So, to anyone that's played Dragon's Dogma: Have you figured out how to overcome the sense of.... "What the hell is going on, and why do I care?"
Not that I DISLIKE the game, but it feels.. Just kind of bland after a few hours in.
As someone who has hundreds of hours in it,the one thing I'll say is that the pacing is a bit off in the main campaign. It can feel dry during segments. If you keep playing and get into the endgame DLC, you WONT be disappointed.
>>324284098
That's kind of what I was thinking... I just feel like everything is so quiet and empty, naw'm sayin'?
>>324283901
You need to eat your heart back to get rid of the voices
Felt the same way at the beginning, didn't care much about anyone except maybe Mercedes and Madeline for fap value
The dialogue felt kinda uninteresting and before i noticed it i started skipping the text on the side quests
But then i did arousing suspicion
>>324283901
ABANDON ALL DELUSION OF CONTROL op then in time you will see
>>324283901
Wait until you killGregor, it will really start to feel dead then. Barely any quests, nothing ever changes. Just more dangerous monsters lurking around the world and harpies everywhere in the sky. The only thing left for you is to literally crawl into a hole and die.
The gameplay gets good as hell then, but damn if it doesn't feel aimless.
Okay, you motherfuckers have gotten me interested again.
Time to load up all mighty steam.
>>324283901
>"What the hell is going on, and why do I care?"
Not a bad thing to feel. Plenty of Arisen, like Barroch, have taken that stance.
>Barroch: “To look at you, I wager you’ve seen it. Aye? Had your tussle with the dragon, then espied the grand scheme of the world. How it’s built. Then you’ll know the wisdom of leaving it all be. Have you ever had cause to miss your heart? Steer clear of cliffs and beasts beyond your means and you can live forever. If wandering the countryside has lost its charm, take up residence here. I’d welcome a drinking partner.”
>>324283901
that's pretty common for shit games like dragon's turd.
at least your pawn gets a chance at life grigori wasnt lying the chain does go on
>>324285067
I wish there where more islands like BBI to explore and loot
>>324285278
then you eventually gain your life and control of it back thousands of years later
which leads into
>>324285067
Will there be a point in the game when i can mess around in Gran Soren or will it forever be no fun allowed?
I'm talking about throwing innocent bystanders off the roofs just because i felt like it
I really hate that you get an instant teleport to the dungeon withouth being able to defend yourself, i was expecting better consequences
>>324285646
If you think gran soren is no fun allowed now, just wait until endgame
>>324285646
>Will there be a point in the game when i can mess around in Gran Soren or will it forever be no fun allowed?
There is a part where you can rampage against the entire city guard, yes.
I wish you could fight more on the road that isn't a variation of wolves and harpies.
>>324285960
There's goblins!
>>324286154
And bandits.
>>324285960
Zombies, zombie warriors, skeletons, skeleton mages, skeleton lords, bandits, saurians, goblins, feminists, phantoms, phantasms.
Goblins and wolves are just the most common.
>>324285960
LOOK OUT ARISEN! HUMAN BONES THAT MOVE ON THEIR OWN!
Why is this game so full of excuses for almost every aspect of it? And then I hear combat is good but I see webms of the same attacks like slamming monsters in the head or jumping on them. Then I hear some classes are just shit anyway. Then I hear everything between combat is shit. Then I hear people scream about their gimmicks of being a loli or having a team of amazon warriors but then the pawn system is disappointing.
>>324287058
I don't know what you're talking about. I'm loving all of it.
>>324287058
Did you actually play it?
>>324287058
I was really hyped about this release, but i guess i expected too much because i'm feeling very disappointed about a lot of stuff
I still think it's a good game and when i'll get a bit of time i'll finish it, but i feel it could have been more
>>324286206
>And bandits.
Are the shield bandits broken?
They seem to take a shitload of damage to die (when compared to the scrubs they are with) and can stunlock you to death in couple a seconds. It just seems that the regular bandits and bandit mages are like lvl5-10 mobs and the shield bandits are something like lvl30.
>>324287560
Nah, what you want to do is play defensively until your pawn either kills them or the bandit turns their attention on your pawn. Once they do, run up from behind and grapple them. Your pawns will then wail on the bandit with impunity and they'll take a lot of damage if nothing else.
>>324287560
Defense is subtractive. Haven't noticed shield guys being too hard, but the twohander guys have some serious stagger resistance.
>>324287319
Played the demo, didn't like it and was told the demo isn't good. I hear shit like this all the time in DD threads. Or at least the old ones before the PC port. Oh, the quests are boring but that's fine. Oh, the pawns are annoying and barebones npcs but that's fine. Oh, some classes are senseless, useless shit but that's fine. Oh, the story is garbage for most of the game but that's fine.
>>324287739
How do you grapple in a full nelson like the pawns do sometime?
If i try grabbing them i just hold them on the shoulder and they don't take damage
>>324284098
So when should I access this end level dlc
>>324283901
You only play DD for the combat, not the story, anon. Combat, combat, combat.
>>324287739
Two shield bandits can easily wipe my pawns (~lvl15, balanced group), especially if there are any other mobs around.
>>324288065
Not OP but the combat is not that good.
Sure, it's better than Skyrim but still not nearly as good as Dark Souls.
>>324287863
The game has some flaws for sure. Its basically how dark souls is super shit after O&S, except in reverse. The beginning is super rough, but it really grows on you once your character gets stronger. The story especially picks up in the latter stages of the game. Every class is fine, pawns are really endearing and quite literally learn from you and some quests are indeed boring and shit. This game was never more than a cult classic 7/10, but its really fun.
>>324288223
>but still not nearly as good as Dark Souls.
