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the model culling is so insanely high in the 3ds version of DQ8 that you can actually use it to really easily farm metal slimes. just stand in a large open area where the kind of metal you want spawns, and spin the camera around until one spawns. it's actually hilarious
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DQ7 3DS would have been made 10000% better instantly if it had the same aggressive culling.
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Jan 23, 2017 05:03
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Decus posted:DQ7 3DS would have been made 10000% better instantly if it had the same aggressive culling. Or if it would have slowed the enemies down. I swear they run faster than the party.
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Jan 23, 2017 05:05
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YggiDee posted:Two questions: first of all, what is the best way to deal with the squid boss monster? He kicked my rear end so hard that I don't have a witty comparison He was super easy for me, I just had Yangus go into High Tension while MC healed and he died in 3 hits (and only the first one was in High Tension). I may have been overleveled? They were both level 12 because I'd been wandering around doing all the camera quests.
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A good way to deal with Khalamari if you're below level 11 is to take advantage of the fact that the ally AI is actually extremely good, because it decides what to do at the moment the character acts, not at the start of the turn. With healing in particular, that's great because a character can take a big hit and then get healed on the same turn, intelligently.
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Given the whip nerf and the fact that we get two new physical (?) characters, I'm thinking I'll focus on magic for Jessica and Angelo. Are staves any good for them?
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Is it just me or is the compression algo on the voices for DQ8 3DS just utter loving garbage? I thought 3DS carts could go up to 8GB, so I can't see why they would be so bad compared to what I remember from the PS2 version unless I'm misremembering that version.
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Nihilarian posted:Given the whip nerf and the fact that we get two new physical (?) characters, I'm thinking I'll focus on magic for Jessica and Angelo. Are staves any good for them? I hope so because that's what I'm doing. The Staves tree looks real good.
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Staves tree has been pretty good for me so far, Jessica gets Bounce and Magic Barrier pretty early on and just overall more MP when she has a staff equipped. Having had a chance to really use em yet, but getting Bounce at like Lv. 15 is wild also when Jessica got a high enough staves skill the game said she became a Chief of Staff and I almost threw the game out the drat window Expect My Mom fucked around with this message at 20:28 on Jan 23, 2017 |
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IIRC some of the stat seeds are better used as alchemy fodder than for their stat gains. Anyone have a primer on which ones are which?
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Genocyber posted:IIRC some of the stat seeds are better used as alchemy fodder than for their stat gains. Anyone have a primer on which ones are which? Strength (Strength Ring), and Agility (Agility Ring) are probably the big ones. Arguably also Magic, so you can turn Gold Rings into Prayer Rings? They become available to buy at the same point, but Prayer Rings cost like 5x as much as Gold. You shouldn't be using seeds for their stat gains early game anyway, though, due to the bizarre way level ups work; they check what the stat's supposed to be at at that level, and go to that. So using seeds will just give you a couple level gains early, essentially.
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Supremezero posted:Strength (Strength Ring), and Agility (Agility Ring) are probably the big ones. Arguably also Magic, so you can turn Gold Rings into Prayer Rings? They become available to buy at the same point, but Prayer Rings cost like 5x as much as Gold. I should mention that agility rings can be bought for cheap at the Pickham casino, but strength rings are extremely limited. You can also make some really kickass stuff with them via alchemy that's way better than a small stat boost.
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Jan 23, 2017 19:29
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Traded in Pokemon and some GameStop points for DQ8. I barely played the game on PS2 and really only remember a midget namekian being important.
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Len posted:Traded in Pokemon and some GameStop points for DQ8. I barely played the game on PS2 and really only remember a midget namekian being important. please show proper respect for your king
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Jan 23, 2017 19:36
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More games need photography side quests. An excuse to make Yangus and the Guv's Roadtrip Album is perfect.
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Jan 23, 2017 19:49
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Moltrey posted:also when Jessica got a high enough staves skill the game said she became a Chief of Staff and I almost through the game out the drat window Welcome to modern Dragon Quest localizations. Hope you like puns! you better 
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Is there a list of alchemy things to make early?
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Unmature posted:Is there a list of alchemy things to make early? iron nails + bronze knife iron nails + boomerang whip + scale shield
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Brother Entropy posted:iron nails + bronze knife Farmer's Scythe+Farmer's Scythe
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Leather Hat + Chimera Wing Cypress Stick + Bronze Knife. Bronze Knife + Leather Shield Pointy Hat + Stone Axe
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Jan 23, 2017 20:50
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Dr Pepper posted:More games need photography side quests. It's pretty weird how this and Gravity Rush 2 came out on the same day and both have photography stuff in them.
