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Expect My Mom posted:Sounds like people have turned in favor of the harder difficulty? I'm wondering if I should start over on it while I'm still really early on. I'm enjoying the a lot of the strategy of character building so I'd like it to mean something and rather it be a little tough than a total cakewalk. I like this game chill, but not asleep I regretted not starting with it at first but by the point where you get a full party together I found boss fights to be comfortably tricky enough to keep me on my toes. I can usually leave it on autobattle with normal mob encounters though and I like it that way
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Expect My Mom posted:Sounds like people have turned in favor of the harder difficulty? I'm wondering if I should start over on it while I'm still really early on. I'm enjoying a lot of the strategy of character building so I'd like it to mean something and rather it be a little tough than a total cakewalk. I like this game chill, but not asleep If you just avoid grinding you'll have plenty of difficulty with bosses, at least, on normal difficulty 
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Sep 8, 2018 19:35
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Fhqwhgads posted:The fact that everyone gets the same exp is at least going to make it really easy to mix and match to keep things fresh as the game goes on. I'm looking forward to swapping people in and out just for kicks later on. yeah also you don't "wipe" on a battle unless literally every party member dies, if the 4 you have in are all gone it'll switch in backups automatically
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Sep 8, 2018 19:35
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Heh, I was wondering what the pun for Avarith was supposed to be, until I heard her talk.
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Sep 8, 2018 19:36
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Flavius Aetass posted:He had a lifetime to get good and he hosed off instead. Goofiness has always been baked into DQ though, even before localizations started making every line of dialogue some sort of pun
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Sep 8, 2018 19:39
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I admittedly haven't played most Dragon Quests but I'm pretty sure the ridiculous grinning slimes have always been there
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Sep 8, 2018 19:43
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corn in the bible posted:I admittedly haven't played most Dragon Quests but I'm pretty sure the ridiculous grinning slimes have always been there Yeah they were the very first enemy you ran into in the first game. The DQ Slimes are known throughout Japan and I’m honestly surprised they aren’t a standard emoji at this point.
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Sep 8, 2018 20:09
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Unbridled Blade for Greatswords is so good.
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Sep 8, 2018 20:11
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I'm stumped by a quest. Just after you get access to sailing around the world and do a chain that includes a little boss, mermaid wants me to find the little boy she heard singing from a ship with Gondolia painted on it? I've asked all bards I could find, checked with key old people because mermaids live quite a while, checked with Sylv, not getting anywhere. Not far enough in progression? Sounds like I should have the answer right under my nose.
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Sep 8, 2018 20:19
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corn in the bible posted:If you just avoid grinding you'll have plenty of difficulty with bosses, at least, on normal difficulty I've been pretty much playing the game underleveled by just ignoring half the enemies and it's been just right so far. Jade and Rab were 5-6 levels higher than my crew when they joined up.
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Sep 8, 2018 20:20
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Generally I avoid difficulty that ups stats in turn based games since it's just making you grind more for the same result. Only when they have brand new movesets do I even consider.
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Sep 8, 2018 20:22
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Perfect Potato posted:He's pound for pound the most reliable magic user in the game (speed issue is trivial to fix with the skill panel and gear) and can effortlessly fill in for Veronica and makes Serena redundant (not that Sylvando with Hustle Dance didn't already do that for most of the game), I don't know what that other guy is on I'd rather have Veronica in normal battles since she does more damage from the Boom line and I'd rather have Serena in boss battles since she heals more and the Hymn abilities help to prevent elemental damage, although admittedly this has never really been an issue. Not that Rab isn't viable and that attack all ability is pretty good for him, but I get the feeling it'll get obsoleted by end game, although I'm not sure how well it scales or if it gets some plot upgrade.
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Sep 8, 2018 20:22
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I've always loved the DQ games. Got my first start with baby's first RPG in Dragon Warrior 1, loved DQ7 and DQ8. Can't wait to play thorugh this on Hard mode. Is there any benefit for hardmode or is it just for more difficult enemies?