Absolutely disgusting. You enjoy sitting there stunlocking things and rolling away when you can't. Literally Dark Souls combat in a nutshell. There is no close combat variety unless you go mage despite all the movesets of the different weapons.
>>324288223
>meme souls
>roll, hit, roll, hit
>good combat
>>324283901
>"What the hell is going on, and why do I care?"
I hate you and people like you
there's nothing else needed in a game other then good gameplay to keep me interested. If you need good story and characterization or anything else to keep yourself interested in a video game, I don't think video games are for you
>mfw I see a steam review saying (not about dragon's dogma) "this game has excelent combat and customization and the enemies are very fun to fight. 5/10 because art style is bland and thus I can't make myself care for the game"
fuck you you fucking faggothe was talking about xenonauts if you must know
>>324287863
>Oh, the pawns are annoying and barebones npcs but that's fine.
>pawns
>boring
Yeah, no.
I have a warrior pawn trained so well that she only picks up the items I actually want, ignoring all the worthless herbs and basic enemy drops. Shes a certified dragon slayer and can kite a drake all by herself. On top of it all her bestiary knowledge is so damn complete that her battle strategy perfectly complements me playing as Ranger. If I'm shooting at things from far away she'll exclusively engage weaker enemies with her abilities, but if I'm up close using my daggers she'll constantly grapple enemies and hold them so I can finish them off.
Pawns are totally unparalleled in terms of AI controlled party members in any other game out there. Spend enough time with them and they become certifiable expert mercenaries that lay waste to anything on the fucking continent in style.
>>324283901
Story is trash, even fans agree. Just make up your own adventure and stop caring about the characters etc., much more fun that way.
Each player can summon two other people's pawns. You would think this would mean everyone get's their pawn summoned to some degree. So why is it every pawn i see from other players is unrated(including my own). Are people just not summoning pawns? Are they using default ones like rook?
>>324283901
Honestly there came a point whereGrigoriwas my entire motivation to keep playing. I'm glad I didn't quit playing though, because it only got better after beating him.
>>324287863
It's not GOTY or anything anon, it's just a fun game with really good Pawn AI, a great soundtrack and the best Vidya dragon.
Not everything has to be a perfect 10/10 game..
>>324288223
>dark souls
>good combat
when did this meme begin?
>>324288481
>So why is it every pawn i see from other players is unrated(including my own)
There's a bug in the PC ver right now that is fucking that up. If you're on console then I guess the community's dead. But there were tons of ratings on most pawns I saw and my pawn got used a lot back when I played in 2014.
>quest to escort Selene to somewhere
>takes fucking ages
>in an area i've never been before
>end is in sight
>"dickwolves Arisen!"
>"watch out Arisen, Snow Harpies!"
>New Quest: Ambush!
>Chimera out of nowhere
needless to say I failed the escort quest
>>324288502
>Not everything has to be a perfect 10/10 game..
>this was never said
I'm just wondering what's up with all the constant excuses? Honestly, the worst critics of DD are the DDfags themselves. They make this game sound absolutely horrific to play.
>>324288458
Oh really? Not saying you're wrong, just that most DD fans in the daily DD threads a year ago seemed to fail to mention any of that.
>>324288574
Pretty much only RPG which is hard but not unfair (not talking about DaS2 here).
Give it time. Once Grigori returns, shit amps up.
>>324288223
I wish the combat was faster and with more chain attacks like combinations of light and heavy like many games do
6 skills or even just 3 for warrior are not enough
Most class can't dodge, so the combat feels clunky and repetitive
Blocking is kinda cool, but fighting small monsters feels like a chore
Climbing the big monsters is nice but i was disappointed that you can just spam the light attack
>>324288882
>warrior cant dodge
jump or sprint away
>only has 3 skills
makes up for it for having normals/coreskills actually worth shit that you can buff like crazy
>>324283901
>literally no r34 of Quina
>>324288771
Its called inclination. Read up on it.
http://dragonsdogma.wikia.com/wiki/Pawn_Inclination
>>324289051
>>324288882
forgot about warrior's escape slash which does have iframes
and exodius slash follow ups have high knock down attributes, which you can jump cancel after the shoulder bash
>>324288771
>Oh really? Not saying you're wrong, just that most DD fans in the daily DD threads a year ago seemed to fail to mention any of that.
Here's the thing though
to train your pawn, you have to actually train it. Get in the same class as it, show it how to use skills.
Most people pick a class different then their pawn, teaching it bad behavior. It's the entire reason so many people think that the pawns are shit, they don't bother actually training it.
Mind you, it doesn't take a lot of effort to train a pawn, just get in the same class as them and play for a bit, but most people don't even bother doing that.
Is there any good loot in the loot chests or as drops?
I have played for 6 hours and I'm yet to find anything usable from mobs or loot containers.
The loot system feels like playing one of those Korean F2P MMORPGs like Rappelz.
>>324288816
DS is not an RPG.
A perfect example of hard but not unfair RPG would be Gothic 1 and 2.
>>324288882
You and your pawns can actually chain each others attacks
>>324289128
dude just look up any long haired latina 3dpd porn
>>324287952
Play a red class or hybrid.
>>324288771
I'm just being honest anon, this is by no means a 10/10 game. Every game has it's flaws, at the very least criticising a game you like is better than only telling people "It's GOTY" or "It's revolutionary".
It's still one of my favourite games, I'm just not going to ignore it's flaws because it's convenient.
>>324283901
>"i want a game to hold my hand though everything"
OP here. Just re-made my character to something I like much more (missed the detailed character creation at the beginning because I just didn't look, oops). I'll admit, it's a lot more interesting with a character you enjoy looking at.
