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He meant going through the actual quarry by Gran Soren, but you haven't been there, it seems, especially if you're doing Mercedes' escort. If the drake moves that much, your best bet is to just wait for it to move back west again. I've never seen it leave its little patch of forest before, though. 
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NuckmasterJ posted:I tried that method and cut thru the saurians and found a Chimera (with 5+ Saurians sleeping next to it) that aggro's my escort (Mercedes) instantly and refuses to pay attention to anything else. Poor Mercedes, I think its the accent monsters don't like. I've been shaking my fist so much today that my wrist is starting to hurt. Reminds me of Dark Souls lol That Mercedes escort was the first one I tried and was definitely the most frustrating since I hadn't even seen the whole map in the OP and was just running into the fog blindly. I hit that chimera and every pack of bandits on the way there across several attempts, having to save after every little fight since I'd frequently "win" an encounter and then see Mercedes lying in the dirt. I would just follow the roads until you get past that forest with the chimera, and then you can cut straight up with only goblins and a couple saurians in the way unless you're unlucky. Run away from the drake if it's in the way and make a run northwest from there to the objective, as you'll avoid most of the goblins if you take the drake route, and if it isn't in the way then you can rest at the camp and slowly take the path with easier goblins and saurians. Once you get an escort finished to a certain location and have it mapped out, they're much easier after that.
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Jun 4, 2012 22:42
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I love how I go into the well in the starting town, and get my rear end handed to me by the saurians down there, like, all three of my pawns died in seconds and I ran. Now when I walk by my pawns are like 'is it smart to leave saurians down there?' uh dipshits, do you remember when you ALL DIED HORRIBLY down there?
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Jun 4, 2012 22:43
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Schubalts posted:He meant going through the actual quarry by Gran Soren, but you haven't been there, it seems, especially if you're doing Mercedes' escort. Wait, you're implying that the Mercedes escort is early game. I went into the quarry right from when I got to Gran Soren. When does her escort come up? I didn't see her again until I visited the duke.
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Jun 4, 2012 22:48
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How does armor work? Is there different chest pieces that some cover arms while others cover the chest? I ask that because when I am previewing them it seems that my base shirt hardly changes but my outfit will gain sleeves.
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Jun 4, 2012 22:48
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Schubalts posted:He meant going through the actual quarry by Gran Soren, but you haven't been there, it seems, especially if you're doing Mercedes' escort. Oh right, the Quarry. The ogre's and I have been having disagreements about fire, ice, stabbing and riding around on ones head. I'm sure we will work through it eventually.
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Jun 4, 2012 22:49
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blackguy32 posted:How does armor work? Is there different chest pieces that some cover arms while others cover the chest? You have 1 slot for your head and arms, but your torso and legs have 2 slots each: clothing and armour. Which slot a piece of gear uses is indicated by an icon in the bottom right that says ARMOUR or CLOTHING.
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Jun 4, 2012 22:55
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Lotish posted:Wait, you're implying that the Mercedes escort is early game. I went into the quarry right from when I got to Gran Soren. When does her escort come up? I didn't see her again until I visited the duke. I can't remember when it became available, but I got it pretty early after wandering around between Gran soren and Cassardis. I think it was right before or after going to the Pawn guild. The shield reward was the best one around for a looooong time.
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Jun 4, 2012 22:55
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blackguy32 posted:How does armor work? Is there different chest pieces that some cover arms while others cover the chest? There are "clothing" and "armor" which are separate things that can be layered on the same body part. Clothing is usually shirts and things, armor typically just covers specific things like chest, calves, hands, and whatnot. There isn't a clothing slot for some body parts like arms, so if you want sleeves for instance, you'll need a torso clothing that covers your arms. If I recall correctly, there is clothing for torso and legs and armor for everything else.
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Jun 4, 2012 22:59
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Schubalts posted:I can't remember when it became available, but I got it pretty early after wandering around between Gran soren and Cassardis. I think it was right before or after going to the Pawn guild. The shield reward was the best one around for a looooong time. Oh no oh crap I wanted to do her escort because I wanted to max my affinity with her. I don't want Valmiro! 
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Jun 4, 2012 23:00
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Lotish posted:Oh no oh crap I wanted to do her escort because I wanted to max my affinity with her. I don't want Valmiro! Apparently the Arisen's Bond will max your affinity with an NPC so if you give that to them right before whatever the cutoff point is, you can choose who you'll get. At least that's what I've read. I'm going to try it with the traveling merchant because he's a cool dude and hopefully manage to avoid Selene or Fournival. Or the innkeeper.
