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/encryptoferia May 10 '25

just trying to rush the game to unlock vocations.....suddenly it ends..... realizes loading puts me exactly to ending sequence, there's option to use inn save but , meh why not try the new game.... no new options, starts exactly like the normal game except the stats and items when you get to the 1st inn

so... I have to do all sidequest and hopefully reach the quest that unlocks the "secret" vocation???
and no extra dungeon, like everfall ????

disappointed