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[happy_daiz]

Wow, that Griffin at Bluemoon Tower was easy (ala Griffin's Bane). It had been so long that I'd forgotten. I think the whole fight was over in less than a minute. I recruited Shepenwepet's Strider, Shinon, who is about 30 levels above my character, so that probably helped.

The bandits on the way to Bluemoon Tower were way more of a challenge. I'm kinda not digging this Assassin class. Mayhap it's time to move on to Mystic Knight, now that I have the Grypic armor.

And none of my friends have mage pawns. Literally all but two are warriors - the exceptions are one sorcerer, and one strider. Of course, I just made my main pawn a warrior too, so...hehe.

[Shepenwepet]

I never have my main pawn as a mage because I am the mage, all the time. I'll occasionally bump up to sorceror, and have to recruit a mage. Sadly, not many of the mages I see popping up in the rift have both high anodyne and high halidom equipped, it's one or the other.

[happy_daiz]

Those are the skills I always look for in a mage, too. I had a hard time finding them for a while, but lately, the ones that have been coming up in my searches have had both. I've resorted to tweaking the search in the rift by class and skills, just to save time.

Props to you for playing a mage. I tried it for a while in this run, but really blew at it. I felt like I was constantly nibbling on herbs and chugging potions, just to stay alive. I had Anodyne, but could never cast it in time to really help myself get out of trouble.

Modifié par happy_daiz, 03 mai 2013 - 02:29 .

[Iosev]

I just purchased Dark Arisen (I never played the original game) and so far I'm rather impressed. I especially enjoy the gameplay, which sort of reminds me of a cross between Monster Hunter, Shadow of the Colossus, and a bit of the action genre (e.g., the core abilities). I do find it quite challenging, although it may be from playing the game for the first time on hard mode (I pretty much get one-shot by enemies if I don't dodge).

[Eternal Phoenix]

It's cheap difficulty on hard mode but I think that difficulty is meant for NG+ considering it's not available when starting the game and requires you to restart your progress in the game upon choosing it. But by NG+ you'll have the best weapons, skills and equipment, the enemies would pose no risk. At LV 32 on hard mode, while there are enemies that can one shot kill me or kill me within a few hits, I can do the same to them, it just becomes a game of blocking and timing attacks. TBH the fun with this mode has worn out and I'm thinking of just importing one of my original characters now to access the expansion.

On another note, the DLC armours/weapons at the Black Cat are garbage. They look good but the statistics are for characters that are LV 10. Yikes.

[Shepenwepet]

So I played about four hours last night and got very little accomplished, and loved every second of it.

I went offline to finally kill the Ur-Dragon for the first time, got my achievement, twenty wakestones and some nifty daggers for my strider. My only gripe is that I can't get purpure crystals to upgrade them until post-"Final" Battle, I'm still pretty much at the very start of the game. There's also no chance of me dragonforging them as I just plain cannot function as a non-magic user. Perhaps today I'll get some dagger practice in.

Hopefully I can get some wacky screenshots too. I keep forgetting the option is there.

[Carcharoth42]

Shepenwepet wrote...

So I played about four hours last night and got very little accomplished, and loved every second of it.

I went offline to finally kill the Ur-Dragon for the first time, got my achievement, twenty wakestones and some nifty daggers for my strider. My only gripe is that I can't get purpure crystals to upgrade them until post-"Final" Battle, I'm still pretty much at the very start of the game. There's also no chance of me dragonforging them as I just plain cannot function as a non-magic user. Perhaps today I'll get some dagger practice in.

Hopefully I can get some wacky screenshots too. I keep forgetting the option is there.

If you're doing Dark Arisen, there's a Dark Bishop/ Cursed Dragon Combo before the second shortcut that has a decent chance to drangonforge items. You can also farm the Ur-Dragon since it's weak to holy.

[Cutlass Jack]

The island keeps kicking my butt. And worse, I'm always getting lost. I'll need to figure out a new source of wakestones soon. But at least I finally got my strider pawn the flaming bow she always wanted. Now to get it properly dragonforged.

[Shepenwepet]

I delved into Bitterblack Isle, and got a nice longbow out of a chest for my ranger... (I just had garbage to begin with)... I didn't save, then decided to scratch this cute fella under his chin.


He didn't enjoy that. I got munched. When I went back to get the longbow, I got a different crummy magick bow instead. Note to self: save when I get a decent piece of equipment.

I'd gotten a little overconfident, I think. It's been a while since I'd fought anything near my level. since I'm NG+. The gorecyclops on the upper floor kicked itself into a rage while I stood up on the stairs and sniped at it for ten minutes, he never hit me once.

[Ghost Lightning]

So, I have a Capcom account and everything, but how do I share screen shots? I'm on PS3. Do I just click on "Pawn Community" at the main menu? I've had the original DD since launch and now have DA but I've never attempted this. #ifeeldumb yolo swag

[Shepenwepet]

Well, once I hit "share" and take a screenshot from the pause menu, it automatically uploads it to facebook, I grab it from there and upload it to photobucket.

I've never dealt with the Capcom website or pawn community, but I'm guessing there should be a way to do it through there.

[Get Magna Carter]

LPPrince wrote...

Get Magna Carter wrote...

Just sent my level 65 character to the new island and was immediately annihilated by a new boss (looks appropriately like the grim reaper)

I don't even play the game but from what I heard, you're supposed to RUN AWAY from that guy.

