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ROFL Octopus posted:Sort of. Intermediate and Advanced vocations now don’t teach you anything permanently but Monster vocations still do.
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you don't actually need to delve into monster classes at all (except for maybe the free healslime heart), since most intermediate and all advanced classes are already super strong.
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I couldn't find a DQXI thread so I'll ask here: is Sizzle Puff worth it? I'm getting to around what I'm thinking of as midgame (no idea whether that's accurate) meaning Champs Sauvage and the Eerie Eyrie etc, and the newer crafting recipes are getting tough, meaning I'm running out of stamina before I can complete every section and am running dangerously low on Perfectionist Pearls. My usual strategy has been to abuse the poo poo out of Double-Edged Bash to build up multiple things at once, use Double Whammy when I have to work on a single meter, and finish things up with Lightening Bash if possible. Lately my poo poo has had simply too many giant meters for me to finish everything and I'm running out of stamina before I can finish. I've tried using Sizzle Puff at the beginning to cover more ground with my initial bashes but I'm not really sure if it's worth the stamina. Also, my observation has been that two Double-Edged Bashes are better than two Double Whammies to work on two meters; is that accurate?
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Jan 15, 2019 19:04
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Its definitely worth it but you may be right about where its just barely worth it. As you progress you'll find that it becomes very obviously worth it. Basically the higher rank the thing is you're trying to craft the more worth it sizzle puff gets.
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Sizzle puff is absolutely worth it. By the final crafts, I was starting every craft with one or two Sizzles before actually bashing away. Triple Whammy, Quadrabash, Kaquadrabash, and Multibash are your most efficient crafting abilities IIRC. Double Whammy and Double Edged Bash are about the same with Double Edge having more chance at a critical.
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This is the DQXI thread. If Sizzle Puff was the temp rising skill, I almost always started crafting by using it twice. If you just got it then you may only have enough stamina for the one use.
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Got it, thanks all  Crafting was definitely way overpowered in early-game when it was easy and I was pumping out +3 of everything when the stuff in shops was weaker than my crafting results would have been at +0, and is starting to even out a bit now that I'm lucky to get +1s and pearls are harder to come by; presumably as I get more stamina/flourishes it'll get OP again by endgame
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Jan 15, 2019 19:56
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Oh my God I just beat act 1 and wow
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Jan 15, 2019 20:04
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loquacius posted:Got it, thanks all There's a person who sells pearls so at some point they become very plentiful as a result
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Jan 15, 2019 20:10
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Impermanent posted:Oh my God I just beat act 1 and wow I love reading people's reactions to that.
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Jan 15, 2019 20:20
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loquacius posted:Got it, thanks all If you're in Champs Sauvage then you should check out the mini medal academy; there's a vendor there that just sells the pearls if you're running low.
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Nemo2342 posted:If you're in Champs Sauvage then you should check out the mini medal academy; there's a vendor there that just sells the pearls if you're running low. I need that gold for eyes though  At any rate I can't really get anything out of the pearls if I keep failing crafts anyway, gotta address this issue either way
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loquacius posted:I need that gold for eyes though If you fail to craft something, you still get the item, just not with a bonus. Go forth and spend your ducats on pearls, son edit: Oh, I see what you mean. Well, with enough pearls, you can still be a crappy smithy and get +1 to the item each time, I think. So if an item requires 7 pearls, you'd probably need 21 to improve it three times. Bloodplay it again fucked around with this message at 21:09 on Jan 15, 2019 |
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Jan 15, 2019 21:06
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Okay, I'm on the third act now, and I just got to the point where everyone gets their levels back from before the time travel. Looks like this is the point where the world really opens up. So, any quests or areas I should be prioritizing, or is it safe to just explore around?
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Jan 20, 2019 01:30
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Wyvernil posted:Okay, I'm on the third act now, and I just got to the point where everyone gets their levels back from before the time travel. There are some bosses and they will absolutely kick your rear end at first. Some grinding will probably be necessary before the end.
