Drakes are too damn strong(and clunky)

[Lahoo Eckbert]

I remember killing my first drake in DD 1. It was difficult, but not this difficult.
It's very hard to hit the tail, harder to knock them down or climb on em. They have more AOE spells. Def stronger and harder due to ingame mechanics. Had to spend 2 wake stones.

[☁]

theyre fine, what do u not want to ever use wakestones?

[Apollo11911]

Originally posted by Lahoo Eckbert:

I remember killing my first drake in DD 1. It was difficult, but not this difficult.
It's very hard to hit the tail, harder to knock them down or climb on em. They have more AOE spells. Def stronger and harder due to ingame mechanics. Had to spend 2 wake stones.

difficulty of the game in general is REALLY DAMN good. Get gud, enjoy it.

[Kashra Fall]

I had no problem climbing them to hit the tail, but I went right for the head and broke the horn. Once the heart was exposed, all efforts went there. Are they hard? Yes, should they be hard? Also yes.

[Sombrero]

Drakes aren't particularly hard it's just a stat check. When you start to get more expensive gear they do little damage to you and you get them down decently quickly while one shotting griffins.

You are meant to struggle and overcome your struggles it's kind of the point of the franchise really.

[Lahoo Eckbert]

Originally posted by Kashra Fall:

I had no problem climbing them to hit the tail, but I went right for the head and broke the horn. Once the heart was exposed, all efforts went there. Are they hard? Yes, should they be hard? Also yes.

Originally posted by Sombrero:

Drakes aren't particularly hard it's just a stat check. When you start to get more expensive gear they do little damage to you and you get them down decently quickly while one shotting griffins.

You are meant to struggle and overcome your struggles it's kind of the point of the franchise really.

I didn't say they shouldn't be hard. I just said they feel a lot harder compared to DD1.

Also do drakes scale in power based on the territory they are in ? Is the one in beastlands harder than the one in the starter area for example?

[nesðarus]

Originally posted by ☁:

theyre fine, what do u not want to ever use wakestones?

Ideally you want to save all of your wakestones for the final area because they take away something important so wakestones become very valuable.

[Kashra Fall]

Originally posted by Lahoo Eckbert:

Originally posted by Kashra Fall:

I had no problem climbing them to hit the tail, but I went right for the head and broke the horn. Once the heart was exposed, all efforts went there. Are they hard? Yes, should they be hard? Also yes.

Originally posted by Sombrero:

Drakes aren't particularly hard it's just a stat check. When you start to get more expensive gear they do little damage to you and you get them down decently quickly while one shotting griffins.

You are meant to struggle and overcome your struggles it's kind of the point of the franchise really.

I didn't say they shouldn't be hard. I just said they feel a lot harder compared to DD1.

Also do drakes scale in power based on the territory they are in ? Is the one in beastlands harder than the one in the starter area for example?

Probably? It would make sense that higher level area= higher level/harder foe. The one I fought was in the ancient battlegrounds and he put up a hell of a fight (Verdun)

[Ascalon]

just made a simliar post my armor is maxed out level 28 and i get thrashed by 1 attack if a drake there absurde when looking at DDDA drakes

[Humble]

Wakestone is hard to find, not only you and pawn use it, but npc that you do not control sure as quest.

[Where'sMySupersuit!!]

I think the point is that you dont fight them within the starting areas and come back to them later. Sure you can fight them and defeat them but they feel like they take forever to die. I've just been skipping them for now to come back to later (excluding the one I killed with a ballista at the battlegrounds place).

[Welly]

sorry but anyone saying get good or skill issue is just a dumb annoying ♥♥♥♥. The drakes are a massive difficulty spike compared to every other enemy... They have loads of aoe that just knocks you off them relentlessly then when you do get to kill they ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fly off... They aren't balanced what so ever.

[Rookie0879]

Do drakes even drop anything good? I killed six so far and received tons of crystal that I can't use anywhere. I remember getting dragon scales way easier in the first game; in this game, I have so far gotten one.

[-=Cloud Windfoot Omega=-]

Originally posted by Rookie0879:

Do drakes even drop anything good? I killed six so far and received tons of crystal that I can't use anywhere. I remember getting dragon scales way easier in the first game; in this game, I have so far gotten one.

can buy a portcrystal somewhere

[Cryptyr]

Originally posted by Ascalon:

just made a simliar post my armor is maxed out level 28 and i get thrashed by 1 attack if a drake there absurde when looking at DDDA drakes

Level 28? Lmfao

[Cryptyr]

Originally posted by Welly:

sorry but anyone saying get good or skill issue is just a dumb annoying ♥♥♥♥. The drakes are a massive difficulty spike compared to every other enemy... They have loads of aoe that just knocks you off them relentlessly then when you do get to kill they ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fly off... They aren't balanced what so ever.

Sounds like you need to… get… good.