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Evil Fluffy posted:The only saving grace in the original DQ2 is the bug that lets you swap a falcon sword and sword of destruction so that you hit twice per turn with the attack of the sword and none of its cursed RNG bullshit. Prism posted:How do you trigger that bug? I'd like to know this as well. I've never heard of it and the prince's attack power in DQ2 NES is so bad that he needs all the help that he can get.
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It has something to do with the endgame castle illusion. I don't recall the exact procedure, but it's something like - equip falcon sword, walk in, equip SoD, cast return. Although I only recently learned about this by watching real-time speedruns, I do recall of the official strategy guide (you had to write Enix for it and give them a few bucks for shipping, but it was otherwise free) mentioning something about cursed weaponry and Hargon's cursed castle. It was extremely vague and I never figured it out as a kid.
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Taking on Empyrea in DQ8. Is there some way to block Fuddle? Or at least dispel confuse? Really sucks to lose 3/4 of my party to confuse for 4 turns. At least if they get paralized by it, I can use Tingle.
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Aug 6, 2017 21:37
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Also one of the strategies I looked up mentioned something called a monster team. I have a monster team, but I don't know what it does other than the monster arena quest or how it connects to battle strats at all.
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Once you've done enough Monster Arena stuff, you can summon your Monster Team in battle. It's only for a few turns but they can shove some serious damage along the way. Also Rings of Clarity/ Catholicon Rings will resist fuddle. YggiDee fucked around with this message at 22:27 on Aug 6, 2017 |
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Ludwig van Halen posted:Taking on Empyrea in DQ8. The only resistance to Fuddle comes from equipment. At this point you can craft some accessories that'll help. This is one of the major difficulty spikes of the game.
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What does Peep do? Am I supposed to be using that on every chest for more loot or something?
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RareAcumen posted:What does Peep do? Am I supposed to be using that on every chest for more loot or something? Peep reveals the contents of a chest before you open it. This is useful if you are paranoid about those enemies that disguise themselves as treasure chests.
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Prism posted:How do you trigger that bug? Not entirely sure. The RPG Limit Break speedrun does it and I think they mentioned the exact steps there but it's probably on GameFAQs or other sites.
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Bongo Bill posted:Peep reveals the contents of a chest before you open it. This is useful if you are paranoid about those enemies that disguise themselves as treasure chests. I wonder if that'll even turn into an issue or not. I just finally managed to get the Zenethian sword and I think I killed like 3 metal slimes going through it. Granted, I had to go back and forth trying to make progress inside it like over a dozen times.
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JustJeff88 posted:As much as I despise DQ2 on the NES (I thought that the SFC version was pretty good, however) while adoring 3 and having never seriously played 4, I have this unusual fondness for DQ1 despite freely admitting that it's not a very good game. It has minimal content and is virtually all grind, but I love the enemy sprites and always think of it fondly. DQ1 isn't really a bad game, it's just a bit too simplistic when compared to everything that has come after it. However a large part of the content of the game was exploring the world and the dungeons, so without that you do end up grinding a fair bit. Despite that, the game is at least short enough (especially the rebalanced remakes) that it doesn't really outstay its welcome.
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Nemo2342 posted:DQ1 isn't really a bad game [Walks in circles in the mountains for hours in order to grind levels to not die immediately 4 steps over]
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Nemo2342 posted:DQ1 isn't really a bad game, it's just a bit too simplistic when compared to everything that has come after it. However a large part of the content of the game was exploring the world and the dungeons, so without that you do end up grinding a fair bit. Despite that, the game is at least short enough (especially the rebalanced remakes) that it doesn't really outstay its welcome. Well said and I agree with this wholeheartedly. Plus, it was the first in series and on media that couldn't hold a large amount of data, so you had to make the game feel substantial somehow. I started playing the iPad version of DQ1 earlier today and, having gotten so used to the NES version's glacial pace (which is worse in Japan, they say), I was genuinely surprised when I was exploring the second cave - the one south of Galenberg or whatever they call the town in the far NW corner - and hit level 9 before leaving. Talk about a change of pace... quite literally so.
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The Super Famicom versions of 1-3 were rebalanced to greatly increase EXP yields, and all subsequent rereleases have used that level curve. It seems to be correct.
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Ludwig van Halen posted:Taking on Empyrea in DQ8. If you are playing the 3DS version and have Red in your party. Her dosh toss ability will wreck Empyrea.
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RareAcumen posted:What does Peep do? Am I supposed to be using that on every chest for more loot or something? In addition to the chest thing, it also lets you see if an item has any special properties, if selling it is a really bad idea, and who can equip it.
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Professor of Cats posted:[Walks in circles in the mountains for hours in order to grind levels to not die immediately 4 steps over] *: Beware of bridges!
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Nickoten posted:Is anyone in here playing Japanese Dragon Quest XI? I'm considering picking it up but I haven't played Dragon Quest VIII so I'm not sure what to expect coming from having played only 1-5 and 9. Streaming the ps4 version daily, just follow fail_snail on Twitch, and you'll see when it comes up. Side note, I've unlocked a feature in XI where you can replay any story cut scene from the game. After i've finished the game, i'll probably make an in depth ALL CUT SCENES translation stream or something, for anyone who wants to play the game in Japanese and know what's happening in the story.
