Forum:Newbisch Questions

Hey everyone. I'm new to Dragon's Dogma and i have a couple of questions. I bought this game like a week ago and I'm currently trying to play the BBI content.... which is kinda difficult.

At the moment I play as an Assassin and i have fully maxed out Fighter/Warrior, Strider/ Ranger as well as the Assassin. The other classes are unlocked but untouched. I'm at level 103 with 3,5k HP, around ~1k Str, ~600 Physical Def, ~400 Magic Def and very low Magical Offense. I'm pre-Dragon in the Main Quest and I'm having a hard time succeeding in BBI. So far I have never used any of the Boost Items that people seem to refer to so often on this website. Never used Wakestones either.

I currently need to kill the Dark Bishop which is becoming somewhat infuriating. I tried it like 10 times. I died just as many times. I had him down to 3 health bars but at this point he would start casting multiple Maelstroems and i gave it up. So here are the questions:

- Should i finish the main game first before further playing BBI?

- Is the Post-game and NG+ the same thing?

- Will using a Wakestone allow me to continue the fight with all the damage done so far? I guess i could kill the Bishop if that was case.

- Am I underleveled for this stage of the game? Attracted monsters are troubling, even a single Garm is a challenge, though doable.

- What's the point of these Minotaur guys? I can't even seem to damage them and my pawns keep dying like One-hit-victims.

- It's infuriating to see how my Mages/Sorcerers perform. They rarely get a spell in and if they do, they miss half the time ( i even gave them the Wyrmking Ring Forgeries).

- I'm thinking about playing the magical classes, especially since they seem to give the most HP past lvl 100. However, since i played Strength classes only before lvl 100, i will lack in Magical Power and i wonder wheter it's even worth it (still would like to get that Levitation spell in order to reach some of the chests on BBI).

Any help and infos are greatly welcome!!! Thanks in advance!