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

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Nahxela: Oct 11, 2008; Execution

I just picked up the game :woop:

Time to play the gently caress out of this, and my finals finished this past Friday, so that means I don't have to give a poo poo about anything~

PSN ID is Nahxela if any Dragma Goons want to buddy buddy.

# ¿ May 22, 2012 05:10

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# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 17:31

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Samurai Sanders posted:

Is there some pre-established format for that? And I can't say my Bowie is perfect yet, I'm always working more on him. None of the makeup choices are nearly wild enough for him.

Also is there a way to take screenshots in the demo?

You can just input the numbers on the scales for the different features and people can figure stuff out.

I have no idea how to import my demo dudes. Send help.

Nahxela fucked around with this message at 05:35 on May 22, 2012

# ¿ May 22, 2012 05:33

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Arthil posted:

It's a Strider skill, I believe?

Brackhar posted:

Is there a dodge button I'm missing? I want to play a melee Strider, but if there isn't a dodge of some kind...

It's a dagger skill and it requires you to be like level five vocation or something, at the cost of ~1,300 or 1,400 DP. It doesn't immediately unlock.

# ¿ May 22, 2012 13:02

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iastudent posted:

Does anyone know if the augments from mage/sorcerer for increasing magick damage also apply to the magick shield skills for Mystic Knight?

E: On second thought, considering my playstyle with Mystic Knight, I might switch back to my starting vocation of fighter for a little bit.

Man, you don't need that. The window for parrying isn't that bad.

# ¿ May 22, 2012 13:25

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bear is driving! posted:

What determines what kind of armor you can wear? I'd like to play a Mystic Knight but I don't want to be stuck in robes. I'm envisioning myself as Sauron, all plated up with a mace blasting fools with magic.

With every piece of equipment, there's a grid of icons that represent the different classes. I don't remember all of them yet, but the ones that are highlighted denote which classes can wear what thing.

# ¿ May 22, 2012 15:34

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The other day, I killed a Drake as a Magick Archer and my Magician's Crutch seemed to upgrade itself to a red plus icon, as opposed to the three stars you'd normally see for a fully enhanced weapon. Does anyone know what that means?

edit: Nevermind, Gyoru let me know, if you guys are curious:

[08:49] <@GyoruSPY> red + means the item is dragon forged
[08:49] <@GyoruSPY> it's the 4th and final equipment level
[08:50] <@GyoruSPY> there's like a 20-30% chance that a random equipped item will be tempered to dragon forged when you kill a draconic enemy like a drake
[08:50] <@GyoruSPY> killing the final boss of the main game will dragon forge everything you have equipped

Nahxela fucked around with this message at 13:54 on May 24, 2012

# ¿ May 24, 2012 13:47

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Killsion posted:

So I've got a quest for Kept Sour Ambrosial Meat. What the hell drops Ambrosial Meat? Every time I find some it is already Rotten too.

Griffins can drop Ambrosial meat.

Dogbutt posted:

So how exactly do you make fake things? I wanna see how far I can go with the power of trickery.

There's an alleyway in some corner of Gran Soren with the Forgery Shop. It's called the Black Cat.

# ¿ May 24, 2012 19:12

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Scott Bakula posted:

For the wakestone quest I've got 2 fragments that stack and found a third that doesn't in a chest in a room in grand soren. Is it a forgery? Where can I get a 3rd piece?

If it doesn't stack, it's a forgery. Its description should also note that it's a forgery. As for where to get another shard, uh, good luck.

# ¿ May 26, 2012 09:18

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Scott Bakula posted:

I'm only using 2 augments on my magic archer, both extend stamina, from magic archer and strider. My main pawn has hardly any as well since she's only ever been a mage and they haven't seemed that good. Are there good sorceror ones I should swap to for a while? I've unlocked assassin but those augments didn't seem great outside of playing an assassin. Should I unlock ranger and get some from there?

She has a really nice healing spell set now though I have been running with fighter/sorceror/mage/me for a while.

The better augments tend to unlock at the later vocation ranks. Sorceror has some really great augments for magic classes. For instance, there's an augment that greatly increases magic attack, an augment that increases cast speed, an augment that helps reduce interruption during casting, and an augment that reduces stamina consumption from spell casting.

