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The rewards I find in DD2 are so shit, there are but a few memorable pieces of equipment. And thr majority that does stick with me, is due to being in 1.

It's all pretty underwhelming

>Eternal Wakestone

>It's not eternal.

It's all just "ehh"

>>2143561
i still think the semirandom loot system DD1 had was the best way to do it, to hell with the speedrunning-adjacent tards going "noooo what if i don't get the most optimal loot every time noooooo". Especially since they got what they wanted with DD2 and nobody liked it, to the point multiple mods changed it "back" (somewhat), and when that happens to me it just shows what system most people liked best
fyi i'd agree the bbi gacha isn't ideal, but there's that and there's the loot in the wild thing of the main base game and i'm talking about the latter. And even then most of the issue still stems from the aforementioned tards wanting the best equipment and wanting it now, just to follow the most optimal strats they read online instead of properly playing the game for themselves. The fact anyone would ever listen to them is mindboggling, same with the tards crying about DD2 "not needing" more vocations before the game was out, and again we got exactly that and nobody liked it

>>2143473
Thanks, cos.

>>2143576
I can't even recall picking up any worthwhile equipment from chests. I explored voraciously, yet most of the stuff I had was stuff I bought.

Not to mention that when you find a chest, there's usually just shit inside.
Empty as 1 might have been, if you came across a chest you'd usually walk away with some nice looking piece of equipment.

In 2? The most memorable chest I opened was one with 5 rotten harspuds in it.

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>>2143428
POST YOUR PAWN(S) HERE
>Game
>System (PC, Console etc.)
>Pawn Name
>Pawn LeveI
>Pawn Vocation
>Pawn ID
>Optional Info (Boons, Inclinations, etc)

Isn't this a little early for a /vm/ thread?

>>2143678
now that's not true, there's plenty of worthwhile chests or enemy drops, but it's also true you just can't gear up by just finding shit in the wild cause said "plenty" is not plenty enough. And i'm biased of course but that sucks cause i like using the shit i find in the wild instead of buying from shops. On the other hand, DD2 overloads you with spell scrolls/books compared to DD1

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This guy is a problem while playing solo...

>>2143816
tis a strange general. it's like everything is different from the other generals

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Got his ass though

>>2143576
>Nobody liked this nobody liked that
Lmao get your head out of your ass. You sound like one of those discord trannies who posts anti DD2 threads on /v/ all the time jesus.

is there any place to get different DDON csv/json local server assets? preferably something similar to Rising's, since the default has shitty monster placements and shop inventories.

>>2144715
I think there's a dev server on discord, White Dragon Temple or something. Maybe you can ask there.

>>2144457
>nooo you can't say that!!!
i'm not one of those tards saying DD2 is bad period (i liked it just as much as i did DD1 in fact), i'm just saying some specific choices they had for that game were bad. Same for some specific choices they had for DD1, it's not like one game is perfect can do no wrong and the other isn't, especially since a good deal of DD2 "fails" were in DD1 too

Dogma...
Just killed a clops
Aimed a Levin at his head
Cast the spell and now it's dead

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She's very impressed by warriors again.

>>2145065
>I'd gladly assume the same role, myself.
You know what needs be done

>goblin calls you an idiot

How do you respond without sounding mad?

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DD2 is on sale along with a bunch of other games. Should I finally do it? I could grab Blasphemous 2 + Ace Attorney Investigations Collection for the same price, or even Unicorn Overlord + Yakuza 7, or maybe even Castlevania Dominus Collection + Castlevania Advance Collection...

>>2143678
>In 2? The most memorable chest I opened was one with 5 rotten harspuds in it.
So you didn't play for more than an hour. Got it.

>>2145111
Nyaver!

>>2145134
DD2 yes

>>2145134
They're probably removing Denuvo from DD2 in 3 to 4 months, so...

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still working on my DD-esque game. You can burn the goblin's wooden shields
>>2145134
I'd wait until they remove Denuvo unless you really, really want to play it. Also check out mods for increasing difficulty and some other that recently came out that seems to add new enemies while making existing ones more aggressive. That one seems super cool and really makes me want to replay the game lol

>>2145365
That's a very neat interaction, but I wonder if it should be instantaneous or take a little bit before they have to toss their shields away?

Which DDON server is closest to the original experience?

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>>2143812
>Ps5
>Dorothea
>LeveI 490
>Calm Fighter
>Riotous Fury/ Cloudward Slash/ Hindsight Sweep/ Launchboard
>Give her a bouquet for 99 ripe cranberries
>6M3P KOOW UCVC

Send me a friend request to hire her free.

>>2145386
All the servers differ a lot from the original experience, the original game was free to play and so it paywalled a lot of features that were pretty convenient, such as more space to storage items/gear, extra loot from mobs, cosmetic items, easier access to revival/resurrect, quicker/no crafting, overall, it seems like it fucking sucked, so you do not want the original experience.

I've only played on 2 of the 3 current servers, DDON and Dogma Rising, DDON sucked and probably still sucks, it was the first private server and it became the most popular but it has lost a lot of players to Dogma Rising and Legacy.

DDON has no future because its admins are faggots, they will not listen to players' feedback and bugs will go unfixed for months, broken spawns, dungeons you can't complete because they lack spawns, that kind of shit.

Dogma Rising is very good and has plenty of custom features and events and overall it's really good server.
Its admins will actually reply to your feedback and fix bugs in a timely manner, assuming it's bugs that they're able to fix.

Legacy looks very promising and the fact that it's the one server that has an actual OG player as its admin means you can probably expect good things from it, it also has many custom features like Dogma Rising and it fact it's the one server that started doing a bunch of nice custom features first, then Dogma Rising started implementing a lot of those too, unfortunately it's the least popular server, but it does look pretty good.

When I say custom features I mean stuff that wasn't in the original game, things like auto-loot, for example, both Legacy and Dogma Rising have this.

Just to clear, you really want to avoid DDON.

>>2144891
Dogma, thread's just begun
But Itsuno's gone and thrown it all away
Dogma, ooh, didn't mean to make you cry
If the DLC's not announced this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on as if naught really matters

I'm interested in trying Legacy server, what does it do better than Dogma Rising?

