Dragon's Dogma: Grapple a Griffin, Slay a Cyclops, Climb a Cow, Pitch a Pig

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im cute: Sep 21, 2009

Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:

Yeah, that makes sense. But I would figure that would common among all the boss fights, I wonder why the wiki makes a big deal about it with Daimon.

So today online Ur-Dragon was in its grace period and I tried to kill him. The first time I tried I was way under prepared and didn't do anything to him before he flew away. I got one more try in before the period was over, and this time I had 32 conqueror/demon peripats and level 200/87 pawns my friends had (I'm only 71). The dragon only had two hearts and a sliver of health (my understanding is that during the grace period the dragon always has the sliver of health divided among a random number of hearts), and even with all that stuff I could barely take one heart out before he left. He must have a ton of health, or I am way under-leveled, or both.

You're right about him having a ton of health. Whenever it enters grace, it can still spawn with plenty of health. Even in the grace period, you should be maxed out or near it in addition to exploiting the hell out of your strengths and its weaknesses. Some classes are simply unable to do much to it, no matter what.

ChaoticGood posted:

Is anybody still playing on the XBOX? I could take some low level pawns along...

I have a ~150 Mage I've put a lot of effort into if you'd like to take a dedicated support mage along. Haven't played in a while though, but I'll eventually return the favor! XBL: pacouranga

# ¿ Aug 15, 2014 04:34

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 06:20

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

Grandmother of Five posted:

So I've finally gotten around to completing Dragon's Dogma and most of the expansion and I've liked it enough that I've decided to do a walkthrough/FAQ on an aspect of the game that I think is a bit confusing and which might help people out. I realize I'm a bit late to the Dragon's Dogma party, having only played the game after it becoming a Playstation Plus freebie title, but this thread seems to be going strong still, and if the OP happens to find the Walkthrough/FAQ useful, adding it to the OP would be OK with me. I don't wish to derail this thread, so any suggestions, concerns and comments on the Walkthrough/FAQ can be taken to PMs, required someone buys me that forums upgrade.

DRAGON'S DOGMA

HOW NOT TO BE A PAEDOPHILE

WALKTHROUGH AND FAQ

INTRO

Dragon's Dogma is a fun game where you get to kill a lot of cool monsters and then sometime during the end-game you may be shoehorned into a romantic relationship with a child. If fighting against cool monsters sounds like fun, but you would rather not be shoehorned into a romantic relationship with, say, a child who by game lore is supposed to be 14 years old because that is the age of consent in Japan or whatever, but actually looks and act like 10-12, as if 14 wasn't hosed up enough, then this walk-through is for you.

WHAT?

Dragon's Dogma has an objectively dull romance system which picks a romantic interest for your character sometime during the end-game. This pick is based solely on whichever NPC has the highest affinity for you, with basically every single non-hostile NPC in the entire gameworld being eligible, including children. Affinity is raised by either giving someone a gift or by completing quests, neither of these actions are inherently romantic in nature and you might just be surprised that a side-quest where you help a powerful merchant babysit his child for a few hours, playing a game of hide and seek and catch, is considered as the player showing romantic interest in a child. Rightfully ignoring the romance system entirely, a romantic interest will still be chosen, and a relatively small pool of central quest givers and NPCs with multiple side-quests related to them, will most likely be chosen as the unavoidable romantic interest, at least two of these characters, being children.

HOW TO AVOID YOUR UNAVOIDABLE ROMANTIC INTEREST BEING ONE OF THE CHILD-CHARACTERS

Do not give any kind of gift to a child-character, ever. Make any one non-child NPC in the game like you to the point where they start blushing when you see them, most easily done by completing a bunch of Core and Side-quests for a central character. The items which are suitable for gifting will also state in their item description who favours them, so simply give these to appropriate non-child characters: Congratulations you will now probably not be shoe-horned into having a child as your romantic interest.

Q: The possibility of the romance system selecting a child to be the romantic interest of the player character is an unintended oversight of the romance system.

A: No. At least two children which are able to become the PCs romantic interest have unique lines that only appears in this situation.