I actually did employ that tactic when I replayed that section...I'm just worried it might still be around when I get back (so toughening up the team a bbit with the main game).

[born2beagator]

So I never even heard of dark arisen.

As someone who enjoyed the first game, is this worth the 40 dollar price tag? If so, then why?

[Shepenwepet]

Get Magna Carter wrote...
I actually did employ that tactic when I replayed that section...I'm just worried it might still be around when I get back (so toughening up the team a bbit with the main game).

I saw him once almost immediately and hid in the doorway to the room he was in. He disappeared and hasn't been back. You should be good.

I haven't seen him in any other room yet either. Admittedly, I'm not that far in.

edit: I wouldn't pay 40 bucks for it if you already have Dragon's Dogma. It's just an extra dungeon, really. The reusable ferrystone is nice, but I played through DD without any real complaints about having no fast travel.

You also get all the DLC, which amounts to tons of fetch quests and some low-level equipment you still have to shell out gold for.

I didn't buy it, I borrowed it. I might have to eventually pick it up when it's cheaper, because I don't think I can use my save with the vanilla game anymore.

Modifié par Shepenwepet, 04 mai 2013 - 10:15 .

[Carcharoth42]

Shepenwepet wrote...

Get Magna Carter wrote...
I actually did employ that tactic when I replayed that section...I'm just worried it might still be around when I get back (so toughening up the team a bbit with the main game).

I saw him once almost immediately and hid in the doorway to the room he was in. He disappeared and hasn't been back. You should be good.

I haven't seen him in any other room yet either. Admittedly, I'm not that far in.

He shows up again in the Fortress of Rememberance and as a random boss encounter in any other level.

I didn't buy it, I borrowed it. I might have to eventually pick it up
when it's cheaper, because I don't think I can use my save with the
vanilla game anymore.

I still have a seperate save for the original on my hard drive.

Modifié par Carcharoth42, 04 mai 2013 - 10:23 .

[born2beagator]

Shepenwepet wrote...

Get Magna Carter wrote...
I actually did employ that tactic when I replayed that section...I'm just worried it might still be around when I get back (so toughening up the team a bbit with the main game).

I saw him once almost immediately and hid in the doorway to the room he was in. He disappeared and hasn't been back. You should be good.

I haven't seen him in any other room yet either. Admittedly, I'm not that far in.

edit: I wouldn't pay 40 bucks for it if you already have Dragon's Dogma. It's just an extra dungeon, really. The reusable ferrystone is nice, but I played through DD without any real complaints about having no fast travel.

You also get all the DLC, which amounts to tons of fetch quests and some low-level equipment you still have to shell out gold for.

I didn't buy it, I borrowed it. I might have to eventually pick it up when it's cheaper, because I don't think I can use my save with the vanilla game anymore.

Oh....thats disappointing.  I was looking for a reason to get back into the game.

[Shepenwepet]

Well, I'm sure others here will say it's worth it, because, hey, it got us all back here and back into the game.

I just couldn't justify paying 40 bucks for something I pretty much already had. I heartily recommend it if it comes down in price.

[Shepenwepet]

I spent far too much time playing DD today. Far too much.

I finally started the main quests in Gran Soren, This shot is my Arisen fresh from her harrowing escape from the Everfall, about to... I believe the technical term is "glomptackle" Barnaby.

Well, it would have been if I hadn't turned the camera around. Now it's some weird transparent Ronald McDonald head.


Sexy.

[happy_daiz]

I played DD so much this weekend, it seems to be all I can think about. I've even been dreaming about it. 

I'm just getting ready to go into the Greatwall, to fight Elysion (Deny Salvation). It's my first time. I read up on it a little bit, (and it sounds like pure chaos). I'm glad I did, though - otherwise, I probably would have rescued Aelinore first, and been disappointed with an unwanted romp with someone who looks like a little girl. Yikes.

I'm crossing my fingers that Reynard pops up as the one I need to rescue; I did give him my Arisen Bond.

[Carcharoth42]

[happy_daiz]

^ That's awesome.

If Fournival ends up being mine, I'm so letting the dragon eat him. Hehe. His Magnanimous Cape wasn't all that.

I read up a bit on the quests ahead of me this morning, and I'm curious to see what Gran Soren will look like after everything happens. Why I never finished my first playthrough is beyond me. Now I have two of them to complete, and no NG+ credit yet.

Modifié par happy_daiz, 06 mai 2013 - 07:40 .

[Carcharoth42]

There's a new item called liquid effluvium that you can give people to lower their affinity, but that isn't nearly as fun as throwing a festival pie at Aelinore and seeing how far I can run before being arrested.

[Shepenwepet]

So yesterday, I was just about finished gaming for the night and headed to an inn to rest and save and dump off my inventory.

I get a message that my pawn has assisted another Arisen. He came back wearing a dress, saying he "tried his hardest."


WHAT DID THEY DO TO YOU, SHINON?

[happy_daiz]

How strange. If you equip a support pawn with any kind of gear, does it typically carry through like that? Well, if nothing else, it's better than a rock.

Although I can see where you would question what they were doing with him.

[Shepenwepet]

If you equip a support pawn with different gear, I think the game reminds you they have different gear when you try to send them back, just in case you forgot they had it.

Whoever put him in that dress wanted him to keep it.

And when you get the pawn back, a window pops up that asks if you want to equip them with their old gear. So I'm partly to blame. He just looked so proud of himself.