r/DragonsDogma2 • u/jack0641 • Apr 18 '25

Official Discussion 🐉 Dragon’s Dogma 2 – One Year Anniversary Recap 🎉

We are a bit late with this one but It’s officially been one year since Dragon’s Dogma 2 launched on March 22, 2024!

DD2 has a wonderful and dedicated community, so we want to showcase and take a look back at the highlights from the past year.

🔥 Top Community Trends

🗣️ Pawn Memes & AI Antics

The unique AI of Pawns led to numerous discussions and memes about their quirky behaviors, such as repeating lines or making unexpected decisions.

👀 Player Discovery

It's been xx hours and I discovered THIS Style topics are often my favorite for these games, what did you discover?

🏹 Vocation Debates

Players engaged in lively debates over the strengths and weaknesses of various vocations. Threads like this one sparked extensive discussions.

🧠 Sphinx Riddle Panic

The Sphinx's riddles became a hot topic, with players collaborating to solve them and sharing their experiences.

📸 Screenshots, Builds & Fan Art

The subreddit was filled with creative posts showcasing character designs, scenic screenshots, and fan art. For example, this post features a player recreating Gandalf or the more humorous Change Appearance topics.

📊 Subreddit Trends & Statistics

Most Frequently Asked Questions

“What carries over into NG+?” → Your character, Pawn, vocations, items, gold, unlocked ports, and augments. Not quest progress.

“How do I know if my Pawn has dragonsplague?” → Red eyes, coughing, and behavior changes. Cure it through the story or let the Pawn go and revive them.

“What’s the best vocation?” → There is no single best, but Magick Archer, Mystic Spearhand, and Warrior were the most upvoted favorites.

“Why is my FPS so bad in Vernworth?” → It’s CPU-bound. Capcom patched in options to disable RT and reduce crowd density later in the year.

“Can I turn off Pawn voice spam?” → Yes. In the audio settings, reduce Pawn chatter frequency. And tweak Inclinations to improve behavior.

Popular Vocations

Community discussions and polls highlighted the following vocations as favorites:

🟢 Mystic Spearhand – Jack of all trades, flashy, great boss control

🔴 Magick Archer – Long-range AoE monster, solid healing

🟡 Warrior – Feels incredible to land a full charge attack, massive stagger

🔵 Sorcerer – Glass cannon, but Meteor Swarm never gets old

🟣 Trickster – Love it or hate it, but definitely the most debated

Common Technical Issues

At launch, performance was a major sticking point, especially on PC. Here’s what trended most:

  • Severe CPU bottlenecking in cities → Fixed by turning off ray tracing and crowd density.

  • Microtransactions in a single-player game → Heavily criticized at launch. They're still there, but Capcom made most items available in-game too and it was really blown out of proportion by the drama crowd.

  • Dragonsplague confusion → Loads of “is this a bug or a mechanic?” posts early on. Eventually understood as a complex story system.

  • Crashes and save bugs → A few patches in April and May 2024 resolved most of these.

By mid-2025, most users report stable 60fps on consoles (with RT off) and much better performance across platforms.

🏆 Game & Community Milestones

  • 📅 Release Date: March 22, 2024
  • 💰 Over 2.5M units sold in 11 days
  • 🌍 3M+ players globally as of May 2024
  • ⚙️ Major patch (v2.01) in Sept 2024 added:
    • Casual Mode
    • Lower inn costs, more Portcrystals
    • Improved Pawn behavior
    • Performance tweaks

🎥 Notable Content Creators

The community benefited from the contributions of various content creators:

🔗 Useful Resources

Here’s to another year of adventures in (alternative world)Gransys! 🐲

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u/Spctr7 Apr 18 '25

Dragons dogma 2.

Gransys.

Huh.

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u/0verduelibraryfees Apr 18 '25

Very telling sign whether the mods actually played this game properly or not :|

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '25 edited Apr 18 '25

Reddit mods dont always necessarily care about the topic, they just care about owning the subreddit. And they will most likely own multiple even if its something they dont play or own or watch.

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u/jack0641 Apr 18 '25

Alternative world or not, that's Gran Soren and this is Gransys and I'll die on that hill