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Dragons Dogma: Dark Arisen PS4/XB1 |OT| They're master ports all, you can't go wrong
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LCKellow1994
Neo Member
This game is bloody awesome! Having a blast so far, and haven't left the starting town for the encampment yet. Quite a few quests and exploration to be had before leaving.
A quick question if anyone knows, I read that the game has an affinity system for NPCs and that certain actions will decrease their affinity. I have one problem, I like to destroy every breakable box I come across but fear drawing my sword and beating the shit out of the them might lower it. Is this the case?
A quick question if anyone knows, I read that the game has an affinity system for NPCs and that certain actions will decrease their affinity. I have one problem, I like to destroy every breakable box I come across but fear drawing my sword and beating the shit out of the them might lower it. Is this the case?
It doesn't
And unless u want the NPC to be ur lover
U don't have to really worry about their affinity lol
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Protip: don't throw away your rusty weapons, especially bows. Upgraded, they are very effective at inflicting slow/torpor to enemies, even high level ones. Then you can just move in with your daggers/swords for the kill.
Your post suddenly reminded me about my obsessiveness with dragon forging all my shit in post game.
xxRONN1Nxx
Member
So some side quest opened. One with a well. I went down and getting my ass kicked. Should this qst be done after I go level?
You can go to a shop and exchange your rift crystals for things like jewelry, hair dyes, glasses, eye colors, etc. There's even unique skin colors as well. Pretty sure they're all just cosmetic, so no stat boosts, but it's another cool element to the character creator. I remember the gold eyes looking neat on my Arisen back on PS3.
Snoopycat
Banned
Most definitely. I remember going down there on my 1st play through and getting stomped. I don't know what the min level is but I didn't back down there until I'd been to the main city
Art Vandilay
Member
Ive decided to go ahead and get this instead of waiting for the X to release. Only problem now is I dont know if I should just buy digital from Amazon using that free $10 credit, or wait on Best Buy to get a physical copy in....
Anyone else having this dilemma? Not sure if Ill revisit it after beating it, but then again I doubt the trade values would be that great anyway.
Anyone else having this dilemma? Not sure if Ill revisit it after beating it, but then again I doubt the trade values would be that great anyway.
Stallion Dan
Member
Each time you level up you get various amounts of health, stamina, physical attack, physical defense, magic attack and magic defense. The amounts depends on your vocation at moment of leveling up. Same for your pawn.
1-10 give largest gain per level
11-100 give second largest gain
101-200 give smallest gain.
Assassin and Magic Archer are very hard to balance as one is based with physical attack and the other magic attack.
Can see stat gains per level per vocation here: http://dragonsdogma.wikia.com/wiki/Stat_Growths
Personally if wanna play both well I would focus on building one well, then use an alt PSN/XBL account to play the other. Or just balance the stats and accept neither will be as good as can be, I think in later hundreds it doesn't matter so much.
Stallion Dan
Member
I went down at level 6, no issues. Using starter gear on my pawn and myself. Had the story gained pawn and a rented mage with me.
You got 4 in your party right? You and 3 pawns.
I bought an Xbox One version digital from Amazon with my $10 credit and got my code about a minute later. I put roughly 100 hours into the PS3 version and about 40 hours into the PC version. This is officially my triple dip and no regrets...
dragonzdogma
Member
The Gold Idol quest
Art Vandilay
Member
I got another $10 credit for making my Discover card my primary card lol. So it would be just $10... pretty tempting, but I also need an external HDD so not sure if I should just suck up the wait and use my GCU discount, or go ahead and get this digital. Looks like something I could put a lot of time in though. Is endgame/replayability solid?
Stealthcobra
Member
Why does the ps4 digital, still say preorder
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Don't we all just obsessed doing that, hahaha.
Machine
Member
Amazon says my copy is out for delivery but seeing as its after 9 PM, I don't think I'm getting it today. I'm still not sure what job I'll start with this time. When I played on 360, I think I ended up mastering every job on the way to getting a rare (for me) 1000/1000. Too bad we can't import our old pawns, mine was pretty good by the end.
I unfortunately never got to play the Dark Arisen content but I still put 100 hours into the base game and there was a decent amount of high level content to tackle as well as some surprises along the way.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Anyone know if I can beat the game on normal mode and then put it on hard in ng+?
