Lucent
Member
I had some hired pawns carrying stuff for me. I had one of them carry a hammer for me and it was high for me (303 atk) and all my pawns fell off a cliff and died. I was like "oh man my items!"
But I found all the items had been sent to the storage at the inn.
So, basically, even if pawns carrying stuff die, you don't lose your precious cargo. =)
PrinceOfApathy
Banned
Can anyone tell me what these reviewers were thinking? I know it was Diablo week and everyone wanted to get back to that, but it seems like they were absolutely dismissive with this game. Some of the reviews I have read are so vague, and nonchalant and they speak nothing about the insane depth and surprises that this game holds. I know its not as accessible or as brain dead as Skyrim, but good God, some of these reviews are scandalous.
There's not really a penalty for pawn death. If you have a hired one you really like and they die, you can only rehire the updated one which may be leveled a lot higher and cost a lot. That's the only real downside to them dying, and that obviously doesn't happen with the main one.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
I have no idea how else to say this. This game fucking rocks. I love the Elder Scrolls. Love it.
But this shits on it in every conceivable way.
But this shits on it in every conceivable way.
MagicWithEarvin
Member
This has been discussed quite a bit here, but basically you either flip a coin or decide based on these preferences:
- PS3 vs 360 controller
- Trophies vs Achievements
- PSN friends vs XBL friends
- Frame rate drops on PS3 vs screen tearing on 360
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Just the 360. There is zero screen tearing on PS3.
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
the screen tearing on 360 is pretty bad :/
The_Hitcher89
Member
Hell yeah! Check out the wolf helmet I just picked up.
Please tell me that's not a particularly rare helmet to find. I was really hoping for a helmet like that for my Sandor Clegane to wear, and was pretty sure there wouln't be one like it in the game and I'd have to make do without. And yes, I know that its not a Dog, but they look similar enough for me.
Looks like Magick Archer just isn't great for fighting the Ur-Dragon.
I think the Magick Archer is really good for handling most every situation, but lacks any real killer moves. I'm good at stopping masses of enemies, exploiting a few elemental weaknesses, getting in close or getting stuff at range. Just not the best at boss fighting unless there's an easily exploitable elemental weakness.
When it comes to the boss off all bosses that becomes really apparent. Oh well.
I think the Magick Archer is really good for handling most every situation, but lacks any real killer moves. I'm good at stopping masses of enemies, exploiting a few elemental weaknesses, getting in close or getting stuff at range. Just not the best at boss fighting unless there's an easily exploitable elemental weakness.
When it comes to the boss off all bosses that becomes really apparent. Oh well.
Knux-Future
Banned
Just finished the tower attack with TWO cyclops and a ton of Goblins.
shit was epic.
shit was epic.
I think merchants restock once a day or so. I always buy ferrystones for cheap from the merchant with the daughter.
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Good shit, I'm done running back after quests, thanks.
an now came across an enclave of female thieves, and it was all going smoothly, till Nick Motherfucking Saban walked in. Unleashing 20+ Female Ninja's. Things went hairy, but since I was fighting on top of a giant gate, 100 feet above the ground, Numerous Fire Spells casted a many Ninja to their doom below.
Now I have a gate.
Hope I didn't need to talk to anyone there later...
Now I have a gate.
Hope I didn't need to talk to anyone there later...
Ganondorfo
Junior Member
Last question before I am going to buy it.
Are the quests original or always the same?
Are the quests original or always the same?
The quests all vary. You have your kill x mobs quests, escort quests, fetch item quests, and then there's all of the story quests which vary greatly. One (which admittedly annoyed me earlier) even involved groups of armed (and very aggressive) assassins that were waiting in the night to assault you in different locations.
On top of that you have the fact that completely different mobs come out at night compared to the day, so there's lots of variation even in just traveling. That empty field by day might now contain a special surprise on your way back across it at night.
I switched to Magick Archer, and I am a little iffy about it currently. I don't mind the lock-on for some of the weapon skills, but for general firing, I don't really like it. I love the damage output, though, especially against Saurians. Dayum.
I really miss the long range sniping ability of the Ranger, though. I'm glad we can switch back anytime without any loss of progress in our earlier vocations.
I really miss the long range sniping ability of the Ranger, though. I'm glad we can switch back anytime without any loss of progress in our earlier vocations.
MagicWithEarvin
Member
It's wabbit hunting season! I could use the 50,000G...
Where they at?!
Where they at?!
Right outside the very first town.
Jugendstil
Member
I ended up restarting my character because I felt like I went to Gran Soren too soon and missed some earlier quests. I just now finished the first Witchwood quest. I had to sacrifice a Pawn to get through armored bandits outside the forest (RIP Rook) but I got through and was able to complete the quest right before nightfall.
Completing the quest was a serious rush and sense of accomplishment. This game rules.
Completing the quest was a serious rush and sense of accomplishment. This game rules.
It's a bit like an MMO where you can grind dungeons (loot and mobs respawn) and you're always able to "group" with pawns so you have a party going. The combat and everything is obviously a lot better than what you normally find an MMO, though.
I've noticed that my pawns even tend to do some shit that people in actual MMO's do. I'll be sitting still and they'll be running back and forth jumping inside things, busting up crates, and just generally being restless
I have a question about the Witchwoods.
Thanks in advance.
Also, this game rocks! I've got like 4 new friends on PSN from GAF thanks to this game. Its definitely going to be on my top 5 at the end of the year, I can just tell.
There is a golem or something blocking a door. It looks like a pile of rocks, but if you look closely you can see it is actually some big creature in child's pose. How do you get it to move? I tossed explosive barrels at it and tried hitting it, but nothing works.
Thanks in advance.
Also, this game rocks! I've got like 4 new friends on PSN from GAF thanks to this game. Its definitely going to be on my top 5 at the end of the year, I can just tell.
I've noticed that my pawns even tend to do some shit that people in actual MMO's do. I'll be sitting still and they'll be running back and forth jumping inside things, busting up crates, and just generally being restless
Ok, that sounds awesome. I'll probably pick it up early next week.
A "real" single-player MMO is something I've wanted since the original Everquest. My dream game would be party mechanics like you described, but old-school difficulty and grinding, with practically unreachable end-game content. I'd even like to camp bosses for rare drops.
You keep all the dagger skills, but the bow skills change. They're largely the same, but much more powerful than Strider's. You're able to retain the core skills and augments, it seems.
You never lose your progress, but some skills are limited to the originating vocation. So, you might train up 6 skills but only 3 of them will be available when you change vocations. They make sure that you're never suddenly a whimp. You'll have enough skills to rip through mobs just fine when you change, trust me.
I've done it twice now going from strider to assassin and assassin to magic archer and while the initial abilities you start with are of course a bit weak, you can utilize the abilities from the other classes to support you. I'm pretty much a walking death machine at the moment after maxing out strider/assassin and combining what I learned from those with magic archer (and I'm only up to lvl 4 in magic archer which took about 1~ hour to get)
