Capcom Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

Just unlocked on Steam for me.

 

Leaked version save didn't work. Normally I'd be frustrated, but I don't mind making a new character in this game. "Hard" mode was very misleading anyway.

 

Haha, time to spend an hour minimum on the character creation screen.
SLI scaling seems borked, I'm only getting 15% usage on my second 780. That 4x scaling at 5K would be nice, but I guess I'll have to deal with just 4K.

 

So I was looking at vocations and it seems that only Mages have support/healing magic. Does this make a Mage a mandatory choice for any party?

 

Is it sooo nice? Actually spending a lot of time on not only creating your char for vanity sake but also your pawn?

 

Yes, pretty much and honestly I would suggest you have your pawn do it since getting warriors of all sorts of levels is easy but a competent mage is not so you better bring your own

 

It's not mandatory at all, though.

 

Curatives can do the trick, especially since there's permanent HP loss over time. But its convenient to bring a mage for elemental blessings, healing and healing status effects if you yourself and your pawn can't bring too many things along.

 

So a mage can be a replacement for potion chugging? That's it, sign me up.

 

PS360 savegame converter: http://residentevilmodding.boards.net/thread/5768/savegame-tool

Maybe I should dig up my 360 save that I quit as soon as the PC version was announced..

 

I remember having two casters in my party at all times, one being an offensive caster and the other a healer/buffer. Either my character + a pawn or two pawns.

 

What about Warrior and Mystic Knight?

 

mystic knights are the hipsters of the battlefield. you can fuck shit up with more mage like shield spells like stone forest, or fuck shit up with your sword/mace and abyssal anguish.


warriors light jump attack all day every day, sometimes when you want o be fancy you can take magic steroids and oneshot things with arc of deliverance.

 

Wolf genocide simulator

 

Warriors are a melee version of Sorcerers, they are mostly about their stupendous reach and precision super powered attacks that take a long time to charge. Mystic Knights can do just about anything they want, charging their shields with magic that counters when the block is perfect, flying everywhere by magic wing kicks and creating things that when hurt hurl multiple shots at nearby enemies.

 

120+FPS with maximum settings at 1080p. To think PoE had drops to 40 in the crowded areas...

 

http://www.nexusmods.com/dragonsdogma/

The 2 most important mods are already up.

 

First fight with hydra - it swallows my character.

 

ROFL get wrecked scrubs!

I may have just gotten thrown to my death by a tentacle but that totally wasn't my fault, there's no way to escape that.

 

Fuck, I forgot how frustrating it is to battle big foes with Warrior.

Good luck landing hits on ogre's head.

 

I don't think ogre's heads are particularly vulnerable anyways. At least warriors can hurt the fucking things, Ranger isn't getting past it's defense to begin with.

 

You eventually get that pommel strike maneuver that can help... but yeah, Warriors can have a hard time.

 

Only helps for breaking the ogre's defensive stance.

I found two viable tactics so far:

1. climb onto back, wait for it to drop on it's back, then savage lash it';s head (hard as it gets up very fast)
2. run around while your mages deal with it.

Optimally, warrior should have double his DPS against big monsters.

 

For the new players, knowing what augments are available to each class can be *very* helpful for planning your builds.

http://dragonsdogma.wikia.com/wiki/Augments


Some classes are great for dipping into for just a few levels if they have good low-level augments (like Warriors +50 defense at level 1).

 

Oh, and I'm downloading this game right now.

Shit, you'd think the fact that I beat this game, like, four times on the PS3 would have burnt me out on it, but I'm more excited about playing this through again than I've been about playing anything in the past three years (well, except for maybe Metal Gear Solid 5).