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Dragon's Dogma 2 - Pawn Rental and Discussion
21-Mar-24 1:51pm
#1
Archer
GameTZ Subscriber 500 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Has Written 1 Review

For those of you planning on playing, what is your main pawn vocation?

I was thinking we could all share our pawn info here, what system we are playing on and our username/tag for that system. So we can add each other and rent/use each others pawns for no cost while also helping each other earn RC. We had a post like this 12 years ago for the original game as well. So some of us might already be on each others friends list.

For those that didn't play the first or do not know how this works... (just in spoiler tags for a cleaner topic, not actual game spoilers)


You can rent pawns on your friends list for free. There is no currency cost (rift crystals).
This is regardless of the pawns level compared to yours. So even if their pawn is 30 levels higher than you it is still free as they are on your friends list.
For any pawns not on your friends list, you have to pay RC (rift crystals).
The ones close in level to you are usually fairly cheap. But the farther way in level the more they cost.
In the first game after 10 levels above the cost jumped pretty big. Anything lower level than you is free no matter what.
There will be some pre-made ones that will be free and a bunch of lower level ones that cost basically nothing populated by the devs.
Those are there to let people get a full party early before you earn any RC yourself.
But using another persons pawn gets them RC in return, and experience for their pawn. Not the cost you pay. This is based on how long you use them, how much xp they earn while in your party and how you rate them at the end.
You use your pawn at all times. Even when others are using it.
After someone uses it and releases them, the next time you check in at an inn or camp site, you get the rewards from them using it.
You are also asked to send a gift by the game, which is optional after using them.
Most people send you consumable items or things to sell for money. But some will give you good armor or weapons if they found your pawn useful.
So using someones pawn from your friends list can benefit you both. They get RC, and you get a better than basic level entry pawn. However, not on day one.


Are you playing this weekend? I'm still undecided on mine. I've made two mages and an archer. But I'm not sure which one I'll use. Or if I want to switch them to a fighter. I've spent too much time in the character creator making pawns over the last week. Game drops in 10 hours or so and I have no idea.

5-Apr-24 9:15am
#81
Heavyd814life
GameTZ Subscriber 600 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Gold Global Trader (13)

Shane12m wrote:
Heavyd814life wrote:> Archer wrote: |>> @Heavyd814life Okay, if you rest you will have 3 of them. All I had in storage.> I |>> also sent over an Eldricite. Super rare. I only had one. Only found in post game. |>> You need a bunch for mage/sorcerer/magick archer late game gear upgrades. So since |>> your playing a sorcerer I sent it over. And another portcrystal since the quest> was |>> showing I could do it again, lol. > > Umm weird. It didn’t come through when I rested. I’m guessing you rested once> you dismissed my pawn?> > Also dude sorcerer is so OP. Augural Flare is completely broken and overpowered.> Wouldn’t be surprised if they nerfed it with an update at some point. > > A lot of skills and vocations are OP I believe. But getting OP is part of the fun. Spearhand is pretty broken with its shield ability too
True true. Ran into two ogres at the same time last night and it just felt sooo good crushing both in less than a minute!

5-Apr-24 1:14pm
#82
Archer
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Heavyd814life wrote:
Got both Meteoron and Maelstrom last night. Ridiculous lol. At least it takes a long time to cast them otherwise I'd spam the hell out of both.
You "fix" this by changing your pawn to a sorcerer and hiring two more sorcerers with those skills as well. Full party of sorcerers. And chain/combo cast them together with the synergy system. And just kill a dragon in one cast. All 7 life bars, lol.


Its actually two casts. But look how fast it casts with all four of them doing it on the second one. First cast, one of them isn't using it and the spell half misses the dragon. But that second cast...
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6-Apr-24 2:38pm
#83
Archer
GameTZ Subscriber 500 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Has Written 1 Review

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7-Apr-24 2:35am
#84
Heavyd814life
GameTZ Subscriber 600 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Gold Global Trader (13)

Lol that's pretty damn accurate.

Just finished up the endgame stuff. Loved this game! I'm going to need a Dark Arisen style release asap with a hard mode, more enemy types/variety, more things to do with RC, tons of QOL stuff, more endgame, more vocations, more skill/ability slots, more pawn voices, more/better character interactions...more, more, more!

7-Apr-24 2:37pm
#85
Archer
GameTZ Subscriber 500 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Has Written 1 Review

Yeah, I hope we get a DA equivalent expansion. I want more as well. Its still beyond baffling how this game went backwards compared to DA QoL improvements. It feels like base DD1 in a lot of ways. Things that DA fixed. And then they unfixed them for base game here.
8-Apr-24 7:06pm
#86
Shane12m
Triple Gold Good Trader

Idk what it is but I’m not getting sucked into this game anymore 20 hours in. With the first game I was super into the mage/sorcerer class and played a caster for the entire game and loved it.

This time I feel like I’m getting bored playing a caster and now I’m not sure what vocation to focus on. I know I’m gonna end up with magick archer or warfarer. But exploring around just doesn’t seem as fun anymore. Maybe because I don’t have the same time to game as I used to when the first one came out?

