Dragon Quest 8

[Opaque]

Opaque, where can i find the liquid metal armour and the strongest whip for jessica?

LMA is 50,000 coins at baccarat and Jessicas strongest whip is 200,000 at the same place.

Right now I have Hero's strongest weapon and helmet, Yungus' strongest shield, armor and weapon, Jessica's strongest Weapon, helmet and armor and Angelo's strongest weapon and helmet.

When I finish getting everything I can get before the final dungeon, I'm going to go kick it's ass.

that's wierd, it doesnt seem to work for me. also i got the Yagnus spell that

It tells you how many treasures are in an area, not where they are. Like, in a town it will tell you there's x left so you know to keep looking. Finding them is up to you.

BTW, if you're trying to make some items with alchemy and you don't want to go anywhere untill they're done, just put a rubber band around the analog sticks while in a town and hero will run in circles passing the time.

Then you're free to do other shit, like post on TNL about how clever you are.

[marwan]

200,000 for the whip?

[Opaque]

It only took me 3 hours to get all those things.

Trust me, it's worth the 3 hours. Easy.

[Opaque]

Another thing, eventually you'll want nook grass to make an outfit to give to a guy to get an awesome shield.

To get nook grass, go talk to martia's son and lie to him. You'll know what I mean when you do it.

[marwan]

im at bacarrat and they still dont's sell all those things(LMA and whip). i guess they will show up when my characters are at a certain level. Hero is at lvl 31 and the rest are 31, 29,28.....or something like that.

[Opaque]

Have you opened the casino? Becuase, they aren't sold at the item shop, they're traded for casion tokens inside the casino, which you open later in the game.

[marwan]

Have you opened the casino? Becuase, they aren't sold at the item shop, they're traded for casion tokens inside the casino, which you open later in the game.

oh so it's kinda like the casino items at pickham then, i gotcha.

anyways, i didnt open the casino yet since i saved before entering the "Dark Ruine" ....which i take it the casino would open up after i finish that.

[DirtySouth]

My party is now at lvl ~40, and I'm just over 60 hours in. I guess I'm closing in on the end of the game because I got the Godbird's soulstone, and I've been flying around for a while collecting items in unexplored, inaccessible places . I just beat Marcello fun times.

I'm not sure if I have the best equipment for the characters yet. I haven't really looked at the lists in the guide yet (which like a previous poster noted, is quite useless). I do have the strongest whip for Jessica, though.
I'm really enjoying this game. It's a nice change from the tension-ridden, apocalyptic scenarios of most j-rpg's, and can't wait for the climax.

For people who want a place to level-up quickly:

Right near Rydon's Tower is a plateau. Of course you'll need to have the soulstone as it's inaccessible otherwise. On the plateau you'll only face slimes, which includes all the metal versions. They appear quite often, and if you're lucky (and they don't run off), you'll come across a long row of King Metal Slimes, and you'll be able to rack up several tens-of-thousand of experience quite easily, and sometimes over 100k.

[marwan]

thanks for the tip DirtySouth.

i just god my ass handed to me by Dhoulmagus at the dark ruine i'm 57 hours into the game, with Hero's leve at 33(or so). i think i need to level up some more since while fighting Dhoul' i ran out of MP and couldn't or do anything else.

i'll go run around and level up.

btw, there are two treasure chests in "Dark Ruine", in the maze like room with the levers, the 2 chests are located on top, and i cant seem to find the lever that lifts one of the doors up so i could use it as a bridge to reach the chests.

[Shin Johnpv]

and why is that? is it it's simplicity or story line that you don't like?

See I like old school RPGs and thusly I should be loving this, i want to love this, it's old school and it's gorgeous but I think it may be a bit too old school for me

I know it's a mainstay of the series but having to go back to a church to save, an inn to heal, (even ff1 had cabins, are there any such things in this one I haven't come across any yet but Im still early) and having to go to a church to resurect a dead character, having to go to a church to see how many experience points I need, and the battles, again I know the style of the way they're done are mainstays of the series, but it seems to me something there could have been updated a bit, I don't know I can't say for sure

I love the graphics, I'm liking the storyline, just certain aspects of the game play are more frustrating than fun to me