They're masterworks all. You can't go wrong.

Haha tell me about it. From comments I learned there was a way to make casting faster by having 2 mages/sorcerer with the same spell. Pretty wild how much stuff is hidden.

The game already punished me for being a mage enjoyer, trust me. I don't even know if I want to play mage in dragon's dogma 2 💀

Sorcery

Cringe

@@Rannockh but then u did in the beginning because it's awesome

​@@Rannockh it's much better in dragons dogma 2

Is that Skyrim tho. I have no context I have no finished the video

@@TherealBigblue22 bro didn't watch the first 20 seconds

But if I summon the bow I'm technically a magic class - GOT 'EM

Yes, my strider became a ranger, my fighter became an assassin, my mage became a Magic archer 🤦 now i m doing a run with only archers in my team 👌 theives team

wat? I always ended up being an assassin or strider.....

That's a lot of really useful info I didn't come across. Thank you very much for sharing that!

It's been a long time so I don't remember, but I don't think the game ever actually mentions spell sync being a thing. You'll know when it happens as a pawn usually says something like "I'll combine my magic with yours master!". You can also sync off of their casts if you recognize the symbol while they are channeling their spells. Hopefully the AI spell casters will be better in the second game. In the first the meta was to never teach them spells higher than the first tier for most things. If a pawn knows the "improved" version they will only ever cast that version. Tends to make them less reliable in getting those spells off since the longer the cast the more likely something is to stop it. Though I will admit, seeing a High Bolide be cast for a simple pack of goblins was fun.@@Rannockh

I was thinking about that too - genuinely thought I missed reading about spell syncing being a thing somewhere.

I don't think it was, but it has been 12 years lol. It's not really something you actively think about after having learned it. Spell sync is a pretty common thing that is missed. Another is Augments being character bound, and not class bound. Even if you only wanted to play 1 vocation it was useful to get them all to rank 9. That way you could unlock all the Augments, and switch in what you needed at the time. Forgeries are also a system that gets overlooked a lot. The Duke's ring for example also increases casting speed, and it doesn't take up an equipment slot. So over two cycles you can get one for yourself, and then a second for your pawn. You get the boost as long as it's in your backpack. Forgeries are also useful for upgrading equipment. Some upgrade materials are extremely rare, but all you need to find is one. Once you have one you can make forgeries of it, and they can be used to upgrade your gear funnily enough.@@Rannockh

Can't damage them at all? I really thought that the golem with its sigils on was getting damaged by my magic. Didn't get to play D&D sadly, those references weren't something I got.

​@@RannockhGlicel is a Magic spell with a physical component, it's the only spell that I aware that can kill golems effectively

@@alsaiduq4363 bolid sesim and necromancy can damage it as well

It's something another commented made me aware of. It is pretty wild that the game doesn't really communicate those things to you. Of course, some are hidden interactons and I get that - but I wouldn've really wanted to experiment with stuff like spell syncing. Definitely gonna see if that holds up in dragon's dogma 2.

​@@RannockhDD2 looks like made some real good improvements for sorcerer. For example they add Casting while floating. I actually plan to do my first run to be a Magick only again, but now including Maigck Archer.

Late comment: I respect his opinion about not liking the entire Seneschal-reveal, but to me he missed the whole meaning behind the story. There is a good chunk of Asian-hinduistic pessimism behind the idea of the eternal return and the cycle, and also some Nietzschian Will to Power thoughts as a main-driving force for the human psyche (which also works on a meta-level, as the world of Dragon's Dogma doesn't do anything until the Arisen/player starts the game). Things just don't happen because some god wants it.

Thank you so much for saying that. It really warms my heart to read something like this!

Thank you so much! Also, looking forward to it, might even stream it (if I manage to get my setup right)

That's not completely true - the Seneschal is replaced by the most recent online player to have finished the game.

@@Rannockh is it? Its been a long time since i played all the way through the main story, and i always turned off online features, so maybe i never sae that.

Right? 💀

It’s not about it being fun that’s not why it’s the ultimate in game build… it’s very effective, not saying it isn’t fun either but it really does outshine other play styles

That's fair, thought I do think he's really not that difficult even if you were below that

Thank you!

Yep, from the abridged series

Thank you 😄

In a way, I get the idea that the seneschal is not literally a word that describes godhood. It was more about the semantics of it considering his power over life and death which is quite god-like. I do get that the final boss can be interpreted to mean different things, as in the fight wasn't necessarily the focus as much as making your decisions during the encounter (I.e. not going back when they give you the opportunity). It's just that in a game design sense, I would've hoped it's more intense as a fight to keep up the momentum it set itself. But in the end I doubt that the cycle was really ended. It is kind of hard to interpect because if you use the godbane, it looks as if you die while your pawn becomes you. But the previous seneschal still gives you the godsbane from within themselves, so that might just be the ritual of it, and you're actually still alive. Especially since you still face previous arisen on subsequent playthroughs. It's pretty vague and unclear in the end.

