Dragon's Dogma II - "They’re masterworks, all – you can’t go wrong"

[HoboForEternity]

Play this game with mods. Skill switcher and difficulty modifier it made the game much more fun and vocation more versatile. The 4 skill slots is def their biggest mistake with this game. The difficulty mod has sliders for you and enemies damage output. I deal 0.75 damage and enemies deal 1.5 damage to me and it changed the rhythm of regular battles even. I wish they can somehow mod enemy behavior in the future or even add new enemy varieties.

 

[H. P. Lovecraft's Cat]

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"the another dragon"

Interesting name for a antagonist.

 

[H. P. Lovecraft's Cat]

50 hours and counting. I love the game.

And a new update is here:

Extra save slot is awesome. Adjusting the difficulty should be their next biggest priority. Fuck the performance shit, game runs good enough for me. I want a higher difficulty setting.

 

[Perkel]

Extra save slot is awesome. Adjusting the difficulty should be their next biggest priority. Fuck the performance shit, game runs good enough for me. I want a higher difficulty setting.

They didn't add extra save slot. Just ability to overwrite old save. Previously without mods or deleting manually save file from disc you couldn't start new game.

 

[H. P. Lovecraft's Cat]

Extra save slot is awesome. Adjusting the difficulty should be their next biggest priority. Fuck the performance shit, game runs good enough for me. I want a higher difficulty setting.

They didn't add extra save slot. Just ability to overwrite old save. Previously without mods or deleting manually save file from disc you couldn't start new game.

What the fuck

 

[Zariusz]

Just fought my first drake, fight went ok, drake was giving us some beatings and his heart disappeared once but still one healthbar went out in a decent pace.
Then one of his legs slipped up and he fell into the river...
No loot
No dragonforging


Also can we still get those rings that increased our ability levels like in DDDA?

 

[Old Hans]

I cant believe they fucked up the story.....again

What's with people saying story is fucked up ? It was pretty straightforward to follow and imho good enough.

it's just another half finished schizophrenic mess like the first game.

Why ? There isn't anything missing in this story from what i see.

it just feels sloppy and its barely an improvement over the first games story

 

[Fink]

No dragonforging

FYI, dragonforging works differently in this game.

 

[Perkel]

Doing second playtrough with only my pawn and no healing during combat. Yeah, if you felt like game is to easy then try it this way. Died so many times i lost count. Pawn is for now fighter and i play as thief. Actually using shadow step to get that early backstab kill is valid tactic as goblins can easily gankup on you easily.

Obviously there is one step above that aka solo.

 

[H. P. Lovecraft's Cat]

Doing second playtrough with only my pawn and no healing during combat. Yeah, if you felt like game is to easy then try it this way. Died so many times i lost count. Pawn is for now fighter and i play as thief. Actually using shadow step to get that early backstab kill is valid tactic as goblins can easily gankup on you easily.

Obviously there is one step above that aka solo.

This defeats the purpose of the game and ruins alot of the fun. One shouldn't need to resort to such stupid shit. Capcom just needs to make the game harder.

 

[Perkel]

It doesn't take away anything from the game. It just changes how it is played.
With 4 people party you have a lot of spamming. With 2-3 people party there is much more tactics involved.

Solo is for chads though.

 

[DJOGamer PT]

This defeats the purpose of the game and ruins alot of the fun

Absolutely not
Even back in DD1, solo runs were cool challenges
A now with just the main pawn is also perfectely valid and fun
In fact I only very occasionally have a 4th pawn, in these games three's a crowd and more than enough to deal with any situation

 

[DJOGamer PT]

No dragonforging

FYI, dragonforging works differently in this game.

Yes
It's Deterministic now, instead of RNG

...

lukaszek​

 

[Dishonoredbr]

Doing second playtrough with only my pawn and no healing during combat. Yeah, if you felt like game is to easy then try it this way. Died so many times i lost count. Pawn is for now fighter and i play as thief. Actually using shadow step to get that early backstab kill is valid tactic as goblins can easily gankup on you easily.

Obviously there is one step above that aka solo.

