re: Dragon's Dogma 2 - What vocation we picking?

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it would be one thing if it was REALLY noticeable if your pawns have it but mine wasnt showing any signs. slept at an inn and boom, harve dead.

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It's a mechanic that adds nothing to the game.

"I think this pawn I recruited has Dragonsplague. Oh crap, better cut him loose!"

"I think my pawn has Dragonsplague. Better though him in the water and respawn at a riftstone!"

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lsuguy84

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Talk me back into buying and trying this game, please?

I was an absolute avid fan of the first title. The combat was fun and fast. There were enough built-in "tricks" that you could easily fake your way through even the toughest boss fights in the entire game. A solid party could take down Death in Bitterblack Isle in 30 seconds with proper preparation.

Now I actually start researching changes made in DD2. I'm like, what in the actual frick? You split Strider into separate classes, thief and archer? Strike one, because Strider coming back was the main thing I looked forward to.

Next, you took away the ability to collect and carry water from healing springs? That was literally the best way to just throw caution to the wind and go on incredibly long xp/ap farming runs. Just have plenty of flasks of healing water that replenished your health beyond the "gray", and plenty of large mushrooms in your inventory, and you were good. Strike two. I need a way to heal to maximum health on the fly without having to stop and camp, or ferrystone back to town to rest at the inn.

And as if that weren't enough, you add in some bull crap disease that only negatively impacts the overall experience? 3 and out. I had enough of that garbage with the Bertullian Pox back when I played EQOA.

The best thing about the original DD besides the variegated and diverse combat system, was that it was truly "souls-lite". There were things that would just crush you even at the highest levels with the best dragon forged equipment, but there were ways to keep your max health full even during protracted fights and long grinds, and almost every enemy had a weakness that could be seriously exploited if you prepared properly. Think Strider/Fivefold Flurry blast arrows + 4 conquerors periapts + plenty of stamina-replenishing items and pawns carrying extra blast arrows for you, and farming Daimon in BBI became simple as long as you just hauled arse past everything else on the way to his sanctuary.

I really want to play this new game and like it, but it looks like I probably need to give it some time for more of a general consensus to be reached instead of dropping another 70$ on a game I may hate. We'll see what's being said by the time I achieve 100% on Rebirth. As of now, not being able to swap at will between bow and daggers from the beginning of DD2 already has me disliking it.

If you like the first game you I can't imagine you wouldn't like this one.

There are items equivalent to the healing spring bottles but easier to manage. (You can even teach your pawns to combine the items as you collect them and do it for you.) There are campsites everywhere that return you to full max health when needed so you don't have to go back to an inn.

The game is not short unless you really rush it or maybe if you use a guide, which I didn't.

I've never had the plague thing get me. I saw an explanation of it right after hiring a pawn and just immediately let that pawn go. I read somewhere that their eyes glow red in the dark if they are infected, but I can't verify that myself.

This is a slight spoiler, but
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there's a class that only the Arisen can take that lets you combine all the other classes in whatever way you want if you don't like how the abilities are split out.

Edit: Looks like you already know about that class.

Yeah so I kinda had to bump and resurrect this thread, but...

Started DD2 a couple weeks ago on PS5. I'm still pissed that there's not a Strider (bow + daggers) class outside of trading the ability to do so with Warfarer for incredibly nerfed stats, but just finished my first playthrough as Thief with maester skills and started NG+ last night. Thief is a blast, though there's fun to be had with Warfarer, Magic Archer and Mystic Spearhand. Thief is OP and by far my favorite. The Unmoored World is awesome, though very drab so I only spent a few IRL days there before activating the final beacon and ending it. I'm certainly going to miss Dullahans randomly manifesting right on top of me while I'm battling a Lich or Gorechimera, but I'll get there again. Just need to see some water and green grass again right now.

Not going to post in the main game tag thread because I don't online game, but my PSN ID is SRB-Thrice if anyone wants to friend me and access my pawn for 0 rift crystals. She's high-80s level lifelong Sorcerer with multiple badges and fully upgraded (wyrmfire forged) endgame gear. She has the Malestrom and Meteoron maester skills and 1200ish magic (iirc) stat along with gear to decrease incantation times. She takes down drakes with Meteoron almost singlehandedly.

If anyone is still going strong on this game on PS5 or just getting started, feel free to friend me. I can see myself going well above level 200 before it gets bland.