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Evil Mastermind posted:Two questions, though: Hair and makeup can be changed at the barber. There's an item in the rift shop that lets you change everything.
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Mokinokaro posted:Hair and makeup can be changed at the barber. There's an item in the rift shop that lets you change everything. Thanks. I might just save time and start over, since I've really only done like 45 minutes of actual playtime, so it's not like I'd be losing a ton of progress.
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Some of the pawn dialogue is hilariously stupid *Gryphon catches on fire and crashes to the ground, screaming in pain* "Are we even hurting it!?!?" Is there anywhere where you can straight up make new equipment rather than just the combining and enhancing? I noticed there was a blacksmith but he seems more interested in saving his dieing son than making me cool swords.
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May 23, 2012 17:01
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No, you have to buy/find the base items.Rascyc posted:What's the skill breakdown for magic knights? Sword attacks on right bumper and magic spells on left bumper? Do they still wear a shield and can you still slot shield skills on the left bumper? I guess you can buy skills for both staff and sword and switch between them on the fly. Sindai fucked around with this message at 17:14 on May 23, 2012 |
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Something I found awesome yet extremely irritating was that, when I had my lantern out, a cyclops knocked me into a nearby river, thereby dousing my flame at nighttime. So I got to bumble around for a while until a stray fist killed me. This is some game
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Just bought this from Newegg after reading all the crazy awesome stories people have been posting in here. This game sounds amazing.
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Zombie Boat posted:I'll have this waiting at home when I'm back from vacation. Can't wait to see how terrible your pawn looks. He doesn't look terrible, he looks bad-rear end. Serious pawn for the first playthrough. Edit: He's black with white dreadlocks and a white beard and scowls all the time. I trained him to always answer everything either aggressively or arrogantly so he's just a straight up dick all of the time. Rastafarian rear end in a top hat Mage Gestalt Intellect posted:How bad are the one-shots in general? Usually that sort of thing really pisses me off although I did trudge all the way through Demon's and Dark Souls falling off cliffs many times, but the frustration from one-shots mostly comes down to how quickly I can retry. I have not yet been one-shotted and I'm level 13ish and just got to Gran Soren. I've fought a few battles where I got my rear end beat nasty (by bandits), but I've never been killed in one hit, so it doesn't seem like a big deal to me. I have, however, spent a few hours doing side quests and roaming the countryside killing poo poo so I'm a little over-leveled. Save all the time. Won a fight? Save. Took a piss? Save. Saw an elf? Save. SAVE SAVE SAVE. If you die you can load from a save or from a checkpoint, so saving all the time makes it easier. For all the talk about how hard the game is I'm really impressed. It's just tough enough to be fun but not tough enough to make me power bomb my controller. Except when I get stunlocked by bandits with 2H weapons. gently caress that poo poo. Manxome Foe fucked around with this message at 17:14 on May 23, 2012 |
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May 23, 2012 17:11
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Anyone tried out the Assassin yet? How does he play? I was thinking of picking up this game and playing as that class.
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I've picked up so many combinable items so far... anyone got combos I can try? Or is there an NPC to speak to about that?
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May 23, 2012 17:17
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How boring is the Mage/Sorceror to play? It sounds like you'd just get a bunch of fighter pawns and have them hold off enemies until you can nuke everything.
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May 23, 2012 17:21
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Minorkos posted:Anyone tried out the Assassin yet? How does he play? I was thinking of picking up this game and playing as that class. Current lvl 20ish as an Assassin. Not having Ensnare kind of stinks and I have yet to try out the insta-kill attacks. I'm playing like a Strider pretty much, dagger/short bow so overall things haven't changed much. Sadly the assassin augments are, so far, all based on nighttime. Increased strength while at night, more health while at night, etc etc. For daggers I'm just using Scarlet Kisses, Toss and Trigger, and Cutting Wind. I find them all very effective and it is pretty annoying being limited to only three of these, as some of the others look quite nice as well. I do have to say though, anyone who has a bow, if you don't have Keen Sight/Lycenean Sight, get it. That thing is pretty much sniper mode and deals sooo much damage. I just snipe entire camps mostly now.
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I think the Obliteratrix is glitched. I checked my storage and found it just chilling in there. Unless my pawn brought it back?
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Ratios and Tendency posted:Are healer mages pretty much mandatory? And how important/flexible does party composition seem so far? I'm curious about this too. After any information possible to help decide how I'm going to play when it comes out on Friday
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May 23, 2012 17:32
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Okay, so I'm currently in a dungeon called The Watergod's Altar, and I have no idea what to do. I just killed a cyclops, and the pawns are talking about draining the water, but I don't see any way to do that.
