Dragon's Dogma 2 players fight the dragon plague in new ways

Since launch Dragon's Doctrine 2,Capcom Full of friction An action role-playing game, players are made to feel fear thanks to… Dragon Plague. The virus spreads within the game between Pawns (NPC party member players can rent from each other online) and if not handled properly, they can wipe out the population of entire towns within the game. What makes Dragonsplague particularly difficult is that the game only warns you if a pawn is injured through slight changes in its actions. Although one item may be key to detecting the virus early: spoiled food.

The dragon plague cannot infect food and make it spoil, but it has become a signal among creatures Dragon's Doctrine 2 Society warns of infectious diseases. All pawns are created by players and then sent to the online game network where others can rent them. The idea was first raised in a Steam community thread titled “Dragonsplague – How to warn other players“, with users suggesting that spoiled food be used as a universal sign of a pawn being infected, along with labeling the pawn with a heart or a thumbs up.

“You are implying that you are satisfied with the pawn (hence the heart or thumb) but there is something wrong with it. (hence the spoiled food).” User writes. Rotten food is very cheap and easy to buy wherever you can find it in the world, or wait for any food you have to rot after a certain amount of time in-game. If you hire an infected pawn, expelling it quickly will protect the rest of your party from infection, but it will not cure the infected pawn. The only way to completely remove a Dragonsplague from a pawn is for its creator to kill them (and then re-summon them) in their own game. This is why spoiled food is an essential gift. It warns the player that their main pawn is spreading the disease, and allows the community to collectively suppress the virus by encouraging players to rid their pawns of the dragon plague.

Of course, PC players have come up with another way to deal with Dragonsplague, which is to remove it entirely. It's no surprise that mods have emerged to allow players to opt out of the controversial feature. In addition to modifying it Turn off the virus Altogether, other players have taken a more measured approach. There is a way to Treatment of pawns Infected, and last It gives players an in-game meter that measures how much a pawn has been hit. When a pawn reaches level 10, it has the ultimate dragon plague.

The modding approach runs the risk of erasing the intended experience of the game, but for players who feel the advantage is there Too burdensome or unfair The choice exists. However, the community's approach is more elegant and embraces the game design, using a gift system to encourage player cooperation.

So if you receive spoiled food as a gift Dragon's Doctrine 2Maybe someone is trying to tell you something. Or they just use your pawn as their own personal trash can. But it still never hurts to check your pawn for Dragon Plague.