Warming up to Dragon's Dogma. Still dying a lot, but I'm starting to figure out tactics that work (As a melee character, stamina was a killer since you don't regain it while shield blocking, and that means you can't spam the stronger skills..)
__________________ What CDTM believes;
Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
15 dollars is INSANE for this, when there's other options (Hugs PS2 anthology disc)
__________________ What CDTM believes;
Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
Still need to finish MP1, but I have one of those consoles that stopped supporting the component cables, and don't have room for a crt so would have to play it on an lcd screen with composites, and been putting it off rather then see the fuzzy washed out image...
__________________ What CDTM believes;
Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
...I think I prefer an Xbox d'pad over a Sony d'pad now. Used to love Sony d'pads for accuracy in games like Mortal Kombat and such, but good god do they hurt the fingers in short order if you're pressing them in a platformer or something.
MS crossbars just don't have that problem, as I've found comparing iterations of Metal Slug.
__________________ What CDTM believes;
Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
So, for retro game compilations that support it, auto fire or no?
Megaman and Metal Slug have an auto fire feature, and I'm finding myself using it more and more, but it feels a little bit like cheating. Did we have auto back in the day? (Ok, there was auto gamepads, but I think we all looked down our noses at kids that bought those, the same way we looked at Game Genie or Gameshark.)
__________________ What CDTM believes;
Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
Well, I'm level 10 fighter on normal, and been reading that Assasin is the way to go for about ten levels or so. But I think that build is assuming a defensive melee, and it sounds like you're recommending a ranged build. Which I'm totally cool with, I just lean melee by habit. Are they ok against giant sized mobs, or do you really want ranged?
Looking at adding skills now, as all I have is that defensive slash and backstep, and the one that thrusts you forward (That's the one I spammed against the lizardmen in well quest Deep Trouble, as it seemed to knock them down.)
Burst Strike sounds like a good bet, since it's a more advanced form of the Blink Strike I've been leaning on. Flesh Skewer sounds pretty good though..
Definately need to trade in new pawns though, Rook is level 6 and one of then is level 4. :Eek:
My gear might need an update too.. Basic iron sword and nearly no armor, except a wooden shield..
__________________ What CDTM believes;
Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
Found out about longbow when I picked one up for loot in that Pawn mission, with the tentacled monster.
Another thing I discovered the hard way is Lost and Found, where you rescue Quina way at the start of the game, can't be completed. That really sucks because I was on that quest, and only accidentially triggered the main one by accident (They had a question mark above their heads, how was I to know they wouldn't give me an option to prepare before heading off?)
So basically, some skills carry over? Like in Final Fantasy V? So you'll want to pick a class for a few levels just for a skill or two?
__________________ What CDTM believes;
Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
Maybe next run. Min/maxing ruins initial plays for me.
Looks like almost every stat could be accounted for with gear. Stamina seems to be the big one, as does strength. Only real way to bork yourself is picking pure sorcerer 'till 200, then deciding you want to try melee/hybrid.
Since a lot of folks are saying stats < gear, and you don't even need to min/max to beat the online Ur-Dragon, I don't think I'll worry too hard on min/maxing and just have fun trying things out (I HAVE to try playing warrior for the Berserk experience..)
__________________ What CDTM believes;
Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
If you do not play a mage character for at least 30 or so levels, you WILL have trash magick attack amd magick defense, and trust me, that is very important.
Your main defense stat means absolutely nothing against magick attacks, and something like Bolide can OHKO you.
Gear is more important then stats, it does provide a lot of the other stuff.
There isn't much gear you can buy that really accounts for much magick defense when playing a melee-based character until the end-game, and even then, it isn't THAT much.
Dragon's Dogma quests can be a bit of a pain. For one thing, they get closed off left and right depending on where you are in the main story, so if you trigger a story event by accident and it auto saves, you're screwed out of 100% completion.
Also, the map is just awful. Was doing the one where you find that kid that keeps getting into trouble, and for some reason the map is always pointing to the bandit ruin's, where he's anywhere but. Went on a wild goose chase following the map lead (Wasn't really a waste though, it did open up a bunch of other quest leads/finish's)
Got to say random exploring is pretty fun though. You could go just about anywhere and find something interesting..
__________________ What CDTM believes;
Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
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Jul 21st, 2017 06:01 PM
Thanks Scribble!
