771c59 No.13650239
Somebody get me up to speed on what the best non-porn mods are for Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen are.
I haven't played through the game even once yet, and I'm seeing a lot of mechanic tweaking mods and I can't be sure if they ruin the experience or not so any opinions on some of those would be nice too.
d32010 No.13650266
>He fell for the every single game on PC has a big modding scene meme
One day you'll understand why TES got so popular.
771c59 No.13650276
>>13650266
It has mods at all, which is enough.
166e8f No.13650277
>>13650239
There`s one that standardizes stat grows so you won`t get underpowered characters if you levelup wrong. The other one adds extra random encounters on the wild.
Both are at nexusmod and may be wonky after the last patch
771c59 No.13650281
What's the best ENB? I tried Resonant and it's garbage.
0c8107 No.13650285
From a pure lore perspective, what would happen if an Arisen fell in love with his pawn? Would the pawn have to play along or what?
c70afa No.13650291
>>13650266
>He fell for the every single game on PC has a big modding scene meme
Just before MGS5 came out on PC there was an anon who was legitimately hyped for the prospect of map editing, he thought people would be making full-blown remakes of past games in the fox engine through modding. TES has spoiled people.
>>13650277
>underpowered character
>levelup wrong
No such thing, unless you're a turbo autist who thinks doing 99 damage when you could be doing 100 is "underpowered".
>>13650285
Wouldn't it just be sort of like a relationship with an autist? I'd assume the pawn would just go along with it since they don't really have free will of their own.
9db1c2 No.13650300
>>13650291
>Just before MGS5 came out on PC there was an anon who was legitimately hyped for the prospect of map editing, he thought people would be making full-blown remakes of past games in the fox engine through modding. TES has spoiled people.
Denuvo fucked that idea.
f80bd0 No.13650307
>>13650291
Pawns consider their sole purpose to be serving the Arisen, they'd feel honoured to be their object of affection.
26ef20 No.13650318
>>13650291
>Wouldn't it just be sort of like a relationship with an autist? I'd assume the pawn would just go along with it since they don't really have free will of their own.
>>13650307
>Pawns consider their sole purpose to be serving the Arisen, they'd feel honoured to be their object of affection.
A perfect wife then
f07efa No.13650343
>>13650239
I would highly recommend installing a mod that slows XP growth curve. The default curve will leave you hopelessly overleveled if you do any sort of exploration outside the main story at all. Stat growth mods aren't really necessary and may get your pawn flagged by cheat detection if they get implausible stat levels through them, the game isn't hard besides and minmaxing for stat growth, while having somewhat noticable effects, isn't really required at all. Do it on a second character if you must instead of ruining your first playthrough experience by not playing the classes you want to play.
0c8107 No.13650369
>>13650318
There's a downside.
Pawns become semi-human after you spend enough time with them. They start feeling things like emotion and eventually start turning into you.
061fa2 No.13650408
The best mods are all quality of life or aesthetics mods. There isn't really that much moddability so those are also pretty much the only mods. Also the one that puts in the Japanese voices.
2806ff No.13650414
>>13650369
So if you fucked your pawn it'd technically be masturbation?
771c59 No.13650421
>>13650414
tits are too small, hips and thighs are too big
0486fa No.13650443
>>13650421
>he likes oppai loli
ccfa84 No.13650530
>>13650291
>Just before MGS5 came out on PC there was an anon who was legitimately hyped for the prospect of map editing
Because that map editor they showed was very simple, plus they did say you would be able to make custom missions. MGS V was clearly rushed and had many of its ideas cut out as they were barely, it at all, implemented.
c70afa No.13650610
>>13650530
>Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is getting a custom side ops creators, sources tell SegmentNext. Players will be able to create their own experiences that can be shared with friends online.
>Players will also be able to control enemy placements, routes for infiltration and mission objectives among other things in the Custom Side Ops creator.
>Needless to say, all this is not official information but it fits perfectly with a recent leak where a fan found a custom level editor hidden within game files. Data mined information mentioned a project system, a “rail system,”a Route system (mentioned by our sources as well), a Tactical action system, a mission editor (side ops).
If you choose to always believe unofficial sources and datamining that's fine, but don't act surprised when it occasionally turns out to be false.
771c59 No.13650752
>>13650443
I didn't ask to be born a pedophile
771c59 No.13650899
Are there any mods that make loli chars more viable?
f69b10 No.13650922
>>13650239
Does the story ever get any good and engaging? Having companions that are completely generic npcs is already a huge drawback. If at least you could customize all of them, but you only get 1 custom and other 2 randoms
c336e8 No.13650924
>>13650752
Yeah you did. Remember?