>>2146062
removes High Scepter

>>2145374
thanks for the feedback anon! I made it almost instantaneous with the idea of rewarding the player as soon as possible
>>2145386
never played the original, but I can say I had a real good time playing on Dogma Rising

>>2146078
>Removing instead of balancing HS
Cringe

>What's with all this fuss with HS being broken OP
>try Dim Slice
>entire screen worth of enemies evaporated
>try Wall Barrier
>practically invicible as long as you don't show your back to the enemies
what the fuck were they thinking!?

>>2146143
also you can ruin blade > mirage shift cancel > ruin blade to chunk boss hp
mirage shift cancel anything really
in some fights you can even deal delete the enrage bar without needing greens to expose the core, with BBM bracelets terror / eclipse blast can apply status ridiculously fast
personally though since its a PvE game the balance doesn't bother me, I just try not to use most of the time, although there's some fights you don't feel like grinding after you've beaten them with a different vocation and HS just makes it bearable (EXM Golgorran with anything other than HS and maybe Sorc was cock and ball torture)

which blue voc is better (less dying) for pawn? sage or alchemist?

>>2146186
They'll both live.
Enemy dependent how they perform. I generally liked waffen SS more but alchie does better with some bosses.

>>2146186
Alchemist is way better in my experience, Shield Sage is not a good vocation for pawns because they don't really know how to manage their Force gauge, so they won't always be ready to actually enchant your weapons when you need them to, Alchemists can just enchant whenever, that being said, pawns are always good at staying alive no matter the vocation as long as their gear is up to par

Tiny cats messily packing presents

wish there was better dogma 2 videos, the games are too easy to care about all the "build" vids on YT

>>2146807
its a curse and a blessing, if "builds" were a thing in dogma then we'd have a bunch of sloptubers pumping and dumping low effort content like they do with every other fromsoft/monhun title

>>2146880
that's already what most dogma content is though, "OP builds" but it's like whats the point? Once you're lvl 15 - 20 the game quickly becomes far too easy. There's no need for meta gaming (which is a good thing imo).

It would make sense if they bothered to add a decent hard mode so you actually hard to take more care about your loadout, but obviously capcom are the laziest, content hating AAA devs in existence.

Well this is a big ass problem... I haven't considered how I'm gonna kill these guys solo. Blight arrows maybe?

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>>2146987
Ate my picture

>>2146992
BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAP

>>2146987
>>2146992
Sorcerer's flare solves any problem
And what do you 'ate about your picture? hehe

>>2146905
>Waaah the game is far too easy
>Uses a pawn with Augural Flare

>>2143576
>to hell with the speedrunning-adjacent tards going "noooo what if i don't get the most optimal loot every time noooooo"

I tried doing a couple speedruns of DD, and this was in fact, an actual problem. There was some good bow in a chest in the female bandit hideout, but it only spawned like 25% of the time. IDK if getting it is the best 'route' but it was the best I could come up with at the time, there was basically no info on speedrunning the game in NG at the time.

Mostly I remember that being a woman was good to get access to the female bandit place without trouble, while having high weight was good for carrying more mushrooms. The mushrooms were used to give you infinite stamina while spamming that dagger skill that lets you move very fast. Armor took up weight that you wanted to spend on mushrooms, so none of that, either. As a result, I'd spend most of the run sanicing across Gransys as a naked landwhale.

Tiny cats decorating a Christmas clops

>>2148085
tiny cats fighting over the boxes instead of the presents

Does exp scaling also apply to player character or just main pawns? I'm around lv 40 and want to switch vocation, but if the grind back up is too painful for where I'm at then I won't.

>>2148334
which game

>>2148335
ddon

>>2148337
> 12. Why am I going from getting full XP to barely getting any?
>There's an EXP penalty in place if you're partying up with another player or have a Hired Pawn in the party. It kicks in if there's a gap of 21+ levels between the HIGHEST level person in the party and the LOWEST level person. Doesn't matter who, so make sure the level gap is less than 21 and you're golden.
>7 - Pawns get 250% EXP if they are at least 5 levels lower than your level. That means they will catch up really fast.

>>2148339
damnn that's too bad, I guess I'll just wait until I can grind in the dedicated exp dungeon?

>>2148372
if you and your pawns are around 40 then you can just grind to 20ish and you should be fine. Board delivery quests should also help if you have a surplus of material

Hey I saw the reccomended mods page and appears it's gone, also does it stop you from playing online? Love seeing the notification my pawns been useful

>>2148406
>Hey I saw the reccomended mods page and appears it's gone
went back to the older thread and it's this one https://pastebin.com/VPetkeXG idk why it hasn't been updated in the op

>also does it stop you from playing online?
usually no, some might get you soft shadowbanned but afaik it's specifically the ones that mess with character creation in like making characters too small or too big or stuff like that

>>2148416
Cool thanks I'll have a look

>>2145924
Too late, the DLC hasn't come
Sending pawns into the brine, thread's coping all the time
Farewell, Ser Arisen, I've got to go
I'd fain leave aught behind and face the truth
Dogma, ooh (any way the wind pushes)
I wish not to die
I sometimes wish I'd never been reborn at all

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Merry Christmas everyone! Thank you all for the reads and kudos! Hopefully I can keep delivering more royal cat adventures this coming 2026.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/64534276/chapters/199800426

See you all next year, Arisen!

Tiny cats napping in a big pile with full bellies

um.... meowwy christmas?

And a happy meow nya

>>2148372
it's only HIRED pawns, if you only use your own pawns you aren't affected. (last i played at least)

Is the Arisen a Jesus metaphor?
>Revives the dead.
>Dies for our sins.
>Does what Godoesn't.
>No hand stigmata, but the pawns do bear them. The mark of his death is instead the missing heart with Sacred Heart of Jeezy artistic similarities.
>Has followers that act like retards and turn to him in everything.
>Hunted by the authorities for doing his thing.
>"Wife" is a whore.
>Returns after death.
>The large red figure that flies around to spread... let's say joy... overshadows him. If the large red figure is killed, Tim Allen or another suitable candidate replaces him.

>>2149930
the arisen clause

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Merry Crimbo

>>2150193
wait is that a he or she im confused, but same

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I'd rather take a thousand

>"WOLVES"

than one more

>"The vanguard is yours"

Pawns were far more endearing with their battle dialouge in 1, the voice actors too put a lot of love in their lines

>"FIRE, LEND THY KISS"

>"BONES, WALKING BONES"

Dragon's Dogma Tactics, turn based JRPG. In between missions you learn about the world and its characters, true nature of things, and about the masters of various pawns in VN like sections. There's story pawns and characters in your party sometimes but otherwise it has the same pawn hiring system.