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Thank fuck. Fuck being one shot by wolves.
disappeared
Banned
Found a very small bug earlier where a tutorial message will display and then get stuck on the screen, even though I had tutorials turned off. Reseting the game fixed it. Don't remember seeing it in the original version so just thought I'd throw it out there.
Username1198
Member
So as far as vocations go, I can say, start as a sorcerer, learn some cool shit, then switch to warrior ? Is it easy to switch?
yeah, and yeah
edit: I dunno if you can start as the sorcerer per se but you can definitely start as the magic user and switch to a fighter very easily. Not sure if Sorcerer gets unlocked a little later. You have to level a little in some of the vocations to unlock the other ones.
Username1198
Member
Sweet! Thats great that I can switch if I get bored. Thanks for the info, time to start.
disappeared
Banned
Oh shit I forgot Selene's outfit is only unlockable after a speed run. I've never actually done that before :/
I'll just youtube it at a later time.
I'll just youtube it at a later time.
GodParticle
Member
Does this game still have the hilarious voices where they just took a sample and raised the pitch to make a new character? It was so distracting having people sound like on helium haha
Art Vandilay
Member
I dont know. Im personally on Xbox and Amazon is only selling the digital version.
Unity2012
Member
Thank you.
rocketskates
Member
Omg that title
zerokoolpsx
Member
Can you have more than one save file?
whatever6352
Member
Are there any quests in the 1st town? Couldn't find any so I went straight to the encampment and I'm hoping I can go back and pick up any if I missed them.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Unfortunately no.
dragonzdogma
Member
There are, check after you kill the hydra or before it, if none, then check after you deliver the hydra.
There is a quest in town about picking up flowers for someone, flowers that can be seen at night time. I think. ..it's been a while.
endlessflood
Member
There are two quests near the start where you'll get your arse kicked: the one you're talking about, and one where after talking a left turn on the road out of Cassardis
you'll get molested by bandits
Haha, I remember there was a GAFer who complained about the controls in the Witcher so much that he posted a video of him playing the game with a steering wheel lol. I think the Witcher 3 is one of the greatest games ever made, but it's very different to DD. It's certainly not a happy go lucky game though, and one you shouldn't mix with other games.
The three starting classes are Mage, Fighter, and Strider. Then, once you level up to a certain point and progress to a certain point in the game, you can unlock specialised classes (Sorcerer, Warrior, Ranger) and hybrid classes (Mystic Knight, Assassin, and Magick Archer). The game makes it super easy to switch, and actively encourages it.
For all of the posts about min/maxing your character, honestly there's not really much of a reason to unless you're trying to get through everything at break neck speed. The game gets super easy in the later stages, so even if you make the absolute worst possible levelling decisions you'll be fine. You might not be as strong at each level as you might have been, but you'll be more than strong enough anyway. Just pick the classes you want to play and enjoy yourself would be my advice.
Yes, yes it does. Follow the yellow brick road Arisen.
bobawesome
Member
Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze. Still no estimated delivery for me yet so I'm expecting the worst.
endlessflood
Member
Cheers for the reminder, I forgot about that. I went Sorcerer/Magick Archer last time so never had to worry about it, but this time I was thinking about Ranger/Assassin.
Username1198
Member
Thank you so much. That pretty much alleviates all my fears of choosing the wrong class. Thanks again.
endlessflood
Member
No worries.
Just in case you didn't know, while there are some things (augments) that you can pick up with one class, and that apply to all classes, those are very basic things. Your current vocation dictates what actual weapons and skills you can use. So if you level up as a Sorcerer and get your High Maelstrom spell, if you then switch to Warrior you can't cast High Maelstrom any more, or even equip your staff.
Once you're in a vocation you can start unlocking the various skills for it, so if you play Mage from levels 1-160, if you switch to say Strider at level 161, you start with basically no Strider skills and have to start unlocking them by playing as a Strider. It's not a big problem, but just something you need to be aware of.
Username1198
Member
This is all such great advice. Thanks again!
Thewonandonly
Junior Member
I picked a dagger guy and I'm liking the game, but after the first time encountering the hydra, when you start getting quest, well I've Been getting my ass kicked. Like this bandit would not die for about 5 minutes of a constant berrage. Then I tried going in the well and RIP. Then I followed this ghostly bitch onto this island and she told me have fun... Well the rats there are invincible and I'm not having fun 
Like damn did I pick a wrong class or something, or is this game just that hard.
Like damn did I pick a wrong class or something, or is this game just that hard.