>>324289214
If you're the same vocation as the pawn they'll pattern your combat style and adapt to it along with the rest of the pawns in your squad, but for everything outside of combat vocation doesn't matter.
There are tons of super tiny details that pawns will pick up on and copy. If you stop in the middle of an open forest or field your pawns will either stand in place around your general vicinity, facing in different directions to keep watch, or they'll mingle about and pick up any curatives in the area. They encompass a fairly substantial radius around you and search for everything in it on their own if you don't restrict them. How you employ the three basic battle commands influences that. Just one of those little hidden details.
>>324283901
Only in the end it starts to make sense.
You just do it, that's the point of the Arisen
>>324289492
No problem with criticizing a game you like it. But apparently a lot of DDfags didn't know how to play their own game like >>324289214 pointed out. Between repetitive jumping atop monsters, WOLVES, complaints about small skill sets, people saying certain classes are unplayable or just terrible in the long run, the same old attacks being worshiped as examples of why the combat is amazing, the terrible questlines, and a suck ass demo which also apparently isn't good, the game doesn't feel worth even the $30 risk. Hell, it doesn't even feel like picking up again at all. I'll likely just pirate it first. $30 ain't bad but it's certainly not worth dropping on a game it's own fanbase has managed to make sound terrible.
I'm glad people managed to convince me it might not that bad, at least.
Because IT IS bland.
Just because it had few DMC moves it doesn't mean the game is good.
The story is shit.
The world mapnis fuck all of nothing aside few places.
Once you fight something once it is "oh fuck not shit again".
Pawns are retards.
Quests are fetch hell.
Literal fucking walking simulator without Ferrystone.
Only Grigori and few classes were good parts of it.
It is a 6-7/10 game.
>>324287058
Yeah, I agree. DD was alright but I wouldn't highly praise it for anything. It's just too bland and uninteresting for its grand, epic scale.
I found combat pretty boring, too basic and the climbing gimmick wasn't utilised as well as it could have been.
>>324284098
>you have to complete the entire game before it gets good
Why do you people think this is fine yet fucking complain about the most minor things in other games?
Also bracing for dogtards to get mad at this post.
>>324290465
This shit is what keeps the pokemon games alive. Blast through the main story and then do all the shit for competitive gaming no one but RNG autists give a shit about.
All single player games are bland after a few hours.
>>324290465
>the pacing is sometimes dry
>THAT MEANS THE GAME ISN'T GOOD
Come on anon, reading comprehension
The main campaign is mostly shit and only really kicks in towards the very end, though there are some great, actually plot relevant side quests if you end up getting them. Also, even though the game is open world it's mostly empty and actually discourages free exploration due to most areas being locked until you get the quest to actually go there (f.ex. the griffin tower, at least two strongholds, you can't complete the water dungeon because the cyclops with the key doesn't spawn, you can't even enter the main city before you get the head escort quest even if you use the secret passage etc.) not to mention the game periodically locks certain side quest-lines if you go too far in the main quest without any proper reason, plus it's extremely easy to accidentally overlevel the vanilla game if you don't just stick to the main quest.
The expansion area is much better since it does away with the empty open world and focuses entirely on combat, good encounters, memorable boss fights and dungeon crawlan without any padding in the middle.
>>324290069
Jumping atop monsters is optional, but fun.
WOLVES HUNT IN PACKS! is a meme, but yes the pawns say it (or a variation) everytime a wolf appears.
There is actually quite a bit of variety in skills.
Every class is playable, although obviously some are a little better.
Fair point, people do seem to post the same magic Webm and use the same skills in videos.
It's really only the sidequests that are terrible, but they're entirely optional.
The demo was the sole reason I bought this game, it's not that bad.
This game might not be for you. By all means pirate it first and give it a try.If you like it consider buying it, if not then no harm done.
>>324290465
The endgame area is accessible basically from the start anon.
Rate my Arisen
>>324291265
>It's really only the sidequests that are terrible, but they're entirely optional.
All sidequests are optional. So that's not an excuse for being terrible.
>>324291294
3/182
>>324291265
>The endgame area is accessible basically from the start anon.
And the only possible way you can get through it is if you utterly cheese it (and thus you have to be knowledgeable about the game mechanics and likely played it through already ala Dark Souls).
>>324291141
It's unfortunately that Witcher 3 has boring combat though.
>>324283901
protip you actually died in the beginning and this is all a dream
>>324285067
Now that I think about it, was Barroch an Arisen that made it tothe Seneschal but then chose not to fight?
How many levels of mage/sorcerer should I get before I go magic archer?
I actually want to play the class though so I don't want a max level build or anything
>>324289246
Found a warhammer my pawn used from finishing the wyrmhunt pretty much to killing grigori. I explored like a motherfucker so I found some overleveled items.
>>324291443
Wrong game, anon
>>324283901
Half of the world population are autists willing to do your bidding and someone gave them sharp objects to play with. Probably due to some substance spread by the wind.
I'm more interested in why /v/ touted this game's magic system as anything special; it's just your run of the mill PEW PEW PEW coupled with charge charge charge then pew pew pew again. Just because it has some nice animations doesn't mean it's good. Arx Fatalis shits all over it. I think I'm gonna switch to mystic knight.
>>324283901
Where do I get an archistaff?
>>324291463
No. Barroch was Arisen but decided not to pursue the Dragon.
Also the only thing about dragons dogma that irks me is that in a game FILLED with TECHNOLOGY and little details, you aren't able to rest in your house in cassardis. You HAVE to use the inn for some reason.
>>324291463
No, because he's still missing his heart.
