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Tyskil posted:So hey, with all the new people coming in for Dark arisen ans stuff I feel like it would be prudent to remind people that Golems do not take any damage at all from magic. None whatsoever. This can be problematic as a Mage/Sorc, who can only do magical attacks! Most people recommend changing classes before fighting but you don't always know when the game is going to poo poo out a Golem on you and every Not sure if this is true for all spells. I've had Sorcerors who did damage to Golems with huge spells like Malestrom or Bolide before. Not sure if they have some physical component or what. Apparently Strider/Ranger pawns will now attack the medals though, so that's much less of a pain if you're a magic or melee-only class.
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 Pictured: Just finishing soloing Satan as a Warrior, whattup homies. (He sucked in all three of my pawns into his HATE VORTEX before his second health bar was down)
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Here's a side thing I want to bring up. I know it's  territory but I am genuinely curious because I used to do this all the time for tracks like "Fierce Battle" from Nocturne and some of the music from Einhander. Let's try to figure out the lyrics! Before I can even get on to the proper song I am having so much problem over this single word and I've googled and tried to auto detect it in some way, but I've had no luck.Here's the link to the time where you'll hear it. Dark Arisen Boss Theme|YouTube Up to this point it has gone: "Arriven, kith and kin, all given for this a never ending riddle, my flesh, warm, heart betorn, mine thine memory (?)" But what is the deal with that last word? "Bijived?" It doesn't exist at all apparently, but part of me wants to think they wouldn't just put that there for the hell of it. Edit: Alright, I figured out the first half of the song for now, for those who are curious, but that word still befuddles me. "Arriven, kith and kin, all given for this; a never ending riddle, my flesh, worn, heart betorn, mine thy memory (fake word?) - As I wander cold and in pain, wither now my mother my flame, and along the cords of light a night I design - And now must we part, words like a dart, red and rhyme, I never coined it belle été…Oh, and I now sing the Dragon's Dogma, unbound by time; all-binding grand design, land and skies and seas yearn, finish the cycle of eternal return." Belle été is French for "beautiful summer." Babe Magnet posted:
Hope that was just your first playthrough, otherwise you would have been so boned! Lunethex fucked around with this message at 02:27 on Apr 29, 2013 |
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This is probably an idiotic question, but I'm early on, and I still don't understand how port crystals and ferry stones work. I got a port crystal from Everfall, and it's told me I can port to crystalls using them, but the game never told me where I can buy them, or where I can get more port crystals to plant (or if I should be planting them at all.) It seems overly confusing when a simple fast travel that incurs a monetary charge would have worked just fine.
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Is it possible to get the bonuses for owning the original after you've already started? I didn't care about the RC but apparently I just found out there's an infinite use ferrystone and that would be lovely.
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So where can I buy the dlc weapons from? Someone easy to find?
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thetrin posted:This is probably an idiotic question, but I'm early on, and I still don't understand how port crystals and ferry stones work. I got a port crystal from Everfall, and it's told me I can port to crystalls using them, but the game never told me where I can buy them, or where I can get more port crystals to plant (or if I should be planting them at all.) Huntsekker posted:So where can I buy the dlc weapons from? Someone easy to find?
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thetrin posted:This is probably an idiotic question, but I'm early on, and I still don't understand how port crystals and ferry stones work. I got a port crystal from Everfall, and it's told me I can port to crystalls using them, but the game never told me where I can buy them, or where I can get more port crystals to plant (or if I should be planting them at all.) When you get a Port Crystal you can plant it anywhere in the world. Upon using a Ferrystone, a menu pops up letting you go directly to that port crystal or back to Cassardis, Gran Soren, or Bitterblack Isle. Fellatio del Toro posted:Is it possible to get the bonuses for owning the original after you've already started? If you get an original DD save to import to Dark Arisen you will get that. Huntsekker posted:So where can I buy the dlc weapons from? Someone easy to find? Mountebank at the Black Cat in Gran Soren, but he moves to the Alehouse after you beat the Dragon. edit: ^Well poo poo!
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I feel like I'm just bad at combat this early on, or I'm missing something, or maybe not using the right pawns or something... I'm heading to the Catacombs from Gran Soren, and just getting torn apart by a group of bandits on the road there. I'm a level 16 magic archer... Should I be handling these guys easily at this point? Do I need to go level up some, or look into some different pawns? All my pawns right now are around my level.
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Flumpus posted:I feel like I'm just bad at combat this early on, or I'm missing something, or maybe not using the right pawns or something... I'm heading to the Catacombs from Gran Soren, and just getting torn apart by a group of bandits on the road there. I'm a level 16 magic archer... Should I be handling these guys easily at this point? Do I need to go level up some, or look into some different pawns? All my pawns right now are around my level. You should focus less on human enemies at that level, because they will stomp you and you just don't have the means to take them out reliably. Fight more goblins and cyclops (There is one to the east of the canyon you traveled to Gran Soren on, just north of the Manamia Trail waycastle, he's down near a river, below all the waterfalls that go under the bridge there. There is sometimes a Cyclops out in the middle of the Gran Soren fields to the west. You can try to take on the abandoned Quarry and clear out some ogres if you're feeling ballsy.
