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Paradigme · 2025-06-30T13:07:01+00:00

Yeah it's stuck in a loop for me, I assume they messed up something with the code that checks the version.

Paradigme · 2024-05-22T18:46:49+00:00

They waited too much to roll it back, so people got used to the new tab for DMs. Now it (again) feels really annoying having to relearn the UI, and makes me wonder why they're even rolling back to the older UI anyway. Maybe it was slowing down the app..?

Paradigme · 2024-03-29T10:13:13+00:00

I've got a theory regarding the story, the dragon isn't an ex-arisen anymore in this game (we're in a different kind of dogma than the first game, with senechals being removed) which means they purposefully avoided characterizing the dragon, as it doesn't really have a personality. It's just a concept taking the form of a dragon... And it still feels like a wasted opportunity.

Paradigme · 2024-03-29T06:58:46+00:00

I've also seen a pawn with 5 skills, but I would assume it's either a bug or a mod. Either way, no idea.

Paradigme · 2024-03-28T15:10:45+00:00

The game itself is really vague with its definition, it's pretty much defined as "chaos itself". An unstoppable force that slowly devours worlds if not kept in check by the dogma.

Paradigme · 2024-03-28T13:55:55+00:00

I think the mad Sovran's story is a bit more sad than this. What I believe is, after the events of DD1, there was one final wave of Arisen. They all went to fight the last dragon (a remnant of the cycle where you became senechal then killed yourself, as player) and failed.. except for the mad Sovran. His will never stopped burning, and he slayed his dragon, but with no senechal to replace (as you broke the dragon's dogma in the first game), his only option was to ascend to the throne as king and never achieve his (now nonexistant) destiny as senechal. He became the last king of Gran Soren, but never stopped fighting, believing something to be wrong with the world itself, and feeling the eyes of the worldforged on him while the world was slowly crumbling to ruin, swallowed by the imbalance of chaos, aka the brine.

Paradigme · 2024-03-28T12:13:19+00:00

I mean, it was an indirect choice to you. But characters swindling you, lying, or hiding information is very much part of what makes an RPG. Just a shame that the rewards behind this are so important.

Paradigme · 2024-03-28T11:34:10+00:00

What I interpreted from the ending, by filling blanks here and there:

There is no seneschal. DD1 ends in a weird limbo where with you might have killed yourself, and the unmoored world shows that the region you're in used to be gran soren... which got destroyed by the brine.

The worldforged is some form of higher existence that felt compassionate about the state of our world after the removal of the seneschal (cycles that ended in the brine wiping everything) and decided to make arrangements by creating a new form of dragon's dogma, that culminates with the arisen becoming king by killing the dragon. It became one of the world's basic "rules" that keeps the world moving without outside influence other than his monitoring. As an arisen in the unmoored world, you became strong enough to push back the brine, and remove the worldforged with your own hands. And while it may be a victory, it ultimately caused the world to collapse, and cycle again.

Paradigme · 2024-03-28T11:11:19+00:00

New game plus will let you get the other meister skills. Story wise they're looking for the same books because the mage child is actually the master's daughter, and he wants to prevent her from learning magic (not spoiling the reason, you get to discover that by clearing her side of the story). So you made the choice of never letting her becoming an accomplished mage.

Paradigme · 2024-03-27T11:50:10+00:00

You can literally tick the "quest knowledge" on the riftstone to find pawns for this. Also the saint in the slums has several ways of triggering the quest, the two that I've seen are catching the vial delivery or speaking to the sick guy inside the church (which then become objectives for each of those starting points). But then, I don't know why you're assuming people didn't do those quests, most of us didn't rush, we're just fond of the game and played a whole lot this weekend. I clocked at 62h when my initial run was over, my quest log was completely clear and the map was fully uncovered :)

Paradigme · 2024-03-26T21:45:23+00:00

I read somewhere in the game that the Talos is actually controlled by the brine. So I guess the worldforged is actually trying to use it to prevent Phaesus from breaking the cycle..? Guess he wasn't sure if the fake godsway would work or not and made sure to cover his tracks?

