New Warfarer footage just released - ua-cam.com/video/RYG72qMR6Qo/v-deo.htmlsi=_K-pGomAKgiB82Ie Damn it looks fun! Think I am going to start off as a fighter & then switch to warrior. My beastren named Lionheart looks best with a big ass sword in his hands. Much more DD2 content to come! If I can get a review code I will consider doing an off stream let's play series like I did with BG3, but as of now I'm not getting my hopes up. Support the channel: 🔽🙏 🐺 Become a Member - ua-cam.com/channels/i3RdvCWYMzdF-iUgG_0xLQ.htmljoin 🔴 Join the Patreon - www.patreon.com/WolfheartFPS 🔵 DISCORD - discord.gg/HEvSdNZ ____________________ 🎮GOG Affiliate Link - af.gog.com/partner/Wolfheartfps?as=1676346721 NOTE* Any game purchased even if not on my personal GOG partner page will support the channel (up to 7 days after clicking the link) 👕 Wolf Apparel Store - wolf-apparel-7.creator-spring.com ____________________ Socials - 🐦 Twitter - twitter.com/wolfheartfps 🟪 Instagram - instagram.com/wolfheartfpsua-cam.com/users/sgaming/emoji/7ff574f2/emoji_u1f534.png
was hoping to see you play the trickster if i am being honest. however, i cannot blame you for wanting to go fighter / warrior (as that's what I'm going to do too!)
Important note for the Sorcerer: it was shown in the gameplay that Sorcerers retain their unique ritual casting ability from the first game, allowing Sorcerers in the party to synchronize the incanting of particular spells and fire them off at the same time. So if your pawn is halfway done casting Bolide, you can step up to them and start casting and inherit their progress on it, and the both of you will cast it faster!
@@bladersnappy7446 It was an option in the first game. I don't know if it's been officially discussed/confirmed, but you should definitely be able to in 2 as well
@@bladersnappy7446I think it just means you can’t change it until you get into the game. You have to do some stuff to unlock changing but it’s not hard
For all the people not familiar with vocation switching: if it’s like the last game, then you don’t have to worry about picking any one vocation. They retain their progress when you switch to another one. I played a sorcerer for a good chunk, then discovered the fun of magic archer and played that till I found a magic resistant enemy, then switched to a fighter to beat that enemy. All you have to do is go to a hub that allows switching.
yeah the only disadvantage of switching vocations was the stats you were gaining when level up which were bound to your vocation. So when you were playing warrior you were getting more physical damage and very little magic damage. Game wasn't too hard anyway, but someone who was playing only magic class was much stronger mage than someone who switched to mage from physical class. It of course makes a lot of sense from real life perspective.
1:04 “Dont play as an archer and expect to pull out a sword” Video immediately shows archer pulling out a greatsword. I know its a warfarer, was just funny.
To clarify for those who might not read your entire comment, the video clip is showing the Warfarer vocation. It was just really bad timing for the background footage 😂 The archer vocation cannot pull out a sword.
definitely going sorcerer first as it was my most played vocation in dd1. the big spells are just too epic. when playing mage/sorc, you also have control over the weapon enchants for your group. relying on pawns to handle it can be painful. in dd1 they would give you bad elements all the time and only cast a new enchant once the other one had worn off, which could take several minutes... i expect the AI to be way smarter this time, but not taking any risks 😅
Thank you so much for talking about the class progression and what you unlock when you level up. I've watched a decent amount of Dragon's Dogma 2 videos and not a single one of them has covered this.
That Sickle like weapon is a Khopesh if I'm not mistaken. At 16:30 if I'm not mistaken the Spearhand's Duospear blades would be considered Khopeshes. From what it sounds like the Warfarer would probably be at its best when all Vocations and their skills are maxed out.
Spotted it at 3:00 and came to say that. It's always great to see them in the wild regardless but it's always amazed me that they weren't more widespread in fantasy simply because it looks like something an Elf or an Orc might use.
PLEASE CONSIDER, the game doesn’t demand you play as 1 vocation, you are free to switch around and acquire universally great augmentations from other vocations whilst trying out their play style! The game becomes much more dynamic when you use different solutions to tackle different problems!
Are there any drawbacks to switching vocations? E.g., if I'd like to start as an archer instead of mage and then progress to sorcerer, I'm wondering if that'd set me behind on magic stats or something?
@@whyisgamora4191 idk if this will be in the case in DD2 but in the 1, the major setback was having to buy all new gear, and if it was late game, the gear you had for your fighter for example won’t work if you switch to mage and you’d have to buy/find end game mage gear. Of course it’s possible but that was my biggest challenge from the first
Magic in this game looks so cool. But alas i cant resist the allure of being just the normal guy with the indomitable will and strength in a world of crazy supernatural magic
To bad the game trash on xbox and pc ps5 is getting update first to fix issues crazy right oh and the game is filled with microtransactions bugged save files and more have fun :)😂😂😂😂
@@thezohan1093the micros are basically the developer winking at you lol every item in the list is EASILY accessible during regular gameplay. And no issues with frame rate or quality on PS5 which isn't surprising in the slightest that they did it better than Xbox and PC 🤷♂️. Am indeed having fun with it
I'm so excited to play Dragons Dogma 2. I am concerned with how fast the time is flying by though feels like the earth has sped up by like 20-40% honestly feels like it was still months away weeks ago. I look forward to watching you play DD2 as well, you are awesome man!
This is the rare kind of game where every class seems to appeal to every person -- they do such a brilliant job of making each class feel unique, powerful, and interesting. It's absurdly hard to choose just one! In DD1, it was so exciting to switch between the classes/start a new save file with a new class, and I imagine the same will be true in DD2. I can't wait to dive into each of them.