771c59 No.13650932
>>13650924
I didn't even ask to be born at all!
c027f1 No.13650936
>>13650318
>A perfect wife then
>Wake up in the morning
>Your Pawnwife is already in the kitchen preparing breakfast
>"BREAKFAST IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE DAY, ARISEN"
>"Good morning Pawn"
185e5c No.13650943
is there a mod that gives every class the double jump? I hate not being able to do that as a warrior
59a323 No.13650944
>>13650932
You just forgot about it.
aecdb4 No.13650947
>>13650899
I'd like to expand on this
Are there any mods that make fucking your loli pawn possible?
771c59 No.13650950
>>13650943
There are several mods that increase jump height.
>>13650947
It's called Fallout 3, Children of the Wasteland.
c027f1 No.13650951
>>13650947
>>13650899
Are there any mods that make loli characters look decent? I can't for the fucking life of me make one that doesn't look hideous. It's like their heads are either too big or too small.
771c59 No.13650960
>>13650951
Some anon a couple moons ago posted a guide to make a pretty damn decent looking loli in VANILLA Dragon's Dogma, but I didn't save it.
15d9a9 No.13651297
>>13650239
>I haven't played through the game even once yet
>what the best mods are
Modding the first playthrough is the most degenerate fucking thing you can do. Please gas yourself
be76ca No.13651736
>>13650899
This is a "JB" recipe I made which you would be able to modify for a younger character, she has given me good results in general.
ff0221 No.13651763
>>13650285
Isn't that like the plot of Bitterblack isle or whatever?
650b22 No.13651836
f37a29 No.13651853
>>13651763
No Daimon tried to break the cycle of becoming arisen killing Grigori and killing yourself
7c7453 No.13651869
>>13650318
I would wager that 90% of players made their pawns their waifus
f37a29 No.13651898
>>13650936
>Whip out 9" dragon-forged dick
>I am drenched
e228e9 No.13651915
>>13650239
There is nothing wrong with Dragon's Dogma, play through it once before you start modding.
f37a29 No.13651928
>>13651869
I never did cause it always gets fucking awkward
6fbccc No.13651957
>>13650239
Make yourself and your pawn rather young looking with short hair and no beards and once you reach the capital, go to the hairdresser and give them longer hair + beard and maybe some scars.
>>13651297
>Modding the first playthrough is the most degenerate fucking thing you can do. Please gas yourself
I think some mods are ok if they fix little things like the difficulty or so.
>>13651736
She's pretty ugly tbh smh fam
be76ca No.13651963
>>13651957
Is just a base, you are supposed to adjust her to your liking.
28af01 No.13651973
>>13651736
Any more of this guides
a91063 No.13651990
>>13650936
>"I'm off to work pawnwife."
>"THIS MAY PROVIDE AUGHT OF USE"
>gives you a kiss
>drive through the bad part of town
>"CAREFUL, A GOBLIN"
be76ca No.13651993
>>13651973
These aren't mine, but there are some around.
7c7453 No.13652012
>>13651990
Quest: Kill 30 Goblins
0583ca No.13652021
>>13651993
Do you have the ghostbusters or princess bride ones?
be76ca No.13652029
>>13652021
Not really, those are the only ones I saved.
be76ca No.13652034
>>13652021
But now that you mention it, there are the Ghostbusters recipes out there, I at least saw Egon.
28af01 No.13652039
>>13651993
Thank you anon!
0583ca No.13652047
>>13652034
Quick search turned them up anyways
0583ca No.13652050
>>13652034
It might be because I loved the movies, but these crack me up so bad
771c59 No.13652051
>>13652047
why are they a MILLION YEARS OLD!?
14ff67 No.13652059
>>13651869
Hang on, you mean there are people that didn't make their waifu as their pawn?
I didn't because I'm not a cuck, who'd be fine with his waifu going off to help other arisen. That's how you get NTR'd.
0583ca No.13652061
>>13652051
They're certainly looking the part nowadays, especially poor old Andre
0583ca No.13652089
Okay this thread has given me a itch to play this again, any suggestions for vocations?
771c59 No.13652098
>>13652089
What is the name of the stabby-sneaky-knife guy vocation?
Do that one, and absolutely only use tiny daggers and don't let your pawn(s) aggress.
14ff67 No.13652103
>>13652089
Warlock specializing in Maelstrom. Sure it's time consuming. Yes it's impractical. It's probably not an ideal spell for most situations but CAST IT ANYWAYS!
Make your pawn your big bro, and be the loli witch.
