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Reaching a higher level is a strategy, or at least part of one. The thing about Dragon Quest is there is no wrong way to play.
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Setting all my dudes to fight wisely and letting them do the thinking for me. 
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Jul 17, 2017 17:36
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RareAcumen posted:Dhoulmagus is extremely mighty. When I beat him, Yangus and Angelo were dead, Eight didn't have Zing, and Jessica was barely keeping the two of them up with Caduceus. Eight was Oomphed and just keep Falcon Slashing and just barely managed to eke out a win with about 22 health between them. I had to grind until angelo got the party heal spell. That fight is brutal.
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Jul 17, 2017 18:02
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Real hurthling! posted:I had to grind until angelo got the party heal spell. That fight is brutal. I did have multiheal when that happened to me! Also, that was my second time fighting him when I decided to make new playthrough because I accidentally deleted like 14 hours of gameplay by using the quick save in another file. Heads up everyone, if you're on 3DS, you get two save files if you save at churches but only one if you use the quick save function. Don't use the latter without making a formal prayer save first! Learn from my mistake!
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Jul 17, 2017 18:07
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I can't remember if I had Multiheal for Dhoulmagus, but I actually did beat him my first try. The copy in the middle has way more HP than the other two, don't go after it first like I did.  What a great game though. I hope you enjoy the twists and turns that are to come, fellow fan.
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Jul 17, 2017 18:31
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My main complaint about the D8 3DS version is the AI's avoidance of using Falcon Slash with the Falcon sword.
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Jul 17, 2017 18:55
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Just got DQ 5- oh poo poo a physical manual with colors on it!!!- haven't even started it yet, anything I should be aware of?
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Jul 22, 2017 19:29
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RareAcumen posted:Just got DQ 5- oh poo poo a physical manual with colors on it!!!- haven't even started it yet, anything I should be aware of? Just that a lot of people seem to think you need to grind in the first area but you don't at all. Much like having multiheal for Dhoulmagus, some people believe you need kasap for the first boss of DQ7. Neither are true.
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Jul 22, 2017 20:09
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RareAcumen posted:Just got DQ 5- oh poo poo a physical manual with colors on it!!!- haven't even started it yet, anything I should be aware of? You'll probably want to recruit a Cureslime and/or King Cureslime for the final boss.
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Jul 22, 2017 20:14
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I have the DS version, I should've mentioned earlier.
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Jul 22, 2017 21:50
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Save often. About mid-way through the game you have a really big choice to make. It's been years since I played so I don't recall at what point exactly you want to make a save, so just save often and reset when the choice presents itself. Make 2 copies of that save and use each one for each choice.
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Jul 22, 2017 22:05
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RareAcumen posted:I have the DS version, I should've mentioned earlier. After you talk to every single person in all of the towns, use Party talk to hear the responses of your party members. Also do it every time you go to a new area or a new floor of every dungeon.
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Jul 22, 2017 22:22
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Most human party members have something to say in response to most NPC lines.
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Jul 22, 2017 22:29
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If you don't pick the blonde, you're a bitch
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Jul 22, 2017 23:26
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The obvious joke waifu they added for the DS version is unironically the best waifu.
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Jul 22, 2017 23:55
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Tired Moritz posted:If you don't pick the blonde, you're a bitch If you don't pick Deborah you're an idiot. Deborah is amazing  Bianca is fine... i guess. Nera is the choice for boring and dumb people.
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Jul 23, 2017 00:33
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The game has three save files. By the time you get around to the third one, you'll probably be ready for the choice where the biggest point in her favor is mechanical.
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Jul 23, 2017 00:36
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Bongo Bill posted:The game has three save files. By the time you get around to the third one, you'll probably be ready for the choice where the biggest point in her favor is mechanical.
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Jul 23, 2017 01:53
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Ofecks posted:Save often. About mid-way through the game you have a really big choice to make. It's been years since I played so I don't recall at what point exactly you want to make a save, so just save often and reset when the choice presents itself. Make 2 copies of that save and use each one for each choice. I know about the marriage thing, and I remember that there's a trial to marry some rich guy's daughter that it revolves around. Or something like that. I read this a long time ago and I remember some things but not everything. All I can definitely say is that it was real cute. :3
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Jul 23, 2017 02:15
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DACK FAYDEN posted:Isn't Debora also the best mechanically because claws? Yes. I mean, rather, that Nera's ability to learn Kaboom is the most interesting thing about her. I'm pretty sure that, even in the original version, the entire reason Nera exists is so that the player's inevitable marriage to Bianca is more meaningful to them because they chose it, so the choice and therefore an alternative had to exist. The fact that Nera is actually a fully supported character is really more of an easter egg. Bongo Bill fucked around with this message at 03:01 on Jul 23, 2017 |
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Jul 23, 2017 02:58
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Yeah, IIRC the SFC version asks you multiple times if you really don't wanna reconsider, Bianca's dad dies, and she just works in the bar for the rest of her life. I mean, the DS version kinda guilt trips you too by having Deborah be the only one who ends up a lonely spinster, but you can at least have one guilt-free playthrough.
