Dragon’s Dogma 2 Without Pawns, How Hard Could it Be?
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Did this myself and when I tell you there’s nothing more satisfying than setting goals like “kill an ogre by myself” “kill a griffin by myself”
Man as much controversy it gets, I love this game
It’s a good time!
The game remind me of elden ring in the sense that it can be very easy or very hard it all depends on your play style
Although the game isn’t perfect and has shortcomings, it didn’t deserve all the hate it got.
Same
The hate came from microtrans
27:45 So fun fact about the Medusa fight, putting her to sleep with magic archer's soporific bolt will let you decapitate her instantly. Figured that out on accident lol.
oh thats cool!
Definitely Doing This When I Get The Game
@@IcE-_-Kidd and head decays over time, I think. So you better put in storage until you need it, not sure if decays in storage also, technically shouldn't.
@@gamerdweebentertainment1616items don’t decay in storage
@@ninjafrog6966 Until you go to unmoored, then everything rots on that 30 day skip. Still nothing stopping you from getting more head in unmoored.
Man you do like suffering. Here are some strats I found for my solo Warfarer run:
- Has to be Thief to abuse Shadow Cloak, rank 4 to use Smoke Screen if it gets messy. Also need harspuds, harspud roborants (as many as possible), 1 Ferrystone & 1 Wakestone.
- When you get to Vermund, take the oxcart to the border town and wait until the ox carriage appears and hop in, once you cross the gate get out and let the guard attack you, they'll knock you out and arrest you putting you in Bakbattahl's Gaol, break the box on the corner there's a key.
- One guy sells 1 Newt Liquor near the palace, there's one in the lab that connects to the gaol and the last one is on the dwarf house in Volcanic Island.
- Buy harspud roborants from the merchant next to the armory and dried spud from the merchant close to the expensive inn.
- Make your way to Volcanic Island during the day, as soon as you see enemies use Shadow Cloak and just walk past them but don't get near them, when in the clear disable stealth to regain stamina, in case they aggro use Smoke Screen and a roborant because it'll drain you. It should be fairly easy.
- To take the dwarf to the hot spring go for the path near the beach, first you'll find a camp of hobgoblins, just throw him and let them kill him, then wait until they de-aggro or go to the other path and draw their attention.
- Use shadow cloak and grab the dwarf's corpse and go through the cave all the way to the hot spring, be careful with the minotaur.
- Revive him and get your vocations.
If you also want to unlock Trickster. Before heading to Volcanic Island there's a Griffin that often appears near the entrance to Bakbattahl, just ride him and he'll take you to his nest which is close to the Trickster meister, make a run for it and use Shadow Cloak to get there and then go to Volcanic Island.
Touch grass
lol yes, I enjoyed how he picks the one vocation that can reasonably sneak past most encounters... and then proceeds to forget that it's an option.
If you refuse to release the spy after you tackle him but draw out the fight and not kill him Brant will show up to break up the fight. This will complete the attached quest and nab you a border permit that doesnt need a beastren mask!
interesting! 🤔
😮 imma have to look into this on my next playthrough. Appreciate ya
Wait what? So that's why my border passes have always worked without mask. The more you Know™
the low level run to the volcanic island was hilarious to watch. gank city lmao
16:57 seeing that many rockrattlers pouring out of that wall is both hilarious and terrifying
You're telling me haha!
I'm well into my own solo playthrough as a fighter/warrior and it's so fun. I've killed 2 griffins so far, but no drakes yet.
Loved this! That low-level run to the volcanic island was hilarious to watch!
Honestly, once you get trickster, as well as a couple of the magick archer augments, having pawns solo the game is very viable. As long as using trickster buffs and augments wouldn't be against the rules. They do sometimes have their senior moments though.
Also, poor Fluffy...
“Do I disappoint you, Master?” As the pawn plummets from the cliff is absolutely hilarious 😂😂
My first time watching him and When he said “Keanu doesn’t need help he’s a solo” I instantly thought of cyberpunk then I looked at your channel and it all made sense
haha yup!