If you do swap her out, you can always hire a mage pawn for healing duties. Ranger has some interesting utility skills, like increasing your lantern's radius of illumination, but play around with it out of your own interest. I played around with it, thought it was kind of boring, but I know other people liked it.

# ¿ May 26, 2012 20:15

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rzal posted:

Sorcerer's can't heal.

Comrade Flynn posted:

Is there any reason to not switch from mage to sorcerer ASAP?

The main difference is lack of healing, but I don't think that's that big of a deal. Damage output is a lot cooler and you can carry around plenty of items.

# ¿ May 26, 2012 20:23

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Magic Archer is probably my most enjoyed class. It has a lot of versatility and utility. The only issue I have with it is the magic damage output, but I'm currently a sorceror, leveling up and getting augments to help buff my magic. Also started as a strider and did some ranger stuff, so I probably didn't have the best starting magic growth.

# ¿ May 26, 2012 20:30

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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.

# ¿ May 28, 2012 10:32

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Does the Wyvern respawn? I've been in postgame for awhile, and I killed it before taking on the notice board quest. Haven't seen it come back ever.

# ¿ May 28, 2012 20:52

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a foolish pianist posted:

I did the babysitting quest and lost the footrace, but all I got was a golden egg. Can I get the idol some other way?

Nope. Better reload.

Scott Bakula posted:

Does it matter who I turn the silver idol over to?

Caxton gives better stuff. I would give it to him. Also, you should forge it and hang onto the forgery because it maintains a discount you get from having the idol. This applies to each of the idols.

# ¿ May 30, 2012 20:45

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Honest Thief posted:

Confusion about Discipline points, do I get them by leveling up or ranking up?
Where the heck can I buy hair dyes?

After a bit of story, there'll eventually be a Pawn who shows up by the riftstone in the Encampment named Jonathan. He sells the aesthetic things for rift crystals, including an infinite editor during post game.

The Cheshire Cat posted:

Since all your other items carry over, I'd imagine that the remodel stuff does too (even if it doesn't actually hang out in your inventory).

Someone earlier said that portcrystals get dumped back into your storage but I'm pretty sure that the one portcrystal I placed on my first game is still there in my NG+.

Yep, port crystals stay out there.

# ¿ May 31, 2012 10:55

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Moldy Taxes posted:

So can you ferrystone out to your port crystals as soon as you've selected your class? Or do you need to reach Gran Soren again first?

Unfortunately, you still need to reach Gran Soren first.

# ¿ May 31, 2012 11:13

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Scott Bakula posted:

What counts as Gryphon bait? The quest wasn't exactly full of ideas

Just a dead monster corpse, apparently. I grabbed a dead spider from a nearby bush and the griffon came flying down.

blowingupcasinos posted:

I am a champion of justice so I made sure Fournival went to jail. Can someone forge a Golden Idol for me? :winkwink: PSN: anothergod

Just an FYI, turning in a forged idol to the merchants will not give you the added inventory. It just completes the quest. You can still hang onto it for the discount, though.

# ¿ May 31, 2012 20:33

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I think you can only give one idol per run. Rest in peace.
You can give a different idol to Madeleine and hope for the best?

# ¿ May 31, 2012 23:31

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Welp. I think I broke the Nameless Ones/Beware of Ambush quest.
At the encounter by the Waycastle, there was a person trapped in a cage, surrounded by some harpies. The encounter for the quest started, too, but I killed all the harpies first and got the rescue cutscene, then the encounter never really happened. I also ran into the Encampment one, but the sun rose and I don't think I killed all the appropriate bandits, but the music stopped. Did the other two and went to Cassardis, no Zero, went back to each of the spots and nothing happened. Hopefully this gets remedied by quitting the game or something, I don't want to go to NG++ to get that trophy :sigh:

# ¿ Jun 1, 2012 09:07

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Falcon2001 posted:

So, I've been playing Mystic Knight, because Warrior not having six special abilities is super bullshit, but I can't see how any other class could be better than MK. Having party buffs, awesome shield abilities (Riposte is amazing for most stuff that isn't a grab), and fairly decent damage makes me wonder why I would bother with something else.

What do you do against Metal Golems?

Blunt Force Trauma posted:

So why does every cyclops I kill drop two misshapen eyes?

