Dragon Quest IX Meeting
Here is the current up to date information:
The DQ9 meetings will be taking place in the handheld lounge on each of the three days at PAX.
These are the meeting times:
Friday: 5:30pm
Saturday: 2:00pm
Sunday: 2:00pm
Friday may be a bit of a crunch, but if the Handheld Lounge gets too full, we'll move across the Skybridge to an area near the Food Court. The volunteers in the lounge will direct stragglers if needed. See here:
If you can't make it to one day, feel free to show up on those days when you can. If you can be there all three days, so much the better. It will help out those players who can only be there one day.
Our Twitter account is
@dq9paxmeet. I will be tweeting about an hour before each meeting as a reminder and when I get into the handheld lounge. How well this works is dependant on the Convention Center's Wi-Fi which may be slammed. Plan accordingly.
How can you identify us?
Here is my hideous countenance:
A Picture of PoeticMadness can be found lower in the thread.
Sairys wyvernscale says she'll be wearing a blue slime pin.
Wizard will be wearing his slime baseball cap.
thorshauk will have a slime shirt one day and be dressed as Blue Link another.
For those of you who'll be walking around in tag mode: I am reliably informed that you can only tag three people before you need to stop and start again. At the very least you need to get out of tag mode and leave the inn. Then you can go back in and start tag mode again. Be aware.
SEE YOU ALL AT PAX!
Original Post:
Here we go! In the grand tradition of the various Pokemon related meetups we shall attempt a meeting for all Dragon Quest 9 fans. Fill up your inn! Trade maps! Join others for quests! Or just bask in the company of like minded gamers.
There is one thing you shoule know above all:
We have no idea what we're doing. But it's sure gonna be fun to try and get this going.
With our relative inexperience in mind I invite those people who've organized meetups like this to offer any suggestions. I guess my first question is "How did you guys get a room for the meeting?"
For the rest of you I've set up a twitter account:
@dq9paxmeet. It's empty right now, but I'll be using it durring PAX to send out info and updates as needed. (I myself won't get getting to PAX until Friday morning about the time the doors open.)
If you have any other input, feel free to post. Suggestions for the best times to meet will be gladly accepted.
Anything you'd like to add
Wizard?
Here is the current list of participents who have provided character/map info:
Wizard:
Character Name: Sam
Class: Gladiator
Masayuki (Ruby Path of Doom 87)
Kawasaki Locker (Emerald World of Gloom 86)
Silver Marsh of Bane 58
Emerald Snowhall of Hurt 81
Dragonlord 1
Malroth 1
Baramos 1
Zoma 1
Estark 1
Psaro 1
Nimzo 1
Murdaw 1
Mortamor 1
Nokturnus 1
Orgodemir 1
Dhoulmagus 1
Rhapthorne 1
PoeticMadness:
Character Name: Kyle
Class: Paladin
Trion:
Character Name: Trion
Class: Ranger
Basalt Tunnel of Joy (Lv. 5)
Basalt Mine of Joy (Lv. 6)
