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So in my efforts to not miss any quests before meeting the duke, I ended up grossly over leveled for the content. I hit level 30 and for the past 10 levels it's been an absolute steamroll across the land, I don't fear anything anywhere anymore.... And that sucks because that was the most fun part of the game. The last 10 levels had been such a boring drag. So I decided to fly it solo from now on, no pawns, removing my Defense augments, and guess what the first quest I did was, the Assualt on Shadow Fort. It was amazing figuring out how to deal with multiple cross bolt launchers, Ogres, and lots of Goblins, all under time limits before the troops were wiped out. Like really thinking about the fight, being careful around blind concerns, suddenly the worthless consumables that I would ignore scattered around the immediate vicinity mattered, and could no longer just brute forcing through thanks to my healing Mage. Of course this game spoiled that by giving me a quest after to fetch 5 10lb slabs from the WasterGod Alter. Impossible to solo as I am, common DragonsDogma, was it really necessary to make a quest item that heavy, let alone 5 of them?
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SO what's the deal with some of these named areas with nothing going on in them. Do you ever get quests for them? I'm thinking mostly of Smugglers Pass by Bluemoon, and Ophis' Domain by the Everwall, with the cyclops.
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Jun 3, 2012 02:00
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Hackan Slash posted:SO what's the deal with some of these named areas with nothing going on in them. Do you ever get quests for them? One is a huge loot pile and the other you get at least one quest in.
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Jun 3, 2012 02:07
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Trying wearing gear that looks good instead of providing better stats. Also, I was typing this and I looked back and one of my pawns was leaning over and waving her hand in my arisen's face.
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Jun 3, 2012 02:07
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I still can't get Maul's bandits to stop attacking me every time they respawn. Guess I'll just do that quest on my eventual second character.Kieyen posted:Trying wearing gear that looks good instead of providing better stats. Also, I was typing this and I looked back and one of my pawns was leaning over and waving her hand in my arisen's face. This is one of the best idle animations ever, I love that they put that in rather than having the PC do the idle animations.
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Jun 3, 2012 02:17
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Oh man, I didn't mean to actually beat it yet, I just got caught up in the moment. Whoops. I also definitely didn't meant to set both my pawn and myself as Striders, totally forgetting that you can't change classes until you get to the city.  I don't really think that will take too awful long to accomplish but it was certainly a silly thing to do.
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Jun 3, 2012 02:20
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It is weird how those bandit quests work. After I finish Ophis's quest, the female bandits essentially disappear and I only have to contend with the cyclopes and wolf packs going that way, but Maul's lackeys always attack me. It's also weird how the army lets the keep guarding the only path to the Great Wall be captured by bandits. The Duke sure has an inept army.
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Jun 3, 2012 02:22
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Anyone else not very far and casually playing the game? I'm level 25 (also have a 17 on another account) and it would be nice to have some reliable pawns to play with and also people progressing through around the same time roughly My pawns are - PSN - xDanith, Pawn - Aveline, level 25 fighter I tried to make her look like Aveline from Dragon Age 2 and was trying to get her personality the same. She works pretty well for me. PSN - xDanith2 Pawn - Magda, level 17 mage Was tired of going to the Nexus and seeing 90% of the pawns being short girl-childs so I made this pawn fat, tall, and old. When I was using her she was doing a better job healing and buffing me then any other pawns I've tried. Although with her being tall, fat and old she hasn't had one person hire her out  edit: Anyone have any objections of editing the spreadsheet a bit.. like making separate tabs for ps3 and xbox 360? Maybe adding checkboxes/dropdowns for pawn class and stuff? Danith fucked around with this message at 02:42 on Jun 3, 2012 |
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Jun 3, 2012 02:28
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So I just got the quest "The Final Battle" am I actually close to the end? I still haven't explored a lot of the map and my dude is only lvl 40 so I didn't think I was anywhere close to it.
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Jun 3, 2012 02:36
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Level 40-50 is about where most people finish the game I think. What parts of the map haven't you explored? The story quest pretty much takes you to every corner.
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Jun 3, 2012 02:41
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Could someone give me a hint on fighting the giant under the pawn guild? I climb up to his neck and start stabbing and his health bar barely budges. I'm using stilettos and spent 14 levels as a Fighter so I should have a fair attack power.
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Jun 3, 2012 02:47
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The Lone Badger posted:Could someone give me a hint on fighting the giant under the pawn guild? I climb up to his neck and start stabbing and his health bar barely budges. I'm using stilettos and spent 14 levels as a Fighter so I should have a fair attack power. It might be difficult at that level, I think for most people he charged and ran off the edge of the stairwell and died. You still get exp for this. Otherwise just aim for his eye, that's his weak point.