Gonna try switching to thief until I unlock either of those vocations and see if I can get back into it
10-Apr-24 1:02pm
#87
Archer
GameTZ Subscriber 500 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Has Written 1 Review

Shane12m wrote:
Idk what it is but I’m not getting sucked into this game anymore 20 hours in. With the first game I was super into the mage/sorcerer class and played a caster for the entire game and loved it. This time I feel like I’m getting bored playing a caster and now I’m not sure what vocation to focus on. I know I’m gonna end up with magick archer or warfarer. But exploring around just doesn’t seem as fun anymore. Maybe because I don’t have the same time to game as I used to when the first one came out? Gonna try switching to thief until I unlock either of those vocations and see if I can get back into it
Thief is my favorite to play. Well, actually warfarer because you can use anything from any vocation all at once. But the dagger play is so much fun. I too get bored of magic when using it too much. And I tend to switch vocations up a lot anyways. So once warfarer was unlocked it was great for me. Sounds like it would be the same for you.

No spoilers, hopefully this isn't considered a spoiler anyways. You can b-line directly there and get it at anytime. If you follow story progress that wouldn't be until the very end of the game that you would be in that area. Same with magic archer. So if you want those now to keep things interesting for you, I'd go get them now. You would need to look that info up, which might also be a spoiler. But just explore and you'll find it.
10-Apr-24 1:30pm
#88
Shane12m
Triple Gold Good Trader

Archer wrote:
Shane12m wrote:> Idk what it is but I’m not getting sucked into this game anymore 20 hours in. With> the first game I was super into the mage/sorcerer class and played a caster for the> entire game and loved it. > > This time I feel like I’m getting bored playing a caster and now I’m not sure> what vocation to focus on. I know I’m gonna end up with magick archer or warfarer.> But exploring around just doesn’t seem as fun anymore. Maybe because I don’t> have the same time to game as I used to when the first one came out? > > Gonna try switching to thief until I unlock either of those vocations and see if> I can get back into it Thief is my favorite to play. Well, actually warfarer because you can use anything from any vocation all at once. But the dagger play is so much fun. I too get bored of magic when using it too much. And I tend to switch vocations up a lot anyways. So once warfarer was unlocked it was great for me. Sounds like it would be the same for you. No spoilers, hopefully this isn't considered a spoiler anyways. You can b-line directly there and get it at anytime. If you follow story progress that wouldn't be until the very end of the game that you would be in that area. Same with magic archer. So if you want those now to keep things interesting for you, I'd go get them now. You would need to look that info up, which might also be a spoiler. But just explore and you'll find it.
Yeah I looked up where on the map it’s located. May just make the journey and get those classes. I was playing last night as sorcerer one last time and I was having fun, so maybe I just needed a break from the game haha. Will def mess around with thief though because it is a great vocation to play as so far (level 3)
12-Apr-24 10:10pm
#89
Feeb
GameTZ Subscriber Triple Gold Good Trader Global Trader - willing to trade internationally

I’m finally starting it!! FF took much longer than I anticipated. Excited to jump in tonight.
13-Apr-24 6:49am
#90
Heavyd814life
GameTZ Subscriber 600 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Gold Global Trader (13)

Feeb wrote:
I’m finally starting it!! FF took much longer than I anticipated. Excited to jump in tonight.
Nice!

I jumped back in last night. Started up NG+ and spent hours recreating my Arisen and Main Pawn. Playing through NG+ kinda highlights how badly the game needs a hard mode. I thought Sorcerer was OP but Magick Archer is just…wow!

13-Apr-24 1:11pm
#91
Archer
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Yeah NG+ is too easy since there is no scaling or adjustment what so ever. I rushed through it to the post story again in ng+. But have now completed that already and am about to be pushed into NG++ after one more rest. I'm trying get all the badges for my pawn. Why I have no idea. I think I'm level 90 now. No idea why I keep playing honestly. I think its more a lack of something else I want to play.
13-Apr-24 1:49pm
#92
Feeb
GameTZ Subscriber Triple Gold Good Trader Global Trader - willing to trade internationally

Archer wrote:
Yeah NG+ is too easy since there is no scaling or adjustment what so ever. I rushed through it to the post story again in ng+. But have now completed that already and am about to be pushed into NG++ after one more rest. I'm trying get all the badges for my pawn. Why I have no idea. I think I'm level 90 now. No idea why I keep playing honestly. I think its more a lack of something else I want to play.
Another reason why I like the trophies. I try to get them all and if I’m satisfied I move on. Certain games-returnal- I just keep doing it.
13-Apr-24 2:34pm
#93
Heavyd814life
GameTZ Subscriber 600 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Gold Global Trader (13)

Archer wrote:
Yeah NG+ is too easy since there is no scaling or adjustment what so ever. I rushed through it to the post story again in ng+. But have now completed that already and am about to be pushed into NG++ after one more rest. I'm trying get all the badges for my pawn. Why I have no idea. I think I'm level 90 now. No idea why I keep playing honestly. I think its more a lack of something else I want to play.
Ha! Same. When I saw your pawn at level 89 last night I figured you couldn't find anything else to play either. I really wanted to hold off until a real update or expansion came out, but everything else I've tried playing has just been meh. I even booted up Mass Effect Andromeda because I just wanted an RPG to play. But that didn't last long. Figured I might as well jump back into DD2 and find more things to complain about lol.