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Wyvernil posted:Okay, I'm on the third act now, and I just got to the point where everyone gets their levels back from before the time travel. Start doing the Hallelujah+Electro Light thing to level up like crazy. Go to Heliodor and do the quest to get the Apollo Axe if you haven't already.
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Elephant Ambush posted:Start doing the Hallelujah+Electro Light thing to level up like crazy. I'm doing the trials in act 3 at level 58. Should I grind? My idea of grinding is using critical claim on metal poo poo. What's this hallelujah thing?
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JBP posted:I'm doing the trials in act 3 at level 58. Should I grind? My idea of grinding is using critical claim on metal poo poo. What's this hallelujah thing? Hallelujah: Hero/Erik/Jade Pep Power that massively boosts exp and drops for the battle Electro Light: Hero/Sylvando/Jade Pep Power that summons metal slimes
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U-DO Burger posted:A Hero/Sylvando/Jade Pep Power that summons metal slimes Wow good grief!
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Whoops, you caught me before my edit. Look up, it gets better
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Wyvernil posted:Okay, I'm on the third act now, and I just got to the point where everyone gets their levels back from before the time travel. Cobblestone has some quests to get you on the right track, but generally speaking just hit up every town. Make sure you finish the story up until the final boss opens up since that has some quest unlocks behind it and it involves no fighting anyway.
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Jan 21, 2019 08:38
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1989 developer roundtable about the then-new Dragon Quest IV.
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Even before I moused over the link I was hoping it'd be shmuplations. Not just for shmups anymore (although that content is probably the best on the English internet), the entire site is filled with incredibly interesting stuff about the development of Japanese games of all platforms. I'd consider it essential if you like that sort of thing. e: bunch of crazy stuff in this SNK interview. feuding company presidents, American gamers insisting on scantily-clad female characters, the Neo Geo hardware was Capcom's idea 
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Jan 21, 2019 18:30
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So apparently Dai from Dai no Daibouken is gonna be in that game with all the animes which instantly made me want to buy it
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I just beat DQ6 for the first time ever and wow did I not care about the ending. Like, at all. They dropped the ball pretty bad somewhere in the dream/real world nonsense. Their was no explanation or in world reasoning as to what was going on between the two. It felt like the Twin Peaks of Dragon Quest and not in the good, make you think about metaphors and the meaning of life, kind of way. It was just a mess of nonsense thrown together with tiny bits of fairy tale encounters that didn't matter a bit at the end of the day. A fashion show? Sure! Slime arena? Of course! 4 different casinos? Why not? 5 different methods of transportation? Yes! Coherent narrative and purposeful interactions? Naaaah.
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Calaveron posted:So apparently Dai from Dai no Daibouken is gonna be in that game with all the animes which instantly made me want to buy it I'm glad to hear that the real hero of DQXI is getting the attention he deserves.
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Demtor posted:I just beat DQ6 for the first time ever and wow did I not care about the ending. Like, at all. They dropped the ball pretty bad somewhere in the dream/real world nonsense. Their was no explanation or in world reasoning as to what was going on between the two. It felt like the Twin Peaks of Dragon Quest and not in the good, make you think about metaphors and the meaning of life, kind of way. It was just a mess of nonsense thrown together with tiny bits of fairy tale encounters that didn't matter a bit at the end of the day. Yeah, 6 is the most “there” Dragon Quest since the only real thing they had in mind was “well, games from the SFC era had two worlds, why not us!”. I like the party well enough with Party Chat, and the gameplay asks a lot more out of you than the average DQ since enemies hit like bulldozers riding trucks to compensate for vocations, but yeah, besides the gameplay it doesn’t really offer a lot.
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Last Celebration posted:I like the party well enough with Party Chat, and the gameplay asks a lot more out of you than the average DQ since enemies hit like bulldozers riding trucks to compensate for vocations, but yeah, besides the gameplay it doesn’t really offer a lot. Good points. The characters were fun to chit chat with at times and fit their personalities. I always appreciated Carter's "does anyone know what's going on?!" Moments and the rough combat kept me interested to the end. I wish it was a little easier to crowd control with aligments that missed 90% of the time, but eh. Oh well. It kept you engaged.
