Capcom Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

[moraes]

Thanks guys, my rangerinna is a Challenger/Mitigator now, was a Scather/Mitigator previously. She still uses daggers, but less so. I've given her that powder skill that stuns foes so she can help with close combat killing.

Had that epic fight with the griffin at the tower, was easier than I expected, but I used all my oil and blast arrows to keep him constantly burning and grounded.

This game is good.

 

[JBro]

What's the fastest way to level to 200?

 

[Makabb]

Can you play this solo without pawns? and if yes is it doable ?

I never like to have AI controlled party members.

 

[Damned Registrations]

What's the fastest way to level to 200?

Farm death, and the boss of bitterblack. Doesn't actually take that long once you've got the right equipment/strategies to kill them quickly.

Can you play this solo without pawns? and if yes is it doable ?

I never like to have AI controlled party members.

Yes and yes. Also, you can use them as ammo for a stupidly powerful attack as the magick archer. The assassin gets some bonus stats for being solo, and it's just generally pretty viable, the main drawback being the need to use consumables to cure status effects/heal, which pawns can handle for the most part otherwise.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Just realized that FRAPS doesn't record screenshots when the alt-key is pressed, so all the pictures I thought I was saving showing bow-usage for my strider/ranger/assassin character weren't actually saved.

 

[Emmanuel2]

Can you play this solo without pawns? and if yes is it doable ?

I never like to have AI controlled party members.

Yes, even the DLC postgame.

What's the fastest way to level to 200?

Do solo stuff depending on your class and ability: offline Ur-Dragon, Duskmoon tower + Rancid meat MA farming, Daimon 1st and 2nd phase, Death.

As for Vocations: solo Hard mode, choose vocation to level, go to greatwall encampment, rest till night, go right until you hit lich.

 

[Carceri]

Then hit the skellies. Don't hit the lich.

 

[Delterius]

There's also soldier farm at the post game.

 

[Zombra]

Did I finish the game proper?

I keep a checklist of which games I have and haven't completed so I want to know.

Last night I finally had the big battle with the dragon (a bit silly with a pure Fighter by the way) and some voice acting credits rolled. I got my heart back, curse broken, new curse inflicted, and so forth. Then the duke went apeshit on me and I had no choice but to throw him out a window. Then I fell down a (literally) bottomless well like Alice in Wonderland and now the only quests I have are "kill 30 lizards" and so forth.

Is this the "post game"? Obviously there is more to do, but did I complete Dragon's Dogma or not?

 

[The Vanished One]

Most would agree that you did not, until you finish post-game as well and get the 'real' ending.
If you are only playing for the sake of completion, though, I'm not sure you'll have much of a good time.

 

[Zombra]

Most would agree that you did not, until you finish post-game as well and get the 'real' ending.
If you are only playing for the sake of completion, though, I'm not sure you'll have much of a good time.

That's not it, I love the game really. I just wanted to know if there was more structured/main story stuff to come or if it's down to "now hunt open world monsters and try to get to the bottom of the dungeon".

If there's a "real" ending coming where the full credits roll and so forth, I won't consider the game proper finished just yet. THANKS

 

[Hoaxmetal]

Most would agree that you did not, until you finish post-game as well and get the 'real' ending.
If you are only playing for the sake of completion, though, I'm not sure you'll have much of a good time.

That's not it, I love the game really. I just wanted to know if there was more structured/main story stuff to come or if it's down to "now hunt open world monsters and try to get to the bottom of the dungeon".

If there's a "real" ending coming where the full credits roll and so forth, I won't consider the game proper finished just yet. THANKS

Getting the 20 wakestones will lead to credits and NG+ so yeah, you aren't quite finished yet. It shouldn't take long, a few hours in Everfall.

 

[Grimlorn]

Most would agree that you did not, until you finish post-game as well and get the 'real' ending.
If you are only playing for the sake of completion, though, I'm not sure you'll have much of a good time.

