Prevent Pawn Looting

[Sanguine Phoenix]

Hi everyone!

Just wanted to say how incredible this game is. The PC port here is the first time I've ever played this, and I've played a lot of different RPG's over the years but DD:DA is a flat out awesome game from Capcom and hands down one of my favorite games of all time. The only problem I have is...

...pawn looting. I don't have any problem adventuring with my main pawn, but man it would be nice if there was an option to disable pawn looting. I'm aware of pawn inclinations, and I know you can try to tinker with them in game as much as possible, but I don't believe there is any true way of stopping your pawns from seemingly looting every...single...item...in sight. I'm figuring if Capcom can insert an option for cutting pawn chatter, than they can insert an option for this. It would be very cool and would prevent me from having to toss my main pawn off a cliff every now and then so I can adventure solo and not have to perform so much inventory management.

Just thought I'd throw this out there, hoping it'll get seen and maybe implemented in a future patch or something.

[karl-emil]

The game has been out for 4 years, they won't change anything.

[Sanguine Phoenix]

Yeah you're probably right. That's a shame though.

[Willow Rivers]

They won't chnage any game play items now, the game is 4 years old. It was on Console first, this is just a port. Any patches we get now is just bug fixes.

If they chnaged game play items now then the console players would complain and they would have to patch those versions as well.

[Scars Unseen]

It's not like it adds much management anyway. My pawn doesn't really pick up that much, and getting rid of it is as simple as visiting an inn, going to deposit items, and the hitting START on each category I want to empty.

[Rob'sEvilTwin]

There are no greedy Pawns, only greedy Arisen :D If players open every bloody thing, they learn it from us. I have see pawns that smash every wooden box as well.

[Anacosta]

i actually like pawn looting, it saves me from having to loot every single item, because to be honest, i don't WANT to slowly duck-step along the ground, mashing B and doing the squats over and over again to loot all the crap that falls out of every enemy, box, chest, bush, rock, and (seemingly) thin air

You have to go into your inventory to use anything anyways.. who cares if it's in your inventory or your pawn's inventory?

[Sanguine Phoenix]

Originally posted by Rob'sEvilTwin | DD:DA:

There are no greedy Pawns, only greedy Arisen :D If players open every bloody thing, they learn it from us. I have see pawns that smash every wooden box as well.

Yeah, I went into Dripstone Cave and my main pawn smashed every single crate and barrel in the place and went on a looting frenzy. Gathering points aren't off limits either.

[Sanguine Phoenix]

Originally posted by angeleyes983745:

i actually like pawn looting, it saves me from having to loot every single item, because to be honest, i don't WANT to slowly duck-step along the ground, mashing B and doing the squats over and over again to loot all the crap that falls out of every enemy, box, chest, bush, rock, and (seemingly) thin air

You have to go into your inventory to use anything anyways.. who cares if it's in your inventory or your pawn's inventory?

See, I like the looting game in an RPG, as its a staple in the genre, and I think DD:DA truly caters to the explorer in any RPG player who thrills to seeing a treasure chest hidden behind a boulder and wants to open it to see what's inside...not stand back and watch an AI companion say something like "what's inside?" and open it for that player and rob that player of the thrill of doing it him/herself. Now for many that may not be a big deal, but for a lot of us it is.

Not it could be argued that a lot of items in the game are just crap and one doesn't need to be so anxious about looting...period. But I just so happen to enjoy the "combining items" feature in this game, and discovering the outcomes of those combinations. So ultimately, I'll be the judge of what is crap and what isn't.

As for inventory management...I guess if you don't pay attention to your pawn's inventory or you don't clean up inventories (or worry about over-encumberance) period then it might not be a big deal for you. Guess I'm just an organizing type of Arisen. ;)

[Just Tom]

Honestly i dump everything on my pawn anyways.... So the more she picks up the less management I do as I inventory dump everything into the bank and sort it out after.

[Sanguine Phoenix]

Originally posted by Orodreth Coamenel:

Honestly i dump everything on my pawn anyways.... So the more she picks up the less management I do as I inventory dump everything into the bank and sort it out after.

And that's another thing: I really wish they would've implented manual sorting in the game. With as many items that exist in the game, this would've been a nice feature.

[raz334]

Pro's:
+Saves time and effort for player (+1)
+Saves Player Carry Weight (+1)
+May See things the player might have missed (+2)
+Pawns Get hit with loot traps instead of player (+2)

Con's:
-Pawns can smash important crates & barrels you may have needed to reach certain hidden areas (not kidding, they exist) Which means you have to know where they are and kill your pawn to solo back without them. (-2)
-Pawn looting is unpredictable and slow, they may skip over blatantly obvious loot while you are waiting for them to grab it. (-1)
-Pawns that know where traps are, skip over the trap boxes which can lead to the player getting frustrated and attempting to loot it unaware of the danger (they don't warn you either) (-2)
- Did i mention that pawn looting is SLOW SLOW SLOW SLOW !!??!! They feel the need to stand there and talk about it for a long time before they move over to it and talk some more before finally picking it up, and then chat about it some more again.... in the time it has taken you to loot an entire room, your lucky if they have looted a single chest. (-1)
-- They may waste items they get, and / or fail to use them at all when they should have. Even to the point of not using that Entire party healing item to save your life, even as they scream "I'll protect you" (Liars) (-2)

Totals:
Pro's +6
Con's -8
Net worth of Pawn Looting -2 Not worth it.

Not all pro's and con's included, but enough to believe that even after all has been included the meaning behind the score will remain less than Zero.

[Epitome]

Just relax and hire my acquisitor pawn.

[Whack & Blite]

Pawns are almost like humans. I've played a fair bit to understand that pawn learns from you. I realised it when I was running around and picking up stones, hunks of ore, wormwood saps etc. while I was in combat * there is such a thing as combat music * so my pawn began to collect material and dig to "gather" items of such interest just like I did. But when I stopped collecting loot because I had over 50+ hunks of ore, my pawn change herself to Mitigator which clears least dangerous foes in the first place. When I started collecting loot same thing happened. Then I realised about the music. After I started collecting items after my pawns sheathed their weapons or the music stopped. And my pawn no longer gets Acquisitioner inclination. Remember, the loot isn't important. What is important is your life and that of your allies. But I guess if you knew that "prevent pawn looting" wouldn't have been your problem, right?

[Icedfate]

Pawn : "you know, it's rude to go in people's houses uninvited"
1 second later
*Pawn starts smashing all the barrels in the house*

[The Commendatore]

"Is this your home, Arisen?"

Proceeds to break every crate, vase and pot inside your house.