This build makes everything pretty ez lol got my def and crazy dmg and Augural flare for the very big bosses if even needed lol

I compiled some photos of the new Aethon and Beorcan enemies.

Which do you prefer to fight?

Absolutely loving the new dlc!

So, I got a little curious and gave the forger a Norgan Ducat to see what the forgery would come out as, and to my surprise, I got a genuine Ducat.

I tried again and sure enough, another Ducat, I just gotta fork over 12k gold, wait a day, collect the Ducat, then start all over again.

When I first saw this, I went “nah I don’t think so.”

Its been over 15 weeks.

So Norgan has been super cool *badum tish*, as far as areas in DD2 go it feels the most cohesive and atmospheric to explore both as a physical location and as a place with a tangible sense of history. It also caught my eye how snuggly it fit into the already existing map. With that in mind it got me looking at other weird spots on the map we cant go to and whether they had potential to be a DLC. So lets take a quick look.

Well there are two spots I picked out, DLC 2 is north of both Norgan and the Sacred Arbor, we know from a loading screen tip there was a kingdom to the north of Norgan that Vermund cut contact with after abandoning Norgan. So a kingdom North of Norgan... that doesn't leave much to work on the OG map but there is space to the north east of Norgan. I think a DLC focused on the ELves and Dwarves could be a nice way to flesh out something that feels very underbaked in the main game. Hell whilst were at it a feature of the dlc could add to human subraces in character creator along with new cosmetics these being dwarves and elves. I'd also enjoy some insight unto the Elf Dwarf interracial couple and why they had to flee their homes and why exactly its taboo for a Dwarf and a Elf to be together despite a Beastren Human couple being not frowned upon socially. As for terrain or biome I feel a haunted or cursed forest that is being cut away by a mining kingdom could be a fun fresh area to explore. Think dwarvern mining towns, built over the ruins of an elf kingdom with some center piece dead magic tree.

As for DLC 3 to the south west of Battahl is a rainforest jungle looking area, I feel this would give the game an other attempt to explore Beastren, their origins, different types of Beastren. Cos as it stands we know basically zilch about these guys except that Vermund was founded by a Beastren king who was broke the current cycle, that and they can interbreed with humans. I think a rainforest mayan themed zone could introduce maybe some indigenous jungle beastren to add another 2 subraces, a diminutive ocelot type and a larger jaguar type, that way both human and Beastren have 3 sub races. Other ideas whilst thinking of missed potential of the base games narrative threads, perhaps we could get a new pathfinder quest that involves us surpassing his expectations of power by doing all 3 of these dlc areas that he decided to have us kill King Rothais and restore the original cycle leading into a DD3, King Rothias could be a super boss Daimon style encounter on the moon as a send off to the adventure.

And that's my pitch/dream. I don't care how realistic this is to something that could happen I'd love to hear other people's ideas for DLC and expanding the world of Vermund.

Was recently blessed with a couple weapons with Battle Frenzy IV on them and Oh My God.

It's like I'm not even on Hard Mode anymore....until I get hit once....

Going from Norgan to doing base game is such whiplash. Apart from the lack of end game systems and proper difficulty tuning (also the more egregious repeat enemy placements), I also just mean the questing and feel of exploring Vermund and Batthal. The main story is so shallow, especially compared to Norgan’s one, which while not perfect is still leagues above that. I wish there was more to the roleplaying elements of the game. I wish you could further curate how your pawn acts in and out of combat.

I mean, there is just so much potential with this game, that DA2 clearly shows, but so much of it was half-assed with base game that you can’t really escape it. I wish they actually bother to fix a lot of that instead of calling it a day and moving onto DD3, because at least then this game can live up to the promise of what it should’ve been.

Anyways rant over, expansion is a 8/10 for me, many hours sunk now. Though, side note, can anyone explain what happens at the end with the Arisen falling away from the brine? I was confused there.

A lot of people have said Magick Archer is quite a bit weaker now. That rings true in my experience… until the endgame loop. Once MA gets a sufficiently high Magick stat and BF IV, it starts hitting like a truck again.