>>324291618
/v/ likes the magic because it is actually huge and powerful at the higher levels. But I don't see why people would find it more fun than the close combat
I'm liking it so far. I honestly didn't expect to like it so much, but I do. The combat is basic but pretty good and it feels like that. Pawns maybe are not the most charismatic people but they're pretty helpful and not obnoxious at all, that's all I need. Getting seaguls is a fun challenge, I like the world overall. Yeah, it's all pretty basic if you think about it, but it's nice andcomfy.Apart from that damn spooky nights when wolves and goblins come out in droves. It's all basic but detailed enough I feel like. That said I only played it for like 2-3 hours.
Rate my Arisen
>>324291742
>>324291743
But in that case, how does he know about "the grand scheme of the world"? I don't recall ever getting any vibes about it all being some cycle until after I killed Grigori.
>>324290465
I loved it from start to finish, the first thing I did was go outside the starting village at night and getting swarmed by wolves without a lantern
10/10
>>324291494
For stat growth? Start playing MA whenever you want. Min-maxing is only important if you plan on farming the online version of Ur-Dragon for the holy weapons that are instantly outclassed by first expansion area gear.
The augments are really useful though. Max mage vocation level (meaning not you character's actual level) nets you an augment that increases magical damage by +10%, whereas max sorcerer nets you +20% magic dmg that stacks with mage's augment and another augment that speeds up spell casting speed (affects MA's bow abilities) by 15%.
>>324291378
Fair enough.
>>324291428
I guess, but you can go in earlier than endgame and still have enough levels to beat it. Even without farming exp.Although this still doesn't mean you should.
>>324291742
Well I have the slutty duchess and the forest witch in there. I imagine you'd want to get away from that to get some rest.
>>324291265
Got any recommended torrents? Don't want to accidentally get horse porn like that one time.
This game is the very definition of a unpolished gem
Had they dropped the open world meme and embraced a place like BBI or small hubs interlocked with each other like prime, we would have seen less complaints about obtuse story that goes nowhere or no sense of direction
>>324291141
That's a lot of text for saying absolutely nothing.
It's literally
>DD is not "other game"
>DD is less "other game"
>DD is a bit like "other game" but not quite
Seriously? Was that written by a sixteen years old blogger? There's probably a good reason what you didn't post any source whatsoever. I certainly don't want to see how the rest of that "article" looks.
>>324283901
It will be like that for the rest of the game.
The only good thing DD got going is combat mechanics. Everything else is MMOish trash
>>324291141
>Even if we ignore Witcher 3 because, you know, it came out AFTER the fucking DD
I can't believe that the 'quality' of writing on vidya blogs is getting worse
>>324292130
I only have the PS3 version, sorry.
>>324288719
Reminds me of the first time I ever did an escort quest
>escort Mercedes to Shadowfort
>takes almost 2 full days in game
>close to the end
>enterdevilfire grove
>pitch black night
>in the span of about 5 seconds, a drake comes hammering in, breathes fire onto Mercedes, killing her, then flies away, probably laughing
>hadn't saved in at least 30 minutes
What a dick
>>324288574
this
Bloodborne has a good, fast paced combat
hit, roll, hit, roll at a snail pace's is fucking shit
>>324291924
After Barroch said 'nah, fuck that, imma chill on this gothic island', the dragon had to go out and find/create another Arisen. Barroch ended up watching what happened to that one.She failed and became the Dragon, then chose her lover (when she was mortal) as the next Arisen, and he refused to choose between slaying her and sacrificing her since she was his 'beloved'. In response, the Dragon cursed him to become Daimon
Barroch has seen some shit man.
>>324291924
Arisen isn't a mystical "once in a millennia" sort of position. Duke Edmun is publicly well known as an Arisen. When you do your history, you start to notice patterns. Not only that but you aren't the first Arisen he's met at Bitterblack, nor was he the first. He's just the current record holder for most time spent there.
>"You're far from the first new face I've come across here. Most come bearing invitations, but I've turned the lot of them down. No common cause. They fight to be quit of this place, while I find it rather cozy so I send them off with a bit of advice - worry less and enjoy more. The fact that I haven't seen any of them again means either they got their wish, or got dead. Either way, I'll not hold my breath for a reunion."
>“I wasn’t the first to come here. It was a colorful cast already when I arrived. An old man, half-dead by the time I met him. The other half didn’t take long. The other was a woman. Ahh, she’d had been a real gem, save that over-serious nature. By the end, she treated me with the same contempt she would a beast. Had she been freer with her charms around "beasts", she might not have wound up serving as their…supper. Still, a shame… It’s simple luck that I’ve survived this long. I’ve no illusions on that count.”
It's a pretty safe bet that even if he didn't figure it out in his own world, he's been able to piece shit together from Arisen who have found out about "the grand scheme of the world."
>>324292056
Are leveling other jobs harder later in the game? I might not want to get the augments right away if stats don't matter that much.
>>324292746
Easier.
>>324292474There's no evidence to suggest Grette was from the same world as Barroch's. Not only that, but there was no romance between her and Ashe. It was strictly paternal except maybe with some one sided shit on Ashe's part.
Ashe fell in love with Grette's pawn Olra, which is where the choice came in. Ashe had figured out who the new dragon was so he realized it was either kill his adopted mum or sacrifice his waifu. He understandably got pissed and railed agains the whole system, swearing to destroy it. Grette went "k" and monkey paw'd him, giving him the power to destroy the cycle, but trapping him on Bitterblack where the most he could do is be a nasty rash.
>>324293110
Okay thanks m8
>>324291860
games got nothing on gothic...
Any must have skills from the three starter classes that I should grab for hard mode?
>>324287058
Because most of the people who "like" Dragon's Dogma just wanna feel special for not playing Skyrim or Dark Souls. Just look at all the images and webms they post showing how much more ebin their favorite game is compared to those. It's pathetic..
