Dragon's Dogma Hydra

Posted by Tybalt on May 22, 2012, 5:55 pm
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Picked up the game last night, and I must say, I'm loving it to bits right now. Sadly, there aren't multiple save slots, so I could only record so much on my character before moving on. My capture card has been flaky at best lately, and I have a new one on the way in, but until then, enjoy: ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=8mMcJsCcBcM#t=86s for those who do not wish to waddle through 86 seconds of gameplay). I figure I'd be 'that guy' and give every hydra had a chance at a meal;

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Posted by Daea on May 22, 2012, 6:09 pm, in reply to "Dragon's Dogma Hydra"
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Excellent records Tybalt, of an excellent game! ^_^ Sadly I also had to move on, I've encountered another chimera in the wilds, so hopefully you can also encounter more hydra just the same! I'll keep you updated if I come across anything! =P I'll add for others that this fight is pretty early in the game, maybe a half-hour into it, if you know where to look. =)

Re: Dragon's Dogma Hydra

Posted by Raru on May 22, 2012, 10:38 pm, in reply to "Dragon's Dogma Hydra"
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Mmm, maybe if there is a mod for this game you'll be able to fight it just you, 3 pawns, nobody else, and they are exclusive nomming. Oh, and, if you get finished down the throat they lick their belly and you get to stay inside until you decide to take the, "back way out." That'd be a nice mod.

Re: Dragon's Dogma Hydra

Posted by Cougar on May 24, 2012, 12:38 am, in reply to "Dragon's Dogma Hydra"
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Now I want to get that game!

Re: Dragon's Dogma Hydra

Posted by Daea on May 24, 2012, 7:48 am, in reply to "Re: Dragon's Dogma Hydra"
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Okay! At long last, I managed to find another hydra in the game, though, it was quite some ways in (many story quests, about 40 levels). In the starting town, the notice board in the inn had a quest "A Challenge", which sent you to fight another hydra in a large arena area. Sadly, it's tougher to get that one to eat you, as it starts to use a plethora of new moves, like venom spit, a lunge/tackle, and ramming its heads into the ground, so it uses the grab bite less often. =( Anywho, that's all I have to add for now, after playing... probably a bit too much, MAN I love this game!!! XD

Re: Dragon's Dogma Hydra

Posted by vorebunny on May 24, 2012, 5:26 pm, in reply to "Dragon's Dogma Hydra"
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are there other creatures that will swallow you in the game?

Re: Dragon's Dogma Hydra

Posted by Daea on May 24, 2012, 6:37 pm, in reply to "Re: Dragon's Dogma Hydra"
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There's a good deal of "hard vore" situations, I guess. Cyclops/ogres can grab you and take a bite out of ya (nothing graphic, just big/fatal damage then toss you to the ground), evil eyes can chomp you up and munch on you a bit before spitting out. Also there's a nice, if short, mawshot zoom in of one of the bosses during a cinematic/quicktime event. That's about all I've seen so far, nothing else seems to swallow you whole like the hydra does though. =/

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Posted by Daea on May 24, 2012, 9:41 pm, in reply to "Re: Dragon's Dogma Hydra"
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Some minor details to add on, I've also encountered archydra pretty late in the game, which are pretty much a reskinned hydra, just tougher and spits blinding poison. Luckily, that one is pretty easy to reach, once you get sufficiently far in the story. Of particular note, though, one situation I have yet to replicate effectively; it seems there are times when the hydra use their grabbing bite, that you get caught by your legs, and don't even get to struggle, just get tossed right into the air and gulped without a fight. This has happened both to my character and my main pawn. I'm guessing it occurs if they grab you midair from below, but I can't quite get it to happen reliably just yet.

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Posted by Daea on May 25, 2012, 1:30 am, in reply to "Re: Dragon's Dogma Hydra"
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Ah ha! Figured it out, you just need to have a status ailment, from the 2nd hydra's poison spit, or the archydra's blinding poison spit, then it'll gulp you up without a QTE. Anywho, I suppose I should end my updates here, don't wanna spam the board or anything. ^_^; I hope this' been informative for those who buy the game, or borrow it from a friend, whatevs. Vore aside, it's a GREAT action/adventure game. I've only really played through the game as one of the 9 vocations, and I'm eager to try out the others sometime! =D

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Posted by Tybalt on May 25, 2012, 1:36 am, in reply to "Re: Dragon's Dogma Hydra"
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Thanks for all the information! :D Though, a little clarification: this is the same hydra that you find in the 'starting city'? As in Gran Soren?

