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Welp, I'm fighting the dragon. I don't think I am ready. It has so many life bars. Also I am using a fire sword and almost all fire spells and stuff and now it throws enemies strong against fire at me for the first time.
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Speaking of Ogres, gently caress OGRES. When they enrage they completely ignore the 3 melee pawns whaling on them and lunge a million miles in an instant to punch my mage in the face for 75% of my health.
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May 28, 2012 08:51
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Ciaphas posted:I'm starting to get immensely frustrated here. How the hell am I supposed to tell if Bandit Group A is fish food and Bandit Group B is going to be more difficult to fight than a sodding ogre? I mean I know the DS comparisons are getting old by now but at least DS's enemies weren't sodding palette swaps. If it helps, the crazy insane ones early on are almost always carrying a sword and shield, and there's rarely mor than one or two in a group. They're really easy to deal with once you can reliably knock them down, by the way.
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May 28, 2012 08:52
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Sindai posted:Speaking of Ogres, gently caress OGRES. When they enrage they completely ignore the 3 melee pawns whaling on them and lunge a million miles in an instant to punch my mage in the face for 75% of my health. Are you a female character with all male pawns, by chance?
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May 28, 2012 08:54
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I should have preemptively pointed out that this is with an all-female party too.
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May 28, 2012 08:55
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Miijhal posted:Magick Archers are pretty great. It's what I've made my character, and it's worth noting that a lot of the magic-based dagger skills have no charge time. The bow lets you hit enemies from as far away as you can see them, enough so that the enemies sometimes don't seem to be able to tell what the hell happened. I've somehow managed to make a harpy fall off a cliff doing that. Grand Scension is a funny skill. The charge-up time sucks, but once it's deployed you end up with a rolling ball of holy energy that juggles anything in its path. I don't know why, but the lock-on sound of Hunter Bolt is such a delight.
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May 28, 2012 08:57
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-Blackadder- posted:If I remember correctly he was a blond haired kid I came across walking around near the inn when I went back to Casardis, he said something about his dad who is a gardener at Gran Soren going missing and asked if I would go there an investigate. I'm pretty sure it's just an old low level quest I missed early on. drat it, I just did that quest with Symone and she talked to that kid here in Gran Soren. Why does this game hide so many side quests?!
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May 28, 2012 09:04
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The sorcerer augment that reduces stamina use for "magical weapon skills" just means spells right? I don't want to drop 6k DP on it and find out it just means the core skills or something.
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May 28, 2012 09:10
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Sexual Aluminum posted:What actually does more damage, a mace with for example 250 str and 250 magic, and is always on fire, or a mace with 400 str? Depends on whether you are smashing peoples face in or putting so many sigils and cannons on top of each other that swinging it makes the xbox 360 version turn into a slide show of strobing lights and monsters dieing.
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May 28, 2012 09:12
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Just got my first kill on the Ur Dragon. Fifth Generation one on 360. Took forever, but the full set of Abyssal armor, dragonforged my equipment and the top of the line Sorcerer and Mage Staves and the daggers I got made it so, so worth while. Sadly, I am a Mystic Knight. I can't use anything and I put the Abyssal stuff on my fighter pawn, she looks much better in it than my guy does. Also got the Saint George Mask. Next idea for killing Ur Dragon... leveling up Assassin, taking the two solo buffs and dropping all the pawns for maximum, ride the dragon the entire fight damage.
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May 28, 2012 09:19
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How do I get more port crystals? Just hit the end game and want to litter the land with them.
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May 28, 2012 09:23
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All the sorcerer augments work for magic archers right? Don't want to go max rank sorcerer and spend loads of discipline points if I don't need to. For people who aren't running with a fighter or are a mystic knight, how well does it work? I can't do it yet since I'm using 2 sorcerers and a mage but I'm getting a bit bored of my party composition.
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May 28, 2012 09:30
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Myriad posted:How do I get more port crystals? Just hit the end game and want to litter the land with them. Buy them at The Black Cat. 200k each
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May 28, 2012 09:31
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Whoever's pawn Garfunkel is, please don't ever change her Holy enchantment. The little glowy balls of heat-seeking death they turn my sorcerer's quick attack into is too loving good. Also my group is Bebop, Rocksteady, and Garfunkel which is totally a show that I would watch.