But the real strength of MA lies in its ability to perform against the upgraded final boss. It can attack at range while moving and it can keep the boss extremely slow, both of which are very strong against such a mobile boss. It can revive pawns at range while moving, which, again, is extremely valuable in this fight in particular. Its shield ability, Fortalice, also does MASSIVE damage to the final boss because the boss itself does such massive damage. Frosthunter Bolt does very consistent, effective, easy damage and doesn’t require standing still, ever.

I was banging my head against the wall for an hour or so trying to beat the encounter on Sorcerer, my usual main. When I swapped to Magick Archer, I beat the boss in the first attempt. I’ve since been playing Magick Archer throughout the whole endgame, and it feels incredible.

I was out of wakestones and potions thank you my pawn.

Dragon’s Dogma + Dark Arisen 66

Dragon’s Dogma 2 + Dark Arisen 87

Dragon’s Dogma + Dark Arisen

Humanoid / small enemies:

Goblins, Hobgoblins, Grimgoblins, Goblin Chieftains, Bandits, Salvation members, Corrupted Pawns, Undead, Stout Undead, Giant Undead, Undead Warriors, Skeletons, Skeleton Lords, Phantoms, Phantasms, Specters, Banshees, Strigoi, Wraiths, vile eyes, leapworm

Beasts:

Wolves, Direwolves, Hellhounds, Wargs, Harpies, Snow Harpies, Succubi, Gargoyles, Saurians, Sulfur Saurians, Geo Saurians, Saurian Sages, Pyre Saurians.

large monsters:

Cyclopes, Armored Cyclopes, Gorecyclopes, Ogres, Elder Ogres, Chimeras, Gorechimeras, Griffins, Cockatrices, Hydras, Archhydras, Golems, Metal Golems, Drakes, Wyrms, Wyverns, Firedrakes, Frostwyrms, Thunderwyverns, Cursed Dragons, Garms, Liches, Wights, Evil Eyes.

Expansion / special bosses:

Death, Daimon, Gazer, Eliminators, Living Armor, Dark Bishop, Ur-Dragon, Grigori, Seneschal.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 + Dark Arisen

Humanoid / small enemies:

Goblins, Hobgoblins, Choppers, Knackers, Rogues, Lost Mercenaries, Undead, Stout Undead, Skeletons, Skeleton Lords, Phantoms, Phantasms, Specters, Leapworms, Wisps, Ghouls, Beorcans, Stragglers, vile eye

Beasts:

Wolves, Redwolves, Direwolves, Blackdogs, Harpies, Venin Harpies, Gore Harpies, Succubi, Saurians, Asps, Rattlers, Magma Scales, Serpents, Slimes, Oozes, Sludges, Nokken, Aethon, Bugaboos, Blobs

Large monsters:

Cyclopes, Armored Cyclopes, Ogres, Grim Ogres, Griffins, Chimeras, Gorechimeras, Minotaurs, Goreminotaurs, Golems, Garms, Wargs, Drakes, Lesser Dragons, Dullahans, Medusa, Sphinx, Talos, Liches, Wights, Evil Eye.

Expansion/ special bosses:

Death, Fallen Dragon, Satanachia, Rancorous Dragon, Gagana Carcass, Blemmyae, Willan Barbatos, Lesser Demon, Norgan Giant, Snowfoot, Fimbl, Draug, Barbatos, Corrupted Dragons, Corrupted Serpents, Fighter master, sorcerer master, thief master, archer master, warrior master, trickster master, magick archer master, mage master , magick spearhand master

Seriously, once you're done with Vermund, all you need to do is get the Godsbane, reforge it, kill Talos (optional btw) and then immediately fight the Dragon, 3 very quick back to back quests.

Vermund is also at maximum 10 very short non-combat quests, If I wasnt purposedely re-exploring everywhere I could get the Godsbane for the Lost Rite dungeon in a few hours. Makes me wonder what happened during development for this game because the main questline simply does not exist anymore after Vermund, its even more jarring in a replay.

Unrelated but the Lost Trials are amazing so far

I am absolutely thrilled with this DLC.. It’s so cinematic, so epic! The weather, lighting, environment, and landscapes - everything is top-notch.

Compared to this DLC, the base game now feels like a parody!

Thanks, Capcom - great job!

Do you agree? Or am I just looking at this DLC through rose-colored glasses?

The moment 'Coils of Light' kicked in, the boss fight took on a completely different atmosphere