Dragon Quest 8

Trodian comes up later Marwan. You know, every infamous monster has a name, the slime you were fighting does not have the same name as the one on the notes. It's a fairly simple concept.

g0zen, for starters get the Lizard (Axoraptor) to the right of Farebury (when you leave through the entrance by the inn) and then by the tunnel leading to Trodain, before you go through it, turn around and go down the pennisula for one of the strongest monsters (Potbelly) you can get untill you beat B rank. Then follow the river in front of Argonia to the left (facing away from Argonia) to find Dumbking, another really strong monster. With this team you can beat the ranks all the way up through C without much trouble.

gosh i dunno how the name thing sliped by, i should know better(duh!), thanks for pointing that out.

am i the only person playing this game from the HD Loader? it makes a world of a difference!

How can it make a world of difference if DQVIII has really short load times?

It takes .5 seconds to load the world map instead of 1 second?

One thing that I haven't mentioned about this game is how the passage of night and day is smoother than the old DQs. In the old ones, when you went in a town, time froze. WHen you used a teleport spell, it was always daytime. I kind of liked the old way better, now it takes longer to get nightfall to come for different conversations in towns or to fight more challenging monsters. You have to wait, or stay at an inn.

Anybody read the new interview with Yuji Hori on 1up.com? I admire the man for sticking to his roots but he pretty much kills hope for a "proper" Chrono sequel and I get the impression he'd rather do old school DQ remakes on cell phone instead of DS for now. :wtf:

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Originally Posted by Opaque

How can it make a world of difference if DQVIII has really short load times?

It takes .5 seconds to load the world map instead of 1 second?

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no it's actually more than that, i played at a friends place of the CD and felt much slower. entering towns, entering battle, exiting battles, everything seems almost instant. with HD Loader you dont see the black loading screen. i guess im just spoiled now that it's running of the HD, you will need to see how much faster it runs of the HD to know what i mean.

Ok, I fought Dhoulmagus the first time and fucking OWNED him. He never killed anyone and I even took out both his dopplegangers before tackling him. I went in level 32 and had multiheal, because I spent a few hours using the alchemy pot for the best weapons and armor possible, so it was much easier.

Hero: Demon Spear, Spiked Armor, Magic Shield, Mighty Armlet
Yangus: Hell Sythe, Spiked Armor, Dragon Shield, Slime Earrings
Angelo: Cheiron's Bow, Dancer's Mail, Magic Shield, Strength Ring
Jessica (before she left): Dragonskin Whip, Magic Vestmen. I'm working on making a Dragon's Robe for her.

47 hours in the game and im getting my ass kicked bigtime, im gonn have t focus on leveling up, and knowing where the proper skill points should go.

question, im using jessica with the whip and alot of spells, should i add points to the stav? i know it's good for spells, but using it as a weapon sucks. also, would i learn new spells by add point to stave? meaning are their exclusive spells only for the stave?

and last, Hero is at level 30 and im still stuck with the re-inforced boomerang(i cooked it up from the alchemy machine). I have a blade like boomerang i bought early on in the game, but it does less damage than the re-inforced boomerang. can i power up my re-inforced boomerang in the alchemy pot? ....?

50 hour +

WTF??? it costs 870 to lift a curse ofa character? what a rip-off!!! :( i equiped jessica with the devil tail and she got cursed.....doh'

anyways, when cursed, what exactly happens to your character? i mean she still fights and all, and i dont notice HP loss....so what does it do?