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Flumpus posted:I feel like I'm just bad at combat this early on, or I'm missing something, or maybe not using the right pawns or something... I'm heading to the Catacombs from Gran Soren, and just getting torn apart by a group of bandits on the road there. I'm a level 16 magic archer... Should I be handling these guys easily at this point? Do I need to go level up some, or look into some different pawns? All my pawns right now are around my level. In general, enemies won't follow you forever though, so you can just dash past them if you need to, and use the d-pad down to get your pawns to disengage and follow you.
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Ah, ok, that's all good to know, thanks! So, next question I guess... Is now a good time to head off doing side stuff and leveling up, or if I avoid these bandits, will I be ok moving the story forward at this point? Sounds like I may want to hold off, because I suspect these cult guys might be as bad as or worse than the bandits.
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I think Oblivion style fast travel is really weird and I'm glad this game does not include it, even with a monetary charge attached. Even if it was kind of a pain in the rear end in the original game I like that they went out of the way to pretend like it was a system in the world and not just a game play abstraction like it is in Skyrim, Reckoning, etc.
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Thanks for the heads up, guys. Where do I buy ferrystones? I've walked around the main city, but neither the apothecary nor the armory sell them.
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thetrin posted:Thanks for the heads up, guys. Where do I buy ferrystones? I've walked around the main city, but neither the apothecary nor the armory sell them. Mountebank sells them, as well as Fournival.
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Fergus Mac Roich posted:I think Oblivion style fast travel is really weird and I'm glad this game does not include it, even with a monetary charge attached. Even if it was kind of a pain in the rear end in the original game I like that they went out of the way to pretend like it was a system in the world and not just a game play abstraction like it is in Skyrim, Reckoning, etc. I'm one of those people that likes gameplay abstractions over rooted world relevant mechanics, because they tend to be more fun in the end, but I can see why people like this system. The game doesn't explain it at all though, past the very basic concepts aurrounding it. Lunethex posted:Mountebank sells them, as well as Fournival. I'm not sure what those are, but perhaps one day I will find them. Thanks.
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thetrin posted:Thanks for the heads up, guys. Where do I buy ferrystones? I've walked around the main city, but neither the apothecary nor the armory sell them.
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thetrin posted:I'm one of those people that likes gameplay abstractions over rooted world relevant mechanics, because they tend to be more fun in the end, but I can see why people like this system. The game doesn't explain it at all though, past the very basic concepts aurrounding it. In the east part of Gran Soren you'll find a store called the Black Cat, the man there is Mountebank, he'll sell you some. Fournival lives in the mansion near the entrance to the Duke's castle up in the noble district. Every day he visits Mountebank too, and he'll sell you some.
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Lunethex posted:In the east part of Gran Soren you'll find a store called the Black Cat, the man there is Mountebank, he'll sell you some. Fournival lives in the mansion near the entrance to the Duke's castle up in the noble district. Every day he visits Mountebank too, and he'll sell you some. Oh, I've found the Black Cat, but he only seemed to sell armor and weapons. I'll have to check again. Sorry, I never remember NPC names. I'm horrible with names in real life, too. I just remember people in games by location and facial features. The fact that people in DD actually move around is a nightmare.
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thetrin posted:Oh, I've found the Black Cat, but he only seemed to sell armor and weapons. I'll have to check again. Yeah some of the early quests (Fournival's quest to evict people) is just tedious because they don't mark where the father is and you just have to wait for him to show up. I don't know where he is unless he's ever near the fountain giving speeches.
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Lunethex posted:You can get an infinite amount from beating the Daimon and opening the middle chest on the left. I don't know about the gambeson but here's the stats for the tights at Gold DF: Defenses: 29 Magick Defenses: 37 Piercing Resistance: 4% Striking Resistance: 4% Holy Resistance: 11% Silence Resistance: 45% Skill Stifling Resistance: 45% It takes two banshee larynx for silver and four siren patagium for gold. I only have one larynx so I can't upgrade the ones I have on my pawn now.
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Don't forget that you can duplicate monster materials at the Black Cat to get an actual copy of the item, not a forgery. So if you've got a bunch of upgrades that need a rare part, but farming them is a pain, just take a trip to the Black Cat and make use of his services~ (I usually do an extra forgery to make sure I always have at least one material leftover after the upgrade, in case I need to duplicate it some more)
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Can someone spare a love-in-the-rough? I missed my chance to get it.
