Board 8 > Ol Pun Plays Dragon Quest VIII *spoilers*

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It's hard to remember details from a game from 15 years ago so I can only rely on what Google tells me
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But you're also the local Dragon Quest Queen, you'd think you know this stuff!
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Back when the game was new people actually didn't know the requirements for unlocking Super High Tension. It turns out that you have to use psyche up or take an action while psyched up a total of 90 times(total from the entire party not just one character) before you can get past 50 tension. People probably kept psyching up at 50 tension with nothing happening over and over until eventually they reached 90 times and it worked so they theorized that psyching up a lot increases your chances.
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I can do it

I can do it 90 times
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Heroic Bigpun posted...

But you're also the local Dragon Quest Queen, you'd think you know this stuff!

Ask me about DQ11 goty 2108
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If I ever get around to that game and you give me false information, I'm going to find you and punch you in your dick
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You should be grateful I want to help you in your dragon quest 8 adventure even if I get a few things wrong here and there
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I actually spent 2 or so hours "grinding" Super High Tension last night

it feels way worse than 1/3 chance. Sometimes one character would hit it 4 times in a row while the other is stuck at 50, failing every time
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Slime controller sent. It's been sitting in its clamshell container for many years, let's hope it works.

if I can recruit any monsters in this game, i'll name it after you
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also, I forgot how old PS2 is

I forgot that it doesn't have a home button nor can you turn it on from the controller

I'm so spoiled
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I ended up not playing

lulz

maybe tomorrow, I'm off
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Overwatch+Double xp weekend +I haven't done my placements for comp yet+last weekend for the anniversary event = busy punny yesterday
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w0w
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But think of all the XP you could get in Dragon Quest
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Im like on lvl 12, I already have alot!
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ninkendo posted...

w0w

No, overwatch, the other blizzard game
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The controller came in, unfortunately.....its super sticky man >__>

I tried wiping it with lysol wipes and no avail lol
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I've been wiping it some more and seems okay

I will proudly use this as I continue with the game

I didn't realize it came with its own little stand! thats so cool!
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I just...seriously wonder why its sticky

did like...the glue from the packaging melt into it or something?
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is it made of the same material as a normal PS2 controller? Those things sweat like the oil that's in the sticks
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I mean it's made of slime what did you expect
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I actually read all over the packaging to see if it was SUPPOSED to be like that
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Punnyz posted...

The controller came in, unfortunately.....its super sticky man >__>

I tried wiping it with lysol wipes and no avail lol

Sorry about that. I could never bring myself to open it, so there's no way I'd have known.

Maybe it got super hot during shipping? Odd.
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ah, one of my all time favorites. One of the few rpgs I actually fully played through twice.
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and now he's in Smash
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hi
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So something embarrassing happened that I didn't want to admit to

I lost the PS2 cord to the slime controller

I found it today no worries

but yea, I didn't want to continue on before then and I didn't want to confess either

lulz >__>
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w0w messy PUN house
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I was wondering what happened lol
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My girlfriend's back has been acting up, shes had surgery on it before so I've been helping her out on my free time when I'm not working

today she has to get an MRI and her mom took over duties. She told me not to worry and that she'll keep me updated

so...yea. I have free time right now because its also my day off.
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@Uglyface2 shout out to you, I will treasure this for the rest of my life

AND it has a little stand too!

Its still sticky tho >_>

The cord is also a good foot or two shorter than a standard ps2 controller cord is but I'll live
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So I went to the tower and I couldn't get through

I really thought I was supposed to come here

I go back to town and talk to everyone again (LOL RPGs)

and I talk to the kids again and I get an option to show them the letter

I swear I spoke to these kids before. Does this only come up when you check the tower first?

Talk about Padding

so yea, the door lifts from the bottom

>_>
now exploring the tower
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I thought there may have been a slight chance that the slime controller had a rechargable battery

no >__>
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>___>
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I stopped to eat dinner

and this dungeon is surprisingly a little windy! (winding road way)

I went in a circle a few times
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I took another break because my GF called

Unfortunately theres nothing wrong with her

I mean, I know thats weird to say, but she can't be treated. Shes just...in pain and thats it. They gave her some meds but shes effectively bed ridden for the next few days

but shes alive and there isn't anything SUPER wrong with her

its all good
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Feed her dragon Quest
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quiet you
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Not saying this dungeon is hard but its...basically a Zelda dungeon

but with random battles >_>
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DQ8 good game
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So ...not only did Jessica leave for the tower before we did

and it may have been at least half to a full day before we arrived

but we SOMEHOW beat her here

...and she made it seem like she was coming here to die but she was in a dress and with flowers in her hands.

We find out Dhoulmagus killed her brother but....what was Dhoulmagus doing here anyways? >__>

I found it funny, with no cracks in her voice, dead serious face

she was like "I will meet you in the village"

and afterwards she just drops to her knees and starts crying
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holy shit I just discovered something

pressing L3 is "investigate"

I can play this game one handed!!

...so this is how Tomnook did it with Jessica?
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So she actually left the village and went to that one port I will travel to you earlier. She actually got pissed off that I left the town. She actually expect me to wait for her for like a week so she came back? But either way she told a bunch of people that I'm going to kill the sea monster and here we are
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Jessica is kind of a B
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I have to say, I've seen pictures of Jessica before, maybe its the pigtails, but I pictured her being a teen, or much more immature

When she started speaking and it was this almost regal sounding voice, very deep and dignified, it blew me away
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I'm probably gonna resort to looking at a guide but the attribute point system is really making me sick to my stomach knowing you only have so many points

Someone pointed this feeling out when I was playing Fire Emblem and I think its called "being paralyzed"

I know you posted some build guides SHINE but they don't have enough information, doesn't say what abilities get earned at what points. Just the whys and the end results

and though nobody answered, and I'm not taking silence as an answer, I have a feeling the strongest weapons can potentially get locked out if you don't have enough of a certain stat
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I forget how many points youll typically have at the end of the game, but Im pretty certain its over 200. The simplest thing to do is pick a weapon for each character, and max out both that and their special category.
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Well she is 17 so technically a teen.

The British voice acting in general makes the women sound more mature than their cute anime appearance. There's an example more extreme than Jessica later on
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