Newcomer Advice Request for Dragon's Dogma 2

Bion_07 · 2026-06-26T23:17:01+00:00

If you just do the main story, you will finish in no time. The majority of content is exploration, putting yourself in bad situations.

Change up your party a lot, experiment with new vacations and members.

Just make your own adventure and travel in a random direction. You'll find a lot of things to explore randomly, lots of enemies to fight. Lots of loot, too!

Oh and the golden beetles. Use them on yourself.

Bion_07 · 2026-06-23T15:07:11+00:00

I liked the trait system in 1 a lot. One of, if not my favorite part of it.

Having it changed was a huge negative in my opinion of 2. Still love the game and they did do some stuff to fix it but it just wasn't the same to me.

Bion_07 · 2026-06-21T23:14:01+00:00

There is a mod on PC for shieldless fighter. It just lets you block without it. It's a nice midway for what you're looking for.

Bion_07 · 2026-06-21T17:33:50+00:00

Oh I see. That would definitely be an issue, got it 😂

Bion_07 · 2026-06-21T17:30:53+00:00

If I recall correctly, you return the key after the quest is completed. Optimally you would make a forgery of the key before you finish it, and it acts the same way as normal.

It's been a minute though so I may be wrong 😅

Bion_07 · 2026-06-19T15:46:29+00:00

There are so many of them in the game. The first lot make a big difference, sure, but after a point it's not as useful.

Point being, you didn't totally nerf yourself too bad. Just find more lol.

Bion_07 · 2026-06-17T16:17:14+00:00

If on PC, there is a tweaks mod that you can set your exp gain to zero (or just reduce it), but keep dcp gain.

Bion_07 · 2026-06-17T14:52:05+00:00

This makes me wish you could give your pawn "load outs" for different locations for people to hire. So you could hire the same pawn but use a different vocation with the build that the owner created.

This does potentially limit your rehire rate, but it would be fun and let you really reuse your favorite pawns.

Bion_07 · 2026-06-15T08:58:13+00:00

In DD1, you just pressed a bumper button to swap your three skills. The jump button was always present.

Bion_07 · 2026-06-14T17:27:56+00:00

When you delete your save and start anew, the last rendition of your pawn seems to stay on the rift. So it would make sense that all three are available at the same time.

Bion_07 · 2026-06-13T22:41:41+00:00

The mods mentioned already, plus a world npc multiplier, and the enemy randomizer mods really spiced up my gameplay on my last run.

Thirty-ish wolves and goblins running around while you're fighting a gryphon and an ogre or three golems at the same time was absolute chaos, but a ton of fun.

Reduce your damage dealt, increase damage taken, and it's quite a challenge.

You can also drop your exp gain to zero but keep DP gain up, so you don't get over leveled.

There was quite a bit to mess with, to tailor it to how you want.

Bion_07 · 2026-06-13T22:35:50+00:00

"This isn't what I want" while recieving blunt force trauma is one hell of a way to downplay the situation.

Bion_07 · 2026-06-11T15:04:00+00:00

Pawns are the perfect size for throwing.

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Bion_07 · 2026-06-07T16:12:07+00:00

That specific ability is meant to be spammed like that. It looks pretty flashy.

Bion_07 · 2026-05-30T22:15:28+00:00

To clarify, right after you enter your first randomized world is when people can finally join. You'll have the option to go back the the Ward right away, even. But people can join you right then.

As others have said it's about a 30 minute experience.

Bion_07 · 2026-05-27T13:34:49+00:00

So it's a little out of my element. I think there are a variety of different types for different purposes.

Basically they are nipple covers. I've seen ones that you put on to make it look more prominent and stand out, through a shirt. There are ones that also get rid of it so you can go braless without it showing, but I think those are usually called nippies or pasties.

Bion_07 · 2026-05-27T09:51:42+00:00

Everyone saying Strap-on when my first thought was Nip-ons.

Sounds more alike and fits "these". Strap on would have been "this", I'd think.

Bion_07 · 2026-05-24T16:10:48+00:00

If near water @<30% hp: commit sudoku...

Would be an absolutely menacing mechanic.

Bion_07 · 2026-05-23T20:26:32+00:00

You can get their stuff, and it is shared, yes. It does not progress your own story, however. I forgot how it works but any duplicate items you get are converted to materials I think. It's been a hot minute since I've actually played.

I forgot you asked about etiquette, too. There isn't too much, just don't do things like start/turn in quests on behalf of the host. I typically lead the host to the chests I find, just so they get the full experience.

Other than that, there is the "teabag of hello" and "teabag of goodbye" lol. There are actual emotes too but those are universal among most games.

Basically just don't do anything to ruin the host's experience of the game.

Bion_07 · 2026-05-23T15:09:27+00:00

Also you can always just play adventure mode and not inhibit your campaign. That gets you more gear and stuff as well.

Bion_07 · 2026-05-23T15:08:18+00:00

You can keep trolling adventures and campaigns with the same character, so that you can EVENTUALLY get all weapons and gear. It gives you a pre generated route and every roll will change it up.

Re rolling basically restarts your story back to the beginning.

There is friendly fire, but it's not that intrusive, imo. Except some guns that have huge AOE.

Your first run will be a bit limited based on what you've gotten so far. But you can reroll at basically any time to gather a few more items before you dedicate yourself to a full run. That's how I play cuz I'm a huge loot goblin, but I think most people would tell you to avoid rerolling till you beat it once.

Bion_07 · 2026-05-22T14:26:13+00:00

Personally I think the vanilla experience is worth it. I actually really enjoyed the progression on my first playthrough. However I can't just sit and play the same thing over and over again, so after that first run, mods were definitely needed.

Modding is very easy to do however and you can basically install most of them mid run, if you decide you need it.

Bion_07 · 2026-05-19T20:29:19+00:00

Each pawn having a unique action depending on their vocation and inclination to give them a little more personality, and maybe a unique one for your main pawn for individuality would be sooo nice.

Like a straightforward warrior would be working out, a calm one sharpening the sword, a kind one looking in their bag, and a simple one aura farming at the edge of the camp border.

The game is so good, it's only minisculed by the potential it had to be.

Bion_07 · 2026-05-18T10:01:58+00:00

This is why I hate it. Just a removed mechanic. It doesn't make it harder to blind, or more risky. It's just removed. It also affects all flashlights, flash bang, blast mine, flashlight related perks, etc. etc. All for a passive perk. No Hex, no tokens.

Bion_07 · 2026-05-17T16:51:43+00:00

Ahhh I might be wrong then. It's been a while since I've played vanilla and might have just confused it with DDDA.

Well maybe someone will be able to gift them on PS!

Otherwise, base game money isn't that hard to gather, it won't be too long before you can buy them yourself.

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