Graphite Mine of Dolour (Lv. 10)
Graphite Cave of WOr (Lv. 11)
Graphite Cave of Doubt (Lv. 15)
Graphite Lair of Woe (Lv. 28)
lillb:
Character Name: Adam
Class: Paladin
Rock Mine of Doubt (Lv. 5)
Clay Cave of Dolour (Lv. 5)
Graphite Cave of Woe (Lv. 6)
Basalt Tunnel of Glee (Lv. 14)
Basalt Mine of Glee (Lv. 13)
Granite Lair of Doubt (Lv. 19)
Iron Tunnel of Glee (Lv. 26)
thorshauk:
Character Name: Luca
Class: Paladin
Mortamor's Map (lv 1)
Nokturnus's Map (lv. 1)
Granite Tunnel of Woe (lv 1)
Basalt Crevase of Joy (lv 14)
Silver World of Woe (lv 56)
Nurnin:
Character Name: Platinum
Class: Armamentalist
Gold Lair of Gloom (lvl. 68)
Silver Lake of Dread (lvl. 70)
Bronze World of Hurt (lvl. 72)
Ruby Path of Regret (lvl. 75)
Sairys wyvernscale:
Character Name: Sairys
Class: Paladin
Ruby Path of Dread lvl 95
Wootpeanuts:
Character Name: Moody
Class: Gladiator
Silver Marsh of Bane Lv.58
Bad Asp:
Character Name: David
Class: Gladiator
Joset305:
Character Name: 1111
Class: Warrior
ChronoHawk:
Character Name: Chronius
Class: Paladin
Silver Marsh of Bane (lv. 58)
Tempest_Beta:
Character Name: Tempest
Class: Thief
Graphite mine of Joy (lv. 6)
Graphite Cave of Dolour (lv.13)
Graphite Cave of Woe (lv.3)
Clay Crevasse of Joy (lv.7)
Malroth's Map (lv.1) [Need help beating before sharing]
Graphite Lair of Bliss (lv.15)
Iron Lair of Bliss (lv.21)
Copper Mine of Doubt (lv.25)
Bronze Tunnel of Fear (lv.28)
Basalt Crypt of Bliss (lv.38)
Copper Icepit of Gloom (lv.49)
Gold Crypt of Doubt (lv.63)
Tempest_Brother:
Character Name: Narad
Class: Warrior
Friend 1:
Character Name: Bullet
Class: Minstrel
Friend 2:
Character Name: Cliva
Class: Minstrel
BCBarney:
Character Name: BriXan
Class: Thief
Cowlauncher:
Character Name: Todd
Class: Martial Artist
Sapphire World of Doom (LV 99)
Squill2k4:
Character Name: Squill
Class: Minstrel
EvilSOB:
Character Name: EvilSOB
Class: Gladiator
psychopez:
Character Name: Pez
Class: Warrior, lvl 52
Silver Marsh of Bane Lvl 58
Rock Cave of Glee (lvl 3)
Rock Mine of Joy (lvl 8)
Bronze Mine of Dolour (lvl 13)
Other maps that may be available by PAX:
Orgodemir's Map (lvl 1)
Zoma's Map (lvl 3)
Baramos's Map (lvl 5)
Dhoulmagus's Map (lvl 9)
Baramos's Map (lvl 12)
Ruby Path of Doom (lvl 87)
Rock Tunnel of Dolour (lvl 1)
Rock Cave of Dolour (lvl 1)
Copper Mine of Glee (lvl 4)
Rock Mine of Dolour (lvl 7)
Graphite Mine of Dolour (lvl 7)
Clay Mine of Bliss (lvl 8)
Basalt Mine of Joy (lvl 9)
Iron Tunnel of Glee (lvl 11)
Clay Mine of Glee (lvl 12)
Bronze Mine of Joy (lvl 13)
Basalt Mine of Bliss (lvl 16)
Basalt Mine of Glee (lvl 16)
Rock Mine of Woe (lvl 17)
Clay Path of Doubt (lvl 17)
Bronze Mine of Bliss (lvl 19)
Rock Lair of Bliss (lvl 20)
Graphite Lair of Woe (lvl 20)
Bronze Lake of Dolour (lvl 21)
Copper Lair of Dolour (lvl 22)
Bronze Lake of Joy (lvl 22)
Bronze Dungeon of Dolour (lvl 23)
Copper Lair of Glee (lvl 23)
Copper Tunnel of Joy (lvl 27)
Iron Lair of Doubt (lvl 28)
Basalt Cave of Bane (lvl 31)
Basalt Path of Bane (lvl 32)
Platinum Lair of Joy (lvl 35)
Bronze Lair of Doubt (lvl 36)