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May 23, 2012 17:42
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Healing is great to have, especially if, like me, you are poo poo at making/finding your own greenwarish/HEALPLANT/green cocaine. But my main is a mage because the AI is kinda bad about playing mages correctly, but is good with fighters, and strider pawns can be absolute death incarnate with good equipment. Also, just rode a harpy that dropped me onto the head of a cyclops, who I stabbed until it fell over, then stabbed some more, then got interrupted by DEATH BANDITS, who wrecked my poo poo until the not dead cyclops began wrecking their poo poo. Fun fact, the one-shot attacks big enemies have work just as well on other enemies. Emong posted:Okay, so I'm currently in a dungeon called The Watergod's Altar
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Emong posted:Okay, so I'm currently in a dungeon called The Watergod's Altar, and I have no idea what to do. I just killed a cyclops, and the pawns are talking about draining the water, but I don't see any way to do that. Dungeon stuff There should be a pressure plate somewhere in the ruins. I just did this place and I already forgot exactly what I did, but I think you kill the cyclops in the offering chamber, pick up the altar gem from its corpse, then go back and unlock the door at the beginning with the slot, then I think the pressure plate is at the end of that passage.
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Minorkos posted:Anyone tried out the Assassin yet? How does he play? I was thinking of picking up this game and playing as that class. Assassin seems pretty tough to play BUT he does get the Sweet Chin Music as an ability so. Also: After the encampment I gather I was supposed to go back to Cassardis to get a Lost and Found quest for Quina in Witchwood or something? It wasn't really clear which town my pawns were saying I should go to for information so I just figured I'd come back and do it later. By the time I got back, she was gone but I never found anybody to give me the quest? What's interesting is I gather that these NPCs that you can take on escort missions and such have some sort of affinity/approval meter and are thus probably the romanceable ones. So anyway that's one romance option presumed dead.
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So I just did an escort for Mercedes to Shadow Fort. It is now night time, and there is no rest anywhere.I really don't want to go back out there... Also has anyone managed to do Lost and Found? By the time I could actually handle Witchwood stuff it had failed...
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Teslavi posted:Dungeon stuff There should be a pressure plate somewhere in the ruins. I just did this place and I already forgot exactly what I did, but I think you kill the cyclops in the offering chamber, pick up the altar gem from its corpse, then go back and unlock the door at the beginning with the slot, then I think the pressure plate is at the end of that passage. Don't forget to examine the corpse in the sacrificial chamber to continue the quest.
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Killsion posted:So I just did an escort for Mercedes to Shadow Fort. It is now night time, and there is no rest anywhere.I really don't want to go back out there... Your choices are as follows: A: Man up and go out there. B: Wait in the fort for time to pass. C: Decide to quit this craziness of being The Arisen and settle down with Mercedes to start a family in Shadow Fort. I finished that Lost & Found quest no problem... Was around level 15 at the time. Eventually... most NPCs will revive or you can find a wakestone and heal her if she doesn't, so yeah...
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Hatter106 posted:I've picked up so many combinable items so far... anyone got combos I can try? Or is there an NPC to speak to about that?
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Shardok posted:Your choices are as follows: A: Man up and go out there. B: Wait in the fort for time to pass. C: Decide to quit this craziness of being The Arisen and settle down with Mercedes to start a family in Shadow Fort. Is this the Witchwood quest with your hometown friend? I did it at level 9  , but gently caress those bandits with the boulder trap. They were more difficult than any other enemy I've faced in the game yet. And I had to basically just dash through the Witchwood because it was night by the time I'd finished and I was scared.
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For some reason I only seem to be able to equip 3 skills to my warhammer. Aren't I supposed to have 6 or is that for swords only or something? When I go to learn/Equip skills it only gives me 3 slots no matter what I try.
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May 23, 2012 18:48
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Anybody else try mage/sorcerer? I was torn between that and assassin but ended up going sorcerer because it's something new. So far it's been pretty bad because anything that isn't a wolf or goblin can 1 shot me. I'll stick it out til I get a new spell or two but may restart as a strider. I'm about level 20 but haven't really done any quests yet after reaching Gran Soren because I was unable to make it through the wilderness to them. I just want to feel all-powerful but so far it's been too squishy for me.
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Fizzil posted:Don't forget to examine the corpse in the sacrificial chamber to continue the quest. Well that would explain it. I never got a quest related to it, I just stumbled in there while looking around. I guess that's why I couldn't find any sort of key.  Also, is there any way to actually use the lightening whip spell to, you know, whip things? Or does it just trail behind me and hope it hits something?
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Giant Bomb QL is up: http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-dragons-dogma/17-5996/ It's a pretty decent one. They play from a Magic Archer point of view, and a decent ways into the game (level 30). It shows the pawn system, a couple of humanoid and two monster fights, and they talk a little bit about the overall game as well.
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Magic archer is a ton of fun as of level 20. Sixfold shot is great for lizards, multi-lock arrow for big monsters, and the flare is great for clearing catacombs. I feel like the one downside is that each arrow skill has an innate element. Kinda sucks when you want to slam a cyclops with 10 fire arrows and they're stuck being holy or whatever.
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grrarg posted:Dump them all into storage at an Inn then select the Combine option. That works better than trying to combine from the menu. Though you should always carry around Gransys herb and cloudwine to make desiccated herb, early on, it's a life savor. Though you can always go out into the wilds and just fine some grandgrapes, those thing will heal half your health, or more, when moldy.