>>324292435
>not looking up what shadowfort was beforehand.
I'm not gonna pretend that the quest wasn't hard as balls and that fighting through the hobgoblin forest at night wasn't hell, but when a ranking knight asks for your help escorting her to a place with a name like shadowfort you gotta know something is up.
Also
>not saving
You were just asking for it.that quest is actually loads of fun if you can deal with frustration. Trekking from area to area going through different terrain types fighting different varieties of enemies, having different routes you could take to get to your goal, ending in a hard as fuck bossfight, all of that was more than enough to make up for what a kick in the balls the difficulty was. It was easily more fulfilling than 90% of the story quests in any RPG I've played in the past 5 years. They probably shouldn't have given it to you so early though.
>Fighting metal golem as magic archer
>One of the medals is in a tree
>magic bow is useless against it
>both my ranger pawns never attack it despite me plinging away at the medal and spamming commands
>yet they still yell constantly to attack the medals despite not heeding their own fucking advice
>game won't let you just climb the fucking tree
Am I really going to have to change vocations after doing 90% of the fight because of this bullshit?
>>324293686
depends. what vocation are you aiming towards?
>>324294043
Mystic Knight.
so are the menus still clunky as shit or did anyone make a hotkey/weapon switching mod akin to Soul's inventory system?
Where does the pirated version save? I'm glad the official release and pirated saves are seperate (even though graphics options aren't for some reason)
But I want to play around with shit, without losing my save data for my offline game.
>>324288719
>accept escort quest at the very first town in the game
>have to deal with some bandits and lizardmen but overall it's not a big deal
>suddenly a Chimera
>kill Chimera
>all I gotta do next is walk through this forest to get to the fort ending the quest
>suddenly there's a fucking dragon
>>324293759
Anon. I like Skyrim and Dark Souls, but I like Dragon's Dogma too. So...WHAT AM I?
>>324293759
>Because most of the people who "like" Dragon's Dogma just wanna feel special for not playing Skyrim or Dark Souls.
[Citation needed]
>>324294479
A cutie pie.
>>324287863
It is pretty boring if you play it for more than two hours at a time. It works in really short bursts though
>>324294472
Seriously how do people read a name like "Shadowfort" and not realize they're gonna get their shit fucked if they don't prepare for the worst?
>>324290097
>Once you fight something once it is "oh fuck not shit again".
I imagine you must hate the souls series
>every time you go back to level up, all the enemies respawn
so you're constantly going "oh fuck not shit again"
>>324294801
Having played many games before full of places with names like Shadowfort that don't wreck our shit.
>>324294012
Metal Golems are 100% bullshit for any class other than Strider, Ranger, or Assassin.
Magic can't do shit on them and even with a springboard skill from a pawn, melee users can't reach some medals.
>>324294108
Not him but get Prescience from Fighter. That's the big one. It makes perfect blocking that much easier and that will save your ass so many times you don't know. Death's scythe is the only thing you CAN'T PB.
>>324294801
Most games don't throw dragons at escort quests in the first town. Not that I'm complaining that moment was really cool when it happened even if I got wrecked.
As a fighter what skills is good to kill bosses?
Dragon Maw is good for smaller enemies and for dodging but the damage agains larger enemies is low.
>>324295364
The Drake isn't even in the way though.
Especially if you take the shortcut.
You have to wander into the forest itself next to the Shadowfort to find it.
Follow the path and you'll never see it.
There is a big problem with the main plot
>Get heart stolen
>Go to encampment get Pawn and attacked by Hydra
>Go to Gran Soren
>Investigate rift entrance and run away
>Do Water God altar and the black guy's quest
>Meet the dragon death cult
>Meet the Dragonforged
>Meet the Duke
>Do Duke quests
>Go to fortress
>Watch Grigori kill Elysium
>Grigori boss fight
Pacing is very off and doesn't feel very connected. Like 75% is slow pointless filler then the last 25% is all about you vs Grigori.
Can you use a PS4 controller for this if I install DS4?
>need gold idol for a quest
>the only one obtainable is for completing symone's quest perfectly
>game doesn't hint this at all
Please say there is a spawn item cheat, I'd sooner get a refund than start a new save after 15 hours
>>324287996
Go there and see how far you get
>>324291141
Why do people keep comparing it to the Witcher 3? Wouldn't it be more accurate to compare it to The Witcher 2? Or would that not work because the Witcher would look bad in that comparison?
>>324283901
For 99% of the game all you really know is that you gotta kill a dragon for some reason and then at the end it goes DEEP the TRUTH on you.
You find out at the end.
>>324295675
Another anon who didn't do every single sidequest and complains
Don't rush through the game, you can play for AT LEAST 10 hours before you even fight the griffin,
>>324293759
god this really does feel like that. i bought dragon's dogma for pc but fell asleep during the opening. combat doesnt feel heavy enough, there isnt enough risk or punishment. its like someone at capcom watched from vididiti video and went "LOL WE COULD TOTALLY MAKE A MEMESOULS GAME".
then they proceeded to wage some copy and paste viral marketing scheme and create a user base that despertely wanted to be apart of the souls phenomenom but couldnt git good enough to actually play through it.
>mfw DDDA was successful on PC
>mfw we can get the MMO and DD2 now
>>324296064
>that helmet
That's one of the silliest looking things I've seen
>>324291141
I wasted 10s and a few brain cells skimming through that nonsense
That from RPS?
>>324296064
I'm 12 hours in and I'm at the 4 quests of Maximilian.
(I only finished the cave behind the waterfall)
>>324295737
You can just get a silver or bronze idol and still finish the quest.