Q: In some countries the age of legal consent is lower than 21, 18, 16, 14, or whatever, and is even completely absent in some cultures.

A: hosed up if true.

Q: Caring about the possibility of romancing a bunch of pixels sounds pretty SJW tumbleresque, doesn't it?

A: Idiot bitch retard human being friend of the family.

Q: If I would rather not have my PC waking up in his bed with a child hovering above him, are there any particular NPC who I should raise the affinity of instead of the child NPCs?

A: Here is a handy list of reasonable non-children to befriend.

Blondeknight: Pros: Pretty and clearly of age, his preferred gift is pies which are cheap and plentiful.

Ladyknight: Pros: Pretty and clearly of age. She has lot of core and side quests available so she will probably end up liking you even if you ignore her completely outside of quests. The same goes for nearly every single female NPC in the entire game-world who takes directly part in any single quest.

Madeline: Pros: Uh-huh-huh-huh. Uh-huh-huh-huh-huh. Is not a child. Is a merchant. Cons: Everything else.

Every single merchant: Pro: Merchants are the only characters that it is really worthwhile to raise the affinity of. Raising the affinity of whichever one sells the best gear for your class is especially nice. CONS: Some of the merchants are married couples and you may feel like a jerk by breaking them up.

Banditmaleguy: Pros: Sort of maybe helpful in a side-quest or two and is easily impressed by skulls, which are plentiful and cheap trash items that he loves. Is most definitely not a child. Cons: Located a bit out of the way.

Banditfemale: Same as above, but is a bother to deal with if your PC is male and especially if he has a beard, as you'll have to wear a disguise (a pretty dress) and/or lose your beard temporarily and may become involved in a questline that is more problematic than the ending to the original Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.

Just about every single throwaway character in the entire game-world: Pros: Any random, throwaway male NPC is easily impressed by being gifted fish and meats, as a man's heart is best reached through his stomach, and any female NPC is easily wooed by gifting her flowers, as bitches loves flowers. Cons: You'll probably never be able to find these characters more than once as they are completely forgettable, but you wont have any good reason to want to either.

Q: Selene is not a child, but some kind of magical creature, probably, but she is old for sure, and extremely sexy with her after 2000 years of life on this gay earth still-developing breasts, pig tails haircut and completely demure, submissive personality.

A: If it walks like a child, talks like a child and looks like a child, please try not to gently caress it.

It's easy to wind up with Symone if you abuse gifts to get an easy Golden Idol. Tempting, but not worth it. The only way to set her straight after that is to throw that little trust fund baby down a flight of stairs or two, which are conveniently located behind her house.

# ¿ Aug 18, 2014 20:37

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

CJacobs posted:

Make your Arisen be a slider copy of Fournival and then hook up with Fournival.

Yeah. I mean, who knows what Fournival likes better... than Fournival?

# ¿ Aug 19, 2014 18:20

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

Nahxela posted:

Here is the secret. If you want to do cool magic things, you shouldn't play a mage. They have the most boring magic. Go to an advanced or hybrid class to get cool magic.

Sometimes it does become a situation where you keep jumping around and cancelling out a spell because you keep getting followed, but there are a lot of neat spells outside of what mages can do.

MKs and MAs each have their own special debuff they can cast off of staves (Sleep and Curse respectively, if I remember right). All they had to do was trade away the ability to heal, and I mean, who needs healing, really? You'd be surprised just how many troublesome enemies just need to take a little nap.

Ironic Porn Rental posted:

I recently finished a playthrough and did the post game content. I was a bad rear end warrior or something, my pawn was a mage. No matter what her inclination was, she always seemed very underwhelming, hardly casted anything cool and was simply carried through the entire game by myself and the other pawns.

I've started the game over as I enjoyed the hell out of it, only this time I reversed the roles. I'm the mage, she being a strider. Holy gently caress is magic using boring, but her? She has become infinitely better at everything. She uses bow skills, climbs hydras, does everything so right I sometimes forget she is AI. Strider pawns loving own.