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Jun 3, 2012 02:49
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If you just back off and let your pawns hit him with ranged attacks he'll generally flail around until he falls off the edge.
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VDay posted:Level 40-50 is about where most people finish the game I think. What parts of the map haven't you explored? The story quest pretty much takes you to every corner. Nothing much west of the bandit ruins and south of the shadow fort. You can't go past the shadow fort can you? Also never found the Witchwood and I have places like the Blighted Manse I can't get into and never had a quest for it. Only quests left in my log are kill quests. I'd pay a serious amount of microsoft fun bucks for a DLC horse.
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The Lone Badger posted:Could someone give me a hint on fighting the giant under the pawn guild? I climb up to his neck and start stabbing and his health bar barely budges. I'm using stilettos and spent 14 levels as a Fighter so I should have a fair attack power. Just shoot it repeatedly and run away a lot if you're female. Otherwise wait for it to attack a female and then aim for the head. Alternatively you can try luring it off the edge, or moving the lever again to open up a different path around him. edit: Explosive barrels are also quite powerful, you can carry one down from higher in the area. Also don't feel too bad if you're having a hard time with it, for some reason ogres are really hard despite not getting a special health bar or much ceremony when they show up. Owl Inspector fucked around with this message at 03:00 on Jun 3, 2012 |
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Jun 3, 2012 02:52
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So I'm doing a new game and I'm going to aim for Assassin with a support mage main pawn. I've noticed people just have no idea how to make a good support pawn, thus why I'm making one. Also, I think I mentioned this before, but Magick Archer is pretty much the most versatile class for post-game. I strongly recommend it.
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Killsion posted:So I'm doing a new game and I'm going to aim for Assassin with a support mage main pawn. I've noticed people just have no idea how to make a good support pawn, thus why I'm making one. Oh god yes. Most of the fighters I find in the Rift haven't even had their skills set, they're just rolling with their default two abilities.
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My support mage pawn is awesome. Or at least I think she is. High comestion, high levin, high anodyne (I know people complain it casts too slow, but I have the sorc augment and the wyrmking ring for when she's with me), high spellscreen, high halydom, holy affinity. I don't really know what else I'd rather have.
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uhhhh, So I just beat it and I was supposed to make some a choice to save the inkeeper or not. Couldn't figure out how to choose and walked to close to the Dragon so I guess I saved him. Then in the end my character was making out with the dweeb. What am I missing here? What the hell?
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Jun 3, 2012 03:12
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It never ceases to amaze me how many people can see that cutscene of Gran Soren collapsing and the world turning post apocalyptic and go "Well, I just beat the game!"
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NESguerilla posted:uhhhh, So I just beat it and I was supposed to make some a choice to save the inkeeper or not. Couldn't figure out how to choose and walked to close to the Dragon so I guess I saved him. Then in the end my character was making out with the dweeb. What am I missing here? What the hell? It's not well explained in the game at all. But at that point in the game the Dragon makes off with the person who you have the highest Affinity with and it decides that that makes them your love interest. I'm guessing that you either gave him a bunch of gifts or did his escort quest (which will max out the affinity on that NPC). Congratulations, I hope you two enjoy your new life together.  For me; post-post game spoilers the Duchess is the one who moved into my house, but it was Madeleine who found me on the beach at the real ending. Hopefully all my lady-friends can get along. This game really does have "everything an RPG needs (and romance)". a kitten fucked around with this message at 03:27 on Jun 3, 2012 |
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Giggily posted:It never ceases to amaze me how many people can see that cutscene of Gran Soren collapsing and the world turning post apocalyptic and go "Well, I just beat the game!" well to be fair the credits did roll
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a kitten posted:It's not well explained in the game at all. But at that point in the game the Dragon makes off with the person who you have the highest Affinity with and it decides that that makes them your love interest. I'm guessing that you either gave him a bunch of gifts or did his escort quest (which will max out the affinity on that NPC). Congratulations, I hope you two enjoy your new life together. This is what happened to me and Valmiro, which is a little strange because I had previously escorted Reynard and then after finishing the Valmiro quest, I gave him all the journal entries. Tonight, my xbox stopped booting, and I have a back up xbox, but I can't transfer my save from old style xbox to new style xbox without a transfer kit (I tried USB and cloud), so I'm gonna take out my frustrations on Valmiro tomorrow. Giggily posted:It never ceases to amaze me how many people can see that cutscene of Gran Soren collapsing and the world turning post apocalyptic and go "Well, I just beat the game!" The game does a pretty good job reminding you that you have to kill the dragon, so it's only natural. It's not like they said "you aught to kill the dragon then go into a big hole and fight bosses until you find 20 wakestones, and then use godsbane
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NESguerilla posted:uhhhh, So I just beat it and I was supposed to make some a choice to save the inkeeper or not. Couldn't figure out how to choose and walked to close to the Dragon so I guess I saved him. Then in the end my character was making out with the dweeb. What am I missing here? What the hell? Awwwww, someone's in wuuuv
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Clocks posted:My support mage pawn is awesome. Or at least I think she is. No Fire Affinity? Speaking of which, what is the difference between Boon and Affinity? The description is pretty vague.
