Capcom’s high fantasy role-playing game Dragon’s Dogma 2 will be receiving a new update across all platforms this month that makes some much-needed changes, including one that makes Pawns more reliable, less stupid, and less chatty. We love Pawns that do their jobs silently, but one of the most notable changes in this upcoming patch does the dreaded Dragon Plague Illness easier to cope with.
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Dragon Plague is a viral infection that only affects farmers. This disease causes all sorts of problems for your loyal servants, from disobedience to pulsating red eyes to headaches. These are all signs that something is wrong, but if you don’t catch these indicators early, then as Capcom warns a pop-up message in the gameThere will be “devastating misfortune”. This misfortune? The infected farmer turns into a shadow dragon and kills everyone in the city, which sucks because if you don’t know what to look for, it’s possible you’ll ignore the warnings and be forced to clean up the mess that’s yours loyal servant left behind. However, in an upcoming update, the deadly disease will be more visible and therefore slightly less disruptive.
“Reducing the frequency of Dragon Plague infection and adjusting the signs of Dragon Plague-infected Pawns to make them more recognizable,” Capcom wrote in the April 19 patch notes. “When you have an infection, for example, glowing eyes are more noticeable.”
The bright red eyes are currently difficult to see, especially if you gave your Pawn the red eyes the character creator. With the coming Dragon’s Dogma 2 After the update, you will be able to zoom in on characters’ faces in the status menu. If these eyes are red and glowing, your best course of action is to either dismiss the farmer or kill him outright. Shit, but you gotta do what you gotta do. Get to work, Doctor Arisen. You’re needed.
There are also other necessary changes to the pawn’s behavior in this patch. You don’t fall off cliffs as often, which is great. I’m tired of constantly rescuing my farmers, especially when escaping through treacherous mountains. And now they will actually guide you when you tell them, where before they would have just ignored your request. Plus, they don’t talk as much anymore (finally!) and help when you need more (finally again!). But the best part? You’ll finally be able to high-five them more effectively – before, the animations simply didn’t play, no matter how close you were to your pawn’s outstretched hand. I love it. There’s nothing like a celebratory fist bump or high-five after killing a dragon.
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Unfortunately, there is no release date for when this patch will be released, although Capcom tweeted that it plans to release the update on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S later this month. As we near the end of April, we won’t have to wait much longer for these changes. Below are the patch notes for this update:
Dragon’s Dogma 2 April 2024 patch notes
- The frequency of Dragon Plague infection has been reduced and the signs of Dragon Plague-infected minions have been adjusted to make them easier to recognize.
- For example, glowing eyes are more noticeable during an infection.
- Added the option to enlarge Arisen and minion faces in the status screen, shops, etc.
- Fixed some issues and implemented adjustments related to the minimap.
- Treasure chests that have already been purchased will not be displayed on the minimap.
- Adjustments to farmers’ behavior and dialogue.
- Fixed issues where the player was occasionally unable to get a high five pawns.
- Fixed issues where Pawns would not start leading after offering to lead.
- This makes farmers less likely to fall off cliffs.
- Reduced the frequency of some farmer dialogue lines.
- Improving pawn lines to better suit circumstances.
- Fixed some issues with the main spawn speaking the support spawn’s dialogue.
- Pawns are more likely to aid the Arisen if the Arisen orders them to help while pinned by enemies.
- Reduces the frequency with which pawns are offered to the player on the field to be hired.
- Fixed issues where companion quests would sometimes be considered failed when accessing character editing or in other specific situations.
- Fixed issues where the player could become trapped when fighting monsters in the city.
- Fixed some crashes and freezes under certain circumstances.
