Thread 718404536

Playing this for the first time, what am I in for? also how viable a pure mage build is?

>>718404536 (OP)
THE WIND IS PUSHING MEEEEE

very janky and clearly unfinished game which has some novelty but really isn't anywhere near as good as /v/ makes it out to be.

>>718404536 (OP)
>>718404759
>this
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Game that's like 30% to 40% finished
Really good magic system, only game I've found that really feels similar is playing as a Black Mage in Final Fantasy XIV, big chunky cast-times and you really feel the power of each spell

90% of your time as a mage is waiting for your spells to charge and then the animation playing.
The other 10% is walking around.

>>718404536 (OP)
Mage no, Sorcerer yes

>>718404536 (OP)
Really viable, sorc is op.

>>718404536 (OP)
>what am I in for?
A bad overrated game
>also how viable a pure mage build is?
There's no builds in this game, it's not an RPG.
You take a role, play with skills and a weapon for it

Easily one of the few game that give a sense of adventure but it run like ass on modern hardware for some reason and my fps sometime drops from 120 to 25 in some areas

>>718406627

what's the difference

>>718408518

Dark souls

>>718408551
buffing or nuking

>>718404536 (OP)
Magic is all about staying away charging the spells while your pawns distract the enemy. I'd say spec into mage/sorc once you accumulated enough discipline to get all the fun spells and got stuff that speeds up the charge.

>>718408636
>very janky and clearly unfinished game which has some novelty but really isn't anywhere near as good as /v/ makes it out to be.
right on the money. Still love both though

>>718408798

>mage
>buffing

Japanese devs

>>718404536 (OP)
>what am I in for?
lots of goblins

>>718408518
Souls games
>>718408870
Dark Souls doesn't have a completely fucked damage formula and scaling and Kalameet shits all over the dragon fights of this "Dragon's Dogma" game

>>718408551
Mage has defensive abilities. It can heal and deal with status ailments which can easily be handled with common curatives.

Sorcerer gives up the defensive abilities in exchange for the ability to summon meteors and tornados.

You might also consider Mystic Knight, which is more battlemage than paladin. You can use a mage staff and a magic shield while wearing plate armor.

>>718409021
honestly cant remember much about any of the dragon fights in souls. Just rolling and slapping legs. I guess the one in the 3 DLC stands out a bit

>>718408551
Mage is an NPC class

Overhated t b h (to be honest) senpai (family)

>>718404536 (OP)
Damage formula being kinda fucked. You go from weak as hell dying to everything to being strong as hell and killing everything just by looking in their general direction. Post game is fun though since combat is where the game shines and that's what the post game is all about.

>>718409156
>honestly cant remember much
That's what people say when you mention them DD2

>>718404536 (OP)

I'm also playing this soon, any mods recommendation though? since the game looks like an absolute blurry stink

>>718409021
>Kalameet shits all over the dragon fights of this "Dragon's Dogma" game
Kalameet is one of the worst dragon fights in recent memory, it basically consists of waiting until he lands for 2 seconds and then dodging his fire bullshit.
Meanwhile in dragon dogma you can shoot dragons out of the sky with arrows/magic and climb them as a Meele class.

>>718409797
>Meanwhile in dragon dogma you can shoot dragons out of the sky with arrows/magic and climb them as a Meele class.
Epic

>>718404536 (OP)
Mage is mostly loaded with support spells, sorcerer has all the big nukes. However, it's worth keeping one or two of the early spells on you at all times so you have something you can quickly launch at faster or weaker enemies. The basic fireball gets upgraded to a volley of three, or 5 with a ring from the DLC - it's quick to charge and can be manually aimed if you click one of the sticks in, does decent damage to anything that doesn't resist fire. When you have a good opening, that's when you pull out the big guns - meteors or tornadoes and shit.

>>718404536 (OP)

Oh shit I just accidently discovered that this guy whom I forgot his name uploaded a review of it 13 years ago! brb see you in 19 mins and 5 seconds

>>718404536 (OP)
Wolves travel in packs, arisen!

>>718404536 (OP)
get the top mod from nexus which is a mod compilation, it fixes mages by decreasing channel time and also allows u to sprint out of combat without using stamina. it still remains a 100+ hour game

>>718410340

Back, he said a whole lot of thing -_-

>>718409021
>Kalameet shits all over the dragon fights of this "Dragon's Dogma" game
There's no way you aren't trolling and/or maliciously retarded by saying this.