If they removed the menu healing , this game would have been much much harder. When big enemies go into Rage mode, things can get out of handle FAST

 

[deuxhero]

Rage mode? The retarded mechanic from the MMO?

 

[Oracscube]

Soooo...I still haven't finished it after 65+ hours

My favourite quest so far was

For this cretin

Isaac Hayes who owns a shop in Bakkalattikiakiaakki

Spoiler

He wanted some books with forbidden knowledge to help with his business or whatever, even tho' his wife and daughter were perfectly happy as things were.
Obviously I knew things wouldn't end well, but loot was in the offing so I retrieved the books.

His wife and daughter once again told him not to read the evil books
He read the evil books
I must admit I was expecting a monster attack or some such shenanigans..certainly not this..

Ooops

Why his wife and daughter were suddenly turned into sand statues I'm not entirely sure...
Anyway, after I stopped laughing I offered to help him clean them up off the floor

..but he just stood there looking confused and later when I passed by again, his shop was closed for business.
I'm assuming he's hanging from a rope in a back room

10/10 GOTY

 

[Great Deceiver]

Oracscube I haven't bought it yet because I don't trust the opinions of heathens. However, I do value yours. Should I buy DD2 right now, as an unqualified fan of the first one?

 

[Oracscube]

I'm only using my pawn now and sometimes I brine her and don't use any, it's very enjoyable going solo.
Sorcerer is a bit op tho', inaugural flare kills almost anything quickly (except for golems and they can be wiped out with High Seism) so I've been using the archer and fighter.
Although archer is also op if you use spiral and explosive arrows..in fact all classes can be op if used correctly.
Basically be careful and don't get stun locked

 

[Oracscube]

Oracscube I haven't bought it yet because I don't trust the opinions of heathens. However, I do value yours. Should I buy DD2 right now, as an unqualified fan of the first one?

If you have no money issues I'd say yes.
Just be aware performance is a bit ropey at the moment unless you have a mega PC.
I enjoy it just as much if not more than DD1 which I had just played through again before getting this sequel.

 

[Eisen]

I cant believe they fucked up the story.....again

What's with people saying story is fucked up ? It was pretty straightforward to follow and imho good enough.

it's just another half finished schizophrenic mess like the first game.

Why ? There isn't anything missing in this story from what i see.

it just feels sloppy and its barely an improvement over the first games story

Not that we played DD:DA for the story tho

 

[kites]

Level 31 and Drakes + the camera while fighting them still feel impossible to me.. As a warrior I'm constantly out of stamina/dazed/knocked-down/fried since I'm so close; while my 2 pawns stand in every aoe. I could do it at the cost of my inventory, but I'll have to come back to this!

 

[mediocrepoet]

Level 31 and Drakes + the camera while fighting them still feel impossible to me.. As a warrior I'm constantly out of stamina/dazed/knocked-down/fried since I'm so close; while my 2 pawns stand in every aoe. I could do it at the cost of my inventory, but I'll have to come back to this!

Have you backed out your camera distance? I set mine to max and it's a lot better, but the default is fairly stupidly close.

 

[Yosharian]

Level 31 and Drakes + the camera while fighting them still feel impossible to me.. As a warrior I'm constantly out of stamina/dazed/knocked-down/fried since I'm so close; while my 2 pawns stand in every aoe. I could do it at the cost of my inventory, but I'll have to come back to this!

Get a pawn with Celestial Paean. I can hook you up if you can't find one

 

[Reinhardt]

I cant believe they fucked up the story.....again

What's with people saying story is fucked up ? It was pretty straightforward to follow and imho good enough.

it's just another half finished schizophrenic mess like the first game.

Why ? There isn't anything missing in this story from what i see.

it just feels sloppy and its barely an improvement over the first games story

Not that we played DD:DA for the story tho

what do you mean? i missed she-goat escort quest and seriously considering starting new game!

 

[Reinhardt]

hired some shaneequa strider wommyn. literally all she does is stealing everything not nailed down. almost failed selene escort quest. after some doggo and harpy battle looking around and smol witch is nowhere to see. "she's ded" i thought. then faaaaaaaaaar in the back i see shaneekwa picking some mushrooms and selene patiently waiting for her to finish. they were not even in the battle.