>>324296245
I want the extra shop inventories
>The player peak keeps on rising
Interesting
I though this would flop
>>324296064
>who didn't do every single sidequest and complains
Yeah because MMO tier slay 45 rabbits quests are so dang fun.
I started as a mage, went m-knight for a while until the added weight on my 10-year-old arisen made travelling too tedious. I've been m-archer for a while now, but it's getting stale and I don't really feel like there's much left to unlock (lvl42, cleared the Gryphon/Trial/Catacombs-Skeleton-guy).
Is there any other vocation that's interesting and won't completely fuck me over against certain enemies?
>>324295737
>I'd sooner get a refund than start a new save after 15 hours
But Steam refunds are only good for 2 hours after purchase
>>324296349
This gave has been receiving years of unwarranted praise and constant shilling.
>>324296349
its the weekend you retard.
>>324296415
The "kill x" quests are rather stupid, but you totally can complete all the quests of that type by just playing normally for a few hours.
Just do your stuff and when you get across a rabbit outside, kill it.
>>324296064
I'm at fucking twenty and have no plans of fighting that griffen anytime soon.
A dragon attacked your village, ate your heart, called you a bitch in latin, and then flipped you the bird and flew away.
You're going to hunt that asshole down and take back your heart.
That's all you need to know for the first however many hours. Everything else is filler.
>>324296415
Bulletin board quests don't count you fucking nigger
I said sidequest not fetch quest
>>324296845
>these sidequests don't count because they prove my statement wrong
Not how it works you f*cking nigger.
>>324283901
The game is pretty generic until you kill the dragon. After that the lore and story go completely batshit insane.
>>324283901
Compared to FO4, that latest RPG I played, even DD's story feels captivating.
It sucks that you can't have conversations and all quests have a single outcome, but the comfy kind of makes up for it.
>>324295737
>Please say there is a spawn item cheat, I'd sooner get a refund than start a new save after 15 hours
Have the item forged by Mountebank and give away the real gold idol. You still get the 30% discount with a forgery in your inventory.
>>324296508
The only reason I even knew Dragon's Dogma existed is from threads on /v/. Though I never looked at any of them because I didn't own a PS3 so I had no interest in it. I bought it on a whim, and I've been having a fucking blast. I'd say whatever praise it received was likely well deserved. Put the time in to make your pawns a competent unit and you're guaranteed to enjoy it. All the little nuances of the AI really make for interesting gameplay at the very least. I've got a giant hulk sorcerer who will pick up and throw enemies when they get too close to him. Because hes so tall and muscular his endurance is higher than the rest of the party so I use him as a pack mule. Nothing beats muscle magic, anon. Nothing.
>>324296943
You can swear on 4chan anon.
>>324293952
>>324292435
why escort Mercedes for a crappy shield and some love points when you can escort Ser Berne (the pawn tutorial guy with a great sword), who is a far more competent fighter, and gives you the ultimate Great sword pre dragon
>>324283901
>"What the hell is going on, and why do I care?"
I enjoyed that about it.
The poignancy of it all.
Everything you do matters on a tremendous scale, so much that it all might as well not matter.
>>324296706
>in latin
Are you kidding me? I studied Latin but the pronunciation was so weird I was convinced it was a fake language. Anglos can't get Latin right if their life depended on it.
>>324297191
>who is a far more competent fighter
Escortees don't fight. Fuck's sake there's an Edmun escort quest and he literally just stands there and cowers when you get in a fight. This is the same guy who fires off a Dragon's Maw if you start shit with him.
>>324296706
my story so far
>be random villager of fishing hamlet
>dragon out of nowhere
>spend first 5 minutes climbing dragon
>eventually hit it
>it takes my heart, calls me a nigger and sticks his finger in his mouth
>wake up
>walk around bum fuck village
>"ayy oooyy nigga need some herbs and shit"]
>say fuck it and leave village
>random man with pedo bears shits out of the interdimensional warp and waves at me
>he's now walking along with me on my quest to...I have no idea
>get to another encampment
>find out who this nigga is
>fight ogre
fast forward
>after fighting piss easy minions then the next encounter over facing literal satans in the same body as previous minions end up in big city
>start doing side quests there
>buy a house
>wear shit armor
>find a dragon, it beats the shit out of me and I vow to ignore it until I'm a few missions away from last mission
>pieced together some sort of plot where I'm helping the duke hunt some crazy cultists and try to kill a dragon
>get given a stupid hat
>knight gives me access to all the roads I had access to previously
>QT duchess takes my hat
sometimes I just like a bit of structure to my plots you know?
>>324287996
You have it from the get go. But you won't get far at all. Play the game for a fair bit, keep it for end game, think of it as an endgame dungeon in an MMO.
>>324297226
I think Grigori doesn't speak nearly as much Latin as the others do.
>>324283901
I don't like the story or the running back and forth the empty open world with low stamina so it's really fucking slow.
But Bitterback isle is great so far. Still has pointless running back and forth with too little shortcuts, but the atmosphere is darker and the game just focuses on what it does best - exploring creepy dungeons, fighting big enemies and leveling up. Good stuff. Played the game as a sorcerer, but now I switched to Mystic Knight and I like it a lot. I am completely magic resistent too so I can just rush at mages and take them out.
