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Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

Post the Bowie recipe, drat it. I need to know whether my Pawn buddy is gonna be Guts the Black Swordsman or The Thin White Duke.

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Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

Salsa McManus posted:

All the pawns I make end up looking like some form of celebrity. My current main character reminds me of Alec Baldwin's weird pursed lip thing he does in 30 Rock. The last pawn I made ended up looking like Sigourney Weaver from Aliens 3.

I'm having this problem too. I accidentally made a half-decent Leon S. Kennedy the other day and I'm leaning towards going with it. Resident Evil x Dragon's Dogma.

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.

I don't think so, but right now I'm just writing down the stuff in the character creator and calling it a recipe. So it's like "Dude #1: hairstyle XX [color], face shape XX" and so on.

It kind of reminds me of the old PS1 days when you had to do that kind of stuff to get those crazy CAWs in Smackdown games.

Harlock posted:

My main guy is Guts while my pawn is Casca. Or maybe I should make the pawn Griffith :(

GRIFFITH IS NO PAWN. Also how did you make your Guts? I saw one of the presets in the demo looked almost exactly like him and it's so drat tempting to just go with that.

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

Gyoru posted:

:stare: New Game+ is worth it.

I was wondering just what's so special about New Game+ that Capcom would deem it worthy of an achievement to beat the game through it. Can you explain it or is it spoiler territory?

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

Nelson Mandingo posted:

Is it possible to get more than three skills for the longsword?

Yeah, I've been leveling Fighter and have unlocked some other skills like more advanced versions and this one where I hold a guy in place and gut him. Really useful on those spry enemies.

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

Samurai Sanders posted:

Okay so uh...one of my pawns just got dragged into the lake kicking and screaming with massive amounts of blood flowing out into the water, and then she was gone. The water was only like two feet deep.

This game takes the cake in the "everything will kill you" category.

It looks like your pawn didn't practice constant vigilance enough :colbert: Those Brine play for keeps, even in the kiddie pool.

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

Troffen posted:



This game is wonderfully dumb. (Policenaut that's your pawn hiding in the back there)

Oh hey, I guess the pawns do update when you go to the Inn. I just put those red things on her like an hour or two ago. I hope she's helping out a lot!

This pawn system can be kinda weird sometimes. A ton of the mages I'm finding are like little girls and all the pawn messages I'm getting after my pawn finishes an adventure are the really strange, creepy ones like "is cute" and the like. I've somehow made over 10,000 RC in the short time I've played with her.

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

I'm starting to get a little annoyed with how this game is handling some of its quests. I'm in Gran Soren right now doing the Fontaine quest and the markers and people I need to talk to are just bugging out on me.

I'm at the very end of the quest, but the dude I need to talk to last isn't where he was previously. My pawn just tells me "yeah he should be yelling on the streets" but he's not, I searched every street in the city. It's really frustrating because my only other option is to pay a ridiculous sum of money to complete the quest, but this guy has apparently vanished into thin air. I have the quest set to priority and the other people I needed to talk to all have the red icons over their heads, but I can no longer find the last guy! What the hell?

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

Zombie Defiler posted:

So far I've been raking in the rift dubloons with my rad mage pawn, but I'm not sure if there is anything I can spend those on aside from hiring super-pawns.

Johnathan at the camp where you fought the hydra is a rift crystal vendor. His poo poo is really expensive though. You can buy crazy alteration potions to change a pawn's personality or you and your pawn's appearances and the like.

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

VDay posted:

Where the hell is Jasper in the Land of Opportunity quest? I've talked to the other two but he doesn't show up as a marker and I've been running around for 10 minutes talking to random NPCs hoping he's one of them.

Yeah, he's bugged and just kind of vanishes. Someone earlier mentioned they just left the city and came back to find him. I just went about doing other quests and Jasper randomly popped back into existence in the middle of doing one.

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

Samurai Sanders posted:

My rift points are seriously piling up, since I never take out a pawn higher level than me. What should I use them on?

Cosmetic items. I just bought a pair of silver glasses and pink hair dye :3:

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

Samurai Sanders posted:

Where'd you get them?

A man named Johnathan at the Embankment north of Cassardis sells them. He's the old man in the robe next to the Rift stone.

A word of warning: his stuff is pretty expensive. My pawn's new silver glasses set me back 30,000 RC (and there's one item that sells for 1,500,000 :gonk:!)

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

Yeah I'd like to know where to get cooler armor and weapons too. I have over 200,000 gold and absolutely nothing to spend it on.

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

Zombie Defiler posted:

Merchant at ancient quarry has some pricy and fancy gear. Some of it is from that "Berserk" anime apparently? He sells a nice sword for 109k with 199 strength. You may need to clean the three ogres out of the quarry for him though.

