Dragon Quest 9 thoughts after 140 hours of play

[lestatdark]

themanwithnoname said:

lestatdark said:

Congrats on getting so far in the game, and for giving such well thought remarks. 

Up until today, I had a 170 hour saved game, which was deleted by my little cousin. I'm still aching from it, but I'm starting over again. I agree when you say that this is the best DQ in terms of value.

Some pointers. If you go to the Tower of Nod, starting from level 3 and upwards, there's a tiny chance that any enemy will have a Metal King Slime with it, making it the best non-grotto place to level up.

MKS appear in Water type high level grottoes (Lvl 60 and upwards), these Grottoes usually have Moor or Lake in their names. 

Platinum King Jewels give the highest amount of exp, but only appear on the highest Lvl ruin type grottoes, which are the most common kind (Lvl 80 and upwards).

I had the Luminary class as well. Moai Minstrel appears on Lvl 60 and upwards Nature type grottoes (these are also the most common kind, they look like a tunnel).

Holy crap! 170 hours down the drain? I think I might break something if I were in your shoes. Now, I don't feel as bad for accidentally overwriting my brother's 40 hour Legend of Dragoon file years ago. But geez, this has to be one of the saddest gaming stories I've heard in awhile. I'm only at about 20 hours now, but I'm really glad to hear about how huge the game is.

It's not the first time I lose a massive save game file. The worst thing to happen to me was losing a 300 saved game in FFX (had almost everything unlock until the last battle in the monster arena and 255 stats on every character).

I've learned to shrug it off...but still I was massively pissed off until a few hours ago