>>324297339
oddly ser berne DOES fight, but rarely, he pretty much one shots everything in the way besides drake/ogres, and he can take a shitton of hits before dieing
an ogre grabbing him only took like 20% of his health
>>324296992
do any more missions show up after that, is the dragon's death a sort of mid game part or what?
also the game makes it feel like some epic battles is supposed to occur with all this recruiting for the anti-wyrm army, yet no big battles are occurring, let alone big armys
>>324296943
nobody ever counts message board style quests though. It's generally agreed upon that they only exist in the games they're in as a way to keep players from grinding the same mobs over and over if they want some extra exp or spending money
>>324293952
Man, I just carried her in my shoulders trough all the fighting, and run away like a bitch
>>324296943
Killing 30 goblins doesn't progress the story you mong
Helping your friend get to the cathedral or saving a witch from angry villagers does
Jesus christ how underage and/or 3rd world can one person be
>>324297537
Mercedes does too.
>Give agressive fighter pawn Undulant Black
>Have Font of Fire on myself
Fire for everyone
>>324297538
Dragon's death is kinda the end of the main story. There is then post game content, which can take quite a while and is mostly dungeon exploration with hard enemies.
Then you have the Bitterback isle >>324297508
No big army battles though. Only a few people fighting with giant creatures at best.
>>324296943
>f*cking nigger
>>324297761
not as strong as serberne
mercedes is not a fighter of any kind everyone fucking tells her that and she knows
>>324283901
I hate doing the sidequests, can I just dismiss them without missing anything important?
>>324292130
The repack from SEYTER is legit, i'm using it.
Just go with the most seeded one. TPB has a reputation system, if you see a Green/Purple skull next to the username it's likely a trusted uploader.
Do buy it though man. Playing and abusing other people's waifu pawns is fun, and for less than 30$, you're getting incredible value.
>>324297638
>>324297658
That doesn't matter she said ALL side quests not the ones that are actually worth while. You can't just claim you should do ALL AS IN ALLLLLLLL OF THEM NOT SOME OF THEM AND THEN DOUBLE BACK ON THE STATEMENT AFTER GETTING CALLED OUT YOU F*CKING NIGGERS! SCREW THIS THREAD AND YOUR DAMAGE CONTROLLING CRAP I'M DONE!
Installing now
Give me some basic things to do and avoid, /v/
>pioneer warrior pawn opens chest he found
>gimmick chest
>kills him instantly
>we can't damage the gimmick at all
>sorcerer loli pawn runs in with no fucks given and drags warrior outta there so I can revive
>she dies of petrification 30 seconds later
Rip hero loli
>>324297860
Yes. But sadly you will be underleveled and won't be able to do shit against Grigori.
Me and my pawn just reached rank 10 of our vocations, is it a waste to just stay at rank 10 without switching vocations? Or should I switch to something else to get more skills?
What happens exactly in the endingwhen your character kill himself?
What will happen when the next arisen arrives?
Will the throne be empty?
>>324297865
If it's good I'll buy it. It wouldn't be the first time I pirated before I bought. People said the demo wasn't good, and wasn't indicative of the game, so this is my only other option as a smart consumer.
>>324297939
>do
Kill baddies
>don't
Get killed by baddies
>>324297939
don;'t purposefully follow the fetch/ kill quests as you'll waste time and they will complet eon their own
don't rush the main story, make sure to check back on previous NPC's/ towns as quests can and will pop up as the game continues
>>324297939
avoid rushing the main quest, some side quests will be gone
>>324283901
>"What the hell is going on, and why do I care?"
uh, I lost my heart to a dragon, so I'm gonna go get it back
>>324283901
don't even think about the plot, it's just crap, just have fun killing stuff and exploring
>>324297860
You get most of your gold and XP from them. I usually just accept as many of the "kill X" quests as possible because they'll gradually clear on their own while I'm running around the world doing other things. By the time I finish one quest that involves more than that I'll end up clearing like five of those along the way.
>>324297929
>getting this mad on the internet
haahahahahaha
So, I heard magic is the real kicker in combat in this game. Is It true?
>>324298108
Why bother though? I'm still alive and perfectly fine seemingly... so let's go and potentially die! Wut
>>324297658
Not him, but just because those quests are optional it doesn't make them fun, and they're necessary for character progression so you can't skip them altogether.
People shat on TW3's notice boards even though most side quests had story and shitloads of conversation to them, this is way worse than that.
>>324298042
Look up the augments for each vocation. You might want to aim for some of them depending on what you're going for.
>>324298062
That I don't know. Its a little unclear as to why the world persists as it does. They tell you that it is this way, and why that position exists, but it sounds pretty self fulfilling. Like if there wasn't a seneschal there wouldn't be any need for this endless cycle.
>>324298359
The spells basic mages get aren't very useful, sorcerers get a bunch of super flashy and powerful spells.
Though mages can magically enchant your party's weapons to add elemental damage which is super handy.
>>324296064
I've just started the griffin quest at about 13 hours in, and thats mostly because I played the game before so I know a bit on how to optimize my time.
>>324296416
What are you even putting on your dude when you were m-knight? I have a hobbitish arisen and my normal m-knight gear leaves me around at least 5 weight to play around with(about 15-17 weight). I mean granted thats not a lot, but thats why I have amazon/meatshield/packmule pawn to carry stuff I don't need. Also have you joined the group of m-archers whos solution for every enemy is to light themselves on fire and hump it to death? Its silly but effective and an oddly nice change of pace from the usual playstyle. Honestly M.knight/archer is pretty good at dealing with most anything the game throws at you. As for your question why not give assassin a go? Damage, Range, counters, climb-exclusive skill, and his passives are great once you want to go pawnless or speedrun
>>324298062No if you do the finale offline your previous arisen/pawn will act as the seneschal/pawn, otherwise you fight some random person's pair
>>324298421
it's from the same devs as monster hunter, as their renowned for making filler quests
what did you expect?
>>324297394
>buy a house
???
>>324296415
The "kill x amount of [thing]" quests should be done by killing the stuff on your way to do non-fetch quests.