If warfarer let's you essentially make your own hybrid class, I'm going to make a thief/trickster hybrid. That sounds crazy. Distract and confuse the enemy with illusions and then quickly strike with the daggers through the smoke
warfarer lets you have 3 of any vocations weapons at the cost of, 3 skills per vocation instead of 6, losing your r1 skill(unique to each vocation) because that will become change weapon, and a penalty to all stats
@@napalm777It's 4 skills for all vocations, including Warfarer, though with Warfarer one of those slots will be taken by switch weapon. You also don't lose the unique vocation/weapon skill. From the most recent info, Warfarer will effectively have access to all class core skills, and 4 special weapon abilities of your choice. One of the latter will likely be the weapon switch for you, but it's not mandatory, you will just have to swap them manually from inventory.
I'll be going for the warrior class first then try some magic classes on my subsequent playthroughs. I do hope Gut's berserker armor and sword are on this game.
Every time I watch a video on vocations it becomes so much more difficult to decide which one I wanna start out with. Initially it was Sorcerer. Then Fighter, then medieval fantasy Jedi. Now I think Magic Archer. Bloody hell.
21:24 The term you're looking for is skill floor. Skill cap, otherwise known as the skill ceiling, refers to the highest level of play. Skill floor meanwhile, is the minimum level of skill required, so it would require a high skill floor.
I'm definetly going for Archer first. The Acrobatic Nature and just how smooth the animations are of this Vocation just sold it to me, i was choosing between Archer or Magick archer, but the Archer definetly stands out to me the Most, but definetly will play Both.
What do you think is the main difference between Archer and Magick Archer? Is Archer more offensive oriented and acrobatic as of Magick Archer has some support skills and elemental attacks? I am considering playing Archer myself so just curious how do they differ from each other. :)
@@Iwaans like you mentioned, i think the Archer is indeed more focussed on Precision to deal massive damage on weakspots. While the Magick archer has more of a supportive role but can still deal significant damage
I was actually thinking archer was starting and magic archer is the hybrid more end game archer. But I'm not sure that's how it was in one anyways and was my favorite class in that one.
@@shadowweaver1599 Yeah, but doesn't mean archer is a starting Vocation that it's weak, The 4 starters are viable throughout the entire game. The Advanced Vocations might take abit more time to get used to.
I am looking forward to playing as a Mage. I like to fight at ranged, but I also like having various tools to handle groups or provide some utility. It's not as fast as playing an Archer archetype, but I enjoy the slower and more deliberate playstyle. I plan to have my main Pawn to eventually become a Warrior, as it reminds me of how reckless my sister can be when we played together in the old co-op dungeon crawlers and beat em ups. Dragon's Dogma just gives me that old school vibe of having played couch games, even though it is a single player.
If it's like DD1, be prepared to play something like fighter first for an easier start, and the once you're used to the systems, restart and go for mage so you'll survive better. (because in Dd1, character progress was retained even when restarting)
it's weird, sometimes it reminds me of those old Lord of the Rings battlefield games which were like arcade games, and sometimes it reminds me of Lineage II or another old school hardcore MMO
@@wmidlerTo your point, I plan to use a elf archer as my main character, a heavy tank as my main pawn and an old grey bearded mage (then sorcerer) hangin out in the back as a secondary pawn. 😉
@@dustingre8 The first game was a 4-man team. But only your main pawn could be custom. You could find other players' main pawn (and they could use yours) to fill out the team. So if I made a Gandalf type, you could use him, but you would have to find him through searching, randomly, or through the friend system.
I'm going fighter to spearhand. Spearhand is a dream vocation for me, I knew I was going that route, as soon as I saw the Dragon's Dogma 2 reveal trailer.
I've always loved the Thief/Rogue class in every game. So for sure going that, but fighter is definitely close second. All these classes look incredible honestly.
Honestly, i loved playing as an Assassin in DD1, but i also like the changes to the classes being seperated. I gotta admit that i usually love hybrid kind of classes, but seeing them on their own is great, it gives each class more room to play with. It always felt so restrictive even tho you had both weapons with their own skill slots to use. But seeing the Archer in DD2 looks so fun and clean. Like i wanna play it as it is in DD2 instead of having it mixed with something else like with the Assassin in DD1 (imo Assassin in DD1 was the goat as an active fighting style class if you don't care about magic at all). But the Warfarer on the other hand lets you create your own combinations of classes, it's not exactly like the old hybrid classes from DD1, but that is great, because now you can for example choose 3 classes you wanna mix out of 4 archetypes. So you can easily use the new classes like the Spear and Trickster, have an fighter and mage that way and mix it with like an Archer or Magick Archer (if you want to be either more on the physical or magical side) and be a jack of all trades kind of class. And i guess that in the end the Warfarer is what the most players want to play as. Because why shouldn't you? Unless you don't specifically care about playing any other class outside of the one of the available you wanna play as (which is fine), there is no need to NOT play as the Warfarer. What i'm most likely going to do is start as an Archer and try to switch over to the Warfarer as soon as possible and mix the Trickster and Spearhand into my Archer (probably give the Spearhand and Trickster a try at some point if possible before that). Sadly i don't think that i'll be able to play at launch or even get the pre-order bonuses (unless you are able to buy them later on, like they say can/might happen). But i'll get to it as soon as possible and look forward to it, been waiting for this since it got announced and was hoping for it before that.
Mystic spearhand looks much more inspired by Vergil of DMC rather than a jedi, which makes much more sense considering the two series share many more creative members than just Hideaki
Thanks for the Video Wolf! Great content. Think im going to start off thief 100% then archer then Mystic spearhand, Magic Archer and then once I level up all those vacations going warfarer so i can use all 3 vocations of the thief/Mystic Spearhand/magic archer, and then have my main pawn a tank, and of course I totally agree with you!! having a class like the mystic spearhand who gives Jedi knight Vibes in a fantasy game just seems EPIC!
Thanks! I'm about to begin DD2 on PS5 Pro. Just finished Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and Stalker 2. Indiana Jones was great. Stalker 2... the story was hard for me to follow.