0583ca No.13652121
>>13652098
are you thinking of assassin? i remember that one actually aking solo pretty viable
0583ca No.13652138
>>13652103
loli whirlwind sounds pretty good, I think I'll give that a go
27db28 No.13652150
>>13652089
Bard playthrough: Change vocation every level
d767f3 No.13652156
>>13652089
Get this and play something absolutely retarded.
https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonsdogma/mods/96/
Like magic knight with a two-hander.
0583ca No.13652193
>>13652150
Brutal, id probably get a rise out of making an older looking mage just for him to turn around with a two-hander the next day though
>>13652156
Ah totally forgot about this shit, doesn't it let you run around with every vocations skills regardless which you are?
67ecee No.13652250
>>13652059
There are thousands of pawns of peoples oneitis just waiting to get used and abused.
9aefbb No.13652262
>>13652098
No reason not to try and make use of all four of your weapons as an Assassin.
d767f3 No.13652263
>>13652193
Yes, can remove both skill restrictions and equipment restrictions. Sometimes off-hand skills even work with the wrong main-hand weapon (e.g. sheltered spike with something other than sword), but usually it forces a hard skill reset and a t-pose.
Incidentally I remember seeing some shield transparency texture swaps around for barbarian wizard aesthetics if you pair a magic shield with a two-hander. Or you could give warrior a chinese knock off '6 skills' with an invisible regular shield and start backhanding some fuckers.
d767f3 No.13652290
Now that I think about it invisible magic shield with holy riposte and invisible daggers plus moves like level 1 back kick and mad dash would make a pretty rad monk-esque class.
0a4b2b No.13652318
>>13650291
>TES has spoiled people.
There's something to be said about having such a janky piece of awful shit engine that even the most skill-less amateur can make total conversion mods with it.
I might actually pay for a mod that put in all the cut content of DD, like the tower and the moon and the outer lands but to expect a modding community to swarm to this game and overload it with new content is wishful thinking at best.
0583ca No.13652350
>>13652263
Thanks for clarifying, I'll look into using it for some cheeseball sessions as a sorcerer with deliverance or obliteration no doubt
67a372 No.13652703
>>13652061
Andre the giant died young, what the fuck are you talking about?
c027f1 No.13655415
>all these pawn guides
>tfw no RC to buy the makeover item
Fuck.
166e8f No.13655491
>>13650291
Your stat gain is based on what class you are as you levelup, so if you spend most of the game as a melee class and then wants to change to a int base class you will be doing significant less damage and vice versa. This matters a lot on end game content, specially on the DLC dungeon.
1a8a08 No.13655643
>terrible at making faces, I'm never satisfied with the result
>some anon is kind enough to make one for me, he does an excellent job
>black-haired brown warrior waifu
>decide that I kind of wanted to roleplay a little bit with the character
>make her pawn similar, but round the features out to make her appear younger
>also make her shorter
>make her a healer/mage (I haven't played in forever, can't remember the class names)
>roleplay a mother/daughter questing team, along with some rando pawns as well
>her mother is a strong, scarred, experienced shield warrior
>imagine her as a frail, weak young girl who just wants to go on adventures
>any time my pawn even gets scratched, violently blow cooldowns to protect her from harm
>originally this was all to have degenerate lewd thoughts, but eventually I started to actually feel like I was a parent protecting their child
>I had actual emotional reactions whenever my pawn was injured in combat
Did anyone else do anything like this?
8ed9f4 No.13655681
ae8c86 No.13655929
>>13655643
I don't have autism, so no.
771c59 No.13657597
anyone have the latest version of the JP voice pack?
c027f1 No.13657731
>>13657597
>JP voice pack
What? Such a thing exists? I thought Dragon's Dogma was originally English audio, like Bayonetta.
88b8e7 No.13657744
>>13657731
The original Dragon's Dogma was English-only. The Dark Arisen version for consoles added a Japanese voice option. Due to licensing issues, the PC version did not originally come with the Japanese voices.
c027f1 No.13657804
>>13655491
It also makes the game autistically unfun to play because there's literally only two things you can play as for 200 levels: Assassin for physical damage and Sorcerer for magical damage. If you value any sense of enjoyment from the game at all, you will ignore stats completely.
I also disagree that they matter on end game content. End game equipment is so amazing that the stats don't really matter at all.
7259f8 No.13658522
>>13650291
They actually fucking teased the public with the game's SDK, though, and it was actually a fully-featured SDK, unlike ZeniMax's "Creation Kit". Then we just never fucking saw it, and the game itself when it was released had Denuvo, to boot.
7259f8 No.13658548
>>13650291
>>13658522
Furthermore, it's shown if you go through the game files that a lot of the game's logic is actually done through non-hard-coded, easily modifiable scripting. So all by itself the game would have mod support way beyond TES if it weren't for Denuvo.
