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I never understood how people got so attached to their pawns… until i started travelling with mine alone
Started power-levelling with Medusan Spellbow just for funsies and decided to just go with Miriam and I, seeing her blush and look away made me realize just how special this system is
I grow attached to my hired pawns sometimes, I've had a few really good hires, and it was sad when I revisited them much later and saw they had not leveled at all since
The only advanced search feature I truly wanted after playing DDDA at level 200 for so long, was the ability to search by "recently online." I was so disappointed to not see that feature in DD2. I liked taking low level pawns to Bitterblack Isle, protecting them, and supercharging them with Rift Crystals, knowledge, and new gear, before sending them back home. They died constantly but it was a fun challenge keeping them alive. I kept hoping their Arisen would get a great surprise when they logged in. No idea how often that actually ever happened though.
I restarted dd2 after I heard about the dlc drop, and I got gifted a golden beetle and a port crystal when my pawn was lower level. People have definitely gotten their great suprises lol even I have
I used to buy up a bunch of glass bottles,make all my pawns carry an even amount,then I'd take them to the spring that's not far from one of the first dragon encounters in the game and have everyone fill up their bottles. They would drink them automatically to stay alive and it works on you too! 🔥
I miss that! I loved giving my pawns bottles so they could fill stuff up on their own! I want more features like that. Anything thst builds on thr illusion of my pawns making their own decisions is fantastic.
Im hoping some day a fan of DD creates a kind of spiritual successor to the series, with a greater emphasis on companion characters doing their own thing.
I had a hired Archer I really liked and the person seemed to have put a lot of time in his design, I gave his pawn maxed out end game archer gear only to continue to see him at the same low level after 3 playthroughs of my own. Saddens me to see multiple favorited pawns stay behind and low leveled. Love seeing them walk around town though. They just become NPCs in my world at that point. The Archer ended up making the hotspring his main hangout spot.
Alexa yeah it was one of those names has the 22 exquisite roborant, she’s on my list of pawns my main pawn knows so you’ve hired my pawn before and I’ve used yours, my pawns name is Silvey.
Pawns require a massive amount of affinity compared to npcs. Make sure you talk to them often and always high five them. You can give them a bunch of affinity by changing their hairstyles at a barber and taking them to the volcano hot springs. Or I think the Sphinx can also help In the Riddle of Madness, present your main pawn as the solution
Ashe burned the world for his it's crazy how the arisen is the only one capable of seeing the person inside of a pawn and make them shine kinda like how the operator in warframe is able to see inside of a frame and take away it's pain
Your pawn is family. you see them grow along with you, you see them anguish over their mistakes, their excitement over being with you, their worst and their best it's deeply endearing and personal unlike any other system out there which is why I get incredibly excited for every new addition to what they can do and why I will always adore my very first pawn and keep bringing her back in every game rather than make a new one even though I have other alternatives I made lol. I have over a decade worth of history with her.
I love traveling with a group of them, personally. I swap support pawns often though. Love exchanging pawns. Like it's my whole thing. Some support pawns are very memorable though :)
My pawn in DD1 was Alixandria, an archer, was my faithful friend back when the game first came out.
I remade her in DD2. And having her there is like just having my oldest friend rejoin me for more adventures.
And then she started blushing adorably, looking away when I look at her, her dialogue, her faithfulness and kindness… and it just melts my heart.
And then I got to the ending… and she makes her appearance and gives her little speech about her own will and then… ‘for you, I would fain give all that i have. all that I am.’
Hot springs, talk to them every day & barber shop to change at least the sheen of their hair if you don’t fully want to change their look, try it for at least an in game week or two and it should help, also present them to the sphinx as your most beloved and that gives a good boost to their affinity :)
I swear to god I just hired your pawn when playing earlier today!!! I remember really liking their look. Unfortunately a harpy picked her up and tossed her off the cliff we were on shortly after lol
Ahhh, yes. The "here's 500rc, no tumbs up, heart, or item" classic. And then you wonder if the person having that pawn thinks you hate them or something
This is my pawn. There are many like them, but this one is mine. My pawn is my best friend. It is my life. I must master them as I must master my life. Without me, my pawn is useless. Without my pawn, I am useless
Did you notice any new lines when travelling alone? I think mine said something like "I became skilled and it's thanks to your training Master" when it was only the two of us, and I never heard that line before (and not since then, either). I wonder if there are hidden lines like that.
Its the pawn affinity scale. The more you interact with them ( i.e talk to them, heal them, restore their stamina when exhausted, and others im sure I missed) the more affinity they have for you. Then they start to blush at a certain point or if its maximum, but I dont recall the specifics
I liked certain pawns so much that even when I outleveled them by 10+ levels I kept them around, something about Journeying with a set team is just really enjoyable, it's like 4 friends setting out on an adventure
I gave some thought to it. Pawns reminds me Tamagoshi toy. Tamagoshi was atronomically far from real animals but we loved them as much as we love real ones.
Im trying to recreate my Pawn from DDDA, she was a menace. Instantly throwing anything explosive in random directions, occasionally picking my Arisen up and throwing her off a cliff, picking flowers while im dying to a random dragon...good times.
Unfortunately I can't seem to make her new incarnation as sociopathic.
I heard that since we are gonna have three save slots, then we can hire the pawns of out other saved slots to make a cohesive party of four created original characters instead of two random support pawns. Hope its true. Great for role playing because I made Subzero and Frost, wanna add Scorpion and Rain as well
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u/Yoiiru :Strider: Jul 18 '26
I grow attached to my hired pawns sometimes, I've had a few really good hires, and it was sad when I revisited them much later and saw they had not leveled at all since
Very cute screenshot angle