Silver Lake of Dolour (lvl 41)
Steel Lair of Doubt (lvl 44)
Gold Mine of Woe (lvl 46)
Graphite Lair of Dolour (lvl 47)
Bronze Moor of Dread (lvl 52)
Silver Nest of Bane (lvl 52)
Gold Icepit of Regret (lvl 54)
Silver Lair of Fear (lvl 55)
Bronze Crypt of Regret (lvl 58)
Platinum Mine of Fear (lvl 61)
Sapphire Lair of Bane (lvl 64)
Gold Crypt of Bane (lvl 67)
Bronze World of Regret (lvl 70)
Diamond Crypt of Death (lvl 82)
Silver World of Dread (lvl 84)
Copper World of Death (lvl 90)
Zypharon:
Character Name: Freya
Class: Paladin
Baramos (lvl 99)
Murdaw (lvl 99)
Dragonlord (lvl 58)
Prototype Axl:
Character Name: Dymphna
Class: Minstrel, Lv. 34
Graphite Mine of Dolour 1
Unbeaten Maps:
Estark 1
Zoma 1
Basalt Mine of Dolour 7
Granite Crevasse of Doubt 11
Steel Cave of Fear 34
Steel Lair of Dolour 50
Steel Crypt of Woe 53
Ruby World of Gloom 83
Silver Ruins of Dread 86
nitsaj:
Character Name: Nitsaj
Class: Minstrel
Brew78:
Character Name: Brew
Orgodemir's Map Lv 1
Baramos' Map Lv 1
Malroth's Map Lv 1
Murdaw's Map Lv 99
Granite Mine of Dolour Lv 16
Ruins, Nemean
Bronze Mine of Doubt Lv 20
Caves, Shogum
Silver Snowhall of Doubt Lv 44
Ice, Trauminator
Graphite Path of Fear Lv 48
Ruins,Sir Sanguinus
Bronze Crypt of Fear Lv 58
Ruins
Emerald Snowhall of Hurt Lv 64
Ice, B13 is Gemslimes
Platinum Mine of Fear Lv 68
Ruins, Hammibal
Steel World of Gloom Lv 70
Caves, Excalipurr
Platinum Chasm of Regret Lv 75
Water, Atlas
Steel Maze of Dolour Lv 77
Ruins, Sir Sanguinus, Three Rank A chests
Bronze Crypt of Hurt Lv 77
Caves, B9 is KMS-Only
Steel Abyss of Gloom Lv 80
Caves, Fowleye
Silver Maze of Doom Lv 87
Ruins, Greygnarl
Platinum World of Death Lv 91
Fire, Tantamount & KMS in the top floors, two Rank S chests
Dragonista:
Character Name: Nista
Class: Gladiator
Maps to share:
Estark lvl1
Malroth lvl1
Mortamor lvl1
Baramos lvl1
Zoma lvl2
Emerald Maze of Doom lvl 90 (greygnarl)
Sapphire Void of Hurt lvl 89
Silver Ruins of Gloom lvl 83
Emerald Lair of Hurt lvl 82
Steel Path of Bane lvl 69 (all LMS floor)
Posts
I think we may have more to work with when the schedule gets out so we can try to find an ideal time for everyone to meet for map trading goodness.
Otherwise, my only request is that if you intend to make it, (or even think you may be interested in making it) you post here and let us know what our potential size will be for the meet up. I know at PAX Prime, we took over an entire hand-held lounge and then some.
So yeah, I'd go with Hero name and Class you intend to use when tagging. Also what maps, if any, you will be primed to hand out.
Trion, if you don't mind, you could build the list in the start post.
Anyway, for me:
My hero is Sam, and I'm a Gladiator. I will be handing out:
Masayuki (Ruby Path of Doom 87)
Kawasaki Locker (Emerald World of Gloom 86)
Silver Marsh of Bane 58
Emerald Snowhall of Hurt 81
Dragonlord 1
Malroth 1
Baramos 1
Zoma 1
Estark 1
Psaro 1
Nimzo 1
Murdaw 1
Mortamor 1
Nokturnus 1
Orgodemir 1
Dhoulmagus 1
Rhapthorne 1
I will be at PAX East for all three days.