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Jun 4, 2012 23:04
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Lotish posted:Oh no oh crap I wanted to do her escort because I wanted to max my affinity with her. I don't want Valmiro! I believe I picked up the escort quest on the board in the Inn at Gran Soren. There were 3, and I decided the Shadow Fort sounded the least dangerous...
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Jun 4, 2012 23:09
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NuckmasterJ posted:I believe I picked up the escort quest on the board in the Inn at Gran Soren. There were 3, and I decided the Shadow Fort sounded the least dangerous... My Shadow Fort escort was the trainer guy from the Encampment. 
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Jun 4, 2012 23:16
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Lotish posted:My Shadow Fort escort was the trainer guy from the Encampment. There's like five escort quests for shadow fort. It's a popular place!
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Jun 4, 2012 23:18
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Yeah, but I haven't gotten one for Mercedes. Are they just randomly assigned then?
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Jun 4, 2012 23:21
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I'm in the post game and have been crossing off quests off that quest list as I get/do them and I'm missing like 50 notice board quests, so I think they're pretty random.
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Jun 4, 2012 23:24
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Lotish posted:Yeah, but I haven't gotten one for Mercedes. Are they just randomly assigned then? No, they aren't random. They do seem to disappear and re-appear every now and then, and nobody is positive on the triggers for that. The Mercedes shadow fort escort quest is on the board at the inn in Gran Soren, and I've definitely seen it after exploring the everfall but before talking to Ser Maximillion. That's the best I can tell you, no idea what the full range of time to do it is.
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Jun 4, 2012 23:24
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Mercedes is supposed to be the hardcore fighter chick, and she die's real fast. I hope that doesn't mean the average peasant that wants to go to the shadow fort will be even weaker, lol.
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Jun 4, 2012 23:30
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NuckmasterJ posted:Mercedes is supposed to be the hardcore fighter chick, and she die's real fast. I hope that doesn't mean the average peasant that wants to go to the shadow fort will be even weaker, lol. edit: vvv I figured there'd be a whole new game set in one of those other provinces. Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 23:54 on Jun 4, 2012 |
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Jun 4, 2012 23:33
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Speaking of Mercedes, I'll be severely disappointed if one of the eventual DLC isn't a set of quests/adventures that take you to Hawthorne to see what Mercedes has been up to. It seems like such an obvious location/setting that I'd be really surprised if they didn't take advantage of what little backstory they established in the game.
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Jun 4, 2012 23:36
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Whichever goon it was who made Roosevelt and added me on PSN, nice job. I love walking in to the rift and seeing that guy.
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Jun 4, 2012 23:40
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Does anyone know which elements are associated with Magick Archer's bow skills? Sixfold seems to be ice and explosive rivet is obviously fire. I'm not too sure about the other ones.
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Jun 4, 2012 23:49
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Gestalt Intellect posted:Apparently the Arisen's Bond will max your affinity with an NPC so if you give that to them right before whatever the cutoff point is, you can choose who you'll get. At least that's what I've read. I'm going to try it with the traveling merchant because he's a cool dude and hopefully manage to avoid Selene or Fournival. Or the innkeeper. How do you give the Arisen's Bond? I noticed that in the history, too but am perplexed as to how it works.
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Jun 4, 2012 23:49
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Give it to them like any other present.
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VulgarandStupid posted:Does anyone know which elements are associated with Magick Archer's bow skills? The color of the skill icon shows what element it is. I believe Hunter Bolt is lightning?
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My girlfriend was watching our cat rolling on the couch and said to me "I learned about beasts". I swear this game is making us crazy. BTW, just got to NG+ and was expecting a little more challenge. Not Diablo3 NG+ like, but I one shotted the first hydra with a light attack... oh well, still got lots of loot to find and quests to do!
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Jun 5, 2012 00:14
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Schubalts posted:Give it to them like any other present. It's an item then? Because if I don't have any items they want I can't give people presents. Or do you have to have maximum affinity with a person for it to even be an option?
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Jun 5, 2012 00:16
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My character has been physical based the whole time, fighter and warrior, now assassin. Caxton is now offering me swords that have somewhat less strength than my current one, but an elemental enchantment with magic damage. Are they worth using for me? I have no idea what the damage formulae in this game are like.