>>718404536 (OP)
It's pretty jank, but if you let yourself get into it, it really sticks with you. Mage is pretty much a support class, the sorcerer vocation is the more attacky one. But the beauty of the vocation system is you can change your style up at will.

My only tip that doesn't spoil anything is getting a network of fast travel points set up will make the late game a lot better.

>>718404536 (OP)
Goblins ill like fire

>>718409742
DD2 lives rent free in /v/ermin heads everywhere though.

>>718411712
it's a 'cord sister trying to pit GAME vs GAME again

>>718404536 (OP)
When it came out it was a half-finished hidden gem that ran under 30fps, but we enjoyed it.
Now it's sincerely overrated for what it actually is, so lower your expectations.

>>718404536 (OP)
Hope you see this OP. Sorcerer is amazing fun and powerful. Mage is an extremely boring buff and heal bot. Be a Strider or Fighter first, change to sorcerer later when you reach the main city. Don't worry about min maxxing the stat gains from which class you are as you level, by far what matters most is gear. on later playthroughs when you really intimately know the game you can be a mage at the start if you really want the min maxing benefit.
tl;dr: be fighter or strider, change to sorcerer when you can, do not ever be mage

>>718404536 (OP)
Follow this tutorial: http://youtube.com/watch?v=WXgzNWqtDoY

>>718413920
>how to take all fun out of the game when it becomes piss fucking easy after reaching lvl 20 anyway

The most 7/10 game you'll ever play.
It is the very embodiment of "good, but not great"

>>718413920
Get the fuck away

>>718404536 (OP)
Every class is fucking OP as fuck, the mage is mainly a stunner/healer, switch to sorcerer as soon as you can, learn the hold attack button move and learn the holy buff, now you have a shotgun loaded with nukes (allows to defeat the final boss of the dlc blindfolded), learn the poison spell which doesn't suck like in most games it actually deals a fuckton of damage, the leveling system sucks ass since you gain stats based on the class you're currently in but doesn't matter that much because end game gear allows you to oneshot god.
Talk with as many NPCs as you can.
If you choose Mercedes to be your plapslut you'll have at the end of the game tomboy caska, flat goth gf and big titty blonde jewess that are for you to plap non stop.
If you read berserk the game is 1000 times better.
The pc version doesn't have the Griffith/Gatsu armors and weapons.

WHEN THOU PULLED'ST THIS BOY FROM THE SAND... DID YOU SEE HIM BEARDED, WITH BRAND?
AND WITHIN THE COILS OF LIGHT, WHEN OUR BLADES TOOK FLIGHT,
WHAT FUTURE DID THOU ENVISION?

>>718409021
>kalameme
LMAO, midir is literally the only good dragon fight fromsofts ever made

>>718404759
>>718406372
Filtered

>>718411712
Sorry, Kalameet is a better dragon fight than Grigori. Dragon's Dogma combat and enemy design sucks, it's largely the player doing anime bullshit things like dash attacks of 20 meters range and deleting the underpowered enemy. The game isn't designed to have engaging combat that abides to arcade fundamentals. There's more committment to swinging a dagger in Dark Souls than spamming a stinger attack in DD AND THAT makes it boring as fuck.

>>718404536 (OP)
Comestion is a useful spell. Use a fighter pawn to help distract the enemy.

>>718418128
>There's more committment to swinging a dagger in Dark Souls
That's what makes Souls combat boring though. I'd rather be good enough at perfect block stunning or Instant Reset cancel dodging to make my own openings than have to wait for my turn every few attacks.

>>718419424
>That's what makes Souls combat boring though.
No, it's what makes it fun. Because it's arcade design where you have to interact with the enemy instead
Nobody lives autoshield/autododge crap and power fantasy mindless killing, which is exactly why both Dogma games fall off and become unenjoyable after early game and the series died.
People like games that offer challenge and stimulate the player, not this

>>718420831
>it's arcade design where you have to interact with the enemy instead
That's DD though, in Souls you're just playing Simon Says. People beating Souls bosses blindfolded proves that point.
>autoshield/autododge crap
Show me where this happens in DD
>webm
now do that solo