>>2153015
wasn't dragon's dogma quest like that?

>>2153137
I know it's isometric but that's it

Is it known that the Shadow veil/cloak skill literally breaks many (all?) creature AI and makes them behave oddly? I've not seen others mention this but it's very much a thing.

So if you haven't noticed, using the thief's shadow veil/cloak skill and getting close to many of the creatures will get locked in an odd "loop". The exact nature of the loop depends on the creature, but seems to be what they do when first detecting the player. For example, the Cyclops will get trapped in an endless loop of:-
>move 1 inch
>ROOAARRR
>move 1 inch
>ROOAAARR
>move 1 inch
>ROOAARRR
>repeat forever

This loop will instantly break if you remove the shadow skill. Another obvious one is the Lich. A lich will say a line like "rejoice in death" or something like that, but this AI breaking causes it to get caught in a loop saying "REJ REJ REJ REJ REJ REJ" over and over. This kind of loop happens for many of the creatures, although some aren't as obvious. The camo skill was also being used in conjunction with the 2 detection reduction augments so it's possible they play in a role in making the AI break.

My theory is the creature AI "knows" you're there, but technically they haven't actually "detected" you yet, so they get caught in this endless loop of almost turning aggressive but don't, breaking their behaviour and making them act oddly.

>>2153015
If I had the aughtistic and artistic ability I'd remake every /ddg/ pawn as a custom darkest dungeon 1 sprite and watch them all go insane.

>>2153170
Solo, I'm guessing?

>>2153930
Yeah. Well, I grew suspicious while I had pawns but had to feed them all to the brine because testing was practically impossible with those dorks ruining it every time. Most people probably wouldn't notice the issue with a full party, I'd guess.

>>2154019
What I was getting at is I think they never playtested that solo

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>>2143428
While it is true Crapcom can't be relied upon to deliver proper content, fortunately for us the autism of modders can.

The first public release of the biggest DD2 mod is finally out today!

> Bestiary - Aggressive Enemies and Variants
https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonsdogma2/mods/1196

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxppPfgfe7o [Embed]


This mod doesn't just simply increase "enemy aggression" and introduce a few new palette swap enemies...

It completely overhauls enemy movesets (especially of bosses).
The properties of "vanilla" movesets have been heavily modified - attacks generally come out faster, enemies string together more diverse combos, some moves depend on the creature's state, there's entirely new attacks and even extremely rare existing moves are now much more common.
The new enemy variants have their own abilities, quirks and even spawn points, not to mention alot of enemy encounters throughout the game world have been changed as well.

The purpose of this mod is to make combat more engaging by pushing players to use their full arsenal (including Pawns).
As such, some enemies are designed to be much more difficult than their vanilla version, giving their appearance during the game much more weight (look out for Chimeras, they are no longer a pushover and shouldn't be challenged in the early game unless you want to suffer :D).

1/2

>running on Reach for the moon Engine
>we didn't get the moon

>>2155541
It's also highly recommend to install the other great mods by these two mod authors:
> Dullahan - Modular Vocation Overhaul
https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonsdogma2/mods/817
> Enemy Resistance Overhaul
https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonsdogma2/mods/1079
> Lenient stagger and exhaustion
https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonsdogma2/mods/807
> Durnehviir - Dynamic Enemy Encounters
https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonsdogma2/mods/883
> Unofficial Dragon's Dogma 2 Patch
https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonsdogma2/mods/1147
> Simple Difficulty Tweaks
https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonsdogma2/mods/1018

In fact, the first 3 mods are so important that Beastiary has been balanced with them in mind.
So you might as well install them anyway, otherwise some attacks and enemies might be a bit overtuned. :P


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP1SBel6huA [Embed]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJCh4zaJmqE [Embed]


And here's the updated the list of notable mods for DD2!

> https://pastebin.com/fa46n2bb

Now all that's left is for modding tools to finally be able to modify and create levels, quests and enemies and we can finally have our DLC xD

2/2

Cat pawn handholding

>>2155541
>>2155549
Based modders doing what Capwon't

>>2156386
kino

>>2155549
>In fact, the first 3 mods are so important that Beastiary has been balanced with them in mind.
>So you might as well install them anyway, otherwise some attacks and enemies might be a bit overtuned. :P
Has anyone tried all of these together?

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Good enough for a 1st playthrough?
Apparently the mods that tweaks the difficulty shouldn't be installed for a first run so I didn't.

Does optiscaler works well with this game? Would like to use FSR 4 INT8 through it for my 7900xtx.

>>2157874
I don't think I have that much installed for Skyrim.

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Based Ernesto

>>2157874
>optiscaler
Yes it's amazing
>FSR 4 INT8
Post screenshots if you do, I like XeSS so I'm not sure if the performance cost is worth it

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New yearppi...
No nya Dragon's Dogmappi...

Happy new year dogmabwos
Here's to another one filled with cope

>>2160802
What I fink is that they need two years two see they need something new, and then two years to realize they need to keep making Dogma until it's finally what it's supposed to be.
And hope Itsuno hasn't already make Dogma 3 by that point. But maybe once he has, they realize need to make that too.

>>2146078
But that class is fun as fuck, just a bit overpowered, removing it is gay.
On that note how's online progressing these days? Season 3 working yet?

I miss flop

>>2161008
>just a bit overpowered
Understatement of the year, but yes removing it is dumb, if only the classes could be balanced somehow
>Season 3 working yet?
A part of it, there's like half of the S3 main quest done, like 30~ WQs, but I think it's been a while since anything new was added, the devs kind of took a break as far as I can tell, but the server admins seem to have added a lot of custom features, like actual player trading

>>2161018
Check the end of last thread

New year, new Mondays

>>2161133
but that was from last year...

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>>2160802
DD bros have it rough. Capcom still calls it a series at least

>>2163652
cat wife: monochrome edition

>>2157971
BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP

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do we feel vindicated a little?

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>>2164189
No, I feel frustrated.
DD2's performance still isn't "perfect" perfect, but it was basically fixed what 3-4 months in? A 30-70% bump in FPS depending on how old your CPU was, I recall, so it was serious optimization. Modern midrange can run it at least close 120 fps, definitely will outside the cities, while looking pretty. And people still vocally pretend it runs at 40 fps.
MHWilds looks like shit, runs like shit, and people swept the entire game under the rug like it never happened. And Capcom is still shilling it, still pushing it.
They had a free win with DD2 and they buried it.