Using the avalanche skill with magik archer would have made your life 10x easier. 😂😂😂
Totally. Thats the real reason those boss fights took an hour. Its not the game its the player :/
A thief and a thief without skull splitter
Also having the master skill but not buying or making any stamina potions
Fighter class can solo the whole game easy.
If you met 3 core harpies that attack you together & stun you in every attack or decide to garb you and throw you off a cliff, you are usually dead as a fighter. Also if you fight a drake solo as a fighter & it decide to fly up and use magic all the time as well as other small mobs decides to spawn when the fight drag long and attack you also with the flying drake, you are also dead as a fighter unless you decide to run away.
"Did I disappoint you?" ... got me 😂
Just a friendly advice for future runs.... you can cancel the thief dash end animation by doing normal light attacks. This allows you to dash right after without consuming stamina. It is faster than running and you can dodge almost anything at no stamina cost. Just spam square/X with RB/RT consecutively.
I have so many reasons to believe he did it on purpose, man. That is why it makes the scene so tense and satisfying
@@PeterTheVoyager magic archer is the better option anyways but i doubt he put that much thought into it an just picked what he liked to use
Oh Ill have to try that!
Birds, the bane of all!!!
They suck!
Elden Rings birds were infuriating. Glad dogs/wolves in ER and DD2 are both trash to fight.
I love every aspect of this game... Except the crawl mechanic, I'd rather be dazed than have my guy crawl around like a 2 y/o until their helped up
I didn't expected you to cover Dragon's dogma 2. Nice
The goddamn sheathe button should've been a second skill set button.
U missed the funny combination of Blades of the Pyre and Formless faint.
Activate Formless faint and use the BotP to make an explosion that does not hurt you, hurts them like a Truck and still gives you the Fire Enchant
"Welcome back Fluffy!" *Gets immediately thrown off a bridge* 😂
Nice run! Magick Archer is really strong, although I think you're underrating Thief. It might be the best DPS vocation against bosses in the game with Skull Splitter. Blades of the Pyre with Formless Feint is pretty crazy too. And if you do Sorcerer/Thief Warfarer with Augural Flare + Skull Splitter that straight up just breaks the game lol
Bosses and big monsters aren't the main issue. It's the fkn goblins and harbies ganging up on you
It reminds me of a moment when all my pawns are down and I have to clutch the encounter. But you make that moment into a playthrough lol
how about a run where it's just you and your pawn ONLY, but one has to be the mage and other is the sorcerer. OR. one is the fighter, and the other is the warrior.
Love every piece of this game. Warrior lover
Idk if anyone knows, but doing hold heavy attack 2x and our thief character will pin the small enemies to the ground for a free ground stab. Only have to hold heavy attack button for a second or two, but I love the ground stab animation from pinning the enemy. Also formless feint dodges blades of the pyre so you won't burn yourself with formless on. And yeah double clicking formless feint is pain to the soul 😂. If you drop meat on the ground regardless of quality, the wolves will stop attacking you to chow down. Smoke bomb is your stealth when solo or in a group. Giving enemies the invisible status unaware which allows more criticals and you do more damage when the enemy can't see you. Skull splitter after a smoke bomb is nutty on bosses
3 minutes in and I'm already nodding my head saying to myself, "That's my struggle soloing missions in Helldivers 2 right there." lol
facts haha!
At least you don't have to babysit them everytime you're fighting a tough enemy
You: OGRE HELP ME!
Ogre: hehehehe buddy I'm joining them!
I'm not sure you are aware, but I think you can get to Batahli before the story allows by going through a few caves West of Harve Village (If i remember right). I almost went there by accident on my first play through, so I'm not sure if there's anything blocking the way
bro i literally do a solo sorceries after i beat the game and it so frustrating lol, but if you can do it, i gonna try it once more time.
Funny enough you probably would've had the easiest time soloing the game as the Thief. Thief is absolutely busted in this game, The Smoke Shroud skill littrally lets you turn off most of the Enemies Brains. Meaning they cant attack you while in the smoke. Also the scam skill "Blades of the Pyre" is actually extremely OP when you use it with Formless Feint as Formless Feint allows you to completely negate the self damage Blades of the pyre would inflict. Overall with the right skills the Thief is extremely Overpowered.
You watched the spiffing Brit video huh haha! I agree though. I should have given thief more time!