Mage pawns can be finnicky, especially if you try sticking them with a bunch of cool-looking offensive spells, because deep in their little mage pawn hearts, all they want to do is heal and buff and run around until someone else needs healing and buffing. I had similar problems that you did, until I stuck a bunch of utility spells and a single piddly High Levin on her and set her up with Utilitarian/Medicant. She didn't cast anything much cooler than High Grapnel or High Levin, but the party never went without enchantments, maxed health or Spellscreen. Eventually gave her a gold-rarified Legion's Might and called it a day.

im cute fucked around with this message at 05:27 on Aug 21, 2014

# ¿ Aug 21, 2014 05:17

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

Ironic Porn Rental posted:

Can someone hook me up with some rift crystals? Just hit BBI and between repairing rift stones and trying to get my pawns inclination to something useful I have no more crystal to remove the curse from all my new loot.

GT: Danky Kang 64 pawns name is healbot

What level? I can probably bring some lowbies along on some regular quests tomorrow, or another BBI 2.0 run if they're leveled enough.

# ¿ Aug 26, 2014 00:25

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

2house2fly posted:

It's just weird to imagine that the Lord of all creation wouldn't last five minutes against some of the Bitterblack Isle enemies. What was this chump's Dragon like? It was a cool ending but this isn't a game I'd expected to pull a punch right at the end like that. The end boss of Dark Arisem more than makes up for that though.

Wanting to die probably had something to do with the Seneschal not putting up a fight. Gameplay-wise, it's pretty lol.

Fereydun posted:

It's a shame the Senechal fight is so anticlimactic, because the whole concept, setting and music of the fight are just great.
Savan's dragon was totally wack as gently caress though - that dude is like level 30 when you control him.

Dude died. poo poo, he barely survived against one regular Chimera. THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR RUSHIN' THROUGH THE PLOT, YA DUMB TUTORIAL rear end in a top hat!

# ¿ Oct 26, 2014 22:36

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

Danith posted:

Long shot, but has anyone else been trying to play this on PS3 for the last couple hours? It keeps loading in offline mode even though I'm signed in to PSN. Servers down?

Edit: doh, figured it out. Deleted my dark arisen save yesterday and forgot that it starts in offline mode by default for some reason

I hope the servers stay up for the forseeable future. It's going to be hell trying to pick only 2 final pawn pals out of the small gang of good pawns I've come to know over the last couple years.

And then, if they get rifted... :aaaaa:

# ¿ Nov 29, 2014 06:04

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

Father Wendigo posted:

Anyone still playing this on the 360? I never actually made it through the first playthrough, I just got sidetracked and pulled an Oblivion screwing around with all of the non-essential things you could do.

I still play it from time to time. Even have a few abortive attempts at alts hovering around the lvl.10-20 range. Now that you mention it, I'll probably hop on and begin again soon, after getting sick of trying to play Dragon Age 3 on a last-gen console.

More than half of my ~400 hours has been goofing off or wandering. It's a worthy pursuit.

Also, if they finally announce DD2 for the PS4, I'll do it. I'll buy the drat console.

# ¿ Dec 4, 2014 10:45

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

desshar posted:

How is Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen? I have the base game and was thinking about getting the upgraded version. Is it worth it?

It's almost worth it just for the Eternal Ferrystone (which you get for importing your vanilla save into Dark Arisen) and added fast travel spots alone. The fixes in menus and crafting are nice and intuitive. Letting you pick and choose between DLC items at the Black Cat, and throwing all the challenge board quests into the mix without having to shell out for two dozen different DLCs is good. Bitterblack Isle is awesome all around. Assassin caught a nerf or two, but it's not really a big deal.

So, yes, definitely worth it.

Infinity Gaia posted:

Solution: Voice command system that gives you all the essential information pawns used to have. Actual voice chat not allowed. Communication only through your character screaming "Wolves hunt in packs!"

One day it'll be me telling you how the Duke could stand to commission some new roads, not some stupid robot.

# ¿ Dec 6, 2014 02:18

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

CJacobs posted:

This is the only change from vanilla DD to Dark Arisen that I think was a bad one. Literally, and I mean literally everything else they changed was for the better in the end.

