Technically can you keep going/grinding forever?

[lateralus_o_negative]

I'm on about my 4th start with DD. Really enjoying it but as most of us have found out, its a fairly brutal game.

The biggest issue I have is managing the stress and picking the right characters. Now since you have no penalties for dismissing characters and you can grind the short quests until your character is level 3. Is it possible just to hang about using level one characters and gridning for gold until you start getting your team members up to lvl 3.

I.e. can I get a full roster and plenty of gold before I have to move onto the harder quests?

[Jubeithar]

In theory, yes. But like you said, heroes will reach lvl 3 and then those heroes will only be interested in doing veteran or higher missions. Ether you dismiss them or 'bite' the bullet and go for it.

[lateralus_o_negative]

So really is there any need to restart? If your parties wiped out then you don't really lose anything except the characters themselves which, at the lower levels dont really matter much anyway.

[uhamster9]

Originally posted by lateralus_o_negative:

So really is there any need to restart? If your parties wiped out then you don't really lose anything except the characters themselves which, at the lower levels dont really matter much anyway. :dsfight:

No. You can keep recruiting cannon fodders to go on no provision runs while your A team reaps all the benefit.

[Jubeithar]

Correct, the game doesn't have a lose/defeat condition as of yet.

[lateralus_o_negative]

Sweet, 2bh I think thats some great game design. Significantly reduces the frustration factor while keeping the difficulty high, allows you to technically progress even if your loosing battles and grow attached to certain characters as they move up the levels and become prized characters that you've put alot of time into.

Also allows you to experiment and not be afraid to try character combinations out.

This dev just gets it.

[uhamster9]

In its current state it still promotes grinding with lower Lv party (especially no light no supplies runs) to support your higher Lv party though, as without weapon/skills upgrades even Lv3 party can't beat a Lv3 dungeon.