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Posted by Daea on May 25, 2012, 1:40 am, in reply to "Re: Dragon's Dogma Hydra"
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The 2nd hydra I mentioned is from the quest "A Challenge" you receive from Cassardis' ("starting town") inn notice board. At the very least, I would assume to unlock it you need to have done the quest to retake a certain fort from goblins (should make sense when you get there, don't wanna to spoil things for others), and maybe the one to fight an ogre in the caverns under the area (same notice board, same area you later fight the hydra).

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Posted by Tybalt on May 25, 2012, 1:43 am, in reply to "Re: Dragon's Dogma Hydra"
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Ah ha.... Cassardis always felt more like a fishing town than city, but, potato, tomato. :D Once I get there, I'll be sure to try and get my capture card ready.

A few more updates!

Posted by Tybalt on May 26, 2012, 6:26 am, in reply to "Dragon's Dogma Hydra"
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Managed to work my way through the game, and got a few more videos to share. That cinematic/qte/cut-scene with the dragon, included failure for those who dont think there would be anything else to it (shamefully): And the 2nd Hydra encounter, major props and thanks to Daea for the information. I rummaged through my inventory and found a few rotten foods to be self-induced poisoned to trigger the 'special' ...finishing move, I guess you could call it. My pawns actually did do a fairly decent job cutting me out though, several times. Which made this more frustrating that I was excepting (it really is a lot harder to get them to eat you):

Re: A few more updates!

Posted by Raru on May 26, 2012, 11:59 am, in reply to "A few more updates!"
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Anybody else notice that the hydra swallowed a pawn at the end of the video? Anyway, I hope you can get some Archydra action now~! That dragon find was... Interesting.

Re: A few more updates!

Posted by Tybalt on May 26, 2012, 5:43 pm, in reply to "Re: A few more updates!"
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Ask and ye shall receive!

Re: A few more updates!

Posted by Raru on May 26, 2012, 7:01 pm, in reply to "Re: A few more updates!"
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Yaay o3o Now just for some new vore instances to pop up in either this game or other games. RaiderZ has some vore in it, but only epic bosses swallow...

Re: A few more updates!

Posted by Cougar on May 28, 2012, 4:40 pm, in reply to "Re: A few more updates!"
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Do tell us more about RaiderZ!

Re: A few more updates!

Posted by Raru on May 28, 2012, 5:17 pm, in reply to "Re: A few more updates!"
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RaiderZ is heavily based on Monster Hunter. Some enemies like the frog can munch on you. If your online allies don't break you out of the maw, you are swallowed and your allies have to bust you out from there. Hybrid classes; change at any time. Skill trees differ majorly. If not for the vore, I'd download it for the gameplay.

Dragon's Dogma Hydra

Posted by Aries on May 30, 2012, 1:45 pm, in reply to "Dragon's Dogma Hydra"
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What is the best class of pawn to actually get the hydra to nom? Because half the time they break out [they are level 5] and or they break me out if i have more than one other pawn besides my main pawn. Any tips? I tried grabbing them from behind and releasing but I have had bad timing. Got it to work once x3

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Posted by Daea on May 30, 2012, 6:46 pm, in reply to "Dragon's Dogma Hydra"
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All I can say is it does seem level-dependant. At least for the 2nd hydra, while my level 50 pawn breaks out almost every time, just about, if I bring along level 1 pawns for the other two slots, they get swallowed just about every time. If you're talking about the very first hydra encounter, all I can say is try to bring along level 1 pawns, all melee types (so they stay closer to get grabbed, and generally can't assist in breaking others out as often as ranged ones). When it comes to the archydra, though, that one rarely has trouble with my main pawn, so it shouldn't be much work to get it to gulp a few pawns in short time. X3

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Posted by Me again on May 31, 2012, 1:35 am, in reply to "Re: Dragon's Dogma Hydra"
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Is the archydra worth it to get to? I'm more into the game for the vore but its so fun Dx

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Posted by Daea on May 31, 2012, 3:39 am, in reply to "Re: Dragon's Dogma Hydra"
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Hehe, can't argue with ya there! It's a great game, onto a New Game+ myself. =P But uh... I dunno, I'd say it's "easiest" to get to the archydra (in travel time terms) once you've gotten to the part of the game with it, but otherwise, it looks just the same as a hydra, just different colors, so the 1st or second hydra encounter could suffice for the vore portions if that's all you want. ^_^;

Re: Dragon's Dogma Hydra

Posted by Aries on June 1, 2012, 1:32 am, in reply to "Re: Dragon's Dogma Hydra"
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Well that gives me a bit of a chance to play more of the game i guess. However I heard the archhydra dosent like to use the same move a lot ^^;