Sq. Enix has dropped an replace for Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake, bettering boat journey pace, crucial hit charges and talents, and introducing a brand new shortcut button that permits you to map spells and talents to particular buttons.
As detailed on Steam, replace Ver. 1.2.0.0 particularly addresses points with three key areas: traversal, vocations, and battle. For the previous, Sq. Enix stated it had elevated the motion pace when travelling by boat or utilizing Ramia, in addition to ensured that if you happen to open the menu whereas travelling, you will not see your journey pace frequently reset each time.
You may additionally discover that crucial hit charges for the Hero and Martial Artist have been elevated, and The Hero’s Falcon Slash and Gigaslash talents, in addition to The Warrior’s Chopping Edge skill, have been buffed to be “extra highly effective,” too.
Maybe most notably, battles have been refreshed as nicely, and a restrict positioned on the variety of instances some monsters can preserve spamming the identical assaults in the identical “flip.” Defence has been lowered for all monsters bar steel ones, though changes have additionally been made to make it somewhat trickier for each enemies and your squad to be “successively stricken” with the identical standing illnesses.
Here’s the total record of modifications and enhancements:
Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake replace Ver. 1.2.0.0
Traversal
- The motion pace when travelling by boat or utilizing Ramia has been elevated.
- Changes have been made to keep away from boat journey pace being reset by opening the menu or getting right into a battle whereas travelling by boat.
- A characteristic has been added whereby urgent the menu button whereas flying with Ramia permits the participant to change between automated and handbook flight modes.
Vocations
- Crucial hit charges for the Hero and Martial Artist have been elevated.
- The Hero’s Falcon Slash and Gigaslash talents have been made extra highly effective.
- The Warrior’s Chopping Edge skill has been made extra highly effective.
- The Priest can now equip the Duplic Hat.
- The Monster Wrangler’s Monster Pile-On skill has been modified to have diminished energy till all pleasant monsters have been discovered, and to hold out a random variety of assaults between 3 and 5.
- The quantity of MP utilized by the Monster Wrangler skill Wild Aspect has been modified to 30.
Battle
- A restrict has been positioned on the variety of instances that some monsters can carry out sure actions inside one flip.
- Some monsters have been adjusted in order that they now not use Defending Champion within the subsequent flip after they turn into the final remaining monster.
- The status-ailment resistance of boss monsters has been elevated for Draconian Quest problem.
- Changes have been made to make it tougher for each enemies and occasion members to be successively stricken with the identical standing illnesses.
- Some monsters (Steel Chimaera and Hardy Hand) now yield extra expertise factors when defeated.
- Defence has been lowered for all monsters aside from steel monsters.
- Minor changes have been made to the best way that harm is dealt.
Miscellaneous
- As soon as the Mini Medal Manor has been visited, it will likely be added to the record of Zoom locations.
- A brand new “short-cut button” characteristic has been added that enables spells and talents to be assigned to particular buttons. For extra data, please check with Traveller’s Ideas in-game.
- Within the Temple of Trials, the variety of Elfin Elixirs required to be handed over to the guard has been modified to 10.
- A treasure chest has been added to the Temple of Trials, permitting gamers to amass yet one more Gringham Whip.
- Mounted a bug whereby levelling up after utilizing the Seed of Life or Seed of Magic objects would trigger the standing improve worth to be calculated twice.
- Changes have been made in order that if trophies and achievements haven’t been acquired appropriately, deciding on Misc. > Information within the menu permits a few of them to be reacquired.
- Miscellaneous fixes for minor bugs.
Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake enables you to expertise the chronological starting of the Erdrick Trilogy storyline on this remake of the unique RPG basic. We loved our time with Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake, awarding it a formidable 9/10 in our overview, writing: “Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake is a shining instance of remake a basic RPG and an excellent reminder of why the unique is a vital work.”
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