So can you play this offline yet?

[FB_Destroyer_Rebecca]

Like is there already some "medicine" for it so you dont have to be online all the time and just use your own savegame or is this an online only game!?

[Bron]

Turned off my internet and played the game just fine. You just wont have access to other players pawns.

[potato]

you could always play it offline, nothing has changed

[Balm]

its fine offline, there are a large variety of capcom pawns to use, but your pawn wont be recruited and used by anything of course

[CoffeeBro]

Originally posted by Balm:

its fine offline, there are a large variety of capcom pawns to use, but your pawn wont be recruited and used by anything of course

I enjoy having my pawn return after an outing. But outside of knowing quests and where chests are, I'm not sure if I really care. As you say, lots of pawns still on the road and in the rift.

Any real disadvantages for playing offline? BTW, if offline, can I make a new character and new save file?
Cheers all.

[Umbral Priestess]

Originally posted by ronjsim1:

Originally posted by Balm:

its fine offline, there are a large variety of capcom pawns to use, but your pawn wont be recruited and used by anything of course

I enjoy having my pawn return after an outing. But outside of knowing quests and where chests are, I'm not sure if I really care. As you say, lots of pawns still on the road and in the rift.

Any real disadvantages for playing offline? BTW, if offline, can I make a new character and new save file?
Cheers all.

This is not one of those trash "online only" games, you can play the game fine offline, you just won't have access to any pawns outside of RNG types generated by the game. there are no other real restrictions.

[Razorblade]

Other than having to have an internet connection one time for copy-protection verification, you never have to be connected to the internet again.

There's literally an offline mode setting. Hell, the game asks you the first time you boot it up for your consent to enable online mode.

There are no online saves or the like.

[1CMF]

***maybe slight spoiler, I'll try to be vague***

Actually I turn off online connectivity a few times to manipulate the pawn selection. One of the quests required a specific pawn and players were making dummies of the same name and tricking people. Only way I could get it was by disconnecting from the online pool of pawns.

Also, sometimes I want to filter the online pawns for more pawn quest selection at times...

[westraaros1]

I HAD NO CONECTION EARLIER TODAY AND I COULDNT START DD2 AT ALL??

ISNT THIS A OFFLINE GAME??
WHAT DID STEAM MEAN W GO ONLINE AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS TO PLAY OFFLINE?
WHAT INSTRUCTIONS??

[Xeriath]

It’s because of Denuvo, as soon Capcom remove it you can play this game offline, without worry.

[Ryan Fenton]

It's got Denuvo.

If it can't connect to Denuvo servers, the game is bricked.

You can turn pawns to 'offline' mode, you just can't actually go offline and play that way.

'Offline' mode for pawns just means you only see CAPCOM-made pawns, and you can't do online item trades or whatever. You still get pawn quests, but they're for random items.

Once Denuvo is removed, Offline mode can actually be Offline mode.

[Kainn]

Originally posted by 1CMF:

***maybe slight spoiler, I'll try to be vague***

Actually I turn off online connectivity a few times to manipulate the pawn selection. One of the quests required a specific pawn and players were making dummies of the same name and tricking people. Only way I could get it was by disconnecting from the online pool of pawns.

Also, sometimes I want to filter the online pawns for more pawn quest selection at times...

Its not a trick, all Pawns with the following names do work: SphinxParent, SphinxMother, and SphinxFather...include Players Pawns, not just Capcom Pawns..thats why these monikers are disponible for choice when you create your pawnn.

[豚]

Why would you? The most fun part of it is sharing pawns with other players.

This is not the Souls franchise that filled with trolls that want to ruin your experience, relax.

[Ryan Fenton]

In the same way that some odd folks consider playing with mods to be 'cheating'... why would the act of e-begging for people to send them specific items not be considered cheating?

You're not learning to play in the rules of the universe - you're asking others to send you items from completely outside your enclosed game. Folks who likely are using mods to create those items.

Note: I'm not personally against cheating either - specifically in a single-player game. I'm just speaking of the weird ethics some have about others playing with mods, while also taking part in the 'rent my pawn, I want this quest item' threads.

[Migromul]

You can and could always... You just need to be online at the start of the game now and then, because of denuvo.

In comparison to the first game, where I strongly recommend to activate the online features, this isn't realy nessecary in DD 2. The AI-created pawns aren't significantly worse than player created ones, if even... (and that's the main reason, why it's strongly recommended to activate the online features in DDDA.)

Both games also don't stop to run, if you loose the internet-connection. The only reason to "play online" is, to get player-created pawns. Not even hiring nieeds online-connection in DD 2...

But It certainly doesn't hurt, if you have the online-features activated.

Originally posted by Balm:

its fine offline, there are a large variety of capcom pawns to use, but your pawn wont be recruited and used by anything of course

That's not true. The game simulates that, after you didn't get hired by real players for a while. If you play the game excessive and reach the 80s in levels, this even is more the case than anything else...
And you even might get much more out of this. (especially more rift-crystals...) My last 10-15 hirings were all AI-hirings. (you can see, that, if you try to check out the arisen and/or its pawns, that hired your own. If that isn't possible, the Arisen were simulated.)