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Sexual Aluminum posted:What actually does more damage, a mace with for example 250 str and 250 magic, and is always on fire, or a mace with 400 str? I've found higher strength ends up being higher damage. Of course if the enemy you're attacking is weak versus fire, it probably does more.
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May 28, 2012 09:52
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I find it interesting how some decisions can lock you out of a whole bunch of quests, at first that annoyed me, but now i just see it as another incentive to do NG+. The time sensitive lock-outs make sense though, especially the one dealing with the immediate aftermath of the dragon attack at the beginning. Question: What's the easiest way to get to witchwood?
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May 28, 2012 09:56
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Polite Tim posted:Question: What's the easiest way to get to witchwood? If you're a mage/sorcerer then you can run at the sloped wall below the Witchwood exit right by Cassardis, then levitate to the ledge enough to cling onto it and climb up, which brings you to right outside the witch's hut.
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May 28, 2012 10:01
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I'm going to become a Ranger soon but I do sort of like being able to run up in melee and beat the poo poo out of things Freighter has knocked over, since the sometimes low frame rates make it hard to aim. How much weaker is Ranger in melee than Strider? It seems like it would be the exact same since dagger core skills/active skills carry over, but that wouldn't make sense since it would then be objectively better than Strider, what with having a better ranged weapon and all. Also, is there anything from Strider I would really want as Ranger or maybe a future Magick Archer past vocation rank 5? I got that far so I could get the dodge roll and double jump, which are obviously pretty critical to survival as a shieldless vocation, but is there anything as major as those two later on or should I just switch to Ranger now?
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May 28, 2012 10:21
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Just went from Strider -> Assassin -> Strider -> Magic Bow I feel like this is going to be awesome. I rarely use any dagger skills other than Hundred/Thousand Kisses, so I don't feel like I'll be missing out on much, although pickpocketing was awesome. I also did love the Assasin's Sniper skill, but it sounds like the Magic Bow can lock on to something from just as far away. I do, really badly need another Argence, so I can make my Silk Lingerie into three star. Or, I could just man up and fight the Drake and see if I can't get it 4-starred. However, I'm not sure if I can force my male character to wear it. VulgarandStupid fucked around with this message at 10:33 on May 28, 2012 |
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May 28, 2012 10:30
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I would suggest doing some Sorceror stuff to bolster your magic damage before going magic archer. I bought the Premium Ring and Premium Earring. Much to my amusement, both sell for 0 Gold, while costing 4.5 million RC together.
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May 28, 2012 10:32
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Man, had an amazing time playing last night. Wandering aimlessly around the coast west of the Witchwood... walked into an encampment of Hobgoblins with a Cyclops backing them up. ...escaping from there, I found myself in goddamn HELLFIRE GROVE... ...running from the Drake, I ended up in a 30-minute nighttime fight against a Chimera... and about a dozen Saurians who decided to join in the fun. I went though every single healing item in my inventory. My Pawns must've been killed a dozen times each. I fell under 100hp again and again. gently caress, even after fighting the one in the Demo, this guy was loving terrifying. I couldn't see him at all, just hear his growls in the darkness. He finally dropped as the sun was rising. I can't remember the last time a game gave me that feeling. Then I went and ran the Old Quarry. Wish I'd known that Ogres can be killed instantly with a couple of explosive barrels. Spending 10 minutes each fighting them in a cramped hallway is not my definition of fun.
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May 28, 2012 10:38
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Hatter106 posted:Man, had an amazing time playing last night. Wandering aimlessly around the coast west of the Witchwood... walked into an encampment of Hobgoblins with a Cyclops backing them up. You described nearly my exact sequence of play last night, but in reverse. I love this game.
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May 28, 2012 10:40
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God I can't wait for a thorough quest guide for this game. Having quests cancel/fail because you completed another, seemingly unrelated quest that just happened to move the plot past some arbitrary point (despite there not being any cutscene or anything) is pretty annoying.
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May 28, 2012 10:45
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Sindai posted:What quest sends you into the Old Quarry? The questgiver is right outside of it, iirc.