Also rank 5 assassin is when the core skill for double jump opens up. Now I just need some good daggers.

Well, poo poo. My character is literally Guts from Berserk so now I know where to go find that stuff. I only know where the South entrance is though, is there any other entrance (preferably one that doesn't require taking a humongous trip around mountains?)

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

ChibiSoma posted:

I can't get Pip off the barn, I can't check out the Everfall because the Cyclops is too hard, I can't go after the grimoire because the bandits are too hard, and I apparently can't advance the plot any further because I still can't get in the castle.

The gently caress can I do? Because I've apparently run out of stuff in town and would like to, y'know, kill big monsters some more!

I didn't see any of your earlier posts but have you tried talking to Pip already? When he was on the barn, all I did was climb onto a nearby roof and sprint jumped over to talk to him.

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

Speaking of Madeleine, is there any way to help her out with her quests if you missed her in Cassardis? I saw her at the beginning and just didn't talk to her beyond the first conversation because I figured it'd be some awful escort quest like the ones on the notice board but when I got to Gran Soren she was somehow already there.

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

iastudent posted:

I stayed at the inn in Gran Soren for the first time today, probably about half a day after I last played, and my main pawn amassed 239k rift crystals while I was gone. :stare:

Your pawn is seriously too good. I see it every time I go into the rift and it's like 10-15 levels higher than everyone else. I've never used it because I wanted to go through the game at my own pace, so I'm kind of surprised.

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

Zombie Defiler posted:

Leave Gran Soren, and head dead west of the "Everfall" map marker. You should run into some miner's huts down that middle road, and a road going south from them into the quarry.

Okay, so I did that quest and it was really easy even with killing all the ogres but where did the merchant go? After the quest he just ran into the mine and I followed him but he was gone.

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

NESguerilla posted:

Someone mentioned earlier that there is an item that lets you go back to the character creator. Where can I buy it and what is it called?

It's called "Metamorphosis" or something. The rift crystal dude at the encampment north of Cassardis sells them for 5000 RC.

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

How in the hell do you use the Metamorphosis item? You know the one that lets you re-design you and your pawn? I bought a ton of dyes and the item itself and the game gives you absolutely no clue as to how to use it.

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

Samurai Sanders posted:

You don't just "use" it from your inventory? Also I thought all the dyes and stuff were unrelated.

"Art of Metamorphosis" is classified as an Other item but it's nowhere in any of my character's Other space, or anywhere else in their inventories for that matter. It's not in my item storage, it's not a skill or spell, and the game's own description for the item gives absolutely no indication as to how to use it. The only vague idea I had was the definition of "arcane magick" so maybe a Sorcerer can use it, but so far I have no idea how to use this item I spent 5,000 RC on.

I'll try the barber I guess, but that still doesn't change the fact that this game doesn't explain at all how to use an expensive and apparently one use ever item.

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

VDay posted:

:siren: Figured it out by accident :siren:

Back out of your game and you'll have a "Character Edit" option on your main menu.

e: Also if you accidentally click on it you can back out without losing the item.

Oh for gently caress sake! Thank you for the help.

EDIT: Hair dyes can be used on pawns although the description only mentions the player.

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

Okay so to ask again, where's the merchant who's supposed to be at the Ancient Quarry? I did that whole quest and he just ran into the mine and apparently vanished. Is he somewhere in said mine? Because the whole set of armor just unlocked after I finished that Cypher quest and I want to see this supposed Berserk armor before buying a new kit.

Also where can I get a Magick Shield? I've been a maxed out Fighter for like 4 hours now and I want to spec over to Mystic Knight.

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

Just tried resting at the inn in Gran Soren a few times to check and I can still access the Dragon's Dogma servers just fine. Playing on PS3.

On an unrelated note, my pawn finally hit a full 5 star rating!

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

So I stopped being stupid and went back into the quarry to find the merchant, which wasn't too hard when I thought about it for a moment. But holy poo poo! The Berserk gear is insanely priced!

I did the math and to buy all the parts of the Guts the Black Swordsman's (or "Swordsman") gear set will set you back 397,450 gold :psyduck:. Griffith the White Hawk, for those with a more frugal (and wussier) budget, can get his whole gear set for a low low price of 389,120 gold.

For those who want to be Berserk characters, uhhh.... stick to Casca until you start raking in the cash.

Schubalts posted:

I've run into the pawn 'ladybitch' twice now, along the roads and in Gran Soren. I did run into 'ANCIENT' a huge, max everything guy with Mercedes's armor, though, so I guess it balanced out.

I've run into "Slutbag" on multiple occasions. It's kinda creepy.

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

Samurai Sanders posted:

That's not absolutely insane, I'm level 26 and today I went from almost zero gold to 160,000 in about five hours or playing. Gransys has major MAJOR inflation problems in its currency.