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If anyone is playing DQ8 on the 3DS, don't forget the daily download feature. You can get most consumable items, including seeds as daily downloads. You can also get some sweet stuff like gold nuggets and devil tails that you normally wouldn't get until much later. If you don't like the item you receive, before pressing the button to accept it you can press your 3DS' power button and then home button to back out of the game and try again. You also get the weekly unique item which has included a lot of unique gear that would be really fun to use on a new playthrough. Of course as of right now all this stuff has been one and done and if you miss it too bad, but who knows what will actually happen once they go through the full cycle. If it's like DQ7, I think they eventually just let you download whatever DLC map you wanted instead of picking from the 3 they released every week, but I haven't checked. The benefit of this is that you can make a second save right at the beginning of the game (just get to the chuch to save, you can do it in under 10 minutes) and that file will get the daily download items too. What sucks is the game has only two save slots.
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Bongo Bill posted:The Super Famicom versions of 1-3 were rebalanced to greatly increase EXP yields, and all subsequent rereleases have used that level curve. It seems to be correct. In 1, yeah they significantly altered the xp curve. In 3, maybe a little bit, but nothing major like 1. 2 - almost no changes at all. I think a few monsters were tweaked a tiny bit, but on the whole they drop the same amounts. If they changed anything in 2, it's the xp requirements for levels, but I'm not sure about that. When I played through, it felt the same as the NES version.
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They should have redone the level gains for DQ2.
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I thought that 2 was very well balanced on the SFC. The prince and, to a lesser degree, the princess had much better equipment choices and the prince was much more useful in melee. Plug, being able to get two of those hats that reduce MP made the casters significantly more formidable. Also, the monsters in the final valley don't cast Kill-You-All nearly as much and, when they do, it rarely works. Still a dick move, but much less awful.
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Also Firebane received a huge buff. You should always StopSpell the Gold Batboons or whatever they're called in the remake. Even without it, they only use Sacrifice at 25% HP. That might have been a remake change. It's the Blizzards and their Defeat spell that are still a problem, IMO. Not sure if StopSpell works on them. Bullwongs can (and should) be put to sleep.
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What are the chances of that ps4 DQ3 remake getting localized? Zero? I remember loving the poo poo out of the gameboy color one and I'd love to play it again.
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The PS4 DQ3 remake that was just made as an internal demo to test the DQXI engine and has never been seen by outside eyes? Surprisingly high!
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Wendell posted:The PS4 DQ3 remake that was just made as an internal demo to test the DQXI engine and has never been seen by outside eyes? Surprisingly high! No, probably the port they announced yesterday alongside I and II.
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Does anyone know the name of the adorable ghost things that you see in the intro to DQ XI, and you can see them wandering around in the PS4 version?
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SlimeSanction posted:Does anyone know the name of the adorable ghost things that you see in the intro to DQ XI, and you can see them wandering around in the PS4 version? "Yocchi Tribe"
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kirbysuperstar posted:No, probably the port they announced yesterday alongside I and II. Haha, you might just be on to something. Sorry for the razzing, Meat! Wendell fucked around with this message at 00:08 on Aug 8, 2017 |
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All good, it's probably still got similar chances of being brought over I'm guessing.
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Lately DQ has had a really good track record for localizations. Considering they wouldn't have to do any actual... localization for DQ1 through 3 if they just use the mobile scripts, I'd say it wouldn't kill them to give it a shot.
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I'm holding out hope. How does 3 hold up compared to the rest of the series? I've only played (other than 3) a bit of 7 and builders so I'm not too familiar with it overall.
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tweet my meat posted:I'm holding out hope. How does 3 hold up compared to the rest of the series? I've only played (other than 3) a bit of 7 and builders so I'm not too familiar with it overall.
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tweet my meat posted:I'm holding out hope. How does 3 hold up compared to the rest of the series? I've only played (other than 3) a bit of 7 and builders so I'm not too familiar with it overall. 3 is the best game in the series. (In fairness, 4, 5, and 8 are also the best games in the series.)
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tweet my meat posted:I'm holding out hope. How does 3 hold up compared to the rest of the series? I've only played (other than 3) a bit of 7 and builders so I'm not too familiar with it overall. It is absolutely fantastic. Few games have made an adventure feel so genuinely my own as that game has. BabyRyoga posted:Streaming the ps4 version daily, just follow fail_snail on Twitch, and you'll see when it comes up. What do you think so far?
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tweet my meat posted:I'm holding out hope. How does 3 hold up compared to the rest of the series? I've only played (other than 3) a bit of 7 and builders so I'm not too familiar with it overall. I've only played the mobile version of 3, but it's easily the best of the original trilogy, by virtue of the fact that it's not physically painful to play, but also because it's pretty good on its own merits. Bongo Bill posted:3 is the best game in the series. I would still put 8 and 4 above it, but I would put it on equal ground with 5. All this DQ chat reminded me that I totally forgot I was playing DQ6, I guess that goes to show how engaging of a game it is.
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tweet my meat posted:I'm holding out hope. How does 3 hold up compared to the rest of the series? I've only played (other than 3) a bit of 7 and builders so I'm not too familiar with it overall. I just finished the mobile version last week. A tad more grindy near the end than most modern games but it holds up great. I'm moving on to the mobile DQ4 now.
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Nickoten posted:
It feels very similar to DQ8, but bigger and better. The story seems more in-depth and detailed than any DQ game thus far, even the individual scenarios that you face in each region have definitely "leveled up". Production values are great, and the game looks amazing even with it's rather simple graphics. As i've said before, I strongly prefer the PS4 version of the 3DS version.
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Yo, playing DQ 5 DS, any monsters I should be on the lookout for? I finally got a Slime Knight and just got the Great Sabercat again. I'm expecting that monsters fall off after you've got the full family together though.
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