27b5e1 No.13658636
>>13650239
Wait, there are porn mods? Like, other than just reskins for boobs?
27b5e1 No.13658652
>>13650285
Selena and her Arisen were gay lovers.
c027f1 No.13660739
>>13658652
What a coincidence. Selene and my Arisen are gay lovers too.
5a83f7 No.13661030
>>13652059
>playing DD online
>letting anyone else touch your waifu
>not keeping her all to yourself, teaching her the joys of being a woman as you travel together
>not roaming Gransys as the baddest monster slaying husband and wife duo to ever be
>not eternally presiding over the universe with your waifu by your side
44cea4 No.13665959
please respond:
>>13658427
966878 No.13666845
>>13658427
>>13665959
>archer loli
>dinput8.dll hooks
At the very least you haven't made your pawn into the archer loli.
It's a decent look, the legs are bit long and there's a bit too much makeup for a little girl, but otherwise it looks decent.
7/10 You put effort in.
3d771f No.13668215
I made shizune and misha. They're not really convincing or anything but I figured it was fitting considering the arisen doesn't talk and the pawns don't shut the fuck up
c027f1 No.13669032
>>13668215
>Shizune doesn't have glasses
>Misha doesn't have pink hair
Low effort.
d48040 No.13669065
>>13657804
>>13655491
>>13650291
Played as an MK, only farming sorceror/mage to get the Magick+20%,10% skills and can wreck shit even in hardmode without having farmed lvls as sorceror
tl;dr pic related, don't min-max, it doesn't matter unless you are going against ur dragon
d48040 No.13669073
>>13669065
also if you go full sorceror/mage, prepare to be a weakling without almost no DEF
c027f1 No.13669080
>>13669065
What upsets me is how my pawn has mastered five fucking vocations and somehow I've only mastered two and a half. I haven't even been jumping from vocation to vocation, I stick with them until they're mastered before moving on.
28af01 No.13669134
>spend hours in the character creator making my Arisen look perfect
>start the game and she looks completely retarded and unnatural
every single time, now I have to play the whole tutorial again before I can create another one
c027f1 No.13669176
>>13669134
Just suck it up until you get enough RC to buy the full body makeover item.
e1b5bf No.13669187
>>13669065
Well, it's not NECESSARY and it won't break your game if you don't know how to min-max in this game, but saying it doesn't matter is retarded.
The defense in this game works subtractively, which means that in order to deal any damage to an given enemy, your attack must completely surpass its defense and the remainder of it will be dealt as damage.
Let's say, for example, that you're an Arisen with 500 magic attack and a staff with 1000 magic attack dealing damage to an enemy with 1250 magic armor. Since your total damage is 1500 and his magic armor is 1250, you're dealing 250 damage for every attack. If you increased your base magic attack by 250, you'd be dealing 500 damage for every attack.
That's a 100% increase in damage for supposedly only increasing roughly 16% of your total magic attack.
c027f1 No.13669203
>>13669187
That's why you bring a pawn that can do physical damage so you're not forced to minmax your spellcaster to do damage to enemies with high magic defense.
28af01 No.13669205
>>13669176
I'll start over again, but this is going to be the final time I promise. I tried using one of those guides, but I feel cheap copying it.
This is my first time playing it on PC, I played it before on PS3 though. Should I try hard mode?
c027f1 No.13669217
>>13669205
YES. Hard mode is worth it. I'm in the same exact situation you're in. Played it on PS3, got it on PC a few weeks ago because I never played the expansion and my PS3 is gone now.
Hard mode makes the entire game feel like it did the first time I played it through on normal mode years ago. You'll get BTFO all over again by Ogres, but this time it's like NG+++ because enemies just rain down gold on you so you never have to grind for money to buy shit. The nice thing about Hard Mode is that it only increases the damage you take, and doesn't decrease the damage you deal, so it doesn't feel like enemies are Bethesda-tier HP sponges.
48d28a No.13669229
For everyone in this thread: the recent PC Dragon's Dogma update broke EVERY existing mod. If you overwrite the updated files with old mods, you WILL eventually run into crashes.
The only person I know of working to fix their mod is the author of the World Difficulty Mod, which is also the only mod that actually changes event stats, abilities, and PAWN AI (they unlocked the ability for them to be able to learn to use consumables like throwblasts and skulls).
48d28a No.13669233
>>13669229
Sorry, enemy stats and such, not event
28af01 No.13669236
>>13669217
Thank you anon.
e1b5bf No.13669256
>>13669203
[Laughs in Daimon]
e378f3 No.13669291
>>13669217
Easy gold is something that people bring up as a negative in hard mode, but I personally think it's fine. Having to grind to buy the next weapon upgrade is not challenging or fun. It's tedious. Hardmode eliminates that tedium while also making the combat more lethal, meaning you have even more incentive to purchase and upgrade gear.