You mean mildly nerfing Assassin down from "unstoppable killing machine" to "theoretically stoppable but practically an unstoppable killing machine" was a good change?

# ¿ Dec 6, 2014 06:43

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

CJacobs posted:

It's not fun if there's no challenge! The challenge is what makes it enjoyable, even if you are a tornado of knives capable of killing basically anything like a mosquito loaded with ye olde incurable rattlesnake venom.

I'm pretty ok with it. It gave my favorite classes more of a chance to shine. Magick Archer cleans house in Bitterblack Isle and I like it that way.

I still feel kind of bad Warrior was passed over for any kind of upgrade, though. Even 3rd tier skills.

# ¿ Dec 6, 2014 06:57

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

2house2fly posted:

I refuse to play Bitterblack with any other class. I don't even know what it's actually like to fight eliminators and elder ogres, since my experience of them is knocking them down with lightning arrows and just firing and firing until they die.

Someone once told me Living Armors were a tough enemy but we'll never know for sure!

FutonForensic posted:

I had a question. I was able to get through the main game without too much trouble but whenever I try doing the Dark Arisen content, I get absolutely crushed.

I've only done two playthroughs and both of them were me mostly playing warrior with a little bit of strider or mage until I could access the Mystic Knight vocation, which I then stuck with for the rest of the game.

Should I have been playing lots of different vocations to get the most out of my stats and augmentations? Or do I just need to level up more in post-game content before visiting Bitterblack Isle?

Dipping into other vocations for the augments is DEFINITELY recommended. Mystic Knight can be tricky if you try playing it aggressively, but they are very useful! Ripostes, buffs and area denial are MK bread and butter.

And like 2house said, BBI is just difficult in general. If you feel like you're simply dying too much, try hanging around the Everfall for levels/lifestones/gear or doing some offline Ur-Dragon runs to get your gear up to Dragonforged in addition to getting a few exceptional Holy-enchanted weapons. They make a world of difference.

# ¿ Dec 6, 2014 07:44

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

At least it's not a Dragon's Dogma MMO. poo poo, I was already going through the stages.

# ¿ Dec 6, 2014 09:48

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

Shima Honnou posted:

I want nothing more than Dark Arisen on PC with framerates over the 10-22 range that the actual game mostly maintains. Doesn't even need to be all super HD or anything, I'd buy in a heartbeat.

Same. I get the feeling the mod community around it would get insane in a hurry, in good AND terrible ways.

# ¿ Jan 5, 2015 04:21

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

Justin Time! posted:

Thanks for the suggestions guys, but starting a new character just to get me RC seems a bit overkill, but I'll try the other suggestions as I go along. I have not actually visited BBI yet so I guess now's a good time. Other than the Secret of Metamorphosis, anything else of note to grab from the Rift Shop?

A lot of it is stuff you can get by doing the notice board quests; they only throw it in there in case you REALLY need a second set of Solar Armor or Anneled Pale or whatever. The glasses are for cosplay, as are the goofy hair and skin dyes (these might have been packed in with the game already, I don't know).

Really the only other thing I can think of worth getting are the inclination elixirs, which are handy for setting or resetting pawn behavior. Double-check your pawn's inclinations every 50 hours or so to make sure they didn't pick up any bad habits, and juice 'em up accordingly.

EDIT: I know it's a bad word, but really, whether you're 360 or PS3, the pawnlist in the 4chan Dragon's Dogma megathread gets regularly checked out. After posting there I get a rent or two every week. Being active in the thread will probably net you a few more.

Really, after Secret of Metamorphosis and pawn behavioural therapy, the only use RC have is purifying BBI loot.

im cute fucked around with this message at 05:12 on Jan 11, 2015

# ¿ Jan 11, 2015 05:09

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

mirarant posted:

Thanks, that mechanics doc was really informative.

Justin Time! posted:

Thanks for the C+P! That's a lot of resources there, the FAQ sure is intimidating.