>>2164189
I feel confused, people were saying that DD2 walked so that MHW could run, now I'm sure MHW sold a lot but technically speaking it released in a worse state than DD2 and it is still worse at the moment, and just looking at the game I can't understand where the resources are going.
It looks bad, it runs bad and it doesn't do anything impressive, it's just barren ass open worlds with nothing going on, it's not like it's pushing meme stuff like path-tracing or anything so what the fuck happened?

>>2164558
>so what the fuck happened?
they went in with the "they'll buy it anyway" mentality
i'm sure they could make another MH with the very same issues and it would still sell just as much as wilds did

>>2164558
capcom fucked their whole pipeline up trying to chase photorealism. everything is super expensive both in manhours to create and resources ingame for what they're getting out of it. exacerbating that they think making AAA swings is the best use of those now-limited resources.

>>2165034
Glad they're keeping the unique look of MH Stories at least. M-maybe they'll even remake Breath of Fire in the same artstyle

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>>2164558
>I'm sure MHW sold a lot
The game sold 10 million copies in the first month, but then sales slowed down to a crawl. Imagine the massive amount of money they must have invested in Wilds to have all the fancy things we didn't get in Dogma 2, like actual 3D food with gorgeous animations, several post-launch updates with entirely new game mechanics made specifically for the new free monsters, an insane variety of cosmetics, brutally challenging fights meant to entertain the hard core audience in the end game...

>>2165834
Very cool shot

>>2165834
In 700 hours, I don't think I've ever fought a griffin at night. Guess you have to raid their nest AND not have already killed the local griffin during its daytime aggro patrol

I don't know if it'll change in endgame, but why is DDON so hostile towards melee, even compared to DD 1 and 2?
So many enemies spam radial explosions or full body attacks, even worse some have damage aura like backfire, climbing and shaking doesn't help either since they'll spam yellow and red warning outside of exhausted state, and let's not mention them flying fuckers.
I like what they did to warrior here, but I'm contemplating to switch to ranged vocation.

>>2167580
That one fighter trial where you have to fight the Damned Golem fucks me in the ass.

>>2167580
What enemies are you having trouble with specifically? Most enemies that spam radial attacks have fairly noticeable tells. Also you really want to at least have pawns with vocations/skills that cover your weaknesses, it isn't like mainline where you can get by with whatever (Unless you're playing high scepter)

>>2167580
what level/enemies are you struggling with?

>>2167776
>>2168272
I'm not exactly having trouble, I'm just frustrated that 70% of the fight feels like just me watching from safe distance, unable to attack while my pawns doing all the work. Stuff like magma golem rage mode cover it's whole body with fire, lindwurm core located between the electrified wings, or alchemy goliath almost constantly having explosions present around it's head, you know, the only part that takes damage after the armor is gone.

>>2162260
I don't see any dd in that image

>>2168338
for warrior i would personally say the annoying stuff is the opposite, whenever you have to chase down an enemy thats more mobile. the majority of pretty much any enemy's moveset can be braced through on reaction with a little practice

>magma golem
thug it out
>lindwurm
break the wings
>goliath
ok yeah this one blows

>>2168338
didn't play much warrior but I remember them eventually getting a skill that lets you do a slash that creates a small aoe whirlwind, not sure if its unlocked through the HO tree though

>>2155549
>Enemy Resistance Overhaul vid
>pawns tell you for example that undead are weaker to holy damage in base game
>they aren't
What the FUCK was Capcom smoking? How do you fuck up things so basic? I skipped DD2 because no hardware, but FFS I don't regret it at all. I know that base game DD1 was shitty too, but holy fuck they really just did the same retarded things 10 years later AGAIN
I really can't understand this, it's so upsetting.
At least there are modders who can fix those and the enemy behavior.

ligmawurm

>>2168812
Star force beat us...

>>2168812
Posted by the account, meaning they at least remember the password

haven't been on it for a while and i noticed dogma rising is giving riftstone shards for login bonuses. What do i do with these, provided i already have 2 pawns?

>>2172934
give them to your partner pawn (the one that shows up in Your Room) to increase their affection and unlock some stuff

Is Element Archer viable as DPS? I loved playing Magick Archer and kinda disappointed knowing it became support class in DDON

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First post-rebuild play, I can feel the upgrade, DD2 flows so smoothly

So we're never getting an expansion for DD2. At this point that's fine.

But new question: what is the state of DD2 modding? Is there anyone out there trying to add actual new content, or is this one of those games where 98% of all mods are just basic cheats?

>>2173945
Nope

>>2174116
i think they still haven't figured out adding new stuff, as in stuff that wasn't originally there (ie the usual Thomas the tank engine instead of drakes). But they did, almost instantly, figure out mods that "remix" the stuff already there so there are indeed overhaul mods that change stuff like loot, enemies and even vocations and/or skills

he did it again

https://youtu.be/eo6Eh3OFXzE?si=uj65yTHN7p2u8d8S

>>2174048
Nice. Playing games on a good build is a great feeling.

>>2176839
neat. Between that, the wildlife documentary and a few vids with people giving the game a go for the first time, there's actually been some good DD2 videos the past month or so and none of it was from the usual dogmatubers.

Maybe the modding scene picking up will help give the game a little more life even if capcom don't give af

Caturday...

>>2178001
I think using DD2 to cast plays could get it a bit of attention

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>>2178186
Dang I missed it. Really need to do another run of DD2.

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hello there, I'm here to shill my DD-esque game once more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBpc2dxC7iA
I'd really appreciate if you could give me feedback on the "on hit" sound effects and the goblin voices. Please don't mind the shitty level design, it's just the test room.