An eye for an eye. :rimshot:

# ¿ Jun 1, 2012 11:27

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Tufty posted:

So I'm playing through the game again and I just realised something

Ending/Duke/Arousing Suspicions spoilers: When the duke starts choking Aelinore, his new wife, he's shouting stuff like "LENORE, I'M SORRY! I TAKE IT BACK! LENORE MY LOVE I'M SORRY! I'M SORRY!" and I didn't realise what was going on the first time since Lenore and Aelinore are pretty close names and I thought he was just using her name. But it's actually a reference to the fact that the duke took the dragon's bargain and had his loved one die so he could be duke and now he's a bit batty and choking his new wife, Aelinore, because he regrets letting the dragon kill his old love, Lenore.

I thought it was pretty cool

Should also point out that when you kill Drake/similar guys, they say (post-game spoilers coming up) "The seat of God lies beyond."
Also, when you first enter Gran Soren, your pawn(s) occasionally say things like The Duke beat the dragon and got all the glory. Thing is, nobody really knows how the hell he managed to do it.

# ¿ Jun 1, 2012 19:46

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Scott Bakula posted:

I've been given windbluff tower key. Where is it/whats it for?

There's a locked door in Windbluff. It has some chests in it.

# ¿ Jun 1, 2012 22:46

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Lotish posted:

In the bandit den on the way to Bluemoon Tower, there are some underground chest blocked by locked gates. Do those gates require skeleton keys every time you visit them, or only when you unlock them the first time?

God it'd be nice if the skeleton key was infinite use like in Dark Souls.

Pretty sure you need skeleton keys everytime.
To be fair, the chests do respawn their loot.

# ¿ Jun 1, 2012 22:51

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Scott Bakula posted:

Where is windbluff?

I wish there was a newgame+ where I Could start again but with port stones. I'm not even at postgame yet after 30 hours but I'm sick of running through the loving canyon

It's that little fort that's north of Gran Soren.
In NG+ you can buy Port Crystals for 200k each at Black Cat. I think you can only set up 9, though.

# ¿ Jun 1, 2012 23:04

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Schubalts posted:

I forgot, does forged equipment still provide the original's stats? Like, a forged armor with 50 defense will still provide that 50 defense? I found a robe that I doubt I'll see another copy for a long time.

Can you forge equipment? I'm inclined to say that you can't.

# ¿ Jun 1, 2012 23:46

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Samurai Sanders posted:

What on earth can warriors even do to a hydra, other than climb one of its necks and hit it pointlessly with the butt of their sword? I'm drawing a complete blank here. I have never felt this impotent in the game yet.

Aside from climbing, you can try to bait the heads to strike you and swing at them, but I imagine that's a gamble. Climbing might be better.

# ¿ Jun 2, 2012 07:16

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Samurai Sanders posted:

Without having advanced movement options from the other melee classes, or a shield, that is easier said than done. And again what good is climbing if I can't actually use the blade of my sword on them?

It's good in comparison to doing nothing :v:

You can try it in good old Monster Hunter fashion. Stay sheathed, run around, wait for an opportunity, unsheathe attack and hope for the best.

# ¿ Jun 2, 2012 07:20

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Magic Archer is definitely the class I enjoy playing the most. However, its stat growth is pretty underwhelming, so I would definitely recommend getting some time in as a Sorceror before going to Magic Archer. One for getting better Magic Attack growth, and two for getting those augments that help Magic Casters. I initially went Strider to Magic Archer and always noted how my bow skills did rather meager damage.

# ¿ Jun 2, 2012 19:37

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RBA Starblade posted:

If I go Magick Archer from Strider, will I be at a disadvantage due to lack of magic stats, or should it not be a problem? I'm thinking its going to be that or Assassin now.

There's nothing wrong with doing that, it's just that your bow skills will be kind of mediocre on the damage side. Still fun to play as.

VDay posted:

Does anyone know how long it takes Reynard to move or what his route is for which camps he visits? Search party is the last optional quest I have left before I go and fight the dragon but the dude's disappeared on me and I can't find him anywhere.

If you set that quest as your primary quest, it should highlight his location on the map. I had a slight issue with that when he was in Cassardis. I went to find him, but as I entered, he was leaving. His mark was still on Cassardis, but I had to sleep a couple of days before he showed up in the village.