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Sep 8, 2018 20:31
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Rab’s real issue is just that he’s super boring until you find out that the huge backpack he’s been lugging around is literally just full of old porno mags
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Sep 8, 2018 20:32
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goferchan posted:I regretted not starting with it at first but by the point where you get a full party together I found boss fights to be comfortably tricky enough to keep me on my toes. I can usually leave it on autobattle with normal mob encounters though and I like it that way corn in the bible posted:If you just avoid grinding you'll have plenty of difficulty with bosses, at least, on normal difficulty
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Sep 8, 2018 20:33
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Ghosts n Gopniks posted:I'm stumped by a quest. Just after you get access to sailing around the world and do a chain that includes a little boss, mermaid wants me to find the little boy she heard singing from a ship with Gondolia painted on it? I've asked all bards I could find, checked with key old people because mermaids live quite a while, checked with Sylv, not getting anywhere. Not far enough in progression? It's an old guy at the harbor whose only line of dialogue is talking about being a child bard on a boat and singing all the time
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Sep 8, 2018 20:40
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Tae posted:Generally I avoid difficulty that ups stats in turn based games since it's just making you grind more for the same result. Only when they have brand new movesets do I even consider. I know the feeling, but I think it works well in this game; it's not 'grind more until you have an equally easy time' since that'd take, like, forever. It's 'you may actually have to use debuffs and status ailments (the latter especially) in some tougher regular fights, and a dungeon might take more than one run to go through it.' Similar to the NES DQ games. Obviously, if that's not your bag, it's not your bag, but due to the way stat/enemy progression works in this game I think you'd have to be like twice the level to make it as difficult as on the standard difficulty.
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Sep 8, 2018 20:47
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Ahahaha, this Booga (mid-late game spoilers) is amazing. These battle animations are something else. Edit: "Booga does a seductive dance" Broken Cog fucked around with this message at 20:58 on Sep 8, 2018 |
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Sep 8, 2018 20:55
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Jeez, these casino reels are severely rigged, for the player because I kept getting silver spins and free spins and silver spins and free spins stack with silver spins 
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Sep 8, 2018 21:01
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Perfect Potato posted:It's an old guy at the harbor whose only line of dialogue is talking about being a child bard on a boat and singing all the time
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Sep 8, 2018 21:03
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A Sinister Rap posted:I think the phone version of 1 is weirdly charming because of how stripped down it is. You only have one character, you fight enemies one at a time, you can count the amount of places you can go on two hands, and because the grinding is almost gone you can beat it in like 6 hours. The mobile version is honestly probably the best version of the original for casual play. It adds in the convenience of the SNES/GBC remakes and blends the translations of the NES and current generation of games. Plus its short enough that it doesn't have time to really wear out its welcome.
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Sep 8, 2018 21:11
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OK, this is driving me insane. Where is the Mini Medal Academy? It's obvious that's where I'm supposed to go next but I flat out cannot find the place.
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Sep 8, 2018 21:17
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ComposerGuy posted:OK, this is driving me insane. You get there through one of those inland lakes you have to sail to. There's only 2, so it shouldn't be too hard to find. If you can't get to them yet, there's still some other stuff you need to do first.
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Sep 8, 2018 21:27
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On the subject of goofiness, it's also good to see the series is still as on point as ever about regularly pulling 180s and having surprisingly effective emotional scenes with typically corny stuff like love and family and friends. Dragon Quest always has such a good attitude and it's genuinely heartwarming that it's still going strong with it.
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Sep 8, 2018 21:36
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Broken Cog posted:You get there through one of those inland lakes you have to sail to. There's only 2, so it shouldn't be too hard to find. Thank you! I'd have spent another few hours on that.
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Sep 8, 2018 21:39
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Never played a DQ game before and happen to be looking for something new to play. I saw the new one was released on Steam. The only JRPGs I’ve played are Xenoblade Chronicles and Persona series. I loved both of them. Would I enjoy this as well?