@@abrahamsandwich I dont think I've seen that Video tho
I can’t imagine all the staggering you had to go through. Thank you for going through all that for this good good content 🫡
It was brutal at times.
Maybe try a solo vocation run? Like a party of just warriors for example. Would be fun to see your strategies to take down some of the more... annoying enemies (looking at you, harpies).
could be interesting
jump without moving and heavy attack when they try to attack you is the best counter for harpies as solo warrior that i could find, honestly the only more annoying enemy would be the liches especially the one in the tomb with the bone lord servant
She's dragging on my dogma til I'm 2.
WAIT
Good idea i will try it
I didn't use warfarer the whole time during my 1st playthrough. eagerly wanted to use it on a 2nd fresh run but was pretty disappointed because I thought Warfarer allows me to switch between 2 weapons with 3 skills each.
Yeah the lack in skills kinda sucks but I do like the class!
Man that last boss sure would of been easier with martyr's bolt. That thing pretty much one shot it for me when i chugged a savagery extract and consumed all but like 50 hp. Pretty sure that thing has high resistances towards ice damage.
new run idea : The 180 seeker token staff + main pawn solo anything, full dps mage inc. (Just let the pawn make the game)
use thunder mine to give every bandit,wolf,goblin and harpy the middle finger as they get knocked back and out of the sky
interesting approach, I did two solo runs. One with thief, because formless faint is an auto-dodge. And one with warrior, because built in knockdown resistance is great. I think I would've gone mad with Magic Archer.
Yeah formless faint is so good! I feel I should have given thief a better shot in the end game, but still it wasn't bad!
@@abrahamsandwichit's even better if you make or buy stamina medicine.
@@luxaeterna365You and the stanima potions 😂
@@cwapisme yeah, I've died way too many times because I ran out of stamina while holding on to a flying enemy.
Now I carry more stamina than health.
The skull splitter is the ultimate boss and harpies killer. Try it out abra ham sammich
Warfarer with duospear, magick bow, and staff feels most broken use augral flare and then hit it with saggittate avalanche or just the duo spear
Most of the time you had the big lock on circle and it hurted me so much because the small circle lets you load up your magick arrows much faster.
Can you explain, I couldn’t figure out why my arrows loaded fast or slower
@@wayatvideos2142 You can press Y (on Xbox Controller), you will see a big circle and a small you can choose from. Just put your weapon out and press the button. Big Circle is for multiple enemies or multiple spots on bosses. The small circle is for small enemies or specifc weakspot on bigger enemies. The small circle lets you load much faster though.
I only really used the big circle for the final boss because of the multiple locations it could hit. But I used the small a majority of the time. It is definitely way better!
You have to sit down and force yourself to play it then it just becomes addictive 💯
the beard is looking fire
I run solo since my first playthrough playing as a warfare. U really need for sure is a regeneration ring make so much easier. As a warfare I play with archer, thief and spearhand and I use a mage wep just in case I need some hardcore healing. The rest u can just put up what u think is best. What I will try is run as solo with each class.
part of why i didn't like dd2, stunned after every hit and the pawns want to take the lead to much, i remember in dragons dogma 1 i could kill dozens of goblins with little problem as you only get stunned by big boss hits or grabs
Yeah the stagger system really sucks, that and every vocation but thief (and just movement in general) feels like controlling a drunk rhinoceros makes me really miss the first game. The game's still fun though, even if it isn't as fun to play as the first for me.
Yeah the staggering is rough in this game.
By the way you don't need to switch to archer for glyndwr's quest. I shot the magic bow at the target and it progressed the quest. I was a warfarer at the time.
Fun fact you can complete glywndr archer quest as a magic archer.
I am currently on my solo run, lv 10, I just got magic archer and warfarer,,, now I am unlocking all the other vocations.
Being a warfarer,,, is perfect for solo
Yeah warfarer is great!
I like to think this is what Johnny was doing before he was a rockerboy, speaking of why did the rockerboy's output kick him out of the apartment?