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The bonus dungeons in DQ 6 is a real let down compared to the bonus one from DQ4. DQ4 has a really trippy dungeon you can go through after the main boss, but DQ6 is a game about dreams. It seems like the final dungeon should be even more trippy, a chance to really freak the player out and do some mind-bending stuff before the final bonus confrontation with Nokturnus. Nope, it's pretty normal. A bit of nice fanservice to DQ 4 and 5 in the middle, but the actual dungeon is nothing special. Too bad, DQ6 just feels like a could-be-great game full of wasted potential.
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In Dragon Quest Builders 2, does anyone know how to make monster munchies? I forget the recipe.
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Ccs posted:The bonus dungeons in DQ 6 is a real let down compared to the bonus one from DQ4. DQ4 has a really trippy dungeon you can go through after the main boss, but DQ6 is a game about dreams. It seems like the final dungeon should be even more trippy, a chance to really freak the player out and do some mind-bending stuff before the final bonus confrontation with Nokturnus. Dragon Quest 4's bonus dungeon was also made years after Dragon Quest 6 came out. Chapter 6 didn't exist in the NES version of DQ4, it was added in the later remakes.
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https://www.siliconera.com/2019/01/25/jump-forces-dai-from-dragon-quest-the-adventure-of-dai-gets-electrifying-new-screenshots/ Psyched
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Finally decided I’d gone far enough with all my characters in the low-mid 90s and ultimate gear on all of them except for the best outfits for rab, sylvando, and jade. Passed on the last harma trial and the second round of horse races. True final boss was a decent fight at that point. Not super hard but a few tense moments where it looked like it was going to turn against me. Genuinely a bit surprised by one of the post fight story beats. Ending was good.
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Calaveron posted:https://www.siliconera.com/2019/01/25/jump-forces-dai-from-dragon-quest-the-adventure-of-dai-gets-electrifying-new-screenshots/ This version of Dai is so much better than the not-Dai-but-sorta-is we got in DQXI.
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Good Citizen posted:Finally decided I’d gone far enough with all my characters in the low-mid 90s and ultimate gear on all of them except for the best outfits for rab, sylvando, and jade. Passed on the last harma trial and the second round of horse races. I need to find the time to grind up and end chapter three.
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JBP posted:I need to find the time to grind up and end chapter three. I almost never did any xp grinding. I just cycled people in and out of my party to get a hallelujah + electrolight pep combo set up while I did post game events and that worked fine
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I'm replaying Dragon Quest Builders and am about to fight the Chapter 1 boss, and I'm wondering something. I built the town walls up pretty high; is the boss's jump attack he does while I'm dealing with the hammerhoods he summons guaranteed to gently caress the walls up as he clips through them, or will he jump higher and not clip through my poo poo if i keep my distance from the town border and stick to the edges of the arena? On my last playthrough, the walls weren't has high, so I have no idea if the destruction can be avoided. edit: Yep, he clips through your poo poo if you're right up against the wall, but sails harmlessly over everything if you're at the edge of the arena. Fortis fucked around with this message at 05:56 on Jan 29, 2019 |
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Marching on in my first time ever series playthrough, I started up DQVII on my new 3DS and am really digging it. After reading the changes made from the PS1 version, wow. Glad I didn't have to suffer through the original growing pains. The intro was even slower?? How is that even possible?! Looking back, they really put forth a good effort in making the older games in the series more playable with all of the new versions and rereleases. Happy to find out that this 3DS version is made for long pauses in between play sessions with story recaps and helpful reminders as this will be a loooong year with this one I think.
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Most console single player games do the recap loading screens nowadays.
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Jack-Off Lantern posted:Most console single player games do the recap loading screens nowadays. ya even pokemon was doing it in like 2005
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