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Sep 8, 2018 21:39
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chaosapiant posted:Never played a DQ game before and happen to be looking for something new to play. I saw the new one was released on Steam. The only JRPGs I’ve played are Xenoblade Chronicles and Persona series. I loved both of them. Would I enjoy this as well? I don't know, I guess that depends on what you liked about those games. Dragon Quest has very straightforward turn-based combat and is very light-hearted; it's pretty different from Persona in most ways.
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Sep 8, 2018 21:51
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Hi i downloaded the pre order code items and installed them but the game still doesnt detect them when I go to claim special rewards. I have re installed them like twice now and still nothing.
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Sep 8, 2018 21:57
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Something I'm noticing is that your crafting skill doesn't at all keep up with the recipe difficulty after a certain point. I'm basically failing everything I make now because there just isn't enough focus in the pool to get everything finished.
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Sep 8, 2018 22:40
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chaosapiant posted:Never played a DQ game before and happen to be looking for something new to play. I saw the new one was released on Steam. The only JRPGs I’ve played are Xenoblade Chronicles and Persona series. I loved both of them. Would I enjoy this as well? Yea get it, it's great. It's goofy on the surface but there's a ton of depth underneath. For the record the first jrpg I ever really loved was Persona 3 and this takes things to a whole different level.
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Sep 8, 2018 22:53
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ComposerGuy posted:Something I'm noticing is that your crafting skill doesn't at all keep up with the recipe difficulty after a certain point. I'm basically failing everything I make now because there just isn't enough focus in the pool to get everything finished. I thought this too but I figure I might just be underleveled. When Rab and Jade joined my party they were 4 levels above me. It's just so easy to avoid fights and hard to tell where on the level curve I'm supposed to be.
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Sep 8, 2018 23:00
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Whoa ok no wonder the slots are so generous, what with a sword costing 50 thousand tokens
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Sep 8, 2018 23:19
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ComposerGuy posted:Something I'm noticing is that your crafting skill doesn't at all keep up with the recipe difficulty after a certain point. I'm basically failing everything I make now because there just isn't enough focus in the pool to get everything finished. Use multibash to start. 4 bashes (albeit random, but who cares at the start) for 7 focus is really good efficiency. Use the rest of the fluorishes when multibash starts getting risky. There's a bit of a luck element to it, but using multibash really helped.
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Sep 8, 2018 23:36
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ComposerGuy posted:Something I'm noticing is that your crafting skill doesn't at all keep up with the recipe difficulty after a certain point. I'm basically failing everything I make now because there just isn't enough focus in the pool to get everything finished.
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Sep 8, 2018 23:42
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Panic! at Nabisco posted:Get more recipes and level up more. For the 2* recipes in particular, you're expected to have wooshy puff or whatever it's called, the one that increases the furnace heat to succeed on them. Is there a list of where to find recipes? I'm sure I've been good about finding them in general but DQ likes to hide their poo poo good
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Sep 8, 2018 23:43
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Wait how the hell was I completely unaware that DQ I-VIII are available on mobile and why aren’t they on the Switch
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Sep 8, 2018 23:47
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Calaveron posted:Whoa ok no wonder the slots are so generous, what with a sword costing 50 thousand tokens Hitting the Jackpot for 200k tokens was real nice for getting a couple swords, dresses, and bandannas.
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Sep 9, 2018 00:02
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Evil Fluffy posted:Hitting the Jackpot for 200k tokens was real nice for getting a couple swords, dresses, and bandannas. I assume you did that one of the latter slot machines? I hit 777 on the first available slots and got a general chunk of cheese but nowhere near that
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Sep 9, 2018 00:07
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Calaveron posted:Is there a list of where to find recipes? I'm sure I've been good about finding them in general but DQ likes to hide their poo poo good yea it feels like my recipe library is still pretty small and I've been looting every bookcase I find. Is there another source?
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