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Jul 23, 2017 04:42
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Also as I recall on SFC Nera would never gain levels if you picked her.
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Jul 23, 2017 06:11
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Alxprit posted:Also as I recall on SFC Nera would never gain levels if you picked her. (Spoilered; I wouldn't read these, RareAcumen!) In the SFC version, she doesn't gain levels beyond 10 in the period after you marry her until the timeskip, but she will gain more levels when she returns after it. She gets a couple spells Bianca doesn't (Explodet/Kaboom as mentioned, Healmore) but in general her stats are quite poor. Prism fucked around with this message at 06:47 on Jul 23, 2017 |
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Jul 23, 2017 06:42
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Tired Moritz posted:If you don't pick the blonde, you're a bitch I couldn't stand her stupid country bumpkin accent and how whenever she said "don't" it was spelled "dunt" Bongo Bill posted:Yes. I mean, rather, that Nera's ability to learn Kaboom is the most interesting thing about her. Was it just something about my playthrough or was attack magic in DQ5 so weak that it wasn't even worth considering after the first timeskip? Pretty much any character I had that wasn't healing/buffing/sapping was just bludgeoning the poo poo out of the enemy. raditts fucked around with this message at 07:39 on Jul 23, 2017 |
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Jul 23, 2017 07:35
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I am ready to use Google Translate's camera feature and spend hours with my phone pointed at my Japanese 3DS:
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Boco_T posted:I am ready to use Google Translate's camera feature and spend hours with my phone pointed at my Japanese 3DS: 
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Jul 23, 2017 14:36
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raditts posted:Was it just something about my playthrough or was attack magic in DQ5 so weak that it wasn't even worth considering after the first timeskip? Pretty much any character I had that wasn't healing/buffing/sapping was just bludgeoning the poo poo out of the enemy. Eh, I think it's more that there's always that point in Dragon Quest where it's more economical to just hit the things or spam your super free endgame moves like Thin Air/Multislash/Boulder Toss while your mages just use Kabuff or Insulatle and do chip damage afterwards. 5 doesn't really give you a dedicated made until Madchën, so by the time she's leveled up you're already nearing that point.
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Boco_T posted:I am ready to use Google Translate's camera feature and spend hours with my phone pointed at my Japanese 3DS:
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Jul 23, 2017 16:09
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Yeah, DQ11 comes out in Japan on Saturday but like 3 weeks ago they put it up in the store for you to pre-load. So the game is downloaded and I just need to wait until midnight Saturday Japan time for it to unlock, which is I think around 11 AM Eastern time on Friday. And there was a free theme too.
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Jul 23, 2017 16:48
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Boco_T posted:I am ready to use Google Translate's camera feature and spend hours with my phone pointed at my Japanese 3DS: I wish you luck, I gave up on that pretty quickly when trying to do so with the 3ds monsters games. I have an older phone though so maybe it won't be as big of a pain for you.
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Jul 23, 2017 17:22
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I like the guy with the oboe.
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https://twitter.com/DragonQuest/status/890950006869381125 No release date, but it looks like DQ XI will be coming the West!
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Jul 28, 2017 16:12
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No platform announcement yet. Maaan I hope the 3DS version comes over for the retro goodness.
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Jul 28, 2017 16:27
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Pureauthor posted:No platform announcement yet. Maaan I hope the 3DS version comes over for the retro goodness. I hope that it's on the Switch, for obvious reasons.
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Jul 28, 2017 16:28
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Nera is good actually. The only one you aren't guilt tripped over. 
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Jul 28, 2017 16:51
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Dr Pepper posted:Nera is good actually. Doesn't she already have a dude she likes that likes her though? Seems like a bit of a guilt trip too.
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Jul 28, 2017 19:06
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Very pumped for DQ XI! Wild that it's a game that is out today in Japan and exists, they did it! Those crazy bastards did it!
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Jul 28, 2017 22:23
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Ugh, V DS is far enough back that you actually need to use a church to find out how far away from a level up you are. 
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Jul 28, 2017 22:45
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I am going to be beyond pissed if they don't bring over the 3ds version.
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Bigass Moth posted:I am going to be beyond pissed if they don't bring over the 3ds version. For XI?
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