Been meaning to try Indian Jones one day. Hearing good things about it. I loved DD2 for its combat & exploration. Will be interesting to hear how you feel about it!
Was it ever confirmed if the stats are gained on current vocation on level up or do we now gain a floating pool of stats and when switching vocations they are realigned.
I just hope the leveling isn't as convoluted as the first game needing you to have a spreadsheet for what vocation to be at what level range to get the optimal stat growth come your end game build.
When they first showed off warfarer I thought "man what a gimmick" But the more of it I see, the cooler I think it'd be to have the right weapon for every situation rather than work around whatever shortcomings come with your currently carried ones.
warfarer looks so fun, i feel as if your able to make it work and adjust per enemy it’ll be an insanely good class. I just like the amount of flashy combos you can do. Start as thief tho for sure.
I’ll start as a fighter and go into mystic spearhand, then maybe warfarer after that. I’m disappointed, but not surprised that we can only make one pawn. I’d love to have a consistent party instead of constantly swapping the other pawns out.
The Archer and Magic Archer look so much fun. Elden Ring is my all time favorite game but it didn't offer such active archery gameplay, in fact it is rare to see such archer gameplay in any videogame at all. Looking forward to playing Archer here.
My favorite thing about watching all the gameplay for the classes is that I want to try them all, they all look so fun in their own ways and I want to master all of them
I’ve been loving the Theif so far when used correctly it’s overpowered tho I haven’t had any spoilers to the game so finding out the mixed vocations has me hyped as hell
This helps a lot. Thank you. I am going to try fighter this time for a change. I usually am support (mage, ranged. heals). The fighter sounds like a fun change.
There had to be a drawback though. Otherwise there would be no need to play any other class other than wayfarer. It trades Stats and Damage for flexibility. Which sometimes will be great and other times probably you would be better off sticking with a another vocation. It also depend on how you combine attacks and spells. Like in the video first creating an ice platform that you then can jump from to reach the monsters head with a huge two handed attack.
I really want to try something other than a big weapon, which I always tend to use on a first playthrough in action RPG's, but DD2 makes the warrior look SO GOOD
Only thing you left out that I noticed was the Trickster’s huge Pawn Damage Buff that causes them to take damage over time for the trade off of doing insane damage. If Warfarer can use that skill I foresee some nutty shit end game
Definitely debating between Mage/Fighter and then Mystic Spearhand. Not sure how stat/skill progression works in this game compared to DD1, so that will definitely make a difference.
@@SonsOfDeForest So taking more levels in Mage vs fighter, for example, before you switch to Mystic Spearhand. Will that change how your combat plays out as the Spearhand? (Like having higher magic damage vs physical damage, etc). It's been a minute since I played DD1, but I feel like that was a factor in your character's build.
@@grey_windNah, the stats change with the class now so you dont need to play mage to have better stats for mys. archer for example. Every class has its own stats now that dont carry over to others. The only thing that carries over between classes will probably be passives like in DD1. So fighter passives in DD1 were for example more Health or Carry weight. But since you can switch classes however you like now without fucking up your stats, just play what you feel like in the moment.
@@ceoChief09This is untrue. Denuvo does not prevent mods from working in a game. Monster Hunter: World Also launched with Denuvo and it had plenty of mods well before they removed it a year later. Heck even the Character Creator Demo on PC already has a few mods on Nexus.
I think in this game we should drop the advanced and hybrid vocation language because it brings the expectation that all classes are going to get one. Neither in promos or anything like that have they called anything a hybrid or an advanced vocation. Clearly they’ve went in a different direction with the vocations in this game so that people can get the idea that even the starter vocations will be viable.
I know there's no point in asking this since no one knows, but is there a chance there's more vocations not announced that are in the game? I really love Paladins but I guess the closest would be Spearhand, I hope there's a couple hidden surprises
I played sorcerer in dd1 and loved it the most of all vocations. The trickster looks interesting... but man the magic in dragons dogma just hits different
Will start this game as a mage class but my pawn will be a warrior. Also on roleplay pov, both of them will be twins, so basicly sisters are gonna go into this world. :D
You don't have to find the masters to unlock the advanced vocations they're unlocked at the vocation guild by doing a quest for them, the vocation maisters are found in the world and will teach you new more powerful skills for vocations
18:20 This vocation must have been made with DMC5's character V in mind. At least if there's another DMC game coming with a version of V as playable character, no doubt elements of this vocation will be added to the moveset. 🎮
I'm 99% leaning towards Mystic Spearhand (since I was a MK main in DD1) but might play some Warrior too since it supposedly has a parry/counter in DD2 and I like those
The Warfarer seems to be close what I expected Dragon's Dogma 2 to have before any informations went out, so just a guess. My guess was that the new Arisen we play in the game would have some sort of vocation switch on the d-pad, similar to Dante's style switching. This obviously didn't came true since there are still the pawn commands on the d-pad as in the first game buuut may somewhat be present with the Warfarer. Let's hope so, then we can have an archer as Gunslinger on the left, a warrior with the bis sword as our Swordmaster on the right, the thief is the obvious Trickster on the up button and the fighter with the ability to parry will be our Royal Guard. And hey, why not? If From Software made it possible for players to make themself a little Vergil build then Capcom, the company who ows those characters, and Itsuno and his team, who develop the Devil May Cry games, can give us a little Dante build...
Note (before anyone else points it out): I still used the d-pad as the "switch" for the vocations although I wrote in the second paragraph that this is still used for pawn commands, that's because this might be a drawback for the relatively self-sufficiant Warfarer or at 12:52 we can see it switch to inventory items, so there's still more on that. Let's just say I think it will be used that way since this is knows as a good method for this, by this team in particular, so it's again just a guess.
