Does /v/ still play Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen?

Yeah, why wouldnt I?

>>716527107 (OP)
Forget it anon. It's a dead game. Just like all de others ya know. The Rift is full of zombie Pawns that I don't think were even created by humans.

Haven't in awhile, but I do want to replay it. Problem is I don't remember my exact build, and I've been to lazy to go recalculate it.
Probably just gonna wait until I build my PC next year. Don't feel like paying it on the Switch even though it runs perfectly fine.

I was thinking of replaying it again

Anyone here jumped into DDOnline? is i fun?

>There's less than 500 people playing at any given time

it's....joever........

>>716528374
DDOnline doesn't exist anymore..
In a sense it technically never existed (in the west)

>>716528616
pretty sure the private servers are getting new updates. wasnt there a pretty big one recently too

>>716527107 (OP)
I come back to it from time to time. One of my top ten. Also FUCK CAPCOM

>>716528658
Where do i find these servers?

>>716527107 (OP)
yeh

>>716527107 (OP)
It's on my list for when I'll finish elden ring. It Is good?

>>716531806
It's my favorite game of all time.

>>716531806
It's a different type of game compared to ER
I love it. Have something like 700 hours in it
Where the appeal of a souls game to me is the challenge, the appeal of Dragon's Dogma is in perfecting your character/party build.

>>716532175
I'm happy for you!

>>716532219
I am totally in the dark about the game, there is a big skill tree or stats to level up?

>>716532908
It's an action-rpg and arguably more action than rpg.
There are nine classes, some are exclusive to the main character (arisen). Your stats increase on level up based on your class, automatically. Like, the heavy armor classes gain a lot of HP, physical defense and physical attack strength. But they will suck at doing magic things. You are supposed to change classes often, but you can also just hard-focus on something like playing all physical or all magic.
Aside from experience points, you also gain so-called discipline points. These increase the rank of your current class, which unlocks more skills and passive abilities. You don't just attack and heavy attack like in souls-games, you also get all manners of special attacks. The magic classes unlock spells. Some attacks/spells are exclusive for certain classes, some are shared among classes. The passive abilities are shared, you can equip them on any class. They are one reason to change classes often and max their ranks. For instance, the sorcerer class has a passive ability that adds 20% magic attack, which is useful for any class that does magic things.

>>716532908
It's pretty fukken complex.
how to break this down ....

The game starts by giving you a choice of 3 vocations. Fighter, Mage, Strider - your basic sword/shield, offensive + healing/support magic, daggers/bow classes.
Each of these has dozens of abilities, plus augments, core skills, and stuff that (and here's the rub) can be applied to other classes.
On top of this, at some point in your first playthrough, you'll get access to Warrior, Sorcerer, and Ranger (claymore, stronger offensive magic, daggers/longbow). Which are the same as the first three, dozens of skills to unlock, and augments that can be used across classes.
Then you get the dual vocations - Assassin (combo of fighter/strider - built for solo play), Mystic Knight (combo of mage/fighter), and Magick Archer (combo of mage/strider). Same story with the skills.
So you have a ton of build potential just from the skill tree.

Then you have armor, weapons, and special items which can have various effects. Some of which are really powerful and create a ton of synergy.
And some really crazy/fun stuff, like just for an example, there is a main quest item you're supposed to carry and the give up at one point. It like doubles the power of your magic. If you don't give it up you miss out on loot.
You can create a forgery and keep the real item to get the bonus, while completing the quest with a forgery, then on a second playthrough complete the quest normally to get both the item and the loot.
There's a certain point in the endgame where your stats start to matter less, and you can fully go in on fashion customization and getting your character how you want him or her to look instead of worrying about how good your gear is.

All of this except for the Dual vocations, also applies to your Pawn, which is your personal AI support character
And then you can hire other players Pawns for a full party of 4, and there are all kinds of team composition/team synergy combos you can make

>>716533660
Thanks for the explanation.
Hope it will be fun to play with all those classes

I'm doing it since i already did everything in DD2 and the only thing that can satisfy the Dragon's Dogma itch is Dragon's Dogma.