Yeah, I'm doing a quest right now to kill oxen of all things that pays out 75,000k but the thing is that I could go back to Gran Soren and outfit my entire party with top of the line gear for that amount of money. God only knows how much it'll cost to enhance it all and what items I'll need to do it with.

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

a foolish pianist posted:

With that catch the thief quest, what are you supposed to do to him? Hit him, grab him, what?

Knock him on his rear end then grab him. Don't try to actually catch him.

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

blowingupcasinos posted:

Dear Malice Mizer,

Please stop having your pawn, Misty, steal all my loot. Thanks.

Sorry, I've told Misty to grab everything that's not nailed down because I got sick of picking up 50 herbs and meats every 5 minutes. You can just take the stuff out of her inventory at any item deposit location.

edit: also wow just got 52k in rift crystals. My pawn's catchin' on!

Policenaut fucked around with this message at 04:46 on May 24, 2012

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

So it's totally okay to dismiss a pawn even if they have stuff in their inventory, as it'll all be deposited into item storage?

DrManiac posted:

[e] I just got a ferrystone. It's not going to disappear after one use right?

Ferrystone's are one time deals.

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

NESguerilla posted:

Uhhh, so is Art of Metamorphosis supposed to show up in my inventory after I buy it? I bought it and it's not there. That was really expensive and it looks like i permanently sold out after I buy it.

Save and quit to the main menu. The option to edit will be there.

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

Tyskil posted:

There is another way to get the book in that quest too: Just give the bandit leader some gifts with the "present" option. Remember how it says in the description of skulls that they are "favored by bandits"? Give him 4 or so of those and he'll just give you the book for free.

He actually talked to you in that kind of capacity? Every time I talked to him he just told me "hey fight me for it rear end in a top hat" and no opportunity to give a gift. So I just found the book, took it, went downstairs and murdered everyone in like 5 minutes

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

Evil Canadian posted:

Also is there anyway to replace lost quest items? Specifically the alehouse quest in regards to the ledger you need to find. I found it a long time ago and I assume I must have sold it or something, and it does not respawn in fournivals house.

The pawns love to say that "lost" stuff sometimes turns up at The Black Cat, that place in Gran Soren with the forgery maker?

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

Zombie Defiler posted:

Would be cool if you could tell me where to find those guys.

The Catacombs have exploding zombies.

Tyskil posted:

When you talk to someone, instead of hitting (on the PS3) "X" to cycle to their next lines of dialogue, hit Square instead. It should be listed on the little controls panel in the bottom right as "present." It opens up a menu with all your gift able items.

Yeah, I know that. But the option to give a Present was never given to me. I was confused.

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

Zombie Defiler posted:

Both the under-bridge and near the capital boarded up hole seem to lead to doors I can't open. Is there some other way in?

One of the "wyrm hunt" quests will take you to the Catacombs. Just keep progressing through the story until you get it.

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

NESguerilla posted:

Should I just put Bluemoon tower on hold then? The guys in the Canyon are borderline impossible but I don't want the quest to expire. They are just tearing through my pawns like butter.

I just finished the Bluemoon Tower quest like a minute ago and let me tell you this: it was hard as hell.

To put this in perspective. I'm Level 38. Come back later.

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

NESguerilla posted:

poo poo. I must not be doing enough side quests. Any idea if it will expire since I already did the first part? It will probably take me like 5 hours to get to lvl 38.

The Griffin Quest is a major story quest, so it won't expire. Just go back and do your thing. I leveled like 4-5 times from setting out from Gran Soren to killing the Griffin.

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

About the trial quest: What's the difference between letting the guy be found guilty or innocent? The merchant dude is asking which affidavit I want. I'm thinking to let him walk but I have no idea if he's innocent or not

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

So, uh, for "Arousing Suspicion": Just what do I do here? Just let this happen or go out there? This kind of seems like a big thing that might have consequences later down the line.

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

VDay posted:

Can someone who finished Arousing Suspicion spoil the end of it for me? I accidentally accepted the other guy's quest to go on the expedition and it cancelled that quest. I saw the first couple of cutscenes so I know about the choking and the decision to just stand there or walk out but what's the impact of what happens? Is it a major plot diversion or just a quick quest to decide that one character's fate?


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Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

VDay posted:

Speaking of that, what's the cheapest female piece of clothing that I can buy to put on a guy? I just want the achievement for it without spending 2 bucks for the captain's armor.

You can pick up a gown at The Black Cat.

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Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

Yeah, I'm kind of surprised that they didn't include a little "All together now!" kind of command you could do to make everyone stand together for a pose or something. I'd love to do some crazy Monster Hunter-esque "WE DID IT!" victory pose with my team after we kill a big monster.

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