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Jun 5, 2012 00:17
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Is the weapons dlc worth getting im about level 17 so I wonder if they only help early game.
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Renoistic posted:I wanted to make a bad-rear end strider Geralt of Rivia (from the Witcher games/novels) but messed up. It doesn't really show in the screenshot, but he is way too feminine and weird-looking, and his pony tail clips through EVERYTHING. He makes the best faces, though, and makes me laugh every time he shows up in a cutscene. I can forget about taking anything remotely seriously! Any chance of the slider settings to make a good Geralt and Zoltan? I'm bad at making characters look good 
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Jun 5, 2012 00:21
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I've been finishing up the achievements for the game, and so far my favorite one is "The Captain". I've basically been enlisting all the pawns walking around in Gran Soren and immediately throwing them into Everfall. I highly recommend it.
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Jun 5, 2012 00:22
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Madeleine's no longer in the inn at Gran Soren in my game. Does that mean she opened up a shop and I haven't found it yet?
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Jun 5, 2012 00:22
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Uncle Wemus posted:Is the weapons dlc worth getting im about level 17 so I wonder if they only help early game. They look neat, and you can upgrade them to be fairly decent for each stage of the game, but their final upgrades are INSANELY expensive material-wise and they'll never be the best weapons available to you by the time you can get the stuff to upgrade them.
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RBA Starblade posted:Madeleine's no longer in the inn at Gran Soren in my game. Does that mean she opened up a shop and I haven't found it yet?
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Jun 5, 2012 00:31
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RBA Starblade posted:Madeleine's no longer in the inn at Gran Soren in my game. Does that mean she opened up a shop and I haven't found it yet? Yes, if she's gone from the inn, she's opened her shop. Manatee Cannon posted:It's an item then? Because if I don't have any items they want I can't give people presents. Or do you have to have maximum affinity with a person for it to even be an option? Yes, it's an item. You can give it to anybody you can give presents to. I don't know if it has an affinity requirement, though.
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I haven't seen this mentioned yet but yesterday when I was playing as a sorcerer and had a goons sorcerer pawn with a tip popped up saying pawns will notice when you are casting a long spell and if they mirror it you cast it faster :o It works too! Also, when the pawn was 1/2 way through casting his metorer spell, I started casting it and the cast bar immediatly went to 1/2 done. Thought that was a neat thing to add to the game. I wonder if it would go super fast with a party of 4 sorcerers.
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RBA Starblade posted:Madeleine's no longer in the inn at Gran Soren in my game. Does that mean she opened up a shop and I haven't found it yet? If you haven't already, do the quest "Chasing Shadows." Mason will give it to you. At that point in the game he's probably wandering around outside the Inn with a quest marker on his head If you've already done it, she's set up shop in the building you found her in in that quest. If not, I don't think she sets up shop until you either do the quest or the quest becomes unavailable due to getting too far ahead in the story. In case you've done it but forgotten where the building is, it's across the street from the Black Cat, the only building in that area you can enter.
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Count Uvula posted:The color of the skill icon shows what element it is. I believe Hunter Bolt is lightning? I thought it was holy? Not sure to be honest. I think Ricochet Shot is electric and it's a different color.
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Viash posted:My character has been physical based the whole time, fighter and warrior, now assassin. Caxton is now offering me swords that have somewhat less strength than my current one, but an elemental enchantment with magic damage. Are they worth using for me? I have no idea what the damage formulae in this game are like. It's generally worth switching-- I think magic items have the same magic:damage conversion as strength:damage, so your weapon is technically a lot more powerful. The two main issues that comes up are that enemies elemental resistances fluctuate a lot more than their physical damage resistances, so if you have ice damage on a weapon and smacking a zombie or skeleton you'll be doing something like 80% of your sword's strength as piercing damage and 5% of your sword's magic stat as elemental damage. The other issue is that affinities and boons don't seem to play nice with elemental weapons and while you shouldn't lose any damage (since your pawn should be enchanting your poo poo with something the enemy is weak to, and have a higher magick stat) you'll gain a lot more with pure strength weapons. Count Uvula fucked around with this message at 00:39 on Jun 5, 2012 |
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I'm sure not having much fun with my new mage character. When's the earliest I can switch to magic knight/archer again?
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