Enallyniv posted:

Holy poo poo, that FAQ is so insane I'm almost inspired to pick the game back up and play again.

AFAIK, the literal math wizard who tested all these mechanics still posts occasionally and this thread should steal him away. I've had that FAQ, along with the pawnlist, bookmarked forever now.

# ¿ Jan 11, 2015 22:23

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

I wouldn't half-rear end it though. IIRC, every new game cycle resets your progress through BBI the same way it resets the main world and quest progress; any shortcuts will be reclosed, Barroch will be back inside, and gigantic beholder boss will have respawned.

# ¿ Jan 13, 2015 18:32

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

Neo Helbeast posted:

I see no problem with fighting the Beholder over and over, it's a fun fight and gives off a lot of experience.

I wish they made it a possible rematch in the Black Abbey, but eh! Its a good fight.

# ¿ Jan 13, 2015 18:40

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

Surprisingly, Warrior and Assassin have great synergy and by spending a lot of time in both, the only things you'll be lacking are Mag and MDef, and gently caress those stats anyway, you're going FULL RED!

Crowetron posted:

Anyway, I had a couple of questions. Is there an inclination that makes Shield and Greatsword Pawns more likely to use their spring board skills?

Utilitarians will use these kinds of support skills more often without training, but on the other hand utilitarian is best left to Strider and Mage pawns. titties has the right idea by simply modeling the behavior a few times successfully; your pawn will get it eventually.

quote:

And is it a bad idea to bring two magic based Pawns?

Two properly-raised Sorcs will dual cast, which is a truly magical thing. A triple Bolide will annihilate any group less than a goreclops. A Sorc and a support Mage can buff and support each other, but they'll run into trouble with big bruisin' baddies.

quote:

Finally, what's the best bow-skills for an Assassin?

Lyncean Sight is great. I've had mixed success with Puncture Dart: it's great for mobs and occasional dudes with shields but it is wasted on singular monsters. Fivefold and Mighty Bend are both bread and butter skills. Sadly, by the time you get around to Plegic Arrow, it stops being very useful.

quote:

If any of you guys are still playing on the 360, feel free to take my Pawn for a spin *cough, cough*.

I have a ~160 support Mage with Legion's Might (auto-resurrecting!), if you don't mind high level pawns cutting down your XP growth. Add me and I'll probably take yours out for a spin sometime, too. GT: Pacouranga

# ¿ Jan 16, 2015 20:18

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

SoldadoDeTone posted:

I've been on a sword and shield kick lately, and I'm interested in starting a new game with the intention of being a fighter in the end game with decent damage (not full on tank). Does anyone have advice for how to build this character? I was thinking of starting as a mage and then leveling sorcerer to level 20 or 25 to get a sizable amount of magic defense to start. Then I would switch to assassin for 10-20 levels for a physical attack and stamina boost and then finally to fighter for the more balanced attack and defense growth. Am I a complete idiot?

If this idea is remotely feasible, what abilities would you recommend for a high level fighter?

I backtracked through a lot of the thread and could not find this information. I'm sorry if this has been covered before.

Edit: Upon further reflection, I think I'll start as a fighter and then make sure to get those levels of sorcerer. No sense in doubling up on magic classes.

If you mean endgame as in ~lvl 50 Ready To Fight Griggs endgame, then it's absolutely feasible. I have no idea why you want to dump so much into blue classes if you're aiming to be sword and board. You could level Magick Archer or Mystic Knight to focus on MDef while not losing out so much on physical growth, or if you're willing to loot around you could pick up some rings that slow down burning/thundershock/freezing/whatever proc-ing and just focus on those Assassin and Warrior levels without worrying about MDef.

If you're looking for straight physical chutzpa augments: Vehemence (Fighter), Ferocity, Proficiency, and Clout (Warrior) are all great. Bloodlust, Autonomy, and Exhiliration can boost Strength under certain circumstances. If you get hit a lot, you'll want Bastion (for Def) and Awareness (MDef).