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^^^ Right outside the east (Gran Soren) side. VDay posted:Whoever's pawn Garfunkel is, please don't ever change her Holy enchantment. The little glowy balls of heat-seeking death they turn my sorcerer's quick attack into is too loving good. Also my group is Bebop, Rocksteady, and Garfunkel which is totally a show that I would watch. Apologies to anyone that invites me to Live parties. Dog destroyed my headset so I always decline.
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I finally unlocked the vendor with the Berserk armour, and while I really want it, I'm trying to decide whether it's worth all that money... the weapons, at least, seem powerful enough to justify it.
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Myriad posted:Does handing in the 20 wakestone quest start ng+? It starts the final confrontation. If you want to learn how to start new game+ here is a hint. Use the blade.
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Nelson Mandingo posted:It starts the final confrontation.
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Myriad posted:Will I be able to come back and keep doing postgame stuff after that? I want to mess around a little here before starting again. No.
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Kaldaris posted:Question-- Apologies for digging out an old question, but: Absolutely amazing for stocking up on healing items and getting the occasional nice surprise. Roll with two fighter/warrior pawns (and a Mage for support), and use ensnare to pull down your target. 9 times out of 10, one of your heavies will grab them and then you can just go nuts. I have stone moss potions and resistance rings out the arse now as a result (and since the latter sell quite well, it's an easy cash supplement as well). Sometimes you can find quite nice items, even from random enemies - like equipment, or in once case a banker's periapt. It helps if your support Mage has the blindness inducing spell, too.
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Eddain posted:So the trick to getting the Golden Idol seems to be achieving the perfect result. Yeah, that's what I loving figured. I accidentally pressed X near the Command Chair when she was in the inn. She bugged out about halfway through the questions and popped inside my character model running around and around in a circle. When my pawn stopped talking, Symone asked if I had tried to ditch her. Of course it loving saves before you receive your give so it was already too late once I received my golden egg. So I'm locked out of the best weapons of the game now? Love it when they make quests inscrutable as gently caress. 
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Gherkin Jerkin posted:Yeah, that's what I loving figured. I accidentally pressed X near the Command Chair when she was in the inn. She bugged out about halfway through the questions and popped inside my character model running around and around in a circle. When my pawn stopped talking, Symone asked if I had tried to ditch her. Of course it loving saves before you receive your give so it was already too late once I received my golden egg. So I'm locked out of the best weapons of the game now? Love it when they make quests inscrutable as gently caress. This game has a weird save system. I thought I was hosed too since it saved right after finishing the quest, but if you had gone to the menu and picked the "reload last checkpoint" option you would've been sent back to your last inn save I believe.
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Haha, that Ogre in the Everfall or whateve it's called. Goddamn that fight is funny. All female party; me, a Fighter, my main, a Stider and two mages for support. My main latched onto it's head a short ways into the fight. The Ogre knocks her off into a corner and knocks her out by smashing into her over and over. I shield summon to get it's attention, it turns and charges at me. I broad slash to the side, slice open it's face as it passes and narrowly avoiding being crushed by it and it sails staight past me over the lip of the stairs and plummets three or so floors to it's death. Beautiful.
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randombattle posted:Man I dunno why anyone would not kill that guy. The longer I sat there listening to him grovel for his life just made me want to kill him. He sits there going on and on about how he was just doing it for the kicks and will continue once you let him go but it's ok because Salvation will only let the dragon kill the bad people so it's ok. Dude is bad through and through. Catacombs spoilers I didn't kill him. I typically don't kill defenseless dudes in RPGs if I don't have to. It's like a "worthy opponent" kind of thing for me. That said, I'm not seeing any benefit from sparing him. He did come across in the catacombs later on and basically said "woah the dude controlling the skeletons is hella crazy you better go kill him" and ran. Is the Mason's hitsquad thing mentioned related to the dudes who like to say stuff like "I am the one who climbs the cows." or is that a story thing?
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I just completed the Ancient Quarry entirely backwards. The dungeon design doesn't make a whole lot of sense when you come in the back. 
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I really like how u can do things backwards and still get poo poo done in this game. I am pretty sure once I get to NG+ im going to try to rush NG++ by sequence breaking.
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So, out of curiosity before I pick this up, how feasible is it to solo the game? I feel like being a gigantic git, and running through it with a solo Fighter/Warrior. Is it possible, or am I better off abandoning the idea before I get in too deep?
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