>>2181016
lookin good, keep cooking devrisen
love that little gobbo's fading scream after being shield bashed off the ledge

>>2181016
They sound a bit like miniblins from zelda wind waker, maybe a little less pitch

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>>2181016
it all looks and sounds pretty good to me
i do have questions though: how does the gobbo breakable armor works? It depends on the weapon damage or the weapon type (or both)? Also, the mage gobbo dying spell i think should come out a bit faster, or maybe even randomly not happening (or randomly idk have a different blast radius), cause it feels like this way once you got hit by it the first time you can just avoid it every time like you do in the video, kinda losing its appeal/purpose

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>>2181065
>>2181093
thanks anons, I really appreciate your feedback. I'll try with a bit of a lower pitch. Listening to it today I think I've gone too far into "killing little kids with a sword" territory
>>2181448
nice! ty anon
>spoiler
the armor is there to make enemies flinch less when taking hits. In the case of the goblin's armors, since they are kinda shit you can break them in one strike with a strong attack, but those are slower to do so it might be difficult to land if there are many goblins going after you ass. Also some elemental damage types help with breaking it faster with normal attacks.
>mage gobbo dying spell
it's not so much there to be a danger to the player, but to provide some help against armored goblins and other enemies, since the explosion also damages them.Think of the goblin mages as walking explosive barrels.

>>2181016
reminds me of a higher pitched version of the sounds gnorcs make in spyro so im all for it

>>2181016
The hit sounds are pretty good. I prefer heavier sounds, but they might slightly mismatch with the general style of this game.

Also, I noticed there's a sort of auto targeting in the game. Will you allow that when also carrying and throwing enemies?

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>>2183716
thanks anons! glad to read your positive comments
>auto targeting
yeah there is! had to implement that or keyboard bros wouldn't be able to hit shit lol
>Will you allow that when also carrying and throwing enemies?
you currently can aim with both throwable items and enemies, but using the autotargeting when not aiming is a great idea, and will make throwing an enemy onto another much easier on the midst of combat. Thanks anon! I'll implement that right away

>>2183896
are the floating platforms just for testing or are you eventually gonna make actual maps like these?
Also, what engine are you using? Godot?

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What I'm a little worried about with Itsuno's new game is that he's now advertised himself as a "I set a budget and scope and stay within it" type of director. I'd really like for him to reach for the... well, moon. Just go overboard. Not dumb new features, but as much content as possible, even if that requires a DLC or two.

>>2184783
floating platforms are just for the test level. The final game should look more how you'd expect an old adventure game to look like. Something like Gothic, hopefully if I'm able to.
>>2184862
limitations can be good! with a set budget he might decide to focus on the basics (combat, exploration and cool quests) instead of the pursuit of imo lesser things like "making the world feel alive" or having "realistic NPCs", like they allegedly tried to do with DD2

>>2184862
Let the man rest and take on smaller projects, he laid the groundwork for the perfect fantasy action rpg already, now it's up to whoever comes next at Capcom

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>>2184862
Chus are multiplying

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Hmm... I think I'm gonna restart my playthrough. Playing as a Fighter main is kinda boring...

>>2184862
The image is a chuchu reference

Can't get hips like this in other games

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>>2186347

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>that moon that only appeared in the tgs demo
>all the locked passages that hint at dlc
>those files that also hint at dlc
>game gets memoryholed and stuck with bad perception because of a nothingburger at launch
>monhun gets a pass despite running worse and having more issues
Man... it sucks so bad, why couldn't they just pay more attention to DD, it even sold fairly good and they just left it for dead and moved on

>>2186555
because
>Itsuno = Nobita
>Tsujimoto = Suneo
that's why

>"Wilds is actually good I don't care about the DLC"
>tanks your framerate

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>>2186853
Based!?

>>2187032
This is like RE Village's Denuvo kicking in every time you fire your gun.

Imagine if DD2 had seasons...

>>2187648
What I keep thinking about is why don't they make a Dogma with multiple planned DLCs. If the base game is quality stuff and you keep adding more to it, it will attract more and more people through word of mouth.

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>>2188125
problem is that, while Capcom owns a fuckton of successful IPs, modern vidya only allows for a few of them to exist at a given time because games are very expensive and take a very long time to produce. So Monster Hunter and Resident Evil it is, plus the occasional experiment like Exoprimal or Pragmata while Mega Man, Phoenix Wright, Ghosts and Goblins, Dragon's Dogma and many many more die and perish forevermore

>>2187648
fishing in harve during the summer with your pawn...
picking mushrooms in the autumn with your pawn...
making snowmen in the winter with your pawn...
going for walks through the grassy meadows in spring with your pawn...

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>>2143812
>PC
>Mogrum
>Lvl. 85
>Warrior
>PXJIL28LJIBZ
>Skills
Inspirit, Razing Sweep, Heavenward Sunder and Indomitable Lash.
Straightforward inclination with Forager.

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>>2143812
>PS5
>Haliya
>LVL 107
>Thief/Calm/Woodland Wordsmith
>Z88OPNI5Y1OU
>Implicate, Skull Splitter, Plunder, Formless Feint
>Ring of Vehemence for Knockdown Power

>>2188147
An ace attorney shouldn't be that expensive technically or artistically, it just needs a good writer.

>>2143576
You could just save scum too, I remember doing it a lot when I found a chest with an item that I wanted, although it's a bit of a pain since you had to quit
This is only a problem to me if an item is exclusive to a chest and has a low chance of spawning lol

>>2161043
On legacy, the magic archer skill augment quest (the first one) can't be completed, it's not on purpose I hope? The job master just stay at the entrance of the dungeon and won't progress the quest

>>2190836
Just to be clear, on that post you quoted I was referring to the Rising server with those comments about Season 3 content, I have not tried Legacy, but what you're describing there doesn't sound intended.

I've added DD2 style executions. They are optional, since they are done by holding down the strong attack button and not just pressing it
>https://files.catbox.moe/2gz3cf.mp4
>>2189623
are there any good writers left at Capcom? With how kinda shit (being generous) the story was in MHW I'm starting to think they are in trouble in that regard. We'll see after the next batch of games (Onimusha, Pragmata, RE9) release. I hope they do fine.

>>2191003
Nobody cares about the story in MH so there's no reason to assign good writers to it

I thought DD2 story was bad, but holy shit, DDON is absolute dogshit, every single character is mega retarded, I lost few brain cells watching that [spoier]Mysial suicide[/spoiler] scene.
I'm level gated atm, does S2/S3 story gets even worse? [spiler]Cecily sexo btw[/spoiler]

>>2191389 (me)
damn, the story actually gave me dyslexia lmao

>>2191389
I don't think anyone cares a bit about the story except for the waifus

>>2191394
Cecily killed some of your brain cells, it's normal

>>2191011
It could be great if they aped a bit from 19th century hunting stories and let the game be an immersive, tracking oriented hunting simulator (for the main quest anyway)

>>2191389
Dragon's Dogma as a franchise is so good at gameplay that everything else is comically bad and it still manages to find traction
How are you feeling DDON rn btw?

