Thread 725293852

is this game supposed to be that hard? im playing on normal mode yet on the map I found like 7 bandits, then while fighting those bandits 13 wolves appeared out of nowhere then WHILE fighting the wolves + bandits ANOTHER set of bandits joined this time with 3 using huge as fuck hammers
they completely raped me and my party
this is on normal mode lvl 12 fighter
what do?
game is fucking awesome btw first time playing it though

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holy shit what tf thefuck

>>725293852 (OP)
Yeah some areas are densely packed with enemies. Something to keep in mind is the way defense works in this game. If your attack power is lower than enemy defense you end up doing practically no damage. There are some skills that can get around this but the easiest way to get around it is to use items that boost your attack or debuff enemy defense. Skulls are junk items you can throw at enemies to debuff them with the Curse status after a few hits which is a huge debuff to attack and defense, and any consumable items that increase your attack/defense can stack up to 4 times so you can boost your stats by quite a lot without even having to level up more or find better gear.

>>725293852 (OP)
the start of the game is phard but then you start to snowball hard... this is normal experience when going to new areas early game but once you get the feel for the zone, you know how to either skip the packs of enemies or deal with them

>>725296487
this is insanely good information specially for starting a new game blind appreciated it anon thanks
anything else i should know?

>>725293852 (OP)
Sounds like you ran half across the map before finishing off each group. Those bandits after the mountain pass are fuckers, you should use skills that launch or knock them down so the sword guys can't do their retard backhand swing that locks you into eating two hits. Make sure you have a mage pawn who can cast the fire buff, at least. Also go into the forest north of those bandits for another fun surprise.

>>725296604
Use fire boons on normal enemies and lighting on cyclops and ogres

>>725296604
A lot of items that seem like junk can be thrown or used for some sort of effect, like skulls. It can be worth fucking around with them to see what they do rather than just selling them. Weapon upgrades are still gonna be the biggest boost to damage in general so it's a good idea to upgrade them before your armor. The rusted weapons that you start the game with, and golden weapons that you can find later, have low damage but inflict powerful status ailments at high upgrade levels so it's worth keeping them in storage for later. Using them yourself or giving them to a pawn can trivialize a lot of shit.
Pawns gain quest/enemy/world map knowledge as you play the game. If you rent another player's pawn that has knowledge of some shit you haven't done yet it'll be able to show you where to go and tell you what to do to complete the quest once you mark it as active.

awesome, extremely well received replies, was expecting meme shit got golden instead
thank you everyone
just going to continue slowly exploring and feeling whenever shit gets fucked
loving my fighter main and mage tulpae
with one dagger pawn and another mage pawn for more buffs
there's no way to auto lock a target is there?

>>725293852 (OP)
if only someone told you that wolves hunt in packs...

>>725297986
Remember that you can grab downed humanoids and throw them into each other, or instakill them if water is nearby. If you HOLD the grab button as a Fighter, you can even restrain them while your idiots wail on them if I remember correctly.

>>725298328
funny post and image
a funnier story: i knew about the rock because a day before I bought the game someone posted it on /v/ asking "do anyone actually fall for this shit"?
and that's how I knew the bandit would try to kill me with it

>>725298645
>If you HOLD the grab button as a Fighter
yes, I did this with goblins, my main just hold them down while my pawns go whale on the enemy im holding
it's fucking peak imo
can only Fighters do this? still level 12 and learning the game

>>725296604
There's more stuff available in storage when you get to Gran Soren. Make sure you take the Eternal Ferrystone out that's your fast travel button.

>>725298776
Fighters and maybe Warriors, not sure. If you ever use a Fighter pawn, they'll occasionally do it as well.

>>725293852 (OP)
>>725296604
Don't be discouraged if you die a lot. The game's difficulty curve is really stupid in that the beginning you will get steamrolled but by the end game you'll end up one shotting any enemy that isn't some sort of large monster, as the other anon mentioned this is due to the way how the game handles damage calculation. If your attack power is less that the enemy's defence then it just defaults to you doing single digit damage, the same also applies to yourself when enemies attack you. The second game has the same issue.
Upgrade your weapons/armour and wear new gear. Better gear makes such a large difference in terms of the damage and defence you can deal and how much you can take, with optimized gear you can make up for any stat spread. Like the other anon said use items that boost your damage/defence as well as throwable items like skulls and blast powder which are really strong.
In terms of builds don't listen to anyone who tells you to min max stats, play whatever vocation you feel like and remember that you can swap to any other vocation you want at a guild. The game also encourages you to swap since any augments(perks) you unlock from a vocation can be used regardless of what vocation your currently using i.e., you can use fighter augments while playing as a strider.
In terms of your pawns I'd recommend trying to have a well rounded party. I like to have pawns fill roles that cover any niches or gaps that I can't. It's smart to have a ranged pawn and a healer if you're playing as a melee focused character. One last thing, every enemy has some sort of elemental weakness so as you play the game you'll learn that certain enemies take extra damage from specific elemental damages like the lizards are weak to ice and so on. Your pawn will later start giving call outs that tell you like saying "they're weak to ice!". If you hire more experienced pawns they will also know this.

>>725293852 (OP)
not really no, the bandits you are referring to you are extremely bizarre outliers in that side quests will have you go into the witchwood early, yet the bandit encounters on the road are insanely beefy early on.

>>725299115
Sorry if this is too much info.
I forgot to mention that most enemies have weak spots, so for the lizards it's their tales and for cyclops it's their eye. If you know the weak spots and the elemental weaknesses of enemies you'll end up melting them in no time.
What platform are you on? If you're on pc and you don't mind sharing your pawn I can hire them.

>>725298776
Any of the red vocations can hold enemies, including hybrids. You can hold standing enemies or pin prone enemies. Yellow vocations get dodge rolls, double jumps, and some extremely busted dagger skills. Blue vocations get levitate which enable some funny jumps and skips.
If you want your Pawn to prioritize using certain skills it can sometimes be better to only equip them with the one or two skills you want them to be using instead of giving them a full loadout.

>>725299325
>in that side quests will have you go into the witchwood early
yeah, that was the quest I was doing, I had to look for the girl that was going to look for the cure in those woods

>>725299545
Make sure you complete that quest before progressing the main story to the main city.

>>725293852 (OP)
No this is a powerfantasy game, you're kinda meant to steamroll everything until the DLC
Get a mage with elemental boons

>>725299545
>>725299675
Yeah, you need to complete the Witchwood quest before even entering the Pawns Guild, otherwise that whole quest chain is fucked forever and the woods become inaccessible. It's really awful design.

hey DD bros, what do you think of this harpy?
>>725293852 (OP)
sounds like you went towards the forest route way too early. Don't worry that's probably the biggest difficulty wall you'll encounter during the whole base game

>>725299675
>>725299836
oh sweet, i did completed it and was fucking around, now the game is telling me to meet the duke and give the hydra head to him, didn't know the wood route would had been locked out if I didn't went there first damn

>>725300143
forgot to mention, I'm escorting some guys from a request I got in the starting city, just finished 1 escort out of 3

>>725300143
This game does the JRPG thing where side quests are available only at certain story stages, basically don't progress the next main quest until you've completed all the side quests, the MQ is short af anyway

>>725299836
>that whole quest chain is fucked forever
The main game is designed to be played through several times, it's part of the theme of the game. There are several quests where picking one choice cuts you off from others so if you want to do every quest you're going to have to play through at least twice anyway.