# ¿ Jan 17, 2015 06:34

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

Konig posted:

So I've decided to pick this game back up, and I want to give Mystic Knight a proper go. I'm torn between two builds; in both of them I wanted a minimum of 500 Attack so I could still dish out a respectable amount of pain, but the main difference is what happens after L100, either 100 levels in Sorcerer or 100 levels in MK. I'm leaning towards the MK one, simply because MK is the end goal for the build, and gently caress dicking around in a class I don't want to play for 100 levels, but am I going to miss that ~800 Stam and ~130 Magick?
code:
Magick-Heavy Superoffense

HP:    3450
Stam:  3768
Att:   500
Mag:   683
Def:   240
MDef:  413

Tankier, More Balanced Offense

HP:    3800
Stam:  2968
Att:   500
Mag:   558
Def:   315
MDef:  513

You'll miss the extra Stamina when you're running around throwing down GC's and Sigils and keeping the party enchanted AND trying to get between enemies and your casters, riposting attackers the whole time. I'm spoiled by playing stamina-lite classes like MA and Ranger, because whenever I give MK a go, and I'm right around 3000 too, I'm ALWAYS running out mid-fight. That's my two cents, anyway. The ~130 Mag won't make or break your build.

# ¿ Jan 18, 2015 08:11

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

Konig posted:

Ok I came up with a third option, which somehow has more health, attack and defense, and waaay more stamina, at the cost of a little bit of magick and a lot of magick defense. Guess I should be blocking the magicks with my shield and not my face anyway. Also, it's easier because it's just Strider -> 10, Ranger -> 100, then 30 of Sorcerer and the rest as MK.
code:
HP:    3895
Stam:  4115
Att:   527
Mag:   527
Def:   347
MDef:  368

This looks like a good-rear end build. Augments and rings will cover your MDef bases until you get BBI gear and start maxing out resistances without even trying.

# ¿ Jan 18, 2015 17:58

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

Crowetron posted:

Dire Gouge is amazing. I melted off three of a Garm's health bars with it before getting thrown off. What's generally considered the best/most easily obtained restorative items in the post-game?

Oh, and I sent you a friend request Paco. GT's the same as my user name

Righteous, I'll check it out now! I wish Dire Gouge was available for Fighters; it sometimes outstrips Hundred Kisses for the best wailing-away-on weak-spots-while-riding-monsters-Dr. Strangelove-style maneuver. Healing Spring Water is my go-to heal all since it is so incredibly easy to get. You'll find a LOT of Kingwarish and Potent/Matured Greenwarish littered around the grassy levels of BBI. You can also mix Harspud Sauce with a Large Nut to get Balmy Incense, which won't restore stamina anymore but will groupheal a whopping 500hp in one go.

Konig posted:

Cool, sticking with it then. Just gonna build my pawn as a greatbow-only max strength Ranger, so Fighter -> 10 and Warrior -> 200. She can stand back and fling arrows while I set up.

I have a friend who swears by Warrior pawns, despite everything, and has trained up some of the best Warriors I ever partied with. I've never met a Ranger pawn that I kept around for long but I love playing the class.

# ¿ Jan 19, 2015 04:26

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

Everdraed posted:

Can I really not do anything involving Aelinore on this playthrough because of that? And if so is any of that content worthwhile or have interesting outcomes? Man, I was so excited to finally find a door that needed a skeleton key too!

It's entirely possible you broke her questline. If its any consolation, I missed essentially all the Quina, Valirmo, Ophis, and Selene content my first time around.

Personally I hate making Aelinore my beloved (which is likely to happen if you follow through to the end of her line) but there are some entertaining and informative cutscenes, more Feste, the Blighted Manse opens up, and you do miss out on a unique crafting mat. Worth it to try again in NG+.

# ¿ Jan 19, 2015 18:32

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

titties posted:

For any new-ish players using a second account to cheese RC like I did, keep in mind that t here's a timer on how often you can send a pawn back with new gear. I have no idea how long it is, but you'll know if it happens when your pawn shows up with nothing but rocks instead of the ur-dragon drops you gave her

The struggle is real. Muleing is a bitch in this game. On my wishlist for this game right after "multiple character slots" is "persistent storage".

