why so few pawns in the list in the riff?

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i don't quite understand why you can only see 20 pawns when you search for exemple in the top world or when you enter criterias , while there are hundred thousands pawns available.

is there a way to extend the result number ?

[Bobby Digital™]

good question

[Vin]

Originally posted by C:

i don't quite understand why you can only see 20 pawns when you search for exemple in the top world or when you enter criterias , while there are hundred thousands pawns available.

is there a way to extend the result number ?

console limitation. you forget DDDA is a console port.

[Dexter]

Originally posted by Vin:

Originally posted by C:

i don't quite understand why you can only see 20 pawns when you search for exemple in the top world or when you enter criterias , while there are hundred thousands pawns available.

is there a way to extend the result number ?

console limitation. you forget DDDA is a console port.

Yup. Best thing You can do is to go online for Pawn Guild or here on Steam Pawn Renting subforum and search there.

Also, if You have long list of friends on Steam your game will lag horribly when You play online

[zadymek]

The search goes like this:
- you start by searching by level and it can only display 99 search results max per search request
- then you can filter this 99 or less results by gender, Vocation and eventually skill "traits".
So of course you get less and less results. Hell, if your filters are very specific you can end up with 0 for certain levels!

On top of that is the system that will harass you, through search results, with the same group of 90something most recent Pawns uploaded to the server (which doesn't necessarily mean an hour ago).

[H-Foundry PIXIV]

without the limit I'd be there all day looking at their clothes and being picky lol.

[The Captain K]

Originally posted by H-Foundry PIXIV:

without the limit I'd be there all day looking at their clothes and being picky lol.

Me too. Actually, I still am. If I'm just casually playing I'll choose pawns that look "good" fashion wise. Not just armor, but their weapons have to somewhat feel right for the armor they are wearing.

I'll disregard this, almost, if I'm trying to help someone's pawn learn beast or quest knowledge. Though, sometimes I run to a dragon and kill it to try and dragonforge something that I believe would look better on their pawn. lol. (hopefully persuading them to equip it the next time they're in game)

I think I remember there being someway to "reset" the pawns you see around the towns (not necessarily the RIFT since it pulls in your friends or favorites first I think-- at least in my experience), but I do not remember how to do it. I'd hazard a guess you'd have to remove all your favorites-- but if you have a lot of them it'd take a while manually.

[Vin]

Originally posted by C:

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or maybe a filter on the stuff , for exemple no lvl infinite pawn will appear in the riff if not stuffed with at least 1 lvl3 bbi weapon or armor, because the problem is that there are too many infinite lvl pawns with very bad stuff or , which means that without the filter you spend half an hour dismissing pawns until you find someone worth taking.

under lvl infinite they can let it as it is, but seeing infinite pawns with lvl 30 stuff is a pain.

for the part i snipped, again console port.

i agree so much about high level pawn with garbage gear. this is the pain all us BBI players feel. it is so hard to find decent pawns from levels 180-200.

if anyone is interested in not suffering this, add me. atleast you dont have to worry about that with my pawn.

[zadymek]

Originally posted by C:

i must say that being forced to add to friendlist each people when you want to hire their pawn is a bad idea and tedious process.

You are not forced do add anyone to a Friends list. You can simply pay for the Pawn, or be at its level. The Friends list is literally a loophole that allows you to potentially break the game.

Originally posted by Vin:

for the part i snipped, again console port.

It has nothing to do with the game being a port and everything with the online part being cheap. And it's not even a matter of limited funds or the unfinished product, it was planned to to have all the technical limitations from the beginning, ie to base Pawn sharing on a leaderboard system on consoles.

Also, I recall ppl claiming that the original release had a user search function in the Rift.

[Vin]

Originally posted by zadymek:

Originally posted by C:

i must say that being forced to add to friendlist each people when you want to hire their pawn is a bad idea and tedious process.

You are not forced do add anyone to a Friends list. You can simply pay for the Pawn, or be at its level. The Friends list is literally a loophole that allows you to potentially break the game.

Originally posted by Vin:

for the part i snipped, again console port.

It has nothing to do with the game being a port and everything with the online part being cheap. And it's not even a matter of limited funds or the unfinished product, it was planned to to have all the technical limitations from the beginning, ie to base Pawn sharing on a leaderboard system on consoles.

Also, I recall ppl claiming that the original release had a user search function in the Rift.

first the friends list comes with a +/- 25% xp increase/reduction depending on the persons level. when this is not the case it is the same as being at level or taking a reduction in efficiency.

break the game? no.

second. it is very much a console port issue. it is the same reason keybindings are hardcoded and they use the the same gamepad limitation for keyboard.

also capcom has to submit to certification so all changes have to be uniform between consoles and the PC.

so yes. console port limitation. also really? you gonna talk about people claiming there was a search function with no evidence?

[zadymek]

Originally posted by Vin:

first the friends list comes with a +/- 25% xp increase/reduction depending on the persons level. when this is not the case it is the same as being at level or taking a reduction in efficiency.

And that brings to the discussion what exactly?
BTW It has nothing to do with Friends list.

Originally posted by Vin:

break the game? no.

If running around Gransys with fully BBI lv.3 geared level 200 Pawn doesn't break the game then nothing does. Just sayin'.

Originally posted by Vin:

second. it is very much a console port issue. it is the same reason keybindings are hardcoded and they use the the same gamepad limitation for keyboard.

Like, genuine PC games don't use hardcoded controlls?

Originally posted by Vin:

also capcom has to submit to certification so all changes have to be uniform between consoles and the PC.

I'm pretty sure that that's not how console certification works. And why would Sony get to decide what goes into the PC release?
Also, if console overlords' edicts DO affect the features present in PC version, why GOG release didn't receive latest updates to this day?

[Epitome]

Originally posted by H-Foundry PIXIV:

without the limit I'd be there all day looking at their clothes and being picky lol.

There's nothing to look, 90% look like clones.

[Vin]

Originally posted by Epitome:

Originally posted by H-Foundry PIXIV:

without the limit I'd be there all day looking at their clothes and being picky lol.

There's nothing to look, 90% look like clones.

hopefully they put a transmog or outfit changer in DD2. this game could have used it but once you are in BBI 3 gear only 2 sets per class type and wearing anything less is less resist/defense.

[zadymek]

Originally posted by C:

i was talking about pawns you want to hire from a steam user, who doesn't appear in the riff and that you can only find in the riff by adding the user to friendlist.

You mean Pawns reserved for Friends? Only those cannot be found via Rift search.
That's assuming these even exist.

[Old Goat]

I play on a PC. Used to be able to search through way more pawns on line in the Rift than the same dang 20 I'm stuck with now. The filter is broken. I say that because entering a seach by level for a fighter pawn with close combat has often resulted in ranger, mage and even sorcs appearing as a result of the search. Not only are they not fighters but they are usually dozens of levels ahead of the specified level.

[Old Goat]

You might fined it by searching pawns your main pawn knows but the owner of that pawn would have to have hired yours first. Sadly, we cannot search for a pawn using either the name of the pawn or the players name. Not sure how that would work without a massive database.