1dbd8d No.13669911
>>13650277
That mod can flag your pawn as corrupt and can't be summoned.
3d771f No.13671533
>>13669032
She does have pink hair and the glasses are coming. I just chopped the head off a hydra.
>>13669176
>full body makeover item.
Or just go to the barber and change your looks. I'm so glad it lets you change your voice there. There are only two different voices for characters in the game and the rest of the variants are just tone shifted by an octave or two, making them sound ridiculous if you don't get the unchanged one. Then they only let you test by hearing a grunt which can sound perfectly normal extra low or high. Terrible.
a5a3c5 No.13671664
>>13651869
I silently made my pawn a waifu while I was streaming for a friendly 3dpd for fun.
I almost laughed because as how she commented my pawn's appearance
>isn't her brows are a little too light?
>she's kinda short
Makes me want to replay Dragon Dogma a few more times.
a82a06 No.13671673
>>13671533
Post another picture at day once you get the glasses, that should make it easier to see that her hair is pink.
3d771f No.13672753
>>13671673
>2000 rift crystals
shit man I'm playing offline pirated, this might take a while.
15c9e1 No.13672795
>>13672753
Nigga, go Bitterblack.
02a13f No.13672877
>>13666845
knife loli, can't pick knives-only as a base class
pawn will be elf cleric
fc4657 No.13673183
>Visit Selene every day
>Give her gifts of her favorite things every time
>Talk with her meaninglessly all the time
>Shun every other girl besides an occasional quest, but make sure to do a quest for Selene to balance it
>Grigori gets pissed
<Kidnaps Madeleine
0ca031 No.13673372
I have a copy of this game for the 360 sitting on my shelf. I never connect my gaming machines to the Internet. Is DD:DA worth playing offline?
c027f1 No.13673396
>>13673372
There's not really any online component to speak of, save for getting access to other player's NPC pawns to fill out the two open slots in your party. Without going online you get randomly generated ones to pick from.
0ca031 No.13673450
>>13673396
I'll take that as a yes.
19dfc2 No.13676086
>>13673183
But selene moves in with you regardless, what's even the point?
810dd3 No.13676192
>>13673183
Grigori isn't exactly the best matchmaker.
28af01 No.13677769
Hard mode, is actually kind of hard… But it's pay day every day.
e2476e No.13678092
I really like Dragon's Dogma and all, but one thing that really gets on my nerves is how poorly the world is crafted, specifically Gransys.
It has one village, one capital and a couple forts. That's it. You cannot walk 5 feet on it's roads without running into a horde of monsters or bandits and there are monsters and bandits just a few feet from Gran Soren's walls. There are more Bandits then there are citizens. It is not possible for Gransys to function as a country in any meaningful way.
It's extra ridiculous when Julien reveals he's been sabotaging Gransys because other countries are worried about them becoming too powerful. Just imagine the sorry fucking state those other countries must be in if a country that can't even secure its road or its capital's perimeter is a threat to them.
I like Dragon's Dogma, but its hard for me to immerse myself in a world that's so poorly put together.
6ef434 No.13678286
>>13650239
HOW THE FUCK DOES THIS GAME DO IT?
>have over 1200 hours in DD
>feel like i'm finally burnt out for good this time
>see a single screenshot of the game or hear Into Free or Coils of Light
>immediately need to replay the entire game from a fresh file
The only thing I want for the run I'm about to do is an EXP/Gold rebalancer mod that takes all of the bonuses away from Hard mode and instead adds penalties. I'd like to level up at about 1/3 the normal rate and earn almost no money outside of hocking shit I find.
Hard Mode is ironically the easiest mode in the game once you get past the initial mini-hump. Even going into BBI at level 1 in Hard Mode is only a struggle for an hour or so. Feels bad man.
I've seen a bunch of fix mods (which should mostly be obsolete since the recent patch, I think) and rebalancer mods that increase EXP/Gold, but nothing that reduces it.
6ef434 No.13678350
>>13657804
>>13655491
The difference in stat from level-ups is around 250 between your strength and magic if you min-max one way or the other.
The difference in stat from gear is about 1500.
You're barely seeing any difference at all in your damage output. Play a warrior for 200 levels and then go Sorc and you'll wreck shit 13% slower at worst. The difference is so small that it only exists in your head because you've been trained to min/max all your life.
Also, if that 13% really niggles at you, just eat 3 periapts.
a082ec No.13678366
>>13678092
Your complaints can be answered once you realize the game was going to be bigger. More towns and all. Thank Capcom for screwing with everything like they usually do.