Mystic Spearhead...I'm the guy who always spins the broomstick or any long staff like object before uses it for it's purpose...This disability started as a little kid...Donatello, the Shaolin, Kilik, Darth Maul the list goes on...I'm ready to use this fascinating double bladed staff to save the world again...I know we are plenty who know this feeling
i am very interested in trickster i just hope all his abilities aren’t tied to small monsters only, hopefully he makes a impact in bigger monster fights as well.
I want to play Magick Archer, so I probably start Mage as it has more augments I want to unlock early. Also as both Mage and Magick Archer use the Magick attribute for most of their attacks, I can focus my equipment on boosts to Magick and continue using it after the switch. But in the end, I will probably play most vocations to some degree to unlock all desired augments for my Magick Archer build.
I played as a magic archer in original DD and tbh the vocation was so OP and fun that didn't care at for the rest. But now I'm really skeptical. Fighter which is very basic looks super fun, sorcerers are looking dope and magi archer looks fun and OP as always. The spearhand is a class I want to test tbh and while im not a fan of spears as weapons, the magic that comes with it makes it even more fun. Warfarer is the class for most people like me but I think it will be acquired too late in the game. Damn man, so many choices
I'll start with Fighter, I'll take some defensive options since it's been years since I played the first game and will probably be bad haha. I like the idea of taking a probably unpopular class (I bet most think it'll be boring) and seeing how far it can go. It can be difficult to pick a vocation, but it helps when I eventually plan to PLAY THEM ALL
I almost always like being a caster. My main pawn will need to be a warrior to tank, agro, and keep critters off me whilst I work my magic. My hired pawns might include a thief and another warrior, I am replaying the original game and it's going quite well as I relearn how to play it. I guess we'll be busy with DD2 in about 5 days from now.
I’m a bit disappointed that the Magic Knight was replaced. I always liked that class and its replacement seems to play different than it did. It looks fun but wish they could just have both.
I am starting off as an archer and then switching to magic archer with my main Pawn being a Beastren Fighter tank. Made him look like a grey and black leopard on the character creator.
I am torn between thief and warrior into a lesser extent fighter I love two handed swords but I also love the idea of stealing items and quick nimble hits
I feel like the trickster is going to be mych more valuable OUTSIDE of combat. I can imagine you can do some cool things with npcs and your illusions, walls (stealth), that dragon illusion.
so ever since i’ve heard about dd2 i knew i was gonna pick thief bc i’m always a thief/rogue class in like everything i play. but i was wondering if i could be like a magic thief bc that would be awesome and very cinematic. i could just imagine me pulling off a huge spell then jumping on their back and slicing their neck lmao, just something i thought about
New Warfarer footage just released - ua-cam.com/video/RYG72qMR6Qo/v-deo.htmlsi=_K-pGomAKgiB82Ie Damn it looks fun!
Think I am going to start off as a fighter & then switch to warrior. My beastren named Lionheart looks best with a big ass sword in his hands. Much more DD2 content to come! If I can get a review code I will consider doing an off stream let's play series like I did with BG3, but as of now I'm not getting my hopes up.
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Somehow more excited for this than Elden Ring. 😀
was hoping to see you play the trickster if i am being honest. however, i cannot blame you for wanting to go fighter / warrior (as that's what I'm going to do too!)
Truthfully I'll probably be playing them all. Just going to focus on warrior first!@@viceiceman85
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Important note for the Sorcerer: it was shown in the gameplay that Sorcerers retain their unique ritual casting ability from the first game, allowing Sorcerers in the party to synchronize the incanting of particular spells and fire them off at the same time. So if your pawn is halfway done casting Bolide, you can step up to them and start casting and inherit their progress on it, and the both of you will cast it faster!
Full sorc party. Gandalf, Dumbledore, Saruman and Big Hat Logan.
it seems like you played the previous dragons dogma’s and i wanted to know if it is possible to change your main pawn’s vocation
@@bladersnappy7446 It was an option in the first game. I don't know if it's been officially discussed/confirmed, but you should definitely be able to in 2 as well
@@YoursadowTTV i was asking because in the character creator thing for pawn it says vocation can be changed
@@bladersnappy7446I think it just means you can’t change it until you get into the game. You have to do some stuff to unlock changing but it’s not hard
For all the people not familiar with vocation switching: if it’s like the last game, then you don’t have to worry about picking any one vocation. They retain their progress when you switch to another one. I played a sorcerer for a good chunk, then discovered the fun of magic archer and played that till I found a magic resistant enemy, then switched to a fighter to beat that enemy. All you have to do is go to a hub that allows switching.
yeah the only disadvantage of switching vocations was the stats you were gaining when level up which were bound to your vocation. So when you were playing warrior you were getting more physical damage and very little magic damage. Game wasn't too hard anyway, but someone who was playing only magic class was much stronger mage than someone who switched to mage from physical class. It of course makes a lot of sense from real life perspective.
1:04
“Dont play as an archer and expect to pull out a sword”
Video immediately shows archer pulling out a greatsword.
I know its a warfarer, was just funny.
To clarify for those who might not read your entire comment, the video clip is showing the Warfarer vocation. It was just really bad timing for the background footage 😂 The archer vocation cannot pull out a sword.
That made me laugh too 😂
Came here to say this haha, we all know its the Warfarer class but it was funny timing
That was AMAZING timing lmao well played sir@@WolfheartFPS
I thought the exact same thing KEKW
I was dead set on playing Magick Archer but.. Mystic Spearhand looks just so damn good I'm now torn between them.
You can change vocation freely, don’t work yourself up over it
Or u can be the new vocation where u can use all abilities but be weaker overall
Yeah I’m definitely going to main the Mystic Spearhand. The gameplay looks so unique.
Exactly!! I am lost now :((
how does respec work though? when we switch vocation do i need to relevel it up?