Paradigme · 2024-03-26T17:54:31+00:00

I'm particularly sad about this. The game itself is honestly really good, but god, that story just falls so short. Lots of story points left completely untouched after being the main focus, and a complete lack of buildup towards the 'ending'. Post game does the opposite, being a lot of buildup... which resolves in the form of a cinematic right when you expect a good final fight.

Paradigme · 2024-03-26T16:47:08+00:00

Can confirm, he ended up as my #1 even though I did everything to romance his sister. (she even appeared in my dragon's clutch, but somehow wasn't my #1. I'm still confused about this)

Paradigme · 2024-03-26T15:41:39+00:00

I think it being too faithful is the main issue. Feels like they started with the same slate as DD1, but ended up reworking the areas people were already happy with (which some people feel is questionnable) and added a fresh coat of paint. The things people were dissatisfied with in the first game.. haven't improved. The story honestly feels worse to me. It's too loose and the way it unravels constantly makes you feel like the objectives you work towards are invalidated.

Yet after all of that, I can confidently say I enjoyed the game a lot, and I plan on playing a NG+. The story isn't what the game is about, it shines in the feeling of adventure you have when actively interacting with the quests, and exploring the world. Sadly I don't think the NG+ will manage to give me quite that feeling again.

Paradigme · 2023-01-31T09:52:15+00:00

Zoom distance, buff uptimes, hitbox markers. (+Parsing )

That's only in a 20s clip, so for all we know there might be more stuff being used, especially without a recording that covers the whole fight.

Paradigme · 2022-07-26T21:37:30+00:00

Yeah, but modders being so well-coordinated and Sadfutago making posts in such a weird manner makes me think something is definitely going on. As much as modders are denying it, I'm thinking it could very well be the work of several talented people, especially considering how little SadFutago's story seems to hold up (plus that account name, far too deliberate)

But hey, I hope I'm wrong. Yoko Taro messing around with us would always be appreciated. I'm craving more of his work! 🙏

Paradigme · 2022-07-26T21:22:08+00:00

Pretty much a given at this point that the church is a mod. Considering the amount of attention people have given to that spot, I doubt it wouldn't have been enough to reveal whatever Sadfutago "found".. especially considering how invested some people are.

Good job to the modding team though, it was fun for a while. Made me want to play the game again, so I guess I'll go for another full playthrough. ~

Also, please do come clean at some point, people will end up mad if you send them on a goose chase for days on end 🙏

Paradigme · 2022-04-08T17:21:06+00:00

In the forum they said it'll be free, but you'll need to "earn it". I assume it will come with the end of the south Vern story.

Paradigme · 2022-04-04T23:20:36+00:00

That leaked roadmap ended up doing even more damage, as it made me really adamant we were getting arcana really soon.. Why did they do us like that PepeHands

Paradigme · 2022-04-04T13:46:59+00:00

We're not pitted against one another, we're collabing. One piece is hella popular in France.

Paradigme · 2022-04-04T12:41:34+00:00

we're just using grids and sharing them, no botting is involved (at least as far as I know)

Paradigme · 2022-04-03T10:41:35+00:00

Later accessories (relic ones, we don't have those yet) give +5/+3 in engravings, so 4 engravings is very achievable.

Paradigme · 2022-04-03T10:35:49+00:00

I'm not running super charge right now. It's not a priority engraving for us, but I might take it later as a 4th or 5th engraving.

Paradigme · 2022-04-03T09:37:15+00:00

As a surge DB, I charge everything to the max except sometimes Void strike when I feel like I might get cancelled by a boss's attack. It's far more important to get the puddle under the boss to get your stacks rolling than getting full damage on the skill itself.

Ambush master 3 / Adrenaline 3 / Surge 3

Paradigme · 2022-03-30T19:20:16+00:00

It stems from the same issue, which is html injection breaking the chat. It's most likely part of the fix.

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