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Cbouncerrun posted:No Fire Affinity? Affinity applies a larger enchantment (more magic damage) and lasts longer.
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For a long time my Main Pawn was a Mage focused primarily on support. In that process her main inclination became Guardian, and everything was cool. Now, however, I use her primarily as a Sorceror, so I'm wondering what inclinations would be best to force on her with illicit drugs purchased from the strange old dude by the Encampment riftstone.
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Cbouncerrun posted:No Fire Affinity? Fire Affinity isn't that great. I personally go with Holy and Ice, since later on Fire has a tendency to, uh, go wrong. Shadow Ninja 64 posted:For a long time my Main Pawn was a Mage focused primarily on support. In that process her main inclination became Guardian, and everything was cool. Now, however, I use her primarily as a Sorceror, so I'm wondering what inclinations would be best to force on her with illicit drugs purchased from the strange old dude by the Encampment riftstone. You can read the descriptions for what they do while there. Just pick anything besides Guardian, whatever you do, it's really the absolute worst.
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Cbouncerrun posted:No Fire Affinity? Fire affinity is pretty great, but I'm in post-game so I decided to just stick with holy. You'll see why fire isn't the best idea when you get there. If something really needs burning she will usually comestion it anyway. Shadow Ninja 64 posted:For a long time my Main Pawn was a Mage focused primarily on support. In that process her main inclination became Guardian, and everything was cool. Now, however, I use her primarily as a Sorceror, so I'm wondering what inclinations would be best to force on her with illicit drugs purchased from the strange old dude by the Encampment riftstone. When my pawn was a sorceror I kept her on scather/challenger (or other way around) and it worked pretty well. Some of the sorc spells take a really long time to cast so it might not seem that they're doing much until a giant tornado comes out of nowhere. What you don't want is them cancelling casting anytime something gets near them (something medicant does sometimes) or not casting at all (guardian seems to keep pawns too close to your character without actually bothering to attack enemies).
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As said, Fire Affinity is good until post-game, then you want to drop it as fast as possible for either ice or holy, preferably both. Cue my rage at finding lvl 70+ pawns with fire affinity. Why?!
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That's probably people that are playing NG+ and wanted fire affinity back to kill all the normal monsters.
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Has anyone played the DLC quests? Are they good or just "kill 150 harpies"? Do they have unique rewards?
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Samurai Sanders posted:Has anyone played the DLC quests? Are they good or just "kill 150 harpies"? Do they have unique rewards? They're actually WORSE than that. They're all, so far at least, quests that tell you to go somewhere (usually to a building's roof) and pick up an item. That's it. They're really bad. On a side note, this game can go gently caress itself! Gore chimera, wraith, normal chimera, and 3 respawning hell hounds? gently caress you Dragon's Dogma and the chamber of fate!
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Chamber of Fate is hosed up, but it seems to realize this fact. I got my rear end kicked by it, hit Retry, went back inside and there was a different mob.
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Some of them have two different spawns, which one you get seems to be more or less random. They should change each time you enter/exit the room, too.
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So if I have this right: Everfall is like a boss rush? It feels like Vindictus... haha...
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blowingupcasinos posted:So if I have this right: Everfall is like a boss rush? It feels like Vindictus... haha...
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It's also how you break your game. I hung out there and killed all of the bosses I could find a few times, and went from about level 50 to 80 without realizing it. It's great.
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That room is the worst and I left and haven't come back to it yet. But yeah, I've noticed some rooms spawn slightly different enemies. In fact I entered one, saved slightly before I entered the arena, and the first time it was two cockatrices that petrified my poo poo. I decided to retry from last save, and this time it was just a gorechimera and a wraith, which was easier. Someone suggested that for chamber of fate, you take out the wraith which would stop summoning the hellhounds, then get rid of the chimeras. Sounds like a good way to do it, but drat if it isn't hard still. I thought I was all badass and could deal with anything but apparently not.
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I want Atlus to hire this team to make Persona 5. Edit: The Everfall is such a cool loving idea that I wish they made the entire game about this. Stomping all over the world was cool and all, but this is loving rad. It feels like towers in Persona 3 and Catherine.
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