# ¿ Jan 22, 2015 21:13

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

Mad Dragon posted:

Anything larger than a b-cup will cost real money. They'll make a fortune.

characters under 160cm can't equip Silver Chestplate without the Shameless Pack.

Tough luck, Dwarves.

Fellatio del Toro posted:

I think that feature is implied by the 'Online' part.

# ¿ Jan 28, 2015 06:12

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

sicDaniel posted:

Let's share some Dragon's Dogma stories!

Once in BBI 2.0 my own pawn and a buddy's lvl. 200 sorc had been scythed before heading into Tower of Treasons Repaid (the long, vertical room with the poison river right before the room with Vanilla Ice), leaving me, a Magick Archer, and another friend's fresh alt Strider pawn who was tagging along soaking up RC and enemy knowledge. As you might know, the Tower is filled with skeleton brutes and succubi to harass you through the entire descent but more importantly: this is the other place a Metal Golem spawns in the game, and you absolutely NEED to have some kind of ranged, physical weapon in order to break the medallions and do any sort of damage to the golem. The pawn, being a baby, is only useful for screaming despair and being lasered to death and will not shoot a goddamned thing. I can't reach half of the medallions with my sweet Framae Blades.

So, 15 minutes of desperate jumping and hiding later, I get the idea to use dragonspit to break the medallions and. by god, IT WORKS. Or it would've worked if this wasn't the very first time I ever used dragonspit and I hadn't missed a bunch, leaving just ONE LAST medallion safe and snug near a pile of rocks. So, while the golem is busy sodomizing my only friend, I make a mad dash behind him to grab an explosive barrel and I very-gingerly nudge it into position and start praying. Then I shoot it with an explosive rivet, damaging that loving medallion to right around half health. I make for another barrel but I get stomped on and my precious barrel becomes dust. I grab literally the last barrel and run for my life. I make it, place it with the delicacy of a mother laying her swaddled newborn down to sleep, and shoot the poo poo out of it, finally shattering the medallion and ending the golem's life.

I don't remember what happened after that except I was laughing in real life and we just barely pulled our asses out of the fire. Luckily the next room has a rift stone very early on, but I'll be damned if I didn't think it was The End.

# ¿ Feb 2, 2015 17:22

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

Cometa Rossa posted:

This game is the best when you're in a fight (or, earlier on, out on an expedition) and you're getting your rear end kicked and you're thinking "I'm going to die here, why the gently caress wouldn't this be where I die" but you miraculously pull through and you have zero potions left and all your pawns are dead.

This is why no one should warn newbies away from escorting Reynard to Granwall the moment their lvl.12 rear end arrives in Gran Soren. It was absolutely harrowing, but man did that suck me into the game for good. And I didn't even fight the two Chimera along the way (it was night by the time I hit Heavenspeak Fort and NW Gransys so I ran away from undead sorcerers and phantasms instead).

# ¿ Feb 3, 2015 07:26

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

Neo Helbeast posted:

Everything except the Bitterblack Armor pack.

I don't know if they count as DLC weapons, but golden and greased weapons, along with Solar Armor and a handful of other Board Quest pack-in things, are with the rift crystals merchant at the encampment.

# ¿ Feb 6, 2015 02:49

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

HnK416 posted:

Oh my god is there any freaking way to do the last 3rd of BBI as a Magick Archer? I really love the class but I am just not doing damage like I can with basically anything else. Am I doing something wrong?

Those bow skills are just fine, but I'd pack Magick Rebalancer on your daggers for extra oomph when you need it, in lieu of scarfing down periapts. Mag boosting augs are definitely ideal, especially if you came into the class from a mostly Red or Yellow class background.

As is the usual case, make sure you're always keeping your weapon(s) top-of-the-line and upgraded. Everfall-tier weapons at the very least, and there's no reason to not have it 3-starred, if not dragonforged if you're in the post-game/NG+. The last third of BBI can be a real motherfucker, but its all enemies you'll be running into for essentially the rest of the game.

