So Dragon's Dogma 2 is amazing... tell me about your party compositions

It's safe to say that the majority of my Easter holiday was spent playing DD2. I made it to Battahl, and I've loved every second of it so far. I remember why I loved the original so much now. I'm playing as an archer with the plan to upgrade to a magick archer. Which vocation are you playing as and what's your standard party composition?

My main pawn is a humourless but loyal, tanky fighter named Grace who has a bit of a 'Boy Named Sue' vibe going on. I always have a mage on hand, and then I switch between other vocations for my fourth.

Created at 8:51am, 2nd April, 2024. Page last updated at 2:44pm, 16th May, 2024.

Sturmer 4/2/2024, 9:01:43 AM

My main pawn is a rogue, for survival and DPS. I'm currently playing as an archer (again, for dps), and for the renting - one slot is always a mage for heals and elemental weapon buffs. Last slot is usually a dps - rogue or archer, i still need to test how well AI aims weakspots.

Banned user 4/2/2024, 2:43:32 PM

Sturmer

ThomasBlackflame 4/2/2024, 9:39:50 AM

I tend to have an equilibrated party all around. Before a fatal error deleted my save, I finished the Thief and Archer vocations and was starting with a fighter.

Main Pawn was starting with Archery and I always had a Mage (Not Sorcerer, I prefer the heals) and a Thief.

Doing all the vocations for the perks is really useful

Alex SinclairMod4/2/2024, 10:18:54 AM

ThomasBlackflame

Ah no, that's heart-breaking. Is there any hope of retrieving it or will you be starting again?

ThomasBlackflame 4/2/2024, 12:48:13 PM

Alex Sinclair

It is starting all over again. The most annoying bit of it all is The Game of Wits questline to re-do. That's a pain in the side.

MikeCatDaddy 4/2/2024, 10:16:45 AM

I am playing as an archer, my main pawn is a cat that is a rogue named Mrs. Mittens, then I also have a warrior tank and mage for healing the team as well. Though i am thunkong of changing my vocation to warrior so will need to change the other pawns I use.

sumokitty 4/2/2024, 12:14:53 PM

My Pawn Henry has been defending my party of 3 magic users this afternoon. We're like a travelling lightning storm, zapping harpies out of the sky >:D

Alex SinclairMod4/3/2024, 9:28:09 AM

sumokitty

Ha, nice. I was wondering how a party of magic users might fare! I was also considering a solid block of archers and relying heavily on the 'to me!' command to see if it would be enough to keep foes at arms length.

Thomas 4/2/2024, 12:27:53 PM

I haven't unlocked any of the special vocations yet, but my character is an archer and my main pawn is a thief. At the moment I'm also rolling with a mage and a warrior. I like to have a balanced party, something my party members observe very, very often

Alex SinclairMod4/3/2024, 9:31:06 AM

Thomas

"No two of us are alike; we each have unique skills."

"We are truly a balanced party, each bringing difficult abilities to the battlefield."

"Look master, a ladder!"

Thomas 4/3/2024, 10:40:17 AM

Alex Sinclair

Whenever someone points out a ladder, my main pawn (Francis) always says "After you, Arisen", with absolutely no consideration for whether I actually want to go up the ladder or not

Alex SinclairMod4/4/2024, 1:20:47 PM

Thomas

They love it!

Konquest 4/2/2024, 2:43:45 PM

I started out as a fighter, tried thief, archer and warrior. Then I switched to mystic spear once I unlocked it I maxed my previous vocations then once I got to warfarer I though I loved it but it seems the ultimate skills disappear. So I decided to switch back to thief being my favorite. My main pawn is a Warrior since that is my second fave. And I reserve the 3rd spot for a mage and 4th for an archer. I tried to sub my 4th for a sorcerer, but it wasn’t really my cup of tea 😃

Paul 4/3/2024, 7:36:10 AM

My pawn is Loki, names and modeled after my cat because I thought it would be funny 😁. Shes (yes she, we were told the kitten was a boy but turned out that was a lie) is a mage in a support role with skills based around status healing and giving weapons boons.

My current vocation is spearhand so strong, fast melee with weaker ranged abilities. Lots of jumping arround with a spear, very fun.

My other pawns I tend to choose one ranged and one other melee. I actually look more for complementary personality rather then a specific voation as I already have a kindhaeded main pawn so having more might take away momentum in fights. I tend to keep away from the aggressive type and lean more towards tactical.

Dave 4/4/2024, 11:14:31 AM

I started as archer but hated it and the game for the first 90 minutes or so because of it. The keyboard and mouse controls are pretty bad so its a controller game for me. But then all the moving the camera about trying to aim with a controller I just couldn't get the hang of (i'm sure i's fine if you are used to a controller). So I switched to fighter and later warrior and it was much more enjoyable. Gave my main pawn the archer class, then I always hire a mage and thief so I have a balance of them all.