Hero name is Kyle and class is Paladin.
I'll come back and fully edit the map list I'll be offering later (never actually done multi for DQ9 so I have no idea how this really works) but I've got a handful of the legacy maps, along with a few higher leveled maps. I actually maxed out the number of maps I'm allowed to carry...
Here's a pic of what I may look like at PAX. If my first costume doesn't work out, then I'll be wearing this:
If my costume does work out, I'll now be wearing this hat...
...and hoodie:
So yes. Assuming my clothes get delivered in time, I'll be wearing the hoodie and hat. If not, I'll be dressed like the first picture.
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Pkmn Breeder
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State what days you'll be at PAX East. I'm thinking a meet up on each day is easier to work with than just one big meet up. That way, even Friday-only, Satuday-only and Sunday-only guests can get in on the tagging action.
Sure. I'll build something once we have a few more people checking in and/or when we get closer to PAX.
For myself I have a Hero named Trion and his class is Ranger. I'll be at PAX all three days.
The maps I have:
Basalt Tunnel of Joy (Lv. 5)
Basalt Mine of Joy (Lv. 6)
Graphite Mine of Dolour (Lv. 10)
But I want to stress that even if you don't have an impressive list of maps like me ( ;-) ) you're still invinted to show up and get the maps being handed out, get characters for your inn or just hang out. PAX is a social event after all.
Class: Paladin
Maps:
Rock Mine of Doubt (Lv. 5)
Clay Cave of Dolour (Lv. 5)
Graphite Cave of Woe (Lv. 6)
Basalt Tunnel of Glee (Lv. 14)
I should have at least a couple more by the time PAX rolls around.
I am unsure if I will definitely make it to a meetup, it all depends on when it is and what's going on that day. I will be there all 3 days. I have one class on Friday but I think I'm skipping that and getting to the show early (hopefully around opening time). Either way I definitely plan on putting my game into tag mode while walking around the exhibition floor and I hope others will too so I can get some people in my inn.
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I believe once you get to Stornway you can invite people to your inn.
And I think you get your first map from the Quest "Collapsus's Call". After that I think you get maps by completing the grottos.
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There are also a few more quests that give you random maps, if I'm not mistaken...and I think they're the DLC quests, but I really don't remember. It's been a month or two since I've actually completed a quest. But Legacy Maps are almost exclusive to quest completion; the only one that comes to mind that isn't quest exclusive is one you get from the highest level grotto boss, whom I've never actually seen v.v
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Class: Paladin
Maps:
Mortamor's Map (lv 1)
Nokturnus's Map (lv. 1)
Granite Tunnel of Woe (lv 1)
Basalt Crevase of Joy (lv 14)
Silver World of Woe (lv 56)
Red B/Gold Professor
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I'll be at PAX all weekend, gotta figure out a good time to meet up!
sadly, I don't have any maps = (
Class: Armamentalist
Notable Maps:
Gold Lair of Gloom (lvl. 68)
Silver Lake of Dread (lvl. 70) <---- Amazing Metal King Slime spawn rates, great for EXPing
Bronze World of Hurt (lvl. 72)
Ruby Path of Regret (lvl. 75)
I'm attending all three days, so I'll be around at various points during the expo.
Class: Paladin
Map: Ruby Path of Dread lvl 95
Finnally a chance to fill up my inn! I'm gonna make a blue slime pin to wear so folks know that I'm carrying my game around. I also plan on running tag mode while in the exhibitor's hall with one of my higher level maps - prolly Ruby Path of Dread lvl 95 unless I get the other high end maps I have collected beaten before then.
We don't care about "good enough". Even if you just drop by while you're in tag mode you can get people for your Inn which will unlock rooms you weren't able to enter before. I've completed the game and haven't been able to do this yet. Plus, cool people will be there.