And speaking of enemies, make sure you're hitting dudes where it hurts. Sometimes well-meaning Mages will enchant you with something useless.

Lastly, I'm pretty sure you've posted here a lot and have your Arisen at a decent level, but for posterity: going into the last third of BBI sub-lvl. 70 or so is suicide.

# ¿ Feb 6, 2015 04:48

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

Shear Modulus posted:

Do yall not use the Reset dagger move? I used that so much while dodge rolling all over the place for like the whole game. I can't imagine going without it.

Instant Reset is a literal life saver if you're quick with it, and shines through the most when you're in the sewers, as you can Reset out of the "put away lantern" and "relight lantern" animations.

# ¿ Feb 6, 2015 04:56

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

Mad Dragon posted:

Framae Blades are the best daggers.

I took all of the weapon stats from http://dragonsdogma.wikia.com and dumped them into a spreadsheet. All stats are dragonforged. If you want to know what the silver and gold stats are, you'll have to look them up. click the name of the weapon

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B585JAiuIU_WR2tpNGJjeEdCbGM/view?usp=sharing

Thanks, man. That's handy to have!

# ¿ Feb 10, 2015 02:27

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

I wanna steal that pizza.

# ¿ Feb 28, 2015 04:14

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

Supreme Allah posted:

The Duke was as well. I dont recall if the old witch beat her dragon but she was able to pass along something to her pawn like what you do at the end of the game to your own pawn. Clearly many epople that had been Arisen are alive during the game but they hint that there's a reason the Duke doesn't let Pawns near him. My impression is that after they confront the dragon (or finally decide not to) the next arisen cycle starts.

Sofia is Grigori. The grave is empty.

# ¿ Mar 3, 2015 02:19

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

The Zombie Guy posted:

I've started exploring Bitterblack Isle. I'm level 40, and doing ok so far.
I had a nice jump when I discovered that Dark Souls isn't the only game with mimic chests.

I only got so far as the first sewer level, right before the Beholder boss, at around the same level as you because between the mimics (which scared the poo poo out of me the first time too!) and the Elder Ogres and everyone splashing around soaking their lanterns, I just couldn't even pretend to be equal to the challenge anymore.

Came back at 100+ and wiped the place but still, goddamn.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2015 02:10

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

Mumblyfish posted:

Level 40 is perfectly fine for BBI, so long as the player remembers to buff their attack power with periapts. On my first playthrough of Dragon's Dogma, I got started on Bitterblack Isle at a much lower level than 40.

I started at 15, got as far as the Wargs, then turned around and left because gently caress that, man. We barely survived.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2015 22:43

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

The Zombie Guy posted:

Are the Badge of Vows useful for anything, or can I sell them?

If you hold on to them you can turn them in every NG cycle for a massive RC and EXP payoff without the hassle of hunting them all down. There are simpler ways to make money if you're at the endgame.

# ¿ Mar 24, 2015 21:58

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

mirarant posted:

Seems ok although aiming for 200 specifically might be a mistake unless you grind pretty hard with double xp items. Might want to split the str/mag growth already before lvl 101, overall the BBI weapons buff your stats so massively that unequipped stats don't matter too much.

That's always been my problem with builds that change class at 200. Once you hit that number you've probably finished the game two or three times over. I'm at NG+++ and have killed Daimon 2.0 a half dozen times but am only ~170. Couldn't imagine grinding out levels that long as a class I had no interest in playing.

# ¿ Apr 7, 2015 00:16

im cute: Sep 21, 2009

Skilleddk posted:

yeah on PS3. My PSN id is kubaduba_pvp

I dunno if my pawn is any good though. I don't understand the game that well

Here's a pastebin of some quick guides that definitely helped me when I was training up a kick-rear end pawn. I didn't really know what I was doing before that, either.

# ¿ Apr 20, 2015 22:08

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 06:20

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Genocyber posted:

Looks like a re-skinned Daemon.

It looks like a chimp got The Thing'd.

I also want to fight it right now. Dude looks ripped.

im cute fucked around with this message at 06:11 on May 30, 2015

# ¿ May 30, 2015 06:07

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