r/DragonsDogma2

I’m about 20 hours in and really enjoying the game. I love exploration and this one seemed promising at first - enjoyable combat, tokens to find, and chests hidden in houses or hidden in corners.

The problem is that there’s almost never anything interesting in them. I just collect items, sell them, and buy new equipment if there’s anything. I’m not sure if I’m missing something, but I don’t see much use in like 90% of the items. Of course, I use and craft some potions and keep materials needed for upgrades, but the rest feels kind of pointless. I’m still having fun exploring for now, but I’m worried it’ll get boring soon.

I’m planning to uncover the whole map as a some sort of goal, since the quests seem pretty short and not that interesting anyway. For those who enjoyed the game, especially the exploration aspect, how did you approach it?

Honestly! Stealing Wakestones and up to 3x Ferrystones off of undead and phantoms is the bees knees! I ended up getting about 16 Ferry stones over this weekend just from fondling phantoms.

Also, I've quit looting plants and such because I can get the mats from plundering downed enemies. This has helped significantly with weight issues. This morning I plundered the Dullahan in the Misty Marshes and got the Craos Tine staff that it drops when it's killed. Then it dropped another of the same staff after I killed it. They're gonna have to start listing me on the registry for the way I'm touchin' these baddies!!!

https://preview.redd.it/y5qfmu7e1zyg1.jpg?width=3840&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=069ed73ed2310bdbd3df33a6b793de4f897ec4ee

After three play throughs I still log into the game every month or so for an hour or two just to re-explore the worlds, caves, monsters, and just live an adventuring life with my pawn.

Oh yeah, and take in the sights like this one :D