You'll get enough kills of enemies anyways so there is no point in hunting.
Animals can get annoying but just slay the ones you see on your way and don't give those quests more attention than that
>>324298396
Ostensibly that heart makes you human.
You are an arisen, technically an undead being powered by indomitable will and fate. Ideally you'd want to be human again.
Tips for Fighter/Warrior in BBI?
Can't beat Dark Bishop,i'm having a lot of troube with others enemies too.
>>324297191
When does the Ser Berne Escortquest unlock again?
>>324298593
happens if you postpone the eviction notice side quest, the tenant gets pissed you haven't evicted the family yet and offers you the house for 80k.
I think the family still lives there, and I'm not sure where the house is, or whether you can crash there
>>324297939
You probably shouldn't climb monsters in small spaces near edges. I climbed an ogre and the stupid fuck freaked out over seeing the loli mage pawn I had with me. He charged off the edge and we fell like 6 stories. Pretty sure the only reason I lived is I was on his face and he landed on his back
Best boss fight in the game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CQgVrM6eco
>>324299024
before you do the quest to retake shadow fort, and you have to have given ser berne something as a gift
Quick question, for best graphics
max everything, disable fxaa and depth of field?
>>324298969
Get a pawn from the rift to carry you through the easy parts.
Then uncurse some stuff to get really OP endgame item and repeat until you dont need said pawn.
>do a dungeon full of monster X
>back to the inn, rop that loot, learn skills etd.
>check out board
>kill fuckton of monster X quest
>have to take recruits to the castle taken over by goblins.
>meet them outside gran soren.
>they are being attacked by goblins
>helping them when, suddenly, a griffon attacks and kills all the reinforcements
Is that supposed to happen? Either way, 10/10 timing
Man playing with the KB/M feels so fucking weird to me, but only after playing with it for a little bit I find myself missing the hotkeys when I'm using my controller.
>>324298969
I just came off the game after getting fucked by him, I have a ranger and a sorcerer pawn but they'd rather do fuck all than shoot him.
Favorite pre-grigori armor sets, newfriends?
I rocked the Chimeric half plate for quite a while.
>'Hey man some dude need you help all the way there'
>'Help them kk ?'
>I can see the fort's door
>Suddenly a fucking dragon blaze down the sky right on me
I TP'd the fuck out of that instantly.
>>324299596
Tried using ranger pawns but never worked very well.
My main pawn is a sorcerer and she's pretty much doing all the damage.
But ya she does shit rarely so i just survive for a shiton of time until she decides to cast a spell.
>>324283901
Dragon fucking took my heart. I don't need to care about the world or characters ro want revenge on that fucker. Also Mercedes is perfect
>>324299890
That's a weird way to spell Quina.
is anyone else not able to summon/see some of there friends pawns?
>>324299890
Not to mention he just fucked up your home town on a whim. I think pretty much anyone would be pissed after that what happened.
>>324299651
reposting my dank pawn and arisen for the umpteenth time
>when your pawn looks better then you
>>324300164
>>>upgraded version
>>324291141
Did some 13 year old write this for a school paper or something?
>>324299576
Not sure if I'll ever get used to the lack of a target lock. Played fighter for 5-6 hours and I'm still missing quite a few times.
>>324300292
Hero's surcoat is pretty stylish.
>>324300430
I'm trying to look for dank kite shields and helmets as well as better knight gear that isn't too bulky
just met the duke and I'm pre gregori so item options are pretty empty right now
>>324296415
Those are training quests, mate. Not meant as a main objective, but more of a bonus for when you're killing enemies around the world.
It's actually pretty smart, now that I think about it, it creates a non-intrusive way of bettering your character.
>all these awesome shit in art book
>there will be never another DLC
>>324300090
Well there actually is a reason for that but nobody cares about the story in this game.
>>324283901
The last third of the story is pretty neat.
Was Direwolf cloak in the original game? Don't remember using it on 360.
>>324300973
Yeah.
>>324300812
Well I mean you literally dont find out about that until during the fight. The story just comes flooding at you after that point.
want to play a magic archer whats the best way to min max them?
>on the way to bluemoon tower
>night time
>strider
>direwolves for days
pain in the ass to fight as strider
Is there a way to tell how much more experience or whatever I need to rank up my vocation? I'm sitting here as a level 25 Strider, sick of it and wanting to play something else, but I'm one rank away from the maximum and getting the final augments.
>>324301175
Assassin and sorc levels. You'll be kinda squishy with those, so if you wanna put some fighter in there for the defense you could do that. The first two are all about the damage.
>>324301175
Sorcerer for 90 levels
>>324300973
It was there.
>>324301248
>cutting wind
>helm splitter
Bring a fire enchantment of some kind to make it even easier
>>324300973
Yes, also the other one.
DD is one of those games were there is always a new item to discover, like this hammer that i found while fucking around the Cursed Woods
>>324301275
I'm pretty sure you can see it in the status menu.
>>324300010
>BLACKED
Question:
Does the PC version have any new content? New armour or hair/beard styles? Anything like that?
>>324291141
>implying Skyrim is better than Risen
>>324296064
Blonde Quina's got some pretty ridiculous tits looking closely at them. And she's wearing freaking leather armor.
>>324283901
>Have you figured out how to overcome the sense of.... "What the hell is going on, and why do I care?"
Yes, four years ago :^)
>>324301363
You should work some Ranger in there for stamina gains to spam abilities longer.
I'm completely stuck at Grigori
He's depleted my party's healing wares and if I reload my only save I'm still put back into the middle of the fight
>>324301576nude mods.
>>324299121
>before you do the quest to retake shadow fort
Fuck that was the first thing I did in the Wyrmhunt