@@Rannockh I think the vagueness of the ending is just a result of the cultural differences between Japan and the West. I have noticed in lots of Japanese media, writers tend to leave things relatively open-ended, as if to give their audience the opportunity to decide where the story goes from there. Although it could simply be a marketing tool used as a way to ensure that a monetarily successful series can continue on, and admittedly, this does seem like the more realistic (albeit, the more cynical) explanation of it. As for the Seneschal's boss fight, your point about gameplay standards and expectations definitely holds some merit. Throughout the course of the game, boss fights are treated with a sense of grandiosity. The background music is different for boss enemies, and there is even a fanfare upon victory. To subvert that expectation in the final fight of the playthrough, seems like a bit of a let down, especially so coming off of one of the most cinematic fights of the game with Grigori. So from a gameplay perspective, we totally agree. Actually, most of the points you made in the video I agree with on a gameplay perspective. I have played the game on basically every platform its available, and I got 100% of the achievements on Xbox 360, and got the platinum trophy on the ps4 version, and it is just as frustrating to me that a game with such promise falls short in so many little areas that are simple fixes... Although Gransys never felt like it lacked an identity for me, I will fully admit that the gameworld is pretty barren outside of the main city, but from a thematic perspective it fits into the story. Imagine a country where its ruler is an immortal haunted by the guilt of his past actions. The apathy of Duke Edmon is felt all around the game world. It may not be great in terms of gameplay, but it does help to illustrate the story. And personally, I think that is the biggest failure of Dragon's Dogma. It tells a deep story, but but does so with far less focus on what makes the game fun to play, and that is without a doubt, its combat. If the game got anything right, its the combat system. Its extremely satisfying. But that came at the expense of wooden characters with wooden dialog, a TERRIBLE affinity system, repetitive enemy encounters, repetitive and monotonous side quests, and a pawn system that feels half-baked. I still stand by my original point: The story is better than most people give it credit for. It is simply a story that is discovered by the player rather than told to the player. You mentioned in your video that it would make sense that the Duke would be giving you meaningless busy work, but then turns around and gives you items later. You claimed this to be a misstep, however, at this point in the game, the player character is known throughout Gransys as a hero having completed all of those quests and even defended the city from an attack. Thematically, it makes sense that the Duke would reward the Arisen for their efforts, then immediately send them on a mission he doesn't expect them to return from in order to keep up appearances. Again, the game doesn't do the best job of conveying these ideas and basically leaves it up to the player to discover, which isn't exactly the best way to tell the story, but the story is worth discovering, and I think that was the basic idea. Not that I can really substantiate it, its more or less just my opinion.

@@tbonejmac09 Funny you should mention the difference between western and Easter cultures. I don't know if you've played the sequel, but it seems that a lot of stuff is lost in translation there and it affects the storytelling a lot. I've looked it up and the story makes so much more sense after what I've read about the actual translation missed. It would be interesting to see how the original may have also been affected by it.

@@Rannockh I am currently in the process of playing DD2. So far, unfortunately, a lot of the same things that apply to the first game do apply to the second as well... But I still find myself enjoying it. Combat feels like Dragon's Dogma combat; just better. The classes are still just as fun and dynamic. The region is more diverse and thus, better for exploration...... There's a lot to say about it, but ultimately I think series is an example of a game that a lot of people like/will enjoy, but it had the potential to be something truly amazing. And I'm just not sure if it will ever reach that potential.

@@tbonejmac09 oop- then I won't say more about it, do enjoy though. There's a lot of fun to be had with its combat!

You know it 💅✨️💖

These had me 😂😂

Thank you! I really appreciate it 😊

That's true. I wish I had approached the game in a way that I'd get to try out all the classes, I'll keep it in mind for dd2

As a completionist, probably not great. But the platinum trophy doesn't require the all the board quests, just like 50 of them across multiple playthroughs

Thanks! I've started experimenting a bit more with them and I'm happy it's paying off!

It's 👏 always 👏 the 👏 darn 👏 Seneschal 👏

From what I understood (although years ago, my memory may be wrong, never played through the DA expansion), it's more like the world and the Age is sustained by the Seneschal's will / life force. The reason the Age stagnates is because the Seneschal gets burnt out, which is why they need to be replaced by a new Seneschal etc etc, kind of like Dark Souls and linking the flame.

I hadn't even thought of the idea of horseback spell-casting

@@Rannockh omg neither have I xD I mentioned a horse because of how boring and slow it was to go from place to place in this game. If they don't want to give us fast travel THE LEAST they could do is give us a horse

@@allandmYou do know there is fast travel right?

@@allandm also I don't think horses exist in the universe, just oxes lol.

@@crustytoe92 Well yes, but it's not easily obtainable right? And I just like to travel around fast, running around just isn't fun

Well, if you think about it, back in medieval times they didn't have 60 fps so it makes sense 😩

@@Rannockh I can't wait for renaissance fantasy for that glorious sistine frames per second

Awh, thank you so much for your kind words!

Oh do I have some bad news for you

Darn, you spun the Dragon's dogma beloved wheel and it did not go well...

@@Rannockh Still not as bad as when I rolled "masterworks all you can't go wrong" guy. I envy you for rolling Mercedes as dark-skinned tomboy GF with an accent just happens to be my fetish. Doesn't hurt that she's basically modeled after Casca. But as far as I can tell, if you finish the Duchess quest line she becomes locked in as the love interests no matter what. While I disagree with your views on the game, I can understand your perspective, and share some. The negatives just aren't enough to make me not love the game and excited as hell for DD2

me when short person = child

​@dr.calibrations7984 It's the last person you talk too with high affinity. I romanced duchess, Madeleine, and meecedes.. but stuck with my merchant babe at the end. Free in home store.

@phataldestroyer I'll have to remember that if I ever go back to DDDA. Doubtful as DD2 is basically just the first one but more, and Warrior is actually really strong now

would also suggest watching someone like Wolfheart FPS or Zara :P

Is it really click bait when thats exactly the question I explore in the video?

@@Rannockh Yeah because whether or not this game is ACTUAWALLY GOOD, is not in question.

@@crustytoe92 Sure it is

@@Rannockh This title would make sense if you were making it about a game that gets a bad rap but has some good elements. Like is two worlds actually a good game. Dragons dogma is a cult classic, it's place as a good game isn't in question people who play this game absolutely love it. It is at a 85% on steam the general consensuses it IS a good game.

also i'm not saying two worlds is a good game lol.