Every single class looks wicked fun I don't know which one to start with!
agreed lol
I'm in between fighter and archer... however, I'm leaning more towards the range class first.
definitely going sorcerer first as it was my most played vocation in dd1. the big spells are just too epic. when playing mage/sorc, you also have control over the weapon enchants for your group. relying on pawns to handle it can be painful. in dd1 they would give you bad elements all the time and only cast a new enchant once the other one had worn off, which could take several minutes... i expect the AI to be way smarter this time, but not taking any risks 😅
Same strider was basically two in one and why I always picked it lol. Now I have such a hard time picking
@@ryanmulder3610way more safe right?
I feel you.
But I just love being in the thick of it with a 🛡️.
Two play through minimum lol
Thank you so much for talking about the class progression and what you unlock when you level up. I've watched a decent amount of Dragon's Dogma 2 videos and not a single one of them has covered this.
That Sickle like weapon is a Khopesh if I'm not mistaken. At 16:30 if I'm not mistaken the Spearhand's Duospear blades would be considered Khopeshes.
From what it sounds like the Warfarer would probably be at its best when all Vocations and their skills are maxed out.
Spotted it at 3:00 and came to say that. It's always great to see them in the wild regardless but it's always amazed me that they weren't more widespread in fantasy simply because it looks like something an Elf or an Orc might use.
PLEASE CONSIDER, the game doesn’t demand you play as 1 vocation, you are free to switch around and acquire universally great augmentations from other vocations whilst trying out their play style! The game becomes much more dynamic when you use different solutions to tackle different problems!
Are there any drawbacks to switching vocations? E.g., if I'd like to start as an archer instead of mage and then progress to sorcerer, I'm wondering if that'd set me behind on magic stats or something?
@@whyisgamora4191 nope, in the first game it would hurt the most hardcore of min-maxers, but stats are dynamically allocated in the sequel!
don't tell me what to do.
@@whyisgamora4191 idk if this will be in the case in DD2 but in the 1, the major setback was having to buy all new gear, and if it was late game, the gear you had for your fighter for example won’t work if you switch to mage and you’d have to buy/find end game mage gear. Of course it’s possible but that was my biggest challenge from the first
That’s kinda trash it should just be you stick with 1 build for your play through
Magic in this game looks so cool. But alas i cant resist the allure of being just the normal guy with the indomitable will and strength in a world of crazy supernatural magic
That's how I always am too, but these other classes look really fun. I would probably default to the Thief or Archer first.
You make me wanna play with just fighter just to make it feel like an isekai.
Same here, i like to play the game as commander sword and shield and spearhead in with my group of pawns.
Warrior. Man. Big Sword.
It's the most appealing fantasy for a reason.
So excited for mystic spearhand, looks epic!!
I had a feeling that would be your vocation
@@WolfheartFPS perfect combo of magic and chaos 🤌
To bad the game trash on xbox and pc ps5 is getting update first to fix issues crazy right oh and the game is filled with microtransactions bugged save files and more have fun :)😂😂😂😂
@@thezohan1093 ive been having fun playing this and rise of the ronin. sucks to hate i guess. time for you to move on to a new or old game i suppose.
@@thezohan1093the micros are basically the developer winking at you lol every item in the list is EASILY accessible during regular gameplay. And no issues with frame rate or quality on PS5 which isn't surprising in the slightest that they did it better than Xbox and PC 🤷♂️. Am indeed having fun with it
I'm so excited to play Dragons Dogma 2. I am concerned with how fast the time is flying by though feels like the earth has sped up by like 20-40% honestly feels like it was still months away weeks ago. I look forward to watching you play DD2 as well, you are awesome man!
This is the rare kind of game where every class seems to appeal to every person -- they do such a brilliant job of making each class feel unique, powerful, and interesting. It's absurdly hard to choose just one! In DD1, it was so exciting to switch between the classes/start a new save file with a new class, and I imagine the same will be true in DD2. I can't wait to dive into each of them.
10:31 Yo the get back was insane 😂😂😂 Drop kick from hell😂
I love how in depth the video is!
appreciate you watching / commenting!
If warfarer let's you essentially make your own hybrid class, I'm going to make a thief/trickster hybrid. That sounds crazy. Distract and confuse the enemy with illusions and then quickly strike with the daggers through the smoke
warfarer lets you have 3 of any vocations weapons at the cost of, 3 skills per vocation instead of 6, losing your r1 skill(unique to each vocation) because that will become change weapon, and a penalty to all stats
@@napalm777It's 4 skills for all vocations, including Warfarer, though with Warfarer one of those slots will be taken by switch weapon. You also don't lose the unique vocation/weapon skill. From the most recent info, Warfarer will effectively have access to all class core skills, and 4 special weapon abilities of your choice. One of the latter will likely be the weapon switch for you, but it's not mandatory, you will just have to swap them manually from inventory.
@@val7885really a step down from DD1 in playstyle variety then. I'm sad and not sure I'm hyped anymore
damm, if true that sucks ass lmao@@val7885
That’s an awesome idea. Throw in the magic spear hand for some fun movement abilities and you got a highly mobile badass.
Ive been dead set on Thief since day 1. Its going to get personal real quick. ⚔️
Going with Archer for main Pawn.
I'll be going for the warrior class first then try some magic classes on my subsequent playthroughs. I do hope Gut's berserker armor and sword are on this game.
Every time I watch a video on vocations it becomes so much more difficult to decide which one I wanna start out with. Initially it was Sorcerer. Then Fighter, then medieval fantasy Jedi. Now I think Magic Archer. Bloody hell.
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21:24 The term you're looking for is skill floor. Skill cap, otherwise known as the skill ceiling, refers to the highest level of play. Skill floor meanwhile, is the minimum level of skill required, so it would require a high skill floor.
Nah, the quote refers to a skill ceiling. The class is probably still very good with low skill, but really shines at high skill.
I'm definetly going for Archer first.
The Acrobatic Nature and just how smooth the animations are of this Vocation just sold it to me, i was choosing between Archer or Magick archer, but the Archer definetly stands out to me the Most, but definetly will play Both.
