coloured this so it'd be worth posting. hait and i cannot stop saying "grisps you" to each other LOL
seen from Australia
seen from Australia

seen from Malaysia
seen from China
seen from China

seen from United States
seen from United Kingdom

seen from United States
seen from United Kingdom

seen from United States

seen from United States

seen from Germany
seen from United States
seen from Georgia
seen from United States

seen from United States

seen from United States

seen from United States

seen from United States

seen from Germany
coloured this so it'd be worth posting. hait and i cannot stop saying "grisps you" to each other LOL
So, I noticed that the pawns are immune to the godsway's influence after the guardian gigantus quest. (Before this, they can't move and hold their heads in pain when near a godsway.)
I'm taking that as a sign that bestowal of spirit has happened at this point, and their fledgling will is already blossoming.
That also explains why they can fight the false sovereign, despite him having a godsway on him.
(I assume the hired pawns are just immune for gameplay reasons, but I'm choosing to believe it as canon for the main pawn)
I love him 😂
more DDII stuff
Disappointed that DD2 has no canonical male romance options? HELP FIX IT!
In Dragon's Dogma 2 you can choose almost any NPC to be your beloved/romance option, like in the first game. You can literally pick anyone, including random road guards, to shower gifts upon and raise their affinity.
However. Only two NPCs are canonical romances.
Ulrika and Wilhelmina, both human women, have unique romance quests and scenes that conclude intimately (without any platonic option). Those are the only NPCs in the entire game that have them.
No hate on the girls, they're among my arisen's best buds, but having them be the only two with fully fledged romance arcs in the entire game is a bit absurd.
Pre-release marketing highlighted Ulra, Wil, as well as Guard-Captain Brant, Prince Sven (who tbf seems pretty young), elven siblings Glyndwr and Doirieann, and Empress Nadinia of Battahl and her Guard-captain Menella (who I assumed were a couple). Any of those characters should also have had unique scenes like Wil and Ulra, but they don't. That effectively makes Ulra/Wil the canonical options.
None of the npcs care about the arisen's gender. The main issue is that there are no male options with equivalent romance quest. There's nothing but crumbs for the guy enjoyers, which is somehow a step back from the first game where there was at least Julian.
There are three dudes who would have been strong candidates according to their plot importance:
Brant is the arisen's first and most important ally in Vernworth,
Sven could have been DD2's Aelinore (young noble in need of help) and could've caused loads of plot drama,
and Glyndwr is your introduction to the elf culture through his curiosity.
Do they get unique quests beyond their initial ones? Nope.
Anyway, we can potentially influence some getting added officially instead of as mods:
Capcom has released a player feedback survey.
The survey has questions on what you like, dislike, and would like to see in future content updates. It runs until April 21 and may well influence the future additions to the game.
I laid it on thick about them adding more quests and romance quests, and also about a Bitterblack Isle-type expansion.The more people that bring it up these issues the better.
Go forth, arisen <3
My OST mod for Double Dragon II on the PC Engine is officially released!
Links/notes in the YT description.
Tested several emulators, only major issue was with Mesen.
If anyone could test on real hardware, would love to hear how it went😀
Part of my Mini Flagellant DD2 AU 🤏 👀
"A part of him wondered how they ended up here. If time was truly rewritten, or if this was a mad game played by a god they had scorned in another life." x
woe! rat bark be upon ye