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How much variety is there is with armor styles? I'm thinking of picking this game up, but only if there's something resembling a Spanish Conquistador helmet so I can make a Don Quixote & Sancho Panza duo.
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Ziggy Starfucker posted:How much variety is there is with armor styles? I'm thinking of picking this game up, but only if there's something resembling a Spanish Conquistador helmet so I can make a Don Quixote & Sancho Panza duo.
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Samurai Sanders posted:I think once you start you'll find that you need to choose your equipment based on practicality, not looks. This is the rpg I've always dreamed about, at least in terms of armor customization. Games have steadily declined for years and now we get an RPG where you can wear clothes, armor, and then cloaks over those! WHAT.
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Teeter posted:Anybody else try mage/sorcerer? I was torn between that and assassin but ended up going sorcerer because it's something new. So far it's been pretty bad because anything that isn't a wolf or goblin can 1 shot me. I'll stick it out til I get a new spell or two but may restart as a strider. I'm about level 20 but haven't really done any quests yet after reaching Gran Soren because I was unable to make it through the wilderness to them. That sucks. I'm trying to decide between the same two classes. On the one hand it feels like it would be a shame not to play a mage class in this game given how amazing the spell animations are. But people are saying the long cast times are annoying, among other things, so I'm hesitating. Assassins look interesting but not as flashy as mages obviously. I played around with Strider in the demo and it seemed ok but I got bored with it quickly. It seems like people just end up spamming scarlet kisses or whatever it's called, which looks like it get's old quickly. One idea would be to make an Assassin and then a mage main pawn. That way you could actually be in the middle of all the action while your mage casts all the large spells. It seems like it would be cool to be crawling all over an ogre, then all of the sudden your mage casts some big ice spike spell on it and you're right there to see it. In some ways you'd have an even better vantage point for the games gorgeous spell effects than if you played a mage. So that's an idea. I've been watching some of the youtube walkthroughs that are going up to get an idea of what the gameplay is like, especially for the mage, since it wasn't in the demo. Here's the one I'm watching right now. I haven't come across an Assassin walkthrough yet, but there are a few videos of them around. -Blackadder- fucked around with this message at 19:09 on May 23, 2012 |
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Man, waking up, turning the game on, and resting at an inn to see that a bunch of people have rented your pawn and given you 12k RC for it is weirdly satisfying. 3 stars for appearance though  It's all because I don't have a wizard hat yet for him so he just looks like a short little fat black kid running around. Anyway add me ("VDay 1") if you want a level ~24 pure damage mage. Will make him a sorcerer as soon as I get enough DP for the last two mage augments.
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May 23, 2012 19:09
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You know you can switch classes very cheaply and almost whenever, after the first few bits of the game, right? Honestly it seems like it's pretty easy to max out a class anyway, so I wouldn't get too settled into a particular class.
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Discipline Points are also shared between classes. So if you're already at max rank as Mage, may as well change to Sorcerer for a bit to get the free job points there to rank up, and then switch back to Mage (for free, as he already has it unlocked) to get the augments when ya need to.
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Shardok posted:Discipline Points are also shared between classes. So if you're already at max rank as Mage, may as well change to Sorcerer for a bit to get the free job points there to rank up, and then switch back to Mage (for free, as he already has it unlocked) to get the augments when ya need to. Thought about doing that, but the offensive mage spells he has right now are too useful to give up. Part of the reason for getting the last two augments (besides the fact that they're awesome) is to smooth the transition over into sorcerer.
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Any tips on fighting ogres? As far as I can tell they don't have any weaknesses, and I fight them forever and a day until they frenzy and murder me.
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Still no idea where to go after escorting the one girl through witchwood, but still having a blast. My mage pawn seems pretty well liked so far, 13k RCs overnight and still averaging 4 stars in all stats. She's all about support, and has every major upgraded spell. She's only lvl 21, but the upgraded fire boon, healing spell, and blind are incredibly useful. Blind will often make bandit fights a breeze. She's also crazy good at keeping people alive in hard fights. Gave her the DLC armor too, so she's pretty hardy. If anyone wants a free support mage, add me on PSN. (Think I added a ton of goons from the doc, but I like to ask anyway)VDay posted:Man, waking up, turning the game on, and resting at an inn to see that a bunch of people have rented your pawn and given you 12k RC for it is weirdly satisfying. If you already have the vocation lvl, you could just switch back to mage later once you get the DPs. Edit: Beaten
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VDay posted:Thought about doing that, but the offensive mage spells he has right now are too useful to give up. Part of the reason for getting the last two augments (besides the fact that they're awesome) is to smooth the transition over into sorcerer. Some normal class skills are cross-class (i.e. Fire Boon being available to both Mage and Sorcerer) too. So he might just keep those. I do believe most of the basic damage/affinity/boon spells are available as Sorcerer too.
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My rift points are seriously piling up, since I never take out a pawn higher level than me. What should I use them on?
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