Agreed 😎😎😎
What do you think is the main difference between Archer and Magick Archer? Is Archer more offensive oriented and acrobatic as of Magick Archer has some support skills and elemental attacks?
I am considering playing Archer myself so just curious how do they differ from each other. :)
@@Iwaans like you mentioned, i think the Archer is indeed more focussed on Precision to deal massive damage on weakspots. While the Magick archer has more of a supportive role but can still deal significant damage
I was actually thinking archer was starting and magic archer is the hybrid more end game archer. But I'm not sure that's how it was in one anyways and was my favorite class in that one.
@@shadowweaver1599 Yeah, but doesn't mean archer is a starting Vocation that it's weak, The 4 starters are viable throughout the entire game.
The Advanced Vocations might take abit more time to get used to.
I am looking forward to playing as a Mage. I like to fight at ranged, but I also like having various tools to handle groups or provide some utility. It's not as fast as playing an Archer archetype, but I enjoy the slower and more deliberate playstyle. I plan to have my main Pawn to eventually become a Warrior, as it reminds me of how reckless my sister can be when we played together in the old co-op dungeon crawlers and beat em ups. Dragon's Dogma just gives me that old school vibe of having played couch games, even though it is a single player.
Same for me!
If it's like DD1, be prepared to play something like fighter first for an easier start, and the once you're used to the systems, restart and go for mage so you'll survive better. (because in Dd1, character progress was retained even when restarting)
it's weird, sometimes it reminds me of those old Lord of the Rings battlefield games which were like arcade games, and sometimes it reminds me of Lineage II or another old school hardcore MMO
@@wmidlerTo your point, I plan to use a elf archer as my main character, a heavy tank as my main pawn and an old grey bearded mage (then sorcerer) hangin out in the back as a secondary pawn. 😉
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The first game was a 4-man team. But only your main pawn could be custom. You could find other players' main pawn (and they could use yours) to fill out the team.
So if I made a Gandalf type, you could use him, but you would have to find him through searching, randomly, or through the friend system.
I'm going fighter to spearhand. Spearhand is a dream vocation for me, I knew I was going that route, as soon as I saw the Dragon's Dogma 2 reveal trailer.
Great video, looking forward to experimenting now, still a lot to learn. Never played DD1 so it's all a bit overwhelming at the moment.
Thanks. Godspeed
I like the Spearhand but Wayfarer looks like my eventual vocation!! Ready to see your action on this channel!
I've always loved the Thief/Rogue class in every game. So for sure going that, but fighter is definitely close second.
All these classes look incredible honestly.
Honestly, i loved playing as an Assassin in DD1, but i also like the changes to the classes being seperated. I gotta admit that i usually love hybrid kind of classes, but seeing them on their own is great, it gives each class more room to play with. It always felt so restrictive even tho you had both weapons with their own skill slots to use. But seeing the Archer in DD2 looks so fun and clean. Like i wanna play it as it is in DD2 instead of having it mixed with something else like with the Assassin in DD1 (imo Assassin in DD1 was the goat as an active fighting style class if you don't care about magic at all).
But the Warfarer on the other hand lets you create your own combinations of classes, it's not exactly like the old hybrid classes from DD1, but that is great, because now you can for example choose 3 classes you wanna mix out of 4 archetypes. So you can easily use the new classes like the Spear and Trickster, have an fighter and mage that way and mix it with like an Archer or Magick Archer (if you want to be either more on the physical or magical side) and be a jack of all trades kind of class.
And i guess that in the end the Warfarer is what the most players want to play as. Because why shouldn't you? Unless you don't specifically care about playing any other class outside of the one of the available you wanna play as (which is fine), there is no need to NOT play as the Warfarer.
What i'm most likely going to do is start as an Archer and try to switch over to the Warfarer as soon as possible and mix the Trickster and Spearhand into my Archer (probably give the Spearhand and Trickster a try at some point if possible before that). Sadly i don't think that i'll be able to play at launch or even get the pre-order bonuses (unless you are able to buy them later on, like they say can/might happen). But i'll get to it as soon as possible and look forward to it, been waiting for this since it got announced and was hoping for it before that.
Mystic spearhand looks much more inspired by Vergil of DMC rather than a jedi, which makes much more sense considering the two series share many more creative members than just Hideaki
Yeeesss DD2 videos let's goooo!
let's get it!!
Thanks for the Video Wolf! Great content. Think im going to start off thief 100% then archer then Mystic spearhand, Magic Archer and then once I level up all those vacations going warfarer so i can use all 3 vocations of the thief/Mystic Spearhand/magic archer, and then have my main pawn a tank, and of course I totally agree with you!! having a class like the mystic spearhand who gives Jedi knight Vibes in a fantasy game just seems EPIC!
Thanks for watching Malius. I like your plan.
I didn’t know you can have multiple classes
@@WatsaKing2aGod Yeah you sure can. It’s called the wayfarer vocation class where u can essentially be 3 classes in one. It’s awesome!
Thanks! I'm about to begin DD2 on PS5 Pro. Just finished Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and Stalker 2. Indiana Jones was great. Stalker 2... the story was hard for me to follow.
Been meaning to try Indian Jones one day. Hearing good things about it. I loved DD2 for its combat & exploration. Will be interesting to hear how you feel about it!
@ Indiana Jones is fun. Just a classic adventure game with a bit of exploration through side quests. Enjoy 👍
As a Glaive user in Monster Hunter, i’m thinkin the Duospear looks mighty enticing.
Was it ever confirmed if the stats are gained on current vocation on level up or do we now gain a floating pool of stats and when switching vocations they are realigned.
I just hope the leveling isn't as convoluted as the first game needing you to have a spreadsheet for what vocation to be at what level range to get the optimal stat growth come your end game build.
Very informative video, Wolf! It's not a game I will play, but It will be a lot of fun watching you play it!