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Unmature posted:Is there a list of alchemy things to make early? Ofecks posted:Welcome to modern Dragon Quest localizations. Hope you like puns! you better Speaking of great Dragon Quest writing, remember in 5 where you go to Zenethia or whatever looking for the Zenethia Dragon and meet a dude there named Dr. Agon and the bit goes on for like a whole dungeon? loving hell Expect My Mom fucked around with this message at 21:02 on Jan 23, 2017 |
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Moltrey posted:Chief of Staff Hahahaha oh my god I love their localization team
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Yes, I agree that the speech sounds like it's very poorly compressed. Noticed that from the beginning. Shrug, nothing to be done I suppose.
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Supremezero posted:You shouldn't be using seeds for their stat gains early game anyway, though, due to the bizarre way level ups work; they check what the stat's supposed to be at at that level, and go to that. So using seeds will just give you a couple level gains early, essentially. Level ups don't work like that in DQ8, though. In DQ8 they're fixed through and through with no cap checks or anything complicated so you can use seeds all you want. And as I've said a lot throughout this topic, the caps weren't that strict in the games that do have them anyway to the extent that they only really existed in situations where the RNG loved you--who cares, you're still ahead so seed use mission still accomplished--or you were, for whatever reason, farming seeds before endgame which is its own can of wasteful worms. They're like +60 over the average before the cap sets in!
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I just opened the Monster Arena and I'm about to go into the Mole Hole. Are there any S-Rank-worthy monsters I can fight right now, or should I worry about getting the Magic Ship first?
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ZZT the Fifth posted:I just opened the Monster Arena and I'm about to go into the Mole Hole. Are there any S-Rank-worthy monsters I can fight right now, or should I worry about getting the Magic Ship first? Forget the magic ship, 90% of the S-rank-worthy monsters require beating Rank B, first. And that's incredibly unlikely to be done until you reach Arcadia. And the only real exception, Talos, still needs you to beat Rank D and have the ship.
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Jan 23, 2017 21:58
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not a single one of dragon quest 8's jokes is as funny as the moment in the last story dungeon where you enter a hallway and its entirely wall to wall breakable barrels
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Metallia posted:not a single one of dragon quest 8's jokes is as funny as the moment in the last story dungeon where you enter a hallway and its entirely wall to wall breakable barrels gently caress i shouldn't have moused over this
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Supremezero posted:Forget the magic ship, 90% of the S-rank-worthy monsters require beating Rank B, first. And that's incredibly unlikely to be done until you reach Arcadia. And the only real exception, Talos, still needs you to beat Rank D and have the ship. Well, if you have any monster suggestions and/or locations to get me to that point, I'm all ears! 
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ZZT the Fifth posted:Well, if you have any monster suggestions and/or locations to get me to that point, I'm all ears! Any combo of big and tough monsters will generally get you through Rank D or so. Popular ones are Hackzilla near Farebury and Potbelly near Trodain. Pair them with something else meaty or a healer and you're set until then. Rank C can easily be solo'd by Talos. Rank B, uh, you basically need Curer for, who's near Arcadia. It's technically possible with some combos (Talos, Dumbking, and Spike are the most popular one), but it requires some ridiculous luck.
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Supremezero posted:Any combo of big and tough monsters will generally get you through Rank D or so. Popular ones are Hackzilla near Farebury and Potbelly near Trodain. Pair them with something else meaty or a healer and you're set until then. Rank C can easily be solo'd by Talos. Dumbking, who is to the east of Argonia, is a good pre-Arcadia pick too because he's strong, durable, and most importantly, can cast Oomph.
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Great tips from y'all - I breezed my way up past Rank D with Hackzilla, Potbelly, and Snap Case. Now I can hunt down more monsters - but I think I'll make some progress first. Thanks!
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Aww what the hell. I wished I kmew you couldn't sell stuff anymore after you visit the casino in Torneko's chapter. What the hell am I gonna do with only 13 catcury swords
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Ahaha if you equip Red with a Liquid Metal Sword and use Blade Cascade every single one of the hits will do 2 damage to metals. It's like 5-6 hits with good accuracy too. What a good character
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Metallia posted:Ahaha if you equip Red with a Liquid Metal Sword and use Blade Cascade every single one of the hits will do 2 damage to metals. It's like 5-6 hits with good accuracy too. What a good character Apparently it's actually 6-8 hits. So it can oneshot lower health Metal King Slimes, I guess.
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Are there any missable good things in DQ8?
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Emron posted:Are there any missable good things in DQ8? Photo ops.
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So I played a little bit of DQVI and otherwise have never played a dq game before now and I picked up dq8. Anything I should know going in? Only points I've allocated so far at lvl 6 were to get my MC up to level 2 in swords. Do I get enough points for all skills or should I be skimpy? Any early advantages or missables?
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Fingers McLongDong posted:So I played a little bit of DQVI and otherwise have never played a dq game before now and I picked up dq8. Anything I should know going in? Only points I've allocated so far at lvl 6 were to get my MC up to level 2 in swords. Do I get enough points for all skills or should I be skimpy? Any early advantages or missables? Being able to Zoom early can be handy, it only requires 8 points in Courage.
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