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- So I recently wrote about
this mysterious contagion

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infecting pawns in "Dragon's Dogma 2,"

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Capcom's new high-fantasy action RPG,

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and it's quite bad,

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not the game, the plague.

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- So what Dragonsplague actually is

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is it's a disease in the
game that infects pawns,

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the NPC party members you
can hire through the Rift.

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And what it does is over time

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pawns that are infected with Dragonsplague

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will become more blood
thirsty, more dangerous,

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and they'll start disobeying orders

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all the way until the point

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where if a pawn has
reached the terminal stage

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of Dragonsplague and you
go to sleep at an inn,

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you'll wake up and the
majority of the population

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in whatever town you're
in will be dead. (laughs)

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At this moment, we don't
actually know exactly

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what does cause Dragonsplague,
but there are some theories.

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Most players will encounter
the virus for the first time

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by hiring a pawn that's already infected.

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But it raises the question,

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how did they get infected
in the first place?

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The two predominant
theories are that, one,

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pawns will either get
infected in your game

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when you're fighting a Drake or a dragon,

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which makes sense, Dragonsplague.

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Another theory that has been raised

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is that it's possible a pawn is infected

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when a player completes the true ending

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of "Dragon's Dogma 2"

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and starts a new game
with the same main pawn,

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which would then mean the
origin of Dragonsplague

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is the first player to
beat the true ending

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and start a new game.

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- Yikes.

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- Some of the symptoms
that you'll be able to see

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to let you know a pawn is
infected with Dragonsplague

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is red eyes,

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which if you position the
camera in the right way

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you'll be able to see them glowing

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and even subtly pulsing.

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Another thing that you'll notice

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is pawns will start disobeying orders

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that you give with the D-Pad,

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and they'll even say things vocally like,

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"You can't tell me what to
do," and things to that effect.

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When Dragonsplague reach its
terminal stage in a pawn,

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you'll go to sleep at an
inn and you'll wake up

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and the majority of a town will die.

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That includes merchants and quest givers,

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which has the ability
to almost brick a game.

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When it comes to treating Dragonsplague,

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really it's about taking
preventative measures.

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One of the quickest things you'll wanna do

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is if its your first time hiring
a pawn with Dragonsplague,

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you'll get a text box
warning you about it.

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Immediately dismiss that pawn

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so that it doesn't
infect your other pawns.

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- There's another way that you can treat

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Dragonsplague as well, and
that's if you're a sadist,

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you can just kill your pawns.

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That will get rid of it as well.

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So, Willa, is Dragonsplague
the deadliest virus

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we've seen in video games thus far?

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- Well, I think based on
how it operates in the game,

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cutting off access to NPCs and merchants,

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it reminds me most of
"Sekiro's" Dragonrot,

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which similarly, if you died a bunch,

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it would impact NPCs in the game,

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cutting off the ability to
progress certain quests.

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- "Bloodborne" also comes to
mind with its Ashen Blood,

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and I know that we've got
a FromSoft theme here.

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So, Willa, I think Dragonsplague
is kind of sick, literally.

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- I have to agree.

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I think it's pretty indicative
of "Dragon's Dogma 2's" ethos

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as a whole of offering, you know,

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tons of options for players
to experience the world,

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letting them run free,

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but also not being afraid to punish them

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if they don't pay attention.

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- Very that.

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That's what I love most about

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what Dragonsplague means for the game.

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It doesn't care about you as a player.

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It has this world that
is alive and is breathing

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and is willing to, like you said, Willa,

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punch you in the face
and laugh at you for it.

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Make sure you get your
Dragonsplague vaccine.

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It's important.

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(light tense music)