I've now gotten well past the class change point of the game.  Quick tip for you all, don't try to change everyone's classes at once.  You're probably best off only changing one or two party members at a time.  Otherwise combat can get very overwhelming unless you go back to easier territory and that just takes too long.  Fortunately I remembered that lesson from DQIII so all is well.

I have since changed up all my characters. I probably could have been smarter about it, since two of my characters weren't able to bring over any of their previously learned skills. However I'm counting on this still working out for me in the long run.

New quests are also being introduced left and right. At this point you'll start to see a lot of class specific quests.  Things like "a mage has to use a certain spell and then deliver a death blow 5 times."  Sometimes they're pretty hard, but they yield excellent rewards so it's been worth it each time.  

1.  Save ALL of your equipment.  Plenty of alchemy recipes require different swords, shields, armor, etc. For instance to make steel armor you'll need iron ore, royal soil, and one set of iron armor.  Sell nothing, save everything.

2.  Characters don't really go super Saiyan in this game. They glow pink but the hair doesn't spike up or anything like that.

phantom_leo said:

robio said:

1.  Save ALL of your equipment.  Plenty of alchemy recipes require different swords, shields, armor, etc. For instance to make steel armor you'll need iron ore, royal soil, and one set of iron armor.  Sell nothing, save everything.

oh. crap.

Oh well, at least I can go back and buy most of it...

You're still early enough in the game that you're probably going to be all right. But from Coffinwell on save everything.

And I have officially had my ass handed to me. One of the hallmarks of the DQ series is "the impossible boss."  Sure every game has them, but DQ seems to throw one your way multiple times throughout the game and they come surprisingly early.

I'm fighting one called the Garth Gargoyle or the Gray Gargoyle or something like that. It actually popped up during a bit of the game surprisingly sobering and even a little disturbing (I won't spoil it for you but you'll know it when you see it).  For the critics who said there wasn't a mature storyline, I'd say they didn't play through.

Anyway this particular boss is nuts. He starts out with a high defense and can cast kabuff to increase it from there. He attacks twice per round and has a high attack. Plus he can increase his tension AND has an attack that can hit the entire group.  My mage died in the third round and everyone else just fell apart from there. Not sure what I can do at this point other than have a good long cry..

robio said:

I've visited it for the past two days. I haven't seen anything outstanding, though there have been some good alchemy ingredients that I've picked up.

mine is also been the same way i still normall buy everything all the items are uncommon at least but some people been lucky and getting 2 star armor, so far the best thing i have gotten is a agi ring for 1k

robio said:

I feel your pain. I had to go through about 2 dozen Drakeemages to get one bat wing.  The trick seems to be to have a thief and in every battle have their "half inch" steal move. Why on earth it's called half inch I have no idea. It does help out a lot though.

yeah i didn't know that so my starter thief i was training her in knife combat i am starting to think i should have bought the cheat guide from gamestop when i bought the game