10fd36 No.13678968
>>13669073
this is true, if you're going full sorceror/mage you need to get a bit of meat on those bones during lv10-100. for me, about 30-35 levels of warrior, fighter, or strider, whether you're using 1 or all 3 it doesn't matter, the hp and defense gains from those classes will help your survival, and move you closer towards magic hybrid classes more effectively. the best time to work on this is at lv35-40 so that you have plenty of level space to work on those vocation ranks.
28af01 No.13679023
I'm getting absolutely destroyed by this one bandit in the Witchwood quest. He one hits me, but takes more then 30 hits, I finally beat him and 10 seconds later there are more of them. God help me. Should I just run pass them, or is that too cheap?
2806ff No.13679039
>>13650932
>He doesn't remember
Must suck being from the berenstein universe. I dunno why Kek combined our universes on 8chan. You losers probably didn't even see the Saudi civil war.
10fd36 No.13679050
>>13679023
oh those fuckers a brave pawn once said: "There is no shame in retreating from battle arisen, t'is survival."
10fd36 No.13679089
>>13679023
you could alternatively, go at night when the bandits have cleared out and there's nothing but loads of wolves
a082ec No.13679127
>>13679023
Running away is entirely alright.
6ef434 No.13679141
>>13679050
>>13679089
>>13679127
Don't encourage faggotry. You can absolutely beat those fuckers, you just have to white-knuckle it the whole way down. Each of them is like a mini-boss, and it's awesome.
10fd36 No.13679239
>>13679141
you're the only one acting like a faggot here
6ef434 No.13679253
>>13679239
You're the one who encourages running from a challenge rather than overcoming it, anon. That's gayboy talk.
a082ec No.13679384
>>13679253
You’re the one advocating for a waste of time.
ed27e6 No.13679505
>>13672753
Use a trainer or cheatengine
a00283 No.13679520
>>13679023
don't play hardmode. it's that bandit at the top of the hill with the shield right?
unless you love fighting bullet sponges like that before you've got any bit of a fighting edge.
or…you could just head to witchwood at night and fight wolves instead.
28af01 No.13679544
>>13679520
Yes I play Hard Mode, I ended up going there by night. I tried fighting them and I can take the first one, but later on there are two of them plus like 5 or 6 weaker ones and it's just too much, I probably died at least 30 times there.
It's kind of funny how pawns act in Selene's house. I enter there all peacefully, but they just smash the whole hut, I felt a bit embarrassed ;_;
46c5a1 No.13679711
>>13679544
Just get several higher level pawns to run diversion one the lower level bandits, stock up milk and healing herbs, and stun lock the shield warrior add dodge. I'm assuming you're playing fighter. Rogue or mage I can't help you.
46c5a1 No.13679718
>>13679544
Also, learn where the encounter points trigger and try to lure the fight as far away from there as possible.
28af01 No.13679749
>>13679711
>>13679718
I don't really have a chance to heal since he drops me with one hit and my pawns with maybe 2. I can't dodge since I'm playing as a warrior. I block and counter him, but it doesn't work all the time. Sometimes it seems like his animations are faster and even though my attack animation started first he still hits me before I hit him.
d767f3 No.13679799
>>13679544
>playing hard mode as anything aside from ranger/magic archer or PB focused fighter/MK
'Hard mode is easier' is a meme, the real issue with hard mode isn't that the enemies are scaled to be stronger, but because they have practically inifinite stagger and knockdown resist compared to gear you should be able to find at that point in the game. Having more gold doesn't expand saxton's inventory and even if you by the best weapon available to your class, even dedicated stagger/KD moves for classes like ranger (kicks, ensnare, snake bite) and anything short of a heavy charge attack for a warrior does nothing (evasive slash and pommel bash will almost never inflict stagger). In other words, 'hard mode' just means either playing either royal guard or being as much of a pussy as possible and never taking any risks, since the enemy can just power through everything you throw at them and one shot you. Frankly, I don't mind that the game is more difficult, but hard mode straight up limits usable game mechanics and makes dragons dogma a significantly simpler game rather than a more complex one.
Also hard mode doesn't affect your pawns at all, so you can easily just cheese it by hanging back with ranged while melee and magic pawns do all the work.
46c5a1 No.13679816
>>13679749
What's your level? Did you do the well quest? What's your equipment? You should be about level 8, armed in the best gear from the shop, and have at least one level 10 pawn. anon, if I can beat him before knowing how to use my active abilities, anyone can.
28af01 No.13679877
>>13679799
So what are you saying, I should turn in down to normal?