He wasn’t chippinnnn in choom
"crashing our griffin"
Duo Best, Master and Disciple:)
For solo play like this, you definitely need dwarven forged armor for that extra knockdown resist and the kdr augment from sorcerer. I made it 7 minutes in and can tell a lot of your early game suffering is from wearing the slave rags and not properly abusing skullsplitter.
Update: After having finished the video, my impression is that it's like watching someone fall out of a tree and hit every branch possible on the way down. Sticking to magick archer and spamming its weakest ability were definitely mistakes. The parting comment about not being able to avoid damage is down to MA having zero defensive skills. That last boss would have been like 5 minutes tops on Thief. It was amusing to watch the highlights of this playthrough at least.
I wonder if the final boss would have been that much faster with a Thief. I find the DPS even when grappling and hitting weak points is hardly any better. Glad you enjoyed though!
haha an interesting way to describe traveling without a pawn. i would describe it as lonely. the game feels empty without the pawns talking your ear off😅
What's with the temp petrification?
Why you were running Mystic Spearhand and not using Mirour Vesture(Rank 3)/Mirour Shelde(Rank 6) is mind boggling. None of that crap with the harpies would have happened.
I didn't take the time to level that vocation high enough for those.
@@abrahamsandwich that’s right. Warfarer levels everything really slow. It takes forever to just hit rank 3.
@@sPaCe_NiNjA187yeah, but playing like 15 minutes of Mystic Spearhand is enough to get to level 3.
@@luxaeterna365 right. This wasn’t a speedrun. He could have got to lvl 3 quickly.
you can go into your setting to turn off pawn voice lines
If only he knew about sagitate avalanche or however it's spelled. By far the highest damage dealing MA skill that doesn't cost health. Eats more than a health bar by itself when fully locked to a weak point.
wondering why you didnt use helm splitter on thief, its just a godly skill and it can carry you through so many fights till you get better stuff or swapped vocations.
Formless Feint ability is a GodMode.. its so overpowered that's not even interesting to play.. I don't know how you manage dies so many times with it))
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Thanks 🤘🏻
More than one pawn is annoying, they dont shut up, they always try to run ahead, but right in front of you, in tight places its worse. I hate pawns, except for my main, she is a awesome.
i wanna do runs like this but also keep my old saves, any mods for that?
yes there is a save manager on nexus!
i have done 4 different new game solo playthroughs with fighter, archer, warrior (had to unlock it to kill anything) and mage. Abandoned mage xD and the easiest was warrior by far with the knockdown resistance the class has in its moveset is the best for DD2 hordes xD. Didnt try thief because i think it would not be a challenge if you use the Blades of the Pyre + Formless Feint but i will try it soon.
I been playing with no pawns since I started dd2. Played with no pawns in dd1
Can’t decide between dd2 or rise of the ronin still 😂
Next challenge run, best the game and the unmoored world as a solo trickster
I wish they would introduce an item where you can keep your pawn inside it and release it when you need it.
There is, you get it at the 1st Sphinx trial.
It probably would have been less entertaining, but a Warrior, with their higher knockdown resistance would have made the run way easier.
The charge move also works as a great travel tool.
Man i wanted to play this game so much but it wont work on my pc i was so excited guys i have to wait till they fix it
Dang, I hope you get the chance to play soon!
I miss Autonomy augment 😢
i think the most annoying part is getting grabbed or stunlocked.
39:00 at this part i was legit screaming at my screan bruh you know you are solo you got a bow just first ask latter legit 1 shot of you bow shut knock them out the air....
I'll tell you how i beat DD1 and Bitterblack isle. I didnt use any consumables and only healed using magic. Also i didnt use end game loot, i only equipped 3rd or 4th tier weapons and armor.
LOL Dark Souls 2 levels of enemy aggro
Props to you man, I could never do this. Seeing you suffer is more than enough to set my curiosity aside, but if you want a real challenge, I recommend playing the entire game without having access to your map or health and stamina bar on screen. You have to go on judgment on where to go and how much health and stamina you have. The same goes for the enemies. Not only that, but you can't use ferry stones to fast travel, but you can use oxcart. It's basically an intense immersion mode. Just you and your pawn. Oh, and one last thing... you have to stick to one vocation. You can change your pawn's vocation anytime, but you are a master of one. You can either use new game plus if you want, or start fresh. Hopefully this peaks this interest. If not, thanks for considering anyways 😊
That would be a fun way to play I feel!