13-Apr-24 2:35pm
#94
Heavyd814life
GameTZ Subscriber 600 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Gold Global Trader (13)

Feeb wrote:
Archer wrote:> Yeah NG+ is too easy since there is no scaling or adjustment what so ever. I rushed> through it to the post story again in ng+. But have now completed that already and> am about to be pushed into NG++ after one more rest. I'm trying get all the badges> for my pawn. Why I have no idea. I think I'm level 90 now. No idea why I keep playing> honestly. I think its more a lack of something else I want to play. Another reason why I like the trophies. I try to get them all and if I’m satisfied I move on. Certain games-returnal- I just keep doing it.
I really need to give Returnal another shot. I've had it since launch, but only played it for about 30 mins before deciding to play something else.

13-Apr-24 3:05pm
#95
Archer
GameTZ Subscriber 500 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Has Written 1 Review

Heavyd814life wrote:
Ha! Same. When I saw your pawn at level 89 last night I figured you couldn't find anything else to play either. I really wanted to hold off until a real update or expansion came out, but everything else I've tried playing has just been meh. I even booted up Mass Effect Andromeda because I just wanted an RPG to play. But that didn't last long. Figured I might as well jump back into DD2 and find more things to complain about lol.

Yeah I booted up Dark Arisen and deleted my old save and started a new game. Couldn't get into it after a few hours. Tried FF16, couldn't get into it. Tried a couple other games, none of them grabbed me. Thought about buying a new game, but nothing really grabbed me. Plus having a feeling of not really wanting to drop $70 on something I probably wasn't going to end up playing anyways turned me off that real quick too. And I just kept thinking about DD2. So went back to it. I'll honestly probably play this for two more weeks until the Fallout 4 update comes out. Hopefully with a new trophy list for the PS5 version. But maybe not. The hype of the show will wear off by then and I probably wont want to play it by that point, lol. Gaming is so for weird for me in my mid 40s. I don't really have the desire to play lots of things anymore. Yet I have a strong desire to play something, always. Its a struggle. I tend to find one thing and play it for extended periods of time now. Instead of playing lots of things like I used to. Like putting 600+ hours into BG3. After 400 on PS5, I bought it on xbox and sunk 200+ in there. And I tend to replay a lot of older games I love more than new game too. Like by a large margin.


EDIT: Just went into NG++. Swapped mine any my pawns genders to change it up. My pawn is now a dude named Frost. White tiger dude.
13-Apr-24 10:14pm
#96
Feeb
GameTZ Subscriber Triple Gold Good Trader Global Trader - willing to trade internationally

I made a white leopard dude as my main- He skips leg day it looks like.

My pawn is mage now. The early heals are nice until I figure all of this out again.

Her id is:
KBQ8FSFCE1RQ

Took me a bit to remember how to use the vocation points etc. now I’m just planning to follow the main quest for a while. I like the thief skills so I’m starting there.
14-Apr-24 8:38pm
#97
Feeb
GameTZ Subscriber Triple Gold Good Trader Global Trader - willing to trade internationally

Someone gave my pawn a gift of OP daggers. That’s fun.
14-Apr-24 8:58pm
#98
Shane12m
Triple Gold Good Trader

Anyone here playing on pc?
14-Apr-24 8:58pm
#99
Shane12m
Triple Gold Good Trader

Feeb wrote:
Someone gave my pawn a gift of OP daggers. That’s fun.
Like some end game daggers or what? That’s awesome though
14-Apr-24 10:12pm
#100
Archer
GameTZ Subscriber 500 Trade Quintuple Gold Good Trader Has Written 1 Review

If it was the stuff I gave you, daggers, 2 wakestones, and gear for your mage pawn. They weren't end game daggers. Just fully upgraded. Something you wouldn't have had access to at level 10. But would have unlocked probably in a couple more hours of playing. I think anyways. Unless I selected the wrong ones and I gave you end game daggers. I honestly don't remember, lol.
14-Apr-24 10:34pm
#101
Feeb
GameTZ Subscriber Triple Gold Good Trader Global Trader - willing to trade internationally

Archer wrote:
If it was the stuff I gave you, daggers, 2 wakestones, and gear for your mage pawn. They weren't end game daggers. Just fully upgraded. Something you wouldn't have had access to at level 10. But would have unlocked probably in a couple more hours of playing. I think anyways. Unless I selected the wrong ones and I gave you end game daggers. I honestly don't remember, lol.
Thanks! They’re just OP for my level for sure. I’ve encountered one pair that’s a few points off of them for almost 30k. I’ve not seen them for sale yet.

Dragon's Dogma 2 - Pawn Rental and Discussion