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These videos are making days of wait feel even slower.
my bad
When they first showed off warfarer I thought "man what a gimmick"
But the more of it I see, the cooler I think it'd be to have the right weapon for every situation rather than work around whatever shortcomings come with your currently carried ones.
I dont think its unique enough to replace Mystic Knight, which is what the class is doing so its pretty disappointing imo
@@Sev017 Trickster is way more unique than Mystic knight ever was.
@@Sev017Warfarer is not replacing mystic knight
warfarer looks so fun, i feel as if your able to make it work and adjust per enemy it’ll be an insanely good class. I just like the amount of flashy combos you can do. Start as thief tho for sure.
Really glad you're covering this game Wolf. Dragon's Dogma's always been a gem.
Thanks John.. I mean Kirk... I mean heartoffire :-D
One of the best vocations in 1 was the ranger, and I loved using a biiig longbow...of course that is one they remove.
I’ll start as a fighter and go into mystic spearhand, then maybe warfarer after that. I’m disappointed, but not surprised that we can only make one pawn. I’d love to have a consistent party instead of constantly swapping the other pawns out.
I made a Elf character and i'm planning on going Archer all the way 😎 so stoked!
Same! Just hate that your race is still “human” would have loved to had an actual elf that speaks the language.
The Archer and Magic Archer look so much fun. Elden Ring is my all time favorite game but it didn't offer such active archery gameplay, in fact it is rare to see such archer gameplay in any videogame at all. Looking forward to playing Archer here.
Does the theif vocation not have a advanced class?
Much appreciated brother great info.
Thanks
My favorite thing about watching all the gameplay for the classes is that I want to try them all, they all look so fun in their own ways and I want to master all of them
1:02 "don't play as an archer and expect to pull out a sword". Proceeds to show footage of an archer pulling out a sword XD
That was the Warfarer class. Really bad timing for the background footage 😂
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I’ve been loving the Theif so far when used correctly it’s overpowered tho I haven’t had any spoilers to the game so finding out the mixed vocations has me hyped as hell
1:02 VO: “don’t play as an archer and expect to pull out a sword.”
VIDEO: **plays as an archer immediately pulls out a sword**
that was the warfarer class that has access to every signle weapon, which he mentioned at the end of the video. did you even watch it to the end? :D
This helps a lot. Thank you.
I am going to try fighter this time for a change. I usually am support (mage, ranged. heals). The fighter sounds like a fun change.
awesome Grumpy
my main concern is warfarer ends up being lackluster and unable to be viable due to the stat nerfs depending on how nerfed the stats are..
My biggest concern
There had to be a drawback though. Otherwise there would be no need to play any other class other than wayfarer. It trades Stats and Damage for flexibility. Which sometimes will be great and other times probably you would be better off sticking with a another vocation. It also depend on how you combine attacks and spells. Like in the video first creating an ice platform that you then can jump from to reach the monsters head with a huge two handed attack.
I’ll either be a fighter maybe a warrior or mystic spear. I’m so damn pumped I can’t wait
I hope this game has a photo mode..those backwards bow shots are going to look insane
I've never been so conflicted on which vocation I want to play first...they all look amazing!!
I really want to try something other than a big weapon, which I always tend to use on a first playthrough in action RPG's, but DD2 makes the warrior look SO GOOD
Good video! Thanks for summing everything up!
thank you
Only thing you left out that I noticed was the Trickster’s huge Pawn Damage Buff that causes them to take damage over time for the trade off of doing insane damage. If Warfarer can use that skill I foresee some nutty shit end game
That's the beauty of having a class for your character while trying different classes with different pawn.
definitely going thief and becoming sung jin woo
Definitely debating between Mage/Fighter and then Mystic Spearhand.
Not sure how stat/skill progression works in this game compared to DD1, so that will definitely make a difference.
Stats are based on current vocations and realocate when you swap
@@SonsOfDeForest So taking more levels in Mage vs fighter, for example, before you switch to Mystic Spearhand. Will that change how your combat plays out as the Spearhand? (Like having higher magic damage vs physical damage, etc).
It's been a minute since I played DD1, but I feel like that was a factor in your character's build.
@@grey_windNah, the stats change with the class now so you dont need to play mage to have better stats for mys. archer for example. Every class has its own stats now that dont carry over to others.
The only thing that carries over between classes will probably be passives like in DD1. So fighter passives in DD1 were for example more Health or Carry weight. But since you can switch classes however you like now without fucking up your stats, just play what you feel like in the moment.
Beautifully simple. Good. Thanks!@@zastin3811
I am very much looking forward to the lightsaber mods for Mystic Spearhand.
This game has Denuvo antitamper. Meaning it's protected and you can't mod this game.
@@ceoChief09 lol 😂
@@ceoChief09This is untrue. Denuvo does not prevent mods from working in a game. Monster Hunter: World Also launched with Denuvo and it had plenty of mods well before they removed it a year later. Heck even the Character Creator Demo on PC already has a few mods on Nexus.
@@ceoChief09 Capcom normally gets rid of denevo some time after release.
@@ceoChief09has that's stopped people before?
I think in this game we should drop the advanced and hybrid vocation language because it brings the expectation that all classes are going to get one. Neither in promos or anything like that have they called anything a hybrid or an advanced vocation. Clearly they’ve went in a different direction with the vocations in this game so that people can get the idea that even the starter vocations will be viable.
I know there's no point in asking this since no one knows, but is there a chance there's more vocations not announced that are in the game? I really love Paladins but I guess the closest would be Spearhand, I hope there's a couple hidden surprises
In a Eurogamer interview with Itsuno, I believe he said that there are only 10 vocations.