That's not it, I love the game really. I just wanted to know if there was more structured/main story stuff to come or if it's down to "now hunt open world monsters and try to get to the bottom of the dungeon".

If there's a "real" ending coming where the full credits roll and so forth, I won't consider the game proper finished just yet. THANKS

You should run through Bittlerblack twice before doing the 20 wakestone quest.

 

[Delterius]

You could run through Bitterblack Isle on the NG+ as well. The second ending (offline) is anti-climatic enough as it is.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

You should run through Bittlerblack twice before doing the 20 wakestone quest.

He should create a copy of his savegame before finishing the last part of the base game's main quest, so that he can see the final ending but then revert back to the savegame and play through Bitterblack Isle.

Possibly, he should finish the first of the three main sections of Bitterblack Isle before seeing the end credits roll, but it takes a long time to go much further than that. And considering Zombra took over a year to reach the Dragon...

 

[Zombra]

Definitely have no intention of playing through anything twice. Might not do BBI at all*. That's in "maybe a year from now when I get the urge to play this game a little more" territory.

*Dark Souls wore out its welcome pretty fast.

 

[mediocrepoet]

Might not do BBI at all*.

I dunno, you'll be missing some of the best bits. I'd explain, but I don't want to spoil anything.

 

[Correct_Carlo]

What's the fastest way to level to 200?

Death gives tons of experience, so he's worth killing once. But I don't think he's terribly easy to farm as he disappears after taking X amount of damage and has to be re-triggered through bait (it's kind of a pain to run back and forth dropping bait and waiting for him to trigger, or it was for me anyway). The final bitterblack boss is the way to go. He's absurdly easy to farm with explosive arrows and temporary strength/damage buffs as a ranger and/or assassin. You can infinitely stagger him with explosive arrows, even in his second form, and he dies very quickly.

Also, the infinitely respawning boss arenas in the DLC are fun for variety and give a fair amount of XP.

Definitely have no intention of playing through anything twice. Might not do BBI at all*. That's in "maybe a year from now when I get the urge to play this game a little more" territory.

*Dark Souls wore out its welcome pretty fast.

BBI is up there with my favorite DLC/Expansion from any game ever. I guess you will probably have to really love the game to begin with to enjoy it, as it's mostly about challenge bosses and rare loot more so than story or anything, but it does post-game challenge bosses and rare loot so well. If you like the game at all you should really give it a chance.

 

[Grimlorn]

Definitely have no intention of playing through anything twice. Might not do BBI at all*. That's in "maybe a year from now when I get the urge to play this game a little more" territory.

*Dark Souls wore out its welcome pretty fast.

The game up to defeating the Dragon has just been a tutorial compared to BBI. It's a bit tough but fun and rewarding. The reason to go through it twice is the dungeon becomes a bit more difficult the second time around as does the boss.

 

[Zombra]

I know I'm losing all my hardcore cred on this subject - do I get any points back for playing with UI turned off?

I'll probably keep playing off and on, maybe I'll dip my toes in to BBI and see if it's fun. Of course I have to find my way out of Wonderland first!

 

[ERYFKRAD]

I know I'm losing all my hardcore cred on this subject - do I get any points back for playing with UI turned off?

I'll probably keep playing off and on, maybe I'll dip my toes in to BBI and see if it's fun. Of course I have to find my way out of Wonderland first!

Mate, you lost any hard-core cred you had when you admitted to skipping content because it's okay to do so.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Avatars for Dragon's Dogma

Admittedly the lighting isn't the best for a few of them, so I might try to find replacements. The damn garden is always in shadow when I encounter Aelinore for the first time, but her later scenes have a different appearance for her (no crown, hair down), and Mason is always in shadow in my Catacombs screenshots.

Is there anyone else I should add?

 

[Zombra]

You forgot Zombira, most famous Pawn of the Codex.

 

[Modron]

Avatars for Dragon's Dogma


Is there anyone else I should add?

You missed the most beloved character

 

[Alienman]

How is that even determined who you get? I got the princess, was kinda boring. Didn't even interact with her much.