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Well, I managed to resist going to easy mode so far. At what I think is the last boss of the DLC, and I mastered MA, so it's back to Assassin at last for me. I have a poo poo ton of Wakestones and Restoratives, so I'm going to run back down there and brute force the fucker. He only had one and a bit life bars left on my first try with gently caress all healing doodads. Pretty good fight, but way too much health. I only wish Assassins could have the set yourself on fire skill with their daggers. It's loving hilarious. Ghosts, you can't possess me, I am on fire. Harpies, you can't grab me, I am on fire. Zombies, you can't hug me, I am on fire. Wolves, you can't bite me, I am on fire. Watch out world, I am on fire, and I'm coming for you. Gonna miss that move, but I want my Dire Gouge back. Also I finished off a Drake by lighting up and running near his heart. I am better at fire than you are, lizard.
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Lunethex posted:Yeah some of the early quests (Fournival's quest to evict people) is just tedious because they don't mark where the father is and you just have to wait for him to show up. I don't know where he is unless he's ever near the fountain giving speeches. That quest was irritating for precisely that reason. The rest of the game has been a blast, though. I should play more, but I made the dumb mistake of buying Monster Hunter 3U over the weekend.
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Dr. Abysmal posted:I don't know about the gambeson but here's the stats for the tights at Gold DF: Oh yeah, those are totally better, minus 2% Striking & Piercing resistance and no Ice resistance though, but 'ya know, magic resistance really doesn't mean much at all, avoidance is the key. Always. Edit: So uhhh, I need another material someone  Poxy Flesh, I forget what drops that, but I need one! In other news, I managed to get the Tier 3 daggers from Lv.3 Weapon, and they're somewhat better than the Helmbarte daggers. Helmbarte has 1344 max rarefied, 407 Stagger & Knockdown, the Framae Blades have 1429 strength and 513 Stagger & Knockdown! Lunethex fucked around with this message at 04:23 on Apr 29, 2013 |
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Lunethex posted:So uhhh, I need another material someone Elder Ogres. Beat the Ghost Dragon Pope with my Strider. The first go round of the fight went poorly. The second I changed my pawn from Sorcerer to Mage and got some melee backup. I jumped on the dragon and Hundred Kissed it to death. I thought I was hot poo poo doing this a few times until the pope petrified and nuked my hired pawns. It was down to me and my bro. Apparently when you kill the dragon with the pope IN it his poo poo is wrecked pretty bad and he just lies there for a looooong time. Bars of health kissed away long. Good fight.
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McDragon posted:Well, I managed to resist going to easy mode so far. At what I think is the last boss of the DLC, and I mastered MA, so it's back to Assassin at last for me. I have a poo poo ton of Wakestones and Restoratives, so I'm going to run back down there and brute force the fucker. He only had one and a bit life bars left on my first try with gently caress all healing doodads. Pretty good fight, but way too much health. Does that do max health damage too, or just normal health damage (like poison, etc?) That's pretty much the most tempting skill from MA.
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Babe Magnet posted:Elder Ogres drop them. They're Necrophages. One spawns in the super dark-rear end sewer system with the Rift Fonts down before you get to Satan's house. I'll set out then! I know one place where they spawn too. Thanks guys.
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Why on earth did Dark Arisen remove airtight flasks from the vendor? What purpose do these things even serve other than knocking out two quests?
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Lunethex posted:[...] Let's try to figure out the lyrics! [...] The dude with +10 ups on his comment saying that he'd be happy if someone found out the lyrics is me. So yeah, I'm happy. Thanks for going to the trouble; it was driving me crazy. I didn't even know 'arriven' was a word. I had just been assuming the word was 'arisen', by now.
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Rascyc posted:Why on earth did Dark Arisen remove airtight flasks from the vendor? What purpose do these things even serve other than knocking out two quests?
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Samurai Sanders posted:Sometimes you just want to munch on a perfectly preserved, half-rotten chunk of monster meat. You could put rotten food in Flasks then add Spring Water to make them edible again though, that's something! The Mimic posted:The dude with +10 ups on his comment saying that he'd be happy if someone found out the lyrics is me. So yeah, I'm happy. Thanks for going to the trouble; it was driving me crazy. I didn't even know 'arriven' was a word. I had just been assuming the word was 'arisen', by now. Well, drat! That's a coincidence! Glad it helped someone, haha.
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Wooph posted:What determines your ability to block attacks with shields? I'm talking about how some attacks can knock your shield back, which prevents you from timing a deflection. I've heard the size of the character has an impact on this, but I'm not sold on the matter; my S-size Magick Knight didn't seem to have any trouble blocking anything. There's a Magick Knight augment that helps avoid shield knock-back, as well, and if it's not compatible with small shields I imagine the Fighter has an equivalent augment. This is all I know, however. A post on gamefaqs suggested the upgrade-level of the shield played a role, but it was a post on gamefaqs, so take that for what you will.
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