>>13679816
>What's your level? Did you do the well quest? What's your equipment?
lvl 11, I think same for my main pawn, the other two are 12 and 5 I think. Yes I did do the well quest, it wasn't that hard, especially compared to those bandits. I have the best equipment I can currently buy, but it's not very good. I'm playing as a fighter not a fighter, my bad in the previous post, but I plan to go mystic knight.
15e576 No.13679955
>>13679877
You should invest in a higher level two hander pawn. Get rid of that level 5 add replace with either a mage or ranger. You want to keep a somewhat traditional party structure for the first part of the game, as it is designed to be handled straightforwardly.
49908a No.13680332
>>13650285
Destined to be used as fodder for the Dragon's Dogma decision to spur your will further on.
The Duke also loved his pawn, and guess what he did.
49908a No.13680474
Noticed Christ Centered Gamer didn't have this game, so now they do.
I kinda hope they stream the game so I can jump in and watch a new player play my favorite game.
a00283 No.13680540
>>13680474
holy shit, that pirotess look alike. i wish there was an infographic about this. or i might just spend hours trying to figure out how to make that look.
49908a No.13680556
>>13680540
I will never post Pirotess' stats. She has been my waifu since the PS3 demo came out years ago.
Still haven't deleted the demo save files for the character builds.
a00283 No.13680688
>>13680556
you selfish sonuva….just wait til i figure out the build
7e2e97 No.13680771
c027f1 No.13680825
>>13678286
>The only thing I want for the run I'm about to do is an EXP/Gold rebalancer mod that takes all of the bonuses away from Hard mode and instead adds penalties
>I want to turn a single player game into a Korean MMO grind
dd2f83 No.13681367
>>13680540
>this thumbnail
Although the background is different. Peculiar.
da1fbe No.13681474
I assume it was one of you guys that took my loli pawn out. I don't know what to do with these yet, but thank you nonetheless.
44ba97 No.13681885
>>13681474
Did they give her a large nut?
da1fbe No.13681892
>>13681885
whoops, i meant to say i came back to my pawn and just over 11k rift crystals.
44ba97 No.13681903
>>13681892
In the encampment where you made your pawn there's a shopkeeper that deals in rift crystals.
c9d661 No.13682797
>>13679023
>>13679799
I agree that the stagger resistances should not have been increased for hard mode. I wonder how difficult it would be to mod that.
652989 No.13682882
>nobody recommended OP any actual fucking mods
http://archive.is/aZgQO
6ef434 No.13682950
>>13680825
Not really.
The bonuses in hard mode are so extreme that they completely negate the point of Hard Mode - which is to be Hard.
073048 No.13682952
>>13682882
recent update broke every mod afaik
6ef434 No.13682956
>>13679384
Fun is never a waste of time.
I didn't realize people played Dragon's Dogma as an efficiency drill.
44ba97 No.13683035
>>13682797
>playing mage into sorcerer
>it's boring as shit
holy fuck how long until I get the crazy spells?
I just want to fuck about with good spells then go back to my true calling as a mystic knight.
c027f1 No.13685308
>>13683035
Mage never gets good spells. Sorcerer doesn't get good spells until like Rank 8 when you unlock Maelstrom, Seism, Gicel, and Bolide.
c027f1 No.13685395
>>13682797
I don't know, maybe it's like the Magic resist passive you can unlock where the Hard Mode version is a giant boost vs a tiny boost in Normal Mode, but when I got the one that "augments power of moves that knock foes back" it's been happening all the fucking time now. I'm staggering Cyclops with a fucking bow.
28af01 No.13685432
>>13682797
I only have a normal block and no real counter.
What happens if you go from Hard to Normal to Hard mode again? I know going from hard to normal just continues the game when going from normal to hard it restarts it, but you keep your gold and levels right? Or how does that work?
1442f9 No.13685456
>>13685432
That is a normal block. All blocks do that when you time them right, it's called a perfect block.
4f5ea5 No.13685580
>>13685456
You have to actually buy the core skill for perfect blocking.
830c9d No.13687273
>>13685580
Does the first arisen you play as in the prologue have the perfect block skill? If he doesn't then you don't need it because I've done it with him plenty.
>>13685308
>Rank 8
fucking end my life.
88c245 No.13687917
>>13685308
Those are the best, but the spell that is the line of fire that bursts from the ground is alright. Its more for smaller encounters and when you need to get a quick spell off. In more hectic encounters, I used that more than the bigger spells.
c027f1 No.13688000
So Drakes are literally fucking impossible as a melee class on Hard Mode.
a82a06 No.13688013
>>13688000
Are you using angel's periapts?
c027f1 No.13688019
>>13688013
You mean those vendor trash actually do something?
a82a06 No.13688062
>>13688019
Yes, they stack up to 4x.
c027f1 No.13688333
>>13688062
Holy shit no wonder everybody's Beloved is always Fournival.
c027f1 No.13691265
>fighting in the Catacombs
>narrow passage, huge hammer, swing hits the walls
>hit a nearby ore node by mistake, it fucking explodes and all the ore gets scattered around the ground
I had no idea you could mine them just by hitting them. I always thought you needed a pickaxe.
