Where do the Drake run off to?

[myarmor]

Where do the Drake in Devilfire Grove run off to?
After a while (not that long) he takes off, and thats the last "we" see of him.
I'm not that scary, am I?

The battlemusic still plays, my main pawn says "some beasts still remain", but no Drake,
and his healthbar disappears after a while from the top of the sceen.
I've tried looking for him, but finding that silly thing after he takes off..not possible.

..then after a somewhat long while it says the "quest" failed.
After that he's back where he was..and probably at full health.
Reloading the save obviously brings him back too, but.

Btw, I play as a Sorcerer, and ice spells are the most useless thing in this game, mostly
because of how they work. They couldn't have one of them work like Ingle.., Oh no, that
would make it useful, and we can't have that. Instead it suc*s stamina, and when it is
released (Y/X) it does..nothing? /rant

[Mereoleona, Fister of Fury]

he tends to jump up and fly around. if you turn your game volume up you can kinda hear where he lands. its doesnt run away, that i know of. been farming the drakes for their tears. never came across the quest failing except when i was level 15 and had to escort someone to shadow fort xD

[myarmor]

Originally posted by Kreig The Psycho:

he tends to jump up and fly around. if you turn your game volume up you can kinda hear where he lands. its doesnt run away, that i know of. been farming the drakes for their tears. never came across the quest failing except when i was level 15 and had to escort someone to shadow fort xD

Does he travel far?
I've walked throughout the entire grove while the music plays but I never get to see him
again until "quest failed" or I reload.
It isn't really a quest per se, but the "slay your enemies" thingy..which apparently is
counted as a quest..and rewarded as such.

[Mereoleona, Fister of Fury]

he tends to travel in a random direction but the drake never flies far for me. maybe 100 to 200 metres max? not 100% sure. also, remember the trees tend to block your view a bit :p try and follow it whilst its in the sky flying.

[myarmor]

Originally posted by Kreig The Psycho:

he tends to travel in a random direction but the drake never flies far for me. maybe 100 to 200 metres max? not 100% sure. also, remember the trees tend to block your view a bit :p try and follow it whilst its in the sky flying.

Yes, and it doesn't help that he's more or less the same color as the tree trunks around it.

I've tried that, but I only saw him for like, 2-3 seconds, then he was gone.
I guess, of 10 reload/retrys he stayed close by in one case..and that time I died.
Not really sure of the strategy on the drake(s) in this game, other than ice
spells, miasma and silence.

[Mereoleona, Fister of Fury]

another solution is play as strider or archer and shred his wings? ive not managed to do it, but if i remember correctly it is possible

[myarmor]

Originally posted by Kreig The Psycho:

another solution is play as strider or archer and shred his wings? ive not managed to do it, but if i remember correctly it is possible

Maybe a bit late.. A level 1 strider or archer is most likely useless against a dragon/drake.
I'm not really feeling like having a third vocation.
I am a Sorceror (lvl 34 rank 9). My main pawn is Warrior (also rank 9), and the support
pawns are Mage (focused on healing, but has ice affinity spells etc like myself) and
Ranger (focus on bow. has silence and poison arrows).
..but that scaredycat of a Drake keeps running off.

[Mereoleona, Fister of Fury]

attack the heart until it rolls on the side, then constantly attack the wings. you also get a rare crafting material when you shred the wings. just did it to a wyvern, wyrm and drake. was a mystic knight (level 61, rank 7) was using the moon slash attack (aoe slash)

[myarmor]

Originally posted by Kreig The Psycho:

attack the heart until it rolls on the side, then constantly attack the wings. you also get a rare crafting material when you shred the wings. just did it to a wyvern, wyrm and drake. was a mystic knight (level 61, rank 7) was using the moon slash attack (aoe slash)

I have no control over that Ranger.. she does whatever she likes to..Or, she usually is, but
she can't do much when the coward Drake runs away all the time.
Unless there's a way to manually control her? Do all the Drakes/Dragons behave like this?
That is, run away or disappear? They could at least have a marker on where that
da*n thing runs off to.

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Originally posted by myarmor:

Originally posted by Kreig The Psycho:

another solution is play as strider or archer and shred his wings? ive not managed to do it, but if i remember correctly it is possible

Maybe a bit late.. A level 1 strider or archer is most likely useless against a dragon/drake.
I'm not really feeling like having a third vocation.
I am a Sorceror (lvl 34 rank 9). My main pawn is Warrior (also rank 9), and the support
pawns are Mage (focused on healing, but has ice affinity spells etc like myself) and
Ranger (focus on bow. has silence and poison arrows).
..but that scaredycat of a Drake keeps running off.