# ¿ Jun 2, 2012 21:20

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Scott Bakula posted:

The explosive rivet spell is insane. They burn for ages so you can easily fire 15-18 onto a monster then just watch the massive explosion. Small enemies go flying as well. Its a lot of fun but works best with melee characters to hit the rivets to blow them up

Isn't there a limit of three uses (something like 2-3 rivets per use) before the previous ones start disappearing?

VDay posted:

He doesn't have a marker on him for me. I'm at the stage between giving him the second and third item so the quest just says "Don't leave him waiting" right now.

Oh. I might've been using Trials and Tribulations for that, then. I know his primary locations are Cassardis by the Inn, Gran Soren around the fountain, and one of the tents in the camp next to the quarry. If you haven't poked around each of them, you can try that.

# ¿ Jun 2, 2012 22:12

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Schubalts posted:

Can't you also double jump right before breaking your knees?

No. Double jumping, levitating, skyward slash, etc does not work

# ¿ Jun 2, 2012 22:18

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A BLACK PRESIDENT posted:

I purposely gave Mercedes a whole shitload of Cloudwine, and I ended up with Madeleine.

And then in the final, final final cutscene, when you wash up on the beach, I got Selene. Which really makes me wonder what my pawn was doing.

Selene, obviously.

# ¿ Jun 2, 2012 22:49

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jimcunningham posted:

Anyone else buy themonster hunter dlc? It sucks. Level 3 upgrades are 160k~.

Get to Late/Post Game and come back and tell me how much the upgrades cost :v:

# ¿ Jun 2, 2012 23:11

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CheechLizard posted:

an all night wolf siege

Wolves hunt in packs.

# ¿ Jun 2, 2012 23:28

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blowingupcasinos posted:

So if I have this right: Everfall is like a boss rush? It feels like Vindictus... haha...

Sort of. Except you can leave whenever you want. And choose whatever rooms to visit. It's a thing with a bunch of rooms with lots of enemies to kill and plenty of loot.

# ¿ Jun 3, 2012 05:20

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a kitten posted:

Forging sucks, they notice and while it does complete the quest you don't get any new store items.

Madeleine's shop has more mage-y and more female only clothing: I gave her silver (I lost my chance at the gold by beating a little kid in a footrace like a jerk) During the course of the game she will be forced to flee the city and you lose her shop 'til the post-game. Which sucks. So, she has good stuff, but buy it as soon as you can.

Regular shop has more of the melee fighter type gear. I'm not sure exactly what, since that's who I gave the forgery to.

The purpose of the forgeries is to maintain the discount they give. Don't give the forgeries away for the quest.

Moldy Taxes posted:

You don't have to grab a ledge in the Everfall. If you just fall onto the platform, you'll take a little bit of damage, but you'll also skip that cutscene of you grabbing the ledge and pulling yourself up. Great if your game is in the middle of saving while you're falling, since you won't have to wait for that to finish before the cutscene starts.

You can press start to skip that cutscene, but it still shows the beginning of it.

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# ¿ Jun 3, 2012 06:23

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Uncle Wemus posted:

There a good way to make money early on? Im just trying to get me and my pawn out of rags and even the drat bandits keep killing me since they always have a warrior who can one shot me and my pawns (I'm about level 14 or so).

Buy a bunch of carrots, sleep at the inn until they're sour/moldy, but not rotten, resell them. Repeat until you're satisfied.

# ¿ Jun 3, 2012 07:13

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PunkBoy posted:

What's a good level to do "A Challenge"? I'm around 50, but I'm too afraid to leave Gran Soren unless I feel like I can take it on!

You can do anything you put your mind to~

# ¿ Jun 3, 2012 07:32

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Saint Freak posted:

How close am I to the end of the game if I am just about to turn in the (forged) wyrmking ring?

Not that close. Keep playing.

# ¿ Jun 4, 2012 05:34

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# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 17:31

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Jimbot posted:

Why doesn't the Ur-Dragon like to drop a short or magic bow? Every other type of weapon drops except for those. Or are bows not part of his loot table or something?

Bows aren't part of his loot table. There are a couple of pieces of equipment it doesn't drop.

# ¿ Jun 6, 2012 01:25

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