Capcom Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

[Delterius]

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.

 

[Zombra]

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

 

[GrainWetski]

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..

 

[Puukko]

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.

 

[Grimlorn]

You pretty much have the right idea. Assassin is more fun in the 'Look at me, I'm an untouchable badass, parry and dodge ftw!' kind of way, while Sorceror is more of the 'And now I lay waste to my enemies from where they cannot even reach me! Muahahaha!' kind of vibe. Take your pick, then play through the game again as the other because it's that fun.

Or hell, just try them both out in one run. It's a lot easier to level up new classes once you've got badass weapons for them, so it doesn't take THAT long to try out another class.

What about Warrior and Mystic Knight?

 

[Utgard-Loki]

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.

 

[Mozg]

Wolf genocide simulator

 

[Delterius]

You pretty much have the right idea. Assassin is more fun in the 'Look at me, I'm an untouchable badass, parry and dodge ftw!' kind of way, while Sorceror is more of the 'And now I lay waste to my enemies from where they cannot even reach me! Muahahaha!' kind of vibe. Take your pick, then play through the game again as the other because it's that fun.

Or hell, just try them both out in one run. It's a lot easier to level up new classes once you've got badass weapons for them, so it doesn't take THAT long to try out another class.

What about Warrior and Mystic Knight?

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.

 

[Fairfax]

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

 

[GrainWetski]

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

The 2 most important mods are already up.

 

[Martius]

First fight with hydra - it swallows my character.

 

[Damned Registrations]

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.

 

[Corporate_Jew_Master]

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

Good luck landing hits on ogre's head.

 

[Damned Registrations]

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.

 

[Anthony Davis]

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

Good luck landing hits on ogre's head.

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

 

[Corporate_Jew_Master]

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

Good luck landing hits on ogre's head.

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.

 

[Ebonsword]

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).

 

[Ebonsword]

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).

 

[Martius]

During another fight with stronger monster I managed to push him enough make him fall to his death. So far it plays great, keep steady 60 fps and looks pretty decent. After taking few new paws I just wonder why some people leave them without any weapon or skill at all.

 

[Corporate_Jew_Master]

Soloing Chimera with Warrior took 30 minutes, 25 of which were against the lion's head.

Just gimme magic dps or some handcannon fuckin capcom.

 

[Mozg]

This is totally fine with m+k, and I'm saying that as a person that thinks m+k dark souls is ridiculous.

...aside from maybe the monster climbing? I dunno if I'm doing it right because wasd has no apparent correlation to where you're going? I did manage to cut the hydra's head.

Also there was some shit in my storage, is that some folded-in p2w preorder bonus? How cheaty is the stuff?

 

[PirateScum]

Being too powerful has it's downsides too.

Killed the

Spoiler

griffin for mainquest

before it took flight to

Spoiler

Bluemoon Tower

So the quest is completed prematurely. Additional location and rewards are forfeit.

This is totally fine with m+k, and I'm saying that as a person that thinks m+k dark souls is ridiculous.

...aside from maybe the monster climbing? I dunno if I'm doing it right because wasd has no apparent correlation to where you're going? I did manage to cut the hydra's head.

Climbing's just as wonky with gamepad.

Also there was some shit in my storage, is that some folded-in p2w preorder bonus? How cheaty is the stuff?

Not OP but still a boost if used early, so it spoils the fun.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

I think I've narrowed it down to Assassin or Sorcerer. Bros, which one is more fun? It looks like maybe Assassin would be more fun from a twitchy perspective and Sorcerer would be more fun from a "I am level 100 and I can blow all you assholes up while half asleep." Assassin also looks like it would be harder? Confirm/deny?

I had a lot of fun with my mage/sorcerer playthrough, but those vocations rely on staying away from enemies and finding safe locations from which to cast your spells, which is quite a bit different from every other vocation, and so might not be optimal for someone's first playthrough. The three hybrid vocations (assassin, mystic knight, and magick archer) are generally considered easier than other six. Assassin has access to some extremely powerful melee skills, though you need to gain ranks in the vocation first (but that's also true of the sorcerer's powerful offensive magic).

During another fight with stronger monster I managed to push him enough make him fall to his death.

If that's the ogre in the Everfall, tricking him into falling off the platform to his death is almost the standard way of defeating him.

Being too powerful has it's downsides too.

Killed the

Spoiler

griffin for mainquest

before it took flight to

Spoiler

Bluemoon Tower

So the quest is completed prematurely. Additional location and rewards are forfeit.

Nah, in my first game I also killed it before it took flight, but it was still possible to travel to that location and explore (almost) all of it. You just miss out on some setpiece encounters. Also, you'll be directed to that same location later, anyway, for a different quest.

 

[Anthony Davis]

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.

Being too powerful has it's downsides too.

Killed the

Spoiler

griffin for mainquest

before it took flight to

Spoiler

Bluemoon Tower

So the quest is completed prematurely. Additional location and rewards are forfeit.

No it's not. You can walk there and still grab the treasure.

 

[Zombra]

Guess I better stop reading the thread now for all the tactical spoilers. Dare to defy the dogma, gents.