>>2191389
the blocking and movement in that scene is what's really dogshit, the writing is just really stock but the way everyone stands around blankly is impossible to ignore and kills any kind of engagement.
>does S2/S3 story gets even worse?
iirc not worse but never particularly good

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Played with /ddg/ a long time ago, is this where some of you are these days
Just got DD2 if anyone can take my pawn around for some RC on PC

ODUGFQ210661

>>2191541
I mean, DDDA story was no masterpiece, but it's still has some very interesting stuff in it, especially toward the end.
>>2193084
Yeah, like she could've run toward Leo which is just 5 feet in front of her but she chose to throw herself to the cliff farther in the opposite direction lol
>>2192459
Kinda mixed desu, I really enjoyed the game initially, then gradually starting to notice the flaws like reused dungeon layouts, enemies constantly going out of their territory and become invincible, the MMO grind, the abyssmal enemy variation, questionable gimmicks (e.g. corruption, which made climbing monsters even more annoying)
It's still a fun DD game, but I'll probably only stick around until I've done all the story content.

>>2193280
I meant DDON story specifically. I think DD1 story is great.

>>2193272
This is ex-/vg/ /ddg/ yes.

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>>2193352
That's cool, still have some screenshots from the PS3 days though I doubt anyone's actually recognizable here.

>>2193280
for me at least season 1 and dd1 fall into the same general category of having interesting concepts and ideas but lackluster execution. environmental art does a lot of heavy lifting though

>>2193280
Oh God don't mention the corruption thing, straight up the most dogshit mechanic ever conceived in this franchise
They also made sure to nerf your climbing jump, in the main games you get to position yourself exactly where you want jumping when climbing an opponent, in DDON you get pushed a mile away
I agree with your assessment of the game in general, I'd just add two things: The game has a terrible sense of aesthetics and the classes and actual combat mechanics are much better than regular DD.

>>2194432
>The game has a terrible sense of aesthetics
I think this is pretty standard when it comes to online RPGs, the early game armor is simple, looks practical and overall is nice, but when you get to the endgame it it's all bulky stuff and spikes here and I just hate that, thank fuck DDON has transmog

>>2194580
>thank fuck DDON has transmog
Real asf, I wanted to mod some armor but I never did find out where the stuff that chooses between variants (colors, parts, etc) is stored

>>2194432
It's just going for a more fantastical look than the first game did. I think most of the time it pulls it off, with the major exception of the Season 2 areas where the character designs, their settlements and the ruins all clash horribly. Not counting equipment that was cash shop gear or collab stuff, that is, and you're always gonna have players making joke abominations and running around in clown suits in an mp thing for better and for worse.

>>2194590
>It's just going for a more fantastical look than the first game did
Precisely, and it's terrible.

did everyone cheat or is it actually easy to find 150 seeker tokens in dd2
cause i'm seeing a bunch of low level pawns with that corset equipped

>>2195955
Everyone cheated the corset

>>2195961
Good, wont bother for now then. Trying to keep first playthrough as vanilla as possible.

Stiff upper lip guys we're almost 2 years into the 12 year wait for DD3

>>2195955
Low levels probably cheated it or got someone else to gift it to them. The tokens can be fun to find though, I found around 217 of them by myself and only then used the guides for the remaining 3 I needed.

I'm trying to unlock EXM skills in DDON, is Golgoran supposed to be this bullshit for melee?
I keep running out of time because this fucker is spamming red warning attacks and I can't get close at all.

>>2196537
Golgorran sucks for everyone, even if you go in at a higher LV it will be a miserable fight, specially with pawns, if you can try to get players for it, or go when you're much stronger, like when you're LV80+.

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Thanks anon
Much needed too after spending hours getting to Bakbattahl early.

>>2196537
worst fight in the game imo

>>2196537
Not sure if they're still around but if you're on the Rising server try to search and hire the Ork brothers. As long as you can dodge everything those 2 will do everything for you, just bring your own green pawn to help expose weakness cores for them.

>>2196649
>>2196956
Yeah, I've been thinking to brute force it with high level rents, maybe I'll just do that.
Last time I managed to reach around 20% hp left before time out, weakspots being permanently destroyed really fucked me up when there's only one left in the worst location and he's in rage mode.

>>2196720
I remember starting a new cycle, rushing to bakbattahl and then realizing that I forgot to activate the vernworth portcrystal. Fun times

hehehe
cats
dogmas

>>2197000
Back in my days there wasn't a portcrystal in Bakbattahl...

>>2197947
Real?!

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>>2196720
No problem, glad to help.

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>>2198007
What's the deal with Mages jumping in melee this game
Are we training our pawns wrong

>>2198046
Pawns just be pawns sometimes

>>2198046
If they see an opening they pounce, and mages have a lot of downtime

Is it worth it to get this game?
I've been considering piracy just to see if I should pay for it myself but then the pirate version is very old I think, before performance patches

>>2198628
Yeah.

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Pawns are so pure....

>>2198628
The cracked version that's currently available is not good, it runs really bad and is old as fuck, I think it's some pre release build with debug tools active so you should definitely avoid it.

If you definitely don't want to pay for the game you might consider waiting until March, it'll be the game's 2nd anniversary and Capcon usually takes Denuvo out of their games by then so there might a proper cracked version by that time.

Could also buy the game when it goes on sale, which happens rather often

>watching the battahl wildlife doc
>garms will eat corpses if you throw them near them

huh, I've not noticed them doing that in the sequel. I'm guessing they only do it when not aggro, and they're very easily aggro'd. Also the way they lick their paws before chomping on a downed foe is cute

>>2198628
Keys are fairly cheap these days so yeah, you'll get your money's worth.

>made an autistic night trip to the elf arbor
>don’t speak their language
I’m glad I remembered talking to one random pawn and she proudly announced she speaks elvish
Would have left that place thinking I didn’t do some key quest otherwise

I'm gonna doom the kingdom this UW run, just to see how much the clouds will claim

>>2200037
Arisen would nyever

>finally decked out my pawn from Battahel equipment
Have a feeling nobody even hires non-Mages but let's see if dressing her up like an escort helps.