Save near his location, survey for high ground.
Lure him near that high ground, go on the high ground, issue the 'Go' command to pawns.
If he starts flying, spam spell on his tail. That is how a fighter/warrior bring down a drake, it works with any other class but if your knockdown is too low, it takes awhile.
Do not revive pawn if they die, cast spell until he has 0 health. Jump down and heavy attack with staff on his heart.

Do not save if he flies away, reloading will cause his HP to be maxed again. He is in the vicinity, when he flies off look at that direction. He flies straight and will always be around that area.

[Mereoleona, Fister of Fury]

Originally posted by myarmor:

Originally posted by Kreig The Psycho:

attack the heart until it rolls on the side, then constantly attack the wings. you also get a rare crafting material when you shred the wings. just did it to a wyvern, wyrm and drake. was a mystic knight (level 61, rank 7) was using the moon slash attack (aoe slash)

I have no control over that Ranger.. she does whatever she likes to..Or, she usually is, but
she can't do much when the coward Drake runs away all the time.
Unless there's a way to manually control her? Do all the Drakes/Dragons behave like this?
That is, run away or disappear? They could at least have a marker on where that
da*n thing runs off to.

yup, most are like that. the only one that isnt is the wyrm in Water God altar post-dragon xD as its trapped in the loot room.

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Drake behaviour (4th min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SngCGgZ3qA
Difference is BBI's drake is firecloaked and will land melee attacker into burning status unless equipped with rose ring.
Melee pawns regardless of level contribute little to damage. They contribute by stabilizing the drake by climbing it so that it remains stationary in air until the pawn's stamina run out. This provides ranged classes good amount of time to aim or charge spells.

[myarmor]

Originally posted by Kreig The Psycho:

Originally posted by myarmor:

I have no control over that Ranger.. she does whatever she likes to..Or, she usually is, but
she can't do much when the coward Drake runs away all the time.
Unless there's a way to manually control her? Do all the Drakes/Dragons behave like this?
That is, run away or disappear? They could at least have a marker on where that
da*n thing runs off to.

yup, most are like that. the only one that isnt is the wyrm in Water God altar post-dragon xD as its trapped in the loot room.

I don't know if I should laugh or not, but I got him down to the last "life", then he ran off
again. Apparently Maelstrom works quite well on him..but it is so slooow to maneuver
that target thingy..and (almost) impossible to move while charging and some time
after releasing it (even if I use large mushrooms right after)..which makes it
hard to follow that dragon when he suddenly takes off.

The charging speed of it is about 1/4th of Grand Ingle (even with articusomething)..which
doesn't help. Somehow the Drake is hard to fight..for all the wrong reasons.

How do you fight someone that don't want to fight, and keeps running away?
I've tried for hours (reload), but he keeps doing it. Sometimes he even runs off
after the first hit.

[Blanc]

Stay closer to the Shadow Fort, near that cage and goblins. Drake will fly to where he normally is and then return, giving you time to charge your spells. Just don't chase him.

[myarmor]

Originally posted by Blanc:

Stay closer to the Shadow Fort, near that cage and goblins. Drake will fly to where he normally is and then return, giving you time to charge your spells. Just don't chase him.

But he's gone for 10 minutes or more? Battlemusic has long since stopped and long
before that time the pawns talk more about dung..and he's most likely back to
full health by them. I tried following him, and he went in the direction of "Tomb of the
Unknown Traveler"..never to be seen again. Instead I found a golem which I took care
of (never seen that enemy-type before).
At least that one wasn't a scaredy-cat.

[Mereoleona, Fister of Fury]

Originally posted by ;350533172687965497:

Originally posted by Blanc:

Stay closer to the Shadow Fort, near that cage and goblins. Drake will fly to where he normally is and then return, giving you time to charge your spells. Just don't chase him.

But he's gone for 10 minutes or more? Battlemusic has long since stopped and long
before that time the pawns talk more about dung. I tried following him, and he went in the
direction of "Tomb of the Unknown Traveler"..never to be seen again. Instead I found a
golem which I took care of. At least that one wasn't a scaredy-cat.

ha ha golems i find are so easy as a melee. im guessing as youre using maelstrom youre use sorcerer then? not sure if drakes/dragon-kin can be debuffed, but if they can try to do poison/torpor or something to aid you. and as always, aim to knock him down all the time and then right click the wings to nothingness