Everyone needs tags to fill up their inn, and even with no map to hand out, you're helping everyone get one step closer to the Full Inn of 30 tags.
And even if you don't have any maps to give, you can still receive them. So no fretting, because we're all about having fun, killing monsters and meeting other heroes to share our adventures with!
And yeah, running tag mode is a good plan.
As an aside, assuming I don't forget like a fool, I will be wearing my slime baseball cap.
That's good to know! I was worried that my lack of maps would make me useless. But still, I'm 28 hours into the game, and haven't yet found 1 map, I need to start working on my questing in game!
I'll have a slime shirt on one of the days and I'll be dressed as blue Link another day. =D
I'll throw out the following times to get the ball rolling:
Friday at 4:00. This will give everyone time to arrive and get their bearings.
Saturday at 2:00.
Sunday at 2:00.
If you wish to make a change, say so and we'll see what needs to be done. Meeting will probably be in the handheld lounge, but we'll see what the map looks like when it comes out.
Can't really suggest a change though since my Saturday has tons of panels I'm interested in, and none of my major ones are at 2. So for now that looks fine to me.
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That's OK. We'll adjust and accomidate to include as many people as possible.
Yeah, I was having a lot of the same problems. Every time I could think that would be convenient had something else I wanted to do. Eventually I just picked what looked like a good time and went with it.
But you should feel free to say what you want and we can try to figure out what works best.
Yup my friend and I are going to plan out our panel schedule soon so I'll post here again if something we decide on conflicts with the meetup.
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I'll be at PAX East all 3 days.
Hero: Moody
Class: Gladiator
Notable Map:
Silver Marsh of Bane Lv.58
(This puppy has 100% King Metal Slime spawn chance on the 11th floor.)
If you don't like the Saturday time, please feel free to suggest another one. We'll go with the time that works best for the most people.
Also, I plan to edit the OP with people's map and character info later this week.
By the way, my hero's name is David (which is my real first name). I've already maxed out the Minstrel and Ranger classes at level 99 and am currently revocating them (they're now at level 1). I'm at the Gladiator class right now. My other party members are named Julio, Jimmy, and Pauline.
As for maps... I haven't decided which one to bring yet! ^_^
The idea of co-op DQ9 had me so pumped I went out and bought it today so I can try to grind as fast as possible prior to PAX. I'm there all 3 days. How does the co-op work? Do you join a party and all 4 of you control your individual characters? Does the challenge level get ramped way up?
Amycus: Your hero hops into the other person's world and then you have free access to it. You can warp to any of the cities they have accessible (Which means end of the game equipment before you even meet the second boss) You can travel anywhere that doesn't require the boat or the...other vehicle.
The host can summon you, but you can decline the request.
And no, the challenge stays the same. (Or decreases) If you fight alongside other heroes, everyone gets all of the drops and the money. EXP gets split up according to level, just like in single player...with one change. The total EXP is boosted by 10% per other hero in the fight.
(So you could get a 30% boost.)
I've updated the OP with a list of the character and map information that peole have provided.
There have been a couple of people saying the Saturday at 2 time isn't good fro them. Please feel free to suggest another time if you wish. If that works better for more people we'll go with that. Otherwise there are three days of meetings, so there should be something for everybody.
Finally if anybody wants to let us know how we can identify you when you show up, it might make it easier for us to get you into the group.
I'm fine with anytime, because this is my first PAX and I have a very scarce idea of what's going on, chances are I won't be adhering to any real schedule. I'll also update my first post with a picture of the costume I'll be wearing and walking around in
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That's perfect. At the very least we can all congregate on you for Saturday. Thanks!
Name: Chronius
Class: Paladin (Though It's lvl 6. Lol)
The only worthwhile map I have is a lvl 58 Silver Marsh of Bane.
I suppose now we need to find a map and figure out a designated meeting spot for the various days. I figure a handheld lounge area would be ideal. Any thoughts, Trion?