I saw a comment saying you can get 150 seeker tokens by following a guide in an afternoon, should I do it

>>2200255
Just me and my pawn left in the end, hopefully. So dreamy...

ran into my first drake at lvl 27 and failed
those stupid meteors they summon one shotted me

>>2198680
need a beastren wife and comfy cottage to live out our days

Looks like ragnhall doesn't appear in the moon tower if you've never met him

>>2201286
Nyo

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>griffin attack while on the ropeway
That's...fair

>>2202350
There's a way to cheese it so enemies will never attack you while on the ropeway

>>2201885
Indeed, you are correct.

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Followed someone's ass sliders but ass doesnt look nearly as plump as theirs

>>2204013
Maybe they're using mods, some of them override the sliders entirely

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>>2204196
They specifically said it's just a "preset" you can load in a charactermanaager mod or copy his sliders if you have issue with the mod
But....maybe you're right, maybe it's the modded outfits that add to the meatiness or something, I dont know.

Do you guys play other games?
Why do you keep coming back to DD?

>>2204664
I play many many other games, but DD is my comfort game that I come back to every 4-6 months.

>>2204664
Yeah I'm playing other stuff rn, but there's nothing quite like DD. I'll probably jump back in once in a while.

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Went to start the Coronation quest and got suspicious at the captain's warning, did a some light digging and it turns out that's a major milestone that will kill some older quests

Except I have almost none of those quests and now I'm wondering how many other quests I'm completely unaware of...ended up just saying fuck it and took a four hour trip to Volcanic Island to shop instead

>>2204672
I think it's mainly the Harve stuff and Brant's quests.

>>2204670
>>2204669
So what are you playing?
What's the special thing about DD?

>>2204676
I don’t know for sure
But now that ive been made aware, im gonna do as many quests as i have and gift NPCs that interest me to see if that triggers anything

>>2204684
Pawns. Movement and interaction in combat, how the moment to moment gameplay feels I guess. Affinity system.
At the moment I'm waiting for the Nioh 3 demo, occasionally playing Elden Ring Nightslop with friends. And while I really like soulslikes, it just doesn't trigger the same sort of stuff in my brain as just moving around with my character in DD.

>>2204684
>What's the special thing about DD?
Going on adventures with your own custom characters while also being able to hire other player's characters. All the little party interactions. Also taking screenshots with freecam, I think I have over 3000+ screenshots at this point.
>So what are you playing?
Looked around for games that have customizable party members with dialogue/affinity systems, ended up trying Dragon Quest 3 HD, Etrian Odyssey V and Baldur's Gate 3. In the end got sucked into Wizardry Daphne which feels like the closest thing to a DD gacha to me except its a turn-based dungeon crawler.
Party dialogue, affinity system, camping in dungeons, BBI-ish equipment farming, you revive your party members when they're downed by touching them, human/elf/dwarf/beastfolk races. Also even though the characters you summon have names, you can still give them custom names so I renamed most of them to match my DD pawns.

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Ok guys, I drew a picture of my character from DD2. If you want me to draw your character or pawn, please post here. I will gladly draw it, if I find the time of course

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>>2205085

>>2205085
Beautiful portrait anon, do you have socials? Post your pawn ID/platform if you feel like it. I would gladly have my pawn drawn but there are definitely more beautiful subjects in this thread so I'll let them go ahead first

>>2205203
No, I dont have any socials, sometimes i'm posting on /ic/ but all my works end up in a drawer. But thank you so much for your appreciation anon, especially when I rarely share my work with anybody and I draw to forget about depression. DD2, DS 1, and other alternative RPGs bring me joy and I like visiting this thread

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>>2204664
There is nothing that scratches the same itch, especially now that DD2 has nerfed fast travel this feels like the closest game to the perfect action adventure rpg to me personally. The weightiness behind every action is a welcome bonus too, even though I realize it might not be to everyone's taste. When I played Breath of the Wild, the starting area was the most entertaining and that was in part becasue I had to figure out how to climb down from high places without the paraglider. This kind of inconvenience is what makes jumping into your pawn's arms so satisfying. So even just simply *moving* around in DD2 is fun, nevermind the incredible combat system: pushing down monsters when they're staggered, smashing them into a wall, throwing them at each other has spoiled me rotten and I can't enjoy any other action rpg without thinking about this game now. Also there's just something about running around with your fighter while he's holding onto his sheathed sword.
So yes, I play other other games to cope with the lack of a properly finished DD entry.

TL;DR dragon's dogma pilled

>>2205280
Forged in the flames of /ic/. Keep up the great work, I also love drawing so I totally get the feeling
>DS 1
That's my favorite game from that series, it's up there with the original Demon's Souls. They share the same spirit DD2 had at launch when it gave your pawn the deadly flu without announcing it in a pop-up window. I also love how the sphinx just flies away for good if you fail one of her riddles and you're forced to reload from an inn save. Feel free to recommend more alternative games, it might help with the cope. And have fun with your portraits

>>2205085
Incredibly cool, always so nice to see more art!

>>2205333
>>2205330
Thanks for the compliments, it really cheers me up. I will post something here from time to time, but so as not to flood

Yeah, DD2 gives me rough and comfy feeling . Giving gifts for npc's, whole pawn system are my favourites. DS 1 gives me same comfy feeling but the newer ones didn't have that "something".
>>2204664
I'm playing Zelda Botw, TotK once in a while. But the most similar ones to DD for me are Nethack or Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup. You just need to be rather creative for enjoying those games. But many here are not lacking in imagination so i can recommend them.

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>>2205085
If you want to do my pawn, I will be happy to see the result. Her name is Anna. Even weeks later, I am sure I will be around.

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>>2205085
>>2205086
That's great work! I'd appreciate my Arisen if you find time. I've collected a host of pawn pics by now, but I'll need a reference for the Arisen as well soon...

Not that I can't wait my turn though

>>2204684
>>2204664
I've been trying to read more this year instead, but yeah I play other stuff.

Dragon's Dogma is so expansive, yet with very dearly felt gaps that it's great fun to think about iterating even when I'm not playing it

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>>2204664
>>2204684
Something about exploration/gameplay in the dark always fascinated me and Dragon's Dogma does that like no other....seriously if you guys know other ones that also have satisfying combat let me know.

Maybe it has to do with the fact that I used to love playing at night as a kid and became a boring ass nerd in my adulthood that dont even like walking back to the parking lot in an unfamiliar neighborhood. But if I could magically summon all my video game screenshots ever taken, you'll find tens thousands of images taken at night in games ranging from vanilla WoW to the normiest mainstream open world.