My pawn is my waifu I could conquer the lands with literally only her by my side😂
So I actually tried this about a week ago, solo, no pawns and Thief. It was so incredibly frustrating just getting to Vern at the start I decided to drop the "project". That first oxcart "raid" was ridiculous, at like level 4 with an Ogre, Harpies, Goblins AND Wolves. The fun factor faded fast.
avoid dmg? counters, rouge dodge, mage sorc float/ thundermine, warrior knockdown resisit
the devs probably watched goblin slayer and realized they needed to be respected...better start off grinding exp from rats lol
Any other dd II runs planned?👀
currently no, all the ideas I had have already been done by people and this video didn't perform super well for me sadly.
@@abrahamsandwich I see, sorry to hear that☹️ well, whatever you gonna do next, good luck with it✌️
Appreciate it!
Would of started as a archer lol 😂
I was honestly sad to complete this game and get all the trophies :( hope we get DLC soon
I feel that!
Harpies truly are the most annoying enemies in the game. I still haven't found a foolproof way to deal with groups of them at a time even with pawns
They honestly suck so bad!
bro stopped playing dragon's dogma and started playing dark souls
I love this game too. Such mindless fun for hours. I love being called master too by my pawn. And the goblins are dicks.
Goblins suck in this game haha!
try archer without pawns
so on the run to volcano why not just buy make a bunch of stam items then formless run and ignore everything
I had some but I agree I should have taken the time to make a bunch of them. Would have helped a ton!
This game is truly sth special. More importantly we need someone to come up with a better Keanu. This current one isn’t good enough
DD1 might be the better game for it, as Easy/Masterful Kill from Assassin/Strider makes the game SO EASY since you can just counter basically any incoming hit. (also the healing items healing the Loss Gauge). Still a brutal time getting from place to place though given you have no aggro mitigation there...
I did notice throughout the run you often got low on Stamina running away and that's what got you to getting stunlocked/killed, did you not use the Stamina Recovery items, or did you just not show it? Frankly in a normal run they're COMPLETELY forgettable so I'd understand, but they'd be a lifesaver here. Especially with the Bubble Shield that Mystic Spearman gives you.
Finally, there's like, 4 Unmoored World bosses, not 2. you completely missed some of em. basically more of the same though so doesn't really add to the challenge, just tedium as you'd proved it's totally doable. I'll admit to being really disappointed there wasn't a proper Grigori fight like the first game, but apparently there is if you get the "normal" ending! good to know! the True Ending has a very disappointing Player-engaged end as it lacks a truly climactic fight, instead resolving it in the glorified cutscene. I didn't realize how much I'd missed the Grigori fight until I saw it
I did have stamina recovery but I would use it all waaaay too fast honesty, so I never had any.
@abrahamsandwich fair! It just wasn't shown so it made me think you forgot about them.
If you did it again. I'd recommend the Mystic Spearhand bubble shield ability for traversal. Makes those camps way more manageable (Mirour Vesture/Mirour Shelde, rank 3/6)
There's 5 dragons in unmoored world right? Only less if you use Talos, and Talos is your pawn so doesn't work for this challenge...
there are more but they only require 3
any DD Try hard will who played the first game will tell you that finishing the game with pawns and then switching to solo doesn't count, the beauty is a blind run followed up by playing with pawns in NG+ as a reward for your hard work
This game is stupidly easy
After watching it seems the reason you get beat on so much is because you are horrible at managing your stamina
My biggest issue with the game is, how soulless it feels. Especially the NPCs. The quests. Everything fells like they developed all those game features and slapped them together so they become a playable game. Thats it. Like, honestly. Pawns have more personality and soul than the other NPCs. And they are supposed to be soulless vessels with no free will... The fact that the Arisen also feels like a soulless vessel, makes this even worse. I'm honestly not sure I would call this game an RPG.
I have over 400 hours in it, so don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to hate on it. I really enjoy it for what it is. But after 12 years I honestly expected it to be more than this...
I hate the pawns so much 😭like how can i get them to shutup and stop trying to lead the way to some place ive already explored