That sickle like sword is called a kopesh and actual was use by the ancient Egyptian royal guards
I played sorcerer in dd1 and loved it the most of all vocations. The trickster looks interesting... but man the magic in dragons dogma just hits different
Will start this game as a mage class but my pawn will be a warrior. Also on roleplay pov, both of them will be twins, so basicly sisters are gonna go into this world. :D
Trickster: the ultimate tank role with little defense
Thank you for another amazing video Wolf! ❤
Whenever I’m not sure what type of character to play I can always count on Wolfheart to make the decision even harder for me
You don't have to find the masters to unlock the advanced vocations they're unlocked at the vocation guild by doing a quest for them, the vocation maisters are found in the world and will teach you new more powerful skills for vocations
some are unlocked via quests others through maisters.
My initial plan is a fighter warrior, but I'll try the four basic vocations and get a feel for them before I start my proper playthrough.
18:20 This vocation must have been made with DMC5's character V in mind. At least if there's another DMC game coming with a version of V as playable character, no doubt elements of this vocation will be added to the moveset. 🎮
Good video. This made me even more hyped for this game.
Thanks
thanks for the video, can't wait to try the game!
Cheers
Nice timing, was just playing with the character creator...
fun stuff right
Cant wait to be a buffcat that is trying to master every class
I'm 99% leaning towards Mystic Spearhand (since I was a MK main in DD1) but might play some Warrior too since it supposedly has a parry/counter in DD2 and I like those
The Warfarer seems to be close what I expected Dragon's Dogma 2 to have before any informations went out, so just a guess. My guess was that the new Arisen we play in the game would have some sort of vocation switch on the d-pad, similar to Dante's style switching.
This obviously didn't came true since there are still the pawn commands on the d-pad as in the first game buuut may somewhat be present with the Warfarer. Let's hope so, then we can have an archer as Gunslinger on the left, a warrior with the bis sword as our Swordmaster on the right, the thief is the obvious Trickster on the up button and the fighter with the ability to parry will be our Royal Guard.
And hey, why not? If From Software made it possible for players to make themself a little Vergil build then Capcom, the company who ows those characters, and Itsuno and his team, who develop the Devil May Cry games, can give us a little Dante build...
Note (before anyone else points it out): I still used the d-pad as the "switch" for the vocations although I wrote in the second paragraph that this is still used for pawn commands, that's because this might be a drawback for the relatively self-sufficiant Warfarer or at 12:52 we can see it switch to inventory items, so there's still more on that. Let's just say I think it will be used that way since this is knows as a good method for this, by this team in particular, so it's again just a guess.
Mystic Spearhead...I'm the guy who always spins the broomstick or any long staff like object before uses it for it's purpose...This disability started as a little kid...Donatello, the Shaolin, Kilik, Darth Maul the list goes on...I'm ready to use this fascinating double bladed staff to save the world again...I know we are plenty who know this feeling
i am very interested in trickster i just hope all his abilities aren’t tied to small monsters only, hopefully he makes a impact in bigger monster fights as well.
I want to play Magick Archer, so I probably start Mage as it has more augments I want to unlock early. Also as both Mage and Magick Archer use the Magick attribute for most of their attacks, I can focus my equipment on boosts to Magick and continue using it after the switch. But in the end, I will probably play most vocations to some degree to unlock all desired augments for my Magick Archer build.
I'm a dyed-in-the-wool sword and board but that archer class looks awesome.
Basically just showed me a battlemage class. I'm definitely going for that first.
I played as a magic archer in original DD and tbh the vocation was so OP and fun that didn't care at for the rest. But now I'm really skeptical. Fighter which is very basic looks super fun, sorcerers are looking dope and magi archer looks fun and OP as always. The spearhand is a class I want to test tbh and while im not a fan of spears as weapons, the magic that comes with it makes it even more fun. Warfarer is the class for most people like me but I think it will be acquired too late in the game. Damn man, so many choices
I'll start with Fighter, I'll take some defensive options since it's been years since I played the first game and will probably be bad haha. I like the idea of taking a probably unpopular class (I bet most think it'll be boring) and seeing how far it can go. It can be difficult to pick a vocation, but it helps when I eventually plan to PLAY THEM ALL
What a great and VERY informative video. Subscribed! Keep it up!
Thanks a lot!
The mystic spearhand was made for me! Magic , mele ,speed with a little finesse! Lets get it!😊
It would be so sick if they included vocations from Dragons Dogma online such as "Alchemist" and "High Scepter"
I almost always like being a caster. My main pawn will need to be a warrior to tank, agro, and keep critters off me whilst I work my magic. My hired pawns might include a thief and another warrior,
I am replaying the original game and it's going quite well as I relearn how to play it. I guess we'll be busy with DD2 in about 5 days from now.
I’m a bit disappointed that the Magic Knight was replaced. I always liked that class and its replacement seems to play different than it did. It looks fun but wish they could just have both.
This game would have been perfect for a 4 player co-op
Agreed I know dd1 was only single player but really wish this game was multiplayer lol
I'm excited for the thief!! Hopefully it's quick, like you're saying, and he's like the dual blades in Monster Hunter
3:00 it isn't a cicle, its a kepesh, an egyptian sword from antiquity
I am starting off as an archer and then switching to magic archer with my main Pawn being a Beastren Fighter tank. Made him look like a grey and black leopard on the character creator.
Never played the first one so this will be new.
I am torn between thief and warrior into a lesser extent fighter I love two handed swords but I also love the idea of stealing items and quick nimble hits
I feel like the trickster is going to be mych more valuable OUTSIDE of combat. I can imagine you can do some cool things with npcs and your illusions, walls (stealth), that dragon illusion.
Sorry but during the advance warrior-THE TROLL DROPKICKING YOU IS FREAKING SICK HOLY CRAP
Warrior, I'm playing it for the big bonkers, yes, but I'm more into that quick aerial strike with a big bonkers, Lucha Libre style like in DD:DA
so ever since i’ve heard about dd2 i knew i was gonna pick thief bc i’m always a thief/rogue class in like everything i play. but i was wondering if i could be like a magic thief bc that would be awesome and very cinematic. i could just imagine me pulling off a huge spell then jumping on their back and slicing their neck lmao, just something i thought about
Banger , Wolf !
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