4a95e5 No.13691398
>>13685308
>rank 8
For one, Maelstrom and Seism are rank 7, but before that even, you get Focused Bolt at rank 6 along with all the affinity spells to go with it, normal Gicel and Bolide are fine spells, and even before that you get things like Exequy.
491878 No.13691438
Damn, I want to play again now. Anyone want me to bring his/her pawn on an adventure?
7f6ead No.13691536
>>13691438
Whats wrong with her face?
82d414 No.13691553
>>13679039
>berenstein universe
>9/11 didn't happen
>hillary's presidential term already ended last year
>mighty no. 9 is a smashing success
>microsoft didn't take the risk with cuphead, leaving it to stagnate in production
>saudi civil war
>isis grows stronger, splinters off into aq'shabbah and the syrian front
>meanwhile catalonia is peaceful and comfy
>david bowie is still alive and well
>robin williams has a new stand-up gig next month
>chester bennington is still dead
>smash mouth guy died from a heart attack
>guy fieri too
>the nintendo playstation is still going strong
>sega has the dreamcast 4 coming out next month
But does it really suck?
4f5ea5 No.13691659
>>13691265
Only Warrior weapons and Frigor can do it, but yes.
14ff67 No.13691677
>Reinstall Dragon's Dogma
>NexusMod for the original title screen gone
I know someone on here has it, so I'm hoping that someone can help me restore the game to its proper state.
c027f1 No.13691824
Should my pawn Naga be a Fighter or a Warrior? I don't really know which is more useful for a pawn to be, I just know that she's supposed to be a beefy Amazonian type with ripped abs.
c027f1 No.13691900
>>13691677
It might not work, I think they just released an update that broke almost all the mods.
4ef287 No.13691971
>>13691659
Comestion can do, pretty handle in the mine with all those mining spots nearby, you can hit two or three at a time sometimes.
4ef287 No.13691988
>>13691971
Holy shit i can't even use the right words, i may have woken up still drunk.
1a21a1 No.13691995
>>13691971
Also explosive barrels and throwblast.
>>13691824
Definitely fighter. Pawns don't have the timing or patience to be warriors.
f07efa No.13692000
>>13691824
I remember Fighter pawns just being more useful all around. Warrior pawns have this tendency to sit around uselessly, charge up a skill and either fuck up the charge or completely miss the skill. There's one or two skills that make Fighter pawns go similarily retarded but it's just a more foolproof class in general.
32c2a0 No.13692297
I installed it on steam ages ago but never played it because I'm afraid of being burnt the way dark souls burnt me.
Maybe one day. Maybe.
f63054 No.13693061
>>13692297
That's a really shitty reason for not playing a game anon, one I wouldn't be surprised to find on Reddit. Stop being a faggot and play it.
771c59 No.13695742
>>13691536
>Whats wrong with her face?
She's Asian.
88d595 No.13696306
>>13691824
I just have my pawn as a warrior with an overpowered weapon and challenger with NO SKILLS EQUIPPED. She just runs around smacking things.
Are pawns smart enough to use core skills though?
771c59 No.13696551
what guide should I follow to make the most bishoujo pawn possible?
28af01 No.13697848
>>13696551
I think think the first guide in this post is quite good >>13652412 use it as a base and then tweak it to suit it more to your preferences
Is sword + shield assassin worth it? Also what's the best guide for assassin? Should I just go from fighter to assassin?
942a37 No.13698039
>>13697848
Any form of Assassin is very strong. Sword/Shield is fun if you like parries and blocks, though Assassins get a bit shafted when it comes to shield skills the shield itself is already great. For progression, just do whatever. Fighter's most valuable stuff is the perfect block core skill and the carry weight augment, get those and you're set to go straight to Assassin. Should be around vocation rank 5. Perfect block augment is nice to have, but you could just learn the timing instead. Switch classes to something else for a bit if you're feeling bored and/or looking for some augments. It doesn't hurt to carry a bow as well just in case you need to shoot something.
cfb6ef No.13698078
>>13696551
commies dont belong here im shitting in that toliet of your mouth
c027f1 No.13702009
>>13696306
Honestly that's how you do a lot of your damage as a player Warrior too. Hell one of it's highest tier skills just increases the power of core skill combos.