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>>2200046
I am fond of this pawn pose. What are they thinking of?

>Arisen's Shadow
>Hmm what even is this quest
>Wait who is this weirdo screaming YOU at me from time to time
>Run after him
>Run after him all the way to the docks
>Nothing
>Okay probably just a bugged NPC
>Still nothing after a few days
>Give up and check guide
>It is him....you were suppose to Grab him
Come on man...

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can you get the rose chateau courtesan's equipment

>>2206440
only through mods

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Killed my first drake as....a Sorc, did not realize how comfy this class is. Just sit back and dump nukes on enemies and you get to see what the pawns up to.
Didnt touch Casters in DDDA at all unless you count meme knight as one

>>2208088
Yeah Sorcerer is fun in 2, and you can offset being weak by picking Warfarer. You lose the two big spells, but I mean you still keep Flare.

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>>2208983
Yeah, but bows feel worse in this game, almost as a trade off. I used to shill DD as having the best archery whenever the topic came up and I'm just not feeling it in DD2.

They fixed Wilds, the 1% lows are so much higher it's not even funny. So they might be able to do the same with DD2 except they've abandoned it

>>2209536
what do you mean by 1% lows, FPS drops?

>>2209518
I think 2 has better bow combat. The skills are way too bland and toned down but the overall sound and feel combined with the weight to the shots feels really good. DDDA's bow has more fun skills but is less of a bow and more like a gatling gun shaped like a bow.

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>>2209549
I think that was exactly why I liked bow more in DD1. It was different and the hits felt impactful, especially anything with multi hits. I actually just youtubed a couple of random Daimon runs to make sure I'm not just drunk on nostalgia but nope, definitely still prefer DD1's bows.
Will have to try Magic Archer in DD2 to see if it's any better but apparently it means hauling ass to Volcanic again

>>2209561
That's the vocation/guild guy, be sure to jump grab him a few times every now and then, maybe draw your weapon out in front of him, so there's no chance of him becoming your beloved.

When you see a goblin dancing & laughing, they're thinking about how capcom instantly abandoned us

>>2209745
>"Stoopid hyuman!!" - John Capcom

>>2209688
I think I accidentally did that in front of the innkeeper many times and he still left gifts

I miss when people were making fun/interesting videos for DD:DA. It's just not the same for DD2, there's only a couple left and they're basically just covering mods.

>>2209975
You need to do it a lot to people that you talk a lot to. Or just kill them.

>>2209549
>but the overall sound and feel combined with the weight to the shots feels really good
Agreed. Plus you can do some sick trick shots too.

Aside from the Thew skill and the super generic ones like more stamina and more health, what other passives do you think are super good and worth picking up?

I know it’s not THAT hard to level vocations in this game but still

>>2210547
honestly, the game is too easy to care about which augments to use from a "stats/whats best" perspective.

>>2210600
Not an answer, retard

>>2210600
what kind of response is that
sometimes its just about making the game feel better to play, not whether it's min/maxing damage for any sort of challenge

>>2210547
I've been liking Gratification or whatever these days for running around sans mage

>hired a pawn who can drop meteors
>wow i cant wait till my pawn maxes out sorc
>hours later: nothing
>look it up
>no anon, you were suppose to go to this bumfuckcornerinthemiddleofnowhere and talk to this bitch for your maister sorc skills
Oh

>>2210547
Knockdown resistance/knockdown increase is useful and status affliction makes a noticeable difference if you're using a weapon that can inflict it
there's one from a hidden class you get later on that makes it easier to find seeker tokens, it also gives you tinnitus though

I spent hours running across themap to get the two big hammers and now I hate how they look and wanna buy grphic victory to play warrior instead, fuck

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>>2211329
Cyclopean Thunder is cool though, you get stuns for days. Unless you really don't like the glowy effects I guess.

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My pawn finally hit level 200, kyaa!
Still a ways to go towards hitting the HP cap, so I'll aim for 100 levels for each anniversary of DD2

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>not allowed to makes dwarves in dd2
Lame. And didn't they separate size from carry weight too?

>>2211400
Cats with bats!
>>2211676
I'm in awe of everyone with 150+lvl characters in DD2.
>>2212965
Because everyone makes massive dudes, you can at least make manlets that look like dwarves compared to them. And yes, they did (one of the really good changes imo because I'm a number chaser fag that would give up what I wanted my character to look like to get more carry capacity).

Ummmmmmmmm

You actually get more map on total unmoored failure route than I thought. I guess this is the track for the brine super dragon to fly

>Couldnt play for 2 days due to things
I sure hope my pawn went on some adventures during this time...

>>2214634
Code?

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>Run back from Harve
>Ulrika is at house to ask for an escort back to Harve
COME ON
>>2214641
She got hired!

I just found out the reason I had a hire that couldnt have their pawn status viewed is because it was a system “pity” hire
Dang

>>2215188
it's probably more pitty hires than real hires these days. It's sad how quickly the playerbase just completely died outside of a tiny hardcore base.

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>>2215265
40 hours in right now and I only had the one aforementioned fake hire so I'm overall pretty happy, and it's been 2 years so it's kind understandable. Also those decked out monthly ranking pawns probably take up a lot of hires from new players.

Still I kind wish I got this on launch. I kept thinking I'd wait for the expansion like I did with Dark Arisen. Any of you still holding out hope for the game's 2nd anniversary this march or whenever that is?

>>2215958
I'm sure it's over for DD2, normally I would say stuff like "I hope I'm wrong" but let's be real, Itsuno left, it was a disaster. And sure the game sold well at launch, but Monster Hunter Wilds also did, 10 million in just a few weeks in fact, and then both had the shortest legs because of the performance issues and whatever else that resulted in overwhelmingly negative reviews. DD2 was also under fire for the dlc right at launch. Long story short, Capcom's investors are now asking why sales of Wilds are "soft". You just know DD won't be a priority for years to come

DDONsisters, is the guild dead or did I log on at a shitty time? glad to see GobDev is still around

>>2216206
I'm pretty sure the clan is kill, I guess the majority of older members are tired of the game by now after playing for over a year and the few new members that joined these last few months seem to have dropped the game.

Personally I might come back to Rising if/when the devs release more of the main quest or those Chain Dungeons, but from the looks of it the devs have slowed down a lot.

>>2217010
Could round up the short bus crew to do hardcore runs, that seems to keep communities alive

Desrik if you see this I hope you kept lifting