>>716534191
Hope I will understand all this in-game
What about the game itself? It takes a lot of hours to finish?

>>716529196
pretty sure you can just look up ddonline on jewtube and find it all there

>>716534391
I remember the most fun I've had was Magic Archer. The ricochet arrow annihilates rooms in BBI

>>716528065
i still find a lot of proper/fine pawns
with that said, how are the offline pawns you can find around the world? never tried them

desu next time i play i probably will try going without pawns. theyre too stupid and the perk that gives you +20% to both damage types when alone sounds so good when every enemy has such high flat defenses

>>716534391
NTA
Just a heads up, the game starts with like an 8 hour main story.
Just play it as you would if you didn't know anything about it: pick whatever classes you want, whatever gear you want, just have fun with it on that first playthrough without thinking too hard about it.
On New Game + you'll start to see where the real complexity comes in.

That first playthrough it seems like kind of a mediocre game with a few cool elements, but after those first 8 hours it can become addictive as hell

>>716534639
>It takes a lot of hours to finish?
Maybe around 60 hours for the main game. The dlc area (already included in Dark Arisen) can add another 10 hours and even more, depending on how much you continue playing it. It's very grindy, but some people prefer it over the main game, because it basically just focuses on combat and dungeon crawling.

>>716527107 (OP)
I did until the IT in my workplace nuke it
>>716534391
Reminder that ENB founder endorse dragon dogma

>>716535083
>>716535112
Understood
So you need to do multiple runs to get the full experience?

>>716527107 (OP)
it's an alright game but honestly most of the time spent playing you're just running around the place in pretty bland medieval fantasy surroundings

>>716535370
Sorry but I don't know what's ENB is

>>716535112
>Maybe around 60 hours for the main game
60 hours? The main story is like 8.
Takes maybe 60 hours to unlock every vocation iirc, but there's no "finishing" the game really. 700 hours in and I'm still hunting for new pieces of gear and upgrade components

Should I play Dragon's Dogma 2? Played the shit out of DD:DA back in the day.

>>716527107 (OP)
why are you playing a woman
why is your ass exposed
can i fuck it

>>716535808
if you can get it on sale, it's definitely worth it. it's basically the same game, worse in some ways, better in others.

>>716535457
I'd say at least 3 runs would give you a sense of what the game really is.
The way certain items carry over (like, for example, you get to set up your own network of fast travel points, and you can expand it on each run), the way you can manipulate the outcomes of quests each playthrough to get gear and world status changes you wouldn't get otherwise, the way stat growth and character progression carries over (so by playthrough 3 you'll probably have a handful of favorite vocations significantly upgraded)
Plus the DLC island is pretty difficult and by around run 3 you should have a strong foundation to be able to handle it...

>>716535749
>The main story is like 8
And "finishing the game" doesn't just entail rushing through the main story. And average playthrough doing most quests and exploring isn't done in 8 hours.

>>716536287
Read the full post next time

>>716534652
was hoping for a link but i guess pointing me in the right direction works too
thanks

>>716535749
how the fuck does it take you that long to unlock every vocation?

>>716537258
Focusing on actually upgrading the vocations instead of just unlocking them?
And doing quests/exploring like the other anon said?
Idk I don't actually remember when I unlocked all 9.

>>716537450
After the Everfall opens up, you can AFK on a fence by the castle while your pawns attack the guards focusing on you. It'll level up every vocation in like 20 minutes

>>716537450
Its been a while since I leveled them to max myself, but honestly it went pretty fast since I was playing lots of BBI

I check my level 30 loli sorcerer pawn every few months, she still gets a lot of use.

>>716537554
Anon I have 700 hours in the gaem. I did use the neverending guards to grind at some point.
But I don't think I was that hardcore invested in Dragon's Dogma yet before I unlocked all the vocations.
I played at least 30 hours casually without looking up a lot of the finer details.

Waiting for the private servers for DDO to be finished.